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ttuiivi* uiii? t ..iitlti. / “coLUMBtIT GEORGIA. ? WEJNB3DAY MORNING. JAN, 31, BY TELEGRAPH, Expreaaiy for thQ Times and Sentinel. LATE it FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL ° F THK STEAMSHIP PACIFIC. Cotton Advanced ! —Coasols Advanced ! Flour decli ned—Nothing new from Sebastopol. New Yokk, Jan. 25. Th® steamer Pacific has arrived Cotton has ad - vAnced one-eighth on qualities below Fair. Middling Orleans, 5 1 ltid. Salts of the week, 64,000 bales.— Flour declined one shilling. Consols aivat ced one and a half per cent. FURTHER BY THE PACIFIC. Peace Negotiations. The Eastern question has entered into an entirely new phase i'rince Curts-hakotl h s announced to the A us* than g v- rnment that the Czar accepts not only the four points of guarantee , but also the interpretation given to them by the Three Powers, Trig land, loanee and Austria, Gut, as m> arnusdeo is agreed to, hostil ities will continue during the progress oj negating turns . , This intelligence has much exercised the public mind tlm-u ,-hout Europe. Its immediate effect was to raise the quotation of Consols nearly two per cent. But doubts are springing up last. Vv hy has the Czar accepted teiins which he has Several times declared ignominious atul hu miliating ? Is the declaration wrung from him ? and, i : so, is the war then near iis close ? Or is he at all sin cere in his implied desire for peace ? Is it not a despe rate attempt to detach Austria from the alliance . Or, finally, is it an artifice to gain lime, to move tlmse extra ordinary masses of troops he has collected, into the Cri mea, and thut drive the allies Ho the sea ? Be this as it may, the conferences are to be opened In February, at Vienn, between English, French, Austrian, Russian and Turkish plenipotentiaries. Prussia now wish e.s to be represented there also, and with that view *riU, it is said, join the treaty ol the xd December, Some o* the London journals of this morning publish telegraphic despatch* s announcing that she has actually joined. Tiie following are tiie Four Points : 1. The discontinuance of the Emperor of Russia’s ex clusive protectorate of the Principalities. 2. The establishment of the free navigation of the Danube. 3. The revision of the treaty of the 13th of July, 184 L 4. The relinquishment by Russia of its claims to pro tect the Sultan’s subjects who profess the Greek faith. But since these have been laid down, b ranee and Eng land h ive declared that the revision ot the treaty of Kutehak-Kainardji must be “in the sense ot a limitation of the power of Ru sla in the Black Sea,” and this lim itation is tiie core of the apple, without which all the rest is a pitcher of water with a hole in the bottom. Rumored Changes in the Cabinet —Great Britain Th 9 Mediation of tho United States. Various rumors wi re afloat respecting proposed changes in the Cab'net, which rumors our correspondent sends us for vvtiat they arc worth, The Duke of Newcas tle, it was said, had tendered lus resignation, and that negotiations had been opened with the Eirl Grey, Earl of Car iis! ie, Sir Francis Baring and oth ers to ascertain the conditions on which they would ac cept office under the present head of the government. Lord Pal met stoii and Sir James Graham are talked of as s unit hie mu ior the War Department. In aaiition to the strain transports already mentioned as beiiVg V.. Ken up for ill cuv yanco oi troops, it; stated 6.ai a.- screw ste oners B iinaii.i, linperador and Canadian are tiding up;.t Liverp ol that purpose. I’ 10 pr nposed iH.iViaiian of the Un-ted States has ex* cited much less aUeru.oo than might have been suppo sed. Franco-~Pressutation cf C olora by Louis Hapoieoa to the Imperial Guard. The detachment of the imperial Gosivd, who are undei orders for the Crimea, were rev iewed by Louis Napoleon on the 9th. The Km press was present, and the troops ejipr ssed their feulhus.asm by repeated nocianiWons. Among the rumors it was said that toe Emperor o. Russia had written an autograph letter to the L’.nperev ot France propping terms ol at rangeinent. lais, howeser, is contradicted by some of the papers. A terrible storm had raged along the African coast about forty ve.'S Is mostly laden with wine; wer< ashore. Sardinia —Adhesion of the Fiedincnteso Government to the Western Alliance. It is stated by the London Times that the Sardinian government has signed the protocol of Api'o last, ana thereby j iued the alliance of the Western Powers. This important step is taken in virtue ot the fifth l arti cle of uie convention between Lugland and France, which was signed at L ndon on the 10th April, I8&4. runs as follows . iheir Ah-.j-stas, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, cad the Emperor of the French wiil readily admit into their alliance, in order to co-operate for the ‘ proposed object, such of the other Powers of Europe as may be desirous of becoming pat