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SAVANNAH DAILY MORNING NEWS JULY, Id,,1850.
THE M0KNIN& NEWS.
BY 40Iin ai. coofer.
Wiy.IAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR.
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Daily Paper,. $4,00::::: 'Pri weekly, $*1,00
All newAdvertisemente appear in doth papers.
*Tlic Tallsimui of riiarlcningiie.
Many years bank, “fcrinco” Louis Napoleon was
stated to bo in possession ot' tho talisman of Charle
magne "a smuli nut in n gold fllugree envelopment,
fertind round tho siepk of tlmt monarch oh the open
ing of his toinb, aisd given by tbo town of Auelieu,
‘ <Aux-la Cbapelle) to Bonapnrtc, and fiyihim to bis fa
vorite Kortense, cidmant Queen ofHollatid, at whose
death It descended taii.i eon, the present President’
Of the French Republic.”
The Gentians have a curious legend connected
with this talisman. It wad Trained by some of the
magi, in flic train of the ambassadors of liurotin id
Rascnid to the mighty Kznperor or tho West, at the
instance of his spouse Fastradu, with theviyture that
her husband should bo always fascinated towards the
person or thing on which it was.
The constant lovo of Charlos to ilia spouse Was
the consequence i hnt, as it was not taken troth her
finger after death, tho affection of tho emperor was
continued unchanged to the corpse, which ho would
on no account allow to he interred, even ■when it be
came offensive. His confessor, having some knowl
edge of tho occult sciences, at last drew off the amulet
from, the inanimate body, which was then permitt
ed to .be buried, but he retained possession of it him
self, and thence became Charles’s chief favorite
and prime .minister till, he had been promoted to
tho highest eeclCBiaeticid dignity, ns Archbishop of
Mautz, and Chancellor pi the Empire.
At this pitch of power, whether he thought the could
riso n*> higher, or scruples of conscience wereawake-
ned by the hierarchical vows, he would hold the
heathen charm nofongar, and ho threw it into a lake
not far from his metropolitan seat, where tho town of
Ingethum now stands. Tho regard and affection of tho
monarch were immediately di verted from the monk
and all men, to the country surrounding tho lake;
and he determined on building there a magnific ent
palace for his constant residence, and robbed all the
anciput royal and imperial residences, even to the
distance of Ravenna in Italy, to adorn it.
Here he subsequently resided and died) but it seems
that,the charm had a passive es well as active power.
His tiroes of deuth wore long and violcut; and though
dissolution seemed every moment impending, still
he lingered in ceaseless agony, till tho Archbishop,
who was called to his bedside to administer tho last
sacred ritos, perceiving the cause, enused the lake to
be dragged, and silently restoring the talisman to the
person of the dying monarch his struggling soul pas
sed quietly away, The grave was opened by the
third Otto, hi 997, and possibly tho town of Aachen
may have benn thought the proper depository of the
powerful drug, to be by them surrendered to one
who was believed by many, as he believed himself to
be ,a second Charlemagne.
Vegetable Phenomenon.—About tills time last year
the cane upon several Islands in the rivers of East;
Tennessee was 'discovered to be producing small
grains which very much resembled rye, both as to
size Mid shape. It grew in heads and" was covered
with chaff' like tlmt of wheat. The production was
then considered remarkable, and so unusual that not
evou “the oldest inhabitant" hnd over seen auy tiling
of the kind. Tho conjectures respecting the cause of
the appearance of this unusual grain were very num
erous-many persons (and some of them skilled in
botanic learning) supposed tlmt the cane had, by soihe
means, been inoculated with wheat.
This year we arc told that the cane throughout
F.aat Tennessee is bearing in almost incrediblo quan
tities the same grain. At some places it would not be
difflculMo collect ns mueh as twenty-five or thirty
bushels per acre. Some persons owning cane lands
have already gathered .large quantities of the groin,
which they find makes a flour equal in appearance
to that of wheat, and equally as palatable when cook
ed in form of cakes, Stc. Hogs and fowls eat tho
grain ns it falls from the cane with the smiic greedi
ness that they dovour any othor small grain. Anoth
er remarkable feature about the matter is, that so
soon as tho grain begins to mature the cane begins
to die, and the judications now are that all thq cone
in Eqyt Tennessee will die out this season.
-It has been suggested to us that the fanners, by
collecting tills seed, might sow it upon their wood
lands, and thus have excellent cane pastures fqp
their stock, as there can he little doubt but that the
grain will germinate, especially in moist lands.—
Knoxville Register.
fgp’t-irain is, treated like infants. When the
head becomes heavy it is cradled; and generally well
threshed to render it fit for use.'
Telegraphic Despatches.
"Ilie Vnrth In Baltimore—ftlsgraccflil
IUot—Men Shot and Htnbhed—Acci
dents, «fcc.
Baltimore, July 5.
