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MORNING NEWS.
BY JOHN M. COOPER.
W . T-. THOM P » 0 W , I P I T O R
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tier of going, but go U onto, and the sooner
the better.
Booksellers from nil parts of the country are
coming into the city, to be in attendance at the
great trade sales of Cooi.et & Kebse, on the
21st inst. Charlemac.
[Correspondence of the Morning News.]
New York, March 16, 18Q(h
That phantom of Disunion was’nt destroyed
last night, but the burning was postponed until
Friday next. The truth is, the affair will cost
a good deal of money, and the committee who
started it do not feel disposed to “shell out"
the amount, even on so pathetie an idea, so
subscriptions are solicited from the public,
and it js generally looked upon now as a hum
bug. Circumstances alter coses, very materi
ally sometimes. For instance every body is
terribly opposed to flogging in the Navy, and
attend anti-flogging meetings, and 1 pass resolu
tions condeming tho practice with great Unani
mity, but when called upon to pay the expen
ses of such meetings, andT of tho Missionaries
who have embarked in tho cause, that is a very
different affair—they have a great deal of sym
pathy with tho poor excoriated sailor, but no
practical sympathy—they dont object to help
the Cause by their presence, but they have no
mercy to bestow upon it. Thus, Mr. Haynes,
who has beerf%gitating the subject for months
past, is positively involving himself in pecuni
ary difficulties in doing so. This is too bad.
A meeting of ‘colored pesons’ has been held
in this city, on the subject of tho compromise
proposition^ before Congress. They were very
’violent in tbeir denunciations of all attempts to
4^<to<nprorai*e the slave question, and the resolu-
^tibus passed were of the most awfully rabid
chtiracter. Here is one of’em :
That alionld a dissolution of the Union occur,
by any act of the slavehblding States to defend
or propagate slavery—that should any of them
bo so base and inconsiderate as to jump out of
. the pan of the Union, because it begins to warm
a little for freedom—they may find themselves
into a fire blazing with fury; they may find
thatthpy have provoked the vengeance of God,
and armed the bondman for the defence of his
life 1 and bis liberty ; they mny find that they
have, drawn upon themselves a thunderbolt of
Heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast
the criminals who have traded in the bodies
and souls of their fellow men.
Three Steameis have left here this week for
Chagtes and taken fifteen hundred persons, all
hound for California. A great many more
would have gone could they have obtained ac
commodation. The^cone in the departure of
•the Cherokee" end Empire City yesterday, was
a novel and painful one. The docks were
crowded, and many looked the farewell, the
tongue could not utter.* • When the last bell
sounded, and loved ones were parted, perhaps
never to meet again,—I think I&ever witnessed
A more sorrowful sight. Oh! thou powerful
spirit of gold, what ties can resist thoe.
One of the Drury gang (Ashlxt,) has been
convicted of passing altered bills on the Bristol
Bank of Rhode Island. “ One-eyed Thomp
son " wished to testify on the trial, but was
not permitted to do to by the Court; so that
the anticipated developements did not come
out. Thompson has made another affidavit
against the Drury’s of passing altered bills, and
they havebeen indicted in Kings county. Father
and son were arrested on Wednesday, just as
they were leaving the Court, and hurried off to
Brooklyn, but their lawyer posted after them,
and furnished the necessary bail. Thompson
is still in custody, and XtHs Arlington Ben
nett. Drury will be tried on the counterfeit
charge next week in the Court of Sessions.
The Ball at Tammany Hull last night, for the
benefit of the New York Volunteers, was a
brilliant affair, and wjll have realized something
handsome. The room was decorated in taste
ful style. A subscription for these poor fel
lows has been set on foot by the officers and
privatos of the First Brigade of New York
Militia. I expected ’ere this, that the Com'
mittee of the Legislature would have reported
something in their favor; but groat bodies move
slow.
