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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS .FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1850.
THE MORNING NEWS.
nv JOHN flt. COOl'Klt.
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR
T ■ B H a:
Dally Paper, $4,00::;;:Tri-weekly 82.00
All nao Advertisement! atwr.dr in both papal.
('§r' ,It may bo remembered thnt It was officially
stated that "the Committee to award the prize for the
Jenny l.lnd eong, derided that of the number ot
aurigs, two Were in many reepecta equally dmerrtng
of tliejprize; but in the opinion of Mr. Julea Bene
dict, one of them was auperior in point of musical
adaption. and, on that account, has received their un
animous vote.” Tho other of the twnin ia now pub
lished. It is from the pen of Epea Sargent, Esq.
Editor of the Boston Transcript, and one of our most
graceful poets.
SALUTATION TO AMERICA.
Land of tiio beautiful, laud of the free,
Often my heart had turned, longing to thee;
OUenJmd mountain, lake, torrent midstream
Gleamed on my wuking thought, crowded my dream :
Now thou rcceivest me from tho broad sea,
Land ut tho beautiful, lund of the free!
Fair to the eye, in thy grandeur, thou art;
O doubly fair, doubly dear to the hoart!
For to the exiled, the trodden, the poor,
Through tho wide world, thou hast opened thy door;
Millions crowd in, and ure welcomed by thee—
Land of the bcuutiful, land ot the free I
Land of the Future I Here Art shall repair—
Kinder thy gule than hcrown Grecian air 1
Since hor true votaries ever have lound
Lofty desert by America crowned I
Where, in her.pride, should she dwell, but in tliec t
Land of tho beautiful,land of the free I
Sculpture for thee shall immortalize Form;
Painting illumine, and Poetry warm;
Music devote all her fervorsdivino
To a heart-service at Liberty’a ahrine—
Till all thy gilts doubly precious shall be,
Land oftlm beautiful, land of the free I
Hail, then, Republic of Washington, hail!
Never may star of thy Union wax pale I
Hope of tile world I may each omen of ill
Fade in the light of thy destiny still;
Time bring but increase and honor to thee,
Land uf tho bcuutiful, land of the free I
* Congrcaslonal Proceedings,
Washington, Sept. 14.
Senate. The biti to suppress the slave trade in the
District of Columbia was taken up.
Toe question being oh the concurrence in Mr.
Pearce's amendment,
Mr. Cluy hoped the amendments would be reject
ed, as they would defeat the bill in one House ur the
oilier. The original bill would be passed, and next
session a second bill to prevent abduction of slaves,
and to enable the corporation to continue or remove
free negroes, would be offered.
Mr. Ilule approved tho amendments, as did Mr.
Ew ing.
M r Bell commented on the principles avowed by
tile abolitionists.
Mr. Mason said the evidence now before us was
that this subject was to be agitated by the North and
carried to extremes.
Mr. Underwood did not believe, he said, that the
series of measures would bring peace.
Mr. Prutt advocated ail tho amendments.
Mr. Cluy replied and resisted them. They would
pus* in a separate bill, but would dcleut Ibis hill. It
tile debate was ever to be terminated, he hoped it
would he now.
Mr. Pratt rejoined.
Mr Badger offered a number of amendments to
Mr. reuree’a provisions. Agreed to : yeas i!7, nays
15.
Tlie question on the first amendment, preventing
persous from enticiug or aiding slaves to escape, whs
rejected—yeas 22, nays 26, as follows:
Yeas—Badger, Barnwell, Bell, Berrien, Butler, Da
via, of Miss., Dawson, Dickinson, Dawson, Foote,
Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Pratt, Rusk, Sebas
tian, Soul if Sturgeou, Tufney, Underwood, Youlec—
Nays—Baldwin, Benton, Bright,Chnse, Clarke, Clay,
Davis, ol Mass, Duytuq, Dodge, of Wis., Dodge, ol
Iowa, Ewing, Fclch, Fremont, Green, Gwin, ilale,
Hamlin, Jones, Norris,Seward, Shields, Smith Spru-
mice, Walesi Walker, Windthoip—20.
Mr. Davis, el Miss., moved to postpone the bill
on account of the abseuco of Mr. Pearce. Rejected
—yeas 18; nays 31.
The other amendment giving powers to the Cor
poration and Levy Court were rejected—yeas
2b, nays 28, as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell,
Denied, Butler, Davis, of Mass., Dawson, Dick-
iusou. Downs, Hunter, King, Mason, Morton, Prutt,
ltusk, Sebastian, Soule, Turney, Youlee,
Cincinnati. Sept, 14.
l.O.ofO.F. The Grand Lodge of the United
States I. O. Ilf Odd Fellows hns at last been organized,
a quorum having born obtained by the arrival of rep
resentatives from Arkansas. There are no represen
tatives present from Kentucky. The representatives
from Northern New York were admitted and took
their seats. A resolution to receive the action adopt
ed at the last Session relative to adjournment was
negatived.
sjtfT’AsrsrAiaio
Friday Morning' Hepleinber 1830.
