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About A Friend of the family. (Savannah, Ga.) 1849-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1851)
whom there Vos in s"” e so dee P a 6, “ Ah'” s-iiil Kiln. “if she would but let me pity hg like the rest. I will put her ... th ■**’ when she comes back; her heart will be soft end then. I ,lm ' w “Y g™ around her neck, and make her love me.” . . . , Flla wa? nrri long in meeting with an opportunity for Irving the ex periment. in consequence of the Mov brav rectory passing intoother j, an( fc, Lillie Cawthorne returned to school earlier than had been ex pected. A universal welcome announced her arrival, for there was not a heart but had beat kindly in her absence, for her sorrcws.il not exactly for herself; and the meeting again under her present circumstances, with those who had shared her happier hours, was very naturally an a fleeting one to all. — Dressed in deep mourning, and really softened down by the sad scenes through which she had so lately passed, touched also to ten derness by the warm and sympa thetic reception which awaited her, Miss Cawthorne never had appeared so amiable as on this occasion ; so that even the younger chhildren, grown almost fearless, hung about her neck and kissed her pale cheeks, until she began to smile through her tear 5 , half-flattered, half-em barrassed, bv the pertinacity with which they each claimed -her no tice, at the same lime that they struggled to convince her of t .car love. Ella was the last to approach, not because she did not wish to impress her kiss amongst the rest upon that faded face, which looked so haggard now, surrounded as it was, by heavy folds of crape; but because she was afraid, and trembled so that she scarcely could draw near the former object of her terror, now the centre of attraction. And thus she waited, and still waited, so long that the first warm gu>h of real feeling had passed b\ T ANARUS, and the old sharp look had come again into Lillie Cawthotne’s bright, black eyes. — Bat Ella came at last, slowly, and softly, and without a word. She also felt it a privilege to fold her arms around the orphan daughter's neck; and having once done so, she pressed that hitherto untouched figure closer and closer to her heart, while her face was almost hidden under the dark bonnet, and her kisses were falling like a shower. It seemed in fact as if Ella would not let hc% enemy go until she had made a friend of her. And yet she spoke not, but h< Id her still—young heart to heart. What was to sepa rate them after this? “ A lightly uttered careless wonl.” This was the potent spell which broke the enchantment. Had th° embrace been mutua , even this and more might have been tried in vain ; but the almost passionate warmth with which Lila clung to the form of one whom she would fain have compelled to be her friend, was not returned—in all probability it was not felt in any other way than a fa tigue, or an incumbrance; for the sharp look coming back again into the bright black eyes, had brought with it all the acidity of Lillie’s former nature. Slightly endeavor ing to withdraw her person from this embrace, and finally disengaging one arm, she pushed back her young companion, saving as she did so, in her most sarcastic tone, and with an extraordinary elevation of her pointed nose, “ Ah! I smell oranges. I wonder what they are selling at in the city.” It was not necessary to say more. The softly folded arms fell off’ from her neck, the lips which pressed her check grew stiff’ and cold. In another second Ella had retreated, and stood far oft-—farther than any other of the girls. There were not wanting, however, some who lauahed at this rude arest, and thought it piquant and droll ; but the greater number stood still, ashamed, and repelled by the glar ing bad taste of the remark, to say nothing of its cruelty ; a very few looked pityingly towards Ella, who still stood apart with drooping head, and arms hanging listlessly beside, her, endeavouring to hush the sobs which almo tconvulsed, and to bide the tears which fell in torrents. Lillie Cawthrne felt she that had done wrong, or rather she felt that she had risked her popularity, and she deternined to be wiser another time; but she had not the gener osity to try to heal the little bleed ing heart which she had so cruelly crushed and wounded. Ella slow ly retired into the garden, keep ing her tearful eyes turned awav as she went. One—two —nay three girls followed her; a whole party went out after a while, when Lillie could not see them. The rest kept their allegiance, still surround ed the throne of their former sove reign, or they run off in different