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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN m. COOPElt. W . T . THOMPSON, EDITOR. TERMSS DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-mSEKLY $2 00 All New Advertisements appear in both papers. Interesting Financial and Commercial Statistics.—Comparative Amounts of Pro duce at New York, and New Orleans, SfC.— The following statement, exhibits the totnl a- mountof specie in fho cities of London, New York, Boston, Baltimore und New Orleans, in 1849, and 1850. The amounts at Boston and New York, include those in the government us as the bank vaults. In London the market is larger than ever before—being within a frac tion of £17,000,000 sterling, with exchanges still in favor of England, and interest at a very low rate. The direct affect of this continued abundance of money has been not only low in terest, but a marked rise in almost nil descrip tions of produce in Great Britain ; and, us a consequouco at this season of the year, ex changes are in favor of the l). States : 134?. 1850. Increase. London $72,617,95(1 84,817,050 12.199,100 New York 7,213,(XX) 10,565,(XX) 3,352,000 Boston 2,652,945 3,797.213 844,268 Baltimore 1,781,911 2,113,758 331,847 New Orleans 6,192,376 . 7,590,605 1.398,229 Total $90,758,182 108,883,626 18,125,444 The above is gathered from the intelligent commercial correspondent of tho Washington Union, who also gives tho anuoxed statement of the value of produce which camo to tide water on the Hudson, via New York canals, as compared with that which arrived at New-Or- leans, via the Mississippi, as follows:— 1846. 1847 1848. 1846. Hudson 31,105,256 73,092,414 50,883,907 51,745,219 N. Oris. 77,193,464 90,033,256 79,779,151 81,989,692 Total $138,298,720163,125,670 130,003,008 133,734,911 The increase hero is in favor of the Cresent Cit'. Whilo the fifty-one millions which reach ed Now York pay some $2,000,000 tolls, that which goes down the Mississppi is exempted from such u tax. Tho tolls of tho works on the Western States are not yet all returned. Those on the Ohio Canals, at Cleveland, and of the Illinois Canal, uro as follows: 1848. 1849. Increase. Clnvelaml $80,410 55 88,541 50 8,031 25 Illinois Canal 37,890 87 188,849 29 30,758 42 The valuo of some of the leading firm pro ducts, delivered at New Orleans and on tho Hudson, is as follows : Total value of produce delivered nt New Or leans and on the Hudson, and exported from the United States in 1849. N. Orleans. Hndsnn. Total. Exports U.8. $23,311,709 31,150,300 54,46:1,009 35,215,177 From this it appears that quantity equal to three-fifths of all that passes from tho West ern States to the seaboard finds a market out of tho country, and according to the extent of that foreign demand is the valuo of produce transported to the internal uvanues increased. Bills to Abolish the Slave Trade and' Slavery in the District of Columbia.— A Washington correspondent of the New-York Tribune sends to that paper the following ab stract of two bill* which Mr. Crowell, of Ohio, proposes to introduce at tho earliest practica ble day in regard to Slavery in the District of Columbia He begins with tho bill relating to the slave trade:— Section 1st prrMbits the introduction of slaves hero “for merchandize, or sulo or hire.’’ Section 2d makes the net a misdemeanor, and proxidos a fine of $500 and imprisonment for not less than three or more than ten mouths, for each Blave,at tho discretion of the Court,plac ing the keeping of a “slave pen,” or being ac cessory thereto, on the same footing. Section 3d makes null and void all contracts for the sulo or hiring of slaves introduced for such purpose. Section 4th requires a registry, in the Circuit Court, on oath, within thirty days, that any sluve brought into the District is not brought for tho purposes forbidden, but for the personal use of tho importer. It also makes it tho duty of the Clerk of said Court to keep a record of imported slaves, giving certificates of legality. All slaves brought here, conti ary to tho provisions of the act, to be free—provided, nevertheless, that no re striction shull be put on the importation of de vised or inherited slaves, or those obtained by marriage, or hindrance to owners passing through tho District. Section 5th construes n neglect to register any slave, as aforesaid, as constructive evi dence of an Intentional violation of this act. Section 6th makes it tho duty of tho Secreta ry of 8tate to publish this act in two newspa pers, at least, in every Slaveholding Stale, and in at least three of the papors of this District, for two successive months; and names the first day of May, 1850, as the date, from and alter which the act is to take client. The bill for the abolition of slavery is brief, having only three sections Section 1st enacts that “Slavery or involun tary servitude, except as a punishment of crime, shall forever be abolished in the City of Wash ington, District, of Columbia.” Section 