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SAVA.NNAH MORNING NE WS..... .TIIU R$ D AY> SEPTEMBER 5, 1850.
TIE MORNING NEWS
BY JOHN 1*1. COOPUU-
WIhLIAM T. TH0MPSOW, EPITOR
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EAST IIOl'KH AND EXECUTION
or
PROFESSOR WEBSTER.
[Telegraphed for the Ilaltiinorc Sun,]
[rinsT DISPATCH.]
Boston, Auo. 30—A. M.
Intense Excitement—Crowd? of Spectator*—The Pris-
oner—His Calmness, trc.
It ia now 8 o'clock. Thu most intense oxci tcnirnt
prevails. Every Btreot and evouue leading to the jail
is tilled with human beings, wending their way thith
er. In the vicinity of theprlson thousands have con
gregated. The house tops all around are covered
with persons, anxious to see. Hundreds may be seen
at the doors and windows, and every place where
there is the slightest clinneo of seeing tile sad event.
The throng is immense.
The prisoner passed the night calmly and In deep
meditation. It is thought that the execution will take
placcabout 9 o'clock, or sunn after.
(SECOND DISPATCH]
Boston, Eiday 10], A. M.
Arrival of the hour-—His approach to the Gallows—
Execution, tfc.
Professor Wobster was brought out ofliis cel) into
the jail yard at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the Sheriff,
officers of the court, uml the jury, with his spiritual
ndvisers. He seemed overwhelmed with grief,though
apparently resigned to ids sad late.
Tlie prisoner walked with a firm step to the foot of
the gallows, and ascended the steps supported by the
clergymen in attendance. The services on the gal
lows occupied abouthalf an hour, the prisoner join
ing in tiicni with great fervency.
When completed he bid farewell to all present,sha
king each by tho hand, when the sheriff drew the cap
over his face, and fixed the rope to his neck. In a
moment after the trap fell, and his spirit passed from
time to eternity. Thu.agonies of death seemed to be
loon over, as his struggles were very few.
The throng of spectators on the outside of the
prison, though they could not ecu nor hear, worn im
mense,
[TUIJit) DISPATCH.]
Boston, Aug. 30—t P. M.
Additional particulars of the last night of Professor
Webster—.Disposition of his Body, ,yc.
After the family of Professor Webster left him last
night, unconscious, itis Bnld,<of Ills approaching fate,
he was searched and placed in a new cell, in order to
prevent his attempting to commit suicido.
Hr. l’utnam left him at 9 o'clock in the evening.—
Fiom that time until midnight he was engaged in de
votional exercises, after which ho fell into n gentle
doze, but did not sleep steadily, awaking at times to
converse with those in tlui room. He spoke of his
impouding fate with fortitude pud calmness, and ap
peared perfectly resigned. He wns pleased, and felt
grateful that the time of his execution had been kept
trom the knowledge of his family. At dawn of day
various noises appenred to disturb him, and he be
came agitated, but would soonregiiin his confidence.
By tho advice of Physicians lie breakfasted on tea
and coffee with bread. He made all preparations to
uscend tho scaffold with firmness, and did so.
About 300 persons were admitted within tho jail
yard. The house-tops in tho vicinity of tho jail were
crowded with porsous, among whom wero many
women. The streets lending to the jnil wero also
thronged.
While the Sheriff wns reading the death warrant
Webster was conversing witli Mr. l’utnHm apparent
ly with unusual earnostness; at the conclusion his
legs wore then pinioned and the rope placed about his
neck which caused his faeo to hlusli.
Thertf.Woro evident signs of suppressed powerful
feel lags. The blackcap was placed on hie head, the
Sheriff proclaimed witli a loud voice that ho wns
about to do execution on the body of John W. Web
ster, for tho murder of Hr. U. Parkinan.
At nino o'clock, niter performing religious servicos
in his cell, the prisoner Was brought out attended by
his spiritual advisers, the sheriff, Jailor, Sic He walk-
ed erect, and ascended the scaffold with a firm step.
Hero he remained shaking hands and engaged at
times in meditation.
At fyrenty minutes before 10 o'clock the cap wns
drawuOver ids' luce. Ho bndo adieu to the sheriff',
jailor; Mtd others, and soon after the trap fell, launch
ing his spirit into eternity. He seemed to die witli
but few struggles. After death his body wns taken
back to tha cell, mid there it will remain until (lark,
when it will be taken to his family in Cambridge, for
Intptraent to-morrow. No accident, tiint I am aware
of, happened during tho terrible scene.
[FOURTH DISPATCH.]
# Boston, Aug. 30,4 P. M.
Preparations for the Execution—Erection of the Gal-
lows—His llemoval ftom the Cell—Scene Around
the Prison—The. Ji'inale, fyc.
When Dr. Putnam left, l’rof. WebRtcr continued
his devotions nt intervals, and conversed with con
siderable freedom with the officers. Being fully con
scious of his doom, he repcat-dly said he had great
dread and horror at the thought of being liung, but
that he was now indittbrent to it Ho said that lie
had no fear, was perfectly and entirely prepared to
meet his fate. His nppeurnneo through the night con
firmed hit statement of being reconciled and resign
ed to hie doom. Hia health remained good mid bis
spirits calm, ho had apparently not lost nuy flesh du
ring tile period of his confinement, but probably had
gained ia that respect
The erection of tlie gallows was commenced just
alter daylight, and was completed before 8 o'clock.
