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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1854)
i .ii. 8, Day Sti.AMi'.K.— Tue steamship "'ii as the six day steamer is now on the <' tonal dock. New 1 oik,coppering. Hertrame w strueted . : live oak, chesnut and hacmatac. | ’.inked and ceiled with Georgia yellow pine. >be is thoroughly cross strapped witli iron. In Addition to the ordinary wooden kelsons, she has . :.e centre and two bilge kelsons ol iron, running from st. in to stern, and connecting the dead woo. - with the first tier ot beams, which gives :.t. much addit oral strength, by which it would appear impossible lor any sea to affect the sheer ot the hud. This is of great importance, for so Jong as the hull is kept in line, the engine rarely .jets out of it. We believe she is to be called the Ocean Bird, or the Bird ot the Ocean—either of which would be appropriate to her graceful appearance. Relief for Savannah. —About 83,000 has been forwarded from New York city for the re lief of the sufferers by yellow level at Savannah and arrangements are in progress looking to still larger results Philadelphia has also remitted 53,600, and the collecting committee is still , t work. 9|Haro Timfs for Water.—We are told that _some of the people ot Lorain county, Ohio, du ring the late dr. ught, have had to go eight miles for water for a ordinary household use. The citizens of Huntsville, Ala., tendered a complimentary benefit to M>ss Jessaline Crisp, which was accepted and was to come off on the 9th inst. Rain and Hail. — The Atlanta Examiner, ol the 16th iust., says:—Last evening our city was visited w ith a splendid lain, and considerable hall. The latter did no damage that we have heard of, as the desiccated condition ol things here made them alm st invulnerable by bullets, rnurh less by bail stones. Gr.rst as a Vocalist.—The musical cri’ics say that Grisi is not a great vocalist; that Jenny Lt nd, Soutag and Albani all surpass her in voice, but that her greatness consists in her tragic pow er, in which she is more effective than any other member of the lyric dranpa that has ever visited ‘his cou.'/iy. She lifts her audience ii: a whirl wind of passion where the hearers forget her singing, forget all extraneous circumstances, tar get themselves even, in their all-absorbing at tention to the terrific embodiment belore them. Thi may be ..•ailed the perfection of lyric trage- Another Ward Excitement.—For some • days a man by the name ot Thomasson has been on'rial in Georgetown, Ky., for the murder of his brother. Thomasson, it is alleged, shot and killed him deliberately, but excuses himself for so doing by asserting that he intended to shoot over his head to scare him. A despatch from Georgetown says the jury, after an absence ol six hours, being unable to agree, were discharged, eleven being for conviction and one for acquittal. The de-patch adds: 'Upon the jury leaving the couit-house, a large crowd followed alter him with cries of ‘tar and feather him!’ He made his escape through the back door ol Pratt’s hotel. It is thougnt that there will be violence done to n.ght. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier thus i describes a thrilling scene that took place in the court-house during the trial ot Thomasson : The widow of the deceased, after testifying that she never in her lite had seen her husband j carrying weapons, much less on the morning he was killed, and that he had red been out oi her sight more than an hour before she saw his man gled remains—with heart lending sobs (stepping .•> to ‘tie prisoner,; cried out, “ Mt- leer! I*.'* ,i this child A Truly this seemed enough to ... . the stones of our streets to mutiny and rage. Fraud in Teas —A rnerch»ut of Portsmouth, N. H., bought in Boston a few days since three ches‘s that were supposed to be filled with a prime article of tea, but on being oprened they were found worthless chaff, rice hulls, etc., ren dered sufficiently heavy for practical purposes by the addition of a collection of unburnt brickbats, evidently of Chinese origin. Arrest for Fuse Office Robbery.—Her m tn Norman Crooker, about 13 years of age, and belonging in West Randolph. Mass., was arrest ed on board a vessel at Boston from Philadelphia, on Wedne day, charged with stealing a letter in April last from the Post Office at Kingston, Wis consin. The letter contained a draft for $l5O. Another Amuiiican Merchant Resident in London.—Junius S Morgan, for many years of the house of J. M. Beebe, Morgan & Co., Boston embarked for England on WeJ.-esday, the 13th, in the steamer Europa. Mr. Morgan goes to London t > reside, where Le has formed a busi ness connection with the eminent American banker, George Peabody. The West Ind.a Salt Crop.—The barque Antelope, arrived at New Haven, reprorts she ca'jfd at Bonaire and Curacoa and could not ob tain a bushel of .alt on either port. At Turks Island she paid 26 cents a bushel. There were enough vessels at the latter place to take all that was made. Judah T’orougii's Will.—The mayor o Newport. R. 1., has announced to the city coun cil thut pri l . at .• subscriptions to the amount of give thousand dollars have been received, to make available the bequest of Jr.dah Tourro, for the purchase of the iot on win :h the Old Stone Mill stands. Am'.:f.ic\ . Grai.s in Paris —A Paris cor respondent says : 1 had'ast week the pleasure •of witnessing at one of the first ixrarding,schools m Paris an exhibition of private theatricals.