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k lUpnlilic. BY JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS: Dailypaper (if paid in advance) ....per annum. .$8 00 Tri-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 200 Prayer of the Betrothed. A lady in the St. Louis Union, over the sig nature of Inez portrays her thoughts in the fol lowing most beautiful verses, on the eve of her marriage: Father I come before Thy throne, With low and bended knee, To thank Thee, with a erateful tono, For all Thy love to me. Forgive me. if my heart this hour I give not all to Thee. For deep affection’s mighty power Divides it notv with Thee. Thou knowest, Father, every thought That wakes within my breast, And how th s heart has vainly sought To keep its love suppress’d. Yet when the idol, worshipped one Sits fondly by m» side, And breathes tho vow 3 I cannot shun, To me, his destined brido— Forgive, me, if the loving kiss, He leaves upon my loving brow, Is thought of in an hour li 1 e this, And thrills me even now. He's chosen me to he his love And-.r.rnforter through life; Enable me, oh God, to prove A loving faithful wife. He knows not. Father, all the deep Affections I control — The thousand lovirg thoughts that sweep Resistless o’er my soul. He knows not each deep fount of lore, That gushes warm and free ; Nor can he ever, ever prove My warm idolatry. Then guard him. Father—round hla way Thy choicest blessings cast, And render each successive day Still happier than the last. And, Father, grant us so to live. That when this life is o'er, ■Within the happy home you give We’ll meet to part no more, , Memory While Drowning. Singular Anecdotes.—One of the most sin gular features in physiology is the face; which is perfectly notorious, that the faculty of mem ory acquires an activity and tenacity, in case of persons about being drowned, which it nev er exhibits under ordinary circumstances An accident occurred some weeks since, at New York,"which threw a number of persons into the North river. Among others were Mr. and his sister, the first named editor of a week ly paper in Philadelphia. They were both saved. Mr. describes the sensation while under water, and in a drowning position, to be pleasant and peculiar. It seemed to him eve ry event in his 'ife crowded into his mind at once. He was sensible of what was occurring and expected to drown, but seemed only to re gret that such an interesting “item” as his sensations would make should be lost. In noticing this statement in an exchange, I am reminded of the incident, which, dissimilar as it is to the one just related in its general fea tures, had the same remarkable awakening of the memory, which some cases sometimes ex hibit. I can vouch for the truth of what follows, as well as testify to vivid recollections in my own case, w T hen exposed to the hazards of drown ing, reproducing in a few moments the events of my entire past. Some years since, A. held a bond agr inst. B. for several hundred dollars, having some time to run. At its maturity he had put it away so carefully that he was unable to find it. Every search was fruitless. He only knew that it had not been paid or traded away. In this di lemma he called on 8., related the circumstances of its disappearance, and proposed giving him a receipt as an offset, or rather an indemnifying bond against its collection, if ever found. To his great surprise, B not only refused to accept the terms of meeting the difficulty, but positively denied owing him anything, and strongly imitated the presence of a fraudulent design on the part of A. Without legal proof, and therefore without redress, he had to endure both the los of his money and the suspicion of a dishonorable intention in urging the claim. Several years passed away without any change in the nature of the case, or of its facts as above given, when one afternoon, while bathing in James river, A. either from inability to swim, or cramp, or some other cause, was discovered to be drowning He had sunk and risen several times, and was floating away under the water, when he was seized and drawn to the shore. The usual remedies were applied to resuscitate him, and although there were signs oflife there was no appearance of consciousness. He was taken home in a complete exhaustion, and re mained so for some days. On the first re" urn of strength to walk, he left his bed, went to his book case, took a book, opened it. and handed his long lost bond to a friend who was present He then told him that when he was drowni g. and sinking, as he sup posed, to rise no more, in a moment there s f ood out distinctly betore his mind, as a picture, eve ry act of his life, from the hour of his childhood to *he moment of his sinking beneath the water, and among the circumstances, that of putting the bond in a book, the book itself, and the place in which he had put in the book case. It is needless to say that he recovered his own with usury. There is no doubt that this remarkable quick ening of memory results from the process which in such cases is going on—the extinguishing of life. It is somewhat analagous to the breaking in of the light of another world, which in so many well attested cases of death bed scenes enables the departed .spirit, even before it has left its ciay tenement, to behold and exult in the glories of a future state Is it not a fair infe rence, that when the soul shakes off the clogs and incumbrance* of the body it will possess ca pabilities for enjoyment, of which on earth it is unsusceptible. As regards memory, it will be observed by most persons how readily we forget that; which we do not desire to remember, and in this way we get rid of much unhappiness. Can we do this after death ! This is an impor tant practical question.— Cist's Advertiser. Cuteness of the Boston Gaps. — A New York youth furnishes the following statement of his personal experience in Boston, to the edi tor of the New York Weekly Messenger : In February last I was in Boston. A friend of mine, for a joke, advertised for a wife worth one thousand dollars. A lady answered, requesting an interview, under the assumed name of “Adelaide Meek.” I replied to her note, apparently in good earnest. She wrote again, naming a time and place to meet. I met her and found her to be well accomplished, in the first society, with wealthy connections, &c. She had answered for a joke. We became interested in each other. She introduced me to her relations, whom I found to be of the ton. We were engaged. A.ll her friends were in favor of the match except her lather. The 18th of June was appointed for our wed ding. I returned to New York in April. She wrote me three times a week, asseverating that nothing but death should part us. She wrote to have me get a certificate from the city clerk where she lived, and hurry up my cakes. I have it. She then wrote me that as we were so soon to be married, she would want a great many things, and her father, although very wealthy, would not fit her out, because she would not marry the one he wished her te ; and therefore she desired me to send her some mon ey. I mailed her money in the presence of the clerk of the post office, to the amount of $603, since when she will have nothing to do with me—not even to answer my letters, or give a reason for cutting me. Now, what course should I take ? Can I make it a case of false pretence, or would it be better to bring an ac tion for breach of promise ? If the latter, must I not tender her my humble self, prior to the day appointed for our wedding ? Have I a right to publish her letters ? If so, it will be a rich treat for uppf r-tendom. lam bound to have my six hundred dollars’ worth in some way. The editor of the Messenger gives the lad the following “ advice gratis:” We publish the unhappy experience of a vic n in search of a wife, with a melancholy pleas * c or benefit of mankind at large. He Ur ’ ars *o have been taken in and done for” a Pl ,e - And to his $603, no complaint be comp j. justice or dread magnate of the Kr &i 0..