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Newspaper Page TextI HE >il ‘ ELM. METEOROLOG! ;AL JOLRNAL, TABLE. K pt at Tybee, f’-'int . mg. 27, to Sept 2. | TYBEE. | SAVANNAH. / ? - i? ®ATE. B WIICD. £ WIKI). tr * • Ang 27 I 8 78 be 77 n e 112 83 “ 82 wby e n |J sse 83 bv w I 6 79 s 88 w 281 i76 wby s 85 w (12 82 wby n 86 sw | 884 sby w 89 sbv w II 680 “ 83 _ s ” 29 880 ssw 79 s 12 84 sby e 86 sby e 3.84 sse 87 si 6|Bl “ 82 e s e 30~ ‘8 81 e 81 ‘ e 12 84 “ 85 “ 33 B5 “ 682 eby s 84 “ 12 86 eke 84 eby n 3 82 n e 84 w 6 79 “ 82 “ __ Sept 1 879 wk w 79 n 12 81 eke 81 wby s 3 79 s 82 s 678 sby e 80 _ “ 2 879 s w 80 s w 12 83 sby e 86 s 3 82 s 87 6 30 sbvw 82 mkw UgtaolWait BJI VJIWdH, Sept. 41. cts. S els. COTTON tea-island per pound 24 3d upland ‘do I°4 Y Selections, prime 13 o RVCF. . , H 3 TOB.ACCb georgialeaf tb 4j cavendish Ist qua! 30 oa richnioltd 12 10 FLOUR country 4 “ ) ™ 7 j[. richm plnla. and halt. 7h Alexandria , 7 * -* 74 10 11 BRBKno-l barrel 950 10 50 no-2 . 34 BO northern 1000 11 Vi dull BRVNtVY cognac 4th ptf g r ’ 1 * {) 160 • .... ic h none 1 bbl 2 250 BUF.AI) navy * SO 4 *BUTTF.It Ist quality 1* no "f ) 2d quality CANDLES georgia mould J> 2u ■> northern <lo U spermaceti 40 ** CASTINGS 76 4 10 CHEESE beat , CHOCOLATE boston no. 11l 22 COI’FEE best green ‘ 2 q 2d and 3d qualities -8 DUCK, russiu Ist quality bolt 22 2d quality -'0 3d quality 14 ravens , 2 a . an r V Hand S al 8) yu G N 1 , 4tj scarce GINGER race lh 5 IRON mania and swedes ewj 450 5 LARD , o qa LE tO bar //'. _ 8 qi 3 MACKEREL boston no. 1 447 9 p’ no* 3 4 1- ■ 5 MOV. ASSES j S’' U(J ’! 3_ •* NAILS cut assorted ‘4 u wrought „ NUTMEGS , c 10 o OIL, sweet J 425 j SO tisi? 1 ' 1 ” - 60 75 VvUM-.R wrapping mt '” | 4 TEE I 'Ed tk If 3j PIMENTO n . PORK prime 447 |1 1 * moss , o en t 9t PORTER tondon dan -50 J POWDER dojiont . keg (l a ‘ eheUnsford * * RAISINS muscatel fresh ioa’ ‘H bloom do 2i RANGING TIMBER 1000 4 b HIT VI Jamaica 4th proof gal 100 1 * vvest-india 2d and 3d 05 7o m-w-england noiie SALMON no 1 447 18 , SALT livevpool ground bushel 50 33 Cadiz - turks island & “2 ne SUGARS Spanish box, 16 U SHAD connection mess bbl none no'nh-carolina no " e SHINGLES l°od 250 4 SHOT assorted 74 9 *4 SOAP turpentine 74 3 10 STAVES io. 1000 16 20 red oak 12 STEEL german / 100 !b.i 17 blistered 12 1-f SUGAR Havana white 100/is 14 brown 10 10 muscovado 9 10 new-orleans 9 11 loaf 74 17 19 lump rather dull 16 17 TALLOW 74 1® Y) TEA livsnil , 74 1 & Y Wi'ISKEV g'-l -’5 WIRE madeira g al 250 27a teneriffe XlO 12a STOCKS. United States Bank n , o! ’ e ., „ Bank Stuae of Georgia 80, sail dividend oh Planters’ Bank 76a 77 Darien do „ sQonsal*g Steam Boat Company. 265 dividend, ott Insure ties do no sales m crates eavthern Ware well assorted lo chests 11 tea 10 blids Whiskey 30 boxes Megratl/s Soap 3 kegs Shot assorted Id do n° 1 Tobacco B4U.eu.Tl.’ sepr 7 ‘ /hi ls on New-York. _ , ... f.seulec k. Per sale Aug 31 83 . - “From the Atheneum. LIVES I sat in rav bower alone, at night \ AVhiie o’er it the moon beams SWeetly j shone; 1 look’, on the sky, with their glory bright, And worshipp’d the God of that starry throne. I gazed on earth: that pure light blending With night’s deep shade, so mellowed the scene, That I felt its beauty to sadness tending, And pondered o’er the errors and woes v. liich had been. Oh! bitter was then the thought that sprung, Os my youth’s-bright promise by passsion blighted; And keenly the arrows of conscience stung For deeds of foil , and duties slighted. r wept, too, o’er tnomerts of joy and gladness, That, scorching like a solar heat, had down; And I sigh’d, that my life, all raptnre or sad ness, So little the moonlight of pleasure had known. I started—for musick oftenderest strain, Broke on the gloom of that pensive dream, Which thrill and my heart with softer pain, And scath’d it, though not with hope’s bright gleam. t gated once more on the vault of Heaven, Shining with stars, and from dark clouds free; And I pray’d that, my sins and faults forgiven, One star of mere, mh-ht rise tor me. A MERMAID Extract of a Letter from the Rev Dr. Phillip, Representative of the London