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LATRR rHOM EtROPE.
Arrival of tbc HI. Louis.
X. Yukk, Dec. <1.
Tlio S(. Louis lin* arrived bringing Inter intelli
gence from Europe.
Three Magazines belonging to the French Ar
tillery bad exploded Hour Iukorumnn. killing sev
enty and ivouuding one hundred soldiers, inclu
ding two officers. Au immense quantity of ammu
nition was lost.
The Caur had dismissed MenchikolT from his
staff. MuraviefT (?) bos become insane from bis de
feat at Kars.
A great fire had occurred in I’nris, which de
stroyed government stores amounting to 30,000
quintals (8,800,000 lbs) of Corn, besides u large
amount of Flour and Biscuits.
From Washington,
Washington, Dee. C.
Tao proceedings in tbc Senate to-day are unim
portant. The House bad six more ballotings for
Speakor without an election. It is thought there
will probably be no election this week. Some of the
members are writing home for instructions. Tho
President’s Message will bo printed ns soon ns tho
Ilouse is organised, but will not he read until the
next day; copies will bo mailed to the press a few
hours in advance of tho rendiug.
From Trxaa.
New Orleans, Dec. 6.
The Perseverance has arrived bringing advices
from Galveston to tho 1st instnnt.
A bill is before the Legislature of Texas propo
sing to loan $5,000 for every mile of Railroad built i
in the State after fifty miles are finished, the State ;
to retain a mortgage on the road. It is believed j
thnt the bill will pass.
Several papers in the State aro urging the Legis
lature to instruct Scnntor Houston to resign on ac
count of his anti-southern sentimouts.
Weather favorable for securiug cotton and sugar
crop*.
New York Market.
New York, Dec. fl.
The Cotton mnrkct bns declined 4 to J. Flour
is also lower, State $9. Ohio $9,37.
J7&* Wc aro indebted to Mr. Potts, agent of
Hamden’s Express, for a copy of tho New York
Herald, in advance of tho mail.
T&R* Mr. Bennett, tho most intellectual and ac-
complished actor who has appeared in Savannah
of late years, takes his farewell benefit this even-I
ing. Tho piny selected for the occasion is Othello, ■
Mr. B. taking tho part of the crafty /ago, ono of |
his best characters. We are glad to learn thnt
several sents hnve already been engaged, nnd that ;
the prospect of a large and fashionable audience is i
very flattering. No compliment could bo moro :
deserved; for ns a close student, a good render, a !
graceful speaker and a faithful •dellnetito*. the I
beneficiary hns hut few equals upon American !
bonrds. Discarding nil rant and stage trick, he !
takes nature for his stundnrd, and conforms to I
Hamlet’s pithy instructions—to “suit the notion to ;
tho word, tho word to the action, with this special
observance, that you o’erstep not the modesty of
nature.”
Persons desirous of procuring good scats should
apply in season.
:Z-H" Persons wishing to see a genuine curlosi- |
ty, should make a visit to the “ Wild Men of Bor- j
nco,”now on exhibition next door to our office.
Col. Williams has laid on our tub'e the |
October number—a very interesting one—of the j
Westminster Review.
ySi" The Trustees of the South Carolina Col- j
lege have elected Professor Charles, F. McKay, |
late of the I'niversity of Georgia. President of the I
College. It gives us pleasure to record this fact, |
and we cannot but think tho Trustees have acted !
wisely. It would seem thnt their ostimnte of Pro. |
feasor McKay’s zeal and capacity differs very j
widely from that of Dr. Church.
Narrow Escape.—Wo learn thnt yosterdny i
afternoon, ns Mr. Geo. H. Johnson, Agent of the ;
Iron Steamboat Company, wus passing nt the head 1
of the Company’s wharf, by some accident a bale i
of cotton tipped over from a pile nnd knocked him
overboard. Not being n swimmer, ho would have
drowned, but for the timely assistance of a negro
man, who rescued him.
Cotton Stalk Hemp.
A specimen of hemp made out of the cotton stalk
hns been Intel on our tnble by Messrs. Rowland A ,
Son, of this city. Tho following letter, received
by them from a leading commercial house in New
York, cannot fail to interest our southern renders :
New Yobk, I»cc. 1st, 1855. 1
Gentiemen:—We enclose you n sample of hemp made '
from what you Georgia planter* consume every year In
preparing your fields—I. t\. tho cotton stalk. We would i
■end you a larger sample if you wish it, that the planters '
generally may seo for themselves to what extensive use i
th« plant can Iks applied. We are informed that it is not
only good for rope, hut very good paper tan be made from
it. If such should lie the case, there w ill he no necessity
of your plauters going to California to hunt for gold. |
We are yours respectfully, D. St Co. I
Should it turn out thnt rope nnd paper enn he 1
manufactured frota the cotton stalk, the wealth nnd
influence of the southern Stntcs would ho prodi- 1
giousiy increased. The paper consumed in the U.
States alone cannot cost much less than $25,000,000
a year, and throughout the world it must amount
to over $100,000,000. To supply this dcinnnd has
now become very difficult; so much so, indeed,
that fears aro entertninod lest tho price of paper,
now exorbitantly dear, must go still higher, in
consequence of tho limited supply of pulp nnd
the impossibility of keeping the production up to
the demand.
The specimen of hemp before us seems to ho of
a superior quality. Tho fibres uro distinct, flexi
ble and Btrong, and when mado into thread and
then into rope, would bo equal, wo should think,
to tho best article now in use.
Florida Finances,
Gov. Broome Iiuh sent in his Message to tho
Florida Legislature now in session nt Tallahassee.
It is of proper length, well written, nnd confined
to State affairs. The following shows the financial
condition of the State :
Expenditures for fiscal year just closed, $55,3(15 19
Receipts at Treasury same period (IN,301 50
Showing deficiency of. $17,(WO 09
A table giving tho receipts and expenditures for
the post ten years shows au nniiiml averngo defi
ciency of over nine thousand dollars.
The State debt amounts to $1*1,872 02, of which
one hundred and six(y thousand is hearing inter- I
cst, and adds annually to the debt nearly ten thou
sand dollars. The Governor very properly con- |
damns the timidity that hus allowed (hit debt to '
accumulate through a fear to exercise tho taxing
power.
The Hocrctnry or the Hussiau Legation, who
came passenger in the steamer Washington, was
robbed in Washington Saturday of five hundred
Holland ducuts, valued at about $1,000.
Tho Editor of tho Columbus Corner Stone gives
the following reason for the interest that journal
has manifested in the subject or Kansas omigrn-
gration. It says:
“We feel no interest in the Kiiiiniui question, ex
cept that resulting from the hope that they may
get up a difficulty over It, which limy by possibility
re uit in a dissolution of the Union. We would
not. for uny other benefit *wc expect the South
to dori\o from it, turn on our luel for choice
whether it shull be u free or a slave Slate.”
Georgia Leigtslatur*.
Our correspondence from Mlllodgovlllo, whioh wo
publish this morning, presents several Items of in
terest.
It will bo soon that both houses have agreed to
a resolution to take a recess from tho 20th instant
to the socond Monday in January. TIiobo recesses
hnvo grown into a custom under our system of bi
ennial sessions, and will, doubtloss, he kept up as
long ns the system lasts, it being utterly impossi
ble to get through with the necessary business of
the Legislature by Christians. Wo have ulreudy
annual sessions de facto, nnd thoro is no reason
why the law should uot ho made to couforiu.
Tho resolutions of Mr. Torhuno ure just such
irrelevant stuff ns is uuminltyttlirowii in to tho Le
gislature tu cronto n stir, or to grutify tho vauity of
some political aspirant at the expense of tho time
and moruy of tho country. Wo hope the wholo
butch of them will be summurily laid under the ta
ble.
By the way, If the Tariff of 1840 is “uncon
stitutional, inexpedient, oppressive and unjust,”
and tho expenditures of tho last Congress uro
“ wasteful ami corrupt,” “ obnoxious to a free peo
ple nnd destructive to our government,” ns uileged
in those resolutions, how comes it that Mr. Ter
bium is still holding on to tho Democratic party,
who did it nil? A nice account, indeed, for a man
to give of his own people !
