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THE MORNING NEWS.
BY JOHN M. COOPBIt.
WILLUM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR•
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All neuf Adverlieemente appear in both papers.
The Great Calamity.
Btnaimo of the Griffith—morf. par-
T1CVLA ftS— THRILL TNG DESCRIPTION OF
Rxtrata^rom a letter from Dr. William Mara-
roch, of Wachiti, Louisiana, a passenger on board the
°« * * A gentleman who slept in the berth under
me jumped up and said there was something wrong.
I told him no, that wo must bo near Cleveland, and
the noise was owing to the men preparing to land.
My friend ran out on the guard and instantly return-
ed telling mo “the boat was on lire. I got out pretty
rapidly, pulled on my pants and took a small valise
I fcadin mv hand, with the expectation ot getting into
sojneuof the boats; indeed nt the time we were so
near land I had but very little apprehension ot dan-
Her I did’nt suppose at this time we were over a
mile from land,; orhaps not so much Of course there
was much confusion—men who had wives und
children were in an awful, state. There was no one
on board I knew, or indeed that I had ever seen be
fore consequently felt lots embarrassed than I other
wise might. As I have said I did not at first porceive
the terrible danger which was so rapidly approach-
"I^saw the mate on the starboard guard throwing the
lead and directing the pilot how to hold her. The
mate looked so perfectly cool 1 thought wo muBt be
pretty safe. The engine wns still working, anil we
appeared to be nearing the shore rapidly. 1 asked
him whut was to bo done, he told me nothing. '1 ho
engine then atopped, but as the boat had a good deal
of way on her she continued to approach the shore,
’fills all occurred in I think from three to live min
utes. The llame wns now grasping in all the mid
ship part of the vessel. 1 suw now the thing was
out; no boats were to bo seen, having ns 1 afterward
learned been all burnt up. 1 looked about me lor an
instant and tried to make up my mind what was best
to be done. I determined to get out on the bow or
stem alongside of the bowsprit I did so and held
on by the irons and chains about that part.
The boat was still making considerable headway
and of course all who went over and could not strike
out vigorously must have passed under the wheels.
I hcld'on hoping she would strike in shoal water (I
then thought bIio did not draw over six feet water, I
understood afterwards she drow about 7 1-2) I kept
lily eye on the ripple as the water broke on the stem,
1 saw she wns losing motion entirely, and all hope of
her striking before the flames swallowed all up wns
now gone. By this time there was any number of
people overboard; ns for tile scene on board, it would
be idle for me to attempt to convoy any idea of it.—
The danger was so imminent, so overwhelming, that,
many 1 think were fuirly stupefied with terror.
It certainly appeared to me that the passengers
were noro quiet, or at least that there was not such
a horrible uproar as might have been expected. It
may be, however, I was too much occupied with
thoughts for my own escape to judge well of what
wan going on so near me; remember, however, I am
now describing or rather attempting to describe
events, all of which transpired in a few, a very few
minutes. In fact, from the time that 1 got out of my
bed till I took the water,I don’t think that over 7 or 8
minutes had elapsed. Well, 1 now, with the view of
letting my self into the water as easily as possible got
down to the lower deck, still keeping on tho outside
of the steamer directly under the bowsprit. I remain
ed there for some time, perhaps a minute more, still
vainlv hoping that she would strike.
The woter around tho bows was now a mass of hu
man beings, men, women and children, hopelessly
struggling for life. The boat was moving, but bare
ly moving towards land ; as I had no hope of being
able to swim more than a lew rods, I determined to
let her carry me as far as possible. She loon how
ever stopped, or at least the motion was scarcely
perceptible. On the forward part or bow of the
lower deck the mass of people was immense; all
crowded close forward, some madly plunging over,
others throwing over their wives and children, and
rapidly following them to almost certain death. I
still held on, and tried to form some estimate of tile
distance to land, and conjectured it might be about 3
or 400 yards. 1 now ieit that my chance of escape
was extremely slight. I
In the multitude wildly struggling in tho water all
around, I did not see how even an expert swimmer
could escape, and then people were dashing over
board in ovary direction. I now saw that I could not
retain my position much longer, tho flames were
rushing forward at a feurful rate, in a few seconds
perhaps that terrified multitude, now densely crowd
ed on dock, and inside of the bows, would be driven
over me, and probably carry me with them to the
bottom. Something occurred on board, what it was
I did not perceive, but at any rate for an instant the
attention or at least the looks of these people were
directed toward the after part of the bout; at the
same time I observed the water immediately under
me pretty e'ear, those who a few seconds before
struggled there having mostly sunk; a few had
swam off. 1 seized the favorable moment and drop
ped over. 1 went under but found no bottom ; I
swam a little ways before rising, probably not more
than aix of aevon yards, I then tiiado a few strokes
asrapidly as possible so as to get clear of all others. -
Fortunately I got off clear. 1 was in hopes some
boat might pick me up, or that 1 might get hold some
thing that would enable mo to float. Any relief of this
kind 1 soon saw was hopeless, and my only chance,
that of swimming to the land, appeared to me to he in
reality no chancu at all; but as I could do no better,
1 struck out as well as I could. The lake was alive on
all sides with men swimming—some swam Welland
strongly, and were soon sate, many, however sunk.