Missionary Soci ety, a’ Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, dated April 16, 1822: “I have to dav seen a Mermaid, now exhibi ting in this town. I have always Leated lie existence qf this creature as fabulous; but my scepticism is now removed. As it is pi obabie no description of this extraordinary creat re hv, vet reached England, the following particulars respecting it may gratify yuQr curiosity and a rnus you:— “The bead is almost the size of a baboon It is thinly covered with blank hair, banging down, and not inclined t“ frizzle On the upper lips and on ti e chin there arc a f cv hairs, resem bling hose upon tne bead. The oisa malartun. or cheek bones, ar,- prominent The toryliead is low. except in this par'icttlar, the features are •eticli b* tler oroportioned, and bear a more tie elded eescmhlaHce to the human countenance than those of any of ‘lie baboon tribes. The lo ad is tuned back, and tb countenance hs an express’on of terror, which gives it an ap , e'-snce of a caricature of ‘lie human face; but I urn disposed to think that b“th ‘hese circum y'ances are accidental, and have arisen Irom the manner in which tlfe creature me* its death. It bears the appearance of having died in great agey “Vhe ears, nose, lips, chin, breasts ard nip ples, fingers and nails, resemble those of a hit man figure. “The spinous processes of the vertebr* arc verv prominent, and apparently, arranged as in the human bo<Jy. “From the position of'lie arms, and the. man ner in which they are placed, and from such an examination as could be made in the circumstan ces in which I was placed at the time I saw it, I can have no doubt that it has clavicles: an ap pendage belonging to the human subject, which baboons are without ‘‘The appearance of: the teeth afford suffi cient evid-nce that it is full grown; the incisors being worn on‘lie upper surface There are eight tncisores. four canine, atvl eight mol.ares The canine tgeth n semblo those of a full grow n dug; atl the oth rs resemble those of a human subject ‘Hie length of the animal is three feet; but not having been well preserved it lias shrunk consi ’erablv, aril nuts’ have hern both longer and thicker when alive Ih-m it is now Its re semblance to the human species ceases iinmedi atelv under the mivat. On the line of sepera-! tion, and directly under the breasts, are two fins. From the point where the human figure ceases, which is about twelve inches below the vertex of the head. It resembles a large fish of the salmon species. It is covered with *he scales all over On the lower part of he ani-j mal the scales resemble those of a fish; ‘ ut on j that part ot the animat which resembles the hu-| man form, they are much less, and scarcely per ceptible, except on a near inspection On the lower part of the body it has six fins, one dor sal, two ventrical, two pectoral and the tail “The pectoral fins are verv remarkable; they re horizontal, and evidently formed as an ap-l paraius to support the creature when in an er-l ect posture, like that in which it has been some-! times represented combing it’ hair. “The figure of the tail is exactly that which: is given in the usual representations ot the Mer- j maid. “The proprietor of this extraordinary animal is Captain Fades, of Boston, in the United States of America. Since writing the above descrip tion he lias called upon me, and 1 have learned from him the follow ing particulars:— ‘lt was caught somewhere on the North of China by a fisherman, who sold it for a trifle; at- j ter which it was brought ‘o Batavia. Mere it’ was purchased by Captain Eades so- 5000 Span ish dollars, & he lias since been offered 10,000 ‘ Spanish dollars for it, but refused to part with it j for that snrn. Captain Eades is a passenger on! board the American ship Lion, now in Table Bay; he leaves this port in about a fortnight, and the Lion visits the Thames on her passage to America, so that it would probably be soon exhibited in London.” THE GREAT DAM COMPLETED. The Sandy Hill Times nf the 30th ulf. informs us that the Great Dam across the Hudson river, at Fort Edward, was com pleted the Monday preceding, and