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SAVANNAH MORNING NE WS..... .S ATUR t> AY, AUGUST 01, 1850.
THE MORNING NEWS.
BV JOHN M. COOPER.
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR
Him:
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Shnraux O’Brien in America.
How many remember with pleasure the touching
recitation! of Samuel borer, while in this country I
Wo always thought them decidedly the best of the
rarled entertainments he gave us. Among the rest,
he UBed to recite the story of Sham us O'Brien's hang
ing, with great gusto. This pnom hat been published
in the July number of the Dublin University Maga
zine, whence wo extract it, witli a sequel to the story
of poor Shamus, supplied to us by an old correspon
dent, who has kept up the spirit and humor of the
original with great fidelity
BHAMUB O'BRIEN—A BALLAD—(begun in
Ireland, and finished elsewhere.)
Jilt afther the war, in the year '38,
As soon as the boys wor all scattered and bate,
'Twas the custom, whenever a pisaut was got,
To hang him by thrial—barrin’ sicli as was shot
There was trial by jury guin’ on by day light,
And the martial law bangin' the lavins by night,
it’s them was hard times for un honest gossoon ;
If he missed in the judges—he'd meet a dragoon ;
An whether the soger, or Judges gev sentence.
An’ because they loved Erin, on' scorned to sell it,
A prey for the bloodhound, a mark tor the bullet
Unsheltered by night, and unrusted by duy.
With the heath for their burrack, revenge for their
pay,
An’ the braveitan’ hardiest boy i v them all
Wat Sbamus O'Brien, from the town iv Glingall.
HIb limbs were well set, an’ his body was light,
An’ the keen-fauged hound had not teeth half so
white.
But his face was as pale as the face of the dead,
And his choek never warmed with the blush of the
red;
An' for all that ho wasn't an ugly young bye.
For the divll himself couldn’t blaze with bis eyes,
^fio droll on’ so wicked, so dark and so bright,
Like a lire Hash that crosses the depth of the night;
An' ho was the best mower that ever baa been, -
An' the illiganteat hurler that ever was seen.
In fluffin' he gave Patrick Mooney a cut.
An’ in jumpin’ he bate Tom Malownoy a fut;
For lightness iv fut there wus not bis peer,
For, by gorra, he'd almost outrun the red deer :
An’ his dancin' was sicb that the men used to stare,
An’ the women turn crazy, he done it so quare ;
An’ by gorra, the whole world gev it into him there.
An’ it’s be was the boy that wim hard to be caught,
An’ it’s often he run an' it’s often he fought,
An’ it's many the one can remember right well
The quare things he done, an' it’s often 1 hoerd tell
How he ('reckoned the magiathrates in Cahirbally.
An’ escaped through tho sudgers in Aherloe Valley •
An’ leathered the yeoman, himself agin four, '
An' stretched the two strongest on old Galtimore,
But the fox must sleep sometimes, the wild deer must
rest,
Au’ treachery pray on the blood iv the best,
Afther many a brave action of power and pride,
An’ many u hard night on tho mountains bleak side,
An' a thousand great dangers and toils overpast,
In the darkness of'night ho was taken at last.
Now, Shamus look hack on the beautiful moon
For the door of the prison must close on you soon,
An’ take your last look at her dim lovely light
That tails ou the mountain and valley this night—
Guo look at the village, one look at the flood,
An’ one at the sholthering far-distant wood.
Farewell to the forest, farewell to the hill,
An’ farewell to tho friends that will thiuk of you still;
Farewell to the pathem, the hurlin,’ an’ wake.
And farewell to the girl that would die for your sake.
And twelvcsodgcrs brought him toMaryborouh deal.
An’ the turnkey resaved him, refusin’ ull bail.
The licet limbs wor chained, an’ the athrong hunds
wor bound,
An’ he laid down his length on the could prisin ground,
An’ the dreams ot hia childhood kem over him there,
As gentle, ary 1 Bott as tho ewoot summer air :
An’nappy.remembrunccs crowding on ever,
As fast as tho ioam ilukes drift down on tho river,
Bringing fresh to his heart merry days long gone’ by
" ill the tears gathered heavy and thick in hiseye
But the tear didn’t fall, for the pride at his heart
Would not suiter one dropdown his pule check to
start;
An’ he sprang to his feet In tho dark prison cave,
An’ ho swore with tho fierceness that misery gave,
lly the hopes of the good, on’ the cause of the brave
That when ho was mouldering in tho cold gravo
His enemies should never have it to boast
His scorn of thoir veugenee one moment was lost ■
His bosom might bleed, but hia cheek should bedhry,
For undaunted he lived, and undanted he’d die.
Well, as soon as a fow weeks was over and none.
The terrible day iv trial kem on ;
There was aich a crowd there was scarce room to
stand,
An’ sogers on guard, an’ dhragoons sword-in hand ;
An’the court house so full that the people were bo
thered,
An’ uttorncys an’ criers on the pint iv bein’ smother
ed;
An’ counsellors almost gev over for dead,
Au’ tlie jury sittin’ up in their box overhead ;
An’ the judge settled out so determined an’ big,
With his gown on his back ; am) an iiligantnew wig;
All’ silence was called, an’ the rainuto it was said
The court was as still os the heart of the dead,
An’ they heard but the openin’ of one prison lock
An’ Sliamus O’Brien kem into the dock. ’
For one minute ho turned his eye round on the throng
An’ he looked at the burs, so hnn and so strong,
An’ he saw that he had not a hope nor a triend, ’
A chance to escape, nor a word to defend;
An’ ho folded hia arms as he stood there ulono,
As calm and as cold as a statue of stone;
, And they rend a. big ritten’, a yard long at least,
An’ Jim didn’t understand it, nor mind it a t«sto,
Au’the Judge took a big pinch ivsnufl', an’ ho says,
“Are you guilty or not, Jim O’Brien, av you plase ?”
