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MORNING NEWS. BY JOII.1V HI. COOPEIS. W. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS: DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 ()f) All New Advertisements appear in both papers. [Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.] NEW YORK, April 12, 1350. • Tips steamer Florida was launched in fine style yesterday, and when in her proper element looks a noble specimen of naval architecture. A broadside from her would make an enemy tremble. She is now lying at tho novelty works, waiting for her machinery. The dinner of the American Dramatic Fund Association, on Wednesday, was one of the most delightful meetings of the kind I ever eqjoyed. It was, in truth, “a fenst of muon, and flow of soul.” Stetson, the Prince of Hotel keepers, served up a dinner ‘as was’ a dinner, and attended himself, in long white apron, to sae that the wniters did their duty. I may state here, par parenthesis, that the. 1 reaid cot, David 0. Colden, Esq., was abs($l t from sickness, and, I regret to say, died ‘•yesterday afternoon. He was playing in u Tennis Court a few days since, and received n violent blow on the head with the ball, which JpEoduced an nbeeaa in the brain. lie was a fino, gentlemanly tnan, a Itberal patron of the Arts, and promoter of charitable insiitutions. In his absence, Judge Edwards presided, and if not with much dignity, (lor he is not a dignified min,) at least to the satisfaction of the company. The great speech of the night was delivered by B*s; it was, in fact, un oration on Shaks- pearc; and it is much to be regretted that no stenographer was present to give a faithful report of it. After speaking of tho works of the Swan of Avon, and explaining the causes of their popularity; ho introduced us to *he early life, and tho humble home at Stratford; to the room iu which ho was born; to the Church In which he was buried, and beautifully told how different were tho emotions excited as you stand on the slab thnt marks his last resting place, to those produced on viewing the gor geous mausoleums of the great and powerful— emotions which could find no utterance; for the tribute to Shalcspeare’a memory is the tribute of silence. Man can offer no fitting tribute to bint; the simple violet that blooms on tho way side, and the dew that is wept upon the tender rose leaf, these, and indeed, all the up-spring ing glories of nature are tributes to Shakspeare, and render his memory immortal. Such was something of toe stylo of his address, and so great was the effect produced upon the compa ny, that a second collection was taken up, and added $150 more to the {Jund. Merit and elo quence succeeded, where charity failed. Mrs Kemble, and Charlotte Oushmun, each sent $100, and Miss Davenport $50, and the whole amount collected, I suppose, would not fall far short of $800. The Association has now some $5,000 of funds. Ttie marriRge of ‘Toots’ Raymond, as nn- uounced in your paper, has surprised a few, who thought ho left hero with a breaking heart, arising from crushed hopes. I don’t know what ‘‘Our Maiy” will say. He is not the first gentleman, however, that that young lady has driven into the matrimonial noose. ‘‘Toots’ a fellow, and his friends I am sure hope that he has found a ‘‘Carpenter” that will ef fectually repair any damage his heart may Imv previously sustained. Tho Cherokee leaves hero to-morrow for Chagros, and will take out u very largo number of passengers, a great many being sympathetic females, who, taking pity on tho desolate con dition of the poor wretches, voluntarily sacrifice home and kindred to render their conditiou more tolerable. Good, self-sacrificing cren lures, won’t they he snapped up eagerly ! Gold dust and gratitude will do wonders. The mun Crowe, who deliberately followed a man in the street, with whom he hud had some difficulty, nr.d shot him dead, has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 4ih dgree! What a contrast to the Boston jury. The truth is. that jurors in New York have a very queer opinion of law and justice; they don't assimi late at all. The Huvana Opera Company made a splend- opening Inst night, at Nihlo’s. Slclfenaui, Hffl 3 a screamer and no mistake—her triumph 'fjHp Nns complete ; it is the best Norma I have seen ^ in this country. And then that magnificent basso Marina ; a sort of Leblache, drawn out. They will draw like a blister, or I am much mistaken. Stellenani has a slumbering volca no ill her bosom, and when she does fire up, the sjffuct is thrilling in the extreme. Grecly 1ms increased the Tribune to twice its former «i*e, and comes out with his editorial in lurge clear type. Do you know that uil the principal persons employed on this paper, hold a share in it ? Such is the fact. Grecly and M : - 0 Elrath of course, being the lurge.