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the absurdity of such a hope. lam
certain Col. Hazelliurst would never
give her to me, and still more certain
that she will never love me.”
••Twere as wetl to love some bright particular star
Anil think to wed it.”
The rides, the walks, and the
readings still went on, howevei ;
and were quite as delightful, though
Miss Moore, a cousin of Mary’s, had
come on a visit for the Christmas.
She was a wild, merry girl, with a
a slight resemblance to her cousin,
though nothing to compare with her
as beautiful.
“ What will you do with yourself
to day Claude?” said Coi. Hazel
hurst, one morning at breakfast. —
“Mary is to have her usual Christ
mas dinner and dance ; and, as she
is her own housekeeper —I suppose
she has boasted of to you ere this—
she has to make a descent into the
lower regions, where she and Liz.
will be deep in the mysteries of cake
pie, jellies, &c., all day. 1 could
offer my company to you as a sub
stitute, but unfortunately, Wring
ham and myself must cross the river
to meet a gentleman on business,
which will detain us all day. 1 sup
pose 1 shall have to leave you to your
own resources; unless the girls
take compassion on you, and initiate
you also into the mysteries of Ude
ism. What say you girls to making
Claude chief cook?”
“The very idea, uncle! I shall
get a cap and apron for him,” said
Lizzie Moore, “ and set him to work
beating eggs, shelling almonds, and
all such drudgery.”
“How do you know whether I'll
consent Liz.,” said Mary, “ l have a
great mind to exclude you also Miss,
and leave you to entertain Mr. Ca
rysforte. But 1 will just ask him
—in mere politeness you mind, Mr.
Carysforte—if it would be agreea
ble to your highness, to accompany
us damsels as our servant of all
work ?”
“ 1 shall be delighted of the op
portunity of showing you ladies,
that l, Mr. Claude Carysforte, can
render mvselt usetul as well as or
namental.”
“And will undoubtedly succeed
as well in one as in the other dis
play,” said the mocking Mary, with
an arch glance from under her long
lashes at me.
“ Well, his settled then,” said the
Col., that you are to have the of
fice.”
“Not quite so fast, Pa, if you
please. We must consult with the
•powers that be,’to see if Maum
Lucy will admit the youth into the
basement.”
“ I’ll answer for her,” said Lizzie,
so uncle you may set your heart at
rest, and go on vour travels.”
Behold me then,reader,with these
two madcaps sure enough, in the
basement, where the witches took
every opportunity they could find of
spilling flour on my coat, or putting
me to do the most unaccountable
jobs ever invented by such a pair of
mirthful, laugh-seek'.ng gypsies.
“Praise the gracious!’ said Maum
Lucy, “ You beez the most awkwar
dest young buckra gentleman, 1 ev
er seed. Thar now, Pet, do’nt set
him to break them eggs. Hi! thar
you is agin,” continued she, ns in
trying to dodge from an egg-shell,
aimed at my head from Lizzie’s
adroit hand, and made her do the
verv deed she deprecated in myself.
M Massy on me! Massa Claude,
do go stairs and let us do our
wark widout you boderin young
missee. Well! to be sine, when
young buckra men be in love, they
don’t well know what to be al ter.”
I think I was conscious of blush
ing as 1 laughed at this priveledged
servant’s joke; but I notwithstan
ding, stole a look at Mary, who was
smiling, though her lace was rosy ;
and 1 also detected a quizzing look
from her cousin directed full upon
her.
And here in the composition of
cakes and jellies did she look so be
witching, as almost to lend an air of
romance to this homely affair. She
looked so lovely as she stood measu
ring with an accurate eye and s;ea
dy hand, the proportions for the
cakes, &e., that after a while I leit
off disturbing them bv my assistance
but contented myself with simply
playing the “looker on in Venice.”
What merrv laughs! what witty’
speeches! did those frolicksome
girls perpetrate at my expense, ’till
1 finally lett them to while away the
hours of my exile with a book.
Concluded in our next.
Man is happy only when he is
employed. Laziness begets vice—
vice begn s crime and crime invol
ves death —death indicts infamy on
his memory, and bows down the
heads of his parents, sisters, broth
ers, wife, offspring. Who will
not avoid laziness ?
Bikdlnmj.
THE GHOST OF JOHN FISHER.
BY A MEMBER OF THE OLD PARK PIT.
‘Do you often go to the theatre
nowadays ?’
