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THE MORNING NEWS, BY JOHN M. COOPElt. WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, BDITOB. t e a m s: Daily Paper, $4,00::::: Tri-weekly, .$B 00 All new Advertisements appear in iotli paper!. A Coon Hunt In a Fency Country. BY MAJOR JOSEPH JONES. ’Tis really sstomshin what a monstrous sight of mischief there is in a pint of rum. If ono of ’em was to be submitted to o analizatlou, as the doctors call it, it would be found to contain all manner of devilment that ever entered tho hod of man, from cussin and etealin up to murder and whippin his own mother, and nonsense enuff to turn all the men in the world out of their senses to boot. If a man's got any badness in him, it’ll bring it out jest as sassafras tea does the measles, and if he'sa goodfor nothin sort of d feller, without no bad traits in pertickeler, it’ll bring out all his foolishness. It affects different people in different ways—it makes sbme men monstrous brave andfull of fight, and some it makes cowards—some it makes rich and happy, and some poor and misera ble; and it has a different effect on different people's eves—-some it mokes see double, and some it makes so blind that they can’t tell themselves front a side of bacon. One of the worst cobis of rum-foolery that I’ve heard of for a long time tuck place in Pinevillc last fall. Bill Sweeny and Tom Culpepper is the two great est old coveys in our settlement tor coon huntin. The fact is, they don't do much of anything else, and when they cant ketch nothing you may depend coons is scace. Well, one night they had everytU' "ddy for a reglar hunt, but owin to some extro gon tin, Tom had gota'pocket-pistol, as he culled t Mar old Jimmaky.tokeep off the rumatics. at. a good startm horn, they wentout on the i-mt, with their life-wood torch a blazin, and the dogs a barkin and velpta like forty-thousand. Every now and then stoppln to await for the dogs, they would drink one another’shealth, till they begun to feel very comfor table, and chatted away bout one tiling and another, tliout mindin much which way they was gwme- Bimeby they cum to a fence. Well, over they got, thout much difficulty. •• Who’s fence is this 7” scs Bill ft * Taint no matter,” scs 'I oui; “lets take sutnin to Titer takin a drink they went on, wonderin what on veath hud cum of the dogs. Next thing they cum to was a terrible muddy branch. After pul- lin through the briers and gettin ou tother side, the tuck another drink, and after gwine a little, wavs they come to another brunch, and a little further they cum to another fenco — a monstrous high one this time. “Whar upon yeath is wo got to, Culpepper 7" scs Bill; I never seed sich a heap of branches and fen ces in these parts." , , , “ Why,” ses Tom, “it’s all old Sturlins dome— vou know he’s always bildin fences and makin infer nal improvements, as ho calls ’em. But never mind— we’s through ’em now.” ii Tim devil we is,” ses Bill; “ here’s the nlliredest tall fence yet.” Shore enough, thar they was, right agin another fence. By this time they begun to be considerable tired and limber in the gints, and it was sich a terri ble high fence—Tom dropped the last piece of the torch, and thar they was in the dark. ii tlow you is done it,” says Bill. Tom know’dhohad, but thought it was no use to grieve over spilt milk, bo ses he, ii Never mind, ole hoss—cum ahead, and I’ll take you out," aud the next ininit kerslash he weht into ^BUMiung on to the fence with both hands like he thought it was elewin round to throw him off. « Hellow, Tom," ses he, “wharin the world is you got to?” •• Here I is,” ses Tom, spoutin the water out of his mouth, and coffin liko he’d swallowed something “Look out, thar’s another branch here.” ii Name o’ sence, whar is we 7” ses Bill. “If this is’ntafency country, dad fetch my buttons.” “ Yes, and a branchy one too I” ses Tom ; “ and the highest and deepest and thickest that I ever seed in my born days.” “Which way is you7” ses Bill. “ Here, rite over the branch.” The next ininit in Bill weDt, up to his middle In the branch. “Cuinahed,” ses Tom, “ and let’s go home.” »Oum thunder I in such a place as this, whar a man hnint raore’n got his cote-tale unhitched from a fence fore he’s over head and ears in the water I” After gotta cut and feelin about in the dark a little, they got together agiu. After takin another drink, they sot out for home, cussin the fences and the branches, and hclpin one another up now and then ; but they hadn't got more'n twenty yards fore they brung up allstaudm in the middle of another branch. After getin through the branch and gwine bout ten stops, they found themselves spang up agin another “ Dad blame my picter,” ses Bill, “if I don't think we is bewitched. Who upon yeath would bild fences all over creation this way 7” It was bout aower’s job to climb this one, but after they got on top they found tho ground on tother Bide thout much trouble. This time the bottle was