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COLUMBUS: i'liui-Mlay Morning, Kelniiarj’ ), l**"'# l LAROKST CITY ’ IRCI’I, ATION. Our river has been slowly fulling lor some lime, nml is now Imt ft little above low water mark, At the time of writing this, however, there is every indication of more rain ami a prospect of continued good navigation. As far us we have advices, the last steamer’s news from Europe has caused an advance in Cotton and a slight decline in Breadstuff* in all the ports ; hut there is an uneasy feeling among dealers injrolmntting to these changes —fears being entertained that the next arri vals may not exhibit the same confidence of an early peace that influenced foreign markets, when the Arabia sailed. The Milledgevillo Recorder gives letter-wri ters a caution which might well he observed here and elsewhere. It states that an artful effort was made in that city a few days since to obstruct letters dropped in the box, by a small bunch of cotton tied to the endof a twine, by which they could he drawn out, and the post office thus robbed ; and it advises persons dropping letters in the box at night to l><* sure that they fad. The receipts of cotton at all the ports, from September Ist to January It), 18515, were 1,782,000 bales; same period in 1855, 1,048,- 000 bales; same period in 1858, 1,708,000 hales. It, thus appears that there is now an increase of receipts over last year of <SB 1,000 bales, and over 1858 of 24,000 bales. The in crease in the value of the exports of cotton during the past five months over the corres ponding period of 18.",4 ’55, may tie stated at $27,3(50,000, and the additional \ value of breadstuff's and provisions exported is about the same. John ltickels, a native of Virginia, but fur a great many years a resident of Oglethorpe county, (la., died at his residence near Lexing ton on the 80th nit., at the advanced age of 101 years. A correspondent of the Augusta Ohron ielo writes that ho cultivated a small crop of corn last year with his own hands, and that since he has passed his 1 OOtli year lie has fre <|Uoiitly walked to Lexington (il miles! and back in the same day ! .. The ice in the Missouri river, at St. Louis, was three and a half feet thick last week, and the citizens made the occasion one of gayoty and frolic. Dancing parties on the ice kept up their exercises until a late hour in the night; skaters glided past at all times ; and drinking tents, coffee stands, and even faro banks, were pitched upon the banks of the river at convenient stations. All classes were determined to have a merry time of it, and to make a ’’glorious summer’’ out of the severest winter. The Charleston and Memphis Road will be finished to Tusoumbia, about (500 miles from Charleston, and a little less from Savannah, in March next, and will be in operation throughout its whole length, from the Atlantic tojthe Mississippi river, by the end of the pres ent year, according to the estimates. The Mote and the Beam. The Loudon Times is continually indulging its hostility towards this country, and the prin ciples on which its institutions are founded, by splenetic allusions to any popular abase of the freedom which our citizens enjoy. The “un limited despotism of democracy”—“democra cy uncontrolled by law”—“the tyranny of ab solute power”—are some of the phrases by which it designates our form of government and seeks to magnify the evils of any popular excess on our port, to which it may direct the attention of those supremely Messed by the mild rule of a pampered royalty and nobility, forgetting the bread riots, the Sunday anti law demonstrations, and the chartist agita tions—to say nothing of the unbridled licen tiousness and horrible cruelty of the British soldiery in sacking defenceless Russian villa peg—it magnifies a few local and comparatively trifling popular outbreaks in this country into great national enormities, and holds them up to the horrified gaze of u community engen dering all the evils and inhumanities of the British social system, and tolerating all the national raids and piracies of its government! But while indulging freely in these denuncia tions of our follies and errors, it has had brought home to its own household an instance of British mob law and uncontrolled lawless ness, the like of which has never stigmatized an American army. For criticising very just ly—as other reports prove tho habitual drun kenness ofthc Britsh army roundabout Sevas topol,—Mr. Russell, the (’rimenn correspon dent of the Times, has been mobbed, threat ened, maltreated, and compelled to leave his post! The officers when appealed to, would afford him no protection, because his corres pondence had made him odious to them as well as to the common soldiery; and thus the “un limited despotism” of tlio soldiery of the Bri tish army prevailed over law and military au thority. In our ami’- newspapers ami repor ters are cherished ami protected; in those of tlreat Britain, a newspaper was never known, and reporters are insulted and driven off!