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, For a Friend of the Family.
LOOSE LEAVES FROM MV PORT FOLIO.
‘THE RECEIPT OF A SOUVENIR A PURSE.
BKsrKCTFCLLT INSCRIBED TO MISS .
, for t he lovely gift, sweet friend, thy tasteful skill hath
wrought;
r , eoug meshes aye will prove with holier riches fraught
those within the fabled purse,* whose unexaustless gold
’ j noVer yield such grateful joys as now these threads
enfold. • ■
niomories cf sweet hours of peace, of converse with the
pure,
f nt ] c thoughts and graceful deeds will aye in this endure;
’ talisman to bring the past back by its magic powers,
, 1 j] 0( j sl inuner‘s glory lives in one rich wreath of flowers.
*’ “ L. T. VOIGT.
* The p urse F° rtu,iatus *
STONE MOUNTAIN, Sept. 2d. 1849.
V- Edil° r . — Since my last I have moved about so rapidly
\ a tn hardly able to give you anything more than a megre
. ,' n of tho places and things that have attracted my obser-
S ‘ j )n the present terminus of the Western Sc Atlantic
1 Rnd appears to boa new place and everything to have
i ‘ me in a hurry to accommodate a great emergency ;
nn n level plain, much too low to insure health.
I its location i u *
p v , r v Georgian should feel proud of the State Road, it is
lestinod to do an immense business as soon as it is completed,
i n ,j the resources of Upper Georgia becomes more developed.
I ] t appears to be well managed, in fact the only objectionable
I thirm I saw about it was the arrangement at Atlanta, the plat-
I jonn between the two roads is much two narrow, and expo-
I sHthe passengers to the sun or rain as the case maybe.
I while waiting to point out their baggage, as it is, one has to run
the risk of losing his property, or push his way into a crowd
of his neighbor’s corns or his own ribs.
At Marietta 1 put up at the Howard House, kept by Mr
I) Fletcher, recently of Savannah, who was very attentive
t(J the wants and wishes of his guests. Marietta is a very
pretty inland town and no doubt will become a favorite resort
of many of our low country friends who desire to spend a
quiet season in the upper part of the State.
So much has been said and written about this place (Stone
Mountain) that it may seem like a school-boys tale for me to
I anything afcout it. But its wonderful relation to the sur
rounding country, and its peculiar composition and form is so
different from what f had anticipated that I feel constrained
to mve a passing notice. Whether viewed from its baso or
summfffit must be considered one of the greatest wonders in
too world. The geologist readily understands how the mighty
mountain ranges are raised until their tops seem to reach al
most to the skies, but how a mountain of the most beautiful
granite should bo raised some 1200 feet high, with a base of
only some three or four miles in circumference is a phenom
ena in nature not so easily accounted for ; if from volcanic ac
tion, why not marks or signs to tell the tale, if from contrac
tion of the crust of our earth, why not a mountain range ?
One would almost think it the remains of the tower of Babe 1
petrified or turned to solid stone. Speculate ns we may, it is
like some gigantic truth that towers far above our ordinary
thoughts and feelings which are represented by the plain be
low. That all creating power which spake and it was done
seems present to us when we contemplate a scene like this.
\ view from the top of the mountain shows at a glance that
this portion of the State is yet in its infancy, the axe and the
plough have hardly begun to do their work to make the coun
try a fit abode for civilized man. If this mountain of superb
granite was on our seaboard, accessible to shipping, it would
be worth far more than a California gold mine. As it is the
owuef may realize a handsome fortune from it, and leave
stone enough for his children to build an hundred cities.—
Could the custom house in Savannah have been built with
granite from this mountain, her citizens would have been
doubly proud of its noble structure. Although thoroughly
convinced that our State is destined to become one of the
mostjpopulous and wealthy of the Southern States, the im
possibility of providing means to educate in a proper manner
all the poor children within her borders, is much to be regret
ted, for who can deny that a proper scientific and religious ed
ucation is essential to a healthy growth of a great people
who decide all their great and important questions by the bal
lot box. Wealth is a great blessing when used for good pur
poses, but if a man is depraved in feeling and almost barren
in intellectual acquirements, it makes him worse than a
savage. Yours, .E. P.