directions,pleased]to executeffier or ders, and then came hack to sun themselves in her favour as before. When they were alone, and her friends were assisting her to unpack her trinkets, Lillie owned to them that she had done wrong, and that her jesting had been out of place. They thought it very noble in her to say so, and their good opinion of her rose still higher when she went on to say that she was sorry it had happened so; that her nerves were much weakened, that she had no alternative but jesting or hysterics; and she chose the former as being less distressing to her friends. All this was thought by the friends in return to be very sweet and good in Lillie, and they all kissed her over again, and were so long about it, that she had gently to withdraw their attention from her person toiler trunks, and the unpacking was re sumed accordingly. Whether Miss Cawthorne was really sorry for the part she had acted towards her school compan ion, or whether her recent affliction had softened her feelings towards all, certain it is that for some time after the death of her father, she was more uniformly mild in her temper, good-natured in her sar casm, ami inoffensive even to those who were riot of her party. Could Ella More have been con vinced that there was any depth or reality in this change ; could she have so far forgotten the past as to trust to the ‘present, and hope in the future; she would have been one of the first in the school both to welcome the change, and to show that site did so. But while Ella frit no resentment for what had taken place —it was not in her na ture to cherish resentment against any one—while she cordially for gave the personal injury to herself, she could noieven now feel safe in the presence of her former enemy. She could not forget that she had been scornfully lepulsed, thrown back, cast off, and almost trampled upon, at the very moment when her own heart was overflowing with gen nine tenderness. In the society of her old enemy, then, however placid might he Lillie’s manner, or smooth the surface of their inter course, she felt like one who treads on ice ; and u ho, having once found the footing false, the. slippery sur face yielding, crashing, yawning, until cold deep waters rolled around, draws hack, refuses to proceed, and naturallv shrinks terrified from any approach to the same catastrophe again. But still that mourning dress af fected Lila’s seeings deeply. She often thought, too, what.it must be to stand alone in the world at Lil lie’s age, without a parent’s root to shelter her, without a parent’s heart to appeal to, in perplexity or distress. Not that Miss Cawthorne was left destitute of other comforts. She took the precaution to make it known throughout the school that she was amply provided for ; but Ella thought little of this, in com parison witji the provisions of par ental love. Thus not unfrequently, when she looked up and thought that Lillie’s countenance was more than usually sad, her own eyes’ fil led with tears, which she wou'tl willingly have shed upon the or phan's neck, but dared not. Ah, we know not half the loving-kind ness that is around us, and await ing our acceptance,'at the very time that we are abusing the world for its oddness and ingratitude. Once, and once, only, was Ella More on fhc point of breaking through her habitual reserve in this quarter. It was a rare occurrence, but it so happened that Miss Caw thorne had been left alone in the garden. She was reading under the shadow of a beech tree in a very retired part of the grounds, and Ella came silently upon the spot without knowing that she was there. Surprised, and hulf-frighl tened, Ella drew back. She had some beautiful flowers in her hand —a rose, a sprig of heliotrope, a carnation. She wondered which Lillie would like best. She looked at one, and then another, drew them out singly from her hand, then re placed them in a bouquet, and thought she would offer them alto gether. But she was still 100 much afraid. Ihr heart beat violently. She feared it might be heard, and thus betray her ; she stood on tiptoe behind the trunk of the large tree under which Lillie was seated. She could just see the face of her enemy without being seen herself. She fancied it looked unusually pale and sad ; and then she had been left alone—quite alone. There was sadness in the very thought of that, to Ella’s mind ; she was so social herself so sympathizing, and so fond of being loved. Whenever it occurred that the slightest sensation of pity towards Lillie Cawthorne -crossed Ella’s mind, she felt as if she loved her, too, and there is no doubt but she would at this moment have given her whole garden, her flowers, her