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fHE MlIRNI.NC NEWS; . _ RV '<»«N Nf. fjooPKU. WIVtl AMT^THOM P DITOR. ‘TR a m h: l)<U)y Paper,.......$4,00Tri weekly All new Advertisements aj V ceir in both papa *. Ilftd dlfiiujpofirort BUouc lour in me bim.iuuuu. i»ueuip system had wasted under the shock, and Rrad.jtilly -•*~ w sunk beyond recovery. Green matter waTXhrUwn ’from hie stomach nt entervkle until twenty min^toe I J m CLOSING) SCENES OF THE PREgiw DENT’S LIFE-HOPE AND DESPAIR. _. „ ,, Washington, July 9th. cSmptMftrtcZk' w “" m icltnl tl,B rumor8 o{ ‘ he dangerous illness of ! /L!^ d . i WUrn 80 ? r " a . t l '<at ‘n hodi Houses uu adjournment began to be thought of. Inquire re at tho White House were told thnt the President was better. The symptoms (Were Hope “ 0 ■ hisrec “ v,:ry 4 o clock. Symptoms began to be worse. The summoning ot his cabinet win thought of. Clergy. men were sent tor, nnd his physicians re-assembled. J he strongest blisters had no power over his skin, which had lost its vitality. > 5 o'clock. No improvement: ihe White House gates sliut. 6 o'clock. Symptoms again Imd. Congestions increasing, Groups of anxious enquirers in the outer room ot tlie White House, and ou the steps. Pro nounced so dangerously ill thnt but slight hopes could be entertained of lecovery. . 7,6 and\l o'clock. President no better. No hope AJrowds increasing about the White House. Entrance l«ll lull ot members qS Congress. Members of the Cabinet going in andfout. Tbo Vice President is ident Veryb0Cl ^ ** J u P on him now ns tile Pres 10 o'clock. Rem/ Yom the sick chamber con tradictory, but si^.0 as to inspire a faint hopo. Mrs. don. Taylor batt given up, nature having iiecomo ex hausted trom constant attendance and excitement — Mrs. iiliss is overwhelmed with grief. Col. Bliss ap pears here and there much dejected. Among the per sons in the sick chamber, and there ere too many, is CoL Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi, late son-in-law of Gen. Taylor, and Rev. Dr. Pine. Severer practice has been begun, and it inspires hope. The patient has bean exhausted by neglected cholera morbus, for which all day Friday he would , ? . D0 medicine. Calomel and blisters, but reduc* ed him more. Quinine is now given in enormous doses. Over 40 grains, it is snid, have been given since S o’clock, some in injections. The practice is said to b« desperate, but eucli only ns can be given with any iiojie. Pttlso under it 104 ; u rally, and a goo d sign. Extremities warm. Face not as of death. in? 1 conacioU8 ! drinks, when asked. Mrs. John Well, trom tho sick chamber, reports hopefully. So does Major Hunter, U. 8. A. Ho does Dr. Pine. All seem to believe tlistho will live at least till morning indeed, they begin to hope he may survive. The new and more desperate practice inspires hope. Crowds dispersing, the Secretary of State yet present. Southern men about say, » follow Southern prac tice (which is fii.- more violent than Northern) ; that alone can save him.” f° u , o'clock.—General Taylor is no more I Death has closed the eyes of the Hero of Palo la Polina, Monterey, and Buena ' ^“- De who escaped the ball and bullet, and bay- ouet ot Briton, Indian and Mexican, is cut down in Ids chamber by the unseen scythe of death. The surviv- ®, r f? *2® swamps of Florida, and of the hammocks ot the Rio Grande, is the victim of tile miasma of tbo zotoniac! Gen. Tuylordied in the same chnmber in which Gen Harrison died nine years ago last April. Dike olllcera ot litgh rank were in tbennte-chainbers of both. Like crowds were in tho vestibules and in the rooms below. Like was the anxiety. The Vice President, now the President, Fillmore, was in the room nit" net %r*w2?? t0 V’ a"u 80 'T nre otl,orB 01 the Cabi. J - Webster hud been tliure during the evening and 1,n M , Ue M f iug,,lul - 11 Haltered «t times, v?.l. , hcl ; dl8 P e ' lftl all Impe. Quinine bad rescued the d e U Vf- m0 i Bt lrom , *•'* dead, but only just to liave him stimulus mai..? attendants hope, but it whs the yjs.- .iffmpwBMr of life. J2«W»cA.—'Jho bells of tlie city rill toll n snd requiem for the dead, ltisasolemn and most alllieting mid- mght hour. Col. Bliss displays a deep but manly S riet over the loss ofhis faUier in marriage, and his ither and iriend in tlie buttle field. He bears up, Plough, like one accustomed to calamity. I see Mr ; ,ven dmg bis way thoughtlully down the vtairs, through the vestibule, and along the avenue to S ere ™ Si Wil1 ^' Wat a weight of thought "lu' , tr.l n l 18t ^ c , on 1’bosdm! What an awful ruspblt- .UDiluy, m an Instant, and so unexpectedly, has fallen Won him I What a change of life, of manner, of Sv 3 - to como ovfir 'dm I The Editor *City is there? 