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Constitutionalist K Htjralilit. B v J AMES GARDNER, JR. OFFICE ON Me IN TOSH-STREET, THIRD DOOB FROM THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF BROAD-STREET. TERMS.* „ Dailyp-iper (if paid in advance) ....per annum. .$8 00 Tri-Weekly (if paid in advance) per annum.. 5 00 . Weekly (if paid in advance) P er annum.. 200 Our Youngest. We knelt at evening by his couch, Our hearts brimful of joy ; And thanked our Father for the gift Os this, our darling boy. m W r e gazed upon his snowy brow— His lids closed o’er his eyes— And thought, “ How beautifully here Our sleeping Eddy lies.” His red lips parted; two small teeth Shone out like little pearls, And on the pillow fell a shower Os bright and shinning curls. He was our youngest, boat beloved, And we'a happy pair! We gently pressed bis dimpled hands And gently kissed his hair. So night came down, and with the morn— The Sabbath morn of love— We sought him, but our Father God Had called the boy above. Oh! never more his soft blue eyes Will meet the gaze of ours, Oh ! never more his red lirs breathe The fragrance of the flowers. Oh ! never mere his tiny clasp Around our necks be drawn, Nor music of his angel voice Awake us at the dawn. Wc knelt beside an empty couch, That holiest morn of seven ! The sun had arisen on earth ounce more, Our son had arisen in heaven ! I From the N. O. Creseent , 11 th inst .] Down among the Dead Men. To verify the many horrible reports of the do ngs among the dead, we the other day visited the cemeteries. In every street were leng pre cessions, tramping to the solmn music of funeral marches. In the countenances of plodding pas sengers were the lines of anxiety and grief, and white hangings, the voiceless witnesses of wail ing and of sorrow. On the one hand slowly swept the long corteges of the wealthy, nodding with plumes and drawn by prancing horses, re joicing in their funeral vanities; on another, the hearses of the citizen-soldier, preceded by mea sured music, enveloped in warlike panoply, and followed by the noisy tread of men under arms ; while there again the pauper was trundled to his long home on a rickery cart, with a boy for a driver, who whistled as he went, and sw r ore a careless oath as he urged his mule or spavined horse to a trot, making haste with another mor sel contributed to the grand banquet of death. Now among the steeples was heard the chiming of the bells, as of Ghoules up there, mingling their hoarse voices as in a chorus of gratuiation over the ranks of lallen mortality. Anon from some lowly tenement trilled, the low wail of a mother for the chiid of h=r affections, while from the corner opposite burst the song of some low bacchanal, mingling ribaldry with sentiment, or swearing a prayer or two as the humor moved •him. The skies wore a delusive aspect. Above was all cloudless sunshine, but little in keeping with the black melancholy that enveloped all below. Out along the highways that lead to the cities of the dead, and still the tramp of funeral crowds knew no cessation. Up rolled the vol umes of dust from the busy roads, and the plumes of the dead carriages nodded in seeming sym pathy to the swaying cyrpresses of the swamp, enveloped in their dun appareling of sweeping moss—fit garniture for such a scene. ' At the gathering points carriages accumula ted, and vulgar teamsters, a3 they jostled each other in the press, mingled the coarse jest with the ribbald oath ; no sound but of profane male diction and of riotous mirth, the clang of whip thongs and the rattle of wheels. At the gates, the winds brought intimation of the corruption working witnin. Not a puff but was laden \yith the rank atmosphere from rotting corpses. In side they were piled by fifties, exposed to the heat of the sun, swollen with corruption, bursting their coffin lids, and sundering, as if by physical effort, the ligaments that bound their hands and and feet, and extending their rigid limbs in every outre attitude. What a feast of horrors ! Inside, corpses piled in pyramids, and without the gates, old and withered crones and fat hux ter women, fretting in their own greases, dis pensing ice creams and confections, and brushing away, with brooms made of bushes, the green bottle-flies that hovered on their merchandise, and that anon buzzed away to drink dainty inha lations from the green an J festering corpses.— Mammon at the gates was making thrift outside by the hands of his black and sweating minions, that tendered sweet-meats and cooling beverages to the throngs of mourners or of idle spectators who, inhailing the fumes of rotting bodies, al ready “heaved the gorge,' - ’ while within, the “ King of Terrors” held his Saturnalia, with a crowd of stolid laborers, who, as they tumbled the dead into ditches, knocked them “ about the mazzard,” and swore dread oaths, intermingled with the more dreadful sounds of demoniac jolity. , Long ditches were dug across the great hu man charnel. Wide enough wejee they to en tomb a legion, but only fourteen irjfhes deep.— Conffins laid in them showed their tops above the surface of the earth. On these was piled dirt to the depth of a foot or more, but so loosely, that the myriads of flies found entry between the loose clods, down to the cracked seams of the coffins, and buzzed and blew there their ovaria, creating each hour their now hatched swarms. but no sound was there of sorvow within that wide Gehenna. Men used to the scent of dissolution had forgotten all touch, of sympathy Uncouth laborers, with their bare shock heads stood under the broili: g heart of the sun, dig ging in the earth, and as anon they would en counter an obstructing root or stump, would swear a hideous oath, remove to another spot and go cn (figging as before. Now and then the mattock or the spade would disturb the bones of some former tenant of the mould, forgotten there amid the armies of the accumulated victims, and the sturdy laborer with a gibe, would hurl the broken fragments on the sward, growl forth on energetic d—n, and chuckle in his excess of glee. Skull bones weie dug up from their long sepul ture, with ghastliness staring out “ From each lack-lustre, eyeless hole.” without eliciting an “ Alas, poor Yorick,” and with only an exclamation from the digger, of room for your betters !” Economy of space was the scource of cunning calculation in bestowing away the dead men.