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a % rnttwn POBTltY. WOMAN'S FAITH. IV Mill l «. Mlt>o». Sbw fated ym, *•»"» »*"• * U ""J ,l * hl Uf bli*s wes oftjrotlf fan* | Thai bliu Ins eutA In •orrew • night, And yal~.be lots* you now 6b* loved y«o, when your J»ynu» iim Taught rveiy heart to thrill; The sweetness of that to** is «one, And yet she lores you Mill. 8ho loved you u lien you proudly slept, The gayest of the gay; That price, the blight of time lies swept. Unlike her tote twny. She loved you when your home and heart Of fortune's smile could taut j She raw that amile decay—depart— And then a he loved you moat. Oh! auch the generous faith that slow* !• wosean'egenile breast— *TU like that atar that ataya and glows Alone fn night's dark vest., That ataya because each other ray, Haa loft the lonely short t And that the wanderer on Ida way, Then wattle her light the more. Fr»« Me ConetUnttonaHtt. AtTOvoxa BOARD OF HEALTH. Thursday, »r,n. »th. J2 M. The Doirdreport four deaths of white persons, end three of color, during Uiolaattwrniy-lour houra, front fever, and One from Intemperance, in the rity. The Board alio report two death* of while per tone, and one negro, In the country—two of uhirh occurred prevloui to the repot t of yesterday, hut were not then eecerfalned. Pabliahed by order of the Doanl. A. GUMMING, Mayor. 1 flait't. M. Thompson, 8*c'ry. Fntttar, Sept. 6, l<2 M The Board report three deatha in the city during the teat twenty-four hours, from frntf-un# from general debility and exhaustion, and two negroo* from old age—and three deatha from fever in lliat* country. Published by order of the Board. A. CUMM1NG, Mayor. v 8iMt>KL M. Thompson, Secretary. Saturday, Snpt.7, 12 5J. The Board of Health report fivu darntlia of favor fa the city ainca 12 o'clock yesterday, und one in the country from tho anme disensc. Tha Board alsu report tho death of threw other paraoni, In the city, via t one from fracture of tho thigh, one ofintentpnrancr, andono of old uge. ' Tha Board alio report tho death of another rltl- •an, J. C. Griffin, at Aiken, who tlird of hilh.ua cholic. Fubllibed by order of tho Bowl. A.CUMMING, Mayor. Samuil M. TuoMnoN, Seen tury. Sunday, Sept. 8, 12 M. The Boanl of HonIiIi report that four deatha .have occurred during tho last twenty-four hour a— only two from fever, ono from hemorrhage, and ouo ■god negro woman from chronic complaiut. I'ubliibed by order of ufthe Boanl. A CUMMINO, Mayor. J. G. Dunlap, Soo'y, pro tom. THE FEVER IN AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, Sopt. I.t, Iflio. Sin—JnopmpUunoe with your roquet accompa nying the letter from Id- Honor, the .Mayor of Chur- lesion, this morning refeired to mo, I am happy in being able to atato, unequivocally, that tho ilheaao • by which ourclty haa been nllilcwd during tho laat month, la Hot contagious nor la it in any way au«- ctplible of communication frum on* peraon to anoth er, bv contaot,clothing, or any ortho media by which contagion may be cominunlratod. Nor la them the least rraaon to believo that there la an •mhtotlon from the body whereby a aimilur diiea-o may bo produced in another person. ThU U a do cl»ioa sanctioned eo far »• 1 have renann to hollevo bv every Intelligent memlwr of the medical profit ■ton In tlM city, ami la founded on tho auhtautial basili of tho conatant character of the anmo diaeaae, b$ It has, from time to time, appeared under tho Qbgerntion of intelllgeut physician*, fa dill,-rent pieces, and tho minuio and conatant uhaorvntiun uf itscharacter during ita preaont prevalence here. • This declsiun should Ur sufficient to quiet the np- .prehensions whioh msy exist in tho minds of ihu tntall'gant community of Chsrleiton or any other jjWo. Bnt as rumor haa spread far ami wide ~ ,iite./|iritailtous falsehood that Vellow Fover and a contagious epidemic exists fa Augusta, It may not he'Improper, fa order that truth, with Its whofa.omo bearing ptay obtain amongst our friends fa Charles- loo iI will as olsewhera, to stato in connoxlon with the above, without resting tho truth on ita hare an nouncement, that so far as I havo been able to lcatn, Mi caso Of Yellow Fever bas originated in Augusta during the whole season; that tho dlaeuso by which ouir qommnnity have bean visited la tho same in its ; general character with tha fevers which formerly ' afflicted uur city by lu annual recurrence fa autumn . —ithb Abnie with that which prevallod fa Barnwell . Dlatrict, S, C., tho laat sanson, and other district! la Georgia and elsewhere—that ita nccorrcnoo at this season, after years of almost unparalelled health WWriy,>d properly auributabla to a predisputi- timtmore or less general, through the country, ar- rising from a 'summer of unusual heut, followed by the oool easterly breqifi or approaching autumn.— These causes have*introduced u fever, the general character of which is primarily, Inflammatory Bili- oue fever.' As the season haa progressed, lltn gen*- .ral character of the fever haa becomo more simply inflammatory, or theordinaiy febrile symptoms pro- disced by told.' All these cases have been found of •asy coatfoul. A modifying cause haa, however, . N operated with great power on a small portion of the -my*in aUno of a few hundred yards, directly ire- ward of the trash whatf—a collection of putrescent 41th deposited in tho river, occupying, ahovn water, a.apaotof ^quarter or half an acre. In tho lino of the easterly and north easterly winds which pre vailed steadily for two or three weeks over this ssharfr a considerable number uf cases were an mo dified as to reader them highly dangerous ami fa eetM Instances unoontrulable, by tho supemddition of eongosdvb symptom*. Those cases, in mder to eheraetorisu their difference, are propeily denomi nated " Congestive cases of bilious fever. 1 ' This is ' the ordinary type of those ca-ea of bilious fever, which cease death earlier than alias seventh or eighth SWWm| lb the greater or less intensity of tho .:mm ri>e. modifying influence of the habit and tetnpeiameot of tho individual attacked. &c. To these ease*, the mortality has boon confined. A* .arrange exaggerations havaguue thread rela- tlvb to the mortality of the disease, and which are ■ hid the legitimate fruits of an unwarrantable panic, which has existed, I will take tbs liberty of adding injustice to truth, as wall as the character of the Wrlieel profession hsre, that, according to the best •etimaios have bean abfa to make, the mortality, from the bfioa fag of the disease this reason, to «h»fifith of August, did not exceed ono in 24 or 25 mmwi and thetthe rate of mortality haa so dvereaw •iJltat from the hfgteaiag to the present time, (SrjUtt) the proportion of mortality to recoveries -• ••••aAs*, at most, exceed one in 50 cares. This opinion »* concurred In by my professional brethren, on for ee l have boon ablo to consult them on this Dr. Samoil Lanoikt, of Charleston, having generously offered his professional services to the citisrns of Auguste, which were cordially received by Mr. Cumming, Mayor of that elty, Dr. L. was called on by iba Maynr In stole his opinion ef the disease. The following is bis cm err t To HU Honor A. Camming, Mayor. Sir—In reply to your interrogatories, I htve th» honor to inform you that in the several cares ofdia* ease that I havo teen fa your city, that#is notin mv bumble opinion the least vestsga of “Yellow Fever. As for ■■ my observation extends, the ceses ss- sume the aspect of Bilious Remittent Fever, essu- ming In the latter stages the Typhoid Type—and here and there I have seen e ease uf Bilious Inter mittent Fever. The characteristic difference In these diseases are that the Remittent form of Fever never entirely pi.sres off until resohi'Ion, but altrinately remit* and recurs again. Whereas fa Bilious Intermittent Faver, there tie complete and entire intermission's, and is a di-rate swi generis influeuc, d fa somo un accountable manner by periodicity. Now the Yellow Fever present* one uninterrupt ed paroxism from beginning to und, and never pass es off, until it teimlnates either by resolution,nr » rold *urfarewith cold clammy sweats exuding fa largetliotis,and hvpncratic countenance—the for- merit uniformly a favnriibloissm—the latter beyond all doubt will termmnto fatuliy | heiltatu not to fa-li.