Upon the requisition of High Sheriff' Kvcleth, a
force of 185 men—consisting of 100 police and
watchmen, and 85 constables—were detailed for
guard, of whom 25 constables and 25 policemen
wero stationed within the yard and 75 without
Tho scaffold was in the centre of the yard, and more
qpen to the outside view than it would have been at
any other spot The scaffold was changed from tlie
northwest comer to the centre of the yard, which
did not diminish tho view from tho rear of the
buildings on Lowell street, and added much to the
▼low from Levorctt street.
-Tho officers present at the execution wero High
Sheriff J. Evcleth, Deputy Sheriffs Watson, Free-
man, Haul, J. Coburn, Jabcz Pratt, Erastus Rugg,
and JoBrph Coburn.
Tho High Sheriff called tlie names of the list of
witnesses to tlie execution; lie otuted that they had
assembled by his invitation, ns lawful witnesses of
the execution ot John White Webster; he request
ed them to keep order during tlie solemn ceremo
nies. The company then formed two nnd two
and visited tho prisoner’s cell, where llie llcv. l)r,
Putnam ofl'eredup prayer. Although the hall leading
to tho cell was full, stillness and solemnity pre
vailed. Tlie witnesses then returned to the yard.
At twenty minutes before 10, A. M.. High Sheriff
Evcleth, attended by his deputies, Coburn, Free
man, ltugg and others, among whom was Doctor
Putnam, wero at tho scaffold. The last duty of the
Sheriff'was tlieu performed.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Suu.]
Washington, Aug. 30, 1650.
Tnlerhl in the House—Eatc of the Pills— The Texas
Boundary—Northern and Southern Opposition—
Probable Result—Department of Interior, Sr.
Tlie scene of interest is tnowerred from the Sen
ate to the House. We me yet to see whether the
House will disappoint foe‘just expectations of tlie
country. What will tlie House do 1 Will they do
Anything i 1 fear that there is not and will uot soon
lie a majority for the Senate bills in their present
forni K eitlier as separate or as combined measures.
How long must the stale topics be discussed before a
decision bq wade t
It is now said that the failure of tho House to se
cond the previous question was not a definite indi
cation of hostility to the Texan nnd Nuw-Mcxictm
biffs ; aurifout the time had not then come fora filial
vote. As a Consequence of the fuilure of that de
mand wc hnve now got tho Wiimot proviso before
the House, and a do ato on it—whereby n stumbling
block is thrown in the way of any • accommodation.
There are many Soilthi'iTi members who would
willingly avoid glvitig a vote on tiio Wiimot proviso,
but who. on the eve of tlie fad elections, feel them
selves constrained to vote for it. But, supposing
that.to be rejected, as it will probably lie. still very
little is thereby done towards the passage of the hill
to settle the boundary question. The 8: utbern men
and a few. Northern democrats ore of tile opinion that
the whole Texan claim to territory is just. Themis a
! ibid column of half the House who are opposed to
the bill, because it gives too much territory to Tex
as.
Tliere are at least a hundred and twenty members,
Northern and Southern, who now refuse to pay ten
MitSoils, and at the same time yield' what they claim
to be the rights of Texas on one side, and of New
Mexico, as a free soil territory, on the other. We
are at the mercy of this combination of opposite ex
tremes. They liavo focmajority now, and it remains
to be seen how long they will retain it.
Thcnorthnm oflionents of the bill now avail them
selves of the attitude of Texas as a reason for not
voting for the bill. As Mr. Clarke, of New fork,
said to day, in his speech, they are determined not
to “pay ten millions upon compulsion, if money
were as plenty as blackberries.” Then, the north
ern whigs, ot whom Mr Clarke seems to be a lead
er, hove determined to leave the whig Prcsidentin
the lurch. The President has taken a position which
will lend to civil wbt, unless the question should be,
as be recommends, settled, or to a disgraceful anil
ludicrous backing out on his part.—There is one
way to get out of the difficulty: keep our ten mil
lions and give Texas the territory in dispute!
it is much to bn apprehended that the Hohse will
agree to do nothing except to admit California, and
in that case, tin-agitation at tlie South will Increase,
and, at the next session,’discord will reign in both
houses of Congress, to the utter destruction of wise
and calm legislation, it will bn idle to look to the
next session for more of ht.rinouy than prevails at
Mr. C. J. Jenkins, a lawyer of Augusta, Georgia,
is talked of to-day as tho successor of Mr. McKen-
nsn. Mr. Jenkins was lately the whig speaker of tlie
Senate. Whoever takes the office will find in it a
plenty of labor, and no patronage—unless Mr. Fil-
more should assent to tlie nduption of tho principle
of rotation. j 0 n.
S&^&SS’&TiilEIo
Tlitirmlny Morning;, September 5, IS30.
Largest Circulation in the City!!
