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[From the Xashville Union. J
Our Railroad-
Mr. Stevenson informs us that in his recent
'tour, he succeeded in getting $280,000 of
'stock subscribed. The total subscriptions now
amount to near $1,000,000. Mr. S. has kind
ly permitted us to copy the following letters
from Mr. Calhoun and Mr. King, which he
recently received, and which, although not in
tended for publication, will be perused with
hi IT h interest :
Fort Hilt,. 18th Sept. 1847.
My Dear Sir :—T hasten to answer yours of
the sth inst., received by the mail yesterday.
It is with unfeigned regret that I am com
pelled to decline the invitation of yourself and
; ex-Governor Jones, to visit Nashville, at this
time, in consequence of an engagement which
I cannot well dispense with, and which will
engross all my disposable time until I leave
home for Washington. Had it been in my
power to accept, I assure you it would not only
have afforded me much gratification personal
ly', to visit your city, but I would have felt it
t*6 be my duty to do so, in connection with
the highly important object towards effecting
which you suppose my presence would con
tribute.
There arc few objects which I have more at
heart than the construction of the road from
Nashville to Chattanooga, where it will meet
the Georgia road, and through it form a con
tinuous connection with the ’Southern Atlan
tic ports, and, in time, with those of the Gulf
of Mexico. In whatever light it is viewed,
whether in reference to the prosperity of
Nashville, Savannah, Charleston, and other
cities connected; or still more broadly, that
of the Southern Atlantic, and the South
Western, Western and North Western States;
or broader still, the whole Union, in its com
mercial, political and social relation«, I regard
it the most important of all the railroads to be
constructed —as time will show, when it is
completed; especially if the Cumberland river
can be made as navigable, at all seasons, from
Nashville to its mouth, as the Ohio is from
that point to its mouth. This is no new opin
ion of mine. I have long entertained it. In
deed, I may say, I believe with truth, that I
was the first to point it out, as the best routa
between the centre of the valley of the Mis
sis* ppi and the Atlantic,and, through its ports,
with the rest of the world. That it was not
originally adopted, instead of the one that is
direct from Charleston to Cincinnati, was no
/ml t of mine.
That the stock will be very profitable to its
holders, if it should bejudiciously and econo
mically constructed, I do not in the least
doubt; and th it it will be so constructed, I
feel confident, from the ability and business
habits of those who have taken it in hand. —
Such is pay perfect confidence in the road,that
if I had at my disposal, a half a million. I
would not hesitate to invest it. I would re
gard It as the safest and best investment that
could be made. It will not only be va-tly
profitable hereafter, with the growth of the*
country, but will pay from the first, legal in
terest, and make Nashville one of the first
cities in the great valley of the West. So
strong is my conviction, that I would regard it
as a matter of just pride to have my name as
sociated with the noble work.
Entertaining these impressions, I shall feci
it my duty to give any aid and encouragement
in ray power to the work. lam decidedly of
the opinion that Georgia and this State should
bothdend their aid in its construction; and feel
,confident it may be done without the least
hazard, while .they will be every way benefit
ted by its completion. The amount of sub
scription neeess&ry to secure the charter must,
by all means, be secured. J would be glad to
know what progress you are making, from
time to time, in that respect.
I received your letter shortly after rav re
turn from Washington, giving much valuable
information as to the relative cost of transpor
tation from New Orleans, and from New York,
and other points on the Atlantic to Nashville,
compared with the probable cost from Charles
ton and Savannah by the projected road, when
completed. It is very favorable to the road;
and I have been prevented from pre oaring a
memoir in reference to it, agreeably to ray pro
mise, only in consequence of the extent of my
engagements since ray return from Washing
ton, and the unfavorable state of the money
market for such works, in this country from
the Mexican war, and in Europe from the
scarcity of provisions.
J have not heard from Mr, Nicholson.
Yours, truly, J. C. Calhoux.
V, K. Stevenson, Esq,
Augusta, Sept'r. 12, 1847.
Dear Sir:— l was not apprised, previous to
the receipt of your letter, that your Legisla
ture meets so early as October. It would be
to me a very pleasing duty to be with you
about that time, but I fear that I cannot.* I
say duty, for I deem it sucH, not only to the
institution which I serve, but to the section
of country to which I belong, to give every
encouragement in my power to an improve
ment which I believe to be the most important
of the age—at any rate in our country, I
have, however, no serious apprehensions about
this work. The whole line from Savannah
and Charleston to Nashville, will be continu
ous and complete at no distant day. It may
be delayed, but I do not much fear even that.
