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SAVANNAH MORNING N E VV S..... .T HU R S D A Y, AUGUST 29, 1850.
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WILLIAM T THOMPSON, EDITOE
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All rtetc Adecrtlsemeyas appear in balk paper!-
Tlio llnrk Hide of Ihn Picture—.Ciillforniii
in a New Ahjm-i-i.
Tbo late accounts from California, as usual, repre
sent everything In tlmt golden land,as being in a most
prosperous condition. The following letter, howev
er, gives us a less flattering picture of tbo Now Kldo
ratio. Tbo writer admits that bis body and soul are
bold together by pitch plasters, from which wo inter
that bo is physically inlirm, which tuny account in
partfoi* tbo oblhjuity of bis incnlul vision. Wo
should suppose that a country, the climate of which is
fetal to mules and Jackasses, was not a lit place for
him, and would advise him to leave by the |tirst bout.
There are many persons among the crowd of adven -
t urers, who have gone to California, who expected no
doubt,that the gold was to be found'lying about loose
mid that they would have nothing to do but. to pick it
up and bag it. Such persons liave, of course, been
disappointed, and their chugrin has caused them to
louk with jaundiced eyes upon every thing about them
—making tlio “radishes ns tough us shoe leather."—
On tho other hand there has no doubt bdhn great ex-
ngerations by those interested in^lorcirg tlio emigra
tion from the Free States to California, and while al
lowance is to he mudo for tho despondency ol the
writer, wo may safely take u portion of his story for
truth. Wo liuvo ulwuys been of tlio opinion that a
revulsion would tako pluce in California, “ ...at all
was not guld that glitteied" there, and that the pres
ent artificial stnte of things, would have to give
way to u more substantial and legitimate system.—
That there is abundance of gold there no one may
doubt. Hut wo do doubt if tho mini s will ever be
worked with real profit until slave labor is introduc
ed in California. But to return to the letter which
we find iu the Express : (
San Francisco, June 20, 1850.
“ * * * I shall now proceed to state, according
to tho best information I cun collect, and as derived
from a close personal observation, what is strictly
true as regards this country. And 1 challenge any
uiun to deny the truth of whnt 1 have written you.
1 consider California one o 1 the most gigantic hum
bugs of our time, mid one that lots been most suecess-
luhy kept up. Its mineral wealth 1 do uot question ;
but evory dollar of gold, so fur, taken lrotn tile earth,
heliovo me, has cost double its value. There is not a
man that J Know of that has made any considerable
amount by digging gold. But 1 can tell you how they
do get tlieir money. Men in New York,and elsewhere,
are sending the finest ships here, laden with property
of every description. As soon as these vessels enter
the harbor, they ure attacked by tins “ hounds" with
which this country swarms. Then the tost comes
who shall have the largest share of the spoils I
The largo amounts of gold, received at. New York
end other places, from California, are wind deceive
the whole world/ It is impossible to give any accu
rate cstinmtoofthe number of persons engaged at the
mines; But it must ho overu hundred thousand, 1
think. The margins of the rivers are densely throng
ed with adventurers, each man appropriating to him
self say 10 or 15 feet—and even now so great is tho
rush to scctiro a "location" that they travel through
snow four feet deep to get at tho promised hunt."
But whnt shall I say of this horrid climate? At
this moment 1 can only keep alive by having a huge
pitch plaster upon- my breast, a loot square.—with
sundry blisters on other parts of my body. We have
almost perpetually cold easterly winds, equal to the
worst you nave at home ill ihv winter season. [Tlio'
streets at San Francisco, are generally sunk in ntud
from 4 inches to two feet deep.] Tlio atmosphere
here ismilike any tube found in any other quarter
of the habitable globe. When you inhale it, it has an
effect upon tho system much tlio same as anthracite
gas. It is an absolute truth, thrt it kills mules ami
jackasses. Wherever you go, you will hear the poor
animals coughing and sneezing tram its deleterious
influences. ********
The soil is nil sand. As fur ns the eye can penetrate
in any direction, nothing is s-cn but mountains of
great height, Without a vertigo of v. gelation ot any
kind taj>movo the view, it is the roughest country
lover beheld. There is not a solltury aero of ground
within ten miles of tho town, that is anything near u
common level. I have seen some radishes that were
grown here, that were as tough as shoo leather. (>ys
tors are very plenty. They sell at $0 n quart. Sal
mon, they say are cAught in the Sacramento, hot I
would not vouch for tho truth of this story. * *
Tbo prices of real estate, and the equally exorbi
tant rents in San Francisco nro an absurdity. * *
I will just show you how ridiculous are some of the
estimates of California wealth, which have been sent
home to the States to humbug unsuspecting people
there. Frank Ward was called the wealthiest young
man iu tho country. But the fact is he never could
have realized even §10,000 in cash, lie built him
r.while ago a mansion, which could he built now for
§1200. It cost him $12,000. Becoming crippled for
money, ho sold it for $28,000, and then turned round
and hired it at a rent of $1000 a mouth. * * *
ihirk Six Brothers the other day sold 71,000 feet of
lumber Ibnguod and grooved, clear yellow, white
pine planed hoards, for $21 per M. A few days since
100 Mi Boston No. I chinglos sold ut auction for $1,-
50 per M. i have a lot of splendid beef, which cost in
Boston $17. 1 paid but $4 for it here ? 1 have pur
chased 13 now boats, which enme from Boston, and
for which $ 10 freight was paid on each bout. They
costtoe .hut $27,30 eiich.
