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Devereux flung him the gold, he dared not re sist the claim. As the pilot was passing from the , )r esence of the old man he turned and said— life hath heen lost! Devereux was indifferent to this ; he made no comment. The pilot continued— “ Not one of the crew, but a youth they were bringing home —a lad of Marseilles ; his vessel had Stranded in the Straits.” Devereux recked little of this death. Why did the pilot persist in talking of it? He resumed the subject. ti The boy was washed from the decks by a wave just as she struck ; it was dark, and there were no means of saving him.” Devereux coldly replied— it poor youth ! I am sorry ! ” then turning to his previous occupation, he showed that he de sired the absence of the pilot. Tat the man still spoke— “ They have tried all means of restoration, but in vain ; it is a pity, for he is a fair youth and seems of gentle blood.’ ’ Now Devereux became impatient. Why should the pilot linger still, tormenting him by this idle recital ? What was all this to him ? The pilot repeated the last sentence— “He seems of gentle blood ; ” and he added, “and he is the only child of his father.” The old man laid down his pen, struck by the pertinacity of the pilot, and gazed at him with a look of inquiry. A noise was heard below—a noise of feet, staggering as though beneath a bur den —a noise of many voices, speaking in hur ried whispers. “ They are bringing the drowned boy here!” said the pilot, as be turned and departed. With a sharp, wild cry, the old man rose to his feet. The truth with, all its terror and its anguish, broke upon his soul at once : he had murdered his own dear son ! That old man lived for many years after this day, but he never again became conscious of what had passed; he was blessed, beyond his desert, in complete forgetfulness. Every (lav he seated himself opposite the win dow that looked upon the ocean. “The wind is rising,” he would say; “God grant there be no storm ! My son is at sea/” Then, when the night fell, he would say,— “It is late, and I can see the white sail no long s cr; but, if the wind is fair, he will come to-mor row. Drowning is a fearful death ! God grant there be no storm!” St. Victor gradually recovered from his embar rassments; and gaining prudence from past diffi culties, became again the great merchant of Mar seilles—the prosperous St. Victor. But his name and race are now extinct; and the splendor, and the wealth, and the prosperity of that great bouse have passed away forever. A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. SAVANNAH, THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1849. PREMIUMS. The following premiums will be awarded on the first of May to the successful competitors. To the Masonic Lodge having the greatest number of suh/ Bcribers to our paper at that time, ten copies will ba given gratuitously for one year. To the Odd Fellows Lodge, the same. To the Division of Sons of Temperance, the same. Mr. J. M. Boar OM AN is our Agent for Macon. THE FINE ARTS. W e would call the attention of lovers of the Fine Arts, to the portraits of several of our citizens, executed by Mr. L. T. A oight, Wright Square, opposite the Armory Hall. Those whose may desire to have portraits taken should embrace the present opportunity, as it is so seldom that an artist of ability visits the South. A sight of his pictures will repay any one lor a visit to his rooms. CHRIST CHURCH. On Monday the 9th inst., an election took place in this ( hurch tor Wardens and Vestrymen, with the following re sult: Wardens —Messrs. Wm. B. Bulloch and Win.P. Hunter. A esthymen. —Wm. Thorne Williams, Robt. Habersham, Richd. D. Cuyler, John 31. Berrien, James Potter, Norman AA allace, Jacob Waldburg. ST. JOHN S CHURCH. An election for Wardens and Vestrymen held in this Church, on the 9th inst., resulted in the choice of the follow lowing gentlemen, viz: AA aruens —Robbert M. Charlton and G. K. Hendrickson. N istrymen.