— Side by side was laid two, of gigantic propor tions, bloated by corruption to the size of Ti tans. The central projections of their coffins left spaces between them at their heads and heels. This was too much room to be filled with earth. How should the space be saved ? — Opportunely the material is at hand, for a cart comes lumbering in, with the corpses of a moth er and her two little children. Chuck the child ren in the spaces at the heads and heels of the Titans, and lay the mother by herself, out there alone ! A comrade for her will be found anon, and herself and babes will sleep not the less soundly from the unwonted contact! The fumes rise up in deathly exhalations from the accumulating hecatombs of fast coming corpses. Men wear at their noses bags of cam phor and odorous spices—for there are crowds there who have no business but to look on and contemplate the vast congregation of the dead They don’t care if they die themselves—they have become so used to the reek of corruption They even laugh at the riotings of the skeleton Death, and crack jokes in the horrid atmosphere where scarcely they can draw breath for utter ance. The stoical negroes, too, who are hired at five dollars -per hour to assist in the work of inter ment, stagger under the stifling fumes, and can only be kept at their work by deep and con tinued potations of the “ fire water.” They gulp deep draughts of the stimulaUpg fluid, and reel ing to their tasks hold their noses with one hand while with the other they grasp the spade, heave on the mould, and rush back to the bottle to gulp again. It is a jolly time with these ebon laborers, and with their white co-workers, as thoughtless and as jolly, and full as much intoxi cated as themselves. And thus, what with the songs and obscene jests of the grave diggers, the buzzing of the flies, the sing-song cries of the huxter-women vending their confections, the hoarse oaths of the men who drive the dead carts, the merry whistle of the boys, and the stifling reek from scores of blackened corpses, the day wears apace, the work ot sepulture is done, and night draws the curtain. [From the Federal Union , 16f/t.] Hard Put to it. i( is amusing to witness the efforts of the M Legion” Party to find some accessible means of reaching the personal and political character of Judge Johnson. He was first denounced by the Savannah Republican as a “ spirit rapper ;” the editor himself having been one of the first Apostles to the belief, and an active propagandist of the truths of these miserable humbugs. But Judge Johnson’s friends (and more lafcerly his own refutation has been added) pronounced the charge to be false. That misarable attempt to injure a man, because he had been anxious to be informed of the correctness or falsity of an al ledged phenomenon in physics, was an offspring of an enemy devoid of every spark of fairness and decency. But this Roorback was short lived. The next charge was far more serious, and, coming from the source it did, it was particularly obnoxious in the eyes of good men and candid men of all parties. We refer to the charge of one of the ed itors of the Recorder of the unscripturalness of Judge Johnson’s Address to the Wesleyan Fe male College, an address which was endorsed by the autnor of the charge before his “ sober second thought ” suggested that political capital might be made by raising the cry ot unscripturalness— but as this charge has been so promptly met, and the author so signally rebuked for his intemper ate, and illiberal remarked, we drop the subject, and proceed to the next charge, viz: That Judge Johnson'was a Disunionist and a Seces sionist. We might offer as a rebuttal to this charge the simple monosylable Lie, and leave the perpetrators to dijest the medicine at their leisure. But we will take their own proof and convict the men, who make the assertion, of wilful misrepresentation. They have produced a letter of Judge Johnson to his friends in Wash ington county in 1850, (and here I take occasion to thank the Recorder and the Chronicle & Sen tinel for publishing the letter entire.) The spirit of the whole letter of Judge J. is readily seen to be, indignation for what he thought to be an in jury done the South and the Southern people. Bid no where in the letter does he propose secession or disunion as a remedy for the injury done. He calls on the South to unite and maintain her rights “in the Union.” What ate Toombs and Ste phens and k 'the illustrious Jenkins” doing at this moment, but urging the people of Georgia to have no connection with any National Party.— Yet these very men with their backers are charging Judge Johnson with being a Secession ist and Disunionist! We deny the charge—we pronounce it false. Judge Johnson never advo cated secession for anything that had been done, and we defy his malicious slanderers to “ face the music’’.and bring the proof. Judge John son will meet his accusers before the people, on the merits of this charge, or any other, and he will challenge the proof —let them produce it if they can. These are, in the main, the charges which the friends of Mr. Jenkins have brought against Judge Johnson. Two of them personal, and stand rebuked by public sentiment—the other political, and is proven to be unfounded by the testimony of the very men by whom it was preferred. Judge Johnson glories in his De mocracy—no Algerine Laws, or Laws for the benefit of privileged classes, stain his political record. He is every inch a Democrat, hence his opposition to all attempts to curtail the rights and immunities of the people. Georgia Politics. —The people of Georgia ai e now in the midst of a warm campaign, which must result in the election of a Governor, Congressmen, and the Legislature. Living in a few miles of the State line, we feel a deep in terest in her politics, and would like to see her steadfast in the Democratic ranks. But while we admire the political spirit of the people, as regards their energy and intelligence, we de plore the unsettled position of the supporters of H. Y. Johnson. When it comes to the issue, whatever may be the private motives or feelings of a few, or a party of men, they never achieve any thing by disorganization. There must be a union of action to meet united opposition. It is quite impossible to suppose that many Whigs will allow themselves to be drawn into a Scott party while they are in a minority , and every thing said to that purpose is only a subterfuge to help on the schism in the Democratic ranks. There is but one real issue now in Georgia, as we consider the subject, to be decided this fall; and to it all other questions are of minor importance. The issue is simply, shall she sup port the present administration ? Thfr administration is national and Democratic, and. if H. V. Johnson be elected by a clear ma jority, it shows that the people are satisfied and pleased with the President and his policy; but if C J. Jenkins be elected, we must look upon the State as arrayed against the President and his patriotic cabinet. In this light, to us outsiders, appears the real nature of the contest. What matter is it, then, whether Johnson is a “ fire-eater” or a Union man, so long as he is a Democrat and a friend of President Pierce and his policy ? It is true there may be questions of difference in the two wings of the Democratic party in Georgia, but are they so momentous that they must sever and separate the party and allow the opposition to triumph ? We cannot see it of this all-sufficient impor tance at this time, but quite the reverse. Ten nessee has done her duty nobly, and the party united to obtain this grand victory. So let it be in Georgia. Let there be an earnest effort ' to aid the national Democracy, and the local elections, in such instance, Will be of the right stamp and character— Chattanooga Adv., \Q>th instant. Jenkins not the Author of the Georgia Platform.