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& If not in advance .per annum 7 00
Tri-Weekly, in advance .per annum 4 00
B** If aoi ia advance per annum 5 00
Weekly, in advance....per annum 2 00
Discount for Clubs.
• Locks of Hair.
The following stanzas appeared a few years
* ago in the poet s corne# of a Canadian newspa
per- We think that all who read them will at
once pronounce them worthy of preservation :
You’ve often heard me promise, Fred,
One dsy to tell you where
And from what treasured heads I shred
These treasured locks of hair. !
Weil now the time has come at last,
Your birthday festival
Was blithely come and swiftly pass'd,
And you shall know them all.
Twelveyeara have fleeted since I bow’d
In tearless grief, my knee
iieside oar dying sire, and vow’d
A parent’s care for thee ;
And I remember how you tried,
Till even the menials wept,
To wake our father when he died,
And said, “ he only slept.’’
This short curl’d lock, half dark, half gray,
I dipt from off his brow,
I’ve kept it sacred till to day,
We will divide it now:
And when you look upon it, Fred,
Still think you hear the voice
That with its dying accents said
“ My Father, bless thy boys*
This raven braid belong’d to one
You never knew, my brother,
She only bless’d her new-born son —
And died—our sainted mother !
She left us—but with us she lelt
A tairer, tenderer flower ;
But like a plant of sun bereft,
She wither’d from that hour.
Spring's buds, around our mothers tomb,
Came just in time to waive ; ,
We saw the flower of Autumn b oom
Upon a sister's grave.
My boy ' your tears are falling fast
On yonder golden tress,
It is a relic, and the last
Os her lost loveliness.
And this long waving silken curl,
Ah! that you must not share ;
You never knew the the angel girl
Who gave that auburn hair.
My beautiful! my blessed one !
And she, too, passed away ;
I strove to breathe “ Thy will be dona,”
But it was hard to say.
0 ! by how weak and frail a thing
May the hoart’a depths be stirred ;
How closo and long will memory cling
To one light look or word j
And are not these slight locks with more
; v | Os spirit-meaning fraught,
* Than all the mystic, letter’d lore,
That sages ever taught!
Well, they are happy now, dear boy,
Their ransom’d souls are free,
They feel no more earth's hollow joy
BjjMSi. And real misery.
IF®# Our barks are struggling slow to shore,
By storm and tempest driven,
But they have passed life’s ocean o’er,
|l|k And anchor’d safe in Heaven.
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BY AUTHORITY.
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LAW'S OF THE UNITED STATES.
1 Public, No. 68.]
'' ANjrACT to authorize the State of Wisconsin tc
select the residue of the lands to which she is
entitled under the act of eighth of August
eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the im
provement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
E|| Congress assembled. That the governor of the
State of Wisconsin is hereby authorized to cause
to be selected tbe balance of the land to which
that State is entitled under the provisions oi the
act of the eighth August, eighteen hundred and
forty-eiz, gr#ntin^and_tg the Territory ol
Hb and to con v
■HHJHHPpof the unsold public lands
eaid State subject to private entry at one doila;
and twenty-five cents per acre, and not claimed
| by pre-emption ; the quantity to be ascertained
L-*‘-upon the priaciplee which governed the final
adjustment of the grant to the State of ludiana
for the W a sash and Erie canal, under the pro
visions of the act of Congress approved the ninth
of May, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
Approved August 3, 1854.
(Public, No. 69.)
AN ACT to vest in the several States and Ter
ritories the title in fee of the lands which have
been or may be certified to them.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of tbe United States of America in
Congress assembled, That in all cases where
lauds have been, or shall hereafter be, granted
by any law oi Congress to any one of tbe seveal
States and Territories ; and where said law does
not convey she fee simple title of such lands, or
require patents to be issued therefor ; the lists of
w such lands which have been, or may hereafter
be certified by the Commissioner of the General
L%nd Office, under the seal of said office, either
''"7 aboriginals, or copies of the originals or records,
-'shall be regained as conveying the fee simple of
all the lands embraced io such lists that are of
the character contemplated by such act of Con-
and intended to ba granted thereby; but
lands embraced in such lists are not of
*the character embraced by such acts of Congress,
and'hre not intended to be granted thereby, said
lists, so' far as these lands are concerned, shall be
perfectly null and void, and no right, title, claim
or interest shall be conveyed thereby.
Approved August 3d, 1854.
[Public, No. 70 ]
AN ACT to cor istitute Palatka and Bayport, in
the State of Florida, ports of delivery, respec
tively, and Keokuk and Dubuque, in the State
of iowa.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That Palatka and Bayport,
kin the State of Florida, shall be, and are hereby
created ports cl delivery, .cspectively, and shall
bi subject to tbe same regulations and restric
tions as other ports of delivery in the United
States ; and there shall be appointed a surveyor
of the customs, to reside at each of said ports,
who shall, in addition to bis own duties, also per
form tbe duties and receive the salary and emol
uments of surveyors prescribed by the act of
Congress passed on the second day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, pro
viding the payment of duties oh imported goods,
at certain ports therein mentioned, the same be
ing entitled “An act allowing tbe duties on foreign
merchandise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling,
Cincinnati,*Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville and
Natchez, to be secured and paid at those places,”
and said Paltaka be made a pari and annexed to
the collection district of St. John’s in said State;
and said Bayport be made a part and annexed to
the collection district of St. Mark’s in said State
°!r F Ji or r\ ; a o d .f‘! the P r j r vile S« and facilities
afforded to Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cincinnati,
Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville, and Natchez by
tbe act of Congress aforesaid, be, and the same
are hereby extended to the said ports of Palit.
ka and Bayport.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Keo
kuk and Dubuque, in the State of lowa, be, and
hereby are, constituted ports of delivery within
the collection district ol New Orleans, and there
shah be appointed a surveyor oi the customs for
eacb of said ports, who shall be residents thereat,,
-sard ourveyors shall perform tbe duties and re
ceive tbe salary and emoluments prescribed by
Congress approved on the second day
of eighteen hundred and thirty-one, en
4|gPP*Ao act allowing the duties on foreign mer
jMWise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling, Cin-
Jmumiii Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville and
Pjpßatchez, to be secured and paid at those places.
