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€imts Bettfmd. ~ COLUMBUS, GEORGII SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 3, 1855. The Sandwich Islands. The proposition to annex the Sandwich Islands to the United States gives them some importance and the fol lowing facts in relation to them may prove interesting and instructive to our readers : Population. —The population of the Sandwich Islands in 1779 was estimated by Captain Cook at 400,000. In 1823 the missionaries estimated the population at 150,000. By the census of 1532 it appears that the native population had decreased to 129,814 ; which had further decreased in 1853 to 71,019; at which time there were 2,118 foreigners on the Islands. At this rate of decrease, the Hawaiian race would become extinct in 1900. Commerce. —In 1853, the number of merchant vessels that visited the Island was 211, of which 137 were American, 17 Hawaiian, 32 British, 5 Danish, 5 French, and 3 Russian ; and 534 whale ships, of which 500 were American, 19 French, 12 Bremen, and 4 Russian. Exports and Imports. —ln 1553 the domestic ex ports of the Island were valued at $281,599 17 ; for eign imports for the same year, $1,281,951 18, of which $191,397 66 worth were re-exported ; total dutiable goods $587,770 29, of which $854 919 93 were from the United States ; while from China the imports were $42,056, from Chili $38,090, from Great Britain $20,- 471, from Bremen, $12,225 ; from the Pliilipine Is lands $12,038 ; from France only S3O. The exports of the Islands consisted of Sugar 634,- 955 lbs, Syrup 18,244 galls , Molasses 55.448 galls., Beef 51,260 lbs , Coffee 50,506 lbs., Tallow 16,452 lbs., Wool 10,824 lbs., salt 3,509 bbls., Irish Potatoes 15,- 464 bbls., Sweet Potatoes 8,978 bbls , Swine 3,724, Sheep 733, hides 1,741, Goat Skins 5,600, Cucoanuts 2,000, Melons 2,500. Climate, Soil and Productions. —The Islands are in the tropics, the soil is rich and well adapted to the cul ture of sugar and coffee and is prolific in all tropical fruits. Cuba itself cannot produce more sugar and coffee on the same extent of territory. There are al ready sugar plantations on the islands containing 4,000 acres. Within the last year, the sugar culture has in creased nearly one hundred per centum. The great value of these Islands to the United States, however, is in their geographical position. Between California and Asia there is no other resting place. If they fall into the hands of a rival or unfriendly power, the result would be disastrous to our growing trade with the East, which bids fair to pass over the Continent, and make the United States the first Commercial power the world ever saw. Without committing ourselves, therefore, to the poli~ oy of annexation at this juncture, we are clearly of the opinion that if the independence of the Islands cannot be preserved, the best interests of the country would demand their annexation to the United States. From Washington. THE BRITISH MINISTER AND THE KINNEY EXPEDITION, ETC. Washington, Jan. 30. The Star says the British Minister has sent orders to the squadron in the Carriboan Sea, not to allow the Kinney expedition to land on any portion of Central America. In the U. S. Senate on Tuesday, the Army Appro priation Bill was taken up. Mr. Fitzpatrick addressed the Senate, and endeavored to show the necessity for a large military force in the Indian territory. Mr. Shields also spoke in favor of 3,000 volunteers as better adap ted (or service in Indian countries than regular troops. Mr. Pearce of Maryland supported the bill, but did not favor the volunteer system proposed by Mr. Shields. A long discussion on the subject ensued. In the House, reports from committees were made and referred. Mr. Wright offered a resolution request ing the President to communicate a duplicate of the correspondence between the United States and France and England, respecting Cuba, which was referred.— The Home then went into Committee of the Whole and took up the Territorial business. The subject of tho subterranean telegraph was discussed at length by- Mr. Benton in opposition, and Mr. Latham in its favor. Washington, Feb. 1. Felix Molina, tho minister from Central America, who was thrown from his carriage soma weeks since, and the Fifth Auditor in the Treasury Department, died to-day. Ex Mayor Maury is not expected to live. In tho Senate to-day, Mr. Seward presented a peti tion from New York, asking for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, without loss to the owners. J he army bill was then taken up, when the amendment of Mr. Shields to raise two regiments of cavalry and 500 rangers, who should serve five years, was adopted. In the House, Mr Richardson’s substitute for the Sub-Marine Telegraph bill, granting the right of way, was adopted The bill donating public lands to the ter ritory of Utah for public schools, passed. Mr. Hous ton gave notice that he would call up the Tariff