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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1850. | THE MORNING NEWS. BY JOiSn M. COOPER. | WILLIA~MTijrHOMPSON, EDITOR TERMS! Dally Paper, ©4,00:::::Tri-weekly $2.00 All new Advertisements appear in both papers- Decision of the Executive Council IN THE CASE OF Prof. John W. Webster! COMMUTATION REFUSED ! Friday, August Ituth, fixed as the Day of Exe cution ! REPORT OFTHE COMMITTEE! AD~IMtESS~Oy~OOV. BRIOGB. Tile Committee on Pardons, composed of Lieuten ant Governor John Reed, Chairman, of Yarmouth ; Dr. Luther V. Bell, Superintendent of the McLano Asylum tor tho Insane; lion. Samuel Wood, of Grafton ; lion. John Tenney, of Methuen, and Hon. Churles M. Owen, ot Stockbridge, met at Hi o'clock this morning, and submitted their final repurt in the caso of John W. Webster, to thu Governor and Council. The Council met in their chamber, and held tho session with closed doors. After assembling, and being called to order, the following Report was pre sented by Liout. Gov. Reed, Chairman of the Conn mittee on Pardons : REPORT. The Committee on Pardons, to whom was referr ed the petition of John W. Webster, a convict un der sentence of Deuth, praying, in behalf of himself and Ills wife and children, tho Governor and Coun cil to extend to tho petitioner n commutation of the punishment awarded to him ; also, a copy of the re cords of tho Court, containing the trial and sentence of sntd Webster, and also sundry other petitions ami arguments referring to, or in support of, tho petition of said Webster,—now report, That, by said record, it appears that said Webster was regularly indicted for tho criino of the murder of Dr. George Purkmau, and sc't to tho bar of the Supreme Court at tho March Term thereof. A. D. 1850—and there having been enquired of how he would acquit himself concerning tho premises, for answer said he was not guilty, and thereof put him self upou the country. Counsel was thereupon assigned for the pr isoner. On tho nineteenth day of March following, said Webster was again set to tho bar to be tried. A ju ry was erapannclled and sworn, and alter full hear ing, on thior oaths declared that tho said John W. Webster was guilty. And tbereafterwards, viz., on the 1st day of April, in said Court, said Webster be ing placed at the bar for sentence, it was demanded ot him by said Court if ho had anything to say whereloro sentence should not bo declared upon the premises and verdict aforesuid. To which said Web ster nothing further answered. Thereupon it was considered by the Court, thnt the said John W. Webster be taken to the Jail whence he came, and thence* to the placu of execu tion, and there be bunged by the neck until he he dead. Since the pasBingsaid sentence by said Court, nu merous petitions and arguments have been present ed to the Executive for the full pnrdon of said Web ster, luunded upon the belief anil presumption that he never coxnmitted even a homicide. Recent events, however, relievo the Committee in a great measure, from the consideration of all such arguments anil petitions. On the 2d of July, A. D. 1850, the Rev. Pr. Put nam, by appointment, oppeared in behalf of said Webster, before the Committee on Pardons, and rood a confession made,by said Webster, acknowl edging that he committed tho homicide, and declar ing the manner and circumstance* thereof,—and at the same time proseuted said Webster’s petition for a commutation of llio sentence aforesaid. Tho petition and confession were supported by an able argument by Dr. Putnam. To this confession and araumant, and all arguments and evidence supporting ISf-We have given our most serious and anxious attention, and wo nave proceeded to consider the same’with hearts and minds desirous to know the truth, and our duty, and with a firm pur pose to do what both should require. It aeeras to your committee that the sentence in the case of said Webster, having been passed by the Court, after a full and fair trial, in the course ot which, all the facts and circumstances which could then be brought to light, were patiently and thoroughly investigated and weighed by the Jury,—and having been fully affirmed, alter a careful revision of the law upon trial, since had by the full Court, on solemn argument tff both sides, there appears to be no ground for Executive interposition, except it may be found in subsequent confession ol'the prisoner. In this view, the only questions, as it seems to us> are, whether the statements which said Webster now makes in his obtifession, of the manner and circum- stances of the homicide, arc so oonfirmed by other evidence, or so intrinsically probable, that they ought to be received aa true ; and if true, whether they justify the Executive in a commutation of the pun ishment. To these questions, the minds of the Committee hsve been most carefully directed, and, as they trust with no unwillingness on their part to come to an af firmative conclusion, if they could do bo consistently I with a supreme regard to truth nnd justice. But af ter all the^ansideration which they have been able to bestow uaHMua confession, and under the light oi all the evidence and the comments with which it has been accompanied