In rogurd to tho ajqwoprintion for Kntisns, wo
have no objection to any citizen giving to the ob
ject the last cent his purse will justify, but wo are
most umphnticully opposed to tho conversion of tho
Stuto of Ucorgin into a colonization society, nnd
the uso of tho pooplo's money to curry out it ob
jects.
While opposed to tho pnssngc of tho resolutions,
wc must confess that, ns n matter of curiosity, wo
would bo glad to scu the lust separated from its as
sociates, and brought to a voto boforo tho present
Legislature. .Should it puss, in whnt an nwkwnrd
predicament it would plnco at least two of tho pre
sent leaders of tho pnrty!
Tho hill to reduce tho number of mombors of
tho Legislature is the spccinl order in tho Scnuto
for to-day. Wo believe the hill only contemplates
a change in the Semite, which hns grown up of
lute iuto most ridiculous proportions. It is not
only expensive, nnd inimical to tho design of a
Senatorial body, but it hns no parallel in nny other
State in tho Union. Wo annex n lew for the pur
pose of comparison : Georgiu hns 112 Senators;
New York 32; Pennsylvania 33; Virginia 50 ; N.
Carolina 50; South Carolina 45; Alabama 33;
Kentucky 38; Ohio 35.
The extreme anxiety of Gov. Johnson’s friends
in the Semite to avoid on investigation into the
nfluirs of the Stuto Road looks nnything but favor
able to a faithful management of tho work. If tho
trust has been abused, tho people have a right to
know it—if faithfully executed, Gov. Johnson’s
friends are doing him great injustice by their at
tempts to smother an investigation.
American National Convention.
Wc porcoiro that E. B. Bartlett, Esq., President
of the Anicricun Nutionnl Council, has issued a
call upou the various Congressional Districts in
the States, to send up dclogntcs to a National Con
vention to assemble in Philadelphia 22d February
next, to nominate a candidate for the Presidency.
Wc hnvo a word of comment on this call. Tho
tiny specified wns originally nnnied by the Phila
delphia Convention, and it hns already been ob
jected to by the party in many of tho Stntcs, as
premature. Wo sympathise with tho objectors.
We consider nny conclusive action nt this tiino,
seeking to commit the pnrty and pledgo its suf
frage to any body in tho coming election, ns both
hasty and impracticable. In the present disorder
thut reigns throughout the ranks of nil untional
parties, and tho uncertainty thnt hnngs around the
future aspect of affairs, it is simply impossible to
procure nny thing like harmony in nny movement
that may he made at the present day. Wo prefer
to wait for developments; to watch tho alignments
in the halls of Congress; to scan tho moves on the
political chessboards of tho Northern States—in n
word, to know whither wo are going, nnd whom
wo arc to meet when wo get there.
The present position of the American parly in
the Southern States is a proud nnd lofty one. Pa
triotic in its origin nnd aims, the offspring of tho
noblest impulses of man, nnturo—love of our
own, our native land—nnd seeking to eradicate
the evils that hnve grown up in its bnsoin, whether
germinating nt home in the corruptions of pnrty,
or inflicted upon us by the baleful disgorgements
of sickly and suffering Europe, let no wrongful
ni l. no impure association imperil our principles
or corrupt our union.
So far ns the Americans of Georgia aro concern
ed. they have laid down their landmarks and re
solved to stand by them. Thnt our brethren of
other States may see the terms on which we arc
willing to co-operate with them in the nomination
and election of a President, wo publish below a
resolution passed nt the Mncon Convention in June
last:
Resolred, 0th, That this Council (while repudia
ting the policy of allowing, in tho future legisla
tion of the country, unnaturalized foreigners to
vote in Territorial elections,) regards all opposi
tion to the principles of the Ncbrnskn-Knnsns net,
in relation to slavery, ns hostility to the constitu
tional rights of the South s and all persons who
partake in such opposition as unfit to he recognized
as members of the American Party.
Interesting Foreign Items.
A curious poiht of law lias just been decided
by a county court judge ut Exeter. The question
was whether an inhabitant of a town wus nt liberty
to keep ntiimals whose noise proved a serious an
noyance to their neighbors. It was shown on tho
pnrt of a Mr. Abraham that his neighbor, Mr.
Minty, had a cock which crowed 150 times in 25
minutes. The learned judge thought this wns an
amount of crowing which humnn nuturo wns not
bound to put up with, and awurded to the plaintiff
Is. dntnngcs.
Dr. F. Moul, Professor «t the University of
Heidelberg, lias discovered in tho Monastery of
St. Paul, in Corinthin, a manuscript of the elder
Pliny, containing nearly tho wholo of tho seventh
pnrt of the Natural History, lib. 11 to 14.
The clerks in the telegraph office nt Berlin are
to ho locked up during the time of business, nnd
for two or threo hours afterwards, so thnt they
may not ho nblo to betray tho secrets of customers.
This precaution has been found indispensable.
A letter from Tiflis, in tho A etc Prussian Ga-
*ettc, states thnt when tho Persian nmhassndor ar
rived there, asingulnr fact, characteristic of Orien
tal manners, occurred. All tho Persinn subjects
inhabiting Tiflis had placed themselves in n row
to the right of the direction taken by the ambassa
dor in bis solemn entry. Ench matt held u sheep,
und ns the enrringe passed by, they raised their
knives, and sacrificed the aniinul, such being tho
manner in which the Persians celebrate a great so
lemnity.
Reports nro current in tho European papers, thnt
tho health of tho Pope is very indifferent nnd his
intellect much enfeebled. This confirms tho state,
incut made some three weeks since.
An unusunl number of Russians are nt Baden
this season; among them the hoii of Prince Gorts-
chnkoir (Crimea).
Thu .Sardinians arc anxiously awaiting the arri
val, at Gcnon, of some cannon taken at Sevnsto-
pol.
The French Minister nt Turin hns prosecuted
the I’it-dmonteso journal, II iJiritto, und hns had
tho editor condemned to fourteen dnys’ imprison
ment and 200 francs fine, for having inserted cor-
reqiondonce hostile to Frnncc.
Mooch.— Prentice, of tho Louisville Journal, is
terribly disgruntled nt tho way the ladies are be
having now in tho matter of dress of a particular
kind. Jle says:
A correspondent asks us to “take off” the hoop-
petticoat, We cannot take it off, hut wo heartily
w ish that some of our female acquaintances would.
Certainly fashion never dictated a more ungraceful
and senseless mode. It is a gross libel upon the
taste jilxl judgment of 1)0 sex. Rebellion against
such a fashion is simply fidelity to womanhood. Of
course we shall offer no apology for speaking of a
thing that so obtrudes itself upon every body’s no.
lice, nnd runs into nearly every body’s convenience.
H it were a mere private hideoiisness, the ease
might ho different, hut it is soriensJy a public
nuisance, inhere are not delicacy and indepen-
delicti enough in fashionable society to abate it,
it must bo alialcd by the strong arm of ridicule.—
Wc me greatly tempted to republish No. 127 of tho
Spectator, but forbear for tho present. It might
bo a desperate remedy, hut it would ho tt sure
[From our MlUotlgcvlllo Correspondent.]
The Georgia Legislature.
Mili.eduevii.i.e, Doc. 6th, P. M.
1101'8 It OF HKI’HEHENTATIVES.
Tho most interesting feature in the Houso pro
ceedings to-day, was tho consideration of tho hill,
introduced by Mr. Jones of Muscogee, to commuto
the punishment of John T. Boyd, to tup years at
hard labor. Tho bill was ruled out, Col. Millodgo
in tho chair, ns not being within tho jurisdiction of
tho General Assembly. There was a good deni of
discussion thereupon, in which Messrs. Jones nud
Thornton of Muscogeo nnd Harris of Fulton, sup
ported the constitutionality of the hill, and Messrs.
Lawton of Chutham and Crook of Chattooga op
posed it. The decision of tho Chair was sustain
ed, years nays 31. Thu Sounto bill pardoning
Boyd, will eomo up to-morrow ns tho spccinl
order.
Tho House took up the Senate’s resolution and
preamble, providing for a recess from tho 20th
inst. to the 2nd Monday in January. Mr. Lewis
of Hancock proposed to substitute “24th inst.,”
for tho “20th"—lost. Mr. Luwton to substitute
“2nd Monday in November next,” for 2nd Monday
in January, and to strike out the prcnmhlo of tho
resolution—lost. Tho original resolution was
then agreed to, ayes 80—nays 31.
