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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS, THURg RAY, AUGUST 2§. i850. T1IE MORNING NEWS. BY .iftllN M..COOl*Kit. WILLIAM T.TH OMP SON, ED IT OH , t T K It M b: Dully Paper, #4,00:::::Tri-weekly, *2 00 All v no Advertisements appear in both pa pirn. [From the New York Tribune.] ';.i J •'[ . Ijifo'Jn Now York. CURIOUS CASE OF CONSPIRACY. A cuse of conspiracy wliicli, If true, exhibit* a degree of villainous daring on one aide and the most imbecile weakness on tlie other, almost unparal leled, was brought before the notice of Justice Hlcakley, at the Jefferson Market Court houao oil Thursday last, and attracted conalderable attention. Un that day Mr. Ira Topping, a gentleman residing ■at Tammany Hotel, appeared before the magistrate and entered a complaint lor conspiracy aguinst two perrons, otic of them a most genteel looking fe male, named Mary Jane Livingston, alias Stnrr, and this other an elderly man named James T. Boyd, one of the clerks in the Supremo Court in this City, under the following circumstancesAbout the Int- torpartof 1847, opthe beginning of 1848. the accused female came to his residence, then at 67 Jane-st. and inquired for him. She was immediately shown into the parlor, where an interview took place, in which she prol'essod to bo familiarly acquainted with every action of life, and knowing him to lie the owner of con siderable property, demanded a portion of it, threat ening at the same time if he refused, to go into Court and prefer a charge against him that would ruin his quiet and happy family. It was in vain that the cpmplalhant remonstrated and entreated his torment- orjiot to pursue such a course. Hhefeontinucdto visit his place,and even in the presence of his wife, threat ened to have him sent to the State's Prison unless her demandswere acceded to. By these means she acquired such an influence over his mind that at vniious times ho gave her largo suras of money which werecoerc- ed out ol him by fear of exposure. Mr. Boyd, who acted as legal adviser of the woman Starr, was also charged with conspiring with her in accomplishing the ruin of Mr. Topping, by getting pos- sessiou'of his property in order to show eomo of the meaus resorted to by the accused for the occomplish- rnfrut of their ends. The complainnnt states that on '* one occasion tb y induced hitn to go to a house in South 8ccond<st, Williamsburg!), where the woman procured a quantify of arsenic, which she said she was going to take, and then send a letter, nlrcndv written, to the Chief of Police, charging him with poisoning her, so aH to have him indicted for murder. At last the unfortunate mull felt himself so dreadfully persecuted and drlven almost to despair that ha con veyed his house and lot, No. 07 Jane-st. also a hand- some establishment in Fourth-st. valued altogether at *30,000, through one Appleby, to the woman Liv ingston alias Starr. ' ■ Ai Thnradny Morning, Angnst 182,1850. £ ^ J For steamboat advertisements see first page. Health or Savannah.—The Sexton reports five interments of white persons for tlio week ending 21st Inst.—Only one of whom was an adult, and whose death was caused by a fall from the Custom House. One of the interments was a child who died in Bos ton, and Was brought to this city. Four colored per sons died—two from old age. Salk of Nf.w Cotton. Yesterday Messrs. Frank- lin A Brantly sold a bale of new cotton, which was received some days ago. This is the first new cotton sold in our market this Beason, and brought 13 cents per pound. The quality was strict good middling, and Mr. G. 8. FBiEnsoN, was thepurchas- Wabm Weather. The weather yesterday was exceedingly warm. At one o’clock the thermome ter stood at 92°. iti the shade. Sudden Death. A seaman named Christopher Si’KNCEB, aged 22 years, one of the crew of tile sclir. Sea Gull, died yesterday noon on board of that vessel, after a short illness. He was a native of Nova Scotia. An inquest wus held on his body. Verdic, visitation of God. Anotiieb Death. Last evening Thos. Eden, Esq. Coroner, was called upon to hold an inquest on the body of a young man, an Englishman by birth,(whose name we could not learn,) late in the employ of Mr. A. N. Miller. We learn that he was out yesterday forenoon, and was taken ill in the street, and died in the afternoon. Another. Lato last evening the coroner was call ed upon to hold an inquest on the body of a woman who died suddenly. The particulars of her death, we could not aacertai n. Disease amonci Cows. A fatal disease has ap peared among tho milch cows belonging to the larm- rs and dairy men of Oneidu County. There is at lirst ^failure of milk decreasing in some cases, in a single duy lrom a pailfull to a quart or a pint. A weakness and trembling then seizes the animal und she soon dies. In Borne instances the attack is first noticed at night, and