bill next Wednesday. Advices have been received at Washington, from Buenos Ayres to Dec, 2d. The Government was hes itating between peace and war. The Soil ol the South. The February number fully sustains the reputation of this valuable agricultural and horticultural monthly : Editorial Articles. —Plantation work for February, Plows and Plowing, A chapter on Corn Cobs, What does* a pound of Cotton cost ? Fattening Hogs, Garden wcik for March, Guano as a garden Manuie, The Flower Yard and Garden, The Orchard and Nursery, Floral Festivals, An swers to Correspondents, et cetera. Communications —The Culture of tho Sweet Potato, Shanghai Chickens, Peach Trees, Strawberry Beds. Miscellaneous. —Stall Manure and straw. Points indi cative of good Cow, The Lightening Rod, Foot llot in Sheep, Home made Furniture, Feonomy in Reading, Anew substitute tor the Potato, Gold mines in Alabama, °A good Horse known by bis ears, Sugar Cane, Rain water and Cis terns, Chinan Clover, Bats, Sumac, Osiers, Sore shcul aers in Horses, Kitchen drains, Tropical Cotton, The Kitchen, Antonia fixed in liquid Manure, Killing Fowls M anuring, Cork, Peas and pure ground Coffee, Premium List ot the boutnein Central Agricultural Society for 1855 Letterhom Dr. V\ m. lerfeil, When to dig Sweet Potatoes to preserve them, Remedy lor ihe Curculto, List of Fruits lor Ohio, 1 esuuiomal to the late John S. Skinner Ideal beauty in Plants, Raising and preserving Tomatoes, Aspar agus—its Cottivation, The proper time to apply’ Liquid Manure, Eclipses rn the year 1855, et cetera. ‘ 1 I üb.idled by Lomax & Ellis, Columbus, Ga., at $1 per annum. Now is a good time to subscribe. The volume commences with the January number. The State vs. Jack Boyd.— The Supreme Court, on Friday last, pronounced judgment in this case—con firming the judgment of the Court below. The case Hid be seat back to the Superior Court, which sits in June, wheu sentence will be again pronounced upon the prisoner. I uhss the Governor reprieves and the Legislature pardons him, there is nothing now but time between the unfortunate man and death by the gallows. The French Spoliation Bill. The success of th|s bill at the ppesent session of Congress is the most surprising event of the season. Opposition to it was once almost a test of Democracy. For nearly half a century the great leaders of the party | have set their faces against it and denounced it as a ! gigantic fraud. Whatever claims it may have had, at | the start, on the iiberaiity and sympathy of Congress, j it has doubtless lost in the lapse of time ; the unfortu nate sufferers have, long since, in a large majority of instances, sold their interests to speculators. This, however, may be the secret of its present popularity. Unless a proviso is added to the bill combining the ap- ! propriation to the original claimants, and paying pnr chasers only what they paid for claims, we hope the President will veto the bill. Acknowledgments.—We are indebted to Messrs. Bailey, Colquitt, Reese, Sevard and Stephens of the House of Representatives for Congressional favors. Grants to the Pacific Railroad. If the bill now pending before Congress to construct the Pacific Railroad shall become a law, the contrac tors will acquire title to 77,000 square miles or 49, 280,000 acies of the public lands, besides $61,000,000 for transporting the mails et cetera for 25 years. In view of these monster donations the imagination itself stands appalled. The next State Fair—Action of Council. We regret to state that, owing to the financial wants of the city, the Council have determined not to bid for the next State Fair. Twenty-five hundred dollars >vere raised by private subscriptions and it only requi red a donation of $1,500 by Council to secure the Fair. It may be proper to add in explanation that, by the charter, a limit is fixed to the taxing power of Council, and that all the money that can be raised will be requi red to meet the current expenses of the year. Auction Sale. —On the first Tuesday in Feb. inst., Messrs. Harrison, Austin, & McGehee will sell at the Market House,, several valuable city lots, and on the same day any quantity of dry goods, furniture, wag ons, horses, mules et cetera, at their Auction Room. For particulars, see advertisement. Mott Brothers. —Country dealers will find at No. 13 John Street, New York, that old firm of Mott Brothers, Importers and Dealers in watches, and jew elry of all kinds. Fire in New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 1. — The stores of Tribell & Edwards (foundry men) and 11. L. Stone <& Cos., Grocers, were burnt to-night. Ti e loss by the fire is heavy. Steamboat Disasters. —New Orleans, Feb. I. — The steamer Eliza was sunk on the Mississippi last week, and it is feared thirty lives were lost. Death of Mr. Pleasanton.— Washington, Feb. 1. — Mr. Stephens Pleasonton, Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, died to day. A Cotton Factory Destroyed hy Fire.