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SAVANNAH MORNING NK VIMS..... .TH C USD AY, AUGUST 15, 1850.
TUB MORNING NEWS.
, BY JOHN M. COOPHK.
WIL LIA M T. TH OMPS 6 W, E D1 T OR
T k n at s:
Daity Paper #4,00 iniiTri weekly #2 00
All new Advertisements appear in both papere.
[Fiom the Few York Express]
Condition, ol'tlie Pennantrj- In the West of
Ireland.
"Tile diette.E and poverty there (in Ireland) la in-
credible; it must be seen to ho bolieved .” So writes
n correspondent of tho Express, in a letter from Lon
don; and wc never were no painfully Impressed with
the truth of the assertion as on a perusal of a state
ment of the actuui condition of allaira there, which
lins uict our eye in a leading British metropolitan
journal, and said to bo from a perfectly authentic
source. So little has been eniil of Ireland lately, in
our advices from abroad, that it tuny well be said
she is forgotten among the nations, else her weeping
and wailing, now, are become so inaudible as scarce
ly to nrrest the attention of the rest of the world.
Nobody thinks ofnsking “What news from Ireland?"
Bke is forgotten in men’s minds, in the newspapers,
every where and by every body,—we had Well nigh
B^ggABlo
Thursday Morning, Angiist 13, 1830
[By.TelcgrapIi.]
Arrival of tho Nlagnm--Advnnee In Cotton,
Baltimore, Aug. 14, P. M.
The British steamer Niagara has arrived tit Hali
fax, witli dates front Liverpool to 3d August. She
reports tlio sales ofcotton to have been 119,000 bales
during the week. Prices advanced fd.
[This leaves tho Liverpool market in the same po
sition as when the Pacific left.]
“V” m, y other city. We volunteer this puff
of mystery uritl grief, on the very highway of com- tor .* " ttYAN » na We are ready to do tor any me-
inerce.-^in tho very track now trodden almost daily chnnic who contributes towards making us indepen.
by the ships and steamers of the two tnqst civilized dent of*otber quarters,
ami Christian nations on the face of the earth Eng- %
agss&'Szexsftsszx , »*- «»««*.
of the Irish channel is wlmt proudly calls itself the * e ^e r tram tlio agent of the new steam packet, intend,
great focus of European «i. ilizatton. tho home of the eJ ,or the Florida trade, and now being built by Mr.
art* and sciences, tho -eat of the most powerful cm- John F. Rodman, from which we learn that the
plre on Which the sun ever .Shown',- and on the other boat is rapidly progressing. She will be of a
w.thm a lew hours’ sail, a land full of sorrows, a beautiful model with „ ,
people on Uie verge ftf perpetual starvation, and sunk 1 ’ , proportions, well cal.
ill tome cases, in tile lowest dopths of barbarism.— cu t cl lor *P° e “> and carrying freight. Her boil.
We know that there are reasons for these things!— crfl are progressing fast, and will be douo in three or
But ft may he readily doubted whether the people, the f° ur weeks ; and her engines will also bo readv and
So mStf weidSy rf worM? can'laf PU * hcr ' before she is launched.
while such scenes are'paXgl^X^thX^Ts^s Health ok Savannah. It will be gratifying to
those recorded, without comment, because of their our clt,zen9 abroad, to learn that Savannah continues
very commonness, in the London Times. It is a li- remarkably healthy. By the Sexton’s return to the
Rrel»®&n P rsi : ^rbS. 0a ' UP ° n Chrietianily St^buffiveT^h°^r dthatdU r gth0
Throughout all of the western districts of Ireland ° f White per8ons havG ta ’
the same sad truths are brought homo with irresiota- j, , Ce ’ on *y two of whom were residents, one an
bio force. Eviction goes on on all sides. That is the adult long laboring under disease, and the other an
infant. Of the colored deaths, three were .infants,
and one an adult. A more favorable rep ort at this
season of the year could not be expected.
was ww nil Biuro. J IUU IB MIC
ntry are expelled from their houses, for whicli
they cannot pay rent, and their houses are either en
tirely demolished or so battered down na to prevent
the ejected ever going bock to them agnin. in the
neighborhood of Galway thousands 0 f gable ends,
monuments ol this species of house havoc, may be
seen. The owners of thi« property, it is supposed,
have learned to regard women and children without
bouses as they regard them without shoes, arguing
that tho head needs no morecovoring than tho feet
We are tho more inclined to think this from tlio cool
unmoved way in which mosses of ruined dwellings
seem to be regarded, uml tho practice of their ruin
defended. 1 he render must bo warned against the
hypothesis that when he has seen the multitude of
roofless gables which abound ho has had all the evi
dence of the destruction of houses which has taken
Ijluce n iu very many localities, we are informod that
tho owners of property remove ns last.as they can all
trace.of thedwellinga they destroy. It may be that, on
some properties the process of eviction bus been
J dreed on tlio land owner, as a measure of aelfore-
servution ; nor would it bo right to deny that, in some
cuacs, great humahjty is shown in endeavoring to
provide u refuge for some of those who were evic
ted by giving them passages to America, St.c., but it
w no vfolation of the truth to say that a great deal of
this eviction la carried out in a wanton unfeeling
spirit, toward*) the evicted, and on grounds of mere
selfish expediency most disgraceful. Within the
first two weeks of July, alone, no fewer than 107
houses wore levelled in one district in the Listowell
unioAr
Wo give below some sad Illustration of this pro-
ecBS Of eviction, ns well us n picture of what west-
eri) Ireland is at this- moment. Homo of tho ificl-
donts related lira almost too horrid for belief. Would
that they were all false i—
TUB PROCESS OB EVICTION.
