New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-17
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From ten to twelve of small pox are reported to
have occurred 10 Norfolk last week
The aspect affairs In Norfolk ia said to be truy heart
rendipg It Is beyed, ali hands that every man wo-
man aud child In the place will be taken down before the
tide OF disease is completely arrested ~. 79sl
at Portsmouth Friday, there were % deaths up to
O'Clock, and DO new cases So say report On Sat
urdsy to IL o'clock there deaths in the CITY,
and In The Naval Hospital. ExhIayor Stokes told a
gentleman on Saturday morning, that the panic was
greater than atany previous stsgeo the epidemic The
disease is spreading to the surrounding country.
The Express publishes the following tele-
graphic dispatch
WELDON Monday, September 1o-The seaboard train
Is ill., bringing distressing from the fever district
Mr. Thomas Riddiak. son Of Richard Riaick Eeeper Of
the hotel at Suffolk Va died at that town early this
morning Of yellow fever He had not been into either Of
the injected eaes slnce sometime anterior to the appear
The town has been Overlooking with refugees ever since
the appearance q the fever IN Norfolk and Portsmouth,
rife confusion and alarm. The citizens and visitors are
flying in every direction
The train Of the seaboard and Roanoke Railroad came
In to-day appropriately dsped in mourning as token Of
respect to the memory Of their recently departed Pres
dent YIN Collins Esq who died Of yellow fever on Sat
urdny afternoon last as stated in yesterdays Express
There Is nurses here from Augusta and Sayan.
nah en- route for Norfolk.
The fever is said to be increasing Norfolk The DEATH
yesterday amounted to twenty-five
The fever is abating at Portsmouth The number Of
deaths yesterday amounted to twelve.
PORTUGUESE EXPEDITION AGAINST AMBR1z
The Washington Union publishes the following
information, derived from letters of CORE.
spondent at Loando, On the Eastern coast o.
Africa, dated respectively the 10th of May and
the I'd Of July last:
The principal object In my writing at this date is te
inform you Of an expedition that left this place the
evening Of the 18th Of May for Ambriz consisting of
Portuguese and two briggs having on board
about four hnndred soldiers with the intention Of taking
possession Of the land in that vicinity and erecting fort
and cusonhouse atAmbriz 1t is feared that when the
natives first know OF the coming of this Portuguese
dition they will attempt to plumber the factories Am
btz Point go to the interior with their booty If such
should be the ease, there will, without doubt, be much
American property in danger and as there Ia not an
American ON this part of the coast at present
we feel somewhat apprehensiye Of the quences.
Ambrz hasfor many years been supposed to be free
port although every vessel landing her cargo part of
her cargo there has been obliged to pay the native King
Ambrz small tribute for their privileges At the pre-
sent there at Ambrz Point American actories
two Euglish one French, and number Of Portuguese
Lately the natives have been rather troublesome by
derng the trees and other improvements that the Portu
guese had erected for their convenience to be
also taking out of the American factory the natives
gagged there stealing powder from the English factory
and otherwise making much trouble.
This expedition, however is not for the purpose Of d.
eety rpremanding the natives for their conduct but
their object is. have previously mentioned to take
possession of Ambrz and places in that vicinity and
make road to the copper mines in the interior which
the Portuguese Government say belong to them Iu the
20 be- machinery and men to work the mines"
The following is from iater letter. received at the
time with the above in of the detention Of the
former on the way:
aWhn three days after the landing of the expedition
at Abz the natives burnt three Portuguese houses
as yethey have not moested either English American
Trade however was stopped for fifteen days but thu
natives bringing in produce again The Ambris ma
tiyes have not in they afraid Of being takeI
prisoners by the Portuguese.
The Portuguese have marched into the interior few
miles and destroyed at different times four five towns
The King Of Ambriz has not yet agreed to the term
proposed to him by the Governor General which TO
him and his tribe to become subjects of Portugal.
The intention Of the is for Ambrz Il
remain free ports for one year. and after the expiration
Of this period they will levy export and import duties
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT. = We car
hardly keep track Of the railroad accidents the North
dispatch of the 9Th, from Burlington N. j., gives tn
following:
Another serious accident attended with loss of life
occurred the Camden and Amboy railroad this after
noon. The engine of the two O'Clock train when
Beverly thrown from the track by the breaking of
axle attached to the forward track and rendered
peta wreok and following after it was baggage and
passenger car.
John Holland the engineer was badly injured thai
amputatono Of bis limbs became necessary but h.
died shortly after the operation had been performed III
lived at Camden, and leaves family
Lapghorn Thorne, fireman, seriously injured, bu
not considered fatally. ~
4 None of the passengers were hurt.
9ecluent OccufiSu Hb ualI-phBG Two, ana We
oceasoned by flaw in the axle next to the Wheel Al
examination showed the axle to have sound abou
iuch and a-haf in diameter of five inches Soor
after the accident occurred the engineer asked Whats
breke ' On being told the sxen he replied ~ thought
son Such remark leads to the inference that he
aware at the depot of the flaw, and, notwithstanding
reckesy pered the lives of the passengers we'll his
own Great excitement existed among the passengers
regard to the disaster and the feelings of the people
here again narrowed mp by the repetition of fatal
accident near them Drs Bry and Beverly performed
the operation on the engineer The train was delayed
four. hours.
A dispatch Of the 9th inst. from Washington
Gays.
The state Of negotiations at the Court Of st. James
such that the public interests will require the contnu
ance Of Mr. Buchanan at London for longer time than
he his friends In this country anticipated His
necon with that mission will not therefore, terminate at
the time heretofore announced the LIST of October 1t
presumed his detention has reference to the Central
American question. 81"
On the 9th inst, the mail and passenger train
on the Reading Railroad Philadephia thrown
from the track in of the displacement of
SWITCH There passenger cars all of which
less injured The passengers all escaped
uninusd owing to the presence of mind displayed by
the engineer The passengers Immediately subscribed
800 to purchase watch present for the engineer
A married lady, aged about twenty two, com.
mitted suicide in Jersey City the s nst under sin
gular circumstances. Ii appears that she had beer
depressed in spirits since the death Of young daughter
which she idozed On the day previous to her death
abe tried To audanum to effect her purpose
falling to do So she resolved to drown herself in the els
term She requested her husband to take their infan
child while she went into the yard, Soon after o
the residents in the house heard splash and founderina
In the water and on reaching the spot found her quite
dead phs having drowned herself in about sx inches
water.
Dates from the coast Of Africa to August 18th
have been received ut Boston. Advioes from Bathurst
state that trouble had broken out between the British
and Mandingo tribe A party of government officials
were fred upon by the latter in consequence Of which
the Governor Of sierra Leone organized force and pro-
ceeded against Them but he ambushed the way
wounded and two officers were killed and two wounded
Forty Of the native troops were killed, and as many
wounded Hostities still continued and the assistance
Of the French artillery from Goree having been obtained
expedition to proceed from Bathurst to chasse
the enemy. =n.- .iNs
The Postmaster General has settled the quar-
rel with the South Carolina Railroad Company, and a
daily mail service by this route Ia ordered
A Hibernian in New York swears thst Rachel
was born In Cork.
The Merlin rock at the entrance Of st. Johns
IN BIZ harbor has been removed by blasting and ths
soundngs now show twenty seven fest Of water.
TMENTS.
Il" NEW oRLEAss, Sept 4, 1866.
We are authorized to state that Mr.. RAsprLL HUM
will address the people at the following named places on