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She returned early on Thurs day morning, and we give below the informa tion that we gathered at tie various points at which she stopped during her trip. At St. Marys then? were rumors that bo dies ot men had passed through the interior, destined south, and that in the vicinity of Jacksonville, F orida, there were encamped a onsiderabie fo* ce. As the steamer Welaka pass ed up the 6it. John’s river, she was met by the St. Mathews, a boat from which passed a passenger on board the Weiaka. This indi vidual was armed with pistols, and stated that he thought the Weiaka was another steamer the cbject of which was to take the Cuban invaders on boxrd and land them at another point below on the coast. \>** At Jacksonville similar rumors of armed men being encamped at different points on the coast existed, but from reliable informa tion, obtained from respectable sources, it was ascertained that at the present time there is no organization of men in the immediate neigh borhood, and had not been. There were pro bably some twenty or thirty men at Jackson ville, who expr ased themselves willing to , join the expedition, and who, no doubt, would join it an opportunity offered. No principal 'officers of the contemplated expedition, has been in Jacksonville lately. It was asserted by some persons who are oelieved to be in the mbvemen , 1 hat threat disappointment had been experienced from the non-arrival ot a steamer to transport those engaged in the expedition. «Such a vessel had been expected for some tune, ‘but her unexplained delayed had damped the ardor of some, and caused others engaged to abandon the project, and had induced tne be lief that the whole affair, as tar as Jackson ville is concerned, would prove a failure. At this place there are but few persons who do not sympathise with, and would aid the expedition as far as possible. On the arrival of the Weiaka at Jefferson ton, it was ascertained that tbere were no bo dies of m.m encamped, as reported at Burnt Fort. Some small parties, it was said, had passed this point, but their destination was » not ascertained, and but little reliance coutd he placed on tne rumors. Ob reaching Brunswick, it was ascertained that some of the coast pilots had gone south, with the intention of piloting over the St. John’s Bar certain vessels expected at that point. A gentleman, on w hose word every reliance could be placed, stated that the day before, he had passed an abandoned encamp ment, some twenty miles above, where a large body of men had but a short time before been encamped. We also passed some ti.tv or six ty men who had a baggage wago< ; they were proceeding south, in the direct on of Burnt Fort. They were not armed, to any extent, and passed on in squads of from eight to ten in number. At Darien no particular information was obtained. A body ot men, connected with the expedition, had come down from the inte rior and gone south. Some ten or twelve left the mam body and weie making their way to Savannah. Here it was ascertained that an exp ess connected with the expedition had f»#p**sed south through Darien to procure such Jf information. He Lad pat-sed very rapidly, and had procured relays ot on his way. *> There can be no doubt that a movement o r \ , eons-derable magnitude has been on foot in * relation to an expedition destine< to Cuba. But it is tUo believed tnat from causes un known to the public, the mam body of the men connected with it nave dispensed, and that between this city and Jacksonville, Flo rida, there is no organization at present. But one thing is certain, that at all the points between this city and Jacksonville, the people, with but few exceptions, sympathise with the Cubans and aie willing and ready to jkm th< m aid, and to assist any expedition * which may be fitted out. From all that we cou d gather it was not tha intention of the leaders to actually organ ise the expedition in this country, but to sail unorgan z d to some point beyond <he boun daries of the United States, and there make such arrangements as should be deemed ex - padient. Farther per steamer Niagara- England. —I isstatea tnat tne Parliamen tary committee of inquiry have re olved to recommend that the American mail steamers sail at Hv ly Head for the purpose of receiving and landing mails. The schism in the established Church is widening The Bishep of Exeter proposes the convening of a Diocesan Synod. Tne Gor ham question is at the bottom of the difficul - 1* The great exhibition is to be opened by her M jestyin state, on the Ist efgMav, but the public are to be excluded until the ceremony is over, when those holdi g tickets will be admitted, f here will be 30,000 ttoops within five miles of Hyde Park on this occason. ‘■-.