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hold iliis scene again,” she repea
ted ; but she was answered only by
the l'mht “nonsence” of a heart
incapable of nn.v deep or lasting
svmpalhv with hers; and the two
travellers turningiheir horses again
into the path, pursued the remain
der of their way in almost unbro
ken si fence.
]t was in the broad light of a
Scottish summer’s evening that the
two equestrians drew near to the
residence of Mr. Stuart, waich, al
though they had fancied themselves
nearonlv half an hour before, had
appeared to recede from them as
thev descended into the valley. At
last, however, it became quite possi
ble to distinguish any particular ob
ject in the neighborhood of the house,
and the travellers both observed at
once that many persons were stand
ing about the door, as if there had
been a recent arrival, or other dis
turbance o*’ the household, which
brought out the different members
of the family from their various and
customary places of retreat. One
circumstance struck them as being a
little remarkable in connection with
the busy scene before them. It
was that two figures of men stood
upon a green knoll at a little dis
tance, appa r cntly watching their
movements, and even beckoning
them on as if anxious that their
speed should be quickened.
“I do believe,” said Frazer Cun
ningham, ‘‘that one of those gentle
men is Mr. Stuart come back, and
if so, I shall be off with to-mor
row’s sunrise.”
“Who can the other be? said
Ella. “He looks to me like a small
man in black.”
“The village schoolmaster, 1
should think,” observed her com
panion, “ but what business the fel
low has to be milking signals to us,
like a scarecrow on a vvindv day,
is more than I can tell.”
“ What a pity we went out this
morning,” said Ella, as a sudden
tremor seized her.
“Fitv! why?” exclaimed the
young gentleman. “1 see no pity
at all in the case. But stay, Miss
More, I beg of you to stay one mo
ment. It is impossible that man
should have any business with
you.”
Acting upon a kind of instinctive
impulse, Ella had suddenly sprung
from her saddle to the ground.
She seemed to want only to get rid
altogether of the animal which she
had no business to be riding; and
still keeping her eye fixed upon the
thin figure in black, she looked as
if preparing to direct her steps to
wards the little hill on which
the two forms had been standing.
Now, however, the figures were ad
vancing, and that at so rapid a
speed, that Ella met them face to
face before she had taken many
steps in the direction of the house.
The fact proved to be exactly what
Ella’s quick apprehension had sug
gested. The figure in black was
Mr. Stevens.
It was indeed Mr. Stevens in his
own grave person, now more
grave than ever, and Ella’s heart
sunk within her as her quick eye de
tected, not only an unusual amount
of importance in his manner, but an
unwonted quivering of his lip when
he began to speak to her. Hi?
voice had the same dry monotonous
tone, however, which characteris
ed all its expressions, and he only
said, as he drew near, that he had
been sent ofi by Mrs. More to bring
her daughter home immediately,
“ for that—for that”—the poor man
evidently did not know how to
find words for what he had to
say.
“ My father is worse !” enclaim
ed Ella. “ 1 know he is worse !”
J here has been,” continued
Mr. Stevens, “ some apprehen
sion of a stroke, but when I left
him, he appeared quiet—very
quiet.”
“Now, tell me,” said Ella, very
earnestly, as she laid her hand up
on the arm of Mr. Stevens, “what
ever you do, toil me the truth—is
mv father dead ?”
“O <le:\r! no;” replied Mr.
Stevens, looking terrified, alike with
the suggestion, and the young la
dy's manner—“ by no means, Miss
More, but there is, I should sav,
considerable reason ”
“ I will go with you immediate
ly*” exclaimed Ella, not allowing !
bun time to finish ihe sentence he
had begun. “ You have brought
a carriage,” she added, rather
sharply.
“Oh, dear! yes;” replied Mr.
Stevens, “ and every accommoda
tion—sofa cushions, pillows, and
even a small inatirass for the injur
ed limb which has detained you so
long.”