Thero was considerable rowdyism In and around
thilicity yesterday, among the various parties cele
brating the day.
A dreadful riot occurred at the Spring House on
tlie Hookstown road, near the city. The house was
robbed and stoned, ami several person* were shot;
one boy named George Robinson, fatally wounded it
is thought. ......
The Philadelphia Firemen now on a visit to tins 61-
ty will return to-morrow.
Another Steamboat Disaster..
New- York, July 5.
TheNorth River Steamboat, Mimliattuu, run on the
rocks last night. N o li ves lost.
Clerks Reinstated---Frol'. Grant’s Eight,
Ac.
Washington, July 5, 1650.
Of tho thirteen temporary clerks dismissed by the
Postmaster General on the 1st ol'July, all the demo
crats linve been reinstated, while the whigs were not-
Tho new light exhibited by Professor Grant attract
ed much attention, and the. experiment proved emi
nently successful.
TcrribQ Storm.
A Ibany, July 6.
The Utica llaiirond Bridge, known ns Schenck's
Bridge, near Sprokers was carried uway by the storm
before the Express train which left hero arrived.
The night being dark, and the engineer not know
ing it, proceeded on, when the train run into the
Greek. The locomotive and baggage cars are badly
broken, and the engineer and fireman are missing,
and ure supposed to be lost. A number of passen
gers were ulso injured.
Several houses and vessels were struck by light
ning.
Tut port nut from Washington.
Washington, July 4.
There is a rumor current in the political circles
here, which I credit, and believe to be true—a rumor
of so much importance that 1 hasten to send it to you
—as follows:
‘‘The Cabinet at several meetingshavehad up late
ly the boundary disputes between Texas aud New
Mexico, and the military state of things there. A
majority of the Cabinet at one of these meetings was
for revoking Mr. Crawford’s military order of,March
1849, under which Col. Monroe wrote to Maj. Neigh
bors, that ho should but look on in case Texas en
deavored to establish her jurisdiction over New Mex
ico.
Mr. Crawford stated thnt he would not lie the in
strument us Secretary of War of revoking the order
of March, 1849—but in case the revocation was in
sisted upon lie would resign—and a Secretary could
he made who would issue another order. •
“Itnot being deemed prudent to huve a chnnge in
the Cabinet, effected under such circumstances, the
opinion of the majority was not pressed—and the or
der stands as it waS,
It is this fact probably which has brought out Mr.
Stephen* ol Georgia, in the Intelligencer this morn
ing, in which he says, in the event of a military colli
sion in Now Mexico, the whole south will rush to the
aid oi Texas, uud tight it out.
Tlie family of Dr. Webster before the Gov
ernor and Council—Hut little probability
ol' a commutation
Boston, July 5, 1850.
The wife nnd daughter of Professer Webster ap
peared before the Council this afternoon, nnd pleaded
in aid of the petition el' their husband and father for
a commutation ot punishment. Mrs. Webster said
she had been unwavering in the belief of her hus
band’s innocence, until he made his confession.
She also stated that it was chiefly through her
means and representations that the petition tor par,-
don and protesting his innocence was sent in. After
their withdrawal the Council sent for Dr. Putnam,
and stated thatthey having grave doubts on certain
points in tho confession, had consulted separately
Wednesday Morning, July 1 Of 1850.
|5P* The Office of the Daily Morning News is re
moved to the building formerly occupied by the Marine
Bank, No. 115 Bay-street.
Wo are pleased to learn from n reliable source
that the steamers now being built in New York, and
destined fog the Savannah trade, have not bs yet been
sold, and that it is more than probable thatthey wil
not be sold.
Neat Job Printing. Our friend, Mr. J. B. Cm-
hedge, printer of the Morning News, since his remo
val to hi»new quarters, has replenished his former
largo stock of Job Printing materials, with some of
the latest Btyle of letter and ornaments, uud is now
prepared to execute every variety of printing, in a
superior style. His card is utasteful peolmen ofletter
press printing, and as he gives his personal attention
to his business, and uses every exertion to give satis
faction to his customers, we take pleasure in recom
mending him to qur friends and the public.
Suicide of A Lady. Tho body of Christiana
Sothron, wife of Dr. SoTHRON.of Georgetown, D. C.
was found dead in tlie wuter cistern nttuclied to the
Doctor's residence on tlie 3d instant. Mrs. S. wus
highly esteemed by her acquaintances amt friends.
She had, for sometime past, been afflicted with mental
alienution.
Villainous Act, The Petersburg Intelligencer
of Thursday, says that some miscreant placed a rail
across the track of the Petersburg and Roanoke Rail
road, about five miles from that city, by which the
engine was thrown oft'on Wednesday night. The
Engineer Was seriously injured, and tlie engine
knocked to pieces.
