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BY JOHN M, COOPJER.
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PAPER $4 00 I TRt-WEEKLT $2 00
^n.Now Advertisements appear in both papers.
The news from Traiieylvnnin becomes every
day more and more <lietreeeingr. Klauseiifcurg
and the country around it is given up to the
tender mercies of Col. Urban, whoso only idea
of government seems to he the plentiful appli
cation of the knout. The wife of a respecta
ble lawyer, of tho name of Cent,’ was lntoly
condemned to he flogged in tho market-place,'
'for having concealed her«on-in-law, who'had
served ns an officer in the Hungarian army.
As tlin poor woman was led forth, she took
down the portrait of Kossuthlibm tho wall,
pressed it to jfer heart and thus prepared,
wout on with tho firmness nnd dignity ofa mnr-
tyr to suffer for the cause of her country ; for
tunately the regimental surgeon interfered, mid
declared her too weak to bear the punishmont,
on which she wn# sent to'hard laborin The com
mon prison. I leave you to guess tho impres-
sion this sccnto must huvo roiuie on n peculation
TUESDAY JMOBNING, MARCH 5, 1850.
. h»r«W Cii'enlntlon In the CI*y.
Op" The daily Morning News liasnow Atsao-
er city circulation than either of the other doily
papers, and consequently is the best advertising
medium. We state this fact in justice to ourselves
and for the benefit of the advertising public
early
the next morning.
appearance i
CS^We understand that Mr. James Quan-
tock, Jr., whoso arrest by the Central Dank
wo mentioned yesterday, has given bonds in the
sum of $10,000 for his appearance before Jus
tice Raiford, on to-morrow, when ho is to
be examined on tho charge preferred against
him.
13^ The Books of Subscription to tho Cap
ital Stock of the Bank of Snvannuh were open
ed yesterday morning, at the office of Joseph
Bancroft, Esq. JVo imdorstund thUt Stock to
the amount of $50,000 was taken. The Books
will continue open’to day and to Jioyrow.
- Wo were misinformed yesterday as to
among whom there is not ri family, from tne the amount of the reward offered by the Cen-
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committed. icr of that institution. It will bo seen by refer-
German 'papers state that Mr. Guntlfer, tho once to our advertising columns this morning
head of tho locomotive factory at Neustudt, t l;nt tho sum offered is $5000, instead of$1000,
new Vienna has solved the problem inluiive to , . . ,, ,
« Ath«M*»nt of t.alns on incLed planen; and "Elated m our article of,yesterday.
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1* A VI* J I It. I I III It j/lUIICU I UIIU
built an engine which will, draw, wiih ease, Athenkum;—The Faker of Siva.—It will
l ? i in roLn r , 40 t0 50 dc * rec8 ' “ tr “ in ° f tl,e be by the card in anofher column that this
weight of l!,500 tons. , - , , .
The Emperor of Russia 1ms ordered the wonderful man, who, has been lor sometime
notion of a line of fortg.along the boundary ;o- past astonishing the good people ot Charleston
tards Pi-ussm. The principal, .object of this half out of their wits, has been engaged by
?r”A- AM8 &0 i- a A d , ,hnt he : m ffivo *
th* imperial dominions, to be ready in case hrBt exhibition at the Atheneum this evening,
of any event of importance occurring in Cen- We have noticed in the Charleston and other
tra ’® u ?°P < “- papersNery favorable notices of this gentleman’s
from Tho' Capeof Good"Hojo!" ThoTolmJ whie1 ' nre saiJ t0 be both nuveI
remained in much the same state. Trade was lint ,nterc3t ‘ n £
dull, nnd tho excitement great. All classes of
yio people were waiting in anxious suspense the
arrival of tho vesselfroni England that was to
convey to thorn the final dispatch of Earl Gray
which was to seal their -faro either fur good or
for axil,
1 he British Naval Board are now delibera
ting upoh the propriety of prohibiting the use
of nrdont spirits in the Navy.
Major Edwards is expected shorty from
India bringing with him the celebrated dia
mond, the koh-i-tioor.which jg intended as a
present fbr Her Majesty.
The first of the Glasgow and Now York lino
pf steamships, the “City of Gisgow,” will bo
launched about the latter end of February, nnd
will leave for New York about the 10th of April.