-,, ~ it back to jaw wu nee, according to the fa miiiiar e rulingTn eriaHwtf charges of this nature; the prosecutor must at least have exercised ordi nary prudence. The law will not punish one who merely makes a dupe of another. The question of the publication of the letters is another horn of his dilemma. She would proba b y frustrate his* attempts by injunction. Be tween law and love, his hands and heart are pretty well bound. We advise him*»to make a note of his Boston courtship and turn over a new leaf. I From the New York Herald , 2 d inst.] Tremendous Hail Storm—Fatal and Disastrous Effects near the Crystal Palace, &c. Yesterday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o’clock, our city was visited by one of the most tremen dous hail storms that we ever remember to have seen. The wind, that during the early part of the day had been from the northeast, suddenly veered round to the northwest, and then again changed to the east, bringing with it a heavy thunderstorm. The most peculiar phenomenon was the sudden hurricane, and the storm, not of bail, or that would be too unmeaning a term to describe it by, but of pieces of ice, whiclj, came clattering down upon the roots ot the houses like a shower of brickbats. Extraordinary as it may appear, this is the nearest resemblance that can be given to the noise that the storm produced ; but singular enough, this phenomenon was very local, not extending over the whole citv, for in some parts, the fall of hail had be come modified into rain, probably having melt ed in its passage to the earth. Tn order that our readers may not suspect us of exaggeration, we have appended two instan ces of what this hail storm was : The shipyard of Mr. Thos. Collyer, at the Dry Dock, was covered with irregularly shaped pieces of ice, or large clusters of hailstones Several of them were measured, one of which was 6f inches in circumference, another 7 in ches. and a third measured 3 inches long and 2 inches thick. The inhabitants of a house in Waverly place were startled by a solid body falling in the front yard, and on proceeding there found a number of pieces of ice, which appeared to have been origi nally one piece broken bv the fall. When to gether they would weigh about two pounds. The garden at the back of the house had also a large number of pieces of ice scattered over it and a skylight at the top of the house was smashed by the hailstones. The noise of the falling hail on the Crystal palace was tremendous—the dome acting as an immense drum. During the storm a most disastrous accident occurred up.town, by which three persons lost their lives, and seven others were severely in jured, some of whom it is expected will not re cover. The scene of the accident was in Forty third street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, at a newly erected frame building opposite Latting’s Observatory, which belongs to Dr. S P. Townsend, and was not entirely completed. It is also opposite the Crystal Palace. During the storm this building, which was two stories high, and roofed in, was overturned instantane ously by the hurricane that blew about five o’clock, and levelled in a moment to the ground. At the time the accident occurred there were six men employed on the ground floor, plastering the walls, three ot them as plasterers, one of whom was the boss, named William McCracken, and who was killed, with two others. There were three other laborers on this floor. On the upper floor there were other workmen employed in fitting the pipes and other similar work, the building being intended, we believe, for a saloon, and in addition to these there was a large num i ber of people who had sought temporary shelter when the storm came on. So sudden was the accident that no time was given for escape, the whole building being prostrated without even the shadow of a warning. About two o’clock in the morning a fire broke out in a bakery in the Second avenue. One of the journeymen in the establishment was burn ed to death ; a family in the building were com pelled to escape by leaping from a fourth story window, in the performance ot which hazardous feat a woman was instantly killed. Just as the steamer New World was about departing for j Albany, at seven o’clock, one of her boiler flues collapsed, causing the death of six persons, and dreadfully scalding two others. In the afternoon a hail storm, accompanied by lightning and a violent wind, passing over the upper part of the city, during which a new three-story frame dwelling, in process of completion, in Forty third street, near the Crystal Palace, was blown down, burying eight or ten workmen amid the ruins, three of whom were taken out lifeless.— Seven others were seriously wounded. To conclude, a man lost his life by the fall j of another building in Foity-third-street, near i the North river; a man was struck dead by a ! flash of lightning, and a child was scalded to i death—making a total of fourteen persons killed, and as many others badly injured. Many buildings were greatly damaged, and a large number of persons injured by the storm in Williamsburg. A telegraphic despatch from Northumberland, j Pa., states that the harvests and fruit crops in j that vicinity were greatly damaged by the hail storm yesterday afternoon. Many of the hus bandmen, it was reported, would lose their entire harvests. The lumps of hail there, were of ex traordinary size, and thousands of windows were broken. Despatches from Philadelphia and Bal timore complain of the intense heat There has been no rain in Baltimore for a month. To the Public. LaGrange. July 2, 18-53. An article having appeared in the “ Savannah Courier.” entitled “ Si'kness in LaGrange ,” cal culated to produce an unfavorable impression re lative to the wealth of this place, the undersign ed. Physicians of the town, wou'd respectfully call the attention of tne public to the following statement of facts : Ist. The Typhoid Dysentery prevailed in the town and vicinity, from the middle of April to about the last of June. i 2d. In a population of twenty-five hundred persons, extending over an area of two and a half miles square, there occurred seventeen deaths during that lime ; that is, one death to itw , dred and forty-seven inhabitants. 