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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS TUEHDAY, AUGUt'I 2<, 1H.)0.
THE MORWIWfi NEWS.
IIV .foilN M. COPTER.
jiHAM tTtafompsop, editor
T K » M ft:
Daily Paper *4,00;m:Tri-»roeMy - ■ *2.00
AU *ww Advertisements appear in both papers.
O^VA,W»A3BIo
Tieadu; Morning, Aviriwv •!?, 1850.
Largest circulation in the City! ?
Tbs Nobthi:jo Matt, l'oilij, if there is not
another fcilurnwe will haw three mails through from
the norOt The steamer Ota. Owe A arrived on
Sunday night about 11 o’clock, haring been detained
by the revere Alow on Saturday, butbronglil no mail
beyond Charleston. The Jasper hod not arrived last
night when our post office closed.
Tssmttwoovs Galk in this Intkhior .— Wo
learn from a gentleman who arrived last evening by
the cars from Macon, that the gnVe which passed over
tair city on Saturday, extended to the interior of the
.State, and that it was very destructive hi its effects
upon the cotton nnd corn crops. In Griffin it was
very severe, prostrating trees, fences and the crops
in the neighborhood. In the districts heard from,
the corn has all be ’n blown down. On some of the
piaatatioua the cotton has been whipped to pieces,
and the hard rain has beat it into the earth, complete
ly mining the prospects of the planter. Between
Parry and Macon, a distance of about 22 miles, the
tpnil stage was compelled to cut its way through the
trees which had been blown across the road.
Tim wind commenced blowing on Friday night,
and on Saturday moruiug, from 7 to 12 o’clock, it
blew a perfect hurricane, from all ejuarters of the
compass. It is believed to have lieen the severest
gale experienced in this Stale for a number of years,
and tho destruction to the growing crops, it is feared,
has been immense. At Augusta, a large number of
treea were prostrated, and the river rose very rnpidly.
The Tennessee and Alabama papers brought by
the Western mail last night have the appearance of
having been submerged, by which we in lei that the
watercourses in tho up country have been much
swollen by the heavy fall of rain accompanying the
gale, which teems to have prevailed over a vast extent
of country.
RrsB in the Savannah Riveb at Augusta.—A
private dispatch received yesterday forenoon, states
that the river at Augusta, hud risen 23 feetJ) inches,
up to 11 o’clock on Saturday morning, and was still
rising. It is thought that the dry state of the swamps
will absorb this body of water lieforo it reaches the
vicinity of our rice plantations, and that little danger
need bo apprehended from the freshet
We are indebted to a friend for a copy of a
pamphlet entitled, “ I-ocuJ Events and Incidents at
Home,” a very ngrecnhlo trio of sketches by Dr. J. B-
Living, of Charleston. A .Fishing' Excursion, in
which the capture of a shark is narrated, ami a full
description of tho Moultrie House, on Sullivan's
Island, are among the contents The Dr. is a grace
ful writer and imparts an iutercst to the ininutin of
detail, while his descriptions of incidents are graphic
and pleasing.
The Art of Ailrertising.
The committee appointed by Sir. V. B. Palmer, to
decide the award of a silver cup to the writer of tho
host essay upon the subject of advertising, have, as we
see by the last number of tho Register, made their re
port. The committee consisted of Messrs. George R.
Graham, of “Graham's Magazine,'' William M. Swain,
of the'Tubllc hedger," and George H. Hart, President
of the “Philadelphia and Wilkesbarre Telegraph
Company," and the prize has been awarded to Ho
race Greeley, Esq., of tho New York Tribune. Tho
cup wiil cost $100, utid will be covered with elegant
designs, relating to commerce aud trade. We make
the following extract from the prize essay:
The merchant, therefore, who aims to succeed in
business, must aim at these two points—lirst, to be,
sure that he can satisfy a wide demand for the arti
cles lie deals in, on the lowest practicable terms; se
condly, that every body within the proper scope of
his business is made aware of his ability and confi
dent of bis disposition to do so. These points at
tained, he has only to do his business properly, as it
comes in upon him, aud his fortune is made.
To the merchant or dealer who is sure of his abil
ity to fill orders ou the most favorable terms, the at
taiimieut of un adequate publicity is a matter of pri
mary concern. If his circle of trade is properly
tho county in which ho lives, then he should take ef
fectual measures to let every family in that county
hnowKhat he sells, andanwhat condition. It is idle
The I republican nnd Harwell’.
