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SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1849.
THE REPUBLICAN.
BY J. L, LOCKE &. CO.
I 1 . W. AUi.VAMIlill, ASSOI'IATK KDIT0I1,
UMly Painv$l«,TvUW*vU\>-
' >*. Iht London Correspondents qf the JV". Y. Cour. 4' Enf-
Government Pension*.
LONDON, JAN. 52, 1849.
Amour the peculiarities which distinguish the
British Government from any other Constitutional
Government iu the world, nut the least striking is
its immense anil multifarious pension system.
National gifts arc not unknown to other States, but
they aro provisions for the old age and infirmities
of men who have served tlicir country in military
or naval life, or who in eomo other field of action
have rendered public benefits worthy of a nation’s
gratitude; mid they are usually limited in their
duration to the lives of their original recipients.
But in England pensions are frequently hereditary
perpetuities} they aro granted not only for mili
tary ami natal services, but as regular retiring
allowances to high civil, military and diplomatic
functionaries; they are also freely used as boun
ties for political treachery, as rewards for political
servility, ns boons of personal favoritism, as con
tributions to support noble titles,-as recompenses
for the abolition of sinecuro places, as *
for the abolition of sinecure places, as badges of
ruynl illegitimacy, ns tributes to defunct ana for-
. gotten “glory," and for numberless other differ-
\ cut purposes that defy reduction to any specific
•category. There is not In the British Museum
an Egyptian relic, nor in tho Bodleian Library a
media vnl manuscript, one-twentieth part as cu
rious as the English pension list of this nineteenth
century. It finds its only parallel in Milton’s
inventory of the contents of Limbo. It would bo
vain to attempt to give an adequate idea of the
motley catalogue by. any reasonable number of
• examples, however well chosen; a few individual
specimfcns, however, on otcount of their peculiar
richness, may not bo unwelcome.
Tito Duke of Grafton, bdeaVree he can trace his
pedigree to the lnisbegottuu son of that abandon
ed d.h.iuchei Charles il, receives £10,000 annu
ally, the four Lady Fifrclatences, because Wil
liam IV. was their father, ami an actress their
' mother, receive £2,000 annually, and tho various
illegiiitnale children of George IV. have received
pensions amounting at the present time to about
£103,000 sterliug. The Earl of Athlon*, be
cause Ids ancestors belonged to a Dutch family
who followed William III. to England, receives a
pension of £3,000. The Earl 1 Cowper, because
nit grandfather married the heiress of the son of
n Dutch General under Marlborough, £1,600—
the heirs of tho Duke of .Schbmbckjr, because
this worthy fought at thtf battle of tho Roync,
£2,880—the Duke Marlborough, because his great
grandfather commanded at Blenlidm, £4,000—
Granville Penn, because his ancestor colonized
Pcnnyslvania, £4,000—Charlotte Ernst, because
her graudfuthcr came over to England in tho
household of George If, £1 IS—and the Earl
of Ciunperdown, because his ancestor fought
at tho battle of Comperdown, £2,997— Lord
Falkland,.because he married an Illegitimate
daughter of William IV, receives £184—the
children of Lord de L'lde, because their father
' married another illegitimate daughter, £500—
, the Dutch Prince of firecklcnberg,because he is
the nephew of Queen Charlotte, £2,000—the ter-
‘ .vanta of Queen Charlotte, because forsooth they
were the servants of Queen Charlotte, £3,933—
Ann Scott, because her father waj*a physician to
(J.iorgc IV., £250—and Lord Gifford, because his
hither was George the Fourth's Attorney-General
in his prosecution or his wife, £1,202. Lord El
lenborough, because he resigned certain sinecure
offices, has a : pension of £9,314. Lord Seymour,
because ho gave up the sinecure’ office of Dublin
\pharfinger, £1,250—Lord Melville, for loss of
privilege of nominating the Sheriffs Clerks in
Scotland £1,000—Viscount Canterbury, because
his father was once speaker of the Ilctue of Com
mons, £3,000—Lady Mary Baker, because her
husband was private secretary of Loid Cornwal
lis, £413—the Earl of Huntingdon, because he is
•pools and can’t well support the dignity of tho
peerage, £ 1,070, &c. &C.
Tiie pensions paid to the mother, uncle* and
aunts of the Queen amount to about £250,000
annually. Those granted as compensations for
abolished sinecures—a curious idea by the way,
that public offices are private property, and that
their abolition infringe* personal rights—amount
to about £260,000. The sum annually allowed
fo maintain the dignity of the peerage, or, to use
th6.’accredited phrase, “in consideration of the
circumstances of tho party,” is considerable; but
how much I am.unable to determine. Single
hereditary pensions have cost the treasury vast
sums; thus, more than two million pounds have,
up to the present time, been paid on that of the
Duke of Grafton, and more than a million and a
half on that of the Duke of Marlborough In view
of the way they do things on tills side of the water,
your lusty controversy in America at the last
Presidential election, as to which the two milita
ry candidates had received the meet public pro-
vendor, was rather of a picayune affaic* Both
the generals aro the Veriest mice when compared
with the great military behemoth of the old
world. The utmost that you could figure against
either pf them was some sixty or eighty thousand
dollars; tho Duke of Wellington, in the shape of
regular pay, prize-money, pensions, and parlia
mentary grants, has received more than thirteen
and a half million of dollars, saying nothlngof the
immense emoluments derived by bis brothers,
and sons, and nephews.
Notwiilwtandlng the official salaries of high
public functionaries are what we should consider
as extravagantly large, the moet liberal pensions
are granted as retiring allowances. Let three or
four instance* serve to illustrate. Lord Lyndhurs
and Lord Brougham, late Lord Chancellors, hat
salaries of £11,030, and now have pensions of
£5,000. Sir Thomas Erskin and Sir J. B. Bosan-
quot, late judges in the high courts, had salaries
nf £5,000, and have pensions of £3,000 Lord
Bexley and Hon. Henry Goulburn, ex-chancellors
of exenoquer had salaries of £5,000,and have pen
sions, the one of £3,00) the other of £2,000, Vis
count Strangford and Lord Heytesbury, ex-am
bassadors to Vienna; Sir R. Gordon and Lord
Bcauvalc, ox-ambassadors to 8t. Petersbtirgh,
and Lord Cowley, ex-ambassador to Paris, had
talarics of £9,0(30, and have pensions varying
from £1,400 to £2,100. Retiring allowances are
service.
Literary and scientific merit is not entirely for
gotten in the pension list: ypt the sum total of all
accorded to it, cuts but a sorry figure by the side
of even a single one of the duco]^cnsions I have
mentioned.
Pensions are granted both by Royal Patent and
by Act of Parliament; and to meet them, large
contributions are levied upon almost every func
in its progress to tho Exchequer. A complete
ochodule of pension expenditures has never yet
been nreseuted to the public; it is known however
that they amount to considerably more-than half
a million poouds annually.
bsumshtaxation-its wxioht and ixiqcautie*.
/ It has been said that the freest nations, if com
mercial, have been the most heavily taxed. If
the weight of taxation l* to be calculated by what
is p iid, and not by.what is left, this remark cer
tainly holds good in respect to the present people
of Europo. An Englishman pays twice as much
into the national treasury as a Frenchman; four
tim.s ns much ns a Prussian; four and a hnlf
times ns much ns an Austrian, and six limes a»
much as a Russian. The whole amount of taxa
tion in Great Britain for the support of Govern
ment, exclusive of the fifteen millions paid in poor,
.ratos, county rates, highway rates, and other lo
cal taxes, is fifty-one million pounds per annum.
But comparatively a small fraction, however, of
this immense sum is at present tributary to the
maintenance of English liberty and prosperity.