2d authorizes the l’csident of the United Staes to appoint Commissioners, not residents of the District, at a salary of not more than $8 a duy, to value the slaves, on testimo ny to be exhibited by the owners, tiie District ■^Attorney appearing in behalf of ihe United ^flktates. The report of the Commissioners is to HBe subject to the approval of the 1’iesident of BPthe United States; and when approved, the sum awarded to he puid from any moneys in the Treasury. f Section 3d, and last, rending 03 following. I [ give it verbatim et literatim: “And be it further enacted that this net shn'l take effect and be in force from and after the ! fourth day of July, 1850.” jl A Washington letter writer mentions, as an ' illustration of the influence which inventive ge- ■ „i U g exercises upon manufactures that some ■ gentlemen in Boston, a short time since, em ployed an ingenious American machinist to de vote some study to a mode of cleaning and separating into different qualities the wool from the Biver of Plate. The attempt was success ful!. The machine was produced. The wool was thrown into it and throughly cleansed and divided into three kinds: good, better and t best, and is thus turned out assorted and cleans- f ed and ready for market or manufacture. The f wool costs six cents a pound, and the first sort procured from it is worth forty rents a pound. New York and Slavery.— The District of Columbia.-—In the New York Assemoly, on Wednesday Inst, the following resolutions on this all engrossing topic were reported by a se lect committee: Kesolved, ("if the Senate concur,) That tho people of the State of New York nro strongly attached to the Federal Union, and consider its preservation a matter of the highest inter est to themselves, the whole country arid the cause of civil liberty. That while to sustain it on their own part, they will faithfully abide by all the provisions, compacts and compromises of the constitution, they will ulso firmly oppose all attempts, from whatever source they may come, and under whatever prentence they muy be made, to dissolve the Union. Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the people of the State of New York are uncompro misingly opposed to tho extension of slavery into any territories of tho United States where it does not now exist, und thut our Senators in Congress ure hereby instructed nml our Repre sentatives ure requested to use their best efforts to prevent such extension by such constitutional legislation as may be neccessary. Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That the people of the State of New York have learned, with great satisfaction, that the people of Cali fornia have adopted n constitution which is in accordance with the free institutions of our country; and our Senators in Congress are here by instructed and our Representatives requested tu vo’o lor the admission of California as a Slate. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Legis lature, Congress has the power of exclusive leg islation over slavery in the District of Colum bia and that our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed, and our Representatives be request ed, to endeavor to procure the passage o. a law that shall put an end to tho sluve trade in that District. The minority of the committee made a sep arate report, objecting to the resolutions of the majority, becauso they were nut sufficiently emphatic und decided. On Thursday, Mr. White, of New York city, moved to substitute for tho resolutions reported by tho tnaj ority ns follows: Resolved, That this Legislature deem it un- nocessa’ y and inexpedient at this time to make uny new declaration of their opinions and wish es in respect to slavery in tho territory of the United States, and advise the New York Sena tors and Representatives in Congress that the integrity ami harmony of this Union should be regarded ns paramount to all other considera tions of policy, either foreign or domestic, and should be tho first object of their exertions. Resolved, That tho recommendations of Pres ident Taylor, in Ids late special message on the snbji c: of territories, meet the approbation of this Legislature, and are recommended for the energetic support of our Sonators and Repre sentatives. Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.