Business of all kinds is enrried on herp after tho
most cut throat fashion imaginable. An example:
Tho other day there was an auction sale *f trunks,
for storage, ft Sacramento City, (about 1500 in nil.)
A mnjqrity of the owners were probably dead ; tho
remainder did not call in time—and so trunks and
contents were sold, nnsight, unseen, to anybody
that Would buy them at from $1 to $3 apiece. One
of the lucky purchase!'* found $1500 in gold dust in
one of the boxes ho hud bought in this way. The’
Corporation (if it deserves thu name) sold several
lots tho other day, at an aggregate bid of $000,000.
On that property all put together, you could not. in
New York, negotiate a loan of $2000. * * * The
? rioc of labor, here, dosorves a word or two. When
came hero 1 found Iroin 1000 to 1200 persons “tent
ing" out, covered with all kinds of rags, sick, couch
ing, and dying. There was not a day's labor to be
had for more than a hundred of these poor wretches
““'he coming winter will he productive of the most,
■aril of misery .and suffering. The facilities for
ling money huyo been getting worse and worse
. a the day 1 arrived. Seeing the downfall that
I8t ere long take place, 1 have sold my lumber for
the market price, $175 per M. and am determined not
to deal in anything above tlio prices currontnt home.
I have yet to see the first purson who 1ms express
ed any satisfaction with this place. * * * Again
1 tell yon it is a shocking country. * * * Th 0
sacrifices that are made in the prices of some of tlio
vessels at this port arc immense. The hark Tecum-
sell (400 tons; which CT)6t $14,000 in New York, lias
been sold for $1700. I could mention hundreds of
like instances, showing losses equally ruinous.
Women had better commit suicido if they bnvftnny
serious intention of coming to California. The' oh-
mate is terrible. You see grave yavds nil over. Wo
have three very largo ones in San Francisco,and these
toll a tale not to he misunderstood
I■ have met a great many lawyers, doctors, and
clergy, who had come from New York. Not one of
tilemisdoing walk Tito best they ure doing is to
make out u hard-scratched living. * * * Trust no
man that is connected with California. Thu excite
ment ami the huge delusion it has occasioned will in
the end he productive of a greater loss of life and
property Bum even was sacrificed in the war of the
Revolution. Time will prove that whnt 1 say is true.
Yours. ' II. 1’. HOYT.
Sip#u for Death of a Yuan# Lady by Eightniug.—
On the evening of the 30th of July, at twilight, Miss
Charlotte Ann Wooers, u highly accomplished youii"-
lady at Uroen Bay, Wisconsin, was sitting in her
father's house against n partition over which a stove
pipe communicated with a chimney, during a thun
der storm, singing with her sister, Mrs. Lnthrop, ns-
was her custom, (he, plnntive ballad "Goodbye,”
each bearing it separata part At that moineur a
heavy cloud passing over the house discharged its
fearful contents. The fatal shaft entered the chim
ney, followod the stove-pipe to 'the stove, and then
down the partition against which tile deerused was
sitting, and exploded just over her head. The room
was-fillcd with a sudden blaze of light, u thundering
crash followed by a piercing scream was heard, nnd
Miss Mooers, who hut a moment pefore was in per
fect health. now enveloped in flames, lay upon the
Uuor.lusen Able taut apparently dead. Immediately
remedies used, hut no signs of life appeared. Her
neither, with much presence of mind, breathed in
her month, throwing a volume of air Into her lungs,
which was repeated again nrnl again by her lather,
until I»y extraordinary efforts a slight response whs
observed, a contraction of the lips, « quiver of the
clilu, followed by partial respiration until she was so
far restored to consciousness ns to regain her sight,
to spruit, to know her friends around Iter and appre
ciate their efforts to alleviate her sufferings, hut not
to fully understand the cause of her distressing con
dition. So many senses having been restored to he r
it very naturally raised in thu minds of her afflicted
parents and friends, hopes of her ultimate recovery ;
but thosehopes were illusive. Sliolfiigerodfor twen
ty hours, and ilicn sunk away in death.
SiWASJWAElQ
Tlmradny illariiing, Aiigunt 20, 1850.
Largest Circulation in the City!!
J .Ty.- 1 The Mails for Havana, Cliugrcs, Panama, Cal
ifornia and Oregon, to go by the Steamship Ohio, will
lie closed at 10 o'clock this morning.
i 'Zp' We are indebted to lion, iluuit A. Haral
son, for a copy of his able speech in tlio House of
Ucpresentntives on the Territorial Question, deliver
ed on the 10th inst.
We have also to thank our Representative, lion.
Jos. W. Jackson, lor interesting public documents.
