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THE MORNING NEWS. HY JOHN E COOpIrT WILLi anTtT'thom~ps on, e PITOR. t e n m s: Daily Paper, ®4,00:::i: Tri-weekly o 2 00 All new Advertisements appear in both papers. PIRATES OF THE INDIAN AKCIII- PELAGO. Between Australin nnd the mainland ot India lies amisland region tlu.t benrs the palm oi beauty troin nil other quarters of the world. It is alone in its ep.m- dor Mid its wealth. Gre<n teles, without number, rise above calm nnd biilliatit waters, in nil diversi ty of outline, hue, and. aspect—now sepuiateil by broad nnd sweeping seas, now clustered in brother hood, nnd only divided by narrow winding chtuinels Conets clothed with rich teitility, and studded with towns and hamlets, meet everywhere the navigator's view Lofty mountains, dim and blue, rear them- selves into the air ; immense valley* and sloping pm - tine-lands stretch on all sides, and the primeval tor- re.tgrows on plains and hills, whore the traveller's foot has never left its impress. Beautiful rivers flow through these green and abundant lands, where grains and fruits And flowers flourish in a profusion only luiowu in Eastern soils. Every diversity of mag- niticence, every rich material of commerce, and eve ry form ot beauty is there to be seen, for in all the world no more splendid region exists than the home of the Indian Islanders, in the remote and glowing East. , Commerce has sought them ns the crown of its ambition, poetry has chosen them as the seat of its wildest fable, nnd innbitionhns selected them for the theatre of daring nnd bloody struggles. All nations that have grown wealthy through trade, have flour ished on the spoils of the exhnustlcss Em t. nnd fancy could revel in no more glittering scenes than those thnt abound among the wild Inman waters, while the conqueror's sword never reaped a richer harvest than from the plunder ot the Spice I-bonis. It is not mar vellous, therefore, thnt in all ages, nnd by nil powers, the supremacy of the further East should have been contended for nnd prized as the rarest privilege oi trade. Accordingly, from the period ol the Portu guese discoveries until the present day, contest lias never censed between the rival nations that have once seized a share in the dominion of the Indian Is lands. Thnt struggle has been carried on through different courses. While the rivals were rich, pow erful, vigorous, and reckless, they fought by laud and sea for the empire ot the Archipelago; when their resources of courage, energy and wealth were weak ened, they concluded treaties of pence—mere hypo critical conventions—and labored in the same spirit through intrigues, conspiracies, and diplomatic notes. In the course of time, patience mid pence became wearisome, utid new wars broke out, until, at the pre- rent dnv, it appear* probable, after n long succession of events, that more than one civilized power is sharpening the sword for a fresh conflict. Of course this frequent interruption of tranquility has retarded trade and civilization at the same time; but there lias been another nnd n more formidable enemy to com merce, on enemy which bus from the remotest period preyed upon its vitals. That great enemy was the piratical system. A glance ntit will show its extent, it--, power, its great nud elaborate organizations, its evils, nnd the impera tive duty which attached tous. toroot up and destroy it, It grew with the growth of time, and became so formidable, that trade, in many quarters of the Arch ipelago. wns swept off tho sens: whole tribes of peace ful people were compelled to adopt in it self-defence, umi it was rising to such rapid elevation, thnt even some European powers became unequal to n conflict with it. The, pirates of the Archipelago were not pet ty sen thieves, that roved the waters in solitary barks, nnd seized on the lonely unarmed trader, or plunder ed the tishermau's hut on the shore. They dwelt in large fortified towns; they peopled whole islands nnd provinces; they swarmed along the coasts, and issu-. edfrom their strongholds ill huge fieets, laying waste the maritime districts, burning cities ami villages, enr- , rying off the-iwealth of whole communities, capturing i fleets oi merchant prnlius. taking innumerable herds, nnd seizing slaves without number. Some were gov erned by kings, and exercised sovereignty over large provinces; whilst others there were who dwelt in diminutive hamlets, equipped a few small boats, niul carried on Iheir petty operations by stealth. Between these extremes of the system were many other classes, occuyyingdifferent elevations of power, and com mitting ravages in proportion to their capability. Among the most formidable of the pirate communi ties are the lllannuus ot Mngindiuiao. They inhabit the shores of n great lake, situated near a bay on tlie western const of thnt i-Innd. This is divided from the sea hy n narrow strip of land, densely clothed with a mangrove jungle, with groups of tall trees planted nt intervals near the water. Among the branches of these are erected small wood en watch-houses, whore sentinels are stationed 6n the look out for n prize or an enemy, whose appearance they telegraph to the baccaneers