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l The steamship Tennessee left precisely at 10 o’clock
Wednesday, with about 63 cabin and 40 steerage passengers.
rpi 1P Rail Road train arrived just in season to make the con
nexion.
cleanings.
From “Memoirs of my Youth,”
BY A. DE LAMARTINE.
It seems as if words were the sole predes
tined fate of man, and as if he were created to
<rive birth to thoughts, as a tree to give birth to
fruit. Man struggles till he has produced out
wardly that which labors within him. His writ
ten words are like a mirror, which he requires in
order to know himself and to be assured of his
existence. Until he has seen himself reproduced
in words, he does not feel altogether alive. The
m ind has its age of puberty as well as the body.
To love, in order to beloved in return, is man ;
but to love, for the pure sake of loving, is almost
the characteristic of an angel.
It is in vain for man to embrace the wide-spread
scenes of earth in his gaze. All nature for him is
centered in two or three cherished spots, around
which his soul ever hovers fondly. Strip life of
the heart that loves you, and what remains ? It
is the same with nature. Blot out from it the lo
('it lit v and the house which form the home of your
thoughts, or which are peopled by your recollec
tions, and all is only a dazzling blank, into which
the look plunges without finding either a resting
place or repose. Ought we to be astonished after
this, that the most sublime scenes of creation are
viewed so differently by different travelers ?
The reason is, that each carries with him his own
point of view. A cloud upon the soul shrouds
and darkens the earth more than a cloud in the
firmament. The spectacle is in the spectator, I
experienced it.
Time is a great sea, which heaves upward our
remains, even as the other sea. We cannot weep
for all. Every man has his own sufferings, every
age its own sorrows ; and it is quite enough.
Men recognise each other by their sentiments
as well as by their names. Generous ideas are
ties of relationship between strangers. Liberty
has its fraturnity as well as family.
The poet’s soul is a running stream, which
writes its murmers and sings them ; but we write
with the notes of man, and nature with the notes
of God.
Theocracy , preached beneath so lovely a sky,
by so lovely a mouth, and is so sweet a language,
bv a young girl who resembled one of the daugh
ters of the prophet, exercised in those times a
powerful charm over ray immagination. How
joyful it would be if the kingdom of God had not
men for its ministers ! In after life I was forced
to confess that the kingdom of God could only be
that eternal revelation of which the Word is the
code, and of which ages are the ministers. I re
turned quickly to that liberty which allows all
the words to think and speak in all men.
illlEfli fOlflf.
WOMEN.
We women have four seasons, like the year,
Our spring is in our lightsome girlish days,
When the heart laughs within us for sheer joy;
Ere yet we know what love is, or the ill
Os being loved by those whom we love not.
Summer is when we love and are beloved,
And seems short : from its very splendor seems
To pass the quickest; crowned with flowers it flies.
Autumn, when some young things, with tiny hands,
And rosy cheeks, and glossy tendriled locks,
Go wantoning about us day and night.
And winter is when those we love have perished,
For the heart ices then. And the next spring
Is in another world. Festus.
SUMMER RAIN.
Gentle dew, not vainly art thou sent
Oh! not alone to cheer the drooping flower
And thirsty land with its long yearning spent;
But o’er a human heart that inly grieves
Hast thou the greater and the nobler power.
Sweet spirit, stirring all the joyous leaves,
i'hy tiny footseps, like a Fairy train.
Go softly stealing by the lattice eaves,
Or lightly dash upon the casement pnne,
Whispering the rose, in language she doth know,
tor her fair face is turned to thee again.
A pleasant song thy wondrous music weaves,
For beauty’s child, so lately faint low,
Bless and in thy coming she, methinks, dost rise
AV <th mantling cheek and joy-inspiring eyes!
hat is thy secret power, sweet Summer Rain!
Oh, art thou not the tear of Pity shed
*’ om its pure font within a mortal breast !
Fite’s truest balm, the word of kindness spread
In darken’d homes where sorrow seeketh rest;
Ihe dew of fond Affection deeply blest
Above its own, in lavish freedom pour’d,
gift ( 0 p la y er and thankfulness
VV health and peace united are restored.
These, like heaven’s moisture on the lifeless land,
Cr ™!. m ' s flwtr the folded mind expand,
i ill with the freshen’d herb we turn and bless
I P°' ver unseen, for happy days renewed,
II nui accepted songs of Gratitude.
T ° children were burned to death a few days
jtgo near Louisville, by a servant leaving a candle
burning near their bed, by which the bed was set
hat a beautiful comment the following is upon
a g°od housewife; “ To hear her converse, you
av ou Id suppose she did nothing but read; to have
°°ked through the department of her household,
-° u wonld have supposed she never read.”