3d. There is no* a single case of this disease now in town, and there is no case of serious i sickness of any kind in the community. 4th. Our Literary Institutions are, and have been, remarkably healthy during the present year. sth. As the tendency ( and perhaps the object ) of many of these reports is to injure the success of our worthy Institutions of Learning, we would here state that the health of the town will compare favorably for the last ten years, to that of any town or village in the State. 6th. The character of our population, in one respect, is worthy of consideration. Besides the permanent residents, there is a transient popu lation of more than one thousand, many of whom are Railroad hands, and brick and rock masons, whose labors and exposures render them pecu liarly liable to sickness. Add to this the fact, that there are five or six hundred young per sons in attendance upon the Schools, and it will be admitted by every candid mind that we have no reason to complain. It is also reported that there has been a great deal of mortality attending this disease in this place. We testify that this is not the case. The per centage of deaths has been very small. In conclusion, we would express the hope that the effort on the part of the uninformed , the en vious and the malicious, to decry the reputation of this place for health, may prove unsuccessful. The efforts on the part of our citizens and our indefatigable Teachers to erect and sustain Lit erary Institutions of the highest order, have been crowned with the most gratifying results ; and we hope that the public mind will not be affected by the stratagems of those who expect, by slander, to effect what they cannot do by genuine merit. Drs. N. N. Smith, R. A. T. Ridley, Thomas E. Gorman, N. Renwick, J. A. Long, J. T. Broughton, J. E. McMillan, Cicero Holt. Happy Effect.— The Milledgeville Recorder tells us that the “ Hon. Robert Toombs, address ed large and enthusiastic meeting, at Colum bus and Macon last week. His speeches had a most happy effect.” Os the effect at Macon we have no account, but that contained in the Recorder. That pro duced at Columbus may be estimated by the lollowing extract from the Times, of that city : “ After Mr. Toombs sat down, a zealous Whig arose and proposer) three cheers for Charles J. Jenkins. One voice cried out,‘whoo-we,’ and a dead silence settled over the audience. The old gentleman was much astonished at his reception, and gradually sunk to his seat, mumb’ing, ‘I be lieve it is a failure.' Whether he designed his remark to apply to his proposition, the speech of Mr. Toombs, or the nomination of Jenkins, we are not called on to determine. We think it equally applicable to all.”— Savannah Geor gian. Cunstitntionnlist K SI (pullin'. AUGUST A, GA. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 8. FOR GOVERNOR,- HON. HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON. Os Baldwin County. Canvass of the “Republican Citizens.” The first demonstration on the stump in be half of the “Gubernatorial” party since their attempt to get rid of their old name “ Whig,” does not seem to have been very happy. Their best stump speaker, Mr. Toombs, it appears, has made a very vapid and pointless speech at Ma con, which did little to shake the convictions of the sterling Democracy, or to cheer the hopes of the “ Republican citizens” in that community. The senatorial robes seem to have brought no inspiration to the genius of this erratic po’iti cian, while what has been lost in fire, is not com. pensated by adding increased dignity to his ap peals to popular passions, or force to the logic he addresses to the popular mind. The Journal Messenger gives the following account of it: “The Hon. Robert Toombs addressed the citi zens ot this place on Thursday evening last, on the subject of the Gubernatorial Canvass. The weather was excessively hot, and Mr. Toombs was laboring under a severe cold, which obliged him to present to his hearers only a skeleton ot the remarks which he designed to make. Not withstanding these drawbacks, his speech, which was an able, candid, and impartial exposition of the principles of the Platform upon which Mr. Jenkins was nominated, was listened to with marked attention, and his eloquent introduction of Mr. Jenkins at the close, was received with rapturous applause. The common remark which we hear concerning this effort of Mr. Toombs, is, that it was unusually conciliatory, and our opponents really have reason to be, and are, no doubt, much obliged to him for the tenderness with which he handled their candidate, barely re ferring to him, and disposing of him almost in a parenthesis. Mr. Toombs has promised to be with us again, when, we trust, the weather will not be as warm as the canvass, and when he will be prepared for what Wirt used to call a springy effort.” As this is a Whig paper which speaks, the reader is now doubtless prepared to hear that with all the glossing Whig art can give it, it was a very tame affair—in short a dead failure. Even Mr. Toombs must have felt it, as he has determined to go back and try it Ugain. All who are conversant with Mr. Toombs’ recklessly denunciatory style will readily understand that the friends of Judge Johnson owe him no thanks for his tenderness. It is on the part of the hon orable Senator rather an indication of unusual discretion, than of kindly forbearance. The ! character of Judge Johnson is invulnerable to assault, and his abilities of that high order as to render him capable of adorning the loftest sta tion. The Macon Telegraph thus describes the show : “ The speech delivered in this city by Mr.: Toombs, on Thut day last, was a dead failure. It mortified his admirers, and must have morti fied himself. Whether it arose from the exces sive heat of the weather, or from the apathy ot the audience—or from the difficulty of sustain ing a false position, we cannot say; but certain it is. that for some reason or the other, the dis tinguished speaker never once rose above that “ dead level of mediocrity which it is said that neither gods nor men can tolerate.” The room was miserably lighted—the applause was mis erably conducted—the crowd was miserably hot. The orator himself was perspiring at every pore, and the smoking lamps exhibited an audience which seemed far more anxious to get near a window, than to hear the dull denunci ations of Plunkett’s imitator. All these circum stances considered, it was, perhaps, unreasonable to expect a brilliant and successful oration. But we confess that we were utterly unpre pared for the prosy platitudes which formed the staple of the speech. “We were unprepared to hear a man, with the reputation of Mr. Toombs, deliver in tones of most painful huskiness a labored diatribe which, compared unfavorably with the effusions of many a local orator, whose name is never heard bevond the limits of his native county. The real sub ject at issue, to wit: the relative claims of Mr. Jenkins and Judge Johnson, was barely men tioned. A few rounded sentences, a few vehe ment gestures. and about twenty, five nods of the head, which were as much unlike the majes tic nods of Jove, as anything conceivable, were all that he vouchsafed to the present