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[Correspondence of the Savannah Journal.]
The Hudson River Catastrophe.
New York, July 31,1852.
Mr, Editor Although lam aware that you will
get a full account of the unfortunate steamer Henry
Clay,in your tiles of New York papers—yet,as an eye
witness to the scene on the next dayat ter the accident*
a9 well as having seen the steamer about fifteen min
utes before the fire was discovered, l cannot omit
saying a tew words on the awful scene which I
witnessed—a scene which made an indelible i/npres
sion on my mind, which time can never efface.
On Wednesday afternoon, Heft New Yoik with at
friend at 2 1-2 o’clock for Sing Sing, by the Hudson
River Railroad, which ruus immediately along .the
banks of the Hudson; at half past 3, we reached a
point some few miles above Yonkers, where we [saw
the steamboats coming down the river in their usual
way, viz.: running with great velocity. Immediate
ly alter, we suw a number of persons on the banks
of the river looking through tc'escopes, apparently
with great anxiety, but as the cars were under full
head-way, nothing was known of the cause unti
evenmg, when the next train brought the melaucho.
ly tidings of the burning of the Henry Clay, and the
loss of a great number ol lives. After attending to
some business,l returned to New York the next day,
but embraced the opportunity of stopping a few
hours, where the disaster occurred,for the purpose,
as I supposed, of only seeing the remains of the
fated steamer; but, alas ! on stepping from the cars,
the first objest that attracted my attention, was some
fifteen or twenty human bodies laying stretched on
the side of the railroad ; here lay the lovely infant,
“beautiful in death,” not more than a few weeks old
nearby, lay another about two years old—both o 1
them, more like a statue cut from marble, than a hu
man being whilst their motlu ’•s were bur
ied beneath the dark water of the Hudson; near
those lay some five or six others of both sexes—some
of apparent lofty standing in eociety, others of the
more humble walks of life; here lay the once gay
and beautiful young lady—besides her, lay the aged
matron; on the other hand lay the youth of some
eighteen or twenty, dressed in fashionable attire, and
by bis side, robust laborer, all lying in
confusion together, whilst occasionally the coroner
and jury would approach from their tent, to exam
ine the next body, as they progressed in their melan
choly duty.
The only body recognised, whilst I remained on
the ground, was that of Mrs. Murray of Chicago.—
She and ber husband and child, were on board—the
wife and child met a watery grave, and he was sav
ed there she lay and her sorrowing husband bend
over her. The above were not quite half of the bodies
found up to that time,as a large number had been re
cognised in the moring and carried off t * interment
leaving'at SP.M. on Thursday
I turned from this never-to-be-forgotten scene, as
the most awfully distressing that I ever witnessed.
The remains ot the ill fated boat,lay about 250 yards
below the spot where the most of the bodies were
found. Her bow had plowed into the solid bank of
earth about ten feet, until it was completely buried
in the bank, about 8 feet from the stem, which was
not more than the same distance from the track of
the Railroad ; her keel, with a few timbers, descen
ded into the water some 70 or 80 feet, where stood
the massive engine and boilers—across whiclay the
walking beam and chimney ; beyond this (which
was in deep water) the tops of the timbers were all
that could be seen of the splendid saloon, with its
once velvet cushions, and gildid mirrors. A num
ber of persons wi re engaged when 1 left the scene,
with grapplingirous, searching for more of the dead,
as it was believed ma ny more were lost—and one
individual had fished up a portion of a Lady's dress
from under the stern, which led to the supposition
that a number of bodies were under that part of the
boat, and accordingly measures were about being
taken to remove the wreck.
It is unnecessary for me to speak of the cause of
the disaster or go into any speculations of, if this
and if that had been done, there would have been
fewer lost—it is done, and has brought deep sorrow
to hundreds, adn some are recklessly guilty of the
death of these unfortunate people. Bur all this will be
fully discussed in the papers, and I hope fully hives
tigated by the civil authorities.
was reported also on the ground that some one
or two fiend: shaped and formed a6 men, had ta
ken some articles of value from the bodies as they
were removed from the water. I hope it was not
true; although, from the appearance of many in this
city,l have little doubt but there are many who
would do so, if an oppoitunity offered. J. C.