— We learn that Mr. Stephens is basing the claims of Mr. Jenkins upon the fact of his being the author of the Georgia platform. Is Mr. Jenkins the author of the Georgia plat form ? He"is not. The very fourth resolution to which Mr. Toombs ascribed so much signifi cance, in his Jire-eating speech at the conven tion, and, indeed, the only one looking to the protection of the South in the future, was op posed by Mr. Jenkins. We challenge the Iriends of Mr. Jenkins to publish that resolution as Mr. Jenkins desired it. The fourth resolution dis tinctly avers that Georgia should resist, even to a dissolution of the Union, any act of Congress abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia; yet Mr. Jenkins contended that Congress had the right to abolish slavery in the district. It is simply ridiculous to say that the fourth resolu tion emanated from Mr. Jenkins’ pen, when many of its sentiments are diametrically oppos ed to his “settled conviction.” The “ Georgia Platform” came from the Committee. But The crowning merit of that production belongs not to Mr. Jenkins.— Federal Union, 16 th inst. A Union Democrat tossed overboard in the 4th District. —After Col Murphey re fused to run as the Algerine candidate for Con gress in the 4th Congressional District, it was said that Col. Tidwell, a Union Democrat, should be nominated to fill the vacancy. But the Algerines were a little doubtful ol the expe diency of running another Democrat, for fear he too might leave them in the lurch. So they went to work and put up one of the dead man’s ticket —atertium quid —Col. Jas. M. Calhoun. Not content with ignoring the claims of Mr. Tidwell and the Union Democrats, the Algerine Convention went further, and nominated one of t °r bs strea k —an original Webster man. W e need not urge upon the Democracy of the 1 1 organization and action. The people are aroused—they are in favor of free suffrage, and opposed to reviving the Webster doctrine of “ no more slave territory.” Call the masses together, get popular speakers to address them on the is sues of the canvass, and Johnson and Dent will carry the 4th district by 1,500 majority. So mote it be.— l/nd. J J Neutralizing Offensive Odors North British Agriculturalist furnishes a state ment of Lindsey Blyth, in relation to a verv successful experiment for destroying a most of fensive smell in a stable, arising from a decom position of urine and dung. He tried the mix ture of Epsom salts and Plaster as Paris, (gyp. »«»> —“ the most wonderful effect followed and the stable-keeper was delighted.” Previously the stable was damp and unwholsome; and if clos ed for a lew hours, the ammoniocal vapors were suffocating. After sprinkling the sulphates un derneath the straw, and along the channel of the drain, the smell disappeared, and even the walls became drier. He recommends as an eco nomical preparation for this purpose and for sew ers, magnesia limestone dissolved in sulphuric a cid, (forming sulphates of magnesia or Epsom salts,) with a portion of super-phosphate of lime (made by dissolving bones in sulphuric acid) these, at the same time that they return the es caping ammonia, also add greatly, by their own presence, to the value of the manure. Self-Control. —It seems to me that all times are alike adapted for happiness, and that if we grow old, as one should grow old, the last days oflife must be the happiest of all. Every stage of life is but the preparation for the next one. It is the treasure house in which are collocted all the pleasures that are to make the future time happy. The child has, indeed, but few troubles, but they &re as great to him as larger ones prove to his porents. I asked a friend once, speaking of the happy cloudless days of his childhood, if he would like to be always a child 1 He stopped for a moment, and then said, No. I think he was right. There is progress in everthing—in our means of happiness, and in our capacity for enjoyment. Then let us look back upon the time-wrinked face of the past, only with feelings of regret. Give me the present, glowing and full of life, and the future glorious with bright visions. I would rather look forward than look back; rather spend the golden hours in working out present happiness than in vain regrets for the past. It is but the helm with which to steer our onward course. The future lies before us. It is the steep and rugged mountain up which lies our way. It is not genius nor fortune that paves the way to eminence, but earnestness —self-con- trol—wisdom. These are in our hands—let us use them, and when, at the sunset of life we turn to look back on our path and see it stretch ing iar down before us peacefully, happily we may lay ourselves down to rest. Indigenous Cotton from Paraguay. —We saw, yestearday, at the offices of the Manchester Commercial Association, a sample of 269 bags of native Paraguay cotton, gathered in a wild state, and recently arrived in Liverpool from Monte Video. It is not cleaned, but has a long staple, like Pernambuco cotton, and is fine and strong in quality. Some parties, authorities as to the value of cotton, estimate it as worth lOd to 12d per lb; others are inclined to rate it at a rather lower figure. But there can be no ques tion that it is a good, serviceable cotton, and that if it could be imported in a clean state and in good condition, it would soon be extensively used. It is reported that large quantities of this cotton grow wild in the country, far inland, but with good river communication. As Mr. Drab ble, a mercantile gentleman, who takes a strong interest in the culture ot cotton, and who,through the Manchester Commercial Association, was furnished by the Earl of Clarendon with letters of introduction and recommendation to all her Majesty’s consuls throughout the countries wa tered by, or bordering upon, the river Plate, had arrived out at Monte Video, and would shortly commence a tour of observation throughout Paraguay, &c., we may shortly expect to learn something more definite as to quantities of this cotton growing wild, and the practicability of having it cleaned and shipped. It is scarcely necessary to add, that, in all tropical countries where the plant is found indigenous, it is peren nial : and