— And not the least noticeable and significant feature of the affair is tlie fact that the Times correspondent published the truth about the drunkenness of British officers and soldiery, and that lie is a victim to the free speech ami candor of the press. It will takendozen irate homilies on the despotism of American democ racy to outweigh the unadorned facts of this ease, and no doubt the Times will improve •very trivial occasion to deliver them and thus “get even.” General Todtleben, the great Russian En gineer, is now at (Jronstadt. lie lias been treated like a Prince ever since ho arrived thsre. At the banquet given to him by the pupils of the Engineer School, the Grand Duke, tha Inspector Gonernl of that brauch of the aarvioe, proposed the health of the Russian Vtoubau, and proclaimed him to be the greatest tferrior in the Empire. This toast was fol lowed by a number ol’ others to officers who laid distinguished themselves in the defence of Se vastopol. Palmerston and Pence. The Washington correspondent of the Char leston Standard, in his letter of Fcbruaiy 2d, writes that the Arabia brought important and highly interesting dispatches for the State De partment. Those, lit* say- “give assurances that tlieCzarof Russia will accept the proposed basis for a treaty, and that peace will soon be re stored in Die east.” lie predicts the removal of Lord Palmerston from the British ministry as an event immediately following this consum mation, and thinks that Palmerston is the only obstacle to a satisfactory settlement of the question at issue with this country; ergo, Palmerston being out of the way, Great Bri tain will readily accede to our just demands. Gen. Cass—whoso opportunities for personal observation have certainly been great —recent- ly pronoiieed Palmerston “an unmitigated monarchist, who hates America and American institutions, and possesses all the stubborn ness of the mule.” Probably the pacific and conciliatory policy indicated may follow these two events; but neither of the events lias yet occurred, and the best laid calculations of na tion-", as well as of individual- . often miscai ry — - - .Sugar. Accounts from Louisiana are not favorable for cheap sugars this year, as the crop has fall en short of the expectations of dealers, and the supply in New Orleans is kept at a low fig ure hy the demand. The inclemency of the winter, too, is uupropitious for the next crop, as the ratoons arc probably killed in many of the higher sugar regions. The New York Sun, however, has advices that the crop of the Is land of Jamaica this season is 50,000 hlids. greater than ever before, and this increase, with a good report from the other West Indie and Brazil, may prevent an advance beyond present high prices. The Hun attributes the large increase in the production of Jamaica to the fact that many Americans have taken charge of large estates on the Island, and em ploy the negroes at so much per day, paying in cash every week. The cash wakes up the best, energies of the sable laborers, and gives anew life, never before seen or ItcaAl of, to the sugar making business. If a similar state of things could be brought about in lfayti, every commercial people would be greatly ben efited bv the change. ♦.. .... Hon. Andrew J. Mille,. The Augusta Constitutionalist of Tuesday thus announces the death of this distinguished and much esteemed gentleman : “Profound and universal sorrow pervades the community, occasioned by the death of ttiis inudi beloved nud most voluble citizen, who departed this life on Sunday morning, 8d inst., after a short and violent attack of Pneu monia. (In his arrival at home oh Sunday the 27th ult., from Millcdgovillc, where he had been assiduously engaged in his duties as Senator from Richmond, he was laboring un der tile incipient stage of the disease. But with that devotion to duty which ever charac terized him, lie was in his place in the Superi or Court on Monday morning, where profes sional engagements called him. Me was there seized with a severe chill and was compelled to retire to his home. There, surrounded by its beloved inmates, and attended hy the best medical skill of our city, which availed naught to arrest the march of the fell destroyer, lie breathed his last, soothed by the consciousness of a life well spent, and cheered hy a Chris tian’s hope.” Mr. Miller was a native Georgian ; lie was horn at St. Mary’s in 18U(5, and was in