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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN ill. COOPER. W. T. THOMPSON, E 0 I TO B ffi*« DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRl-W*EKI*t $2 00 All New Advertisements appear in lioth papers. Two Weeks Later From California. Quickest trip on record—Belter advice* from the mines—health' 1 of the Country improving —Legislative Proceedings—Over Half a Million in Gold Dust, fyc. The U. S. mail steamer Georgia, Capt. Por ter left CJhagrcs on the afternoon of the 27th of February, and anchored in Havana in 3 days and 14 hours. She was detained in Havana 30 hours, coaling, and left her anchorage at Ha vana on Monday evening at 6 o’clock. She ar rived at the bar of New pork on the ovonlpg of the 8th at 7 o’clock, making her run in 9G fours. She had 250 passengers from Chagves beside 50 left at Havana for the Falcon; in all 300, with about $600,000 in gold dust. The passengers brought, in addition to the above amounts, some 350,000 in dust, not on the manifest. The steamer California, which sailed 15th Jdnuary, brought Some $500,000, w hich is on board the above vessels. The rea son for the small amounts shipped is, there not having boon any intercourse with the mines for several weeks, in consequenco of the great heighth of rivtrs. Steamer Panama arrived at Panama from San Francisco with $1,000,000 in gold dust, and which is now on its wuy in the Empire City and Philadelphia, for New York. The Empiro City left Chagres 24 hours pre vious to the Georgia with about 50 passengers, and the Philadelphia 43 hours. The Chero kee loft the day provious for Navy Buy. The Georgia brings the mails of the steamers Cali fornia,and Panama. abandoned in consequenceof the natural apathy of the natives, and their dislike to labor. It is said that "about two miles from San Bartojmo is the Cerro del Pilon del Oro, or Mountain ot the Block of Gold, whence a Idrnn man it said to have hewn out a column of gold, and where another is said to exist, which re mains tja be verified. About fivo leagues be yond San B., is the Rio de los Indies, inhabited solely by Indians, who never approach Panama, und are said to possess much gold. One ^ cl, £ ,le nearer Panama, is the village and river Ma- ripriet.ta, whence the finest golddustfsprocun’d, 22 carats fine whbh sells in Punama for $18 per ounce. Specimens of it may bo seen at Sig nora Sehastiuna do Obaldin’s. opposite the church of San Juan de Dios.’’ A correspondent of tho Pacific News, from Stockton, dated Jtnuaiy 20, says that huilding iti that place has befcn carried on at a rapid rate. They have paid as high ns $800 to $1000 per thousand forJumbor. Theyhavejust completed a large hotel, built by Mr. Doad and others, at an expense of $50,000. A Judge Jones has leased the hotel and fixtures at $4,000 a month. There is a good supply of lumber on the beach at that place, selling at $250 to $400 per M., will not last long. Anew paper has been started at Honolulu, entitled tho Honolulu Times, under the edito rial change of Henry S. Sheldon, Esq. An Insurance Compuny has been established at San Francisco, tho first in California. On thcnrrivul of tho steamer Panama at San Diego, Capt Bailey found thpir a number ofem- igrnnts to California, by the route across Mexi co, some of whom were in a destitute condi tion. Among the sufferers relieved, is a por tion of tho "Fremont Mining Association," which left Sun Antonio on the 17th June last, and u largo number of which were reported in the New Orleans papers to have died of chole ra. Previous to reaching tho Coast, tho com pany separated—forty eight taking the route to Monterey, and thirty four tho rond on San Diego ma, t ana t uiimnn. —the latter is the portion of the company now 1 he energetic Mail Agent, James B. Devoo, | j J0re 1 1 J brings all the mails by the Pacific steamers Panama and California; being a largo number, besides 2 500 way letters collected from the passongers on hoard. Mr. Dovoe has made tho trip from Francis co in, 33 foys—the shortest time on record. He was commissioned as tho special agent to Convey the California mail to Feb. 1, to the U. S. and left San Francisco on that day in the steamer Panama, and reached Punama in 13 days, and Chagres in 23 days. Thenfeo ho pro ceeded to Iluvuria in tho Gnorgiu, J ih 3 days end 14 hours—thence to N. Y. in less than 4 days. The whole travelling lime from San Francisco to New York, was only 27 days.