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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS... t ..WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1850 THE HOMING NEWS. BY JOHN Bl. COOPBft. With 1AM T. THOMPSON,.EDITOR terms: i>nl • Paper, * *4,00:::::Tri-weekly 92.00 All v.cm Advertisement* appear in both papers. l'-fj We Hro disposed tn question the sincerlfy ot the feeling* expressed by poets who bring to the public gaze the privntn griefs under whioli they suffer, tint witii the sincerity ot the author we have nothing fo i!i> ir. admiring his poetry: else that beautiful piece commencing 'Room entitle (lowers, my child would pass to licav- written by the gifted Willis would have fallen dead irotn hi., pen. The poet's mission is not to feel, but to malte others feel; and he is a poet indeed, ordy when ho can, by' inspiration, find tlio chord which will thrill in anoth er's bosom. That this has been done, in the follow ing deeply touching lines, every sensitive heart will admit, and in perusing them many a tear will fall, a tribute to the poet's mysterious power. fFrom Graham's Magazine.] In Memory of (>«o> Iieulmm Prentice. My child ! my dear, lost child ! a Father's heart, Touche d by the holy wand of memory. Would in this hour of loneliness and gloom, When not a sound is borne upon the nir, And not a star is visible in heaven, Hold sweet communion with thy si/ul. My hoy ! Thou rvast mort beautiful. I never looked On thru but with a heart ofpride. Thy curls Fell o'er a brow of angel-loveliness, And thy dark eyes, dark r.s the midnight cloud, And soli as twilight waters,flushed and glowed In strange, wild beauty, yet thy tears wore fur ' Morn In quent than thy smiles—thy wail of pain Came oftuer on our hearts than thy dear cry Ot infant joyousnoss. Tby tew brief months Were months of suffering; aye, the cup of life Was bitter, bitter, hut tliuu want not doomed To drain it, for a God ot mercy soon 1/Ct it puss from thee. Oh ! how well, my child, Do I remember that nil mournful day, When tby young mother bore thy warning f. rm, With breaking heart and streaming eyes, afar, lit the vain hope to save thy deaf young life To .which the tendrils of tier ov.’n were b uind, With one wild pressure of thy litttln form • To my sad bosom, with a frantic kiss Upon tliy pailid lips, and a hot tear Wrung from a burning brain, 1 said farewell— Alas I'my child, 1 never saw thee more. In a strange land, far from thy own dear home, liut with the holy ministries of love Around tby couch, thy little being passed. Like the sweet perfume of a bright young rose, To mingle witii tho skies from whence it came. Uh ! in that hour, my child, thy Inst of earth, Hid not a thought of thy poor Father’s love .Soften tho nnguisli of thy parting soul, Aud were not thy iloar-little arms outstretched To meot Ins fond caress I Thou sleepest, child, Where the Missouri rolls it’s wild, dark waves, Ann 1 have never gazed upon thy grave. No tears of deep affection ever blend With tho soft dews and gentle rains that fall Upon tho turf that lies ebuve thy brenst; hut oh! the spot is hallowed. There the spring, The briglitspi'mg, yearly throws her loveliest wreaths Of buds and blossoms—there, al morn ami eve, Tho viewless spirit of the zephy r breathes Its holiest whispers in the springing grass, As if communing with thee—there the birds Glance through too nlrliko winged souls, unil pour Their sweet, unearthly melodies— and there Atthesoft twilight bouryoung angels come To hover o’er the spot on silver wings, And marl: it with their shining foot prints. Thou Art gone, my child—a sweet end holy hud la shaken from the rose-tree of our hopes ; ifiVt yet wo slim.id not mourn. ’Tis joy to know That thou bust :.mc in thy young innocence And purity and beauty from a dark, Uugunlle world, where many snares beset TSo path of nut, .hood. Ay, ’tis joy to know 'in at the jfhilmu lyre of thy young soul Gives out its music in the Eden clime, Utivisitodby earth's cold, bitter winds, it's poison dews, its lops, its winter rains, Its tempests ili,1 its lightnings. My sweet child, Thou artno moro. blossom of the earth, Rut,,oh I the thought of thee is yet a spell On our snd spiriU. ’Tie a lovely flower On memory’s lonely stream, a holy star, In retrospection's sky, a rainbow gleam Upon the tempest clouds of life. Our hearts. Our stricken hearts, lean to thee, love, ami thus They lean to Heaven, for thou art there. Yes, thou And thy young sister are in heaven, while we •Vvo lingering on the earth's cold desert. Come, VYo two sweet.cherubs of God's Paradise, Who wander siii.t by side aud band in band Auipuf; the Arntnantnino flowers that bloom Reside .. • Uviir: waters—come, oh oome, Soinetisupon your bl ight and snowy wings, i» the Oc-p • etches of the aiknt night, And