-ve, tlint your diseases are wholly free uf all manner of contagion and am de cidedly uf the opinion that lb" moat powerful earl- ting cause* producing the disease lo su great an ex tent ns it hiss nlrnndy dona, is the iiunccountaldefear tbut Ins pervaded yi ur popul.ition— while local ennses only, have operated remotely in generating ittNopidumic. Very reapectfolly. Ac. SAMUEL LANGLEY, M.D. September 8,181f). MOBILE, Sept 8. Wu regret that we are obliged to arinniincn ilia inrti-asn of sickness among us, gnuernlly. however, disease dm-s not pnrtake of llmt malignancy that might lie unticijMitcd—but we hnve before us a long period of the most unfavorable season of the year, and we cunnol too earnestly repeat tho cuutiou for care and attention.—Chronicle. ' NElV *0ft LEANS, Aug. 20. f'oTTXKsrixt.n.—The interments in this burial ground, from the I Util to tho 28tIt—yesterday—in clusive, lin^brun 258. Ofllti'se 178 had diiul of yellow (ever, 85 of .whom Imd exnirud fa the C'liar- liy 11ns|*tial, nod were included in our daily re ports. The ovcrqgo burials in the other romnterics re*|K'Clive|y,^avo been about Ibreo pr ilium.— Picayune* NORFOLK, Sept. 6. We nllud--d fa our last lo tho henllliof Norfolk, anil hove Just received tho report of l)r. Hodges, thu health ollic-r, which sli-ws that tho total nutil. berofdeatlm during the month uf August was 15, of which 8 were whites, nod ll colored.—If euro n. . Ills proper to add, that the panic to which the people havo yieidad bas been a cause not only u f ienrasse I# the oember of eases, but of mortality j by fre physical fafloaoea of fright, and a lamentable privathnofoanfag. The lpealcausesof tbealanofaf part ofthespide- atiobavlaf boisncorrectwl, there it now no reas-vn It appraboai any fortbar predisposing cause fa the inswsphsra of Augusta, and ho caso of congestive form will probably henceforth occur, unless excited •a prodisp vlilon*already ere*t*« 1. This opinion i* tmdtdoe observatloo of the oases of th>* fovur, which bare occurred within the hut four or 4 re days, and the general ehasgo in the constitution of the • Very respectfully, M ANTONY, M. D. His Heaor A,CtrNvino. Mayor. Ta«im IT coollt.—A whig was found in an ic JflUr, the other day, trying to read tlie returru from Tennessao.—Retivre Argut, CHARLESTON, Sept. 7. CAUTION.—A dog wu* killed thu morning under thu influence uf hydrophobia, hut not until it had bit ten several prisons severely, besides it number uf ■logs.— Patriot. TUB LATK srdtlM. Tha Elisabeth City. (N. C ) I’hntnlx ofSntnrdny say*: The weutlier last Sunday, .Mutulay, Tuesday ■ml Wednesday about 12.M. uiisexcoodmgly wmiiii, the mercury ranging about 81) in ilia «-li-,«|.t; Wed nesday evening tbn metruiy fell lo 70, wliun we were vLlied with the severest storm experienced In ro this year: ruin lu.| in turrents, and lliu wind was uncommonly high. Since tho nbovo was in type, wo learn that the storm,Thursday uicht and Finlay morning did much damage thrwugfamt thu town and ndjnwMit cunntry, blowing down trees, fences, ubiinnuys, &c. mid carrying uwny a'l lltn bridges mi the road between this ami Hartford, in convei|tiouco of which the mail was unable to proceed lo Kdentun, on Tlturs- doyevening, and tho storm raged wiihiuch violence yestetday tliut it was dectmd imprudent tu send the stage lo Notfolk. Thu farmers nruund hero ex- pot iencod ssvero losses by their corn being blown down. Tho storm Imd abated but little wliru nur papor went tt> press ycslurduy ovotting.—Norfolk Beacon, Mb inst. NEWUERN, (N. C.) Sept. 8. Till I.STR OAI.R.—When our tinpor was pul to prossla-t week, the gain to which wc therein nllu- dud continued in nil It# fierceness, nor did it relax here for sevrruf hours tiftnrwnnls. Wo lemn from the Bar, llmt its i fleets on tho shipping were truly disastrous, butliuvu tint bcun able to learn tnauy of the pniliculuH. Tim stdtouiier Eli Hnyi, of Wnslilngton, Cap tain Unrlinteus Williams, buuml for Boston, with naval stoics, was driven on ffo’n Island and up- sut. Tho Captain was washed overborn d and drowned. Tim schr. Alahunm uf tills place, Copt Wruten, fur Charleston, with a cargo ul corn, pnrt>-d ono of her chain cables, drifted on shun* and sunk. Sclir, Thomas Winn,of N. York, Cupt. Johnston, for Boston, with nttvul stores, driven uu shorn with loss of sleek lead. Schr. Standard, uf Slatun Isluml, from Wilming ton, N. (J. sunk. A tmw- lighter, Edward Gray, of Washing ton, N. C., drifted uu Amity Sliual, ami lust buth toast*. Schooner Bounty, of this port, dragged bur an chor*, cut away bur main must, and redo out the gale. Suvnr.il other vessels, names not known, were driven on shore, making in all 14 anil. Wo cannot closo our brief noticu of the events uf the gala without paying a well merited tribute of oclmiiatlots and applause to Mr. AmnvnStyrnu,fur III* noble daring in buliulf of his sniforing follow cit- icons. During the 101101* pari of thu luto gala, ami at a timo when others stood alooffrom tho | orilons undertaking Mi. S. pul oiTulono in an open pilot boat, and suoceodud fa saving the lives of 8 crows who were fa imminent danger. Tha first vessels ho approached—-iho lliutmis Winn was sunk, and in so exposed a situation, that ho could not g<-t alongside; the gallant Styren unehored his bunt m il klinrt distance from • tic wreck, plunged into tlm bulling surge, swam to the vessel, uhluinodu ••line,'' and lignin sw um m fas bout! The line having been mad-* fast lo tho boat, thu crew of tho wreck warp ed her a|ungside, gut on boaid, uml wore rescued from w vsatciy grave. Tho intrepid Styr.ni next sucecedril in hoarding tho Alabama, und taking otVher exhausted and ex- posed crew, wham hulmdvd on Portsmouth. With a preservation which does him everlasting honor, tho dauntless Sty run again polio the sum in hi* bunt, determined to save the crow of thu Wil liam tit sy,or peri-lt iii thu nttompt. Her situation was so exposed—thu brenkur* making an entire breach over Iter—that he could not approach neater than about 20yards to her, to leeward, where be anchored. He leaped aiming tlm breakers, encour aged the crew to threw their huggagu overbornd and accompanying it, assuring them llmt tha boat being •o fa** *..I— it.—»M >- J talion they comph. d, teoclioU the boat, ami were saved! At this time a strong ebb-tide prevented their re turn to Portsmouth. 5lr. Styren landed them, through the breakers on the sea ward side of Dry Shoal Point, when they launched the boat, repn-sed tha breakers, and reached Portsmouth altout 11 o' clock nt night, almost exhausted with fatigue and exposure. W» know not the circumstances of this noble heart ed man, but if they be not such ns the richly de serves, wa hope that they will be immediately made so. A community like this, capable of appreciating and admiring such acts, will not be backward in bj. stowing substantial cvideucc* of their watrn aimio- bation. 