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POET Bl’- Shadows on the Wall. When busy day bad to sloop. And glooms bad 1 ‘l“ ! sky. And -w a tlwughltu. vigil keep While ailoid hours fl -et bj ; The taper's glance then may wo mark. Ou dim seer, objlels tall. Portra-.’r<Stfuily and dark Their shadows on ‘bo wall. Thu ' to our son! in musings come The pbunti tn? of the past. Fair scunes of youth, a listant home, Hopes, joys, too sweet to last; Real no more —no longer bright, Obeying incurry call — Thfjy come, but sh< w in mcm’rv s bght, As shadows on the wall. ® And they, the parted and the dead. Unu’teraWy dear; Around them still love s light is shed, Shining on sorrow's tear, But changed is every hue—al is, How dim and silent ail. Across the pensive mind they pass Like shadows on the wall. The radiant son of glowing days, The moonlight’s tender beam. The social hearth’s domestic blaze, The watchful taper’s gleam; Love s torch, and mein'ry's lamp, where’er In cot or stately hall. They shine, so pure they image there A shadow on tho wall. Lights • f this world! since thus yo be Associate with shade. 0 for yon realm, wherein to see A ootter light display’d’. There is no cloud, nor changeful ray, Nor night with sable pall: There tears and sorrows pass away. Like shadows frum the wall. Hood on Duelling. Tom Hood describes an intended duel which was prevented by an amicable arrangement made upon the ground. The parlies—Mr. Bra dy and Mr. Cay—rivals for the affections ot Miss Lucy Bell, find it necessary to appeal to arms: But first they found .. friend apiece, This pleasant thought to gice— That when they both were dead, they d have Two seconds yet to live. To measu *e < ut the ground, not long The seconds next foiebore ; And having taken on rash step. Th-y took a dozen more. They next prepar d each pistol pan. Against the deadly strife ; By putting in the prime of death. Against the prime of life. Now all -vas ready for the fo?s: But when they took their stands, Fear made them tremble so, they found They both were shaking hands. Said Mr. C. to Mr. 8., •• Here one of as must fall, < And, like St. Paul’s Cathedral now, Be doomed to have a AaZZ. I do confess I did attach * Misconduct to your name If 1 withdraw :ho charge, will then Your ramrod do the sama? 7 ’ Said Mr. 8., “ I do agree ; But think of Honors courts, — If we be off without a shut, There will be strange reports. But look the morrv ng no .> is bright. Though cloudy it begun ; Why can't wo aim above, as if We had called out the sun ? So up into ihe harmless air Their bullets they aid send And may 11 other duels have Ar upshot in the end. MISCELLANEOUS. [Frum.Z/ie Poston Chronicle.] Improved Application of Steam. I Nnw York, Aug. 25, 1854. I have delayed giving a description of the Arc- , tic’s machinery, and the application of the too-! five power employed, in anticipation of a trial i trip by this splendid steamer ; but as it is now, certain that she will not leave this port for Bos- . ton for nearly a fortnight, I will give a brief ac- ; count in the present letter. For seveiai months, a series of scientific ex- I periments have been made, by the liberality ol i Mr E. K Collins, with what is known asi Weibered’s i * pefirfitiire for fuel. I'b.i patentees claim as new I "the combining steam and superheated or sur charged steam iur actuating engines, when gen- i erate.l, the elasticity increased and operated as i set forth.” The patent intends not steam simp > ly surcharged with beat, but the use of a mix ture of saturated and surcharged steam; ordinary j steam being saturated with water, or of maxi- i mum density for the pressure, and surcharged I steam being common steam surcharged with j heat, having less tiiaii the maximum density,! and therefore not being saturated with water, i A certain quantity of saturated steam being i withdrawn from the boiler, and heated of contact . with the water to a very high temperature. j then mixed with a certain quantity of saturated I steam, ana this mixture used to operate upon the 1 engine, a greater power can Ire derived from it, I with a certain quantity of fuel, than could be derived from the use of saturated steam alone.; produced by the same quantity of fuel. The mode of obtaining the mixture is as fol- i lows : From the steam chimney oi the boiler, a I common steam pipe,f uriished with the necessary | stop valves, conveys externally to tile boiler the I saturated steam to the valve chest; another simi- j lar [•■*, valves, &e.. from the same steam chim ney, hut starting within the smoke chimney, al lows the passage oi saturated steam down the ! smoke chmey, through toe Hues and through the | furnaces; passing immediately the burning fuel, I and having become highly surcharged in its pas sage, it is led out of the iront of the boiler to the i same valve chest, where it unites with the sa- ; turated steam. From the valve chest the mix ture gasses to the cylinder of the engine, and operates as a motive power upon the piston. Numerous expiriments have been made by B F. Isherwood, Esq., Cruef Engineer of the Um ted States Navy, and Daniel B. Martin, Esq.. Engi.ieer-io-Chief ol the United States Navy The engine upon which the experiments were at first tried, with a non-condensing one; the di ameter of the cylinder was double or surrounded with a steam ja. ket; the sti-am pipes were 28 inches inside d'amrter and 8 feet long, nearly direct Irorn the boiler to the cylinder. The boil er had vertical tubes and was a working model oi the-builers in the Collins line of steamships. With excellent apparatus and in the most care ful manner, experiments were made with com mon steam alone; with surcharged steam, and with the mixture of common and surctiaigei steam, in which the proportions were as twenty five to seventy-five. From the result it appear ed that using the steam simply surcharged, pio duced, with the same luel, an increased effect of 65 per cent, above what was derived from the common steam alone; while an increased effect of 106 per ceric, was desired by the use ol iti<- mixture. Also the increased i tfect of the mixture was 25 per cent over what was obtained from the surcharged steam .Jone, i'hese resuits were subsequrntly verified by operating with the tow boat to which I allude in a former letter. T hi. boat h?.d one engine, with the cylinder 5j inch es diameter and 62 leet stroke of piston. Trie Steam was cut off in the Supply pipe by a fly valve, and camboard at J, the stroke of the pis ton from the commencement. There was one iron boiler with the furnace and direct flung be low, and single return ascending flues above.