-t share-holders. This is not a bad illustration of his association principles—he keeps tho solo control* but us each person is interested in the success of tho paper, they work cheerfully, to promote it. Bennett of the Herald is savage enough at the change, which he lms talked about making so long. They have stolen a march on him this time, and be is chop-fallen. OHARLEMAC. k Mist 1 ** New York.—A letter from] the Ho'a. Geo. Briggs received yesterday, says : |y$ "I regret to inform you that our Mint. Bill has ytTimrtd in the Committee of Ways aud as, and they do not intend to report fuv ,r. anil.*' v ’ ‘ skills Thnreduy Morning, April 18, fSilO. LARGEST CIRCULATION! (rf? r l he Daily Mornino News has now r strew- UsUm larger than that of BOTH TUB OTHER DAI- BIER TOGETHER, and consequently is the bust advertising medium. We State this fact in justice to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising public. See first page for our rates of advertising, tty’ Advertisements should be handed in at nn early hour, to insure their uppeurtuicc in the paper ol the next morning. The Steamship Georgia.—We stated yes terday thnt this steamer touched at our Imr on her voyage to California, and received the mails and passengers from this city. She did touch, but did not communicate with the steam er sent down with the mails. The steamer Secretary Matey, Cnpt. Trescott, left our city at II o’clock, 'A. M. uod reached Tybee Light at 2, where she came to anchor, and waited the arrival of the Georgia. About G£ o’clock P. M. the Georgia came in sight, nod anchored about a quarter of u mile ahead of the Secretary Marry, which vessel lowered her boat and sent her mails and passengers towards the Georgia : but before they reached tljat ves sel, she bore away on her voyage, leaving the passengers and mails to return to this city. The failure to connect has occasioned serious dis appointment. Who is to blame we are not pre pared to say. The matter should be looki d into and the recurrence of such unnoyunces pre vented. 'Ihe Gas Works.—The rapid manner in which these works aro progressing, has quite astonished our citizens. On Tuesday, a great day’s work was performed by the contractors. We doubt if a greater amount of work could he accomplished by the same number of hands. Sixteen hundred feet of earth was excavated, tho pipes laid, and the ditches filled up, within the usual waking hours. At this rate, the 1st of July will find our city lit with Gas, and the old lamps, which have for a long period given token of a mature old age, will be permitted to take their , quiet rest among the things that S3 1 " Our neighbors of the Georgian surpris ed us yesterday morning with a whole column of “ Latest News from California,” which we published in the Morning News exactly one week ago to-day, besides several important and interesting paragraphs of news from Rio Janei- ro, Huyti, Buenos Ayres, and other points, which we published on Monday last, bo much for the advantages of a Telegraphic Monopoly. Mr. Hewlett and the Temperance Cause.—This gentleman lias been lecturing for several evenings in our city, to large and interesting audiences. Coming in our midst with nn established charactei, crowds have gone to hear him, and have been delighted. Mr. Hewlett unques tionably has but lew equals, as a temperance lecturer, and must accomplish much good in the department of moral reform, which en gages his time and talents. His discourses are of a character calculated to amuse and instruct, and no one can hear himwithout admitting tho great importance of thecause he advocates. Wo much regret that he tarries in tho city so short a time, us we have no doubt that much good would result from his labors. The meeting last night was well attended, and we have never seen a larger or more res pectable audience assembled on a similar oc casion. Mr. Hewlett’s discourse abounded with wit and suitable anecdotes, aud the audi ence evinced their approbation by frequent hearty plaudits. He leaves our city this eve ning for Charleston, and we bespeak for him n cordial welcome among the friends of temper ance in our sister city. The White Powder.—The Republican of yesterday noticed the fact that Mr. John Car- RUTHERS, of this city, had succeeded in prepar ing a quantity of the new explosive substance, recently discovered by Mr. Napier, of Swan sea, Wales, and by him communicated to the Scientific Institution of thut town Yi sterdav, while a workman in the employ of Mr. C., was preparing a quantity of the powder in a mortar, by soino accident it exploded with a loud re port, severely burning the face of the man.