W Approved August 3d, 1854.
(Public, No. 71.)
AN ACT to incodorate the National Hotel j
jiSt'x Company ot Washington City.
Be i-t enacted by tbe Seriate and House of Rep
resentatives ot tbe United States of America in
Congress assembled, That George H. Calvert,
| Charles B. Roggf C. Weigbtman, Philip
Otterback, John Withers, RichaidH. Stuart, and |
Joseph Bryant, and those who may hereafter be
come members of tbe company hereinafter men- I
tioned, and their successors, be. and they are j
hereby, created and declared to be a body politic
and corporate, by the name and style of the
National Hotel Company, of Washington City ;
and, by the name aforesaid, to have perpetual
succession, with power to sue and be sued, and
to make and use a common seal, and to make
and repeal rules and by-laws for the good govern
ment of said company; and also to hold, use, and
enjoy, in fee simple or for any lesser estate,
the lots and parcels of ground and premises, situ
ated in the city of Washington, being lots 8,9,
10,11,12,13, and parts of lots 7 and 14, in
square 491, on tbe plat of said city, upon which
are now erected the bouse or buildings and ap
purtenaces known ar,d denominated as the Na
tional Hotel ; and also any additional lots or
parts of lot 9, adjoining the said propeity, which
may be hereafter acquired by said company, and
also the improvements, fixtures, conveniences,
and advantages erected on said lots or parcels of
ground appurtenant thereto.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That the
capital stock of said company shall be live bun
dled thousand dollars, to be divided into five
thousand shares of one hundred dollars eacb,
and shall be distributed among the parties inter-’
ested in the said lots of ground and premises, in
such manner as shall be agreed upon between
them ; and every person, copartnership, or cor
poration, who is or shall be a proprietor of one
or more shares shall, by virture thereof be a
member of said corporation, and shall be enti
tled, at all meetings of the stockholders for the
election of officers, or for any other purpose, to
one vote, in person or by proxy, for every share
of the stock so held.
Section 3. And be it further enacted, That
tbe affairs of the said company shall be conduct
ed by a president and six directors, to be elected s
by the stockholders present or a majority in 1
amount thereof, on the first Monday in Novem
ber in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
and on the first Monday of November in each
succeeding year or within thirty days thereafter j
and shall continue in office for one year and un
til successors are chosen ; and that the election !
in November next shall be held by the persons
named in the first section of this act, oi a major
ity of them, and every subsequent election shall
be held by the president and directors of said
company.
Section. 4. And be it further enacted, That
tbe said president and directors shall have pow- I
er to fill all vacancies which shall occur in their 1
own body during their continuance in office, and
to prescribe the evidence of ownership and mode l
of transfer of shares of stock in said company ;
and tney shall keep full records of their proceed- I
ings, which shall be open to the inspection of
the stockholders at all times, and shall report at
least annually, a statement of their affairs to
the stockholders, and shall declare dividends of
the profits on any part thereof, at their discretion,
and generally may exercise all the power and
privileges of the corporation necessary or pro
per to promote the objects thereof.
Section 0. And be it farther enacted, That
the shares of the capital stock of said company
shall be deemed personal estate, and the special
meetings of the stockholders may be called by
the president and directors, or by any number
not less than one-third in amount ofj shares of
the stockholders at which meeting members
present, and representing a majority of the whole
capital stock, shall be a quorum tor the transac
tion of business; and the stockholders at such
meetings, or at any general annual meet
ing, where such majority of stock is represented,
shall have full power to alter or apeal any bylaw
or regulation made by the president and direc
tors, and may make new rules and by-laws,
which shall be binding on the eaid president and
directors : Provided That the 6ame be not con
trary to tbe provisions of r his act.
Section 6. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall be construed
to exempt the property of said corporation from
such taxation as similar property, belonging to
i any other individual or corporation, is subject
i to.
Section 7. And be it further enacted, That
nothing in this act contained shall be construed
to authorize the said company, to exercise
banking privileges, or to issue any note in the
form ot a bank note, or certificate payable to
bearer.
Section 8. And be it further enacted, That
each of tbe stockholders in the aaid National
Hotel Company ot Washington City shall be
held liable in his or her individual capacity tor
| all the debts and liabilities of the said company
! however contracted cr incurred to be recovered
by suit as other debts or liabilities, before the
court or tribunal having jurisdiction of the
case,
Section 9. And be it further enacted, That
it may be lawful for Congress herealter to after
amend, change or repeal the foregoing act.
Approved August 3,1854.
Efforts for the Siok.
We take pleasure in according the greatest
credit to Mr. Geo. M. Waldburg and another
gentleman in the city, for the efforts they are
making to raise, by private subscription, a fund
for the benefit of the poor who may be attacked
with the prevailing fever. They have met
with gratifying success thus far notwithstand
ing so few of our men of wealth are in town.
The money raised is to be placed in the hands of
the several clergymen and others who-are in the
daily habit of visiting the destitute sick, and
who are illustrating their divine calling in a
manner which cannot but touch the hardest na
tures. Bishop Elliott of the Epispocal Church
is going day and night; so is Bishop Gartiand of
the Catholic Church, and indeed, all the Clergy
men in the city. The Sisters of Mercy, and
other pious persons and Charitable Associations,
are likewise doing all they can to comfort the
sick and mitigate as far as human aid is availa
ble, their sufferings. Mayor Ward deserves a
monument for what he is doing. Mr. Francis
M. Stone, one of our most worthy private citi
zens, is devoting his whole time, and such of his
means, to the wants of the sick.
We need not say the Medical Profession is do
ing its whole duty. We have never seen men
work haider or more cheerfully, and if Death
will have his victims, it is only after a resolute
struggle with these devoted men.
While we highly approve of the efforts now
making to raise money by private subscription,
we cannot but think that aid from such a scource
is too uncertain to be relied uj>on. We hope
therefore, and such we t elieve is the sentiment !
of the community—that Council will make lib
eral appropriations for the sick. We know they !
have a i ready J voted money to this laudible ob
ject; but to make their appropriations available
to the fullest extent possible, they should author
ize tbe Mayor to distribute this money among
the visiting Clergymen and other benevolent
individua'B who are devoting their time to the
sick. Nor should it be expected of these per
sons, that they should render an account of the
funds thus placed in their hands, as it is utterly
impossible for them to do so, since they give one
dollar here, five and ten at another place,
according to the necessities of the case. Under
the present arrangement, they do not Jike to ap- I
ply tor tne money granted by Council, inasmuch
a? it might be expected that they would account
for every item disbursed.