ties to it. Tnis bold act on the port of the Italian Slate has led to a modification of the Sardinian ministry. General Da* bormida has resigned, and Grunt CaVo&r accepted the portfolio of foreign alums. Sardinia is a pitteky hide king dam and is ..s-mm ug a position ,n Kurt pe not held by an Italian State since the fall i f \ mice. She wiil now have j a voice in the ailairs Europe. She has taken, moreover, just now a bold step in another d.rection. Piedmont is overrun with convents, monasteries, and other religious establishment, the revenues of which are enormous, whilst the government is actually obliged in some parish es to pay subventions to the poor clergy. A bill Ims been brought in, in the Sardinian Parliament, to abolish the greater number of these establishments, i his is a bold step for a country which, not many years ago, was priest riddeu,aud it is not unlikely the Pope will anathematize the government. The discussion commenced on the 9th Jest., and is looked forward to with great interest. Austria has called upon Prussia, in virtue of an addi tional article of the treaty of the 20th April to mobile ze, id est., to put on a war looting the greater portion ol iiti armv. Pru-sia has declined to do so just vet, and the les ser kingdoms of Germany have done likewise. A sepa rate couvention between Russia and Prussia is spokcu ot, but requires confirmation. Austria is aiming on au im mense segle : so is Russia. Prussia, Hanover and Brunswick. The position of Prussia still continues as equivocal as ever, the mind of Frederick William being distracted be tween l.:s personal sympathies ior Russia and the antagon Ist tendencies of his people-. Ilauover and Brunswick have ft solved to take common pu t with Austria in the tiFtirs of the East. The Russians in the Principalities. Brailow, January 9, 1555. Tie Russians hive crossed the Danube, invaded the j Dob u is- ha, and taken both Tu isclia and Babadagh.— Sad ye Pacha defended Tuitse! a as long as possible. This is the first eftlet of the withdrawal of Q.ner Pa cha’s army from th • frontier to the Crimea. The Very Latest. [Receive! by tel. g -a- li immediate y prtv ous to the steam- j et’s ie.vmg her whai fat Liverpool.] Paris, Saturday —l o’clock P. M. j A courier from Bu -barest confirms the account of the war on tiie Danube having bi-tn reeorr.intuwd. The Russians, in torev, crossed above Tulscha, o’eieatcd the ‘lurks, took their town, and are now marching on the Katchin. The Austrians do not interfere. Th.s report ti cyiis.ercauou. Personal Omer Pacha has larded at Sup toria and it is expected that he will do good service wuh his 40,060 Talks. The Duke of Cambridge lies arrived at Malta. Prince Napoleon returned to France Lord .John Russel-is on a visit to Paris. Queen Pomare. of the Sandwich Island*, is expected at the Pans exhibition. The widow oi Charles Alnert is dead. Effect of tlia Pacific’s News upon the New York Market. New York, January 26. The Pacific’s news had a fay or able effect yesterday v:p lon the co.ton market. The safes embraced 4,000 baits ! in tr-ir.siitu, with some lots on the spo!,tue market closing at one quarter cent per lb. advance. There was some ! Mobile middling on tiie market, bt held above the views iol buyers. There was no New- Orleans middling on tae market. We quote middling uplands at S|c. a BJu., Florida and Mobile do at , and New Orleans and iex ■as at 9£c. Flour and grain wre dud, and provisions i quite steadv. Toe news wn considered by our merchants more favorable to peace than that previously received, a'id at tides likely to be depressed by the advent of peace we.-e I duli, and those likely i<> be improved by it were more buoyant and active. The New \ ork correspondent ol ; London Greek houses received advieis relating to rii£ r-• | ports current in that city, first, that the French nad take in 1 the Quarantine Fort, and second, that Sebastopol laid been carried bv assault <>n the 4th tnst-, but the parti is j here did not. credit the rumor. Freights were steady yesterday, and among the engage i merits were 2,000 barrels of New Orleans moluses for j Havre at about three cents per gallon. —aSg>— Later from Mexico. The U. S. Mail steamship Orizaba arrived at New Orleans on the 251 h inst., with Vera Cruz dales to the 22d inst. Alvarez’s forces have advanced to Cuerna vaca. General Vega passed through Jalapa on the 21st inst., on ids way to Vera Cruz, where he would re ceive orders say for Matanzas, others for Yucatan. A rumor is current that Yucatan is to be sold to the Eng -1 ] iS h. Senors Alas and Raenirez are it) prison in Mex ico on a charge of conspiracy. Santa Anna lias de creed that no more licenses for the importation of flour shall be granted, and that all Mexicans traveling by ! stage coach must be provided with a passport. Much excitement is being caused in Mexico by the fact that the United States have taken possession of the Messilla Valley before the boundary line was run, or the bal ance of the purchase money paid. Senor Parres has been appointed Minister of Finance. No further news from the Revolution. Sons oi the Sires oi ’76. Tiffs is the title of the secret order of Know Noth ings. By the way, M. James Owen, of Washington City, and said to be a gentleman of character by the Richmond Enquirer, in a letter to the public, under date of November Bth, 1854, says be was a member of a council of tho order and introduced a series of reso lutions declaring Ist That it was expedient to abolish ! the injunction of secrecy except as to signs and pass words. 