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purtnj.
The Honrs.
RY WILLIAM C. BRYANT.
The hours are viewless angels,
And still go gliding by ;
Aad bear each moment s record up
To him who sits on high.
The poison or the nectar.
Our hearts' deep flower-cups yield ;
A sample still they gather switt,
And leave us in the field
And some fly by on pinions
Os gorgeous gold and blue,
And some fly on with drooping wing
Os sorrow's darker hue.
And as we speed each minute
That God to ns hath given.
The deeds are known before his throne —
The tale is told in Heaven.
And wo who talk among them.
As one by one departs.
Think not that they are hovering
Forever round our hearts.
- Like summer bees that hover
Around the idle flowers,
They gather every act and thought.
These viewless angel hours.
And still they steal the record.
And bear it tar away .
Th’S mission flight, by day or night.
No magic power can stay.
So teach mo. Heavenly Father,
To spend each flying hour.
That, as they go. they may not show
My heart a poison flower.
Htallnnrm.
j From Me SaiumiwiA JJ.yuNnan.]
Savannah the Best Abused Town in Christendom.
We rind in the Charleston Courier of yester
day. a communication over the signature ot Ga-
Ze». in regard to the health of this place, w hich
m.y thing, in the .way uLs.'ar.di -r «e
have esei seen in print. The writer publishes
• the following note, which he says lie “received
from a physician” in Savannah :
Savannah, Oct. 6. 1852. 3 o'clock. A. M.
I hasten to inform you of the rapid increase
ol yellow fever in this city. Fifteen casesand
twelve deaths, in the last thirty hours.
Make what useot this letter yeu think proper.
It is bard, very hard, for one to preserve his
temper when be sees such a vile slander as this
in a respectable newspaper. We shall not trust
ourselves to speak of it in the terms it deserves,
but will simply say there is not one word ot
truth in the note purporting to be from this
place—We furthermore call upon the writer ot
it to come forth, if indeed it was written in Sa
vannah, and make good his libel. Will the wri
ter come forward ’ Will Galen the correspond
ent of the Courier date to give up his name .' It
is a conspiracy to defame, to injure, and to slan
der this community. We regret to say that the
Charleston Courier is particeps criminis. Ihe
editor has suffered his paper to be madethe me
dium for uttering what he ought to have know n
was destitute of all truth. We trust that the
“physician** wi.o conceived the slander GuZen
who communicated it to the Courier—and the
Courier which communicated it to the public,
will step forward and make a clean breast ot it.
They ere all concerned in the publication, and
it is for each to relieve himseltof his complicity
in the matter. Will they do it ?
We pn .Let that the note in question will turn
out to be a forgery.
The poison has already reached Augusta. The
Courier was received there yesterday afternoon,
and at 7 o’clock last evening, one of the editors
of this paper received the following private dis
patch irom a friend in that place:
AUGUSTA, Oct. 7.
It is reported here that there have been twelve
deaths in the last thirty hours from yellow fever
in Tour city.—ls this a fact ?
We replied, ot course, that it was not a lact,
but a falsehood. There has not been a single
death or case of vellow fever in Savannah in the
time here indicated. The members of the Board
of Health as well as ourselves, were diligent in [
making inquiries all day yesterday, to ascertain
if any new case had occurred. Not one case
could be heard of anyw here. This is the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
It will be seen, by reference to our adverti
sing columns, that a meeting oft! e Physicians
of the city has been called at noon to-day. We
are giad they have acted thus promptly, and
trust they will not stop in their investigations
until they ascertain clearly the author or authors
of t lis wicked and infamous outrage. If there
be a wolf in sheep's clothing among them, let
him ce dragged to the light. We repeat, how
ever, our beliefthat the whole thing is a for
gery.
—Since the above was in type, we have re
ceived the following report:
Georgia Medical Society.
At a meeting of the Georgia Medical Society,
on the evening of the "th inst.. Dr. Arnold of
fered the following preamble and resolutions,
■which were unanimously carried;
li’Aor.rs, Many false and malicious reports
have been ciicuiauef ruspecung Ibe erusteace oi ,
epidemic Yellow Fever in our city, during this
R. soloed, That this Society hereby assures the
public, that ad the cases of Yellow Fever, which
have occurred this fall, so far as the}’ are aware,
(except a case which came direct from Charles
ton. about the middle ot August, and which was
carried to the City Hospital.) were reported to
the Board of Health, at its regular meeting, on
the 6th October instant, which amounted to on
ly three ; and that there is no tendency to such
disea e amongst us; and that, believing, if that |
disea-e should appear in an epidemic form,it
would be our duty to inform our fellow citizens
of it. we will report fully and candidly to the
Board of Health, any and all deaths which may
occur from it in our practice. j
Resolved, That the foregoing be published in
the public gazettes or this city. and in the C barles
ton Courier and Mercury.
JOHN F. POSEY’’, President.
J. Ganahl, Secretary.
The Charleston Courier, and Mercury will
please publish the above, and send accounts to
J. Ganahl, Secretary.
(From the Charleston Coutier, Dth inst]
Savannah and Charleston. —The Savannah
papers of yesterday teem with reflections, not
only on the conduct of our correspondent Galen,
but on our own, in admitting his communications
into our columns. Our Savannah contempora
ries, however, now that the war has been carried
into their own camp, have suddenly become ob
livious to the fact that Savannah alone has to an
swer for the result at which they are now so in
dignant.
We ask them to look at the past and answer
candidly whether the course pursued towards
this city in her misfortune has been what it
should have been ? Have not the Press of. Sa
vannah, with one or tA'o honorable exceptions,
eagerly grasped at the slightest rumor to aggra
vate the extent ot our epidemic and to throw
suspicion on the integrity of that gentleman,who
without fear or affection in a strict performance
of his duty daily proclaims to the world what
the state of the health of our City really is ?
Are the citizens ot Savannah, either, blameless
in this matter ’—lndeed, we have heard, and for
the honor of the State ot Georgia trust that we
have been misinformed, that so far has the ma
levolence to Charleston been carried, that pla
cards even have been posted in sew-York warn
ing travellers from taking passage to this port,
in order to divert the trade ot our City to Savan
nah.
We, however, under whose eye the most ex
aggerated reports of the extent of the disease
prevailing in our city daily, fell, did not reply,
deeming a controversy relative to a dispensation
of the Almighty gimproper to say the least of it,
and believing that the slanders would ultimate- j
ly recod on Hue inicriealon ot tisom. Ihe perse- ,
cution. however, to which our City was sub
jected became so intolerable that gentlemen of
high standing in our community, asked for the
use of our columns to refute on their personal ■
responsibility the rumors circulating so freely to |
the prejudice of Charleston, and to show that
'^ry^dtrimf-r- tWtfown efftiairy as
dangerous. This request we could not refuse,
and the first article on the subject appeared from
the pen ol Dr. J. L. Dawson, our highly respect
ed City Register, appended to one ol his repoits.
Os course this shot created considerable confu
-,on and after some fluttering, a sort of explana
tion was published by some of our Savannah
contemporaries, although strange to say none
ventured to publish Dr. Wragg's cornmunica
mra/enro Wuy ? we cannot say,
Galen, a Physician ol repute and high char
acter, next availed himself of our permission,
and his first essay told so effectually, that the
able editors of the Savannah Georgian seeing the
justice of some of his remarks, actually indited
a few days since an excellent article ridiculing
the reports of their bills of mortality, and calling
upon the Board of Health of their city, to have
them prepared in a more intelligible form.
But Galen had proved himself a foe of no or
dinary metal, and to silence him if possible, a
communication bearing the Savannah fiostmaik,
was sent to a physician of this city, and as doubt
less the writer expected, Galen had the use of it,
snd accordingly incorporated it in the article we
published over that signature, on Thursday
morning. When we first read it on Wednesday
evening the great discrepancy between the ac
counts published by the Savannah Press, and the
statement contained therein certainly struck us,
and we requested to seethe original, to which
we perceived the signature of S S. Crawford,
M. D.. attached, andon discovering that as far as
he was aware, the gentleman to whom it was
addressed, did not know any physician of that
name in Savannah, we immediately telegraphed
to a friend in Savannah as follows:
[Confidential. |
“ Have you a Physician in Savannah named
S. S. Crawford ? Is he in good standing ? An-
To which we received the following reply :
“ Dr. 8. S. Crawford, young Physician from
Columbia, S. C., has been here 6 or 8 months—
know nothing of his standing.”
Satisfied from the above, that the letter was
authentic, as we did not for a moment dream
that any one could be so heartless as to act so
diabolically, we inserted Galen’s article ; and we
now, as also does Galen in another column, ex
press our regret that such a miscreant should ex
ist, and that our columns should have been the
means of promulgating the slander.
In conclusion, we would refer to the proceed
ings of the Georgia Medical Society, which we
publish elsewhere in our columns this morning,
and in justice to Dr. Ci auford. subjoin his card
relative to the matter.and in answer to his pri
vate communication, received yesterday, beg to
state that we have obtained the forged litter, and
have fowarded it to him by this morning's mail.
