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morning news. BIT JOHN Iff. COOPER. w THOMPSON, EDITOR TERM*: DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 All New Advertisements appearin both papers. [Correspondence of the Morning News.] 'New York, 4th April, 1850. I believe, so .trongMs iho sympathy for Prof. Webster in this community, that it is contem plated calling u public meeting, to give expres sion to public sentiment on Iho result qf his trial; A petition to the Governor for clem ency, has been in course of signature for a day or two, and I have no doubt, one could be ob tained to reach from the Buttery to Grace Church. ■ I dent think however, that it will be ot much avail, and it is a sort of interference with the .Executive of a sister State, of very questionable policy. Depeud upon it, ho will not be pardoned, norwill, I fear, the sentence be commuted. It is stuted to-day, that tho con vict’s eldest daughter has become deranged,and tho paroxysms were so violent yesterday, that a straight-jacket was necessary, to prevent self- destruction. Should ho be guilty, how awful usl be his remorse. There is a story afloat iow, that one of the students saw Dr., Webster over the dead body of Pr. Turkman, but that lia wag solemnly swern to secrcsy, and after wards revealed it to a Clorgyman, who hasten ed to Boston with the intelligence, (the young *nau having gone home,) but it was too late to be of u$e. This story is repeated in tho Her ald to-day, but no one believes it. Willie is out this,week with a long scorching article in the Homo Journal, on the Forrest ul- fair. He hits the “ Lord of Fotbiil" without gloves—and yet it is all done with so much grace itnd tiolish, that it is a pleasure to read it, and tills to my mind renders tho blow more sts- vere. A gold mounted sword will make a wound qs dedp and painful, as one of common material, and less elaborate workmanship. Mr. Webster's speech did not suit some pep. sons in Boston; but about 700 or 800 of the most influentiul persons there, have united in an address, thanking him for. it. and expressing their Keurty concurrence its tho sdhtimenta it con^ft^d. * Another mystery occurred up town on Sun day afternoon, but the mutter has been hushed up. ‘A beautiful young girl about 20 years of age, rosidirg with hor friends in Ninth-street, hud just returned from church, and divesting herself of h#f walking attire, went with her two young brothers out upon the roof of the house while tnoy were looking in anoth er direction rite suddenly disappeared, and they supposed that she laid descended again through the seuttlo. But in a moment afterwards the alarm was raised, for she lnyd either jumped or fallen from tbe roof to the sidewalk, and was picked up dead. . If she committed suicide, ■ is said to be the case, her friends know no cause fur it, and yet it is scarcely possible ttiwpie could havp fallen. As I, said before, the matter has been bus ;ed up by the friends and the coroner, and no particulars have transpired. Wo shall sb$u boas ruffianly as Philadelphia, I feur, for gangs of rowdies are forming organ izations after the style of “killers," &c., who are committing shameful outrages. They call, thewselves “Short Boys,” “Swill Boys" and “Rock Boys,” and how many other kind of bad boys I know not. On Monday evening a man was standing at his door in llth-streel, when a [tarty of these fellows fcaroe'np, and without‘any provocation, knocked him down, and then beathinPover the head with clubs and stones until he was nearly dead, and I presume by this time he iH a corpse. They have not been arrested, I nm sorry to say. If the police dont look after these fellows, I presume that an am ateur police will be formed, nud then they had better stand clear, for it will be a war of exter mination. Tho Cuurt of Oyer & Terminer, has three murder cases to try this term. One of the men, he who killed the man in Leonard-stl, in the day time, pretends to be religiously in- smjOpnnd may save-his neck thereby, provided tBSjifWearing be “first rate." V The proceeds of Cooley & Keese’s book sales, have not yet boon fully ascertained, but they will certainly not fall far short of a quarter of a million of dollars. 