A bill is now before this same body to pro
hibit burials inthe Grave Yard of the city, ex
cept in private vaults, under a penalty of $250
for every offence, or imprisoned, or both,
think that it may be carried out, though some
facilities should be afforded to the poor to bury
j. their dead, and not compel them to lie in Pot-
B tor’s Field,
pr * The city is unhealthy at present; the upper
part of it particularly, induced I suppose by the
extraordinary weather; for it is now as warm
as May. Fires are voted uncomfortable. Our
authorities have commenced their sanitary
regulations in view of the expected return of
the Cholera; but most families are arranging
to leave town as soon as the hot weather sets
in—that is, those who can afford it.
The packet ship Henry Clay, which was al
most destroyed by fire some time since, has
been made almost as good as new, and will
start for Europe about the 18th April.
Grinnell’s expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin, Will leave here early in May. One
vessel is now under preparations, and another
# will be obtained in a day or,two. They are to
be called “Advance” and “Rescue."
It it stated that the notorious Rynders lias
been appointed bearer of despatches to Cali
fornia—at least, so says ihe Herald, though no*
• body h«ll*va|i»' it. ,No matter, how, or in what
capacity he goes, heoeeflg’t .starrj Qprffi :the or
BATASJKr&ISIii
Thursday Morning, March 21, I860-
.JEST ClllOUIiATION!
UULV Mornino News has now a tAtta-
avion than either of the other daily
[Correspondence of tho Morning News.)
Washington, Mar. 1&-
Washington is still thronged with strangers,
and many are tho “upper ten,” who find this
city a convenient lounging place at this season.
Ultimately this city is to become the resort and
partial residence, of wealthy families both from
the North and South. Wo already witness
instances of this.
The collision between Senators Foot and
Borland, which took place in tho street on
Monday evening, is much talked of, as an evi
dence of the ill-feeling existing among tho
Southern Senators, and created by difference of
opinion as to Mr. Calhoun’s views and objects,
ns disclosed in bis speech. The collision grew
out of the discussion of Thursday, in which
Mr. Foote had borne rather hard upon some
of those who had supported Mr. Calhoun’s
views. Mr. Borland made some remark to
Mr. Foote, upon mooting him, implying that
Mr. Foote had alleged that he (Mr. B.) was
one of Mr. Calhoun’s toadys. Mr. Foote
promptly disclaimed any such imputation, but
went on to say, that if Mr. Borland chose, he
might consider it to be so. Mr. Borland
struck him, and a fist-a-cuff ensued, and con
tinued till the crowd rushed in and separated
them. Mr. Foote aid not attend the Senate
yesterday. It is said that he sent a challenge
to Mr. Borland, and that it was accepted, but
that the friends of the parties will not suffer
tho matter to go any farther.
It will be well, if, in the abundance of hot
blood and ill-feeling now prevalent, such colli
sions can be kept out of the Senate and House
When we get into the fervid heats of mid
summer, no one can answer for the composure
of Congress.
Some say that Mr. Foote will have to fight,
because he has taken rather a hectoring course
towards many Senators. Mr. Foote has prob
ably no objections, for he has been often in
duels and rencounters, having been shot at thir
ty-two times. But there is no reason why, on
account of Mr. Foote’s alleged aggressions,
the Arkansas Senator, a very quiet, unobtrusive
man, should be made the champion of the whole
Senate. But there is no occasion for a fight,
for there is no feeling between the parties o(her
than grows out of a political disagreement.
The matter will bn easily settled. It is, I learn,
in very prudent hands. Union.
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I3F“ Bee first page.
IF It wtll be seen by the card of the Man
agers, that to-night is the last night of Miss
Rosa Jacques at the Atheneum.
nr We were in error yesterduy' in stating
that the crew of the Europe hud been shipped
in this city. We have since been informed
that the men wero shipped at Charleston.
They were brought to the city yesterday and
lodged in jail, and will have a hearing before
Justice Raiford this morning. A new crow has
been shipped in Savannah, who have gone on
board the vessel.
The Polar Expedition.—One of the ves
sels, intended for Mr'. Grinnell’s expedition in
search of Sir John Frahklin, is now lying near
the Tobacco Inspector’s in the East River, New
York, and work was commenced on her on
Friday. The second one wijl be procured imme
diately. T-he one is to be called the “Advance,”
and the other the “Rescue.” They will leave
about the 1st of May, fully provisioned and
equipped for a two years’ voyage, hnd proceed
to the shores of Wellington’s Inlet and Cape
Walker, inthe hope of finding some trace of
Sir John, in such copper cannistern containing
notes of his voyage, &c., as he was directed to
throw overboard from time to time.