broke, and they cum monstrous near having a tight bout the •catastrofy. But it was a very good thing, it was, tor after crossing throe or four more branches, and climb- ill as many more fences, it got to be daylight, and they found out that they had been climbin the same fence, and wading through the same branch, all night, not more’ll a hundred yards lrom whur they first cum to Till Sweeny ses he emit nccountfor it no other way • but thut the ltcker sort o’ turned ther beds, and lie * «ea he does really blleve if it hadn’t gin out they’d biu climbin that same fence and fltninderta bout in that same branch till yit. Bill promised b is wife to jine the Temperance Society if sho wont never say no more bout that Coon Hunt. Right! of Slaveholder! Maintained.—Oil Friday af ternoon Walnut street, in Cincinnati, wus the sceno of universal excltelnent,, Four men from the city of Covington, went over toie river in search of a fu- f itive slave.- They found him near the comor of ifth and Walnut, and two seized him by the anus, While one walked in-front and the other In the rear. One of tlie men drew a bowie-knile ; tho one in the rare drew a pair of pistols, and thus tho cortege tra versed Walnut street to the river. The negro strug gled much to release himself, and was knocked down once or twice. No attempt waa made by the crowd thut followed to rescue the man, because the men who owned the scoundrel were well armed. A largo mass of people attracted by the unusual sight, to - lowed in the rear. The negro was resisting and call ing for help—but his captors hurried him on without interference to the river. At tlie foot ot Walnut street the ferry-boat, which had been in waiting, loos ed her fastenings as tlie captors approached, and as soon ns they were on board, pushed into tho river. When fairly under way, those on board gave three cheers, and the boat and her passengers with the ne gro and liis captors, pussed over to the Kentucky Good! we are delighted to hear that tile rights of tho slaveholder have been recognised by the abolition portion of tlie population of Cincinnati at. laBt. Unite force compelled them to succoinb, however, and the fear of receiving an ounce or two of lead in their worthless carcasses, prevented the villain* from enr- ying out their piratical intentions.—Louisville Jour. Commerce. The French at Rome. The unfortunate expedition to Home appears to have cost the French army a greater loss from fever than on the field of bnttle. From official returns, just published, it appears that, between the months of June and December, 18-19, no lesa than 14,848 eoldiera were attacked by tlie marsh fever of Home, and that 781 of those attacked died. The wretched condition of tho soldiers, who, for sev eral months, were allowed to remain without either bed or covering, appears to have been the chief cuuse of the prevalence of fever to so great an extent. At one period more than-one-eighth of the whole army was in hospital, and the average mortality was exact ly five per cent. Thefevers were of the same kind as those which prevail amongst the French troops in Africa ; but it is worthy of remark that miasmatic fever is daily becoming less frequent in Africa, from the attention to drainage, &c ; whereas to all human appearance, it will never disappear from tho Ctun- pagimRomuna under the fostering care of the church. Ohio Marble for the Washington Monument.—The Ohio State Journal states that a block of Ohio mar ble,.from the Xenia quarry, 4 feet long, 2 feet high, and 14 inches deep, will be presented by Gov. Ford, in behalf of the State of Ohio, to the Washington Mornmelit. The venerable Judge Burnet, ot Cincin nati, has furnished tlie following inscription, which the Governor has decided to adopt: “Ohio: [Coat ot Anns] The Memory of Washington and the Union of the States. Sunta Ferpetua." Camden.—May 21. Mr. Uriah Williams was bitten by u rattlesnake a tew days since, two or three miles above this place. Having been to market aud return ing home, be stopped to camp, and in attempting to remove a log of wood from the ground, was bitten on one of ins fingers, which caused his death after reaching his home in Lancaster District. The declaration of Mr. Benton in tho Senate the other day, that he “never carried weapons,” is un equivocally contradicted by his own words used last session when he attacked Mr. Butler, of South Caro lina. lie then said that he “had two pistols, which he kept bright inside and bright outside, sir; and when he fought, he fought to the funeral, Bir.” Be sides, Mr. Benton has had several fights during his life, and always with deadly weapons. It is well known that he carried weapons in his tour through this State last summer, and frequently carried armed bullies with him into political meetings, as he after wards boasted.