0 I visited the ghip yard of Mr. W. H. Webb, a day or two sjince, and had a view of the two steumers he is building foi the Savannah line Thoy ure noble looking vessels. One appeared to be almost ready for launching, and I under stand it wil(,take place in a few days. She is to be ready for sea by the 1st of June. The other will be launched in Juno, and be ready for sea in September. Mr. Webb promised mb fullparticulars, which I have not yet received however. We have rumors to-day of a change in the Cabinet, and the (tnnouncoment in the Express looks as though intended to prepare the public for it. A few days will tell tho tale, I think. CHARLEMAC. should be eclipsed furever, will not be forgot ten. I ho present state of feeling, that per vades Congress, will doubtless tend to the settlement of public controversies, upon liber al and just terms, and a due deference bo man ifested to the interests and rights of every portion of tbe country. It is a subject of frequent remark, tbe in creasing hostility of leading whigs to the pres ent Cabinet. Every day it assumes a more ( apon and undisguised uppcarunce. It remains tobeseen, how long it will be, ere General Taylor is worried into a change of Cabinet Ministers. 'IheGalphin claim, the interest of which, nearly two hundred thousand dollars, has ic- contly been pnid to Mr. Secretary Crawford, who has for some years been thq.ngent, has excited much commotion, and is the source of unmousured complaint, and lenroacb- UNION. SJAVASySJAIH8 Tuesday .VIarulng, April O, 1830. LARGEST CIRCULATION! The Daily Mobning News Inis now a circu lation larger than that of DOTH THE OTHER DAI LIES TOGETHER, and consequently is the best advertising medium. We state this fact in justice to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising public. OP See page tor our rates of advertising. § ^“Advertisements should be handed in at an eiirfy hour, to insure their appearance iu the paper of the next morning. By Telegraph—Private despatch. Charleston, April 8, 1 P. M.—The sales of Cotton to-day, amount to 1200 bales. Pri ces very full. Barely fair brought 11J ; low middling 11 cents. U. S. Circuit Court.—This Court com menced its session yesterday in this city. Tho Grand Jury found a true bill for mutiny against tho seamen lately attached to the bark Europa. They will Tie ttied to-morrow (Wednesday,) morning. ISP” The sfeumer Ralph Rivas, left our port yesterday for Chagres, via Havana. She'is only 105 tons, nnd draws about 30 inches of water. She is intended as a mail and passen ger boat on the Chagres river. Atheneum.—We were present last night at the performance of tho Stranger, and bad tho extreme gratification of witnessing Miss Cushman’s extraordinary personation of Mrs. halier. At this late hour it is. impossible ferns to write even a brief notice of the performance, yet we cannot; refrain from expressing our ad miration of Miss Cushman’s acting. Wo had never seen her before, though we had read much in her praise, lioth from American and English critics, and our expectations Aero high. They were more than realized. The play is no favorite of ours, we hud nev er relished its morbid sentimentality, its har rowing pathos—but we had not seen the fallen wife personated by one whose delicate sensibiii ty and nice conception of tbe. true moral of the chatucter, enabled her to give to her delinea tion of i ta verisemblance which makes ys sympa thise in a reality instead of coldly regarding a distasteful fiction. Miss Cushman’s style is notunlike that of Mrs. Kean, though tn many respects the Ame-' rican lady has the advantage of her English cotemperary. Like Mrs Kean, she never over steps the bounds of nature, but her superior power enables her to follow nature up, and to develope the passions in their sublimest parox ysms, with a grace and truthfulness peculiarly her own. Mr. Coui.dock, as the Stranger, made a very favorable impression. Indeed tho piece through out wa3 well sustained, and tho audience, which was one of the lavgest of the season, expressed their lively satisfaction by frequent und hearty plaudits, but more by their wrapt attention during the acting of many of the scones. Miss Cushman personates the character of Rosalind to-night. This is wq understand a fa vorite character of hers, and is certainly one well adupted for the display of her superior talents. Her Rosalind will indeed he a treat. More Gold.’—The steumers Cherokee and Empire City, arrived at New York from Cha gres on Friday. The Cherokee brings, one million one hundred and fifty-eight Thousand dollars’ worth of gold ’dust, besides a half mil lion belonging to pnssengers. The Empire City brings one hundred and'fifty-three passen gers, who are said to possess from eight hun dred thousand to ono million dollars worth ot gold dust. This added ta that brought by the Cherokee, will moko the very hundsomu sum of about two and a half millions by the two steam ers. l’retty good for one day. By these arrivals San Fruncisco papers to the 1st of March, have been received. Tho Tennessee arrived at Panama on the 12th of March. Business at San Francisco was brisk. Prices of produco and merchandise generally declin ing. Ileal estate was at a stand ; lumber ra- pidly’declining. Measures have been taken to gunrd against another overflow of Sacramento city. The cost of the work will be about one million of dollnrs. The dry season lias commenced at the mines, and mining has again fairly commenced, giving quite an impulse to business. American flour was selling at San Francisco at $10 pei bbl.j cattle $20 per head; lumber, 175 to $180 per thousand. Pork, 26 a $27 perbbl.; mess beef, 12 a $15. Brandy $8 per case; gin $4. Protection of the Mexican Frontier.