To the Public. —Understanding that a rumor
is in circulation that the letter published in the
Charleston Courier of yesterday, purpotting to
be fiom a Physician of this city, and giving a
most ridiculously false report of deaths by yellow
fever here, is attributed to me : I take this op
portunity to deny, most emphatically and un
equivocally, all knowledge of such letter. No
such letter was ever written by me to any per
son in Charleston, or elsewhere nor have I writ
ten any other letter in which I have stated ’
existence of yellow fever in Savannah. lithe
letter published in the Courier is m the posses
sion of the editor, and bears my name, 1 pro
nounce it a base forgery. b. b. Ci;At ford.
Democratic Association.
Dalton, Oct. 2, 1852.
a cording to previous notice, a portion of the
citizens of Whitfield, met at the court hou*e. on
’ this day. Wm. H. Stancell President ot the
Democratic association, presiding; and IS. I .
Tyler, acting as Secretary.
D. J. Johnson, Esq-, offered the tollowing pre-
I amble and resolutions, which were unanimously
I adopted. , ... ,
i Whereas, we are in the midst ot an exciting
political campaign ; and whereas it is expedient
I that the people shonld be called together, en
I ,« u w and whereas, we have a vigilant and wily
i adversary, who is flooding the country with spu-
■ rious documents: and in as much as our oppo
, nents have had a mass meeting in this place, and
whereas the democratic principles, where prop
erly understood, are invariably earned out, and tor
i much as the judgment of the people should be
addressed: therefore,
1. Resolved. That we will hold a mass meet
' ing in this place on Saturday, the 30th inst.; at
, which time and place there will be a free Barbe-
I cue given.
I 2.'A«soZ !•<•<?. That his Excellency, Gov. Cobb,
I Ex-Gov. Mel onuld; Ex-Gov. A. \. Brown,
A. O. P. Nicholson, Esq., mid Hon. Andrew
Johnson of Tenn., Hon. Wm. L. Yancy ot Ala.
Hon. James Buchanan, and Hon. Chas. Biown
of Pennsylvania. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, ot
—bflinois: Hon. A. S. Venable, ot North Carolina,
each of our Electors lor the state ; and other dis
tinguished individuals, be invited to attend said
I meeting.
On motion of B. C. Tyler, a committee oi
’ three were appointed, consisting oi Wm. H.
' Stancell, Thomas F. Gordon, and D. J. Johnson,
■ F.sqrs.. to confer with the democratic friends ol
i the adjacent counties, to unite with us.
On motion, a committe was appointed, to be
denominated a committee of arrangements, with
plenary powers to appoint a committee o! invi
tation, and all persons who they may desire ; said
committee consisting of B. C. Tyler, Judge John
W Groves. Maj. C. Hibberts. Wm. P- Chester,
Esq , Wm. Gordon, Esq., Win. B. Cone, Esq.,
Jas. T. Sutton, Esq.. T. S. Switt, Esq., Judge G-
H Kenan, W. J. Underwood Esq , Smith tread
well, Esq., Judge William Hammond, Harrison,
Rogers, Esq , S. R. McCamy, Esq., Col. T. T.
Christian, E. J. Tarver, Esq., Judge E. 11. Ed
wards, and Hon. J. U. Wright.
The committe appointed, met and selected the
following gentlemen as a committee ot invita
tion.
B. C. Tyler, T. S. Swift, Wm. H. Stancell,
Wm. B. Cone, Wm. Gordon, O. H. Kenan, E
H. Edwards, and W. J. Underwood, Esqts.
On motion the proceedings of the meeting be
published in the “ Dalton Times,” with the re
quest that the Federal Union, Milledgevile, Ga.
Telegraph, Macon, Southerner, Rome, Constitu
tionalist & Republic. Augusta, Intelligencer, At
lanta, Times, Columbus, Georgian, Savannah,
Tennessee papers friendly to the cause, and all
the democratic papers will please copy.
WM. H STANCELL, Pres *
B. C. Tyler, Sec'y.
Committe have appointed, James T. Sitton,
Grand Marshall, M. L. Roberts, J. E. Hargrove,
Timothy Ford, Drury R. Smith, Wm. G. Me-
Carson, A. L. Fleming, assistants.
(Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.)
Arrival of Steamer Atlantic.
New York, Oct. 2, Si, p. m.
The American steamship Atlantic,Capt. West,
with Liverpool dates to the 22d ult., being four
days later than the previous advices, has just
reached her dock, at the foot of Canal street. She
brings 120 passengess. On the 22d, off Liver
pool bar, she passed the ship Shenandoah. On
the 25th. in lat. 5125, she passed the Arctic,
and on the 29th, off Cape Race, she passed the
Humboldt.
England.—The ship Blunthore, bound from
Liverpool to N. Orleans, with 485 Irish emi
grants, was wrecked near Wexford, on the night
of the 17th. and five persons drowned. The rest
were saved.
The Londen Times of the 22d, has a long
leader relative to Cuba and American affairs.
Tbe Ministers of France, Netherlands and
Turkey, had returned favorable answers to the
memorial of the cheap postage association.
The remains of the Duke of Wellington were
still at Walmer Castle. It was uncertain when
the funeral would take place. It would, hoiyev- .
er, be a public one. He will be bur.ed aU St.
Paul's Cathedral. The Duke left a will dated
back as far as 1818.
tmounu tne trepartmentt. He is -
where on his journey with much enthusiasm.
It is believed that the proclamation ot the Em
pire is not far distant.
The 4J per cents, closed at lOlf. 25c.
Belgium.—A change has occurred in the Bel
gian Cabinet. M. Orban, Ministei of Finance
has resigned, and M. Leidtz accepted the office,
provisionally.
Germany and ike Continent.—Destructive
floods had occurred on the Rhine, near Stras
bourg. . .
A Jewish riot had occurred at Stockholm,
which was easily suppressed.
It is announced that Prussia will not treat
with the coalition States.
The cholera had slightly abated.
; Tieherny Scheff, lor twenty-live years the
Russian Minister of War, has been superseded
by Dolgouroulii.
Spain.—The advices from Cuba, received at
, Madrid, report the island quiet.
The Spanish government has ordered that
British vessels shall be received in the ports of
Spain, and treated in all respects as Spanish ves
j seis.
' India, etc. —The English had taken the city
of Prome, in Burmah, without resistance.
The rebellion in China was unchecked.
Great gales had occuired in the Indian Sea.
The ship Osceola, from San Francisco for Hong
Kong, had been lost on the China coast. The
crew were saved.
The U. S. ship Saratoga got ashore on a
reef in the harbor of Amoy, and threw overboard
her guns. They were afterwards recovered un
injured.
The Susquehanna was at Amoy. The Ply
mouth was on a cruise.
Mining accounts from Australia to July Ist
were favorable. Gold 655. per ounce. Great
floods had occurred at Sydney.
The Markets.
Liverpool, Sept. 22.—The Liverpool Cotton
market was quiet, and prices drooping. There is
no change in the quotations current at the sail
ing of the last steamer. The sales for the last
tour days amounted to 26,000 bales, of which
7.000 were taken on speculation and for export,
Imports. 1.500 bales. Wright 8c Gandy quote
. fair Orleans Gs a GBd. : middling sjd. ; a sjd.j
fair Mobile 6 a GJd.; middling 5J a ssd. ; fair
Uplands 6d. ; middling 54 a ssd.
i Flour and Corn at Liverpool were firmer,
without any material variation in prices. Wheat
i was steady, at rates per Canada. Canadian fa
: vorite brands of Flour were scarce, and com
; manded extreme rates. Inferior descriptions
were neglected. For cargoes ot Corn to arrive a
j slight advance had been paid.
Money market unchanged. Consols closed at
1004 a 100 J.
' Trade at Manchester was quiet but steady, at
remunerative prices.
(Telegraphed for the Baltimore Jlmtrican.)
Arrival of the Asia.
New Yok.il, Oct. li.
The steamer Asia, with 121 passengersand
Liverpool dates of the 25th ult , has arrived. She
passed the America on the 25ih.
1 T/r.. ,
Sept. 25.—Cotton is unchanged.
Sales of the last three days, 18,000 bales. Sales
of the week, 40,430 bales, of which speculators
took 8,500,and exporters 3,130 bales. Imports
of the week 26,750 bales, of which only 6,350
bales were American. Stock, 650,000 bales.—
The quotations are Fair (Jileans, 6Jd; Middling,
5} a 5 11-164; Fair Mobile, 61; Middling, 5Jd;
Fair Uplands, 6d; Middling, SJ; Inferior Orleans,
4} a sjd. The market closed firm
Trade in the Manufacturing Districts had im
proved.
Commercial advices from India’are favorable.
England.—Lord Harding has been appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in
place of the late Duke of Wellington.
The imports of gold from Australia during the
past week amounted to over $330,000.
The Eail of Derby intimates that the funeral
ol the Duke of Wellington will take place as
soon as possible after the meeting of Parliament.