below. Tho man grove grows down to the brink of the waves, and through its dense masses openings have been made, which are concealed from the eye by piles of hushes. Here ingeniously contrived escapes are constructed, over which thefreebooting pi'uhu, when chased by a superior force, is impelled by a simultaneous stroke of all the oars, nnd then'ropes being suddenly attach ed, Is hauled over wooden ways, rendered slippery by n peculiar greasy substance, and launched in the hidden lake. This feat lias been frequently accom plished. On one occasion, a Spanish cruiser found on the bench of n barren island a wreck, and some Dynk sailors, who raid they had been plundered of all they - possessed, and only escaped slavery by the appearance of the Europenn sail, when the Illannun prnbu which had attacked them, suddenly made off in the direction of the Urea) Bity The Spaniards resolved t-i pursue the piratm and soon saw him hearing rapidly away, with his lirond sail extended, nnd Ills sixty oars in mo tion, steering towards llliinmin. All the canvass was spread, and "a swift pursuit was commenced. The buccaneer evidently Inst ground, and the Spaniard was congrntulnrnghim-elf on the prospect of a prize, when It)! and heliold I the pralut. traversing tho wa ters of the hay, ran headlong towards the shore ; the jungle opened to receive her, and she vanished among tho budte*. No traveller has ever seen theeconemy of the Illan- suu City of rlio Lake ; hut from the accounts of pris oners who hnvg escaped, it appears a place ot most extraordinary aspect. In the centre of the vast sheet of water, the vessels of war are moored in formida ble rap'lts, with their lottv double decks, their strange contrivances for sailing, nnd their bulwarks bristling witli*rmall guns. When required for service, the prnhus are equipped ami stored, and when the light ing men in their searli t attire have taken their stand on the upper deck, are rowed to the shore of the lake, r.nd dragged upwards on the tramway, over which, impelled by numerous bands, they elide into the sen. Around the margin of the water are arranged the old vessels which are unlit for war, ami these form the habitations of thntpart of the community which rests at home while the others are abroad in quest of plun der. The lllannuus possess considerable wealth, mid enjoy much comfort in their secluded abode. They i xtriui their depredations throughout the length anil breadth of the Archipelago, robbing, murdering, cap turing ships nnd slaves, mid not even confining their attacks to native crafts, frequently assault the Euro pean flag, mid sometimes with success. Next in power and ferocity to these are the Bulnui- ni.iiihnhiting rheisland whence they derive their name which is merely a ring of land encloseing a lake, screened froln Ob'nrvntioti like the hay of Il’amms, by dense growths of mangrove. Instead of artificial escapes, however, these pirates use a narrow channel so bri be] with stake--, that only one vessel can pass at a time, and that only when steered by u pilot so in timately aft|Bnihtcd with the passage,"as to keep the kqel exactly in tho centre. Thus tne -Spanish cruis ers almost always fail to effect an entrance : and even did they by chance succeed, batteries amounting to more tlipn a hundred runs, which point directly on the spot, would probably sink them without trouble. . At certain seasons, how,.fur, tlio whole of the men fit to carry arms emburk lu their warflrtrhus.-uuJ depart on a plundering cruise, leaving the defence of their ftrocLjhoId to nature, accident old men, women and cripples. On one occasion, when Balnniit was thus defected, two Spanish vessels actually passed the channel, gild entered tlie lagoon: but the heroes fl it their ardor damped hy the aspect of the pirate city . on the lake, and effected, nothing but—a precipitate re-trent. The Sarcbas and Sake,rails—ferocious buccaneers of Borneo, whom some sympathetic gentlemen per sist io styling simple and innocent—with other tribes and races, of whom an enumeration would exceed our limits, swell the numbers of tho yast'pirate pop ulation. of the Indian Archipelego. Some dwell in enormous buildings on the banks of rivers, where iqpvvpeud one portion of the year in retirement, liv ing’in luxury on the fruits of plunder, aiid then lenv- ng their hauuts’to pillage and massacre go wherever ho. weakness or Wealth df the trader is sufficient to ; eiript or entourage their rtraeke. Others live in clus- 'ered hut? Maid the jungle on the beach : others in habit email, remote islands; and others, building urge towns nt the mouths of rivers, defied, until re cently, every force brought against them. They placed whole coasts in a shite of complete blockade ; they intercepted the inerchnvt on the high seas; and many branches of commerce were completely destroy ed by their revnges. - To detail, however, nil the fila ture's of the system, would require more space than we can now bestow on the subject, nnd to describe it imperfectly would be of little use. Perhaps, there fore, the render will bn inte; ‘-ted hy a few anecdotes, incidents and adventures, Tustrntitig the simple in nocence of tlie pirates in the Indian