— Actual time from city to city was 35 days ! While at Chagres, ho overhauled the Califor nia mails of the 15th of January, which left San Francisco 17 days before him. Earthquake at San Francisco.—Tho resi dents of San Francisco were startled on Wed nesday, 16th, in consequence of several shocks of an earthquake. The first two occurred at about hulf pust eleven o’clock A. M., and wore of sevoral seconds duration—succeeding each othor ata short intervul. The third took place at a quarter past one P. M., the vibra tions of which were considerably more violent, and of greater duration. The Legislature was steadily at work in San Jose. A bill organising tde Supreme Court, and Homestead Exemption law had passed. Resolutions had been introduced asking a law of Congress to prohibit all except American citi zens from taking gold in the mines; also for cheap postage; also for extension of the pre emption laws to California. The disastrous flood at Sacramento city, the details of which were given in our lust, while it has caused the destruction of property \o on immense amount, will not, it is supfos- cd, operate to the permanent injury of the ci ty. $200,000 have already been subscribed towards building a levee to surround the city. The latest accounts state that the waters were falling and Would probably continue to sub side. At Miuorva, on the North Fork of the A- merienn River, the water attained a height of from thirty to forty feet above low water (nark, sweeping away every obstacle to its resistless progress, and bearing down tents, rockers and whatever mining apparatus was opposed to its fury. A party of Chinese, 9 in number, had been overtaken by the flood, on Manhattan Bar, and all retreat cut off i'rjim shore by a broad current of some 10 or 15 feet in depth | I 2ptn run- ning ,ttyipjgfr tho low ground . in the- rijar. When first discovered they were walking to and fro in the waterI'nen just covering thehigh- . est point within their reach. To the spectator the .scene can never be forgotten. Soon the unfortunate men were ooserved erecting a pyr amid of stones, upon ttye ton of whjch they placed their provisions and fiicmselvhs, as a last refugo—but in vain. Driven from this, one 'of the men attempted to swim ashore, and was carried away by the rushing torrent and drowned before the eyes of his companions. Another attempted to gain the shoro by jump ing upon a drift log ; it rolled and pitched in the eddies—chilled by the coldness of the wa ter, his grasp relaxed, and he was lost in tho totrent. Two more of these poor fellows, in attempts to reach a tree, Were drowned; the remainder Succeeded in getting into the tree, were they remained 18 hours, through a long night of cold and rain, before the efforts of the •people rescued them, more dead than alive, from their d?athj>erij; At least one-fourth of the dwellings and tents were either carried away or rendered uninhabi table, and the actual loss of property tendered very great—estimated by some at seventy mil lions, though we think it is not so high. It is thi entire destruction of business, equally as property, that this disaster will bo-folt severely among business meii and tho community at large. To the observer, standing upon the embank ments at Sutter’s Fort, the view was sadly picturesque. Boats wore plying all over the submerged plnins for miles—-groups of cattle swimming to tho distant high grounds—|he tree tops visible above the wuters, as were al so hulls and rigging of the nutnorous vessels in the river as they appeared elfvated above the house-tops. Several thousands of cattle, horses a*id mules have been drowned, and more must perish, if a subsidence of the Uood does- not soon take place. Tho water has lowered at Sacramento city 4 inches, and the highest part bf the levee is bare. It wail thought that the water would contiuue to fall, as the snow, was off the moun tains. Gold Mines on the Isthmus.—The “Panama Echo,” vouches for the fact that “there is gold on the Isthmus, and iu large quantities." We gather from its statement, that a number of ' . ats since,, m'-ties were discovered in the pro vince of Verajuas, about four davs travel from Panama, and-ni ter being worked awhife, were Chcrles Eames, Esq., who was sent out by the United States Government, a Commissioner to negotiate a treaty of commerce and navigation with the Sandwich Islands, returned home in the steamer of January 1st. Shooting Fracas.