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POETRY. p- . ! > .-' An Original Love Story. He struggled to kiss her bho stuggled the same To prevent him. so cold and undaunted ; But as smitten by lightning, be heard her exclaim, “ Avaunt, sir, and off he avaunted. But when ho returned with tho fiendishest laugh, Showing clearly that ho was affronted, And threatened by main force to carry her off, She cried “ Don’t.” and .he poor fellow dontcd. When ho meekly approached, and got down at her feet. Praying loud, as before he had ranted. That she wtmld forgive him and try to bo sweet. And said “Can t you '—the dear girl recanted. Then softly he whispered—“ How could yo do so ! I certainly thought I was jiited. But come thou with me, to the parson we 11 go, Say, wilt thou, my dear ’ "—and she wilted. Then gaily he took her to see her new-home— A shanty by no moans enchanted— “ See’, here wo can live with no longer to roam. Hesaid, "Shant we, my dear’" So they shanted. From the Coopertown Freeman's Journal. ■-Original Love Story”—Continued. And gently beamed over them love's rose-eolored ray That bridegroom and bride of this ballad,) He said “ let us walk at the close of the day, My own lovely Sall —so they sallied. He plucked her the sweetest and lovlicst flower That scented the path where they wandered, And when she exclaimed, “ Let us turn from this bower And roam near the pond'—then they pondered And when the glad sun hid his radiant light. And lire frogs a “good evening” had croaked. Said the bride—" As tho moon is just peeping in sight, We ll walk round the slope"—and they sloped. Old time softly paused o'er the homes of this pair, Nor grief or perplexity daunted, And when the meek husband asked, “ what shall I wear?" She answered, “plaid pants"—and he panted '. So, like a good wife, was his wardrobe her care, (Neglecting it seemed to her wicked,) And when she brought linen, so shining and fair, Saying, “ Wear this, Dick"—why he dickied 1 And when a bright bud of divinity came To gladden the home where it carried, They put to a vote that tho young stranger's name ‘ Sweet Carrie” should be—and ’twas carried. GENERAL NEWS. ~ Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. Storm on the Ogechee. Bryan, Sept. Sth, 1854. Messrs, Editors Out here it looks very much as if old Datne Nature had a frolic, and forgot to put things to rights, when she got through—or as old Daniel said to me this morning, when I pro posed a hunt, “ why’ Ma sa, ebry thing so “ con fusen” —the deer themselves don’t know where to go.” 'He is pretty near right, ebry thing is bery confusion. ‘ Twas a great pity one could not separate the feelings of the grand and the pecuniary, during the last few days—for it was truly a grand sight. —Pent up, as you were, with brisk and mortar, surrounded with man’s work—falling roofs and scattered tiles, were all that you denisons of a town could see. Had you been on a point of land with miles of waves, chasing each other, “ Like battle steeds with foaming manes When tossing in the wind ail around you, as far as the eye could reach, the wild waves dashing against the shore, sending theirspray miles inland on the furious gale—old oaks, whose gnarled limbs have tossed in stub born resistance to the storms of centuries, having to yield betore a power too mighty even for their brave struggle. The very fish in their own ele ment, tossed and beaten about, until they floated lifeless on the shore. The animals, with droop ing heads flying to the thickest coverts from the fury of the gale in the more open fields, with low moaning evincing their terror at this out break of nature’s power—you would then have seen how old Dame Nature frolics. And yet we could not but feel amid this exhibition of power and lury, that each higher wave, each more fu rious blast, was engulphing thousands upon thousands of dollars, tbe hard earned success of the last year’s toil. Tbe loss on our river has been very great. Fully one half, if not more, of the rice crop has been cut—that will be almost an entire loss—what was still uncut, must fall far short in its yield; whipped and tossed, as it was by the gale ere the waters covered it, then being under the salt water from two to three days, will damage it still more. The salt water was forced up to the bridge, overflowing tbe banks on everyplace, the water reaching Mr. King’s piazza at the bridge. The cotton crops will be almost a failure, for the bolls and leaves strew the alleys, leaving the bare stalks and branches a mocking sight to the poor planter. But few panels of fence were left standing, and the mere destruction of the beautiful shade trees on some of the plantations is in itself enough to make one fee! sad. They say good is to be derivered from all things—faith, unless it has borne on its strong wings, tbe fatal disease, which has already made so many homes sad in our lair city. It puzzi-s us out here to find it. The wild ducks, next winter, will have a glorious harvest, and the fish who like a rice diet, can have their full contents. I hope to get back part of my crop next win ter, in the shape of lat wild ducks. No lives lost and but few buildings injured. We will all have to adopt the motive, “ no use ; to cry over spilt rice” this time, and with the planters usual consolation in all troubles—trust to the next crop— Yours, &c. M. P. S. I forgot to mention that the rise of tide at my landing, over the rsnal tide, was lour feet one inch, and the fall of water a portion under two inches, although I find, the fall of rain va ried a good deal in different parts of the country. Weather, Crops, &c. The Trinity (Catahoula parish) Advocate, of the 30th ult., says, the cotton weed has lately shown a disposition to shed, and the loss on the Black River plantations is already estimated at one-third of the crop a short time ago expected. The Richmond (Madison parish) Journal, of tbe Ist inst, says ; A recent trip through portions of the parishes of Carroll, Morehouse and Ouachite, has satisfied 4is that the crop will be short in these parishes. There will be a great scarcity ol corn, and cot ton will fall