1 ‘ Our informant states that Messrs. R. &. J. Wal- laco, together with two otltrrs, who*o nam.-s he dors not know, went off after Mr. Styren’* first re turn, und nobly »nvrd three crews. We are pleased to Icim llmt the ravage* of the storm were but little felt fa tho surrounding coin- tie*. Several of the crops, however, in this vicinity have been considerably injured. Fracas Nrar Cincinnati.—A fracas lately tw- curred fa a German R.fle Comtmny. at Wade's woods near Cincfauuti, whither limy Imd gone to shoot at a target. Some of tho number* havine partoken urn J reds-of ^uarrelkri as u» tlw closeness of their shuts at the target. This led to a pretty general engagement .rf tlu company, in which one man was shot through tho ear, a*ve«| knocked down with Uu stocks of rillcs. H ,ul «Uur. severely cut with sabres. A number uf uU urs were dangerously injured. Milavcholt Suicidx.—YsstnnUy,« womanof the name of Ellen McDonnell, n native of Ireland, while laboring under thu effects of yellow fover, fa a moment at insanity seised a rarer, and cut far throat. She resided in Fom-bet street, *,c.*n.J munici|Niliiy, and had been only four months mar. riad — Lcumann AJr. [raft T«I OEoMian.] GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The regular momMy meeting of the Georgia His torical Society, was hrld at the Savannah Library Sucfaty'a Room on Monday evening ; when it waa gratifying to observe thuttlie spiiited interest which creat'd, sill sustained an institution, which, fait* ultimate results, cannot but be beneficial to the His torical Literature of Georgia. Though formed »t n period, even later than the Historical S rciety of Mi. chigan, a Suite, whose territory was unexplored, save by the Indian hunter, when Georgia win soi led 5 yet it has taken the |. u<l nf several of tho States, which were venerable with ego, when this was but in the infancy of It* being. Virginia, the oldest colony fa the Union, Maryland, North and South Carolina, are still, as Slates, hidiffort lit to the rich mine*of IIi-toriral wealth which »r« burn d in llielr archive* ond private collections } end no So ciety has been forrred in cither rflbem, lo siokhno shaft fortho recovery of these invaluable treasure*. |l is pirating tu observe, that tha successful exer- lions which we have made, have already rou-ed some of nur sister States, awl railed forh lltrongh the public press, appeals t>t their patriotism, and I belt reverence nf t he ' olden tim^,' which we fain hope, will lie of mu,rh avail. The nimfrous com mendation* which tha periodical* of tint dav from Maine, almost to the Gulf uf Mexleo 5 and the fra ternal notire, which the sevepif Hlytaticnl Societie* nf tho North, havo bestowed jlptfti .bs, should serve to stimulate exertion, etrlanlUte spirit of research, which will bring light uutofdarkness,and cnusottio hidden things tube mndo plain. Tho document* wu have already received, iji h in local interest, ate hut an earnest uf what may yet he obtained by diligent emptily, and patient toil. Having, through the courtesy ufthe British Government, dnrived from tho stato officers in London, all tlm papor* heuring | on out cohmiul history, and Itoving across to what ever inatetinlt the several institution* ofourcounlry enn furnish, it now remains to be seen, whether (kui’.oiANs with »o many nmans within their teach, w ill, by witholdlng tlm documents which they may passes*, oinliurrass and retard theefl'orts, which making ttxollect mi umplo and faithful history uf her colonial settlements, her revolutionary scones, and her stato government. II remains to he seen, w hether Gtonaisxs will lend their efficient support to mi institution which promises to rescue tlm pu»t from uppruiichin^ilili- vion, to colluct the scattered fragment* of ^vnte und tuidiiimmty hist or v, und to raise upon liar fortilo resottrees, n history of Georgin, which *lmll do honor to tlm State, and compete with those-pleudid mon ument* of coloniul rind Stain annals, which ure jii«dy the pridoef American literature. Wo trust that the appeal which has already gonn forth, wiR moot with a cordial and successful response. At tho Meeting on Monday evening, a number of |.-tiers were rend, from getitlomen who Imvu been electedfitonornry members, speaking in terms of en comium of otir efforts, nnd professing their henrty rngemenl.nnd tiiil. FroinJnred Sparks. Esq., tlm Professor of History in Harvard University, the Society has received one of its most valnublo nnd interesting documents, vir.: “ The original commis sion, letters, nml instruction*, of tho General As sembly of Georgia, to Dr. Benjamin Franklin, a* ngent to solicit tho affair* of this proviuco in Grant Britain. These papers were copied nml transmit- tod lit his own expenso, and indiento a teal in tho department of history, illustrative of the Catholic ipii it of him, who nmy be justly termed the l’luturch nf Atnericnn Biography. From Governor Everett, of Massachusetts 5 Professor W. G. Goddard, of Rhode Island; James Fennimore Cooper, John Jay. W. II. Prescott, the ouiltnr of tho splendid history of • Ferdiunnd utnl Isahellu; Archibald Clarke, F.«i . mwl others, we have been favored with tho most tangible tokens of their interest I nml we doubt not, hut that these ' fir-t fruits’ will bo fol lowed by a rich, nnd abundant harvest. III addition to thu interesting correspondence and the Report nf tho Librarian, a memoir was rend Iwfore tho Society on " The History nf Frederica, on St. Simons,” a topic in Itself interesting, imd which whs treated in a very aide, and lucid milliner by tho Rev. T. IL Bnrlow. It would doubtless gratify* ninny of your rentiers could n sketch of this valua ble paper bo given in your columns { hut as it nmy ultimately bo incorporated with the Society's cel- lections, wo will not anticipate it hero. With the memoir wns presented a beautiful *k< tub of the ruins ofGcn. Oglethorpe's Head Quarter,at Frederi ca, taken In 1837. Some, in (Ac ipirit of indif ference and tiijiitienen, Itnvo prophecied that this Society would soon decline, and meet the fate of thorn association*, whoso ephemeral existence hns been our shame nnd reproach. But wulmpotlmt the mantle of the seer rests not on tho shoulders of *nch vnl'cfoatoi*, for If wo do not greatly mistake, the Society cuntnins within itself the elements of its perpetuity.' It is for n > abstract purpose; it has no purely literary aim ; it is for the collection of histo* ricnl facts; nnd for the preservation of those retniti- escnccs, und traditions, which on 1 fust fading uwny It incorporate* itself with tho very being of our commonwcuhh, it conies homu to the social circle nml the family fireside; it i. link'd with tlm ruins uf nur vlirly settlements; with tlm battle fields that linve checkered our territory with blond; with the In. (linn tribes (hut have gone to tlm s-tiing sun; with the patriot* “ who counted not their own lives dear unto them" in the struggle for liberty; utnl with all those hallowed n**ociution« thnt havo consecrated tho soil of American freedom. It is not the learned only who are imoivsted in its design, it pertains to nil classes; to the rich, und tlm pour—the educated, nnd tho illiterate—tho mechanic, tho merchant, tho planter, the professional ntnn, are nil concerned fa n plntt whose success will reflect lmnor not merely upon the Society, hut upon every cituoti of the com monwealth of Georgin. 