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TERMS:
Daily, iad'lvacoe per annum.,... .$6 00
If Botin advance per annum 1f... 7 00
Tri-Weekly, in advance .per annum 4 00
If notin advance......por annum 5 oo
Weeklr. in advance... .per annum...... 200
S3-No Discount for Clpbs.
Sketches of Rich Men.
John McDonough—John Jacob Astor—Ste-
PHEN GIRARD The BaRING FAMILY.
Extracts from the Forthcoming Autolnography of
Vincent Nolte,the Great Cotton Speculator.
JOHN JACOB ASTOR.
The argument which Parish bad made use of
with Mr. Gallatin, for the purpose of procuring
permission to send cut ships in ballast, to bring
back sums of money from abroad that were due
in the United States, had found favor ia the eyes
of a man who had distinguished himself from the
mass of German emigrants by his important suc
cesses, his speculative spirit, and his great wealth,
and had won a certain celebrity. This man was
John Jacob Astor, the founder of the American
colony of Astoria, on the northern coast of the
Pacific Ocean, which has been so graphically and
picturesquely described by the pen of Washing
ton Irving. Astor was born at Heidelburg,
where the original name of his family is said to
have been Ascirthor, and had come to New York
as a furrier’s apprentice. His firat savings, that
is to say, the wages he got in the peltry ware
house, lor beating out and preparing bear, doe
and other skins, he invested ia the purchase of
all kinds of peltry, bear, mink and rabbit skins,
which he got from the Indians, who at that time
wandered about the streets of New York; and so
soon as he had collected a certain quantity, he
sent them to Europe, particularly to the Leipsic
fair. There he traded them off for Nuremberg
wares, cheap knives, glass beads, arid other arti
cles adapted to traffic with the Indians on the
Canadian frontiers, and took them himself to the
. latter points, where he again exchanged them
for furs of various kinds. Ashe has often told
me, from his own lips, he carried on this traffic
untiringly for twelve long years, going in per
son, alternately, to the Canadian frontiers, and
then to the Leipsic fair, and lived all the while,
as he had ever been accustomed to do, humbly
t and sparingly.
lb At length he had managed to bring togther a
considerable capital, and gradually become a
freighter of ships and fitted out expeditions to the
northwest coast, to trade with the Indians of
Nootka Sound for furs. Another circumstance
contributed to the fncrease of his means. At the
peace concluded in 1783 between England and
the revolted provinces, the thirteen United States,
many acres of land in the State ot New York
city, were voted by Congress to the German sol
diers who had fought in the American army. The
latter were chiefly Hesse Darmstadters. Most
of them died in the course of the year, without
having succeeded in converting this property into
money; but the relatives and heirs they left be
hiud them in Germany did not forget these lit
tle inheritances. Upon the occasion of a visit
made by Astor to Heidelberg, in later years,
most of the parties last relerred so, as inheriting
to the allotments of the deceased German soldiers,
and residing in Heidelberg, united, and made our
friend their legally authorized attorney, in order
to realize, it possible, from their hitherto useless
acres. But the hoped-for inc ea»e oi the value
of this property was on the whole, rather slow
in coming, and the heirs wanted money, money,
quick*nd ready money. Astor having been ap
~~-»*£.li££t*|to on this score, told them that, in order to
get ready money, they must reckon up the real
present value of the cash itself, and not any ima
gined value of the land, and that only through
pretty considerable sacrifices could they get cash
for the same. Thereupon the parties advised
with each other, and finally Astor received per
emptory orders to sell, without further delay.
Unknown peculators were found; the proceeds
were small, but the heirs got what they wanted
—money. At the present day, many of these
pieces of ground aie among the most valuable
and moat ionportant In the city, and have gradu
ally passed through Astor’s into other hands; the
unknown speculators, however, have faded from
the memory ot everybody.
Astor, at the moment of the embargo, was in
the p®ssessmn of several millions, so that he was
able to give his son, William B. Astor, who was
educated at Gottingen, the magnificent hotel on
Broadway called the “Astor House,’ 7 which cost
the sum of SBOO,OOO.
The permission, procured by Parish, to send
out ships in ballast to bring home silver, had giv
en Astorthe idea that the same privilege might
be extended to ve.-sels despatched for the purpose
of bringing home the amount ol debts due abroad
in good*. With this view he went to Washing-
and there, under the pretence that he had an
important depot of teas at Canton, obtained the
desmed permission to send a vessel thither ia bal
last. This step, however, was only the lorei tin
ner of anotherone. Astor, in reality, owned no
depot of teas at Canton, and hence it simply
came to this, that he would, according to the
usual .custom, send money thither to purchase
the article.
The exceptional favor of sending schoor.eis in
. ballast to Vera Cruz, which Parish had up to this
enjoyed, but which was now gradually ex
JTtended toother vessels, whose destination was
back gold and silver values, but
goods on American account, sufficiently showed
that, under certain circumstances, there was no
p indisposition to grant free exit to ships in ballast
for a particular object. And now arose another
point, namely, whether empty vessels, which.
Hhowever, had silver on board, could be regarded
** as in ballast. The precious metals are, in most
- countries, not looked upon as wares, although in
some they are so classified.
It was not exactly advisable to bring on a dis
cussion of the question, whether the exportation
of silver in otherwise unladen vessels should de
pend upon it or not. The query was, whether a
foreign creditor, who had come to collect the
money owed him by American meichants, would
be permitted to take the funds really thus re
ceived back with him. In Washington there
appeared to be every disposition to allow this. |
Now it was well known, in the northern ports
of the United States, that the leading native !
merchants of Canton had never hesitated to ac
cord their regular correspondents, returning year
out and year in from the United States, certain
credits vyhicb amounted to considerable sums
Upon this Astor based his plan. He hunted up,
among the Chinese sailors, or Lascars, on the
ships lately arriving from China, a fellow s iited
to his purpose, dressed him as a Mandarin, and
took him with him to Washington, where he j
bad to play the part of the Chinese creditor, under j
the name of Hong-Qua, or Kina-Holu. No one
dreamed of suspecting the Mandating identity, !
and Astor pushed his scheme safely through.
The $200,900 he sent to Canton were expended
there in tea and other Chinese articles, and with
in a year afterwards returned in that shape to
Asfcoi’s bands, and were used by him to excel
lent account. A stroke of skill had been achiev-
Bed whose morality no one in the United States
doubted for a moment.