—Missouri Courier. remained there until half post 1 one o’clock. They left at witness’s request The defendants had not time to go to die mill before witness heard the alarm of fire. Here the testimony was closed, and tho presiding Magistrates announced that they would make their decision this morning at 9 o'clock. Death of Mr. Moses Unstinan. ltbncomosour painful duty this morning, td re cord the death of Mr. Moses Eastman, one of our most estitnuble citizens, who difcd yesterday morning at his residencerin this city, after on illness of only a few hours. Mr. Eastman was a native of New Hampshire, but had for many years conducted a large and successful business in Savannah. Upright in his dealings, warm in his friendships, and ardent in his affections, he has lotto cherished wite, and many admiring friends to deplore his sudden and untimely death. We understood that one of the lust acts of his life was to contract for tlie erection of a church on Ogle thorpe Square, to be presented to tlie Religious So ciety of which he was a member. His munificent design, we are happy to learn, will not he frustrated by his deutli. Death of Mr. Iteilly. It is our painfnl duty to record the death of Mr. Philip Heiily, a highly respected merchant of our city, who died of consumption, at his residence, yes terday afternoon. Mr. Reilly hud been in delicate health for some months, but was able to transact business til! within a few days past. Mr. R. enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who know him, as a man of spotless integrity and amiable disposition, He has left a wife and an interesting family of chil dren to lament his, to them, irreparable loss, besides a large circle of friends and acquaintances, who will long cherish his memory. Loss by the late Fire in Charleston.—An accurate count shows the number of bales pf Cotton consumed by the late fire to be 6,146 bales, of which 418 were Sea Islands. There were also 418 tierces of Rice destroyed, besides a quantity of Sugar, Molasses, Liquors, and other merchandize, and a portion of the valuable stock of Dry Goods of Johnson, Crews St Biiawley. The number of buildings burnt was twelve. In tho value of the property destroyed, says the Mercury, it is by far the most destructive fire with which Charleston has been visited since the great con flagration of 1838. We stated some days ago that John J. Wel- den had been arrested and committed on the charg of striking a small child, and dangerously wounding it. He wus yesterday brought up for examination before Justice P. G. Thomas, and tho evidence pro duced on the examination fully exoneration Welden from tlie charge—it having been proven that in the scuffle the father struck his own child unintentionally, The defendant was discharged. Saturday Morning, May 25, 184(1- LARGEST CIRCULATION! 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 medium. We state this fact in justice to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising public. JCjjp See first page for our rates of advertising. Advertisements should be handed in at an early hour, to insure their appearance in tlie paper of the next morning. The State, From the. Augusta Constitutionalist. Anguutn—Southern Manufactures. Wo have hitherto noticed the various improve ments which have been made in our city recently, in the manufacturing line, such as one of the most profi table Cotton Factories in the Union, two Flour Mills that will bear comparison with any in New York, a Mnchino Shop, a steam Bucket and Barrel Factory, two Foundorles, &c. We now have the pleasure of announcing a new branch of industry in the South, and in our city, which, from present appearance, promises to yield a good profit to its enterprising pro jector. All who have visited the city, will recollect the building known as the Augusta Theatre. The spirit of improvement lias converted it into another and more profitable use. The ground floor has been con verted into a brewery, and tho second story into one of the handsomest nud best-arranged concert rooms in tlie South. The room occupies the whole space of the building, without pillar or post to interrupt tlie sound, and nasaii arched roof full twenty feet in height. The lower port, with an adjoining building, just erected, is the Brewery. Its enterprising proprie tor, Mr. Martin Frederick, invited us yesterday to inspect its interior arrangements, and test tlie quality of his brewing. He has two samples on tap, one tor shipment, tho other for immediate use. We tasted of both, and feel no hesitancy in pronouncin'' his Beer equal to any brought from the North, and have no doubt when he gets well to work, he will be able to produce an article altogether superior. This Brewery will bo a great accommodation to the surrounding country, lor not only will puchasers be enabled to get afresh and good article, but at u much less price tlum that from tlie North commands. Mr. Frederick will be able to furnish his Beer at Six Dollars, if the barrel is returned, and his establish ment, at present, is capable of turning out two hun dred barrels per week. Gotiman's Granite Flour Mill.