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Sanaimal) Evening Journal. BY J* Bl CIBBEDGE. THOMAS W. LANE; Edttof. rgF The Daily Paper, will be mailed to country subscribers at £4, and the Tri-weekly at 82; per an- j nurn—payable invariably in advance. All new ad- ( vertisemeuts appear in both papers, ADVERTISING KATE3. Advertisement? inserted at the folio wing rates j kOR OX* SQUARE OP TEN I. INK 9, One insertion ...$0 50 one mouth $5 00 Two “ ....0 87 Two “ ....8 00 Three “ .... 100 Three •• ....10 00 Four “ ... 12> Four “ 12 00 Five “ .... 1 50 Six “ 15 00 One Week I 75 One Year ....20 00 Contracts tor yearly advertising may be made oh liberal terms. SAVANNAH, GA- Monday Afie/noon, August 9, 1552. following gentlemen are authorized to act as Agents tor tb. Journal: Maj. E. H. BACON, will receive subscriptions and contract for advertising. V. B PALMER, Boston—Scolly's Building; new York—Tribune Building; Philadelphia —Third &. Chesnut. Public Meeting. The citizens ot Chatham County, who are not dis. posed to support eit zr oi the present candidates for the Presidency, ard who desire the nomination of an Independent Electoral Ticket in Georgia, are re *o assemble at the Exchange Long Room on Wednesday Evening next, at 8* o’clock,to appoin Delegates to the Macon Convention of 17th inst. We send copies to-day of the Journal to ail of our brethren in Georgia, of whom we have any knowledge, and hope to be favored with exchanges from them all, as we wish to “keep up” with the progress of things in our own State. Those who enjoy the facilities of a daily mail, by informing us to that etfect, will receive copies of our daily edition. Interesting Ceremony. Mr. Wm. L. Clark, Acting Master Machinist of the Works at the Central Railroad Depot in this city, will recer a flattering tribute to his worth from his brother mechanics this afternoon. Mr. C. has occupied this arduous post for some time, and his fellow mechanics present him to-day with a Silver Cup in “ token of their high esteem,’’ ana i ac tion with the discharge of his duties. The ceremony comes otfat C o’clock, P. M., at the Railroad Depot, The following is the inscription on the cup, with which we have been kindly favored by Mr. James White : “ Presented to WILLIAM L. CLARK, By the Mechanics of the C. R. R. Under his immediate charge, Asa token of their high esteem, Aug., A. D. 1852. In the centre of the inscription, is the beautiful and uppoHte device of a locomotive. Preaez Garde II! Another attempt to Fire the City !— We are informed of another incendiary attempt made to-day about 11 o’clock, ou the premises occupied by Mr. Wilder, (194 Bryan-street) A lot of shav ings, chips and other combustible mutter, was placed beneath the house, just under the sleepers of the ground floor and then fired. The flameo were time ly discovered, and extinguished without damage. A small boy hired to Mr. Wilder, and property of Mrs. Jewett, was arrested by officer Mendall, and is now in jail, on suspicion of having had a hand in the matter. Still Another. —Since writing the above, a se cond similar attempt has been reported to us, as having occurred in the lumber-yard of Mr. Kent, on Gibbon’s lot, Bryan-street- Some’ inflamma bles, nicely tied up in a bundle, were discovert and among the lumber in the yard about 1 * o'clock, a. m. There were some half burnt matches in the bundle, and it is likely they were ignited by the fall of the bundle, us it was thrown over the fence, ‘i his, howj ever, as well as the “ throwing over,” arc matters for conjectu re. We consider it unnecessary to urge greater vigi lance on the part of our city authorities, a? we fed confident they spare no effort to ferret out the au thors of these wicked designs. Let us hope for the best, and continue on guard. The Baltimore Sun of the sth inst. announces the death at the age of 71 year*, of Joseph Cushing, an old citizen c.‘ Baltimore, a bookseller, and for the last twenty years, the President of the Ba timore Savings Bank. His decease is deeply and widely felt. JTvjß? 3 The Kainecase has walked into the U. S. Su preme Court, where it will be finally setth and, and the decision become a precedent for future difficulties of a like character. ZfW* The Sovereign of the Seas, the largest and finest merchantman in the world, has cleared at 14. York for Sau Francisco. Bets have b ‘en na .e that she will beat the Flying Cloud (heretof ore ahead of all competitors) and make the passage in 9P ys. $20,000 is the amount staked- 4 -SIO,OOO each con ting* ncy. Two thirds of her cargo was en 0 .god at 74 a 95c.