ENIGMA.
I AM COMPOSED OF TWIUTT LETTERS.
% 10,6,13, 5, 19, 7, 18, 15, 19, 3, is a town in Georgia.
Mv 10. 11, 9,15,15, 19, ID, 1. 6. is a river in Georgia.
My 15, 9,15, 3, IG, 7, 18, is a county in Georgia.
My 11,4, 3, 20, 14, is a man’s name.
My 2,12, 5,18, 17, is to be punctual.
My 8, IG, 3, ls iiui e better than a fool.
My whole is the name of a distinguished General of the
I mted States Army, who done his part during the late Mexi
can War. “NIX.”
Hallowell (Me.) Gazette, says : “ We have
not the death of an adult to record in our
or three months. Hallowed, contains 6000
™ habitants.”
Certainly X \V—“ l don’t know where that boy
got hls te mper,” said a fond mother, a few days
not take it from me.” “ Why, no,
n i> fear, l don’t perceive that you have lost any,”
Was hpr husband’s reply.
are sorry to learn that the most dreadful
plague that ever afflicted the Indian—the small
has appeared among the Winnabagoes
above St. Peters. We trust that its ravages will
not he very extensive.— Oqwaka (III) Spectator .
A xerv strict quarantine is in operation at St.
p'[3 0, upon all vessels arriving from New \ork,
. Heston or New Orleans, numbers of tbemhav-
J n g been sent there from Trinidad, to perform
w enty days’s quarantine.
A Bill for the Better Behavior of Brougham. —lt
has been objected to Ministers that the past session
—like so many others—has been after much de
lay and trilling at the commencement, hurried in
a most unseemly manner to a close. Ministers,
however, are not incorrigible. They propose to
amend this fault ; and—to abate a public evil
much felt of late—have already ordered a Bill to
be drawn, to be called “ A Bill for the Better,
Prevention of Lord Brougham’s Powers of Ex
amination in Certain Cases.” The reader of the
daily papers — see Hill's Divorce and similar bills
—must feel that, for the sake of public decorum,
it is necessary to curb the imaginative loquacity
of the eratic and learned lord. We have been
favored with a perusal of the draught of the Bill
in question from which we give the subjoined
clauses:
“ Neither shall it be lawful for Henry Lord
Brougham and Vaux to interlard the evidence of
witnesses with any suggestive purience. Neither
shall he, for more than five minutes at a time,
dwell upon and illustrate the testimony of wit
nesses from his own varied experience. Neither
shall he put questions that have no other end
save the self-indulgence of a very questionable
curiosity,—in no way furthering the ends of jus
tice, but apparently, tending only to the earthly
gratification of the aforesaid Henry Lord Brough
am.
“ And be it enacted, that the penalty for the
infringement of this clause shall be a verbatim re
port of the offender’s words in the Times.news
papers.”
It is believed, by the authors of the Bill, that
a continued publicity of the errors of speech com
mitted by the venerable offender must abate what
during the present session, has been found, upon
all hands, an intolerable nuisance.— Bauch .
A contemporary says that the first sign of a
man growing old is when he is asked “to stand
godfather.” The first sign of a boy becoming a
man is, when he buys a razor. The first sign of
a girl becoming a woman is the fact that she be
gins to talk about the appearance of young men
There is in operation at the United States Dry
Dock, at Philadelphia, a steam engine which
drives three pumps, raising 4,230 gallons of \va
er per minute.
taiflic current;
[Revised and Corrected WeeJcly.~\
Special attention will be given to this department of the paper, and planters
may rely upon getting their supplies and selling their produce at our quotations.