—Mater town, Jan. 29, 1855.—The cotton factory of 11. S. McColburn, at Carthage, Jefferson co., N. Y., was burned down on Friday night last. The building, ma chinery-, and a large stock of cotton are a total loss.— No insurance, except on the machinery. The Ohio River , <f-c. —Cincinnati, Jan. 29, 1855. The river is full of heavy ice, and navigation is almost entirely suspended. Eastern exchange is one per cent premium. The Weather at Louisville. —Louisville, Jan. 29, 1855.—The weather is intensely cold. The river is full of heavy floating ice, and the New Orleans and Cincinnati boats abandoned. Deßow’s Review; for February, 1855.—The leading articles are upon Slavery at the South, South ern Society, Cuba, The Sandwich Islands, The Sla-ve Trade, The Present Hard Times, Progres of the United States, The Mineral Resources of the United States, Education in our Country, with a great variety of Commercial and Agricultural Statistics, &o. The work is published monthly, 144 pages, at New Or leans and Washington, at $5 per annum. Its most im portant papers, for the last eight years, have been con ! densed into three handsome octavo volumes, which are ! delivered without postage for $6. Bridge Burnt on the State Road. —We regret to state, that a dispatch was received ytsterday by Mr. Wadley, to the effect that the Etowah Bridge, on the State Railroad, was destroyed by fire, Thursday night. ! No particulars arc given. The bridge is near a half of j a mile in length. New piers have been built, with | tho view of filling upas far as practicable tho gap span | ned by the bridge, the same having been done with ihe I other bridges on the Road. The destruction of this bridge must seriously interfere with the business of the Road, and especially the transit of Tennessee produce, i Savannah Rep. 3d. i ®- Victor Hugo. —lt is said that Victor Hugo, the cede | brated French poet and republican, will shortly pay a i visit to the United States, j The Guano Trade. —During the last two weeks of November, 22 vessels, with 16,039 tons of guano sail. |ed from the Chincha Islands. Os these 6 vessels, with I 6,257 tons, were for the United Stales ; 10 vessels with 6,56S tons, for England; 3 vessels with 1,802 tons, | for France, and 2 vessels with 1,103 tons, for Spain. The Supreme Court of California declares Sacra mento to be the capital of the State. Macon Building and Loan Association. The following statement of the transactions of the Asso ciation, for the first year of its existence, ending Jan. Ist 1855, has been furnished the Georgia Citizen,by The Treas- I urer, for publication: ! Loans $50,900 OOlnstallments. $24,000 00 Expenses 934 86Premiums 26.586 25 1 Cash 44 19Interest, 1,293 50 Unpaid instali’nts. 125 40Fines 124 70 Total. $52,094 45 Total. $52,004 45 Amount paid on each share $2. Present net value each share $25 47. The condition of affairs is so prosperous that the com pany retain the officers of last year in their respective places. i r ■ - ©a- The Mormons—A Washington letter says that the | Preside at is in possession of Irghly gratifying intelligence from Utah. The Mormons ate not only doefle, bat are much pleased with their new Governor, whom they soon hope to* convert to their religious faith. Several of the office! s under Gal. Steptoe have declared their approval of the Mormon custom relative to matrimony. It is to be hoped they have left no family ties, behind them, or they | will find it a ‘ hard road‘to travel over Jordan.” I [FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.] Our Washington Correspondence. Washington, D. C. Jan. 27, 1555. The Senate is not in session today, but the House is busy at work. The French Spoliation Bill has been “up” for four or five days and will consume as many more before it is killed, as I hope it will be. The Collins Steamer Swin dle come3 on next, and if the present Congress shall suc ceed in thwarting that monster, the country may be con gratulated upon the healthy state of the political atmos phere about Washington. The Homestead Bill, the Boun ty Land Bill, the Pacific Railroad Bill, the French Spolia tion, and the Collins’ Line Bill, are all descendants of the Puritans, and lam proud to say that very few of these stock-jobbing, money spending schemes come from the South, but are all the favorite children of the Paritar.ie North. Astranger,coming to Washington, is struck, with the great number of letter writers and correspondents that are seen and met with at nearly every corner. Their fami liar intercourse with the greatest and usually most inac cessible Northern statesmen; and more than all, the extrav agant style in which they live—you ‘see them at the best Hotels, drinking ihe oldest and costliest wines, wearing the richest and most fashionable apparel, and indulging in all the gayetiesand extravagancies of the extreme Tipper ten, — asks, who pays? I cannot specify who furn ishes the silver, but