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SAVA.NNAH MORNING NE WS..... .TIIU R$ D AY> SEPTEMBER 5, 1850. TIE MORNING NEWS BY JOHN 1*1. COOPUU- WIhLIAM T. TH0MPSOW, EPITOR '• ' teams: Dally Paper, $4,00:::::Tri-wockly *2.00 All new Advertisements appear in both papers. EAST IIOl'KH AND EXECUTION or PROFESSOR WEBSTER. [Telegraphed for the Ilaltiinorc Sun,] [rinsT DISPATCH.] Boston, Auo. 30—A. M. Intense Excitement—Crowd? of Spectator*—The Pris- oner—His Calmness, trc. It ia now 8 o'clock. Thu most intense oxci tcnirnt prevails. Every Btreot and evouue leading to the jail is tilled with human beings, wending their way thith er. In the vicinity of theprlson thousands have con gregated. The house tops all around are covered with persons, anxious to see. Hundreds may be seen at the doors and windows, and every place where there is the slightest clinneo of seeing tile sad event. The throng is immense. The prisoner passed the night calmly and In deep meditation. It is thought that the execution will take placcabout 9 o'clock, or sunn after. (SECOND DISPATCH] Boston, Eiday 10], A. M. Arrival of the hour-—His approach to the Gallows— Execution, tfc. Professor Wobster was brought out ofliis cel) into the jail yard at 9 o'clock, accompanied by the Sheriff, officers of the court, uml the jury, with his spiritual ndvisers. He seemed overwhelmed with grief,though apparently resigned to ids sad late. Tlie prisoner walked with a firm step to the foot of the gallows, and ascended the steps supported by the clergymen in attendance. The services on the gal lows occupied abouthalf an hour, the prisoner join ing in tiicni with great fervency. When completed he bid farewell to all present,sha king each by tho hand, when the sheriff drew the cap over his face, and fixed the rope to his neck. In a moment after the trap fell, and his spirit passed from time to eternity. Thu.agonies of death seemed to be loon over, as his struggles were very few. The throng of spectators on the outside of the prison, though they could not ecu nor hear, worn im mense, [TUIJit) DISPATCH.] Boston, Aug. 30—t P. M. Additional particulars of the last night of Professor Webster—.Disposition of his Body, ,yc. After the family of Professor Webster left him last night, unconscious, itis Bnld,<of Ills approaching fate, he was searched and placed in a new cell, in order to prevent his attempting to commit suicido. Hr. l’utnam left him at 9 o'clock in the evening.— Fiom that time until midnight he was engaged in de votional exercises, after which ho fell into n gentle doze, but did not sleep steadily, awaking at times to converse with those in tlui room. He spoke of his impouding fate with fortitude pud calmness, and ap peared perfectly resigned. He wns pleased, and felt grateful that the time of his execution had been kept trom the knowledge of his family. At dawn of day various noises appenred to disturb him, and he be came agitated, but would soonregiiin his confidence. By tho advice of Physicians lie breakfasted on tea and coffee with bread. He made all preparations to uscend tho scaffold with firmness, and did so. About 300 persons were admitted within tho jail yard. The house-tops in tho vicinity of tho jail were crowded with porsous, among whom wero many women. The streets lending to the jnil wero also thronged. While the Sheriff wns reading the death warrant Webster was conversing witli Mr. l’utnHm apparent ly with unusual earnostness; at the conclusion his legs wore then pinioned and the rope placed about his neck which caused his faeo to hlusli. Thertf.Woro evident signs of suppressed powerful feel lags. The blackcap was placed on hie head, the Sheriff proclaimed witli a loud voice that ho wns about to do execution on the body of John W. Web ster, for tho murder of Hr. U. Parkinan. At nino o'clock, niter performing religious servicos in his cell, the prisoner Was brought out attended by his spiritual advisers, the sheriff, Jailor, Sic He walk- ed erect, and ascended the scaffold with a firm step. Hero he remained shaking hands and engaged at times in meditation. At fyrenty minutes before 10 o'clock the cap wns drawuOver ids' luce. Ho bndo adieu to the sheriff', jailor; Mtd others, and soon after the trap fell, launch ing his spirit into eternity. He seemed to die witli but few struggles. After death his body wns taken back to tha cell, mid there it will remain until (lark, when it will be taken to his family in Cambridge, for Intptraent to-morrow. No accident, tiint I am aware of, happened during tho terrible scene. [FOURTH DISPATCH.] # Boston, Aug. 30,4 P. M. Preparations for the Execution—Erection of the Gal- lows—His llemoval ftom the Cell—Scene Around the Prison—The. Ji'inale, fyc. When Dr. Putnam left, l’rof. WebRtcr continued his devotions nt intervals, and conversed with con siderable freedom with the officers. Being fully con scious of his doom, he repcat-dly said he had great dread and horror at the thought of being liung, but that he was now indittbrent to it Ho said that lie had no fear, was perfectly and entirely