filled with water. This dam has been construc ted to supply the Northern Canal with wa ter, and there is no doubt but it will an swer the purpose. It is thirty three feet high, and more than niye hundred feet long. It is truly a stupendous monument of the ingenuity of man; no doubt will attract many travellers to view the mighty waters of the Hudson stayed in their course ami rolled backwards to the fountains which sent them forth. NASHVILLE, August 6. American Antiquities. — The following is extracted from a memoir read in the “Tennessee Antiquarian Society,” on the (27 th-oT July, 1822. _ ln Belmont county, in this State ofOhi -o,opposite the month ol Little Grave Creek in the State of Virginia, und near half a mile from the Ohio River in the vicinity of several small mounds, was one about 15 or 16 f?et high, its top was flat, and its base about 40 leet in diamater. The timber in the vicinity fernai krbly large, and on it were the reman *f three 01 4 large trees, | supposed to have been white oaks, (tmm the remains of the bark) which bad fallen down and decayed There were still grow ing upon it siveral large poplars some four or five feet in diamater within a foot of the mround, with several white o iks three or 4 diameter, and other timber, such as beach, walnut, Btc. An incision was made on the top of Hus mound, and descended per pendicularly-the first layer was a vegeta ble mould, atmit two beet through. The next was ot dirk clay, three feet through, resembling th(|clay of the river at that place—below a layer of small stones, of the size of walnuts, goose eggs, &c. round arid smoothed by the water having been brought as is supposed Irom the bed of the river a few mib.s distant, as there are none immediately contiguous: this layer of stones was three or foir leet in thickness. Next was a stratum us earth resembling black marl, believed to be vegetable mould, about a foot deep* and next to this several layers of human hopes, laid transversely 4 , in a great mass of decayed matter, 5 or 6 feet • hick. These hones when exposed to the . air would moulder away, (although they seemed solid when taken up,) the foe and fi iger nails were nearly entire, the hair long, and of a dark b ‘>wn color, and almost roten, but by letting the dirt dry, and brushing it off, it would bear to be combed and straitened out. Under the bones were flint stone, spear or laneeheads, 5 or , 6 inches long, leveled from middle to the 1 edge and the edges converging into a ■pins in the form of the two longest sides of an isosecelrs triangle, anil the slim iest side of the triangle about two inches long, at which commenced a flat prominence or handle, suitable to be inserted into the eml iff a long pole. There were also found pieces of iron from two to four feet long, straight and uncovered, the bark ofthehan die Air, and one half or three quarters of an inch wide near the handle, ngularly levelled on bath sides, thinner to the edge, and tapering b th from the handle to the noint calculated both for thrusting <Sj* stri king transverse! v. The iron was consider ably oxyd itetl, and when exposed to the ui’ dissolves or falls into small particles of leaving only the handle (whi h wag thick) and the cent ai parts adhering to gether. yhe e were four or live of those ..words, (it we may so call them) the han die round or cylindrical and encircled with so rules or rings of silver, and lead, from a half to one inch wide—on the silver fer rolpv were the representations of terra j ioots, scored or cm veil in lines, and also -f birds with bunchy tails, long necks,long legs and feet, like those of the Turkey.— The body like that of a Turkey nr flamingo; the bill short and wide like that of a duck, only shorter and tapering to a point from the sides—there were also carved the fol lowing figures: Ist, the spherical rectilinear isoseceles triangle. 2d. the scalene trian gle—-some of those triangles approximating towards the equilateral, and others towards the right angled triangle. 