— President Taylor has submitted to Congress a correspondence between the Mexican Minis ter, St. De la Rosa, and Mr. Clayton, in which tho former complains of our government for the non-fulfilment of that article of the tieaty of peace, by which this government guaranteed the frontiers of Mexico against the incursions of wild Indians. The Minister says that the article for securing peace, quiet and security to the frontier inhabitants, was the only advantage Mexico received from the treaty of peace, and the only compensation for the many sacrifices it was necessary for her to .make, and concludes by calling for the establishment of a suitable military force on the frontier, in full confidence that it will be employed in repress ing the outrages of the wild Indians tonnd on that border. A correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial, says The non-fulfilment of the article referred to, is a reproach to our Government. The Exec utive has not the means at its disposal to give it effect. More troops Will be required. We need for the purpose several additional regi ments of dragoons, mounted riflemen or volti geurs. They will probably be raised during tho present session of Congress. Rhode Island Election.—Tho election fo r state officers, members of Legislature, &c,, us hold on Wednesday. Henry B. Anthony* (Whig,) is re-elected Governor by a majority considerably lurger than that of last ycHr. The Legislature will be strongly Whig, thus securing the election of a Whig to tho United States Senate for the term commencing on the 4th of March next, when the time of Hon. A. C. Greene (Whig) will expire. ETA line of telegraph from Baltimore to Dunville,' Pu., was opened a few days since. In several of tho offices, says the Sun, tbe op eratives are young ladies. Wo were under the impression that it was an essential qualifi. cation of an operator to bo capublo of keeping secret. News from Europe.— Ocea\ Steam Navigation. In the course of a month or six eeks, we shall have a semi-weekly steam com munication with Europe. The following .co rners will run as regular packets : Collin’s Line—Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Bal tic, and Adriatic. Glascow Line—City of Gloscow. Hamburg Line—Helena Sluinan. Bremen Line—Washington, Hermann. Cu- naid Line—Asia, Africa, America, Caledonia, Cambria, Europa, Hibernia, Niqgura, Canada. Havre Line—Franklin. Here are twenty splendid st.eame-s to con nect America with Europe; almost enough to bridge the Atlantic. L#"* The Western Texan of the 20th ult., says that the crops in rhfc vicinity of San An tonio are coming up finely. The corn was eight Or ten inches high, and all it needed was There had beep no rain, with the excep tion of one shower for about a month. Response to Daniel Webster.—Several hundred of tho most respectable citizens of Boston have united in an address to Daniel Webster, expressive of their hourly “concur- ence in the sentiments of his late speech in the Senate; and ot their heartfelt thanks for the inestimable aid it has afforded towartjs’the preservation and perpetuation of the Union.” Respect To Mr. Calhoun.—Mr. Calhoun’s deuth was feelingly introduced at the meeting of the N. Y. Historical Society on Tuesday evening by Dr Stevens, who was his classmate at Yale. Among other things he said— Asa medical man, I take the liberty to suggest this opinion. Mr. Calhoun’s death—I speak not of the octasion, but of the cause—wus an rttellectual death ; an overworked mind, dwel ling too long, too anxiously on one object. His one thought was for his country, thestrength ot his intellect was ever running, in one narrow channel, which deepened itself until its banks caved in. Signs of Reformation is high Places —The Vice President has called the attention of the Senate to the defects in it3 rules as ad ministered under previous constructions,— apd has stated his determination henceforth to call a Senator peremptorily to order wl\pn trans gressing his privileges, or using languago in derogation of decorum, or directly calculated to lead to a violation of it. Mr. Fillmore’s exposition of the duties and powers of his station was so clear and satisfactory, that it was ordered to be placed on the journal of tho Senate, a most tparked’and, I believe, an