The good man said this with ap
parent unconsciousness of the ab
surdity of all such accommodation
on behalf of one who had just been
taking her own pleasure on horse
back ; but although he was himself
too much occupied with the one
source of anxiety which constituted
a theme of momentous importance
to him, and thus did not perceive the
discrepancy between the means and
the occasion, Ella saw and felt it all
—felt it to her utmost soul, and while
the eyes ol Mr. Stuart were fixed
full upon her face, her own filled
with tears of shame no less than
sorrow, and as she stood blushing
©
there, she almost wished the earth
would open, and swallow her up.
It was indeed a moment fraught
with many agonies, for though the
whole of the Stuart family were
doubly kind on this occasion, and no
single office of the most affectionate
tenderness was wanting, there were
eyes which Ella could not look into
for shame and grief,and which she
consequently imagined to be regar
ding her with glances of contempt,
reproach, and condemnation. Es
pecially when all was ready 7 , for
Mr. Stevens had assured them that
not a moment should be lost, and
when a carriage came to the door so
stuffed with the aforesaid cushions
and pillows, as to look more like a
bed than a travelling conveyance,
Ella's cheek flushed again with a
deeper crimson, and, drawing
down her veil, she scarcely allowed
herself to return those cordial tare
wells which reached her ear from
every side, still less to express the
gratitude which was due to those
who had borne so patientlv with
her faults, and had made her al
together so happy.
Not that Ella was altogether wan
ting in gratitude of the heart. She
knew well how much she owed the
Stuarts, but a sense of bitterness
was on her lip, of humiliation and
agony in her heart, and therefore it
was that she could not speak on
any pleasant theme. She could
not say how much she had enjoyed,
nor how gratifying had been to her
ihe untiring kindness of her friends.
Still less could she sav, how con
scious she felt of their having had
much — too much to bear with in her,
and much which she almost feared
they could not pardon even now.
But the severest trial was when
forgiving all the past folded
her fondly as ever in her arms, evi
dently to indicate bv that silent but
expressive embrace, how entire was
the charity, affection, and good-will,
with which she parted from one
who had wantonly scattered bitter
drops into her cup, and even smil
ed while she drank them with un
wavering patience. The warm
kisses of this injured friend were
now upon her cheek, her faithful
arms were around her neck. Ah,
what would not Ella at that mo
ment, to have given, to have wiped
away the humiliating past, and
stamped it afresh with nobler
characters of fidelity and truth !
A strange kind of terror which
hung about her heart had prevented
Ella from weeping before, but she
wept now ; and while struggling to
restrain her sudden overflow of
tears, she whispered earnestly to her
friends—“Oh, Agnes, my dear
Agnes, do forgive me—do pity me
—do love me still!”
There w r as something to be done
in the adjustment of the carriage
which rendered the delay of a few 7
moments unavoidable. Agnes made
use of the occasion to draw her
friend aside, for there was an ex
pression so humble, imploring, in
Ella’s voice and manner, that all
the tenderness of their affection
was revived, and she longed to im
part to another that comfort to
which her own heart bad for some
time been a stranger.
“ Ella, dearest,” said she, putting
back with her soft hand the scat
tered tresses of her friend, all wet
with tears —“let us part without
an unkind thought. 1 have none
towards you. You are two years
younger than I am, Ella—indeed
yon are quite a child, and as such
we shall always think of you—a
pleasure-loving child, shall 1 say,
dear Ella? I don’t mean it un
kindly, indeed I don’t, if you
could look into my heart you could
see that I did not. But Ella ”
Her lip quivered, a sense of suf
focation altered the cadence of her
voice. Time was pressing, she
tried again to speak, for it was the
simple truth she wished to utter,
and Agnes was a great lover of
truth.
“ But Ella,” she began again,
“do not, dearest, ever more, as long
as you live, Ella, do not seek your
own pleasure at the cost of anoth
er person's pain. I am not speak
ing for myself—it is all past now.
