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Cimes avfo fowfintl. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB, 28, ’ ‘—-■ ■ “ •• “"*•* “ a Abolition at High Tide. We have heretofore averted, that if the Know Noth ing Lodgfc* in the Northern States were not pledged to the advoeaoy of abolition, they were at least non committal on the subject, and admitted, indiscriminate ly, the enemies aud advocates of slavery into the Lodges. Now for the proof. It is known that the State of Massachusetts bae been over ruu by the Ivoow Nothings j that so signal has been their success in that old com monwealth, that every member of the Legislature, except one, belongs to the order. On th.s menu, then, the order baa a fair chance to show its band. What has beou its action 1 Let Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe answer the enquiry. In a letter to the National Era , under date of February 2J., she uses the following strik ing language in describing the change of publio semi went in favor of the Ueaaooable project* of the Abo litionists : The fact, which newspaper writers ignore is, that the tide is rising—slowly, surely, uod with resistless regularly. Every year lifts it higher. What once was called ultra ism, is now ealm, universal belief; aud the last aud ultimate ex treme of the most uncompromising abolitionists is now looked in the face with a serious scrutiny. i . • * r . l i L. i i: The culminating point of tiie changed public feeling iu Massachusetts, this winter, has been shown by the election of Wilsou to the Uuited States Senate. This is the flash of tiie loug gathering cloud, the high water mark of the fast rising tide. No appointment could have been more distasteful to that aristocracy which has so long ruled Beaten. To step from attic Everett, whose lips were “dewy with the Greek of Plato,” to Henry Wilson, from the shoemaker's bench at Natick, seem# truly a uin® d*y*s’ fall, und, accordingly, “confounded chaos roars.” But what has done ill who have done it 1 They who outraged manhood and womanhood, and human natuie, iu the late atrocious slave captures. They have elected VVil aon. They “the precious diadem stole” from the head of old Boston, that tneyjmight“put it in their pocket!” They shamed her iu her own sight, iu the sight of all her sons and daughters; and the deep, hot heart ol the people has never forgotten the insult, and this election is the result. Now when it is remembered that this man Wilson is a Know Nothing, aud was elected to the Senate of the Uuitd Slates by a Kuow Nothing Legislature, is it not an ominous fact that his election is hailed by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the peitiooated apostle of the Abolitionists, as conclusive proof that the vile fanaticism, to which she has prostituted her heart and head, has reached its “culminating point.” But this is not all. This same Henry Wilson, in u letter ueder date of the 19lb February, says*. 4th. The American organization in Massachusetts does not embrace the questiou oi slavery araoug those fc r the regulation of which it was formed. The people of Massachusetts have fixed opinions, in which most of the members of that organization fully con cur, against the support or allowance of slavery by national legislation. They entertain the most profound conviction that the harmeuy and tepose of the country and the highest interests Ot the master and the slave demand that the national govern ment should be relievod from all connexion with or responsi bility for slavery, and that this disturbing questiou should be left to the people of the States where it exists. While they do not seek to impose these convictions and opinions upon their fellow eitizeus of other States, or to proscribe them for not fully concurring in those convictions aud opinions, they will submit to no dictation or proscrip tion from any body of men or section of the country. Now hero is proof positive from one of the high priests of the Know Nothings that the order Ist. “Does not embrace the question of slavery among those for the regulation of which it was formed;” and 2d. “That most of the members of that organization (in Massachusetts) fully concur in the opinion of the people of Maasacbu setts against tb® support or allowance of slavery by national legislation.” In his Boston speech, to which we have heretofore call tiro attention of our readers, this Kuow Nothing Senator explains what he means by “the support or allowance of slavery by national legis- , iation,” by urging a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, , the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and I pledging himself, almost in terms, against the admission ; of any more slave holding States into the Union. And j yet the hoary hypocrite pretends that he recognises “the ■ doctriue of States Rights in its application to slavery, as well as to any other matter of pubiie concern’* as set i forth in