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SAIL K DAY, OCT. 7.
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The South Carolina Rail Road.
We publish this morning the conclusion of j
the correspondence between the President ol the I
above road and Post Master Genera!. Read I
carefully the letter of the Post Master General, ;
and we think the public will come to the same I
conclusion we have ourself, that the President [
of the road has placed himself and Company in I
a wrong position,one which will not only prove
of great injury to the public, but if persisted in, '
will in the end curtail the business of the road i
materially. The merchants and citizens ot
Charleston have a deep interest in the prosperi
ty of this road. Fora quibble of a few dollars,
Charleston will be cut off tor a time from com
munication, north and west. She will have to
depend on her steamers ’or information from the
north, but the remittances to her merchants can
not reach them and are daily accumulating in the I
Augusta Post Office. This interuption will be j
seriously felt by them. We have not time this j
morning lor further comments,'but will take up !
the subject at an early day. We cannot con-i
eluded this brief notice, however, without one
turther mark, and that is, in our opinion, the
course pursued by the South Carolinia Rai! Road
in refusing the mails, even under the old sched- I
ule, to the disruption of the mail communication ,
ot the whole country, will i sure the speedy
completion ot the road from the Wilmington and
Manchester Rail Road to Humburg or Augusta. .
Let this toad be completed, it will prove one of ,
the best paying roads south; will insure to Au
gusta the passage through it ot the Great Wes- j
tern Mail, and Passengers; and will make the >
only direct connecting link now wanted be- :
tween New York and New Orleans. Our citizens
should take a deep interest in the completion
of this road; complete it, and Passengers
on the SoutbCarolina Rail Road will be lew
and far between.
Tur Fever—lts Disappearance.—lt will
be seer.by reference to the reports of the Board
of Health (says the Savannah News of 31st uit.)
that there have been no deaths by yellow lever |
for the past three days, it affords us the most
lively satisfaction to be enabled to make an an
nouncement which we know will be so gratify
ing to our absent friends, indicating, as it most
assuredly does, the disappearance ot the epidemic I
with which our city, in common with most ot
the cities and towns of the South, has been so
sorely afflicted. That the disease has ceased to
exist here in the epidemic form, there can be no
doubt, and the occurrence of a frost must soon
give certain security against even sporadic at
tacks. For our part, we do not think there is at
present any danger incurred by acclimated citi
zens in returning to the city, though while the
weather is, as at present, damp, cloudy, and warm
—in a transitive state from summer to winter
temperature—a change which a few hours may
bring about—we are indisposed to take the res
ponsibility of advising absentees to return. If
there should be no recurrence of fever cases for
the next few days, and the weather should be
come settled and seasonable, even if there should
be no frost, we think no apprehension need be
felt by our citizens in returning to their homes,
■nd business.
The Mails
We publish this morning another portion of
the correspondence between the President ot the
South Carolina Rail Road and the Post Master
General, and will conclude the correspondence
in our next. It is a subject in which not only
our own citizens have a deep interest, but the
whole Union. An important link is broken,
and for a time all portions of the country must
suffer. We peak for it a careful perusal.—
In our next, if we can fu d time and the necess
ary force, we will conclude the correspondence
and comment freely on it, without fear or affec
tion, and cast blame where we think it should
rest.
The Northern mail was sent from the Post
Office in this city to the South Carolina Rail
Road, as usual, yesterday morning, but was left
on the platform, so that if our subscribers in that
direction do not receive their papers, we hope
they will not th.ow the blame on us.
Thanks to a friend, we received yesterday a
copy of the Charleston Courier, Standard, and
Mercury, lor which he will .please receive our
thanks. Extracts from them’ will be found in
this day's paper.
We received no Savannah papers by yester
day’s mail. We hope the Central Railroad has
not also strui ; for higher wages '
Mr. W. H. Crisp, with his well selected and
talentened Theatrical Corps, the Macon Messen
ger says, " has returned from e very sucessful
visit of two aveeks to Columbus, and opened on
Monday night at Concert Hall. He will pro
bably occupy the Hall every evening during the
week; and we "know of no better, or more ra
tional amusement which our city can furnish to
the many strangers who are visiting us just
now. than his theatrical entertainments. That
portion of our people who are in the habit of at
tending theatrical representations, do not need
to be urged by us to attend them, but as Mr.
Crisp is the " Stage .Manager ot Georgia,” hav
ing become pei.uanently connected with the
theatres of our principal cities, and promt.es to
all those places where h** receives suffi-iieiZ pat
ronage t* author. ■ it. occasional visits with
carefully selected companies of actors, we are
anxious that he sboud be liberally patronized
by our people, so thet in bis future tours through
■the State he may always visit us.
Arrival o; ti.-. .Kkoxville.—A Know at
St.a.—This steamer yesterday brought a full
complement of cabin and steerage passengers,
and a full freight. Sir.ce her arrival we have
met familiar faces arid exchanged the cordial
grasp with friends who have been absent since
the breaking out of the late epidemic, a 3? whose
presence now, w ith the daily increasing activity
in our streets, give token of the resumption of I
business. Our friends have arrived here before |
frost, but v.e understand that the steamer expe- ■
rienced a little Snow, accompanied with frequent
squalls, on the first night out from New Yoik, in :
lat. 36. long. 72—an incident ol the voyage
which gave great satisfaction to tier worthy cap
fain and his cabin passengers, who celebrated the
interesting event with the becoming honors.