3d. rectangular equilateral vq tare, and the rectangular parallellogram with each side equal to that ; laterally opposite to it, 4th. the perfect cir cle, and sth. the elipsis perfectly and regu larly proportioned. ( The mou'd seemed to be of different shades, or variegations, and near tHe bot tom and amongst the bones and mould vvere found a great number of pieces of charcoal in a perfect state. This mound was opened in the spring of 1820. Advocate. From the Calcutta Journal, of F b. 17. Burning of a Hindoo ipuman. —E* |y in Jan. a warrior died at Kennedy, and was burnt in a well about six feet deep—the same day his wile prior to his death told jhim she would go with him, and the same night dreamt her husband came to her when asleep, and hit her upon the shoulder, say ing, “Are you asleep, are you coming?”— Upon this she immediately rose and gave her child to the family, saying, “Take it, I shall have nothing more to do with it,” ! and desired tbiogs might be prepared, as she wa3 determined to burn herself at four o’clock in the af.ernoon; all the offers of money, and persuasion of her btother ami, : family, were of no avail. The Raj .1 hand ■Tassalder did ail in their power todissuade ! her from committing this rash act, but she .replied—“ Why trouble yourselves abput me. or my life, as I have promised to burn myself where my husband has been burnt, and am determined to do i(!£’ As it was utterly impossible to prohibit the poor girl making away with herself, she at a little after four o’clock left her dwelling, in com pany with her family, and proceeded to a tank near the viilage where her husband had been burnt, and after making the usu al ceremonies, walked three times round the we". Her brother and other relations Irad hold of her hand, when she quitted their hold and plunged into the well and sat down, when, dreadful to relate, wood, t>il and fire were thrown upon her by a few people. She was quite composed, and requested the people not to throw any more upon her, as ahe was with her husband and in the course of a few minutes, “'as she consumed to ashes, without a groan or shriek. Not a tom was beat, ror did the natives shot, as generally is the citse. All seemed horror-struck at what tlipy had witnessed. On the forenoon ol the day she was to burn himself, she bathed, put on clean linen, ate beetle, aud held in her hand a small looking-glass, upon which she con tinually kept looking. The poor creature was only 13 years of age. and had one child. Some lew years aso the Government called upon the maiustiates and the criminal judges for certain report on the subject of Safins. May this prove a peparatury step to their abolition 1 BRITISH RELIGION Lord J. G. Ileresford is appointed ihi mate of Ireland, vice the divine who le ceutly died in consequence of his wii'.'’- administering poi-on to him through mis take. v Remarking upon this appointment, a late London paper says.— “The Bishops possess two elevenths of the whole sii face of Ireland, or yearly one acre in five. This proportion form 9in aggregate ot little short of two millions if acres. Twenty-two obscure individuals (chiefly of noblemen’- families) promoted to enrich themselves and disgrace the Church, not only hold these estate** but a gu-at property also in tithes. \A e have seen three members of one family, known on.y !by bearing the-name of a ministerial Mar quess, at one time, upon the Bench, tHe junior of whom ha* just been preferred to the Primacy, being the second Aicliie piscopal mitre they have obtained since the union. By letters received in this city from Derby, Connecticut, <’f 251 h inst. it appears that ( aptain Hull had arrived there; and in time to receive the last wishes of his fa ther, and was then executing them prepa ratmy to Ms return to Boston to vindicate his own character. Wh/rt reflections these incidents pro duce!! Hard, indeed, must be that bosom which cannot sympathize with the father, whose hist moments must be embittered by allegations against the character of a sou, who for years has been the pride, the idol dfliis heart—wi h the son,constrained by his filial love and reverence to abandon the defence of a character dearer to him than life; that he may “bey the still more power ful call to the bed of a dying f.sther