— Tr e language spoken was French, and the per formers were, four-fiths of them, American girls. Success of a Dime Saving, Bank. The "rrstdejrosits in the Erie County Dime Savings Bank at Buffalo were made on. the first of the zrreseLt month, and r:p to the present time the whole amount recei cd exceeds $10,090. Tbe ■ le;>osits on ‘he fir .t nay amounted to $16,000. Cnnn’iißs For: the Fuencl Government. The Boston Atlas rays that several French Na- N/ai officers are t present in that city, and are about forming a contract to build twelve clipper ahip-, of about 1,500 tons each, to be employed in ‘be French Colonia! Trade. An accident occurred on th: Virginia and Tennessee Itailro. d on Wednesday last, near toe Big Spring Depot, which resulted in the death of one man, tbe injury (perhaps fatal) of another and the destruction of an engine. The man killed was a negro, the fireman, and the one injured va. the conductor, Mr. Connor. ■ 1 hi: New Debutanti:.—The New York Day Book says: "We mentioned last we-k that a young lady horn Boston, was to appear at tl e New \ork theatre on the 9th ot October, We have since learned that the young lady is a na tive ot Savannah, Ga., where her father and mother both died when she was about two years ol age; that she then became the adopted daugh ter ol a lawyer in Massachusetts, Irom whom she received a superior education, and that she will assume the name ol her lather (Makeab) upon going on the stage. Great success as a star is predicted for her by her friends and those who know her. Her engagement is for one week. I Vermont Election.—The Boston Atlas has returns from all but twenty-one small towns in Vermont, The vote in 229 townsis tar Mr. Royce, 27,07.5 ; Mr. Clark, 14,402, scattering 1,670. Mr. Royce's majority is 10.997, In Ibe Ist Congressional district Mr. Meachamsmajority in all but twenty-two towns is 4,012. Mr. Morri Is majority in the second district in 633. There was a scattering anti-Nebraska vote of 1 976. In the third district Mr. Sabin’s majority in all but nineteen small towns is 3,705. The Rep resentatives of 224 towns are divided as follows. Whig and Anti-Nebraska 163; Democrat 47 : no choice 14. The Administration party have probably elected but one Senator, that oi Grand Isle county. It appears by the Annual Report ot Mr. Hen ry Hart, Secretary of the Board of Engineers, for tiie year ending August 31,1853, that during that year the whole number of fires in Boston was 172; the total amount of loss by which is estimated at $515,167, and the total amount oi insurance on the same was $295,056. The to tal amount ot loss by fires during the yeff end ing the 31st u'.t., so far as ascertained, is $150,- 647, and the amount of insurance on the same is $lO6 580. I'ue loss last year was $364 520 less, and the insurance $188,176 less than the year previous. Toe orign ot the cholera in Columbia, Pa., has been traced on the reservoir water. Several cit izens proceeded to the river, and opened the slu ices that threw the water into the feeder. Or: opening them a number of carcasses of sheep were found lodged there, which had been thrown into the liver at various times by parties who had been lighting sheep on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ol Course the use of the reservoir water has ceased since the discovery. At the meeting on Thurseay evening of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the subject of the Choctaw mission again came up, and another exciting discussion was had, which continued until between eleven and twelve o’clock, when the board adopted the report and resolutions of the committee on the subject, endorsing the principles of Mr. Treat’s letter ot 1848, and refusing to continue the con nection with the Choctaw schools under the present law, which forbids the instructing of s'aves, or slave children, and excludes abolition ists and those spreading fanatical sentiments, from the Choctaw nation. The Board met again on Friday morning, and after listening to a speech or two, adjourned sine die. It is estimated that the rice planters of the South have suffered a loss pt $3,000,000 by the late storm. A New Associate L. S. Judge for Utah.— The President has appointed William M. Drum mond, Esq., of Illinois, to be an Associate U. S. Judge for Utah, vice George H. Edmonds, Esq. of Illinois, resigned. Potatoes.— High Pr.'r— A farmerar Phil adelphia has offerv! $1 25 a bushel lor a thou sand bushels of potatoes in the field. The re ports from New Hampshire are more favorable lately for a pretty good crop. In New York po tatoes are goo ! upon wet meadow lands and worthless on dry hills. In Wisconsin the crop is universally good, and quality excellent. Patau Result of the Duel.—The young man Short, who fought the duel with young Peacock a few days since near Alexandria, Ky., and who was shot in the left shoulder,died Irom the effects of the wound on Sunday evening last. Peacock is still at large. The Corn Cao? of the Unhed States.— 1 he corn crop is one of the' most important crops of the country, nence the anxiety produced by the long drought. According to the census of 1850, the total amount of corn produced in the United States was 592,071,104 ,bushels. The principal corn growing States produced as follows ’ Ohio 59,078895 Alabama.. .28,753,018 Indiana .. .52 964.363 Georgia .... 