— A steam chimney suirounded the smoke chirn ney and the av-ieg-j temper ituie of the lattei was 600 degress Fahrenheit, Ttie steam tor the mixture was surcharged by taking it from Itie steam chimney, leading it down the inside oi the smoke chimney, then through the up iei flues then returning through the upper tines, then re turning t rrough the lower direct .'lues and thiuugb the furnar.eeover the burning coal to the trout ol ■ the bi iler, from w hich it was led to the supply j pipe, there united with common steam, then through by a pipe externally to the boiler from I the same steam chimney or conductor. j From a table of experiments in January last, carefully prepared by Mr. Martin, it appears that the economical efficiency of the mixture of ' saturated and surcharged steam was about 72 7- 10 per cent greater than that of common steam alone. The experiments made with the mix ture and with the saturated steam were contin ued the same number of hours and minutes; the total number of double strokes of piston made per minute was with saturated steam alone, 19 and 3-10, with the mixture 20 an I 1-10; the numbar of pounds of anthracite coal consumed per hour, producing saturated steam was 6.66 710, producing the mixture 440 8-10.— l In subsequent experiments, it was found that in I a given time, the tola! number of pounds of an- I thracite coal consumed in one hour, producing saturated or common steam was 453 3-10, pro ducing the mixture 288 9-10. In these experi ments. about the same number ol double strokes of engine piston was made. The object of this trial was to make the same number of revolu tions of the wheels in equal times, so as to give the boat the same speed; the reme distance (56) miles was run with the mixture and with the steam alone, so that the difference tells in the fuel only. But with the mixture, in order to 1 keep the pressure sufficiently down to .obtain i the same speed as wi.th the steam alone, it was necessary to carry their fires extremely low, so I that at times portions of the grate bars would be i entirely bare. No difficulty has ever been ex i perienced irom the burning out of the pipes con veying the surcharged steam. . The resultoi other experiments, exhibited the I decidedly supeiior heating power of combined | steam over the saturated or ordinary steam, and I surcharged or super-heated steam. i Having theretoie, carefully experimented and ; observed the most satisfactory results, Mr. Col l iins resolved to introduce this kind ol motive i power into the “ Arctic” and this design has i been accomplished successfully. I am not at ; liberty, at the present writing, to give you the i dimensions of the Arctic’s new machinery, but suffice it lor the present, to say, that the plan ol j the work is similar to that above described, and j the trial trip she has already made has verified ; the results of former experiments, and demonstra ; ted the proposition that steam may be so treated as to greatly increase its power without any in- 1 creased expenditure of luel, and that with the I power hitherto obtained there may be a great sa ving in fuel. I am aware that yon will pro nounce this description quite dry tor the general leader, and so it is ; but to explain intelligibly the application of the motive power, facts and figures are required. On the Vernon of Serpents. There is much in thejhisti ry and habits of the reptile tribes, however repulsive they may be in appearance, that is very interesting. During a sojourn of two or three months in the interior of Arkansas, which appears to me to be the para dise of reptiles, I paid some attention to that branch of natural, history called ophiology. ' I found four distinct varieties of rattlesnakes (cro talus). of which the Crotalus Horridus and . Cro ' talus Kirtlaudil are by far the most numerous, i The former is the largest serpent in North Amer- ! ica. The family of moccasin snakes (Colluber) ! is also quite numerous; there being no less than j ten varieties, most of which are quite as venom- I ous as the rattlesnake. By dissecting great num- ; bers of different species, I learnd that the ana- j tomical structure of the poisoning apparatus is similar, in a.i the different varietes of the ven-I omous serpents. It consists of a strong frame- I work of bone, with its appropiiate muscles, ! [ the upper part of the head, resembling and beins I I 'n facta pair of jaws, but externally to the jaws i ; proper, and much stronger. To these is attached, ! by a ginglymoid articulation, one or more mova ble fangs, on each side, just at the verge of the : ■ mouth, capable of being erected at pleasure.