ML
% THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Bank of England, notwithstanding re
cent famines and revolutions in that empire, con
tinues to maintain her ascendency over the mon
eyed institutions of Europe. But a few years
ago her stock of bullion was reduced to three
millions sterling, and such was the drain upon
her, produced in a great measure by the resump
tion of specie payments in this country, that she
was compelled to obtain a temporary loan from
the Bank of France, which saved her from sus
pension. She then commenced fortifying herself
by a series of stringent measures which turned
the exchanges in her favor and drew supplies of
coin from all parts of the world. Even in seasons
of prosperity, when no cause of alarm appeared
in the political or commercial world, she continued
to accumulate the precious metal. During the
agitation of the Oregon and Texas questions she
steadily pursued the same policy, and when the
season of famine arrived, she found herself in a
position to control the memorable speculation
in corn which characterized that period. By a
sudden rise in the rate of interest, she hastened
the commercial revolution, bankrupted hundreds
of merchants who held grain on foreign account,
and thus cancelled a large amount of foreign
debts, the payment of which would have over
whelmed the whole monetary system of England.
She came out of the universal wreck with a full
s upply of coin, and preserved the government as
well as herself, from suspension.
Having passed safely through the famine her
directors were admonished to prepare for another
crisis. The reform banquets in France, which
Louis Phillippe and his cabinet viewed with un
concern, produced considerable apprehension in
the parlors of the Bank ; an immediate levy of
specie was commenced on both coasts of North
and South America, and a short time after the
first cargo arrived from Valparaiso, the revolutions
broke out in Europe. Again the Bank was in a
most imppregnable position. She has passed
tlirough this last crisis, and finds herself with
fifteen millions and a quarter sterling in her vaults,
which is five fold the amount she had on hand in
1842.
Anew drain now threatens the Bank. America
having thrown into the British Islands vast sup
plies of produce at unprecedented low prices,
has turned the balance of trade against England,
but the amount of specie required to cancel this
balance will probably not exceed two millions
sterling, which is less than was exported to Eu
rope last year from this country. It is gratifying
to find the bank in a position to meet the demands
of this country, accruing from the exchange of
commodities, but the present low prices of Amer
ican produce in England are button well calcula
ted to create a feeling in favor of a home market
of our own. It cannotbe denied that our cotton,
corn and provisions are now furnished to Eng
land at lower prices than they ever were before,
while the prices of manufactures prove that the
English manufacturer is amassing the largest share
of the profits resulting from the present course of
trade between the two countries. — Baltiwore Sun .
Temperance in Wine Countries. —My observa
tions in France, as well as in Germany and Italy,
satisfy me that the people in wine-growing coun
tries are much more temperate than in the North
of Europe and in America. The common wines
which are used on the soil that produces them do
not intoxicate, but nourish, forming a large item
indeed in the probulem of the peasant. When
he goes out to his daily toil he carries with him
a loaf of coarse black bread, and a canteen ol
wine, and these refresh and sustain him : he rare
ly tastes meat, butter, or cheese. This vin ordi
naire makes a part of his breakfast, ol his dinner,
and of his evening meal ; and costs him perhaps
two or three cents a bottle, it he purchase it.
It is the juice of the grape, nor deriving its body
or taste from an infusion of spirit and a skiitul
combination of drugs, as in oar country, but from
the genial soil and beneficial sun. The truth ot
what I have here said is supported by the gener
al remark, that drunkenness is but seldom seen
in Fre nee ; and when it is, it does not proceed
from the use of the common wine which enters
so largely into the sustenance ol the peasantry
and common people but from brandy and for
eign wines; particularly the first, to the allure
ments of which the hard-worked and closely-con
fined mechanics, artisans and derise factory
population of the capital and large towns are
particularly exposed. I am obliged to believe
that the use on the soil of any native wines in
any country is conductive to health, cheerfulness,
and temperance ; and I am equally convinced
that all foreign wines are injurious in all these
respects. Hence the bad effects of the wines
imported and used in England and America.
Durbin's Observations on Europe .