far below the average. In portions of this parish the cotton crop is excellent, in oth ers very indifferent. Corn has turned out very badly as a general thing. The Clayton (Ala.) Banner, of the 2d inst., says: The corn crop is now made, and will turn out a little more than the last crop. There is suffi cient made to satisfy pressing necessity, provi ded it is used economically. Many of our farm ers are now using this yeai’s crop, and there will be such a draft upon it, that we may expect corn to sell at about the same price it has brought this year, that is,one dollar per bushel in the fall and winter, and one dollar and twenty-five cents in the spring. Tbe cotton crop, which looked so promising in June, has been so much injured by the heat and drought, that it has fallen far below what was anticipated at that time. The weed stop ped growing about the middle of August, the blooms commenced falling, and the cotton began to shed. Last season the cotton made all through September, but this year there appeals to be very few blooms, and the “ top crop,” which is the latest, promises v-ry little i! any thing. While all kinds ol lands have suffered terribly,tbe best srotton lands have been immensely injured by the rust. Last year it was estimated that thirty thous and bags<4 cotton were sent to market from this county—this year we cannot reasonably expect more than twenty thousand, so that the cotton crop is cutoff one-t ,ird The Somerset (Ky.) Gazette saye, there no longer exists a hope that there will be made even a half crop of corn in that part ol the State. In fact, in some localities the crop will not be up to a fourth. Tbe Lexington (Ky) Statesman says, the corn crop thereabouts is very seriously injured by the long-continued drought. Tbe Fayetteville Observer learns from a gen tleman who recently travelled through seven teen of the upper counties of North Carolina, that there is every prospect of an unusually fine crop ol corn. A letter from Asheville. Buncombe county, says, there is no mistake about good crops in that section of North Carolina. The Albany (Ga.) Patriot, of the Ist inst, reports very warm weather with occasional showers; health excellent, and crops good—some few planters complaining of the rust in cotton. The St. Louis Intelligencer says that the crops in Southwestern Missouri will not yield one fourth of their average quantity. Flour in that section is worth $lO per barrel, and corn meal $1.25 per bushel. * (Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.) Havana, Sept. 4—The Captain General, the Marquis De la Pezuela, did not depart as he had intended to have done, in the Spanish mail steam er of the 2d instant, he having been solicited by the Ayuntamiento to remain until Gen. Concha shall arrive. There are various reports in cir culation as to the cause of this request of the Ay untamiento, among otheis that the troops at Trinidad, Matanzas, and elsewhere, have exhib ited signs of disaffection, whilst others say the Marquis De Pezuela remains to prevent the car rying out of the splendid arrangements with •which it is intended to welcome the arrival ol his successor. I know not which ol these re ports are the more correct, but I do know, that on the evening of the Ist instant, the Marquis De La Pezuela, was driven up and down several ot the most popular parts or this city, sitting alone in his carriage, unattended by the usual body of Life Guards. Thus proving himself a brave man, daring his enemies to carry out their threats. . A report is in circulation, that earns with tne woids “Death to Pezuela,” printed on them, were discovered strewed in the vicinity of the Palace, on the morning of the 2d inst. The Weather and Health. —We have bad recently some refreshing showers, though the weather still continues warm. We have reason to be thankful to a beneficent Creator, that while many’ of our cities and towns have been scourged by pestilence, that we can say that we do not know of a case of sickness in our town. Sumter [Ga.,] News, I'ith inst. Progress or* the South-Westarn Rail road. —Tbe cars now come within six miles of Americus and the superstructure is built to our town ; this is an important fact and should be heralded. By the 12th of October lookout for the engine when the whistle blows.— lb. The Superior Couit of this county adjourned on Saturday last after an arduous cession of two weeks. Many cases of importance have been disposed of, and many continued. There have been no criminal convictions. — Ib. The Great Erie Railroad Case Decided. Our readers will remember the great Erie war, . when the citizens of Erie, Pa , would not permit a railroad company of Ohio to run through their town in violation of law, and in consequence of which folks generally in New York demanded that President Pierce should send tbe U. S.army j into the field to attack the men and women of Erie for pulling up the rails. But tbe President seeing that there were other and more legitimate means for settling the difficulty; did r.otdo so, and Erie walked into court to settle the matter legally, as, perhaps, she should have done in the first place. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvan ia has just made a decree that the railroad is a public nuisance, as it lies part upon certain, streets in the borough of Erie and part upon a public road, in violation of the provisions of its charter. The Philadelphia Ledger thus sums up the decision on the Court: “ They order that tbe defendants (the Erie and North-East Railroad Company) shall, on or be fore the expiration of four months from tbis date, break up so much of their road as lies upon tbe said streets, and upon the Buffalo road, and re move the material theieof, so as to leave the said street and road in as good condition as they were in before the construction of said railroad. They further adjudge that the company shall within four months change the route-and con struction of their railroad accordingly, and make their western terminus at what was the eastern line of the said borough in 1842, or within the said borough. The def ndants to reconstruct their railroad to