-JfOfjd Londonderry has made very praise s worthy efforts to prevail on the President ol France to release Abdel Kader. It is unders?o>d that whe steamer Great Britain, when her fittings are completed, will he entered for the New York trade. Franc*.— Wheat is sail lower in the agri eulturaitdistricts. Raw silk has receded in pree. ■ . The assembly has granted two hundred thousand hfanes to celebrate the anniversary Hr i of the republic. The press favorable to the ministry urges the presentation of petitions for a revision of the constitution. The President had changed many of the judicial functionaries in the departments. At the municipal elections recently held in Chat ta Roux Indre and the Aubre, the conserva tives gained signal triumphs. A bill is in pre paration by the ministry for a general credit of eighty millions, divided over twenty years, for the repairs of all religions monuments and edifices. Prussia. —The Berlin Ministerial states that besides England and France, Russia too has remonstrated against the Austrian annexation scheme; Russia has likewise desired that all the German States should accede to the Frankfort diet. Rumors of a Ministerial crisis are rife. Austria. —lt is stated that the Austrian gov ernment is inclined to accede to the Frankfort Diet. Prince Schwatzcnbuig is opposed to the continuance of the Dresden Conference. There is a deficit in the finances for the year of 77,161 625 dorins. Tne E nperor has granted an amnesty to seven pol tical prisoners. The Government demands from Sardinia a passage for i*s troops in case of a rupture in Fra* ce. Turkey. —The Austrian Ambassador has received the as-urance of the Potte that Kos suth, Ba hyani, Messare, and the two Perseels, shall be detained at Kutayah; the other fugi tives, some sixty, will be released. Bosnia. —Tne 'a est accounts from Bosnia are that the rebels wme retreading towards Vehace. Many ot the chieftains are recruiting their forces for renewel efforts. It is positive ly stated that the Russians will evacuate the Danuhian principalities 01 the 27tn. India and China. —India remains tranquil. A skirmish had taken place at Burrow ou tne Moun'am, near the Kihat, between some rob ber hordes ana a Put j*ub regiment, in wnich the former were deieated and driven back. A conspiracy had been discovered in Nepaul,the object of which was to murder Gea. J ug bahadbor. Tne conspirato.s were his own father and brother. The General is a favorite o the army, whom the conspirators endeavor ed to gain over. From China the accounts state that the murderers ot Decasta had been taken. Four piratical junks had been captured. Exports heavy. The crop of Cotton is good and clean. From thb Jape op Good Hope. —Accounts from the Cape represent ma ters in a very un satisfactory state Tne Bruise forces had ob tained some victories over the Kaffirs, witn hard fighting. Fort Armstrong was recap tured. “The greatest trouole I had to contend with,” says Col. Somerset, commander, “was to seperate the women and children, and save them from destruction, before we could storm the place. The men in the tower would not surrender, kept firing upon us out of the port holes, and I could not take it. I was obliged to blow it up with shells? they fought desperately in the fort after it was stormed. We killed 27 Kaffirs and Hottentots in the fort, and 9 in the tower. The Burghers had a desperate fight before I came up; 3 men killed, 14 woun ted They had to contend against thousands, and fought most bravely. I had four men dan gerously wounded and four horses* killed. Sergeant Pit was badly shot through the leg; also Daly and tsvo native soldiers. I have upwards of 160 prisoners, 70 to 80 stand of arms, 400 women and children- I have des troyed the fort and all its contents. The Mis sionary settlement a- Shelon had been burnt down by the insurgents.” Latest Intelligence by Electric Telegraph. We are indebted to the Purser of tne steam er for the following telegraphic despatch: France. — London, April 15, 1851.—The Moniteur publishes a decree convoking the Consul General ol Vaucleur for the sth of May, to deliberate On the expediency of admitting matter free of duty for export. The same journal publishes the law gran ting the sum of five million nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand francs for the works at Cnerb iurg. The Charavari was seized on Thursday for a caricature insulting to the President and Ministers. Paris Bouise, April 18th, s’s 92 45, 3’s 57 10. The Globe corres pondent reports a fall in the tunds, and a con tinued depression was expected lor the peo ple were beginning to feei anxious, and all armed as to the future. Prussia. — Berlin, April 16. —The Upper Chamber has rejected the Ministerial Bili. ( Telegraphed for the Journal of Commerce ) Boston, May 1. Arrival op the-Niagara at Boston. — Whig Convention,&c —Tne royal mail steam ship Niagara arrived here about half-past 6 o’clock this morning. Her mails will be in ! New York this evening. The Whig Convention at the State House last night was quite large. The Atlas says the utmost harmony and good feeling prevail ed, and the rematks of the several speakers , were received with loud applause. Tne old | W hig spirit was fully awakened and a deter - i mination e/i iced to redeem the State next ; full from the hand of the coalition. Ensign H. Kellogg, of Pittsfield, presided, —and tne meeting was addressed by Myrow Lawrence of Belcner l own, Frankhi Dexter 01 Beverly, and Benj.R. Curtis of Boston. A State Committee was appointed, headed by George Money ol Boston. Claimore, of the last committee, and many of the committee last year are upon it. Combustion cp Oxygen in the Atmos phere.