L*>* We see it stated that tlie Secretaryship of the
Interior is to bo offered to Mr. Charles J. Jknkins,
of Augusta. Anablcrmnn.oronewhoseappointmeut
to a placo in tho Cabinet would give greater satisfac
tion to the people of all parties in Georgia, could not
be found. We are of opinion, however, that Mr.
Jenkins is not ambition, of Federal office, and that
it will be a difficult matter to induce him to make so
great a sacrifice of his personal interests and comfort.
If all accounts be true, tile Burcnu of the Interior is
no synecure, nnd offers but littlo inducement to
men like Mr. Jenkins, whose position enables him
to confer honor on, rather tiian derive it from station.
Official Notice to Maiiinebs. Lieut. M. F.
Maury, of tlie Navy, gives notice that the ship Solon,
Hticknmn, when oil the eastern entrance of tho
Strnits of Magellan, Cape Virgins, bearing about W.
N. W. six or seven miles, struck upon a ilungbrous
and unknown shoal in two nnd a half fathoms. The
position ot this danger is not accurately given, nor
its extent known.
Congress. Neither house did any thing on Fri
day, and when tho Senate ndjourned it ndjourned
over to 1' riiiay. In the House, after some little, party
bickering, the Texun Boundary Bill was taken up,
nnd the Wiimot Proviso discussed until tlie hour of
adjournment.
It is very evident that there is a respectable South
ern party in the House, who are resolved to resist
the omnibus measures, as they aro called, until the
South has some adequate guaranty of her rights—
something more than the hollow professions of the
Wilmots nnd non-interventionists. While this is the
determination of those true men of the South who
are actuated by a sincere devotion to the rights nnd
honor of their section, regardless of personal or
patty considerations, there is, wo fear,an anti-slavery
majority, who are only faultering in their high-hand-
cd measures of outrage and wrong nguinst tlie South,
until they can be assured that the Northern people are
prepared for the perpetration of the deed. The
measures contemplated now, are—the reduction of
the Texas boundary, by which a vast amount of ter
ritory will he wrested from slavery; tho organiza
tion of temporary territorial governments ill New
Mexico nnd Utah, with no regulation giving protec
tion to southern property in either; the admission of
California with her present boundaries, thereby
shutting out the South forever from United States
Territories lying on the Pacific; nnd the Fugitive
Slnvo Bill, which every Northern press, and even
many of the Senntors who voted tor it, declare to bo
utterly impracticable, in consequence of the “higher
law doctrines’’ entertained by tlie people of the free
States. These aro the compromise measures now
offered—no, not offered, but endeavored to be forced
upon the South. Like a skilfully wrought snare,
the meshes of Federal legislation are being drawn
about us, while wc are admonished against opposition
which mny lead to a more summary proceeding. If
wo will not be content to ho penned up with our
slaves on tlie ground which we now occupy, relin
quishing forever all right in common with tlie North
to the public domain, we are told that wo shall not
even be protected in our rights of property on our
own soil, and that should we presume to adopt means
tor our owu protcctiou, will be treated as disimionists
andtroiturs, and forcibly compelled to submit
A few days must bring matters to some sort of a
settlement. Wc sincerely hope that the Free States
mny be induced, by considerations of patriotism and
justice, to forego their purposes of legislative aggres
sion. and Hint even at this lute day, an adjustment mny
be effected by which our political union mny he
{(reserved and perpetuated.
VW Mr, Walsh, the Paris correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce, will, it is snid, in
all probability be removed trom his consulate in l ar-
is. His views on European politics *Ve somewhat ro
coco, style de renaissance, Francois premier ; cer
tainly not more modem than Catherine di Medici
und Charles IX.
Abolition Intolerance in Wnnhington City.
If a man were to bnild a powder magazine upon
Pennsylvania avenue 1114! store it witli powder, would
it not be considered a dangerous nuisance, anil would
It not be forthwith abated by tlie authorities! Most
assuredly it would be, and yet one of our good citizens,
Mr Edward .Simms, Inis hired a house of his upon
Pennsylvania avenue fo tlie Disunion Club of this ci
ty, Mr. Elwood Fisher Si Co., and permits them to
issue therefrom, a disunion arid incendiary sheet,call
ed tlie “Southera Press'." Surely ho docs not know
wliat he is doing, of what inisdemennors against the
government and society ho is an abettor. Let tilth
read the So nt hern. Press, and bc'wiligiee the danger to
which he is exposed, if he could hear the indigna
tion of all honest citizens againsthis course, he would
tumble the Disunion Club and its types out of his
house, with the samo horror ho would get rid of a
oest of rnttte snakes.
There are laws in tlie slave States prohibiting tlie
circulation of incendiary newspapers within their
limits, it would be well for Marylanders to see that
this law ahull be executed against the Southern Press,
which goes out daily freighted witli whole pages of
the most incendiary abolition articles, copied at length
from tlie abolition newspapers of tho North. It re
cently published n full account ol'Geritt Smith's con
vention of fugitive slaves at Cazenovia I All the
abolition papers in tho country are not so potent for
mischief among tho slaves as this Southern Press, be
cause it buddy and madly proclaims disunion to he
the only means of saving the sluve States from the
abutition ot slavery.