jewels, her watch, and everything she possessed in the world, it the slightest inclination had been expressed for anything, or all that washers. But no; she dared not advance upon her own responsibility. She dare not risk the fatal experiment again, even where there was no eye to witness it but her own. So, after standing for a few moments longer unobserved, she laid her lit tle nosegay down upon the grass, where she fancied Lillie would be sure to observe and take it up ; and then she quietly withdrew to an other part of the garden, from ! whence she could watch and see whether Lillie picked up her flow ers or not. Ella hal not long to, wait. In deed she had scarcely effected her retreat before Lillie closed her book, arose from her seat, arid turn ing into the path on which the flow ers were laid, walked deliberate over them ; when, feeling some thing under her foot, she paused a moment, looked down, and then kicked the hapless nosegay over a low box edge into a bed of cab bages. Lillie Cawthorne was not in fault for this. She knew not who had placed the nosegay in her path; she scarely knew they were flowers that she was treating so un graciously ; for she had not natur ally a quick eye for flowers, slill less a loving one. Generally speak ing, ihey grew around her feet un heeded. She was, therefore, in the present instance, far from being chargeable with any fault; yet deeply did poor Ella feel this mal occurrenee, almost as deeply as il (he indignity had been intended ; and from this time she never again attempted to introduce herself un der <tnv favourable auspices to the notice of Lillie Cawthorne. Indeed, it is more than probable that any such attempt, however cordially and even pleasantly, made, would have failed in produc ing the desired result; lor no soon er had the spirit of Miss Cawthorne regained their accustomed tone, than she renewed all her old hosti lities against Ella, and even carried on this offensive but unprovoked warfare with additional virulence and point. It seemed almost as if the matured character of Ella, her evidently-increasing and unfolding beauty, and her skill in the different accomplishments which she was so rapidlv acquiring, all tended to em bitter the shafts of irony and spleen which her enemy was perpetually directing against her; and while Ella felt them less because of her improved position in the school, and because of the few faithful friends which time and patience had effectually secured for her, she still felt them too much for her peace of mind, and indeed for her contentment at a school, where she would otherwise have been extreme ly happy. From some cause or other, then, about this time Ella More became subject to a degree of home-sick ness, which threatened both her mental and physical health. She thought the cause was owing to in creased anxietv about her father, who was suffering from a second accident, the consequence of habi tual weakness, brought on by the first; and Ella, possessed with the idea of going home to nurse him, and indeed with all kinds of atnai ble and affectionate thoughts, so worked upon her mother us finally to effect her removal from a school where she had endured much suf fering where she had just begun to understand how much site had yet to learn ; but where she had made little progress in that most impor tant of all lessons, which was to teach her the knowledge of her own heart. To be Continued. jlUurflhinq. A Curious Fact. —fl’he crocodile, in feeding on the banks of the Nile, or basking in the sun, is very much annoyed by what Herodotus calls bdella. The inside of his mouth is lined with them. All birds, one alone excepted, fly from the croco dile; but that bird, the trochilos, on the contrary, ilies to him ermerly, and renders him a great service : for every time the crocodile lands to rest himself, and stretches himself out with open jaws the trochilos en ters his month, which it clears of the bdella it finds there. The codile is grateful, and never does any injury to this little bi and, from which it receives so good an office. This was, till receentlv, discredited as a fiction <*f Aristotle and Plinv, but recent inquiries established the fact. The term bdella does not signify a leech, as was supposed, but is a kind of gnat, myriads of which insect swarm on the banks of the Nile. These insects striks their trunks into the orifices of the glands which abound in the mouth of the crocodile, and its tongue be ing immovable, he cannot get rid of them. It is then that the trochilos, a kind of little ring-plover which pursues the gnats everywhere, has tens to his relief and dislodges his troublesome enemies,and that with out any danger to itself; the croco dile always taking care, when he is about to strut Ids mouth, to make certain movements which warn the bird to flv away. I admire wit as do the wind. When it shakes the trees it is fine ; when it cools the wave it is refresh ing; when it steals over the flowers it is enchanting ; but when it v\ histies ill rough the keyhole, it is unpleasant. — Bulwcr. 