I did my best, but everything tailed: I let my feet
down in hopes 1 might touch the bottom, but could
not. The ettort of getting to the surface andstriking
out again exhausted me very much. 1 was pouting
terribly-; legs mid arms Would work no longer; all 1
Could do was to paddle alittlo with my hands.
Every minute br oftener 1 would go under. 1
watched as well as I could to see if any of those u-
round me could touch bottom. I could see some one
trying alUhe time, butasyetnouo succeeded. When
I was about to give out, to havo kept otlout one min
ute more would have been utterly impossible—in
deed, for some minutes I bad been as much under
water as above it—at this critical moment l eaw a
man somewhat in advance of mo standing on the bo -
Mysterious Knocking*.
The city papers of New York iinve recently con
tained long and circumstantial accounts of revelations
olledged to be made from the spirit-world through tlir
agency of certain families recently from the city of
Rochester, where, for some time before, they aston
ished nnd perplexed many people with slmilur phe
nomena.
Meetings of doctors, lawyers, preachers, nnd wri
ters Iinve been held, many of whom have been con
vinced. The process is, for these females to intro
duce to a speaker nny spirit lie may desire to colder
with—ns tile Witch ot Kndordldto Saul—and when
the spirit is interrogated, it usually answers by knock
ing on or round a fable in the room. In a .recent ac
count Mr. J. Fennimoro Cooper is stated to have ask
ed concerning some very peculiar circumstances of a
spirit, nnd received nccuruto nnswers, not to be ac
counted for on any but supernatural principles. Tho
editor of the New York Commercial, however, was
lately invited to examine these phenomena, and
gives a very unfavorable account of them. He eon-
eludes as follows ;
Now we do not wish to interfere with nny one’s
method of getting a livelihood. Hut having been
inviled, in our public capacity, to investigate this mat
ter! we suppose wo must in tiie same capacity give
our opinion upon whut wo heard and suw. A bolder
and more contemptible humbug, that had the least
association witli respectable parties, we have never
known. Communications were held with three gen
tlemen, nnd with them only; two of them were
known to the performers, nnd were evidently well
disposed to believe* ull that the rnppings or ruppers
pretended to. The conversation with tho third wus a
iiingling affair. The noises were by no mentis so re
markable ns wo were led to believe. We felt no jar
upon tho tabic, and in truth it seemed to us that the
sound was alwuys about hnlf way between the floor
and tiifi table, it sounded higher upon the cupbonrd
The ladies wero then standing up. There was no
pretension to move any chair or table in the room.
“As to tho communications by spelling out, one of
the ladies acting as interpreter nnd medium of com
munication, it is reully too much of a farce for grave
comment. The lady runs down the scale of the al
phabet. and can of course, frame any answer she wish
es. The rapping itself, meaning the sound, is the on-
ly thing worth a moment’s thought or investigation.
It wns often done altogether too carelessly, too much
at haphazard, to be imposed upon nny person not pre
disposed to such credulity, as the deliberate response
of on intelligent spirit The idea of supernatural a-
gency is entirely out ot the question. Had we had
the opportunity and appliances for investigation, we
should have endeavored to ascertain why it was ne
cessary for the ladies to sit together—why they could
not dispose themselves promiscuously around the
room; as well as sundry other things which the gen
tleman who invited the “committee of investigation”
must have been well aware could not be inquired into
without other agents than those present last evening.
“But more than enough of this. We give our
renders the benefit of boiiic four hours loss of time
on our part. We are finely convinced that we have
not applied too harsh a term to the “rapping” im
position. Those who huve dolinrs to spare ciui spend
on the rnppings for their own amusement; but we
assure all that, in our deliberate judgment, not a
cent’s worth of information will they ever get for a
dollar expended to hear the rnppings."
Wife Wanted.—Tho ladies will find an ndver-
'emciit ia nrtothcr column, the writer of which
spans desirous of introducing nn Eastern custpm
among us. Wo presume he is in enrneEt, nnd can say
this much in ilia favor—he enclosed the money for his
advertisement in advance. Girls, that is n good indi-
ation. llut do not all apply at once.
fjp 1 Z. is informed that we nre governed by the
rule which precludes all communications, except of
purely literary character, that are not accompanied
by a responsible name.
Pub. Doc.—We are indebted to Hon. Jos. W.
Jackson for a copy of tho report of the Register of
the Treasury on the Commerce and Navigation of
the United States for the last fiscal year.
Pine Apples in Flokida. Wc noticed the other
dny on board the U. S. steamer Monmouth, from In
dian River, Florida, a number of Pine Apple plants
growing in boxes, and some of them bearing good
sized fruit. Wo learn that the cultivatiop of this de
lightful fruit is being extensively introduced in Flori
da, and with a good prosjiect of success. It grows
rapidly, und with a little protection in whiter, can no
doubt be raised in large quantities, In that Stato nnd
in the southern portion of Georgia.
Risk in Savannah Rivek. A letter received Inst
evening from Augustn, informs us that the river at that
place had risen, within tho pii9t two days, fourteen
inches, and is again in good boating condition. Con
sideruble rain lias fallen in the interior.
