The true Democrat., 1854-10-25

0E The steamship Hermann, from Bremen via Southampton, September l3, arrived at New York on the 2Oth ut. Her 'advces are not so late as those by the America-still there are few items of interest.
 Return of Sir Charles Napier-The
 bad Impression it makes in Eng
 land.
 It Is reported, and seems to be believed, that Admiral Sir Charles Napier may shortly be ex- pected in this country, on his return from the Baltic His arrival would of course imply that operations in that quarter are at an end for the year, and that our fleet will soon find its way to England for the winter. We must needs express an anxious hope that the rumor in question may not be true for such reso- luton on the part of our authorities would, we think, be unnecessary, ill-timed, and calculated both to damage the cause of the Allies and serve that of the Russians
 We consider that this cessation of operations would be ill-tmed.
 If our fleet retires from the Baltic before the season is actually closed and while time and opportunity still remain for action, the Russians will instantly sally out into the seas thus con- veniently vacated, will reoccupy the Aland Isles, hoist their flag again on the ruins of Be- marsund, parade their vessels along the coasts of Sweden and Denmark. and then issue a swaggering manifesto to the world, setting forth the ignominious retreat of the allied squadrons with nothing accomplished, the tri- umphant resistance of the imperial forces against infinitely superior numbers and the final ascendency of the Czar in the waters of the Baltic.
 Sweaborg or Cronstadt, and not Spithead should now be the destination of Sir Charles Napier.
 From the Times. The Cholera in London-Over Six Thou
 sand Deaths, but no Panic.
 The epidemic has been hanging over the metropolis for we'll nigh ten weeks-we take no account ot the first week, during which only single death occurred-and 612O lives have been lost, from its outbreak until Saturday lsat There IS not on record the case of po- pulatlon who have born with greater fortitude than have the Londoners in the present in- stance the presence of a severe epidemic dis ease Even While we write the disease Is con- tnulng its ravages, though happily, we believe, with some abatement, and yet we hear of no symptoms ot undue excitement or mental pros- tratlon. In this instance, however, the ab- sence ot terror cannot be traced to apathy or indifference. We are fully aware of the ex- tent of our danger, and are simply employing the best means with which we are acquainted to counteract it.
 The epidemic has fairly settled down in Lon- don with its 2,362,236 of closely packed inha- bltants and yet there is none of that perturba- tlon of spirits abroad which gives tenfold vigor to the disease. There is the cholera. but no panic
 The population of London exceeds 2,352,- 2o6; and in the week ending Saturday last, 34l3 persons died, or 2l65 more than half an average died ln the corresponding week of former years.
 2o5O persons-namely, 954 males, 1896 fe- males-3l4 children under 15 years of age, ll2o men and women of 15 and under 60, and 2o7 old people-have died of cholera.
 The deaths from cholera in the last nine weeks have been-526, 133, 399, GA, 72O, 857, l287, 2O5O.
 The Harvest in Ireland.
 The various reports that have reached us concur in stating that the present harvest will considerably exceed the average of some years past, and this remark more particularly applies to oIie odI auu DarleV crops. W nile the wheat IS said in some instances to be deficient in weishts and produce generally only in localities where the soil is poor, in the richer ground the crop is all that can be desired as regards qua lity and quantity. The potato crop, in some instances, has not been as productive as was ex- pected at an early part of the year; but those that remain are of excellent quality, and un- like former years, little deterioration is at pre- sent taking place. Atno period within the me- mory of the oldest farmer, have the crops of the agricultural laborers exceeded the rate at which they are at present found. Able bodied laborers can with difficulty be had, while their employers are glad to accept their services at 2s. day; to the women they readily pay 1s., while boys and girls can only be hired in pro. portion.
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