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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN IH. COOFER. ~vTTT, THOMPSON', EDITOR. TERMS : DAILY TAPKIl $4 00 | TRI-WKEKLY $3 00 All Now Advertisements appear in both paper*. (From the N. O. Crescent.) Lines to a Young Lady. WhettYomeyee havSftirgotton the imile they now wear When care ahall have shadowed thy beautiful brow; When thy hope* and thy roaea together lie dead, And thy heart turns back, pining, to day* that are fled, Then wilt thou remember what now aeenis to paaa Like moonlight on water, the broatk stain on glass. Oh lady, the lovely and youihfu! to thee How roae-touched the page of the future will be By the past, if thou Judge it, how little is there But flower* that flourish, but hope* that are fair: And what is thy preaenH^-a Southern sky's spring, With the feeling and fancies like bird* on the wing. As the rose by the fountain flings down on the wave It* blushes, forgetting its glass i* it* grave. So the heart shed* its colors In life'* early hour— But the heart has it* fading as well as the flower; Tbe charming light darken*, the rose-leaves are gone And life, like the fountain, float*colorless on I The Bottle Trick before the Queen,—On Monday, (Prince Albert’s birth duy,l during the, Festivities nt Balmoral,the Wizzard of the North, Professor Amlorton, was present, and was asked if ho would perform the feat they had hoard so much of his having done success fully —“Tho Inexhaustible Bottle.” On receiving the royal commad to perform it, hecalled for a champagno bottle, and hand ed a large number of gaUses round, and asked Lord Portmnn what he would drink. His Lordship replied whiskey—whiskey wus pour ed out. Mr. Anton preferred brandy, which he got. Several demanded wine, which passed freely; and one of the proprietors of the royal distillery, Mr. Begg, thinking to baffle the pro fessor, usked him if he could give him a glass of his best Lochnagcr wh’skey. No sooner said thun done; nnd the Lochnnger whiskey became in great demand. A large nnmbor of additional glasses were distributed, nr,d some called for Irish whiskey, numbers brandy—the Highlanders patronized Mr. Begg; when Lord John Russell, Jterhuns, like Mr. Begg. wishing to try tho Wizzard s skill, asked forn glass of rum, which was immediately supplied, and his lurdship pronouuced it excellent. The London portion of the domestics and po lice called for gin, which wns freely pouted out of this extraordinary bottle; and tho Wiz- zard was returning to his seat, when his royal highness, anxious to test the bottle—presuming, as he wus rolurniug, that it wus exhausted,— asked if more could bo poured out. Glasses were brought for her Majesty ami Prince Al bert, and, on being asked whut they preferred, requested Begg’s best Lochnager, which imme diately ran forth, nnd her Majesty and tho Prince, testing it, acknowledged its purity; and the Wizzard gave the bottle to the Prince, and asked him to look if it was empty—it wns. Mr. Anderton brought some water, nnd, in the Prince’slliand.jfilled it, ordered glasses,uudask ed the Prince what wine he preferred. Port was selected. Tho Prince poured port, and then sherry, then milk, then champagne, then broke tho bottle, and in it was discovered a beautiful turtle-dove.—Coledonitt Mercury. Remarkable preservation of a Hog.—Tho Enstern Whig relates that a hog belonging to Geotgo Hower, Esq., of Allen township, wns accidentally buried under a stack of straw in his yard on the 13th of October last. Addition al straw was thrown on tho stack from time to time, until the 24th of December, when the animal was found. Incredible ns it may np- pcar, the hog lived in that situation, without air, water or Anything to eat, except straw, for seventy-four days ! When the hog was lost, it weighed 250; when taken out of its confinement it was a mere skeleton, not weigh ing more than 60 or seventy pounds At first it could not walk, but moved by sudden jumps like a mbit. When offered food it would only take a litle warm milk, but gradu ally its appetite returned, and it promises in a short time to regain its former weight. Treasury Circular.—This matter has alrea dy aroused the attention of the Chamber of Commerce, and wo understand that body is de termined to have some immediate action upon the subject. Wo understand it is proposed, among the merchants themselves, to store oil the goods they import at their own expense, but giving the Government command of tbe keys of the warehouses in which such goods are stored, a “warehousing systom,” we believe, generally adopted in Liverpool and other ol the largo im porting cities of England. Tho Chamber of Commercu, however, hnve appointed a special committee to consider the subject, and we shall have the result of their deliberations, no doubt, in a day or two.