bvc. ‘be to our souls the holy words , ThT- go iiavo hoard tho angels speak in heaven G D. P. Biers Wicked nnd Diabolical Outrage upon * Two Young Girls. ' The Now-Ybrk correspondent of tho Philadelphia Enquire- ays ; A most wicked r.nd diabolical outrape upon two young all'll; has been brought to the notice of our po- 1 .;;ui Util ities within a day or two, and is now made public. The scoundrel who thus destroyed the earth ly happiness, aud perhaps thefuture welfare of two lu ll ./ci ru and bfinutilulyouna girls, is a married man. and ■die ‘.ithcrof several children. He represented him- oil as single,ami after taking his first victim to sever al places of nmuscitaent, atTength inveigled her into n hi"i“e of disrepute, where he stud Ini Runt lived. The old ftag. whoahtifd as his mint, ushered them in- te a bed room,-where, after dosing his victim .with sprituou* liquor', be attempted to accomplish liis pur- • peso t>y persuasion, but tailing in that, he resorted to force, and succeeded. Tho girl’s* ruin having been accomplished, they met often afterwards, and on several occasions she yielded to his wblahes on the promise of marriage. .She became enciente by tile ruffian, and to conceal tlie evidence of guilt, sheconsented to his suggestions. The usual results followed. The unfortunate girl loft her health, and she is now on a bed of sickness, Grim which, in nil probability, she will never arise. Would it be believed that during this time, he was feting towards the sister of his victim in precisely he same way, nnd that the scoundrel etfeeted her ru- itnot Such is tho fact. The age of the younger vic tim is only fourteen, and of the otiier seventeen. Can suon a fiend believe that while a God of justice rules ibo world, ho will go unwhipt of juBtico either here or hi another existence 1 Stock on hand 1st September, 1849, bales 15,480 Received during tlio previous 12 months, 837,72.'! Miide from waste, damaged and samples, 2,000 Total, exports (luring 12 months 838,591 Stock on hand 1st Sept.. 1850. 10*012 Tho receipts of new cotton to date nro only 07 hales, the first received on the llfh, against 540 to mime period in 1849. For the eleven months ending JulyJOlst, there wns received at. the New Orlenns Mint of Gold 92,829,823, of which 92,720,992 was from California, mid of Sil ver 91.208,518. Hie coinage in the same time has been, Gold 91,804,000—Silver 91,060.000. The arrivals for the year hnve been—shins 004. barques 303, brigs 302, schooners 060,steamships 147, steamboats 2784, and ilatbouts924, making a total of the various craft 5,900. Galveston Cotton Statement, August 24,1850 Stock on hand 1st Sept., 1849, 452 Rec’d at tills port since the 1st Sept. Inst, 25.984 Ruc'd at tlie Texan ports. •• 5,279—31,263 Total to date. Exported to New Orleans, “ “ New York, “ “ Rostral, “ “ Liverpool, Stock on hand and on shipboard, Total Receipts in 1849 to date, Do do 1850 to date, 31,715 5,171 24,043 1,126 013—31 450 265 38,827 31,203 Decrease, Wednesday Morning, .September 11, 18,50. Largest Circulation in the City!! To E. G., St. Marts.—Your favor of 4th inst. will be placed In the Editors bands on his return to the oliice, when lie will take occasion to thnuk you for the approbation and tho friendly sentiments you express in behalf ofyourself and your community; nnd to con. grntulnte them upon tile firmness and unanimity of feeling with which they hnvo assumed their position on the great questions now agitating the country. ^Direct Isu-ortations. Tho Norwegian brig Ncpluncs, Capt. Fredrickson, arrived on Saturday last from Stockholm, with a cargo of 12,229 bars Iron, consigned to Messrs. N. B. &, JJ Weed. Tlio Swedish brig Brave. Capt. I.ytiie, also arrived on Thursday last, from Stockholm, nnd brought a full cargo of Iron, consisting of 0074 burs, and 30 bun dles. 1 here is now a fine stock of every description of hardware on hand in our city, and every arrival brings an additional supply. This branch of business lias rapidly increased within a few yenrs, and our city can boast of as extensive handwaro stol es ns any in tlio country. Great inducements are held out to country merchants to make their purchases in Savannah, where we feel confident they will find prices as low as in any other city. This fact has been mlly tested by merchants from Alabama and Tonnes, see, who have made their purchases in tills city, and who iiavo nssured us that our market is as low us tlioso ui Northern cities. rue Weather.