—A young man, named Kurtz, while standing in the exchange, was ac costed by an individual named Win. Long, who inquired of him whether he was "at the ball the other evening?" On replying in the affirma tive, Kurtz was stiuck bv Long with a slung shot, and at the same instant shot in the hand by another person not yet arrested. Kurtz im mediately rushed from the house, pursued by Long, who overtook him, and struck him sever- al times, before boing arrested. New Theatre.—A new theatre is now being fitted up, in a neat and tasteful mannor, in Washington street, opposite the Baltimore Ho tel, to be under the direction of Mons. Edward Delamarre. It is intended to give representa tions of French opera. English comedies and farces, and bullets, sustained by artists of ac knowledged merit. Later from the Placers.—We huve intelli gence from many of the placers to within a few days, which represents the mining operations to be continued with a full average success, notwithstanding the severity of the weather has rendered it impossible to labor but a portion of she time. The vast quantity of rain and snow that has fallen in the mountains, keeps the rivers and ravines full of water, and is a serious drawback to the prosecuting of mining. Stock of provisions, etc.—At the commence ment of the rainy season in November, the stock of provisions was very low, and the fear of being unable to obtain supplies, caused large numbers to|return to the settlements; but these have gradually gone back again, finding their fears groundless, and the expense of liv ing in the mines less than in tho towns. At present provisions of all kinds are abundant for several months’ consumption. Plenteousness of the Gold.—In the' Araeri. can River and its branches, os well as in the ra vines and gulches in the mountains between them, those who work, obtain from $5 to $50 per day, when the weather will allow opera tions to be earned on, which is fully up to the average summer yield. Gold is found in the high banks of the rivers, and among the rocks, where no one deigned to look for it in the dry season. There cannot be less than 20,000 per sons wintering in the mineral regions of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, and as far as we henr, general good health prevails. Health of the Country.—The only disases are scurvy and fevers. The first is occasioned by tho want of vegetable diet, and the last by exposure to tho wet and cold. Notwithstand ing some letter-writers have expressed them selves differently, it is confidently stated by good authority, that a degree of order and good feeling prevails in the mines, unsurpassed by any equal number of population in the world:" that the community arc in great excitement about it. Town lots had risen more thou one hundred for cent, in value. ty After the overflow at Sacra mento'had abated,pieces of gold were found in the streets. Tffll Exploring Expedition.—The Hon- utolu (Sandwich Islands) Friend says: “It has in some way come to our knowledgo tlmt certain Bnglish navigators report to have sailed over u part of the Antarctic continent discovered, or laid down on Wilkes’ charts. The simple facts, sofarasweean ascertain, are these. The American navigator apponrS to have mistook a portion of tho ‘icy barrier’ for the main land. "Subsequently, English exploring vessels cruised higher up than the point laid down os land upon Wilkes’ charts. That ho was mis taken, is also manifest, for Capt. Cooper, commanding the ‘Franklin,’ navigated his ves sel, in January last, 2 deg. of longitude, and andl dog. of latitude, on a W.by S. course, over a region laid down as land by his countryman Wilkes. This was between the parallels of longitude 1!)8 dog, 20 min. und 165 deg. 30 min. E., and on about tho parallel of latitude 63 deg. 20 min.’’ We trust says the Ba'timore Sun for the credit of the country, that this statement is not . Nothing coultf bo more disagreeable, than the conviction that, after all said and done in relation to tho exploring expedition, (which cost the United States a sloop-of-war and a mint of money,) its grand achievement was a vanity. From the Sandwich Islands.