At the worst, however, it is only a question of
time. Sooner or later the work will be done. The
prospect of heavy profit will be a sufficient
motive to individual effort. If this fail, it will
not be for want of motive and will, but for
want of ability. If this latter fail, the States
interested, it is hoped, will be too enlightened
to allow the work to slumber. In this im
provement there need be no sectional jealous
ies of superior local advantages at the general
charge, for whether built by States or Indivi
duals, or both, it will be no* burden to either,
but will pay more than an interest on the in
vestment. The road is obliged to do an im
mense business, and yield heavy profits to the
stockholders, It will be the western or valley
link, and therefore the best link, in a line of
railroad six hundred miles long, running most
of its length a thickly settled and productive
country, full of mineral and agricultural
wealth, and connected with two important
seapoits upon the South Atlantic coast. This
is not all. It will top, at its western terminus
a navigable tributary of the Mississippi, on a
line to St. Louis,'thereby connecting the heart
of the great valley with the Atlantic, by a route
five or six hundred miles nearer than any och
er; add to theee the important advantages of a
connection between the populous districts ol
East Tennessee and the State capital, and you (
have a combination of advantages possessed i
by nb Other locution in the country. To doubt 1
the profits rtf such a road, we must be very ;
stupid by ’nature. Or wilfully blind to the ’
teachings of experience elsewhere. I
Yours, very respectfully,
Jxo. P. Kino,
V. K. Stevenson/Esq,
[F rom the Athens Banner
Our Democratic Friends
" Whilst it is a subject of gratulation to us to
behold the triumph of Democratic principles
and policy in the entire State, through the
vigilance and firmness of the party generally
we must acknowledge that our feelings of ad
miration for some portion of it has been deeply
enlisted, as those of the unmixed reprobation
have been felt for others. The members of
party had been warned time and again to sacri
fice their personal divisions upon the altar of the
public good, and to come to the polls in their
united strength against their opponent*-. To
the honor of some of them,be it said, that they
nobly performed this duty, and great will be
their consolation, when they learn the fruits
of their concession in perhaps the most closely
contested election for the legislature in our
history. But what must be the feelings of
mortification of those stubborn and reckless
members of the party, who, disregarding
the expressed will of a majority of their politi
cal friends, continued to press their claims to
the overthrow of their cherished doctrines! —
The counties of Gilmer , Floyd , and Heard , all
largely Democratic, have sent Whig members
to the Legislature, in comscqucnce of the most
deplorable divisions in our ranks! We for
bear to enumerate other failures from the same
cause in the Southern districts. 11 we have
lost either or both houses of the Legislature,
it is clear that it has resulted, not from the
weakness of our principles, for they are borne
out most triumphantly by the people of Geor
gia, but from a weakness either in the heads
or hearts of our friends. Let us take warning
from this memorable fca'rfipftjgn, and learn in |
future the importance of a single member of ;
the legislature—and even of a single vote!
But after contemplating the dark side of the ;
picture, we turn with joy to the brighter, It
should cause the breast of every Democrat to I
heave with pride at the names of some of our I
distinguished friends who have battled so no
bly in the De nocratic cause. Among these, j
we cannot forego the pleasure of mentioning j
the names of Warren J. Hill . of Walton, and |
Samuel Knox , of Franklin. In the Senatorial :
districts in which these gentlemen reside, it is
well known there is a large political majority
against them. Y'et we find them fighting the
battles of Democracy manfully, and although
borne down by the tide of Whigery, falling
like heroes inbatlle, after making wide gaps in
the opposing ranks, with the sympathy and ad
miration of their comrades. The case of Mr.
Hill is so strikingly illustrative of his exalted
character, both as a gentleman and a politician,
as to require a more extended notice. With
a majority of 250 against him in the district
composed of Walton and Newton, ho took the
field in the canvass of 184-5, against a com-
I petitor, and such was the regard of the people
for the many virtues which adorn his charac
ter — that hundreds of his political opponents
voted for him and elected him to the Senate.
