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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS TUESDAY. JULY 30, 1850. THE MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN HI. COOPER. WILLIAM TV THOMP S ON, E D I T O B T « H M 8: Daily Pap or,....... $4.00: t::: Triweekly ® 2 °0 All new Advertisements appear in both papers. Wreck of the Elizabeth! THRILLING incidents of the wreck. V nrlli'iilni'N or the T,On» of iho Count nod <OtlllH'HN OMMlii, NOBLE CONDUCTS OF T1IE SAILORS. DOINGS OF THE COAST PIRATES. / . the loss of life on board»lie ill-fated brig Elizubrth gives »ad interest to the incidents connected with the shipwreck, and we therefore sum up the following particulars* taken from the N. Y. Tribune: Captain Ilasty died eight days after leaving Leg horn, of tlie binull-pox, and hia remains were eoiniint- Uni to the deeps ot Gibraltar. % Count OhsoIi'h boy was attacked with the same disease, and lor many days his life wus dispuired of, but he was bright and well on his afrivul upon our coast. Only a few seals and red spots remained upon hi» face and body, and these were disappearing to the great joy ol his moth er, who felt solicitous tlmt his ruru oeauty should not be uiarred at his lirst meeting with those she loved, and especially her mother. The vessel reached our couSt on Thursday night, after a voyage of a month, ami all wore in glad expec tation of homing on the morrow, and had pj-oared themselves accordingly. Mr. Bangs, the mute, took soundings «L and found 521 faiuoms ol water, lie declured all r ule and went to bed. in one hour the vessel was aground, and struck with great violence, fcjhe was a brig ol only byears old and 53 i tons ; the waves, which Were swelled by tlie gale, made a complete breach .over the. ship. The passengers, however, remained awhile on board in safety—out the boats were torn away and broken. The crew and passengers were for a time separated from each other, and tlie lust were in the afterpart of she ship, while the sailors were in the forecastle. The child of Margaret (Jssoli was carried forward in a bag tied round a sailor’s neck, the mother going before and nearly losing her lile by tho waves. Here the women were urged to try lirst the experiment of taking each a plank, and commit ting tucmselves to tlie waves. Margaret, refused to be separated from her liuslmnd or child. 8iie was willing to live or die with them, hut not live without them. Mrs. Hasty tried the plunk, and reached the shore, Utterly exhausted, i-ffio landed three-lourths of a mile distant, owing to the current. The Jfttt who come ashore reported that the child had been washed away from the man who held it before the jihip broke up; that Ossoli had in like manner been wushea from the loremast, to which lie wife clinging; butiu tho horror of the moment, Margaret never learned that those she so clung to were dead. Those who remained of the crew had persuaded her to trust herself to a plunk, in tho beliet that (Jssoli an l their child hud already started for the shore, when, just as sho was stepping down, u great wave broke over the vessel ami swept her mto the deep, fcilie never rose again. The ship broke up soon after, (about 10 A. M., Mrs. Hasty says, instead of the latter hour pre viously reported,) but both mutes and most ol the crew got ashore on one fragment or another. All of the bodies have been found but tlio.se of tlie Ossoh’s and Henry tSumner. The correspondent ol the Tribunu thus nurruies some ol the incidents of the w feck : The young Italian girl, Celesta Pudcna, who was bouud for New York, where she had already lived in the family ol Henry Peters Gray, the urUst, was at lirst greatly alarmed, und uttered the most peircii screams. By the exertions ol the Ossolis she w..- quieted, and apparently resigned to her fate.—The passengers reconciled themselves to the idea ol death. At the proposul ol the Marquis Ossoli, sonic time wus spent in prayer, alter which all sat down calmly to the parting of the vessel. The Marchio ness Ossoli was entreuted by the sailors to leave the vessel, or at least: to trust her child to them, but she steadily jefused. Early in the morning some men had been sent to • hthouse for the life boat which is kept there. Although this is but t<Vo miles distant, the bout did not arrive till about one o’clock, by which time the gule had so increased, and the swells were so hiuh . add territic, that it was im posable to make any use ol it. A rnortkr wus ulso brought for the purpose of firing a liffe over the vessel, to strech a hawser be tween it and the shore. The mortar was stationed on the lee of a hillock, about 150 yards from the wreck, that the powder might be kept dry. It was tired live times, hut failed to carry a line more than half the necessary distance. Just before the foremast sank the remaining sailors determined to leave. The steward, to whom the child hud always been u great favorite, took it almost by main force, and plunged with it into the sea; neither reached the shore alive. The Marquis Ossoli was soon after wards washed away, but his wile remained in igno rance of his fate. The