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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1854)
Fr<>-ii fiic Savjnmh Republics it, S ii> r 9, TERRIFIC _HURR!CANE, ■num‘nsc Destruction of Property. As we go to press wills our Evening Edition, a terrific hurricane, exceeding in violence and the amount of property destroyed anything we have ever wit nessed, is sweeping over Savannah from the Northeast. It is appalling lo look out upon tlie streets, and listen to (he rushing, roaring wind, beating limbs of trees, pieces of .-late, and tin, and boards, upon its mighty wings, as if they were lighter than chaff! It commenced to Mow early Thursday forenoon, and con tinued to increase in violence until mid right, when it rose to a gale; since which time the wind has every moment become more and more violent up to the time we write, Fri Jay afternoon. We trust it la reached its height, for we cannot see how it can possibly become more violent ‘ without prostrating the most substantial edifices iu town, and causing great de-. stru- tion at life. The streets are filled with prostrate, l trees an 1 branches, and Mia whole face of’ .he ground “is covereu with leaves and : vfge.aMe matter. When the hot sun shall pour upon the now flooded city, the evils arising from the decomposition of this matter, will, we fear, furnish addi tional food to the pestilence now prevail ing. It is impossible to leave our office, so terrific is the storm without, and conse quently we are unable to state what daciige has been done to the shipping in port, ao houses, churches, fences and •••her structures. Wo fear, however, the injury to property of all kinds has been fearful. Unfortunately, our information in re gard to the valuable Rice plantations along the River is more extensive and id.atdc. Looking from the upper story of the Republican buildings, we find that the whole of Hutchinson’s Island opposite the city is submerged, and that the Rice fields above and below, both on the Georgia and Carolina side, as far as the eye can reach, are completely inundated. The tide, we are told by some of our old est citizens, was at 11 o’clock from two : . three feet higher than it had been in thirty years, and it must have risen much higher later in the day. The water com iig down the river and the hurricane sweeping up, have It ad the effect of piling up the water, as it were, and flooding the wharves, lumber yards, rice lands, and t very thing else iu the vicinity of the liver. The loss from the destruction of the Klee ani Sea Island Cotton crops, in Georgia and South Carolina, must be immense. Indeed, it can only be estima ted by millions! With the rice fields flooded, and an angry, terrific hurricane • weeping over them, tearing up the ein b tr.kmcn’-s and destroying the work of years, it is difficult to piace a limit upon tne damage done. We fear there has al so been great loss of life among the ne groes on these plantations, from the over flowing and washing away of houses, boats, &c. ‘J he shipping on the coast must have suffered terribly, and we have prepared urelves for the most disastrous accounts. Jusi ET-.v >cara ago yesterday, as we learn from cur back files, the coast ol Georgia was visited by the most frightful hurricane that had been known since the settlement of the State. It is remarkable that the gale which now shakes the budd ing in which we write, and is unroofing the town, prostrating trees ant! chiirmies, ami destroying vast amounts of property, should occur just fifty years to a day af ter that of 180-1. We pray that we may n- ver witness another such exhibition of the power of the Almighty! Latf.r from the Storm.— The torego irg was prepared for our last Evening’s e-'ition, with the hope that the storm wuuid abate in tune for us to get our pa pers to the Post Office. The hurricane continued to increase i n violence up to about hnlf past 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when the wind shifted gradually to the East and commenced slowly to subside. By 6 o’clock it h a d abated sufficiently to allow us to get out and take a hasty view’ of the streets and the shipping in port. The lull was 0 f short duration however; the gale seemed to rest only for a few minutes, as if to gain fresh strength. Nevir before have we imagined any thing so terrible and vi olent, nor realized so painfully the utter, indescribable insignificance of tnan, in the midst of such displays of the mighty pow-; er and awful grandeut of the Deitv. We shall not attempt to convey to the reader even an idea of the might and violence of the tempest, for it would be impossible adequately to describe it. We would only repeat the prayer, that we may nev er be called upon to witness again such a terrific war of the elements! It would seem as if the judgements of Heaven were upon us! The damage to the Rice plantations! has teen even greater than we supposed when the foregoing account was pre pared. It is doubtful whether rice enough will be saved on Savannah River for seed, and the same, we fear, is true ! of all the rice lands in this State and South Carolina. The einbarkments and cr.; a! < are destroyed, as well as the little • i that had been harvested. The lands on bc-ih sides the river are flooded from I’ve * > ten feet deep as far as the driving . . wiii permit the eye to sweep.