An’ all held theirbreath in the silence of dhread
An’ Slinmus O’Brieii made answer and said ’
•’My lord, if you ask me, if in my life time
Itliougbtany treason, or dirt any crime
■^at should call to my check, as Island alone here,
a hot blush ot shame, or the coldnoss of fear
Ibfow “ t0 ° d by th ° Brav;!to receive my death
lire God and the world I would answer you, no •
FTlut it y«<u would ask me as! think it like
If in the rebellion 1 carried a pike ’
An ’ fought for ould Ireland from the first to the close,
An’ shed the lienrt’a blood of her bitterest foes
I answer you, yes, an’ I tell you again,
Though 1 stand here to perish, it’s my glory that then
In the cause I was willing my veins should run dry,
An tqat now lor her sake I am ready to die.”
Then tile silence was great, and the jury smiled bright,
Ail’the judge wasn’t sorry the job was made light •
By my sowd, its himself was the crabbed ould chap
In a twinklin’ ho pulled ou his ugly bluck cap, ’
Then Shamus’ mother in the crowd staudiu’by.
Colled out to the judge with a pitiful cry,
4t Oh, judge dul lin', don't, oh, don’t soy the word.
The cratliur is young, have merey, my lord :
Ho w-as foolish, he didn’t kimw what he was doin’—
You non f know him, my lord, oh, don't give hiui to
He’s the kindliest crathur, tbe tendherest-lienrtcd—
Don’t part ns lor ever, we tlmt s so long parted.
Judge, muvoumecu, forgive him, forgive him rov
lord, J
An’ God will forgive you, oh, don't say the word I”
That was the first minute that O'lirieu was shaken.
When he saw that be was not quite forgot or forsa
ken,
An’ down his pale cheeks at the word of his mother,
The big tears wor runuin’ fust, one afther th'othcr,
An' two or throe times he endeavored to spake.
But the athrong manly voice used to fulthur and
break;
But at ^liut by the strength of his high mounting
lie conquered and masthoi-ed his griefs swelling tide,
•’An,” says he, “mother, dullin’, don’t break your
The momin’ was bright, an’ tho mists rose on high,
An’ the lark wiiistled merrily in the clear sky—
But why are the raeu standin' idle so late ?
An’ why do the crowds gather fast in tiio street f
What come they to talk of t what come tliojr to see 1
An' why does the )ong rope hang from tho cross tree!
Oh ! Shamus O’Brien pray fervent nnd fast,
May the saints take your soul, for this day la your
lost; v
Pray fast an'pray athrong, for the moment is nigh,
When athrong, propd an’ great as jrou are, you must
die.
An' fasthnr an' faather tho crowd gathered there,
Boys, horses nnd gingerbread, just like a fair j
Au’ whiskey was selling, an’ cussamuck too,
An ould men and young women enjoying the view.
An ou'd Tim Mulvany, lie mod the remark.
Th> re wasn't eich a sight since the time of Noah's
ark;
An', be gorry^’twns tliruc for him, for divil such a
scrugc. “
Sich divarshin and crowds was khown since the de
luge-
For thousands were gathered there, if there was
one,
Waitin’ till such time as the bangin’ 'id come on ;
At last they threw open the big prison gate,
An' out came the aheritfs and sudgers in stute,
An’ a cart in the middle, an Shamua wus in it;
Not paler, buOiroudcr than ever, that minute.
An' us soon Ac people saw Shamus O’Brien,
Wid prayin' nnu blousin', and all the girls cryin';
A wild wailin’ aouud kem ou by degrees.
Like the sound of tho lonesome wind blowln' tliro'
trees.
Oh; on to the gallows, the sheriffs are gone,
An' the cart an' the sodgers go steadily on;
An’ ut every sidetswelliu’ around of the cart,
A wild sorrowful sound that id open your heart;
Now under the gallows, the cart takes its stand,
An' the hangman gets up with the rope in his hand .
An’ the priest bavin.’ blest him, goes down on the
ground,
An’ Shamus O'Brien throws one last look around.
Then the hangman dhrew near, an' the people grew
still,
Young faces turned sickly, and warm hearts turned
chill;
An’ the rope bein' ready, his neck was made bare,
For tliegnpe iv tho life-strangling cord to prepare ;
An' the good priest lias left him, havin’ said his last
prayer.
But the good priest done more, for his hands he un
bound,
And with one daring spring Jim, has leaped on the
ground ;
Bang, bang I goes the carbines, and clash goes tho
sabres,
He’s not down I he's alive still i now stand to him
neighbours,
Through the smoke and the horses he's into the
crowd,
By tho heaven he’s free! than thunder more loud.
By one shout from the people tho heaven's wore sha
ken—
One shout that the dead of the world might awaken,
Your swords they may glitter, your carbines go
bang.