the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of 1798. Aud upon this exposition of Ivoow Nothing doctrines an attempt is being made to reconcile the South to the order aud thus make it the leading political party in the slave States. Foremost in this insane effort is the New York HeraUl t which has heretofore b*eu true to the South, and yet proposes to be. In the issue of that paper, of the 23d iust., is an article upou this subject in which this ground is boldly taken : It were folly to suppose, says the Herald, that any party organization in the North could stand upon the requisition that its members should subscribe to the doctrine, however reasonable it may be, that our Southern African slavery is q good, humane political aud social institution, indispensa ble to the South aud essential to the prosperity and harmo ny ©f the Union. It is too late, therefore, to attempt to control the opinions ol individuals upon the slavery question in the North, in the organization of any new political party. The must that can be expected by the South is a party recognizing their State rights, aud holding an attitude of constitutional non intervention upon this paramount issue. Ia it indeed too late to attempt to control the opin ion* of individuals upon the slavery question at the i North in th© organization of any new political party ? I Then Ist us fall back upon old organizations: thev at least have never failed to attempt to do so. Even the Whig party, rotten and corrupt as it has long been, *W*er failed to denounce the abolitionists and to main tain the guarantees of th® constitution in favor of slavery j iu *f their uational platforms; and was only dissolved j beoaue* the majority of the Northern wiug of the party • failed to abide by the pledges of the party in conven- j lion. And will Southern Whig* who have just pulled ! down a great party, because it could not “control the i of individuals upon the slavery question in the ! -North/’ s u'tify themselves by joining another party I which admits the vilest abolitionists to its secret councils : and elevates them to its highest offices ? We cannot, we will not, believe it until the proof is furnished bv the existence of the fact. The South must “control the opinions of individuals upsn h- subject of slavery in the North.’’ or submit to the tender mercies of fanaticism iu the Union, or go out of the Union. Tlttr© is no alternative. The North is strongest in the Senate, strongest in the House of j Representatives, strongest in the electoral eollege, and ‘ if the South fail to control the opinions of individuals upon j the slavery question in the North, that majority will btiug the whole force of Federal power and patronage j to bear sgair.st Southern institutions. There is but ; one Way to exert this control ; and that is by a compact • party organisation, devoted to the maintenance of Sooth- S ern rights. This proposition, therefore, of the Herald, to give : the subject of sLv. ry the go by is the most dangerous i that has ever been advancei and should meet trith in dignant denunciation from every Southern man who docs not wish to dig the ewe of Southern rights.— And it, therefore, follows that the Kuow Nothing party, which is based noon th * policy, as we think weThave proven,is utterly unworthy ®f -the esustersnss and sup port ©f the Southern peopl®. If w® bavo misrepresented the party, let the friend* of the order com# out like men and expose tho inaccu racy of positions. The interests involved are too im portant to be periled. Our proofs are all taken from recognised orgaos or representative men of the order. Out of their own mouths w® condemn them. An important Case. We understand, says the Charleston Mercury , that his Honor, Judge Munro, at tbo instance of the lion. It. B. Rhett, on behalf of certain merchants, has gran ted a rule against the Tax Collector of St. Philips’ and St. Michael’s to show cause, on Tuesday next, why a prohibition should not issue against him, restraining him from collecting a certain tax, laid by this State on the manufactured productions of other States. Tho tax of the Slate not only discriminates between the manufac tured aud unmanufactured products of other States, but also in favor of similar manufactured products of this State, which it exempts from taxation. The producers of flour from the State of Georgia, who make Charleston their market, are especially oissatisflsd with this tax ; and the case is made, not only to silence the complaints, but to test definitely the rights of the State in taxation. In the late Secession controversy, s large portion of the Southern statesmen insisted upon the policy of lay* ing discriminating duties on the manufactured produc tions of the North, as an efficient remedy agaiust their aggressions. This case, we hope, will test the right. Lek it be decided either way, the South will bo the gainer. If a State has the right of laying suoh duties, she has an important weapon of retaliation. If she has it