— ' These fangs are very hard, sharp, and crooked, : like the claws of a cat. and hooked backward, with a hollow from the base to near the point. i I have occasionally seen a thin slit of bone di vide this hollow, making two. At their base is i found a small sack, containing two oi thee drops | sos venom, which resembles thin honey. The I sack is so connected with the cavity ol the fang, I ! during its erection, that a slight upward pres ! ; sure forces the venom into the fang, at its base, ■ and it makes its exit at a small slit or opening ! near the point, with considerable force ; thus it j ' is carried to the bottom of any wound made by I the lang. Unless the fangs are erected for battle, they . -■ ! -rus - juiVvl the mouth, sunk between the external and internal jaw bones, somewhat like a pen knife blade shut up in its handle, where they are covered by a fold of membrane, which encloses them like a sheath —this is the vagina ihntis. There can be no doubt that these fangs are frequently broken off or shed as the head grows broader, to make room for new ones nearer the verge ol the mouth—for within the virgina dentis of a very larg? crotalus horridus, 1 found no less than five fangs on each side—in all stages of formation—the smallest in a half pulpy or cartilaginous state, the next some thing harder, the third still more perfect, and so on to the main, well set, perfect fang. Each of these teeth had a well defined cavity, like the main one Three fangs on each side, were fre quently found in copperheads,vipers, and others. The process of robbing serpants, of their ve nom is easily accomplished by the aid of chloro form. a few drops of which stupilies them. If, while they are under its influence, they are care- i fully seized by the neck, and the vagina dentis i held out of the way by an assistant, with a pair I ol forceps, and the fang be erected and gently I pressed upward, the venom will be seen issuing ! Irom the tang, and dropping from its point.—lt j may then be absoibed by a bit of sponge, er I caught in a vial, or on the point of a lancet.— Alter robbing several seipents in this manner, I they were found, alter two days, to be as highly ! charged as ever, with venom of equal intensity ; with that fir,t taken. During the process of robbing several species of j serpents, 1 inoculated several small but vigorous | and perfectly healthy vegetables, with the point of a lancet Well charged with venom. The next ; day they were withered and deid, foolun« as j though they had been scathed with lightning. | In at'emptiag to preserve a tew drops ol venom I for future experiments, in a small vial, with two ■ nr three parts of alcohol, it was found, in a short j time, to have lost its venomous properties. But after mixing the venom with aqua ammonia, or spirits of turpentine, or oil of peppermint, or oi cinnamon, or of cloves, or with, nitric or sul phuric acid, it still seemed to act with undimin ished energy. It is best preserved, however, lor future use, by trituration with refined sugar or sugar of milk. I A very fine, cotton-mouth snake, being cap- I tured by putting a shoe string around turn, became : exceedingly ferocious, striking at even the crack i ->1 a small riding whip. Finding himself a pri | soner without hope of escape, tie turned his i deadly weapons on his own body, striking re peatedly his well charged fangs deeply into his flesh. Notwithstanding this, lie was put in a small basket, and carried forward. In one hour he was found dead, and no amount .of irritation could excite the least indication of lite. Four hours alter, while removing the skin lor preser vation. the blood oozed slowly from the vessels in a dissolved state. No violence was done to tus enaxship, except what he did io himself. ; AiiotUer moccasin. simUsy a pistol about two in i '.'la . back ol tbirhead, and skiufted unmediateiy ' g.ivi decided evidence of vitality lour hours al j 'er being flayed, by writ lung the body whenever . it was restated by a scalpel. ... A large rattlesnake beheaded instantly with a hoe, would, an and a halt alter, I iteat any thing Uiat pinched its tail. Ol several persons who vW-re testing their firmness of nerve by tryin ■ to hold the hand steady while the serpent, struck at it, not one could be found whose hand | could not recoil, tn spite of his resolution , ami one man (a great bully, by the-by,) was struck on the riakeu turoa, with considerable force by ihe headless trunk ol rhe serpent, and staggered iiacg, tainted mid fell, fiom terror Mr. Stew. | ait ct Mississippi, tells itie he once witnessed a I ! similar si'cnee. An old hunter shot a rattlesnake’s head off', and after re-loading his gun, and stand ing some time, li" stooped to pull off'the rattles ami the bloody but heedless trunk ol the snake struck him in the temple, and he fainted and fell down with terror. Seven vertomnous serpents, belonging to five different species, were made to fraternize and dwell amicably in one den. A beautiful pair ot iong-bodied speckled snakes, known as king snakes, found to be fangless, and consequently without venom, were fully installed as members of the family. Some uneasiness was perceiva ble among the older members, but no attempt was made to destroy the intruders, though they might have been killed instrnter. The next morning, four 'of the venomous serpents were tonnd to have been destroyed by the king snakes; and one was still within her coil, and two remaining ones would make no effort at selt-delence. A large lattlesnake seamed stupid and inditierent to his fate. He could not be made to threaten or give warning even with his ratties. 1 lie smallest king-snake was afterward inoculated with the poison of one of the serpents tie had destroyed, and died immediately alter — thus evincing that they must have exercised some power beside physical force to overcome their fellow creatures. in short, the results of a great number of ex periments, performed with the venom ot a great variety ofserpents, seem to lead the following conclusions : 1. Treat the venom of all serpents acts-as a poison in a similar manner. 2. That the venom ot some varieties is far I more active than that ol others. 