Archipelago. Some of these have already been told in other quar ter*, but some we derive from private sources. I hey may be related at random. ltajn ilngn, a distinguished pirate chief, was aceus- toim d, Bume yenrs ago, to devastate the const ot Java and once attacked a large English brig,_ with. two Europeans and thirty Javans on board, and captured it. Emboldened by ibis euccess, he sailed towards Celebes, and, when within one day's sen-journey ot Macassar, saw a huge square-rigged vessel slowly steering away. She npppnrpd some lo\ iathan inor* chnntman. Not a sign of martial purpose appeared; not agun, not even h swivel could bo seen, nnd slip seemed desirous of escaping to Singapore.. Elated by the prospect of so grand a prize, Baja ltngn load ed all his cannons nnd small arms, ordered his crew to make ready, and steered close beneath the shadow of tlie strange ship. A shower of balls was poured In, and the pirate perpared to hoard. But the next moment a sight presented itselt at whicli his heart must have sickened. Along the whole length of the disguised man-of-war a double line of ports slowly opened, mid the muzzles of her ponderous guns pro- ti uiied with fearful significance. A tremendous vol ley burst from the side of the English vessel, nnd she sailed on Iter way alone,—for the pirate prahu wns nt the bottom of the sen. leaving only on the surface a few fragments of wreck, nnd two or three ef her crew, who were picked up by some humane fisher man. This is a commentary on the assertion made by certain statesmen, that the freebooters lieverattack square-rigged ships. They do attack them; and ves sels sailing under Dutch, Spanish, American—ah. and English dags, have been the prizes of their boldness. The atrocities committed by the Hnrebns and Sa- knran pirates are equal in ferocity, if not in extent, to those of any clnse among the Indinti pirates. Any traveller that sails up the Knluka river in Borneo may observe the speaking evidence of their harmless in nocence. The river rolls its broad current between banks once beautiful and fertile, now red with blood, ami black with ashes. Wasted fields alternate along its course with forests of the sago palm, while gar dens and plantations lie in neglected luxuriance, without, a soul to tend them; at intervals, the char red skeleton ruins of burnt towns mark the scenes of former prosperity. The shores of this stream were once peopled by peaceful and industrious tribes, who annually collected the produce of their soils, floated it down over the waters to the sea, ami delivered it there to the change of the traders bound for Singa pore. Twse transported it to that settlement, and there exchanging it for articles of English or Indian mnnui'actute, bore back to the tribes of Kaluka the well-earned price of their hard industry. But the Snrebas and Sakaran pirates, witnessing the flourish ing condition of those communities, attacked them by sen and land, and enforced a heavy tribute. This wnsfrequently repented during a long period, until at ipngth the Knluka people, robbed of their gains and dispirited by frequently pillage, abandoned Uieirlands, and lied era the next visit ol t he freebooters, who satia ted their ferocity hy the destruction of nil the towns, villages and plantations. The sago and cocoa groves were left, but tlieir riches decay with every season, ns none dare come to collect the fruit. At this day, there fore, the hanks of the river present tlie melancholy spectacle of an abandoned region, once fertile, and the home ot a happy population, now desolated by the irruptions ot "meek and harmless natives." Pro bably the Kaluka tribes huvo at length themselves turned pirates. [Conclusion Tomorrow.] Michigan Copper Block for the Washing- toil National Monument. The Legislature of Michigan, at its last session, au thorized Governor Barry to procure and transmit tt> I Washington a block of native copper Irom Lake Su perior, to be placed in the Washington Nntiuunl Mon ument. Honorable Andrew Harvin has been commis sioned hy the Uoveuor to make the selection and to prepare and forward the block from the mines. Theexpose surface of the copper block is lobe 3 by ij- feet, and of indefinite thickness, bearing this btymtiful and appropriate inscription, set in letters of native silver]: from MICHIGAN : AN EMBLEM OF HER TRUST IN T1IE UNION. Michigan will have tlie honor of placing in this, our Nation's noblest monument, the most valuable contri bution, hearing an inscription emblematical of the strength of her firm, tie,decaying trust in the Union, We are copper fastened to tho Union, and as in this mighty structure, now being erected to testily a na tion’,, veneration for the memory of her noblest son, the Copper block will he the last, to crumble to dust, so may the faith and trust of our .State in tlie Union be undying and the last to fail in I be hour of trial.— Lake Superior Journal. Seizure of a British Brio for. a.Violation of the Passenger Laws.