—For the last two or three days tho weather lias been showery, the showers coming on in the morning, nnd alnrge body of water failin'' The wind prevails from the North and east, nnd this' in fact, has been tho case all summer. These are not healthy winds, ami, we have no doubt, hnve produc ed that rheumntic fever, or “broken bone," ns it is called, which has prevailed to such n fearful ex tent in Charleston, and of which sumo eases have oc- currcd in Savannah. • Chatham Fusilieiis. The editor of the Xews Will never forgive us,—nay he will set it down nmoim the most glaring of our detects and short comings in our temporary administration of his department of tlie p»pcr, ii we neglect to inform him. through its columns, of the pnrnde yesterday afternoon, of his pets, tlie Chatham Fusiliers, Capb Law. They marched by our office in fine style, tramping through the mud with heads up, chest thrown out and pieces erect, spattering all their pretty, white panful-ions nnd never caring n bit. 1 'Tis then, tlio ladies fair, In dispnir. tear their hair, But, 'the divil a one, I earn.’ Says tlio buwld sodger hoy I" We would like to know who has drilled this com pany into its present condition ; f or there is no doubt (and we pretend to be a judge of these things, ns far as Volunteer militia i B concerned) that they march and manoeuvre with a steadiness and precision that would do credit to some who are much their senior' And we predict that, by and by, when they are men and become attached to volunteer companies, these little fellows will be among the best in their re spective corps. Yes, tin y will all be officers in time. CsTAVe would call tlie attention of the readers of this paper to aSnle of Furniture, thisday, by Phil- brick & Bell, upon Theatre Square, corner of Hull and Perry-streets, at 11 o’clock. Commerce of New Orleans. Tlie Price Current of Monday contains an elaborate •Mid interesting review of the vast commercial move- " ei ts of New Orleans for the year ended 51st Au nt, i860. The estimated value of the entire receipts i m the interior, is put down at $'.10,897,873, being . u i E-ess over the previous year of 94.908,181. We enumerate a tew of the leading articles as follows; --"014011, 9Ui88li.ir.ft; sugar, $12,396,150; molasses, ~-.VtT.UHKI: bacnn.4j2,992,787; beef, 9735,120 ; lard 9 f,024,340; pork, $0,473,151; Imaging and rope, $1., 505.373; com and corn meal. $1,013,500; flour, $3,- ■l >.i,!i:9; lead. $1,2111.200; tobacco, 96.208,620 ; whis key, 91:059,7 ii. T. c value of tlio exports of domes tic products Cor the year ended 30th Jnne last accord ing to flic ctistoin-iimisp record, wns $71,049,550, agii’in 1905,292,574, lad year. The total receipts of cotton for the year from ail sources, amount m 40,336 bulcs from Mobile, Florida and Texas, w hich being deducted, leave the receipts proper (including 17,501 bales from the Alabama riv er, at 797,367 bales. The receipts proper fur die pre vious }\mr exceeded those of the year just closed, by U9 bales. The total exports have been 838.591 bales, of which 397,589 were shipped to (Men; Britain, i i 113 to Fiance, 110,140, to other European ports, Mexico, &u and 213,8-13 to United Aretes ports. 'I hese figure.- -how u decrease on Inst year's .iliin- meets, of 2 ! .-:X) bales to Great Britain, 37,234 to France, ana hi,081 to other foreign ports, while to the culled that's ports there is an increase at 8.032 bales. The cotton statement of the 31st ult. stood as fol ia** : TFr.:f,t, A letter has been received at Norfolk from a gentleman on the Roanoke River, which says that the corn crop from Halifax dow n to Willinmstou, has been cut off at least two-thirds by ihe recent freshet in that river. _ nr The steamship “Balticthe third vessel op Collins’s line, is now rapidly being completed at New York, nnd it is said she will bo ready to make her first trip to Liverpool in lesstlian a month. Destructive Gale .on Lake Erie.—“A severe gale occurred upon the Lake on Sunday evening Inst which caused great damage both to the shipping and the piem, a number of tlie latter having been swept away. Spain and CvnA. In his letter of the 8th Au gust, tlie London correspondent ot tlie National Intel ligencer announces that General Manuel deia Concha has accepted the command of the Island of Cuba, and says ; It appears that tlie general discontent of the inhab itants of Cuba, kept down so long by the rule of its pro-consuls, has at length been expressed in a docu ment lately communicated to tlie Spanish Govern ment. This manifesto is signed by a great number of the most influential and wealthy persons ui the Is land. Nothing, however, hns yet transpired as to the nature of tlie complaints or wrongs which form the subject of the document. It is nevertheless thought probable, that one oflliu principal subjets uf tho cum- plnintis the impolie and unjust custom of making the Island serve as a sort of reserved fund, from which fo enrich the favorites and minions of the Court. I’m fessor Webster’s Family Ionorant of' the time fixed for ms Execution —One eircmii- stance occurred at flic close of tlie interview of i'rof. Webster with his wife and ilauchtets. on Thursday evening, that fixes it beyond a doubt, that t e family when tliey left the Doctor that evening, anticipated seeing him ngiiin, for. witen thev were" notified tln.t the coach was in waiting for them, one of tlio diundi- ters expressed u desire to remain a little longer. They were very politely and kunlly informed 'battue hour lot closiug the prison had arrived, whereupon Mrs. Webster asked Mr. Andrews—" Will this be your hour tor closing in future t" M r. Andrews said ho wiis conftleed for .nti answer at first, hut fiuully answered iter that it would. Slerrry in California.