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JJE MORNING NEWS.
HY JOHN :U. (OOP Hit.
WILLIAM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR.
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Four U:ivm Enter from Europe.
Tli* steamship Atlantic arrived on. Sunday after
noon, having mmlo the passage in n little more tlian
eleven days from Liverpool, Going the shortest ever
made between the two porta, by. over twelve hours.
She bring* intelligence to the 29th of May inclusive,
tour day* later than the America. She had 73 pas-
senders.
Among the passengers me (1. \V. Kendall, ol the
N. O. Picayune, and Mr. A. Dudley Mann, who went
out as special agent of the Government during tlte
late revolutionary struggle in Hungary.
It is said that the Engines of the Atlantic worked
admirably i not the slightest disarrangement of the
machinery having occurred.
The Canada arrived at, Liverpool on the 86th.
'idlemisunderstanding with regard to the Greek
question had nuthenn arranged.
All was tranquil at Paris, mid no apprehension of
mi outbreak appenred to be entertained. The debate
on the electoral law had not concluded. The bill was
expected to pass entire in the course of the week.
Tlie wound of the King of Prussia was more se-
lious than nt first supposed ; but no fatal result was
anticipated.
The Viceroy was to have left Galway on Saturday,
the 1st June, on the experimental trip lo America.—
The mailbags were to he conveyed hy express, and
I,he run front Dublin to Galway was to be performed
in eight hours and a half. It was reported that 80
berths had been taken, which nt £25 each passenger,
would amount to £2000, mul it is calculated thr.t the
ship’s expenses would not exceed £1200. The rail
way works are in a stale of greut forwardness.—
There are upwards of 5000 laborers employed upon
them. , , , , , .
Lord Chnnceller Cottenliani has tendered Ms res
ignation. It was thought that the Great Seal would
he put into commission.
A Mr. Hell has achieved n new discovery in the
science of lerostation—that of controlling, directing,
or steering a balloon. On Friday evening the appear-
eneo of nbnlloon of a singular form traversing the
metropolis, occasioned some sp iculation ns to whet
her the frail car, from its oscillating gyrations, con
tained nil animate or inanimate seronaut. The occu
pant of the car was the gentlemen above mentioned,
who manoeuvred his bark through the realms of air
with a dexterity that puts all his contemporaries in
the shade. The ascent was made about six o'clock,
mid the descent took plnce nt Essex, with the result
favorable to the intrepid aeronaut, but causing the loss
of life of one who hud bravely and kindly hastened to
tlie rescue of a fellow creature in his perilous des
cent from the regions above.
A marine report received by tlie Lisbon mail an
nounces that a heavy gnle from the westward proved
very destructive to the shipping on the const of Spain
nud Portugal, twenty sail of ships hnving been lost,
hmongflt them e. Spanish war stenmer, mid a sohoon-
er, olf hands on hoard of which were supposed to have
perished.
A letter from Dessau, dated tlie 22d, announces the
commission of n brutal act of profanation perpetrated
upon tho Inst remains ot her late Royal Highness the
Dut liesa. It appeors that some miscreantsbrokeinto
the mnily vault in the church ot Tcssnitz, burstopon
the coffin, and divested tlie mouldering body of its
last vestments.
It is stated that the children of Kossuth have been
permitted by General Unyuau to join their parents in
Asia Minor. A Vienna letter in tlie Times Bays :
“ The Pesth correspon dent of Lloyd relates that
Hayuau, having sent for the children, addressed the
younger in German. The reply was iu the Hunga
rian language. On seeing that the Commauder-Tn-
Chief did not understand him, the boy spoke French,
remarking that every General must certainly under
stand that language. Kossuth’s offspring could not
be induced to utter a single word in Gorman.”
Lord Ashley was to bring on liiB motion in the
House of Commons for the total abolition of Sunday
labor in the Post office, on Thursday tlie 30th ult.
At n fire in the town of Clonmel, Ireland, a whole
family, seven in number, were burnt to death, they
sleeping in n room, the window of which was grated
with strong iron bars. Their retreat by die door was
•cut off hy the fire. Several fruitless attempts were
mode to wrench the bars. Finally the family, one by
one, fell to the lloor nud perished.
France. The discussion of tlie electorial law in
Paris is proceeding to the satisfaction of the abso
lutist party. The second clause, requiring three
years residence is now under consideration. All the
proceedings are marked with mi exaggeration even of
m uni galvanic absurdities. Confident m their large ma
jority, tlie Ministerial party acknowledge no res
traint, but manifest a determination, which is perfect
ly sublime from its open uuconscientiousness, to set
every thing at defiunnee which is not according to
"their own will. “ I have been told,” suid M. Thiers,
after he had exhausted every expression of scorn and
hatred against the democrats, “ihntwo dure not at
tempt’ to violate the laws, and you will see whether
we dare not.”