30,980 999 Illinois.. .. 57.646.984 N. Carolina. 27 941,051 Missouri.. .36,214,537 Virginia... .35.254 319 Kentucky,. 58.672 591 Pennsylva’a. 19.835,214 I'ennessee. 52.276.223 New York.. 17.858.400 Mississippi. 22.446,552 S. Carolina. 16,871.454 A full crop tor 1354 is estimated at 700.000, 000 bushels. (communicated.) Sad Accident. In Monroe, Walton county, on the 11th inst. Miss Okra Jackson, daughter of Jesse H. and Mary Atiiold, aged five years, was playing about the house as usual, arid hearing her mother say that her brother was preparing to return to Col lege, from which he had obtained leave of ab sence for a short time, (to attend a Camp Meet ing near Monroe,) she sought his room to tell nitri farewell, and atter bidding him adieu, she skiped off as gay and merrily as ever. On de- I scending the stairsteps, from some cause, she fell I and fro n the injury received, expired in a few moments. How impressible the fact, that in the midst of life we are in the midst ot death. A few short moments ago, this lovely little girl was lively and happy. But now, her voice is bushed—her merry laughter hath ceased. No more will her silvery tones, in accents soft and sweet as some distant AEolran, brought by the gentle zephyrs, fall upon the ear of her parents. But beautiful is tne thought, consoling to the minds of her rela tives is the reflection, that though their little daughter and sister sleeps in the cold, damp grave, her spirit is mingling its song with those of the celestial choir around the tr.rcne of God. “ Taught the first duties to obey and fovc, She’s gone to act them in tho realms above.” Laceola. An effecting scene took place at Windsor.— When the 46th regiment was about departing from the town lor service in the East, a little motherless child was observed clinging to the legs of it> father, who was a private in the regr merit. The poor man refused to drive it away when ordered, arid , by " one gentle touch ol na ture,” succeeded in exciting the sympathy 01 Lieut. Hutton, who put £lO into the child’s hand, and atterwards induced bis mother to adopt it Official Health Report. Savannah, Sept. 14,9 P. M. Zn.'< rments in Laurel Grove Cemetery : Frederick Cornell, 28 years, yellow fever,Ger many: Mary P. Vouug, II years, yellow lever, Georgia : Thomas Barden, <lO years, Unknown, Ireland ; Martha J. A Miller, 16 years, yellow lever, S. I arolina ; Sarah Byrd, 77 years, con sumption. Unknown : John Cambridge, 23 years, debility, Pennsylvania; M. C. Heald, 43 years, yellow fever, Maine; J. C. Abbott, 19 years, yellow lever, New Jersey: Byer, 15 years, yellow fever, Germany : John Redman 40 years, yellow fever, Ireland ; John Hilton, 24 years, yellow fever, England; Patrick Adams,3o years, Unknown, Ireland; Charles Wilson, 24 years, yellow fever, Scotland ; Infant Cubbedge Still- Born, Savannah; Gallagher, 19 years, yel- low fever, Ireland; W. C. Abbott, 19 years,yel- I low fever, New Jersey; Josephine Springer, 45 years, yellow fever, Unknown ; Moriah Dorsett, 115 years, yellow fever. Savannah; Mary Schramm, 51 years, yellow fever, Germany. Blacks and Colored.— Richard, 30 years, bili ous lever; Williams, 1 year, whooping cough; Lewis, 8 months, croup. Total 22—14 by yellow fever. Catholic Cemetery. Edward Clarke, 22 years, yellow fever, Ire land ; Dennis Carroll, 24 years, bilious lever, Ire land ; Patrick Downey. 2 years, spasms Savan nah; Mary Mitchell. 54 years, broken bone fe ver, Ireland; Mary E Whilihan,2 years, dysen'- tary,'Savannah; Sarah Cox, 18 years, yellow le ver, Ireland ; Josiah Irvine, 56 years, yellow le ver, Ireland ; Robert Roberts, 50 years, pneorno uia. Savannah ; Catherine Pitt, 22 years, Child bed, Ireland; Margaret Quinn, 18 years, yellow 'ever, Ireland ; Michael Dalv, 47 years, yellow lever, Ireland; Michael McNally, 27 years, yel low lever, Ireland. Total 12—6 yellow fever. Total interments ----- 34 Yellow lever ------ 20 V» bather hot, wind East and South East. Savannh, Friday Sept. 15. Laurel Grove. Cemetery. Andrew Rothwell, 19 years, yellow fever, Ireland: Elbert G. Crumley, 9 years, yellow fever, Savan nah. Mary Ann Magni, 23 years, yellow fever, Ire land. Daniel Keefe, 30 years, j allow fever. Ireland; Dr. Stephen N. Harris, 31 years, yellow fever, Ua ; J. T. Niles, 47 years, yellow fever, Rhode Island: Jes.se Eratloy, IS years, yellow fever, England; ‘ Thomas Brown, 28 years, yellow fever, Ireland; 1 Edward Doghcrty, 22 years, yellow fever, Ireland; ——Redman, 40 years, yellow fever, Ireland, Blacks—Abram, 72 years, old, age; Sam, 45 years bilious fever. Total 12—5 y yellow fever 10. Hebrew Cemetery. Cecelia Cohen, 27 years, yellow fever. So, Ca.; Mendel Boley, 14 years, yellow fever, Germany. Total 2—by yellow fever 2. In tlf Catholic Cemetery. Marla Wolden, 27 years, childbed, Ireland: John Ledwidge, 20 years, yellow fever, Ireland; Patrick Kelly, 24 years, yellow fever Ireland; William Jordan, 19 years, yellow fever. New York; Thomas Lannen, 34 years, yellow fever, Ireland: James Mernagh, 30 years, billious fever. Ireland; John Pagan, 5 years old, yellow fever. Georgia: Ann Higgins, 2 months- Savannah; Richard Keefe, 20 years, yel. fever, Ireland; Henry Sevili, 22 years conges, fever. Ireland; Ellon Byrnes, 26 years, yel low fever, Ireland. Total 11—by yellow fever 7. Total interments 25—by yellow fever 19. Health of the City—Official Report. Savannah, Saturday, Sept. 16, 9 P. M. Laurel Grove Cemetery. Pulaski C. Stuck, 16 years, yellow fever Sa vannah; Jonathan Oimsiead, 62 years, debility, Massachusetts; Wm Quantock, <4O years, debili ty. England; Wm. Brotherton. 