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REMARKABLE DREAM.
The following extract from the
Imperial Magazine, for December,
ISI9, may be of service to every
minister of the Gospel. It is the
substance of a remarkable dream,
related by the Rev. R. Bowden, of
Darwin, Eng., who committed it to
writing from the lips of the person
to whom the dream happened, on
the evening of May 30th, ISI3.
“A Gospel minister of evangeli
cal principles, whose name, from the
circumstances that occurred, it will
be necessary to conceal, being much
fatigued at the conclusion of the af
ternoon service, retired to his apart
ment, in order to take a little rest.
He had not long reclined upon his
couch before he fell asleep, and be
gan to dream. He dreamed that
on walking into his garden he en
tered into a bower that he had
erected in it, where he sat down to
read and meditate. Whilst thus
employed, he thought he heard some
person enter the garden, and leav
ing his bower, he immediately hast
ened toward the spot whence the
sound seemed to come, in order to
discover who it was that had entered.
He had not proceeded far before he
discerned a particular friend of his,
a Gospel minister of considerable
talents, who had rendered himself
very popular by his zealous and
unwearied exertions in the cause of
Christ. On approaching his friend
he was surprised to find that his
countenance was covered with a
rdoom which it was not accustomed
to wear, and that it strongly indi
cated a violent agitation of mind,
apparently arising from conscious
remorse. After the usual saluta
tions hail passed, his friend asked
the relator the time of the day ; to
which he replied,* Twenty-five min
utes after 4.” On hearing this the
stranger said,“lt is only an hour since
I died, and now 1 am damned 1”
“Damned ! for what?” inquired the
dreaming minister. “It is not,” said
he, “because I have not preached
ihe Gospel, neither is it because I
have not been rendered useful, for
I have now many sea s to my min
istry who can bear testimony to the
truth as it is in Jesus, which they
have received from mv lips; but it
is because I have been accumulating
to myself the applause of men more
than the honor that cometh from
above; and, verily I have my re
ward.” Having uttered these words
he hastily disappeared and was seen
no more.
The minister awakening shortly
afterwards, with the contents of this
dream deeply engraven upon his
memory, proceeded, overwhelmed
with serious reflections, towards his
chape 1 , in order to conduct the eve
ning service. On his way thither
he was accosted by a friend, w r ho
inquired whether he had heard of
the severe loss the church had sus
tained in the loss of that able minis
ter ? He replied “No.” But being
much affected at this singular intel
ligence, he inquired of him the day
and the time of the day when his
departure took place. To this his
friend replied, “This afternoon, at
twenty-five minutes after 3 o’clock.
Scnsibillity as to Names. —In the
Massachusetts State Senate, a mo
tion was made recently to change
the name of the “Lyman Reform
School,” as the word “Reform”
would casta stigma on juveniles
sent there. Another member sug
gested that it would be well in this
connexion to change the name of the
State Prison, and that it be called.
“The Manual Labor Academy for
mutual improvement.”
A rich officer ot revenue one day
asked a man of wit, what sort of a
thing opulence was ? “It is a thing,’
replied the philosopher, “which
can give a rascal the advantage over
an hoe^ man ”
l ' , l' or,uni 'y—~ Nothing can please
God more than OUr i mpo rtuni.y in
seeking him ; when he withdraws
himself it is that he may be’ more
•arnestly inquired for.
I AN UPSET TO AN ENTERPRISING
WIDOW AND A PRETTY DAUGHTER.
Attentions Misunderstood . —The
New Orleans Crescent relates a
good story of a widow in that city,
who bad fixed her heart upon a thri
ving merchant, who kept a family
grocery store on the corner. She
thus commenced her martial ma
noeuvres :
She manoeuvred tu have him at
tend her daughter to all the balls
and soirees of the season to which
she had access, and managed to
lake him to the theatre in their par
ty on several occasions ; at church
on Sunday, our friend occupying a
place in her pew as regularly as one
of the family. And more than
this—she opened an account at his
store, and two or three times daily,
in fine weather, Miss E. was de
spatched to purchase some indi
spensable nothing, ‘ that nobody
could select but herself!’ But all
this must have an end, and an end
it did have, and an unfortunate one
it was, too.