— H i". : ;on’s Island at nightfall was cov vj with from eight to twelve feet of > * that vessels of a large size ive sailed over it without obstruc ne three or four hundred head • and hogs on the Island, helong . St*rke, were lost, and large lies of lumber lying at the Mills, and • r property. Several of the Mills .. ua roofed od flooded, and other v. e ! ..o iged. L ite in the afternoon a u..-e. was seen floating off from the Is- Isr.d. - : ivcr;:l negroes were taken off the Is . by one or two courageous men; and ‘ - Uo was at work at the Dry Dock i . into a lighter, cut it loose and drifted i •i'oss .::e river to the Iron steamboat < wharf, and was saved. Whether any I t*ody was left on the Island, we are un able to say, as lire abatement of the ten.- 1 pest was :.o short and so near night, that wo were enabled to obtain only a few I particulars. The. e is reason to appre- 5 hood however, that many lives have been I lost or. the opposite side of the river, and i above aad below the city’. i The Light House on Fig Island had its tipper pail blown off The Dry Dock broke loose from its fastenings, and drifted across the river, lodging against the Market dock Ibe sloop Magnolia had broken from her moorings first, and struck against the Dry Dock. It is impossible to say what is the damage to either. The steamer Oregon was washed and | blown on to the wharf. The brig Matanzas got loose from the j Oglethorpe Mills, and drifted up the river. So did the steamer Jenny Lind. Vessels at anchor down the river, it is feared, have dragged their anchors and gone ashore. The Gas Works were so much injured, that it will be impossible to supply the city with gas for three or four days.— We now write by candle light. The tinning of the New York and Sa vannah Steamship Company's ware house, was carried away. The store is full of goods, which, it is feared, are much dam aged I The roof of the fine new building re i cently erected on the Bay by Ed. Pad el ford, Esq., and occupied by Crane & ! Rogers, was blown off. The copper covering of the Exchange was also blown away, as if it lal been paper, and numberless other buildings covered with tin and copper have been injured. The root of the Pulaski House received some slight damage. The new Metho‘lst Church, Hodgson’s buildings on the Ray, and the store of jG. W. Jones, occupied by Patton, Hut- I ton & Cos., and others, were damaged.— | The slating on John Stoddard’s buildings, j occupied by E. A Soullatd, was also • injured, and many other houses which we ! can not now mention, j Os the hundreds of beautiful trees in \ the city, not one has escaped injury.— j More than half of those along the Ray have been blown down, and Monument square looks as if it were one immense pile of prostrate tiees. Those which have been left standing, are stripped of their leaves and branches. Ray lane is fi.led with tin roofing; indeed, turn where Iwe will, we are met by evidences of the violence of the storm. Rut we must I defer further particulars until another time. The steamship State of Georgia left here Wednesday for Philadelphia, with upwards of 60 passengers, and the Key stone State was to have left Philadelphia, | and the Knoxville New York, the same day, for Savannah. We hope they 1 made some friendly harbor in time to escape the fury of the hurricane. Still Later. —The tempest continued to rage up to 11 o’clock last night, when there was some slight abatement. We* trust that it will have entirely ceased by this morning. From the Savannah News of same date. Awful Gale. We noticed in a short paragraph of yesterday’s JYews, the prevalence of a strong northeasterly wind, which contin ued during the entire day aud up to 10 o’- clock at night, when we made our notice of it. But little did we think at the time that it was the precursor of the severest and most destructive storm that has visit ed our city since October, 1524. It may be regarded as a singular coincidence,, that on the Bth of September, 1804, just fifiy years ago, a like storm prevailed and continued, unabated, for three days.— Then a large amount of property was de stroyed in crops, building aud cattle. Wc understand from those whose memories extend back to that period, that large numbers of negroes were lost on the plant ations to the southward. Whilst we would feign be hopeful that I the present storm would deal less harshly ! with our city and the country wherever its ravages may extend, we see but little grounds for hope. At 11 o’clock yester day forenoon, what we regard as the most serious damage that coulJ result to Sa vannah, from the storm, was completed Hutchinson’s Island at that time was entirely submerged; and as far as the eye could reach, looking north and east from au elevated point on the bay, the rice plantations iu South Carolina were in like condition It is estimated that the depth of water on Hutchinson’s Island and the i plantations north of it must have been from six to eight feet. The rice planta j tiou3 below thG city must also have been ‘inundated and to a greater depth than those directly opposite the city. The loss to the owners