Coupled with speeches such ns these we have also
announcements of the further steps ot arbitrary re
pression that are contemplated by Louis Napoleon and
his Ministers, so soon ns the electorial bill is passed.—
indeed on tins point what may almost lie called a
regular programme has been issued. It includes a
law on the clubs ; a law regulating the domicil of for
eigners ill France; a law restraining the “licentious-
lies" of the press (the Government themselves being
the judges ot whet is licentious) :'nmi tin#completion
of the law on transportation. These, however, are
to be nierely preliminary measures. They are to oc
cupy She Chamber till July. A recess of 6 weeks is
then to take place, and iu October the grand stroke of
all is to be performed, namely,, the immediate revison
of the constitution by the present Assembly. If these
pluns have no other merit, there is at least something
line in Louis Napoleon and his Ministers and the “pres
ent” Assembly deliberately announcing what they in
tend to do with regard to the people of France five
months lienee.
Prussia.—Berlin, May 85.—The official report of
the king's health for last night and this morning are
neteoluvorabie; some degree of lever has set iu,
and the wound it.-el I is swollen and inflamed.
Tho criminal, Sefeloge, is coufnied in the strongest
part of the Stadtvogtei prison, called the lUesenburgb,
and special measures of precaution are adopted both
to prevent any attempt to escape or to commit sui
cide. lie is watched by two police officers, and, ns
usual in cases of murder, is heavily ironed. He lias re
covered from the effect of tlie sword wound on the
head nud the blows he received from the bystanders
before lie could be rescued from them. He expresses
no repentance of his crime; on the contrary, lie has
regretted that lie did not succeed in his design.
Spain. According to the Madrid journals of the
19th May reports ot a Cnvlist movement were be
coming more current iu Madrid. It was Enid that at
the period of the Queen's accouchment a general
rising would take place throughout the kingdom.
The Mississippi Vniicy.
Tlie vast interests (says the Mobile Herald)—agri
cultural, commercial and manufacturing—which are
centered in the valley of the Mississippi, serve to di
rect attention more and more to the various phenome
na presented hy the father of waters and his tribu
taries. Each returning year gives additional force to
the settled conviction that artificial means must he
resorted to to deerensetho immense volume of water
that flows through Ihe channel, and thereby lessen the
chances of overflows, which of late years have been
of frequent occurrence and destructive in their ef
fects. It is seen that us levees are extended, circum
scribing the waters, the volume becomes elevated,
clearly showing that unless outlets are provided for
the re jundancy,‘ disastrous overflows must be the an
imal result. But whereto begin, orliow toTiegin, are
questions not easily'settled. Even gentleman qt high
scientific attainment differ materially, on points impor
tant to be considered in presenting uny plan for obvia
ting the threatened (lunger. As an illustration, Pro-
lessor Rogers, in n late geological lecture at tlie Smith
sonian Institute, estimated the area drained by tlie
Mississippi river at 300,000 square miles, and the tolal
nmonnt of water discharged per annum nt 8,092,118,-
9-10,000 cubic feet. He also estimates the sedimentary
matter held in suspension at. about one twelve hun
dredth part, by meusure, of the whole volume of wa
ter discharged per annum. The alluvial deposits in
tlie delta, left by the Mississippi and its tributaries, lie
supposes to have n meun depth of fifty feet, and, there
fore, the least possible time, upon these hypotheses,
required tortile deposition of the delta would be 13,-
618 years. Tlie water discharged in the same time
would fill a sea 850 miles square and one mile deep.
These data are widely different from tlie estimates
of gentlemen of, perhaps, higher authority. Dr. M.
TV. Dickerson and Andrew Brown, in their report to
the American Association for tlie Promotion of
Science, in 1848, put down the aggregate quantity of
water discharged at 14,883,360,636,880 cubic feet,
while Mr. Albert Stein, of this city, estimates it at
33,732,874,000,000 cubic feet; the extent of the Mis
sissippi valley being put down by the same gentle
man nt 1,210,000 square miles. According to Mr.
Stein, the mean annual quantity of water which falls
in the whole valley drained hy the Mississippi, is esti
mated at. 36 inches, which, by calculation, irives 101,-
198,592,000,000 cubic feet, one-third of which is as
sumed to be discharged by the river and tlie other
two-thirds disposed of by evaporation. Mr. Stein
also estimates the solid matter held by the water nt
11.244,288,000 cubic leet, the depth of tlie alluvial
formation at, 1056 feet, and tho time required to form
the present delta 35,605 years.