30 years, yellow fever, New Jersey; Charles Delura, 28 years, yellow fever. New Jersey; John GroHiy, 26 years, yellow lever, Germany; Georgia Ann Johnston, 18 years, yellow fever, Georgia ; An tonia Caseion, 40 years, yellow fever, France; Henry Rhode, 29 years, yellow lever Germany; Anne Powell, 1 year, teething, Savannah ; Judge W. Harris, 45 years, yellow lever, Georgia ; Dun fry White, 24 years, yellow fever, South Caroli na; Michael Wright. 19 years, yellow fever. Sa vannah ; John Fry Green, 6 years, yellow fever, Savannah ; Hubit Champion. ' 7 months, t. _lh iri Savannah. Biacks.—Susan, 7 years, worms. Savannah. Total 16.—0 f yellow lever, 11. Catholic Cemetery. Anthonv Keane, 25 years, yellow fever, Ire land; Jane Ladd, 60 years, yellow fever, Ire land; Joseph Flannigan, 19 years, yellow fever, Ireland ; Richard McCabe, 45 years, yellow fe ver, Ireland; Bridget Ready, 24 years, yellow fe ver, Ireland. To’al s—Of yellow fever 5. Total interments 21 Yellow fever 16 Savannah, Sunday, Sept. f 7,9 P. M. Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery. Henry Casson, 52 years,yellow fever, France. Henry Hahn,2l years, yellow fever, Germany. Henry Med fort, 20 years, yellow fever N. C. James Quknt, 4 months, convulsions. Ger many. E. Galvin, 38 years, yellow fever, Pennsylvania. ——Behrent, 28 years, yellow fever, Germany. John M00re,36 years, bilious fever, Ireland. Martin Kreiten, 28 years, yellow tever, Germa . [iy ' Geo W. Johnston, jr., 18 years, yellow fever, Savannah. : Jansey Warner, 23 years, yellow fever, Philip , delphia. I lios. S. Lewis, 22 years, bilious lever. Sav’h. Blacks.—Richard Francis,B days, spasms. Total 12.—yellow lever 8. In the Catholic Cemetery. Michael C. Brady, 2 y,rs. 10 rrrc<s., spasms, Sav’h. Owen Lee, 38 years, dysentery, Ireland. Mary Stanislaus, 22 years, yellow fever, Ireland. Mary Haynes, 18 years, y-ilow fever, Ireland, Peter Brannon, 26 years yellow fever, Ireland. Miohael Martin, 40 years, billious fever, Ireland. Ann Barry, 40 years, yellow fever, Ireland. Ann Flynn, 3 days, premature birth, Savannah. Jeiorne McCarthy, 11 years, yellow fever, So. Ca. John Deveny, 27 years, bilous fever, Ireland. Total 10—yellow lever 5. lota! interments 23 —l3 by yellow fever. Two partially loaded freight cars were, with their contents, destroyed by fire at tbe Depot Sunday night about halt past eleven o’clock. We learn that tbe goods consumed were for Nash ville. Chattanooga and Loudon, Tennessee. The cause of the tire, nor the extent of insurance, we were unable to ascertain.— Sav. Republican, ISZ/i inst. Hon E W Chastain.—We saw the above gentleman at Cassville Court He was look.ng finely, and we were much elated at the prospec tive condition ol the party as we heard him de tail it. Mr. Chastain is an able representative, and deserves well of his constituent:, as they have exemplified. Among others, we also saw D. J. W. Lewis. Col. Underwood, Col. Brown, arid vinous others of the "tank, file and offi cers,” and we think al! of them will do to tie to Let harmony prevail, and there is nothing to fear m the Cherokee District.— Atlanta Ex aminer, 16t/i inst. A Know-Nothing in Atlanta.— We under stand we have a real bona fide specimen of the animal 111 our city, who had the impudence to oppose the tender ot Five Hundred Dollars by our Council, to the sick and dying ol Savannah. A picayune trick, that! The ark is certainly a Know-Nothing de lacto and de physico. Mark him, b’hoys—his mother is not aware of his whereabou's.— lb. Rain —On f riday evening last a very heavy rain fell in this citv and vicinity. We do not know to what extent it prevailed through the country, but if it was generally as heavy as i;r tars city, considerable damage must have been lone to cotton. Peas, potato-s, turnips and grass aie fl mrishing. Our city and county are blessed with health.— Fred. Union, ISlh inst. Death of a Lari > by Violence A correspondent of the Jacksonville Renubli cau, wiitrng from the Mineral Springs under re'util bePl,!mbt ‘ g ' Vt ' S the /o,lovvin g horrid “The dead body of a lady was found floating ■n rhe river at or near bawanee Shoals, a few r.ays ago, inlicatrng a death occasioned by vio lence, and supposed to have been lying in the water eight or ten days.—A post marten exami nation Wi S held and opinions of physicians were given, to this effect: She bore on her head and right ear a deep gash, supposed to be the result ol a stroke from a large knife ; both arms unjoint ed at the e.bow, several teeth broken out, bow els cut out also, and a stout leathern girdle en circled her waist. But one garment” protected hf 1 .lonri the heat ol an almost verticle sun, and her back was literally baked. To all human ap pearance this subject of some diabolical machin atmn, was a young and handsome lady, features although the fish had almost undergone t1..; process of decomposition, and I have also •heard she possessed a beautiful hand supposed to be unaccustomed to labor.” No discovery bad been made tending to re veal the name ertner ol the murderer or' his vic tim. liie Niagara's Mais.