3 That a variety of the Colluber. known as the cotton-mouth, is the most venomous serpent in Arkansas. •1. That the .venom of serpenfs destroys all forms ot organized life, vegetable as well as ani-> mal. I 5. That alcohol, if brought in contact with i the venom, is to a certain extent, an antidote. 6. That serpents do possess the power as fas cinating small animals,3 and that this power is identical with mesmerism. 7. That the blood of small animals, deitroyed Uy the venom of serpents bears a close lesem- i blance to that of animals destroyed by lightning or hydrocyanic aci.l; it loses its power ol coagu lation, and cannot be long kept from putrefac tion. J. Gilman, Lt. D. Great Trotting Match. The great trotting match over the Union Course, Long Island, lor $3,000, took [dice on Thursday last, and was witnessed by upwards ol five thousand persons from New York an I elsewhere. The following account of this im postart affair to the sporting world is copied j irom the New York Times : I The roads and avenues leading to the track ! were thronged with evey description ot vehicle, | Irom a lijlit buggy so a six horse barouche, all !ot which were crowded to excess, for the heat was very oppressive, and, during the afternoon, a southerly breeze came up, which rendered the track quite unpleasannt, as the clouds of dust swept through in every direction, and specta cles were in active demand. Below we give the anneuncementof the race, i as published by the proprietors of the Course : ; Trotting on Thursday, Septemer 7, for a purse I and stake ot $3 001)—$300 to go to the second i best: mile heats, best three in five in harness— j ’ . Woodruff names g. g. Eddy. H. Jones names i br. g. Mac. W. Woodruff names r. g. Taconey. I J. F. Nodine names b. g. Highland Maid, j About four q’c ock, the three former horses rappeared and started for the exciting contest, i I'he odds, S6O, and occasionally SIOO to SSO. j Varions bets were, as usual, in favor of Grey Edky against tlie iisia ; w ,. r „ tt . k d } time, and we notic'd several wagers made on ■ Taconey being second in the race. j The judges being elected and taking their i positions on the stand, the horses were called |up by Judge Conklin; meanwhile lots were I cast lor the choice of track : Mac won the in j side, Eddy Taconey outside. FIRST HEAT. I The first time the horses made an attempt to i start for the beat the dust was flying in all di j rections to such an extent that the drivers were | scarcely able to see their way. The judges did I not give the word in consequence of the horses I not being near enough together. On the sec ond trial to start, Mac came up ahead ; but owing to Eddy making a slight break in front :of the stand no word was given. The third trial was successful, and the nags had a fine stait, with Mac on the lead ; the driver ot' this horse field him in fine style, and passed the quarter pole in 38J seconds. While going to the half mile pole Mac broke up, and Eddy glided by him, making the “hall” in 1 minute and 16J seconds. Taconey was now close to Eddy, but Mac had fell behind some fifty yards. As the two leading horses turned the home stretch, Wm. Woodruff urged Taconey to his utmost, and many spectators expected he would win the heat. Eddv, however, won by a couple < lengths, and Mac was nearly distanced. The time made was 2 33. SECOND HEAT. The first, second, and third attemps to starton this heat were failures, as the judges would not give the signal. The word go! was given on the fourth time, and the competitors were head and head. As they sped aiound the turn, Eddy had the pole with the other two horses beside him. He was crowded by Taconej 1 at the “quarter,” which was made in 38J seconds. The contest between Eddy and Taconey was very close and presented a beautiful sight to the lovers of turf sports. These horses were closely I together at the “half,” end Eddy passed this pole in 113, being ahead about one length. In the meantime, Mac was lost sight ot by the drivers I ot the roan and grey geldings, a id the two steeds ' sped their way down the home stretch in fine j style. When Eddy and Taconey were at the ! Judges’ stand, Mac was in the rear a long dis-, j lance, and in announcing the time of the second mile, as made by Eddy, to be 2 31, the Judge informed the large concourse of people that Mac was distanced on this heat. THIRD AND LAST HEAT. The horses were allowed twenty minutes to be rubbed down and refreshed, and when called up by the judge, they glided away from the stand, and Tacony led Eddy to the quarter pole in 38 seconds. As they left the stand, Eddy made a bad break within 50 yards of the Judges. He tel) behind, and Tacony swiftly passed along tothe halfa mile pole in 1:17. As the contest ants left the “ halt,” Hiram urged Eddy to his ut most, and when t iriiing the homestretch, he was about 100 yards ahead Just before the speed of Eddy was increased, bets were offered that Ta cony would win the heat, but to the surprise of the audience, Eddy got the lead and kepfr it to the stand, making the mile in 2:34J. This was one ol the most exciting trots that has taken place on Long Island for many years past, and gave geneiai satistaclion to the im mense crowd of persons in attendance. Relief Fund for the Suffering and Indi gent Sick of Savannah.—We publish else where in our columns of to day, the proceedings of a public meeting held in Macon on Thursday night last, lor the purpose indicated by the above caption. It gives us greaj; pleasure to state that our community have responded to the call thus made upon their humanity, with a promptness ana liberality highly honorable. The City Coun cil have subscribed five hundred dollars, the amount of private subscriptions is twenty-two hundred—making in all $2700, which sum has t een forwarded to Savannah. That it may con tiibute to the comfort ot the unfortunate poor ol our afflicted Eister city is our earnest hope, and that Almighty God, without whom all human h—lp is unavailing, may stay the awful course ot the pestilence, is the heartfelt prayer of idl the citizens of Macon. — Vucon Telegraph. Good Picking.