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DAILY CHROME & SENTINEL. BY WILLIAM S. JONES, OMIT. TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY. Colton Trade or the World. Professor Charles McKay, late of our State Uni versity, contributed a very interesting article with the above caption, to the March number ot Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine, which appears, too, as the leading article in Deßow’s Review for April. From it we make the following extracts, which will be lead with interest on account of the vast impoitance of the subject of which they treat, and be found more entertaining than articles made up of calculations and of statistics usually are : In England the demand for 1858 has been less than for the preceding year, but only a little less. In the first half of the year, the amount worked up by the mills was really larger than in 1852 ; but the Turkish troubles, and the high price of corn hive reduced the consumption very considerably. For the whole year, the consumption of Great Britain for 1858 was 1,861,200 bales, against 1,- 663,4>H) for 1851, and 1,514,500 for 1852, and 1,474,- 420 for the average of the five preceding years. The failing oil' for 1854 is not so great ns would appear by the reported deliveries, since the stocks id the hands of the manufacturers were estimated to be 50,000 bales, more than usual on the first of Jauuary last, and at the present time they are sup posed to be uucommouly low. The demand for the coming year must decline. The b gh price of food must seriously interfere with the domestic consumption of Great Britain* When the cost of the English quarter of wheat is now (according to the average of the 12th of No vember) 735. 7d against 40s. for 1852, the portion of tneir wij.s which the laborer and artizan can spare for clothing is much diminished. The scarcity of money, as indicated by an advance in the rate of interest Iro n 2 to 5 percent., must also discouruge the wauts of the home trade. The fa vorable circumstances, such as the high price of iron, the general advance in wages, the abundance of work for the laborer, the diminution in the number of paupers, will be alike operative for bothycais. The export trade will bo seriously embarrassed by the war between Turkey and Rus sia. The calicoes sent to Turkey and the Levant, including the plain, printed and dyed, approach 100,000,000 yards per annum, which is 10 or 12 per cent of the whole export. The cotton yarn is Tor 8 per cent. The calicoes bought by Russia arc few, but the yarn is nearly as much as that sent to Turkey.’ The demand from both these countries must be very much decreased by the war. From Austria, aiid the other German States, a decline must be expected from the same cause. The revolution in China wili seriously interrupt the exports to that country. The cotton cloths sold by Great Britain alone to this populous em pire, are larger than what is takeu by Russia and Turkey together. The possession of Naukiu, and the control of the great canal by the rebels; tho occupation of Amoy and Shanghai, two of the live open ports, by lawless usurpers and robbers, in whom the merchants place no confidence; the famine at Pekin, ami tiie alarm and distrust at Canton, will largely curtail the English exports to tiie Celestial Empire. From Australia and India, the United Slates and Canada, no fal.ing off may be anticipated; but if we notice the very large business done with these important countries for the year 1:?53, no increase can be expected for 1854. The failure of tho harvests in Lombardy, France and Germany, and tho high price of food in all parts ot the Continent of Europe, wiil lessen the demand for English Cottons. Everywhere, both at homo and abroad, the prospects ot the English manufacturers are discouraging. Under these circumstances, it maybe expected that the increase in the consumption of 1852 and 1853, over previous years, will be entirely lost, and that the wauts of Great Britain for 1854, wiil not much exceed the average of 1842, 1850 and 1851, which was 1,589,400 bates. It may reach 1,- 700,000, but its probabie limit is 1,600,000 bales. In France, the consumption for 1853 is nearly as large as lor 1&52, and both are decidedly above those ot previous years. The very great deficien cy of the French harvest will lessen the demand f0r1;54; but, as pas r experience shows that the consumption in the French factories is much more regular than in England, the wants for the coming year of American cotton will not probably fall be low 850,000 bales. The demand for United States cotton on the Continent of Europe has not declined for the year 1853. Our exports to those countries are larger than ever before, and the same is true of the Eng lish exports. Ours have been364,Sl2 bales, against 858,522 for 1552, and 269,000 for 1851. The ex ports from Liverpool, up to November 18th, were 287,540 bales, thote of 1852 having been 219,430. Tho sum ot these two for the whole year 1852 was 636,322 bales, and for 1853 they will be larger.— The consumption in the German States, and even in Russia, will snfl'er but little decline, as the de mand has for many years been ad.aucing with great steadiness and regularity. For 1854 these countries will probably require not less than 600,- 000 bales. For the last year the consumption of the United States 1,. .- advanced from 603,029 bales to 671,009. Tho genera! prosperity of the New England mau utacluiers, and of the country at large, warrants the anticipation of an increase in this demand.— The stringency in the money market, and the de cline in the probable demand tor exportation t"> China, will be more than made up by the increased population of our country, the prosperity of tho farmers on account of the high price of breadstutfs, and the abundant crops which have generally re warded the labors of the husbandman. For the coming year the wants of our mauufacturers wiil probably reach 700,000 bales. The following ta ie contains an estimate of the consumption for 1554. 1854. Wants of Great Britain bales 1,600,000 “ of France 850,000 “ of U uited States 700,000 “ of Other Countries 600,000 Total 3,250,000 The supply from ail sources wiil probably reach 8,650,"00 bales, against nearly 4,000,000 for 1858, as appears from the following table: Estimate for 1353. 