cook, who was the last per son thut reached the shore alive,said that the lust words he heard her speak, were: “1 see nothing but death before me—t shall never reach the shore” It was be tween two and three o’clock in tlie afternoon, and al ter lingering about ten hours, exposed to the moun tainous surf that swept over the vessel, with the con templation of' death constantly forced upon her mind, ♦he w&s tinally overwhelmed as die foremast fell. It ij •apposed tiiat her body and that of her husband are alii! buried unde/ the mins of the vessel. Mr. Henry H.umner, who jumped overboard early in the morning, wtw never seen afterwards. The dead bodies that were washed on shore were terribly bruised and i^anglcd. That of the young Italian girl was inclosed in a rough box and buried m the sand, together with those of the sudors. Mr?. Hasty had by this time found a shelter at Mr* Oa house, and, at her request, the body of the hoy, Eugene Angelo D’Ossoli, was earned thither and *ep» foraday previous to interment The tailor* wh > n* •iU formed a strong attachment to him during tie* x*rj age, wept like children when they saw him. Th '• wus some difficulty in finding a coffin, when the timu of burial came, w hereupon they took one ol ? . chests, knocked out the tills, laid the body carefd inside, locked and nailed down the lia. He wa- buried in a little nook between two of the sand hilLs, some distance from the sea. The same afternoon a trunk belonging to the Mar chioncss Ossoli came ashore and was fortunately secured before the pirates had an opportunity wf pm loiuing it. Mrs. Oakes informs me that it contain ed several large packages of manuscripts, which she dried carefully by the fire. I have therefore a strong hope that the work on Italy will be entirely recover ed. In a pile of soaked papers near the door 1 found flies of the Democratic Pacijijue and II Nazi on ah oi Florence, as welhis several ot Mazziui’s pamphlet', which I have preserved. I should thiuk the recovery —not only of the bodies, if they are still remaining there, but also of Power’s statue and the blocks of rough Carrara, quit** practicable, if there should be a sufficiency of still weather There are about 150 tuns of marble tinder the ruins. The paintings, be longing to Mr. Aspiuwail, which were washed ashore in boxes and might have been saved had any one been on the spot to care for them, are for the "most part utterly dostroj’ori. Those which were least injured by tlie sea water were cut from tho frames and ear ned off by the pirates ; the frames word broken in pieces and scattered along the beech. This morning 1 round several shrews of canvass evidently moi than a century old, hall buried in the sand. All the silk, leghorn braid, huts, wool, oil. almonds w:d other articles contained in her, were carried off as soon as they came to land. On Sunday there were nearly a thousand persons here, from all parts of the coast be tween Rockaway and Montauk, and more thau hall of them were engaged in secreting and carrying oil everything that seemed to be of value. Pbem/ture Burials.—Mr. Dick, who kept a coffee house in Cincinnati, was taken with cholera on Mon day, ran through the various stages of the awful pes tilential mystery, and finally, to all appquruuce died. . While lying upon the cooling board, a barber was sent for to shave him, und during the operation, the supposed dead man opened Ilia eyes, and with bis arm pushed the burlier out of the way. lie commenced breathing, and casting his eyes about the room, and amidst tfco consternation occasioned by this, as it were, resurrection from death, the coffin was brought into the roon, in full sh-bt of the person who whs destined to occupy it! He lived about one hour niter this, ana finally- went calmly oil into the sleep ol death. 8o avouches tlie Cincinnati Commercial ol the 1‘JLli inst. jpjp*. Mrs* Wttberfte sister-in-law to tho Bi hop of Qxford, ha« also, like lady Custlcreigli, become n convert to Catholicism. 'XSf* The notorious Douglass was mohej in Co- 'ambus, Ohio, lately, jmd barely escaped .his [From the BroVmnille American Flag.) Summary Execution of Lynch Law in Texas* TWO MURDERERS EXEClFrEV /I F THE MOIi. On last Thursday morning, 11th instant, our citi zens were astounded with the melancholy intelli gence thut Justice Bacon, in consequence ol the death of the coroner, lmd been called to hold an inquest over the body of Cupt. John Bn liimn, who had been mur dered in cool blood by the notorious Bill llardy, both recently from Galveston. From the tacts elicit ed, it appears that tho above two, with a number of others, were nt one of the laud an go houses, where tney remained till la tween one and two o’clock in the morning, whenCapt. Brennan left for his place of lodging, lb* had not proceeded far when he was overtaken by Hardy, Who without any previous war ning, drew his knile and thrust it to the hilt in Bren nan’s left breaft. Seeing Hardy's movement, he threw up his Lunds and exclaimed, “ Bill, don't cut me,” It wus too lute; the l'atul stab came too quick and too certain, for him to avoid it. lie run some thirty or forty yards, fell