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MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN M. COOPEB. W>. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS: DAILY PAPER $4 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00 All New Advertisements appear in both papers. OAVAKrsriUBiB' IHsadhy Morning, April 29, 1850. LARGEST CIRCULATION! ry The Daily Morning News has now a circu lation larger than that of BOTH THE OTHER DAI LIES TOGETHER, and consequently Is the best advertising medivm. We state this fact in justice to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising public. See first page for our rates of advertising, py Advertisements should be handed in at an early hour, to insuro their appearance in the paper of the next morning. Police Court.—On Saturday morning Inst, several individuals who ltopt store in the burnt district, were brought up before his Hon. the Mayor, charged with keeping in their stores more powder than is allowed by the ordinan ces of the city. f Messrs. Cooper & Gilli land, one of the firms, acknowledged the truth of the charge, and were fined $50. The others, were discharged, no proof of a sufficient nature to fine them, having been adduced. Francis Ring was fined $15 and costs, for entertuining negroes on the Sabbath, contrary to tho ordinances of the city, and for selling spirituous liquor without a license. [For the Daily Morning Npwa.l Mr. Editor,—For some twenty years I have beon a reader of the Reports of the Inspector of Dry Culturo to the Chairman of the Committee on Dry Culture, of the City Council of Savannah. Through all the muta tions of men and parties during those years ( the Inspector's Repnrts huve beon in the same strain. After commending those that had attended to their obligations in draining their lands, in observance of their contract, the Re ports invariably go on to say something like thin: “The Lands of A. B., &c., are still in very bad order. The trunk mentioned in my last Report as being blown out, remains so still, &c., and the ditches are very foul.” Now, why did not tho Committeo on Dry Culture, when the first report was made, of the condition of there lands, act, and not leave them for the Inspector to make a second Re port, representing them as worse than before. Again, " The piece of ground lying so and so, is a nuisance. It has been in had order for many years, and if it is not drained it must be come stagnant and unwholesome, &c.” Now' many years ago, why was not this matter attended to by the Commiiteee. The whole system looks like a farce, and I think tha pres ent Inspector hinted as much as that in a report he mode to the Committee at the close of the last year. Let a square of Hutchison’s Island be flooded for three hours, visible to the naked eye of the citizens, on some bright morning about this time of tho year, and what a stir there would be. EQUAL RIGHTS Cy* Another rumor has been circulated in Boston with reference to the murder of Dr. Parkman, namely, that a person has stated that he saw the Prof, throw the “sledge hammer” with which it was supposed that Prof. Web iter killed Dr. Farkman by a blow’ on the head, into Charles River, from Cambridge Bridge, a id can point out the precise spot. Search will immediately be made for it. The man states that when he was going across the bridge, he noticed tho Professor, whom ho knew very well throw something, which wai done up in a news paper, into the water, causing a loud splash as it struck the water. ^Correspond^DC^Ttl^Dal^^tonUng'News^ New York, April 24. 1850. § It is understood that a convention is about to be concluded between the Secretary of State and Sr. De la Rosa, with the object of se otifing to an American company, certain impor tant privileges for tho establishment of a feasi ble plan of transportation across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. The company havealready made arrangements for putting several excellent steamers on this line from the city of New Or leans to the mouth of the Guaacalcos river, steamer suitable for the navigation of that stream has been provided, and a route practica ble (or waggons and mules has been opened between the head of navigation on that river and Tehuantepec on the Pucific. From this Hi point to San Franciso steamers, already running Htfr or to be placed on lines between that port and ■ Panama, will complete the communication. Commodore McKeover has been assigned by the Secretary of the Navy, to the command of the Brazil lian Squadron. Ho reached Wash- ington on Saturday last, having received orders from the Department to repair there for further instructions in regard to that important station, for which be will sail in tho course of the next four weeks. Maysville, Ky., April 18. A. fire broke out in a bath house on Second street, About 3 o’clock this afternoon, which swept some eight