T:.e new passenger was christened Charles
Lcr. r.ow Snow, in rrompliment to Capt. L , who
responded in the shape of a basket of champagne,
which was made the medium of many appropriate
gentirrwnts and good wishes to the young voyag
er on lite’s ocean. As he was bound for Darren
he left the steamer at Ty bee, where she was]
met by the Reminole, and with his mother (both |
doing well) he continued his voyag-. We trust;
both may arrive safe, to gladden the heart of the
rxper'ant lather, who will no doubt regard him ,
;• - • gem of the oceen.—Sav. Alin Ist mst. !
SIO,OOO Stolen.—The Macon Journal &
Messenger of yesterday says :—“ Considerable
excitment was created in our city on Monday
morning, by the announcement that Samuel D.
Scovil, Bookkeeper in the Agency of the Ma
rine Bank at this place, had ab-conded with
510,000 ot the funds of the Institution. It lias
subsequently appeared, that he left the city at S
o'clock Sunday evening, on the train of the
Macon & Western Railroad for Atlanta, but be
yond that point it has been impossible to trace
l his progress. It is supposed, as the advertise
ment of fugitives read, that be is “ making his
way to a free State.” Mr. Scovil has hereto
tofore borne a very good character for industry
and sobriety, and the announcement of his small
sckuylerism astonished every one. His parents
we believe were northern people, who resided
tor some time in Twiggs Co., Ga., where he him
self was born. Robt. Slappy and Heywood
Hughes, Esqrs., of that county, we learn, were
his securities upon his bond tor $7,000.
Deaths from Yellow Fever in New Orleans
A letter from New Orleans, states that the
epidemic of the present year is the severest that
has ever visited that city, with the exception !
of that of 1853. The following is given by a i
physician as a table of the mortality up to Octo
ber 15th.
Deaths up to July 16 13
Deaths week ending July 231 til
Deaths week ending July 30 - 12 j
Deaths wook ending Aug. 6 35 |
Deat! s week ending Aug. 13 51 |
Deaths wook ending Aug. 20 131
Deaths week ending Aug. 27 .201 '
Deaths week ending Sept. 3 224 ;
Deaths week ending Sept. 10 305 ;
Deaths week ending Sept. 17 361 i
Deaths week ending Sept. 24 367 I
Deaths week endinh Oct. 1 283 I
Deaths week ending Oct. 8 223 |
Doathsweek ending Oct. 15 151 I
Deaths for the four days ending this morning.. .57 I
Total yellow fever deaths 2,426 >
The letter from which we have quoted, dated
Oct. 19th, says:
It is very difficult to arrive at any very satis
factory conclusion as to the number of cases of
I yellow fever which had been under treatment
in the hospitals and private practice, but on
I consulting a number of physiciant as to the pro- .
portion ot deaths to the number of cases, we can
safely put down the number of cases not less |
! than thirteen thousand eight hundred. I should
l remark, that in the table of deaths given ,
> above, all the burials which were made without '
I a certificate of a physician have been iuvestigat- i
i ed, and ail who riled of fever have been recorded, j
1 There weie only 159 cases of fever in the
I hospital this morning, and there are not now over I
I 70U under treatment in the city.
’ Daily Reports of Interments Discon- i
i tim ed —The Savannah Republican of the 3rd
I inst.,says—There were but two interments yes-
■ terday—one a negro who died of Dropsy, and
i tho other an infant, of Spasms. It is now being
| unnecessary to give the daily reports of inter-
I rnents, as no epidemic exists among u-, they
have been discontinued. This affords us plea
| sure, as the occasion so fully warrants it, and
I our city may now be said to enjoy its accustom
i ed health—no disease save catarrhs that w’e can
i hear of, and those brought about by the changes
jot the weather which usually produce such.—
i We commend our estimable Mayor (or this course
I and we congratulate the community that it is so
j justifiable.
j The thanks of all our citizens are due to our
j worthy Mayor, John E. Ward, and to Dr. J. P.
Screven, who aided him in the duties of his of
j fice, for their manly, sympathetic and generous
conduct during the calamitous season through
which we have just pass&d ; and to the minis
ters of the gospel, benevolent associations, Medi
cal Faculty, and private Individuals, lor their un
remitting attentions at the bedside of ihe sick
and in the alleviation of distress that for a time
; prevaded our city. .
Health of the City—Official Report.
Savannah. Monday Oct. 30.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
John H Strous, 4G yeais,consumption,Germany.
Infant, Bankman, 3 days, spasms Savannah.
Total 2—of yellow lever nane.
Official Health Report.
Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Savannah, Oct. 31, 9 P. M.
Eliza Raiford, 55J years, marasmus, Rhode Is’d.