canvass. The great body of the speech consisted in an atta-'k upon the Administration of Mr P'erce. if, indeed, we may dignify with the term atlac >, the succession of shallow non sequitura. with which, the honorable ge tleman exhausted the patience of his hearprs, The manner in which the full missions have been filled, seempd to awake his especial ire. The five European Missions were pronounced to have been most unsafely allotted Our readers will remem’ er that Mr. Buchanan, who has been unlucky enough to elicit the praise of Mr Toombs him self. has the English Mission. The Russian Mission has been given to Mr. Seymour.of Con necticut, a gallant soldier in the Mexican war, and‘a devoted friend to those Compromise mea sures which Mr Toombs is never tired of laud ing. The Spanish Mission has been given to Pierre Soule, who loves liberty so well that Mr. Toombs calls him a Jacobin, and who has more than once signalized his fidelity to the South. Ttw Fwuch Mission is wot yet occupied, and Mr. Toombs was forced to abuse the Administra tion in advance. With such men as Buchanan, Seymour, and Soule representing us abroad, it is not surprising that the orator could not work himself into an excitement. When he assailed Mr. Yroorn of New Jersey, the Minister at Ber lin, he failed to alarm the audience, for the rea son that he was very evidently not alarmed himself. The crowd lolled about on the benches, and heard his fulmination through, with the most listless apathy—feeling well assured that if Peter Vroom was the terrible creature repre sented, it is much safer to have him in the mid dle of Europe,than in the middle of New Jersey.” “ The entire speech was unworthy of Mr. Toomb’s reputation. It was not only that, but it was actually dull—dull to ’he last degree dull as thirteenthly of a doctrinal sermon. We had no idea that a man of superior talents could by any possibility make so poor a speech. We went prepared to hear sophistry, but we ex pected it to be ingenious sophistry. We went prepared to hear denunciations, but we expected eloquent denunciations. In short, we knew that we should feel disposed to groan, but it never entered our heads that we should feel dis posed to yawn. Nevertheless so it was! Mr. Robert Toombs was tiresome, very tiresome. That was the general verdict, and that, we ven ture to say, was the opinion of Mr. Toombs himself. If it was not, he has not the discrimi nation for which we have hitherto given him credit.” A different result could not be expected, even when Mr. Toombs may be in his happiest mood for a stump speech. In vain will he assail Pres ident* Pierce, and seek to shake the people’ s confidence in his patriotism, his good sense and his fidelity to their interest and his duty. Mr. Toombs’ weapons are blunted. He has dis armed himself by the truthful testimony he ren dered in behalf of Gen. Pierce last summer.— He aided to make Georgia leel safe in trusting him then. He cannot make them as fickle and wayward in their opinions as he is himself. The Democratic party was thought by them trustworthy then. They think so still. They did not think the national Whig party was trust worthy, and unlike Mr. Jenkins, manifested no very strong desire to unite with it. Neither the Whig nor the Democratic party has done ought since to alter the verdict then pronounced’ by the people. Quick Travelling. — The Savannah Repub lican says:—Passengers who left here on the steamship Augusta, on the 25th ult., arrived at Portland, Maine, on the 28th, in a little more than three daya, Blue Ridge Railroad. The President of this Company made a com munication on the sth inst., to the City Council of Charleston, informing it that a Committee of the Directors of the Blue Ridge Railroad Com pany have this day made an arrangement with W m. D. Swan. Esq., President of the Knoxville and Charleston Railroad Company,by which that Company will be brought under the same organ ization and management as the three railroads chartered by the States of North Carolina, Geor gia, and South Carolina, constituting the Blue Ridge Railroad, and that under a preliminary agreement, made with Messrs. A. Bangs & Co., the construction of the entire line ot Railroads to Knoxville is provided for. We regret to learn, says the Charleston Couri er, of the 7th inst., that the Rev. Dr. Smyth, on his return from the North, had reached as iar as Washington City, where he was stricken down by paralysis. The Southern Presbyterian states that his family has been sent for, and that his condition is regarded as extremely critical, and that even should his life be prolonged, there is little probability of his ever being able to re sume his ministerial labors. The storm ot Friday afternoon, which proved so destructive in New-York and its vicinity, ap pears to have extended its violence across the flats of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, to the District of Columbia. In Georgetown, and along the West side of the Potomac river, it blew almost a hurricane, the streets being strewn with the broken limbs and branches of trees. At Greenwood Cemetery, New York eigh teen interments take place daily ; and passing the gateway from morning till night, is a near ly unbroken line of funeral processions. Du ring a small portion of the year, the d rily num ber of interments reach twenty-five or thirty. The total number of interments since its first organization to the present time, is twenty-six thousand four hundred and seventy. The first interment took place in September, 1848. It is stated in a Philadelphia newspaper, that State street, in that city, is five miles long in a straight line from north to south. It is occupied with retail shops and stores almost exclusively, and is the longest street so tenanted and used, to be found in the new or old world. Warrf.nton and Macon Railroad. —The Savannah News says: A private letter from an intelligent gentleman of Augusta says—“ The Charleston and Augusta people have decided to build a railroad from Warrenton to Macon at once , and com'plete it in two years. Such a road would be very popular here.” Stay at Home. —The New York Express thus truly discourseth: “ The summer solstice has come and gone, and with it the longest day of the year. While the sun is just now reversing her wheels upon Can cer, citizens are flying by thousands from the seaside to the woods and from the woods to the seaside. What discontented mortals we are ! For cool rooms at home we follow steam engines on the river, locomotives upon the rails, and car riages amidst clouds of dust. Instead of the robe de chambre, Croton and seaside baths, the rest and pleasures of home, we plunge into the bonds of fashionable dressing and the restraints of fashionable life. The ceuntry we know is very beautiful, and never looked more charming ly than now. But the city, if one is comforta bly housed in it, with home comforts, and that sort of castle which one can call his own, is not so bad a place as many who like to tantalize their neighbors who have to stay at home would have the world believe.” [communicated.] Harmonic Minstrels. It w T as my pleasure to visit, on last evening, that