Astor has left a fortune of about $12,000,000,
chiefly to his only son. His mind was inces
santly busied with the increase of his resources, j
arid had no other direction. He was compelled,-
by a physical infirmity, to repair to Paris, where
h« could avail himself of the skilful assistance
of Baron Dupuytren. The latter thoroughly
restored him, and advised him to ride out every
day. He frequently took occasion himself to
«»ccomany his patient on these rides. One day
—and this anecdote I have from the Baron's own
mouth —when riding, he appeared by no means
disposed to converse; not-a word could be got out
of him; and at length Dupuytren declared that
he must bg.- suffering from some seciet pain or
-.-"froußle when he would not speak. He pressed
him and worried him, until finally Astor loosed
his tongue:—“Look ye ! Baron, 7 ' be said, “how
frightful this is! i have here, in the hands ot
my hanker, at Paris, about 2.000,000 francs, and
cannot manage, without great effort, to get more
than 8# per cent per annum on it. Now, this
very day, I have received a letter from my son
in New York, informing me that there the best
acceptances are from H to 2 percent per month.
Is it not enough to enrage a man? 77
THE HOUSE Ok BARING AND BROTHERS—THE HIS
TORY OF THE FAMILY.
I will take this opportunity of saying some
thing about the Baring family, particularly its
most distinguished members, Sir Francis and his
second son Alexander, as well as the honorable
9 chief of the Amsterdam bouse. Mr Henry Hope,
A’horn 1 haves already named. The last of these,l
when I first made acquaintance, had reached his I
seventieth y ear, and was somewhat deaf. He 1
had never b een married. It was he who open
ed the way for the autocratic power of Russia,
under the Ifimpress Catharine 11, to the confi
dence of the then wealthiest capitalists in Eu
rope, the Dutch, and theieby laid the foundation
of Russian credit. Always treated by the Em
press wifih great distinction, he had been hon
ored with the gift, from her own hand, of her
portrait, the full size of life. This picture occu
pied the place of honor in the superb gallery of
paintings fitted up by him in his place “t 7 Huys
ten Bosch, 77 (now a royal pleasure palace,}
which he bad built in the woods of Harlem.—
Upon his emigratson to England, he had taken
this splendid gallery, entirely composed of cabi
net pieces with him, and I had the pleasure of
seeing it frequently, at his residence in Caven
dish square. To the tone of a refined gentleman
and man of the world he united a certain affa
bility which spoke to and won every heart.—
The whole-souled cordiality with which he al
ways met me when I came to his dwelling in
the city, or to his couutry seat, Easteheen, in the
neighborhood ol Richmond, has always remained
fresh in my memory. Yet a secret trouble seem
ed to be weighing on his mind. This annoyance
arose from the notorious relations of his niece,
Madame Williams Hope, with a Dutch officer
of dragoons, by the name of Dopff. I had at
tracted his confidence, and he one day seized me
suddenly by the hand, led me to the window,
and could not restrain his tears, as he told me he
must dose the door of his house against her if
she ventured to bring this man with her to Eng
land. The larger part ot bis considerable for
tune, which he had bequethed to Henry, the el
dest son, of this niece, and who died unmarried,
passed, at the I’ecease of the latter, to Adrian,
the second son, who left no tnaie heirs, but from
whom it descended to Francis, the third son,
born several years afterwards. This third in
heritor is the rich and well-known Mr. Hope,
now. settled in Paris, and the only surviving
member of that branch of the whole family.
A close examination into the origin of the
Baring family traces it back to a certain Peter
Baring, who lived in the years from 1666 to
1670, at Croningen, in the Dutch province of
Overyssel. One of his ancestors, under the
name of Francis Baring, was pastor of the Luth
eran church at Bremen, and in that capacity
was called to London, where, among others, he
had a son named John. The latter, well ac
quainted with cloth making, settled at Larkbeer,
in Devonshire, and there put up an establish
ment for the manufacture of that article. He
had five children—four sons, John, Thomas,
Francis, Charles, and a daughter, called Eliza
beth Two of these sons, John and Francis,
established themselves, under the firm ot John
& Francis Baring, at London, originally with a
view of facilitating their father’s trade in dispos
ing of his goods, and so as to be in a position to
import the raw materiel to be required, such as
wool, dye-stuff's, &c., themselves directly from
abroad. Thus was established the house which
after the withdrawal of the elder brother John,
who retired to Exeter—gradually, under the
linn-name of Francis Baring & Co, and even
tually, under the firm-name of Baring, Brothers
Sc Co., rose to the highest rank of mercantile em
inence in the commerce ol the world.
Sir Francis, who. under the Ministry of the
Count Shelburn, father of the present Marquis ol
Lansdowne, had become his intimate friend and
adviser in financial matters, having in the year
1793, received the title of Baronet, was already
styled by the latter the Prince of Merchants.—
; He had become somewhat feeble, and very deaf,
when I first got personally acquainted with
him.
On the occasion of one of my visits to him he
i told me that he had kept at his business for thir
ty years before be considered himself entitled to
keep an equipage. Upon another occasion,
when I spoke to him of cny project in establish
ing myself in New Orleans, after the termina
tion of my mission, he remarked : “ Usually,
| tny young friend, that commission business is
! the best in which the commissions take this di
i rection’ 7 —here he made a motion with his hands
as it throwing something towards him—“but
| where the business goes thus!’ 7 —motioning as
if he was throwing something from him. This
■ amounted to saying, in other words, that re
ceiving consignments was a better business than
executing commissions. Three of his sons
Tbnmns. Alexander, and Henry, entered the
London establishment; but the first, who was
! intended to have carried on the father’s name,
i after the death ot the latter on the 12th ol Sep
tember, 1 Sio, assumed the name of Sir Thomas
and withdrew fiom the house, as the thiid also
found occasion to do at a later period. The lat
ter was passionately fond of play, and indulged
in it with so much success that sometimes brake
I “Enterprising General des Jeux,” of Paris
But the sight of one of the heads of such a
house, one night after another, in the great gam
bling establishments, produced a bad effect; and
even if it did not impair his credit, it in no slight
degree damaged his respectability. This was
felt at headquarters, and an understanding was
come to for his withdrawal from the firm.
Alexander Baring, the second son of Sir Fran
cis, had received a portion of his education in
Hanau, had then completed it in England, and
commenced his mercantile career in the house
of Messrs. Hope, where a friendship sprung up
between him and Mr. P. C. Labouchere, which
led to the latter 7 s marriage, at a later period,
with his sister, Maria Baring. When the
Messrs. Hope retired to England, in consequence
of the occupation of Holland by the revolution
ary French army, under Pichegru and after Al
exander Baring had left the house, he determin
ed to visit the United States ot America. At
his departure his father confined his advice to
two especial recommendations, one ot which
w>s to purchase no uncultivated land, and the
other not to marry a wife there : “ Because,”
said he “uncultivated lands can be more readily
bought than sold again, and a wile is best suited
to the home in which she was raised, and can
not be formed or trained a second time.”, How
ever, Alexander had not passed one year in the
United States before he forgot both branches of
his father’s advice.