Tho operation of “ houar-tumbling” is in itself a
very simple affair; tho legalnotices having been giv-
eu to the roHeving-olBcor that a certain number of
bouses are on a given day to be "-tumbled,” lie meets,
tbeiidtoriff’s deputy on the spot. This official b somo-
ttuies accompanied by a body of armed police. The
shrnil s officer goes through a certain form, putting
the agent in full possession. The word is n6w given,
and with a speed only to he acquired by long prac-
tice the; people are put outside their dwellings; their
furniture-**, e n the potato-pot, a stool or two, a large
square box, and something meant for a bed, with
aomething meant for clothing-—is soon removed
some Lttie distance from the house The wo
men and children thus forced out now take up
a chorus oi prayers, passionate entreaties for
mercy, not seldom ending in passionate imprecations
ot vengaenee, such as tho women of tins country
alono can give effect to. They will throw themselves
S**otind; they will embrace tho very feet
ot the agent a horse ; they will bent their breasts and
' skene OTgfthe fall oi their roof-tree as they used
to skeno over their dead before the death of kindred
became so very Common.
. ® ut to abbreviate so Sorrowful r story, prayers and
imprecations are all in vain. Such prayers are mere
routine; the thing is done every day ; like the dust
m the tailing thatch, curses or prayers are just a ne
cessary inconvenience attendant on* the operation in
i m “P° t0 work, bays; it isn’t all day we can
wait. A • t boy” is soon on the roof—u hole is made
—n rope fastened round the timber, which goes from
the npeX of one gable to that of the other—there are
others to pull thy rope—a efowbttr or two is pluced
nuder the Walhplute at one or more of the corners—
one good pull and a lift or two, and down comes the
^hole rootv
a soknb iff tub county of clarh.
Passing through a part of the county of Glare, we
came to a mass of roofless gables, and I thought I
saw some smoke coming up from the comer of one
ot these ruins. We returned between the roofless
walls rather abruptly, and came art once upon a wo
lor weeks. She was almost naked to the waist. Her
only means of ^ttMatence were evident in a large bun
dle of uettles and comweed picked from the neigh
boring helds. She had some rags on tho ground for
U hcd : and these with herself, licr green food, aud a
fewbiuj of turf,were all that thatched kennel contain
ed^
Tho writer, in the course of hia journeying, came
to a deserted village (the houses or “huts” roofless,
as usual) iu the county of Galwuy, in which wus u
hole , or ditch, where was seen a woman lying on
scune ragged sucking, jitst recovering from fever;
there sheliad luiu for weeks, her three cliildreu with
her; tlie only thing in the hole besides herself was
a square box; she all-foured towards it, and unlock
ing it with n key tied round her neck, showed its
contents--a jar of cooked comweed, her only food.
■”* oi other incidents are related, showing how
suaonng will degrade nature, and 'the dreud of it
stiHd heart against heart.
But, were we to go on relating these facts, undoubt
ed, because given on undisputed authority, we should
weary and disgust the reader. This system of evic
tion is au outrage upon civilization that should not be
counteuiuiccd. It is iuhuman.nmlofsocruelachar-
acter that the Vandals themselves would huve been
ashamed of it. The peasant in possession, a very
rare case, it is said, now looks at the “ tumbling ” ot
lti§ house as the natural crowning point of his trouble;
he in passive - in its prospect, comparatively passive
under the invent; he may have hope* in the direction
ul America ; he dreads the workhouses in prospect,
as he hates it Wheu an inmate of it. He forsakes his
family, he forsakes the home which soon must be
forsaken ; they (fu to “ the house,” hia house falls
like tho rest It be can reach Eiialand or America,
lit; may live and free; struggling, Bis aims «t this ;
-ailing, lieig so weakened l>y the struggle, that when
A dues seek the poor-houae it is only to find a gruve.
Raltjmore, AugnstlOth.
w; v From Porto fUut,-,-AVe lean! iruili Captain Ker-
wii); oi hrig Eu-liivia trom Turin Rico 23d ult., tlmt
a large number of merehnnt vessels arc compelled to
ie^ye in ballast owing to titu sugar crops being’ near
ly exhumed. All. kinds at produce were scarce, flu-
gar is selling at 3,25 at 4,25. Molasses at 14; young
■reKi are very promising. Ae'eeujite from the Wind
ward islands state, that i-i v->-ets w-rc -irtvei, 'i-n.-re
tlit- hnrieane oi' the 14th July.
