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be suffering from a compound
fracture of one buffi, w ’Vr^her
gentleman of bis agp>
serious consequent
i , lf .n fn his own noue, Mrs.
bear removal 10,
More was immediately sent for, am
her constant attention was requiretl
at an hotel situated near the scene
of the disaster. Under the.-e cir
cumstances. it became more than
ever important that tlm should be
sent to school- Stipulations were
no longer thought of, and she was
accordingly prepared in the most
summary manner for being sent oil
without delay, to the educational
establishment which at that precise
time stood first upon her mother’s
list. Thus, happily for her, came
real good out of apparent evil.
It will now be necessary to con
duct our young heroines into scenes
entirely new to her experience; and
if we take one glimpse of her char
acter at school, it will not be as it
was affected by any educational in
fluences, but rather because associa
tions were formed there which not
only affected the circumstances of
her after-life, but tended, even at
that earlv period, to throw consid
erable light upon the history of her
heart.
Seldom had there been so com
plete a little dunce as Elia More,
sent out from under the paternal
roof to find her place amongst per
fect strangers. It was a frightful
and appalling distance at which, in
the first instance, she st< and apart
from all the elegant and accom
plished young ladies in Mrs. War
ner’s highly recommended estab
lishment. Happily for Ella’s peace
of mind, her ignorance was too pro
found for her to sc?e or understand
one half of the tremendous extent
of distance. To have seen and lelt
i-C all, as she was capable of feeling
such tilings, would have been more
than nature could sustain. As it
was, she only peeped about, and
wondered, and admired ; for the
whole scene was new, and even
charming in her eyes, so soon as
they had shed their first flood of
natural tears, and she began to look
around her upon the smiling faces,
light figures, and gay dresses of her
companions. These last her per
ceptions were peculiarly quick to
discover, and here indeed she was
painfully alive to the difference be
twixt herself and oth ts ; for Mrs.
More, with a somewhat old-fashion
ed notion, had supposed that any
dress was good enough for school,
provided it was so strong as to
withstand wear and tear to a more
than ordinary extent; and thus
Ella stood in the centre of the large
school-room, looking and feeling
like a very homely little girl, whose
parents might be supposed too
poor to fit her out respectably.- In
deed, as she had arrived at the
school at an irregular time, had
been hastily prepared for by an ad
ditional bed thrust in where nobo
dy wanted it, and caine unattended
by any one except a servant, who
disappeared as soon as the luggage
was seen to be all right; especial
ly, as her dress was unusually,
plain, and coarse in its texture,
there were sundry surmises whis
pered about the room, amongst
which Ella remembered afterwards
to-have beard the words, “Articled
pivpil ;” though at the time these
words conveyed no meaning to her
ear.
Upon the whole, however, pity
was the predominant sensation in
the minds of those who surrounded
the new comer. Ella felt this, and
was humbled to the dust. Her
cheek: flushed, her eyes filled with
tears. She had a great mind to
run away, or at any rate to ask to
go home and fetch her white frocks
trimmed with lace, her pearl brace
lets, her work-box inlaid with
ivory, her dressing-case a birth-day
present, and all her treasures so
ignorantly kept back; for it was
cruelly mortifying to have made so
gross, a mistake as to come out like
nobody, and thus to make so con
temptible an appearance in the very
place where a handsome outfit
would have told so decidedly in her
favour. And was Ella made more
humble by this mortificath n ?
, tbeie never was a
mistake, amongst the many made in
this blundering world than the mis
take of supposing that to mortify
vanity is to crush out. subdue, or
extinguish it altogether. So far
from this being the case, we are in
clined to think that mortified vani
ty is a more rampant evil than vani
ty gratified, inasmuch as it is more
determined to take out its indem
nification when and where it can.