But il you want bangin', its yourself you must hang.
To night he'll be Bleepin' in Aherloe Glin,
Au' tho divil’s in the dice if you (fi$ch him agin ;
Tho sodgers ran tills way the sheriffs ran that,
Ar.’ iatlier Malone lost his new Sunday hat;
An' the sheriffs wor both of them punished severely,
An' lined like the divil, because Jim done them fairly.
A week after dis time—widout firing a cannon—
A sharpyankee schooner sailed out of the Shannon,
And the Captain left word he was goin’ to Cork;
But the divil a bit—ho was bound to N ew York ;
And that very night she ran so near the land,
That some thought she would strike upon Galtimore
strand ;
But oefore the day-light,, like a winged sea mew,
\s swift and as fleet to the westward she flew.
Bad luck," said the police—“bad luck" said the so
gers,
“We tot-dat we had him,”—but “Jim” proved a dod
ger.
Tbe very next Spring—a bright morning in May—
Just six months alter the “ great bunging day”
A letter was brought to the town of Kildare,
And on the outside wus written out fair
“ To ould Mrs. O'Brien in Ireland or elsewhere,"
And tho inside began—” My dear good ould mother,
I’m safe und am happy—and not wishing to bother
You in the-radio’—(with tbe help of the priest)—
1 send you inclosed in this letter at laist
Enuf—to pay him and to fetch you away
To this “LAND OF THE FllEE AND BBAVE”—AmER-
IKA—
Here you’ll be happy, and neverNADE cryin’
So long as you’re mother of Shamus O’Bbikn ;
Give my love to aw ate Biddy, uud tell her beware
Of tiiut apalpeecn—who calls himself “Lord of Kil
dare; 1 ’
And juBtsay to the Judge—1 don’t now care a rap
For him orhis wig, or liis dirty black cap.
And as for dragoons—(them paid men of slaughter)—
Say 1 love them, as the devil loves holy water.
And now my good mother one word of advice,
Kill your bag with pertutees, and whisky and rice,
And when yc start from ould Ireland take pussage at
Cork,
And come strate over to the town of New York,
And there ax the Mayor the beat way to go
To the State of Sinsnaty—in the town of Ohio,
For 'tin dare you will find me, without much tryin,
At " The IIahp and the Eagle,"—kept by Sha-
Mua O’Bbien.
poor
For, sooner or later, the dearest must part;
And God knows it’s belther than wondering in fear
On the bleak, trackless mountain, among the wild
deer,
To lie in tbe grave, where the head, heart and breast
From thought, labor and sorrow, forever shall rest,
Then, mother, my dariin’, don’t cry any more.
Don’t make uie eeera broken, in this, my lost hour,
For I wish when my head’s lyin' uudher the raven,
No to rue man can suv that 1 died like a craven I
'J lien towards the judge Shamus bent down bis heed;
An’ that minute the solemn death stniince was said.
Bloody Affray in a Court of Justice. Yestcrdny
the room of the Third District Court was the scene
of a bloody uffrny, between three of our citizens.
The facta of tlie case, as fur as we con learn them
from many valient uccounts, are as folio (vs. Dr.
Dupas nnd Mr. D. Veau have been partners in a saw
mill ill tlie Third Municipality, nnd huving lately
dissolved partnership, some legal proceeding have
tuken place betweeu them. Dr. Dupas, in settling tlie
accounts of the partnership, was assisted i,y Mr. Se
vere Wiltz, Alderman of the Third Municipality.
Yesterday the parties met in the Third District Court
to try a rule arising from these legal disputes. The
rule hud been tried, and Judge Stiawbnge had left
his seat and the room, when au altercation arose be
tween Dr. Dupas nnd Mr. Veau, the former charging
the luttcr with not accounting for money he bad col
lected, and the latter pronouncing it a falsehood and
CRlumny. Mr. Wiltz, sceeiug tlie dispute was ap
proaching a serious issue, interfered, and stood be
tween the parties, when Veau addressed him some
very abusive language, calling him a liar and a ca-
lumuiatur, with reference to Mr. Wiltz’s endorse
ment of Dr. Dupas’ charges. Thereupon Mr.
Wiltz, who is a gentleman of poweriul frame and
strength, struck Veau, knocking him down on
bis knees. Before he arose. Mr. Veau drew a knife
and stabbed Wiltz in the breast. Wiltz turned to
leap over the railing separating the Clerk’s stand
from tlie portion of the court room allotted to the
Bar, and as he did so, Veuu gave him another so"
vere cut iu tlie thigh, but at the same time foil liimselt
suddenly ou tlie tioor as if lie were dead.
It appeared afterwards that ho had beet; stabbed in
the back by Dr. Dupns, who avowed the act as one
done in defence of his friend. Tlie knile, which
was a very sharp one struck tlie spinal column, and
immediately paralyzed his lower limbs. In the
meantime, Mr. Wiltz had leaped into the Judge's stand
and drew a pistol, when he cried out, "gentlemen, I
am badly hurt;" and fell in the staud. The parties
were then tuken up by their fneuds, and physicians
sen t tor. in n little while they arrived, and examined
their wounds. Mr. Wiltz was able, with the assis
tance of liis friends, to go down tlie steps, and was
put into a cab and curried home, liis wounds are se
vere and puiulul, but uot dungerous. Mr. Veau was
entirely prostrated by his injury, and it is feared that
it will prove mortal.