not, a false refuge is detected, and put away from the counsels of the South. Mr. A. 11. Stephens ou the Governorship, In a letter to the Savannah Republican , under date of the 22d February, Mr. Stephans denies that he had aDy connection with the movement in Washington City to bring out William C. Dawson as a candidate for Governor of Georgia. He further says ; “While 1 entertain for Mr. Dawson the highest respect, and shall give him my cordial support for the office of Governor, if he be selected aud nominated by a convention of those with whom it has been my pride as well as plea sure heretofore to act, yet I had nothing whatever to do with the ‘movement’ alluded to. “Mr. Jenkins, over and above every other man iu the State, is the man of my choice and proferenea for Governor.’’ Dr. A. B. Lonqstrekt.—The papers are very un necessarily exciting publio sympathy for ibis distinguish ed citizen “in his old age.” Dr. Longetreet never was President of Centenary College, La. He is President of a College located at Oxford, Miss. He is not, there fore, the man who reoeived a “terrible cowhiding” at the hands of “a young student of Centenary College by | the name of Bell, from Ouachita river.” It was some body else. We would like to see a student, young or old, attempt to inflict such an ignominy upon the author of “Georgia Scenes.” lie would soon find that the venerable author had retained enough of his Georgia raising to punish suoh iuselence as it deserved. A Lin coln lick would crack any “Beil” in Louisiana. Opening op the Perry House.— The public, gene rally, and the traveling public, in particular, will be pleas ed to learn that this very superior Hotel was opened, in form, on Monday, 26th inst. The reproach of infe rior hotel accomodations is at last removed from Co i lurnbus by the enterprise and perseverance of Mr. j Perry. We take great pleasure in adding that the Perry j House is the most superb Hotel iu Georgia ; is as per | feet in all its appointments ; aud that the table is worthy j of the house. | Daugerrkotypjng.—We call attention to the ad i vertisemeut of Mr. DePew in to-day’s paper. lie sue* ; ceeds Mr. Woodbridge, and promises to sus ain the reputation of his establishment. Wo take pleasure in commending Mr. DePew to the public as a gentleman worthy of public confidence aud patronage. Thu Weather. —Sunday, 25th inst., was cloudy and sleet fell slowly until 12 M, accompanied by a slight fall of rain. By Monday morning the sky had cleared up aud the day was clear, cold and diy as auy during the season. The prospect is that wo shall not have a river until blustering Maroh wakes the Sea God from his slumbers in the frozen North. We havo little to I thank this winter but sleet, ice andoold weather. Death of Dr. Gilbert Tennent. —Since our last issue, says the Cheiokee Georgian , 22 d., our community has been called to pay the last sad rites to one efits most esteemed and most useful citizens. Dr. Gilbert Tennent died on Saturday morning, afier a brief but most pain ful illness. He leaver a large family, who but a few months ago, followed their mother to the grave. Thu* in their early vears, have they been called to experience the grief of erphauage, and our entire community to feel the loss of a valued citizen, a skillful physician aud | Christian gentleman. Ilia remains ware f >llowed to the grave on Sunday eveuing by the family friends, and a very large concourse of citizens. John Tabor, who is to be hanged at Stockton, Cali fornia, for the marder of Jos. Mansfield, was formerly editor of the Stockton Jorunal, and one of the bast newspaper writers in California. In the case of Fry against J. Gordon Bennett, of ths New York Herald, in which the former tvas awarded SIO,OOO against the latter, lor an alUged libel, the Su perior Court in that city on Saturday ordered anew trial. m i The Rumored Cuban Expedition. —A dispatch from ! Washington states that the United States Government 1 has positive assurances that Generrl Quitman has noth ; ing i© do with any fillibustering expedition against Cuba, and believe# that no expedition is on foot. Attempts j I were made to direct the Kinney Central American ■ | expedition against Cuba, bul wholly failed. The Span ish Minister in Washington, it is added, gives assurance | that Spun will pay indemnities in the Black Warrior steamship case, and others, for injurits inflsetel on . American vessel*. Commodore Ferry. —The Rhode Island House of j Representatives has adopted a tesolution authorizing j the Governor to present to Commodore Perry a service j of plate, suitably inscribed, as-a testimonial of the high , appreciation by his native Slate of the great and im* { portant service he has rendered to the cause of civiliza- j tion and commerce, in opening of the posts of Jaj au , The Case of Dr. Beale A Philadelphia prper says j “The most strenuous <ff>rts have been made his week ‘ for the pardon of Dr. Bede. After a full hearing ol j the eac®, Pnlkak