—The mails by the steamer Niagara came to baud last night, Out the papers contain nothing of the inter est in addition to our telegraphic accounts. The cholera had visited the allied fleets, and the crews had suffered severly. The Britannia lost about (00, Furious 17, Albion 56, Trafalgar 35, and soon. The French loss was still more severe. Some of the ships had to put to sea in hopes of benefiting by a ehangeof air, but without effect It was hoped that the worst had passed.— Balt. Sun I'he crops, not on!}' in England, but through out Europe generally, are said to be very abun dant. Ihe London limes, ina leader on this subject, says that "from this harvest to the next there can be no doubt that the difference in the price ot wheat compared with that in the pre vious twelve months, will be at least 20s a quar ter in favor of the publie, which, on the whole consumption, will amount to a boon of twenty five million of pounds to that body on wheat alone, besides corresponding relief in other grain. Even the cost of the war sinks to a trifle "com pared with this bounty from the skies; and not withstanding all the lavish expenditure incurred we now stand better prepared for war by some twenty millions than a twelvemonth ago.” Cassville, Ga.—Crops. —We have made a flying visit to Ca sville this week, and we opine we hazaid nothing when we say Cassville is destined to improve, from the educational in fluences now connected with her. The Female College, we learned, was in a prosperous condi tion, and the Male College is going on rapidly to completion. From all we could see of Cass ville and its locality, we conclude she must pro gress, for, we really think the position she occu pies (two miles from the State Road.) must add greatly to her literary advantages. We look for ward to the time when Cassville will occupy a high position as a seat of learning in our Chero kee country. While at Cass Court we heard many expres sions of opinion with reference to the crops, and from al! the sources at our command, we contin ue to think plenty will be made in Georgia.— Atlanta Examiner, 14th inst. Cholera in the British Camp. Caaip near Varna, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1854. I am sorry to say that I have no very cheering news to give you. Up to the present time we have lost about 30 men from cholera in the regi ment. A division of Zouaves, which left this a fortnight ago, returned the day belore yesterday so reduced in numbers that two small steamers sufficed to bring back the remnant. According to their own account, they lost 3,000 men in ten days. They had been sent to Kcstenje, at ths mouth of the Danube. For the first two days they were there all went on well; after that they began to drop down suddenly, and to die off in an hour or two by the hundred ; in fact, one bat talion of 1,200 left 600 dead behind them. A great deal ot this was owing to the poisonous condition of the water which they drank, all the wells being filled with dead bodies of Turk'; and Russians. Those that have eou>» back are hol low cheek-sd and miserable looking fellow., and are dying here in shoals. In fact, without ex aggeration, the French bury their dead in fifties. It must have had a most dispiriting effect on the rest ot them. Indeed, I think the whole army. French and English, are more or less dispirited from the feeling that their whole strength and health are wasted a whole summer in action. A third of the men have been already taken away by disease, that would have been lost in the cap ture of Sevastopol. All things, howe' er, seem to indicate that great things are in contempla tion Enormous quantities of fascines, gabions, &c., are being made by the trc.ps and embark ed. The Light Division have their orders to hold themselves in readiness Ibr immediate em barkation at Baltschik. Opinions are yet divi ded between Odessa and the stronghold in the Crimea, tor so secret as it is kept that I question whether we shall know for which it is until we have embarked and got away from all commu nication with land.— Letter from a British Officer Female Equestrianism.—We found yester day afternoon, an immense concourse ol people ot all ages and sizes assembled at the Fair to witness the great feature of the exhibition—the first trial of the lady equestrians for the prize saddle. The crowd was variously estimated at Irom five to ten thousand. Six ladies entered for the prize, to wit; Miss Julia Wise, dressed in darn green merino habit, basque waiste, fitting ■ dose, ornamented with one row of bright but tons, black hat and plume, trimmed with blue ribbons, mounted on a superb strawberry roan. Mrs. Phillips, dark merino skirt,blue velvet body, fitting close, plain white linen collar, black hat and plume, with pink linen, on a high-headed, spirited horse, which she managed to the admira tion ol the sp'jctators. MiSs Lee,asisterof Mrs Phillips, and dressed like her, rode a beautiful dark bay. Mrs. Riley, dark grey riding-dress, trimmed with black, and green hat, rode a fast dun horse as if she was used to such sport, and would be delighted to have found a fence or so in her path. Mrs. Riley could take a horse over a five barred gate with e se and safety. Miss Branham, a beautiful blonde, dressed in a light blue, well-lifted habit, black hat and plume, well mounted, rode gracefully. Miss Wagner—in a neat, changeable colored silk spencer,dark skirt, black hat and plume—on a lithe, active, but rath er small horse, with lots of go in him. But which was the most graceful equestrian! We are not on the committee to award the prize.