Narrow Escape. —Capt Nathaniel Wythe, the
proprietor and owner ol the Fresh Pond Hotel at
Boston, had a narrow escape recently. The captain
has a pair of grizzly bears, (the only paw- ever ta
ken to Boston,) and in the absence of visitors he oc
casionally amuses himself by entering their pen, and
playing with his favorite pets Dick and Jenny. On
the 15th inst., as he walked down the step ladder in
his usuoi way, Dick made a bound at him, knocked
him over, and stove his white castor “ into a cocked
hat.” Jenny, supposing that her leigelnrd had been
imposed upon, rushed to the rescue, and the captain
vacated their premises, sans coat, sans vest , sans
handkerchief, with a few slight scratches and
bruises. He says Dick is a quiet gentleman, but he
don’t like to h.'ve Dick’s wife round poking her
nose and claws into other people’s affairs. They
must be pretty pets and playthings, truly. Capt.
Wythe says “he has a particular regard for them be
cause he was intimately acquainted with their an
cestors in the Rocky Mountains some twenty years
Hgo.”
Female Soc :t. —You know my opinion of fe
male society : without it we should degenerate into
brutes. This observation applies, with tenfold force
to young men, and those who are in the prime of
manhood. For, after a certain time ot life, the lit r
ary man makes a shift (a poor one, I grant) to do
without the society of ladies. To a young men no
thin*: is so important as a spirit of devotion (next to
his Creato-) to some amiable woman, whose image
may occupy his heart, and guard it from the pollu
tion that besets it on all tides. A man ought to
choose his wife as Mrs. Primrose did her wedding
gown, for qualities that will wear well.” One thing
at least is true, that if matrim ny has its cares, celi
bacy h no pleasures. A Newton, or a mere schol
ar, may .. i enjoyment ill study i man of literary
ta te can erive in books a pou tul auxiliary ; but
a man mu-1 have a bosom lri and, and children
hi mini him, to cherish ami supp l tile dreariness
ol old age.— Joini Randolph.
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ceived—the lines polices spirit, strength and beauty;
we cannot tell from your letter whether you simply
desire them in the Journal because you admire
: them, or whether they are writ'en by you for our -pa.
per. Call and see us if convenient, or drop us a line.
I Mails foe Havana and Kev West.—We learn
j from advertisements in the morning papers that the
j mails for the above places will keclosed ate o'clock,
P. M„ on the6ih and 20th of August and September
i and that they will be sent via Charleston. To mor
-1 row is the 6i.il ol August, and all concerned will
take due notice.
Disrespect to Public Men.
The special or specious correspondent of the N.
Y. Herald, writes from Washington that Mr. Web
| ster will probnbly return from Marshfield during
I the present week, and intimates that he was com*
polled so to do by the President, or else “resign.”
There is an especial littleness about some of these
letter-writers that would be disgusting, were it not
so contemptible ; and the above instance of it, is hut
a mild form of that smadness. To spice the letter
with a iittle scandal, and to appear familiar with the
political green.room, and the arcana of the Cabinet,
this pitiful insinuation is slipped in, and the great
expounder must be spok i ol’ as if he were a school
boy, or a menial, hired at so much per diem, and
compelled to speak with “ hated breath and whisper
ing humbleness,” in order that the next Herald may
be piqnantc.
Freemen show their hatred of tyranny, by over,
throwing the statues of kings; in imitation, these
scandal-mongers evince;their contempt for greatness
by striving to pull it down, and endeavor to elevate
themselves to the height of virtue by affecting indif.
terenee to, and familiarity with it. Icarian fate at
tend such efforts to fly I
We deprecate the disposition of the American
press to belittle the heroes and statesmen ot the Re
public, and dim with lukewarm breath the lustte of
her brightest jewels. Notonly does this policy tend
to destroy the confidence of the people in those pub
lic men who are the guardians of the country, and
blight their affection for them, but it is the fruitful
source of false idolatry—worship of little great men
—nor should the press he surprised and shocked at
beholding thepeopeworshippiugwithoutthctemple
of true greatness,when they should be gathered at its
shrine. 1 his will be the result of the policy we con
demn. Let the press remember that it is the true
hundred-handed giant of whom Briareus is but the
table ; that it ’s the real Argus, and Jet its own self
respect, its own sense ot honor, and its own self-in
terest, admonish it to beware how it indulges in this
suicidal policy ; let it fear that ere long, by his own
acts tile giant be left maimed, impotent andj blind-!