Taxation may b-; aTiiessing wfren it goes to de-
velope material resources, or to elevate the moral
and intellectual character of tho people—when,
like evaporation, it takesaway to give bock again
in fertilizing dew and genial showers; but Eng
lish taxation has but little of this compensatory
choract'-r. Twenty-eight millions ana a half i
tho public money, or more than half of the who
r.nvv.tr.i raisedabsorbed In tho payment of the
interest upon the natioaal debt ana its contingent
charges; and two-thirds of the remainder is irre
coverably swallowed up in the maintenance of s
military and naval force, which neither expands
the industry nor exalts tho moral character of the
nation.
Tho peculiar grievousness, however, of English
taxation docs not consist *o much in its weight
nor in its fruitlcMiicM, fis in the gross inequality
with which Us burdens press upon different class
es of community. It weighs heaviest upon those
leant able to tear it. Land, which ineVery coun*
try is regarded as the chief source of national in
come, in England contributes comparitively 1U-
tlo to tho public revenues. The land tax has not
bom increased since the revolution of1688, though
nil other taxes since that period have been aug
mented twenty fold. Lend Is not only inade
quately taxed in general, but in some respects it
enjoys special exemption. The heavy probate
and legacy duties imposed on every other kind of
property, ranging from one to ten per cent, ac
cording to the nearness of kin, and yielding to
the state a revenue of more than two millions o’
pounds, do not affect bequeathed or inherited rea
*sta*c. In mentioning the fuvorable condition of
landed property in respect to taxation, I must bo
understood ns referring to national and. not local
taxation; real estate feels tho weight of the latter
certainly os much as personal property. Morotlian
five-Bixtlis of tho wants of the national treasury
ara supplied by the industrial classes of tho coun
try. v ’ '
'The. policy adopted by tho English Government
in regulating its imposts, has been exactly the
reverse of purer no favor has been shown to tho
necessaries of life. Tea, coffee, sugar,soap, malt,
spiritA, tobacco and oilier articles of genepu con
sumption are most heavily burdened by custom
aud excise duties. For every 20 shillings a work
ing man spends on tea, he pays 10 shillings duly;
for every 20 shillings he spends on coffee, no pays
8 shillings duty; on sugar, 6 shillings; on soap,
6 shillings; on beer, 4smiling*; on spirits, 14shfl>
ings; nnd on tobacco, l(i shillings. Furniture,
rorses, carriages, plate and other articles used by
tho richer classes, pay but comparatively a small
tax. The ordinary wages ol a laboring man in
.England, is about ten shillings a week; in expend
ing the same for tire nccessar.es of life, he pays
B vemmcnt more than one-third of the sum.—
te duties upon malt and tobacco particularly,
weigh upon the tower classes. Engl if h laborers,
and especially those of the agricultural districts,
would submit to almost any privation sooner than
(Ive up their pipe and beer. The annual rsvenue
derived from the malt and hop excise duties
amounts to more than four-and-a-half million of
pounds annually; aud that obtained from tobacco
very much exceeds this sum. More tluin fifteen*
sixteenths of the custom and excise duties, which
are the great source of the national incomo, ore
paid by the trade and industry of tho nation.
But not only is the industry of the nation sorely
taxed ; so also is its Intelligence. The stomp tax
upon public journals, that most odious and im
politic of all taxes in a free government, a tax
vhich Americans never dreamed of, and which
France indignantly shook off the moment she
had rid herself of monarchical power, flourishes
' ti full force iu England. It amounts to two and
in some instances To three cent# for every copy of
a respectable newspaper that is priutod. This
tax added to the very heavy excise on paper,
which yields £720,000 annually, and to the neavy
tax on advertisements, has done much to abridge
the circulation and efficiency of the English p>css.
It has raised the price of newspapers to what
Americans would consider an almost fabulous
standard. Tho regular price of London journals,
not only the largo double-sheeted papers, like the
m, j the Chronicle, bqt the smtul single-
Times and the Chronicle, but .w—
sheeted ottos, like the Post end the Globe, Is al
now raised its price to that of ito more successful
cotemporaries. Ijondou, though four times as
lopnlou*, has not so many doily newspapers as
Nt-w^ork; and out of LondontheYe ore but three
daily newspapers published in tbo United King
dom, namely, twofn Dublin and one in Glasgow.
Strange as it may seem, not a single daily jour
nal is printed in the commercial city of Liverpool,
n the manufacturing cities of Manchester and
Birmingham, or in the literary city of Edinburgh;
although, of coume they all have a number of
weekly, semi-weekly and tri-weckly papers. The
British newspapers are not only fewer In number
jut their circulation U much troaller than that of
the principal journals in France or America.—
The Times, which is by far the most successful of
of only about ten or twelve thousand. The ordi
nary subscription list of English newspapers does
not number more than three or five thousand.
The public press of France presents quite different
esturcs. Paris, though littlo more than half as
arg« as London, has three or flair times as many
, ournals.
The prico of the leading papers varies from five
to nine dollars per annum, and their circulation
anges from twenty to sixty thousand. It would
>e incorrect to estimate the spread of the public
intelligence in England solely by tin fewness of
the newspapers, and by the smallness of their
subscription lists, since a single copy oT a public
journal, in one of the .numberless reading rooms
and eating houses, frequently serves for the use of
hundreds. Yet it cannot bo doubted that the
heavy tax on newspapers operates injuriously on
the public intelligence. Tbe paper tax has also
much to do in miucing.the price of English books
t always, butgenerally gran tea at the tertniua-
n of official life, in all grades of tho public
o be two, three, and even four times greater than
French, German, or American.
Wealth is more unequally distributed in Eng
land than in any other country, and still in no
ect proportional tax levied alike upon ail classes
having property, amounts to only about seven
mce in the pound, and yields but about £5,600-
) annuall;
direct taxat
lv, a very much smaller proportion of
Won than iwlevied in any other country
in Europe. The more equitable adjustment of
axation, and the substitution of the direct for the
ndirect system, are among the leading objects of
the recently established Liverpool Financial Re
form Association; and they are now enara; ’
great degree of public attention.. SIQ]
SAVANNAH, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13,1849.
OCh We perform an agreeable service at the
instance of one cf the Committee of* Council, who
recently went to Charleston to meet the Ex-
President, in noticing the handsome and cordial
hospitality extended towards them in our sister
city. Their reception and entertainment were
such as to call forth their warmest thanks. We
presume that Council will pass some appropriate
resolution touching this matter.
Ocy- The Falcon touched at Charleston, and left
that port at i, P. M., on Saturday, on her way to
Chagres. She passed our bar early yesterday
morning and left the mail for Savannah on board
a Pilot Boat, which was brought to town last eve-
ning by the eteemer J. Stone.
The Agents of tbe Falcon had no notice of her
having left New-York until about ten o’clock
yesterday, when they received a telegraphic des
patch dated at New-York on the 9th Inst. Im
mediately on its reception they despatched the
steamer /, Stone to meet her, but the latter arrived
at the bar too late. The mail from Savannah and
seven passengers who wanted to go to Chagres
were left behind.
We are indebted to the New York Express,
Journal of Commerce, and Day Book, for late files
of their papers by the fbteon.
{&• We observe that our old friend Geo. Whim,
oolong known as an accomplished teacher of
youth, bos opened or. Academy in Marietta, Go.
We wish him every success.
07 The Hon. Rost. Toombs, H. V. Johnson
and J. H. Lumpkin, of this State, and Mr. Vxna-
bus, of North Carolina, will accept out thanks for
a number of valuable public documents.
fty. We are indebted to Judge Bzkbikh for a
copy o'his Address to the “ People of the United
CO* We have received a few of the last numbers
of the United States Catholic MitctUany, published
in Charleston. It is conducted with ability and
taste, and merits tbe patronage of the public.
Periodicals.—Col. Williams his laid on our
table the March number of the Medical Examiner
and Record qf Medical Science, edited by Fbancis
D. Smith and David H. Tuckeb, Philadelphia.
Number 10 qf the Daguerreotype has been re
ceived and laid upon the Round Table.
