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1 I ’ ■ - > 1 v \j\j -J)\ JJ liu ii Lj w-f -J-/ il jjgT) i. ,L \ji - BY JAMES GARUNKK GENERAL NEWS. Mr. Douglas’ Nebraska Bill. We are enabled to lay belore our readers to day the report of Senator Douglas, accompanying the bill lor organizing the Territory of Nebraska. Upon perusing this important document, our readers will readily comprehend why we attach so much importance to it. In upholding the policy of the present administration with such efficiency as we could command, we have been forced to vindicate the President as well as our self against the charge of favoring free-soilism and disuuionism. Our vindication ot both has rested upon the assumption, which we have felt fully authorised to adopt, that the policy of the administration recognizes none as orthodox Democrats who do not faithfully abide by the Compromise ol 1800 as a final settlement of the slavery issue. Upon this ground we have gone before the country, arid upon that issue we have signally triumphed. The Nebraska bill is drawn up on the same principles, and piesents an op portunity for a practical vindication of the poli cy of the administration, which is destined to exert a prominent influence upon the public mind. But so important a document will com mand universal attention and needs r.o com mendation from us.— Washington Union. REPORT. The Committee on Territories, to which was referred a bill lor an act to establish the Territory of Nebraska, have given the same that seriou and deliberate consideration which its great irri portance demands, and beg leave to report it back to the Seriate, with various amendments, in the torrn of a substitute for the bill. The principal amendments which your com mittee deem it then duty to commend to the favorahle action ol the Seriate,in a special report, are those in which the principles established by the compromise measures ol 1850. so lar as the) are applicable to territorial organization, are pro posed to be a (filmed and earned into practical operation within the limits ot the new Territo ry- The wisdom of those measures is attested not less by their salutary and beneficial effects in allaying sectional agnation and restoring peace and harmony to an irriia'edand distracted peo pie, than by the coidial and almost universal ap probation with which they have been received and sanctioned by the whole country.. Id the • judgment ol you: committee, those measures were intended to have a lar more comprehensive and enduring effect than the mere adjustment of the difficulties arising out of the recent ac quisirion ot .Mexican territory. They were de signed to establish certain great principles,which would not only furnish adequate remedies tin existing evils, hut, iri all time to come, avoid the perils ot a similar agitation, by withdiawing the question ol slavery from the halls ol Congres aud the political arena, and committing it to the arbitrament ol ihose who weie immediately in teiested in, and alone responsible tor its corise qu'ences. With the view ot conforming their action to-what they regard the settled policy ol the government, sanctioned by the approving voice ol the American people, your committee have deemed it their duty to incorporate and perpetuate in their territorial bill the principle and spirit ol those rrieasuies. Il any otner con siderations were necessary to render the pro priety ot this course imperative upon the com mittee. they may be lound in the fact that the Nebraska country occupies tbe same relative po j siticn to the si .very question as cd New Mexi disputed point ai BBO> " _-««j(pt*3nco: ' •• ... |h« country On the one hand, it was contended, as a legal projiosion, that slavery having been prohibited, by the enactments of Mexico, acording to the j lawsol nations, we received the country with all its local laws and domestic institutions at littCnovr -ta. I.bu caul. »*£ lia - - +- l r~T~' ■*- y . . . with the constitution ol the Umiec. states ; and that a law, either pro'ecting or prohibiting ala very was not repugnant to that instrument, as was evidenced by tbe lact that one half ol the States ol the Union tolerated, while the othe. half prohibited, tbe institution of slavery. On the other hand it was insisted that, by vntue o the constitution ol the United States, ever) citizen had a right to remove to any territory ol the Union, and carry his property with him. under the protection of law, whether that pro perty consisted in persons or things. The de ferences arising from this diversity of opinion, were greatly aggravated by the lact that there were many persons,on both sides ol the bgai controversy, who were unwilling to abide the decision of the courts in the matter- in dispute. Thus, among those who claimed that the Mex ican laws were still m lotce, and, consequently, that slavery was already prohibited hi those ter ritories by valid enactment, tneie were many who insisted upon Congress n aking the mattei certain by enacting ai other prohibrton. In bke manner, some ol those who argued that the Mexican laws had ceased to have any binding force and that the constitution tolerated anil proie’cted slave property in those territories, were unwilling to trust the decision ol the couits 11(101. that pom , and insisted that Congress should D> direct enactment