Blacks—Charles, 1 year and 9 mos., whoop
ing cough; Albert, 1 year and G mos., dropsy.
Cathedral Cemetery.
j John Mcßride, 21 years, yellow fever, Ireland,
j Total 4—of yellow fever 1.
INTERMENTS TOR THE WEEK.
The following is the total number of inter
ments for the past week, ending at 9 o’clock on
Tuesday evening, 31st instant, in all the Ceme
teries in the city:
Interments. Yellow Fever
Wednesday, Oct. 25th. 2 0
Thursday 3 1
Friday. 3 2
Saturday 3 0
Sunday 3 0
Monday 2 0
Tuesday 4 1
Total for the week.... 20. 4
The above table shows that the number buried
during the past seven days, amounts to twenty,
of whom eighteen died from yellow lever.
The interments at the different cemeteiies are
as follows :
InSormcni. Yellow Fever
I Laurel Grove Cetneteiy. 14. 3
! Cathedral Cemetery 6.-.. 1
I Total -20 18
I The interments lor the past il weeks have
I been as follows:
Interments. Yellow Fever.
■ Weekending Aug.23d, G7 42
j .. .. . . ’29th 92 60
' .. .. Sept sth 123 74
! 12th 210 129
I 26th 121 85
Board of Health.
At the regular weekly meeting of the Savan-
I nah Board ol Health, held yesterday, the folic w
j ing resolutions were adopted:
j Resolved, That as no epidemic, prevails in this
city, at this time, it will be perfectly Safe for
I our absent follow citizens to return home.
Resolved, That the Editors of our city papers
I be directed to discontinue the publication ol the
j resolutions adopted by this Board on tk: 11th
j (let , just past.
| Rrsolveil, That the foregoing resolutrehs be
published in the city papers. .
M. J. Buckner,
Chairman Board Health. I
S. A. T. Lawrence, Secretary.
Savannah, Nov. 2, 1854.
From the report of the Pacific Steam Ship
Company, we learn that a great improvement
! has taken [dace in the business of the company, j
j The receipts in 1852 were 81,622,000. These
I fell off in 1853 to SBBB,OOO. In 1854 the affairs
| of the company were not more flourishing, but
I since the amicable arrangement and understand
-1 ing between the competing companfes, the esti
mated receiptsale large, and it is believed that I
,-' ext year, dividends will be again declared.? j
Accident on the Central Railroad —The
non-arrival ot the morning train in this city
yesterday morning was owing to one freight
train running into another. Ihe two trains left
Macon at the same time, with the understanding
that neither would stop on the road; but when
they proceeded about five miles from Macon, one
of the axle boxes of the foremost train becoming
heated, the engine necessarily stopped, and
hence the accident. We aie pleased to learn that
the consepuences are no more serious than what
is involved by the smashing of three freight cars,
and the detention of the mails lor some twelve
hours.
The evening train arrived last night at the
usual hour.
The warm weather has delayed the com
mencement of the poik packing business at the
West, but hogs are being mustered in large uutn
beisonthe field of slaughter. The Louisville
Courier ot the 26th ult. asnounces the arrival of
over six hundred porkers by rail road, arid other
lots have arrived on foot.
The St. Louis (Mo) Democrat estimates that
within one year from this date, theie will be at
least one hundred thousand people in Kansas,
which will entitle the Territory to admission as
a State.
Health of Beaufort, S C.
We received the subjoined communication by
yesterday’s mail.—C7t. Cour., 1.
Mesrrs. A. S. Willington If Co.:
Beaufort, Oct. 30, 1854.
Gentlemen—Since tne last report of the 21st
inst., the following deaths have to be recorded
of the preqailing disease.:
Oct. 24—Miss Georgia Habersham, 31 years.
29—A son of Mr. J. J. Porter, 4 years
29—Mrs. Foy, 60 years, England—resi
dent for 15 years,
This is a much more favorable reportthan that
presented the last week. The cases have been
diminishing in number and violence.
Please correct an important error in your pub
lication, instead of Mr., it should have been
1 printed Mrs. Thos. W. Rhodes.
Respectfully,
Stephen Elliott.
There has been a Rail Road Convention at
Buffalo of various Rail Roads in New York
State, atfwhich a number of important measures
were adopted. It is stated that prominent among
those measures, so far as the public is concern
-1 ed, was the adoption of a memorial t<» the
Legislature, praying for the abolition of all laws
jto license-runners lor emigrant passengers
Ito the West, and asking for a statue mak
! ing it a penal offence to sell tickets for passage
by the Rail Road lines at rates higher than those
j charged by the Roads. Arrangements wer£ also
j made for increasing the fare of passengers and
I the tolls on freight, and for a change in the run
' ning of trains.
j [Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.}
Messrs. Edirors: — The following are the offi-
■ cers elected by the Lodge, now in session in this
i city, to serve the ensuing Masonic year:
j Wm. C. Dawson. M. W. G. M.; Simon
Holt, R. W. D. G, M. Ist Dist. : A. A. Gaul
; ding, R. W. D. G. M. 2nd Dist.; Geo. D. Rice,
R. W. D. G. M. 3d Dist.: Wm. S. Rockwell,
; R. W. D. G. M. 4th Dist ; David E. Buttler, W.