Thus it is able to wait, and hide its
head, and look, and profess to be
subdued; but it only bides its
lime. The pent-up flame is sure
to escape one way or another, most
frequently in divided scintillating
flashes, instead of burning out a
broad bold honest fire. Often too,
it assumes a different form. When
thus pent in, shutdown, and appa
rently crushed by mortification, it
shoots forth in explosive ebullitions
of malignant bitterness against the
vanity which receives its gratifica
tion ; so that the vain-mortijied be
come the most zealous persecutors
of the min-qratijied, as if their es
pecial business upon earth was to
search out, and root up, the very
weeds in other people’s gardens
which are poisoning their own.
Ella More was certainly not cured
of her vanity by finding herself
worse dressed than any of the young
ladies in Warder’s school;
yet bitter as was the mortification
which this discovery prodqced, she
said not a word to any one, but bit
her ruby lip, and blushed at every
glance directed to her person, as
if conscious of wearing some dis
honourable badge, of which all
eyes were taking. It was not long,
however, before her quick percep
tions, and her natural tact, enabled
her to overcome this difficulty. She
began to find out th at dress was not
quite all a young lady’s recommen
dations, though it might form an
important item in the catalogue.
Ella was not so beautiful as she was
winning. She had a thousand lit
tle soft and pleasant ways of her
own, which made every one say of
her when she had gone away from
nestling beside them, —“I like that
child, she is such a dear little crea
ture.” It is true, nobody < oulci tel!’
exactly \\ hv. She was very pretty,
but at this time there were others in
the school quite as much so. She
was very goodnafured, but in that
she had her equals. She was gen
erous and obliging, but these pleas
ant qualities were not peculiar to
herself. She had a soft clear voice,
like music; for that she was par
ticular, and some were consequent
ly of opinion that it was her voice
which made her so charming.
Whatever might be the cause, the
fact was universally allowed ; and
perhaps no greater proof of Ella’s
ability to make herself a favourite
could have been afforded in a
school, than the fact that the older
young ladies alwaysliked Ella to be
with them, not to fetch and carry,
or to darn their stockings ns a fav
our, nor yet to bear the blame of
their delinquencies as an especial
proof of tenderness on the part of
her superiors in wisdom and gen
erosity , but to sit whenever she
liked amongst them, to be fondled
as a pet on every knee, and not even
to be sent away when they had sub
jects to discuss of intense arid mo
mentous interest ; because Ella was
such a “ddar little thing, and never
told tales”’
A little dunce, Ella certainly was,
but nobody seemed to mind that. —
Her mistakes were corrected pri
vately ; her ignorance had a’ veil
thrown over it. Nobody made game
of Ella, she had such a pretty way
of doing everything. Even her
teachers bore with patience and
compassion the trial of hearing her
attempt to repeat a lesson of which
she knew not a single word ; and
they often wished, as sh uttered her
senseless nothings, mere sound with
out a meaning, that the rest of the
school did not witness her dilemma,
so that they need not, for example
sake have to send her back. It was
a sad business though, for all this;
and the worst feature of the case
was that it occurred so often. It
was so glaring too that no kindness
could conceal it; for there stood poor
Ella with her tiny fingers twisted to
gether like rings of ivory ; and when
her lips quivered as she stammered
out a few inarticulate sounds, and
her large eyes filled with tears, there
was not a girl in school but wished
she was at her elbow, that she might
whisper in her ear those impractica
ble words which could not be made
to come, though site pumped with
all her might to get them up, and
drew in deep breathings only to end
in emptiness and deeper sighs.
Nor were the teachers, on such
occasions, insensible to the feeling
which pervaded the school. Vexed
they were. It was impossible to be
otherwise at such an amount of
stammering and ignorance; but they
bore it with more patience in Ella
than they would in any other girl,
and when she was at last dismissed
to learn her lesson for the twentieth
lime, it was often with a stolen kiss
impressed upon the burning cheek
which her falling tresses only half
concealed.
Why Ella was backward in her
learning nobody could tell. She
was a child of remarkable quick
feeling, perception, and utterance
in common things, or at least in such
as interested and engaged her atten
tion. Her teachers felt sure that
she could learn if she would. There
seemed to be wanting some stimu
lus, or motive for learning, rather
than the talent for it; and so they
talked to her in a very persuasive
and convincing manner about the
prizes to be gained, and the position
she would take in the school after
gaining them.