of those plantations, by tho total destruction of their crops, cun scarcely be computed. We have not, at the time we write, been able to obtain many particulars of the ef fects of the storm in the city. In a short circuit which we made about noon, we were enabled, however, to sec that serious damage has been done to a large number of buildings. Many of the streets, at sev eral points, were almost impassable, even to those on foot; large trees obstruct the throughfarcs in every direction. Slate, squares of tin, shutters and sign boards whirl through the air, rendering it a rather perilous undertaking to venture out of doors. At 2 o’clock, P. M. the wind increased to a hurricane, and was accompanied by a heavy driving rain. In the eastern part of the city, the wharves and cotton yards were covered with water to the depth of nearly three feet. The yards owned by the Georgia and Iron Steamboat Companies, in the western part of the city, were both inundated to the depth of several feet, and we learn a largo amount of goods stored there has been damaged by the water. — The large brick wall of the old Georgia Steamboat Company Yard is blown down. It is impossible at this time, owing to the storm, to obtain as particular an ac count of the damage to buildings as we would like to furnish. Among the more important that we hear of, some of which we have seen, we would mention the un roofing of J. Roberts & Co’s, saw mill, and the blowing off the tin of the follow ing: E. Padelford’s new stores, one sec tion of the western end of the Exchange, one half of the roof of the new Methodist Church, and the entire roof of the Morn ing News office. Besides the damage to their mill, we must add that Messrs. Rob- ! erts & Cos. are likely to suffer heavily by 1 the floating off of several rafts of timber. | Great fears are entertained for the safe ty of the negroes on Hutchinson’s Island, l’hc water rose so rapidly, that it is be lieved many of them have perished. To send them aid from this side was impossi ble, no boat could live five minutes in the river. We learn that several attempts were made to launch life boats, but in ev ery instance they were immediately filled.] A gentleman informs us that with the use ; of a spy glass, lie saw a negro house Mown ] down All the cattle on the island, sup- [ posed to number upward! of a thousand j head, have no doubt perished—a number was seen carried off by the force of the water. This island, but a day or two since, presented a beautiful appearance, [ being in a high state of cultivation. Yes j terelay it presented, the appearance of an island sea violently agitated, whose waves were driven in every direction by the high wind Nothing could be seen on it but the houses, and largo trees peering above. The shipping along our wharves must have suffered to some extent. During the day several vessels broke from their moorings and drifted up the river. Their names we could not learn, nor the amount of damage which they sustained. The brig Amelia, just discharged, was nearly blown upon the wharf, and lays in a dan gerous situation. It is feared that the shipping at Tybee has sustained serious in jury. Among the vessels at that place is the British ship Lady Westmorland, from Cardiff, Wales, with railroad iron, just ar rived. The damage to the rice crop mrst be very great. A considerable quantity had been harvested, but the high water on the plantations has no doubt destroyed a large amount in the graneries. Much anxiety is felt for the safety of the negroes on the plantations in South Carolina opposite the city. As far as we could see they (the plantations) are all covered with water. From the severity and extent of the gale, we fear great damage has been done to the crops along the coast between this city and Florida. The sea island cot ton crop has no doubt severely suffered.— All the crops must have been more or loss injured. The effect of the gale in that section will not be known for some time as our communication with that part of the country has been cut off by the quar antine which has been placed upon our steamers. We fear that sailing vessels on the coast must have suffered by the gale, and that we will hear of many disasters. The Eastern Wharves —About dusk we paid a visit to the eastern part of the city, but the wind was so high that we found it impossible to gain much informa tion, it being as much as we could do to keep ourself erect. The entire bay is cov ered with broken trees, making the street almost impassable. We were fortunate, however, to meet with several gentlemen, to whom we are indebted for the following information: We regret to learn that the ship-yard of Mr. Henry Willink, jr. has sustained great damage. All his stock of timber, valued at upwards of $3,000, was floated off, besides much other injury. He had just got out the timber for’a new Tow Boat, all of which has been lost. Baldwin’s cotton press lias been un roofed, and sustained other injury. In the yard of Mr. A. N. Miller’s Iron Foundry the water was about six feet deep. It was with difficulty his horses could be removed from their stables. The covering of his buildings were all blown off. The plank road from Lamar’s Press to Baldwin’s Press, has been torn up and destroyed. The sight from the Bay, looking up East Broad st. is truly sad. A Majority of the magnificent trees in the street, and many wooden houses, were prostrated. In Lamar’s cotton stores, there was a large stock of goods stoied for the interi or, all of which is greatly damaged. The stores were unroofed, and the water was about four feet deep in the yards. The Shipping.