enterprising band which has so recently sprung up in our own State, the Harmonic Min strels, under the direction of J. Mcßeap, and must confess my astonishment and surprise at the degree of ability evinced on their part, con sidering the brief space of time that has trans pired since their organization and consequently insufficient time for the perfection of themselves in their particular art. I have no hesitancy in saying that ere long if they continue as a band and make a wide extent of circuit in their trav els that they will deservedly obtain the reputa tion of being unsurpassed by any band of a sim ilar kind in the Union. Mr. T. W. Speed possesses a voice as prirno lenor peculiarly a f tractive, fascinating and eu phonious, combined with the proper ease and grace which is requisite on such occasions, ren ders him replete with int rest. I was much attracted and entertained in the song termed the “ O’d Savannah Home.” I deemed this song as well worth the fee of admission, and advise all who have not as yet heard it, to embrace the opportunity. The audience was kept in a continual state of laughter at the inimitable puns and gainsay ings presented by the agile Bujfoonist, C. E. Lewis, and the droll raillery and antic-jestures of the Tamborinist, S. H. Rivers. But I cannot in this short space represent fully their attractive qualities as Minisfcre/s, but would urge upon all amateurs to pay them a visit before leaving our city, and judge for themselves*of their merits, and to witness the laugable Shakespearean Bur lesque. Tantalus. The Weather. The appearance of the clouds each evening, for nearly a week past, had promised rain, with out, however, any performance on their part, till Monday evening, when we were favored with a gentle and refreshing show’er. We had another slight sprinkle last evening. We learn that on Saturday last, there was very heavy rain, accom panied with thunder and lightning, in the neigh borhood of Station No. 1, on the Central Rail road. A gentleman residing there, in writing to a friend in this city, says: “At mid-day to day, (Saturday) it commenced to rain and thun der at such a rate, as to be almost terrific to wit ness. The rain tell so rapidly for three hours, that it flooded all my rice and corn fields. A re markable circumstance in connection with this rain is, that when it ceased, there was 18 inches of water on parts of my fields where I have never known water to lodge before. The light ning entered one of my negro houses, in which were five persons, fortunately, without doing any of them the slightest injury. Three fine hogs that were standing in front of the house were killed.”— Savannah News , 6 th inst. [From the Savannah Georgian, sth inst .] Jenkins’ Enthusiasm. “Never has Georgia probably witnessed a demonstration of enthusiasm,'so deep, all-per vading and overwhelming as the one which has attended the announcement of the action of the late Union Convention.”— Milledgeville Recorder. We publish the foregoing as an item of news for our friends in this region. It will doubtless be such to most whom it reaches in other por tions of the State. At any rate the Georgia Citizen, published not very remotely from Mil ledgeville, seems not to have heard of it, or if he has, is very far from believing it. The Editor of that paper, and who is a more thorough Union man than he ? gives a different report from the Recorder’s. Read the following extfact from hi« paper: “ We neither see nor hear of any enthusiasm in behalf of Mr. Jenkins, although the weather is hot as blazes and in as good a state for efferves cence as can possibly be found this side of the tropics. It is all gammon, then, at this early stage ot the canvass, to assert that ‘Scott Whigs, Webster Whigs, Southern Rights Whigs, and Union Derriocrats all receive his nomination with enthusiasm .’ That implies that the steam is up and that every body is aboard, whereas the fires of the engine are not yet lighted. The Scott Whigs have not yet had time to get the wrinkles of disappointment out of their faces, or the bitterness of dissatisfaction out of their hearts. And so to the‘Southern Rights Whigs’ and ‘Union Democrats’ who are going off into spasms over the nomination of Mr. Jenkins, we' have yet to see the first man. Nevertheless, they may come it, all in good time, if they are let alone and not placed in a false postition. Men sometimes overdo the thing and spoil all bv ex cessive zeal. Vaulting ambition oft overleaps itself and falls on ’tother side.’ We therefore woiuld advise our youthful compeers not to start before the whistle blows. ‘Take your time, Miss Lucy.’ If you commence to manufacture enthusiasm for the occason too earl /, there is dan ger of a collapse before the end is accomplished.” The Pavilion Hotel, Charleston.— From an article in the Courier on Ho f el improvements, we make the following extract: Among other indications of improvement tending to show that our landlords—although some of them are of good semi-Falstaffian pro portions, and do credi' to their own tab!**—are not lazy or asleep, we observe some additions and repair lately put on the Pavilion Hotel. The most conspicuous, is a very handsome verandah, ol iron railing,'fa most elegant and attractive pattern and design. This verandah is on the level of the second floor, from which it is acces sible conveniently by many entrances, and af fords a cool and agreeable promenade of the ex tent of 233 fer-t. running along both the Meeting and Hasel-sts., fronts of the Building. The Pa vilion being situated at the north-western corner of these streets, the fronts its presents to them respectively are not exposed to the sun through the afternoon, and at the same time the opening afforded by these available every breath of the refreshing breezes which mitigate our summer heats. It was to afford his guests, and the ladies especially, of whose comforts But terfield seems sedulously careful, an opportunity of enjoying more fully and perfectly, the advan tages furnished by the position of the Hotel, that he has added this verandah to the very exten sive and expensive repairs which he bad but lately completed. He has, indeed, marked out, and constructed in the verandah, an orbit, in which constellations of beauties may revolve agreeably and harmoniously, and he has given to all his guests, a practical admonition involving the best and most seasonable advice that a wise or benevolent man could give or take at this time—“ Keep Cool.” The Verandah, also, adds much to the appear ance of the Pavilion , and indeed will be a feature in that portion of the city. The iron railings and materials were from the establishment of R. Wood, Philadelphia; the work of construc tion and erection was executed by Messrs. Rebb & Conover, of our city, and the Verandah now projects itself gracefully, an enduring monument of the taste, skill and fidelity of those engaged in its construction, and of the provident liberali ty of “ mine host,” Butterfield, who has added to the other appointments of his comfortable and well kept house, such an agreeable and seques tered place for “meditations at eventide,” for conversation, or for the pleasant