On first hearing of these prizes
Ella looked startled, and attentive;
but when her position was spoken
of as likely to be improved,
she did not want anything hut to be
ioved*nd s he thought everybody
did love her already, or they would
not be so kind. “Do you think,”
she asked, with a countenance of
great simplicity, “ that gaining the
prizes, which the girls are all want
ing to gain themselves, would make
them love me better than they do?”
To this question no one who used
the prize argument was able to ren
der a satisfactory answer.
It was difficult, in short, to make
use. of any argument of sufficient
“eight to impress upon Ella’s nTind
the desirableness of paying more
attention to her studies. She had
all that she desired—affection, flat
tery, petting, and exemption from
many difficulties and painful duties
which others willingly performed
for her. What more could she de
sire ? She had her beautiful frocks
now, and trinkets to her heart’s con
tent, doubled and redoubled, until
all the girls became convinced that
Ella More came from an honorable
and wealthy home—all, indeed had
long since been convinced that her
humble wardrobe in the firstinstance
was purely accidental, the regult of
her father’s sudden illness, and the
consequent committal to servants
of her entire outfit. Ella did not
state clearly and decidedly that
such was the cause. She seldom
literally violated the truth; but her
natural tact assisted her in throw
ing this coloring over the fact with
out telling an “absolute falsehood.
To he continued next week.
JHisrellatnj:
BOTTOMLESS LIFE BOAT.
However strange may appear the
above announcement of the follow
ing description will satisfy any
skeptic that a vessel better deser
ving the name of “ Canservator
Vitoe as it is called by the inven
tor, (Mr. Holbrook, a native ol Hull,
England.) has not yet been pro
duced. It is constructed on the
principle of making the water it
floats in supply the ballast, by rais
ing the. water within to the level of
that without. One now’ in the course
of construction is to be made en
tirely of bar sheet-iron ; her ribs
are set endwise against the water,
are about two feet apart, and tra
versed bv iron rods; the spaces be
tween divisions are entirely open
and admit the free flow of the sea ;
People will say, “Os what use is
such a boat ns this? if the water is
to flow in we shall all be drenched !”
No doubt of that ; but in many life
boats with bottoms, people not only
get drenched, but upset, and some
times drowned too ; and surely die
alternative of getting wet to getting
drowned needs little consideration.
This new life-boat is to have her
sides formed of iron compartments
—water-tight, and capable of con
taining provisions, clothes, fuel, &c:.,
for a hundred persons for a week.
Her stem is round, forming an open
arch underneath, -so that it she
ships a sea the water passes of!—
there no reservoir, and the
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buoyancy of the side making it
almost impossible for her to upset.
The whole framework is to he cov
ered with a strong net, a security
against any one falling through the
middle space ; the ribs underneath
from the thwarts for the sailors to
rest their feet on ; those amid-ships
will have seats placed on them ; the
gunwale, which will be about a foot
high, arnl formed of iron rails, will
have the row-locks fixed therein, so
that she can be rowed along, if pre
ferable to shipping a mast and sail,
for which provision is made, and
she can be guided by oar or rudder.
In her bow is fixed a cooking-ap
paratus of the simplest and most
complete kind.
“ John Bull's Senses. —He sees with
his lingers, and hears with his toes.
Enter a gallery of pictures, you find
all the spectators longing to become
handlers. Go to hear an opera of
Mozart’s, your next neighbor keeps
all the while kicking time, as if he
could not kill it without.”—Ex
change paper.
We supposed the perversion ori
ginal with Jonathan, but it would
seem from the above to be inherited
from his ancestor. As he aims to
go ahead of his parent in every
thing, w£ should like to see him take
the lead in correcting there bad
habits. —Philadelphia Saturday Ex
press.