—the ordinary rates are 45 to 80. Hon. Humphrey Marshall, M. C. from Ky., resigned his seat in the House ou Wednesday. He will represent this country at the Court of the Ce lestial Empire. J3F 1 Gen. Pierces birthday (19th inst.) will be signalized at Hillsboro*, N. 11., by a mass meeting of the New Hampshire Democracy. ht We learn from the Constitutionalist <y Re public (Augusta) that the contract for building the Depot in that city for the August-. & Waynesboro’ Rail Road, has been given to Ambrose Spencer, Esq. The contractors have commenced grading within the corporate limits of the city, and the completion of the road will lake place in about eight or ten months. The Soutl Carolina Rail Road Company will soon bring their road over the Savannah River, and will have two depots built in Augusta. “ Me chanics,’’ says the C. 4’ R- will doubtless find pro fitable employment in this city in the course of two or three months.” The same paper of Saturday, says the river is in good boating order. ggpThe work of the Masonic Temple und Statue to Washington,we neglected to state in our notice of a day or two since, wiil be confided to Ilirnm Pow ers. Washington Irving. — We have [it stated on the : authority oi one of the interested parties ti nt Sir j Walter Scott, anxious t)‘secure the brilliant pen of ‘ Washington irving. ofi red him ine editorship ot a new Edinburg newspape* at a su.uiy of £sooa y tr, The offer was declined true the re *oi for and doing it was peculiar. Mr. Irving stated that he could not write Impromptu. lie had iiio moments el inspira tion and ho wa* obliged to wait for trieuiJ En/oi | yean I ivies. Our Book Table* A Journey to Katmandu ; with Camp of Jung Pah-door ; etc., <tc. By Lawrence Olyphant.— : New York: D. Appleton St Cj. Despite the. lish title of this book, it willbe found upon pei usal, to be u very sensible, interest. ! ing and entertaining work. ‘ Katmandu is the Cap itol, and Imperial City of Nepaul ; a lovely and ex tensive valley elevated some thousand feet above the level of the sea ; bounded on the nort! by the Him* Malay Mountains, which separate it from Thibet, and on the south by the English province of Bengal and Oude. It contains about 3,000 square miles and a population of 3,500,000. Until the year 1815, itw a almost as little known to the civilized world as Uto pia, or Ethiopia. In February of that year atfer three days hard fighting before the fortress of Mucli&avtpore the P>'h surrendered to the British arms under Gen. Ochterlong ; by treaty of May 4 1816, the chain ol forts on the Southern frontier of upaul.and sev eral districts were ceded to the British, with tho addi tional privilege pf “right of way ” through Nepau into China. The soil is fruitful and well irrigated— the climate warm though healthy, the air pure. The prevailing religion is Hindoo, and the products are honey, rice, oil, marble, ginger, iron, cotton, &c., &c. In the year 1819, Dr. Hamilton wrote an “Ac count ot the Kingdom of Nepaul,” since which time the country has escaped the foot of the tourist, aa well as the pen of the author, nnd we have had but , few accounts (and those scanty, and unsatisfactory) of the pregess of matters and things in Nepaul. Nov- ‘ elty and treshness therefore are the most prominent merits of the book before us, opening to our view a country which lias been in seclusion for nearly thirty years. Jung Bahadoor* whose namqgiven such an outre appearance to the title page of this took, and which had nearly frightened us, not only from pro ceeding farther, but had also almost excluded the name of that worthy from honorable mention in the Savannah Journal, is neither more nor less than a military “bigbug’of the Kingdom of Nepaul. His Excellency at one time represented the Kingdom a* the of St. James—has figured in Grosvenor square ; was a great favorite at the ‘ West End,’ and on account of the brilliancy of his dress, (more po/*. haps than ofhis ad -dress) which sparkled with dia monds, he was an acknowledged lion among the fair sex during bis stay in London. On his return to Ne* paul in 1850, bearing a letter to his Or ‘on from Vic toria Regina, he happened to touch at Colombo in Ceylon, where he scrapes an acquaintance witli our ; author,persuades him to accompany lrm to Kalman- j du, and after that, did all Iv his power to make his stay pleasant,, instructive and agreeable. Arm-in- j