—We understand that the British brig Ellen and Margaret, Capt. Gowin, from Castletown, Ireland, has been detained at this port, by the Collector, for a violation of the pnssen- gcr act. She arrived nt this port u short time since, with emigrants, two of whom secreted themselves onboard, thus making more than the complement she was allowed to bring under the passenger act. The consignees have petitioned to headquarters for information in regard to the case, nnd on account of the two passengers being thus secreted, she will be released.—Poston Traveller, June 5. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, June 8. The Senate is now making some progress with the adjustment bill. The decided majorities by which the Senate refuses to make any amendments to the bill are indications of its strength. It it pass at all, it will pass pretty much as it is. Yesterday, Mr. Clem ens offered an amendment recognizing tho boundar ies of Texas, ns fixed by Act of the Texas Congress in 183fi, nnd it wns rejected by a vote of 17 to 37. Several Senators voted in tlie negative from an unwil lingness to embarrass the bill. Ml'. Webster give it ns iiis opinion that the controversy could be brought before the Supreme Court, but he did not regard that ns a proper mode of settling it. It wns a high political question and should he settled hy a legislative net or hy a compromise. He thought it expedient to com promise the question with Texas by paying her a lib eral sum. It wns allowable, lie said, to Inty peace.— The proposition to Texas is the most important feature of rlie adjustment bill. The success of the whole scheme' depends on that. To-day, a proposition is to be offered by Mr. Foote, recognizing the existence of slavery, by law, in the whole region now claimed by Texas. Some of.the Southern men have expressed the opinion that, if the boundaries of Texas be reduced, ns proposed, the right to hold slaves in the country ceded hy Texns will he relinquished. The Senate will probably refuse to recognize nr deny the right to hold slaves in the territories, and leave the question for the federal tri bunals. A motion has been made to prohibit peonage, hut it failed. Next Monday, Mr. Benton will move to postpone the bill indefinitely. 1 do not think he will carry it, beenuse nil the doubtful votes will he opposed to it. Several Senators, who may ultimately vote against the bill, are yet inclined to give it a fair and full consi deration, and clianee for amendment. There are but two more days for the continuance of the debnte, in the House, on the California bill. The proceedings of the Nashville Convention are viewed, here, witu deep interest. It is expected that they will recommend some compro nise. The Department of State have information of a for gery and sale of blank passports, and have given no tice thnt blanks arenever issued, nnd no person is per mitted to sell them. Prospect of the Crops.—Tlie Ohio, Michigan nnd Wisconsin papers are making sad complaints of tlie effect of n long protracted drought on the prospects for a good grain crop in that region. The Cleve land Herald 'snys that the wheat is” filling, with but here ami there a kernel. Tlie Detroit Advertiser thinks thnt the wheat looks worse than it has since 1842, and is of opinion that even with copious nnd seasonable rains hereafter, that not more than a two thirds average crop will be realized. The Milwau- kie Sentinel snys that the spring lias been uncommonly backward, cold nnd dry, vegetation droops and with ers, trees show few signs ot life nnd the grass wears a sickly hue. A friend who hns just returned from a short trip to Canada West informs us that the ground ispnreb- ed for want of rain. In some districts not a shower has fallen for n month.—N. Y. Commercial y Tho Nashville Convention. We find the following dispatch of the proceedings of the Nashville Convention in the Republican ot yes terday. Nashville., .Tune 10.—Committee anil resolutions adopted unanimously, except one delegate from Vir ginia. Conventiop will recommend tlie line oi thirty- six thirty to the Pacific as tlie line between tile free nnd slave States. The Committee reported unanimously in favor oi nine States now represented. We must confess our utter inability to make any thing certain out of this dispatch, more than that “ the line of 30° 30" *' is to be adopted. What we are to understand hy “ committee, and resolutions adopted unanimously except" thnt “ otic delegate from Vir ginia," will we think require some deliberation til de termine. Wluit Committee bus broil adopted! What resolutions f For we believe there have been Borne dozen setts of resolutions offered by as many different delegates. And '• the committee have reported unani mously in favor of the nine StateB!” What is the matter of "the nine States represented,” that a re port in their favor lias been deemed necusstiryf Has the great bugbear of disunion, indeed reared its bend in tlie convention, and are the nine States alluded to to form a Southern Confederacy ( Or lias it been deemed necessary in order to absolve them from he treason of having sent delegates to the convention to pass a resolution approving of their course1 It is all Greek to us. Indeed tlie confused and disconnected reports tif tlie proceedings of this body which reach us hy tele graph nud through the papers arc so very nn-under- standable, that we have ceased to publish