What an cnconium—what a tribute! Who has
received it—who will ever receive it again but ‘
Warren J. Hill? In the recent election, draw- j
Ihg partv lilacs with an irresistable power else
where, he was defeated only by forty votes, i
with a political majority of two hundred and \
fifty against him. But there is still a brighter |
glory gathering around him in his defeat, than
victory elsewhere sheds upon the brows of i
others. Who has bound the hearts of such a j
number with chains of love which they would !
not break at the bidding of party? In Walton
county, where he resides, and is properly
known and appreciated, what a language dees
an increased majority of 100 votes over his
own pa ty speak in his behalf ! —Whilst Demo
cracy has such an apostle to sustain her sub-
I n e pre ci ts Walton will stand immoveable as
a roCik in her cause, and the Senatorial district,
with a majority which would fix all others as
immoveable as the mountain, will continue to
tremble in the balance.
[From the N. O. Picayune , 1 oth inst.]
From the Brazes.
The schooner Panama, Capt. Porter, arrived
yesterday from Bravos Santiago, whence she
sailed on the 23th ult. Through the courtesy
of Mr. W. C. Templeton, "'ho came passenger
on the Panama, we have d copy of the Mata
moros Flag, of the 25th ult.
There is not a word of military intelligence
in the paper which would be news here, but
Capt. Porter, ol the Panama, reports that all
of Gen. Cuihing’s brigade left the on
.. the 28th ult., for Vera Cruz, onboard th.o U. S.
steamer Telegraph, the steamer Ohio, the brig
Maj. Eastland and one other brig, name not
recollected.
Col. Hays arrived at the Brazos on the 20th
ult., and was to leave the next day with five
companies of his command, tin board the steam
ship Fanny, for Vera Cruz.
The brig Crusoe and schooners E p.i’ty and
A Cadmus wore at the Brazos on the 29th ult.,
to leave for this port in a few days.
The Panama lost a seaman overboard on her
passage down to the Brazos. It was on the 22d
ult. His name was B. T. Wadleigh, who has
left a wife and two children in this city.
The city of Victoria de Tamaulipas is repre
sented as suffering for the common necessaries
of life. Since the occupation of Tampico and
Metamoros by American troops, Victoria has
been cut off from legalized communication with
the seaboard.
Under the head of “Texas Affairs,” the Flag
gives us several items of information of which
we annex a good part:
Gen. Mirabeau B. Lamar has been announc
ed as a candidate to represent the counties of
San Patricio and Nueces in the representative
branch of the State Legislature. The election j
will be held at the different election precincts
in these counties on the first Monday in No
vember next.
Gen. Lamar has, for about a year past, been
stationed at Laredo, in Nueces county, in com
mand of a company for the defence of the fron
tier, and is very, and deservedly, popular
throughout the district which he is a candidate
to represent.
The Governor ofTexas has authorized Lieut.
11. Bee to raise a company of mounted volun
teers, to be mustered into service sometime in
October. This company will be stationed at
Laredo, and supply the place of that now
there under the command of Gen. Lamar,
whose term of service expires in three or four
weeks.
Capt. J. S. Sutton is also authorized to raise
a company, to be stationed between the Nueces
and Rio Grande, to supply the place of that
recently commanded by Capt. Gray. Capt.
Sutton was in Corpus Christ! a few days ago
recruiting.
District of Santa Rita. —An election for two
justices of the peace will he held at Santa Rita,
Nueces county, Texas, for that district, on the
second Monday in October. These offices have
never yet been filled. We are not informed
who is likely to be chosen. A constable, in
said district, will also be chosen at the same
time. The district commences at the upper
landing of the ferry, near Fort Paredes, and
extends up the Rio Grande to the vicinity of
Reynosa—thence to the Salt Lakes and Sal
Colorado, and down the latter to the Point
Isabel district.
The death of the Hon. Jose DeAlba has
caused a vacancy in the office of Chief Justice
for the county of Nueces. We are informed
that an election will be holden on the second
Monday in October, to supply the vacancy.
The places of voting are Corpus Christi, Brazos
Santiago, Point Isabel, Santa Rita and Laredo.
The only name we have heard 'mentioned in
connection with the office, is that of Gen-. Wm.
L. Cazneau.
At the election in Nueces county, Texas,
on the second Monday in October.a coroner for
said coilnty Will be elected.
A j ustice of the peace is also to bo elected ih
the Point Isabel district, to supply the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of S. E. Langdon.
Esq. The boundaries of this district are the
Rio Grande, from its mouth to the ferry near
Fort Paredes, therreewith the Ma'tainoros and
San Patrio road to the Rio Sal Colorado, thence
down that river to the Laguna del Madre, and
across Padre Island to the Gulf of Mexico,
thence to the mouth of the river. Votes for this
office will be received at Point Isabel and at
Brazos Santiago. One justice for the district
resides at the Brazos Island, the other should
be in this vicinity.