Mr. Stein, for the past year or two, lias written
for DeBow's Review a series of interesting and valu
able papers on tlie various subjects connected with
the valley of the Mississippi, the rivers, &c., sub
jects tliut mu6t of necessity force themselves on pub
lic attention. All recent observation hy scientific
men lias established the fact that tlie bed of tlie Miss
issippi river has for years been gradually rising, thus
rendering the peril more and more imminent from
nnnual inundations.
Correspondence of the I hiladelphia Evening Bulletin.
Interesting Commercial Statistics.
Washington, June 5, 1850.
I have applied to tlie latest and most authentic re
cords, Treasury reports, Parliamentary returns, &c.,
to ascertain the condition of tho commerce on this
continent, and have succeeded in obtaining the sub
joined statements. The States of Central and South
America are destined to play a conspicuous part in
tlie . minis of trade hereafter, and every thing that
tends to throw light upon their political and commer
cial condition, is not only sought after with avidity,
hut is read by all clases with particular interest. Tlie
last steamer from England, brought us many glowing
newspaper speculations, with regard to these “sparse
ly populated colonies and independencies," and not
exaggerated accounts of their value to European
markets, should the American Senate take a proper
view of the subject, and ratify tlie Nicaragua treaty.”
That convention having been confirmed, will natu
rally open- a new chapter in American maritime
affairs, and the English journalists are not wrong in
ascribing as much importance to these insolated
States as they are given credit for. Annexed will be
found the vnlue or the exports from this country and
Great Britain to South America, and a statement of
the population of the several districts according to
llumbolt’s calculation
G. Britain.
U. States.
Population.
Pntngonia
$ 2,000
$ 1,000
Chila
4,477,543
1,722,457
1,250,000
Bolivia
6,000
15,000
1,500,000
Peru
2.500,000
93,195
1,500,000
Ecuador
250,000
330,000
600.000
New Grenada..
244,460
1,750,000
Venezuela
756,000
431,421
1,000,(»0
The Guiuas...
3,000.000
812,489
200,000
23,000,000
2.838,380
6.000,000
Cisplntine Rep’li.
3,865,362
131,638
400.000
Argentine Rcp'b.
2,000,000
595,518
1,200,000
$39,856,905
$7,218,558
15,400,000
Great Britain United States.
Add to above Central America $50,156 $112,480.
Great Britain, it will be seen, supplies manufactures,
Sic, to the amount of $40,000,000, while the whole of
our exports are computed by official returns for 1849,
at less than $8,000,000. Now, it is no less remark
able, that of this $40,000,000, thirty millions are paid
to our transatlantic rival for tlie growths and pro
ducts of this country, being for fabrics from our own
cotton, which were sent to British looms, nnd then
returned for barter and exchange, past our ports, to
those of South America. I draw attention to this
fact, because itis one not generally konwu, and lienee
occurs tho question whether it is not a singular
policy that permits this result to us directly, by man
ufacturing a portion of our cotton, and sending tnem
thither for barter, instead of the looms of Great Brit
ain.
Appended will also be found the value of the ex
ports to the Bermudas and the West Indies, including
Cuba, which maybe mentioned iu this connection.
These statistics show, if uotlung else, the vast field
still open to competition in our own waters.
Exports to By Great Britain. By United States.
British West Indies $20,640,000 $3,935,834
linyti 1,600,000 532,577
Cuba and other W. Indies,..7,700,000 6,335,590
AITaim In France.
During tho couple of weeks that I have been In Pa
ris, sjiys the correspondent of the Newark Advertiser,
every day they have been constantly expecting an in
surrection. The electoral prospect, brought forth by
the government, cannot be disassociated from the
ideas of barricades nnd revolutions. This scheme ia
an extensive interdict upon univorsnl suffrage, and is
condemned, us being n high Inin-led outrage upon the
spirit and letter of the constitution. The principul
feature of this bill, is the inordinate requisition c.f
making n residence in tlie sumo house for tlie three
months immediately preceding the election, n condi
tion of being a voter.—There is no doubt of its be
coming a law.
Meanwhile a military despotism reigns in Paris.—
Every press, daring to speok with freedom against tho
doingsof the GovernmentThas-been silenced, und hide*
pendent editors are fined and imprisoned. During the
two days that the bill has been under discussion, troops
of the line, and a detachment of the National Guard,
have been guarding tlie National Assembly. Still the
people are perfectly tranquil; not even a “ Five la lie-
piibliqiie" is heard. The government probably knows
iiow to interpret this outward calmness. It has not
neglected to fortify itself nt every point. Some 150,-
DUO troops have been collected in and about the city.
Anns linve been placed in tlie National Assembly, tlie
Hotel deVille, the Louvre, nnd in many other public
buildings. A stranger would think, from tliese
peremptory measures, that the government is in pos
session o + ‘ some secret advices of a deep laid plot of
insurrection; but the better informed sny that this
parade of military power is designed to intimidate
the people, iu order that the government may carry
out its designs upon tlie constitution. By tlie next
steamer, you rimy possibly hear that uffoirs have
reached a crisis.