There is doubtless matter enough at Washington
for satire; corruption and disease enough for” the
scalpel, and political sin there, that might reanimate
the ashes ot Junius, and awaken the lightning tongue
of Demosthenese to punish it; hut tile mantle of Ju
nius has not fallen upon Washington City, and i‘
would be impertinence for these letter writers (a
fair specimen of which race The Herald s correspon
dent is) to meddle with the latchets of his shoes
They are not chivalric knights with shinin'! cime
tars, but rather hired wood sawyers, who earn a pie’
carious.iiving by cutting down the good and the
great to their own Procustean ideas of whatisnoble
and lofty These pity-tuggers are almost too poor a
text for an article, but the press teems with mourn
ful instances to justify us. Take for example the
efforts now making by both of the great parties of
the Republic, to brand with the infamy of cowardice
the candidates against whom t hey contend—look on
this picture of the Whig press laboring tojwrite un
manliness on the honest forehead of Pierce, because
he fainted on a battle-field in Mexico; and then turn
aw'oy in disgust to that ot the Democratic press stri
ving to tear his well earned laurels from the brow
of Scott, because he refused to peril his own soul
and the soul of the American iron Duke! And ns
you turn from that, wish for the pencil of Hogarth,
and sigh that the new political catechism has sub
stituted the questions, Does he faint? and Will lie
fight! for the good old query, “Is he honest, capable
andfaithfult”
Democratic Meeting;.
We were unable to be present at the meeting last
night, held in the E::~hnge Long Room, by the De.
mocratic Party of r-Chatham ; but as a matter of in
formation for our readers of all paVties, we lay be
fore them the following synopsis of the published
proceedings, which we take from the Georgian , not
having ourselves been favored with a copy.
The object of the meeting was to receive the re
poit of the Committee, appointed to draft a Consti
tution, and nominate the Officers for the Democratic
Association. The Constitution was submitted to the
meeting by the Chairman of the Committee, R. B.
Hilton, Esq., and the following gentlemen were
nominated in the Report as Officers of the Associa
tion :
President.— Dr. Janies P. Screven. Vice Presidents.
Dr.t Wm. H. Cuyler. Hon. Ed. J. Hardeo. Hon.
Thomas Purse, Capt. John Dillon, Col. Geo. P. Har
rison, Capt- R. W. Pooler, A- J. C. Shaw, Esq., Dr
Charles Ganahl. Secretaries —Ed. G. Wilson, Esq..
George J. Smith, Esq. Treasurer— Col. John N
Lewis! Corrcspon ding Committee. —Solomon Cohen,
Esq., Robert H. Griffon, Esq., John McMillen, Esq.
The Report was received, the Constitution adopted
and the Officers duly elected.
Solomon Cohen, Esq. a Delegate to the late Na
tional Democratic Convention, then addressed the
Association in a speech of fervid eloquence. The
appointment of an Executive Committee as w s sta
ted by the Hon. Richard Wayne, had been postpon
ed until the organization >f the Association, that it
might be appointed by its President; and he there
fore moved ceat the President proceed to appoint it.
His motion was adopted After an address from
John M. Milled, Esq., t'ue following resolution, offe -
ed by him, and seconded by Solomon Cohen, Esq.,
was unanimously adopted, viz :
Resolved, That the Democratic party of Chatham
County have unabated confidence in the patriosim
and purity of the Honorable Joseph W. Jackson,
Representative of the first Congressional Distiiet of
Georgia: and we not only approve, but highly com
meu'i, his late vote on the River and Harbor Bill, in
connection wi;h the vote of Messrs Hiliyer. Chas
tain, Murphy, and Johnson, also ot this State.
After three cheers lor the Democratic Ticket , the
Association adjourned.
Dr. Jas. P. Screven, presided over the meeting,
and Edward G. Wilson, Esq. acted ns its Secretary.
Hon. John B. O’Neall, the President of the
Greenville and Columbia, (S. C.) Rail Road Compa
ny, in a recent letter to the Carolina Spartan, denies
a report, that the road is in bad order, and danger
ous to tra-. eUcrs.
SAVANNAH JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5,1852.
.1 out imlisings.
