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MORNING NEWS.
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Alt New Advertisements appear in both papers.
Eefy important to Commercial Men—Cont-
posite great Circle Sailing.—Tho mercantile
marine and those interested in coinmen:e witli
oiii-distant CQlnpie.s, havp, within the Inst week,
been taken uy surprise by the account of the
Ttoemlay Morning* April 16, 1836-
LARGEST CIRCULATION!
CP* The J)aily Morning News has now acfrew-
lotion larger than that of BOTH THE Ol Hf.it DA •
LIES TOGETHER, and consequently is the best
advertising medium. We state this fact in jnsuce
to ourselves and for the benefit of the udverUsuig
See first pace for our rates of advertising.
1^=-Advertisements should he handed in at nn
eariy hour, to insure tlieir appearance in the paper ot
the next morning.
From Washington.
Tho correspondent of the Baltimore Sue
writing under date of 11th in9t., says:
Guv. Seward’s occupation s gone! He In:
been superseded to-day, by a magnificent speed]
on tho ultra L 1 'roe-soil doctrine, by Thomas H.
urfjfrecedentrtlty short passage made by Capt.
Godfrey, emigrant ship Consluncc, in neveit-
ty-sevon days from Plymouth to Adelaide,
South Australia', having made lifer departure
from England On the 20 rtf August, and arrived
at (he. lpiter.part on the 5th of November.
The intereat cjtcitod l^y this voyugo is not only
oa account 6f th'n shortness of the time occu
pied, but also from this advantage being the re-
- suit of s-'seirtutifio discovery," which has now
hoea tested, Add is Opeh to all navigators. The
■ result is. tjiost important, since it wili tend to
shorten the voyugeono month. Availing our-
solves of tine aceompanying outlines, we wil
- endeavour briefly to explain the principles of
a 'it voyage, which to most seamen appears to
9 complete enigma. «
The m nriner, it is wel 1 known, traverses
the ocean by thp aid of charts ; by their aid lie
determines the position of distant ports, and
shapes hi* course to the most remote regions
of, the earth ; and, to such an extent hits he
haen uncustomed to confide in his chart, that,
for all practical purposes, ho disregards the
globular form ; if such u route appears the
shorter on his chart, ho cannot concoive any
other to possess that advantage. Now, ‘the
earth being a globe, in order to describe its
surface on a plane, requires a distortion of sur-
focn. tThrt rug tons towards the poles nre dis
tended", in order to accomplish this object;
nntbuue of $he consequences of these distortions
is, that the most direct lines-on the earth’s
surface' are represented os .curves, and curves
are represented us straight lines. On the chart,
the", did track appears the shorter ; on n globe,
tlrj* advantage is shown to belong to the new
rmA; on the chart, both lines are convex to
ward* the south ; on the globe, they are botli
■pttneasi in that direction.
The theoretical principle on which this short
er route isfniindod, wag published by order of
the Lords Oypiinissioners of the Admiralty
about ojjflitneri months since, in a work entitled
“Tables ip facilitate the practice of Great Cir
cle, Sailingwhich work had previously re
ceived the sanction of the men of science.
This voyage lias been conducted on the princi-
- plus yvbioh the author, Mr. Townson, of De-
v.fnport, has denominated “Composite Great
■Circle Sailing,” and is applicable to voyages in
conducting which Great Circle Sailing is not
amiable. Our readers will at once perceive,
j>y refuting to a globe, that the direct track pus
ses across the South Pole, and tho Great Oir-
c.li track leads to latitudes too high for
The Stf.amerTsaiiel.-—This favorite Steam
er left Charleston yesterday morning at S
o’clock, mid reached our city at 4 o’clock, in
the afternoon. She received the mails and pas
sengers from tills city for Key West and Ha
vana, and proceeded ou her voyage. The fol
lowing are the passengers trom thjscity.
Foil Havana—Messrs. M. Blackett, J. \\ ■
Marshall, C. H. Marshall, and G, C. Bevil.
For Key West—Messrs. D. II. Bryan, C.
