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ile and a half in length. .We have not room for a detailed
count of the line. After marching through the principal
8 , ! e ts they halted at the Hall, where the Dedication took
place*
THE EVENING FETE.
Notwithstanding a smart shower of rain, with a promise of
*et night, there was a great gathering at Castle Garden of
{ *| lo “ beauty and the chivalry ”of the Order—those from a
distance who had not left in the night boats were there in full
force. . , , . . -
The proceedings opened with music, and the singing ot an
Ode written by Miss E. C. Hurley; after which an Oration
delivered by C. Edwards Lester, of Atlantic Lodge,
No- 26.
and iu* Band then relieved the time for a few moments by
)im* choice selection of music, when an Ode was sung as the
conclusion previous to the Ball.
the Ode a short intermission and the clearing of the
)r occu pied a quarter of an hour, and then the vast am
-1 tl *ater wns dotted overwith setts of Terpsichore’s votaries,
f r whose special gratification a choice programme of dances
Ii t n . eU arranged. While this was being fulfilled, hundreds
o” gratified loiterers were enjoying the invigorating breeze and
nchanting sights of our Bay, whose surface was dotted here
and there with vessels, each lying beneath the spell of moon
li ht “ as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.” At
the culmination of the crowd there were from three to four
thousand in the Castle.
Thus ended, without an accident to mar the enjoyment of
the participants, one of the finest of pageants ever got up in
this city—one which will long live in the memory of the
Order, and will not soon be forgotten by the public.
REV. DABNEY P. JONES.
We find the following notice in the Marietta Helicon with
the request to copy. We hope it will meet attention from the
Order generally, for a more worthy laborer never received
hire:
We are vequjsted to call the attention ot the numerous
Temperance Associations iu thus State, through your columns,
to the following resolution of the State Temperance Conven
tion in Atlanta, July Last, viz :
“That the salary of Rev. Dabney I*. Jones, (State Tem
p-ranee Lecturer) for the ensuing year, be six hundred dol
lars; and that the Societies now in this Convention, and all the
Societies who may wish to aid in the good cause, see
that collections are made in their respective Associations sot
ttm cmrpose, and forward the amounts to the Treasurerof the
i?tute Temperance Society
None will doubt for a moment that Brother Jones has been
a faithful servant of the cause. He has labored unremittingly
for its advancement and his zeal and efficient services certain
ly deserve not only the above slight pecuniary compensation,
but the universal and lasting gratitude of the whole State.
No doubt every Societ3 r in the State will cheerfully contribute
its proportion. We trust, therefore, that noue will forget to
send up to the approaching State Convention, either by their
delegates or by letter, a liberal contribution.
COMMITTEE.
W Our attention has been called, by a friend, to an excel
lent article on the prevention and cure of Cholera, by Dr.
\Vm. S. Ridgely of Cincinnati, with a request to publish it,
which request we shall comply with in our next.
IT* Anew Car, capable of nccomtnod ating fifty passengers,
culled the Cherokee, has been put upon the Central Rail
Road. It is both elegant and comfortable.
WRONG END FOREMOST.
An eccentric preacher in North Carolina some years ago,
returned to his residence after an absence, during which*
some beans his wife had planted, came up. Seeing the husk
of the beans on the top of the young shoots, he deliberately
turned them down into the ground, and told his wife she had
made a blunder in planting them, for they were growing wrong
end foremost.
FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.
“ We can sppeal to Clergymen of the Church of England,”
*nys “an address of a Clergyman to his brother Clergymen,”
published by the Church of England Total Abstinence Society,
“ who have made extensive inquiries of their brother clergy
men, as to the number of persons who have been reclaimed
from drunkenness under their ministry, and it is confidently
asserted as the result of that inquiry, that not one clergyman
in twenty alter all their years of labor in the pulpit and in the
parish, can point to a single instance of a person in ordinary
health being relaimed from this particular sin. And yet the
Total Abstinence Society can point to thousand of instances
in which in a few short years, by the blessing of God on the
Temperance Pledge, the temptation has been overcome, and
the victim reclaimed.
EMIGRATION FROM EUROPE.
X'w York Express says : “The whole number of
comers at this port during the month of May was 32,-
n January to May inclusive there were but
56 emigrants arrived at New York. In the correspon
i, months of this year the number is 84,046, or 21,311
nre than tiiere were during the corresponding months of
jw ‘ 63,290 more than arrived during the same time
4 ’ rhe spending disruption of all things, social and
In 1 fr ° m ° ne end Eur0 P e to the other ’ must have
a ° 6 ect further to invigorate the spirit of emigration,
PROBLEM.
The following problem has been handed to us by a friend,
requests some of our young readers to give him an an
. hree jealous husbands with their wives were to cross a
®r by night in a boat that would carry but two persons at a
How can they cross two at a time so that neither of
® women should be left in the cempany of either of the men
a her husband be present ?