—Fiels of Sand wich Islunds papers to the 20th of December have been reteived. The death is announced of Kaloloahilani, wife of the Governor of Oahu, by consump tion, at the age of 23. The Polynesian learns that Mr. Bnily, of Honolulu, i9 about to establish an express be tween that port and San Francisco. Thp King lind appointed the 30ih of Decem ber as a day of thanksgiving. The sale at auction of the American whale Bhip Tobacco Plant, (before reported burnt,) took place on Wednesday last. The ship, &c., brought $3,200, and the oil ranged from 19$ cents for whale, to 74 for sperm. ■■Wiiip 4 iiii "■■■■— umii-w- SuppostD Revolutionary Cannon/—-In excavating the earth yesterday at old Fort Wayne, for the foundations of the Srttannah Oas Works,several very large pieces of cannon y/cro exhumed. Tho pieces are of an uncom mon length, of n« antique form, and so much rusted as to render it impossible to discover any date or inscription winch they might have borne. Whether the pieces are French or Bn glish, whether thov were planted there by- friends or foes, or whether they belonged to the Fort which was built in 1804, seems difficult to determine. It is possible that they have been there since the memorable siege of Savannah. An old citizen, who was on duty at the Fort in 1312, says ho remembers seeing the guns there at that time. Friday Morning, March 15, 1850. LARGEST CIRCULATION! BTtP The Daily Morning News has now a larg er city circulation than either of the other daily papers, and consequently is the best advertising medium. We state this fact in justice to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising public. Bee first page for our rates of advertising. ^Advertisements should be handed in at an early hour, to insure their appearance in the paper cf the next moi ning. See first page. Miss Kimberly^ HeAdIngs.*—We were highly gratified Wednesday niefbt with MissKiM nEKLY’sreadingofShakespeare’s Tempest. Her conception and delineation of the characters and this in the ahsence of any other government thnn that formed by tho different little commu nities of miners among themselves. Number of People at Work.—At Georgetown, situated about 10 miles from Col- omn, (or Sutter’s mill) on the dividing ridge between'tile South Mid Middle Forks of the American River, a population of nearlv 3,000 persons are comfortably housed in log cabins or tents engaged in working the ravines, were gold is found in extensive deposites foemilen around. Other localities, both on the river, and in what are called “dry diggings" are also occupied by permanent residents and profitably worked. It is impossible that all should be fortunate alike; for there is as wide a difference in the capacity and industry of miners, as there is inequality in the richness of the deposites; but while any one can make fair wages, large numbers can average one to throe ounces each working day under all the disadvantages of the season. Case of Mrs. Farnham.—No little excite ment was manifested a few days since by the trial of the captain of the ship Angeliqne, re cently arrived. The suit was brought by the celebrated Mrs. Farnham, for damages sus tained in consequence of tho captain’s having left that iady ashore at Valparaiso, separating her from her children, hy bringing them to this port iu his skip; and also for inducing her ser vant, a white girl, to marry the black steward. There was considerable scandal introduced du ring the trial, but we believe it was only pro ven that Mrs. F. was a little too much of an- advocate for the rights of woman, and had a penchant for climbing the rigging in unmention ables. General Conde, chief of the Mexican Com mission and suite,arrived at San Diego, from the mouth of tho Gila river, on the 17th inst. Col. Weller, our Commissioner, has notihed Major Emory, U. S. Topoerapical Engineers, that he has no further use for the military es cort under liia command. The letter states (hat gold has been found*in San Diego, and of the play were most truthful and graphic. The majestic Oberon and the sprightly Ariel, the venerable Alonzo and the querulous Cali ban, the facetious Gonzalo, the gallant Ferdi nand and his unsophisticated charmer, Miran da, were all, and as it were in the same breath. by“the wand of a genius potpnt as tlmt of Pros- pero himself, conjured up before us, each in his or her own peculiar guise, and all sustaining their respective parts in the drama. Prospero