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THE MORNING NEWS. BY JOHN M. COOPBIt. WILLUM T. THOMPSON, EDITOR• T e n M 8: Dally Paper,.......*4,DOTrl-wocltly 62 00 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 N, June. Rises.. Sets. Rises. I 8 5 0. H. M, ,H. M. H. «■ 28 Friday, 4 54 7. IB. ip. 05 29 Saturday,... 4 54 'T 12 10.40 30 Sunday, .... 4 54 7 32 H 12 1 Monday,.... 2 Tuesday .... 4 55 7 12 11 48 4 55 7 12 0 00 3 Wednesday . 4 56 7 12 0 8m 4 Thursday,... 4 56 7 12 0 51 High Wa*. Morn- 'h. m. 10 34 11 09 11 47 0 07 0 51 1 48 3 JO Even.. ruT 10 51 1128 000 027 116 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