—A late number of tlie Fed- end Union contains the following facts in regad to the employment and profitableness of slave labor in Cali fornia:—A liiend from Newtoti'county informs us that lie lias just received a letter from liis brother, now m California, formerly a captain of a company of Texas Rangel s, which statch time the writer inis now with him on the Bacrnniento. river, thirty-two slaves engaged in,digging gold, who made for him each on an average lrom $15 to $20 per dav, sure the lUtn ot March last. The negroes are t'nuii 4'i to 50 years old. They aivo him no trouble, nor does iny one interfere with them.—TAR. The Present IttMlnm of Savannah—Im- / pro Yemeni/* in the City. To a stranger entering Savannah for the first time, it would be a matter of wonder that the capitalists of of. this city had expended millions of dollars, and ho would only understand the jiotntedncss of the joke, when totd that it bad been expended for the improve ment of tlio city | for liis first exelnmntion would naturnlly'be: Where are tlie evidences of it t where are tlie Factories, the enormous workshops that have swallowed up that large sum t or where are the splendid buildings, the granite ranges, and lofty edifi ces upon which this sum has been expended. In vain would lie cast his eyes around for such eviden' ces as these. They are not to be seen at a glance.— Yetit is no jest, but a serious and substantial fact that these millions h»vo been expended,—judiciously Invested, and for tho improvement of the city. And here is the difference between our investments and those of other cities in tho State. In all those communities in Georgia, which— aroused from that lethargy, and indifference that have, hitherto, brought their business name into disrepute—have turned their heads, hands and capital to the improve ment of their immense nntuyui advantages, the invest ments have been made at home, upon their own ground, and within tlie reacli of their vision. They have built up Cotton Factories, l’aper Mills, Iron Works, and other houses of industr); ar.il their ope ratives, mechanics nnd officers may be seen daily in the discharge of their duties, giving life to tlie scene, and to a casual observer, establishing for the place a superior reputation tor business energy, aud liberal expenditure. - But he who would understand nnd appreciate tlie immense efforts made by this community must take a wider range than this, mid extend iiis observation over mi infinitely larger field. Investments have been made tar uwuy from Home, and in objects that could bring no immediate return, but which all lookcuto the future lor their results. In a desultory article, yesterday, we gave .some account of tlie number of Kuil Ronds of which Pavamiali was the seaboard terminus. Hundreds of miles of these Roads are the fruits of Savannah capita!, nnd .enterprise,—in propor" tion to its population, perhaps tlio greatest outlay lor this purpose, made by any city in the country. These tilings liavenot been without their effect upon the pros perity of the city, though yet far from their completion; and consequently far from yielding a remunerating re turn upon the amounts invested. That portion ot tile expected effect of this display of energy is known only to business men, and is seen only in tlie comparison of the amount of business how done,"with that done before these efforts were made. lint it will not always he thus : when the chain is completed that is to link our interests with those of tlie sections we have been penetrating, then will an im mense tide ol' business set iu this direction ; and it will bn like a stream that knows no ebb, hut flows ever onward, enlarging and deepening ns it approach es its point of attraction. Thovolume of this stream no man cun now fore-measure. A country fertile mid generous, and {grateful in the abundance of its returns ; communities animated by an energy of character which ten years ugo would not have been ndmitted or advanced, all will seek tlie mart to which these artificial avenues lend, nnd tlie foresight nnu wisdom of those who now lie out of their meims will be recognised, and amply recompensed by tile influx of