1 18 m the grouli ’ ^ Ue Mayor of the ‘ > ^teJWL^kbs of a woman are heard in the distance. Is it >lrs. Mg* over the loss ofafather, or Mrs. Wood, or tho good,-pious; Ykygrcd old lady, who hns never appeared in public, seldom or never seen but at clan rcb imd who considered it tbs greatest of calamities that her husband should have been made tlie President; Her grief is indeed inconsolable. She mourns with out consolation. Next to her God sho dearly loved her departed husband, but bis corpse is all thnt is be fore us. There depart tho Physicians, Doctors Ilall and Wotherspoon. They have struggled hard against tue decree ot the Almigbly-but yield to Omnipotence. A dreadful struggle they nave had indoc-i with Death -.and the whole arcana of medicine lies been array ed against him. but all in vain. 12 1-il o'clock.—The bells yet toll. The whole city h awake. The toll of the bell past midnight has aroused the city trom its slumbers—and tlie streets are yet full of groups. 1 Ttae s»ricr respecting the President’s dietarenum- PXiWB enough,but how true they nre„wbocansayl On therfiU (and he hod symptoms of cholera morbus on tlie aril) Uie story is, tint while attending a Sunday celebration InttivNiioriiing, he munched green ww— ami (hat on the 4th—ni ter exposing himself to ..»■ very hot sun on the 'monumental ground—with mush and milk he eat encumbers nnd cherries. Then all of the 5th he neglected the resulting cholera mor bus, and took no medicine to check it—from which camn tfiis violent billious remittent fever. \ j The correspondent of the Philadelphia Bulletin, in h full and interesting account of Gen. Taylor’s last illness, niter speaking of his exposure, and un wholesome diet ou tho Fourth, remarks: Meanwhile, there were other causes, beside merely eating und drinking, that operated fatally upon his system. To his modicul attendant on the 8th, ho said, -\I should not bo surprised if this were to terminate «C»>y (tenth. I did untexpcct to encounter what has bes.-W*apio since my olevatiou to the Presidency, (iod kn'jwsSiJjshet I have endeavored to fulfill wlint I con ceived tdiAbe an honest duty. But 1 have been mia- tiikeu. uy^fcfc-iotivca have been misconstrued, and my feelings mostmy-ossly outraged.’^ He -alluded doubt- lesato the fiiavoiJlkLmiestioii, and the uitmncrin wliicn iVT uhu been Assailed. Even the sanctity of hid sick chamber j nva ded by certain Southern altruists, who came to UI1 ] fig3 p e toolf some necessary step to P^tect tne South, they tcould a r^olutionoj cengtwn^ hj$ conduct in [/l( Ual _ ^itkasmess. 1 repeat mcr^j.. wllnt j know t0 , ie tele- Qu the oth, Measrs s.tpj»)ha, B aud Toonibs Wuit . cJUpon him, as a comnn-^K ap{K i?teil h „„ ultra -j.tcus, to remonstrate upoi*; tlie sai.„ B vibjo C t - nnd .^ coT diug to facts since deWelop^tj, tlie\. e , J viu „: CQU . C.ludetwitha threat sttnljar to the abi B ., It wa3 net untinAtPr his illness ot j the 4th, end th, cemier- ence of the SX £, 'a’- the m#I m l of .the Preiirteitvaem - pressed, snip which called fourth , bo ANNA1I MORNING N E Wj & TUESDAY, J»|s]i' . V#l.. T.^IImma jaf anliiiifucd. f*. * ' ill seemed PtAatcrtain lively fodlngs of solidtul for his safety. I Everything Mot could contribute td the comloixof The sick, tneneeiorwaru, was exieuaea ; lint tlie sands of life had run out, nnd Ills hours ^vorc numbered, At nine, the vomiting partially ceased, as all bum Imd disappeared about I'ourin tlie afternoon. Bui the lrom ms stomnen nt sntervmn uuui luiugicn pnst ten—that peculiar coloration of bile that Indi cates dissolution of patients thus seized. At thirty-4vo minutes past fen, ids wile, snd other members of jiis minutes past ten, bis wife. »uu umc. m™™ «'u. ms family, were called to his bed-side, to receive his last earthly adieu—a farewell that the stoutest could not gaze upon without a tear. It must be remembered that his was a domestic life I and his beloved partner, ignorant as himself of thoso fashionable formulas visa sadly oi)9r cs6 od, ani® which called fourth , remarks just jlven. l'rf mi this time forward, r'.cntarauffe’rii^s were e#ual to his physical. The same *riter thura touohingly disorilies tlie di 'tiuajtsn->v«n the deaCtli chamber of the President; jmS^iinth dawned,/nut gloom still eurro tnided the* ir Asmcuuve unmsion. J Thousands began to iiood the avenues leading thiflier, and throughout the dnv a messeagsr was kelp; posted »t the door to answer qiharotfmutaterieA that were incessantly poured up- A) tea ol,’clock, A. M., a report ijirmilated “laffajLPreaidonu had rallied —at one P. M. Dint he vhs dekaw h,. consternation created by the latter rumo? "*lOi ,pily reliavert by an official bulletin ut hull past rlitW Vat the crisis hud been passed, and test he was (9k .beyond immediate danger. Bells long for joy, MfelAven tho boys in the streets lit lion- lues, and slionW) in cbildisli prntuluDon. The now to tho >Vl.iWS»iusa was greater than ev- - cr. but’ aboi.it eeven in the t-veiling, the pall again luoiiiied all faces, foT it wus annouiteod tlie illustri ous hero was dying. 1 Will not attempt to describe the commotion that terur-d. Min. Taylor thrice fainted from excess of 0 apprehension, nnd Colonel Bliss, who had never shed H ’) w “ r perhaps upon the bottle plain, ivept like nn in- > •- At tir»—two hours previous—-Die physicians t0 administer any more medicine—constder- \ i'. 