Augusta, occrg i a .
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 15-
Good News from Pennsylvania-
We received no papers by last evening's
mail from offices North of Richmond, Va.
A slip from our correspondent of the Rich
mond Times, gives us advices from New Aork
and Philadelphia, per Telegraph, to 14th inst.
I 4 P. M.,-but we regret that it gives no informa
j tion in regard to the Cotton market, which is
i the all-absorbing topic Avith our merchants.
To our political friends, hoAvever, the news
is of the most gratifying character. The Bal
timore correspondent of the Times, under date
of 14th inst. 4 P. M. says—“ The papers from
Philadelphia failed, except the Ledger, which
I gives a Democratic gain ofGOOOoA-cr the whigs
compared with the vote of ’44, as far as heard
from, 'i'he Democracy is certainly largely tri
| umphant. There Avas a large Native vote given
j in Philadelphia.”
General Clinch and his Detractors.
The Federal Union led off Avith an editorial
; regretting that personal matters in reference
to the charftctefs ?.nd conduct of the lavo can
didates for Governor, and their relative fit
ness for the office had figured so extcnsi T »'dy
in the public journals. It very correctly as
serted that the example had been set by the
Avhigs,and most ruthlessly pursued against the
democratic candidate. This was but a con
tinuation of the sicellcd-head and broken topp'd
i barouche game played against Mr. McAllister,
j The democratic papers accepted-,as matter of
! course, this sort of issue tendered, in the al -
sence of an issue of riuxcim.Es, which the
whigs thought it unnecessary to reiterate.
The Sa\* mu ih Republican, however, insists
that the Avhigs, the mild, gentlemanly, liberal
whigs, forsooth! have been more sinned against
than sinning, and considers that Col. Towns,
his character, conduct, capacity and claims
have not been near so rudely and unfairly as
sailed as was General Clinch, his character,
conduct, capacity and claims. I’hat Colonel
■ Towns suffered less, that he came out of the
j rough encounter Avith loss damage, is evi
denced by his triumphant election. This re
sult, however, is not OAving to any forbearance
,on the part of the Avhig presses. He owes no
i gratitude to them. He has gone unscathed
j through k most fiery ordeal. He oavcs this to
the strength of his principles, the purity of his
i character, and the just appreciation by the
| people of his capacity and fitness for the Exe
cutive Chair.
As for the humble part avc took in tills can
vass, avg have no disclaimers to make —noth-
ing to apologise for, and nothing to regret.
We did not pen a sentence that wc avouUl now
retract or obliterate. It is true, Ave asserted
that General Clinch was in our opinion, a dull—
a very dull man, —an amiable, but weak minded
man. We believed Avhat we asserted, and be
lieve so still. We published the Picas in the
St. Marys Bank case, filed by Mr. Preston, the
Attorney of General Clinch, These Pleas dis
closed as avc believed, and still believe that a
fraud was perpetrated or attempted bri the
Charter of that Bank. The contrary has never
been shoAvn.and whilst mystery still harigSoi'er
that famous SIOOO transaction, the ptibhe will
believe Avith us that there was a fraud perpetrat
ed, as was substantially set forth by the Fleas
themselves. We Avcrc unwilling to charge
Gen. Clinch Avith having committed it, be
cause avg belieA r ed him to be a man of pure
character and high integrity. But we adopt
ed the only other alternative Avhich suggested
itself, and came to the conclusion that he Avas
a dupe — a cats-paw in the hands of sharper
AA'ittcd men, Avho had used him. To this hy
pothesis we still adhere. The silence of him
self and his defenders in reference to those
! transactions which suggested the Pleas of Mr.
j Preston and Avhich he confounded perhaps
| Avith the SIOOO note, has left us no other al
j tentative.
As to the battle of Withlacoochio, which the
; whigs thought Avoiild be good of itself for
.5000 votes for their gunpowder candidate, we
published a full account of that achievement.
We gave the official despatches and all we
could gather in reference to it. Our readers
Avero thus enabled to make their own estimate
from it, of the Hero’s fitness to become Gov
ernor of the State.
We also published Judge Dawson’s certifi
cate. If the public, however, chose to place
a different estimate from his, on the abilities of
General Clinch for the office, neither he, nor
the whigs generally have a right to complain.
General Clinch’s services and merits have not
suffered for lack of trumpeters. But since after
all the flourish of trumpets, and drumming and
fifing to get up military enthusiasm for h m,
he fell short at the ballot box, the whigs must
either be content, or blame themselves for
their own mistake in nominating so weak a
candidate.