‘You know better than to asked
that? Often indeed! Am I not a
member ot the Old Park Pit ? Does
a man luxuriate over ale and cheese
when his palate hath been acquaint
ed with ihe Burgundy from an old
Castle V
‘I beg your pardon, but you w ? ere
saying something about Niblo Jo our
friend on the corner when 1 met
you and ’ . -
‘Niblo’s ? Yes, I remember. 1
was there a few nights since to see
Mrs. Vernon in Malaprop. Do you
think I saw any of the others ? That
was the night I saw John Fisher/
‘John Fisher .?’
‘Yes ! 1 was walking to mvdown
* 7 •/
town lodgings after the play, and
the bright moonlight seduced me
into the Park. The keeper was off
on a lark evidently, for lie had left
the fountain playing, and very well
it looked in the silvery sheen pour
ing about it. 1 walked around it
two or three times and must have
got musing. (Perhaps the julep in
Niblo’s lower saloon had something
to do w iih it.) For 1 soon found
myself in front of the Park Theatre
ruins. Ruins, indeed, where the
bricklayers had been busy for a
week at the demolition, to make
wav for stores Pm told. P’s my
belief our friend Mace of Carmine
street would double his present for
tune should he undertake. his busi
ness on the site. Tliere’dbe no lack j
of ready made mutes and mourners
any day in the year if the funerals
were called at that place !
‘There was an open-way passage j
through the doubled up bricks and
and mortar (it gave them a colic to
come down, I knowj exactly w here
the old pit entrance was. Here said
1 was the small ffight of steps over
which l have jumped many a bene
fit night, followed by un impetuous
crowd w ho had been in waitiug for
half an hour. Here 1 lore m v best
coat wai i ig for El leu Tree ; here [
sowed anew crop of corns in atten
dance on Elssler, and waiting for a
rheumatism in my shoulder which
twinges yet whenever i hear a bar
of Sonnambula. 1 went in further.
Here was the little box place and
the stile-like door which soon learn
ed to know my foosteps and opened
for me spontaneously ; and the little j
bar where, on crowded nights, the
bribe of a drink brought out. a bill
of the evening which twenty peo
ple had told me was not to be had
lor love or money, and which was
the very last one reserved, although
a dozen following drinks brought
out the same propositions. Advan
cing still further, 1 stood on the spot
consecrated by the old stage.
T looked upwards and around.
The moon had crept under a bank
of cloud from whose silvery edge a
star triumphantly making itself
know n, w inked at me. Dismantled
walls threw’’ grim shadows about.
A slight gust of wind turning the
angle from Connor’s type foundry
threw down a shower of mortar. 1
was a solitary mourner.
‘1 said to myself, Where is Simp
son &Cos. V Is the last violin of
the orchestra living ? Hath the
trumpet sounded its own death ag
ony .? Where are the fans and
bright eyes which waved and spark
led times ago in this now dreary
place ? Will partitioned stories of
new stores till up the space which
lay so undisturbed of yore from pit
Hoof to covered rafters? Will new
races of flippant clerks transformed
from steady pink-faced country
lads to oyster-loving rampants soon
[ill up these echoes with their un
meaning jokes V
T heard a sigh— 1
‘Yourself of course V
‘Not mine, a deep and thrilling
one, as if it was the outlet of a world
of agonized feeling. 1 turned round
towards the alleys tor I had been
facing the old boxes, and there 1
saw John Fisher !’
‘Pale and ghost like of course!’
‘No,indeed; rosy and cheerful
looking except for a. mournful cast
of his eyes. He was gazing at me
recognisingly. 1 spoke to him.’
‘ ‘What,’ said he, ‘do you see me ?’
‘ ‘As palpable as a pyramid,’ 1
answered.
•‘’Tis strange, my T friend, you
must be well favored of Providence.
1 have flitted around these passages
many a day, and sat about bere
many a night, and seen thousands
of my once fellow mortals, but n v
er a one has seen me before. 1 sat
on the corner of yonder wall all
yesterday, in the fine sunshine,
watching a disgraceful Irishman
toss around the brick as remorse
lessly as if they had been the re
mains of a snuff factory. I wanted
him to see me if he could, for I was
scowling daggers at him but no use.
• ‘I am rejoiced at the privilege
afforded me for this glimpse into
the spirit land, ‘and it does rny heart
good to see you. I was mourning
for you in my’ thoughts.’