—Mr Paine, wno claims to have in vented a method of producing light and heat by the combustion of water, not satisfied with thisdibc very, has hit upon a st;ileneap er and more abundant fuel. The Worcester Spy ot yesterday says: “Although the pale t of the Hydro E ectric Light has been secured, |Mr Paine h.» not remitted his investigations, and at last has discovered a process ot catahz j ing the oxyg-n of the a mosphere, and ren | dering it nighiy luminiforous at a mere nomi ; nal expense, without cost of machinery, or any other apparatus than an air receiver, capa ble or h ldmg common air. We saw it in operation last evening in our office, examined it minutely, cUalized the oxygen ourself, and read by the light so is equal, if not superior, to the best gat burned in the cities. Tbe Him; is peculiarly white and bril.iant, burns with a clear, steady light, is entirely inodorous, and during the half hour that we watehed its operation, we could see no consumption ot the catauzing material. Ihe whole apparatus wnich we saw, could not hare cost more than a couple of dollars, and it was capab e of furnishing all the light neede 1 for the illumination of an ordinary sized room. We snail give a more full de scription ot the apparatus to mortow, and hope to accompany it wuh an explanatory diagram.”— N. Y. Evening Post, 30 th ult. From Minnesota —The St. Paul Chronicle and Register says, that the Indians above Crow Wing are enduring extreme sufferings, and that many have perished irom starvation, Those who know the facts have estimated that between five and seven hundred ot them have died from privations. It is reported that the chief, Hole in the Day, to whom they have applied lately for advice, recom mends them to sets of violence—among the rest, to break into every house in which pr >- visions could be ( had, and take forcible posses sion of them. A delegation of Chippewa chiefs had arriv d at St. Paul with a view to lay before Governor Ramsey the distressed condition of the nation, and to ask relief. The situation of the Indians in the lower country, is represented as peaceable and pros petrous* From Texas.— The steamship Galveston, Capt. Place, from Indianola, via Galveston, the 25th inst, arrived here on Sunday. We make up the following summary of in telligence from our Texas exchanges. Advices received at San Antonio, from Eagle Pass, state that the Mexican Government has established a Custom-house at PiedrasNegras nearly opposite the principal ford of the Rio Grande, of the same name, and the officer ap pointed to take charge of the same, is expect in a short time. Tnis, it is thought, will greatly increase the commerce of that portion of our frontier with Mexico. General Jaurigue, the Mexican Inspector- General of the millitary colony of Piedras Negras, and the other colonies in that vicini ty, was expected the last of this, or the first ot next month, with a large amount of money for the payment of the troops, and purchase of supplies for the colonies. VY ild Cat was also awaiting his arrival to be put in possession ot tne land-* granted to his tribe by tne Mexican Government, as well as f~r the means for their subsistence, <>nd purchase of agricultural implements for their farms, &c. There are five Chihuahua merchants in San Antonio. Their goods nad been trans ported from the N >rth to Lavacea, and they were waiting thair arrival at San Antonio. One of thim, Mr. Magoffin, had brought fif teen large wagons ot h s own, each of which will carry five thousand pounds. A severe gale commenced in Galveston on the night of Monday, the 221 iust at, and continued during Tuesday. Tne water in 'he bay rose so high as to inundate Strand and Mechanic streets. We hear of nu damage to vessels or property in this vicinity. The Courtnouse at I'etersourg, Lavacca county, was destroyed by fire on the 7th inst. It was supposed to be the work of an incen diary. Judge Jones, the District Judge, and members of the bar were present. They de termined on dispensing justice beneath the shade of a neighboring oak. Judge Evans, o Marshall, and R Scurry, of Clarksville, are candidates for Congress in E 'stern Texas. The Austin State Gazette announces its preference for Col. Greer instead oi Col. Bell, the present incumbent, for the office of Gov ernor. The citizens of Austin contributed four hundred and fifty dollars to defray the expen ses of the steamer Colorado on her experi mental trip to that city.