2d. That Congress had no right to interfere with slavery in the District of Columbia and denounc ing abolitionists. 3d. Condemning inti rnal improve ments by the Federal Government, protective tariffs and a national bank. These,resolutions the council re fused to receeeive on the ground that the Grand Coun cil alone had power to entertain the questions embraced ; in the resolutions. Mr. Owen then submitted them to ‘ the Grand Council, and the Grand Council refused to j entertain them on the ground that that august body | could only be approached through a subordinate coun- j oil. Not discouraged, Mr. Owen again presented his resolutions to the subordinate council, simp;y asking that they be referred to the Grand Council. A!! his resolutions were unanimously rejected as iaadmissablc. Mr. Owen then asked for his own dismission, which was readily granted. See ihe Richmond Enquirer of the 23d inst,, for furthe 1 * particulars. We infer from these facts, as commented upon by the message of the Know Nothing Governors of Mas sachusetts and Pennsylvania, that the “order of the Sons of the Sin sos 7<>” have “agreed to disagree’’ upon the subject of slavery, or, in other words, that the order will not object to a member because he is an abolitionist, and that if Giddings, Parker or Garrison were nominated for President by the Supreme Grand Council, or the nominating p .wer of the order, that the members of the order living in the South would be bound not to vote against him or them. If t!Js be true, then it is clear that no Southern man can consistently attach himself to the society. If it is not true, let some member of the order in this city of known char*, aeter, deny it over his own signature. The Prospects of Peace. Full accounts of the Pacific's news have come to hand i, and, we are sorry to say, do not confirm the hope ex treat by the telegraphic wires, Russia consents to trset, it is true, but ihs war goes on, and each party is busily engaged in increasing its strength by active nego tiations with the neutral powers. In the best inform ed circles it? France and England the consent to treat is regarded as a trick on the part of Russia to gain time : and is evidently so regarded by the Allies, else they would suspend hostilities. We publish in another column pretty full details of our foreign advices. The most noteworthy occurrence, after the agreement to treat for peace, is the accession of Sardinia to the alliance between France and England. The fear of Italian troubles has, no doubt, hitherto had much effect in preserving Austrian neutrality. Prussia still maintains her neutrality, and Hanover and Bruns wick adhere to Austria. Those of our readers who de sire further information are referred to another column. We have no room for further comments. Southern Commercial Convention. We have received, from the office of the Ne.v Or leans Crescent, a pamphlet of 20 pages containing the proceedings of the Southern Commercial Convention which recently assembled in the city of New Orleans, embracing the resolutions, speeches and general trans aetious of the body. By the way, the Crescent is an excellent paper, committed to no particular party, pub lished daily at $lO, and weekly at $3 a year. Chattanooga News Items. Our advices are to the 24th ins*. The river had ! fallen three feel front the rise, with scarcely water i j : enough to be navigable be'ow, and not enough for flit boats above the city. There is very liitla flour or corn in the market; there is a considerable quantity of flour up the country, which cannot reach the maiket. Corn is selling at So cents per bushel, flour at $4.50 to 5.00 in sacks, and sait at $3.25. Bacon is dull at S a 10c per. lb. OCT* The lion. John E. Ward has accepted the nomination of Captain of the Chatham Artillery, in the place es their late popular commander, Copt. Gillie, re signed. The company could not have made a better selection. Conundrum. —Why is a clothe’s line like a degree of longitude? Because it stretches from pole to pole. To biisine i-ee a That enterprising firm who do business at No. 114 on Broad street, Messrs. Ayer & Vt iikins, will sell twenty likely Negroes, besides ether valuable property, on the first Tuesday in February, in front of the Mar ket House. See their advertisement. They also pro pose to open a Lottery at their store on the Bth day of March next, at which 71 