supply the parts hereby ordered to be broken up, according to plans andspecifica tions to be by them made, and to be submitted and approved by the Supreme Court. The de fendants are also to pay all lawful costs.’' Chief Justice Black, in rendering the decision re-affirmed doctrines of great importance to cor perations. We quote: “ That which a company is authorised to do by its act of incorporation, it may do; beyond that, all its acts are illegal. And the power must be given in plain words or by necessary impfica- : tion. Al! powers not given in this direct and , unmistakable manner are withheld. It is strange , that the Attorney General, or any body else, | should complain against a company that keep it self within bounds, which are always thus clear- j ly marked, and equally strange that a company which has happened to transgress them should I come before us with the faintest hope ot being sustained. In such cases, ingenuity has nothing | i to work with, since nothing can be either proved j lor disproved by logic or inferential reasoning.— I I If you assert that a corporation had certain priv- ; | ileges, show us the words of the iegislature con- . I terring them. Failing in this, you must give up your claim, for nothing else can possibly avail you. A doubtful charter does not exist; because whatever is doubtful, is decisively certain against the corporation.” The corporation of Erie, it will be remember ed, passed a resolution allowing the company to use the stieets, provided they be not obstructed. Subsequently the resolution was repealed on the ground that the road did prove an obstruction. — On this point the court remarks : " But if the resolution of the Councils had re mained in full force up to this time, it would have been of no avail here. They had no ‘’legal power in the premi es.” An act ot the legisla ture cannot be repealed or modified by the ordi-' nance of a city corporation. What the defen dants did in disregard of the law was no less an offence against the rights ot the public, because the city was in some sort partireps criminis. It both bad persisted in it, tbe Commonwealth’s duty would have required her to see that the lights of her citizens were vindicated against both.” Judge Lewis dissented from the opinion of the i majority of court, and Judge Lowrie delivered a | supplemental opinion, in which be says he would ' nave concurred in a more stringent decree. We • quote from his opinion, as follows: I " The defendants were incorporated in 1842 i to make a railroad from Erie to the State line ■ on the east, and it is very plain that tne sole thought that was in the mind of the Legislature, in incorporating it, was to piovide a means of commeicial connection between the barber of Erie and tbe State ol New York, it is very plain, also, that this company has turned almost entirely aside from this purpose to one that was not at all intended, and, with the aid of that frau dulent concern, the Franklin Canal Company's road, they have carried out their own main pur pose of forming a connection between Ohio and New York, and have converted the intended and proper terminus of their road into little better than a water station.” Judge L. thus glances at the opinion held by a majority of our court, on an important point I which we have omitted: “ I am sorry that my brethren think, that when an incorporated town or city is made the terminus of a railroad, the company has, by im plication, a right to carry their road to any point within the town or city, and along any of its streets that they may choose, and this without beir gat all subject to the direction or restraint ot the local authorities. I should have been pleased to have the concurrence of my brethren in a contrary doi’trine- If seems to me that this is giving to mere private corporations or asso ciations a snperioity thus tar over those public functionaries to whom the interests ot the public are intrusted, and this, too, by no necessary im plication. ft seems hard enough to have to make such an implication in relation to a town or city that lies between the termini.” Rescue or a Crew.—lt gives us always a great pleasure to record instances of the disinte rested daring and generous exertions for the res cue of sufferers, that are characteristics of our gallant seamen generally, and the 'ate unprece dented storm, furnished we doubt not, occasions tor many such instances that have not yet trans pired. We are called upon now to refer to one in print. The schooner Dirigo. Capt. Gordon, from Jacksonville, Florida, to Bos'on, with lumber, was overtaken by the late gale on tbe Sth inst, in lat. 32 clegs., and nearly off Savannah. At 5 P. M. of Friday, tt,e gale then blowing a vio lent hurricane, she was thrown on her beam ends, but was afterwards righted by cutting away masts, when it was found that nearly everything on board, and her provision stores had been lost. In this condition, wearied exhausted, suffer ing and se.veiely bruised, the crew remained clinging to the w.reck, until noon of Wednesday, the 13th inst., when they were taken off by the steamer Dudley, Capt. Crowell, who had ar the time a British schooner in tow. The officers and seamen of the Dirigo, who have been taken to the Marine Hospital, to re ceive such attentions as are demanded by their condition, speaks in enthusiastic and gratelul terms of the conduct of Capt. Grcwell and the officers and crew of the Dudley.