the fiftieth year of his age. Most of his life lias been spent in the city of Augusta, which has long delighted to honor him ; and such was his personal popularity, that throughout his long political career he was never defeated be fore the people when a candidate for office. New York Cotton Circular. The follow sug Circular was sent abroad by the steamer which sailed for Liverpool last Saturday; N. VoitK, Feb. 2. The market closed very firm at the date of our last respects per Atlan tic on the U'tli ultimo, since which we have your mail advices per Baltic, to the 12tli ul timo ; and yesterday morning the synopsis of the Arabia’s important intelligence, by tele graph from Halifax, of a large advance in Con sols, indicating the probability of Peace from the negotiations in progress, and a week’s bus iness of 58,700 bales, at an advance of }il in better grades, which had boon unduly depress ec, and J on all others, but closing with less’ spirit. Hero the effect lias been to strengthen the confidence in higher prices abroad, which lias recently had more advocates, and to in duce holders to demand (c higher rates, on the supposition that the Southern markets will receive a largo impulse on the news. The business of the fortnight has usually been small—say about 700 bales daily—and with out spirit, up to Wednesday and Thursday last, when 1500 bales were sold at an advance of .\e. The impediments of navigation have inter fered with our manufacturing demand, confin ing sales nearly entirely to exporters. Hales in transitu, from Southern ports to Liverpool, have also boon very light, from the high cost of recent shipments. The sales here yester day were 2000 bales at j to §o advance. Thu tendency at present is to undcr-estimatu tlie crop. The receipts, front various causes, have recently been light. Snow and rain have so prevailed that the country roads are perfect morasses. The first has fallen so generally that it insures us free navigation in the Spring months, and will bring to market the crop heretofore detained by the want of navigation. We anticipate moderate receipts during this month. Weave assured by panics returning lroiu the South, that the rains have not beat out the remaining cotton, but it will probably lower the quality of what yet remains in the fields. Tho estimates do not extend over 3,700,000, ba1es nor under 3,000,000: but some of the advocates have changed positions. Wc soc no cause for reducing our estimates of at least 8,600.000 bales. A Canadian Paper on the President’s Message. The editor of the Montreal Argus, not hav ing t; ic fear of Queen Victoria before liis eyes, has the hardihood to write thus of that por tion of President Pierce’s message that dis cusses tho question of British enlistments: “The enlistment of soldiers in the United States for tho British army during the past year, with the sanction of the British Govern ment, is an act that cannot be too strongly reprobated. The remarks of the President on this flagrant insult to the national sovereignty, | severe as they are, are less so than the occa- I sion would have justified. The nation he represents has a right to demand not merely I the cessation of the practice, but signal repar , ation for the injury inflicted.” Virau tin- Aup-,-ta Constitutionalist- stli inst. Great Fire in Augusta. About 12 o’clock on Sunday night, a tire commenced its ravages, in this city, on the East side of Ghew’s Alley, and continued its desolating course for about three boars. The weather was very cold, which deterred many persons from emerging from their residences ; and the quantity of burning cinders and flakes of fire, Which filled the air, and were borne off by the wind, caused numbers of citizens to remain about their own neighborhoods, to prevent the occurrence of other fires. Roofs of houses, a. well as combustible materials, were ignited in the first ward, several hundred yards below the principal scene of conflagra tion, but were, fortunately, noticed and ar rested. The wind was from the West, and occasionally blowing strong, which rendered the fire in a great measure unmanageable.