JENNY LIND.
This fair vocalist, says the Albion, has managed
to keep the musical public of London in aflutter,
since her very first appearance. Her reported
marriage, and her retirement from the stage, have
been fruitful rhemes for newspaper paragraphs.
The latter event has really occurred, though we
trust like many similar retirements, it ma}r only
be pro lem pore. • Mrs. Wood changed her mind,
and after all, Jenny is but a woman. She played
for the last time on Thursday, the 10th ult., and
aroused such a furore , that we give the following
accounts of the remarkable scene. Foreigners
are apt to dub the English a phlegmatic people,
but when thoroughly moved, the evidence of ex
citement is palpable enough.
“ During the whole of Mademoiselle Lind’s en
gagement this season, there has not been soextra
ordinary a spectacle as was exhibited last night,
when, as the bills stated, her 4 last operatic per
formance ’ was to take place. Although this an
nouncement contained nothing to imply that she
would not hereafter sing at concerts, the public
thronged to Her Majesty’s Theatre as if she were
about to take her leave altogether, and they never
were, under any circumstances, to see or to hear
her again. And, indeed, the acting of Jenny
Lind is such an essential element in her power of
attracting the public, that by quitting the operatic
boards and becoming the mere concert singer, she
almost loses her identity. The difference of her
reception when she sang at the 4 classical concert ’
from that when she re-appeared in La Somnambula
must have struck any one who witnessed the two
scenes. Though the theatre was the same, and
the bulk of the audience nearly the same on both
occasions, she was greeted in the character of
Amina just as if she was making her debut , and
the preceding concert had never been given.—
Hence the public, who thought they were witness
ing for the last time the combination of Jenny
Lind the actress with Jenny Lind the vocalist,
were not so much mistaken in giving all the force
of a final interview to their visit last night.
44 Roberto II Diavolo , which, on the London
Italian stage, has never been very popular as a
whole, but which has depended for its attraction
on the Alice of Mademoiselle Lind, was the opera
selected. The character in which she first sang
before a London audience was chosen as the one
in which she was to take her leave. 4 Ma Nor
mandie,’ with the immortal sotto voce shake, which
has so often astonished her hearers, drew down
the accustomed encore, and the clinging to the
cross, with terror in the shrink and faith in the
countenance, seemed even more striking than usual
as a display of histrionic power. The increased
sweetness and fullness of her voice this year
has been a theme of universal remark, and never
was it more melodious than last night.
44 The applause which she received at the con
clusion was something remarkable. She was
called three*times by an audience that occupied
even the obscurest nooks of die edifice, and that
universally rose when she appeared, and so con
tinuous were the plaudits that they blended with
each other into one roll of heavy sound. At the
last call she appeared particularly moved.”
A VISIT TO VESUVIUS.
Vesuvius, the first object of curiosity to the
stranger in Naples, has lately been attracting
crowds to examine a crater which the action ol
the volcano has lately formed on the side farthest
from the city. The new cone rises like an ex
cressence from the acclivity of the greater one.
* * * Descending from the great cone during
the present eruption, as I did at night fall, a
scene of inconceivable ‘grandeur was suddenly
revealed: at our feet lay a region apparently torn
up hy internal fires which threatened to ingulph
the whole soil, forming the crust above. The
original crater was in powerful action, and eject
ing a continual shower of ashes over our heads
that caused a feeling of suffocation, not a little
enhancing the idea of danger in our situation.
But the newly formed cone was in fierce activity
that drew the attention from all else, shooting
forth torrents of fire, roaring, and hissing, and
cracking, with sounds I can compare to nothing
else, whilst showers of lava-rocks and ashes rose
to a stupendous height with ‘the blood-red. To
wards the lower country, the flank of this -cone
fiad been rent open, giving egress to a stream of
lava, that descended down the acclivity and con
tinued flowing in a serpentive course as far as
the eye could reach ; whilst a coiling sulphu
rious vapor sent up from its waves, as darkness
increased,’became like a bright mist against the
background of gloom. — Colman s t Magazine.
Louisville June , 12th.—Dreadful Steamboat Ex
plosion and Loss of Life.— The steamboat. Embassy
collapsed both flues of her starboard boiler, be
low Green River, on Saturday morning last, and
a number of the crew and deck passengers were
killed and blown overboard by the violence of the
explosion. Twenty-eight others were severely
scalded; some of them, it is feared, so seriously
that they cannot recover. The killed and wound
ed were chiefly deck passengers, though some of
the cabin passengers were also injured. The
number of killed has not yet been ascertained.—
The cook was thrown overboard and drowned,
and the second engineer badly scalded.
