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ditties mtfo Sentinel. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.’ SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1855. His ory of Mr* Soule’s Mission to Spain—Part 2. Mr. Souls to Mr. Marcy, August Ist, ’54. Announ ces the appointment of Concha as Captain General of Cuba, and the dismissal of Pezuela with commendations for his s al and.loyalty, by the now Ministry. Mr. Soule to Mr. Marcy, August 19th, ’54. An nounces the accession of Pacheco, a man of great legal and literary attainments, but of weak and irresolute t?ni| e", to the foreign Secretaryship, who assured Mr. S. that the terms in which Pezuela was dismissed had no reference to existing difficulties between Spain and the United States. Complains of the limitations of despatches of 22d and 24th June. Mr. Soule to Mr. Marcy, August 30th, ’54. An nounces h s determination, in consequence of impaired health, of risiting Aulus, on the frontiers, but previous to going had an interview with the Spanish Minister of State, and informed him that the Government of the United States was not at all satisfied with the course of his predecessor in the Black Warrior affair; and expressed his serious apprehension of the effect of the appointment of Concha as Captain General of Cuba, and of the dismissal of Pezuela would have upon the Government and people of the United States. Mr. Marcy to Mr. Soule, August 16th, ’54, An nounces the continued confidence of the administration in Mr. Soule: advises him that owing to the political changes which had occurred in Spain, the President had determined not to appoint the extraordinary com mission ; hopes that the new ministry would be more favorable to the United States; and advises Mr. Soule not to press negotiations while events in Spain continue in a transition state, but to wait for a favorable opportu nity to obtain redress for past injuries and to propose radical changes in the political coudition of Cuba.— The views of the President have been already jnade known. He still adheres to them, Mr. Marcy to Mr. Stule, August 16th, ’54. Sug gests a conference with Buchanan and Mason, and gives Soule power to fix time and place for the conference. Mr. Soule to Mr. Marcy, October 15th, ’54. An nounces the result the Ostend conference, in which the 4hree Ministers most heartily concurred. They concur red in the opinion that the United States ought to pur chase Cuba ; that the proposal should be made to the Spanish Cortes. If Spain refused to sell, and it was determined that the possession of the Island by Spain was dangerous to the peace and existence of the Union, then the United States would be justified in wresting it from Spain. They also agreed that the refusal of Spain to make atonement for the Black Warrior outrage jus tified a tesort to force. Mr. Marcy to Mr. Soule, October 27th, ’54. Asks for information as to the reply of Spain to the despatch of 24th June, in which the views oftli9 President as to our claims for reparation in the case of the Black War rior, which he was instructed to make known to the Spanish Ministry. Mr. Soule to Mr. Marcy, November 10th, ’54. Mr. S. gives his reasons for withholding the dispatch of 24th June from the Spanish Cabinet. Mr. Marcy to Mr. Soule, November 13th, ’54. This dispatch contains the views of our Government upon the deliberations of the Ostend conference. The Seo rotary concurs in the opinion that the purchase of Cuba is probably the only measure which would certainly ensure enduring friendship between tho two countries, lie, therefore, orders the Minister to make the offer, it the Spanish Government will entertain the proposi tion. But the Secretary dees r.ot concur in the opin ion that the refusal of Spain to sell Cuba would , justify the United States in seizing upon the Island. The purchase of Cuba would be highly advantageous to the United States, but the refusal to sell would not involve imminent peril to the Government of the Uni ted States, without a material change In the condition of tho Island. Il such change were attempted, the Sec retary does not doubt but that the people of the United States would meet the emergency, lie then instructs the Secretary tore-open negotiations in reference to the Black Warrior and other outrages upon our commerce, and to ins’st upon prompt satisfaction and indemnity, in the belief that the new Government is better dis posed towards us than the old one. lie also instructs Mr. Soule to decline the offer of Spain to refer all exist ing difficulties between the two Governments to a mixed commission, as some of our claims are of such a ! nature as self respect would not permit us to submit them to arbitrament of any kind, lie concludes by in structing the Minister to ask, and ‘’pertinaciously insist upon some security against the future misconduct of the Spanish authorities of Cuba, if