I Sen. Warden: L. C. Simpson, W. Jun. War
j den ; Joseph Wells, W. Grand Treasurer: Sim
;ri Rose, W. Grand Secretary; R. T. Turner, W.
j Sen Deacon; W. A. Love, W. Jun. Deacon;
' Rev. W. D. Mathews, W. Grand Chaplain ; B.
j B. Russel, W. Grand Marshal; S. A Borders, W.
Grand Steward; R. M. Smith, W. Grand Stew-
I ard ; Artur Hood, W. Grand Steward ; Robt. B.
j Young..W. Grand Puesuivant; Brother T. A.
I Hanis, W. Grand Tyler.
I The weather is very warm, and rain is much
I needed. Yours, &c., Z.
’ The Inspector General of Canada has issued |
’ formal and official notice’ in order to give effect ,
: to the Reciprocity Treaty, that the articles men- |
tioned therein shall be admitted into that pro
vince under special bonds conditioned on the
payment of the customs duties legally chargea
' ble at the time of importation on the articles so
j imported, in the event that the said Re
i ciprocity Treaty and the act in relation the
reto. do not go into operation, and take full es-
; feet within six months from the date thereof.
A special despatch to the N. Y. Tribune, da
ted New Orleans the 29th ult, says:
“ I learn from head-quarters that the Cuba ex
tedition, which was to have left the States
under command of Gen. Quitman,-has failed, and
there is no probability of future hope of success.
I have been promised by one of the ’’head men,”
a full history 01-the present organization, the
names of the committee here, the amounts sub
scribed and the names of the subscribers, as also
| the names ot parties in your city who have been
connected with the movement. All of the tacts
which are of any public interest will be forwar
ded to you for publication. The gentleman
from whom I have obtained this information in*
forms me that one ot the members of the grand
jury who pretended to investigate the truth ol
the rumors of a filibuster expedition, was the
Recording Secretary of the Cuba Committee.”
The Secretary ot War is on a visit to the
West Point Academy to inspect the practical
merits of a new system of field tactics, just ar
ranged by a Board of enlightened officers in the
army. The system, if approved by the War
Department, will be approved by the President,
and become the unifoim system for the army
j and militia ofthe country. It has mainly for its
I object a greater celerity of movements, and to
j enable such troops rapidly to concentrate to re-
■ sist cav’a’ry, to pursue them, to move with them
i and to keep up al! day-on forced marches, at the
accelerated gait of" trot out” and slow gallop.
■ The Rev. S. IlJack, a Southern Methodist
mini'ter, lately preached a sermon on Williams’
river, in Nicholas County, Virginia, which was
i the first one ever delivered in that region of the
country, although it has been settled for fifty
years.
I
The Cincinnati Gazette, in comparing the
; lossek by fire for the six months ending with
September, 1854, under the paid fire department,
with the losses of the corresponding period ol
I the previous year, under the old system, toys
there is a difference in favor ot the new sy-tem
I to the amount of seventy, percent; the differ
ence in lavor of insurance companies is fifty per i
| cent.
A Virginian has beaten the Yankees at their j
j own weapons. John J.of Rollow, Fredericks-
■ burg, Va., has invented a machine which will
j husk and shell corn at one operation. The ear
! with husk is thrown in its mouth, and in the
twinkling of an eye the corn falls atone point,
the c.'es.n cob coming out the other end. Its ca
pacity .about four hundred barrels per day.
* (XT- For the information of the friends of
Lewis Levy, .Esq., of this city, we are requested
to state that he .is still alive, with a prospector'
enjoying many mure years of usefulness. The
Lewis Levy reported by us as having died, last
I month, by yellow fever, was a native of Ger
many, and died in the hospital.
The Northern Mail.
The Charleston Courier, of Thursday, contains
the following intelligence in relation to difficulties
between the Department, and the Charleston
Rail Road Company.
The Mails.—We fear that the Mail service
not only ot our State, but ofthe South and South
West, is temporarily disorganized ir. consequence
of the difficulty between the Postmaster General,
and the South Carolina Rail Road Company not
having as yet been adjusted, and that consequent
ly the only mails that will be carried on the
Rail Road, for a day or two at least, will be the
Northern from Kingsville to Columbia. The
subjoined dispatches will show how the matter
stands. The first is dated
“Washington, D. C., Oct. 31—The mission
of Col. Andrews from the Chamber of Commerce,
to the Postma-ter General, has been successful.
The Postmaster General does not order a change
ofSehedule, and the Rail Road Company will go
on w ith the present schedule.”
On the receipt of the above yesterday, a des
patch was forwarded to Washington, asking
whether the Postmaster General agrees to the ar
rangement made between Mr. Caldwell and Mr.
Frierson —as stated in Mr. Frierson’s letter of
the 19th of August—both as to the schedule and
amount of pay, to which the following reply was
received:
“Washington, Nov. 1 —The Postmaster Ge
neral has authorized Col. Andrews to telegraph
that no change of payor schedule will be ordered j
until after a free change of opinion between the
Chamber of Commerce and the Department.
