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| from the South Carolinian ].
Railroads—-Through Route by Columbia.
Messrs Editors : When railroads first began
to oe built in our country no Enlarged view was
ever taken of their ultimate use. They were
limited in extent, local in their object, their main
intent being facility of commuiiication between
neighboring places, the promation of individual
interests, or the up-building of the pr.ncipal
commercial centres. j,Those days bake passed
away The local roads, which formerly were
only the ‘ scattered members’’ of future entities,
1 have been collected into well-adjusted systems.
Wbile local and private interests are still subserv
ed, the pubic weal is now the predominant object,
and through travel is one of the main sources of
revenue. To an eye, however, that takes in the
wide compass ot this now complicated system, it
must attunes be amusing, at times aga n painful,
to notice the zig zag course by which the trav
eling public are sent upon their onward course
along these bitberto “disjected” but not “join
ted” spines of the great systems. A most noted
V and painful group of these projecting and delay
ing joints may be seen by a glance at the pres
ent route of through travel between Augusta,
Ga , and Goldsboro,’ N. C., via Branchville, the
‘ Junction” below Columbia, and the city ot
pi Wilmington.
The travelling public are everywhere becom
ing restive under the delay and the increased
expense incurred by such “out-of-the-way-join
tures” The demand is now for “ the three
shorts”—the shortest distance, and its neces
sary consequents of the shortest time and the
shortest diatn upon the purse ! So imperative,
also, is this demand, that soon those routes only
which approach nearest to a straight line, will
meet with any good degree of either public favor
or patronage.
|||f It is in view of this state of things that I ven
tuie to call attention to what I regard as a most
important route now in contemplation through
the upper part of the Souihen States, one also
which requires but little ‘ filling up” to make it
at once, and in all coming time, exceedingly pro
fitable and desirable. 1 mean the route from
Ga., via Columbia, S C., Charlotte and
jt Greensboro, N. C., Danville and Richmond, Ya.
Now, let the reader glance at the location and
the direction of the railroads west of this State,
the Georgia Railroad sweeping down from At
lanta, and the lower route from Mobile via Co
lumbus, Macon, Miiiedgeville and Warrenton, a
route now nearly completed; let him reflect that
the travel from both these routes unites at Augus-
—■ —ta; and he may well be amazed at the vastness
of the multitudes which must pass through that
place. It is evident, also, that proper provision
must be made for the comfortable and direct
passage of those multitudes through this State, or
a vast many ol them will divide off to different
other routes, and not pass through our territory
at all.
Now, while I have no other than the utmost
good will toward all othei routes and places, I
must be permitted to say that it is due at once to
f tiie public, and also to the capital of
J the State, that the route w'hich I before mention
""■f be brought favorably before the public,
is not only by lar the shortest route, but it is
vastly more pleasant than the one now princi
pally travelled—the climate, the water and the
.scenery all conspiring to refresh and gratify the
weary tiaveiler. Other places already have
their advantages. Charleston has her road di
rect from Augusta to her wharves, whence her
steames connect with northern ports. She is
also constructing a road which will connect, via
Savannah, with the great lower lines upon all
the "coast westward. This is right, an i may the
highest Success atteud all her enterprises.
The present route via Branchville and the
Manchester road, will always have its share of
both business and trave*. Why, then, should
the capital of the State not put in the claims
lor similar advantages ? As things now are, it
can hardly be as being at ail upon the
vjVei between the North and the
’ ' vu /“ the road direct from Augjsta be
-ration fJ f also be tilled up between Greens
road Sci?n vl i le, and this route becomes at
gle 8 important part of a great line of
|)J rar nrough travel a d connects directly the capital
* M “of this State with that of the old Domimou.
And who is he, possessing the heait ot a South
ron, that would not rejoice at such a result ?
Wilmington has received many high eulogiums
for having built a pubiic thoroughfare each way
via taat city. Be her praise per^etua-! Shan,
then, Columbia—now that the magnificent
S ate House will soon stand as the pride and the
glory oi the State upon her Capitoiine Hiii—
now, too, that in beau y ot situation and struc
tu.e. as well as ornament, she claims tae palm
) among all the cities oi the South—now that her
insti/urunts of learning give her an enviable
e —now, also, with a liberality and
unsurpassed, she is striving tor the aecom- I
pivfV tshment of this iaudible undertaking—may
sue not coufi ieutly exjiect the good will and ?he
r co-operation of her friends at home and ab oad ?
Her subscription to. the contemplated road al
ready. amounts to $300,000. i’he Charlotte 1
has subscribed $300,0000. aid nei
Fivsi lent uas promised SIOO,OOO more. Com
mirtees have also ueeii appointed io each end
ot the load, toward Augusta ai.d Chanotte, to
piocuie other subscriptions, i’tiere seems,men, ;
no room to douot, that the lujl amount ltqmred
will be speedily laised.
Surely, every citizen of the would ro
j uce, not only to see several through routes ot
ravel traversing its entire extent, out especially
taat the most direct one through alt the South should
pass through the capital.
I tie mends and stockholders of the Central
road in Nirth Caiolina, to say trie least, can
have uo reasonable objection to the completion
of the route from Greensboio to Danville.—
portipfl— yf~tae roadj'-Uroin its commence
ment on tne State -ine as\far as Greensboro,
would thus become partof aVast line ot ttuougn
travel, and by this means rendered
vastly more valuable to the Sta/rl#and the part
of said road east of receive no
detriment, for it is not in rtlßTdirection 1< r
through travel, nor can it ever profit Horn that
source. And surely the tr.ends of the road
from Danville to Richmond will not ouly le
joice with us in our rejoicings, but co-operate
with us in so iaudibie an undertaking. To
tho'-e in the southern part of that, my native
Stale , I trust I may be permitted to sty : “ Friends
your interests and oars are hers identical. A un
ion of hearts—for the union of the two capitals is \
t/u pr omotion of our mutual intere.it.' 1
Tour frieud and fellow-citizen,
James C. Jannky.
Prooress of the Cholera.—At Wheeling
for the three days ending on Monday, there
were 7 cholera deaths. > At Albany, for the
four days ending on Wednesday, there w ere 94
cases and 24 deaths. *t Cleveland, lrom the
4tfi to the there Were 13 tatal ca»e» ; at De
- - on the 4th and sth, 29 deaths . ar.d at Mon
treal on the 4th, 25 death*. The disease has ap
peared at Lewiston, Me.; and 12 cases have
proved fatal. It has also broken out at High
Grove, Nelson county. Ky., and 12 have died
out ot 24 persons attacked.