1554. Bales. Bales. United States 8,263,<100 8,000,000 East Indies 400,000 400,000 Other piaoes 3u0,000 250,000 Total 3,963,000 3,650,000 PKICES. As this estimate is about 400,000 bales above the probable demand at present prices, according to the estimate given above, it would seem impossi ble to su-’am the rates at which cotton is now selling. The stocks are already lurge, on account of the imuien-e production of last year. On the first of September the amount of old cotton in our ports was 135,548 bales against 91,176 for the year 1552. On the first Friday of October, it was in Li verpool 770,770 ba.es, against 506,670 in 1852. At Havre it had increased, by October 14th, to 58,586 bales over the preceding year. The ac cumulation at these places having advanced more than 350,000 bales during 1553, furnishes a proof that the large crop of the past yea; has not been consumed. The great deficiency in our receipts at the seaboard, for the early part of the present season, and of our exports to foreign countries, does not permit the enhanced amount of stocks to be now so apparent as it otherwise would be. Since, then, the stocks increased largely in 1853, and promise to continue to advance still more for the present year, it would seem impossible that tiie market price for cotton should continue above the average rates. For the last fourteen years, from 1840 to 1853, the average price has been 8 cents and 7 mills. The exports to foreign ports for the first ten of these years, amounted in all to 7,128 millions of pounds ; for the last four they have been 3,570 millions. The value of the first ten was 552 millions of dollars ; of the last four, 881 millions. For the whole period, 10,698 millions of pounds were exported for 988 millions of dol lars, giving tho average trice iust mentioned. The present price at Charleston, (December 9 h, 1858,) for middling, is 9t£, and for good middling 10 cents. These rates being decidedly above the average, cannot well be maintained in the face of the large supply and the diminished demand, while food remains dear und money scarce—while actual war is raging between Russia and Turkey, and imminent danger of general hostilities im pends over the principal States of Europe. Tiie large demand in the United States, both for the raw material and English cotton goods—tho im mense trade opened in Australia, and the general prosperity in the English colonies, and in Mexico and Sonin America, will prevent a serious decline. But that prices must fall Oelow the average of past years, appears to be plainly foreshadowed by the history ot the past, und the circumstances under winch the new year opens.— De B w's Review. The Journal of' Commerce gives the sketch of a remarablo character :-N ow York possesses many remarkable characters- remurabie for very diverse reasons, but generally their eccentricity. We have one m mind, a Madame De L., who is ndw probably sixty years old, and lives apparently in extreme destitution, in the garret of the house she owns She pays tuxes on $14,000 of real estate and slioo personal property, and owns backing and railroad stock to he amount of something like SSO 000.— In the street, her appearance is well calculated to excite cotnmisseration. Indeed, some kind heart ed individual, a few days ago, benevolently offered her one cent as a gratuity. The insult, however, was resented as become iior insulted honor. Di minutive in stature and deereped, her head is cov ered with a hood, slouched and almost perenuial. The cloak is well matched, and appears to have done good service, as the folds in the cloth are mostly worn to tho warp. Her daily food consists of a shilling loaf of bread, which is left at her door regularly, and there is added to this a smad por tion of meat, or such orher food as she sees fit to obtain at the market. Even these small comforts are shared in solitude, in her quiet retreat. The human face diviue lias no charms for her. Her property naturally descends to a nephew living in Cincinnati, and the old lady’B greatest fear, is that jue may get it. From the New York Herald. Foreign Wars of Great Britain since the Conquest of England by W illiam of Normandy, In lOfoto. We have prepared for the Herald the statement below, which will doubtless interest our readers at this time. Besides the numerous domestic wars between Finland, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, Great Bri ain has been engaged in tho following wars with ft reigu nations : Duration of War. Year. Year. Years. War with France.... 1116 Peace....lllß j* Bo do 1161 D0....1186 25 Do do 1194 D0....1195 1 Do *do 1201 D 0.... 1216 15 Do do 1224 D 0.... 1284 10 Do do 1294 D 0.... 1299 5 Do do 1339 D0.... 1360 21 Do do 1368 D 0.... 1420 52 Do do 1422 D 0.... 1471 49 Do do 1492 D 0.... 1492 1 Do do 1512 D0.... 1514 2 Do do 1522 D 0.... 1527 5 Do do 1549 D0....1050 1 Do do 1557 D 0.... 1559 2 Do do 1562 D 0.... 15b4 2 Do Spain 1558 1>0.... 1604 16 Do do 1624 D 0.... 1629 5 Do France 1627 •• • • Do Holland 1651 D0....1654 8 Do Spain 1655 D 0.... 1660 Do France 1666 D0—.1668 Do Denmark 1666 Do 1668 2 Do Holland 1666 D 0.... 1668 2 Do Algiers 1669 D 0.... 1671 8 Do Holland 1672 D0....1674 2 Do France 1689 D0....1697 8 The general treaty of peace of Ryswick between England, Germany, Holland and Spain on the one part, and France on the other, was signed by the ministers of these Powers, at the Palace of Rys wick, noar the Hague, in Holland, September 20, 1697. It concluded this last war. The event is commemorated by a pyramiuial monument at that place. The Great Modern and expensive wars of Great Britain have been as follows : War of the Succession with France, Spain, <&c., commenced May, 1702, closed in March, 1718, by the peace of Utretch ; duration, eleven years. The most important stipulations in this treaty, were the security of the Protestant succession in En gland, the disuniting of tho French and| Spanish downs, and the enlargement ol the British colo nies in America. War with Spain, December, 1718, to tho peace of 1721 ; duration®!war, over two years. War with Spain, October, 1789, to the peace of Aix-la-Chapello, April 30, 1748; duration of War, eight years and six months. War with France, March 1744, closed also by tho treaty with Aix-la-Chapollo, April 30, 1748 ; dura tion of war, over four years. The Seven Years War with Franco, from June 9, 1756, to the peaco of Haris, Feb. 17, 1763. By thi3 war Great Britain acquired Canada, and other French colonies. ar with Spain, January 1762, closed by tho general peace of February 10, 1763. War with the United States from April 1775, to the peace of Paris, November 80, 1782. Duration of war, nearly eight years. War with Franco, February 6, 1778. Peace of Paris, Ja .uary 20, 1785. Duration of war, about five years. War with Spain, April 17, 1780. Closed by treaty of Paris, June 20, 1783. Duration of war about three years. War with Holland, Dec. 1, 1780. Treaty of peace signed September 2. 1753. Duration of war over two years. It will be observed that during the latter part of the American Revolutionary war, which was closed by the treaty of Paris, England was at war with America, France, Spain and Holland. ■ War with France, during tho French Revolution from February 1,1798, to the peace of Amiens, March 27, 1802. Duration of war, nine years. War with France, and her allies, under Napo leon Bonaparte, from April 29, 1803, to tho treaty of Paris, in 1314 ; eleven years. War against Napoleon, on his return from Elba, in March, 1815, finally closed by the battle of Wa terloo, June 18,1815. War with the United States, from June 18,1812, to tho peaco of Ghent, Dec. 24,1814. Duration of war, two years, and six mouths. In the war against Napoleon, the Great Powers of Europe leagued sometimes with, and sometimes agaiuntGreat Britain. Russia leagued with France and Austria at the peace of Tilsit, in July 1807, against Great Britain, but that league only lasted about five years, and there was no conflict between the arms and England and Russia. They became allies again in 1812. England spent sixty-five years in war, and sixty two years in peace, previous to the close of tho war with France in 1815} since when thegeneral peace has lasted thirty-nine years nearly. In the wai of 1688, England spent thirty-six millions sterling ; in the war of the Spani>h succession, sixty-two millions ; in tho Spanish war fifty-four millions ; the Seven Years war, one hundred and twelvo mil ions; in the American Revolutionary war, one hundred