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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.