XrtTcLES . From to ARTICLES. f From~ to~
Bagging, Hemp 44 in..y 16 26 ("Steam Sawed ...M 12 00 15 00
Gunny .......... 20 21 River 8 00 10 ‘0
Kentucky Ranging, for export 6UO 9 Oil
Bale Rope, Manilla... .lb 10 12.| White Pine, clear.. j3O 00 40 0
Kentucky 10 10| £ Do. do mer’ahle 12 00 115 00
Bacon, llams lb “2 Red Oak Staves.... 12 00 16 00
Sid-s. R.j 7| 3 White Oak Pipe ... 35 00 160 00
Shoulders 6 6j *■“ White Oak 11hd...'25 0 135 00
Beef, Mess (13 59 M White Oak Rhl ... 20 00 25 00
Prime ..J 959 10 Shingles, Cypress.. 300 350
No. 1 f Do. other kinds 300
Bread Navy cwt 359 4 Lime*. bbl 75 1
Pilt . 55) 695 Molasses. Cuba gal 23 25
Butter. Goshen, Prime... 2’ 22 New Orleans 28 30
Inferior 15 16 JWiils, 4d. to 20d lb
Candles. Spermacetti.... 34 36 Naval Store.*, Rosin..bbl 2
‘Pall jw,Georgia made. J 5 16 Tar, Wilmington. 250 3
Northern made. 12 16 Turpentine, Soft. 275
Cheese Northern .. 9 Spts Turp’ine.gal 48 52
Coffee, Rio 7i 8J Varnish 24 26
Java 10 12 Oils. Sperm. VV. Str’ed I3d 135
Laguayra 7 8 Fall Strained ... 125 139
‘Coal, Hard. ton 5 50 Summer Strained
Cotton, Upland,lnferior lb Linseed bbl. 85
Ordina y Whale Racked... 62
Middling Tanner’s Lard... 15 16
Middling Fair Camphine 62|
Fair ter Good Fair. Potatoes bbl 250 3
Good Fair....... / Pork, Mess 14 15
Choice Prime 10 5) tl 50
Cordage, Taried......... ]2.\ 13 Pipes gruss 59 60
Manilla 15 16 Porter doz 175 275
■’ f Shirting, Biown 4 7 Peper, Black lb 9 lu
1 I Bleached ..... 5 12 Pimento 12
* Sheetings, Brown... 7 12 Raisins Malaga box
j Bl*ached
■5 Calicoes 4 1 $ Bloom.
Stripes, Indigo blue. j 10 12 Rice, Ordinary -.109
5 Cheeks... ] 10 16 Fair
Bed Pick 1 10 18 God and Prime.. 2 62j 3
F.sli. Dry Cod cwt 1 4 459 Sugar Cubs,Mtls-M0...1b 4|i 7
Herring,smo’d.box. 87£ 95 Port. & St. Croix.. 7j 8
Mackerel, No. 1 bbl Havana, White..
Do. No 2.... New Orleans 6 6£
Do. No. 3.... Loaf 9* 1°
Flour, Baltimore 11. St.. 600 625 Lump 9 1®
New Orleans Salt, Liverpool sack 1 1 12^
Canal G 75 “00 Cargo bush
Georgia Soap , Am yellow ....lb 4.\ C>\
Grain, Corn, cargo 68 89 Shot, all sizes 64 <
Oats. do 40 __ Segars. Spanish Ml 2 25
Gunpowder keg 375 5 .>9 America 2 6
Hay, Eastern ..100 100 Tallow. American lb 8 9
North River 99 95 Tobacco Georgia. 7£ 12
ILdes, Dry lb 5 6 Manufactured.... 10 49
Dry Salted Teas, Pouchong 25 15
Iron, Pig Scotch ton Gunpowder 75 1
English lb. 2jj 2£< Imperial. 75 1
Swedes, assorted.. 4Jj Hyson 75 80
Hoop 100 5 I Young Hyson 59 75
Sheet lb
Nail Rods 6 Twine. Bagging 20
Lard lb Seine. 2o 30
Lead Pig and 8ar.... 100 575 600 Wrapping Paper rm 50 1
Sheet 7
‘ White Lead 650 900
SAVANNAH MARKET, SEPTEMBER 19.
Gciseiial Remabks, —There has been considerable activity among our mer.
chants this week, and.purchasers generally seemed pleased both with the stocks
of goods and prices.
CgttoThe receipts have been light, 2980 bales Upland and 5 bales Sea
,sland, and operations small, 1 43 bales, at prices ranging from 9 to lo£c.
