Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-18
PROGRESS OF THE YELLOW rrvrR

fkOGRESS OF THE YELLOW FEVER.
SAVANNAH Sept l2.-fhe number of deaths
IN this city yesterday of yell Nv fever was Ii and
I the panic prevailing is indeserbable. All that
can leave are doing a, rapidly as possible, aud
our population is dccimated, though tho number
OF deaths l. increasing. Tea bodies are lying
unhuric'l their not being sufficient hands willing
t. undertake their burial. The condition Of al
tairs Is horrible in the extreme
GALVESTON, Sept. s.-'rhe yellow fever is
steadily Increasing, and the panic is SO great
that our citizens are flying in every direction from
the seourge.
NEW ORLEANS, sept 1.-THE number of
deaths, during the week ending to day ut the
Charity hespital,of yellow fever are l25, princi-
palIy recently arrived emjgrnuts.
Later From the Rio Graade- Progress ofthe
Reroiation, &c.
NEW ORLEANS, sept. I've have dates from
brownsville Ia the ID instant. We have reports
that battle at Victoria between the insurgents
and the government troops lasted three days,
when the Insurgents finally retired with Il small
loss. The loss OF the government troops is said
Ia be over loo.
san Luis Potosi has raised the standard Of
rebellion, and the insurgents caase i repre- scented
a. steadily spreading throughout thu country,
Seizure ofthe Steoner Benz. Franklin, sc.
y l'l'hs'Ntl) l II ne steamer lhtll. INlN-
lin, which was supposed to be fitting oGt against
Mexico, was yesterday seized by order Of the
President, and Is now in charge ct tho |. STATE,
authorities. She seized ut the solicitation
OF the Venezuelan Minister. who alleges that she
was under orders to sail with paez against N,lu-
2aelu, aud that Aware has nothing To- do with
her.
The Minister has also sent to tho Venezuelan
Consul at st. Thomas To act in II like manner with
the brio 'HtluIIup Anon. which ba. .tlrl tt,r
that port, and Is II part OF the same expedition.
RAvAGES oFruG CuoLErA-A dispatch dated
Columbia, Pa. Sept. l3, says:
There were forty eases and fifty deaths nfc hnl.
era yesterday. The disease is still raging with
undated malignity. Several new cases aud many
deaths this morning.
The Town Hall has been converted into llospi-
tai, which is filled with the sick and dying. Tar
has been burnt in various parts of the town, Il
preventive, IN hope of purifying the atmosphere
The distress and suffering is beyond dcserip-
ton and principally for want of nurses and atten-
dants. The dead cannot hr buried as fast
rs requrcd-uearly every person has lefy the
place 1t is estimated that out of population of
about 1000 only about 1900 remain, and amongst
these the scourge is dreadful All business is
susprndel and stores closed
The SANDWICH IsiANDS.-The Washington
correspondent of the New York journal of Com
merce says that the Cabinet have been much en-
gagged in consultations concerning foreign reln-
tions since the Presidents return; but the pro.
jcct of annexing the Sandwich Islands is not
of the subject before them. N"treaty or propo-
sion has been yet received though one has been
expected for some months. There intlaen-
ces against the project, at IIononlu, that may
prevail
The INDIAN SLAUGHTER NEAR FoRr LARAMIE. 1
The name of the sergeant in Lieut.. Gratton's
party, lately maSsacred by Indians near Fort
Laramie, Favour, Il Young and fine looking
man, aud II native of Gcorg.a. Two companies
of L. :. troops, it is said, have been ordered
from Fort Riley To Fort Laramie. The 9TH re
been ordered to California.