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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN M. COOPER. w THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS! DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WF.EKLY $2 00- All Now Advertisements appear in both papers. Important Decision or the Supreme ■Court of Pennsylvania, Relative to Di vorces by the Legislature.—Judge Coul ter, of the Supremo Court of Pennsylvania, on Monday delivered tlio opinion ol that ttibunal in the case of Jones, vs. Jones, in which a hus- bnnd resists his wife’s divorce grunted by the Legislature. The Lodger says : “That decision in fuct establishes that divorca by the Legislature for causes within the jn- risdietion of the Courts in divorce cases, are vnconstitutional and null. The effect of this decision Hvill he to invalidate seven-eights of the divorces granted by tlio Legislature since I8'J0\ The practice has been very loose, ami divorces have been granted whe ro tlie reasons, have-been ' frivolous, und the causes alleged such ns were entirely within the the jurisdic tion of the Courts, if application lmd been made to them. The constitution of tlio State restricts the power of the Legislature in di vorce cases, to causes not within the jurisdiction of the Courts, These tribunals have authority - to grnut divorces a vinculo matrimonii i.u cases ol impotency, bigamy, adultery, wilful deser tion for two years: and, savo incompatibility of temper, these are almost the only causes for which n divorce would he sought The Legis lature, howdiver, have divorced parties without regard tb the fuct whether the 'Courts have au thority to divorce for the alleged causes.” The act of the Legislature divorcing Mrs. Jones, it seems, was passed after her applica tion to the Courts, on the ground of had treat ment, had been refused. The Legislature not having on tho fuce of die act. expressed the cuuso upon which it was granted, the mutter is now thrown open for judicial inquiry. Judge Burnside, however, dissented front tho opinion of the majority of the Court from beginning to end. [From the London Mercantile Guzetto, Jnn. lltli.] Interesting Decision as regards the new N(le gation Laws—Important to Ship Owners — Tho goverment, it appears, are still hulling be tween two opinions with respect to the ndmis- ,fion of Foreign built ships for the British reg istry. The bungling act of Parliament vyliich repealed the Navigation Laws leaves the mat ter of duty or no duty, upon the manufactured article, a doubtful point. It is snid tho gov ernment would willingly avail themselves of the “goods manufactured” clause, in tlio table of Customs’ duties, to secure tho duty of ten per cent, on foreign lnii- ships; but that, another part of the same officinl document ap pears to justify the claim of the ship owner to the free importation of Foreign ships for British register* It will he seen, however, from the following paragraph, from our Fa- Sfhr^hani Correspondent, that the troublesome question is still an “open” one with her Ma jesty's free trade advertisers : Favkusham, Jan. 10, 1050.—A short time since ft .foreign built vessel, which hail received sonto damage ut sea was sold in this port to some person ut Whitostttlile; tho purchasers having had the.vessel repaired, applied to the officers of Customs at Faversham for the grant of a Bri tish register for the said vessel, conformable to tho new Navigation Act. Tlio matter was, therefore submitted to the Board of Customs in London; tho officers of Customs at Favur- shamontortainingadouht if the original portions of thu vessel were not subject, to a duty 10 per. cent., tho vessel being‘a manufactured urticle not otherwise enumerated.’ Tho order of the Board of tho Customs is, that a certificate of British register may be granted, ‘provided the parties give a written undertaking to pay the • duty should it be hereafter decided that, tlio same is chargeable.’ The board having taken more than a week In the consideration of this question, it is evidently regarded us being of uonsideralde importance, and that it is not yet decided." The Irish Catholic Colony.— A lute Irish paper stales that the Abbot of Mount Mcllcruy, county of Waterford. 1ms purchased 4,000 acres of rich land near the Mississippi, about 400 miles ft ottrSt. Louis, at 4 shillings per acre, and that on tlie 4th of February, fifty of the Melleray monks, and six young priests, tire to sail from Yonghall for New-Orleans, on their way to the npw purchase. About forty females from the town and neighborhood of Cappuquin, some of 1 in the same ship. Mr. I’olk.