The U. S. Steamer Vixen.—The Reported Cruel
ties.—Mr. Preston, the Secretary of War, lias ad
dressed a letter to Lieut. James 11. Wood, U. S. N.,
late commander of the Vixen, in which he asserts
that no complaint prejudicial to him has been made
to the Department by any of the offleers or crew of
the steamer Vixen. The Secretary further asserts
that Lieut. Ward was not removed from tho com
mand through any complaint or dissatisfaction, but
under a rule of the Department limiting the term of
service in that capacity. Tho New York Journal of
Commerce is informed thnt it was not the commander
of the vessel that was accused of exercising the se
verity to avoid which Price, the fireman, alleged that
ho committed the rash act, but a subordinate officer,
witli whom the sufferer wasbroughtmorcimmediate-
iy into contact by the duties of his station.
Advices from Port au Prince state that the export
duty was taken off on the 24th May, putting American
vessels on the same looting with these of other na
tions. Tho Hay lieu Government were getting a fleet
in reaflinesa to attack the Dominicians.
{IU11UD IU LUG tUlUBBOlGU; HdU LUUDUllLU OUpUl HlClj . . «
three eminent Surgeons, aud a document had been’ “pel ts from tho mines are highly favorable.
Ci^A woman offering to sign a deed, tho judge
asked her. whether her busdaud compelled her Ip
sign. "He compel mel” said the lady, “ho, nor twen
ty like him!"
Fourth of July in Philadelphia.
The corrcspondgnUif the Baltimore Sun thus writes
of tab harmonious mfthner in \fhich the late national
anniversary was‘Celebrated Ip the “city of brotherly
love."
■ ... Philadelphia, July 5, 1850.
The fourth wa* enjoyed in this vicinity by every
class df citizens, and, us far as I can learn With much
less rowdyism than has of late years attended the
celebration of tlie anniversary, 'the most serious
affray occurred in Southwark, about 2 o’ clock on
Thursday, when the Moyamenshig hose carriage
was run down Catharine street and, halting at the
corner of Second street, au attack was made by tho
gang, headed by Dick Manly,a noted rowdy of Spring)
Garden, upon a tavern kept by E. W . Paul.
One young mail had Ihb head grazed with a pistol
bullet, and Paul was hit with the . hut end of a mus
ket. The parties in tlie tavern turned out with fire
arms and charged their assailants back, and wounded
several. JoUnvViUiama, alias Chicken, refccived a slug
in the! thigh ; William Clendening was also shot in
tho thigh with a musket ball, besides others whose
names cannot be ascertained. Duringthe affray siiots
were fired utthe upper windows of the house occu
pied, as a tavern, and the fire was returned by those
at the windows* Charles Kelley, one of the assailing
party was arrested by the watchmen, and is lodged in
prison.
Some of the city watchmen nt Eighth and South
'streets, wprefired at and forced to run from a party
-Of rowdies who ^subsequently amused themselves by
breaking the hupps nnd firings tlioir weapons down
St. Mary street. Finally they retired into Moyumens-
tag, having foUnd'none to contend with them.
Among tlie events of Wednesday night must be re-
cordcdthe fact that John Hoffman, a tavern keeper
in Shippen street, below Fourth, was fired nt nnd
seriously wounded while walking home through the
Washington street market. Throe balls hit him in
the back, ojie of which was lodged about his kidneys,
and may c^uso death.
A disturbance ulso took place last evening in Ken-
singtou. near .the Nunnygoat market, rendered fa
mous by tho riots of 1844, during which John O’
Neil, a lad of }4, had hie skull fractured by a brick
thrown by some parson unknown. Another man was
stabbed, and the constable of the wurd was severely
beaten. •
prepared for him to communicate to Professor Web
ster. Before the document was rend the doors were
closed, but it was understood that one of the quos
tions propounded was, whether such a stick as that
described in ttr confession would give such a blow
ns would causa death in ten minutes. All three con
sidered it would not. The other questions are stat
ed to have been answered adverse to the confession.
Tlie opinion is universally expressed that no com
mute tion will be granted.
Washington. July 5.
The Presidonthas sent an officer express to Col.
Munroc,.at SaptaFe, to sustain the authority of the
Uuited States against the fo rce which Texas will use.
New Power.—Mr. Hubbeff, a Lawyer >of Phila
delphia, has invented a new systtemof magnetic ma
chinery which he calls a “Solar Magnetic Engine,”
which gives an incessant power, capalile.of being in
creased to any extent, stopped or .increased at will,
and graduated or governed by the single baud. Mr.