Thomas Jefferson Hood, a young and talented
lawyer residing in Clarke county, Ky., died of
cholera a few days ago.
Gilbert F. Snaakland, E-q.; brother of the
editor of the Cattaraugus Republican, died at
Syracuse, N. Y., ot cholera last week.
Seventy deaths by cholera occurred at Buf
falo during he week ending August 3th. There
were 139 deaths by cholera in the month of j
The cholera broke out at Dixion, 111., on the
and carried off eighteen victims in the
'/fust 24 hours.. At last accounts the disease was
<k There were 34 deaths in Pittsburg iast week,
but only one of cholera. The disease is said to
be very fatal at Manchester near Richmondl Va.
It also continues to paevail extensively st New
ark N. J. Two or tbiee families have ail died.
Mr.' Jas Taylor, and his son Samuel, the latter a
married man both died or. Tuesday, after a tew j
hours illness. 5 The old man was taken with di
arrhea in the morning, walked about until the
idternooo, qnd d eu in the evening. j
A Portion of Aota Passed by the First Ses
sion of the Thirty-Third Caugress.
Public Acts.
An act to provide for the continuation of the
military road from Myrtle Creek to Scottsburgh,
in Oregon.
An act for the relief of the United States troops
who were sufferers by the recent disaster to the
steamship San Francisco.
An act granting the franking privilege to the
Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and the
assistant in charge ot the Office of the said Coast
Survey..
An act supplemental to an act entitled “An
act to'ascertain and settle the private land claims
in the State ot California,” approved March 3
1854.
An act granting further time for satisfying
claims lor county lands, and lor other purposes.
An act making appropriations for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian depart
ment,and lor fulfilling treaty stipulations with
various Indian tribes, tor the year ending 30rh
June, 1855
An act making appropriations for the support
of the Military Academy lor the year ending
30th June, 1855.
An act making appropriations for the civil and
diplomaric expenses ol the government for the
year ending 30th June 1855.
An act to supply deficiencies in the appropria
tions tor rhe service ot the fiscal year ending 30th
June, 1854.
An act making appropriations for the pay
ment of invalid and other pensions of the United
States tor the ve r ending 30th June 1855.
An act authorizing the construction ot six
first-class steam trigates, and for other purpo
ses.
An act to organize the Territories of Nebraska
and Kansas.
An act regulating the pay of deputy postmas
ters.
An act to establish the office of surveyor gen
eral of New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska, to
grant donations to actual settlers therein, and for
other purposes.
An act making appropriations for the service
of the Post Office Department during the fiscal
year ending 30th June, 1855.
An act to authorize the President of the Uni
ted States to fulfil the third article of the treaty
between the United States and the Mexican re
public of the thirtieth of December, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty-three, as amended
by the Senate of the United States.
An act making appropriations for the support
of the army for the year ending June 30th,
1855.
An act making appropriations for fortifications
and other works of defence, and for repairs of
barracks and quarters, for the year ending 30th
June, 1855.
An act making provision for the postal service
in the State of California, and in the Territories
ot Oregon and Washington.
An act to revive the act approved 3d March,
1823, and the act approved May 26,1834, supple
mental thereto, in reference to the Rio Hondo
claims in Louisiana.
An act making provisions for the postal ser
vice in the State of California, and in the Terri
tories of Oregon and Washington.
An act to carry into effect a treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, signed on
the sth June, 1854.
An act repealing the first proviso of the fourth
section of the act entitled “An act granting
bounty lands to certain officers and soldiers wKo
have been engaged iii the military service of the
United States,” approved September 28, 1850.
An act to extend the right of pre-emption over
ursurveyed lands in Minnesota, and tor other
! purposes.
An act to graduate and reduce the piice of the
public lands to actual settlers.
An act to increase the pay of the rank and
file of the army, and to encourage enlistments.
An act to regulate the disbursement of the
contingent tund of the Senate, and for other pur
pose*.
An act concerning the district courts of the
United States in California.
An act to extend the warehousing system by
1 establishing private bonded warehouses, and for
other purposes.
An act to extend the limits of the port of
1 New Orleans.
An act to amend the 3d section of an act ma
king appropriations for the civil and diplomatic
expenses for the year ending the 30th June,
1854, and for other purposes.
An act for the extension of the preemption
privileges in the State of California.
An act making appropriations for fortifications
and other works ot defence, and for lepairs of
barracks and quarters, for the year ending 30th
June, 1855.
An act making appropriations for Ught-houses,
light-boats, buoys, etc., and providing for the
erection and establishment of the same, and for
other purposes.
An act to constitute Palatka and Bayporfc, in
the State ot Florida, ports of delivery respect
ively, and Keokuk and Dubuque, in the State of
lowa.
An act to amend the provisions of the 56rh
section of trie acr to regulate the collection ot
duties on imports ami tonnage, approved 2d bay
of arch. 1799.
An act tor the purchase ot the copyright of a
work published b> T ioinas Sumner wnerein
j he describes his new rrieihow ot asceitaming a
] shin’*- position at sea.
An act supiernentary to an act entitled " An
j act to au Ounze notaries public to take and cer
tify oat>i>, affirmations and acknowledgments,
in certaiu cases.”
private acts.
An act tor the leiietot ttie widows and or
phans ol tne offi era a .d seamen of the United
S ates - --amer Uia nous who weie lost in that
Vets*! ol vlaicn 1843 uea; tue coast ot the Uni
ted States
Au act tor ttie relief of William Harris, of
j Georgia.
resolutions.
A joint resolution making appropriation for
the payment of th *se entitled to the benefits ot
the resolution ot the House of Representatives
’ of the United States, passed August 3, 1854, vo
ting extra compensation to pages, folders and
others.
A joint resolution directing the presentation
ot a medal to Commander Duncan N. Ingra
ham.
A resolution giving the consent of Congress
to the acceptance by Lieutenant M. F. Maury,
of the navy, of a gold medal from His Majesty
the King of Sweden.
A resolution providing for the distribution of
the works of Thomas Jefferson.
[From the Saw. Rep., 12 th inst.]
Meeting of the South-Western Railroad
Company.
The regular semi annual meeting of the Presi
dent and Directors of the South-western Rail
road Company, was held at Macon, on Thurs
day, Kith inst, when a dividend of lour per
cent., for the last six months, was declared psv
] aole on the 13th inst.
Total earnings of this Road for the
year ending Ist, August, 1854 $220,851 14
; viz; From Freight, $139,202 10
g, “ Passengers, 75,649 24
“ Mails 6/100
The current expenses for the year.. $99,246 13
Net earnings $121,605 21
From which have been declared di
dends, as follows, Feb. 1834 4 per cent.