FinKMF.NW Caps.—It always nifords us pleasure
to find any new article manufactured in our city,
which we have been accustomed to purchase from
another quarter. Such is tho case with tho article
mentioned above. Our attention wus attracted to
some specimens exhibited in the window of Mr. 7’.
YY. Rr.-an, corner of Drayton street and Ray lane;
and upon examination nnd enquiry, we found them
to be handsome, well finished caps, and furnished,
so Mr. Bbyan informs us, us cheaply as they can be
obtained iu any other city. We volunteer this puff
I3F* Southern Rights meetings are being held
throughout the State, which, almost without an ex
ception, adopt resolutions favoring the Missouri line.
Within the few days past, meetings have been held
in Burke, Meriwether, Monroe, and Troup counties.
We have rend the resolutions of tlie Burke meeting,
which breathe the right spirit, and reflect as we be
lieve tho opinions of nine-tenths of the people of Geor
gia. Like tho Clarke county resolutions, they are in
favor of the Missouri Compromise lino, and are mod
erate and coffciliatory in their language. Tho action
of no county in tlie State is entitled to greater consid
eration nnd respect, than that of old Burke.
The Southern Committee.—Hon. C. S. More
head, of Kentucky, has been appointed a member of
tlie committee of fifteen of tho Southern' Caucus, in
place of Mr. McCldan, of Kentucky, (not Maryland)
declined. The committee now stands as follows
Mr. Tombs, Chairman; Messrs. Burt, Hilliard,
Thompson, Miss.; Cabell, Howard, Johnson, Ark.,
Moore, Green, Scddon, Cliugman, Thomas, More'
hond, llous’ton nnd Bowie.
The Committee have not as yet agreed upon any
report. It is thought that one object of the commit
tee is to concert measures to resist the passage of tlie
California bill in tho House without proper amend
ments.
ANew picture nv Lessing.—A letter at N. Y
from Duascldrop under date of 9th July, says thut
Lessing's Great Painting, “The Martydom of Huss ’’
had just been finished and had been exhibited i'or the
last tew days at tliq Academy of Fine Arts, where it
was visited by thousands. When it became known
that orders for its immediate shipment had arrived
irom N. York, tlio desire to obtain a last view of this
truly great work became so intense that it was found
necessary to put the Police in requisition to keep
hack the throng, and the gates of the Academy had to
be closed, it caused general regret Tho Cologne
Gazette culls this picture the most sublime produc
tion ot the great urtist, and bxpresses a conviction
that n speedy fortune might bo realized by its ex.
hibition iu Europe.
Our relations with Portugal, says tho Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin, are ip a
confused state. It seems that Mr. Webster, does
not quite fplly approve the conduct of Mr. Clayton,
nud will endeavor to extricate our government hon
orably, without pursuing tho line of policy marked
out by the previous Secretary. A message on the
subject, is shortly to be sent to Congress. The ad
ministration in this, as well us in the Mexican burf
ness, will be firm ; but while firm, there is no nt'ceaTh
ty why we aliould plunge recklessly into war. The
responsibility ot hostilities must-be shared by the two
Houses, although this will not prevent tho Executive
Irom certain recommendations which he deems called
for under the circumstances. Everything will be de-
termlued in good time.
EF* A writer in the Philadelphia Bullet in, says the
mai7wi35ii'tVTOchTlld'renTtiS*eidmt, U |t^ri P abouTl2
yours of age, was perfectly naked. The mother had 1 , Y U *,®' oun “ tut 18 “heady yielding beneath the
made n flrn with a few pieces of peat in one oornei-of wcl S‘’t oi the structure. He snys it is located on a
the ruin; over this she was croUehing to hide its smoke “ eIta . formed by the aggregations of the Potomac
irom the inquisitive eve of tho agent or owner of tlio and presents a atrutitication that ouelit never to have
place, fllie had so placed a board thut it was directly been trusted for a structure of H,.» l-;„ i >ri
over tlie fuel. She snatched up a few rags, and cave “ ! ‘ U16 of !le kln f 1 bc samB
to her child about as much; clothing, for the sake of JC * Bl< * ot t le Smithsonian Institution.
decency,as she herself had got; that is, just enough
to save litter sliamo. A very few miles further on we i he Cholera in Xennesiee. Tho Cholera has
found a woman witli a family of children existing un- 80 amrly disappeared on tho liue of tlie Nashville and
dor the half of her roof. Here she mid hers had been Chuttunoooga Railroad, that the laborers have re
lor weeks. She Waa almost naked to tl.e waist. Her turned, nnd are about to resume work. The num'
her of deaths at the Tunnel was thirteen, mostly
confined to persons of dissipated habits. The death
of a brother of one of the contractors, was almost
tho only exception to this general rule. The
panic for a few days waa very great; but it has now
entirely passed away, nnd tlie laborers have resumed
their places, nnd the work will now be pressed for-
ward os heretofore.