History of Georgia-
The Athens Banner says—“We are happy
to announce to our readers that the first volume
qf Dr. Stevens’ work is rapidly passing through
the press. Mr. W. C. Richards, to whom Avas
entrusted the superintendance of its publica
tion, has just returned from the North, and
jhowa us a specimen of the work, which is in
dicative of great excellence in its mechanical i
execution. The volume Avas nearly half print
ed when Mr. R. left—-and will be completed
under the eye of the author himself. It may
be looked for early in November, when avc
hope it will be generously received by the j
public.”
Pr ost-
Within the last two days we have had quite
a change in the Avoather, and yesterday win
ter clothing and tiros Avorc not only comforta
ble, but necessary. We understand a slight
white frost was visible early in the morning in
the vicinity of this city.
The Charleston Courier, of yesterday, says :
“We learn from passengers avlio arrived in
the cars yesterday, that there was quite a hea
vy frost that morning along the lino of Rail
Road between Hamburg and Aiken.”
"We publish with pleasure the coramunica- i
tion of our talented young correspondent, j
“T. W, L.,” and cordially Avish that he may re
alize the hope expressed in his concluding para
graph. As Ave are one of those that believe that
there are fcAv old bachelors from, choice, Ave
are ahvays more disposed to look upon their
condition as calling for compassion, than pro
voking to ridicule. Their lonely fate has in
every age elicited poetic sympathies, and in
spired the most glowing pens. Even the
splendors of Avealth and f .me shed but a chil
ling light upon their isolated path. Napoleon
once remarked to his courtiers, after the with
drawal of Josephine and her ladies from his
palace, just prior to his second ritiptials, “It
must be confessed, gentlemen, that society
Avithout ladies, is like a garden without roses.”
Byron has sketched the most splendid isola
tion to which “single blessedness” could at
tain, in terms so graphic, as to make it a most
unenticing condition.
“Amidst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
Ami roam alon<r, the world’s tired denizen,
With none who bless us, none Avhnm we can bless:
Minions of splendor shrinking from distress!
None that, with kindred consciousness endued,
II we were not. would seem to smile the less,
Os all that flatter’d, followed, sought, and sued :
This is to be alone ; this, this is solitude.”
The beautiful and familiar lines of Campbell
will not less readily suggest themselA’cs to the
memory of the reader.
“And say—without our hopes* without our fears,
Without the home that plighted love endears,
Without the smile from partial beauty won.
Oh, what were man—a world without a sun.”
So we will noAv close our comments on the
r theme furnished by our unfortunate felloAv
wights of the-order of bachelor-dcm, with the
' following standing sentiment, for the benefit
of the brotherhood ih general, and of “T. W.
! L.” in particular.
“May the single be married, and the married
be happy.”
The Fall Stocks—An Elegant Store.
Notwithstanding only a limited supply of
the great Southern staple has reached our
1 market thus far, during the season, the busy
hum of the Fall trade is already upon us, and
■ our merchants are daily ivitnessing and realiz
-1 . . °
ing its effects upon their splendid stocks of
: goods In CAmry department of trade. Nor is
this at all suprising, wheA avc contemplate the
extensive supplies, and the rich and tasteful
' displays of our dealers* av!i6 offer inducements
’ such as would tempt the most obdurate. This
is especially true, and is atte-ted at almost
) CA'ery step along Broad street, whether one is
in pursuit of the nocssaries or luxuries of life,
' either for its sustenance, or the more elegant
fashioning and moulding of the personal exte
rior. All, all in great abundance, Avhilc in the
latter departments, there is generally a profu
sion of elegance and richness rarely equalled.
Intimately connected Avith the chaste and
rich stylos of goods, is the fine taste exhibited
in their display and arrangement, which is not
less important than in the selections. This is
truly a progressive age, and there is no higher
evidence of the progress of refinement, and a
highly cultivated taste among merchants than
that afforded in the selections and display of
t their goods and wares.
, The fact has been forcibly impressed upon
. our minds, by the general advancement made
. by our merchants within a few years, and in no
[ instantce has it been more strikingly illustrat
ed than by our friends Clark, Rackett & Co.,
upon whose store, whether it be contemplated
for the splendor, richness, and great variety
of the wares, combining Avhatever is useful or
, ornamental in their line, or the taste displayed
in their exhibition, a lover of the chaste arid
beautiful might gaze in admiration for hours
i torturing his imagination and his poAvor of lan
guage, not less for appropriate encomiums upon
the improvements in the Mechanic arts, as ex
hibited in 6A r ery niche and corner of their gor
geous est ablishment, than Upon the refined and
elegant taste of the proprietors. —Chronicle %
Sentinel o f Wcdnreday.
