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Resolved, That the thanks of the company are due to Dr.
Humphreys, proprietor of the Museum, and the Heron Fam
ily for the invitations to our Company to visit their respective
exhibitions.
Resolved , That the tender of the freedom of the Reading
Rooms of the Georgian and Republican was duly appreciated
a nd is thus publicly acknowledged.
Resolved , That the attention received at the hands of Mr.
Wiltberger, proprietor of the Pulaski House, from Capt. Peck
of the steamer Gen. Clinch, Capt. Rlankenship of the steamer
Wm- Seabrook, catered much to our enjoyment, and met our
hearty approval.
Resolved , That the above resolutions be forwarded to the
Savannah papers for publication.
R. WAIN WRIGHT BACOT, President.
Edward C. Jones, Sec’ry.
OVERFLOW AT NEW ORLEANS.
The water is still on the increase. Boats are as common in
the streets as carts and drays were a few days previous.—
Within the last few hours the water has risen from 6 to 8
inches. 2V. O. Crescent , 16th inst.
Later.— The New Orleans Crescent of the 17th says :
“We nro sorry to sny that the state of affairs in the rear of
the city is not at all improved. On the contrary, in the First
Municipality, and the Seventh Ward of the Second, the water
still rises. Night before last the rise was very rapid—places
which had been dry in the evening were overflowed next
morning. The flood steadily progressses towards the lower
part of “the city, and towards the Levee, reaching in some
places as far as Rampart-street, and in Common-street, be
yond Circus. The openings in the Metairie Ridge, of which
so much was expected, do not seem as yet to have produced
much effect. The water rushes through them with consid
erable velocity, but have caused no falls in the rear of the
city.
THE WORLD IS FULL OF BEAUTY.
There is a voice within me,
And it ’8 so sweet a voice,
That its soft lispings win me
Till tears start in my eyes;
Deep from my soul it springeth,
Like hidden melody,
And evermore it singeth
This song of songs to me—
“ This world is full of beauty,
As other worlds above ;
And if we do our duty
It might be full of love !”
When plenty’s round us smiling,
Why wakes this cry for bread—
Why are crush’d millions toiling—
Gaunt—clothed in rags—unfed ?
The sunny hills and valleys
Blush ripe with fruits and grain,
But the lordling in the palace
Still robs his fellow man.
O God ! what hosts are trampled
Amidst the press for gold,
What noble hearts are sapp’d of life,
What spirits loose their hold ?
And yet upon the God-ble*t earth
There’s room for every one,
Unguarded food still ripens
To waste, rot in the sun.
If gold were not an idol.
Were mind and merit worth,
Oh, there woud be a bridal
Betwixt high heaven and earth !
Were truth our uttered language
Angels might talk with men,
And God illumined earth should see
The golden age again.
For the leaf-tongues of the forest,
The flower-lips of the sod,
The birds that hymn their raptures
Into the ear of God—
And the sweet wind that bringeth
The music off the sea—
Have each a voice that singeth
This song of songs to me—
“ Tais world is full of beauty
A other worlds above,
And if we do our duty,
It might be full of love.”
father mat.thew coming.
e talie fr° m the Journal of Commerce, New York, the
follow mg letter addressed to the Mayor, by which our readers
“ill peiceive, that ere this that venerable apostle of Tem
perance is on his way to America.
, r Cork, April 26th, 1849.
- y Dear Sir:—The much prized and valued
in\nation of the citizens of New York, conveyed
trough you, as their respected chief magistrate,
m cmnn | o n council assembled, arrived in due
urse . * Jut k pleased an all wise providence, at
tl ' ne ’ t 0 v 'isit me with severe illness, which
,r t ° n y. Prevented me from availing myself of the
eve^ u , ls e d honor of being their guest, but from
m^icauon W T ging the recei P l ° f y° Ur km t C ° m r
the Com * 1° y° l1 ’ an( * the other members ot
feel i„,,u° n oUnc il? lam deeply gratified, and
in tile y° ur approbation of my labors
The ana sa cred cause of temperance,
vidu ° f SUch honored and eminent indi
thatlbov ° II ? e ’ a sufficient recompense for all
t° the nn en^ure d> and I anxiously look forward
sincere iT° rtU ? °* presenting in person my
God r>pr( kn( | U ’ edgements - As lam now ’ thank
cannot m-bA restore d to health, I feel that I
°f fulfill] a better use of his precious gift, than
the hirrh 0g on § cherished intention of visiting
rous i, m^ and People of America. The gene
your eh essrs * Grinneli, Minturn, & Cos., of
that Ir” ii ave thankfully accepted, and, but
Would h U not rea dy on the 21st of April, 1
the “ av ® ta ken passage in their packet ship,
jwith my esteemed friend, Capt.
