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MORNING NEWS. BIT JOHN M. COOPER. W. T. THOMP90N, EDITOR TERMS: DAILY PAPEn $4 0(1 | TRI-WEEKLY $3 00 All New Advertisements appeal" in both papers. Dinner of Tongues.—d-Csop was the servant of tt philosopher named Xanthus., Ono day his master being desirous of entertaining some of his friends to dinner, ho ordered him to provide tho best tilings ho could find in the market. iKsop thereupon made u largo pro vision of longues, which ho desired the cook to serve up with different sauces. When din ner came, tho first and second courses, the side dishes, ami tho removes, were all tongues. “Did 1 not order you,” said Xnnthns in a violent passion, “to buy tho beat victuals the market aifordod?" “And have I not obeyed your orders i” said ACsop. “Is there any thing better than tongues ? Is not the tongue tho bond of civil society, the key of science, and the organ of truth and ren- son? By ineuns of tho tonguo cities are built, and governments established and administer ed: with it men instruct, persuade, and pre side in assemblies; it. is tho instrument with which wo ncipiit ourselves of tho chief of all our duties, tho praising and adoring of the gods.” “Well, then,” replica Xanthus, “go to mar ket to-morrow, und buy mu the worst things you can find. This sumo company will dine v.-ith me,, and I have a mind to change my en tertainment.” When Xanthus assembled his friends tho next day, he was astonished io find that .'Ksop had provided nothing but tne very same dishes. “ Did I not tell you,” said Xanthus, “to pur chase tho worst things for tills day’s fenst? How comes it then, tlint you have placed before us tho same food, which, only yesterday, you du- olared to be tho very best?” iEsop not at all abashed, replied. “ The tougue is the worst thing in the world as well a« the best, for it is the instrument of all strife and contention, tho fometer of law-suits, tho source of division and war, tho organ of error, of calum ny, of falsehood and even ofprofanity." Color of the Air,—Whon wo look at the sky an a clenr day it appears like a largo blue arch, set over our head, and seen through (the supposed) invisible substance called uir. But this is not the case ;. there is no blue dome over us, and when the sky is viewed from any olovatedTogion of the earth, ns the top of tho high mountain or a balloon, and whore we would expect that this supposed blue vault would be more distinct and manifest, its blue tint moro decided, it appears not more blue, but dark or black. In proportion ns tho specta tor risos above the surface of the earthy and lifts less air above him and that every rare, the blue tint gradually disappears; and if he could at tain a height at which there is no air, the sky would Ijp perfectly back; thore would bo total darkness all around, except in the direction which the sun’s rays fell upon hint.. This leads to the inference that the air itself is of a blue color. But how does it happen "that we see this blue color of the air only when wo look ut the sky or at a distunt mountain or forest? Why is not the bluo color seen in tho air sur rounding us when wo look towards a house or a wall not so farremovod, or even in tho air in a room, or in tho air contained in what wo cull nn empty glass vessel ? A vory simple experiment will explain tho reason of this ap parent anomaly" If we take any largo glass vessel, which contains several glnss tubes of different diameters, from an inch to a tenth or twentieth of un inch, and fill those tubes with liquid out of u largo vessel, though wo liavo the same liquid ill all. end hence in nil tho matter which causes the color, it will be seen that the tint will gradually become more faint ip proportion as the diameter of the tube is lost, until in llio smallest the liquid is clear Pnd colorless like water. The intensity of the color is just in proportion to the mass at which the spectator looks, and a very small quunlity of that which indarge quan tities hus a strong color, does not present any color at all; and thus, though the greut body of tho air which is opposed to us, when wo look at a clour sky or any distant object, trims- mitts a sufficient quunlity of bluo rays to produce un impression of that color on the eye", the small quantity in a glass in a room,orovon in the com pass of a few miles, cannot convey onongh of bluo rays to the eyo to produce the color which the air manifests in u large body. LATEST Returned Gets Digger.—The N. Y. .lournul of Commerce, of Saturday evening, says: We have just seen a returned miner from Califor nia, wlio, with hie own bands, hns dug and delivered here, aboveliia expenses, nbout25 lbs. of gold, which lias netted him $5,500. He spent but six months at the diggings, and claims no extraordinary luck, his success being bused entirely upon daily industry and habits of thrift. His health is unbroken, and he con firms the previous reports of tho gold region, that the same industry and sagacity are requisite to success there, which attend profitable labor all over the world. The North West Passage.