1 it is wi ll tlm utmost sorrow that we announce the decea«* ufthe Honorable Witt.iAM SuLi.tra Although lie has been for several years past in a groat measure retired from socisty, there are many who well know him as on* ofthuso most capable u. adorning it. Hewa* a man of accomplished man ners, most amiable and benevolent disposition, of extensive and varied acquirements, and always rea- dy to devote his time, hi* tnlcnt*, and his mean* to the promotion nf objects pf public utility and benevo lence, and tho *rrvi<#ol hi* friends. Ho formerly took inactive p.rt in the political measures of the day, and no man evor served the public more faith, folly nnd honestly, according to the dictate* of his judgment and conscience. Although he had with drawn from public life we cannot but regard his death as a severe pnhlie lo»s, a* it i* a deep olfac tion ton largo circle of bis acquaintance and friends — Uorton Advertiser. ToNNsor. on Tttr. Wkstkrx Rivers.—Front a table ot the registered, cnrellrj nnd licensed ton- tmgn of tlm United States, the Pittsburg Advocate has compiled the f-IIowing statement of the tonnage of the several principal p-irtsonilm We.t- ru Rive —exclusive of New- Orleans, which I* rather a sea than a River port• MIRACULOUS ESCAPE* Mr. Dc G*r. a highly rusperUbls cUixea of Au gusta, precipitated himself, brad foremost, from thn third storv window nf tha Cant ral Hotel on Wed nesday night last, sud although he fall on a pile of wood, escaped uninjured. He was at the time la boring under the idea that hn had taken the Yellow Fever in Augusta,(which place he had recently lrft) and wished to destroy films-If. He was taken l ark to hi* chamber, hut with that cunning s • peculiar to in«atr* perrons, eluded the vigilance of lliu*a placed to watch him, nnd again jumped-ot uf tha •ame widow, alighting on hi* bend, h-dtd not *•». enpe asliefoie, a* hi« Ima.) was rlreadfidly bruited, und several lionet Inoken. It i*. howev r, thought thnt Ire will recover,—Alkent Il'Atff. Thk Dltnraitr.—Wn regret lo learn thnt the drott-ht, which prevailed fo. inm" lime pa*t in our city itax prevailed to u grea er extent in the country, nnd is doiu ; much injury Io the cot 10a and provision crop*. An extract of 11 letter, dated 2d Inst., near Mnnk'i corner, any*— “ The ilroticht is about to cut off our pen and slip crop*. 1 hern bus net been in my rememi ranee, «o fang s *|»e|l ofdrj wrathcr. My green seed crop it doing badly. It Is now nearly ull open. Back ward crop* ore doing worse. We will not be trou bled with luto picking this year."— Chari. Coer. THE COLLEGE Wo learn thnt Iwrnly free* student* havo been admitted into our University since the late com* meiHVinent, and thnt the whole number nowin the Institution is 113. At tho same i nto last year there were 105, and nt the snmo in 1837, 102 Mu- den's. Tlm friend* nf the Stato University will bo gratified to knuw, that notwithstanding lira estab lishment of other College*,.uml 'he four* entertain ed by many thnt our* wouid suffer Injury in conse quence, its prospects arn growing anmiully brighter, a d it* iudefattgubla Faculty cheered in their toil* by the assurance tlmt a discriminating people.ap preciate the usefulne** of their labore.—Southern Danner, 3lI/A Aug. Tlm Fr. brig There tu Lou ita, Capt. Cnrdonet, arrived tit this port yesterday, report* having spo ken -lOtlin't., in lat. 28 41, long. 8ft 02.11 schooner from Charleston, f.,i* Havana, painted black with a white streak, from 00 to 80 tons, with ln»s of fail- wink*, boat, and every tiling about deck. Sim wns probably thu Financier, which auilcd-heuce on the 24th uh. Southkhn Rusk.—-Wo tiro authorised to s'ato that tho announcement in u lute Courier, of thu continued publication of the llote, was premature, no editor jmving yet been engaged. Should any person hn iurlfacd i„ enter into negociations for thn purpose, they nrn requested to apply to thu lute publisher, Mr. B. B. Hussey, 3fi Broad street. Dust) Witniir.—T(iefollowing is tho explana tion oftfiiH torin, givcu by .tlcCullooh's Dictionary of Commerce: 4 The Bank uf England entered, on tho 20th of March, 1U23, into ao engagement with Government with respect to tlm public pensions and annuities, or. ns they havo houn more commonly termed tlm Arad weight.' At tlteoml of tho war, thu nuvul and military pensions, superannuated allowances, &e., amounted to nbovo £5,000,000 a year They would, ofcour-e, have been gradually lessened, and ulti mately extinguished by the doath of the parties. But it was resolved, in 1822, to ttUvtpnt to sptend the burden equally over tlm wholo period of forty- five y-'tirs, during which itwus culciilato.l the annu ities would continue to decrease. To effect this purpose, it wus supposed thnt, upon Government offering to pay £2,800,(100 a your, for forty-five yeurs, capitalists would ho found who would under take to pity 1I10entireuiiiiuilies,according tun grad uated sculo previously doleimim'd upon, making tlm first your a payment ol £4,000 OtlO, and gradu ally decrensing Urn payments, until tlm forty-bfih and fast year, when they would amount to nn'y £300,000. This xup|insi-ion was tmt, however, irulizrd. Nocupilulisis were found willing tnenirr into elicit distant engagements, U-t in 1823, tho Bank ngn ud. on condition nf receiving nit annuity nf £535,740, for forty-four ye irt*, commencing nit tho 5th April, 1823, to pay cm account .of 1 lie'pen sions. &c., nt .liffi-rent specified p-rio«ls, between tlm year* 1823 nnd 1028, both lne'u*ive, the sum of£ 13,080, 418 •’ [4 CJco. 4 c. 22. The London Atbemctun contains n review nf Cooper's NnvtiI History. The critique cmnniencos in tlm following word*: 44 It is nut one of tlm lonst cii- imm citcum nances arising out of the «omowliut iinomn'ons c-oidition of relations nod feelings between America and Eng land, that the author of 11 wot k tike this sh u!d first puhlirii it in England, . “ It might tlieiclniQ hnve been presumed thnt a wttrk so entirely A into Iron in it* object* would have honglii an American publisher, or, at all even's, that it would scarcely have selected far its especial n>1 . tlio.'ce Ihti-eu Imse nncietil ni •rlificai.mi* it records, anti whose lutiiro one* it anticipate*, ’i he nation ality of iim author has yielded how* ver. lo his in- ..lincts a* 11 mcichaiii; and hei.ee it is that thu fu*t history of He Ameririin navy, written by on Ameri can, Itiuiscll 11 meml-er uf the st-rvico in que-tiun, is given to tlm world threugh tho medioiii of the Eli- glislt pro**. We ure mi r i||>h Mr. C. ujmr would U* willing to ratify, in terms, tit tin* n-inii*- -.ion* which tltosu am -iii*ius who are at all sure nt trso-'casumtit strictures may fay to tlm wound with veiy soothing cfl't-ci." Now this is one nf tlm iustniicex in whieli our Iran* Atfanlic relatives C et things wiong «*>.d far,.- in mi. Mi. U- n ley ’sedition is a reprint from the origiml cd tion, pnldiri.ed by |.en Si D anchnnl of •his city. Tlm lllo of tlm .\» er i an hook is 4 - Tho 11 story of the Navy of tlm United St-.te* of America, by J. Fen.more Cooper. 1 Tli s title only could, hove gene to England, where the wo-k i* a .noun- erd as by J, fenimor- Coop r. Ktquire. Tld* will give the Quarterly another opportunity to sneer at Mr.'Conner's love for titles. In n former In- •tu n-e in which llmt w«>rk indulged very freely iu eomntcot* on Mt-Cuopei'a Squiieitm, in the title page of the l»--ok on E'lgfand, the titio nf the work a* given by the author wns England, &c. by •• an Ami'iicno." Sti-l many pies o> iu this count'y c -pie-l tlm tibo-e, with tlm fu 1 facts *ianng thorn in tlm face, in this fa-tolice, Mr. Cooper issuoerul at for first piddi-hiug in Kn.