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THE MORNING NEWS, BY JOHN BI. COOPER. WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR. terms: Daily Paper, $4,00: :i:: Tri-weekly $~ 0,) All new Advertisement! appear in both papers. Words for Music. BV. RBV. DR. SETHUNK. I lore to sing when I am glad, Song is the echo of my gladness ; I love to sing when I am sad, Till rang makes sweet, my very sadness; ’Tis pleasant time, When voices chime To some sweet rhyme in concert only ; And song to me Is company,— Good company, when I am lonely. Whenev'er I greet the morning light, My song goes forth in thnnklul numbers, And ’inid the shadows of the,night, I sing me to my welcome slumbers. My heart is stirred By each glad bird Whose notes nm heard in summer’s bowers ; some with lofty decks, crowded with warriors in bright scarlet attire, profuaely accoutred with Hash ing arms j some broad, cumbrous sen-carriages ; some, graceful, tapering vessels, Rdorned at the lutty with plumes, as it were, of the pal- And song gives birth To friendly mirth Around the heart, in wintry hours. Mon-first learned song in Paradise, Propr the bright angels o'er him singing : And in our home, above the skies, Glad anthems are forever ringing. God lends his ear Well pleased to hear The songs that cheer his people’s sorrow ; Till day shall break And wc shall wake Where-love will make unfading morrow. Then let me sing while yet I may, Like him Godloved, the sweet tongued Psalmist, Who found in linrp, and holy lay, The charm that keeps the spirit calmest: Kor sadly hero I need the cheer, While sinful fear with promise blendeth ; O, how 1 long To join the throng, Who sing the song that never endetli I PIRATES Ol 1 ’ THE INDIAN ARCHI PELAGO. [Concluded.) One profitable branch of the pirate trailie illus trates a singular feature in the civilization of those regions. The Chinese emigrate in great numbers from the Celestial Empire, and settle nmong the Indian Isles, especially at Singapore, where their notional talent for cheating is offered a wide scope. They erect for themselves comfortable habitations, and amass largo fortunes. At first they usually cume with the idea of returning to their own country, but gradually settled down as coloniests in their snug homes, with their money bags and opium pipes. But with a Chinaman at Singapore, us with all other men in any other part of tho world, a good house, a full purse, und a pleas ant pipe, cannot compensate for one deprivation—a wife. So, at least, these settlers thought, and resolv ed in their minds how tho loss was to bo supplied. We all know the rigorSuslaws of China on this sub ject No woman is allowed, under any circumstan ces, to efaigrate ; and the edicts of the barbarian des pot arc sufficiently rigorously enforced, so that a case of elopement is unhenrd of. The merchants, indeed, say that should such in event come, the friends of the frisky lady, if they |were not put to death, would he compelled to pay an amount of what is ingenious ly called hush money, that would ruin a rich man. Consequently the damsels of China, though they ■ elope from their parents,—and sometimes from their husbands,—among themselves, never quit the soil •of their birth, and the Singapore colonists must look elsewhere for wives. But the ready wit of a Celes tial, assisted by the elastic conscience of n Mnlay, has obviated the difficulty. The respectable Chinese merchants of Singapore entered into a convention with the pirates to take annually so many scores of youthful maidens, at a fixed price, to be educated as their future wives. Tho kidnapping of these children, therefore is carried on to a groat extent along the coast of the larger islands, and uinong the little groups near the Anambas and Natunas. The damsels of the Indian Isles are also in request nt Suiu, at the courts of all the petty chiefs, and, probably, in the Dutch towns. When, therefore, a pirate-fleet puts to sea from any island, one of the chief purposes of its equipment is tile capture of slaves. With some com inanities, indeed,—the Illaununs among them,—it is a rule to take only prisoners, gold, silver, gums, spices, and such other costly merchandise as is easy to transport and difficult to identify. With those of Borneo, however, when the recent operations took place, our countrymen discovered in some of the towns English anchors, gnus, barrels of powder— some marked witli the broad arrow, as government property.—with an immense quantity ot other cum brous and heavy stores, evidently the plunder of European ships. A little girl, probably English or German, has been found and placed in chnrgo of a missionary at Sarawak Bhe is too young to tell her tale, hut doubtless it is singular and strange. Per haps her parents have been murdered ; perhaps they still sorrow for her loss, .and hope her recovery. Where they are, and how long the child may have . been a forced rover with pirates, is a mystery. The’description of a private cruise may illustrate •the formidable features of the system, and wc give it as collected from the information supplied by recent writers on the spot. We may suppose n largo fleet to he collected on the coast of Borneo. Messages are . despatched to the chiefs of the allied tribes to pre pare their prahua, their arms, and their w arriors.