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BY JAMES GARDNER.
WUTTKN FOR THE COITSTIXX’TIOSAI.IST,
Lines on the Death of Charles W. Pemble.
Oh. ruthless death what hast.thou done?
Why nipped ye the opening bud ?
Vour giant artu spares never one,
Nor staySWe's ebbing flood.
Could ye recall year stern decree.
What joy! What bliss! would there now be.
Bslnh! who knows that mother’s wo,
Or father's Innate grief;
Por6ilent came the heavy hlotr.
That severed life—so brief.
Xone, to have seen bis blooming air.
Had fancied death so very near.
Fond parents, lyt your grief now cease,
Your Charley still lives on;
In those bright bower, of heav’nly peace,
And life's unfading morn.
A Christian's soul he did posses,
And now enjoys his blissful rtst.
Unhappy friends, why will ye weep?
Dry up your useless tears;
A Christian's harvest he will reap,
AJ ! real! for Midlers years.
Rejoice! Rejoice! for faith has won,
And heaven claims her righteous son.
A Yocxe Fmxsd.
wjjff* (communicated.)
Augusta Hotel, )
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 8,1858. J
Mr. Editor; In your paper of the 7th inst., I
■- observed an extract from an article by Dr. Dixon,
in a late number of the Scalpel, on oily substances,
as preventatives of consumption, and pointing to
oil as the sole curative agent in, and secret of the
success of Cod liver oil in-tbe treatment of diseases
of that class. Such theory may read very well;
but, beyond that, it merely provokes the astonish
ment of any person at all acquainted with Chemis
try, Materia Medica, or Therapeutics. I will,
however, commit this new doctrine to the tender
care of its learned propagator, and proceed with
his views and quotations from observations on the
same subject, by Dr. Hooper, who states that:
Os all persons between the ages of fifteen and
twenty-two, more than one-fifth eat nq fat meat.
Os persons at the age of for‘„,-.five, all, excepting
less than one in fif'.y, habitually use fat meat.
Os persons between the ages of fifteen and twen
ty-two, who avoid fat meat, some few acquire an
appetite for it, and live to a good old age, while
the greater portion die of phtbysic before thirty
four.
Os persons dying-of phthvsic between the ages
of twelve and forty-five, nine-tenths at least have
never,(a sweeping a-sertion) used fat meat.
Dr. Dixon now asserts, on his own responsibil
ity, that most individuals who avoid fat meat, al
so, for the most part, avoid butter, oily gravies,
etc.,etc.; and that even they should freely use milk,
eggs, and saccharme articles generally. They are so
poor a substitute for fat tneat, that, sooner or later,
the body is sure to show the defects of deficient
calorification.
Vegetarians, and likewise breeders of stock, will
do well to inquire into this matter; and, indeed,
so would all others, as, in my opinion, most per
sons would prefer eating a moderate share of fat,
meat, or even swallowing a few teaspoeofulls of
some kind of oil daily, to dying off, or suffering
from consumption. But, as Dr. Dixon’s doctrine
is not accompanied by any practical proof, and is
alto*gether at variance with the physiological laws
of digestion, as at present, understood, he would
confer a -great favor on the pubhc, and very espe
cially on the undersigned, Hy giving the rationale
of his oily regimen in an early number of the
Soalpel, or some other respectable journal.
J am, sir, respectfully yours, T. 11. D’A.
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[COEMINICATUD.J
Shall the State Sell the TSiaJf Road i
Mr. Editor: I would answer, most certainly, no,
do not sell the road. Because the experience of
this year, so far, shows that wo may rely upon the
road for all time to come for a net annual income
of three hundred thousand dollars, if the road is
well managed. But the advocates for the sale of
the road say, we have no security that the road
■will be so managed after Gov. Browu goes out -Of
office; but it seems to me that after it has been
ascertained what the road ean do, under the late
financial embarrassment, we may expect any sort
of a Governor to make it a matter of principle to
make the road yield as much net income to the
State as Governor Brown did, and if any should
fail, let the legislature appoint a Board of Direc
tors, selecting honest, practical men from the dif
ferent political parties, to-serve for small fees, tor
devise some other plan, to secure the faitofnl
management of the road, and if the legislature
cannot devise some plan for the management of
the road, and itc income of three hundred thou
sand dollars per annum, who would be willing to
risk them with the fflanagiment of five millions of
dollars? How did the legislature manage the'
large amount received from the general govern
ment ? Or whec did the legislature ever properly
manage any large amount of the State funds ?
Can we rely upon a body of men (one half of
whom could never manage their own affairs pru
dently,) to manage live millions of dollars ?
We need not expect that ary private company
would give more for the road than it is worth to
the State; and ths annual, steady income from the
road would always come in as it was needed by
the State, and cocld be applied to common schools
or otherwise, as it was received, without tempting
the legislature to-enter into schemes of specula
tion whereby, five million of dollars would lie
-squandered, and do the State or people no good.
I have always looked upon it ac a great folly in
the boy that had the goose that laid the go Idee
eggs, to kill her for the unlaid egg he could got
out of her, and I should look upen the sale of the
road in the same light. The road is now doing
well, why not let well enough alone ? Some peo
pie are so constituted, that they can never get a
good horse, or other-piece of property, but what
they are half crazy to-he trading, And can never
rest tiH they have traded out; and it would look
like folly not to be as well content with three hun
dred thousand dollars, received from the earnings
of the road, as with the same amount from
another source, equally as precarious, or more so,
for I contend that the incense from the investment
of the money derived from the sale of the road,
would be more precarious than that desired im
mediately from the working of the road. A cer
tainty—yes, a precarious certainty, if voc please,
is better than a precarious uncertainty, or rather
1 might say, almost a certain loss of all the money
derived from the sale of the road.