—N. Y. Express. A Marylandpir Abroad.—Punishment of English Arrogance.—News has reached Wash ington rtf a personal rencontre which took place at Lima, on the lllth of the last month, betwoon Col. Zabdiel W. Porter, tho newly appointed Consul of the United States at Val paraiso,nnd the Hon. Henry 8 Sullivan,nephew of Lord Palmerston, and Her Britanic Majes ty’s Chnrgo d’alfairs near the Government of Chili. A correspondent of the Baltimore Americun gives tho particulars of tho afi'uir, from which It uppears that tho steamer on which he was uboard stopped a few days at Lima to take in coal, and Col. Potter proceed ed wi*h his fumily and took lodgings at tho French Hotel, nnd having secured comforta ble quarters, left Mrs. Potter nnd her chil dren to tuke a stroll through tho city. The letter continues as follow: “Col. Potter had not long left his iodgings before the Honorable Henry Stephen Sul livan with hiu fumily stopped at the hotel and deliberately wulked up to tho rooms which had been assigned to Col. Porter and family, and took forcible possession of them, and turned Mrs. Potter andr he infant child out of doors. Mrs Potter besought him with tours in her eyes to await tho return ofher husband, who would only bo ubsent for a few minutes, but it was all invain. His British no bility told her that sho was only a common Amcricnn cook, and ordered her out with her j child in her arms, directing a servant to find other apartments for her. Gon. Herrera, who occupied rooms near those taken by Col. Port er, was appealed to to by Mrs. P., and he und his daughter, Mrs. Mickle, wont with her to tho Charge and besought him to await tho re turn of Col. Potter—but this appeal also was without effect. Mrs. I’, was again ordered out of tho room, and as she left in tears this ac complished functionary and chivulric gentle man taunted her with words of this sort— ‘Mama, don’t whip mo—I’ll be good next time —I will.’ “Sometime after this Brutal occurrence, Col. Potter returned to tho hotel, when ho was in formed of what had transpired, nnd ns soon ns he could hear the story he culled upon Mr. Sullivan, who had gone out. After a short time he called again, but was agnin told that tho gentleman was not in, liken true American gentleman, Col. P. declined to disturb the fam ily of this Royal offender or in tho least to take advantage of Ids absence, but wont im mediately to a hotel in the plaza and procured other lodgings it being then nearly night. Ear ly the next morning ho again repaired to tho room of the Charge and found him this time ‘at home.’ Ho requested him very po litely to accompany him to the aparlmonts of Gen. Ilerreru, in order to have an expiation of the disgraceful conduct towards Mrs. Pot ter on the previous ovening. Mr. Sullivan coolly declined the request, And told Col. P. that it was he (Col. P.) who must make the apology to his Lordship. Upon this Col. Pot ter administered to him a well, merited and well npplied chastisement, caning him until they were both completely oxhuusted with the effort—tho one in tho passive, tho other in the active sense. “This just retribution was witnessed by a large number of gentlemen, among whom were several Englishmen, and every body agreed that Potter wns entirely in tho tight. It is needless to add that as soon as the news spread over tho city of Lima there was a universal burst of admiration of Potter’s conduct on the one hand and of condemnation of Sulli van’s on tho other. It is hoped that this uffair will teach Lord Palmorstnn s nephew that an American citizen, nt home or abroad, is not disposed to brook any insult even from ono who is of blood kin to his lordship and a high functionary of her British majesty, and ho may also profit by this lesson and learn how to rC' sent an injury himself hereafter.” TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1850. f For station* of Preachers of Methodist Conference, see first page. Correction.—In the report furnished to us of the ballotings of the Whig Convention, pub lished yesterday, the name of C. B. Guyton, Esq., should have been dropped on they second ballot, instead of that ofCHAS.II. HqPKiNS, Esq., who received on that ballot the 12 votos Hctdown to Mr. G. The Weather.—Wo had yesterday a touch of California weather, barring the wind and cold, which are said to prevail in that highly favored region with tho rain and mud. For the most part of the day we had dripping skies and sappy Bido wulks, which made the out-door business very disagreeable, and inclined those who bad no imperative necessity for exposing themselves, to remain within doors. The at mosphere, however, was mild, and when we read of the suns of tho North, accompanied as they are with biting frosts and cuttiug winds, we do not feel disposed to complain Speaking off tho weather, it is a little re markable that while tho winter during the first two months, has boon quite severe in the Northcn States, wo have had a senoon of unu- UBal mildness at tho South. Thus fur wo may say that we have hud no winter. Here in Jan uary, but for the bareness of some of the trees, we would bo ut a loss to realise tho fact that we were in what is called the mid-winter sea- We bclievo that tliero has been no night yet so cold in this latitude ns toninko ice. Verdict Against Gen. Harney.