— The powder is said to be much more power ful than that in ordinary use. It is composed of ihe following ingredients:—One part yel low,prussiate of potash, well dried; one part sugar, well dreid ; two parts choloride of pot ash. These materials .are finely ground sepa rately, and then intimately mixed. State Agricultural Fair.—We under stand says the Macon Messenger, that the committoe selected at tho last Agricultural Fair, to determine upon tho time and place of holding the next exhibition, met on Friday last, and fixed upon Atlanta as the place,and the 15th day of August next, as the time. Thu citizens of Atlanta through their public authorities, guaranteed to the committee ten acres of land, and the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to be expended in tho construction of buildings, and for The defrayal of tho necessary expenses of tho fair. We have no doubt the committoe have acted wisely and properly in the premises, and that tho selection will prove to he most advantageous to the cause of Agricul ture in the State. Tho committee also unan imously reccmmend, that the fair shall here after be held at such places as may he deter* miped upon, and ns shall offer the greatest in ducement to the society. Notices of New Hooks. I I kite-Jacket: or the World in a Man of War. By Herman Melville. New York: Harper ft, Brothers. Tho author, who has gained nn enviable rep utation by his Tvpee, Omoo, and other works of Fiction, gives u«, in lieu of a preface, the statement that in 1843 he shipped as an ordi nary seaman on hoard of a U. S. frigate then lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean, and tlmt his experiences on hoard thnt vessel are incor porated in the present volume. From this we might infer that he expects the reader to take what he has written ns u narrativo of fucts, but we apprehend that few will regard it—however authentic it may he—in any other light than as a delightful romance in which the author lias given free scope to his^upei ior powers of des cription and graphic delineation of character. It is enough to say that tho production is wor thy the author of Omoo. Miscellanies. By J. T. Headley : Authorised edition. New York : Baker & Scribner. This is a collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Reviews by Mr. Headley,published under his sanction and authority. Some publisher having taken the liberty of putting forth a vol ume of his writings without his knowledge or consent, is charged by the author with having done him great injustice, and the volume be fore us is published in self defence, with a view to protect his reputation from injury, aud the public from imposition. He complains that many of tho p ipers contained in the spurious collection are unfinished nn.d that others were never written by him. Mr. Headley’s books have found popular favor and have been very generally road,though we confess that we are not am mg his most ardent admirers. The present volume contains several of his best productions, among the rest a very just review of Gris wold’s ‘‘Prose Writers of America,” in which that industrious Book-Joiner receives merit ed castigation. The History of England from the Invasion of Julias Caesar to the abdication of James the Second. By David Hume, Now York: Harper & Brothers. We have received the first and third volumes of the Harpers’ cheap edition of Hume. It is uniform with their Cheap Library edition of Macaulay’s History, which takes up the subject where the former leaves off. They will form together a complete work of unrivalled interest and morit as historical compositions. Posthumous Works of the Rev. Thomas Chal mers D. D., LL. D,, vol. IX. Edited by the Rev. William Hanna, LL. D. New York : Harper & Brothers. This volume of this popular series contains Lectures on Butler’s Analogy, on Palky’s Evidence, Notes on Hill’s Lectures and vari ous addresses. 2'he Life oj John Calvin By Thomas II. Dyer, New York: HarperSf Brothers. This is a reprint of the latest English Biog raphy of tho great Reformer. The author hus addressed himself to his task in a spirit of mod eration and impartiality, and hus availed him self of all the authentic materials within his reach. Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord. By Rich ard Chenevix Trench, M. A. New Y'ork : D. Appleton & Co. This is a judiciously arranged and very elab. orate commentary on tho Miracles, in which the author, who is a professor of Divintv in King's College, London, has displayed much learning and research. It is certainly a very valuable addition to Theological literature. Women in America: Her Work and her Re ward. By Maria .1. McIntosh, author of “Charms nndCountei Charms” “To Seem and to Be,” &e. New Y'ork : D. Appleton, & Co. Miss McIntosh is a Georgia lady who for several years past has made New York her home, and has given to the world, besides the works above men-ioned, many exquisite minor productions,which have won for her a high place in the esteem of the literary world. The little volume before us is a very pleasant ami instuc- live one which cannot fail to do good. We cordially endorse what the N. Y. Evening Mir- or has so justly said of Miss M. and her new volume. “She is” says the editor, “no tran scendental dreamer, who seeks to elevate her sox above the sphere in which the Creator placed her ; and yet she claims for women the highest “work” and highest “reward”. She yields the fact, which no true woman ever denied, of the physical and political subjection of tho “gentler sex,” wtiile insisting upon her social and moral equality with the rougher hall of creation. She rejoices in the exemption of woman from the conflicts of the battle field, and tho strife of tho political arena ; and pla ces her lot among the duties and affections of the fireside, where she never fails to find hap piness in proportion to the depth and purity of Iter own domestic devotions. Tho New York Commercial, high authority in such matters, is not less decided in its com mendation of the book, which, says the editor, "contains many good and noble sentiments, and counsels that any lady may study, and practical ly illustrate in her demeanor, with honor to herself and profit to her associates. YVe have given these extracts in preference to what wo might say ourself in order that Miss McIntosh’s friends, here, may know in whutesteem she is held as a writer, in literary circles, in tho great metropolis. Modern Literature and Literary Men. By George Gilf:llan New York: D. Apple- ton & Co. - Two handsome volumes in the Appleton’s superior style of letter-press. Tie nuthor whose first work with the same title was so well received ly the literary public in England and in this countiy, has given us in the hook be fore us a gallery, of portraits of eminent literary men of both countries. The sketches are well written and mainly just itt their appreciation, while the tone is somewhat more subdued and the stylo of criticism more discriminating than in his former work. Ned Allen, or the Past Age, By David Han na. New Y’ork : Harper & Brothers This romance takes its place in Harpers Li brary of Select Novels, of which it makes the 138th volume. It begins in tho good old fash ion—“Toward dark, upon a dry chilly Octo ber evening, in the year 1778, a stranger, ap parently about fifty years of age, rode slowly up to the Lesley’s Arms Inn, in tho small town of Aulton in Scotland,” Jfcc., &c. How that opening sentence reminds one of the wavorlv series. How sugge-tive are they tff truthful days, long autumnal evenings, bright blazing fires, and tho lovely and dear ones who listen ed us we read 1I1030 ntagic pages, and whose hearts beat responsive to our own with the emotions of joy or sorrow excited by the deeply interesting narrative. The Mestico, or the War Path tfiid its inci dents. By YV. C. Hodges. New Y’ork : IV. H. Graham. This is an interesting nnuvolette, from the pen of a young gentleman of Columbus Geot- gia, and is founded on incidents in the Creek Indian disturbances of 1836. Jim Henry, the well known Chief of that day, figures as the hero of the Sli>ry, and many of the leading events of the time are ingeniously and effective ly interwoven in the narrative. The above books are to be had at tho Book store of Mr John M. Cooper. Gas Fixtures.—We desire to refer our readers to the advertisement of Mr. Crans ton, in another column, who, it will he seen is prepared to supply gas fixtures in every variety. We will soon have the gas and it is well t-.i be gin in lime to prepare for if The Webster Trinl. The following article, which we copy from thnt excellent paper, the Newark Daily Adver tiser, accords so well with the views which we have already expresed in relation to the move ment now going on to interpose popular sym pathy ill behalf of Prof. Webster, that wo are induced to republish it. Tho editor of the Advertiser speaks as becomes an editor, who is in favor of preserving the safe-guards of society, and who is opposed to granting impunity to rank and position. No one will deny, that had Prof-Webster been a man from the humbler walks of life, with rho same circumstances, and the same weight of testimony against him, we would never have heard of exceptions to the proceedings in his case by the press, or of peti tions and appeals in his behalf, out of the city ol Boston. In such a cuse, any interference will, the authorities having jurisdiction in the case, hv the press, or citizens of other communities, would have been considered highly indelicate and improper. The Webster Trinl.