remove all legal obstacles to the introduction of slaves into those territories. Such being the chaiac er ol the controversy in respect to the teiritory acquired Horn Mexico, a similar question has arisen 111 regard tolhe righ> to hold slaves in the proposed i'enitory n|\ebr..s ka, when the Indian laws shall ln* withdrawn and the country thrown open to emigration and settlement. By the 8 h section of "All act to authorze tire people ol Missouri lerritory to form a Constitution and Slate government, ann v for the admission 01 such Slate into ihe Union Oil an original looting with the Oligmal Slates and to prohibit slavery in certain I'. intones, approved March 6. IS2' " was provided : " 1 bar in all territory ceded h> Fiance to the U. Sia es under the name O' Loul-nma. which lies north o Unity six degree and tinny rninu'es north lair fui'e not included w I'lnn me limits ol the S’at. contemplated by this act, slavery ai d involun tiUV servitude otnei wise than i;, me punishmen ol ciimes w rii ieol ttm paiile- shall have lieei duly convicted, shall ami is hereby, loiever prohibited: ft uotiJtd alwiys that anypeisoi, escaped mo I r.e same. I i*»o. w h"iri laboi or sei vice Is law lull) (Mulined in any State or fern tory ol the United Males, such lugitive may lie ldwiull) leciauned and conveyed lo the person claiming Ills *ll het mb .1 or serv ice as aloiesalil. Under this section, as in the case ol the Mexi Can 1.1 w in New M xt o and Utah, it is a dis puted (loint w rie h-1 slaveiy is prohibited 111 the Nebiaska couu’ry ti) vital enactment. I tiede Clsloii ol this q test ion 10 vov.s Ihe »OliStltut 1011 ai puwu-r ol Cnngl'ess to (lass laws prescribing ami 1- gotatn g Hie dorr*, s ic nistitirtioii ol (tie various te 11 mo 1-> 01 Mo Union In trie opinion ©I 1 hose eminent statesmen who hold thal Con gross is invested w,ih in> rightlnl authority to Jeg s.aie Upon iheM.tJ-ci ol s.aveiy 111 the lei riloiies. the eighitr s. ci.ou ol the act preparatory to the ailn.issr .il of .Vi I*l-0011 is null and vom ; vv lie t’.e pi-vaili. g .-(n' iiiient hi a I ig H pm tion 111 the U 1. n M.-'an.s me doc' Ime mat Ih constitution ol the Uni'ed S : ales secuies to ever) Clt Zeli dll 11 a 1.-. ao l _m .1 move lilt- any 01 the terrrtones with bis property ol whatever kind and description, and to hold and enjoy the same under the sanction of law. Your commit ree do not feel themselves called upon to r iter into the discussion of these controverted ques tions. They involve the same grave issues which produced the agitation, the sectional strife, and he tearful struggle of 1850. As Congress deemed t wise a:.d prudent to refrain from deciding the matter in controversy then, either by affirming -r repealing the Mexican laws, or by an act de daiafory of the true intent ol the protection af tonled by it to slave property in the territories, so your committee are not prepared now to re commend a departure from the course pursued >n that memorable occasion, either by affirming ir repealing the eighth section of the Missouri Act, or by any act declaratory of*the meaning ol the constitution in respect to the legal points in dispute. Your committee deem it fortunate loi ’he peace ol the country and the security of the Union, that the controversy then resulted in the adoption ot the compromise measures, which the wo great political parties, with singular unani mity, have affirmed as a cardinal article of their aith. and proclaimed so the world as a final set tlement ol the controversy, and an end of the agitation. A due respect, tberelore, for the avow ed opinion of senators, as well as a proper sense ofjatriotic duty, enjoin upon your committee 'he propriety and necessity of a strict adherence 'o the principles, and even a literal adoption ol he enactments, of that adjustment, in all their territorial bills, so far as tbe same are not locally inapplicable. Those enactments embrace,among other things less material to the matters under consideration, the following provisions: "When admitted as a State, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without s'avery, as their ron -titntion may [describe at the time of their ad mission. “That the legislative power and authority ol said Territory shall he vested in the governor and a legislative assembly. “ That the legislative power of said Territory -hall ex'end to all righttul subjects ol legislation, onsis’ent with the constitution of the U. States -inn the provisions ol this act: but no law shall oe passed interiering w ith the piimary disposal ol the sod; no <ax shall he imposed upon the property ol tne United States: nor shall the lands or other property ol nonresidents be taxed higher (ban the lauds or other property of residents. “Wins of error, and appeals from the final de cisions ol said supreme court, shall be allowed, ami may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States in the same manner and under the -dine regulations as Irom the Cucuit Courts oi the United States, where the valued the pro pel ty or the amount in controversy, to be ascer tained by the oath or affirmative of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed one thou-and dollais; except only that, in a ll cases involving title toslaves. the said writs of error or appeals shall be allowed and decided by the said supreme court, without regard to the value oi the matter, pioperty, or ti'le in controversy; and except, also, that a writ or appeal shall also lie allowed to the ot the Uni’ed States, tiom the decisions of the said supreme court created by this act, or of any judge thereof or ol t”e disfi let courts created by thisac'.or ot any judge thereof upon any wntol ' habeas corpus involving the question of personal tieedurn ; and each of the said distr ct courts shall h ve and exercise the same jin isdiction, in all cases arising under the constitut.on and laws ot the U. State-, i.