positively refused te grants | pardon.” ( ‘Congressional. Washington, Feb. 23, 1855. j The Senate to-day, passed a joint resolution to adjourn j the present Congress sine die, at midnight, on Saturday, i the 3d of March. ‘ The Senate considered the bill to protect civil officers and other persons from vexatious law suits for discharging their official duties in the execution of the laws of the country. Avery exciting and protracted debate on the slavery question sprung up in the Seuate during the consideration of thisbill. At midnight the vote was taken, when the bill passed—29 ayes to 9 nays. The house passed a resolution calling; upon the Presi dent to state the object aud result of the Ostend Conference. The bill establishing a court of Claims was passed. The Civil and Diplomatic bill was discussed and amended. The Circuit Court have decided that the government shall administer on theestate of Dr. Gardiner, and has de creed that the stocks and securities in the hands of Corco ran & Riggs, amounting to $90,000, be placed in the bauds of a special auditor. _ _ Amendment of the Tariff. Washington, Feb. 23. Houston’s Tariff bill was substituted as an amend ment to tho General Appropriation bill by the Heuse, in committee, to day, instead of Edgerton’s Railroad iron, and wool proposition, in consequence of the Pennsylvania members, as a ruse, pledging themselves to go for it if Edgerton’s amendment was only killed thereby. The Pennsylvanians take it for granted that the friends ol Ed gerton’s proposition will kill off Houston’s amendment when it comes to be voted upon to-morrow in tho House, so that, by their movement to day, it was hoped the whole subject would be got rid of. But it has transpired that the Railroad iron and wool men do not purpose failing in to the trap, but will vote to-morrow to retain the Hous. ton amendment. This takes off permanently the duty on all iron to the amount of six cents a pound, and conse quently, if carried, will aflect Pennsylvania interests lar more than merely giving a credit on Railroad iron. Al ready the Pennsylvania members are trying to make terms. A compromise may be effected after the bill pass es the House, by which ihe Senate will reject the Hous ton amendment if the House will take up and pass the Senate Railroad iron bill. As matters stand at present the Pennsylvania members have overreached themselves decidedly. There was a report that the President intended to vt* to the Texas debt bill. The President, however hes sta* ted that ho has no such intention. (From tho New York Herald 18ih.) Know Nothing Disclosures—Violent Proceedings at the Syracuse Grand” State Council —A Seward Lamb among tho Wolves. Albany, Feb. 14. Yuurs of the Bth inst., containing a certificate of my election as a delegate to the State Grand Council ot the so-called Know Nothinng order from my Council, No. 274, held in Rutland, Jefferson county, was received.— In my reply, you will see how your delegate was received by this Grand Council of the State, now in session in the city of Syracuse. I presented my credentials at the place of meeting, s and was introduced to a number of the Order by ihe District Depu ty, Mr. ; l was then escorted to the desk of the Grand Secretary, paid the quarterly dues of my Council you entrusted me with, namely, two cents for each member of our Council. After this ceremony, I was conducted to the main hall, where nil tho delegates soon assembled, being about 200 in number. The presiding officer, Mr. Barker, of New York, said : “Before proceeding to bu siness, 1 would ask if there was any opportunity of there being auy listeners?” Being assured on that point, the i first business was to examine each person in the hall for f the purpose of ascertaining whether they had taken the : third degree. Those who had not received it were taken into an anteroom, qurstioned, and instructed further in : the mysteries of the Order, as the business to be transac ted could not, with safety, be done in the presence of an} who not taken the necessary oaths of third degree mem bers. Before proceeding further they inquired of each mem ber for whom they voted at the last State election. All those who had not voted the Uliman ticket (and there were about eight who had not done so) according to the j instructions of the Grand Council last fall, were required | to acknowledge they had committed an offence against the Order, and ask to be forgiven, and promise in ali : things in future to obey their superiors. Upon so doing, j a vote was taken, and the repenting members were re instated. J being a member of the Legislature, was invited upon the platform with the officers of the meeting, and intro duced by Mr. Barker, who informed the Grand Council that I would make explanations in relation to my vote cast at the last election. Whilst 1 was proceeding to do so, one of the members asked me for whom 1 voted for U. S. Senator ? When I replied, William 11. Seward, it created a great excitement in all parts of the hall. Some 20 or 30 more vehement than the rest, rushed forward to the platform, hissing, stamping their feet, gnashing their | teeth, extending their arms with clenched fists, crying ! out with cout Loanees flushed with excitement, “traitor,” ! “perjurer,” “liar,” “villain,” and other epithets, accom ’ panied with the exclamation, “hustle him out,” “down j stairs with him,” “throw him out of the window,” &c\, &c. . ( t By this time the meeting was in a complete uproar.