~ j”! ou ? cil are disposed to perform
their full duty, and we doubt not they will do 1
what is necessary in the matter referred to. It 1
is hardly right that the burden of ministering to
the wants of the sick poor should fall entirely I
upon the courageous few who are left among I
us.— Sav. Rep. y 26th out.
Progress ok the Manufacturing Interest.
A Lowell, (Mass.) newspaper gives a list of the
persons and corporations in that city, taxed over
fifty dollars. This formidable array of figures
gives an interesting insight to the progress of the
manufacturing interests of America. It appears
that in 1840, the population had reached twenty
thousand, and the property valuation was over
twelve millions; and in 1850 tbe population was
set down at thirty-four thousand. At present it
is probably nearly forty t ousand. The valua
tion table this year of real and personal property
up s2l-,077,072, being an inertase of $718,-
550 since last year. The rate of taxation is 72
cents on the SIOO The Merrimack Company
pays fourteen thousand dollars taxes; the Massa
chusetts ten thousaud; the Lowell nine thousand;
the Lawrence eight thousand; and the “Mills,”
as ey are called, pay altogether, about seventy
thousand dollars. The highest tax paid by a re
sident ut twelve hundred and th.rty-eightdollars,
by W illiam Livingston, John Nesmith pays $984
other sums ra, 'S in S $615 down
to $203 Lowell has thus n twenty years be
come the second city in the State in population
and third in valua ion, notwithstanding it was
prophesied that the reduced tariff would ruin its
manufacturing establishment#.— Balt, Sun.
Further News by the Steamer Asia.
The Danube.— According to latest accounts
tbe Russians continue in retreat, and the only
question is whether they will stop behind the
Sereth or the Pruth. Their retirement is effect
ed in perfect order. Omar Pasha has crossed the
Danube, with the main body of his army, from
Shumla and the neighboring positions, and it is
stated that 80,000 Turks are now in Wallachia.
On the 27th and 28th July, a corps of 30,000
Turku crossed the river at Rassova,and Silistria,
which form the right of the army advancing on
Bucharest, and by the latest statement leceived
from V ienna, the Turks advanced guard entered
Bucharest, Aug 17th. The course of the Danube
Irom Orsova to Galatz, is now in possession of
the Turks, lurkish accounts say that invitation
has been already sent by the Wallachian Boy
ards to Omar Pasha, and a loyal address voted to
the Sultan.
Meantime tbe Russian regiments in Bessarabia
and Kherson are to move in all haste to the
Crimea, while those in Moldavia will march to
occupy their places.
Omer Pacha, on entering Wallachia, published
a proclamation to the inhabitants, stating that he
did not intend to make that province a theatre
of war. According to the Trieste Zeutung, a
new convention has been made between Austria
and Porte, by virtue of which the Austrian troops
will be permitted byway of Ragusa into the
Turkish territory, should it be necessary to act
against Montenegro.
On the 17th of J uly, the British steamers Ve
suvius and Spitfire launched their paddlebox
boats, launches, gigs, and cutters, and proceeded
up the river, destroying the Russian stockade,
on both sides as they passed, without resistance.
On arriving at the small town of Sulina, they
landed and set it on fire, and by 3 o’clock in the
afternoon the whole town was in ruins, nothing
being spared but the church and lighthouse.
General Budberg, in the name ol “His Majesty
the Emperor of all the Russians, King of Poland, j
j and Protector of the Principalities of Wallachia
! and Moldavia, Protector of all who profess the
\ Greek orthodox faith,” has issued a Proclamation
| to the Wallachians, stating that his master has
I resolved to cause the imperial troops to quit the
| insalubrious regions of the Danube for a shiTt
space, and withdraw to the healthier mountain
lands-—his object fn doing so, however, must not
be misunderstood—it is not fear of the enemy;
and in proof of this he offers the fact that the
troops are moving off, not as though they were
! kicked out, but as retiring voluntarily. He pro
; mises, uninvited, however, to make them another
I visit at a more convenient season.
The cholera had disappeared at Gallisoli and
j Constantinople—but a disease has broken out
j among the horses at Bucharest.
Several English and French officers, arrived at
; Orsova, say that the allies will first attack
i Anapa. There are 36,000 Turks and French,
but no English, in the Dobrudscha. The Turks
occupy Babadagh. The Turks will probably at
| tack Tultscha; the French Galatz. It now ap
: pears that tbe expedition which left Varna, on
the 21st July, with Gen. Brown on board .the
Agamemnon, and Gen. Canroberfc on board the
j Napoleon, was not, as had been supposed, the
actual expedition against the Crimea, but merely
jan exci rsion to &connoitrethe coast. The ex
i cursion lasted six days.
| Cholera has broken out virulently at Varna.
| Typhus has also appeared. The British lose
more men by these maladies than the French.
General Dallonville, commanding a division o(
cavalry, had died.
Cholera is prevalent in Liverpool, and is in*
[ increasing.
®An American built brig es 300 tons, timber
j laden, water-logged, stripped and abandoned, and
that had apparently been fired into by 32 pound
shot, was boarded, June 14th, in lat. 33 N lon.
18 W., by the Crouch Brothers for Melbourne; —
supposed to have been overhauled by a privateer.
A letter published in the London Times of the
10th instant, makes public the very important
| information that a treaty exists between the
, Hudson’s Bay Company and the Russian Gov
ernment, by which the Hudson’s Bay Company
enjoy, from the date of Ist June, 1840, for a spe
, ciai period, the exclusive use of the Russian
I American coast from 54 deg 40 north to Cape
, Spencer near 58 deg. north, in consideration ot
j the payment of 2000 otter skins annually to the
’ Russian Company. On this arrangement, it is
j understood that Britain can found a claim to
present actual possession of the only really valu
able portion of the Rosso American coast, and
will thereby interpose an effectwd etop to the
negotiations at present pgndiug for sale o! that
! territory to the United States,
France —-The cholera, which was decreasing
1 at Marseilles, is now increasing, and among the
last deaths, recorded ate two medical men. At
Toulon, on the '7th instate-* t~?*wenn ffeH victims
ito the disease. Itu»©;rre districts the inhabitants
have fled from thair homes, leaving their field
crops to those who might choose to gather them.