—We are pleased to notice the final completion, after many delays, of this desirable and elegant structure. * It is now one of the most perfect establishments of the kind in the United States, and will stand for ages, a monument of Au gusta enterprise, and of architectural and mcchani- since, cal skill. It is built extirely of granite, brought from tho head of the canal, and is u solid and showy edi fice. No expensefeef been spuredinits intexiorstruc- lure and arrangements, to make it do good work. TliepiacmifeH' ia oftli earnest perfect kind, and moves *'^The^BmaH casting» arb from tho excellent Foun dry of Messrs. Neeson*. Titkey, of this city, and are said to l)e equal to any that are brought from any t-uar ter We have had foe opportunity of testing tlie Four turned out ftvwn this Mill, and we are prepared to pronounce it a beautiful article, equal to the best bramls ^W^oantfewsay,withpertoct confidence,feat Au- irusia can furnish from her tufoUerehont Mills feat of iTti Coieman & Co., and feat of Cunhmgham & l-ipton lit kpxQij Flour as uny other oily-in feu united Stltes. - ■ *•• ’•* { Charged with Setting Fire to Winkler’s Mil ( This case was yesterday examined before Justices P. M. Russell aud Thos. Eden. Robert H. Grif- fen, Esq., appeared for tlie prosecution, and John E. Ward, and John W. Owens, Esqs., for fee defend- I ants. The first witness called was Capt. Thomas Haynes. He testified that he was employed at the Mill, and visited it at 10 o’clock on the night of the fire. The fires hud been extinguished ns usual. The mill was much exposed, and could be entered at any time, by any person. It lmd been the resort of loafers in cold and wet weather, who slept near tho furnace. Could not say whether tlie fire had been fee result of accident or design. Amos Webb, lessee of the mill, stnted that fee tire might have occurred from the friction of the machin ery. It had been set on fire several times from that cause. Two or three months ago, a spark from the furnace set it ou fire, hut it wus extinguished before much damage was done. This had frequently been the case, probably some twenty times. Some time ago, from this cause, friction, it had burned for nearly two days. Henry Stark, a watchman, left tlie Guard House at 1 o’clock, and remained in fee Market House until fee alarm of lire was given. He saw the defendants near the mill, mid by request of ti young man, John W. Otto, arrested them, and committed them to fee Guard House. 1>. Garun, a watchman, first saw tlie fire when it was no larger than a lamp. He gave the alarm, but suw no person near the mill. Went towards the mill, aud returned, mid went to fee Guard House to give the alarm. K.John W. Otto, about 17 years of age, emd he heard fee alarm, and went to fee tire. Saw fee defendants come out from between fee mill and tlie store of D. J. Dillon. They walked apparently backward towards fee pump. They did not see witness ns he approach ed them. Witness went towards the fire, and return ed to the vicinity of fee pump, where defendants were. One of the defendants said the' tire increased very fast in so short a time. Frazier asked witness, ii who set the mill on fire Witness replied, he did not know. Witness saw a watchman, und requested him to arrest defendants. Witness supposed defend ants set fee fire because they came from the mill. In his cross-examination, he said he heard one of the defendants say, “ It has not been more than two or three minutes since we have set this building ou fire.” The other replied, “Yes, it has not been much long- There was no other person near fee mill, until fee watchman came. Witness told watchman that lie had heard defendants i peak, but coirtd not under stand anything they said. W. Reilly knew Frazer, and testified to his good character. He knew him to have extinguished a fire on witness’s premises, on Spring Hill, some time Thought him incapable to commit on act of this kind. , ’ A. G. Porter, of Effingham co., knew Mercer, mul had been in witness’s employ about two years. He bore a good character, and was entrusted wife wit ness’s business, and considered him an honest aud re spectable mall. Defendant had a good reputation in Effingham co, where be resided for some years. Joseph C. Edwards, of Effinghom co., knew Mercer for the past four or five years. Defendant is now in his employment. His character is good. Mercer came to Savannah wife witness's rafts. They lay at fee month of fee Canal, west of fee mill burnt. Mercer had charge of tlie rafts that night. Owen Reilly—keeps a bar-room ou West Broad Street, known ns Oglethorpe Hall. Both defendants came to his bar-room about 11 o'clock that night, and The Compromise. The Southern Newspaper Movement. The Wash ington Union, noticing tlie article of the New York Herald, to the effect that the late Southern address, proposing to establish a central Southern paper at Washington, was but the beginning of a movement similar to that which produced the separation of the