— Ch. Cour. [From the Central Georgian, i2lh inst.) A. R ot in Sandersville. A disgraceful affray occurred in our town on Tuesday last, in which one peaceable and quiet citizen was severely wounded, two other men got their heads broke, and tbe consequence ot which is, that two individuals are bound over to answer for an assaplt with intent to kill, at the next term of the Superior Court. We speak it in praise of the town authorities, and the citizens, that the riot was promptly sup pressed, and two of the offenders, had leisure in jail for sober reflection. . We regret exceed.ngly this unfortunate affair. It is discreditable to our town, although none ol the offenders are citizens of this place, and three are from an adjoining county. But who is to blame? Where lies the fault ? . Four young men, peaceable, well behaved, who | have unfortunately acquired a taste for intoxi cating drinks, visit our town on business. I hey leave home with no thought of disgracing them selves, or injuring any one: they come here,and the pleasant intercourse ol lively companionship leads them to the State’s favorite pet institutions : tor the entertainment of the citizens; they drink, are drunken, demented, and then the natural consequence—riot, bloodshed, and attempted murder follow. We were penning the above on Wednesday afternoon, when we were startled by successive pistol shots, and a friend informed us that two young men had exchanged shots, with what re- j suit he did not know. Hastily walking around to the scene ol strife, we arrived in time to see one young man, a citizen of an adjoining county, ot respec'able and most estimable family, knock ed down with a chair,and a knife driven to the handle in his back ; and another, (one of the paities just out of jail, for the riot the day before) [ felled like an ox, by a blow from the same chair, I and lying apparently lifeless upon the ground, ' while some half a dozen individuals, drunk with j passion, with sticks, pistols and knives, in wild- . est excitement, seemed ready for any emergen cy, however desperate. Six pistol shots were ’ fired,but providentially none took effect: Though, but for the courageous, almost reckless daring of our friend, Asabel Beach, Esq., who rushed be tween the two young men who had their pis tols drawn, and at the risk of his own life, seized one of them, one or the other must certainty have been killed. Effects of the Late Storm.—A ngroman, named Richard, the property of Mrs. Howard, was killed during the storm on Friday last, by ■ the falling of a wall at Blake’s Mill. It was not | known until Sunday, when the body began to decompose. The brig Mary Ann, bound from Charleston to Atakapas, La., was dismasted and blown ashore on Tybee Island, and it is leared she will prove a total loss. Her commander, Capt. John son, died of yellow fever, after leaving Charles ton. and was buried at sea. The,schooner Cotton Plant, which arrived here yesterday with a cargo of rough rice, was driven ashore Friday night in Romley Marsh, but was got off without injury. The schrs W. D. Jenkins, and James & Au gustus, hence for Brunswick, Ga., without car goes, were blown high and dry upon Romley Marsh, and it is feared they cannot be got off'.— Sav. Republican, 22th inst. An Insult to Southern Merchants.—The New York Tribune thus pointedly insults South ern merchants who do business in New York : ‘‘Southern merchants do indeed keep away from New York, for the reason‘.hat they cant's pay th Jr debts; there is no doubt that if the job bers of this city had not trusted Southern trailers for the past three years, they would be a great ; deal better off than they are.” i We hope Southern merchants will have suffi I | cient self respect to prevent New Y’ork from I further suffering by their custom. . j (Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.} Arrival o£ the Empire City. I New York, Sept. 12.—The steamer Empire City has arrived, bringing the California mails, $1,086,000 m specie, and 200 passengers. The Empire Citv encountered a terrific hurri cane of 48 hours, off Cape Florida, on the 9th. during which she spoke the barque Reindeer, of I Baltimore, totally dismasted, but could not assist her. Her hull was sound, and the crew were determined to remain by her. She saw a baik heaving down to her. We have dates from Puiama to the 2d instant: from Valparaiso to the Ist of August, and Mel bourne to the 16th of June. There is nothin ;of importance from the Isthmus or South America. The markets at Valpaiaiso were considerably improved, and great activity prevailed. Chili had declared that she would remain in neutral in the Eastern war. The authorities ot New Grenada had taken steps to raise a forced loan nn the inhabitants to assist in quelling the existing revolution in tbe interior. Immense quantities of rain bad fallen, and the health of the Isthmus good. When coming out ol San Fiancirco the Ore gon saw two frigates,supposed part of the French and English squadron for the Sandwich Islands. Australia. —TheAustiaii i markets Lad un dergone no change ot importance. The Sydney Empire of the 10th of June s’ates that the gen i eral aspect of the market was anything but fa voiable. But tew classes of goods were saleable toadvantage. The price ol gold at Melbourne was 19s. 6d and but little doing. Tbe sloop ; o‘-war St. Mary’s had sailed from Valparaiso lor the Sandwich Islands. The Ports mouth was at Callao on the 12th, and expected to sail for the Sandwich Islands soon. The frig ate St. Lawrence was ot Pa.ta on the 14th. Governor Woo l, cur Consul to Valparaiso, had arrived at Panama. Further from China.— By the barque Mer maid, arrived at San Francisco, we have some additional intelligerce Horn China. The rebel party was in nossion of two large towns in tbe neighborhood of Wampoa, and it was expected would attack Canton at every hour. At the request cf the American residents part of the U. S. suiveymg squadron, moored below the factories, in company with the British sloop Comus, for the protection of the factories. A large number of the imperial troops wi re sta tioned outside of Croton. | It wa» reported at San Francisco just as the Oregon sailed that the bug Luriah had arrived with six days later news, reporting the taking ol Canton by the insurgents. The Mermaid spoke the store ship Supply among tbe Loo Choo islands, short cf provisions, ard supplied her. All well. The Lat,: Duel in Kentucky.