the cession of the Island of Cuba has to be hopelessly abandoned for the present. Mr. Soule to Mr. Marcy, December 17th, ’54. The j M nister informs the Secretary that he had refused, as ! instructed, the proposition for a mixed commission for ‘ the adjustment of all claims for reparation and indemni- ! ty pending between the two Governments; assuring the Spanish Government at the same time of the wil lingness of the United States to submit to sueh a body all j taat class of cases in which disputable facts or principles 1 of n doubttul import were involved. On the same day Mr. Soule tendered his resignation of his embassy, be ing unwilling to linger in Madrid in languid impotence or of surrendering a trust which, with the difficulties thrown in the way of its execution by the despatch of the 13ili ult, he'Vould strive iu vain to discharge either to t''o satisfaction of tho Government or to his own credit. Oomc further correspondence took place between the parties in which the determination of the Cortes not to Sell Cuba is made known, and the impossibility, in the view of the Spanish Government, of transf rring to the Captain General of Cuba the power to hold diplomatic relations with our Government; and the (existence of of Spain in the offer to refer all pendirg dif fijolths to a mixed commission ; but these last despatch es throw nn light upon the differences between the Sec retary and the Minister. Comments —This imperfect abstract will convey a very faint idea- of the zeal, pertinacity and vigor with which Mr. Soule conducted tho negotiation. lie ap pears to have given his whole heart and head to tho “oik o! est cling a settlement of pending difficulties e :ner bv the purchase of Cuba or by indemnity for past and security against future injuries. He mav have been ix hlth* hasty in demand ng a peremptory compliance with the demands of our Government in the Black Warrior Case in 48 hours, but this he explains by reiterated insurances that he found no disposition on the part ot l*e Spun.sh Government to redress our giievances ‘lhe failure of his ini. son he attributes to the inaction ‘'’ Congress, It is evident also that he was impatien at e slow pace of Secretary Marcy who, while he wa P remptory enough in li< demands, was contei t to reiterate them when they were refused. Soule did not relish the appointment of two commissioners to join him in “the last solemn appeal” to Spain. He, how ever. readily assented to the proposition to consult with | our Ministers to France and England, and communi- j cated the result of their conference with evident satis- j faction. They evidently looked to the purchase of Cuba ‘ or war. When, however, it became evident that the Government of the United States was not prepared for j this alternative, he indignantly resigned. NVe think he j did right. If the wrongs inflicted upon us by Spain ( did not justify a resort to extreme measures, then we cannot see why the proposition to establish a mixed ! commission was not accepted. M e do not think the correspondence reflects credit upon the diplomacy of; Secretary Marcy. His instructions led irrftistabiy to ; a speedy settlemet of pending difficulties or a breach ot the peace. But when it became evident that negotia- . i tious would prove ineffectual, he faltered in his purpose and was content to reiterate his demands and rely upon j I threats and not blows to effect his purpose. He made j a fatal blunder when he rejected the mixed commission, j After that there was no remedy but force, and force we j bel eve he never will consent to use unless controlled by a stronger and firmer will than bis own. Religious Toleration—Protestants m Catholic Italy. Much has recently been written about the persecu tions of the Church of Rome, and the illiberally of Catholio States, and an argument has been founded up- I on these assumptions fn favor of the illiberal and per secuting spirit of the New American Order towards our Catholic fellow citizens. Admitting, for the sake of argument, all that is aleged against tho Catholic Church, and States under Catholio influence, we cannot see any reason why Americans should follow them in ! their evil course. All these faots existed when the foundations of our institutions were laid by our Revolu tionary fathers, and yet, in spite of them, they recogni zed the right of every citizen to worship God accord ing to the dictates of his own conscience, and gave to all the right to vote and seek office. They saw that this old persecuting spirit for opinion’s sake was evil, and only evil, and struck every root and branch of it out of our institutions. The seven years war taught them that a man was none the less a patriot because he was a Catholic, as was illustrated in the case of Charles Carroll ; and none the less a traitor because he was a Protestant, as was illustrated in the case of Benedict Arnold. But it is not true that