-Masonic M...- ;t to Washington. —Fred,
ericksburg (Va.) l/odge No. 4, have resolved to
build n monument to Washington, and ask the co.
operation of the fraternity throughout the Union
The design is a Masonic Temple, in which will be
placed a statue of Washington at lull length, clad in
Masonic JUgu. vVo arc struck with the similari
ty between this design, and that for the Pulaski Mon
ument, offered by Mr. Chas. Si 11, a young archit ct
of our city. The idea of inert a ng as it wc re, the
sanctity of a statue by the at nos a temple, is to
us as new as it is beautiful, we know no Monu
ment of that description in existence, and the ordi
nary statues whether colossal, equestrian, or reclin
ing,as in those placed over the ashes of those whom
they commemorate, are common-place. Fancy has
almost worn herself out imagining adornments, and
togas, shields, ,m An ties, rampant lions, anacondas
Arc. &c., ad infinitum , should have a respite from’
duty. This Masonic Temple and regalia however
is not hackneyed, and wo hope this Monument will
not be the reproach to the Masons in its tardy comple
tion, that the National Monument is to the country ;
nor do we believe that the Fraternity will fail to im
prove this opportunity of making Brotherhood set
an example to Patriotism.
Ambrozio Jose Gonzales, chief of the staff’ of
Lopez has written an eloquei 1 rter to the Wash
ington Union ; subject, Cuw. lie touchingly re
counts the sufferings, and cruelties, which the Cu.
bans have languished under—records some noble
instances of female patriotism and rebukes the N. Y.
Courier Af Enquirer for its tardy acknowledgment of
the presence of the Genius of Liberty in that beautiful
isle. The Courier lately published a translation of a
rebel Cuban paper, and introduced it with along
bla?t of trumpet about its arrangements for procur.
ing these papers in future; their monopoly of the
privilege &c. &c. This little speech of the Courier
is worthy ofßarnumin his seedy days, and reminded
us not a litte of the showman’s sing song, “Ladies and
Gentlemen; this here hauimal is the Rhenua Rhinus
—he’s very savage when he ain’t fed and lie’s got 99
stripes around his body all meetin in one so c
nary too alike !” Gen. Gonzales so far from*treat,
ing the Cuban paper us an article of vertu says mat
similar ones have been pubbtfhd long ago at Puerto
Principcundcr the same at Havana,and
he the overtures ofrae Courier to embrace
the Cuban faith. He says he don’t want this tardy
recantation, and can do best without it. The sum of
the matter is, the General has the best of it, treats end
the Courier like ich man does a poor relation who
has kept the dinner table widjfcfc-with decided fri
• ■■
Emigrants going%3 Emita Fe, or intermediate
places, and desirous of a pipPctive escort have now
a favorable opportunity; a detachment of mounted
troops will leave Fort Leavenworth (Mi.) for Santa
Fe, about the 15th or 20th inst.
Wra. It. Hayes, U. 8. Consul at Barbadoes
died on the 12th ult., much esteemed and beloved
by the Islanders—the authorities paid him the last
sad rites of respect.
■ A Branch of the Bank of France has been es
tablished at Toulon.
California Items. —The N. Y. Sun of Saturday
has a lorg list, from which we cull and cut down as
follows: —Mr. Monroe has been removing snags from
Sacramento lliver, by means of a capstan and oxen
on shore. The farmers in Caison Valley have line
grain crops and were preparing for harvesting. A
Hook and Ladder company has been organised at
Weaverville. The Bay State Company near George
town are cuttirg a tunnel 500 feet long most of it
through solid rock—the Herculean task is to be com
pensated it is hoped by a rich return ot gold. Mam
mon , and Hope are the lever and fulcrum of Ar
chimedes.
The annual commencement of Hamilton Col
lege was concluded on Thursday last, and the per
formances were of a character highly creditable to
the Institution.
The Southern Cultivator, (Augusta) by Wm.
S. Jones, lias published its August number. The
Cultivator is a most excellent paper—we commend it
to our Georgia Planters. Price sl.
Baltimore is infested with burglars—the Patri
ot classes them under the cool species.
Poor little Switzerland ! . ith her green hills,
her smiling valleys, her sweet streams and peaceful
homes, is soon to be the theatre of bio 1 hedand ra
pine. Austria and France both covet her ;ani between
the two, the fate of Po'and awaits her. There are
brave hearts in that little Republic and sooner than
surrender, may all Switzerland be a modem Ther
mopyl®.
Madame Sontag is coming to America soou.on
“professions! businessa part of which, since tho
noble i recetßnt of Jenny Lind,is the distribution of
alms to the poor and the unfortunate, and donations
in aid of .;Jucation and orphanage.