Hubbcll says tlie power is certainly much greater
than any ever before known, nnd thinks it may, in
muiiy cases, supersede steam. He seems, however,
to think that an engine of tlie kind would greatly
disturb the compass nt sea—and thus bo seriously*
objectionable, oven if it were ull sufficient in other
respects. He entertains little or no doubt thnt for
Locomotives and minor purposes it iqay 'he prelum-
bio to steam, on nccountof its simplicity, safety, aud
'Hie case with which the power of the engine can
be raised, governed, and dispensed with whenever
desired.
important Plank lload Decision — Judge Root, of
Oeinida county, ha*4ebveiod an opinion which may
lie of interest to all travelers. It seem? thntconsldn-
b’c litigation hastakon place between the Rome and
Utica Plank Road Company, and various persons
who have avoided a toll gate on their road, by leave-
ing it just before reaching the gate, ami travelling l'oi
road,
road
then returning t u the
favor of the plank
arrested by the high
i,few days ago, on the
were shacked at the
houkl have looked the other
Accounts from Sagua La Grande to 23d ult.,
state that the cholera was raging there with great fa
tality. On one plantation 92 negroes died in a few
days.
Fifteen Days Hater from California.
The steamship Alabama, Cnpt. Foster, arrived at N.
O. on Wednesday from Chagres, whence she sailed
on the 22d ult. Tho Pacific moil steamer Oregon,
Lieut Patterson, left San Francisco on tlie first of
June, and arrived at Panama on the 21st. She had
on bonrd about $3,000,000 in gold dust, and 230 pas
sengers.
A State Assaying Office has been opened nt San
Francisco. It is doing an active business. Tlie re-
Soutliern Florida—Ancient Inhabitants.
“ The early history of tho Southern part of the
Peninsula of Florida shows'that when discovered by
Ponz de Lean, in 1512, it was numerously peoplod by
Indians living in Towns under one dominion and
thatthey were of an intrepid nnd enterprising char
acter, possoGAng tlie same qualities in war, thnt
have recently rendered tho Seminoles such trouble
some foes.”
This section of the Florida Peninsula was then call
ed the country of Calos, tho name of the Cociyue
who ruled over many chiefs, and whose dominion
embraoed the Everglades, part of the coast, the
Florida Keys, (known then as the Martyr Islands,)
and a portion of the Bahama Islands, it is supposed.
At tlie mouth of tho river entering into the Straits
of Florida, was a Town called “ Tocobago, ’’ inwhich,
when first visited by the whites, there were fifteen
hundred inhabitants. Tho inhabitants of this Town
were hostile to the dwellers in tho Culos country;
and the location of the town of Tocobago, is supposed
to have been on the St. Lucie Sound near the Mouth of
St Lucie river, which forms a junction with the
sound and then empties into the sea, so as to make
the figure of a cross, the St Lucie sound and Indian
river forming the beam, and th‘e St. Lucie forming
the arms. There was also a town on the Miami river.
The taxable property within the limits of San Fran
cisco is estimated at $3,000,000.
A lump of gold weighing twenty three pounds, has
been found in the diggings. 1
The steamer Sarah Sands, for whose safety earnest
apprehensions were entertained in San Francisco,
has been heard from. She put into a place called St.
Simon, Bcventy miles below Monterey—her cool
having been exhausted.
The Unity Hotel, nt Monterey, conducted by B. W.
Jones, was broken into on the evening ‘of the 29tli
May, during the temporary absence of the proprietor,
and robbed of about $4006 in gold-coin and valuable
article*.
The Oregon arrived at Panama, having on hoard a
block of stone, the contribution of California to the
Washington Monument. Accompanying the stone is
a block of gold-bearing quarts, with the shining ore
sparkiing through it. This block, which was cut
from the Mountains of Mnraposn, is in the form of an
oblong, eighteen inches in length, by an average of
fifteen in breadtli nnd about six inphes thick. Ac
companying if are five or more very rich quartz spec
imens of golden ore, and one of cinnabar—all to bo
presented to the Hon. J. Bidwell and II. A. School
craft, in behalf of the State, These specimens arete
be inserted in tlie hlock. The expenses to the State
will be near $3,000.
Serious disturbances had taken place between tho
Americans and tlie foreigners, who had determined
to resist the tax imposed upon them. Meetings
had been held at the Southern miues where they
greatly outnumber the Americans, at which they re
solved to resist the payment of the tax. The Amer
icans assembled in force to sustain the authorities
of the State. Four Americans and one foreigner
seeing that they would bo forced to succomb were
The Indiun towns of the Glades, whenfirst discover-i , .. . . , .
mb, contaiued each about forty persons ; Calos, the ' euvm K 0* e ‘nines in great numbers. It appears thut
King, reigned over forty-eight towns—the names of they wore suddenly called upon tp pay the tux, with
moro thail half of which are given by a Spanish captain,
Picnlante, who by shipwreck was thrown among this
people, within fifty years of the discovery of Florida.
Flor. llepub.
Is the Earth full of Seeds/—The fact that earth or
soils brought up from different depths of the earth
have, when exposed to tho sun or air, become cov
ered with vegetation, lias led many to suppose that
the whole earth, from centre to circumference, is full
uf seeds.