-is vested in the circuit and district courts ol rtie United States; and tne said supreme and district courts of the said Territory, and the res peetive judges thereof, shall uid may grant writs ol habeas corpus in all cases in which the same aie gian'eil by the judges of the United States m ttie District of Co u.-t.bia.” To which may he added the following propo sition, affirmed by the act of IBSO, known as the' * ‘ s< ielcapmg n ? C..e service ot their masters.” appn r eßruarv rl2th, J 793. and the (irovisi >ns of ’he "Act to I amend and supplementary to the aforesaid act, approve I September 18th, 1850. shall extend to and be in force in all the organized rerritories,” as and test upon the following (iroposition : First, that all questions | ertaining to slavery in the Territories, and in the new States to be lorrne i therefrom, are to be left to the decision ol the people residing therein, through their ap piopnate representatives, to be chosen by them lor that purpose. Seen in 1 , r bat "all cases in voi ving title to slaves,’’ and "questions ot personal Ireedorn.” are relerred to the adjudication of the local tribunals, with die right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the U. States. Third. That the provisions of the constitution ol the United States in respect to fugitives troni service, are to be carried into lailhlul execution in all "the organized Territories” the same as ill the Slates. I'hesubstitute for the bill which your com mittee have piepared, and which is commended ■ o the lavorable acii >n ol the Seriate, proposes to carry these propositions and principles into practical opeiation, ill the precise language of the comproin.se measures ot 1850. Election of City Officers. At a regular meeting ol the City Council last evening, the lollowiug officers were elected to -erve one year. Tieasurer —Joseph W. Roberts. Clerk ot Cou icil—Edward U Wilson. Cits Marshal—Philip M. Russel. City Surveyor—Joseph M Sherman. .Vlol Council —R. D Pa pot. Keeper ot Guard House— l homas Leary. Clerk of Maiket—Waring Russell, iveepei Powder Magazine—Win. Burke. Chimney Contractor, lor that part ol the city East id Burned Street Manning. Chimney Contractor, lor t'-at part ol he citv West >.| Barnard Street G< fkiri Su eriiitendent, ol the City Watch—E. M. Perulergrast. Deputy <■f 'o.—W F Shearer. 2.1 L eut. ol do VI. Houllihan. Ber.ed.it» 01 do—C. Hu>sey,T. D. Maxwell, l' 1 *aisi»ellelser. H. Morse. Keeper ol Peat House.— 1 hos. Rcdfem. Pump C mtiacior —D. Hernandez, Oh Limn* r.Caiey.SP/ 90 per Lamp. -L). H. Stewart, $9,000 lor the firs* year. $3,000 per > t.ar U r the second and thin Port Wardens—-M Amorous, H. W. Smith. R. T. Punier, J. *£. and J. >l. McDonald inspectors ol Lurnbei—J. R- Wolff, R f|OS Ho> tie, VV. A. Connery, T. R. Wylly, J. B Dash r, and J S Malletie. City Constables—E. Mendell, W. Swoll, J. A. Rictiaidsone, Davis, E Kanwaller, and W. J. Bandy. The election of Citv Printer, and Keeper ol City clocks were postponed until the next meet ing ol Council. — Sav. Rep l3/A inst. The New York Aldermen to be Imprison kd. — i'he Supieme Couit ol New \ ork having -ustaitied the decision ol the Superior CoUit in the case ol contempt of the New York City Al dermen in reins rig to obey the injunction 01 bur. tribunal, restraining them Irom trie grant »i me Broadway Railroad, Alderman S'urtevant will have to he imprisoned lor 15 days, and pay , tine ui $250. All toe other Aldermen, (ex ept Wesiy Smith, who apologized and paid th. ei.alt y,) will have to pay a hue ol $250 each, without being scut to prison. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAitjf ANUARY 18, 1854. 1 From the New York Journal Commerce, 9lli in<f.| Another Conflagration ! —Metropolitan Hall and the Lafarge House in B.uins!—Malig nant Incendiarism! Disaster lotlows disaster, in quick succession, at sea and on land. Within a lew weeks, we have had to recoid the destruction by fire of the Empire iion works, Rodgeis’ clothing, and Har pers’ publishing establishments, three valuable merchantmen; besides minor losses, and now there is added to the melancholy catalogue, the Metropolitan Hall, the most gorgeous concert room hi the United States, consecrated by the “ Queen ot Sung” and hallowed by many pleas ing recollections, and finally, the magnificent marble structure known as the “ Lafarge Ho tel,” which was just on the point ol completion, and was to vie 111 luxurious splendor, with the most magnificent of its contemporaries. The aggregate losses by these seveial calamitous fires exceed four millions dollars. Fne was di.