- I have now secured my place in the
Ashburton, which will sail from Liverpool on the
21st of May, and immediately after my arrival in
New York, I promise myself the gratification of
seeing and thanking you and my other friends for
your great kindness.
With most respectful compliments to the gen
tlemen of the Council, I have the honor to be,
Dear Mr. Mayor, yours most devotedly,
MATTHEW.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD -NEW STOCK.
At a meeting of the Bonrd of Directors of the Central
Rail Road &c Banking Cos of Georgia, held at the Banking
House, May 9,1849, it was
Resolved , That books of subscription for new Guaranteed
-8 per cent Stock, be opened at the Banking House on Mon
day next, and be kept open until the first day of June next, at
the following terms:
Ist. The amount to be subscribed shall be $150,000, at
not less than par.
2d. In case the subscription be over $150,000, then the
preference shall be given to those who, on subscribing, shall
offer the highest rate of premium.
3d* The manner of subscribing shall be as follows : The
subscription of each subscriber on the book shall be num
bered, and the rate ot the offer, whether at a premium or at
par, shall be, by the subscriber, placed in a sealed note with
similar number, which shall not be opened until the books
are closed.
4th. Among those offering at the same rate, in case of
excess of subscription, distribution of stocks shall be rateable.
sth. If the whole sum ot $150,000 shall not be subscribed,
then each subscription is to be taken at the rate specified in
the sealed note of each subscriber, but never under par.
6th. Cash to the extent ot par shall be paid on subscribing.
The fractional interest from the date of payment to the 15th
June, (the day of payment of dividends,) to bo allowed to
the subscriber. Premiums to be paid on issue of scrip.
7th. The scrip to be issued will be similar to that hereto
fore issued, redeemblo in 1859.
By order. GEO. J. BULLOCH, Cash’r.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ST. LOUIS FIRE
A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun says : “ The
following are the names of the boats and cargoes
destroyed during: the fire :—Edward Bates’ Tagli
only Boreas , No. 3, Grey Eagle , Kit Carson, Montook,
Timour , Acadia , Mameluke, Bay State , Eudora , St.
Peters, Redwing , Alexander Hamilton , Martha, Eli
za Stewart. Mandan, General Brook , Sarah, and
the Prolick , with a number of barges and wood
boats.
“ The heat from the burning boats fired the
stores along the Levee, communicating at Louis
street, in the very heart of the business portion of
the city. The flames soon enveloped all the
buildings extending along the Levee for three
quarters of a mile, and back to Second street, lea
ving nearly every building in ruins. It would be
impossible to convey to you by telegraph, any
adequate idea of the extent of the fire*. The
Republican office, with all its extensive materials,
machinery, See., is a heap of ruins. The * Organ ,
Reveille, and Enquirer offices, have all shared the
same fate, though some of them saved a portion
of their materials. The telegraph office, and
banking houses of Benoist, J. J. Anderson, Pres
berry & Cos., Clarke & Brothers, Nesbitt & Cos.,
and E. P. Tesson, were all destroyed. Their
vaults are all supposed to be safe.
“ In the burnt district were the most extensive
business houses of the city, and they had a large
amount of stock on hand, and very little was
saved. The loss is estimated at $5,000,000 —the
amount of insurance unknown.”
Passengers and Exports per Steamship Tennessee, Capt. Collins, for New
York, May 23d, 1849.
l>. Kennedy and Lady, Rev. Wm. D. Calrnes and Lady,
Mr. West and Lady, Norman Peck and Lady,
Alfred Monroe, Lady, “2 Children Edward Shortili and Lady,
and servant, J. Lecesne, Lady Child and serv.,
Mrs. Kibbee, 4 Children and serv., Mrs. Foster and 2 Children,
Mrs. Jarvis and Child, Mrs. Jacob Barker,
Mrs. Harrison and family, N. E. Gardner and Lady,
Mrs. N. J. Miller, Mrs. C. J. Woodruff,
Miss Woodiuff, Miss S. E. Miller,
Miss Armstrong, Miss Scott,
Mrs. Johnson, Miss Greiner,
Mr. R. M. Greiner, D. B. Johnson,
J. L. Palmer, H. T. Smith,
F. Sorrell, E. R. Bell,
Mr. Me!?, Benjamin Salter,
Henry Jackson, Henry Jackson, jr.
B. F. Petty and 2 Sons, Amos Bist,
James Gallier, jr. Passed Mid. Gillis, U. S. N.
