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7, 1850.
Toy, we understand had his leg badly fractured.
Fortunately noother persons were injured. The
engine “Hercules” which received the greatest !
-injury was but recently introduced on the mini, i
and was one of the finest and largest locomotives j
to be found in the country. —Atlanta Intelligen
cer, 31st ull.
CONFLAGRATION AT SEA.
Much anxiety has been evinced in the city
during the last few days respecting the loss of a
first class steam ship in the Atlantic, which is
reported to have been totally destroyed by fire.
The following details were furnished by Mr.
Barras, captain of the William, frtrm the Quebec,
who communicated the loss to the authorities at
Lloyds. The William left Great Matts, in lho
Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the 4th ult., and on the
evening of the 1 ‘2th, a large steamer with tlirre I
masts, was observed in latitude, 46° 14’ N., lon
gitude, 56° 27’ \\., steering to the North west.
The mention of this circumstance is the more
necessary, in order that this ship might not bo
cordounded with the one that was subsequently
seen on fire, as she was proceeding in quite u
different direction. Toward dusk on the follow
ing day a strong lurid glare was noticed about
fifteen miles to tho Southward ol their course,
and Mr. Barras, concluding that it was caused
by some unfortunate ship in flames, very prompt
ly bore down toward her, with a view of picking
up the crew.
He directed a good look out to he kept, it be
ing thought that those on board had left in the
boats, and were knocking about in the ocean. —
During the period, the William was making for
the blazing ship, the wind blowing from the N.
E , the flames raged with terrific violence, and to
■use an expression of one of the crew, ‘lt looked J
more like a mountain of fire than a ship in fi.itncs.” ]
The scene is described to have been one of awful
grandeur, both ocean and sky bring illuminated I
as far as the eye could reach. In the course of .
two or three hours the William got within a
quarter of a mile of the flaming w reck. She ;
was enveloped in flames from stem to stern, and
front her light build and a quantity of iron work,
it was apparent thut site was a steamer, and that
of a large class She was burned within u foot
of the water’s edge. Mr. Barras states that he
saw the platform between the paddle boxes, the
iron stancheons, and the davits lor the stern boats,
a rig oniy adopted by steamers.
They hnd a full view of the deck of the vessel,
and nothing could be seen of the crew or the pas
sengers. It being supposed that they bad taken
to the bouts and hud been picked up by one of
the many vessels that lake the track at this
period ol the year, the William after continuing
in the vicinity of tne wreck, was held to her
course on the wind, a bright light being kept up,
and a good look out in all directions. A sail was
observed in the South steering N. W.. and it was
thought she might have succeeded in getting
those belonging to the steamer on board. At day
break hands were sent up to look round on all
points for l he boats, but none were to be seen.
A craft was noticed iri the N. E. steering VV ,
but nothing else. Mr. Barras can give no opin
ion as to where the unfortunate vessel was from,
or where she was bound, but tie is confident she
was a steamer. I’tie spot of tier destruction was
about ffiur days’ run from Halifax, but not U ing
in the usual course to that port, will account for
the American mail not bringing tidings of the
conflagration. It is the impression of those be
longing to the William, that the crew and pus
tenge is Had escaped. When they got down to
her sne had apparently been burning six or eight
hours, and as the weather had been very fair,
the moon being up, they concluded that ull bud
got away in the boats, and had been picked up.
— Daily Notes, Oct. 14.
THE IMTTSBL'UG MAYOR.
Last Wednesday, this crazy functionary sent
bis officers to arrest John Barton, l.sq.. a mem
ber of the Pittsburg bar, lor advising his client,
who hud gone the Mayor's bail in several cases
where he hud been bound over fur breaking tin
peace, to forfeit his recognizance, and deliver j
up the Mayor. The lawyer defied the officers,
nnd they feared to arrest him lest they should
render themselves liable to legal consequences.
Barton afterwar js went to the Mayor’s office,
when his honor, who was not in a very fit con
dition to trv any one, ordered him to be taken to
the cells below. Ills officers being afraid to
comply with bis demand, the Mayor drew a pis.
tol and presented it at Mr. B. Ihe pistol was
taken from him, and he drew another one, cock,
ing it, which was ulso taken from him. lie then
became perfectly infuriated, (burning at the
mouth; and was hustled into the buck yard, his
friends resisting, as much us possible, the indi
viduals who act as Barker s officers. It was
then found that the person who had the keys of
the ceils, having become alarmed, had runaway,
together with some others, and Mr. H. was call
ed into the buck room ol the office, where the
Mayor was leaning on the table, froth issuing
from Ins mouth.
Mr. Barker’s son then discharged him from
custody till four o’clock that afternoon, (it was j
then long past four) and lie has not since been j
molested.— U. S. Gaz.
From the California Courier.
THE CHINESE GATHERING.
Avery interesting ceremony toon place yes
terday on the Plaza. According to previous
announcement, the Chinese residents of San
Francisco assembled to receive, through the
hands of His Honor, Mayor Givary, Fred k. A.