arm with his excellenza, the Genera 1, Mr. CEypliant pleasured it about, hunted Hons und tigers and ele* phants; talked politics, went to feasts and frolics weddings and picnics, made the acquittance of the Nepaul “Upper Ten,”rode steeple chases,dined with royalty, attended church and made notes; we now have the benefit of his jottings, and for their charm ing interest let us not forget to thank his Cicerone Jung Bahadoor, who from beginning to end acted like a “trump.” We have hardly done Mr. Bahadoor justice, but the reader will please remember that though he is the “prince ot good fellows,” he is also a great man ; as a diplomatist he could shake hands with Talleyrand! without a blush— he is brave be sides, as Julius Ciesar, and rich as Croesus. Our au thor is a keen observer, accurate and reliable, never prosy except upon prosy subjects, (which by the bye seldom come up,) and writes with a sprightli ness, grace, and ease, which puts the reader in a good humor, ana on excellent terms with the anthor. In. cidcut, philosophizing, anecdote, adventure, and “moving incidents by flood and field,” relieve the dryness of detail, while much valuable information is also to be derived from the perusal of the work. This is the eleventh number ot Appleton’s Popular Library ;is well printed and neatly bound,and is not I iuferior in merit or interest, to those numbers of the j Library which havepreceded it. “Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, or , Eighteen months in the Polar Region in search of ! Sir John Franklin'* Expedition in tlie years 1850- j ‘sl. By Lieut. Snerard (Jsborne, Commanding ii. I M. S. Vessel “Pioneer. New York. G. P. Putnam, j The fate of Sir John Franklin, involved as it is in j mystery—locked up per chance in the cold bosom , of some gigantic iceberg, or in the keeping alone of the great deep, never to be disclosed till “the sea shall give up its dead,” will invest the pages of this work with a melancholy interest, aside from its own merits. Li .e that we have just noticed, the work be fore 4 us treatsot regions ol which we read with woin’eT and delight, and which lew have seen except in ima* gination. At the same time, that order and connec tion are strictly maintained, it is not the mere log book of a navigator—a bald and tedious narrative— but it is full of stirring scenes, novel incidents, and descriptions of the life, manners and customs of a people whose very existence to us seems a fable The “ P ioneerV was the first steamer that ever visit ed the Arctic regions, and this little work may be ealely classed among the benefits which steam has conferred upon us. The work is dedicated to the noblest woman of the age, Lady Frankim. We predict for it * eady sale ;it is the fourteenth number of Putnam’s semi monthly Library. scenes and Thougtits in Europe ; by G. 11. Cal vert, (second series.) G. P. Putnam,New York. A melange of anecdote, legend, criticism, reflec tion, moral sing, landscape, laconism, politics, lit terature, art. and science—a book to be taken up or ( put down at any moment, to be opened at any place, and to repay perusal whether it be partinl or entire. Mr. Calvert is a bold and original thinker, possesses a fine fancy to which a ready and graceful pen warmly responds, and is very apt to imbue the read, er with his own uction of things as they appear to him. His style, with the exception of a very little affectation here nnd there, is elegant, terse, and not infrequently, musical; his criticisms are ju.-t and felicitous in expression, nnd indicative of a mind ex panded by travel, and free from national prejudices j or the bigotry of schools. Measures op Safety. —The Paris correspondent ! of the VVa.-hington Republic states thaf the numerous coliisionsrttsea’that have,of late occurred in European waters have suggested the idea of holding a conven tion of delegates from all the principal maritime na tions, for the purpose of agreeing upon certain rules ofnavigation, obligatory upon all the contracting parties. The principal article of this agreement would be one compelling all sailing vessels to carry three lights, of different colors, at night as is now done by all oc an steamers ; r. heavy penalty to be ex acted of every ship discovered sailing without such lights. It is said that the Governments ol France, England, the United States, Holland, Sweden, Den mark, Spain and Russia, have expressed their readi ness to concur in such an arrangement. £if out of a Bible. — Here is a laughable instance of “ a man shert of a Bible.” “A reverend gentleman, while vi<itirf|C j, parishi oner, had occasion in the course of cbuvorsaiion lo reter to the Bible, arid on ask dig ir r the article the master of the house run to bring it. and came back with only two leaver of the book r. bis hand. 4 I de clsrp v.