The boat was much shattered, and shortly after
the lamentable disaster, was towed to Evansville,
Ind. The scene on board was of the most heart
render description. The Embassy was from Pitts
burg, bound to St. Louis.
| THE HEALTH OF NEW YORK.
The total number of deaths in this city for the
week commencing on Sunday and ending yester
day, as reported to the office of the City Inspec
tor, was 409. Os these 91 were of cholera.
The number of cases of cholera reported from
Sunday to yesterday, both days inclusive,was 251.
The number of cases reported yesterday was
40 and 19 deaths.
The whole number of deaths by cholera since
the appearance of the disease in this city (twent\ r
three days) in 126. The number of deaths for
the same number of days from the commence
ment in 1832 was 1235 ; —1834, 336.
The number of deaths in this city for the first
week of June, last year, was 303—this year 409
—showing an increare this year, over the corres
ponding week of last year,of 106 —91 of which
were cholera.
Mrs. Butler gave one of her readings last week
at Canandaigua. She was advertised in-the vil
lage newspapers to read “Milch Ado about Noth
ing. On the day of reading, at the request of
citizens, by whom she had been invited there, she
changed the play, and read “ Hamlet.” An hon
est shop-keeper heard the reading, and became
quite enthusiastic in his admiration. The next
morning he happened to see the advertisement in
the paper, and went to a gentleman with it foam
ing and, boiling over with rage,: 44 See here,”
said he, 44 what these infamous scoundrels have
been doing! They have published Mrs. Butler’s
reading last night as 4 Much Ado about Nothing I
And not content with such an insult,” added.he,
“ they have put it in capital letters— ‘Much Ado
About Nothing!’ They ought to be horse-whip
ped !” And off he started, in a towering pas
sion, to arouse public indignation against the ras
cals who had committod the outrage. — Knicker
bocker Magazine.
Woman's Age. —Eve, it is well known, was six
teen years old when she was awakened at the
side of her husband. Sixteen years old, say the
ancient writers, and that so boldly, that they
must have seen Eve’s register written on the lil
ies of Paradise. Now women—who have, nine
times out of ten, more curious rabbinical learning
than the mean envy of our sex will allow them—
women, inheriting the privilege from their first
parent, believe, that after a certain time, they
have a just right to let their first sixteen years
go for nothing, and so they sink the preliminary
sixteen with a smile, counting, with mother Eve,
their seventeenth as their first real birth day.
And they are right: for it deducts from your wo
man of five-and-forty all that she cares to lose, giv
ing her a fair start with Eve, and pegging her back
to full blown nine-end-twenty. And, indeed, it
is impossible that any really charming woman
should be a day older.
Weighty News. —The other day, a verdant genius
stood in the street near the telegraph office, ga
zing at the telegraph wires and listening with
mouth agap and distended ears to the vibrating
sound caused by the action of the wind upon the
wires—supposing the noise was produced by the
transmission of news. While in the midst of his
wondering bewilderment, the American House
gong sounded for dinner. —The fellow jumped
back and exclaimed, “the tarnal consarn eas got
as much as it can stand under now. Another
French revolution or an earthquake in China.
I’ve heern ov ver locomotives and yer steamboats,
but this telegraph is the Devil’s Express.— Belfast
Signal.
That men do not like to take the life of a fel
low njan, is sufficiently shown by juries, who
nourish a doubt until they have persuaded them
selves into rendering a verdict of not guilty —an
absurd verdict in nine cases out of ten —since in
nine cases out of ten the weight of the direct
evidence, and the majority of circumstances con
nected with the crime commited, point to the ac
cused. But a single convenient doubt, allied to
the unwillingness of jurors to take life, results
in acquittal. Modify the penalty, and many a
wretch who walks out of court amidst the ap
plause of his friends, but with the blood of the
innocent and slain on bis soul, would be consign
ed to the State Prison, there to pass the remain
der of his days. May we not hope that men
will learn wisdom one oT these days?
The American Union relates a capital joke of
a*Mr. Prince, of Boston, who was travelling on
the continent of Europe, and who, before visitiug
Germany, had his name registered in his passport,
as, 44 James Prince of Boston.” Setting out in
plain, unpretending style, with another American
gentleman, he was received at the first stopping
place, with a grand salute —dinner, &c., which
cost him a hundred florins, at a second and a third
town they were received in the same costly mag-
The two Americans finding that at
the rate things were going on, their cash would be
exhausted before they arrived at the center of the
first circle, inquired of the host it private gentle
men like themselves could not pass through the
German towns without so much ostentation and
expense. The host informed them that they could,
if they pleased, travel incog , “but then,” said he,
bowing obsequiously to Mr. Prince, “ it will be
necessary for his highness to take his title out ol
the passport.” That at once explained the whole
matter, and Mr. Prince, having caused the proper
correction to be made, went through the remain
der of his tour without being annoyed with lur
ther regal honors.”
SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE COM'Y OF GEORGIA.
Asbury Hull, Pres. A Treas. J. U. Parsods, Sec’ry.
Prof. C. F McCay, Actuary.
The above Company takes Inland, Marine and Fire Risks,
and Risks on Negro Property, on the most liberal terms. It is
now inmost successful operation. Its condition and success
will be fully explained by application to the Agents, mho ur©
prepared to take Risks.
j june 7 6mo WAY A KING. Agts.
This Company within 15 months past, has issued Poli
cies on 50.000,000. Amount of Premiums received $125,000.
Amount of Premiums returned, $5,000. Present means for
meeting losses exceeds sloo,ooo—having increased during
the four last months over an average of $12,000 per month.
Many of the most respectable merchants in the up country
are the patrons of this Company. june 7
$lO Kewnnl.
WILL be paid by the subscriber for the appre
hension and delivery to him of his negro girl slave
named BETSEY, aged about 14 years, light complexion, and
about 4 feet sor 6 inches in height An additional reward of
$lO will be paid for proof to conviction of her being harbored
by any person. J. H. STROUS.
June 21*
Hack Carriages.
H MORSE, will be always found at the Rail
• Road and Steam Boat Landings, in Readiness to carry
Passengers and Baggage to any part, of the City.
Orders left at D. Gass A Co.’s Stable, near the Arsenal,
will meet with prompt attention. Fare the same as charged
by the Omnibuses. June 21
To the Public.
THE Subscriber, having entered extensively
into the making of BRICK of a superior quality to any
manufactured in this city, is prepared to fill orders at the short
est notice, and as low as any establishment of the kind in or
near Savannah. \VM. H. LLOYD.
June 21
IJ. S. Hail.
New York & Savannah Line Steamships
To leave WEDNESDAY, June 27th.
The new and splendid Steamship
CHEROKEE, Lyons master,
WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage to
New York $25. No berth secured until paid for. The
ship and owners will not be accountable for any article sent on
board, unless bills of lading are obtained for the same. Bills
of lading signed by the Clerk on board.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
PADELFORD A FAY.
The ships of this line cany a clear white light at masthead,
green on starboard side and red larboard.
!!I3P N o Freight received after 9 o’clock on the day of sailing.
No colored persons will be allowed to go on board for
any purpose. * junel3
m. A. Cohen.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons Sf Cos.)
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Agent for steam p.ackets H. L. Cook and I van hoe.
may 10
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Os all kinds, executed at this Office, with neatness and
despatch.
HAVING lately put our Office in complete order
and made large additions to it, we have now the most ex
teesivc Job Printing Office in the City and are prepared to
execute all kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
with neatness and despatch, and on the most accomodating
terms. Office 102 Bryan-street, entrance on Bay Lane.
Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD J. PURSE.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, GLAZING, &C.
THE subscriber having taken the stoi#No. 121, Brough
ton street, has re-coinmenced in the above business, and
will be happy to receive orders for work. lie will also keep
or sale all kinds of mixed paints, window glass, putty, oil,
turpentine, Ac.
March 22,’49. 3m. JOHN OLIVER.
MARSH & WEBSTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Ba}'-Street —Up-Stairs.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Mulford Marsh. Andrew M. Webster.
PRINTING TYPES, are now sold at bruce’s
new-york type-foundry, at the.following very low
prices, for approved six months’ notes :
ROMAN TITLE, &c. SHADED, Sec
Pica, per lb. 30 cts. 52 cts. 90 cts.
Small Pica 32 56 95
Long Primer 34 60 100
Bourgeois 37 06 10$
Brevier 42 74 120
Minion 48 84 132
Nonpareil 58 100 150
Agate 72 120 I^o
Pearl 108 ICO 220
Diamond ICO 250 300
A liberal discount for cash in hand at the date of the Invoice.
We have now on our shelves, ready for sale in various sized
fonts
60,000 lb. Roman and Italic type.
40,000 lb. Fancy type.
4.000 lb. Script and Running-hand.
5,000 lb. Ornaments.
15,000 ft. Type-metal Rule.
15,000 ft. Brass Rule.
Presses, Chases, Cases, Wood Type, Ink, Ac. furnished at
the lowest manufacturers’ prices, either for cash or credit.
Our Specimen Book is freely given to all Printing Offices.
Printers of Newspapers who choose to publish this adver
tisement, including this note, three times before theTst of
October, 1849, and send us one of the papers,, will, be paid for
it in Type when they purchase from us, of our own manufac
tures, selected from our specimens, five times the amount of
their bill.
For sale, several good second-hand Cyjinder and Platen
Power Presses, Standing Presses, Hand ‘Printing Presses, Ac,
GEORGE BRUCE A CO.
13 Chambers-Street, New York.