— Jos. S. Fay, Wm. H. Bulloch, R. G. Gue rard, John E. Ward, John W. Nevitt, Geo. S. Harding, Dr. T. otewardson, and Wm. B. Giles. SUICIDE. AA . AA oodrtff, from Bridgeport, (Ct.) committed suicide Saturday in the Afternoon, by cutting his throat with a P ktt knife. The deceased had been but a few days in *u, having recently come out from ihe North, and was en *n fating up a store. Delirium tremens, the conse quence of intemperance, caused the fatal act. * are indebted to the Rev. L. I*. Allen, of St. ’ atoC^la P^ a a n * n th o U. S. service, in Mexico, un rr? r ,on ’ Ta y lor > and now devoting his time in the cause of i Scen Pe,anCe * f ° r a P am P hlet entitled “ Pencilings of peruse |!‘ (m Grande.” We have not had time to Press 1 m W ° Ut ave seen man y favorable notices by the day e • *'■ deliver a lecture on Temperance on Fri ening if a pj ace can procured. BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. The nearest resemblance to the perfect love of God, is the love of woman. There seems to be by the Divine Being so just a partition of qualities between the sexes, as, if seriously reflected on, must call forth our admiration. It has been well observed by an excellent writer:—“ Man is strong, woman is bautiful. Man is daring and confident, woman is diffident and unassuming. Man is great in action, woman in suffering. Man shines abroad, woman at home. Man has a rugged heart, woman a soft and tender one. Man prevents misery, woman relieves it. Man has science, woman taste. Man has judgment, woman sensibility. Man is a being of justice, woman of mercy.” In short, man is a symbol of his own understanding with all its powers; woman of the will with all its affections. We are hence accustomed to say of the man, he is all head ; of the woman, she is all heart: and man in all ages has recognized this love existing in woman, and has shown it the least selfish in its existence, and the nearest in purity to the love of the Divine Being. Indeed, a mother’s love is the only appropriate image of the Divine love. Whatever has been our crimes, however we may have dis graced the noble name of Christian, and plunged ourselves in sensuality and wickedness, yet if we repent and turn unto the Lord, he will have mercy upon us, and unto our God, he will abundantly pardon. In the encouraging and pathetic lan guage of the prophet, “ If we cease to do evil and learn to do well , though our sins be as scarlet , they shall be white as snow; though they were red like crimson , they shall be as wool.” And a mother’s love, in a finite degree, resembles this. “ Misfor tune and even crime set up no barriers between a mother and son. Whilst a mother lives, he will have one friend on earth, who will not listen when he is slandered, who will not desert him when he suffers, who will solace him in sorrow and speaks to him of hope when he is ready to despair. Her love knows no ebbing tide; it flows on from a pure fountain; unearthly, unselfish, undying it mingles only with the ocenn of eternal love, the love of God! Os this love the Orientals were , and to this day are deeply sensible ; and the extreme of deep anguish is expressed by David (Ps. x x x v, 14,) —“I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.” THE SABLE MELODISTS. To those who appreciate musical talent, we would sug gest a visit to the Sabre Melodists at Armory Hall. We at tended their first concert on Monday evening, and were de lighted with the performance. It far exceeded our expecta tions. To such as (like ourself,) have been somewhat preju diced against this kind of singing, we would say, just try it and see what harmony of sounds in connection with highly cultivated voices, will do with your prejudices. * The following is a list of passengers per steamship Tennessee, which cleared at this port for New York, yester day ; Jno. Philis, Juan Ferrente, Pedro Guitera, Francisco Jin evo, Capt. Robt. Horne, A. G. Spark, M. Copello, Argua Manis, F.. F. Thode, Geo. Bankman, W. H. Wood, L. D. Wilcox, Mr. Ryder, Win. Murray and Lady, Geo. Cornwell, H. Matthews, E. Woodruff, L. Dickinson, A. Holcombe, R. S. Tyler, Geo. Brown, Lewis