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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1854)
FOREIGN NEWS. - Further per Atlantic. The steamer Atlantic arrived at New Vrk yesterday morning, with Jutes tio<n Li verpoo. t to the 6th ins\mt. having been detained by ex- • ceedingly rough weather. The Atlantic reports most severe weatner ana a constant succession ot ga.c.-, during whirl. she had her starboard (Middle box am. cut water car ried away. She brings 214 passengers. The steamer Arabia arrived out on tne eve- , nine of the 2d inst. . Bv t e late tram last evening we received from New Yoik copies ot the European papers to the d’b. and gather theretiom the following] details ol the news: Russia's unconditional reject;©; ot the propo- j sals ot the allied powers, as reported by the Otto wa at Quebec, has been tally confirmed. A Cab- j inet Council was held at \ renna immediately or, | the reception of the reply. Tne Austrian and; Swedish Ministers are expected to immediately I leave St. Petersburg. We have nothing from tne Eadie. Bomar- | suud has not yet been dismantled. Affairs in the ; Black Sea and the Danutie are unchanged. Pr.nce Albert, and the kings or Portugal and ' Belgium are with tue Emperor Napo.eor. at the Boti ogne camp. Toe weather was brilliant and the harvest was drawing to a close, it continued abundant| throughout England. The War. — The i.ews by this arrival is not , extensive. Russia nominally refuses Austrian ! interterence, but no new incident* has occurred in the war. It would seem, however, that the formal reply ot Russia was notex. ected to reach < Vienna until Septen.ber 16th. Previous accounts , indicated that a door was re-opened for negotia- ; tious, but if the telegraph to tue Lindon Tunes j be correct, the Czar's refusal is unconditional.— This intelligence is confirmed by the following I from th .* Pans Moniteur: “Gen Benckendortf arrived at Putbus, as the! bearer of despatches from tne Emperor of Russia | to tlie King ot Prussia. The Emperor returns an ; absolute leiurai to the terms lately offered by the Four Power,. " It is said in Vienna, that the Emperor added that he would rather sacrifice his last soldier than 1 accept such conditions. The Baltic.—A paper transcribed from the ■ transactions of the St. Petersburg Academy oi , Sciences shows that in titty years past the aver- j age date of the closing of the Neva by ice is tne I 13th of November. This allows yet two months I lor operations in the Baltic. The allied force nad not left Bomarsund at; latest accounts. .Marshal Baraguay d’Hilliers ■ and Gen. Jones, with some steamers, had been i ' reconnoitering Helsingfors and the Finland coast. I ' Abo was found to be strongly fortified, having a , 1 garrison of about 13,000 men. with fifteen gun- j ' uoats and some armed ships lying beiore it. The j 1 channel before Abo is so intricate and the places ! so strong that probably no attempt will be made | against it. On the steamers nearing Hango 1 Udd, the Russians blew up the fortress ot Gus- ! talsown. imagining it was about to be bombard- 1 ed. This took place August 27th. >• The Danube.—The Russians having retired ; ! beyond the Pruth, and the Austrians having en- ! i tered the Principalities, it is quite unlikely that I 1 any further engagement will take place between i t the Russians and the Turks this year. Omer > Pasha is bringing his army up very leisurely, and i <• there are not more than fifteen thousand troops I in Bucharest as yet. He has, indeed, no object i<■ to ga n in forcing an engagement. I 2 Baron Hess, the Austrian commander-in-chief, i i issued the following proclamation when the Aus- j t trian troops crossed the frontier : j r “Inhabitants or Wallachia and Moldavia: ■ I In accordance with a convention concluded be a tween the Emperor, my most gracious sovereign I f and the Porte, the Austrian troops now enter the I Principalities. They will remove from you all! < evils of war, and bring you the blessingsot peace. ' I Receive, then, those who will care tor your fu- i I ture peace and security with kindness and con- j 1 fidence, and they will prove worthy of them by j their behavior, discipline, and suboidination. j “ The privileges granted to you by the sub-j lime Poite will remain in lull force, but 1 expect : from the authorities all proper assistance in pro viding proper quarters and provisions for the troops, tor whose necessities indemnification will always be made. From the people I expect tranquility and order—for every disturbance, or even a menace of the same—by riotous persons or parties, will be punished with the full severi ty ot the law. “ The authorities are now instructed from this day forth [no date is mentioned] to apply to F. M. Count Coronini, who has been apppointed j by His Majesty to the command under my di- ■ rectiocs of all tae troops in the two Danubian ! Principalities, or to the military administration j by him nominated.” (Signed.) Hess. A letter irom Bucharest, August 22d, describes I at great lengtn the splendid reception given to Omer Pacha, on his entry into that city. The | military escorted him through the streets, and | the ladies covered him with flowers. Varna, Aug. 21.