the Catholio Church and States are intolerant and persecuting. There was a time when heresy was punished with death ; but Protestant Governments were not a whit behind their Catholic cotemporftries in their bloody zeal for ortho doxy. Geneva burned a Unitarian with tho sanction of Calvin. Mary was not more bloody than her sister Elizabeth. Neither Church, however, was respon sible for the persecution of its ministers. It was the vice of the age. As correot views have become dis seminated, more liberal and Catholio spirit has taken the place of the old bigotry. France and Austria, both Catholic countries are as tolerant of heresy as England is. The Protestant faith is no more a bar to high, social, and political position in the one government than Catholicity is in the other. It is true that in Spain and in some parts of Italy, Protestantism is punished as a crime ; but this is not the fault of the Catholic Church ; it springs from the ignorance and bigotry of the peo ple and Government. It is, however, giving way even in these strong holds of religious fanaticism. Even in Italy, dissent from the Church of Rome is no longer a crime and this brings us to the pith of this article. All our readers have heard of the Waldenses and Albigenses. They are they of whom Milton prayed. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter’d Saints, whose • bones Lie scatter’d on the Alpine Mountains cold. They are non-Catholio Christians who have lived, time out of mind, in the secluded valleys of the Cot tian Alps. It is not known at what time the Vaudois, as they aro called, first heard the glad tidings of the Gospel. The highway front Rome to Lyons lay across these*tnountains ; and Irenalus, or som9 other of the early preachers of the faith of Christ, may have passed over them, when carrying the Gospel to lands beyond tho Alps. However this may be, Christianity, in its purest form, took root in the valleys of upper Italy in the first centuries of the Churoh, and there it has remained till our own times. There exists among them neither j Papacy nor monarchism, nor masses, nor belief in pur- ; gatory, nor plenary indulgences, nor auricular confes sions, nor celibacy of Priests, nor veneration of the Cross, : nor adoration of images, nor invocation of Mary nor the saints. The sacred Scriptures are read by ail, and their j pastors teach their flocks only to love God and keep his commandneents. They acknowledge no rule of faith but the word of God ; no sacrifice but the one atoning sacrifice on Calvary ; no Mediator but the man Christ Jesus. And so it has been from the beginning. In the times of former ignorance, before the “tru3 i light’’ was set up in the western world, these poor Vau dois were cruelly persecuted by Church and State. But j the zeal of Romish Bishops had not changed them ; the inquisition had failed to terrify them; the armies of France and Savoy had not rected them out from the’r fastnesses in the mountains in IS4B. At this time a wonderful thing took place in Italy. The Marquis Robert d’ Azeglio, a Catholic nobleman, drew’ up a memorial to the Catholic King of Piedmont, praying for the civil and political emancipation of the Protestants of the Cottian Alps. Six hundred Catho lio subjects, many of the first rank in the Kingdom, signed the memorial. Public opinion was favorable to the “emancipation” and it became a toast at banquets in the Catholic city of Turin. “At length,” says our authority “on the Bth of February, 1848, the constitu tion was granted, and a few days after, the official Ga zette published letters patent announcing the emanci pation of the Vaudois, and their admission to all the rights, civil and political, of Sardinian subjects. All the Waldensian houses in Turin, and the palaces of the three Protestant legations were illuminated in honor of this tardy act of jnstice; and in the valleys, on that winter night, when the news first reached them, the fires that gleamed along the hill tops, lighting op the back ground of cold, blue rocks w-ith crests of perpetual snow, were both the symbol and the expression of joy of a people to whom, at one stroke, the chains of five centuries had been broken. A few dys afterwards there was a great festival in Turin, org mized by the Marquis d’ Azeglio, in honor of the granting of the con stitution. Among the sixty guilds and corporations tin t assembled in the capital, the first place was granted o the Vaudois. Six hundred of them, headed by ten of their clergy, led the procession, having a blue flag with the r yal arms of Savoy embroidertd in s Iver, and the s'mpl; words “ A Carlo Alberto i VaUisi riconoeoenu. ’ li wa; the first time in their 1 is.ory that they had been ad mi ted among the corporations of Turn, or greeted ‘ith the vivas of that stately capital. So ie of them, all eyes and ears to what was going on, could a t but no toe h >w puzzled a part of the