I notice that Southern Statesmen meet with but little favor from any of the breed, while any petti fogging and political hireling from the Hyperborean re gions, is the frequent recipient of their kindness. The truth is, Southern statesmen stand but a poor chance to j make national reputations at Washington,and there are two reasons for it. The first is, they refuse to purchase fame, and the next is,that there is a well organized and powerful bo dy of paid Hessians of the press whose duty it is to malig nantly hunt down all rising Southern men, or to kill them with kindnessjthat is to'say, dam them with faint praise.And in proof of this, you notice they are very fond ‘and fast to hunt, publish and praise a poor speech, made by a South ern man, but let a good speech be made—one that is cal culated to make an impression upon the white slaves ot the North, —and how these mercenaries pounce upon it. — la this connection is another fact; Southern papers get all their news, and cull all their facts from their northern ene mies—and instead of having ge-ntlemcn of intelligence and worth, and character, here from the South, to correspond for their papers, to fumislVthem news and to do justice to their own statesmen, these hired libelcrs are permitted, for the price of three dollars a letter, weekly, to figure “as our Washington Correspondence,” and to put forth their reek ing and filihy slanders upon the Southern people, and make the first impression upon the Southern mind. This ought not to be so. The administration of General Pierce is getting along very smoothly, in a quiet way. It is true, Georgia has very little or no concern with it, as it is a matter generally understood here, that because Cobb and McDonald were rival candidates for the Senate, that Mr. Pierce thinks it highly impolitic to give the great State of Georgia any Executive patronage; and hence, throws away everything upon those two old whig States, Massachusetts and Ken tucky—not to mention tne sop given, now to tho Hards and then to the Softs. Could’nt Mr. Pe ce try Georgia in the same way—give a Cabinet appointment to Mc’Donald and a foreign mission to Cobb? I think we would not be asking too much, when Kentucky, a whig State, has a Cabinet officer and two full missions, and a host of Con sula and Clerkship?, while Georgia, is treated like an'or phan. I like Gen. Pierce much: I think he is a good man, a firm democrat, and a warm friend to the South, but he must not expect his Administration to be strong with the Democracy, when so great a number of his officers here are blatant whig! or subterranean Know Nothings. I have just heard from the House, and the climax of stock-jobbing is reached at last. The French Spoliation bill has passed that body by a majority of 32. It is well that ! tomorrow is the Sabbath. Know Nothingisrn is on the decline. The Abolitionists have got the r eins at the North. Wilson, the .most ultra, blind, furious, fanatical of all the ultra, blind, furious,fanat ical abolitionists of Massachusetts, has been elected by the House, ’Senator. Greely endorses the choice. Seward 1 will be elected in New York, and by Know Nothing votes. John P. Hale has been here for a week past, and'his busi ness has been understood to be under the ground, in the dark, ivith the Know Nothings. 1! it is not an abolition thing at the North, wo cannot judge by the votes—for when they have had the power and elected, it has always been an anti-Nebraska or free-eoii whig- or .democrat.— They have never yet elected to any National office a Ne braska or pro-slavery Democrat. But, as 1 said, the thing is dying away; Wise is giving them fits in Virginia, and the lodges are being deserted by scores. I have seen, within the last week, a reliable and well informed Virginian, who says that there is not a shadow of doubt as to Wise's elec tion. Even the whigs refuse to obey their leaders, and burrow in the ground; but a large body es them in Virginia, say that unless a whig candidate is nominated, free from the Know Nothing taint, that they will vote for V r ise.— Sam Houston is to speak Monday in the the Senate, and we are likely to have some rich and rare developments. I will report you of what he say?, early and truly. Yours, DELTA. Geological Survey of Alabama. We learn from the Tuscaloosa Observer, that ihe geolo- I gioal corps of the slate is now completely organ zed and at present engaged in working out the results obtained in tha field the past summer and fall. Mr. Lieber, a you nor and accomplished geologist, has been employed in working out the somewhat complicated structure of Talladega county, particularly that portion of it known as the Iliiia bee. Mr. Thornton, a graduate of the State University and possessed of much practical knowledge, has been as ! signed the interesting part of the state occupied bv the | cretaceous rocks. To Dr. Mailett has been confided the ; analyses of ores and other