The Company will receive the same pay they
are now receiving. The Department is about
sending out an agent.”
A copy ot the above was forwarded to the
aoent of the Associated Press in Columbia, with
a'request that he would show it to Mr. Caldwell,
and ask whether he would continue the mail ser
vice until the arrival ofthe agent from Washing
ton, and the following answer was returned:
“Columbia, Nov. I.—l have sent the message
to Mr. Caldwell, but think it useless, as he takes ,
the ground that he is bound to carry out the re- ;
solutions of the Board of Directors, and that the i
Postmaster General must say officially, and in’
propria persona, that he will carry out the con- j
tract as heretofore existing.
“Mr. C. Mortimer has seen the Postmaster |
General, and having received a favorable reply, ,
begged Mr. Caldv ell to wait a few days; but he j
is inexorable. I will let you hear shortly.”
Soon alter the above was despatched, the fol- j
lowing came to hand, which was also forwarded j
forthwith to Columbia:
"Washington, D. C , Nqv. I—lo P. M. [Re- j
ceivbd in Charleston, Nov. 2—12 30 A. M.J—lf :
thelSouth Carolina Rail Road continues to carry I
the mails after the Ist of November, until a free |
interchange of opinions can be had between the
Chamber of Commerce and the Department, the
Department will not consider the continuance of j
thejserviee as entailing any additional obligations
on the Company, but will regaid the contract as
it stood on the Ist November.
A. O. Andrews,”
To the above, 2 A. M , when the Telegraph
office closed, we had received no reply. We are
indebted to Messis. Bingham and Edwards, the
operators in this city, and also the operators in
Columbia, for their politeness in keeping their
offices open to so late an hour.
[From the Charleston Courier of Friday.}
The Mails.
In pursuance of their notice, the South Caro
lina Railroad Company refused yesterday to carry
the mail on their road. We received, during the
day, the subjoined dispatches on the subject:
Columbia, Nxjy. 2, 1,15 P. M.—Mr. Caldwell
says that he cannot act until the Department
officially communicates with him on the subject.
If the Department will say directly to him that
which it says to other parties, all will be right.
He desires to accommodate the public as far as is
compatible with the instructions of the Board of
Directors and the interests of the Road. If the
Department has the same desire to accomodate
the public, a few words officiailly communicated
will matters, until a lull understanding can
. be had.”
| Columbia, Nov. 2.—Mr. Caldwell will be in
: Charleston, to-morrow evening. Matters stand
I as before.”
Mr. Huger has also politely handed us the
following dispatch he received yesterday even
ing from the Department :
• Postmaster, Charleston, S. C.
Washington. November 2. —The Postmaster
General has not formally ordered a change of
< s ! edule to expedite the mails from Augusta.—
A request was made and negociationsentered up
<>.l either to take off the mails immediately on
t teir arrival at Augusta, or to run a double daily
m. il. There being no order to change the shed
ule, there is no difficulty in the Road continuing
to catty the mails by the present schedule. No
change ot pay or sheduie will be ordered until
alter a free interchange of opinion between the
Chamber of Commerce of your city and t .is De
partment. IT the Rail Road Company continue
to carry the mail until such interchange of opin
ion is had, the Department will not consider the
continuing ol service as entailing any additional
obligations on the Company, but will regard the
contract as it stood on the Ist of November.—
These views have been communicated to the
Chamber of Commerce by Mr. Andrews. A
i special agent of this Department, Mr. Burr, is
now on his way to arrange matters. In the
meantime, if the Rail Road Company cease to
carry the mails, you are authorized to provide for
the service in the best practicable manner, so as
to prevent its entire stoppage.
WM. H. DUNDAS,
2d Assistant Postmaster General.
I The substance of the above was officially com
municated by Mr. Huger to Mr. Caldwell last
evening, but, up to the closing of the telegraph
office at eleven o’clock, no answer bad been re
! turned. We trust, however, that on Mr. Cald
well's arrival in the city this afternoon, he will
have an interview with Mr. Huger, when that
gentleman will doubtless officially communicate
verbally what he has already done by telegraph,
so that the matter will be settled, until a full un
derstanding can be had. Should, however, un
fortunately, no satisfactory arrangement be ar
rived at, Mr. Huger, having received full author
ity Irom the Department to act in the premises,
will, we are assured, make it available to the
fullest extent in his power—indeed he has
already taken such steps as he deemed lest cal
culated to promote the public interest, and will
lot ward this afternoon at four o'clock, by the
steamer Calhoun, the mails intended for the
South and West via Savannah. They will be
closed at the Post Office, we understand, at two
o’clock.
The Mails.
The public will be gratified to perceive, says
the Charleston Courier, from the subjoined cor
respondence, that the difficulites under which
the commercial community and the public gen
erally, have been subjected for the past two days,
by the?interruption of the usual mail facilities,’
j are —at least lor the present—satisfactorily ad-
I justed. The President of the Rail Road tele
graphed last evening to the different points on
l the Road, to his officers,"to receive the mails as
usual.