The papers of tlio interior aro chiefly filled
with tho proceedings of State Rights meetings in al
most every County in the Stuto adopting ami recom
mending the Missouri Lice. Such unanimity of sen
timent never before prevailed in this State on any
subject. What is to become of the little politicians
who still endeavor to make n party niattor of this
great and vital question I
The editor of the Macon Messenger says he lia* re
ceived formal notice that Dr. Andrews, after tnkin>*
legal advice, bus resolved to institute an action for li.
be! against thoso who publish the preamble to the reso
lutions of the lute meeting of tho citizens of that
place, the object of which was to silence his press.
Had not the doctor hotter bring an action nguinst the
meeting itself.
ITT A number of tho citizens of Kingston have
addressed Robert Munroe Harrison, the American
Consul there, asking him to nddross liis government
upon the subject of establishing a regular mail com
munication, through the port of Kingston. Great in
jury, they represent, has been sustained for want of
n regular Postal communication, such ns lias been es
tablished with the United Slates, and other British
Colonies.
J The now threo cent pieces, recently issued
from the Philadelphia Mint, have, on one eido the
words “United States of America,” in which is a cir
cular wreath enclosing the numeral “III.” On the
reverse side is tho Liberty cap, inscribed with tho
word “Liberty,” nnd surrounded with tlio rays. Un
derneath the cap are the figures “18p0.”
White Boy Stolen by Indians. Thc^Ocula(Fla.)
Argus of the 10th inst., says. A white boy was re
cently stolen by the Indians from the lower part of
that county. The lad had been sent for a branding
iron. The horse which he rode returned that night
with tho boy’s suspenders braided in his mane. In
vestigation proved the vicinity of Indians. The Ar
gus says much excitement prevails. Families are
again breaking up. Tho boy’s parents inconsolable
mg, *
had t>
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Compliment'to Caft. Brooks of the Steam
er Metamoua. The following handsome and well
merited compliment was paid to Copt. Brooks, of
tlio steamer Metamora by a number of gentlemen of
Charleston who were conveyed by Capt. B.to Sulli
van’s Island during the severe gale of Saturday Inst.
A meeting of passengers was convened in the cab
in of tile boat, and the following preamble and reso
lutions adopted:
It is esteemed proper, when those, especially con
nected with the public by their employments, perfotgpi
nets of spirit and generosity, that tlio subjeccamf such
benefits should riot^jiily enjoy tho gratification nnd
privilege of expressing their gratitude, hut should he
permitted to make the expression of'their gratitude
public, nnd commend suelt worthy conduct to tile
notice of tho public, as an incitement ami example to
others. ,
We, the passengers on board of the Metamora, for
Sullivan’s Island, deemed the event of this evening as
such an occasion, and esteem ourselves ns having re
ceived suelt a benefit from Captain Brooks. We
found ourselves on the wharf, with n high gulcblow
ing, night at linitd, separated from our families, with
no means of communication with the Island from
rite regular quarter. Capt. Brooks, prompted by the
generous feelings characteristic of liis profession,
and worthy of a commander, to rescue a party of
gentlemen in an exposed condition, nnd considered in
peril, and from sympathy to ourselves, promptly
yielded his services, and at much inconvenience fur
nished the aid of his boat: Bo it therefore.
Resolved, That this company esteem it a privilege
to return thoir grateful acknowledgements for the
courteous, considerate and kind interposition in their
behalf.
Resolved, That a ropy of these proceedings be fur
nished Captain Brooks, by the chuirmau huJ secreta
ry of this meeting.
OTIS MILLS, Chairman.
E. L. Adams, Secretary.
Squatter Modesty.
The San Francisco Herald, edited wo- believe by a
“ certain Crane" who went out to the boundless '• State
of California," some few months since, ns a nonin
tervention missionary, after travelling over thu North*
urn States collecting subscriptions to his paper, snys:
” There is one thing upon which the people of this
Stnto hnveho division of opinion. The proposition to
run the line of the Missouri Compromise to the Pa
cific, can never find favor in California. The people,
whatever may be tlieir sentiments of self-denial, ur"-’
ingthem to prefer an adjustment of tile whole con
troversy at once, to any partial settlement, evenal-
though the latter should advance their own interests
nevertheless cun never consentto submit to a contrac
tion of their present boundaries. This is wholly out
of the question. It is proposed by but very few—Jef.
forson Davis, Mr. Clemens, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Yulee,
Mr. Butler, nnd one or two others; but it meets with
no tavor from any hut those who are opposed to all
compromise, and whom we cannot hold less censura
ble than such men ns Mr. Ilule and Mr. Seward. Of
course such n proposition cun never receive any con
siderable support. That a number of those in favor
of tho measures of the compromise committee, may
assent to the extension of the line of the Missouri
Compromise, to the eastern boundary oftho State, is
highly probable i and, of course, we should not ob
ject. Anything that will lay the troubled spirit of dis
union forever, will he hailed with joy by tlio people
of Ibis country, as well as those of other portions 1 of
the Union. But the boundaries ot California must not
he disturbed."