—N. O. Delta, 29th ult. Mb. Bulwer and tub Irish.—Mr. Bulwer, the British Minister, has given great offence to the Irish population of New York, by his speech at the St. George’s dinner in that city, in which he referred to the Celtic race, as semi-barbarians, savages, Jfcc. Mr. Bulwer, subsequer-tly, wrote a letter to the President of the Friendly Si,ns of St. Patrick, assuring him that he intended no offence by his re marks, and that he was himself connected with he old Celtic families This letter was read to an indignation meeting of Irishmen on Tuesday night,and was rectived with three groans. Atier speeches from Michael Doheny, Mike Walsh,fMr. Mallen, E E. Camp, and others, who severely denounced Mr. Bulwer, the letter was directed to be returned to him, and a memorial was adopted, asking the Pres ident to have him re-called by the British Government. — Baltimere Clipper, 2d inst. The editor of the Maysvilie Eagle, while at Paris, Ky., the other day, saw fifteen, well clad, and happy-looking jiegrees, who had been taken there to be emancipated by their owner. If they are to be sent to Liberia, it is doubtless for their advantage, if they are to come in Ohio, to lead the lile of a iorge por tion of the colored race, their freedom will only be an evil.— Cincinnati Enquirer, 20th. The Tammany Society. We recorded the triumph of the Barnburn ers the other day, in getting possession of Tamm my Hall, the heauquarters ofthaNew- York Democracy. As the organization of the Society is very curious, and few persons acquainted with it, we transfer the following particulars from the New -York Evening Post, to oar columns : “For the information of such of our read ers as may wish to know something more of the history and enaracter of this Tammany Society, we may here add, that it was organ ized in 1789, by William Mooney, an uphol sterer, with a number of other citizens o< New-York, for the purpose of opposing the Constitut on of the United States, (wnich had the* recently been adopted,) on acoount of what were esteemed its federal and aristocratic tendencies. The instiution took its name fsom the cele brcted Indian Chief Tammany, and ail its | ceremonial nomenclature is adopted from the habits and customs of the aborigines. It has a Grand Sachem, and twelve additional Sa chems, after the fashion ot the President and Governors of the thirteen States then in ex istence. It has a Grand Council, of which all the officers and Sachems are members, whicu is presided over by a Father of the Council, and the proceedings of which are recorded by aScribe. The society dates all ns transactions from two eras, the discovery of America by Columbus, and its own foundation. It di vides the year into seasons —the season of snow, the season of blossoms, and the season of fruits. The 12th day oi May is commem orated as its anniversary. It was the first Society ever organized in the country for the deience of State righto; and one of the oaths wmch its members are required to take is, that they will sus.ain State insti utions, and resist a cor a lhdation of power in the hands of the general govern ment. At first it was not a poii ical organizi tion, and it was so po, ular tnat most persons of any note or merit beiooged to it, and its anniversaries were celebrated as holydays. But when President Washington rebuked * -elf-created socie'ie*,’ from an apprehension that their ultimate tendency was hostile to public tranquility, many forsook it, and at one of its anniversaries only three persons were in attendance. But Mr. Mooney was one of the three. From this time it leagued us destiny with the so tunes of Thomas Jefferson. The adoption of the several amendments which were made to the Constitution, through the influence of Jefferson aud Madison, recon ciled the Society to that instrument, aud from that time forth they were or processed to be, apostles of the decentralizing policy ; which has always been, aud still is, advocated by the doctrinaires of the Democratic party, and of which Mr. Jefferson was, in his day, the most prominent expo- ent. Since those days, however, the influence of the Society has been very much diminished. Is controls the disposition of Tammany Hall; afld that, we believe, constitutes the chief, it not the only element of its strength and per petuity. We have only to add, that the pro ceedings of the Society are secret." Thb Latb Cuban Affair. —Every thing re mains in statu quo for the present. We un derstand there will not be any preliminary investigation before the Commissioner, and that no further ac ion will be had in the affair until next Tuesday week, when bills of indict ment against all the would-be invaders will be sent before the grand jury of the United States Court.