Friday Morning, .Tunc 28, 18110.
I immediately straightened up end reached the
sand with head and neck clear. It was witli the great
est difficulty that I reached the beach, then
but a few reds distant. However, I got out and lny
for soma time on the sand, so completely exhausted
that it was with tho uttermost difficulty that 1 could
breathe. At this time some six or seven persons
reached the beach. I saw nothing more till all was
over.
Most of those who jumped over before the boat
•topped, unless expert swimmers, must huve boon
cither drowned, or killed by passing under the wheel.
Many musthave perished mphis way. To every man
who had either a wife or child with him there was
hardly nny chance ol escape. All such were irrevo
cably doomed. All they could do was to plunge over
and drown together. 1 believe but one man so situa
ted escaped. As the steerage passengers were most
ly emigrants and in families, it is easy to see how
frightful tho destruction must havo been. Many per
ished who perhaps might have escaped, by not going
into the water with all their clothes on ; many were
taken out witli heavy boots and shoes on.
Again, the situatiou of the fire, by confining all (nt
least those who got to the forward part of the boat)
to a very little space around the bows, left but very
little chsacefor any one to do anything.
Tiie immense mass of steerage passengers, in this
position when 1 went over, must have perished pretty
much altogether. They looked so utterly helpless
that for them there was evidently no hope whatever.
Those who could swim, unless perfectly cool, hnd
almost as little chance of escape as those who could
not Tho immense number or people in the water
rendered it almost impossible for any one to get
clear. _____
Fate of a. Faithful Dog.—A large black Newfound
land dog, whicp has been attached to Wells and Go’s
Express *t Buffalo, for several years, was missing
after the fire which lately burned the office of tho
Company in that city, and no trace of him could bo
found. While cleaning away the rubbish after the
tire, his body was discovered in the safe. At the
time of tho fire, after it was ascertained that tho
building could not be saved, some one went to the
safe to remove tho books, when it is supposed that
the dog must havo gone in, and the door closing on
him be was unable to escape, und there starved to
death, or was suffocated.
A case of malignant cholera wav.j'eported in
Philadelphia a few days since. Tho person attacked
lived in a very filthy' neighborhood, surrounded by
stagnant water.
Where ia the Difficulty ?
We have not nt any time been nbie to discover tho
lenst difficulty in settling the California question, nnd
other questions of territorial government, provided
Congress will take up the subject in a proper spirit.
We never knew the people more intent on minding
their own business than they are at present—we nev
er knew the prospects of the Republic more aiispi
cious, or the prosperity of the country more encour
aging. We never saw money, we may say, going n
begging for small interest, and secure iuvestiment,
until now. We never suw commerce so flourishing,
—manufactures more profitable, education nnd intel
ligence so general, Hiid the people more calm and con
tented, mid yet there is n storm fiercely raging within
tho walls of Congress, and it seems as if the people
nre determined thut it shall continue to rage there,
and nowhere else. In six mouths nettling has been
done in Congress for tho country; it has been a scene
of porpetual strife nnd commotion.
Congress has lost its representative character. It
only represents the will, fickleness, and the temper of
Its members;—the will and wishes of the people np
pear to be wholly disregarded. They demand a
prompt settlement of the questions relating to Cali
forma and tho territories ; they demand that tho busi
ness of the tuition be taken up and proceeded with
regularly; thnt nets may be pussed directing persons
having just clnims on government to be paid; that the
refornfs in the tariff, if any tie required, be calmly can-
sidered nnd debated; that the yearly appropriation
bill be taken up, and means to sustain the government
lie provided. To all these just and proper demands’
the answer of our public servants is emphatically
“no nothing shall be taken up, no public business
transacted until tlm California nnd territorial questions
are settled.
And how has the settlement of these very simple
questions been managed 1 After many personal and
conflicting propositions have been made, without any
satisfactory results, the Senate referred the whole
subject to aEommittee of thirteen, nnd a plan was
maturely prepared, calculated to meet and settle all
the embarrassments of the case. But day after day
passes—dobato after debate—proposition after prop
ositions—amendment after amendments—pussion
inside of Congress, and intrigues outside, and no vote
has been taken, and no vote can be taken, in this state
of things. Wnnt follows 1 Congress no longer holds
itself amenable to the people ; and every member,
(with a few honorable exceptions) only looks to the
effect his vote may have on his immediate constituents
and with a perfoct indiflereiico to the great interests
of the country and the wishes of the people.
This perfect indifference to the people’s will and
tho country's interest, will, wo apprehend, so impair
the confidence in representive government, as to re
quire some constitutional check upon the rashness,
instability, and insecurity of Congress, in all thnt
relates to questions of direct national policy, hereaf
ter, nnd will result in tho call of a Convention, to re
vise the Constitution of the United States, so ns to
provide for every exigency which may arise, and spe
cifically define the powera of Congress, and, above
all, to give to the President of the United States the
power of proroguing Congress for a limited period
whenever necessity may require it. A Convention of
tfie people of the United States, to revise the Con
stitution is not required; it would create a dan
gerous excitement by conflicting sectional interests.