the cow dies before morning. Mr. Luther Hail of YVhitcsboro 1 , lost four tine cows last week, hi this way, and a number more are af- tectud. & his sold tho properly to them. By these false represen tations they obtained her ^signature, and thus render ed the deed perfect. Mr. Topping was thus turned oat of. house und home, but tbo successful villains, us if not satisfied with tlicir ill-gotten goods, made him also build a house in Hullivun County for the » residence of the parents of Livingston alias Starr. Justice Hlcakley,'on hearing tho complaint, issued liis warrant for the arrest of the accused who were shortly afterwards taken into custody by officers Da vie and Wyman, of the Second District Police Court. Boyd was yesterday held to bail in the sum of $5,- 000, which was procured, and the female prisoner was locked up In default of tho same amount. The preaiufci so feloniously obtained, wero levied upon by Deputy Sheriff Cunningham, and Mr. Topping and family had tho pleasure of being reinstated in thoir old hoine._ ■ The Dry tioods Market. New York, Aug. 17. There are a large number of buyers in the city, and - -the Fall trade has commenced with spirit. Thu im- >' jpOrtatious.of the present week have been very large Mid tho market gives indications of full supplies. There has been a light shade iu Sheetings and Shir tilings. The markets are well supplied iu these arti cles! the quantity of blenched goods on hand is smaller than usual. Printing Cloths huve been quiet during the’-week, holders being firm in price, and some ubove the views pt. buyers. Wo qote—40x44, 34; 42x41, 4 -, . 40x48, 4; 44x48, 4| ; 48x52, i|; 52x52 4[ ; 52x58, 5*; t *x04,'5j 80x68, 54 ; 84x64, 54 ; 64x68, bi; 64x72, SJr 68x72, 54 In Prints, prices for de li able goods are maintained. In Moub de Laines a •air business is doing in American, and prices are . MTVW SUppurtbdi TherMfindhest'er trade have brought ■ , W T .ci;alnewktylel;. One a Tumid variegated ligure on mi open ground, at 20c, and others ut the average 4“ f°, 1 '* , U !r prices,, 17}I8c; ‘ High colors are selling ut JE 4 ho Hamilton are selling ut 10nl7Jc. chietly at 17ul7ic. Lmseys sell at 17al8c In Cloths there is as yet little improvement in demand. The jobbing trade has purehused freely but that inquiry from cloth iers continues dull. Better grades uro comparative] quiet, in Cassiuieres und Satinets, tile goods allu.. pd to last weeks were opened yesterday, and some considerable sides .wore made at $1. They are heavy ribs, in alternate and varied colors, somewhat after a fashion in vogue ten or twelve years ago, and will no doubt be found attractive, Tho large plaids, former ly noticed, ,huvo been brought out with double and twist centres; of grey and mottled grounds, with nar row bars; the lower grades of goods, at 75 a 80c are in demand for all good styles. ■ Satinets soli steadily without change in price. Dark mixtures and blacks S 40C, particularly tho former, are scarce an.i wanted, ues ut 45ii5l)c are also in request. Kerseys of the ist grades are selling on arrival, and there is no stock of goods worth 18s20c in market. Plain J Cloths in sheep’s grey and kindred mixtures uro iu demand ■ Tweeds and Jeans of good qualities of cotton warp twoedefsell at 374a50c, arefreely selling at paying rates; also all-wool goods lrom 50 a 62 are in request. The lov/cy grades below 35 are plenty and dull. Ken tucky ^otuis are in abundant stock and are selling slowly, but very low. * In Flannels und Blankets there is less demand than two .weeks ago, though prices aru supported. The selling rates average ubout2 cents per ynrd above prices for corresponding period of last year. There is more movement in Blankets; heavy greys at $1, 50112,00 per pair, are tuheu for the negro trade; ami family Blankets from » 4 to 15 4 at from *1,25 to *11 pgr pair are selling to the reguinr jobbing trndo. The mod active demand in white is for qualities from $ I lo $5. In Shawls, Ihp Long sell at from $1 to 7,00, and are most in demand. Drills have been very quiet, with no movement to homo trude or export. In Os- uaburgs. some eousideruble sales have been made to South and West; price's are very linn, and stock on hand quite smidi. In Denims, there is no .change to note iu pricoB. In Stripes & Ticks, prices are main tained. Cotton Flannels are quiet, and tho demand ctuilined to small bills. A Murderess—The Mcadville Democrat of the 1,3th fast. relates tho following .