The Grots in Cherokee. Duriug the last three
weeks, says the Macon Messenger of yesterday, wa
have personally inspected many of tlie crops in sev
eral of the principal counties <£ Cherokee. The
drought has been pretty general alH very protracted,
and both tlie cotton and corn crops arc unjiromisiug.
The first crop of cotton bolls which usually opens
here in August, will be almost entirely cut oil’, nnd tho
weed generally contains from one third to one half
lessiruit than usual. The corn crop is still more
unpromising than the cotton—The drought unfortu
nately commenced just as the ear camejiuto silk and
has continued in some sections for four weeks. The
ears were consequently not more than half the prop
er size, and the grain will be unusually light. In
muny fields wc noticed that the silk and tassels were
entirely dead, so that no raina couid now make any
change for the better in the prospects ol the farmers-
Upon the whole, we have no hesitation iu saying, that
the crops in Cherokee tlie present year are iar be
low an average. Even the wheat crop, which prom,
ised so finely Imtho spring, has turned cut to he n
comparative failure.
Motive Power From Electro Magnetism.
The Baltimore Patriot of Friday last says that Mr. J.
II. Tatum, who has been engaged for several months
past in Ba ltiinore, constructing,an Engine to be pro
pelled by Electro Magnetism, has triumphantly suc
ceeded, and will soon make a public exhibition of his
machinery, when he expects to demonstrate its pow.
'< he irom t- to 12 horse rapacity.
By Last Night’s Northern Mail.
Mr. PEARCE'S has paVsed the Henate mi OKTANT Flip31 WASHINGTON!
with the votes of the Toxnn and Georgia Sen- Meeting of the Southern Members of the
tors, takes rattier Iobs territory from Texas than •“ ~ e *»—-—
would have been taken by Mr. Clay’s bill, for which
it gives ten millions ■
hill, the assent of Tf ....„ „
come a law. The last section reserves five millions
of the purchase money for the payment of the Tex
an bonds, Sic.
An important feature of the Bill, which was not
embraced in the draft of it, first published in the
Northern papers, is tho following proviso:
Provided father, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to impair or qualify any thing con
tained in tho third article of the 2d section of the
"joint resolution for annexing Texas to the United
States," approved March 1, 1845, either as regards
the number of States that may hereafter be formed
out of the State of Texas, or otherwise.
The article of the joint resolutions here referred to,
is in the following words i
“New States of convenient size, not exceeding
lour iu number, in addition to the said State of Tex
as, and having sufficient population, may hereafter,
by the consent of said State, be formed out of the
territory thereof, which shall lie entitled to tlie ad
mission under the provisions of the Federal consti
tution. And such States as may bo formed out of
that portion of said Territory lying south of thirty-
six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly
known os the Missouri Compromise line, si all bo
admitted into tlie Union with or without slavery, as
the people ot each State asking admission may de
sire. And in such State or States as shall bn formed
out ot said Territory, north of said Missouri Com
promise lino, sluvery or involuntary servitude) except
for crime, shall be prohibited.”
3’liis article clearly recognizes tho claim of Texas
to tho territory beyond the line of 3G 30, as well as
the application ol’ the Missouri compromise, nnd if
the friends of the bill, will curry out the principle of
that compromise, now, there can be no objection to
Mr. PeaiIce’s bill—Texas consenting to relinquish
her claim to the territory. If they will run the Mis
souri line through to tho Pacific, with “protection” to
the South, south of that line, we will soon hear no
more dissatisfaction, so far as our territorial rights,
are concerned.
The Inst telegraphic accounts received from Wash
ington, state that the California bill has passed the
Senate with the Missouri line for its southern bounda
ry. If this be true, it would look as if there was still
a fair prospect of the adoption of tho Missouri com
promise. The northern boundary of 3'exas, testing
on that line, as it does by Mr. PEaece’s bill, and the
southern boundary of California being the same
line, it only remains for Congress to divide New Mex
ico and the territory acquired irom Texas, by 36 30,
with "prohibition” North, and "protection” South of
that line and it will be established from Missouri to
the Pacific, a permanent basis of reconciliation and
peace between the North and South.
Wo sincerely hope that this policy- may be adopt
ed by the friends of Union in Congress, of all parties.
But wo still have our fears. The struggle is yet to
come in the House, where the most discordant ele
ments exist, nnd where an effort will no doubt bo
made to apply the “ Wilmot Proviso." The South
ern members we nre sure, will not permit this last
opportunity to pass without an effort to secure the
rights ol'tlie South in t\ie territories, while they will
be met with an equal determination on tho part of the
free soilers, who will exert all their strength in the
support of their Proviso. If these men can be in
duced to accept the Missouri line, all will yet be vyell.