exercise of the promenade. Fire. —On Friday last, about one o’clock, our citizens were aroused by the cry of fire. Hur rying in the direction indicated by the volumes of smoke, it was discovered that the extensive buildings, occupied and owned by the Messrs. J. M Barringer as a carpenter’s shop, and a steam manufactory of sash and blinds, had taken fire. The buildings were of wood, the weather excessively dry and hot, and in a few moments the houses, with all the valuable machinery, tools, and a large quantity of selected lumber, were in flames. We understand that there was no insurance, and all was lost. The progress of the flames were so rapid that the Engines could be of little service except to prevent the spread of the fire, and save the surrounding property. The loss of the Messrs. Barringer, of course, can not be very accurately ascertained, but at any reasonable estimate cannot fall below twelve or fifteen thousand dollars. Thus the earnings of the industry of two of our most worthy fellow citizens fors years, has been swept away in an hour. We are glad to see that the liberality of our citizens was at once aroused, and that the sufferers will be relieved as far as possible. The fire was entirely accidental.— Columbus Enquirer. Religion among the Slaves.— Mr. Brooks’ editor of the New York Express, in one of his letters from Georgia, mentions the following facts: “In Savannah, in three Baptist churches and one Methodist, there are 2,990 colored persons, one half of whom are slaves. The pastor of one of the Baptist churches is a slave, and the other two are free colored persons. These churches contribute liberally for foreign and domestic mis sions, for the home poor. &c. At the Georgia Baptist Association, held in Warren county last September, five slave preachers were present, and voted upon all questions presented for con sideration. In South Carolina there are more than forty thousand slaves who are church mem bers: arid in the entire South the Baptist and Methodist Churches already have 264,000 slave members.” Celestials in Distress. —The Chinese Dra matic Company, forty-two in number, who ar rived in New York a short time ago from San Francisco,and performed one weeK at Nibio’s ap pear so be in a destitute condition, Tueir ward robe, which is stated to be worth S4O 000, is re tained bv the steamship company as a lien for a debt of $6,000. incurred in their passage from California. It appears they contracted to exhibit in New York tor ten months, at $6 000 a month, and were paid at San Francisco SIO,OOO in ad vance. They were to receive $2,000 in a month after their arrival at New York, and to have their board paid, but it appears these stipulations have not only not been fulfilled, but that the contractor has disappeared. The Morning Advertiser, of London, in allu ding to a “ recent distressing case of animal mag netism,” says, “ We are sorry to announce that Miss C , the young lady in Surrey place, who was reported in this journal some few weeks ago to have suffered from trying the ta ble moving experiment, bv means of the above agency, is much worse. Hopes were entertained that she would soon recover the use of her hands. It seems, however, ihat these hopes have not been realized. Her hands are now firmly clenched together, and it requires great force to separate the fingers, even fora moment, from the palms of her hands. This extraordinary affair has caused intense excitement in the medical profession.” [Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.] • Macon, July 1, 1853. Messrs. P. W. Alexander & Co.: Gents: —Below you have a comparative state ment of the receipts of Cotton at this point to date. Very respectfully, Receipts in June, 1853 538 do. do. 1852 400 Increase 138 Receipts to Ist July, 1852 64,937 do. do. 1853 63,897 Decrease.... 1,040 Stock Ist July, 1553 5,521 do. .do. 1852 3,123 Increase..., 2,398 Death of Dr. Chapman— Dr. Nathaniel Chapman, one of the most celebrated physicians of the United States, died last evening at his residence in thi~ city, at the advanced age of 74 years He was born in Virginia, and received his medical education in Edinburgh. Having established himself in the practice of medicine in this city, he was in 1811 elected to the chair of Materia Medica, and in 1816 to that of Prac tice, in the Pennsylvania University. This lat ter post he filled until about three years ago, since when, owing to the infirmities of age, he has lived in retirement.— Phila. Courier. “The Horrors of Jehossee.”— We have had numerous inquiries, both at home and abroad, addressed to us, as to the authorship of the admirable article —admirable both in style and matter —with this title, which appeared in the Courier of the 22d ult. Under such circum stances, even at some risk of infringing on the modesty of the author, we venture to announce his name. He is Richard W. Habersham, Esq., a son of the late Hon. Richard W. Habersham' of Savannah. Mr. H. is an artist of taste skill and power, his paintings embodying highly poet ic conceptions. He is a writer of great fluency and taste, and author of several articles, which have appeared of late in our daily journals, on popular education, an object to which he is zeal ously devoted. As connected with this object, he proposes to establish a weekly periodical, under the auspices of the Evening News, and we commend his highly useful project to public and general favor. It is one nearly concerning the welfare of the rising generation, and we are glad that it is about to engage so eloquent a pen, and so en lightened a mind. —Charleston Courier. Tribute of Bespect. Justice’s Court, 181st District. G. M. ) May 28, 1853. J A meeting of the Court and citizens was this day called, to take notice of the sudden death of Lewis Braddy, Esq . late Justice presiding. On motion of I. B. Huff. B. B. Kitchens, Esq., was called to the Chair, and on further motion, J. B Huff. Adam Jones, Wm. J. Wilcher, Jere miah Wilcher and E. H. Sattle, were appointed a committee to draft resolutions suitable to the occasion. The following Preamble and Resolu tions were adopted : In the order of Providence, Lewis Braddy, Esq . a Justice presiding in this Court, has been called from earth to his reward, and for the first time in the history of this District has one of the incumbents of the Magistrate’s office been taken ! f|om his labors. In respectful memory of the deceased, the Committee offer the following re solutions : Resolved , That this meeting ffeel deeply the loss occasioned by the death of our deceased friend, and sincerely condole with his afflicted family and friends. Resolved , That the Preamble and Resolutions be put upon the docket of the deceased Justice, and that the business upon the same be adjourned over to the next term of this Court. Resolved , That a copy be sent to the family of the deceased, and sent to the Augusta papers for publication. B. B. Kitchens, Chairman. MARRIED, On the 30th ult., by tho Rev. S. G. Daniel, Dr Wm. A. Jarrattto Miss Harriet C. Campbet.l, daughter of David C. Campbell, Esq., all ofMil ledgeville. On Thursday, 20th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Crum