Onward.
Tlie United States is net the only nation tlint is de
monstrating to the observing world that the spirit of
the age is progressive in a very eminent degree. Tur
key, like Gliddon's mummy, is coming out from that
oriental embalmaturc in which its energies have been
wrapped up for centuries, and in all probability, like
the mummy aforesaid, will establish that dignity of
sex which will redeem tho luxury nnd effeminacy of
nges. Turkey, looking to tlie honors, achievements,
nnd emoluments of civilization, is adopting progres
sive measures for establishing tlie occupant in the
possession of the land; and lias moreover, extended
the privileges of religious toleration throughout the
country, thus taking tlie lead of not a few of tlie
European States.
Sardinia is also taking a lesson from the free polity
of tlie age, and has by recent, parliamentary enact
ment placed the ecclesiastical in proper subjection to
the civil power; or rather, thrown over tlie religious
world the common muntle of State protection, tlmt
nil may enjoy equal privileges. In tlie process of
events under such movements as these, some things
wilitranspireamongsthitherto privileged classes tbut
will arouse unpleasantfeelings at first, beyond doubt;
but as the people recognise the salutary character of
such action as this, they will promptly exhibit their
hearty concurrence with it.
In China there are also indications of a more libe
ral spirit; though in that country it will of course take
a Chinese method of dis playing itself. Once, how
ever, put ill action; once quickened by the energy of
that spirit which is now moving upon the vast mental
chaos that lies beneath tlie broken, artificial surface
of society, even China witli its myriads may yet at no
distant day, partake of the blessings and privileges of
popular independence and republican liberty.—Ball
Sun.
Washington, June 10.
Mr Clay was attacked with sudden indisposition yes
terday, which greatly alarmed his numerous friends.—
He is much better this morning. There was a Cabi
net meeting held yesterday, at which the Compromise
plan of the Committee of Thirteen was the subject of
deliberation.
The Cotton Crop.—We have had the opportunity
of'perusing two letters, received by a mercantile
house in this city, from correspondents who reside
near Grand Gulf, Miss. The writers sny: “The riv
er will keep up too late to allow any tiling to be done
on the rich low lands and in our hill lands ; in places
tlie crops are truly bad. In some districts they seem
to be doing pretty well. The report of great des
truction to the crops, altough true in particular in
stances, are generally partial; if it were not so. tlie cot
ton crop would be no corp at all. 1 heard to-day from
Copiah county ; the crops there are better.” One
gentleman's overseer writes him that he has to plough
up a ninety acre field, whic i the owner saw about a
week before, and it was then looking well. It is no (V
all dead. Another planter talks seriously of plough
ing lip his entire crop and putting it all in com. “An
other planter was telling me last week of a field of
very fine cotton which he had, nearly knee high. To
day he is ploughing it up nnd replanting. The cut
worms are eating up the repluuted cotton as fast ns
it comes up. Tlie accounts are all unfavorable, but
the above are specimens of the worst.”
N. O. Picayune 8th.
Accident from Camphene.—Another melancholy
accident from the incautions use of camphene occur
red Friday night about 9 o’clock near the comer of
Spring and Wooster streets. A servant girl named Is
abella Foster, in the family of Mr. Fowler, was filling
a lamp with camphene, when the latter caught fire
und a violent explosion ensued, setting fire to
girl’s dress, and frightening her out of her wits,
li state of delirious excitement she run from the base
ment into the back yard, thence through the open hall
into Spring street. Her wild shrieks soon brou ght out
a multitude of the citizens, who eagerly hastened to
her relief, but before the flames were extinguished
nearly all her clothing, including her shoes, was con
sumed.—Tribune.
Tlie poor girl died this morning.
BAVAsysrASL
Saturday Morning,' June Hi, 1 S50i
Total.
An Arrest. Ail individual who calls himself
John Kenki.y, was arrested yesterday, hy Justice P.
M. Russell, nud Officer W. Russell, charged Vritli
having insulted several Indies iii the street by inde
cent exposure of his person. He was turned over
to His Honor the Mayor, by whoih, we understand,
he is to bn examined this morning. We are informed
that this individual has been in the practice of thus
exposing himself, and that tlie police have been on
tlie look oilt for him tor some time past, but were
unable to euteli him until yesterday ihorning.
Wiuiliiiigtan Monument, Again.