M. Morris, T. Stanfield, and James Stanfield.
By this arrivul we are placed in possession of
the Charleston Courier of yesterday morning,
in advance of the mail, for which wo mo in
debted to the politeness ofits editors.
Li. S. Court.—Tho sailors lately attached
to the Bark Europa, and charged with revolt
urd mutiny, were yesterday tried before tho U
S. Circuit Court, for the Southern District of
Georgia, His Hon. Judge Nichol, presidin
and acquitted.
Tho prosecution on the part of ilie U. S., was
conducted by Henry Williams. E-q., U. S.
Hop. Dis. Any. For the defence, John E.
.Ward, Esq.
Benton,which,however, hud no other effect than
t question to lay Mr. Foote’s resolu-
the test quo
lion for the appointment ol a select compromise
committee on the table, to decide that question
the negative. The majority against the mo
tion wug only two; but us the two Scnnlots
from Georgia, Houston, of lexas; tho succes
sor of Calhoun, and Mr. Sturgeon, of Penn.,
were absent, and ns all these absent Senators
Fearful Rail-road Accident.—Miracu
lous Escape of 100 Passengers.—The railroad
accident on Tuesday, ntthe l ishervilleBridge,
the Norwich, Massachusetts train to New
York, was more serious than we tit first n] -
prehended. But ono life was lost, though
over one hundred had a narrow escape. We
copy the following particulars from the Bos
ton Traveller:
As tin* engineer, Mr. John Hyde, touched
the,bridge, he felt it swerve, and immediately
putting on a full head of steam attempted to
Important from Germany.-
ton letter writer snvst —
-A Wash;
tig-
Tlte nows winch hits reached here by pri Vato
letters, from the Continent of Europe, is*’,.®
cCedingly interesting. Germany i» most ^'
questionably-on the eve of a general ruvoluti, t
and bankruptcy. The revolutionary spirit li,^
been quieted for u moment, but at such u « UC1 .:
lice of blood and treasure that tho
cross. Just as the locomotive renched the other
Concert.—By the card in another column,
it will be seen tliut Mr. Mitchell, of this city,
will give a Concert at the Athoneum to-morrow
evening. Mr. M. is a scientific musician, and
an acknowledged proficient on his favorite in
strument, the Flute, and will bo assisted on
this occasion by Mr. Reeves, of Charleston,
whose musical abilities- as a tenor singor, uro
highly spoken of.
Mi. Mitchell’s Concerts have been well at
tended in Charleston, where his numerous
friends have been in the practice of manifesting
tlieir respect and admiration of him us a worthy
gentleman and accomplished artiste, by muking
his Concei ts complimentary and profitable. Ho
is not less esteemed in this city, and wo trust
will on tlte present occasion receive the encour
agement ho so justly merits.
but ouc, are known to he in favor of a national
compromise of tho slavery question, wo may
safely and surely infer that a compromise bill
will ultimately pass the Senate by a majority of
six Or eight.
This is a great tlirimnph; because it. was
achieved by tho union of the patriots aguinst
tho administration, the tree-soilers and the pu-
llanimous Whigs und Democrats on both sides
of the House. Clay and Webster have covered^
themselves with glory* Cass, Whitcomb,
Bright and Dickinson, have nobly thrown them
selves iii the breach, to suvo the Union and th
Constitution. The country will know how to
honor thorn.
Another correspondent writes:—
The subject of n change in the Cabinet has
been much considered of late by the friends of
the administration, and General luylor 1ms, it
is said, bent to the infiiicnees around him solar
as to assent to the necessity of some changes, if
not of u goneral re-organization of tlte cabinet.
But it is well understood to-day, that no deci
sion will he tnnde on the subject, until the dis
turbing questions before Congress shall be set
tled ; or, at least, until it shall become more
certain than it now is, that an adjustment is
practicable.
The tendency of movements in Congress is to
the ultimate admission of California, as an inde
pendent measure, without, any equivalent con
cession to the interests or feelings of the South.