Her plans worked admirabty for
about three months. Tom’s atten
tions had been generally remarked,
and the gossips of his acquaintance
had long settled ilamongthemselves
that he was now ‘ in for it,’ and the
good mother daily expected and
was constantly on the qui vice for a
proposal. This was the posture of
affairs when Tom called one morn
ing about 11. He was shown into
the parlor, and was soon joined by
the young lady. After a few mo
ments of small talk, he requested
her to send her mother to him, as he
wished to have a few moments con
versation on business. We ac
knowledge that there was slight
trembling of the hands visible, as
Mrs. I. smoothed her hair to obey
the summons. ‘She had been suc
cessful ! \es ! notwithstanding the
sarcasm of the widow M., and the
inuendoes of the Misses TANARUS., and the
opposition of the whole street, she
had triumphed !!* These, and oth
er thoughts of like pleasing com
plexion, caused her cheeks to as
sume an unusual glow; and there
was considerable elation in her steps
as she entered the room, and affec
tionately greeted her future son-in
law.
We have intimated that Tom is
honest and straightforward ; and so
without the least circumlocution or
embarrassment, he approached the
delicate matter.
‘A? I intend,’ opened our friend,
4 leaving for the North the latter
part of this week, I thought I had
better have a word with you, Mrs.
1., and come to an understanding
about matters.
4 You are perfectly right,’ replied
the lady, 4 it is always best to settle
such things as soon as possible.—
But have you spoken to my daugh
ter V
‘ Really madam, I have not. —
True, Miss E. is principally con
cerned in the matter —but then she
is so very young, that I thought it
would rest wholly with you.’
4 Far from it —far from it,’ ex
claimed the cunning mother. ‘The
matter is left entirely to her, and
whatever she says, I will agree to! ’
‘ln that case,’ said Tom, rising
and putting his hand in his pocket,
I have oniy to leave the bill— ’ *
‘ Bill! —Bill! Sir V screeched the
widow.
‘ Yes, ma’am ! just $9,50 —for ar
ticles purchased by Miss E. But
why are you surprised V
‘ Because, sir—because I thought
you —I—thought—it—had been paid
Sir,’ making an effort but choking
with rage. And rising she made a
dignified inclination, after telling
him she would send a servant with
the money in the evening and swept
out of the room.
-1 wonder,’ soliloquized Tom, on
his return from New York, * what
can be the matter with the I’s?—
Miss E. was as cold as icicles when
I called on her the other evening,
and to-day the old lady gave me
the cut direct; Somebody must
have been telling lies on me while
I wa9 gone. lam glad though, she
paid the bill;’ and he resumed his
pen, and scratched away at his
books.
MANUFACTURING AT THE SOUTH;
Within a few years, a most impor
tant enterprise has been developing
itself, in the form of manufactories
established at various points in the
Southern States. The enterprise be
gan in Georgia some six years ago,
and has spread to other States, and
has already become a fixed and prof
itable fact. The manufactories thus
far, are from the working of cotton,
the planters have come to the con
clusion that with the raw material
at hand and splendid water privile
ges, cheap labor, and every otheF
facility for fabricating it, they may
as well save the cost of exporting it
to Lowell or Liverpool, the expense
of packing it and the freightage and
the various profits upon manufac
tured cotton received in exchange.
They have come to see in fact, that
if their raw material can set up
half a dozen trades and agencies
before it returns to them in cotton
cloth, they had better do the manu
facturing themselves, and take to
themselves the profits now absorb
ed by others. By manufacturing
at home, they further save the other
wise refuse cotton, not worth ship
ment, but equal to the manufacture
of all the coarse jeans, or Negro
cloths consumed by the South, and
all the bagging used for shipment.