— Tho large vessels are usually kept in creeks, near the months of rivers, under the guardianship of a town or village, enibossomcd nir.id masses of jungle and forest, and defended by booms and stakeo. The dwellers on the most distant banks of the stroams are summoned by nte^ougera. They muster their forces, and embark iu canoes. Should their course lead them past, any powerful communities inimical to them, they cuse their paddles in soft hark, and, put ting themselves in motion nt sunset, drop down the river by night. No dip, no word, no other sound breaks tho stillness. One by one the little boats are impelled along, swiftly hut noiselessly. Avoiding the open waters, they creep under the 'shadow 'of the woody hanks, and at break of dawn scrcou themselves in tho jungle. Monkeys, wild hogs, and serpents, form during those few duys their simple food, and are killed with poisoned darts blown through sumpi- tans, or hollow reeds. Occasionally even these sup plies fail, an 1, ns there is no room in the canoes for provisions, want is severely felt. Among the pirates of thelvoti river, the chiefs have been known on such -emergencies to cut otf the head of a man, hang it up among the trophies of the tribe, and eat his flesh. If • by the way u small hamlet is discovered at a safe dis tance from any powerful settlement, it is attacked by night,wrapped in Humes, and desolated by these fierce hut stealthy marauders. Reaching tho point of rendezvous, the freebooters throw otf concealment, rush on board the prahus, sound their martial instruments, hoist flags, and fire gunsin anticipation ol’triumph. Then the squadron is unmoored, and, one after the other, the prahus put to sea, proceeding to join the great fleet at some ap pointed place of rendezvous. Thus n formidable ar mada is collected, which takes its departure, and sel dom separates until scenes of death und devastation have taken plnce. on which none can dwell without a shudder. For us, indeed, iu the security of our is land, amid peace, civilization, and Christianity, this piracy lias its features of terror. Perhaps many of those (who view this sketch many dwell in lonely Plucw, where they are sometimes visited by fear of titc midnight burglar. Sitting in the silent house ot night, they may think of dangerv from robbery and murder, .perhaps a rustle, a creak, a footstep may break the stillness, and the blackened face of some huge villain may peer in at a door o’ window. On such occasions tiiey know their own thoughts -hotter than we can describe them; and if so. what a misera ble state of existence must be that of the simple tribe of fishermen, in constant dread of pirates ! The hath- let stands on the shore, peaceful, defenceless, uud ex posed to all attacks. The villagers are harmless, in nocent, industrious. They do’wrong to none, and deserve no injury from others. But when the day -dawns they know not whether the sun may not set on a smoking pile of ruins; and when the evening doses whether it may not rise on a little wilderness, .> where the blackened remnants of their dwellings, tlead bodies of men. women, and children, the hum ble wealth of the tribe strewn about, betoken the visit of a pirate fleet, while those who hflVe escaped the massacre have been hurried into hopeless slavery. The’fleet sails out to sen. it present• a splendid spectacle. Perhaps a hundred and forty war prnhus of large size and. power fully armed, with more than two thousand mra on board, are arrayed and equip ped fici' plunder. The vessels are ot various builds, pointed prows with plumes, as it were, of the pal metto palm-loaf; whfle the buccaneers themselves, variously clad with a diversity of weapons, throng the decks. Below, ranged in banks, as in tho galleys of classic times, on Salami*, the oarsmen ply their la bour, and impel the barques along. The fleet sails for its first destination. If this bo a town or village —generally built on tho shores of a bay—on tho const, the vessels are rauged nlong tho out waters, while a few are detatched to the attack. If the enemy be weak, the nssalut is made by day, when the pirates crowd to the shore, land, surround the plnce, fling brands among the houses, and killing the old, the weak, the maimed, and, the useless, with ull who resist, make captives of the rest. These are bound and taken on hoard. In case of an overwhelming attack from an English vessel, or rival pirate, or a powerful trading chief, they slaughter the women thus taken, cutting off their heads, and gashing tnom from shoulder to lied with ferocious cruelty. 