—A letter in tho Courier and Enquirer, dutjjd nt Mazatlan on the 22U of November, in noticing the arrival there of the British frigate A mphitrite, gays :—“They have discovered u N. W. passage in iat. 73 and about 80^, and gone one degreo and a half far ther North than any vessel has previously been. They liavo discovered a new continent—hut on account of ice could not approach nearer thnn fifteen miles to land. Did not find Sir John Franklin, and on account of ice were forced to leave. A Suspicions Vessel.—By tho schr.Catharine, arrived last evening from Curacao, wo learn that a Spanish brig, the Quauartania, which had been lying in Cururao some four months, undergoing repairs, sailed from that port on the 3d Deoember, as was supposed for I.aguira, hut aa some suspicion was entertained, arising from her taking on board 30 kegs of powder (her sole cargo, with the exception of provisions and ballast,) a Dutch Man-of-war was despatched to I.aguira, and on her arrival no such vessel had arrived there. She then ' proceeded to Coro, where they were informed she had ■topped and taken 70 men and arms, and proceeded to the West.—The rest is a mystery. The vessel was a fine clipper brig cf jNout 240 tons, and mounted nine 13 pounders. The Quangrtama will brobably turn out to be a slaver.—tt. Y. Erprtss. Very Handsome.—The Hon. Elisha Whittle- soy, General Agent of the Washington Monu ment, has received a letter from Capt. George VV. 8ton r, commanding the U. S. frigate Bran dywine, at Rio de Janeiro, enclosing the sun, of three! hundred and twelve dollars, contributed bv flie officers and crew of that ship to the Wash ingion Monument. This liberal and patriotic subscription won headed by Commodore Storor ltimscl with $30, and pnvcrul of the oiew sub- scrib -d "$5 eacfiV * •• * The Gold Bearing Quart* of California. —Wcbcgiu to think that the wonders of Cali fornia will never ceuse. Tho latest and most extraordinary discovery has been tho almost in exhaustible masses or quarries of gold bearing quartz, through tho whole mountainous region which forms the western slope of tho Sierra Ne vada. It appears by nn account in the Pacific News, that, the Hon. T. Butler King devoted two entire months to tho exploration of the regiou, and would make a full and comprehensive report to tho Dcpurlmcnt of State at Washington with re gard to it. Tho editor of the News thus de scribes some specimens of tho qunrtz that he hod scon in the possession of Mr. Wright, one of the members of Congress elect from Califor nia :— They consist for most pnrt, of small pieces of quartz rock, generally of a brownish tinge, nnd, in the same instances, presenting the ap pearance of a slight incipient decay, or de composition, of tho rock formation. In all these specimens tho gold points, or particle's are very slightly, if at all, visible to tho naked eye. The microscope, however, reveals tho gold more dourly. Beside these pieces, which Mr. Wright has himself selected, with great care, as the fairest average samples of tho general appcaranco of enormous und very numerous veins, or quarries, of quartz, there is also ono larger fragment of tho sumo rock, weighing, we should suppose, some ten or twelve pounds, from all parts of which the gold protrudes pluinly, in a state almost pure. This single fragment of quartz, which Mr. Wriglil by no meuns regards as an average sample of tho quarries, but which ho pronoun ces to bo the richest rock specimen ho has seen, is found by tho most careful specific giuvily test, as applied to it by Mr. Wright, to contain pure gold to the amount of about six hundred dollars. Mr. Wright has subjected some specimens to most rigorous tests, with tho following rc- murkablc results:— In u particular and very extensive vein four pounds ot this rock yielded, upon the average, $11 worth of pure gold, valued ut $16 to the ounce; that is to sny, tire yield of gold from there average samples of the rocks in this partic ular vein is nearly $3 for euch pound of quartz. Mr. Wright exhibited to us two small masses of gold, euch about the size uml shape of a large musket ball, nnd both presenting the granulated appearance of gold extracted nnd collected by the aid of quicksilver. One of these contains about $12 of pure gold, nnd is the largest yield which lias been obtained from four pounds of the rock in question. 