—The Britania has sent all. her men in transports to Galatz, and has been ; cleaned and fumigated. This is the vessel which | suffered so badly from cholera. The cholera has | abated in both armies. At Varna, no new move- | merit bad taken place, except that the French, were embarking fascines and artillery. Spain.—T/.e Expulsion of the Queen-Mother- — ■ •Arrival of Her Family in Emgland, Chris- j tina, accompanied by her husband and children, I left Madrid on the morning of August 28 tor Por- I tugal. They were ail inside a travelling chariot, ■ and were accompanied a short distance out pt < the city by Gen. Garrigo. A squadron ot dra- I goons was provided as an escort, and the garri- | sons ahead were notified to see them saiely born one station to another. She was permitted to journey by short stages, and would not reach the Portuguese frontier until September 4th. Such, at least, was her intention; but we observe that her three Paugbers and two sons had arrived at Southampton, on board the mail steamer Madrid. The daughters are grown up; the sons are quite young, and they were registeied on the list ot passengers as tne children of a gentleman named Eugene de Ochoas, who was on board with them, and whom they addressed as "papi ’’ The gen tleman is a journalist of Madrid, Ochoas being an assumed name. One of the daughters has the Boutbon east of countenance. The official document of Christina's banish-j ment was published in the Gazette, signed by | all the Ministers, and addressed as a circular o I the Governor of provinces. By throwing the; document into this shape, the Queen was spared ! the mortification of signing a decree for hei i mother’s expulsion. j Quesn Isabella shed a few ters on parting from her mother. Christina shed none at all, but took I the matter quite coolly, saying to Espartero that I she was going to Rome, and recommending her . daughter to his care. In Madrid, on the escape ci Christiana, a num ber of the disaffected made an attempt at a rally near the Union Club, but the National Guards having completely hemmed them in, they quiet ly sun endered, to the number of three or lour hundred. Among the prisoners was the Marquis c’Albarda, president ot the club. Ihe meeting of the club was forbidden," on which it imme diately je-constituted as a scientific association. BkITAXN. Vi»ilof -Albert to Napoleon at Boulo gne— Board of Trade. tp.— The English papers, including the London'Times, are unbounded m their gratulation on the visit of His Roy'2.' Kigh ness Field Marshal Prince Albert to the campo/ the Emperor Napoleon, at Boulogne. The event, I they say, is “of a deep military and political significancy.'* His Royal Highness is accom-i paoied by a brilliant staff, including the Duke of I Newcastle. Minister at War, and escorted by a squadron of the Queen’s Life Guards. I‘our sloops of war and an innumerable fleet of passenger ships accompanying the Prince Marshal on his visit to France. For three days Albert is to be the guest of Napoleon. I he Board of Trade returns lor the month end ing Augqpt ,sth indicate a general activity in business. The value of exports show an in crease of £1377.105 sterling over the favorable accounts of the Corresponding period of last year. Os the total increase, X’254,607 is in the aiticle I of metals. ! Accounts received trom the Cape of Gord Hope ' mention the discovery of large hills of copper in Namaqnaland. Prince & Co. had advertised to ! have 1000 tons removed cn August 15th from : cordia to Hot,declip Bay for shipment. Francs.— Trie Campat Bologne—Meeting of h ings awl Princes. The camp is now* completely organized, and consists ol 100 000 men of all arms. It will re main encamped until spring, and then be draft ed, as repuired, for active service against the enemy. Napoleon, in person, commands the i mar.uiuvres.—The Kingot Belgium,accompanied | by his son the Duke of Brabant, visited rhe [ Emperor at the camp. I Pedro, the young king of Portugal, with his ' suite is ..Iso on han 1; and Prince Albert, repre senting his wife, Victoria. Besides these great I ones there are many thousand native visitors I bom Paris and elsewhere, and 15,000 English j excursionists. On Saturday Prince Albert will take his de- ■ parture with due ceremonies. These gayeties | are independent of the military evolutions, which will be on the grandest possible scale. Austria ' and Prussia are both to be represented at these reviews. I Napoleon proceeds with his business as one to whom at least the theory of military tactics is familiar. A flood of honors is to be poured upon Albert. |On lauding (Tuesday) he would be—and no | doubt has been—received by the Emperor, and j conducted to bis apartments in the imperial quar ters. At night the city and camp were to be I illuminated. On Wednesday—the day the At lantic saile : —a public promenade on the Place i Daunou On Thursday a grand ball and fete de nuit, with Illuminati ons in he Place des Tin- I telleries, admission one tranc—tor the benefit ol ’ the poor ot Boulougne. Ou Frid ty a grand con , cert. ■ The MoniMbr contains a notification to the ’ subscribers to the loan ot 250 million Irancs that I a discount of 4 per cent, will be allowed lor I prompt payment of all the installments at once: ! Gen. de Hautpoul, who is to command the i camp in the south of France, has left Paris, and ! will establish his headquarters at Aix. ! Belgium.