He will be buried by the side of Lord Nelson, in
St. Paul’s.
The distribution of the honors and offices of
the Duke has commenced. In addition to the
appointment of Lord Hardinge as Commander
in-Chief, Cord Fitzroy Somerset has been ap
pointed Master General of Ordinance; and Prince
Albert as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
The steamer Panama had arrived at South
ampton from Chagres, with $1,500,000. arid the
ship Swift was on her way with $1,000,000.
Advertisements fora joint stock company to
work in the goldmines of Virginia appears in
the London papers.
I* rance.—Napoleon, whilst on a visit to Ly
ons, in responding to the cry ofthe people, is re
ported to have said—
“l he cry of ‘Vive L’Empereur’ affects my
heart more than my pride. lam the servant of
the country, and have but one object in view,
which is to re-establish her in glory and prosperi
ty. It is difficult for me to know under what
name I can best act. If, however, the humble
title of President will enable me to accomplish
this desirable result, 1 do not want it changed to
that of Emperor.”
Miscellaneous Items.—The French ship
Grenowille has been plundered by the natives
of Madagascar, the vessel burnt, and the captain
and part of the crew murdered.
The King of Holland, in his speech to the
Chambers, says that he has accepted the invita
tion of the Government of the United States to
join in an effort to open negotiations with Japan.
Advices from St. Helena state that the Ameri
can brig Mary Adeline got into the river Con-
go and was attacked by 3000 natives. The
English brig Dolphin went to her assistance
and poured a tire of shot and shell on the assail
ants, who fled, and the brig was thus reescued.
A terrible inundation had taken place on the
Rhine, entirely submerging seven villages.
Havre Sept. 22.—The sales of Cotton during
the last three days are 1200 bales at stiffer rates.
Sales ol the week 7700 bales.
Further Foreign Nows by the Asia.
We have annexed further intelligence by the
Asia, at New York, from Liverpool the 25th
ult.
England.— An advertisement appeared in the
Li ndon papers for the formation of a joint stock
company, for working gold mines in Virginia.
France.— The carriage in which the Prince
Napoleon sat, as he passed through Nevers, was
inundated with flowers, amongst which happen
ed to be a magnificent crown. It was necessary
to stop the cortege; the crowd and the masses of
flowers prevented the horses from proceeding.
If we may credit the reports which are sent by
the officials at Paris, the revolutionary city of
Lyons, the very hothed of socialism, has poured
forth all its population, and received with accla
mations of joy the would-be Emperor, who is
about as modest in his demeanor and language as
Ca-sar himself, when “thrice he did refuse the
kingly crown.”
On the 9th instant a brigade of gendarmerie
sent by the government took possession of the
domain of the chateau of Lepaud, belonging to
the Orleans family. The person in charge ol it
protested against the act.
At Marseilles, the 20th, the fire-woiks for the
fete for the Prince President were destroyed by
the accidental explosion of a bomb, and the
building nearly shattered to pieces. Several
persons were seriously injured. The director of
the manufactory, Mr. Camoins, is not expected
to survive.
The difficulty between France and Belgium
with regard to the tariff is becoming serious.
Spain.—A loyal decree, dated the 10th instant,
was published at Madrid, by w hich the duties
on hardwares and other miscellaneous articles,
and also on ilax, linen thread, Saxon wool, wool
lens cloths, and on mules are ordered to be re
duced.
Germany.— Some capital executions at Mu
nich and Dresden have excited great disgust—
some of‘‘the ladies” having ascended the mur
derer's scatfold, and sat down inutile seat of
blood” to see‘‘how they looked in it.”
Italy.— The discovery of a Murat plot at both
Naples and Palerma has led to mjfiy arrests.
The Government of France has seized two
Marseilles merchants, both Italians, accused of
having acted as agents tor transmitting arms,
&c.
Sweden. — A Malmo (Sweden) paper states
that Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has de
posited a sum of 400,000 rix, thalers in the hands
of Provost Thomander and Dr. Weiselgren, of
the Cathedral, for the purpose of founding girl's
schools in Sweden.
Severe Gale.—Early on Sat’dy a fresh breeze
sprung up from South-east, which continued du
ring most of the day, accompanied with cloudy
weather, and the Barometer falling rapidly in
the afternoon induced many persons to believe .
that we were about to have heavy weather. ,
Between 11 and 12 o'clock P. M. it commenced
blowing strongly from South South-east, at
which point it blew a gale for several hours,
hauling South about 2 o'clock, A. M., from
which quarter it blew with increased violence,
until about 4 A. M., when it backed to the west,
ward and moderated. The wind having fortu
nately hauled to the westward, prevented the
shipping in the harbor from sustaining any very
serious damage, the following being the princi
pal injuries so far as we have been able to ascer- J
tain. The schr. Heyward, which was at anchor
offSmi.h's wharf, was driven ashore on Town
Creek marsh. The ship Arlington, at Atlantic
wharves, parted her bow last, but was fortunate
ly secured before receiving any injury. The
brig Mela, at the same wharves, parted her fasts,
and was driven on the ship Noemie, the brig car
rying her jib-boom, and the ship’s mooring bolt
having been drawn out by the force of the col
lision, she was driven astern, but was soon se- j
cured without sustaining any injury. The ship :
John Rutledge, lying at A'anderhorst's wharf, ;
drew out the wharf post to which her bow chain
was secured, causing the ship to fall over on Ad
ger’s wharf, chafing off some of her copper against
the wharf, and getting a hole punched through
her bulwarks by coming in contact with the
discharging shed at the head of Adger’s wharf, j
which also received some injury from the collis- j
ion. The steamer Florida, lying at Southern
wharves parted her fastsand went broadside on I
to the steamer Gen. Clinch, both vessels receiv
ing some injury.
The steamer Etiwan also lying at Southern I
wharves, parted her lines and got foul of the .
schr. Sabina, doing considerable injury to the :
starboard side of the schooner, and the steamer :
also receiving slight damage. Several small :
schooners lying at the lower wharves have re
ceived slight injuries, and Vanderhorst's Yacht I
which was anchored in Ashley river, dragged
ashore on Chisolm’s Causeway, and has received
some damage. A large number of small boats
lying along South Bay have been either seriously
injured or totally ruined. The shipping in Ash- •
ley river has escaped with but trifling injury,:
The British ship Courier, from Calcutta, at
anchor off the bar, nobly rode out the gala in
safetv, though in a very exposed position, and a
u—...-mtliniajn. ,
The steamer Gov. Dudley, from tv rlmmgton, J
(N. C.) with the Northern Mail, did no) arrive :
at her wharf until after one o'clock yesterday I
afternoon. She took the gale from S. S. E.
between nine and ten o’clock on Saturday hight,
it hauling South about four o’clock yesterday
morning, and S. S. W. at about six ; not moder
ating until about eight. There was a heavy sea
on all the time, which caused her to pitch so
badly as to carry away her smoke pipe. She
was compelled to lay to for several hours du
ring the heaviest portion of the gale. ,4>he did
not leave for Wilmington yesterday afternoon,
in eonsequence of the loss ot her smoke pipe.
The steamer Metamora, for Savannah, was
also detained in port yesterday, in consequence
ot the heavy weather at sea.
In the city the gale was severely felt, but the
extent of the damage caused by it, was confined,
we believe, piincipally to the loss of many slates
from various houses, and the destrucrion of sun
dry' fences. The Battery, from its exposed situa
tion, was also somewhat cut up. The cotton on
the neighboring plantations, we fear, has suffer
ed severely, but there has not been time as yet
to learn what damage has been sustained. A
number of the Telegraph posts both North and
South, we believe, have been blown down, but
due notice was promptly given by the chief ope
rator at the office in this city, to the several con
tractors. and we are assured that no diligence
will be spared to have the line in working order
with the least delay possible.— Charleston Cou
rier, 1 ith inst.
Humor of the Contest.
Pierce and Scott—A Contrast.—A corres
pondent of the Charleston Mercury asked Sena
tor Douglas how he proposed to carry on the
war against Gen. Scott, the military candidate
of the whigs. “ Furnish him liberally with sta
tionary,” was the prompt reply.
A good Hrr.—John Van Buren, in his speech
at Newburgh, New York, among other things,
said that after November next Gen. Scott would
j be delivered of all apprehension of a “ lire in the
: rear,” which had been the nightmare of his life
because then he would be so far behind that
there would be nobody behind to fire at him.
“ FEi.Low-CiTrzENs: When I say fellow-cit
izens I mean native and adopted citizens, as well
i as all who intend to become citizens of this great
and glorious country.”— Gen. Scott at Cleveland.
Al.must a Fight.—We heard an amusing an
, ecdote yesterday. A zealous Kentucky whig,
over in Covington, was expressing great confi
dence in the election of Scott.
• You won’t bet on the general result,” said a
democrat.
“ Yes, I will,” said the whig.
“ D—d if you will,” said the democrat.
“ I)—d if I won’t,” said the whig.