— | The presiding officer could not control those present, and j declared the meeting adjourned for one hour. There was then a general rush for the platform where I was standing. Some of the foremost seized my collar, but by the exertion of a few personal friends, I was saved from further violonto by being, with great haste, escorted down a private stairway, whilst others closed the doors and kept back the mob. When 1 reached the street, Mr. j Barker advised me to go to my hotel aud not to show i myself about the place, but leave the city in the first con- ; veyance. Having no other business to attend to, I took ) his'advic®, and left Syracuse in the first train. , 1 know not what you and the Council may think of tins, ; but if you ever desire to send a delegate to such a Pan- j demon uin, you must select some other person besides your si lcere Iriend and fellow townsman. 1 MOSES FAMES. To the W. P. of Council 274. China —A letter from Canton, under date of December I 10th, states that after the virtual failure ot the British and j American Commissioners, in their late visit to Pekin to in- : duce the government to extend relations with Western na tions, Mr. McLane took passage for home, having conlu- i ded that he must devise some plan with his own govern j ment for the renewal and revision of relations with China. ; Important from Fe—lndian Battles—General Indian War Anticipated. Louisville, Ivy., Feb. 23. The Santa Fe mails have arrived at Independence, Mo. , She bring important intelligence in reia'ion to the Indians. A pirty of 100 Apaches and Utahs had massacred ] 1 men j and 2 women near Puebla, and had earned off others. In eonsequeuce ol the depredations of the Indians excite ment existed at Santa Fe, and a general Indian war was expected. The Indians swear vengeance agaiust all the i whites. On the 20th of January Capt. Ewell, of the Ist Dragoons had a fight with the Apaches near the Sacramento Moun tain. During the battle Capt. Henry W. Stanton and 3 privates were killed. It is also known that 12 Indians were killed, and many wounded. Gov. Garland has called out five volunteer companies, , for six months service against the Indians. When the express and Santa he mail left it was stated that 400 Indians were advancing to take the town. Lieut. St >rges also fight sixty miles from Santa Fe, where the Indians were defeated, and he recaptured a large amount of stolen stock. The geueral government is much blamed for its iaaeti- | vity. Pennsylvania Politics. > ■ Ihr.RfrBURG, Feb. C3. A meeting of the .Id line of democrats opposed to the re-election of Came;on to the United States Senate was held to-day. The meeting was broken up by the Know Nothings, who passed res j!u ions in favor oi Cameron. Ohio State Temperance Convention- Cincinnati, Feb. 23. The Slate Temperance Convention met at Columbus yesterday. Delegates from all parts of the Bta:e were present. Resolutions were passed approving of the State Liquor law, as far as it goes, and pledging not to rest un til the Legislature parses a prohibitory ia\v. Wilsonism—Abolitioniim. Surely politics make us acquainted with strange bed fellows, in evidence of which we find in the defence by the Wilmington Commercial of its Know Nothing broth er, Henry Wilson, Senator elected from Massachusetts. Mr.’Wilson’writes a letter to Vespasian Ellis, E-iitor of the American Organ, the Know Nothing paper at Washing ton City, in which he says he believes that the whole sub ject of slavery, within State limits, should be left to State legislation, and does not entertain the opinion that Con gress has any power to interfere with slavery, as it ex:sts under the State laws. And this very gracious conde scension ou the part of WilsoD, the Commercial says ought to be received with “great satisfaction by the Southern public.” Now, every man who knows anything and don’t pur posely wish to deceive his readers, knows and states that the attacks of the abolitiouisis are not as yet nu de direct ly upon slavery as it exists within the States. The editor of the Commercial knows that Wilson, at an anti-slavery meeting in Boston, since his election as Senator openly and unequivocally endorsed the programme laid dowu by Burlingame, a Know Nothing member elect from the same State, which defined the platform to be—the aboli tion of slavery in the District of Columbia—the abolition of the buying or selling of slaves between the Stabs ; the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law—the