BILLS INTIlODl’CKD.
By Mr. Hoyle of DuKalb, to clmngo tho time for
holding tho January nnd October elections in this
State, from the first Monday to the first Wednes
day in those months.
By Mr. Barrow of Jones, to exempt from jury
duty nil regularly graduated Physicians in this
State, licensed by tho Medical Board—except in
cases involving idiocy and lunacy.
By Mr. Harris of Meriwether, a hill amenda
tory of tho Constitution and giving to tho Legisla
ture the power to commute punishment for capitnl
offences, punishment never to bo less thun ten
years at hard labor.
By Mr. Lewis of Hancock, to incorporate the
“Planter’s Club of Hancock county.”
By Mr. Whitworth, to form a now county from
Hull, Gwinnett nnd Wnlton.
By Dr. Phillips of Habersham, a bill which pro
vides that it shall hereafter ho lawful, so fur ns
Justices, Courts arc concerned, for sttpicnus to be
issued nnd personally served, ten dnys beforo
the sitting of the Court, instead of 30 days as now
required by law.
Mr. Terhuno of Floyd, introduced the following
string of resolutions:
Itcsulnd, Thut the Joint Committee on tho
State of the Republic, be requested to report upon
the propriety of making an appropriation in favor
of tho Kansas Emigrant Aid Society, of this
Stuto.
Ilcsolved, Thut a Protective Tariff is unconstitu
tional, unequal, inexpedient, oppressive and
unjust.
Resolve^ That the TnrilY of 1840, inasmuch as
it produces more revenue than tho Government re
quires, hns become, to nil intents nnd purposes,
a protective tariff, and is not a Revenue
tariff,
Resolved, Thnt the wnsteful and corrupt expen
diture of tho public money, as evidenced by the in
creased allowance to Collins A Co., of $470,000,
for mail carriage from New York to Liverpool, nnd
other appropriations of like character, nro obnox
ious to a free people, destructive of our Govern
ment, nnd deleterious to the interest of our people.
Resolved, That our Senators aro instructed, nnd
our Representatives requested, to exert themselves
to have the Revenue reduced to tho wants of an
economical Government, by reducing the Tariff on
all nrtielcs of primo necessity, and to oppose with
nil their power, the profuse, corrupt, and uncon
stitutional appropriations of tho public money.
Resolved, Thnt Franklin Pierce hns honestly
nnd ably discharged his duty to nil tho American
people, nnd thnt wo earnestly recommend him to
thnt people for ro-clection.
SENATE.
As I predicted yesterday, the resolution author
izing an investigation of State Road a flairs, wns
called up this morning for reconsideration.—
Messrs. Wingfield of Putnam and Long of Glynn,
supported the reconsideration on the ground that
tlio verbiage of (be resoiutli in wns a retlcciioii upon
JI is Excellency, tlio (luvuruor. Tlio otlioun i>oii-
tence is a short ono authorizing die investigating
committee to ascertain if the rates of freight are
equal or unequal, partial or impartial. This might
he, nnd yet 110 blame attach to the Executive, bunco
I do not see the “odious." The resolution wus re
considered ntjil laid on the table for the present.—
Col. Wales of Muscogee opposed the reconsidera
tion, but took occasion to bear testimony to tlio
high diameter or tho Governor, and tlio Supcrin-
tenilant of tho Hoad. He also disclaimed for him
self and the American Party, nny desire to make
eapitnl out of the investigation. This disclaimer,
I would remark, has been repeatedly mado by
speakers of that pnrty, but sumo of the antics w ill
hnvo it, thut wo want to insult the Governor anil
ruin them. Most of them say, they are not oppo
sed to scrutiny, but to tlio extraordinary powers of
the committee, or, to tlio terms of the document
authorizing investigation; others again: oppose any
investigation nt nil. You know I am not a suspi
cious individual, but really first nnd lust, betwixt
nnd between, nnd after all this pow-wow, I think I
discern a faint odor of n "mice”—not very strung,
hut still perceptible.
The bill reducing the number of Senators nnd
Representatives wns made tho special order for
Friday. Hope it will pass.
House rcsolutiou providing for the defence of
the State at the trial of the boundary lino dispute,
ngrecd to.
Bill to give the people of Taylor county tho
election for county treasurer. Pnsscd, * after
amendment to include the counties of Cliuttoogn,
Chattahoochee, Calhoun. Spalding Rabun, Wal
ker, Polk, Worth, Campbell, TatnaJl, and
Glynn.
Mr. McDonald’s resolution, authorizing tho com
mittee on Judiciary to report on tho propriety of
abolishing the Penitentiary, nnd making some
changes (thereby made necessary) in the criminal
Jaws—laid on tbc table for the present, on motion
of Mr. Long. Messrs McDonald and Allred, sup
ported tho resolution; they did not think peniten
tiary punishment severe enough—it wns not a
terror to evil doers. Mr. Peeples opposed the res
olution—abolition of the Penitentiary would* bo a
step backwards. Severity of punishment was not
always a preventive of crime—witness South Caro
lina with her sanguinary code. There wns less
crime in Georgia, in proportion to population, than
in any stale that he knew of, Ac.
Bill to add tho county of Carroll to the Fourth
Congressional District. Passed—of course.
Bill to incorporate tho city of Brunswick—
Passed.
Bill to incorporate Atlantn Female College.—
Passed.
Bill to allow certain persons to practice medi
cine on tho new “Botanic and German" plan.—
Lost.
Bill to rcpnnl tho act of last session, requiring
weighers of Cotton, Ac., to he sworn. Lost. Mr.
Wales said the bill was for tho benefit of planters
who hail to pay for tho weighing by a sworn
weigher. [I had always understood that it was to
please planters, not willing to trust weighers with
out an oath, that tho “swearing law” was enacted.]
Bill to repeal tho act of Inst session in reference
to the grnuting of new trials. Pnsscd.
Bill to define the liabilities of Railroad Compa
nies for injury to person nnd property, was taken
up. It provides thnt Companies shall ho Hnldo for
injury resulting from tho carelessness, negligcnco
or improper conduct of themselves or their agents,
nny notice of company to tlio contrary notwith
standing; also makes tho company liable for inju
ry done one agent or employee through negligence,
etc., of nnothcr.
Mr. Pope moved to striko out tho last named fep-
turc—not acted on.
Mr. Calhoun supported tho bill, tn a lengthy
speech. Mr. Millor spoke also nt length ngainst
it: if pnsscd it would almost overwhelm Railroad
Companies with damages, while ttulso denied yiein
the privilege of mnking rules absolutely necessary.
Judge Cono moved to amend so as to require no
tice of suit for dnmnges to bo given the Supcrin-
dent or some depot agent; and to roquiro suit to
be brought in tho county where injury is done.
Accepted by Mr. Calhoun. Judge C. then spoko
at some length in favor of the hill. Mr. Nichols
opposed it. Finally, it went through by a voto of
05 to 11.
P. P.—The antics hold a caucus to-night, to
nominate 11 Stuto Printer, tho election conics off on
Friday.
Rev. Dr. Bacon of tho American Colonization
Society speaks to-night in tlio Representative
Chamber.
COMMUNICATED.
Messrs. Editors—
Gentlemen : In my communication of December
1st. I informed you that I had concluded, Warsaw
seems to ho offomlud. I 'did not write to him (to
use his own language) about bis dirty gratuitous
plan of fencing tlio public Hoad. A Visitor.
Tho reason why man was made after everything
else was heeiuisu if he had been area tod first, ho
would have annoyed llic Almighty by endless sug
gestions of improvement.- -Exchange.
—Provided lie hud hocn made a Yankee !
Htrret Colloquy,
AfCIDKNTAl.I.Y OVERHEARD, AND INCONTINENTLY
PUBLISHED, THE HEADER BEING UNABLE TO KKBP
IIIH OW{( COUNSEL.
Scene : Right—Millcdgeville—near the Executive
Mansion.
Savannah.—Whither so fast, Madaino Bruns
wick ? Methinks thy rnpid gait somewhat un
seemly in a Indy.
Ulti'NSWlCK.—All! my dear Savnnunh! IIow
do you do this evening? And so my gait offends
thee? ’Tis only high-bred damsels, like thyself,
who have such queer notions of woinunly dignity.