—The steamer Jenny Lind, broke adrift, and went ashore on Hutchinson’s island. The steamer J. Stone, lying at Miller’s wharf, also broke adrift, and floated up the river. In her passage she ran into the Welaka. We could not learn what become of her. _ 1 he schooner Joint Castuer, which was lying at Stark’s Mill, taking in lumber, broke adrift, and is now lying at the Fer ry wharf, athwart the steamers St. Johns and Oregon Ihe steamer Oregon was blown up on the Ferry wharf, where she now lies. The brig Mary, an European vessel which arrived on Thursday last, and an chored off Tort Jackson, was dragging hei ancaors, and it is feared has gone a shorc. .1 llc vessels at Tybee arc the British ships Ellen, British ship Lady Westmor land, tho hark PestroPedo, and the bark Douglass. What damage, if any, they have sustained, we could not learn. The Dry Dock Floated Off.— The reader at a distance will be able to form some idea of the gale, when we state that the Savannah Dry Dock parted from her moorings and floated up the river. She ran afoul of the schooner Mauhassett, ly ing at Habersham’s wharf, and into the ship Aartfork, bark Flight and brig Joseph Albion. What damage, if any, these ships sustained, we could not learn. The Dry Dock, by great effort, was final ly made fast to the wharf. Major Stark’s saw mill, on Fig Island, was unroofed, and a large amount of tim ber floated off. lig Island Ljgiit Gone.— ls anything further was wanted to give the reader at a distance an idea of the great and destruc tive gale which swept over our city yes terday, it will suffice to state, that the Light House on the eastern end of Fig Is land, known as Fig Island Light, was swept off about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. It is feared that the keeper was carried off with the building, and apprehensions for his safety are felt. He raised a flag of distress during the afternoon, and the flag was flying on the building when it was washed away. We could not learn any further intelligence in relation to this subject. South-Broad Street. —We passed thro’ a portion ol South-Broad street about dusk. It presented a melancholy specta cle. From Abcrcorn to Bull street near ly every tree is blown down. The few that remain standing are limbless and leafless nothing but the. naked trunks re main to tell the effect of the gale. It will require years to replace the beautiful trees which now lie prostrate in that street. Up to 12 o’clock last night, at the time of closing this article, the gale still pre vailed, but at that time seemed to lull at times, as it old Boreas was satiated with Ins destruction, and desirous to take re pose. Thus we close the hurried account oi one of the most disastrous gales ever felt on the coast of Georgia. May He who holds oar destinies in his band, stay t.he tempest and the pestilence which now afflict and surround us. 1 From the Siivan a i tte iiiMicu i, Monda v,Sc’|>. 11.] The Great Gate of Friday. The gale continued to abate from 111 o’clock Friday night, and by Saturday morning at 4 o’clock it had subsided into a rather gentle wind from the Southwest. It is still blowing as we write (Saturday afternoon) though not violently. We learn that the gale did not extend more than sixty or seventy miles into the interior. The damage to property has been incal culable, but we are glad to hear of no lives being lost, though up to the*time of wri ting nothing has been heard from the plan tations on the opposite side of the river,and above and below the city. We give be low such details as have reached ns up to j the time of putting our country edition to i press. Damage in the City.— lt is impossible I to convey to the distant reader an idea of ] the present aspect of the city. Os the hundreds of beautiful trees that ornament-1 ed the squares and streets, at least over I half of them have been blown down, and ‘ those standing have been stripped of their branches and leaves. It was almost im-1 possible to get through the town on Sat- j urday morning, so completely were the j streets blocked up. Monument square is j a wreck; so is Orleans square opposite Mr. Robert Habersham’s residence. In deed, the trees in every square and street in the city have been greatly injured. It makes one sad to lock upon South Broad street, for nearly all of the four rows of trees in it are either prostrated or stripped of their foliage. The enclosures around the squares have also suffered from the falling trees and branches. Forsyth Place, wc understand, (for we have not seen it) has suffered greatly. Indeed, there is not a tree, nor a plant, nor a growing thing in the whole city, that has not been injured. St. John’s Episcopal church ha's receiv ed great injury Two of the pinnacles of the steeple were carried away, one of which broke through the roof at the ridge. All