this adds considerably to the agricul tural and mercantile value of this natural product. [Manchester Guardian , July 27, Return of a Young Adventurer. —Five years ago—upon the receipt of the first news of the discovery of gold in California—a boy of fourteen years of age might be seeji patiently laboring among the stumps on a new piece of land in Michigan. He was an intelligent, in dustrious and good boy, liked by the neighbors and idolized by his immediate Iriends. He was seized with the gold fever, and Norval never “longed to follow to the field some warlike lord,” as he did to get into a Colifornia placer. But how to get there was the question. His entire capital consisted of two Digs, a cads, half a dozen chifkens, a three months’colt, a homespun suit of clothes and a dollar and a half, which he was keeping for the approaching Fourth of July. But go he must, and go he did, as a sort of “cook and bottle washer” for a party of adventurers who took the overland route. He made the journey in good health, reached the mines in good season, labored as hard as any one of his ma ture associates, and after having cheered the hearts of the “old folks at home” by more than one golden remittance, is now on his way back with his’pockets respectably “full of rocks.” to make the family happy by the return of so good a son and so loving a brother. The Caloric Engine. —lt i 3 stated that “ some difficulty has sprung up between Messrs. Hogg & Delemater, of New York, and the Crys tal Palace officials, and the former have with drawn their application for a place to exhibit Ericsson’s caloric engine, constructed by them for that purpose. Mr. Holmes, the superinten dent of the machinery department, had made special arrangements to measure exactly the consumption of fuel in a given time; also, to ascertain the precise amount of power evolved from such consumption, by means of the dyno meter ” Can it be that these arrangements were distasteful to the intended exhibitors? Woman’s Rights in Danger. —Bishop An drew, of the M. E. Church, South, in a late arti cle on Emory College, expresses the fear that all the educated young women of Georgia may not find suitable husbands. He says there are now being educated at the different fema e Collegiate institutions in the State of Georgia about fifteen hundred girls annually, besides .a considerable number who are sent North to receive the pol ishing touch in some fashionable female boarding school, where they may learn to dance gracefully, dress elegantly, and above all, to spend money freely and handsomely. Turning, then, to the male side, he says there are only six hundred young men who are annually receiving a Col legiate education. So here we have 600 young men to 1,500 young ladies. “ Where, in the name of common sense, are one half of these finished young women to find suitable husbands?” The Bishop thinks that progress lor a tew years in the same ratio, caring for the girls and neglec ting the boys, is likely to bring about the reign of woman’s rights, without any necessity for speech-making petticoat-conventions. In this, we slightly differ from the Bishop, since a good husband is one of woman’s dearest rights.— Charleston Standard. There is a benevolent gentleman in Boston, who gives twenty-five cents for religious purpos es every time he swears! He has already d—d a new steeple on the Presbyterian Church, and is now engaged in ‘cussing up’ a donation for the Home Missionary Society. Pennsylvania Coal Trade. —The anthra cite coal tonnage last week was light, mainly in consequence of another breach in the Dela ware Division. The Reading Railroad Compa ny, for the week ending on Thursday, brought down 39,752 tons, and for the season to the same time 953.558 tons, 59,535 tons less than last year to the same time. The Schuylkill Navigation for the week brought down 26,599 tons, and for the season 464,856 tons, 36,532 tons more than to the same time last year. The shipments of coal upon the Lehigh Navigation, for the week ending the 6th inst., were 18,233 tons, and for the season 557,341 tons—a falling off, as compared with the production to same tune last year, 13,962 tons. A Good Scriftural Name.— The Richmond 1 imes relates the following : A gentleman travelling in a section of country which shall be nameless, stopped at the house of a pious old woman, ami observing her fondness lor a pet dog, ventured to ask the name of the animal. The good woman answered bv savins that she called him “ Moreover.” 3 3 8 “Is not that a strange name?” inquired the gentlemen. “ Yes,” said the pious old lady,“ hut I thought it must be a good one, as I found it in the Bible ” “Found it in the Bible!” quoth the gentle men. “ Pray in what part of the Bible dul von find it?” 3 The old lady took down her Bible with the utmost reverence, and turning to the text, read as follows: “Moreover the dog came and licked his sores.” “There,” said she .triumphantly, “have 1 not highest authority for the name ?” A Nun is not Dead in Law. —A very inter esting case has lately been decided in Ireland, in which it was declared by the Court that a Nun could succeed to an estate as the lawful heir.— 1 he statutes of mort-main were declared not to apply to a person in her condition. The case'is regarded as important not only for the conse quences resulting pecuniarily, but making void so far as tne law can, the vow of poverty taken by professed nuns. The decision will make some noise in the world, and is taken to the British House of Lord* on appeal. AUGUSTA, GA. THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 18. FOR GOVERNOR, I II ON. HERSCHEL V. J 011 SSON . Os Baldwin County. Public Meeting. A meeting of a portion of our citizens was held yesterday afternoon to take into considera tion the offering of relief to the New Orleans sufferers. His Honor, W. E. Dearing, was call ed to the Chair, and J. K. Jackson, Esq., ap pointed Secretary. A resolution was adopted, we understand, requesting the City Council to appropriate SIOOO for the purpose. The City Council of Charleston, has appro priated S2OOO for this praiseworthy object, and the City Council of Savannah SIOOO. Stabbing Case. A man by the name of Michael Dowdy, we understand, was stabbed on Wednesday last, in the upper part of the city, by another man nam ed Wallace. We did not learn the cause of the difficulty, but Dowdy is said to be in a critical situation. Our River. As the condition of our river at this season of the year is of great interest to our merchants sent at the North, we will publish under our commercial head, every morning, a notice simi lar to .the following, by which they will be kept daily advised : Augusta, Aug. IS—6 p. m. The River —ls in fine boating order. There are five feet six inches water in the channel, and still rising. The Late State Elections. —As near as can be