valuable prizes will be dis tributed, provided the tickets are all sold o\ that time. Persons who understand the science of chances, wi.i profit by taking stock. For full particulars, see adver tisement in another column. The Soil of tiie South lor the month of January has been received. This excellent agricultural periodi cal is published monthly at Columbus, Ga., by Lomax & Ellis, for the sum of one dollar per annum. — Rich mood (Da.) Whig. w-ag Run Through. — The first train on the Opelika B. Road, run through to its depot in Girard, yesterday - This is a eonsummat on long devoutly wished. Continuation of the Life cf the Man ot Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Five. IKE AXLE. We have seen our pupil finish his education and enter in to business —practising upon the maxims he has had instil led into his mind from his early youth—turning a face o J brass upon the age of gold in which he lives; and bending a brow of iron upon his debtors, as he puts up tiie poor wid ow's efiects at a Sheriff’s sale—commending her to the cate of Divine Providence, whose special business, he thinks it should be, to take the poor and needy into its care, and so le.sen his poor tax. His wife’s mother is old and has property, so he invites her to make her home at his house, and, by working upon her fears, gets her to sign some legal documents, and 10, her weatlh is in ins hands. Should she complain, he threatens her with the pour house, and at last her soul goes up to God, from the ! garret of the house he has built with her money. He puts | a marble monument over her remains as a speculation; for | he owns lots in the cemetery and wants them to sell well. I He goes regularly to church for the same reason, but thinks there is too much of value lying idle (for these business times) in the land the house is built upon, and calculates upon a blank leaf ol his prayer hook the worth of the same, and the amount of interest that might have accumulated upon it since he became a church member; and wonders if it would not be expedient to reduce the preachers salary; he nods through the prayer, and sleeps through the sermon, for he has no interest in these things, he cant see their prac tical value: he is a cute business man, and thinks the com munion plate might have been purchased a trifle cheaper, at another shop. Does a friend get into a difficulty and ask an extension of time, or is there a failure, he is the stern, resolute and uncompromising creditor, the Shylock demanding his pound oi flesh ; yea, though the blood come with it, for is lie not asking for his own 1 and his own he must have ; and what right have men to fail that owe him anything? catch him jailing; not he, he is too sharp for that, he might glory in being a Schuyler, he will never be ; a bankrupt; lie gets high in office, for men will try to turn i his business talents to their own account, (not thinking of i the dangr f playing with edge tools,) and they point at | him as he walks on “change” as one of their best men ; | but God points at him as a specimen of a whole life of fail [ urc and a bankrupt in faith, hope and charity ; he dies of a i disease that his long gnawed at his vitals, ossification of j the heart, he is placed in a metalic burial ease, and after his i children have deposited him with dry eyes in the grave, i petrefaction turns him to stone; they return to the family i mansion to quarrel over his will, and a pompous stone iu ! form - the world that it was erected by his affectionate chil ! dren. We leave him in the hands of his Maker, who onlv j knows how much of the sin of his wasted life should rest ; upon his own head, and how much upon his parents : let ; not our end be like his. IKE AXLE. Later from California. New Orleans, Jan. 27. The steamship Daniel Webster, from Nicaragua, am- 1 ! vod at this port with California dates to the 9th iust. i he s eamship Star of the West sailed irom Nicaragua I !ou the 2ist inst., for New York with §BO,OOO in gold. | The Legislature oi California was organized on the Ist j i inst. The Governor’s message exhibits a fluttering snite j | of affaire. The election of U. S. Senator was fixed for i j the 10th inst. b rom the Sandwich Islands, news has been received of the death of the King, on the 15th Dec. His son had been declared his successor. Mount Vernon. —lt will be remembered that, a short time at o, Mr. Washington refused to sell Mount Vernon to the ladies of America, though he expressed his willing ness to allow the purchase of it to be nr de by the Legis lature o! Virginia, or by the United States Government. ]t. was supposed the enterprise would be given up, but in stead of that, eloquent appeals have been circulated, ad - dressed to the ladies of Virginia, to induce them to use their influence with their respective delegates, and through them to appeal to the Legislature, that it will contract for {lie purchase and secure the title, while the ladies of America furnish the funds. The work is now carried on in good earnest, and probably its object will be secured.