The “original Mrs. Partington”
was a respectable old lady (says
“Notes and living at
Sidmouth, in Devonshire; her cot
tage was on the beach, and during
an awful storm (November, 1524,
when some fifty or sixty ships were
wrecked at Plymouth) the sea rose
to such a height as every now and
then to invade the old lady’s place
of domicile ; in fact, almost every
wave dashed in at the door. Mrs.
Partington, with such help as she
could command, with mops and
brooms, as fast as the water enter
ed the house mopped it.out again ;
until at length the waves had the
mastery, and the dame was com
pelled to retire loan upper story of
the house. The first allusion to the
circumstance was made by Lord
Brougham in bis celebrated speech
in the House of Commons on the
Reform Bill, in which he compared
the Conservative opposition to the
bill to be like the opposition o*’
“Dame Partington, who endeavor
ed to mop out the waves of the
Atlantic !”
The splendid steam-yacht Peter
hofl", built, in England a few months
since for the Emperor of Russia,
was lost on her passage out to St.
Petersburg.
Bashfulness is easily cured. One
course of waltzing found
sufficient for the most obstinate case.
A Tale of a Horse. —A good story
is told in the Memphis Enquirer of
a planter, who having made a pret
ty good crop of cotton, purchased a
fine horse which he had long covet
ed. As he was riding along home
on his new charger, he met a couple
of gentlemen, one of whom said to
the other :
“I’ll be shot, Jim, if that isn’t a
fine horse.”
“He be hanged,” said the other;
“he won’t do to show ’side of mine.
My Thunder can lick him into lint;”
casting a contemptuous and indit
ferent iook at the planter’s horse.
“Thunder equal to that horse !”
retorted the first ; “about as nigh
as a year old is to Thunder. Look
at his head and neck; look at his
shoulder ; see how he couples be
hind ; look what a fore leg he has.
He’d move like a bird, while you
know Thunder goes like a bear.
Sir,” addressing the owner, “will
you allow me to just put him a
turn or two round the fire, here,just
to show my friend here a horse as
is a horse?”
The planter assented; his weak
point had been reached ; and the
first speaker vaulted into the saddle.
Every step the horse took in the
little circuit around the fire was ac
companied by the praises of his new
rider of his admirable points and
qualities while Jim, nevertheless,
seemed still incredulous of his su
periority, or even of, his being the
equal of bis Thunder. “You can’t
tell what a horse is,’’ he said, “by
trotting him round in the shade of a
tree. Let him out down ..the road
there. I’ll bet he’ll stumble and
fall down.”
The backer of the planter’s her e
put him into an easy gallop up the
road, then turned and came down
the road, passing the camp as if just
to take a little turn to complete the
conviction of his friend in his su
perior judgment ; while Jim’s coun
tenance said very plainly, “I’m
afraid l shall have to give it up.
The owner of the horse knew he
would ;so sure was he of this that
he didn’t trouble himself to watch
the performance of his favorite any
further, but turned round to give
ihe t'other side a good warming by
the time Jim’s friend should return
in triumph. A pleasant reverie he
fell into, for a'few minutes, his face
turned towards Mississippi, at,cl his
thoughts nestling around home.
But all revaries, however pleasant
must flee before awakening con
sciousness. The Planter awoke
from his, to turn about and find
himself alone. Jim somehow had
disappeared among the trees, and
the admirer of his horse, and ihe
horse itself, were alike invisible.
He looked up the road, aad down
the road, and across the road; but
neither up, nor down, nor across
nor in any direction was either
horse or rider to be seen. The
truth flashed upon him, after awhile,
that he had been duped and did
dled in broad daylight, and right
before his eyes.
He hurried ter town, but could
find no trace of the rascals, and
since then has heard nothing of his
fine horse. He said he did not care
so much about the value of the ani
mal, but then the fellows must have
thought hi m so confoundedly green.