an d thirty-six millions; in the war of the French Revolution, four hundrod and sixty-four millions 1 and in the war against Napo leon, one thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine millions ; thuß pro vl:i ß a total expenditure for war, in one hundred and twenty-seven years, (from the English reflation in 1688, to the down fall of Napoleon in 1815,) of two thousand and twenty-thremillions of pounds sterling. M. de Prades estimates the loss of lifo by the French j lorces in the six campaigns of tho Peninsular war, Spain and Portugal, at six hundred thousand men. Tho loss sustained by the Spaniards and their allies was probably as great, making tho total de struction of human beings in the Peninsular war alone, about one million two hundred thousand. The British conquests in India commenced in 1757, and continued at various times down to the annexation of the Punjaub or country to the Sikhs to the British Crown, in March, 1848. The war with China commenced in 1840 and continue to the peace of August 29, 1842, when a treaty was signed on board the Cornwallis ship of war, by the British and Chinese Commissioners. The Japan Squadron. Extracts from a L-itter of an officer on board Commodore Perry’s flag-ship to his friend in Washington, dated NapaKeang Great Loo Choo, February 8, 1854:— Nat. Intel. We leit Hong Kong on the 14th ultimo, in com pany with the Powhatau, Mississippi, Southamp ton, and Lexington; tho Macedonian, Vandalia, and Supply having preceded us. On arrival here we found them all safe. We were shortly after joined by the Southampton and Lexington, they having been towed most of the way. These three store-ships brought each about four hundred toua of coal, with supplies and provisions and stores, so that wo have now six montns’ supplies with us, wh ch will enable us to remain long enough on the coast of Japau to give a fair test to the experi ment we have undertaken of bringing the author ities <s>f that country into some sort of intercourse with us* With the people of this island we are getting along swimmingly ; every day brings about some new concession from them which six mouths ago would not have been thought of. To-day we visited the Regent at the Royal Pal ace in the city of Shui, about three miles from Napa, accompanied by an esoort of two companies of marines, three bands, and about forty officers, as by this sort of show the people of theso coun tries are mors roadily influenced. Wo first visited the Regent at the Palace, and trom thence went to the City Hall, where a grand entertainment was served to tho whole party. On leaving the Com modore invited the Regent and authorities to an entertainment on board the flag-ship to come off on our return from Japan. They have already dined with him, but we intend on returning to give them a sort of dramatic show to be gotten up by the crew. You cannot, or rather it would be difficult for you, to imagine the beauties of this island, with respect to the charming sconery and its marvel lous perfection of cultivation; its ancient bridges, paved roads, canals, dilapidated works of defence, &c. There are five palaces in the city; the one we visited is of vory great extent, probably cov ering a space of three acres, with massive walls quite equal to many of the old castles of Europe. The island contains a popu ation of one hun dred and fifty or two hundred thousand souls, and we have as much control of it and the author ities and people as if it were a conquered country; and, what is singular, not an unfriendly act or an instance of coercion lias occurred in bringing these things about. We have explored the whole interior of tho island and surveyed the entire coast. The people wherever our parties go attend upon them and supply them with lodgings and provi sions. At first they would receive no compensa tion, but tho Commodore insisted that nothing should be accepted unless it was paid lor, and thore is now little difficulty is that way. You are aware that it is an Eastern practice to exchange presents on all occasions of public visits. These must be given and received or there can bo no intercourse, or rather no interchange of visits. Consequently the Commodore sent his presents a day or two ago, and to day every officer re ceived a trifling present, from the Regent, which had to be received or the whole harmony of tho visit would have been destroyed. These presents t rom the LewChewans are of small value, such as tans, tobacco, pipes, <fco. Oor presents to them • lave been more subs’autial, the State Department lavuip provided very liberally in this respect, ent.-'r 'u° OI ? r w . hel ! | gships have never "dared to w ith nerfect^fef this i ßlaud; n °wthey can do so pic,Stop,iurniahed with S»p -peactfs hXXom ieV£Su2f“ huva inUlair island in charge of T depot of / ? arty the here this veiy day. The*Reirent h* ’ esta klished take good care of them during* our abseno™ 18 ®* 110 The island has been rule! over for T , thousand years by a line of kinas 'rL DOar y a h n r i t^ th t- thr d° ne^ eiUgami J 1 ? r ’ ( thir teen r yeS old,) the kingdom is governed by a Regent w/ has to assist him three counsellors. It is a dene dency of Japan, and sends annually to that empire a large amount in taxes. y We sail in three days for Jeddo Bay, the Mace- douion, Vandalia, Southampton, and Lexington have already gone. The Supply has just dischar ged her coal into the throe steamers, and will sail in a day ortwo for Shanghai for another cirgo, to join us at Jeddo. Wo could not have matag dat ai! without tho assistance of the storeshipi; not a ' vesel could bo chartered in China for tramporting ' coal, and our whole cruise thiß spring woild have i been defeated had it not been for their sendees. 1 Charade # Sentinel FRIDAY MOBSiIN«, MAY 6, 1854. Acquittal ot Ward. THKvery extraordinary termination ofthistria has produced a most iutense state of excitement in .Louisville, and also Elizabethtown wherethe trial took place, in both of which indignation meetings had been held, and those who, by fraud and corrup tion, procured tho verdict, vehemently denounc ed. A mooting of 6000 to 8000 persons was hold in Louisville Saturday night, which was convoked by the following call, circulated during the day: TO THE “WOLFE BLOOD HOUNDS OF LOUISVILLE.” Fellow “ Blood Hounds —The most atrocious murder ever porpetrated in any community, was tho killing of Mr. W. H. G. Butler by Mat. F. Ward. It is a sacred and solemn duty due to the dead, and to the new blackened and dishonored name of Kentucky, from whence truth has fled and justice has been disregarded, to call a meeting of tho “Wolfe Blood Hounds of Louisville,” thut we may give expression to our feelings in refercnco to this most outrageous verdict of a llardin county jury, and tho man who darod stiguiatizo American citizens as “BLOOD HOUNDS because thoy desired justice to be dono the mur derers of tho lamented Butler. We propose this (Saturday) Night at the Court House, the time and place for Meeting. Como one, come all, and let Kentucky give evidence that there are men that money cannot buy. Turn out follow “Blood Hounds,” and vindicate yourselves. There will bo speeches and resolutions expressive of th ejust indignation of our citizeus. The Pkofle. April 28th, 1854. Tho Mr. Wolfe referred to, was one of Ward’s counsel, and represents Louisvillo in the State Seuato. Ho douios, in a card, having used tho language