In some departments where it had appeared, the
| cases were less numerous and of a less severe
character.
Paris, Aug. 10.—The three per Cents, closed
at 721. 5c., and the Four and a Half per Cents, at
99 f.
Italy —Four prisoners were executed at Par
ma on the 4th, for having taken part in the re
cent insurrection.
Spain. —The charges against the Queen-mother
are that she has given evil advice to her daughter,
and guilty of peculation and other corrupt
practices.
Germany. —Austria and Prussia are expected
soon to propose to the Germanic diet, that the
Federal contingent be p’aced on a war footing.
Bavarian troops will, in case ot need, occupy the
Austrian provinces in Italy. The Vienna Con
ference has not yet met. The Prussian army
has not yet been “mobilised.”
Fatal Accident to the King of Saxony.—
; The mournful intelligence of the death of this
distinguished monarebi is communicated in a
te’egraphic message from Munich, under date of
yesterday. His Majesty’s demise appears to have
been the result of an unfortunate accident while
travelling from Munich to his own capital at
Dresden. The carriage in which the King rode
| was, by some mismanagement, overturned, and
I His Majesty falling among the horses received
| from one of them a kick, which terminated
fatally almo-.t immediately afterwards.
The deceased monarch was a son of Duke
Maximillian, (who was born in 1759, and died
in 1838 ) His Majesty was born on the 18th of
May, 1797, and succeeded, in June, 1836, by
virtue of the act of renunciation of his father to
his uncle, King Anthony, having been co-regent
from the 13th September, 1830, to the period of
his accession. The King ot Saxony visited Eng
land in May, 1844, and was a guest of Her Ma
jesty at the period of the Emperor of Russia’s
unexpected arrival in London. The two mon
archs met at Buckingham Palace and Windsor
Castle, and were together at the Ascot race meet
ing of that year.
The King, although twice married, has left no ;
issue by either consort. His first wife was the !
Archduches Coroline Ferdinandine Therese Jo- j
seph Demetiie, who was born in 1801, and died |
in 1832. His Majesty married, secondly, Marie i
Anne Leopoldine, daughter of the late King !
Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria, who survives her
royal husband.
His Majesty is succeeded by his brother, the
Duke John Nepomucene Marie Joseph, who
married in 1822 the Duchess Amelie Auguste,
daughter of the late King Maximilian Joseph of
Bavaria (sister of the present Queen Dowager of
Saxony,) by whom he has a family of eight chil
dren.
Poland. —A letter from Warsaw of the Ist
in the Presse of Vienna, says:
“ The approaching arrival ol the Czar at War- j
saw will be marked, it is said, by certain con- i
cessions to the Poles as respects their nationality, j
It is said that the Assembly of Notables men- ;
tioned in the organic statute of the kingdom of
Poland of 1832, is to be convoked. The estab
lishments ot public instructions are, it is said, to
be re-opened, and the employment of'the Polish
language in official acts, the publication of the i
annual expenses and receipts, and the right to
consent to direct taxes, ordered. The Polish ar
my is also, the report goes, to be re-es ablished,
but under the command of Russian officers. The'
fourth recruiting is finished; never had the pop
ulation been placed under contribution to such
an extent.”
Greece.— The Mavrocordato ministry have
published their official piogramme, dated Athens
the 31st uit., in which they pledge themselve
to review every department of the State, to see
what abuses can he remedied, and what benefits
can be introduced, having a due regard to the
rights of the throne, as well as to those of the
people.
India and China.—Alexandria, August 2d.
The India mail has arrived, with advices irooi
Calcutta, June 30; Madras, July 5; Shanghae
Junel; Hong Kong, June 22; Singapore, June
29; Penang, July 3; Bombay, July 1
Trieste, August Bth. —The steamer Australia
arrived at Trieste at half-past 3 a. m., in 114
hours from Alexandria. Business in India dull.
Great disturbance in the north of China
Shik-lung is in the hands of the insurrectionists,
who threaten Canton with an attack. Exchange
at Canton ss.
According to the telegraphic accounts from
Hong-kong this afternoon, which reach to the
22d of June, the rate of exchange has experi
enced only a fractional further decline at Can
ton, while at Shanghai it again remains without
the quotation at the former place, being ss. id.,
instead of ss. id., as by the last advices, and at
the latter 6s. Bd. Shipments of silver from this
country will therefore continue. The export of
tea to date was 75,000,000 lbs., and of silk 58,-
500 ba es. Two crops of tea, one of them new,
ttad arrived, but no prices had yet been talked of,
and the settlement was likely to be late. The
insurrection was apparently making rapid pro
gress. and great alarm prevailed at Canton,which
was threatened by a body of 40.000 men, who
had taken a large town named Koon, near the
Bogue.
(From the London Times of the 12 th inst.)
Commercial News. —“ Owing to the firm
ness of the weather, the confirmation of the
statement regarding the entire retreat of the
Russians fr° m the Turkish principalities, and
the character of the debate on Thursday in the
House ot Lords the English funds opened on
Friday morning with continued buoyancy, and
were well maintained throughout the day. In
consequence of the various points whence infor
mation may now be looked for the market for
the next week or two will show great sensitive
ness.”
3 for money, although good, is less
active than at the commencement of the week,
and the announcement of a large arrival of Aus
trian gold had likewise a favorable influence.
Ihe Turkish army in Asia is continually re
inforced ”
I he result of Gen. Baraguay d’Hilliers’ inter
view with the King of Sweden, was an order
that the Swedish fleet at Cailscrona shall remain
on a war footing.
Dantzic, Aug. 11. —Three thousand French
soldiers and six hundred English marines landed
at three points on Aland with little interuption,
and no loss on the 6th inst.
The forts have not been attacked, but were to
be on the 9th.
~~ aTug uSt a ,~""ga7 "
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 29, 1854.
The Northern mail, due yesterday after
noon, at 4 o'clock,did not reach this city until 5.