It will he some weeks hence, before the
House will arrest the debate on California in
Committee of tho Whole, and after that, there
will be three weeks of discussion on amend
ments. The struggle will then commence in earn
est between tlte minority and the majority, and
ultimately in the midst nf unparalleled excite
ment, the California bill will pass, und perhaps
every appropriation bill defeated. It is to be
considered that, in Juno, tho Nashville Conven
tion will recommend measures in view of the
state of things in Congress at the time, and they
may take positive ground against the admission
of California, on tho passage of further appro
priation bills, or any further legislative action,
until a more conciliatory policy be adopted by
the majority.
Thc'hest security for an adjustment that we
now have is in the concurrence of tho House in
the plan of combining California with tho ter-
itorial governments, which the. Senate now aim
side, the bridge gave away. Tlte enginebroko
from the tender and remained upon the track ;
the tender and crate car also cleared the bridge
hut were thrown from the track, tearing off u
rail, which went through the crate car and one
of tho crates. The second class cur broke in
two pieces, and one portion fell into tho river;
the next enr (full of passengers) dropped down
with the bridge, hot did not reach the water,
the timbers oi' the, bridge supporting it. Tho
third cor was thrown upon one end, and all the
seats but three broken. The Car was full ol
passengers, who suddenly found themselves
thrown into h lionp at one corner of the car.
To adil to tlte confusion, the car took fire
from the stove, but fortunately the fire was
promptly extinguished. The alarm of the pns
songers at this moment, can De better imagined
thun described. After sumo order had been
restored, and time given to look about, it was
found that not a passenger had a hone broken
though several were considerably bruised.
As near as can he ascertained, there were
about one hundred passengers on board the
train.
The only person killed was a bralteman
named John Gallagan. He was standing upon
tho platform at the time of the disaster. An
other brakeman named John Moran vpas badly
bruised nnd cut, and it was feared, at last ac
counts, lie might, bleed to death. His nose was
partially severed from his face. The conduc
tor of the train, Mi. IV. Richardson, was con
siderably bruised, but was able to keep his (eet
until the extent of the disaster was ascertained,
when he was taken to Webster.
The bridge in question was about GO feet
long, and about 10 feet from the water, which
is at present 8 feet deep.
• ELiT Mrs. Lucas, an insane woman, jumped
overboard from the Belle Creole while on the
passage from New Orleans to St. Louis, and
was drowned. She had been put on board to
go tc St. Louis by Rev. Mr. Turtchell, who
neglected to inform the officers of the boat that
she was insane. Before jumpingove rhoard,she
of monarchy is left without the means of t 1m ; n
tabling its advantages. Forced loim 9 ai ’
esorted to in all tho smaller States of (yernvi
ny, which induces the holders of public bund
to exchange them for English or American
securities. Tho high quotations of British
Consols arc the consequence of large purchase*
on the continent, and the high price of Aniiv
enn securities in London is accounted for j n t j
conquest
ame manner. In case of tin E
uropenn « nr
American 0’s would, no doubt, fly up to 2.j
30; as, in thin case, even British Consols
would he exchanged for certificates of Amen,
can loans.
Tho now elections in Wurtcmburg, W iih
Austrian troops on the frontier, turned out n*
follows: Democrats 49; in fitvor of the Kin- ,,f
Prussia, 1; courtiers inclined in favor of A,,*,
trni, 0. Democrats to Monarchists, as 7 to 1
The political problem in Europe, as condensed
in a single question, is this: How long will t |, 0
maximum'of revenue thut can he raised under
the present system, suffice to support the smnV.
cst standing army necessary to keep the opn ( i.
sition in check ? The question will soon re
ceive it9 historical resolution. “Nothing go
short lived,” said Edward Burke, “as a milk
tary despotism.”
Hayti.—Imprisonment of a United Stales
Consul.—Tlte Turks’ Island Gazette, of the
13th ult., contains the following:
Latest from, Hayti.—The schl. Aramiutn,
Capt. Brownlow, arrived on Monday last, from
Porto Rico. He brings the news that nr. Amer
ican captain hud been seized upon, and impris
oned by the Emperor Solouque; for what cause
is not known by Capt. B. The American con
sul applied for his release, hut was refused—
tho Emperor informing him that lie would cut
oil" his (the consul’s) head, if he persisted in
his demands. The American Consul finding it
would be impossible to obtain ibe captain’s re
lease by fair means, bribed the 'maids, and thus
the captain was cleared. Solouque immediate
ly imprisoned the American consul. The Eng.
lish and French consuls interfered on behalf of
the American agent. This was all that had
transpired at last advices from the Cape, at
Porto Rico. Two American men of war hud
gone up to Cape Haytien.
navigation.