Not only did he purchase large tracts of
land in the western part ol the State of Penn
sylvania, and lay out a not considerable capital
(SIOO,OOO at least) in the then district and now
State of Maine, and that, too. under the annex
ed condition of bringing a number of settlers
thither within a certain terms of years, but also,
in 1798, when just twenty-four years of age, he
married Anna, the eldest daughter of Mr. Wil
liam Bingham, in Philadelphia, who was at that
time considered the richest man in the United
States, and was i hen a member of the Senate.
The inheritance he had to thank her for, at the
death of her father, amounted to $900,000. She
bore him nine children, of whom seven are still
living. The eldest of these, called William
Bingham, after his grandfather, is the present
Lori Ashburton, and has reached the age of fif
ty-three. His wife is a Lady Sandwich, and
their marrage has remained childless. After
his death, his title, aloug with the greater part
ot his fortune, will pass to the second son. Fran
cis who is married to a daughter of the Duke
Bassano, a former State Secretary of Napoleon.
This gentleman usually resides at Paris, and is
the eldest head of the London house, in the
management ot whose business, however, he
seldom takes any active part. He has two sons.
The favorite, from the first, of his father and
mother, both title and fortune will pass entirely,
according their wishes into the hands of him
who, in their eye, deserved the preference.
Death of Francis B. Habersham.— The
New York Courier & Enquirer of Saturday an
nounces the death of this young gentleman.—
He was a son of the Hon. Richard Habersham
of Georgia, and was well known in this city,
where a number of his relatives reside. The
Courier & Enquirer says :
“ Death has come very near to us in taking
from our side a valued assistant and very dear
personal iriend. Francis B. Habersham, who
has been in the editorial service of this paper
lor the last fifteen months, died in Brooklyn yes
terday after an illness of six weeks Irom typhoid
fever His age wrs26 years. He was born in
Geo gia and descended from one of the oldest
families in that State. At the age of fifteen he
was sent to the University of Vermont, but, on
account of ill health, was unable to complete the
collegiate course. He afterwards graduated at
the Medical School in Philadelphia, yet, after
two years Sourthern practice, was induced to
adopt the editorial profession. H e entered our
office and labored with efficiency and a noble
ambition, until death put a period to his bright
ening career. It is hard to resign one so pure,
so gentle and so true. He had talent and ac
complishment—it was for these we admired
him; he had a warm open, generous, sincere,
truthful heart, such as we have never seen ex'
it was for that wa loved him. His
daily walk in life was blameless and beautiul;
and his end was that of the humble, child-like,
prayerful, faith-sustained christain. Alas, the
fond, fond hopes that have perished with him!
But theie is hope infinitely transcending them
all; and that hopes still lives.”
“ Deaths from other Diseases than Yellow
Fever.”
A correspondent of theJChronicle & Sentinel,
having criticised much to his own satisfaction,
Dr. Wildman’s treatment of Yellow Fever, in
the conclusion of his communication, turns upon
the health reports daily published in this city, as
follows:
“ While upon this subject, may we not be per
mitted to ask some of our medical friends, or Ed
itors of Savannah, to explain the fact, that in
their reduced population the deaths from dis
eases other than Yellow Fever, are so frightfully
numerous—lour, five, six and sometimes nine
per day are thus reported, besides Yellow Fever
cases? We presume that the average of deaths
from other diseases, reported during the last ten
days, will not fall short of six per day. If there
was no Yellow Fever, and the entire population
wosat home, this mortality would be alarming.
We assure our Savannah friends that this re
markable feature hi their reports excites many
comments, and the faithfulness of the reports of
their Board of Health, can only be admitted up
on the supposition, that their city is one of the
most unhealthy in the Union. If there is any
other explanation the public would be pleased to
have it. We would suggest one ourselves, found
ed upon our own observation in 1839, but the
subject would be a delicate one, and we forbear.
H.”
We say nothing of the heart of him, who, at
a time when this city is overwhelmed with ca
lamity, can revel in insinuations calculated to
cut her off from the sympathies to which her suf
ferings would seem to give her so just a claim ;
sympathies which she never withheld from
others in like affliction. We only ask, what
conceivable motive could prompt our physicians
and authorities, now when it is notorious , that
Yellow Fever is prevailing among us with fear
lul mortality, to attribute to other diseases deatts
caused by this epidemic ? As regards the phy
sicians, there is certainly no malady by which a
patient could die that would bring less discredit
upon the practitioner than this. Is there not,
then, a strong temptation to him, if unprincipled,
to report his cases a, having died of Yellow Fe
ver, rather than a more curable affliction ? As
to the authorities, their temptation, if disposed
to consult policy rather than truth, is assuredly
in the same direction. Nobody denies that Yel
low Fever is here, and here as an epidemic.—
Whatever character the city could lose by its
presence, is lost already—gone for years. It then
we would preserve her reputation for general
health (so invaluable to every place of business,)
the effort of |he authorities, manifestly should be,
to report every death which happens as caused
by the epidemic. We venture to say that there
is not a business man in Savannah who would
not wish that each of the one hundred and twen
ty-three persons interred during the week just
ended, could be reported as having died of this
disease. But such a report would be in the face
of truth. Hence we are compelled to state, fif
ty-one of the one hundred and twenty-three
died of “ other diseaseseven though the state
ment should bring upon our city the discredit of
being “one of tho most unhealthy places in the
Union.”
If this reply, which is intended more for the
public than for “ H.” be not satisfactory to that
gentleman, we beg leave to address him directiy
as follows:
You are a physician. Augusta is now re
markably healthy. The faculty of Savannah,
worn out by incessant labors, are unable to give
that attention to the sick, which their numbers
require. You have a more efficacious remedy
for our epidemic than the best which has been
employed here. You wish to ascertain why
“deaths from diseases other than Yellow Fever,
are so frightfully numerous/- Will you not then
come down, bring with you your remedies and
obtain the knowledge which you so anxiously
seek, and which neither your “ medical friends,
nor the F.ditors of Savannah,” can give. Our
word for it, you will be received with open arms.
You will neither want patients upon whom to
try your remedies, nor any means of obtaining
information possessed by the city, or its authori
ties. Will you accept this invitation so cordial
ly given ?— Sav. Georgian , Ith ins!.
Cholera in Knoxville, Madisonville, &o.
