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*- * ..*; - ' hr ;••• : ■ -• MORNING NEWS. by jtoiiiv m. cooper. W. T. T H O Mr 0 S O N , ,£ D I T OR TERMS: DAILY rAPEa . |4 00 I TR1-WJSEKLY $2 HO 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 He In: been superseded to-day, by a magnificent speed] on tho ultra L 1 'roe-soil doctrine, by Thomas H. urfjfrecedentrtlty short passage made by Capt.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. jiOPp