— But the gallant Firemen of the city, when the fury of the flames seemed to mock their efforts, redoubled their energies, and battled with the raging element until it was subdued. The Firemen had no child’s play on Sunday night, and deserve great praise for their devoted services. The fire originated in an unteuauted house in the alley, and it is presumed was tho work of an incendiary. Below, we give a report of the principal houses md stores destroyed by the fire: ON UKOAUSTKKET. The wooden store and brick house in the rear, owned by the estate of Zacli. Turpin— insured. Occupied by J. lleuklo, in the up per tone incut as a grocery and provision store —loss uncertain —insured on goods for SI,OOO. J. B. llanzo, in the tenement below, as a Boot and Shoe shop—loss very trifling. The next house on Broad street, on the West corner of Chew’s alley, was owned by Mr. Miller, (formerly Mr. B. F. Chew’s). Occu pied as a Barber shop in front, and the resi dence up stairs vacant. The houses on the east corner of Chew’s alley, formerly Mrs. Sera’s, owned by Mr. An tonio Pizzini, of Richmond, Va. No insur ance. Occupied by A. P. Wort, as a grocery store, and residence up stairs. Insured on goods for SI,OOO. The wooden house below, owned by Mr. B. McKonuon. who resided there. Insured for §1,500. Mrs. Bruce occupied the store as a millinery and fancy store. She was insured for SI,OOO. Wooden house next below, owned by the es tate of Jacob Abrahams- —no insurance. Oc cupied by Dusclic & l’ilat, as a bar room. Tlie three story brick house, owned by Mrs. Kinchley. Insured for $3,500. Occupied by R. Aldworth, as a grocery and as a dwelling. Furniture an entire loss. Insured on groce ries $1,00(1. UN ELI,IS STREET. Wooden house, owned by 15. F. Chew, insur ed for $l,lOO. Loss about SI,OOO. Occupied by Mrs. E. J. Brown, Dress Make} 1 , as a resi dence. The loss of this lady we could net ascertain. House on West corner of Chew’s alley, own ed by Mr. Miller, was occupied by Charles Gross, as a residence. His loss in furniture and clothing was about $l5O. House owned by Mr. Pizzini, on east side of Chew’s alley, was insured and unoccupied. House owned by B. McKcnnon, insured for SSOO. Occupied by Mrs. Hadley, a widow lady. Her loss we did not learn. House owned and occupied by Mrs. Titus, a widow lady. No insurance. JN TIIE ALLEY. Two or three families who resided in tlie alley wo could not ascertain tlie names of.— One jvas a Basket Maker employed by Mr. Yates, the blind man—another was a widow and her daughter, and another was Mrs. Ca hill, ti widow lady. A colored man, by the name of Bill Hale, a huckster in the market, and another by the name of Edmund Fox, a painter, and some one or two colored families, resided in tlie alley. All the houses on the west side of the alley, belonged to a Mr. Miller, and we un derstood were insured. The losses by the Insurance Offices, so far as we could learn were : Angusta Insurance and Banking Cos., SI,OOO Hardford and Home Companies, sto $6,000 Southern Mutual, 6 to $7,000 If any other offices sustained a loss by the fire, we did not hear of it. About twenty-five houses, large and small, were destroyed, and although not costly build ings, several were neat and comfortable resi dences. Only two were built of brick : tbe balance were of wood. The Arctic Regions. It is impossible, from anything we are yet in possession of, to form an opinion as to what . exists beyond the parallel of 82 degrees, 80 minutes north, or beyond that of 80 degrees of latitude south. The north magnetic pole has been discover ed and examined—it is elevated but a little above tide, in latitude about 70 degrees N., longitude about 5)8 degrees IV. Tiie magnetic pole of the Antarctic has not been reached, for it is walled in by ice and is situated in lofty mountains not yet explored; its position, however, is further from the equator than the north magnetic pole, and in the vicinity of two lofty mountains, in which volcanoes are in an active state at an elevation of more than ten thousand feet above the sea. Tho atmosphere of the Arctic is unlike our atmosphere. Lieut, Parry, when on Melville Island in the winter of 1819—'20, latitude about 75 degrees N.. longitude about 111 deg. W., says: “We had frequent occasion iu our walks on shove, to mark the deception which takes place in estimating the distance and magnitude of objects when viewed over ail un varied surface oi snow. It was not uncom mon for us to direct our steps towards what was taken to be a large mass of stone at the distance of half a mile, but which we were able to take lip in onr hand after one minute’s walk. This was more particularly tlie case when ascending tlie brow of a hill, nor did we find that the deception became less on account of the frequency with which we experienced its effects.” The discovery of the open Circumpolar Sea appears to have been made by a Russian offi cer thirty years ago. This was Lieutenant Wrangcl, who, somewhere about the year 1824, advanced by sleds across the ice from the northern coast of Siberia, duo north to the open sea. Lieutenant ( now Admiral) Wrau gel took frequent soundings during the trip, and found the water shallow, with a mud bot tom. The climate became more moderate as | he made northing. According to his estimate of his position at the margin of the open polar ocean, ho must have been near tbe parallel of 82 degrees north, on which Dr. Kane was when he saw the same sea, almost on the opposite side of the Pole. Lieutenant Wrangel con cealed provisions iu the ice as he advanced, which lie cut out for supplies on his return.