ascertained, the following is the result of the late State elections. Democrats in Roman, Whigs in Italic: ALABAMA. GOVERNOR. John Anthony Winston. CONGRESS. Dis. 1. Philip Philips, 2. James Abercrombie , 3. Sampson W. Harris, 4. Wm. R. Smith, The Legislature of Alabama will undoubtedly be Democratic. Two United States Senators are to be chosen, in place of William R. King and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who now holds the seat by appointment of the Governor. KENTUCKY. ’ CONGRESS. Dis. 1. Linn Boyd, 2. Benjamin E. Gray , 3. Presley Ewing , 4. Jas. S. Chrisman, 5. Clement S. Hill. TENNESSEE. GOVERNOR. Andrew Johnson. CONGRESS. Dis. 1. Brookins Campbell, 2. W. W. Church well, 3. Samuel A. Smith, 4. E. L. Gardenhire, 5. Thomas Barry NORTH CAROLINA. CONGRESS. Dis. 1. H. M. Shaw, 2. Thomas Rufiin, 3. William S. Ashe, 4. Sion H. Rogers , TEXAS. CONGRESS. Dis. 1. Geo. W. Smyth, j There were eight candidates running for the office oi Governor in Texa^i —six Democrats and two Whigs—all of whom received a cer tain number of votes, which served to rendei the result so complicated that nothing but the official canvass can determine who is the suc cessful candidate. Fatal Effects of the Hot Weather in New York.— The New York Day Book, of the 15th inst., says:—“The intense heat continued yesrerday with scarcely any abatement. There was a fine breeze throughout the day; but the thermometer indicated the same heat we had suffered the four previous days. Its effects have been terrible, particularly on the laboring classes. Since last Tuesday there have been nearly two hundred deaths reported in this city from sun strokes. The great heat commenced on Wednesday last, and lasted till last night, when a shower came up and cooled off the at mosphere somewhat. We have thus had nearly a week of excessive heat. The following table gives the height of the mercury and the number of deaths lrom coup dc solid each day since Tuesday : Then 3P. M. No. Deaths. August 10 89 3 “11 89 10 “ 12 93 20 “ 13 94 60 * “ 14 93 90 Total, 183 It may possibly be that this is an exaggerated number ; that some of.the deaths of one dav had been included in the reports of the next day, but the actual number of deaths from the effects of heat, in the above specified time,-will not fall shoic of one hundred and fifty, and of those now prostrated many are not expected to survive.' The IV ew York papers are publishing the statistics of railroad accidents during the present year, together with the numbers of the killed and wounded. They sum up as follows, present ing an aggregate which it is appalling to con template : Months. No. Accidents. Killed. Wounded. January 12 25 40 February 6 6 'll March 14 24 62 April 4 25 54 • May 8 54 49 June 5 6 19 July 11 8 22 August 5 29 76 Total to Aug. 12.-65 176 333 I he Mobile Tribune says that a.dispatch has been received in that city, announcing that the Supreme Court ha 9 made a decision upon the statute of limitations, which quiets the titles to property of the value of about $500,000 in that city. A curious will case has occurred in Kentucky The will of the late Dr. Charles Caldwell was, on the 18th ult., admitted to probate in Jefferson county, and among its devises were several to Miss Warner, (his half sister.) She was one of the witnesses to the will, but as the laws ol Ken tucky declares that if a witness to a will is a de visee therein, the legacy is violated, and must revert to the other heirs, she thereby loses the legacy bequeathed her. Some of the creditors of others, to whom Miss W.’s legacy would re vert, have commenced suit to recover them-. Crystal Palace. —The number of visitors to the New York Crystal Palace exhibition on Friday was 4,331. The contributions to the Washington Monument at the Crystal Palace on 1 Friday were $46 32. Total contribution up to ' date $1,228. Dis. 5. Geo. S. Houston, 6. W. R. W. Cobb, 7. Jas. F. Dowdell. Dis. G. J. M. Elliott, 7. William Preston , 8. J. C. Breckenridge, • 9. Leandcr M. Cox. 10. R. H. Stanton. Dis. 6. G. W. Jones, 7. S. C. Pavatt, 8. F. K. Zollikoffer, 9. Emerson Etheridge , 10. F. H. Stanton. Dis. 5. John Kerr , 6. R. C. Puryear , 7. Jas. W. Osborne , 8 T. L. Clingman, I D/s. | 2. D. W. R. Scurry. The Steamship Atlanta. —The New York Times, of the 13th instant, in a notice of the progress and prospects of ship building in New York, says: “ One hundred and twenty-fiv e men are engaged in the yard of Wm. M. Webb, who has three vessels on the stocks. That nearest to completion, and which will be launch ed next week, is a fine steamship, 1,500 for S. L. Mitchell, built exactly after the plan of the Augusta, and also intended for the Savan" nah trade. She is 220 feet keel, 35£ feet beam, and 22 feet hold. Her oscillating engines will be put in at the Novelty Works. To be com manded by Capt. Ludlow r . 5? Charter Secured. —The Hamburg Repub lican, of the 17th instant, says: Knowing the deep interest felt by many of our readers in the Savannah River Valley Railroad, we take great pleasure in announcing that a sufficient amount of stock has been subscribed to secure the char ter. The company will be organized early in October, and operations speedily commenced. Although we have the most flattering prospects from all quarters, and.the “ building of the road rendered reasonably certain,” we still invoke continued energy in procuring subscriptions to stock. . A gentleman who arrived from Cuba in the Empire City, states tha’t the yellow fever is still raging with dreadful fatality in different parts of trie island. The chief victims are the slaves lately imported from the Coast of Africa. On the sovth side of the island, one large planter, who hadsa considerable number, has lately lost three quarters of them by the disorder. Serious Charge.— H. Everheart and Eliza beth Fry have been committed to jail at Cham bersburg, Pa., charged with being concerned in the death of Mrs. Everheart, the wife of one of the prisoners. Interesting to the Poultry Society.— The hens of Mr. Ira Hamlin, at Plainfield, N H., are the most diligent and smartest hens in the world. They have yielded him, since the first of last January, that is, in six months, 1,989 eggs—each hen, on an average, producing 105 eggs; one out of this whole number had a handl e to it. Twenty-four hens, consisting of a com mixture of different breeds, during the same time as above, have yielded 2,664 eggs, or, on an aver oge, 111 eggs to each hen, and what is more, every one of the eggs have been handled. A Prefer ence por a State Prison. —ln the Municipal Court of Boston, on the 11th inst. Lemuel N. Clark, on a charge of larceny from a dwelling 110086, was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. At his particular re quest, however, the sentence was changed to the State Prison, as he said he prefered that institu tion, which he has visited twice before. Real Estate in Boston.