My gait wns somewhat “ fast," I will confess—
its cause, exuberunco of spirits und forgetfulness
of etiquette. But pray excuse me. Lot mo pre
sent to your favorable consideration the gentleman
on whoso arm I lean my aid—Col. D d, Mu-
daniu Savannah.
S.—I rejoice to make thy ncquuintnnco, Sir.—
Mcihinks I've henrd >f thee before.
B.—So my gait offuidod theo, iny dear ! Pray
tell mo why thou art alone to-night ?—this scorns
“ somewhat unseemly in a Indy.”
S.—Alone! You tonoh mo tenderly. I am alone,
for want of friends. Wreeked in nil my hopes—
foiled in all my plans—abandoned by our wise
legislators, whose patriotism and State pride I had
reckoned on—I sought tho evening nir to cool my
brow; and hoped to Hootha my spirits with tho
loveliness of night.
B.—You sponk of blasted bopos. If not imper
tinent, whnt were thy hopes?
S.—Can it he that you hiuc yet heard nnuglit of
them? Know you not my mission iu Milludgc-
villo ? Then will I tell thoe. Like thyself, I am
a soeker for Stuto aid. Tou have heard of my
llnilroad schemes, and all the scrvico I have done
tho Stnto—how, thnt in days gone by, my riches
huvo, like water, been pouted out to proinoto her
glory. Now, well-nigh impoverished, I humbly
sue that she whom I have helped, will now help me.
But alas! tliuso hopes. I learn, nro vain. You,
Madame, I am told, will be the first in order—and
the last for aid. Ourlegalators, overwhelmed with
petitioners, will give thy claim precedence. Refu
sing me even the poor bom I nsk—to stand side by
side with thee—they nro to give theo all you nsk,
and go no farther, lest the State ho cmbnrrnssed.—
So, ut least, doth Mndnnic Rumor tell; if fulsc, I
beg you so pronounce it.
B.—’Tis even true—'tls all you have henrd. I
need not tell theo how tru.y I sympathize in thy
distress, nor how gladly I would help thee, were it
not too late.
S.—Help? I only nsk to corno before the as
sembled wisdom of the State, on the same terms
with thee. Think you our legislators earo naught
for me? Have they no Suite pride?—no senso of
justice?—not ever libcrnli;y enough to let my voico
be heard nt the same mou.cnt with your own, and
thus let ns stand or fall together. I do not seek
lulvantugo of thee ; equality is all I nsk.
B.—All very fine, my dear. But tho night nir
is cool; I must uot lot th»o tempt me to argument,
lest the morning should Ind us in discourse. If
thou wouldst hut hear, and hearing believe, I could
toll thee what thou mnyst not know, und give thee
counsel thnt would profit ihco.
S.—Speak. I will nttcid thee.
B.—Know then, my deir, thnt so far ns this Le
gislature is concerned, thy enke is dough; cxcueo
ray plninness, but ’tis truj. I would advise theo to
withdraw thy claims tint] next session.
P.—Alrcndy hnvo I half-determined on it. But
this noxt session of which you speak: how shall I
get from that tho boon which this, you sny, will
certainly refuse ?
B.—Ha! ha! Be not downcast, good damo.—
Let mo tell you how to nnnngc, for I hnvo no se
crets to conceal; my foitune’s made. And first,
know you whither I am oouud to-night?
S.—How should I ? I meddle not with my neigh
bor’s affairs.
B.—(Aside.) How should she!—tho stupid!
(Aloud.) Well, my dear, I, and the Colonel here,
are going to cull on His Excellcnzu. We nro great
favorites nt Court.
S.—Ah! ha!. I see. I hnvo heard of powers
behind tho throne—“Hire Indies,” nnd “prime
ministers,” nnd “ confidential ndvisers ”—blit did
m,t think thnt such voro found in u Republic.
II.—(Aside.) How innocent! (Aloud.) Well,
my dour, if—I say if—you can get tho royal car,
it is well to circulate that fact among those who nro
to aid you. And if tho next General Assembly
should he beset, ns this ii, with scores of petition
ers, tell it about, privately, thnt Ilis Excellency
will never sign hills to necoiiunodnto such a host;
thnt if they come in a crowd, awed by so vast a
multitude, and fearful of overwhelming tho Stnto,
he will, in self-defence, veto tho hatch. But also
sny, that having his roysl ear, you feel confident
tlmtyoiir application, if it were to coino up first,
and alone, might meet bis sanction. Then expa
tiate on your claim, nnd shew it moro deserving
than nil the rest. These arguments nnd whisper
ings are to bo given to tho amiable members. Tlio
amiable member is a man of integrity; having
promised, ho will jiorform. All you need do, there
fore, with him, is to get his promise, should your
| petition eomo up first, to vote for it.
| S.—And whnt more shall I do ?
I B.—You hnvo heard of outside pressure, and
; outside influence ?
S.—Ayo; ami dimly understand what it means.
B.—This you must get; nnd in this matter let
' mo recommend to you tho Colonel hero. He hns
| been of grent uso to us. Also, should you need n
State Agcut at Washington City, tho Colonel can
serve you ably.
S.—Stnto Agent! I know of no such officer.
B.—There wns 11011c, my dear. Wo Brunswick-
ers created it; but you ore heartily welcome to it
hercaftor. We don’t want it any more.
S.—Now I sum up. Get my petition forward
first, nt the next session; get tho royal enr; put
out the bugbear of n veto 5 have a State Agent at
Washington ; nud bo sure to have plenty of “ out
side influence.”
B.—Iln! ha! You nro an apt scholar. I hnvo
spoken in parables, but you thoroughly understand
me. Ono thing more, however, and you will have
' the whole lesson. Keep yourself prominently be
fore the Legislature, in bills und resolutions intro
duced every three or four dnys. For instance:—
Have you not noticed how often Brunswick comes
up in the legislative proceedings? To-day, some
thing about tho Brunswick Improvement Compa
ny ; to-morrow. Brunswick Mail route ; next day,
Brunswick nnd Secretary Dobbin, with instruc
tions to our Representatives in Congress, Ac.. Ac.
Brunswick nil the time—to-day, to-morrow nnd
to tlio end of the chapter—all Brunswick. So that,
after a while, tho Lcgislnturo can think of little
clso than Brunswick. Compronda eons? (Aside.)
There’s a little wire-grass French for the dame !—
I hope she’ll understand me.
S.—Aye! But I will never do whnt you desire.
I do not think it right, and wish not to lny up for
myself a store of regrets, ns a canker on my splon-
dor. No ! I will go boforo our legislators solely
on tlio merits of my claim ; I will tell them whnt
I have (lone for tho State. To their honor, their
justico and tlmir pride of State, will I appeal, un
aided by Court, Colonel or “exterior compression.”
B.— Then, my dear, you will get no aid. Take
my advice. The timo is past for mo to hate you.—
Already do my wharves brighten up with sails, nnd
my streets begin to hum. Pity, not hate, I shall
hereafter feel for you. Therefore, let mo ndvico
you. Go homo to-morrow; drop your fogy ism,
and all those antiquated ideas about propriety ; get
ready for next, session. I will then bo out of your
way, and surely you can outwit the rest of your
competitors,
8.—Thou tempter! I will not list theo; nor will
I swervo from tho path I have proscribed.—
Equality with theo is all I ask, and there I tnnko
my stand.
J*.—Well, well! Good night, my dear. Your
ease is hopeless. I nui first on docket, anil that is
nil / nsk. But n word before wo pnrt. Do send
me, when you go home, a score or two ot good ship
ping merchants. I shall soon need them.
S.—Good night, Brunswick. But stay—I, too,
will pul n parting question. Where is the l’rm-
dont of thy Rond? Mcthought I saw him lately
in the Capital.
II.—Iln! ha! Yon did. But I hnvo sent him
home. JJe didn't "lake" iu Milledgeville, nnd
staid but a few hours. For tho present, ho is
sleighing in the State of New York, for all I know.
But lie will turn up iu duo time. Good night.
8.—Good night, Madame. Good night. Colo
nel; I regret I i-imnot find employment for you.
Lotus be friends, however; and once more, good
night. Mei'Iiistoi'Iioi.eh.
For the Republican.
An Hour at the Athrntruia.