We cut the above from tlie Washington correspon
dence oi the Baltimore Clipper. Had wc met such
sentiments in one of tho avowed abolition papers of
tlie North, We should not have been surprised, how
ever, much our indignation might have been exci
ted at tlie unblushing impudence of the writer who
dares to suggest the forcible suppression of fo" only
paper at the Capital which vindicates thd rights of the
South, regardless of the interests and influences of
party. The writer, who signs himself Aristides,
would have tho office of the Southern Press demolish
ed by the mob, not because it publishes the incendia
ry matter furnished by his friends, the abolitionists,
though lie intimates as much, but “because it .boldly
and madly proclaims disunion to be tlie only means
oi saving the .SlavcB States from tlie abolition
of SlaveryThis is the true reason of his hos
tility. If the republientiou of incendiary, abolition
sentiments was tlie true cause of his uneasiness,
how comes it tiiat he finds nothing to say in his
letters against the authors of thoso sentiments, or
tho avowed organ of the nbolition party oi the
country, tho “National Era," which for some three
yearspasthns been industriously fermenting thediffi-
culties which now threaten the Union. The Era is
published in Washington city, anil goes, under tlie
frank of abolition members of Congress, all over the
country, filled with articles, the open, avowed pur
pose of which is to subvert the Constitution and vio
late the rights of the South secured to her by that in
strument. To the influence of thut paper, printed on
Southern Soil, is to be attributed tlie present organ
ized system of aggression and the reckless disregard
which is manifested by its party for the pledges of
tho Constitution, by which tlie Southern pcoplo are
impelled to the adoption of extreme measures of self
defence. But to tlie mind of Aristides there is noth
ing akin to snakes or powder houses in the Era,
while agqinst the Press, which raises its voice against
wrongs which are being perpetrated against tlie
South, ho would denounce tho vengeance of tlie
piob. That an abolitionist could write such stuff',
under cover of a fictitious name, is nothing vary re
markable, blit that a respectable paper, published in
a Southern State, (wo will not say city,) within forty
miles ot Washington, should give it currency in its
columns, is a matter whicli commands our special
wonder.
ty A new Alarm Whistle, invented by n Mr. Da-
holl of Connecticut, was exhibited last week in New-
York. It is intended for ships to give an alarm du*
ring n fog or other exigence at sea, and the sound is
produced by tlie condensation of air by means of an
air pump, tlie air escaping by the opening of a valvo
through a whistle, and making u most horrible shrill
noise, that might bo heard at least for the distanco of
a milp. By removing tile whistle, andpiacing a horn
upon the instrument, the sound is changed to that of
a horn, and is much louder. The pump is worked
by turning a wheel with the hand, and the leverage
being 60 lbs. to tho square inch, the pump can be
charged in half a minute. The inventor stated that
it produced an echo at a distance of fifteen miles on
the Long Island shore, which tlie steam whistle failed
to do.
iy Tho Mobile Tribune speaking of tile efforts
that have been made and are still making by parti-
zans to niisi cpresent the state ot public opinion in
the South, in regard to the compromise measures
now before Congress, says: It has been said here,
with equal positiveness, that the compromise hill was
popular ill Alabama, even in Smith Alabama. A
greater delusion (which was started and kept up by
n few unscrupulous partisans) never existed. Some
twenty or thirty county meetings h»v 0 been held in
tho State in opposition to the bill, mid not a solitary
one ill its favor. If this is not a conclusive sign, we
do uot know where a sign can bo found. What of
popularity the measure had was entirely confined to
Hie towns. Out of them hardly one man in ten of eith
er pnrty opposed it.
The Washington Monument, At tire late ses.
sion of the Scientific Convention at New Haven, Pro
fessor tV. R. Johnson pronounced the stone of which
the Washington Mounm -nt is being constructed of a
very indifferent quality, among the poorest building
material in the United States. Itis capable, accord
ing to Professor J. oi sustaining a pressure of only
two thousand pounds to the square inch, being seven
thousand pounds less than the weight which marble
will sustain, and thence concludes that if the col
umn is Carried to tlie height contemplated, it must
necessarily crush under its own weight. Tlie subject
is oue ot manifest interest, and ought to ho carefully
iuvectigaied.
Value of Spanish Coin.—Upon inquiry at the Post
Office, we are informed, says the National lntelligeu-
car, that the reason tor but taking tlie Spanish coins
of one-eightli undone-sixteenth ntthoir nominal v«l-
tie, is to he found in* tlie fact thut they are generally
so defaced as not to hear a greater intrinsic value
than foie-teuth and onr-twcntietli. . Foreign coins are
by law received by weight, and not by tale, it would
lie a great loss of time ter Post Offices to weigh each
separate coin to ascertain its intrinsic worth'; they
are therefor--received at tlie rates stated. Persons
have always tho privilege of redeeming them at the
same rate.
Turn a poet for tho time.
To fill this column out with rhyme.