and soon expired. After committing the brutal outrage, Hardy walked back into the house, with Ilia knife in hand, reeking with blood, exclaiming. “ I’m a tart; and that’s the. way I'll serve any man who will follow me.” Some ol those who heard him, supposing he hud got into difficulty with a Mcxicun, advised him to leave, which he did. As soon as it wus ascertained that he had killed Capt. Brennan, men were sent to several ferries to prevent Ins escape into Mexico, and others started in pursuit, lie wus arrested next morning by day light, near one ol the lorries, ironed and taken to jail. Toe only cause assigned for this brutal outrage, is the refusal ol Brennan to let liardy have money, wnile ul Brazos, which is in all probability, the true cause, as llardy was heard to say, on the way up from that place, that he had marked bis limn. Alter lib-, arrest und imprisonment it became known that he had kiH^d a man m 8t. Louis, another on the Arkansas river, and that lie had attempted to take the lives of several men in Sun Antonio, Austin and Gal veston, from which place Capt. Brennan paid his pas sage, and that lie was sent in irons from Monterey during tho war, but effected his escape by jumping overboard somewhere between this place und Keynu- sa, and swimming ashore. On learning his post his tory, and knowing the unsafe condition of our jail, our citizens were, generally, of opinion that it was better to cut short ids murderous career while they hud it in their power. With this understanding a large concourse oi citizens assembled in the vicinity ot the jail. Borne few werin favor of going through the form of a trial, but the majority looked upon such a proceeding as a mere farce, since the coroner’s inquest und the prisoner’s own ail mis ibn had estab lished his guilt beyond doubt or cavil. To test the sense of the meeting, it was proposed thafall in favor of hanging should step out. The result was an al most cntii e change oi places on the part of the crowd, which then proceeded to the jail and demanded the culprit. The deputy sheriff remarked to the crowd, that he held the keys of the jail, and it was his duty to safe ly keep the prisoner, but lie did nut feci disposed to resist rhe demands of so large a portion of the cit i zens of the county. He would, therefore, deliver up the keys, with the request that tlie prisoner be per mitted to make any statement in extenuation, or oth erwise, he might wish. This was readily acceded, when tlie prisoner was unlettered and brought iortli, and in tin t condition permitted to walk to tie* place of his execution it was proposed to tie him, but on his assuring that lie would not attempt to run, lie was suffered to go free and untramuieled in any wav. On reaching the spotselected for this tragic scene, he remarked that lie knew he had to die, and intended to die like a man ; but would rather be shot thau hung. The crowd assembled to witness tlie solemn tragedy wus quite large, but orderly and quiet, with a lew exceptions. No one volunteering to shoot the guilty, hardened wretch, it was decided that lie must hang. Itev. Mr. Cravens then came forward and in troduced himself, and asked llardy if he desired any preparation, or had any statement to make. He said ho had nothing to say except as to the dis position of his effects, and request the writing of n tew letters to his friends. He then requested Mr. Cravens to pray for him. During all tins time, and even while the arrangements were making for launching him into eternity, where he would pieet a more dreud tribunal than any on earth, he (winced the most perfect indiff erence us to his fate, not suffer ing a muscle of his face or limbs to betray the least emotion. Ho even took the rope that waste hang him and tied the hangman,s knot to show how it was done, without the slightest perceptible tremor of the nerves. Those managing the matter fearing the knot was not well tied, untied it for the purpose id'rctieing in which they failed, when lie remarked to a gentle man standing near him that lie would have to tie it again. This kind office the individual addressed promised to perforin for him. The doomed man then got into a cart, mounted on a plauk (vhich rested oil the wheels, without any resistance or assistance, and, while tho rope, which wus suspi nded from a beam used for hoisting beeves, was being adjusted around his neck, asked to have his hands tied behind him There he stood, high above the crowd, his hands tied, the noose close about his neck, death staring him in the face, calm, cool and collected. The cart, mov ed from under him, and in this condition lie was hurl ed into eternity. Such aspectatcle we never witness ed before, may we never again- It was ( vidently bis intention to have leaped from the cart, but was pre vented from so doing by some one attracting bis at tention us it started, which can/ed his foot to drag from the tail. Ho died alter a slight struggle, and thus terminated the career of the notorious Bdl llardy. who hud been the terror of yvery community in which he lived. He met death with the same reckless indifference that he had ltielud it out to others. May his fate be a warning to ulj who have heretofore considered themselves beyoml the reach of law and justice. Another Brutal Assassination, arid Speedy and Sum mary Justice—We were ye-\erday, says the Sentinel, shocked with the report of another frightful assHssin- ation m our city, and on inquiry, loun.l the particulars to oe a- follows: A party i f men were gambling at a grogg-ry, or “hell," kejit by a man named McKee, on L* .'