—M. de Brouckere and his collea- | gues have withdrawn their resignations. I The Emperor Napoleon and Prince Jerome are i to visit Belgium and will be met by the King at I Tourday, on the 12th September. Commercial. From Maxwell's Circular. I Livekfool Corn Exchange, Sep. 5, 1854. ! The trade here nas been quite prostrate during i the last week, owing to the low prices at which j our farmers are selling their new Wheat in the country markets; and although towards the end ot the week holders reduced their pretensions as much as 4s. per barrel on Flour and Is. 6J. per 70 lbs on W heaY but little progress could be made with sales. Indian Corn has been only in moderate request, at [s. per quarter less money, the alarm lately felt respecting the potato crop having in a great measure sub ided. In other articles there has been little doing, and no ma terial change in value, although the tendency has been downwards. The weather has been remarkably fine, with every prospect of a con tinuance, as the barometer is very high. At this day’s market there was a large atten dance oi the town and country trade, attracted by the low rates lately current here, and a brisk consumptive demand was experienced for wheat and flour, at the full prices obtainable on Friday, being 9d per 70 lbs and 2s 6d per barrel under the quotations of Tuesday last. Indian corn met with a slow sale at 35s to 35s 6d per quarter for prime yellow, 34s 6d to 35s for white, being a decline of Is. per quarter on the week. We quote prime white wheat Ss 6d to 8s 9d; mixed and red, 7s 6.1 to 8s; unsweet red Ohio and smutty Canadian, 6s 9d to 7s 3d per 70 lbs: prime Bal timore and Philadelphia tlaur, 27s 6d to 28s 6d; prime Western Canal, 27s to 27s 6d; inferior, 23s to 25s per barrel Ohio 30s to 325; extra 34s to 355, some trom 25s to 26s per barrel. A. F. K R Maxwell. Liverpool, Sept. 6.—Cotton.—Brown & Shipley says Cotton is easier, but not lower N. O tan* 6f; middling 51; Mobile fair 6; middling 5 3-16; Up land lair 6; middling 5s- DOMESTIC NEWS. From the Charleston Mercury. Mail Service on the South Carolina Railroad. Office of the S. C. Railroad Co.) September 20, 1854. J Messrs. Editors : The communication of the Postmaster General, published in the Carolinian of the 19th inst., requires, .in justice to the di rection of this company, a statement ot the rea sons which influence that body in declining to perform the additional mail service demanded on terms proposed by the Postmaster General. The compensation to railroads for mail service should be governed by the expense incurred in performing that service, making a reasonable allowance for a profit on the business. All rail road companies adopt some regulation for run ning their trains, governed, of course, by their peculiar location and adaptation to their business. They often vaiy the running of their trains to suit their action to the despatch of the mails,and* in conformity with other roads or mail carriers. The expense and inconvenience of making a change form a just part of the compensation they should receive. A road so situated that its trains run its entire length without changing the position of its reg ular business, can atlord to perform mail service at a rate greatly lower than one which is com pelled to make a thorough change in its time, regulations, and current business, to meet the requirements ot that service. All the roads al luded to by the Postmaster General are in the favorable position just mentioned, and cannot justly be cited against this company. The pro positions I have laid down cannot, I presume, be doubted. The Department at Washington calls upon this company to change their schedule, so as to run their trains in the night instead of the day. Now it is evident that both the interest and con venience of the public, as well as those of this company, require that the present day trains should be continued. To- comply, therefore, with the requirement now made ot us will com pel this company tp place an additional train on their road equal in all respects to their present day train. The increased compensation asked for by this company for the increased service required was 81S.000, equal to 862.50 per mile on two hun ; dred arid nine miles of road—that is, from | Charleston to Augusta and from Branchville to i Columbia—making 8300 per mile, the rate paid to all the roads from New York to Wilmington on | the same line. It must be also observed that the expense of running the train on the South Car | oliua road is greater than on any other on the | line, from the fact that the trains have to start j from Charleston and run to Columbia and Au i gusta separately, making the whole distance run I two hundred and seventy miles, while we only i receive pay for two hundred and nine miles of | mail service. The additional train required will cost this company §53,000 per annum, exclusive of the j wear and tear upon the road. The following i statement from the Chief Engineer, Mr. W. M. | Stockton, whose professional ability and veraci- I ty none will doubt, gives the items of this addi tional expense: 1 Wages of hands§lß 70 j W00d... . q i Oil and Tallow .. *'l if and Cars 26 00 I Wear and tear ot Engine 13 05 Extra Train Cost of Train for Hamburg Road..'. ..