and supported, they feel constrain ed to say, that tho effebt has not been such ns to s at isfy their minds, that the position of the case is mate- tonally changed. In other words, the pallinting facte and circumstances set forth in the confession have not been so confirmed by other evidence and circum stances, as to form a proper and sufficient basis for Executive interference. To this painful conclusion the committee have unan Smously come. The Committee therefore respectfully report that they cannot consistently with what they conceive eir duty, recommend a commutation of the sen- , then _ _ tehee, in'thecaafeof John W. Webster, as praycd'for in* hts.podtihn lung now remains for tho Committee, in the discharge of this painful duty, but to advise your Excellency In' determining upon n time for the Execution, and they name FRIDAY, THE THIRTI ETH DAY OF WJGOST NEXT, as the day ; and recommend to your Excellency to decide upon that day as the time for the execution'of John W. Web- JOHN REED, Chairman Council Chamber, July 19,1850. After Uie conclusion oi the reading of the Report Hia Excellency, Gov. Briggs, read to the Council the following ADDRESS. To the Hon. Council: — The Council having considered and acted on the case ot John W. Webster, n convict under sentence of death, it becomes my duty as the Chief Execu tive Magistrate of the Commonwealth to make a final deciaion on a question involving the life of the prisoner- I feel tho weiaht of its responsibility.— f “fit ise responsibility found in the path of official duty, and I am not disposed to evade it, or to shrink irorn it. For eight months past tins extraor dinary case has created a deep and painful interest among the people of Massachusetts, and of the whole Union. Its history is as brief as it is terrible and in structive ; every new development in its progress has been mure strange, and lias increased that iutcr- cst On the 03rd day of Nooenibor, 1849, Dr. George Tankman, a well known and highly respectable citi zen of Boston, left liis house ami family on business as was usuul for Him, and never returned to them. His unexpected absence alarmed his family and exci ted tho attention of the people hi and around Boston. la tho course of u day or two, it was understood that the prisoner had suid that Dr. Tarkinau met him at his rooms in the Medical College, in the west part of- the city, not fiir Yrom halt-post 1 o’clock on the day of his disappearance, and that he then and there paid him a sum of money,, which he, Dr. ParkmaD, took Into Ills hands and hastily rushed towards the outer door. Dr. Turkman was also sretr by other persons about the same timo of day within tony feet of the door of* the College, and walking quickly towards it.— These, with other circumstances, directed tlie publio mind towards the College-buildings. The next Fri- day, one week after the disappearance of Dr Park- mun, the dismembered parts of n hainnn body were found in different places in and under the rooms oc cupied by the prisoner in that C’dllege, some of them in a furnace nearly destroyed by lire, some ol them packed in a tea chest, aud other purls in the vault of a privy attached to his laboratory. Suspicions were strongly fixed on him and he wav arrested and committed to Lcvcreti street juii. A coroner’s inquest was called, nnd nfter long exami- I nation into the facts of the case, conducted in secret, I the jury reported that|the remains found were pnrte of the body of the late Dr. George Parkman, that he came to his death by violence in the Medical Col lege in Boston, on Friday, the 23d day of November, and that he was killed by John W. Webster. The ev idence taken before the inquest was not given to the public. In January, 1850, the case was laid before iho Grand Jury for the County of Suffolk, and the investigation before that body resulted in flndiug an indictment against the prisoner for tho murder of Dr. Parkman. He was arraigned on }he indictment and plead not guilty. Two of the most able and distinguished lawyers of the Commonwealth were, upon his own selection, assigned to him as counsel by the Supreme Court, and his trial before the lull bench of that Court, fixed on the 19th day of March. Some time be fore the day oftrialtheAttomey General furnished the counsel of the prisoner, not only with a list of the iiameB of tho witnesses to bo called against him, which Is required to be done in all capita] cases in this Commonwealth, but also with a copy of tho tes timony taken before the Coroner'a inqueat, nnd which iiail been produced against him before the Grand Jury. • The time appointed for the trial arrived, when four Judges of the Supreme Court were present, nnd sat during the trial. In pursuance of tho provi sions of law, sixty Jurors had been drawn from the Jury box in the County of Suffolk. By law, the prisoner had a right peremptorily, without giving any reason, to ehallenge twenty Jurors, and for good rensons to object to any others whose names might he called. In empannelllng the Jury who tried hjm, tile prisoner exercised his peremptory right of challenge in only fourteen instances. The trial was one of surpassing interest and solem nity, and lasted eleven days. On the part of the