It is with great sorrow that we learn of the
raging of this fatal disease in the upper and mid
dle portions of East Tennessee. The extreme
dry, hot weather has, no doubt, produced this re
sult, and there yet is no prospect of rain, or any
change in the weather favorable to its decrease.
We have avoided to say much about the condi
tion of health in the upper section, because of
the exaggerated statements set afloat to the in
jury of a city or community; but we have seen
letters from Knoxville, of undoubted authority,
in which a most deplorable picture is given ot
the existing epidemic and its iatality. The citi
izens are flying in all directions, and it is quite
impossible to procure conveyances to escape the
town—any price is demanded and given by those
anxious to leave. One letter to Dr. Bell, of this
city; states that six to eight occur daily.
In Madison ville it is very ha I, but to what
extent we are not definitely informed. There
can be no doubt but that fear has very much to
do with this fatal increase of the disease; yet
this statement does not help the fact at all,’ and
we are not thus disposed to philosophize.
An unusual degree of health still remains to
Chattanooga and vicinity. Situated, as we are,
m the mountains, a fine breeze draws between
the ridges, and do s much to modify and make
comfortable the air. We entertain no fears for
our city it the citizens will exeicise a little care
in diet. We are not disposed to amplify on this
subject, but, nevertheless, it is well and proper
to take care of ourselves in time of health, and
not heedlesdy invite the destroyer to visit our
town by a reckless, boastful disregard to those
rules ot life which have a bearing upon health.
The heart should flow in sympathy for those
deeply afflicted.— Challanooga Adv., Ith inst.
From the Nashville Union, sth inst .
What is the Difference.
The Whigs and Abolitionists of the Northern
States have now but one aim—but one political
shibboleth. If it be doubted, read the following
resolutions, one adopted by the Whig State Con
vention of Massachusetts, and the other by the
New York abolition Convention both of which
bodies have just adjourned :
WHIGS.
Resolved, That we are
unalterably oppo.od to
the extension of slavery
over one foot of the ter
ritory now free; that we
will soek the immediate
and unconditional repeal
of so much of tho Ne
braska and Kansas acts
as annuls the Missouri
compromise, and that we
will oppose the admission
into the confederacy, of
any now State formed eut
of any of our territorial
possessions unless slave- i
ry is prohibited therein, i
i'
If there is any difference in these resolutions,
the Whig resolution is the worst. And it is rot
an isolated expression of pinion. The abolition
candidate for Governor in Pennsylvania has been
withdrawn, in favor of the whig candidate; and
the whig resolution above quoted is the unani
mous sentiment of northern whig conventions.
Yet our Tennessee whig leaders are looking for
ward to a cordial union in the next Presidential
election with thsse northern whigs.
The Corn Crop Panic. —A correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette ridicules the extravagant
stories that have been in circulation in relation
to the failure of the corn crop, and says :
“We hear such melancholy accounts ot the
corn crops that the country is up in arms, and I
have no doubt the farmer thinks that his crop is
the only one in the country, all others having
failed. 1 will admit in some section the gath
ering will be small, in others one-half and three
fourth, and so on; then if you please add the stock
of old corn now in the country to the present
crop, you have more than an average; this is not
guess work, but thorough investigation. I am
not any way interested in flour or corn, but
merely in my travels this summer have made
personal examinations, and find no cause of
alarm, only to speculators and humbug livers.*’
Among the deaths which occurred yesterday
frem the prevailing epidemic, we sincerely re
gret to notice that of Mr. R. Mayer, wine mer»
chant of this city. Mr. M. became a reeiden^of
ABOLITION.
Resolved , That against
the doctrines, tendencies
and natural consequences
involved in tho Nebraska
bill, so calculated to dis
honor our country in the
eyes of mankind, and to
discourage and confownd
the champions of liberty
and progress throughout
the world, we declare un
compromising war, and
in the spirit and faith of
our fathers, will struggle
to the last tor the re-con
struction of Nebraska
and Kansas to the enno
bling occupation and use
jof tree labor and free
[men.
Savannah some three years since, and had during
that period, won the esteem and regard of our
citizens, by his upright business habits and his
affable gentlemanly demeanor. We learn that
bis daughter Josephine, a child of some ten years,
also died yesterday of bilious fever.— Sav. News,
Ith imt.
AUG LIST A, GA.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 9, 18§4.
... See first page of Daily, this morning.
Public Meeting.
We would call attention to the following no
tice of the Mayor of our city calling a public
meeting of the citizens of Augusta, to take mea
sures for the relief of the needy ot our sister city
of Savannah. We hope there will be a general
attendance, and when the different Ward com
mittees go there rounds, they will be received
cordially and the list will show a handsome con
tribution on the part of our citizens.
Mayor’s Office, Augusta, Sept. 7th.
At the request of several citizens, a meeting
will be held this afternoon, at 4 o’clock, at the
City Hall, for the purpose of aIU-viating the dis
tress of the ciitizens of Savannah who have suf
fered from the prevailing epidemic.
A. P. Robertson, Mayor.
Death of Dr. P. W. Schley.
We regret to announce the Death of Dr. F.
W. Schley, late of Savannah, which took place
at the residence of his family, a few miles from
Augusta, on the 6th inst.
On Thursday of last week, Dr. Schley ac
companied his brother, who was just recovering
from a severe attack of Yellow Fever, to the
family residence at Richmond Hill, and having
seen him lodged in safety among kind and affec
tionate relatives, obedient to the calls of profes
sional duty, he immediately returned to render
service to the citizens of that afflicted commu
nity, among whom his lot was cast. Scarcely
had he arrived, however, before the hand of the
pestilence was laid on him, and he also sought
refuge among those who;e greatest pleasure he
well knew would be to render him every ser
vice in their power. But in one short week
from the time when he stood full of life, health
and spirits among those who were dearest to
him on earth, who could have foretold, that the
grave should open to receive him, and “ the
place should know him no more.”
There are many circumstances in the death of
Dr. Schley, which contribute to render it no or
dinary affliction to thoue, by whom he was be
loved. No young man has ever entered life
with brighter prospects than the subject ot these
remarks, talented, energetic, and of a most win
ing disposition, he had but recently returned
from abroad, where he had spent three years in
completing his Medical education. To human
foresight, his path through life seemed strown
with flowers, and even since his return addition
al ties have been added to bind him to the earth,
t lough he has gone before, those ties are not
broken.
We sympathise with those upon whom this
blew has so heavily fallen. May time and the
reflection, of hia many virtues afford to them the
“balm of consolation” and let them remember
that.
“The good, die first
While they, whose hearts are bard aa
Summer dust, burn to their sockets.”
The Savarnah News.