Tiie power of proroguing Congress is a monnrchi-'
cal one, and may be despotically used ; but Con
gress, by persisting in its present couse of stopping
the wheels of Government, will force this alternative,
dangerous ns it may be, upon the people; they will
demand protection against their own representatives,
and strengthen the arm of the Executive—already
too strong—by the addition of new powers.
It must come to this, unless there is a clear and
manifest change in the policy of Congress, and an
honest, conscientious reference to their representa
tive character. The people must rule in this country
l.ot their representatives. From whence does all the
danger and confusion arise? A portion of the North
and West are furiously ultra on tho question of sla
very. A portion of the South are just as rabid on tho
other side of the question. Say ono fourth OT tho en
tire population of the whole Union are thus ntVer.tcd,
(und that is leaving a broad margin for bigots, radi
cals, nnd intriguers,) and yet this small portion para
lyzes the action of Congress, lint wo ask where is
the difficulty in bringing this subject to a satisfactory
issue ? California must come into the Unioii, and the
people,’with a few exceptions, are in favor of its com
ing in with its present Stato Constitution.
New Mexico can bailie in as a territory, (not hav
ing sufficient population as a State,) without refer
ence to slavery. Utah the same. We must under
our present contract, pay the debts of the State of
Texas—pay them und settlo the boundary. The
whole of this would have been the work of a single
week, if Congress would take up the subject in a
spirit of patriotic compromise. It is impossible to
say whether the present or any other Compromise
bill may puss at the present session of Congres . but
we are convinced of the fict, thut a Convention of
the people of the United States will lie callad, so «u- til
protect tiie government and people hereniV* 0-, r, thi;
recusancy of any futureCongress in arresting to, •iv-
gross of tile public business, should nothing la; u :.e
to settle these important questions.—N. Y. Morning
Star.
Military. Tiie Phoenix Riflemen, Capt. Mills,
will leave our city this morning nt 5 o'clock, in tiie
steamer J. Stone, for Beaufort, S. C. to spend tho day
with the Beaufort Guards, whoso anniversary it is,
as well an that of tho battle of Fort Mouttre. Wearo
informed they will return this evening. The known
hospitality of the citizens of Beaufort, is a certain
guarantee that the Riflemen will spend n pleasant dny
in that delightful town.
Tiie Schooner Fanny. This beautiful craft,
commanded liy Cnpt. Vance, arrived yesterday
from Philadelphia. She is one of the handsomest
vessels that ever floated in our waters, nnd will no
doubt be a favorite, und command a share of the pnt-
ronuge between this port and Philadelphia. She is
280 tons burthen, and is owned by Messrs Heben
& Martin, of Philadelphia, nnd Capt. Vance. We
nre informed Bhe will Cnrry 900 bales of com
pressed cotton. Tho “ Fanny,” we learn, wnsnnmed
ill compliment to one of Georgia’s fair daughters.
Where is the Difficulty f
We would call attention to a sensible article under
this caption in another column, which we extract
from the N. Y. Morning Star. The writer takes a
correct view of the present aspect of affairs in Con
gress, nnd points out the evils which havo grown and
nre likely to grow out of tho angry sectional contest
now waging in the halls of our National Legislature. It
must be apparent to all,that mutters cannot go on in this
way much longer, and the editor of the Star express
es but a reasonable npprehension when he Bpeaks o*'
the probable creation of new executive powers ns a
remedy for the evil complained of. We do not think
that the people of this country will ever deliberately
grant such dangerous power, to the Executive head
of the Government, but it is easily to be perceived
how the power may be created by the exigencies to
which the country is rapidly being driven. The
power to proroguo Congress may be assumed, and
in the heat and fury of party conflict a popular Pres-
ident would, under certain circumstances, bo sustain
ed in the assumption.
We are pleased to observe signs of awakening pa
triotism in a portion ot the Northern press—of a
patriotism above mere sectional or party considera
tions; nnd we look for good to result from it. It is time
that the press of the country should speak out on
this subject. It is peculiarly the duty of the north
ern press to speak in the present emergency. It can
not be denied that in the whole history of tills slavery
question, the fanatics of the Northern States have
been the aggressors. The legislation and popular
sentiment of those States has been by them directed
against the South and her institutions, while the
South has done no more than steadfastly to persist
in tho maintenance of her rights under the constitu
tion. She has made no advance upon the North.
Lot the reasonable, patriotic, moderate people of the
Northern States put a stop to this movement of the
ultraists among them, and at once tho ultraists of the
South are disarmed. The South claims no sacrifi
ces or concessions from the North, and ultraism and
sectionalism must cease at once to exist amonguswhen
they can no longer be arrayed in the defence of vested
rights nnd in opposition to open aggression. The
slavery question,—tiie cause of all this difficulty nnd
discord,—is the pabulum of party, upon which dema
gogues and fanatics subsist. Let the people take
it from them and leave it to the Constitution and
time to determine, nnd these disturbers of the nation
al peace—these political and social vimdals who would
destroy this glorious Union and disrupt our social
fabric lliat they might have their will and revel in the
spoils, will be consigned forever to merited oblivion
nnd contempt.
The Culm Affair.