She is a three decker,of about 1600 tons meas
urement over all, and it to be propelled bv a
screw 13 feet in diameter and 13 feet pitch;
which is tq be worked by tvvp leaver beam eq-
guiea of350 horse-power.
^ We are glad ,to observe that tho objections
fdised against all holding or selling lands in
Irwin county, Georgia, United States,no longer
exists, an act having passed the Legislature of
thut state on the 21st of December, 1849, au-
thonnng “aliens to receive, purchase, hold, and*
convey, mortgage and devise,real estates inrtlio
state of Georgia." — London Standard of
Freedom.
Modification of the Usury Laws.—The
New York Assembly’s Committee have report
ed a bill praviding-for the repeal of all the ex
isting penalties and forfeittires, for taking in-
for tiie loan of money'in excess Of the
I'ego? rute. Tho Journal of Commerce gives the
provisions uf tho law, which operato only pros
pectively, as follows;—
“The rate of interest is to remain at 7 per
cel#.; and any person who shall pay a greuter
rate, may recover back the excess by action in
stituted within tho year of payment. Usury
JL w ‘b ,lot ovoid contracts; but plaintiff, in an ac-
* bon in an usurious qontrnct, shall have judg
ment for tho principal and legal interest only,
and judgment for the co ts of suit shall be en
tered in favor of the defendant. Defendant,
pleading usury, must specify the amount of ex
cess; and plaint iff tendering tho costs up to that
time, and offering to take judgment for princi
pal and legal interest, may, if his offer be re
fused, recover fulLcosts. in addition to tho debt
If thotiffor he a-copied, iIki clerk of the court
must there upon enter judgment accordingly.
These restrictions do not extend to. innocent
holders; hut they, not having received actual
riotice of the usurious consideration, may re
cover tiie face of tho paper, with legal inter
est.”
_ Secrecy of Telegraphic Communication.—
In the New York AssemblyMr. Sc.hoonmoker has
introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for
unv person connected with anv telegraph compa
ny as clerk, messenger or operator or any other
capacity, to divulge the contents of.gmv privatf
cominnnication entrusted to them (or delivery;
to be punished with imprisonment in the, county
. A l>MpiOUIIII|VII|, III lllUi UBUIRY
bail or workhouse,for not less than three mjinths
| r c m ° r ®.i bttu tvvo years, and in addition, t5 pay
I nn» of $500—the fine to be paid by tiie’ com-
mnv in vvii.ww. . .1 ”
thetime Wil0 * e ° ln ' p,oy tbe °P el- ator may bant
S’” The Delaware Block, for the Nutional
Washington Monument, was started to Wash
ington on Tuesday, in charge of Major John
.Trines and Mr. Smith, from whoso quarries the
block was taken.—Tho ceremony 0 f sealing up
the leaden box, to ho deposited in the stone,
was performed tm the 22d of February in tlio
presence of the citizens, in the city Hall, at
Washington.
Makvland Legislature—The bill here'
tofore paused by the House of Delegates el-
. . . , . , . at- a man namea tunjan uoss, jumpeo trom tne
owing slav^p to be brought into this State from platform ofthe hindmost car, nnd was instant-
other States, passed the Senate, on the 27th ly killed. He hns left a wife and five children,
List., by a vpto of 13 ayes to 7 nays, and is now wbo > 118 we ,earn > were deserte<l for n wortliless
a law of the State. The hill wns amended so ^° man ; * hom he wa * in f'‘ or . cb of , ut ,be **•
the rash act was commuted, nnd whom he
a* to prevent slaves being brought tn lor the? thought he saw, when he made the fatal leap,
purposo of traffic. The Senate on the same Truth is often stranger than fiction. Tho
«jfiy passed the series of resolutions previously fate of the. Wily Corker, so graphically descrilj-
adopted bv the House of Delegates, declaring od by Dickens in his “Dumby and Son," is
the> position of Maryland as a slaveholding more shocking than ihat ofthe man Goss
Stttle.pu the great question that now’. agitnt
tha -country,—They were but slightly ame “
tdF” See first pngCj
Another Project of Compromise.—Sen
ator Dickinson, of Now Y'ork, is said to be
framing another plan of compromise. He pro.
poses to run the line of 30 deg. 30 min. through
to the Pacific to admit California North of tho
lino as a State, to provide Governments forDe'
seret and New Mexico, one Northnnd the other
South (mostly) of the line, without a word
about slavery; to pay Taxes for the disputed
Territory, and to divide out Texas into three
additional Slave States, prospectively, as an
offset to Minnesota, Oregon nnd California.