—The Washington Union states that the Hon. Lucion B. Chase, of Tennessee, is preparing a history of the late National Ad ministration. An impartial book of the kind would be of value. whom are wealthy, will sail ESP At a mass meeting held in Philadelphia, to aid in the erection of tho Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, Logan Square, about $6,000 oro subscribed. Parly Colors in Prussia.—Tlie reactionists Berlin wear black and white cockades. Tlie Don ocrats wear black and gold. It is forbibden to wear simply the red color ol the Republicans. A correspondent of tlm Boston Traveller says, an Irishman who wore a pair ot red glass studs was stopped by n police and asked torentovo them. “Why?” heinquired. “Bocnuse they are red.” “But is not black ulso one of the democratic colors 7" ho further inquired. “Certainly,” snid the officer. I hen why don’t you tuko oft your hat, for that is black !” Sun ok N Death.—Mr l’ere Ringgold, aged 75, of Kent Island, Queen Anne's county, Md. was suddenly choked to death, on Saturday week, while eating. Cholera.—Tho steamer United States arriv al, Louisville from New Orlenns one day last, week, had five deaths on board from cholera during the trip. They occured among some immigrants on deck. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1850. Congressional Election. — At the elec tion held in this city yesterday, for a Represen tative in Congress, to fill the vacancy occasion- in thu first Congressional District by the res ignation of tho Hon. Thomas Butler Kino, tlie following vote was taken : For Hon. Jos. W. Jackson— 7fil For Hon. W. B. Fleming— 350 Total vote— 1120 Jackson's Majority— 402 Marine Bank.—At an election for Directors of the Marine Bank, held yesterday, the follow, ing gentlemen wore re-elected: Edward Padelford, Elias Reed, George Hall, Charles F. Mills. Aaron -Champion, Octavus Cohen, N. B. Knapp, Irish Jasper Greens—At an election held yesterday nt the Drill Room, tho following gen tlemen were oiectcd officers of the above nam ed company. John Deveany.—Captain. John Murphy.—1st Lieut. James Doyle.—2d do. Philip Kean.—Ensign. Wc are pleased to learn that this popular corps, is in a flourishing condition. It numbers ai present about fifty five, rank and file. Concert.—By reference to our advertising columns it will he seen that the Concert of M. Rkisinger, which was announced forlast night will take place nt Armory Hail This Evening This is tlie only opportunity our citizens will have of hearing this distinguished violinist. The Nicaragua Question.—English Na- vaU Movement.—In the Englsh [tapers by the last steamer very l ittle is-said about tho Nic- eragua question. The United Service Gazette, however, we may remark, takes occasion to reiterato tho announcement it made a few 'weeks since, that Rear-Admiral Hornby, Com- mander-in-Chief in the Pacific, had been or dered to proceed from Valparaiso, with all the men-of-war he could collect, to Nicaragua, and pluee his squadron nt tho disposal of the Bri ll **§ tish Charge d’ Atlkires, for the protection of British interests against the designs and en croachments of lhe Yankees in that quarter. The same journal now states that Vice Ad miral Lord Dundonnld, Coinmundcr-iti-Chief in the West Indies, will also assemble all the ships he can get together on that station, and proceed to the' Mosquito shore vyilh the same view. . 'Phis does not look much like peace with the United States. Mad. Macali.ister was greeted on the oe casion of her benefit, lust night, with a crowd nd house, a large portion of the audience being ladies. The feat of the Sleeping Arab was not less marvelous than beautiful, und drew forth rounds of applnuse from the astonished specta tors. Mus. Niagara Miller, as she is called, fig ures conspicuously in tho newspapers, her whereabouts seeming to bn a puzzleing ques tion among editors. Wo had a report a few days since, that she was residing with her par amour, at a private house, in Raleigh, N. C The Standard, however, denies this statement, and states that Major Miller, the husband of Mrs. Miller, had boon at Roleigh. and called to see the woman reputed to ho his wife, hut who proved to he nnether woman. Tho lust that has reached us on the subject, is from the correspondent of the Richmond Times, who states that Mrs. Miller passed through Lynch burgh, Vu., on the 27th .Tati., under the assum ed name of Mrs. Wit.n.lAMS, in company with a man by the name of Georoe Williams. She was recognised by n gentleman who had Poligamy at the Salt Lake.