§72 2.5 Do. Columbia 72 25 Daily expensesll4 50 Or for the year $52,742 50. I he additional pay allowed by the department to other roads for a double daily mail is $62 50 per mile, which would give us on two hundred and five miles of road $12,812 50, leaving $39,- 930 to be made up by an increased travel to the extent of about twenty-seven passengers per day. The increase of passengers on our Road, how ever, cannot be great, inasmuch as the Company now run two daily passenger and mail trains over their Road; neither, however, suiting the requirement of the department as to the addi tional service proposed. Under such circum stances, we could not expect a larger increase than ten passengeis daily, producing an income of 814 400. The additional mail pay claimed by the Company is 813,000, $27 400 thus leaving a loss to the Company of $25,600. But it we should comply with the requisition oi the department, and perform the additional ser vice without the increase of pay. the Company would lose $38,600 annually,or under a contraci ot lour years, the sum of 8154 400 Such a sac rifice cannot, in justice, be reqi ired of any Com pany, and will not be male by us. It may be alleged that under the change oi schedule, rr.oie than-an increase ot ten passen gers per diem will take place. This Company teel well assured, on the other hand, that such an estimate is entire!}’ too large. This Company have every reason to believe that when the East I’ennessee and Virginia Road is completed, their Road must lose all the Gult and Western travel, as the distance from Atlanta or Montgomery to New York, via Knoxville and Lynchburg, is one hundred and twenty-five miles shorter than via Augusta and Kingsville. We should then be running our trains with empty cars, under a heavy losing mail contract. This Company do not put forth this statement for the purpose of obtaining large mail pay. N>- thing but a spirit of the utmost liberality could have induced us to make the great sacrifice we have profened to the Department, believing that it will promote the public interest.. What has now to Le determined, is, whether this Company shall lose 525.600 per annum, and the Depart ment pay 813,000, or that this Company shall lose $38,600 per annum, and the Department pay nothing tor the increased service required, either event this Company suffers loss, but they claim the right to choose the least pecuniary sa crifice. In the letter of the Postmaster General he re fers to the contract with this company to run two trains daily, one ot which was the express 'train. The facts on this point are as follows: When the present contract was made it condi tioned that an express train should leave Charles ton for Augusta at 11 o’clock, to secure the con nection of the mail when the .Wilmington boa»s did not arrive in Charleston in time tor the 8 o’clock train. Some time in 1852 this contract was so modified by the department that the suit ning of the express train was dispensed with, except when the mail should arrive in Charles ton after the 8 o’clock train had lelt, but be fore 11 o'clock. In making this modification this company agreed to start a train at 5 o'clock p. m. from Augusta and Charleston, which has been done up to this time; and this company, moreover, has started trains trom Columbia and Charleston, about the same hour, carrying, an important mail, tor two years, tor which they received no additional compensation whatever. It will, therefore be seen that the charge made by the Postmaster General, that this company was under a contract to perform double daily service, which they failed to perform, is utterly groundless. A copy of the order modifying this contract has been furnished to the department by this company. We have faithfully perform ed the service required by the contract. . I will not enter upon a discussion of mail pay in general. With that subject or the contracts ot other companies we have nothing to do. But I may say that the service is attended with great inconvenience, and is fruitful of unpleasant business intercourse. The company is controlled in the time of running its trains, and is compel led to furnish a mail car to each train, with a well-arranged post office attached, at a cost ot $6,C00, and are moreover subjected to petty fines and penalties exceedingly annoying. Another grievance is that the company has neither means nor power to compel the-peyment of its past dues trom the Department. This company has had withheld from it the increased pay due the Columbia Branch since the Ist of February last, and withheld too under lepeated applications to the Department which have not even been replied to. I will mention one case of manifest injustice towards this company- On the Ist Alarch last, in consequence of a high freshet, the Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad was prevented from forming a connection with our road at Kingsville.’ The consequence was that the mails had to be taken to Columbia for safe keep ing. Fiom thence, by order of the Postmaster at Columbia, they were sent to Charleston,from which point they were taken by steamboat to Wilmington, the Department paying §1290 for that service. This amount has been deducted from the pay of this company, under the charge of tailing to perform mail service, when the mails in question were conveyed to every point on pur road. Certificates of this case have been furnished to the Department, and frequent ap plication made for redress, but up to this time not even a reply has been received. From this plain statement of facts, every unprejudiced rea der will perceive that mail service is not very desirable, unless paid for in a more satisfactoiily manner. There appears to be little prospect of the South Carolina Railroad Company and the Post Office Department agreeing upon terms satisfac tory to both parties, so long as the Department refuses to consider the expenses to the company as a governing principle in determining the com pensation. This company knows no other ru.e than this by which to determine a just aud pro per charge. And now, Messrs. Editors, in the present un satisfactory condition of things, it will doubtless be inquired what will be the future mail accom modations to the public? I can only say that the Postmaster General having ordered this com pany to change its scheldule without increasing the compensation, we have given notice to the Department that we prefer to abandon our mail contiacts, to take effect on the Ist October next, which, under existing circumstances, we have a right to do by our contract. Being anxious, however, to promote the inte rests of the public, we will be willing to extend the time of discontinucnce to Ist November next. This delay will enable the Department to make other arrangements for the transporta tion of the mails, without detriment to the pub lic interests, should it still decline to render the compensation asked for by this company, or de termine not to withdraw the order for change of schedule without increased pay, and refund to this company dues unjustly withheld from it. John Caldwell, President. High Prices of Negroes.—A friend, who was at Decatur,ln DeKalb county, on last sale day, furnishes us with the following list of sales often negroes, sold there on that day* for cash: Old Womansllo 00 Old Man 550 00 Woman 881 50 Womanllso 00 Manlooo 90 Man . ..1020/00 Man, 22 years 01d1365 00 Boy, 18 years oldlol2 00 Boy, 10 years old 851 50 Griffin Jeffersonian, 21sZ inst. High Price for Standing Corn.—ft is slated that Mr. Seymour, of Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, sold a few days ago a quantity of Corn in the field at $35 per acre 1 It was bought by some gentleman from Kentucky. This is said to be the highest price ever paid for standing corn in southern Ohio. Last years crop of Corn appeals to have been almost exhausted. The ‘over issue” will go far to make up the deficiency complained of. receipts of corn—old crop—at New York, ’11,,. " Kiver baots, have recently', it is said, per Nortu-* " : ice Saturday they have been immense. amounted to about 170,Uo? - - -Ggree of Health of Ireland. —An unusuai »-*- 4 good health is said to prevail throughout » re al ‘“ this year. This, w ith abundant crops, is ag. ea blessing there, as we 11 as elsewhere. ; ftiditul imlfct 1\ rpublit. BY J AMES (JARDNiIIi. • a AUGUSI’A, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1854. T t: K M S: Daily, in advance per annum $6 00 If not in advance per annum 7 00 Tri-Weekly. in advance.per annum 4 00 If not in advance per annum 5 00 Weekly, in advance.... per annum 2 00 KZ"No Discount for Clubs. X7*ALL REMITTANCES, BY MAIL. AKE AT OUR RISK Our Own Affairs. That our readers at a distance may form some idea of our present situation, we will barely men tion that out of our whole force of operatives, we have but one compositor and our pressman left. Until we can do better our patrons must put up with a half sheet of ourdaily paper. Subscribers residing in the city who do not receive their papers regularly, will oblige us by sending to the office for them. Death of James Rhind. Among those whose death, by the prevailing fever, we have been called on to mourn, we have ■ to notice that of James Rhind, Esq., Cashier oi f the Branch of the State Bank in this city. He | expired at his residence on the Sand Hills, on . Monday morning. Mr. Rhind was comparative ly a young man, and possessed qualities which; endeared him to relatives and friends. — I Health of Augusta. It will be seen by the reports of our Board of Health that there were 5 deaths by yellow fever ; reported for the 24 hours ending on Sunday, 3 P. I M.,and 5 deaths for the 24 hours ending on Mon- j day, 3 P. M. The city is deserted, but those j who have fled from it do not seem exempt, for a number of deaths have occurred in the surroun ding country, and there is at the present time much sickness on the Sand Hills. Meeting Board of Health. Council Chamber, I Sept. 23, 3 o’clock P. M. J The Board of Health report five deaths trom Yellow Fever during the last 24 hours, viz: W. H. Holliman, aged 59 years, S. Carolina Oliver Fifield, aged 31 years. J. C. Giiswold, aged 21 years, North Carolina. Jane M. Roberts, aged 20 years, England. Thos. Calhoun, Georgia. Council Chamber,) Sept. 24, 1854, 3 o’clock P. M. f The Board of Health report 5 deaths from Yel- j low Fever within the last 24 hours, viz: Wm. Shaw, 45 years, England. Margaret Shoverland, 13 years, Ireland. Virginia Doswell,24 years, Virginia, contract ed disease in Charleston. Michael Maher, 50 years, Ireland, Mr. McKennie, 22 years, Ireland. - E. Willis, Sec-’y. pro tern. B. H. Council Chamber, Sept. 