— New-York Herald, let met. Thb Statb Road. —We copy the following from the General Presentments of the Grand Jury of Cobb County: “ We deem it our duty to notiee the pres ent condition of the Western & Atlantic Rail- Road. Our State has accomplished a great work by completing said Road, but to meet the publ c wants, it must be kept in good or der ; to do this, will require a large amount of money expended, without much delay. We would recommend that our Senator and Rep resentatives do, on the next meeting of our State Legislature, urge the propriety of hav ing a fair valuation Axed on the Western A Atlantic Rail-Road, and, if practic ible, sell two-thirds of the Road, which will be valua ble property, as a fund appropriated for the purpose of general education, the income of which to be paid annually. By having other stoekholdeis interested, the affairs could be managed by a Board of Directors to much better advantage. In case the State eh mid deem it advisaole to sell a portion of said Road, we would suggest the propriety of di viding the interest between the Georgia Raii- Road Company, the Western Rail-Road, and the Central Rtil-Road Company, if practica ble —that no one portion of the State should have the control of said Road, but for the good of the whole." Large Increa-e of Immigration. — The fol lowing exnibit of the ingress of foreigners at this port for the first four months of the pres ent year, shows an extraordinary increase over the corresponding months of preceding years. Compared with last year, it is as fol lows : YEAR 1850. TEAR 1851. January 13 154 14,709 February 3,206 8.170 March... 5 569........ 16 055 April 14 627 27.779 Total 36,556 66,713 36,556 Increase this year over last 30,157 Os those who arrived during April, there came from Ireland, 15,968; Germany, 6,372; Englano, 2,679; Scotland, 726 ; and from France, 717. It will be observed that the in crease is almost entirely in the Irish immigra tion. Os this class, a large proportion are landed in a state of the most abject poverty, and often incapacitated by disease, deformity, or the infirmities of age, fur self-support. The German immigration is not yet fairly set in.— New-York Journal of Commerce , las inst. Who is Charles Sumner ? The New-York Express, commenting upon the election of Sumner to the U. S. Senate by the Legisla tur* of Massachusetts, says : Tnat our readers may know who this man is, we quote from his speech, delivered at the Massachusetts Free Soil State Convention, October 3d. 1850. We should like to see this man as he appears, with the oath of God upen his lips, to support the Constitution of the United States. We should suppose a hand thus raised would drop, and the tongue be come palsied in its attempts to discharge a duty required by the Constiiution, and neces sary to secure che high office of an American Senator; but we shall let Mr. Sumner speak his own deliberate sentiments : Charles Sumn-.r in State Convention. “ We demand, first and foremost, the in stant Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill. “ *Ve demand that Congress receive into the Union no new slave State. “ And yet one thing further must be done : The Slave Power must be overturned, so that the Federal Government may be put openly, actively, and perpetually on the side of Free dom. “ And, still further, as if to do a deed which should make Heaven weep, ‘all earth amazed,' this same Congress, in disregard of ali the cherished safeguards of freedom, has passed a most cruel, unchristian, devilish law, to secure the return into slavery of those un fortunate bondmen who are found sheltered by our firesides. “ Into the immorta’ catalogue of National Crimes this act has now passed, drawi >g with it, by an inexorable necessity, its authors also, and chiefly him who, as President of the U nited States, set his name to tne Bill, and breathed into it that final breath without which ic would have no life. “Otner Presidents mav ba forgotten, but the name signed to the Fugitive Slave. Bill will never be forgotten. There are depths of infamy as there are heights of fame: better far for him nad he never been born ; better for nis memory and for the good name of his chil dren had he never been President. “ Sir, I will not dishonor this home of the Pilgrims and of the Revolution by admitting —nay, I cannot believe—that this Bill will be executed here. Individuals among us, as elsewhere, may forget humanity in a fancied loyalty to law; but the Public Conscience will not allow a man who has trodden our streets as a freeman to be dragged away as a slave. The Fugitive Slaves of the United States are among the heroes of our age.” A Hundred Years Ago.