N*w Books.—Wears indebted to tbe publishers
for the following new Books, which may be hod
at Col. Williams’ Book-store:
WcUt on Water Cure— By Dr. J. Weiss, form
erly Director of the establishment at Freywaldau.
As Hydropathy, or the Water Cure, is attracting
more or less attention both in Europe and this
country, wo know of no better work on the sub
ject to recommend to tho reader than the volume
before us. It is intended for professional and do
mestic-uso, and'adapted to the understanding of
tho general reader who is not supposed to be
familiar with the technicalities common to medi
cal works. It contains an appendix on the beat
mode of forming hydropathic establishments, be
ing the result of twelve years experience at the
celebrated Water establishments of Grafenburg
nnd Freywaldau. This work is from the press of
J. W. Moose, Philadelphia.
ITiii Maternal Management of Children in Health
and Disease—By Thomas Bull, M. D., Member
of the Royal College of Physicians, and author
of “Hints to Mothers.” Tho title of this work
explains its object; and as we are not very fit-
miliar yrlth the subject treated of, persons inter
ested art referred to the book for particulars. It
is from tbo press of Lindsay & Blakiston, Phil
adelphia.
Western America, including California and Ore
gon, wit!, Mape qf those Regime and the Sacremento
Valley, from actual Survey*—By Chaeles Wilkes,
U. S. N. Tho public is already familiar with tho
merits of thq author of this number, and all tliat
is necessary is merely to announce tho appearance
of the present work. It is full of interesting mat
ter rejecting bur Pacific possessions, nnd is
admirably well written. It is from the press of
Lea & Blanchamd, Philadelphia.
[cOatESr08DENCE SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN.]
■ KEY WEST, MARCH 9,1349.
Two suits arc pondjng in tho Admiralty Court,
oho for saving the materials and thq other the hull
and spars of tho bliip William Hitchcock, which
I Informed you in my last had been bored. The
Court has been engaged tho last thro© days in
tryingthe cose of Chakles Rollins, master of
the Hitchcock, against Samuel Boose, who was
arrested to answer a libel in $20,000 damages for
boring tho ship whilo ashore on Tortugas. One
of the owners, .Capt. Colt, who is here, seemed to
be anxious that tho matter should bo thoroughly
investigated. The suit was commenced at his
instigation. A groat number of witnesses were
examined and a tnasa of tcatimony brought out.
The following is in abstract taken from my
notes of tbe testimony of the most material wit
nesses. No direct proof of tho boring was ad-
ducod. The ovidcnce was all circumstantial.
She was bored on the night of the 20th January.
Sovcu augur holes on tho larboard and five on the
starboard side, a little forward of tho foro-hatch.
The next morning there were fivexnd a half feet
water in the hold. On this nlgut there were
aboard the crew and fourteen men, laborers and
mechanics from the Government works at Tor
tugas, (one of whom was the defendant.) They
came aboard tho 19 th January, tho day oho struck,
and continued till tho 21st when sho filled.—
Hutchins and Guyon, first and second mates, tes
tified that on the night of the 20th January, about
half-past seven, they and William Dell, one of the
crew, and one of the Tortuga* men . (they could
not recollect which) went in tho hold with a lan
tern to look around. The water was then nine
inches on her skim, tho ship thumped heavily,
they went forwatd, stood about where ths holes
Were bored and conversed about tho strength and
build of ths ship. Tho man from Tortugas ask
ed how for apart the timbers were. The first mat©
replied three or four inches, as might bo seen
from tbo bolts which were in tho middle of the
timbers. Were in the hold fifteen or twenty min
utes. Came on deck, and first mate proposed to
Boosx; who appeared to be a Aider among tho
Tortuga* men, to arrange tho watches for the
night. Boosx said no—your men are tired, wo
will watch and keep her pumped out. Tho offi
cers and crew all turned in, and had nothing to
do with the watch tliat night.
William Lyons Stewardd stated, That on the
evening of 20th January, several of the Tortugas
men were in tho galley, Boose among them—
I asked if they thought tho ship would get off.
One of them, l don’t think it was Boose, replied,
“Wo will take d—d good care of that,” and
made a twisting motion with his hand. I thought
from this conversation, android to the cook,
that the ship would be bored. About half-past
eleven, passing the ’cabin, I saw three of tho
Tortugas men on deck—no one else—can’t say
one of them was Boos*. The next morning, be
tween 4 and 6 o’clock, saw Boose at the galley;
he asked for coffee, and said he waa up all night.
On the 21st, just as the Tortugas men were leav
ing, I asked Boose what he thought of tbe ship ?
He replied—“You will never go to sea in that
ship again.”
Thomas Wiseman, 3d Mate, stated, That on the
night of the 20tb January, Boose iuquired of me
in the forward cabin if there were augurs belong
ing to the ship and where. I pointed to two
banging on beckets as ship*' augurs. 1 believe
these are the augurs (here two augurs were shown
to the witness, one broken, tho other a little
wrenched.) 1 cam© on deck between 2 and 3
o'clock that night. Boose and another were on
deck. The next morning while the wreckers
were pumping, Boose said between decks, I wish
I could have got a chance to put boles into her sft.
Can’t say who were then present; no reply as I
recollect was made to tite remark.
WM. Shepard, ship’s carpenter, said, I have
examined the holes, they were bored by three au
gers. 1 bad charge of them, they hung in after
pat t of forecastle, think I raw them the day she
filled, one hanging on tho becket, the other on the
floor, the longest was v/renched, the other broken*
had no suspicion it had been used; thought it was
broken by knocking about.
Stephen McNam AtSA.oneof the men from Tor
ugas: said thaton tbe morningof the 21st January,
tho mates said tbe ship had bilged. I contended
she was not, because the water did not come in foat
enough. From day light till near breakfast it in
creased only 1 *1-2 inch. On this morning we
were speaking of the ship; I said I bet $5 she will
come off. Boose said J bet $6 she will not.
The Judge in delivering his opinion remarked
that the circumstances went strongly to show
that Boose had something to do with tbe boring,
but not sufficient to authorize his finding the de
fendant guilty. He was accordingly discharged
from arrest.
Tbe evidence squinted strongly In my mind
and among the by-stonders, towards others os
being concerned in the deed. The wreckers did
not reach the ship till the 2i*i, after she had
filled* So they ore free from the scandal.
Yours, Itc. Rax.
tfr A friend, one of our subscribers, writing
from Okspilko, Lowndes county, says:
"The Rev. W. G. Huntee’s mill at this place
was destroyed by fire on the night of the 3d Inst.
Tbe perpetrator of this diabolical act i* unknown,
but I hope he will have no sleep to bis eyes nor
slumber for his eyelid*, liutil the truth comes,
with a fearful looking forward to a just recom
pense.”
’ The Appointment or Ma. Hanneoan.—The
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
North American says:
"Towards the cloeo of the session oft he Senate,
an incident occurred which deserves particular
notice. Mr. Polk waa notified through the ordi
nary Committee, about six o’clock,t bat the cham
ber, having discliarged its duties, was prepared
to adjourn. Instead of communicating an appro
priate answer, several message* were transmitted
and the Senate retiied into Executive Session.
Two nominations of Justices of the Peaco werg
submitted, and upon objection being made, were
laid aside. *
“Then a nomination in fevor of Mr. Hannegan,
as Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin, was intro-
duced, this being the real object, while the others
were only the pretext for the Executive Session.
T)»* win* point was rsl*rrf iu opposition, audit
waa urged that the Congress had expired, and
with it the power of the President to appoint.
Urgent appeals were employed by the friends of
Mr. Polk, and Mr. Hannegan was confirmed,
seven hours after the recent iucuinbenthad cessed
to be President!
A Handsome Sum.—The Inauguration Boll at
tho City Hall, in Washington, yielded about $11,
000, or $3,000 above tbo gxpcnacs, which sum
will bo divided between tho t\Vo orphan asylums
of tho city—a moat noblo and benevolent use to
make of tho funds.