Those editors of the Northern cities who wore so
very indignant nt our authorities for having permit
ted Gen. Loi’ez to pass to New Orlenus, the scene of
Ids operations connected with the Cuba invasion,
will not, perhaps, regret that Judge Nicoll allowed
himself to lie governed by the law and tile cvldehcb in
the case, since his discharge here, where there really
was no evidence against him, has given the Govern
ment an opportunity to ferret out tho whole uffuir,
where the evidence did exist. Hnd Gen. Lopez
been held to trial here, it is altogether probable that
no clue would over have been obtained to the partici
pation of the distinguished individuals in Louisiana
who Iinve, it seems, been indicted with the General,
to stand their trial botoro the United States Court in
New OrleuiiB, for having violated the laws of tlio
country in waging war upon a friendly power. By
the telegraphic accounts it appears thnttrue bills havo
been found against Gen. Lopez ; Mr. Sioun, of Del
aware ; Governor Quitman ; Mr. Smith, of Missis
sippi; Ex-3cnntor Henderson ; Judge C. I’inknev ;
Mr. O’Sullivan, former editor of the Democratic
Review, and ten others.
Tiie respectable compnny in which the General is
found will not have t)ic effect to prejudice his cause.
What effect these Indictments will have upon tho Cu-
bnn authorities, remains yet to be seen. We fear
thnt it will not tend to hasten tho release or mitigate
tho rigor of tho treatment of tiie poor fellows who
are now sweltering in the prisonships nt Ilnvaiin.
After these developments we should not be sur
prised to see serious difficulties grow out of tile aff air
between our Government and Spain. Were Eiygland
in her shoes, wc think it would lie no child’s play.
Since writing the above; the New Orleans pn[,er8 of
Saturday have come to hand. The Picayune, com
menting on the indictment, says:
From a list of the names of these individuals, it ap
pears that some men of very high position in the
Southwest nre charged with being tiie allies in this
enterprise. The Governor, one of the Supreme
Judges, nnd a lnteU. S. Senator of Mississippi ure
among them; nnd others from our own State who
hold important public stations. It teems difficult to
credit thut these men were engaged in n deliberate
violation of law. Indeed wo understand thnt their
defence is, that none of the nets they have done nre
in violation of tiie law under which these proceedings
are hnd.
Whut these nets are it is impossible for us to
know, as the testimony before the grand jury is ta
ken under injunctions of secrecy, and is therefore
undivulged. The investigation in public before the
U. S. Commissioner produced nothing. That before
the grand jury has been more successful, as is un
derstood, because tho accused parties waived their
former line of defence and courted trial. The infor
mation upon which the indictments are found is said
to have been voluntarily given by the parties impli
cated, with the intent to make up u direct issue wheth
er they have violated any law.
We should infer from this that they have, or be
lieve they have n valid defence,—of the virtuo of
which wo ennnot judge until it is disclosed in
court, and the facts are also clearly developed
there.
It is not probable thnt the toecs will be brought up
for trial before next winter. In the meantime we
supposo the parties will be at large on bail.
The'True Delta, a paper which has no sympnthy
with the Cuban movement, speaking of the indict
ments by the Grand Jury, says: t
We regard the proceedings OT this Grand Jury—
taking it for granted it was selected on the Judge Mc-
Caleb principle—as entirely null, and such we are
quite confident will be the decision of the Supreme
Court, should the verdict of a petty jury in these
cases be adverse to the accused. Our opinion of Se
cretary Clayton, formed on his past conduct in a
state trial, would lend us to the belief, that an esenpe
of these parties from punishment, on a technicality,
would not bo disagreeable to him ; und he may at this
moment, for anything known here to the contrary,
lie chuckling with delight at the iden of fooling old
Calderon, his astute Castilian friend, into the belief of
their conviction. Now the chnnces arc that neither
the accuser nor the accused will thank us for this in
formation ; nor ought they, for we are writing mere
ly to relieve the public mind of the harrowing anxie
ty which we know many must feel ill relation to the
result of this amusiug prosecution.
Mr. Soule’* Sub*i!iiite for the fvKT
Bill, reported by |l.e Comau,!,!^ 1 ' 111 ' 1
Tho Substitute divides California by tho m
Compromise line, extended to the Piic|fln_ "' 0Uri
her constitution back to the convention fm-
tion of limits, and an ordinance savins tho o' ?'
domain from forfeiture nnd esch-at ntid ? 11 ’ ic
new territory upon the l’acitic coast, to bT*? *
“ South California, &.c, railed
Wc learn that this substitute is tiie order , ,
dny in the Senate, for 12 o’clock this d ny L jlf
inst and that Senator Soule, of Louisian. I?
floor. ’ ua8 “ic
As the Missouri Compromise line stretched to the p
e.ific, is that line of adjustment which the nnu
South greatly prefers at this time to all „u, e rs TX
ia the ultimatum of the Nashville Convention andw’n
probably havo tho support of every Southerner !
both houses of Congress, and as tho whole nrosile"!
of nn adjustmentmuiiily hangs on this is 88uo lh ,, ,
bate on It will doubtless attract n large and m
anxious interest than any other discussion upon t T
great question lias brought forth.—South. Press r.