the beautiful windows of stained glass in front, and one or two at the sides, as well as those iu tlte steeple, were driv en in and completely demolished. The entire tin covering of the roof was stripped off, and it is feared that the organ and the interior ot the church will be much damaged. The roof of Trinity (Methodist) church was torn away, and the building other wise injured. A small portion of the slate on the In dependent Presbyterian church was car ried off. Tho injury is slight however. The other churches, as far as we could learn, have escaped with, perhaps, the loss of a shutter or a few panes of glass. The western half of the roof of the Ex change was ripped off, and the hands of the clock ate pointing, as we write, to ev ery imaginable hour. The tin covering of the Medical College was also carried away. The crowning part of the roof on the ; Theatre was ripped up, and through the ’ opening thus made, the rain poured down, 1 doing great damage to the* scenery and paintings of the artist now engaged upon the interior of tho building. With the exception of a few wooden shanties, no buildings were blown down in the western part of the city, though there was great destruction of fences, &e. The injury, wc understand, is great. The roof of the State Rank was also considerably damaged, as well as the vail ing inclosing the building. ’flic enclosure around Laurel Grove Cemetery was very much injured. The roof of the Catholic church, and of the house iu which Bishop Gartland re sides, were considerably damaged. Many of the houses from which the roofs were torn, must have sustained more or less in jury from the rain on Saturday night. The damage to the Gas Works is con siderable. One of the guides leading to the gas holder was broken off and forced I into the latter, badly injuring it and let ting out about 60,000 feet of gas. It will require some days to get the other gasom eter in place and furnish the city with gas, on account of the braekishuess of the water in the river and the consequent ina bility of the Water Works to furnish the requisite kind and supply of water. The roof of retort and other houses were much injured. The extent of the loss is not known. The gas posts in every part of the city have suffered much iiyury, many of them being broken off by falling trees and ’ blown down. Tlie splendid private residences of Ed ward Padelford and Andrew Low did not escape. The front peojection on the north eastern side of the former was carried a way, while the entire tin covering of the latter was torn into shreds and blown thro’ the air, as if it had been parchment Scudder’s block near the Park was com pletely stripped, and Gordon block, near by, though more fortunate, did not escape without considerable injury. The back wall around Chatham Acade my opposite the Theatre, was blown to pieces, and several of the trees within were prostrated. The roof of the Rev. Mr. Rodger’s house, and that of Mr. Abram Minis°and Hr. Martin, were stripped of their frail tin covering. We have not room to copy the details in full of the damage below the city, to the wharves, the cotton presses and along the Bay; as also to the shipping in the harbor. It is distressing beyond com pare. Telegraph Line.— We learn from the operator here, that some fifty or sixty miles of the wire jeadiug from this city along the Central Road, are down. In many places the fvire was blown on the track, and cut to pieces by the car wheels. It will require some ten days or two weeks to obtain a supply of wire and to replace the posts. Tiie Storm at Charleston. —We learn from the Charleston papers that the storm which visited Savannah on Friday, was very severe in that place also. The wharves on East Bay suffered greatly, and large quantities of goods store were damaged or destroyed. The loss of goods is estimated at from $256,000 to $300,000. The shipping in port suffered considerable injury, and both the stone and wood work of the Battery was broken to pieces in many places. The Moultrie House and other buildings on Sullivan’s Island were much damaged, but no lives lost. Thus far we have heard of the loss of no life. The storm commenced to rage vio lently Thursday night when jicoplc were house and. From the Suvainali Gcorju i, ir'op. 10. I The Great Storm. The hurricane has ceased its ravages ami the waters have subsided. In the multiplicity of duties devolving upon us, ( wc find it impracticable to make up a de tailed statement of the destruction that meets the eye on every hand, in passing through our city. So far as we are able to learn no lives have been lost, though many persons were brought into imminent peril. Our fears for the shipping and for the safety of human life along the coast, are increased rather than allayed.