Passed Mid. Bnel), U. S. N. S. M. Nickerson,
Jno. R. Fleming, Owen F. Solomons,
Mr. Hathaway, R. M. Swift,
F. K. Swift, . A. Donnell,
E. J. Donnell, * T. Warren,
Rev. Mr. Higgins, S. B. Nash,
Daniel Lapnam, E. Deury,
J. W. Clark, R. Murchison,
11. Mumford, James F. White,
B. Costar, J- Marley,
James Cook, Andrew Johnson,
J. Thompson, aud 35 Steerage.
Exports —346 Bales Cotton j 5 Bales Wool; 65 Bales Domestics, and sun
dry Packages.
iilHililSZ.
The steamer Mohawk, running between New
Orleans and Nashville, run hard aground, and
was last seen in a pipeless condition.
Temperance Convention. —The State Temper
ance Convention of Georgia will hold its annual
celebration at Marietta on the 27th of June.
The Marietta papers contain a notice cordially
inviting the members of the different Temper
ance societies and of the respective divisions of
the Sons of Temperance, and the friends of
Temperance generally throughout Georgia and
the adjoining States, to attend.
The Average Income of Men . —We once took a
notion to find out the average annual income of
the inhabitants of the most favored countries of
Christendom. We opened McCulloch s great
work on Great Britain, and found his estimate for
each person in England to be ,£l6 a year or about
22 cts. a day ; and for each person in Ireland £6
a year, or 8 cts. a day. We looked in Chevalier’s
admirable lectures on French Political Economy,
and his estimate for each person in France is
about $45 a year, or 12£ cts. a day. Our own
census estimates the average product of the rich
est State in the Union at sllO for each person,
or 50 cts. per day, while our whole country ta
ken together, slave States and all, yields an an
nual product of but $62 for each person, or about
17 cts. per day.
When we consider the great inequalities of*
fortunes, and that the above sums are all that
each person would receive were the incomes of
all estates aqually divided among all the people,
we surely cannot think that the mass of men in
this favored country are in any great danger of
being surfeited. How miserable must be the pit
tance of great numbers, when even if the w#ilth
of the Astors and Bedfords, &c., were to be
thrown into the common fund, the average would
be much less than SIOO a year for each person.
Without presuming to vouch for the entire ac
curacy of statistical tables, we venture two re
marks upon the above statsments.
1. Let persons amply provided with the es
sential comforts of life, forbear their too frequent
repining, and sympathise more with the great
mass of the less favored, and thus take at once a
lesson in charity and contentment.
2. Last of all, let the policy be maintained in
the church and State, and home, and it shall quick
en the intelligence, industry and sobriety that
are the sources of genuine wealth. Then, al
though there may be less rum, and tobacco, there
will be a far greater average income in Christen
dom . — Christian Enquirer.
Ulllliii
At Philadelphia, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. Dr. C. R.
Demme, LEWIS SCHAEFER, Esq., of Canton, Ohio, to
CATHARINE ANNA, only daughter of Rev. Stephen A.
Mealy, formerly of Savannah, Georgia.
Anniversary Oration.
The FIRST ANNIVERSARY of Father Matthew Di
vision, No. 34, Sons of Temperance, will be celebrated on
Saturday, May 26th, when an address will be delivered by
Dr. Osborne A. Cochrane, a member of the Order.
Ample provision has 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
S. A. CARLTON, ) Arrangements.
Athens, Ga., May 12th, 1849.
New York & Savannah Line Steamships
To leave WEDNESDA Y, May 30 th.
The new and splendid Steamship
CHEROKEE, 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 starboard side and red larboard.
USP N o Freight received after 9 o’clock op the day of sailing.
iiW* No colored persons will be allowed to go on board for
any purpose. may 24
Jfl. A. Cohen.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons Cos.)
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
may 10
SITUATION - WANTED, by a middle aged
O man, a moderate salary will be taken, and references given,
by application at this office. apr 26
CLOTH IA CL
piERSON & HEIDT offer for sale, Clothing,
X Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. 10,
Whitaker-street. apr 26
Breakfast House—Central Kail Road.
THE public are respectfully informed that the
subscriber furnishes BREAKFAST at 1 the Twenty Mile
Station,, Centrai Rail Road, from Savaunah.
apr 26 HUGH CASSIDY.
Summer Retreat on the Sails.
AT MONTGOMERY,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
ABONAUD respectfully informs his friends
• and the public generally, that from the 21st. inst., he will
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he promise#
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 is
limited. * apr 19
Fashion for Spring, 1849.
T\TOBLE LION, (Gibbon's Buildings,) Hatter,
1 * Successor to Ives, Horsey & Co.—The following varieties
tmy be found at the above named Hat Store : Fine Black and
Lh*ab 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 Bovs’ and
Children’s Coburg, and Intents’ China Pearl Hats, dec., dec
For sale wholesale and retail at New York Prices. ’
mar 29
Lamp Oil.