Woodworth, and Rev. Albert Williams, some
works, principally of a religious character, which
had been s* nt from China lor their use. There
were perhaps 100 of the Celestials present —and
we have never seen a finer looking body of men
collected together in San I* rancisco. In fact,
this portion of our population is a pattern for so
briety, order, and obedience to the laws, not only
to our o her foreign residents, hut to the Arneri
’ ‘ns themselves.
V - Chinese wpre dressed in the manner of
their c 0,.. | )U { u .,j K . U | t (| to have takt n speciul
puins to rig t(1 l 0 lhe |j L , st advantage on this
occusion. f he;, were gathered in a circle upon
the platform, the M. vor allt | m |„ r gentlemen
being in the centre. .Vi. vVoodworth stall and the
object of the meeting, whl c.....rendered into
Chinese by a native. Mr Williu... t | ien nia< j,.
a few appropriate remarks, which the v-.tsiiais
.appeared to receive with a good deal of satisiu,
lion—and then the Mayor put in his oar to good
.effect. A gentleman whom we did noi know,
iollowed in some eloquent remarks about the
heavenly home to which all who tread in the
■narrow way. are fast hurrying, t lus and other
metaphors seemed to puzzle the Chinese, which
bad the effect to amuse the wide trouser gentle
men mightily. After the speeches were over,
Mayor Greary invited all the “China Boys ’ to
take a place in the funeral procession to day,
which invitation was most graciously accepted.
The New Testaments and tracts were then dis
tributed with a word of advice to the recipients,
to make use of them as fingerposts to point the
way to Heaven; arid after a rppty from the
spokesman of the crowd; which a China-man
who “speaker Eetigleese,” interpreted thus.—
“We like a good deal to have the books, and
shall no doubt find them very agreeable nnd very
funny!” They quietly separated, apparently
with the idea that the outside barbarians are very
great friends of Lin Chow, the Emperor of China,
and all nnd singular, the flowery kingdoms and
provinces of that part of creation.
A FAITHFUL SERVANT.
We take great pleasure in recording the fol
lowing trait of a beuutilul fidelity and honesty in
a negro slave of this State toward;, his master. —
It is the best proof that could be given of the ut
ter falsity of the abominable stories, manufac
tured by designing cliques, concerning the cruel
treatment of slaves and their hatred of their mus
ters:
By a sailing vessel from Vera Cruz, which ar
rived here on Saturday last, enine the negro
man Marshall, a quiet, modest, unassuming per
son, on his way home from California. He went
out with his master, Mr. Runnels, of Claiborne
parish, in this State, who was taken sick last
winter to the mines, near the foot of the Nevada
Mountains, and after a long and severe illness
died. Marshall took the utmost care of his mas
ter; was his faithful companion, nurse, and
friend, and watched by him unceasingly until lie
breathed his lust. There was nothing left to
pay the funeral expenses and doctor's bills.—
Marshall set to work and labored hard until ho
managed to scrape together enough to settle these
debts—^§Hoo) —debts which nothing but an ad
mirable rsspect and veneration for his master's
memory, an exquisite feeling of pride and aif c
tion, compelled him to pay. How few white
men, near and dear relatives, would have done
as much? lie gathered together his master’s
clothes and other personal r ifecls, and, with
about 1,000 dollars that he made, started home to
his master’s family, notwithstanding his knowl
edge that he was free in California, and the ma
ns inducements held out to him to remain there,
lie took the cheapest aad most dangerous route
back, going in a sailing vessel to Acapulco, and
crossing Mexico on horseback from the former
city to Vi ra Cruz—a very dangerous route. —
The A met lean Consuls at both places took so
much interest m him as to give him letters ol re
commendation, and to request of him to let them
hear of him. lie brought to this city several
letters to persons living lu re or in the country,
and which contained gold dust. The letters
were somewhat soiled and (raved, hut were per
fectly intact. His expenses home were heavy,
owing to unavoidably delay on the route. The
faithful negro started home last evening on a
Rid River boat. He had letters from various
pc rsons in California to gentlemen of this city,
recommending him, in the warm, st terms :o their
notice and protection, which were instantly ac
corded. Mr. Farquhar, an intimate friend of
his master, has written from California jp Mr.
Runnels’ family, stating that the unfoitunate
gentleman’s last r qmst was that his faithful si r
vant should be emancipated and providi and for by
them us soon as he reached his home in Louisi
ana. In ancient days the story ol this honest
and pure-hearted slave would have her n written
in letters of gold and handed'down to posterity
os a tare trait in tho bright side of human nature.
W e cun only tell the simple and uflecting story
as it was told us; it deserves and will receive
universal attention und commendation. — JS. O
Picayune. 24 1/i ult.
|migii
NEWS BY THE CANADA.
ENGLAND.
Five new Bishoprics have been created in the
Anglo Catholic Church. Cardinal Wismer has
reived the appointment of Archbishop in Ire.
land. The Government Education Bill contin
ties to occupy a large share of public attention.
The Catholic Bishops and Clergy are urging a
scheme for their own University.