Death of Chancellor Harper-
The Columbia Temperanee Advocate of the
14th inst., brings us the vmlancholy news of
the death of the Hon. William Harper, who
expired at his residence in Fairfield District,
on Sunday last. In his death, the Beach of
South Carolina has lost its greatest jurist, and
the State one of the most gifted men that has
ever adorned her annals.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says
—“Chancellor Harper’s distinction dates back
to the very commencement of his manhood.—
Quite early in his career he went to Missouri,
and for a time held the highest judicial office
in that State. Returning to South Carolina,
he was elected to the office which he hcl 1 to
his death, and Avhere he exercise 1 a greater
and more undisputed supremacy, than perhaps
has ever been attained by any other Judge in
the State. And this ha OAved solely to the
depth, clearness and comprehensiveness of his
intellect; for no man cared less for poAver than
he, or avus more entirely free fro m all suspicion
of abusing it for selfish purposes.
With manners unaffectedly simple,and a heart
alive to all kindly and genial sympathies, he
won, and has long enjoyed, the love as well as
the veneration of the Avhole State; and perhaps
there is not one among the distinguished men
of South Carolina, whose death would be more
universally and sincerely deplored.
Wc do not now attempt any biographies 1
sketch of Chancellor Harper, for we have not
the materials at hand, and the office belongs
to some one better qualified to do justice to
the distinguished dead.
rftillcdg’eville and Gordon Hail HoaJ-
The Federal Union, of the 12th iust. says ■
“At a meeting of the Stockholders on Satur
day last, the following gentlemen were elected
Directors of the Company, viz: Beuj. S. Jor
dan, Dr. T. Fort, I. Newell, S. Gratland, D.
11. Tucker, W. S. Rockwell, Alox’r Jarratt,
It. M. Orme, Geo. L. Doming and the Mayor
| of the city of Milledgeville.”
The Affairs ofFrlmc, Ward &, Co
lt is stated that the affairs of Prime, AVard
& Co., as far as the American creditors are j
concerned will turn out even worse than was i
feared. The amount of indebtedness is about |
$700,000, of which three of the Wall street
Banks lose a large amount, stated at $200,000.
The English creditors have absorbed all the
assets of the firm.
[communicated.]
i Mr. Editor —I learn that our City Council
have or are about to establish rate a of weights
for Meal and Corn. This step, on their part,
may be regarded as an effort for the public
good. So lar, then, it will be commendable;
then allow me to suggest their action upon the
Assize of Bread, that the Baker and consum
er may alike receive justice. And might not
all standard weights be duly examined month
ly by the city officers? We know that Charles
ton r ■ gulates this matter by an occasional ex
ample of depriving the merchants of their
sticks, commonly called yard-sticks, which
are often found less than thirty-six inches. —
Another fact I will here state. I have seen
many millers in Georgia who trade in Augus
ta, who desire earnestly a Flour inspection.
Gentlemen of the Council, oblige a poor man
by reflecting on these important matters.
FAIR MEASURE.
[We publish the communication of “Fair
Measure,” but in doing so, would remark that
short yard-sticks arc probably hot to be found
among our merchants. This precaution is un
necessary, as least so far as our present set of
merchants are concerned.]
[communicated.]
A Short Essay orx Bachelors.
I can conceive of no life more miserable than
that of the Bachelor. If he live in a house by
himself, he is ever comparing his own lot with
that of his married neighbor, who is as happy
as the days are long, receiving company, and
romping with his children ; but as ofrr bache
lor wanders through his rooms, a sense of lone
liness comes over him, and he sighs, alas! in
vain, for even
“ A little /Eaeas to play in his halls.”