25, 1854, 3 o’clock, P. M. The Board reports, 5 deaths, from yellow tever during the last 24 hours, viz: J. Rhind, 45 years, residence, Sand Hills. Mrs. J. T. Gardiner, 28 years, Augusta. Joseph Leech, 32 years, Ireland-. Otto Lentz, 31 years, Germany. Mrs. Huber Germany Willis, Sec’y. pro tern. B. H. Health of Augusta. The Sexton’s report shows but three inter ments yesterday from yellow fever, one of which occurred in Macon, —leaving but two tor the city within the 24 hours ending at 8 P. M., yes terday. Council Chamber. Augusta, 1 September 26, 3 o’clock P. M. j The Board of Health report three deaths trom Yellow Fever during the last 24 hours, viz: ’ Dr. dorole Finskowsky, aged 42 years, Poland, Julia Cohn, aged 14 years, Germany. Mrs. Cecelia Clayton, aged 26 years, Georgia. E. Willis, Sec’ry, pro. tem. B. H. Railroad Accident. We regret to learn that a collision occurred on the Georgia Railroad, on Thursday night, below Camak, between the up passenger train and a down freight train, by which the Engineer, Rob ert Spencer, and a fireman, whose name we did not learn, were instantly killed. We were una ble, at the time of writing, to obtain any other reliable particulars, though we fear that others may have been injured. The accident was caused, we learn, by the freight train being out of time. It so, the par ties should not escape unpunished. Later.—Since the foregoing was in type, the passenger train has arrived, by which we learn that Spencer, the Engineer, and Charles Marsh, the fireman, on the up train, were in stantly killed, and that Harry Dorsey, Engi neer, and Thomas Gibson, the fireman, on the down train, are seriously injured, and John Bald win, a machinist in the Company’s service in this city was badly scalded. A Negro, belong ing to one of the trains, was also injured. Some others received some slight injury. Noneot the passengers sustained any damage. The name of the Conductor of the freigh train that was running out of time, is Francis Golding.— Chronicle f Sentinel, 23<Z inst. In addition to the above we have received the following from a passenger who was on board ot the cars at the time of the accident: Dear Sir—On leaving Augusta, our engine, the Howell Cobb, after leaving town 6 miles, bursted one of her cylinders. This detained us some three hours, as we had to be pushed back to town, having nearly 400 passengers. When about 46 miles from Augusta, we ran into the freight train down, killing Charles Marsh, Robert Siencer, and seriously injuring John Baldwin and Thomas Griffin, and slightly injuring, by bruises, one or two others. 1 tie engines, L.bei ty and B. H. Warren, are perfect wrecks. lue accident happened in a deep cut, the engines running into the bank together. No passengeis injured. Those killed and injured were the hands to engines. The baggage is a good deal mashed. We had to camp on the top ot the banklthe balance of the night. Ihe down train returned to Camack, the engine returning to Union Point for handsand other assistants, they a 7 a now buck and hard at work. It went haid with the women and children. I Respectfully) Aid for Savannah. We learn from Marietta, that Wm. H. Crisp, the popular manager of the Augusta and Savan nah Theatres, gave a benefit on the evening ot the 20th inst., at Marietta, for the benefit ot the sufferers in the latter city by the prevailing epi demic One hundred and seventy dollars were received, and has been forwarded to the Mayor of Savannah. Acts like this will not soon be forgotten. *‘Friend; in need are friends indeed.” The Telegraph Office. j We are requested to state that the office in this I city and Savannah is now open, and read} for I work. The office in Charleston is closed, but ' exertions are being made to re-open it in a day I or two. The line is in good working order North, South and West. Mr. O. E. Cashjn, one of the first operators in this city on the opening of the line, came for dard and offered his services which were prompt ly accepted by the superintendent, Mr. Butler. The Post Office. Our worthy Post Master, Mr. Smythe, is using every exertion to get matters arranged in his office. He is hard at work night and day, but with his present limited force, mail matter, par ticularly newspapers, are accumulating on his hands. It is as much as lie can do, under existing circumstances, to distribute and deliver letters. Removals in October. The following note, horn one of our most in fluetial citizens, meets with our hearty concur rence, as we think the suggestions therein made will save much confusion, and unnecessaiy trouble. Editors Constitutionalist if Republic : it has been suggested, an<: I think judiciously, that the public prints reco amend to all concern ed that the changes of dwellings and stores, which would regularly take place or. the first ot October be. by genera! consent, postponed to the first ol November. If you concur with mein thinking the sug gestion a good one please lay it beiore the public in such form as you may .think best. The Weather. j For the past two days, in addition to the for lorned appearance of our city from the prevailing epidemic, we have experienced very gloomy weather. We have been visited with a light but continued rain, which has cast a gloom over the stout hearts oi those who have remained to nurse and