—Three negroes, one day last week picked 876 poilndg of Cotton, as follows: Floyd’s Dave, 289; Taylor’s Allen, 288; and ■ Prince’s Bill, 299 pounds. Taking into coitsid oration the injmy to the crop by drought, this is hard to beat. — Central Georgian, 12th iml. general news. Further Effects of tho Late Gale. Santee River.—We have been favored with a number ot letters from Santee. They all con cur in representing the damage as very gr-at, the most ot the crops being under water, and all that had been cut or stacked, washed away.— The following is from one of the best situateilS plantations on Santee, considered secure alike irom salts and freshets. The loss is estimated at not less than twelve o” fifteen thousand dol lars : — Ch. Mercury. South Island, Sept. 10. I havejust returned Irom the plantation. All ot the negroes are safe. We commenced cut ting on Monday, and on Thursday loaded two flats, which are sate. Abuut seventy acres of the best Rice, which were stacked in the field, have been carried cff. A great deal of the Rice, uncut at the time of the gale, will, I fear, pro duce little orno'hing. Even the Corn crop will be severely injured, as the whole field, excepting some high ridges, was under water. * Every bridge between South I-land and San tee Ferry was carried away, and much of the Road is now two feet under water. South Santee, 12th Sept., 1854. We were visited on Thursday night last with the severest storm we have had since 1822, and which lasted until Saturday. The river being very low at the time, and the tides coming so high sent the salt water very high up the river, more so than 1 have ever known it. The inju ry to the rice crops will be great. 1 had 54 acres cut and partly stacked, which has been swept away by the tides. About hall ot my “Crop, which was not ripe, is killed by salt wa ter. On the upper plantations the salt water has injured the lice somewhat, but I cannot judge yet io wbatextent. /Another letter from North Santee states that Hie injury to the rice crop was considerable, but no lives were lost. Georgetown, Sept. 11. Gentlemen : We have had a terri’jle gale, and one ot long continuance. The tide was as | high as in 1822, but the wind not so high. The wind then blew a gust at N. E. and S. E. lor only four hours, and S. West for six hours. This gale was at N. E. and S. E. lor forty-eight hours, and al S. S. W. for twelve hours; the long est continued blow 1 have known. The dam age to the Rice has been considerable, but the crop was so far matured as to make the loss less than is generally supposed. Grea. damage must have been done to the Rice field banks. We have not heard from the Islands made by the Santee, where they enter the ocean, and where so many lives were lost in 1822, but no lives were lost here. We have had no mail from your city since Thursday last. We have the following, by the kindness of a triend from '• Sandy Kn»we,” at the confluence of the Waccamaw and Pee Dee: September 10.—“ We havejust passed through one of the severest storms ever seen—our banks we.re entirely covered. The rice also. But there being no rice cut down, we lost none by floatingolf. We were not so lucky on Oak- Lawn. Twenty-five acres was wafted against the banks, ail ot which we hope to recover by to-moriow. Our banks on Sandy Knowe stood the blow well. There was but one small wash, which was mended in two hours. The water is leaving fast.” Wadmalaw.—Extract of a letter from Wad malaw Island: “Thecrops are ruined.” James Island.—Extract oi a letter from James Island : “ Not more than one fourth of a crop will be raised.” John’s Island.—Extract of a letter from John’s Island: “ Our ditches are filled with Cotton pods.” Edisto Island.—The following is an-extruct from a letter dated Edisto Island, Sept. 10. One of the most terrific hurricanes within the recollection of any of our inhabitants has just passed over us, leaving ruin and desolation behind it. Trees have been uprooted, fences and bridges carried away, the crops blighted and destroyed, banks and dams after being overflowed by the tide, broken and washed away, and hundreds ol acres ot hign land covered, which never had, per haps, the ocean water upon it before. Owing to the prevalence of Northeasterly winds, which commenced to bio w fresh on Wednesday morn ing, and continued to increase in violence until Thursday night, when the storm burst upon us in all its fury, a great accumulation of water was thrown upon our coast, and the tide rose here higher on Friday morning than it has ever been known before. It has made a clean sweep across Edding’s Island, in five or six different places, from the westerly and up to the middle of the Island, near the residence of Gen. Wayne, across by the Episcopal Church, which has been heretofore considered the part ot the village of Eddings ville most secure from the danger of the Ocean tide. The encroachment of the sea on the front beach is so great as to bring the tides now with in a few feet of the doors ol many of the houses, (it is now under the piazzas of two or three,) and has given riA to the opinion among many ol the inhabitants, that the Island will no longer aford them safety in future summers as a resi dence. The tide during the gale of 1804, is known to most of us only by tradition, which is always uncertain and apt to exaggerate. It may, there fore, well be doubted whether we have ever be fore had a higher tide in this neighborhood than that of the morning of the Bth. In consequence not merely