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^ tiie effect of tlio shot on the fish. The btill passed over the back, the grape shot struck all nround, and the instantaneous dash made by the fish showed that he was evidently hit, as be had showed no emotun whnto^er at .either ot the previous shots, w hen the boll struck very near nnd thofish itself fn greater proximity to the cannon. The wind now freshened up nnd it ..''became so rough that the cannon was use less. The fit. Patrick wus„th?refpre compelled to get itito linrbor. The only alternative left wns to try my,harpoon. I had struck Devil Fish but never hud seen n whale but once, nnd that too in nty childhood, in these very waters. I took tlio precaution of fastening my line to tin emp ty wine cask which I had brought to buoy-up tho Serpent. 1 directed Slowman to keep about twenty yards paralleled to thefish, judging by the wake, and us soon ns I gave tho word, to dash in directly among them,as my harpoon was too heavy to throw at any distance. We hud not proceeded far when two of the fish made their appearance immediately on my loft, at ubout twenty yards, I gave the word to put me close upon them! the boat wus pulled, up to within n yard of one of tjie fish, and having selected my spot, 1 drove tho harpoon with ull my strength into him. 1 lie* staff was so long that before it had submerged I lied twice takers it ^iold nnd it nn additional thrust. The cu$k was thrown over und wpnt whirling upon the water very much after the fashion of u bob in a trout streum. A loud wild shout of up- plause broke out above the wntersas soon ns my companions beheld me safe and unharmed. Tho fish ran about two hundred yards with tho cask attached; when ho rams to the surface, ho ploughed about furiously, ho would throw himself half way out of tho water, would then beat it with his ponderous tail. We could dis tinctly see tho white cord of the harpoon wound nround his body. Wo all though* that I hud &iven him some mortal blow and that it was his death struggle. The cask had now been daheing the Polka to the tune of tlio whale for twenty minutes when it stood at rest. We had no ether harpoon, no lance, nothing hut lilies, which woro useless. I went up to the cask, pulled upon the lino and found tho lmrpooa had become detached from the fish and wus bent like a hook. My disappointment nnd mortification were extreme; I laid yielded my own jungdmont in'belioving in tho existence ol the serpent, nnd had neglected to provide for the whales. I took tho crook out of tny har poon and went aguin in pursuit, but both tlib fish and tho onrsmen became shy and I was un able to get near enough to strike ugain. Cnpt. Barnwell now took tho harpoon and my place in tho Belle, to try bis hand. He threw at some disianno, struck a fish, but without any visible effect. Tho Sea had become rough and I hud some difficulty in beating down a- giunst a rnw east wind. At length I reached the whulcs, when Capt. Barnwell camp along side und offered to bo my helmsman if I would strike. I again, took my post on board the B^llo. Mr. Flander a gentleman from Now , ^Btifflnnd, requested a seat in the boat; the task I' of throwing the cask o'verboard, was asaignod Hfc .ttrbfth. Tlio fish were sporting furiously up- S ^n'the surface of the water and it was difficult to approach near enough. At length an oppor tunity o^red, and we dashed in upon the fish; one of the oarsmen became alarmed and neg lected to pull; tho be^t opportunity was lost, tho fish began tp settle down, the boat lmd floated a little nearer; the fish in descending turn^ partiully on its side, without throw ing. I struck tho harpoon into him and could feel it cutting its way. Tho whale dashed us the steed front the spur. The oarsmen neglected to pull back, the water boiled all a- round like an imrnenso caldron. Wo wore in no enviable position, for as I looked down in tlje water I could seo tho wide spread tail of the whale only a foot or two under the boat, as ho dashed a head. The cask danced about for * aminute when it became still und 1 found that the h.prpoen had again been torn out nnd bent The fish now disnppcured, and tho weather be coming thick anil squully wo very reluctantly gave up the pursuit. We reached Beaufort late in the evening in u lieuvy rain. We im mediately made plans anil preparations for an other expedition, having provided ourselves from the fishing armament of un ^bsont friend * which if wo had procured on our first cruise, would have insured success. On Monday we were again on Broad River,but the distinguish ed visitors had gone out tlio day previous, and