— The valuation of real estate in the city of Boston, for the present year, as ascertained by the assessors, is $115,261,- 000 ; personal estate, $90,661,400 ; total valua tion, $205,429,400 ; number of polls, 30,000 ; and the ratio of taxation adopted lor the present year is 70 cents on one hundred dollars. Arrival of Three New Revenue Cutters The cutters Caleb Cushing, Robert McClelland and J. C. Dobbin, named after three of the me ' bers of President Pierce’s Cabinet, arrived at New York on Saturday, from Somerset, Mass. These vessels complete the squadron of six to be fitted out by Mr. Arthur Leary for the Treasury Department. Potato Ror.—The Monticelio (N. Y.,) Watchman says the potato rot has made its ap pearance in that city. The frequent recurrence of rain will afford a good opportunity to test the opinion entertained by some, that a continuation of wet and hot weather, when the root commen ces ripening, is almost sure the develope the rot extensively. Plate for the White House. —Messrs. Bailey & Co., of Philadelphia, have at their es tablishment a quantity of plate and table orna ments, which belongs to the Presidential man sion at Washington. It was sent to Philadel phia for the purpose of being put in order, hav ing been considerably battered and defaced in its long service. The Russian Government is about to have measured the degrees of the meridian from the North Cape, in 72i deg. of the same latitude— that is, on a line which traverses Europe in its whole length, and forms about a fourteenth part of the efitire circumference of the earth. This measurement will exceed by three degrees the largest ever before executed—-that which the English carried from the Himalaya to the south ern point of British India. The Lumber trade through Lake Champlain is rapidly increasing. Much of what formerly passed from the Ottawa down the St. Lawrence, ! now take this route, and the amount will con tinue to increase with the increase of facilities. The construction of the contemplated canal from the St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain would render this trade one of the most important known to our inland commerce. And that canal will be built sooner or later, for its impor- i tance is appreciated on both sides of the line and is so full of promise, as an investment, that : the required capital could be easily raised if our Canadian neighbors would but “ set the ball in motion.” Senor Ignacio Miera, of Alzondones, New Mexico, on the Del Norte, about forty miles south of Santa Fe, sold this year to Mr. Bernidet, of the Moro, the product of a flock of 1,000 ewes for something over $2,275. His ewes yielded him over 1,300 lambs, for which he got $1.75 a head when nine months old. The actual cost of putting the lambs into market can be known only by taking into view the average annual expense of keeping up his whole stock of sheep, and estimating the total product. But it is supposed that the cost of these lambs, if set down at S3OO, would be overstated. There is now probably no part of the United States of equal extent which is so well adapted to sheep husbandry as New Mexico. The Crops. — Arkansas. —The Little Rock Gazette and Democrat of the sth inst., speaking of the growing crops, says : From information gathered from farmers from different portions of our State, we a.3 led to be lieve that the corn orop will rather exceed an average crop, if it does not equal that of last year, which was, probably, the largest yet gath ered in the State. The cotton, too, looks exceed ingly well, and exhibits a healthier appearance than is usual, at this season, promising to the planter a rich harvest to repay him for his la bors. The Washington Telegraph of the 3rd inst., says : Every day brings us favorable intelligence of the growing crops. In this and the adjoining counties the prospects for both corn and cotton are highly flattering. Nfav Cotton. —The first bale of new cotton was received in this place yesterday morning, by Waller & Terrell, from J. H. Cogburn, Esq., and was raised on the plantation of the estate of J. R. Conyers, by Wm. G. Rudder—the quality classed middling. The cotton was offered at auction by M. Harwell, Esq., and bid off by L. B. Pope, agent, at II j cents . Montgomery %ddv. } 1 Qt/iinst, , A Full Mission Offered to Judge Jackson —Judge Henry R. Jackson,.who has been for several days at Washington, receiving his in structions previous to setting out on his mission as Charge de Affaires to the Austrian Govern ment, left Washington on Friday last for New \ ork, and will sail in the steamer which leaves that port on the 20th inst., for Liverpool The Washington Star, of Friday last, says: We hear that the President offered Jud°-e Jackson to avail himself of the authority accord ed to him by a law of the last session, in the matter of raising the Austrian Chargeship to the grade of a Minister resident, in view of the in creasing importance and delicacy of our current relations with that Government. Congress however, having failed, in the hurry attending the closing of the session, to appropriate for the pay of a resident Minister rather than for a Charge at Vienna, Judge Jackson gracefully de clined to accept the honor, without the necessary accompanying means to keep up its dignity, of appearances.” When we consider the peculiarly delicate rela tions at present existing between our Govern ment and Austria, and the urgent necessity which exists for an able representative of the highest rank and dignity at that court, we can not doubt that Congress will, among its first acts, upon the recommendation of President Pierce, make the nec°ssary appropriation for maintain ing a full mission at Vienna. Clothed with the powers of a Minister Plenipotentiary, Judge Jackson would be found equal to any emergency that might arise, and would, by a prudent, firm and patriotic discharge of his ministerial func tions, reflect honor on himself and on his coun try. Yellow Fever on the John Cummins. Dr. Demere, the health officer of this port, yesterday visited the ship John Cummins, in Cockspur Roads, and found the steward, one of the two men heretofore alluded to, in a dying condition, while the other is not considered out of danger. All necessary provision have been made for the comfort of the sick, and the safety of others on board, who are not allowed to communicate with any person off the vessel, except the health officer of the port. No new cases have occurred. — Sav. Georgian , 11th inst. Arrival of the Augusta. —The U. S. M. steamship Augusta, Capt. Lyot/, arrived at an early hour yesterday morning, bringing New York dates of Saturday. For some reasons we did not receive our full mail by this arrival.