—A hundred years ago a'German monarch reigned over these U. States —the colonies ot Great Britain—and on the whole earth, with the exception of S witz • erland, there was not a single republic of any pretensions. A hundred yerrs ago the Fr« nch lilies floated over Quebec, Pittsburgh, and N. Orleans. A hundred years ago the old French monarchy existed—the Bastile reared its ao cursed towers —Louis XV. dallied with infa mous wantons,squandered his suhjacts’ money and blasphemed, in his own person, the name of man. Fifty years ago the name of Napo leon was still comparatively unknown. Fifty years ago cotton mills had, as it were, just been invented: and railroads, loeomotives, and magnetic telegranns were practically un known. Fifty years ago th re were scarcely five millions of people in the United States, and Onio was almost as much of a wilderness as Oregon is now. Fifty years ago Washing ton had just died. Jefferson was still living, and Clay, Webster and Calhoun, were names as yet unknown to fame. Ancient Manuscripts.— Public attention has oeen greatly excited hers, in Constanti nople, by the discovejy of an immense trea sure of Greek manuscripts, of the highest an tiquity, found by a learned Greek of the name of Simonides, in a cave situated ac the reet of Mount Athos. According to this account, the importance of this discovery is incalculable, since it brings to light a vast quantity of ce lebiated works quoted by various ancient writers, and hitherto deemed entirely lost. They furnish, as may be imagined, an exten sive list of proper names, calculated to throw gr?at light upon many obscure periods of his tory. Among these precious volumes, which are composed of evry thin memorances, (the nature of which is not sta/ed.) filled with ch tr aders, some are calculated to give a complete interpretation of hieroglyphic writing—the fortunate discoverer having alrea ly success fully applied them to the interpretation of the inscriptions engraved on the obelisk of the Hippodrome at Constantinople. Some Cows.—We learn from Mr. L. P. Thomas, of the Thomas Hotel. Gainesville, that he has two cows, either of which gives as much milk as that of Mr. Peter Tarr’s of Maryland, which we stated last week, upon the authority of the Easton (Md.) Gazette, gave 740 gallons within the space of eight months.— Athens Herald, THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. 3lttgnota, Georgia. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 6- Southern Rights Meeting. The members of the Southern Rights Party of Richmond County , are request ed to meet at the CIT Y HALL, in the j city of Augusta , on THIS DA Y, 6th of MAY, at 4 o'clock, P. M., to appoint Delegates to the Convention to nominate a Candidate for Governor at the ensuing election . receivedjno papers by last evening's Ma il from offices North of Charleston. Constitutional Union Meeting. At the meeting of the Constitutional Union party, at the City Hall, on Saturday, the fol lowing gentlemen were appointed Delegates to the Convention to nominate a candidate for Governor: Hon. W. W. Holt, Col. John Milledge, R. F. Poe, and G. F. Parish, E*qs. To the Convention to nominate a candidate for Congress from the Eighth Congressional District: Col. H. H. Curaming, Thomas Skinner, T. W. Miller, and Wm. McLaughlin. As the Hon. Howell Cobb has already been appointed at Washington city, by Fillmore, Stephens, Toombs & Co., the duties of the first named delegation will be light. They will not task their deliberative powers very seriously. The same may be said of the sec ond named delegation, as the new Regency at Macon, has already designated the Hon. Robert Toombs as the candidate for Con gress. Common School Convention* Messrs. J. R. Sturgbs and R. S. Schruogs, have been appointed Delegates from Burke ounty, to this Contention, which meets at Marietta, on the Bth of July next. The Oratorio. It will be seen by a notice in another col umn, that the Oratorio, which gave such general satisfaction, on Fri Jay Evening last, will be repeated on Tuesday evenning next, 13th inst., at the Baptist Church. Our citi zens and such of our country friends as may be in attendance on the Rail Road Convention, should not lose this last opportunity of list ening to such Vocal Music as is not often to be heard in Augusta. Another Cotton Factory- We are pleased to learn that the eitizeus of Stone Mountain have subscribed thirty thous and dollars for the purpose of erecting a Cot ton and Wool Factory in that vicinity. The location selected is within sight of the Geor gia Rad-Road, and steam power will be used. It is always a source of pleasure to us, to see Factories starting up in our midst—it is the surest means of teaching our Northern breth ren, that the South can feed and clothe herself, and still have sufficient to spare. There is one branch of industry, however, much need ed in the South. We allude to the manufac ture of Leather, Boots and Shoes, and as the capital of our Stone Mountain friends is lim* ited for a Cotton and Wool Factory, we think it would be much more profitable if in vested in a Shoe Factory, for which purpose it is amply large, and, in our opinion, would pay a better per centage, and employ more operatives. We suggest this lor their consid eration. The Season.