The Late Cabinet.—Mr. Buchanan will short
ly return to Lancaster after having paid a visit
to Harrisburg, where lie has been invited by
every Democrat in the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, with one exception. Governor Maecy re
turns to’Albany; aud Judge Mason propoect to
locate himself in Richmond. Col. Johnson, the
late Postmaster General, remains In Washington
a few weeks longer, when ho returns with his
family to Tennessee.
Attoensy Genual.— 1 This office has been fill
ed by Marylanders of distinguished ability—such
os Pinckney, W«t, Tan**, Nelson, and now
by Johnson—men whoso pre-eminent talents have
been universally acknowledged.
Resignation.—Wm. H. Enoush, who held an
office in tite Treasury Departmental Washington,
has resigned, as he took »n active part against
Gen. Taylor and does not feci disposed to hold
an office under his administration. \ye suspect
there are many in Washington, less worthy than
Mr. E. who will hold on to the last moment, and
if flattery and obsequiousness would effect ttttir
object, would remain indtfice all their lives. For-
tunately, however, they are known, and their
days, we hope are numbered.—Rail. Clipper.'
Gen. Tayloe’r Successor in tiie Army. At a
dinner in New Orleanson the 22d, Gen. Gaines
■aid in closing hia speech:
”11 gives me much pleasure and pride to bo re
stored to my old command of this division. I am
the first officer of the U. S. Army who ever re*
llevcd a President elect, and I. trust I may not be
en unworthy successor of so good a man and
brava a soldier.” .
Democratic Testimony or Gen. Taylor.—
The political enemies as well as friends of Gen.
Taylor seem to be very fovorably Impressed with
the appearance and bearing of the old chief. The
Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Evening
Poet, (Dem.) thus speaks: .
“Speakingof Gen. Taylor, permit me to say
that I am agreeably disappointed in him. He re
ceives those who call, and all may call, with
great courtesy and kindness, and withal in such
a republican style, as does honor to his head and
heart. He is a venerable gentleman of the old
school, unpretending and benevolent In manner,
and ail who approach him are convinced of his
honesty and sincerity. Every person who has
called upon hlmcomeaaway favorably impressed
He is a better looking man than any of the por
traits make him.”
09* The members of the Philadelphia bar have
tendered Mr. Meredith a public dinner, aa a
mode of congratulating him ou his appointment
to the Treasury Department.
. From tub Sandwich Islands.—Accounts from
the Sandwich Islands, received by tho way of
Panama, by the Crescent City, state that Dr.
Junp, the minister of finance, had been impeach*
ed.-. .
Law or Divoece.—A divorce bill, before the
New York legislature, makes divorce obtainable
for the following rearona: Adultery j imprison
ment in the State Prison for not less than two
years; attempted homicide, when such attempt
wss not justifiable; union with a sect which do-
nies the marriage relation, and insanity for a pe
riod of five yeafo.
' ftj* The Danish Consul calls on all the seamen
of Denmark, In the ports of tbe United States, to
return home, as there is a probability of a renew
al of hostilities.
Tklegrafhio Mistake.—Quite a serious mis
take occurred the other day,a telegraphic dispatch
sent from Philadelphia to Wilmington, Del. It
was to informs gentleman there that bis daughter
laying sick ln’tbat city, was "no worse;’’ but the
operator rendered it “no more.” .The agonized
father, after making some preparations for the
funorsi, went on, and wss astonished to find his
much loved child recovering Ivor health.
Damages fob Libel.—The editor of the New
York Herald has recovered six cents damsges
from Major Noah for libel. The damages were
laid at $10,000.
Canada.—The ceremony of presenting to tho
Governor Gentrelthepetition signed by nearly
seven thousand of tho inhabitants of Montreal for
tbe dismissal of the present Liberal Ministry
and the dissolution of Parliament, was presented
on the 27th ult. The Governor, in a reply of four
lines said that he should take the matter into con
aldcration. The Liberal papers charge that many
of the names on this petition are forged.
Launch.—The packet ship Constellation, of 1,602
tons register, for R. Kermit’s line of New York
and Liverpool packets, was launched In New York
on Saturday week.
Emigration.—It is said, by the Bermuda Her
ald, that emigration to a considerably extent is at
present going on from the British Provinces to
the United States, even among the agricultural
portion of tho community. The Herald tries-to
persuade her Majesty’s good people not to do so,
assuring them that there are.already in the Uni-
ted States more mouths to feed than can be satis
fied—that we view every new comer with jealousy,
foe.
Hon. Henry Clay.—At tho laying of the cor
ner atone of tho new Custom House in Now Or
leans, on tho 22d ult., an incident occurred
which is thus noticed by the Picayune:
Among tho spectators of the none was the Hon.
[Icnry Clay, whose presence excited conaldcra-
fie interest. Tho delicate attentions shown to
him) on every side were striking proofs of tho
reverence in which he is held by his countrymen.
When ho arrived upon tRo ground the crowd was
dense, nnd apparently unyielding; but tho mo*
ment it was whispered that Henry Clay was com
ing, a space was. opened, nnd hate camo almost
involuntarily from men’s heads ns the venerable
•tntesman passed. Mr. Clay yet moves with a
firm and buoyant step, but his foco shows too
fiainly the ravages of time and ill health. Aa
usual on such occasions, although it was much
regretted that he did not mako some remarks on
the. occasion, ho waa consigned to the especial
care of the ladles, and seated amid a perfect crowd
of smiling and lovely faces.
Patzs FiantiNo.—The Committee on the Judi
ciary of the Massachusetts House of Representa
tives, hava reported the following bill concerning
prizo fighting:
Every person who shall, by previous appoint
ment or engagement, meet another person and
engage in a fight, shall be punished by imprison-
mentln the State’s prison,cot more than ten years,
or by fino not exceeding ten thousand dollars—
Every person who shallbe present at such fight,
as an aid, or second, or surgeon, or who shall ad-
vise, encourage, or promote such fight, shall be
punished by imprisonment in tiie Btate’i prison,
lot more than five years, or by imprisonment in
the county jail, not more than three years, and
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. Every
>eraon, an-inhabilant, or resident of this State,
who shall, by previous appointment or engage
ment, made within this Slate, leave the Stole and
engage in a fight with another person, without
the limits thereof, shall be punished by imprison
ment in the State’s prison not more than five years,
or fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Bombardment ry Means of Balloons.—The
Preset of Vienna has the following : “Venice^-is
to be bombarded by balloons, as tho lnguncs pre
vent the approach of • artillery. Flvo balloons,
each twehiy.three feet in diameter, are in con
struction at Treviso.
“In a favorable wjnd theballoona will be launch-
ed and directed aa near to Vcnico aa possible, and
on their being brought to a vei tical position over
the town, thetlrswlTl be communicated by electro
magnetism. Each of the five bomba affixed to
tbe ballon is in communication by means of a long
isolated copper wire, with a large galvanic bat
tery placed on tho shore. The Fusiee is ignited
by connecting the wire. Tho bomb falls perpen
dicularly, and explodes on reaching the ground.
By this means twenty-five bombs a day maybe
thrown, supposing the wind to be favorable. An
experiment made at Treviso, on the 9th, succeed-
ed completely.”
[communicated.]
Messrs. Editors t—Attempts have been made
from the commencement of tho Missionary enter
prise, by persona ill-disposed towards the under,
taking, to disparage the efforts made by the Chris
tian community to evangelise and civilise Hea
then Nations. A statement haa,bcen recently made
in the public Journals, by Mr. Ten Eyok, U. S.