ascribed to him, though tho Courier re peats tho charge. We clip the following paragraphs from the Courier of the 29th : Another Result. —Yesterday morning a number of small boys made a demonstration against Sena tor Wolfe, one of the attorneys in the Ward,'case, on tho street as he was leaving his dwelling to go to his office. They hooted at him as ho passed along, and a few light missiles were tin own, but no damago done. At a late hour last night tho scholars of one or more of tho schools in the city, procurec about 40 dozen eggs, good and bad, and with a miscellaneous assortment of stones, chunks and oggs, discharged several volleys at the house, greatly to tho build ing’s disfigurement, and the smashing of tho oggs. Several squuds of tho police appeared, and commanded the peace, but there was nothing bro ken, but the eggs, and perhaps a pane or two of glass. Indignation Meeting at Elizaiiethtown. —We understand that not long subsequent to the re turn of tho verdict of acquittal in the Ward case, the people of Elizabethtown held a public meet ing. Resolutions were passed execrating the ju rors and holding their actions up to public scorn. Great excitement prevailed in the village, and was rapidly spreading throughout the county. Tho subjoined telegraphic despatch is published in the Nashville papers : Louisville, May I.—The meeting Saturday night passed resolutions requesting Crittenden to resign bis seat in the Senate ; also Wolle to resign his seat in tho State Senate. They also requested the Wards to leave the State. The mob then proceed ed to K. J. Ward’s residence and burnt the effigy of Matthew Ward on the front door. The wood work caught tne but was extinguished bcl'oro much damago was done. It is to be regretted that such a state of tilings exists in any community, tho more, that thero should be any cause to produce it; such verdicts evince a degree of moral turpitude which honest men and good citizens cannot contemplate without a deep seuso of indignation ; and we do not regret to see that a portion ot this indignation is visited on tho counsel in the case ; who aro very often, in such cases, as corrupt ns jurors. They aro too often corrupt, bad men, and for a fee are ready, by in trgue and fraud, to subvert the ends of justice at whatever sacrifice of honesty. Monrhk's Southern Banker and Commercial Register, is the title ot a new Counterfeit Detector , just published in Charleston, by J. Monroe, the first number of which has beeu laid on our table by the Editor, who may be soen at the Augusta Hotel. It is a pamphlet of 48 pages, got up in neat style, and professes to describe 3,000 counter feits, besides furnishing rules to detect counterfeits generally. W T e were surprised to find, however, that in his Bank Noto list, the Banks of Savannah and Au gusta, which aro received in payment aud on do - posite by all the Banks in Charleston, reported at “ K P tr cent, discount." We called Mr. M.’s atten tion to this error, which he assured us should be corrected, and was to bo ascribed to the confusion, &c., incident to getting out a first number. Under proper management, the “ Banker ” may be made a valuable journal as a counterfeit detec tor. Terms, $2 per annum. Domestic Wine.— A few days since, wc were favored with a specimen of Wine mado by Mr. A. Beck, of Hancock county. At tho time of its advent to tho olfice, we happened to have in our company a brother Editor from tho North, who has drank the Rhino Wine in Germany, as well as the Wines on the banks of tho Hudson, where he resides, and he pronounces this Georgia Wine a very delightful beverage. Success to the Wine of Hancock county. A Fire occurred last night, between 8 and 9 o’clock, in the Smoke-house on tho lot of Mr. Cos tello, on Bridge Row, which, with its contents was consumed. The efficient action of tho Eire Department confined it to tho building in which it originated. Wo did not learn how it ocourrod, or whether thero was any insurance. Loss small. Memphis Medical Recorder.— The May num ber of this spirited bi-Monthly Medical Journal is on our table, it is edited by Professors A. I’. Merrill and C.T. Quintarij, and pulishod in Mem phis, Tenn., bi Monthly at $1 per annum in ad vance. Southen Medical & Surgical Journal. —The May number of this established and well conduct ed Journal is on our table, containing its usual variety. It is odited by Professor L. A. Dugas, and published in this City by James KcCafferty, at $3 per annum in advance. Bank State of Georgia.—At an oloction held at the Banking House in Savannah, on Monday, the first, the following gentlemen wero re-elected Di rectors for the ensuing year, viz : W. Thorne Williams, A. Porter, D. IT. Weed, R. Hutchison, Wm. B. Hodgson, Wm. Dunoan, A. R. Lawton, A. A. S*ets, And at a subsequent meeting of the Board, Ma jor A. Porter was unanimously re-elected Presi dent. W t m. F. Brantley is a Director on the part of the State. The Approaching Eclipse. —The American as sociation for tho advancement of science have ap pointed a committee of twenty of the most dis tinguished Astronomers of the United States to note the phenomena attending the occurrence of the Annular Eclipse on the 26th of tho present month. Among them aro Prof. Bache of Wash ington, Pierce of Cambridge and Mitchell ot Cin cinnati, and Loomis of N. York. We may there fore expect all the facts connected with this in teresting occurrence. The wife of Alexander Powers, of Ohio county, Kentucky, confesses that she poisoned that gentle man, who died last week, after lingering several days in agony. Mrs. P. says this was the second attempt she made to sever the bonds of wedlock. The New Yorkers eat, on an average, 2,788 beeves per week, besides a weekly average of 15,767 calves, sheep, lambs cows and swine. Co t per week, for beeves $167,000. New Haven, May 2.— Lafayette Foster, whig, has been elected Speaker of the popular branch of tne Legislature of this State, 1 Correspondence of Commercial Advertiser. s Details by the Pacific. < London, April 18,1854. j The first act of the war has just been announced in the capture of five Russian prizes in tho Baltic, but the details have not yet been received. More important performances aro expected to take place soon, as the ice in tho various ports round the gulf i of Finland is rapidly breaking up, and the British . fleet is already on its way to take advantage of every opportunity for attack. Os course, nothing is known as to the movements contemplated, but it is still supposed that tho capture of the island of , Aland, which lios between the coasts of Sweden and Finland, and is capable of being used as an important naval station, will bo one of tho first things elfected. From the Danube there is nothing new and the impression is that the statement lately circulated, > of Omar Pasha having been ordered not to risk ■ any decisive operations until the arrival of the English and French armies, will prove correct.