It is only surprising that the Capi
tol and enterprise of the planters
have not long before been turned to
home manufacture, not only of
what they consume themselves, but
to supply other markets. There is
no good reason why cotton cannot
be wrought into every fabrick of
which it is susceptible as cheaply in
Georgia or Alabama, as in Massa
chusetts or Connecticut. We be
lieve it can be manufactured at a
cheaper rate on the soil where it is
grown, even if the foreign manufac-
turing market was at no expense
for transportation, etc., because for
factory purposes, the natural facili
ties of the cotton growing States are
greatest. The South has labored
under a serious disadvantage in not
being able to turn its great staple
into the market in both forms, raw
and fabricated, failing thereby to
derive a legitimate profit on the raw
material, because forced to pay a
greater profit on the manufactured
article. The factories, so far as es
tablished in the South, have been
entirely successful, and their in
crease will he proportionate to the
awakening of the planters to their
true interests.
And there is another reason,
than the pocketing of the profits of
manufacture, that will more and
more stimulate the South to factory
enterprise. The English Govern
ment and English factor, are bend
ing every energy to the culture of
cotton in Bombay and other pq ast In
dia provinces, both to render En
glish looms i .dependent of Ameri
can cotton fields, and to secure cot
ton at lower prices. If they suc
ceed, and the expiration of the East
India Company’s Charter, in 1853 j
will open a field for a powerful tria
the South will be thrown upon New
England ior its principal cotton
market. Having but one certain
customer, it will be forced to sell its
cotton at reduced rates —in fact it
will be at the mercy of that custom
er. The establishment of a vigor
ous factory system by the South will
make it independent of the market
for the raw material. If it cannot
sell cotton to Old England, it can
fabricate it and enter the general
market of the world as a competitor
(•r the sale of calicoes, sheetings
and shirtings. Growing the raw
material, with cheap labor and eve
ry facility in hand for manufactur
ing, it may carry the whip in its
own hand, and beyond saving pro
fits, make them. And the South
should not confine its manufactures
to cotton, but as rapidly as possible
establish them for general purposes;
N. Y. Sun.
| A MODEL SPEECH BY A YANKEE
ATTORNEY §N CAPITAL PUN*
ISHMENT.
We defy any man, woman or
child in the community, to read the
following grandiloquent oration
through without laughirig. It was
delivered some where in Wiscon
sin, by one of the profession who it
would seem, had quite an aversion
to capital punishment {
“ May it please your Lordship
and Gentlemen ofthejury—“the case
is as clear as ice, and sharp to the
doin’as no from your sweetheart.
The Scripture saith. “Thou shalt
not killnow, if you hang my cli
ent, you transgress the command as
slick as grease and as plump as a
goose egg in a loafer’s face. Gen
tlemen, murder is murder, whether
committed by twelve jurymen, or
by a humble individual, like my
client. Gentlemen, Ido not deny
the fact of my client’s having kill-
ed a man but is that any reason
why you should do so? No such
thing gentleman. You may bring
the prisoner in guilty the hang
man may do his duty but will that
exonerate you? No such thing.
In that case you will all be murder
ers !—Who among you is prepared
for the brand of Cain to be stamp
ed on bis brow to day ? who, free
men, who in this land of liberty
and ot light? Gentlemen, I will
pledge my word notone ofyou has
a bowie-knife or a pistol in his pock
et. No, gentlemen, your pockets
are odoriferous. You can smoke
the tobacco of rectitude in the pipe
of a peaceful conscience ; but hang
my unfortunate client, and the scaly
alligators of remorse will gallop
through the internal principles ot
animal vertebra?, until the spinal
verteqra? of your anatomical con
structio'n is turned into a Rail-Road
for the grim and gory goblins of
despair.
“Gentlemen, beware of commit
ting murder ! Beware, I say, of
meddling with the internal prega
tive! Beware! I say. Remember
the fate of the man who attempted
to steady the ark, and tremble.