1 ’V ■ ■ The planet Saturn, which moves in its orbit twenty-two thousand five hundred miles an hour, is more than three hours in moving the length of his diameter. A man moves the length of his in a second. A Particularly Sorrow Escape.— A back-woods-tflan finding the population was getting too dense for him, determined to cross the Mississippi and squat somewhere. In course of bis journey, he got on board of a steamer, and commenced a series of questions at the engineer. The latter smoked him at once, and with that spirit of mischief so pre valent amongst old boatmen, he de termined to have some fun at the Green-horn’s expense. So, leading him on under a pretense ol unveiling to him the mysteries ol his craft, he. placed him at last just under the safety valve. Suddenly giving it a pull he let off a tremendous jet ol steam. The countryman, hearing the terrific noise, and seeing the rush of steam, very naturally con cluded that this was one of those “blow ups” of which he had heard so much ; rushing tit the top ot his speed to the stern of the boat, over board he went with one brave bound, and as he tamo up from his dive, after shaking his head like a huge Newfoundland-dog, and spurt ing the water from his mouth, he struck out boldly for the shore tit the same time singing out to his, friend :—'‘Abe, she’s burst to thun der, but I ain’t hurt, old feller!” When 1 was in Malta in ISO-5, says Coleridge, there happened a drunken squabble on the road from Valette to St. Antonio, between a party of soldiers and another of sailors. ‘They were brought be fore me the next morning, and the great effect which their intoxication had produced on their memory, and the little or no effect on their courage in giving evidence, may be seen bv the following specimen. ‘The sol diers swore that the sailors were the first aggressors, and had assaul ted them with the following words: “ your eves! who Stops the line of march there?” The sail ors with equal vehemence and un animity averred, that the solders were the first aggressors, and had burst in on them, calling, out — “Heave to, you lubbers! or we’ll run you down.” Will some of vonrcorrespondents explain the origin of ilie* phrase, “grinning like a Cheshire cat?” The ingenious th -orvof somebody, i forget who that Cheshire is a county palatine, and that the cats, when they think es it, are so tick led that they can’t help grinning is not quite satisfactory.— Sates and Queries. Dr. Pease was once at dinner, w hen just as the cloth was removed, the subject ol discourse chanced to be that of extraordinary mortality among the banisters. “We have lost,” said a gentlemen, “six emi nent barristers in six months.” The dean, who was quite deaf, rose at this moment, and gave the compa ny grace —“For this and every oth er merev, make us truly thankful.” Win. W. Story, son of the late Justice Story, has reqentlv returned from a three years’ residence in Pome, wh re he has been pursuing his studies ns a sculptor. He has brought home with him to Boston a number of classical models, being the fruits of liis labors abroad. A copy of ibe bust of his father, ex ecuted by him before he went to Europe, has been ordered by the admirers of Judge Story in Loudon, which is to be placed, when finish ed, in one of the Inns of Court. There tire three hues of sub-ma rine telegraph wires in working ol der under the Hudson river, four under the Connecticut, two under the Delaware, and eight under the Harlem river. All coated with gut ta percha. And one on O' Reilly’s line, under the river at Chicago. The new edition of the writings of Daniel Webster, to comprise his various Political Speeches, Diplo matic Correspondences, Speeches at the Bar, Orations, &e., will ex pend to six or seven octavo volumes. It will be an important coniribution to our national and historical lite rature. A regular steam communication is about to be opened between San Francisco and the Sandwich Is lands. A steamer from these Is lands to Canton will complete the westward route to the Celestrials. Guizot, the celebrated statesman, has returned to Paris, where he takes up his winter quarters. He anticipates the early recall of the Bourbons to the throne of France. Hood was the parent of that un conscious remark of the child of a drunkard, who was said to take af