attend the sick, which the pestil-nce could not produce. With the present weather and the absence o! a iarge numbero! our resident popula tion [our city presents truly a melancholy ap pearance. A Generous Donation. We received yesterday’,trom Mr. H. A, Ken rick, the President of the Hamburg and Edgefield i Plank Road Company, the following note, ac- I companied with a large coop of chickens. At i his request, we will willingly distribute them i to the needy of our city, and from our knowledge ■ there are many such. Any person in needy cir- . cumstances, who stands in need pf chicken broth, i by sending to my residence, first white house' with stoop in front, on Reynold street, lelt hand side, below Centre street, can have their imme diate wants supplied while a chicken remeinson h\nd. As our carriers for the lower division of the city are both sick. Physicians who have patients in the first and second wards, will please ' avail themselves ot this notice and extend it, for j the benefit of such as the donation is intended i for. This is the second kind act extended to the citizens of Augusta by Mr. Ken rick, as President of the Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Road, and in alter times should cause himself and Company to be remembered by our citizens: Hamburg, Sept. J6th, 1854. Mr. S. M. Thompson, Dear Sir.—A few days since two men, whose wagons were loaded with chickens, were de tected in fraudulently passing a toll gate on the “Hamburg and Edgefield Plank Road.” The fine was compromised by their forfeiting 150 chickens. Yfou will please receive them ot the Company, for the benefit of the sick of your city. Yours truly, H. A. Kendrick, President. Health of Charleston. The Charleston Board of Health report the deaths of 161 persons in that city during the ! week ending 23d inst., of these 138 were whites I and 23 blacks—llß of the whites (of whom 19 i were children) by y ellow fever. No blacks are reported of having died of this disease. Office of City Register, I Sunday, Sept. 24, 9P. M. $ There have been 48 deaths from yellow tever tor the past three days, viz : Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday IS. John L. Dawson, M Dt, C. R. Office < f City Register,) Charleston, Sept 25. 10 p tn. | There have been 15 deaths from Yellow Fe ver for the past 24 hours. John L. Dawson, m. d., c. r. The Crops. We have received a letter from Chhttooga county, dated the 18th inst., which says, speak ing of the crops—“We are having a general rain in this county at this time—the first rain that seems to have wet the ground since last spring. Our crops are very short, and I do net think there is more corn made than it will take to support the county, if that much.” The Weather and Crops.—The weather has within the last few days changed from the excessive heat which has marked the past sum mer as one of the botest on record, to the cool pleasant weather of autumn, and old Winter I gives notice that he is fast approaching with all ! his train of frost and ice. The Crops in this vicinity, from what we are able to learn from our farmers, may be consider ed as a fair average. The weather has been most favoiable for good cotton picking, and as our farmers have taken advantage ot it, we expect a superior article as well as a good aveiage in re gard to quantity, will be offered in our market his season.— Mad. Fisilor, 23d inst. The Weather —Has been most delightfully cool since Sunday morning last,and winter clothes blankets and fires in the morning and evening have been almost indispensable.— Cassville Stan dard, 22d inst. Cass Superior Court.—This body adjourn ed on Saturday last. The only criminal case of importance taken up was that of “the State vs. John D. Webster,” for the murder of Col. Cuy ler, which occupied the court most of the week, the argument closing on Friday night about 10 o’clock. On Saturday morning the Jury render ed a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, the evidence being circum stantial. He was sentenced by Judge Lumpkin to imprisonment,at hard labor, in the Peniten tiary, for life, A large amo mt of business, both on the civil and criminal dockets, was continued. —ZA. Dealh of Benj. W. Fo,sdick.—Dif-d in Phda i delpbia, at 2 o’clock Th<u*»day afternoon last, of ; yellow fever. Benj. W. Fosdick, of Savannah. The Republican says—During the long and bitter days through which oir city has passed we have been called upon to record no death which gave us more personal pafn than that we now announce., Soon after the first appearance oi the epidemic, tne deceased decided to send his family North and to remain here-himself, and invited us and two other friends to’ ar,are his house with him until the fever should have abat ed. We did so, and had been with him some weeks, when his family became anxious lor him to join them; there was a complete cessation ot business; indeed, there was nothing to keep him here a moment longer; and his triends and his physician advised him to go. Accordingly, he left Savannah the 13th inst., and had proceeded as far as Philadelphia, when he was attacked by yellow tever and died as stated above. Mr. Fosdick was born in Boston, a« was about forty years of age. He came to Savannah some sixteen or eighteen years ago, since which tune he has been actively engaged