them, nud determined to wuit until tlie official report shall np- penr when we will endeavor to make our readers acquainted with tlie result of its deliberations. An other reason for adopting this course is the fact thnt the opposition which the convention hns received from those who should have been its friends has had tlie ett'ect virtually to defeat the measure, and even its warmest supporters now look with little interest to its proceedings. It is expected that the convention will take South ern ground, and that it will recommend some com mon platform as a basis of Southern uction ; hut its enactments, it must bo admitted, will lack authority, and as a consequence, its measures will be adopted or rejected ns they are approved or disapproved by the cliques and coteries of trading politicians who as sumo to direct public opinion among us. It is deeply to bo regreted thnt the convention assembled at nil since it is not wliut it should have been, a convention representing tlie great body of the Southern people. J J? 7 " The Washington correspondent of tlie Balti more Patriot, under date of June 7, snys; From all tlie indications by which one is led to form a judgement upon the probable action of Con gress, mid from all I can learn from various sources of information, after some pains, I mn very near being entirely convinced that the Compromise will pass both houses. The same writer, speaking of tlie debates in the House, snys : Mr. Jackson, of Georgia, mnile a strong, cnlm, nnd conciliatory Union speech this morning, going for the Compromise. Mr. Durkee, of Wisconsin, spoke as much tlie other wny, opposing tlie Compromise and the President's plan’ This makes 4 Northern speech es, within t wo days, denouncing tlie President’s plan nnd the action of administration with reference to the boundaries of Texas and New Mexico. B&TAKrKTAmo Thursday Morning;, .Time 13, IS,TO. ssy tELEGRAPII. Transmitted tor the Daily Morning News. THREE DAYS HATER FROM EUROPE 1 ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA! .' Export* from Great Britain The Liverpool anil Manchester journals have been for some time past representing trade in the manu facturing districts to be iu n depressed condition; that the weekly deliveries of cotton to the trade hud ma terially decreased, and that many of the mills were soon to commence working short time. Tlie New York Courier and Enquirer furnishes the following table from official returns to the Board of Trade, for the first quarter of the year 1850, with a comparison for 1849, which are as follows: Exports of British and Irish produce nud manufac tures from the United Kingdom, in the three months ended 5th April, 1850, compared with those in the corresponding months in the year IS40. Manufactures. ■£_ Cotton piece goods 4,442.478 Gen. Lopez nt New Orlcn d K~~' ~ We learn, says the N. O. Picayune of Tin. s irom reliable authority thnt Gen. Lopez hnv' " V ' informed that a writ bad been iaaued' t lv 'ti'^ Marshal for his arrest on a charge of haviL , 8 the fltli section of the act of Congress April 20,1818, hns determined voluntarily t * > l lrov «i der himself. He is expected to arrive in t , 8 . U,Tcn - for this purpose to day or to-morrow f. ** ' ity Christian, where he lias been rusticating Tl end will request to be examined before a U q missioner, nnd if the test! nony warrants W..I Ub ' tal, lie will be bound over until tlie next termTl’’ U. S. District Court, whenliis case will be laiitho- * 1 * ^ the grand jury by the U. 8. District Attorney t ? decision. Wc would suggest, as Recorder 5 * jtl’ U Baldwin still holds the office of an examining trate of the United State*, that the case be br B “ betore him, as there is no gentleman more emireX qualified, or who lias had more experience as a From Mexico. The New Orleans papers have dates from then-, HZSZZX,"*'* The cholera was making considerable ravons,; Valladolid. Up to the 13th of May there were ® deaths. The average number of deaths per day was The Republicnno publishes the report of the Com mittee on Credit on the English debt, which, it tm- pears, amounts to $55,000,000. ’ ^ On tlie 28th of March a great snow storm took place in Durango. The snow lay a footdeep on a lev- The Congress hns been convoked to extra sion, and the 20th of this month is named us the dny for it to assemble. The most important busineis before Congress will be the arrangement of the Tress, ury. Rome, Georgia. This beautiful up-country town is represented to be in a very flourishing condition, its iocationis cer tainly a favorable one, and the enterprise nnd encrcv of its citizens bids fair to render it a place of imp or . tance, as the commercial mart of Cherokee Georgia The Southerner says that a considerable amount of capital Iras been invested in the erection of buildings, during tlie past six months, and that the corporate au thorities are taking well devised measures for the general improvement of the city. It is but a few yenrs since Rome was scarcely enti tled to be called a village—its permanent inhabitants hardly numbered a hundred souls, and the houses were barely enough in number to define its location- It is now a city vvitli 2,G50 inhabitants, with upwards of $400,000 in real estate and merchandize, and yield iug an annual City tax of $2,200. lace and patentnet. thread for sewing stockings of all other descriptions. yam 118,943 . 