PostOppick, Charleston, S. C., Nov. 3 1835
—President and Directors S. C. R. R. Co. :
Gentlemen—l consider myself fully authorized
to protect the public interests, by providing, in
in the best practicable manner, against a con
tinued stoppage of the mails.
I propose now, either in my official or personal
capacity, as you may prefer, to contract with
your Company to carry the mails for ten days,
or until the differences now pending between
yourselves and the Postmaster General shall be
be ailiusted. I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
ALFRED HUGER, P. M.
S. L R. R., Charleston, Nov. 3, 1834
Hon. A. Mugher, P. M., Charleston,’S. C.
'ir—l have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter of Ibis date. The contract
between the Post Office Department and this
Company being now annulled, and a large sum
due the Company upon that contract, we will
not make a new one of a permanent character
until the arrears of pay are satisfacto ily settled.
In order to afford the Department time to effect
this settlement, and make a new contract if they
desire it, we are willing to engage with them,
through you, to transport the mails for ten days (
between Charleston, Augusta and Columbia as (
heretofore, for the sum of $1350.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
JOHN CALDWELL, President.
“Postoffice, Charleston, Nov. 3,1854.
J. Caldwell, Esq., Pres’t. &c. S. C. R. R. Ca.,: — ;
Sir—Your note of this date, in reply to my i
own, is just received, and I consider the terms
proposed to carry the mails for ten days, for the
sum of thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, such as
lam authorized to accept and I accordingly do so
with the understanding that operations will be
resumed to-morrow, and the public be relieved
With the least possible delay.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
ALFRED HUGER, P. M.
Business in Augusta.
We understand that a report has gained cre
dence abroad, that ourCctton Warehouses are all
closed, as are also most of our Grocery Stores.—
Such is not the fact.’ Most of out Grocery Stores
are opened the best portion of the day, and our
Grocery Merchants are ready and willing to fill all
orders sent to them. They have never had a
larger or better selected stock of Goods than at
the present time, and will sell at reasonable
profits.
So tar as our Warehouses are concerned, they
are prepared and ready to receive all Cotton that
may be consigned to their care. It is true, at
the present moment, there is not as good a selling
market as may be looked for in the course of a
week, or as soon as we have a frost, but when
the market opens, there will, no doubt, be a
brisk dzmand. Planters who have Cotton on
hand, and are holding it back, would do well to
send it forward, and take what advantage the
market may offer. Our warehousemen are pre
pared to make the usual advances on produce in
store, and in a few days we look for a brisk
business in the cotton line. So, send it along;
j by the time it gets here there will be a market
j for it.
1 For the information of planters, we will state
I that at the present time, there is little or no de-
I mand for Inferior Cottons, which are selling at
prices ranging from 6J to 7| cents, and that there j
’ is but little Fair in the market.
Middling is selling at 84; Gocd Middling at .
■ 81, and Middling Fair at 9 cents.
So, send along your cotton. Our warehouse
; men are ready to receive it, and are willing and j
; able to make the usual advances. ’
The Meeting of Yesterday.
We were gratified to witness so respectable an
attendance, when we consider the small number,
of our population at present, at the meeting
which was called yesterday by His Honor the
Mayor, in complianca with the wish of a num
ber of our citizens, to express, in a suitable man
ner, their gratitude to those members of the
Howard Association, and others, who have so
nobly devoted themselves to alleviate the dis
tress of those who had really no claim but that
of humanity to their services. We publish be
low the proceedings of the meeting, by which it
I will be seen, that the people of Augusta have
endeavored to show their appreciation of the
kindness which induced strangers to come to our
’ relief in the time of need, and to perform, as they
j have done, such efficient duty.
Although the testimonials are far from being
I equal to the merits of those for whom they are
j designed, yet we hope that the hearty good will
j with which they were given, will assure them
I of the deep gratitude which will ever be felt to
j wards them by every citizen who has passed
1 through the trying scenes of the epidemic.
I We were shown yesterday afternoon a portion
of the testimonial, which was received after the
; meeting adjourned, and presented to Dr. Camp
bell; by his Honor, our worthy Mayor. When
completed, it will consist of two splendid silver
; pitchers, richly embossed, and six goblets, on
i each of which is inscribed the following :
Presented to
DR. S. D CAMPBELL.
BY THE
CITY OF AUGUSTA.
AS A
Memento of Gratitude for his Services
DURING THE PESTILENCE.
1854.
Public Meeting.
In accordance with a cal! of the Mayor, a re
spectable portion of our citizens assembled at
the City Hall, yesterday, (Thursday,) to testify
their appreciation of the valuable services of Dr.
S. D. Campbell, of the Howard Association ot
New Orleans, and to express their sincere thanks
to the members of that Association for the time
ly and efficient aid rendered to our city during
their suffering and distress
fin motion of the Hon. Andrew J. Miller, the
Mayor was called to the chair, and John J.
Byrd requested to act as Secretary.