— Anew society lias been formed, called the Mount Vernon Central Association, and among the list of its officers, we notice the nam r >? of the ladies of some of the most promi nent cit;zens“of Virginia. - A Good Reason. Why are you forever humming that j air? asked Foote of a man without a sense of tune in him. Because it haunts me. No wonder, sad Foote, you are | forever murdering it. | A Grand*Jury in New York have found bills of indict- i { m -nt against the five leading gambling houses in that city. ; It has also found about thirty bills against the roost no- J lorious and popular houses of prostitution in the city. Cf 1 Robbery in the Cars by means of Chloroform —Ro- ! Chester, ,Jan. 22.—A woman was robbed in iho ears of j the Central Railroad, a few miles east of Rochester, on | Saturday last. Chloroform whs administered to her by i another female, and while undc-r its influence the robbery was effected. . No Verdict. —The Jury in the case of the Executor of Daniel Webster, and G. B. Duncan vs. the City of New Orleans, for $50,000, for legal services in the great Gaines case, lately on trial at New Orleans, were not able to agree upon a verdict. They were out eighteen hours. Sale of Railroad Stock. —Council has authoriz'd the mayor to sell the dividend stock belonging t. the city, which was issued by the Central K .iiroad Company in December lust. The subject of exchanging the rest of the stock held by the city in the Road for the Bonds issued for its construe* tion and still unpaid, was brought up, but no action was taken upon it. — Sav. Republican. A Postmaster of Pennsylvania, on entering his house in the night, recently,, found an infant b y on the door steps, which somebody had left there. Being asked how he accounted for this incident, he replied, “that the mails were very irregular ail over the country. The man win “looks daggers,” has cotracted to soli to the Turkish Government al! of those weapons that he can produce in that way. Sonte incredulous persons have a notion it is u ali in hb tye.” Interesting front Washington. Reported Court Martial of Lieut. Alvarado Hunter. WasHINTON, Jan. 25, 1855. It is understood the Secretary of the Navy will immedi ately order a court martial on Lieut. Com. Hunter, of the bng Bainbridge, for*e<>ming home w.lh his vessel without the sanction oi the commodore of the station -Salter. Ihe Secretary lias also determined upon an investigation as to i how far the officers of the Cambridge may be compromised in having advised Lieut. Hunter'to pursue thecouisehe has. It is believed Hunter will be broke, as his excuse is simply that lie differed in opinion with the Commodore as to the necessity of proceeding to the ciukiug ground where he j was ordered. Philadelphia Rowdies in Baltimore. Baltimore, Jan. 23,1555. A gang of Philadelphia rowdies visited oar e tv yester day, and last night roamed through the streets, making night hideous with their noise. On tneir way they encoun tered a man, named Peter Sherlock, and beat him severely. This morning the friends of the injured man met the party in a tavern, near the Holiday street theater, and a geneal fight ensued. One of the gang was baddy beaten during the row. E. W. Paul drew a pistol and shot James Cov dery, of this city, in the thigh; the wound is not serious.— The whole party was finally arrested by the police. A Bold Attempt to Extort Money. Boston, Jan 23, 1555. A singular and daring attempt was made yesterday af ternoon to extoit money irom Mr. Enoch Train, at h:s residence in Dorchester. The perpetrator called on Mr. Train, who was confined to his room by indisposition, and drawing a large kniie, said—“l have come to you lor your money, and must have it” Mr. Train nianaged to escape from the room, and gave the intruder into the hands of the servants, who, after a severe resistance, hand ed him over to the police. He was taken before Justice Safiord, and committed in default of bail for §2,500. He recently started a Know Nothing paper in New York, which soon died, and had borrowed §3OO from Mr. Train tor tiie purpose of carrying it on. The Canada Railroad Riot Queried. —Buffalo, Jan. 25, 1855. —’The Sheriff and local magistrates, accompanied by one hundred soldiers, government troops, proceeded yes terday to tne point on the Buffalo and Brantford railroad occupied bv the rioters. At Port Colloin fifty Irishmen had opened a drawbridge and refused to have it closed.