The gentlemen engaged in this unhappy affair, arc
all highly respectable Creoles, and menu! families. A
momentary dispute about un att'uir of dollars and cell is
produced tbe quarrel which led to h scene, the iike of
which, for tlie credit of our city, we trust will never
be enacted in a Court of Justice again.—-V. U. Vclta,
Bats.—Tlie San Antonia Texan complains ofthe
immense number of rata which infest thut neighbor
hood and destroy tlie crops in the fields. The editor
has been informed by several planters iu the vicinity
that their fields are completely overrun by field ruts,
who destroy corn, watermelons, pumpkins, squashes
and various other vegetables. On sume fields not a
melon is loft: on one plantation they destroyed in one
night over halt an acre of com. One gentleman, who
lias been troubled by them for some time, after try
ing various ways to rid himself of them, determined
to try to poison them by strychnine, and in one
night, killed upwards of twenty, and cn another oc-
easion he destroyed twenty five in about two hours.
This is tbe first time rata have been known to be nu
merous and troublesome In that neighborhoed.
Matin-day Morning;, August HI, ,18.10.
Largest Circulation in the City!!
Our thanks are due to Hon. Kobkbt Toombs
and Hon. C.IL Pkablee, for interesting public docu
ments.
Scarcity of tiouaes in Bavaunali.
As an evidence of tho demand for bouses, (and in
cidentally as in proof of tho advantage ot advertising
in the News) we may stato that we hive had no less
than eizty applications at this office, in reference to
the house andatoresultable fornoity orcountry busi
ness, advertised during the past week. We hear of
the scarcity of houses on all hands, und more thiin
one case has come to our knowledge, in which par
ties from abroad desirous of establishing themselves
in business bore,have been compelled to go elsewhere
fur warn of suitable stores. Only a few days since
we were iuformed that a merchant of our city being
unable to obtain a store for the coming year, contem
plates removing to Charleston solely on that account
Rents have advanced 25 and 30 per cent, and in some
instances as high as 50 per cent, since last year.
This being the caso, we are at a loss to understand
why our capitalists do not build to meet the demand.
There lias been a considerable amount of building
during the past year, but the increaao of houses has
home no proportion to the demand. Why is this ?
Lumber is plenty and cheap, witli building sites in
abundunce, while there is every evidence that the
growth and prosperity of our city is destined to be
continuous und permanent. We feel assured that
capital could not find a better investment in the
State, than that offered in the erection of stores and
dwellings of every clads in this city.
The Ohio. The U. S. Mail steamshfp Ohio, Capt.
Schenck, from New York for Chagres, via this port,
touched oil' our bnr on Thursday afternoon at 4 j
o'clock—hovo too and remained there until nearly
sundown. The steamer J. Stone, Cap*. Fbkeland,
left our city early in the morning with the mails for
tbe Ohio, and remained below all night, but in conse
quence of a very high sea, and a strong easterly wind,
was unable to communicate with her. The Ohio
was boarded by tbe pilut-boat Pett, Capt. King, and
brought from her 16 passengers for this city.
Another Locomotive. The brig Thomas Wal
ter, Capt. Marsiiman, arrived yesterday morning
from Philadelphia, making the passage in five'days."
She has on board another locomotive tor the Georgia
Rgil Road, from the manufactory of Mr. W. M
Baldwin, which is a very superior engine.
From Saint Domingo—Captain Parker of tbe
schooner Navarro, arrived at New York on Sunday
states that the Emperor Faustin 1st, was fitting up an
expedition against the Windward Islands, both by
sea and by land. It was said the naval force would
consist of two large square rigged vessels and a pro
peller ; the latter was in preparation in some part of
Europe, supposed in England.
Some two or three weeks previous to Capt. P.’s
sailing, three white inhabitants, of influence, had
been beheaded, for what the authorities considered
a too free expression of political opinions.
Congressional.—In the Senate on Monday, no
thing of interest transpired. In tlie House the civil
and diplomatic bills received* some further amend
ments in committee of the whole, and was reported
to the House with the understanding that it would be
the first thing in order ou Tuesday, when it was ex
pected it would be passed.
Difficulties in the Cabinet,—Secretary Mc-
Kennan of tbe Interior, has gone home. It is said
thut he will not return. Some accounts stnte that he
has had n disagreement with Mr. Webser. Others
say that ids retirement is on account of ill health.
Army Dress.—By an official order from the War
Department, tho regulation respecting tlie dress of
the army, puulished in ‘ General Orders,'No. 2, of Feb.
niary 13, to tsko effect the 1st ot October, is sus
pended until further orders. Such officers as have
provided themselves with the new dress are per
mitted to wear it for tlie present
The storm.—Tho Columbus Times, of Tuesday,
speaking of the storm, suys : %
1 he storm was no doubt general, as we have heard
irom Meriwether up, and Cuthbort, down the coun
try. rlie rapid rise ot tho river to fifteen feet, indi-
cates that it has extended still higher up the country.
In this city, not leas than 200 trees huvo been prostru-
ted. We hear of no loss of life.
A letter iu the same paper, dated, Cuthbrrt, Aug.