- Harriet Clark, the wile of Ira Clark, at Blooming Valley, iu Woodcock township, was arrested ou the Ufa, (lilt fasti tor an assault wita intent to kill, upon the H| wife of Nicholas Koudhbush. ltseems that Mr. Clark. ■V a short time since, traded his farm iii that vicinity Wr with Jonathan Collon. for another place in Vernon “ township, and Mr. Uoudebush had purchased a por. lion ol Clark’* old farm, from Collom. Mrs Clark afterwards became, dissatisfied with the trade, and as the time approached for leaving their farm, she evinced a great depression of spirits. Ou the mor ning of the 6th fast she.look her husband’s razor and proeeqded to, Uoudcbuah’s house. Mr Roudebusli was absent fa the fields when she arrived, and going in directly to the bed where Mrs Roudebusli lay u sleep, she, drew the razor across her throat, indict mg a severe wuund. Mrs R!s screams awakened i . young man gleqpingin another part of tlie room, who sprmig out of.bqd, mid Mrs C. ran out of the house. 9 he young man started off at once for assistance, ‘when Mrs C. returned and renewed her assault upon hoc victim,' giving her another wound along tier shoulder mid breast. Mrs R.. succeeded, however, , • ini keeping, .her assailant nt buy until succor arrived. Hrs Ciafk was lj$tiught to town and committed to jail, bat.on ..Thursday was bailed out by her hus- , ; %j baud] - M rs Uoudebush, we are happy to learn, is doing quite well and it is hoped will survive her in juries. The parties had always been upon the best terms, and itis thought the excitement incident, to lUe trade alluded to, nud worked upon the mind of » the unfortunate prisoner until she had becomederang ed, tdP Late accounts from Mexico state the cholera was rapidly disappearing in the city of Mexico. Du ring, the few dayuprevious to the 24th the deaths per day of ail diseases amounted to between thirty and forty. At Puebla the disease had broken out with great virulehco. The Legislature had authorized the Ubvcrior to borrow $100,000, to be employed du ring ilie 'epidemic. The deaths per day reached njorp thau a hundred, many distinguished per- Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption in the Moluccas.—Private advices from Amboyua, receiv ed in England, anuounce the occurrence there of a severe eurthquuke, after which un epidemic broke out, which curried off ncurly ull the European popu lation. Governor Cleerens and most of the civilians had died, aud the garrison was reduced to seventeen men. From Ternate, it is also stated taat there hud been some eruptions of the volcanoes just before midnight on the 28th February, preceded by a rum bling sound like thunder, and u concussion like gun shots. A Bhowcr of ushes were thrown out and fell into tlie sea. A few days before, and also ou the day ot the eruption, it had rained heavily. The U. S. steam frigate Missouri, which was burnt in the bay of Gibraltar, is to be raised by a com pany. A notification of the arrangement was sent to Washington by the last steamer. OP A Philadelphia paper says, that Mr. Clav who is at present recruiting himself at the fashiona ble watering places at the North, does not, ns on former occasions, kiss tho ladies who crowd to see him, from which fact tho editor lifters that the Old Hal is tired of omni-bussing. Correspondence of the Daily Morning News. New York, August 16. A most delightful change has taken place fa the weather, which is now clear, bracing, healthful—par ticularly mornings and evenings—there is little to trouble gothamites now but musquitoes. The fall business has commenced very promisingly; already a largo number of purchasers from the West are here, and although dealers are by no meaus over-run, still the indications are cheering. All apprehensions of the cholera are over, and families are returning to the city in great numbers. Tho Fancy Dress Ball at Sa ratoga, will be tho sigDal of departure from that scene oftashioD ami frivolity; and managers of theatres, pro prietors of assembly rooms, Ac., ore busy preparing for the upproarhing season, which everybody seems to think will be lar moro than usually brilliant Eve rything seems out of joint in this city, during the hot months—ull is sleepy, dull, listless—places of law and places of business are silout and deserted , and places of amusement too, often look like anything else. But September sets everything to rights—it gives life and activity to tho sluggish tide ol commerce ; and gaiety makes a sudden bound into our midst, like that ol n clown into the ring, bringing a smile upon every face. This year our theatrical managers commence the cam paign earlier thou usual, aud on Monday next, there will bo open, the Broadway, Niblo’s Bowery, Aster Place, National, Burton’s, Castle Garden and Ameri can Museum, besides several other exhibitions of mi nor importance ; so that there will be no lack of amusements at least Forrest bus made the preliminary move in his suit for divorce in Philadelphia, by entering his declara tion or complaint, in the Court of Common Pleas. In this, he distinctly charges his wife with having com mitted adultery with George Jnmieson, N. P. Willis, Richard Willis, Samuel Marsden Raymond, John B.' Rich, Henry Wyckoff, and Wm. H. Howard, anil di vers other parsons unknown. The subpiena has of course been issued to Mrs. Forrest, made returnable on tho third Monday of September, and George M. Dallas, is the attorney for the libellant. I am not dis posed to comment on this document now. Forrest swears that he believes the charge to be true, and I think him mad enough to do so; the result of the trial, will I think, convince him of the injustice he has committed, and relieve his miud of tho demon by which it has been haunted. 