The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-09-10

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WASHINGTON, Sept 4.
The President has sent Surgeon General Lawson
to Fort Monroe to report on the quarantine regua-
tons there, and as to the propriety of evaeutng
thefort to the refugees of Norfolk and Portsmouth
The hospital the fort is filed with sick soldiers,
but there is no fever there.
At the meetings held in New York, Boston and
Philadelphia, large amounts have been subscribed
to the relief fund for the Norfolk and Portsmouth
sufferers.
A committee from the City Council of Baltimore,
with fifty large tents, have gone down for the pur-
pose Of establishing encampments for the sufferers
Arrival of the Northern Light.
NEW York, Sept. 8.
The Northern Light has arrived with one million
gold.
SAN FRANcIsco, Aug. 1Sth.-Money is tight
The markets opened active but closed dull.
The Americans have nominated j Nicely johnson
for Governor, and n. Anderson for Lieutenant
Governor.
Five Americans were massacred by the hexicans
in Amador county. The inhabitants became excited
and burned every Spanish house in the place.
An extensive bogus gold dust factory has been
discovered in San Francisco.
Woods, of the firm of Adams & Co., has left
mysteriously for Australia.
Governor Stevens of Oregon, has made treaties
with several Indian tribes.
The Variaties theatre in the Sandwich Islands,
has been burned.
The war is raging in the interior of Nicaragua. A
battle occurred between the Government troops and
Munos, twenty-four leagues from the Leon. The
Insurgents were defeated and Nunos killed.
Walker landed at San Juan, eudeavoriug to re-
cruit from California passengers.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. s.
The river is reported falling between here and
Cairo, with 81 feet water-stationary here. The
Illinois is falling with SO inches on the bars Four
feet water in the upper Mississippi to Keokuk, and
falling. % inches on the Rapids. 81 feet in the
Missouri to St. Josephs, and falling.
Flour-The favorable advance per the Atlantic
has caused an Improvement; City extra 100 fancy
6.25, country superfue 6124. Corn, yellow, 52a54,
white 5s, sacks included. Oats 304. Butter II
Whisky SOL Provisions, no changes. Receipts
light Sugar SAG. G. A. Salt I.75al.sO.
LOUISVILLE, Sept S.
The river is rising fast with six and half feet of
water on the falls.
ClNcINNArI, Sept. s.
The river has risen about three feet since yes
terday and still rising.
Flour is frm-sales at 500. Corn is active at
SIS. Whisky is again lower, with an active demand
at SASSY. Sugar is frm-iair and prime R5aSs.
Molasses is very firm at AZ.
PIrTsBURG, Sept s.
The river is falling with six feet four inches in the
channel.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.
Flour is a trife higher-Straight State $7.75;
Southern $3.50 Wheat-Southern White 81. 90;
Red Sl.65. Corn has improved-sales at slc.-
Pork is firm at $50. 97t. Lard is firm.
The deaths at Norfolk are decreasing, and the
new cases are milder All the physicians from the
North but two are down with the fever
The Postmaster General has definitely settled the
difficulty With the South Carolina Railroad, and a
daily mail is ordered over that road.
Further by the Northern Light.
New YORK, Sept. 6.
The Sonora has arrived out.
The miners are doing well.
The wheat crop of California amounts to 1000.
600 bushels
The Indian wars are raging in Northern Califor-
MIA and Southern Oregon. Twenty FIVE Americans
were murdered on the klamath The miners were
also attacked on the Upper Sacramento Seven
Americans and fifty Indians were killed.
The slOOp of war Decatur has arrived from Pu-
gets Sound.
There was fire at Stocktou-loss $500, 900.