True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-04-01

vealed, but which, it is expected, will
not be withheld from the public. When
they are made known, venture to con-
lecture that they will make a sensation in
the country which may have an impor-
tant bearing upon its future political his
tory.
The Governor will remain in Washing
ton about week, and then return to his
native home in western Pennsylvania.
He has already had a private interview
with General Cass, who gave him an at
tenlive and friendly hearing. What will
Mr.. Buchanan-what will the rest of the
Cabinet do The new President does
not lie on bed of roses. I.
The Hotel Sickness in Washington.
The Board of Health of Washington
City have appointed subcommittee Of
three, consisting of Dr. G. F. Force,
whose duty it is to make thorough sur.
vey Of the National Hotel premises, and
an investigation Of the probable causes
of the malady alleged to exist there, and
report TO the board without delay. In
this report the committee is instructed to
name all the persons whose testimony
will be valuable, for the purpose in
hand.
The editor of the New York Day
Book, who was at the National Hotel at
the time of the inauguration, rejects the
rat theory and sums up careful article
reviewing the whole case as follows:
"Horace H. Day, Esq, is now lying
very low in this city. He was boarder
there, and, no doubt is affected precisely
as Mrs. Adams. A daughter of Senator
Jones is also very sick and under the
!, charge of DR.. Marcy. DR.. Leon has sew
eral patients, including the child of the
2 writer, who is very low. That we have
E all been poisoned by some substance daily
lministered t. us in the food is beyond a
question. What that substance was, how
S orby whom administered remains mys.
( terry. The proprietors of the house, we
: are satisfied, have used every effort and
d, means in their power to find out the cause
r of this wide spread aflliction, but in vain
e to them it is as profound mystery as to
S any in the land"
t. The Daily Jacksonian. ofNewark N j
e says:
H Among the individuals suffering from
v a sojourn at the National Hotel Wash
j. inglon, is our fellow citizen, Col. Hamli
on, editor of the Sussex Herald. He CAM
9. on with US from Trenton, on Fiday af
g. forenoon, on his way home. He ha
ID lost flesh wonderfully, and is still suffer
ut ing from deranged bowels, producing in
N cessant darrhea that it seems i'm
nt possible to check and that weakens an
in emaciates him very much. He say
ic That OF forty that partook of a specia
to banquet at the National, every one wa
,e taken down and are still suffering"
d. John S. Barber, Esq, President of the
t. Orange and Alexander Rail Road Com
i. pany, at Culpeper Court House, Va. con
ID fined 10 the house with the same diseas
10 which has afflicted SO many guests at lh
ST National.
" A letter from Washington says:
ID "The disease which has been so prev
rs alent at the National Hotel is not cOnfne
r. to that establishment, but is very genera
IN on the line of the Avenue, where the wa
ter used is obtained from springs havin
d. head on the more elevated portions of tn
III city north Of that point. Almost ever
e.. second person | have met for two day
Id who have made use of this water con
10 plain or the same symptoms that affli'
the guests of the National. 1t is no
ed my firm belief that, in consequence of th
rd melting of the vast body of snow, Ii
,at water from the surface has penetrate
RI the veins leading to these springs, carry
". ing with it some deletelious matter.
on have myself been afflicted with the con
lid plant and found relief by change Of W
ter"
,se The Washing on correspondent of Il
lid N. Y. Times disposes of the story tn
he the sickness was caused by poison'
nd rats. by stating that the water tank in
"a which the rats were said TO have plunge
all after they were poisoned, sits upon Il
en- roof of the building, from which its sid
of rise perpendicularly at least eight fee
us 1t is not easy To- see how a rat cou
ted climb that height withou! assistance, {
m. pecially when weak. and dying from I
ich effects of poison, Neither was the W
in. ter from the tank used for cooking
er. drinking purposes, but only for bathin!
The correspondent adds that there is n
=. doubt of the sickness being caused by
D feclive sewerage, the removal of whic
oua it is believed, will soon restore the usl
hot good health Of the hotel.
ten FRUIT PRosPEcTs.-.The followi
ern letters from Genesee county coinciC
ing with other information received at I
the New York Tribune office:
Itch I" The prospects of fruit crop w
5 never better at this season of the "
en- than now. The dry weather Of last "
,pel retarded the growth of fruit trees, and
cial consequence the wood was thorough
tin ripened, and the severe cold of last w
be ter, has left tho fruit buds uninjurt
ast The lowest range of the Thermomet
,me here was fourteen degrees below re
The staple fruit here is apples, but pea
that es, cherries, plums, apricots, pears. gra
/ he and small fruits are all cultivated 10 30
ac. extent. The apricot buds are entir
lan. destroyed. l examined them the first
the the month and found them sound F.;
act the warm weather the last of Febru
n Of caused them to swell, and the sey
ven. cold since two degrees below zerO)
,und killed tbem.-The peach buds did
init. swell SO much and are yet entirely soul