August 1854. 4 percent.
The increase in the business over the
! preceding year is
Gross $80,843 09
Nett 44,797 62
The number ot bales of Cotton trans
j ported from Ist August, 1852 to Ist
August, 1853, was 38,384
From Ist August, 1853, to Ist Au
gust, 1854 105,083
Average number of passengers during the
year ending Ist inst., was 171 per day against
106 per day for the previous year.
It thus appears that the business of this most
successful Road is rapidly increasing, and gives
promise of great results in the future.
The Passenger Trains run now to within ten
and a half miles of Americus, and will run into
Americus by the Ist day of October next. O i
! the 12th Gctober, the President aiid Directors of
the Company are to meet the people of South
western Georgia at Americus, to consult upon
the further extension of the road. In view of
the immense advantages to result from an ex
tension into the heart of the great cotton region
of the State, and considering that this city has
contributed so great a sum to the establishment
of the existing Railroad line in this direction, j 1
wedp earnestly hope that the Agriculturists of j <
the South West will appear at Americus at the '
contemplated meeting in great numbers, with a
determination to subscribe with marked liberali
ty. If our fellow-citizens below Americus, in
the respective valleys of the Flint and Cnatta
hoochee will agree on a line to suit all parties,
there cannot be a doubt that the State will ex
tends its aid in such manner as to secure the
speedy and full developement ot a region, to
which none other in the whole Sovth is superi
or. We think the planters will come up to the
work, for they see that this great Road can pay
eighty per cent, per annum. Capitalists can
nowhere find a better investment than in the
stock of this Company we are proud of its
complete success, and gladlv acknowledge the
obligations of this city to L. O Reynolds, Esq.,
President, and the Board of Directors and Offi
cers generally, for their good management.
| From the N. O Picayune. 9th in«f.|
Later from Texas —Arrival of the Charles
Morgan.
By the steamship Charles Morgan, Capt. Law
less, which arrived last evening lrom Indianola
and Galveston, we have dates to the 6th inst.
The new steamship Nautilus, Capt. Thompson,
hence for Brazos Santiago, arrived at Galveston,
on the evening of Friday, the 4th, having left
this i>ort on the morning ot the day before. The
papers speak in deservedly warm terms of the
new cratt.
The Galveston News, of the 4th inst., says :
We learn from Capt, Tod, that Gen. Rusk in
formed him, while in Washington, that he had
an estimate for a new custom house in Galves
ton, which he would have attached to the gen
eral appropriation bill, and entertained no doubt
Out it would pass. The amounrot Gen Rusk’s
estimate for this custom-house we have not
learned. We also learn *rom Capt. Tod, that
liberal propositions have been made for our coast,
in the light-house appropriation bill, which, by
the way, we have not yet seen. Gen. Rusk was
also intending to have an appropriation included
in the b 11, for the removal ot obstructions in oui;
harbor, and for improving Red Fish and Chop
per’s bars.
There is a very strong movemantin Texas in
tavor ot the proposed “no licen-e” law.
I hfe forthcoming State elections occupy a con
siderable portion of the Texas press.
The Nueces Valley, of the 2d inst., contains
an account ot theft and other depredations com
mitted at Gussettsville, about a fortnight pre
vious. The military followed the robbers until
they lost the trail. The guide was ol opinion
that the criminals were not Indians but Mexi
cans.
From the same paper we learn that the Nueces
river was not long since five teet higher than it
has ever been known to be before.
The Texas State Gazette, ot the 29th ult.,
under the head ot “Later from El. Paso,” says:—
We learn from gentlemen just arrived from El
Paso that Mr. Oliver of this place, who was
driving 400 head of cattle to California, had 200
stolen from him by the Mascalero Indians, near
Eagle Springs. One hundred and twenty-five
were lost out of the drove of Mcßea A Rankin,
and twelve head out ot Mr. Grayson’s. Mr.
Erskine, of the Guadalupe, near Seguin, was
more successful. After the Indians had commit
ted their depredations upon him, his party gave
them chase, recovered their pro; erty, and captur
ed a lot of fine mules, byway of retaliation.
Messrs. Franklin & Dean, of Bastrop, had lost
none of their cattle; such was the fortune also of
John James, of San Antonio.
The season tor driving is rather unpropitious.
There is a great want ot pasture and scarcity of
water. Mr. Dunlap is represented to have lost
700 head from this cause alone. Fairchild A
McClure’s loss is put down at 100.
Our informants say that the trip fiom El Paso
to this city was performed in the unprecedented
time of twenty-two days.
From the same paper we have the following
concerning the Upper Trinity The convention
which was held at Taos oil the 4th inst., recom
mended that the counties adjoining the Trinity
raise SIO,OOO to clear out the obstacles to naviga
tion, and apportioned the ratio at SBOO per county.
It was also deemed expedient to purchase two
light draft steamers to run between Magnolia
and Dallas. We shall be glad to hear of the suc
. cess of this undertaking. This plan is a good
one, and while it greatly promotes the settle
ment of the Upper Trinity, every patriotic citi
zen will see that the country far and near must
be by it.
i As to the crops in Texas, the same paper says;
j —We are informed by gentlemen who have
travelled from Eastern Texas to this city, that
owing to heavy rain early in the spring, and then
a succession ot drought, that the crops do not
look so well as usual. On this side ot the Bra
zos things look a little better. Texas will raise
his year probably 100 per cent, more wheat
than last, it is a fine crop and will prove a strong
inducement hereafter to farmers to pay more at
tention to its culture. Everywhere we have
good crops of millet. In the counties west and
north of us, the corn crop is abundant and well
eared.
i’he same journal has the following relative to
the Pacific Railroad A meeting ol the citizens
ot Gonzaies, held on the 21*t ot July, invited the
Hon R J. Walker and the Hon. f. butler King
to address them “on the subject ol the Pacific
Railroad and railioad improvements generally in
I'exa-.” But these geutlemen declined addres
sing the meeting, on the ground that there were
several bids submitted to Gov. Pease for the
constiuction ol the Pacific Railroad, and that the
contract might, therelore, be awarded to some
other company. Snould their bid prove better
than any other, and the contract therefore be
awarded to the company with which they are
associated, Messrs. Walker and King express
their anxious desire, besides giving to the Pacific
Railroad the necessary connections with the
Mississippi river, also to unite that great work
with the gult coast of IVxas it is quite clear
that it the great Pacific Railroad is constructed
through the interior ot Texas it will necessarily
lead to connections from various points to our
gull coast, so as to give it a direct route, eastward
to the Atlantic and westward to the Pacific; and
thus give to our Jarmers nd planters a choice of
markets on our gull coast, trie Missippi river, the
Atlantic, or the Pacific. We hope that the bid
of the company with which Messrs. Walker and
King are associated, may prove the best; in
which event, the contract, we have no doubt,
would be awarded to them by the Governor, on
tneir making the deposit requied by law.