Largest Circulation in the City
From Florida. The steamer J. Stone, from l’a-
latka, arrived yesterday morning at 5.J o'clock, hav
ing been detained in consequence of a gale of wind
off St. Johns river. We are informed that the health
of tho inhabitants of Florida has been restored. They
have for sometime past been afflicted with‘Broken
Bone Fever,' which hns now almost entirely disap
peared. The crops of Florida are represented good,
particularly that of S. I. Cotton.
Temperance Meeting.—By reference to anoth
er column it will be perceived that the Hon. W. B-
Fleming, will deliver an addrees this evening, in the
First Baptist Church to the several Temperance As
sociations of tliia city. Judge Fleming's known
ability as a speaker will attract a large uudionce.
Marine Disaster.—Tho Baltimore Sun of the
loth inst. states that tho schr H. N. Gambril, Cuptuin
Bradford, bound thence for Savannah, was run into
on the night of the 12th by schr. S. C. Davis, at that
port from New York, about 50 miles down the bay,
and bad her bow spritcarried nway, bulwarks stove,
besides sustaining other damage. The Gambril] was
towed into port.
A Verdict against tiie Government.—
The Mexican B ar Case.—The trial of the cause of
Don Manuel X. Harmony against Colonel Mitchell,
which lias been before the United Stutes Circuit
Court, of New York for some days past, terminated
on Saturday in a verdict for the plaintiff for $90,806-
44, and six cents costs.
Serious Illness op Gen. Houston. General
Sam Houston, of Texas, was tuken seriously ill on
Friday evening, in Washington city with cholera
morbus. There was but a slight change in his symp
toms on Saturday morning and his friends are very
anxious about him.
Free Soil California. It will be seen by the
vote on the bill abolishing the Slave trade in the Dis.
trict of Columbiu that the two Senators from Cal
ifornia voted with the North.
Jenny Linds Second Concert. The New York
papers state that Castle Garden was more crowded
on Friday night than on the occasion of the iirst con
cert, and that the amount of money received was as
large or larger 'ban on the first night. The Express
says the auction system is to be ubundoned. and the
scule of admission popularized ; and this by the sug
gestion of Mile. Jenny herself. The seats arc to be
classified in price. Those thut have thus tar brought
$8 will he disposed for $6, uud those at lower rates
at the same ratio of reduction. The minimum price
remuinina about the same. Promenade tickets to be
$4. Beats, not taken at 8 o’clock, tu be open to any
body with a ticket. There ure to be four mure Con
certs only before the departure for Boston.
On Thursday evening the German Licderkranz
marched in procession to the New York Hotel, where
they sung a number of melodies as a serenade to
Jenny. The following was the order of the perfor
mances :—1st, Wilkommeu, (welcome) composed by
Kuhst, and dedicated to the songstress; 2d, horst da
den Tonder deinen Namcnfeirt (Hear'st thou the
sound that celebrates' thy mime,) by Kalliwuda ; 3d,
Petpourri Chorus,'from La Fi le du Regiment.
Tho Firemen are talking of getting up a torch light
procession in her honor.
Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.
Griffin, Geo. Sept. 17, 1850.
Mr. Editor. Tin crops in thjs section are bud,
very bad; notwithstanding the large quantity of cotton
thut was plunted, there will not be anything* like an
average crop this season. Lust year there was re
ceived ut tliis point ubout 40,000 bales, and it has been
said by the knowing ones that 30,000 bales will be tile
Nays—Messrs. Baldwin, Benton. Bright, Chase, I utmost this year, others say that 20,000 hales will
Clarke, Clay, Davis, of Mass. Dayton, Dodge, of hardly be readied. Of one thing be ussured, the de-
Wia., Dodge, of Iowa, Ewing Felch, Fremont,
Greeu, Gwiu, Hale, Hamlin, ,’
, Jones, Norris, Seward,
Shields, Smith, duruauce, Sturgeon, Underwood,
Wales, VVulkur, Winthorp.
'1 he bill was ordered to be engrossed to a third
reading—yea*32, nays 19, as follows:
Yeub—Messrs. Baldwin, Benton, Bright, Cass,
Clia.-e, Clarke, Clay, Davis, of Alias ; Dayton, IPck-
Risen, Dodge, of Wis., Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas,
Ewing, Felch, Fremont, Greene, Gwin, Hale, Ham
lin, Jonas, Norris Seward, Shields, Smith, Spru-
anoe, Sturgeon, Underwood, Wulcs, Walker, Whit
comb, Winthrop.—32.
Nays—Messrs Atchison, Badger. Barnwell, Bell,
Berries, Butler, Davis, of Miss.; Dawson, Duwns,
Hunter, King, Aluson, Morton, Pratt, ltusk. Sebas
tian, Soule, Turney, Yulee—19
Tho Senate adjourned.
iiou3E of Representatives. Air. Richardson
concluded his remarks on the subject of the report
ol tin: Ewing committee.