of the violence ol the wind, but its long duration, (tor it com menced its damage upon our fields eaily on Thursday morning, and did not cease until a late hour o.i Satuiday night, when the rain dime down in torrentsand has filled the country wilh water,) there are many fields, and parts of fields, which were exposed to it, on the seashore, in which the Cotton is totally destroyed,and where the plants are as dead as they will be in Decem ber. A few of the eailv fruit, which are now ripe, amounting to perhaps the fourth of the crop, may yield cotton; but all the middle and top fruit, from which the largest expectations were indulged, (and they were certainly very flatter ing,) have been either thrashed off by the wind, or are entirely dead upon the stalks, in shel tered situations on the seashore, and on the plantations more in the inteiior, it may well ie supposed that the damage has been less. But everywhere it must be great, since, from the pe culiarity of the season pieviously, the chief de pendence of the planter this year was upon the tup fruit, for a good crop. Safety of all on Board the Delia Mari?.' —lt is with great plea-ure that we announce the arrival in this city yesterday afternoon of the Captain and crew and passengers of the Delia Maria. They landed at Hdton Head, and Irom thence proceeded to Bluffton, from which place one of the inhabitants kindly sent them to Savan nah, which city they left on Tuesday morning. Mr. E. W. Walter’s son went to Beaufort from Bluffton. — Charleston Courier, 14th inst. Loss of the Brig Mary Ann, of this Port.—The subjoined letter to the owner in this city, conveys the melancholy intelligence of the loss of the biig Mary Ann, of this poit, during the late gale, and the death ol her Captain, John H. Johnson, of yellow fever, The Mary A'-u was insured in the South Carolina lusurrance Company for SISOO. and in the Columbia Insur ance Company lor SISOO : Savannah, Sett 11.—I have the honor to send you these few lines, to inform you of the loss of your brig Mary Ann. The storm over look us in the middle of the stream, steerin'’ South-east lor Abajo Island. We had to cut away the mainmast and rim before the wind She struck Friday, at 9 o’clock, but another sea pot her afioat again. Finally she struck again at 6J o’clock, at the entrance of Tybee inlet, southward of Savannah river. Ail the sails were carried away, lore-top gallant mast, fore topmast broken, fore mast cracked, boat lost, Dumps carried awa, by the lull ot the mam niasti V. ntor-logged. “The Captain was taken wilh yellow fever the day we left Charleston, and died of black vomit on Wednesday night.”—JZi. Death of the Rev. Joshua G Payne It is with feelings of deep regret and heartfelt sympathy that we are called U|>oii to record the .sudden death of this young and promising Minis ter of the Gospel. Although our personal a:- qunintance with Mr. p. was but slight, yet even slight as it was, it was formed under such cir cumstances as to give us a most exalted opinion of him as a gentleman and Christian Minister. It is with melancholy pleasure that we give place to the following, from the pen of one who shared his labors, and whose attentions to him in his sickness and dying hour were unwearied and full of affectionate kindness. “ Mr. Payne was placed in charge of Wesley Chapel, by the last Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and fell a victim, in the discharge ol his pastoral duties, to he prevailing epidemic, having breathed his last on the morning of the 12th inst, at 10 min utes post 2 o’clock. Mr. P. was but. a few mouths over 24 years of age, with an apparently long and promising future, and bright earthly ca reer before him. this being but his second year in the ministry. He graduated at Emory College, ill this State, and was a Georgir i by biith, edu cated and sympathy. “ This being his first summer in our city, in consequence of which, not beii.g acclimated, he was ircqucntly urged to take cue of himself, as he was on account ot wantot acclimation, more susceptible of contracting disease; to which be would invariably respond, “Savannah is a treur to Heaven as any other [dace I know of.” Ibg day before his death, he requested that when he died ids home ones might be informed that “ he tell at his post.” At the same time he remark ed, that he had not previously supposed that he would have been taken Trom earth so soon ; but that God’s will was his will, and that had he ten thousand lives, he would devote them all to his Master’s service. He said also, that he esteemed it a privilege and an honor to have shared the post of danger, disease and death; “for.” added he, “ it has proven a pasture-ground to my soul.” This was the burden of a message io be deliver ed to his fellow-members of Conference at their next session. "We retrain from panegyric. His noble con duct in attending upon the poor, the sick, the needy, and the afflicted, everywhere throughout the city, daj' and night, minisleiiug to their souls and bodies, with a self-sacrificing zeal and yet a calm, unobtrusive and humble demeanor, wouM only be detracted fr< m by any attempt at eulogy. “He lived to do good ; much, very much ot which ha was instrumental in accomplishing during the short time permitted him in his min isterial career. He has gone to his reward! His best epitaph is that which he himself sug gested, not 24 hours before his dissolution, and m the full prospect ol death, as follows : ‘Joshua G Payne, Born (naturally) January 4th. 1830. Born again (spiritually) Sept. 26th, 1847. ’ He is not dead, hiit sleepeth.’ ” Savannah Georgian, 14th. Death of Bishop Barron.