This office has been very unfortunate. We
learn that since the Yellow Fever made its ap
pearance in that city, four of its employees have
died of that fatal disease. The Editor also, had
a brush with Yellow Jacket, but he is now in
out naiiMt, and we are happy tu iufurm the num
erous readers of the Newt that he is daily improv
ing-
Progress of the Fever.
The Savannah Republican of the 7th instant,
says : For the information of our people abroad,
we would state that the Yellow Fever ha 9 al
most entirely disappeared in the eastern part of
the city where it first commenced its ravages,
except in the immediate vicinity of the intersec
tion of East Broad and South Broad streets. A
few lingering cases are found here and there in
the Eastern Wards, but the mortality is nothing
like so great as it was some days ago.
From East Broad street, the disease has grad
ually spread itself over the city towards the
west, confining its ravages chiefly, however, to
that section of the city lying between the Bay
and South Broad street. A few cases have oc
courred south of the last mentioned street, but
they are inconsiderable, compared with those in
other localities. In the neighborhood of the
Market, however, and in Yaraacraw and Rob
ertsville, the abodes of large numbers of poor peo
ple, new cases are hourly occurring, and the mor
tality threatens to be as great, especially in the
two latter, as it was at any time in the Eastern
Wards. Several natives in comfortable circum
stances, and of prudent habits, have also been
attacked, but their cases generally assume some
what of the character of what is known as the
broken bone fever,” in its more violent form,
ar.d almost without exception they yield readily
to medical treatment.
Ihe total number of interments for the <ve'jk
ending on the evening of the 29th ult.,
of which 60 were from Yellow Fever; she total
number for the week ending the oth i ns t., was
123, of which 74 were subjects of the epidemic
—thus showing a total increase over the prece
ding week of 31 interments, and 14 cases of Yel
low Fever. Os these, only 10 We re blacks,
among whom only a few cases ot the prevailing
epidemic have occurred. This leaves 113 whites
—a frightful number when it is remembered that
there are not exceeding six or sev«n thousand
whites left in the city.
It should be stated that, of thfcs last number,
eight-tenths are laborers and no acclimated per
sons, to whom, as the daily reports show, the
epidemic is principally confiner'i. Many of them
are poor, and in times like these, it ia next to
impossible to provide proper :nursing for them.—
Ihe medical force is also limited, several mem
bers of the profession being ill, while a few fled
from the field in the early p art of the conflict,
without firing a shot. Those who are ill, are
convalescing, and will soo n be at their posts
again.
It will be seen that thamumber of deaths from
; other diseases than YeltoW' Fever is unusually
| large. Upon inquiry, we learn that this may ba
attributed chiefly to fchree causes: 1. The want
of necessary attention, to. the sick p; or, and espe
cially the impossibility of providing nurses for
them. We have no do nbt that many die from
this cause. 2. Intemperance—many persons
supposing they may either ward off the fever, or
drown their tears, by drink. 3. The air seems
to have lost its tone , and consequently, persons
suffering from debility, or disease of auy kind,
and of extreme old age, sink very rapidly and
die. The existence of a malignant epidemic
amongst us is of course the remote cause of this
increased mortality, and that too, notwithstand
ing none of the persons classed above may be di
rectly attacked by it. All persons remaining in
town are unusually liable to diseases of all kinds
at this time, yet our friends abroad may rest sat
isfied that all who die of Yellow Fever are re
ported $8 such. The report publish are a
truthful statement oftlje nurp bar of intermer
and an honest classification ot the diseases which
lead to them.
Rain and Hail Storm.—On the 27th ultimo,
the lower section of Caroline county, Md., was
visited by a very severe storm ot hail, which did
much damage to the fodder fields. The Denton
Journal says that some of the stones were as
large as good sized hickory nuts. It took in its
course an extent of country several miles m
width. In the vicinity of Denton the storm
was also quite severe, and the dwelling oi Mr.
O. C. Jones was struck by lightning and con
siderably damaged from the roof to the floor of
the lower story. Mr. Jones was severely shock
ed, and on the next day his body bore the effects
of the electric fluid.
Corn Crop in Caroline County. —The
farmers in Caroline county, Md., are now very
generally engaged in saving their fodder, and
some have already finished. The Denton Jour
nal states that, as a general thing, where fodder
has been taken off, the corn is found to be eared
much better than had been supposed after the
prevalence of the drought. It is also inclined to
believe that the yield, though very materially
injured by the drought, will not fall much, if any,
short of an average crop, as a much larger quan
tity than usual was planted, and guano liberally
applied to the ground.
Red Eye’s Challenge Declined. —The
Richmond Dispatch states that Mr. R. Ten
Broeck, the owner of the celebrated race horse'
“Lexington,” has declined the challenge made
by Captain John Belcher to match Red Eye
against Lexington, at four mile heats over the
Union or National Course, SIO,OOO against
$12,500, that being the original challenge made
by Mr. Ten Broeck against any horse in the
Union, the race to be run on the second Tuesday
in October, over the Union Course.
The cars on the railroad were thrown off the
track by a cow last Friday night, a few miles
below Winnsborough. The locomotive was
injured to the amount of two thousand doliars,
but no person was killed or seriously hurt.
George Law’s old muskets, which were re
cently returned to New York by the clipper
bark Grapeshot, are said to have been re-shipped
on board the bark Catharine Augusta, together
with a considerable of powder and a
supply of coal. The screw steamship Frank
lin is said to have been purchased by the same
party concerned in the bark mentioned, and is
making alterations to fit her for a vessel of war.
It is intended that the two vessels will sail to
gether on a secret expedition. It has been given
out that they are destined for the Mexican re
volutionists under Alvarez, and that that vener
able chieftain is himself at the head of the move
ment. Do the Cuban filibusters know anything
about this matter.
. We regret to learn from the Newberry (S. C.)
Sentinel that, after conversing with farmers
from every portion of that district, its editoss are
satisfied “there will be aseiious decline in the
amount of produce anticipated to have been
gathered a short time ago.” They say cotton
will yield about half a crop, and the corn will be
barely sufficient for home use. New cotton is
coming into Newberry every day.
An officer in Boston last Sunday attempted to
arrest an Irishman for disorderly conduct, where
upon a large party ol the friends of the latter as
saulted the officer with bricks and stones, knock
ed out several of his teeth and otherwise mutil
lated his person, and set the prisoner at liberty.
The policemen of the city scon rallied and pro
ceeded to the scene of disturbance where they
found some two thousand persons assembled.—
After a desperatf; fight, in which one or two of
the policemen were badly beaten, forty-three of
the rioters were arrested and lodged in prison.