— Hutchinson’s Island is again above wa ter, and to our surprise we see cattle gra zing there as usual. llow they could have escaped drowning is almost a mira cle. Ine damage sustained through the city seems to be general and wide spread Tin roofs have been stripped from almost eve ry building, public and private, in au ex posed situation. Among the most promi nent of which we have noticed is that of the Exchange, St. John’s church, Catho lic, and Methodist churches, and a partial injury to the slate rool of the Independent Presbyterian church. Ihe loss to private dwellings in dam age to roofs, windows, trees, fences, &c. cannot be detailed. Many of our streets are impassable from the fallen trees So much injury has been sustained at the Gas Works as to deprive the city of gas. Lhe several boatyards are heavy losers of timber and other building material. Fig Island light house stands. Stark’s Fig Island mill is unroofed. The wharves of the New Y ork and Savannah Steamship Company and the Iron Steamboat Com pany have been inundated to the great damage of goods in the ware house there on, awaiting trans-shipment. YV e learn of some slight disaster to the shipping in the lower harbor, but as yet without tidings from outside. When time and opportunity afford, wc may give the names of the sufferers, but it is useless to attempt it now, or to specu late upon the probable damages sustained. While we would heartily sympathize with all who may have suffered, in a moral point of view there is great reason for thankfulness to the Ruler of the stonn that, so far as we know, human life has been spared, and the loss and damage to property is no greater. Destruction of the Rice Crop.--We learn from gentlemen whose opinions are worthy of entire credit, that from two thiids to three-fourths of the entire rice crop has been destroyed bv the storm of Friday. iiiii juMuomi. GRIFFIN. SEPT, 14, 1854. Our First Pa?e. We refer to our first page for two ins tcrcstingcommunications; also a first rate article to show that new Know Nothing ism is nothing more uor less than old Fed eralism; also some thrilling details of tho fires in the woods at the North, and the narrow escape of a Pic Nic party from burning. Bunk of the Interior of tlie State of Georgia. At au election of the Stockholders of the Bank of the Interior of the State of Georgia, held in this place on Saturday last, the following Board of Directors were chosen : James S. Jones, Peter Geddes, Wm. Markham, Sylvester Lind, Robert Ried. Chief Justice of the L nited States It is contended by some that the su preme administrator of the laws in any j country is the most dignified personage in it. Thus the Lord Chancellor of England is superior to the Sovereign, aud the Ciiief Justice of the United States superior to tlie president, because botii have the su> preme power under tlie law. We arc con tent to leave tlie Chief Justice of the Uni ted States where the Constitution has placed him, as the head of a co-ordinate branch of the Government. Do the Know Nothing gentlemen know that the head of this co-ordinate branch, Judge Taney, is a Roman Catholic ? It is even so; appoiute I to that office by Gen. Jack son, and ratified by the Senate of the Uni ted States ! Will any Democrat, by be coming a Know Nothing, take upon him self to censure Gen. Jackson and the Sen ate for this appointment ? We trust uot. Know Nothings in Massachusetts, There is no State in which Know Notli ingism flourishes as finely as in Massachu setts. It is soil congenial to its growth. Hidden, subtle, artful and deceptive, it falls in exactly with the genius of the pre sent race in that quarter. We think wc saw their lodges numbered as high as 117 in that State recently. There was a grand gathering of the Fraternity recently at Georgetown, in that State, at which five thousand persons were present. Congrat ulatory speeches were made, and the tiling went oft in fine style. We want no bet ter evidence of the rottenness of the asso ciation, than its rapid thrift in the State of Massachusetts. Can the rank and poi sonous growth of Massachusetts suit the soil of Georgia ? Wc hope not. St. Domingo. It is stated that Gen. Cozneau has gone out to St. Domingo as agent of this Gov ernment, to propose to the Dominicans a colonization of their part of the Island by emigration from the United States. This would boa real Trojan horse gift. The Dominicans might as well give up their part of the Island at once; and Faustin one eye might gather his stick and wallet and fix for emigrating too. If he did not, he would soon be shown the way. We do not know that we have any objection to the acquisition of the Island of St. Do uaingo, if the Dominicans will lot us in.— But we can hardly suppose they will be so { “verdant.” Our Neighbor. In his last article on Mr. Campbell’s sermon, we do not know whether he is treating a question of theology, or dis coursing Scotch metaphysics, so we will have to let that matter alone. It is quite too incomprehensible for us. But the extracts from Washington’s writings are somewhat more tangible. — There is no difficulty about the first part! of the extracts. That is admitted to bo I from Washington’s Farewell Address.— j But the meaning is wholly perverted.