♦:*? street, when a dispute arose .between two p;Mons, Mexicans, in relation to a bet of tv alveand a - ; »M cents. A few words were passed between the ptriie?, when one ol them* named Francisco Flores, dr. w x pistol and deliberately tired it lull in the face ol his adversary. The pistol was loaded with three buckshot, only one of whirh took effect, in the shoulder oi tue intended victim, tf/e others lodging in the neck ot mother person, nann-il Dclesforo Liundo, causing his death in a few hou/jfa. Alter this savage act the murderer lied, running on board a steamboat which was lying at the whart _ from whence he jumped into the river, and attempt. *d to escape, by swimming to the other side. He w is pursued and arrested wnen about midway of the stream, and brought hack. By tm» time the. imlignu tiun of the populace had arrived at a degree wholly b »yond control, uud he was taken •by them to the uutsi arts of the city, where a fearful, though just und summary punishment stopped his further career of ci ime. He died upon tlie scaffold while his bunds wt re yet wet with the blood of his victim. Tuesday Morning, July JO, 1N.»0. Melancholy Occurrence—A young Lady Ivlijed by Fireworks. The Caddo Git fette gives the following account of a deplorable cvei/j* which occurred in Shreveport on the Itith inst. If, should be a good lesson co all per sons engaged in the preparation of fire works: On Monday Might, while Mr. Catoir was giving an exhibition oi I. ro-wurks, (the bombardment of Vera Cruz being th j subject of representation) his in-Ms- tant becoming ‘firighteued. Ifct his lire fall upon a pile of rockets, « inch exploded immediately, flying in all directions lluuogh the assembled crowd, one oi them striking Miss 'Cecilia Leonard, a very accomplished young lady M our town, and piercing her right eye, passed thro/tgh her head, mangling and killing her in the most Jorrible manner. Tills occurrence ha- thrown the .’deepest gloom over our citizens, and the siucerest grid is every where manifested at the un timely atiit [shocking fate of one of our most beautiful and tunis Me young ladies. , Shews If seated near tlie family if Mrs. Pterret, on theextre, joe end of the highest bench, placed round within a canvass, for ihe accommodation ot visitor.. and wh ,n she was struck, immediately fell to the ground). Mrs. S. thinking that she had fainted, in tautly/went to her assistance, and raising her from tlie grt/rtiud, discovered tho large heavy Wadding ot the Vi icket burled in her eye. some two inches d -ep and frin stick round which the rocket is made, having pien directly through, projecting at the back part: ,d her head, some four or live inches. T. h,. nid of physicians vas instantly procured, but tin ski J Could stay'tho spirit which was fast ebbiug from tin i .ihorcs'of time ; and after being conveyed, amid tli i lamentations of all present, and the wailing in id grief of her bereaved parents, and brothers, ' id .liters, to l.f ' ov.a room, at her lather's house be expired, apparently inseosibie to the extreme pain ihe must have sudivi’J. ' ff ' The mails for Havana, Chagres, Panama, Cal ifornia and Oregon, to go by the steamship Ohio,%vil) be closed at 11 o’clock this morning. The Meeting Lnst Night. THU NASHVILLE CONVENTION RATIFIEDI Pursuant to the cal) published in tlie city papers, a very large and respectable meeting, composed of both political parties, assembled last night in tho Long Room of the Exchange. The meeting wus organized by calling Col. Wx. Thobne Williams, to tlie choir, and appointing Titos. H. Harden Esq., Secretary. On motion of Judge Win. ii. Fleming, a commit tee of seven was appointed by the chair to draft a pre amble and {Resolutions, expressive of tins sense ot the meeting. The following gentlemen were appointed for this purpose. Judgo Wx. Ii. Fleming, A. R. Lawton Esq., Judge VVm. Law, Henry Harper, Robert A. Al len, A. A. Smett8, and James M. Pepper, Esq. On the return of the committee, Judge Fleming, as its chairman, reported a preamble und series of Resolutions opposed to the ultimatum of the Nash ville Convention, and in favor of the Adjustment Gill now before Congress. After the reading of the resolution, Dr. James Screven ottered, us a substitute, the preamble and resolutions passed at the meeting last Tuesday night, approving the resolutions of the Nashville Conven tion, which he read te the meeting. The motion to substitute being seconded, A. R. Law-ton, Esq., addressed tlie meeting, expressing bis dissent from a portion of the resolutions rep oi l ed by the Committee. Mr. Lawton Baid he had hoped that tho Compromise Hill now before the Sen-' ate w-ould be so amended as to have made it