De Saulles, A. Cohen, E. Houghton, P. Marr, R. McManus, R. M. Beach, Captain Jno. S. Farran, O. Wetmore, Geo. Stewardson, R. Smith, F. O. Welsh, R. R. Hunt, T. G. Doty, J. Caruthers, Mr. Mony, Louis Chige, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. and Miss Craig, Capt. Peter son and Lady, Miss Hall, Miss Collins, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Pyn chion, L. G. Morris and Lady, G. Blece, P. Mons, Vandervert, Mrs. Hall, Lady, 4 children, and servant, Miss Cruger, Mrs. Duncan and child, B. A. Blakely, Lady, and 2 children. Freight—7Bß bales Cotton, 32 do Domestics, 4 do Wool, 24 pkgs. 40 bbls. Green Peas, Strawberrys, &c. Pope and some of his literary friends, as they once sat in a coffee house, were conversing concerning a passage in the llliad, which puzzled them greatly to understand, when a sub altern officer, who chanced unavoidably to overhear them, modestly observed, “ If, gentlemen, you will read the portion which presents the difficulty with a note of interrogation, you will find it solved, it’s a question !” Pope, (who was, as the reader knows, a little crooked fel low, having indeed to wear stays for his support,) nettled by by being outdone in scholarship by one in the soldier’s station, snappishly replied— “ And, pray sir, what is a note of interrogation ?” Glancing meaningly from the head to the feet of Pope, the officer coolly answered the impertinent query, “ It’s a little crooked thing, sir, that asks question.” Allan Cunningham. —Thauntry had caused a splendid vault to be built for himself, and with much kindness, proposed to Allan Cunningham, that he also should be buried in it. “No, no,” answered Allan, “ I’ll not be built over when I’m dead ; I'll lie where the wind shall blow ever , and the daiseys grow upon my grave” In a wax-chhandlers shop in Piccadilly, opposite St. James’ Street, may be seen stumps or, as the Scotch call them, doups of wax-lights, with the announcement “candle-ends from Buckingham Palace.” These are eagerly bought up by the gentility-mongers, who burn, or may be, in the excess of their loyalty, eat them. Wood Paving It is said that Regent strget is the finest paved street in the world. It is cleansed by a machine, which keeps it free from slpperiness. “Where are you going?” said George Selwyn to an ac quaintance- “To see a friend.” “Well, I’ll go with you, for I never saw one yet.” Ladies ase very food of keeping their door knobs, spoons, plates, &c., in brilliant order. Now if instead of water and cbnlk, and such preparations, ladies will use camphene and rotton stone, a far brighter, quicker, and more durable polish can be obtained than in any other way. Camphene is the article used for producing the exquisite polish of daguerreotype plates; and nothing has yet been found to equal it. The first step. —Chateaubriand says :—“ In new colonies the Spaniards begin by building a church; the French a ball-room ; and the English a tavern. How to set fire to icc. —Place a piece of potassium uopu it; it instantly produces an intense heat, which sets fire to the hydrogen gas evolved from the water. Affecting Definition.- — Precociuos Child: “ Pa pa, what is humbug ?” Parent (with a deep drawn sigh): “Jt is, my dear, when your mamma pre tends to be very fond of me, and puts no buttons on my shirt!” Whims of Genius. —Haydn when he sat down to compose always dressed himself with the utmost care, had his hair nicely powdered and put on his best suit. He could write only on the finest paper, and was as particular in forming his notes as il he had been engraving them on copper-plate. While passing by a shoemaker’s shop a day or two since, we heard a merry roundelay. We stopped a moment to bear the “lay of the to minstrel.” “ The Fancy.” —Two tailors were found by the police last week, engaged in a pleasant “affair of honor,” or “ trial of superiority.” They had bet ter do as we are obliged to, when w r e run ashore for fun —stick to the shears. “ How do you like mv short-cake?” inquired