There has come a di tance between
Frazer and me which I never
thought could come; there have
been words upon bis lips which 1
never thought there could have been
when speakirg to me ; and tones in
his voice, and looks in his eyes
Am 1 not childish, Ella?
Os late I have been worse than
childish—l have gone almost
crazy, sometimes ; but l did love
him so , and we were so much to
each other before 3’ou came ! I
don’t think l should have cared so
much if you had been loving him
as l did— at hast I hope I should not;
but 1 knew all the time you were
not what w 7 as agony to me
was mere pastime to you. I know 7 ,
dear Ella, how, beautiful, how cap
tivating, you are, and I make every
allowance for that. I know too,
what a plain, unpleasing girl I arn,
compared with you, and I make
aliow 7 anee for that too. I blame
nobody. I love you from the bot
tom of my heart, and I only wish
that in some things I was like you.
But Ella, dear, do you think he will
ever love me again as he used to
love me ? Do you think we shall
ever be again to each oilier what
we were before you came ?”
“Oh, yes!” said Ella, raising
her eyes to those of her friend, and
repeating her words with deeper
earnestness every time.
“ You don’t know— you don’t un
derstand it,” said Agnes, her lip
again quivering with an emotion
which she strove in vain to over
come. “But see, the carriage is
ready now. I wish I could give you
as much comfort to take along with
you, as I must have given you pain ;
but comfort and l seem to have shak
en hands, and parted for awhile.”
As Agnes said this, she tried to
smile through her tears. It was a
vain attempt—like sunshine strug
gling through a deepening cloud;
and the last impression which Ella
retained of her countenance bore
the impress of a sorrow more acute
than language could possibly have
described.
Still there was something concil
iating to the minds of both in this
short, confiding, but must painful
interview : and Agnes treasured in
her memory, with all faithfulness,
everything she could gather from
the language, looks, and manner of
her friend, of a redeeming charac
ter. She had need of all for this
was not the last time that the par
don of Ella’s faults demanded the
utmost stretch of her forbearance,
and charity.
It was astonishing how little the
young traveller appeared to think
at this sad moment of departure,
of him who had been the gay com
panion of so many bright and sun
ny hours ; and yet he stood amongst
the friends who breathed there kind
farewells—stood foremost 100,
amongst those who pressed close up
to the window of the carriage ; but
Ella appeared not to heed, or even
see, that he was there ; and the car
riage actually rolled away, without
a single evidence on her part that he
filled any distinguished place in the
emotion with which she waved her
last adieu.
Scarcely had the sound of the
wheels ol the carriage died away,
before another of lighter construc
tion was conveying one whose heart
was also lighter on the road which
he ought to have been travelling at
least a week before. Frazer Cun
ningham, feeling no longer any in
ducement to delay his departure,
was soon ready to set out ; and,
with his accustomed impatience,
he urged to there utmost speed the
hores and there driver, who had
been sent to convey him express to
his father’s home. It was in no
very cheerful or pleasant mood, tha f
he endured such trifling hindrances
as necessarily occurred on the wav.
lime, with which he had so wan
tonly trifled, seemed now to be his
greatest enemy; the point and
place of duty to which he had ha
ted to direct his thoughts, seemed
now the goal of all his wishes.
On—on he drove, until the deepen
ing night obscured all earthly
tilings —on, until faint glimpses of
telmning light began to dawn be
yond the eastern hills. On—on
—until the castle-crowned heights
of his native city rose dimly on his
view; and then his impatience on
ly seemed to grow with the decreas
ing distance between him and his
father's dwelling.
The rattle of his light vehicle
and panting horses did not reach
the door ol Mr. Cunningham before
the inmates of the household were
awake, and busy. There appear
ed to have been some unusual com
motion in the family, for Mr. Cun
ningham himself was in the hall.