A writer in the Baltimore Bun revives the plan pro
posed by us some time since, to tnko up a national
collection, simultaneously throughout tlie Union, for
the benefit of the Washington Monument fund. Al
luding to the late resolution of the Board, liy which it
is suggested to take up sucli a collection on tlie ap
proaching anniversary of American Independence,
tlie writer enys:
Tlie occnson will be most appropriate for some
tangible demonstration of a nation’s gratitude for the
inestimable service rendered by the immortal Wash
ington, nnd of respect for his memory. There would,
too, be something highly becoming in this simulta
neous contribution by every citizen of tlie U. Btntes
to so noble und worthy un object.
No doubt the present population of the Union ex
ceeds twenty millions : a single cent, therefore, from
each individual, would raise at once a sum exceeding
two hundred thousand dollars—at two cents each a
sum would be raised exceeding half a million. This
sum can very easly be raised, If proper measures be
ndopt<£for thnt. purpose, as for instance, if the head
of every family in the Union should, on the fourth,
call upon each member for a contribution ol two cents;
tlie several contributions might then be submitted to
some gentleman of the county town, to be by him i'or-
wnrdedto the treasurer of the build ug committee.
There cun be no doubt of the practicability of this
plan, but we apprehend the time between this und tlie
Fourth of July is too short in which to carry it out-
In order to be effective, tlie arrangement shouid be
general, and it should be known from Maine to Cali,
forma, that on the day stated, such a collection would
be taken up in every city, town, nnd village through
out the confederacy. We would suggest thnt the day
be postponed to the 22d Feb'y next, by which ample
time would be given to disseminate the plan and arrange
the details, so ns to curry it thoroughly into execution.
Let the Board at Washington appoint the day, publish
a programme of the mode by which the money is to
be collected and transmitted to Washington nnd have it
distributed throughout the country, nnd we have not
the slightest doubt that the scheme would be success
ful. Buch an arrangement would aflord the people
of the whole Union nn opportunity of participating
in this great nntionul work, and of manifesting, as one
great family of freemen their common love and ven
eration for the memory, of the illustrious Father of
his country. There would be a moral sublimity in
such an exhibtion of national sentiment that could not
fail to be appreciated by all, while it would revive and
strengthen the fraternal feelings whicli should per
vade the breasts of all Americans, by reminding us of
our common origin und destiny—of our joint partic
ipation in the hopes of the future and the giorlts of
the past.
It is to be hoped that the board will see the proprie
ty of adopting some such measure as thnt above sug
gested. The brief resolution which they have passed
recommending that collections be taken up on the ap
proaching Fourth is wholly ineflicent. The people
will scarcely become ndvised of their request by that
day, and even those who do, will have no assurance
that the movement will be general, consequently they
will take little interest in the matter. Already sever
al years have been consumed in getting the monument
under way, nnd if tlie money for its erection is to be
obtained in the ordinary way, by itinerant collectors,
no one of the present generation will live to see it
completed.
The people regard the travelling agents of tlie
Board almost in the light of tax gatherers, nnd even
those who contribute to them, do so with a knowledge
of the fact thnt a large percentage of the amount giv
en, goes to defray the travelling and other expenses of
tlie collector.. Besides, in this way, only a small por
tion of the people have 411 opportunity of contribu
ting. There is no necessity for adhering to this mode,
while there are innumerable arguments that might
be urged against it. We hope the press will move in
the matter, when, we have no doubt, a more patriotic,
practical, and expeditious means will be udopted for
raising tlie funds for the monument.
where the number, increased, and „ ,, rc „,
prevailed. great ax c i t
The General came forward and ml,I,,,
pie in Spanish, which was translatedh” Cl1 P
but wo were unable to catch tile worl Mr '
the General gave the people to Uni i!;’'. CXl *Pt yJ
might.be branded ns a pirate and a raw" l “' 1
Sing tlie cause of freedom, lm> h e „ rfor e<|»J
hear the opprobiuin, and that it sboult”* WUli “? I.
tenhimor make him desert his cause aot d I*heu
Caors in North ALADAsilHq^'
made its appearance in North Alabama Ce - ,jiriikl
Paine's Discovery of Gas. It is said tlint a compa
ny in New York have given Mr. l’ninc, of Worcester,
Mass., nearly five million of dollars—half a million
cash down—for his right to liis i iventiou lor the
manufacture of gas. heat nud motive power from
water, by means of electricity. Air. Coleman, of the
Actor House, tins entered into a contract for the intro
duction qt this gas into his establishment. The New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, re
ferring to tho rumor that Air. Paine lmd sold liis ri/lit
to the invention, says:
Yesterday a great sensation was created here by the
announcement, through letter, received from Wor
cester, thpt the bargain hint been completed, nnd that
several committees from gas works of various cities,
had declared that thorn was no humbug in this mat
ter. Mr. Paine has been very severely assailed, but
Ilia skilllms triumphed, and liis name will he transmit
ted to posterity as one ol the greatest discoverers of
the World.