—A dis banded soldior, named Lang, obtained a ver dict in tho Circuit Court of tho city of New- York, on Tuesday last, against Gen. Harney of $700 and costs, for assault and battery. The New York Miror says it was proved that tho plaintiff and defendant were passen gers on board tho Alabama from Mexico, in November, 1848; and because pluintiff and others complained of tho fare, Henry beat him severely. The British Empire.—According to Martin, in his account of the British colonies, twenty- five written and various unwritten languages are spoken throughout this great empire of colonies. There are about 5.000,000 Chris tian*, 50,000,000 Hindoos, 20,000,000 Mahom- medans, 10,000,000 Budhists, and milliousof other idolaters of various description*, in the British foreign possessions^ Tho whold popula tion is estimated at 130,000,000. Of these not more than 26,000,000 eat flesh abundantly; about 10,000.000 s|mringly; 24,000,000 occas ionally, and 70,000,000 live principally on vege tables and fish. About 34,000,000 mako wheat, oats and barley their principal graminivorous Cuoil; 16,000,000 potatoes, pulse and other veg etables, and 80,000,000 rice, maize, millet, &c. F About 10,000,000 drink wine frequently ; 25.- 000,000 malt liquor*; 35,000.000 distilled li quors ; and 60,000,000 chiefly water. I** From British Oviana.—The Georgetown ^^(British Guiana Gazette of the 6th ult. says that, “in consequence of the heavy rains that have fallen in the course of'tjiq present year, our planters will sustain a serious loss in this years orop of sugar, the deficiency being es timated at from eight to ten 'thousand hogs heads. Yellow fever prevails among the troop* nt Antigua. Many deaths had occurred, and a cosiderable number of planters, at the latest ac counts, continued in hospitals. Pfani Road.—Tbe directors of the Milan and Richland Flank Road Company give no tice in to-duy's paper thot they have declared a stock divided of twenty five per cent. ($12 55 on eauH *har») This i» from the earnings of 11 miles of road for an average period of II months.Tribune. New Books. Sir Edward Grayham, or Railroad Specula* tors. By Catherine Sinclair, Author of “Holiday House,” “The Journey of Life.” &c., &c. New-York : Harper & Broth ers. This volume makes the 135th volume oi Harpers’ Library of Select Novels, a fact in it self sufficient to recommend it to the novel reading public, who have lcumed to tuke the numbers of this series nt a venture; but the admirers of the Authoress,who are by no means few in this country, nnd especially those ol them who remember the pleasant interest with which in their youthful days they perused the pages of “ Holiday House,” will be gratified to meet a romance from her pen in which she has completed her long cherished task of intro ducing tho characters of that story in what she calls a full grown novel. The book before us is a story of English life, in which the author has aimed to show the better phases of human nature, as developed in a familiar sketch of modern habits, manners, and conversation, us they now exist in society—in her own lan guage, “to draw an attractive picture of the truest happiness in this world, united to the un dying hope of all that is yet purer, yet better, and more lasting, in the world to come.” From the publishers. To be had at Jno. M. Cooper’s Book Store. Easy Lessons in Landscape. By F. N. Otis / New-York t D. Appleton &Co. This is an envelope containing sixteen plates, designed to teach the art of Landscape' drawing, accompanied by letter press instruc tions in Perspective. The work seems admira bly adapted to the purpose for which it is in tended. From the publishers. John M. Cooper lias the work.' IIon. Henry A. Wise delivered, at tho capital in Richmond, Vn., on Monday of last week, at the request of members of tho legis lature, an address on tho subject of Northern proceedings against slavery. Mr. Wise’s in vective was in his most energetic style, and Senators Benton and Houston received a spe cial share of his denunciations. The Rpubli- can says also, that he exhibited a highly con servative spirit towards the American Union. An Old Adage Falsifed.