— The meeting of the Society commenced on Wednesday et Faneuil Hall, Boston. The Traveller says : “Tho recoipts of the Society for the past year have been $6,188, including $2,324 from the Faneuil Hall Bazar. The distrainments were $5,944, and the balance on hand was $243. The annual report of tho Board of Managers was read by Mr. Edmund Quncy. The Proceedings of Congress are first taken in hand. The inauguration of President Tay lor is termed the induction of the slave power into the seat of Government. “Tho Free-Soilers are then taken up, their eriilv dissolution predicted, the political unions in Mussiichusets and Now York alluded to ns fruitless in their results. The fucts is slated, that for seven years, an escaped slave has not been recaptured in Massachasets, and this is attributed to the Anti-Slavory agitation. “The sympathy of this country for Hunga ry is spoken of, us emanating from a nation which hus her foot upon the necks of one-sixth of hor country-men. “The exposure of Father Mathew, in rela tion to his Anti-Slavery sentiments, by Garri son, was alluded to with commendation. The announcement was made that George Thomp son, tho celebrated English Anti-Slavery Ag itator, intends soon to revisit this country. Fi nally, the Clmrch received its usual attack. The conclusion was arrived, at thut the triumph of Anti-Slavery lies over the ruins of the American Stale and Church as at present constituted, and the friends of Anti-Slavery were urged to make louder appeals to the Legislature, in favor of a peaceful secession of Mussiichusets from the Union. Tho Herald says that the attendance was very spnrse; MisH Kinny was one of the sec retaries, and Abby Folsom was also pp sent, with several beautiful young Indies. A New England Enterprise. — Brave Men and Devoted Women.—An Eastern pa per gives the account of an enterprise begun by Mr. Kimberly, of Frankfort, Maine, which is n good illustration of the determination and zeal i f the Eastern man. Soon after the news of the California discoveries reached this coun try, he drew up a plan for the settlement of a township in that region, with hardy and in dustrious families from Maine. The plan em braced the building nml equipment of n ship, which was to carry the colony thither, and which was afterwards to bo omyloyed in tho Pacific trade. At first this project was coldly received by Mr. Kimberly’s neighbors, and not having uny money himself did not seem likely to be car ried into effect. Bat he was bent on his ob ject, sold his furniture to raise some ready money, am?, got some ten person to join him, when they went together into the woods to chop the timber for their projected vessel, of which the keel was laid at the small village of Cutler, in Maine, in the beginning of April Inst. Grad ually others joined the scheme, but ns none of them had wealth, the enterprise was continued under the greatest embarrassments amt diffi culties; yet on the 26th of November, they succeeded ingettingtOeir vessel launched.rigged her, took her lower hold full of timber, cm- harked their families, and soiled for Boston, where they have just arrived. A Boston paper, describing this ship, says: “She has u housa on deck 42 feet in length, with 12 state rooms ; also, a house forward, 25 feet in length, for cooking, washing, ect. There are ulso 36 tiers of births on each side of the ship, between decks. Those of the compa ny who will act as seamen have a nice cabin forward'” The members of this company number about one hundred, all hardy persons, skilled in agri culture or trade, und capable of working^ and navigating their now bark. Some are black smiths, some carpenters, some painters, somo formers, &c. See. They carry with them their wives and daughters,and a considerable number of unmarried females. They have yet room for a tew persons, at the rnto of one hundred nml fifty dollars per share, which includes a pa-sage and an interest in the vessel. The -hip is over 600 ton* burthen, and christened the “Culitor- nia Packet.” WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1850. To the Business Public.—It is not yet three weeks since the first number of the Daily Morning News was issued, and we are happy to have it in our power to state that it hus al ready obtained a daily circulation considerably larger than that of either of the other city pa pers, r.nd that our list is rapidly increasing. In addition to our city circulation, we have a growing daily circulation in Macon, Griffin, Marietta, Atlanta, and other towns in the inte rior, besides a rapidly increasing list to our Tiu-Weekly Morning News, which is pre pared expressly forttic country, und contains the chief portion of the reading matter of the daily und all the new advertisements. We have sub scribers also to our daily in Darien, St. Marys, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine. The low price of tho daily and tri-weekly—they being the cheapest papers published in tho Southern States—will enable us to circulate them freely in tho interior towns, and' in sections of the Slate where the higher priced Savannah Duilys do not go. With this fact to cammed our paper, we feel thut we may safely offer it to the commercial and business community us an advertising medium. We have refrained from soliciting a shure of the advertising patronage of the public, until we were assured that we were in a position to do full justice to the interests of those who might fa vor ns with their business. We are now in that position. We say it in no boattful spirit, that our terms are as liberal, our sheet is as readable, is ns well printed, and has a