— lb. Bank Changes. —Hon. W. M. Chiirchwell has sold the Bank of Knoxville to H. A. M. White, Esq., for many years cashier of the branch of the Union Bank at this place. Mr. White is a gentleman of superior business quali fications, and from his long experience in the business, will doubtless make the Bank of Knox ville a valuable concern to the business interests of East Tennessee. Col. Hu. L. McClurfg, the efficient and popu lar officer and accomplished gentleman, has re signed his position as cashier of the Bank of East Tennessee, and is succeeded by Sami. Mor row, late cashier of the Bank of Knoxville. [Knoxville Register , 15th inst. Weather and Crops. —The Shreveport De mocrat, of the 4th inst., says : We have made extensive enquiries respecting the crops in this and the adjoining parishes, and in consequence can furnish our friends at a dis tance with statements upon which they can rely. Corn is made, and the crop full—ample for all purposes. The cotton crop is still mixed up with uncertainties, and must be for some time to come. The worm is still dreaded by our planters, but no sign of the genuine caterpillar yet, as far as we have been able to learn. The hill crops at present promise to be as abundant as they were last year, but the cotton land crops have been so much damaged by excessive rain, that there is no reasonable hope of a yield any thing like that of last year. The Minden Herald, of Saturday last, says : The weather is assuming a natural phase again; not so wet and cold as it has been for some time past. The cotton squares had com menced falling off, but it is thought they will stop now. The Shreveport Southwestern, of Wednesday last, says: The recent dry weather has greatly improved the cotton in this parish, and gives promise that the crop will be a good one. A merchant of this place, just returned from a journey through East ern Texas, informs us that, with the exception of Harrison county, the crops of cotton and corn will be larger in that section of country than at any time during the last three years. Domestic Animals in the United States.— According to the census returns the number of horses in the United States, at the last enumera tion, was 4,335 355, or in about the proportion of one to five of the inhabitants. New York has one horse to seven persons, Pennsylvania one to six and six-tenths, Ohio one to four, Ken tucky one to three free inhabitants. The num ber of horses in the United States is more than three times as large as that in Great Britain. The asses and mules in the country number 559,229; the milch cows, 6,392,044; the working oxen, 1,699,241, the sheep, 21,721,814; the swine 30,316,608. The total value of the live stock in the country was estimated to be $543,969,420. Vermont stands highest on the list of the North ern States. The estimated value of her live s*ock was $12,643,228. That of Massachusetts was $9,647,710. Fire.— We are pained to learn that Messrs. Kidd & Brown, at Chesnut Hill, Hall county, had their dwelling and store houses burned w r eek before last. We have not heard the amount of the loss, or the cause of the fire. They are both industrious, clever citizens, and this misfortune falls heavily upon them. —ithcns Banner , 18*A inst. i I A Young Lady Drowned.— On Friday even . | ing, abort 10 o’clock, a young laday, about sev enteen years of age, nemad Hnghes, who resided in Syracuse, New York, and was on a visit to 1 j some friends in this city, was drowned at the j foot of 79th street, East river, while bathing in ; company with a number of ladies and gentle man. It seems that she was wading out on the ; point of a rock in company with a young man, j who had hold of her hand,' when the current swept them off. The young man saved himself, ; ! but lost his pantaloons, containing a few dollars, i for which he evinced much concern, and offered j a reward for their recovery. The body of the I young lady has not been recovered.— N. Y. Day Book , 15 th inst. Preventive of Sun Strokes. —An “old fish erman” informs the New York Post that when fishing in the middle of the day, he has placed wet sea weed in the crown of his old straw hat, and found it nearly equal to a bath, and a sure guard against a stroke in the sun, and when sea weed could not be caught by the boat side, his handkerchief dipped in the writer answered nearly as well. Any person passing along the street, any laborer at work, any cartman feeling oppressed, he says, can give instant relief by placing a handkerchief in cold water, and then to the top of the head. Distressing C*ise of Drowning. —Rev. Mr. ! Johnson, of the Baptist Church in Saugerties N. Y., with his wife and infant child, took a sail in a small boat, a few days ago, and on their start ing to return home, Mrs J. stumbled and fell overboard, with the child in her arms. Mr. J. caught hold of his wife’s dress, and was also drawn over board. They both went down to gether, but in the struggle they become separa ted, and Mrs. J. and the child were drowned.— Mr. J. reached the shore nearly exhausted. MARRIED. On Tuesday night the 9th of August, by the Hon. Balaam Peters, Col. Jas. M. Childs, of Jones, to Miss Nancy Middlebrooks of tho same county. v In Houston county on the 3d inst., by Rev. C. C. Willis, Daniel M. Patterson, Esq., of Mus cogee, county, to Miss Mary Fudge, of the for mer place. On the Bth inst., at the Catholic Church in Co lumbus, by the Rev. Mr. Gillespie, Mr. John Code, to Miss Catherine Hknihan, all of that { place. , = -'■ ! " ' " = f DIED. , Oa the 28th of July, Miss Lurany Catherine, 1 aged 16 years, 6 months and 20 days. Also, on 1 tho first of August, Miss Charity Emily, aged 19 i years, 4 months and 29 days, both of them daugh* tors of Mr. Claiborne and Mrs. Sarah Buckner of Baldwin county. Suddenly in this city on the 15th inst., Mr. W. * A. Cook, in the 48th year of his age. On Sunday morning, August 14*, in Madison, of Cancerous affection of the throat, Col. Stewart ' Floyd, in the 51st year of his age, HY TELEGRAPH Reported for the t'onstit lUonalist * New Cotton.— The market is dull, the sales 0 f th three days reaching only 1250 bales. to<! Another Railroad Accident Another serious accident has occurred on Erie Railroad, by which fifteen persons wer ■ jured, and it is feared, some of them fatally * * Charleston, Aug. m Cotton. —Sales of the week 1300 b] which 1200 were sold at 11 cents. P r i ces a of changed and good middling is quoted at li UD ’ The receipts of the week reach 1270 Stock on hand, exclusive of that on SSOO. Two bales of the new crop were receive] to-day—quality good. Commfrrial. Shipping Jntcllijifnrf, SAVANNAH, August 17.—Arrived TJ o ~ steamship Augusta, Lyon, New York; brie ff.i F. Ryder, Ryder, Boston. ° e * en Below, brig Excel, Tallman, from New; York CHARLESTON, August 18.