That Yte.pnblir.an, of yesterday morning does not
even attempt to answer our article of .Saturday* Our
cotempornry contept# himself with reprinting hm
former extracts from our paper, to prove (what wc
have already twice admitted nnd explained,) that we
did at one time favor the Senatorial Compromise;
adds another to show that wo had reprehended ultra-
ism aud buneombism, suil concludes his article with
a reiteration of his story about that marvellous 1* t encli-
man, whose apparition seems to haunt his mind- tie
are free to admit that the edtto r very successfully ac
complishes all He undertakes in his last article, but we
must confess that we are unable to discover a single
point in which he has controverted ou r argument, or
in which he has justified his own course on the ques
tion now agitating the country. A ,3 be does not an
swer one of the charges which we have preferred
against him, we are constrained to take his silouce
for assent to their justness, and to consider liis arti
cle in the light of a tacit surrender of the question at
issue between us.
We are encouraged to believe that our cotompora-
ry has upon reflection been led to see the error into
which he has fallen, anil that, divesting himself of tho
prejudices which he had permitted to bias his better
judgment, he is beginning to view the great section
al question of the day, in which the most vital inter
ests of the South are involved, in its true light. We
believe that he begins to see that it is here, as at. the
North, no party question, and that loyalty to the
South demands that it should here, us there, he bold
above party considerations and influences. He sees
that many of the ablest and best men of hi3 own par
ty, nnd of all parties, have- placed the question upon
this ground, and that they are zealously laboring to
conciliate all eludes of opinion among us, anil to pro
mote unanimity and harmony at the South, in de
fence of her rights and interests. Wo believe that
such are the editor’s convictions, and that he has re
solved instead of vuinly attempting to fortify a false
position to assume more tenable ground, by taking
his stand with those who contend lor an honorable,
just and permanent adjustment of the difficulties
which now so Imminently tliroaton our political Un
ion.
We trust that we are not mistaken in our con.
struction of the editorials in the Republican, ot yes-
terdny, and that we may yet have the satisfaction of
seeing our worthy cotemporary, whose fidelity to
the South we have never impugned, and for whom
we entertain the highest personal respect, occupy
ing the same ground on this question with ourself.
We hope that all differences between us in relation
to this matter may cease, and that, however we
may disagree on other subjects, wo may soon have
tlie satisfaction of mutually congratulating the peo
ple of Georgia on the cordial unanimity of the press
Which their interests are so deeply
to speak ot tho cost as an impediment—he might
os well object to the cost of sheltering Ilia goods
from bad weather; protecting them from thieves, or
dealing them out to customers. All tho other cost
of his business is incurred without adequate motive
or return so long as this essential element of his bu
siness is neglected or scrimped. If his location nnd
his stock only entitle him to expect the custom of
his own township or neighborhood, then he should
incur the expense of fully informing that locality.
Just ao with the wholesale merchant who aspires tu
« custom co-oxtensive with his State, his section
or the whole Union. II he is prepared to satisfy s<
wide a deinluid on favorable terms, the expense of
apprising those whom lie decii eo for customers of
the nature ol his business, the cliaructer yf his
stock, tho range of his prices, and the reason why
ho should be dealt with, is one which lie cannot re
fuse to Ineur without gross incompctehcy and ruinous
prodigality. By thus refusing, ho increases his ex
panses for rout, lights nnd fuel, clerk hire, Ac., from
a half per cent, to three, five, and iu some eases to
ten per cent, ou his aggregate sales, aud renders it
mo rally impossible that he should sell as cheaply ns
his more enterprising and capable rivuls. In effect,
ho confesses defeat and incapacity, and retreuts to
the rear rank of his vocation.
Sumo men who know enough to advertise are yet
so narrow as to confine their advertisements to jour
nals of their own creed or party. If they do not
chooseto trade with any but men of like faith, this
is wise ; but if they desire to have the whole public
• for customers, it is otherwise.
The last paragraph is deserving the particular at
tention ot busiuoss men. The lines italicised In the
second paragraph are elso not to be ovorlpuked. It -
deed, the principle laid down by the writer is worth
the silver cup nnd more to every man of business
who adopts it and acts upon it. The essayist does not
go into an argument to prove that the most effective
way to let every family in the county (or city) know
what he sells, Ac., is to advertise in tlie paper in the
county or city having the Largest Circula
tion. He knew that a fact which must suggest itsell
to every reflecting mind needed neither illustration
nor eulorcement.