Early Frugality. —ln early child
hood you lay the foundation of pov
erty or riches in the habits you give
your children. Teach them to save
everything,—not for their own use,
for that would make them selfish,
—but for some use. Teach them
to share everything with their play
mates : but never allow them to de
story anything.
London as a Port. —lt is a fact,
not a little interesting to English
men, and combined with our insular
station in that highway of nations,
the Atlantic, not little explanatory
of our commercial eminence, that
London occupies nearly the centre
of the terrestrial hemisphere.— Sir
John Htrschel.
JVe Rid. —A young man and a
female upon a time, stopped at a
country tavern. Their awkward
appearance excited the attention of
one of the members family, who
commenced a conversation with the.
female, by inquiring how far she
had traveled that ‘day.
‘Traveled !’ exclaimed the stran
ger, somewhat indignantly, ‘we
didn’t travel, we rid !”
Dyspepsia. —There can be no
doubt that sedentary habits concur
with mental excitement in produ
cing this disease ; but exercise de
rives much of its utility to it, by
determining the blood from the head
to the extremities So long as ex
cessive mental excitement is kept
up. but little relief can be obtained
by the strictest attention to dietetics.
Abstinence from mental toil, cheer
ful company, a country excursion,
and relaxation of mind, will soon
accomplish a cure where all the
dietetic precepts and medicine in
the world would prove inefficacious.
Curtis.
‘Hanse, are 3 r ou hungry?”
‘Yay, by and , I am so hungry I
could eat ahorse mit one hand, and
drink der welldrv mit a pump han
dle.’
A Lunar Phenomenon. —One of
the most singular phenomena,
caused by the refractive agency of
the atmosphere upon the lunar rays,
occurred last evening, that we ever
witnessed. We certainly never
saw the like. The moon was sur
rounded with a halo of immence
diameter, while at opposite points
of the ring, situated relatively on
the plane of the horizon, were two
auroral offshoots of light, called, we
believe, in common language,
“moon dogs.” Towards the zenith
and equi-distant from the two
points mentioned, was an auroral
appearance, entirely outside the
halo, and describing about the sixth
of a circle, corresponding in size to
the halo, and curving in an opposite
direction to the corresponding seg
ment ot the haloj To illustrate its
relative aspect, we instance the
horns of a semi-lunar figure, held
pointing upwards, above any ring
or circular figure. We hope some of
our sovans will explain the matter.
—Springfield Republican , Nov. 11.
The case of Abram Van Auken,
who died at Mount Morris, in New
York, on the Ist inst., aged 60 years,
was one of the most remarkable on
record. He was seized with ap
poplexy some time last February,
which left hirn in a partially par
alyzed condition, und deprived ol
the power of speech. Between two
and three months since, he refused
all kinds of food for the space of
eight days, when he was prevailed
upon to take a trifle two or three
times, and then utterly refused up
to the day of his death, which oc
curred sixty days after he took the
least particle of food.
A Lesson of Experience. — The
Methodist Christian Advocate and
Journal says : “We have always
observed, that where questions of
whatever nature, became up
with politics, and the public mind
gets into a ferment, it is impossible
for ministers of the Gospel to han
dle them with advantage ; and that
kind of interference, unless the
call of duty is most obviously im
perative, has but little influence in
its recoil upon the sacred office and
the interests of religion.”
English Language in Africa. —It
has been stated by the Ilev. John
Clark, formerly a missionary in
Fernando Po, Africa, that there
were at Farnandina persons belong
ing to fifty different tribes who were
so well acquainted with the English
language as to assist in translating
the Bible into their respective ton
gues. It is also said that the Scrip
tures must be rendered into at least
two hundred language before all the
tribes of Africa will be able to read
them iu that’ which is peculiar to
each.
The Postmaster General recom
mends that the inland letter postage
be fixed at three cents single letter
when prepaid, and five cents when
not prepaid ; and the uniform pos
tage on newspapers, sent to sub
scribers from the office of publica
tion be fixed at one cent each ; on
pamphlets, periodicals, and all
other printed matter, (except news
papers,) two cents for the weight
of two ounces or less, and one cent
for every additional ounce or frac
tion of an ounce.