— j Washington was speaking of foreign na tions, and their apprehended influence up on the United States; he was not speak- J ing of individuals at all, much less of for-’ eign individuals, and their influence in this country. The whole application of the sentence was, therefore, a perversion. The last portion of the paragraph was 1 publ'shed by the American Union, at first, as of his own knowledge, and as connected with the extract from the address. When told that that would not pass inspection, the editor said he had obtained it from a Mobile paper, who had obtained it from a Virginia paper; and in his last it seems he is enlightened by a writer in Zebulon, who says the extract may be found iu Sparks’ life of Washington. So it appears that the editor of the American Union does not yet kuow personally any more about the extract than we do. He knows that the extract from the Address is a perversion. 1 Does he know the one referred to in Sparks’ Life, if to be found there at all, is not also a perversion ? It is not to be expected that we are going to act upon any such questionable testimony as that. It may be a “good enough Morgan” for the American Union, but we have got to sec something more tangible and palpable.— Why is not Sparks’ life exhibited to us ? Why are wc asked to take the say-so of an anonymous writer as evidence of a dis puted fact ? Such proceeding carries a strong suspicion of deception in its very face. We shall not neglect to embrace the very first opportunity of examining the book referred to, but until we do, wc must beg to be permitted to enjoy our opinion, that if Washington ever wrote such a sentence at all, he used it as he did the first, in a wholly different sense to what it is designed to convey in the ex tract. “All tlie Wealth and all the De cency.” This was the boast of an old Boston federalist, that their party had all the wealth and all the decency of the country. The Know Nothings boast cf all the mass es. It is a part of their discipline, as soon as they establish a lodge any where, to.proclaim that all the town has joined it. They have obtained many .a “soft one” in this way, for some people will a dopt any code you may prescribe, so they can be assured of being in a majority.— The game is attempted to be played off in Griffin. They report that they have ta ken the whole town. We are satisfied they have not got fifty members, and doubt whether they have twenty. The same thing is said in Macon, with about as much truth. The whole concern is trick and imposition from beginning to end. We once had an old horse, broken down, worth nothing, and which wc would most cheerfully have given away, but no body would have him. Finally we came across a fellow who had a note about as valueless as the horse. The idea of cheat ing us with the note was so powerful, that he could not resist offering it for the horse, which of course we gladly accepted That fellow would have nude an excellent Know Nothin g. Parham, of the Chattanooga Gazette, appears to be uneasy because Gov. John son, of this State, docs his advertising in the Democratic papers. If he will refer to the bill of particulars of the Executive office under the administration of Gov. Crawford, ho will find ns set down for two dollars during the entire administration, and few other democratic papers for more, while whig editors drew hundreds of dol lars from the same source. So Governor Johnson can plead precedent, at least, for his action. We think it quite reasonable, that when editors have spent their time, labor and money to elect a gentleman, al though they may have done it very disin terestedly, and wholly upon principle, with out fee, reward or the hope thereof—wo think it quite reasonable, we say, that if he, afterwards, has any favois to distri bute, that they should be the recipients, in preference to those who did their utmost to defeat him and elect his opponent.— What say you, friend Parham, is not that correct? There is always, necessarily, se veral thousand dollars’ worth of printing to be given out from the Executive office during an administration, and the Gov ernor would be very silly as well as unjust if he did not send it to his political friends. We saw no complaint on the part of the democrats at the course of* Gov. Crawford, and we sec no cause why a whig editor of the State of Tennessee should be getting into spasms on account of the same course by Gov. Johnson. Perhaps Mr. Parham has been expecting to pick up a few dimes about the Georgia State Road Depot at Chattanooga, ond being disappointed, has determined to give Gov. Johnson a thun dering licking for it after this fashion. It won’t do, Parham Shinny on your own side of the Tennessee river, and let the cf fairs of Georgia alone. Steam Mills Burnt. The Steam Mills on the Millcdgeville & Gordon Railroad, owned by Messrs. Good win & Cunningham, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last, (6th instant.) We have not ascertained the loss, but sup pose it was large, and no insurance.—Fed eral Union, YlUi ins.!. Aid to tUe Governor. We sec that Gov. Johnson, without the fear of the Know Nothings before his eyes, has appointed O. A. Lociirane, Esq. of Macon, his Aid, with the rank of Colo nel. In military phrase, “let him be obey ed and respected accordingly,” if he is an Irishman by birth. Cotton. There is no change in the market price iof this article, the best commanding o I cents. As the banks of Savannah have i been the principal dependence for money |in the interior, and owing to the pesti i lenee, there is little or no business doing ] there now, perhaps it would be advisable i for planters to hold back for the present, ( until after frost, which will dispel the fe~ | ver, allow business men to return to the < city, and resume their operations, and thus ] give an easier circulation to money. Bill of mortality in Savannah. Thursday, Sep. 7.