ly, Mr. John C. Taylor, of Savannah, to Miss ATE. Airs, of Sommerville. S. C. In Jefferson County, on the 30th ult., by Rev. W. L Tucker, Mr. Leasten Wimberly, of Burke County, to Miss Elizabeth Evans, of Jefferson county. Commmtfll. Savannah Exports—July 5. Per schr. Fannie, for Philadelphia—l4o tons Railroad Iron. Per schr. Mary Ann, for Baltimore—47,ooo feet Lumber, 29 bundles Domestics, 7 do. Sheep Skins. Savannah, July 5, P. M*— Cotton. —The sales to-day amount to 265 bales; 75 at Bf, ard 190 bales q,t 10£ cents. Savannah Lumber Market, July 6 Lumber, S Sawed, refuse per m. ft. 8 a 11; Merchantable, 14 a 18; River Lumber, refuse 9 a 10; Merchanta ble to prime, 14 a 16 ; Ranging do. for export, 9 ; Mill Ranging, 10 a 13; White Pine, clear, 30 a 40 ; Merchantable, 18 a25 25; Cypress Shingles, 4a4 50; Sawed Cypress Shingles, 16; Red-Oak Stakes, 10 a 16 ; White do. pipe, 35 a 60 ; do. do. hhd. 25 a 35 ; do do. bbl. 20 a 25. - sl)tj)})iltg JlliflligflHT. cleared for charleston. Schr. Enterprize, Gordon, at Boston. UP FOR CHARLESTON. Schr. Virginia Griffith, Plummer, at Baltimore. Charleston, July 7.—Arrived, U. S. M. steam ship Southerner, Foster. New York. Cleared, ship Southport, Wilson, Liverpool; schr. Aid, Stellor, V est Indies ; schr. Energy, Hughes, Boston ; R. L. schr. Maria Pickup, Shoo, Philadel phia. Went to sea, shipFranehise, Robinson, Liver pool ; schr. Helene, Jones, New York Savannah, July 6.—Arrived, U. S. M. steam ship Augusta, Lyon, New York; brig Lydia Furn ham, Sumnc, New York. Cleared, schrs. Fannie, Beaston, Philadelphia ; Mary Ann, Symonds, Baltimore. Likely Young Negroes at Private Sale. AT 16 STATE-STREET, and Hamburg, S. (J. Consisting of FLOUGII BOYS, FELLOWS, NURSES, SEAMSTRESSES, WASHERS AND IRONERS. CHAMBER MAIDS, Ac. We will continue to receive, throughout the soason, fresh supplies of N egroes, of every description, both at our office in Charleston, and Ham burg. SPIRES & WILSON, Brokers and Commission Agents, No. 16 State-st, Charleston, fob 5 tt and Front-st. Hamburg, ‘S C. Spccinl ilotircs. 111 beh ! lIlt ’ of thc NcefJ,e Women’s Re lief Society, I return my sincere thanks to the Grand Jury, (for the first week of tho Supe rior Court of Richmond County.) for the amount contributed by them in aid of the funds for said So ciety. T. W. Miller, july 8 Treasurer. fig- Court Common Pleas Augus ta, July 6th, 1853.—During iny ab sence from the city,Samuel H. 'lru.vip, Esq., will attend to tho business of this office David L. Roath, Clerk C. C. Pleas. Jttly 8 _ 3 Th^satucrlHer has at last received a . supply of Dr. Dickson's Blackberry Cordial, for Diarrhoe » and Dysentery. Philip A. Moise, Druggist. Sec Advertisement. u v 8 c heap eady Made Clothing.—J. M %—Newby & Co, under tho U S Hotel, will begin from this date to sell rff what Summer Goods they have on hand, at small profits Those in want of handsome, well made Goods, of any kind, can get, them by calling soon. They have a large lot of fine Shirts, Shirt Collars, Neck Ties Gloves, Ac., Ac., all of which will be sold cheap, june 24 Cash Paid”for WOOLLEN. LINER COTTON and SILK RAGS, by E. CAMPFIELD, ian 20 ts Corner River and Jackson st. jsP'''~^sgi^sCl o thing,—We have commenced re ceiving Spring and Summer Clothing of all the newest styles and best frabrics, which wo offer to the public at New York prices. Our stock will be replenished every week during the season, with the iatqst and best styles from foreign mar kets. [mar 16] Wm. O. Price A Co. South Carolina Rail Road, ) Augusta, May 20th, 1853. j The Passenger and Mail Trains for Charleston, will leavo this Company’s Local Depot, Centre st., at 5£ A. M., on and after Wednesday, Juno Ist. may 31 W. J. Magrath, Agent. j£~~. Soda Water.—This delightful and healthy beverage, with every variety of the best Syrups, will be furnished from this date at the Drug Store under the Augusta Hotel. The fountains are entirely new, and the public may de pend upon getting good Soda Water of the purest quality. PHILIP A. MOISE. may 5 Druggist. Georgia Sarsaparilla.—This is the purest and best preparation of Sarsa parilla now offered to tho public It is highly rec ommended by Physicians, and those who have used it. A better article to purify the blood, and regulate the bowels cannot be found. See ad vertisement. . apr 6 Education.-A single lady, of experience, desires a situation as Teacher in a Se minary or select School. She can teach all the higher branches of English and Music, is a fine performer on the Piano, and sings well ; will also give iessons in French and on the Guitar. The best of reference given by addressing Key Box 117, Angusta Post Office. fActf june 14 HOUSE, Savannah. Ga- G. Fargo, Proprietor, (late of the U. SjJßLoteb Augusta.) apr 15 ly • D. Jones will be supported as a candidate for tho House of Repre sentatives from Burke county in the next Legisla ture by [july 3] Many Voters. A Card.—The undersigned returns thanks to bis friends and the public for their past patronage, and respectfully announces that he has associated with him Mr. JOSEPH A BEALS, lato of Savannah, and will conduct busi ness under the name and stylo of COFFIN A BEALS, in all tho branches of PAINTING namely ; House, Sign and Ornamental PAINT ING, GILDING; GRAINING; GLAZING, Ac. JOHN G. COFFIN. Office in Jackson, cornerof Greenestreet. #*■ —j Tho undersigned takes this mode and fetVtime to announce to the citizens of Au gusta and vicinity, that having received the best of tuition from good masters, they are enabled to furnish work in style equal to that obtained else where ; such as Military, Civic and Society BAN NERS ; Designing, Ornamental, Fresco, Pannel led and Marble WALLS; Plain and Ornamental SIGNS; SHADES, &o. > JOHN G. COFFIN, sept 22 ly JOSEPH A. BEALS. ISP" M’Eane’s Liver Pill* ~ York! The famo of this invalid medicine has extended with surprising ranidit only to be accounted for on tho ground of its mil merit. One trial alone is sufficient to establish t title as the only specific for Liver Complaint" Th ollowing, from a New York druggist, gi ves dence of the high estimation in which these Pin' arc hold in that section of country : 13 Hemlock Lane, Livington Co., N Y Dr. M’Lane: Dear Sir.