accepta ble to the South, and that he had looked to it as a measure which would give peace to the country; but he had been greatly disappointed—tho amend ments that had been proposed had been defeated— and he could not subscribe to Iho Resolution that de clared the bill as it now stood, such an adjustment iifc tile South should b3 satisfied with. Nor could heus- sent to the declaration that w-o lmve nothing to do with tho settlement of the Texas boundary line. Judge Fleming followed in an able speech in support of the resolutions, ilo contended that the Nashville Convention and the Southern opponents of the Compromise bill in Congress had assumed in re gard to the admission of California precisely the same ground that tlie North assumed tjwurds Missou ri, when she applied for admission, lie saw no just ground of objection on tho part of tlie South to the ad mission of California or tiny reason why Georgia should interfere in relation to tlie boundaries of Texas. The true Southern ground was non interference by Con gress with tlie GJave question, and thut was the doc trine oi the Compromise bill. The suppression of tho Slave trade in tlie District of Columbia was no inter ference. Judge Edward J. Harden next addressed the meeting in opposition to tho resolutions, and in sup port of the substitute. He contended that the form er resolutions expressed the sentiments of the peo ple of Georgia ut large, and ought to be ratified by tlie meeting. Judgo Law addressed tlie meeting in a long and tru ly eloquent speech, in wtich he took ground strong ly in ittvor of the Compromise Gill. Ho went over the whole ground and nnintaiued that the Missouri Compromise. involved a dangerous delegation ol power to Congress—: ha/the Compromise Gill though objectionable in many <f its details, surrendered no constitutional right of (he South, and would prove tlie best remedy for the evils now threatening the Union. He placed the Texan boundary and the admission oi California on grounds of expediency, declaring that though the South had cause to complain, 6he would not be justified in dissolving the Union. He was for the Union und for mantaining bis rights in the Union Above all he was for un ion in the cause of the South! He was as devoted to the rights of the South as any man in her borders—all that was valuable or dear to him, w us at the South for whose rights he was ready, when necessity required it, to. sacrifice his property, and his life. He dilfered with some of his fellow citizens as to the proper steps to he taken—but if they could not go with him, he would go with them. Ills speech was listened to with profound attention throughout. Dr II. D. Arnold, addressed the meeting briefly, it being too late (near twelve o’clock) to reply at length to the able argument of Judge Law. Dr. A.in a desul tory but effective manner alluded to the principal arguments on the other side, and concluded by call ing on the meeting to sustain the substitute Resolu* tions. The question was then called for. Col. Drisdale called the attention of the meeting in a few remarks to some resolutions which he desired to offer, but being decided out of order, he with drew the resolutions. The question being again loudly called for, a division was ordered, when, without a count, it was manifest that n large majority of the meeting were iu favor of Ihe substitute resolutions, which were pronounced carried. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the President and Secretary, for the able discharge of their respective duties. It was also resolved that the proceedings oi the meeting be published in eztenso iu tlie papers of the city. Alter which the meeting adjourned in the utmost harmony and good feeling. The proceedings will appear in tlie Ne.ws when furnished by the Secretarv Subacriptions to tlie Washington Monument. Mr. W. \V. Oates, Deputy Marshal of this District, has commenced the work of taking tile new census. By a late regulation it is made the duty of the Mar shals to receive subscriptions to the Washington Monument fund, and Mr. Oates is furnished with a register and certificates for that purpose. The regu lations require him to keep a register of the names of all who subscribe, and to give a handsomely engrav ed certificate to such persons as contribute one dollar or more to the fund. The Board are at present in want of funds, and it is to he hoped thut the appeal which they are now making to the people will be properly and liberally responded to. The Board do not, as it has been supposed, limit the amount to be subscribed, but invite all who have the means and the will to contribute liberally to the fund. The work of erecting the Monument has been urged forward, and has made considerable progress during tlie past season ; anil it is the desire of the Board to pi-ess forward with ii to its final completion at as ear ly a period as possible. Already iSaOO.OflO have been expended upon tlie structure, which, when complet ed, will be wo-thy die nation and the illustrious pat riot whose glorious character and deeds it is design ed to commemorate. We hope the register which is to be forwarded to Washington, where it will be kept with others for in spection, will bear houorahle testimony to the liber ality nod patriotism of tlie citizens of Savunnah. Qeorgia Entbrprize.