OF The steumer Osprey recently launched
Undor such circumstances, the 1 a t Philadelphia, has an apparatus invented by
host the mariner can do is to trace the shortest
track which is compatible with a favourable lat
itude. Qn his former voyage, Captain Godfrey
determined by experience that the most fu-
*voiirablo parallel as a maximum latiludo is 50°,
since in highedatiuides tho wind is not so strong
as tlte mariner could desire; und throughout
Ibe whole truck froth the point marked a to
Adelaide, the winds through the year are un
iformly favorable.
Tho composite route to Australia doe3 not
dlfrer from other voyages until the mariner bus
reached about tho latitude 24° south. Having
cleared tho trade winds, he then shapes his
"route on the aro of a great circle, varying his
course by compass according ns tho latitude ot
tho ship varies, as shown below ; or ho sails ns
near to these cour3.se as tho direction of the
winds will permit. Tho courses are us fob
lows:—
gentleman of Now York which it is be
lioved will ho effectual in avoiding any ne
cessity for tho introduction of salt water into
her boilers. Tho steam passes into the con
densing apparatus from tho cylinders, and lie-
ng then resolved into water, returns again to
the boilers to go through u similar process,
without wasting in the least. By the aid of
this invention should it ho found to work well,
the frosli water pumped into tho boiler at Phil
adelphiu can bo used for an entire trip to
Charleston.
t.ut Course
39 30.SE bE
41 30.ESE I 3
43 0 . ESE l S
Lat. Course
46 0 .ESE
47 0 .ESE IE
48 0 .ESEIE
4d 30.E9E |E
LntCourse
49 0 .EbS
49 30.E i 3
49 45.E l S
49 57.E 1S
Lat Course'
95 0. BE
30-0.SEiE
34 0.8K&E
R2 0.SEIEI44 30.ESE i-S 4
^ This part ol tho vtiyngo is about 3 180 mile,
und brings tho ship 03 degrees of longitude
nearer her domination. Slie then runs due
oust on tho parallel f>0, about 72 deg. 40 min
of longitude, being about 4300 miles, und then
loaves that parallel liy the route of n great ciiclo
for her destination. This last named part o'
her voyage is 1805 tnilos, and about 43 deg. Ion
gitude—making altogether, front tho com
mencement of Clio composite track, 3145 miles;
whereas the same voyage by tho Cape, and
tin >nco to Adelaide, by Mercator’s sailing, is
9080—making a saving of distance to the a-
mount of 935 miles, besides nn equal saving of
t me, from tho uniform favourable winds that
blow in these latitudes.—London paper.
The same writer says—
It is a matter of congratulation that Mr.
Clay, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Cass, have each
been sustained by their own States in tho na
tional and patriotic stand that they have taken.
Mr. Cass has achieved a great .triumph over
prejudice in his own State, and lie can no lon
ger say, as ho did, despairingly, two months
ago, that no moderate man can be sustained ut
the North; and that the storm had rolled over
him and left him prostrate.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper
nelt in tho cabin and prayed for some time,
then went to her berth and chanedg her clothes,
and when tho attention of all were called from
her, sprang trom the cabin guard into the water
ml was drowned, without ever rising to the
surface.
Emigration to California.—Wo perceive
by tho Western papers, that thousands of men
woman and children are making preparations
to leavo by the first of June by the overland
route to California. Almost every village or
hamlet will send fourth its hundreds thisSpring.
Tho Dottuit Advertiser says that no less than
0,000 men have already made arrangements to
leavo that stute.fm- California, and anticipates
much pecuniary inconvenience therefrom to
those who remain.
The Now York papers speak of tho crowds
of poople that ore flocking to that city from ev-
y direction to take the California steamers.
