Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-06

| YIllo~ Psvsa AZ sas ssvsa.--fA. yslies 1--we, Ia
the Southern cities seem about stationary and there ID
good reason hope tina, la devsstAtous will sCon be
stayed. A.rNew Orleans I, vas somewhat on The in
crease among the levee and emgrant laborers but
did greatly prevail among the better glasses Of the
population Al Savannah on "wednesday there we're is
deaths Is Of which were BY the fever. Am,us the
deaths on that day these Of Mr. Jas. Bancroft OF
the firm OF Bancroft & Bryan, and Of Nc. Samuel W.
by the city press. At Charleston on Thursday there
six deaths from fevsr The dissAps was stI pru.
cpaly confined to the foreign population. At Marietta
Co. the foyer had been introduced by those flying from
a,nah, aud hvo deaths had occurred Late sdvices
from Galveston Texas. state the ever bad assumed
epidemic form there.
A PRoHiprroRr LIQUOR Law CAsApA.-Ths PHO.
says resolue effort Ia now making by tho advoc ates
Of Temperance In the Canadian provinces for the enact.
Of law prohibf the sale OF ntoI catips driuks
The probability Is that the effort will DO succesa Tor
when the proposition last brought before Psrlia
msnt, Ii was lost by but single vote.
Private from Msns state that In the vicin
~ Of Of tho burning forests, quite humber of
persons chiefly feusss have beeoue iuslne 10 eouse-
quence oil exctemeut the result OF belief that In the
general couh,garaton 10 the woods there Is sigo of
the speedy ending Of tho world in accordance with the
prediction OF the hillertes. Somo Of them have been
taken to the State Asylum.
month. comprised so Steamers; IS Ships " Barque.;
ees Briggs; Gal Schoouers; Sioops. Total 1887. or
these, Ship; II Barques rs Briggs, and els Schooners
were British; Barques Norwegian Buque Pru.siau;
Brig SArdinian Brig Neapolitsu; 8 Briggs French;
Schooner Portuguese; / Brig Dutch; Brig Austrian:
and the remainder American Tho cloarances dur
ing the Same period so Steamers; s5 Ships 80
Bsrques; ls4 Bdgs; 4s+ Schooners; 9 Sioops. Total
SOS. Of which 4sS cleared for foreign ports
The arrivals at the port of New York. for the month of
August, we're OF Steamers 90 Ships 1855: Bark, lol.
Brgs lis; Schooners 6S Gallots /; making total of
1885, Or these log we're British; 90 Bremen; 10 Ham.
6ure Oideusburg; Prussan; Sandman; 4 Meckien-
burg Norwegian; 5 Netherlands; Belgian; veuezu-
clean; l Hsnorerisn; French; Swedish; Dutch; 1
Portuguese. Total number Of Foreign vessels lse-A.
Tercau $50.
SAD OCCURRENCE AT BRIDAL PARrr-A sad affair
took place at Egn on Friday night last which resulted In
the death oil Edmund Adams young aged about Is
years, and resident OF Elgn. Ii appears tina, Young
man bv the name OF Cyrus II. Larkn was married the
evening before and his acquantances made up q party
for Chdrdpdri. Assembling around the house they
struck up with bells tin pans and instrumental accom-
paniments when gun was twice discharged in their
midst from window. taking effect upou young Adams
who Instantly fell He removed his fathers resi-,
dence when was found two buck shot had entered his
forehead. lie fingered until Saturday night. when he
died. A jury was summoned and brought 10 a verdict
that the deceased came to his death by shots fred from
L,rkns house by some persons persons unknown to
the Jury IL proved before the Jury that Mr. L.rkn
borrowed the gun for the purpose Of shooting par
~ f they his house. Both of these Young men
had resided for long time in Elgu belonged To highly
respectable families, aud as quiet and eIem
plary young men. Tho affair has gloom over the
place and cloudcd hfs which was glowing with hope
and happiness.-CAicago Journal.
ANOTHER FRAUD BASE-A check for SC 600
falsely purporng be certified by the cashier of the Con-
inenal Bank is said have been deposited in the Chem
icsl Bank probably by the individual who obtained
$4,000 from TIE institution, upon the security Of
forged check for 900, which falsely purpofed to be
eerahed the American Exchange Bank. We trust
hoSever that the Chemical Bank not been
into paving any the faith Of this So 900 check
". J. Com. 4 10. OF Saturday.