Why not, pray? Why not “disturb the boun
daries of California” for the purpose of “laying the
troubled spirit of disunion forever," as well ns those
ol Texas ? Is not the esta'dished sovereignty of Tex
as us much to be respected as the pretended, unac
knowledged sovereignty of California? Are not the
rights nnd feelings of a brave people, who fought for
and established their right to the soil they occupy, as
much to' ho regarded as those of a heterogenous
mass of grasping speculators nnd squatters, of all
races, tribes and nations, who have, without leave
or license, eeized upon the public domain, only to
plunder it of its wealth, nnd then return to whence
they came? A little modesty would become, these
gold digging trespassers, when they speak to the pro:
prietors ol the gruund they occupy.
Memphis, August 21st, 1850.
Gi ll Coe, wounded recently inst rencontre, has
since died. Several cases of Cholera have occurred
here. Amongst the victims we notice the names of
I'rnf. Doyle, of Memphis University, who died ut
Gilead.
Correspondence of the Daily Morning Hews.
Band Hills, Richmond Co. Ga.
Avgust, 24, 1850.
Dear T : In my letter Of yesterday, I gave you
come account of the improvements mudo lately near
the canal. In continuation of the subject, I will no
tice to day the novelties in tho city. •
Tho most prominent of these is the Pail nnd Buck
et Factory of Glcndunniiig & Co. 1 have often said
when looking at the neat uud precise manner in
which thoso common water puils are inndo, that it
was strange that they could bo niforded nt such low
jffices. But it censes to be a matter of wonder, when
wc see the modus operandi, nnd bocomn nware of the
ease and rapidity with which they are produced.—
The green timber is taken into the shop below, and
placed in the seasoning room, n room in which by
mentis of steam thrown upon it in large volumes,it is
seasoned in a day. By mentis of n circular saw, it is
cut in lengths fur working. A cylindrical saw then
gives it the concave shape required to make it a part
of the circle. Then us quickly hs a man can move
his fingers, n little plane runs through the bench, nnd
tongues one side and grooves the other of each piece.
Then with a pair of circular saws plucnd nt the right
distance apart, the ends are cut off, and the proper
length given. The pieces being now ready to go to
gether, they are placed upon a cylinder for that pur
pose, and tuc upper hoop is put on, cut and fastened
almost before you can ask how. The bucket is then
put upon the lathe ; and by means ot a singulnr shap
ed plane, shoved into it, is made, by the rapidity
with which it revolves, smooth in less than two min
utes, mid besides, has the groove cut to tit the bottom
in, the edge rounded oil', nnd the whole as smooth as
saiul paper can make it. To put the bottom in, anil
put o i tho lower hoop, handle, Ate, are the work of a
lew minutes, ditch is the rapidity with which the
work is done, tlint three men, so tho superintendent
informed me, can turn out five hundred buckets per
day.
A cabinet maker's sltop, you will say, is no uncom
mon building, nnd is hardly worth being included
among the improvements in a city of any pretention.
Of an ordinary cubinct maker’s shop, I grant this
would he very true; but when you go into sucit an
establishment as that of C. A. Platt & Co., you will
think there is something worthy of notice iu it.—
Why,that chimney, 70 feet high, will make you pause;
ami you will be sure to enquire into the meaning of
that interminable “Whiff! iff! iff I ill! ill!" us tlio
steam engine performs the labor of many, many men.
Go into tho lower room, and there see circular
siavs grilling nt you in every direction, like chateaux
dcfrisc ; or whirling nnd fizzing like so many wheels
of pyrotechnical manufacture. Here they cut the
timber into tlio various lengths required ; aiql it is
passed up stairs with u sort of “pnrutnrngamnmehe
presto-puss!" movement. In tlio second story, plain
ing, tonguing and grooving, morticing, tenanting,and
other machines that 1 enn't pretend to remember, be
sides turning lntlies of every variety, call your utten
tion. I have forgotten the number of workmen em
ployed in this establishment, but 1 know there is noth
ing approaching it elsewhere iu this State. Messrs,
l’latt & Co., ltere make nearly all the-furniture they
sell, nnd will make anything for you, as cheaply as
you can procure it from the North, and much better.
Proposals are called for. to build a new bridge to
enter the city at tile upper end, on tlio site of one that,
was built there in 1835 and carried away by the great
flood of 1810. Augusta, independently of the politi
cal divisions of the citizens, has always been divided
into two parties in business interest, up town nnd
down town. The up town boys, tlio 600th district G. M.
pride themselves on the title of “the bloody 600th” and
1 once saw nearly 200 of them march to the polls in
double file to deposit their votes' for Gen. Harrison.—
After tho new bridge was washed away their sit.
prcniacy seemed to be waning ; but the establish
ment of the factories near their end of the city reviv
ed their sinking fortunes, and now by n grand rally
they have succeeded in getting their favorite project
on loot again : the building of another bridge, to put
them on an equulity with their ancient enemies, the
buttenders at the lower end of the town.
Gas is talked of to light the city. They ought not
to talk of it, but procure it nt once. There is no city
in the Union which could look so well by “ gas light."
All the business being done on one street, they would
make n show hern, suelt ns can be made in no other
place. They will have it too, I suspect, for a spirit of
improvement is abroad, nnd will not be satisfied
while any evil remains uncorrected.