As he sits by his lonely hearth,and looksaround
upon the vacant chairs, and the unoccupied
corner, he pictures to himself the brightness
of the scene if all those empty chairs were Allied
by “ a pretty string of beads,” and the other
corner, by “ the flower, and the Mother of
the flockand while he thinks of all
those tilings, a burst of laU.gh.ter, long, lotid,
and rabrry, as it comes from his neighbor’s
nursery, falls upon his car, as if in very mock
ery of his loneliness. Or perchance, some gay,
happy child, crosses his path; but he turns a
way from him, and bitterly thinks of his youth
ful days, and the many opportunities he had of
marrying well, as a man looks back upon the
golden hours, which have sped away, unim
proved, and which alas ! can never be regain
ed. Parties, and Ashing frolics, come up in
! review before him, sadly mellowed, and dim
| mod by the long years that have intervened.—
j He recalls the happiest day of his life, when
ho sat by some fair one’s side on the mossy
bank of some quiet stream. He feels, once
more, her warm breath upon his cheek, as he
bent down to disengage the hook which caught
her dross, and remembers what a long time it
required to lo'sen it. He well remembers the
i thrill of delight when he touched her hand,
; the bound of his heart when their eyes met,
| and the gentle pressure of her hand as she
i leaned confidingly upon his arm, and looked
I up into his face, the incarnation of innocence
i and loveliness. Again does he hear those
rich tones, richer now in memory, for they will
never be heard again; and though the fire
blazes brightly, and the clock ticks merrily in
the corner, the old man sighs, and bitterly re
| proaches himself that he did not whisper his
love to her when they sat upon that mossy
bank, when no one was nigh to hear, and no
sound to disturb save the gentle ripple of the
■ stream.
I Like a rock in the midst of some green isle
I —an isolated being, the old man drags out his
existence, —no one to sympathize with, no
one to love him, no one to love. Children
hush their laughter, and stop their sports,
when he comes nigh. Boys poke fun at him,
and laugh at his old hat, and ’tis the “unkind
est cut of all,” the very eyes that once beamed
lovingly upon him, now sparkle in derision of
his fate.
When he sits down to his table, his house
keeper pours out his coffee, with the air of
one paid to do it, and he is disgusted with her
officious kindness, which ho knows to be the
i rankest hypocrisy ; or if, as bachelors are apt
to do, for the lack of something better to love,
he has set his affections upon the lucre of
; earth, he is the constant sport of doubts, sus
picions, and fears. He watches his house
• keeper with a vigilant eye, and views her as a
i leech, which is slowly, but surely sucking up
his substance. Every approach which she
makes to his cupboard causes his heart to
throb, and every jingle of her keys costs him
a pang; hence we often see the bachelor, goad
ed to desperation, join himself in matrimony
with the guardian of his cupboard. But they
never live happily together, and he invariablj*
; cuts her off with a shilling.
Let us now look at the bachelor, when not at
| home. If he goes out to walk, he encounters
a married man upon the pavement. See with
| what an envious eye he looks at him. Our
married friend is evidently just from under the
hands of his wife. His hat, his coat, and his
bair, well brushed. lie is the . very pink of
neatness, and surely nobody but a wife could
I have tied his cravat so nicely. A broad hap*
py smile rests upon his countenance, and h c
holds by the hand a little cherub that can just
waddle along beside him. Ever and anon as
he looks down upon his boy, a smirk flits
across his iace, aud he walks proudly along,
full of responsibility and joy ; but the bache
lor ! Looii at him. The dust of a dozen weeks
has collected upon his beaver. No smile
lights up his countenance. Button after but
ton drops from his coat, his socks need darn
ing, and his elbows have not so much as a
patch to cover them. View him at Church,
as he twists and turns in his scat; he doesn’t
hear a word of the sermon, for what with en
vying the married men, and looking at the
girls, and frowning upon the little ones as they
flock into the pews after their mothers, he has
.as much as he can do. And perhaps during
prayer-time he feels a twitching of his coat be
hind, he hears the suppressed titter of a whole
bench-full of boys, sighs for his lonely fire
side which is far preferable to being in a huff
without an opportunity of revenging himself.
If he reads his newspaper, a cut at bache
lors, or a love story, or a description of matri
monial felicity well-nigh drives him mad.
lie joins a club, hoping in this way to pass
off his evenings more pleasantly; but most of
the members hurry home “to their dear little
wives,” at an early hour, and our bachelor in
wardly vows never to attend the meeting again.
The bachelor who boards out ia but little bet
ter off than he who keeps house. He dare not
stay away late at night for fear of being locked
out. His coffee is never made right. Ilia
linen is either as stiff as a shingle or as Umber
as a rag. The children distract him with their
noise, and he daily sees the blessedness of mat
rimony, which he would of all things avoid.