In spite of ali his rattling, driving,
and impatience, Frazer was too
late. The influential gentleman
had left the house just half an hour
before be arrived. The disappoint
ment of the father,his 0 nger, and cha
grin, were, consequently proportion
ed to the blight which he believed
to have fallen upon the prospects of
his son ; and long and bitter were
the reproaches, and recriminations,
which followed on both sides, and
which many successive days did
little to allay.
( Continued next week.)
The Uncertainty of Life. —The
Newark Advertiser, of Wednes
day, records the following affec
ting incident;
An affecting incident occurred
last night in the cars between Tren
ton and the South Trenton depot.
An elderly Irish lady, who had been
sent for in the old country by her
children in South Trenton, arrived
a few days ago in New-York,
whither her two sons went to meet
her, while a daughter remained
at home to prepare for the recep
tion of iheir beloved mother. On
arriving at the depot, and without
the knowledge of any ailment, she
was found to be dead, and she was
borne to “the place just prepared
for an affectionate and joyful meet
ing a corpse, thus furnishing an
other warning commentary upon
the uncertain tenure of life.
Darrynane Abbey, the former
house of Mr. O’Connell, has been
the theatre of a sheriff’s sale !
1 he whole of the household goods
was sold for a little more than
.£364 ! The furniture of the Liber
ator’s own chamber and slate bed
sold for £3. Bs. 6Ur
A Hare Patrimony .--A young man
of Nuremburg, who had no fortune,
requested a lawyer, a friend of his,
to recommend him to a family
where he was a daily visitor, and
where there was a handsome daugh
ter, who was to have a large fortune.
The lawyer said he did not exactly
know, but he would inquire.
The next time he saw his young
friend, he asked him if he had any
property at all.
‘No’ replied he
‘Well,’ said the lawyer, ‘would
you suffer any one to cut off your
nose, if he would give you twenty
thousand dollars for it!’
(What an idea!)
‘Not for the world!’
‘’Tis well,’ replied the lawyer,’ I
had a reason for asking.’
o a
The next time he saw the girl’s
father, he said:
T have inquired about the young
man’s circumstances. He had, in
deed, no ready money, but he has
a jewel, for which, to my know
ledge, he has been offered and re
fused twenty thousand dollars.’
This induced the old father to
consent to the marriage, which ac
cordingly took place; though it is
said that in the sequel he often
shook his head when he thought of
the jewel!— Ex. jut per.
To Cure Hams. —Cover the bot
tom of the cask with coarse salt, lay
on the hams with the smooth or skin
side down, sprinkle over fine salt,
then another layer hams, and so con
tinue until the cask is full. This
ought to be of the larger kind. A
cask holding G 4 gallons is small
enough, and it would be better if it
held 120 gallons. Make a brine in
the following proportions : 6 gallons
water, 9 pounds salt, 4 pounds
brown sugar, 3 ounces saltpetre, 1
ounce saleratus. Scald and skim,
and, when cold, pour the brine into
the cask until the hams are com
pletely covered. The hams should
remain in this pickle at least three
months, and a little longer time
would do them no harm.
Consumption in Horses. —Mr. Per
cival,the great English veterinarian,
says, “pulmonary disorders carry
oft more horses than all other disea
ses.” Though this is probably an
over estimate of mortality from that
source,when we consider how much
sudden changes of temperature and
checked perspiration injure man,
why may we not suppose that
many horses are killed by it : and
hence we should perceive and act
upon the propriety of attending
more to the condition of the horse
when turned out nr otherwise ex
posed to sudden changes from heat
to cold. The Spaniards have a
saying that a draft of air “that will
blow out a candle will kill a man,”
but we think nothing of putting a
horse, however much healed, in a
stable with a draft of cold air com
ing on him from without.
Prof. Olmsted, of New Haven,
has discovered that one pound of
rosin and three pounds of lard,
when stirred together, become semi
fluid at 72 deg. Fahrenheit. The
mass melts at 90 degrees, and will
remain transparent and limpid at
that temperature.