But, on the contrary, should they succeed in forcing
their unconstitutional measure of restriction upon
tho South, wo cannot see how the Union is to sur
vivo so gross a violation of every principle of right-
end |juetice. As we have said the great strugglo is
yet to lake pluceiiithe House. Whether the matter
will be settled at this session, is very doubtful. We
think it cunnot
Mr. l’sufcoN Blll-Tba Dtlssanrl Line nnd
tint Wilmot Proviso
House of Ropeoseiitntivos
ilUonaof dollars, liy thoterms of'tki'i W > copy the foRowfog paragraph from tho Wash-
of Texas is necessary before it can be- ington Southern 1 ress ol, oni ay .
rhe last section reserves five millions A f len S t]l \ vc lmv0 f " ™>>U r,, ‘ uI «<° Hwrtfc on the
attainment of greater unity nmong her representatives
than has yet been known.
At n meeting held a few evenings since, the follow
ing members were appointed a Committee oil Resolu
tions i
Mr. Tombs Chnirinnn. *
Messrs, flpddon, Thompson. Houston, Bowie, Cling
man, Burt.Cabell. Hilliard, Morse, Johnson, More-
head. Green, Howard, Thomas.
.i We understand tlmt the deliberations of tho Com
mittee resulted in almost entire unanimity, and ac
cordingly—
Mr Toombs, Chairmnn ofthe Committee of Fifteen
reported tlie following resolutions, which were adop
ted. •
1. Resolved, That no citizen shall lie deprived of
his lite, liberty or pruporty, except by the judgment
of his peers, and the laws of the land, and that the
common law, as it existed in the American Colonies
on the 4th of July, 1776, and tho Constitution mid
laws of tlie United States applicable to our territories,
shall he the fundamental law of said territory.
2. Resolved, 1’hat in tho event that the non-slave-
holding .States object thus to put tho life, liberty Mild
property of Americun citizens under American luws
we will insist upon a division of tlie country on tlie
lineoi 36 deg. 30', with, a distinct recognition and
protection of property in slnvos.
3. Resolved, That we will notTvotep'or the admis
sion oi California, |unless tho Southern boundary be
restricted to tho parrallel of 36 dog. 30' north lati
tude.
4. Resolved, That we|will not agree to any bounda
ry between Texas and New Mexico, which proposes
to cede to Now Mexico nny portion of territory south
of the parallel of 36 deg. 36 min. north latitude and
west ot tlie Rio Grande, prior to tho adjustment of
the territorial question.
Resolved, That tho representatives of the slavehold
iug States, will resist by all usual legislative and con
stitutional means, the admission of the State of Cali
fornia and the adjustment of tho Texas boundary,un
til a settlement of tho territorial questions.
Be it further Resolved, That the powers and duties
of tho Committee of fifteen bo continued until the
further action of the meeting, and that Hie Chairmnn
of thut committee, by tlie concurrence of any three
members thereof, may at any time call a meeting of
the representatives of tho slavcholding States.
EF" The proceedings of Congress on Saturday,
amounted to very little. In tho Senate, Mr. Yulee’s
amendment to the California bill authorizing the con
tinuance oi the existing government, ns a provisional
government—the appointment of Governor and
Judges by the President—bounding the territory
south by 36, 30—reserving the proprietorship of tlie
public lands to tho United States—and giving to the
territory south of 36,30, a territorial government like
that of Utah, was rejected by a vote of 12 to 35, our
Senators voting for the amendment.
The House occupied the day in discussing the Pre-
dent’s Message, and party politics generally.
[Communicated.]
Liaes,
DEDICATED TO MRS. OLIVIA WARD ON THE DE
CEASE OF THREE LOVELY CHILDREN.
BY ANNE BOWNE.
I know the waters of bitterness roll
In deepest nffiiction now o’er thy soul.
I know, too, hoW lonely thy bruis’d hoart must feel;
But He who aifiictcth is able to heal.
Thy darlings have left thee ; their pathway now lies
'Mid the gems in the heavens, the stars in the skies.
Think not of them dead. Our Father knew best—
He Jiath taken them home, how happy and blest.
I know there’s a vacancy,—a void dark und drear
A gap in thy household; stem death hath been here.
Thy dear little Hall, with his bright flashing eye,
Was the first called away, the first one to die.
Then another, thy Johnny, with springs early breath
Was called from thy arms, by the angel of death;
Yet thy cup wus not full—God called one more—
Thy sweet little Gordon—’tis now running o’er.
Fond mother, these precious ones only were lent
Our Father in wisdom a messenger Bent,
And took but his own, to that beautiful land,
Where in richest luxuriance thy buds will expand.
Oh, wish not to have them recalled to this life.
It is but a pathway of sorrow and strife.
They’re gone, ere they knew w^lint the hoart must en
dure,
And gone hi their innocence, happy and pure.
If in sympathy there is a balm to be found,
Then know thut my heart feels most deeply thy
wound,
But I know thou hast sought sweet Gilead’s balm
And tlie river now so troubled, soon will he calm. -
We know, my dear friend, had their lives been here
spared.