Ordinary to Good Ordinary...BJ a9 \ Middling Fair 9| a9J
Middling to Good Middling.. 9$ a 9| | Fatr y * a,u
FELLOW CITIZENS.— I am a candidate for Clerk
of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Chatham County at
the election in January next, and respetfully solicicit your suf
frages.
j uly 26 R. F. AKIN.__
£3- ELECTION NOTICE.— Mr Editor —Please an
nounce EDWARD M. PRENDERGAST, Esq., as a candidate
for the office of Sherifi of Chatham County, at the election in Jan
uary next, and oblige
. ’ MANY VOTERS.
Aug 2
““TF* FELLOW CITIZENS.— John 4 E. Davis Esq. intend
ing to retire in January next from the office of Clerk of the
Superior and Inferior Courts, I announce myself as a candi
date at the next election, and respectfully solicit youi suffra
ges.
;uly 98 WM. H. BULLOCH- j
COUNTY ELECTION.— fre ore requested to
announce that Mnj. ELISHA WYLLY will be a candidate
for Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts at the election
in January next. july £>6
Kf.llow Citizens—l am a candidate for Cieik cf the Su*
perior and Inferior Courts of Chatham County, at the election in
January next, and lespectfuily solicit your suffrages,
aug 2 JOHN F. GUILMARTIN.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURA NCE COM T Y OFGEORGTV
Asbury Hull, Pres. Sc 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 in most successful operation. Its condition an 4 success
will be fully explained by application to the Agents, who are
prepared to take Risks.
june 7 6 mo WAY r & KING. Agts.
THOMAS M. ROSIS,
IMPORTER and Manufacturer ot SEGARS, No. 107 Bav-st.,
one door west of Drayton, at the P>lue Sign.—Has on hand a
large and Choice Stock of Segars, Snuff, Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco, and all other aiticles in his line, at Wholesale and Retail,
at the most reasonable prices. ff sept 20
CHEAP CASH S rORE.—The subscriber respectfully informs
his customers and friends, and country people and every bodv
else that wishes to purchase goods cheap, that he has just returned
from New Y'ork with a general assortment of Goods, suitable to the
weather. Among which will be found the following articles.
Silk and Cotton Hosiery of every description,
do do Gloves of all kinds, plain and Embroidered.
. Alapacas, Madonas, Lusters, Sec., all kinds and all prices.
Rlk. Blue and Brown Cloths, very cheap.
Plain and Fancy Cassimeres.
Satinets, Kentucky Jeans.
Bleached, Brown and Col’d Homespuns.
Jackonet, Swiss Mull and Nansook Muslins.
Plaid, Stiiped and Fig’d Muslins.
Jenny Lind and Tyrolise Hats for children.
Piince of Wales Hoods.
Silk, Crape, Wool and Cotton Shawls.
Very fine Long Shawls. Besides almost every thing else in the
Dry Goods line which he will sell as cheap as can be purchased in
the city. s. H. VAN NESS.
sept 20 jVjr’t for John Van Ness.
ALLEN, BALL & CO.,
FACTORS AM) COMIIISSIOA MERCHANTS,
A o. 112 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
J. M. BALL ’ & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
ROBERT A. ALLEX, JAIMES M. BALL, JOHN V. TARVER,
sept 20 |y
FRANKLIN & BRANTLEY^
FACTORS AM) COMMISSIOY MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
rpENDER their services to their friends and the public generallv.
-I Our individual attention will be given to the selling of Cot
ton and other Produce, purchasing and forwarding Bagging,
Rope, Family Supplies, &c.
We are also bound in our special contract not to speculate in
Cotton.
S. O. FRANKLIN, yV. p BRANTLEY,
sept 13
RABUN & FULTON,
COMMISSION! MERCHANTS,
sept*l3 . SAVANNAH, GA.
EDWARD G. WILSON,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Conveyancer, Collector , Accountand Copyist .
Office under J. Haywood’s, opposite the Pulaski House.
Return day, Wednesday next, Sept. 26. *
jly DJ —mo.
COP A ItTNE RSHIPT
THE undersigned have recommenced business in Savannah,
under the film of 0- JOHNSON & CO.