This cannot be the case; but there are; neverthle6se
remarkable instances of thajact above named. We
once threw up a lot of coarae gravel, late in the fall,
from a depth of nearly ten feet, and early the next
spring it was covered witli pig weeds, which grew
very luxuriantly. 3’ho greatest depth we ever heard
ot seeds being buried, we find in a recent exchange
PsP’”- in boring tor water lately at Kingston upon
the Thamus, some earth was brought up from the
depth of three hundred and sixty feet. This earth
was carefully covered with a handglass, to prevent
the possibility of any other seeds being deposited up.
on it; yet, in a short time, plants vegetated from it.—
English paper.
X,«rd Elgin’s Palace, neab Montreal. The
correspondent of the Boston Transcript, writing from
Montreal, says:—
Monklaud, the late residence of the Governor
General, is npproached by a circuitous road winding
around the hill side, From ditferent points you have
superb views. The position of tlie house itself' is
commanding. Lord Elgin and his guests, when as
sembled at the dinner table, could look over tlie val
ley, in which Montreal reposes* as fur as Luke St.
Petera; and when they strolled through the garden
upon the terrace, there they could see tne hills of Ver
mont, clothed with verdure to the summit.
This fine place, wjth.its extensive grounds, is now
let to a Parisian, who has converted it into a Hotel;
the rent being only. £150 per annum, lie gave us a
very good dinner, -quite equal to any thing of the kind
we ever set down to in Boston or New York; in fact
more like an entertainment at a private party. Such
was tho result of Mr ftinnear’s attempt at’catering
or us.
A drive round the mountain in n Canadian calash,
was formerly a favorite recreation of the citizens ot
Montreal ns well ss strangers; now that tho Gover
nor’s mansion hat been changed into a hotel, nnd the
delightful groves are thrown open to tho public, and
tlie red-coated sentinels replaced by servants in wait
ing, the pleasure of the excursion to Monklaud. must
be greatly enhanced.
out having received any previous intimation to pre
pare them for it, and without being aware of any au
thority the collectors had to come upon tliemforit.
At last accounts quietness was restored.
Arrangements have been mado by a Liverpool house
to lay on a line of packets from Liverpool to San
Francisco, by whieh passages may lie securred to
California, Oregon, Vancouver’s Islands, and the
Sandwich Islands. Newspapers are springing into
existence in California quite numerously.
lfagltah Diplomacy.
By the following dispatch from Admiral Phipps
Homly to the Secretary of the Supremo Govern
ment of tho State of Salvador, it would seem that
the English have in contemplation a difficulty with
the petty powers of Central America. We doubt if
the Admiral would linve used the same sort of
Quoen’^ English to a mere powerful government-
On boardHer Britanic Majesty's Ship, Asia, >
April 3d, 1850. j
Sir :—I acknowledge the receipt uf the letter
which you uddrnesed me by order uf your Goveru-
meut. I feel myself compelled to answer said letter
as evasive and insulting.—and it only remains for
me to request that you will he pleased to»siguify
to your Government, that I will take prompt meas
ures to convince them that I have uot only authority
for my acts, but have ulso the powor to enforce them
in respect to the more just and wise lino of policy
which your government ought to observe.
1 have the honor to be your obedient servant,
l’mrps Homly,
Vice Admiral and Commander-iii-Cbief of the Na
val Forces of her Britanic Majesty on the Pacific.
The Cholera at the West.—The Pittsburg Ga
zette of Thursday, states thnt the cholera is prevail
ing to u considerable extent on the river, ecvoral
boats having arrived there with coses on bourd, arid
one reached thero on Tuesday evening from Cincin
nati, on beard ofwhich three deaths had occurrcd.-
At Nashville, on the28 ult,, the disease wus decrease
ing, but it was, at latest uccounts, increasing at St.
Louis uqd Louisville.
pjP The Cincinnati Board of Health report 108
deaths in thnt city <Jh the 5th inst., of which 68 were
oi cholera.
Congressional Proceedings,
Washington, July 5, 1850.
Senate. The following resolution which was offer
ed by Mr. Cass, on the 1st instant, was taken up and
adopted ;
Resolved, That the President be requested to com
municate to the Senate any information, if any hns
been received by tlie Government, showing that an
American vessel lias liven recently stepped upon tlie
high seas .and sourohed, by a British ship of wur.
A brief discUsBien took place on tho graduation and
disposal of the public lauds, when
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill
reported by the select committee of thirteen, to ad
mit California ns a State into tlie Union j to establish
territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico ;
and making proposals to Texas for tho establishment
of tier western and northern boundaries.
Mr. Bell took tlie floor, in continuation of his re
marks of Wednesday.
House of Representatives. Mr. Giddings nskrd thnt
tho House, as a question of privilege, take some ac
tion in relation to un article recently published in the
Boston Atlus. The House, by a vote of 71 to 61, de
cided that tlie subject was not a question of privi
lege.