The Isthmus.—A gentleman of Cincinnati,
with his partner, have sent forward to Chagres
300 mules and seven barges, the whole to form
line for the transportation of goods from
Chagres to Panama. The boats are to be used
on the Cruces, and are something in the shape
of whale-boats. We learn that butter and other
articles are now being put up in St. Louie in
suitable packages for mules carriage. A plan is
also in view for conveying meats, poultry, etc,
over the Isthmus in packages which have a
surface of charcoal composition on them to
preseve them pure and. sweet.
St. Louis, March 13.
The steamer Grand Turk arrived here from N.
Orleans this morning. She lost a number of
passengers. The disease was pronounced ship-
fever, but it is thought to be cholera. Many on
board are sick.
Adest.uctivo fire occurred at Weston, Mis
souri, on the 5th inst. A whole square except
two houses, on Main street were destroyed.
BP The amendment to the Constiwtion of
Pennsylvania, providing for the election of
Judges by the people, passed the House finally
on the 14th inst., only three members voting in
the negative. Tho action of the people is all
that is now required to make it a law.
An Express Mail.—The New Orleans pa
pers say that there is a prospect of a Govern
ment express mail, to carry letters and News
paper slips, from the terminus of the Georgia
railroad at Griffin, to the terminus of the Mont
gomery road, in Alabama, and also between
Montgomery and Mobile, by all of which the
present time between New Orleans and New
York will be shortened 48 house.
The Mexican Boundary.—The treaty
with Mexico provides that from the junction of
the river Gila with the Calorado, the boundary
shall be a straight lino extending toe point on
the Pacific one marine league due South from
the Southernmost point of the port of San Diego.
As the general course of the Colorado is South
erly, it was naturally supposed that below said
Latest From the Sea Serpent.—We are
indebted to the editor of the Palmetto (Beau-
foit) Post, for the following slip, received by
yesterday's mail:
The Sea Serpent.—We regret very much
to announce to our readers, that the distin
guished individual, whose name heads our par
agraph, has as far as regards his visit to our
hnrbor, turned'out to be an impostor. As soon
aspracticable after the intelligence was received
of his arrival in the bay, a company of Volun
teers headed by Captain John G. Barnwell
and Geo. P. Elliott, and accompanied by a
piece of ordnance proceeded to Broad River,
to give him a reception worthy of such reputed
greatness.
He first made his appearance to Capt. El
liott and played his pait to admiration—enor
mous length, serpentine motion, queer looking
humps, all perfect.
But the man whom even His Satanic Majes
ty, in the shape of a fish could not elude, was
not to be humbugged even by the Leviathan of
the deep,' backed though he was by a family
like unto himself; in short the Monster proved
a monstrous “Whale," with two, and sometimes
three smaller ones in his wake, presenting while
in a state of quiescence, exactly the appear
ance described by Oapt. Blankenship and his
passengers. Indeed every man who saw it
would have been willing to testify to the accu
racy of the statement at the first view.
The huge animals, however, soon destroyed
the illusion by asserting their individuality
In their awkward gambols, or search for food
they soon dropped all appearance of the serpent,
showing themselves in their real characters of
peaceable and apparently well disposed whales.
In our next we hope to give an additional chap
ter on “Carolina Sports” continuing an ac
count of the attempts made to capture them.
It is very probable that Capt. Blankenship
and his passengers might have mistaken this
family of whales for a sea serpent. But there
is yet no evidence to disprove the statement
of our Cockspur correspondent, Samuel Jones,
j who, we believo, is a distant relative of ihe
Jones of Sandy Hook, the individual who
was in the habit of making solemn affida
vits upon bis family almanac. The Jones’
are a respectable and veracious family, and
while we do not assert that in matters pertain
ing to fish our correspondent’s word should be
taken in preference to that of the editor of the
Tost and the entire population of Beaufort,
we are yet free to say that we must have fur
ther evidence before we can leject bis state
ment as. false. The fact that there was no sea
serpent in Broad river, is ’ no evidence that
there was not one at Cockspur that swallowed
three negroes and one white man “at a crack."