populate was to know fcho they veere , lor a procession ot Vaudois was anew thing in Turin. They inquired 1 who are these friends? and were told “They are the Protestants;’ and then there were repeated “evvivas ’ in honor of the I rotes tauts ’’ This is no Popish fable. We find the facts recorded in the North British Review, February, 1865, p. 209. What a lesson is taught us Protestant Americans by these poor Catholics of Italy. How our cheeks tingle with shame when we contrast the vivas of the Cath olic populace of Turin at sight of a Protestant procession in Catholio Italy, with the foul curses which are heaped upon the heads of a Catholic procession in the Protes tant city of New York ! Sad indeed is our degeneracy if it becomes necessary for us to take lessons in tolera tion from the degraded subjects of a Catholio King. This is the first fruits of Know-Noth’.ngism. God only knows what will be its last. Meeting of Physicians.—We are requested to state that a meeting of the Physicians, resident in this city, will be held at the Office ot Drs. Boswell & Bil ling, on Tuesday night next, at 8 o’clock, to make suita ble arrangements for the State Medical Convention} which is to assemble here on the 11th April. A general attendance is earnestly desired.—Colum bus Enquirer 31 st. New Orleans Races. The Spring Races over the Metairie course commence on the 2d April. There will be fifty horses in training du ring the week, comprising the best names and the best blood of the American turf. The event of the season will be the race of Lexington against the fastest time ever made, which,is 7:26 —a speed not found in tho racing records of the world, until made by Lecomte, over the Metairie course. There is $20,000 bet on the result. There will al so be a match race between Lexington and Lecomte. The best one, three and four mile heats ever made, came ofl in New Orleans: Hegira’s 1:421; Little Flea’s 5:331, and Leeomte’s 7:26. The Woodsawyer.—' This spicy little sheet has been merged into the “Russell Recorder,” a paper recently start ted by Mr. J. S. Perry, in Salem, Russell county, Ala. Court of Claims—Judge Lumpkin Declines. —We understand that the lion. Joseph 11. Lumpkin has de clined the appointment of Judge of tho Court of Claims, tendered to him by President Pierce. Notwithstanding the compliment paid by the tender of this high and lesponsible office, as well as the circum stances under which it was done —the unanimous and cordial ratification of it by the Senate, as we have occa sion to know ; and notwithstanding the almost univer sal approbation with which this appointment has been received by the press of all parties—still our townsman prefers to give his services to his native State. —Athens Banner. The Central Georgian. —The Editor of the above paper desires it to be made known that the publication thereof, which js temporarily suspended in consequence of the late disastrous fire in Sandersville, will be resum ed about the Ist May next. BY TELEGRAPH, Expressly for the Times and Sentinel. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL 0F THK STEAMSHIP ASIA. New York, March 30. The steamer Asia has arrived at Halifax, with Liverpool dates to the 17th. Commercial. Cotton has declined one-sixteenth to one.-oighth. Sales 67,000 bales, the maiket closingratherdull, piices unchang ed. Fair Orleans s£d.; Middling 5 1-16 (S) old.; Middling Uplands 4!d. Breadstufts higher. Consols 931. Dennistoun’sCircular says that the decline in Cotton is owing to the large amount offering. Market closed firm—monetary and commercial affairs having undergone favorable changes. General Intelligence. The Conference at Vienna was formally opened on ‘the j 15th—Gortschakofi’ not present. Hopes and fears regarding peace equally balanced.— j | Austrian and Prussian Circulars indicate peace, but Alox- | | ander’s address to the Army breathes War. | The Allies have re-opened their fire on Sebastopol. Napoleon’s journey to the Crimea supposed to be post- • | pOned, indefinitely. # Spain.— Gen. Concha has sent the details of a conspira- 1 j cy to the Cortez, recommending large concessions to the! i Cubans, which were unanimously approved. I Treason in the Camp at Sebastopol—A French General Charged with Divulging Secrets to the Enemy. There has been, it is alleged, treason in the allied camp before Sebastopol, and a French General is said to have acted so indiscreetly that he is sent home to be shot! This sounds startling, but is, nevertheless vouched lor as true. The correspondent of the Daily News in the Crimea makes the following allusion to the traitorous proceedings:—“The last four days,” he says, “have produced so distressing a rumor that, for obvious reasons, 1 can only hint at the cir- : cumstances of the subject. It is whispered that an officer, i high in command in the French army, has been accused of treasonable correspondence with the enemy, that