Walton County.
Judge Douglas has just made to the Trus
tees of the Chicago University, a title to all the
property upon which the University is located,
waiving all the contingencies of the original do
nation.
Three were fifty-six deaths from yellow
fever in New Orleans on the Cth inst r
E*T A move has recently been started to erect [!
a monument to the memory of W ashincton, in j
Philadelphia. i
Henry Clay’s Opinion of Naturalised
Citizens. j
Mr. Editor: The following extract from the im- (
mortal Henry Clay’s speech in defense of the (
American system of naturalization, delivered in
the Senateof the United States, Feb. 3d, 1332, was
found by myself on the back of a little campaign
song book of the Clay Whig’s, issued during the i
contest of 1844. It clearly proves to my mind i
that were Mr. Clay now alive, he would be found 1
manfully battling for the rights of the “industrious :
and honest German,” the “versatile and philoso
phic Frenchman,” “the open hearted and uncal- i
culating Irishman,” by the side of his noble
hearted and illustrious son Janies B. Clay.
“ The honest, patient, and industrious German
readily unites with our people, establishes himself
upon some of our fat lands, fills his capacious
barn, and enjoys in tranquility the abundant
fruits which his diligence gathers around him,
always ready to fly to the standard of his adopted
country, or of its laws, when)called by the duties
of patriotism.
The gay, the versatile, the philosophic French
man, accommodating himself cheerfully to all the
vicissitudes of life, incorporates himself without
difficulty in our society.
Bat, of all foreigners, none amalgamate them
selves so quickly with our people as the natives of
the Emerald Isle. In some of the visions which
have passed through my imagination. I have
supposed that Ireland was originally part and
parcel of this continent, and that by some , extra
ordinary convulsion of nature, it was torn from
America, and drifting across the ocean, it was ,
placed in the unfortunate vicinity of Great Britain.
The same open-heartedness, the same generous
hospitality, the same careless and uncalculating
indifference about human life, characterise the in- .
habitants of Ijdth countries. Kentucky has been
sometimes called the Ireland of America. And I
have no doulSvibut if the current of emigration
prere revers#!, agid sent from America unon the
shores of ISjffOpfl, Instead of bearing from'Europe j
to America, every American emigrant to Ireland
would there find, as every Irish emigrant here
finds, a hearty welcome anil a happy home.”
The above beautiful extract might prevent much
surmising and conjecturing from our Know Noth
ing opponents, and if this bo the case, you would
oblige by publishing it, your correspondent,
R. E. P,****
Greenville, Ga., Oct. 4, 1858.
(communicated.)
Constitutional Law,
Mr. Editor: The following decision—now the
late of the northern circuit of this State—l deem
of sufficient importance to intetest your readers.
Judge James Thomas decided, at Warrrenton,
this week, that the act of the legislature, of Jan
uary 12th, 1852, making it penal for a white man
to live in a state of adultery or fornication with a
woman of color, is void ; because the body of the
act is different from the title, and therefore in
conflict with the provision in Sec. 17, Aft. I.
of the Constitution of the State: “ Nor Shall assy
law or e»dinance pass containing any matter
different from what is expressed in the title
■ thereof.”
' Now, the act in question is entitled, “An Act to
! cotil un additional Section to the Tenth Division of
> the renal Code of the State.” The offences enu
i merited in the tenth division are, among others,
: polygamy)-bigamy, incest, adultery, ferhication,
I lewdness, and keeping lewd houses. Ami it may
• not be’quite obvious what difference there is be
i tween the act, which treats only of adultery and
> fornication by white men with women of color,
and such a title. But as the decision, being in
favor of'the defendasts, cannot be reversed, if
wrong, by a higher tribunal; but must, whether
right or wrong, remain the absolute law of, at
least, that circuit, unless the legislature shall in
' terfere by another enactment, it should be made
known to the people, in order that they may in.
struct their representatives to take such steps as
will insure the discouragement and punishment
j. of the evi|, against which the act of 1852 was
. directed. S.
j. October 7th, 1858.
| 15?* The Georgia Platform, published atCal
' houn, Ga., closes a long, and we may add, a very
( excellent article on political matters, with the sol
s lowing complimentary reference.to Messrs. John
| son, Cobb, and Gardner :
“ If the service which an individual renders the
party, constitutes him a leader, Herschel V. .Jobn
■ son is beyond doubt the foremost leader of the par
■ ty in Georgia, who has occupied office. And next
I to him we would place Howell Cobb. But one
, need not always occupy official position to give
: direction to fee actionei not the principles of the
1 party. If any one man is entitled to tne appella
■ tion of leader of the Democratic party in Georgia,
i in consequence of the service he has performed,
■ the labor he tuts done, the instruction he has given,
Übe doctrine he has taught, and the ponderous
’Allows he has dealt upon all forms of opposition,
- that man is .games Gardner, of the Augusta Con
stitutionalist.”