with his stuff, Ariel with her gossamer wings and waving wand, Caliban with his burden of wood, even the burly mariners in their jerkins ; and tarpaulins, were present to the imagina tions' ; with such surprising still' did the reader assume their characters, their tone and appro priate manner of speech. Miss K. possesses an expressive and agreea ble face, a fine flexible voice, whoso rich and varied intonations admit of tho fullest scope of her histrionic power, while her manner is mark fd, graceful, audalwf^ys appropriate. In many of her scenes in The Tempest, she reminded us of our favorite actress, Mrs. Mowatt. We were pleased to see a large and respecta ble audience, whose strict attention, and fre quent half suppressed murmurs of applause, could not have been otherwise thunhighly grati fying to the lady. It will 'be seen hy the card in another column that Miss K. gives a reading of King John to-night. Sho has also consented, at tho request of several ladies, to read Romeo and Juliet, on Saturday morning. Protection Levee.—We understand says the New Oilcans True Delta, a hill to appro priate the sum of eighty thousand dollars to purchase one hundred negroes, who shall be employed for a yenr in the construction of a protection levee around New Orleuns, tho city to feed them at its own expense during the year, at tho expiration of which their labor is to be used on the other internal improvements ot the Stato, has been agreed upon between the coun try and city members of the Legislature, and will undoubtedly pass both houses. The lower lino, tho only one which affords security to the city, has been adopted for the levee. Virginia Washington Monument.—Mr. Rcbert Mills, architect of Washington city, the Intelligencer suys, has been appointed by tho Governor of Virginia architect and superinten dent of tho Washington Mouument about to be erected at Richmond. Mr. Crawford, the eminent sculptor, and author of the design of the monument, is about to proceed to Italy to execute the statues for the work. KF* A telegraphic despatch, dated St. Louis’ March 9th, says: A very large meeting was held here last night. A series of resolutions were passed, ap proving of the course of Col. Benton in tile United States Senate, and repudiating Mr. Calhoun’s speech on the slavery question, and the threats of disunion. They ulso agreed to make "Bentonism” a test vote on tho Demo cratic candidates, at the municipal-election. Is not the telegraph rather fast? We doubt if Mr. Calhoun's speech, which was delivered on the 4th :nst., has more than reached St. Loui9 hy this time. The Mormons of Deseret or Salt Lake. —The brother and successor of Joseph Smith has published the following letter:— "I am in possession of proofs to show that bands of Salt Lake Mormons, clothed and arm ed as Indians and in perfect disguise, with their bodies and faces painted like Indians, have taken positions on the high road from Or egon and California, in order to plunder the companies of emigrants. Many murders and robberies have alreudy been committej by these devils in human shape, which are all published to tho world as if committed by Indians. “The Mormon church on Salt Lake is under the government of a secret lodge. In this lodge Brigham Young has been crowned ns king and sits there upon u throne erected for him. (Signed,) “William Smith. 8 av e a By mistake, in our paper of Thursday, we Qcknowledged.aur indebtedness to the Bal timore Sun, instead of the Clipper, for an extta containing the news by the Canada. We arc daily indebted to the Sun for much, but we ten der our thanks to the Clipper for a copy of their extra, by which we received the news a day ih advance of the regular mail. The exports of Sugar from Havana from the 1st of January to the end of February, 1850. was 64,136 boxes, against 57,564 boxes during the same, period last year. From Matanzas 30,- 821 boxes, against 17,682 boxes last year. Exports of Molasses from Matanzas during the same period 23,153 hhds., against 17,632 hlids. last year. From Cardenas 23,493 hhds., against 19,800 hhds. last year; and from Ha vana 7,661 hlids. against 8,544 last year. The Mississippi River.