5 ? JWrease hopoJess, anil in tho hands of God. The \ -SirS,Department, corporate authorises of the v sty. diplomatic body, nnd officers of the army and ‘*9GP a *d their rwjftcla often during the day, aud l^lionuit Hfl Jlimseil OI MiiHHJ lUPUiUimuii: »ui mi UHlfl which sunder the husband from the wife, felt for the first time the loneliness of a bereaved heart, nnd un derstood nothing of that ritfitj discipline thnt would have dictated to her, “(Jo ami weep in solitude—socie ty decrees it.” Her abandonment aud grief were truly heart piercing. The Last Moments. At n few minutes past ten, as i have said, it became apparent that the soul of tho hero and conqueror was about taking, its rest. The medical yielded to the spiritual agent, whose of fice it was to prepare for the approach of the King of Terrors. But there was nothing in the conduct of tho sufferer to indicate that he feared tho mortal leap. In the secret communion of his heart with Heaven, who cgn say that he died not a Christian ? After prayer, he seemed refreshed, and called for a glass of water. It was given him, nnd he drank sparingly. He then inquired of Hr. VVentherspooou how long he thought he woulMive, to whifch the lat ter replied, “ 1 hope, General, for many venrfl;” but, thinking this a useless deception, he added, “ I fear not many hours.” “ 1 know it,” was the response ; then, after musing a moment, he ask* d lor his family. They were sent for, and soon entered. The inter view was indescribably affecting—Mrs. Taylor pros trating herself nt the bedside, and her children dinging around her with sobs and gronus expressive of their agony. Tho pain, which nad afflicted the patient in tho side of his chest, ceased ; and attend ed by other symptoms of ease, it was thought he might endure till morning. But he himself knew bet ter, nnd so declared in n quite audible voice. He was asked whether ho was comfortable. “Ve ry,” he replied, “But the storm, in passing, hns swept away the trunk.” Finally he adverted to the subject of his previous broodiugs—the slavery question— and observed, “I am ubaut to die—I expect the sum mons soon—I have endeavored to discharge all my official duties faithfully—I regret nothing, butnm sor ry that I am about to leave my friends.” These were his last audible words. He essayed to speak to his wife a few moments before his demise, but his voice failed him. Dr. YVeatherepoon administered a stimu lus, but it was powerless iu reviving the functions. The soul of the hero had tied. “The lightnings may flash, and the thunder may rattle, He hoods not, he hears not, lie’s free from all pain; He sleeps his last sleep, he has fought his last battle, No flouudenn awake him to glory again.” The Body ok the President.—The executive mansion was open until 2 P.M., during which time tlie public availed themselves of the opportunity to visit tlie rcinuins. They were contained iu one of I* ink and Raymond’s metalic coffins, encased by n plain mahogany coffin, nnd exposed on a bieu* in tlie East Room. The body is greatly emaciated, but the lineaments of the face are preserved tolera bly perfect. It is proposed to embalm the remains ; but tlie consent of Mrs. Taylor has not yet been ob tained. It is presumed, however,that she will raise no objection-—tlie General himself never having said or expressed aught against the practice. The body of tlie President will remain in vault here until next week, when it will be conveyed to Button Rouge, Louisiana. If no vote is obtained up on the Compromise bill until that period, it will be postponed until Committee’s return—some time in August. The President's Family.—Mrs. Taylor and lamily will vacate the White House ulnmst immedi ately. They will reside with Senator Davis, of Miss, lor u lew weeks, or go with Colonel Taylor to Baltimore. Mr. Fillmore’s family will not come on till alter the bathing season—so reported—for he contemplates spending the warm months at the sea side himself. Illness of Mrs Taylor.—I understand that Mrs. Taylor lias been seized with illness, nnd that she is irreconcilable for the loss of her husband. The sym- pathies of tlie city are with her, and ns an earnest of this affectionate regurd, a committee of ladies have presented themselves at the White House to condole with the untortuuates. M Biw— ; Tiwredny rilornl mb, July JoTTtW80T S3T Tlie nidi is tor Havana, Chagrei I’ananw, Ciililornia and Otegqn, to go liy tlie steamship Oeor- gta, will be clo*ai th^inorninq at 11 o’clock IfqA. Inferior Court, now in session in this city, yest.iifjipy appointed Messrs. JoUn N. Mu,- i.en mid Henbit J. Chalmers, Notaries Public for Chatham Counfy. 15?* ^ ho stejpTiiUp Isabel, Capt. Rollins, nrriv I nl'lAt-oAn.. . <• ... cd yesterday ultsnidon, at 4 o’clock, from Charles- ton, and received tlie mails and seven passengers from the steamer J. apt. Freeland, and proceed ed on to Havana. JR Y\ e are indebted ip the courtesy of our friends of tho Charleston Conner for a copy of their paper, sent by the Isabel, in o-tVance of the mail. The stfc^r, isville on the «kld and as rnqny d CS” Mr. lj nection with ffift nel IlLnusS <!