• The Election is Glynn. —The Brunswick Her
ald of the fith inst. says: “On Monday last John
L. Harris, Esq., was elected a member of the
House of Representatives, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the death of J. W. More, Esq. Mr.
H. received Hie entire vote polled, one hundred
and fifty-five- This unanimity must be highly
gratifying to the friends of Brunswick abroad as
well as at home.
A Mexican Generai. . jst a Yankee Traiv:ng.—
General Comomtort, ex-President of Mexico, was
present at the encampment of the first division of
the Massachusetts militia last week. lie came on
the ground in a barouche drawn by four grays.
He was received with much honor, and was pre
sented to the Governor and other dignitaries pre
sent. _
Morphy and Haerwitz at Chess.—A Paris cor
respondent thus speaks of the .great chess contest
between the American and Prussian champions.
•The great chess match between Germany and
America—between M. Harrwitz, ot Prussia, and
M. 'Paul Morphy, of the United States—is now go
ing on in this city at the Case de la Regence, in the
Rue St. Honore, the headquarters Gs the lovers of
this scientific game. The match ic to be won by
the gaiaer of the first saren games. M. Harrwitz
gained the first two games; Mr. Merphy gained
the three next, the last of which was played yester
day afternoon and evening. In the third and
fourth games, Mr. Morphy made some of the most
brilliant and startling moves that ever had been
seen in the Case de la Begenee, and so great was
the enthusiasm that telegraphic dispatches were
sent to the Rhine, to Mery, to the Duke of Bruns
wick, and other great players, begging them to
come and see the wonder of the world. Notwith
standing we are in the midst of the watering sea
son, when all the fashion is supposed at least to be
ont of town, the Case de la Regence is the scene of
a crowd, or rather a mob, of distinguished men,
and even women of all nationalities and alt tongues.
It is believed that Morphy will beat Harrwitz,
though it is not by any means sore; and, in that
case, he becomes the champion of the world, for
no mao in Europe can beat Harrwitz. Harrwitz is
twenty-seven years old, Morphy but twenty-two.
Morphy plays much faster than Harrwitz, and, in
fact, faster than any adversary he has yet met in
Europe, and the boldness and originality of his
moves strike the lookers-on with amazement and
admiration
-YTJGTJSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY,#!TOBER 18. 1858.
Lord Derby’s Race Horses.
The Times complains‘that the Prime Minuter of
England, after announcing his determination to
quit the turf, and advertising his stud for sale,
does not really intend to get rid of his race horses
at all. Speaking of the auction sale of Loid Der
by’s stud at Tattersalls, a few days ago, it says:
“ A large ring was formed, containing within it
many intending purchasers. We do not profess to
understand these matters minutely, but it appears
as if the seller had no reason to complain of the
spirit of the bidders. Among the yearlings we see
the prices offered-and refused were three hundred,
two hundred and ninety, and four hundred and
seventy pounds sterling. Os course, we do not
know if these prices were adequate, but in the case
of a nobleman really wishing to give up racing
and get rid of bis entire stud one would have
thoughf.them high enough not to be refused.
" Two" thousand five hundred pounds were offer
ed for Toxopholite ; but Toxopholite was bought
in. Notone stallion was sold, although for one
one thousand five hundred guineas were offered,
and for another eight hundred. Out of the whole
twenty-two lots twelve seem to have been sold ;
one for twenty-two), one for forty, two for forty
six, one for fifty, one for one hundred, one lor
one hundred-aneffifty, one for two hundred and
fifty, two for three hundred, and one for seven
hundred pounds sterling. Now, we should be sor
ry to compare the Earl of Derby with some of the
worthies who figure on the turf, but we eOfrfess we
cannot see the distinction between this transaction
and those so justly reprobated by our correspond
ent. Os course, a man may do what he wilf with
his own, but to advertise a whole stud for sale, and
then io put prices on the superior part of it so
enormous that they cannot be reached even by the
open competition of a largo attendance of purcha
sers held under the most favorable circumstances,
looks very much like using the superior animuls as
a means of getting together a large assembly, and
thus increasing the competition for the inferior
ones.”
owing communication on “ direct
I '.fade,” from C. G. Baylor, Esq., U. S. Consul at
Manchester, England, addressed to Gen. B. H.
Rutherford, chairman, Ac., was read before the
Planters’ Convention, recently in session in Macon,
and is published in the State Press, of the 7th
instant:
Consulate of the United States of America, 1
Manchester, August 17th, 1858. )
Unofficial. — My Dear Sir: A friend has fur
nished me with the “ organization of the cotton
power,” being, I presume, the outline of an organi
zation of the planting interest for its. own protec
tion. It is needless for me to say how entirely
your aims coincide with my own on the vital im
portance of direct trade to the planter. But my
object is not to interchange views in common upon
this interesting subject. My object is business
action, and that without unnecessary delay. An
ticipating the reaction which I know must sooner
or later take place in regard to the present suici
dal commercial policy of the South, I have suc
ceeded in organising in advance the very means of
co-operation tn Europe which you require. The
bankers in London are most anxious to sec the
cotton power a distinct and independent clement,
and I speak from the highest authority when
I inform you that your ideas and purposes are
warmly supported in Europe by parties pos
sessing tlie necessary capital and facilities to
carry the thing through. The joint stock
bank system in London is a complete success.