— The Jaw was explained to them, and being assured that legal redress was within their reach, they voluntarily closed the draw and promised no further molestation at any point; the party then returned, and thus the matter rests for the prosent. - ■ -i ———— Disturbance at McGeels Lecture in Boston. —Boston, Jan. 22,1855. —Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered his lec ture this evening,in Music Hall, on Washington’s opinions of emigration and naturalization. In the course of his lec ture, some of his remarks were construed by a few of the audience into a disrespect for the memory of Washington, and ied to much confusion and some severe fighting in the hall. Ihe rctiv was soon quelled, and the disturbers ejected from the premises. Vessel from Savannah Ashore. —A telegraphic despatch from Philadelphia, dated January 24th, says : the schooner Abby Whitman went ashore on Sunday night, at Egg Har bor. Three hundred bales of cotton were thrown over board. It is thought she will be'goi off Another despatch says the amount of cotton thrown overboard was one hun dred bales. The Abby Whitman sailed from this port (Messrs. Hun ter to Gammell, consigneesflThursday before last, having about six hundred bags of cotton on bo? and. She was a beautiful new clipper schooner, built in Boston, and owned by j. 11. Peaison &. Cos., of that city, her captain and others.— Suv. Journal Courier, 27///. Know Nothing nomination in Virginia. — Washington, Jan. 25, ISss—’The American Organ denies the report that a nomination lias been made by the Virginia Know Nothings, and says a nomination will ere long be made by a convention of the party. Meeting of the Hard Shell State Committee.—Al bany, Jan. 25, 1855. —The hard shell State Committee met at Congress Hall this evening. Augustus Schell, the chairman, whose presence was considered as doubtful, is on hand, and there is a tolerably full attendance from all parts of die St*te. Strong resolutions against any sort of fusion will he adopted. There is a very decided feeling favorable lo tiie establishment of anew paper here. ■>!£> Q|i w Nomination of the Virginia Know Nothings. — Bal. TIMORe Jan. 25, 1555.--The Washingtion Sentinel ol th s morning nays that the Grand Council o! Know Noth ings, recently n session in Alexandria, nominated or ex pressed a preference for the lion. James F. Strother as a candidate ior the Governorship of Virginia. Mr. Walter, the architect, has completed a derign of a magnificent new dome for the Capitol. Julia Dean no More —On Saturday ( ilie 21st inst., it seems, beyond doubt, the fair Julia became the better half of Dr. llayne, of Charleston, S. C. The wedding took place in Galveston, Texas. This news will consign many of our “young Mobilians” to horrors, halters, o- Asa Holt’s. ■ dir. Soule’s position at Madrid. The Parris correspondent of the New York Herald , no friendly authority, says : Now, 1 have iearned.and deem it just to state, that Mr. Soule has had reason to congratulate himself upon the re ception with which he has been honored at the Spanish capital, lie has by no means been disappointed in this re spect, however much he may, or may not be in the result of the negotiations relative to Cuba—a result not yet posi tively known, notwithstand ng the indications so pointedly exhibited at the sesson of the Cortes on the 18th uit. Mr. Soule made his official calls upon t.ie new ministers on the 6th ult. lie found none of them at home, except the Minister oi foreign A flairs, and Gen. Espartero, by botn of whom he was welcomed in the most cordial manner. His visits were promptly returned. Lord Bowden, the British Ambassador, heid a long interview with him, after having called up<-n him while he happened to be out three dajs in succession previously. In tine, all the malicious re ports oi hesitation about his reception are utterly unfounded. The incident which occurred in France—the incident i Soule, as the French papers head their reproduction of the diplomatic correspondence relative to the passage cf the American Minister through this country —has wonderfully increased trie impoitance of Mr. Scuie in the eyts of the Madrid public. They reason as follows : “The Emperor of the French had never before made a retrograde step ; Mr. Soule then must be a man of immense consequence, if, where lie was concerned, Napoleon 111. was induced to’ yield.” The press of the Spanish capital overwhelmed Mr. Soule with abuse during ins absence; since his return, it has been as silent as the grave. He exereises, it is said, a moral power among tiie Spaniards which no other foreign er at present possesses. His courage and his intellect, uni ted to his unimpeachable private character, have secured him high respect, if they have not gained him popularity. There were people in fepain, as well as elsewhere, silly enough to believe that Mr. Souie might be deterred from returning to his post, from tear of not being received by ihe the new government, or from apprehensions as to his per sonal saiety. Now it is positive that he never fora moment doubted that the nature of his reception would be as friend ly as it lias proved ; and furthermore, that he never antici pated any disagreeable personal consequences whatsoever ; even if he had, those who know Mr. Soule know that the anticipation would not have prevented his return, lie now appears everywhere, not only in perfect safety, but