From tiie Plains. Letters from the South Pass
of the Rocky Mountains dated July 8th, uro publish
ed in the St. Louis Republican. There had been a
heavy sickness, md a great number of deaths among
tlieemigrants,—the diarrhoea and congestive fever
proving the most fatal. A grent number of cattle had
been killed on the Upper Plnttc and Sweetwater, by
the poisonous alkali water. Grass was scarce on all
the water courses. Tho Pawners, Crow and Snake
Indians were left on tho route of travel where hith
erto they have been found very troublesome.
| COMMUNICATED.]
To the Editor of the Morning Sews:
Dear Sir : 'llie statement of Mr. Pratt, of Md., of
the fact declared to him by Mr. Berrien, in your pa
per of yesterday, brought to my perfect recollection
a statement made in the Senate during the great Mis
souri controversy, by Judge W.u. Smith, of South
Carolina, who had collected, after much labor and re
search, a complete list of the vessels concerned in the
American slave trade, with the names of the owners,
captains, nnd the number of slaves brought by encli
vessel. Frein this record it appeared that nearly all
the vessels were owned in the Northern nnd Eastern
States, Rhode Island owning some of the largest ves
sels engngpd in tho trade. 1 remember that the-
name of Dewolf figured largely at the head of the lis t
nnd the schedule showed that many huge fortunes had
been made by the introduction of slnves from Africa.
I regret that I did not preserve a copy of this doc
ument, ns it would be rend with interestsit this
Perhaps some of your readers can furnish you with
it. By giving this a place in tho News you will much
obli S« A SUBSCRIBER.
Maj. Martin, of Tennessee, was accidentally
shot at Brown's Hotel, in Washington City, on Fri
day last. Tiie wound is said to be severe, hut is not
supposed to lie fatal.
Electing in .WelutoKlT.
. , , Darien, rirpt. 2, 1850.
Atnlnrgo ami respectable meeting held at the Court
House in this city, pursuant to public invitation, to
express the sentiments of this countv on the import
ant questions now agitating tlie country, on motion of
Major Blue. Henry Atwood, Esq. was called to tile
Chair, and E. M. Blount, Esq. appointed Secretary.
l)r. Holmes was called upon to address the meet-
mg. to which he responded most satisfactorily, and
concluded by moving the appointment of a Ooinmit-
J tee to report the ieeliiig-i of tlie nssembly forthwith.
Whereupon tiie Clinirmnii appointed Dr. Homes
j'- B- Bakr r, C. O'Neal. J. M. Harris, and O. C. Hop!
kins, F.sqrs. The Committee retired, mid reported
the Billowing pi catn hie and resolutions :
Whereas the questions that now threaten the
pence of this Union are liofnre ilia Congress of the
United States: and whereas wo liavo every confi.
(teiieeiu our Senators and Representatives, hrst that
they know the rights of Georgia ami the South, and
j next, that they will firmly ami fearlessly assert and
I detc-inl them ; and whereas, the State of Geor-iu is
committed by a resolution of her Legislature to call
| n Convention to consider certain results ol tlie action
I oi Congress upon questions now pending:
Resolved. Thut ail we ask is to he equals with our
j sister States, our common Constitution being the
1 distributing Agent.
Resolved, That if tin's position is denied us, and
I f ur -' ll "e Assembles her select men to determine
1 her (■curse, wc wifi be with her, hearts and hands,
: Jut that course be wlmt it mny.
| Bopkina culled lor a unanimous assent to the
report, and no one diisontod.
! Metal ml, That rho Savannah papers he requested
to pulm-h these proceed in
I Ittspiral, That the thunks of the meeting ho given
to tli•* (.huinuaii and Secretary. The iiipetiior ad-
}v "JZ'K U!*;NKY AT WOO®, Chairman.
I b. M. Bloukt, Secretary.
Correspondence of the Daily Mornings News.
New-York, Aug. 28th, 1850.
Tlie arrival oi a week’s later intelligence, raceived
last night, causes no sensation; nor, in fact, is calcu
lated to do so, for it possesses little interest for any
one—even commercial matters are unexcitable.
There ia to be a grand pow-wow at Hoboken to
morrow In honor of Gen. I’aez—quite a grand mili
tary and civic turn out is expected. It seems that
there is an old Frenchman living at West. Hoboken,
named Francisco, who, though now only the propri
etor of certain half worn out carriages and horses,
whiah he hires out to pleasure parties, once served
under Napoleon, and was. at one time, n brother in
arms of Gen. Baez, who is to dine with him on this
occasion. Well, the tavern-keeper* at Hoboken, ever
alive to their own interests, eieze upon it as iui ad
vantageous one for them, and seek to attract a crowd,
so that it may “bring urist to their mills." Hence
tiio brilliant givings out, which aro never without
effect upon plensurc-sceking New-Yorkers, liy-the-
bye, this Francisco lias a remarkable looking hat,
which he wears occasionally, and says, that it was
given to him by Napoleon; nnd I beliovo it, for 110
money will induce him to part with it.
A funny sceno took place at one of the police of
fices a dny or two since—civil vs. criminal law. You
remember the caso of Mrs. Starr and her friend. Mr.