The English and Irish papers supply details
of numerous outrages, ending in robbery nnd
murder in various places in each of those coun
tries.
The farming operations for the spring crops
have commenced upon an extensive scale.
FRANCE.
To National asserts the probability of a con
sid -ruble modification ofthe Cabinet taking place.
The President’s treatment of the army is the
subject of much comment in the various journals.
The cries of the army will be put down and
stringent measures taken to prevent insubordina
lion in the army or any feeling tending to threat
en the Republic.
The Republican and Orleans parties respect
ively have become consolidated, whilst the La
gitimists or Bonapartists factions are daily be
coming weaker.
By telegraph wc have advices from Paris to
Thursday, which state that it is reported, that
if towards the end of the President’s term it
should be thought right to ask the country to
decide between a Monarchy and Republic, he
has promised to throw no obstucle in the way of
such a proceeding.
DENMARK AND THE DUTCHES.
Nothing new has occurred in the relative posi
tion ofthe two armies since the assault upon
Fredi richstadt. It is confidently asserted that
diplomacay will be called in to adjust the diffi
culties with Hesse Cassel. All the newly ap
pointed Minsters are strong adherants to the Con.
stitution. The popular voice is said to be great
ly in their favor.
The revolutionary feeling is increasing.—
Upwards of 200 officers have resigned their coni,
missions in the army, which is now in a most
disorganiz’ and state.
According to the letters from Frankfort, it is
said to be the Intention of the Elector of Iless'e
Cassel to abdicate. The Prince of the Cassel
will succeed him.
In the last sitting of the college of Princes nt
Berlin, M. de Radowitz formally announced
that the Prussian Government would not suffer
the Federal Assembly to meet nt Frankfort.
A Congress of deputies of all the difl'ernnt
Committees has been established to raise funds
in support of the Schleswig Holstein war.—
v -'i|iiug special has been effected however he
yond publication of an address and the pas
sage of resolutions.
The Bishop and Hie Qwen. —The Lord Bishop
of London addressed a tplter of remonstrance to
her Majesty, lor not having a clergyman ofthe
Established Church in her suite while on her
present tour, and for attending a Presbyterian
place of vvorsnip at Balmoral. A reply ws
sent to the Bishop expressive of her Majesty’s
disapproval of such interference, urid observing
that her Majesty had not stepped out of her duty
in attending public worship in the Established
Church of Scotland,
THE CHRISTEN INDEX.
JUistellmiboti'X
OO” Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, has ap
pointed the 2Sth of November us a duy of pub
lic thanksgiving.
(Kr The Governor of Maryland lias set apart
tho 29th of November as a day of thanks
giving in that State.
McDonough, one of the wealthiest
citizens of New Orleans, died in that city, of
cholera, October 26. Mr. Me 1)., was a native
of Baltimore, and was a no’cd miser. His wealth
isistimated at over 10,000,000 dollars - It is
rumored, says the Picayune, that this immense
sum lias been left to the poor of Bailimoie and
New Orleans.
K7”A dog died of cholera, in Prussia, which
he eauglit from lying by the side of the dead
body of his master, who was a victim to that dis
ease.
A telegraph wire, eitcased in gutta perrlia,
lias been let down into tho channel of the Mis
sissippi, at St. Louis, to connect Mississippi and
Illinois.
(U*There is a singing mouse now in the pos
session of a man in Rochester, England. Its
notes are like those of a linnet.
Fillmore has consented that a
government ship, probably the Pennsylvania,
may be fitted out to trunspost specimens to tho
World’s Convention gratuitously.
oC7“Among the many attractions at the Fair,
at the American Institute, at Castle Garden,
New York, is a large gothic armchair, backed
and cushioned with beautifully wrought needle
work in worsted, the work of Mrs. Filinoro, the
accomplished lady of the President of the United
States. This is, probably, the first instance
where the industrial exhibition of a great nation
has been gruoeil by the work of die wife of a citi
zen occupying the position ofits Chief Magistrate,
and it is one which should excite tho emulation
of the fair daughters of the Republic.— Alex.
Gazette.
(Kf~Baron Humboldt, the celebrated philoso
pher, in a letter to Dr. Flugel, the American
Consul at Leipsic, expresses a very favorable
opinion of Lieut. Maury’s Charts of Winds and
Currents. Hi’says tint the meteorological un
dertakings of Lieut. M. have been received in
Germany by all who have u taste for physical
geography with great lavor, and that they are of
vast importance to the prrctical sailor, no matter
to what country he may belong.
0O“Mr. Hermanson, late memberof Congress,
from Louisiana, died at New Orleans after a
lingering illness.
(ttrThe Printing Piess which Hoe is con
structing forllio New York Sun, is the largest
pi titling machine in this country. It islnent
ty feet in height nnd in length is thirty three f i t.
It has eight cylinders, the registering machine in
front counting every impression and recording
the number in plain figures, before tho eye, from
one copy to one hundred millions.