Douglas J or rold says theidoa of “Curtain Lee
tures,” struck him while dreaming and musimr.like
household music ! Those unf< unates who hear
these lectures, have also distem red visions, bitter
reflections, and to them they lur he sound more of
discord than music. So one i< us who knows.
A suspension of opinion is asked by the au
thors of the Hudson river tragedy, as they hope to
prove that the Henry Clay was not racing when the
demoniacal play began ! This won’t dp—the res
olutions, and testimony of the survivors in conclave
at the Astor House, crush such a hope. Suspcn •
sion (though not of opinion) is loudlycalled for by
the facts in this case.
Secretary Corwin on his way to Montreal, ex
changed a word with the provincial government at
Quebec; the papers suppose about the fisheries. Do
Mr. Webster scale th- o fish and let’s have an end of
the matter ; the subj> groweth inodorous.
The Freesoil party are to hold high revel at
Pittsburgh on the 11th inst. Wonder how little will
come of it ?
for the diggings in Australia
The convicts in the Massachusetts State Pri
son number 491—20 of these if not pardoned will
probably die there, being condemned for life ! Alas
for poor human nature !
ladelphia in three days ; what cold days they must
have been ! Our thermometer never gets down
no matter liow much coal comes to Savannah.
An American, the son of a physician or surgeon,
whoso name has not transpired, committed suicide
recently at the Tavistock Hotel in Liverpool.
Ftill Another —Tho purser of the U. S. frigate
Cumberland, put an end to his life on the 94th • f
April last at Spezzia. He was 65 years off
just married a young and beautiful wife a .
before he was ordered on service; and tho act was
thought to be the result of his grief at being com
pelled to separate from her so abruptly. This is a
new and sir .. r phuze of evil resulting from an
ill-assorted marriage.
Michelet is living in close retirement at Nantz
and hard at vv >u thetk/i volume of his !.’ ,ry of
the French J. i.ution. “Ot making of books
there is no end-
Diamonds to the amount of SIBO,OOO have
lately been sent to Englandßio Janeiro.
Tiie Cunurd steamer Arabia has been pur
chased by the West India Mail steamship company
for their mail line. She is now called the *• La Plata ‘
The Congressional Globe Will hereafter be
sent free of postage thpoughoutthe broad realms of
Uncle Sam’s Dominions, This exclusive- privilege
whs granted by the Senate oh Friday, the vote on
the resolution from the House being 20 to 17. It is
the duty of the press to see that the flood of public
d< cumenta now flowing through the gate of the
lrankiug privilege, docs not swell into a deluge thro’
this There are thousands of articles doily
given to the world by the public press, equally con
ducive with Congressional debates to tho greatness
and happiness of the country, yet their authors
have no exclusive privilege* nor do they ask them
The Globe should do as the rest of us have to do—
pay its own way', or “stop the press.”
A Mexican silver mine has been purchased by
an enterprising company of Yankees—they gave a
big pnece for it, have sunk lots of money in it and
only want $200,000 more, to make an independent
fortune'! Now if we liad s2oo,ooo,(and if we had we
wouldn’t edit the best [paper on earth) and had an
itching lor mining, we’d make a run on the bank,get
the specie, build a mine, and then go to work and
grub it all up again. Tne Mexicans, since the war
have abandoned the mines, for reasons not stated to
the company, (would it be hard to guess at them?)
and v the company think they only need capital, to
produce tome pleasing developments. The purchase
ol this mine is the most emeraldic thing we ever
knew Jonathan to do, and its the first case of a Mexi
can victory over a Yankee Company that wejever had
to record.
A ‘1 ennessce paper promised last week to give its
readers a portrait of the editor of a rival sheet; it
came out next day, but after all, was merely a cut
ot a huge pair of scissors ! They edit a good many
papers—next to a good goose quill when we are “ V
the vein ,” commend us to the cold steel of a good
pair of scissors, when not i’ the vein. Every body
has seen in print the passionate exclamation, Oh !
Scissors ! We never understood it till a day or two
ago—the thermometer was at 90 dogs., our inspira
tion below zero, and our scissors—we don’t know
where they were. Then too did we exclaim, oh !
scissors !