/( regret to announce J the RigbtRev. ftiaho N. Y., attending to I New York. [ ?* Mr. PiiSte, ' 'gtjili/.Ungar nrrived at Lou- Pfitjljfirp dead bodies on board, CMerit lyjiiiml is mentioned in oon- Igliir t appointments. P WlHTTINOHAM.—We Jp§ and severe illness of y!p'.nn|haxu, who is at Albany, ubifll duties of the diocese of ——greatshot at,” and more re cent y water gas im&jjp,Hop received a specimen of cigars to try, one of iMh fulminated in his face, caus ing him sever* inji^V What anonymous fluid has doue tins, We wondcfljl' Now hy. th© CqptHut flutes, wai borri'fi^u J pw, York, Jununry Vte. F Jlraur?\s‘ a farmer, n*: Y drk. Mr. iFilinore sp<? ibtirking at the clothier'; devoted all his leisure ! At the age of niii.-tfsa h JSdge Wood,of Cuj iu t h^. office.' Iu 1821, In >c tered a law office, tt-A it hi the United Cayuga county, W wiig, father, Nathaniel (VfJt nKfie county. New t,HJy H, in early life, hi | during that time , -ailing and study, jltrtijed tlio notice of uylyi;! [ho took him into 1 * ■- u jo Buffalo, and en- lit ^jutcnmice until 0 s ” '-The mails bji the unexpected intUll Taylor tc England, Eiirppa, which will convoy ■ ,:|c qfdie ileatli of President sico' iited with black. liTGen. TaylcrUdA; at, fit y noticed in the Boston Iruscrpt, with tins idmiodftUm Ecclesiastes : “ there is no man that hath power over the spirit to return the spirit; neither hath ha power, iu die day of death; and there is no discharge in that war ” i ' 5-.-# Phe cholera lias made its appearance in Pittsburgh, Pa. Onjtlie lith instant there were 2G deaths in Cincinuat 15? A Washmgt* letter-writer says Dint General IAYLOR died without a struggle. It was a kind of sinking into eternity, without feeling its pain, or ex periencing its horrord Important Treaty with Mexico. We have the unspeakable gratification, says Die N O. Picayune of Wednesday; of announcing to our Icllow-citizene Die intelligence that our energeUc and accomplished Minister to Mexico hus succeeded in ef- iectrng a treaty with that Government, similar in its provisions to that already niRde With Nicaragua, whereby our citizens will be enabled to carry into effect thou-cherished enterprise of building a rail wuv communication between the two oceans, which will bring New Orleans within twelve days’ travel of San F rahcisco. The treatj, was made or. the 2-lth of June, and entrusted immediately to n special messenger, to be carried to Washington City. The messenger, arriv- edatNew Orleans in the IVaur Witch, and immedi ately proceeded North. A. AltltTVAXi tIF STPUtMEK flJHEltJffAT. 7 DA YS LA TER FROM E UROPE. A flairs of Unglnud—Assault ou the Queen —(Spain nnd the United States—Late from India-Advance in Cotton. _ Halifax, N. S., July 11,1850. • T lu L°yal nla il steamer Hibernia, arrived at Hnli- ioxon Thursday morning, and sailed for Boston nt 7 o’clock. She brings dates from Liverpool to the 29th June. The Market. Brown, Shipley & Go’s circular re port a favorable change iu cotton, with an ndvance of id., consequent on the unfavorable accounts from America, brought out by the Aein nnd AtlauDc. This advance is steadily maintained up to the close of the week. Fair Orleans 7J; fail- Mobile nnd Up- Iands7* ; -middling 7 to 7}. The sales of tlie week amounted to tia.OOO hales, of which speculators took 22,000, and exporters 10,000. Sen Island 11} ® 20d. The stock in port amounts to 520,000 bales. Advices from tho manufacturing districts continue satisfactory. Great confidence in future prospects of full employment, and steady market. Havre Cotton Market. Cotton is active, with an advance of 2to2j francs. The steamer Atlantic arrived nt Liverpool nt four o’clock on Wednesday morning the 2tith. Du riire the six last days she accomplished a greater distance Uian any other steamer afloat. On the 2-lth, with head winds .She made 249 miles in 24 hours. Her running time from New Y'ork to Liverpool wus ten days and a half. England. The British Ministry liavo been sustain ed by the House of Commons in tho Greek question by a majority of 46. A cowardly assault has been made on the Queen, by a limn named Plato, formerly officer in the 10th dragoons. Tho nttuck was made whilst the Queen wns leaving Cambridge House, in Company with Prince Albert. The mail attempted the assault wiDi a cane, no harm Wasdone; he wns immediately ar rested. Prance. The iucrenseof the President’s salary lias boon finally voted on, and carriedjjfavorably. Gen. Lafittu announced to the ‘ French Assembly on Monday,ithe conclusion ofthOjGreek negotiations with England. -A . The posidon of Riref: is unsatisfactory. Tho city is is undernnich Sxcitenieut, the police are under Aus trian nuUiority. A-t Naples outhe 18th of June, a part of Grenalgies, an old barrack for troops, loll killing 500 persons. The news from Culm is exciting much attention. The Spanish Ministry say Die Americans' conduct re st mbits that of barbarians. Gen. Nuez hud u warm discussion with the Ameri can Minister, iu which he expressed Ihe astomsh- mentand regret of the Spanish Government that the American Government had not prevented the expe dition of Gen. Lopez from tieing organized ill the U. States and having allowed it to depart to the attack of Cuba. It is also reported Dint the Spanish Minister hart addressed n warm remonstrance to Washington, embracing the views of Die Spanish Gqxprnmeiit! The note was not written in a very amiably style, A telegraphic dispatch received from London ou Saturday morning announced tile arrival of the over- 'snd until from Bombay, with dates to the 85th of At lienorc, ouc thousand persons had been ruin by the explosion of a powder magazine, in a j!