I have taken up much room and time in noticing
the improvements of this place, for the purpose of
making the people of our city acquainted with what
has been done in other quarters of our State, that they
may compare it with whnt we have ourselves accom
plished. And I feel a glow of pride and satisfaction,
iu contemplating the advance of our own people in
wealth and independence. It is so much towards
preparation for that position which we will have to
assume nt no very distant day, among the nations of
the earth. The elements have been long nt work,
mid their effects have slowly nnd steadily driven us
fro-n our psoitioits, until now, with the traitorous
sympathy of some of our temporising people, we are
deprived of the means of retaining even a decent
equality in the councils of the nation. Can any man
of common reflection, or of any experience in tho
character of those people who thus drive us step by
step before them, say, that when they have obtained
this undoubted ascendancy, they will then consider
ately grant us common justice. The idea is prepos
terous I No sir: aggression after aggression, insult
after msult, and injury after injury, to which our past
experience will seem a complimentary exchange of
courtesies, will he the reward meted out to the for
bearing, down-trampled South. Our very soil will be
polluted by the bold step of the fanatic and the incen
diary, ami the torcii flaunted insultingly in our Dices.
Then shall the bayonet be the only resource, nnd
bloody will be tlio struggle. But that struggle must
come, and with it cotnes the decree to rend the Union
asunder, and build upon its ruins, at least two sepa
rate) nations. What patriot can look forward to this
event without a feeling of sorrow ! But whnt South
erner can contemplate the humiliation of his native
soil, without thinking of his musket and his rifle?
Such sir will inevitably he the result, if a firm stand
be not made now. That wc will unite in making this
stand, 1 have no hope now; nnd this it is thnt makes
me glad to see every step towards that independence
which will he ultimately forced upon us, iu our mis
guided ett'urts to save tho Union. ft.
E. Ap* It is stated that there are nt the present time,
20,076 army pensioners iu the United States, of whom
only 12.7'U have drawn their allowances. The num
ber of persons in Georgia entitled to pensions from
the Government is 555, of whom only 164 have
drawn their money. By the act of 1818, 20,485, per
sons were pensioned. Of this number there remain
but 1,576! and thus far only 702 have applied for
tlieir allowances.
This shows what an amount of injustice is unin-
tcntionidlj done those who meritoriously deserve all
they have added to their credit, nnd yet who die with-
i ut receiving their lawful stipends, Tho fault, how
ever, lias been their own, either in nut understand
ing hew to make the proper application, or of negli
gence, for the department ispromptin discharging all
liabilities of the kind.
Philadelphia, Aug, 22—6 P. M.
A Ilian apparently deranged from the effects of in
toxicating liquors, about 4 o’clock this afternoon,
entc red the uvunue leading to Independence Hall, and
while there picked up u ease knite from an eating
stand, and, without further ceremony, cut his throat
from ear to ear. He then walked out into the street
ahd fell on tin- pavunient. lie was soon picked up
and conveyed to tiie mayor’s office, where he died iu
a few moments afterwards. He stated, previous to
eommiting the deed, to some persons with Whom he
had been conversing, that liis mime was John Stnithi
and that lie wus a ixeri-huut of Portsmouth, Vaf
The New York Tribune, urges the cultiva
tion of Flax instead of Cotton, ns n stronger, hettei
nnd more economical material for human use, good
Flax being raised nt six cents a pound, whereas Fair
Orleans Cotton commands more than twice that sum
with an advancing price. With improved machin
ery, (something which would do for Flax, whnt
Whitney’s Cotton Gin has done for Cotton,) he sup
poses that the manufacture of Flax will, by and by,
be made more available for domestic purposes. We
observe in connection with this subject gront im
provements noted in the manufacture of /Hemp.
“The Maysville Herald (Ky.) of the 10th. announc
ing the successful establishment nt thnt place (by J.
T. Cook Sc Co.) of tin extensive manufactory of Ky-
unized Rope and Bagging, wherein the II -nip is taken
directly from the field as cured for the ham or stack
nnd broken without lotting either by dew or by wu-
ter. The machinery required for the breaking is of
course of great power, hut one breaking ehgino will
turn out haif a ton of dressed hemp (fiber) per day.
The saving in quantity by this process, as compared
with tho dew-rotting and dressing, is ten per cent,
whilo the Kyanized process, (which was found not
to answer witli either dew-rotted or water-rotted
hemp,) here works to perfection. The reason is said
to he that Rotting is a process of decay, nnd Kyaniz-
ing can prevent but ennnot arrest decay ; on the con
trary, it rather accelerates the process when already
commenced. The material used by Cook & Co. in the
Kynnizing process is kept a secret, but they, sny it is
not expensive. All the fabrics used by them have an
extraordinary power of endurance under tho operation
of the elements. The s (lives orsvoody portion of hemp
stalk are carried directly from the breaker by ma
chinery to tho furnace, into which a fun throws them,
nnd the sixty horse engine requires no other fuel. The
Maysville Herald has a calculation showing that for
an establishment making 20,000 yards of bagging per
week, tho weekly expense would be $1,992 under
tho old system, while with this machinery n much
better ami more durable fabric is produced at a cost
of $1,285, making a savingof $700.”
