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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN M. COOPER. W . T-. THOM P » 0 W , I P I T O R ** TIMM r, DAILT PAPER $4' 00 ! | TM-WEEKL* $2 00' A11 New Advertisements appear in both papers. 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. L CP* The EB CITE BIEL,. L . papers, and consequently is the best advkbtisTOo medium. Wb state this fact in justice Mr oursrfvpif and for the benefit of the advertising public, ty See first page for our rates of advertising; Jfp* Advertisements should be handed in at an early hour, to iasure their appearance in-the paper of the next morning. glpliinglc copies of tho Daily Mornino News may be had at J. M. Cooper's Book store, at J. B. Cubbedge’s Book store, Congress-st., and at .the of fice of publication, 117 Bay-st ["p” Price two cents- 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. r r ■ r -| ’ -ii a■ hi, 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.