trade nnd consequently ot wenlth. Energy and faith have been the requisites for those who would contribute to the attainment of these results, aud now patience must ho tlie virtue exercised to beur us on to this successful accomplishment. Then will it be our turn to build up in ami ahnut tlio city, to ornament and improve ; for then the wpnlth will be no longer drained away in preparations, but will lie coming back upon us with enormous in terest. The present business of Buvumltdi, greatly superior as it is to tltnt known to the city before the commencement of these undertakings, will increase in a ratio which cannot be estimated. Every indus try will prosper alike ; and we will have our whole sale ranges, and our retail streets, our massive blocks of stores anil warehouses doubled and quadrupled. Trades, mechanics, commerce, all will feel the influ ence of this prosperity, which will come and is now coming to Savannah, in surely as the waters shall come to tho sea. [correction.] St. Mary's, Sept. 4th, 1850. Editor Morning Xcws : Dear Sir.—1 observe in your paper of Auguet 30, my solution of the Seward Enigma. In the hurry of writing, an error was committed, which may lead some to suppose tlie solution incorrect. The sixth line reads. •• The soldier’s duty,” &c. Tile answer should read— Venur—because “ in love with Mars," &c. She was wedded to Vulcan—but was in lave or had an amour witii Mars. I take it to be a soldier’s duty to love his profession or the God of War. Yours, &c„ ST. MARY’S. [COM MUNI CAT ED. | Mr. Editor.—There appears to he an impression abroad, that gas is n more expensive light than any other in use, nnd that in* only advantages are greater brilliancy, cleanliness aud safety. However worthy attention these may be, cheapness is alto one of its advantages, and one that can be evinced, provided attention he paid to its economy. To this end, 1 offer two directions. 1. At all times of lighting, turn off the stop-cock next the burner, until the volume of flame begins to diminish. 2. When but a portion oftbe burners on the prem ises are needed, turn otfthe stop cock next the gasom eter, until tiie volume of flame in the lighting burners begins to diminish. 1 o the scientific, the laws on which these directions are founded, are evident: To the consumers of gas, " comparison of the remits of the common practice’ with those of their modification, to bo found on the lace of tlie gasometer, will give proof positive. * E^'l'he Pacific N«ws estimates the resources of Guhtorni;r, l 01 ’ the purposes of government, at 91. 525,009; her expenses at $700,000; leaving a surnlus of *825,000. Besides this, over $1,000,000 lias been collected at tlio various custom house* by the military officers ol tiie Lniteu btates. 1 ids tin- News coutuuds, right fully belongs to the people of California. .Down with Napoleon!" Paris. Thurs-’an Evening 1 ue progress of the President is-bvuimi- i"! )cv> fluttering Hum was expected, even |, v those who do net wish him well. The ill-feeling was nn.ni- lesrcil mote at Tunnere than at Dijuhn, where the utj ot ’ A has Nupol/ain” was repeatedly given. t "Bister, lire you happy f" s “ v,,f ’ Deacon, 1 feel as tliuugh I was iu Beelzebub's bosom.” “Not in Beelzebub's!” “Weil, some of the Patriarch-., I don’t cate which.” £ f ’ .“ ‘"-’’T “ th e winter Italian opera season,at .Madrid, tor .224,000. 1 * 3 By Last Night’s Western Till N.O. ricaynne. has a letter from Texas com plaining of the depredations committed by the Cu- manchez, Apaches and other Indians: nnd of the su- piuenosB ot the government in its action for the pre vention of these incursions. Jjg^Tiie Yazoo Dcmocrik hns a letter from tiie in terior of Mississippi, giving a discou raging account of tlie cotton crop. Arkansas Election.—The Arkansas legislature stands as follows: Semite sixteen democrats nnd four lvhigs; House of Representative.-!, fifty democrats and thirty-two whlgs. Democratic majority on joint bal lot, forty. 13 s " We received tiles of northern evening pa pers by lust night's western mail. or The Raleigh Jlegister has tlie official vote for Governor, us follows: David S. Reid, (Dem.) 44,844 Gov. Charles Manly, (Whig,) 42,071 Reid's Mujority, 2,773. ["iff The late floods in Pennsylvania have been frightfully destructive of human life and property.— The latest accounts from Pottsvillc, report the Iosh over fifty lives. We trust the statement will prove somewhat exaggerated, but that a very large number of lives have been lost there non be no doubt. The destruct'on of property is immense. Washington, Sept, 8. The bill for the admission of California as a State, with the Bill organizing the Territory of Utah attach ed, passed tlie House yesterday by'ti majority of20. Tickets for Jenny Lind's first Concert sold in New York ut from $10 to $225 for single seats. Philadelphia, Sept. 4—P. M. The Freshet in the Schuylkill.