I know- a gentleman who is one of the Direc
tors ot the London and Westminister joint stock
bank, who*entirely concurs in your views. Tlie
vice chairman of another leading London bank,
entertains the same opinion, an<t more than one
bouse in Liverpool ape friends Os direct trade with
the American planters. On tho Continent of
Europe, ut Bremen, Hamburg, Antwerp, Havre
and Amsterdam, we have friends. But the ques
tion is uo longer to talk, but to act, I have there
fore to say to yon, and you are authorised to con
vey the information to the planters of your asso
ciation, that anv agent having your confidence,
whom you may appoint to go to either Charleston
or Savannah, will be forthwith.furnished tho very
best European credit from every port on the Con
tinent of Europe, duly confirmed in London, to
enable these agents to make cash advances upon
your cotton. lam going over to London to-mor
row, and from there to the Continent, to see our
German friends. I shall be back here within ten
days, and will again write you on the subject.
The planters, i«they will but use their power—
their cotton vomer— can make themselves quite in
dependent of those who prey upon their industry.
In selecting your agents it would be well to take
men who know something of the import trade, as
our friends in Europe would be disposed tq con
sign in their turn goods direct to the South.
Wishing you every success, and hoping you will
enrol me as a member, in some form, ot your as
sociation, either as an honorary member or for
eign correspondent.
Believe me sincerely yours,
C. G. Baylor.
‘JF- ♦
XstT Refering, we suppose, to certain recent
editorials of the Federal Union and Cassville
Standard, the Georgia Platform, of Calhoun, in
its issue of the 7th inst., says:
• Complaint is made that old line Democrats are
» thrust aside andwiew lights put in. We do not
» see the force nr necessity of this complaint. We
> believe that old line Democrats deserve promotion
, and rewards j and we believe that the Democratic
■ party of Georgia has not been very slow to per
form its duty. Cobb is now occupying a position
by virtue of executive appointment, at which the
■ party rejoice. Iverson, they placed in the Senate.
. Johnson, the man of golden purpose and iron will,
the party twice elected Governor, and will at some
‘ future day put him in the Senate, if he will accept
■ it. McDonald is on the Supreme Court beneb,
which is by no means a position to be despised.
I Brown is Governor. Warner could have remain
ed in Congress, if he would. Hon. Jobs H. Lump
kin could have done the same. We cannot con
-1 fess that the Democratic party of Georgia has been
unmindful of its old line members, while it has
not proscribed the recent converts when merit
and talents were presented.
t3T“Aga” the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore San, writing on the sth inst, says:
“ While the government expresses no opinioo as
to the authenticity of the Oojeley treaty, it will
doubtless regard its ratification by Nicaragua as
of greatest possible insult and injury to us, un
less, indeed, the Cass-Yrissan treaty is also rati
fied by the same petty State. The treaties are
alike in that that the profits of transit companies
are to be limited to fifteen per cent, per annum;
that troops and inanitions of war shall be carried
over the route free of charge ; and that the route
shall be protected for these purposes and for the
trade of all nations by the establishment of a free
port at each end, This sort of protection is not
regarded as in whole or part a “European protect
orate” in that political sense which would be in
compatible with our fixed national policy, and
which Mr. Cass, in his recent letter to Gen. Lamar,
pronounces to be what we “shall resist by all the
means in our power.”
I do not understand the administration to be
abstractly opposed to the Ouseley treaty, since that
it desires the Isthmian transits to be open to the
trade of the world upon equal basis, but it will in
sist upon the ratification of our treaty contempo
raneous with that of the ratification of Mr. Ouse
ley’s. _
The Water Ccee. —The following, which we
find in the Vicksburg Sun, would indicate that 1
there is more virtue In water than many medical
advisers are willing to admit:
“The yellow fever patient who plunged into the ,
Mississippi a day or so ago, while is a delirious
condition, is improving rapidly, so we learn, con
trary to the expectations of his medical advisers,
who bad no idea that be would ever recover from
the effects of the plunge bath.” i
Nsw Yosjc, Oct. s.—Owing to an accident to l
the machinery of tbe steamer Moses Taylor, the
fit. Louis has been substituted, and will sail for i
A sninwall on Thursday. ,
BY TELEGRAPH.
Farther by the Canada.
Halifax, Oct. B.— Among the passengers in the
Canada is the American bearer of dispatches from
China.
The shares in the Atlantic Telegraph Company
are quoted in London at - three hundred and thirty
pounds sterling—the original cost was one thou
sand pounds sterling.
A new cable between England and Holland has
been successfully laid.
■Two thousand additional troops (have been or
dered to Ipdia._
The Spanish army has been considerably in
creased. Spain intends to act energetically to
wards Mexico.
The Russians are reported to have .obtained
another vjeto-y ,over the Circassians.
Halifax,. Oct. S.—The Rice market was heavy
and declining—Carolina quoted at 18s. tid. Rosin
was dull, at 4s. 2d. Spirits of Turpentine B»s.,
and crude 10s. 6d.
Mortality id Savannah.
Savannah, Oct. B.— There were five interments
to-day, among which were two by yellow fever.
The weather is clear and cool,
Howard Association of New Orleans.
New Organs, Oct. 9.—The Howard Associa
tion of New Orleans deem it their duty to inform
the countwthat the prolonged existence of yellow
fever, andvffie present great mortality, are solely
owing to thl influx of strangers who rapidly fall
victims.
