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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16

PITTSBURGH, pa THE cholera broke out at Pitts
burgh Wednesday, and since then there have been
about fifty Deaths causing no little excitement The
publication of the atmosphere, hopes are entertained
that the sickness will be checked
COLUMBIA, (PA.)-The whole number of deaths at Co.
umba from cholera since the Of the dis
Friday last up II o'clock on Thursday have
been 80. There had been six deaths from o'clock on
Wednesday evening to II o'clock Of Thursday and
four cases reported during the morning The
rain of Thursday which down In torrents at Column
ba and through the Susquehanna Valley hailed with
delight by the people, as it caused additional rise in the
river of about sixteen inches and had eecuay cleans
ed its bed and carried off the putrefactons which the
origin of the sickness is attributed Tar being burnt
in the Streets and all known resorted to stay
the epidemic.
Yesterday there were three Deaths but no new
reported.
SAvANNAH.-The official report shows the number of
interments at Savannah to have been
On Saturday .....................33; of fever, IA
On Sunday .......................28; of fever, II
IN Monday ............32; Of fever, II
The Republican Of Monday says that " the pestience
is on the increase both among the poorer and the better
natives Of the place now sick"
New ORIEAxs.-The New Orleans Courier of last sa-
turday that the yellow fever is steadily on the
increase in that city and it further states the author
ty Of an eminent physician, that the disease mag
nant as it last year, when many thousands were
swept off by it. Independent of the cases reported at
the Charity Hospital there were a great number of
cases in private practice.
CHARLEsToN-The total number of deaths in Charles
ton during the week ending Monday last reached 11G
OF which 10 were from yellow fever.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

NOBLE HEARTED GIRL.-A Rochester paper says
glad TO learn that the servant girl who lived
Mr. Kilicks survives the catastrophe to the family, BY
which she stood while mysterious disease was taking
after another rapidly away It was told to us that
girl had decided to change her place of service the
day previous to the attack of the children but resolved
to stay with them until the end of their troubles And
she has, noby rsking her own life in aevating the
suerings and seeking TO ward off the dangers which
finally overwhelmed all but herself She deserves honor
able mention and rich reward 1t will be remembered
that the entire family numbering eight persons died
Of cholera"
little girl in Dayton Ohio, fell fty-fo feet down
into well into six feet Of water Her mother heard her
cries and pulled her out by the bucket string the child
holding on by her hands In an hour afterwards she
was as lively as cricket.
LITTLE FARM WELL TILLED.-The Montreal Herald
gives the following the total produce of farm CON-
prsing sixty three of land in the town Of Bow
Evansville, Canada West: Wheat, 1000 bushels peas
200 bushels OATS $50 bushels barley, 800 bushels
potatoes 1000 bushels carrots 5000 bushels turnps
$500 bushels total $3.50 bushels Spring wheat yield
ed forty bushels per acre.
PnoaREss OF TEMrRnAsoE-In Louisville XIV. all the
closed the Sabbath The City Coun-
oil has enacted law forbdding the sale of LIQUOR on
Sunday, which is strictly enforced This is worthy of
note showing that the West also is waking up to the
great necessity Of imposing some check upon the
prolific source Of crime
THE LAST RESPITE. Millerites have now fixed on
the 10th Of May 1885, as the day when the world will
positively come to an end /!
The town Of Brunswick, in Missouri, was nearly de-
stroyed by fire the morning of the 10th instant Nine
teen houses situated Main street, were consumed
The loss is stated at ,000
MELANCHOLY OccURRENcE.-On the night of Sunday,
the Sd, six negro drowned in the Shenandoah
Parkers Landing, in Clarke co., Va They had gone
in the morning to a GROCERY on the mountain,
where Is supposed they became less intoxica
ed. Attempting to the river their return in
small boat, they were oil drowned.
Accidental deaths from the ncsutous use Of firearms
appear to be than commonly prevalent this year
Too much caution cannot be exercised with these shoot
ing irons.
Near Sherbrooke, IN. r. afew days ago. young man
named Ball. who was out shooting was accidentally
killed by the discharge Of his gun, the contents
having passed through his brain.
few days since young gentleman Of Athens IN. W
accidentally discharged his fowng piece while out hunt
ing and the contents entered Of his arms managing
it.seversly.
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The LIQUOR QUESTION IN VIRGINM.-The Virgins
Court Of Appeals at Lewisburg has lately decided t
the County Courts vested with full discretioRs
powers to grant refuse licences for the sale of
eating liquors by persons keeping ordnaries The LynS
burg Virginan in speaking of this decision, says:
There is scarcely apology for bringing fnr-
ward this question Of moral reform upon the hustin
there to clash with the bitter preudices and rrelevns
issues of political strife"
The fifth reason assigned by the Court Of Appeals epr
ers the whole ground. tbs:
The Legislature has provided any mode Of rcvas
ing and controlling the discretion of the County Ceurx
and the Court is Of opinion that remedy in such
exists at common law by way of mandamus writ Of ss
ror, or cerorari They therefore affirm the judgment oy
Judge Summers"
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WHO Is BEATEN?