—We understand thnt Attorney General Clifford, is preparing a reply to the strictures made in other cities upon the manner in which the tiial of Prof. Webster was conducted.— Boston Transcripl, Wednesday. Such appeals from judicial judgments to pop ular feeling, are fraught with mischief. If such an appellate power is to he recognised, there can he no security lor the steady administration of justice, and every established tribunal known to the laws, must bo continually exposed to overthrow. In a thousand wavs influences will be invoked to overrule the decrees of justice, until all the securities of person and property will he utterly destroyed. It is but the other day that a jury in Kentucky Wits burnt in effi gy for not convicting a prisoner, and popular sympathy is now invoked in another quarter to overthrow a verdict of conviction. Earnestly do we deprecate such innovations. Nothing could sooner shake public, confidence in our institutions, than the admission of this right ol popular interference with the adjudica tions of the com ts. Let it once he fully under stood, thnt their decisions must, be made sub ject to public opinion, and the Legislature may as well abrogate the whole system of laws and judicial tribunals, and leave questions of right and justice to be settled in mass meeting by a show of hands. If the ultimate decision of lawsuits, the interpretation of law, and the ad ministration of justice, are to lie dependent on a popular vote, let that vote be given directly and immediately, and the whole cumbrous ma chinery of the courts which now stand between itund its object, be done away. The statement of the Transcript in relation to the Attorney General, we are glad to see, since these paragraphs have been in tvpe, is thus contradicted by yesterday’s Courier: We understand that Attorney General Clit- ford is not preparing a reply to the “strictures made in other cities,” and that the learned gen tleman concurs in the general sentiment preva lent here among intelligent persons, that in ali the strictures made in other cities upon tho maimer in which the trial of Prof. Webster was conducted, 1 there has not been one made yet which should call for a reply from him. Mr. Clifford’s management of the trial lias received the approbation of every one here, whose pra se is worth huving, uml it mutters little to his name or fame, whether certain lawyers und editors of New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—men who go for admitting ali doubts, and for shutting out uil testimony—are vexed, and seemingly astounded at the result of the trial. Another Murder.—The Alabama Patriot states that John Sinalien was shot iu the neck un the night of the 7th init., in Alabuma, by a man named Hiram Woodall, and died of the wound in a few minutes. Woodall delivered himself up, and upon investigation was com- mited to await his trinl at the next term of Ba ker Superior Court. rl 6 „ ■> l,tgea *e m the S 1 he Glasgow Examiner relates a cu«o ‘ ,1 ed by tlat most respectable uuthoriiv'" r young woman named June Curri k u|- 1 been 11 confirmed paralytic cottfim d p, 1 " , 1 for eight years, that hus'been cornnletek-" ' t ' 1 by tho application of air vessels, on the * l ll|v ^ of cupping on tho back ( without blood) and taking no medicine. Her actl "? been restored toils proper position, nndU. weeks treatment, was enabled to wall- k Experiments can easily be made to te st reel ness of this mode of treatment f, lr „ ,1 winch generally bullies the skill of 0Ur J'Z" merit physicians, if there is any tiatl, T statement, it cannot bo two widelv know'" ““ too soon. • ""itinr Manufactures.—The Montgomery \ 1 user states tlmt there are now in the Columbus, Gu., nine or ten extensive and two or three in process of construS' I hose of more particular interest, are tW I Island paper-factory, on the Alabama 1 • the river, about two miles above tl„. ot r Columbus, and tho tub and bucket f„ ? " f within the limits of the city. The f ormer extensive establishment, inamifn,-turner ' tor the press alone, so fur, hat it will smm cTm mene.e the manufacture of letter, foolscap Z alter vnnet.es.