Mr. Vinton moved a substitute for the resolutions
of the committee, providing that ns no crime bad
i ecu imputed to the Secretary of the Interior, by
the resolution appointing the committee, and only
in king to reverse the decision of the department
upon n question involving private rights, the object
of the resolutions ought not to be concun ed in which
was adopted.
The committees were then called on for reports’
mid various reports were made.
The committee of ways und means reported bills
in favor of the erection of custom houses at Cincin
nati end St Louis, which were referred to the com
mittee of tile whole on die state of the Union.
Mr, Toombs, from die samp committi e, reported a
resolution adverse to any alteration of die tariff' laws
uud declaring it, to be inexpedient now to take any
action on the subject
Air Vinton ottered a substitute instructing thecom-
miltee to bring in a bill, requiring die appraisers iu
appraising all goods, wares and merchanuise, import
ed thirty days afn r the passage of this act, iuto any
port ot tho Unitid States, to adopt the average mar
ket value of similar articles, in the principal ports of
the United States, during the year ending 30th of j he will push it through as rapidly as possible
June, 1646, under such general regulations, to lie
prescribed by the Secretary of tho Treasury, as shall
prevent frauds and under valuations, and secure a
uniform valuation throughout the United States.
Mr. Phelpsmoved that the whole subject be laid
upon the table, which was lost—yeas 93, nays 94.
The vote Was then taken upon the substitute of
Air. Vinton, which was lost—yeas 93, nays 96.
The tpicstion was then taken upon the resolution
of Mr. i'oomks, declaring it inexpedient to take any
action upon the subject, and decided in dm negative
—yeas 91, nays 93.
Air. Brooks moved to reconsider, with a view of
introducing a resolution, which he sent to tho Clerk’s
table to be read. The resolution provided for the ap
pointment of a committee ot seven to sit during the
recess of Congress, and 'gather information iu rela
tion to die operations of die tariff, with power to send
lor persona and papers.
Mr. Thompson, of Miss., moved to lay the motion
to reconsider on the table, which wus carried—yeas
93. nays 92.
The House then passed several pi ivafe hills from
the Senate, and concurred in some and nonconcurred
in ushers of the Senate’s amendments to the bill sup
plying deficiency of appropriation for the niillesge
of the members and delegates of the present session
egates<
of Congress
The House then adjourned until Monday.
Father Mathew preached and administered
the pledge to 300 persons, at Memphis, Tenn. on the
gth instant. He will proceed from tlmnce to . St.
Louis, and other cities mid towns in the Weak Bi^lh^
health fa mush improved.
crease will be very great at this point. The counties
of Troup, Merriwither, Coweta, and Heard, from
which the greater part of the Cotton is received,
have suffered greatly from drought, storms See. The
corn crop has also suffered greatly; this article is
selling here readily at 75 cents per bushel.
The impi oveinent in this place lias been rapid, and
is still progressing. In fuct there is not an unreuted
store or warehouse in the village—1 beg pardon—
city I and were there any, they could readily find
tenants. The merchants have all lurge sracks of
goods, much too large, 1 fear. The population is
2000 to 2500. They huve a Alayor and Common Couir
cil. ,tc
The greatest improvement that strikes the eye
of the traveller, in pussiug through, is the new ware
house of theM. &. W. It. it.; itis very large and is
built of brick. The Railroads are receiving large
quantities of freight. I understand that an immense
amount of freight has been received at tins point to
be forwarded to Western Georgia, Alubnmu, &c.
Another great improvement, just on the R. R., is a
new Hotel, kept by that matronly lady Airs. Ilu-
SON. I understand itis one of the best kept Hotels
iu the interior of the State.
The La Grange and West Point Hail Road has 12
miles of the road laid, ironed &c., and have the
track graded as far as Newnuu. Tin y travel on tins
road six miles Irom Atlanta, and have six iniies of
the new ready, making 12 miles. When that road is
through to West Point, or La Grange, it will severely
injure this place. You knuw they ure building a
Plank Road from here to West Point to counteract the
W. P. & La Grunge R R. I hope it may succeed; if
it does not, Griffin will soon lose its importance.—
The plank Road is uudorthe eortract of Mr Haley.
a very enterprising and actite man. You may be sure
Some'
two or three miles are now finished and 12 miles will
be done by January 1, '51.
The N. Y. Evening Tost, (Free Soil abolition) coin
menting on the passnge of the Fugitive Slave Bill, in
tlic House of Representatives, says, (and as it “the
wi: li were father to the thought")—
“Tlie effect of tills hill, will not be to assist materi
ally the recovery of fugitive slaves. In tlie neigh
borhoods in which the runaway blacks will be apt to
seek refuge, it will probably be found inconvenient to
execute it. One bau consequence will probably arise
irom it in other par’s of tic tree States—it will facili
tate the kidnapping of free persons, of which some
remarkable examples have lately occurred,and which
under thiB law, will probably become morc'numer-
ouv
Anothcr consequence will, in all probability, be a
quarrel by and by lor the repeal of the low. One or
two examples ot abuse arising under it will kindle
an excitement which it will he difficult for its friends
to resist.