—The Cin cinnati Gazette has tie Ibilowing account oi the duel that was fought in Kentucky on Monday la t briefly rnentiond by telegraph a tew days since: Sometime since, Mr. Henry Short, Jr., a clerk on Fifth street, became attached to a beau tifully’ young laday, residing on Fifth street and to whom he soon engaged himself for marri age. Mr. Short, about a month ago went to Philadelphia on a visit to his parents, who reside on Chestnut street, in that city. During his ab sence he received a letter from a fellow clerk, that his betrothed lady love was keeping the company of a young “limb of the law,” named Alexander Peacock, now a resident of Chicago, but a native of this city. The letter gave Mr. S. reason to believe that Peacock and his lady love were engaged. Mr. S. returned home and found that all had not been told him—that P. had slandered him, and detamed his character to the young lady, and thus won her affections.— Determined to have an explanation, he wrote to Peacock and the lady, and demanded the same. They both treated him coldly, and requested Mr. S. rot to annoy them with his communications —the young lady at the same time returning her engagement ring. This so enraged Mr. S. that he sent a challenge to Mr. P., which wasaccept ed, and rifles were chosen as the weapons. Se conds were appointed, who fixed the place ol meeting and time. No persons were present except a lew friends of each pajty, and their se conds. At the first fire no injury was sustained by either of the duellists. An effort was then made to reconcile the difficulty, but neither par ty would listen to any compromise, and the par- | ties were ordered to their post tor the second lire. The word-was given and Mr. S. fell bleeding to the ground, the ball having taken effect in his left shoulder. He was then picked up and ta ken to Mr. Brenson’s, farmer’s house, and his wound dressed. He is considered in a critical condition. It is now understood that when the young lady learned what had happened, she re fused to have anything to do with either parties and has resolved to break off all engagements I with each ol the gentlemen. It is, therefore, evident that in this case tbe old adage of " faint | heart never won lair lady,” has been reversed, i [Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.) Storm in Mclntosh County. Mclntosh County, Sept. 10, 1854. Messrs. Editois: —We have just passed through one of the most destructive hurricanes that has ever been witnessed on the seaboard ot Georgia. It commenced a* 9 o’clock, on Thursday night, and continued until 12 the next night. The in jury to the cotton and rice crops on the coast I must be immense. Our yards and the loads an- j literally blocked up with fallen trees, fully as much so, I think as from the hurricane of 1812. ‘.Ve have not time to ascertain the full extent oi the injury yet. -No lives have been lost in this I vicinity, as the storm occurred in the day. . Yours, &e. ’ C. H. H. Excessively Literary.—How a young lady endeavoured to adapt her style ot conversation to the character of her guests, is narrated in a Ohio paper. Tom Corwin and Tom Ewing be ing on a political tour through the State, stopped at the house of a prominent politician at night, but found no one at home but a young niece, j who presided at the supper table. She had ne ver seen great men. and supposed they were ele phantine altogether, and all talked in great lan “ua°e. “Mr Ewing, will you take condiments in your tea sir” inquired the young lady. "Yes, Miss, if you please/’replied the quondam salt boil er, Corwin’s eye> twinkled. Here was tun for him. Gratifie 1 at the apparent success ot her first trial at talking to big men, the young la4y addressed : Mr. Corwin in the same manner, “ Will you , take condiments in your tea, sir ?” "Pepper and : salt, but no mustard,” was tiie prompt reply ol ’ the facetious Tom. Os course, nature must out, | and Ewing and tbe entertainer roared in spite I of themselves. Corwin essayed to mend the J matter, and was valuable in anecdote, and wit, and compliment But the wound was immedi- | cable. The young lady to this day declares that Tom Coi via is u coarse, vulgar, disagreeable , man. The Baby. O, yes, take the baby along by all means. Ba- ! bies' love dearly to ride in the cars and toddle ' about in steamboats. Why, the baby is the lite j of the party. We have known a whole room full of people, entertained by one, hour after I hour. Sleeping or waking, the pretty little cieature that can lisp a little English or French, one can hardly tell which,'is the universal de light and many a party has been stupid for the want of one. In old times, when they used to journey in stages, a lady who had a sweet little child with her’could scarcely call it her own the whole way, tbe gentlemen were so fond of carrying, keeping it. °Why.‘ the bachelors loved to play with and dandle heron their knees, though at first they ■ might be a lit.le bashful and awkw’ard in taking I bold of the strange and unaccustomed thing.— 1 But the smiles and winning ways of the baby, were always irresistible, and sure to overcome at last the most obstinate bachelor. People love babies as they do flowers. Gentlemen especi ' ally, who aie lend of flowers, like babies, the I sweetest of them ail, to carry in their bands, just ias they would put a carnation in their button -1 holes. : How babies and butterflies do swarm m sum- i rner, to be sure 1 It is the:, they are on the wing. I Play, don’t try to keep them from flying about I end alighting here and there when something j strikes their fancy, opening and shutting their I bands and wings awhile, then flitting away again. Ye, that have babies! don’t go any where without them. Better leave your purse behind, it will be less missed. The light ot your eyes will be quenched, and your tongue will miss its inspiration. What a literary everlasting topic is the babv ! She does tbis, she did that. Baby laughed in her sleep. Iler mother does believe it was because she saw something which one so lately from the skies ecu 1 ”, only behold. Baby car, say this word, and hides away some times from her mamma, though all but her nose and eyes are in plain sight. Ye, who have i.o baby ! get the lawtul owner ship of one as soon as possible. Y r ou don t know what a fountain of pure felicity it is. She is the light and joy ot the whole house. The sweet little creature is the brightest jewel in your cabi net, and ornamental to your drawing-rcem ; the choicest garland in your garden ; the most inex haustible of elite, taiuing company. There is no solitude where a baby is. Care and trouble dis appe ir at the appioacl. of the happy, laughing little cherub. She is hloroforrn toyour anxie ties pud exhilarating gas ‘o your pleasures. We adopt the style of advice of a moaey-loving fath er to hi:; son, with a change cf a word or two— “ Procure a baby, friend—honestly, of course, but at any rate be sure and get one. ’ A graceful vine she will be to you in youth, which will i support you in the infirmities cf age.