— I have sold out all your Liver Pills, and am anxious to have anoth*' lot immediately. These Pills seem to take wonderfully. I could have sold a much larger quantity, if I bad been provided with them. The inhabitants are sending to Rochester for them, but whether there are any there or not, I do not know Please send mo another supply immediately. F. Short, Druggist july 6 dl2c2 From Barnum’s Illustrated News,Z Acrostic Mexicam Mustang Liniment Every land has hailed with Ntacy this preparation whose Intrinsic merits has mtr« duced its Curat vo powers to the notice of the whole American people. Rhematism of long duration Neuralgia, with its tortuies, have yielded to its Magical influence; cancers, contorted joints, Ulcerated and swollen limbs that have Suffered tor years under t e weight of disease, Turn by its application to suppleness and health. A remedy of such general usefulness that can re store Newness of Action to the diseased nerves, arteries and Glands of tho human body, is worthy of hi»h praise. Let the rheumatic, halt, lame and palsied Invalid examine its qualities, and they will Not be disappointed Years of study and Investigation have enabled the proprietors of the Mexican Mustang Liniment to furnish a remedy, Extraordinary in its power over diseases, ’ No matter of how long standing—sold at The agents in all parts of the Union. D - Gilman, Chemist and l>ru7 gist. Pennsylvania Avenue, City 0 f Washington, Inventor and sole Proprietor of Gir,. man's Instantaneous Liquid Hair Dye, the only instantaneous Hair Dye, which is permanent. Gilman’s Liquid Hair Dye is the only article now used in this city. Gentlemen who wear whis kers or moustaches of a gray or reddish hue wish ing to attend a ball or party, can appear in a suit of black, by devoting one additional minute at their toilet, in using the very celebrated article which heads this notice —Philadelphia Ledger. VCJr This valuable Hair Dye is for sale by Phil ip A. Moise, Druggist, 195 Broad street, under t.e Augusta Hotel, apr 10 dAc3m Rea<l tl,e Advertisement of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. There are state ments of no ordinary interest to all so unfortunate as to bo afflicted with the difficulties it cures, july 6 d6cl We are authorized to 'announce the name of Col. A. Delaperrierca of Jack son County, as a candidate for-Mtyor General, to command the Fourth Division. G. M. We cheer fully recommend the Col. to the voters of this divi sion as a tried and experienced soldier, and alto gether qualified to fill tke office of Major General, june 30 H. G. Farrell’s Arabian Liniment.— This celebrated medicine, skilfully composed as it is of the most healing balsams and penetrating oils, can never fail to cure almost eve ry affliction that could be alleviated by an extor nal remedy. Its superiority over all other Lini ments is proven by the miraculous cures it performs, and by tho great and constantly increasing de mand. There has been sold within the past year more than THREE MILLIONS OF BOTTLES, and there can be but few persons found who do 'not bestow upon it the highest praise for the rare virtues it pt ssesses. Nothing, perhaps, since the creation of the world, has been so successful as an external remedy for all nervous diseases, as this wonderful curative. When applied, it instanta neously diffuses itself through tho whole system, soothmg the irritatod nerves, allaying the most intense pains and creating a most delightful sensa sion. Read the following remarkable cure, which can be attested to by hundreds who were fully ac quainted with the whole circumstance. Chronic Enlargement of the Tonsils.—My daughter, when six months old, was taken with a swelling in tho tonsils, which grew larger and lar ger, till when six years old had great difficulty in swallowing her food. Every night watch was kept, fearing she would suffocate. The best doctors at tended her but could give no relief. I took her to tho . most eminent doctors in the East; they .'aid there was no help fur her but to outgrow it. With a sad heart I returned home with her, when she became so much worse that the doctors had to he called in again ; they decided that the tonsils must be cut off, as Ihe only means of giving relief. My wifo i would not consent to this and she determined to try your Liniment, which gave relief the very first application, and by a continued use she entire • ly recovered. She is now ten years old and fleshy and healthy as could be desired. Your Liniment is also the best in use for sprair.3, bruises, cuts, burns, headache, e’e , and it w 11 remove the most severe pain in a few mutes It also cured caked udder in my cow in a few days. 5 George Ford. Peoria, March 20th 1849. Look out for Counterfeits. —The public are cau. tioned against another counterfeit, which has late ly made it appearance, called W. B. Farrell’s Ara bian Liniment, tho most dangerous of all the coun terfeits. because his having the name of Farrell, many will buy it in good faith, without the knov - lodge that a counterfeit exists, and they will, per haps, only discover their error when the spurious mixture has wrought its evil effects. Tho genuine article is manufactured only by H. G. Farrell, solo inventor and propriet'r, and whole sale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, Illinois, to whom ail applications for Agencies must be ad dressed. Be sure you get it with the letters H. G. before Farrell’s, thus—H. G. FARRELL’S—and his signature on the wrapper, and all others are counterfeits. Sold by RISLEY & UO.. Augusta, Ga., and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United States. CCsF” Price 25 and 50 cents, and $ 1 per bottle. Agents Wanted in every town, village and hamlet in the .United States, in which one is not alroady established. Address H G. Farrell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, <tc. d&e4 july 6 Tl >c Friends.of Col. VI M, B.BOW &—EN. will support him for Major Gene ral of the 4th Division, Georgia Militia, at the olection to bo held on the of July, inst. The Division is composed of Wilkes, Lincoln, Elbert, Madiso , Jackson and Franklin counties. july 6 dJctd fig' ZZ-i' Oglethorpe Infantry Loan Associa tion.—Tho 22d., Regular Monthly Meeting of this Association will be held at the Drill Room on 1 his (Wednesday,) evening at 8 o'clock. Members will come prepared to pay their monthly instalments. july 6 1 L. L. ANTONY, Sec’y, o. i. l.a. fig ,e Air Train will commence running on Monday, the 27th inst.— Leaves Augusta at 6] p. m. june 25 ts fifi" Fresh Congress Water can always be —wStj had wholesale or retail, at the Drug Store under the Augusta Hotel. FIRE ' MARINE INSURANCE. The subscriber, as Agent of tho COLUMBIA (S. C.) INSURANCE CO . takes Fire and Marino Risks on the most favorable terms. J. II ANDERSON, Agent, jan 14 ly Mclntosh street. Professional Notice.— Dr. Paul F Eve, having returned to reside in Au gusta, offers his services to the community. Ser vants requiring operations, or special care, can bo accommodated on his lot. 6m feb 4 Rluck Leghorns.—A new style of Black KAv Leghorns for Gents’ and Youths’, just received in large quantities. may 8 J. Taylor, Jr. & Co Black Leghorn Hast! —A fresh supply, latest style, just received. Also, new style Manniller Hats, very light, and handsome. Call and see them, at may 28 Geo. W. Ferry's. Premium Daguerrean Gallery.—Tho firm of Tucker & Perkins having been dissolved by limitation last February, the un dersigned will continue to practice tho art of Dag uerreotyping in all its various branches, and from 9 his long practical experience he feels confident of his ability to please the most fastidious. The pictures now being taken at this Gallery aro pronounced by those who are judges, superior m tone and life-like expression, to any ever before produced in Augusta. Isaac Tucker. N. B. Artists purchasing Stock, will please bear in mind that materials are sold at lower rates tnan at any other house this side of New York may r* Ca. «ailroal. Augusta, o EO ’> ?lst May, 1853.—0 n and after Mon w, 23d inst., a Passenger Train wi e fc.9o a m daily, (Tuesday and Sunday ' g “ 5