—The Rt. Rev. Edward Barron, D. D.. Catholic Missionary Bishop of the Coast jf Africa, died in this city yesterday, of Pneumoniig In consequence ct impaired health Bishop Barron was on leave ot absence from his charge, and has been tempora rily residing in Florida. Ou his way to the North, a few weeks since, he stopped in this city. When the epidemic broke out he concluded to remain to render such service as circumstances might permit. Until altacked with the disease ot which he had been instrumental of much good in our midst. He was originally attached tothe diocese of Baltimore.— Savannah Georgian. 14th Death of Mr. Charles Hartridge. We are again called upon to repeat the oft told tale ot the ravages of the King of Terrors in our doomed city. Mr. Charles Hartridge, the third son and the namesage of one of our most respected merchants, who preceded him to the grave but a few months since, was taken sick on Friday, the Bth instant, and died on the fol lowingJMonday evening. His age was 20 years and elven months. He was attended during his illness by eminent physicians, and was watched over by a few friends, with all the interest and anxiety that could have been shown by the j nearest relatives. After leaving Brow’n University, where he 1 had, for a time, been matriculated, he commenc i ed the study of medicine in the office ot Dr. I Geddings, ot Charleston, and afterwards of Dr. ! Arnold, of this city .It had been his intention, ! during the coming season to proceed to one ot i medical lectures, preparatory to entering upon ! the active duties of his profession. | He was regarded by his instructors and others ! who knew him well, as a young man of fine ! abilities, and high hopes were indulged in regard to the future which was opening before him.— From a slight personal acquaintance, we may be allowed to say that, with an unobtrusive ami even retiring modesty, he united social qualities ot a very high order, while his principles of con duct, both in his professson and in the inter course of every day lite entitled to the fullest respect and confidence of any community in which he might have lived -Suv. Nnvs, I3eh inst. [From the Portsmouth (N. H) Journal | A Caso without a Parallel. In the Washington Union of the present week we see the official announcement ot the appoint ment of John McClintock as Naval Officer at the Custom-house, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Capt-. McClintock’s term of office expires un der his old appointment this day, and on Mon day next he enters on his ninety.fourth year, and on the discharge of the duties oi his new four years’ commission. A parallel case of an ap pointment to*a responsible office ol one whoisoi that advanced age and of physical abilities to discharge its duties cannot probablv be found at the present time in the world or in past history since the Christian era. Capt. John McClintock was born on the2Bth day of August 1761. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Samuel McClintock, ot Greenland, who was chaplain in the army ol the revolution and the Battle of Buukei Hill. That Patriotic clergyman may be seen represented in the en graving ol the battle in his ministerial bands, tiear the spot where Gen. Warren lies wounded. Jon McClintock, at the age ot about sixteen, en tered the sei vice in the private armed ship'Al exander, of twenty guns. At the age ot seven* teen he was master 7 smate, and was entrusted with conducting a prize into the West Indies.— H i remained in the service tour years lacking one month, but not being in any public ship, he receives no pension tor revoltionary services. CUpt. MuCiintock has in the course of his long lite experienced Various vn issitudes, but has en joyed uninterrupted good health irom childhood, and is now as vigorous as men generally are at two-thirds ol his age. He takes as much inter est in the passing affairs of the times as any one aiound us. We met him in the Athenaeum ear ly one morning the present week, perusing the various papeis on the stands. Speaking ot his appointment, he said : ‘‘Some may regard me as old and worn out. and the office given to me as a mere sinecure. But such is not the case. For Jive years I have never absent from atten ding to the duties ot office but one day, winter or summer/ 7 fhatday his health was good, but it was in a severe storm which shut up people gen erally. He writes a clear and smooth Land, without any tremulousness. All the accounts cl the custom-house go under his personal exami nation.’ Although engaging his constant care, the emoluments of the office last year were less 'ban lour hundred dollars. He is grateful lor it, tor he says at his time ot hie there are not many kinds ot business to which he can give his atten tion. s It there ever was an occasion when the peo ple ot alt pai ties can unite in rejoicing at the ap Puntnient ot a man to office, it i - m the present lavorable attention President P erce has paid to our aged and deserving citizen. Let the flags be displayed arid the guns tired when he enleis his office on Monday next. j Health of the City—Official Report. Savannah, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 9 P' M. Intermenle in Laurel Grave Cemetery. I James Gallihan, 23 years, Yellow fever, Ire | land ; Godfrey Sehriber. Yell, w fever, Germany; 1 Francis White, 29 years. Delirium Tremens, Georgia ; Charles Hartridge, 21 yearr, Yellow fever, Georgia ; Leonard Übele, 17 years, Yel low lever, Germany ; George Tressler, 22 years, Yellow fever. England : Conrad Geiblehouse, 30 years, Billions lever, Germany; Jeffrey Daniel, 3 years, Sun Struck, Unknown , Emma Daniel, 9 months, Unknown, Savannah ; Infant Heich, Smooths, Teething, Savannah, John Barrett, 20 vears. Yellow lever, New Jersey ; Gasper Basler, 28 years, Yellow fever. Germany; Fred eticlj S'ffiramm, 35 years, Yellow fever, Germa ny ; Simon Sisken, 23 years, Yellow fever, Ger many; George Myesbater, 22 years. Yellow fever, Germanv ; William Kallahan, 29 years, Yellow fever, Ireland; Jas Galiagan, 23 years, Yellow fever, Ireland; Brannigan, 27 years, Yellow lever, Ireland ; Schidtery. 