-l.i-d, wlmn lot fust piili|i*li«-d io America, nnd in the other for calling idmsvlfwu F.-qwire, when hedid nut make use of his «nnm mull.— National Gazette. Pittsburg Cincinnati St. Louis IwmiUvUI* Nashville Wheeling 11.884 71 10.370 36 8.373 00 7.734 00 5.481 36 305 31 Tlm New Orleans Bee says that some of the sturdy and athletic negroes who drive drays and work on the levee fa that citv. are cuducd w.th mi astonishing d 'gico ot niusculivr strong li. It cite* an instance uf uuu of these men who, at tb«* close of » hurvl day’s work, loaded u wfavlfairrow witii 1120 lbs ol pig leml, ami inuvcd it nbout in varum* di- raction-. Dr tTH of cfav. Clacks.—We Irani fr.im the I raukf"rt t'o-wuweiiUh >t( TocmI .y U»i, that Jam** Clarke, K*q., (i ivero >r "f IG-niiickr, di««| rival morning aisiut U oVIuck THE TASSELS CASE. The Whig papers of Gcrgin, for want, wo sup pose, nf hotter charge*, nre bnri y encaged in mis representing Judge McDonald’s views upon tho subject oFStnlo jurisdiction, and have raked up a part ufthe pro£i edings ofour Legislature upon tne Tns-eL case, lo prnvo their as«eriinn*. H»w they ran reconcile their course on this question, in view "f all the facts, to the dictates of candor ami fair dualling, wo are at a loss to c-mceive; for they most know that tho true ronsonof hi* soring agninst the resolutions, wns because lie conceived, we think justly too, that legislative Interference wn< unneces sary. An aitirfa in anothei column from tho Stan dard nf Union, folly explains thi* muter, and show* the injusiire, ami illibeiftlity of the Whig press. Tassels hsd been tiled Rnd convicted iu one of our Superior courts, and sentenned to he hung. Ho was in tho custody of tho preper officer, who vva* bound hy his oath of office to execute the law; and nn resolution nfihe Lcei-lature could strengthen hi« ohliga'ionstn obey hi* oath and th • law. Inonlinry tim snuy faterlerence of this kind would Im con sidered ridiculous; nnd it wns only the great excite ment which prevailed, that could excuse the Legis lature for inking up the subject at oil.—Judge .Mc Donald, fa voting t-» leave the court to disch-rge its duty unmo'cMcd. only showed a cooler bond than tho majority pti-seowsd on that occasion, nml thereby illu-tratsl hi* capacity to dirc-’t tlm affairs ufthe Slate, io 11 cool, deiiiierate nnd cirromspcct itmnner. Wp think hi* vote on this occasion, were tlm reasons known, would bo considered ouo of the strongest arguments in favor of his election to tho Chief Magistracy of the State.—Athene Danner, 6/4 inti. The Chevalier D'Argniz. tit* newly appointed Minuter 1'ltminutes.tinry from the Court ol .Spam to tlie V. Stitles, itn* arrived in thi- city, and Hiking lo-lgiu^s at Mr*. Ulrich's. The Chevalier DWign-x aucew ds Mr C tldemn de 11 llareti, w ho i* appoint- '••I Mmisics Pfaulputeritiary lo Mexi-o. Tlm de- pai lure ot Mr. Calderon tfo la Bar* a trumthe United State* tu represent her mo 1 CVhulic M.j.-.ty near a neigiib-ninf Republic, will leave u uonierou* cir cle of friend* to regret tlm I"** of one t*lioi« equally di-liiig"i»fa'.l for diplomatic ability and for social virtues.— I\’atk. Globe, Sth inti. Viucim Silk.—Wo are indebted to Robert llutfrr, K*o , of tim Isle nf Wight, for six hanks nf I'eautiful silk, raised from tit* leaf uf the common White Mulhcrrv—the silk sum and iwistud on a common spinuiug wlim l, and dyed of (our v.iriotj* c lours-—Its pr» luctio/i is highly crediti*! |« to the U<ly, in ihst country, wfai su|tarfnte<ided lh« wkola m tlm above operations. KJ* Mora sImhii .ilk fa our first.—fUch, £4. •fairer ning th* ladies of our villsg* and the vicinity callrd and paid their respects to Mrs. Poinsett at her rooms in tli* Exchange Hotel, and were them in* I induced to thn President. 1 Im President and Secretary leavw her* this i-veidng in tit* Oneida steamboat for Sachet's Har bor. COLUMBUS, Sept. 11. CoTtoN.—We were shewn, a low dnys since, and now havo in our office, auliject to tho inspection ofany urn*, a part of a cotton stalk grew n upon the pUn ationof Capt. Henry Crowell, of Russell coun ty,'Alabama, which surpass any thing in the cotton line wh have ever eren. Tho sulk, we have been informed, end we doubt nut correctly, was seven feet fa heigh'. The piece now before us, about 5 incltesfa length bus ten full grown bolls of cotton, llmstuphi of whinh is much finer than any wo have tern. Tilt-ThiB*.brunch in hutielio* of two nnd three im mediately from the stalk, which is almost limbless. —Argnt. N. Oil LEANS. Atjgt.3D. Wo ere informed that 331 holes cotton, of tho now crop, urrived hero yesiculuy in tho steamer Ganges, from Vicksburg, uiui the Levant, from Ba you Snift-r—Louittanian. Ul’PhU CANADA. The following paragraph is from a Kingston paper of lux Friday we* k. M e are enabled to stnle,upon good authority, that a mint martini will immcdiutcly assemble in this • -vn, fui tho trial of tho prisoner* implicated in thn Coimurg plot. Ll. Col. Betliune is appointed pre sident, ami Henry Sherwood, E*q., Queen's coon- sol and l.ieutenunt Colonel,—judge uilvocnte. We are al-o given to underet'Oid thnt a strong nddilinn to nur present military force, together with a dn- tnrliimuit of provincial “dragoons, for the purpose of patrolling,may fori hvvith be expected down here. Sir George Arthur who returned to Toronto last Saturday, si and energy. is determined luuci with promptitude From the Globe. TREASURY NOTES. Tiutsstmr Dkpartmknt, September 2, 1833 Amount Issued under thn provisions of the acl October 12 1837, viz: $10,800 000 00 Of thnt issue there has been redeemed 8,670,060 85 $5,708,810 01 5,177,287 41 Leaving outstanding In lieu of tho»o re- deuined thorn hn* been issued under act of 21st May, 1338 Of that issuo them ha* been redeemed Leaving of that issue outstanding Aggregate of first nnd second issues outstanding The issu"* under tho provisions of tho act of the 2d nf March, 1838, a- mount to Of that issue, thorn hns been redeemed $328,01 532.522 60 801,561 65 3,857,276 21 188,800 00 “the PRESIDENT AT B-TtUNOTON. Vt. From the Burlington Stntinel'Md utt. \\e mentioned Inour last that Air. Van Buren declined accepting an invitation tendered him to visit this puce on his way to tho north from Sar atoga, «• he did nut feel himself at liberty to do •». while it was not in his powir to visit m*ny other plaors In tho .late, from which pres-ing invitations h id *l*obeen »ent him. Gw Saturday evening,how- «»cr, information was received that on the arrival ufthe steambeal here on Wednesday night, Mr Van Bureu would refar depart from his proscribed courre o» to spend the usual huur of the waiting of the boat at tlie American Hotel, where ell who might he ifrainiusof seeking nn introduction to the Chief Magistrate of the nation, could bfc gratified. Noii'*es were accordingly is-ued and sent to varh-u* pi,, Is «I tlm coumy, and on Tuesday evening 11 com mittee consisting of Chores Adams, Col. Hyde, Durtm Chivmfa rluln, Wyllys Lyroan, and Guy Gath, proceeded to \N hilclinll tu escort the President to this place. ...... Notwithstanding the short notice nnd the limited time Mr. Vun Buren would necessarily remain dur ing tlm waiting of the bust, an Immense concourse of the inhabitants of this und the neighboring town* ns-embUd at an eaily hour. IWconcourso was urknowlodg'd to have bean greater than waawer known at that placo. Evervtown fa the county wa» represented by u full defagntlnni besides large num ber* from Montpelier, Middfahiry, St- Albans, and mniiy other plnreS. Indued, itspeni'-d as If the farmers had turned out inn body to testify their r< - I gar.I for 1 ho man wh"*« life Im* licen devoted t > , the advancement ufthe interest of the people, wi'u- out discrimination of sect or condition. On Inndingat tiio wltaif, ho was greeted ••> three rounds of henrty clieet s, and u salute of ;u.