pris oner, the case was argued with great earnestness, can dor nnd ability, by Uie Hon. Pliny Merrick, his senior counsel. After denying that the evidence on the part of tho Government was sufficient to prove that tho prisoner killed Dr. Parkman at all, the counsel took the ground that if iu any event the jury should come to the conclusion that he did kill him, then the circum stances of tho case were such as to satisfy them that the killing could not have been premeditated, hut was the result of an unexpected conflict between the par ties and of sudden passion. This position lie endeavored to maintain by an iu gonious and powerful appeal to tho jury. The case was closed On the partot the Commonwealth by the Attorney General, oy an address of singular point and effect. After tho Attorney General had finished his argument, the Court informed the . prisoner that he liad the right, which he might exercise or not, as he pleased, to make such remarks to the jury as lie saw fit. Tho prisoner rose and for some time addressed the jury in his own behalf. An elaborate, clear and com prehensive charge was given by the Chief Justice af ter conversation with the other members of the Court who sat with him at the trial. The jury retired to their room, nnd after nn ab sence ct three hours late on Saturday evening, re turned into Court with a verdict of guilty. The next Monday morning the prisoner was again brought into Court, and received from the Chief Justice the sentence of tliq law, which doomed him to suffer death by hanging, at such timo as the Executive of thu Commonwealth should appoint. In a few days a copy of tho record of his convic tion was (transmitted to the Governor and Council, by the Sheritt of tho county of Suffolk, accordiug to the direction of the Statute. On theyith of April, the prisoner sent by the hand of his friend to the Governor and Council, a petition for pardon, under his own hand, on the ground of his entire innocence of the crime of which he had been convicted, and for which he was under sentence of death. All proceedings on this petition before the Executive were suspended, in consequence of haring received notice from the counsel of the prisoner that they were about to make application to the Supreme .Court for a writ of error to be issued in his case, on account of certain alleged irregularities, which had been discovered in the course of the proceedings against him. That application was heard before the lull Court apd overruled. In the opinion of the Court upon that application pronounced by the Chief Justice, all the proceedings in the case are declared to be accordiug to estuD- lished judicial forms aud the laws of tire Common weHltli. On the — day of and before the question on the writ of error had been settled by the Court, the Rev. Dr. Putnam, for the prisoner, asked to be per mitted to withdraw the petition which had been pre sented to the Governor and Council, for further con sideration. This request was complied with by the Governor and Council, and the petition, in a day or two, wua handed to Dr. Putnam. On tile first dHy of July, Dr. Putnam placed in tho hands of tho Governor another petition, signed by the prisoner, asking for a commutation of'his sen tence. On the second dny of July this petition was refer red to the Committee on Pardons, and on the same duy Dr. Putnatn appeared before them and made a statement which he said was authorised by the Pris oner, in which the prisoner admitted that lie killed Dr, Parkman at the time and place charged against him, but denied that the act was premeditated. He narrated what the prisoner declared to he the man ner of killing, and described minutely the mode nnd process in which the body of Dr. Parkman w us dis poBed of after death. The prisoner alleges that the “single blow with a stick of wood two feet long and two inches thick ” by which Dr. Parkman was killed, was given by him in a moment when “ he was excited to the highest degree oi passion, ’’ aud “while Dr. Parkman wns speaking and gesticulating iu the most violent nnd menacing manner, tli rusting the letter and his tistin his face; that in his tury he seized whatever thing was handiest, and that was a stick of wood, ahd dealt to him an instanta neous blow, with all the force lliatpassion could give, and that he did not kuow, nor think, nor ore where he hitliim, nor how bard, nor what tho effect would be." Upon this statement, and upon the other facts proved upon the trial, Dr. Putnam nddresed the Committee at length, in an able and impressive ar gument, >n favor of commuting the sentence of the Court. A petition from the family of the prisoner was before the Committee, and a large number of other petitions, some for a full pardon, and others for a commutation, were in the hands of the com mittee. Most of these petitions were from the peo ple, men and women, in other States, aud generally placed their petition for a remission or mitigutiou of the sentence, on the ground of the great doubts of the prisoner’s guilt. The committee gave three hearings alter the meetiug at which Dr. Putnam ad dressed them, and lfstened to those who desired to be hoard in aid of the prisoner’s petition, aud in sup port of Dr. Putnam's