Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-09-15

Canada end OF the NiAeare Suspension phoso'
II will be 1000 feet long and $50 feet wide.
- The president Of the United States has just
had an attack Of the ehills and fever, similar to
that he suffered from last year.
-. The yellow fever still continues to pre-
vail with great virulence aud fatality at Norfolk
and Portsmouth.
~ The Missouri papers say more corn will be
raised in that State this year than any previous
year. Much Of the wheat land averages over 40
bushels to the acre.
~ The cholera is still committing its ravages
in Lawreuceburgh, Kentucky On Sunday there
were five deaths. Thirty persons are now lying
sick, and the whole population are panic struck.
~ The following toast was read at celebra-
ton of the 10th anniversary of our National In
dependence, at the Fayette Springs in Pennsyl-
vania, "My bleeding country-may she never be
Pierced again|
ANTIOCH CoLLEGE.-This institution is great
ly embarrassed, and without the prompt aid OF
friends must fail The present difficulties are at
trbuted to the lack of judgment and skill in man
aging the financial department $4,000 is need
ed to place it again on firm foundation.
m. A writer in the Tribune from Rutland,
Vt, states that the value of the marble taken
from the quarries of that place during the past
year exceeds that of all the copper taken from the
Lake Superior region. S750,000 are the
amount of the past years business, and it is rapid
ly increasing.
pNA According to statement being prepared
by E. Merriam, the number of vessels which were
lost or injured in 1854, are 5,3S2, exclusive OF
steamboats, upon the rivers, which will probably
swell the aggregate to 5000. The loss of life ex-
ceeds 9,O00 and the loss of property will be about
S40,000,000.
saA- The decrease of the brandy trade is strik-
ingly illustrated in the absence of eli American
vessels from the port of La Rochell for the last
six months, fact which it is said never occurred
before The French papers ascribe it to the fail
ure of the grape crops and the temperance move
ment in the United States
prThere are two coal veins in Illinois, at La
Sale, which are each of them five aud half feet
in thickness aud of the purest quality. They
are 14O and 1SO feet below the surface. Veins
of coal are on the surface but they contain sui
phur, and are not 50 valuable as the deeper ones.
Coal will be taken to Chicago at two dollars per
ton when the shafts and mines are completed and
in operation.
IRISH Parsons, &c-The official Prison re-
turns of Ireland presents the following stats.
tics:
The number of Prorestant Javeni.e offenders
(excfusive of Presbyterian is reooned at ,2SS,
and the number of Roman Catholics, at II ,56l.
Taking the criminals generally, there were 9S}
Protestant felons, and 1854 Romanist and
2,257 Protestant misdemeanants, against 20, ,3ll
Romanist. The Protestants do not include tho
"Presbyterians," Of whom were 215 felons ant
675 mtsdemeanants. There were 4f2 maie ant
SIT female Protestant drunkards, against 5, l3;
male and 1866 female Reman Catholic drunkards
and $50 male and IS female Presbyterian drunk
ards.
BOUNTY LAND WARRANTs.-The total nun
ber Of applications received at the Interior De
partment in Washington, for bounty land wal
rants under the last general act of Congress, u
to the close of August, was $500, Of whic
160,960 were acknowledged, 26, 582 allowed, an
2398S warrants or certificates issued. Min
hundred and eighty Of the claims examined ar
for soldiers of the Revolution or their widows, c
which number FIVE hundred and twenty two hav
been allowed, sixty. y.three to the soldiers then
selves, now living and four hundred and fifty
nine TIC the widows of the revolutionary men.
New ORLEANS DooToRs AND Nunsrs.-Th
Norfolk correspondent of the Baltimore Amer
can writes
Ricardo of New Orleans, and his gallant par
of doctors and nurses, are doing noble servic
They are an unique organization, and l cann
help telling YOU of peculiarity Of Ricardo, WI
as you know, is a whole-souled Southerner. Z
calls his nurses the "French artillery" and h
them in as good discipline as you ever saw a m
itary company. They sit together at the hosl
ssal, at the old City Hotel, and the instant
calls for one, he or she rises and answers, al
Immediately bundles up and travels to the pla
designated. 1 never saw such system. Pi
that we had it not before.
PRESIDENT PIERCE AND CAPTAIN TYLER.
A FRATERNAL EMBRACE.-TheGe was an affe
ing scene at the Virginia White sulphur Spru
the other day. Tie President came down to
rid of the Washington chills, and was welcom
by Captain Tyler, of Sherwood Forest. 7
Captain congratulated Mr.. Pierce on his adm
.istration; and Mr.. Pierce said shat nothing col
have been more brilliant than the reign of