he has 1 been proved to have furnished the Russians with the exact j plans of the seige works in progress, thereby enabling them to destroy these works by mines; that Genera! Canrobert I has caused the said officer to be arrested and tried by court- ■ martial. While 1 mention the rumor, I must say that ■ nothing appears to be more improbable than its authenticity i As yet, not a tingle Fiench officer has yolunteeied to give j information on the subject, and that subject, you must be j aware, is too delicate for inquiry. We least of all should ! throw a doubt on the loyalty, or sport with the reputation ot any of our allies If so distre sing an occurrence has j taken place,it will show in General Canrobert’s despatches ; i hut for the present I dismiss the subject, while record- ■ ing my utter disbelief of the truth of the alledged tacts.” Other correspondents, however, di close, without reserve, the name of the office r, who, it is said, has so far ‘ fallen i'om his high estate ;” and General Forey is charge f with being the renegade who has broken though the laws of honor and conipatriotisrn. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that General Forey has been rec. lled ; and the following extract from : a letter written by a gentleman ot tiiis town, with whom | we are acquainted, gives “the reason why,” il his inforina- j liO.i may be fully’ relied upon. Georgia Slilitary Institute. We take pleasure in noticing the prosperous condition of the Georgia Military Institute. There have never been more sanguine anticipations on the part of its friends, nor has ihtr; bet n a better state of feeling among the cadets. The new Comm mdaul, Captain .Jones, of tlie United S.rites Artillery, mattes a most favorable impression, from his previous reputation and by his gentlernan'y bearing, lie is j.is.ly r. garded sau acquisition to the Institute.— I: could not tx* otlier.viso, on securing the set vices of a graduate of West Puit t. who cunuines the experience of ;.ii < tii.or of t!ie army with that of an instructor for a number of \. a s in the 17. ;S. Military Academy.— Cherokee Advocate. A gen; ts, who deserves to be ranked as a pubi c bene facto., na< disc oveiei a process for converting old topers into eartri ige boxes. Their superiority for this purpose consists in their being always dry. [Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.] “Washington, March 22. The Court of Claims—Amount of Claims against the Government —The New Bounty hand Warrants. Two Judges of the Court of Claims havo arrived at the seat of Government. It is understood that all o 1 them have accepted. The organization of the C'ouit will be perfected early in the coming month. The business before it for some years will be immense, and, the duties which will devolve upon it will be grave and difficult enotigh id task the most elevated and comprehensive in tellects. It will become the duty of this Court to create a body of public law, applicable to a class of cases which have been accumulating for 65 years and which have ap pealed in vain to Congress for a decision during that pe riod. The mass of just claims against the govern men has been estimated by well informed persons as high as three hundred millions. Ihe government is a creditor who never pleads bankruptcy, and which, nei ther as a debtor nor creditor can plead nor recognize any statute of limitations. This Court must become almost a power in the State. It will possess appellate jurisdiction over all the departments, and will be subject only to the revisory power of Congress, and the veto of the Presi dent. Its solicitor will exercise a power scarcely inferior to that of any other officer of the government. lie has grown by no process of natural accretion, but springs full formed into life, like Adam from the earth, or Minerva from ,he brain of Jove. The applications f< r bounty land warrants under the new aet have reached nearly 2,000 in one day. The commissioner has very promptly published the f< rrns of application. They are so simple that almost any person entitled may make out in due form his own application, and thus save the fee of an agent. The issue of warrants will be commenced about June Ist and will proceed at a rate of about Hve hundred a day. They will come into market just at the Wine when most needed, when the vat foreign and native emigration sets out for the West [From the Constitutionalist & Republic.] The Three Gallon Liquor Law and its Effects as Shown in South Carolina. In visiting Edgefild C. M., during the first week of the I Cout of Common Pleas, held this month, I was informed That the above law was in force, and would be rigidly car i ried out. This pleased me as lam a warm friend of tem i peranee, and hoped it would be the means of lopping off this Hydra headed monster, intemperance, but alas, in a I very short time I was fully c.nvinced, by oecular demon | stration, that the remedy to stop it was worse than former i attempts ; clubs had gathered together, and soon a r*on was filled with three gallon jugs, where any and every one could have access without money and without price. Consequently, more of the liquid fire was drunk by those who, perhaps, would not, if such restraint were not placed upon the article, by a statute of the State. This was not all. Gaming and licentiousness followed in its wake ;so much so, that I was pleased to make my exit. I do not make these statements to detract from Edgefield, or her citizens generally, or any of the high and noble virtues of her citizens, for as a district, f r virtue and morality, I esteem her highly. lam merely speaking of the pres ent law and its effects. At Barnwell, too, trom whence I have just returned, I also noticed, that in.addition to this law, the town coun cil had passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquors on the public square. A shanty was soon put up in the j rear oflhe town, where liquor, as 1 understand, was sold by the glass, aud by women of ill fame. Here several fights took place, some being severely lacerated with knives.— One man had his scalp laid open. TJie parties, I under stand, have been prosecuted, and will bo tried at the next term. Never did 1 behold a truer representation of Hades than on looking onetnorning at the scene. The object ot this article is to show how utterly futile any half way law will do to suppress the sale of liquors I The only remedy in my mind is to make it free without | any restraint; or perhaps the best plan to abolish its sale entirely in any form, is by having the strict Maine liquor ; law carried out. ; For if the liquor be sold to be drank at home you | would find it perhaps as lame as the present three gallon | liquor law of South Carolina. * * The Rumored Bank Defalcation. Baltimore, March 25, 1855. The report of a defalcation of sixty or seventy thousand dollars in one of our city banks is incorrect. There will, however, doubtless be a run on the Bank of Commerce to-morrow in consequence of the rumor. Death of the Hon. S. S. Phelps. Rutland Vt., March 26, 1855. Hon. S. S. l’helps, late United States Senator from J Vermont, expired at his res dence, at Middlebury, on Sun s day, the 25th inst. His funeral takes place on Thursday, | 29th inst. New Hampshire Election. Full returns from New Hampshire elect Metcalf, ; American, Governor, by a majority of about 1000 votes over all others, and 5,800 over the Administration candi date, Biker. The American candidates lor Cmgressaie all elected by majorities ranging from 3,000 to 3,500. — TV he lower house of the Legislature, only 80 Admin istration Democrats are elected out of a total of 306. — The Senators elected are all Opposition, except one. American Drama. Eps Sargent’s play of “The Priestess' ’ was perform i ed for the first time on Wednesday evening, at the Bosto - j Theatre, with great success. The press of that city n i unanimous as to its literary merits. Discharge of the British Deserters. Boston, March 26,1855. In the superior cout to-d ly, the two British soldiers \ who deserted from Sidney after robbing the Queen’s j treasury, and were convicted here some time since of simple larceny, were discharged from custody on the ground that they cannot be punished here for a larceny committed in another kingdom. Insubordination. J/istSundiV evening, four negro men, belonging to Col. Rose, and who were out without passes, resisted the patrol. The scene was a bloody one, and took place be tween this and Col. Rose’s residence, some four miles from this city, the patrol being badly beaten by the negroes with large clubs. The names of the young men injured, are Taylor, Lane j and Marks—Mr. Lane badly injured. The negroes not , only knocked down the whites, but beat them while down. { Such rebellion c alls aloud for summary action, and un less it be had, we may reasonably look out for a wide I spread insubordination.— Wetumpka Dispatch , ‘M)th. Bank Robbers Arrested. Americcs, Ga.. March 29. The two scamps who robbed the Branch Bank at Washington, Ga., were arrested near this place this morn ing. They had a large amount of money in their posses s.on. It is believed (says the Savannah Republican ) that the arrest was made by a policeman of Savannah, who went in pursuit of the robbers. They st'de some §15,000, and a reward of SIOOO was offered f>r their apprehension. Canada Legislation. Quebec, March 29. The second reading oi’ ihe bill introducing jhe election princip'e iuto the second branch of the Legislature, las oeen carried in the Assembly. It was s'rongly supported by ihe Annexationists. More Pauper Emigrants. New York, March 29. Mayor Wood h j s been informed by the United States Consul at Zarch, that the Swiss Government was about loKcud to New York 300 paupers tin Havre. Arrest of Recruits for the