— Meanwhile, however, thero is reason to believe that in the minor conflicts which constantly take placo along the wholo line of tho river, the Turks have almost in variably beaten or foiled their op ponents. Tho accounts of tho force with which the Rus sians liavo crossed tho Danube into Turkey proper remain wholly obscure. According to some re ports tho number would appear to bo little short ot 150,000 men, whilo others ropresent it as scarce ly exceeding 30,000. Tho latter is most probably liourost the truth, but continual additions are doubtless boing made. Owing to the locality of this movement, intqUigenco with regard to it is hard to bo obtained. At tho other end of tho Dan ube, Irom such places as Widdin and Kalefat, nows is soon conveyed to tho Austrian frontier, whence it is immediately transmitted by tolegraph: but thero is no opportunity of that kind from the places in tho neighborhood of tho Black Sea. Con sequently tidings must chiefly be looked for via Constantinople aud Marseilles. Concerning tho movements of the allied fleets in the Black Sea, the latest information is that they sailed from tho bay of Kavarna in tho direc tion of Odessa. Anxiety is, therefore, great to ascertain if that important city is about to bo at tacked. Large bodies of Russian troops aro un de rstooa ic aoMOAutrated there, and the placo is well defended; the impression of the inhabi tants seems to be that they are m Jan K or, « n d by the last advices many of them had already quitted for the interior. Should a successful assault be made upon it, tho results would be of considerable magnitude, wince it is from this quarter that the Russians must calculate to draw their chief sup plies for the invading army in Turkey, and it is probable, moreover, that a goodnumborof vessels might bo seizod as prizes. With regard to tho movements of othor powers, such facis as have lately transpired are on the wholo favorablo. Austria is considered to havo shown an increased disposition to take a moro de cided part in conjunction with France and England and this is perhaps good as far as it gees, although no ouo acquainted with her would fora moment be Jut ofl'his guaid by any professions she can make, n Prussia the struggle between tho Court party, whose sympathies are all with tho Czar, and the people, who are almost all earnestly against him, is still unmitigated, and tho King is obliged for the present at all evonts, nominally to concur in the views of the allies. In the case of Sweden and Denmark, and especially the former, the ar rival of the British fleet in the Baltic has furnish ed an opportunity, which lias been eagerly seized by the populace of both countries , to display their old love for freedom, and their readiness to co-op erate against the Czar, whenever he lias been suffi ciently crippled to enable them to do so with any prospect ot safety. Considering that the Russian force afloat in the Baltic is known to amount to thirty sail of the line and a corresponding number of frigates, steamers, and small cralt, besides 800 gunboats, while the British force of all kinds will amount when complete only to 40 sail, some hesi tation on the part ot tho Governments of these small states iu committing themselves against the : r neighbors, until he haw received a damaging blow, may easily be pardoned. The London stock and money market during tho few days has shown renowed heaviness, owing to a partial revival of the drain of gold to France, and tho continued absence of any important arri vals either from Australia or the United States. In other respects the tendency has been toward increased coulicnce, but political considerations have small weight against an efflux or influx of specie. Consols at tho last dute were quoted 87%; they have since touched 57%, and the last price this evening was again 87%. Meanwhile, however, the trade of the country continues to be wonderfully well supported, and there is no apprehension in any quarter of mone tary distress. The conviction prevails that the condition of commerce is in every respect sound, and that the principal alteration in tne money market, to be looked for before long, will be iu the direction of permanent oaso, although a further increase of pressure may first be experienced. From the continental money markets tho ad vices are rather interesting. At Paris, during the past month, there has been an increase in the stock of bullion held by the Bunk of Frauco, equal to nearly $16,000,000, and an increase of confidence has beeu the result. In the previous month there had beeu an increase of $2,25,000; but in the preceding six months thero had been a falling off, , in consequence of the bad harvest, $40,000,000. i From St. Petersburgh the accounts show a con tinuance of distrust iu tho paper currency of tho j Czar, which remains at 12 per cent, discount. I Several lailures of large amount have lately occur | red in that city and at Riga; the last, which was i announced yesterday, was for a sum equal to $425 ,000, by which Russian subjects will aloue bo affected. Tho next steamer from this side will bo thS Afri ca on the 22d instant. Our last dates from New York aro to the sth inst. Spectator. Eastern Affairs —The War.— The official ae count ot the crossing of the Danube is published in the form of a report to the Emperor, from Gene ral Prince Gortsehakoff. The report states that tho passage before Galatz was intrusted to Aide de- Camp General Ludors, who had at his disposal 24% battalions, 8 squadrons, 6 sotuias and 64 pieces of artillery. Prince Gortsehakoff gives tho lollowing asthe total of the troops under his command : —ls battalions, 16 squadrons, 6 sotniar, aud 44 pieces of artillery. Below will bo found a translation of an article 1 from the Invalide Russe, the facts of which do not reflect credit upon tho vigilauco of the combined fleets. It appears that tho Russians had formed on tho Eastern coast of the Black Sea, between Ghe lendijik and Gagri, a series of post, for the pur -1 pose of preventing the abominable traffic in human beings carried on by the inhabitants of Caucasus with the Turks. On the breaking out of the war these posts be came isolated, and Prince Menschikoff received orders to destroy tho posts and remove their garri sons, a task which ho executed with success. A squadron, consisting of twelve vessels, of different descriptions, startod on this expedition. 500 troops the stock of provisions belonging to the Govern ment, the artificers, and the families of all employ ed, were convoyed without loss or difficulty to a place of safety, uithough an English and French steamer were fallen in with. Tho London Times commeuts with groat severi ty upon this affair. It holds tho following lan guage : It is time we should know whether we are or aro not mastors ot tho B ack Sea, and whetbor tho fine fleet we havo sent thither is to leave the Rus sians an unlimited licenco to rang .