During the year that has closed
there were launched at Pittsburgh,
fifty-two Steamboats intended for
paekelsonthe Western waters, and
two steamships destined as packets
between New York and the West
Indies.
Mr. Bancroft, the Historian, has
estimated that at least one-third of
the while population of the Uni
ted States are directly descended
from the twentv-tw 7 o thousand Puri
tan emigrants w ho first settled New
England.
The T exas papers tire agitating
for a division of that State.
Mrs. Judson (‘Fanny Forester,’)
proposes remaining in India.
About one million of Francs per
day is coined in gold in the Mint at
Paris.
The Royal Standard of England
is thirty feet long and eighteen feet
deep. It is strongly wrought fine
silk, and cost SI,OOO.
Professor Proud fit, of Rutgers
College, is engaged in writing a his
tory of the Huguenots who settled
in New York and New Jersey.
The present population of Michi
gan, is 400,000. Increase since
1840, 187,733.
A proper catalogue for the great
Exhibition will reach 22 volumes.
A pleasant pocket library for visi
tors to the great show 7 .
A man by the name of Fisher,
was fined SSOO at Louisville, for
sending a challenge to fight a duel
The exporto sf United States pro
duce and manufactures to Great
Britain and her dependencies for
the year ending June 30, amounted
to $81,687,051.
Long boots for ladies, which are
to be called Xanderiles, made pre
cisely like those for gentlemen, are
coming into vogue, it is said, in the
East,
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY,
E. J. PURSE, CITY PRINTER.
PROCEEDINGS OFCOITNCIL.
Savannah, Jan. 30ih, 1851.
Council met —Present, His Honor
It. Wayne, Mayor, Aldermen Lipp
man, Mallery, Screven, Gridin,
Cumming, Saussy, Walker, Purse
and O’Byrne. The Minutes of the
last meeting were read and con
firmed. The information and Fine
Dockets were read and confirmed,
except the following information,
viz :
The City of Savannah, vs. Mr.
Brown —Riotous and disorderly con
fluct, on Sunday 13th inst , fined
S2O. Appeal entered by defend
ant.
The above appeal was called foi
trial.
Witnesses sworn for information :
John F. O’Byrne, Esq., John A.
Richardson, William Satie,William
A. Thompson. For defendant,
William Waistcott, Joseph Liptrot,
John Adams.
On motion of Alderman Mallery,
seconded by Alderman Saussy, the
above fine was enforced.
Reports Read.
In relation to the petition of J.
and Jos. Hines, asking leave of
Council to allow them to erect a
Steam Mill and house, attached
thereto basins to hold lumber for
the use of said Steam Mill, the said
basin to communicate with theOge
chee Canal. The Committee re
port that as the said basin will by
its junction with the Canal form but
one body of water, thereby not pre
judicing the health of the city the
prayer of the petitioners be grant
ed, on the express condition, that
adjoining to the Canal, or parallel
with the public road, there should
be constructed a brick culvert or
ditch of sufficient dimensions and
depth to afibrd adequate drainage
to the lots west of said basin ; and
that this plan may be properly car
ried out, the Committee would of
fer the following resolution.
Resolved , ‘That the Dry Culture
Committee have full power to ar
range the entire matter with the
petitioners, and to superintend the
erection or sinking of such culverts
or ditch.
J. R. SAUSSY,
ROBT. D. WALKER,
Committee on Health.
Reports Read and Adopted.
The undersigned Committee of
Freeholders, appointed by the May
or and Aldermen of the Citv of
Savannah, to value the property
required to widen West Broad
Street—
Report that they have examined
the ground and buildings, and find
that it will take 51 feet 4 inches in
width to open the street from Rail
Road Street, to the south line of the
city. On the west side of West
Broad Street, they have awarded
to Mr. Abram Minis, for Garden
Lot No. 10, SI 000; to Mr. M.