views. The Committee on Pardons, consisting of the Lt. Governor nnd four Councillors, after a full, careful and patient hearing of all that could be offered by the triends of the prisoner and by others who were pleased to be heard in his behalf, came to the unani mous opinion that there were no sufficient reasons to justify them in recommending the interposition of executive clemency. They recommended thnt the Governor be advised to have the sentence of the law us pronounced by the Court carried into effect on the 30th duy of Au gust next. The Council, with but one exception, concurred with the report cif the Committee, and advised the Governor to carry out the sentence of the Court as recommended by them. lncaretully and anxiously examining and conoid- ertng the case, I do not feel authorized by any con siderations which have been presented to my nund to set aside the deliberate verdict of the .jury, arrest the solemn decree of the law as pronounced by the highest judicial trihunal of the Common wealth, and disregard the opinion nnd advice of the Council. If the circumstances of the killing as stated by the prisoner, are taken to be true, it may well be ques tioned, whether the Executive Council could inter fere with the sentence without violating tho settled laws of the land, in his charge to the Jury in this case, the Chief Justice says, “ It is a settled rule that no provocation with words only, will justify a mortal olow. Then if upon proroking language, the party intentionally revenge himself with a mortal blow, it is unquestionably murder. Till- only new fact brought to light as to the kill* T * 1 ' 18 “P ,m the word of the prisoner. It will hardly be pretended by any one that the declaration ot a person under sentence of death ehoul d be per mitted to outweigh the doings of the Court anil jury, ami rescue him from the consequences which uie to follow their proceedings. It is candidly eta- ted.by Dr. Putnam, in his aide argument, and by several of the petitions presented in favor of com- mutation, received since the confession, that stan ding as he does, the word ot the prisoner is entitled to no credit If the circumstances disclosed on the trial are reli. ed on to Support his statement, the reply is, that those circumstances were urged in his tavor before the Jury aud they have decided against him. The facts ot this appalling case are before the world ; they will hereafter fill one of the gloomiest pages iu the record of crime amongst civilized men. lt is undisputed, that on the 23d day of November. 1849, John White Webster, a profqsscr iq Harvard University, and in the Medical College in Boston, did at mid-day in his room, in that college, within a few feet of the place where he daily stood and delivered scientific lectures to a large clasB of young men. with unlawful violence take the life of Dr. George Park- man, a respectable citizen of Boston, who had come to that room at the repeated requesta of the said pris oner ; and that alter taking bis life, he eviscerated aud in a manner most shocking to humsnity, mutila ted the body of his victim, burning parts of it in a furnace, and depositing other parts of it in different places in the building, where they were found by persons who were seeking after Dr. Parkman; that after killing him, he robbed his lifeless creditor, by taking from him two notes of hand, signed by him self, to which, he had no right, and committed etill another crime, by making false marks upon those notes ; and that a Jury of his country, empannclied according to law, under the direction of four of the five eminent Judges constituting the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, after a long, patient and impartial trial, and nfter hearing in his defence the arguments of learned and eloquent counsel, upon their oaths, found him guilty of murder. 4 Upon the verdict, the Court pronounced the aw ful sentence of death. In such a ease there should be obvious and conclusive reasons to authorize the pardoning power to interpose and arrest the sword of Justice. I do not see these reasons. The Com bined circumstances of the case force mo to the con clusion, that tho safety of the community, the in violability of law, and the principle of impartial justice demand execution of the sentence. I hope it is not necessary for me to say that it would have given me unspeakable pleasure to come to a different result, and that I would do anything on earth in my power, short of violating duty, to alleviate the sufferings of a crushed aud broken hearted family. GEO. N. BRIGGS. Council Chamber, 19 July, 1850. We learn that the member of the Council who voted in thenegative was Mr. Copeland, of Roxbury. Thursday Mottling, July ‘JS, 1S50. The Sclir. Fanny, Ashore. The steamship Osprey, Capt. Dickinson, arrived at Charleston on Friday last, from Philadelphia, re ported, tliaton Sunday, the 21st, saw sehr. Fanny Capt. Vance, from Savannah, bound to Philadelphia, ashore 15 miles north of Cape Hatteras. Capt. Dickinson sent his boat as close to the beach as she could get with safety, and hailed them; understood ehe went ashore on Wednesday ; all hands saved nnd wanted nothing. Capt. Vance was landing cargo on the beach ; tlie schooner