—The flood iu tlie Schuylkill bus entirely subsided, the waters disap pearing almost as suddenly as they rose. The scene this morning from Fairmountjto Gray’s Ferry, was lamentable to behold. The lumber, wood, coal and lime whnrves have been swept brre. On the flats, canal boats and masted vessels were lying high and dry. ,-;A Romance in Indian Life.—A correspondent of the Picayune, writing from Mndisonville, La., relates the following incident in Indian life: A large number of Choctaw Indians still reside in the neighborhood, and ns I gazed on a group of young squaws, several of whom had really beuutifulfeatures, and seemed to pride themselves on the display of their Indian dresses and ornaments, 1 could not help think ing that if they were educated and dressed .fur a bull room, they would vie with many a pale-faced beauty. .Mndisonville was the terminus of tlie military road ordered to he cut from Tennessee by Gen. Jackson, daring tiie lust war with England. This road was afterwards used by flat-boatmen, wiio having descend ed the Ohio and Mississippi, unil sold their bouts and produce, would cross tho luke on a sloop or schoon er to this place, and then travel home on foot, in those times, ^frequently took a vessel between two and throe days to make the trip, when it is now made in nearly as many hours. Tlie continuation of parts of this road through Mississippi still exists, nnd is known by the name of the “ old Natchez trace. There lias been many n story told of the romuntic ad ventures of the flat-boatmen in their travels through the “wilderness,” ns it was then called. On tlie dis banding of the volunteers after the battle of New Or lenns, this road beeutne infested with robbers, who sought the flat-boatmen ns their prey, and the road became very dangerous to travel, except in large par ties. A young boatmen, who hnd realized a large profit on his pruduce, was returning home on one oc casion by this road, when ho was severely wounded by a rifle ball, robbed of all his money, nnd left for dead. He wns found by a young Indian girl of ex quisite beauty, tiie daughter of a chief who owned a largo tract of land in Mississippi. The girl perceiving some signs ot life, ran to fetch some water, which she gave him to drink, and then dragging him into a thick et, went to the camp and obtained two of her trioo to bring iu tlie wounded man. His wound was dressed, nnd the Indian girl attended him, and watched over him from day today, until he recovered. During liis illness, the young boatman observed that the indinn girl watehcu him with deep interest, and his gratitude soou deepened into love. He made her Ids bride, and the old chief gave to him his daugh ter’s share ot the land, which he soou turned into a plantation, and civilized -his wife. 'Enough tho old chief refused to live with them, lie frequently came to see them and their children, and as tlie country gradually became settled, the Indian wife of the white man was long acknowledged to be the most beautiful and dignified lady in tliat section of the State. ire in A,'to loci- Beebe it Co.'s Hat Store in Btoadway was partially destroyed by fire on the 5th I Hist. It broke out ill rear oftbe store, nnd futirelv i Ui stroycil the lour story building in the rear, used l,v I lliehrm u» a baUactoiy. Tiie steam shop j« J- j toV/o'oUJ ' * tl<! OSS18 ' fctu,mc '' ,i ut from $15,000 ; ,1 ‘-wv! 15 ii i8,0 ", to ‘•"Stfrdefiil Ulan, who dots tiie Mobile Herald: Conan ss will in ult probability appropriate the mu m cent run, o, $00,00-.) to build.. Cnslom.ll,.use, Uni j L ' tilf ^ .P^OH-t Court Room, Offices, Marshal's Office and Pest Office-^.,II under one roof-1;,. y-Sfi* We exp,At to have two hotels prwemiy , aeh 'of i which w»ll ejat iu ore .than Lhat. 77ic Choctaw Indians.—The tribe of the Choctaw Indians is diminishing very fast. Their hunting grounds are now west of the Mississippi, near Fort Smith, beyond the boundary line of the .State of Ar kansas, up to the source of the Canadian Fork, and as tar South as Red River, on the Arkansas line.