°at lowigd with three thousand barrels of gunpow. , • l.“v whole ih-et of thirty bouts were destroy ed, besides- which doing immense unnicge to the town, near whL:h the explosion took place. Election of Vice President. In the Senate, on Thursday, Hon. Wm. R. Kino of Alabama, was unanfuiously elected Speaker of the Senate. Mr. Dickinson, of Nc'w-York, had been placed m nomination by his friends, but declined, on t ie ground that, in times liko thd present, it would not be proper that the Presidont and Vice President Should both be lrom the same State—and Dint State the largest in the Confederacy. • The ^vajLllegiiai;. Speculations, says i^hiluddn/daBuilaDn, ate f e-idy abundant with rf^cclK. *$6feww._-sJ«.v ie— tion. It is said none tr Die presentTcabinet will be retained, —j Mr are not upon gooa terms, and of course the Aegis wm be speedily exercised. Mr.'collamar may be retain ed, but I think none of the rest. Mr. Webster is con- fidently tulk-d ol for the post of Secretary of State, and there is no doubt thut lie would accept it The Irensury department will be supplied from New Y ork ; but none of the States that now have officers at Du. head ot these departments, will receive like favors under the new order of things. This is prop- er. F or the Present, the old Cabinet will exercise its functions. The New Cabinets.] The iF the year 1625, when he was 'iu'Obflw practice in D» Court of Common Plea.». IifT?2c iie wns ad mitted an attorney of the Supr-me Court Of the State of New York, in 1896, he wm elected a member of the Assembly from Erie county, Mid was twice re elected. Ho was elected to Cmgress in the full of 1832, and after the expiration tf his term resumed the prncDce of his profession. Ip 1836, lie was again tent to Congress, nnd wns sulucqucntly rc-electcd for another term. During this seieicu, he was placed at Die heud of the Committee oflViiya mid Means. Iu 1844, ho wns nominated by the Vhig party as their candidate for Governor. In 184', he wns elected Comptroller of the State, in lS-^f, he wus elected Vice President of the United Stabs, und on the 5th March, 1849, he entered upon the duties of the of fice. The Philadelphia Bulletin,' (iuilepiuilcnt,) mid the New York Globe, (democratic,) both take the ground that President Fillmore is in favor of tlid compromise bill of the Senate. The Globe, as will as the press generally, express great confidence in Mpi. Political circles are rife with sgpcuHtion in regard to the policy likely to he pursued by Iresident Fill more. By soino it is thought that, without the fame and personul popularity of Gen. Tayloh, ho will he unable to command the adhesion of Ilk purty ill the support of measures which his views ol national pol icy may dictate. Some think he will bogovemed ex* c'msively by Northern nnd Western influences, while others are of opinion Dint the SouDi das much to hope nnd nothing to leur from his administration of the executive power. It is said that lie will be influ enced much by .Mr. Clay, between whom nnd him self a long-standing personal ii.tiinncy exists, mid that he will favor the passageef the Compromise, on the ground that n further ojitation of the Slav- cry question, with a Northern President would be dangerous to the Union. It is well known that Mr. Filimore is tin anti-sla very man, between whom, however, ami ail Aboli tionist, (ns Illustrated by their course in Anigress,) there is a decided difference. Bis views omtliis sub ject are expressed iu his letter to Mr. JohSgayle, of Alubamti, addressed to that gcutlemmi uiMvlfi, In this letter Mr. F. says: W I regard slavery os nn evil, but one with 'which tho National Government had nothing to do. That by the Constitution ol’ tho United Suites, tho whole pow er over tlie question was vested Iu the several States wuerc institutions were tolerated. If they regard it ns a blessing, they have a constitutional right to en- joy it; and if they regarded it nsnn evil, they had the power and knew best how toTfypty the remedy. I did not conceive that Congress.i ud any power over it, or was iu any way responsible for its continuance in the several States where it misted. In tho same letter, speaking of the right of peti tion, he says: 0 The rule upon which I noted was, thnt every citi- zen presenting a respectful petition to the body that, by tlie Constitution, had iiie power to grant or refuse the prayer of ill was entitled to lie heard: and there- tore the petition ought to be received and considered it right und reusonuble the prayer td’ it should he deiil *fl bUt ** "’ run K or unre.oonnblc, it should be i Ids, taken in CCninoction with the extract above, mu-t bo considered .. Vitenving the right of petition on the subject of sltivcrja In regard to Die slave trade betweeiuil e States, Mr. W ^jurfcdictiqn it A"0*r' ;-J -"rot w.un tmanriunnei W1}1 oe lolli# - ■ Slid I I' a Oqi;..