May their goklen dreams be realized.
says:—,
It is to-day positively asserted, reported and
believed, that Mr. T. M. McKennon, of Penn
sylvania, will in a very short time, relieve Mr.
Meredith of his truly herculean lubors in the
Treasury department. Whether he will bring
more tnlont, industry or honesty of purpose, 1
know not—he cannot bring less popularity or
political tact, (party tact,) tor really the hono
rable gentleman incumbent has not an atom of
either ; and yet, in my humble opinion, we have
not had a more able secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Crawford will certainly soon leave the
War Department. Who is to succeed him, I
know not.
Netting.—James Cherry, of Harrison town
ship, Pickaway county, Ohio, caught 1285 wild
pigeons, last week, at ton liftings of the net
►
Arrival of an Aristocratic Celestial. —
Quite a sensation wa9 created among the quid
nones at New York on Tuesday, l>y the arri
val of a real specimen of Celestial upper ten-
dotn. A young lady, Miss Pwan Yekoo, 17
yenrs of age, handsome, lively, and with char
acteristic feet only three inches long, arrived
hi the ship Inntlte, from Canton. Miss Pwan
Yekoo is cn route for London, and belongs to
one of the most aristocratic families in China
8he is accompanied by her waiting miiid
celebrated Chinese rr.usic master, Mr. Soo
Choone, nnd by two children, Miss Amoy and
Master Tsing,of 0 and 4 years old.
Banishment from Havana.—There has ar
rived nt New York in the steamer Georgia, the
interesting Marquesa de Toulon, who was or
dered to leave Cubn after 24 hours notice, con
sequent upon tho detection of a correspondence
with her husband, who escaped from tit ) Island
to the United States, about a year since, hav
ing given cause for suspicion of his entertaining
too “liberal” notions of government. During
his absence lie has been condemned to ho shot.
1 /Suspension Bridge—Tho-Lewistown and
Queenston anspension bridge, which is to con
nect New York with Canada, nt I.ewistown
. and" Quoensron, will, it is expected, bo opened
for.* travel on the 1st of September next. It
will be 1,042 feet in length between tho points
.of support, and strong enough to bear a dead
, weight of 800 tons. Mr. Edward W. Serrell
i« the engineer.
Corn.-
preaching
iullowinl
};the season of the year is now ap
planting corn, wo publish tin
which we find in an agricultural
paper. Ifftteiayou have prepared your corn
aow on each acre two bushels of salt, harrow
; c in, then roll and plant your corn; and you wi
T experience but little annoyance from grub and
other worms, as the salt will give them their
" quietus just as notably as though you had done
" it with a bodkin.
•- ; Psxides this, the salt will, to a considerable
iSW extent, UCt us a fixer to the ammonia in the soil
as it tnayTo farmed, attract moisture from the
preserve thecorn plants ft am firing
*a»i .furbish fioitiConsiderahio quantity of soda
ytes- snd chlorine for their appropriation.
Another letter writer says—
The committee of finance of the Senate have
reported jliborul additional items to the dificieu-
cy bill, adding more than a million to it. The
original House bill provided the sum of
300,000. The Senate committee order for con
tingoncies of the House, $129,000 ; do. Senate
$218 500 ; Branch Mint, Now Orleans, $15,
000 ; deficiencies in Naval service for ’40 and
’47, $747,000 ; Little and Brown’s statistics,
$2,500. So. the entire amount of dcficiences
supplied is $2,407,000
Tho monoy is said to be much wanted m the
Executivedepartments.
Behind the Age.—Among all her seaward
looking cliffs, Spain has not a single light-houso.
from the Pyrenees to Point Europia :—she has
no railroads, no canals, no telegraphs, and late'
ly there has been no safety for travcll rs on the
highway.