- Re, ‘this is all we’ve got in the house I’d no iut*u *<- were so ucai out! “ — Knickerbocker ‘idle love oi ob unacy is t"great in me human tam iiy, that a'uuiby believe that if the legislature should make- it penal to help men in distress, the number of Howards that would spring up in the community w ould be equal to the felons. SAVANNAH JOURNAL, MONDAY. AUGUST 9,1852. journaltaing*. Cholera Statistics. —At Rochester, N. Y., r on the 4th inst. 22 cases and 19 deaths; on the day pre vious 20 cases, 19. deaths. At Miffiington, Pa.. 11 deaths recently. At Georgetown, Ohio,on the2s-6 h nit. 4 cases,2fatal. At Buffalo the disease still prevails in particular neighborhoods and from local cam . no panic there however, and people, hopeful that it ; will soon disappear. Up to the 30th ult., 11 cases | and 10 at Athens, Ky. At Rochester many ucvv cases, and g r at mortality. At Mount Stirling. Ohio, 15 deaths. A French physician says that rain water (constantly used) is a prophylactic of cholera, and it is never epidemic in any city where rain wa ter is exclusively used. A Galveston paper sets this down as a fact and points to that city and its past free, dom from cholera as a proof of it. Cisterns are the only water sources in that city and the cholera has never prevailed there as an epidemic. the relief of the sufferers in Montreal ; the total loss by the late fire is set down at $2 000,000, and the city fathers are about to rpply to Government for a loan of SBOO,OOO, for the benefit of such proprietors as are unable to rebuild. We sincerely hope this \ negotiation may be successful, nnd tlfe poor who ; are homeless, be enabled once more to eit “beneath their own vine and fig tree.” Can uny one tell us how our own citizens recently burned out, are far ing, nnd what, if any thing, has been done for j them. ( The Charlotte andS. C. Rair road as we per i ceive by a timetable in the Charleston Courier is in ! operation—cars are running and ily to within 16 miles j of Charlotte from Columbia, and nearly 100 miles is : completed. Rejected suitors are common, every day things, but some fellow in Baltimore has been up before a justice ou a charge of kicking a Woman. — The scamp was released upon giving security for six months future decency—he should have been kicked out of town. The Phi Beta Kappa Society of old Yale have appointed Fitz Greene Haileck to deliver the annual poem next year before their body. A National Woman’s Rights Convention has been called to meet at Syracuse (or rather adjourned over from las* .ast year) for the Bth, 9 th, and 10th proximo. Vivelafoliel England is at last awakening to the expediency and necessity of reform in her patent laws, having recently modified her statutes on thi9 subject; the present law requires but one patent for the United Kingdom and cr’ inies—the cost is as follows : for issue of a patent £25; £SO at the end of the third year, and £IOO at the end of the seventh. Failure to pay these last sum.--forfeits the patent when they fall due. This law i till exorbitant in its pecuniary re‘ quirements, but i is so much better than the old mi l stone which hung upon the neck of inventive genius that we record it with unfeigned pleasure. By act of Parliament Messrs. John Doe and Richard Roe who have flourished lor 800 years, will shuffle off’ their legal coil on the 24th of next Octo. her and no more appear in tones of legal lea r ning.— And Doe and Roe lived 800 years and they died, “Leaves have their times to fall And flowers to wither at the north wind’s breath, And stars to set —but all Thou hast ail seasons for thine own. Oh ! Death! ” The Cochineal crop in Guatemala will be a failure. Advices to the 14th June put down the quan tity secured at 3000 bales against 14,000 same time last year. Speculators take notice. The Halifax and Quebec Telegraph Line is in successful operation. Hoggish. —The number of hogs in Kentucky six months old, and .upwards, is set down at 880,730 j what a grunt it would be if they all grunted in con- ; cert. Fine prospects for “souce and sassengers” to say nothing of hog-foot jelly. I he yacht America has been beaten on her old “stamping ground” at Cwves, by the Arrow. We must make another yacht a mouth or two sooner than we expected. The islands of Ruatan, Bonacea, Untilla, Bar barat, Uelene, aqd Morat, which had claimed the protection of Honduras, have’ been placed by Eng land under its entire { controll: she has made a colony of them, call ed the •• Coiony of Bay Islands.” ——The whig State Convention, of New Jersey, to select a ticket of electors for President and Vice ; President of the United States, will be held in Tien- 1 ton, on the 2d of September, and a mass meeting at I the same time. The R. I. Society for the Encouragement of Do ■ mestic Industry and the R. I. Horticultural Society. 1 1 will hod their third annual Exhibition in Providence | on the 15th, 16tli, 17th, and 18th of*September next- The Crops* Madison, (La) —The copious rains have made the Corn. Cotton would have done better with Jess. St. FraNcisville. —The Corn will not be so i abundant as was anticipated. The Cotton looks well, and there will be a very fair yield, unless the i CHtterpiilar should make its appearance or the weath er prove unseasonable ui further. The crops oi Cotton, Corn and Sugar iu Rapides Purish are only so so. There has been a severe storm in Rapides, extend ing from a low point ou Bayou Bcouf a considerable distance on Bayou R > >ert. Much Corn wus biown down, and in orne places were evidences of hail. Caddo —The p! aters of lira*’ l o'-'on are yet exult ing in the prospeci ct an uncommonly fine Cotton crop. Appearam- too, are in ftv or of their mak ing a crop of Corn such as has not for many years bi-en V"ucs afecPto them. The prospect oi large crops of Corn and Cotton in j South Arkansas is very fine. Similar intelligence I comes from almo.-t every quarter of the State. The ‘ recent rains appear to have done incalculable good to Corn, Cotton, St c Carbolton, (Miss ) —The crops of Corn in that section are exceedingly fine. The Cotton crops in that country are as good a* usual, pt roups better than lasty**ar. Ti e Carolinian (S.C.)of the 23d says : “ We regret to lear 1 that th* carterpiller, orarmyworm, has been very destructive to the Cotton plant on s me p’an t lions on the river below this place. A lew made their appearance some weeks since, but nave spread l with rapidity ever seve al hundred acre ‘The j Corn crops in the same section are said to be the most luxuriant that have been raised for many years. Within the last ten days the planters ot D‘Soto Parish have been blessed with about as much rain as they nee ted; appearances ior abundant of Coin und Cotton could not be more favorable than they are atpresent. The Palmetto (S C ) Sentinel says that the aver age crop in Barnwell district i9 a good one, though some plunders have inferior prospects. A Salutary Thought. — When l w r as a young man there lived in our neighborhood a Presbyterian who was universally reported to be a very liberal man and uncommonly uptight in his dealings. When he had any of the produce ofhis farm to dispose of, he made iian invariable rule to give good measure: over good, rather more than could be required of iiiin. “ One of bis friends, observing, i frequently doing to questioned him why he “id Id him he gave too much, and said it would not his own advantage*. Now my friends, mark ■ nswer of this PieebyteriHU—“God Almighty has permitted me ut fine Journey through the world, and wh n gone 1 cannot return to rectify mistakes.” Think of this friends, but,one Journey through^)e world. Tlie Wife. Behold, how fair of eye, and mild of mien, Walks forth of marriage yonder gentle queen ; What eha? ’ sobri. tv whene'er she speaks, | YVhatglai content u “trilling on her cheeks • plans of good :'e: ;n that bosom glow, What pre.den < -.;v is ill* - tied t pon bdr brow, What tender truth in all she does or says, What leasantnees arid peace in >ll her ways ! For o’ •!’ blooming on that cheer 1 1 face Horne’s best affections grow and • ’ ie grace : i'er eyes are ray’d with love. > •* and bright, Charity wreathes her lips wit .tea of light; | Her kindly voice hath mu *ic in its notes ; i And Hcav’n’i own atmosphere around her floats! Telegraphic Abstract. Four Days liinter from Europe I COTTON ADVANCED l-2d! New-York, Aug. B. —Pacific arrived ; she left Liv erpool on the 28th ult. Sarah Sands and Africa, ar rived at Liverpo 1 on the 26th. Markets. —Liverpool. Cotton—brisk with ex- i ten r i. ai ,ut £d advnnceon quotations. | For the three day's ending 27tli ult., 44, (XX) bales sold; ; to speculators 12,000 and to exporters 5000. Quota tions—Orleans Fair, to 0* ; Middling 5£ to ss. j Mobile £air, 5£ to 6; Middling, 58 to s£. Atlanta ‘ Fair, 5} to 6; Middling, 53 to s£. July 28th. —Sales for past lour days 57,000 bales— speculators took ll,opd t anl exporters 4000 bales. Fair New Orleans is quoted at G|; Middling Or leans 5£ ; Fair Uplands 6; Middling Uplands 53d. Flour —Western Canal is quoted at 195.; Ohio do. 19s fid. Corn —Yellow brings 315.; White do. 28s. 6d. London Money Market steady—Consols quoted at I 100* a 100*. Coffee. — Small business done; Ceylon Coffee quo- ■> ted at 44. Cotton —Brisk with an upward tendency. Sugar— Rather on the decliii e. Tallow , firm. Accounts from Manchester report increased ani mation in the markets. New York, Aug. 7. — Cotton. —Firm. Day’s sales 2200 bales—week’s 14,000. Middling Orleans quoted at 10$, Middling Uplands 10* cents. Miscellaneous. England. Election returns nearly complete. At latest dates Ministerialists stood j 325 Opposition 301. A desperate election riot occurred at Limerick, — j The military were compelled to fire on the meb by j whom they were attacked—many persons killed. Changes are rumored in the British Cabinet. France. —Another coup d'etat is phrophesied on the 15th mst. Louis Napoleon’s “ coui ting tour” it is said will be crowned with success. The Lady is a i grand daughter oi Eugene Beauharnois, a Protestant i and Princess of Baden. Accounts from Capellnytien of the 22d July, state thatun epid xnic resembling the plague is prevailing there, causing great mortality. The storeship Southampton arrived from Callao. No news. Cincinnati, Aug. 4.—A fire at Fulton this morning i • estroyed Hapens’ Saw Mill, a large quantity of lum- ‘ her and 12 dwellings. Los $30,1)00, partiaby iusur- \ ed. The weather is very dry and unfavorable to the j corn crop. Only half a crop it is said can be realiz- j ed. Cholera. —On the increase in JloChester —nine- i teen deaths there on Thursday, and 25 new cases On the decline at Buffalo. Hou. Robert Rantoul, U. S. Senator fYom Mass., ! died in Washington yesterday of Erysipelas. Steamship Arctic with $300,000 in specie left N. Y. j for Liverpool on Saturday. Cuban and Brazilian ports under quarantine law I at Lisbon. The Fishing Difficulties.— The amendment of ! Mr. Evans to the General Appropriation Bill which passed in the Houseyeete r day, proposing light house duties on English vessel, it is believed will settle the Fishing question. A British Cruizer has fired into an American Fish ing schooner, for refusingto leave the grounds when ordered. The Acadian and Reporter of Halifax look upon the late difficulties as the germ of a war Petitions are circuited at Halifax, to prohibit Americans lroin fishing within three miles of the shore, even in the event of reciprocal trade. Mr. Crampton has sent orders to Admiral Seymour to make no more cap. tures of fishing vessels until further notice. Political. —Returns from Alabama indicate a large vote adverse to a revision und amendment of the Alabama State Constitution. Returns from North Carolina secure the election of a Whig Governor and Whig legislative majority. Washington. Aug. s.— Congressional. —Senate t - day engaged on the Indian Appropriation Bill; House on Civil and Diplomatic Bill. Senate has confirmed Patterson as U. Marshal for Alabama. Aug. 6 —Senate Committee on Public Lands, re jected the Land distribution and Homestead Bills, from the House. SIB,OOO has been appropriated (by amendment) for the out, and infit of the Minister to China. Mr. Seward submitted aresolnt,ion, calling for in formation as to wheather the Sovereign ud the Sand wich Islands has not proposed to transfer the sover eignty of those Islands to the United States ; agreed to. Gen. Houston submitted a resolution to app... select committe of five to inquire into any frauud j bribery,or abuses in the prosecution ofelaim be fore Congress or the Department; agreed l , -sis. Houston, Borland, Brooke, Meriwether and Un derwood appointed • s the committee. The House was’ engaged during the morning hour in consideration of a bill to regulate fees and cost to be < ’lowed clerk 1 , marshal o , and attorneys ol the Cir- j cuit and District Courts ot the United State's. The House then went into Committee of the ■ Whole on the State of the Union, and resumed con sideration of general Appropriation Bill. An Interesting Bridal Race — The conditions of the bridai race are these—the maiden