The delay was caused by the breaking of the
axle of the Charleston train, a few miles below
Branchvilie. No one injured.
The Telegraph.
We received a despatch last evening from our
Agent at Columbia, giving us the deaths by Yel
low Fever on Sunday, in Savannah, of which we
had information early in the morning, and as a
matter, of course, it was of no service to us.
Ihe Northern line was not in working order
at 9 o’clock last evening.
Th® Weather.
For the past three days we have been experi
encing another spell of warm weather. Satur
day and Sunday were two of the most oppres
sive days we have ielt this season, the therm
ometer ranging on
2, P. M. 4 P.M.
Saturday 94 97
Sunday 94 98
Monday 92 89
On Sunday morning, we had a fine shower of
rain, sufficient to lay the dust. On the Sand
Hills, the lall ot rain was much heavier, accom
panied by Hail stones of respectable size. Yes
terday morning it was close and sultry, but to
wards three o’clock a fine breeze sprung up,
which materially cooled the heated atmosphere.
Our city remains unusually healthy for the sea
son of the year, and should it uniortuna'ely be
visited by h etk> .vf*- er, or any otherdisease con
sidered to be contagious, we will promptly give
our readers the information. Numbers afe com
ing up from Charleston and Savannah, who may
have staited with the seeds of the disease in
hem. Os such persons a few may probably die,
but such is the cleanliness of our city, at the
present time, and the purity of the atmospherei
that we have no fears of its spreading.
We r. peat, that should any deaths occur in our
city, we will promptly report them.
Health of th,k Citt. —We are gratified to
be able to say that the progress of Fever in the
last two days has had a decided check. Yester
day there was no case of this disease carried to
the Hospital, and no aea.h in that Institution
from any cause. We are satisfied, also, from
large and careful inquiry, that private practice
affords the same evidence of a favorable change.
ihese Southwest winds are loaded with a ter
rible store of heat, but if they save us from an
epidemic Fever, we can afford to smile at the
excesses of the Thermometer.
The above is from the Charleston Mercury of
yesterday, and it is the only Charleston paper
that came to hand which mentions a word about
the existence of Yellow Fever in that city. We
give it credit for its independence, but in doing
sa must say that its statements, and the reports
ot passengers daily arriving, (some of them rank
ing among its best citizens) are greatly at vari
ance. b acts are all that is wanted. Reports
fly with lightning speed, and were never known
to diminish by being extended. Honesty is said
to be the best policy, and in the present unfortu
nate situation of Charleston, her citizens and
merchants will find it much to their advantage
if their Board of Health would publish daily
reports of the interments in that city, giv
ing the number of deaths by Yellow Fever.
We can assure our Charleston cotemporaries
that by so doing, much fear at present existing
on the minds ot those who are anxious to visit
that city, would be ‘removed. Within the last
three or four days, several country merchants,
who were on their way to Charleston, lave call
ed on us for information in relation to the extent
of the Fever in Chaileston, but we had not re
ceived more information than they had them
selves, which were mere rumors, and in this
uncertainty they declined visiting that city for
the purpose of making their purchases.
The suggestions of the Mercury, which are
made below', we think the city authorities will
find it to the interest of her citizens to adopt.
They are comments on an article from the Sa
vannah Georgian, noticing a telegraph dispatch
sent to Charleston, that there was no yellow fe
ver in Savannah, when on Monday the inter
ments were 18, the most of which died of that
disease.
“Every word of this is wel! said. When every
! two persons who meet at the street corners ex
change news about an infectious disease in the
city, and when every passenger in the trains,
who has retreated before the terror of these
vague whisperings,is tempted to justify his fears
by spreading the worst reports of the danger, is
it not manifest that the public authorities who
surrender the record of health to such irresponsi
ble agencies, are in fact betraying, instead of
protecting, the reputation of their city ? The
Georgian is right in maintaining that, as a mere
matter of policy, the sober truth, in the most au
thentic form, is the best. And we feel bound in
this connection to bear testimony to the admir
able tone, equally tree from concealment and
from alarm, of all its notices of the prevailing
fever We have tried to act on the same prin
ciple as our cotemporary. U.itil we were in
possession of undeniable facts, we should have
felt it criminal to make any statements. When
there w« no longer room for doubt, we comkU
ered it equally due to Charleston and the coun- 1
try to make the facts public.
“ The Savannah Republican appeai3 to have
acted on the opposite principle. In its first no
tice of the fever, it stated in the strongest terms
that there was no alarm felt in the city, and not
the least danger in strangers visiting it. Soon
after, the telegraphic despatch, so properly repro
bated in the above extract from the Georgian,
was put in circulation through the country, and
its language is so nearly a repetition of that used
editorially by the Republican, that we have a
right to conclude it originated in that office. A
paper which thus deals with the truth at home
is not likely to be a very fair critic when it goes
abroad. We are not surprised, therefore, to find
the Republican carping at the Health Reports of
Charleston, and imagining that the authorities
here have been acting on its own principle, that
there is safety in concealment.
“The Lazaretto, as the Republican should
know, has a very simple and definite object,—
that of furnishing a refuge for strangers who
come here bringing a dangerous disease with
them. None others are sent there. It is out of
the city, some eight miles distant, and is under
the charge of a State officer. The City Regis
ter, has, officially, no more to do with it than
Fort Moultrie. When patients die there, they
are buried on the spot, so that neither by the
law of Savannah, nor of Charleston, could they
be brought into the bills of mortality. The re
poits of Savannah are founded on the burials
within the city. But this would afford no true
statement ot the mortality of Charleston, because
some of the largest Cemeteries beyond the
city limits. Our laws, therefore, aim, by the
most stringent provisions, to secure a full report
of all the deaths in the city, and that this object
is effectually attained, no one has the right to
question.”
Gordon Fargo.
It will be gratifying intrliigence to the nu
merous friends of this gentlemen, the proprietor
of the Marshall House, Savannah, who was re
ported to have died in that city on Sunday last
with Yellow Fever, that he is still alive and
kicking, and bids fair from present appearances
to live to furnish many of his old friends with a
good meal at his well known house. He had a
slight touch of Yellow Jack, but has arrived in
this city with his family to recruit a little.
Wild Cat Money.