we had the mortification to know that the only ^ chance which had happened in a life time wus l°9ti and probable gone forever. It must how- Wr ever be taken into consideration that we were t ‘l u ' te unprepared , for sucl* un encounter and that we are only “amateur whalers.” We fancy that we have accomplished some thing, however,-—we have shown the Sea Ser pent upl we fepcatedly, saw throe whales to gother, and whenever they clustered, one fol lowing the other, in proximity, they resembled « closely the uppearance of u large serpent at repeatedly throughout the day, some one would call out to "look at the Sea Serpent.” ®Hie,ro wereot least fifteen persons present,men of intelligence veracity und character, who would have testified before any tribunal oa earth and before high heaven itself, that it was a great Sea Serpent he. beheld, if he lmd seen it only in these particular positions Their heads were knotty and irogular, they were Without dorsul fins—lateral fiqjs were very apparent—the Tail was forked-ptlle top of the back and bead were of a “fbbecdute brown color," the under part pewter'colftt, they had I'jjs the power of giving them«elv(*r u very snake like mo\au\cnl in tlio water. They spriutod water like a whale, and made a noise like tho single neigh of a mule, and would be heard at u gi outdistance. The largest^vas sixty feet long Injusticetb Citpt. Blankenship, it must bo remembered that he saw the fish after sunset, when tho deception must have been more com plete than when we uaw thorn nt bright noon- Ho reported only what ho believed ; and duy, torn whutl havo seen of those visitors myself, lie described very accurately what ho saw nt that particular juncture of time—he oxaggora ted nothing—and is entitled to thanks- rather than to badinage. 1 he first whale that I struck did not aguin re join bis.companions, und I hope to hear some thing of it along the const. When lie threw his houil out of water, two white marks three feet long, and ono foot wide, resembling tho white bands of a clergyman, were very visible undo,- the throat. This peculiarity may be sufficient for those who are conversant with whales, to de- teiminA to what class they belong. The master of a fishing smack who saw them, said they were the Bight Whale. They did not resemble tho ono I bail seen when a boy; that wus pronouneqd a sperm whale by a com petent judge. I seo nothing liko them in any prints that I have been able to inspect, nor do they answer to any of the written descriptions that I have read in every particular, The head of the fish had barnacles, animal flowers, or some similar excrcscnces attached to it. The figure of the whale when depressed in the water, with its rougli head and buck only a few inches above the water line, resembled a huge alligator. I saw no eyes, but some of the party suy they distinctly saw what they took to bo the eye. It was the size of that of a horse, and resembled in shape the humun eye. We do not pretend to give an accurate, or scientific description of these fisb. We only state in can dor, how they appeared to us, leaving the “ sa- vaijs” to define the genus, etccetera. We were in close contact with them for six hours, and frequently within a few inches of them. We did not look nt them with appre hensive visions, or else we would not have in troduced our stool to them. There was no call upon us to encounter them, ns we were un prepared, but wo wore in tlio habit of master ing ail finny tribe that presumed to intrude themselves into these waters, and though nt a disadvantage, we would not shrink from the en counter, the result is now before the public. 1 bopo that some other gentleman who was present, will give his version of the affairs, as I was so actively employed in the combat, that I had but little oppottunity of making observa tions beyond what transpired to my own imme diate self. Thero was one universal regret that the author of tho “Carolina spoits” wus not present with his skill and equipment. If ho had been there, the result would havo been different, and ho would havo been able to havo added ono last crowning chapter to his work; he must however, console himself with the knowledge that it was his own trusty harpoon, that I acci dentally laid my hands upon, that was used up on that memorablo occasion. SPORTSMAN. More Fashionable Morality.