Prendergast, for Lot No. 11, SSO;
Lots Nos. 12 and 13. owned by
Mr. H ram Roberts, has been given
to the city; Lot No. 14, Trustee of
Dr. P. Minis, SGSO; Lot No. 15,
owned by Mr. Peter Yonson, SSO;
Lot No. IG, owned by Mr. John
Hover, $550. For buildings on
north-west corner of Lot No. 10,
formerly the property of C. Reilly,
deceased, $300; buildings on cor
ner of Harris and West Broad
Streets, $1000; two old buildings
on lot No. 10, property of J. R.
Ihly, $35 ; two-story buildings on
lot No. 14, $l3O, and small build
ings on same Lot, $75; buildings
on Lot No, 15, $75. The buildings
to be removed at the expense of the
owners, at such time as the Mayor
and Aldermen may decide. The
encroachment on Montgomery-St.,
known as the five chimnies, will
require 20 feet 2 inches in width to
make it conform to the line of the
street. To the owner of said prop
erty they have awarded SSOO for
the land to be taken, and to reim
burse him for the removal of the
building.
THOS. PURSE,
R. R. CUYLER,
THOS. M. TURNER,
JNO. W. ANDERSON,
1L L ACIILISON.
Savannah,January 27, 1851.
Ordinances.
“An Ordinance, to amend the
existing Ordinances, regulating the
Public Market in the City of Sa
vannah,” —read the first time at the
last meeting of Council, was read
the second time, and on motion
passed under the title thereof.
“An Ordinance, for the estab
lishment of a Dispensary System
for the relief of the indigent sick”
—read the first time at the last
meeting of Council, was read the
second time, and on motion indefi
nitely postponed.
“An Ordinance, to grant per
mission to J. &. J. Hines to exca
vate a basin for Steam-Mill pur
poses”—was read the first and se
cond times, and on motion passed
under the title thereof.
“An Ordinance, to authorize
Elias Reed to make a half lot fee
simple”—was read the first lime.
“ An Ordinance, for making an
assessment and levying a tax° un
der and by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly, approved De
cember Bth, 1849” —was read the
first time.
Petitions.
The petition of Dr. William C.
Daniell, relative “to the injury
which the works projected by Lieut.
Smith, U. S. Army, for removing
the obstructions at the Wrecks in
Front River threaten to the Rice
plantation which I hold in Savan
nah Back River” —was read, and
on motion, referred to the Commit
tee on Docks and Wharves.
The petition of Joseph Bancroft,
Trustee of Mrs. Charlotte Taylor,
praying “a remission of the Double
tax laid upon the property in West
Broad-streets, late William Scar
brough, for the years 184 G, 1847
and 1848”—was read and rejected.
The petiiionof Charles H. Pick
ett, Chimney Contractor Eastern
District, City Savannah, “ praying
that a fee of Gj cents be allowed me
for sweeping that portion of chim
ney flues running upward from the
floor of the attic story to the top
of the chimney, &c.” —was read,
and referred to the Committee on
Fire Department.
Resolutions Read and Adopted.
By Aldermen Griffin, seconded
by Alderman Purse,
Resolved , That the Committee on
Finance be, and they are hereby in
structed to report on the propriety
of refunding the amounts paid in the
years 1849 and 1850, under the In
come Tax Ordinance, so called.
By Alderman Screven, seconded
by Alderman Lippman,
Resolved , That the sum of three
hundred dollars be, anti the same
is hereby appropriated for the part
payment by the City Marshal, for
contracts upon the Springfield Ca
nal.
Bv Alderman Walker, seconded
by Alderman Mallery,
Resolved , That it be referred to
the Finance Committee to inquire
into the expediency of increasing
the pay of the Officers of the City
Watch, and the Superintendent of
Streets and Lanes.