-co-eied at half past 12 o’clock yesterday morning, in the south-wtst corner [.Mercer street side) of Metropolitan Hall, which has lately been connected with the La Targe House, just erected on the Broadway side ol the same block, il riot the work ol ai. incendiary, its origin can only be accounted lor bv supposing that it caught Irom the flue ol tne boiler em ployed to beat the bunding w ith steam, which is highly impr-bable. 1 here was a space ol twelve inches, on all ides, between this flue and any wood work. The mos remarkable feature connected with this di.-astrous tire, grows out ot the lact that threats were lieely made pievious to Uavazzi’s last leciuie, on Thursday night, that il he w ere permitted to speak again in iriat bunding, it would be burnt; and we are inlormedgon the best authority, that an individ ual was seen to run from tbe Hail a short time Uuiore the tiie broke out, anJ that, in all proba bility, tbe wretch will be brought to punish ment. The Hall was speedily wrapt in fla nes, and, with its gilded decorations and Iresco paintings, tel! a piey to the devouring element. The low er part ol it, beneath ihe concert room, to ruled the dining-room and kitchen ol the hotel ; and as tbe building was in close contiguity with the hotel, the latter w s involved in tbe c-mmon ruin. All this projieity belonged to Mr. John La Farge, by whom it had been leased, with the exception of the two stoies on tbe first floor, Broadway side, to Wright, Lanier He Co., lor ten years, dating Irom last May, lor $52,000 per an num. All the arrangement lor commencing uusiness were so neariy completed, that Thursday had been fixed upon as the time lor a public dinner, in honor of the event. For ill ny days past, an immense quantity of elegant rose wood lurniture, mommoth mi.rors, rich up holstery. carpets, &c., have been carried m, and eveiy effoit was making to give the La Farge House an undisputed claim to pre-einiuence among establishments oi the kind. The only occupants ol the building weie Mr Lauier, with his larmly and servant; and with such rapidity did tbe flames advance, that they saved their lives only by tbe greatest exertion, with presence ot mind. Wituout uudeitakiug to save any. ol their personal tfleets. Itiey lu-heu to the main stairway; but so dense was ilie smoke that it was lound impossible to ploeeed, amt the next ended tor was lo tscape by tbe sei tants’stairway. In Ibis luoiiiriuul perplexity the gas-lights were all extinguished by tbe smoke, and Mrs Lamer felt Irom a sense ol sul location. With wondeilu! sell-possession, to which he is indebted lor his lile, Mr. Laiuei succeeded in gaming the stalls in the darkne--. w ith ms wile, and reaching the bottom, buis open the door and escaped. The son was lortunate, tor, los ng himselt aik I ges, he was obiteed to get .ugh a K ‘ “f ail to coirSTto-iby. Hail they beenf*J ' v * 1 'of* 1 of the bunding »t the lurieut the fiieAtl. Ole lots of lile must have ensued. Mir.f &ss or * was not in the city. IP 0 - an " The iessees ol the Hotel ‘•(•Liirtated 10 KK iterfrrroO.v TJTOTis amoTTui, $20.01i0 | the caOmet I'uimlure, and Tie him ol Lanier & Co , had $17,.000 in their own naßle. Ihe latter are principally secuied by a stipula lion in their coniiacts, wbicn exempts them Irom liability umil toe gisids are all Uetiveied Articles to the value ol $28,000, including the sliver, ($18,000) weie to Oe ueuvered to day The luunture was ot the mo-t costly descrip tion, and had mostly been received. Ol tbe whole, only about $1 000 01 $5,000 worth w»s saved, and much ol Ibis badly damaged. T.'ie carpeting, lurnished by Peterson & Huinphrej. cost something ovef $40,000, and included very rich patterns. Ol the whole, only two or three rolls, that had not been laid down, Were saved. Ptie cabinet waie, was Horn E VV. Hutchings's establishment. It was neaily all ol rosewood nchly carved, and cost Irom $15,000 to $48,000 Among ihe items, were 24$ rosewood bmeaux •some ol the bedsteads cost SOOO, each. Ol itni rois, there was the grea est prolusion, and, 111 connection with the upholstery, imparted to ihe vaituus apartments a very goig ous appearance, i’beie were about eighty 111 all, Costing aboul $16,000. One of them was ol enormous'size, having <ost no less than S9OO. In the dining lontii which was very spacious, capable ol seating 700 persons, there weie twelve umiois, 8 by 6 met. I'ney were all lurnished by Waller & K eps, The gla.-s, chi a and cooking utensils, w ere vaiued at $0 OuO. J'he knctieu apparatus was veiy complete. Among other articles thai might he ilientioued, were 300 pail of blankets. 3 500 linen sneets, &c. Ihe l Upams and sheet ing weie Irom Talon’s, in Talk place. The stores 111 the basement Were unoccupied, with a single exception. Hertz & Co. took pos -ession about Ist ol January <4 one ol them, hut nearly all their stock was Saved by the police, and taken to the 15th district station house. I'heir loss is inside ol i5,00H, and Is covered by msuiance. The haibei’s shop hail been li'led up ery elegantly, at a cost ol aboul $5,000, aud w as not Insuied. The La Purge House was erected by Mr John La Farge. and the piopeity was insured tor about S2UO.OOO* Ihe cost ol tbe buildings was be tween $350,000 ai d S4OO 000, and the ground they occtipu d. it we die not mistaken, s wuitl. about sl-30.000. The trout on Bioadway is 150 1 leet. and on Mercer street, including Metropoii tan Hull, 210 leet. An a tditmnal building, hav mg 25 leet Hunt, was going up on Broadv; a y designed as all addition to the hotel, e;,u to have a marble Iroi t in a s yie to cc; resjiond w i»n the main stiuoture, wh;cii would have given an en lile hunt ol 175 leet. and 359 rooms. The hotel buildings are now euHiely r zed t. the gtound. 