33 years. Yellow fever, Germany ; Jas. T. White, 13 yea:.', Yellow fever, Savannah; John Hammett, 24 years,Yellow fever, England; C. M. C. Fra sier, 21 years. Yellow fever, Savannah ; Sami. B. Spencer, 21 years, Yellow fever, Columbus, Ga. ; J. G. Payne, 24 years, Yellow fever, Georgia; Pat Cunningham, 20 years, Yellow fever. Ire- , 'and ; Frederick Lamb'ider, 36 years, Yellow lever, Germany ; Henry Kinken, 22 y**ars, Yel low lever. Germany ; P. Sayae, 26 years, Un known. Franca :,W-Schrebei , 21 years, Yellow lever, Germany ; T. W. Elliott, 27 years, Yel low fever, Georgia; Alexander Scbultdy, 30 vests, Y ‘iltr.v lever, Germany ; Blacks and Colored—Willie,22 years, Billions fever. Catholic Cemetery. Charles O'Neil, 65 years, unknown, Ireland ; James Heall, 10 days, unknown. Savannah ; Mary Ann 11 months, Yellow fever, New York ; Aim Guuldin, 16 years, Yellow , lever, Ireland ; Edward Major. 30 years, ungl ; known, New York ; Mary Major, 2 years, Brain fever,New York ; John Hayden, 20 years, Yel low fever. Ireland; John Cudel,-10 years, Billious fever, Ireland ; .Biidget Cretty, 12 years, Yel low fever, Ireland ; Timothy Doyle, 34 years, unknown, Ireland; Ellen Fleming,2 days, In fantine, Savannah ; Jane Senneti:, 15 years, Yel low fev,-r, Ireland ; Daniel W. Delaney, 32 years, Yellow lever. Ireland; David Tobin, 20 yeais. Yellow fever Ireland; Elizabeth Festime, 10 years, unknown. Ireland ; Margaret Conner, 56 yeaqs. Yellow lever, Ireland : John Poole, 44 years,Yellow fever, England; Patrick Walsh. 38 yeais, Yellow lever, Ireland. Old Hebrew Cemetery. Laura C. Sbeftall, 16 years. Yellow fever, Savannah. Total interments 51 Yellow fever 34 JJiterinents for the Week. The following is the total number of inter ments for the week ending at 9 o’clock last night, in all the cemeteries. Interments. Yellow Fev r. Wednesday 17 19 i Thursday 29 20 I Fiiday 20 13 Saturday 33 14 Sunday 28 17 -Monday 32 22 Tuesday ... ....51 3J. Total for week. .210 129 The in*erments for the week at the different cemeteries were as follows : Interments. Yellow Fever. Laurel Grove Cemetery. . 121 74 Catholic .Cemetery 89 55 Total 210 129 RECAFITtrLATION. The interments for the past lour weeks have been as follows: Interments. Yellow Fever. I Weekending Aug. 22d, 67 42 29rh 92 60 .. .. Sept. sth 123 74 .. I. 12th 210 129 : Total for four weeks, 492 305 . Health of the City—Official Report. Wednesday, Sept., 13, 9 P. M. Laurel Grove Cemetery. ! Edward Wainwiight, 21 years, yellow fever, I N. J. I Name unknown, about 23 years, yellow fever. Bnejamin G. Cray, 25 years, yellow fever, Geor gia I Casson Hatman, 36 years, yellow fever, Germa- I “ y - , Tallulah G. Harms, 3 years yellow fever, Sav’h. Deborah Blackshea, 12 years', yellow fever, Ga. Chas. C. Tackner, 40 years, yellow fever, Ire land. Alexander G. Saifner, 25 years, yellow fever. Savannah. Cail Craft, 54 years, consumption, Germany. Charlton H. Wells, 31 years, yellow lever. S. C. Ann Newphy, 25 years, Ireland. Blacks Livery 50 years yellow fever. Fracis 24 years, dysentery. Madeline 30 years, yellow fever. Scipio. 5 yers, inflamation of bowels. Total 15—11 yellow fever. the C'lthelic Cemclefy. Grigg Pierce, 35 years, yellow lever, Ireland. Cornelius Bunker. 8 years, yellow fever, N. Y. I hos. Jennings. 27 years, yellow fever, Ireland. John Mahoney, 10 years, Ireland Daniel O’Birne, 35 years, yellow fever, Ireland. Margaret I- laherty, 5 weeks. Spasms, Savannah. Mary P. Stafford, 60 years, bilious fever, Ireland. Daniel Biown, 25 years, yellow fever. Ireland. John Carry 28 years, yellow fever, Ireland. Charles Cried 4 years, Connecticut. Ann Coad, 10 years, Ireland. Luke Kirwan, 22 years, yellow fever, Ireland. J no. Doherty, 24 y rs', bleeding of lungs, Ireland. Patrick Judge, 18 yrs., yellow fever, Ireland. Frederick Gennchen, 55 years, billious fever. Italy. Gwen Reilley, 21 weeks, spasms, Savannah. Kichanl Bryan, 6 years, yellow lever, Ireland. 1 imotliy Cromly, 26 years, yellow lever, Ireland. Uev.-Edward Barron, 60 years, pheuinonia, Ire land. Iota) 20—11 yellow fever. Total jnterments 35—yellow fever 22. Tur: Drought—The duration and intensity •f the heat and the protracted absence of any thing like adequate rains in most ot the States north ol this, and especially in the great corn growing Wos'; has produced the most disastrous resu ts upon toe fields ot the disappointed hus bandman. Tne indications lor any thing like an average crop of com in upper Georgia, Ten nessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryla: d, are very unpromising. From all we can learn Geor gia and States south of tin's will, with proper economy, muks enough for home consumption. It will be Well, now that a generel rain has tr.l - upon the earth, tosow largely of bailey, rye and turnip?, to aid the cub in winter leedin'’.— Lucerne, well put i n now, will allbrd some very nvurisinn ’ and pleasant food lor cows and calves next spring, and give a rich tinge t o n IH , iro _ ducts of the dairy. \V< beg the husbandmen nob to lorget the eomlort and susienance of his i.eab cattle. All that cannot be well cared tor in .he stall or shed, should be sent to market or put ir lue Inwtel.—Sv.Mern Itmirder, L2th insi. Rain at Last—On Friday and : aturdaulaH the parched and heated earth was refreshed bv copious rams accompanied by high winds The open and unpicked cotton must be a good deal damaged. Notwithstanding this, we are thank lu that mother earth is once more thoroughly sarenited and we now breathe more pleasantly. Major John F. All. ~ al h „ I. Ig. field District on Fihlaj morning last, after a long ami severe sickness from tyi.hmd fever He was a member of the last Legislature.