Treasure time. —Beyond the mere defination of
this term, how little can be said of its meaning-
Time is an indefinite part ot an unfathomable
whole— it’s a fraction of eternity—of whose
laws we know nothing, save that they are regula
ted bv the celestial bodies and by the imperfect
understanding of man. Time, then, is so nus
terious that of its laws we know comparatively
nothing, and our progress ts such that, strictly
speaking, it is never “ present-” “Let us work
while it is day, for the night cometh when no
man can work.” Os all the subjects brought be
fore us, none is devoured with more eagerness
than that illustrating the ways of lengthening the
time, or temporal life of man. That this subject
excites universal interest we need but one day’s
experience to prove : discuss upon it in public,
and you have exclusive attention ; dwell upon it
in private, and you become lost in conjecture !
and yet, with what recklessness and apathy is ex
isting life squandered! Time is not given to us
for an animal gratification; it is given to us that
we may educate, mature and enoble our minds,
by reflecting on the knowledge and virtue of so
ciety around ; and finally, that we may prepare
ourselves to receive the mysterious truths of time
and the happiness of eternity.
The Poet Campbell. — An American gentleman,
while on a visit to the author of “ Gertrude of
W yoming,” told him of a pilgrimage which he
and others had made to Wyoming, from their ad
miration of the author’s genius. “It was au
tumn, and the quiet shores of the Susquehanna
were bathed in the yellow light of Indian Sum
mer. Every day we wandered through the
primeval forest, and when tired would sit down
under their solemn shade, among the fallen laves,
and read Gertrude. It was in these thick woods,
where we could hear no sound but the song of
the birds, or the squirrel cracking his nuts, away
from the busy world, that I felt the power of
Campbell’s genius.” Campbell took his hand,
pressed it and said, “ God bless you sir, you make
me happy, although you make me weep. This
is more than I can bear. It is dearer to me than
all the praise I have had before, to think that in
that wild American scenery, I have had suen rea
ders.” This anecdote of the venerable poet now
deceased, which vve find in the North British Re
view, reminds us of similar impressions of our
own, years ago, while on a visit to the valley of
Wyoming. Campbell was never in the United
States, and of course never saw the scenery of
the valley ; yet he could not have described it
better had he seen it. So we thought and felt at
the time referred to. — N. Y. Organ.
A Frightened Boarder. —We find the fol
lowing in the Baltimore Clipper:
“ A gentleman recently returned from attending
as a witness, at the trial of Tom lUyer, the pugilist,
at Chestertown, Kent County, related to us the
following most amusing circumstance, which oc
curred at one of the principal hotels in that place.
Among the unusually large number of boarders,
there was one whose appetite at table seemed to
have no bounds; every dish in his vicinity was
cleared by him before any one else could get a
taste. The landlord very patiently bore it for sev
eral days in silence, indulging in the hope that
his boarder’s appetite must certainly have an
end. But this hope proved delusive ; at every
meal his appetite seemed, if possible, to sharpen
up; till at length the landlord, unable to stand it
any longer, ventured to remonstrate with his
boarder, and remarked to him, “My friend, you
eat so much that I will certainly have to charge
you an extra half dollar.” “An extra half-dol
lar!” replied his boarder, with a countenance the
very picture of despair —‘ for goodness sake don’t
do that; I’m most dead now eating three dollars
lars’ worth, and if you put an extra half dollars’
worth on, I shall certainly sue you for manslaugh
ter.’ ”
Campbell went to Paisley races, got prodigiously
interested in the first race, and betted on the suc
cess of one horse to the amount of .£SO with Pro
fessor Wilson. At the end of the race he thought
he had lost the bet, and saul to Wilson. “ I owe
you £SO ; but really, when I reflect that you
are a Professor of Moral Philosophy, and that
betting is a sort of gambling only fit for black-legs,
I cannot bring my conscience to pay the bet.”
“Oh ! ” said Wilson, “ I very much approve of
your principles, and mean to act upon them. In
point of fact, Yellow Cap, on whom you betted,
has won the race; and but for conscience, I
ought to pay 3; ou the £so,butyou will excuse me.”
— Beane’s Life of Campbell.
A Great Smoke Case. —After ten days trial be
fore the Cecil County Court, Md., the jury have
found, in the case of Dr. John R. Sappington vs.
Mes srs. Whitaker, for the defendants. This case
has become famous on account of the
time it has been pending and the multiplicity of
witnesses adduced for examination. It was com
menced in 1845, and arose from the plaintiff feel
ing aggrieved by the smoke of the extensive char
coal furnaces at Havre de Grace, of the Messrs.
Whitaker, iron manufacturers. He complained
that the smoke entered his dwelling during the
prevalence of easterly winds, and affected, the
health of his family so injuriously, that he was
compelled to remove. For defence it was shown
that the health of the family was not benefited
by the removal, and that the business of the de
fendants was carried on in a lawful manner.