* atMne in. ned, and the first to receive his fjequittal willj^v K Jiujl-Oiorcf-es iiisi-nw |, Ws- that opinion, Meredith. Tho latter and the (tow) President fct- -Msutmji, wer over this niut- mt upon good terms, and of course the Aegis will ter 11 t le ® e ''°i'al States, mid 11 in Congress. leedily exercised. Mr M™ ' It is greatly to be hoped tljiBie may be tlie I’resi- dentof Dio whole country, » |i,not of a section, or parly ; snd Dint he will, aided by'the wise counsels ol patriotic men, give his influence to the speedy and equitable adjustment of the difficulties which have of late disturbed our unhappy country, and Direutened the disseverance of every tie tlat hus bound us to gether us n brotherhood of freemen. -Illnesa of IMr. Clnytoii-- ’uueral. , P .. . iraehington, July 11—9 P. M. tlio Hon Henry Clay, mid the Hon. Daniel Webster, called on President Fillmore, nnd iMs iTi'h 'u C01 S U tat ’ 011 ' al,ort 'y afterwards thl! P /?# entsen t telegraphic dispatch- ^to ill. Evans, of Maine, nnd Governor Crittenden ot Kentucky, requesting their attendance ut Wash- uigtou to take posts in the Cabinet. Great efforts are making to induce Mr. Webster to accept the Slate Department. ou^ly rC * ai ^ Clayton o'jiituiues ill, though |iot seri* The arrangements for the funeral will be on Die ?° st apa' 8 - Every body seems anxious to honor the illustrious dead. Aggravating Caused of Gut. Taylor’s East Illness. A writer in the last Philadelphia Bulletin, trom Wiioin we extract in another column, says : Tbo President regretted, ill plain l’nn<n»n President regretted, ill plain I'amrmtire nrnl in so many words, Dmcrusade wa;cd““Klim »n thought that parties failed to d him justice The course pursued by Southon. ulfaiste irritated him duct wL wTiTlIe I 7 H U ' ,de .. 1Um rt ' 1 'P o asihle for con’- uucc With u Inch lie liud uothmgto do lie denlm-.vl his doctrim.a^Ctermmed lnm the more to ttuud by "tthe month. The doud HX7 “'i ex l ,,r ,' ltl '’ n ■» te— % re-aw’Aii’as ~ ^'ttgration oj RtJlrondiLaborers. The ship Charles Carroll is taking on board a large number of carts and other materials for fie Construction of railroads She is linuud to Chnrteto,, g. c nail wiu take out some Diree hundred fresh immigrants from Ireland, to work upon theNushville auNjSUtanoogs Railroad wtnch isdesisuedto connect Nnsb-jlle with the SouDi Carolina Railroad, and thus win. the senhord at Charleston. Ihe road is now under vontract tor its entire length.—Boston Trav., Tuesday. |'® p The Philadelphia Inquirer snys that CUunceilor Walworth has, us yet, made’no decision in the Wheeling Bridge case. He is now on his way to ninko the necessary investigations. ‘ The Ohio Constitutional Convention on Tues- frrSp’ Tne onto consntutioi __ iluy lost, being convinced fli.it no Constitution' cun be perfected by the 1st day ot next September, in view oi the approach of cholera, adjourned over to meet ugniti iu Cincinnati, oil the first Monday in De- ■cember ut-xt. I.1IPORTANT FBOM WASHINGTON. A Union Caucus to settle the Question of New Mexico, Texas mid California—Cabinet Kumors—Hen. Scott. Washington, July 12. A Union Caucus, of members of Congress of all pnrties tavorable to the Union, was lipid to-day — lho South agree to thtlioe of 340N. iutitude. as the boundary of New Mexico ; all below that line logo o i exas. Texas agrees to this, Mr.Clay agrees toil, the North agree to it mul President Fillmore is content '‘Yv 80 t ] U, ;, que8tlu 'i bids fair to be settled to the aatiblaction of all partiep. w p i ^ li i f™P C l 6 ’ tiou waa. «'tertained in the Cauci-e, to merit nr o °‘ donbtei1 from th « Rst Dmt tlie fexeite- divide Cahtomia by Die same line, and at the prssent hi .- e l >iist mont l'- from which nwimr re time. (12 o’clock M.) tlip proposition is still uude^ dig- I Ul8 P 0S1 M°n, it was impossible foi Gen Tavi of to cu s.on, with a prospect of its being carried. \ exerted an injurious erti-at ^ l urn 1 here is a rumor current now Diut Mr. Wel»ter I Jut we think the writ,-, !. a - P 8 hca th ’~ wiB give plaoe to Mr. Wmtlirop in the Cabinet. Viemptiui to shift ^ tlocu. dly wrong in at- Gen. Scott arrived is this city this morning. He idsift* *° h !* th ° re8 P unslhl l“y™ even the ultra- comes to attend the luueral ot Gen. Tuylor, and to 1 ., 7* “f ftouth - Nortliern nltrA; s i 1Hve had mu ,, h superintend the military arrangements ir theoU | m b. in^ ahouhhe pre.entZte The Baltimore Sun which is generally well posted account’in fi'Jttr'tteolMliiili' Ve Pub'^bibese m Washington movenittits, lias no intimation id' this j the position in whirl, uu ‘ ler8tan,i caucus, though wcfind!itin the Patriot ol'DiatCity his wiek.