24 th, says:
Tho planters have Buffered beyond anv misfortune
that lias ever heretofore befallen them. 'I learn from
tlie country that the cotton fields have been literally
ruined, every boll the size of a partridge egg has been
beaten oil'as successfully as though a flail had been
used lor that purpose. Cotton ot good size hns been
torn to pieces, the limbs broken off—nnd broken to
pieces in a maimer that precludes tbe possibility of
any recovery.
Cotton fields that promised oil yesterday a yield of
one thousand pounds per acre, to day fall short iu
their promise of five hundred pounds. Houses have
been blown down, trees torn up by the roots, and the
fencing around tlie plantations prostrated all over
the country. How extensive the storm may have
been, I um unable to say. but if it has visited other
sections with the same serverity as it 1ms Randolph
you may rely upon it that the injury will ho felt, and
sadly felt—by the planters.
Another letter, irom Lumpkin, gives a similar ac
count of the ravages of the storm in that neighbor
hood. The writei states thut seven trees were blown
down in his yard, and that the loads were blocked
up with fallen trees in every direction. He adds—
Young corn with the fodder on, looks ns if a log
had been rolled over it—stacks of fodder are blown
down and uny amount of fencing. Tbe whole coun
try is covered with the leaves and the brandies of
trees. My wagon shelter went, and also the covering
ot my screw and part of the roof of my mule shelter
1 suppose from what I can sec, that at least every
twentieth tree in the forest (on mv lund) is down
und in some pluces mure.
Murder in Texas. The Galveston News of the
17tli inst, contains tho following account of a horri
ble case of killing in the adjoining county :
Mr.Daniel Williams, a very respectable and much
esteemed planter living on Oyster Creek, in tlie lower
parted fort Bend cuunty, was killed on Saturday
morning ast, bv a young fellow whose name we
have not heard, but who whs employed,’ ns we hear
by Mrs. Boone, to take care of stock on a small place
Which she had leased to Mr. Williams, The report
states that this young fellow had often behaved with
overhearing insolence towards Mr. Williams and his
taiinly, mid threats had mutually passed between
them, an t that Mr. Williams had requested Mrs
Booue to send him away, which she would not con
sent to do. On Saturday last, Mr. Williams and Ids
wile rode over to the Boone place, (which it appears
Was near by their own) when a quarrel took place
between Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Booue, and
the young telluw referred to. In the course ofthe
altercation, this young fellow very abruptly called
Mrs. Boone a bur. whereupon Mr. Williams raised a
chan as if to strike tile youngster, hut Mrs. Boone,
standing behind Mr. Williams, caught the chair
while the fellow drew u bowie-knife mid stabbed Mr!
^ in tlle buck "ad abdomen so
badly that he died ot the wounds the same night, nnd
was burned cn {■Minday morning.
np f” IfTOtor if this horrid deed was forthwith
Sf Mr d w!ili P " Ced u,lder « uartl - During the funeral
oi Mr. Wilhums, some one was heard to inquire-
where is thut fellow Bill," meaning tlie prisoner,
and tlie next moment a pistol was discharged front
the cro wd, ami tlie contents lodged mi the prisoner’s
.irm, whieh was shattered to pieces, # but no other in-
jury done. -Such is probably nearly the. true account
ot tins transaction. us gathered from tevertiLsources
! r " l V m k “4 * M >'. Williams is oft highly
respectable family oi Mississippi, nnd a nephew of
ex Governor, Jobusuu of Louiam.* 1 \
aptfutti ixoaTesT
Correspondence of the Daily Morning Hews.
Marietta, Aug. 24th, 1850.
Friend Thompson : A couple of days after the
date of my Inst letter, I set out on a jaunt to the up
per country to see the scenery that is becoming more
celebrated each senson, ns it is lauded by the numer
ous visitors who now crowd the curs of our rail roudB,
and in little more t"
luuta, “that bourne — ...„„ v -v.
turn” who truvel in Northern Georgia, nnd which
they try to quit us soon as practicable. There was tlie
shouting and the squeezing, the swearing and entreaty
which characterize a change of baggage in Atlanta,
SAVANNAH
V O —SO-O'- — —- Proposals will be received for supp| v ; r „
(where this operation is attended witli more difficulty pan y one year with good, clean Shell 11 ““ C ««-
than any other place 1 have ever visited) varied by the bushels. For f urther purtieular ’ 9 ”*=’
witticisms of tlie man who handed out the trunks nnd 1 Kr f , at 'Voifi
who made execrable puns on tlie names of the pas- (l 11
sengers, anything but gratifying to them. After much
contusion, we were ott'ou tlie Augustu road and stop
ped for supper ut a place where we really had a very
fine table ; then started again and were landed ut
about eleven o’clock at Union Point, where they have
FELLOW CITIZenh,
I am a Candidate for tlie office of I
than an hour tound myself in At- Returns, at the election in January next * of T «t
e to which alt travellers must ro. fully solicit your votes. ’ and resp^ I
BUg3(K5t W.n EVe
about eleven o’clock at Union Point, where they have E *** f* 6 *0**1 td in Darien, on the !
i young fellow to take care ot the baggage whose tul- , * P cm er ’ a ° c oe , A. M., to express th e j, .
snts would be better employed stirring up the varmiut* ,° nS ° n * e great , l uestious now before Congret.?!
with u lraw.r m.u n At Li . he country. .