1 ms occur red iri the late conflict. The piratical Malay is so bloodthirsty that, in the Inst hour ol Ills file lie will satiate his horrid appetite on a defenceless victim in revenge for the punishment inflicted by a superior "^Perhaps the next object of the expedition will be the communities on the bank of some river like tlie Knluka. Then the pirate fleet, extending itself in a long line, boldly dashes along; the first prnhu enters the stream with lings displayed, music sounding, and shouts echoing back from the banks. Sometimes a fleet of equal power ik encountered by the way, when n friendly barter in the profits of plunder takes place. One after tho other vessel push up the stream; a bril liant, lengthened, strange array, leuving on both sides tracks of plunder, collecting heads lor tropheB, and merchandise for booty. On the return voyage, any village that may have escaped is ransacked, an i when tho freebooters again emerge on the sea, the river rolls through n melancholy waste, deserted, blood stained, and desolate. A new infliction has fallen on tho peaceful tribes; a new triumph is added to the bloo dy records of- pirate history; and tile civilized friends of the system have new facts to add to their accounts of the simple innocence of the Borneo buccaneers. But it is the night nttnek that is most tearful. A bo dy of pirates, landing alter sunset, on the shores of some thinly peopled province, conceal themselves until all the population has sunk in slumber. The night in those regions is beautiful beyond fancy. The stars are large and lustrous, the moon’s broad, bright lace, silvers the wood and the waters with her smiles, and the soft winds, sighing among the forests, lull ail nature to sleep. Some doomed village lies in the re pose of a sequestered gindo, in the depth-of a shady wilderness. The tribe, having enjoyed the evening repast, witli the song, the music and the dancos.which are hereditary with those savages, as wisdom is with our peers, is scattered in groups in the long building elevated on posts, which 1 orms the dwelling of tho whole community. The Dyak has retired to the com fort of the hollow tree, suspended against the wall, that serves as his couch. Covered over Svith a fine mat, he sleeps, and dreams of Sabyan—the happy hunting ground of the Indian Islander. The lire, which is never allowed to expire, smoulders, and emites only a dull red glow that lightens through the dusky room. Now nud then a form rises from one of the colfiu-sliaded receptacles nlong the wall, and a Dy ad comes forth to blow up the embers and warm him self. Meanwhile, the scene without is still more wild and strange. Encircling the village, hut concealed in the gloom of the jungle, the pirate host has spread itself around, strongly guar ing every path, and preparing to celebrate with the din of triumph the fiery and bloody sacrifice. Now they lie silent and motionless, grasping their arms, and awuiting the signal of as sault. The village has relapsed into utter stillness. Nothing but the low whisper of the summer wind, and the ripple of the neighbouring river, can be heard. Then one crafty robber, drawing the ready kindled brand from its concealment behind a hush, crawls with stealthy steps towards tile buildiug, and dexterously throws the lighted billet on the roof of thick Atap thatch—combustible as straw. Others follow his example, and soon, from severul portions of the structure, rise BrnaU light flames, that creep upwards and spread with a low hissing sound, un til, communicating with the timbers and the walls, they join each other, and the whole edifice hursts into ablaze that shineB fur and wide over tho forest, with a roar tlmt calls up its inmates—too late tor safety. The pirates now. with yells and shouts, rush forward, and as the startled wretches leap madly from the raised platform on which the dwelling is elevated, seize or cut them down without mercy or remorse. There is little struggle. The buccaneers enjoy an easy triumph, and before dawn the village is level with the earth ; its site is a black spot, strewn with the headless and mangled dead ; the sad captives are iu the pinite-prahus, and the pirates themselves are again on thdir bloody track, to earn new trophies and new wealth, by new atrocities and new destruction of life. Thus are the peaceful islanders immolated nt the shrine of that gigantic system whose savage votaries may find something to plead iu excuse, in the truth, that they are encour aged by writers and orators in civilized and Christian lands. In picturing the outline of these scenes, whose minute details are too horrid to describe, we merely sketch incidents ns common in Borneo, ns highway robberies were once on Hounslow Heath. [Sharpe's London Magazine. Swearing and Lying* The following story may be an old Joe redivivut, hut we do not recollect having seen it before. A Quake rhad a piece of new ground to plough which was full of roots, and he set his hired man John to hold the plough while he drove the oxen. A root would catch the nose of the plough, the plough handles would hit John a wallop on the side, nud John would commit a breach of the commandment— "Swear not nt all.” Ho went it continually, catch, jerk, thump, swear, whoa I back! gee! haw I jerk,thump, swear. At length tho placid spirit of Jedediah became disturbed by so much proinnity, and ho stopped the team and told John to tako tho goad nnd drive the ox en and he’d see if he could notnold the plough with out swearing. John topk the ox-goad and Jedediah seized the plough handles. He placed liis two legs in a bracing position, and John drove ahead. The plough caught a root—made a bound, and one of the handles hit Jedediah under the chin, and he exclaim ed; "Well, raly I never saw the like.” Again It caught, hit Jedediah again, nnd he again declared he had never seen the like. It caught