G3“A law has passed the Legislature of Maine,
the Uallowtdl Gazette says, giving any man
from one to two hundred acres, as he may desire,
at the nominal price o("fifty cents an acre, paya
ble in two or three years, in work on the high
ways, a kind of remuneration ol as great advan
tage to the purchaser as to the Stale. The far
mer must, however, clear up a certain number
of acres within a given lime, arid erect a house
for his residence: or in other words, ho must go
to work, improve his farm, and make it his home
Much of that offered to settlers on the above con
ditions lies in Aroostook county.
Oir An ingenious contrivance culled a “smoke
consumer,” lias been invented in New York.
The Post states that it is a complete protection
for railroad travelers against the smoke and
coal cinders which render that mode of convey
ance usually not only uncomfortable but danger
ous.
Mobile and Ohio Rail-Road. —By a letter just
received, dated at Paulding, wc learn that poo
pie ol east Mississippi are “very enthusiastic
upon the subject of the rail road, and all seem
perfectly wiliing to take stock to the extent of
their means. No one appears to doubt the com
pletion of tho road.”
VVe observe that the city of Cincinnati has
appropriated §01)0,000 to tho road. Probably
it is designed to he expended upon the northern
end ofthe work—that poition in which Cincin
nati is more immediately interested. But it is
of little importance. Tho subscription will con
tribute ns much to its final cornpletiou ns if it
were expended upon the southern end of the
work. — Mobile Register.
Volcanic Eruptions. — An Oregon paper dated
the 21st March, gives the following account of
Volcanic eruption in Oregon:
“Wc are in'brmed by gentlemen that both the
mounts (St, Helen and Baker) are sending forth
volumes of smoke, giving undoubted evidence
that their volcanic firesnre not yet extinguished.
The craters from which the smoke was issuing
in St. Helen were two in number, and low clown
the north and north east sides; while in Mount
Baker, which is a perfect cone, the smoke was
issuing in dense masses from tho centre of the
summit. It is probable that these arc the only
living volcanoes in Oregon.
The Spanish Aeronaut, J. Montesnajor, has
been making some experiments in atrial naviga
tion, which have met with entire success. Mr.
Montemajor intends passing over tho Pyrenees
in his monster balloon, the Eole; he will cross
over France, and will afterwards goto London, j
to jecive from tho English government the j
prize offered to the man who shall discover the j
means of navigating tht air, in spite of contrary
atmosphere currents.
Gon-l Dividend. — It “ill be seen that the
Bank State of Georgia has declared a seirii-annu.
al dividend of4 per cent, payable on and after
Monday, 2bth mst — Constitutionalist, 24 1 k ult.
The Southern Shoe Trade■ —The value of shoes
annually sent South from New York is estima
ted at §5,000,000. Boston and Philadelphia
send, perhaps as many more. The trade was
never more flourishing that during the present
season.
Insanity of one of the Hutchinson Family. —We
learn that one ofthe Hutchinson Family (we be
lieve Judson,) was taken eastward on Friday in
a state of raving insanity. They were giving
concerts at Cleveland, when this melancholy af
fliction he lei them, and were of course obliged to
suspend them.— Rochester Democrat October 21
Gift, of Land to Kossuth-—ft liberal citizen of
New York has notified Mr. Breisacn of his in
tention to present Kossuth with a hunnred acres
of land, in the vicinity of New York, should ho
conclude to adopt that city as his residence. —
The offer has been communicated to the exiled
Hungarian. >
j Improvement in Steam Engines. —A trial has
j been made at Charleroi of a newly invented cn
■ gino, the motive power of which operates inn
j comp.tiplv different manner from that now in
i use - ‘ The inventor, M. Hector do Callias. a
Sardinian engineer, proposes by his plan to in
crease the speed ot locomotives, to give them an
adherence four times greater than they now have,
and to decrease the expense of fuel. This new
machine, which is called after King Charles Al
j bert, promises to realize all the calculations of
1 the inventor. By the pressure of only one at
| mosphere the wheels mude JJOO revolutions n
j minute, which would give a speed of 24 leagues
[sn hour. The Belgian Minister of Public
Tiorliifhas appointed a committee of engineers
j to report to bini on the experiments which are to
j take place on the Government lines, and has or
i tiered every assistance to be given to the invent
|or to facilitate his object.— Galignani.
j Georgia Rail Road. —Wc are pleased to learn
j that the miscreants who attempted to throw the
j engine and cars of the upward passenger train
i from the track on the night of the 20lh ult. by
i removing one of the iron rails near Madison,
| causing the accident noticed in our paper of the
I 30lli ult, have been caught and confined in jail
|in Madison. They were three negroes, who
| have confessed that they were employed to cx
j ecute the villainous deed by a white man, whose
nurfL-iffcry gave. Chron. fy Sentinel.
Kossuth and other Hungarian Exties. —The
late foreign news states positively that Kossuth
and the other Hungarian exiles at Ketnyha, have
received permission to retire from the Ottoman
territory, their term of detention having expired,
and most of these distinguished individuals will
at once come to the United States, where it ap
pears they intend to settle. The Porte has just
published a decree permitting foreigners in their
service to resign, no matter what their creed.—
This measure offers facilities to a number of re
fugees. who had adop'cd the Mussulman faith,
| to rpoflrn to Christianity; Gen. Bern is mention
ed foremost on the list.