—It is Baid that the clown in the San Francisco circus receives a salary of $12,000 per annum. This is either a falsification in, principle, q|f the old adage, which says that a fool and his_ money is soon parted, or it is, in fact, an illustration of its truth on a larger scale. We leave it a ques tion for moralists to determine. Texas.—Message of Gov. Bell.—Galveston pnpers to tho 3d distant huve been received. The now Governor, I*. H. Boll, delivered his messago on the 26th ultimo; It commences by recommending the immedi ate organization of the counties set off in the district of Santa Fe, and the sending of a com missioner, there for tho purpose, and if nocessa- ry, accompanied by such an armed force as shall enable him to reduce seditious citizens to obedi ence to the laws, nnd to notify tho Executive of the United States of their purpose nnd deter mination. He concurs with his predecessor in the recommendation that n Commissioner be sent to Washington, to present the subject to the consideration of tho President. It also pro poses u very decided expression of the opinions and wishes of the States in relationto the slave ry question; the sale and cession of so much of the territory, with tho jurisdiction thoroof, to the United States, as lies north of 36 deg. 3d min., mid of the sale und cession, without juris diction, of that portion lying north of 34 deg., are proposed to be provided for, contingent on n negotiation with the United States. It recom mends the payment of the public debt at its val ue at the timo issued, with the interest, in the lands of the State. The security to colonists under the colony contracts, the title to their lands; the granting a right of wav fora road to the Pacific, with the appropriation of lands for the porpose; the maintenance of a regiment or part of a regi ment on the Indian frontier; tho extension of the rights of citizenship and land titles to old settlers on the Rio Grande, a prevision for the officers of tho late navy of Texos, and the he roes of the Texas revolution, by the United States, and a speedy settlement of all the old land titles, by a commission fur their investiga tion. A correspondent of the Civilian, writing from Austin in reference to the subject of slavery, says: “Soveral resolutions on the subject of slavery are before the Legislature, all of them nearly copies of Mr Calhoun’s famous resolutions. I shall not be surprised if an attempt is made be fore the close of the session to censure our Sen ators for not singing the Southern address: but 1 do not believe any thing of tho kind will pass the S^uato.’ ’ Thellaytien and Dominican War.—Jamai ca papers, received by the Oehrokee give a re port that tbe forces of tho Dominican Repub lic have invaded the territory of the Empire of Havti, nnd that the Dominican fleet, had bom- burded and destroyed tho iftaytien towns and villages. The town of L'Anse u Pitre was re duced to ashes. The Haytien schooner Char- ire was captured near Aux Cayris. A sloop and sixboats were taken atid-sunk, with 25 of their crew killed and taken prisoners. The Wetmore Charge of Defalcation.— A letter from Washington says that the account ing offtcei* of the Treasury Department certify that the balance on tho books of the Department against Prosper M. Wetmore, late Navy Agent nt Now Y’ork, is one hundred and eighty-one thousand five hundred and eighty dollars and seventy-nine cents. Mr. Prescott Hull, U. S. District Attorney for New York, has received instructions to instituto summary proceedings against Mr. Wetmore, under the provisions of tho well known act of Congress, for cases of this kind. Foreign News. English accounts of tho 22d ult., received by the ships Ivanlioe nnd New World, at New- York, contradict that there had been a difficul ty in the Queen’s Cabinet, between the heads of the Colonial Department and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The London Globe takes strong Rritish ground on the Nicaragua Ques tion, denouncing the supposed design of our Government to obtain exclusive control of the Peninsula. How little arc English Statesmen qualified accustomed as they are to the grasping policy of their own monarchy to judge of the acts and motives of our government, in this and kindred matters of international relation, people whose flog, wherever it floats, is sustained by the right of migt, cannot comprehend how it is that the Stars and Strpes urc hailed by the weaker nations of this continent as the paladium of liberty and safety. The same accounts confirm the rumor that theRefugee question between Turkey and Rus- siajhad been settled, and that the ratifications to the agreement on this subject are alone want ing to make the subject definitive. The Poles who have embraced the Mahomedan faith are to be withdrawn from the province of Rumillia, and the refugees generally are to be kept for twelve months in some distant province of Tur key. It is also stated that negotiations arc on foot for the settlement of an important commercial treaty between England and Rnssia by which great advantages are expected to bo secured to English commerce. A considerable change in the import duties on articles of English manu facture, and in cotton especially, a great though gradual ad valorem reduction will be made. It is said that the Emperor has shown the ut most willingness to consider the whole question in the niost liberal point of view. Exports of Charleston.