-d ndvG»r- f MAlL< U placed by aud in the Bulletin of Philadelphia. j made ofhis ’ re- tJS US ' ; ntlW ' 8 onght to be ie^o\r„r^«bt-^- Correspondence of , h . Daily Morning^ I We have nothing but nowl-^ws ’ accM 9 ’ 18r '°' I denu by sea, driver „nd by land^m? 4 *' iuc, l you c “ n Set such information from ti,e now they need not form Dio subject of a i „7' nm l Hlr ' ( l [‘Fire King” hus been visiting us too »nl7°a Tl “l ins many a fine fabric, destroyed ‘ ‘“ ld in plans, for in ray view of Dio matter "th h . <>r>oa ai 'd| monoyis but a small patch upon ’the inim. ,Ur H prospects must suffer from sue), a calami t " The Cuhtornm news just received ,1,„, much excitement apparently ; yet ' , T no ‘ cr "»tJ iuct that the Cherokee took „„ t nearly rtfi?g '” « passengers yesterday, tlie atti-m.H,‘ V ’ lr ° e . lundrei country hns not decreased much . wnn,s of the n ov a gentlcnuin who has just returned ZT* H mo that in most cases, Dtepr,v ’ , hc a 88u K’J acquired by persons there. i 8 0l f / „ . tohave b< 4 it is not the-renl cash. If „ Fa [„ , ct *tious value- rurely that money pne^.'tt “ Ve . tinues to pay you exorbitant rate of con i able to pay off the capital. i„ this way y™ sSl We continue to receive accounts from adjacent pi. ft ces ot injuries lrom a storm on Friday night said , J be the severest ever felt in this part o" the ’oumil and yet strange to ssy, here there was not an indtcfl tionoi any such thing. Towns up the North river have been completely iuundated-in Troy the water was four feet deep in the streets. The Erie Canal is considerably damaged—several breaks having or- cut-red which will prevent transportation for Borne time, it is feared. The lions of the day now are G. P. R. j umes th J novelist, and the Count and Countess Dembinski I I have the assurance from the novelist himself; Diat he does not intend, on his return to England, to write a book upon America, nor does he come with any view ol influencing the passage of a copy-right law- indeed lie seems to think thnt any efforts with that view, would be fruitless ; aud he is right. Our city fathers have had another struggle to re-, store the Ten Room, hut the assistants have e- the Mayor tho trouble of vetoing the act of tho higher board. One would suppose that the Common Coun- cil was composed of old women ; they make such ado about their tea. I dont think the supposition would be very erroneous. Our theatres nre getting quite moral—tlie temper ance Drama of the "Drunkard” is nowplayed nightly nt one theatre mid two museums—at the Bowery,how ever, may frequently be seen, in the bar rooms of the theatre, the reality of what is depicted on tho staga The object of this piece is to exhibit drunkenness in its most hideous mien—u fine young fellow is in- duced to drink freely, ami sink step by step unUl he becomes a drunken loafer, and finally ,when suffer- iugfrom delirium tremens, is .prevented from com mitting suicide, by a temperance advocate, who indu ces him to take the pledge,und nt length restoreehim redeemed in character, to his wife and child. The scences are painfully real, nnd the representations’ cannot fail, 1 think, to be productive of benefit. The death march of the cholera Northward, causes a little alarm ; but we nre still healthy—deaths last week 276, exceeding by 20 tho previous week. 173 were children. The city is to be thoroughly cleans ed fortli with. Several accidents hnvo occurred ou the Rail Roads in tho city, within a few days, aud the Amboy pro prietors are making the most of them to prejudice Die public against the plan of laying down still more ot them. A little boy was positively dismembered |>y one of the cars on the Harlem road on Saturday, snd the company has been censured by the coroner’s jury; which will probably enable tho widowed moth er to obtain heavy damages against them—but they cannot give her buck the child. An explosion took plucca few minutes since in tlio -'TF"—-*■« mm cling t„ -oenaw cre ated no little alarm. It is stated to have been several cas& of,percussion caps, but how they could explode is more than I cun tell—-two men were severely injur ed ; one it is feared fatally—it is now decided thut saltpetre will explode ; but here is another question for the quid nuncs. The belief is gaining ground that Prof. Webster’s sentence will be commuted. July 10th, 1850. Our city is wrapped in gloom to day, by the sac announcement of President Taylor’s death. Every body looks grief-stricken; the streets appear to be even more quiet. It needs not the tolling of the bel and the flag flying at half mast, to show thut a grenl man lias iallen. He was great, if not» statesman ; al .east lit all those qualities that adorn and dignify manhood. He was great on Die battle-field, and the claims he had upon the gratitude ofhis countrymen none, I think, will b e found bold enough to repudi ate. The voice of censure that almost rung in hie cars at the dying hour, is now hushed, for Deatli has silenced his detractors, and the grave will soon shut out the memory ofhis faults. " None .f il ‘ nnnle hin ‘ but to praise;’’ nnd the most fitting epitaph that can be placed upon his tomb is, Here lies on Honest Man. ie explosion of gun caps mentioned yesterday, has probably killed one poor fellow and injurecTfive others. Ha struck them with a hammer thinking that they wore Wo damp to explode ; but he wus mistuk- en, anil alaige number penetrated his face, so that, if he should live, he will be frightfully disfigured. enmiirlf St !? “‘‘I’ “ Ul ° cit y 1 8 ee-he i„ oka 8Bne ugh, nnd .mrly enough toeatuman of Willis’ phys- him m i re m, ! ' Urty " l hi8 t0luIic8 T-mt the 4th with him nt Fort HR. CHARLEMAC. A National C o n v entiov “b rT,:-!, G . a aim ie ns Saltpetre.