a worthv dame at the tea-table. “ It’s a little too %/ short., ma’am,” responded a boarder. He was rather trusty. The latest case of absence of mind reported, is that of a man deeply involved in debt, who went on board a vessel bound for California, to take [leave of his friends, and forgot to come ashore again. “You must pardon something to the spirit of liberty,” said a man who was carelessly thrusting his hand into another’s por-ket. “All right—l go in for the largest liberty,” said the other, as he knocked him down. Pop-the-question” bonnets are all the rage in the eastern cities. It is only requisite for a young man to see one of these bonnets on a young lady, to know that she is in the market. “When are you coming again, John?” asked an innocent damsel of her intended, at a late hour on a sabbath evening. “ When you are willing to give me a favorable answer,” was the re sponse. “ Why, John, mother says my disposition is better on Monday evening than any other during the week.” Teacher —“ John, suppose I were to shoot at a tree with five birds on it, and kill three, how ma ny would be left?” John —“ Three, sir.” Teacher —“ No ; — two would be left, you booby.” John —“No there would’nt, tho’—the three shot, would be left, and|the other two would be jlied away.” “Take your seat, John.” A Frenchman (lately arrived from Europe) strolling along the wharf of one of our Western cities, fell in with a farmer, who was selling wa ter melons. “Vat you call dis’ere in de Englaise?” said the Frenchman, taking up one of the largest mel ons. “ A water million,” said the farmer, “A vattair milyone ? Veil, vat you take for dis vattair milvone ?” “ Twenty-five cents.” “Twenty-five cent? Veil, vat you take for dis vattair half a milyone—dis vattair five [hun dred tousand ?” said the Frenchman, taking up one about half the size of the oiher. MAmmmw, On the sth inst., by the Rev. J. F. O’Neill, Mr. JULIUS D. CERCOPULY to Miss ANN FREDERICKA, daugh ter of Capt. William Thomas, all of this city. Accompanying the above notice was a liberal share of the goods things partaken of on such occasions, and for which we return our thanks and best wishes. In St. Marys. (Ga.,) on the 2d inst., by the Rev. Wm. G. Williams, DANIEL H. STEWART, Esq., of this city, to Miss ELLEN N., daughter of J. Geer, Esq., of the former place. GREAT SUCCESS!! GRAND MUSICAL. OLIO BY THE CELEBRATED SliSll ISIIf UISWSf FRIDAY Evening, April 13th, 1849. ON which occsion a part of the performance will be given in the ordinary dress of citizens. Owing to the previous engagement of the Hall for a Cotill ion Party, there will be no Concert to-night. UF 3 For particulars see Programmes of the day..jfi OUND.—A small BREAST-PIN, containing hair, which the owner can have by identifying and paying for this advertisement. p 12 WANTED, immediately, a Negro boy from 12 to 15 years of age. Inquire at No. 11l Bay st. ap. 12. GEO. H. BROCK. New York & Savannah Line Steamships To leave WEDNESDAY > April ISc A. The new nnd splendid Steamship CnEKOKEE, Lyon, Master. WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage lo V\ New York $25. No berth secured until paid for. The ship and owners will not be accountable for any ar’i'.le sent on board, unless bills of lading are obtained for the same. B.ils of lading signed by the Clerk on board. For Freight or Passage, apply to ’ PADELFORD <5; FAT: The ships of this Fine carry a clear white light at masthead* green on starboard side and red larboard. N o Freight received after 9 o’clock on the day of sailing.. Z3T No colored persons will be allowed to go cn board lor any purpose. ap 12 Lamp Oil. JUST Received per ship Hartford, a lot of su perior Sperm Oil, which is warranted pure. For salt very cheap at store, 111 Bay street. apl 12 GEO. H. BROCK. Foreign Fruits. RDE MARTIN, Corner Whitaker and Bay • Streets, lias made arrangemefs to be supplied with choice WEST INDIA FRUITS and VEGETABLES* selected expressly for his trade, to which he inv'tes the atten tion of the public. Orders from the country