repeal of the Kan sas and Nebraska Law—the admission of no new Siave States—the exclusion of ail slaves from any and all of the territories of the United States. And yet, knowing all this, the Commercial gravely asserts that the declarations of this map Wilson are to be received with “great satis faction” by the Southern publio. What other things “the Southern public” will be called upon to receive with “great satisfaction” who can tell ? “We don’t know.” Wilmington Journal. General Houston in Boston. Boston, Feb. 23. This forenoon, Gen. Sam Houston, visited the City Hall, and was introduced to the municipal authorities and the numerous citizens present. In the afternoon, he visit ed several of the public institutions, accompanied by the Mayor aud other members of the city government. In the evening the General delivered a lecture on Texas at Tremont Temple to a very large audience, the price of ad mission being twenty-five cents, lie was Lsteucd to with great attention. — The New Jersey Prohibitory Bill Defeated. Trenton, Feb. 23. The Prohibitory Liquor Bill was defeated in the Senate yesterday, by a vote of 9 to 10. The Bank bills were ordered to a third reading in the House to-day. Kentucky Know Nothing State Convention. Louisville, Feb. 23. A Know Nothing Convention is again in session here, it is reported, for the purpose of nominating candidates for State officers. The Canadian Parliament. Quebec, IKb. 23. The Provincial Parliament re-assembled to-day, alter an adjournment of nine weeks. Tho Government will introduce a measure abolishing the postage oil news papers. English and French Alliance. Washington, Feb. 20. General Cass delivered his promised commentary upon the declaration of Lord Clarendon in the British House of Lords respecting the entire cecord of the governments of France and England, not only upon the Eastern ques tion, but upon all matters of policy in either hemisphere. Mr. Cass, during the last session of Congress, noticed this remaik of Lord Clarendon, as well as a speech of the French Emperor of a similar tenor, in which he infers ed that allusion was made to Cuba. At the conclusion of i General Cass’ address, Mr. Mason stated that Lord Clarendon had unofficially expressed to Mr. Buchanan his surprise that such an interpretation had been placed upon his declaration—that he simply meant that the Western Powers accorded in regard to certain commercial treaties with countries bordering on the river La Plata. — lie was not, however, disposed to allow this statement any importance, and alluded to the course that had bten pur sued by Great Britain at San Juan, in Central and South America, in Ecuador and Peru, in Cuba, San Doming©, and the .Sandwich Islands, as illustrating the designs of the Western Powers. In all these regions influences had been used to procure results favorable to Eurojeai gov ernments and prejudicial to our own, and from th : arro gant interference of these maratime powers, s tid Mr. Mason, even this republic was not exempt. Tiie dis cussion was continued by Mr. Clay ton, “who contended ihit our government could not righlv acquire ihe Sand wich Is'ands without the,consent of Geart B ituu und F ranee. Savannah River Valley Railroad. We congratulate the citizens oi Augusta, on tno pros pect of the building of this road. The Convention of Stockholders, held at Calhoun’s Mills on the 22d inst., (as we learn from a friend just returned.) elected J. A. Calhoun, Esq., President, and accepted the propositions made by the Delegates from this City, if they can be legally done, of which wo think there is but littie doubt. We have received an outline of them, and will publish them in our next. No citizen of Augusta who has her interest at heart, can object to them; and from what we can learn, Dr. Hill, the only delegate from this city in attendance, deserves much credit for the manner in which lie represented her interests in the Convention. The course pursued by him was firm and independent, and has secured additional friends to Augusta.— Constitutionalist cj: Republic , 25 th. SSOO Beward —General Jail Delivery. Three prisoners, who have been confined for some time past in our county jail, effected their escape on last Satur day night, about S o’clock. The parties wore Samuel Scoviil, charged with the jobbery of the Marine Bank Luke Nowell charged with the murder ot Peter Curry— and one Raley, charged with negro stealing in Sumter county. AH ot these men were confined in cells iu the third story of the Jail, but managed by means of saws, files, and probably skeleton keys, to get down to the first floor, whence they made their egress by picking a large hole through the wall. It is said that Nowell and Ralty betook themselves to tiie swamp just below the city, but that Scoviil was carried oflfiu a buggy which was awaiting him just outside of the jail. This, however, is only one of many rumors, nor do we knowhow much confidence it is entitled