American colonies from the mother country, (in other words, which may ultimately lead to disunion) says of those who signed it:— » Already some of them have disclaimed the state ments contained in fee address, which wus published in a manner to create fee bt-lief that they approved it, when, in fact they had never seen it. We feel confident that the great body of those whose names have been used to give sanction and support to this movement, harbor no design hostile to the peace and permanency of the Union ; for surely not one ot them could believe for a moment that he would car ry with him uny considerable portion of fee South em people." We arc not surprised at the statement contained in fee first sentence of the Union’s paragraph. On tho contrary, we were much astonished to see the names of two or three gentlemen whom we might mention appended to fee address; it being fresh in our memory when they utterly repudiated any “ agi tation” as they called it, of this slavery question at the South. We have in our mind’s eye one of the signer: in particular, who not only denounced the movement to establish a Southern press at Washington in 1848, but ordered his name stricken from the subscription list of the Western Continent, on fee ground thut fee course of that paper, in keeping the people of the South advised of the progress of the Abolition move incut at the North, was highly reprehensible, und not to he tolerated. The gentleman alluded to took par ticular exceptions to tlie “ Letters from Georgia Massachusetts,” published in fee Continent, and de nounced fee course of the paper itself us being cul ciliated to “ exasperate the North.” Wlint good is to he effected by a paper at Was iugton now, that might not have been effected then or what necessity there exists now tor appealing ti fee people of fee South on tins question, that did not exist at and previous to that time, we are unable discover. Ou tho contrary ws could advance many reasons why much more could have been eflecte then tiian now. If reason and argument were of any avail at any time, it were certainly better they should have been resorted to in an earlier stage of fee contro versy. • The time was when wo believed feat an indepen dent Southern press—a press entirely disconnected wife political parties, and which would scrupulous ly devote its columns to fee dissemination of impar tial truth in regard to tlie movements of men und parties, in connection with this subject—that would serve as a reliable medium through which to colteen- trute and diffuse Southern sentiment and opinions, and vindicate Southern Rights—would bo of essential service to tlie' whole country. We believed that such a press was needed, to unite fee people of fee South, and to prepare them to think and act in union and harmony on a question so deeply affecting their mutual rights and interests. We saw fee efforts that had been made by pnrty men and party presses suppress fee truth aud to stifie public opinioti at the South, for tho purpose of promoting the unity of par ty. We believed feat feia course was destined to work irreparable injury, not less by lulling the people of the South into a false security, than by deceiving the reasonable men of the North os to fee true sentiment of the Southern people ou fee Slavery question. We believed that fee deceptive calm at tlie South would be interpreted into apathy by tho North, and that Northern aggression would be emboldened by seem ing' Southern indifference. Impelled by these couvic- tious, we did not hesitate to rrnse tlie voice of warr ing, regardlesB of the interests of pnrty; and our fel ts to establish, on fee frontier of tlie Southern States, such a press as feat we have described, arc- known to some three thousand, at least, of our fellow citizens of tlie S outh, who gave fee paper their approv al and patronage. But that press did not answer fee ends of tlie political Raiders of fee day. While it wus fee policy of some to openly repudiate it, others lent it a seeming support, at fee same time feat they took measures to destroy it. We soon became con vinced of tlie hopelessness of the task we had under taken, nud sufficiently proved the patriotism anil sin- ceritv of fee professions of politicians to satisfy us feat union and confidence among them onfeismo6t vital question to the people of fee Southern States was out of the question. The slavery question was too potent a means of party excitement to allow it to be made a common stock by feu union of all parties in fee cause of fee South. It was very good Whig or Democratic thunder, but it was no thunder at all un less it could be wielded by the Joves of party. Whether we were right in our views and conclu sions then, we leave fee history oi events to prove. In our opinion, the ground which fee South might have occupied has been lost by our selfish disagree ments. Tlie time has gone by when the Southern people, presenting one indivisible front on this great