Consul at Ilonolula, which ia untruo in itself, we
believe, and tends to do the cause of Missions a
great injury, whatevor may have been the writer’s
object in publishing It. The following is an ex
tract:—
“In my view, and according to the general un
deratandlng of the term in tho United States, the
Hawaiian people are not a Christian people, and 1
doubt if they ever will be, from the simple fact
that their degrading and disguatingbabits of life,
their natural indisposition to labor, their igno
rance and indolence, their poverty and consequent
misery and want, their universal licentiousness,
their vice*, their frightful diaes&es, and tho fear
ful mortality consequent thereupon—all indicate
with uncring certainty that within the next forty
or fifty years, the aboriginal Hawaiiana, or Ka
naka, will be reckon*! among tho things that
were.”
As an oflset, at a recent meeting in Boston, re
ports were read from six of the Missionaries sta
tioned at tiie Sandwich Islands. From these I
have selected the following extracts:
Mr. Coan writes from Hilo—
“It is true of this people, as of many in more
highly favored lands, that all are notbencfltted by
the increase of light and tbe accumulation of wealth
around them. There is everywhere 'the heath in
the desert.’ Wo stiU mourn ovi—
rnneo and vice, the logitimute off»i
“1 do not desire to disparage or censure the re
cipient of this Executive bounty, but the act is
one which, under the circumstances, should in
voke the indignation of the whole country; the
more so becau*. Mi. Polk, hie cberactcrteUc
hypocrisy, had maintained, in the early pari of
the night, that he had no power to sign Dill* or
make nominations after twelve o’clock/’
Expensive Enterprise.—Wo learn from tho
Baltimore Clipper, that the proprietors of the
New-York Bun announce, that they have just con
cluded a contract for the erection of telegraph
line* from Boston to the city of Washington, and
to all the intermediate places, “the instruments
to be placed in the Sun editorial sanctum.” This
'enterprise is to cost the proprietors of tiie Sun
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars,
and is to be exclusively for tho use of that paper.
The motives for Ibis undertaking are avowed to
be,toprevcntasystern of fraud which the pro
prietors allege has been practised upon them by
tbe telegraph companies, and the extravagance
of the present chargee. “Foreign news, election
returns, and other important intelligence,” (say
they,) “obtained exclusively for the Sun, and
forwarded by our agents at a very heavy expense
to tiie nearest telegraph station, there to be still
quicker transmitted to our office, has -several
times been entirely withheld, or distributed with
out our consent ut every place on the line; thus
foiling out expresses and compelling 4is topay
roundly/or the privilege qf being robbed of our
newer ■
. 09- Mr. J. Fennimore Cporsa bos in the press,
"New York, Past, Present and FutureAlso a
new romance, entitled ••Sea Lions."
New Jersey.—The Legislature of New Jersey
adjourned on tbe 2d Inst, after a. session of 53
days. Tbe estimated revenue for 1849 amounted
to $106,760 27, and the disbursements to $102,-
203 74. Among the appropriations was one of
$31,000 for a lunatic asylum.
Important Railroad Invention.—The Wash
ington Union notices two very-ingenious and
highly important Invention*, by Jab. S. French,
Esq., of Virginia, in the construction of Railroads
and locomotives; but does not explain tho means
by. which theends are accomplished.
Th* first improvejpenl/ettders the. levelling of
the road unnecessary, and-the engines and cars
can be constructed as to run over undulations of
the earth similar to those in a turnpike road. By
the second invention, which la a brake, an engine
and train of cars may b6 stopped almost instantly
by the engineer alobe. Very good inventions—
if there be any thing in them, which may bo
doubted. - *
Flare Uf at a Fashionable BoardimoHouse.
The New-York Star says: “A curious exposo
took place on Friday night at one 6f tho fashion
able boarding houses up town, which threw the
inmates into a great state of excitement. Itap-
pears that a lady, with a number of trunks, ar
rived in this city on Thursday night, and took
lodgings at the house in question. She gave tbe
namo of Shelly, and announced herself as tbo
wife of a wealthy planter of tbe South. Great
attention was paid her until she was introduced
to some of the upper ten—and she was the heir-
e*s of the house until Friday night, when a gen
tleman, who had just arrived from the South!
happened to call upon a friend, who was a boarder
in the same establishment; wu shown in a room
where the planter’s wife was seated. Judge of
his surprise, when he recognized it. the lady the
keeper of a house of ill-fame, at Augusts, Georgia.
The lady motioned the gent to say nothing—but
he was not to be coaxed; and calling the keeper
of the house, informed her of ihe character of tho
lady. The good landlady was horror-stricken,
and begged that it might be kept secret; but tho
story bod got around the house, nnd tho exciter
ment was great. A policeman was sent for, but
before he arrived the matter waa settled, by tho
lady expressing a willingness to depart quietly.
A carriage wss sent for, and the sol disant plant
er’s wifo departed for a mansion more suitable to
her exalted station.” •
Cant**! ltait Road & Ranking Co»y of On. I
• Marc h 3,1848. j
The adjourned meeting of tho Stockholdata, (be consid
ering the question of aid to tho NaahviUoand Chmtnnooga
Rail Road, will be held at Savannah on tliu first Tuesday
In April next, In obedience to a resolution of the stock
holder.! at tbe last annual meeting,
mar 10 R. R. OUYLBR, President.
HENRY M. DU.VtVOODY,
A1TORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
■*' Rome, Georgia.
Will praotlce In all the Courts of the Cherokee Circuit,
! n the supreme Court, and In Dio County of Cobb, of the
Coweta Circuit.
Rxmnscxi.—lion. C. J. McDonald, Gen. A. J. Han-
sell, of Marietta. ly nov29
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW JERSEY.
Capital 0800,000.
J. V, VooRticts, Sec'ry. Wn. Thomson, Prast.
ft. S. Whitney, General Agent, 89 Wall iu N. V.
Ftaa mu Mxaixa BMMtl. *- L “ *- **■'- -
most liberal terms, by
June 10 ly
n over poverty, igno-
“ iringsoftr *
rnneo anti vice, the legitimate offsprings of mental,
physical and moral imbecility, But It is not so
with all. Multitudes have aroused from the sleep
of ages; and, under the quickening impulses of
Christian civilization, there are putting forth their
energies.
“ To the philanthropist, nnd to every true frienr
of man, it is cheering to witness tho steady anc
rapid progress of tho natives in the erection of
framed houses, and in the improvement of the old
styleofdwcllings: in procuringtablcs.bcdsteads,
chairs, chests, writing-desks and stationery; in
collecting cutlery, earthern, glass dhd hardware
&c.”
Another reports that,
"By going to different houses, and visiting
different places, you will see nativo tailors and
tailorcsses, hat-braiders, shoe-makers of both
sexes, saddle-makers, carpenters, masons, saw
yers, teamsters. You will now and then dis
cover a coffee garden and a flower garden; herds
of cattle, horses, goats and sheep; cattle car
rying burdens, instead of natives; a good road
teeming with carls and oxen, all under native
management; natives riding to meeting or sohoo
on horseback. You will fiud one hundred and
fifty families supplied with the native newspapers;
and you will also find»tbat the newspaper is gen
erally paid for. And you should pay a visit to
some of our day schools and singing schools, all
under native superintendanco, and finally, at
‘the sound of tho church going bell,' or the shrill
by native hands. Having seen all this, and Other
things of a moral and religious character, you
can determine whether they Indicate any advance
towards civilization and Christianity, or not.”
The following account of a common school
celebration at Labalna, Island of Maul, will give
one some idea of the state qf society at that sta-
tion. There are 22 schools; and several new
school-houses have recently been elected. In
November, 1947, there was a public examination
of these schools, which showed them to bo in ad-
vance of what they had previonsly been. At the
close of the examination, the schools of Lahains.
and of one out station united in a celebration. Of
this celebration Mr. Baldwin gives the following
account:—
“Aboutone thousand children were present;
all of whom sat down to good substantial koa ta
bles, made in the best style by foreign carpenters,
furnished with foreign plates, knives, forks, &c.,
«c., and loaded with tne richest dainties which
the land affords, in cb&irs of foreign manufacture,
or settees cf Ibrir own i And they bad their well
clothed parents for waiters. One person, a mere
common nativu, once s missionary cook, seta line
qf tables one hundred feet in length, and killed a
bullock and several hogs to supply it."