ter his father. “ Ah, father leaves nothing afterwards to take.” Corregio, the illustrious painter, is said to have been born arid bred, and to have lived and died in ex treme poverty. Il is stated that he came to his death at the early age of forty, from the fatigue of carrying home a load of halfpence paid for one of his immortal works. A number of skeletons of human beings, pieces of earthenware and Indian utensils, were recently dis covered on the banks of the river Dan, in North Carolina. The Homestead Bill, —'The Home stead bill before Congress provides for giving to every head of a family, who is a citizen of the United Slates, one hundred and sixty ac r es of land out of the public domain. The Republic, toough not opposing the bill suggests a doubt of its propri ety, and savs one effect of the law will be to destroy any advantages that might have been expected by our soldiers from the Bounty Land Law of last session. No head of a family would pay the soldier any thing for his warrant or his land if he could get his one hundred and sixty acres for nothing. A Tall. One. —A young man has arrived in Boston from St. Johns, who is seven feel four and a half inches high, fifty-six inches circum ference round the breast,and weigh ing three hundred and fifty-six pounds. He* is a Scotchman, aged nineteen, but for some tune past a resident of Nova Sco'ia. Didn't Like the Jug. —A wealthy, popular and gay young gentleman once boasted that he could walk home with anv one of the members of a. certain division of the Daugh ters ot Temperance, from church: accordingly he, after services were over the next Sabbath, spruced up to a fair damsel, and, with a polite bow tendered his arm The young lady, as bv instinct, drew back as from a serpent and exclaimed : “iVe, sir! I'll never put, my arm (hr v<rh another jug handle as Ions; as I lire P It was Chapman, the Philadel phia surgeon, who rang the bell and said that good thing at the expense of Norton, the player on the trumpet, who, with his.baek to the chimney, was spreading himself and cover ing the hearth, to the exclusion of the company —“ Waiter, 1 say, lake that blower from the fire.” To make people smart, all that’s necessary is to throw them upon their own resources. A wild tur key knows more in a moment than a tame one would dream of in a year, and all because he has to de pend for safety on his own ingenui ty rather than the ingenuity of a farmer. Safety and plenty are the worst friends that genius ever asso ciated with. At a recent trial in Wisconsin, the subject of controversy was a demi john of whiskey which was ordered to be brought into court. The de tetulant was tried, and so was the whiskey—in other words, the w his key was drunk and so was the j jry r . It is a great and common sin through the Christian world to take up religion in a w ay of faction, and instead of love and tender care for the universal church, to confine their love and respect to a party. — Baxter. Dr. Cartwright, the inventor of the powerloom, used to amuse him self occasional!y with writing son nets, and gave as a reason for favor ing this species of composition, that it was admirably suited to the re-, sources of a snperannoted poe , whase brain w ill not bear more than fourteen strokes of the poetical pump, before the resrevoir is ex hausted. Out of —A writer in the New- Haven Ohronicle savs the words out of are the worst in the language when one is out of patience and out of money. He says his wife tells him she is out of sugar one day, out of coffee the next, out of tea the next, out of flour the next, and finally out of spirits. The words we think are very good words, and decidedly the best in the language, when one is out of debt, out of trouble, and out of jail. If a man has a smoky house and a scolding wife, out of doors is no bad place. An Army of IVomen. —Paris pa pers contain accounts from Tehe ran, Persia. giving an account of the execution of the chief of the sect of the Babins at that capital. One of the dogmas of this sect was the social equalit y of man and wom an, and its followers having taken u;> arms in defence of their creed, were aided by a regiment of about one thousand women, who are re presented to have used their mus kets with very considerable effect in the engagements which took place with the royal troops, although ultimately overpowered. Don't JVait —‘Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to day,’ said an advising mother to her child. ‘Well, then, mammy, let’s eat the cranberry pie that’s in the safe,’ was the child’s precocious reply. A Conundrum by a little boy only seven years of age. —Why is an um brella like a Scotch shower? Be cause