lay head to the north, broad side on, sea breaking heavy on her deck, site being listed off' shore. It will be remembered that the Fanny is a new schooner lately built in Philadelphia, and partly owned in this city, and was intended as a regular packet in the Savannah and Philadelphia line. She was a beautiful vessel, and left our port on the 13th inst. with a corgo of 572 bales cotton, 70 bales yarns 5,000 feet Lumber, &c. &c. Tlie Gas. We had the satisfaction last night of lighting our Reading Room nnd Offices with Gas. Thej burners introduced afford the most ample light for all pur poses, and a steadier, pleasanter or more brilliant light could not have been produced by nny illumina ting process yet achieved by human ingenuity—not excepting the Paineful light of which we have heard so much of late. Our printers bade adieu to their old, greasy, smo ky lamps, with much satisfaction, nnd say that if er rors appear in our columns in future it will not be for the WRnt of light on the subject matter. Our fixtures were put up by Mr. Cranston, o. this city, in a very superior manner, and were found, on testing them, to be free from leak or flaw. We think our citizens hRvc a right to be proud of their gas-works, toad that the Company is entitled to great credit for the expeditious and successful man ner in which the work has been pushed forward since its commencement, some four months since, to its satisfactory completion. They are now prepared to light the city with Gas, equal, if not superior, to that manufactured by nny other works in the coun try; and we are pleased to learn that our citizens are very generally introducing it into their stores and residences. Wenotieedlastnight in the drug store of our friends Turner &. Oden, two handsome chsndaliers, which gave a brilliant light to their establishment, while they were in themselves highly ornamental fixtures. We understand that similar chandaliors are being in troduced into the hulls and parlors of several private residences. Already our city begins to wear a more cheery as pect at night, aud when the gas has been generally introduced, we shall be able to boast of be'ng as thoroughly enlightened ns any community in the Union. But we will stop for feur our readers sus pect us of being gassy. I Tile Baltimore Sun of Monday confirms the Cabinet appointments last telegraphed, and adds that it is understood that Mr. Webster will not accept tlie Secretary of Stateship, nor retire from the Sen ate until the vote is taken on the Compromise Bill. Tito Fate of Professor Webster. in our paper to-day will be found the report of the Executive Council and Governor of Massachusetts, In the cose of Professor Webster, by which it will be neon that the doom of that miserable man is irrevo cably fixed, and that he is to expiate hia crime on the scaff old on the 30th of August. Our readers will pe- ruse these documents with interest, and we doubt not that they will agree with us in pronouncing the decision just, and in commending the firmness and integrity of the executive body, who have maintain ed the supremacy of the law despite the extraordin ary appeals and influences that have been pressed iu behalf of the prisoner. We do no* hesitate to say that the example of the Massachusetts Jury, Court and Executive, in the disposition of this extraordin ary case, is worthy of imitation by the judicial and executive authorities of the Union. From the first publication of the testimony we believed Professor Webster guilty of the death of Dr. Parkman ; and the development of facts since the trial has. in our mind, only had the effect to give a deeper shade to hts guilt, aud to remove the little sympathy we had endeavored to entertain for him until his confession, (which made its appearance in the same paper with his petition for pardon, in. which lie called God to bear witness to his innocence,) sunk him, as u mnn, below the reach of commiseration. While the Press of the country- has teemed with appeals-to the popu- lar sympathy and passions, for and against him, we have refrained from extended comment, giving only the facts to our readers, and leaving them to form their own conclusions. We have never endeavored to prejudice the cause ofthe unhappy man, nor have we outraged justice nnd moral propriety by volun teering iu hia defence. While we deplore the crime which hasbroughtliim to his melancholy fate, weeannotsay that we feel any great degree of pity for one who has shone himself so utterly calous to every human sentiment, and to" whom, we feel, undei present circumstances, tho ex treme penalty of tlie law will be a mercy. With his afilicted family wo most sincerely condole, and we earnestly hope that they may find in the tender nnd respectful sympathies and kind offices of a humane and Christian community, tlie support and solace which thfiy so greatly need, in their widowhood aud orphanage, May tho unhappy culprit, now that his doom is irrevocaly fixed, so far as human purpose can fix it, employ the remnant of hia days iu making his peace with his Maker, that he muy receive that mer cy at Ills hands which he has forfeited from his fel low men. General Taylor is said to have expressed the wish to be buried wherever