Appropos to the subject and the titan, we may re
mark to our commercial and business public, that
though the circulation of the Morning Sews is ns
large, if not larger than that of both our coteinporu-
l ies, our rates for advertising arc not higher than theirs.
We trust that our readers will attribute the solicitude
which we feel for their interests to tin: proper motive,
and excuse us for reminding them of this important
fact at tliis time, when the Fall business is shortly to
commence, and when, if there is any philosophy in
a prize essay, for which a hundred dollar silver cup
vriu given, tlie wide-spread circulation of their adver-
lisnieuts is a matter of material importance to them.
It at all times aff ords us greut pleasure to serve tlie
public, especially in tho advertising line; more so bo.
cause we feel that the benefit is mutual, and that it is
in our power to give an ample equivalent to tkeadver
titer. What we liave written and selected above on
the subject, will, we trust, seive to open the eyes ot
Znr business men to their true interests, and to con
vince them ot the propriety of adopting the wise pel
JVJ otthe Post Office Department, even if, like it, they
enculd, in these days of exceeding liberality, obtain
a gratuitous insertion of their advertisements iu a jour
nal of larger dimensions, hut less circulation than that
rbe Merging News.
on a question m
involved.
With unfeigned pleasure we insert the following
extract from the Republican of yesterday, as indi
cative of the present views of our cotemporary ou
the Southern question. Speaking of the lute Mass
Meeting at Macon, the editor suys:
We have heretofore expressed our honest prefer
ence, with proper amendments, tor the constituent
measures of tho Senate’s Adjustment, over any other
plan which has yet been suggested. Our opinions in
this respect have undergone no change; but it is
proper to add, as wo have often remarked before,
that it is not with us an ultimatum. Should it tail, or
should it be found practicable to divide the territory
by the line of ZIP 30% we shall readily acquiesce.
We desire to see this controversy brought to an end;
but while such is our wish, our ardent wish, it is due
to tlie North to say, that the people of Georgia will
not tamely submit to any further aggressions upon
their rights. They are, as We believe, opposed to the
secession of Georgia, or the disunion of these States,
for any thing that has yet occurred; but the North
should not conclude that therefore they wiil not war,
and war to the knife for their constitutional rights, if
they persist in the atrocious policy which they have
commenced. A high-toned and sensitive people will,
when the alternatives are presented, prefer disun
ion, anarchy, political annihilation, or any other ca
lamity. instead of dishonor and degradation. An ev
idence of this is furnished by the meeting at Macon,
which, though small in numbers, and characterized,
os in the case of Mr. ltlictt. by.sentiments in advance
of public opinion,s hows the extent and profoundness
of the excitement which now convulses the South.
The lines of union mid disunion are fast being drawn
amongst us, if recent events huve not already distinct
ly denned them. Kor tlie present we enroll our
selves with the friends of the Union, and hope the
time may never come when there shall be cause for
us*to change our position.
Such sentiments will meet a hearty response from
the true men of . the South, of all parties, while they
will have a wholesome influence at the North
While our cotemporary gives utterance to such
sentiments as these, ho will be in no danger of mis
leading public opiuion at the North or at the South,
Sq long as beholds such views bis conservatism and
moderation will exert their due influence here at
home, while he will not have the mortification of see
ing himself quoted by Northern papers, as evidence
ot the apathy, discord and weakness of the South.
Correspondence of the. Daily Morning News.
Sand Hills, Uichmond Co. Ga,
August, 23,1850.
Dear T: you are sufficiently well acquainted with
these precincts to know that the Hand Ilills are made
a place of resort by the people of Augusta during the
pummet* months ; being about three miles irom the
city, and, in elevation, far above it. I now address
you from tlie extreme northern point ot these hills;
as a place overlooking tlie vaU» y ot the Savannah
River, aud commanding, in tlie distance, a view ot tlie
rolling country ou the Carolina side. At my teet be
gins a little vale rich with virdurcand dotted with na
tural fountains, winding its way through woodland
and meadow ground, till it loses itself in the broad
valley of the Savannah. How sweetly ami how mu
sically goes the little stream through the middle of
this vale ; now creeping lazily ulong and turning in
to minaturo whirlpools and eddies ; anon, dashing
impetuously, with a violent attempt at a roar, and,
with leap after leap, finally plunging into the deep
bosom of tho river !