92,070 . 20,135 . 110,710 1,380,075 £ 4,910,048 144,022 100,229 21,053 57,977 1,225,390 Another Advance in Cotton!!! Baltimore, June 12, 10 A. M. The Royal Mail Steamer Canada has arrived nt II ilifax, with Liverpool dates to the 1st inst, being three days later titan the accounts brought by the Atlantic. There continued to be considerable excitement in tlie English Cotton Market. The sales of the week previous to the sailing of the Canada amounted to 05,000 bales. An advance of Id^ad taken place in all descrip tions except Mobile. Corn bad slightly advanced, while Flour remained unchanged. The Russian Minister had been recalled from Lon don. A Royal Marriages.— I’he ill irriage ol the Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince Albrecht of Prussia, to the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, was cel ebrated (in the 18th ult., with all the ceremonial of the Prussian Court at the Palace of Charlottenburgh. it was attended by ail the members of tlie Royal Family, the Ministers, the diplomatic body, the offi cers of the Court, and tlie generals and officers of the garrison, as well as strangers who had been once presented. TTiej- ervice was performed by the court chaplain. Immediately before proceeding to the chapel tlie King placed the Royal Crown on the head of the youthful bride: at the moment the royal pair exchanged rings a salute cf thirty-six cannon was fired. A Question of Lata.—Five British soldiers deserted from Kingston,on Friday night, iu a boat, and landed on the American shore of the river Bt. Lawrence, nt French Creek, Jefferson county, N. 5’. They were pursued mid arrested hy Canadian officers, on a com plaint of larceny in taking the boat. The officers claimed that they should be immediately taken back to King ton. Under the Ashburton treaty, to stand trial for larceny. Tho Watertown Union says they were not given up. but are to'be examined there.— The Union says no jury will convict them of larceny in taking a boat to escape from on--country to another without attempting to dispose of the same.. JVTp’ We are indebted to a commercial friend for tlie following private dispatch. Charleston, June 12, 2 I’. M. Cottou market brisk, with a full quarter advance. The sales of the day amount to 3000 bales. Fair is quoted nt 124 cents. The Compromise. We again tender our ac knowledgments to Hon. Jos. W. Jackson, for valua ble public documents. More of Gen. Lopez’s Men.—The steamer Si. Matthews. Cnpt. King, arrived yesterday from Flori da, mid brought twenty-five more of the men lately attached to Gen. Lopez's expedition to Cardenas They came from Key West to Tampa Bay, and thence through Florida, 'fhey report that there is no In dian news, every thing being quiet. Gen. Twiggs was still at Tampa Bay, and making arrangements to leave. Total Cotton goods 0,180,011 6,459,919 Linen goods and yarn 945,037 1,137,010 Silk do. do. and twist,.. 187.431 281,980 Woolen iroods and yarn 1,697,211 ,080,958 Wool, raw, sheep’s and lambs’.. 91,148 114,379 Milinery and haberdashery 259.347 351,930 Leather mnnuiacturedand unmul 105,255 144.892 Metals, viz: Iron, pig 67,703 07,928 do. bar, bolt and rod.. 405,341 660,881 do. wire and east. 42,167 59,887 do. wrought of all sorts 333,940 steel, unwrought . 76,319 82,422 copper, in pigs and mdt. . 389,240 424,001 brass, ol all sorts 25,412 23,832 lead 44,045 55,312 tin unwro’t tin plates... 189,437 257,599 Hardware and cutlery 443,123 591,211 Machinery of all kinds 78,018 182,407 Beer and ale . 130,902 144,820 Candles and soup . 58,163 70,951 Coals and calm . 203,208 222,027 Cordage and cables .. 35,706 45.397 Fish 24.825 24,481 Oils and colors . 126.923 163.788 Stationery .. 62.081 85,584 Sugar, refined .. 103,330 90,724 Butter and Cheese . 477,185 49,093 Soda . 72,426 80,274 Glass .. 57,402 70,942 Earthenware .. 197,009 230,133 Salt 56,709 50,159 UP*” A penny subscription has been set on foot in the various Sunday Schools of the city, for the pur pose of raising a monument to Samuel Tindale, the heroic lad who perished hy tho Hague street explo sion. Jenny Lind Concert Ticket.—We had the plea sure yesterday ofseeing the design for the great Jen ny Lind Concert Ticket.. The whole size of the ticket is about 0 1-2 inches long hy I inches wide, giving ample dimension for a splendid display of the engra ving art. hi the centre is a medallion, containing a most admirable portrait of the Sweedisli Nightingale —-o pronounced by the most competent judges.— bize of medallion, about 3 1-2 inches long; below, and extending oni'-lhird wny up on each side of tlie por trait. are elegant scrolls composed of leaves and Dow ers interwoven in the most artistic manner— iccupy- ing two-tnirds of tile space on each side of the portrait, are two celestials with outspread wings, one arm of each extended and grasping the side of the portrait, and the other outstretched nud holding, suspended Over the head of Jenny, a celestial crown, emblematical of her rank as Queen of Song: iu short, tlio whole de sign rolled* the highest credit on Mr. Everdell, the de signer and engraver; mul if tlie arrangements are cur ried out on tlie liberal scale originally intended, (which we have no doubt they will be) must add greatly to the renown of tlie already world-renowned Burnum. Witchcraft in Camden.