*‘l perceived it. But mourn no
such thing. I’m glad 1 died, I was
among the last of a failing house,
and would have been useless else
where. I’m here now for my last
look. To-morrow they commence
digging for anew foundation, as I
heard declared by a mot tie-faced
man who is the master builder and
designer of the intended stores, to
make way for new schemes and
large enterprises. Heaven send
that these old precincts may never
be polluted with deeds of trickery
and fraud ?’
‘‘But where are y T our spiritual
compeers? ’I asked.
‘ ‘lt’s a little singular that I’rn all
alone tonight, We’ve merrv meet
ings sometimes. ‘Merry with mel
ancholy’ at times. Some are in
Boston to-night, where ‘Barry’ has
a benefit; good old fellow he deser
ves it. and New’ York should have a
curse for letting him go. Others
are thinking, if of the same mind
as at our last congregation, of flying
over the water. W hat a meeting
w’e’ll have some day when all have
shuffled oft’the mortal coil. Would
they but leave the ruins for the as
semblage !’
‘ ‘Ah !’
‘We sighed together, and looked
around at the echo, and then return
ing my gaze to the colloquial spirit,
1 saw only some fresh moonlight.
He had gone.’
‘You were asleep and dreaming?’
‘ ‘Hath not a Jew’ eyes, hath he
not ears?’and that was how and
when l saw’ John Fisher.’ — The
Prompter*
Temperance Fable. The rats
once assembled in a large cellar to
de vise a safe method of getting the
bait from a small trap that lay near,
having seen numbers of their friends
and relations snatched from them
by its merciless jaws. After manv
long speeches, and the proposal of
many elaborate but fruitless plans, a
happy wit, standing erect, said, “It
is my opinion ffiat, if with one paw
we can keep down the spring, we
can safely’ take the food from the
trap with the other.” All the rats
present loudly squealed assent, and
slapped their tails in applause.
The meeting adjourned, and the
rats retired to their homes, but the
devastations of the trap being by no
means and minished, the rats were
forced to call another “convention.”
The elders just assembled, had
commenced their deliberations,
when all were startled by a faint
voice, and a poor rat with only
three legs, limping into the ring,
stood up to speak. All were in
stantly silent, when stretching out
the bleeding remains of his leg, he
said : “My friends, I have tried
the method you proposed, and you
see the result! Now’ let me sug
gest a plan to escape the trap — clo
not touch it i”
Variety of Studies. —To study’ suc
cessfully, the body must be healthy,
the mind at ease, and time managed
with great economy: Persons who
study many hours in the. day, should
perhaps have two separate pursuits
going on at the same time, —one for
one part of the day, and the other
for the other; and these of as op
posite a nature as possible, —as Eu
clid and Ariosto; Locke and Homer;
Hartley on Man, and Voyages round
the Cl lobe ; that the mind may be re
freshed by change, and all the bad
effects of lasitude avoided. There
is one piece of advice, in a life of
study', which I think no one will ob
ject to ; and that is, every now and
then to be completely idle, —to do
nothing at all : indeed this part of
a life of study is commonly consid
ered as so decidedly superior to the
rest, that it has almost obtained an
exclusive preference overt hose other
parts of the system, with which I
wish to see it connected.— Sydney
Smith's Posthumous Volume.
Mr. It. J. Wyatt, the eminent
sculptor, died suddenly at Home, on
the h May. English critics are
fond of comparing him to Canova.
He went to Rome in 1822, worked
for a w hile with Gibson, and estab
lished his own studio. At the time
ot his death, he was engaged on a
statue lor ttie Queen. He was in
his 57th year.
Universal love is like a mitten
which fits all hands alike, but none
closely ; true affection is like a glove
which fits one hand only, but sits
close to that one.
LAST WORDS OF EMINENT MEN.
The last words of General Tav
lor recall to tlie mind reminiscences
of the last words of the other emi
nent men, which might be consider
abl} 7 added to.
Napoleon expired amid the rag
ing of a whirlwind. His last words
were, 4 Tele do Armce ,’ (head of the
army.)
Saladln, in his last illness, instead
of his usual standard, ordered his
shroud to be uplifted in front of his
tent; and the herald who displayed
this winding sljeet as a flag, was
commanded to exclaim aloud, ‘Be
hold, this is all which Saladin, the
vanquisher of the East carries away
of all his conquests.’
The last words of Sir Walter
Scott to Lockhart were: ‘Be a
good man, for if you do not, you
will feel it when you come to lie
here.’