prepared to meet his fate. His nppeurnneo through the night con firmed hit statement of being reconciled and resign ed to hie doom. Hia health remained good mid bis spirits calm, ho had apparently not lost nuy flesh du ring tile period of his confinement, but probably had gained ia that respect The erection of tlie gallows was commenced just alter daylight, and was completed before 8 o'clock. Upon the requisition of High Sheriff' Kvcleth, a force of 185 men—consisting of 100 police and watchmen, and 85 constables—were detailed for guard, of whom 25 constables and 25 policemen wero stationed within the yard and 75 without Tho scaffold was in the centre of the yard, and more qpen to the outside view than it would have been at any other spot The scaffold was changed from tlie northwest comer to the centre of the yard, which did not diminish tho view from tho rear of the buildings on Lowell street, and added much to the ▼low from Levorctt street. -Tho officers present at the execution wero High Sheriff J. Evcleth, Deputy Sheriffs Watson, Free- man, Haul, J. Coburn, Jabcz Pratt, Erastus Rugg, and JoBrph Coburn. Tho High Sheriff called tlie names of the list of witnesses to tlie execution; lie otuted that they had assembled by his invitation, ns lawful witnesses of the execution ot John White Webster; he request ed them to keep order during tlie solemn ceremo nies. The company then formed two nnd two and visited tho prisoner’s cell, where llie llcv. l)r, Putnam ofl'eredup prayer. Although the hall leading to tho cell was full, stillness and solemnity pre vailed. Tlie witnesses then returned to the yard. At twenty minutes before 10, A. M.. High Sheriff Evcleth, attended by his deputies, Coburn, Free man, ltugg and others, among whom was Doctor Putnam, wero at tho scaffold. The last duty of the Sheriff'was tlieu performed. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Suu.] Washington, Aug. 30, 1650. Tnlerhl in the House—Eatc of the Pills— The Texas Boundary—Northern and Southern Opposition— Probable Result—Department of Interior, Sr. Tlie scene of interest is tnowerred from the Sen ate to the House. We me yet to see whether the House will disappoint foe‘just expectations of tlie country. What will tlie House do 1 Will they do Anything i 1 fear that there is not and will uot soon lie a majority for the Senate bills in their present forni K eitlier as separate or as combined measures. How long must the stale topics be discussed before a decision bq wade t It is now said that the failure of tho House to se cond the previous question was not a definite indi cation of hostility to the Texan nnd Nuw-Mcxictm biffs ; aurifout the time had not then come fora filial vote. As a Consequence of the fuilure of that de mand wc hnve now got tho Wiimot proviso before the House, and a do ato on it—whereby n stumbling block is thrown in the way of any • accommodation. There are many Soilthi'iTi members who would willingly avoid glvitig a vote on tiio Wiimot proviso, but who. on the eve of tlie fad elections, feel them selves constrained to vote for it. But, supposing that.to be rejected, as it will probably lie. still very little is thereby done towards the passage of the hill to settle the boundary question. The 8: utbern men and a few. Northern democrats ore of tile opinion that the whole Texan claim to territory is just. Themis a ! ibid column of half the House who are opposed to the bill, because it gives too much territory to Tex as. Tliere are at least a hundred and twenty members, Northern and Southern, who now refuse to pay ten MitSoils, and at the same time yield' what they claim to be the rights of Texas on one side, and of New Mexico, as a free soil territory, on the other. We are at the mercy of this combination of opposite ex tremes. They liavo focmajority now, and it remains to be seen how long they will retain it. Thcnorthnm oflionents of the bill now avail them selves of the attitude of Texas as a reason for not voting for the bill. As Mr. Clarke, of New fork, said to day, in his speech, they are determined not to “pay ten millions upon compulsion, if money were as plenty as blackberries.” Then, the north ern whigs, ot whom Mr Clarke seems to be a lead er, hove determined to leave the whig Prcsidentin the lurch. The President has taken a position which will lend to civil wbt, unless the question should be, as be recommends, settled, or to a disgraceful anil ludicrous backing out on his part.