respectfully w>- licited and supplied upon the lowest terms. ALo, constantly on hand a complete assortment of select Groceries, Tens, Wines, Segars, Syrups, English Sauces and Pickels, Pre serves, &c., which would be to the interest of purchasers to inspect previous to supplying their demands. np 12 FOR a term of years,that commodious LUMBER ¥ARD, known as “ Pooler’s Dock,” and which has beeu occupied by Mr. A. A. Smets, for the last twenty-five years. This property has a front on Savannah River of two hundred and twenty feet, and extends back on the eastern line five hundred feet; on the western line six hundred fejt, and fronts on Indian street, two hundred feet. Possession given on the TOth es June next. For term# apply to ROBERT W. POOLER, Sen., Attorney for Caroline M. Fraser and Rebecca M. Pooler. April 3 It HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, GLAZING, &C. THE subscriber having taken the store No. 121, Brough ton street, has re-commenced in the above business, and will be happy to receive orders for work. He will also keen for sale all kinds of mixed paints, window glass, putty, ;oil* turpentine, &c. March 22,’49. 3m. JOHN OLIVER. Fashion for Spring', 1849. ATOBLE LYON, (Gibbon’s Buildings,) Hatter, J.M Successor to Ives, Horsey A Co.—The following varietio# may be found at the above named Hat Store : Fine Black and Drab Beavers, White, Otter, and Pearl Brush, No. 1 and 2, Moleskin, Drab and Black Brush. Also, Plantation Hats, Leghorns, Rutland and Palm Leaf, Men’s and Boys’ and Children’s Coburg, and Infants’ China Pearl Hats, &c., 6cc . For sale wholesale and retail at New York Prices, mar 29 SPRING GOODS. THE Subscriber has just received, by late arri vals from New York and Philadelphia, a handsome assort ment of eveiy kind of BOOTS AND SHOES, for gentlemen, ladies, youths, misses and children, all of which he offers fop sale on reasonable terms. SAM. A. WOOD, March 21. 105 & 100 Bryan st. HOUSE I (KVl*l9l\<; STOKEL nOLLINS & BULKLEY, No. 108 Bryan-st., \J would respectfully invite the attention of purchasers to their large and varied assortment of Crockery, Glass Wciie. and House Furnishing Goods, cons sting in part of Flowing Blue, Mnlberry, and W. G. Dinner setts; China and W. G. lea setts; Mugs Vases, Ornaments, Glass Lamps, Straw berry Wines, Ashburton Goblets, Solar Chimneys and Shades* Julep Tubes, and a general assortment of Glass Ware. Stun# Butter Pots, Pickle Jars, Churns, Jugs, &c. LAMPS AND TIN WARE. Burning Fluid Lamps, Miniature Solar Lamps, Hall Lan terns, Bronze Candlesticks, Nursery Lamps for Invalids, Tea Waiters, a fine .assortment, Slop Pails, Foot Tubs, Coffee Big gins, Oyster Stew and Venison Dishes, D.sh and Plate covers* Cake Boxes, &c. FAMILY HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. Ivory Table Cutlery with Knives only, Buck Horn and com mon Cutlery, Razors and Pocket Knives, Coffee Mills, Sauce and Stew Pans, Soup Digesters, Ovens. Pots, Skillets, Spiders Gridirons, Wafer and Waffle Irons, Furnaces. Brass Shore! and Tongs, Andirons, Stair Rods, Whips, Quilling Scissors Paste Jaggers, Ice Breakers, Cork Screws, Mouse Traps, WILLOW AND WOOD WARE. Buckets, Tubs, Wash Boards, Sieves, Piggins, Churns. Beef Steak Pounders, Lemon Squeezers, Wood Spoons, Butter Prints, Cake Beaters, Butter Pats, Rolling Pins, Towel Roll ers, Faucets, Bird Cages, also Market Baskets, Waggons, Hobly Horses, Travelling and Work Baskets, Dusting aud Scrub Brushes, Sweeping Brooms, and other brushes. MISCELLANEOUS. [ \ Straw Satchels, Knife Baskets, Paper Lamp Shades and Frames, Thermometers, Spool stands, Swiftsior windings!tk, Ice Cream Churns, Knife Cleaners, Nut Picks nnd Crackers, Gravy Strainers, Toy Hoes, and lakes, Apple Carers and Peelers, Buckwheat Cake Griddles, of Soap Stone, Table Mats, also Door Mats of different qualities, together with % great variety of goods not enumerated. Also Camphine and Burning Fluid of the best quality. Housekeepers, Planters, and others, are invited to etll at their prices axe as low aaelsewhere.