^ niiuoc btu-
ents would be better employed stirring up the varmiut*
with a long pole, in a menagerie, than iu his present t
office, by which he is brought in contact with ludies
and gentlemen.
As tlie cars for Athens did not start until 2 o’clock,
i sat in the moonlight and smoked ; but do not re
member anything worthy of note,except overbearing -
some one ask ot u gentleman, if South Carolina real
ly intended to bust up the Union I To which ho
answered with u curious tremor of tlie voice that
“that Stute was now debuting tbe expediency of tak
ing sucli a step.”
We urrived at Athens early in the morning ufter u
most fatiguing journey; shortly ufterwords set out for
Clarkesville. .
The driver of tlie mail stage between Athena and
Clarkesville is quite au original character. Ho ussured
mo of the number of rattle-snakes in tho vicinity,
and remarked that the rattles tied in one’s hat wus a
certain preventive of headache, in proof of which he
pulled oifhis beuvoraud showed me the interior taste
lully decorated with the spoils of bis serpent victo
ries—like a tower hung around with trophies of rus
ty armor, i wish you would ascertain if this is one
of the preventives laid down iu the Materia Medics.
There wus also iu company a young countryman, a
most extraordinary character, in us much us he knew
every pretty girl within the boundaries of the four
neighboring counties, and seemed tu be iu love with
ail of them. He informed me of the places of their
residence und descauted with much ardor and feeling
ou their churms. We arrived at Clarkesville at ten
o'clock ut night, tired uud hungry ; two complaints
that tlie good hotels of the placejspeedily remedied-
1 shull not attempt to give you a description of
Tallulah, Yonab, or Noucooche; others have attempt
ed to do so, and have failed to excite a proper appre-, 1
ciutiou of their beauties iu the minds of those who
have never seen them. Tallulah to be appreciated,
must be seen and seen not only once but several
tini 1 s. The most insensible visiter could experience
nothing but awe, us he sees suddenly at lus feet the
huge mountain rent from top to bottom. A
chasm of fifteen hundred feet perpendicular height,
und away down, the cataract gleaming* white, like a
bride, uud trying, as it were, to hide tlie dark bleak
rucks with a silver veil. Then descend to the fall,
and you feel tlie firm-seated rock actually vibrate and
tremble beneath your feet as the fierce cataract
plunges down, down witli its never ceasing thunders
into the angry abyss. Leaving the guide, 1 succeed
ed i“ reselling the base of “Tempesta,” and felt the
spray driven past me as if before the fury of a
whirlwind, while tlie impetuous stream leapt mad
ly on, as if eager to take the leap over “Oceana.”
Between Clarksville and the Falls, there is a view
from tho top of the ridge called ‘Ocean-view,’ whieh ij
beautiful iu the highest degree. Looking to the right
you survey u vast extent of forest country, hill and
valley, so far below you as to appear level, and of that
peculiur shade ot green which belongs to the sen. So
perfect was the illusion,that I could not divest my mind
of the idea thut I was in reality guzing upon tho oceau.
Light mists hung here and there over tlie scene, giv
ing it an indescribable air of culin^ss and sun shine,
and away ofi in (he distance Currame mountain stood
out sharp and clear against tbe deep blue sky ; while
upon the left, mountain upon mountain and ridge up
on ridge, until my vision rested upon the lofty chain
ofthe Bluo Ridge, shutting out. all others from the
view. Mr. Beale, the guide, and proprietor of the
house at the falls, gave me a very edifyjng discourse
on the beauties of Tallulah, while engaged in show
ing the way. He informed me that ho intends to di
vert the course of tho river so as to force it over the
bl ow of a precipice some twelve hundred feet high;
heulso thinks of enlarging his house, building a ball
room, and opening next summer witli a blind of mu-
suc, and large library and reading room, for the amuse
ment and entertainment oi his visitors.
We returned to Stone Mountain by tho way of
Gainesville, and foundit a much better route than the
other; there is not so much fatigue, and the fare is
better. I would recommend it to travellers in prefer
ence to the other, although at Gainesville we had to
follow the example of “ Margpry Daw, aud lav upon
straw,” jhe mattrasses being stuffed with that material.
Stone mountain is so well known, that it needs no
description, but I should very much like to know
how it came whore it is ; an. immense block of uran-
ite, (seven miles in circumference) seated in a valley >
and tho only granite found in De Kalb, Someone
with an intense degree of bad taste, has stuck an ugly
tower on the summit, as if the mountnin was not high
onimgh naturally, and as if nature intended it merely
bh a foundation for au ugly pokerish looking edilice.
Were it removed, tho view of the mountain would be
infinitely improved.
There is one of tho best houses in the up-country,
kept here by Mr. Fletcher. But my paper is all filled
up and therefore 1 cannot, in conscience, transgress
further on your columns. If I have time I ivill write
you again. In tho interim, adieu.
Yours truly, l.
[We see it stated that the tower alluded to by our
correspondent, was blown down by tlie hurricane'
on Saturday last.]—Ed. News.