invested ! with the prestige due to his courage and ability. Sentence of S. M. Booth. —Milwaukje, Jan. 23, 1855. In the Disiriet Court of the United States, yes terday, S. M. Booth, couvieted of aiding in the escape of a fugitive slave, was sentenced to pay a line of SI,OOO, and be imprisoned one month. John Reynolds, for the same oilbnee, a flat of SJOO, and ten days imprisonment. Heavy Damages for Breach of Promise. —A Mr. Brown of Providence, has been mulcted in five thousand dollars damages for the breach of an implied promise to many a Miss Clark. No actual promise was proved, but it was proved that Brown was engaged to another lady and that > Miss Clark knew it; still they found him guilty, inferring ‘ he had made her a promise of marriage from ins waiting I on her to church and concerts, and sending her presents, exchanging miniature?* rings, etc., and being the father oJ her baby. Kxow Nothings in Trouble —The Boston Chronicle states that on Friday evening, at a session of the Know- Nothing Council tn Ward 11,Charles W. Black, President, * in the chair, a vote was passed, instructing the President,! Mr. Slack, not to vote for Gen. Wilson for United States Senator, when the election came before the Legislature.— Mr. Slack, who is a member of the House, imrnediatly re signed iiis office to the Know Nothing Council, and with* and ew from ail connection with the order. Senator Mallory Robbed. — The correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper says: ... Burglaries continue to oe committed in our community with impunity. Among the lute.-t ca-es, tne boarding house of Senator Mallory was broken into early on Sun day morning, his chamber invaded, and his watch storen from under his head. He saw the fellow in retreat but wa. unable to capture him. Arrest of the Late Mexican Consul General for Dr frau ding his Government. New York, Jan 24 —’l fie late Mexican Consul-Gene ral has been arrested hi this city, at the instigation of his government,for deducting a per tentage from the moneys received from the United States Government on account of the Mesiiia Valley purchase. He was held for trial, and his security fixed at $9;>,000 He lias appealed for a re duction ol the amount of his bail. From the Columbus Enquirer. Minute of Points Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Colum bus, Januiry Term, 1855 : Miller, e 1 at. vs. Sanders, et a/.—from Dougherty. 1. An answer as to ihe execution of a deed, saying that “it may he a substantial il not a true copy,” is insufficient. 2. A defendant should answer fully, and the courts should not be astute to sustain a defective answer. Scarborough,for Plff Warren, for L'elt. Veazey et al vs. Gresham ct at —From Dougherty. 1. Under the-charter ofthe Bank of Hawkinsville the President and Cashier weie authorized to make all con tracts in behalf ofthe Company. This includes a deed to land. 2. A deed from the President and counter? gned by iho Cashier, conveying land to the President himself, is not absolutely I'oid.b The Cestui i >e Trust have their election to affirm or disaffirm a sale made by a Trustee to himself. 3. Notice to the Cashier, being notice to ihe Bank, the Cashier, in becoming a party to the deed, had notice ofthe adver. 3 claim ot the President. Ly on & Scarborough, for Plff Strozier, for Deft. Tompkins vs. Tignor.— from Marion. 1. If the owner of a slave .forcibly takes him from the possession of the hirer, during the term for which he ri hired, he violate? the contract, and this violation may be put up as a defence to a suit on the note for the hire. Elam &B. Hill,for Plff Oliver, for Deft. Griffin vs. Stamper, et at. —from Talbot. 1. A forg: J Bond to make ’Pities at a day certain, undo.! which a bona fide possession is held ior more than seven years, makes the possession adverse to the true ownei whore name was forged to the bond, and it is not necessary to show that the purchase money was paid to the person com mitting the forgery. Wellborn & Claik, for Plff B. Hill & Johnson, for Deft. Hester vs. the Slate. . —from Taylor. 1. It is not eiror, in a criminal case, to put the airay up on a Prisoner before his arraignment, it being done by inad vertence and no objection made. 2. A witness may be allowed to state his opinion that “tracks” or “footprints” are those of the Prisoner, having stated the reasons on which ins opinion is founded. 3. An indictment lor ar~on, which alleges that the houso was “burned” is sufficient. 4. An allegation that the house was an out-house and a corn-crib, sufficiently negatives the idea of its being a dwelling. 5. The indictment need not allege that the burning was “by day” or “by night.” 6. The Court will not grant anew trial on the ground that the verdict is contrary to t! 3 evidence, where the evi dence is conflicting, and it is doubtful where it preponder ates. 8. Hail & Hunter, for Plff. Ramsey &B. 11 ill, lor Deft. Bran nan vs. May— from Taylor. 