1 pbrccive that Senator Houston denies having re ceived tho statement relative to a Southern Confede racy from Gen. Lopez, though ho admits having re- • eeivedlt. Well, I will not retract ray thunder, tho' innocent of this, ho is guilty of sufficient^) deserve all my dcnunciatiqns. ^ There was a large arrival of emigrants at this port yesterday—the number exceeds probably three thou sand. Eightsliips brought 2121 from London, Liver pool and Havre, and other vessels arrived from Bre men, Ac., all bringing passengers. A very popular vocalist of this city, Julia Northall, was married to a German on Wednesday, named Ba- derstein. Julia is a U'tle body and sings like a bird. How delicious her lullaby will be. The missing California mail for this city, which did not arrive fa the Georgia, to the infinite disap pointment of hundreds, lias come to hand, I learn, to - day, having been forwarded from New Orleans.— How it got there 1 cannot say, but it must have been put ou board the wrong vessel, ut Ohagres. There was gross carelessness somewhere The steamship Niagara arrived here this furenoon, with the mail from Europe. The cream of the news has been already received and devoured. There wus never such a time for accident* from falling houses and. walls; another one occurred at Williamsburgh, opposite this city on Wednesday— they were raising the building for the purpose of ad ding another story, when down it came. The family were in it at the time, and strange to say no one was hurt. Nows is scarce to-duj. C HARLEM AC, The Republican and the Mexican Boundary Bill. The Republican of yesterday has an article In reply to our paragraph of Friday, in which we exp ressed our surprise at the gratuiations of our cotemporary on the supposed paftage of the Mexican Boundary Bill by the House, The editor, after quoting a por tion of our article, proceeds to remark : We have not noticed the many spiteful flings at e Republican which the Morning News has indul ged in ot late, for the reason tliut we desired to a- void controversy upon the questions which now so deeply agitate the country. The union of the south ern people cannot be subserved and promoted by heated party discussions, and we had desired to ab stain. as far aa we could in justice to ourselreB, from engaging in controversies which, beside being fruit less in themselves, would necessarily widen, und not heal, the divisions now unhappily existing umong our people. But the News seems determined that we shall not pursue this prudent course any longer, and compels us to turn and defend ourselves against the gueTrilla attacks which it makes lrom its covert of as sumed neutrality. Our worthy cotemporary entirely misconstrues us, if he supposes that wo huve at uny time indulged in "spiteful flings" at tho Republican. Though we have differed with the editor in our views of the mo mentous question now agitating tlie country, we have nevor sought to enter into a discussion with him un the merits ot our respective opinions, nor do we know that we have made any allusions to his paper in connection with the subject, suve in the article commented on by him, and, Incidentally, in another paragraph, in which we felt constrained to correct his error in regard to the Clurke County.meeting. We agree with him that the present is no time for angry discussions at the South, by whicli the "divisions un happily now existing among our people” would be wideaed and not healed, and most sincerely do we deplore the absence ot that unanimity and harmony on this subject, iu which the South should find her best protection against the aggressions of her ene mies. But while we earnestly deplore these divisions, we equally deprecate the causes which have produc ed them, chief among which is tho pur-blind bigotry ol political partizans, who refuse, to regard this or any other question, save through the lenses of their political faith, and who can contemplate no evil or advantage to the South independently of its bearings on party. It is by tho aid of such optics that our neighbor is enabled, as he thinks, to see through our “ assumed neutrality," and we fear that it is to the bigotry of party that ho owes hi. present indefen- sible position on the great sectional question of the day. We will not now consume space to defend our " as- sutaed neutrality.” We will merely remark, that so iur as the question of Southern Rights is concerned we know no party, and our course has been and will Continue to be, independent of all party