question, might hnvo demanded in perfect confidence and security, the full surrender of their rights under the constitution. What might have been demanded then, must now be obtained by grace. We have before expressed our views feat fee only step proper for fee South, In tho present aspect of af fairs, is through fee medium of her contemplated convention, or by liar representation in Congress to mutually arrange the terms of compromise to which she can and will assent. The compromise bill now before tlie country, has been fratned witli a view to satisfy fee reasonable demands of all sections—it ema nates from a committee of the ablest statesmen nud pu rest patriots tlie Union can lioust-it has been framednf- a thorough investigation of tho rights and interests involved—and though it may not (as it isimposslile that any measure should) give satisfaction to tlie ex tremes of either section of fee Union, it will, wo think, meet the approbation of the cool dispassion ate judgement of the American people. In its prog ress through the forms of legislation, it may reeeive amendment—and amendment may be needed, but tako it all in all, in view of fee great difficulties which surround the question it is doubtful whether uny nrrangement more acceptable to the whole coun try can be devised. t'-W‘ Tlie steamer Isabel, from Havana, due laBt evening, lind not urrived when our paper went to preBS this morning at 2 o'clock. Hontliern Methodist Conference. St. Louis, May 10.—The Conference met, Bishop Soule only absent, being detuined in his room, it was subsequently stated, by an attack of Asthma. Religious services were conducted by fee Rev. L. Pearce. On motion, fee report of fee Committee on tho Itinerancy, on the subject of petitioning for preachers and the transfers of preachers, was taken up for ac tion. The report was presented in fee shape of res olutions, as follows: «Resolved., Tnat fee practice of petitioning for preachers, eifee: by “official boards” or otherwise, is contrary to fen spirit of our economy, and tends greatly to embarrass the itinerant system ; wo there fore urge our Bishops, preachers fand people to givc- no countenance to this practico for the, future. “Resolved. That we greatly deplore the evil com plained of in reference to transfers from one Confer ence to another, botli on account of fee spirit it in volves,and its opposition to a fundamentall aw of meth odism. For while it has been the general usage to sta tion the preachers within fee bounds of the Confer ence of which they are members, still it is fee gen ius of our system and the law of our Church, that tlie Bishops, as general superintendents of the Church, make Budfdisposition of fee itinerant preach ers as in their judgement will best serve the whole Church. Resolved, That this Conference regards any effort on tlie part of our Annual Conference to control the Bishops in fee propor exercise of the power to trans fer preachers from one Conference to another ns highly improper, rod any want of appreciation of a preacher transferred, on that account, as unbecoming and unkind, and for the honer of Christianity and our beloved mefeodlsm, it is hoped such cases have been of rare occurrence, and may not be repeated. Resolved, That our Bishops be, and they are hereby requested, to give no countenance to a spirit so perni cious in its tendencies: but continue to supply fee whole work as they may deem best.” ’l'lie question having been submitted on each reso lution separately, they' were severally adopted. Bishop Andrew called attention to fee fact, thut though fee Methodist Episcopal Church, South, has near three thousand preachers in its connection, all of whom lmd recourse to fee General Conference in cose of any trouble, difficulty, or grievance, there was not a single case of appeal before fee body. Ho inferred very favorably of their system und their ministry from this gratifying fact. Tlie following are some of the principal elections made during the past season : Dr. Bascom, Bishop. Dr. Sehon, Corresponding Secretary of Methodist Epicopul Church, South. Dr. John Eiirly, Book Agent. Dr. T. O. Summers, fromerly of Southern Christian Advocate, General Book Editor and Editor of Sunday School Journal, Charleston. Dr. W. M. Wightman, sole Editor of Southern Christian Advocate. Dr. Lee, Editor of Richmond Advocate. An additional Conference was formed—Western Virginia. The business wns generally disposed of, though hastened by the prevalence of Cholera Atmos phcrc. The Rev. M. J. Boring, of Georgia Conference, died of Cholera on Saturday before adjournment. Many of the delegates suffered. The Cuba Expedition, A gentleman of Charleston has receives from New York, dated 18th hist., which „ 8 ’“Bet following paragraph: “Mains ft,, The whole mercantile communitv of , alarmed on account of fee expedition Yor k» started ;;o invade Cuba. It is tru“ v‘ 8 ‘"My thill Gen. Lopez and his gallant staff Wt m Ve 7 bite on fee fetli hurt., on board of . It ™!e? of rendezvous, to join themselves to the ?