Monday. ' °J‘
EP Gen. Twiaas arrived in Washington citv
Saturday. h Cy on
PASSENGERS.
Per steamer Wm Seabrook.from Churle«ton~M r .
Dubose, child and servant, J D Dobson (' A
Goldsmith, C C Jones,.) Jonea, F Talbird. M ^ er8 »”
Per 6tenmer DeKalb, from Augusta—Dr w
and lady, E Robert, R Herrington, A Rooth, iSll.
nnd 2 deck. wer,
Pcrstenmer Oregon, irom Augusta—Mrs IW„.
Miss Pynchoti, Miss Drysdale, Col A Drysdak.i*?!
Smith, T L Farrow, S Griffin, J D Gilson and sm i
on deck.
Per stenmer Metamorn,from Charleston—Mis. ti
Thorpe, Mrs Washington, Mrs Windsor, Mrs GersrH
Capt T Jordon, USA, DrBB Sams, Indy and S
F, Swift, W P Teflt, W W Purse, C Wheeiun w l
Wheehin, II Parker, J B Washington, M Frcldin. t
T Henry, J W Patterson, G Hazefi, I T Forbes w
Fuller, E B Menus, T B McNeill, 6 on deck. ’ V
pp*A young Scotch lady, Miss Lavinia Downie
has undergone, with fatal issue, (in operation to ex
tract a pin wliich was lately discovered in -her eur.
When alittle girl 20 years ago, MissPownto u - pin
in her mouth and presently afterwards, as slv hov-
cd swallowed it. A festering in her ear, Etito, evad
ed tho existence of a foreign substance, and after
great suffering, the lost pin was extracted. It had
become much bent in working its course through the
tissues and bony structures. The young lady suffer
ed long and intensely, and died on the 4th of April.
C’oniproini*e Meeting; in Baltimore.
A great Mass Meeting of the citizens of Baltimore,
to the number of some eight thousand, was held in
Monumen t Square, in that city, on Saturday, for the
purpose of expressing the sentiment of the people
on the momentious question now agitating the country
Titos. Swain Esq., was called to the Chair, assisted
by some thirty Vice Presidents. A series of Resolu
tions were adopted, which strongly favored, and re
commended to Congress, the speedy adoption of the
Compromise bill offered by the Committee of Thir
teen. The meeting throughout was enthusiastic,nnd
those present seemed to manifest nn unmistokcablc
desire to have the great question disposed of.
I5P The N. Y. Merchants’ Exchange is offered
for sale by the Sheriff. It includes the entire square
formed by Wall, William and Hanover streets, and
Exchange Place, and the sale will attract considerable
attention both of the N. Y. and foreign capitalists.—
The present liabilities of the Company amount to
$904,000. Tho net rental of tho property is about
$50,000, exclusive of the proceeds of the Exchange
room, which is sufficient to pay all expenses.
Benton and Foote. Tho Grand Jury of the
District of Columbia, before whom Col. Benton,.
brought his allegations against General Foote, has,
as every one supposed they would, ignored tho bill.
The Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says, the
Senate committee continues its sessions at the pres
sing instanoe of Col. Benton, but without progressing
uninch. Meanwhile Col. Benton has pretty well sue-
ceededin directing public attention to Mr. Foote’s
pistol, and away from the furious manner in
which he himself approached Mr.Footein the Senate,
and which made tiie latter, in common with half the
spectators, believe that Col. Benton intended to com
mit an assault upon him. This swearing one’s life
against a man. und that mail so feeble ill health as
Gen’l Foote, and the man swearing so stout n man ns
Col. Benton, is, after all, not entirely commc il faux.
St. Louis contains 80,000 inhabitants, ono
half of whom ure foreigners. Ol this half, at least
two-thirds nre Catholics. Its steamboat tonnage is
25,000 tons, worth nearly two millions of dollars. Its
exports and imports are equal to one-third of tiie
whole foreign commerce of the United States.
The New York Ileruld says thut Mr. I’aine
is now at tho Astor House, in that city, and has de
dared, in direct and unequivocal tcrmB, that ho will
light that establishment,' by means of hit new lnven
fion, by the Fourth of July uext.
From Key West.
Wo lour., from the N. O. Picayune, thnt the schr.
Randall H. Greene arrived at that port on Friday last,
three days from Key West, having on board tiie
following passengers, in charge of the U. S. Marshal:
Adj. Gen. Gonzales, Col. Theodore O’Hara, Lieut.
Col. J. T. Pickett, Lieut. Col. W. II. Bell, Major
Hawkins, and Capt. Davis of the steamer Creole, Lieut.
Jones of Alabama, Capt. Hernandez of the general
staff, and seven wounded privates nre yet at Key
West.
On the trial of tiie case of the. steamer Creole, be
fore the judge of the U. S. District Court, she was
released on the charge of violating the passenger
act, but is still held to answer the charge of bring
ing over slaves from Havana and violating the act of
1818. The people of Key West extended the great
est hospitality towards the unfortunate men of the
expedition, nnd tlio conduct ot Capt. Rogers, com
manding the U. S. steamer Hetzcl, oftiie U. S, Court
Survey, is spoken of in the highest terms.