— The Greenville Mountaineer oi 2d inst., says: “Spring seem to have set in earnest at last. For the past week the weath er has been genial and cheering to the farmers. Wheat is assuming a promising appearance, and the prospect is for a fine crop." The Price of a Slave in Massachusetts. | —Tpe National Anti-Slavery Standard, says : “ The surrender of Sims is said to have cost the General Government ten thousand dol lars, the City of Boston about the same a- I mount, and Mr. Potter, the claimant, about | twenty-four hundred, making altogether something more than the pretty sum of twen ty-two thousand dollars as the price of a slave in Boston." Government Funds.—The U. S. Govern ment had on deposit, on the 28th ult., subject to draft, the snug little sum of $15,772,672.02, ojf which amount $60,991.46 was in the Balti mote depository; $3,552,800 in New York; $2,008 059 in Boston; $85,620 in Washing ton, and $6,711,150 in the Philadelphia Mint. Congressional Nonination.—We under stand that Col. Wm. L. Yancey, (says the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser, Ist inst.) has been nominated by the Convention at Clay ton, as the Southern Rights candidate for Con gress in this Congressional district. A Frost.—The Winnsborough Register of Saturday says : “We regret to learn that on Friday morning last, a heavy frost was visible on most of the grounds in the country. Cot ton, we understand, shows distinctly the in jury which it has sustained. The trees being well leaved, we apprehend, fruit generally, will escape the effects of the frost.” Messrs . Jabrz Williams & Son, at Green | point, on the East River, New York, havere | csntly opened a large and convenient yard, ! near Bushwick Creek, where they have com* | menced a steamship, measuring 200 feet keel, | 37 beam, 30 hold, and about 1350 tons burth- I en, for the route between Liverpool and Charleston. Petersburg Cotton Statement, May 1, 1851. Receipts, 15,025 bales. Stock, 1,500 bales. Jj ; Mr. H. Brown, of New York, has nearly completed his yacht for the World’s Exhibi tion, and she is expected to leave that port for Europe, on or about the 20th instant. Her name is America. The sugar crop of Louisiana, for 1860, was 211,203 hogsheads, equal to 231,194.000 lbs. There are 1,495 sugar mills, 908 worked by steam, 587 by horse power. The produee of molasses is 10,500,000 gallons. Cross in# m Atlantic.—'''Crmmumpaw,” the London correspondent of the Boston Post, gives the details of the new route by which it is confidently predicted that passengers will, within the next five years, be carried from Boston to London within seven days. There se ms nothing improbable about it. He says ; “When the railroad is finished from Galway to Dublin, which will probably be during this year, a line of steamers must be opened from Galway to Halifax and Boston. Then a trav eller can attend church in Boston on Sunday, take an evening or midnight train for Halifax, (after that gieat “Yankee and British down east railway" is done,) and on Monday start for Galway, arrive in five or six days, and in twelve hours (a sea passage from Dublin to Holyhead of four hours,) arrive in London, via Dublin, Holyhead, the Britannia bridge, and Birmingham, and be in the British me ttopolis to attend divine service seven days alter he was in Boston. This is no fable, but will be realized within" five years; provided that the Halifax and Portland railwa) is built; and will be withm one day of it, if not built, l’he Liverpool merchants will fight stou ly against that Galway packet station, but the mail service of the two countries demand and will have it. And farther, it will open up a field for the regeneration of Ireland, by sen ding travel, traffic, business, and money into the country." Losses by Crevasses.—l he Baton Rouge Gazette of the 26th ult., again urges on the Legislature of Louisiana the nece sity of or ganizing a Levee System, and preset ta a fear ful record of loss in support of its project.