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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.