They have taken the stand in Bryan-street, North side of the
Market, and next door to their former stand, where they are now
opening a general and complete assortment of BOOTS and SHOES,
of every description.
They invite their old friends and the public to examine their
Stock there. Their facilities for purchasing from the Manufac
turers will enable them to offer as good bargains as can be obtained
in any city, North or South. OTIS JOHNSON,
O. M. LILLIBRIDGE.
sept 13 4t
BOOTS! BOOTS!!
THE subscribei respectfully informs the Gentlemen of Savan
and vicinity that he has commenced the] BOOT MAKING
BUSINESS, South of the Market, in Barnard-street, where he is
ready to make to order BOOTS of every style and fashion, warranted
not surpassed in workmanship by any in his line in this City.
sept 13 TIMOTHY BURKE.
SITUATION WANTED, ~
AS a CLERK or BOOKKEEPER, by a young man. Good
reference can be given to any person needing his services.
Apply at this Office. ff SP pt 13
rpHE subscriber having just returned fiom the North, with a
X choice selection of French, English and Ameiican cloths,
cassimeres, fancy and plain vestings, he is now prepared to make
any garments in his line, at reduced prices, for cash or approved
paper JOHN W. KELLY,
Owens’ Buildings, opposite the Pulaski House, Savannah, Ga.
N. B-—Cutting, mending, altering, and cleaning, done at the
shortest notice. Sept. 13.
iV| USIC! MUSIC !! M-USIC !!!-The subscriber begs respect
LtX fully to inform the public of the citv of Savannah and vj c i
nity that he has just received the largest assortment of sheet music
for the Piano Forte ever offered in this market, consisting of songs,
ballads, waltzes, gallops, dances, polkas, quicksteps, marches, &c.
&c. Also, on hand, Hunter's celebrated instructions for the piano
forte, Easy preludes for beginners. Books of instruction on the
guitar, fife do., clarionet do., violin do., accordian do., flute do.
Millet’s juvenile piano forte school and J. F. Burrows’ piano primer
For sale by WILLIAM KAY,
At the Southern Literary Depot, 72 St. Julian st.
Sep. 13—6 t
JOHN A. GEORGE.
TIN PLATE,SHEET IRON, COPPER.
ZINC AND LEAD WORKER ,
No. 80, St. Julian Street.
THE Subscriber would inform the public that he engages no
hands but those who are hilly competent to turn out work in all
branches of his business and workmanlike, at the shortest
notice. Particularly Ship and Housf* Plumbing. A Good Assort
ment of Manufactured Tin Ware will herealter be kept constantly
on hand at low prices for Cash.
Orders from the County punctually attended to. ly aug23
Swift, Denalowr & Webster.
TtEALERS in Groceries Provisions, Foreign
U and Domestic Liquors, Oil, Gunpowder, Shot Printing
and wrapping Paper. Corner of Bay and Whitaker-streets-
Savannah, Georgia.
EDWARD SWIFT, ALLIX A. 3EFSL<Sw\ fOSZtU W. WTBBTER*
July ?5
U. . ITI aII.
New York & Savannah Line Steamships
To leave WE DNESDA Y, September 26.
The new and splendid Steamship
CHEHOSiKE, Lyon, Easier,
WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage to
New York $25. No bertl. secured until paid for. The
ship and owners will not be accountHble for any article sent cn
board, unless bills of lading are obtained for the same. Dills
! of lading signed by the Clerk on board.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
PADELFORD & FAY.
The ships of this line carry n clear white light at masthead,
green on starboard side and ret! larboard.
15?** 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
UNION STEAM BOAT COMPANY
THE very light draught steam-packets 11. L. COOK and ORE*
GON will be ready sot service in a few weeks ; the lot in. r
commanded by Capt T. E. Shaw and the latter by Capt T. N
Phil. pot, both gentlemen of experience on Savannah Rivet.—
These boa;s will be enabled to reach Au usta and Hamburg in iha
lowest stages of the river. The days of departure from Savannah
will be Tuesday’s and Saturday’s, and from Augusta and Hamburg
on Saturday’s and Wednesday’s.