* ^ I he expeditionary force amounts tuW? l,Jt i. men; but 1 am very much afraid that such J w 100 ® terpnse may meet wife misfortune The ( ■ noble e “ at Washington has sent imperative nwt» V<irilUle, ii Gulf Squadron, to stop, at nllhuzards the ,0 the expedition, even sinking them, if it ahnoteT’* 0( ecssary. Morcover.it seems certain th,; .!?' eminent of Cuba lias been informed of the “ e , G “v- places of lauding, which are watched bv W.V rojPclft l To the foregoing I must odd, that tlie “’«■ French West Indin Squadrons, have offered 1 “" 1 vices to fee Captain General of Cuba wh H cepted them. 1 am afraid, therefore, that 7m. a"- patriots cannot escape from such virrilnnc f r iuit will perish victims to their zeal. b ce ’ ,m d they Funeral (invitations. Tlie friends and acquaintances of Mr u Eastman, and of Mrs. Eliza Eastman am ™ S£S to attend the funeral of the former, this n ft M _ Ulntal 5 o’clock, from tlie residence of Mrs Phtt l0011 ’ 14 May 25. Tho friends and acquaintances of Mr p Reilly, and family, and of Mr. Michael J d' 1 ' 111, are respectfully invited to attend the f u „ e r al '!^ r former, from his lute residence on St Janies’ si this afternoon, at 5f o’clock. ™ Ue i May 25. PASSENGERS. Per steamer Jasper, from Charleston—Mr. m. and srvt, Miss Smith, J Flenier, J A Hall u-o ^ CC Pinkney, Rev R Johnson’ Rev W j„ton"S Per steamer Wm Seabrook, from Chariot™ „ Polhill, J II R Washington, Maj R R8ootftTi'tto DeLyon, J Strain, Wood, E P$Sli M $ R Christian, R Jinlay, E Hedge, W D Hurst. Amt r Barden, 2 Masters Polhill, W P Roberts. ’ Washington Gossip. The correspondent of fee Baltimore Sun says : The administration bus now taken distinct ground against fee compromise, and its inffuence will embar rass mid delay that wise und patriotic measure. 1 will not undertake to say that the President will not, with fee aid of the Southern defection, finally defeat the compromise and leave open for agitation the question of slavery in fee territories, aud also fee Texan boundary question. A few days ago it was supposed that tlie President would at least stand ueu trul; but both of fee organs have announced the di- astrous decree that there shall be no adjustment of the question, with fee Executive sanction. I notice as u sign favorable, to the success of the compromise, feat some of fee New Y'ork whig mem bers, though adverse to the Clay scheme, nreequully so to Mr. Seward’s proviso, and to tlie President’s plan. Thus, Mr. Duer brought forward a proposition to fix the Texan boundary and to authorize New Mexico and Utah to form a State government, with a view to admission into tlie Union, as one State. This may possibly be embraced as a compromise scheme if no other one can pass. CONSIGNEES. Per stenmer Jasper, from Charleston— mi RR, Brooks & Topper, Fla ’ Vim Ness, J A Mayer, W Barneti, W ’ Per steamer T S Metcalf, from Augusta-] im M Cotton to sundry persons. r " “ bis Per steamer Wm Seabrook, from Charlestan-p n R, Fla Boat, Yonge & Gammell, R HaberaSm Per schr J H Holmes, from Phi]»delp"has a Greiner, R Habersham & Son, S M Pond VV M w f ley, T R Mills, S 8 Sibley, T 8 Wayne, Scranton Iota ston & Co, N11 Knapp, T M Turner, Swift, Webster, J Webster, R R & Bk Co, B Human Yoi. & Gammell, W Humphreys, W Bucknell, Jr &Vn Brooks & Tupper, N 11 & H Weed, A A Solomons i Co, M A Cohen, S & H Hoyt, W B Giles & Co J M Cooper, U Crasfon Stratton & Dobson, WII May 2 Co, O Johnson & Co, E Lovell, H Mitchell, H Riser WW Stark. ’ °“ r > Per Scar G J Jones, from New-York—Rowlsnd h Washburn, W Bucknell, Jr, & Co, E Reed, I VVMnr rell, S M l’omL A Welles & Co, W Warner, Yonoe k Gammell, Collins & Bulkley, T R Mills, H J Gilbert McCleskey & Norton, J Oliver, J Shatter, A A Solb- mons & Co, R I) Walker, Washburn, Wilder i Co A Haywood. Price & Vender, J Cnrruthers, R. A Lewis CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. May 23 and 24.-852 bales Cotton, 29 do Domestm and Mdze, to H A Crane, F H Welman, Hamilton t Hardeman, Padelford, Fay & Co, E Parsons &. Co, C H .rtridge, Boston & Gunby, N A Hardee &. Co, Washburn, Wilder St Co, Allen, Ball St Co, H Roberts A Welles & Co, Brigham, Kelly & Co. Commercial. LATEST DATES. Liverpool, May 11 | Havre, May 9 | Havana, May 8 Savannah Cotton l>Iarket f May 25. There was but little animation in the market yes* day, and the sales reached 73(5 bales at the followin? prices: 23 bales at 114; ^ at 1H; 421 at \ “ f t. llj; G7 at 1113-16; und 30 at 12cents. AUGUSTA, May 22, P. M. The market today has been quiet, and we have heard of but few trans actions. Buyers show but little disposition to opr- ate, while holders are offering tlicir stocks sparing- CH ARLESTON, May 23. Received the past week by railroad, 5665 bales ; by water and wagons, 1791* bales, together 7155bales (correspondingweeklpt year 3178 bales.) Exported in the same time to foreign ports, 3859 bales ; coastwise, 1040 bales; making the total exports