The Mint Astkactions.— The Philadelphia
Ledger, ot the 10th instant, noticing the com-|
ments of the New York Journal ot Commerce
on the second late abs t raction of moneys or bul
lion from the mint, without punishment to or
prosecutiou of the alleged “ abstractionists,”
says it understands the last case to be as fol
low* :
The alleged culprit is Joseph M. Hall, late a
Commissioner ot Spring Garden. He was in the
Mexican war, arid was appointed to office in the
mint, on the recommendation ot the Collector j
of the Port, and other respec able citizens. On
or about the 31st ol July, he was seen by Proles
sor Booth, who has charge of the melting and re
fining department, to put in his pocket a single
piece from a parcel of old coin. The Professor
said nothing but marked a number ot pieces and
kept vigilant watch. The next day he was
observed to pocket another piece, when he was
examined, and four dollars of like money was !
found on his person, and which he confessed to j
have been taken from the funds of the mint.— j
Information was communicated to Colonel Snow'- 1
den, the Director, who promptly gave informa- j
tion to the U. S. District Attorney, and to the U.
S. Commissioner. A warrant, we understand,
was issued, but up to yesterday afternoon, we
believe, had not been served. In an institution )
employing the number of persons steadily enga- ;
ged at the mint, and doing the amount of busi- j
ness there done, it is surprising that the weak- :
ness of poor human nature has not oftener shown I
itself.
The unfrequency of the direliction of duty, i
however, is no justification for the proper at -j
thorities in permitting detected delinquents to
go unpunished. The tact that robbery can be so
soon detected is a proof of the efficiency of the
checks interposed in the management of the in
stitution, and of the geueral watchfulness and
honesty ot its chief officers. In the case ot Hall,
the whole amount abstracted is believed not to
exceed the four dollars named, and in that of !
Negus, his illustrious predecessor, though outside j
report fixes the loss at SIOO,OOO, we are assured !
lrom the officer of the Mint that SIO,OOO is be- |
lieved to cover the whole amount taken. That j
sum was paid back and returned by the Mint to ’
the depositors, from whose parcels of dust it was
stolen, ihe fault of his escape from punishment ;
is not ascribabie to the officer of the Mint. The 1
authorities at Washington were early in posses- ; i
sion of the facts of the case, and to them, if to '
any, should censure he directed. ' i
AUGUSTA, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 15, 1854?
See first page of Daily, this morning.
Secret Societies.
There appears to be, at the present day, a great
proclivity on the part of our citizens towards the
; formation and support of organizations, whose
objects and designs shall be known only to the
members. We believe Odd-Fellowship and
Masonry are in a most flourishing condition, and
every one knows the extent to whieh the re
; cently formed society ot “ Know-Nothings,” has
i already attained throughout the length and
breadth of the land. There is scarcely a town
or village in the Union, which does not contain
i one or more of these societies, and eve* Augus-
I ta has added another to those she already pos
sesses.
During the past week there has been organized
in our city an association, under the mysterious
! appellation of ‘‘Number 96.” Their first meet
: ing was held on Friday evening, and we ere in
formed, was numerously attended, and many
gentlemen were duly initiated as members.—
What the objects ot the association are, we are,
ot course, unable to state, but various arid con
l tradictory rumors are afloat in reference to them.
It is asserted by gome, that they are a branch of
the “Know-Nothings,” and by others,that they
totally oppose the principles ot that body. We
have heard it hinted, that they are disciples of
the modern doctrines of spiritualism , and that
they have organized themselves tor the purpose
1 ot promoting the interests ot the so-called “Spirit
ual Rappers.”
We have been shown the Regalia of the Grand
Master, ana the badge of the members. The
former is simple, but rich, and has on it certain
devices which we suppose are indicative ot the
purposes ot the order. The latter consists sim
ply ol the figures “ 9G.” Considerable curiosity
j is manitested on the part of “outsiders” to as
certain the principles ot the society.
Southern Literary Messenger.
We have been lavored with a copy of the num
ber for August ol this valuable Southern month
ly publication. It contains a number of well
written and original articles. Every man who
! wishes to see Southern literature prosper, should
I lend his aid to such publications as the Messen
ger.
A Dissusted Thief. —The editor of a news
paper in one of our Western States, while re
: cently traveling, had his wallet abstracted from
his pocket by an adroit pick-pocket, while in
{ dulging in a nap. The thief was so disgusted
with the result of his exploit, that he returned
his plunder by express to the address written in
side the wallet, with the following note:
‘ You miserable shunk, hears your pockit
book. I don’t keep no sich. Fur a man drest
as well as you was to go round with a wallet
j with nuthin in it but a lot of newspaper scraps, i
a ivury toothcome, two newspaper stamps and
a pass from a ralerode directur, is a centemteble
! imposition on the public. As I hear your a ed
itor, I return your trash.
The Crops —A letter from Milford, Baker
j county, dated August 9th, says : ** The corn crops
are fine, and from appearances, there will be suf- j
j ficient corn made in this district to supply the 1
entire county. The cotton, though very promis- !
i | ing, it is believed will be cut short, as the rust ;
has made its appearance on several plantations- j
One of my friends informed me this morning \
, that his crop would evidently be curtailed one
; | third by its ravages.”
Faithful Servant. —A large and handsome
marble tombstone, with the following
was recently erected over the grave of a slave in
; Augusta county, Virginia : “ Sacred to the mem
ory of Billy Martin, the faithful servant of John
i Merritt.”
Weather and Crops. —A friend writes us
; (says the Savannah Republican) from Monroe
county, that it is very dry there, and that crops j
are suffering much. In portions of Upson coun- j
ty, the corn is destroyed, and many fields will j
1 not average a barrel to the acre, and some not j
even a bushel. The same is true ot other parts |
of the interior.
First Bale of New Cotton in Columbus-
The Columbus limes of the 12. h inst., says, !