Mrs. Louisa Osborne, of Bulavin, N. Y.
came to her death a few days since in conse
quence of having swallowed, through mistake,
two tenspoonsful of corrosive sublimate, sup
posing it to be iaudunura which she designed to
take for the purpose of deadening tho pain of
a raging tootln
New York Morals and Mysteries .—Wo
alluded in a previous number to a now font™
of New York social mobility, which had just
been disclosed, in which the black mail system
hud been pretty extensively practised by men
and women protending to respectable standing
in fashionable circles. The last number of the
Merchant’s Ledger has the following paragraph
in relation to tho matter. Tho editor says:—
A noted legal gentleman, of high pretensions
to morality, purity nnd religion, is. wo under'-
stand, one of the parties who have been so large
ly engaged in extorting largo sums of money
from several of our wealthy citizens, and among
thorn several members of his own church,
among whom he has always stood high ns a
man of undoubted piety- His hypocrisy nmv
stands a fair chance of being exposed to the
gaze of the community, and if as guilty as up
pparances would seem to indicate, tlte conse
quences of his rascality will fall heavily upon
him.
Fatal Recontre.—A Mr. David White
in Mobile on Friday last, made an attack on
Mr. J. M. Jackson just ns he was stepping on
board of a boat to leave the city, bursting three
caps of a loaded revolver at him, when the lat
ter drew a similar instrument and shot his as
sailant dead on tho spot.
Jackson was examined ou Saturday. It was
satisfactorily shown that he had been threat
ened by the deceased with death and that he
had endeavored to avoid a rencounter. There
was no doubt at all, says the Tribune, on the
mind of tie cout t or the spectators that the
killing was justifiable, and the decision of the
court was given accordingly.
California Shipping.—We learn front tl.a,
Boston Shipping List, of the 10th inst., that
the number of vessels which have sailed from
the United States for California, since January
1, 1849, to April 9, is 20 stenmers, 337 ship 5 ,
303 barques, 242 brigs, 182 schooners, and 1
sloop—making a total of 1,080 vessels.
Mr. Webster was prevented from accom
panying the remains of Mr. Calhoun to
Charleston, by domestic affairs of on imperious
character, which culled him homo to Massa
chusetts.
A Sign in Old Massachusetts,—A year
ago, a sett of Wilmot proviso resolutions passed
the Massachusetts Legislature, with only one
dissenting voice. In the Senate, on Tuesday
last, Mr. Buckingham presented a memorial
front 277 nereons, asking tho legislature to in
struct Mr. Webster to vote for tho insertion of
the Wilmot proviso in the new Territorial bills,
and against tho bill of Mr. Mason, concerning
fugitive slaves. Mr. Hillard opposed the re
ference of this paper to any Committee, nnd on
motion of Mr. Hnzen, it was laid on the table by
a vole of 15 to 11.
OF Father Mathew, the great moral re
generator of his race, is doing wonders in New
Orleans, lie administered the pledge to some
seven hundred persons on Sunday, the 7 tli inst.
Several thousands have already enrolled under
his banner in that city.
A Work of Art.—A French artist, Gayraud
has completed a statue to be presented to the
U. S. Congress, representing tho American
Republic in the form of a young femlae seated
upon a bale of cotton surrounded with various
emblems of husbandry. This model Is about
two feet id height, and rests upon a pedestal
conceived in good taste.
EiF Advices from Port au Prince to the 28th
March have been received, by an arrival ut New
York. Sickness prevails among the shipping
in port. The Emperor is preparing to iavado
tho Spanish settlements. Ilis Imperial Black
ness must have been consulting his oracles
again. Certainly nothing short of some very
favorable augury could have encouraged him to
venture another bout with tho “buckra," since
he must have a vivid recollection of the disu»
trous*rosult of his last military exploit.
ET 1 fhe French have just started a now
idea—Banks of Honor. These institutions
are to loan small sums to tho meritorious poor,
without bond, writing, or promise to pay, und
nothing but a naked pledge to return the loan,
which is not to exceed 200 francs ($37,50) to
each applicant. Loans are to bo restricted to
tho industrious and honest poor, who have been
unfortunate from fire, want of employment,
sickness, or murrain’among their cattle, or for
some such reason, and to no others. When a
loan is applied for, the facts nre to be set forth,
and supported by tho declaration of the appli
cant and four witnesses of good repute, who
may be members of his family. Two registers
aro to he kept, in one of which will be regis
tered the names of punctual borrowers, and in
the other the nnmes of delinquents.