The sun as it rises over this scene gives a richness
and a brilliancy to each feature. The dark lolinge ot
tlie trees reflects the light with a warmth, and steadi
ness that give- an appearance of luxuriance to the
grove in which those trees have grown ; first tipping
their tops with bright hues, nnd gradually changing
to a full blaze of light beaming upon every leal on
the surface. The tall grass growing in little patches
seems to absorb the sunlight and to be insatiable in
its demands for greater warmth. And the merry riv
ulet goes dancing along, making a thousand turns
and whirls, and reflecting an eccentric mirror, a
hundred suns lor one that shines down upon its bo
som. This is the hour when nature puts on her gay
est attire; for there’s not a leaf in the grove, a flower,
or blade of grass, but bears its dew drop to reflect in
the colors of the rainbow, the bright warm rays of
theearly morning sun.
Observe it nt noon, and a change has come over all-
The flowers that with a consciousness of inward pu
rity reared their heads in the early sunlight, are now
abashed, are discomfitted with the warm embrace
Apollo tenders them ; and they avert their heads till
his fervor is exhausted. The trees seem to bear up
under the oppressive heat with the consciousness of
strength. The cattle, which in the morning nipped
the medow grass and luxuriated in the dew moisten
ed herbage, now stand chewing the cud under the
shade of the trees that are interspersed through the
valley. All is changed, save the sweet stream that
dances day and night through the sunlight or moon
light, through rain or starlight, still the same merry,
laughing rivulet.
And so the change goes on,till evening comes with its
glorious sunset, and its mellow uncertain light. Then
the last rnya of the setting sun gild with u soft rich
hue the luscious fruits,hanging as it impatient ot their
hour to ripen, and to fall; then nil the vegetable
world looks up again nnd is resuscitated under the
kindly influences of the softly falling dew ; and then
the various voices of animated nature come, one by
one upon the ear, singing the old songs which are
mingled with our recollections of the melodies of our
childhood. The Knty-did, the cricket, the whippoor
will, the owl that trills a tremulous note,-—aye the
pompous frog, and all the hundred choristers that
swell that evening hymn, come,and bring me to think
that before I am aware of it the sun is gone, and dork,
ness reigns over all the beautiful valley lying at my
feet.
Think you I am painting from my imagination ? If
so, how much you wrong m^giad how much you
wrong the lovely spot I have^rempted to portray.—
It is all I have described it, for nature has been lavish
of her beauties here, and though art has done but lit
tle, yet enough lias been accomplished to add to the
beauty of the scenery, the luxuries of the soil. Rut
1 must bid you good night, for you must knew that
we do not sit up here, by gas lights, reading proof un
til one half of natures appointed time for sleep is ex
pended in the hardest labor of the day. Nay, I have
trespassed too fur already, and the very Katy-dids
have changed their time to go-to-bed and are ring
ing it in my ears. You see we are waited on here by
strange servants. Resides the Katy did who tells us
when to go to bed,
L have a warbler here.
A beautiful sweet singing bird,*
Whose voice at early dawn is iica rd,
In accents ringing clear.
Tlie Colton Crop
Louisiana.—The accounts from Concordia, Ten-
sun, and Catahoula parishes, are vary unfavorable.
Tlie overflow of the Mississippi, in the spring ruined
theearly crops nnd the late drought and Poll worm
have almost entirely destroyed what the flood left.
The Concordia lutelligcncer says :
On-highest estimate of the crops to he gathered
this year in this region, and all for the want of good
and sufficient levees along tlie Mississippi capable of
keeping out the inmieuse quantity of water thnt gush
ed through the numerous crevasses in Ten.it-. Madi
son amt Carroll, would not he more than one-seventh
of an entire auu anticipated crop.
Mississippi. The editor ot the Viekshurg IVhig
during a recent trip through Hinds and Madison coun
ties, Miss., found that the cotton was three or four
weeks behind time, though the recent fine weather
had brought it forward amazingly. The boll worm
had made its appearance on several plantations.
The Brandon (Miss.) Republican of the 10th inst.
-.ic urea or the fa, to:
of Now Mexico, if the hill passed by the ,M wrr,, ""i
days since, goes through the House, will 1 ,ft »
from one hundred and” fifty thousand l " n 6r
The territory will bo over three times ns ] We
State of New York, which contains forty-si^ “'k*
square milos. The area of Texas, if the Sena!, , '“N
ry bill for thnt .State passes the House, will i
two hundred thousand square miles.