—There is one way to get out of the difficulty: keep our ten mil lions and give Texas the territory in dispute! it is much to bn apprehended that the Hohse will agree to do nothing except to admit California, and in that case, tin-agitation at tlie South will Increase, and, at the next session,’discord will reign in both houses of Congress, to the utter destruction of wise and calm legislation, it will bn idle to look to the next session for more of ht.rinouy than prevails at Mr. C. J. Jenkins, a lawyer of Augusta, Georgia, is talked of to-day as tho successor of Mr. McKen- nsn. Mr. Jenkins was lately the whig speaker of tlie Senate. Whoever takes the office will find in it a plenty of labor, and no patronage—unless Mr. Fil- more should assent to tlie nduption of tho principle of rotation. j 0 n. S&^&SS’&TiilEIo Tlitirmlny Morning;, September 5, IS30. Largest Circulation in the City!! L*>* We see it stated that tlie Secretaryship of the Interior is to bo offered to Mr. Charles J. Jknkins, of Augusta. Anablcrmnn.oronewhoseappointmeut to a placo in tho Cabinet would give greater satisfac tion to the people of all parties in Georgia, could not be found. We are of opinion, however, that Mr. Jenkins is not ambition, of Federal office, and that it will be a difficult matter to induce him to make so great a sacrifice of his personal interests and comfort. If all accounts be true, tile Burcnu of the Interior is no synecure, nnd offers but littlo inducement to men like Mr. Jenkins, whose position enables him to confer honor on, rather tiian derive it from station. Official Notice to Maiiinebs. Lieut. M. F. Maury, of tlie Navy, gives notice that the ship Solon, Hticknmn, when oil the eastern entrance of tho Strnits of Magellan, Cape Virgins, bearing about W. N. W. six or seven miles, struck upon a ilungbrous and unknown shoal in two nnd a half fathoms. The position ot this danger is not accurately given, nor its extent known. Congress. Neither house did any thing on Fri day, and when tho Senate ndjourned it ndjourned over to 1' riiiay. In the House, after some little, party bickering, the Texun Boundary Bill was taken up, nnd the Wiimot Proviso discussed until tlie hour of adjournment. It is very evident that there is a respectable South ern party in the House, who are resolved to resist the omnibus measures, as they aro called, until the South has some adequate guaranty of her rights— something more than the hollow professions of the Wilmots nnd non-interventionists. While this is the determination of those true men of the South who are actuated by a sincere devotion to the rights nnd honor of their section, regardless of personal or patty considerations, there is, wo fear,an anti-slavery majority, who are only faultering in their high-hand- cd measures of outrage and wrong nguinst tlie South, until they can be assured that the Northern people are prepared for the perpetration of the deed. The measures contemplated now, are—the reduction of the Texas boundary, by which a vast amount of ter ritory will he wrested from slavery; tho organiza tion of temporary territorial governments ill New Mexico nnd Utah, with no regulation giving protec tion to southern property in either; the admission of California with her present boundaries, thereby shutting out the South forever from United States Territories lying on the Pacific; nnd the Fugitive Slnvo Bill, which every Northern press, and even many of the Senntors who voted tor it, declare to bo utterly impracticable, in consequence of the “higher law doctrines’’ entertained by tlie people of the free States. These aro the compromise measures now offered—no, not offered, but endeavored to be forced upon the South. Like a skilfully wrought snare, the meshes of Federal legislation are being drawn about us, while wc are admonished against opposition which mny lead to a more summary proceeding. If wo will not be content to ho penned up with our slaves on tlie ground which we now occupy, relin quishing forever all right in common with tlie North to the public domain, we are told that wo shall not even be protected in our rights of property on our own soil, and that should we presume to adopt means tor our owu protcctiou, will be treated as disimionists andtroiturs, and forcibly compelled to submit A few days must bring matters to some sort of a settlement. Wc sincerely hope that the Free States mny be induced, by considerations of patriotism and justice, to forego their purposes of legislative aggres sion. and Hint even at this lute day, an adjustment mny be effected by which our political union mny he {(reserved and perpetuated. VW Mr, Walsh, the Paris correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, will, it is snid, in all probability be removed trom his consulate in l ar- is. His views on European politics *Ve somewhat ro coco, style de renaissance, Francois premier ; cer tainly not more modem than Catherine di Medici und Charles IX. Abolition Intolerance in Wnnhington City. If a man were to bnild a powder magazine upon Pennsylvania avenue 1114! store it witli powder, would it not be considered a dangerous nuisance, anil would It not be forthwith abated by tlie authorities! Most assuredly it would be, and yet one of our good citizens, Mr Edward .Simms, Inis hired a house of his upon Pennsylvania avenue fo tlie Disunion Club of this ci ty, Mr. Elwood Fisher Si Co., and permits them to issue therefrom, a disunion arid incendiary sheet,call ed tlie “Southera Press'." Surely ho docs not know wliat he is doing, of what inisdemennors against the government and society ho is an abettor. Let tilth read the So nt hern. Press, and bc'wiligiee the danger to