or ten tenements on Second and Sutton streets, including the Presbyterian church. All the houses, except the church, were old frames. The Methodist church was on fire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. Mobile, April 19. The British steamer Medway arrived here to-day from Vera Cruz, with 110 passengers and $500,000 in gold dust and specie. She also brings accounts of a destructive firo in the city of Mexico on the 29th of March, in which property to the amount of over half t million of dol'ars was consumed. A tremesi doitj hurricane was prevailing at the time. The steamer Ohio arrived here this morning, but without any late news from California. She brings $120,000 in gold dust. Iler news from Havana is rather of an extraordinary character, but little faith is put in it. Thut there is great agitation there is very evident, but the idea of any party negotiating a sale of tho Island of Cuba to the United States, is simply preposterous. A largo number of tho Spanish nobility have arrived in the Ohio, on their way to Spain, and other parts of Europe. The banishment of Mdmo. Zolow.who iece.it- ly arrived here, has created a good deal of feeling; and unless the present Captain Gen eral be soon suspended, it is very probable, I think, thut many in the United Stntes who have hitherto looked with indifference upon the Cuba question, may be disposed to favor tho revolu tionary movement. There are a large number of influential Cubans in this city, whom, f have no doubt, secretly fr,meat the agitation- many aro rich, nnd possess large plantations there, but being tinged with Republicanism by their residence here, would gladly witness the downfall of the present odions dynasty. Tho Atlantic did wonders, it is said, in her experimental trip, ar,d bets are made that she makes her first voyage in eleven days, from land to land, but I doubt it; though I think that she will run the Cunurders very hard. She is of about 3,000 tons, and cost over $500,000. A groat dinner is to come off at the Irving House on tho 1st of May, in honor of the Cal ifornia Senators, Gwyn and Fremont. It is to be given by soveral California merchants at present in the city, ond will outshine, in splen dor and magnificence, anything of the kind that has taken place in this city for a very long time. I hear that the dinner will be succeeded by a May ball on the same ovening, There is a good deal of dissatisfaction horo, at the Compromise Committee of the Senate, particularly among the out nnd out free-soilers- Of course they won’t go far enough to satify them, but, I have no doubt, tho result will bp agreeable to the Amorican public; the vexed question will at least, be settled for a time, and that will be something gained. The Johnny Bull’s did honor to their patron Saint yesterday, by eating a first rate dinner at the Astor House, doing full justice to the excellent wines, and passing altogether a very pleasant evening. Sii Henry Bulwer was not present, and the British Consul returned thanks in his behalf. The truth is, Bulwer is a con ceited specimen of contomptible aristocracy not the aristocracy one meets with in the Saloons of London, but that bastard imitation hich led to his being kicked out of the Spanish Court. Business is remarkably brisk just at present, caused by the opening of the State Canals. The wholesale housos down town aro thronged, and cartmen have more than they can do. The ho tels aro very full; in fact the city is remarka bly well supplied with strangers, who are seen in our public promenades, in our theatres, con cert rooms, &e. The place which they inva riably visit is now closed—the American Mu seum, as Barnum is making extensive altera tions, and will, when they are completed, have a very handsome and commodious theatre ir. the building. In the meantime he has pur chased the Chinese]Museum, and is exhibiting the curiosities, together with several Chinese of the “ upper ten,” as he calls them, who are said to have arrived here a week or two since, but probably haye been living for some time past in some obscure part of the city, and brought out for the occasion. Barnum has a large Pa goda mounted on a cart, which is drawn through the city daily, as a perambulating advertise ment. It Has a belt attached to each corner, and is quite a pretty musical affair. The “ beau tiful Chinese” lady is young, but I cannot sub scribe to her beauty ; for I dont tkink it possi ble that there could be a pretty Chinese; and her little dumpy feet are the most frightful things I ever saw. However, it takes Barnum, and the people ure going the humbug with a rush. CHARLEMAC. The Compromise Arranged.