The dying Wolfe, hearing of the
flight of the French exclaimed, 1 ‘ die
contented .’
The Curate of St. Sul pice asked
the expiring Montesquieu. ‘Sir,
are you truly conscious of the grea;-
nessofGod?* ‘Yes,’ was the ans
wer of the departing philosopher,
‘and of the littleness of man.’
The heroic Lawrence, perishing
amid the thunders of the engage
ment between the ill-fated Chesa
peake and the British frigate Shan
non, exclaimed. ‘Don't give up the
Ship!’
Sir Richard Grenville having
fought his single ship against a large
fleet, until his vessel was over
whelmed by the fearful odds, and
himself mortally wounded, sum
moned his victors to bear testimony
to his good conduct, and exclaimed,
‘Here die 1, Richard Grenville,
with a joyous and quiet mind for that
I have ended my life as a true soldier
ought to do, fighting ior his country,
queen, religion and honor.’
When the Marquis of Montrose
was taken and condemned to die,
and bis head and limbs to be sever
ed and hanged in public places in
different towns. ‘I wish,’ exclaimed
he, ‘I had flesh enough to be sentto
every city in Christendom, as a tes
timony to the cause for which I suf
fer.’
Sir Henrv Vane, when condemn
ed to die, ‘Ten thousand deaths to
me ere 1 will slain the purity of my
conscience.’
‘ls there anythin” on earth I can
•/ . ‘
do for you?’ said Taylor to the
satirical buffoon, Dr. Wollcott.
‘Give me back my youth,’ was the
reply.
‘O, that I might live,’was the dy
ing wish of the patriot Quincy, as he
came in sight of Massachusetts, ‘Oh,
that 1 might live to render to my
country one Inst service !’
The last words of General Har
rison were, as though he fancied
himself addressing some official as
sociate in the Government: ‘Sir, 1
wish you to understand the true
principles of the Government. 1
wish them carried out. I ask no
more.’
The last words of John Quincy
Adams, dying in the hall of his fame,
were : ‘lt is the last of earth. lam
content.*
‘1 have always done my duty. 1
am ready to die. My only regret is
for the friends I leave behind me.’
These were the sublime words, in
dicating a mind conscious of recti
tude, a spirit ignorant of fear, and
aheart full of affection, with which
the great and good Taylor was
gathered to his fathers.
O
A WORD TO MOTHERS.
Cultivate truthfulness in Children. —
Children are naturally truthful. Na
ture does not lie. Let nothing be
done to alter this happy disposition.
Cultivate in them the love of truth,
candor, and the confession of error.
It is lamentable to think what fearful
falsehoods are uttered to deter chil
dren, to keep them quiet, or to make
them obedient. Threats of being
taken by old men, and black men,
and other like terrors, are resorted
to by ignorant and foolish servants
to frighten them, and make them lie
still in bed. It is ascertained that
death , Jits , idiocy , or insanity , have
been the consequences of such inhu
manity. But, settingaside the prob
able chance of such calamities, t lie re
are other certain results ; it the child
discover the falsehoods practiced
upon him, he becomes boldly in
different to the threats, is more dis
obedient and wilful than ever, dis
believes all that is said to him, and
finding no respect for truth in oth
ers, has no regard for it himself.
The difference between a gener
ous man and a miser, is, the one
loves specie, the other the species.
Which is the most proud, a girl
with her first beaux, or a woman
with her first baby?
DEACON BODKINS.
Deacon Bodkins was a good
man, but like all the righteous, fie
had great trials. The Deacon was
not only a good man, but he had a
nice taste as to the fitness ofthings,
especially touching the good order
and decorum of the church. Now
it is well known that in these latter
days, the re have crept into our
churches some very unseemly and
scandalous practices, such as one
half the congregation sitting, while
the others rise, in time of prayer;
and many of those who sit and those
who rise, staring about as though
they were endeavoring to get be
yond the journey of the fool’s eyes.
Deacon Bodkins a lively sense
of the evil of these things and often
spoke upon the subject in a most
feeling manner. “Deacon,” said
neighbor Jones, “speaking of those
unseemly things in church, reminds
me of a case which occurred when f
was a bo\ 7 .” We all pricked up
our ears and were all attention, for
Jones was good at an anecdote,
and hardly ever told one that did
not fit somewhere.