“bout
Phenomenon.—On Monday evcidnto).... .
five and six o'clock, many ot the citizens of I
and vicinity were astonished liud periling , u " r| ou, I
alarmed nt several loud explosions, each ,0We '*hit I
by a heavy rumhlingas of di-tantthunder whn?*^
the houses and earth in different localities , 0o i
or wns also seen by different individual, - wl . ?«"■
ploded during the continuance of tlie ru'mi i- et
us some express themselves, of the enrthnu.u «r
tern (Va.) Sentinel. I»»kc—
We regret to learn that the boll worm has made its
appearance and is extending its ravages very gene
rally in this region. If such be the case, we fear the
present will prove a smaller crop than the last.
Alabama.—The Eutaw (Ala.) Democrat of the 14th
inst., says that the crops, except on the richest slough
lands, will be cut short.
The Huntsville Democrat of the 22d inst says :
We can safely say that from the unprecedented
drought, the crops of corn and cotton will be very
deficient throughout North Alabama, and the adjacent
counties of Tennessee. Not more than one-half, and
in some instances, one-thiril of an average crop ot
Cora, will he gathered in a number of counties ;
whilst Cotton bids fair to do but little, if uny better.
Some planters have cut down their corn on their
laud and shocked it. Itis believed but little pork
can he fattened in this whole region, from the fact
that planters and farmers will require all oi their corn
for bread and feed for their horses. Such a state of
things is unprecedented, and causes serious alarm,
where abundance (of grain at least) has universally
prevailed.
Arkansas.—A gentleman on his return from a trip
to Granuda, Mississippi, to Memphis, and thence some
100 miles into the State of Arkansas, reports the cot
ton crop as looking very bad, and tho corn crop ns
nothing to brag of.
Tax on Knowledge and on l.iglit in Great
11 Titian,
Our readers doubtless arc aware, thnt no newspa
per enn be printed in Great Britian unless there is at
tached to it a stamp, which cost one penny, or about
two cents of our currency ; and should a supplement
or extra sheet be issued, all additional stamp is requir
ed, which costs one half penny, or one cent. The ag
gregate number of stamps issued for newspapers ill
that enlightened country fast year, wus :
Penny. Halfpenny.
England and Wales - —66,1311,502 10,309,233
Scotland 6,288,205 205,000
Ireland 6,345,227 38,843
Gpccid Notices! ****
PUBLIC! 1M12ET1NG IN'TH’iNXflsjT'
The citizens of M’lntosh county, Irrespecp
parties, are requested to meet in Durion. (mt - 1,81!
September, at 9 o'clock, A. M., to express
inns on tlie greut questions now before Con- "
the country.
1 Atipj)
BOA |{ iroFuioV lthT^^
The Board of Health will convene To-morrog
12 o’clock. Members will examine their
wards and report accordingly •
Aug 27 S.A.T. LAWRENCE, 8w,
PASSENGERS. . ~ ^
Per Steamer Gen Clinch, from Chariest™' tr I
Ruby. Miss Newlend, J ASlaussey. and 1 ond^' 1
CONSIGNEES.
Per steamer Gen Clinch, from Charleston-c »„
.1 C Levey, Cohen'*A Hertz. tB| i
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAIL HOad*
August 19 and 26.—235 hales Cotton, 20 ,ln v !
and Mdze, to C Hnrtridge, T S Wayne WH«hj. a,l l
Wilder Co, J Bancroft, S A H Hoyt & TM
ham, Kelly it. Co, Wood, Clagliorn A Co, fe,7,1
Cassels, S Solomons, J V Conoerat, II A Crane : I
78,792,634 10,553,076.
And the number of newspapers, from which adver
tisement duty, (eighteen pence or thirty-six cents for
each insertion of every advertisement,) was collected
for government lust year, together with the number
of advertisements and amounts realized, was :
No. of Papers Adv’ts. . Amount.
Metropolitan....160 886,108... .£66,458 2 0
Provincial 232 834,729 62,604 13 6
Scotland 94 240.901 18,075 16 6
Ireland (Is.).... 117 220,524 11,026 4 0
603 2,182.262 £158,164 16 0
From tho above it will be seen that the liberal gov
ernment of England casta pretty considerable shade
over the light of science ; nor are they more gener
ous with the light of heaven. For the total number
of houses charged with window duty, each window
paying a tax to government, for lust year, was 487,-
411; the whole amount assessed being £1,893.988, and
the net receipts £L,813.629, or about nine millions of
dollars. Truly is England an enlightened nation I
Who would live in the thraldom her citizens arc sub
jected to, if they could come to this country i
dommercirtl.
LATEST DATES.