“Tho Iron Chest” la a play, which being defec
tive in interest as to incident, rests all its claims
to merit oi^the portrayal of passion ; and them-
lore, to rivet tho attention of an audience, requires
particularly good acting and u vicar conception of
character. Wo need hardly tell those who hnve
been fortunate enough to see Mr. Bennett iu his
grent impersonations of Hamlet, Macbeth, and
laijo, thut he portrayed to the life tho fierce, gloomy
and stern Mortimer, at 011c moment writhing un
der the lush of remorse, at another trembling for
tho security of his honor; and certainly if the per
formance did not go off with much eclat, the blame
cannot be iuiputud to him.
Wilfurd—tlio artless, childless, simple secretary
—was undertaken by Miss Louise Reeder, Na
ture has been kind enough to bestow on this lady
n very beautiful face and considerable talent,—and
she must pardon us when wo suy that in our opin
ion, sho is fully nwnro ( of tho former and has no
small csiimuto of tho latter. Now, wo hold it a
fixed axiom, that an ugly woman hus a perfect
right to make herself 11s ill-looking as she chooses ;
uo ono is expected to regard her very closely, nnd
provided sho ucts her pnrt well, the public is satis
fied. But what right has Miss Reeder to commit
such treason against Nature, who has been so kind
to her ? Wlmt right has sho to twist her mouth, to
roll her eyes, to distort her wholo fuco, and gener
ally to disfigure herself, when there was no earth
ly occasion for it ? What necessity wns there for
such violent heaving, such dismnl groaning, such
superlative sighing, and such utinntui*l weakness
of the muscles of the neck ? Surely the terror of
Wilford did not develops itself thus : if it hud,
Mortimer could have easily conccnlcd both Wilford
mid his secret in the most hidden retreats of Bed
lam.
Then again in the last act, one would think thnt
the robbers hud stolen from tho poor youth even
his wits ; for, in tho scene whercifl he is accused
by Mortimer, ho stamps about so mclodrumuticnlly,
and declaims so bombastically, thut we have no pa
tience with him. Tho great fault with Miss
Reeder’s acting is, thnt sho cannot forget, even for
n moment, the existence of herself und her benuty.
She strains too much for effect, and thus, instcud of
being effective, appears affected. Why did she
suddenly stop, in tho midst of a terrible fit of pant
ing, blowing, sighing and heaving, to repair some
slight disarrangement of her curls ? Why did she,
ns Meg Overreach, while actually trembling under
her terrible father's eye, suddenly break into a
broad smile nt something certainly not in the text ?
The smile was very pretty, but it was not acting ;
nor did “tho beggarly array of empty boxes”jus
tify it. Sho is nlso too lbnd of “tearing n passion
to tatters” 5 nnd it would bo better for her if sho
would set aside thnt affectation in her enunciation,
which leads her to accentuate every syllabic of a
word, and speak her pnrt moro “ trippingly o’er
the tongue.” Wo would advise her, ere she plays
IVilford again, to read Mr. Godwin's famous novel,
from which the play is taken.
Messrs. .Morton and Bellamy acted well, ns they
always do. The former of these gentlemen com
bines, with a graceful enrriago and fine figure, a
just conception of character, and a perfect knowl
edge of his pnrt; he is justly a favorite in Suvnn-
nah. There is ono actor, Mr. Stanley, whom wc
never see appear, that wc do not involuntarily
paraphrase Mnriuion. nnd exclaim, “ off, Stanley,
off!” This gentleman is the founder of a new nnd
peculiar school of ucting, tho chief characters of
which appear to bo n total ignorance of his pnrt, a
most extraordinary power of making himself ri
diculous, and a loud nnd defiant tunc of voice,
which is very fine in his own conceit, nnd very tell
ing on tho nerves of tho audience. It may be call
ed n branch of tho ha-ha school. Could not the
noble Stanley ho sent to coneolc the ex-King of
Dcumnrk, nc Fredericks?
There has sprung up ou this Stage the most ex
traordinary style of elocution nnd pronunciation
that wc have ever heard. The delivery is a sc
ries of bursts—as if every word wns druwn out
with an explosion—pop, pop ; bang, bung— : just
ns if the tongue nnd lips were a militia company
and tlio words were a scattering feu-de-joiv. As to
the pronunciation, wo heard “wainscotting” called
“ wninskirting”—“prudence,” “prudineo”, — the
'deuce being lengthened out wllli a must lugu
brious nnd sonorous twang. Time wns when tho
English Stage was the standard of language : but
Unit appears to have gone out in Savannah, when
the “legitimate drama” came in.
We hnve exceeded our limits nnd shall have to
sny a word of tho Manager’s acting in our next.
COMMERCIAL RECORD.
SAVANNAH
WHOLESALE IMUCKN CURRENT.
A i i teles. ( • c I 8_ '
HAGCiTNU, Duiiilee,44 Jn.T..F >d.
Kentucky..
l.iiiniy
Tow
| HALE ROPE
Dillon's Rope,
REEF.New-York Mess,
1 j mint!
1 I Cargo
| MACON, I lams
1 Hfiniildera..
■ ■Y >d.
...v yd
■ ■Y yd
...«r id.
...y m.
. .* blit.
..Y bbl
..Y blit.
HA VANNAII MARKET.
COTTON.—Arrive! since the .‘Mill alt., 14,144 Imlon Up
land, (12.gun per Railroad, 1884 from Augusta amt land
ings on tlio river; 0 from Darien,)and225do 8<-a Isluadi
Tie- cx|Kirts for the Mime |x'riod amount to 10,014 ImIi-n
Upland, and lot do Scu Islands, viz: To Liver|MMtl, 2 093
bales Upland; to Havre, 2,0511 hah* Upland; to Ronton,
3.270 Imles Upland; to Providence, 504 bale* Upland : to
New York, 2,400 bales Upland ; to Philadelphia,
bales Upland, audio Charleston,203 bales Upland
lot do Sea Islands—leaving 011 hand and on hhipbuurd
not cleared, u stork of 40,507 Imles Upland und 1,505 do
Sea Island, ngainst 31.871 hales Upland and 055 do Sen
Islands at the Mime time last year.
| On Friday, the closing day of our last week’s report, tlio-
! market was quiet, "printers Malting lie- arrival of the At-
j laiitlc, tln n over-due ut New Yolk. Saturday,
I day of tbc week under review, tho Atlantic's ii' counts, j Northern do. ' do V if.
\ with dates from l.lvcrpuol to 17th ul(., appeared in the j CHEESE, Northern Y II.
morning papers. These accounts represented tho Liver-j UDJ i LL,^Hh i -^Y W.
j pool market as dosing dull with sales fur the Week of ’ " '
40,000 hales—the stock of American Cotton on hand 200,-
noo bales—and had tho effect of unsettling our murk"t,
and creating hut a limited demand nt 0 tu extremes.
) On Mumlay tho sales were small at a decline of *4 to%.
.Tuesday, opened with n gum! demand at the rules ru-
| ling the day previous, and the sales reached 2.0*3 Imles j
I A fair demand continued on Wednesday, nnd holders re-
{ muiiied firm ut unchanged figures, the sales reaching 1577
| hales. The Telegraph announced, Wednesday evening, j
the arrival at Halifax of tho steamship Africa with one
week's later dates from - Liver|ioul,noting a dull market on ,
I the 21th ult., with sales of the week of 35.0 JO hales at tho |
..V lb
..V lb.,
..Y
:-Y lb.
■ v n,.;
. Y It: I
IIUH Ks, Haviiiinah, 1st qul..f> Ib.i
i V . ■ Northern Y m i
, CANDLES, rtpermacell Y M
Savunnah made,Tullow..F R».
Northern
Hides.
OREAD, Navy...
Pilot
III.' ITER, Goshen, prime..
15 &
15 r&
13 (Si
J.lVll-
CORDAGE, Tarred
Manilla
DOMESTIC GOODS
Hlilrtlngs, brown. ..
Hheetiim-*, brown...
Ilrown Drills
Cotton 1 Jsiiuliurgn
DUCK, English
American Cotton...
FISH, Mackerel, No. I..
“ No. 2..
....Y )•»
....Y >'«.
....Y
. ...Y >d.
....Vboli,l U
Y yd. 1
, ...Vbbl. 20
,.. .Y bbl, 14
.. .HP bbl.i 0
Y bbl.I
FLOUR. Canal.