the moment it rains it’s mis sed. Early Talent. — John Bennie, the distinguished engineer, had at the early age of ten years made the model of a windmill,a Steam engine, and a pile engine, the last of w hich is said to have exhibited a degree of practical dexterity very wonder ful at the modeller’s age. (Central Untrlltgrnrt. s j Homestead Exemption Laws have been enacted in Maine and Vermont. The entire population of Phila delphia county is 406,35S, —the n umber of houses G 0 ,775, —the num ber of families 71,905. The public debt of*the United States on the 30th November, was $64,223,238. It is in contemplation in Edin burgh to employ paupers in the cul tivation of waste lands. The present strength of the army in Ireland is 25,000. The number of persons exiled from Rome, since the return of the Pope, is 36,000. Population Nashville. —W bites 10.000; Slaves, 1500; suburbs, 6,- 000. Total 17,500. Three persons recently killed fif tv-fivp alligators in one hour, on the Red river in Lousiana. The estimated expenses of the Government for the year ending: 30th June, 1842, are 848,124,000. According to ihe State valuation, the property in Massachusetts is es timated to be worth, $500,000,000. The expenditures and liabilities t hargeuble directly to the Mexican war, and die acquisition of territory consequent upon the treaty of peace amounts to $217,175,575. The food, raiment, furniture, kc. consumed in this country, amounts to about SIOO for each individual. From $6 to .$7 are of foreign pro ductions. The first article sent to the New York Navy Yard to be forwarded to the World’s Fair, is a lump of Iron Ore, weighing about a ton and a half. The Mormons have formed a treaty “'offensive and defensive” with the Utah” Indians, many of ■ •’ whom have been baptized into Ibe Mormon faith. The Sons of Temperance in New Jersey have 117 Divisions, and 6- 010 members. They have $28,000 securely invested, and paid during the last quarter for benefits and funeral expenses, $1,914 85. Copper Minis. —The amount of Copper in the rough, which was sent Lake Superior, in the year FSSO, is estimated at 2,050,000 ton-. About 1000 operatives will be employed during the winter. . In 1553. when the next Presideti rial term begins. Mr. Clav will be seventy-six, Daniel Webster seven tv-one. Mr. Benton seventy-one and General Scott sixty-nine. Mr. Bu chanan being a bachelor, it is not thought delicate to allude to his years. There are in Lowell, Mass. 12 manufacturing companies, with a capital siock of $13,210,000. The number of mills is 40; spindles, 329.545 ; looms, 9,985; females employed,-3.7 14 ; cot tor. con-urned per week, 653.0G0 lbs.: wool per week. 95.000 lbs. A Singular Tree. —Tn the Island of Goa, near Bombay, there is a singular vegetable—‘‘the sorrowful tree”—because U only flourishes in the night. At sunset, no flowers are to be seen, and vet, balfan hour after, it is quite full of them. They yield a sweet smell, but the sun no sooner begins to shine upon them, than some of them fall off, and olliers close up ; and thus it contin ues {lowering in the night during the whole year. African Travellers. —The two Ger man travellers Overheck and Barth, who accompanied the expedition ot Richardson lo the interiorof Africa, have been heard of. A report re ceived at Berlin, dated the lGth of August, left them 300 miles south east of ‘Tripoli, where they intend ed to await the leaminaiion of the rainv season ; they were preparing ‘canoes, which can he carried by camels, and used to cross rivers.— The travellers are assisted hv con tributions both from the King and the Geographical Society of Berlin. Atrocious Attempt to blow up a Ship (f War. —Advices received by the West India Mail states that on the 24th of August. 1850, in lat.2S deg. S., 126 deg. 23 min. W., Muir, gun ner’s mate of Her Majesty’s ship “ Swift,” being reprimanded for neglect of duty, went to the galley lire, lit a slow match, and was dis covered bv the corporal of marines entering the magazine, with the in tention of blowing up the ship ! Muir was kept in irons tiil his arri val ot Valparaiso, when he con trived lo make his escape. A law prevailed at Thebes, says AristoiJe, in hisPolotics, which for bade any tradesman who had not shut up shop more than ten years, from holding any public office. “ \ou had better ask for manners than money,” said a finely dressed gentleman to a beggar boy, who had asked for alms. “ 1 asked for what I thought you had the most of,” was the boy's reply. FRIEND OF THE FAMILY J- PURSE, - Proceedings cf Council - Special ing. et ‘ Savannah, Jan. G Pursuant l ” Uw Board „ ss . m! |p ., ■l.O oloctirai of Harbor Master, He,|„, o ffi cer. and V endue