Mr. David Bussy of Stewart county, brought in i
the first bale oi this season yesterday, the 11th
inst. It was sold at auction by Messrs. C. S. j
Harrison & Co., lor 13 3-4 cents, to Messrs. J. C. |
Ruse, L. Gairibnll, L. S. Wright, and P. A. :
Clayton, and shipped this morning per passen- ;
senger train to Messrs. Ruse, Davis and Long, i
Savanna.h The cotton will class good middlings,
which is a better giade than usual loi the fust
pickings, the staple is fine, strong and of lair
length, it is clear and has very good color.
| Hidden Treasure Found. —Dr. P. Bomino, !
an oil and parsimonious physician, in St j
Louis, having ,io relatives, and but few persons '
with whom he associated, died that week. At- j
ter his decease, a peison overlooking his baggage, I
examined a small carpet bag lying in bis cham- j
bar, and to his surprise lound over SI,OOO in mo
ney, all in small bills. Subsequently in an old
box, under a pile of wood, over $1,700 in gold
and silver was found, and on searching his cellari
the sum of $4,500 in Missouri Bank bills, was
| discovered hidden away in the chimney. It
was all placed in the hands of the public admin
istrator.
The French Consul at San Francisco.— (
It is said the French Government is disposed to
withdraw its demands on the United States for j
the arrest of Consul Dillon at San Francisco, be- l
ing convinced that it was doue through the anx- (
iety ol our government to put down fillibuster-
ism.
There were two hundred and twelve deaths
in New Orleans during the week ending the 6th
inst. Twenty-nine deaths were caused by yel
; low fever, most of which occurred in the Chari
i ty Hospital. Two of the victims, Augustus
Schnell and wife, had not been married a month.
! The Crescent in commenting on the melancholy
| circumstance, says: “ere the honey-moon was
! over, they slept together in Potter’s Field.”—
| Notwithstanding the intense heat of the weath
; er. and the ravages of the choleru at the North,
and the yellow fever in the West India Islands
New Orleans and all other Southern ci'ies, were
j never known to be more healthy.
The Weather for two or three days past has
} been cool and retreshing, with indications ot
; showers in the neighborhood. At the time of
writing this notice (Friaay) there is every indi
cation of abundant rain.— Griffin Union , 12</t
! inst.
A Profitable Crop. —Col. Walker, who lives
within a few miles ot this city, has, we are in
formed, already realised two hundred dollar! from
a four acre field of Watermelons. This is inde
pendent of a large number given to his friends
and neighbors, besides what yet remain. Pretty
profitable that, we think.— Ib.
W bather — Health— Crops. —There have
been several refreshing showers the last week
rendering the weather deiighful. Both health and
crops are excellent, and leave nothing to wish for.
Albany (Ga.) Pair tot, 11 th inst.
Washington, Aug, 12.—The scandalous re
port of Wasbburne, from Illinois, being concern
ed in the Minnesota matter, is proved untrue.
The Administration is deeply engaged in its
Cuba acquisition scheme.
Correspoudence of the Constitutionalist if Republic.
Indian Springs, Ga., Aug. 8.
Mr. Editor: —At the solicitation of one of
your most prominent citizens, I am induced to
indite a lew lines to your address, for the purpose
of bestowing a deserved tribute upon the superb
management of the proprietor of the Mclntosh
House, and also to impart to the travelling pub
lic a most desirable piece of intormation, viz:—
that splendid accommodations are to be had of
mine host.
To the old Fogy, who is in quest of that “ dark
wilderness and boundless contiguity of shade,”
which was the great desire of one who could ap
preciate its comforts, I would say, get the pack
horse ready, and hasten to the Indian Springs.
On the top of our oaky hills will be found the one
object, and within the spacious saloon of the said
house will be presented the latter.
' Let the matron, whose giay tresses are sprink
led with the snows ot titty winters come among
us, for here will be found that quiet which is the
bairn tor such good old souls, or should she wish
to hear the manly voice, or look upon the sylph
like form of some who would remind her ol those
who were once “housenoli gods,” her ardent
desire may be gratified.
To the widower, who has long vouched for the
truth ot the spiritual proverb, that “’Tis not
good for man to be alone,” permit,me to say, that
here, in all the richness ot matured beauty, is
seen the sorrowing character, who, in several re
spects, reminds me of that memorable and illus
trious personage in sacred history, who refused to
be comforted, because her children were not.
The representative ot Young America need
not be told, that here should be the Mecca of his
pilgrimage. Here, arrayed in spotless whitei
with manners soft and gentle, and voices meek
and soothing, are ti e piiesteses who will hear
the confessions, and administer absolution to
him who long has lelt the need of a sympathetic
heart, and “ owned the magic of a name.”
The maiden, all forlorn, may discard her walks |
at eventide, and nocturnal gazings into the blue j
vault above, for here is the bachelor afflicted for
years with a disease of the heart, waiting for the
“ troubling of the water*.”
It has been a universal remark, that for a cal
endar month past, there has not been an ugly face
among the fair, to eclpse tbe brightness of our
stars, and from the lips of misanthropes is heard
the declaration, ne’er was such beauty seen be
fore.
Among the representatives of many States,
there is one who honors the Lone Star. As the j
State of her adoption looms up before us, as the !
Pioneer of the South- west, and as the Rio Grande
excells in beauty and majesty its colleagues, so |
does she rival her compeers in beauty, queenly
elegance and majesty of loveliness.
Borrowing a simile, Mr. Editor, I honor Vir
ginia. She has given birth to the Henry of ’76,
being the mother of statesmen, the foster parent
ol genius and intellect, the patron of war-like
i achievements, she merits »ur encomiums. Her
beautiful villas teem with lovely forms, and Ler
mountain passes and moss-clad vales are the
seats of hospitality. Her Henry inspired our
sites, and now her Richmond i« in the field, and
who shall stand by her beauty and not fall ? who
shall not qaail before her glances ? As the pat
\ riot statesman won his country’s cause by the
; force of eloquence, sojdoes her heroine of many
I charms disarm her adversaries by modest worth
I and excellencies of character.
Many years since, a band of youthful adren
j turer6 performed a weary journey through a laby
rinth of difficulties. Opposed by armed foes,
where the foot of tbe white man never before
trod, and surmounting obstacles and dangers
which were appalling to stout hearts, they had
well nigh despaired of attaining the summit of
their ambition, or a view of the Ophir of their
imaginings, when suddenly a beautiful river im
peded their progress. Its placid bosom and rock
bound sides reminded them of hospitable homes
and giant fortresses beside their native Guadal
quiver; they rushed to its mossy banks, and lay-
I ing aside their arms and the trophies of conquer-
I ors, exclaimed Alabama!