Cotton Fever in Jamaica. A
oi tlie N. Y. Express, writing from Kingston, Jamai
cn, under date of 15th instant, says:
Some staple export is necessary for the protection
and eaWatum of this island, und as sugar has dwin
dled away, and cotfee gone to insignificance, then cot
ton must and will he the article for export, as no mund which we reported to have taken p
clime or latitude is better suited for its growth than Wednesday, was followed by a more nctive <
... yesterday, und a corresponding advance ot
confilfciit^mm l ' le is ! an “’4"'°P 10 are porary loans will not command m
nt . , t-owuig m ot capital, and thousands and ill some cases negotiations are mada
ot American pluntcrs, one oi whom, with 500 slaves .m -ic n-i,,,.,
(treed of course, on cqndition of a lew years’ annreii
tlceship to him,) has already purchased two estates
Cotton can be steadily picked for g months, that'
lrom December 1st to August following, and but fe
,, inner J 8 * t0 August following, ami but few mnterial change. Sales 200 caseB bleached si
, ke :r‘ , ,V; „ Pr0, U( i? Btleus f r,UU lb8 - »»<! Alrtiugs. 1 W export, at 01 for 31 inch,
e m 11 ® 1 nnd , lb®.samples now are worth duck, fine goods. A good inquiry for low
I ,u ‘ lUB-t UUU 108. oi Clei
marketable Cotton, and tbe samples now are wor
l'-dperlb. 1 he general voice is that the success
Jamaica is tlie success of the Cotton crops.
CF" Mrs. Mowatt, the talented author and char
ming actress, it appears by a letter from London, ex-
Tramthu 1 ! '7 l T friC,,d ; tl,e editor "Olio Hoston 30. Sales of Linaeys at 17'a 171c. «' uc . a0
1 ruii3cript, .s fast recovering her heiiltn, under tho from'50 to (iff cts, are scarce. All good naakei
cure ot tlie celebrated Dr. WiUon, at hid Wutel* Cure reduced in stock. Heavy Tweeds at 35 a 45r. 1
uiufifu r PK« lirte freely. Ciisaimeres brisk at former pr ,c<
There in a slackness in the foreien go™™ 1
• "‘ ,suu , ms vv uter Cure
establishment, at Malvern. The editor goes ou to say .... ■ , , , , , .
“You would bp fuirnriseri 3 1 here is a slackness in the toreien goons
s . “ r . . UHOii’d mode
treatment is admirably adapted to the capacities
patients ; aud lie l;as wrought in this, case quite
liiiuvukms euro. I can recommend him strongly
Ainorfi-aii invalids.” - 3
Aug 28
GE »-W. ADAMS,
PUBLIC MEETING
The citizens of M’intosh county, irresn,. "'
parties, are requested to meet in Darien, on <! . Ctl,l, * I
he country.
' ““Kill
Departure of tlie Atlantic Stea^^ 53
irom Europe. Hew York**!!'
Asia, (Br.) July 13.... ’
Conada, (Br.) July 20....Aug u"" Au Sl.
Hermann,(Am.)...July 20....Aiur or.'
Cambria, (Br.)....July 27.... 8
Pacific, (Am.) ....July 31....Aug qj'" A,1 8'2l
Niagara, (Br.) Aug. 3....Aug!28
Europa, (Br.) Aug. 10.... 8 „
America, (Br.)....Aug. 17....Sept ri , e f l <
Atlantic, (Ain.)....Aug. 20....Sent 7
Hibernia, (Br.)....Aug. 24.... P "
Asia, (Br.). Aug. 31....Sept. 2»!._ W
LATEST DATES. .
Liverpool, Aug. 10 | Havre, Aug. 3 | Havana, Aug 1
Savannah Market, AugustlilT^'
COTTON. Arrived since the.24th inst oam v.
Uplands, and 5do. Sea Islands,viz : 235bafeswi
Road, and 2,668 do. from Augusta. The exnort
the same period have been 2,274 bales Unluuli s
To New-York 1,542 bales Uplands, to fiostun riBt'u!
Uplands ; to Baltimore 115 bales Uplands- Jh
Philadelphia 233 bales Uplands, leaving on hand m
on shipboard not cleared last evening, astock sumT
ed to be 5,016 bales Uplanda.and 35 do. Sea
against 10,600 bales Uplands, mid 700 do. Sea l.i.J
1st of September, 1849.
The limited stock of Cotton on sale this week
kept our market quiet. On Saturday last the >
were only 62 bales; on Monday and Tuesdat
transactions took place; on Wednesday thusales?
264 bales; on Thursday 746 bales, and yestert
(Friday) only 39 bales, at 121 cents. We notice i
advance on last week’s prices of j to t cent, hi
there is little or no Cotton for sale in the city. '
Pfbm information received in this city fromthei
—rior, we learn that the growing crop generally
in a very precarious state, and that the recent siw
lias done considerable damage both to the Cottons
Corn crops. From the districts of Abbeville u
Anderson, in South Carolina, the reports are alsou
favorable. We quote:
Ordinary to good Ordinary Ill ® ]o
Middling to good Middling 12J ® lj]
Middling Fair pjj @
Fair to Fully Fair 13 ® uj
The sates of the week amount to 1,111 boles aid
following prices, viz : 20 bales at H|; 155 at 12-
at 12f; 99at 12f; 20 atl2i; 65at 121; 74at 12F
at 12J; 157 at 13; 29 at 131, and 392 at 131 cents.'
SEA ISLANDS. We have heard of no trann
tioiiH this week.
RICK. We have heard of the sale of 200 tierc
at S'H ^>' lOObbls. Exports past week 767 tiercess
149 bags,
FLOL'R. There have been t no large sales Ibis wa
The sales wljich have .taken place are at 6J a $6[
barrel.