We hope to hear further from Mr. Jones on
the subject.
tr It is slated by tbc correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, that Gon. Tatlor will
issue hi* preclumation- noxt tnqplh, warning
the people of the South against tl»e Nasllvillte
Convention, and that troops will M sent to the
neighborhood of that city, under the command
of Gem Scott.
We cannot think that the President is pre
pared to take such stops. We are unwilling to
believe that Gon. Taylor, himself a Southern
man, can be induced by the influences around
him, to resort to measures which could not fail
to bo productive of the most futul consequences.
With his avowed devotion to the Union, ho
would by such a course become the immediate
author of its inevitablo destruction. lie should
not interfere with tho deliberations of the
Southern Convention, even if he hod a right,
under tho Constitution', to suppress it. The
present is not the time for arbitrnry measures,
and it must bo by other means than the mena
ces and threats ‘of the] Federal Executive that
the alienation of the South, if such alienation
exists, must.be healed. General Tatlor is
tco wise to be mistuken in this matter, and too
patriotic to risk such an expedient. He knows'
too well the temper of his countrymen, of all
sections, to think of enforcing unconditional
submission to the arbitrary will of a reckless
majority. It is true he has of late given utter
ance to certain oracular sentiments which would
admit of such a construction,—such as that he
was resolved to use his utmost constitutional
power to preserve the Union—that, let what
would come he would stand by the Union—that
if it must perish he would perish with it, &c
These declarations are no more than any pat
riotic man might make, and if they mean no
moro than an honest intention to support and
preserve the Constitution—tho ligament by
which the Union is held together, and without the
preservation of which, in letter and spirit, the
confederacy of States must fall asunder—then
the President is right, and could not be too
prompt in giving the country a decided demon
stration of the patriotic course he designs to
pursue.
But we fear these declarations of the Presi
dent have been misconstrued, and that they
have had a very different influence upon the
public mind, North nnd South, from what it was
designed they should have. Since the Presi
dent’s speech at Richmond, and the givings out
of the N. Y. Tribune of his intention to call the
militia of the country to coerce the South, the
tone of northern ultraism has become even more
insolent than before, and now we daily read in
the Northern and Western papers, tho proceed
ings of public meetings, by which the most un
compromising resolutions are passed, repudi
ating all terms of compromise, and solemnly
pledging the members to tho support of the
Executive in enforcing submission on the part
of the Southern States. We apprehend that it
is such demonstrations as these that have in
duced many at the South, like the correspon
dent of the Mercury, to attribute to Gen. Tay
lor hostile intentions towards the South. Such
impressions should not be allowed to exist
Gen. Taylor was supported for his present
high station by the South, because of their
confidence in his honesty, patriotism, and jus
tice. Now is the time for him to fulfil their
hopes. He can do more this day to settle this
vexed question than any other man living. Le*-
him but reiterate the sentiments contained in
his Richmond speech, substituting the guaran
tees of the constitution for the words “the
Union,” and another month would see quiet
restored to the country, now distracted and har-
rassed with profitless and unavailing conten
tions. If he would perpetuate the Union, let
him first strengthen and preserve the bond by
which the States are united.
Virginia. — Governor Floyd has recently
communicated to the Legislature of Virginia the
fact that the Governor of Ohio had refused, on
his requisition, to deliver up a free colored
man, a fugitive from justice. Tho pretext for
the refusal is essentially the same as that under
which Gov. Seward a few years since refused
the requsition of the Governor of Georgia.