—The Wash ington correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial says : It is reported that the committee of thirteen have hud a meeting, and have agreed to report a scheme of adjustment, containing tho follow ing provisions. First, A bill for the admission of California and the establishment of territorial governments for Utah and New Mexico. Second. Another bill for the settlement of the Texas boundary question, by a large gra tuity to that stute,guilder ihe name of indemni ty for tho abandonment by her of claims thut have no foundation in troth or justice. Third, Another bill on the subject of fugi tive slaves. Fourth, The abolition of the slave trade in tho District of Columbia. I conceive myself to be perfectly safe in ad opting this rumor for fuct, for such a scheme as this is just that for which the committee was sentout to .form,and if they have not yet formal ly agreed upon it, they no doubt will do so at some time between this and the time when they are expected to report to the Senate. The Washington correspondent of the Phil adelphia Inquirer has the following additional on this subject, nnd says thut it was presumed by Mr. Clay. • The right, of Texas to be divided into four additional stntes, with or without slavery, as the people within them may desire, whenever there is a sufficient population, is to be fully rec ognized. The boundary between Texas nnd New Mex ico is to be adjusted agreeably to the line anti plan laid down in Mr. Clay’s resolutions. The right of tho South to havo their fugi tive slaves dlivered up is to be strongly and emphatically declared. S one difficulty was experiened with regard to Mr Webster and Mr. Phelps, but it is said they finally agreed to support a report based upon these principles. Messrs. Cooper and Berrien are not here— it. is believed, however, that they will offer no opposition. Tho report, of course, is not to go iri for two weeks. Struck with a Fire Ball.—Tho British brig Alcyone, from GInsgow, arrived at Boston on Saturday, reports that, off Cape Cod, while the men were aloft reefing the foretopsail, in the middle of a snow storm, a ball of fire, larger than an 18 pound shot, struck the mainmast, and without any unusual noise, such as an ex plosion, the mast was split in four pieces, and went overboard with all the yards ttnd rigging attached. The Alcyone had previously lost her mizzen-mast. Capital Punishment in Massachusetts. —the following section of a law was introduced into the State Senate on Friday last, and is sup posed to have reference to tho case of Professor Webster “Any person under sentence of death at the time of the passing of this act, will be com mitted to the State Prison, to be confined at hard labor until the expiration of one year frointhe time of his sentence, and until the sen tence of death be executed, and the Governor shall issue his warrant authorizing and requir ing such commitment.” An Embryo King or Spain. — The last papers from Havana contain an extract from a Madrid gazette of the 2d March, of which the following is a translation. “Scarcely anything is spoken or thought: of but • he interesting situation of her Majesty, and the congratulations she receives from all quarters. All the public bodies of every cl uss in Madrid have repaired to the Palace, and if it weie possible for you to transport yourselves to this city, you would witness the great satis faction depicted in the countenance of all tho inhabitants.” The Senate had adopted a vote of felicita tion on that auspicious event. On the same day a deputation ' from the nobility of Spain waited upon the Queen, and a loyal address was delivered. The Queen, in her reply, said: “I receive with tender emotion the expres- sionjof your prayers, that my successor (if Heav en crowns our hopes) may see, from his earliest days, our nation completely restored from the evils it has suffered.” It seems that Her Majesty has already de termined on the gender of the embryo respon sibility. Washington, Tuesday, April 23. The Nicaragua treaty was submitted to the Senate yesterday, and read tho- first time. Its terms are very favorable to the United States. England abandons the protectorate of the Mos quito shore, and admits the claims of Nicara gua and the United States relative to territory and building the canal. - ET The Mobile papers announce that A. B. Meek, E«qr., is engaged in writing the his tory of Alabama- Robbery.—-At Atlanta on Monday night last a chap sojourning at the Tennessee House and calling himself Julius Jackson, en- iced an old man named Foote, into the outskirts of tho city, and robbed him of a note for about two- hundred dollars. The robber has been arrest ed. A correspondent of the Intelligencer sug gests, that a committee be appointed, whose business it should be to enquire once a month, oroftenerif need be, how many and who are the loafing, idling, and vicious characters that infect the city. BP* The bill providing for the election of Prosecuting Attorney by tho people of Penn sylvania, has passed finally. In the Senate there were only three nays. E5r" Commodore Parker, of the United States frigate Raritan, lately arrived at Wash ington from Havana, thinks the fears of a speedy invasion of Cuba aro unfounded. The American Minister at Chili.