The Fugitive Slave Hill ttittl the Hill to
Abolinb the Slave Tirade In the District
of Columbia.
Quo thousand of Air. W. L. Chaplin’s lady friends
in Western Nnw-York, have had a splendid silver
pitcher made by Jones, Beli. & Poor, of Boston,
to be presented to Mr. C. “in prison." No more than
ten ceiiti’was allowed to he given by any One sub
scriber, and the pitcher cost $100.—JV. Y Express,
This fact is significant as showing the true state of
the popular feeling in the Northern Stntes on the sub
ject of the surrender of fugitive slaves. It ia gener
ally known to our reuders thut this man Chaplin
is the individual who recently attempted to ubduct
the slaves of Messrs. Toombs <L Stephens, from
Washington City, and that he is now confined in tlie
District juil, awaiting iiis trial fur that outrage upon
the laws of tho country, it is known thnt he lms the
sympathy of an inlluentinl party throughout the
North, and that he is countenanced by s everul hon
orable Senators in Congress; but the above fact goes to
show how deep laid in the Northern mind is the prin
ciple ol hostility to the institutions uf the South, and
liow utterly futile it is, ut thU day, to attempt to re
st'ain that sentiment by legislative enactment, espe
cially by such a hill as that with which the South
has recently been mocked.
'""We would ask those editors who tell us that the
South has achieved all bIic had a right to auk, and
who instance the fugitive Slave Bill as one of the
great concessions made by the North, what do they
expect fr rathe operation of that bill in u communi
ty such as Western New York, where Slave stealing
is heroism, and where the negro abductor i-honored
by a presentation of plate from the Women.
The Fugitive Slave Bill is u mockery and an insult to
tlie people of the Soutli, and those Southern editors
who are glorifying over its enactment chiefly by
iouthern votes, and pointing to it as a concession from
the North, which ought to compensate our people
for nil we huve surrendered, must have a very poor
estimate of the perceptive faculties of their reuderp.
These gentlemen know that the bill, such ns it is, hus
been passed rather by uortuern forbearance than
northern support, and they know too, thut while a
portion of the presses of the North openly declare
that their people will nut permit it'to be carried into
effect, others are »lready calling for its repeal. Un
der such circumstances—with the masses of the peo
ple, women, children, and all, in clamorous host-
tility to the measure—of what value cun it be to
the South 1 If any have doubts as to the Bentiinent
of the Northern majority on this subject, let them
refer to the proceedings of the Senate on Friday
last, when tlie Slave Trade Bill—the first direct
blow at the institution of Sluvery—was passed. For
the information of those who have not seen it, wo
give the hill as it passed the Senate, and as it hns since
passed the House, (as we Icara by telegraph) by a
vote of 120 to 47. The bill is as follows :
Jlc it enacted, Ifc., That from and after the
duy of next, it siull not be lawful to bring in-
to the District ol' Columbia any slave whatever, for
the purpose el'being sold, orfor the purpose of being
placed in depot, to he subsequently transferred to any
other S'uto or place, to be sold as merchandize. And
if any slave should be brought into the said district
by its owner, or by the authority or consent of its
owner, contrary to the provisions of this uct, such
slave shall there upon ueuome liberated und free.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, Thnt it shall and
may be lawful, for euch oithe Corporations of the
cities of Washington and Georgetown, from time to
time, and as olteu us may be necessary, to abate
break up, aud abolish any depot or place of confine
ment of slaves, brought uto the said District as mer
chandise, contrary to tlie provisions of this act, by
such appropriate means as may appear to either of
llie sum Corporations espedient and proper. And
the same power is herein vested in the levy court of
Washington county, if jny attempt shull be made
within its jurisdiction^ tymt, to establish a depot or
Place of confinement forslavcs brought iuto the said
District as merchandize Lr sulc contrary to this uct.
To this bill Air Pearce offered an amendment,
making it a penitential-) offence to entice or per
simile a slave to run away, ireni his master, mid
conferring upon the loctl authorities of tlie District
power to regulate the incoming, of free negroes.
The fate of these amendments, which were lost by
a vote of 32 to 19, should, we think, satisfy any one
of tlie disposition of the Northern majority in the
Senate, in regard to tlie protection of tho South in
hersluve property. Not only Congress lias tuken it
upon itself to legislate against the institution ol slavery
in the District of Columbia, but by refusing to allow
the authorities of the District to puss luws to regulate
the tree ntgroes,which now compose one third of the
whole population, it liw.4 manifested a determ nation
to give the Capital ol' tilt Union up to the blacks.—
This bill is a Northern measure, for which it
will be seen, the only votes from the South
ern States were Messrs. Benton, Clay, Under
wood und tlie two Delaware Senators, none of whom
may lie accounted very Southern in their affinities.—
A. it is comprised iu the grand compromise scheme,
of course it must he safiiaotory to tue Soutli, ami ull
who presume to express their dissent from it will be
denounced us dis unionists and traitors by those edi.
tors among us who cluim ull the patriotism, and who
prove their devotion tutho Union by yielding their
support to such uiousuies us are hostile to the inter,
eels and institutions of the South, thus inviting and
encouraging the aggressions of our enemies, which
me daily estranging tlie feelings of our people aud
weakening the bonds of our political Union.