he should die, and his widow we learn has therefore given orders thnt his remains shall not be removed from Washington. Public Meeting—The Nashville Convention. In pursuance of a call- made by many citizens, inviting all persons approving of tlie proceedings of the late Nashville Convention, to meet at the Ex change Long Room on Tuesday evening, the 23d inst., at 8} o’clock, a Jarge number oi the citizens ot Sa vannah convened at the appointed hour nnd place, when, on motion, Dr. James P. Screven was called to the Chair, and Montgomery Cumming appointed Secretary. The Chairman ot the meeting having stated its object, on motion ot John Bilbo, Esq., the Chair appointed a Commitee of ten, to report suita ble resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The f- blowing named gentlemen were nppointed said Committee : John Bilbo, John Boston, An drew Low, Dr. R. D. Arnold, R. G. Guerbabd, Octavus Cohen, E. J. Harden, Joseph I.ippman. M. J. Buckner, C. A. Lamar. The Committee retired, and during its absence, tlie meeting was ad dressed by S. Y. Levy and John M. Millen, Esqrg., in reference to the great subject now agitat ing the country—the rights of the South, and its du ty in this crisis, in appropriate and patriotic speech es. The committee having returned, reported through their Chairman the following preamble and resolu tions : Both the crisis and the consequently excited state of public feeling throughout the South, demand eve- ry where a full aud free expression of public opinion. Hitherto the voice of submission, or of compro mise equal to submission, has been ever loudest in our midst, deluding the North as to the state of pub lic sentiment in the South, nnd strengthening the arm of the oppressor to acts of further aggression. The occasion now calls for a more decisive stand, audit behooves all who believe submission has ceased to be a virtue, nnd a further surrender of their rights to ben disgrace to themselves and a crime against posterity, calmly, yet firmly, to speak in the clearest accents of warning to the ear oi the aggressor. We believe the prevalent opinion now throughout the South to be that the Senate’s Compromise, is no compromise at all. It takes from us the whole of California with its almost illimitable boundaries, and leaves New Mexico aud Utah to be the subjects of a like fradulent admission to State sovereignty, during tlie next session of Congress. It seeks to bribe Tex as to a surrender ofa vast portion of her slave Territory for the purpose of annexing it to a jurisdiction where it will inevitably become free soil. It abolishes the slave trade in the District of Columbia, a district wh ich as trust property is common to the Union, and finally tends to practice a deception upon the South by making a matter of Compromise of tlie clear Constitutional right which we have to the aid of Congress in recovering our fugitiveelavctt. Feeling therefore that the Senate’s adjustment in stead of closing, will widen the breach between the North nnd South. It is therefore Resolved, That we fully endorse the positions assumed in the resolutions passed by the patriotic assembly lately convened at Nashville, and tender to the members thereuf our warmest grati tude for the dignity, firmness and ability with which they discharged the duties that devolved upon them. Resolved, That iu agreeing totaketheMissouriCom- promise, we do so only because such a basis has been heretofore acquiesced in as a means of preserv- ing the Union. Resolved, That any Compromise that yields more on the part of tlie South than the Missouri Compro mise, or of which that Compromise is not tlie basis, is oppressive nnd degrading to the slaveholding States as equals with the North in the Confederacy, and ns binding one portion of the Confederacy to a state ol abject dependence upon the other. Resolved, That under the present circumstances of the country and the known want of a proper re presentative population within its borders, the ad mission of New Mexico, ns a.State, would justity the most extreme measures on the part of the South. Resolved, That the course pursued in Congress by our Senntors atid several of the Representatives lrom this State, upon the slavery question, and espe cially by the Hon. John McPherson Berrien, and the Hon. Joseph W. Jackson, prove them warm and devoted patriots, worthy the confidence of the whole South and the esteem and approbation of their immediate constituents. The f.Chnirinan then announced the Preamble and Resolutions as reported, to be before the meet ing and open for discussion. The resolutions as reported by the Committee, were then udvoented by John Bilbo Esq, Dr. R. D. Arnold, and Ed ward J. Harden Esq., in eloquent and appro priate addresses, fully sustaining and supporting laid resolutions. Alter which the preamble and resolutions, were unanimously adopted by the meet ing. On motion it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the papers ofthe city, and that a copy of the same be transmitted to tlie lion. John McPherson Berrien and William C. Dawson, our Senators in Congress, nnd to tlie lion. Joseph W. Jackson, our Representative, to be laid before the Senate nnd House id Representat v.;s. Resolved, That