The Road Across the Isthmus and the Te.
huantepec GaANT.-This{is a hoeth-potched subject,
but we endeavor to put the matter in a nut shell,by
t he aid of an article-in the Philadelphia Public Led
gcr, from which we condense, and simplify as well
as we are able, as follows :
The Mexican papers are discussing this subject,
and give the key to tlic difficulties inci
dent to it. The law off the 14th of May provided
that the contractors for the road across the Isthmus,
should give the workto natives in preference to oth
er laborers. The law was no sooner published than
two.ej*jjnies bid for the contract. One company
of natives, the other a mixed class.
Minister of Relations was bothered
—he was in a dilemma !he convoked tho Represen’
tatives on the 16th to hear the propositions, and said
he would give the contract to the best bidder, prefer,
ring, however, to engage the native company. The
native contractor refused to bid, on the ground that
the law gave the work to the natives,and he wouldn’t
compete with foreigners. Senor Ramirez was
again tothered. He called upon Congress to help
hmi out, on the 17th; but Congress
out acting on it. They dodged the question: ‘'in the
meantime a Mr. Sloo. made his bid. Senor R. then
fixed the 6th of July for a final conference, and the
9th for closing the contract. Prior to this, Mr. Sloo
retired from the field, and is no doubt hiding his di
minishc&head under some cactus in Mexico, at the
very time that we are rubbing our own’frora a head
ache. The end is not yet, and further, this deponent
sayeth not.
Mer. W. O. Stone, says a Boston paper, has
invented a.new submarine rocket—the experiments
made establish it as truly an •‘infernal machine:”
The .of specie at the U. S. Mint in
Philadelphia during the month of July amounted to
6-1,200,000 —only 621.600 of which amount were in
silver, Silver tea-services will soon become expen
sive.
A convocation of Mormons at Newport, Wales,
were terribly frightened lately while in session, by
the tailing in of the roof of the building. No lives,
were lost, and the Monpons consider their escape a
miracle— and so do we ; we are that far a Mormon.
The Minister to China, gets noinfit or outfit,
and it is proposed to make it a full mission by their
addition. Col. Marshall it is said, will be thu3 made
ineligible, constitutionally for the office. Perhaps
the lion. Col. would prefer to have “ good enough
let alone.”
A company is terming in New York, to make
money by buying fire-wood in the cargo, and adapt
ing it to the fireplace by machinery, thus inereas
its value. A good spec,* and a capital idea.
Charleston Standard of yesterday makes
some good suggestions as to the necessity of anew
motive power, less dangerous to human life than
steam; and we infer from its remarks, that it thinks
electricity would be most likely to furnish the
desideratum. An anecdote from Copt. Marnatt is
related by the Standard to the lolloVvirg ell Two
North River steamboats w< r . ndv-i ti-id to leave
Albany at the same time oiy.n • H -i‘t< ruing, but the
boiler inspector having ftiilt and t< ...ake Fifa appear
ance on one of the boats, the p: - eng ‘ became
very impatient. To go rv .. 1 *: .Me his in
spection, was to incur a tine o. .5 1 — o wait, for him
was to be beaten. The •'fii*y” wits . itde ujiauaong
the passengers, and handed to tbe Captain, ail'd the
boat started off (n her perilous trip ! Human life
vs. fifty dollars!
ft The Defence of Baltimore. —The Sun of
Monday, gives an interesting account of thejprogress
ol operations at Fort Carroll, under an act of appro
priation passed some four years since by the U. S-
Cougress. The following povel mode of laying a
foundation for the wall of the fort, w j clip from the
article in question.
“By the aid of a pile driver,working by a steam en
gine of six|horee power, and lilting a hammer or ram
weighing 23UOpounds, huge piles are driven in the
most expeditions manner, to the depth of 45 feet be
low low water mark, the hammer giving about 200
blows per hour, and each pile requiring from 160 to
190 blows before it is propel ly secured.”
The New Orleans papers are advocating the
project of a great South Western Industrial Exhibi
tion to beheld in that city. Wait till the National
show at New York is over, and then success to the
South Western Crystal Palace.
The British schooner Alliance , armed for
the protection of the fisheries, was lost with all on
board during the recent hurricane in the gulf of Ft.