Emma is from the German, and
signifies a nurse ; Caroline, from the
Latin—noble minded ; George,from
the Greek— a farmer ; Martha, from
Hebrew —bitterness; the beautiful
and common Mary is Hebrew, and
means a drop of salt water —a tear ;
Sophia, from Gieek—wisdom ;
Susan, from-Hebrew—a twin ; and
Robert, from German —famous in
council.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame
(Antwerp) is one of the finest gothic
buildings qjt the Continent. The
principal spire is over 460 feet
high. There are over 600 stairs to
climb before reaching the top.
There are 99 bells in the tower, the
largest of which weighs 16,000
pounds, and requires 16 men to
ring it.
The receipts of California’ gold
at New Orleans, since the 2-sth of
November, have been about half a
million, which makes the aggregate
since October Ist, nearly two mil
lions of dollars.
A Striking Truth. — He that is
good will infallibly become better,
and he that is bad will as certainly
became worse ; for virtue, vice and
time, are three things that never
stand still.— Colton.
V-alue of Porpoises. — At the recent
Industrial Exhibition held in Mon
treal, Canada, a specimen of leal her
made from the skin of the Porpoise,
was shown, which attracted much
attention. The skin of this fish, it
appears, can be turned into leather
of most excellent'quality, being soft
and pliable as kid, yet strong and
tough beyond belief. There are
many other useful things to be ob
tained from the porpoise. From
its jaws a delicate and valuable oil j
can be extracted. From its brain,
ship cooks make dainty cakes, and
from its liver, which is equal to the
hog’s, dishes of fresh meat are often
served at sea.
Cruelty to dumb animals is one
of the distinguished vices of the
lowest and basest of the people.—
Wherever it is found, it is a certain
mark of ignorance and meanness;
an intrinsic mark, which all the ex
ternal advantages of wealth, splen
dor and nobility cannot obliterate.
It will consist neither with true learn
ing nor true civility; and religion
disclaims and detests it as an insult
upon the majesty and goodness of
God, who, having made the in
stincts of brute beasts minister to
the improvement of the mind, as
well as to the convenience ot thp
body, has furnished us with a mo
tive to mercy and compassion to
wards them very strong and power
ful, but too refined to have any ef
fect on the illiterate and irreligious.
—Jones and Nayland.
A human skeleton of an unusual
size, has been discovered in Harsi
mus, N. J., buried in oyster shells of
immepse size. It was in a sitting
posture when found, and is doubt
less the frame of an Indian of the
olden time. It was doubtless eight
feet in heighth. The skull measures
fifteen inches from the root of the
nose over the top to the base of the
occipital bone, and is two feet in
circumference —containing a full
set of teeth, even, sound and white.
Trenton Gazette.
Eight students were recemlv ex
pelled from he Detroit (Mich.) Un
iversity for belonging to secret so
cieties. Some time previous a
number of students were expelled
from the same institution for the
same offence. The junior* class is
now reduced to seven.
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY.
E. J. PURSE, GITV PRINTER.
Proceedings of Council.
• SAVANNAH, Jan. 2, 1851.
Council met.
Present, liis Honor, R. Wayne, Mayor;
Aldermen, Posey, Lippman, Mallery, Scre
ven, Griffin, Gumming, Saussy, Walker,
Turner, O'Byrne, and Purse.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and confirmed.
Trie Information and Fine Dockets were
read and confirmed.
Ordinances.
An Ordinance, to be entitled An Ordinance
to amend the existing Ordinance regulating
the pay of the City Watch, and to fix the
salary of the Mayor, read the first time at
the last meeting of Council, w r as read the
second time, on motion amended, read the
third time, and then passed under the title
thereof.
An Ordinance, in addition to and amenda
tory of the.existing Fire Ordinances of the
City pf Savannah, and the Hamlets thereof,
was read the first, second, and third times,
by unanimous consent, and then passed un
der the title thereof.