—The exports of Charleston for the ycai 1849 amounted in value to $15,838,291. ‘ ’ Dark Scenes of History. By G. F. R. James, Esq. New-York: I). Atpleton & Co. A new work from James is a familiar and not unwelcome announcement to the reading pub lic. His admirers, who have followed his pro lific pen through tho flowery fields of romance, and have been held captive by the powers of his brilliant imagination, will read with interest and pleasure, ns well us instruction, the volume before us, in which he has dressed up in his own peculiarly graphic style the dark scenes of history, comprising many of tho most in teresting incidents to be found in tho annals oj the olden time. From the publishers. At J. M. Cooper’s. The Early Conflicts of Christianity. By the Rev. Wm. Ingraham Kip, D. D., author of “The Christian Ilolydays in Rome,” “The Doublo Witness of the Church,” &c. New York : D. Appleton & Co. This is a neatly printed duodecimo of about 200 pages, in cloth, in which the reverend au thor has traced the Christian Faith from its earliest dawn to its filial triumph over the super stitions and unbelief of the world. The conflcit of centuries, which ended in the establishment of the Christian dynasty, is considered under the rsprosentative bends of Judaism, The Li centious Spirit of the Age, Barbarism, and The Pagan Mythology. In treating his subject, the author has endeavored to avoid ns much as possible the complicity and interruption of his torical details, and by keeping in view the con flict between the Christian and Anti-Christian principle, to show the gradual waning of each particular form of opposition, until its power was broken, and it ceased to be numbered among the formidable enemies of the faith. The writer displays much research as well as devotion to the interesting subject in hand, and his book will be read with satisfaction by Christians of every denomination. From the publishers. At J. M. Cooper’s Book Store. Waraga, or the Charms of the Nile. By William Furniss. New-York: Baker & Scribner. Tho reader will exclaim with us when he takes up this volume, “Another voyager to the Nile !”—and before he lays it down ho will hold himself -in readiness to encounter the writer’s volume to tho Holy Land, if ho should ever write one. The preface is an index to the book—frank, honest, and unpretending, the author sets forth by promising us nothing new, and laying claims to no greater merit than that of a compiler, he gives us a volume of much originality, sprightliness, and inter esting information. The work comprises near ly 500 pages, and is handsomely illustrated with a few good colored plates, which are worth much more than five times as many poor ones. From the publishers. John M. Cooper has the hook. People I have Met, or Pictures of Society and People of Mark, drawn under a thin veil of fiction. By N. P. Willis. New-York: Ba ker & Scribner. This is is thelutest published work by Wil lis, and as the title indicates, it is peculiarly his own—as much like him as “Letters from under a Bridge.” We can’t say that wo do not admire Willis’genius, but we could, if we were to set about it, find some faults in him which, for the sake of his famo as an author, we could like to see amended. Wo have no disposition to point them out at present, how ever, and snail peruse the People he has Mot, with a view to make their acquaintance, nnd not to find fault with the Poet for those little foibles of vanity and extravagance, which, perhaps, after all, are as essential to his happi ness as greater fcults are to smaller men. He says, in his preface, that the greater number of the stories in his volume “embody such pas sages in the personal history of the eminent men and women of Europe as the author came to the knowledge of by conversance with the circles in which they moved,” &e. Well, per haps we shall like his eminent acquaintances. If we do not, wo can turn from them as wo would from an uninteresting specimen of the Zoological Kingdom, whom we might meet in a menagerie. From the publishers. At J. M. Cooper’s Book Store. [Correspondence of the Morning News.] Washington, Jan. 1G. I find that there is more excitement here abouts out of the Capitol, in regard to the sub ject of tbe North and South, than- there is in the Capitol. It would seem that the people of the South who are resident here or sojourning here, have deep feeling on tho sulije*. t. In Virginia, and in Maryland—at Annapolis and ut Richmond—a spirit is manifested that can' be satisfied with nothing short of fair dealing- and justice on tho part of the North. I learn, by a friend from Richmond, that excitement there is much greater than even tho press has represented it. The people ore pre pared for retaliatory measures upon tho North. It is proposed to enact a law requiring that every person importing or selling goods or merchandise of Northern produce or manufac ture, shall give a bond faithfully to account for the amount of sales, and to pay a certain duty on them,say ten per cent.