—A diabolical assault was'perpetrated a few evenings since, by a female named Harriet Barton, on a high ly rcspectabl'o lady, named Mrs. Bartrem. It uppeurs that the husband of Mrs. Bartrem was bound by tie9 of an illicit nature to tlio accused, whom bo supported in a lavish manner. On Wodnessday evening his wife went to the resi dence of Mrs. Barton to take him away, when that women threw the contents of a bottle of vitriol over her head und luce, as she was going up tlio stairs, and so severely injured her that it is loured she will loso the use of her eyesight, l’he accused was lakeninto custody and held to answer tho charge. We are getting on very nicely! How the great Horned Devil must laugh and cuuckle as he looks over tho New York morning papers!—N. Y. Day Book. S3? 5 “Mother, I guess the baby won’t cry ■nny more, fur I’ve killed it and throne it out doors."Tho Dedham [Mass.] Democrat relates that these are tho words which a little girl in that town, only 4 years old’ addressed to her mother, upon her return front a short absence; anil that tho baby was found under the sink spout, with a cut upon its wrist, from which it had bled almost to death. Clover in Florida.—Some three years since, Gov. liriffon, of Florida, received from the Patent Office tit Washington, a packet of clover seed from Chili, which he planted. It lias flourished amid all the trying changes of the climate. This is a most valuable addition to tho wealth of that State, for it supplies, what was most needed, a nutritions grass for stock Mr. Clay 1ms received from the President and fuculty of tho University of Notre Dame Du Lac (Ruman Catholic) in Indiana, a highly complimentary letter for his recent efforts in tlio senate to nppouse civil strife and preserve the Union. They thus concluded : While you are assailed by tho violent anil insane of bothjsections of the Union, we thought it might be ugreeableto you to know that in a secluded religions House, whoso inmates buvo their citizenship and conversation in Heaven, who commune more with the mighty past than the present, nnd whose invisblo companions aie tho noble armory of Suints, your kindling oratory has warmed and cheered many a heart inflixibly and altogether American. Singular Disappearance.—A Baker, by the name of Diehl, whoso establishment is near the lower market house, disappeared on Satur day night last, and has not yet been discovered. He wus formerly the partner of Schultz, who *o singularly disappeared last year, and whose remains were found in January last near Ham burg.—Augusta Republic. ETI -amartin has contracted to write twen ty volumes of romances, for tho sum of $100,- MORNING NEWS. BIT JOHN M. COOPER. W. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS t DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 All Now Advertisements appear in both papers. 000 Thursday Morning, April 4, 1830. JjAllGKST CIUCIJUATION! The Daily Mornino News bus now a larg er citv circulation than either ol’the other daily papers, and consequently is the best advertising medium. Wo state this fact in justice to ourselves und for the benefit of the advertising public. L-rr Sen first page for our rates of advertising, ff-fp* Advertisements should he handed in tit nn esrly hour, to insure their nppeuruncc in the puper of the next morning. 13?- single copies of the Daily Morning News may bo had at J. M. Cooper’s Book store, nt J. B Cubbedge’s Book store, Congreas-st., nnd nt the of fice of publication, 117 Bny-st. Price two cents Nashville Convention.—The following is the result of the election held in this city on Tuesday last, for Delegates to represent the First District, in the Nashville Convention. There were 439 votes polled. IIon. Geroge M. Troup, 433 Hon. Jas. Hamilton Couper, 414 For Alternate. Dr. Wm. C. Daniel, 428 Fire.—About 10 o’clock last night smoke was descovercd issuing from the cellar under the office of Mr. William Duncan, on Bay- street. Tho alarm being given, our firemen were promptly on the spot and the fire speedily extinguished. We are happy to learn that the only injury sustained was in tho burning of a few samples of cotton, which had been stowed in tho cellar. Professor Agassiz’s Hectares on Nationnl History. It is hoped that the citizens of Savannah will promptly avail themselves of their good lortune and attend the Lectures delivered nightly at the Armory Hall, by the great Naturalist who is now among us. The attendance on Friday night was small, in consequence of the inclemen cy of the evening. Those who bad the good for tune of being present, were highly gratified ns well as instructed. The Professor’s manner is easy, simple, clear and to the point—and adapt ed to tho comprehension of every one. He is carried forward by the force of bis subject— very much of which is new—not to bo found in books—und the results of his own vast in vestigations of Nuture, which be