-uty.six guns, and was met by the committee of arrai.gement* in carriage*, and an immense cottenur-e l citizens. They then commenced moving toward* 'ho hotel, headeJ by the Mumjwher Baud, in a hu : • eurri 'ge playing some lively airs and preceded I \ -n escort of about two hnndied young men on hoi-n b tek, un der the direction of Hytunn Lane, Esq., us Marshal, nnd full owed by the dense in-iss of citizen*. Tlm President ncc-im|ininiid hy Mr. Poinsett, Secretary of Wur.the llon.C. I*. Vuu No-*, nnd Hemtin Low* ry, Esq., whuro in u cuniuge drawn by four gray hurra*. Arrived nt tho hotel,• tlircohearty clte?r* were giv en by the crowd, when the President entered, and tlm rush of people anxious for tin intiod'ictioii dol ing tho short tinio lie stopped, wu* trem' inlous. Al't'-r about an hour's dei ty the President left, es corted to tlm bout by the pi oco-sfan, and wa* greet ed by nine hearted clieets on leaving thu wharf. Hu was ncciimpauiod lo Putt Kent, where lie lunde-l, by a largo puny from Burlington, where ho urrived uhuut nine o'clock. On the whole these spnntanenits offerings of popu lar respect fur the Chief Magistrate of fifteen millions of freemen, could mu be ns gratifying to thn reci pient of them n* they were honorable to l Uin hearts uf out citizens generally. And when the ihortness oft ho notice, tho extremely busy season oftho year to thu farmers, who principally composed tho assem bly, nre considered, the immense numbt r thut col lected is justly a matter of congratulation und sur prise. From the Ogsdentnirgh Republican, Aug. 27. RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT. Tlm President ol'iho U. States urrived in our vil lage yestndny. He is accompanied by the lion J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, nnd lady. The President left Canton yesterday mottling, where he atrived on Saturday evening, und had remained ns the guest "fllini. Silas Wright, jr. through the Sab- huth. Ho wns accumpanied by it number of the citizen* of Canton, utnl wa* nml ot Mr. Gray's in Lisbon by a largo party oft he citizens of this nml the adjoining towns on lior-cbark und in carriage*, un der the direction nf Mr. William Melhiticli as mar shal, n-si-tetl hy Mr. .VI. Northrop, and escorted to his lodging* utlhe Exchange Hotel iu this village. Dur.ng the progre** of the President nnd the large party vvtio escorted him through f.o village, n »ul- uto of 100 guns from rim village cannon uu* fired.— On hi* itmvnl at tlm Exclmngu Hotel,where u grout number of citizens Imd eo'lected to receive nod wel come tho President, a nntionul salute was fire I from tlm str-ainhuai Oaetdu in tlm hn<b »r, undci tl e di rection of Colonel W. J. Worth. Here nUonn hi* entrance lie vva - ma le welcome tonurvill g.-by the following remark* from H"tt. II H. Gillot in fa half of rite committee ..(76, which had been appoint* d, and of tlie citizens g< nerajy. Mr, President: Pci mil me, inbehnlf nf my fell w citizens, to presuut you their congratulations,nnd hid you welcome unm gtbent. We greet y,,it ns tint President of 11 nuin.'tou*, fret* and happy people, wlto-e eiiriliiial mtix'in is, thui till men are created equal. To ho tfhoaen by ih-t voluntary Kiiflixigea of such ti people to b • their olKcad head, is to receive the highest honor that run heco.derred. It uffonl* Usplemi.ro lo reflect, that your whole life Ins been disiingiii-hcd hy nn entire iibsftiro of those bitter nail exasperated feeling* wh ch *n often cltiiracter- ize t'-o nets nftlio-e engaged in poiiiicnl coot rover- sies. Personal anitno-i fa* materiuily di-qonlify the tnitnl forjudging acem ately—they dc.ttoy those ft n- teriml sud national fe lings which arn so essential io judging a 'cutui' ly.uiul without which,our rfl'orts to hartn-nize on doubt ft i| and disputed question* in our public affairs, will prove unavailing. Tlm man uml indi-pu'nblc evidences of < sseniiul nnd perma nent pnii.polity which ev» ry wneto surtotintl us, nf- loril all just ctko-o for esuigratulattun. While nur general govvr >11 cut performstlto-e fouetiuns which uro indi.-j it n’ ly tissigned to it, and nil our pub ic fiinclfanniic.* conform tfo-ii act* with strict fidelity to tho«o maxims of sucied political truth whieli gave birth inour independeno-. time will udd to it- periitani-iicy nnd u*e(nlnes-; and prove to nn admir ing world the happy ad ipttrion of our system ttfgo- vct nni -lit to the wants a id imorests of u fine peo ple. As a citizen of our State who contributed to mould and ln-hioo ImriuMitutions, it must be highly gratifying tu you tu witness so many evidences of pero-unein improvement created hy the united agen cy • f well .faceted industry and judicious nrrangu- metil*. A* u guarantee that our march U onwurd, 1 Inve only to add that nur citizens possoss those elevated moral views nml tlmt devotion to frno and liberal principles, which or-th -Imsi* of that patrio tism which vulm-s Ifoctly aliovo price, and loves country belter than life. It Is stifli n people who hid vn w. leome among 'Item, a id cniigiatuluioyoii us their President. R> cent events on this fronitei bav« uwi'ket.ed the attention of my fwtlow-ultltenx toils public defence-; and in rite r behalf pm mil mo tnreniark tlmt their imi'Otinnce claims, and I doubt not will receive, tlie early and favorable considera tion of the general government. Allow m-iu conclusion, to express tho hope, that yot.r official dfa nmy fat crowned hy those brilliant and useful results, which shall unite thu untimi in cherishing its rum nihrmtcr, and as being second to none, of those which have preceded it. To which the President replied. I utn sincerely thankful to those of my fellaw-e.it l- sons ..f Ogsdt nburgh und it* vicinity on whose be! ,T •!>'• coin, Hiliker putting his foot on the axo nnd you have addressed me, for the respectful nnd fri.-n.i- j hammer, ly sab nations with which they have been pfau.-cd “* T „_ ®frs*S ttn>pori«'lo«i. H E 8ub.crihm.li,.. lo.mtj . cwciian I. U- hTl'ur.T.l. l* "WXtSfOH, »l> uniNC ft 81ATUAM,.. Iinp,ir.,i. >mI Whul* ul. Denier. In Blu.Jcb.lb, C,..lmcrr. and V.,|. In(., and -ill (tp.1. nn ur almut III. Am v'Scnlctn. bvr, a complete assortment of Goods, selected hy one of their partners in London and Paris, which will comprise every article necessary for Merchiut Ttti ots. Store in Meeting, opposite Penil-itreet. T. DICKINSON, E. SEEKING, - B STATHAM. Charleston, August 5, 1839. eug 10-la\\6w A tf nrd. D octor Robert koch, from Drisden, Sftxony, Professor of Music, ■ Anopolis. Md., these the lest three years,-begs leave teepee fully to nnnourcelo the Indies sod gentlemen of Savannah, thnt he will romntt'iice his Musical School onlliefiist of October, this year, civing lesson* on the Organ,, Piano Forte, Harp, Guitar, CfarriMin Flute, Violin Clarionet; Kent Bugle; also, to sing,. particularly Chinch Music. Those who will favor him with their confidence will please to leave their names at thn Book store of Mr. Tho*. Purse. tntg 30-luw-lm 3,658,376 21 Making the nggregate of all nut stand ing $4,519,937 86 I.F.VI WOODBURY, Secretary of the Treasury. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Mkdical Stafk.—Leave lot 3 months lo Ass’t. Surgeon B. M By roe. A**'i Stir. G. F. Turner assigned to duty at Fort Mackinac. 