The meditations of a recluse, was, a few eve
! ings since, suddenly interrupted by a party of
i young gentlemen making their descent from the
! top ol a post-coach into our corridor. Alter be
: ing duly docketed at the register, and adjusting
; their toilet, with care-woru faces they made an
entiance into our saloon. One was distinctly
heard to hum with emphasis—
“ I’ve roamed o'er many lands,
And many friends I’ve met,” —
the other, surrounded by a few acquaintances)
assumed a joyous attitude, and casting his eyes
immediately in Irontof him, where reclined two
gracelul figures, thus pathetically spoke:—
Gentlemen ! I, tor years, have been a pilgrim
to the shrine of Venus. I have been intoxicated
with the glance of the piercing black eye, and
bowed to the soul-melting blue, but Alabama!
Alabama ! and soon two chairs were seen to re
volve and slide by the fairy forms, and the pil
grims rested fram their wanderings.
July orators and Sophmore declaimers have
most vehemently asserted, that this is a free
country, and that we can enjoy our religion be
neath “our own vine and fig tree with none to
molest or make us aliaid.” They assert, that
the Constitution prescribes no established form
of religion, and those who are not Catholic in
spirit, maintain that Bishopricks should be abol
ished. I have found the adherents of no sect so
bigoted, as not to bow to, and acknowledge, the
supremacy of the next lower order of the church
of the establishment.
Walter Scott, as a poet and novelist, has elicited
j the commendation ot the elite and literati of
every clime. Rebecca, the Jewess, is a heroine
who has ever commanded the admiration of the
gentler sex, and whose peerless beauty excites
•he gallantry of all gay cavaiiers; tut the name
| of Helen has received at his hands a tribute,
which youthful poets would borrow in order to
postray the graces of her namesake.
Byron’s maid of Athens has been read and
sung by Greeian beauties, but who can peruse
Childe Harold without feeling that she did not
possess the heart of the poet, whilst glancing ;
over those exquisite promptings ot affection, ad
dressed to “Ada Sole daughter of my house and
heart.”
With what delight does the Christian read of j
the trials and blessings of the wife of the “father '
of the faithful.” But among the many person- I
ages whose names have been transmitted to
immortality these are two w hich are conspicuous- ;
Among the many fairies who daily flit by us’ !
there are two, who are the “observed of all ob
servers.” Like their prototypes they are from
the east, and one has also “chosen that good part !
which shall not be taken from her,” the other is \
content, like the modest Mimosa, to retire from
the brilliance of sunlight and shed her influence
when the start are watchers. She is “A maid,
That paragons description, and wild fame;
On* that excels the quirks of blazoning pens,
And in the essential vostare of creation,
Does bear all excellences.”
Mr. Editor, the noble vessel ploughing over the
mighty deep is a sight which animates, cheers
and saddens our hearts, for dearly freighted we
hope she will buffet the storm, we exult when
her anchor drops near home and sorrow de
presses us when the Log Book tells that ope i
dear friend has found a resting place beneath the '
deep blue wave. Were the question put to your [
readers, what officer of a vessel is the most j
responsible and with whom above all others, rests j
the salvation of a ship, the answer would be the
pilot; not so the way worn mariners at this wa- j
tery retreat, for the universal response would be
the Corker.
A punster friend of mine who is a visitor and i
remarkably food of prose, remarked to me that i
he had all his life heard Shakespearian quotations
but could never accord to them, either beauty or ;
effect, until retiring from an interesting conver- |
sation with one of our damsels, he involuntarily
exclaimed “Help me Cassius or I sink.”
At the late commencement at IVLcon there j
was universal regret expressed at the resignation
of the President because there was none other
like him—the universal sentiment of our gay j
company proclaims that “there is one more left” j
of finer fabric.
Aimost two thousand years have dawned since !
the Christian era—and during that time sages and
poets, philanthropists and chemists, alchemists
and naturalists, have spent watchful days and
used midnight oil in the endeavor to find what
was lately discovered and is now exhibited at
this place “the pearl of great Price.”
The Belleof Baltimore, is a favorite melody in
the Maryland, and the Bell of St. Peters, at Rome,
is justly celebrated lor its ponderous tone; but
B , ascribes to the Texan Beil, the Chord of
sweetest harmony.
But since the London News is most worthy of
interest in the Metropolis, and as your communi
cations musJ be written to interest all classesi
both village squires and romping missps, [ must, j
at the risk of being considered invidious, in my 1
pencillings close this communication, simply re- |
marking that should the British bristle their j
bayonets, I still have in reserve the Cotton and I
the Fort wherewith to repel their assaults.
Allow me to add in conclusion, that it has be9n
remarked heretofore that the visitors at this
place are not generally the most select. I must in
justice to our host and his company aver, that
there has not been congregated at any watering j
place during the season, a collection of young |
men so guarded in their habits, so free from dis- i
sipation,and so generally intelligent, sociable and
polite, as have for the w r eeks I have been here, 1
surrounded the well filled tables and crowded in |
the festive halls of mine host of the Mclntosh
House. Chattahoochee.
Terrible Eleotion Riot at St. Louis.
J Several Persons Killed—Large number wounded
—The Military called out,
| It was briefly stated by telegraph, a lew days
I ago. that a disgraceful election riot occurred in
j St. Louis on Monday last. We yesterday receiv
ed the St. Louis Democrat, containing the an
nexed particulars ol the.b!oody affair.
it originated about 2 o’clock in the afternoon
at the polls ot the fifth ward, between a party
who called themselves Americans and a number
of Irish who had gathered around the engine
house. The fight was a general one, which was
i followed by slight skirmishing all along. Third
j street, between Vine street and Franklin ave- !
I nue, serving very much to increase the excite
j ment and draw together a large crowd.
Wherever an Irishman was seen on the street
he was pursued and most cruelly beaten. Final
ly pursuit ol one was made dovyn Morgan street, j
where the mob were met by a number of Hiber-
gave battle by throwing stones and
firing pistols, but the crowd of rioters increasing I
they gave way and retreated to their houses be- !
tween Main and the Levee on Morgan. Here, i
for a while, the mob was the scene of the wild- i
est excitement. The Irish fired as many per
haps as a hundred pistol shots into the crowd, j
who were breaking in tbe doors and windows of
1 the houses by showers of stones from the street.
At last the shooting wa? silenced, and the mob
i proceeded down to the levee, and along it to Lo
[ cust street, assailing every coffee house or tene
, meat supposed to contain foreigners with a con
! i tinued storm of missiles.