Distressing Death from Hydrophobia. Wo learn
from tho Natchez Free Trader, that Miss Sarah Ful
ton, a lovely and interesting young lady of nineteen
years, belonging to Franklin eouniy, Miss., came to
her death on Sunday, tho 14th inst.. from the bite of a
mad dog a “out four weeks previous. The Free Tra
der snys :
"Miss Fulton, on Saturday morning, felt shooting
pains from the place where she hud been bitten in
the arm, ascending towards her neck and throat,
but was* well enough to ride some distance to attend
a temperance barbacue. The day being hot much
water was drank, and whilo attempting to drink,
the poor girl felt un unaccountable spasm, or chill,
prevade her frame, which prevented her from drink
ing. i s site rode home she grew worse, and told
tin: gentleman who accompanied her that she would
die of canine madness. The paroxysms soon be-
came dreadful; her mouth constantly filljng with
snlivu, and throwing out foam, which had to be wip
ed away constantly. Her distressed and hoarse
breathing could be hoard for many hundred yards,
nature sunk under the awful struggle in about twen
ty-four hours, and death came to her relief on Sun
day evening, the day after she was taken ill. What
is most awful, nnd fills the community far and near
with a prevading gloom, is tlio fact, that Mrs. Fulton;
a widow nnd u mother of Miss. Sarah, was bitten
much worst) thnn her daughter, by the same dog;
ti negro.belonging to them, 'was also bitten, neither
of whom, us yet, have felt the symptoms of tho
disense.”
The Hurricane.—Wo continue to receive ac
counts of the ravages of the Into storm. Tho Mil-
ledgcvillc Recorder of Tuesday says:
Many trees in this placo ns well as in the country
were prostrated, in places obstructing the roads.
Cotton is materially damaged. The gale commenc
ed from the east, then changed and subsided when
blowing from the west. It thus twisted the cotton,
corn und all other growth in every direction. All
tiie cotton open was totally destroyed, and the stalk
of the cotton divested of n considerable portion of
its fruit. It being court week with us, we yesterday
had an opportunity of conversing with a number of
planters from the country, as well as others from
adjacent counties. Tlieir accounts nro gluoomy.—
They generally think thnt cotton has by this catastro
phe been cut short at least one tenth of what other
wise it would have made. Corn, in rather an imma
ture state, has in many instances hail the stalk broken
otf, nnd the residue thrown in every direction on tfifc
ground. Fodder not pulled pretty much destroyed.
We certainly hnve never experienced in thisplucea
more protracted and severe gale. Wc hear of no
lives lost.
* The Macon Messenger of yesterday says :
In this city no material injury was done to build
ings ; hut many valuable trees were uprooted, slid
much damage was done to shrubbery, fences, See. On
the Macon 6c Western road considerable injury was
done to the track by tile falling of trees across it. by
the washing of the embankments, the sliding of the
cuts, &.c. The Curs were, in consequence, delayed in
tlieir arrival on Saturday and Sunday too late hour.
The damage, however, was soon repaired, and the
trains now arrive witli their accustomed regularity.
The line of Magnetic Telegraph, both East and West,
has been interrupted in its operations, nnd will pro
bably continue so for a day or two longer.
California, let it seem strange as it will,
Although with the riches of Ophir invested,
Has prov’d quite tumble to prevent the first bill'
That was drawn in her fuvor from being protested'
PASSENGERS.
Per bark Isaac Mend, from Noiv-Ym-lr i.
ness, J A Mayer, nnd Wilgns. urK -Mr« U, r L
Per ship Hartford, from Now-York—tt.
gee, Mrs E Broth on, Geo Hardcastle, «„n
ter, Wm Roberts, John Wilson. A Suff.
steerage.
Per steamer St Matthews, from Pahitln, „
Mrs Haynes, J L Villaluaga, T J Dubose r
Rev V Woole*. J M Tison, and 4 on d ' c k.
V
“If r,t
limit'd of Ilenltli.
Savannah, August 28, 1850.
Sexton's Report of Interments for the Week ending
August 27, 1850.
21st. Wm. Leonard, 4 year, Worms: Savh., Resd't.
21 st. Geo. W. Ham, 3 years, Chronic Dysentery;
Savannah. Resident.
21st. Christopher Spencer, 22 years, Visitation of
God ; Nova Scotia, Non-Resident
22d. Thomas Lawson, 40 years Visitation of God ;
England, Non-Resident.
22d. Elizabeth Mooney, 28 years, Visitation of God;
Ireland, Resident
22d. Seagrove Smith, 19 Months Cholera Infantum;
Savannah Rcsiden t.
23d. *Thos. llnikness, 25 years, Malignant Remit
tent Fever; Scotland, Non-Resident.
24th. John O'Brian, 29 years, Congestive Fever;
Ireland, Resident
25th. Charles Mnnsficld, 4 days, Infantine; Savan
nah, Non-Resident.
27th. Joseph Clegg, 29 years, Billious Remittent Fe
ver ; England, Non-Resident. Total 10.
"Died ot tin- Poor House nnd Hospital.
Black and Colored.—Cufi'y, 37 years, Dinrrlioea;
Quash, 65 yenrs, Dropsey; Louisa, 85 years, Old Ago;
Infant, 10 days, Spasms; June, 25 years, sudden death,
(cause unknown;) Ned, 21 years, l’lurisy; Total 6.