The recent failures out North and West, and
the large amount of Bank Bills afloat, far from
the place of issue, has caused the people in that
section of the country to be a little more careful
in handling them. So far as regards the Banks
of this State, we would refer readers to the Bank
Note Tables published under our commercial
head this morning. We copy the following re
marks from the Journal of Commerce , of the 23d
inst. The Banks mentioned by the Journal of
Commerce, as doing business in Georgia, have no
circulation in this city nor Savannah, nor are
their hills taken on deposit or in payment in
either city.
“ We announce with sincere regret the suspen
sion of Messrs. Alfred Edwards & Co.* in the
•silk jobbing trade, who made an assignment of
their effects to-d*y. We know not the amount
of their liabilities, but judge that they must ex
ceed $500,000; the creditors will have no fear,
however, but what they will receive all the as
sets will pay. A merchant of moie upright
character, or one more worthy the esteem of all
good men, could scarcely be found in the whole
range of the trade, than the senior member of
this firm, and his failure will excite universal
sympathy. The credit of this house has been
more or less affected by the pressure of the times;
and their failure having been more than once
prematurely announced, they were at last ob
liged to stop j although but for their determina
tion not to invoke their friends farther, they
might have gone on, as money was freely offer
ed them.
“ We have reason to kno\y that our warning
in regard to the banks, whose failure to redeem
here we have already noticed, kept many of our
readers froiri serious loss; and we have felt it to
be our duty to say, that there are other hanks,
which have a wide circulation, whose issues are
not entitled to currency so far from home.—
Among these are the Merchants’ Bank, Macon,
and Bank of Atlanta, the Bank of Milledgeville,
and the Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank,
Columbus—all Georgia institutions, but all (pos
sibly with the exception of the last) now en
gaged in providing circulation for Illinois and
Wisconsin. We have nothing against these in
stitutions, so far as they do a regular banking
business at home, but they were not created to
furnish a currency for poor laborers and farmers
1,000 miles from home, and ought not to be re
ceived at this distance from the point of redemp
tion. The moment the agent stops redeeming
in Wall street, tie bank is broke for all practi
cal good to the poor bill holder, who cannot send
it to Georgia, and must sell it at 50 or 75 cents
on the dellar. The whole sy stem is wrong, and
ought hot to be tolerated.”
T&e Campbells are Coming.
We understand West & Peal’s Original Camp
bell Minstrels, with many aditional performers I
of well known merits, will give three of their
Concerts in this city, commencing on the eve- j
ning of the 7th prox. The company is repre- ;
sented to us under its present organization, to be 1
one of the best in the country. It has always
enjoyed a high reputation with our citizens. j
Leg Stee-jching.— Mrs. Nicholas, late of the
Brattleboroygh (Vermont) Democrat, says that
drinks are now called “leg stretchers” in that
State. ,She says it is an every day occurrence
for some pessengers in the stage coaches, while
the latter are waiting at the hotels for the mails,
to say “I guess l will get out and stretch my
legs,” which always ends in their having a drink
somewheie in the hotel. She adds that it is
perfectly astonishing with what unchecked ease
and frequency legs are now stretched in Ver
mont.
Pharmacy in Philadelphia. —There are 57
retail drug or apothecary stores in the city of
Philadelphia, which are owned and kept by re
gular physicians—the class of persons bestquali
ed for the business.
French Weights and Measures.—A peti
tion is circulating in Paris among the citizens of
the United Statespraying Congress to appoint a
committee for the purpose of examining the
French system of weights, measures and money,
with a view to its adoption by the U. States'
and by all other nations.
Miss Frances M. Osgood, eldest daughter of
Rev. S. M. Osgood, late missionary to Burmah
and now agent of the Missionary Union died
very suddenly, of cholera, at Indianapohs, Ind. a
few days ago. ’
Balloon Ascension.- Mr. Elliott made a
successful balloon ascension at Petersburg, Va.,
on Wedndsday, but the Express says he received
only s7l at the entrance gate, not sufficient to
pay expenses.
Gas in Paris. — The Municipal Council of
Paris has just renewed for thirty-two years its
contract with the six companies now engaged in
lighting the city with gas. Their charges have
been considerably reduced.
The Crots in Lowndes.— A letter from 1
Hahira, Lowndes county, Ga., under date of the j
14th inst., says :— “ We have the best corn crops j
I ever saw in this part of the country. You j
may say to our up country friends, come to ,
Lowndes; there is plenty of corn. Our cotton !
crops are, some of them, very good, some mid- i
dling and some poor. Health of our county !
very good.”
The Crops. — Ihe Columbus Times says i- J
“ The recent rains have caused cotton to shed its I
forms in those parts of the country which had |
been exposed to long .drouth. Eaily corn will!
make little less than an average yield. Late j
corn will proven failure. We infer from all that
we ca:i gather, that both the corn and cotton crop
of Georgia will be short. Even Cherokee, the
granery of Georgia, will have but little more
than enough corn to supply the wants other
own people.
The Weather, the Crops, &c. —The Thom,
asville Watchman says:—We continue to have
copious showers of rain in this immediate sec
tion, though there are portions of the county that
have suffered. The corn crop is now made, and
we hearot men offering to engage corn at fifty
cents per bushel at the crib, but of no sales. We
hear some complaint among our farmers, of the
boil worm, rust, &c„ in the cotton. The weed
is also shedding rapidly on some plantations £ As
yet we have heard no complaints of the cater
pillar.
The Drought in Kentucky. —The Louis
ville Courier is in receipt of the most distressing
accounts from all parts of Kentucky with refer
ence to the terrible drought that has prevailed.
In Marion county hundreds of acres have not a
shoot of corn on them, and people are cutting
the stalk to feed their cattle. Stock is worth
less, and mule colts cannot be cashed at S2O.
Tobacco is not yet above the clods, and the small
timber is dying. In Bourbon the corn crop will
not be half an average, and the influence of the
failure is already felt in the depreciated value of
all kinds of stocks. In Pulaski county there will
be very little corn, and meal is now selling at
$1 per bushel at the country mills.