An Irish Compliment. —A lovely girl was bend
ing her head over a rose tree which a lady was
purchasing from an Irish basket woman in Covent
Garden market, when the woman looking kindly
at the young beauty, said, “I axes yer pardon,
lady, but i’ it’s pleasing to ye, I’d thank ye to keep
your cheek away from that rose ; ye’il put the lady
out of consait with the color of her flowers.”
‘4 S£A&m£H„
On Tuesday evening, the Ist inst., by the Rev. I. W. Wad
del, Mr. John G. Campbell to Miss Sarah E. daughter ol”
Mr, John McCarter—all of Marietta.
Though fools spurn Hymen's gentle powers.
We* who improve his golden hours,
By sweet experience knew
That marriage, rightly understood,
Gives to the tender and the good •
A paradise below.
* Editors.
T II E AT R i;T
The Inst night of the unrivalled HERON FAMILY.
The Greatest Juvenile Performers in the Wor Id
Tins Thursday Evening, May 10th,
The entertainment will commence with the Petite Irish
piece, by Sam. Lover, of
WHY DON’T SHE MARRY ?
After which a
MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT.
The whole to conclude with,
DEAF AND DUMB.
Boxes and Parquette 50 cents, Gallery 25 cents.
Doors open at 7f o’clock, performance to commence pre
cisely at 8 o’clock. may 9
Firemen’s Ball.
A COMPLIMENTARY BALL will be given at Ogle
thorpe Hall, This Evening, 10th inst., to the Phoenix Fire
Company of Charleston, in honor of their visit to this city.—
Tickets for which can be procured from either of the
Managers.
J. P. Buckner, John J. Theus,
B. O. Theus, R. 11. Howell,
, L. W. Wall.
Anniversary Oration.
The first Anniversary of Father Mathew Dx~
vision , No. 34, Sons of Temperance, will be celebrated
on Saturday, May 26th, when an address will be delivered by
Doct. Osborne A. Cochrane, a member of the Order.
Ample provisions hRs been made for the accommodation of
any number who may favor us with their presence, and the
members of the Order throughout the State are invited to
be present.
THOMAS A. BURKE, ) Committee
R. L. MOSS, } of
J. A. CARLTON, ) Arrangements.
Athens, Ga., May 12th, 1849.
111. A. to lion.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons fy Cos.)
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
may 10
New York & Savannah Line Steamships
To leave WEDNESDAY , May 10/A.
The new and splendid Steamship
eSBftQSSS, LYONS, master.
WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage to
New York $25. No berth secured until paid for. The
ship and owners will not be accountable for any article sent on
board, unless bills of lading are obtained for the same. Bills
of lading signed by the Clerk on board.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
’ PADELFORD & FAY.
The ships of this line carry a clear white light at masthead,
green on starbonrd side and red larboard. ,
U3F* N o Freight received after 9 o’clock on the day of sailing.
No colored persons will be allowed to go oil board for
any purpose. ap 20
SITUATION WANTED, by. a middle aged
O man, a moderate salary will be taken, and references given,
by application at this office. apr 26
CLOTHIiXO.
PIERSON & HE IDT offer for sale, Clothing*
Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. 10,
Whitaker-street. apr 26
Breakfast House—Central Kail Koad.
THE public are respectfully informed that the
subscriber furnishes BREAKFAST at the Twenty Milo
Station, Centrai Rail Road, from Savannah.
apr 26 HUGH CASSIDY.
Summer Ketreat on the Salts.
AT MONTGOMERY,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
ABONAUD respectfully informs his friends
9 and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., he will
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he promises
good attendance on accommodating terms, having good and
intelligent servants. Persons may be accommodated for board
per week, month or day, at the following rates, viz:
Board and Lodging, per week, $5 00
Do. do. per day 1 50
Horses well fed and attended to for 50 cents per day.
N. B. During the season there is an abundance of Fruit
on the place; and the table will also be provided with all kinds
of fish that the river will afford. apr 26
Portraits and Miniatures.
MR. VOIGT, who is for the present located at
the West end of the Academy, entrance opposite the
Presbyterian Church, respectfully requests those who propose
to avail themselves of his services, to engage their pictures
soon as conveniently practicable, as his stay in Savannah i8
limited. pr 19
Painting'.
HAVING Removed to BARNARD STREET,
one door South of MARKET SQUARE, the Subscriber
would respectfully inform the public that he is now prepared
to receive orders in HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAk-
MENTAL PAINTING, GRAINING, GLAZING, &c.
N. B. Mixed Paints, Varnish, Oil, and Turpentine, alwayi
kept for sale. JOHN J. SULLIVAN.