— The party slept in lodges warmed by a spirit lamp, which also cooked their meals. Their sufferings were not so great as those of the land parties that have gone out from tlie Bri tish exploring ships. Additional European NTews. Constantinople intelligence under date of the 7th instant, reports Mouvavieff advancing in Asia. His advanced posts are within three hours march ot Erzerouni. i’lic campaign ot the Turkish army in Imenstia, is definitely abandoned in order to cover Erzcroum. Omar Pacha’s troops have begun to arrive at Trcbi zonde. The Egyptain contingent had already embarked for there. Omar Pacha had already tendered his resignation, but the Sultan re fused to accept it. Omar was in disgrace at Constantinople. Not long since the official Commissioner lor widows and orphans applied to attach Omar’s property in Constantinople for tlie behalf of his children by his first wife. In compliment to Omar the attachment was not permitted; but since tlie fall of Kars, the Commissioner lias taken the property. The Turkish Government has published the account of the fall of Kars, tending to throw the entire responsibility on Omar. Ho sent Colonel Simmons to defend him at Constantinople, but Simmons, finding himself supplanted there, left for England.— Omar blames the Turkish Ministry, and espec ially Riga l’aclia, for withdrawing supplies. There is some talk that Omar Paclia will be sent as Turkish Minister to England. Abd-cl-Kader lias arrived in Damascus to occupy the palace presented to him by the Sultan. A Paris commercial letter says the French whaler Espadon was chased two days near Ku riliics Island, In the Pacific, by the Russian Corvette, but escaped in a snow storm. Tbe Copenhagen official journal denies the existence of any circular repudiating the Swedish alliance on the part of Denmark.— St. Petersburg letters say that Marshal l’askiu witcli has bequeathed his dying injunction to the Emperor to make peace. He would never have given this advice to Nicholas, whose bat tles he had fought, but to the young Emperor, who liad no hand in raising the war, he urged the policy of peace. There arc six daily newspapers published at St. Petersburg. The principal one is the Inva lide llussc, the military official organ, which was first started in 1814. Another is the St. Petersburg Gazette, which has been upwards of a hundred years in existence, and is under the especial care of the Academy of Sciences. The Northern Bee represents the politics of the conservative party of Russia, and has a large circulation. Both these last named journals are published in the Russian language. The others are the Journal <le St. Petersburg, in French, the St Petersbcrger Zeituug, in Ger man, and the Tygoduik, a Polish journal. We copy from the Scientific American the following notice of an invention by a gentleman of Charleston : Paver Fbkimnu Aim’akatus ton Printing Presses. —By Samuel I . Chapman, of Charles ton, S. <’. In this improvement tlie air-pump is employed in connection with a perforated cylinder to suck up the sheets from a pile, one by one, carry them into the press, and the dis charge is effected by a cut-off arrangement, which causes the pump to change from exhaust to blast, and blow the sheet from the cylinder. Engravings would be required to convey a full plea of the working of this invention. Distressing. The Richmond Dispatch says : We yester day mentioned the fact that tlie schooner T. W. Levering was capsized in Chesapeake Bay, and fourteen persons drowned. On the 12th, the vessel was found off Onancock Creek ; on board were found Mrs James 11. Owens, of James City county, and six children, all frozen to death. Her husband and tlie crew had been washed off and drowned. Mr. Owens was a brother of the Rev. Pitman Owens, of Nanse mond county. The Commerce of Savannah. The report of the Mayor of Savannah for the year ending Oct. 31st, show's the commerce of our seaport to bo iu the most flourishing condition. Exports of cotton for the year amount to $17,706,215, against $15,681,806 for the preceding year. Tbe graud total value of the exports for the year, is $20,129,230, against $17,881,900 for 1854. Tlie imports, foreign and domestic, are supposed tobe nearly equivalent to the exports, making the commerce of Savannah up to near forty millions of dollars annually. —Atlanta Intelligencer. Fined lor Wearing a Shawl. A young man named Kirk Anderson has been arrested in St. Louis, Mo., for wearing a shawl, on