An Ordinance, for laying off into Lots cer
tain parts of the tract of land known as the
Springfield Plantation, purchased by virtue
of an Ordinance passed June 10th, 1850, and
for the disposing of the same, was read the
first and second times, by unanimous consent,
and laid over.
Petitions.
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The petition of Isaac D’Lyon, Jailor cf
the City of Savannah, praying an increase
of salary ‘‘to the amount formerly giveu, or
such other sum us may seem right, ” was
read, and, on motion, referred to tle Com
mittee on the Jail.
% Elections.
The following City Officers were elected
for the ensuing year :
City Treasurer—Joseph Felt.
Clerk of Council—Edward G. Wilson.
City Marshal—Daniel H. Stewart.
City Surveyor—Joseph M. Shelnian.
Sexton—Burrel Lathrop.
Messenger of Council —Francis F. Strob
hart.
Keeper of the Guard House—Emanuel
Kanweller.
Clerk of the Market—John E. Davis.
Keeper of the Powder Magazine—Jos. E.
Silvera.
Superintendent of Streets and Lanes—
Owen O'Rourke.
Contractors for Sweeping Chimneys—
Charles H. Pickett and Thomas A. Wilson.
City Constables —Dennis Holland. John
A. Richardson, Martin Houlihan, Thos. B.
Maxwell, and Alfred E. Jones.
Superintendent City Watch—Mordecai
Sheftall, Jr.
Deputy Sup’t. City Watch—Henry G.
Oliver.
Second Lieutenant City Watch —Edgar
M. McDonell.
Sergeants City Watch—John Devanny,
Thos. J. Ryan, Henry G. Mehrtens, S. El
bert Muse.
Keeper of the Pest House —Anthony O,
Segur.
Port Wardens—Henry W. Smith, Wm.
H. Kelley, Hanfred Knapp, John Hunter.
John H. Stegio,
Measurers and Inspectors of Lumber—
Thomas Hoynes, Frederick K. Wylly. Jesse
B. Dasher, Irvin L. Woolfe. Geo- W. Faries,
Enoch Mills, Robert A. Honiker, T. J.Kinch
ley, Augustus Bollineau, Walter A. Thomp
son.
Pump Contractor—Ezra Kent; amount
contract, SBSO.
Lamp Contractor—James Dunn ; amount
contract, $lB per lamp.
City Printers- —The Friend of the Family,
the Morning News, the Savannah Georgian,
the Savannah Republican—at $175 each.
Resolutions Read and Adopted.
By Alderman Griffiu, seconded by Alder
man Purse—
Whereas, it is understood that the Gas
Company contemplate the extension of their
line of street main at a very eß'rly day •
Be it therefore Resolved , That the Gas
Committee be, and they are hereby au
thorized, to negotiate torkkd
hundred additional lamp posts and lantern,,
fin their judgment so many will be De
cessaTy.
Be it further Resolved, That the direc
tion of the Gas Company be, and they , re
heieby requested while extending the ir street
main, to lay a lineot pipe under the bluff.
Be it further Rested, That the
Committee be, and they are hereby nu .
thorized, while the extensions of
main is being made, to cause the additional
lamp posts and lanterns to be set.
By Alderman Griffin, seconded by Al
derrnan Mallery—
Resolved. That the Gas Committee be au
thorized to furnish one Gas post and lantern
to each owner of a house applying therefor
on conditions of its being lighted by the
owner as often as the city lights, failing
which the same to be paid for at cost.
By Alderman Screven seconded by Al
derman Walker—
Resolved , That the consideration of the
question of Water Works be resumed, amj
that a Committee of three be appointed to
correspond and confer with Engineers D d
other persons on the subject.
His Honor the Mayor appointed os ,uch
Committee, Aldermen Screven, Purse n<i
Griffin.