again, knocked Jed down, and he roso witli the exclama tion. . "Well, raly, I never did see the like.” So matters ■ went,’ till Jed returned to the starting point and had positively affirmed that he had never seen tile like some fifty times. “There, John,” said lie, “tako hold of tlio plough and see if thou cantit not get along without swearing. Thou hast seen that 1 have not Bworn an oath tho round.” "No," replied John, “thou hast not, friend Jed, hut thou hast told fully fifty lies." Jed thought a minute and replied: Well, John, I don’t know but my lying may he Ini ’ and Darby." |3P The Emperor of Chinn died on the 25tli Feb. He is succeeded by liis fourth son, the eldest survi vor, a youth nineteen years old, who will reign under the title of Szehing. It is said that this change will be of advantage to English interests liy bringing Keying into a more influential position. The Over land Register remarks, in anticipation that the legal ization of the scale of opium, both as a source of re venue in helping the new government through its formidable financial difficulties, nnd towards setting a long vexed nnd dangerous question, will probably be one of the first measures submitted to the new sov ereign.—IV. Y Ct'ltr. 6fEnq. Friday Morning;, June 14, 1850. Georgia Lumber. From the 1st of January, 1850, to the 10th instant, there liae been shipped from the porta of Savannah and Darien 16,BG0,073 feet of lumber, of which 10,764,000 feet were shipped from Savannah. By Wednesday night’s Charleston boat we received the letter of our Cuban correspondent, brought by the Isabel, the uonreceipt of which on Tuesday morning last was a disappointment to us, and a serious deprivation to our readers. We know not where the fault lies, and have no disposition to blame any one for what wus no doubt the result of uccident. P5P Youug Crockett, a grandson of thc noble old patriot Davy, who fell ot the Alamo, was a captain in the Cuba invasion. He is a son of one of the editors of the New Orleans Crescent. rTjp The Washington Republic has a communica tion headed “ Five Wounds and Thirteen Doctors,” ridiculing Mr. Clay nnd the compromise. The arti cle is amusing nnd full of irony. Chattanooga, Tknn., June 8, 1850. W. T. Thompson, Esq.; Dear Sir,—Business in our city continues dull. The streets are dusty and disagreeable, there having been no rain in this vicinity fdVseveral weeks. Steam- boating is also dull, the river being very low. Tliero is, however, very little produce or goods fortliis or any other market ready for transportation. Now, if tlie position taken by a politician of some note in your State ho correct, that tlie small vote recently polled for delegates to the Nashville Convention was indicative of tlie people’s approbation of that assem blage, wo may sgy that the small business now offered to our Railroad Companies is also indicative of their prosperity. I don't wish you to understand that I would mislead your readers, and cause them to be lieve such absurdities, for I doubt the correctness of the hypothesis, und will not endeavor to teach others that which is so utterly inconsistent with common sense. The wheat in this section looks promising, nnd if no disaster befalls it, will yield more than un aver age crop. But not so with the Cotton crops of North Alabama and Middle Tennessee, which, I regret to learn, lias been much injured by tlie cold, ’.vet Spring. Our Alabama and Tennessee friends who recently visited your city, hnveretumed well pleased with your market, and spe.,k in the highest terms of your busi ness men. This is just ns it should be; nnd I nm gratified to find that all who patronize your market, return satisfied. These gentlemen learned one im portant fact, that most of tho Cotton that is sold in Augusta, is bought for re-salo in Savannah. They also found out that Augusta, as a Cotton market, stands in the same relation to Savannah and Charles ton that a country post olllco stands to one in town. The former being established to “ get the news" without the trouble of taking a “horse out of the plow” to ride after it in crop time. Tho country post master makes nothing by his office, nnd the duties are often badly discharged, being mostly done by wives or children—hence, it it generally believed unsafe to mail valuable matter at a country office. There are, however, two things necessary to he done by your Railroad Companies, before Savannah receives her proportion oftrade or travel. One is theponnectionof tlie Central und Macon and Western Railroads, at Macon; the other is the passenger trains of tlie Macon and Western Railroad Company, and that of the State to run in connection. As the passen ger schedules are now nrranged, it requires 60 hours from Chattanooga to your' City, while 36 hours will carry you to Charleston, making a difference of 24 hours in favor of the latter city. This your Railroad Companies should remedy as soon as possible, for until it is done, the travel from this point to your city, must be light. Perhaps I may not he thanked for these suggestions, which may, by some, he deemed unimportant, but, 1 assure you, that 24 hours against Savannah, and in favor of Charleston, will change at ’ least two-thirds of the passengers that would other wise go