— Tho Chilians are proud of being considered as resembling the United States in their institu tions and enterprise. Tltey bestowed upon our minister, Hon. Bulie Peyton, on his arri val last February, civilities which evinced the highest respect for his government, and a sin cere desire to be more closely united in sym pathy and association with our people. U. S. Agent at China.—The Washington letter to the Philadelphia North American, says that the President will recommend the diplo matic agency at China—Minister Resident— to be raised to a full mission. The people are impressed with ceremony and distinc tion, and our commercial interests have suffered for the want of more appearance, to give the American embassy the advantages which are enjoyed by other nations. Fatal Railroad Accident.—As the train was leaving Jersey City, yesterday morning for Philadelphia, it run over a cow. One of the passengers put his head out of the car to see the difficulty, when his head Btruck one of the telegraph posts, and he was instantly killed. The Webster Meeting.—The meeting that was proposed some days since, in New York, to endorse the position of Mr. Webster on tbe Calitornia and slave question,has been abandoned, as it might be misconstrued as an offset to the great Clay meeting at Castle Gar den, awhile ago. Loss or one of the Camels.—One of the lot of seven camels which recently passed through Hagerstown from Baltimore, en route for St. Louis, died in the neighborhood of Hancock, ,M<). From-Mexico.—Accounts from the city of Mexico to the 11th ins'., states thut the chole ra had not diminished. It hud appeared at Quoretaro, within fourteen leagues of the cap ital. In some places, ns at Morelia, La Pie- dud Silao and La Luz, the hurricane had driven tho epidemic away. Thus at La Luz there were on Thursday fifty deaths, on Fri day -twenty, and on Saturday not a single one. At Piedad. containing a population of 3000, about 1000 had died. At many other points tho disease was raging, undin some of them very violently. The people of the capital were fearful that it would soon attack them. The Indians continued their depredations in tho State of Chihuahua. They attacked the hacienda of Carmen and u sharp fight took place, in the course of which sotno on both sides were killed. The Committee on Public Credit has report ed a bill for tho regulation of the foreign debt. It provides for a national fund of£10-, 241,658, ut 3 per cent, interest, to be upplied exclusively to the English debt, for which the necessary bonds shall beiasued in London. The new bonds are to be given in exchange for the consolidated fund of 5 per cent., with the con sent of creditors. For the sum of two million dollars a receipt in full is to he given to the United States for tho indemnity due in Muv, 1351,and for u million and a half a receipt is to he given for the amount due in 1852. During the performances of the Indian opera company at Vera Cruz, a most diabolical plot was hatched by some scoundrels. It was noth ing loss than when tho theatre was full to set it and otjier pnrts of the city on fire ut tho same time, ond then to take advantage of the con fusion to rob and plunder with impunity- The conspiracy was fortunately discovered in time, und four or five persons suspected of complici- tv in the affair were thrown into the Custle of San Juan. The Nicaragua Treaty.—The Washing ton Correspondent of the N. Y. Courier says: Tho Treaty with, Sir Henry Bulwer was signed and concluded yesterday, after negotia tions extending through nearly the whole term of the present Administration. In every aspect, both in the advantages secured to the United States and in the happy influence w.hich it is destined to exercise on commerce and civili zation, this treaty is the noblest and highest diplomatic achievement of the age. Great Britain stipulates not to settle, occupy, fortify or exercise any right of dominion Cen tral America or the Musquito coast; in other words, she agrees to surrender the Territorial acquisitions, which were made by virtue of an alledged pro-teotornte to the King of Musqu to. This treaty liberates every part of Central America from British bondage, and attaches that confederacy to the-United States, by the obligations of gratitude and interest. It re-establishes the Monroe doctrine, which was abandoned by Mr. Polk’s administration, on the most substantial footing, by enforcing the American principle more efficaciously than was ever before asserted. It secures the construction of the ship canal connecting the two great oceans, by which more than ten thousand miles of dangerous navigation will be saved, and the transhipment of merohan- dize and produce will be rendered unnecessary, and enlists the capital and co-operation of Great Britain in the immediate advancement of that vast and most important enterprise. The Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, speaking of the alleged abandonment of the Monroe doctrine, by Mr. Polk’s administration says :— This is a great mistake. The Monroe doc trine was twice solemnly avowed and affirmed by the late administration in tho teeth of Great Britain and Spain, on the subject of California and the peninsula of Yucatan, nnd this during an expensive war with Mexico, nnd at a period when a protest of that sort was likely to be at tended by serious consequences. The Irish Exiles.