Judge Joseph B. Lancaster, of the Stato Circuit
Court, acted as counsel for the Cuba expeditionists
before the U. S. Court. Col. OTIura is still confined
to his bed from the t liects of his wound, but is in
general good health, and it is expected that ho will
cease to (experience nny inconvenience from his
wound in tiie course of a weok or so.
Correction. In the Sexton’s Report published
in our paper of yesterday, the name of Thomas Pat}
tons, was printed by mistake. The name should
have been Thomas B. Fulton.
laT The New York Courier says the importa
tions of the last nine months have been upwards
of sixteen millions of dollars greeter than in the same
time last year, and the exports thirteen millions
less.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WIFE WANTED.
A young man, a mechanic of tho higher order, and
fair prospects, being desirous of uniting himself with
some young lady, takes this method for nn introduc
tion, his profession depriving him of the means that
arc generally adopted for the accomplishment of the
present object. The advertiser is 27 years.ol age,
light complexion, and abovo the average height
Any young lady of sweet disposition nnd industrious
habits, and good English education, (those being the
principal requisites, property qualifications aro not
of any object) desirous of forming a matrimonial
connection, can obtain further particulars by address
iiig a note to J. G. W„ post office, Savannah. All
communications will be attended to confidentially!
June 28 *
N OTI V E.
The Firm of Frew Sc Webb, is dissolved by mu
tual consent. The unsettled Business will be attend
ed to by James Frew, who is duly authorized to
use the name of late Finn for the liquidation of its af
fairs. JAME8 FREW.
AMOS WEBB.
Savannah, June 26, 1850 2t*
REMOVAL.
J. B. Cubbedue has removed his BOOK AND JOB
PRINTING OFFICE into the building on Bay-
street previously occupied by the Marine Bank,
few doors east of the Central Rail Road Bank, where
all orders for Printing will receive prompt attention,
8AVANNAII GAS-LIGHT COMPANY
The Board of Directors of said Company have call
ed for tho fourth nnd last Instalment (30 percent) on
tho Capital Stock of said Company, payable on or be
fore the first day of July, 1850, nt the Offico of the
President and Treasurer. On the receipt of this In
stiilmcut, scrip will be delivered to stock holders.
June 21 ROBERT U. GRIFFIN, President.
CONSIGNEES. ■ =
Per Steamer T S Metcalf, from Augusta—393 balm
Cotton, to 8 M Pond, E Molynenux, Jos II Burroiurh.
Per stenmer T S Metcalf from Augnstu—Steam^
DeKalb, C R R, Hamilton & Hardemnn, J Anders™
& Co, Dewitt & Morgan, W.T Williams, J R Johnson
Yonge & Gnmmell, O Johnson Sc Co, F, F Wood &
Co, Agt C ft R, Robinson Sc Camp, Wm B Hale G R
Hendrickson, W M Wadlry, W Buckncfi, Sc Co 8 A
Wood, Verstillc, Lufburrow & Butler, Asa Holt,'Ein
stein Sc Eckman, S Dobson, G W Anderson & Bro W
Humphreys, R R Cuyier, Wnshburn Sr. Wilder, j D
Betting, A A Solomons, L J Myers, McCleskey t Nor-
ton, R A Lewis, Cohens A Hertz, J F Doe, F Zoc-
baum & Co. J 11 Cubbedgo, C E O’SulUvnn. “
Per ship Cliaos, from New-York—Wnshburn, .Wil
der & Co, S M Pond, Wood, Clnghom & Co,' M A
Cohen, Cohen Sc Fosdick, G 8 Harding, It D Walker
Per schr Southerner, from Boston—Brigham, Kel
ly Sc Co, S M Pond, J H Thomas, T R Mills, J Jones
Sc Son, M A Cohen, Wends & Morrell, A Wells Sc Co,
W II Habersham, Chaa Van Horn, Swift, Denrluw &
Webster, I’adelford, Fay & Co. TS Wayne, C F Mills
W B Hale, Verstillc, Lufburrow Sc Butler, C Hart-
ridge, O Johnson & Co, E F Wood Sc Co, Scranton.
Johnston & Co, J Everhart, Collins & Bulkley, W
W Wndley, and order.
Per brig Georginna, from New-York—S M Pond.T
R Mills, T S Wayne, G W Anderson Sc Bro, A Welles
Sc Co, M A Cohen, Brigham, Kelly Sc Co, Brooks Sc
Tuppcr, Boston & Gunliy, j V Connernt, Cohens Sc
Hertz, II A Crane, W Duncan, S C Dunning, J Foster
J G Fnlligant, J B Gilbert, S Goodall, VV W Goodall,
II J Gilbert, Collins Sc Bulkley, A Haywood, R Hab
ersham Sc Son, S & H lloyt Sc Co, Wm B Hole, G R
Hendrickson Sc Co, N A Hardee & Co, Hamilton Sc
Hardeman, O Johnson Sc Co, A Low Sc Co, I W Mor
rell, J S Norris, Pndelford,iv Sc Co, M Prendergast
& Co, E Parsons & Co, J Sullivan, A A Solomons Sc
Co, Snider, Lathrop Sc Nevitt, Swift, Deuslow & Web"
ster, Scranton, Johnston Sc Co, N B & H Weed, IIK
Waring Sc Co, Yonge & Gummell. M J Solomons.