On the sixteenth of this month, as we learn,
by the latest European Journals, a meeting will
take place at St.. Omer, in France, between three
persons who have been signally favored by for
tune. These are Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
Emperor of the French, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg
King of tbe Belgians, and Prince Albert of Saxe-
Cobu/g, husband of the Queen of England.
The United States frigate Columbia, which
was r eported at St. Domingo, and likely to re
main there, pending certain negotiations be
tween General Cazenau as the United States
diplomatic agent, and the Domincian republican
authorities, has arrived at Pensacola, with all
wf.dl on board. It is probable, therefore, that an
a few days we shall hear more of her visit.
A Gat.k. —Yesterday (says the Savannah
News of the Sth inst.,) a stiff breeze prevailed
■from the northeast, and at two o’clock was ac
companied by a heavy fall of rain. During the
9 fternon the blow continued to increase, arid be
tween 7 and S o’clock it rose to a gale. It was
still blowing very freshly at 11 o’clock last
night.
The ship Shandon, of Glasgow, with her car
go, together valued at four hundred thousand
dollars, was burned at sea on the 3J ult., while
on her passage from Glasgow to Montreal.—
Her crew and passengers were all saved and
taken on board the ship Glencairn.
Threatened Trouble in Kansas. — A pub
lic meeting is reported in the Platte (Mo.) Ar
gus, held at Weston in the State, near the
eastern border of Kansas, on the 30th ult.,
at which the following resolution, offered by
Ur. G. W. Bayliss, was unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved , That this Association will, when
ever called upon by auy of the citizens of Kan
sas Territory. ho4d itself in readiness to go there
to assist in removing any aud all emigrants who
go there under r.he auspices ot the Northern
Emigration Aid feocieties.
The Baltimore tinn says:—it is to be hoped
that no necessity will arise for the citizens of
Kansas to seek the aid of those is ho adopted this
resolution. Kansas, by the law of Congress, is
open to free white {settlers from all quarters of
the Union, without regard to their view* on
this or that qu »stioa. and the geople of Mis
souri have no ri, fht whatever to interfere, to say
who shall, and who shall not, settle therein.
George Saun iers, the rejected Consul has ad
dressed a letter to the President of the Swiss
Federal Council on the subject of the European
Republican ai id American cooperation. This let
ter Has been 'translated, and is to be circulated in
six or seven, different Janguages. The trans
port of soma Hungarian .refugees to America
has been decided upon, the necessary expenses
(30,000 francs) having been voted by the Fed
eral Council.
The Philadelphia police last Friday night
made a descent upon nine hous es of bad repute,
and arrested six teen men and fifty eight women.
The males coa-sisted of professional men, mer
chants, clerks., farmers and blacklegs, and the
females of sip.gle and married woman erf every
description, including a large number of servant
girls employed in respectable families. Two or
three of the farmers had brought their products
to the eity, and their wagons were standing in
market,
The Campbell Minstrels.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weath
er last evening, this popular troupe drew a good
house at Concert Hall. They perform again this
evening, and offer an entire change in the pro- j
gramme. We would advise all who wish to ,
laugh and grow fat, to pay Concert Hall a visit
this evening, as it is their last performance in
this city.
Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory, who
has been detained by sickness in Washington.
City, has so far recovered as to warrant the pros
pect of his leaving New York in the California
steamer on the 20th inst.
(communicated.)
Social Circle.
Having spent a few days at this point, on the
Georgia Railroad, where the trains up and down
s top,°to take dinner, I feel, that in justice to
Mr. Clarke, the proprietor, as well as the travel
ling community, to state that he keeps a first
rate table, second to no public house in Georgia,
having at all times the best the market affords ;
besides all this, the public will find it an ?grea
bie place to spend a lew days. At this point i*
kept a Telegraphic office. The Operator, though
a young lady, is said to be one of the best on the
line. I wished to know how the Yellow Fever
stood in Charleston, and in a few minutes I re
ceived the information. In conclusion, I will
state, that although I have loitered at all of the
stopping places on the road-side, and have been
i well cared for, yet I would advise all travellers
who are fond of a social circle, and a good dinner,
to give friend Clarke a trial.
A Traveller.
Health of Charleston.
Office of City Register,
Charleston, Sept, 7th. 10 P. M. J
JThere have been 11 deaths from Yellow Fe
ver lor the past 24 hours.
J. L. DAWSON, M. D., C. R.
Official Health Report.
Savannah, Sept. 6.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Charles Marks, 27 years, Yellow Fever, England.
* James Smith, 35 do. do. do., Ireland.
*John Lynch. 36 do. do. do., Ireland.
N.C.Hopkinson, 26 do. do. do., N. York.
* Hunt, 28 do. do. do., Georgia.
W. 11. Dunning, 24 do do. do., N. York.
James E, Forde, 1 mo. 3 days Infantine, Sav’nah.
Elizabeth Miller, 20 years, Brain Fever, S.Carolina
Edward Daun, 24 do Yellow Fever, Prussia.
Blacks—Hosea, 8 years, Worms.
Interments in the Catholic Cemetery.
Andrew McQueen, 28 years, Yellow Fever, Ireland.
Mary Connelly, '24 do. do. do., Ireland.
L Ryan, 30 do. do. do., Ireland.
Frederick Horek,
Mary Durkin, 32 do. Bilious do., Unknown
Interments in the Old Hebrew Cemetery.
Raphael Mayer, 40 y’rs., Yellow Fever,
Josephine Mayor, 10 do., Bilious, do., Philadel’a.
Total interments, 17—12 by Y'ollow Fever.
♦Died at the Hospital.
Weather continues dry and hot.
Savannah, Thursday, Sept. 7, 9 P’ M.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Wm. A. Hayles, 22 years,yellow fever, Craw
ford county, Ga.
James H. Howell. S years, yellow fever, S. C.
♦James Fawcett,2o years, yellow fever, Ireland.
♦ Henry Rangstoy, 24 years, yellow fever, Ger
many.
Christiana Haller, 59 ys, yellow fever, Germany.
Emma Rogers, H yrs., yellow fever. Savannah.
Elizabeth Svvinley, 51 years, yellow fever, Eng
land.
Stephen C. Green, 361 years, yellow fever, Sa
vannah.
♦Eliza Gahery, 23 years, Debility, Ireland.
Capt. G. B. Trelethen, 42 years, bilious fever,
N. H.
Sarah M. Olmstead, .18 years, Neuralgia, Savan
iiSJ.
fMrs. Wineberg,32 yrs , yellow fever, Germany.
Blacks—Child, 2 years, convulsions.
Philis, 65 years, disease of the heart.
Total 14—9 by yellow fever.