Timely notice will be issued by the Association
bf the decadence and disappearance of the epi
demic,
(Signed) E. F. Snideb, President.
D. S. Ric uino. Secretary.
Market Reports.
Savann ui Oct. B.—Sales of Cotton to-day 480
bales, at of % to }{ cent on lower
grades.
Charleston, Oct. B.— Sales of Cotton to-day 1,200
bales. The market has further declined, and we
quote for Georgia Middling Fair cents.
Mobile, Oct. 3.-Sales of cotton to-day 2,500
bales. Market unchanged. Sales of the week
13,750 bales. The receipts were 14,000 against
8,250 bales ; and the increase in receipts 27,250
bales. The .-.tuck is 42,550 bales. Sterling ex
’ change 7}*k 3J j.
New York. Oct. B.—The Cotton market was
heavy to-ifty, with sales of 1,800 bales. Flour
was buoyant—sales 24,000 bbls. Wheat—sales
| 20,000 bushels, at a decline of 8 cents per bushel.
, Corn heavy, with sales of 2u(300 bushels. Spirits
1 of Turpentine firm ut 50 cents per gallon. Rosin
firm. Ric« dull.
1 From the Near Fork News, Oct. 0.
( Terrible Conflagration l J—The Crystal
I‘ulace tu Ashes.
.Yesterdavaficruoonthe community was startled
hy the antroSucement that the Crystal Palace had
been destroyed by fire. It appears that about five
o’clock lire was discovered in the Palace, in the im
uiod,ale erttßOyW'he extiance on F,.. tv-second
street, or around tlie door leading from the North
nave. The alarm was immediately given, but so
rapid ivas the progress of the flumes that those in
file building hud but just time to escape before
the dome tell in and the whole building was en
veloped inflames. The fire seemed to spread with
the velocity of a set piece of pyrotechnics. But
few articles were saved.
There were somo two hundred 'p. rsons in the
Palace at the time of the ca’astrophe,- many of
them children. The greatest excitement prevailed,
and in the dense and suffocating smoke which pre
ceded the bin-sting forth of the Haines, it is a mir
ucle that so many should have made their way out
in safety. Mr. Wilson, one of the exhibitors, says
he had but time to secure a portion of bis watches
and make his way to the staircase, when the smoke
was so thick that he could hardly breathe. A
young men who had charge of the jewelry of Mr.
Halt, had a narrow escape, in delaying to secure a
portion of the valuable property in bis charge. A
gentleman who was in toe picture gallery says that
he saw the smoke coming up through the floor of
the gallery, and becoming alarmed; turned toward
the place «f exit; in seventeen ruinates from the
time that he discovered the smoke, ibe whole ed
ifice was a complete ruin.
The speedy destruction of the building afforded
little room lor incident, and no opportunity to ob
tain information. All were engaged in an effort
t to escape, confusion reigned supreme, and conse
» queutly all that any one can tell is just his own
individual narrow escape.
There were three thousand eight hundred and
forty-four entries of goods to the fair, and the loss
B must reach a large amount, exclusive of the build
t ing. The building was erected in 1852, a year
i after the great World’s fair in London. This en
i terprisc gave birth to the famous hatting Obser
: vatory, which so mysteriously disappeared some
-two years ago in a fate similar to that which has
i just overtaken its parent.
: Statement of Kt-Ald. Daniel Dodge. —l was in
. the building at the time it took fire. By my
, watch the building commenced burning at fire
! minutes past five o'clock. In four minutes the
t North-eastem nave gave way; people bad very
, little time to escape. I merely bad time to turn
. round when the whole thing was id flames. Its first
- appearance seemed to emanate from the North
- east wing. At this lime the Are raged tearfully,
• and in nineteen minutes the West nave fell in,
t and in tweniy-aix minutes the dome came down
i with a terrible crash.
t Everybody about the building said that the Are
originated in the pattern department, which means
that portion where the models of the palace is
f kept; but to all who fully understand the matter,
say the fire originated by an incendiary. Women
and children were running in every direction, and
i it is possible that some who were unacquainted
I with the building might have become bewildered
i and perished to the ruins; although, in thejudg
' ment of those who ought to know, none bare fallen
a victiui to the fire. Nothing can exceed the vel
ocity with which the fire went through the build
ing ; before aoy person bad the least idea of its
intensity, the greatest uanger waa observable. The
palace became like an oven, and everything com
bustible took fire at once.
We have it from the best authority that no
person was mortally injured. The engines that
Were burned will be a Bore loss to the department.
"The Horrors or the Slave Trade.”— The
steamship Cahawba has arrived at New York
with Havana dates to the 2«lh olt. An American
ship recently landed a cargo of slaves near Carde
nas, and it is reported that she left Africa with
upwards of nine hundred on board, and that near
ly two hundred and fifty died on the passage. Is
it not possible to put an end to this wholesale
system of ruurder? askstbc Pennsylvania Inquirer.
We answer that nothing is easier. Repeal all
laws against the slave trade, legalise the traffic,
as should be done, and then humane and good men
will engage in it, openly and above board; com
fortable aod ample accbtmnndadlions will be pro
vided for the negroes, and we shall have no more
talk of “ wholesale murder,” or “ the horrors of
the slave trade.” This must be apparent to any
one who is not willfully blind.
Savannah Newt, Oct. 7.
Bohtow, Oct. 4.— The glass manufactory of Rus- '
sell k Paget, South Boston, was bunt to-night.