— Many of this tribe have become citizens ot the Unit ed States,and one of the Into chiefs by tlie name yf Leflore some years ago was n representative in the Missis sippi Legislature. By tlie treaty made at Dancing Rabbit Creek, with these Indians in 1830, 40 of the Choctaw youths were to be educuted ut tlie expense of tit. government for twenty yenrs. This number were to be kept at school, nnd as they finished their education, others were to take their places until tlie period expired. Under this treaty they have been supplied with schools, anil $2,500 annually has been given for the support of three teachers. The term however expires on theQ7tn of this month. What progress they hnve made in their education, 1 have been unable to learn, but it is stated that many of them have been well educated, made acquainted with all the arts of husbandry, and have become good far- luers, 3 he tribe receives from our government 90000 annually, which by the treaty they are to re ceive as long as they exist. Notwithstanding these provisions,many of them prefer to wander off in small parties, aud occasionally visit the cities and towns iu Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, tradin'/ with the people. From the Wytheville Republican. iinilrouil Convention. At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of Wytlie county, utthe Court House, on Monday the 12th dav ot August, 1850, oil the subject ot the proposition of a general Convention of thefriends of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, to he held at Wytheville, on tlie 11th day ot September, Un motion, Mr. Lime J. I.eftwich wns called to the Chair, mid Mr. Harold rfmyth appointed Secretary The object, oi the meeting whs explained by Mr. P S. Buckingham, and on liis motion tho followin'/ res olution.-, wen: unanimously adopted: 1st. Resolved, That we cordially approve of tlie tin: proposition ol “Several Lynchburg Stockholders" ot the Virginia and lenuesseo Railroad Company ninde mini article published in the Lynchburg Virgin un. ot the 8th in-4., to hold a Railroad Conventiot. ut Wytheville, on Wednesday, the 11th of September next, tnr the purposeot adopting measures to inerensn tlie i-uhi-i'i'iplinu to the stock bt said company, with u view to the speedy completion of their road. 2nd. Resolved, That we recommends lull meeting ot the people ot this county, at tho court hou«e on Monday the Ptli of September, that being the day of our county court, fortlie purpose of appointing lie!- egatrs tor ttiiacounty, to said convention. ;jni. Itusulved. That the peoiiU* ot all the counties ot South-western Virginia mnl Kust Tennessee the citizens ot Nortolk, Petertsbun?. .Richmond, Lynch- Damille, AU xandrni, nnd such other portions ol tlie »Stute ns feel interested in tin* improvement he. and are, hereby eainojtiy requested to send delegates to said convention. „ 4fti. N''to'' v ' d, That the President and other Ofli- (.eis ot the different Rail Road companies between toe Virginia line and Memphis, and any other compa nies in Georgia, Alabama. South Carolina and Ten- nt 88ci*, and fiiHO ot any Rmlroml coinpimieM in Vir- gnna, who tixd imeriested iu the Virginia ami Ton- m * huih mid, he, mid are hereby invited to attend 5 it “Sled T WT| t, ’ iu ltfl O'ffiffi’Fations. Tt.ie l.m ,' , „ l, "u hl ' hd ‘ tiu ' th " Wytheville V^n',''T h ‘T " U "ttlhr papers of \ I, i.m and J i imr.'ee Railroad, he requested to publish tlie proceed mgs oltnis meeting ll G , LD.SMYTH,8ec’rV. 1J ' “^^H, Cb'n. l-'ilLm,,.''r/ l |V ,:! ' 8r ' ‘{’•"•'.'•'"•M'H.oa that President Wiidiiu'/vu' J l “'-’ Luitariiiu Church in Non-Interconrse, This retaliatory policy, suggested « difr I by the presses and meetings throughout ^ f >i seems to operate somewhat upon the n *** Northern friends. They do not profe,”'? 0 ^ to be very much frightened, yet it i, ev ’i W, the numerous notices of it, that they g 0 *'K possible event A correspondent ofth? ^ «■ Tribune, writing from Baltimore, toys- ‘ Ne * '»t “Letters from Georgia and Aiaham league among many of the merchants purchase goods at tlie North—the r"t.i? r ?’ “Hi fact of a regular non-intercourse Thi. ' say that purchases to a large extent wiiiT” 1 * ,r * Baltimore, in the place,of Philadelphia ana » ® as formerly. The slave controversy |!J,v Kew this move, which cannot, however any great extent lu conversation »i,k 1 ^mt our Baltimore wholesalcmen, 1 w.„J7, w ”ri| prospects ofafal) trade are dying aw. '’"'i they expect to mnke unusually large merchants, who have either arrived nr ° Hu way here. This looks, I must confcL ? like a lortnidable non-intercourse whlrt^'W mously curried out, might temporarily emG large importers. Some Southerners ma-, !^!*;- determination not to deal in nny way but such a determination cannot hold j era manufactures and importations inusn H if the present merchants oftbe ehivulric u l *1 nil to combine together not to purrW / North, they would soon find formidable a. .’"‘t the field mid reap golden harvests Then.' deal of bluster mid braggadocio in Southern!! tm», for which very large allowances muVi k There is not so much as this writer^r.m • "lei especially in reference to this alienation with regard to commercial intercourse North. It requires not much more goadin., > the Southern people to this measure and ti v 1 had better not undertake to ascertaia how f be driven ere we adopt this or disunion a?