In the Catholic Cemetery.
Owen Lace}’, 15 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Winifred F. O’Byrne. 4 years, yellow fever, New,
York.
Maria Doyle, 22 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Ellen A. Doyle, 13 mos., fever, Savannah.
Mary Cortley, 8 yrs., yellow fever, Ireland.
Mary C. Smith, 1 year, fever, Savannah.
Michael Doyle, 23 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Patrick Rodgers, 19 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Mary Quillen, 4 years, brain fever, Savannah.
Wm. Robertson, 2 years, yellow fever, Savannah.
Patrick Coyne, 23 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Ellen Day, 45 years, yellow fever. Ireland.
Patrick McCabe. 12 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Patrick Bryan, 35 years, yellow fever, Ireland.
Laurence Lacey, 60 years conges, lever, Ireland.
Total 15—11 by yellow fever.
Total interments 29—20 by yellow fever.
♦Died at tho Hospital,
t Laurel Grove Hebrew Cemetery.
Died. —On Friday, the Ist inst., at the resi
dence of his grandfather, Mr. McLoud, near this
place, Mr. Burroughs, a Cadet of the Military
Institute. He had, on Thursday before, return
ed from Savannah, whither he had gone to at
tend the funeral of his sister. He was, soon alter
his return, attacked with the Yellow Fever,
which proved fatal in a very few’ days. This
is the only case that has occurred near Marietta.
There has been no case in Marietta. —Marietta
Advocate , Ith inst.
Heavy Gale. —Early yesterday morning, a
heavy North East gale visited our city, which
continues unabated at the present moment—2
A. M. At noon the rain commenced to fall
with considerable violence, but ceased in about
an hour, although at intervals throughout the
day and night there were several showers. At
about ten o’clock in the evening the gale in
creased. So tar, however, we have heard of no
injuries sustained by the shipping, and a hasty
visit just paid to the wharves, satisfies us that
all the vessels are well secured. Several lett
tl eir berths at an early period in the day, and
sought shelter either in Ashley river, or at its
mouth ; but if the wind does not shift round
lrotn iis present quarter, we have no fear that
any serious damage will be sustained; and even
should it do so, the precautions adopted by the
various commanders will mitigate considerably
the apprehensions that otherwise would be en
tertained,—Ch. Cour., Bth.
Lowndesvills Going Ahead. —A meeting of
the citizens of Abbeville and Anderson was held
at Lowndesville on Saturday last, lor the pur
pose of forwarding the interests of the Savannah
River Valley Railroad. Hon. P. S. Brooks was
present and occupied two hours in a politico-rail
road-speech. Speeches were also made by Gen. j
Harrison, and Maj. Earle, of Anderson, and Mr. ■
Thompson, of Abbeville. There is a good feel- ;
ing existing among the people of Lowndesville :
and vicinity on the subject of the building of
the Road. We have not ascertained the amount
of stock subscribed on Saturday, but leam that !
about thirty-thousand dollars had already been
subscribed by that neighborhood, and it is thought
that the subscription will be raised to fifty thou
sand dollars, Well done for Lowndesville.—
Andtrton (S. C) Advocate, 6th. inst.
NevY Cotton continues to arrive at this place
—something in the neighborhood of forty bales
have been received. Several bales have been
sold at prices ringing irom 8$ Bf. The Satly
Spann took some twenty bales on yesterday mor
ing at $1.50 per bale to Mobile. The River is
very low and freights will continue high as long
as to prevent the larger class boats irom run
ning.— Selma (Ala ) Sentinel, Olh inst.
The Georgetown (S. C.) Pee Dee Times of
the 6th inst., says :
“ We have observed in several of our contem
poraries a disposition to brag of the happy condi
tion of their respective districts. Some say that
there are nopiisoners in jail; others, that little
property is advertised by their sheriffs, &c.—
What will they say when we inform them of
the Utopia in which we live? We are without
a Sheriff, and the Coroner, who has been dis
charging the duties of that office has just resign
ed—the thing didn’t pay; the Clerk of Court is
about to resign; the Register of Mesne Convey
ances is about to resign ; the Ordinary talks that
w.ay, and the Commissioner in Equity says his
offictf in sil honor and no profit. If this happy ■
condition of things continues for any leughth of
time, there will b« no limit to individual pros
perity and individual good feelings, for creditors
will have to meet their debtors with smiles, in
stead of hunting them down with bailiffs.”
Boston, Sept. s. —An official order fron the
Secretary of the Navy has been received here
detaching Captain Hollins from the command of
the U. S. steamer Cyane, which has been hauled
up for repairs. Many ot the subordinate-officers
are off - on leave of absence lor stated periods
Capt. Hollins is ordered to the command ol the
rendezvous at New York, in place of Comman
der Nicholson, who is to be the new fleet cap
tain of the Pacific squadron.
The Secretary expresses regret at the recent
arrest of C"pt. Hollins, and asserts that he retains
not only the unimpaired but strengthened confi
dence of the department for patriotism, true cou
rage and all the elements of fitness to command
a national vessel; also, that the government will
stand between him and any difficulties he may
be subjected to in consequence ol the bombard
ment of Graytown.
On taking leave of the crew of the Cyane.
Capt. l oUms addressed them in an appropriate
speech, which was responded to with loud cheers
and great enthusiasm.
New York, Sept. a.—Advices from Canada
state that the reciprocity treaty will probably be
ratified within a fortnight. The new Parlia-
I ment meets at Montreal to-day, and the atten
dance will be large. Lord Elgin’s speech, for
mally opening Par lament, will be made at 3
j o’clock. It is understood that the clergy reserve
I lands will be so secularized as to give more gen
j eral satisfaction. The clergy vvill be obliged to
| concede some claims and to surrender some lands.
! On this being effected, the reformers will sustain
! the treaty.
Detroit, Sept. s.— The thermometer at noon
to-day stood at 100; yesterday at the same hour
it was at 95.
Philadelphia, Sept. s.—The beat .has been
most intense to-day. The thermometer stands
at 89 this evening, clear and no signs ol rain,
i Washington, Sept. s.—This has been the
I hotest day of the season by three degrees. There
is no appearance of rain.
Cincinnati, Sept. 4—A fire broke out this
i evening in S. J. Johns’ furniture establishment,
i a large stone building on Fourth street, opposite
i the post office, which destroyed the upper part.
I So far as can be ascertained, the building and con
tents are fully insured. J. C. Huntingdon & Co.’s
j china store and Falls’ carpet store were much
! damaged by water.
Bangor, Me., Sept. 4,1854. —We have had
no rain yet in this vicinity, although the indi
cations for it have been strong for a day or two.