Gentlemen, I adjure you by the
j manumitted ghost oftempoial sanc
tity, to do no murder. I adjure you
by the name of woman, the main
spring of thn tickling timepiece of
time’s theoretical transmigration, to
do no murder! I adjure you bv
the love you have for the esculent
and condimental gusto of our native
pumpkin, to do no murder ! I ad
jure you by the stars set in the fly
ing en ign of our emancipated
country, to do no murder! I ad
jure you by the American Eagle,
ihat whipped the universal game
cock ofereation, and now sits roost
ing on the magnetic telegraph of
Time’s illustrious transmigration, to
do no murder ! And lastly, gentle
men, if you ever expect to wear
long-tailed coats—if you ever ex
pect free dogs not to bark at you—
ifyou ever expect to wear boots
made of the free hide of the Rocky
Mountain buffalo, and, to sum up all
ifyou ever expect to be any thing
butasetof sneaking, loafing, ras
cally, cut-throat, braided, small
ends of humanity, whittled down
to indistinctibility, acquit my client
and save your country !”
The prisoner was acquitted.
A Floury Speech. —At a Prayer
Meeting held in Exeter, N. H., some
time since, the reality of sudden
conversion was under discussion,
when a Mr. W. rose and proved the
reality in his own mind in the fol
lowing lucid and eloquent manner :
“Brothers and Sisters, the reality
of this power is beyond a doubt;
why, I believe it stronger than 1 be
lieve my own existence ; I believe
it, in fact, just as strong as I believe
that I yesterday received fifty bar
rels of Flour, and good Flour, too,
and am willing to sell it out aL my
place, for six dollars and fifty cents
a barrel to any man in this room.”
Mr. S. arose, and in his peculiarly
effable manner, exclaimed, “Brother
Wm wouldn’t some other time and
place be equally as appropriate for
you to advertise that Flour,”
FRIEND OF THE FAULT.
SAVANNAH, JUNE 1, 1850.
Launch.
Messrs. Jones Sc Pajdot will launch, On
Wednesday at 3 o’clock, a new steamboat,
built for Messrs. Brigham, Kelly, St Cos., of
Savannah* arid Mr, Isaac Scott, and Capt.
Taylor of Macon. She is to take the place
ot the Robert Collins, whose engine and
boilers Will be transferred to the new boat,
and is destined for the trade of the Altama
ha arid Ooamulgee rivers. Success to her.
Our readers will perceive by the ad
vertisement in another column, that a line
of four horse post coaches has been d3tab
tablished to ran between Atlanta and
Marietta immediately on the arrival of the
Macon Sc Western cars ; by which arrange
ment the present detention will be obviated .
f*P*We insert to-day a short poem by
Mrs. R. H. Riley, the talented editress of
the “Southern Literary Journal,” published
at Oxford, Ga. This lady is too well known
in the ranks of Southern writers to need any
further notice at our hands.
Splendid Chandelier.
A beautitul chandelier for burning gas
may be seen at the store of the late Mr.
M. Eastman,corner of Bryan and Whitaker
streets, where it will remain for a short time.
It was ordered out by Messrs. Stratton Sc
Dobson, at whose store, No. 72, St. Ju.
lien street, may be seen a general assort
ment of Gas Burners, Lamps and Chanda*
Tiers.
Lizzie Leigh , A. Domestic Tale by Charles
Dickens , New York, DelVitt % Daven
port, Publishers, 1830.
This is a beautiful little tale, which has*
like most, or all of Mr. Dickens’ short tales,
a moral tendency. The Christian virtue of
forgiveness is most happily advocated, and a
mother s love for an erring daughter most
beautifully shown. There is a pathos
throughout the whole story which speaks di
rectly to the heart, exciting the sympathy and
compassion of the reader. Mr. DickeDs’
style is too well known to need any pany
gerie from U3, and in this little book he has
not by any means put his reputation as an au
thor in any danger. It is neatly and clearly
printed, and mny bo obtained at Mr. John
M. Cooper’s book store.
Lightning Rods.
We take pleasure in saying(as will be seen
bo the advertisement in another column,) that
Messrs. Stibbs Sc Davis are still prepared
t) erect conductors for the protection of objects
from the effects of Lightning, and if we may
judge from present appearances, we are like
ly to have an abundance of the fluid this sea
son, it will be advisible for our citizens to be
guarded against its effects.
