The Shasta courier., 1854-10-21
Ew0 WEEKS LATER FROM TUE
ATLANTIC STATES.

Sepi.s6'h.
We are indeb'ed 10 Adams s. Co.'S Express
for H. earliest delivery pf Atlantic papers
broueir Il, III it,srze .Saaa
The passengers by the Uncle Sam n,ade the
| best time accomplished franl New York TO
San Francisco-twen,y- three days and four
hours.
idrser J. A. Rackman reports the read across
the istiinus 10 be IN very bad coudi'ion. on
accaunt of recent rains. On the day the amer
left Panama. there considerable excitement
about the frequent robberies and murders nf
late. On the 18th three persons were murdered
and robbed while crossing the Isthmus.
The lsihmus of Nicaragua is in splendid con-
diiion. and the transit from ocean to ocean eau
row be performed in "a hours
The most important news by this arrival Is
the possibility that The purchase of Cuba has
been made by onr government. We trust the
report may prove true, although we think it
highly improbable. The following dispatch, in
relation to the matter, is from the New York
Herald:
WAsHseToN, Sept. IA. 1854
1t is whispered about the State Department
| and in the Whire House. that dispatches let
ters have been received from Mr.. Soule our
Minister n, Madrid, of arrangement made
! with the new government of Spain for the pur-
chase of the Island of Cuba. They came, it is
said. by the Africa. There is no particular ne
cessity for my vouching for these statements in
these slippery diplomatic times but my
thoTity Is good-the very best for the whisper
at any rate. There is no mistake about that.
What is more, it is said that England and France,
and especially the latter favor the sale from
tives OF sound international policy Strange
this may appear to those who will not believe
in the purchase of the Queen of The Antilles,
| have All opnion-an individual opinion-that
| the purchase has been made. But at all events
nous rerrons. Then will send further particn-
lars.
! On the Iiih fight took place among the
| fancy" in wllcl Tom iyer and Johnny Ling
were the msin actors. A pistol was fired at the
| breast of Hyer whose life saved BY man
named Lozier throwing his arm before the
zIe of The weapon, und receiving the ball in his
| arm
| Captain Downing. of the navy whose trial by
| court martial took place at Philadelphia some
weeks since, has been cashered. He was con-
cerned in the alleged reachery of Commodore
Coe OF the navy Of the Argentine republic.
| The yellow fever was on The increase in New
Orleans The New York Herald, in telegraphic
| dispatch dated Sept. lS,h. has the following:
| The yellow fever is increasing in New Or
| leans During the week ending ON the 10Th
| inst. the total number of deaths 484, of
| which 2S4 were from the fever.
| The deaths at Charleston for the last two DAYS
were 90 Friday next has been appointed as a
day of humiliation and prayer at Charleston.
| The deaths by yellow fever yesterday at Sa-
-, fxxy.sI tbrao
| Amongst the recent victims of the disease at
Savannah were DR.. Harris and Capt. Olmsread,
Cashier of the Marine Bank.
There a great pane at Augusta in conse-
| qnence of The fever breaking ont there. Three
deaths took place from il on Saturday.
! Passengers from Augusta report that the, vel
low fever has broken oat at Augusta violently
| and that the inhabitants are leaving there.
The yellow fever was raging III the vicinity
of Galveston.
| A meeting had been held in New York and
] rye amount subscribed for the Savannah suf.
4 terers.
The cholera still continued in the West. In
Pittsburg III died in three days. In Buffalo,
| there were 25 in one week.
| In New York. for the week ending Sept 10th,
there were 6Sl deaths ot.which l25 were from
| cholera.
! The Herald says We have received full par
! tlcuars of the massacre by the Sioux Indians of
| Lieut.. Grattan and the detachment of troops
under his command near Fort Laramie briei
account of which recently REACHED us by iele-
graph. The painful fact of the destruction of the
| entire party is fully confirmed. The chief of the
Sioux received mortal wound the first dis
charge, and the Lieut.. fell dead by the volley
from the Indians in return. Upon the fall of
and the Sioux tomaham ked every man but one,
who effected his escape through the assistance
of Que of the hostile sayages. The Indians re-
fused 10 allow the dead bodies to be buried Sub
sequeniy they attacked the depot Of the Amer
| icaa Fur Company, and destroyed nearly fifty
thousand dollars worth of goods. The report
that the Sioux had surroupded the Fort is not
| confirmed, but The hostility ol the Indiaps had
created great alarm.
| The Governor of Massachusetts, has disbanded
the Bay State Artillery. military company of
| Boston, composed mainly of naturalized Irish
| uca, tor in>nb rdlnaton The difficulty grew
out of disturbance which occurred between
| the companies which received the Montgomery
| Guards. OF New York, on The occasion OF their
visit To Boston. This is the second instance OF
The disbandlng OF an Irish military company in
| that State.
| A telegraplic despatch from Lexington Mo-,
to the ST. Louis Republican, Sebienber III, adj
| vises that paper OF the dealh OF +. X. Aubrey
the most daring and enthusiastic traveller Of
4 the age. The despatch states that letters had
been received there by express, addressed 10
Russell, Waddell & Co.. from their agents in
New Mexico. stating that r. X. Aubrey was
stabbed IN a row with Major Weiehtman, in
Santa Fe about The 20lh Of Augusi. and died
Immediately Aubrey bad just made the trip
from San Francisco to Santa Re. tor wager, in
twenty-five days. Major Weighiman was, two
years ago, the Delegate in Congress from New
Mexico and was an officer in The army during
the Mexican war; Nothing is said of The circum-
| isssr si'ie" terinlualed The earthly career of
iii, MS llslald tray eiler that the world has