—The New Orleans Delta publishes a letter from the Salt Lake, the capital of tlio Mormons of Deseret, in which the writer confirms the statement, pre viously made, that, under the M u nion martial law, a man may have as many wives as he can support. He says the successor of Joe Smith, is n man by the name of Brigham Young. He is a very shrewd fellow about 45 years of age, and is belter off tlmn any of tlie rest of the saints, as he has twenty-six wives. Others have eleven, five, three and two. The same wri ter says that the only tie that binds these people together is bigamy. Caetureof a Slaver.—Captain Marson of ship Rome, which arrived at N. Y T . on Satur- lny of last week from Calcutta, via St. Helena, states that when he left tho latter port on the 14th elt. a slaver with five hundred slaves on board, prize to an English war steamer, was in the offing. [Correspondence of the Morning Nows.] MILLEDGEVILLE, Feb. 1. Tom Pain’s- Birth Day.—The admirers of Tom Pain in New York celebrated his birth day on Tuesday. At 11 o’clock, they fired a national salute of thirteen guns on the Battery, and distributed a lot of pamphlets entitled Common Sense. At a quarter before 12, they fired two guns in honor of the admission of Oregon and Iowa, and one for a general rev olution throughout tlie world. As soon as this was done, a general salute of seventeen guns for tho remaining States was fired, and then they formed a procession, and marched up Broadway. BP" American Steamship Enterprise is at tracting much of the attention of the English press. They complain of the inadequacy of the system of steam communication now main tained with the Pacific and West Indies, by mentis of tho. steamers of the Royal Mail Steam- packet Company. Tho Avon left Chagress, with $1,200,01)0, for Southampton, about the same time as the American steamer Crescent City for New-York. The former vessel only reached hoi 1 destination on the 10th of January. Tli e advices by the Crescent City were received at Liverpool on the 24th of December, thus exhibiting a difference in time of at lenst l(i days in favor of the latter. The London Times says: “Should the company wait, till 1852 ere de ciding upon the necessnry stops to place the new arrangements in operation, it may he safe ly predicted that hv that time the necessity for any British line of steamers at all to the West Indies and South America will have entirely ceased, for the whole of the traffic will have been diverted into American channels. Two years more of steam navigation on its present footing will effectually give the Americans such a preponderance and advantage as will effect ually negative any subsequent efforts of tlie West In lia Mail Company to recover their lost position.” This will probably he the result whether the company wait or not. in senate. The Senate mot pursuant to adjournment. The Senate re-considered the journal of yes terday so far ns relates to the passage ol the Bill of the House of Representatives, to amend an act to incorporate the South Western Rail Road Company, and for other purposes. The special order being the Report ol Reso lutions (from tho House of Representatives) of the Committee oil tho State of the Repub lic. On reading tho 8th Resolution us follows: 8th. Resolved, That in the event of the pas sage of tlie Wilmot Proviso by Congress, the abolition of Slavery in the District ot Columbia, the admission of California as u State, in its present pretended organization, or the continu ed refusal of the non-slaveholding States to de liver up fugitive slaves as provided in the Con stitution, it will become the immediate and im perative duty of tho people of this State to meet in Convention to tuke intj consideration the mode and measure of redress. Mr. Chisolm, moved to amend by inserting after the word Congress the following—Soutlt of 30 deg. 30 min. known as the Missouri Com promise line. The Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. M. THREE o’clock P. M. The Senate convened pursuant to adjourn ment. Messrs. Joseph E. Brown, Hon. Presi dent, and Long, addressed the Senate, upon the amendment offere*! by Mr. Chisolm, pend ing the discussion. The Senate, adjourned until 0 o’clock, to-morrow morning. FEB. 2d A. M. Mr. Edmondson, reported a Bill to incor porate the Ellijay Turnpike Company. Mr. Stoll, reported a Bill more effectual ly to protect purchasers at Executors and Ad ministrators’ Sales. Also, a Bill for the protection of bona fide purchasers of negroes and other moveable pro perty. The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendment offered by Mr. Chisshn. Mr. Clark, moved an adjournment which was lost. The question was then taken on the amend ment which resulted as follows. Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Blackshire, James E. Brown, Chisolm, Grubbs, Thomas Johnston, McRoe, Andrew J. Miller, James A. Miller, Murphy, Quartcrman, Wofford and Wood. Against it, Messrs. Bailey, Augustus Beall, Boyd, Joseph E. Brown, Bryan, Clark, Clay ton, Dunham, Ebcrioti, Edmondson, Ferrell, lotidon, Hines, William Jones, John Jones, Leonard, Long, Love, McBee, Moscly, Napirc, Purse, Rawls, JohnW. G. Smith, James R. Smith, Ira E. Smith, Sperlock, Stell, and Turner. Tho Senate adjourned until 3 o’clock. The Senate were engaged the afternoon in reading bills of the House and adjourned with out taking tho vote upon the ndoption of the report of the Committee on the State of the Republic. house of representatives, Fed. 1. Bills Passed.—The House, met pursuant to adjournment. The Bill to incorporate a Banking Company at the Town of Fort Gaines in the county of Early, to be knoyvn as the South Western Bank of Georgia A Bill to amend the Garnishment Laws. Also, A. Bill to prevent the running freight trains upon all Rail Roads in this State, upon the Sabbath day. Also, the bill of the House to amend the 2d and 4th sections of an act for the education of the poor, approved 27tli Dec. 1843, so far as to designate those who shall lie entitled. Also, a bill to protect females against slun- der. A hill to alter and amend an net to explain an act to regulate escheats in this state and to appoint eschentors, pnssed 31st Dec. 1816, ? f > fur as to allow bastards or natural born children to inherit from their mothers, under certain cir cumstanccs therein specified. A bill to prevent lumber measurers from be ing tlie clerks of agents of lumber buyers or lumber mills, and for other purposes! Also, n Dill to authorize the stockholders of the Bank of Milledgeville to increase its capi tal, to $500,000. Also a hill to authorize tho Governor to sub scribe for stock to the amount of $20,000 in the Milledgeville and Gordon Rail Road, with a provision that snid Roud is to carry all freigh for the State free of charge. it r ttr A; 11112 1 A London loiter of tho 11th inst says : “A liue of ocean steamers is about to he es tablished between Hamburgh mid New-York. The first vessel of this lino is the Helena Sic ilian, <if 1400 tons; she is iron built, and has extensive accommodations for second mid third class passengers. The owners expect to reap it rich harvest by conveying emigrants nt very ow rates.» The Slomnn will leave Hamburgh the 6th of April, and will sail tinder Gor- rtan colors. It is expected she will make tho passage in 22 days. known her as Mrs. Miller, when she immedi ately left her hotel, and took passage for Liberty. From the first we have had a suspicion that this unfortunate woman, for unfortunate she is in any view of her case, is tlio victim of a specios of insanity. Her previous good char acter, would suggest such a belief, which is not a little strengthened by her very indiscreet conduct nt the time ofniul subsequent to her singular elopement. YVould a woman in her senses come hack to the state where she is so well known, and at tempt to elude the vigi- lanco of the public in the neighborhood of .her former homo, where she is likely to be re cognised by every third person she meets?— YY'e think not. St , $ The difficulties of Austria appear to he just beginning. It is hard to say which of its pro vinces, or what section even of its metropolis is the most disaffected. Hungary and Lom bardy each require a huge army, even to raise taxes and execute tho laws. Vienna is as full of * rebellion as Parish Bohemia insists on a geper^ite Constitution. Croatia is even more menacing than Bohemia. Austria now lies bound in tyranny, in mean ness, and in crime. Nothing can be hoped from her dynasty, but obstruction, falsehood, and treachery. She lost Germany by the im becility of Metternich, and betrayed Eastern Europe to Russia by the still greater imbecility and guilt of his successors. J3T The steam ship Philadelphia (says the Philadelphia Bulletin of Monday) was sold on Saturday, to Messrs. Howland & Aspinwall, ( if New York, to be placed by thorn on their ihagre* line. The price given ia zaid to bo $3o]^(KPov*r her origins) cost, about $190,000. £©'“ The great Kentucky lawsuit, Philips and others vs. the heirs of Mrs. Francis Pope’ involving property to theva'ue of some $2,000, 000 has been decided, by the Court of Ap peals, in favor of the plaintiffs and against the heirs of Mrs. Pope. Rejections by the Senate.