much larger circu lation in the city than either of our daily cotum- poraries. We may add that our circulation is confined to no party and to no class. We are gratified to know that the Morning News finds a welcome as well in the Indy’s parlor as in the counting room of the merchant ami the work-shop of the mechanic. It is our de sire to make it acceptable everywhere—and the rapid increase of our circulation, in town and country,'is to us a gratifying evidence that w.e have not been unsuccessful in the accom plishment of our aims. We need not say more in support of our claims to a share of the partronage of the business pub lic. In asking it we feel that we are offering an equivalent for the favor we solicit. dSP See first page. Virginia and the Southern Conven tion.—Tho Richmond Republican speaking of tho resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, which have been referred to a joint committee and which tho editor soys will soon be acted on and passed,remarks: We rejoice to believe that the action of Virginia will exhibit the utmost unanimity upon a question compared with which all tho questions of party are hut us the small dust of ihe balance. Let Whigs and Demo crats stand shoulder to shoulder in adopting the efficient measures for the protection of Southern Rights and most Honor. We have before us prominent Democratic and Whig papers of the North, filled with the most insulting and abusive denunciations of the course of Southern men in their opposition to tho Wilmot Proviso, and containing intimations, one of them very broad, that, if necessary, they will keep the South in the Union with the sword. We trust Virginia will not reply in the same braggart spirit, hut surely the occasion demands the most energetic action, and that her sons should forget the very name of Whig and Dpmocrnt in her efforts to save rights and institutions us far above party as the Heavens are above the Earth. We must cordially approve the sentiments of tho editor, while we congratulate tho South on the noble position which has been assumed by Virginia and Maryland on this great ques tion. We are glad that those states have plac ed themselves in the van, thus enabling us to present to our enemies an unbrukon front. It has been the fashion in certain qunrlers to rid icule and scoff at “South Carolina chivalry,” and to treat her threats and remonstrances with affected scorn. We knovy certain kid-gloved philanthropists who have not only been in the practice of expending tho magazines of their wit, in reiliculing ‘ Carolina chivalry,” but who huve expended their logic in endeavoring to make the country believe that South Cavolina was “all down South” — in other words that Carolina was the whole head and front of the southern opposition, and being utterly insigni ficant need not be regarded. These gentlemen will hardly he ulde to keep up the delusion they have labored to produce, now thnt the old Do minion, the mother of States, and her twin-sis ter, Maryland, have raised their voices in the cause of Southern rights. Georgia ton, tho staid and sober matron, so long restrained by “Justice Wisdom and Moderation,” has pro claimed in unmistakable terms, her equal de termination to maintuin her -sovereign rights. They will find too, that eveiy Southern State will stand firm in the vindication of “Southern Rights and Honor!" and should it ever be their and our misfortune to test their powers of coercion, they will find it quite as futile then to attempt ns it is ridiculous now to threat en. ESP* A bin passed the House of Delegates of Maryland on the 23d instant repealing all laws prohibitng the introduction of slaves into thnt State from oth r States by a vote of 26 to 21. Savannah Thirty Years Ago.—A friend Jias furnished us with the following data re specting the great fire of 1820, by which a large part of Savannah was consumed. Our correspondent says: “Thirty years ago, the fairest poi tion ofthe city of Savannah was a smouldering heap of ruins. The great fire of that year (1820) took place on the morning of the lltli January. It broke out in a stable on the North East trust Lot of Franklin-square, and burned for 12 hours, consuming 463 houses and stores, besides out buildings. Loss of property estimated at $4,- 000,000. “The course of the devouring element was to the East. All the buildings on the South side of tho Bay, from Washington Hull (which was spared) down to Abercorn-street, were de stroyed, save the one now occupied by the Cen tral Rail Road Bank ; all on Bryen-street, from Montgomery-st. to Abercorn, except the State and Planters’ Bank; all on St. Julian-st. from Franklin-squaro to Christ Church; all on Jcf- son-st. from Montgomery-st. to the dwelling of the late George Anderson, Esq.; and on the North side of Broughton-st. from Mont gomery-st. to tho house now occupied by S. C. Dunning, Esq.; besides tho buildings in the lanes and cross-streets. “At that day the city had hut two Fire En gines, and