< at will over tho waters which we so idly pretend to close against them The country will require to bo told wliat condition of weather that could be which rendered the Black Sea inaccessible to our fleets, but offer ed no obstacle to the enterprise of Prince Men schikoff. Are the English become such fresh-water sailors that thoy aro forced to permit an enemy to snatch a prize from thoir grasp because thoy dare not trust, themselves to the elements which ho braves with impunity ? We have taken upon ourselves the blockado of tho Black Sea, and tho maimer in which wo appear to execute that duty is by lying snug in harbor ourselves, and vainly hoping that our antagonist will do tho same. It was not by such timid aud sleepy proceed ings as those that tho reputations of the English navy was made, nor is it by those that it can be manifested. Whut avils our naval superiority if it be so slothfully and negligently put forth as to leave the seas open to our enemies, and enable them to act as if an ovorpowering naval force wero not present! Our fleet has boor a witness of the disaster of Sinope, which, if it could not prevent, it might at any rate have avenged, and it now sees ene mies re inforced with the same impunity as that with which our friends were destroyed. Botter to peril our ships in the storms of the Euxine than to keep them safe at such an inglorious prico. If thoy are to avail nothing toward checking the operations of pur onetnios or protecting tho woak uobs of our friends, it matters not greatly whether they are preserved to us or not. Pursuing its censures, the Times adds:— If we turn from the sea to the land, it seems not unnatural to ask, what is being done with our cavalry ? Are they really to go or are thoy to stay ? If the army is to be kept waiting for them, why are they here ? Why aro their commanding offi cers still in London ? We aro counting too much upon Russian complaisance. Whether their move ments bo judicious or not, they aro, at any rate, conducted with vigor and decision, and are the acts of men who thoroughly appreciate the value of time. The moment the first relaxation of Winter made operations practicable they wero in the field. Not i a day was lost in crossing the Danube and putting i matters to the arbitrament of a battle. But these enemies, so active and so intrepid, we oppose with : generals not yet emancipated from the silken dal liance of London drawing rooms and Parisian 1 saloons; with infantry whom we have kept lor a I month eating oranges on the rock of Malta, while , idle transports stood ready for their conveyance i and with cavalry, three troops only of whom are yet embarked. We shall probably be informed that it is groat presumption in the press to remark on matters of r so purely a professional nature, but we appeal from i such conventional answers to the common seuso of our readers, aud ask, without fear ot cont radic tion, whether there be any one who elthor thinks that our army is not very greatly needed in the 1 East, or that it has been despatched with the vigor ] and celerity which tho resources of the country permit and tho situation of our affairs demands. The spoed with which our men wero sent to i Malta showed what could bo done with tlio means at our disposal, and the delay which has since su- i pervened how easily those means could bo wasted and misapplied. The public cun only attribute such mortifying and unexpected remissness at the i very moment whon events call most loudly l'or des i patch, to the evils of that system of divided au- < thority—that multiplication of departments and 1 frittering away of responsibility which attaches so conspicuously to our administration of war. ; War has hitherto been tho saturnalia of Govern- i mc-nt, responsibility has been relaxed, and the < public eye, intent on the moro prominent actors in : the game, has had little attention to spare for those i not less potent agencies that are placed behind the scones. But this will not bo so now. The me- , chanism of government is better understood, the difficulties to be surmounted and the means of surmounting thorn are thoroughly appreciated, and, in proportion as the resources of war are greater, the responsibility of those who put them in mo tion will be greater also. Wo aro just launched on the contest, but already wo have seon ourselves twice baffled without strik ing a blow, and our fleet and army loitering iu compulsory idleness, whilo tho game in which they should bear a part is played out by othor hands. The Queen has issued a proclamation respecting neutral vessels, in strict accordance with the dec larations contained in her message to Parliament; also one extending tho time for Russian vessels, in British ports or bound thereto, being Iroe of sei zure, until the 15th of May. We glean the following from the Paris corres pondence of the London Times : Paris, April 17.—The departure of tho Duke of Cambridge is postponed for another day. It had been announced for this morning, but his Royal Highness does not leave till Tuesday. Lord De Ross will not, it is said, leave till theen 1 of the week; he purpose® joining Marshal St. Arnaud at Constantinople. The Duke visited the Palace and Park of Versailles yesterday, the water works hav ing teen set going for the occasion. Agrand fete is given to-night at the Elysee, in honor of the Royal visitor. The Greek Government has at last decided on publishing the resignation of the officers who had gone to join the insurgents in Epirus and Thessaly. Some of these resignations are dated so far back as the 12th of February. The Patrio contradicts, “on authority,” tho re port of the death of Colonel Diou. According to a letter from Constantinople of the sth, the Colonel was then at the head quarters of Omar Pasha, and in perfect health. From the Baltic Fleet — Copenhagen, April 14. —The day before yesterday, at 6 o’clock in the morning, the fleet left Kioge Buy. This was earli or than had been expected, but the Dauntless hav ing been up to Helsingfors, returned with infor mation that, the ice had cleared a n ay; orders were therefore given to the fleet .to advance into the Baltic. There aro now no British vessels left in Kioge Bay, except the Janies Watt aud the Monarch, who wait for tho French fleet, and iu tho roads of Copenhagen there still lie a few small steamers (Hecla. Odin and the Alban, which rail aground yestertluy by Dragor) for carrying despatches and taking provisions and water. From the Danube we hear that the Russians were intrenching themselves at Ilirsova. Omar Pasha had issued orders to the troops occupying the second or Balkan ine of defence to begin their march toward tho Danube on the 10th, and it is supposed therefore that some positive assu rances relative to tho arrival of the allies must have reached him. Letters from Stockholm of the 6th confirm the statement that the Russians had dismantled all the fortifications on tho islands of Aland, and had retired with guns and stores to the mainland. The Czar had further ordered that all pilots and men capable of bearing arms, should remove from the islands to the mainland of Finland, and also to remove or burn all ships and boats. This system ot defonce is to be pursued all aioug the shores of the Baltic and of the Black Sea. The Grand Duke Constantine has assumed the j command of the Russian fleet. The Vest Deutsche Host of the 10th learns from the seat ot war that the tete-du-pont atChernavoda has been taken fey storm. Eight thousand Rus- j sians attempted to storm Bassova, but were re pulsed. On April 2d the attack was renewed. Seven thousand five hundred men had been landed to reinforce Varna. The Cons adt Satellite of the 4th announces the passage of the Danube at Sim nitza by the Turks, on March 27. It was further rumored that the Turks had ta ken Turna, and were advancing in the roar of the Russians. No pitched battle had taken place, up to April 9th, either at Rassovaor Silliatria, but much fighting and cannonading had been going on, from March 30th, to April 7th, in which the list of killed and wounded, especially of the Rus sians, was much augmented. Kalafat is again full of men, tho present garrison numbering 40,000. A correspondent writing from , within the walls, date March 31st, says the Turks | would advance from tho shelter of the fortress, in | about ten days, as they were only waiting for the ! grass to sp iug as forage for their horses. From the Invalide Russe. j The Russian Fleet in the Black Sea.