| Even the most incredulous of the Democratic
papers are forced to admit that there has been a
Democratic defeat in Maine, but they insist with
great pertinacity that it is not Wing victory.
Very well suppose this were granted, as amodicum
Of relief in their present tribulation, will they
tell us whence came the hosts who have overthrow
both Wings and Democrats The latter have had
for years large majority in Maine. Ever since
their memorable rout in 1910 they have been re-
gaining the ground then lost. The Wings, there
fore, could not have furnished materials enough to
produce such Waterloo defeat There must have
been, as one of our worthy contemporaries says,
stampede among the Buffaloes." The "sound Ma
tional Democracy Of the North" upon whom our
Southern friends always rely in the hour of need,
have certainly fatered in their faith, and have suf
fered themselves to be fused in the Abolition cru
chile This is all the consolation we can offer them
at present. Perhaps, when the smoke passes of,
all parties may see something upon which to chang
hope" We "never despair of the Republic"
but feel confident that whenever our institutions are
seriously threatened there will always be found in
both parties enough Of conservatism to save the
country. The late overthrow of the Democracy is
but an evidence of the power of the popular SOW
ereignty." Surely the friends Of so great "prin-
ciple" will not continue to complain if it should
work little "cranky" at first Let them not
" abate q jot Of heart or hope"
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BEARsMany bears have lately made their appearance
in the fields and villages in St. Lawrence county. New
York. frightened probably from their usual covers by
the fires in the woods At Pierpont the 26h ultimc.
to brighten him away with stones went after gun but
his return Brun had disappeared At Rackets river
the 30th, named Irish, seventy years of age
shot q bear weighing three hundred pounds. On the
same day larger one was chased through o village,
and after rushing through divers doors and yards and
terrifying many men, women, and children, made his es-
cape. On the night Of that day bear caught in
trap in David Randals corn field and Monday Sep
TENDER 4, two bears were killed near Pierpont
making seven ch had been captured in the space Of
about week.
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Hon. WM DuER, of oswego New York, late Unifrs
States Consul at Valparaiso, has been rendered pubic
dinner by some of his old political and personal friends
He declines the dinner but writes long letter. giving
his views of the present state of affairs and discounts
nancng the Saratoga and Auburn Conventions He Is
about to leave for permanent home in California
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AN lsEBRIATE AsYLuM.-The Legislature of New York.
at its last session. incorporated an institution named the
United States lnebriate Asylum, for the reformation
OF poor and destitute drunkards. The first meeting of
the Board Of Directors held in the city Of New York
on Wednesday We notice in the published list of the
members Of the Board the names of Ex-Governor HUNT
Hon. AADoc PRATT, and other distinguished gentlemen
Such an institution, have no doubt is capable Of do
ing great deal Of good
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HEAVY DAMAGES AwARDEp--In the Court Of Appeals
at Lewisburg Virginia. last week, the Judgment in the
case Of Parish Co. Rsge coming up from shenn,s-
doah, was affirmed Reigle injured by the upsetfin
Of one Of Parish Co.'s stages and brought suit dam
ages which were fixed by jury at between 900 and
$4,000 Parish s. Co. took appeal from desissan
OF the Court below and brought it the Court Of Appeals
which sustained the Circuit Court thus imposing sn
Parish Co. not only the payment of the original dann
ge but the cost Of the suit making all but little sso1S
Of $1,000
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THE PRICE OF COAL.

Our correspondent NJ, whose communication APP
pears in another column censures very severely the
alleged intention of the miners to curta the regu-
lar supply Of coal in order to keep up the present
high prices. We trust, however, that the rumor to
which he alludes has no foundation in truth, and
that the miners are too regardful of their own in
terests to provoke the measure he suggests, of re-
pealing the existing duty on foreign coal.
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FROM SOUTH AMERJcA
U. S. STEAMER PoWHATAN