—Cleared .v Catharine, Andrews, New York: ship Catalan p Estape, Barcelona; brig Somers, Watson II a v» schr Zephyr, Byers, Havana. ’ llavana ' Went to sea, ship Catharine, Andrews K v„ i schr. Martha, Teal, Philadelphia. ’ ' Ik; Spfflfll ilofofs. Bauk of Augusta, August 18th, 1953 Applications, naming security from candidates for the office of Collector and Discount Clerk in this Bank will bo received until Tuesday morning next. Salary, duties of office and amount of bond to bo given may be ascer tained by applying to tho Cashier. By order of the Rpard of Directors. aug 19 dtd Jas. W. Davies, Cashier. Miller Lodge, No. 10, I. O. oT?Z Augusta, August 18th, 1853.—The Fraternity of Odd Fellows are cautioned against a man calling himself Maurice Hogan, of Benev olence Lodge, No. 40, of Village Green, Pennsvi" vania. He having applied to and received relief of oar Lodge, we believing him to be an honest, honora ble and sober man. Since which timo, however we are satisfied that ho is a man void of tho prin ciples of honor and unworthy of any assistance from any Lodge of the order. By order of the Lodire F. A Whitlock, N. Attest J. J. Lathrop, Sec. 3 aug 18 Iced Soda Water — This delightful drink, together with a great variety of choice Syrups, of tho best quality, may be found at ho Druggist and Apothecaries Store of aug 12 . Wm. Haines, Broad street. Never suffer long from aTougiu- ISf-v-iSs At this age of tho world, when you can get Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, it is a criminal net;, iect, if you do not cure it. aug 5 5 Burlte County—Public Meeting! Each district of Burke county is re quested to send their delegates, to meet at the Court House m W'aynosboro, on the first TUES DAY" in September, to nominate candidates for the legislature, favorable to the present adminis- td July 31 2 State of Georgia, Richmond county. —Clerk’s office Inferrior Court—Re turn day for the Inferior Court of Richmond coun ty, September Term, 1853, will be on Friday, the 19th August, 1853. augj) std OswELi, E. Cashin, Clerk. 1 Lunch—The Shades still top of the mlk-pile. We cordially invite all who are fond of the good things of this life, to drop in aud help themselves to Beef Stakes, Mutton Chops, Fish Balls and Soups of all kinds and a sprinkling of hospitality. Seven da>s in the week we can be found at our post studdying the taste and palates of our numerous customers. Plumb & Panton. / aug 14 ts Dr. Hoof laud's German Bitters, prr pared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, ar* ustly reckoned amongst our most valuable medicines. In cases of dyspepsia, it acts like magic, strength ening the tone of the stomach, stimulating the di gestive powers, and giving ruddy health to the cheek and brightness to the eye. There are thou sands in this community who can testify to their virtues, and thousands will hereafter add their tes timony. aug 5 c Premium Dagaerrsaa Gallery.—The 1 firm of Tucker & Perkins having - been dissolved by limitation last February, the un dersigned will continue to practice the art of Dag i uerreotyping in all its various branches, and from his long practical experience he feels confident of r his ability to please the most fastidious. , The pictures now being taken at this Gallery arc ’ pronounced by those who are judges, superior in tone and life-like expression, to any ever before 1 produced in Augusta. Isaac Tucker. • . N. B. Artists purchasing Stock, will please bear * in mind that materials are sold at lower rates than i at any other house this sido of New York, may 14 S Medical Testimony cannot be Con troverted.—One of the most startling cases narrated of Dr. MLane’s Vermifuge by Dr i. John Butler, of Lowell, Trumbull county Ohio r , The case was that of a young lady who had leey !c very sick for eight years, and had consulted a nan f *ber of physicians, who had treated it as one ! Prolapsus Uteri. Dr. Butler was then called in, e and for a time, believed with his predecessors that it was a case of Prolapsus. He was, however, soon forced to the conclusion that his patient was suf fering from worms, and afther much persuasion, prevailed upon her to tako two dosos of Dr * M’Lane’s Vermifuge. This medicine had the es - feet of removing from her a countless number of 1 the largest size. After she passed them, her bealtn 3 immediatly returned. She is since married, and 3 continues to enjoy excellent health. j aug 16 _ • “ Bring hither the poor, the maimed, 5 the halt, and tho blined,” ifyou would , have them healed of their many infirmities. b boldly and fearlessly assert that the Mustang Lini ment will positively cure Rheumatism. Let any who are afifiicted with that mpst painful complain l I try it thoroughly according to the directions, and, if they arc not cured, we will give them their money back. Whan more can we say ? It will also cure the Piles. Thousands have tried it—and all were cured. Bruises, Sprains, Sores, or Erup tions fade away as if touched by the magician wand. Its application to a Burn or Scald acts like ‘oil upon the troubled waters.’ The tempest ofpain and agony is soon stilled, and tho patient is hushed to quiet and peaceful slumbers. ‘There is a for ovory wound,’and that balm is the Mustang Liniment. Every body that sells medicines keep® it for sale. ‘Hold your Horses !’ and if they Bfe crippled, galled or sprained, use tho Mustang D ll ' iment. 12 aug U “The whole press of Philadelphia out in favor of lloofland’s Germ 811 Bitters, as they are prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson- Wo are glad to record the success of this remedy for Dyspopsia, as we bolieve it supplk?, desideratum in the medical world long neeJ«“ The wretched imitators and counterfeiters ha'- withdrawn their nostrums from the market, and; public are spared from the danger of poisonous mixtures in lieu of the real Bitters " Herald. Sa vaunah> G. Fargo, Proprietor, (lato of tn S. Hotel, Augusta.) apr 15 Marriage Invitations ana Cards written by M aster A Card.—-The _ undersigned re® Bfr*. thanks to bis friends and the pun fB3 their past patronage, and respectfully anno - that he has associated with him Mr. J”®, h as i. I BEALS, late of Savannah, and will c0 “l;p C rn T 1 I ness under the name and stylo of I BEALS, in all the branches of P, I namely ; House, Sign and Ornamental r • - § ING, GILDING; GRAINING; GLAZING- . | JOHNG. COFFD- j Office in Jackson, corner of Greene street- I Tho undersigned takes this I time to announce to the citi*®* 1 ® I gusta and vicinity, that having received ■ of tuition from good masters, they aro ena * furnish work in style equal to thatobtaine § where; such as Military, Civic and Society j. § NERS; Designing, Ornamental, Fresco, tJ | ■ led and Marble WALLS; Plain and § SIGNS; SHADES, Ac. JOHN G. I sept 22 • ly JOSEPH A -I Cash Paid for WOOLLEN, Ll ' Nt I S'-Sr COTTON and { jan2o ts Corner River and Jackson- C T7\ CASKS prime Savannah Rico just f J U and for min by C. B- GIRARD** 5 g