“Well, Deacon,’ said he, when I
was a boy, we had a schoolmaster
who had odd ways of catching idle
boys. Says he one day. “Boys 1
must have closer attention to books;
the first one of you that sees anoth
er boy idle, I want you to inform
me, and I will attend to the case.”
Ah, thought 1 to myself, there is Joe
Simmons that I don’t like; I’ll
watch him, and if 1 see him look
off his book, I’ll tell on him. It was
not long before I saw Joe look off’
h's book, and immediately 1 inform
ed the master. “Indeed,” said he,
“how do you know he was idle?”
“I saw him,” was the reply. “You
did ? and were your eyes on your
book when you saw him?” I was
caught but I didn’t watch for boys
agniti.
We all agreed with Jones that
this was a good anecdote, and had a
meaning; but Deacon Bodkins nev
er asked for any explanation.
Stirring up the Inspiration. —G race
Greenwood in one of her letters
from Washington to the Saturday
Eve. Post perpetuates the following :
‘And now 1 have a little bit of
scandal for your ear alone. Mind,
I don’t endorse it, —so it must go no
farther. Some of the honorable
Senators while making speeches of
unusual length, are observed to
drink frequently, quite frequently, 1
should say. Well there are those
who declare that the draught provi
ded for the speakers, which looks so
limpid and innocent to the unso
phisticated and uninitiated, is not
alas, of that primitive fluid which
was Adam’s early drink and Eve’s
first looking-glass,—l hey sav that
the flights of said orators should be
poetic even Byronic inasmuch as
they drink from what was too often
the fount of Byron’s inspiration—
that, in short, the water isonly shal
lowed by the audience the speaker
swallowing an equally colorless
fluid, which is—l really don’t be
lieve the story my seif-—which is—
your ear a little closer!—which is
—gin ! ! Shocking, is it not ? But
as I said, I cannot credit il altogeth
er, for a while since when an hon
orable Senator who had been ac
cused of thus infusing spirit into his
oratory, was on the second or third
day of his speech, I observed him
narrowly, and saw brought a
reviving beverage which was some
what colored—say about the hue of
Monongahela or champagne. It
certainly was not gin , so the sland
er falls to the ground.’
A Timely Hint. —Many anecdotes
have been told bearing pretty hard
upon the late John Randolph, some
wholly fictitious, others not. A
mong them is the following :
On one occasion, when the sub
ject of making appropriations for
the public buildings was under con
sideration in Congress, Mr. Ran
dolph rose, and as usual spoke in
opposition to it—appropriations had
been frequently asked and granted j
—and still the buildings went up
with a stealthy pace ; he wantedpo
see the end of it, and for this pur
pose he moved to refer the subject
to the committee on unfinished bu
siness. A workman in the gallery
close by, irritated at the opposition
Mr. R. bad shown to what was to
constitute his support, and unable
to bear ibis taunt, cried out in a
voice something like Randolph’s.
“ And I move Mr. Speaker, that the
gentleman be referred to the same
committee.” This severe retort
upon the ill-formed and badly made
orator from Virginia, set the whole
House in a roar, and the Sergeant
at-Arms was immediately dispatch
ed to arrest the offender, but he
disappeared and could not be found.
Decided!y ‘Cool.'—
(Mrs. Fry’s fa,her.) was a stric
server of his game. Upon one
casion, while walking in hi. ° c ’
he heard a shot fire,(ln a
ing wood : he hurried to tbe®.
and his naturally placid temnrr? 01 ’
considerably ruffled on seej n „ 21
young officer, with a pheasam 3
Ins feet, deliberately re-loadinn | 3t
gun. As the young man, howe"*
replied to his rather warm ’
sions by a polite apology,
ney’s warmth was somewhat a|| Ur ’
ed : but he could not refrain f ** *
asking the intruder what he
do if he caught a man trespassing
on his premises. ‘I would lA- ®
in to luncheon,’ was the reply, qq
serenity of this impudence \va
to be resisted. 0
SIEND JF_THEIaIE
E. J. PURSE, CITY PRl^ r -
Proceedings of Council.
SAVANNAH, August 15,1850
Council met.
Present His Honor R. Wayne, Mayor; Alder
men losey, Cohen, 1 urner, Screven, Mallon
Walker nnet Griffin.
The Minutes of the last meeting of Council
were read and continued.
The Information and Fine Dockets were read
and confirmed, except the following, viz ;
The City of Savannah tw. Jesse Mount-Erect,
ing building contrary to ordinance—Fined i 0
costs. Appeal entered.