“ Then cover that,” sung out the democrat,
handing SIOO to a gentieman standing by.
“Agreed,” said the whig, handing over the
I rags.
1 “-Now,” said he, “as you challenge me to bet
.. ,»rt. in i.,r. viKiic: iz i wi.-..
T bet, w hy I bet to win.”
Whereupon, the democrat took liis money .and
I talke<l nrettv.snncv abp"*'“•Lie tri«;..g
| -lo thinking men,” says the intelligent edi-
tor of a whig paper in Michigan, in an earnest
j appeal on behalf of his candidates, “it will only
: be necessary to name the men on the respective
: ticket. The democrats offer us Pierce and King
—names unknown to fame; while the whigs
; propose the veteian Scott, the conqueror of Mex
ico, and Graham, no less widely celebrated in the
art of peace as the inventor of the world-famous
Graham bread.”
Ciiloroform as a Motive Power.—A year
or two ago, M. Du Tremblay, a French civil
engineer, exhibited at the Novelty Works, in
New York, an engine in which the vapor ot
ether in combination with steam was used as a
motive power. Considerable interest was exci
ted by this invention, but more particularly in
France, and the French government ordered an
engine to be built on M. Du Tremblay’s princi
ple. It was found to work admirably, and a
saving of fuel equel to 50 percent, was expected
to be realized, when a discovery of the highly
inflammable nature of the ether employed, ren
dered its adoption on steam vessels inexpedient.
This difficulty, however, has been removed
through the instrumentality of M. La Fond, a
French naval officer of high scientific attain
ments, who propose to make Du Tremblay’s
invention available for marine purposes by sub
stituting chloroform for ether. The French gov
ernment has ordered two engines, of 60 horse
power, to be built, and placed on board the Gali
lee. a man-of-war, constructed expressly for the
purpose. Two other vessels have also been or
dered to be fitted with engines upon the same
principle.
It appears from the report ofthe United States
Commissioner to whom was referred the Metho
dist Episcopal Church case, to ascertain and re
port the value of the funds and property in the
Book Concern at New York, before the division
of the church into North and South, that, on
the first of January, 1852, the aggregate value of
the property amounted to $608,413,24J. The
annual profits of the establishment, since the
year 1815, will apear from the following table :
Annual Profits from 1845 down to Ist January,
1852.
For the year 1845 to Jan. 1, 1846, $32,013 47
“ 1846 “ 1847, 23,462 80
“ 1547 “ 1848, 26,900 76
» 1848 “ 1849, 37,583 52
» 1849 “ 1850, 17,733 50
« 1850 “ 1851, 47,911 42
“ 1851 “ 1852, 68,656 14
Total > > < >5255,101 61
Letter of Ex-Governor Troup, accepting the Sout»
ern Rights Nomination for the Presidency. .
Valdosta, Laurens Co., Ga.. Sept.
Gentlemen:—l am now 72 years old,and fc !
the last twenty or thirty years if the President
had been offered spontaneously by the people®
the United States, I would not: have accept*
it, because ol rny physical disqualification toe J
cute the duties of the office. At no period wit'
in that time could 1, as an honest man. h®
done so. Not many yeas ago the State Rigfe
party of Georgia were pleased to make tb
nomination, and my acquiescence was placed!
the footing that the acceptance would fulfil t
object ol the demand, viz : that otherwise, f
party which had very strong claims on me at
native and citizen of Georgia, and could not de
scientiously vote for any other candidate W
had a fair prospect of success, were at liberty
vote for me, while other persons had none. ,
It was the partiality of friendship which S
gested a similar movement on t he part of disf
guished citizens of South-Carolina, on anoP
occasion, and which 1 discountenanced for sir
lar reasons.
Your decided nomination on the present ol
sion leaves me no alternative but to submit
self cheerfully to the will of the State Ri| s
Convention of Alabama, recently assemble!t
Montgomery, in that State, but for the sole U
pose of organizing that party. It, as well trs+
State Rights party of any portion of the Unit
States, may rightl .illy demand that which it b
only asked because in my day and generatiri
have labored to contribute my mite, according
my humble abilities, to sustain its princijJ,
They are the only principles worth anythin®
the Southern conn ry, and as long as a part?!
two or three can be gather ed together for such
purpose, the contribution of my name is r |
least 1 could think of making—at least for P
purpose ol merely organizing that party, Jt
for that purpose only.
The increasing pressure of disease fore wllf>
me that 1 have but a short breathing spell,i*
I hasten to my conclusion- iJ
1 would vote for Pierce and King. Mußflg
is a most excellent man, and I have not fleet
ed ever to be able to vote for a Northeniman
so pure and distniterested as Mr. Pierce, and
you may never have such another opporsnity.
But you may use tuv name, as
for orgrrnizing-thr-StateS Kights parly, a'73Sain
taining and consecrating its principles.
ft is honorable to have sueh an as^tiste—iu
the nomination as Gen. Quitman. He deserves,
and would adorn any office.
George ALTRorri’.
To Messrs Tiros. Williams, J. A. Emote, G.
B. DuValg, Montgomery, Ala.
[F'/oui ZZre A T . O. Delta, Ith inst.]
Arrival of the Orescent City.
The United States mail steamship Crescent
City, Lieut. D. D. Porter, commander arrived
from New York, via Havana, in eight diys, with
IGO passengers (65 being for Havana) ad mails.
The Crescent City brings all the Havpa pas
sengers and Havana mails, owing to theiuthor
ities not permitting any communication/uid or
dering the ship to sea, with the mails aid pas
sengers on board, in consequence, it is pnsumed,
of Mr. Smith, the purser of the Crescent City,
being on board. As the Crescent City apjroach
ed the port, the Captain of the Port met,her at
the mouth ol the harbor, arid made notiots not
4o enter the port, which order was iisrejarded
by the Captain, and he stood in. Tte Captain
of the Port then ordered him, verbal!', to heave
to at the mouth of the harbor, which <rder Capt.
Porter refused to obey, as it was bloving half a
gale of wind at the time ; and, moisover, not
having any intention of remaining mtside the
harbor, he thought it a useless waste of time.
The Crescent < ity accordingly preceded to her
anchorage, having refused to take t pilot, the
wind blowing too hard to stop the ship
After the vessel was anchored, the Captain ot
the Port came alongside and demandel why the
Crescent City had not stopped outsde ot the
harbor when he had given the order. The Cap
tain informed him that it was not a piiper place
to stop a ship under the circumstance, and he
would be risking his ship by so doing; he had
accordingly refused to obey the order. Captain
Porter was then asked for the ship's abides, and
when the Captain ol the Port ascerfiined that
Mr. Smith’s name was on them, te told the
Captain that the Captain-General’sorder was
for the Crescent City to go to sea intnediately,
which order Captain Porter refused t< obey un
til his mail and passengers were larded, or the
responsibility of not landing them Mas fixed on
the Spanish authorities.
He was told by the Captain of the Port that
ti-.e passengers would have to go to soi with the
ship. But the officer of the post-ofihe said he
would take the mails, when the Captiin refused
to deliver them until it was settled wiether the
ship was to proceed to sea or not. Cattaire Por
ter informed the Captain of the Port that he
would not move his anchor until he hid made a
formal protest against such conduct before the
Captain-General, which protest the Captain ot
the Port consented to take on shore tc the Cap
tain-General. in the space of half an hour it
was returned.
The Captain-General refused to receive any
communication direct from Capt. Pertejr, but
would receive it through the Consul. ThJe pro- j
test was accordingly sei;t tp the acting Cjonsul,
Mi. from I
shore and thooHbiul bo.it-
"aniF'in formed Capt. Poner that as the protest
had do be sent some distance to the Consul, it
was too late to answer it that night, and that
the sLip vias ordered to proceed to sea. “You
refuse then to receive the mails and passen
gers 1 ” said the Captain. “No communication
of any kind allowed,” said the Captain of the
Port. Capt. Porter having done all that was
necessary on the occasion, and finding no pros
pect of getting rid of his passengers, having laid
his protest to the Government, and left with
them the responsibility of this outragepus pro
ceeding, put to sea. The Government sent him
a jtlot, which he refused to receive, and at 7
o’clock the ship passed the Moro. ThtfSpanish
officer who conducted the business of sending the
Crescent City to sea, Pon GiiiliamoClnspon,
behaved throughout with great courtesy and po
liteness, exhibiting no feeling on the occasion,
but evidently showing that he had an unpleas
ant duty to perform. There was no feeling or
rudeness exhibited on either side, and on that
score no complaint is made against the authori
ties of Cuba. The matter is on- which now con
cerns the Government of the United States, and
with which companies and individuals have
nothing to do.
Interesting from Cuba.
We find, in the New Orleans Crescent, the
following interesting letter brought from Ha
vana, by the Black Warrior. It shows more
fully and connectedly the condition ot the things
in that island, than any other account we have
seen :
Havana, Oct. 1,1853.