Liverpool, Aug. 10 | Havre, Aug. 2 | Havana, Aug.fi
Suvniinali Murker, August 27,
COTTON.—There were no sales reported yesterdkj
Savannah Expo its, August 26.
Per brig Georgiunna, for New-York—319 bales
Cotton.
Per brig Macon, for New-York—508 bales Col
24 bids Turpentine, and 3 pkgs Mdze.
Slipping intelligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH. - - - AUGUST 27.
POltT CALENDAR^
moon's phases.
Last qr. Id. Oh. 9m., m. I Fll Mn, 22d., 4h. 4m,J
New Mn. 7. 4h.25ra., a. Lst qr. 30th, 9h. 10m,i|
First qr. 14. Oh. 38m., a. |
The Macon Affair.—We received yesterday a
copy of an extra issued by Mr. Andrews, editor of
the Georgia Citizen, in which he makes a statement
of tlie difficulty between bimselt and the citizens of
Macon, lie asserts tlint he is guiltless of the political
heresy of abolitionism, and endeavors to vindicate his
course iu his paper. lie abuses the citizens com
posing the meeting in round terms, attributing selfish
motives to some of the actors in thefproceedings.
lie seems to consider himself a martyr, and calls
upon his friends, far nnd near, aud theconstituted au
thorities of the State to protect him in his ‘'emergen
cy.” His vindication ifl scarcely less offensive than
his late editorial, and we doubt if it will have tlie ef
fect to allay tlie excitement against him.
We are no friends of mob law or violence of any
kind, but until we know more of the circumstances
of the cnee we are unable to say how fur the com
munity of Macon are excusable for putting it in force.
Such proceedings are of rare occurrence in our
Southern communities, and yet it would be arrogat
ing too much to suppose that our people had reach
ed a degree of refinement and civilization which pre
cluded the possibility of their resorting to Lynch’s
code under circumstances of great provocation.—
Our mobs are of u different class from those of the
northern cities, and even til these times of excite
ment a common amount of prudeuce nnd circum
spection is ample protection against m»»b violence.
Exchange Hotel, Baltimore.—An Alabamian
sojourning in the Monumental City, thus writes of
the Exchange Hotel, to the Mobile Tribune :
It will not do to pass over the attention which u
traveller receives at this Hotel. Itis certainly supe
rior to any in this city. The appartments are airy
aud commodious and the landlord is a * Prince” in his
line. The table is sumptuous and the servants are at
your elbow- before your bell stops ringing. I would
ad vise my southern friends, it they want to be attend
ed to a la SL Charles, to come to the Exchange.
Having been a boarder in this house for some three
years, we are enabled to endorse every word of the
abov’e. The Exchange is a first class house, and un
der the charge of Mr. D. Dorsey, a gentleman who’
not only understands his business, but attends to it
He is a Southern man in sentiment And feeling, and
Southern gentlemen with their families will always
cousujt their comfort by making the Exchange their
stopping plQce in Baltimore.
Masb Meeting. A tremendous gathering of peo
pie met at Montgomery, Ala., ou Saturday, the 17th
inst. They upproved of the Nushville Convention,
ratified its proceedings, declared in favor of Texas,
and exhibited in their enthusiasm the utmost devo.
tion to Sout^fprn rights. The Advertiser says that i t
wax the largest meeting that ever assembled in tha
oity.
TIis crystal fountain cup,
He dashes in—then, as lie sings,
He shakes the bright drops from liis wings,
And cries, 14 get up ! get up 1”
And so at dawn. I “ will get up,” to go through
again, the course of to-day and every day; to go over
these grounds again and again, and think of the days
long past, when I framped them over with the light
heart of a thoughtless school boy.
You have, perhaps, been over all this ground ; but
you came not as 1 did, a roving boy, with gun or fish-
ins: rod, tramping with a ruthless school boy’s tread,
the very beauties of leaf and tlower, and waving grass,
which now I pause to admire, or stop and look upon,
with a kind of pleasing sadness. No botanist, nor ge
ologist, nor any man of science, ever learned the
crooked paths through wood or meadow, with half
the precision with which a school boy learns to tread
them. No, though In I ve ’till the silver hairs have
outnumbered and outlived the black one’s in his
locks, he will never lose the recollection of the shape
of every rock, and course of every stream, he knew
in school boy days. So have found my memory
serve me.
There’s not a tree in yonder wood,
But I did know and love it well,
See, here, the trunk, where one hath stood—
I knew that tree before it fell.