Hull. Ilowanl-streot.sup.. Vhbl.
Philadelphia Hfbbl.
Georgia IF bbl.; 9 50
GRAIN, Corn, cargo
“ retail
Oats
Wheat
GLA«>. Am. Window..,
| counts hnd the effect of unsettling our market yesterday, ! |*| a Y*, Pr 111 to^*Norlber 11...!
! ami only 217 bales were sold, nt irregular prices. ] ’ “ Eastern...,
j The sales of the Woek amount to 4,738 bales at tlio fob
j lowing particulars : 40 nt s, 188 at 8J4. 40 at 8%, 193 at
; S3 ut 8;''y, 551 at 8%, 590 at 81^, 870 at 9, 270 at 9)4.
following quot itlous : Fair Orleans, 01 ^ ; Middling Or-
1 leans, 6^4 ; Fuir Uplands, and Middling Uplands, 61$, !
! showing u decline in the lair grades of, to •!<d. and )..d. i
j on the lower; sales of the week 35,000 hales, and the stuck '
1 of American Cotton on hand 209,000 bales. These nc.
I 1,021 at 0)159 at 9)<* 19 at 9^, 08 at 9%, and a fancy
| lot of 28 ales ut 11)4 hcents.
The following quotations, are as near correct as we
Could tMcertnin, und show a decline at close of opera-
rations yesterday, of tu on those of 1 ust week.—
Wc learn that in sumo in-tuucei a further decline of an
eighth had been submitted to. The market closes dull
and Irregular.
QUOTATIONS.
HIDES, Dry.
Deerskins
I ftO.V, Swedes, assorted.
Pig.
Hoop.
. ..V’bus.j
...IF bus. 1 iu
...Vbus.i 05
. .(Kbits, it OO
...Vlbonl 4 50
... Y keg. 0
....IFcwt.' 1 10
... .IFcwt.i 1 ‘.*5
... Y lb. 15
....Y
on. M 50
...ytoii.i
....1Fcwt.| 4 no
. ...HFcwt. 4 50
....IFcwt., 0 00
...Y lb. 14
. ..tFbhl.l
Low Middling
Middling
8 'A
Strict Middling :
Good Middling
— f 4
Middling Fair
pi'
The receipts of Cotton in the United States up to this .........
I time, os compared with last year, give tho following re- ' MOLAsWI>, Cuba,
. Shei_.
Nall rods....
LAUD
LIME. Koeklaml
LL'.MJJL'K, .8. stawed, refuse.. 0 00
Merchantable IFra.R. 14 00
River Lumber,refuse... .<Km.it., r 00
Merchantable tn primo...Tin.ft.|l5 00
TIM I'.EIt 1 ltnng'g> lur export.<K in. 12 no
(Ranging) lor Mills <K m. 10 no
Whllbv.WatertJnkpipcstHV. in 150 00
“ * “ Hint. "...iK in. 30 00
»• “ “ Hal. "...IF m. 120 00
White Pine, clour <Km.n.|30 00
Merchantable Km.ft. le 00
CypressShlngles Y in. 4 00
Sawed Cypresstihiugles..<K m. 10 00
Red (>ak sRtiv
(3* 14 00
<a> 24
<0. 25
(» ft}
cat 7
(&
(at
(®
ca* II do
(& 95
®
<“> 70
<&J10
eg, 39 00
® 4 00
(Ot 5 50
® 0 00
(at is
<3i 1 00
&) 8 WO
@i in no
(at 9 00
f«j so 00
(iii 10 IK)
(a 12 00
cat 0" no
35 (S)
an 25 no
® 4') UD
"5 00
suit:
Itwreaso at New Orleans
“ Mobile
“ Florida
“ Texas
“ Fnvanituh
“ Charleston
“ Virginia
Decrease at North Carolina...
....173,001
.... 40.490
.... 0,493
.... 8,503
.... 55,034
.... 24,134
.... 3*5
184
Xew-( Irleutis...
NAILS, Cut Id. to Slid....
NAVAL STORES,Tar...
•Spirits Turponlliic... ■
Varnish..
■ Y m.|!2
. .4Fgul.; si (gi
. .«K gal. 3rt ©
..IF lb.| 4* tat
. .(pbbl. 4 “5 a,
. .4Fgal.| 02X an
■IF git Li &
® 4 50
<34
an 10 30
315.209 i
Total Increase
SEA ISLANDS.—There still continues a dull and Inac
tive market for this description of Cuttou. We hear of |
' sales of 160 bales at prices ranging from 15 to 23c. The j
I receipts of the week were 225 bales; ana the ox|>orts 101
bales, all to Charleston.
RICE.—There has been a good demand for beat Rice '
since our lu.-t, und wo hear of sales of 1000 casks nt 4)4 !
j to 4y. Tho stock is light. Exports of tho week 348
casks, viz : 48 to Philadelphia, and 297 to Charleston.
I ROUGH RICE.—Wo hear of sales of 10,000 bushels nt I
' $1 to 1.1iS. The latter figure for a lot of very prime rough
I rice. We quote #1 a 1.06. ’ 1
] WHEAT.—There has been a good demand the past week |
I for red wheat nt $1.95 a 2.05. The stock on hand is light !
! and the receipts are much reduced—being only 7,533 bush- j
j ols since our Inst report. Nearly the entire wheat crop
of Georgia ami Tennessee for export lias b -on brought to
i market, ns is shown In the small and diminishing quitn- !
titles dally received. Th- exports this week have been
7,967 lui-hels—exceeding the receipts some 424 bushels,
j FLOU It.—The stock of Georgia and Tennessee brands on I
; tin- market is light, and moMly iu second hands. A good
j demand prevailed during the week, and the gala made ! TEAS, Souchong..
1 wore at prices ranging front 9.76 to $11 in bids., und I Gunpowder...
4.87L; In sacks. Wo hear of a sale of 100 bids, superfine 1 TWINE, Sol'""
at 9.87) j. The art iclo continues to go forward to northern
markets freely, und the receipts barely keep pace with
; the demand. We quote 9.50 to $11 in hurrcls, tho latter
quotation for a strictly prime article of extra family
OILS,*iieriu, winter strained.-Y gal.
“ full " TFgnl. 1 I 25 an 1 5«i
“ summer** ®gal.J i 25 © 1 50
Whale. Racked,winter. ..*Kgal. 95 ® 1 (0
Linseed IFffttl. 90 Cat 95
Tanners' If bbl. 15 00 © 10 18
<JSN.MICRO’S, Flax Y yd.I *“
■315.393 , poRK. Mess, Western
Prime
Me", Now-York...
RAISINS, M. It
SALT, Liverpool, coarse...
Cargo, bulk
Turk's I tlund
PI KITS:
llrai dy Oinrd, IJiiput kt
Dr. A. Seiglittic's. .
U<. Legerfro-cs. ...
I)C. Peach...
Do Domestic-
'11. Ilcllnnd ..
SPIRITS,Gin, American...
Rum, -lainuica...
" N.E., bills..
Whiskey,Phil.k Halt..
»' New-Urleuns.
SUGAR, MoMpv’d Sl.Crolx..<K R».,
Havana.white K
■ Kb'l.i.
,24 III)
©
25 U0 9
.Kbit)
2U III)
©
yy oo
. Y hh!
<9.
■ Y *1"/..
1 75
©
• Kbox.
4 50
©
5 IK)
Y s'k.
1 l>5
©
1 10
,.Y bn.
1
>v
. .‘Kbu. 1
I 55
©
no
..K kul.
! 1 M
©
P 50
• Y KHl.
•2 50
©
4 60
.Y Kill.
‘J 75
©
3 75
Y F«l.|
1 50
©
2 50
Y «al.:
•45
©
CO
.K Kill.
1 25
©
1 50
K Knl.
1 45
©
55
.f»uul.
I 1 fill
on
2 75
■ Y Kill.
45
©
50
Y gul.|
41
©
45
.’Y Kill.
44
©
50
New-Orlenns
Lnut'aml Crashed...
SOAP Amer’cunyellow
SHOT,all sizes
SEGAKS, Spanish
American
TALLOW, American
T( )HACCU. Manufactured.