Attempted Revolution at Panama. —By the
Ohio we have received files of the Panama Star,
with dates to Gill ult. Considerable excitement
Imd been created in consequence of the discovery
of a scheme, the object of which is the overthrow
of the existing Government of that province, for
the nominal purpose of declaring it independent
ofihe II public of New Grenada, of which it is
an integral part. Owing to the vigilence of the j
Governor, it seems the plot was discovered in |
time enough to defeat it.
Telegraph Suit. —Tim case of Professor Morse
and F. C. J. Smith against Henry O’Reilly,
respecting the “Lake Erie Telegraph Line,”
gitps up to the U. S. Supreme Court os the
JuJges disagreed on several great points. This
case arises under the original contract between
Professor Morse and Mr. O’Reillv, and does not
relate to Bain’s patents which arc used on a por
tion of tlm O'Reilly lines. It was on the first
hearing of this case last year that Judge M’Lean
was said to have declared Morse’s patents illegal
and void. Able counsel are arranged on both
sides. .Mr. Ewing is one of Morse’s counsel,
and Gen. Gillelt, of N. Y., is otic of O'Reilly’s
counsel.
Mr. Layaril's Discovery The Assyrian Art
of Printing. From the Eng'isli papers received
by the Atlantic, it appears that among Mr. Lay
aril's new discoveries in the ifi-sert near Nineveh,
7r chamber completely filled with terracotta
! tablets, the inscriptions on which arc stamped in,
! rendering it probable that the Assyrians practis
jed this species nt printing. The tablets, it is sup
posed, may have been duplicates of letters of
instruction, scut in the same form to the rulers ol
provinces throughout the empire.
Important to those who would hr Xalura/ized. —
Aliens, who have hern three years in tlm United
States, and who did riot arrive under eighteen
years of ugo, in order to he qualified to vot ■ ut
! the Presidential election in IPS'.;, must declare
I their intention to become naturalized on or be
fore tlm seventh day of the month of November,
1850; otherwise they will lose the previlege of
voters on that occasion.
Amount and Cost of the Royal Naval Steam
Tower of England. —Tim total number of steam
vessels of all classes anti sizes, propelled by pad.
dle-vi heels arid screws, belonging to the royal
navy of England, is 16-1, and the total amount of
horsepower of this formidable fleet of steamers is
about 44,500, of which nearly 40,500 is actually
fitted, nr being fitted, to the vessels. The total
cost of the machinery alone may fairly bo esti
j mated at nearly three millions and a half sterling.
United Service Gazette.
The Cotton Crop. —The New Orleans Crescent
ventures upon the following estimate of the Cot
ton crop:
Although reluctant to do so, we offer as an
, estimate of the incoming Crop tho following
figuKts, which wo believe will not vary much
from the actual result:
Rales.
New Orleans, (including direct receipts
from Montgomery,) 850,000
Mobile say an increase of 50,000 bales
over last year, excluding direct re.
ceipts at New Oilcans from Mont
gomery, 330,000
Atlantic States—Georgia, South Caro
lina, North Carolina and Virginia.. 600,000
Florida 160,000
Texas 40,(tOO
Total Crop 2 030,000
Crane's Clocks. —Mr. A. D. Crane, of New
ark, N. J. is doubtless the most ingenious prac
tical horologist living. His astronomical clock
runs three hundred and six'y-seven days without
winding up, is isochro trial, and shows by simple
inspection the lime of day, day of the month du
ring the whole year, rising nd setting of sun and
moon forany latitude, moon’s phases, high and
low tide, signs the sun and moon enter, Are. A
church clock o! his, varies but ten seconds in
two months, lie is just perfecting a chronome
ter,'(ouch simplified as WL ‘II as more elfective, to
he afforded at one-sixth the usual cost. Ho iias
a plan for Yankee clocks, doing away with sever
al parts, so that a brass clock can bn made for a
dollar, quality as a time keeper being ut the same
lime improved.— Independent.
Author of the Mormon Bible. —The New En.
gland Puritan states that at a public meeting held j
lately in Cherry Valley, Judge Campbell said: ‘
Rev. Solomon Spaulding, one of the earliest j
j preceptors oi tho academy at Cherry Valley,
was tho actual composer of most of what is
known as tho Mormon Bible. He wrote it during
a period of delicate health, to beguile some of his j
weary hours, und also with n design to oiler it for ‘
publication as a romance. Doctor Robert Camp
bell, late of Cherry Vulley, and foster father of
the first Mrs. Grant of tho Nestorian mission,
calling some years since upon Mr. Spaulding,
had die manuscript of this notable book shown
to him. and was also informed by Mr. Spaulding ,
that he bad hope* ofreaping sim pecuniary ad. -
vantage from it for himself arid family. Mr.
Spaulding has been dead some years, though it is
believed that his wife is stili living in the United
States. How it passed from the possession of Iris
family into file hands of Joe Smith, it is probable
that Mrs. Spaulding could tell.