of the week, 4899 bales; leaving on hand a stock of 51,521 bales, inclusive of *2129 Bales on shipboard not cleared, against a stock of 39,518 bales same time last year. The total receipts since our last report amount to 26,358 bales, making a grand total since the 1st ot Sept, to the latest dates of 1,894,844 bales, against 2,543,985 bales the same time last year, and 2,092,613 bales the year previous. Yesterduy, buyers evinced a fair disposition to operate, but owing, perhaps to a somewhat increased firmness ou the part of holder?, the transactions came up to only 900 bales, without any actual change in prices. Making thetotal sale? of the week 4109 bales. Extreme quota tions It* to 12$ cents. GRIFFIN, May 23d, 1850. We continue the saffi quotations as last week, viz : From 10J telljcero- Our receipts are very light, not averaging over 1W hales per week, and very little oflermg from Ware houses. The President’s Plan- Official Announcement. Tlie National Iiitelligen. cer declares itself in favor of the President’s plan of settling tho territorial and slavery difficulty, as recommended in his message of tho 21st of Janua ry lust, viz : “The admission of California into fee Union ns a separate and dependent measure, leaving fee residue of our newly acquired territories subject to existing laws, till they should respectively form State governments and apply for admission also.” Tho Washington Republic of Monday, also refers to fee plan for fee purpose of correcting an impres sion thBt sqcms to have got abroad, that fee President now wavers or has wavered, in his opinion on that sub’ect. It says: “This, we are well advised, is unfounded in fact He remains, and it is proper the public should un derstand that he remains, firm in tlie opinion thut tho course of policy which he recommended was, and is, under all fee circumstances, fee best prac ticable, mid that he has never for a moment chuuged or modified feat opinion.” The Cotton Chop.—The Griffin Jeffersonian of Thursday says—“We on yesterday conversed wife a gentleman reliable for his judgment und accuracy, who has been travelling for several years past, and who has just returned from a tour through Middle and Southwestern Georgiu mid Eastern Alubama, and ho informs us feat he never suw so gloomy a prospect for a cotton crop in his life. From all we can learn we arc induced to believe that under no circum stances cun fee crop of this year be as large us feat of lust.” T.’jif In fee House of Representatives, on Monday lasL Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, asked fee unanimous consent of the House to introduce a series ot resolu tions providing for the adjournment, sine die, ot the preseut session pf Congress on Monday, tho 15th of July noxt, at 12 o’clock precisely. L '“ » eal1 ol * e House, fee motion wus lost—yeas, 67; nays, 114. rgp The Dublin Irish Journal states feat several Roman Catholic curates, from fee county of Limerick, areabontemigrating to America-one from Adair and another from Ellin, bad already left. |3^* Tcdesco was hissed a few nights ago by a Bos ton audience, for laughing over fee body nr a man uperatically deud. 'l'lie corpse stubbornly refused to hold its head hutiri a certain position, which excited tho lady’s risibility. Shipping .Intelligence. PORT OF SAVANNAH. - • - MAY 21. p OUT C A DEW DA It. moon’s phas E 8. Fet qr. 18th, lOh. 44n Fll Mn, 25th, Last qr. 4th, 5h. 37m., in. I New Mn. 11 6h. Irn., a. | Fll S 0 N May. Rises. Sets. 1 85#. H. M. H. M. 25 Snturdny,... 4 55 6 58 26 Sunday, .... 4 55 6 59 27 Monday,.... 4 54 6 00 28 Tuesday .... 4 54 6 00 29 Wednesday . 4 54 6 01 30 Thursday,... 4 53 6 01 31 Friduy, 4 53 6 02 Rises, h. m. 6 43a 7 39a 8 31a 9 20a 10 06u 10 50a 11 29a High W«l Morn. H. M. 8 01 8 30 8 37 9 10 9 47 10 22 10 58 815 833 8 53 9 28 1 <« 10 19 111? ARRIVED. Schr G J Jones, Look, New-York, to Ro Washburn. ujver, 3)#" Schr David Belknap, Dexter, Satilla bushels Rough Rice, to G W Anderson ^ A Schr J 11 Holmes, Lodge. Philadelphia. G Steamer T 8 Metcalf, Postell. Augusta, boat. < Steamer 'win Seabrook, Capt Peck, Char^"> Brooks St Tuppor. . - n t0 Brook 4 Steamer Jasper, Dixon, Charleston, Tupper. In fee Offing—Two brigs and a hark. DEPARTED] Steamer Jasper, Dixon Charleuton. Steamer Hancock, Murray, Augusta. Steamer DeKalb, Moody, Augusta. MEMORANDA. 1 Johnson Arrived at Boston, May 20, bug J 1 brig llft ' from Darien, Ga. Arr at Baltimore, ™^y Parker, riettir, Duke, from Savannah; schr uccj ^ from ilo, f —— — | t ^ duillttBB. CUOTHIA 7-^HlTo a variety -;! O d’ Ete Frock mid Dress Uonts, sale5“* b! Drop d’ Ete l’»nts, all & S¥M£^ May 23 J nAIiTIMORE FliOUIt.- 100 bbl ” 1 1) For sale by a m KELLY A < u may 10 BRIGHAM, subscriber reeP^f^i AS FITTINGS, that;he informs the citizens * 0 j- Gas shortly receive a large Wjri®, pbilath'P^i Peneauta, Brackets, &c„ * c ”‘ u Td, he is j Having comnetent X^^fnable to fill any orders ou tho moat rei solicits their 91 pril 17-fin. door to ilamrito.. 4-