Slowly the weary years roll by, and the
bachelor is stretched upon his dying bed. lie
looks back upon his life ! how long has that
life been, yet how useless ! He thinks of his
w'orldly goods, and mourns, that there is no
one to give them to. Silence reigns in that
{ chamber. No weeping, watching wife, sup
plies his many wants, and whispers the last
sad farewell in his car. No little ones, with
serious countenances, look up sadly into his
face. No manly boy takes him by the hand,
and bids ham be of good cheer, nor promise i
to honor his gray hairs by ever walking in the
paths ol virtue, nor to perpetuate his name by
deeds of glory. No beloved daughter bends
over him, and mingles her dark locks with his
gray hairs, nor presses her bright lips upon his
turrowed cheek, n6r clasps his wasted form in
that last loving embrace, promising ever to
cherish his memory, and 16 keep his grave
green with 1 er tears —no! nv! But the house
keeper scowls upon him when his kis turn
ed, or drops a crbcodile tear, hoping to tc re
membered in his will. Thus the old man dies,
feeling that the world can well spire him, and
that it were better to be in his grave, than to
mingle in a world « hich he loves not, which
loves not him. God of Heaven! preserve us
from such a late. When men .“top at our grave,
whatever thev sav of us, let it not be, he died
i •
a bachelor. May I be early blessed in Use
’ with a partner*. May we two, hand in hand;
and heart in heart, safely weather the storms
Oi life; and if death single me out first, when
' they have buried me in the village churchyard,
and the grass waves over my tomb, may a no
ble boy and a fair girl, come over the stile to
gether, aud sldppifig at my grave, drop a tear
or a flower, and say, “/Zero lies our father.'’
T. W. L.
Washington, Ga., Oct. 12, 1816;
ThcH L Coolrc-
Among the other changes aud improvements
in steam-boats which we have recorded, wc
ought not to omit to mention the repairs now
going on in the above named boat. She is fin
“ dergoing a thorough process of change and
> renovation, and will in some ten days more,
take her place on the river as a packet boat,
running hence to Augusta.
' For this object her engine has been greatly
‘ improved, and much of it renewed, while the
boiler surface has been enlarged by adding six
feet to the length of the boiler. Another im
portant improvement is the construction of a
cabin on the upper or promenade deck, making
her, in this respect, like the passenger boats on
the Western waters. This cabin is provided
, with twenty-four berths, and we know of noth
ing more pleasing, airy, and convenient. The
upper deck projects beyond the cabin, so that
' taere will be a promenade entirely around it—
l within the railing. It is not easy to imagine
a more agreeable or inviting arrangement,
and we predict that the H. L. Cook will be a
’ public favorite, amply rewarding Messrs, Ihly
and Geo. Wylly, for the enterprise which they
i have shown in her construction. We have
no doubt that henceforth the preferred route,
from this city to Augusta, will be on the
river. —Savannah Republican 2 \th nit.
The Epedemic. —The report of interments in
the city for the week ending Saturday morn
ing at 9 o’clock shows a total of 133, of which
48 were from yallow fever. The correspond
ing figures for the preceding week were 141
and 57. This shows a slight amelioration in
the health of the city. Scarcely any change
is indicated by the Charity Hospital report,
the total number of admissions for the week
ending at 6 o’clock last evening (Oct. 9th) be
ing 190 against 197 the week previous, and the
deaths from yellow fever being 21, the same
as during the preceding week. The discharges
of yellow fever the last week at the Hos
pital were 59 against 78 the previous week.
We are persuaded that the epidemic finds a
great number of its victims among strangers
’ j and unaccliraated residents now returning,
; though cases do constanly occur among those
r who have been here throughout the season.
The fever appears to fluctuate slightly with,
changes in the weather, it we may rely upon
the reports made to us from respectable sources.
We regret that we cannot pronounce it safe
for absent friends and strangers to come
amongst us. But as the disease is falling off by
1 degrees we may hope that it will soon become
extinct, unless it is fed by the imprudence of
those who are so anxious to return to town. —
; N. O. ricayune % KM inst.
Couldn't tell the Difference , —A loafer got hold
of a green persimmon, which (before they are
ripened by the frost) are said to be one of the
most bitter and puckery fruits known.
lie took the persimmon outside the garden
( wall.and commenced upon it, by seizing a very
generous mouthful of the fruit, which proved
L to be in a state to frizzle his Ups and tongue
most provokingly. ,
. “How do you like it,” inquired the owner ot
: the garden, who had been watching him.
The saliva was oozing from the corners of the
‘ fellow’s mouth, and he was only able to ask
I in reply, “How do I look,nabor? Am I wisslmg
. or singing?”