—We see by the papers ihof fears are entertained of another overflow of the Mississippi. The Vicksburg Whig of the 15th says: The river is now two inches below high wa ter mark, and still on tho rise,. Tho Yazoo has been higher this season than was ever before known. The Natchez Courier of the same date, says; The river still continues rising and is now about up to the highest water mark of last year. !3P Preston W. Farrar, Esq., late chair man of theLouiiiana House of Representatives, died in New Orleans on the 7th inst. From the Rio Grande.—Wo learn from the Brownville Sentinel of the27th ultimo, that, a large meeting has been held in the town of Roma, Starr county, on tho territorial question. Another has been held at Rio Grande city, in the same county, in which, as well as at Roma, resolutions in favor of a separate government were passed by overwhelming majorities. We extract the following paragraph from, the Sentinel : On Tnesdqy evening last, about an hour be fore daybreak, a party of six or eight Mexican desperadoes, armed with pistols, guns and knives, entered the house of Jose Maria Rodriguez, in the upper part of town, and after placing a dagger and pistol to his breast, they commanded him to bo silent under pain of in stant death; tied his hands and. feet together behind his back, bound his servants and oblig ed his wife to deliver to them all the money she had in the house, amounting to about $130. They then took her jewelry, and afterwards proceeded to help themselves to such articles of. wearing apparel U9 suited their fancy, amounting in all to over $200.—We are pleas ed to learn that Mr. Rodriguez recognized one of the men, who has been arrested and impris oned for trial at the next term of the district court. The notorious Doctor Kellogg, who, some months since commanded a party of robbers on the road] between this place and Point Isabel was lately arrested at Brassos Santiago, by Mr. Stevens, sheriff of our coun ty. He was on Monday last brought before Justice Dougherty for examination. The testimony adduced was sufficient to cause the Justice to require him to enter into recogniz ance in the sum of five thousand dollurs, ' default of which he was committed. As a daughter of Mr. John Fordnay, of this place, was walking, on Sunday of last" week, in com pany with two other smull girls,’near the edge of the river a short distance from his residence, the bunk caved in and precipitated her into the river. A Spaniard, who -happened to be near by, saw the catastrophe, and with a heroism worthy of th* highest.praise, plunged into the stream to save the drowning child, but his hero ic efforts cost him his life, for, after struggling a few minutes together, they both sank beneath the turbid waters of the Rio Grande. We regret exceedingly that the name of this brave, generous man is unknow to us—such a late and so nobly met, ddmunds more than a passing paragraph. His body has been recover ed and consigned to the quiet grave in a strange laud and by stranger hands. From the Panama Star of Feb, 21—Her B. M. eighty-four gun ship Asia, bearing the broad pennant of Real Admiral Phipps Hornby, ar rived on the morning of the 8th inst., from Callao, and during the day exchanged salutes with the battery. The A., it is said, brings out seven hundred and fifty soldiers, and, in a few duys, will sail hence for tho Snndwich Islandi The French frigate La Sarieuse, twenty- eight guns arrived on tho same day. She also bound for the same destination. It is reported that some five or six men of war, of both nations, will arrive in a few days Wliat is in the wind? (Correspondence of the Morning Newsi 5 ^ Washington, March 10, i 8r , 0 Y r on can scarcely conceive, my dear sir the depth of feeling created here by Mr. \y, ster’s glorious speech. His ntost Intimate friends were uncertain to his course. Hey like Wellington, might say, like Calhoun, keeps his own " | sel.—and, on the eve of every great movcnT" “never suffer* qne huir of his heod to know other." ' lhe The Massachusetts delegation were r. «. *5 n orant ot ms purpose. His own senatorial colfe** ' did not known it. We hod qn abupdanr^- rumors, and all of a contradictory chara The evening before he spoke, Geh. Foots Ju me, desparingly, “We have nothing to I, from Webster." Tho "Union” hazardj' prediction that he would merely sing l m || c i to the Union. ^ Mystery is a part of the sublime. E ver) . 0|I| knew]that something was coming, but w|,' at was no ono knew, So brilliant an auditory was never before as. sembled.