lias carried on far beyond any other man. These investiga tions leading to the most unexpected as well as important results, tend directly not only to revolutionize much of what in Natural History was before thought to be fully established, but to cast a flood of light upon those portions of nnimated nature hithorto involved in utter and chaotic darkness. ’They show us a uniformity of purpose nnd a singleness of design in the works of Creation—and a progression of de- velopement from the earliest time which con cent the Past Present snd Future indissolubly together in tho reflecting mind. Let no one stay away because he has not henrd tho first discourse. Each evening will supply a distinct subject highly instructive in itself. We say, again, let us show our appre ciation of this distinguished foreigner by a full attendance.—But above all, let us partake of the fresh fountain of knowledge which he has opened to us and which will supply much food for thought even to those who never have, and never mqy, open a book on tho subjects of which he speaks. We would invoke tlio attendance of our youth. If Jiut.one shall catch a spark from the genius of Agassiz, the latter will not have la bored in vain.—Com. Athenecm.—We have boon requested to state that owing to the inclemency of the weather on Tuesday night, the proceeds of the benefit proffered to the Catholic Orphan Asylum, amounted to a very inconsiderable sum. Tho managers of the Atheneum have therefore determined to defer the Benefit to some future occasion, when they hope to realize an amount more worthy the acceptance of tho institution. Due notice will be given of the night to be set apart for this benevolent pur pose. . By reference to the advertisemeat it will be seen that the managers offer a fine bill to-night. Monopoly.—With tho exception ufAristo- crat, there is no word in popular opinion more odiou3tlmn Monopoly. It conveys to the Ameri can ear the impression of a cunning nnd over reaching encroachment on the rights of the sovereign people—tho very reverse of true Freedom. We lcarn eurly to despise ono who would grasp the whole.—Newark Advertiser. We could indite a leuder on this text,nnd ap ply the-moral, but a sentimontso just needs no comment.- Cod Liver Oil Candy has been invented by a druggist in Springfield, Mass. Tho New York Mirror states that a single house in that city is under contract to suppiy no less than fifteen thousand gallons of cod liver oil be tween this and tho 1st of Moy next. E3F” A destructivejfire occurred in New Or leans on tlie 28th ult. It broke out in what is called tho Triangle Buildings, and destroyed some twelvts buildings among which was tho New York Hotel. The total loss of property is estimated at upwards of $120,000. F5F 3 Father Mathew was too unwell to at tend his appointments at New Orleans on. the 28th ult. t Correspondence of the Morning News.) New-York, March 30tii, 1850. The excitement with reference to tlio For rest affair has been somewhat increased by the publication ofa Card by N. P. Willis, defend ing his brother Richard, front tho imputations on his morality contained in the published evi dence. Mr. W. takes a correct view of the sub ject generally, for wo all know how the most innocent actions in themselves, may ho distorted by suspicious, officious and prying servants. It is due to nil parties, that a full mid fair trial should take place, and as tho application of Mr. I 1 . has failed in Pennsylvania, I presume he will either apply to tho courts of New-York, otythat Mrs. F. will sue him for alimony,Rnd thus have an opportunity of placing herself in a true light before the community, provided she is ns inno cent of criminality us her friends believe her to be. A Mr. Andrew Stevens replies to-day to jhe Card of Mr. Willis, and appears as the champion of Mr. Forrest. Ho is Mr. F’s man of business, or man of all work if you like; a toady of tho “great trudgedian.” Ho is ono of those men of whom people remark,‘I wonder how ho lives.’ He professes to ho a jeweller, hut his last occupation so far a si know,was exl hibiting a dwarf in various partF of tho United States. The Card exhibits a close acquaint ance with Forrest’s family matters, but tho tone of it, is by no means calculated to better his employer's cause, or injure that of tho wife. But wo must wait the denouement, and then “ we shall see what wo shall seo.” The process of sinking wells and piles by at mospheric pressure is ’still in operation, and with every probability of success; indeed, it could have been effected before,but it is so novc- a plan, that it was deemed desirable to prolong it to graitfy the public. The following des cription of the process may be found interest ing : Several lengths of cast iron tubes were provided; each 16 inches in diameter and 8 feet in length. The depth necessary to reach the water is 82 feet. Ono of the tubes being plac ed vertically in the excavation, a gutta-percha tube of two to three inches diameter is con nected withjan air-tight cap, previously plac ed upon the upper end of tho tube—one end of which again connects with a . large, strongly- hooped barrel acting as a receiver for tho con tents of the well-tube; a smaller air-pipe of gutttapereha being constantly operated to witli draw all the air from the interior of tho iron. Tho force of the atmosphere of course drives down the hollow iron pile into tho earth ; and as the lengths succssively disappear, another is attached and cemented, so that the connection is unbroken—until, tho required depth being reached, the operation ceases, und the well is complete. Postmaster Brady contemplates a change in the hours at which the great ‘Southern mail with close in tho afternoon, which will give addition al accommodations to the busines community. The intention is to close the mails at half past 3, r. M. or 4 o’clock und not nt 3, .os at pres ent. Half an houreven may he of great im portance to men of business. Charlemac. Disaster at Sea.—Tho steamer Wilson G- Hunt, which left New York for San Francisco on the 28th of February last, put into Bermu da on the IIth, in a most dcplorablo condition —leaking, foremast gone, and her upper works nearly torn to pieces—Laving narrowly escaped foundering at sea during a violent gale of wind on tho 9th. A boat was dropped astern, and fastened by a 2^ inch rope, for the purpose of saving what valuables they could, the cap tain fearing the vessel would sink, and one of the seamen put init. While in the act of low ering a box, containing $10,000 in gold belong ing to tho ship, $245 belonging to the captain, tho cabin silver and ship’s papers, into the boat, the vessel gave a sudden lurch and parted tho painter, causing the boat to get adrift; tho box accidently slipped from their hands into the sea and was lost. Ono of the fireman, named Francis Blackney, was killed, and two others severely wounded, by a sea which she shipped, and which completely swept her decks. Mysterious Military Movements.—We have received a long communication in refer ence to the militpy displays which have attrac ted tho attention of our citizens during the past few days. The writer desires to know what is the meaning of theso military parados of strange looking troops in our city, and asks whether they are intended for the invasion of Cuba or the conquest of Sierra Madrn. His mind is filled with startling visions of rapine and war, and he thinks the Executive should bo in formed of the presence of these troops in our peaceful city. He says a more beligerant looking body of men lie never beheld, and thinks that they have been recruited for some desperate enterprise If any movement of this character is in re ality going on in our city,' it is entirely without our knowledge. We have heard mar tial music in our streets, and wo havo in pas sing, on one or two occasions met squads of aimed men, but we observe nothing peculiar or foreign in their appearaitce, and took them for a detachment of thn reiloubtuhlo G. M., serving their country “according to law.” Wo know noth ,-ig of the daily drills upon the com mons nor of the mysterious accession of num bers which seetns to havo alarmed our corros- dent. Should we hear of nny movement on foot likely to disturb the peace of the world, our cor respondent shall havo timely information. OF 5 A Spaniard, named Salvadora, a woll- %nown vendor of eggs in New Orleans, was killed on Wednesday last by a mail named J. Walsh. Dt viDE.NDs.-The Directors of ,h„ M - ics’Bunkof Auglistii, uri Monday j Dividend of Ten lief cent, out of t| le J.""’' 1 * the past six month's, h.of Tim Directors of the Brunswick B Augusta also declared aDividond of /'•/° f per cent out of the last six months p rofl '. Riot in Oincinnat..-T1. 