—A woman named Sa rah A. Pearson wns examined before officer Burr of Camden, N]U., on, Monday, having been charged with bewitching a child of Mrs. Eliza Toy. 'Flip proceed ings resulted in both parties being bound over to- keep the peace. JTj-p’An Episcopal Church hasLeeu built end conse crated at Shanghai, Chino. Mr®ppletou, of Boston, contributed $5,000 towards the structure. The Bonnet in New York.—The Day Book, speaking of the Dress Circle, on the occasion of a late Opera fete, snys: Tho Indies, with admirable sense and good taste, retained those charming plain white crape bonnets, so many million times more fas cinating than all the dowdy head-dresses in the world. I "Jr" A tir^occurred in Augusta on Monday night, which consumed the carpenter shop of Mr. Goodall, unci other wooden building* on Centre street. Mr. G. lost considerable property. r Jp Wo learn from the Macon Messenger of yes terday that Mr. Scott Gray, an old and prominent citizen of that place, died on Friday In t. A violent nnd very fatal species of dysentery is prevailling extensively over tlie whole South. It is attributed to the extreme vicissitudes of tlie weather. —Newark Advertiser. This is the first we have heard of the reported epi demic in this region. r-jp Judge Joseph H. Lusikin, of Georgia, has ac cepted of an invitation extended to him to deliver the oiieiiing address before tlie South-Cnrolinn Institute, ut their second annual Fuir in Charleston in Novem ber next Fires in Cincinnati and Pittsburg.—A de. RtTUctive fire occurred in Pittsburgh on tlie night of tlie 7th inst.. by which some twelve buildings were consumed, besides the Second Presbyterian Church on Fifth-street Loss estimated at $100,000. In Cin cinnati, on the snme night, ihe extensive Chnir Factory of Messrs. Duncan Sc Co., was consumed. Loss $40,000. After tlie fire, a most disgraceful nud desperate riot took place nmongthe fireman. Two companies were most conspieous in the row. Several persons were shot, some of whom, it is believed, are finally woun ded. Total declared, value £12,822.033 14,055,153 Increase for 3 months, over 1849 £1,833,120 By the above figures,it appears that there isan in crease in the total amount of exports for the first quarterof 1050, of nearly two millions pounds ster ling. The increase, too. on almost every article of Britrih manufacture, does not confirm that dull state of trade, the Cotton Circulars, received by each steamer, would have us believe. Neither do wothiuk tlie quantity or value of goods retained for home con sumption lias been diminished, or that the internal trade of the kingdom has fallen oft'. The iaet is ap parent, th it cheap food and steady employment thus far, this year, must have given the working classes the ability to increase and not decrease, their con sumption of the courser fabrics, notwithstanding the advance in price, caused by the higher rates demand ed for the raw material. The Exports to England. It will be seen from the annexed comparative statement of the imports of Breadstuff's into Liverpool, from tho 1st of Sep tember, 1849, to the 15th of May, 1859, nnd during tlie same time in 1848 and 1849, that there has been a large decrease in some of the important articles of con sumption, and a falling off’ in every article : Texas Scrip. A Washington letter says there is a large quantity of Texas- scrip iu that city, in the hands of various holders, which lias risen within a week or so from 10 to 15 per cent. This last is its present quotation. If Texas obtains ten millions for tin- disputed boundary, it will of course stand at par. 1849-’50. 1858-49 Pork, Barrels, 15,068 21,740 lieef, tierces, 15,318 24,414 Beef, barrels, 957 1,417 ihicun t, casks, 806 2,224 liacon 1 boxes,.-v.... 27,927 31,432 Flour , barrels, 177,255 728,256 Wheat, bushels, 412,327 898,522 Corn, bushels, 2,740,443 5,036,902 Corn Meal, barrtds,.. 694 53,315 liras; g’s Artillery. A few days since Capt. Henry B. Judd, of the 3rd Artillery, arrived nt Jefferson Barracks, Mo., with 22 men, the remnant of the boasted “ Bragg’s Artillery,” from Santa l'e, New Mexico. These men were with Gen. Taylor when he moved forward to the Rio Grande, and served under him throughout the cam paign. Under the gnllant Ringgold they participated in the battle of Palo Alto; under Itiilgely at Resaca nnd Monterey. They were again in the battle of Bue na Vista, under tlie Captain now Lieut. Col. Bragg.