According to our Wnshington correspondent
this scheme originated with Mr. Kaufman, o p
Texas. Whoever may have originated it, we
are gratified to learn that it is favored by Mr.
Dickinson, whose support will not be lost upon
any measure of compromise to which it is
given. There will no doubt bo objections to
the,scheme, but as it does not exactly give all
the turkeys to tho porth, it is certainly deserv
ing of consideration.
The General Conference of the Mf.th-
odist Etiscopal Churh, South.—The Co-
umbus Southern Sentinel understands from
the Rev. Dr. Piercf., tha^ in consequence of
the prevalence of cholera along tho waters ofthe
Mississippi, it has boen determined to change
the session of this body, which was appointed
to meet , at St. Louis, in May next, .to some-
more eastern point; several points have been
suggested to tho Bishops, und among others
Columbus, tho selectiop of which is urged by
the editor on many accounts
'tw Tho Dolawuro Petition for Dissolution
presented in the 8<;nate by Mr. Hule, and
which occasioned much debate, it appears by
tho Wilmington Journal, wus singed by only
42 persons, not one of whom is a citizen of the
State: Beven ure negroes, one a negress, and
lh^ balance are the tmmps of persons who aro
not. half as intelligent or patriotic ns the negro
himself.
Liability of Railroads.—A gentleman
named Mooro, who was scalded on the Auburn
end. Syracuse railroad by a collision of trains
which, occurred’on that road in 1848, has re
covered $2000 damages therefor, in a recent
suitihainstth.icompany. The principal inquiry
in this suit was us to whether tho Company had
used all proper diligence und caution to prevent
collisions.
* A New Bank in Virginia.—Tho Commit-
teoon Banks in tho Legislature of Virginia
have reported tt bill incorporating the Central
Bank of Virginia, at Stau..tun, with a capital of
not less than $100,000 nor more than $500,000.
This Bank is intended to ho independent—the
Bank Committee of tbe Legislature preferring
an independent bank to increasing the bank
ing capital of the State, under tho Branch Bank
system. The most important features of this
new bonk are taken, for tho most part, from
the New York free banking system.
Fatal Occurrence.—Tho Dulton Spirit of
the Times ofthe 28th uit., says :
On Tuesday morning last, as the train of
passenger cars was on the way from Chatta
nooga, and when about a mile from our depot,
a man named Elijah Goss, jumped from the
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Coinage.—The United States Branch Mint at
N. Orleans is stated to be now indebted t<f de-
pyrifoft: in due sum of $2,000,000.
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Tiie right Sentiment.—We find in the
Baltimore Clipper a communication from, n
southern man who signs himself “a Southern
Unionist,” which contains what we conceive to
be the true southern doctrine in regard to the
admission of Californio, as well as in reference
to the preservation of tho Union. We of the
South, who contend for what we conceive to be
equal justice in the settlement of the territorial
question, are too commonly regarded at tho
north as disunionists. In tho excitement in
duced by the discussion of this vexed question,
anil goaded as our people have been by the ag*
gressionsandjiiitomporate abuse of Northern ul.
traists. words have been uttered which might be
cmmtruod into an expression of hostility , to the
Union; but we feel that we speak tho Jruth
when we say that attachment to tho Upfrin is
as universal a sentiment among the people of
Georgia as it is with those of any state in tho
confederacy, and that Georgians now as of old,
are ready and willing to sacrifice as much tor
its preservation ns any other people embraced
within its borders. ■ Whatever cduse wa may
manuring and discontent, no pe
have
tition has ever horn presented by Goorginnafoi'
“u peaceable dissolution of tiie Union,” nor
has Georgia ever give* cause for dissatisfaction
by acts of aggression on the rights of her sister
confederates. Georgia ia for the Union, and
guided by “Wisdom,.Justice and Modoration”
she will bo the last to v assail it and, the first to
maintain it in its integrity. ' . . 6
The following is the article from tho Clipper:
I think you mistake somewhat Southern doc
trine upon the subject' of thri admissioB of Cal
ifornia into the’Union. It is, contended, not
that the people of the t e+ritories have not the
poiger to exclude or permit stavery in Cali
fornia, but that foreigner* (npt naturalized)
who may have gone to that territory from dif
ferent parts of the globe, have not such nght.