07* We must npologize to our Readers
lor the unusually large number of errors that
occurred in our piper last week, particular
ly inthooriginal tale on the first page. Cir
cumstances prevented a very careful revision
of the proof sheet, and this must bo our ex
cuse, though a lamo one: we promise to be
more careful in future.
Death by Lightening.
During the thunder storm which passed
over our city on Wednesday evening, an
Irish woman named Julia Sulivan, aged about
30 years, residing in the family of Mr. Fitz
gerald, in Margaret stret t, near West Broad
street was instantly killed- There were sev
eral individuals in the room at th 9 time,
who narrowly eacaped. Mr. F.tzgerald was
lying on a bed, and his wife was sitting near
him. A Mr. Lao was within a few feet of
Julia Sulivan, and wis severely stunned.
Drowned.
On Wednesiay evening last, between 8
and 9 o’clock, as Altred Robinson, second
mate ot the bark Texas, laying at Telfair’s
wharf, attempted to go on board, he fell off
the stagging into the river and was drowned.
He was a native of New York, and about 29
years of age. His body has not been fonnd.
FIRE.
About 11 o’clock last night, a number of
barrels of lime in front of the new Custom
House, took fire and burnt rapidly for a few
minutes. Siveral citizens in the vicinity at
the time, extinguished it immediately.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP
I S A. BE L !
later and Important!
Landing of General Lopez ! !
RESULT OF THE EXPEDITION !
The Isabel , whose arrival from Havana
has been looked for with so much anxiety for
the past few days, reached our port Satur
day morning about 4 o’clock, bringing Ha
vana dates to the 22d instant. She also brings
as passengers General Lopez and Staff with
several of the volunteer officers of the expe
dition.
From a member of the General’s staff we
received the following particulars of the move
ments ot the expedition:
Gen. Lopez sailed from New Orleans in
the steamer Creole, with a portion of bis
force, on the 7th iost., and landed at the Isle
of Woman, on the 14th, where he remained
two days. Previous to leaving that Island
on the 17th, the General lenrned that there
were some 20 or 30 men who ware unwil
ling to proceed with him, on which he issued
an order that all who were dissatisfied might
return to New Orleans in the bark Georgians,
on board vyhich vessel, passage, etc., was pro
vided for them. About thirty men availed
themselves of this opportunity to withdraw
from the expedition, and the General sailed
on the 17th, with 600 men rank and fil t
Cardenas, which place he reached on Sn!l/ 0r
the 19th, effecting a landing about 4
in the morning. 0 c ‘°ck
Owing to some delay in getting on .k
one ot the boats havihg grounded? the . *
aon* numbering about 100 men, eot d"?’
gence of their approach, and were th... *
pared to offer a fl; Ir ted resistance to
vance of the Americans into the town
ter a brief engagement, however, j n
the patriots behaved handsomely, th e t
was surrendered and the goveoor mad* ° Wn
ner to the invaders. P r wo*
Some of the troops who escaped from n,
town, tore up a portion of the railroad •
order to prevent the Americans from Pen
ting Into thn interior-. As the iotelljLj'™:
the attack on Cardenas must have f 0
the Government at Havana on the ev C -
of the day in which it was made, and
few hours would serve to concentrate | 8 ’ a
force, by soa and land, and on all id eg
position it was deemed ndvisnbfe
Lopez to evacuate the town, re-emlLr* ? n *
small force and effect a landing on the oth
extreme of the Island, by which mena 3 lT
hoped to be able to distract the attention r
of the government, and avoid any s^ 0 *
collision with its forces until the
reinforcements, both from theSfates and th
Cubans could be received. Accordingly jl*
troops were re-embarked in good order at q
o'clock in the evening. After a slight skir
rnish with a small irregular force which at
tacked their retireing column.