Loss seren thousand dollars. Several adjacent
buildings were injured. 1
The paper mill of Thomas Rice, at Newton, waa
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss fif’een thousand I
dollars, which was covered by insurance, 1
trom the Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindealer, Sept. 29.
Double Elopement—The linker and Dean
Case Outdone.
Mr. Lloyd, a highly respectable farmer of Wick
lifl'e, arrived in this city last evening in an excited
stale of mind. He sought out Marshal Gallagher
and told him that his two daughters had eloped
Monday night with two hired men, brothers, and
named rispeotivelv Chauncey Lewis and Watson
Lewin. Mr. Lloyd said he thought they were in
this city. The marshal put on his seven-league
boot* aud commenced walking rapidly round the
city, lie found the enterprising parties at Inst at
tho Franklin House, on Peart street. Watson
Lewis had already married one of the sisters and
retired for the night. Channcev Lewis was mak
ing arrangements to marry the other sister when
the marshal appeared and took him and his in
tended to the police station. Locking- Chauncey
Lewis up in the watch house, Mr. Lloyd took his
daughter to the Commercial House and locked
her up in a room.
Mr.‘ Llyd, in addition to being an extensive and
flourishing former, keeps a tavern in Wickliffe,
which is very favorably known through this sec
tion. It is located near the lake shore, and near
where the ill-fated steamer Griffith was burned
some years since. Mr. L. owns some four hun
dred and fifty acres of land in Wickliffe, and is
quite wealthy. His daughters are named Mary
und Laura. Mary is about twenty years old and
Laura about sixteen. They are splendid looking
girls, and are fashionably and richly dressed.
They are both well educated, having enjoyed su
perior advantages in this respect.
The Lewis brothers are uncouth, uneducated,
and evergrown specimens of humanity, anu c*»
neither read nor write. They hired out to Mr.
Lloyd some six months ago. He paid Watson,
the eldest one, thirteen dollars, and Chauncey ten
dollars a month. Chauncey Lewis, the young
man who didn’t get married und who passed the
Dight in the watch-house, is a very sleepy and
stupid appearing young man. We doubt if he
knows enough to exercise the sagacity of a com
mon Shanghai chicken and go under cover when
it rains He was released this morning at the sug
gestion of Mr. Lloyd, and requested to "scoot,'
which he hastily did. He promised, with tears in
his eyes, never to come within ten miles of Wick
liffo again. The married brother, of course, can
not be interfered with.
The parties eloped at about eleven o’clock on
Monday night, and were not missed until yester
day morniug. The brothers hired a horse and
buggy at Willoughby, and went to Mr. Lloyd’s c
house, where the girts were awaiting them with
their trunks all packed. The girls left the house j
noiselessly and got into the buggy, aud the parties |
moved slowly towards Cleveland. One of the (
brothers walked all the way here (üboul sixteen s
miles) and the other rode and drove. Arriving
here they stopped at the Commercial House. In t
the evening a justice wus called In and Watson j
and Marv were married. Chauncey and Laura
concluded to postpoue being united until this
morning, which conclusion fortunately enabled
Mr. Lloyd to prevent the ceremony. The parties
all moved from the Commercial to the Franklin,
where they were found as above stated.
This is the most remarkable o»se of elope went
that we ever heard of. It utterly eclipses the linker
and Dean case. What two handsome and culti
vated girls, as the Misses Lloyd certainly were,
could Hnd to admire in two such fellows as *'“« j
Lewis brothers, is more than we eairunagme. Mr.
Lloyd und hia wife are overwhelmed with grief by
this inexplicable conduct of their daughters.
From the Jiichmund Dispatch.
The “Appearance” of n Prize Fighter.
1 The New York paper* keep their readers regu
-1 holy posted about the proceedings of Morrissey
’ and the “Benicia Bov,” in training for a "grand
: encounter.” The Troy Times publishes some ro
-1 to; matton about ilia Wit numetr, wfro MRt Alrtwi
-1 ville, on the Hudson. Its infoi-mant visited the.
‘ place on Sunday, and though the prize tighter was
1 absent on bis regular walk, found about fifty veht
* cles, which had brought visitors tu the spot. It
1 htt 'Our informant was in the dressing-room of Mot
' rissey when the prize fighter returned. He was
smoking a segsr, and having his Dark to the door,
' did not notice, the entrance of the would-be
r “champion.” The first intimatioo, therefore,
which our friend received that he was standing in
[lie presence of the distinguished hero, was the
request on the part of one of the trainers to "put
out tliatrsegar. What could liai'c prompted the
singular request, our friend was at first unable to
understand, for but a moment previous the author
of that same request was engaged in the samo de
lightful occupation. Looking unbind, however, he
beheld Momssey sitting upon hia bed, when the
problem was readily aolved. The lungs of that
individual were too delicate to encounter the nox
ious exhalations of the “ weed,” and so, of course,
“out” went the segar. Morriasev sat for a few
moments upon his couch, (evidently considerably
fatigued from his long wulk, though Shepherd,
who had accompanied him, appeared quite freab),
when he submitted himself to a vigorous rubbing
down. The crowd down stairs were now in the
greatest state of exoileinent, aud gathered around
the stairway in anxious expectation of the appear- ,
ance of the fighter. Presently their wishes were ,
gratified, and Morrissey came forth—not, we are ,
bound to say, with the air of a conqueror, but in a
meek and modest manner. One gentleman was
beard to exclaim, “ I think considerable of him,
now; lie’s modest, and that’s something.” Mor- i
rissey had much difficulty in making his way ;
through, and was evidently greatly annoyed at the
impertinent gaze of th« crowd. Finding that the ,
crowd followed him wherever he went, and that
it was useless to attempt to get out of it, he re
traced his step* back into the house and did not
come out again until many of the people had left.