- - We advise our querists to visit the Fair this af ternoon ; if they don't like to do so they can wait until the committee decides the question.— All we have to say is this : six as handsome wo men, or better mounted—more gracefully in the rnunege—will trot be found at any State or Coun ty lair held this fall.— Madison (Ind.} Cottriir, bept. 7. Mormon Banditti.— It appears that a v iry large and daring band ol thieves ate perpet-.’.ting systematic outrages in northern Illinois, break ing into houses, and taking provisions, money, and various other articles. On Sunday night they broke into the house of Mr Erne.y, at Hainesville, carrying ofl' money, &c. In their hasty flight they left a letter, purporting to be Irom one ol the gang to his wife, in which the success and adventures id' the company are com municated. It states that their rendevouz is 89 miles irom Chicago, and 30 from Voree. From th., tact that Vorce is the name of an old Mor mon settlement, near Burlington, Wisconsin, abandoned some years ago lor Beaver Island, it is conjectured that tbe gang is composed of Mor mons Irom that island, who are thus collecting a store of provisions, &c., which ar;e probably brought to some lake port and shipped.— H'uh kegan Advocate, , The first Jewish hospital was inaugurated at Jerusalem on the 26th ult., by M. Cohen, presi dent of the Israelite consistorial committee of Paris. Most ot the European consuls were pre sent at the ceremony. I iiat the English are a consistent, an honest, a sincere people, no one believes, who knows them. Only listen to their grievous lamentations at the late of Grey town, while no longer ago than 1848, by order ot Lord Palmerston, without provoca tion—two British armed vessels entered the port of San Juan, tore down the Niceraguan flag, took prisoners the officers ol the tart and town, and af terwards followed arid dispersed the Nicaraguan loree! Ihe Washington Union, in alluding to the abuse ol our Government and its chief magistrate, by the London Times newspaper, says : "Nothing is so certain of arousing the slum bering animosities ot the class of reactionaries of which the London Times is the representative, as the appearance ot a bold and independent tone on this side of the Atlantic. That General Pierce should not be a favorite with the class of politi cians that hold Great Britain to be a sort ot con stable of the seas—a kind of Director General of distant colossus of nations—and the political providence in whose smiles we live, and beneath whose frowns we fade—is by no means wonderful. ******* "WhethenMr. Pierce has already lost the con fidence of the American people or not, the future ; will show to the London l imes. While our flag is unstained by the atrocities that blacken the page that records the cruelty of Eng'and to India, to China, and, lastly, upon defenceless Russian women and children—while we have no dark merrories like Copenhagen to make posterity mourn through countless ages—while we can boast that we have never encouraged, as England has done, the Indian in his savage warfare upon defenceless whites—while we have no record blistered with the memory of a shameless perse cution, during seven long years, of a race of men our kindred too who resolved to be free; we can afford the taunts of a newspaper that picks uj> its calumnies of a great people from those degrad ed imitators of British vices who have no reputa tion at home and no standing abroad, save as they purchased it by libelling theirown country. I President Pierce and his administration have j only to avoid the evilsof the British policy, and I to follow the straight path of stern duty; and however secret foes may plot, and public foes I may threaten, their reward will be found in the [ approving plaudits of a fateful country.” I New York, Sept. IS —Disasters at Sea'—The barque Como, Capt. Kenan, which sailed from Charleston on the sth inst. for New Orleans, with a cargo consisting of 634 tierces of Rice and 12 packages of Merchandize, was spoken at sea on the 9th inst., with her mainmast gone, three feet of water in her hold, and her pumps choked. She declined, however, any assistance. A Cotton-laden ship was passed at anchor on the 7th inst, burnt to the water’s edge. Baltimore, Sept. 18.— The Cholera.—The cholera is subsiding at Pittsburg, Columbia, Pa . and Martinsburg. Boston, Sept. 16.— Great Trottint; Match.— A great trotting match took place at the Cambridge Course to-day, ten miles lor $10,009, between Kossuth and Alice, which was won by the for j men 1-- I Rev. T. P. Hunt.—We have beard many | good things that emenated from the keen wit of I this Rev. Gentleman, but the last one threw ns down entirely. A mar: recently passing Mr Hunt, was accompanied by a small dog; and the little scoundrel took a sudden fancy to stick his teeth in the old gentleman’s legs. This physical manifestation not proving satisfactory to the clerical victim, he determined to victimize the dog in turn and drawing the big end of his cane, another subject to the dog tombs.— This began the dramatic tragi-comedy. Stranger—“ Why did you kill my dog?” Hunt—" Because he was going to bite me.” Stranger—“ Why didn’t you use the small end of your stick?