By the last steamer (Empire City) for New
Orleans, two passengers left this, of whom it
would be well for your community to be placed
on the yui vine. Juaquise and Jose Ortega, bro
thers, and Creoles of Cuba, are employed by
this Government to visit the United States,
making head-quarters at New Orleans, to mine
gle with the expatriated Cubans —join in any
i and all of their projects—obtain initiation in such
| secret associations as may exist, and if there are
I nonesuch, to aid in their instant creation ; to
; win the confidence of the friends of Cuban in
dependence, wherever they may be found, and
to report all—names and facts—to the Govern,
ment here. In their movements and places
they are to receive the advice and instructions
of the Spanish public agents in the United States
—the publishers of the Spanish organ in your
city, and the two alphabet correspondents of the
“Diario de la Mariano.'’ The oldest, J uaquise, is
a bad son—disobedient and criminal in his home
relations —so much so that his own father had to
I petition Gen. Concha that lie might be banish
ed from Cuba, in apprehension of his own life.
! or of a disreputable termination of his career, it
permitted to go on unchecked. Such are the
men, that barter their souls for the price of
; blood—that sell their birth-right for the length
| of iniquity.
I The American bark Cornelia Ward, of and for
■ New York, was stopped on her way out d this
i harbor on l.ho ■■ '<!, auil w«» compelled tO aRf hor,
I two passengers taken Horn her and put in jtison,
her letter-bags taken on shore to of
th., c..plain uvuemi auu demolished Ti-G-xes
sel was detained one day, and usurpation oj pow
er brought to bear upon her, not justifieiMtiy any
precedent or warranted by any criminal action
on the part of the officers or owners of the ves
sel. The week previous the bark Childe Har
old, Olmsted, ol and from New York, was search
ing throughout her cabin on her entrance—the
officers engaged in the dirty work behaving like
so many pirates or com non street thieves. They
took all the papers, which the captain had
purchased for the use ol himself and the officers
of his ship—not intended for distribution in Ha
vana—having just as much right to take his ta
ble-cloths, napkins, or any other property ot the
vessel, as these papers. If the Captain was per
mitting them to be passed on shore, they would
have had the right of seizure—not otherwise.
This vessel has been in the hands of the police—
taken foicible possession of by order of General
Canedo. Messrs. Drake & Co. received bills of
lading of 21 cases, mark M., of castings for ma
chinery, but not knowing the parties shipping
the articles, they denounced the goods to the
Government under the fear that the castings
might be small arms! They have made im
mense wealth out of American commerce and
trade, and yet, at a moment of alarm, witbeut
any justifiable cause of apprehension for them
selves or their business, they put in jeopardy the
interests of their friends, under the paltry plea
that they did not know the shippers. The rival
house ol D. & Co. (S. C. B. & Co.) more
American in name, but not in principle, would
have done the same, perhaps for less cause- they
would fear to maintain a principle against the
Government, although by so doing, they might
protect the commerce of their country against
unusual and unnecessary restrictions and exac
tions, which arc not attempted to be enforced
upon the vessels of other nations. Those who
desire protection for their business, should avoid
the two mammoth monopolists ol American and
European trade at the Havana, who, in the inl
ine..sity of their piles, forget from what industry
they were derived The Police-General, has
not found any thing exceptionable in the twen
ty-one cases condemned by the cowardly denun
ciation ol Mr. Morales, the head ol the house of
Drake & Co., and from the 25th, the vessel bus
been permitted to discharge as customary, but
with the burthen ol several secret police official',
and privates of the “Civil Guard,” the vessel
still remaining, in fact in the hands of the Gov
ernment. The balk Elizabeth .1. entered trorn
Philadelphia on the 22d, on being visited by the
Government boats, was treated with the same
disgusting rudeness by the police officials—the
dirty clothes bags ol the officers of the vessel eX-
amined—the books tumbled upon the floors, and :
the private lockers and chests overhauled —all j
the loose newspapers seized and thrown into the I
boarding boat. j
On the 24th, Sr. Dr. Francisco de Frias Conde
de Pozodnlce, and his brother Don Jose Frias,
were ariested mid placed in - confinement in the
Moro Castle ; their offence, that they were dis
tinguished gentlemen, probably, and suspected
ol liberal sentiment, —connected by marriage, I
believe with the late Gen. Narciso Lopez.
Young Facciolo passed the gurole the morning
of the 28th, at 7 o’clock. Stories had been cir
culated that he would be pardoned by Canedo,
and believed upto the last moment, and he was
in Heaven, while another life settles upon the
soul of the Chief. This death was looked upon
by all as an exceeding piece of barbarity—not an
execution of justice, but the perpetuation of ma
lignity by demon friends. The sausage story
was too much for “Brandy and Water.”
The Captain General has put himself in har
ness against Trutte and Reaven —as the light ot
the one he may as well shut out from Cuba, as
clip the iiradiating beams of intelligence dissem
inated by the press, to prevent them touching
and influencing the destiny ol the oppressed. We
had your papers of the 25th and 26th ult., as
soon as the Government officers received theirs
on board of the steamer Empire City—although
they are prohibited—and if all other means fail
we can buy them of those who are connected
with the secret police, or the more exalted bran
ches oi the Government. It is a very pure and
beautifully ordered Government and I like it,
but I am going down to the Isthmus it I can get
a chance and take there iny traps.
Young Facciolo, it is reported, gave his last
thought and sigh for Cuba, as waving his cross |
to the multitude, he uttered, give your prayers
Ito my country.” The beautiful and truthful
Spanish illustration of Northern and New Or- I
leans society—the coffee-house where there is no I
coffee.” G. S. M. de V., or Don Eusalia Go- j
mez, Spanish Consul at Key West, now in
New Orleans, gives his accustomed slanders in«
his letter of the 25th September, to the Diaro <Zr-"
Za Manana, which you will receive herewith. |
Mr. A. B. C. Padre Gomes is the assistant de- |
nunciation of this worthy. The slanders of this i
Spanish Consul upon Capt. Porter and Mr.
Smith he may have an opportunity of verifying, :
should they b 4 able to find his
not in Hitting haste for Mobile, as upon a previ
ous occasion.
We have nothing new to-day, save that the
mother of Facciolo died last night of broken
heart. This information comes from Regia this
morning. She has been induced to the belief
that her son would be pardoned, and the shock
was too much for her—reason fled and she died.
The Black Warrior arrived this morning at 7
o’clock. The Crescent City will be ordered out
of port if Mr. Smith is retained on board as pur
ser of the ship. So we do not know when we
shall have another opportunity of writing. We
i have no Consul, we have no tnen-of-war here,
■ and there is one continued purpose of imposition
on the part of the Government upon commer
cial intercourse with the United States. The
j health of Havana is improving, and there is less
i disease among the shipping, but in crime there is
[ no abatement. Your friend, JOSE.
(From the Savannah News, 1 llh inst.)
Severe Gale.
A strong wind from the South-East prevailed
here during Saturday, which increased in vio
lence in the evening, until at about nine o’clock
it blew a perfect gale. During the day it was
unpleasant to be in the street, and the dry sand
was in many places drifted upon our side-walks
in considerable banks. Early in the evening
the sky was overcast with clouds, which ren
dered the night very dark, though very little
rain fell until after eleven o’clock. At that hour
the wind was at its height, and judging from the
terrific force with which it broke against the
walls of the houses, and the heavy swelling roar
with which it swept over the city, we expected
yesterday morning to witness a scene of destruc
tion even more extensive than that occasioned
by the gale with which we were visited in Au
gust of last year. We have taken considerable
pains to ascertain the extent ot the damage, and
are gratified to find that it is not so great as we
had reason to apprehend. Fortunately the wind
storm was unaccompanied by rain when at its
height. A heavy fall of rain would have added
great Ito its force, and much injury would have
been done to property in the city. We fear that
the shipping on our coast has suffered, and we
shall look with interest for reports from outside.
We give below the most important incidents
of the gale. We may add that a great number
of trees in various portions of the city have been
blown down:
The work-shed of H. Willink’s ship-yard was j
blown down and completely destroyed.
A portion of the parapet-wall in front of Mr.
R. Hutchinson’s Warehouse, on the Bay, was
blovvn into the street.
A large portion of the sheet iron roofing was
blown off Baldwin’s cotton-shed, and large
pieces of it carried a distance of some fifty yards.
The chimney of Millar’s foundry was blown
down.
The top of the cupola of the Lutheran Church
was blown off, and carried across State street,
and over the brick building occupied by Mrs.
Webb, and in its course struck the back chimney
of the house, breaking it off even with the roof,
and finally lodged in Mrs. Webb’s yard.
Uaiiiifh hvl _a. con
the northern slope of its roof. j
That portion ol the carriage factory of J. C.