lias, a cer tain start given, which she avails herself ot, to gain a sufficient distance from the crowd to enable her to manage her steed witjp freedom, so as to assist in his pursuit, the suitor wnomjshe prefers. On a.signal from the father, a.l she horsemen aa Hop after the fair one, and whichever first succeeds in encircling her waist with his arm, no matter whether disagree able or not to her choice, is entitled to claim her as his wife. Alter the usual delays incident upon such | intesesting occasions, the maiden quits the circle of j her relations, and putting her steed into a hand gal- j lop. darts into the open plain. When satisfied J with her position, she turns round to the impatient ; youths, as ii to woo their approach. This is the mo* ; ment tor giving the signul to commence the chase, and each or the impatient youths, dashing his point- ! ed heels into his coursers sides, darts like the un heeded hawk in pursuit of the fugitive dove. The savanna was extensive, full twelve miles long, and three in width; und as the horsemen sped across ihe plain, the favored lover soon became apparent by the efforts of the. maiden to avoid all others who might approach her. At length, after nearly two hours racing, the whole number of persons isreduc ed to four, who are altogether and gradually gain ing ou the pursued; with them is tlie favorite, but alas ! his horse suddenly fails in his speed and as she turnsher head, she perceives with dismay the hapless position of her lover. Each ot the more fortunate leaders, eager with anticipated triumph, bending his head on his horses mane, shouts at the top of his Yoi<ssr“l come,my Peri; I’m your lover.” But she, making a sudd n turn, and lashing her horse almost to fury, darts act s* their path, and makes tor tnat part of. the ebummuo ( plain) where j her lover was vainly emleavoring to goad on his ‘ weary steed. The three lovers instantly check th ir ; career, butin the hurry to turn ack two ot ihe 1 the horses are dashed furiously ngaiust each other, j so that both steeds and riders roil over the plain. J The maiden laughed, for she well knew she could , elude the single ho*s j man, and flew to the poiijt [ where her lover|mnunted,und notso easily shaken on; j making a last and desperate effort he dashed,along- j side the maiden, and stretching out his arm. almost j won the unwilling prize; hut she, bending her head j to her horse’s neck, eluded grasp, and wheeled j off’ again. Ere the discomfited horseman could i again approach her, h* r over’s arm was around her waist, and amidst the'seouts of the spectators they turned towards the foot.— Capt. BurslemPeep into Toorkisthan. The Tyranny ofAVYumenv— 1 have always said it : Unbeaten Woman fowls it o’er the world ! (By the way. that’s a verse, but it .3 as true as prose it self) We males swagger, ay<l talk ot our superior ity, nut only the Savage JiWpVactical dominion over the “weaker sex,’’ simply uecaus In* bangs his recal citrant female in lordiy Vtyle.! We don't beat our women, and are therefore sfavcS ; we are forced to Knock under because, wtf bavd fastidious scruples about knocking them down! This may be quite c orrect: I only state the tact, witheut commentary. Unbeaten Woman is a Tyrant. The weaker they are, the more tyrannical. A little blade creature with fair eyes and fragile figure, whom you could crush in your manly grasp, somehow or other you find yoursell|trembhng before, as before a crowned po tentate. She bends you to For purposes, to her cap rices ; if you resist, her pretty eyes flash scornful fire ; if you quail not before her anger, she rushes in to hysterics ! What is helpless ami above all,club less— man to do ? Be meek and acquiescent! That I take to lie one of the primeval laws of civ ilization. Directly man emerges from the savage state, he becomes woman’s prey I find it the eternal theme of literature. In one shape or another it is all ways Sampson laying hisshaggyhead in.the fair lap of Dalilah. From Homer to PauldeKock the *t.ory of Cymon and Iphigenia—which Mr. Drydentold in re sounding couplets—has been varied in its incidents, but has preserve and its kernel of sentiment, which is none other than the domination of Beauty. The old lion who allowed the fair maiden to draw hio teeth and clip his terrible claws, what is that but the sym bol of our daily folly ? Do we not all stoop,from our pedestal and to crouch the merciless grace of wo man ? “Did not great Hercules lay down his strength. Spinning with Omphale, and all for love!” Think of Achilles the Terrible, he whose shout alone made the horses of Troy tremble in theirshoes foivseeing the sorrows which that shout implied Well, the swift footed hirn-elf, who slew the Horse tamer, was conquered by the gentleness of the fair Bnseis ! And when she was taken from him, he stalked ireful and moody by the shores of the m ny sounding sea and mingled his salt tears with the “ocean wave.’ (Unless you suppose that he had an eye to posterity, and wished to furnish young gen tlemen of a classical turn with the polvvhoisboio thal asces as an appropriate quotation always ready.) If Achilles could be tamed by Beauty, who, after him shall resist. Joshua R. Giddings has been re-nominated to Congress by free soil county meetings in Ohio. SPECIAjjtftOTICES. jjpg? THE CAMI'BELLS ARE COMING."— These who visited thi4 celebrated corps last season, will be pleased to learn that they will visit our city in a fsw days, (aug fi; J. JONES, Agt. jjplpp REMOVAL.—In the office lately occupied by Messrs. Griffin & Gordon, over Messrs. Crane & Holcombe’* store on the Bay, 1 will be happy to attend to any Magisterial, Conveyancing, Collecting and Notarial business entrusted to my care. EDWARD G. WILSON, aug G 3t Justice of the Picc ?. ([pip NOTlCE.—During my absence from the bZSt St ite, Mr. John G. Neidlioger will act as my Attorney, and attend to my business generally, jul.y 29 WILLIAM HEIDT. nrjS 8 * NOTICE TO VOTERS—AII persons en tilled to vote for Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savanuah and Hamlets thereof, under the’ate Registry act, are hereby notified that the Registry Book will be finalh and absolutely closed on the Ist day of September nexl. R. F. AKIN, aug 5 Register of Voters. NOTICE.—The i-chr. CATARACT, Rice master, for New York, can accommodate a few more passenger.-, if applied ior immediately, to aug 3 WJLLIS &BKUNDAGE. JTgpDR. LAC RUE’S TOO IU AND GUM WASH. •k-'-Jy Those who would wish to preserve a good set of teeth, and have unsound and sore gums and mouth restored, we would say, try a bottle of Dr. Lacrue’s French Specific,prepared by Clarke 6l Cos. It has testimonials in its favor by all those who have used it. For sale by JOHN A. MAYER, aug 3 IF^igSiF 3 Cental NOTICE—The Subscriber con templates being absent from the city fora few w eks, to recruit Uis health, and w-ll b lumpy to wait upon his friends, prior to leaving about the 12thinst. fit Ii J. ROYAIL. PROCLAMATION.—SOO Dollars Reward. Mayor’s Office, Savannar., June 14. 1852. A reward oi Five liuudred Dollars is hereby of fer* and for the apprehension and conviction ot any person guilty ot setting fire to any house within the limits ol the city of Savannah. RICHARD D. ARNOLD, jane 15 Mvor. jrgtP HOWARD INSURANCE Cum?A* i —inis Company Continues to tak * ri.-ks as usual, and during my absence from the city Mr. Charles U. Oampfikld will act as my Att >rney, to whom all app ications for insurance or oth r business ap pertaining to the above Company, may be made, jtily 31 lmo 3.C. 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CUBBEDGE, ’ enii ■mine i \i.. ‘ LATEST DATES FROM Liverpool June 8 | Havre.. June 3 | Havana. June 14 NEW ORLEANS, Aug )4. Colton. —The sales barely reach 150 bales. Cotton Statement. Stock on hand Sept. 1,1851 bales Ifidt Arrived since 1,415,7.# Arrived to-day o* 1,431,8*7 . Exported to date 1,424,507 Exported to-day none —1,424.59/ Stk. on hand ana on ship'board n > cld. b'es 7,2 fl > Flour.— Sale 10.) bbls. St. Louis at $3 75: 1(T 9 Ohio in 2 lots al $3 fi); 100 extra St. Louis at $4 and 100 Mills atss. . \ Corn. —Sales2937sacks white and yellow in 7 lc‘9 at 55c. Mid 220 ordinary at 53c. Whiskey. —Small lot* ol Rectified sold at 18c. I irk. —Mess retailing ats2L. Bacoh. —44 casks bides were sold in 3 lots at 10c. and 25 and Ifi casks Shoulders atß*c. Lard. —loo kegs were sold at li*c.; 100 kegs M *ul 13 tierces at 12c. REIPKIPTS UK C OTTON, Aug 7 Per Ct'nrral Rai. Road Mdze.,tc> E Parson* Cos, J Jones, E F K.nchley A Cos, * W Morreh * i/’o, E F Miller and J Cunningham. PV-'SKNURBS. Per steamer Calhoun, from Charleston—J Jor dan. M S St renter, E VV Stare, 8 T Chapman, M Johnston, and Mrs Joseph J Smith. P‘ steamer Gordon,from Charleston—Gen AH Bristbane, A Wnyu *, .1 ( ’ [lnserthum R Reilly** J Reiily.T M Gugyn, J II Witeh, N Forteo, J F Ask ter, J Moses, N ‘i ifr. J B Ash and 2 deck Per steamer H 1, Cook, from Augusta—Miss- Georgia Peck. Mrs Matcnerand 2 deck