—you could have frightetfed him and not killed him!” Hunt (excited) "Why didn't j’our dog come at me tail fust, then”’ Family Connection.—A Pers.an me rebar t complaining heavily of some unjust sentence, ■ was told by the judge to go to the Cadi. ; " But the cadi is your uncle 1” urged the plain- tiff. I " Then you can goto the grand vizier.” | " But his secretary is your cousin !” 1 “ Then you may go to the Sultan !” I “ But his favorite Sultana is ymir nice: “ Well then go to the devil!” “ Ah, that is a still closer family connection 1” said the merchant, as he left the court in despair. Freedoit of Speech.—A Western J ustice of the Peace ordered a witness to‘come up and be sworn.’ He was informed that the man was deaf and dumb. ‘I don’t care a d—said th : Judge, passionately, ‘ whether he is or not; here is the Constitution ol the United States belore me. It guarantees to every man t.he right ol speech; and so long as I have the honor of a seat on this Bench, it shall not be violated or in vaded. What this Constitution guarantees to a I man he shall have, I reckon? Native Wines—The region about Cincin nati has become famous tor the superior quality ■ and quanity of the native wines produced there, principally from the Catawba grape. A brief description of the process of wine manufacture, as carried on injhat vicinity, although not new to all, will be read with interest by many of our readers. The vines are planted about twenty-four hun dred to the acre, arid are trained upon stakes and kept close trimmed, in order that they may bear tbe more abundantly. The grapes are gathered when fully ripe and crushed in a cider mill. The | crushed grapes are dignified with the appellation of cheese, and the juice which has teen pressed from‘hern is called must. Abc.it three gal'.'ns of juice may be obtained from a bushel of grapes. The juice, after being crushed fror.r the grape, is conveyed into a large receiving tub, and is then stored away in clean casks. The must is sometin.es subjected to a second and even third pressure, but the juice which is thus obtained is 0! an interior k nd, and is not used in the manufacture of the best quality of wines. The casks into which the wine is pour ed are filled up w ithin ti .e er six inches of th ; bung, put on loosely. In three weeks the fer mentation ceases, and the casks are then tilled to the top and tightener!. The casks in w hich the wine is rioted are sometimes of sufficient dimensions to hold irom five hundred to two thousand gallons. The Reciprocity TKBArv.—The ratification oi' this treaty by England seems to give much satisfaction at trie North. The New York Jour nal of C ommerce says: It is a nobie advance in the direction of free trade and against restriction. To a large extent it breaks down custom-house barriers and so far as the principal branches ol traffick are concern ed, it annexesthe British Provinces to theTTui'ed States and the United States to trie British Pro vinces. It does the same with respect to the fisheries, ’vbich have long been a fruitful source of mutual alienation and misunderstanding, and under ot lv er circumstances might long since ha - e led to the most deplorable collisions. It opens tbe St. Lawrence to oar commerce, and L ike Michigan lo British commerce, on equal terms • witt the party in possession. Thi. treaty will do more to bind the two nations together in amity and prevent war than any other device which could be named.” The Courier arid Euquiri r also remark "American vessels have unrestricted range. The whole undr led continent’ is theirs. They have as free a sweep over the marine league next to shot r as to any marine league in the ocean.— They are now admitted, in the pursuit of their business to more than three thousand miles ol coast line, irom which they have heretofore Hen peremptorily shut out Even before the treaty has beet, ratified, as it is required to be by the Canadian Legislatures, the waters have bee. thrown open, and the armed ships which guarded them been withdrawn from service. The treaty could not have commenced its career of useful ness under more favorable auspices than such a manifestation of confidence an? good wfll affrrd.” BY TELEGRAPH. New York, Sept. 18-B Cotton.—The market is firm, business mod erate. Middling Upland 9j. Coffee advanced i cent. Savannah Sufferers. The collections for the relief of Savannah, reach $3,500. Cholera. The cholera is raging at Pittsburg. There were 45 deaths yesterday. New York. Sept. 16. Cotton.—The market is firm, and Middling Uplands are quoted at 9j cents. Flour is lower. Sailing of the Baltic. The Baltic has left tor Liverpool with one and one quarter million specie on board. Brig Augusta. The brig Augusta has arrived from Savannah. She lost on her passage two persons by Yellow Fever, and ail crew but three are sick. Relief for Savannah. A committee has been appointed to collect money lor the relief of the needy of Savannah. Cholera, &c. The deaths by cholera in New York, during the week amount to 125. Bishop Wainwright is dangerously ill. Collections for Savannah are being made in Baltimore. Augusta Market, September 20. COTTON.