Thornton, corner of West-Broad and Bay streets, ■
occupied as a w#ito shop, had the tin stripped I
from the roof. i
A large tree Mrs. Dr. Rich-
ardsone’s house, on ’West-Broad street, was
blown over on the iron ratling which surrounds I
the house, and damaged it slightly.
j Much damage was supposed to be done to the '
j new buildings now in course of erection in thp
western pare ol the city—the scene of the late
: tire in that neighborhood—but we are happy to :
state no damage has been sustained by them.—
: We are the more gratified at this, because these
' houses are intended to supply a deficiency in
! dwellings among that portion of cur population
who have but few resources in such emergen
cies.
In the neighborhood ol the Railroad Depot,
we noticed the demolition of a small frame build-
I Tn the Depot yard a newly erected car shed
was blown down, involving, however, no other
damage than its own destruction. The tin was
blown Irom the roofs ol several cars. A portion
of the brick wall of engine house—lately des
troyed by fire, was blown over on some engines,
standing underneath, completely filling their
smokestocks with bricks and mortar. One ot
j the engines was to have gone out witn the train
' in the morning, but owing to the accident an
i other had to be substituted, which however
caused no delay to the regular starting ot the
train.
We .were pleased to learn irom gentlemen
connected with the Railroad cilice, that the cars
arrived on Sunday morning at the regular hour,
from w hich we infer that no obstruction to tra
vel on the road has resulted Irom the storm.
We hear of telegraph posts being blowp down,
and of breakages in the wiles along tbe line ot
the Central Railroad. The interruption of com
munication from these causes will soon be re
medied, as ail the appliances for their repair
were taken up by the cars yesterday morning.
A row of small buildings, belonging, as we
earn, to J. M. Millen, Esq., and Dr. Martin, and
: situate on South Common, was completely dis
| robed of their tin covering.
From what we learn, the storm must have
been felt with greater force up the river than it
was experienced in this city. The steam tow
boat Eliza, in coming down the river, on Satur
day night, had her wheel-house blown over
board about 12 o’clock. She had in tow two
I flats laden with wood, one of which she had to
I cut loose from, owing to the violence of the
j storm. The detached flat was soon blown against
■ the bank, when it keeled over and sunk.
When the Eliza had reached Race Hall, about
five miles about the city, her anchor was cast,
in order that she might maintain her position,
as further advance against the wind was impos
sible. This, however, did not avail her much,
as she was driven back to the mouth of Broad
river, a distance of two miles—dragging her an
chur the entire wuy.
We learn that the steamer Calhoun, for
CLtule-x"*.*, mu noi leave till 8 o’clock Sunday
I morning Also, that the Alabama put back to
Venus’ Point, a short distance down the river,
till the storm subsided.
Upon inquiry, we learn that no injury was
sustained by the shipping in our port.
A Mammoth Balloon. —M. Petin will make
an ascension at Springfield,Mass., during the pre
sent week, with a balloon twenty-seven times
j la'ger than was ever previously raised in the U.
States. It is 10S feet high, 70 feet in diameter,
and contains six miles of seams. I'he silk of
which it is made was manufactured by order of
Louis Napoleon, for flags, and having been in
spected by him, was condemned on account of
its color. The whole cost $1,500.
Work from Gilmore Simms.—Under the
head of literary intelligence, the New York Zfo
ald says:
Mr. William Gilmore Simms, of South Caro
lina, has in preparation a work which will be
apt to attract a great deal of attention in the
North, on the part which the Southern States
sustained in the Revolutionary war. It will be
a counterblast against Yankee historians.
The same paper has the following :
While the’late Judge Woodbury was antici
pating a nomination for the Presidency—a nom
ination which was very likely prevented only
by his death —he prepared for the press, and su
perintended until near its completion, the stereo
typing of a collection of his political, judicial and
miscellaneous writings, in three large octavo vol
umes. The work has at length been finished,
under the direction of the son of the distinguish
ed author, who has added a pretty full political
and personal biography, and it will be published
in a lew days, in Boston, in the style of the edi
tion of Webster.
Boston, Oct. 8.
Stormaud disasters, Ire. — Halifax papers, ofthe
sth, give the particulars of a gale on Cape Bre
ton,’on the 29th, during which four English
barques and a brig and a schooner were lost.
A sailboat was also upset, and two persons
drowned.
[n some localities in the lower part of the pro
vince, the potatoa rot has caused great havoc,
whilst in others it has appeared in a milder
form.
Boston, Oct. 8.
Steamboat Collision.— The steamer Admiral,
from St. Johns, was run into last night, near
Fort Independence, by the steamer Eastern
State and considerably damaged. She was run
upon the fiats at East Boston to prevent her
sinking. Tne Eastern State sustained no dam
age. No lives were lost.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Gen. FRANK. PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE PRELIDENT,
LION. WILLIAM R. KING,
OF ALABAMA
ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2.
ELECTORS.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
Hon. H. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin.
Hon. WILSON LUMPKIN, of Clarke.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
1. THOS. M. FOREMAN, of Mclntosh.
2. RICHARD H. CLARK, of Baker.
3. Hon. HENRY G. LAMAR, of Bibb.
4—Hon. HU. A. HARALSON, of Troup.
5. JOSEPH E. BROWN, of Cherokee.
6. WILLIAM L. MITCHELL, of Clarke.
7. R. W. FLOURNOY, of Washington.
8. Hon. WM. SCHLEY, of Richmond.
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The election of Reid, the Democratic candi
date for Governor in the Whig State of North
Carolina, in August last, by the decisive majori
ty of 5,491 votes, was the first significant indi
cation that the Southern allies of Seward, Gree
ley & Co., are doomed to defeat in every South
ern State. We have now returns from Florida,
another Southern Whig State, which though
partial, give sufficient indication of the same
fact. The probability is that the Democratic
candidates for Governor and for Congress, are
elected by a decisive majority.
The defeat of Mr. Cabell, the hitherto popular I
and invincible representative, is a just rebuke to I
! the selfishness and unmanly shrinking from '
duty which characterize his present attitude. He j
was one among the distinguished whig Southern
members of Congress who, after the nomination
of Gen. Scott, protested against it as a triumph
of the free-soil wing of the Whig party, over the
Conservatives, and over the South, and depre
cated his election as dangerous to the rights and
security of the South and the peace of the
Union; yet, after this, Mr. Cabell consented to run
as the candidate of the Scott party in Florida,
He thus placed a muzzle on his own mouth
which should have been actively employed to
proclaim his oninions first uttered as tbtheua-
■ —---—-»■■>> IO jiacj.u-ui.y, ■' ' t-
, convince the people oi r ior.ud ul
the declarations made by him in Congress.
The foilowing is an extract from a speech of
j Mr. Cabell:
“ Mr. Chairman, the organization to which
General Scott would owe his election, would be
the same as that which could now, and may in
1856, elect Mr. Seward, and would control the
administration of both or eithei. The election
ofthe Senator from New York, and of General
Scott by such an organization, would lead to pre
cisely tbe same results, and the former would fol
low as the necessary consequence of the la ter,
if the Union held together till 1856. The effect
would be to open wide the flood-gates of aboli
tion agitation, and to prostrate every constitu
tional compromise Whig at the North, all of
whom will be proscribed, and treated as “ out
side barbarians.” Far better will it be for the
national men of our party that a conservative
Democrat be elected.
In his appointments, General Scott must look
to the men to whom he owes his election. In ma
king his selections from New York, it is not ex
travagant to suppose the notorious Mr. Kellogg,
removed from office by Mr. Fillmore, will be
restored for his faithful service ; and that some
anti-compromise and anti-fugitive slave law man,
in Seward's interest, will represent the Empire
State in the Cabinet. And who would more
graces ully and more probably represent the Penn
sylvania wing of the Free-Soil organization in
the Cabinet than Governor Johnson, who pock
eted the law passed by the Pennsylvania Legis
lature to give efficiency to the fugitive slave
law ! Owing his election to these men, they
will be his counsellors, and the influence of his
administration must be given to them. * *
General Scott’s election, under present circum
stances, would, in my opinion, continue the Gov
ernment in the hands ofthe Free-soil party, till
their fanaticism dissolved the Union.”
When impartial Whigs think thus, the
course which patriotism and duty point out is,
for them to advocate the election of a Conserva
tive Democrat for the Presidency, when the
alternative is as in the present instance, to do
this or aid in the election of Gen. Scott.
This appears to be the view taken by many
patriotic Whigs in Florida, for the result of this
election cannot be claimed as a strictly Demo
cratic victory. It is a victory which could not
have been achieved without Whig votes. It is
a sure sign of public sentiment in the South, and
may be looked upon as the death knell to the
hopes of the “ higher law” demagogues, of elect
ing their candidate to the Presidency.
To-day the State elections take place in Penn
sylvania and Ohio. They may be looked to as
fair tests of the relative chances of Scott and of
Pierce for Hie votee of fhoeo States, nlthouirli
we anticipate that General Pierce will, in Ntr
vemeber next, run ahead of his party vote. Con
servative Whigs of those States will be found
voting for him by thousands. Unless General
Scott gets both of those States his election is
hopeless. Even with them his prospects would
still be tar from brilliant.