Mr. Clemens expresses the views of the South
when he says “California has herself imposed
a restriction ; and the question now is,.not up- 1 * * * * & * '
on her right so to do, but upon her right to
adopt a Constitution utall. If she has a right
to form a constilution and State government,
her right to regulate the subject of slavery
is unquestioned and unquestionably,”, Ho
quotes the message of the Govrirnor"'of Cali
fornia as follows also : ‘ “Already we have
every variety of the human race among us—a
heterogeneous mass of human beings of every
language and of everv hueJ*
Again he states “But 1 do contend, thht be
fore Ci'liforriia can claim a plnce’in this'Union,
she must show that certain boundaries have
been ascertained and fixed by law, and that
within these boundaries reside a number"*of
free inhabitants equal to the present ratio of re
presentation; because* these aro conditions
which have been imposed upon all other States,
and without which no guards agaihst inequality
can be effected.” I feel confident that "Mi-.
Clemens expresses thus far Sou them sentiment,
buji'he is too ultfa when lie says that he would
votA? ngainst her admission if her Constitution
were regularly adopted, on account of the agi
tation that has been kept up, (which he
charges (chnl/y to the North) thus preventjug
Southerners 'emigratin' with their slave proper
ty to California. But let me ask, cat) northern
men object i to Soulhern sentiment as stated
ab-ve ? It is denied that Southern gentlemen
have changed upon this subject, and. I will be
permitted to say, let Northern presses stop'
misrepresenting South Ai sentiment about the
Union.—There are as few ultras at the South
as at the North. Away with the unjust impu
tation of disloyalty to the Union that is desir
ed to be cast upon the South. I would say to
you. men of the North, we love and valu% the
Union as highly as you do.
A Southern Unionist.
13?“. The correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says—
TKe Wilmot proviso is gradually going to
sleep. Governor Doty offered hia bill for tho
admission of Culifoyiia ss a compromise lor
hi a resolutions; and; if this spirit of concilin-
tjori continues, wo must soon settle tho qites-,
fion of slavery by the compromise of nnn-ifttov
ference, an<> the legalization of the territorial
governments already established.
Later from Pernambuco. — Advices from
Pernambuco to the 22d ult., received at Phila
delphia. stale that tho yellow fever : aras raging
with destrurilive power at that place and: Ba
hia, and was particularly fatal ampng tho ship
ping in tho harbors of both places.
mrCincinnati papersstate that the Banks of
Ohio, with few exceptions, have entered into
a combination for the protection of their inter
ests. The combination is termed the Ohio
Bank Agency. f and commenced business a few
weeks 'since, on a pro rata capital, furnished
by each bank vhich becomes o party to the
arrangement. This pro rata contribution is
stated to be about 5 or 10 per cent, on the a-
mount of circulation said bank hud at a given
date. Whenever a given amount of notes are
redeemed at tho Agency Tor any hank, by giv
ing for them exchange at 5 per cent, premi-
mium, they are sealed up and returned to the
bank, and tin* amount sont back to the Eastern
exchange.
Murder Trial.—Daniel H. Pearson was
put on triul in Cambridge, Muss, on the 26th
Ult. charged with the murder ofhis wife and
twin children, at Wilmington, Mass, in April
lust. Ho is on trial for the.murder of iho wife
first. It was a horrible tragedy; the woman
was discovered covered with wounds,arid with
a bloody knife in her hand, evidently placed
there ufter death. A quantity of course black
hair, similar to Pearson’s, w as found in the oth
er hand. The children were found covered
with blood, one with six, and the other with
five stabs in the neck. The prisoner is said to
have beon the victim of a cruel hoax, concocted
by some villiuns, who hud represented that his
wife was false to him.
Nashville’and Chattanooga Rail Road.
—The Chattanooga Advertiser of the 27th ult.,
says:—Wehuvebeen informed upon reliable
authority, that the sectiou of this Road lying
between Chattanooga and the point where it
crosses the Tennessee River, will most likely
be pqt under contract at an eurly day—the bal
ance of Jlie Road is already under Contract.