After this the Irish made another stand on Se
cond street, but were driven down past Cheiry.
the mob still continuing their assault upon the
! houses and windows. They then proceeded up
Morgan and Green streets, above Fourth, and as
sailed a number ot houses, completely tiddling
the doors and windows with stones and briekbats.
During the evening a slight assault had been
made on trie office of the Anzeiger Des VVestens,
but the party were dispersed without much in
jury. In the meantime the military and police !
were out in lull force, scattering the excited com- j
batants here and there, and doing much to re- !
store quiet to the city. About 10 o’clock at 1
night, however, a company of the lioters, num- i
benng perhaps 20 came marching down Third !
street from the scene of assauit up on Morgan,
with stones in hand, and shouting iu the wildest i
mariner, and upon art ving in front of the Anzei- !
ger office, again commenced an assault upon the
windows and doors of the house. At this junc
ture the military came charging upon the crowd
again, and dispersed the mob. When we ieft
the scene, quiet seemed to be in a very fairway
of being restored, the military having complete
possession of the street, and seeming determined
to enforce order.
It is utterly impossible to estimat the number j
ot persons wounded in the whole affair, or even I
to say how many have been killed. We saw at !
least twenty men lying bleeding and wounded i
so severely that they were perfectly insensible— j
their faces cut most horribly and skull mashed, I
and some appearing perfectly dead; and then we ■
have learned of three men certainly killed, and of j
five or six more who are thought to be dead at j
this time from wounds received.
It is a wonder to us, when we remember tbe i
number of shots fired and the exposed position ofj
the mob, that there were not double the persons j
killed and wounded. A man by the name ol
Shannon was stabbed in tbe back of the neck, j
from which he very probably died last night. A
hand from tbe steamer Henry Chouteau was j
killed instantly, and a man by the name of Joe
or Frank Freeman was shot through the heart, ■
and fell dead without uttering a word. He was j
standing near a lumber pile at the foot of Mor- :
gon street, on the levee, with his arms folded,'
watching the affray without at all participating, i
when he received the fatal shot from the win- j
dow of a house on Battle Row.
We hear of one man being shot in the leg,
another in the hand, one in the abdomen and
another in the shoulder. We cannot pretend to
give a correct statement either of the number
killed and wounded, or the true origin and con
tinuance of the mob. The immmense excite
ment throughout the whole city prevented the
procurement of any reliable account of the dis
turbance.
The St. Louis Intelligencer says the riot oiigi
natedfrom a« Irishman stabbing and American
as the tilth ward polls. He was pursued for sever
al squares and arrested, and to prevent a rescue by
tee mob, was immediately conveyed to jail. Du
ring the riot Jackson Fowler and’ James Russell,
one a mate and the other a pilot, were shot, the
former in the side and the latter in the arm. Ten
arrests were made. Every Irish grocery on Mor
gan and Greene sts., extending west from Broad
way, was torn to pieces. Some titty or sixty
houses in all, mostly low groggeries, were badly
damaged and their contents entirely destroyed, j
The entire loss is estimated at $,00,000. For j
three hours the mob had full sway, having set
the police at defiance. Finally, at a late hour in
the morning, eight military companies being un
der arms, the work of destruction was stayed.
Weather, Crops,itc.—^llabama. — The Mont
gomery Mail, of the 3d, says :
From what we can learn from observation ;
and inquiry, the crop of Montgomery and the
surrounding counties, both of corn and cotton, is
unequal. The late rains have been remarkably
partial, and while a particular neighborhood is
literally scorched up with protracted drought,
two,or three, or five miles away the “seasons”
have been regular and abundant. Along the
line of the milroad as high as Fort Decatur to
buy corn at fifty cents an acre won’t pay, and
cotton is veiy poor. Above, in parts of Cham
bers, Macon and Russell, corn crops are very
fine and cotton giving great promise. In the
last mentioned county the corn ciop is generally
very fine, as we know from recent observation ,
and enquiry.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Columbia, Aug. 14.
lowa Election.
Nine counties in lowa gives Grimes, (whig,
I for Governor and Whig Congressman 300 ma»
! jority.
Steamboat Explosion.
The steamer Cape May exploded near Mount
| Vernon, Indiana, killing 20 persons.
Nsw York, Aug. 12.
Cotton. —The market is stiller on medium
grades. Sales to-day, 1,000 bales. Flour is
I firm.
The Cholera.
The deaths fiom cholera during the past week
| in New York, are 265. In Philadelphia 85.
Sailing of Steamers.
The Alps and Hermann sailed to-day, taking
out $600,000 in specie.
Orders have been received at Boston to pre
pare the United States ship, John Adams, for
service in the Pacific.
[Telegraphed for the Baltimore American. ]
Arrival of the Empire City.
New York, Aug. 11.— The steamer F.mpire
City arrived at 9 o’clock this morning. She lett
Aspinwall on the Ist, and brings about 200 pas
sengers, Calitornia mails to the 15th of July, and
eleven hundred and twenty-seven thousand dol
lars in gold.
Jas. Thompson, aged 30 years. Garrett Stage,
33, and Patrick Streeny, 35, died on the passage,
of the Chagres fever.
Among the passengers were Francisco Forel
lado, Admiral of the Peruvian Navy.
Considerable sickness prevailed ou the Isth
mus. Cnolera had also made its appearance, but
! when the steamer lett it was entirely eradicated.
| Very severe thunder storms were experienced,
j and the city hospital at Aspinwall was struck by
| lightning, with slight damage.
! New" York, Aug. 11 —Later from Peru —Ju
| Insult Atoned For. —The British screw steamship,
| Valdivia, with the South American mails, arrived
at Panama on the 25th uit., with Chili dates to
the 30th of J une. The Chilian Congress was
sitting but nothing of interest was done.
The ship Townsend, of Boston, Capt. Woode
son, was burnt on the 25th of May, in lat. 35
I South. The Captain and crew, 24 in number,
i took to the boats and having very heavy weather,
\ alter a voyage of 600 miles, one out of the four
I boats and two out of 24 men succeeded in reach
ing Juan Fernandez.
The Peru Lima News of tbe 15th of July says
| that Gen. Echenique was going to take com
j tnand ot the army in person. The same paper
I says that an ample apology had been made for
| the outrage committed by the press gang at the
i U. S. Legation at Lima. The soldiers in fault
have been punished as they deserved, and the
wounded setvant at the Legation recompensed
| lrom the Treasury.
Ralf.igh, Aug. 11. — North Carolina Election.
—All the counties have been heard from but
: McDonald am! Buncombe. Bragg, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor,gains 1,800 votes
in the counties of Cherokee, Caidweil. Haywood,
Hyde, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Rutherford,
Richmond and Davie.