minerals brought to light by the ! survey. The soils, limestones, mails, greensand arid other I agricultural resources of the state’ will receive his special j attention. Mr. Hollowed, an intelligent young gentleman !of North Alabama, is also attached to the corps. At an | early day the party will be dispersed over the state, each jto his allotted field. The whole being under the able | direction of Prof. Tuomey, we look lor the most valuable ! ! and satisfactory results. We have no information as to . ! the time to be occupied by this important work, but when j i the geolog cal survey is accomplished and laid before the I i public, our people, its weli as law-makers, will, we predict, 1 I be well satisfied with the expenditure of the few thousand I ! dollars it will cost. Accurately defined boundaries of the ! i toil beds alone and other information connected therewith, j would be worth more to the siate than the cost of the en j ‘ tire geological survey.— Mobile Tribune. The Revolution in China. —The latest accounts from ‘ | China are unfavorable to the cause of the insurgents.— 1 Extracts from the Pekin Gazette, extending from Sept.! i Sth to 30th, chronicle the recapture of several tow ns by ! 1 the*lmp>. r’al troops^-ni the destruction, in the aggregate, ! of some 20,000 insurgents. This last is no doubt a great exaggeration. But after making all ihe allowances, ‘it is , evident that the furoapetfis of the insuigents are at pres* : cntdiscouragt! g. They are scarcely less so at the South • Utah at the Norik. In the neighborhood of Canton, thy { ! insurgents have suffered serious reverses, in consequence., j of which, the vessels of Vie Imperialists, which h.-ukbeen | confined within the Bogne for several months, notv ven i ture out. The gentry and merchants have contributed j largely towards the defence of Canton, and have subsi dized 10,000 men, for the relief of Shunteh, Specula tion, among foreign residents, was rife as to the results of the American and English Commissioners to Pekin. From the Columbus Enquirer. Minute of Points Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia, at Colom bus, January Term, 1855 : McGlaum vs. McGlawn— from Chattahoochee. If A makes a conveyance to B, oi a negro, for a valua ble consideration —the vendor reserving® to himself a file es tate —such an instrument is a Deed ami not a Will. The S ate vs. Boyd —from Muscogee. 1. One indicted for murder in the second degree, may be tried befoie the principal. 2. If the court, in deciding on the competency ol a.juror, shonld mistake as to a fact included in the answers ol the juror before triors —and ii the counsel lor prisoner should lail to attempt to correct such mistake such a mistake can not be successfully assigned ior eiror. 3. Warrants placed in the hands of a Sheriff against the prisoner, the Sheriff'being killed, though irregular, the sub ject matter being within the jurisdiction ol the officer issuing the same, is competent evidence to be submitted to the Jury. 4. The State may withdraw evidence submitted to the Jury against the prisoner, over the objection ot tiie prisoner —such evidence not being in favor oi the prisoner. 5. Although the indictment does not allege that the de ceased was acting as Sheriff] still it is competent for tne State, on the trial, to prove such fact. —<2K*— [From the Louisville Journal, January 24.] Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Indianapolis Robbed — lts Cashier absconded with $50,000. We published a paragraph yesterday from the Indianap olis Journal, which spoke of the mysterious disappearance of Flank May, tiie cashier of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ bank of Indianapolis. It appears from the following that he has robbed the Bank and left for parts unknown. Col. May, the owner of the Bank, is the uncle of Frank. We take the account from the Journal. The very worst suspicions in regard to the affair at the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank has proved true. The doors of the vault being pried open and the safe hinges bro ken off] it was discovered that a clean sweep had been made. It is impossible, until a careful examination of the books is made, and until correspondents are heard from, to ascertain the sum stolen; but it is quite certain that be tween $25,000 and $50,000 were taken. We understand that the Cashier was seen on Saturday on the Bellefontaine train hy a gentleman of his acquaint ance, whom he told ihat he was going to Cieaveland.