—The Wash ington correspondent of the New York Tri bune'says that the rejection of James Watson Webb, the’newly appointed Minister to Aus tria, has been determined on by the Senate. Mr. Johnston, of Pennsylvania, who has been nominated Consul to Glasgow, is also to be re lucted on tho ground of habitual inebriation. A very good ground, if a true one, we should think. A Chaplain at Last.—A telegraphic des patch to the Petersburg Republican dated 1st inst. say, that on that day the Rev. Mr. Gur- Let,ob the third vote, was rt-elected chuplain of the House, by a large majority. This in third month of the session only an informal or ganisation has Wen rfievred. Abolition Blasphemy.—A pamphlet recently published in New York gives the following ex tract from the speech of an English abo litionist clergyman, the Rev. Mr Stowell, who, speaking in reference to Bible arguments in be half of slavery, which he could not controvert, said : “Give up tny advocacy of abolition ? Nev er ! 1 will sooner, Jonas like, throw the Bp hie overboard, execrate it as the Newgate Cal endar, denounce the Almighty as a slaveholder, and Dis angels and apostles as turnkeys and slaved rivers.” A Rev. Mr. Blanchard, in Cincinnati, in re ply to the remarks of Dr. Rice, who held up to tie abolitionsts’ imitation tlie example of the “angel of the Lord,” who advised “Hagur. the slave of Abraham, to return to her mas ter,” said, “Well, if the angel did so advise h. ,1. think ho was a ruffian.”—Richmond Rep. VW A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun recently arrived in the U. S steamship Erie writes— During our stay at Gibraltar, where we had to lay four days wind-bound, we had the oppor tunity "f seeing some of the improvements making by the English in tlie efficiency of their navy. They are. having all the ships fitted with propellers, to make them more efficient in time'of war. The vessels at Gibraltar fitt with them, were the line of battle ship La Hogue, the frigate Arrogant, and the sloop Encounter; tho two latter being new and beau tiful vessels; they left the harbor in fine style, against a head wind, and passed out tlirou the straits, while we had to waif for a favorable wind. Let our legislators at Washington look tn this matter, nnd learn what they have prepare for should our navy have to meet their’ (the English) again on the sea as enertiies. Marriage of Priests.—A paper is about to be established in France, under the direction of two priests, whose object is to popularize tho idea that the celibacy of the clergy is an evil, aud may be thrown oft’ by common con sent, as it is only an ecclesiastical regulation and not bassed upon principles of divine right of faith, or of-mortality.. [Correspondence of the Morning News.] NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 1850. It appears as though we should never hear the last of the Astor Place riot. A poor woniunhus just petitioned the Common Council for remuneration for the loss of her son, who was killed during the riots, alas! what could remunerate her for such a loss. She is a widow and was dependant upon him for sup port. Her claim was ief*rred to a committee but there is no chance of her getting anything. Col. Durgeo, of the 7th regiment, National Guards, who fired on the mob, lias applied for seventeen muskets lost, broken or injured at the riot. It appears that each man owns his own musket or other arms and pays a tax for the same as personal property. I presume that they will not bo permitted to be even pe cuniary sufferers after their noble conduct oa that memorable occasion. The neighborhood of the Emigrant Com missioner’s Office presents daily a melancholly spectacle, in consequence of the pauper emi grants that are arriving daily, having not wherewithal to procure shelter, and the public charitable establishments are so full, that there is really no room for more. Consequently they are sent to the prison nightly, and sleep like so many pigs. It is surprising, however, the number of houseless wanderers we constantly have in this city. Dtfflng the past six months o less than 21,620 persons have been furnished with lodgings in the different station houses.