un precedented compliment to the presiding of ficer. Mr. Foote practically acknowledged the force of the Vice President’s suggestions, by ris ing and apologizing (or the language used on his part, which produced the late discredita ble altercation between Mr. Benton und himself. Washington, April3, 1S50. A more imposing scene was never witnessed thun the Senate Chamber presented yesterday, during the solemnizntion of the funeral obse quies of Mr Calhoun. Tho sad countenances o vast crowd that filled .its precincts bo iled most truly the ddcp sense of public that impressed the minds of all pres- Never before, perhaps, at any funeral rites iff the Capitol, was there such a full attendance of all the public men in the city. The semi circle formed immediately around tire retnains, was composed of the president nnd cabinet, the judges of the Supreme Court, the speaker and members of the House of Representatives and the foreign Diplomatic corps. There was al so a prompt attendance of the officers of the | armband the navy now in tho city. The reli gious ' services wero dogply impressive, and the procession, us it stretched its slow length along, wus more than usually extended. Tho. remains were deposited in the congressional vault but will be f absequently removed to South Carolina A brighter nnd more beautiful duv, has seldom tit tills season been enjoyed, n'gen-' tie breeze stirred the evergreens that thickly stud the cemetery. "As the crowd clustered . urntiod the open vault, with uncovered heads, during tho last solemn services, a sad silence, uninterrupted by the slightest sound, evinced their'inlqrest in the mo'urnful scene. The eulogies delivered in Congress upon Mr. Calhoun, are eloquent, heart.stirring, and admi rable, and wiU he preserved as u memorial of their illustrious subject. The-touching scenes, a» detailed by Mr. Venable, of tlie lust hours of Mr. Calhoun, will in which he spoke, of the mighty struggles of that transcepdent in- rellecD, to fulfil its mission, ere nature sank un der the effort, and jhat brilliant star, which »o long ho* kindled in our political horizon, Alabama and Georgia Railroad.—The Commissioners of this road convened in Jack sonville, Alabama, on the 23d ult., and deter mined to open books flf subscription in that place on the 23d'of the present month The present Board of Commissioners is represen ted as being composed of man of ability and indomitable energy, ayd there is every reason to suppose that there will be a liberal subscrip tion fur stock, when tho books are opened. Cotton Manufacture at the South.— Gen. Charles T. James, has published a pamphlet in answer to the articles of Mr, Law* rENCE in Hunt's Magazine, in which Ueelenrly establishes the fact that the cotton manufac tures of the North can be easily superseded bv those of the South. General James is a prac tical Engineer and Cotton Manufacturer, and has built and put into operation many of the finest mills in our country, and is now-engaged in putting up several very large Factories in different parts of the- Southern States. So confident is hoof tho success, of*this industry if properly encouraged, and so solid is his faith in his positions on this subject, that lie has, of fered to become half owner in any singlo Mill which may be built ih Charleston, to run not less than 10,000 spindles. A subscription of $150,- 000 is now in tho hands of one of his’ friends in that city, and the whole nmount of stock, it is expected will he epeedily taken. Success to the enterprigp, say we. Enterprise of this kind is worth all the protective turiffa that Congress has ever enacted. 3P* During the week ending 23d ult. theie wore 140 death* hy cholera in New OrlcaQs. An Irish Regiment in New York.—A movement has been in progress for some time past, ih N York city, for the formation of a re. giment composed entirely of Irish citizens Eight companies, of fifty men each, have been formed, and the organization of six of them has been approved by the proper authorities About four-fifths of these are naturalized citi zens; the remainder are American born, but of Irish descent^ Richest Man in.the World.—The Wash ington correspondent of the New Yprk Journal ot Commerce says, a gentleman from Califor nia, now in Washington, states that Col. Fre. mont is the richest man in the world. His gold mine will probably be saleable in a few years, at six millions an acre. Mr Wright also says that he knovVs of spots belonging to the gov ernment which are worth six millions of dollars an acre, and will produco from 10 to 20 per cent a year on that sum. Foreign Immigration.