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MORNING NEWS. mum w BY JOHN M, COOPJER. T . T H OMPSO*, 6 0 I T 0~R * TKRW*: 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- » •»' «* f» ” f “• C “ H ' 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. wel * m ti HLrOCI Tvart 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 : l • * I 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. m ’’ '*! 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.