Lawrence. Fifteenschooners and twenty-two pilots
also perished in the same nterm.
nr'J ’he Post mentions a proposition which has
been made to a New York firm by one df the weal
thiest houses in Genoa, to unite with thorn in the
navigation of the Mediterranean and Atlantic by
steamers, connecting with the American line at Hava
na. If the union is effected, the Sard!. : in govern
ment guarantees to tho company four percent, per
annum on the capital inves and, for twenty-five years,
and promises to them ,t large amount of mail mat
ter. Steam up. anaVow your whistles!
special notices.
NOTICE TO VOTERS.—AII persons en
tilled to vole lor Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Savannah and Hamlets thereof, under
tin* ate Registry act, are hereby notified that the
Registry Book will be finally and absolutely closed
on the Ist day of September next. R. F. AKIN,
11 u ” ■> Register of Voters.
NOTICE.—The schr. CATARACT, Rica
master, for New York, can accommodate a
few more passengers, if applied tor immediately, to
aug 3 WILLIS <fc BRUNDAGE.
jjrggPDß. LAC RUE’S TOOTH AND GUM WASH.
Those who would wish to preserve a good
set ot teetn, and have unsound and sore gums and
inoutii restored, we would say, try a bottle of Dr.
Lacrue’s French Specific, prepared by Clarke fa Cos.
It has testimonials in its favor bv all those who have
it. For sale by JOHN A. MAYER,
aug 3
DENTAL NOTICE —The Subscriber con
templates being ab nt from the city fora
few weeks, to recruit bis health, and will be happy
to wait upon his friends, prior to leaving, about the
12th inst. 6t 11. J. ROYALL.
(ICW* HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY.—This
Company Continues to take risks as usual,
and during my absence from the city Mr. Charles
H. Campfield will act as my Attorney, to whom
all applications for insurance or other business ap
pertaining to the above Company, may be made.
july 31 lmo S.C. DUNNING, Agent.
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY
Hartford, Conn.—The undersigned, agents
of the above Company, are prepared to take risks
against Fire, on buildings and their contents, cn the
most favorable terms.
july 10 BRIGHAM, KELLY & CO.
nrp SAVANNAH MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
Office, No. 114 Bay-street. This Company
will continue to take Marine, Fire and Inland Navi
gation risks on the most favorable terms.
Henry D. Weed, President. Trustees—Henry
D. Weed, HF. Waring, I.W. Morrell,N. B. Knapp,
Hiram Roberts. E. F. Wood, Henry Lathrop. John
R. Wilder, Secretary. jur e 13
jrgp BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.—\. ~7b
scriber having supplied his office with a large
assortment of plain, ornamental and fancy types, is
now prepared to execute at short notice, all orders
entrusted to him in the best manner, and equal to
any establishment in tho South. Pamphlets, Law
Blanks, Circulars, Catalogues, Business Cards, Hat
Tips, Bills of Lading, Visiting Cards, Bill Heads
Dray Receipts, also Posters, Show and Hand Bills, in
Gold, Bronze, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, afid every
kind ol colored Inks, faithfully done at short notice
and on reasonable terms. Orders may be left at
the Office, Sorrel’s Building, or at the Book Store,
on Market-square. J. B. CUBBEDGE.
BOOK BINDERY.—Having fitted out a
complete Bindery.and engaged the services
of a first class workman, the subscriber is prepared
to execute in the best manner every thing in the
line of Book Binding. Demi, Medium, Royal and
Super Royal, and all other sizes of blank books will
be ruled and made up to any pattern, and of the
best material. Books of all kinds will be bound in
any style, from Boards to Extra Turkey Morocco,
and the workmanship warranted. A share of public
patronage is respectfully solicited. Orders may be
left at Cubbedge’s Book Store, Market-square, or
at the Bindery, Sorrel’s Building, over Messrs. Ro
binson fa Camp’s. J. B. CUBBEDGE.
MARRIAGES.
Married, in Dublin, on the 27th ult., by the Rev.
G. Padls, Mr. Alfred B. Spivey to Mrs. Mary
A. E. Moreland.
On®e 26th nit., by the Rev. Jones E. Sharp, Mr.
John M. tdiarp, of Monroe, to Miss Martha W.
Sappers, cVl'.ibb county, Ga.
DEATHS. ~
Died, at his father’s residence in Emanuel county
on tbe 17th ult., Mr. William Lewis, son ot E B.
Lewis, aged about 19 years.
Died,iußome, Gu . on th ‘ °7*b nit, of typhoid
fever, Mrs. Mary Frances, wife of Rev. Joshua
Knowles, and daughter of Col. N. C.and Mrs. M. I.