The appearance of Morrissey is very much
changed. Few would recognise him in the street.
The evidence of hard work is plainly visible upon
bis person, and the diminished size to whieh he
has been reduced, very unfavorably strikes the
observer. A number of gentlemen remarked ss
be came out that be looked “ like an ordinary
sized man,” and some could scarcely be made to
think that the person they were gazing upon was
the reoonmaoie Morrissey. Ills features and
hands are browned by a substance which is used
for hardening the flesh, and this alone very much
changed his whole appearance. The luxuriant
growth of whiskers which formerly adorned the
face of the "champion” is now all gone, and even
-‘the hair en his head,” is kept down close to bis poll.
He wore a slouched hat and quite ordinary clothes,
and looked for all the world like a backwoodsman
from Grafton, or a hardy help to so#e farmer, tan
ned by exposure to the sun and worn down by bard
work. Though the outward appearance of Mor
rissey illy comports with the idea our informant
had previously formed of him, yet a closer inspec
tion satisfied him of the great muscular develop
ment of the man, and bis consequent poweiful
strength. Hia movements were, however, exceed
ingly slow and his gait awkward and miff— so
stiff, indeed, as to attract tho attention of many
disinterested spectators, who remarked that he
must move much quicker on the day of the fight
than he was then doing in order to win the battle.
Morrissey looks the very embodiment of health,
however, and is no doubt in proper trim for the
encounter which is soon to take place. He leaves
here for Canada on the 12th proximo.
i
A Good Move.—We clip the following item from
the publiebed proceeding! of the City Council of
Macon at (be regular meeting on the let instant:
“ Elam Alexander’s petition for the exclusive
privilege of boring an Artesian Well or \V ells upon
such unoccupied ground or street* belonging to
the citv, as may be suitable for the same, with tbe
exclusive privilege of tbe streets and lanes for tne
purpose of laying pipes, 4c., on such terms as may
hereafter be agreed upon, was received, "hen Al
derman Jones moved that it be retotredtoa spe
cial committee. Aldermen Jones, Anderson and
Boifeuillet were appointed that committee; jvhen,
on motion, his honor, the Mayor, waa added as
chairman of said committee.”
Jfaw Tosx, Oct. Tbe steamer Arago has
arrived. Her dates are anticipated.
Boavo*. Oct 6.-The steamer Niagara aaikd for
Liverpool to-day, with one hundred thousand dol
lars in specie.
VOL. 37—IS •
From the Washington Star.
The Comet.
Mr. Editor : In the year 1848, in the New York
American, the following verses appeared. I have
not a copy by me, but quote from memory. A s
they appear to be entirely “ apropos ” to the pre
sent time, I send them to you. If you consider
them worthy of publication, they are at your ser
vice. Respectfully, 4c., Wasr It. Rookrr.
The Comet of 1M43.
Deep in the blue of heaven serene,
A wmnlruua shining shape is seen
Beyond each well-known star.
1 sin would we ask from whence It came,
\i ith Its lone lurid track of dame
That folTowi It so far.
strange thoughts within my soul arise?
Mysuoimia traveler of the skies,
\t hlle on thy form 1 gate.
1 marvel not. In days of old,
Thst priests and sages have foretold
Dread omens from thy blaze.
Hast thou no voice ? can'st thou not tell
In what bright sphere 'twas thine to dwell
Benue thou wandered'st here ?
Or bust thou just hum Chaos sprung,
Iu radiant beauty, fresh and young.
To run thy circling ye r?
Art tliou a world like this or ours.
With silver streams and shady bowers.
And uznre-Unted sky ?
Hast thou fair forms that llveand love
Amid thy happy home* above;
Alagl and can they die?
Or art thou, as some minds (1-light
In dark and gloomy strains to write,
A huge misshapen form.
Which soon shall from Its orbit dash
And all our earth to ruin daah •
Iu whirlwind, dre and storm. ?
But hark! those angel-breathing notes I
A voice from that fair region duals.
The stars In chorus ring:
Olid fear pot Him whose name Is love.
Who sltteth on his thmne above.
Yet guides the small birds' wing.
We ask not whenu. ihts stranger came.
Nor why that bright unwonted lame
Which on bis way attends.
Enough for us wtth rays divine
In our appointed paths to shine
And sente our Maker’s ends.
The sweet stmln dies, and with Its fall
Again deep silence breathes through ail
The soloing orbs of heaven.
Wither of light: to Ihecwe boa t
We seek not more to know titan thou
Host In thy wisdom given.
Official Report ol Interments.
Savannah, Oct. 8, 18.18, 1
7 o’clock, P. M. f
The following is f. list of the iuterments in ih*
city cemeteries for the lost twenty-four hours:
In laurel Grove Cemetery. —Wm. M. Carr, forty
two years, bilious cholic, Savannah ; Puulina Khr
liok, twelvo years and nine months, yellow fever,
Germany; Henry Johnson, thirty-one years, coo
sumption, Ireland,
In Cathedral Cemetery.— Robt. Cunningham,
thlrtv-flvo years, yellow fever, Ireland; Honors.