consider- ations. We regard the interests of the South ns para mount to those of any party, and we consider thut any attempt to connect party with the issue now be- iore the country, woulu be disloyalty to the South, lhe importance ot tho question has over-ridden par ty and will annihilate those who attempt to make it subservient to parly interests, be they of what nartv tney may. 1 •* We regret that we have not space fully to reply to the editor’s defence of tee Texan Boundary Bill H e says the boundary is a disputed boundary, that the passage ot the bill would avert impending ealam ity, and that “tt is enough for us (him) to know thut U receives the approbation of the Texan Sena tors.” He chooses not only to waive the merits of the question, but also to overlook the fact that the passage of the bill is opposed by almost, if not quite the entire Southern delegation in the House, who, in view ot the wanton aggressions contemplated by the series of bills of which this is one, have resolved upon extreme measures of resistance, unless the majority shall muka some show of concession of right to the South. In regard to the merits of the bill, as an equi table and just measure, we trust the editor will re ceive the opinions of tlie New York Express, aleacifae Whig journal. The Washington correspondent of that paper, whom we take to be Air. Brooks, the edi- tor, himself, says— The Texan Boundary Bill, 1 regret to say, can hard ly pass tho House ot Representatives, as it is. or with any such amendments us are likely to secure a majority ot tlie Senators, and the support of the 1 extol delegation. AlUiling to the crisis, the writer continues : It is the duty of you Editors just now to intern)- gate, and to expose lo the people the real matter at stake in tins 1 exas Boundary line, l'earce’s Bounda ry Bill, you will find gives to New Mexico every inch ot territory New Mexico ever exercised fa- risdiction over on tlie East, and takes from Texas all North oi 36 30 which has ever as much belonged to ’Lexus, us does tlie Colorado or the Trinity ltiv- er. New Mexico Eust of the Rio Grande alone-is se cured as much Territory by this BUI as New York has now. Her laws, her institutions will be secured in thejerritorial Bill that is to follow. Texas in%jint ot tact makes large surrenders, even beyond her pa per claim upon the Rio Grande ; for this Territory, which lies between the 100 degrees of longitude, nnd degrees, (the contemplated Boundary of New 1 * tlco >) ** undoubtedly, unquestionably, irrefutably, property of Teens. Texas has nothing secured to her ill her Northern line that does not as much belonir to her as the North Riser does to New York. We must repeat that we can see nothing in such measure upon which to congratulate the South I The editor cannot be serious fa declaring that the South has an adequate guarantee for her institutions in that portion of the territory surrendered, over which tlie jurisdiction of Texas has extended. Is he not aware that the noninterveutionists contend for tlie existence in full force of the local laws of Mexico by which tt\e institution of slavery is prohibited, and that this point hus been conceded by Mr. Stephen and other Southern gentlemen? Whatever are his views in regard to the validity of tlie lex loci, he knows tljat by it the South hus been virtually excluded train the territory, and that sieves who hud been taken to California have been set free under the operation of the same law. Where then is the guaranty of the South ? He tells us that in that portion of the territory which has been under the jurisdiction of Texas, sla very will continue to exist. This would indeed be novelty, but one of short duration! If it was possi. ble for slavery to exist in one portion of a territory while it was prohibited iu another, the anomaly would soon disappear under the operation of a State Constitution already manufactured for the purpose. The supposition of the editor strikes us as utterly pre posteroue, und we trust he will excuse our obtuse ness when we confess thut we cannot see, in the bill as it stands, anything but a total surrender of the ter ritory in question to free soil. He is right in suppo- sing that we do not hold to the vulidity ot the local law of Mexico excluding slavery, which we consid er no more of force against that institution than ie the local law whicli makes the Catholic religion the national religion of New Mexico of force against Protestantism. But we have seen fa the history this controversy that it matters little what the iaw Constitution guarantees or prohibits. The practi cal effects of the policy pursued are whnt|we are tc look to; and when the public domain lias all been usurped, and is in the absolute possession of the en emies of Suuthem institutions, we may preacli about law and the constitution till doom’s day, only to be laughed at by those to whom we address our