On motion of Hon. A. J. Miller, a committee
of six was appointed by the chair to draft reso
lutions suitable to the occasion.
, The Chair appointed the following gentlemen
j as that Committee, viz :
Hon. A. J. Miller, Dr. Pu’inizy,
Rev. J. E. Evans. Dr. W. S. Jones.
i Dn J. D. Mackie, J. W. Jones.
After a short interval, the Committee return
ed, and through their chairman, the Hon. A. J.
Miller, submitted the following Resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
Rr.sofped, That the citizens of Augusta are
deeply impressed with a sense of, and acknow
ledge the obligations they are under to, the How
ard Association of New Orleans, for the timely
and efficient aid sent to them during their suffer
ing and distress.
Resolved, That we deeply appreciate and shall
ever feel grateful to Dr. S. 1). Campbell, the
Physician sent to us by the Howard Association,
for his skilful practice and his untiring devotion
to our sick—and that as a further testimonial ot
high approbation of his medical services and his
deportment as a gentleman, the Mayor be re
quested to procure and present to him, in behalf
of the city, a Pair of Silver Pitchers and a set
of Silver Goblets, with suitable inscriptions.
Resolved, That we feel especially indebted to
the Nurses sent to our aid by the Howard Asso
ciation. viz: Mrs. Covington, Mrs. Burchfield,
Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Burgoyge, Mr. Dougherty,
Mr. Davis; and most heartily concur in the
manifestation given by the Good Samaritan As
sociation of Augusta, of the value of their ser
vices.
the reading and adoption of the above
resolutions, Dr. Campbell rose, apparently under
much embarrassment, and delivered the following
beautiful, short and feeling address
Gentlen.cn of .flugusla :
Allow me to concentrate the scattering ener
gies of my mind, and enjoy one of those rioble •
priveleges that was guaranteed to us by those
individuals who inscribed their signatures upon
that sacred instrument which will be ever dear
to the sons and daughters of the United States.
Every period of human life, from cradled infan
cy to the infirmities that prove the path of se
cond childhood, is surrounded with numberless
objects, circumstances and influences, that make
deep and abiding mpressions on the human
mind. The year of 1853, in New Orleans,
made an impression upon my mind, that time
can never obliterate.
When the bills of mortality in your neighbor
ing city, Savannah, arrived at theirzenith, I was
among the first in New Orleans to agitate the
subject of the Howard Association sending a
Delegation to Savannah and Augusta. The
Howard Association had a meeting, and selected
myself and my worthy friend Dr. Cross to
accompany two of their number to the State of
Georgia, with ten nurses. The manner in which
I have discharged my duty to the Association is
for you to judge and decide; not ior me.
The memento, that you have procured for me,
will ever be remembered as an emblem of the
intellectuality, benevolence and hospitality of
the citizens of Augusta.
On motion of Wm. R. McLaws, Esq , it was
Resolved, That a copy o' the Resolutions be
sent to the Secretary of the Howard Association
of New Orleans, and to the Nurses, for their
valuable services.
On motion of Dr. J. D Mackie, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting be
tendered to Dr.. A. F. Bignon, of Montgomery
county, Alabama, and Dr. W. B. Cheesborough.
of Burke; and that the Mayor be requested to
present each of them, in behalf of the citizens
ot Augusta, with a suitable memento for their
valuable services, rendered during the epidemic
with which our city has been visited.
After the passage of the above Resolution, Dr.
Bignon, being present—who has just recovered
from an attack ot the fever, rose and said :
( Mr. President and Gentlemen— Having located
myself in Alabama but a few months, and hear
ing of the epidemic in Augusta, I conceived it
but my duty to return and do all in my' power
to alleviate, as much as possible, the misfortunes
of the suffering poor of this, my native city.—
Your thanks have mere than repaid my feeble
services. .
After Dr. Bignon took his seat, Dr. W. B.
Cheeseborough rose and addressed the meeting
as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen— ls I have been
the humble instrument, in the hands of Him who ,
rules above, in alleviating the sufferings of one
fellow-mortal during the prevalence of the epi
demic that has visited your city, I have been
more than repaid ; as I have done nothing but
what 1 conceived to be my duty in remaining
; among you. For the very flattering manner in
! which my services have been noticed by you, as
i indicated in the resolutions just passed, be pleas-
I ed to accept my heartfelt thanks.
I On motion of Rev. J. E. Evans,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the different papers of the City.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
A. P. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
John J. Bykd, Secretary.
HIGHLYIMFROVEDCOTTON!*
BOYD’S EXTRA PROLIFIC t
i f 81HIS New and Valuable variety of COTTON,
£ FAR EXCELLS ANY COTTON WE EVER
I HAD IN THIS SECTION FOR YIELD, as is pro
' ven by a Written Report of Gen. Williamson, Capt.