—After • the occupation of the Eastern shores of the Black i Sea in the last war against Turkey the Government | had directed tho attention to the suppression of the infamous traffic in women cr children, who form the principal article of commerce ba’ween the mountaineers of the Caucasus and the Turks. With this objoet, it had erected all along the coast between Ghelenjik and Gagri a series of tem porary poets, and had established cruisers by means ot galleys of a particular construction, man ned by Cossacks from the Sea ot Azoff. Thanks to this measure, fearlessly executed by the Cos sacks, the object of humanity which the Govern ment had proposed to itself had beeu until now achieved. At present, the circumstances under which these postsliad been built having changed, it became nece>sary to consider that in consequence of their position, they had no land communication with each other, and that thoir garrisons, therefore, left completely isolated from the main body of our forces could not be of any service iu the general system of our future operations. On these grounds the Aid-de-Camp General Prince Menschikoff was ordered to suppress these posts, after having withdrawn tho garrisons. Prince Menschikoff has accomplished this ser vice with the success which accompanies all the operations of the fleet in the Black Sea. On tho 3d ot March he despatched from Ghe lendjik the steamer Molodets, under the flag of Vice* Admiral Serebriakoff, towing rowboats; the Crimea under the flag of Rear Admiral Panfilolf, towing tho Mamai transport ship ; the Odessa, towing the Bzyb : tho Chersonese, towing the Gostogai ; the Boiots, towing tho Kodos ; the Mo goutehy, towing the Tsemes ; and tho Argonaute, towing rowboats. In coasting along tho shores of Circassia, and they arrived opposito a pest, they left the vessels necessary for the embarkation of the garrisons; but on approaching Navaghinsk two steamers, the one French the other English, were signalled. Tho embarkation was suspended and measures were taken to prepare for action ; how ever, the enemy’s ships remained in the offing, passed before ours, and tho embarkation was re sumed. In tho meantime, opposite tho post Voliamiuotf, these two steamers stopped tho hired stansport Bzyb ; two officers hailed her, aud addressed to her commander, Lieut. Tehobyscheff, the follow questions : “ What steamers have you seen near the post of Navaghinsk?” Answer—“ Some Russian steam ers of war.” “ What are thoy doing at that point!” Answer —“ Thero is an Admiral thero, and lie has not told me his instructions.” “ Who is burning the pos’s, you or the Circas sians ?” Answer—“ We.” “ Why do you burn them ?” Answer—“ Because such is the order given.” “ Whore is your fleet!” Answer—“ Idontkuow, but I believe it to be at sea, and very near.” After having received theso answers, the two steamers departed, having described themselves as the Mogador and Sampson. On the sth tho wholo expedition anchored at Novorosslisk, whore it disembarked tho garrison of tho Navaghinsk, Golovine, La*areff, Tenghinsk, and Novotroitsk. Storms had prevented the squadron of Rear- Admiral Voukotitch embarking the garrison of the post of St. Esprit. The removal of this garri son took placo between tho 9th and 10th by means of the steamer Groraonoasetts, aboard which was sent Colonel Skoloff, aid-do camp of the Emperor. From all these posts, besides tho garrisons, which make up an effective force of 5,000 men, they embarked all the families of the soldiers, the workmen, and a great part of the stores of ahe crown. The rest, as well asthe buildings, were burned, and the fortifications wero blown up. Our military resources havo thus beeu augment ed by an important body of picked troops, accus tomed to war by long servioe in the centre of au unsubdued country. Great Britain.— The Poles in London have of fered to form a Polish legion, if the Government will accept their services, and supply munitions of war. Their application was referred, by the Earl of Aberdeen, to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Tho strikes of the operatives had extended to Stockport, where about 10,000 had left the mills. The agents of the Philadelphia and Liverpool Steamship Co., Messrs. Richardson, Brother dr t 0., believing that the steamer City of Glasgow was detained in the ico, give notice m the Liverpool papers that in consequence ot the great demand for steam vessels they have been unable to charter a vessel to take the place ot the City of Glasgo w. The cholera had appeared at Leeds, Yorkshire. There had been nineteen cases and five deaths dur ing the week and sixty-seven cases of diarrheea. Fire. We have to chronicle another conflagration which broke out in our city at an early hour yes’ terday morning in the kitchen attached to the premises situate on the Etst side of King-street a few doors South of Burns’ lane, owned by Mr’ N. Nathans, and occupied by R Jenny, as a dwelling and saddling establishment. The front building, which its but slightly injured, was in sured in the office of the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company, for SB,OOO. The kitchen, which was insured in the same office tor SSOO, was burnt to trie ground. Mr. Jenny’s stock, which was injured by remove), was insured in the South Carolina office for SISOO, and will more than oover his loss. The out buildings attached to the property, situate on the same street and to the South of the above, owned and occupied by Mr. R. White, as a dwelling and furniture store, and by J. M. Gidiere, and occupied on the .first floor by L. P. H. Close, as a dry goods store, and the upper part as a dwel ling were con turned. They were insured for SSOO each, the one in the South Carolina, and the other intheJbkna office. Mr. White’s front buildidg, which v/as injured in the rear, was fully insured in the former office. There was only SIOOO insurance on his stock of furniture, a portion ot which was de stroyed, m the Commercial office. Mr. Close, whose stock ot goods was injured by removal, was not in sured. The brick building at the Southeast corner of king street and Burt;., Lane, owned by P. Mcßride, an occupied by \al on tine Heidt, fortunately es caped injury. The following property, located on the South to of Burnb with, oulbuildintrs, wus con mimed, viz: ’ A small wooden dwelling owned and occupied by the widow of G. Keicke. Insured for S6OO in the German Mutual. A one and a half story wooden building occu pied by negros, and owned, as we learn, by one Roberts, a colored man. A large wooden tenement owned by M's. Beat tie, in one of which she resided, insured—slooo on one tenement, and S2OO on the kitchen, in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company and SISOO on the other tenement, in the Augusta In surance and Banking Company. A throe story wo den building belonging to the trust estate of C. W. Crough. Insured for $2,000 in the office of the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company. T" the East of the above was a two and a half story brick building, which checked the fire on this side ot the Lane. The building, which is very much burnt, is owned by John Italy, and is insured for $3,000 in the South Carolina office. Adjoining the above, is a wooden building, owned by Robert Stewait, the roof of which, and the out buildings, arc damaged. No insurance. The flames crossed the street or lane, and comma nieu:ed to the subjoined property, viz : A small tenement br.ck building, owned byJ. llarbeson, which, however, was but slightly inju red. Insured for $1,2')0, equally divided between the Fireman's and Columbia offices. Less than S2OO will repair the damage sustained. A wooden building to “the East of the above, owned and occupied by S. T. Prior, was very badly injured. Insured tor SI,OOO in the Charleston In surance and Trust Company. A wooden building to the Esst of the above, owned and occupied by the Miss Josephs, was materially damaged, roof entirely burnt off, and house otherwise injured. Insured for SI2OO in the Charleston Insurance and Trust Company.