1 iremen y ester lay pulled down the remaining fragments ol wall. A poitioii ol the walls lell 011 the stole ol Chester DriggS. Esq . damaging the root. Tne Bond Street. H.uisea si stiffeied some. The propiieior provided the 1.1 e men with things needinl lor Ihe body, and le- Ceived a considerable numbei as lodgeis I he destruction ol the hall will pu' Jollien to considerable inconvenience, as he had intended to give his "Ijiand Bui Bure” at that p ace Wed nesday evening; hut it is not individuals, alom hat are effected. The public have siistan.i d a ■oss that will not soon be repaired. We lean. ■ hat it is riot at (.resent, Air La Farge’s intrii -1011 to lebui'd the hall, and that the late occu pants ate nut disjaised to repeat their costly ex perirneut. At the time the Cue broke out, theie was a noth* eiftlarm down town, which disconcerted the j movement of the firemen, and delayed their ef ficient action ; and when finally on the spot, there was evident reluctance to enter the building, on account of the high walls. A general alarm was ; sounded. The entire loss is about $500,000. The following is the insurance on Metropoli tan Hall and the Lafarge Hohse:— Continental $lO 000 Atlantic 5 000 ; Citizens’ 5 000 j Fremens’ 5 000 ] Hamilton 5,000 i Market 5.000 Mechanics’ & Traders’ 5.000 Stuyvesant. 5.000 I St. Mark’s ! 5 000' Springfield J \ 5 000 Augusta j £ 5,000 | Reliance 5 000 : State Mutual (Phila) 5 000 j Astor 5,000 Broadway 5 000 Brooklyn 5,000 Fulton 5 000 Lorillard 5,000 Metropolis 5 000 Pacific 5,000 Washington 5.000 St Nicholas ; 5 000 .’eter Cooper , 5.000 American (Phila) 10,000 N'. Western 5 000 Virginia 5 000 Italarge 5,000 Total $150,000 The insurance on the furniture (sl7 500) is understood to be piincipally effected in Macon j and Charles'on. Supreme Court Decisions, i We are indebted to Mr Cobb, the obliging Re | porter of the Supreme Court, for the following ! minutes of points decided by the Court, at Sa : vannah, January Term, 185-1. i Towl.es for use, &c vs. J iiSTicES, &c. —From Chatham 1. Contracts for the making and repairing o ! bridges in the several counties in this State, by : the Act of 1845. are to he made by the Interior j Courts of the several counties. 2. This general privilege extends to thecoun -1 ty of Chatham, and lepeals the lormer Acts giv •img power to make such contract's to the Cotn- Cmissioners of Public Roads. 3. Hence a mandamus will not lie to compel ! ihe Interior Court to pay for the repairs ot a j bridge, made by contract with the Commissioneis ] ul Public Roads. Gueraril lor Pl’ff. Berrien for defd’t. I A. Smith btal. vs H Atwood —From Mclntosh. 1. Where there is a general exception to the entire charge of the Court below, the plaintiff m a-signing error, must specify the portion of the ehaige o which he exc-pts. 2 An affidavit that an original paper is lost or mi-laid, a d that airer diligent search the depon ent cannot timl the same,'is a substantial com pliance with the 51st Common Law Rule. 3. A paper reiemng to another matter, but making acknowledgments as to the matter in . ci ntrover-y, is lelevaut, and should be admitted I in evidence. 4. Where, by marriage settlement, pro; erty is 1 ,-ett e I upon trustees lor the wife during iil’e, and I .it her death to the children ot hei marriage, and j il no children, then to tne right heirs ot Ihe set i tier (he husband); upon the death ot the hus band, no children of the mariiage surviving him Ate*/ became executed, and this lemamder y |ie:son oi persons asj.t that Inn- ot I— mil 111 r-^l.the ■P* W®" $1 took 1 '! Tbo'wile’s Equity and Right slop does toot apply to choses in actul ,| to possession by the Assignee of thq Husband w ithout the aid and intervention of a Court of Equity, especially if the assignment is made with 4 the consen'/of the wife. , fi W-hwe a 1 .gh* arc rues ft a feme covert , so as she becomes discovert , the statute ot limi tations commences to run in lavor of persons hol ding adveisely to her. 7. VVhere the bill lequires the Defendant to disclose the title by which he holds certain pro perty, his answer setting lorth his title, is res ; ponsive, and as such is evidence before the Jury. I 8. Legal imprisonment does not avoid a con- j tract lor duress, unless used in an illtgal way, or i lor a fraudulent purpose. Stubbs and Dr Lyon for Lltff. Law for Deft Williamson, Ext’it. vs. Wilkins and Wife — From Chut ham. 1 When under the rinrction of a will, the Executor invests a sum in stocks, the dividends of which aie to be paid to the widow ol the Tes rat’r during her natural life —Held hat the Exe cutor is entitled to commissions tqion dividends -0 received and paid out, and 1 hat the same #iould Ije deducted from the dividends as leceived and : ;>aid. ' 2. A Court of Equity has Ihe power by decree ! tj com pel I the Executor to allow the legatee in sitch-a case to receive the dividends directly, and thus dispense with his sei vice and the commis sion thereof. G. Owens and McAllister, for Piss. Law for D.dt. , * IT pc ins t-s. The State —From Columbia. 