Tottlebkn.—Tho following biogrnphicnl notice
of General TotU.cbcn we take from the Xeic Prus
sian Uaiette:—
“Francis Edward Tottlebon wns born nt Mitnu,
in Coitrtlund, on the 20th of May, ISIS. His
father was J. 11. Tottlcben, nnd his mother's maiden
name wns A. Sophia Sunder. His father having
removed his business to Riga, took there his young
son, nnd soon after died. After receiving the first
portion of his education in tho schools of Riga, the
young TottlCbcn wns received nt tho C'ollcgo of
Engineers in St. Petersburg, where his name now
shines, engraved in letters of gold with the in
scription, “Sevastopol.” When the wnr broke out
1 c wns second captain in the corps of field engi
neers; lie distinguished himself under General
Sehildcr in tho Dnitubian campaign and repaired
to the Critneu. What lie did ut Sevastopol belongs
to history. Out of au open city he succeeded in
raising, under the enemy’s fire a formidable for
tress, that rosistod for nearly a - year tho gigantic
Qflorts of the allied nriniui. In less thun n year
he passed through the grades of captain, lieuten
ant-colonel, full colonel, major-general, iidjuuuit-
genernl, and received, amongst other distinctions,
tho decorntlon of tlio 4th, and then of the 3d class
of the order of Saint George, which is only confer
red for distinguished deeds. Seldom hns a mere
general of brigade received this high distinction.
Besides himself, it wns only conferred on his no
ble companion in arms at Sevastopol, Prince
WussiUchikoff, who more fortunate timn he, was
able to remain nt his post to tho last hour, whereas
Tottloben, having been wounded in tho foot, hnd
to be carried out of tho besieged city. Strange to
sny, so rnpid a promotion hns not excited the least
envy, but hns been saluted with acclamations, ns
being duo to real merit—to courage combined with
genius.”
DIED,
At Baltimore on the 27tli November, 1855, PHILIP
MINIS, M. D.. Into of Georgia, aged 5() years.
HIST OF VESSELS IN PORT.
Ships.
Florida, (s) Woodhull 1501) 5i. York...Pndelford,Fnv A Co.
Consul, Mortimer 1035 llnvrt T. H. k J. <).' Mills.
Maria C. Day, l.'liam I' 1 . 1 .'! L'po<d T. H. k J. U. Nt it In.
Florida. Sannerinann 1939 I.'pool T. It. A J. (i. Mill*.
Charter Oak, llotidlette INHI I. pool....Brigham, Kelly A Co.
Undaunted, Scott .'lot) Ab'd'n....!lrigham, Keilv k Co.
Grotto, I.udekin 511 div'g llrigham, Keilv A Co.
Rotunda, Fierce INHI wait g....Brigham, Kelfv A Co.
(tail dic'g Brigham. Kelly A Co.
3<i2 dwe'g F. II. Welniun.
194 l.'pool C. Upping.
1C Id wnlt'g W. Bnttcrsbv A Co.
1915 l.'pool. - - ' -
, Plot
j CORN.—The stock on hand is small, nnd n good demand
j prevni.s. The quotations range from 90c to $1.
[ OATS ure scarce nnd prices nominal,
i IIAY.—Northern from the wharf is held at $1, and
■ Eastern at 1.25; u cargo of very cli-dee Eastern brought
1 $1.31)4 perewt. Northern is retailing at 1.25 a |1^7lj,
nnd Eastern 1.60 a
i COFFEE.—Rio Coffee 1ms been in good request ut our
I quotations, and the sales made wore iu lots averaging
I l-Jjjc. per lb. There L a good stock 011 the market. Of
Java, there is a fair stock in first hands, and for which
there is a moderate demand.
SALT.—Tin* market keeps well supplied with Liver,
pool Salt, nnd prices nro fairly sustained. The sales
making, are nt $ 1.05n.il.25, according to weight und qual
ity. Besides that in store, there are two cargoes atlout.
FISH.—There is a moderate supply of Mackerel on tho
, market, nnd a fair enquiry exists. Wo quote No. 1, 20n
■ 25c.; No. 2.14nft'c., und No. 3, Ca7c.
BUTTER.—Goshen Rutter is selling nt 28a20; and No.
I 2 nt 20n23c. i>cr lb. The stock in first hands is moderate*
I nnd the demand for tho article fair.
CHEESE.—Wo quote for Goshen 12).jal5, with but a
| small stock on hand, and n good enquiry.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES.—The stock of Sugar on tho
I market Is very light: moderate sal-s arc making nt our
; quotations. The market is Imre of both New Orleans nnd
f Yuba Molasses. Until the new crop begins to come ujion
the mark! t, there will not be much done iu either article, j
RAGGING.—Sales have been inndc of Gunny ut 15 cts. !
The stock is ample for the demand.
GROCERIES.—There 1ms been nn active demand for ■
groceries by the country trade since our last rcjwrt. The
quotations given iu utir list of prices, have been fully mis-
tained, nud tho improvement tn this branch business has
been general throughout the week.
WINES.—In addition to our list of Wines quoted, we
would add those of Longworth's brands ns follows: spark
ling Catawba in qt.«. $13 per box, In pis. ; Isabella Ca-
tnwlm, in qts. §13, and Dry Catawba in qts. $8 per box.
EXCHANGE.—Sterling is quoted at S. Tho Hunks nro
selling sight checks on all Northern ritics nt ) 4 - per cent,
premium, nnd purchasing New York sight bills at 1 * dls.;
5 days nt V,; 10 days nt : ,' s ’; 30 days at r, ^n% : bo days
nt I*ant?*; (*» days 2»|n2* 3 ; and Boston, Philadelphia
and Baltimore, 0U days tails nt lL,nl : \,' per cent discount.
FREIGHTS.—Foreign freights continue dull, at :, s to
7-lfld. for cotton to Liverpool, and 12d. for Wheat; to
Havre, cotton lc., wheat 22c., hut little offering. Iu
coastwise, there is a fair inquiry, and the following rates
are obtained : To Boston, ) 3 on cotton ; New York, by
steamship, cotton n „, and by sailing vessel-, cotton 7-10;
Philndcfphin, by steamship, cotton,; to Baltimore, dull
at 5-16 for cotton.
Ruling.
WINES. Madeira
Sicily Madeira
Timcriffe, L. P
Malaga, Sweet
" Dry
Claret, Marseilles
" Bordeaux
Champagne
WOOL,Southern Unwashed
.. Y tt.
..Y lb
.Y ttj
..■K tt». I
..HF tt>.| 8
. .IF m.|16 (H)
. .Y in- 4 to
..Y tt> 12
...IF lb| 13
■ ■■Y *161 •'«
..Y lb. | 70
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Sheep’*
■ Y lb.
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• Y ttnl.j
■ Yuul.
• V gal.;
■ Y Cal"
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■ Y c’k.
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K Marin, Le
Trio. Wuldogreeen....
Equity, Noyes
Ellen Hood. Kilby
Normandv, Tyler
Jureiitn, Young
Chaos, Dun ton
...000 1
...A. Low A Co.
Timo. lloincr
Shniidon, Gicv
E I'amiuondns, ..
Favorite. Robinson....
J Brudilmw, Betts ...
Yamacraw, Forte
John Howe, Moore....
Empress, Mnhony
Sarah. Wilson
11 arrest, Nichols
Lucy Ann, Keller
Fcter Dnmill, iloey..
. I disc’g J. R. Wild.
....(KSI Liverpool.K Ihihemham A Son.
....HOII disc's A I/in A Co.
....729 disc'? A Low A Co.
....000 Rotterdam A A II Muller.
....000 dla'g K A Soullard.
....813 dis'g E A Soullard.
..ono dis'g Master.
Barks.
.....W l.'pool E. A. Soullard.
....400 Cardenas...Carlctoa A Farions.
....500 St. Johns...Carleton A Famous.
....000 disc'* A. Low A Co.
....‘125 Boston Dana A Wuidiinirii.
....ONI Havana Wooer Brothers.
....000 N. York Howland A Son.
....325 Nanlz Brigham, Kelly A Co,
Burrell, VmM 402 dive'g A. Low A Co.
E Schultz, Carr inni dis'g Master.
Brigs.
Itaska. Mitchell INNI Boston...Brigham, Keilv A Co.