But tlie measure of injustice and wrong is nearly
full, and the day is at hind,when the demagogues and
hacks of purty will be no longer permitted to mislead
and deceive the people, who moved by a just indigna
tion, will hold both their enemies und their betrayers
to a fearful account. .
In the Clarkecounty (Ala.) Herald,_of the 4th inst.,
the editor says:
We have, within a few doys pust, paid a flying
visit to the counties of Aiarengo aud Choctaw. The
crops are very short in consequence of the drought.
Cotton was opening finely, and the planters busily em
ployed iu picking it out. it is doubtful whether it
will reach halt a crop ; and sBould there lie an early
frost, heavy enough to kill the bolls, it will not reacD
(Clarke) souoty.
I urtlicr News by the Canada.
Baltimore, Sept. 17.
lien. Ilaynau, lamius ns tlie commander of the
Austrian forces in Hungary, has been the subject of
an extraordinary outrage m London. The General
uud suite made a visit , of curiosity to the immense
brewery establishmeft of Barclay, Perkins & Co.
when the hands of theestablisliment made u general
assaut, upon him, belt him with every thing they
could turn into a weapon,and finally drugged him over
the ground by Iris b *artl und hair, tearing the clothes
irom his body, and heouly escaped by retreating und
hiding in a closet
Tlie death of Louis Jhilippe is the subject of much
discussion mid speculation in tlie English journals
Borne ol which argue list the feud between the two
branches of the Bourlxm family will now be appeased
und thut their adherents will unite iu an attempt to
put the Prince Do .loin'.jilt: nt the head of the French
Republic. Masses havijbeen celebrated in France
tor the repose of Louis Philippe's soul.
There is nothing of ijuch interest from Denmark
and the Dutches. The Government of tlie German
League have declined, to sanction tlie Austrian Diet
at Frankfort. Tlie Rip-inn Cabinet refuses Lord
Palmerston’s request til induce Prussia to join in
the execution of the protocol of the 2d July.
Furris and Co. large; Cotton merchants in Man
chester, huve failed.
Cotton Crop of the L’nited States. The Charles
tna. Mercury compilesl from the New York Ship
ping List and Price Current of Wednesday, 11th inst.
the billowing stutemen, showing the crop of Cotton
in tlie several States, ft r tlie year ending the 31st of
August, 1850.
850- 1849.
7(1.886 1.093,797
0-1,952 518,706
R 1.344 200,186
: L263 38,827
3 4,035- 3J) | ,372
314,265 468.117
11,861 10,041
11,509 lftSSO
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Georgia -
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginiu -
Total Crop . 2,ods.715
Decrease from last year’
Decrease irom year liefcire
2,728,596
• 631,881
_ , , • 250,928
LjP Potatoes have riien in price at Boston to 3 50
a $ I per barrel, in consequence of tlie ravages ot the
potato rut in that State!
Balt.more, Sept. 16—9 45 P .M.
In the United States Senate to-day, Aiouduy, Mr
Pratt, of Maryland, introduced a bill making slave
stealing in the District of Columbiu a penitentiary
offence. Columbia Repub.
ips.®A. correspondent, writt’.ig to the
Onzftc, from Crockett’s Bluffs, Arkansas
The Crops
Little Rock Gazl
county, on the 20tli ulr, says :
The weather coutinn s very hot and dry. Cotton
cannot possibly make more tban from 30!) to 1,000
lbs. per acre,'and corn crops from five to twenty
bushels. Health is very good. The doctors are starv
ing out
The Yazoo Whig is informed by a person who has
recently mude a tour til i ouch Georgia. Aiiihnmaand
Mississippi, that tlie cotton crop ull along his route
was very poor.
A letter from Ellfula, Ala., says thHtthe cotton crop
will lie curtailed 200,000 bales by. the elfects of the
late storm.
The Tuscaloosa Monitof of the5tli inst. soys.
Cotton, generally, is badly boiled and is SHid to be
rapidly shedding. Picking is unusually backward,
mill the probability is that m this county, the present
will not exceed, perhaps will hardly equul, the short
crop of lust year.
On the subject of crops the last Gainesville (Ala.)
Pilot and Sentinel remarks :
The boll worm has made its appearance on the rich
bottom lands of the Bigby and is doing considerable
damage. The late heavy rains have caused the cot
ton to lose many forms uud blooms, and unless the
full is unu.ually seasonable not more thun half a
crop cun be made.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, Sept. i5th.