After some remarks from Mr. Giddings tho House
resumed the considerntion'of the Gnlphin case. Mr.
King, ol N. J., nnd Mr. Conrad, addressed the House,
and at 4 P. M. an adjournment took place.
|3P The Philadelphia North American points to
the following facts ns “a cheerful omen of tlie future
independence and prosperity of the South, and as
contributing to identify it with tho North in protec
ting and promoting tlie great interests of American
labor. The editor says :
“Factories at tho South, particularly those for
manufacturing Cotton fabrics, have of late years been
multiplying to mi extent which would seem to con
vince any one tlmt our Southern friends aro destined
tu become lurgely interested in fostering at home
those branches of industry to which their great staple
owes its importance andvnluc. The Charleston Cot
ton Manufacturing Company hns, within a few days,
resolved to increase its capital from $100,000 to
$500,000—and to erect a newfuctory, adjoining their
present one, with 15,000 spindles. Unit the uddition-
al capital 1ms been taken by General James, tho cele
brated machinist, and the remainder by the citizens of
Charleston.
Wo are at a loss to discover by what process of rea
soning tlie editor arrives at his conclusion, unless he
gives our people credit for a leBs amount of common
sagacity than usually falls to the lot of man. Thero
enn be no doubt tlmt tlie South, by the introduction of
manufacturing onterprize, is in a fair way to secure
her own independence and prosperity, but it. is equal
ly as certain that her prosperity and independence,
depend wholly upon the natural advantages
whieh she possesses over all competitors, in having
tlie raw material, atfirst cost, and a homo market for
her manufactured goods. Our prosperity, ns a manu
facturing people, docs not depend on tariffs of protec
tion. The experiment 1ms been made under a tariff,
which it is alleged, does not give sufficient protection
to American manufactures—under this tariff the most
encouraging success has attended the enterprize of
our citizens. Why then ’should tho South favor a
higher protection, which would have the effect to
foBter a formidable competition in the Northern and
New England States ? If the profits to Southern
manufacturers, under the present tariff, are euch as to
authorise the increased investments of which the edi
tor speaks, while Northern manufacturers are forced
to close their doors and yield tlie market to us, as they
assert is the case at present, why should we seek to
open their doors, and bring the capital, experience,
and skill of tlie North in competition with us. Let
the editor suppose a case in illustration of his theory.
Wo will say, for instance, thnt Pennsylvania has in
exhaustible iron mines, and that without any pro
tection, she is able to supply tho Union with manu
factured iron. Massachusetts on the other hand, has
no iron mines, but she has immense capital and supe
rior skill and enterprize, nnd with an adapinte pro
tection, on manufactured iron, could afford to import
tho ore and go largely into tho manufacture of
iron, which she would throw into the market in com.
petition with that of Pennsy lvunin, would Pennsyivnia
under such circumstances, be likely to join with Mas
sachusetts in demanding such a tariff', or would she
rely upon her natural and legitimate advantages, and
oppose all measures that had a tendency to deprive
her of those advantages by creating an artificial stale
of things which would mainly redound to the benefit
of her more wealthy rival l We give Pennsylvania
credit for too much “hard senso” to suppose that sho
would adopt the latter course.
American Slavery in Scotland.
A meeting, among, the persons composing which
were Rev. Dr. Pennington (afugitive slave) McFarlin,
Guthrie nnd many others of tlie Scottish clergy and
laity, was held on the lltli of June, nt Glasgow for
tlie purpose of forming a female association for aid
ing the cause of emancipation, nnd, ns far us possible
the labors of the friends of the fugitive slave in New
York ; also, to hear an. address lrora the Rev. Dr.
Pennington on the evils of slavery in tho Southern
States of America, previous to his departure from
Scotland. Several speeches were made, besides that
of Dr. P., who went on inn longandeloquentspeech,
to give a variety el' details as to the state of matters
on the question of slavery in the Southern States, and
the progress the colored population of America were
making in civilization. The numbers escaping annu
ally from slavery in the South, and going to the free
States of the Union, was estimated at 2,500, many of
whom sought an asylum in Canada, niter having en
countered innumerable dangers from riflemen, blood
hounds, and wanderings through deserts. He read n
letter from the Rev. Dr. Burns of Toronto, to show
that the number of negroes in Canada wns estimated
at twenty thousand; nnd he (Dr. Pennington) had no
doubt they had now increased to thirty thousand.
The veracious Doctor no doubt took good care no
to depict tlie condition oftlie blacks in Canada, who,
it is well known, aro the most wretched set of beings
on tlie continent. The evidence of this fact is abun
dant; much of it furnished by anti-slavery men them
selves. Only recently we published an extract from
tlie letter of a New Jersey clergyman, who visited
tlie black settlements in Canada, and who stated that
they were even worse off than the free blacks in the
Northern States, and that many of Ikon were anxious to
return to their masters.