1 ho other contains about $10 und isjtho smallest yield which has been obtain ed from nny of tho experiments upon the rock of this vein. The samples of the rock which Mr. Wright has tested, hnve been tnken from many different veins. In no sample tested, has the yield been less than one dollar to tho pounds of quartz. Tho average yield of the different vcinshns been, ns determined by the sumples, from one dollar and a half to two dollars to the pound of rock. Horrible Death of Insane ^Prisoners by Fir*.— The Victims Chained to tne Floor. —Tho jail nt Gettysburg, Pa., wn 3 consumed by fire on Monday morning Inst,with two pris oners. The Sentinel gives the following nf- llicting account, of the sad disaster r “There were but two persons confined in the prison ut tho time, Isaac Mussulman and John Toner—both insnne, nnd confined for safekeeping. The fire is supposed to have originated in the room of the former, but in whin; manner is not nnd never can be known. It was first discovered by a gentleman residing near tho prison, whose attention was attract ed by the loitd mid continued cries of Mussto- ninn, and who, up- "! rising from his bed, found the flames already bursting from one of the windows of Mussulman's room. From tho progress tho fire had made, it is inferred that it must have been burning for some time— probably an hour. As soon ns an entrance to the building vvi^s effected, every possible effort was made to suvo tho two unfortunate beings confined in it, hut in vain. The flames hud progressed so far as to render it impossible to reach the room of Musselman,who,it is thought fella victim to tho devouring element boforc the alarm was fairly given, as his erics ceased im mediately ufter the first discovery of tho fire. A portion of his burned body was recovered after tho fulling in of the building, and the re mains have sineo been interred in the cemetery of St. James’ church. The dense volume of smoke issuing from the burning apartments rendered it difficult to reach the room in which Tonor was confined, such ns attempted to en ter being driven hack by tho suffocating vol- umo of smoko. The poor victim being chained to the floor rendered his release the moro dif ficult. The body was nt length recovered, hut life was extinct—every effort to restore anima tion failing. Silk Cotton.—The Augusta Republic of 19th inst., stiys— A hale of Silk cotton, raised by Mr. J. V. Jones, of Burke, woighing 470 pounds, was sold in this city, by Adams, Hopkins & Co., at 14 cents. We understand that it was grown from tho genuine sued, on three quarters of ail acre of land. Two Colleges United.—Franklin College nt Loncanstcr, and Marshall College at Mercers- liurg, Pu.,—representing the German and Lu theran Churches—liavo been united by their respective Boards of Trustees under the name of Franklin Marshall College—which is to he located at Luiienstcr. The property und funds now uinuunt to some $150,000. Marshall Col lege, of which Dr. Ncvin is President, bus 150 students, nnd 7 professors. It will be remov ed as soon as practicable. The Half Century Question.—Rev. W. F. Chnnning writes :—"We understand that the hull' century question lias been agitated among the Cambridge astronomers, and that they have decided that, whether for better or for worse, tho world found itself on tho 1st. inst., ill u new hulf century of its career.” Dark and Cold.—In nn account of the recent expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, it is stated they were eighty days without seeing the sun, and laid the thermometer 50° below zero. They served out their lotions of fifth proof bran dy by chopping it up with" a hatch'd, it being frozen sol'd. MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1850. Supreme Court of Georgia.—The Janu ary term of this Court was concluded on Satur day. In our paper to-day will he found the de cisions made subsequent to those published in our last. It is worthy of remark, and not a little creditable to our Georgia Judciary, that in tho appeal cases brought before them the Jus- ccs have in every instance affirmed tho Judge ment of tho Courts below. During the term tho Hon. Wm. B. Fleming nnd Jacob De La Motta, Esq. were nddmit- ted to practice in the Supreme Court. From Tampa—The Jacksonville, Flo., pa pers state that a letter has been received at that place from Tampa, dated 26th Dec., which states that en Indian by tho name Capa-Chu Chee end of Sum Jones’ principal men, was then ut Pens Creek station, for the purpose of explaining tho reason why the Scminoles did not meet Gen. Twiggs on the 15th ult. The mission of Cnpa-Chu-Chee is regarded os indi cating a disposition on tho part of the Indians to aviod hostilities. State Road.—It is stated in tho Cassville Standard, on tho authority of Capt. Grar, the contractor, thut the Turinal on this road will be completed by tho last of February. Col. K. Hargroves, has been appointed agent nt Dalton ; Gen. W. N. Bishop is agent at Chntnnoogn, and Col. E. R. Harden at Ringgold. Nomination of the Whig Convention.