CORN. There were some arrivals of Baltinloi
Corn yesterday, among which there was a cargo
2,500 bushels sold to arrive some time since, but tl
price has not been made public. A cargo of
bushels of Baltimore White sold at82cents. It is i
tailing from store at 95 cents bushel.
OAT3. There is a moderate supniy of this nrtii
in the market it is retailing nt 45 @ 50c. bushc
SALT. We have heard of no sales during i
week. It is held at $1 10.
BACON. We quote Shoulders 51 @ 51c., byti
lihd., and Sides at 61 © 7 cents.
GROCERIES. Our market is well supplied with
descriptions of Groceries, and during the past we
our Merchants have done a good business Savsnm
now offers inducements to interior merchantswhii
must greatly increase this branch of our trade. V
quote New Orleuns Sugur at 6 70 7jc.; Porto Rico
® 71; Rio Coffee 11 'w Hie. y ID.; Java 14 ® 15c
MOLA.SSES. One of the cargoes arrived lartwe
irom Havana has been stored. Cargo of the Span
schr. has keen sold, hut tho price not made pub]
We lieurd of the sale 150 bbls. Cuba from store at
cents Iff gal., and 50 hhds. oil' the wharf at 19 and
cents IP gal. We quote New Orleans Molnsseial
® 32., ami Cuba do nt 20 ® 22 cents jp gallon. '
HAY. This article is scarce. Northern retail*
$1 25, and Eastern at $1 371 ■I v 100 lbs.
BAGGING. We quote Gunny at 151 ® 1*> C -I Ug
Dundee at 12 © 14c.; Ileuvy do. 22 ® 25; and K(
tucky at 15 cents.
BALE ROPE. Bale Rope is held at8 7h 9 cent*.
LIME. The market is well supplied, and uot
mand except for the retail trade. Retails froraitu
at S11.
LUMBER, This article continues to command
high price, and is scarce. The exports for the we
are 80,000 feet Lumber.
NAVAL STORES. We quote Yellow Dip nt $1
bbl.; Spirits 28 @ 30c. ■$> gal.; Tar 2 ® $211? I
The exports have been very light.
EXCHANGE.—Sterling is quoted at 9 y ct Pre
The Banks are selling Sight Checks on the Nor
ern cities nt 1 ip c. l’rel.j., und are purchasing “ighl
five days drafts nt pur ; thirty days, f ® ct. du
sixty days, 1 ® 11 Ip ct. disc.; ninety days, 111®
y cent didfcnunt.
FREIGHTS. There is uo vessel in'port up ,
Liverpool, hut a full freight for one to arrive«
been mnde at Jd. Coastwise: To New-York 20c
jp hundred for square and 25 for round ; and 50 c
■iff cask for Rice; to Baltimore25cts. for equnre.a
5-16 for round; to Boston 5-16 for square and i
round ; tu Philadelphia 25 cts. for square and 5-lk
round.
Snvammli Exports, August 30.
Per schr Mary D Scull, for Boston—384 bale
ton, 4 boxes and l bale Mdze.
Per Spanish schr Seis Manuelns, for Havana
whole, 94 half cusks and 149 bags Rice.
CHARLESTON, August 29,—The Upland N
e buoyant nnd the demand i
yesterday was more buoyant aim me ueo.m..
correspondent than for some time past; prices, however, re:
, . without any material change. The sales am
ngston. Jamal- to 1250 bales, at the following particulars:
121, 20 nt 12, 102 nt 12 1-16, 229 nt 121. 369 at
ut 121 330 at 12 9-16, 93 ut 121, 19 at 13 cents.
C HARI.ESTON, Aug. 30.— Cotton.—The be
mand which we reported to have taken pi
„ . yesterday, and n corit’-uiwuiuK l "‘ -
England is searching the whole world over f..r principally on the. middling and middling fab
cotton, and cannot firm enough. Let us go to work ties, was realized by holders ; the sales oi lb
nnd supply her with some for a few years, then she having amouuted to 200g bales, from 11-i.to 12;
will help us with labor nod means to supply.
Since the sailing of the Philadelphia the: cotton fe-
in the cotton fe* NEW-YORK, Aug. 26.—At present money fo
d the people are porary loans will not command more than -w
cszitA lit UHNtJg Ilfj'OllUUOIia MIC lii«»***' i
on demand u! ,ih per cent. Prime paper from»
6 months, does not command more thmi 5 «
cent., and longer dates in proportion.
Tlie market for Domestic Dry Goods.
w mnterial change. Salew 200 casea blenched^* 11
aim Hiiimuge, lor export, at n* lor oi iulm.
tu duck, tine goods. A good inquiry for low
of ticks, ut 6^- to 12 ctn. Cotton flannels are
slowly at 134c., for bleached 27. Ashburton
Price® of Moussolln de Lainea are firm at 16|
for Hnmiltons, and 17 a 19c for Manchester?,
steady nt'114c for Amoskeng, and 11 ^ tor IIb
* MI Hales of Linaeys at 17 a 174c. Blue
-»* miljHIJ'J IUITU 18 H IllNpUHJlIVI* .T ** •••
» in price. Home staples, indeed, (stud s
.0 are already 0 lie red ht prices held'* cost oi
t»on.‘