—Total interments 29—20 by yellow fever. Friday, Sep. 8 —Total interments 20 —l3 by yellow fever. Saturday, Sep. 9—Total interments 33—14 by yellow fever. Sunday, Sep. 10. —Total interments 28 Monday, Sep. 11. —Total interments 32—17 from yellow fever. We see it stated in some of the Know Nothing advocates, that the exposition of their ceremonies and oaths as published by us a few weeks ago, copied from the Richmond Examiner, is a forgery. Per haps so, but we do not believe it. When gentlemen arc capable of forging false hoods on George Washington, and put ting words into his mouth falsely, which he never uttered; when they can habitually deny all knowledge of a secret society, of which they are active members; it becomes a small matter with them just to tell such a little fib as denying the truth of such an exposition Havana—Spain. The appointment of Gen. Jose de la Concha as Captain General of the Island of Cuba, in place of Pezuela, seems to give great satisfaction to the inhabitants of that Island. Ilis arrival is anticipated with much enthusiasm. It seems to be determined by the peo ple of Spain that the Queen mother (Mrs. Munoz now, wo suppose,) shall be tried for her large robberies of the public treasure, and other misdemeanors, and compelled to disgorge her ill-gotten gain. She has been endeavoring, for some time past, to make her escape; but she is cor; fined to her palace and closely guarded. Espartero, O’Donnell, and others, now controlling the affairs of that country,would gladly let her go, if they could do sp with safety to themselves; but they fear the populace Ou the other hand, an inves - tigation into the conduct of the Queen mother, will lead to some awkward de velopmeuts regarding the Queen regeuf. which will probably eventuate in her trial also, if not expulsion or abdication, ami the selection of anew Queen or King in her place. All this difficulty the new Ministry wish to avoid; for besides the trouble, no one knows who is to turn up jack in so much cutting and shuffling.-- - With the events of the French revolution before their eyes, the Ministry do not care to try conclusions. Council Proceedings. Griffin, Sep. 13, 1554. CALLED MEETING. Present the Mayor—Aid. Strickland, Jossey, Hancock, Bellamy and Woodruff, —Absent Aid. Brown, Johnson and Cloud The Mayor explained the object of the meeting to be, in accordance with the sug gestions of many citizens, to take into consideration measures for the relief of tie sick and distressed or Savannah. Whereupon, Aid. Jossey offered the fol lowing resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the citizens of Griffin be requested to meet at the City Hall on Saturday next, at 3 o’clock, P. M., to take into consideration what can be done for the benefit of the sick and distressed of the city of Savannah. On motion, Council adjourned. WM R. PHILLIPS, Mayor. Attest : J. 11. Logan, Clerk. Ravages of the Pestilence. We regret to hear that there appears to be no abatement of the y’ellow fewer in Savannah. The Republican < f Monday morning states, “The pestilence is on the increase, both among the poorer and the better class. Many persons in comforta ble circumstances, and natives of the piace, are now sick. Several physicians are also down wiih the fever. It is al most impossible to get nurses, for they arc not here to be had. The ground throughout the city is covered with pros trate trees and decaying leaves, the sad result of the storm, and everything before us looks gloomier and sadder than ever.” To this melancholy picture we hate to add the death of S. T. Qbapman, Esq. former editor of the Macon Messenger and late of the Evening Journal and Courier, Savannah. Hu died, on Satur day last. Dr. T. H. Wildmau, we regret to have to state, is also dead. lte died on Sun day evening. He fell a martyr to his indefatigable efforts to servo his fellow men. Oa Finlay the Ist inst. Mr Burroughs, a Cadet of the Military Institute died near Maiietta, at the residence of his grand father, Mr. McLoud. lie had, on Thurs day before, returned from Savannah, whither he had gone to attend thefuneial of h s s.'ster, where he had staid but ..tie night. 110 w’cs taken down, soon after his return, with yellow fever,which proved fatal in a few days. Dr. Freeman VV. Schley, Mr. Joseph H. Eu roughs and Rev. B. Burroughs, all died at the Sand Hills, near Augusta, recently, of yellow fever, taken in Savan nah. Mr. Win. Burroughs, brother- t the above, lost but a few days ago a promising daughter, and then a son.— Next Mr. Berrien Burroughs, son of Air. Joseph H. Burroughs, died; and now hi.-, father and uncle have gone to swell the list of the dead. May Heaven of its Infi nite mercy bind up the bruised hearts ofthose who are left. Most of the physicians who were at tacked, are doing well, and will 6oon bo at their posts again. Mayor Word is also recovering. Mr. Cuyler, President of the Central Road has discharged his phy sician, and may be expected out again in a few days.