The week which has passed has been full of events
in legislation. The fugitive 'slave bill has actually
passed, and will, as 1 hope, tend to quiet one source
of slavery agitation, it is gratifying to notice that
the ancient and law-abiding commonwealth of Mas-
sachuscits gave one-third of the whole number of
Northern whig votes, which were given iu the
House for that measure of justice and peace. It is
true, the number was small iu tlie aggregate, but it
wus a select party. They numbered only three,
but weigh more than they count They consisted
of Mr. Eliot of Boston, Mr. Taylor of Ohio, and Mr.
McGrugbey of Indiana.
Many thanks to the twenty-eight Northern Demo
crats who saved tlie h’ll. The bill for the suppres
sion of the slave-trade in tlie District of Coluiiitiia
is the lust of the series of measures terming tlie
compromise and it passed the Senate by a vote of
thirty-two to nin- teen. It passed in its original
from and without the amendments which Air. l’eurce
proposed, and which are so important to tlie wel
fare of tilis district, ll was well ascertained that
no measure would pass by which tlie ubducyun of
slaves from this district, und enticing them or aiding
them to elope, could he adequately punished.
it was also ascertained that no measure for pre
venting the ingress of free people of color into tlie
District, or tor recovering or bringing under control
of law llint population, could be passed. In regard
to the former matter, it was urged that the present
law is stringent enough ; and, us to the latter, it wus
contended that the constitution allowed of no dis
tinction between colors. So, this city and District
is to be the refuge of all the free blacks that may be
driven out of other States, and ull tlie free States
will ultimately expel them. It is determined to make
this a model city.
'Pile friends of a high tariff’ measure linil very near
ly carried their point yesterday. The measures can
not ultimately fail in the House, if the vote ou.Mr.
Vinton's proposition is a fair test, and, os to the
Senate, I begin to doubt whether they will resist it.
The measure was no part of the compromise, as re
ported by the committee of thirteen, hut it appears
that the friends of that system ot measures are now
more disposed to yield something to the manufac
turing interest ot the North, and especially of
Pennsylvania, whose delegation gave so decided a
support to the compromise. Air. Vinton’s proposi
tion is ail ingenious one and will give high protec
tion to the pig metal interest. The ad valorem rate
ol tlie present tariff would be very high, if not pro
hibitory, ii levied oil tlie valuation of 1845, '46.
The proposition cannot, however, he of any benefit
to tlie cotton manufacturer, should it prevail. It
cunnot keep out foreign fabrics which come in com-
petition with coarse cotton domestic goods, for no
such goods are now imported. The depression com
plained of is in thut brunch of manufacture, and it
arises irom over production aud the high price of the
raw material. There are, however, many classes ol
fabric's to which Air. Vinton’s scheme would afford
high protection. But the pig iron business is the
°°J e ct h* view. Friends of a modification of the
taritt are here, and others are expected from the dif
terent portions of the Northern and Eastern States
who will exert much influence in Congress in beimli'
ot the ineusure. Yours, Sec., I 0N .
The Dry Goods Trade.
... , New York, Sept. 14.
i lie importers senson being now well over the bu
siness m nearly all branches of Dry Goods trade has
become more l.mittrd. Domestic Cotton G jods are in
I'Ssd rnand. a a I with one or two exc. ptions, heavy.
1 he ex reme i lgh price of the raw inHteiia 1 . howev*
er, checks the downward tendency noticed in our
la»t. Woolens ulso partake ot the dullness, and, not
withstanding the continued high prices of wool, some
descriptions cun bo bought lower. The export trade
continues small, although during the corresponding
-« e w r 0t i? st W’ 2100 bales were sbiped, embracing
tor tbe .. Ul "‘» market. There have been no
shipments ot Cottons this year fur the East Indies
fciuce the middle oi last June.
Wiih a hirge supply, British and Continental goods
f“ 11 a " d a „ u j w exceptions can be bought
lowoi. Mantilla Velvets, Serges. Plain Taffeta rib
bons, good 1 Tench silks, &c, ure higher. Plain lin
ens are in large supply aud will probably be held
over until another season, us they cannot be replaced
“If Hosiery is more active and prices are
pretty well sustained. Colored blankets ot the low-
er grades also selling very well, ut full prices.
The New York Herald, in alluding to the charges
of Mrs. Forr st against her husband’s fidelity, says:
“Some of these females are very respectably con
nected-some unmarried, and have been usually
deemed ornaments to the society in which they
moved. Others are of various stntiono in the com-
munity and in humble spheres of life. All of them
will be brought before the public at an early day
and will be obliged to bear the investigation which
this distressing marital feud has excited and pro-
voked. M r
Sharp Shooting. Tlie clerk of a steamboat once
amused himself greatly at tlie expense of a catholic
priest, whose profession he pretended not to know.
Among a number of impudent questions he asked the
following:
“ Can you tell me the difference between a catholic
priest und a jack )"
“ No, sir,” replied the priest.
“Well,” said theclerk, I’ll toll you. The one wears
the cross on his breast, and the other on his buck."
cry well," replied the priest, cooly, “can you
tell me the difference between a steam bon t clerk and
the long eured animal ot which you have just spokeui"
‘■No, sir, what Is it f
“ I can discovet none,” said the priest.