- Tho elite of the country was the When Mr. Webster rose, his impo,i ng ap ! pearance and bearing caused a general murim, r of approbation. His looks and manner g solemn token of what was to follow. H a in buff and blue—his favorite dress—-the dre, thut he is known always to wear on gr eat occasions—the dress thatho wore twenty y ear , ago, When he won the title of “Defcnuerof the Constitution.” From the beginning to the end of hi, ora tion, the Senate and vast auditory were p t0 . foundly attentive. Not a word was lost to j nv It was, as a Southern friend of remarked, in the language of Bunn*, lib, ^ procession of a Roman triumph,—rich sit), th# spoils of nations, and mingling the Facer- nine jest, with the loftier music of its march. I hove not looked at the printed speech, and nover will—lest it should, in Some tetty, dissolve the charm in which it hound me and bound all —carried away all—North, South, East, West. Mr. Webster made no effort for display. He utterly disclaimed that purpose. Bat there was an eloquence of ideas far surpassing in ef fect all the studied arts of rhetoric. Besides this, there were certain passages in the speech into which he threw his whole strength, speaking, but acting them. The poet, and tho orator, and fhe accomplished actor, all contribut ed to their effect. Some of the auditors had been familiar with the best modern' specimens of parliamentary eloquence in Engltmd, and de clared that they never witnessed any thing ti equal this. It is hardly necessary to state Mr. Webster') views, for they are long before this known i you. Suffice it to say that the Southern mi render to him their most cordial and unquali fied gratitude for his noble stand in the support of those principles on which Southern right* and interests mainly depend. I might mention the opinions of a number of | distinguished Southern men of both parties. After the adjournment, the Senators came to Mr. Webster to thank him. Gen. Dawsok, of your State, clasped Mr. Webster’s hand between his own, und with great fervor ex pressed his gratification. At the same time he introduced another Georgian, who said, ii the fullness of his heart, “Mr. Wbbster, if you will come to Georgia, we will receive you with open arms.” Well, I don’t know but Mr. Webster will have to go to Georgia, or some whero out of New-England, after this speoch. I see already tokens of the storm gathering over him, in the North. Mr. Webster, as I.personally know, wholly disregards all that. His trust ii in tho intellect that God gave him—and that isa surer guide and a safer reliance than the approbation of prejudiced men. UNION. Philadelphia, March 8- Later from Laguayra—Private letters have been received in this city from Laguayra of tho 14th ult. Genera! Paez had addressed a protest to the Venezuelan Congress, complaining of the treat ment he has been receiving during his incarce ration. Mr. Steolo, the newly appointed Minister to Venezuela had arrived out. Mr. Shields, tho late Minister, is greatly in* censed at his removal. The brother of President Monogas is spe' ken of for the next Presidency. The country is tranquil. EP The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper says: The Grand Jury from the county of Wash ington have not yet acted on the complaint of Col. Benton against T. M. Coleman, for exhib iting the far-famed woolly horse. It will proba bly bo taken up next Tuesday, by which time Col. F remont, an essential witness in this portant case,, will have arrived. If the Grand Jury find a true bill against Mr. Coleman, h* will plead hi* own cause. It is a pitty that Coi. Fremont should have to make bis debut at Washington as a witness in the case of the Soapboiler’s horse, Hotnsv thank his father-in-law, Col. Benton, for the humiliation. Commissioner of Patents.—.-A corres pondent of the Tribune enyg that opposition i» made to Mi. Ewbank’s confirmation os Com missioner of Patents, in the U. S. Senate, by the actors in the Convention of Inventors, which assembled at Baltimore last year. Virginia and the Southern Conven tion.—The Richmond Enquirer, of Friday morning last contains the proceedings of meet ings of the pdfiple in four counties ot Virgini*' (Halifax, Mecklenburg, Powhatan, and Gl° u ‘ cester) responding to the resolutions of the Legislature approving of tho Southern Cor- vention, and organizing for the pppointmwit ef del-gates to that body.