1. According to the commrn law, as adopter) in Georgia, ihe offence ol simple larceny may be laid in any county, where the goods stolen may be taken, and the proot of the a-portation wrs -ufficient to authorize a convict 011. 2 l'he provision in the Constitution of Geor gia, requiring all offences to be tried in the coun ty where committed, does not interlere with this iule ol the common law. 3 An acquittal, therefore, in any county wheie the goods may be taken is a bar upon the plea ol autffois acquit to a prosecution in the county wheie the goods were originally taken. Kugers for pltlf. Atty. Geneial Shewmake ior d- ft. ♦Judge Starnes did not preside id this case having once prououiiced lodgment therein, wrieh sitting in the Cncuit 'Court —Sav Rep. 13i/i iitsl The Pii' IiABt | Monument — Since the an n°un*!'inent ol the successlul seaich ol Col Bow **•', for the g’ave ol Pula-ki, many enquiiies I have been made ol us c< ncerning the progress ol I 'he Pulaski Monument, and tt e pro able tim ! of its completion, lnordei to satisly ourselves ai d i'lose interested in the 111 mumeutal decoiatioi itourcitv, we y jjteiday applied to Col Bowen who informed in that the gianite lor the p'ules al has already arrived, in the Bug Augn-ta and iiiitheirnoie that he had the day before re eeiverl advices froin the coiitiac'or. Air LannUz ’tiat Ihe greater poitioii ot the material had re •ent|v airivedat New Yosk Irom paly, among other pieces the statue ol Ihe goddest of Lderttj 'o crown the whole, that all was 111 excellent 01 ■ dt., ami that the moimmeht would be completed in evt ty part and be ready tor inauguia’ion during;|be month ol March. We will also heie -tate lot the mtormation ol the 1 üblic, who *»k- deep interest in the subject, that ihe anti rri en exanrtfnation by Medical gentlemen of the tk n - •on leffently found, and supposed to be that o Pulask(. is nearly completed, and that the result, with a I the evidence w hich bears upon the ques tion olTheir identification, and the place where Pulaski was hurried, will be spetdily published — Sav. four. With inst. 5 FOREIGN NEWS. [Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun ] Arrival of the Steamer Baltic. New York, Jan. 12.—The steamer Baltic has arrived, bringing Liverpool dates ot Dec. 28th, and eightv-lour passengers. The Europa ar rived out on the 26th. There was little news, on account of the Christinas holidays. The difficulty in the British Cabinet had been patched up, and Lord Palmerston retains his office. The rumored return of Lord Palmerston to office had caused a fall in the French funds. Paris, Dec. 28.—The three pei cents closed at 75 trancs; four and a halves, iOl fr. EASTERN AFFAIRS. It is rumored but disbelieved strongly that the Porte will consent to resume negotiations. The London Times has the following dispatch, dated Vienna, Wednesday evening:— “The Russian steamer Pruth set two Turkish villages on fire by throwing red hot balls.” Constantinople, Dec. 19th.—Negotiations on the Peace project has been lesumed, and the Porte manifests a pacific disposition. The allied fleets ure still at Beycos. St. Petersburg. —The only indications of anticipated war are a rise in the prices of some articles. A violent lempest had occuned in the Black Sea. and 89 merchant vessels had been lost. The whole Russian fleet had left Sinope, after staying two days to repair. It was reported that Cassadan Pasha had been dismissed for neglecting his duties at Sinope. War had been offi-Tally declared by Persia against Tuikey. SWEDEN AND DENMARK. Berlin, Dec. 24.—Negotiations are pending between Sweden and Denmark, having lor their j object the conclusion of a league, offensive and I defensive, between the two States. MARKETS. Liverpool, Dec. 29.—Cotton continues firm Sales yesterday of 6.000 bales, 1 000 on specula tion at 6fd lor lair Orleans; 6J tor middling ; 6Jd. for fair Mobile; 5S I. lor middling; 6i I. lor tair Upland ; 5Jd. lor middling ; ordinary 4f a | s*d. Breadstuff's closed with an active demand at advancing rates, t row n & Shipley on Tuesday quote Western Canal Flour at 375. a 375. 6d ; ‘ Baltimore Philadelphia and Ohio 375. 6d. a 38s; Genesee 335. a 345. 6d. Wheat was in good re quest at 10s. 44. a 11 s for white, and 10s. a lCs. 4J. lor red. The better qualities of Corn were dearer—white 475., yellow 465.’ Another cir cular quotes white Wheat at 11s. Id.; white Corn 475., yellow 465. McHenry quotes Pork dull. Beef gone into the hands ol speculators at a considerable de cline. Operations in Bacon checked by high prices. Cheese wanted. Lard steady at 50s. fallow fiim. Bark quiet. Breadstuffs very stiong, and over-due vessels will meet with a good maiket. Nothing will be done in Naval Stores till Jaii 2. Liverpool, Wednesday Evening —Cotton j meets with very good enquiry lor home con j sumption. Sales to-day ot 7,000 bales, including 2,000 to speculators and exporters. London Wednesday. —Consols closed at 94 a 94 j. Further Foreign News by the Baltic. The papers Irom Liverpool to the 29ih lilt, brought by the Q. S. Steamer Baltic, which ar rived at New York on Thursday evening, came to hand last r.ight. The Baltic was detained al Liverpool 36 hours beyond her regular time fbi -ailing, in consequence of the low tides' rendered it impossibjqjot.Wt-"’'--'. - ’'-' ' v IMP) warrived at : lla y Ijildf'oo I'nursday, Dec 29, at 4 P M. ' The