— Newark I (IV. J) Mvertiser. Astronomical Ouservations iha Coal-pit —Un Saturday Professor Airy, the Astronomer Royal, paid a visit to the colliery district of the i'y ne, in pursuit of curious and important as tronomical observations. For that purpose ha was taken by Mr. Mather, a scientific gentleman belonging to South Shields, down Horton pit, the deepest in the I’yiie, 1260 leet deep, to ex amine if it were possible to make airaiigements in it for a series of delicate experiments and <b nervations in reference to tie pendulum, anil the earth's action upon itthere, simultaneously with similar ones on tbe surface, ’.vitha view to de termine the w n ight of the earth and planets. Mr. Anderson anJ the other pri prietors and offi cers of this splendid mil e gave every lacility to the A tronoiner Royal and tendered not only the use of the mine, but their o vn personal services, lor any future occasion.—Zondsit 77ws. An Amiable Girl.—This is a young lady oi pale and pensive countenance, not pretty, but interesting. She dresses in w hite, and wears a bouquet. She sits close to her mamma and the wall. A gentleman is introduced lor the next quadrille. She bows her head and moves grace lully to the place, inhaling by the way the fra grance of her inseparable bouquet. A most in teresting and edifying conversation then takes place, which consists of a soit ol drawing-room soliloquy by tbe gent.eman, with echoes ol some of his words at appropriate intervals by the lady To all direct questions she returns the shortest possible answers. She has lew opinions of her own ; and her silence proceeds in some degree from mauvaisc limit; but in a greater degree fiom having nothing to say.—Yet, tnough she is thus icy to you, she thaws wonderfully, you hear, among her intimates.—Then she is highly ac complished. She draws beautifully, and sings divinely, it is said : but cannot utter a note if any one be present, she is so nervous. She is addicted to novels, but only those of a sentimen tal order. She marries Mr. Rawson, a little at torney in a large way of business—and the 4 * amiable girP' becomes a matter ol fact woman. There is said to be a*man in Sew Brunswick ninety-six years ot age, who reads the newspa pers pi inted on the finest type, and is waited upon by a great-great-grand daughter eighteen years of age, who is but three feet and three touiths of an inch tall. He has a grand-daugh ter who is lour feet eight inches tall, but who weighs two hundred and eighty-six pounds.— She cannot stand upon her feet more than thirty minutes at one time. It. I - ’ MZI.I.r^M.YgrTT-wr '/Ti-.-SS Cf'... MARRIED. In Sumter county, on the 24th ult., by Jordan S. Burks, Esq., Mr. James Aycock and Miss Mary Frazier, ail of Sumter county At Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday, 31st ult, by the Rev. F. A. Ross, Mr. T. W. Tallman and Miss Jclia F. Wales, both of Columbus, Ga. In Christ Church, Macon, on Munday morning, the 31st ult, by the Rev. J. A. Shanklin, Lloyd G. Bowers, Esq., and Miss Sarah T. Bartlett, daughter of tha late Dr. Myron Bartlett, of Macon. DIED. At Helicon, Lowndes county, Ala, on the 19th August, James W. Pattillo, in the 26th year of his age, an Engineer of the Girard and Motile Pvailroad, and late of the Memphis and Charleston i and South-Western (Ga ) Railroad. At Catoosa Springs, Ga., on thu 22d ult., of ty pboiu fever, Mr. John T. Pearson, of Macon, aged 37 years, son of Maj Jas Pearsun, cf Twiggs county. In Bibb county, on .the 25th ult., Mr. Wm. Saun- j ders, aged about 64 years. QiflmmgrrM CHARLESTON, Sept. 15.—Cotton.—We have again to report a quiet market. Transactions in tho early part of tbe week were supended in conre qirence of the prevalence of h severe storm, which for the time put a stop to business. Several buy ers were in attendance during Monday, and Tues day, but it would seem more as spectators than purchasers, as tho sales during-these two days did not reach 500 bales. On Wednesday, there was quite an active demand ror the article, which re suited in the sale of upwards of 1400 bales; tne market, however, relapsed into a comparatively quiet state, as the transactions of Thursday were limited to about 700 bales. The transactions from day to have shown a declining tendency, and when we cl'.sed our enquiries, prices were all of j a jc. under the Prices Current at the opening of the week, and we have made a reduction of our quo tations to correspond with the condition of things. The receipt since our last comprise 3,389 bales, and th ; sales in the same time foot up 2,500 bales j at the subjoined prices, viz : 86 bates at 6 ; 113 at 6} ; 537 at 6j : 216 at ;12 at ; 137 at 7; 37 at 71 ; 306 at 7} ; 25 at 7| ; 92 at 7] ; 50at7f; 70 at 7] ;71at7’;26at 8;71 at 8J; 165 at 8j ; 27 at 8j ; 58 at 9; 68 at 9} ; 61 at 9J : and 221 bales at 9fc. We quote Inferior—; Ordinary to Good Ordinary, 6j a 7f : Middling to Good Mid dling, 8J a9; and Middling Fair, 94 a 9jc. No, thing has been done in Long Cotton. The stock which comprizes some 100 bales, has been with drawn to await farther and full developments in relation to the extent of injury sustained by the incoming crop. Flour— We have no change to notice in the Flour market. The transactions, which have been ’ light and confined to small parcels to supply the I city trade, have generally been made at price I ranging from 8j a $Bl for barrels, and 4 J a4j for I sacks; some favorite branes, however, occasionally run up to .9 per barrel, fleceiredby railroad tins • week 6<6 barrels and 604 sacki. • 1 Bucon— Sides are scarce, and readily command ! 