1’ A public highway may be proved to be such, by evi dence of common usage, extending over twenty year?. 2. In a suit for damage arising from obstructions thrown into a highway, the Plaintiff mu.-t show the exercise of or dinary care in avoiding the obstructions. Reliance upon the report oi the driver of a vehicle, (he being a slave,) is not evidence of a want of ordinary care. Hunter, for Plff 8. Hall, for Deft. C 0 M VIE il CiA L. COTTON STATEMENTS. a Kpo %?= 1 7* g m l r L Slock j- & j o- a| < g r* <3: on i2, *. o'2. 1 -5 I 2 |3 ® hand ~r. j lM.j> i I .A.**l2-a- ■ § this ?r: r fS l j* iT* jSo day. 1854/ 43. 1929 51873 53851 2223 38341 40562.13233 1855. ’ 2771 2299 41754 46824 2292;20081 28374 j 20021 Columbus, Jan. 30. COTTON—The few transactions since the arrival of the news per Pacific, indicates a stronger feeling and more ac * five demand. We quote Middling 6| a 7i, Good Mid dling . y a i . New Orleans, Jan. 27. The cotton mrrket is firm. The sales to-duy amount to 6,000 b iles. Savannah, Jan. 30. COTTON—Yesterday’s mail brought the Pacific’s ac counts, showing a slight advance in the Liverpool market. Thtf-e accounts had a favorable effect on our market, which opened with a good inquiry, and 2052 bales chang ed hands. Holders obtained full prices, and on the bet ter grades, an advance, of of a cent was obtained. Ex tremes 6£ a 9-R Principal sales, 6| a7| cents. Manuafcturers & Mechanics Bank, OF COLUMBUS, CoLUMEUS, Ga., Jan. 30, 1855. TIIE Stockholders of this institution are hereby notified that a call for the remaining fifty per cent of the capital stock is required to be paid at its Banking House in the city oi Columbus, on or before the second day of April next. By order of the Board of Directors. Jan. 31 —w&tw2m W. B. STORM, Cashier. The sales of Holloway's Pills and Ointment have won derfully increased lately, we presume, therefore, that the well known virtues the medicines possess aie becoming uni versally appreciated, thousands of persons of both sexes testify diurnal ly that their effet is miraculous; they act conjointly so directly upon the system, the one internally and other externally, that the moA serious cases will readily yield to their wonderful power. S3 ?> We seldom recommend a manufactured medicine, believing that, in most cases, nature herself perfects a cure more rapidly and effectually than can be accomplished by the vegetables and minerals of medical science. But in the matter of dyspepsia, throe are chronic features about it, which, very often, defy all the efforts of nature to create a healthy action ol the digestive organs, and it not iinfre quently happens ‘.hat thousands suffer for years, diseased both in body and mind, from indigestion audits kindred ills. ’To such, Hoofland’s German Bitteis, prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, are truly a most valuable preparation. It is a tonic medicine, giving a healthy action to the stomach, and will be found highly serviceable at al! seasons, but es pecially during the Spring. Dyspepsia can only he cured by a patient p<>r everence in one course of treatment; and to all those suffering under this sad malady we would re commend an. application to the depot of flooflard’s Gor man Bitters, 120 Arch street, Philadelphia.—- Philadelphia Enquirer. jan23. Worms. —As this is the season of the year when worms are most formidable among children, the proprietors of M’- Lane’s Vermin‘go; beg leave to call the attention of parents to its virtues for the expelling of these annoying and often fatal enemies of children. It was invented by a physician of great evperiuee in Virginia, who, alter having used it in his own practice, and found its success so universal, was induce! at last to offer it to the public as a cheap but cer tain and excellent medicine. It has since become justly popular throughout the United States as the most effic . nt Vermifuge ever known, and the demand has be en steadily on the increase since its fir-t introduction to the public This great worm Specific may be had at all the Druggi ts in Columbus, and of Dealers generally throughout the D.S. KiT AGUE AND h EVER of three years standing CLi KED.— Mr. Jonn Longden , now living at Beaver Dam, Hanover county, near Richmond, had ague and fever K r I three years, -most 2rf tire time he had chills twio,. a day, and rarely less than once; he was parched with fevers as i soon as trie chill left him; and alter trying physicans, qui nine, most of the Tonics advertised, and ever) thing re* commended to him, was about to give tip in despait, whc.i Carter’s Spanish Mix?me was spoken of: he got two U;t -tio s, but before he had used more.than a single one, he vvas perfectly cured, and has not had a chill or fever since. Mr. Longden is only one out oi thousands who ■ have been benefuted by this great tonic, alterative and b.ood purifier. See Ajvertisemet. J a!v *- Married. In this city on the 25ih inst., by the Rev. L. \ • Augustus A. Dill and Miss Jaeobine Wood, all o! in s cit} •