By Alderman Griffin, seconded
by Alderman Screven,
Resolved , That the Health and
Cemetery Committee be authorized
to oiler a premium of one hundred
dollars for the best plan for laying
out the new Cemeterv.
By Alderman Screven, seconded
by Alderman Griffin,
Resolved , That a Committee of
three Aldermen and three Citizens
be appointed by the Mayor to ap
praise the lots recently laid off up
on the Springfield Plantation by
William Hughes, Surveyor.
His Honor the Mayor appointed
as such Committee Aldermen Scre
ven, Purse and Turner ; Citizens —
Hiram Roberts, W.W. Johnson, and
O. A, Laßoche, Esqrs.
By Alderman Purse,
Resolved , That the Mayor be au
thorized to represent the stock held
by the City in the South Western
Rail Road Company, at its annual
meeting of Stockholders.
On motion,
.Resolved, That the Clerk of Coun
cil advertise for proposals to furnish
the sick poor with medicinies for
the balance of this year.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Coun
cil advertise that an election for two
Weighers of Hay will take place at
the next meeting of Council.
Miscellaneous.
His Honor the Mayor laid before
the Board the reply of the Hon. C.
M. Conrad, Secretary of War, to
the letter from his Honor the Mayor,
enclosing the resolution of Council
requesting that a company of Artil
lery may be transferred to the post
at Savannah, Georgia.
The resignation of John H. Ste
gin, as one of the Port Wardens,
was read arid accepted, and the
Clerk ordered to advertise that an
olection to fill the vacancy will take
place at the next meeting of Coun
cil.
His Honor the Mayor laid before
the Board a circular in relation to a
special meeting of the Stockholders
of the Central Rail-Road and Bank
ing Company of Georgia, on the
first Wednesday in March next.
The following communication
was read and received :
“Savannah, 29th Jan., 1851.
“ To His Honor the Mayor of the City
of Savannah:
“ Sm :—The undersigned, em
ployed by you as counsel for the
City in the proceedings instituted by
Robert A. Allen & Cos., under which
the power of the City to tax income
and the validity of the present in
come tax,were questioned,beg leave
to advise 3’ou, that on the hearing
of the case before the Judge of the
Superior Court, at Chambers, pow
er and the tax were both affirmed.—
Fromthis judgement, the plaintiffs
took theirwrit of error to the Su
preme Court: and on the hearing be
fore that tribunal, the power of tax
ation on income was re-affirmed ,-~-
but it was decided that the existing
ordinances were not sufficient for
that purpose. The right of the City
to impose that tax being now settled
beyond cavil, it only remains for
Council, if it so desires, to pass a
new ordidance to'carry the decision
of the Supreme Court into effect.
Your obedient servants.
LLOYD & OWENS,
ROBT. H. GRIFFIN.”
His Honor the Mayor laid before
the Board the copy of a writ which
had been served upon him in favor
of Cosmo P. Richardsone versus
the Mayor and xYldermen of the city
of Savannah, for the recovery 0 f
$409 10 paid by him under the In
come J ax Ordinance—and on mo
tion of Alderman Purse, his Honor
the Mayor was authorized to em
ploy Counsel to defend said suit.
Alderman Screven laid before
the Board the printed blank to bo
used for the lease of the Lots be
longing to the Springfield property”
which was read and approved. “
Amount of accounts passed, §o _
211 78.
Council adjourned.
EDWARD G. WILSON,
Clerk of Council.
THE FillEM) OF THE EKIiLE
SAVANNAH, FEBRUa¥UuBSL
Mrs. Whittelsey’s Magazine,
Devoted to Mothers and Daughters. \
valuable and highly interesting monthly
very ably cunducted ; its contributors are
among those of our most accomplished; and
who rank high not only in point of talent,
but also of Christian worth; their produc
tions consequently are of the highest intel
lectual, moral and religious character; every
mother should if possible possess herself of
the work. The Editor, Mrs. Wliittelsey,
has for the last 17 years been actively en
gaged in the cause of Christian Education,
and the good that she has doubtless accom
plished in that length of time should not
only entitle her to the esteem of mothers in
general, but an extended and lasting patron
age.