And oft beneath its branches long,
1 stretched me out nt eventide,
And heard the wandering robin’s song
Come echoing from the green hill-side.
And when its leafless branches told,
That winter came with visage grim, -
I watched the squirrel, free and bold,
Leap lightly up from limb to limb.
Rut now ’tis gone ! it’s verdant shade,
It’s long green arms have passed away;
And other sapling9 of the glade,
Shall flourish thus, aud thus decay!
Methinks I hear a murmuring voice,
Ah ! well I know it’s music dear ! .
Hark ! yonder rippling stream rejoice,
That summer time is drawing near.
Thus hath it sung, thnt gentle rill,
Through many a warm nnd sunny day ;
And thus ’twill warble sweetly still,
When you and I have passed away. It.
A Wild and Rabid Fox. On Saturday evening
last, at about dusk, as a part of the family of Mr.
Nichols, residing on the bluff, about a mile below the
city, were going up stairs from the dinner room, one
of his little daughters, who preceded the rest, was
violently attacked and severely bitten by some ani-
mul which had concealed itself in a passage. Her
screams called the rest to her aid, when the infuria
ted animal again attacked anything and everything
within its reach. It being dark, it could not be as
certained wha- it was, until the arrival of the gar
dener with a lantern, when the animal attacked him,
biting through his pantaloons and boots. It also bit
very severely a dog. The party finally succeeded,
after great difficulty, in killing‘it, when it proved to
be a very large wild fox, and presumed to be in a
rabid state.—Natchez Courier. YSth inst.
We read the above with painful interest. There
is no question of the fact that foxes do at times be
come rabid; and their bite is said to be even more
virulent than that of the mad dog. We once knew j
a young man—and a highly intelligent and promis
ing young man he was—bitten by a nmd fox. For
a long series of years—some twelve or fifteen, he
was subjected to fits of a most violent character,
racking his physical constitution nnd seriously im
pairing his mind. While the fits were on him, and
these occurred invariably once a week, he uttered a
terrific noise, which could scarcely have been distin
guished from that of a fox or small dog in the death
agony. This, we understand, is the characteristic
effect of the bite of the rabid animal.—N. O. Cres
cent.
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5 31
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6 30
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5 32
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ARRIVED.
Steamer Gen Clinch, Dixon, Charleston, to Coheu|
Sc Hertz.
CLEARED.
Brig Georgiauna, Dubell, New-York—Brigham,Kell
ly Sc Co. • I
Brig Macon, Watkins, New-York—Rowland £l
Washburn. I
Brig Commerce, Greenlaw, for Jacksonvile, Fla,ii|
ballust, by Master.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Gen Clinch, Dixon, Charleston.
Distinguished Watch-house Visiters. It is broad
ly insinuated that ot four well dressed, jolly gentle
men. escorted by the Watchmen to the West Watch-
house at two o’clock this morning, lor crying
“fire,” singing songs, and otherwise disturbing
the peace of the city in the vicinity of Pitts street,
three were members of the Government of a South
ern city. After being kept awhile, they were allow
ed to depart upon their “parole of honor.” Four
Bostonians, of the same parry, succeeded iu making
their escape.—Boston Traveller, 17 th.
Brief but Forcible.—The following resolution,
passed by a large meeting of the citizens of Troup
county, Georgia, is a model worthy of extensive im
itation:
Resolved, That whatever position the South may take,
we will be with her.”
Gallant Troup!
MEMORANDA.
Charleston, August 24.—Cld schr Science, Gilbert,|
for St Augustine, E. F.
Wilmington, August 22.—Arr schr Matthew Bin
Smith, from j|avaimnh.
DRAWS THIS DAY.
Sales close at 3 o’clock, P. M.
20,000 DOLLARS!!
GREENE & rULASKI LOTTERY.
Extra Class No. 77
To be decided by drawing of Va. Monongalia Lo"m
ry, Class 95. To be drawn at Alexandria, Va.,2
day, August 27, 1850.
J. W. MAU11Y & CO. Mnnngers.
SPLENDID SCHEME:
12 Drawn Numbers in each Package of 22 TifW|
L Prize of *20,000 I 10 Prizes ot..--
1 5,000 I 10
] 2,000 | 10
1 1,150 | &c.
Tickets $5—.Shares in proportion.
Orders enclosing the cush promptly attended ton
August 27 E WlTHINlilOHJ
&c.
DRAWS THIS DA*.
Sales close at 3 o’clock, P. M.