which he is exposed, if he could hear the indigna tion of all honest citizens againsthis course, he would tumble the Disunion Club and its types out of his house, with the samo horror ho would get rid of a oest of rnttte snakes. There are laws in tlie slave States prohibiting tlie circulation of incendiary newspapers within their limits, it would be well for Marylanders to see that this law ahull be executed against the Southern Press, which goes out daily freighted witli whole pages of the most incendiary abolition articles, copied at length from tlie abolition newspapers of tho North. It re cently published n full account ol'Geritt Smith's con vention of fugitive slaves at Cazenovia I All the abolition papers in tho country are not so potent for mischief among tho slaves as this Southern Press, be cause it buddy and madly proclaims disunion to he the only means of saving the sluve States from the abutition ot slavery. We cut the above from tlie Washington correspon dence oi the Baltimore Clipper. Had wc met such sentiments in one of tho avowed abolition papers of tlie North, We should not have been surprised, how ever, much our indignation might have been exci ted at tlie unblushing impudence of the writer who dares to suggest the forcible suppression of fo" only paper at the Capital which vindicates thd rights of the South, regardless of the interests and influences of party. The writer, who signs himself Aristides, would have tho office of the Southern Press demolish ed by the mob, not because it publishes the incendia ry matter furnished by his friends, the abolitionists, though lie intimates as much, but “because it .boldly and madly proclaims disunion to be tlie only means oi saving the .SlavcB States from tlie abolition of SlaveryThis is the true reason of his hos tility. If the republientiou of incendiary, abolition sentiments was tlie true cause of his uneasiness, how comes it tiiat he finds nothing to say in his letters against the authors of thoso sentiments, or tho avowed organ of the nbolition party oi the country, tho “National Era," which for some three yearspasthns been industriously fermenting thediffi- culties which now threaten the Union. The Era is published in Washington city, anil goes, under tlie frank of abolition members of Congress, all over the country, filled with articles, the open, avowed pur pose of which is to subvert the Constitution and vio late the rights of the South secured to her by that in strument. To the influence of thut paper, printed on Southern Soil, is to be attributed tlie present organ ized system of aggression and the reckless disregard which is manifested by its party for the pledges of tho Constitution, by which tlie Southern pcoplo are impelled to the adoption of extreme measures of self defence. But to tlie mind of Aristides there is noth ing akin to snakes or powder houses in the Era, while agqinst the Press, which raises its voice against wrongs which are being perpetrated against tlie South, ho would denounce tho vengeance of tlie piob. That an abolitionist could write such stuff', under cover of a fictitious name, is nothing vary re markable, blit that a respectable paper, published in a Southern State, (wo will not say city,) within forty miles ot Washington, should give it currency in its columns, is a matter whicli commands our special wonder. ty A new Alarm Whistle, invented by n Mr. Da- holl of Connecticut, was exhibited last week in New- York. It is intended for ships to give an alarm du* ring n fog or other exigence at sea, and the sound is produced by tlie condensation of air by means of an air pump, tlie air escaping by the opening of a valvo through a whistle, and making u most horrible shrill noise, that might bo heard at least for the distanco of a milp. By removing tile whistle, andpiacing a horn upon the instrument, the sound is changed to that of a horn, and is much louder. The pump is worked by turning a wheel with the hand, and the leverage being 60 lbs. to tho square inch, the pump can be charged in half a minute. The inventor stated that it produced an echo at a distance of fifteen miles on the Long Island shore, which tlie steam whistle failed to do. iy Tho Mobile Tribune speaking of tile efforts that have been made and are still making by parti- zans to niisi cpresent the state ot public opinion in the South, in regard to the compromise measures now before Congress, says: It has been said here, with equal positiveness, that the compromise hill was popular ill Alabama, even in Smith Alabama. A greater delusion (which was started and kept up by n few unscrupulous partisans) never existed. Some twenty or thirty county meetings h»v 0 been held in tho State in opposition to the bill, mid not a solitary one ill its favor. If this is not a conclusive sign, we do uot know where a sign can bo found. What of popularity the measure had was entirely confined to Hie towns. Out of them hardly one man in ten of eith er pnrty opposed it. The Washington Monument, At tire late ses. sion of the Scientific Convention at New Haven, Pro fessor tV. R. Johnson pronounced the stone of which the Washington Mounm -nt is being constructed of a very indifferent quality, among the poorest building material in the United States. Itis capable, accord ing to Professor J. oi sustaining a pressure of only two thousand pounds to the square inch, being seven thousand pounds less than the weight which marble will sustain, and thence concludes that if the col umn is Carried to tlie height contemplated, it must necessarily crush under its own weight. Tlie subject is oue ot manifest interest, and ought to ho carefully iuvectigaied. Value of Spanish Coin.