argu ments. We have already made this article much longe than we intended. One word in regard to our own course, and we have done. The editor of the Repub lican charges us with having changed our position in regard to the Compromise measure of the Senate Committee. In this our cotemporary is mistaken. The aspect of the measure has changed. Believing as we. did at the time, that the 'political divisions of the South hud defeated the Nashville Convention, which we had favored as a means of harmonizing and con eenttating public opinion among us, aud whicli we hoped would adopt some fair, just and liberal basis settlement, we looked to the Senate Committee as the iMHa oniy hope of such an adjustment We were in favor of stMe compromise, and when Mr. Clat’s measure wr.s pat forth, We expressed the hope that it would be so amohded afiil perfected” in tho process of legislation as " to fsndet it acceptable, and satisfactory the South." In till* hope wo wutched its progress. But when from daj to day we saw amendment af ter amendment from the Sduth rejected, and as u?lho course of its discussion, the character of the plan be came more fully developed, we Were forced to the conviction that from It the South had nothing toex ; pect, but Injustice and wrong, We had determined not to oppose it while there was hope that it would with eottle reasonable sacrifice, give peace to the coumry, aud security to tlie South. We had trusted to tiS wisdom and patriotism ot our Southern statesmen in Congress, to see that those ends were secured. But when these men despaired of obtaining a recognition ot the rights of the South by the Committee Bill, and with a few exceptions abandoned it to its fate, we, in common With thou, sands of our fellow citizens of all parties, turned to ‘theMissouri Compromise, or its equivalent," as|the on ly alternative left to the friends of Union at the South. In reply to the charge that we have “no fixed prin ciples,” we answer, that if fixedness of principles con sists in pinning one’s faith to the skirts of this or that great political leader, and following him through all his tergiversations, however much his course may militate against the rights and interests of the South ; then wp plead guilty to the charge. But if, on the contrary, disinterested devotion to those rights and interests, and to a sound and equitable national policy, of equal justice to all sections and wrong to none, is principle, then we hare no fear to compare our principles with those of tlie editor of the Republican. Correspondence of the Daily Morning News. Sand-Hills, Richmond Co., Geo, Aug. 19. Dear T.; Can you tell me why it is, .that the travel ling public are so much aversd to steamboat trans. portation, and so much disposed to rail-roading at this season 1 Contrary to the ad vice of all my friendsi took steamboat for Augusta instead of rail road, and the consequence was that instead of being suffo cated with dust and smoke, -and crowded into all sorts of uncomfortable positions, 1 have enjoyed a pleas ant, and sufficently expeditious trip. What a difference is there between the Packet Boats now, and those we had ten or twelve years ago! Then, if you went on board one of the company’s boats to enquire for a passage, the Captain surveyed you minutely, and if you looked like one who was accustomed to hard usage, would admit you to share in his beefsteak and onions for breakfast, and other meals in the same style ; but if you looked a little rosy about the gills or in any way showed a p ropen sity for good living, or even ordinary comfort, you were generally assured tbnt there was “no prepara tion for passengers,” and that “some other boat would be ready next day” in which it was much better for you to embark your luxurious carcase. How differ' ent now 1 When I arrived, at the appointed hour, on board the Hancock, and looked through her spacious cabins, I was satisfied with the first glance, that there was comfort to be had. And then when 1 inquired further into the capacity of the boat for passengers I was more fully convinced that I had not made a fatal erro’r in my selection of a route. 'I knew by the smoke that soj racefully curled Around the cook's chimney, -'that dinnei was near; And I said if there's feed as ts feed in the world, The man that is hungry may look for it here." I could not help noticing one predominant quality about the master of this boat—Captain Murray.