— Every accessible point was informed by telegraph yester day, and today a thousand policemen, in eveiy quarter of the country, are endeavoring to recognize in every stranger the description given, by the lightning, of Frank May. This young man had been esteemed by all who knew him as most exemplary; he was a member of the church, and possessed an enviable position in society. For several years he managed the business of his uncle, Col. Allen May, while agent for the State ot New York, and has had many opportunities of taking twenty times the sum, which, in ali probability, ne has with him at this time. In regard to this matter, Col. May issues the following card: To the Depositors in the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank at Indianapolis. —The Cashier ot the “Bank lias left the institution, taking with him ail the available funds of the same. I suppose, from the slight examination I have been able to make of the books ot the bank, that the de posits do not exceed $50,000. I hold myself personally responsible for the same, and will in a short time so ar i grange that they all shall be fully paid. The bill holders ‘have the securities deposited with the Auditor, all of which are Louisiana 6 [ter cent stocks, and the law makes me in dividually liable for any defect. 1 hope to be able, in a few days, to make arrangements for tho redemption of the • bill3 ’ g cj , A, MAY. ScLuylerized. The following is said to be a list of the Railroad Com panies in vt hich the Schylers held responsible offices: Capital. Office. Housatonic Railr’d $2,000,000 Robt. Schuyler, Tras. Agf. . Brooklyn & Jam’ca 3000,000 Robt. Schuyler, Secretary. N. Y. & Harlem.. 3,560,600 G. L. Schuyler, President. Rutl’d & Whitehall 850,009 G. L. Schuyler, President. Saratoga & VVash’n 899,000 Robt. Schuyler, Treasurer. N. Y. & N. Haven,3,ooo,ooo R. Schuyler, Pres. & T Ag. Naugatuck R. R... 926.000 Robt. Schuyler, Trans. Agt. | Nti & Northamp’n 972 000 Robt. Schuyler, Trans.Agt. , I Vermont Valley... 505,480 Robt. Schuyler, Trans.Agt. Tha Sound Dues Question. A Copenhagen letter, dated Jan. 6,says:—H’iie American demonstration to exempt the ships of the United Slates horn the payment of the Sound dues in future is likely to lead to more serious complications than was at first antici pated. Fears are beginning to be felt in certain high quar ters of Brother Jonathan’s fulfilling his threat of sending a squadron of shins of war to Elsinore to convoy their mer chant vessels through the Sound without paying the toll, and steps are being taken in a quiet “manner to meet the emergency. Some guns of heavy calibre which have been lying unmounted for many years on the ramparts of the citadel, have been taken to Elsinore, and mounted there,so as to command any ships passing the Sound, whilst the gar rison has been increased by a couple of hundred artillery men. To Tax Collectors. —lt is announced that Gov. Win ston of Alabama, has appointed Joel Riggs., Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Win. Graham, Esq., State Treas urer, to till the vacancies in these offices occasioned by the expiration of the time for which these gent! men were elected. This settles the matter as to the official powers of those officers, as the Governor has the constitu tional power to fill vacancies during the recess. The Tax Collectors, under these circumstances, and also fortified by the opinion of the Attorney General, should be under not the slighest anxiety in paying over the funds in their hands to the proper officers.— Ala. Journal, ] st. —<ss— Foot Pads. — We learn that a gentleman, on his way lo Texas, was robbed on Tuesday, on the Lowndes road, near this city, of SI6OO, by two foot pads, who, with a pistol at his head, made him “stand and deliver.” Offr eers are afier the scamps, but we learn have not yet ar rested them.- Ala. Journal , 1 st. Removal. —The President lias removed John Esaias Warren, the United States District Attorney of the Ter ritory of Minnesota, for commencing a suit in the United States against the Minnesota and Northern Rail Road Company, without notice to his superiors at Washington. It is suspected that the suit was commenced by collusion with the Company, with the intention of allowing the U. Stites to be defeated, and thus extinguish a lien of the U. Stites upon some of the lands claimed or needed by the company. Caught at last. —We see that Thos. J. Dowden, who once figured in Montgomery, Ala., as Power Pressman, Stage Agent, &e., has been arrested in New York, after perpetrating various forgeries throughout the country, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences, from merchants and others, thru’ the means of presenting counterfeit bills for advertising in several of the city pa* pers New Hampshire Politics. —Concord, Jan. 17.