—Upon inquiry at the Post Office, we are informed, says the National lntelligeu- car, that the reason tor but taking tlie Spanish coins of one-eightli undone-sixteenth ntthoir nominal v«l- tie, is to he found in* tlie fact thut they are generally so defaced as not to hear a greater intrinsic value than foie-teuth and onr-twcntietli. . Foreign coins are by law received by weight, and not by tale, it would lie a great loss of time ter Post Offices to weigh each separate coin to ascertain its intrinsic worth'; they are therefor--received at tlie rates stated. Persons have always tho privilege of redeeming them at the same rate. Turn a poet for tho time. To fill this column out with rhyme. From tiie Plains. Letters from the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains dated July 8th, uro publish ed in the St. Louis Republican. There had been a heavy sickness, md a great number of deaths among tlieemigrants,—the diarrhoea and congestive fever proving the most fatal. A grent number of cattle had been killed on the Upper Plnttc and Sweetwater, by the poisonous alkali water. Grass was scarce on all the water courses. Tho Pawners, Crow and Snake Indians were left on tho route of travel where hith erto they have been found very troublesome. | COMMUNICATED.] To the Editor of the Morning Sews: Dear Sir : 'llie statement of Mr. Pratt, of Md., of the fact declared to him by Mr. Berrien, in your pa per of yesterday, brought to my perfect recollection a statement made in the Senate during the great Mis souri controversy, by Judge W.u. Smith, of South Carolina, who had collected, after much labor and re search, a complete list of the vessels concerned in the American slave trade, with the names of the owners, captains, nnd the number of slaves brought by encli vessel. Frein this record it appeared that nearly all the vessels were owned in the Northern nnd Eastern States, Rhode Island owning some of the largest ves sels engngpd in tho trade. 1 remember that the- name of Dewolf figured largely at the head of the lis t nnd the schedule showed that many huge fortunes had been made by the introduction of slnves from Africa. I regret that I did not preserve a copy of this doc ument, ns it would be rend with interestsit this Perhaps some of your readers can furnish you with it. By giving this a place in tho News you will much obli S« A SUBSCRIBER. Maj. Martin, of Tennessee, was accidentally shot at Brown's Hotel, in Washington City, on Fri day last. Tiie wound is said to be severe, hut is not supposed to lie fatal. Electing in .WelutoKlT. . , , Darien, rirpt. 2, 1850. Atnlnrgo ami respectable meeting held at the Court House in this city, pursuant to public invitation, to express the sentiments of this countv on the import ant questions now agitating tlie country, on motion of Major Blue. Henry Atwood, Esq. was called to tile Chair, and E. M. Blount, Esq. appointed Secretary. l)r. Holmes was called upon to address the meet- mg. to which he responded most satisfactorily, and concluded by moving the appointment of a Ooinmit- J tee to report the ieeliiig-i of tlie nssembly forthwith. Whereupon tiie Clinirmnii appointed Dr. Homes j'- B- Bakr r, C. O'Neal. J. M. Harris, and O. C. Hop! kins, F.sqrs. The Committee retired, mid reported the Billowing pi catn hie and resolutions : Whereas the questions that now threaten the pence of this Union are liofnre ilia Congress of the United States: and whereas wo liavo every confi. (teiieeiu our Senators and Representatives, hrst that they know the rights of Georgia ami the South, and j next, that they will firmly ami fearlessly assert and I detc-inl them ; and whereas, the State of Geor-iu is committed by a resolution of her Legislature to call | n Convention to consider certain results ol tlie action I oi Congress upon questions now pending: Resolved. Thut ail we ask is to he equals with our j sister States, our common Constitution being the 1 distributing Agent. Resolved, That if tin's position is denied us, and I f ur -' ll "e Assembles her select men to determine 1 her (■curse, wc wifi be with her, hearts and hands, : Jut that course be wlmt it mny. | Bopkina culled lor a unanimous assent to the report, and no one diisontod. ! Metal ml, That rho Savannah papers he requested to pulm-h these proceed in I Ittspiral, That the thunks of the meeting ho given to tli•* (.huinuaii and Secretary. The iiipetiior ad- }v "JZ'K U!