to, or beyond your city. Considerable dissatisfaction exists about the strin gent rules adopted by the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Companeis, with regard to cutting oft’all per sons from passing over their roads free. It must be admitted by all having knowledge of sucli matters, that tlie practice of franking had almost grown into an abuse of official privilege. Heretofore, the Georgia Railroad Company has not been so stringent; perhaps their reasons for not adopting such rules before was the want of some more amendments to their charter, by tlie Legislature. This being accomplished, the “dear people,” and officers of otlfcr roads, may take care of themselves. And so runs the train of monop oly. Yours, very truly, E. R. Mills. The Mummy, Kncckinos, &c. 8 0we Y. papers arc disposed to huvo a fij n „ „° f I for paying $5 for four tickets tor admission * t0D * nn " lectures, aud to witness thq unrolling of V° ”’ rso Mummy 3500 years old, enveloped in (onu linen of various qualities, &c. & c . But sn„ 1 ’? UIul8 ot script, Bostonians will have theirownwav • Trim ' of imposition. Speaking of Mumttties I told this morning by a gentleman, that h c l r ”! f Wcre admission to an interview with the mysteri *° Set i ester girls, now in New York, but Was unZ 8 ^ tho Gothamites having secured all the admi..- C ° ,8fu1 ’- ets for the next 24 hours 1 The *£££?**. alarming. One dollar per ticket is demanded Vf' 1 bout a dozen persons are admitted at a time heats Mummydom all hollow. So we think ty Chromatypeis anew process of photomm It consists in washing good letter-paper with th f iowiiig solution : Bichromate of potash, ten er r sulphate of copper, twenty-grains; distilled V?' 1 one ounce. Papers prepared with this are of yellow color, and may be kept for any length of a without injury, and arc always ready f or U8 e p copying botanical specimens of engravings not u° r can he more beautiful. After tho paper hos'lieon"" 3 posed to the influence of sunshine with the objcctsT ho copied superposed, it is washed over in th e a l witli a solution of nitrate of silver, of mod strength; as soon ns this is done, a very vivid posh- 8 picture mnkes its nppearence, which t.ien onlvT quires washing in pure water. 1 ^ iy Col. Swett, of Boston, has written a pamphlet to prove that it was Putnam who commanded the Americans nt the battle of Bunker Hill. The general opinion lias ever been, we believe, that Colonel P r «. cott had ubout as much to do with the lead in that business as any body else. Col. Green, of Boston, thinks that there was no sole and regular commander but that Putnum, beyond the redoubt nnd Prescott within it, gave independent orders, which were o- heyed equally. E3P To Americans about to visit England for the first time, it mny hc of some importance to remark that no books, not English, which they may take will! them, for their own personal use, are exempt from the enormous duty which she imposes; and all Eng lish works, reprinted in any other country, ifbroudit within reach of her Custom House, without reserve, are taken and destroyed. So says a late London letter. Jenny Lind in Germany. Our Germnn correspon dent informs us that this celebrated vocalist, at her re cent concerts at Berlin, completely failed to draw a great audience, nnd that generally she has exhausted all the novelty of her peculiar vocalization through out Germany. This fact will not prevent her from succeeding in this country, if merely from curiosity nnd novelity—a sensation of wonder—n something of which we mny sny, “ 1 wanted to see, and I have seen it.”— N. Y. Herald. Barnum has certainly neglected to fee Binnet, or Jenny has forgotten to send a bracelet to Mrs. B. PIP Comparative Statement of tlie Earnings of tlie Georgia Rail road for the months of May, 1849 and 1850: I’asseng’s. Freight,mails. &c, Amount. 1850.. .. 15,503 05 28,991 55 44,494 06 1849.. ..11.457 09 18,401 39 29,858 48 Increase, 4,046 96 10,590 19 The Frontier of Texas.—Mr. G. R. Lewis who late ly came on from Western Texas as the agent of tlie people, of the Rio f Irand and Nueces, publishes in the Washington Union a long article complaining of wliat lie calls tho'Presidetit’s neglect of Texan interests. He quotes largely from the proceedings of public meet ings. calling for protection against tlie present Indian hostilities which arc now desolating that country. Negro Suffrage—In theOhio Convention, now in ses sion at Columbus, on the 27th inst.,the following moves were madein favor of negro suffrage. If our neigh bors over the river place thmcselves on nil equality with negroes, it is a matter of taste, about, which wo shall not dispute: Upon the usual call for memorials and petitions this morning, Mr. Iluinplireyville presented a petition which lie said was signed by some fifty or sixty fe males and about as many males, nsking that the riaht of suffrage may he granted to all the people of tlie State of Ohio without regard to color or sex. Judge Vance presented the petition of 50 negroes, of die county ef -Butler, asking lor the right of suf frage. which was referred, along with that presented by Mr. Humphreyville, to the Committee on tlio Elective Franchise. The next thing we shall heal- of, will be the inter marriage of whites and blacks in Ohio. Louisville (Ky.) Jour. Com. Premature Education.