—During the month of March 6165 foreign passengers arrived at tli4 port of N. Y., of whom 5,272 were from Great Britain and lrelund. During tho same period last year, the number was 10,313, The total number of arrivals of vessels from foioign ports, during the month of March, at New York was 226. Ot these, 37 were ship: 43 Darks, 91 brigs, nnd 43 schooners. Hungary and oun Government.—The President’s reply says a Washington, letter, to the resolution culling for whatever cprrespon deuce had taken place between this govern ment and the agents of the revolutionary gov eminent of Hungary, wills qxcite attention No authorized agent of the latter ever put him self in cbrrespondence’with the authorities of the United States. ■ The agent appointed collect information upon which this govenment might safely act, wi's Mr. Mnnh, of Virginia. His correspondence is communicateJ, to be used in secret session. New Postal Bill. — mTTru^^®^ who ami Connecticut Election.—Tho Senate will not contain more than five or si* Whigs, out of the twenty-one members; the House is also overwhelmingly Democratic. No choice of Governor, so that the democratic candidates,' for Governor and State officers, will all be elect ed by the Legislature. A Windfall for the Poor.—Two poor men at Gloucester, West Jersey, named Bur roughs. have just received news from’England of nr* inheritance ol $50,000 by the death of a relative. Gov. Fish communicated the death of Mr. Calhoun to the N. Y. Legislature on Tuesday, by special message, and resolutions of condo lence were adopted by both Houses. 55^ The St. Louis Republican states that it is computed that over three thousand persons bound for California had already reached that citv this season. chairman of the committee on Post-office post roads, introduced in tho Senate cn \y uesday, a bill to alter the present, rotes of '' * age, and make ether needful regulations postal system. The bill establishes a unifo" ^ system of postage of two cents, if the lette^ pre-paid', and of five cents for drop ] ot , " The bill also' establishes penny p 08t charging one cent for each letter if pre . and two cents for drop letters. ^ ’’ The general impression at Washington ■ thut the bill will ultimately pn, 3 by hand so " majorities in both house*. So mote it be 0nie ^ T1)e Pacific Railroad Convention ha. been in session several days in Pliiladelnh' * On Wednesday the following, among other nt olutions, were passed by a nearly unanimoT vote : Resolved, That in the opinion of this C vention, a railroad communication connectin'!.' the navigable witters of the Mississippi and the navigable waters of the Pacific ■ practicable, and its construction is desired jm mediately. It is therefore the duty of Co gress in some way to apply the energies of our country so as to secure the earliest possible, completion of such a work. 1 u Resolved, That the great work is national in its character, and should therefore be constructe 1 by national means; hut to avoid Stuto and 1,1 cal prejudices, the Government should confine its operations to tlie country beyond the limit of tlie originul States, .leaving the yarioui branches within the States to bo constructed bv such means and on such routes as the State* m,iv prefer. Resolved, That to aid tho States in carrying forward their lines to the main trunk, liberal appropriations should Be made of th’s public lands, adjacent, to be app.ied as tho State* may consider most expedient. It was resolved also to memorialize Congress to have made a thorough survey of all tho routes proposed. The Galphin Claim.—Much dissatisfaction is expressed in Washington circles in regard to the disposition which has been made by At torney General Johnson, of this claim. Many object vto the principle by which interest amounting to nearly $100,000 has been allowed and paid, on a claim which had its origin pre vious to the Revolutionary war. A Washing ton correspondent of .the Baltimore Sun justi fies the course of the attorney general and re marks— The qucsiion at issue is simply this, whether it was proper for a cabinet officer to prosecuto a claim on the government, either for himself or another. It is a matter for each cabinet of ficer and each President to judge of. General Taylor was informed by Mr. Crawford, soon after he came into office, that he was agentof the claim, and it is now too late for Gen. Tay lor to take exception to it. Mrt Crawford has demanded from the House a full and fair investigation of the subject, and a committee of nine members has been ap pointed hy the Speaker to institute aud con duct it. It is said that Mr. Crawford, contemplutes resigning his Secretaryship, so soon as this matter is satisfactorily adjusted. Heretofore the common complaint, has been against the tardiness of our Government in the settlement of claims. It is therefore a novelty in the annals of grumbling