— After the war they passed round from the Rio Grande and linve been employed against the Indians, being divested of guns and used as cavalry, and so isolated that they were without clothing and other convenien ces, using skins, &c. The remnant of Capt. Bragg’s company, now at Jefferson Barracks, is to form the nucleus of a new battery, to be recruited, organized and drilled by their old commander, the Colonel. Washington, June 8—P. M. Mr. Phelps, of Mo., made a speech to-day: In alluding to the opposi tion of ultra Southerners to Mr. Clay's compromise, he demanded to vote for tlie immediate admission of California. This has set politicians calculating to the following effect, in order to anticipate the results : In thp Houso, North Carolina, Tennessee, Delawnrc, Maryland, mid Georgiu, will go for the compromise. Agniust it are Virginia, South Carolina. Alabama, Mis souri, Mississippi and Florida. Louisiana and Tex ns will bo divided- California will certainly bo ad mitted- There are forty majority in the House in favor of admitting it, and two majority in the Senate. Death of a Gueat Man—Gay Luasac, the emi nent chemist, diedin Paris, on the 9tli of May, in his 73d yenr. Lussnc, whose whole life has been occu pied by a series of great nnd useful labors in dujnis- try and physics, gave very enrly promiso of the repu tation he was to acquire. The friend nni pupil of Berthollet, he first distinguished himself by a work oil tlie gases nud vapors, which placed him nt once by the side of Dalton. As a savant lie extended the bounds of science by the most brilliant and startling discoveries. Making his researches sometimes alone, sometimes in connection with other eminent m;n- Thenard and Humboldt, for instance—there is hardly u branch of physical science ill which he hns not In- bored with signal success. There is hardly a secant in his study, or a manufacturer in his factory, but is indebted to Gay L tissue for some invention, 6omc apparatus, some scientific suggestion w.iich facilitates bis labors and renders his results more perfect Letter from Louis McLane.—The Washing ton Union, of Friday, states that itlins seen a very in teresting and able letter from Louis McLona* Esq.i of Maryland—written in the true spirit of u statesman. It explains frankly his position on the great question of tlie day, nnd declares that the scheme of the Com mittee of Thirteen lias his best wishes for its success. y The Proposed New Coins. The North Ameri can gives some farther particulars ill relation to the new coins of the U. S. Mint. The weight ot the cent piece is only 25 grains, while that of the copp ir cent is 108 grains. The hole in the centre, whicli makes tho coins annular, beside affording a distin guishing mark by which it can be recognized in the pocket, will also render it difficult to bo counter feited. .The weight of tho three cent piece is 12| S™ ! - This coin is proposed ns a convenient adaption to t* prices of many things, and to make c hange, but tue_ is also n special object contemplated in relation The country is weary of the worn-out Spanisn • noy which for the last century nearly, hns BM « prominent a place in its currency, and which is l apted to our decimal system. At the stuns time, e ry pinn for forcing them to the crucible, ns ? people hold them at their nominal value, or cm slicht fraction under it, is sure to fail. The o j source left is to coax them to the Mint, by ex 5^ ing them at tlie nominal value tor nations • This, however could not be done with justic public treasury, without issuing, ns u?any co do, u minor coin with n legnl valuation . higher than the intrinsic; as tho present cei as thenew cent will also be. . The Director of the mint issued circulars ^ ter to dealers in various parts ot the c h ^ tromtho answers it appears that there a .. cur . millions of dollars worth ot email Spanish • ^ rency in our currency. The following t0 the be - amount of small American silver, coined ginning of this year: «3 713,075 In quarter dollars -• - • ‘3311,710 In dimes Ill half-dimes ‘J —. T j SS 620,700 The weight of the proposed three cent pmcesw^ adjusted as to enable the Government t^^ exchange without loss to itseli. and the ^ t |j e to the party applying- The bill pr° b rt M int, and in three cent piece shall be paid out ut 1 ot jj er v »- branches in exchange lor those n . ud pnt s nio»S rieties of small foreign silver coins us, but for no other kinds ot coin or Board of Health ’ Savannah June All the Wards in the City reported. tsditf Sexton's Report of Interments form June 11,1850. Pifiinia Hernandez, -5 ye > h tion Brain, St. Augustine, non-resident , sell, 02 years, Tumor, So. Ca., non-resid > ^ ^ Blount, 40 yenrs, general Debility, ’ farml )i, dent; Mary Carlin, 9 years, Pysente y. resident. Total 4. , >Tectbin?'• Blacks and Colored. 1 nged 13 ' non “ ’ vpar5 ,01d 1 nged 3 years, general Debility; 1 “8“ - j aged Age ; 1 aged 0 months, Inflamation Set. 82,years, Old Age. Total 5. h- A „ jj. Joseph S. FAV.Chnn- S. A. T. Lawrence, Scc'y- •*"* BOAT FOUND—A Yawl Boat was^ck^,, the subscriber near R umleys ca nha«' Island,a lew days since. 0 u( ipaying snme by identifying the^roiner^ z ?TTRO^ A note left at Mr. J. Murchison's store,- will rcuoh the eubecribcr. June 12 W ~ ANTED, BY A YOUNG LAID, “^tre* a private family as dressmaker Apply at this office. A limo vt r w , 12, li® T>ACON .HIDES AND WHO^'J’Jd 0 - IS Casks prime Bacon Shoulders, 91lleb y iug for Schr. C. C. Stratton, GRf^j - Ju“ R l 3 * CHARLLS_f CELLING OFF AT COSTj^^ wc(* 9 . O intending to leave Savunuahi aV Cos, sell bis remaining stock soon who want bargains win do well^ « MAGlh*g t0[e . , , n Savannah h'wK June 10. • •