—The insurance companies of Now despatch trim t T”® re™ With ‘lAc^zeal to York have come to a conclusion that they will Hot I as, and who chare fiT t0 Mlu's'aiust Tex- insure any building, nor goods iu any building, which 1 .n-« 0 trite r i?cu mm wjjj u iudecuiun^-fonnot do- contains saltpetre. They have been warned against ! bihty of iiavino I 0 - ehu1 '” of ^h* reeponsi- itby the recent disastrous experience in Brooklyn i eil his w . K c! ' uttw ,hc juguish a-hicll einbitter- and Philadelphia. L will be, hereafter, placed V(n j 01> ' :n ’ the same footing with gunpowder, with the excel,. | r, ’ ;s TBU0TivE Fibe in Ni w akk.SJ The Mallea- Sinn .Wih. Wllmifd,. * -* " 1 c ->-' l'on iVorks of Messrs. C nudit 1 Bowles, wore tion that the law limits me amount of powder allqv. ^ , tn , W4ire ed in any one place to twelve pounds, while the limit | ,, y de ’ tl '"y'd by tire on q om t a y I, t . ’fhe flamos the companies will put on sultpetre wffl be one hun- m ; t;VPI Y ftiu B v ( Hich tl4 attacked, the dred pounds. _____ . water ^(pariment^ein^ entl | ly po wiesS for want of 55^* Lcibig, the eminent German chemist, who | P er s. hut all the tools, path feV'lmdtl^^ere^des' ranks undoubtedly at Die head of his profession,is about to visit the United States, for Die purpose of giving lectures. They caimot but be most popular. j ^Frederick Douglass, going to Cincinnati in the “Alabama,” was asked to bpeuk. Having obtained.;' vote of tile company in favor of his doing so. he inode a speech of an hour add a half. Mr. Jumps has gone toSuunyside. Woshin . » J IWILA a/LIY 'V’Dre 11U8’ r tm d. llierewuano ini uraucc cj the buildinirH but Die stock ic. wasporl i„lly insl-d in two New i ork offices. This touinlry was the fii still whidmafleableiron was ever liiadein this couii try. • " A Majob in the Navy I" was il.e tfc assumed bv some ignorant top, m cornLy wi 1, ,|, ldj oft buar j u pleasure steamer from WfUmina on Delaware, the com Mid tt, retire, hut ton Irvine’s residence) near Tarrytowiq to pay his 1 I 1 * 8 ' 1 ’' 0 -fonmor lrom W) old friend a visit. They' lave known each other for I odl ' !r dll Y- Mowa* nt length thirty years, or move, not without three g|f,rioiU c hecrJfbzhc' addition^ Lis'* The City Councils of the city, and Noi-thern til<; R av Y- l.iboitios of Philadelphia have each resolved todis- ;■ir> Cattius H. Clav is vvrStinJ.i u« ■ tribute i 10,090 among the Eiiflcivi s by the lute fire. j a scries of letters against Dun el \ l-be^f* atl ® Bui • Kr ? We are glad to see steps taken, under tlie superinte donee ot Mr. Henry O’lUelly, to render tho Tel qraph eyatemiatill more efficient and useful to th public, by cnllng together a National Convention . Delegates, to ikchange views and opinions, and I maki! such sujgestions for the improvement of tl system ns mnji be appropriately considered. Th; Convention wi» assemble in the National Telegrap Building, 181 Broadway, iu this city, 16th of Ju when a Commitcc from the Lines, informally repr, sented nt a torm.r meeting, will report on the subjecl under consideraUou. Invitations ure extended to a the Companies organized ou Lines constructed unde the arraugraienUof Henry O’lUelly, throughout th United States. Tic Circular of Mr. O’Kielly, callin, tlie Convention, s^ys; — T t ! le >> l '? est companies of the ‘Atlantic ore C T d , Jiuu k'".' have already been re presented at intorjial consultations in New York ed that 0 the bf t }° n k UI,ifor “ lly and Ht, ' 0,, «!y express en tnnt tlu? highest interests of tlio Teleeranh coiupunms tl (- l m < lm'u- lJ ” Convention wherein all tin Tariffs, so as to"c!i r Ur y r ®P re8 ented in arranging nrminit., ‘ t-qialize nnd modernte tho i)rico>4 mote rim Pllr / <:y . at d dispatch, and otherwise pro ble from thef'rtaii^we?’ *1*0 P u '’hc wh?eh1s^psepara. embraced Sn thn rarmref ° ““'‘‘o Telegraph 'lines ed throughout th,?Uni..d States 0 ” J ' ° H " dersi a u A Monster DrvtDji Nu ._ The PueiHc Mail Steam ship Company, oi wlnj, Messrs. Howland (t Aspin wall are the represeutldves, have declared a dividem ol. fifty per erni.,--tiler first dividend. The Journu ot Commerce states th(j this company started witl a capital not exceeding $(.00,000. It has since pur chased the steamships li-iieoru, Tennessee, Cherokee and Philadelphia, for Hhicli there must have been paid all ot $700,000. Tils fact considered in cornice tion with the dividend uiove mentioned, will afford some idea of the profits tf the bueiness. f'fi'’’ 15r ’ l’ otts ' 8 c Vurch was, on Tuesday mor -yr&S? F “ r —***•