those were of an inferior kind. “Tho embarrassments and gloom of that pe riod can ho called vividly to mitul by many of our citizens.” In thirty years what changes have taken place—what improvements huve been made, until we are now able to boast of one of tho handsomest and host ordered cities in the Union. The slight wooden buildings of those (lays have been re- placed, for the most part, with sub stantial bricks, and our numerous public squares are adorned with elegantpu'blic and private ede- fices, worthy to rank with the buildihgs of the snme class in the wealthiest Atlantic cities. Our city is not now as it was thirty years ugo, exposed to the dangers of conflagration. We huve now a fire organization inferior to that of no other city, with engines of the first class, and firemen who, while they are ever prompt and efficient in time of need, are at all times jhe friends and maintainors of public order. Ferpetual Motion at last.— Another Georgia Invention.—Wo find the following notice of a new invention by a gentleman of Georgia in tho“Augusta Republic. The editor says: We had the pleasure of examining, yes terday, a wheel which is intended to estab lish the sttppo-ed utopian principle of perpet ual motion. It is the work of Mr. C. W. Richter of Madison, Ga. We know but little of the philosophy of perpetual motion, but it would soem that Mr. R. has elaborated a com plicated wheel of levers, checks, and balances, bv which motion would continue forever, if the machine could last forever. ' Neither time nor room permits us to say what we desire of this ingenious and beautiful piece of me- canism. Mr. R. has spent years in investigating the subject, and he appears to have succeeded in his difficult undertaking. The utility of his invention will be the best part of it at last, if he can apply tho power of the wheel to ma chinery. Mr. R. is satisfied that it can be of great utility in winding up clocks. The wheel is about six inches in diameter, and attached to it is a pendulum for a regulator. M. R. will offer it for exhibition as soon as he can procure a room, and the public will be advised of the time and place for seeing it. It is worth some thing to see a machine of perpetual motive power. Tho efforts of hundreds, perhaps thou sands, to accomplish such a result, havo been bullied during several centuries past. We knew Mr. Richter in Madison, in 1843. He was then working at his perpetual motion. Although we knew him for an industrious and ingenious mechanic, wo had very little expecta tion that he would ever succeed in accomplish ing what so many had attempted in vain. The villagers shared in our opinion, and it was the custom to speak of the completion of Rich ter’s Perpetual Motion and the fulfilment of Father Miller’s prophecy of the destruction of the world, as likely to take place about the same time. But Richter was perpetually nt his machine, and the success which hus attend ed hislaborsis another demonstration of what in dustry, perseverance and genius can accom plish. A Bedstead Fan.—Mr. A. W. Carmony, of this city, has invented a fan to be kept in motion by clock work, running eight or ten hours, and being stationod on top of abed- stead, will keep the sleepers “as cool as a cu cumber ” during the sultry nights of July and August. At tho South, where the heat is in creased by musquito nets, it will he a decided luxury. He exhibited to us a working model, which performs its duties to admiration.—Bal timore Sun. The above invention happens not to he a new one. A fun adapted to the same purpose and kept in motion by the same power, was made and put in operation some twelve or fifteen years ago, by a gentleman of Augusta, Georgia. He considered his success a triumph of ingenuity, and promised himself much plea surable satisfaction from the use of his inven tion. One sultry night, having put the ma chine in operation, ho stretched himself upon his bed, and was soon lulled to sleep by the soft, artificial breeze that played around him. But on awaking in the morning with a cold and hoarseness that almost deprived him of speech, he soon got out of conceit of his handiwork, and never after used it. It was seen by many, and admired for its ingenuity. But one de monstration of its usefulness sufficed ; and it was finally consigned to the lumber-room, where, in the obscurity of cobwebs and dus', it was forgotten. The same gentleman has, in his hours of re creation, invented several othermachines which, had they been in the hands of an enterprising Yankee, would huge made his fortune. [Correspondence of t.be Moraing News J MILLEDGEVILLE, Jan.