In view of it we may anticipate the most wonder
ful changes. It will create us important results as
the electrical telegraph, and will be even more bene
ficial to mankind.—The apparatus for a dwelling
house is the size of a common clock and with littl-
tronble hot sd much as that of winding up a clock,
gas enough can be generated to light a large hall. No
smoke attends the light, and the production of fit is
unattended bv any danger.
529,940,000 $10,804,001
Cuba alone $2,300,000 $4,641,145
1 stated in a late communication that the popula
tion of Cuba, white nnd black, amounted to less than
2,000,000. It may be of interest to specify more
particularly the trade of the Island. According to
the custom house returns of 1840, tlie transactions
were 11s follows. I use round figures :
EXPORTS.
Sugar 280,000.000 lbs.
Coffee 76,000,000
Wax 1,250,000
Leaf Tobueco 2,500,000
Segnrs 20,000,000
Rum 4,000, pipes.
Molasses 98,000
Estimated value $14,000,000
IMPORTS.
I will not specify tlie imports nor tlie countries
from which obtained. Sulhce that their estimated
value for the same year, was $15,000,000
Total value of exports and imports... $29,000,000
A pretty fair commercial transaction for a white
population of live or six hundred thousand.
It only remains to add the commerce of Mexico,
and we will have the relative value of the exports of
this country and Great Britain to the putts on this
continent, and those of the West Indies. The ex
ports to Alexicoon British account, are stated in value
at $3,750,000
Value of exports to tlie United Btntes 1,047,999
We therefore recapitulate as follows :
Exports to From U. States From G.Britain.
$39,856,905
50,156
29,940,000
3,750,000
South America $7,218,558
Central America 112,480
West Indies, ic 10.804.001
Mexico 1,047,999
Of each country $19,183,038
Aggregate value
Respectfully,
$73,507,051
19,183,038
$92,780,090
Henrico.
The Compromise in Nett1 York.—A letter from New-
York, on Saturday evening, to tlie Pennsylvanian,
says
“ Petitions are in circulation to-dny, signed by mod
erate men of all parties, calling upon our city delega*
tiou in Congress, tuid our State Senators there, to vote
lor the Compromise bill, framed by the committee of
thirteen. I am told that arrangements are making to
back up these petitions by a rousing public meeting.’.
We understand from a gentleman, who lias
just returned from Middle Georgia, that the wheat
crop has suffered severely in that section from tlie
rust. He says in many places entire fields have been
destroyed by its ravages, and given it as his opinion
that tlie crop in that portion of the State will be unu
sually Bliort. We hove heard no complaint in Chero
kee as yet. It is thought, hy our farmers, that the
strop pi’ wheat will be a fair tale.—Him cold Pep.
Too Hasty.—A young man in Albany, a day or
two since, hailing front the west, stepped into a store
to ask the privilege of pen and ink to write a short
note, was allowed by the clerk to use liis desk. His
writing done, he thanked them for the kindness and
left. A few moments afterwards some $200 was mis
sed from the desk; an officer was procured and tlie
young man arrested nnd brought bnck to the store.
Butin attempting to explain how nnd where the mon
ey was situated, the clerk discovered thnt it was liis
own fault, os the money was found covered up by n
paper which he had curelessly thrown over it.
u’iP’ Brown, Shipley &. Co.’s Circular, of the
28th ult., says:
The latest advances from the U. States have pro
duced a pretty general impression here that the last
cotton crop will scarcely exceed two millions of bales
while the accounts of the unpromising prospects for
tlie next crop, from the lateness of the spring, ungeni-
al weather nnd floods in various districts, have caused
considerable excitement nud nttracted general atten
tion to the cotton question. Tne recent advance in
our market, and increased firmness in tlie trudewith
Manchester, must bo attributed more to the appre
hension of another short crop, than the confirmation
of the great deficiency in the last.
Siugnlar Discovery af a Treasury.—On the grand
route of Pouille. in the kingdom of Naples, there was
a statue of marble bearing this inscription hi the Nea
politan dialect: “The first day of May, at the rising
of the sun, I sliull have a golden head.” The statue
lmd already stood there two hundred years, and no
one iiad yet discovered tlie meaning of this mysteri
ous inscription. A stranger (a Saracen, says Castelani
in liis mcmoirs)pii6sing through tlie country, read tlie
inscription and thought thnt he had divined its sense,
but did not communicate to any one liis suspicious,
The first of Aluy having already passed, he departed,
hut the succeeding year he arrived in tlie country, on
the Iasi day of April. The next morning he repaired
to the spot before sunrise, und having remarked tlie
spot on which fell the shadow of the head of the sta
tue, at the precise moment when the sun arose about
the horizon, lie dug up tlie earth there, nnd found
immense treasuses. •
The Nicaragua Treaty.— It gives us pleasure to state
to our renders thnt authentic information has reached
tliis Government of the full approval by tlie British
Government of tlie Treaty happily concluded in this
city between Air. .Secretary Clayton’ and Sir Henry
Buhver, for the adjustment of all points of the Nicara
gua question, as between tlie Government of the Uni
ted States and that of Great Britain.