— Wo nre indebted to a friend for the bolloting of the Whig Convention which nsscmhlcd at Lumber city, on Wednesday last, for tho pur pose of nominating a candidate to fill the va cancy in tho present Congress, occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Thos. Butleii King. It will he soen that the Hon. Wm. B. I LEMING, of this city was nominated on the second bullot. Tho Bullotings wore ns follows: First Ballot. W. B. Fleming, of Chatham, 16 J. P. Love, of Thomas, 8 C. B. Guyton, of Lawrens, 3 Chas. II. Hopkins, of McIntosh, 8 Total, .... 35 Second Ballot. W. B. Fleming, jg J. P. Lovo, 5 C. B. Guyton, jo Mujority for Fleming 1. Stations of the Preachers of the Me thodist Conference.—Wo hnve received tho schedule of the Georgia Annual Confer ence which has just concluded its session nt Mnrietta, indicating the stntion of the Preaceh- ers liir tho ensuingy car. We observe that the Rev. J. Lewis, is appointed Presiding Elder of this District, tho Rev. James E. Evans, Pastor of tho Wesley Chapel, nnd the Rev. Charles A. Fulwood of Andrew Chapel, in this city. We will give the entire list of ap pointments in our next. Funeral Honors.—-The funeral of Mr. T. T. Wilmot, who died in this city on Thursday last, was attended with military honors yester day, by the Chatham Artillery,, of which corps ho was a highly respocteil member. Melancholy Affair.-—The Atlanta Intel- ligoncer of Friday lost contains nn account of n inorst shocking affair which occurred in that city a few days since. It appears that some difficulty hail existed between a Mr. Fannin and his son-in-law Mr. Godfrey, in relation to certain slaves, und that the father, Mr. F., had boenforbidden access to the house of the son-in-law. During the fore part of last week, however, he attempted to gain an entrance into tho house, and being opposed, a fight ensued between himself and son-in-law, when the wife of Mr. G., in endeavoring to quiet the parties, received a stab in the abdomen, from a knife in the hands of her father, which caused her death, two days after. Mrs. Godfrey was an- ccint and with in a few weeks of confinement. • OP The Washington Globe contradicts the report of the death of Com. Connor. It was Capt. Connor, of tho Revenue service, who died at Erie, Pa. Cotton Manufactures in Florida.—A subscription is on foot in Tallahassee, Florida, for tho foundation of a cotton manufacturing Company in that place. Factories are also talk ed of in Jefferson and Madison comities. ' A Luxury in the Shoe Line.—A friend has just exhibited to us a pair of light hand some shoes, which ho regards us the perfection of their kind. Being afflicted with a very luxurient crop of corns, he has found it next to impossible to accommodate himself with any thing in the boot or shoe line, that did not give him excrutiuting pain, until ho met with the article alluded to at the store of our friends Messrs. Verstiluc, LuFBURnow & Butler, No. 161 Congress Street. They are mndeof what is called crimped kip have a fine polish, are soft and light, and in the best style of work manship. And, what is a still rarer,’ recom mendation, they are exceedingly cheap. CF" The Secretory of the Navy hns ordered a portion of the Home Squadron to extend’ its cruise along the coast of South America, for the purpose of exercising a proper supervision of the national interests in that quarter. The move ment has no reference whatever to our relations with England. [Correspondence of tile Mnrniug News.| Washington, Jun. 15, 1850. Mr. Clay made a brief but flowing and ap- proprinte^ddress to the Colonization Society to-night.- Mr. Clay is still eloquent and im posing, and commands the closest attention. Tho American Colonization Society fin's suc ceeded in its objects, to a remarkable degree, nnd they now, as 1 learned from the speech of Mr. Scott, of Virginiu, look forward to the time when they send out, as colonists, n num ber of free colored persons equal to the in crease of the whole number in the U. States, which is estimated at eleven thousand a year. The Society, I notice, are preparing to usk some aid from the Government, The Hungarian exiles arrived here last' eve ning, and haVo received the most polite atten tion from our Mayor, Col. Seaton. Col, Sea ton accompanied them, to-day, on a visit to several public places, including the Supreme Court, the Senate Chamber, the House of Rep resentatives, the Congress Library, &c. While they were in the Senate Chnmbcr they received marked attention from Gen. Hous ton,'Gen. Sheilds, Mr. King, Mr. Clay, and others. Gen. Cass was not present. Ujahazy appears to ho about sixty, and wears a long and rather grey beard. Ho hus u fine, intellectual