- With a pleasant, sociable manner, that made every passenger feel at home, and a jocular disposition that seems never to be disturbed by trifles, he seemed nevertheless to be always on the watch ; and I judge by his manner and conversation, that he regarded caution as the chief requisite for his business. And he is right; for the history oi river navigation in the United States, calls for a serious inquiry into the hab its and dispositions of those having charge of Packet Boats, and the master who con establish for himself a reputation for caution,establishes a greater claim on the travelling public than ho whose excellence lies iu any other quality. . The Hancock is a fine boat of 152 tons, well ealeu lated for the trade of this river. Light—she draws twenty inches—and may approach the wharf at An gusta when ever any other boat can. Th£ Captain claims to have made.the quickest trips that have been run since he lias been on tho route ; twenty five hours going up and seventeen coming down. He has state room accommodations of the most roomy and comfort able character for forty passengers, and temporary portable accommodations for as many moro,maklngal together, room for eighty jiassengers ; besiifps which, he can carry twelve hundred bales of cotton, as he uys, withuutinterfering with the comfort of his pas sengers. Tho river is very low now; and thin made ns late in getting to the wharf, besides furnishing some little incidents to clianae the monotony ot tho trip. One of these occurred about ten or fifteen miles below Au gusta. One of the company’s steamboats had been stopped by the low river, and had detached a flat to proceed by poling to the city. Th s fiat had just reached the channel, when we came up behind it, and were endeavoring to pass round it, an attempt in which we stuck on the sand-bar. The cut rent be ing two strong for the men, endeavoring to propel the fiat with their poles, it turned a little so as to expose one side to tho power of tho stream, and then came with a violent blow against the sideDf the Hancock, breaking one of the heavy guards in9°> 1,8 if it were a reed, but doing little other damage. Now it hap pened that there was a young lady in the after cabin, —a way passenger, whose blue eyes nnd pink dress had fascinated me, and to whom i had been making my self as agreeable as I knew how; and it occurred to me that she might be alarmed, and that a little con solation would not be misplaced. So I made my way eft, nud found her standing outside the cabin, with the moonlight beaming full upon her features, dis playing the anxiety she lelt, and heightening the beau ty that shone from the recesses of tboso deep blue eyes, and the folds of the aforesaid pink dress. “ I hope you have not suffered this little accident to dis turb you,” said 1. “ It has frightened me," she re plied. “ Is it all over ? I never was on the water be fore, and if 1 had known how dangerous it was,— there 1" she exclaimed again, as the boat movetl in the struggle to get off the bank,—“ there I dont you think we are going to upset ?" “ no no I” said I. half laughing at this preposterous notion, " compose yourself, we are aground here, that is all.” But just then, the boat.got loose, and she saw it move, and with a look of one who had been deceived, she ex claimed " I knew it|! we will, we will upset I” Find ing that she was determined to be “upset,” I ap proached her, “ allow me to assist you,—you arc un necessarily alarmed,—if you will lean on me,”—and 1 extended my arm to take iu the pink dress. But at this interesting junctures the boat freed herself en tirely from the sand-bar, which the lady observed, when she became more calm, and whs even amused at her own fears ; so that the pink dress was not al lowed, as we say sometimes, to go to press. r There are more improvements in progress in and about Augusta now, than 1 have ever known before, and I have known the city, off and on, for some fif teen years. 1 intend making an examination of the various new establishments, and will give you a letter on the subject. Yours R, The Mormons in EncILand. Mr. written for the London Morning Chronic I J k** and interesting account of the Mormons, a l ar '' ^ berof Whom are constantly emigrating f rom v a “®' to this country. He says that tlie Mormons h* 8 '*'" 1 hnvirior fin nmit/raHnU filnd r»f 4hroa having an emigration fund of three and a California gold. Dr. Mackay saw and mlxeii 01 with those enthusiasts in Liverpool. H 0 wj,!” 11 ' 11 duced to one of their priests, who evinced most f ■ ' 1 ly feeling, finding that he was the author of aoi' 1011 ' poetry which is in high favor amongst tho plec ® °f seems that during the last ten years, th e em , ect ' It of Mormons from England has been nearly i?'"'"' and that during the last year it amounted to chiefly farmers and mechanics of superior*" from Lancashire,‘Yorkshire, Wales and th B , 0 I parts of Scotland. “The growth of Mohamedu' '* I Dr. Mackay says, "rspld as It was, is non/ compared with the rise and growth of Mormonho/ Rail Roads in Enqland.—Tb e annusl I of the railway board just Issued furnishes >r .