— Leaving the losses sustainad by the destruc tion of cattle, horses, machinery, fences, mix ed crops, etc., and, most severe of all, the suf ferings of the poor people, as beyond calcula tion, the Gazette shows the State what it los es in its sugar crop alone by i‘s culpable want of a proper system of levees : “In turning to Champomier’s statement of the sugar crop of 1849 and 1350, we find that the sugar plantations in the parishes of Iber ville and Ascension, now submerged by the Doyle and Gourrier crevasses, male nearly four thousand five hundred hogshead of su gar ; there are three other crevasses along the river, below Baton Rouge, and one above in West Baton Rouge, the united injury of which will be at least four thousand hogsheads. We have, therefore, a loss in the State this year, in sugar alone, amounting to the enormous nurrberof eight thousand hogshead of sugar. Turning again to Cnampomier'a statement for 1840-’SO, we find the following appalling losses by crevasses detailed : hhds. Overflow of Red River 2.900 West Baton Rouge crevasse 5 600 Ibverville (by W Baton R mge) crevasse 1,200 Ascension, Dorsime Landry's crevasse, 1,200 St. John the Baptiste, from Fortier’s crevasse 1,000 St. Charles —same crevasse, I,ioo “ Bonne Carre Bend crevasse, say. 3 000 Jefferson, Fortier's crevasse 4 600 “ Sauve crevasse..... 1,200 Orleans..... 600 Total 22.000 Which will make, in two years, the enor mous sum of twenty-two thousand hogsheads of sugar, worth at the lowest calculation at least $1 250,000, the greater part of which might have been saved to the planters and to the State, if a more perfect system of leveeing was in force —a sum that would have protec ted the coast, for an indefinite number of years, from inundaiicn.” {Correspondence of the Charleston Courier ,) Georgetown, May 3, 1351. We regret exceedingly to say, that at about 2 o’clock this morning, the Calhoun Mill, in this place, owned by Messrs. J. J. & P. Tam plet Sc Co., was discovered *o be on tire. Every exertion was made to subdue the fire, but the rapidity of its progress was such as to pre vent all efforts, and in less than four hours, the mill was totally dstroyed, together with 100.000 feet sawed lumber, which was lying on the wharf ready for shipment. The brigs Emily and Pacific, lying at the Mill wharf at th* time, sustained some little damage in the loss of sails, rigging, See. We understand the mill was insured for SBOOO in the Snuth-Caro lina and Nashvlle Companies. The origin of tha fire, up to this time, has not b6en ascert.n ed. A Millerite Convention is now in session at New York, endeavoring to fix the day again for the final end of all things. One of their prophets, Mr. Reed, declared he was ready, with posit ve proofs, to convince them that Ch ist would come betore the 23d day of July next. But the convention were not en tirely satisfied with his proofs, and kicked at the idea of his fixing another day, especially so soon. When the 23d day of July arrives, we shall see what we shall see. A second Advent excitement appears to be beginning at Morrisville, near Trenton. Net** York Money Market , May I.—There is more inquiry for prime unendorsed bills with a less abundant supply. Prime endorsed pa per is also less plenty at 7 per cent., although at 6 a 6£ per cent, long lines could be obtain ed. On the whole, notwiths;anding that this is settlement day, the tendency of the market is again toward easier rates. The stock market continues very much as noticed yesterday, with a moderate business jat easy rates. At the first board United S Sta'es 6’s of'67 brought of 117$, A Modern Frankenstein. —A Cincinnati paper sta'es that a scientific gentleman of that city has within the last six weeks, at various times, produced animal life soiely from the action of certain chemical preparations on each other, m such a manner as leads him to the conclusion that a more perfect developed process, aided by further scientific discoveries, will produce results ruiracu ousty astounding to the world ! The specimen of life produced, did not exist m'.re than twenty four hours in either instance; but the simple fact of iife power being thus manifested and attested, as it is, by the personal ex unination of five or six eminent physicians, may lead to something of which the whole world of science, as at pre sent, may look forward with awe and amass ment ! The Turkish Drb-s.—Quite an excitement was produced at the steamboat landing day before yesterday, at 'he appearance of a oou ple of ladies with a short Turkish dress. Taey were travelling in company with gentlemen, and were evidently people of cultivation. A revolution in female c >stume is undoubtedly in preparation. There can be nothing more ungraceful than the long, drabbling dresses which sweep the streets and sreps wherever ladies move. As a matter of personal com fort, the Turkish dress must be most agreeab e s in addition to i s beauty. - Otioeyo Journal . Washington, May 1, 10 p. m. lAt the dinner table to day of the National Hotel, a misunderstand ng occurred between Lt. Alvarado Hunter, of the navy, and CaDt. Chambour j, formerly of the army, which led to an altercation between Chambourg and Lt. Nicholson, of the navy, and terminated in a regular bat le with canes and fist*. Nichol son got thejbetter of Chambourg, and a ohal lenge will probably be tne consequenee, al though it it not determined who shall be the challenging party.