— Can we estimate the amount of misery in this single fact! A number of bigoted individuals are endeav oring to stop tho sale of Sunday, newspapers. I don’t think they are likely to succeed, how; ever. One or two efforts have been made by members of the Common Council, in days gone by, to accomplish it, but I am happy to say the majority possessed too.much sens* to favor so illiberal a measure. A curious case of death has occurred in the city Hospital. A man was in the habit of wearing tight boots, which produced erysipelas, The Bill to "prohibit Sheriffs and their De- and after lingering some time ho died a few puties from becoming directly or indirectly pur chasers of pioperty at Sheriff's Sales, to vacate all titles taken or held by them for property, so purchased, and to make penal tho violation of this act. The Bill to repeal, so far as the county of Chatham, an act to empower the Inferior Court of tho several counties of this State to order the laying out of public roads and to the building and keeping in repair of public Bridges, approved, Dec. 4,1799. The Bill to prevent the running of freight trains upon all Rail Roads in this State on the Sabbath day. The Bill to amend an act to revise and keep in force an act entitled an act to regulate the licensing of Physicians to practice in this State, assented to 24th Dec. 1825. The Bill to amend the laws of this State so far ns relates to tho advertising of Estates by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, where they do not exceed one thousand dol lars. The Bill of the Senate, to designate the holi days to be observed in the acceptance and pay ment of bills of exchange and promissory notes, and to disallow the three days, commonly call ed dnvs of grace, on all sight drafts, bills of ex change drawn payable at sight. The House, adjourned till 9 o’clock, to morrow morning. Tho Bill of Senate to change tho time of holding the election for members of Congress, of this State was passed. .The Bill to authorize the Governor to sub scribe for 5,000 shares, of $100 each, to the S. YV. R. R. Company, which made the order for to-day (1st) was on motion, made the special order for YVednesday next. Also, A Bill to complete and furnish the Georgia Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and to appropriate money lor the same, and other purposes.—Also The Bill to provide for survey and sale of all- unsurveyed and unsold Islands in the Chntahoo chee, Ocmulgee and Flint Rivers in this State. The Bill to sev,ivc and amend an act to in corporate the Madison and Macon R. R. Com pany, and to define the powers, privileges, and liabilities of the same—Assented to, 29th Dev. 1847.-J—Also, .1 ,1 days since. A warning to dandies who sacri fice comfort to appenihnees. 9 Capt. Cook has sailed in his bark for his ori ginal destination. On the day of his departure the testimonial of the Merchants was presented to him. The sum collected was $8000, and $5000 was given to the Captain, $700 to tlie Chief Mate, and $100 each to the seamen, &c. The man Crowe has been fully committed for trial, for the murder of YVhite,-in Pearl-st., mentioned in my last letter. It was proved on the inquest, that he, and not his clerk, Cassin, as was at first supposed, fired. The deceased broke inqt tlie rear window,buton Crowe’s mak ing his appearance, fled, but lie gave chase and fired, the hall entering his hack, producing in stant deuth. The subject of flogging is the navy in excit ing much attention at the North just now. YVo are shortly to haven meeting at the Tabornncle, at which some of our most distinguished citizens will speak. A man who was formerly in the navy, named YVilson G. Haynes, is the great mover of this business. The Drury trial is still in progress; the evi dence of his having sent tho torpedo is his own admission to Thompson and ‘Bristol Bill, which was overheard by tho officers, who wore concealed in a closet of the room, hut whether ’or not, out of his own mouth shall he he con' detuned, remains to be proved. Tho defence opened yosterduy, and the design evidently hr to blast the character of YY^urner, who, it seems, has behaved in a very shocking manner to his wife; leaving his family, and going oft’ with other women, &e. They lived very unhappily together, and since tho occurrence have again separated. Counsel evidently wish to convey the idea, that ho sent tlie torpedo himself, with the view of destroying his wife and son. But this idea, however, is too horriblo to bo cn- tertuined for one moment. A curious scene is piesented in Court daily. Drury’s wife and daughter, a beautiful girl of 17 or 18, are sitting near the prisoner; and YVarnor’s wife and son, are also present, the latter’s wife testifying against her husband, and blackening his charac ter before the community, so that we have il lustrated here, woman in two phases of her character: the one clinging to tier husband to shame and dispair—brav ing everything—in or ' der by her presence in the hour, of trial, to »>" il