Same vs. John Murchison—Same offence—
Fined in costs. Appeal entered.
Same vs Anthony Busier—Same offence. .Re
ferred to Council by His Honor the Mayor
Same vs. James W. D’Lyon, City Surveyor-
Malpractice in office, in demanding anc receiving
more fees than he is entitled to by ordinance
Referred to Council by His Honor the Major
Sa*ne vs. James W. D’Lyon, City Surveyor-
Same offence. Referred to Council by Hi*Honor
the Mayor.
The above appeal and other cases were then
called and thus disposed of, to wit :
The City of Savannah vs. Jesse Mount-
Erecting building cuntiaiy to ordinance. Wit
nesses sworn for Information, James IV • D'Lyon,
i City Surveyor, James Mclntire. For Defendant,
John Seudder, James T. Buckner, and Julia 11.
Thode.
On motion of Aid. Mallory, seconded by Aid.
Posey, the fine imposed by His Honor theMavor
was confirmed.
The City of Savannah vs. John Murchison-
Erectmg building contrary to ordinance.
On motion of Aid. Posey, seconded by Aid.
Mallory, the fine imposed by His Honor the
Mayor was confirmed.
The City of Savannah vs. Anthony Busier—
Erecting building contrary to ordinance.
On motion of Aid. Mallory, seconded by Aid.
Posey, the Defendant was fined in costs.
The City of Savannah vs. James W. D'Lyon,
City Surveyor—Malpractice in office in demand
ing and receiving more fees than he is entitledu>
by O’dinance.
Same vs. Same —Same offence.
M finesses sworn for Information, Capt. Miller,
U. S. A., Edwin L. Hollis, Wm. Humphreys, Sr. f
Jas. Mclntire, Jas. T. Buckner.
For Defence, Dr. John F. Posey, Chas \an
Horn, Hon. Levi S. D’Lyon; and Thom as E.
Lloyd, Esq., appeared in behalf ot the Defendant
and addressed the Boa.d.
On motion of Alderman Cohen, seconded by
Alderman Screven, the following resolution*
wore road and adopted, to wit :
Resolved, That J. W. D’Lyon, City Surveyor,
be required to refund to the citizens of Savannah
all fees received by him ovor and above the
of two dollars for surveying and staking off a K
and on such refunding and payment of costs,th*
information against him be dismissed.
And further Resolved, That Mr. D'Lyon b*
freed from all charge of a wilful and malicious
violation of the ordinances of the city.
Reports read and adopted.
The Special Committee in chargee/ the subject
of lighting the city with Gas, Report in reference
to a contract with the Gaslight Company fat light
ing the street lamps, that Pip city i* willing tJ
furnish the Gas, sot the sum of thirty tliree dollars
per annum for each lamp, the lighting to be from
dark to daylight, or the rising of the moon, abo
from the going down of the moon to daylight* F
• IL
Committe also report, that the Company is M ‘
ing to take charge of the street lamps, keep tF II
in order, and cause them to be lighted and re
lated in due season, charging the company only l
actual amount expended for labor and rep nir -
The Committee recommend that his
Mayor be authorized to enter into a contrfi
the Company for ten years, embodying both p PO
- ions.
Respectfully submitted.
ROBERT H. OBIFFP*
SOLOMON COHEN- I
THOS. M. TURN®®’
JOHN F. POSEY,
JAS. 1\ SCREVEN- I
The Committee on Financeffin ■
st-uctions from the Board, have consid‘ ie I
proposition fortesting, by one case a* I
question raised by divers persons, under tb I
nances imposing the income tax, so c a ’
recommend that it be concurred in.
SOLOMON COHEN
ROBERT H. GBltf 1,
THOS. M. TURNER.
JAMES P. SCRBVb
Pry Culture Report. |
Dr. J. P. Screven, Chairman of the Co®
on Dry Culture:
Sir—l herewith respectfully submit
of the Lands subject to dry culture, f° r
of August; „j’
The lands of Mr. Benjamin Snider an jjjj
Mr Bilbo, are in good order. M* E Hll)
tepaired his banks, excepting * ■
around Mr. Qua .lock’s mill basin, j
the spring or high tides invariably runo ver, | c i ■
es remain unimproved.. Col. Green s I
Hutchison’s Island are in fine order. I
lands are dry, excepting the breaks in I
eastern section mentioned in my h* s t