'That earth’s bitter griefs they would surely have
shared.
How much happier now than earth over could make
Are thy Children in Heaven,—be resigned for their
sak#. .
Tho’ thy sky is all darkened, and turbid the stream,
Beyond these thick clouds, shines a radiant beam.
Thy days, swiftly passing, will aftun bring the where
Thy darlings are waiting to welcome thee there.
What sweet consolation to know they’re still thine
To feel Ihou cun’st meet them in regions divine.
Our Father who has taken, again will restore—
Thou It meet them in Heaven, to part never more.
Belmont Hall, July 8th, 1850.
1 he State of Superior.—A resolution has been
submitted in tlie Michigan Constitutional Conven
tion, to enquire into the expediency of the formation
oi a territorial government for the Upper Peninsula,
(on Lake Superior).nnd its ultimate admission iii
the Union as u State, with the assent of the people of
the State of Michigan, and of Congress.
The Statue of Mr. Calhoun. Tho box en
closing the statue lias been discovered in the wreck
ot the Llizubctli, but has not yet been raised; there
is no-doubt, however, of its being recovered.
IF* Jenny Lind’a First Appearance in New York,
as announced by Barmun, her contractor, to take
place on or about the 18th of September. He says,
'• at the first concert, Jenny Lind will sing one of licr
most celebrated Bravuros, a Duett with Signor Gio
vanni Belletti, ail Knglish Ballad, and her Swedish
Songs. • • 1
r o r tt in ' , Philadelphia, Aug. 1(1.
Fall of a BuUdtng—Loss of Life in Philn'.—This
morning at 4 past 7 o’clock a five story building cor
nerof Dock und Granite streets, below Second fell
with a tremendous crash. It formed one ofthe row
ot custom stores. 8ix men were enguged hoisting
sugar into the second story, one escaped with slight
injury and live were taken from tlie ruins much, hurt,
two oi whom are reported to have since died in the
Hosmtid. The heavy, rain of.last night hail weaken
ed the foundation.
The Summer in Passing Away.
You that have birds to warble for you, and you
that have none, tell us if this be not as sweet a strain
as ever feathered songster trilled. It is the carolling
of a fair correspondent of the News. *
* * * * Yes! the summer is fast fa
ding away, and soon shall wo bo "in the sear and yel
low leaf” of autumn. Well may the summer of life
be called the holiday of youth; for is it not the dawn
of a sweet respite to the soul, after the butterfly chas
ings, and unprofitable pastimes of childhood’s happy,
but misspent hours 1 Who can remain insensible to
the approach of a season which so forcibly—yet deli
cately, reminds us of the first shadows which have
fallen upon ourhearts 1 Ah 1 how prophetic arc they
of tho succession of many others; thus teaching the
futility ot human wishes, mid human power. Should
it not impress upon our minds thd importance of not
trusting too much to the fleeting joys of summer?—
Aye, wo should reap the rich harvest she places with
in our reach, mid thus gild the jvinter of life with a
well stored garner of useful knowledge and high ton
ed feelings; that*we may be capable of dispensing
comfort, counsel and joy, with all the outgusliing im
pulse of a kind and pure heart. Then, having filled
the measure of a useful life, we may look back and
say to ourself; Lo I how pleasant was the summerl"
SALLIK.
Heavy Hobery at Saratoga Springs.—A few
nights since some thieves entered tho bed room of
the book keeper of the United Stutes Hotel at Sarato
ga and while the latter was asleep, carried off all his
aloths to begin with. These were taken behind the
cottages, (where they were found the next morning,)
aud rilied of their contents, among which was the
key of the iron safe The rascals then went to tlie
offico, opened the safe, aud took out a sum of money,
amounting to from $15,000 to 20,000, with which they
decamped. Much more money was in the safq, which
tho theives probably overlooked. Two men are
suspected and are closely watched.
Humbugging a Mule. The Doylesiown Demo
crat says, tlmt one oi the iron minus in Lehigh coun
ty, where tho water is drawn out of the mines by
mule power, one of the mules refuses to work un
less ho is ridden. To save a hand, they have mount
ed an artificial monkey upon him, and he works stea
dily, perfeetjy satisfied.
Shocking Accident.—A lady from New York was
getting off the ears of the New York and New Hav-
en railroad, at Stamford, on Tuesday morning with
her little daughter, when the cars starting suddenly
threw the girl off' under tho train, which passed over
aud cut her leg off at tlie thigh. The little sufferer
was soon relieved by death.
Board ol’ Health,
Savannah, August 14,1850.
Sexton's Report of Interments for the Week ending
August 13, 1850.
August 7. Margaret C. Worthington, 45 years,
chronic Inllamation Bowels, New Yor[c, Resident.
10. Nelson McLester, 45 yeurs, chronic Diarrhoea,
N. Carolina, Non-Resident.
10. Ellen M. Hussey, 2 years, croop and Inflaraa-
tion Brain, Savannah Resident.