9 a 9). Shoulders are worth from 7j aße. Salt— The transactions in this article have been ‘ very limited. •S.-ig-a/s—The transactions of the week have been ■ confined to the sale, at auction, of 157 hhds. Clari- I fie.l Muscovadoes at 5Jc. Coffie— There was a sale, at auction, of 54 bags , Cuba, which were sold at prices ranging from 16 j 1 alO?. ' | Molasses— Between 7 and 800 packages, the | balance of the cargo of the Aquatic, from Matan zas, were sold at auction yesterday as follows, viz: ' 577 hhds. brought 17 j ; 192 tes , 17j. and 47 bbls. ’ at 17 cts. About 400 bbls. N. Orleans have been ■ received since our last; a part of which had been sold prior to arrival, at 24c. Cuba is retailing i f,om 20 a 22 cts. per gallon. Freights. —We quote to Liverpool, ;d. for cot- | ton, in square bags; To Havie, 1c lor square bags, I and Ijc.tbr Sea Islands. The current rate toNew I York is |c. for cotrun, and $1 per tierce for rice. NEW ORLEANS, Soft. 9— Cotton.— Arrived ■ since the 31st ult., 9,550 bales. Cleared in the ! same time, 7.319 bales. Stock in presses, and on i shipboard not cleared on the Sth inst, 26,316 bales, j Increased arriva ls of the new crop, and the un- | favorable character of the European accounts re I ceived within the week, have given the few buyers ! now in market some advantage in prices from d.-iy ! to day. though they may be said to have operated to a fair extent, considering the period of the sea son, the sales ot the entire week summing up about 6.600 bales, the greater part of which has been taken for France and the North, witfi some parcels for England. The demand is principally for new crop, which presents a higner average cf quality , than the receipts of the same period last year, and i our figures more particularly apply to the new crop. | as the old is now comparatively neglected, and will ; not command present quotations. Tho market ■ closed very quiet yesterday, no sales of conse- ; qv-cnce having taken place, the inactivity being | partly attributable to the unfavorable character of | the Africa’s advices, which were before the public in the morning, and partly to tho meagre supply i of new crop actually on sale, the rather liberal I receipts of the past two days having been sampled i to but a limited extent. ; The receipts of new crop sineo 31st ultimo are i 6,715 bales: making a t tai to date cf 8 106 bales, against-1,251 bales to same time last year. NEW ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION. (Assimilating to that of Liverpool) Inferior, 5 6 0 Ordinary, a 7 Good Ordinary,..: 7J a 7-j Low Midd1ing,............... 7. a 8 Middling, 8j a 8} Good Middling, 8; a 9 Middling Fair, 9j a 9f Fair nominal. Good Fair, nominal. ’ Good and Fine, nominal. I Grain.—During the early part of the week hold- i ers asked 75 cents for Yellow Corn, and 85 for , W hite, and the sales comprised some 2,000 sacks within the range of these prices, but they have I since advanced their pretensions to 30 and 90 cents, 1 which being quite above the views of buyers tho only further transactions reported arc 500 sacks yellow yesterday at 75 cents. Bacon.—The receipts have been more liberal, but have had very little influence on Primo Meat. The sales comprise 350 casks, including 90 inferior Shoulders, in three jots, at 7 and 7j cents; 32 Prime do. at 74 ; 18 casks St. Louis Sides at 7jc.; 15 Cin-innati do. at 8, and several lots Clear at 87c. Yesterday 45 casks Shoulders sold on private tm ms. At retail dealers have realized 7 j cents for Shoulders, 8 cents for Sides, and 14 a 144 cents for choice Sugar Cured Hams. Plain Hums command 81 a 9 cent”. ’ Lard.— The market continues firm at tho recent advance, tho sales comprising *.‘oo bbls, and tierces during the early part of the week, at 11 cents, for ordinary, and 12 cents for Good No. 1 to Primo, and 1,400 kegs, in two lots, at 13 cents ; and 422 bbl■ ’’nd tieres on Wednesday at 12cts. for Prime, aI2J for Choice. Yesterday 100 bbls. Soft sold at 11 -ents. 32 bbls, at 9 cents, 78 tierce;, at Ilf, r .-1 bbls at 12, and 1,400 kegs nt 13. I • ff-c.—The market has been only moderately I active since our last report, but prices have been well maintained, particularly for Prime, the sales of Rio comprising 1'750 bags at HiJ a Hjc , prin cipally tho latter. Fair may be quoted at I0 a c. and Primo at 11 all fc. ».», —Mrs. 'k. oTlloilins is anxious to dis peso of her entire s.ock of GOODS be fore puaehasing Fall supplies, and will offer them at very reduced prices for cash. All that wish to get bargains, will do well to call. Among them, will be found handsome Hair Lace; Straw, Silk Lace, Crape and Lawn Bonnets ; Plain and Fancy Dress Caps ; Embroidered Lace and Muslin Cape; Embroidered Silk and Applique Mantillas, someol them very elegant; Lace Shawls and Veils; bin broidored Handkerchiefs, Collars, Sleeves ant i (?uffs; silk Fringes; Egyptian Mitt-,’ Ribbons; F'owers; Hair Braids; Curls; Toilet Powder; Powder Boxes and Puffs: Perfumeries; Soapi, 4e. All orders from the co ntry carefully attended tc jc-28 Idt&cUm rprr ~z—-j Gone to Europe.— An Italian gentle man who had used Gilman's Instan taneous Hair Dye for a long time, while in Wash ington, to his entire satiTaction, purchased a lot to send to Europe—nothing to compare to it, he said, had ever been discovered either in I’aris or London. For sale, wholesale and retail, by D. B. PLUMB & CO.. sept!s clm _ Augu-t.’i. Ga. Kf’""' - 1 ,le condition of the stomach is o vital importance. No man, woman, or child can bo healthy unless the work of digestion , is regularly, thoroughly, and vigorously performed. ' With three-fourths of civilized society, this is not | the case And yet the remedy is within tho reach lof alt. Hoofland’s German Bitters, prepared by I Dr. C. M. Ja kson. Philadelphia, will as surely I create a regular and healthy action of the stomach as oil will losren tho friction of machinery. Let the victim of dyspepsia or indigestion in any cf its forms, try ir, and we guarantee a good appetite, physical vigor, firm nerves, sound sleep by night, and increased chcertulr.css by day. 12 septS AUGUS FA FEMALE ACADEMY. OPPOSITE U. S. HOTEL. To