to. The $ her, If, Mr. Tharp, has offered a reward of SSOO for their arrest, and is taking every possible step to se cure their capture — Jour, ts- Mess. New Orleans in Danger of an Ocerjlow. —Fears arc entertained in New Orleans, that when the spr ng rains b* gin to descend, tnd the immense quantity of snow which has fallen on the upper Mississippi and its numberless tributaries, shall have melted, the city will be in danger of an overflow. It was some five or six years ago, we be lieve, that the levee which protects the city, gave way, and a large portion of the town was inundated. The damage to property was immense, and the recollection of it notv makes tho inhabitants apprehensive lest they should be overtaken by a similar disaster. Edisto Company of South Carolina.—A bill lias pas sed the U. S. Senate unanimously, appropriating SIOJ 000 to Whitemarsh B. Seabrook, Joseph Whaley,'and others, for themselves and heirs of the officers and mem her* of ihe Edisto company cf South Carolina, for services during the last war with Great Britain. This company, ■’ consisting of 64 men, besid< s officers, was composed of Gentlemen of wealth and respectability, who, as Senator Buffer said, disdained to ask any remuneration of Con ‘ gr->s for their services fur three years during the war, r.nd for bulling a fort on the 1.-land of Edisto, but some of tha heirs are now in reduced circumstances, and the whole joined in making the request for the Government to pay the sum stated, being the actual i xpenses of build ing the fort, which was constructed by the order of Col. Blood good. The Diplomatic and Consular System. The bill which passed the House of Representatives a few days ago, to reform our diplomatic and consular system authorizes many radical change-*. It requires the abolition of outfits and infits, and fixes the annual compensation'at tached to the several missions asfoliov.’i: Great Britain $17,000; France 15,000; Spain 12 000- Russia, 12,000; Austria,. 12,000; Prussia, 12.0(0; ’Switzer land, 7,500; Rome, 7.500; Naples, 7 500- Sari Fe-i 7,500, Belgium, 7,500, Holland, 7,500; ’ Portugal* 7.500; Denmark, 7,500; Sweden, 7,500; Turkey, 9,000 ’ China, 15,000; Brazil, 12,000; Peru, 10,000, Chili, Argon-’ tine Republic, 7,500; New Grenada, 7,500; Bolivia, 7,500- Eequador, 7,soo;3Venezuela, 7,500; Guatamala, 7,500; Nic aragua, 7,000; Mexico, 12,000. Aggregate compensation of twenty eight full ministers and ministers resident. $259,500. The Secretaries to these Legations are to receive salaries of three grades, to wit: 82,500, $2,000, and $1,500 a year. The salary of the Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands is to be $6,0C0. Consuls are to be appointed at the following places, and with salaries as subjoined, under the prohibition, how ever, of transacting business in their own names or through others:—London, 7,500; Liverpool, 7,500; Glasgow,*4, oro; Dundee, 2,000: Newcastle* 1,500; Leeds, 1,500; Belfast’ 2,000; Hong-Kong. 3,000; Calcutta, 3,500; Halifax,2,ooo; Melbourne,4,ooo; Nassau, 2,000; Kingston, Jam , 2,000; Rotterdam, 2.000; Amsterdam. 1,000; Aux la Chapelie’, 2,500; Paris, 5,000; Havre, 5.000; Marseilles, 2,500; Bor deaux, 2 OdO; Cadiz, 1,500; Havana, 0,000; Trinadad do Cuba, 3,000; Lisbon, 1.500; Antwerp, 2,500: Bremen,2 ,000; Hamburg, 2,000; Vera Cruz, 3,500; Fan Juan del Notte, 2000; San Juan del Sur. 2,000; Panama; 3,500; Aspinwalt i 2,500; Rio Janeiro, 6,000; Callao, 3,500; Valparaiso, 3,000. Charges upon invoices and for viseing passports are abolished. Commercial agents are appointed at about ono hundred difforeut points, to which our commerce extends. Upon the whole, the bill effects a considerable saving in our diplomatic service. Territorial Judges. The United States Supreme Court has sustained the ac tion oi Presidents Fillmore and Pierce in regard to tho Territorial Judges: The tprmer di>missed. for some cause, Mr. Goodrich, a federal judge in Minnesota. He resisted’ that summary exercise of power as unconstitutional and illegal, and applied to the court fi r a mandamus upon tho Secretary ot the Treasury to pay him his salary since his disinassal. The Court refuses to grant a inadamus and thus sustains iue right of the President to dismiss, at his discretion, the judges of the Territorial Courts, it will bo remembered that General Pierce made nearly a clean sweep of them on his accession to office. The Case of Judge Loriug. ‘ e Boston, Feb. 20, 1855. A hearing of the petitioners for the removal of Judge Loring from office was held before the Committee of the Legislature this afternoon. It was contended by the coun cil for the petitioners, S. Webb, Jun., Wendel Philips and C. M. Ellis, that it was necessary, under the constitution, to allege misconduct in office as a cause for removal, but they only argued the general unfitness of Judge Loring for the office he held, saying public opinion and the interests of the community demanded his removal. His disregard of the