12. * Clarence A. Ihnan, 2 years, chronic Diarr
heas, Savannah, Non-Resident.
12. Ellen Hughes, 1 year, ’Teething, Now-York, Non-
Resident.
12. t John Peabody, 22 years, Intermittent Fever
England, Non-Resident. Total 6.
* Brought dead from the Country.
t Died at the Poor House and Hospital.
Black and Colored.—Infant, 5 days, Infantine ;
Leah. 1 year, Teething; Infant, 3 mo., Spasms ; Ma-’
1-y, 25 years, Consumption. Total 4.
T , B. Lathbop, Sexton.
E. J. HARDEN, Chairman Pro Tem, B. II.
S. A. T. Lawrence, Sec.
Special Notices.
NOTIOK.
Consignees per brig Zcnobln, will pi e „ 8( , f
Aty. 1,7
TOONAHOWI mgSgM, No. ^
llmif
The members of this Division are requ 0FM
meet nt their hall on Friday evening, 16th i,„, 18
before 8 o’clock. By order. ’’ *• I
DAVID THOMPSON, \ V . p
Bug ] f>—
D. L. Ogden, R. S.
FRIENDS OK TEIHRFRANCE, RaT^T
A Regular Monthly Meeting of tho SavonnnhT
tnl Abstinence Society will lie held on Friday .
next, ill tlie First Presbyterian Church, in BronT^
Street, at half past 8 o’clock. Tho Mcctine iai."
addressed by Henry Law, Esq., of YaninsJTv 10
sion. “ Eec fin-i
Toonnhowl, Ynmasec and Jasper Spring T)j V j, ;
arc respectfully invited to attend in Ifogflia
citizens generally are invited to nttend this Mm-
,as it wilTprove interesting to many of them, e
Seats reserved for tho three Divisions.
Aug 13 W. HUMPHREYS, Sec. S. T. A t,
Commercial.
LATEST DATES.
Liverpool, July 31 | Havre, July 24 ] Havana, J u ] v <y,
8avannali Market, AugustR!. ~
COTTON. The sales yesterday were 130 h,i 1
viz : 93 at 12, nnd 37 nt 124 cents. ba H
MACON, Aug 13.—Cotton.—Wo qu.'.f, no chim
in the cotton market this week. The receipts hw
been merely nominal. Wo quote extremes ut lOt -s
11J cents—principal sales 114 cents. ’ “
MOBILE, August 10J—Cotton.—The receipts sinro
tlie 3d instant, inclusive, amount to 127 bales, and tht
exports for tlie same period to 8,139 bales,—leaving
a stock on hnnd not cleared last evening 0 f 13 1.1
bales, against 4858 same time last year. ’ J
The sales of the week amount to about 4,500 bale,
taken mostly for England.
ATLANTA, August 9.—Colton—But little business
doing in the cotton market. Fair cotton however i<
worth 12 cents. A lot ot 28 btUes middling fair, soli
yesterday at 114 cents.
Corn is worth t5e; Corn menl 70 a 75 c.
Flour.—Atlanta City Mills, $g a $9 per bbl o u
pertine, retail $9 per bbl. * ‘
Bacon is Worth 74 c. hog round, Lard 7c.- Osh
35 cents. ’ "
AUGUSTA, Aug. 12, P. M.—Cotton.—Our market
to-day hRS been ’quiet, buyers demanding a reduction
oi about J cent from the highest point, to which hol
ders refuse to submit. Little or no planters' Cotton
offering.
Corn. Wo understand a sale was made to-day ol
about 4000. bushels, in sacks, at 78 conts per bushel
sacks not included. This is an advance on lust week’i
prices.
CHARLESTON, August 14.—The transactions yen
terday were limited to 679 bales, at similar prices to
those paid on the preceding day, the sales rangini
from 11 to 12Jc.
Shipping Jntdligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH. - . - AUGUST 15.
PORT CALENDAR. '
CONSIGNEES.
Per Steamer Win Sfcabreok, from Charleston—C R
R, P Wiltberger, Itev E Neufville.
Per steamer St Matthews, from Pnlatka—6 bales S
1 Cotton, 2 do Moss, 10 hhds Sugar, 20 bids Molasses
and Mdze, to Cohens & Hertz, Charleston Steamers'
E Reed, Boston & Gunby, Wood, Claghom &. Co j
C Fraser, E Beaulard, L H Grecnleaf, HDubignon La
tlirop & Foote. ’
w p er achr Virginia, troin New York-Rowland <fc
Washburn, I W Morrell * Co, A Welles & Co M I
Yw ay , ,! % 1 * h i ,bTk ^ Wm Warner,
5 M Pond, Wood. Klpghorn & Co, Hamilton & Har^
deman, T II Mills, Behn & Foster, Yonge & Gammell
P Baum, Collins & Bulkley, Wm K&g J E Cadv
6 Co, J M Haywood, E Parsons & Co, Swift, Denslo*
* Webster, M J Solomons, MtClesky & Norton, and
order.