JUST Received per ship Hartford, a lot of su*
perior Sperm Oil, which is warranted pure. For sal*
very cheap at store, 111 Bay street.
a P ] *2 GEO. H. BROCK.
Foreign Fruits.
R DE MARTIN, Comer Whitaker and Bay
• Streets, has made arrangemets to be, constantly supplied
with choice WEST INDIA FRUITS and VEGETABLES,
selected expressly lor his trade, to which he invites the atten
tion ot the public. Orders from the country respectfully so
licited and supplied upon the lowest terms. Also, constantly
on hand a complete assortment of select Groceries, Teas, •
\\ ines, Segars, Syrups, English Sauces and Pickels, Pre
serves, dec., which would be to the interest of purchasers to
inspect previous to supplying their demands. ap 12
ACAICO.
The undersigned having re-opened, with an
entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and
FANCY ARTICLES, at No. 139 (South side) Broughton
street, (formerly Walker’s Marble Yard,) is now ready to
furnish any thing in his line, at the shortest notice. SODA
WATER, made in his own peculiar way, sent to any part of
the city, and always to be had at the stoic, in the highest stat®
of perfection.
Prescriptions put up with care and despatch.
Tho subscriber having served the public long and faithfully,
respectfully solicits a share of their patronage.
apr 26 THOS. RYERSON.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, GLAZING, &C. . ‘
T'HE subscriber having taken the store No. 121, Brough-
J- ton street, has re-commenced in the above business, and
will be happy to receive orders for work. He will also keep
or sale all kinds of mixed paints, window glass, putty, k oil,
turpentine, dec.
March 22, ’49. 3m. JOHN OLIVER.
“spring goohs. ~
THE Subscriber has just received, by late arri
vals from New \ ork and Philadelphia, a handsome assort
ment of every kind of BOOTS AND SHOES, for gentlemen,
ladies, youths, misses and children, all of which he offers for
sale on reasonable terms. SAM. A. WOOD,
March 21. 105 dc 10C Bryan-st.
HOUSE FURNISHING STORE.
pOLLINS & BULKLEY, No. 108 Bryan-st.,
\J would respectfully invite the attention of purchasers to
their large and varied assortment of Crockery, Glass Waie,
and House Furnishing Goods, consisting in part of Flowing
Blue, Mulberry, and W. G. Dinner setts; China and W. G.
Tea setts; Mugs Vases, Ornaments, Glass Lamps, Straw
berry Wines, Ashburton Goblets, Solar Chimneys and Shades,
Julep Tubes, and a general assortment of Glass Ware. Ston®
Butter Pots, Pickle Jars, Churns, Jugs, dec.
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, Dish and Plate coveri,
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, Sauca
and Stew Pans, Soup Digesters, Ovens, Pots, Skillets, Spiders,
Gridirons, Wafer and Waffle Irons, Furnaces. Brass Shovel
and Tongs, Andirons, Stair Rods, Whips, Quilling Scissors,
Paste Jaggers, Ice Breakers, Cork Screws, Mouse Traps, &c.
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 and
Scrub Brushes, Sweeping Brooms, and other brushes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Straw Satchels, Knife Baskets, Paper Lamp Shades and
Frames, Thermometers, Spool stands, Swifts for windingsilk, Ic®
Cream Churns, Knife Cleaners, Nut Picks and Crackers,
Gravy Strainers, Toy Hoes, and rakes, Apple Corers and
Peelers, Buckwheat Cake Griddles, of Soap Stone, Table
Mats, also Door Mats of different qualities, together with a
great variety of goods not enumerated. Also Camphine and
Burning Fluid of the best quality.
Housekeepers, Planters, and others, are invited to call &S
their prices are as low aselsewhere.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Os alt kinds, executed at this Office, with neatness and
despatch.
HAVING lately put our Office in complete order
and made large additions to it, we have now the most ex
tensive Job Printing Office in the City and are prepared to
execute all kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
with neatness and despatch, and on the most accomodating
terms. Office 102 Biyan-street, entrance on Bay Lane.
Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD .T. PURSE.
A FRIEND OF THE FAI’ILY,
A WEEKLY SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY, BY
EDWARD J. PURSE.
TERMS: —T WO DOLLARS A YEAR.
Three Copies for one year, or one copy three years, $5 00
Seven Copies, - - - - - - 10 03
Twelve Copies, - 15 00
* o * Advertisements to a limited extent, will be inserted
at the rate of 50 cents for a square of nine lines or less, for
the first insertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Business cards inserted for a year at Five Dollars.
A liberal discount will be made to Post Masters who
will do us the favor to act as Agents.
OF* All communications to be addressed (post-paid) to
E. J. PURSE, Savannah, Ga.