Daley, twenty years, typhoid fever, Ireland.
W. T. Thompson,
Oh’u Board of Health.
Savannah Republican, Oct. 0.
Health of Mobile.
OrrtCK or thk Boabd or llkal-th, 1
Mobile, October s—« p. m. f
The board of health reports nine Interment?
from yellow fever for the twenty-four hours ending
at si* o’clock this day.
D. Hkbndon, M. 1)., Secretary.
JAubiU RrgiMer Oct. «.
Railroad to Dablonega.
The OanersviUe J&oprcee, of the Bth instant, in a
leading editorial, zealously urges the building of
■ a railroad from Cartersville to Dnhlonega, via the
‘ Ktowah Works and Canton. Wo publish below
1 ihe greater portion of the si licic referred to:
- The contemplated route for this road will hr .1-
i- most oz,;lum!Veil' confined VJ the v-'ley f.l live
e, Etowah river. 'J hia lovely valley lies now almost
» buried iu obscurity, and comparatively few know
- uught of its loveliness and resources. It contains
t the mineral region proper of our Stale, while the
climate and the purity of its water is unsurpassed.
- It is, beyond all attention, one of (be healthiest
• portions of the Union. The facilities of water
, power are unrivalled; the fertility of its soil and
t (he resources of timber and wood are unequalled.
, in addition to this, its topography is no less re
i markable, presenting a strikingly beautiful and
1 inviting scenery. The mineral wealth of this re
gion is enormous, far beyond calculation, and if
properly developed wilt contribute uotoid mil
lions to the wealth of our State. Ores of iron, cop
per and gold abound: silver, lead and plumbago
are found, and tin, cobalt aud nickel no doubt will
be. Iron ore. of the very best quality, and well
adapted to the manufacture of steel, t* immense
and inexhaustible. This delightful region, with
all these vast resources, is proximate lo toe cotton
region, and is allied to it, by the strongest ties of
interest: now it follows, if these fads be true, that
this is the proper mautifecturing region of the
Mouth, and must inevitably, in the sequel, be dense
ly Ailed with an enterprising population sod stud
ded with towns and villages. The products of this
valley, when properly developed, will be vast and
various for transportation. To supply its numer
ous wants, with such s population us will necessa
rily All it, shipments of (foods, wares and merchan
dise, immense in tonnage, will be required. Being
proximate to the cotton region, her people win
be largely u manufacturing people, baring
superior natural advantages. In addition to
this being unsurpassed in health,—the most
favorable point for the life and health of
man ; being also, almost sufroanded by the
cotton growing region of the entire South,
will be pre-emincnuy inviting to wealthy planters
and retired merchants, as a summer home. It also
and necessarily follows, that it will be the greatest
and best feeder to the Westernaad Atlantic railroad,
and should it be traversed by railroads, is des
tined to contribute more freights, habitually to
it, than all the other sections of that road besides.
For proof of this, it is only necessary to look at
the development of a few miles only, of Ail valley,
. from the Ktowah depot to Maj. Cooper’s Works.
Maj. Cooper, with an energy tost knows no slum
ber, lias demonstrated and made palpable the vast
wealth thst lies buried, in our hills and mountains
aud notwithstanding the astonishing results that
hare followed his industry, still he la only a
pioneer in this vast field of enterprise. The
valley extends fully seventy-five miles, aud at
every point, similar results will accrue under the
guidance of enterprising minds. .Major Cooper,
as an individual, and seemingly isolated, has con
tributed bis thousands to swell the prosperity of
our State. He has brought to light and made
available wbat was before useless, and annually
gives more freights to the Western snd Atlantic
railroad, than any town on the line. If he, there
fore, unaided, and solely by the force of an uncon
querable energy, has done so much to developo
our resources, what would not a railroad accom
plish, traversing the verv heart of this region ?
Major Cooper has pot the ball in motion, audit
the citizens of this valley will only exercise a tithe
of his energy and far-sightedness, the results will
bo inevitable. Tbe people of Cherokee county
should be alive to die vast tmportence of
such an enterprise, which promises them
so grand a future. If this road is built we do not
hesitate to say, thst she will take the foremost
rank with her sister counties in wealth nod Intel
lectoal greatness. If the resources of this region
are so varied and commanding, two propositions
necessarily follow; First, tbe people of this val
ley from Cartersville to bahlonega, should build
1, railroad forthwith. It can be dtme-qnd will pay
enormously : Ist, m dividend ; 2nd, in doubtin'/
and treUiag the value of their property; slid last,
but not leaat, in raising the moral tone, exalting
the grade and intellectual power of her people.
Second. The State ofGeorgia,being interested to the
greatest extent, at aU point*, in the success of such
an entepnse, which if completed will throw open
the widest door to the development of our vaet re
sources, should lend a helping hand and assist in
its construction. And this, she will most assured
ly do, if her legislalture is governed by wise states-
men.
Nsw Vobk, Oct. itopert Cuoiuiing Brown,
an English clerk of the Liverpool and London in
surance company, has been arrested for defraud
ing the company of a large amount.
St. Lotos, Oct. 7.—On the 24th ultimo, serious
trouble was apprehended with the Indians, eighty
miles below Fort Randall,