A Female Academy of Design. —A movement
lias recently been made in Philadelphia for the
establishment of a Female Academy of Design,
under the patronage of the Franklin Institute. —
This will utibrd remunerating employment to a
class whose avocations arc necessarily’ confined
to a limited sphere, besides giving to the me
chanic arts the advantage of tlm taste which c*.
pecially distinguishes the female iriiud.
Ranh Ralhrr Shot. —A robber who attempted
to rob the Bunk of Dainers, Massachusetts, was
shot dead, and proved to be a son of one of the
directors.
Steam IJoal Greek Slave Scuttled and Sunk. —
On the night ol the Oth ult., the fine Tend ssee
river packet Greek Slave, hound for Florence
from Louisville, was scuttled and sunk in the
Tennessee river, by (Iharles James, a band on
the boat. Captain VV. C. Francis has offered u
reward of §sl) for the arrest of James. The
Greek Slave left Louisville on Saturday, the
sth, with a cargo of assorted merchandize be
longing to the planters and others along the Ten
nessee river. Sho was insured for 810,000 in
Louisville.— X. U. Della. tlStli nil.
A Tame Lion. A correspondent ol the New
York Herald, writing from Paris soys:
“There has been in Paris for the last two
weeks a French officer recently returned from
Africa, who has for his companion in the streets
a magnificent lion, which follows him like a dog.
The name of the animal is Amir, and never have
I seen a more splendid specimen of the king of
the forest. Though I did not like much to be
near his majesty, I ventured the other night to
approach him, and —horresco referens ! lie licked
my bands as a dog would do. The French
proverb says that we must not play with fire,
and 1 fear one of these days the lion will find his
wild nature, and make some bloody deed.
MARRIED,
On the 31st of October, in this place, by the Rev.
B. M. Sanders, Rev. S D. Stevens, of-Macon, On.,
and Miss Catharine A. Grimes.
On the evening of the 17th ult., by Rev. \Y. I’.
Steed, Mr. Ayres C. Blanchard, of Warren couniy,
and Miss Rebecca Wale, of Columbia rounty.
On the 24th ult, by the Hon. W. Briscoe, Ma : .
W.u. F. Kennedy and Miss Mary E., eldest daugh
ter of W. \V. and Jar.o ( ooksey, all of Walton county,
Georgia.
OBITUARY.
“ Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to \v*ther at the nort!*. wind’s breath,
And stars to set—but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thy own, O, death!”
——— ‘•& • •<>-• -
Died, on Wednesday night, 23d ult. Wri.LiF. S. Martin,
aged *JI mouths, only child of Y. I). and A. Martin.
Died, at the residence of her uncle in Newnan, Ga„ on the
21th ult-, Miss. Martha Tkrreli., daughter of Ur. Wil
liam Terrell, late of Coweta county, (jti., deceased, ngeil
alumt Hi years. She was buried with Christ in baptism,
about six weeks before she died. She retained her senses
nnd tallied until jufct l*.wve \r spirit took ita flialti fur
the epirit land. She told her she was not nfrnid to
•lie. To use her own language— hnotr I that l goto heaven.
My trust ism the Lord, and he wiU take nirtu himself.”
In relating her religious experience to the Church she was
exceedingly clear. She was firm, unshaken, undismayed in
her passage to the world of glory. The writer of this notice
had her in his school, :i few years ngo, when engaged in
fenching. s>ho was a lovely child, and all who knew her
loved her. She no doubt has found a home in heaven—saved
by grace.
There shall love freely flow
Puren.s life’s river;
There shall sweet friendship glow
Changelers forever.
There joys celestial thrill.
There bliss each heart shall (ill,
There fears of partin': chill,
Never—no nevet!” R. F.
Departed this life on the 25th ult., at his la'e residence in
Crawford county. Gn-. Pro. Lgonipus Curtis, nfier an ill
ness of 9 days, of Typhoid fever, in the 2Cth year of his age.
He was a devoted Christian, and consistent member and dua- i
con of the Baptist Church at Uhannu. He lived tho life of j
the righteous and died i:i peace with God and man. Jle was j
an Israelite indeed one in whom was no guilt. He was an j
affectionate husband,kind neighbor and valuable citizen.—
In our prayer mec ings we shall miss his fervent prayers, and
zealous exhortations. In tho private circle we shall loose his
pious conversation and Godly walk, hut our loss is evidently
hi* gain. We think that he is now in the peaceful regions of
Pa rad ife, exclaiming; till is well! all is well! Glory and hon
or to the name of Jesus who washed my sins away.”
S. C. JOHNSON.
Died, in Abbeville District,South Carolina, of Pneumonia,
on the 30th of Oct., William Rovall, youngest child of
William P. and Mary E Sullivan, aged fifteen months and
eleven days. This little child was endeared to his parents
and to those who knew him, on account of his amiable dispo
sition and promising appearance: but their fond hopes are stul-
I denly blighted, and lie lias been taken from their society on
! earth, to thesociety of angels in heaven. He bore his painful
I nnd protracted sufferings with most surprising patience and
sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. Ilis fond parents deeply feel the
j affliction, yet with Christ inn resignation submit to the will of
| their Heavenly Father, wlio is saying unto them now, “Be
still nnd know that 1 ntn God.”