There are not a few in every Christian commu
nity, who feel a deep interest in the progress of
civilization apd Christian knowledge; and to them
it ia an unpleasant matter to see so much pains
taking to bring the cause of missions into disre
pute. It cannot bo expected by any rational
mind that e. mass of heathen men and women
should be raised from the deep degradation of
heathenism, in its worst features, and in a few
short years, be moulded into a nation of educated!
civilized, refin'd people, such as dwell in our
community l Tho lowest habits and basest pas
sions of depraved human nature ai-e not xc-
changed for the refinements of civilized life, in
day!
we wish there were more in the community
who were ready to bid tho missionary “God
speed” in his efforts to bless his race, and fewer
who were disposed to disparage them. G.
[communicated.]
Messrs. Editors:—I see by bills that Wyman, tho
Magician, has visited our city once more, I had
tho pleasure of attending his exhibition one night
last week at the theatre in Charleston. The house
was crowded from pit to ceiling with the beauty
and fashion of our sister city; and I was told by a
gentleman that the theatre had been full for the
last two weeks. Wyman’s performance was truly
a most splendid affair. Tho most astonishing ex
periment wos his causing a gentleman to disappear
from theroom in trulyaniiraculous manner. Every
one was taken by surprise, and there was no ac-
counUng. for his mysterious disappearance. I
hope he will' repeat the same trick here. Ho
inimitable as a ventriloquist, and. the dancing
figures are the delight of the children. See tho
performance by all means. * Quip.
ecommmtnl jCnUllfncncc.
Liverpool,.Fob. 94. | Havre,..Feb. 10. ) )lnvnna,.Mar. 8
(VICTORIA HOTEL,
BY COOK 4- McCONNEL,
King-Street, Charleston, (So. Cu.)
feb B thstu Cmo
GEO. W. WYLLY,
GENERAL AGENT AND BROKER,
For the sale of Real Entate, Negroes, and any description
of ptr»onal property.
OFF1CS, OOSKRU DULL-tT. ARO SAY LAME,
Savannah, Georgia,
ftbC3. 19
I. P.'voNon, A,ml,
No. 91 Ilay-itreet.
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW-YORK.
Sak'l Uammav, Sec’ry. Mason ftoauitoR, President.
Applications receivsd by
fob 1—ly W. P. HUNTER, Agent.
AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
The undersigned. Agents ortho above Company, con
tinue to take rfika again it Firo on Dulldlngs, Stocks, fcc.;
on in a most fsvorabla forms.
.V. NORRIS fc CO.
HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
new-yorK.
Ths undersigned, Agent of the shove Company, con
tinues to Iniurs on liberal terms Dwelling Houses snd
other Uuildlnn, Vossrls in Tort and their Cargoes, Mer
chandise. nnd oilier p^rsonnl Property, against Loss or
Damage by Fire; also, to Insure Vessels and Merchan
dise against the hazard of Inland Navigation and Trans
portation. 8. C. DUNNING, Apnt,
o?t 4 6mo Office in Whiwfcer-street.
NAUTILUS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, NEW-YORK.
Pljscv FasaxAN, Actuary, A. A. Mkbchant, President
Applications received by
WM. R. QILF.8 k CO., 04
jzl
4 Ray street.
HOPE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR’CE COMP’NY
OF STAMFORD, CONN.
The undersigned, Agents for the above Company, are
prepared to take risks on the most favorable terms. In
this offlee, the Lives of Blaves can also be Insured.
COHEN. NORRIS & CO., Agents.
Dr. C. P. RtOKASDsoMs, Medical Examiner,
sept 19
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
The undersigned, Agents of the above Company, are
prepared to Like risks against Firo on Buildings and their
contents. Also, Inland, Marine and Bea Buka, on the
most favorable terms.
July 95 BRIGHAM k KELLY. Atents.
WISTAR’S HALS AM OF WILD CHERRY.
[Certificate from the Principal of the Fredonta. (New-
York,) Seminary,]
FaiootiA, Jotv 17ib, 1848.
Dr. Seth W. Fowle,—Dear tslr i—From my youth I
have been subject to lung complaint*. In February last
1 took cold—a cough act In, and though slight in ths be
ginnl -g, I made use of ths simple remedies whic h I al
ways keep for that purpose. (These falling, I resorted te
Olh rs, but my esugA inertasti tn *i ten's, nnd a puin 4* He
eids snd right lets sf ths hings sit (n, which soon became
very dl tree ing and at inttmls wire attended with op
pres ive strictu es on tbe lungs.) Du ing this time lex-
p ctorated ficely, the musus raised pin ths tunes iudi-
taisd • disea,s de p’y seats", Tree er th te P ydeianskindly
eentmt their wed tine*, which have been very efllciim
•Idembly arg avated. A Mend advised ms tn try tbs
DA ISAM ./ IW D CHERRY, but 1 teld him I had
swallmv.’d me/1 ins enoush. Well, sir, I coughed
out tint day and the night following, and thu next day my
f lend urged me again te try “Doctor Wisuirt,” and at 3,
P.M. I was willing to try any thing,for I coughed constant
iy. I procured a bottle—tr ink oi it—mod tiie directions—
continued lakinglifrom that bouleone we- k,nnd when Die
Balt m sees gene my tough and paint sen gone, and Hunt
net toughed since.
Reipietfhlly yours, he..
F. A. ltEDINGTON
None aenulna un'en signed l BUPTS.
For sale wholesale and retail, by
THOMAS M. TURNER «c CO.,
—. Druggists, Savannah..
And by Druggist* generally throughout th* Uni cud (Main,
mar 13 . - mwf3•
SAVANNAH MARKET.
The Cotton market opened ycitcrday Willi a good en
quiry nnd tho solos, which amount to 1,901 bale*, indi
cate an advance of K @ Jfc. Tho particulars or the
transactions nrcB atSKi 80 at OKI 59 atO.YllOJatO’iilTO
at OX; 57 at OK; C29 at f.», ; 12o at 0\; 109 nt 7; 119 at
7#; 3J8 at 7X, and 31 nt 7}f cl*.
Savnntinli Exports—Mnrcli 19.
PerBr. ship Mountaineer, for Liverpool—2,302 bales
Upland Cotton, and 123,727 feet Lumber and Timber.
Per ship Tela*>nr, fbr Charleston—995 sacks Halt.
Per barque 1 forward, for Charleston—1,000 sacks Balt.
Augusta, March 10.—Con ok.—There wero some
new buyers In themnikctyc.terday nnd sales of about 1000
bales were made at a littlo stiflcr prices.
Even a no c.—Our Ranks now check on the North at par.
The River has ri.cn from 0 to 8 inches to day.
Atlanta, March 9,—Wo quote Cotton nl front 5 to
0J(c. 8evcinl lota were sold during tho week atOtfc. •
Columbia, March O. I*. BL—Cotton.—It will be
recollected that our last weekly Report closed on s steady
market nt our quotations ot‘6 to 0Jf. During the week
under review tho market presented no new feature. Tho
receipt Still continues heavy, and tho demand steady, ac-
tivo and good. And notwithstanding price* soma days
did turn a point in fkvor of the buyer, yet ns the week
close', ws find no quotalda decline to notice, and we
would rribr> with confidence to the fdlowlng quotations
as n (klr index of the present voluo of tho article, viz. t—
Inferior, 5ft5#; ordinary, 5.\fa'0; mlddunf,OVtflfik|
(Ur 6ft&0,Vl choice a shado higher. The sales of the
week comprise 4001 bales.
Nashville, Torn., March 8.—Cottox.—In gene,
ml, prices ranged yesterday from 8150 to $5 03, nnd sale*
did not appear to be brtrittl the last mentioned figure.
On# lot, however, very superior quality, wc understood,
brought $5 80.