John B. Woodfin writes that Coleman has
j beaten Woodlin badly, and that Madison gives
Bragg nearly 300 majority ; that Garland, Dem
i ocraf, is elected from Yancey. and Lincoln gives
| Bragg 500 clear gain.
The Senate will stand 30 Democrats and 20
Whigs—the Commons 63 Democrats and 07
Whigs. Madison, Haywood, Mason and Jack
son are the only couuties yet to hear from.
I New York, Aug. 10.— Bloody Doings in South
America.—We have Puerto Cabelfo dates to the
j 26th ot July. They mention that, in addition to
the provinces ot Coro and Barquesmento, those
,ot La Portugueo and El Guerio had revolted
! against Montagas.
Colonel Juan Garces, while on his march w'ith
! 500 men to join the revolutionists, was betrayed
j by one ot bis officers to General Falcon, com-
I mandant of the government forces, who attar ked
I and defeat id Garces. The latter after surrender
ing, was assassinated with his whole party.
The insurgent forces of Barquesemento to the
number of 300 were matching to afack Silva,
one of Monaga’s generals.
What a German Editor Saits.—The editor
of “Der Pionier,” published in Louisville, Ky., is
| greatly incensed with the proceedings of the
| Know-Nothings, and says that some of the most
wealthy German of-'the United State*
have raised a million of dollars, and intend in
creasing the amount to several millions, to turn
the entire tide of German immigration to Canada
or South America, and to induce all the free
minded Germans in the United States to emi
grate to another country.
COMBS & CO.’S EXPRESS,
j Consignees p<-r Combs &: Co.’s Express, Aug. 14.
J. M. Gibbs; J. (J. Steadman; F. Schwartz;
i Rev. W. L. Kirkpatrick; W. .f.OweD3; Linton
Stephens; Rov. E. P. Burch ; Isaac Levy ; D. B.
I Plumb; S. S. Williams; D, Redmond.
i
Arrivals at the Stone Mountain Hotel.
Clark <sc Hitchcock, Proprietors.
August 11, 1854.
Thomas 11. Spann, Miss.; F. M. Davis; Mr. Stu
art, DoKalb county; J. Lawson, Boston, Mass.:
A. Y T . Watts, Coweta co ; R. H. Jones, Hall co.;
| L I. Saffold, Madison; J. B. Trippo, Milledgeville;
I W. H. Mitchell, do.; Col. C. A. Holt, do; J. Black,
| Lumpkin co; Dr. L. A. Dugas, two Ladies and ser-
I vant, Augusta; John C. Snead, Daughter and Son,
! do.; R. I Wilson, Athens: Dr. Ramsay and Fami
| ly, Atlanta; J. Cardi.ge, Columbia co ; Mrs. Han
! son, do.; D. Walton and Family, Ga; Miss Du tan,
j LaGrange ; M ss Boughton, do ; 11, Williams and
| Lady, Ga.; Miss F. Trout, Atlanta; E. H. Clem
| ents, Hall co; E. Stums Lady and servant, Augus-
I ta; J. N. Andrews, do ; J. Osmond, do.; W. M.
| Farrett. Ua.; F. A. Jones, do : Dr. E. Hillyer, do ;
: M. N. Jones, Madison ; B F. Setton, Putnam co.;
| J. N. Findley, Macon; O. Thompson, do.; S. J.
j Dunlap, South Carolina; A. O. Mosely, Eatonton.
August 12.
I G. 11. Bates, Covington ; C. M. Kolb, Augusta ;
Dr. E. Barry, do.; W S Roberts and Lady, do.; A.
; J. Miller, do.: Miss Miller, do.; Mrs. Jackson and
| servant, do.; John Nelson, do.; T. Angell, do.; J.
! S. Stephens, LaGrango; J. R. Oliver, Ga ; A. A.
Smith, do.; N. McDill, do.; J. T. Dunlap, do.; J.
R. Wright, Boston, Mass; Mrs. T. Allen. Law
renceviile; C. C. Hearn, Hearnsvillo; Mrs A. J.
Finly, do.; Miss F. McKee, do.; T.J. Wilcher,
Florida; A. T. Bibb, Montgomery, Ala.; H.S.Ro
gers, do ; J. Adams, do.; J. J. Blackwood, Hant
burg, S. C.; Mrs. Blackwood, child and nurse, do.;
Master E. E. Blackwood, do.; Willy C. Blackwood,
do.; Miss E E. Blackwood, do.; Mrs J. B. Springs,.
Charlotte, N. C. F. Walker, LaGrange; Miss Fan
nie Walker, do.; Mr. R. Smith and Lady, Macon
co.; J.Phinizy, Lady and Daughter; J.M.T. Per
ryman, Atlanta ; E. M. TiUon, do.; J. Badger, La ;
J. T. Jermsui, Rome.
Cammrrrial.
! August 12. Cotton.— No salesfreported
I to-day.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—AUGUST 12.
■ j Par steamship Augusta, for New York—32s ba tea Up
land and 61 do Sea Island Cottoir 4 do. Wool, 100 casks
j Rice, 500 bags Hiee Flour, 50 boxes Copper Ore, and suu
j dry pkgs. and boxes Mdze.
Skipping Jntflligciiff.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON,
j Ship Kotunda, Lunt, Havre.
; Barque Avola, Kendrick, Boston,
j Brig J. Means, Herrick, St. Johns, N. B.
Brig Montague, Pierce, Boston.
Schr Geo Byron, Blanchard, Boston.
Schr John Pierce, Boyd, Providence, R. I.
Schr Virginia, Dean, Philadelphia.
rp FOR CHARLESTON.
I Sehr B N Hawkins, Griffin, New York,
j Schr P C Ferguson, Ferris, New York,
j Schr Jas N Muir, Kirwan, Baltimore.
CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Barque Como, Kean, Boston.
Schr J II Flanuer, Orton, Philadelphia.
SAILED FOR CHARLESTON.
Barque Saranac, Thayer. Providence, It. I.
CHARLESTON, August 14.—Arrived, brig Moses, Jar
vis, New York; schr. Martha Post, Post, do.
At Quarautiue, Span, brig Mallorquin, Capdebon, St.
Johns, P. R.
Went to Sea, steamship Nashville, Berry. New York ;
schrs. Havana, Jones, Portsmouth, Ya ; Joanna Ward,
Westerlund, Wilmington, N. C.
SAVANNAH, August 12.—Arrived, steamship Knox*
villa, Ludlow, New York.
Cleared, steamship Augusta. Lyon. New York.