I Bass, Mathew Whitfield, and other Good Planters
who have tested the merit of this Cotton the pre
sent year. Every Cotton Planter, living in a Short
Climate, should Plant of this Cotton, as it produces
a crop of Squares and Bolls in near half the time
of the ordinary Cutton, checking the growth of the
i weed and going on to maturity. It should be top
i ped about the 20th of July, and if planted on
strong land tho side branches should also be topped
Much is lost by Planters for the want of careful
j selection of Highly Improved Seeds, not only of
Cotton, but Corn, Wheat. Ac. Planters wanting
seed had best apply early. Price cf the Seed
■ I'ER bushel, $5. ' D. DICKSON-
1 Covington, Newton Co., Ga. 1854.
CERTIFICATES I
Covington, Ga ..September 26,1854.
We planted this year Boyd's Extra Prolific Cot
j ton, introduced by D. Dickson, of Covington, which
I has proved far the most Productive Cotton we evet
planted. It is no humbug but a very Highly Im
[ proved variety of Cotton, which we can recommend
; to our friends with great confidence.
I JOHN FRANKLIN.
| ALFRED LEVINGSTON,
DAVID COOK.
i HENRY GAITHER.
, M-C. FULTON.
JOSEPH B. SLACK,
WM. COX. of Morgan County,
THOMAS W. SIMS,
DAWSON B. LANE, of Morgan County.
THOMAS B. HAMMONDS, of Morgan Count-.
MATTHEW WHITFIELD! of Jasper County.
JOHN B. CRIM, of Chattooga County.
THOMAS WYATT, of Jasper County.
Covington, Ga, Sept. 27. 1854
1 We planted this year “Boyd’s Extra Prolific Cot-
I ton” by the side of our other Cotton, no difference
i in the land or cultivation: Boyd's will make at
least one thirl more than the other.
JOHN N. WILLIAMSON
JOHN W. HINTON.
Covington, Ga , Sept. 29, 1854.
We planted this year “Boyd's Extra Prolific Cot
ton” by the side of our other Cotton, no difference
in the land or cultivation: Boyd’s will double the.
other in production.
'■ JOHN BASS. I JOHN S. WEAVER.
, REUBEN WOODRUFF. | JOHN RAY, Coweta Co.
Houston Co. (Sa., Oct. 16..1854.
I planted, on the same half-acre the present year.
I for an experiment, the Seed of some half-dozen of
: the Best improved Varieties of Cotton known in
this country, nil having tho same chance it every
respect. I feel confident in saying that “Bryd s
' Extra Prolific” excelled in Production either ofthe
other varieties at least Ono Third, and some much
morethm that. It is the most Prolific and Closely
; Bearing Cotton that I have erar cultivated.
J A. MILLER.
Covington, Ga., Oct. 7, 1854.
At the request of Mr. Dickson, we examined a
patch of‘ Boyd’s Extra Prolific Cotton,” planted
on the 17th of May. on first andsecond quality of
land, without manure. ■ It is decidedly the heaviest
boiled Cotton we ever saw to the ago of it. not
withstanding tho severe drouth we had. Wc eount
! ed Sixty-Eight grown Bolls on a stalk only Twenty
j Ono Inches High, and 102 grown Bollson a stalk
I only 3 Feet High, besides a number of small ones
I Wo know of no other variety of Cotton that would
*have produced such a crop cf Bolls in so short;.
time.
MoKINDREW TUCKER.
LEWES ZACHRY.
JOHN B. HENDRICK.
PERMEDUS REYNOLDS,
COLUMBUS D. PACE.
FREDERICK COX, of Whitfiebl Connty,
BENNETT 11. CON YERS, of Cass County,
JAMES THOMAS, of Sparta.
AGENTS.
A few Seed may be had from
J. J. PEARCE, Augusta. Ga.
J. R. HIGH. Madison, Ga.,
C. C. NORTON.Greensboro,Ga.,
MORROW A' KENNEDY. Monroe, Ga .
T P. STOVALL 4 CO., Augusta,Ga.,
J. M. STANFORD* CO..Sparta. Ga ,
T.A J HIGHTOWER. White Plains, Ga„
W. T. A J. C. TURNER. Athens,Ga..
CH ARLES H ALLEN. Abbeville,S. C.,
C J PEARSON A. CO . Eatonton, Ga .
MATTHEW WHITFIELD A CO. Sliaily Dale. (’ '
W. J ANDERSON, Fo’rt Valley, Ga.
JONES. PHILLIPS A CO ,Griffin,
WM. ROOT. Marietta,
A. M. ALLEN. Columbus.
GRENVILLE A- SAMPLES, Chattanooga Tenn.
<>. MORSE, Forsyth,
11. BREWSTER, Newnan,
SLOAN A HAWKINS, Rome,
(1. B. WELLBORN. Dalton,
.1. NORCROSS A CO., Atlanta,
W. 11. COOPER. Lagrange.
J. H. A S. ERWIN, Cartersville,
J. F. BROOKE. Chattanooga Tenn.
SWANSON >V COMER, Monticello.
WM. ALEXANDER,Crawfordsville,
S LMUItI. DONALD, Donaldsville Abbeville lu
[tnct, S. C.
I exneetto have seed at the Fair, at Augusta the SOth
Nov. inter, also sample Stalks „1’ the Cotton with 20J
no ::oo l>r.lls a stalk. D- DICKSON .