-28, P. M. Both branches of the General Assembly con vened this morning, pursuant to adjournment. In Senate, Mr. Murphy asked and obtains ed leave to report a Bill to alter the time of meeting of tho General Assembly of the State of Georgia. This Bill proposes thut the Le gislature shnll meet on tho first Thursday after the third Monduy in October. The Senate hus been engaged this forenoon in a discussion upon the Bill in relation to lands in the 12th ami 13th Districts of Ware county, which were ordered to be sold by an Act of 1838, und which have not been paid for nor granted. From what I hear in the skirmish going on, it is a question of some intricacy— I predict, however, that the State will he the’ loser in the end. In tho House, this morning, a motion was made by Mr. McDougald to reconsider the action of the House on Saturday, so far as re lates to the passage of the Resolutions and Bill reported by the Committee on the Stato of the Republic. The motion did not prevail. Yours, C. Lady Miners in California.—A young man fromMaine, writing to his friends from California, says his party found, near the Sa cramento, and almost thirty miles from any other digging, twoj intelligent and beautiful young ladies, with no attendant except an old grey-headed negro, whom they had enticed to- accompany them, und who is the servant of tho father of one of them. The eldest of those girls was not twenty. It seems their imagina tion had become excited by the gold stories which they had heard, and they had determin ed to try their hands at making a fortune. The old negro was past work, and was left in the enmp during tho day to look after the house hold affairs, and keep watch, while the girls pursued their mining operations. When the party reached their camp, the old darky was alone in it, but the girls came in during the day, and received their visitors hospitably. They expressed no fear of being molested or robbed, and said that they should leave for home when they had accumulated $10,000; Ahey hnd already gathered $7,000. They were from Florida, and the youngest ran away from school to enter upon the expedition. Tho climate of California exerts a most re markable influence upon the imagination. The above is but one of a hundred romantic in ventions of California origin that would do credit tu tho ingenuity of a modern novelist. Cotton Factories Burned.—A large fire oqcurrel in South Trenton N. J. on the24th instant, by which two large cotton factories wel’tf consumed, neither of which, however, havebeen in operation for several months, one of them being the “Orleans Mill.” A largo nmount of machinery was destroyed. One qf the buildings was burnt to the ground, and fho other partially consumed. One qf them belong ed the Water Power Company, and the other, recently occupied by Bela Badger, Esq., was held by the Trenton Banking Co. The damage in not known yet. Destitute Emigrants.—The New York papers contain distressing accouunts of the suffering among the newly arrived emigrants in that city. The Times says : For the two last evenings, a large number of destitute emigrants were lodged at the Tombs. A litter of S'raw was shaken down in the large basement hall of the Police Office, upon which the unfortunnte strangers stretched their weary limbs, persons of both sexes being promiscu ously intermingled. Loaves of bread were; distributed among them. It was a sad and sor ry sight to witness theso poor outcasts, who had expected a better state of things on their ar rival in a foreign country, subjected to such misery. EP’ A telegraphic despatch to tho New- York Mirror, says : “Further attempts at fraud upon the Treasury have just been discovered, and will be made known as soon as the perpe trators are secured.” OP The New York Miror of Saturday lust says: “Wo are inclined to believe that the ministers of law and justice in this city have now got hold of a thread which if they have the nervo to unravel it, will lead to the detection of the greatest ‘batch of villians’ that ever fiu-ested a community.” OP Mr. Clay, tlie Washington Union says, it is now pretty generally understood, will be a candidate for the Presidency in 1852. Hi* friendswill, it learns, run him, nomination or no nomination. The Press in California.—Cnpt. J. M. Seo field writes from San Francisco* to the New London Star that Win. Faulkner, publisher of tiie Pacific News, has already made $25,000 by printing that sheet only a few months, and asks $15,000 for one-third of the concern. His- expenses are at the rate of $45,000 a year. He keeps his press running constantly, employs two sots of hands, and has ordered from the States a steam press ami apparatus for an ex tensive job office. Dissolving the Marriage. Vow.—At the last session of tho Indiana Legislature, u member introduced a proposition thnt the committee on the judiciary bo instructed to inquire into the expediency of so changing the law, both civil and ecclesiastical, as to make ti e marriage covenant extend no longer than during tho con sent of the parties, and that they may abandon each other at pleasure. Of course it was not adopted. His constituents, however, seem to approve of his views for they have re-elected him. There are 118 Colleges in the United States, 42 Theological Seminaries, 13 Law Schools, and 36 Medical Schools.