Per steamer Wm SdabrookefJ^Li - *
Johnson, Mrs Mearn and child Mrs Vir e “r , P n ~- 1 h«
daughter, MiSs Chaplain, .1 Q Gamhta i Fri PP and
ltai ttm ’ °« pt l V C " rr y « on deck i M
1 ar Steamer Southerner J2r c **
ociumren *nd 2 servants, E li CumnrmrV 8
H Cowpcr, H Cowper, and others e ' T 8 F *f, J
„ 1 er C S steamerMonmouth, from
CaptALlsey, US A ; Dr H W B?ng?ev ia “ Ri *“~
.1 cr steamer Metaiiiora.froin »
Porter, Misa C Giveue, mCa
Mi'sb Mellichamp, Mrs Agrel Mrs
Mrs Jenkins, child and frvL «
Gladden, E Pahno'r;^8M ChapmaD^lOno
„ „ CONSIGNEES =ss *»
Per Steamer Wm Seabrook, from rwi * t
Boat, Brooks & Tupper, M Rosis F r. ,' 08t °n—Ki„
W liuekncli, Jr, & c 0 9 ’ 1 ^’Sbaum & Co*
Per steamer Metmnora, from Chavlo.t
&’I upper, Cohen & I-’osdick, A S Phlno P rooI «
ger, I) P Landcrshiue, A A Solomons a Cru-
Steamer DeKulb. om ous, Agent C Rk,
Commercial.
., LATEST DATE S^ =======
Liverpool, June 22 | Havre, June20 ] Havana, Jun 8
Savannah Market, Jul7To~~~'
COTTON.—Tho only sales rerm/ms
were 40 buies at 121 cents. ^ yesterday
c , , „ LiVEarooL, Ju ne 2 L
Sales of Cotton this Week.
The sales this week amount to 28 540 b»i
which speculators took 5070 bales, i’ncluHinJssSK
bales American, (10 bales Brazil, 40EjffiS®S2
bales Surat*. Exporters took 4840™SWm
bales American, 100 bales Brazil, and 910‘SLj™
To-day’s business is limited to 4000 bales ™'~
Current prices of American Cotton this dal.
Uplands. Mobile. OrleiL
1850 1849 1850 1849 iga*™,
Inferior 5J....3&
Ordinary (1J....4 t>i....4. ’’fit
Middling, 6J....41 7 41 7 ,
hair, 75.... 4} 7|....4}.'.“" 7 ; - *" H
Good Fair,...75...,4| 75....4!..
Good 75 ...5 7I....5„ ’"r-S
Fine 7J....5J 75... 51 ’ Ri""iu
The accounts of tho Europe, received on Muni ,;
last, though qui to confirming the unfavorable and barf
ward state ot the growing crop in America, has had
no efiect on tlie Cotton market here, which still
tin lies quiet un ‘
Holders generally, however, show no disposition
press sales, and, consequently, though with a ouiM
market, prices have been pretty steadily maintainpA
111 some few instances, to close sales, a slight redas
tion has been submitted to, but, on tho whole the
market remains steady, and we are unable to make
any change in the quotations from Friday last Tho
sales to-day are estimated at 5000 bugs, including 1000
on speculation. The market closed quietly but stondv
The continued dullness of the Manchester market
has caused sorao little irregularity in prices. Th»
finer descriptions of Cloth arc not by any means so
much in ’demand, and Borne makes forty in. Shirting
for example, have given way in price. The heavier
class of goods remain firm. There has been a fair
business done inYurns, and though there is no derid
ed change in prices, yet the buyer has slightly the ad
vantage.
Savannah Exports, Jaly 9.
Per Shcr H N Gambril, for Baltimore—28,623
feet Lumber, 39 bales Upland Cotton, 8 do Yam, 6
pkgs, and a lot of Hides.
A tiling of beauty is a’joy forever.—Keats.
From Florida. Tho U. S. Steamer Monmouth,
Capt. Freeborn, arrived lrom Indian River yester
day afternoon, in 42 hours, viz : St. Augustine. We
have nothing from the interior of importance by this
arrival. A correspondent informs us that the troops
from the interior have nearly all been removed to the
seaboard, in consequence of somo cases of sickness
appearing among them. Tlie general complaint is
diarrhoo, nnd but few cases have terminated fatally.
For somo weeks past, Florida hu3 been visited by
refreshing showers, and tho crops begin to have
better appearance. The general health of the coun
try is represented good.
Death of the Hon. S. S. Prentiss.—The New
Orleans pupers ami ounce tho death of tills distinguish
ed lawyer anil orator, which occurred near Natches,
on Monday Inst.
Special Notices.
HOARD OF HEALTH.
Tlie Board of Health will convene This Day at
12 o’clock. Members will examine their respective
wards afid report accordingly.