Governor Floyd, in communicating this refusal
to the Legislature, recommends that some meas
ure be adopted to transfer entirely the trade of
Virginia from those States which have trampled
under foot the Oonstitution of the United States
to those which are still willing to abide by its
compromises, and recognise their rights under
it. The message concludes as follows :
“A concerted and united action on the part
of the South in this matter, will either redress
our grievances at once, or transfer the direct
European trade to the Southern ports,or build up
manufactures of al! sorts in our country, which
would ultimately tend greatly to our strength
and independence. ,
“We now tax a tin pedlar ten dollars a year,
whilst clock pedlar has to pay fifty. The ven
ders of all articles manufactured in the recu
sant St.ues could be taxed one hundred per
ceaf., and the vender be required to show where
the ivtides were made. I’ains and penalties
couki Ip easily attached to any evasion of the
law winch would insure tho due enforcement
ESP Among the passengers on board the
packet ship Brunswick, from Havre, arrived
at New Orleans on Thursday was Madame
Murat, the widow of Achilla Murat, the son of
the late King of Naples. Mrs. Murat, was
born in Alabama, where her family is still re
siding. A gentleman of our acquaintance (says
the Courier, who conversed with her, on her
arrival, informs us that previous to her leaving
Paris, she had a conversation with Louis Bona
parte, who candidly confessed that he felt far
happier when a prisoner in the fortress of Ham,
than in the Presidential chair.
IF Tho New York Herald contains a full
account of the proceedings of the Negro Union
Meeting held in thatcily. Some of the speeches
are exceedingly rich. Webster, Calhoun,
Clay, “Old Jackson,” and Washington,
were violently derounced by the sable ora
tors. Among the hard things said about Mr.
Webster by one of the speukers, was the as
sertion that he had Affrican blood in his veins.
He was sorry for it, hut nevertheless it was too
true. The speaker called him “Black Dan.”
Among the resolutions offered, we find the fol
lowing ticket to bo supported at the next Pre
sidential election.
Amalgamation Ticket.—William H. Sew
ard, free white man of New York, for President;
Frederick Douglass, free black man of Ohio,
or Vice President.
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A Rail Road in Chili.—Allen Car,,^
Esq., tho well known engineer, is to ], SV1
New York in April for Caldera, a town i„ q^.
li, on the coast of the Pacific. He will be w
companied liy hi* brother Alexander, and
ton Evans, as assistants, and by e. corps of ^ -
nears. The object of their visit, Bays the N Y
Commercial, is to take charge of the construe
tion of a railroad from Caldera to Copi U p 0 ^
town in the iuierior,-situated about the 27tl,
degree of south latitude, and fifty-five mil t ,
distant from tho Pacific. The company |, as
been formed, tho means subscribed, and a p at
tial survey of the route made. The whole els-
vation to be overcome does not exceed eleven
hundred feet, of whicR all but four or five miles
of fifty feet to the mile, aro of moderate grades
The groat business of this road will be to trans
port copper and copper ores from the mines nent
Copiapo, which arc among the richest in ^
world—coal for smelting .purposes will bo na
important item, as also provisions for the mi u .
ing region. A large passenger trade is C0UM .
ed on.
The Mess. Cambpell, to whom the construe,
t'on of this important road lias been intrusted
are sons of the late deputy Secretary of State
Archibald Campbell, Esq. *
Singular Luminous Appearance Capt.
Purkis, arrived at Nuw York from Porto Cabel-
lo, reports thut on tho 12th of February, i 0
latitude 14,10 and longitude 64,53, ut eight
o’clock, P. M., be observed a luminous ap.
pearancc in the heavens resembling a large ball
of fire, about ten feet in diameter. It appear
ed in the West, moving Eastward, rather slow,
ly, and was in sight a little moro than a minute.
It appeared to travel about ten degrees h:»h
and during its continuance the heavens vac
illuminated with a brightness nearly equal to
that of noon-day. When disappearing it broke
into a thousand fragments.
CF They have at present on exhibition in
New York a remarkubio animal which they call I
tho Wild Man of the Woods, or the Bush Ne- j
gro. The Times says that scientific man Lavs
visited him, and pronounced him more nearly
allied to the human species than any other ani
mal they have ever seen. The race to which
lie belongs have recently been discovered, and
this one is the first ever exhibited in this soun-
try.