3d nrti'l'-ry—-Resignti'ioo of 2d Ll. R. S.ftJen- nings accepted to take effect 30iliS<>t>t. 4 tit li'foiitrj—The resignation of Col. E. Cutler, heretofore announced to inkeeflect on tlm 31st Aug., ha* heen clinnge.l to thu 30th Nov. Topocnphn 1. Engineers—Is* Lieut J. H.S'mp- son, and 2.1 l.i-'til. J. W. Gu'inison, ordered to r*« poit to Cupt. J. Mnrkuy, at Savnunnh. 2d Lieut. It. .VI. Mel.nne, oidered 'n report In Copt. Canfield, nt Socket'* (Juibor.—Army,\ Na vy Chronicle 29/4 utt. Cots f.rs AHKK<TKn.—The poke* having recently « btnined pussi ssion ofsoinecon t'-rfeit halfdnbars, set th •ntsolve* to work to <li»cov- r the counter feiter*, imd nscerinined thnt for more than a yeui bnck this sort of spot ions coin linn been put fa cir culation in various plares in.the tipper section nf the city, mid presenting un or lin«ry good appear* trace, utnl ringing well, were selrh in if»ver m the time stupeetedhy lie receiver- to he hnd, ns they were generally passed ofl'in pub ic le uses or stores nt nigli*. It having been salinfartnr ily mtcerlninetl hy nffi- ret* Smith, Tompkins, King,nnd Hn-uin, nfthe tip- per p-dice, nml hy IIitliker, city marshal, that the two brothers Ehcnezr mid Eli Knin, of 88 Ho in- mersley street, were thn makers, vendor* and pass ers of this counterfoil coin, it wn* doomed impor tant that they should hn arrested nnd brought to justice. A frivnd uf officer Hd.tker introduced him self to Kher.ezer, nr.d wished lo touch sesame rain for himself, mid also expressed n wish to have a Ini go number for a friend of his from the country, meaning Ililliker—Kbenezei would sell only four pieces to him on Sumdny. lie* 25th of August, for whieli he gave him a dollar, but promis' d to make any ipuinity he wanted fur him and his friend, an Monday morni ng, when he was to ate mi with his friend to see tho process of making the coin, and to purchase a supply fur tho country. Accordingly, on Monday morning the friend of (lilliker went to the house ofElaniezer Kuin, nnd finding hint on the sidewalk, introduced officer Hilii- knr ns his friend from tlm country, who wnnted lo purchase 50 or 100 uftho spurious ha fdollars. Knin took them into a back 100m, carefully 1 eking the door, and taking down u largo iron spoon uml some Germtin silver spoons, broke up the latter and melt ed them; and then taking out u piistor uf Paris mould, cast tlie halt'dollar* n* fast as metul could hn no-lled uml moulded. While there, Tlilliker observed nn axe nnd a large iron hammer lying nn the hearth, with which Kain. said he intended to break the mould and metal to pieces in thu ovenlof hi* being surprised. Hillikor,having previously advised officers Tomp kins, King nnd Hostin of tlie wholouffnir, and ap pointed them to be near when wnnted .told Knin thnt he would go out nnd get some b aney for them. When out he g> t tho brandy and rent 11 confidant, to notify the officers utiuve nutm d to follow him soon after ho entered. He went and knocked at the door, was admitted, nnd the door ngnin locked; nttd after taking n glass a piece,Kain went on with his casting greet my arrival. It ran scarcely far uere*s'iry to say, how c nvlinlly I nppiovn thn opinion you have expr- ---'-l, in re gard to the spirit in which political con ruversfas should bo conducted every where, nnd j iticulnrly un far Institution* like ours, nnd I allow myself to hope that the sentiment which does you. and those you represent *0 much credit, wLI soon L< c-micthat of tlie whole country. Hnving passed through your county several times w ithin the last 25 year*, at suitable interval* to ob- servo the course of it* improvements. I hnve been highly gratified to find them so slendilv progressive. Tho-e of the Inst 4 year* nie mo.t nppnrent nnd en couraging; and it requires only a contimianre of the same industry, sihriety. nnd economy, for which the citizens of St. Lawrence have been «o fang nnd *0 justly d ft-inqui-hed, to rape her in the scale of improvements to a* high n p -int a* can he reasona bly desired You do me but jus'ice, too, in believ ing that no one m-rt sincerely rejoices in these gta- tlfying results than I tin. There is certainly no por tion of mv follow-citizen*, in w hose prosperity I feel n deeper in ere*', or to advance whose well'nr- | wojild more rheerfolly apply all the means at my di*po«al, than the enterpri-iug nnd hardy yeomanry of this frontier, nnd if in addition to the pleasure I shall, I am sute, derive from a frimiliarnnd friendly intercourse with them, I shall also be abJo, with the a-sutunce ufthe Secretary of War, to obtain from |»er«onnl ob*ci vntion infoiniation thnt will be useful in giving n nturo efficient direction to tbs effort* «>f the fe lernl g.ivertunent for the defonre of this frott- tier, it will he • most gratifying addition to the pleasures of my visit. You do right in confiding in the fovnmble disposition of thn federal authorities upon this subject. Every branch of it will, lam confident, be at nil time* ready to perform its whole duty in the matter. No one lint had better oppurlu- nili-s to Income correct I) infoiinni upon this point than y.-urself, and nu one l am sure, is mutt dispos ed i" judge tit# nintt*r (uuly. Accept my lhauks, too, for the friendly manner fa which yon have performed th* duty assigns J you, with ntvurances nf niy tr.ptrt and irgatd. During th* afternoon a great numtasr of lbs citi zens uf th* county called u.'otj en-l were introduced lollt* I'tL-sidmisi.d Kecte aryul War. Jntbe'v#- Just ns Knin had run ono of the coin into tbn mould, the door wns suddenly hurst open hy officers Tompkins, King und Ho«tin, who found Kuin with hi* iron spoon of melted moral in one baud,and the mould, with a newly ca-t linlfd'dfar, in tlie other.— Ho was instantly seized, nnd with his implements conveyed to the upper polire office, nnd sent to pri son. Measures were then taken to arrest Eli Kain, which were not fang unriurcr«»fu:; fur the officers having ascertained that Eli hnd gone io Yonk-rs, where heh|*o had ■ wink-hop. HdJki-rweut thither nfler him and found him two und a half miles nbova Yonkere, nnd brought him on Frirfay evening to ihu city, and he was ulso commit red to prison. As the offence is one ngninst the Unit'd Stn'e*, the prison er* will fa* handed over tu the U. S. marshal.— Journal of Commrrce., Prussian Law or CoPTninuT-*—The L*w re porter, n journal devoted to law intelligence exclu sively, in the number for the current month enn- tains a translation of the “ Law nf the Piess” lor th" kingdom of Prussia, passed on the lflth of June, 1837. Tlie subject of copyright in general, and that of international copyright in particular, the principle on which this Inw is founded, havp excited no (info attention in this enunry ns well n* in England. The law to- which w'e refer is so frqmed as to includes, boride* "rdinary compositions in writing, architec tural and other drawings, work* of the fine arts, lectures delivered, casts, scores of music, engraving nnd dramatic representation*. Tlie tight to reprint a work once published, or to multiply it in nny mechan ics! way, i* recognized n* exclusively in tl»e po». session of thu author, and a 1 others nre prohibited from engaging in such multiplication without hi* oxpres* grant and consent, during hi* own lifts nnd for thirty yeurs after hi* dentil, ut which time his b> Ir succeed to the *olo enjoy merit of w hut* ver pro ceeds may arise from hi* work-. After that tins protection of the law cen*e». An 'die nation <-f the right of publication and sulo maybe made ci her by the author »»r his fairs accordingly to agraen-ci.t, lut subject to the otln r provisions nf the Inw, Who ever infringe* upon the tights nf the author or his fiicotf-sur* is bound to a complete retribution to the injured party, and b**id*« the conffastton of ihv copies printed, Is sxposvJ in a penalty of from Any tu on* thousand (Prussian) dollars — ,V y. £re. Putt. W Jolm s. Coomb*, ILL nmtimie the Factoiuokond Commis sion Businkss, in Suvnimoh, for hi* own ncc ""." t * JOHN S. COOMBS. - Reference—G. R. Lnmnr. Savannah 5 A. Sibly. Augusta; Rev. E. Sfaclnir, Mucon. Mi. T. D Morel, wil) act for mo in my tempore- obsence. jy Il-lawilN. Florida House. ST. AUGUSTINE, EAST FLORIDA. M Tbis commodious Hotel has been put In complete repnir; new furniture, bedding, &c. &c.; nnd is Open for the reception of vifitota, under the superintendence of tho undersigned, who pledges himself so to conduct the establishment, ns to secure to it n chninctor equal to any Hotel in the Soul hern country . W. W. OATES. N. B. Good Stnhlingfur Horses, and attentive Ostler*. Ono nnd two horsu Carriages, and Sad dle Horses for hire. St. Augustine, AnguM 5, 1839 —aug 16 lnw2m ill berry and Silk Culime. WARD CHENEY & BROTHERS, and MASON SHAW, Imvu now growing, fa the most flourishing condition, in Auguslu, Georgin, ad joining the Hampton Race Course, about 80,000 Morvt Multicauiia Trees, which they offer for sale in lots to suit purchasers. For further information enquiry mny he made uf Mosers. Cheneys, at their cocoonery in Burlington, Nt-w Jersey, or of Mason Shaw, at the Euglo und Phamix Hotel in Augusta. Having hud several yours experience in cultlw ting the moms multicaulis from buds, cuttings, &o. they will furnish each purchaser with printed in structions of the beat und most npproved manner of planting nnd cultivating the tiecs, tho kind of soil most Huitublo for growing the same; and also for rearing tho silk worm* und reeling the silk. They will nl*o hnvn for sulo, Silk Worm Egg* of tho most emeumed varieties, from moth* selected vrith great cure for their heullh, strength und perfection, aug 17-3tn-sa to Rice Planters. T HE subscriber having obtained a patent fora 1 ew und u*efu| machine for threshing rice, «n tlm name and tinder t thu title of A fan’s improved Socket Steel Tooth Threshing Machine, and believ ing it 10 Im hy far thechimpesi nnd most useful ar ticle ever before used or known for that put pose, beg* fanvo respectfully |o notify the Rice P.nnteis that he liu* now on haiulund will continue toman ufncttire the. above mnchinei.nt his shop in Bryan, near We-t Broad street, Savnunnh, where he in vite* nil intorented, to cnl) mid extimina said nut- chine*; they have bet-11 used hy a nutnbei of plan tors, und approved of by ull who have u.ed timtn. V. GRAVES. SAVANNAH, July 5th, 1839. Dear Sir—I havo two thie-her* made by your self fur the purpose nf preparing rice for the pas. tie* and believe from the experiment made,that they whl answer '-II purpose* desired hy the planter* fa cleaning 81100 hu-lt I* from the straw, this evidence hash en most siitisficiaty, in tho speedy process n* well 11* the cleaning of 1 he hjnlk, nml le-* being br ikon tltnn eveirtho frail, *0 pr nnuneed by expe- rb-nced planter*, who visitud thu mill when fa fu.l opperation. I um yours, very respectfully, WM. MANED. Mr. P. Grave-. sop 4-w-tf For Sale* A . VALUABLE plantation on Os.tbnw Island, which contiista of twu tract** ‘■•ontnlning toge ther about MOO aero* offand, viz: one tract of nbout 860 nere*, bv the plot, lying in one body, the id rater part uf which i* lit for cultivation in cotton nml provirions, nnd being hounded the whole extent nfthe cast ami west lines, hy creek* and marshes. I* very conveniently situated for being manured with mail. On tin premise* nro nit oversreer's house, and negro linuscs of tubby, 11 cotton house 2 stories, ^ high, a corn house unilgio house, with u horsu gin of I'nitb-s make. The other tract of3(lQ acres fa a useful appendage to tho firmer, its chief value consists in the live oak nnd cedar timber on it, nnd in its being un excellent rnngr for stock. For terms apply tu R. Haltershnm, E«q„or ' STC jy 26-2 w iOl I'. HOUSiOUN. For Sale on Cumberland Island* A VALUABLE I'lui.tntiun, whieli, for ndvon- rages of climate, soil nnd situation, cannot be surpassed on tho coast of Georgia. It contnin* 3680 acres (by actual survey) exclusive of salt marsh, of these 2100 ure hummock land*, of which 850 sro cleared, and in good condition, 400 hnving been lately cleared. Also, an island swamp of400 acres, uf u quality of land equul to any in the world, 208 ore cleared, drained and in perfect order. The corn now on it isestimuted hi 51) bushel* the acre. Thu whole crop of corn, cane nnd cotton will show its prndurtivtMici's. Tito set uh und pine lunds conlig- unit*, aflotd tin excellent rango for horses, cattle and hogs. Tho wholo muy bo conveniently divided Into three tracts, with a good landing on each. The buildings 011 the placo .are stables, a smith's shop, 22 negro houses, a lurgo and commodious cotton house, agin house, with 2gins,un overseer's house, und other convenient out houses, with corn cribs for housing 4008 bushels of corn. Adjoining the plant ing lund, tire extensive mnrshefe,convenient forma tiuring, und tho waters abound in fi*h and oysters. Cumberland Island is nut only hoalthly, but also fa vorabfo to tho production ol tropical fruits. Tha orange, citron, lemon, lime nnd olive, are now growing there in perfection, and may bo seen at any time. For further particulars inquire of Messrs. W. King Si Co., at Clinrleston, Noble A. Hardee, Esq., at Savannuh, nnd of tho subscriber, at Dungeners, near St. Mary’s. F. M. NIGHTINGALE. aug 30-2t'cowlt c Dover. T HIS valuable tract of Land, situated fa the county of Greene, nn the Oconee river^sewfc miles from Greensbt.ro, (the present trimfeos o$ the Georgia Kail Road,) containing 2200 acres, 19k or 1300 "f which is wood land, the halunceclenredv, and the larger portion fa a high state ofculthatfan^ is now offered for sale on reasonable term*. There is a large dwelling bouse, with all necessary out* building*, on said place, together with a fine sum-, mer retrent one mile from the mansion, ealle<! Mount Pfagnh, from which ran he vfawad the lam| ' of premia , flowing with milk and honey. A large f ortion of said plantation is low ground, find of great value, and the soil generally, peculiarly ndap* ted to the culture of Cotton, Persons wishing ta vest fund* fa properly of this kind are invited to call on the sub-rriher* and examine fnr themselves* GEORGE G. MATHEWS, CHARLES L, MATHEWS, Jr. Augusta, Aug. 24. aug 27-1 w-4t . 950 Reward. R ANAWAY from thn subscriber, onthe night a the 19th intrant, 0 negro nvtn by the name o LEWIS, aged about 22 yen**, dark complexion, short nock und full faoo, with a pleasing expression of countenance t uf sfut, athletic, nnd muscular frame, and 5 feel 4 or 5 iuchcs high, a carpenter by trade, and a quick and ready workman, Said slave stole a fine fleet gray horso from the United States horse yard, ut Fort Ura»k*, on which he mode his escape. His dfatfaxtiun, it fa .opposed will be 8, Carolina, w hence ho w as brought Inst fell. Thu above tewa'tl will ha given fur hi. apprehension end rontineim-Mi in some jail, on information communi cated to mo nt tiii> pntcr, hy mail nr otherwise, Tampa, IJi |.bo.uuj|iCo„ Florida, aug d-Brea* AUGUSTUS S'JT.ELE. Cnrrlog© for gnlo. NEAT second handed Carriage, but Utt u»ad, foj -ale on egcomniudatii'i terms. A fly at thi. offico. „J, 5 Jewftw