B. Lathi:op, Sexton.
E. J. HARDEN, Chairman pro tom, B. H.
S. A. T. Lawkence, Sec.
Special Notices
CONSIGNEES.
Per ship Furux, from Boston—Wnshhin-,, I
& Co, 1 S Wayne, S M Pond, N li & ft ur,,'' ‘Met I
Sc Son,, Ilollis 6c Lawson, C f Mills l’liili,.; J
W li Halo, C Hartridge, Yonge & Gatn nell mS H
roll At Co, Rowland 6c -Washburn, J G p i,
bun & Fulton, Brigham, Kelly 6c Co, Cohen, i?’ **»
and order. ul8 “Ht'n,|
Per ship Hartford, from New-York—Brim I
ly & Co, T S Wayne, T R Mills, B M l’umfv ’ *'*■ I
Gammell, W Humphreys, Jas Dunns, Hue'l,
Swilt, Dcnslow 6c Webster, Rowland A- ti" ,
' W Morrell, & Co, II ,J Gilbert n
l'upper, E F Wanit e: I
Hendrickson,A Welles 6c Co, Ambler, Banm
H F VV aring At Co, Turner 6c Oden, S E Botktv^
^“viilRH I
Co, M J Solomons, A*At 1, Muck,
Uad
fclii
nrsonfi
Notice to Passengei-s for Steamship OHIO.
Passengers for above Steamship are notified that
the steamer J. STONE will leave Exchange wharf
at 11 o’clock this day. Those for Havana, must get
their passports from the Consul,
nug 29 COIIENS Sc IIERTZ.
SAVANNAH GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.
Proposals will bo received for supplying this Com
pany one year with good, clean. Shell Lime, say 2,500
bushels. For further particulars apply at the Works.
GEO. W. ADAMS,
Aug 28 tf Sup’t.
PUBLIC MEETING IN M’lNTOSII.
Tile citizens of M’Intosh county, Irrespective of
parties, nre requested to meet in Darien, on the 2d of
September, at 9 o’clock, A. M., to express their opin
ions on the great questions now before Congress nnd
the country. A tig 27.
Departure of the Atlantic Steamer*.
From Europe. Few York. Boston.
Asia, (Br.) July 13 Au „ 7 .
Canada, (Br.) July 20. ...Aug. 14 °
Hermann.(Am.)...July 20....Aug.20... "
Cambria, (Br.)....July 27.... ’ ..”a u ",'21
Pacific, (Am.) .... July 31.... Aug. 24 S
Niagara, (Br.) Aug. 3....Aug. 28
Europa, (Br.) Aug. 10.... ...Sent 4
America, (Br.)....Aug. 17....Sept.li ’ -
„ Atlantic, (Am.)....Aug. 20....Sept. 7
' Hibernia, (Br.)....Aug. 24 "".Sent 18
Asia, (Br.): Aug. 31... .Sept. 25..~T'
Scranton, Johnston ch Co.
Per hark Isaac Mead, from New-York—n„n.)
6c Washburn, T S Wayne, T R Mills, S M fonAu
6c Foster, J A Mayor, L VV Morrell 6c Co,E i>„,.
Co, A Welles it Co, 11 J Gilbert, C Hartri i“ ‘r-
ham, Kelly & Co, A Haywood, C A Greiner vri 5 '.
6c Gammell, Marshall 6c Aikin, Davis &Cotm\v ? I
Clnghorn it Go, Smith <t Humphreys, WKiao n 0wl ' I
er At Gillinnd, W P Williams W Warner Tuiv‘ t '
6c Hell, Ambler, Burnum & Co, Cohens A-Hertz 1? I
Counerat,H A Cratio it Co,J H Straus, J DoM-.n,',, ,
Darkness, J C Brown, M J Solomons. McArtWi I
Morse, and order. lor *
Per brig Wilson Fuller, from Boston—
Kelly it Co, Philbrick Sc Bel!, Behn & FoX 8 * J
Pond, T R Mills, T S Wayne, Rowlauil & Washhn.
Verstille, Lufburrow it Butler, A Welles & (jo A!
Solomops it Co, E F Wood 6c Co, J A M aV ei n, A I
Johnson it Co, Padelford, Fay & Co, Smith S; off ‘
phreys, and order.
Per Steamer John Randolph, from Auctista—tin
bales Colton uud Mdze.to T R Mills, Harper Astuin
Per steamer St Matthews, from Fulatka—54*"bu£
els Corn, 34 do Rice, and Mdze, to Boston & t; m u
W J Mern, A Welles it Co, R 6c J Lacklison <•
Flinn, Charleston Steamers.
ULommcrcial.
-LATEST DATES.
Liverpool, Aug. 10 | Havre, Aug, 9 ] Havana, Au5.nl
Savannah Market, August 29.
COTTON.—The sales yesterday were 2G4 bales, u
the following prices, viz: 128 bales at 12; 28 at lVI
33 ut Iff]; 4 ut 12jj ; 27 at 12j; 22at 12'J, and 22 at!:'
Savannah Exports, August 2S.