countenance. He was in plain clothes,wore a large fur cape,and a round, wide-brimmed, low-crowned hat, with a single small red feather. Two of the military men were in undress uniform, and one who com manded the left wing in the brilliunt sally from Comorn, displayed n white feather, though he showed none in the field or in the face of the foe. In truth, they are very soldier-like and gentlemanly looking men. The House is going on slowly towards a complete organization. To-day, they succeed ed, after two days’ lubor, in electing a Ser- geant-nt-arma. To-morrow, they will endeavor to choose a Door-Keeper. The caucus caudidnto of tho Democratic party do not succeed. Col. Forney, the De mocratic candidate for the Clerkship, proba bly expended at least the amount of tho yearly sulary of the office in pursuit, of it, and yet was beaten. Mr. Lane, the caucus candidate for Sergeant-at-arms, is beaten by a Pennsylvania Democrat who got Whig votes. Mr. Brown, the candidate for the office of Door-Keeper, has, to use a term emphatic and pertinent, ab squatulated—run away—having been charged with a falsification of certain papers upon which he obtained money from the War De partment. The Second Auditor, Mr. Clay ton, who is from yourStnte, first disclosed the fuel of the forgeries; but ho was put on the track by the MayorofPittsburg,asI understand. The circular of the Secretary of the Treasu ry in relation to the revenue, dated 31st Dec., will produce groat alarm among those who hold office in tho customs. But a joint reso lution has passed tho Senate and will pass the House, which will enable the Secretary to re scind that order. But still the expenditures in tho collection of the revenue nVo to be greatly curtailed, and tho number of offices dimin ished. The Democratic Senators have held several private consultations lately, upon the subject of tho nominations before them ; bnt no definite conclusion has been arrived at. Tho Senate shows some disposition to pass Mr. Brad bury’s resolution. They refused to lay it on tho table ; bnt that was partly for the purpose of enabling Mr. B. to speuk upon it. The Presi dent will consider it as an insult if it should pass. Of cour^, he will refuse to state the reasons which influenced his removnls in every case. New-York, Jun. 15, 1850. We Now Yorkers, I believe, absolutely re quire nn atmosphere charged with a certain quantity of excitement, to enable us to exist; and in truth so accustomed have wo become to it, that habit, which is said to bo second nature, hns created in us a nature, I may term artificially real, made of such material that “fire-eating” would scarcely be too stimulating. Under this state of things you may be sure we are, just now, in a high state of. existence, for excitement has been increasing upon un with lightning speed, and “horror upon horror’s head accumulates.” To be sure we have had no frightful and mysterious murder, but ‘"con spiracies,” “awful dovolopmonts,” “sanguina ry machinations,” &c„ are of daily and almost hourly occurrence. The case of Drury, senior and junior, for attempting the life of Mr. War ner and family by means of a torpedo, is still in abeyance. Ho is rich, and money will be freely scatcred where it can he mude useful.— He sent $200 to one of the judges last week, and asked him to use his influence in his be half. All the papers connected with his case have been stolen in two instances, but all his efforts in this way will not avail, though he may escape by some other nefarious means yet. I will give you some particulars of this man hereafter. J. Chestley, an ex-inember of a Methodist church, 1ms been connected with Drury, and yesterday this fellow was given up by his bail (no other than Drury himself, by the bye,) nnd it is said mndo some strange reve lations to tho District Attorney, still further unfolding an astounding mystery which will asto n ish the country. That there has been a deep and ingenious system of villainy practised here by certain parties for years past, is be yond doubt, hut fortunately a discovery 1ms been made, and now each is anxious to he the first to “peach” upon his fellows. The arrest of the Mormon General, Arlington Bennett, last week, who was one of them, evidently caused great surprise. lie Is a tall, raw-boned Scotch man, of near sixty years of age, and u “blow er” of the most extensive kind. Those worthies arts all in' prison, and lookout for startling events very soon, for it is said that others, who have held their bends high in the community—lawyers, merchants, and pursons even—are implicated in this affair. 