—or, in case of refusal to give tho bond or fuilure to pay the duty, to bo subjected to punishment as a felon. The state of feeling must bo highly excited when- such a measure can be proposed. But it will fy.ll far short of a moans of redres, uuei an act of aggression shall pass. As n preliminary meusurc and as a warning it is now brought for ward. I shall not be surprised at any measure which tho Southern people or legislatures shall resort to, after witnessing tho feeling here, where it must be less intense than in the South. The Vermont resolutions which have produced so much sensation in Richmond, are the same upon which an eloquent discussion took place in tho Senate. They are tho same which Mr, Hale, of N. II., and Mr. Phelps, of Vt., pro nounced to be unmeaning, harmless, and in tended for home consumption, and not for Congress or the South. Why did they not keep them ut home ? Why insult the South with them ut this particular juncture? The truth is, that the people who voted for these resolu tions had no distinct ideas on this subject, ex cept that nnti-slavery doctrines were popular at that time among a certain portion o f their constituents; nnd it is also true that they did not and never will believe tho South to be iu earnest in resisting tho anti-slavery measures' which the resolutions propose. The resolu tions are of little account, unless they represent the sentiments nnd designs of the Northern, people. It is difficult to say how far tho Northern people may be disposed to go; btlt nine-tenths of them are quite indifferent to tho subject, until it is forced upon them. Every ono is, of course, looking to sco what is to ho done by Congress. The prospect is that they will do nothing. But still, great measures are daily chalked out for future de liberation and discussion. Tho bill introduced by Mr. Benton for a division of Texas, a reduction of her limits, a cession of her territories West of W. long- 102 deg., and the payment to her of fifteen millions for the .same ; the creation of a new State in Texas, &c.—this important bill will bo forced on the attention of the Senate. Mr- Foote’s bill, which, in regard to Texas, is somewhat similar, and which provides for tho establishment of territorial governments, &c., has also been introduced, and is before tho Committee on tho Judiciary. We shall have numerous plans for compro mising the territorial question; and, unless some very urgent expressions of Northern sen timent should overwhelm Northern members, a measure of compromise may be passed. The bill to enforce the arrest und delivery of slaves may also pass. But, the fact is, that the Northern members nro reluctant to act at all on tho subject. They will dodge the question in all its forms if they can. There is no probability that Congress will pass uny bill affecting slavery in this District ' hut a compromise, even of that question, lias been suggested by Mr. Douglass, of Illinois. Frauds upon the Government. The Washington correspondent of tho .Baltimore Clipper says.—Numerous frauds have recently come to light. To say nothing of those in pro curing land warrants, which aro many. Yes terday it was discovered, by papers in the Third Auditor's office, thut one individual has cheated to the amount of sixty thousond dollars The recruiting officers, during the Mexican war, in rendering their accounts, made affida vit of tho vouchers. Some of these vouchers- were destroyed by an agent, who was operating in this city, and the affidavits appended to fa bricated vouchors. The swindler-so soon as he heard of tho discovery, left Washington without settling Ids claims, or paying his wash erwomen. It is supposed that the United States will be cheated to the amount of more than half a million of dollars. Verily, “ the love of money is the root of all evil.” ESP The New York Mirror says that at a pri vate party, recently given in one of the palaces of the upper-tendom of that city, tho refresh ment bill amounted to upwards of $2,000, and the Japonica bill to upwards of $1,000. Gas!- ESP They ore talking loudly of annexation to tho United States in Jamaica.