—That the Education of Chil dren should not be forced, like lettuce in hot houses,is becoming a popular idea. The more haste, in such bus iness, the less speed. Wc find the following opinions of learned authorities on this important subject;— Of ten infants destined for different vocations, I should perfer that tho one who is to study through life, should be the least learned at the age of 12.— Tissot. Intellectual effort in the first years of life is very in jurious. All labor of mind which is required of chil dren before tho seventh year, is iu opposition to the laws of nature, and will prove injurious to tho organ ization, and prevent its proper and mature develop ment.— Hufcla nd. Experience demonstrates that of any number of children of equal intellectual powers, those that re ceive no particular care in infancy, and who do not begin to rend and write until tlir 14,636 12 Resigned.—It is stated that Orlando Brown, Com missioner of Indian Affairs at Washington, has resign ed. It is stutedthat Maj. Markland, of the same bu reau has also resigned, and that there is much bad feel ing in tlie Indian Bureau. The Great Tunnel on the Baltimore nnd Ohio Railroad, is said to be one of the greatest works of civ il engineering now going on in the world. It is a few miles from Morgantown, West Virginia, nud is through a mountain a mile nnd a quarter wide The Rochester Witches. It would seem that no imposition is too absurd to “go down" in New York, and that no species of decep tion is toorediculous to be countenanced by a portion of the press of that city. The Tribune, the organ of all tlie newisms. heresies, and humbugs of tlie day, gives a long account of an interview with the famous Rochester women on Thursday evening last, nt the rooms of Dr. It. W. Griswold.—Messrs. Fenni- more. Cooper, Ilryunt, Bancroft, Willis, Tuckerman, Dr. Hawks, Dr. Francis, nnd other distinguished gen tlemen being present. The “spirits” were variously invoked during the evening, aud the responsive rup- pings appear to have been occasionally apt and satis factory. The deportment of the females is commen- ded by the writer, from whom we derive this speci men of the entertainment; The evening was now far advanced, and it was not thought desirable to continue the colloquies any fur ther. Attlie suggestion of several gentlemen, the la dies removed from the sola, where they had sat dur ing the evening, and remained, standing in another part of the room. The knockings were now heard ou the doors, at both ends of the room, producing a vibration on tlie pauncls which was felt by every one who touched them. Different gentlemen stood on the outside and tlie inside of the door at the tame time, when louil knockings were heard on the side opposite to that where they stood. Tho Indies were at such a distance from the door in both cases, as to lend no countenance to the idea that the sounds were produced by any direct communication with them. They now went into a parlor, under the room in which the part” was held, accompanied by several gentleman, au tithe sounds were then produced witli grent distinctness, causing sensible vibrations in tlie sofa, nnd apparently coming from n thick hearth-rug before tlie fireplace, as well as from other quarters of the room. Can anything ife imagined more utterly ridiculous than tlio unblushing effrontery ol these women, ex cept it be tlie credulity or knavery of the men who aid them in practising their wicked imposition ou the public. If by some hocus pocua they are enabled to produce the rappiugs, let them keep their secret, nnd make money by exhibiting thoir mysterious power. But they commit un outrage upon society when they assert that these demonstrations are from the spiritual studies tiiose who commenced earlier, and rend num erous books when very young.—Spurzhcim gin to read and write until the constitution begins be consolidated, hut who enjoy tlio benefit of a ,, , „n good physical education, very soon surpass in their world, which should be promptly rebuked by allnioi- - ... ■ „i men—by all who reverence truth, and reprobate falsehood. We never had any opinion of these pre tended spirit tamers—those weird women of Roches ter. Their recent movement to New York lor the purpose of exhibition, has shown them to be as mer cenary as they are false and impious, and we only wonder that they aro tolerated in their wickedness by persons making any pretensions to respectability or character. Married.—Ill Newport, 3d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Choulous, Mr. George H. Darling, oi this city, aud Miss Maria A. Sweet of'Newport. Sweet girl, and a darling wife. Great Strike in New York—On Saturday morning tho boss builders of New York city refused to pay the laborers nine shillings a day, as demanded nnd receiv ed by them since the 10th of Inst month. The bosses sny, ono dollar is ull they will pay. The result is, business in this line has stopped. Arrangements are being made for a muss meeting in tho l’ark to-morr<fw ufteiiioon. .4n Adrcntu-.r of Old Age.