„ r!!:)(l, l tistics that will be of interest fa the United «7 < l ^ The total number of miles of railway ' the United Kingdom is 5,447, the number of ^ employed upon them is 55,968, and the total e 051 diture (including the outlay upon 1504 milcspiow in course of construction) has beeneS 1 000. The gross receipts for the past vear Bn,**®' 1 to £11,306,000, or £6,729,420, alter deductin/n" 4 cent for working expenses, leaving a net »»nii ?? profit at the rate of about 340 per cent. AccmA* to the last statement the total number of inll». „r .? way in the United States was 7,254, so thai I show an excess of 1807 miles. All tlie lines in p* 8 land however, are laid down with double rails Board of Health. Savannah, August 21, Sexton's Report of Interments for the lPeek August 20, 1850, 16th. Joseph H Horn, 11 months, Morasmm I nah. Resident. ' "“-I 18th, Margaret Hinley, 6 mo., Water*on Brain 1.1 vannah, Non-Resident ’ * I 18th. 'Michael Reilly, 21 years, Casualty Ireland Resident. 1 ™l 18th. tWm. Gordon Ward, 4 yrs. s #T (, n , | 19th. Dennis Courtney, 2 years, Convulsions I York, Non-Resident. Total 5. u " 8 .«c»-| ‘Death from falling from the Custom House tBrought dead from Boston. Black and Colored.—Infant, 4 days, Infantine - Lt-I cinda, 15 years, Infiamation Brain ; Prince, 75 i Old Age; Andrew, 78 years, Old Age. Tatgl i. '■ B. Lathhop, Sexton. E. J. HARDEN, Chairman Pro Tem, B E 3. A. T. Lawrence, See. Special Notices. The lefativesand friends of Mr. and Mrs. U. VI Smith and of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Godfrey sre nl spectfully invited to attend the funeral services g| SEAGROVE MOREL, the youngest son of the f 0I | mer, at their residence, Montgomery- st, Curry to »>[ at 5 o'clock This Afternoon. ■ *ug22 NOTICE. Passengers per ship Marion will please be onb at 7 o’clock this morning. . pug22 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that neither the Captain u I Consignees ofschr. TRITON, will pay any debts c»| tracted by the crew. aug 21 BRIGHAM, KELLY, Si CO. COFFEE AND PIES IN THE MARKET, I The subscriber begs to inform the public that bcl will again commence selling Coffee and Pit in to 1 ^Market, at the Old Stand, on Friday MoeninoiIi; I and solicits the patronage of his old friends and lit | public. Pruens fob Sale. He has also for sale a quasi-1 ty of German Pruens, just brought over by him«H | which he will sell at 15 cents a pound. Aug 21 ' 4t* HENRY WEIGAND. Departure of the Atlantic Steamer*. From Europe. New York. Bourn. Asia, (Be.) July 13.:.. Aug 7. Canada, (Br.) July 20....Aug. 14 • Hermnnn,(AmO.j.Juiy 20....Aug.20 Cambria, (Br.).-^July 27.... ....Aug.21 Pacific, (Ain.) ..wuly 31....Aug.24 Niagara, (Br.) Aug. 3....Aug. 28 Europa, (Br.) Aug. 10..., .i..8ept.l America, (Br.)....Aug. 17....Sept. 11 Atlantic, (Am.)....Aug. 20....Sept. 7 Hibernia, (Br.)... .Aug. 24.... ... .Sept 18 Asia, (Br.) Aug. 31....Sept25 PASSENGERS. Per steamer St Matthews, from Palatka—S G Hot-1 loway, Sureopley, C Summers, W T Carpenter. WI W Chaplin, Mrs McKinley and children, J Magill, G I Lang, J Lang, E T Williams, S Speissegger, Misi Boon, | A A D'Loome, and 10 on deck. L Per steamer Gen Clinch from Charleston—8 M 9 Manning, Thos J Cater, Bergmon, Gregory, Caeea- [ toy, W Neva, T J Brown, and one on deck, Rjp The receipts and payments at the offiee of the Assistant Treasurer iti Philadelphia for the week end ing 16lh, were as follows : Receipts, $82,604 16 Payments, 268,399 46 Balance, _ $1,211,12193 The receipts of California gold at the mint of the ! nited States from tlie 1st to the 16th, are estimated at • *2,500,000 Previously received to July 31. $18,350,000 Total, $20,850,000 Estimated rce'ts at Branch Mint, N. Orleans, 3,000,000 $23,850,000 CONSIGNEES. Per Steamer St Matthews, from Palatka—Cohessll Hertz, I W Morrell .& Co, C Summers, ChsrleiM I Steamers, J Cunningham. I Per steamer Gen Clinch lrom Charleston—Bow-1 land & Washburn, CRB, Florida Boat.E Reed, Ver-I stille Luiburrow & Butler, O Johnson A. Co, J J<®0| & Son, Stratton Si Dobson, Harper & Stuart, A MAI Besler, U Cranston, Cohens & Hertz, S A H Hoyts| Co, Jos Felt Shipping 3ntelligen«. PORT OF SAVANNAH. - - - AUGUST 22- V OItT CAE* END AH. MOON'S PHASES. Last qr. Id. Oh. 9m., m. I Fll Mn, 22d., 4h. ’ ra ' I New Mn. 7. 4h.25m., a. | Lst qr. 30th, 9h.l0m-,»f First qr. 14. Oh.38m., August. 1 8 3 0. H. M. H. M. 22 Thursday,... 5 28 6 37 23 Friday, 5 28 6 36 24 Saturday,. .. 5 29 6 35 25 Sunday 5 30 6 34 26 Monday...’... 5 30 6 33 27 1 uesduy,.... 5 31 6 31 28 Wednesday.. 5 32 6 30 ARRIVED. „ -,1 Schv Geo E Prescott, Gilkcy, Camden, Me,I cargo of Lime, to Wm P Clark. ’ _ J Steamer St Matthews, King, Palatka, to Con j Hertz. . p.iuiil Steamer Gen. Clinch, Dixon, Charleston, to u j A Hertz. CLEARED. Ship Marion, Johnson, New-York—Brigham, Btig Veraailes, Pendleton, Now-York-Cqb®* S l Hp, DEPARTED, loro, Barden, Charleston. JEMORANDA. 7.—Cld schrR M Price, CWJ , at New-York on the W*’jj| t at that port, Prince de .- California. ons, was seen " t8 ,i!i pst. All her masts were « U Her name could n» l brig Gulnare. The <ollof mg * 1 Tobacco, 6 do m 1 coils Rope, 7 M