Loomis’ Panorama.
We presume that no higher enconiuro
upon the merit, or better test of the truth
fulness of this painting, could possibly be of
fered than the following, which we subjoin
with great pleasure, being the remarks of a
native of the Island of Cuba, upon his return
from a visit to this work of art. Said he
“ The sight of that painting transported me
back in mind, to many cherished remembran
ces and scenes of past pleasure in by-gone
days ; so accurate,” added he, “is that por
traiture, that I can point out the very house
in which I was born. I shall indeed feel like
weeping when it is removed from the city.”
If the details are indeed so truthful and ac
curate, we judge that children in visiting the
painting, would be likely to acquire a knowl
edge of the Geography of the Island, far
superior to that obtained from books; the
gratification afforded in the vividness of its
representations, would serve to awaken their
interest in it, and thus leave n permanent im
pression.
Vive la Danse.
Get your finery ready young Indies, the
Chatham Artillery are to have a Ball on
the I2th of February, and you know they
always give delightful parties.
Our Juvenile readers must not overlook
the advertisement of Mons. Bonaud, who
will give a Fancy Ball on Thursday evening.
At the Annual Meeting of the German
Friendly Society, held on the 15th ult., the
following officers were elected for the en
suiug year:—
BENJAMIN SNIDER, President,
DR. JOHN F. POSEY, Vice Pres.
JOSEPH FELT, Secretary & TreasY,
ANTON BORCHERT, )
STEPHEN HETTRICK, te " ara8 ‘
Committee on Charity,
John M. Cooper, A. Borchert,
P. Herman, J. H. Stegen,
M. HE FT ALL, Jr.
Committee on Finance.
R. M. Charlton, J. Quantock, Jr..
Thos. Purse.
Georgia Lemons.
Mrs. P. J. Williams, of Milledgeville,
has presented the editor of the Federal
Union with two lemons reared in her hot
house iu that city. The editor says they are
fully grown, and as large as the largest oi
those imported from the We6t Indies. 0°
the same plant that produced them, are seve
ral others of various sizes.
Mr. Audubon, whose death hasbeen
announced by telegraph, died ou Monday
morning last, at his country seat on Noitli
River, near New-York. He was between
70 and 80 years old.
FP*The following beautiful picture of the
fireside, we extract from that admirable
ily Journal the Philadelphia Saturday D
press.
The Jcya of Home.
A well ordered home isn paradise on
No other earthly pleasure is equal to th* cß ' 111
contentment and rational joy- felt at the In
ily fireside. The excitement of even ®u
cessful business is attended with vexation (
the enjoyments of travel are associated
fatigue and satiety; the pursuit ot tanve
distracting; and even the pleasure ot kno”
edge is attended with bitterness ; but b
happiness of the fireside is unalloyed. *
uuppiiioao uiu mvoiuw * ,
vexations disturb it; it never satiates 01
tracts the mind; it is pure, calm. utl,lllX
delight. What a picture is there P resent
to the eye of the virtuous, the pbilanthrop 1 *
Tuer®
the lover of the beautiful and goou. 1
is the white-haired grandsire, with ‘ ie
ha’ bible” resting on his knee, and the I
ner of his old age cheerfully attentive to
minutest wants of all around her.
too, is the father and husband, in the P
of life, unbending his mind from
pursuit of business, reading to the wi . f
bosom, or playing with the delighted i
on his knee; while the mother, “hh 8
tenance radiant with smiles of
the cradle with her foot, while she P aP f g os
needle for their accommodation an ere
her household ! From such P^ eaBU sg9S /ion
need he no exemption. With the po
of piety and reason, of gentlenv?-