—During the past week there has been very little doing in the Cotton market. Very lit tle old Cotton is offering, and but little now is com ing to hand. We have no change to notice in pri ces, and continue former quotations as follow: Ordinaryto Good Ordinary, stained,.. .6 to 6} Low Middling to Middling 7 to Good Middling 8 toßj Middling Fair, .no sales Fair, no sales GROCERIES.—There is but little business do ing in the Grocery lire, and that little is confined to orders from the country. The stocks of our Merchants are good, and by the time the prevail ing panic ceases, our merchants will have on hand a heavy and well assorted stock of goods. BACON. —This article is very scarce and in de mand at 12 to 12Jc. for Sides, and 9 j a 10c! foe Shoulders. LARD—Is scarce, and held at higher prices. It is selling at prices ranging from 12 to 15 cents —th® latter by retail. BEEF AND PORK.—There is a moderate sup ply of grass fed Beef and it is selling at 4 a 4j. Shoafs. — At the present time the market is well supplied wi!j> shoats, and they are selling at 4 a • cents, according to size and quality. CORN.—Th"s a' icle is also scarce, and is selling at sl.lO a $1.15 per bushel. Meal is retailing at $1.15. I ’ WHlSKY.—Scarce and in demand, at 45 cento I per gallon. ; SALT.—No change to notice in prices. Retail- I ing from Stores at $1.65 a $1.75 per sack. j FLOUR.—Our City Mills are kept busily em ployed grinding to supply the demand. Superfine, or Family, is selling at $9, by the quantity, and at $lO by retail. WHEAT.—Non® coming to market. ic.J White would readily I.in7 11-50 per bushel, and ,'goo-’ Bed $1.25 tu $'1.37. I CtoFFKE.—Stock on hand fully equal to the de | :nand. Retailing from stores at 12 a 12fc. for a j good article of Rio. 1 SUGARS.— Steak light, and prices have advanc- ■ ed, within ‘.he last :wo weeks, fully half cent on a* I qualities. MOLASFF® Demand limited, with a fair sup ply on hand Wo quote Cuba at 25 a 26. and New Orleans at 28 a 30 cents. NAlLS.—Holders are stiffening in their asking prices, and are selling 5j a 6 cents per lb. FEATHERS.—Not much demand at’thcpresent time. They are dull of sale at 38 a 40c.—the lat ter price in small parcels. ; BAGGING. —The demand is good, andholders are stiff in their a.-king prices. Selling from stores by the one or five bolts at 15}a16 cents—most hold ers are asking lire latter price. EXCHANGE.—We have no change to notice in rates. Our Banks continue to draw on New York, and other Northern cities at j per cent. prem. FREIGHTS. —The River is in navigable order We quote the rate to Savannah 50 cents per bale— but little offering. To Charleston per Railroad, 75 cents per bale. rUaRRiED. ——————- On Thursday evening, 14th inst., by Lewis Lovy. Esq . Hosea Rawls and Mrs. Catharine Satf, all of this city. At the residence of Dr. E. B. Swinney, in Kinch j afoonce county, on Thursday evening, 17th inst., , by Robert Little Esq., William E. Mason, Esq , I and Miss Lucinda Hatton, all of Mclntosh. 1 In Washington county, Ga., on Tuesday morn I ing. the j’.h inst., by the Rev. Wesley P. Arnold, ■ Mr. Henry P. Ruling and Miss Martha J. An i thon y, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Anthony. I In Putnam county, or. Thursday morning. 14tb 'nst., by the Lev. T. U. Wilkes, Samuel T. Dice I nson, Esq., of Thomaston, Upson co-, Ga., and I Miss Barbara S., daughter of Uriah Ward, Esq DIED. In Washington, Ga., on Wednesday, 39th ult., Mrs. Ann Anthony, relict of the late Bolling An thony. in the 77th year of her age I In Columbia county, on the 22d ult., Mrs. Mary Cochi.an, in the 73d year of her ago. after an ill loss of more than three months, which sho bore with Christian fortitude to the list moment of her life. She was for many years a devoted member of tbo Methodist Episcopal Church. In this city, on Monday, tho 18th inst., Mr. Sam uel Hardeman, aged 36 years. r ataaar aw»--~».-w»..ai 1 11 1 11111 11 vnMaaß FOR SALE IN GLYNN COUNTY. rTtHri: subscriber offers for sale his tract of LAND JL in said county, containing 2060 acres of the finest timbered land to bo found, a portion of which has been finely improved, with every building suitable fora genteel family, with anew family rosider.cn of a House 52bj A0 foot l-mg, containing eight .'ooirs“* I a piazza, the length of tho bouse: good kitchen, barn, stable horse ,ot . &e. There is also a well ot tho finest water to bo found. To any person desirous of locating in that section or couniry, for farnunj; or entering into the lumbof business, tho ."it:;; tion pre.-ent< n valuable invest wont to any one .isposedto mbark in a profitable I lumber an 1 tar;: bine trade To sn approved | purchaser t libera! - edit will bo given and only a I small portion of cash required. Fcr full informs | ‘icn -.’.s to terms Ac, apply to tiro subscriber at the rosidonce of Col. J. Byrd, upper end ofßrond street whore a platt of tho'md may bo seen. Also, to s le. a flno secon'i han-l lIARB-TAGE, made to or Llur, withanairef line .1 .rscs, three tint; mules waggon. Ac. V. M. 1 OAKMAN, Jr. (pjs- Wrln ing.on papers wit! otpyfor a week ana send tho_aeoount. od iSffiJS— GEORGIA RAIL HOAD * Avgusta, A upnat 10, 1854. A S protection against ereap > of Negroes ZV fraudulent Passes, Tiol-otr for Negroes wi bos Id only to owners, or other responsible par ties, who will further 00 requinto tv iurn'sh » au plicate par totheAge.it, wbc srlia the Ticket, ti bo filed at his office. , Thu above rate to take effect on and after tho 15ffi tosh GEORG H \ONGB, a .g! i 3m Genera' Bip •nntondent.