B. M. Charlton, Lighthorn.lHN) Havana J. Roberts.
I'.. Baldwin. Montgomery..INN) load'g Master.
Geo. Stockham. Oliver 282 Master.
Allendale, Hughes INNI Belfast Carleton A Parsons.
Elvira, Angel (XNI M. A. Wilder A Co.
Goorgo, Jones 905 Cardonas....Webber A Brother.
Georgia. Cargstlo 200 load'g C Kpping.
Australia. Brewer (NNI dlse'g Hunter A Gammell.
Win. 11. Stewart, .McKee...000 N.York Cohons A Hertz.
Conttdonoe.'Molviile, 195 wnit'g Cohens A Herts.
Carraboc, Duiiton 219 dis'g WCrabtree.
KxceU, Tollman INNI dis'g Dana A Washburn.
AngDSta, Stone.. 498 N. York Dana A Washburn.
Schooners.
N.York Ogden, Starr A Co.
N.York Hunter A Gammell.
Ball Brigham, Keilv A On.
i N.York..Brigham. Kelly A Co.
a Hal Brigham, Kelly A Co.
dis'g Brigham, Kelly A Co.
dlse'g....Water A VoiiftantIce.
e'g l'adetford, Fay A Co.
•l’lt*
fell
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Stock on hand, September 1...
ltaeelved since Nov. 30
»usly
Statement of Cotton.
| lS55-'5lh _
. Ljfpl'ds.
8. 1. Upl'ds.
(HN) 2iW0
221 9188
_733 431.81
I V. 4 ' 552(19
" lit*'" 2097
151 21301
59*9 ~2339S
1505 40597 955 " 33831
81
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Export* of Cotton from Savannah.
From Sept. I From Sept.
'55. t.. Dec. 1. '54.to Dec
6.1855. 6,1851.
TO. s! I..Upl'ds. sT I. Upl'ds.
Liverpoool
I»'her Briti-h Fori-
_ Total Great Hru.nn.7
llavae
Ollier French Forts
Total Franc
Other Fforelgn Ports....
Total Foreign Forts...
ideuee
York
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Norfolk....
Charleston
Other United States Forts
Total Coastwise
Grand Total
15,657
j 30.918 .
,# 'S:
45! 35.490
North State, lb
Alice Lee. Corson
Wnodhrldge, White
Grace Darling, Boynton.
Samuel Francis, Ilrown.
Norris Chester. Corson...
Alvsnndvr, Christie
Damnrtin, Briggs
J. II. Stanley, Simmons..
M V Davis, Kohinson.
Exports of Rico and Lumber from Savannah.
1855. to Dec.
PORTS CXPOHTr.il TO
t. Fri
Horsey, Gilkey
Si elng, Tolen
It M flemille. Look
Kale llutkronk, K viler....
load'g...
...llaih....
disc „ .... .
load'g
load'g
Boston
dU'e
N York....
dla'g
dis'g
land A Son.
Howland A Son.
...Carleton A Parsons.
Master.
'ohe
..Bow land A 8
..S II Fiske.
WCO Drifcnlt. I
Cohens A Hertz, j
Master. |
J A Brown. ,
CON IV EES.
whr KtipMio, from Boston—Frrnnton, Johnston A
Palmer At Son, A Haywood, .I W Lathiup A 1
•It, Hi (glmiii, Keilv & Co. Bell At Prentice. Wnvnr,
Grenville At ('-., Ruse. Davis At Long. M A I'oheti. W II
Kimbrough, S M Lalllteim. Crane, Wells At Uo. Central It
It Aut, ('Inthorn At Uiiiiiiiiigham. G II .lohn-oii. Urnger
At Wii.le. McMahon & Dojle, Dana A Wu»hhm u. D D
Uopp, II IliilrhiiiHon. Apt lion Sb-.imho.it Uo Giilu tt ,v
Tib! "i. M '-.d i x Palm, a, Uohen- At Hertz, \\«yn«
GivitwIleAr Co. HoK'nuibe, ,Miu»ou At Uo, J A Brovin,,
Ibiihi At Fit.rtmii.
Great liritain
St. John’s nud Halifax....
West Indies
Ollier Foreign P, rt«
Total Foreign Ports....
Maine
MasNneliUMilts
Rhode Island. Ac
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Norfolk...
Uhnrlcsto n
Feet. (
ISTriNN) !
71*2200 ,
200100
601900 .
)760200
"TFionni T
103 218100 .
~AM>4j 4218100
’6685 595861NI
Snvnnunli Export.*, Dec. 6.
ABERDEEN. SCOTI.-llark Vn.liuinted-159034 feet Tim
ber. 2100 do Plank, 6 Masts, 100 bids Rosin, 1000 Staves, and 25
Handspikes.
BATH-Schr Gen IIersey-bNVNN) feet l.nmhcr.
Rrerlpts l*rr Crntrnl Kntlrond Dec. O.
134 boxen Copper Ore. 3804 bales Cotton, 1137 sacks
Wheat. 200 sk- ami 45 bbl* Flour. 1036 ska Corn and
Mtlze. to J W Uthrnp At Co. T W N M Co. Tison At Mae-
knv, Hardwick At Cook. N A Hardee Ac Co. E Parsons At
Co. Patten. Hutton At Co. Coin n- Ac Hertz. Order, A Lur
At Co. Hudson. Fleming At Co, Crane. Well- At Co, llo.-t n
At Viilulonga. Way At Taylor. .1 It llrook*. Hunter At Gam*
ntell. Ruse. Ravi* At Loiiu:. Helm Ac Foster, A S llur-
triilge, Padelfonl. Fay At Co. .1 R M ilder. .1 Jones. Crane,
Wells At Co, Ralmn At Smith. Patten, Hutton At Co. T R
At J G Mill*. Loekctt At Snellings. W Rattersby At Co, R
A Allen At Co. Itrigham. Keilv Ac Co, U E Stile-. G G Mc
Donald. >1 1. Comes. Webster At Putmez. Williams Ac Co,
G Gerntendeu. Young, Wyatt At Co. Tison At Mnckay, G
W Gnrntany, Lynn At Snyder. C A I. Lunar. Waver At
Con«tantine. O Cohen. Kennedy At llyaeli, Scranton,
Jon-ion H Co. RUT Co.
MARINE BIST.
Savannah, <»w., Drrrmhrr 6< m
AHIUVKI).
or. Boston—Cahens X Hertz
—, Back River, with 2000 bushels Rough
o G It Johnson,
J. Vadolferd. Fay X Co. C A Greiner,
n Sept r I. 8ohr Eugene, Par
lo Dee r 6, l Sehr Elias Reed,
I.V.L Hire, to J WAndct
. l i-win n' Steamer John Randolph, Frasier.
!.• • 5S5.TKXSU-SaSKSJf^SSSa*--"*-a-s
594900 : Bichsrdson. Cruger A Wsile.ll"* 1 " 1 > * A dlalonga, M Maters.
Charleston Boat. T It X J «• Mill*
I CLEARED.
Hurl. I'uilnnulrl. «»«uU-l>rl|ta». K.U,
169300
764209
JiiO'.HH) .
327MN) |
39i200 j
iNNNHl :
277500 ,
it tier
Gilkev, Bath—M A Wilder.
Comparative Viow of Vessols
m: ix mi: iNiTRO stAirs rott rottnox pouts
1855-55. 1853-54.
'll
1272 1617400
•JI N! 23.8lOOP ~
Mobile. Nov
W Mop
I Comnaratlvo Receipts, exports, amt stoekaofi
Port of Savannah, from 1st September, to date:
I Year*. Ilpcplid*. Exports,
j JSJ6 77,.YM 46.537
Slocks.
36.936
... .10.245
Florida, Nov. 39...,
Savannah, Dee. 6...
Charleston. Nov. 21
Other Ports. Nor.:
New York. Nov. 27
Total
1 >*i 0, 5
13
I 99 Jt't ii
| 139 103 ~~a
1X53
1X51
1835
— FOU Ml K ItlFI .
•"•J 1‘F.l.l.i iVV-l ITI'/.l'.Ns—I offer lor theolttco
'■'avi.i of Sheriff of Chatham county, nt the viisulmt
" V- -, election In January next, nud u«sjn •ini lv solieit v>or
!!!!42!litt | Aiiqmtl. L"Ct 17-Id J WARING UL'SMaUL.