The Rummington Bridge.—A Bridge
which is now being erected at Montgomery,
Alabama, has a span offour hundred feet, with
out piers or other intervening support! the
longitudinal supporters or stringers being only
three inches thick in the middle! This Bridge
will bo capable of sustaining upwards of 2,000
tons, and will cost only $1,500,
The Pacific Railroad 'Convention which
met in St. Louis last fall adjourned to meet
again in Philadelphia on the 1st pf April.
Rights of Fugitive Slaves.—Petitions
begin to pour in upon Congress askingfor
a law granting persons claimed as fugitive
slaves the right of trial by Jury. The New
York Times, tho paper that has recently pisced
the name and portrait of Mr. Clay at the bend
of its columns, says—for one we avow our
selves in favor of such a latv, and do not deem
that Congress has tho right to refuse to enter
tain the question.
Reduction of Fare on the New Yors
Roads.—The travelling public will be gratified
to learn that the several rail road companies
forming the line between Albany and Buffalo,
have reduced the fare of their roads. On and
after the 1st of May next, tho fare in all the
trains, excepting the express, will be $8, and in
tho express $9,75.
The managers of these roads are governed by
sound policy. By cheapening the fare they
greatly increase the travel and their owti profits-
■” J ti law winch would insure tho due enforcement
junction it would fall entirely within Mexiwr. of ir. The details could bo made to embrace
territory. But the surveys recently made by
the Joint Commission appointed to run the
Treaty line, show that for nearly seven miles i l
below the junction, both banks of the river faii '
live stock and the product of the soil.”
-The Lou*
8-Bir Buildings in the West.
He Journal argues that ship building may be-
-fried on upon the Ohio, and its large tribula-
within American territory, including the best j ries.at mead vantage of from 50 Jo 300 per cent,
military position in the vicinity. A fair speci- i over the cosl for materials at eastern navy
men of Mrxieun luck. yards.
Ey Thj noxt Legislature of Virginia elects
a United States Senator. Already the parties
are preparing fora vigorous canvass throughout
tho State.
If? 3 The President has issued nn order to
the Secretary of War, diroctu.g that the full
uniform now worn in the army, a blue dress
coat with white buff linings, 'band box hat,
&c., Su:., shall be thrown aside, and the un
dress froek now worn shall be the full uni
form, with the addition of epauletts, sash,
&c., &c., the removal of which makes no un
dress uniform. The dress coat worn by the
, rivates is substituted by; a sack.
83P The Montreal Pilot mentions the death
of a ltttle boy, aged nearly eight, years, son
of Mr. J. E. Guilhault of that city, under very
painful circumstances. He and others were
throwing snow balls at a horse, belonging to
a Mr. Hpnrichon, and continued to do so alter
being warned to desist. Henrichon threw sn
iron spade at them,which struck the boy on the
head, killing him instantly. Tho coroner's jury
returned a verdict of manslaughter, and Hen-
richoo was arrested.
15P The Legislature of Kentucky have pass
ed a. bill giving the Chancellor of Louisville
jurisdiction to entertain a bill for a divorce on
the part of Sally W. Lawrence, against h er
husband, Tim'sothy B. Lawrence, of Boston-
EF* General William Pensoti a Dominion,
educated and naturalized in the U. S who,
the hue invasion of the Dominican Republic
by the Haytiens, at the head of fifty men,I'd
a gallant attack against five hundred Haytiens-
dispersing them with great loss, and kill' n o
with his own hand one general and three colo
nels, arrived at 1^. Y. on Saturday in the Schr-
Dacotah.
EF* A bill to annul the marriage contra' 1
between Mr. Forrest and his wife was intro4 ut '
ed in the Senate of Pennsylvania on Friday-
155?" It is stated in a letter from Washington
in the N. Y. Courier that information has oesn
received, through the friend of the Rov. M r '
Sewell, who was appointed United States Con
sul at St. Jago do Cuba, six or seven montl-
ugn, that the Spanish Government has refu* c
him an exequater without assigning a rea- fin
ty Counterfeit half-dollars, so accurtii- ■'
executed as to exhibit no perceptible differ*’ 111 '
from the genuine coin, are in circulation in -*' c
Orleans. They are said to be of domestic ma
ufacture, and can only to detected by ri"? 1 ‘
them.