—The Know-Nothing Convention for the nomination of State officers, which met in tills city yesterday, nominated the Rev. John Moore, of the Universalist Church , for Gov ernor. Eider Pike was nominated for Congress from the first district; Mr. Tapipan from the second, and A. G. i Cragin from the third. ‘I here is much excitement among | the defeated aspirants for political fame, and many openly j threaten to bolt. — i Auction Anecdote —Some weeks ago, Olcott put up j for sale, at D. Owen’s & Co’s, a copy of Sparks’ Wash . ington. At first no one seemed inclined to bid, but after a | while, one of the spectators offered fifteen cents a volume!” ! Looking round at the speculator with a frown most terrible j Oicott ejaculated: “My friend, don’t waste your money; I you can’t read, and what is the use of your buying books']” j The bidder was silent. After a little a box of cigars 4 was ; put up, when the admirer ol Gen. Washington rapidly ex i claimed—“ Fifteen cent?, d—n you? Pm entitled to smoke, j if not to Sparks!” O <2*— The Texas*Debt. —On motion of Mr. Breckenride this subject hai been made the special‘order for the 6th ( f February. The bill before the House originated in the Senate, and provides for the payment, in cash, of eight and a half million of dollar?, oa condition of full releases to the Un-fed S ates. The Committee of Ways and Means of thell iuse have proposed two additional amendments : Ist—That the creditors shaii rtlo. se Tex ts, as well as tiie ‘ United States, from these claims ; and, 2d—That Texas shall release the United States from all claims for compen. satioa for Indian expenses and spoliations. Sir Adam Ferguson , —The last accounts from K r „. j land anounce the death of Sir Adam Ft rguson. R, Keeper of the Regalia of Scotland, and the ancient fries and “crony” of Sir Walter Scott. lie died at Edinburg■ at the advanced age of 84. Ferguson had se. Vtd in \\ I army .with distinction, but retired with only the rank f! captain. He was perhaps the most intimate of all • associates, and not. inferior to the great minstrel L:i. : , in his fund of anecdotes, and admirable manrerof ; v ., jfl them. “With him lias disappeared the last ink of :Le<jfl chain, and may be said, Boai ly the last representative Ej ihe preceding generation. The Scottish melropol# , | now boast of very few individuals belonging lo this eh.iT’ of soeietv, who ’ban recall the memories of the pa;-; L. mature men at the commencement of the present tury. The sales of Holloways Pills and Ointment have w IB derfully increased lately, we presume, therefore, that well known virtues the medicines possess are becoming i a versaliy appreciated, thousands of persons of both tolll testify diumally that, their effect is miraculous; they conjointly so directly upon the system, the one ir.ten ffl and'other externally, that the most serious cases will n ; ., jfl yield to their wonderful power. seldom recommend a manufactured med; Y , believfhg-that, in mo.-t cases, nature herself perfects a cjfl more rapidly and effectual ly than can be aceompiL-iu-u jfl the vegetables and minerals of medical science. Bit ■ the matter Os dyspepsia, there are chronic features alio 1| which, very often, defy all the efforts of nature to civ Jr healthy action of the digestive organs, and it not auk quently happens that thousands fniffer for years, oyeoljP both in body and mind, from indigestion and its Kind WL ills. To such, Hootlajnd’s German Bitters, prepared iyi| Jj C. M. Jackson, are truly a most valuable pieparation, I is a tonic medicine, giving a healthy action to the stoins r m and will be found highly serviceable at all season?, bi.pfl peciaily during the Spring. Dyspepsia can only be c. M by a patient perseverence in one course of treatment;. to all those suffering under this sad malady we wouid commend an application to the depot of Ilooflar d’? (I JJ man Bitters, 120 Arch’ street, Philadelphia. —PhtladclpjlM Enquirer. DISEASE. —Carter’s Spanish P.l.xlurc, as p.:■ .K edy tor Liver Disease, and the number ol’ formidable evii> ( necled with a dtsorsr .nixed state of ihat organ, is urrhjfl Hundreds of certificates from the highest sources of per living in the city of Richmond Va., mmht be given oi c; lected hy Carter’s Spanish Mixture. \V<* have only ro n. ■ ier to the extraordinary erne oi Samuel M. Drinker. ! sej . ■ |H firm of Drinker & Morris,Booksellers,Richmond. Va., \. *■ cured by two bottles of Carter’s Spanish Mixture, alter : ,9 years suffering from diseased liver, lie says its action . , ffl blood is wonderful, bclior than ali the niedicie e he • . Jfl taken, ana cheer luliy recommends it to all, See adve rt* Worms. —As this is tho sea.-on of the year when worfl are most formidable among children, the prci rioters e l Lane’? Vermifuge, leg leave lo cedi the attention of j au- . to its virtuevs for the expelling es these annoying and o: - - fl fatal enemies ot childu n. It was invented hy a phjsiri-a of great experince in Virginia, who, alter having u.-ed in his own practice, and found it3 success so universal, \. a induced at last to offer i: to the public as a cheap but ofl tain and excellent medicine. It has since, become ju.-ufl popular throughout the United States as the. most officin.ji Veimifuge ever known, ar.d the demand has l. cn stead.hi on the increase since its first introduction to ihe public.—l This great worm Specific may be had at all Ihe Druggists! in Columbus, and of Dealers generally throughout the L .S.J COMMERCIAL. COTTON STATEMENTS?