Tlie clerk stepped out.
A Woman llurnt by the Potato Plight. As every
tact in connexion with the mysterious disease which
steals Hway the food ot thc'lrish peasantry is ofdm-
portance, we give the lollowing singular statement,
which appears in the Galway Vindicator: A woman
named Mary McDonough, aged thirty-three, was
brought a tew days ago. on a car to the wurk-liouee
gate. She appeared to be suffering from acute pain-
her hands und face presented the appearance of huv-
“8 1,e ]' n severely burned, as if they had been held
ovei the llunie ot a strong fire. In reply to questions
put to her, the made trie lollowing statement: She
was employed by u mini to weed potatoes, and was
at work on Friday, tlie 18th ultimo, in her perfect
health, when a sudden blast of bunting air come
over her, and she was thrown back. She felt as if a
quantity ot pungent snuff bud entered her nostrils.
8he also stated that the stalks uf potatoes where she
was at work was burned to a cinder, and the tubers
made soil and black. Itis thought the parts of the
poor woman s body which were effected by tlie blast
will inortilyicg.—Belfast Uhig. 1
A Polite Mail. “My uncle, deceased, was the most
polite gentleman in tlie world. He was making a
voyage on the Danube, the bout sank, all the passim-
g,;rs went to the bottom. My uncle was on the point
ot drowning ; he got his head above tlie water for
once, took off ills hat, and said: "Ladies and gen
tlemen, you will please to excuse me I’ and down
ha weut."
., PASSENGERS
1 er steamer J .Stone, from Polutk^
Mrs Morrell, Dr Payne, Dr IUkW u 7l Mr8 Ik, 1
Felts, .1 F S Hpals, Wll Harris nnd R «, C “ 8(itl l,V«.|
'1 R Acosta, C J Patterson A VV Lowt?’ 11 I
E .1 Acosta, VV Ryalls, A 1> Flayler j V' S Mctfl
Feuster aud 3 on deck. * ' J 1
Per steamer Hancock, from Aug, w , o ,
Turner, John Foster, 8 Goodwin A 9 i Co1 Hu J
Bey,J G Blanchard, H J Htruhluirt^ l ® , '''> ^ ^!fi» I
Per Steamer H L Cook, from Aul
P Foster. At C Mints and 3 deck gU,ta '« I^F
CONSIGNEES PER CENTJULRlTr 1
Sept 19.—128 hales cotton & Mdz,/, ',’’ 0 ^
Fulton, Franklin & Brantly, Behn A. *.° r '»l% j|
Weed, N A Hardee St. Co,' Hamil*uTf;*B J
Wasburn, Wilder & Co, Hardwick A. o ’jMtu,"
Arnold, W li. Williams, order, () Hattridg^ C
Per
ton
CON81GN£JJg, *
sr steamer DeKulb, from Augusta-o.c.
& Mdze to Cohens & Hertz. Charf,?. 6 . ^kt. L
Boston ik Gunliy, S Solomons, Brhn * v" I
Cohen, N Cruger, E Heed.K A ABen j
Per stenmer .1 Slone, irom Pidnik., ’n . I
by, A Welles & Co, E Reed, T S Woval ,' ltli ffl
Co. J ne . Leapp I
Per schr C Chnnl. from Centre Vill»„„ I
S 1 Cotton, 125 bbls Spirits Turpentine
in to Boston & Gunliy, P H delford, Kuv" v 'HI
&. Foster, N A llardee A, Co. * *■ t,0 it "
Per 9tnnmer Hancock, f rom Augusts—ns i
ton Sc Mdze to Allen <fc Bull, A Low & p, fjf’nl
ner.
Per schr Helen, i rom Baltimore—24001,,,a ,
and 500 bushels oats to Hollis &, Lawson
Per steamer Hancock, from Aueuii,,,,
cotton it AIdzetoG W G'urniuny & (j 0 ». ,&
Solomons, Boston & Gunliy. ' At '““
Special Notices.'
The friends und acquaintances ol (] r v |
Mrs. John Hamlet, and of Airs. Elizabeth J on |
respectfully invited to attend the funeral ofi J
son, FRANCIS ADRIAN JONES, from the
of the former,81 Alontgomery-st., ThisMon.im,,.J
o’clock. , ' *P
septa
WEI.ECT SCHOOL.
The undersigned proposes to open a School 1™
ed to twenty five pupils, nt twenty five dollars each I
per term of 5j months; one hall payable in airance
the bulunce ai three months The couroeot ms j
will emfirace all tho higher branches of J
getlier with Latin, Alathematics, and PraetiulV
veying. The exercises of the school will commZj
nssoonas fifteen pupils are entered. Apply at Mr ll
M. Cooper's Book Store.
Sept 19 tf JOS. M. SHF.LU1AJ.
Most Interesting Temperance aieeting^
held in Snvnnnnli.
Rally, Comrades, brave and true I
Never wur’s loud clarion blew
Such a cull as summons you
To the battle field !
Sens of Temperance, arise I
Hope—bright angel from the skies!