Boyd, who were arrested for conspiring to defraud a
Mr. Topping out of his property. It seems that a
trunk of Mr. Ii.’s wns seized, supposed to contain im
portant documents connected with the matter; this
was to be sealed and nut opened until the investiga
tion took place. But Mr. B. fearing, probably, the
exposure of the contents, seeks some means of getting
possession of it, and Mr. Graham, a lawyer, sues out
a writ of replevin, and two deputy sheriff's and tho
lawyer proceeded to tho court and made a formal de
mand; but the justice, jeulous of his rights and dig
nity, treated the proceeding with contempt. Upon
this, the civil officers thought, it right to ussert their
dignity, and bucked by the lawyer, threatened to
make search for the trunk, and to call in the aid of tho
county, if necessary, to protect them in the execu
tion of their duty. You mny imagine the scene that
ensued, with civil and criminal law representatives
in this belligerent attitude; but the police justice
seen settled the matter, by summoning a large posse
of the force, all armed with unpleasant looking lo
cust clubs, who no sooner appenred, than the depu
ties, considering prudence the better part of'valor,
incontinently vanished from the precincts. The af
fair lias somewhat damnged the cause of Mr. Boyd,
who wished the public to view him us a much injur
ed individual.
Tlie Cullioun statue has been found to be entirely
uninjured, nnd is embedded in the sand. Mr. Whip
ple, tho diver, was under the water two hours on
Saturday, but the weather was too boisterous to ven
ture to raise it.
There are a great many expectants of office in the
Custom House, who are only waiting for the confirma-
of tlie Collector, and who carry elongated counte
nances to day, tlie Senate linving postponed it again
yesterday; and serious doubts of his being confirm
ed ut all are now entertained. Mr. Maxwell I be
lieve to he a very worthy, capable man, and why ob
jections should be made against him, I enn only ac
count for by tlie fact that he is too independent for
tho political loafers and renegades who haunt Wash
ington.
1 see it stated tiiat the amount of California gold
regularly entered at our Custom House, for the seven
months ending July 31st, was $9,888,000. Itis sup
posed that tho amount brought by passengers, of
whicli no entry is made, was $3,720,000 ; so that the
whole amount landed here was about $13,600,000.
Now, many argue that the city has really experienced
no tangible benefit from this immense importation of
gold; but I don’t si* how it is possible for so much
to be received without conferring some benefit in
some shape or another. But it is difficult to trace it
in its various ramifications.
Tiie amount of specie is still very largo in tho
hands of foe Assistant Treasurer. Yesterday the
balance was $6,925,818; this would indicato that
there is some money afloat.
The Niagara left here to-day, for Halifax and Liv
erpool, with 62 passengers nnd $321,991 in specie.
Among foe passengers are the Countess de Alcoy and
family.
There are rumors to-day of more failures of largo
produce houses, but tiio names have not transpired.
The failure of C. Si A. A. Hunter will, it is said, in
volve many more, as that of Suydnm, Sage & Co. in
volved them; although, by a card in tho morning
pnpers, it would seem, that they are actually indebt
ed to S., S. & Co.
The notorious Capt. Ryndors has been nominated
ns a candidate for the Syracuse Couventiou by tlie
Barnburners of foe second ward.
I regret to learn that the wile of Gen. Avezznnn is
not expected to survive the injuries she sustained by
falling from tiie second floor window of her house
to the sidewalk, on Sunday night. She was leaning
out to close foe shutters, and becoming giddy, lost
her balance.
Fushion is cn foe way to Newport, or, nt least, some
of her truin, who are agog for the masquerade ball,
which la the winding up of the season. The law of
Rhode Island inflicts a penalty ot $500, for holding
a public masked nssembly ; but that amount will
soon be subscribed. Many would give $50 for this
purpose, who couldn’t squeezo out 85 for charity.
GHAIILEMAC.
Glassnevin ho did not meet one with
taint; and one of foe Board (Dr Rm n!> y
Just returned from the countv of TniiP
King’s nnd Queen
— u,our,
county of Tipn« ,lu *h
. — oi 111)1,, ''VU
. , - . - * counties, tlirouati foil
driven to foe extent of thirty mile. Hli.3
serve n single diseased tuber, but the h? * 4 ^
teiisivoly affected. From the south rhh ' , »
™ r y reported font therp has been „ gof
oi the blight, nnd In the districts sum,?,
mel ithe fields are quite free jfrom^i dl "8
ol decay, and tlie plant seems green an,7 * Ppr
The Encumbered Estates Commission^
31st of July 1850, nolcH* than 1,035
been presented, the gross amount of
on which is 12,400,3681. and the annual U ® b|
4701. The amount of sold to thi i-
4571i nnd since that about 124 017 ■ l<
mous amount of property is advertise,?'? 11 ""
the months of October and November n. f °. r
Ot Ireland the London Times August ia 1
“ Tho *00181 state exhibits the same
tures. Evictions cn masse are met bv ore?.i “
sination, and, while thousands perish
nakedness on one side, a fo w landlns.i.
gents bite the dust on the other “ ^
A Dublin letter to the Times, dated Aim „
“ lhouaanda upon thousands of our 2,i 1,
looking across foe wide waters of the AiC>m
pectution of the promised remittance tn
charges to the lanfi of hope. Everv
office in Ireland is beset on market
inquiries (or “lettersfrom America,” and u-
astonishing how many of those who g 0 th?;. 1 ’
allied to send to their friends the mean, of '
Roman Correspondence, August 8th.