i.n mercan tile business, and’at the time ot his ueatt was a_ member ot the highly respectable mm of Cohen & Fosdick. We can scarcely find terms in wliicb ade quately to describe the deceased in Lis relations of citizen and friend. He had his equals, but thus far in life we have met with no man who 1 was his superior in those elements of refinement, integrity, courage and raie consideiatior. ot others, which go to make up the charactei of the true gentleman. With a mind improved by , ravel and reading; a ready, genial writer; gener j ous in his disposition: as true to his frignds as the needle to the pole, and a nature full of suu- I -bine, humor and happiness, he goes down ft) ms grave as near a perfect man as we have seen,and lamented by a circle of fiiends extending from Savannah to Boston. Yellow Fever in Macon.—The Citizen of the 224 inst says: Jacob Mastick arrived here from Savannah on the Ith inst. and died on Mon day last, of yellow lever. And on Wednesday night, a man by the name of McSwain, from Savannah, died at the Floyd House, of the same disease. There are no other cases that we have heard of. Our city remains healthy. The Weather—Another Storm. The Savannah Georgian, of the 23d inst . says: After several days of warm, damp and sultry weather, with an atmosphere, the most oppres sive and depressing, it seems to us, that we have ever felt, Thursday ushered in another storm.— During the forenoon the air bt-came much cooler than it had been. Accompanying this very agieeaole change were several light sboWtfis.— in the afternoon the wind commenced to blow briskly from the North east, and the rain t*o fail iu torrents. It continued cloudy, with occasion al show ers and a strong wind, throughout Thurs day night and yesterday. No considerable dam age has thus tar been done. We had hoped, after the most disastrous blow of the Sth inst.. we should escape the gale which usually comes along with the autumnal equinox However, the last few days prepared us to wel come even another storm, if nothing else could relieve us from the most depressing, debilitating and fearfully fatal atmosphere, from which we have recently been suffering. We trust and be lieve that the present gale will leave our city in a healthier condition than it has been for some time past. Since the foregoing was in type the clouds have partially dispersed, and we Lave r.ow prom ise of lair, cool weather. The Rice Crop.—The same paper says:— We are assured on authority entitled to great confidence, that the loss of tb’e rice crop or. the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers, by the storm of the Sth instant, will be fully three-fourths; on the ALtamaha about one-thi>d, and on the Satilla nothing. On the rivers between Savannah and Charleston,the probable loss may be estimated at about half. Further serious damage may be apprehended to the crop fiom the storm which is prevailing at the time that we are writing. Worthy of Mention. —For nine mornings past, one of our aid Committees, of which J. A. White, Esq., is Chairmaio, has dispatched, daily, to Savannah, 500 lbs or 350 loaves of excellent whe. t bread, manufactured at the Messrs. Biew er’s Bakery, by C. H. Freeman and Mr. Isaacs, who have generously rendered their services gratuitously and freely, in behalf of the suffering poor of that ill-fated city. As both these gen tlemen are of the class who “earn their bread by the sweat Bf their brows,” the self-sacrifi cing spirit manifested by them on this occasion redounds much to their credit. Their toil-offer ing is of more value than gold. To the Messrs. Brewers, also, the meed of praise is due for the free use of their Bakery and implements.—Ma con Citizen, 22d inst. The Wather and Crops.— We have had an abundance of rain, says the Wilkes (Ga) Re publican, tor two weeks past, and the fall crops are growing off finely. The corn crop is being gathered in for use and is very light, though probably enough for our own consumption— which has become very economical of late years. Cotton can hardly exceed half a crop, and in many places it will not reach it. Health ot the country good. Arrival of Pictol* Coal.—Three cargoes of coal from Nova Scotia, consigned to Mr. Arthur Leary, have reached New York since the publi cation of the reciprocity treaty. He claimed oa Monday to enter the whole free of duty, but the* collector refused to let him do so, on the ground, that he had received r.o instructions from Wash ington, and supposed that none would be given until the treaty was ratified by the Canadian and Nova Scotia authorities. Mr. Leary, however, took a different view ot the subject, and paid the duty under protest. The Purchase of Cuba.—The New York Express says, it Las it from authentic sources that Mr. Soule has beer, renewing the offer to Spain for the purchase of Cuba: and that he. agreed to give more than $100,009,000, the sum said to have been tendered during President Polk’s administration. The Spanish Ministers, who are greatly in want of funds, although sore ly tempted by the jingle of so many millions, gave the proposition some little attention, but only to reject it. Atlanta Republican.—Dr. James R. Smith, ot Sandersville, has become editor and proprietor of the Atlanta Republican. It will continue to be a Constitutional Union paper.