United States irigate Saranac, Captain J. C. Long, 25 days Irom Norlolk, Va., and six day s Irom Fayal, ariived at Gibraltar on December 'l6th, with Air. Spence on board. Great Britain. — The return of Lord Palmer ston to the British Cabinet, it is understood, is equivalent to a deliberate determination to pie (rare lor war with Russia, in conjunction with France. l'he London Times in its latest editorial thinks war inevitable and that it must spread all over Europe and Asia. l'he only event ot political interest is the de cision ol Lord Palmerston to retain office. The reason assigned is that his differences with the Government on the Reiorm Bill have been ad justed, or were tound to be unimportant. The f lines renew s its assertions that toreign affairs had nothing whatever to do with his tender ol resignation. A letter from Mary Howitt, in reply to Fred erika Bremer, appeals in the London I'imes, re iative to the translation by Mrs. H. of Miss B’s ’Homes in America,” and expressing great sur prise at " a card” of the latter, say mg that there are many wrong l things in the translation. Mrs. Howitt says, ” 1 was more particulailysurprised. as 1 received from her very lately a letter ex pressive ot her great satisfaction with my ver sionot her work.” A subscription is now making in London for a testimonial to Capt. Ludlow, ol the American bark Monmouth, tor his heroic exertions in res cuing 104 persons, survivors of the ship Meri dian, wrecked on the Isle ol Amsterdam. France. —l'he Russian Ambassador would de mand, it he had 1106 already demanded, an ex planation with reierence to the entry ot Hie fleet, and whether it is meant as a hostile de monstration on the part ol Fiance against Rus sia. The answer is expeeftd to he that the poli cy of the French govei umen! has undergone no change; that peace is still lhe obje.-t it desires, and that no effort consistent with the national | honor, and the mtegiity and honor of the Sultan. ! the ally of France, will be spared iri its attain ; merit, and the presence of the lleet is less a tios | tile demonstration than lor the (impose of pre- I venting the reeuirence ol such a calamity as j that which has recently taken place. By Impeiial decree. M Tioplong is nominated ' President of ihe Senate for 1554; AI. Mesnard 1 fiist Vice President 01 the Senate, and Drouyn de Lhuy, Gen. Baraguay d’Hillleis and Genera Sr. Jean d’Angely, Vice Presidents; VI. Bil Unit, President ol the Corps L-g'-latu for 1854 and MM Schneider and Keveil. Vice P.e-ideiit-i Gei . Vast- Vitnetix and \l. Hebert. Q iestors. Rumois are current that some ol the Empe ror’» special friends will be raised to higher dig nines at Ihe commencement ol ihe new year l'he tine estate ol Run y, confiscated irom the Prince de Jomville, was offered lor sale at auo mu on 22d ult, at the Hotel de Ville, Veisaibes fheie weie no bidders and it w as w uhiliawn. T lie. Turkish War — We aie totally withou news irom Ihe sea' 01 war. The allied fleet rave doubtless enleieil the B ack Sea, although tie public are vet unawaie on what day or with w hat instructions they entered The rumors respecting the prospee*sot peace are <ontradictory. While some peisons mam am that the Emperor of Russia has consented o send a plenipotentiai y to the c ntr-ss a' Vienna letters horn St. Petersburg shi'e posTive iy that, the Czar insists that the te g on- qoes ion shall be ananged between hmi-elt ami H. Sultan without the Intel vention ol other |n>w W.-. If is added that the Emperor has n ■o' jecn n • >end a lepresentative to the conference, bur ma ne le-eives to himself the light, to tie a' direct iy witn the Porte on all that tela’es to the piotec turate of the Gitek sul jects ol I ui key. — L_== —. = VOL. 32--JNKW SEKILfc—VOL-8. Prince Ghika’s deH On the Danube t have moved a great part of their heavy a'faß-.tjr irom Kalafat to Widdin. ' German newspapers pretend that Turkey cob aiders all the tieaties with Russia void now, and annulled; thus wishing to treat on wholly nesp bases. Increase of the Russian Fleet.— The Loot don Daily News says:—We have the ber ''u*- thority lor stating that the Russian High Au.afc ral having recently inspected the Czar’s Baltic lleet, one hall of the ships were at once con demned as worhless, and it was tie'ermined 6® build,oh contract, a number ot screw line ol bat tle ships—one account says no less than thirty? We may possibly find some of these contract* taken in the Clyde, or the Thames, and may salely calculate upon a portion ol the vessels be ing built by the Americans. But it will take two years to get so large a fleet fit for sea—evert it the cash is forthcoming. Spain. —A loyal deciee published in the Ga zette on the 18'h gives the force of the law t® the ministerial budget, althuugh it has not beec sanctioned by the courts. A tremendous gale was experienced on tfc 18th along the oasts ol Spam and Portugal. Aft Cadiz, the American ship Ernblica, which sailed on the 10th lor Boston, with a cargo ot salt, p*4 back on the 12th, so leaky that they had to (tun her ashore. According to the Epeca, \1 Bermudez Castro is to exchange the legation ol Naples lor that of Washington. Gen. Manuel Oiibe. ex-President of the R»- publicol Uiuguay, arrived at Barcelona cm the 16th, in the Spam h irigate Restauraciun, com ing Irom Montevideo t he duels fought by Messrs. Soule, fatin*t an® -on, have caused a great sensation. Letter* Audi papers give lengthy accounts, and generally sus tain the Soules, and blame the Fieucb munster, with wtioin the elder Soule lought. India a v i> Caina.