the ground that it was not the ap parel of his sex. The case came up on Friday, and Anderson was fined SSO. 11 lias created intense excitement among tlie shawl weaving gentry of St. Louis. Tlie Tennessee House of Representatives has passed the bill to purchase the Hermitage, in cluding the tomb of Jackson and five hundred acres surrounding. It is thought that the Senate will concur, and that thus the home du ring life ancl the resting-place in death of Ten nessee’s illustrious son will be forever preser ved from invasion by forgetful hands. .J. S. FEMBERTOS & CO., H AVE received tlie appointment fmm the proprietor . for tho sole agency of Woodman’s Cherry Expectorant, the medicine tlmt lias created such an excitement ut the North among the Physicians, and lias been pronounced by all who have used it as being far superior to Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Woodland's Cherry Expectorant con tains the active medical qualities of tho Yellow .losandne. tins pure decoction of Wild Cherry Hark, and many ethei valuable ingredients that render it far letter than any other Cough Medicine in tills country. RECOMMENDATIONS. New Orleans. April 9, 1855. hear Sir—The public generally are fully aware ol ihe thousands of remedies for Diseased Lungs, under the titles of Sarsaparilla*, Pills, X’lasters, Liniments. Ac., that are daily brought to their notice through the newspapers bv way of advertisements. My object in writing this note for publication, is to induct the public, pr at least those Who are afflicted, to use one that contains articles of It’ ll Use in 1 ‘ttlwntiary Diseams. I tun conscious that iu so doing. I am acting most improfossionully.and deroga toriiy to the interests of Medical Science and the regular Practitioners of Medicine. 1 refer to Woodman's Cherry Expectorant, w hich is a scientific remedy that I hare used with more success than any of the “usual prescrip tions used hy Physicians. •I. M. Maitland. M. P. , Gallatin, Miss., May 1, 1855. O. 0. oodman—Dear Sir; I have given your Cherry Expectorant a fair trial and am well pleased with its ef fects; better than any other article 1 ever-met with. T would be pleased to have you send me half a dozen bot tles by the bearer. Respectfully. W. M. M ason, M. D. This preparation has attained a wide celebrity from the universal success which lias attended its use. For coughs, colds, and in fact, any pulmonary complaints, this medicine, from its peculiar properties as a dissolvent and its soothing power to till irritations of the threat will probably be preferred to any other offered to the public. As an appetizer, or dyspeptic remedy, it will also be found excellent, its natural and genial warmth keeping tlie digestive powers iu proper tone. Remember that this is tlie only Cough Medicine that lias stood tlie test of the medical fraternity. It is sanc tioned by, approved of, and recommended by the leading Physicians of New York city. Every Lottie is warranted to give satisfaction or the money refunded. We guaran tee it to be better than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Cod Liver Oil. or anything else now extant. #"Priec —One Dollar a Bottle. .1. is. PEMBERTON Sc CO.. Columbus, (la,. Only agents for this county. February 5. coivrivrEi^ci-A.x J . OFFICE OF THE DAILY SUN February 7,185 r-. “ ’ The demand for cotton yesterday was good at a f urt | advance of an %to a quarter. We now quote Midp, J St fto B)ej. Strict Middling to 8%, Good Middlin’- “1 to 9, and Middling Fair lij^c. Savannah, Feb. s.—Cotto market yesterday v J active at prices same as previously given since tin- rnv.'.S of the Arabia's news. 1727 bales changed hands atJ following particulars, viz; sat 25 at 8; oat 8 1 ,;- ‘ at 8%; 180 at BJ/ : 330 at 0; ,4a at f%; 780 at tit -W 9 3-10: 9at 9%. ‘ ‘'*3 Charleston, Feb. 4, op. at. —Cotton—The market a again well attended to-day. and under a bri k denim,'!’ j and an active influence, the sales amounted to I hales, at the prices established on Saturday. New Orleans, Jan. 31.—Unfavorable weather ands i limited supply offering, have restricted sales to-dav; I 3000 bales. Prices exhibit little or no change, ami 1 Repeat onr previous quotations, as follows | Inferior SV)(@OW Midding B%@S” * Ordinary Good Midding > Good Ordinary.... 7 J/j(bi7>M Midding Fair lump i” how Midding 8 (a, Fair nominal | NEW ORLEANS CoI'TON STATEMENT—Jan. 3], Stock on hand on tho Ist Sept., 1855 -58 I Arrived sinco 3 Arrived to-day i I.OTTVd- 1 Exported to date 753,755 Exported to-day 7,913 —7(3 epj Stock oil hand and on shipboard not cleared 276.1ir I Apalachicola, Jiui. 30.—Cotton —Our receipts sin-, l Saturday have been only 121 bales. Foreign fre.i, J have declined, and engagements have been made, \ British vessels for Liverpool at %and. No change, J Coastwise. Chattanooga, Feb. 2.