Freights consigned to the Agent at Savannah, to be sent via tha
river, into South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, &c., w; 1
be forwarded free of cent missions,
aug 23 M.. A. COHEN, Agent.
■TYrOTICE is hereby given that Books ol Subscription to the Stock
-L 1 of the Augusta&. Waynesboro’ Rail Road, will be opened at
Savannah, Augusta and Waynesboro’ on the Bth of October next,
under the superintendence required by law, and will continue open
as the law’ requires.
And whereas, subscription for Stock in said Company hev
already been made in advance for a sum exceeding (he atnou f au
thorizing an organization, notice is further hereby given that iha
Stockholders will meet at Waynesboro, in the courily of BurLe,
on Tuesday the 13th day of November next, for the purpose of
electing seven Directors to manage the affairs of tire Company, in
conformity with the chatter.
CHARLES W. WEST, Chairman, lid Com.
Th s. FI. Blount, Sec y lid. Com.
Waynesboro,’ Sept. 4, 1H49, sept. 13,
The Lnfavette
BURR MILL STONE
MnnufoctciS'iEsg ('mispasiy,
Bolton's Building , River Street, foot of Whitaker
SAVANNAH, GA.,
WILL keep on hand and tor sale BURR STONES, from fiftre’’
inch sto seven feet ; and w r e judge it suflicier t recommen
dation to say Ons. Thousvnd setts ot these Stones have been sold
in the States of Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina and
Virginia—giving the most perfect satisfaction in both Corn ana
Wheat. ° an* 30
BKMEi’a PATENT,
FIRE-PROOF PAINT, FROM OHIO.
Singular and valuable Substance is sold in fine powder,
A then mixed with linseed oil to the consistency of thick paint,
and apj lied with a brush, and after an exposure of a few months to
the atmosphere, this coating becomes a perfect slate or coat of mail
protecting whatever is covered from the action of the weather and
from fire.
It is a mineral substance, and has been found upon analyzation
by Dr. Chilton, of the city of New York, to consist ot larger pn
portions of Silicia Alumine, Prot. Oxide of lion and A*at.ties r,
with lesser of Lime and Carbon. Ir is used extensively for covet
ing roofs of either shingles, matched boards, tin, zme,sheet non* r
thick paper, if yourshingies have been on for years, you have on v
to sweep off the moss and lint, with a stiff'broom, and cover u: h
two or three good coats, and in a few months you have a perfect sh tc
roof, impervious to the action of the weather and five. ‘1 her* is
nothing equal to it for steamboats and car decks, for all kinds of iron,
it forms a coating nearly as hard as the iron itself, and never cleav**
off. It should be used for everything that you wish to piotect IK m
fire and wealhet.
In some places a spurious article has been sold as the genuine,,
therefore purchasers should be careful to huv of authorized Ag< nts-.
Every Bbi. is marked BLA KE’S FIRE FKOOF PAINT.
The above Paint is for sale by C- A. L. LAM AR
sept 13 ts Savannah, Ga
SCHOO . BOOKS ! SCHOOL BOOKS! !—Comstock’s Nat.
ural Philosophy, Olmstead's do, Biakes do, Swilt’b do, I'heU’s
do, Blake's first book in Astronomy, Comstock’s Chemis’ry, l)r*%
pers’do, Darby’s Botany, Lincoln’s do, YYhelpley’s Comf • and
Robbin’s outlines, Grahams English Synonyms of History, Pan.
nock’s Goldsmith’s History of England. Goldsmith’s 1 iisi\ of
Greece, Schwartz History of Rome, Pictorial History o! Ftanc* ~
Kirthley’s History of the U. States, Child’s History of the LR
States, Frost's American Speaker, Grimshaw’s Histoy of the T>\
States, Lovell’s U S. Speaker, Goodrich’s U States, too Juvenile
Speaker, Willard’s small U. States, Young Ladies Class Bcolr,
Willard’s large U. States, Child’s Instructor, together with aR
the Readers, Spelling Books, Grammars. Arithmetic find hr vs,
Geography and Atlas, small and large Dictionary's mod m 9 *
city. For sale at the ScrrPhatn Literary Depot, 72, St.Julae- 4
**pt. 19- 4 i WILLIAM KAY.