^ Large quantities are alrinpedu New Orleans Mob.le, Montgomery nnd* other towns in this and adjoining State- tv’ notice it is very highly spoken of in the ZZ he tub and bucket factory j g the only,, , of the kind in Columbus ; in fact there very few- any where in the South. They fac.ture here, large quantities of these article, which find a ready sale throughout the 8ouil,' ern States. The other establishments are of cotton go,ah of which there are five; of woollen, there are two, and fer the preparation of cotton rnp c one. Flour is ulso made at two mills in Colum’ hus. We are glad to h orn that they are all en- gaged in maft profitable business. There is no town in the South, if we except Augusta, which can boast of so many facilities fin- manufacturers, us Columbus, aud should there he a proportionate increase in the lutnr,. that city will soon be considered the Lowell of tiie South. From tho Boston Traveller of Friday. Arrest of a Desperate Young House Break cr arid his Female Accomplice.—Since (be 1st of March last, accounts have been received at the marshal’s office of no less than eighteen houses in the vicinity of Boston, which have been broken into and robbed. Iu many of these robberies a man and woman of suspitiuus ap pearance. were seen lurking about, and were described to the police. The description of the man answered in some cases to that of John Dunnakin, a well known housebreaker, who was, in September, 1848, sentenced to three year’s in tho stutes prison, for storebrenkitig. While on trinl, a juryman identified a coat 011 his back as one that was stolen from his house, but for this he was nut tried. He was pardon ed by tho Governor and Council, in January, 1849, when ho hud about eight months to serve. Alter his pardon, he one day very impudently swaggered into the marshal’s office,and thus the police were made acquainted with the fact of his being at large. After accounts of the out of town robberies began to come in, the marshal remarked that he had no doubt that Dunnakin was connected with the matter. On Wednesday a search- warrant was procured, and at four o’clock yes terday morning, officers Heath, Ham, Warren and Whiting, pioceeded to Alvalt Dunnukin’s bouse, Bookliue street, where John resided, and found young Dunnakin abed. A search was instituted, arid in the trunk of a girl mim ed Mary Ken field, was found a large lot of mis- cellanoons articles, supposed to be the fruit of many a house breaking expedition. Dunnakin and the girl Kenfield were taken in to custody, and the articles found cairied to the houses robbed for identification. In several cases they were identified, among others, about $150 worth of jewelry stolen from the house of Mr. J. Stedman, in Newton, on Tuesday lust. Dunnakin.' in height, is about five feet nine inches, is twenty years of age, with grnv eyes, yellowish hair, complexion rather dark. He is of slender build, and when not intoxica ted mnkes 11 very good appearance. They will he examined to-morrow on .1 charge of breaking into the house of Maria II- Phelps and John J. May-, of Dorchester. Joseph Stedman, Geo. Hyde, und Silas A. Nash, «f Newton. The vnlueof articles stolen from these houses is between $400 and $500. First Towns in America.—Tho National Eia relates the following curious facts,which will l-o news to some of our readers: “It will seem curious to those who are not aware of tho fact, that the first towns built by Europeans upon the American continent, were St. Augustine, in East Florida, and Santa Fe, the capitol of New Mexico. The river Gila was explored before the Mississippi " ai known, and gold was sought in California l |,n ? ere the first, white man hud endeavored to M a home on the shores of New England. 1 here are doubtless trees standing within the fallen buildings of ancient Panama thnt had not com merced to grow when the sites of Bostonian New Y’ork were covered with the prime'® vv ildertiess. ” Pray Or Die.—On Tuesday night, u perse” was committed to jail in Northampton, and ph' cod in a room with a maniac, who had been cm fined there tempornrilv, previous to his hetag token to the Insane Hospital, at Brntilri’ 11 ]"' After the new coiner had “turned in” f” t , il night, his crazy chum rudered him up, tnlnntw to dress himself, and then make a prayer, " he would choke him to death. There was"" way but to obey, and after milking what lie s 11 ! posed to be a sufficiently long prayer, he f, ”I’ ped His inquisitor told him to keep on, a” he actually kept him praying all nigh" poor man was not relieved until the jailer ‘ J ried in his breakfast. A Great Defaulter.—The loss snst’im'' by the Globe Assuranco Company, f aim the recently discovered defalcation 011 of the clerks, the manager of the Olympic a' Marylebone theatres, will, it is said, amount t $250,000 or $300,000. Stephen H. Weed, a pupil of tho N ■ York Free Academy, has received the api’" 1 ment of Cadet for West Point. He wa3 lected by the Faculty of the Academy ‘ |l the most distinguished scholars of the tution, agreeably to the conditions, b T1 P° ed by tho Hon. James Brooks who bar! gift of this Cadetship. f "‘