—The arrival of the Irish exiles at Van Dieman’s Land, has already been mentioned. They are located as follows: M’Manus, at Norfolk : Meagher, at Camp bell Town; O’Dogherty, at Oatlnnds; Martin, ntBothwell; and Donughue, at Hobart Town. They are all stated to have sufficient funds for their support, wilh the exception of tbe latter, who represented to the Governor that he was without funds, and requested therefore that he might be permitted to reside at Hobart Town, in order that he might follow his profession of a law-writer. This was granted him. Smith O’Brien obstinately refused to accept a ticket of leave, and was, therefore, on the 31st of October despatched to Maria Island, where he will be under strict surveillance. He had, how ever, an opportunity of first speaking with Martin and O’Doghertv. Georgetown, April 24. We understand that planting generally, is behind hand; and as on the length of the season very much depends the extent of the Cotton crop, we append this, the. first, to the category of accidents, upon which to predicate short crops and remunerating prices. Important from Venezuela.—A letter dated Curncos, March 27, announces that President Monagas had succeeded in making an arrange ment with the English government by which the threatened blockade of the town by Admi ral Dondonald, has been averted. The Venezuelan Government are to pay $800,000, without interest, for the loss of piopertv and imprisonment of English sub jects during the late revolution. The Montesquie Case.—The telegraph announces that the trial of this young man at St. Louis resulted in a disagreement of the ju ry- Elf Sir George Simpson notices in the Mon treal Courier a statement of a Washington let ter some time since to i New York paper, as to his attempting to overreach the United States, in offering to sell them the Hudson’s Buy Company property. He says he should be sorry to think that his reputation for common sense was so low upon tho scale as to need that he should defend himself from this writer' accusation of seeking to sell to tbe United States government property worth “twenty-five thousand dollars” for the trifling advance, above its real value, of only "one million of dollars!” Mr, Baldwin, who sometime ago murdered his own brother-in-law at St. Louis, and was acquitted upon trial, on the plea of insanity, it is stated has since murdered his father Funeral honors to Mr. Csih 8BB ^ The Charleston papers contain full iB( j teresting accounts of the funeral honors pajj " the remains of Mr Calhoun, in tlintcii v l " Thursday and Friday last. We have " room to day for the following extracts fronT Courier. Tho editor says : " l * 111 The obsequies of Mr. Calhoun were • brttted, in this city, yesterday und the da'h' fore, with imposing magnificence and i>, ' sivo solemnity ; and during the whole tiJ.T' city was clad in the habiliments of woe Ti procession formed, on Thursday, to receiv i remains of the deceased, was'tho large., f the kind ever known in our citv—the citi turned out en masse to join it—and there numerous attendance from tho other ns *" the Stut.e and from other States, if, of street through which the procession „„!!!? the temples of religion, the public buildL.r tlic’city, aud the fronts of private dwell; ° were tastefully draped with the emblem. I mourning. On Meeting street, the f ru " ° Hayno street—that great mart and avenue", trade—was closed up by largo sable curtain, and across Meeting street was suspended’ banner, bearing on its several sides, the —“The Nation mourns,” “South C?Ji"‘ mourns.” The Citadel and its Parapets J./ also appropriately dressed wiih streamers .,1 rherosettes, und other funeral decoraii 0 „ banners of the seumen, who numerously »■’ tended the procession, headed by the Rev \\ B. Yates, of the Mariner’s Church, bore th inscription, “The Children of Old Ocean mourn for him, —a most appropriate tribute to the noble efforts of the honored dead, in theunr t 1812, in behalf of “Free Trade and Sailed Rights.” Tne children of the various school* carried banners thirty in number, decorated with the arms and emblems of tho .