Amalgamation and Inhumanity.—On Tuesday
lust, u New York constable took to the tombs in that
city, a colored bov about ten years of age, whom lie
found in a paint shop, corner of Pearl and Chatham
sts., in a state of destitution from the want of food and
clothing; the boy at the time was crying bitterly,
and his person bore marks of being cruelly beaten.
He stated that hisname was Albert Yarwood, nnd that
he had been stolen from his mother in Demerara.
While reciting hi9 tale before Justice Lothrop, a man
of genteel appearance, named Thomas Yarwood, a
dnguerrinn artist, made his oppearnnee in court, and
claimed the boy as his son by a slave at Demerara.
lie stated that he had frequently beat the boy with u
horse Yfhip, uud that he did not get half us much as
lie deserved. Yarwood is now married to a white
woman, and the boy has been livmg with the other
children. He was taken charge of by the authorities,
and will be sent to Ihe Colored Home.
Value of Newspapers. A thousand times says the
Macclesfield Courier, have wo heard this question
and unswer. Two gentlemen meet— l * What’s the
news?” says one. “ Nothing but what you see in the
papers.” They pass on about their business. Has it
ever been noticed that among the thousand benefits
of a newspaper, not the least is, that it does away
with title-tattle, gossip, street-yarn, foolish exaggera
tions, scandal, and news-mongering, which once took
up so much of tlie time of those who were always
hearing or telling some new thing. One real evil of
social life is thus ended. The man rises in the morn
ing, looks over the paper, is satisfied that he knows
all that is worth knowing of the passing history of the
world.
He has nothing to tell and nothing to hear further.
He docs not spend his time in giving information
which his neighbor knows as well as himself. He is
not annoyed in the midst of his business or pleasures
by the recital of ufliiirs in which he takes no interest.
The same with women. Curiosity is gratified with
out the loss of time. The scandal of tlie day has not
employed a hundred busy, meddling tongues ih its
circulation and exaggerations. Conversation takes
a higher tone. Principles of morals and taste are dis
cussed ; the new poem, the last book, the magazine,
or tlie review becomes the subject of conversation.
Even in the minor matters of life, society owes u
large debt to tlie newspaper.
: I would not liuve thee Young Again.**
I would not have thee young again,
Since I myself am old ;
Not that thy youth was ever vain,
Or that my age is cold ;
But when upon thy gentle face
1 see the shades of time,
A thousand memories replace
The beauties of thy prime.
Though from thine eyes of softest blue
Some light hath passed away,
Love looketh forth as warm and true
As ou our bridal day.
I hear thy song, and though in pan
’Tis fainter in its tone,
I heed it not. for still thy heart
SoeuiB singing to my own.
20,000 DOLLARS!
GREENE & PULASKI LOTTERY-
Extra Class 77. , ln ,4
To be decided by drawing of Va. Mononc I
tery, Class 95. To be drawn at Alexaiuu • |
this duy, August 27, 1850.
J. W. MAURY & CO. Mnnngers.
SPLENDID SCHEME:
12 Drawn Numbers in each Package of 22 Tick- J
1 Prize of $20,000 I
1 5,000
1 2,000
1 1,150
&c.
Tickets $5—shnres in proportion.
Prizesi CumIhmI at thin Onlc e « ,
Tickets and Shares for Buie, and orders ’
Country attended to at the old establish^
the Managers, Owens’ Building, No. 5 nu ■
lately condueteiLby P. B. Pendcrgast,
P August 27 1 J.W.MAURY^k
THE LUCKY AUGUSTi17oTTEB v
]() Prizes of kj
10
:a
-
Stc.
DRAWS THIS DAY.
2 !!
3,389 DOLLARS
GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY-
Class No. 114. rnrar» c !
for the benefit of the Independent Fire 1 djjji
Augusta, 'l/b bb drawn in Augusta, o'^
August 27, 1850. 8ules close ut 4 o cock,
1>. PAINE <& CO., Mnnngers.
S C H E M E : p o, tickets-
14 drawn ballots in each package ol -
l Prize of $3,389 I' 20 Prize ol ;]
1 800 1 20
1 400 20
Ac
Ac
S0p I 300..
Tickets $1—Shares in proportion- oo
Pack of wholes cost §25 00; draw bnc - pi)
“ halves “ 12 50; “ u ;| 9J
“ quarters' 6 25: “ „, a oFFl^
For sale at G. W. WYLI-Y • „).,«(
Cor. Bull-st.
Ulgp Orders from the Country prow 1 ^ f
l o and Prizes cashed on demand.