We find some additional items Of South American
in files Of the Panama Star. 1t appears there had
been serious engagement between the GovernInsns
troops Of Peru and the army of Gen. Castillo sigk
skirmsh had taken place between column of the laaes
at Iscuchaca and two companies of the regular troops
under command of Col Salaberri, in which few Esa
were lost both Sides among them Lieut. Colonel Dan
Juan Cornero, of the legitimate army. -4.
An attempt at revolution had been discovered ia Col
lao on which account several persons had been arrsas
The Government of Bolivia had issued circular to se
Minister of Foreign Affairs declaring its intention Nc
place at the disposal Of Gen. Castillo 1000 maskess SIX
pieces Of artillery, munitions and 800 horses in yfa
of petition from that officer, and giving grounds for TIM
Y. Commercial Advertiser
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DEATH FROM THE FALLING OF THEA sad and fatal
accident occurred in Harrison township, (0hio,) on
last Sunday, the Sd instant Mr. ASA CROCKETT in
the woods near his house engaged in telling timber The
butt OF tree which he had chopped down chung to the
stump and in passing under the trunk for the purpose Of
getting to the other side it FELL striking him with tre
mendous force the temple, crushing his skull in
shocking manner His three children we're with him at
the time the eldest Of whom is nine or ten years old
Instead Of alarming the neghbor they stayed with their
father TILL after dark when death put end to his su
ferings- Ohio Northwest, September G.
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The SEAMENs HOME at New Orleans was destroyed
by FIRE, communicated from adjacent burning building,
in the afternoon of the It'll instant There we're at the
time great number Of sailors at the Home the majority
Of whom succeeded in saving their effects The loss Of
the building will be severely felt by them The edfce
fully insured and will of course be Immediately
rebuilt. The loss is about S35, 600
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SMUGGLING IN UNITED STATES VESSEL OF WAR.-On
Saturday last Deputy Surveyor James H. Whiting, of
Boston, seized quantity of grasscloh, silk East India
shawls fur robe and other articles of great value,
which, it is alleged, struggled board the United
States soop Saratoga lately arrived at Boston
from the East Indies and Japan The total value of the
seized articles has not yet been ascertaned but II Is
posed the amount will be several thousand dollars. An
investigation is going into the circumstances of the
case but yet Of the officers Of the ship have been
implicated in the transaction has any arrest been
made.
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"cRUsHING OUT THE DEMOCRACY"

We obtain from the Boston Atlas the following
partial returns of the vote cast for Governor at the
late election in Maine. They leave no doubt of the
election of ANsoN P. MORRILL, by the people. His
majority over the aggregate votes Of his competi-
tors in the towns already heard from is 5,056
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CoRREerIoS.-The Editor Of the Charleston u.s. CT
News will have discovered before this paragraph
meets his eye that the Bank Suspension mentioned In
telegraph despatch published in this paper of the nh
instant occurred at "Chesterown, Maryland" whish
date should have been affixed to the despatch instead nj
Charleston" The "News" is correct in sttributing
the error to the telegraph
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[TRANsLATIoN.1

THE New PLANET-In 1916 the number of known aste-
rods amounted only to four, Vesa, Juno Ceres and Pal
las The recent discovery by Mr. FERGUSON at the Wash
ington Observatory raises the number to dnyone. On
the night when the planet discovered the thirteenth
and tyfrs in the field Of tho telescope together
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LETTER FROM THE JAPAN EXPEDITION.

The New York Tribune has an interesting lsssrr
from a correspondent on board the Japan s4uadnunr
giving month later details of the movements of
the expedition. We make some extracts:
U. S. STEAMER PowHATAS,
Orr CAPE KING (IsLAsp OF NIPHos,) MAY IA, 1854
am obliged, from want Of time, to give you bEt
brief report of doing for the past month After t
diplomatic negotiations in Yoke hanna conclsaen
the survey Of the bay vigorously carried on and
spite OF rough and stormy weather. made good pross
On the 9th Of April the Saratoga fred her salute
parure, and sailed amid hearty cheers from the
| ing vessels Of the squadron.
Before the fleet went down to Simoda lone of the pur
designated in the treaty open to American ships tine
Commodore desired to have view of Yedo which rairs
met with great opposition the part Of the JAPANESE
who were struck with horror at the prospects Of ~
wheel ships anchorng under the walls Of the Imperial Pm
lace. AS the Commodore remained firm in his purposes
of them declared that the dropping Of the aDchur
under the walls Of the former would be the sigDal lar
their own Acknowledgement We all not little
cited when the morning Of the 9th Of April the shG
got under way Yenske the chief interpreter With
other Japanese were on board the flag ship They sock
ed haggard and alarmed steamed up the bec-
ienske especially petrfed with alarm, and fre
quenty said, Do you really intend remain in Ysoe
Oh no Commodore Perry has good heart he cersaiuy
We stood the bay, and then, at distances of
three miles from Shore made directly up toward the
perial city About 10 o'clock had the lighthouse Sf
Kowasacki abeam the left hand, while before In
long semcircular lne stretched the white houses ID
Yedo. At the lighthouse commenced the suburb 81
Snegawa further toward the city many large nnS
at anchor behind them great many smaller craft wh7le
crowds Of fishing boats and unks Of all sizes thu
bay mound or emnence lowered above the houses az
city its CENTRE and from the turrets and SHINING
white fronts Of buildings covering it judged this 10 b
the Imperial Palace.
BY this time the sailing vessels far astern, mind
only the Powhatan and Mississippi lay before the
Commodore Perry halted for about half hour. and
then returned to the old American anchorage to the
finite relief of the Japanese officers who speedily
ed their good spirits. l cannot deny that all 5sH
somewhat disappointed although felt convinced ahs
Commodore had pursued the wses At the time
important result could have obtained by
choring at Yedo 1t matter Of curiosity not wpzai
gratifying at the price Of several ves-for really think
the Japanese officers fools enough to kill
would have created feeling towards So the Com
modore has kept his wordgone in sight of Yedo, xnd
without driving the Japanese to desperate measures
| The Mississippi aud Powhatan got under way, fhe
l4th May for Chakodade for which place the Maoedia
Vandala, and Southampton sailed eight days previous
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Chairman Democratic State Commit