Master. Present. Ins Honor, R. Wayne, \J HVf Aldermen Posey, Turner, Lippmap, M ‘„ 1 i}. Screven. Griffin, Cuaiming, \\L * O Bryne. and Purse. kl ‘ r ’ The following was the result of the e]< 110,1: Hh,W Master, John Makin; li'u Officer, Dr. Charles Ganalil; Vendue M ters—Samuel P- Pell, Ootavus C„', Thomas J. Wa’sh. • ‘ B ’ Resolution Read and Adopted. By Alderman Purse, seconded by AIJ man Mallery— ‘ ‘ “ er ’ Ilesolved. That the Mayor be a ul h„ rize j. apply to the Governor of Georgia f„ r g| b! ‘ IIs ’ &c ’’ furthe Qs ® of the Crty THE FiiiEii) OF TilEliE S\\A XA A 11, JA N L ARY j j chance visit to the music store of Messrs F Zoe baum & Cos., where we were afforded an opportunit yof seeing and hearing some of the finest piano fortes that we remember to have met with. Although we do not pre tend to an acute critical judgement in mug|. cal matters, we still claim to have a tnu| tuned to harmony, and certainly think that the eye and ear must be fastidious indeed, that cannot find full gratification in the iustr* meets offered by these gentlemen ; and we are pleased to learn that our opinion is fully sustained by our musical people. Their in creased business is the best evidence of this fact, and it. is a source of pride and pleasure to us to say that we have in our midst n mu sical establishment that chu fully compete with that of any city. One great advantage possessed by them, is that tile resident part ner is himself a professed musician, and can therefore afford every assistance in the selec tion of music and instruments. Savannah Port Society. Our readers will find in another column notice of the auual tneetihg of this truly be nevolent association. It is scarcely necessary for us to state that the object is to furnish preaching to the Seamen who frequent our port. For the past three years it has been chiefly sustained by {he exertions of the La dies, who have anually held a fair, the pro ceeds of which, amounting to about SolO per anum, together with the contributions of the members, has supplied the church with a pastor. # But other ways and means should be da vised to place the matter upon a firmer ba sis. Every merchant is directly interested in the welfare of the Seamen, ns well n every Christian, and they ought to take an active interest in the support of the Mari ner's preacher. The Campbell Minstrels Will give their last Concert this Evening, and if you have not seen them, don’t let the opportunity pass of enjoying a good hearty laugh for so small a compensation. The hu diences have been very select, arid as large as the Hall would accommodate each evening. They are deserving of patronage, for every thing they undertake is well performed, and the execution in the Burlesque Italian Opera would not do discredit to the Simon Pure. The Athenaeum. We dropped in on Wednesday Evening to see Pmul Pry, and was pleased at the spirit with which it was performed, nd the audi ence, which was a large one, manifested their approbation by repeated plaudits. Madame Biangy, the danscusc, has arrived, and will soon appear. The Republican says:—“ Mad’He B- is nu artist of unquestionable distinguished repu tation—one of the best that the European schools have ever sent to these shores. presume she will draw good houses. Sale of City Lots. The wise policy of the present Fofl’J 11 Aldermen was fully illustrated on ‘1 liursih/ last at the sale of a portion of the ?pri> ! -‘ field Plantation, recently purchased by city for $27, 840. The tract contains D ® acres, 50 acres divided into 16 lots, sold t‘ r $14,200. ‘1 he increased value is oW ‘ u ° principally to the drainage and impr ,ve,rip: ‘ and the general prosperity of the city 1 ‘ expansion of business which has doubtless * bearing upon the vnlueof real estate. I |lC ° npxion with the subject,we may state.tb !lt ‘'j* Bonds of the city are selling at 5 per'■ tD ’ premium. The Central Rail Road. This Road is now doing a fine* US ‘ „ as the exhibit below for the month of cembcr will show. The new iron hna nearly all laid, and the Road is in e * ce^,e order. , Abstract of the earnings of the C [ n ‘ •Rail Road, for December, 1850, coini ,, ' ie with December, 1849 : 1849. 1650. Up thro’ freight, 11,571 15 17,659 27 6 > ’ * “ wa y “ 3,957 97 6,888 66 2,930 Down thro’ “ a>,467 07 32, 96 83 way 11.466 23 14,734 45 3,2 M Up thro* passage, 2,233 62 2,870 64 Down“ ■* 1,360 48 2,094 j 9 ‘ Up way “ 1,736 85 3,1>95 83 ’ Down “ “ 1,650 53 Mail*, 1,600 00 l, 600 °° Totat, $71,053 85 $83,731 98 12, No. up thro’ passenger*, 473 & gg M “ down “ “ 250 JL 734” “ up way 1167 770 “ “ down “ “ 973 j*** Bales Cotton through, 19,484 1 ‘ j 623> e . . way, 7,070 8,699 —— Total, 26,550 - 4