—The river remains low, and j vigation partly closed with ice above. Weather exli-en,. 1 ly cold. Bacon—A large stock on band; none received bv ti -I river yet—city cured worth 9@loe; green B@9c. Corn —Very dull; worth 30 to 35 cents—little doiny-l buyers show no disposition to make offers. Cotton comes up itKsnuill quantities. Flotir $9@9.50 at retail; wholesale SS. Wheat—Dull; buyers will give $1.3e@1.40 per bitsln l l Boats are bringing small quantities in. Cincinnati, Jan. 31. p. M. —Flour unchanged. Hog,J Provisions firmer. Mess Pork held at $15": Imlk lii-i.l $6, 7 and S. Lard 9Jj(. Whiskey firmer at 24% to 24 I The correspondent of the New York Tribunel states that in one portion of that city there art-1 no less than four “bogus Sunday School-. I with a large number of collectors, who rai- 3 from SI,OOO to $5,000 per annum, one-tentiil “to carry ou tlie operations of the schools, and I the other ninety to support a set of lazy I hangers-on. Some of these “religious opera-1 tors” are the veriest scoundrels in the world, j BILLS OF LADING. Merchants’ Bills of Lading printed and for sale at tliiJ office, at one dollar per hundred. AMERICAN CIRCUS AND INDIAN AMPHITHEATRE. rpVVO LARGE COMPANIES combined, ar f ranged and perfected forthegreat South ern tour of ’55 and ’56, surpassing in splendor of Equipage, highly trained Steeds, versatility of talent. Ac., any other Circus in the world: boasting of being the most brilliant Equistrian, Gymnastics and Dramatic Etertainment ever given to the AMERICAN PEOPLE, given un der an immense water-proof Pavilion, accom dating with ease andconvenience FIVE THOU SAND PERSONS. The great and interesting feature of this wonderful establishment, is tin addition of a large Toupe of Genuine Wild Indians, from the vast Plains, anti from beyond the Rocky Mountains, consisting of CHIEFS, BRAVES, WARRIORS, and SQUAWS, dress ed in all the paraphernalia of their respective nations, will appear within the Pavilion in dar ing Equestrian Feats, Feats of Strength, Foot Races, Prize Shooting with Bows and Arrows. Ceremonies, Historical Scenes, &c. Among the large company of White Eques trians may be found tlie justly celebrated “Pastor Brothers,” with a reputation unequalled in the annals of Equestrianism. FRANK PASTOR, the most accomplished rider of the age—the only person living wli” can throw ft, somerset from feet to feet, lotli backwards and forwards on a horse at full speed. He stands without a rival, America's favorite son. WILLIAM PASTOR, tlie great Gysnastic Equestrian, the most celebrated Antipocrean Equilibrist living; also, GEORGE O. KNAPP, the great American Clown, surnamed by the press “ The Modern Touch Stone,” will open his inexhaustible budget of jokes, witticisms, drolleries and ec centricities. M He HENRIETTA, the most accomplished female equestrian in the world, will appeal within the arena, on her beautiful steed Oswego, in her great Bare Back Act, without saddle or bridle, leaping like a Fairy through hoop-, balloons, over garters, banners, &c., —a thing never before attempted by a female in this country. JOE HAZELETT, the champion Vsuiter ol tlie world, the only one who can throw a som erset over ten horses abreast. BEN. BURNISH, the great comic equestrian and pantouiinist; also the modern Hercules first sppearanco at the South. GEO. SLOMAN, the greatest living gymnast and champion tumbler. Master WILLEY WASHBURN, theintrepiJ tumbler, and performer Sur la Perch Equipoi: Among the many acts, the following deserve i a Posing notice; The Pcrche Equipoise, j novel and stupendous feat of Equilibriums. ! performed by GEO. SLOMAN, Master WILLEV I WASHBURN, up a pole or staff thirty feet from the ground. This performance is too immense and incredibly grand for description: it must be seen to be appreciated. The La Trappes or Double Bridge of Ropes, by Messrs. HAZELLT L’ and SLOMAN, on a bridge ol ropes suspended forty feet from the ground: daring performance, never before witnessed at the South. Admission 50 cents ; Children under 1” years of age and Servants half price. Door °pen at 71, P. M. Tlie Company will have tin honor of performing in Columbus Feb. 6th, 7th and Bth. Previous to commencing performances, the Bund will play several sublime pieces of music thus combining tlie Circus and Concert. GEO. E. 11EYDON, Agent February 6, 1856. evening” perfoemance. The Company will give an Entertain ment THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON, ex pressly for the accommodation of families wh” cannot attend at night, commencing at ,2j o’clock, on which occasion a variety of up” Acts. Scenes. &c. will l>e introduced’