JS'at. lut. 2d inst. We understand that the Court of Inquiry? now in session at Boston, has been instruct ed to investigate the state of the Ligate Macedonian prior to her last leaving Bos ton, and, from the facts which have been stated to s, and the high character and diligent habits of the gallant Capt. Slfu brick, whose particular doty it was to at tend to the minutiibof fitting out that ship, there cannot be a doubt that the idea of her having left Boston in a filthy state is to tally destitute of foundatson. With regard <0 ice being found in the hold of the Macedonian on her arrival in the West Indies, we can readily imagine that, coruidering the very inclement seas on in which she was fitted out, tije least water spring from her water casks while filling them would become icealrnost imme diately; and that ice should be found in her hold in the West India latitude, may be owing to.her expeditious run from Boston thither. Qjtery —As it is known tn be in the na ture of filth and putrefaction to engender! heat; if these had existed in the hold of her! ship, would they not have dissolved theicc?i If this query be answered in the affi.ina tive, then the existence of the ice maybe (Considered as evidence of the cleanliness of the ship, but not of her filth.— ib. Boston, Auport 31, Spain.— Our foreign advice by the Milo and 11 -raid at this po t afford us interest ing information, relative to the aftVirs of Spain We are happy to fi and that our an ticipation* of Hie fidelity, pa rioiism and courage,of the Cos .titutional party are not about to be disappointed. The distur bance made by the Guards of the King, se duced no doubt from their duty to the Constitution, has been quelled, and the victory over them seems to have inspired new confidence in the stability of the con stitutional system. The Expt-ctador , a Madrid paper, remarks, that the constitif tional system may now be considered as firmly established, and that the Spaniards know how to enjoy liberty without licen tiousness. The Spaniards, it adds, are too sedate and reflecting to be hurried into excesses by success. We think the fact, bear out this assertion. We Have intel ligence from Madrid to July 15th, a week alter the conflict between the Constitu tionalists and the Guards on the Bth, and during the whole iuterval between these dates Madrid was quiet and no excesses had been commit'ed. The conduct of Ferdinand lias excited much suspicion, for which there appears to be considerable foundation. The portion of the regular army within his immediate influence has alone manifested any want of fidelity to the Constitution, and in their “ seditious cries” they boldly avowed the King as at least a participator in their plan. The King too refused to take any measures to restore the seditious guards to a sense of their duty, and acknowledged them, when in a state of mutiny, as hi friends. From the tone also of the articles published in the Madrid papers, it is very perceptible that the King is viewed with great jealousy, and is not believed to be faithful to the Constitution, The great guarantee rs the s.rcce== the Spanish Revolution is ?;, S r q ie character, talents and infiee-re appr -.- 1, have placed their lives am] fortunes 0r,.- -this throw.”—Tin y are indeed by priests, priestcraft and ‘mperstiimn, Hut they have the aiij of & free niv-s .which will enlighten the people. i nfr ,... the number of -he <*f rational Ui> ; ! j ty, and palsy theeneig.es of the su t .p W t s of ignorance and despotism. We c | n j therefore to the hope, that Spain will enjoy the blessings .fa free and st .tiie io, vernment, emerge Lorn her present obe'it ri*y. and again occupy ti.c proud suiio which she field in the da vs of her Coin j, bus and Isabella.