Per brig Excel, for New-Y ork—685 bales Cotton. I
40 do Domestics, 8 do Wool, 46 casks Rice, 358 LIP
Rice Flour, 5 crates, 17 pkgs Mdzc. I
Sloping jJntelligciuc.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
AUGUST 29,
POUT C A LKN DAB.
MOO N'S PHASES.
Last qr. Id. Oh. 9m., m. | FllMn,22d., 4h. to i|
Now Mn. 7. 4h.25m., a. Lst qr. 30th, 9h. 10ui.,j|
First 'if. 14. Oh.OSin., a. j ^ !
Angiint.
1 8 5 0.
29 Thursduy,. ..
30 Friday,
31 Saturday,.
1 Sunday.,
2 Monday,,...
3 ! uerduy,...
4 Wednesday.
s u
N
MOON
High
Ri.see.
Sets.
Bets,
Morn.
H. M.
H. M.
H. M.
H. M.
5 32
6 29
10 47
00 00
5 33
0 27
[U 32
00 39
5 34 -
6 20
00 00
01 44
5 34
6 25
00 55
03 07
5 35
0 24
01 24
04 30
5 36
6 22
0-> 28
05 54
5 36
6 21'
03 36
OG 56
ARRIVED.
Ship Ferax, Capt Hallett, Boston, Washburn, Wil- |
del- & Co. I
Ship Hartford, Geo Burke, 13 days from New-l’ork, I
to Brigham, Kellky & Co. I
Bark Isaac Mcud, Brown, New-York, to Honied I
Sc Washburn. i
Brig Wilson Fuller, Kelly, I'm Boston, to Briglum,I
Kelly Sc Co. *
Steam
bonts’l and 14
John Randolph, Philpot, Augusta,
14, to T R Mills.
Steamer Gen. Clinch, Lubbock, Charleston, Co-1
hens Sc Hertz.
CLEARED.
Brig Excel, Talman, for Ncw-York—Washhurt, I
Wilder Sc Co.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Metamora. Blankenship, Chasleston.
Steamer Tennessee, Hubbard, Augusta.
B OAUDING.—Mrs. R. IIaklev, havingreraoy-l
ed from No. 19 Montgomery street, reepectfnllj|
informs all persons who may wish to be accuiun»l
dated w ith board, ami meet with every comfort, Itil
she has taken the house No. 160 Broughton street, (ix-l
tween Barnard and Jefferson) where she is again pn-l
pared to receive those who may wish to favor t«l
with their patronage. No fains will be spared to giver
her boarders every satisfaction,
nug 29 Sm-tav
B utter, cheese, flour, &c.-5!0L | I
Selected Goshen Butter
15 tubs do do
50 boxes English'Dairy Cheese
40 bills. Pure Genessee Flour
40 do Butter, Sugar and Soda Biscuit
30 J do do do
25 boxes Soda Biscuit
200 do Colgate’s Soap .
30 do do Pearl Starch, landing and forsskMI
nug 29 SCRANTON, JOHNSTON Sc
U8nNELL’S COACHES—A few of tbejl
beautiful articles with falling tops, just ri’cc"'rt|
Also, Cabs, Propellers & Willow wagons, for sale’ll
nug 29 COLLINS & HULKLEL ■
t|HIE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs
JL friends and tho public, tlmt he has just
a lot of fancy articles, among which are Lubin'sDI
tracts for the handkerchief, fancy Toilet BotIMI
Beef Marrow for the hair, Jules Hnuels Eau hu£ In “|
llair Restorative, Shaving Creams, Ambrosial5I»'I
ing Cttkcs, llair mid Tooth Brushes, Combs, Tr«®|
parent Wash Balls, Brown Windsor Soup. -X. I
Paste, Magnifying Mirrors, &c., &c. Persons '*’1
ing to procure any of the above Domed articles, shou»l
call at once at JOHN A. MAVEU'-'v F
nug 29 154 Broughton it-
rfVOOTH PASTE—Purified Charcoal Paste,
* cleansing the teeth and gums, und puryiymS^I
breath, just received and for snle by „
nug 29 G. R. HENDRICKSON
C< UNNY BAGGING—25 hales Gunny BoSsW|
VT landing from brie Wilson Fuller. For
aug 2‘J
BRIGHAM, KELLY Sc CO-
fll ERINO UNDER VESTS—50 doz. L*
HA and Gentlemen’s Merino Vests, just rccc 1
nnd for sale by 1Mn , T I
aug 26 SNIDER, LATIIROP Sc NEW-M
/AAGES. Mocking Bird, RotemBreeding^ 1 'I
nary Cacct«. Just received, and for sole by
Aug 20 COLLINS & BULKI.EY, 100
Putnu* 118 1
riON<lUEST OF GRANADA,
form Library ot Irving's Works. .
The Berber: by the author of “Kalooloh? » c *
Rural Houra: by a Lady. : tIf r
Europe, P-ast anti Present: by Francia H.Unger
Received by j OH ft M . COOPER,
L. L. 1)
Aug 20
O ECEIVED per barque Exact, 10 Boxes
AV anges, 10 do Lemons, 5 Firkins rhoI ~, c 8
rn Butter, 10 boxes Cheese, 1 barrel choice r F,
for sale by JOHN D. 1
June t’r