rule of evidence in the Burns case, his manner of con ducting the trial, prejudging it, and informing the claimants of his intended decision, 1 before making it public, it was alleged, made him an unfit judge, and a dislike in coming in conact with him officially, was claimed as sufficient ground of removal, on the sentiments of the most eminent jurists in the State, a3 expressed in the convention of 1820. A great crowd of people attended the hearing who man tested considerable applause notwithstanding all the efforts made to prevent it. No one appeared for the remonstrant, and tho further hearing was postponed for a week. Alarm of Fire! . Our city was very near being the scene of an extensive conflagration yesterday morning. Early in the day the extensive Works in the upper part of the city known us the “Union Foundry,” were discovered to be on fire.— The alarm was promptly given, and our vigilant and ef fective fire companies were ou the ground, in double quick time, and by the well-directed exertions of No. “, the flames were subdtred without material damage. We learn that the operations of the Foundry and Ma chine Shop will not be interrupted by the accident. — Co lumbus Enquirer , 97 th. * Death ofD. J. Davis. It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of Mr. David J. Davis, one of our best friends, and one of the oldest citizens of Macon. He expired at his resi dence in this chy, on Friday 23d.— Jour. (J- Mess. Misuse of the Consular Seal. —lt appears from statements made by the Washington Star, that the circulation over the continent by Mr. George Saunders of revolutionary documents, undvr the porta! seal o! ihe United States Le gation at London, has been complained of by the French Government, and an examination in regard to it made ty Mr Mr. Sickles and the United States des patch agent, iri written communications to the Minister, declared that the only privilege in connection with the despatch bags of the Legation accorded to Mr. Saunders, w -s, while he was United States Consul at London, teal low him to send to the State Department in this city I.is official communications. Noihing was discovered, going in any manner to fix on Mr. Saunders the imputation of be'ng himself privy to’surreptitious use of the Legation's seal. The Star thinks that the seal was forged by th: young Europe party —Kossuth, Mazzini, Ledru Roilin r. Cos. —“who’c-onsider any coneeiveable means to carry their ends, justifiable, as against thtir antagonists ” Fire at Chattanooga. —On the 19th instant, the r< • dence of Capt. James Williams, at Chattanooga, was de stroyed by tire. The loss i estimated to be between three and four thousand dollars. The Advertiser states that the;**, is not a footol pipe, a yard of hose, or a piece of maciliary in the town, to aid in the extinguishing of a fire. We per ceive by the papers published in that place, that a meeting has been called to form a fire company, and that some lib eral and public spirited gentlemen have proffered to furn ish an engine and “its appurtenances” to a properly organ ized company. The Army —Some speculation exists as to which ol the Major Generals will be entitled to the rank made vacant by General Scott’s elevation to ihe Lieutenant Generafcy. There will fce a contc-t between the friends of Gen. W and Gen. Tw iggs, who are both Major Generals by be; w The brevet of Gen. Wool is older than of Gem :: ; Twiggs, but the latter has managed to procure the recog nition, on various occasions, of his claims to precedency ; and it is thought that the Secretory of War will sustain them on the preterit occasion. COMMERCIAL. COTTOIT^TATEMEN^^Sr^ i w.. ’=- ~~ : *-3 ‘ S-£ “S rr Vi ;StociT US’ ® © < g 2- !on S-£i3sS -I ©: 2 ~ =— hard : !*&£!. is - this ?r! prp. .•< o. • r ■< x day. I 43 1042 59963 61043 2216 462114842?112573 I 1855 ’ 2771 1216 59953 of 94 and 2769 36304 39073 I7b<^ Columbus, Feb. 27, COTTON—We have no new features to l otice n ■ our last report. We quote 5J a7| centr. Savannah, Feb. 20. COTTON. —The sales up to the present hour, amounts 1,410 bales. Ext ernes, 7 a S&. Principal sales, 7| a cents. New Orleans, Feb. 24. The Cotton market is f rm. The sales for the v; * comprise 36,0C0 biles, ‘i he stock is 158,000. Ti.ere’ eeipts at New Orleans are 15,000 bales less than year. TiiE Degrease.—Thj dec?ease in the recreipts at - the Sou'hern p r s is 211,000 bales. Freight? to L vepco’ £d. to 13-32. JJolloway's Pill*, a Safe ami Certain Care jor oa ; - Colds , Mi<i Asthmatical Complaints. —The Auie-’ quarter is the one when .coughs, colds, and wneezir the chest are most prevalent; such are the propeit Holloway’s Pills, that if taken at the commencement oj attack, the virulence of the di-ease is very much abac a, that the pat ent suffers little or no inconvenience, net Cited, it frequently occurs that the foundation o] * curanie disorders is laid ; therefore those who are attacks ol this nature are patticulatly recommend* 1 these valuable Fills.