Most of the saw-mills at Oldtown, Stil water,
j and other places on the river have stopped from
the lowness of the water. The fires are not ra
; gmg so badly as they have been for some tirre
j F’ as '-
MARRIED.
In Jackson county, Aug 24, by Rev. Hartwell
| Jackson, Jr., Mr. Leslie A. Wood, of Gwinnett
! county, and Miss Martha Ann Hunter, ot the
i former place.
In Greensboro’, on the 23d ult., by the Rsv. Jo
j soph Key, James A. Carlton, of Athens, and
! Mattie 0. Jaynes, of Greensboro’.
DIED.
In Savannah, on the (sth inst., Mr William
Henry Dunning, Printer, for some time past an
employee in the News office. He was a steady, in
dustrious, and worthy young man, and much es
toemod by his acquaintances. Ho was a native of
Saratoga county, New York.
In Savannah, on tho 7th inst, Mr. Stephen C.
Green, aged about 36 years.
In Sparta, on the 24th ult, Kate, infant daugh
ter of the Hon. L. and Mrs. E. E Stephens, aged S
months.
At the residence of Thomas D. Shelton, Esip, in
Rome, Ga., on the morning of the 28th ult., Susan
Virginia, infant daughter of J. W. M. and M. L
Berrien, aged 2 months and 15 days. Also, on
the afternoon of tho 29th ult,, Samuel Fabar,
their infant son, aged 2 months and 15 days.
In Columbus, on Sunday night, 3d inst., of Con
sumption, Mr. Augustus S. Thompson, in the
21st year of his ago.
A Arrivals at the Stone Mountain Hotel,
Clark & Hitchcock, Proprietors,
September 6, 1354.
B. M. Levermore. LuGrange; Mrs. Leveruiore
and Child, do.; R L. Hutchins, Lawreneeville; J
M. Orr, do.; Mis 3S. C.Orr, do.; Miss.B. Simmons,
do; J. S.Sorter, Ala.; M. C. Haws, Sparta, Geo,
J. S. Hutchinson, Savannah ; M; j. Finn, Augusta,
Ga ; Miss Hawkins, do.; A. B. Calhoun, do.; T.
M. Ray and Lady, Georgia; Gibb 3, Lady, Child
and servant, Houston co ; L. L. Albritton, do. S.
B. Levy, Montgomery, Ala; H. Allen, AltanU,
Ga.; A S Mosely, Eatcnton, Ga.; Mr. Fleming
Augusta, Ga.
CumramM.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 7.—lp consequene of the
almost entire suspension of business, and the want
of a sufficient force of Compositors in our office, wb
have concluded, reluctantly, to suspend the publi
cation of our weekly report of the Savannah Mark
et. We will renew the publication of it as soon as
circumstances will warrant our doing so.
The receipts of Cotton continue light, and there
is no demand. In other articles there is compara
tively nothing doing.
CHARLESTON, Sept. B.— Cotton. —This article
has been very much neglected during the week
under review; and the few sales made show a lan
guid and drooping market. When we closed our
inquiries yesterday, prices were i to jc. under the
rates current at the time we made up our former
report, and the common <jualities, which have been
almost unsaleable, have suffered even a greater
reduction. Prices have been quite unsettled, and
j continued so up to tho close of business. The quo
| tations wo offer, however, will approximate as near
| as possible to the present value of this staple. The
l receipts since outlast comprise 2.910 bales, and
' tho operations in tho same time have been limited
i to some 700 bales, at a rang >of prices extending
! from 6J to £sc., as in quality, but the bulk of the
| sales were made within tho range of 9a9ic. M" e
quote Inferior —: Ordinary to-Good Ordinary 6£aT};
Middling to Good Middling, Bja9j; and Middling
Fair, 9Ja —. Nothing has been done in Long Cot
ton this week. The stock consists chiefly of poor
trashy Cotton, or parcels undor limits.
Corn.- -There was an arrival this week of some
3000 bushels North Carolina, of prime quality,
which were sold at 90c. per bushel.
Flour —Wo have no new feature to notice in
the Flour market. The transactions, which have
been limited and confined to small parcels lorhoma
consumption, have been principallv within the
range of sSAasßf for barrels, althoug'h somofancy
brands have commanded as high $9 per barrel
Sacks have been soiling at s4|as4f per sack. Re
ceived since our last per Railroad, 1,587 barrels
and 665 sacks.
! bacon. —Sides anl Shoulders have advanced in
i consequence of their scarcity. The former has
I been selling at prices ranging from $9 a s9£, and
| the latter from $7 a 7j. Hams command from 6 a
; 13£e., as in quality.
Salt. —There was an arrival this week of 4,800
1 sacks, which had been sold prior to arrival at sl-2®
i per sack Holders are asking an advance on this
price, but tho article meets with very slow sale.
| Sugars. —There have been no wholesale
| actions this week, a fair business, however, contin
; ues to engage oar jobbers at remunerating pricer
j Coffee. —Tho transactions have boon confined to
! joblors at full prices for Cuba and Rio, which con*
i stitute the stock.
j Molasses. —We note sales of 300 bids. New Or
loans at 24e. per gallon. Cuba has been selling
i from strre at prices ranging from 20 to 22 cents per
| gallon.
bagging. —We note sales of about 500 pieces
Dundoe at prices ranging from 10* to 12c. About
300 bales Gunny Cloth were sold in the early puj l
of the week at 13J and He. The retail demand is
being supplied at prices ranging from 14 to 15c-
Freights. —There is a vessel loading for Liver
pool at Jd for Cotton in square bags: atd one tor
Havre at le. for square sags, and 1£ cent for So®
Island-.' The current rate to New York is.Je. f» r
Cotton, and $1 per tierce for Rice.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS—SEPT. 6.
Per steamship State of Georgia, for Philsdol
phi a—l3B bales Cotton, 186 do. Domestics and
Merchandize, 3 do. Waste, 38 sacks Feathers.
bags Fruit, and sundry pkgs. Mdze.
Shipping Jntflligrm.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Brig Moses. Jarvis, New York.
Schr. Henry Nutt, Ilolley, Wilmington
CI.EARED FOR CHARLESTON.
Scbr.N. W. Smith, Ilobart, New York.
UP FOR CHARLESTON
Schr. D. B. Warner, Taylor, New York.
CHARLESTON, Sept. B.—Arrived, schr. Isabel*
la, Gage, Havana. ,
Cleared, schrs. B. N. Hawkins, Griffin, N- fork)
Francis Satterly, Jackson, do.
SAVANNAH.iSept. 6.—01 d., steamship State ij
Georgia, Garvin, Philadelphia