*;NKY AT WOO®, Chairman. I b. M. Bloukt, Secretary. Correspondence of the Daily Mornings News. New-York, Aug. 28th, 1850. Tlie arrival oi a week’s later intelligence, raceived last night, causes no sensation; nor, in fact, is calcu lated to do so, for it possesses little interest for any one—even commercial matters are unexcitable. There ia to be a grand pow-wow at Hoboken to morrow In honor of Gen. I’aez—quite a grand mili tary and civic turn out is expected. It seems that there is an old Frenchman living at West. Hoboken, named Francisco, who, though now only the propri etor of certain half worn out carriages and horses, whiah he hires out to pleasure parties, once served under Napoleon, and was. at one time, n brother in arms of Gen. Baez, who is to dine with him on this occasion. Well, the tavern-keeper* at Hoboken, ever alive to their own interests, eieze upon it as iui ad vantageous one for them, and seek to attract a crowd, so that it may “bring urist to their mills." Hence tiio brilliant givings out, which aro never without effect upon plensurc-sceking New-Yorkers, liy-the- bye, this Francisco lias a remarkable looking hat, which he wears occasionally, and says, that it was given to him by Napoleon; nnd I beliovo it, for 110 money will induce him to part with it. A funny sceno took place at one of the police of fices a dny or two since—civil vs. criminal law. You remember the caso of Mrs. Starr and her friend. Mr. Boyd, who were arrested for conspiring to defraud a Mr. Topping out of his property. It seems that a trunk of Mr. Ii.’s wns seized, supposed to contain im portant documents connected with the matter; this was to be sealed and nut opened until the investiga tion took place. But Mr. B. fearing, probably, the exposure of the contents, seeks some means of getting possession of it, and Mr. Graham, a lawyer, sues out a writ of replevin, and two deputy sheriff's and tho lawyer proceeded to tho court and made a formal de mand; but the justice, jeulous of his rights and dig nity, treated the proceeding with contempt. Upon this, the civil officers thought, it right to ussert their dignity, and bucked by the lawyer, threatened to make search for the trunk, and to call in the aid of tho county, if necessary, to protect them in the execu tion of their duty. You mny imagine the scene that ensued, with civil and criminal law representatives in this belligerent attitude; but the police justice seen settled the matter, by summoning a large posse of the force, all armed with unpleasant looking lo cust clubs, who no sooner appenred, than the depu ties, considering prudence the better part of'valor, incontinently vanished from the precincts. The af fair lias somewhat damnged the cause of Mr. Boyd, who wished the public to view him us a much injur ed individual. Tlie Cullioun statue has been found to be entirely uninjured, nnd is embedded in the sand. Mr. Whip ple, tho diver, was under the water two hours on Saturday, but the weather was too boisterous to ven ture to raise it. There are a great many expectants of office in the Custom House, who are only waiting for the confirma- of tlie Collector, and who carry elongated counte nances to day, tlie Senate linving postponed it again yesterday; and serious doubts of his being confirm ed ut all are now entertained. Mr. Maxwell I be lieve to he a very worthy, capable man, and why ob jections should be made against him, I enn only ac count for by tlie fact that he is too independent for tho political loafers and renegades who haunt Wash ington. 1 see it stated tiiat the amount of California gold regularly entered at our Custom House, for the seven months ending July 31st, was $9,888,000. Itis sup posed that tho amount brought by passengers, of whicli no entry is made, was $3,720,000 ; so that the whole amount landed here was about $13,600,000. Now, many argue that the city has really experienced no tangible benefit from this immense importation of gold; but I don’t si* how it is possible for so much to be received without conferring some benefit in some shape or another. But it is difficult to trace it in its various ramifications. Tiie amount of specie is still very largo in tho hands of foe Assistant Treasurer. Yesterday the balance was $6,925,818; this would indicato that there is some money afloat. The Niagara left here to-day, for Halifax and Liv erpool, with 62 passengers nnd $321,991 in specie. Among foe passengers are the Countess de Alcoy and family. There are rumors to-day of more failures of largo produce houses, but tiio names have not transpired. The failure of C. Si A. A. Hunter will, it is said, in volve many more, as that of Suydnm, Sage & Co. in volved them; although, by a card in tho morning pnpers, it would seem, that they are actually indebt ed to S., S. & Co. The notorious Capt. Ryndors has been nominated ns a candidate for the Syracuse Couventiou by tlie Barnburners of foe second ward. I regret to learn that the wile of Gen. Avezznnn is not expected to survive the injuries she sustained by falling from tiie second floor window of her house to the sidewalk, on Sunday night. She was leaning out to close foe shutters, and becoming giddy, lost her balance. Fushion is cn foe way to Newport, or, nt least, some of her truin, who are agog for the masquerade ball, which la the winding up of the season. The law of Rhode Island inflicts a penalty ot $500, for holding a public masked nssembly ; but that amount will soon be subscribed. Many would give $50 for this purpose, who couldn’t squeezo out 85 for charity. GHAIILEMAC. Glassnevin ho did not meet one with taint; and one of foe Board (Dr Rm n!