— f’airiol. fFest India Truth. —The irquhv l, n 1 been made in relation to the Pre-iiienfi j Pioclamation, reciprocating the art (,j’ i flritish Government opening ti.e Wcit| t , j dia ports, where the President found !. jnu hority for dechring the trade open will the British Provinces, Cumuli, Nerv-Hmn ewick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland We answer vbat jhe term evl Indies Is j j general term, and not I ini t < i, to (|,e Island uncalled. It includes!! that portiond America north of the Equator, exceplin the United St:Mes. Our reasons fir the opinion arc toe fnj lowing: First, if we mistake not, the acte! Purlianient is entitled an act regulstirn trade with his M j“sty’s possessions in tin West Indies, and as-e wards among the free ports, those of Canada, va Scotia, &c. jßecondl>. In inslrna-.tiruis received i; this colleciion district L orn the tr-iasun department, we understand, thafii'c ierj. West Indies has been used in the genetil senve we have mentioned. Thirdly. If has been employed aud re cognised in this general and comprehen sive sense in the negotiations of this per. ernment with foreign powers, particulailj in th- treaty with Sweden. If our information as to the above facts be correct, the President has authority en ough for every portion of his proclamation; the opening of the trade with the r.orthen i provinces being evidently within the mean ing of the acts of both this and the Dritiil governments. — Ibid. The barque American, Allen, 2G iliti from Cabrnxo, Perto Rico, anived at Ken nebnnk on Monday. T'ltis vess*'!, on t>er passage from MayagUrz to K*’inchunli, was captured h? a Spanish nriva'm, (ns preterlce that her papers were not a 1 ! regu lar) sent into the above port, where slit was deiained several months but e tin. derstand never had a reguler trial, nor ai any part of the properity on board comhiri’ ned; but in consequence of her long deten tion. nearly the whole of her cargo (valued at upwards of g 6000) wa9 obliged to fc{ Isold, to pav expences* —only nineteen hogsheads of molasses being brought lionif The former captain, the consignee, an several -f the now, foil virtinr.s to the healthiness of the place, while the vessel remained detained; only the nia'r, (nor commander ) end three of original crew, have returned home iri the bvqne, Lit rns'e of th“ brig Sam Gordon, (also sprt in eb'Hit the same tip-ie) has arrived in the American, lie lost S2OO in money, hit owr. property- which was condemned with the cargo. The consignees of the bright! appealed from the unjust decision. We a>e informed, that a greater p>ere of villainy than has been practised in the rase of the above vessels, never disgraced pi'-ates of any country; and it i* t n l' B hoped that a correct account “f the ,ral1 ’ nar'icp will be hid bef'”'” the public.— Huston Palladium, Ang SO/A. From tlx* \eiv York Da! 1 }’ Ailv. Bobberies. —The number of houses tnlt have been robbed, coll loudly upon th® Police to exerci-e their accustomed “S 1 ’ lancet and *heir,efTirts must be ably sof’ ported by the citizens; und that too iifl’ mediately, or we shall have to add to ““I melancholy record of fever, a daily lis|v robberies. Nothing but the utmost vigi lance will save the lower end 1 f the tn'VQ from the depredations of scoundrels, v l:l ‘ taking advantage of our awful calamity can plunder with facility. ’ It is now i> solutely necessary that a watch nuts* t,e kept up during the day as well as ni?M- A company of horsemen, armed So p 8 ‘ trnl the streets, and another ot foot diers, to be stationed in various place-;*!** e<l by a number of guards in Rw-ho' TS j to pass confinnaPy around the lower e’ l of the town, night and day, we think win r be able to prevent the villains from g e,til 3 into *hc deserted part of ‘lie city. We understand the following b°’ J ‘ 1 have bp“n entered and robbed: _ r The dwelling of Doctor Perkin*, Green v.ich-street—every thing vs !'.‘ , i stolen, with plate &c. and the Curin' 1 broken lo pieces in the must wanton m* ner. ‘Mr. Phillips’dwelling, 96 Oreenwrc - street—\alnables stolen, and china, broken to pieces. Mrs. Huzmd’e boarding-house, 24Gf ,: wirh-street. Thomas R Smith’s dwelling, Grce wich-street. I3r Fisher, Corner of Pine-street a Broadway. r Mr. Kennedy’s boarding-house. 1,1 9treet robbed of many ar’icles. Fivr w* were seen to come out of the house on urday morning. The huse No. 29 Hector st. We have heard that other houses h 1 been robbed, but could get no psiU fgrs. One or two of the robber* have hr • caught. . ‘