True Condition of Crops —The Chatta
nooga Advertiser, says.—From reliable sources
we learn that the corn crop in upper East Ten
nessee, on the bounds of Kentucky, will fall far
below a half yeld. Instead of raising a large
surplus some farmers will not have enough for
tome consumption, and some whole sections
hitherto sure for guod crops, will utterly fail. We
speak thus from authority, having conversed with
gentlemen who have just returned from that
section, and we have it from letters lately re
ceived. Iu our own vicinity we cannot expect
to have anything like a medium yield, the rains
came too late, and yet on our botlom lands along
the river where the drouth could not so materi
ally affect the development of the grain, we in
dulge the hope of a tolerable fair crop.
The Corn Crop. —The Athens (Yenn) Post
of the 25th inst , says—The late rains have
brought out the corn considerably, and although
the crop will not be an average one, yet the yield
will be pretty fair.
The Crops. —The Greensboro’ Beacon of the
18th says that the weather has been very warm
there and dry. Not enough rain has fallen in
i the town to wet the ground two inches deep
since the Sen of July. ‘‘The crops,” it says, “are
burnt up—almost, except early corn, which was
made before the dry spell commenced.”
The Claiborne Southerner of the 19th says:
“Our exchanges from most parts of the State
brings ns unfavorable accounts of the crops,
caused by drought. In this county there are
similar complaints, and crops have sustained
serious injury from w ant *>f rain, especially in
the upper portions of it. Copious showers fell
here on Thursday evening, but we fear too late
to benefit a great deal of the cotton even it they
were general.’ 7
The Camden (Wilcox) Republic of the 19th
says:
The Spring was an unusually late one, cotton
and corn both being killed by frost on the 18th
of April. After that time, however, we had good
growing weather, with very flattering prospects,
until the middle ct July, at which time a severe
drought set in that caused the sandy lands to shed
off everything except a few grow n bolls. The
rust has also attacked every weak spot, so that
between the two evils the piobable yield has
been materially cut off from what was promised
one month ago, Even the bottom lands wh ch
generally do best in dry weather have’ suffered
from that sudden change, and, with but few ex
ceptions. w’e hear of no one having the pospect
ol a full crop. We have had some fine rains late
ly, but they will do no good in old lands—in fact
will be a positive injury. In some parts of the
county the yielu will, in any event, tail short of I
that of last year, while in other and fresher lands j
we learn that the prospect is good for an increase. !
From present appearances we think we can safe- !
ly say, that the cotton crop will be barely equal j
to that of last year, although it is still uncertain, j
and in a short time we may be compelled to
modify our opinion. Many planters are now |
suffering seriously in their low lands from the j
effects ol the heavy showers which we now have, j
In some sections of the county a superabun- i
dance of corn has been made.
Flux—l he Abingdon (Va.) Democrat learns
l that this dreadful complaint is scourging various
I neighborhoods in that section of country. In the
j Rich Valley towards the Salt Works, and up on
the Laurel, its ravages are distressing.
> : What We Are Coming To. —A gentleman
, in London hatches hens’ eggs over a naptha lamp
without a wick. Seventy eggs have been hatch
ed at the top of the lamp, and the chickens reared
| by an artificial mother at the bottom.
Hon. 1 homas Clayton, formerly a member of
the House of Representatives, and afterwards U.
S. Senator from Delaware, and at one time chief
justice of the superior court of that State, died at
New Castle on Monday week, in the 77th year
of his age.
; Governor of Virginia.— The Democrats of
Northampton, Elizabeth city county, and Harri
son, \ irginia, have all expressed a preference for
the Hon. Henry A. Wise as the candidate for
Governor of that State.
j Reduction in the P rice o7 cTriLE—The
i drought has been 80 in New York State
that the farmers are selling their cattle for want
of grass. Cows, which commanded S4O per head,
last spri. g, are selling at Pultney,New York,for
sl2, and sheep in proportion.
S i eerage Passengers. —We were not a lit
tle surprised (says the Savannah Georgian of
Sunday) to fin lin the report of the steamer
Knoxville, which reached here yesterday from
New York, 72 steerage passengeas. The arri
val of such a number at this season of the year
is altogether unusual; and considering the ex
posure of this class of persons to disease and
their necessitous circumstances, we would but
lament their presence. All mystery, however, 1
and regret, we e very soon dispelled by the in
telligence that they are operatives engaged for !
the Augusta cotton factories, who go directly to j i
their destination. We understand that they ( (
left in the cars last night.
We aie informed that the New York agents
of the New Xork and Savannah Steamship
Company have been directed not to afford steer
age passage to persons wishing to come to this
place so long as our present epidemic shall pre
vail here.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Savannah, Aug. 28. Q
Sunday, twelve interments—eight by Yellow
Fever. The weather is very ho l- , but few new
cases of Fever.
Official Health Report. >
Savannah, Friday, 9, p. r/i.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery.. \4
all of Yellow Fevor.
Catholic Cemetery 7
of which 6 were from Yellow Fever.
Hebrew Cemetery, (Yellow Fever.) 1
Total interments 12
From Yellow Fever 11
New cases of Yellow Fever reported in the last
24 hours „ 15
j Saturday, Aug. 26, 9 p. in.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery, 6—5
whites, 1 black—of which 3 were subjects of
yellow fever.
Hebrew CemeterJ - , I—yellow fever.
Catholic Cemetery, B—4 ot which were yel
low lever.
Antal interments 15, of which 8 were subjects
ot yellow fever.
New cases reported, G.
Now York, Aug. 26.—A fire broke out at
Troy, last night, which raged with tenable rapi
dity, nnd it was not long before the Telegraph
offices were completely burnt out, suspending all
communication. We learn this morning that the
flames spread rapiJly, and before they could be
subdued, some 200 houses, including stores, &c.,
were totally destroyed, with most of their con
tents. It is impossible to estimate the entire
loss, but the general impression is, that it will
not be short of one million of dollais—probably
more. The suffering consequent upon this ca
lamity is veiy great. Many persons have been
made homeless and lost their all. We are not
advised of any lives being sacrific d. The in
, surance companies in Troy, Buffalo, Albany, and
’ New York, will lose heavily.
second despatch.