Tmf, Compromises.—Tho Now York Tri
bune publishes the following, in a letter' from
Washington:
“Mr. Piatt, tho now Senator from Marylund,
hns two plans which ho thinks would settle the
difficulty with the South. One, to adopt the
lincyot 36 30, and the other, to cut Oregon and
California loose, and allow them to form an in-
dcpcut&nt Confederacy of the Pacific. lie
has ttfplained his view* to Mr. Webster, who
lias prbini-ed to consider them.
By £ta«t Night’s Northern Mail.
TheSkiIs Heightening.—The Washing
ton correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
writing under date of 1st List, says that a more
hopeful feeling pervades all circles ftt Washing
ton. He says thut Mr Bell’s proposition,
which wns offered on Friday, nnd which gives
the South three slnvo states on the Gulf, ad
mitting Califoruia'with her present boundaries,
is considered as approximating to an Adjust
ment satisfactory to all parties. It is tho opin
ion in Was ington that Congress will soon ad
just tho question and than proceed with the
-business of the nation.
•The steatneFTtojmbHc has Been e6|d to Geo.
Law of N ew-York, for one liHt/drec! and thirty-
five thousand dollars, cash. It .is intended to
run her between Havana and San Francisco.
Tho barque Convoy," (Japt. €j,etty, be
longing to Charleston, whither sl\e was bodnd.
was wrecked 6ii the Bahama Banks, on the
iDormngof the 10th ultini’o. Passengers and
most of the cargo saved and taken into Nassau
By Last Night’s Western Mail.
C? A letter in tiie Picayune dated Havanu,
19tli nit. snys that a new report was current
that the island is to be invaded in May. Some
persons were selling fiioir 'property nnd pla
cing their funds ip safety. The writer als6
mentions the statement that tiie home govern
ment has directed the authojgities to liberate the
slaves, to kill the whites, in the event that it
may bo impossible otherwise to Iiold the is
land. The Qovernor General wfts fortifying
the island, and was, when tho letter wa* writ
ten, on a lour of inspection on the southwest
ern side.
From the Mobile Tribune, of Feb. 28.
Arrival of the West India Steamer.
■ The steamer Thames, Capt. Abbott, arrived
in the bay on Monday within three days from
Tampico. She was detained three days at
that placC in consequence of a high sea, which
prevented her’from landingher mails.
The United States steamer Water"Witch ar
rived at Tampico on the 22d- inst.
The Thame* brought in specie $2,080,060
in transitu for England, $14,000 for Mobile,
$31,000 for New Orleans.
She arrived in the bay on Monday at half
past two o’clock, and started immediately for
Havana. She brought eighteen passengers for
Mobile and New Orleans and twenty-six for
England.
We have received files to the 13th inst. of
the Trait d’Union, u Fronco-Mexicun paper,
published in the city of Mexico.
Mexican Items.—It appears that the irregu
larity of the Royal West India Mail Steamers
has elicited no small amount of grumblings from
the mercantile community of our sister republic.
The cholera has ceased at San Juan de los
Lagos. It is said that the mortality amounted
to 500 persons. On the 1st February, it made
its appearance in the State of Michoacan, 30
cases having been reported at that date In the
town ofPiedad, havingabout 4,000 inhabitants.
Of those attackod, six, all persons of advanced
age, had succumbed to the disease. “From
this,” snys Lotrait, “it would seem the disease
•is not of u formidable type; indeed it may Ire
s'uid to have lost the characteristic malignity of
its previous attacks.’’.
New Periodicals.—In Mexico a new jourunl
is about to appear under the editorship of Don
Juan Miguel de Lozada, to be entitled El Ori-
ehte.
Another paper has just come out at Guana
junta, called La Opinion. It is tho organ of
the opposition.
Don Miguel Palacio is governor Vera Cruz,
elected by the legislature, none of the other
candidates having received the number of votes
required by the law. Don Miguel was already
intnrim governor.
Mr. Zurutiiza has obtained the contract to
carry the mails from Vera Cruz to Mexico city
for nine,years. It is said the new contract will
save the government $7,000 per nnnum.
Arrival of Hungarians.—The British ship
Mount Stuart Elphinstone, Capt. Henderson,
which arrived at New York, on Sunday, from
Glasgow, brought ns cabin passengers ihity
seven Hungarian exiles making sixty-six now
in New York. The Tribune says that tho meet
ing between those just arrived und those ulready
residents here, was a scene of the deepest in
terest. Those who had braved unmoved the
fire of the buttlo-field, wept with the helpless
ness of childhood.
