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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.