Per Steamer DeKalb, from Augusta—306 bales Cot
ton, and Mdze, to Brooks Sc Topper, S Solomons,
Jones & Papot, G Webb, and order.
Per ship Marion, from New-York—Brigham, Kelly
& Co, Brooks Sc Tupper, J D Martin, Wiehmon Sc
I.ichte, 8 Solomons, W T Williams, Collins Sc Bulk-
ley, N B Knapp, -R Cartier, J V Connerot. A A Solo
mons & Co, f? Ginshire, S M Pond, T R Mills Wood,
CJughon & Co, T S Wayne, I W Morrel, M A Cohen,
Yonge A Gammell, C Ilurtridge, S & H Hoyt*. Co,
Snider, Lathrop Sc Nevitt, Ambler,Barnum Sc Co, lttar-'
•hull Sc Aikin, J E Cady Sc Co, Turner Sc Ilcnty, J C
Brown, W P Yonge, McArtlior Sc Morse, Hamilton Sc
Hardeman, J Tones & Son, A Welles Sc Co, J Demsr
tin, M Prendergast & Co. 8 Goodall. Jno G Falligant.
Farnklin & Brantley, W B Hale, Geo SNicholls, 1) L
Cohen, E F Wood, S Mirault, Philbriek & Bell, Price
Sc Veader, W.M Davidson, J Foster. W Warner.
Ter steamer Oregon, from Augusta—776 bales Cot
ton Sc Mdze, to M A Cohen, G VV Garmuny & Co, and
others. ,
Per steamer Metaniora, from Charleston—Brooks
At Tupper, Swift, Ih'nslow Sr. Webster, J Walter, It
Habersbom & Son, Coh;ns & Hertz, Agent CRR t
Steamer DeKalb. .
Per schooner Fanny, from Philadelpbta.--t A
Greiner, W W Starke, J Jones Sc Son, T R Mills, S M
Pond, T S Wayne, Einstein & Eckman, M A Cohen,
W M Davidson, C F Mills, J A Norris, D L Cobra,
Swift, Denslow Sc Webster, S C Dunning, A N Miller,
Scranton, Johnston Sc Co., C E Barrier, VersUlle, Lu -
burrow & Butler, E Hopkins, Yonge Sc Gamnira,
Wm Bucknell Jr Sc Co., J L Locke & Co., AW
W Duncan, Turner & Oden, J II Baldwin, A A Solo
mons & Co., D W C Danicll, Bowen & Bro.
Commercial.
LATEST DATES.
Liverpool, June 1 | Havre, May 22 1 Havana. Jim"-
Savannah Market, June 28.
COTTON.—The sales yeaterdny were JW
viz: 133 bales, nt 12, and 100 at ctfl.
AUGUSTA, June27. The market on Tuesday »»»
very quiet, nnd the sales of the day were, not
bales at about 12 cents for Good Middlings. , ,
dny the Niagara’s news being at hand, o’ 1 ^ ,
wus brought to a complete stand, and the h»n , ,
the day in the article was almost entirely suspe
FREIGHTS. The River from the late: rams roe
about 1 foot nnd the steumers Hancock, Dreg
DeKalb, left with about 1,700 bales tor Sataumm-
Savannah Export*. June 2L ^
Per ship John & Albert, tor Liverpool-2U> urn
Upland Cotton, 9 do B I do.
Shipping jlntcHigenc^
PORT OF SAVANNAH. - • • JUgf?
JUNE 2A_
PORT CAL KN PAR*
MOON’S rHASE
Fst qr. 1—, hn
New Mn. 10 2h. 11m., a. I Fll Mil, 2-lth.
Lust qr. 2d, lOh. 38m., M. | F«t qr. Wfc J?’ \_juL *!''
3 U
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Rises..
Sets.
Rises.
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28 Friday,
4
54
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29 Saturday,...
4
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12
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30 Sunday, ....
4
54
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32
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2 Tuesday ....
4
55
7
12
11 48
4
55
7
12
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3 Wednesday .
4
56
7
12
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4 Thursday,...
4
56
7
12
0 51
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10 34
11 09
11 47
0 07
0 51
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1128
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116
2 20
3 33
AKIUVR.D. , t0 vVaabburn.
Ship Chaos, Capt Paxton, New-Xork, to
Wider & Co. nrintia®. K 1 '''
Ship Marlon, Johnson, Now-Vork, t o
y On tiie 2Brh inst. the ship Marion, j/withth 1 ’
miles cast of Copo Roman, exchanged D
bark Exact, and the brig L Baldwin. ,:„t,am P K»’
Brig Georgians Bedefl. Nbw-York, to Brit,™"”
ly & Co. nririiain. K*W
Schr Southcner, Baker, Boston, to B D
Schr Fanny, Vance, Philadelphia, to C to
Steamor Win. Senbrook, Capt 1 eck, u
to Brooks Sc Tupper.
Ship John Sc Alber,
Kelly Sc Co.
CLEARED.. , jjrijha®'
IJurward, Liverpool
Stcunier lvanboe, McNulty, mini