July 10 8. A. T. LAWRENCE, Sec’y
INCOfllE AND COaXMISSION TAX.
City Treasurer's Office, )
Savannah, July 8, 1850. j
Persons who have failed to muke their returns, or
pay their Tux or income Commissions, nre notified
that execution 'still issue against them, from and after
the 15th inst., unless they comply with tlie Ordinance.
JOSEPH FELT,
July 9 ,2t City Treasurer.
Shipping intelligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH. - - - JULY 1.6.
FORT CALENDAR.
hook's phiiei.
Last qr. 2d, Oh. 58m., A. I Fst qr. Kith, lib ts-
New Mn. 9. 9h. 19m., M. | Fil Mn)24th, Ob. lfffii., 31.
8 U
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High Water
July.
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5
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07
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10 05
12 Friday,
13 Saturday,...
5
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7
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51
10 26
1047
5
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7
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1108
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14 Sunday, ....
5
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ARRIVED.
Steamer Wm Seabrook, Capt Peck, Charleston,to
Brooks & Tupper.
U S Steamer Monmouth, Freeborn, 42 hours from
Indian River, via St Augustine, toU 8 Qr Master.
Spoke ackr Charleston, from St Augustine, bound
to Cape Carnival. Also, schr American Coin, from
Darien, for Savunnnh ,
Steamer Mctumora, Blankenship, Charleston, to
Brooks &, Tupper..
CLEARED.
Schr II N Gambril, . Bradford, Bnltiinore-Bns:
ham, Kelly Sc. Co.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Wm Seabrook, Peek, Charleston,
Steamer Wm Gaston, Ilebbard, l’alatka.
MEMORANDA.
Apalachicola, June 24.—Arr brig Wetumpka, r .
lew, from Savannah. „ , .
Baltimore, July 6.—Arr schr Ocean, Parker, 4
from Savannah. ‘ 1
New-York, July 5.—Cl’d ship Hartford, Sanaeman.
for Savannah. , tu
July 6.—Old schr J Learning, Townsend,
Augustine, Fla. Arrived brig Orinoco, Hm* i-
Jacksonville, Fla; brig J B Lunt, Hnrily, . ma
brig Soliao, lrom Georgia; schr Unarm, SqU .
Darien, Ga; achrLatuCk, Sawyer, from SatiJ” £
Ga; schr II F Baker, M’Lauglihn, from Doboy W“*
Boston, July 4.—Arr brig Venus, Orr, fro
River, Ga; brig Carlton, Percy, from Savannah.
brig J W Godfrey, Hopkins, from 8t Marys Wv* r
Portiaud, July 2.—Arr brig Holtoib McnfiL Rom
Jacksonville; brig Cleveland, Farrnr,from
Daninriscotta. —
& HOUSE FOR SALE. Ttotwrtg
Dwelling House, No. 56 Montgom ^
is offered for sule. 3 bis ou t ),e
—rooms on the first floor and thr . ^
second, handsomely finished, and fits
Tho basement is of brick and is dn id , cr
rooms. There is a pump ot excellent soft “ ^
the yard, and a garden containing str J ,
and nil arbor of delicious 1' ranch gi ap • ^ m0! {
tion is well known to the piibhc a* one wreB|l
healthy aud desirable in tlie city. 3 he hou
for $470. For further particu.ars
t f nratthisO fflc ^l-
Anewsu^Junre^^
July 10.
OLD FENS.
U Ji
July 10
TjMlKSH BEAT UIVE.-For *Safe
A suit purchasers, Apply to W. W
July 10 . 3t* —
BAKERY, p GlEBEL,'
B read from Georgia flour.
HOUSE is making bread tron }, gttet-
new Wheat, Georgia Flour, and would c .
tion of the public to notice it.
J uly 10 lw ~~~
A N ORDINANCE.—To repeal
lowing the Architect ot the New L-*”
to enclose portions of Bay and Bull-atr ,
26th April, 1849. , „ r „ m i Alder-
See. 1. lie it ordained by the ,M n XP. , . there
men of the city of Savannah, and the H ^ fins
of: and it is hereby ordained by ^l?.‘'“( ) ..si U iuica 44
same, that so much of the above city en.
allows the Architect of the New Gusto fcjrt W
close twenty feet ou Bay-street, and -
Bull-street, be, and the same is, hereby r P jS40.
Passed iu Couucil, Savannah, cm■ *< MoJ -or.
(L.sJ ‘
Attest Edward G, Wilson, Juiyl®
Clerk of Council.
TVTO’FICE,—Capt. TIlOS. HGYNES jroB
ll authorized attorney during my ^
the city.
July 10
\ (4FTiENDID assort^toT|^^^i£
from 25c to «3 each, .ta*‘ r « c ”‘ MA yEK. ’
»y.. ... JO Nel5LBraughto^-
May 10.