—Among the. passengers who arrived nt Boston a few days ago, in the hark Eagle, from Ft. John's, Newfoundland, was Michael Mulloy, aged one hundred and three years, lie is a Unlive of Kilkenny, Ireland, which he left 82years ago. He comes to this country to visit his children ; and is going first to Providence. It. 1., where one of them resides, and then hopes to real'll Michigan, where he will meet another. He enjoys fine health, says he never has lust a night’s sleep ou account of sickness yet. lie walks witli a firm step, and his eyo sight’is keen enough to enable him to tlireiidsi tine cambric needle w ithout tiie use of spectacles. British Iron.—Immense quantities of foreign iron are said to he coming into New York, and the Express notices six thousand tons imported by one Now York house to meet home orders. Tlie price of railroad iron is very low in England, hut is kept up to about $38 a $40 per ton here, by tlie heavy freights. The Erie Railroad Co., alone have received ten thousand tons at Quebec, to he landed at’Duukirk via the Wei- land Canal. Distance to I.iVEnrooi-*.—It appear# from an article in the New York Courier nml Enquirer, dint tho distance between New York and Liverpool i* 3084 miles, while from Boston th Liverpool it is hut 2349, making a difference of 235 miles in tavor oi the route from Buston via Halifax. (From the N. O. Ficayunc of Saturday.) Fxnininntion of Hen. INnrclso Lopez. Gen. Lopez arrived in this city this morning for the purpose of surrendering himself to the U. States Marshal, in accordance with a previous statement to thateffect which we published in our pnperof yester day morning. The following is a copy of the letter addressed to the U. S. Marshal by Gen. Lopez : [Trans 1 a t i o n.] Pass Christain, June 6,1850. To the Marshal of the United States iu New Orleans; Sir—Having understood that you desired to see me in relation to matters connected with your office, I take the liberty of informing you that for that pur pose I shall repair to the city to-morrow; and shall await your commands in the gentlemen’s parlor of thp St. Charles Hotel from 4 to 6 o'clock ill the afternoon. With great consideration and respect, I subscribe myself your obedient servant, (Signed) NARC1SO POPEZ. At 10 o’clock, tlie writ of arrest having been served on Gen. Lopez, he appeared in tlie U. S. District Court, accompanied by his counsel, Messrs. John Henderson, S. S. Prentiss, and J. Sigur. The court room was crowded with our citizens, who evinced groat interest, and much excitement prevailed. Gen. Lopez is a man about 45 years of age, middle size, rather stout, dark complexion, with very black and black eye-brows, high forehead, hair slight ly gray, and with gray whiskers under his throat. He was dressed very plain, in blue linen pants, arid a black dress coat, dark vest and blue cravat, with no attempt at show, and without nny thing particularly striking ubout him to attract attention. The District Attorney for the United States, Mr. Hunton, announced to tlie Court that Gon. Lopez was present under an order of arrest, mid he desired to know when it would suit the convenience of tlie Court to proceed with the examination. 'He then proceeded to rend the order of arrest, and the nliidn' vit made by Juan Y. Labonrde, the Spanish Consul, which stated in substance that hc verily belived that ou tlie 7th of May last, Nnrciso Lopez (lid begin and set on foot, and did prepare mul provide the means fora military expedition und enterprise to be carried on from the United States against the Island nnd Cu ba. The court said it would be prepared to tuko the case up on Monday next and that the accused might be bailed. Mr. Henderson here rose aud said he did not see how the court could ask hail on such an atlidavit, which made no specific charge whatever, even if the accused had been guilly of the blackest crime. Tlie Spanish Consul had said lie “ verily believed" an offence had been committed, hut no fuct hud been sworn to iu tlie affidavit. Hundreds might sweur that they believed the contrary. Would that be evi dence ? Was this enough for tho Spnnish Consul to take away tho liberty of n mail 1 No. Some fuct must be swore to, some offence must be alleged, anil no belief of tlie Spanish Consul would be sullicient iu an atlidavit for an order of arrest. If the Spanish Cousul should be tried for perjury, ho could not be found guilty, on an expression of mere belief Mr. Houston was astonished at tho objection taken by tlie learned counsel. A warrant had been issued on grounds -which he believed sufficient to arrest the accused. He had never understood that criminal practice required that in affidavit tlie time, pluce and facts should be stated. Mr. Henderson replied and cited the ense of the United States vs. Skinner, Don Manuel Igna et ah, before Judge Livingston, for their discharge on a charge of fitting out two vessels at New Yorkagaiust a foreign power, und contended the affidavit was in sufficient. Mr. Hunter contended that the case did not touch the question. It did not state that such be tlie form of thenflldavit, tlio question in that case was the na ture of the offence and not the charge. He then cited from Chitty’s Criminal Law. Mr. Prentiss spoke at grout length, und was replied J to by tlie District Attorney. The court took the ques tion under advisement und udjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning, when it will deliver its opinion. Gen. l.opez was hailed in the Eum of $2000 for his appenrance at that time. Recorder Caldwell became his security on the bond. From Florida. The United States steamer Mon mouth, Captain Freeborn, arrived at this port yester day afternoon, in 42 hours from Indian River. By this arrival wo have no particular information from the interior. Billy Bowlegs has gone into Tampa Bay to hold another talk with General Twiggs. Sam Jones is st .11 in the Everglades, but has sent word that he will soon, come in to one of the Forts. The Indians are all quiet, coming in nnd going out at the different j posts at their pleasure. They mingle freely with th» troops, selling corn nud such other articles as they have. It is said to be the intention of the government to leave things in their present position until fall, and then to insist upon their removal The troops arc still healthy—very lew coses of disease occurring. On Thursday last four companies of Artillery left Indian River for Fort Mead. The Richmond Enquirer.—The Senior Editor of the Enquirer, now on a Northern tour, thus writes of the recent anti-compromise editorial, which erepijpto his paper, by stealth, during his absence— ••The Enquirer of the 28th ult., has nn article denun ciatory of the compromise, strangely in conflict with my New-York letter alongside of it. 1 know not what ilevelopcmcnts may have since occurred—but, the more 1 reflect on the difficulties oi the subject, the more inclined nin I to believe that the South should nccept. as the best she can do, the compromise, wilh i some material modifications. Had the South shown the proper firmness and union, the ense would be ou-1 ferent, and we would obtain ull we asx. But, no . she is divided ns to her true policy, and, u n nites upon something, we can get nothing[near J* good ns what is offered us. I had believed, _ j ing the debates of the winter, that the South »o™ not accept the Missouri line. Gen..Cass put tion directly to Jefferson Davis, who (and othc , > 1 believe,) replied that he would RoFtek* 1 • the right of settlement by the slnvcho^liter prcssly recongnized. This wc cannot get, ■ Let the South with f.otne unanimity ngreo,up ^ policy nnd 1 will stand by them—hut, ns tdhnt seem probable, may wenot lose more an P -l whole, by not closing this dangerous question at | and crushing the free soilers ? ’ Kp Willis, of tlie Home Jourual, tells the fo' 10 ™ 3 anecdote of a scene which he says he witness# centlyin an omnibus. The heroine was a j' 0 * 1 ” girl,‘excessively pretty, and in her mouth— e pies at the corner of which were so deep, an 8 . ed iu, liko inverted commas, that her >P 3 I like a quotation—she carried the fatal eixpcnc c, ed to pass from the warm bliss ot flint rosy P to the cold change-box on the top.’ .u i “Arriving opposite the Talfernacle, P ^ #ni string, took the piece of silver lrom J) jj c re cei> I gave it to the young man sitting oppo- • . (e or(! > I eil it politely, but, us the omnibus was a fe t j,,t in coming to a stand still, she had timet ^ lie admiringly placed the moist sixpe ^ f ron i bis _ There wu own ]jps, and took a less inagne own pocket to throw away to the driver. -- w i a suppressed smile among the othe p “j scuo ui-1 the lady was not to be complimented \ ( || (i ly. ‘I’ll trouble you for my Sixpence, 8 rpceit . holding out her hand with its green m » 8 be. ing the money, between thumb and she would take a cockroach tram apoto re j, u )tinglyi I passed it up herself, anil looked aro rt j BPn ccW as she went out, on those who had the ®F l ■ smile." . . ciivntes oni'W I Wc don’t believe a word ol it. It s ‘ think of it. — —e— n 0 Boston I The Lawrence Divorce Case ' marks C ' Courier of yesterday, lias the following this case: . , It is not often that affairs of a prrtare cluce so widely-extended a seneut ^ _ - r| community, and even through of Mr „ tions ot a nation, as the recent di then 10 ’ Lawrence. It is not our purpose to <» we c ,n » or demerits of tlie parties, but to d ° i( , vi ' tal)le prevent the alienation which w * q 105 e who C them, froth extending its influence to Uio^ j( connected with only 0I )<? a- wecxP^L have some tendency to ettect thi- > T.B.I' 8 convictions—nay our knowledge— h j s p a tnily r ‘ U.’ I 5^" Louis rhilippe is menaced With on attack oi dropsy in the chest. y member ot the J-< ttW reuce gur e« u« and regret they have felt fit to puraue, are inexpreMJ■ • y, to them anil to the general fe (UT hick 1'F sorrj' here, to make this statement. 0 f » *" 1 speak in such a manner of any onr Mii> li,e Ls I so much respected as that of w ;j 0 fl'e ncr8 ,.«j I London is the head; but it is be ■’ f ho»k' rt ' ft s,ii I needs come, that the weight o „ rut jier . * I him by whom the offence c<>^ ^ diem ^ 1 those who are especially aHuct_ * n juct. the innocent victim oi another ^ in ^ I rr* You ng~C rockett, : Wtow,a cr - e r H Cuban expedition, writing to 1 c an» 0, ‘ j | jeuns thus speaks • of Ueii. Lorirt- no t *> ’ I he, “I cannot imagine why Gcn. LoP ercTet & I Ho seemed to bear a charmed hte, LopfJ; fis w ^ I fell thickest, there you would 8 ? c u , ;in I « rer! | and giving ordera He is the bravest heard, or rend of."