Speaking of this attack, the Key tye't
Correspondent of the Republican says-
In the evening about sundown a hundred
and twenty lancers marched into the city
A par* took a position in one streets cut off*
retreat. The others, fifty in number, eharoef
the Americans and were all with on() * **
ception shot down. The lance that
caped showed reckless valor—twice sinefe
handed and afone v he charged— at the second
charge his horse was killed, bis arm Wa
broken and he taken prisoner, and brought
here. Jn this attack no assistance was ren
dered _hy the citizens. On the contrary the
Captain ot the Lancers was found tobV (he
very man who had feasted the officerssumn.
tuously at dinner, and made them belie** h*
whs with them-
One of the Aids, ofGen. Lopez, Gen. Con.
zales, lays here badly, but supposed not dun
gerously wounded. Col O’Hara ofKentuckv
is]also wounded, but not dangerously. Cam*
Logan, of Kentucky, died of his wounds, and
his body was thrown overboard the day af
ter they left Cardenas. Among those
killed was an Episcopal parso frm the
West, whose name s have not learned.
In attempting to get to sen, the steamer
got aground where she remained six hours,ia
sight of land, expecting the momentary arri
val of the Spanish war steamer from Hava
na. The vessel got afloat however, and put
to sea.
After leaving the land out of sight, she
changed her course and sailed for Mantua,*
small port on the eastern portion of the Island.
At this juncture a portion of the
tied the officers that they were unwilling to
return to Cuba without reinforcements, and
expressed their determination togot> Key
West. Gen. Lopez remonstrated withtheiiv
and urged them to return withhim to Man
tua, where they would be reinforced before
the Government, troops coeld be directed
against them. But a considerable portion'd
the men steadily refused, and ordered the
vessel to head for Key West. Gen. L. re
fused to give the order, and begged to be
landed with those that were willing to follow
him. or alone with his staffi at some point on
the Island of Cuba; but the-vessel was pul?
on her course to Key West, and armed men
stationed by the compass to see that her
rection was not changed.
Shortly before reaching Key West, the
Spanish war steamer, Pizarro hove in sight,
ana closely pursued the Creole , which she
would doubtless have ovet taken, had she not?
got aground in approaching theport. As it
was, she reached the wharf a few minutes
after the arrival of the Creole. The Span
ish officers offered a reward of 5150,000, toe
the delivery of Gen. Lopez, and held a con
sultation in reference to the propriety of
boarding tho Creole in the harbor of Key
West. She also threw up her ports and pre
pared to fire into her, but was prevented by
one of our national vessels. , which
placed herself in line with the Cceob aui
hoisted the American colors.
The Creole was seized by the- officers of
the U. S. Government on> her arrival at hVf
West, and Gen. Lopez after giving to the
officers and men of his party all the money
in his possession, took passage with hisstntf,
and several American officers in the /sabe/,
in which steamer, they arrived here this mor
ning.
The Pizarro fell in with the on
her way from the Isle of Woman to N e "*
Orleans and took off the returning volunteers,
whom she carried to Havana as prisoners.—
She then took four companies of Spanish
troops to Cardenas where she arrived alter
the Creole had got to sea with Gen. Lope*
and his party whom she pursued to Kef
W est,— News.
We cannot sufficiently admire GeDeraf
Taylor’s steadfast adhesion to the principal
he has always advocated, viz: *‘to b® **
peace with all the world, and with the res.
of mankind;” although it was rather*
strange posture of affairs, that while our' e
sels of war were stationed on the c _
Cubato guard their government, they w “
drew their protection from Americans 8°
American shipping. In this particular, bo*
ever, General Taylor but did his duty, f° r ‘
use an old adage, 4 ‘ two wrongs would D *
have made a right,” and if they cbos®
pursue a wrong course, it does not
that we should do likewise.
’ll
But we should like to know what
the course of Government in the caseo
men taken from the Georgianna by th®
zarro. and carried prisoners to H
These men were American citizens, r®
ing peaceable home, without arms,
commission of no hostile act, with n°
designs, and under the protection
American flag. In spite of thistb®/
overhauled by a Spanish war stea®
carried off. It makes no difference * hal
been their intentions, if their intention 1
been abandoned and if they had com
no overt act of hostility against Cl* ; j
does it matter whether they had
one foot or a hundred miles bef° ra
turned back, if they had not taken
cidedly hostile step prior to their rnl re 9