Free Schools in Mississippi.—Tho Leg
islature of Mississippi has appropriated $200,-
000, tor which the people are to be taxed, to
be distribut-d among the several counties, in
proportion to the number of children, to estab
lish the system of free schools. Steps are also
being taken to procure an accurate return ol
the number of children bet-.veen the ages of six
and twenty years.
I3P The steam tow boat Hercules oxploi-
ed on Wednesday last at the South West l’u»
below New Orleans. Her third Engineer
Pilot, nnd five deck hands were killed. She
is a total wreck.
I51F They have a peculiar way of treating
notorious characters in Now Orlcars. TheD
ta says:—’’ Sam Shuster, for having tins dis
tinguished reputation of being a notorious char
acter, was sent to tho workhouse foru f 0111 *' 1
part of the next coming year.
Singular Death.—A meluncholy nml sw
gular occurrence took place in VVasliingt 011
uned
city on Wednesday night. A man nai
Charles Wilson, for the last two years cmp|»;
ed in tho Coast Survey office, was niarii'd-
Tho happy couple about 11 o'clock. 1" u
morning the bride awoke and found by het si" 1 ’
a dead husband !
A jury of inquest being held, it appea
red that
during the previous day tho deceased hado
tuined medical advice from Dr. May. Iltf
quest could not determine the cause d 1
death, and ordered a post mortem cxanii" 11
reserving the verdict until another sittii'S-
has been published, sh"'' 1
Philadelphia, April 9,1850.
Th" vessels that have been engaged at Carys-
fort lloef, Florida, for many months past, in
preparing a foundation for the iron light house
built here by Messrs. Merrick & Towne, have
all returned to this port. Tho spot chosen for
tho locality of this immense structure has been
found to be urisuited iffr it, anil the labor expen
ded upon it has been lost—In boring the coral
reef to ohiaiii a solid foundation for the iron
piles, it was found that the rock was but n thin
strata, having beneath it a deposit of soft soil.
Another locality about two miles nearer the
laud, which was first chosen as tuc site, is be
lieved to be every way suited.
Maryland in Liberia. — Tho Maryland
State Colonization Society have udopted a se
ries of resolutions expressing their determina
tion to make a great efibrt to collect funds to
ennbleit to send out emigrants to Liberia, and
to diffuse information concerning its objects.
The whole State is to be carefully nnd zealous
ly canvassed by their agents, not only to in
crease the mentis of the Society, hut to lay a
true state of the Colony, before the colored
population, and explain away all the unfounded
antipathies that may exist among them relative
to the advantages of Colonization.
cr a letter from Kingston, Jam., under
date of 11th ult., in speaking of the gradual de-
cny of that Island, says taut many beautiful and
productive estates oflOOO acres each, with fair
improvements* sell at 4 to $0 per acre, which
a few -years ago, commanded $100.
I5F There were seventeen fire* in N. Orleans
last week.- The city is supposed to be infested-
with incendiaries, for whoso detection rewards
urd offered by the a-ilhoritics.
(3?° A tabl- f ,
how u large number of poor aie housed"' 1
the limits of Now York city. Eight'
sand aro crowded in underground l m5cnlf .
the number of which occupied tliu:
, bring
to carfi"
0 clflS®' 1 *'
cellar. About one-third of these are
of the S*® 6
as dirty, and occupying basements i
description.
More Gold.—The steamer Ohio,
arrived at New Orleans on the 9,h . in . ^
130 passengers and about ono milh° n
in gold# Her news' is no later than that
! York-
by the Cherokee nnd Georgia at New ^
Outrage.—A man in Mobile a f ^ ^
since having money about him and
i enticed into age’r
way to California, was enneru ^
robbed, severely stabbed and iln'"* 1 '
river. His cries being heard, he
and sent to th* n 0 ‘
■ erH*
cued before drowning ano ^
CfT The Cumberhaul river has a T e ^,
its banks at .Eddyviile, and g uH
lias been done to farmers und P r0 P i rl " V
tVc river bottom.
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