By Alderman Griffin, seconded by Alder
man Saussy—
Resolved, That his Honor the Mayor bo
and he is hereby, authorised to address the
proper department of the General Govern
ment, requesting that the Company of Fly
ing Artillery at one time ordered to this post
he restored, or that some other Company of
the same arm of the service be stationed
here.
By Alrerman Purse, seconded by Alder
man Mallery—
Resolved, That the’ application of W. Gib
bons, Esq., for permission to put two vaults
in the lane North of Broughton Street,
below the grade of said lane, be referred to
the Street and Lane Committee, with power
to act.
By Alderman Lippman, seconded by Al
derman Walker—
Resolved, That the Committee on Pumps
be authorized to erect a Pump at the North
end of St. Gall-street, provided they deem
the same necessary and practicable.
By Alderman Mallery, seconded by Aider
man O’Byrne—
Resolved , That the time for paving the
side-walks east of Price-street, bo extended
three months.
By Alderman Griffin, seconded by Alder
man Purse—
Resolved■ That the City’ Printing be given
to the four newspapers at $175 each for the
y'ear.
By Alderman Purse—
Resolved, That the Election of the Keep
er of the City Clock be referred to his Hon.
or the Mayor and Committee on Public Buil
dings, with power to appoint aud act there
upon.
Resolution Read.
By Alderman Cuintuing—
Resolved, That the Mayor be, and he is
hereby authorized aud directed to sell the
thousand shares of stock held by this Corpo
ration iu the Gas Light Company, provided
the same be not sold below par.
On motion of Alderman Purse—
Resolved, That the said resolution be re
ferred to the Finance Committee.
Carried*.
His Honor the Mnyor reported to the
Board that he had signed a call fora meeting
of the Stockholders of the Augusta and
Waynesboro’ Rail Road Company on
Wednesday, sth February next, for the pur
pose of determining the best method ot
meeting the interest on instalments paid iu,
Arc.; which action of the Mayor was con
firmed,
Read, a communication from the Savannah
Fire Company, coutuining a return of the
assets of said Company, as required by Jaw.
The Jail Committee reported that they
had accepted the proposal of B. Constantine
to furnish the Jail with Beef for one year,
a t eight cents per ration delivered.
Amount of accounts passed, $2,940 64.
Council adjourned.
EDWARD G. WILSON, C. C.
THE FME.M) OF THE FAMILY.
SAVANNAH, JANUARY 4,1851.
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Death of Rev. Dr. Neufville.
It is with emotions of no ordinary cbainc
ter, thut we record the death of this exem
plary servant of God. A dispensation of
Providence, painfully afflictive, universal!)
felt, and sincerely regretted throughout the
whole community. A Church in grief !!1
consequence of the removal, by death, ot a
beloved Pastor, the severed ties of beloved
kindred, the claims of friendship sudden!)
riven, must be acknowledged u calamity well
calculated to awaken the sympathy of ever/
heart.
The deceased, for the space of nearly 23
years, has filled the high and responsible of
lice of Rector of ChrisvChurch in this city, to
which trust he was wholly, and most zealous
ly devoted, and faithfully labored to perform
all the duties incumbent upon bim,
taining at all times, a deportment worthy f0
be called Christian, even to the end of his lifA
Now these labors are ended, the woik on
earth is finished,the mortal coil cast aside, and
the Spirit passed from time, and attained * t3
everlasting reward. But, oh ! how f, tuo
ning, how overwhelming falls this b*rea' c ’
rnentupon an affectionate congregation, rf^a
tiyes and friends, and all who appi'® c ' a * e °
excellence of his character.
The participant of their sorrows as well as
their joys is remembered. Their counsol
lor, their earthly shepherd is taken
Rndlhey weep, but for themselves alone, t 8
they shall see his face no more, never a o
hear that loved, that familiar voice on lßrt
He needs no tear, his is a blissful P° rII ’
a blessed exchange- but the tuefi nc
pleusure is left of cherishing the ,nenl °
him we loved , of dwelling upon his
of profiting by his Christian example, s0
in the end, death may be met peacefu J
calmly.