the thanks of this meoting be ten- d, r , „. to tlle Chairman ami Secretary for the able and efficient manner in which they have discharireil their several duties. On motion the meeting adjourned. JAMES P. SCREVEN, Chairman. Montgomery Cumming, Secretary. * Storm at the North. The storm of which we gave an account in yester day’s paper, and which wns so destructive of life and property in Philadelphia, extended farther north. In the New York papers of Saturday, we have ac counts of its ravages in that city and vicinity. Rools of houses, chimneys, awnings, telegraph posts, and trees were blown down, and much damage done to buildings in the city. Walls of new buildings were prostrated in New York and Brooklyn, and the shipping in the harbor sustained considerable injury. Several vessels outside of the Hook were blown ashore, nnd the corn and other crops on Long Island were destroyed, It is feared that the gale which prevailed during Thursdny night and extended over n broad area of country, bus caused sad disasters at Sea. At Newark, N. J,, tlie distinction of property was very great, and accounts from the river towns as far up as Albany speak of serious damages from the storm. It is probable that it extended as far as Bos ton. Invading Yankee Land.—Cotton goods manufac tured 111 Alabama have been recently sold in the Bos- ton market, right next to Lowell. This competition with the North is much more sensible than threaten ing disunion.—Newark (N. J.) Adv. it the Yankees will let us alone, they willhearno threats ol disunion, and we will supply them with cotton goods in the bargain. , The Steamers?—There are two steamers now due, and hourly expected, with later advices from Europe—the Atlantic, with dates to the 10th, and the Asia to the 13th inst. We learn that the telegraphic wires between this city and Augusta were down yes terday, which probably wus the cause of the non-re ceipt in this city of advices by the above steamers. t^-A letter in the New Orleans True Delta, dated Helena, Arkansas, July 14, says: “ The cotton crop of this State is unusually back- ward tor the season. With one exception, I hnve not seen a good patch in this (Phillips) County.” A Canadian Priest, who has recently been making a tour oi the States, estimates tlie number ot Canadians now in the States, ntnot less than 200,000; nnd he supposes that unless measures are adopted to check hU emigration, there will be, in ten years, double tins number in the U. S. ’ t3T Rev. Dr. C.of Boston, said, recently, in nuewer •4>r/J lt n Cr P t, r, ^°'iu g §f5 lcman who “'ked Min ium ( ' rtercnce between the pussy- ism they talk so much about aud puppyism ?“ ‘-Pup. lathi’ catechism n " ded ° n dogm otism -' «“<> P“<*»yism We think both of them owe their origin to a dog- Is Advance of the Telegraph! ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ATLANTIC I FOUR DAYS EATER FROM EUROPE! ADV ANCE IN COT TON. Attempted ANNiiNMiimtion of the President of France! DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE < [By mail last night, we received tlie Baltimore Sun of Monday, from which we extract the following tel- egraphic account of the news brought by the steam er Atlantic.] New-York, July, 21—P. M. The new and splendid American etenmer Atlantic, of the Collins line, arrived here this morning, with four days later advices from Europe. She made toe run from dock to dock, leaving Liverpool on tho 10th instant, in the very short period of ten days and (if- teen hours. Tho royal mail steamer Canada arrived at Liver pool ou the 7th inst., (Sunday) ut 6 A. M. Her advi ces caused an advance of j per lb in cotton and au active trade. Tho duke of Cambridge, the paternal undo of Qneen Victoria died recently. This sad occurrence together with the death of Sir Robert Peel, has not only Jeriously effected her Majesty, but all England. France.—A man named George Alfred Wulker, re. ceutly made an attempt to assassinate tile President of France. He was, however, foiled in the attempt, and failed in producing any injury. The presump-' tion is that he wus laboring under partial mental a- lienatlon. The Duchies and Denmark. It is now looked upon as.highiy probable that hostilities will arise between the army of tlie Duchies and that of Denmark. A number of tlie surrounding villages nreulready filled with troops, and warlike preparations ure every where apparent. The Markets—Liverpool July 10IA.—Tho advices brought by tlie Canada have caused a further advance of jifper lb. iu all descriptions of Cottbn, nnd pro duced quite an active market. The snles during the four past days amount to 54,000 bales, ot whienthe trade took 25,000 and speculators 29,000 bales. The importations since Thursday are 14,797 American 5,341 Egyptian, 34 Westlndiee, and 6,567 East Indies', tnuking in all 26,739 bales. London Money Market, July 9.—Tho money mar ket is considered easier. Consols closed to-day at 95} for money, and 97 for account. American Securities.