Tliis Treaty, ns our renders generally know, was ap
proved hy the Bennie of tlie United States several
weeks ago. The ratification of it by the British Gov
ernment may he expected here by one of the enrliest
steamers; and upon the exchnnge of the ratifications
of flip respective Governments, it will doubtless be im
mediately officially proclaimed.—Nat. Intel., June 10.
Negro Riot in Philadelphia.—A fight occur
red between tlie blacks nnd whites in Philadelphia
on Sunday Inst, which was fortunately suppressed by
the Police before any very serious duinnge was done.
Several arrests were made, nnd a negro fellow hy
the name of Petty who was n conspicuous acter in
the riot last summer, was- committed to prison.
Front the New Orleans Picayune of Sunday.
Exiuninution of Gen. Lopez.
The large vestibule of the Municipal Hall was
densely crowded long before 10 o’clock tliis morn
ing, so great was the interest manifested by our citi
zens to hear the opinion of Judge MeCnleb on the
writ of arrest. The court, after reviewing the au
thorities ou both sides, decided that the law lays down
no regular form for an affidavit; that the affidavit
made by the Spanish Consul in this case is sufficient;
thnt an indictment would lie oil it, in case ofa charge
of perjury ; and that there was evidence before the
court nt the time of granting tlie warrant against Gen.
Lopez, beyond the testimony of Mr. Luborde
which justified the proceeding. The court was of
the opinion that the affidavit justified tlie order of ar
rest. Judge MeCnleb then stated, that from the busi
ness before him it was impossible for him to sit nnd
try this case—besides, he was physically incapable.
He would, therefore, send tlie caso before a U. S.
Commissioner, and he would name Mr. Baldwin.
Mr. Hunton, the U. S District Attorney, regretted
that the case could not proceed before the present
tribunal.
The Judge remarked thatit was not intended by the
law that a preliminary examination should take place
before the court, nnd a U. S. Commissioner had jur
isdiction of the case at the present stage of the pro
ceedings. The court hud only decided on the legality
of tlie affidavit.
Mr. Henderson questioned the power of the court
to delegate a U. S. Commissioner to try the case.
The Judge said he had no doubt on the subject, nnd
that lie should make tlie order accordingly, and that
if the counsel chose they might test the point. The
counsel for tlie accused, nfter consulting together,
withdrew their objections; and the court said the
Commissioner mightnppointhis own time to proceed
with the case, provided it wns agreeable to counsel.
It was then agreed that the court before the Commis
sioner should be organized at once, and for that pur
pose repaired to tlie hu ge room up stairs; where the
case of the burning of the ship Russia was tried. As
Gen. Lopez rose to leave the room, followed by tlie
Marshal, his counsel, and tlie Commissioner, flie
crowd in the hull opened a space for them to pass
through, and as soon us he appeared, they immediate
ly gave three cheers, which were repeated again and
again until he readied the room above, where the
crowd immediately followed.
As soon as Mr. Buldwin, the U. S. Commissioner,
took his seat, Mr. Hunton rose nnd read the order ot
the court, transferring thp case before the U. S. Com
missioner.
Mr. Henderson said he did not think there was aiy
cliarge in tlie affidavit against tlte accused thnt a free
man could be called upon to answer, but the matter
had been argued and decided before Judge McCaleb,
he would submit to its decision.
After the court had organized, a bond for disap
pearance of Gen. Lopez, from day to day, wus given
in the sum of three thousand dollars, with Recorder
Caldwell as security. Tlie court then adjourned un
til Monday at 10 o’elock, A. M. The crowd followed
the General into the street, where they ngain gave
him three cheers, and the most eager curiosity pre
vailed to get u look at him. They then followed
him down to his quarters at the St, Charles Hotel,
greut damage to the wheat. This snedJ , "
never been known to visit thnt sectinu „ j L
very backward, but if tho weather shouts 0tto “
favorable froin how until picking time an “ C0!,; '-|
may yet be made. ’ Wer *S p crJ
Correspondence of the Daily MoTning ft.