—An extensive Machine Factory lies just been put in operation in Augusta, Ga One of the purposes o! the company is the mam ufaeturing of machinery suitable for cotton factories. The Editor of the Constitutionalist is of opinion that this State and the adjoining States will furnish a constant and ar, increasing market for such products of manufacturing industry. This is another step iu the onward mareh of our glorious old State to independence. We begirt to think, with Mr. Grcei-ty, that there ut netted a " good time a coming.” Chattanooga, Tenn,, July 24,1850. W. T. Thompson. Esq. Dear Sir: I have just returned fromasliort tourm North Alabama, where Ihnve been seeing what I could see, und endeavoring to learn somethihg of ourfuture prospects in a commercial point of view. The cot ton fields of North Alabama are fast Improving ; and with a favorable season, will yield an average crop. I "found” from conversation with some of tlie plan ters, that they are nut fully convinced, that our mar ket holds out hotter inducements than that of New Orleans; but tho greater number ot those who con tinue to doubt the tact, are directly or indirectly in terested in Commission Houses nt the latter place. it is gratifying, however, to know that our .Savan nah will receive her proportion of all tho cotton thut may he shipped, via. Chattanooga. She is gaining favor daily, and 1 am gratified to find that her busi ness met: who have visited North Alabama und Mid dle Tennessee have made favorable impressions on the minds of the merchants and farmers, 1 hope oth ers of your city wh o wish to participate in tlie pro- fiits resulting from the trade from these sections may also avail themselves of an early acquaintance with the citizen! of Alabama and Tennessee. Such an acquaintance would result in profit to the business man, while the excursion would, ut this sea son of the year, afford the most delightful relaxation. If I were in the vein I could give you a chapter in praise of the beautiful scenery, the excellent boats and good accommodations on the Tennessee River ; but it will suffice for the present to say that the trip presents many natural and social attractions, and that the urbanity and hospitality of the officers of the riv er steamers, is worthy of the highest commendation. Let me assure you that your city people could not adopt a better method of shaking the dust from their eyelids, or a more certain moans to invigorate both mind and body, than by paying a visit to this region, where they would, while pleasuring, obtain a knowl edge ot uuew section of country—-its natural resour ces audits commercial wants,and become acquainted with an industrious, enterprising, and enlightened people, with whom their best interests invite u closer intercourse. A visit to Chattanooga, if no further, could not hut be agreeable as well us profitable. Here the traveller will find good accommodations. We have four Hotels kept by kind and obliging landlords, who spare nei ther pains nor money to make their guests comfortable. The beautiful Lookout Mountain is situated but a few miles from Chattanooga, on the summit ot which will be found, attho House of Capt. Rogers, all the comforts that a hungry and thirsty traveller can wish. Chattanooga, abroad, has the name ot being sickly which is certainly tho opposite of truth. 1 have spent the most of my time here since 1st February last, und have not heard the funeral bell exceeding three times ; and one of our physicians has just in formed me that there is at present, no sickness in tlie city. Last but not least, we have a ‘-Soda Fount” here with large tumblers (not small otfes as was once the case,) where the traveller may gratify his thirst. Tljis is a “ beverago” not to he found every where. Y’ours respectfully, MILLS. Extract from a letter received in this city, dated Havana, July 21'. While the prisoners were confined on board the Sobcrano, one of their number fell overboard and was drowned. Some of the sailors were about to rescue him, when the officer in command ordered them to desist, saying “what matters it i let the damn ed rascal drown," (quo importa ) drja le quo sc alioga.) And the poor fellow was drowned. Capt. Benson was put to the most cruel torture, from tlie effects of which he is now a raving madman in the lunatic asylum, lie is said to have borne the torture with heroic fortitude, and refused to the last to make any disclosures It is generally believed here that Benson. Gratfon and Hide will bo sentenced to suiter death by the Garrote. A number of influential Cubans suspected of hav ing beeu concerned in the late expedition, have fall en into the hands of the Government. Several have fled to the United States, und others are making away with themselves. One of the leading patriots in Vu- elta Abajo shot himself through the head when be heard that the expedition had failed. The superin tendent of the Matanzas Railroad, who was also con cerned in the patriot movement, has also committed suicide. . Tatebs as is Tatkbs.