—Tho demand for American securities is not so active, nnd they now rule dull without any special change in quotations. Correspondence of the Daily Morning Newt, New-York, July 19, 1850. We were not quite sure that we should not have been blown out of our beds last niglit; for such a hurricane as visited our city about midnight, play ing its fantastic tricks with window panes, trees, aw nings, &c., I scarcely ever remember. The city, this morning, presents a curious appearance. The beau tiful trees that adorned the streets, and agrconbly shaded tlie houses, were either prostrated or entirely stripped of ihe*'- branches. Large trees in the Park were snapped in the thickest part of tlie trunk. Even* awning posts, unable to bear the strain of canvass broke like so many sticks, and thee unvass was flap- ping in strips on the sidewalks. Houses were blown down ; indeed such a scene of devastation is rarely witnessed. I much fear that the moat melancholy accounts will reach us from the coast. Several ves sels are ashore outside of Sandy Hook ; and, as the hurricane extended over a large space, the conse quences will be proportionately calamitous. The funeral pageantin honor of Gen. Taylor wasto hnve taken place to-day in Brooklyn, and great pre parations have beeu made; but the roughness of the weather will, I presume, cause a postponement until Monday, which, being the dHy before our pageant, will probably render that of our neighbors less im posing. There wasno little sensation to-day at the announce ment of the sale by the Sheriff of St. Peter’s (Catho lic) Church, in Barclay street. It is decidedly the ar istocratic church of that persuasion, and will doubt less be bought in. The building originally cost about $90,000, and is mortgaged for some 70, or $80,000. A libel suit Is on trial to-day in the Court of Com mon Pleas. George Wilkes, of the Police Gazette, it the plaintiff, and James Gordon Bennett, of the her ald, defendant. Damages are laid at $1.0,000, Ben- net, in his article about the Drury affair, connected the name of Wilkes with it in such a way as to lead to the impression that he was one of the same char acter, and intimately connected with Drury, Bristol Bill, nnd others of the gang. A statement of the number of emigrants that hate arrived at this port yearly for the last fourteen yeari, shows that in 1835 it was only 35,303; in 1846,115,- 290; in 1847, 166.H0; in 1848,191,909; and in 1849. 221,799. The number for the first half of 1850 wsi 97,575; and this month we have hud already about 20,000. i have just heard that two ships were driven on shore at Quarantine last night, and one on Bedlow'i Island, in tlie liny, where they now remain. We lately cam e near having a practical illustratioa j of the incident forming the subject of that popular song, “ The Mistletoe Bough,” in which a lady disap- j peered on thb night ol her marriage, while playinj j hide and seek :—the skeleton wus found many ye&n I afterward in achest that closed with a spring. 8omi | boys were pluying the same guinBihere, a*fewd»Ji| since, when one ot them jumped into a chest that F closed in the some way, and when happily discover-j ed was nearly dead. A very excellent site for a theatre has been fixed 5 upon in Broadway, close to Broome Street, on tbs | fashionable or promenading side, and the work 91 commenced, lt is to be built for Brougham, audio I be completed in October next, it Is said. . We bare! more theatres now than are wanted. Museums ar<| the best property, for some people who have a hoi)I horror sit a theatre will go to a museum and wituoki the same performances, and by a regular theatric j company, too. “ What's in a name?” I guess Bu f a uni knows as well ns most people. CHARLE.MAC. A Mammoth Printing Press.—Messrs Hoe St Co,djL New York city, are constructing a printing mscliiMji for the "Sun" newspiiper, of that city, capable of thru*! tng out from fifteen to twenty thousand copies p^T hour. It will be thirty-three feet long, with eif :: jf printing cylinders, and its cost will be not far fro»fl $21,000. The Delegates from Desere*.—'The Housed 'Representatives Oil Saturday refused by a large #*| jority to admit Almon W. Babbitt as a delegate!] Congress from the “State of Deseret.” : 5P™ Mr. Custis was one of the twenty grey -"’'-a *d pall bearers at Gen. Taylor’s funeral, and " f an epaulette once Gen. Washington's, which lie worn on several previous occasions, for the last yen rs. EF- Col. Taylor walked at the head ofthe ninu r, | ers at Gen. Taylor’s funeral, and Richard, the Pi* dent s son followed. Col Bliss was also in that R of the procession, but none of the ladies were thf IF* The Rochester Advertiser says that about te hundred United Stutes troops passed through t city a day or two since, on their way- to Santa Fe.' Mexico. JF* A rascal, on trial imLexington, Ky- picked hia lawyer’s pocket of * silver watch wb*! was making a speecli to the jury in his favor. EF* Mr. W. L. Garrison, in a lecture <® ' hobby, at Providence, the other evening, took siou to speak very kindly of Genera) Taylor. TtM more than he has done of Gen. Washington- I Fash:o -is of Japanese. It is said that if J islands ot Japun a change in the fashion of ^ rc !'j not occurred during a period of two thousand hundred years. • R3F FcmSJo Medical Education Socistf boon organized at Roston, under an act of sncotT tion granted by the Massachusetts Legislature ( have already established a medical school forJ ucation of frmuies