The editor of the Savannah Republican thus
comments on the result in Florida :
Florida Election.—We have partial returns
from two leading Whig counties in Florida—
Duval and Leon. In the former Jacksonville is
situated—in the latter, Tallahassee, the State
capital. In Duval, there lias been a slight loss,
as shown by the returns published by us Thurs
day. In Leon, we regret to say, the Whigs, to
use the words ofthe Tallahassee Sentinel, “have
sustained a most tremendous and unexpected de
feat.” They have elected but one member to
the legislature, and that only by nine majority.
The loss in the Whig vote in that county is about
100, which is very considerable, when we re
member the small vote of the State and the small
majority by which the Whigs have heretofore
carried it. The Democrats have elected three
out ot four ot the members of the House from
Leon, and carried their senator by a majority of
42.
The vote of Leon for Governor and member
of Congress is equally disastrous. Broome, (Dem.)
beats Ward (Whig) for Governor, 31 ; and Max
well (Dem.) beats Cabell (Whig) 64.
In 1848, Gen. Taylor’s majority in Florida
was 1,300. The same year Gov. Brown beat
his opponent between five and six hundred votes.
In 1850 Mr. Cabell was re-elected to Congress
by a majority of 468. If the returns, therefore,
from Duval and Leon foreshadow the vote in the
remaining counties, we fear the general result
will be disastrous to the Whig cause. In other
words, the indication ; are that the State has gone
for the Democrats.
Our friends may yet right themselves by No
vember, if they will go manfully to work. Their
position in the canvass just closed was an awk
ward one. Their columns were not well formed,
and their ranks were not tree from delection.
All this has now passed. There is no longer
any obstruction to a united and determined etlbrt.
Let them go forward then, and they may yet
redeem the State from Democratic rule.
The Republican was one of the whig papers
that considered the nomination of Scott over the
heads of Fillmore and Webster an indignity to
the South, and refused to co-operate with Sew
ard, Greely and others of the “ higher law” gen
try in advocating his claims to the Presidency.
But it will be perceived by the above that it
talks of the defeat of the party in Florida which
does support the Seward candidate as a disaster,
and expresses the hope that the Scottites may re
trieve the State by the Ides of November. V ain
hope. There is not the first cheering ray in the
political sky for the whigs of Floiida, or rather
for that portion of them that support (reneral
Scott.
In every Southern State the whigs are divided
into Scott whigs and anti-Scott whigs. The
vote of Gen. Scott will be less than the whig
vote proper. It is highly probable that many
anti-Scott whigs voted for Waid and Cabell, be
lieving them not to be under the influence of
Seward and his freesoil co-adjutors.
The River.
We now have a good boating river, the water
running over what are termed the mudsills of
the lower bridge, and still rising. We under- .
stand very heavy rains fell in the interior on ,
Thursday and Friday last. We may look for a
further rise, and a good boating river the remain
der of the season.
Even Handed Justice.
We extract the following from the last issue of
the Constitutional Union, the editor of which is
the gentleman to whom Judge Jackson address
ed his letter in vindication of himself and his
Democratic friends, from the coarse, unmanner
ly, and vindictive assault of that paper.
“The Editor of the Constitutionalist will, how
ever. perceive that our light is not totally extin
guished. Will he publish the reply to Judge
Jackson’s letter. It is not halt so long as that
letter, and he will excuse us for saying, that it
contains a great deal more pith and substance.
But will he let his readers judge of tins, w m
he submit to them both sides of the
not understand us to ask you to do !t. We are
simply presenting the hypothesis whether oi
not you are a friend to even handed justice.
This editor who talks of “Even Handed Jus
tice,” devotes more than two columns of com
m3mr?»*rnpon .letter, but did, not
publish the letter. If he will do 80, W erivilbp'jb’
lish his reply to that letter.
That is what we call even handed justice. We
present the hypotheses. Bv publishing both
sides, the readers of his paper can decide which
contains the most “peth and substance. Will
he publish the letter ?
A Shooting Affair.
We understand a man by the name of Kasper
Myers, shot another by the. name of Henry
Keener, on Sunday last, through the neck. It
took place in a Grocery in the upper part of the
City. Myers had a hearing on Sunday after
noon before Justices Philip and Green, and was
bound over in the sum of SIOOO, to appear before
the next Superior Court. Keener’s wound is not
considered dangerous, if mortification does not
take place.
From the- report of the City Auditor of Boston
it appears that the corporation expenses of that
city during the last financial year amounted to
51.643,412 67, one fifth of the whole amount
being paid for the maintenance of public schools,
and one eighth for the support of paupers, crimi
nals, &c. The police cost $50,000; the watch
95,000; and the fire department $77,000. Os the
entire income of the city 5i,301 150 was raised
by taxation; and the remainder from market and
water rents, public institutions, &c. The city
debt, exclusive of the water loan, is $1,901,456,
and it owns property worth many times the
amount of all its debt, among which is 447,763
feet of saleable land. The entire cost ofthe
water works has been $5,187,671 GG.
The Hanoverian Consul at Baltimore has re
ceived information of the arrest, in Hanover, of
a man named Frederick Nolecke, recently re
turned there from this country, and having in
his possession $2,000 in American coin, a large
gold medal and a quantity of valuable jewelry,
the manner of acquiring which he would give
no satisfactory account of. He was an old con
vict in Hanover, and whilst in this country was
arrested several times. He resided principally
in Philadelphia aud Baltimore. It is thought he
may have been concerned in the Portsmouth,
Va , Bank robbery ; and that the medal in his
possession may be the celebrated Clay medal,
which was stolen in New York.
Hon. James Whitcomb, U. S. Senator from
Indiana, who died in New York on Monday, ar
rived in that city about two weeks ago, in order
to undergo a surgical operation. He was a gen 4
tieman oi fine talents u-nd of much popularity in,
- - r 5 - x■ < 1 ; c f- rn j-
-Hou b<held the office of Land Commissioner.--
In 1843 he was elected Governor of Indiana by
the democratic paity, and was re-elected to that
office in 1846, and near the close of his term was
chosen a Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned
by the appointment of Mr. Haiiegan as Minister
to Austria. He was a member of the Metho
dist Episcopal Chuich, and one of the vice-pre
sidents of the American Bible Society.
Bank ov Montgomery.—The Montgomery
Advertiser, of Thursday’, says, “this institution,
established under the free banking law, went in
to operation yesterday—all the provisions of the
law having been complied with—William Foe,
President, P. K. Smith,Cashier. It will be seen
from the notice of the Comptroller that the bills
of this bank will, under the law, be receivable
for taxes and other dues to the State. Our busi
ness men have long contended that our city
stood in great need of a bank ; we hope the
present one will, in a great measure,answer their
necessities in this respect. It is the first insti
tution established under the free banking law,
and we hope it will do credit to that law and to
the founders of the Bank. Indeed, the charac
ter of those engaged in it, gives a sure guarantee
that it will be well and safely conducted.”
Good Interest.—Some months since, a lady
residing in Boston loaned a man the sum of
thirty-two dollars, to assist him to go to Califor
nia. A few days since, the lady received from
tbe gentleman a letter, informing her that he
was doing finely, and enclosing SSOO. A fine
return that for kindnessand accommodation.
The Peruvian Consul at Panama gives public
notice that vessels either touching at, or attempt
ing to load, on any of the Guano Islands, on the
coast of Peru, without being charted by the
Government’s agents,and not furnished with pro
per license from the Financial Department, and
legally despatched by the directors of the cus
tom house, will be liable to seizure to
the laws of that country.
Mr. Webster, the Boston Courier says, <K 1 ill (
receive a larger ( number of votes in that city than
either Gen. Scott or Gen. Pierce ; and that if the
towns do as well as the city,his vote in the State
will be 25,000 or 30,000, if not more. The Cou
rier is a warm advocate for Mr. Webster, and of
course in looking at its calculations, due alow
an?e must be made for its zeal.
Another Veteran in the Field.—Hon.
William Allen, is on the stump in Ohio, for
Pierce and King. Mr. Allen served with both
of our candidates in Congress, and no one
knows better their high character and states
manship than the distinguished senator of
Ohio. With such [men advocating our noble
nominees, there can be nothing else before us
but victory.
An Immense Work.—We see by the Cincin
nati papers that their great tunnel is advertised
for letting. The hills on the north side of the
city rise about 200 leet above the upper plain of
the town, obstructing, except in one direction,
the free access of railways to the upper part of
the town. A company has been formed to tun
nel the hill, for the benefit of all the railways
approaching from the Ohio side, aud, doubtless,
will be immensely useful. This tunnel will be
6,000 feet in length, and will have 2,000 feet of
side cuttings. It is intended to lay it with four
tracks, and thus provide free and safe entrance
into the city for six or eight different railways,
who will each contribute to its receipts, and thus
mgke it very profitable stock.
As Lewis C. Leven, the native candidate for
Congress in the Ist district of Pennsylvania,
was coming through Moyamensing, Philadelphia,
on Thursday night in a carriage, he was shot at
in 10th street, by some unknown ruffian. He
escaped unhurt, though the ball passed through
his carriage.