—We were shown day a potetoe, of the genus Irish, but decided)/* cse in its formation, comprising sotno four’ tubers firmly grown together, which weighed}/ 1 It was dug on Cob Giieen’s furni on the Islandr site the city. If%* Colonel’s potatoes are al/ 1 this, they are certainly not “ small potatoes 1 there " few in a Hill." Holbrook’s U. S. Railroad Guide. Wo have received the July number of this truly valuable little work. It comprises 160 pages, and contains more valuable information to travellers than any similar book we have ever seen. It. embraces all the railroad steamboat and other toutes of travel in the country, ami gives the fullest information concerning them, besides much other useful matter. The work is re. vised and corrected and issued on the first of every month; and is in a form adapted to tho pocket. Price, 10i cents. Wonder ip it’s True.—A dispatch to the N. V. Express, dated Washington, 24th inst., says : •; Presi dent Fillmore has expressed his determination to give no man a Cabinet appointment, from a States that had representatives in the Nashville Convention.” !EF* ]t is B»><1 that M. de Pebsigny is to be charg- cd with a delicate mission to St. Petersburg. The French President is about to solicit, through this con fidential messenger, tlie hand of tlie daughter of the late Grand Duke Michael. How very republican this sounds! What would our people think of one pi our Presidents sending a minister to negotiate an alliance with some foreign prjncnss ? We can con- cieve no greater political absurdity than that of class ing the present anomalous government of France among the Republics. Gold From California.—The total amount of gold received from California since the first arrival, is tsJ0.017,120 of which Si9,750,000 was received ut the l’liila. mint, and the remainder at New Orleans. Of this amount over $17,000,000 have been received in ten months, being at the rate of more than twenty millons per annum. Since January the receipts have been nt tlie rate of twenty-six millions per an num and for the last quarter at the rate of thirty-two millions per annum. Piie Town of Calhoun.—Too sales of town lots of this new and promising town (says the Cassville Standard took place on the 17th. Weunderstand that all the lots were sold; and that the sales amounted to over $18,000. The)- were sold at good prices, and to business men, and a very large amount of Capita 1 will be invested in the business of the place, which will make it one of the best trading points in Chero kee. New Cotton. We were shown yesterday b E. W. Solomons, a fine specimen ofsnow wk-l ky cotton, from the plantation of M. Goldiuhe of Lowndes county. This is the first of the new we have seen. Progress of the Gas.—The East wing 0 tJ Pulaski House presented an unusually cheerful J pearunce last night, being illuminated with " This large establishment, when completely title,)* the "new light" will give a brilliancy and che ness to tho beautiful square on which it is situate ] Congt-CMNiomil Proceedings, Washington, July 35 j Senate —The question pending was the amend * of Mr. Bradbury, referring the subject of the T bouuday to three commissioners to be apnoint«A tho part of the U. - States and three on the n 1 Texas, they to submit their action toCorigreJSl Texas for approval. e Mr. Hale moved to amend that in the mcst . both parties were to remain neutral, and Jo ** to take possession of the disputed territory ted, yeas 22, nays 31. Mr. Benton then moved to add to Mr. Bradbi S amendment a proviso that the ci'inmissioneriSI shall be the true line between the State of Ton., New Mexico. 1 ' 11 Mr. Baldwin addressed the Senate for nearlvi, hours in denial of tho right of Texas to any iL“l the disputed territory. 1 1 *” ■ Messrs. Dawson, Benton, Bradbury Davis of Douglass and Halo continued the debate. ' Mr. Clarke moved that the % nato adjourn Mr. Clay asked for tfio yeig) and nays, which taken and the.Senate refused to adjourn. After further proceedings Mr. Davis, of Mass., expressed a wish to r,t),% the question on the Hill, until Massachusetts linda shall have an opportunity to send Senutors to« ply the vacancies occasioned by the ' of Messrs Webster and Corwin. Mr. Foote said he was informed that there t understanding between these gentlemen to pair ct iu other words, as they were on opposite eiues0!j question, they could retire from the Genate (u« Cabinet appointments.) Thu Senate, ut half-past 4 o’clock, refused toadjos and were in session when this (at twenty minutal five) was closed. House of Representatives. Mr. Millsomj cd a resolution, which was adopted, instructinil Committee on Commerce to inquire whether'J further legislation he necessary to protect the J el’s, agents, or consignees, of imported mcrciJ tiiso Irom the payment of any of the chars^l weighing, or measuring, exacted by the circuit! stnictions of the Secretary of tlie Treasury t(I lectors and other officers ol tlie customs, dated Ft3 1850, and especially in cases where the invoice try of merchandise contains the aggregate weijkl