^ 12 0 L-k- “2 a 4 |sr22i"S rr Stock w©.< 2 S :*.=:•'< h: ~-*r: on ! Ef £ < S 5’ q ~~ I g jo ig 3 2 hard ,g<’ <= < • q 2. _ t i,j s -<<L . I ~ f day. 1854. * 43 237253807 561792555 40569 ( 43124 12050 Columbus, Feb. 3. COTTON —The transactions are limited to-day owing to the small amount offering. We notice that the feeling is not so strong, and the upward tendency is cheeked.-- We quote extremes a B^. At a meeting of the “City Light Guards” h dd at their Armory, on the evening of ihe 2d inst., the following resolution was unanimously adopted. Resolved, That the thanks of the Company be tenderer to “A Friend,” for the present of a verv handsome Siivci Cup. ’ L. B. DUCK, ) B. SAISBUKY, > Com Columbus,Feb. 3,1855. fj. A. RIDDLE. ) EOSES J EOSEB! AND PETTIT TKEES. jggft 81. G. MOORE, of Astoria, Long island, New Yon .:, offers for sale, at No. 135, Broad street, Columbus, . one treekonly. a splendid collection of ltosts,CV.is jjH japonicas, (innaLon Pink?, Chinese Ora: g* s, i K Lemon tfrees, Honey Suckles, Spireas, Dahlias, and many >. fl Nnv and Rare Plants, among which are the Cedar . i li fl non, Deo fora Cedar, Laureisiuus; also Pear, Apple, Ptsirii ;flfl Nectarine grafted irnU trees; ar.d also a fine lot of fit.v.tr vegetable seeds: all ironi said nursery. Ladies and Gentlehiefi, : mateurs, arc respectfully ho .;< :H call and make their selections. The proprietor, Vi-hiisß make (he acquaintance of the amatuer:- crflruit and Hov.tifl j this ci'y, and having no other ra commendation but his p.a.fl solicits ihe patronage of the ptrfiiic. fl i N. B. Ah plants sold wili ue warranted genuine. I Catalogues of fruits and flowers furnished to those who dc-fl j them. feb2—tv,:u. 1 ‘ x . * ‘ Muscogee Railroad Stock for Safe. ! A Shares Muscogee Railroad Stock for sale by , Ob li All 111 SON, AUSTIN & JtfcGEllLn. fl ! iebd.. vr<Hwtf. VALENTINES! VALENTINES!!! A Splendid assortment of sentimental and comic v:.l Lace papers and envelop?, valentine writers m.-i .1 of tho newest designs for St. Valentine’s day, Febn::. :;M. h, l.df just been received and tor sate,at the lowest prices by J. W. PEASE, 92 B.*oast Street. Orders from the country solicited and sent with di.-paick. LETTEEEOTYPIITG. SPECIMENS of this beautiful process may be seen cl the ■ Lisin the city, llisaudapted to * L Signs, Cards, Labeling Glass Ware and Littering ( Glass Generally- k Thorough Instructions given in the art in a few h -son?, rij - sale, a lew copies ot that magnificent par.or ornament, ’-m Lora’s Prayer. Poom'S at the Broad Street House. Call as my stay is limited to a lew days. LAFoN, Artist.f jeb3-nw%, Muscogee Sheriff Sales. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Alarch next, a’ the Market-House, in the city of Columbus, be-, i tween the usual hours of sale, the following jJßperfi I to-wit: j City lot No 57.5, commencing on tl;e East Commons and Tri' - i mas Street, together vviih all the improvements on Ihe same-- i (It being one of the most, delight ui rts denccs in the c. Levied on as ihe property of Hardy (J. Uarraway, to sal of;. ;i p fa issued from the interior Court of Muscogee county, in L‘ v of Ruse and Barnard va. said Carraway and VV. it. tchivy, i dorse r. Also one house and lot in the Northern Liberties adjourn the Ctt; o: Columbus, number net known, it being the wliicii ‘Stephen Copeland resides —levied < n ■’ fl* prop jrty of Stephen Copeland to satisfy a ii fa issued now Justice? Court in aud ioi the 773.4 cii-tr ct G, M, ,n ‘‘{■L 11. p. Robinson ys. said Copeland f property pointed said Rquinsoj-, levy made ami returned to me by a t on.-ta 1 * Aiso city lota number Hid, It 7, 103, 109 and DO, being in ite citjtof Columbus, together wiih ail il e n: F's (.■ ments on the same levied on as ihe property of Wi.l :.:u i y<f to salisiy two ii (as issued from the lidenor Court oi Mu-. , county, m iavc roi James A. Chapman and A. Dav.s c~ c • said Brooks —John B. Baiid, W. I'.Colquitt aud Parish u B indorsers. * F. M. BiiocCiff, feb3.. ids. * Ma.nuafctcref.s & Mechanics Bank, OF COLUMBUS, Columbus, Ga., Jan. 30, If ’■ I 0 1* THE Stockholders of this institution are hereby that a call for the remaining fifty per cent ot tne**-; ■ stock is required to-be paid at its Banking House m tiiv> ■ of Columbus, on or before the second day of April r.cC B By order of the Boa~d of Directors. Jan. 31—w&tw2m W. B. STORM, Cash J NOTICE. ji RU5’ AVv AY from the subscriber’s plantation-* fths tiatcF.achubbeecreek,ln Russell ccui.ty, .'••■L on the 22d December, Four Negro Hoys, 1 21 to 24 years of age, to wit: Joe, Times, ton ■ lsham. Joe has a sear on the leit side ol l. s “ ‘"fl Paid negroes were brimght Tula Cherokee c u, ! - ‘ .‘fli Rome, an-'l will probably try to make their way I ark Any information about saiu negrots win be thhukiu > f'T’Xk ed, or any person taking them up aud notifying 1 w gan, Ala., wi.lbe liberally rewarded. I fob2 —wit. MATTHEW AVtkuT-. ■