Troy, Aug. 26.— More of the great Fite. —The
fire commenced late yesterday afternoon, in a
large planing mill, at the corner of Front and
Davison streets. It spread with great rapidity,
the wind blowing a perfect gale at the time, de
fying all efforts to check the progress of the
flames. The principal destruction of property
was below Adams street. It is now estimated
that over three hundred buildings aie in ashes,
including factories, machine shops, churches, ho
tels, stores, and many of the most elegant pri
vate dwellings. The most valuable part of the
city is but a heap of desolate, smouldering ruins,
it is impossible at present to enumerate the va
rious houses burnt. Very little of their contents
saved.
The scene last night was most distressing.—
Hundreds of persons were upon the streets home
less and houseless—having lost their all—being
reduced from comfort, ease and affluence to pov
erty !
Thus far no lives are known to have been
lost, though several persons were injured by
failing walls, rubbish, &c.
The total loss is estimated at ov.er $1,000,000,
upon which there is insurance of some $250,0*00.
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 2G.— Apprehended
Insurrection in Cuba —A private letter of late
date, from Havana, by the steamer Governor*
Dudley, to a gentleman in this, states the pro
gress of the insurrection in Spain forms the chief
topic of conveisation here, and causes great ex
citement.
There are serious apprehensions of an outbreak
and insurrection in Cuba. The people seem to
be preparing tor it, and are less respectful to
wards the mother Government. The Captain
General’s proclamation does not receive the res
pect extended towards his previous ; rominciatn
entos. Many of the most wealthy families, ap
prehending trouble, to leave the Island and tase
up their abode here and other parts of the States.
Trouble is certainly brewing.
Boston, Aug. 26.— Excursion l'oslpcned. —
The proposed excursion to Europe in the steam
er Artie has been postponed until her return
iroru Europe, whence she will sail on the second
ot September. *
New York, Aug. 26 —Mortality—Choiera.--
The toted number of deaths for tne week ending
to day, amount to 765, of which V.iQ were of
cholera.
New York, Aug. 25.— Cholera— Fire.— 'There
has'been 5 deaths and It eases Cholera in the
hospitals io the past 24 hours. Thei« are now
40 rernaing cases.
The extensive Grate factory in Monroe St.
was consumtd by fire to-day. Loss $60,000.
Partly insured.
i Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 25.— Execution
Courtlend C. Johnson was hung here to-day, for
the murder of his wife and a man named Cul
lier. There was a large crowd of sjiectators.—
He swung off and soon died.
New \ ork, Aug. 25. —Latest from Madrid. —
A private letter received here from Madrid, by
the Asia, states that thirteen hundred persons
were killed and wounded during two days fight
ing between the Government troops and°the
revolutionists.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2<3 — Arrest —Troutman
a bill-broker who ran off from this city, some
dciy. cijjo taking with him $20,000, has been ar
rested at Freehold, New Jersey, and committed
tor further examination anu a requisition from
the Governor of Pennsylvania.
TM KW r>^ ORK; —From South America,
1 tie f anama Star of the 14th fgives favorable
accounts of the revolution lor the constitutional
cause. General Martiniano Collagos, eommand
ing the revolutionary party at Bockarmango was
killed and his party dispersed.
Congress had not met from inability to form a
quorum, and Herera had named a new ministry.
A fire broke out at Panama on trie 9th and
the chuich ot San*a Aanna and twelve houses
were destroyed.
At Valparaiso on the 14th of July the mar
kets were extremely dnii. Carolina Rice was
scarce and rising. Sugars sols' fVeeely and rates
slightly advanced.
The mails to Panama are to be monthly in
stead of semi-monthly.
I he Russian prize reported by a previous mail,
to have been taken by a French steamer into
Valparaiso was the brig Coriver, one hundred
and five days from Pernambuco, bhe knew
nothing of the war. The cargo consists of sugar,
and is vaiued at seventy-six thousand dollars.
Arrest of the Murderer.— Moses, the
principal actor in the late murder of Jesse Mat
tox, and who escaped from the authorities, was
re-taken on Saturday morning last, near the
Dead hail, in this diatrict, and is now iu jail.—
Ibe two other boys implicated were tried on
1 oursday of last week, and sentenced to be hung
on Friday, the 15th of next month. The three
Wi.i t»e hung together. The place of execution
is fixed near Donaidsville.— Abbeville Free Press
26th inst.
.HARRIED
In Barnwell District, S. C . on the 24th of Au
gust, R chard J. Hasel, Esq., and Mis 3 Mart
Ann, youngest daughter of the late Alexander I>.
Stott, of Upper Three Runs.
May peace and prosperity ever attend thorn.
*#* Barnwell Sentinel will please copy.
Arrivals at the Stone Mountain Hotel
Clark & Hitchcock, Proprietors.
August 25, 1854.
I J. Lamar, Georgia; J. Gumming, Augusta; S.
j S. Simmons,Ky.; C W. Bailer, do.; J. Robinion,
Troup county ; N Hastings, South Carolina; G.
J, Orr and lady Oxford; Mr and Mrs. MeAlpin,
bavannah; L. N. Wraklor, do.; J. M. Harris and
lady, Hancock county; T.M. Bomar, do. : S P
Hams, do.; W . G. Wiley, do.; Miss Wily, do • Mi l
Brennan, do.; W. D. Brennan Atlanta W H
Koben„, Mobil., Al., m„ M.°askXVaSl
R. Roberts, do ; Mrs. B. Quaker d , ii- 5
<*“*>?. *>■; P.
vane Augusta; Mrs. W. M. Rowland, Augusta Ga
a.'tuXs ' joi Char ‘" A -
ivr n T vr AUGUST 26.
Airs. E. J. Martin and servant, Macon • \r; S9 v
F. Martin, do ; Miss S A Martin °rvr !•
do ;E. J. Walker, Augusta, Geo wp’ M n u’
Atlanta; T F. Marsh, do; S H I£ PoiSfpiA
county; Dr. G. R. Powell k-ii ow ? 1 » Floyd
Burke county; Miss G. g’ Walton*
ker, Alabama; C. W. Co r tf u
Atlanta. Geo.; S. Bonin, wVpMnt, Wr,ght ’
GAKLIt K.—A supply of a fine freßh~AHbde
just reaired, and lor sale by “ Article
WM. IIAWK.
tiona, from S2OO to S2O Olio’fnr hm an< l S P® clfica ‘
McKINn/ a HALL.