quantity ot such merchandise, but may notEtaul weight or quantity of such box, cask, or otlicril age; and also in cases in which merchandise is j 1 ed in bulk ; and the invoice or entry may t— the quantity or bulk, but in which, lievortlicfel owner or consignee, is required to pay the cbtf of weighing or measuring, where ever so variation ot the weight or measure exceeding! given in the invoice or entry is found to exist;/ that said committee report by bill or otherwise Reports were made from several of the stss committees, among them, one by Mr. Young, irom the committee on agricuM! for the encouragement of agriculture; propositi give to any man or woman, the head of a family J a citizen ot the United States, tree of cosh a q'jj oi section oi land ior actual cultivation. 1 Mr. Johnson, ol Tennessee delivered a speed! support of the bill, and Mr. Brown of Mississippi,commencedonecsl same side. He had not proceeded far. U morning hour expired. The House went into Committee of the YVh the State oi the Union, and renewed the tion ut *ie bill making an appropriation for thel tary Academy at West Point. Without di-p -1 it, tho committee rose, and the House ad jouniril Quick Work.—The Philadelphia corre of the Baltimore Sun, says: Two of our Philadelphia rowdies' who v to Camden on Monday, ior aspree, havefou selves in rather uncomfortable quarters. The) ken by the Sheriff and his posse, und the c holding its regular term the nextday, they w convicted and sentenced, one to six and the fifteen months’ imprisonment to hard labor By Last Night’s Western Maill ( An In nr an War Brewing. YVe learn froul Y an Bun-ii (Ark.,) Intelligencer of the 6th imt,| on tho f 9th ult., a party of Cherokees and numbering eighty warriors, armed and equip! for the occasion, marched upon YVewoka, ill Seminole country, on the North Folk of tho (1 dial], with the view oi’ attacking a negroo where they were over a hundred able bodied ni and taking a number of said negroes, alleged slaves ot certain Creeks and citizens of Arkan-r It seems the party of Indians cumpeij sometsl twelve inilestrotn tlie negro town, intending i* tlie next night and charge upon it. The ue*l their arrival reached the negroes and tb-y s* themselves and sent word of defiance to the Crtf and the next day a party of Semlnoles, all sf and painted, appeared 011 the opposite hank o'! creek, who sent a banter for a fight. Upon tl-.estB ligeront demonstrations, they concluded toconitl parley. When last heard Irom, the head chiefs of fin] per Towns (Creeks) hud repaired to the s« difficulty, and with the chiefs of tho Seminolw^ Waiting for tito arrival of Col. Duval, the Semi agent, to go into council. This Negro town is 11 den of runaway slaves, evt ry negro wiio can make his escape trout ana is harbored, it should be broken up by itary; some day, says the Intelligencer, it will^J cause of serious troubles between the different cr and the Seminoles, as well as between tho ciri'-l Arkansas and that tribe. Moan Gold inGeorgia.—YVe learn from the fami ly Visitor, that u gold mine has been discovered on tho land ol Dawson Law, of Morgan county, in this State, which promises to yield an abundance of the precious metal. Mr. Law states that a man can easily make five dollars a day by digging ; particles the size of a pea are found in abundance. J3P More than one-eighth part of the exports of the Uuited States are furnished by the .State of Alabama, a state which thirty-five years ago had no existence, and was chiefly an uninhabited wilderness. Fbeesoilism. The Salt Boilers of Syracuse are on a strike, and refuse to allow others to work. On Friday they nearly killed a man named Charles Blake, and when his wife interfered, they threatened to put her in the furnace, and did burn her clothes.— The Syracuse Star advises the shooting them down like mad dogs. We always thought there was salt enough in Syra cuse to keep the inhabitants from epoilin-. Ireland Coming Tp America. Onamillioc two hundred-aod sixty thousand 1 rinil have. tLoigrt ted to the lb S. since 1925., Duel. A duel was fought at New Orlfl 23d inst., near the Louisiana race track, bet Bunch, the commander of the Mississippi re; tiling part ot the Cuba expedition, and C»i is, who was master of the steamer Creole, 1 ot the expedition. The weapons used wer distance ten paces. At the first fire Capl tell, the ball of ins antagonist passed th, fleshy part of both thighs. The wout severe it not dangerous. Col. Bunch was cd. MAIUtlEl), At Midville, BurkeTJo., on Wednesday, 2-IlJl by the Rev. J. B. Ross, Mr. GAS1MR J. FiH' ll J Savannah, to Miss VIRGINIA N. CRAIG, 0,1 county. Special Notices Notice to I’uNHeugcrg for .Steams! Passengers for above Steamship are ti the Steamer J. Stone will leave Exclia this morning, at 11 o’clock with mail sengers. COHENS & HI July 30. SAVANNAH UASALIGHT CO: This Company being now ready to la consumers, notice is hereby given to all tending to use Gas, that it is necessary register their qames-, number of ligh* &c., in the Books, at the Wbrks, before introduced into their premises. 13^ Office open from 9 to 12 A. M, * 6 ?. M. GEO. W. - July 30 *f