to hear it reproach ed for liberality in this regard. We presume we shall hear no more reproaches on the old score since, according to report, upwards of a million of dollars, more is to be allowed by tbe Secretary of the Treasury ip cases depending upon the principle assumed in the Galphin Case. The correspondent of the Baltimore Snn v speaking of the bill introduced by Mr. McLernand in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, says:— Mr. Mc.Lernand’s bill is the great bill of the session. It proposes to settle the whole sla very question by one and the same act, and in this his bill is preferable to the two bills re- ported simultaneously by the Chairman of the Committee on Territories in the Benute; though there are no such material differences between tlie two plans of settlement, as might deter the friends of one from supporting the other. Tlie peace, tranquility, and welfare of the country, depend on tlie success of McLernand's hill, which, as-he himself declared in his introducto ry remarks, is*not a hill addressed to tho sup port of a party, but a peace offering <fn the common altar of our beloved and distracted country, looking for support to every quarter where patriotism is reudy to raise the standard of liberty, fraternity and equality, under the baits*# of the Constitution and the Union. I trust to God that the bill will pass—I know that it will meet with the cordial support of uil friends of the Uniqn—of the friends of Web ster, Clay, und the President of the United States; but I cannot answer for the Cabinet. Alarm in CubA.:—A. correspondent of the New York Express, writing from Cardenas, under date of March 16,says ; From Cape Antonio to Point de Maysi the greatost vigilance is exercised, and from these extreme points daily communications ate re ceived by the Governor. All through and a- round are Government spies in concert, nnd, to judge from their motions and agitation, the en actment of u terrible conflict is apprehended. The soldiery, beyond a doubt, are inocculated with tho Independence smallpox, which to the Governor’s know ledge has become qoite conta gious. «, All planters are, under pain of expulsion, commanded to return within thirty days, and continue doing so the first Friday of every month, the nuhiber,. accompanied with age und size, of aU the slaves in their possession ; which goes to piove,. in case ot an outbreak, their liberation is certain. That the projectors of the revolution have ample funds at command is beyond all ques tion of doubt, and cqnallyidoubtless is tire ter- tuinty that the days ot royal sway in Cuba ure numbered. V. G. P. The Georgia Road has of late been do ing a heavy business in the conveyance of mer chandise and other freight, to be sent off from this place to the regions north and west of us, a large amount destined for the neighboring counties of Alabama. The spacious ware house of this Road for some time past has been liter ally crowded full of the various discretions of frieghl, brought up on the Iiail-Rond—boxes, bags, barrels, &c, piled up to the roof, and large quantities lying about on tho platforms outside of the main building, waiting to be sent off to their places of destination.—Atlanta Intelli gencer, 5th. A Washington let ter of 4th instantsays: From all I can learn, the President highly approves of the course of Mr Webster; but tho Cabinet still clings to Gov. Sjgwnrd nnd his free soil friends. On the olhpr hand, it is confident- ly asserted that the;present Cabinet is doomed, and that Webster will be invited to the Stuto Department, and Mr. Evans, of Muine, to the Treasury. These appointments would certain ly inspire the country with confidence, and re gain for the President himself that popularity which he enjoyed on taking office. Some one Disappointed.—Licenses were taken out ut Loonnrdtown, Md., Inst week, on the same day, fora couple of individuals, both of whom expected to bo married to the same gill. PASSENGERS. Per steamer Gen Clinch, from Charleston--.^ Cunninghnm, Gov Hamilton, Dr Holbrook, Mr La , Pierce, Mr Davenport, D Hews, 5 on deck. ... . i Per steamer Metamora, from Charleston—Ml* • Siveet Miss Hardee, Mrs Tobias, Mrs Look & , 1 ter. T L Fulton, F* C Fulton, C E O’Sullivan, R Jf*"' C J Holburgh, J D Smith, E J Moses, D A Ambler, J Elliott, A Tobias, M J Solomons, A A Solomons,. Nathans, 4 on deck. CONSIGNEES- Per steamer Gen Clinch, from Charleston & Tupper. C RR, Steamer DeKalb, agent Cent Philbrick & Bell, J Lama, Savh Georgian,.and o • Per steamer Metamora, from Charleston n , & Tupper, It Habersham W O Jeffreys, W A 1 Cohen & Fosdick, J S Solomons, Savh Georfc* Steamer DeKalb, Fla Boats. Commercial ^intelligence. 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