All the family Of the late General TAYLOR who occupied
the White House dead-the General his wife,
his daughter, Mrs. Bliss, and COL Bliss. Mrs Fillmore
and her daughter are also dead.
The above paragraph is going the rounds Of the news
paper press There is at least one in it. Mrs.
BLISS Is not dead 30 far from it, she but lately in
fine health, and, with her sister, Mrs. wooD
visit to this city.
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SALE OF SHoRr-HoRSED CATrLE.-Thirty pure short
horned CATTLE the property Of the Clark County Import
ing Company, were sold at auction at Springfield Ohic
on the 9th instant. bull, two years old, brouEAx.
600; one, eighteen months old, SO, 500 and an0ser
9OO besides others prices ranging from 1925 der
to 5000 Cows sold at 81, 1926, $780, $1,000 down 10
$205 each. y
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Col. r. E. De RUssY, Chief of the Engineer Depa,4-
ment at Fort Monroe has received orders detaching h
from that post and assigning to him the post Sxn
Francisco, where he is to superinend the erection al
Notifications for the defence Of that harbor Col NE
Russy, we learn will be succeeded Fort Monroe by s
JOHN L. Smith, Of the Engineer Corps.
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French gentleman has invented mechanical appa-
ratus which, when fixed on the keel Of vessel will de-
note accurately her speed 1t is kind Of dial fitted to
the bottom Of the ship externally, which corresponds
with similar indication board. 1t is about to be tried
on one Of the English steamers ...
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TO TIE EltrORs.

WAsHIsGros, lxrrEnBHR IA, 1854
Messrs GALES SEAros-GAsridEs The enclosed
communication, for reasons appsrer on its face,
presented on yesterday to the Editors the Washington
Union for insertion They declined publishing it in their
columns, and have, therefore, respectfully ask for
place in the National Intelligencer.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
VESPAsIAN ELLll.
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THE ELECTION IN IOWA

We are yet without the official result of the elec-
ton in Iowa, and it is still undecided whether the
Wing Democratic candidate for Congress is elect
ed in the first district The Iowa Republican of
the 9th expresses its fears that the Democrat is
elected; and, in confirmation of this apprehension
gives the reported figures from all the counties thus
Mr.. Hall (Democrat) ..............."......1,8 1909
Mr.. Clark (whig) .........""."..."...."...l,47 ATS
33l
These figures may be changed by the official re-
turns; but the change is likely to be against as
for the Wing candidate.
The Legislature, in joint convention, will be
Wing by nine majority The Senate and Assem-
bly, are reported as follows:
Scnate-Whg .......l5.. Democrat .......l6
House-Whig ........40.. Democrat.
1t is also stated that one of the sixteen State
Senators returned cannot hold his seat The Whig
candidate had clear majority of fifty but the re-
turns from two towns were thrown out because of
some immaterial informalty. He will claim his
seat, and it is generally believed that the Senate
will award it to him, thus reversing the majority
JAMES W. GRIMES, Wing, is chosen Governor,
and JAMES THoRINaroN, Wing, is elected to Con.
gress from the second district, both by handsome
majorities.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

The Correspondence Of which the subjoined let
tiers form part being somewhat voluminous, we
are obliged to restrict ourselves to selection of the
most material portion Of it, which will be read with
lively interest by every American.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.


Washington, August Z, 1854.
SIR: have great pleasure in communicating to you,
for the information Of the Washington National Monu-
Society copy ofa letter addressed to this Depart
ment by his exceency Argyropoulos Minister of For
eign Relations Of Greece the oath June 10th JULY
last and Of the answer Of the Department dated this day
have the honor to be- sir very respectfully your obe
dent servant, W. L. MARCY.
Hon. ELISHA WHITrLSsEY, Washington, D. G.
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The New York Tribune has an interesting lessrs
from correspondent on board the Japan seuadnun.
giving one month later details of the movements I'd
the expedition. We make some extracts:
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SICKNESS AND MORTALITY.

WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER IS, 1854.