0 Louisville l- Journal of Commerce learns from „ Av that there wns a tnob at. Cincinnati on of the 23 ult., by which the office of thoVp^ Gazette wns destroyed. A p ait y f ron , y ' " port und Covington, assisted by soi nc c ■" natiansattacked the publication office ofT Ewon, and after firing six or eight 6 hn' ta ‘' C ' tered tho building and entirely ransacked'^ tossing cases, type, presses, ftnd tnateriid of the windows. Tho office wns totnll ° U ' turned und destroyed. The party soventy or eighty men. No resistance wus of fered, and after effecting their purpose, t | le tiro demolition of tho office, they qniet! * ^' tired from the 9pot. • rt I3T lion. Samuel T. Armstrong, „„ oIJ distinguished citizen of Boston, died i n ). city on Tuesday night last, in tho GGlh yj r "! his uge. Gov. A. was ono of the oldest iiril ters in the State, and for several years L 1 . Governor, has been mayor of the city, ij eut '' ant-governor, anil for tho greater p art „f or '" year acting governor of the commonwealil, " Mr. Vattemare—The newspapers arc discussing Mr. Vuttcnmre’s claim that he i,,i, e agent of the French government fur the dist i button of international’ exclmnges. This tlcmnn had tho modesty to ask the New J erac ' v Legislature for some thousand of dollar?, as a perpetual salary from that State, and he has been equally importunate to other Legislatures. It was denied in that body that he was tho agent of any government, and tho Newark Advertiser says that his own aggrandizement has alonebeco sought in all his recent movements; that he keeps a hook store in Paris which the gifts from American cities and states are to enrich. He has, so far, taken no notice of these assertions. The Days ol the Sailor numbered.—An article in the Courier anil Enquirer comment-- ing upon certain changes in the British navy, mainly the substitution of marines for sailon in naval gunnery, quotes front the “United Ser vice Gazette” the remark that “steam, or some other motive power doing duty for it, will su persede sails; the navigator will exist, but the sailor will he no more.” The idea has some truth. Greater changes have been silently wrought, by the progress of science. The Great Lake, which we noticed some timo since ns having been discovered in the interior of Sooth Africa, in latitude 19 degrers south, and in longitude 24 east, has since been explored. The vegetation upon its bnnVsU tropical; the languugo of tha natives upon its shores is unlike that of any other of the Africaa tribes. Health of New Orleans.—The Delta of 29th instant says— Members of the Medical Faculty stated to us yesterday, that the number of cases in private pructic and hospitals, had almost en tirely disappeared, and that, for the present, all cause of alarm has vanished. We can confi dently state that New Orleans can now, in point of health, rank equal if not superior, to any city in America. ES?" The New Orleans papers of the 29ih ult.. state that lute frost lmd greatly injured the cotton plant in tho vicinity of Natchez, atd that tharc was a hoavy fall of snow in that city ^nd vicinity, on the 27th inst. Burning of the H. S’ Smith.—A gen tleman from the West gives the Charleston Mur- cury somo details of tho burning of the steam er II. S. Smith on tho Chutahoochee river, which we noticed a few days since. The steam er left Columbus for Apaluchmola on Sunday, the 17th instunt, with 1015 Dales of Cotton. About 10 o’clock the same night, when near Eufaula, about fifty miles below Columbus, th? hour was discovered to be on fire, which .spread so rapidly as to prevent any efforts to run heron shore, anil sho drifted down with the curreot, which wus running with great rapidity, d |cn! being a heavy freshet in the river. Two of the passengers, and two negro hands belonging ,l the boat, were drowed. Gen. Irwin, one 1,1 tlio passengers lost, was a wealthy plantcfi resident near Gainesville, and was returniOs home with the proceeds of his crop thousand dollars, in gold. When tho alarm '• fire was given, he hastily seized the bagotgf'j rushed to the side of the vessel, and j UIT, P^ overheard, nnd almost instantly sunk. Of 11 ' 1015 hales ef Cotton, only three hales Wtl saved. A Young Mother.—Mr. Walter 0oU»® saw at Rio a woman only twelve years old," lmd two children. She woa marled at t* ie " r of ten to o man of sixty-five. Killed iiy the Carateuof Vesuvius.— Charles Cnrnoll Bnynrd, Midshipman of tho U. S. Navy, aged 22, and apromiaing son of adi‘- tinguished gentleman of Phila., died at Naples 22d. February of a wound received from a stone thrown from the crater of Vesuvius, while ho was standing in company with other officers on the side of tho mountain. The eruption was one of the most brilliant and tremendous that 1ms been witnessed for many years. It was, moreover, remarkably sudden, as none of tho usual signs had preceded it. A letter states that the mountain literally roared with the efforts it mude to disgorge itself. Thenuise was like tho fireingof cannon at ses, and at every discharge, there was thrown up a mass o( luva and rocks, which at night looked like balls of fire.