Report of the Board of Health.—The Sa
vannah News of the 7th inst.,says: “ In anoth
er column will be found the the report of the
Board of Health, in which a faithful and reliable
record of the deaths for the week ending on
Tuesday, the sth inst., is given. It will be seen
that three cases of yellow fever are reported.
The last of the deaths by this disease was on Sun
day last. The patient was taken some eight
days previous, since which time no new cases
have occurred. The three cases are regarded by
our physicians as sporatic, such as not uncom
monly occur in Southern latitudes at this season
of the year, and are often confounded with high
bilious fever. No new cases have occurred, and
in the absence of any local cause to engender
epidemic, no apprehension is felt by our citizens,
nor need be felt by our citizens abroad.
Our correspondent An Old W hig ’presents
a fair and common sense view of the 1 oss am
Fogg affidavite, and the parallel drawn from. an
indent in the poHtical « otoMr. Jenk.
is to the point and comports with the facts. Hi.
report of Mr. Jenkins’ remarks in his speech in
1849 is substantially correct.
Our correspondent is a respectable man--has
been a zealous whig, and his statement may be
fully relied on as to the manner in winch he has
voted hitherto. He is one of the thousands oi
Pierce whigs in Georgia.
Fire.
The Savannah News of the Bth inst. says
“ Precisely at 10 o’clock last night, the steam
saw mill situated on the Eastern extremity ol
the city, and known as Quantock’s Mil), was
discovered to be on fire. We reached the scene
soon after the alarm was given, and found the
I Mill completely enveloped in flames. The fire
j had also communicated to several piles of lum
ber in the immediate vicinity.
“The brig Rollerson, of Boston, which had
cleared at the Custom House yesterday for Bos
ton loaded with cotton and lumber, was lying
at the wharf aground. The flames, which set
right upon her. soon communicated with tbe
cotton on deck, and it was feared, at one
time, she would be completely destro/ei
Our firemen were promptly on the groun ,
their efforts could avail nothing towards saving
' the mill or tbe offices attached to it.
; “ Since writing the above, we learn that two
(engines have been placed on board a flat and
her will be little more than the loss of her i.g
Uganda portion of the Cotton on deck The
loss by the destruction of the mi l and lum
ber destroyed, we bear estimated between fil
teen and twenty thousand dollars,
regret to learn, will fall ent.rely on «' e
as there was no insurance effected on the prop
er! y-” - _
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ObjcctionsTo
The following three by one
of Greeley's correspondents, why he will vote
for Scott in preference to Pierce. They are three
reasons which should be conclusive with any
Southern man—any oppponent to Slavery agita
tion—Abolitionism, Communism —and all their
kindred isms— to prove that he should vote for
Gen. Pierce.
Morris, N. J., Wednesday, Sept. 25,1852.
“I am a Democrat, and always voted that ticket,
except at town meetings, and then, of course, I
had a choice independent of politics ; but I shall
not vote for Pierce, first because I am not a Free
Trade man, but a Tariff man ; and second, be
cause I am a Land Reformer, and not a Land
Monopolist; thirdly. lam opposed to the Fugi
tive Slave Law, and that is reason enough lor
me for not casting my vote for Franklin Pierce.
I could mention the names of seven Democrats
in my school district who will vote for Scott
and that is a good proportion, seeing there are
but twelve in it. A Converted Loco Foco.
Attbntion every Body I —The Postmaster of
the city of Baltimore calls attention to the fact
that the new postage law for newspapers, circu
lars and periodicals, has gone into effect, and that
persons in placing stamps on such matter to be
mailed may save money by bearing in mind the
reduced rates.
The Buffalo Courier says, “ We saw on Satur
day, a gentleman from Western Virginia—a for
mer resident of this vicinity—who was on his.
way home, accompanied by a slave who ran
away about two years since, but had, on meet
ing his master in Rochester, begged the privi
lege of returning. He was an active, intelligent
appearing boy, about 25 years old.
The New York and Erie Rail Road Company
have arrievd and at sea, 22,000 tons of iron rails
for their second track. It is stated that the same
Company have commenced widening the track
of the’ Ramapo road, so as to run their wide
equipage to Paterson. It is proposed to lay down
a third rail on the Paterson, so as to accommodate
both the Erie equipage, as well as that of the Pat
erson, and thus the Erie trains, before winter sets
in, could run directly from Dunkirk on the Lake
to Jersey City,opposite the city of New York. It
this should be done, it will, it is said, be the only
instance in the United States of a track capable
of accommodating both nanow and wideguage
equipage.
Catherine Hayes is now in Boston, making
purchases aud completing her arrangements for
California. Shi visits Irauistan next, week, and
there tiji th® 19th inst., ami Wifi oe pre
sent at nuytia.-.-Arawv. n —eldest daughter,
which takes place on that day. Miss Hayes and
party, including her motherr, Herr Mcngis, Signor
Herold and others, leave for California the next
day, 20th inst., per steamer Illinois.
Ingenious Advertisement.
We are often diverted with the clever manner
in which advertisements are put forth in
Northern papers to catch the eye of the reader
as it roves in search of news and gossip items
and fasten the attention. The following is from
a late number of the N. Y Herald.
Singular Discovery—A Husband Caught.
—ln 1812, a wealthy merchant of Aberdeen,
Scotland, deserted his wife and child, and eloped
to America (as was supposed, in company with
a young widow of Perth, whose attractions en
tirely overcame his conjugal fidelity. The next
year his wile came here in search of him, and
travelled hundreds of miles on bis tiack in this
country, but he got notice of her movements,
changed his style of dress, and shaving, &c., put
on spectacles and in that disguise passed and re
passed her time and again without exciting sus
picion ; in fact, they both lived in the saw e
block tn Bleecher street for several mo»*' ns
Early last winter the lady noticed a r ' I ctuie
which seemed to exhibit a familiar like' aiK |
on closer inspection, she found that was that
of her truant husband, the fact bvir o proved by
the appearance of a small seat P., the corner of
the right eye, a mark wlffek tb e spectacles were
designed to hide. Ot course, she lost no time
in letting her husband kw.*- that he was caught,
and then there was at» me. But it turned out
that the widow had came with him, hav
ing stopped at Glasgow in a fit of remorse. Re
pentance and forgiveness followed, and a few’
days afterward, tbe reunited couple (having se
cured the wondeuul picture) started tor Missou
ri, where they are now living, happy in every
thing except their lost child, who died a few
months alter the lather’s absconding. If this
man had not got his picture at Root’s, No. 363
Broadway—the perfection of whose woi kis so
astonishing—this happy re-union would never
have occurred, since ie would sooner have died
than broken the ice. So much for having a
‘picture as is a picture.’’
More Cotton from Africa.—Mr. Thomas
Bootham, Secretary of the Manchester Chamber
of Commerce, recently received through a gen
tleman in London, a sample of some cotton
groiA by an Englishman on a plantation at
Winnebsah. Gold-Coast, West Africa. Accom
panying the sample was a memorandum to the
effect that the grower had 30,000 plants in bear
ing; and that, in addition, he and his brother
had cleared 300 acres of land preparatory to
planting. The sample has been inspected by
Mr. T. Bazely, President of the Chamber, who>
considers it of a good and useful kind, and worth
in the maiket 7d. to 7 l-2d. per lb.
Orson Pratt, one of the Mormon prophets, has
put forth a proclamation to the Spanish Ameri
cans in California and elsewhere, inviting them
to look into the mysteries of the “new revela
tion,” and assuring them that they are the des
cendants of the original Mormons, Nephi and
Laman, two brothers who emigrated from Jeru
salem two thousand four hundred years ago, and
settled upon the American continent.
The Railroad Journal expresses t'.ie opinion
that the work of construcing a tunnel under the
Hudson River at Albany will soon be com
menced The proposition is, to excavate a trench
in the bed ofthe river of sufficient depth to ad
mit of the construction of an arch, of a capacity
to allow the passage of railroad trains. The wa
ter is to be kept out of the trench while the
work is in progress, by the use of coffer dams.—
It is believed that there are no serious obstacles
to the execution of the proposed work, and that
it can be completed at moderate expense.
State Census.—The Milledgeville Recorder
says it has been requested to call the attention of
the persons apjiointed to take the Census, to the
section in the Act which requires them to depos
it their returns with the Clerks of the Superior
Courts, for the different counties, to be certified,
to, under their hands and seals, before sent to the
Executive Department. They should also be.
consolidated, showing the different aggregates.
Cause of the Whig DisrßAcriON.--The
New York Herald says that “ W. H. Seward in
duced the Whigs to go into the water one warin
day in June, and while they were Sporting in
the waves, he stole their clothes, and scampered
off with them, leaving Webster and Fillmore,
and all the rest of them, in a state of terrible
consternation, every one running about in ev ry
direction in search for his breeches. Unfortu
nately they have not found them up to the pres
ent hour, and it is said Seward has now worn
them so much himself, that it is impossible to
swear to their identity.”