— 'lucre was also ssoo insurance on their furniture, which was slightly injured. A brick building in the immediate vicinity, own ed by the. Messrs. Hod beck, was slightly injured, the window frames and shutters, having been charred by the flames. It is impossible to determine how the fire origi nated, but it is believed to have been the work of an incendiary. The loss by this conflagration, it is estimated, will reach about $15,000.. —6%. Cour. The bn Hit at New York.—The thunder storm of Taursday was succeeded at New York by a regular Dorthenster, and the rain fell at intervals ad day, and steadily all night, and in a perfect de lude through all the 24 hours of Saturday. A vast amount of damage was done in the city and vicinity by the floods of rain, which swelled the streams, carried off bridges, washed away railroad embank ments, etc. The most serious damage, however, was the carrying away of a portion of the dam at Croton river by which the reservoirs were fed, and the city threatened with the deprivation of its usual supply of water. The Herald of yesterday says: Information, startling in its character, reached our city yesterday afternoon, respecting a very seri ms breach, kuvmg taken plaee in the Croton dam, at Croton Falls, catting off the supply to our reservoirs, which furnish the city with water. The continuous heavy rain from Thursday last to Sun fay m H.iug, wa the cause of this lamentable breakage in the dam. A storm ofsuch magnitude has not been known to take place since the con struction of the dam. We are not fu ly in posses sum of the extent of the damage done, but we be lieve. from aii we can learn at present, that a tre mendous breac ; has been made, carrying away the nor lb end of the dam, denominated Gravel Hill. We are informed by Mr. Trac., formerly one of the cn .mccrs employed in the construction of the dam, t> at he cannot scarcely believe it to be pos sible that any of the mason‘work could have been svv’-i pt a-ayby t? freshet. The breach, as he un der-'..!, is ;q h.’yi taken place under the gravel hill; | and if that is the case, the ioss ot water cannot be ■-u; f iled for some length of time. The two reser •• oiss contain a supply of not more than about one j hundred and fifty millions of gallons, and the city cotisun. »• near thirty millions daily; therefore, the | res rvoir- would last but a few days, and it be !. i v s the pt pie to be sparing ot the water until the repairing of the dam is completed. in consequence ot tne accident the Mayor has issued a proclamation enjoining the citizens to use .■wafer n tiie most economical manner. Meas ures had also t eeu taken to prevent the use of wa ter by shipping, steamboats, manufactories, bath up establishments, fountains, packing and slaugh ter houses, Ac. In the event of the supply being j cut oft for any length of time, the most serious | eon sequences are apprehended, as the firemen j would be powerless if a tiro occurred. On the Now York Railroad a large amont of ■hr. tago was done, and lives lost. The Courier says: On the New York ami Erie Railroad, between Patterson and a point a short distance beyond Del aware (Port Jerv.s,) considerable damage has been •h>ue by breaks in the embankments, stones and arth washed upon the track, and bridges injured. The express train, under the charge of Wm. H. lichee, got as far as Hohocus with considerable i: .fficuity, and tlie train was obliged to remain un til y esterday morning. At the bride over tne Pas aio, tv. o miles from Paterson, there was a break over which the passengers were transferred to an other train, and reached this city as above stated. In .. iligence was received at Jersey City last even ing that a break took place at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. A second break occurred near Stain way, west of Delaware station, and nine men were c! ■ riel with it into the river. Seven of them were im-tantly drowned, and two wero rescued by a boat. They were laborers on the road. Copper Mines ' ore valuable Copper Mines have been discovered in Virginia. Many of our citizens are connected with these Mines, and have taken up large quantities of land in the vicinity of Tcnkry’s Iron Works, which has thrown the community in a high state of excitement. The specimens brought to this plaee are much richer than those obtained at Duektown.— Cleveland {Tain.) Banner. Indian Hostilities. Cincinnati, May I.—A telegraphic despatch from Independence, to the St. Louis papers, dated April 24, says that the Santa Fe mail ar rived yesterday, bringing intelligence of a fight on the stli of March between a detachment of 26 men, under the command of Lieutenant I). Bell, of the Second Dragoons, and a party of Jaekanittos and Apache Indians, number un-- known. The loss of the United States troops was 2 killed and 4 wounded. The Indian loss was 9 killed and 21 wounded. The celebrated Apache chief Tabos was among the killed. On the 80th of March another fight took place 12 miles trom Zoar, between a company of 90 Dra goons, commanded by Lieut. J. W. Dandson, Ist Dragoons, and a party of nearly 309 Jaekanittas, Alpachees and Utah Indians. The soldiers suffer ed severely, losing 21 killed and 18 wounded. The Indian loss is unknown, but is supposed to be very great. Another report gives the number of the soldiers killed at 40. A strong force, under command of Col. Cook, are in pursuit of tho Indians. . . . . Twenty U.S. soldiers deserted their posts at port Alberqaerque, on the 27th ult., taking all the best horses, and all the Colt pistols belonging to tbeir C °Calil'ornia emigrants are leaving Independence daily, all in good health. Mr James Milligan, one ot the Iremont party, reached Westport yesterday on his return. Norfolk, May lst.-Theship E. W. Garmany, from Liverpool, bound to Baltimore, with a cargo of iron, went ashore on Friday night ou Lunibuck beach. ’The mate, Robert C. Wright, was drown ed. The cargo will be saved, and probably the vessel, if prompt assistance is sent. Philadelphia, May I.— There is a tremendous fre-het in the Delaware river. In the vicinity of Easton, it is 24 feet above the usual height, and overflowing tne Canal. The foundation of the wall at the Inlet lock has been washed away. The Morris Canal also injured greatly, and the track of the Delaware Railroad, The Lehigh river also 10 feet, above the usual height. The destruction of property has been immense. Philadelphia, May I.—Late advices from Ab secom state that three more dead bod os were washed ashore from the wreck of the Powhatan. — They were Germans. One a girl with the initials M. R. marked on her clothes—one a man 6 feet 2 inches high, dark hair and sandy whiskers.