Slifpplnfi XntctHQcncc.
PORT OP BAVANNAII,.
MARCH 13,1849
AlUttVEBXM
Pi hr. Energy, Swift, Sail'la HIvor, to Master. Round
to Ch :rl non—put iu to r. pair dumag s. (See yesterday *a
memoranda.)
Hchr. Am tfoan Coin, Wiggins, CentrcvlUo, te Muter,
Hloop America, Stevens, Darien, to Master,
fcloop Julia Ann, Williams, aunbary, to Master,
tiloop Eutaw, Crugtr, brynn County, lo Master.
U. ti. M. steam-pack.t Wm. ticabro^k, IJIankcn.hlp,
Charleston, to Hrooka Sc Tuppcr.
CLEARED. .
Br. »Mp Mountaineer, Williams, Liverpool—'F.. E.Reld,
Ship Reliance, comes, Havana snd a mnrkct—Muter.
fchlpTeJastar, Wood, Charlwton-A.Low «c Co.
barque Harw ird, Harward, Chorle ton—Muster.
U. ti. M. steam packet Win. ticabtook, Blankenship,
Charleston—brooks A Tupper.
DEPARTED.
U. 8. M. steam packet Wm. Beabrook, Blankenship,
Charleston.
MEMORANDA.
Barque Niagara, tesUHbr this port lnafijwdsys, was
up at Boston on the 6tii Inst. .
Barque Texas, te sail,for this port on tbo 14th; brig i.
A. Lsnesster, do. do. with despatch, and schrs. Memento,
and Miranda, do. do. on tbs 10th, wera up it New-York
on the 8th init.
Brig Gen. Taylor, Shuto, for this port, cleared at not*
ton on ths 7th Inst.
Brig Clinton, Andnws, for this port, sailed from New-
York on the 8th Imt.
Bchr. Boston, to sail for this port on the lOtli, wu up
at Fblladeiphla on the 7th Inst.
Bchr. brllllMDt, to aall for this port with despatch, wu
up at Baltimore on ths 9th Inst.
[By ths Falcon.)
New-York, March K.—Arr. brig Vistula, Law-
genes, 8L Marks via Key West.
Eld. Hr. steam-ship Europa, Lott, Liverpool; barque
Mlltiades, Sprague, Apalachicola; brigs Wm L Jones,
Tyler, do.; Gaivecton, Egsrton, Havana.
March b, P.M—Arr. ship Anson, Elliott, Charles,
ton; brig Clmbrui, Copperhi Idt, Nsw-Orlenns.
below, ship Cnarlc-t m, brown, from Charleston: Os.
MAIL ARRANGEMENT.
Northern Mali.
Due dally at 6 A. M—Cloves dally nt 7R P. M.
Ry tin ticttedule, the Nortbnm Moll Is not due till 6 A.
M., but the boat* arrive ftotn 7 to 10 P. M.
Northern Way Mall.
Due Sunday, Tuesday and-Thursday, at 8 A. M—
Closes Monday, Wednesday snd Friday, 0 P. M.
Western Mall,
Duo daily at 8 P. M.—Close* daily at 8 P. M. Except
for Augu to, Hamburg, Moron. Mllledgeville, Griffin,
HawkinkVUla, New Orf an* nnd Mobilo, which aro closed
at8P. M.,but I .titer* for those office* that are not In by
tint time, are made up In extra package* next morning at
Southern Mall by Steamer*.
Due Sunday and Thursday at flp. M.—Closes Tues
day and Baturday at 9 A. 51.
Southern Mali hy Stage to Darien.
Due Tuesday and Friday, at 8 P. AL—Closes Sunday
and Wednesday, atB V. M.
GEORGE SCHLEY, Poat-Muter.
J.G. Doox,Deputy.
DEPARTURE OF ATLANTIC STEAMERS.
raOK EUROPE. NZW-YOitK. BOSTON.
Amenta Feb.2t,... Mar. 91
Canada Mar. 10. Apr. 4
Niagara, Mar. 94 ....Apr. 18
Europa Apr. 7 May 9
Cambria,.....Apr. 14 May 9
Hermann,... Mar. 90, Apr. 91
Washington,. Apr. 20 Mar. 90
BarahBands,.Mar. 98 Fib. 93
ARRIVALS AT HOTELS—MARCH IB.
W H Kelghtley,. Liverpool
H A Robe.u, Macon
T H Roberts, Augu. la
J U llait, do
J G Collier, do
RJones, Philadelphia
W I* Howard, oo
C Warters, do
N Penrose, do
J Buford, Alabama
TW Harvey, Prattsburg
WPHannen, ~ ‘
Pulaski House.
, G.orgU
Jno Gibson, Philadelphia
R E Alongum, Atlanta
W R Pritchard, So Cm
WJ Lawton, do
J W Lawton, do
E Faile, New-York
J B Austin, Philadelphia
WII Miller, Savannah
J M Lawton, Jr, tioca
Jno DunwooJy.Jr, Cobbco
VV W Blanchard, at Labi I
R Nesl lit, Jefferson co
P J Connelly, do
Dr P I) Lemle, do
Dan’l Harris, Washing’n co
Wm Oliver, Tennessee
Miss Hart!and, New York
D W Lee aud servant, do
G O Reall, Georgia
Dr JW Todd, do
GUDumcy, do
A Muiphey, Burks t
W R Millings, Augusta
W E Evans and tv’t, do
J O Fargo, do
r — Wm Thorn, Waahlng’n co
J W FJaber, V^nshlngton co.
City Hotel.
E Bcottr North Carolina
A B Bostick,
F M Bo,tick, .
AG Honaldsnn, Am’cui,Gn _
Thames Jno Wyman, Fhllad.lpbla
W W Ruck, il/brnn, G* Jno Furaman, N*W-Yo.k
JF McLeod, Pulaski co - —- • J - -■
II Smith, Lawrence co
J G Brown, South Carolina
11 F Hnlsuy, Petersburg, Va
JnoWymr-
7m Pun*
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South Carolina
RECEIPT* OF COTTON, Ac.—MARCH 13.
Per sebr. American Coin, from Centreville—Cotton and
mdse., to sundry persons.
Per sloop America, from Darien-125 bales Sea Island
Cotton, and 1/100 bushels Rough Rice, te R Habersham k
Son, B Moivneaux.G W Anderson % Brother, N A Har
dee, and VViliUmson & Preston.
Per sloop Julia Ann,from Kunbury—20 bale* Sea Island
Cotton, and 400 bushels nougb Rice, to G W Anderson ii
Brother,R Habersham k Son, and N A Haidoe.
Per sloop Eutaw, from Dryan County-03 bales Sea
Island Cotton, te R Habersham & Bon.
‘ Per Central Rail-Road, Match 10 and 11—1,700 bates
Colton, and Corn, Flour, and mdze,, te Crane St Rowland,
Padelford A Fay, Brighom & Kelly, A Holt, Way St
King, Brooks & Tuppcr, R A Allen, O Hartridge, Ham
ilton & Hardeman, M Luffburrow, 8 Solomons k Co, E
Parsons fc Co, W P Yonga, N A Hardee, Boston k
Gunby.
Per Central Rnll-Rond, March 19—1/09 bales Cotton,
to R A Allen, R A Lewis, A Holt, G N Neyls, A Low Is
Co, Hamilton k Hardeman, Clark k Lawson, O ilor-
tridje, B Pattons fcCo, N A Hardee, Crane k Rowland,
W P Young, Washburn, Wilder k Co, JII Burrough*,
nobun k Fulton, 1’ ItelJey, and order.
CONSIGNEES.
Per ateom packet Win. Beabrook, from Chnrioston.
Central Rail Rood, S tio'omons Sc Co, Florida Boat,F
Kendrick, Rnbun k Fulton, Wood, Claghorn & Cn,j
Btrousn, F Ckr, F Dnmrefblger, and MClark.