> y Just returned from the countv of TniiP King’s nnd Queen — u,our, county of Tipn« ,lu *h . — oi 111)1,, ''VU . , - . - * counties, tlirouati foil driven to foe extent of thirty mile. Hli.3 serve n single diseased tuber, but the h? * 4 ^ teiisivoly affected. From the south rhh ' , » ™ r y reported font therp has been „ gof oi the blight, nnd In the districts sum,?, mel ithe fields are quite free jfrom^i dl "8 ol decay, and tlie plant seems green an,7 * Ppr The Encumbered Estates Commission^ 31st of July 1850, nolcH* than 1,035 been presented, the gross amount of on which is 12,400,3681. and the annual U ® b| 4701. The amount of sold to thi i- 4571i nnd since that about 124 017 ■ l< mous amount of property is advertise,?'? 11 "" the months of October and November n. f °. r Ot Ireland the London Times August ia 1 “ Tho *00181 state exhibits the same tures. Evictions cn masse are met bv ore?.i “ sination, and, while thousands perish nakedness on one side, a fo w landlns.i. gents bite the dust on the other “ ^ A Dublin letter to the Times, dated Aim „ “ lhouaanda upon thousands of our 2,i 1, looking across foe wide waters of the AiC>m pectution of the promised remittance tn charges to the lanfi of hope. Everv office in Ireland is beset on market inquiries (or “lettersfrom America,” and u- astonishing how many of those who g 0 th?;. 1 ’ allied to send to their friends the mean, of ' Roman Correspondence, August 8th. A Scene with the Pope. I met tho Pope and his re tinue of Noble Guards, Cardinals, and Monsignores, the night before last, 011 tlie Civita Vecchia road, about nulf-n league distant from St. Peter's. He had left his Cni ringe, and attended liy a few of his per sonal friends, was on foot, (liijcjying tlie freshness of n beautiful evening, und admiring tlie last rays of tiio setting sun. Just as lie had readied a billon which the glory di the “god of day” still lingered, a convoy of live carriages coming from tlie coast appeared; and one of the persons in foe leading carriage exclaimed in Italian and French, “on foot, ladies and gentle men I” the whole of foe passengAs, at least 40 in number, some French, some English, some Ameri can, some Spanish, and the rest Italian, jumped out anil fell on their knees just as the Supremo Pontiff joined them. Tiie Pope whs dressed iu a Hewing white robe with a wide crimson hat, and in the midst of the cardinals with ttair gorgious dostume present ed a most picturesque object. Tiio people kissed insieet and ills fingers, each receiving a word of de vout consolation, anil when tiint ceremony with all was accomplished, 1’io Nino, raising his hands cb Heaven, said, witli his fine melodious voice,—“Pinmu con remission a dare u voi, nppenu urrivuti sotte I'om- bra della cupola di S Petro, la benedizoine in nome deli omuipotente Iddio de Feileli.” The Holy Father then passed on, the group remaining'on their knees until tie was out Ot sight, and then, only, all arose— the ladies weeping, and the men imploring blessings on his sainted head.' .1 chanced to know some of the pnrty, and in particular more than oue person who* mid been foe decided enemy of the church, hut the whole were converted on foe spot, nod all declared they were ready to shed their blood in tlie service of the supreme Pontiff As for myself, not wishing to Hom'd of Health. Savannah, Sept 4th pul Sexton's Rqiort of Interments for the IPeck '** Sept. 3, 1850. * 28th August.—John \V. Brooks, 26 years s • by Hanging; Resident. 26th. Geo. Ul-ele, 6 days, Infantine; Snvli p„.| 30th. *VVm. Murray, 45 years, Dysentery! u 1 Non-Resident. 30. Andrew—,—, Drowned; unknown a, 1st September.—Andrew Martin, PJ motion Brnin ; Ireland, Non-Resident. ' * 2d. Elizabeth Dixon, 16 years, Inflammation Rrt Ireland, Non-Resident 3d. ‘Robinson Thompson, 47 years, Inf]am I England, Non-Resident. Total 7. ‘Died at foe Poor House and Hospital. Black and Colored.