A Scene with the Pope. I met tho Pope and his re
tinue of Noble Guards, Cardinals, and Monsignores,
the night before last, 011 tlie Civita Vecchia road,
about nulf-n league distant from St. Peter's. He had
left his Cni ringe, and attended liy a few of his per
sonal friends, was on foot, (liijcjying tlie freshness of
n beautiful evening, und admiring tlie last rays of tiio
setting sun. Just as lie had readied a billon which the
glory di the “god of day” still lingered, a convoy of
live carriages coming from tlie coast appeared; and
one of the persons in foe leading carriage exclaimed
in Italian and French, “on foot, ladies and gentle
men I” the whole of foe passengAs, at least 40 in
number, some French, some English, some Ameri
can, some Spanish, and the rest Italian, jumped out
anil fell on their knees just as the Supremo Pontiff
joined them. Tiie Pope whs dressed iu a Hewing
white robe with a wide crimson hat, and in the midst
of the cardinals with ttair gorgious dostume present
ed a most picturesque object. Tiio people kissed
insieet and ills fingers, each receiving a word of de
vout consolation, anil when tiint ceremony with all
was accomplished, 1’io Nino, raising his hands cb
Heaven, said, witli his fine melodious voice,—“Pinmu
con remission a dare u voi, nppenu urrivuti sotte I'om-
bra della cupola di S Petro, la benedizoine in nome
deli omuipotente Iddio de Feileli.” The Holy Father
then passed on, the group remaining'on their knees
until tie was out Ot sight, and then, only, all arose—
the ladies weeping, and the men imploring blessings
on his sainted head.' .1 chanced to know some of the
pnrty, and in particular more than oue person who*
mid been foe decided enemy of the church, hut the
whole were converted on foe spot, nod all declared
they were ready to shed their blood in tlie service of
the supreme Pontiff As for myself, not wishing to
Hom'd of Health.
Savannah, Sept 4th pul
Sexton's Rqiort of Interments for the IPeck '**
Sept. 3, 1850. *
28th August.—John \V. Brooks, 26 years s •
by Hanging; Resident.
26th. Geo. Ul-ele, 6 days, Infantine; Snvli p„.|
30th. *VVm. Murray, 45 years, Dysentery! u 1
Non-Resident.
30. Andrew—,—, Drowned; unknown a,
1st September.—Andrew Martin, PJ
motion Brnin ; Ireland, Non-Resident. ' *
2d. Elizabeth Dixon, 16 years, Inflammation Rrt
Ireland, Non-Resident
3d. ‘Robinson Thompson, 47 years, Inf]am I
England, Non-Resident. Total 7.
‘Died at foe Poor House and Hospital.
Black and Colored.—Lucy, 31 years, CoMnw
Infant, 12 days, Spasms. Total 8.
. B. Lathrop. Sev-
E. .1. HARDEN, dliairmnn pro tem it h I
P. A. T. Lawrence, See. ’ a 1
Special Notices.
JiiHtiee’H Office, 2d District 1
Savannah, Sept. 4th, 1850. '
My Return Day is on Saturday, 7th inst; (
Day,-,Tuesday, 17th.
Office at the corner of Jefferson nnd St. JuliansJ
Residence, No. 122, corner of State and VVhitakenJ
Savannah, Geo. PHILIP M. RUSSEU,
sept 5 3 Justice of the 1’ck
City Treasurer’s Office.)
Savannah, Sept 4,1850. ]
Agents of Insurance Companies are required!
make return to this office of the amount of premia?
received by them for the year cudiug 31st Aug.li
and pay the tax thereon,
septti 2t JOSEPH FELT, City Treamrer,I
attract attention, 1 hud retired ton quiet corner on . , , . v y," „L Courier.
the roadside, but I was struck with, ifwe and uduiira- SII,PS ot Rice 1.1 rs. Charle. toi
tion at tlie impressive spectacle, and cold us one be
comes to scenic ffttorts by long experience of the ro-
uliries of life, 1 can never forget thie|sceue.
Ireland.
The Harvest. Tlie reports to-dny are altogether
more favourable than those of tlie last ten days, hiiiI
the impression is duily gaining ground that tlie dis
ease iu ihe potato is nearly confined to outward up-
pcmances, anil that fo four cases out of five it will he
found tiiat the blight lins not extended beyond tlie
stajk; According to tlie Limerick Chronicle, tlie
rains and brisk wind ot last week recovered many
field* of potatoes whicli tlie country people feared
were decaying under the blight, and it is now quite
certain tiiat foe progress of tlie disease in those In-
Stances has been arrested. From tlie county ol Mayo
the reports art; pretty much to the same rfieef
At tiie weekly meeting dny of the Guardians of foe
North Dublin Union, the .mister of foe Workhouse
mentioned the gratifying fact tha't out of two acres
mid 11 half of tlui Kuuip species which wore grown at
JASPEtt SPRING DIVISION N073I2p^
Jasper Spring Divison No. 312, Sons of Temperim
will be instituted in DeKaib Lodge Room, over
Central Rail ltoad Bank, on Friday evening :)
8 o'clock, by D. G. VV. P. George \V. Adams.