PASSENGERS.
Per steam-packot Win. Scabrook, from Charleston—
Mrs L Solomons, Mrs tV Mlskler snd four children, Miss
A Frlpp and servant, Capt JT Howard,Messrs J Mlckler,
II Fripp, W Mfokler, EMIcklcr, J Gibson, 11B Jones, T
U Roberts, J Beaufort, BF Halsey, L ^olomons, RE
Mangrum,Il W Roberts, G II Wood, J 0 Brown, J Jl
Hart, J a Collier, W P Hanna, N Pen row, W B Harmon,
J Wyman, J Fummon, IIW Hsrvy, F< Waters, R Smith,
and out deck.
_ , lip Charleston, ltrown, from Charleston: Os.
weio, Ntw-Oriem*. bmqu, DaimwWcotta, Aralwl kola;
llufctoii, Mnrrf. 7.—lid. ship Euphrasia, Dunlin,
New-Orl ans; trigs Judg# Whitman, Mac loon, Key \V>st,
Gen. Taylor, Shiite. SaeanqaJk.
Providence, March O.—Arr. schr. Alex. Mitchell,
Honneywill, Mobile.
^ReioWj ►hip Msnco, from Apalachicola; barque Apphla
Chat leaf on, March 10, P. SI.—Arr. brig Sarah
Huss. rhedd, Bo ten.
Cld. ships Albion, Wy!e, Liverpool; Albert, (Fr.) For.
tin, Havre; Conshrook, Alagulre, Liverpool; Catherine,
HecbAst, New-York.
Unit (more, March O.—Cld. brig Algonquin,Smith,
Charleston^
lower w
FOR NEW 1 OlUt-imia LINE.
The fast Bailing regular packet brig
MADItiUo.U. AiSUiu.iin i-ter, bavin; n portion
oMur freight enxijed^wlll hav. linnu-dUto despatch. For
*” vvTa‘‘'D*i?K|‘ WILDER k CO.
for augusta:
Tho steam-packot IVANHOE,
T. E. Shaw, master, will leave for the
Above, nnd intermediate landings, Tins
Day, 13thinst-, at 5 o'clock, P/AI., and
will continue to leave every Tuesday at the same hour.
For freight or Passage, apply on board, m And'-rson’s
wharf, or tn ti. SOLOMONS &. CO., Agents.
Frtlfht payable by shippers. No freight will
on board art nr 4 o’clock on foe afternoon of
d' pirture. Freltht r -pclvcd in store, during the nlscnea
of the boat, flee of charge. smlu nnr Id
F OR AUGUSVA AND IIA MUUltG^
Tho strrm packet THOMAS
9. METCALF, Cnpt. Holmes, will
erwu for foe ..ujyg nnd intermediate
place* Tins Evz-rixo, nt five o’-
e'o k, in d will hereafter leave Savnnnnh tv ry Tuesday
at same hour, and Augusta every Saturday Morning.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
JAH. A. FAWNS, Savannah,
and JOHN B. GU1KU, Augusta,
Aaentr Geo. Steam bool Co.
cry* No way height received after 4 o’clock on tho day
f departure. smtu mar 13
FOR~fiALE.—A very desirable Brick
Dwelling Houre, with one Lot and abalf,frontirc
on South Broad-street, with brick out-bulhllngs. Apply
to M. k W. CUMMING,
mar 10 stu2 93 Hny-st.
.$25 REWARD.—Runaway from tho
Sub«crlber In October last, bis Negro Man AN.
BEL; he k about 5} year* of no*', ►tout built,
about five feet six Inchrs hl;h, and of dark com-
plcctlon. He i« supposed to hj nboul Savannah
or at tin Ogtchae In Bryan county. Ho formerly belonged
to O. W. Andt-reon. Tn* above reward will be paid for
hi* delivery In Htvnnnah Jull, or to me ulmy place on
the Thunderbolt rottd, near tiavahnah.
mar 13 tilth* 3* OEORGE OTT.
TVT OTICE.—-All persons having demands
£1 against the Estate of M. HOPKINS, deceased, are
riqursted to hand them lit duly attested—onrl thoao in
debted, to make payment to EDWARD HOPKINS,
mar 13 MARGARET It. HOPKINS, Adm’x.
N otice—The firm of h;castellaw
k Co. has tbl* day been dissolved by mutual con
tent. II. CASTELLA W,
P. L. CONSTANTINE.
Savannah, March 19th, 1849.
pOPARTNERSHIP Notice— Tho Sub-
\J srrihers having purchased the entire stock of U.
Casteilaw k Co., and associated thenweives In the
DRAYACE BUSINESS with Mr. P. L.Constantine, will
her after carrvon the DRAYING business under tho
name or WARNER, CONSTANTINE & Co.
march 13' 8 WARNER ft HOOKER.
TVTEGROES for SALE—A Woman, aged
li about twenty-rix yearn, a goo I cook, washer and
Ironcr; and her Boy Child, t\yo years old.
A very likely Mulatto Girl, nge.l twslva yoiua.
GEO. W. WYLLY,
mar 13 General Agent nnd Broker.
QODA' WATER—The Subcribers have
kJ commenced the mnnofoctun; of Soda Water for tho
season. Their Syrup* are of the bent quality, and not to
bo excelled in variety. TURNER A ODEN,
mar 13 Monument square.
TRVING’S WORKS, Vol. 7—Tales of a
X Traveller; by Geoffrey Crayon. ? • JMOHn:
Union of Cnurcto and titatet tiy B. VV. Noel. M. A. «
Oregon and California in 1840, with Illustrations and'
a Map by J. Q. Thornton, in 9 vol*.
Memoirs of Chatcnubrlnnd; written by himself, voi. 1.
Roger of Wendover’s Chronicle, comprising the History
of England from the descent of the Saxons to A. D,. 1235;
translated from the Latin by J. A. Giles, D. O. L. -
HDtory Philosophically Illustrated from tiie Follofth#
Roman Empire to the French Revolution; by_ Georg a
Miller, D. D., M. it. J. A.—third edition, revised by ths
author. •
Tho Work* or Plato; translated by Henry Cary, M. A.
Macaulay’* History or England, Iloston edition, vol. 1.
Shaw’s Out'lne* of English Literature. ■ -
Here a Little and There a Little; by the author .of Line
upon Line, Precept upon Precept, fcc. '
Raphael or Pages of foe IBook of Lifts at Twenty; by
Alphonse De Lonisrtine. .
The Cnitons i A Family Picture by Sir E. Bulwsr
I ^F«n'klln , « Lift. (illurtr.tM,. 1'n.u 4 and 5. , ,
A Manual of Fashion and Politeness for Ladles and
Gentlemen. Received by JOHN M. COOPER,
mar 13 . ■ ' ’ . f \
TD APHAEt—Or Pages of the Book of Life
XV at Twenty; by Alphdnsu de Lamnrtlne.
The Illustrated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin,
parts 4 and 6.
The Eclectic Magazine for March. - , >
The Wonmlnster Review for Jnnunry.
Thankfulness, n nnrrntlvc, comprising pa*age* from the ‘
diary of the Itov, Allan Temple. Just reaelvarf bv
mar 13
r*£
/"IRAHAM’S MAGAZINE for March.. ,
\jT Godov’* Lady’s Book for March.
_ ly’s Lu) - —.j ... .
Pictorial Brother Jonathan of 5th March, representing
tha Inauguration of General Taylor. &c.
New-York In Slices, by on Hxn.rionccd Carver, being
Ure orlRlnnlaliccs published In tbo New-York Tribune,
Willi illiintrntioii*. Received by
mar 13 *_ JOHN M. COOPER. .
,’5
TV/TINIATURE «okr LAMPS—Wol] a-
J.VX daptsd for sewing or rending, giving a fine clear "
light. A supply of the ubove Lumps Just received per
Cherokee, nnd for ua’e by
mar 13
COLLINS k BULKLEY^