—Dates from S'r anghav are to the 3.1 N:>v. Constant fighting was going on with little result on either side. A correspondent ot the London Tirnfis, says: " The proceedings ol the American Commis sioner and tlie American Coi sill as regards neu trality, are coi.sniered somewhat equivocal, and • the insurgent duel has addiessed a iettei on this subject.” Amoy. November oth, was expected to b« speedily retaken ny the Imperialists. At- Cautrxn ihere was nut lung i ew. It was generally un 'eistood that Sir George Bonham's resignation was accepted. Nosucce*- sor appo nted. ,Vli. Maistml! vasal Macao, awaiting the ar nval ol his succes- r. At Whampoa. Uint.d S'a'es ships «f war. Vlac. doiiian. M -sm-ipp , Po a hdtau Supply Ad vlacan, stolesh p Sun bamp'on. At Cumsing vloon, Vandalm. a d t •itianghia, Saratoga _ I he Lai esT —Bv elec ric telegraph to Liver pool v.‘e have the tol-oAing. Sw eden, Stockholm. 26 —The Kirg has in- Ateal me D.e l to i ominate a small r. i in be iof its m> mbers possessing t's entire confidence, t® A tioin. a-a seciet committee, the government] may make an impoa’ant cominunication. It is bebevnl hat be government wishes to bnag-. ome mnmen'uous tacts connected with ICNStgia flairs to the kuowle ge ol the Diet. Odessa. 16 h. Grain again more attire. Kietghts steady a' I rr» er high prices. Constantinople PeiMa lias inl< line-' his Consuls ol his inleotioßi o suspend diplomatic relations with Great \ Biitam. Oil the Black Sea the price of corn has rise*, enormously. The latest statement, if it can be relied oat, comes by telegraph on Dec. 22, and states that* dispatch had been received there from Bara® Brack, dated Constantinople, 20th, and was ioo mediately communicated to the Ministers of Bri tain, France and Ru sia, to the effect that the Porte will send a Plenipotentiary to the Confer ence, provided the Russians evacuate the Princi palities. The embassadors of the three Power* had been instructed to uige on the Sultan not t* insist on this condition, but to assure him that the integrity ol the Turkish Empire will oe maintained, and that the Principalities shall be restored as soon as the dispute with Russia studi have been settled. A Constantinople dispatch, of Dec. 10, tnea tions that the Vienna note reached Constantino ple on the 10th, when Reschid Pasha bad an ra terview with the foreign Ministers. He pro mised to do his utmost for the furtherance’ off peace at theGiand Divan which was tomeetors the 20th, but though thabthe part that had bee® taken by Persia and Russia would render an ar rangement very difficult. Both the Turkish Minister in Persia and the Persian Minister at) Constantinople have quitted their posts contrary to the advice of the French and English Minis ters. The Turks are prepared for an expeditiom against Sebastopol. Confirming the above we have accounts frous Vienna, 24th, that the Persians and Russian* have opened a direct communication, and that the Russian General Yermoloff is to command the Peisiau forces. By advices of the 2d, we also learn that the Persian Beglerbergs have re ceived orders to prepare quarters for the recep tion of troops. The overland Indian mail brings confirmatio* that the Shah of Peisia had lefo Teheran with an army numbering 30 000 cavalry, with I,oo® pieces of cannon, ane 3 000 camel load- of am munition, to co-operate with Russia. At latest accounts the army had passed Tabreez. The Shah had also sent an envoy to Dost Mahomnaei ■o point out the advantages of his siding with Persia and the Russians. Odessa letteis of the Bth state positively that the Jagondib, Russian 90-gun ship, was destroy ed at the battle ot Sinope. The official bulletin* do not mention this loss. The ship was bravely attacked by a Turkish Irigate, and both vessel* blew up. One of the Tut kish Admiral’s aids de-camp had died of his wounds at Sebastopol. I'he Admiral, Omar Pasha, has himself hod* limb amputated, and now lies in a dangerous state. The Turks themselves estimate the low they sustained at Sinope, in ships, munitions an 4 treasure, at 20 millions of piastres. Fiom the army in Asia, there are no later re ports. The details to hand of past events®© not bear out the victories claimed by the Rus sians. Two levies of recruits were made in Poland on the nights of Nov. 24 and Dec. 8. at the rate of 8 men in 1.000, and the luckless conscripts were forthwith sent off under escort to Kiew, t® be drafted into the fleet on the Black Sea and rhe army in the Caucasus. Part of the Russian force in Poland has bee a, ordered to join the army in Wallachia. From Bucharest, 15th, we learn that the paste three days large masses ol troops had been inarefn mg upon Lesser Wall.ichia, and that Price© Gorchakoff had taken the comrne.nl; and that at) Constantinople a telegraphic despatch from Omeif Pasha dated Blh. states that he is aware the in tention of these movements is to attack Kalafatt, The European residents of Smyrna have col lected 300.000 tiancs to send to the Frank vol unteers in the Turkish army. Russia has appointed M. de Fenton as Impe rial Commissioner in Servia, and has given aa