I Relying upon the merits of the blessed Savior who had
said, “suffer little children, nnd forbid them not to come unto
me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven,” they yield to his
command an ! give him up, saying, ‘‘The Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.”
“So fades the lovely blooming flower,
Frail smiling solace of an hour;
•So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
Is there no kind, no healing r.rt.
To sooth tho angti'sli of the heart?
Spirit of grace he ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.
Lot gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again;
llopi* wipes the tear from sorrow's **ye,
And faith looks upward to the sky.”
APPOINTMENTS.
The Rev. Patrick Bctleii, and Rev. Wycms
Jackson, God willing, will preach at Sardis, Monday
after the 3d Sunday in November; at Washington, at
night; Tuesday, at Fishing Creek; Wednesday, at
Wenford; Thursday, nt Goshen; Friday, at llehobnih;
Saturday and Sunday, at Ebenezer; Monday, at Green
wood; Tuesday, at Damascus, in Columbia county;
Friday, at Bethel; Saturday and Sunday, the first in
December, at. Double Branches, m Lincoln county;
Monday, at Lincolnton. Oct. 24
fIAKimVIEK A (COOKE,
Factors & Commission Merchants,
RAY STREET, SA VAX JS AII, GA.
R. S. Hardwick, £
J. G. Cooke. $ Nov. 7
nMwraiwireiwTtrriffrjW!ui^w>>i'iiiiiiiwi | iiiijwncxnw l Tiwrix
Received ol John Hnughn, Treasurer o/'Sa
reptn Association, tlie following sums, viz:
Southern Domestic Missions, 8 41 10
Foreign Missions,... 177 30
A (Vican i\lUnions, 5 05
China Missions, 13 00
Bible Cause 4 00
I’exes M isssions, 5 00
Sabbath collection for For, Missions,.. 33 30
8278 75
PETER NORTHEN, T. D. 0.
PenficM, Oct. F?SO.
Madison Collegiate Institute,
FOB YOUNG LADIES.
Examination and Commencement
rpilE COMMENCEMENT SERMON will
X preached by Rev. \V. T. Brantly, of Alhons, ors
Sunday, November l0:h.
Ti.e Examinat ion of the Claa-ea will ennime/ufe ou
Monday morning-, at 9 o’clock, and will continue
through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Experiments by the Classes in the Natural Scien
ce.-’ on Tuesday n'ght-
Concert, on Wednesday night.
Thursday, the 14th, is Conmnenremer-t Day. The
Oration will be delivered by Richard Al. Johnson,
Esq-, of&)tta.
The putdit arc rcsorctful'y invited ton'fend
THOS. J. BURNEY,
•Secretary of Board of Trustees.
Madison, Oct. 14th, 1850.
SURGICAL INSTITUTE.
DRS. H. F.&R. CAMPBELL have
an INFIRMARY in Augusta, for the treatment
of Surgical and Chronic Diseases. They respectful
ly call the attention of the Profession and the public
to their institution. Necessary Surgical operation*
will be performed by Dr. Hemiy F. Campbell; ass
other treatment will be rendered by them jointly.
Patients sent from tiio country will receive cverf
necessary attention during their sojourn in our city;
Oct 31 ts 44
S L T 'iv BU R Y ASSOCI ATIOJ¥r-— ■
PERSONS wishing to attend the approaching
meeting of this body, an’ informed that it will be
held with the Waynesvilie Church, Wayne Cos., Ga.
Arrangements have been made by which, Those
who wish i, can lie present, on the first day of the
meeting, Friday, Nov. 15. The agent of the steamer
Ivanlioe lias consented to allow the boat to leave
Savannah on Wednesday night, and to reduce tho
fire upon the trip, to and from Waynesvilie, to §B,
instead of §l2 for Cabin passengers, and $4 for
Steerage. WILLIAM ROY ALL
Pas-tor ol Waynesvilie Church.
S. s. KEADIIVK BOOKS.
LATE PUBLICATIONS.
THE following valuable additions to the Sabbath
School Libraries have been issued from the
press of the Am. S. S. Union, 6ince May, 1849:
cents.] cents.