Barnett, aged 23 years, 7 months and 13 days.
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LATEST DATES FROM
Liverpool June 8 | Havre..June 3 | Havana. June 14
Expni-tH.
Per bark Harvest, lor New York—G7o bales Up
land and 187 do S I Cotton, 28 bale3 Yarn, 45 pkgs
Mdze, 20 bales Domestics, 10 boxes Tobaco, 13 Ca
ses, 15 Barrel*,&c.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON. Aug I.
Per Central Rail Road—lo 4 bales Cotton, and
Mdze., to T S Wayne, E Parsons fa Cos, N A Har
dee fa Cos, C R Moore, Smith fa Lathrop, F H Cope,
and ‘J S Thomas.
PASSENGERS.
Per brig Philura, from New York, (arrived yester
day)—Mrs II B Hay, Miss M May, Messrs W S Nott,
J Solomons, R B Hay, and R Clark.
Per bark Harvest, lor New York, ('sailed yester
day)— Messrs B E Bee, W J Bee, J F Stokes, M B
Murphy, aud J Everard.
Per steamer Gordon, from Charleston—Mr A A
Solomons and lady, .'.rs Ryan and child. Miss T Far
it*, Messrs 11 J Gilbert, A Reid, J Stanton J L Ma
thews, C DeLyon, Thos Paris, W VV Farr, W D
Carhart G W Moore aud svt, and fourteen deck.
JtfAHIJIE IyfjELLIGMCR
• .iUGU ST 5.
Sun R?.-\ • ... ..... 516 | High Water 40 10
rived.
Steam (y . King, Charleston, to S M Laffi
• > ‘S.; to tj II it-,J Jones, WVV Royal,and D P
L.xfder&hin •.
CJiEAREII.
Bark, liar vest, Nichols, New York, Washburn.
Wilder fa Cos.
SAILED.
Bark Harvest. Nichols, New York.
departedT
Steam packet Gordon, King, C’harleston.
MEMORANDA.
Schr II N Gauib.ili, White, to sail for this port
with despatch, was up at Baltimore on the 2nd inst.
Brig Vnndalia, Williams, for St. Marys, (Ga.) cld.
at Philadelphia or the 3lst ult.,
Ip at ibis.
Schr En ily Weaver. Brock, for Philadelphia,
Willis fa Brundage.
Bark Peter Demill, Hoey, for lew York. 11 K
Washburn.
Schr Cataract, Rice, for New York, Willis fa
Brundage.
Scbr North State, Horton, for New York, Willis
fa Brundage.
For particulars see advertisem-nts.
LIST OF VESSELS IN PORT.
.Ships.
Adrian, Neal St.Johns,(Nß)R A Allen&Co
Ocean Star, Lord, NY’k., Padeforld,Fay&Co
Burkes.
Peter Demill. Hoey NY’k II K Washburn.
John. Buchanan, Charleston,. .E A Soullard
. Br W Metcalf. Thompson, Carthagena,
ballast, Brig ,Keid. xCo
Isnardon, Cornish, Boston, J Quantock, Jr
Brig;*.
Sarah Peters, King, Boston, Brig., Kelly &Cos
Maria. Agnes, Westhus, Arnden Hanover Ger. Mas’r
R M Chariton,Bightbourn, Havana. J Quantock, Jr
Seaman. Woodruff Char, ballast,E A Soulland
Hariet, Wheeler Bath,Me to Brig.,Kelly fa Cos
Philura, Calhoun NY’k, Brigham, Kelly fa CO *
Schooners.
Sarah Lewis, Lermoud, N Orleans Cohens fa Hertz.
North State, Horton,... .NY’k, Willis fa Brundage
N. B.*ny, Pendleton Camden, Me W l Teti’t.
Truth, Brownh y, Bai Hunter, fa Gaonnel.
Boudwich, Mayo, Rock., Me., Ji., Kelly fa Cos
Carolina. Hath n Rock , Me., 8., Kelly &.Co.
Minerv • Wright,Rogers, Prov.,(ll L....C E Potter.
Catarm r. Rice. NY k, Hunter fa Gammell.
Emily Weaver, Brock, Phil.. Willis fa Brundage.
Splendid, Rogers Rich., fVa.) E W Buker
J VV Anderson,VVutson... Balt., to A.l Dickjrso.