We are completely inundifted ^ witTa™' 1&a 1
which, by the bye, all arrived yesterday . H
hawked about tile streets in Extras, by ra 1 ’
buth-breaking, strong-lunged news boys tothL '
of tlie religious and tlie religiously dispose/ "
of tho community. The unexpected arrivJ
Atlantic created no little sensation, nud w]l ", 11
egrnphed was pronounced a hoax The i
couldn’t believe tlint an American steamer coal/ 1 *
the Atlantic without an accident, and peir
voyage in the shortest time yet accomplished ™‘"
it is, nnd incredulity must give way before t) J
bornness of facts. She has done it, nnd in a ^
eleven days, against head winds nnd heavy,
next voyage, with fine weather, will be a w on ,> 1
I nm not much mistaken. The Asia leaves BoatJ
Wednesday next, nnd the success of her rivsl
stimulate Cnpt. Judkins, who, I learn, offer; t ”
$5000, thnt he will make the trip from Boston t° b
crpool, via Halifax, within eight days! If Wp ,
nt this rate, a voyage to England will be ao niorett
what one to Albany is now—it is now just what ft
was in years long gone by. The news by the At J
does not amount to much; the French GovennJ
playing a deep game in the matter of the Greek qJ
tion, in withdrawing their Minister from the Ent&|
Capitol. The prejudices of the people of these cot
tries agninst each other, (and which appear to bee
of their nature, for Jolm Bull hates a Frenchmto 11
vice versa,) nre ensily excited, and so hy 1
public attention from domestic matters, the Com
incut hope to carryout unpopular measures tvhiil
will escape observation until they become law;,
they don't mind what they are about, however,!
et- revolution will be thundering in their enrsb
they are aware of it, and many suppose the pres
calm portends something.
The news hy the Georgia, and reports from Wash|
ington have created some excitement, and lead«
tear that the Cuba offair will yet result in some id
culty. Should America assume a hostile attitudetj
wards Spain, and a war ensue, why then I think t
other expedition will he necessary to free Cuba fron
the yoke of tyranny, provided England does aot sta
in; and if the interests of her citizens be in danger, g
course she will protect them. How far the Island J
pledged to her for moneys advanced, I know not, b
whutever the amount, she will not rendily give up u
security she may hold for the payment. We 1
anxiously expecting news from Washington on t
subject. Lopez, it scents, has been arrested, whi
will be some satisfaction to tlie Spanish minister, |
suppose.
A mysterious case occurred tliis morning betra
1 nnd 2 o’elock. A man and woman were seen \
ing on one of the l’iers towards the river, he
liis arm round the woman’s neck and evidently ii
close conversation. The officer watched them t
they were lost in the darkness, nnd soon afterwar
heard female screams in that directioip Hesumraoaj
ed aid and hastened to the spot, and found the womal
struggling in the water. Some nfinuteselapsedbeforj
she could be rescued, and strange to sny wheat!
out she wns found to be dead. The man trie
cope, but was caught and carried to theiimton
He said that his name was McMann, but refwsA I]
give any further information, and has bceu loch
up for the present. The body has not yet been idej
titled.
Tlie number of passengers by the Atlantic,
gia, Hermann, imd Southerner, and two or three 11
iug vessels, all of which arrived yesterday, T ”"’’ n, ’ n
1200.
Norton, the libeller of Miss Creanis to bo (entente
to-morrow, soit is said—and he should go incompi
with Ned Buntline who published the libel, ant
now on Blackwell’s Island. He has given up all op(
of pardon, and has to remain for the rest of t
His sentence expires, 1 believe, in September.
A Mr. Paine, some years since known ss'^'F 1
shot at" has invented a new kind of light, whichist]
be tried at the Astor House. Water is said to
only element used, and from this light, heat a
tive power are obtained. Should this expenmea |
successful we my look for greut results. .
I see a statement thnt the losses by fire * “
during, the last twelve years, amount to ■- t, - J
They are less by a third now than before themm 1
tion of the Croton. The waste of this great J
is disgraceful. The President ot the Aqueduct 0
says that we use more water than is used ' n ° .
The two Reservoirs and pipes contain 17 ^ J
gallons, and the average consumption t ro
year is 15 millions per day.
Our fire apparatus consists of 34 ^”8
Carriages, 9 Hook and Ladder Trucks,
having 52,000 feet of Hose. . ..
The veritable “ Toots ’’ has arrived, and deme
soft impeachment about the “Caipentensg .1
cring." He was engaged to play at kaD M ^ ( *
Complimentary on Saturday night, “
dience was so slim that it was deeme * q
to play, and they were dismissed.
was too bad-though it served the getter ■
.York and
aft'air just right
The Alabama, the second of the New-
vannah line of steamers, was Inunc e : c -
in fine style. She is the -exact counterpart
Florida, und a beautiful model. rTIARLEMACj
In Macon, on the 5th inst., TellulaH’^S^u^I
years,) the daughter of Charles B. dig p 0e itionJ
Patterson. Few children posse*ed a « ¥ ..... U
affectionate, generous, nnd origins-
loved by all who knew her.
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