commence on. the first Monday in Octob r next rpHE undersigned, sustained by. a reputation, I earned by more than twenty-five years’ profes sional labor, n the business of Female Education, once more tenders his services to his friends as In structor for their Daughters. Touching his success in his profession, he has tho satisfaction of remarking, that among his nu merous Graduates, are, the wife cf a Missionary to China, whose letters, published in a Southern journal, are fine specimens of scholarship; a young lady, of Alabama, now a popular Teacher in a Fe male College; two others, Teachers and popular writers for a Southern Magazine. Otherreferences are omitted, in order to avoid a long advertise ment. . For examples of his luccessful labors in th s part of Georgia, be takes the liberty of referring such as are not familiar witU his method of Instruction, to Dr. and Mrs. I P. Garvin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm II Maharrey, Mr. and Mrs. Lambeth Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Doughty, Mrs. Philip Crump, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Dugas, Mr. and Mrs. Wm Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. F. i lodget, Sr.. A"c ; Mrs. Perrin, Co lumbia county; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gresham, Mr. and Mrs. 0. 11. Per ry ; Mr. W. 11. C. Perry, Ac., Burke county; Mr. and Mrs Stephen D. Heard. His prices, per quarter of 12 weeks, will be sl2, sls and $lB, according to grade of advancement, payable half quarterly, in advance. A small tax of 50 cents will be charged each pupil, for fuel, during tho season. • The expenses for instruction in tbe Mpdern Lan guages, Music, Drawing and other branches of Or namental Education, will be moderate, and made known on application at tho Academy. His design being to receive as many.pupils rnly is he can personally instruct, applications are in vited to be left at any of tbe Bcok Stores, prior to the Ist Monday in October next. The Academy will, at all times, he open to the I visits of friends. His Librarv, Apparatus, and other appliances, for sound and thorough instruction, will be unsur passed by any others in the State. augl7 lawdf&ctf L. LaTASIB, Principal. NEW FALL GOODS. WILLIAM SHEAR HAS received from New York apart of his Fall Supplies, embracing a great variety of new and beautiful articles suitable for the present sea son, among which arc— ' Rich Satin Plaid, Brocade, and plain Fancy Silks, of the latest Paris styles; Plain Black Taffeta Silks, of superior quality I and rich lustre; Rich ail-wool, Paris printed DeLaines, of new i and elegant styles: ’ Fancy all-wool, Paris printed DeLaines, of small i figures, for Misses and Children ; French all-wool Fancy Plaids, of beautiful style, I for Ladies’ Dress* s : English Prints and Fancy Ginghams, warranted i fart colors. Superior English Mourning Prints and Ging hams ; Lupin’s plain white, black and fancy colored Merinos, of superior quality; Lupins' black and fancy colored DoLaines, and plain black Challys; Superior black Bombazine, black Alpacas, and black Canton Cloths; , Superior English black Crapes, for trimming and Mourning Veils; Ladies Embroidered French Collars, Under sleeves and Colla'etts, of beautiful styles ; Ladies’ Mourning Collars and Undersleevcs; Worked Muslin Edgings and Insertings, and nar row Thread Edgings: Rich Thread, Valenciennes, Maltese and Honi ton Laces; Ladies’ Embroidered, Scolloped, wide Hem stitched and Mourning French Lawn Handker i chiefs, of beautiful styles ; Fancy Neck and Bonnet Ribbons; Ladies’Kid and Gauntlet Gloves, and long and short hand black Lace Mitts: Ladies’ black Spun Silk and Fleecy Lined Hcse, (some of extra size and weight) of the best make I and quality; i • Real Welch and heavy Shaker Flannels, of the I best make; ; Superior Welch, Gauze, Saxony and Si'x Warp I Flannels; Heavy all-wool col’d Flannels for Ladies’ Sacks, in all desirable colors; Engli-h and American Canton Flannels, of supe rior style and quality; With a great variety of other new and beautiful artie es of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, many of I which have just been purchased at auction far be ; low the cost of importation, and all of which will ibo sold at very low prices. Families wishing to purchase their Fall supp'ies early, are respectfully i invited to call and examine the assortment. ! sept 5 dtdc j TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS. AXTE HAVE on hand, and receiving by every i VV steamer from Now York, Baltimore and I Philadelphia, a large and well selected stock of 1 ALL ANU WISTER MRY GOODS. ! which we will sell to Country Merchants, as cheap ' as they can purchase the same goods in any house inthis country. Our stock has been purchased ; very closely, and in part, expressly for tho count’’’/ > trade. Among our stock can be found— -5 cases Irish Muslin DoLaines; i 3 do. do. Ginghams,4o inches wide; 5 do. French do, do.; 2 do. Lancaster Ginghams, do.; 5 de. Scotch do., de : i 15 do. Manchester Muslin DoLaines; 3 do. fine Flench Merino ; ! 2 do. Plain col'd DeLaines, all wool; 2 do. Coburgs; 5 do. Black Alpaca; 20 do. Printed Calico, “ Standard brands ; 10 do. Brown .and Bleached Shirtings; 10 bales Bine Stripes, and a full assortment O’ Cassimeros; Cassimerotts; Tweeds; Kentucky. Janes aid Sattinetts ; Kerseys; Blankets; Lind seys Ac., Ac. GRAY BROTHERS, aept3 2UO Bjoad street. • RAMEY & STORY, GROCERY MER CH A NTS, AUGUSTA, GA. WILL continue the Grocery Business, in an its branches, at tho Old Stand, on Broad I Street, two doors below Benes & Brown. W e arc I daily receiving our Fall Stock. Our Stock will, I at all times, be large, assortment complete, anu adapted to planters’ trade, a liberal share of which ! we have so long enjoyed, and 11 j P ° D st i »ug2s dimefim A HAMILTON. COTTON AND TOBACCO FACTOR, FvRWaKDING ANU COMMISSION MKRCHANi, And Agent for the St. Louts, Memphis and Nev Orleans Packets, Nashville, Tenn. ■ —refer to — ' D. Weaver, Esq., Cashier Planters’ Bank, Tenn , Wesley Whelees, Esq. Cashier Bank of Nashville; George W. Lewis, Esq., Augusta, Ga. septfi tim