Hist, of Tiios. Brown, B;Life’s Last Hours, 21
Silver Cup, f-j I’he People of Persia, 21
The Fountain, f I Life of Lnvater, 21
The Tower Mark, G'The Two Sufferers, 21
The Two Cottagers, ft Alfred Hk> Great, 21
The Apostolic Fisher- Plants and Trees of
man, 9j Scripture, 21
Two Homos Contrasted, GjScencs of the Reforma-
Samuel Tyndale, &j tion, Parti, 21
Tt:e Turning Point, Id Parti!, 21
Maedoin ld, licenses and the Mind, 21
Ist Fay i:i M. Carrow’s Geography ot Plants, 21
School, Pastor,- 21
2d Day in M. Carrow’s Ivo. the Tenth, 21
Schco 1 . 12L Storied of School Boys, 23
3d Day in M. Carrow’s Mary Grey, 25
School, 12J Arts of Life, *>J
Willow Grove Cottage, 14 Simple Ballads, 25
Old Herbert, Id Child’s Companion, ’49, 27
Hubert Lee, 1-h Grace Dcrmott, 27
Daisydingle Sunday Robert Dawson, or the
School, ltj Brave Spirit, 27
Discontented Boy, ldjllighland Pastor, 27
Bar of Iron, IdjGeorge Selwcod, 28
Mary Ellis, 1-[Evenings in France, 28
The Prize Garden, lS F.ife Pictures, 30
Rosa’s Childhood, 18|Thomas C- Paul, 30
The Crusades, 21 Fanny and Her Mother, 37
The Arctic Regions, 21jCottage Lectures, 50
Northern Whale Fish- Life of 1 uther, by Dr.
e O\ 21j Sears, 50
Life ot Napoleon, 21 [Christiana and her
Court of Persia, 21) Children, 6(j
The above prices are tlio:e established by the
rican Sunday School Union,
GEORGE PARKS & CO.,
Aren’s Southern Bap. Pub. Society,
Sov. 7 41 Broad-si, Charleston.
PORTRAIT OF DB. JTDSOIf.
T IdL elegant Portrait of Dr. Judson, engraved on
. L’cel, and published by Lewis Colby, of New
1 ork, is in great demand since the death of the “Pio
neer Baptist Missionary.” It is suiiable for framing;
being 11 by 12 inches. They can be sent by mail to
any point desired. Single copy SO-; 3 copies §l.
A few copies suitably framed with a gilt border,
can bo furnished at §1 £O.
Hie t ill awing is Dr. Judson’s testimonial, in re
spect to the accuracy r.f this portrait:
“The steel engraving of your artist, Mr. Jones, is
indeed a perfect copy of my portrait painted by Mr.
Harding. It gives me great pleasure to be able to
bequeath a good likeness to my friends, instead of the
various portraits which have been surreptitiously pub
lished, nnd which are all, as they deserve to be, en
tire failuies.”
GEORGE PARKS & CO..
Agents Southern Bap. I’ub. Society,-
K° v - 7 41 Broad-st., Charlestbh'.
BAPTIST FAMILY ALMANAC
i valuable little work, printed by th£ /irheri-
A can Baptist Publication Society, is much stipe-
I ri“ r to the issue for 1850. It contains 48 pages, is
j printed on the finest whitepaper. The Calender of
time is computed for Boston, New York, Baltimore
, and Charleston. Price 00 ccms a dozen, or $4 50 a
j hundred.
j ALSO
1 Family liluslra'ed Christian Almanac, for 1651.
| h .V the American Tract Society, which can be furnish
: cd at the same rates as tlm Baptist F’amdy Almanac,
j GEO. BARKS & CO.,
Oct. 3 Agents S. B. P - S., No. 41 Broad-st-
CHRISTIAN REVIEW.
HE subscriber lias been appointed Agent for this
A Baptist Review for South Carolina and Georgia,
lie is prepared to furnish the back numbers of the
present volume, commencing with January at $3 per
annum. The present proprietors have secured the
Editorial sei vices ofJt -v. S. S. Cutting, recently Edi
tor of the N. Y. Recorder, who is assisted by Profes
sor Gntiimell, of Brown University, Dr. Williams, of
New York, and Rev. A. C. Kendrick, of llamiltsn,
N. Y. Each number contains one or more articles
from Southern pens. Four copies sent to one address’
for .§lO. Persons desirous of becoming subscribers’
can addro-s, post paid, GEORGE PARKS,
Oct 3 41 Broad-st.
REIIOBOTII ASSOCIATION. -
TIT H E brethren composing this body will please take
X notice that a meeting has been appointed to Ins
held wiili the Church m Knoxville, Commencing otf
Friday before the 2d Loro’s day in November next..
It? nhj-’ct is, to consult respecting the bcdf method
supplying tho destitution of ministers in mlr bound#,
and of better providing for the muintainance of tfrean
already in the field. It is confidently expected that
there will be a general attendance. All a'rb Earnestly
solicited to attend. Ample provision will tie made for
tli ir accommodation. Bro. Ball is t6'preach the in
troductory Sermon, nnd Bro. Landrbm to write.
Houston County, October,
SOUTHERN BAPTIST~PIJBLICAr
TION SOCIETY.
RE\. DA\ID G. DANIELL/havißg “been ap
pointed and duly commissioned Agent of thin
Society for tho State of Georgia, he it anectoinately
commended to the frienda of tho Society m Mid Stat
JAMES TITTER.
Ch. Finance Committee.
Chatleafon, March 11, lfcSA. nil
A School in Want of a Teacher
CAN obtain information which msy be
by applying to P. H. Mwj-, Merger Uoivtraitv,
Gecr r a, Oet 81 ’ ’
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