—Lucy, 31 years, CoMnw Infant, 12 days, Spasms. Total 8. . B. Lathrop. Sev- E. .1. HARDEN, dliairmnn pro tem it h I P. A. T. Lawrence, See. ’ a 1 Special Notices. JiiHtiee’H Office, 2d District 1 Savannah, Sept. 4th, 1850. ' My Return Day is on Saturday, 7th inst; ( Day,-,Tuesday, 17th. Office at the corner of Jefferson nnd St. JuliansJ Residence, No. 122, corner of State and VVhitakenJ Savannah, Geo. PHILIP M. RUSSEU, sept 5 3 Justice of the 1’ck City Treasurer’s Office.) Savannah, Sept 4,1850. ] Agents of Insurance Companies are required! make return to this office of the amount of premia? received by them for the year cudiug 31st Aug.li and pay the tax thereon, septti 2t JOSEPH FELT, City Treamrer,I attract attention, 1 hud retired ton quiet corner on . , , . v y," „L Courier. the roadside, but I was struck with, ifwe and uduiira- SII,PS ot Rice 1.1 rs. Charle. toi tion at tlie impressive spectacle, and cold us one be comes to scenic ffttorts by long experience of the ro- uliries of life, 1 can never forget thie|sceue. Ireland. The Harvest. Tlie reports to-dny are altogether more favourable than those of tlie last ten days, hiiiI the impression is duily gaining ground that tlie dis ease iu ihe potato is nearly confined to outward up- pcmances, anil that fo four cases out of five it will he found tiiat the blight lins not extended beyond tlie stajk; According to tlie Limerick Chronicle, tlie rains and brisk wind ot last week recovered many field* of potatoes whicli tlie country people feared were decaying under the blight, and it is now quite certain tiiat foe progress of tlie disease in those In- Stances has been arrested. From tlie county ol Mayo the reports art; pretty much to the same rfieef At tiie weekly meeting dny of the Guardians of foe North Dublin Union, the .mister of foe Workhouse mentioned the gratifying fact tha't out of two acres mid 11 half of tlui Kuuip species which wore grown at JASPEtt SPRING DIVISION N073I2p^ Jasper Spring Divison No. 312, Sons of Temperim will be instituted in DeKaib Lodge Room, over Central Rail ltoad Bank, on Friday evening :) 8 o'clock, by D. G. VV. P. George \V. Adams. Officers and Members of Toonahowi nnd Yai Divisions, S. of T., and all other Son of Tempcnd of good standing in the order, are most respectful invited to witness tlie interesting ceremonies. Sept 4 3t \V. HUMPHHEW.I PASSENGERS? Per brig Gulnnre.from New Orleans—Mr\VmVii| Per steamer St Mutthews, from Palntla-A J Wright and srvt, Mrs Gist, Mrs Clarke, 11 Lang, J Fraser, A Yonge, W II Mongin and svts, MrLoiJ and 8 on deck. [ Per steamer Hancock, from Augusta—Mrs N1 Richardson and son, Mrs Haltinwanger, MrsCnsl child and servant, Mrs G A Reed, 2 children andr Mrs Bolineiill, it A Allen and 2 svts, Dr J D Makie,| A Waym, .1 W Manor and BVt, Wm Mnckic, Wm [ cey, Rev G Haltinwanger, Col G A Reed and son, 1 2 on deck. CONSIGNEES. Per brig Gulnare, from New Orleans—S Si F T S Wayne, S E Bothwell A. Co, T R Milk, PaddM Fay Si Co, Rowland & Washburn, J V Conncrat. Pel- steamer Hancock, from Augusta—MObaleiColJ ton nnd Mdze. to Bebu Si Foster, Harper & Stt' Boston & Gunby, N Cruger, 8 Solomons,!' ardson. Per steamer St Matthews, from Palatini—1V« Claghorn & Co, W M Davidson, Chns Hruen. CONSIGNEES PER CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. September 4.—229 bis Cotton. 6 do Yarn and Mdz.tt] Rowland Si Washburn, Clias Hurtridge, T 8 Waja Brigham, Kelly Si Co, Holt &. Bothwell, perior Court Savannah. QEommcrcial. LATHS T I) A T E S. Liverpool, Aug. 20 | Havre, Aug. 9 | Havana. Au; j Snvinnmli lHarUct ( .September 5. COTTON.—We heard of no sales yesterday. Snvnnnnh Exports, September 4, Per Hr bark Lulnn, for Picton, N S—235,776 fed *1 P P Timber. CHARLESTON, Sept, 3—Cotton.—Tkemarlictf»| terilay remained quiet, but nt firm prices. 5006 sold at llj ® 121. MACON, Sept, 4—Cotton.—Prices remain imchnnt| oil, and very little cotton offering. We continue' 1 quotations ut 10] ®-11].—Principal sales H d Be NEW ORLEANS, August 31.—Sales of Cotton the lust two days U00 baled. Middling oouinuidij Ti) YA. Stock on bond lt>,500 bales. Com P con, Sides, 4il 'a) 5c. Shoulders 4$ © 4$. lhce steady at 4± 4*. T ■ 8rpt. ii.—Nothing is doing in Cotton to-dny^ ■ barco,' 500 bhd*. sold nt prices slight!; The brig Leopold O’Donnell, from arrived. COLUMBIA baud is 4,331) bales, Inst ye of the season have amounted to 13,081. uvaniifil), ^1 , Sept. 2.—The stock of Cotton I ties, last year it was 5181. The rectfrJ [I’Ell 8CHR. ZF.PHRY.] Exit act of a Letter received, in Charleston, dattc “Havana, August ri- “It is impossible to get nny more Segnrsoftbrjr I quality for you, from tho manufacturer of tut* Leuf brand. In consequence of the great adfWjJ. the price of labor and the scarcity of workincn.n* j getting on badly, and will have to advance the pne f . I his Sugars $2 <|> M„ in order to make a livnng 01 4 the business. Those that get this brand now . take an equal proportion of seconds _nml tu CA11D. , F OR the purpose of renewing my stock a* 11 ' ^ ing myself of any improvements or ve ‘ coveries in the Daguerriun Art my rooms , closed on next Saturday, for Rbout a fort , » I ? * t0 ■ take the liberty of returning i»y sincere to»' I the citizens of xSavanpah for the very libers! P § I age extended to nte since my location ainouj, ^ j j and hope to merit a continuance of the 80 ." vor y I shall spare 1 no expense in procuring every a 18 of any benefit in the art. sept 5 W. V. PKENT^— — r - i ‘ *~| I’.r gfilC- I 11,E UOI’K.-.3(H>cuils ill store, airi close consignment.^ 1, GOODS.••Just iTuelveffl^r UrtJJjV ii’i assortment of Tweed Gass !• rucks* tos, suitable for fall wear. For sale by W. II. S' ’, sept 5 Old s-tntul of Hamilton & S) 1 ”' B