A lute Washington rumor says that in
cose Mr. Clayton leaves the. Cabinet, a* it is
expected he will on the conclusion of the Nica
ragua negotiations, Mr. Winthrof will suc
ceed him as Secretary of State.
ty The Daiiiin'ore Clipper speaking of
Mr. FooteiS resolutions, which are alluded to
in the letter of our Washington Correspondent,
published on Saturday, sny3—It is pretty well
understood at Washington, that the thirteenth
man will be Daniel Webster, und that that
Senator is* in favor of extending the Missouri
compromise line to the Pacific.
IndicYed.—The New York Sunday Times
says that the grand jury hove indicted Bennett,
of the Herald, fbr his libej^m Major Noah, wkh
reference to the jewels#' of the l’rim#ss of
Orange.
£9* Tho Mormon idea of human destfo^
peculiar. Tlwf iky that when the groat battle
in heaven took place, as related by Milton
those spirits Who took sides with the Cream,
were permitted to occupy bodies as a rew nr ,i
for their loyalty, and that this world gvns, then
created for their use. In the meantime, the
rebellious spirits became exceedingly envious
of us and our bodies. They were very dnii-
rou* to inhabit bodies too ; and therefore u e
read in tho Gospel of men who were possessed
by evil spirits, which crowded themselves into
bodies which were already .occupied. On one
ocasion, when a pack of these evil spirits
were cast out, they were so desirous of g 0 i ng
into some kind of bodies, that they apked per.
mission to enter the swine, that their request
was granted. So say thq Mormons.
Most Unnatural Robbery.—-Some abandon-
ed women, on Saturday, decoyed a respectable
female from Staten Island into a house in An
thony street, New York, and after drugging
tier, robbed her of money and other things vnl-
ued at.nearly $40. . When she was restored she
entered a complaint and the women were ar
rested. ’
GERS.
Per BteamerMetamprtS from Charleston—Minic*»
M linker an,I
kie, Mrs Mason, Mrs f B James, Mrs M Baker
servant, M E Cloud, J McBain, W Gilpie, W Swear,
ingen;’ 8 Wondcrburb, J L Cox, C Thatcher W Geb-
hard 8 Mason, C W Bruner, J D Bullock, W F p rPt .
ton, T R. Wyman, S Barcouct, W K King, The Fakir
of Siva, 4 on deck.
Per stenmer Wm Se'abrook, from Charleston—Mr*
Lewis, Child' and art- Mrs C O'Sullivan and 2 chi!,
dren, Mrs Starr, Mrs Magee, Miss Welsh, Miss Rich-
erson and 2 svts, Miss Dawson, 2 Misses Middles;,n
Maj G H Ringgold, W Tworett, J R Evtni, VV B
Gowon, W M Smith, W Bloke, C Bateman, J Babins
T C Moreland, J Millen, R Manning, W ft Arnett T
3 Harrison, J Moore,' W Lovers, J T MoOre, T gfsi.
son, and 33 on deck.
Savannah Cotton Market,
COTTON.—Yesterday tho sales were 236 bales, ns
follows; 43 hales nt 11;; 30 at 114; 43 atllii and
14!) at 12c. *
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, MACHtl 4.
LIVERPOOL—' Per ship United Kingdom—4620
bars Iron, 40 bundles do, E65 tonB Salt
SAVANNAH EXPORTS. MARCH 4.
NEW-ORLEANS—Per schooner Mary Eddy—412
inks Fire. '
intelligence,
PORT OF SAVANNAH. ■ - - mArcH~
^RIVED. _
Ship United Kingdom, McMnllin, Liverpool, with
Salt and Iron, |q Harper A Stuart
Brig Harriett, Toothakcr, from Camden, Me, with
Lime, to Brigham, Kelly Si Co.
Bark Texas, McNair, NewWork, to Brigham, Kel
ly & Co.
Sfchr Elias Reed, Owens, Turtle River, to Master.
Steamer Tennessee, Hubbard, Augusta, with boats
No 7 and 9, to S M Pond. *
Steamer Metamora, Borden, Charleston, to Brooks
Steamer Wm Seabrookj J51aiikensijip,from Charles
ton, to Brooks Sc Tupper.
CLEARED.