1 he trials of the Astor Place rioters nro now proceeding in our Court of Oyer nnd Termi*" tier. Yesterday, Miller alius Long, was con victed of arson in the third degree, for at tempting to burn the Astor Opera House, and will have three years at Sing Sing at least. Kynders, Thiner, Johnny Austin, O’Donnell, and Johnny Walker, nil villains known tounen- viabio fume, are on trial to-day, for inciting the riot, nnd we hope to discover who were tho really guilty parties in this horrible affair—it may come out in the trial, for theso fellows were activo in the matter, but there avis yet others behind the curtain.- Tho above, and particularly Rynders, has- the satisfaction of knowing that he has the best wishes of all re spectable and well disposed persons for his speedy and long incarceration. He and liis 1 entire club have been n disgrace to the city too' long, and tho terror of the community. More of them anon. The defalcation of Mr. Wefrrrbre, late Navy Agent here, lias cansed still more excitomcnt.,- for he is so gentlemanly, so respectable, be longs to so many societies,- and moves in such- distinguished circles,- that people could not believe it. But when men rob the Govern ment, it is only callod defalcation; and a yet milder term is applied to this affuir. He is short in liis uccount $170,000; hut then, ho' thinks Government owes him money for his services, and foe fear he shouldn’t got it from them, he helps himself to sufficient funds to J more thnn cover his demands ! What would this be termed, if a clerk in the counting house shofild do the same thing? Wo a e to liuvc a great time on Thursday evening, at Nihlo’s, at the celebration of Frank lin’s birth-day. The affair hns been got up by tho typos, and every thing looks brightly' promising. The festival is to consist of three' parts: Part 1. Orations, addresses, and mu sic. Part 2. Supper, songs, speeches, and toasts. Part 3. Ball. Isn’t that something like a festival? I will tell you all about it by and bye. The Cherokee was to have left to-day with the California mail, but she has sprung a leak, and will be detained until Thursday. We have been expecting some snow for tho last day or two, but it did not get further than Philadelphia, where the sleighing is said to bo glorious. ' We have still some of tho Hungarians with us, but Ushazy and Mile- Ingello hwra.Joft for Washington, fancy jackets and vests, short petticoats, and all. She does not wear those' articles now, but exhibits them to the curious as those she wore when mixing in the struggle of her countrymen. She is a nice, good look-- ing, plump piece of goods, very unromantic in face and figure, and not at. all Amazonianish. We ure very gay in New York at present,- and tlio California fever, I think, is returning— the story about the mountains of gold has caused many u sigh from those who haven’t got the means to gratify their longings. You must excuse the hurried nature of this epistle, as I have not had time to collect and arrange my material. I shall endeavor in fu ture to give you a brief view of passing events in tmr city, and endeavor to spice them to the tastes of your readers generally, and hopo I may succeed to tho satisfaction of tho majori ty at least- Yours, CIIARLEMAC. CF A duel was fought a few days since at Fort McHenry near Baltimore, between two privates, one a veteran dragoon and the other a member of Ringgold’s Artilery corps, both of whom had sem service in Mexico. The weap ons used were heavy sabres. After dealing euch other a series of cuts and thrusts-, one of tho wenpons broke in twain. Another wus-immedi ately provided, and the bloody work renewed with increased ferocity, which resulted in one receiving a soveree gash across the face, and who will also run the risk of losing an eye. His wound was such as required the skill and attention of the surgeon, who keeps him confin ed to the moss room. < Atlanta Advancing—Demand for Lum ber.—The Atlanta Iutclligenccr of the 18tl inst. says; We hear almost daily in different ports o our city, of the scarcity of Lumber in the mar ket, There is a constant demand for material: for building. Houses are rapidly going up or all sides,but the operations of builders arealmos constantly crippled nn account of the difficult; of obtaining the nccessrry supply of lumber Mu-y also are desirous and ready to build, bn are prevented by this same difficulty. Is then no lumber in the country? We are certain thn our friends throughout the country who may bi in possesion of the article, would find it profit able to bring it to market, commanding us i does, ut nil times a high price. Cannot cur lumber merchants meet this de mand. CF A Washington letter says.—No qufistio can arise in Congress, at this session, whic will not ran at once into the great question < the future relative power between the Norl and South. The St. Louis papers of the 5th inst stnte that during the previous week several cases of cholera hud occurred in that city, some of which terminated fatullv.