Officers and Members of Toonahowi nnd Yai
Divisions, S. of T., and all other Son of Tempcnd
of good standing in the order, are most respectful
invited to witness tlie interesting ceremonies.
Sept 4 3t \V. HUMPHHEW.I
PASSENGERS?
Per brig Gulnnre.from New Orleans—Mr\VmVii|
Per steamer St Mutthews, from Palntla-A J
Wright and srvt, Mrs Gist, Mrs Clarke, 11 Lang, J
Fraser, A Yonge, W II Mongin and svts, MrLoiJ
and 8 on deck. [
Per steamer Hancock, from Augusta—Mrs N1
Richardson and son, Mrs Haltinwanger, MrsCnsl
child and servant, Mrs G A Reed, 2 children andr
Mrs Bolineiill, it A Allen and 2 svts, Dr J D Makie,|
A Waym, .1 W Manor and BVt, Wm Mnckic, Wm [
cey, Rev G Haltinwanger, Col G A Reed and son, 1
2 on deck.
CONSIGNEES.
Per brig Gulnare, from New Orleans—S Si F
T S Wayne, S E Bothwell A. Co, T R Milk, PaddM
Fay Si Co, Rowland & Washburn, J V Conncrat.
Pel- steamer Hancock, from Augusta—MObaleiColJ
ton nnd Mdze. to Bebu Si Foster, Harper & Stt'
Boston & Gunby, N Cruger, 8 Solomons,!'
ardson.
Per steamer St Matthews, from Palatini—1V«
Claghorn & Co, W M Davidson, Chns Hruen.
CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
September 4.—229 bis Cotton. 6 do Yarn and Mdz.tt]
Rowland Si Washburn, Clias Hurtridge, T 8 Waja
Brigham, Kelly Si Co, Holt &. Bothwell,
perior Court Savannah.
QEommcrcial.
LATHS T I) A T E S.
Liverpool, Aug. 20 | Havre, Aug. 9 | Havana. Au; j
Snvinnmli lHarUct ( .September 5.
COTTON.—We heard of no sales yesterday.
Snvnnnnh Exports, September 4,
Per Hr bark Lulnn, for Picton, N S—235,776 fed *1
P P Timber.
CHARLESTON, Sept, 3—Cotton.—Tkemarlictf»|
terilay remained quiet, but nt firm prices. 5006
sold at llj ® 121.
MACON, Sept, 4—Cotton.—Prices remain imchnnt|
oil, and very little cotton offering. We continue' 1
quotations ut 10] ®-11].—Principal sales H d Be
NEW ORLEANS, August 31.—Sales of Cotton
the lust two days U00 baled. Middling oouinuidij
Ti) YA. Stock on bond lt>,500 bales. Com P
con, Sides, 4il 'a) 5c. Shoulders 4$ © 4$. lhce
steady at 4± 4*. T ■
8rpt. ii.—Nothing is doing in Cotton to-dny^ ■
barco,' 500 bhd*. sold nt prices slight!;
The brig Leopold O’Donnell, from
arrived.
COLUMBIA
baud is 4,331) bales, Inst ye
of the season have amounted to 13,081.
uvaniifil), ^1
, Sept. 2.—The stock of Cotton I
ties, last year it was 5181. The rectfrJ
[I’Ell 8CHR. ZF.PHRY.]
Exit act of a Letter received, in Charleston, dattc
“Havana, August ri-
“It is impossible to get nny more Segnrsoftbrjr I
quality for you, from tho manufacturer of tut*
Leuf brand. In consequence of the great adfWjJ.
the price of labor and the scarcity of workincn.n* j
getting on badly, and will have to advance the pne f . I
his Sugars $2 <|> M„ in order to make a livnng 01 4
the business. Those that get this brand now .
take an equal proportion of seconds _nml tu
CA11D. ,
F OR the purpose of renewing my stock a* 11 ' ^
ing myself of any improvements or ve ‘
coveries in the Daguerriun Art my rooms ,
closed on next Saturday, for Rbout a fort , » I ? * t0 ■
take the liberty of returning i»y sincere to»' I
the citizens of xSavanpah for the very libers! P § I
age extended to nte since my location ainouj, ^ j j
and hope to merit a continuance of the 80 ." vor y I
shall spare 1 no expense in procuring every a 18
of any benefit in the art.
sept 5 W. V. PKENT^—
— r - i ‘ *~| I’.r gfilC- I
11,E UOI’K.-.3(H>cuils ill store, airi
close consignment.^
1, GOODS.••Just iTuelveffl^r UrtJJjV
ii’i assortment of Tweed Gass !• rucks*
tos, suitable for fall wear. For sale by
W. II. S' ’,
sept 5 Old s-tntul of Hamilton & S) 1 ”'
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