Schr Mary Eddy,-. Eddy, New Orleans—Cohens
& Hertz. -V
'DEPARTED.
lardon, Chi
Steamer Mctaptora, Bard#), Charleston.
MEMORANDA.
New-York, Feb. 28.—-Cl'd ship Marios, Thomp
son, for Savannah. . .
March, I,—CJ'd, brig Macon, Watkins,, for Savnn-
nnb. Arrived, brig American, Ross, from Savannsh.
The bark Velocity, from Savannah, which went
ashore about a fortnight since on Long Island, has
been gotten off and taken into Newport, R L
Nautical Information.
National Obskrvatoit, I
Washington. February 19,185U. (
Sir:—Captain Parsons, of the ship Amity, of Boston,
reports that on the 22d of August last, being then
bound, from Manilla to Boston, he discovered and
beat through a passage among the Thousand Islands..
Although these islands are at the eastern entrance
to the Straits of Sunda, ansi, therefore in one of tho
great thoroughfares of the ocean, there is no accurate
survey of them, and the position assigned them od
the charts is of doubtful accuracy.
Captain Parsons determined the lattitude of the
middle of the passage by a meridian altitude of the
sun, and its longitude by bearings from the South-
Watcher. They are 5 deg. 26 min. S., 106 deg. 37
min. E.
For farther information concerning this important
discovery, I make the following extract of Captain
Parson’s letter to me, with the remark that Capt.
P. is represented to me as a navigator of skill nnd
intelligence, whose statements are, in every rcipcct
entitled to confidence. •
AuQusf 22—Sea Account.
“At 6 A, M., wind heading, stood for the Thonituid
Islands; at 10 do. petceived a wide passage through
them, stood for it At 11 do. entered the passage
with a boat ahead, with the second officer in it. It
Meridian, wind came ahead, which caused us to boat
through the passage, which was about 1J miles wide.
Latitude observed at noon, being then In the middle
of the passago, was 5 deg. 26 min south; allowing
the ship to be 6 miles west ofthe South-Watcher, the
longitude, at the tfine of observation, would be lw
deg. 37 min. East
“Tuesday. August 23—Light airs from the 8. W.
and pleasant weather; beating through tbe passage
to the westward, hoot ahead of tho ship from odc
side to the other, trnd had nothing less than 11 1*’
thorns,-and mostly from iff to 18. Kept in a une
with the islands in beating through on both sloes.
This passage, from the eastward, runs about 3 mile*
east and west, and S. VI. 2 miles clears the passage
jJiuavHW VT A las aaa a Ijutnuji UI a III lie’s
then be from 16 to 18 fathoms, white sand, from l»
fathoms, 2 boat's length ahead, had a cast of 2 fc et -
In proceeding through this passage, found the cur
rent in the eastern entrance to set N. W. about lj
mile per hour; but after getting in the southwestern
part found the current setting SW by WjW. -
miles per hour. Left 9 inlands to the northward ot
the ship, also ono small island, about 4 feet above tbe
level of the sea, with three remarkable trees upon It,
two of which are upon the ends, the other in tbe
centre of the island. This island is seen beforeenter
ing the postage from the eastward, and is to be leu
on the starboard hand. After getting through, enwtbe
passage mentioned by Lieutenant Harding of » 8
British Royal Navy, who passed through it July
1830; also saw the four islands which the same gen
tleman said he left to the northward of him; the P 8 *'
sage was about 5 miles wide.—At 6 P. M. took tbe
bearings of several isjunds.'
West island bore......NW by W i W.
One next “......NW i N.
One next “ N by W.
One next ' “ North.
“The remainder of islands to tho northward bore
about NE.4 E. Most southern and western of tn
Thousand Island, bore about S. by E$E. ,
“At 9 P.M. come to Anchor in 15 fathoms, 0018
mud, current setting SW. by W. 2 miles per hour.
At 6 A. M. got under weigh with a light breeze ft?
Southwest island. At 8 A. M. bore due north 7 ’
distant, most werstern of Thousand Islands in stunt
the southward SEfE: at meridian St. Nicbol**
point SWiS. West end of Pulo bay SiW. WJJ.
tude observed 6 deg. 38 min. South. Longitude i
deg. 15 min. East ,
- «■ Respectfully, Ac. M.IL.MAURY.
#Iim. W.u. Ballard Phkston,- V
Secretary ofthe N#vy.