With glad voice, exultant cries,
Soldiers never yield 1
A regular monthly meeting of the SavannihJ
tal Ahstinencej Society will be held ft
Evening, 20th inst., at 8 o’clock, iu the First Bim
Church, (Chippeway-square.)
The Choir of the Church have kindly accepted^
Society’s invitation, and will sing several beatjf,
Temperance Odes. The Hon. W. 11. Flemiscr
address the various Temperance Associations Mi
city.
Tconahowie, Yemassee, and Jasper Spring Dir
sions, S. oi T., tlie Cadets of Temperance, a
public, are most respectfully invited to attend.
The front seats of tlie middle aisle, right andki
are reserved for tiie various Tempeiaucc km
lions W. HUMPHREYS, Sec’y s, t. lj.
Sept 20 3t
TAX COLLECJTOU’ri OFFICE,
Septembeb 11,1333.1
The subscriber will receive tlie Slate and Cuanl
taxes lor the present yeur until the 23rd ot thismaif
niter that date the Books will he closed and Exea
lions issue against all defaulters,
sept 9 16 20 F. AI. STONE, T. c. c. 1.1
GTommercial.
LATEST DA TE S .
Liverpool, Aug, 31 J Havre, i^iig. 24 | Havana, Se'/.5l
Savannah Market, September *J().
CO'l TON.—The Hales yesterday were 324 hHi^tl
the lollowing prices: 4 bales at 123; 10‘at 12i;&ll
1*2|» 30 ut 125, and 189 at 13 eta. "
AUGUSTA, en-pc. i7.—Colton—There has beeaiL
good demand to duy, and all ottered met with rewl
sale ct stiffening prices. The eales from whiv1iomj|
reach about 800 bales, at prices ranging from hjiu
123 cents. The demand ia still contiued to the lc«|
qualities.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 18.—Cotton—The nwhl
yesterday continued nt rirm uud full prices, 236bill
sold ut from J2f a 135.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 18.—Cotton.—Notwithstaniil
tlie unfavorable, udvices from Europe received
week by steamers Asia nud Canada, we have a 5t»|
dy und improving market to notice, and thequoa|
tions given below are, we believe the highestpri«»|
paid lor Cotton in this market since 1839. Tlies^l
of the week reach ubout 2000 bnles, and would M
been larger were it not for the fact that fnctornnf
offering their stocks epuringly. even nt present hig
lutes. The receipts of new Cotton up to the prestij
time are light, compared with former years,aud thj
most oi that coming to hand is going into store. Rj
advices per Canada, which came to hand on Mondai
evening, though ohowing a i'urthqr decline
the Liverpool market, had no effect onour3,w“|
closed lust eV' ning hi m nt the lollowing quotali^T
Ordinary to Good Ordinary 12 u 12|, Middling I
Good Middling 12j, Middling Fair 12$, Fair 13. I
Freights.—Our River is agnin getting loWijjl
is still sufficiently high for light dfaft boats to r#l
the wharves.
Slipping Jntelligcnrc.
PORT OF SAVANNAH. - • SEPTEMBER*I
1* O ItT C A LUNDAB.
New Mn. 6d. 10h
First qr. 13 111.
OON
53m.,
4bm.,
’S PHASES. -
in I Fll Ain,Qld., 6h. WI
A | Lst qr. 29th, 3h. 1 WI
wd
SUN
MOON
High
AugiiNt;.
Rises.
Sets.
Sets.
Morn.
18 5 0.
H
M
H. M.
H. M.
H. M.
20
Friday,.....
5
47
6 00
rises
07 45
21
Saturday,. ..
5
47
5 58
6 24 a
08 18
22
Sunday
5
48
5 57
6 53
08 50
23
Monday,
5
48
5 56
07 31
09 ‘->3
24
'1 uesduy,.
5
49
5 54
08 07
09 56
2b
Wednesday..
5
50
5 53
08 40 10
26
Thursday,. ..
• r>
50
5 52
09 30 |U 09
So* I
Norwegian brig Friluindt l, Grimstnd, fin® 1
holm, iron to order—Brigham, Kelly & *-' 0 ' T r.Hi. fc
Schr Helen, Jolson, from Beltimure-1®
Lawson. u|
Schr C Chard, Wiggins, irom Centre >“ n = I
Ma.ter. . pn , i|
Steamer DcKalb, Moody, Augusta—to ' “
Mci tz, .. gc-l
Steamer J Stone, Freeland, Palntka, 3-’
hens & Hertz. 41
Steamer Hancock, Alurry, Auguaffi—1°
Foster. fl
Steamer II L Cook, Peck, Augusta—to
Washburn.
DEPARTED
Steamer Gen Clinch, Dixon, Charleston.
MEMORANDA „
New York, Sept 14.—Cldschr Fairy,(PmD
for Savannuh.
FOREIGN FORTS.
Liverpool Cld 30th, ship Switzerland' j, >sW h
for Savannah. Advertised at do, ship Chuo»’
for Savannah with dispatch