Per steamer Hancock, from Augusta-63 sacks
Rice, and Mdze, to S Solomons.
Per Steamer Metamorn, from Charleston—Cohens
I ir !' rtz h P Wiltberger, Rev E Neufville, T 3 Wayne!
I Merida Boats. 11
moon's phases.
Last qr. Id. Oh. 9m., m. I Fll Mn, 22d., 4h. 4m, a
New Mil. 7. 4h.25m., A. Lst qr. 30th, 9h. 10in,x
First qr. 14. Oh. 38m., a. |
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August.
Rises.
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17 Saturday
5
24
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5
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ARRIVED.
Brig Zenobia, Thorndyke, Boston, to Brigham, Kc
ly & Co.
Schr Virginia, Hobnrt, New York, to Rowland S
Washburn.
Schr Sea Gull, Philsbury, East Thomaston, Lim
to Cohens & Hertz.
US Propeller Ashland, Burrows, 4 days from Ir
dian River, to U 8 Qr Master.
Steamer Wm Scab rook, Peck, Charleston, to Co
hens & Hertz.
Steamer 8t Matthews, King, Palatka, to Cohens i!
Hertz. •
Steamer Hancock, Murray. Augusta, to Behn &
Foster. b n
Steamer Met&mora, Curry, Charleston, to Cohcii
& Hertz.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Wm Seabrook, Peck, Charleston.
MEMORANDA.
New-York. Auguot 10>— Cld schr Josephine, Holi
er, for Jacksonville. Arr brig Albatross, Parker, tror
Darien, Geo. *
Boston, August 0.—Arr Bark Vesta, Cunningham
from Savannah; Cld brig Commerce, Greenlaw, fu
Savannah.
Sailed from Hamburg, July 2,3, Kate Hunter, Par
sons, Newcastle, England.
The agent of the underwriters, who had been sen
to look after tho several vessels which were wrecks
at Cape Hatteras and its vicinity in the gale of the 17tl
and 18th ultimo, writes to the* Secretary ofthe Bonn
ot l nderwriter8 that all the vessels hail gone to plecei
exepting the SmaU schooner Morian. which he think
will be saved, although badly damaged.
New Orleans, August O.—Old schr Mary D Scull
Scull, for Savannah. The following is her Cargo: i
bids 44 hhds Sugar, 284 bids Whiskey, 122 bxs Can
dies, 8 bis Gunny Bags, 65sks Coffee, J.,500 ds.Ropo
12 bales 1,500 lbs Twine.
United States Coast Survey Office.}
a r, Washington, July 26,1850. )
Sir : I have the honor to rqport, that in obedience
to your instructions I made a re-examination of Uat
tera8 Inlet, in June last, nnd found many changes from
the recounoissnncca of the previous year.
The entrance between the outer breakers has shift
cd more to the north east, and neurer the beach. Tht
east point has washed away, and made more to tlie
north and east in Pamlico Sound. Tho west pointhai
inndo more out into the Inlet towards the north anil
ea9t. There is between the outer breaker from tei
to twelve feet at mean low water, and twelve feel can
lm carried up to a good nnphorngo inside of sane
spits Six feet can be carried over the bulkhead ink
Pumlico Sound.
A sluice has opened to tlio northwnrd of theeasi
point of the Inlet, which makes a good harbor i'oi
small vessels. I would not ivcomniond buoys to he
placed in the Inlet, as it is not a permanent condition,
aud they might therefore mislead if any chan^
should occui. For this reason, as* well as that the
tide runs so strong that vessels are in danger of hc-
ingswept upon tlie numerous sand 6pits or shoal 9 -J
weulu advise all vessels unnequaintea with tho Inlet
to take a pilot, who may be obtained by hoistingtheir
flag at the fore.
I would recommend a buoy to be placed on Long
Shoal, in Pamlico Sound, to prevent vessels touch
ing on it, as a good guide in making for tlie bulkhead
from the Sound side.
A sketch of tho reconnissance_i8 in progcas.
Respectfully, yours,
(Signed; R. WAIN WRIGHT, .
„ Assistant Coast Surrey.
1 rof. A. D. Bachk, Sup’t U. 8. Court Survey.
rNENTilAT. RAIL ROAD BONDS—2,0
Dollars ot Central Rail Road .Bonds, are oflar
for sale. Apply to H. J. CHALMERS.
_3t Broker, 109 Bay at-
CPIRtT GAS or Burning Fluid, just receivi
° and lor safe by j N0 . A. MAYER,
' 154 Broughton 8t
nug 15
rjOlW.—First quality Baltimore Corn, landiUo f
schooner Martha Bird, and for sale by
DAVID R. DILLON
Foot of West Broad at
„ — MAN’S Si Budeail's Plasters. For sal®
May L. j. MYE»*
POOR
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