* iormidoble rivals mentioned, we are rati opinion that this policy, once adopted thl'l 01 lie lew mid tar between. They would nrii H ship for nnother market, and -U'eC’? that it would tequire a large cupital, and and bravery than would ho deemed safe or ent, for Northern rivals to come and start a h with such a state of things existing. Th e « ■l- South" can hear a great deal, but one of it*™ nent and elementary purta is scoruefor uteani, ' 11 this writer may rely upon it these formidable r would bo reached m sotno way.—,S\ Carolinim Buffalo, Sepu tavt I Destructire Gale on Lake Erie. There'wu, ' gale on ttie Lake on Sunday night ns.ti' 1 with 1200 bushels wheat, went ashore. TlienL J Maid, from Chicago harbor, lost several oftenF overboard. Tlie piers were wafehed away mense damage done. 1 "" From the Charleston Mercury of <kki m „„ New Orleans, Sept. 6 Ml 1 he cotton market ia dull—tlie sules amount-, only 2(H) bales. Quotations are nominally fn,. dling qualities 12$ a 13. * ® Ni.*wa from Texas has been received Thetol Committee oftbe two Houses have reported mb, I ot raising 30(H) troops, to march forthwith formal Fe. Reports of the passage of Tierce's biiul reached Austin. In reference to this, it was siiftJ the Legislature possesses no power to dispose of tl territory of the State, thntthe subject must berfensl to the decision of the people. Gen. Ruskw M .| elected Senator by 50 to 8 votss. 1 A Volume in a Line. At a temperance celebnsj in Tennessee, a little lad appeared in the prociuil bearing a Hag on which was inscribed : 1 “All's light when Daddy's sober!" PASSENGERS* Per steamer Gen Clinch, from Charleston-lIi Morris, lady and son, J L Dunham, It Boyd, Mrtte ison, child and servant, and one on deck.’ CONSIGNEES. Per steamer Gen Clinch, from Charleston—CE*| ".a Boats and Steamer DeKnib. QiommiJrcial. LATEST DATES'. Liverpool, Aug. 20 | Havre, Aug. 9 | Havana, An;.Ill Saviintmii market, September 11. COTTON.—There was a good demnne 1 for C'ot yesterday, and the sales amounted to 253 bales, at following prices r 1 hales at 12V ; *22 at 12f; 19all 37 at 12} ; J37 at 12'} ; 28 at 12}; 9 at 13 cento, notice nn advance outlie lower qualities of Cot within the past three days of } of a cent. CHARLESTON, Sept. 9—Cotton.—The marketfll Saturday, with a moderate detnend. had an upvrril tendency, and holders, iu some instuucefijhavere^l ed prices which previously they could not obt*i| Tim sales readied 556 bales at 12V ® 12i—the bulki 12} ^ 12§. Macon Cotton Statement for 1849-50* I The following statement exhibits the total rectijfll of Cotton in this city for the commercial year erdiid 1st September.—The quantity forwarded from litfll Sept. 1849 to ]?t Sept. 1850, together with the stockil Macon on the let inst. Receipts in warehouses fir 1 Sept. 1st, 1849, to Sept. 1st, 1850 $ (349 bales of the above were rec’d in Augusta.) Stock in warehouses (included in the above) 2.791 bales. Receipts by Macon & Western Rail Rond, for warded direct to Savannah Making the*totrd receipts oftbe season. 13#| Receipts by Macon & Western Hsil Rood in gueta, 206 bales, of which 17 were sent to the w * houses. Shipments by Central Rail Road, 1,863 bnle?. 6Slipping Jntdligcnce. pout of savannah. - • septembeki 1* O 41 T C A I.KN D Alt. MOON’S PHASES. New Mn. 6d. lOh. 53m., m I Fit Mn,2Jd.. f>b. a u N Airauat. Rises. Sots. , 1 Si 0 . H. IU. H. M. 11 Wednesday.. 5 41 6 10 12 Thursday,. .. 5 4L 0 10 13 i’riday 5 42 6 09 14 Saturday,. .. 5 43 0 08 15 Sunday 5 43 0 00 lh Monday 5 44 0 05 17 Tuesday,.... 5 45 0 04 It. M. 10 09 10 52 11 37 00 00 Jli; Muni. H. Ji ll W 00 05 05 5 fi ll I 57 1)1 16 | 04 27 02 07 105’34 ^ ARRIVED. _ Steamer Gan Clinch, Dixon. Charleston, to«*l &. Hertz. DEPARTED. Ptenmer Gen Clinch, Dixon. Charleston. Strainer II I, Cook, Peck, Augusta. Steamer Ivmihoe. McNulty, Piiintku. 1 So tl VII. SI 1' A 45 SI I IP III' 1 FOR HAVANA, NEW ORLEANS, anil CD-' To learn Saturday, the 14th (wu!* Tho superior tdeauiFliip Porter, U. S. N., Coiun wil1 leuve here on Hnturduy.» a inet. For pa.sHmre iqiply to Hcpt u coiiKNd & l J2;: CUaOTJU, POTATOES, (Ve.—50 Iwrrr fl- Genebsen Flour; 40 half bids do do; Hiram .Smith’s Extra do; .59 do Potatoes; Crashed and Powdered sugar; .40 do Tre® 1 Butter. Sugar and Hoda Crackers I 20 boxes d< Biscuits; 59 kegs prime Leaf Lard; 30 bbls 3 Mackerel; 29 lings old government J* iva Lamliiiff and fur mU? by eept J1 SGRANT-ON, JONIISTON_& I > UTTER ifc CI1KK8E7-20 kegs select ^ shen Butler; 59 boxes Kuglish Dmry L Landing and for sale by w . eept U .SCRANTON. JOHNSTON^ ^REAM ALIi.—25 barrels Summer Si C tREAlH ALE.—25 barrels Summer 1 lauding from burk Texas nnd tor sale by sept li W. M. DAVID B ottle ii ai,e imki po’ktkit.-® Bottled Ale, and 5 do Porter, in pints. and for sale,by _scpt n W. M. DAVID'' H AMS, sugar mred. For jalfi by „ tsi’ttt 5 0* J 101,1.IE ,V. LAYVriON, BuB 11 -