«■» > Stntes of the Union. During the entire dny, there was a universal suspension of business, public and private- arid closing of stores and offices, of every kind—with even stricter observance than u- sunllv attends the Sabbath. The tailing „f a || the Church bells, the firing of minute guns, by detachments of Artillery, at various points’ and by the Revenue Cutter, off the Battery,the solemn relief the muffled drum, und the plain tive dirge of tho military band, uddeil largely to the funeral character of the occasion. After the Procession was over, the body of the de ceased, enclosed in an iron case or sarcophn- gus. (in which it was brought from Washing, ton,) adapted to the shape, formed of two sec tions, an upper and lower one, and closely screwed together, was deposited under a mug. nifirent catafalque or canopy, at the City Hall, where it lay in state during tho rest of the day, the night and the following morning, until removed for sepulture, under tho charge of a body guard and watch, composed of 200 citizens. While thus lying in state, it was vis ited by vast crowds of our citizens, of all age., sexes, and conditions, going in a continuous stream up the front steps, under the beautiful arches, formed of native Palmettoes and then foliage,and through tho frontdoor, and passing out of temporary passage ways,provided on the west side of the building. The gentler sex, in paying their tribute, threw beautiful and fra grant flowers on the patriot’s bier, and literally covered the sarcophagus with bouquets. Our negro population were also admitted to the priv ilege of visiting the remains of the deceased,- and embraced it in considerable nun-ben. Truly may it be said tbatyoung nnd old, die in telligent and beautiful, the public dignitary and the private citizen, rich and poor, h-j.ad and free, all united in paying the heartfelt tribute of mingled honor und sorrow to the beloved and illustrious dead. The whole ceremonial consti tuted a solemn and imposing pageant,unsurpass ed if not unique in ourland—the arrangements were all of the most exquisitely tasteful and appropriate character, reflecting the highest credit on the authorities and agents, who de signed and conducted them, and the perfect order and reverence preserves throughout, un broken by a single impropriety or untoward in cident, were so exemplary as to excite the ob servation of both citizens and strangers. It was indeed worth living for, to bo thus affec tionately mourned and universal honored in death. Dreadful Calamity and Loss of Life. Cincinnati, April 23. Awful Steamloat Accident—One Hundred Lives Lost 1 .— A terrible steamboat disnater,alv^ tei de.l by fearful loss of life, occurred this morning, about 11110 o’clock. Tho splendid steamer Belle of the West, which cleared from this port, loaded with California emigrants, , bound for St. Louis, hud gone hat a mile be low Warsaw, Ky , when her boiler burster 1 . It is confidently Rsserted that not less thanone hundred persons were burnt to deuth aud drowned. The scene that followed the explo sion is represented ns having been the mosta"- fill ever witnessed on the Western River. The officers saved their lives by immediately jump ing 1 overboard, and swiming ashore. TiieBella of the West wn» owned in this city, nnd insured for $8000. She is said to be totally lost. [another despatch ] [Telegraphed for tho lialtimorc Clipper ] Madison, April 23. Farther Particulars.—An eye witness ta the horrible scene intending the destruction o' the Bello of the West, (which, it appears, "o' burnt, instead of having collapsed her boiler) gives facts in connection with the calamity He says that tho fire wus discovered at about 12<J o’clock, in the hold, when she was imme diately run ashore. She was made last on stago planks run out. Up to this moment the flames had not burst forth. The after-hatch wa« then raised for purpose of getting water into the hold, "j such was the pressure of the flames, that a efforts to quell them were of no avail. - * 8 total number of passengers is estimated at c hundred, among whom were two compare 8 ' 1 California emigrants, and about 30 familm* removing Westward. It is ascertained from I * register thntover 60 souls perished, and p rc ^ ably as many more have been lost, whose ns® f were not enrolled. . , Such waathe progress of the fire, that he 0 the passengers could get out of tho e tatern ,". all communication between the after on and forward part of the boat wus cut 0® , all were either compelled to jump o v f r * or perish in the flames. At the time the “ fell in a lady and gentleman, with a chi his arms, were stending between the cmBi A large number of horses and cattle nearly all burnt to death. Versailles, Ky-, April 1 - ^ Tho extensive bagging and rope iac { J Mess. Graddy & Cotton, at Clifton, ® ^ Kentucky river, was entirely consumed j at 1-o’clock this morning. The loss it 8 ® ted between $20,000 and $‘.’5,000- * e no insurance, 1