Crimea. Philadelphia, March 28. Twelve recruits for the English army h ive beeu arrest < and ou board the steamer bound for New York, and a wa <*■ taut has beeu icsued lor the arrest of the recruiting officers. The Suicide of a Bank Officer. Boston, March 23. I Thomas W. Hooper, the paying teller in the y r I chant’s Bank of this city, who hung himself vt sir , I morning in the Bank c< liar, had certified to checks’ ,'!. I $50,000 on other Banks, arid had drawn monty to reel , I the deficiency. Mormon Book Concern in California. —The Mormon, J have taken the lease of a lot of land in Broadway, < „ . ■ fornia, for the purpose,of erecting a building to be us, ■ I as a'cliurch, book depot, and printing office. A pres-1 I longing to the sect is on its way from the Sandwich j. I lands, and a very large invoice of Mormon books ;,ii, I tracts are expected at an early day from England. I newspaper will be started as soon as the arrangements I completed. As the Mormons are not a people to fl a project to fail if labor will accomplish it. it is rtnsoifl to suppose that the whole institution will be in full {>! fl before many months. Elder Paatt is to be chief ma > ■ ger of the concern. The Know Nothing Feud. —Two Know Nothing or-I ganizations are said to exist in New York, and are npie- | sented to be waging a fierce ‘and uncompromising warfa . | against each other. That branch to which the epithet iln- 1 doo is applied, and of which James W. Barker, is f. ] high priest, is said to be rapidly decreasing in numbers. : ■ consequence ot the inroad made upon it by the olii.fl branch, known as the Allen which claims to be the origin B al, rejecting the practice of the Hindoos in maing sepataifl nominations, and insisting upon its adherents voting ; fl them, and which may, we presume, be regarded as a sort fl tender to the Seward interests ot the State. The feud fl waxing very warm, and the indications are thev are ab fl re enacting the game of the Hard and Soit Shells ot t. fl so-called Democracy. Pelican Theatre. —Mrs. Charles Howard’s engam ice fl is attended with much success. There is no ac’ress w, I is a greater favorite in the South, and the versatility of I; I talents enables her to osier a pleasing change ol charade; I each evening.N. O Delta. ~~th. Newspaper Changes. — Ihe proprietors ot the Mas’. I ington Sentinel announce the discontinuance, for th- j r t ,. I ent, of the daily issue of that paper The tri- weekly fl weekly editions of the Sentinel will be continual, ; , fl stated, as heretofore. Mr. W. 11. Hope lias disposed of his entire interest ; fl the Washington Evening Star to his partner, Mr. W . p I Wallacb, who is now sole editor and proprietor >A fl paper. fers no loss save in the burning of the stable and h ik y * i] It is not known how the-fire*originated, but it is LIT. 1 to be the work of an incendiary. On the same morning, between 9 and 10 o’clock, tl fl alarm was given by an outsider to the inmates ol fl Wesleyan Female College, that the College was on ! fl which, of course, produced intense excitement amniy : I Professors and the young lady pupils, who tumbled tbo fl selves out, bag and baggage, in the utmost confusion to fl all parts of the large building. On ascending to the; fl or fiat roof, a dense mass of smoke was observed t<> | : - H ceed from the second roof below theeupalo. Fortunat. fl there was a supply of water close at hand, which beii.j fl promptly used, the fire was got under with comparative, I small damage.— Geo. Citizen , 31 st. Tiik Ashland District.—The lion. J. C. Breelar. 1 ridge declines making a canvass for Congress in the As! - j land district, Kv. He says he has been aware for me I than a year that it would not be in his power at present make another canvass, but deemed it decorous to withho i j the annonneemeut until the completion of the term Wc which he was elected. He says in his card : ‘•To my political opponents, 1 desire to express my ac knowledgements, for the general fairness and courtesy of their course in ccnfl cts characterised by gnat excitement. If, like myself, they feel no sting in recurring to the past, 1 am sure we shall jog on together in social life with u ciprocal sentiments of good will. Indeed, the old Who party of the Ashland district was a bold and manly party, and for my part, I have seen it surrender its name, ami lower its Hag, with regret. We retire from the field toi gether; but should it ever be my fortune to reappear <* the political theatre, I shall be happy to welcome our eld friends in their old uniform—of whom, at least, it coviW be said that under the name of Whigs they offered a fa field and an open encounter. Florida Railroad. —At a meeting of the Citizens -f Tampa, Florida, held on the 15th inst., a resolution w; - passed authorizing the town corporation to subs-uib $30,000 to the stock of the Florida Railroad, on condi tion that the said Florida Railroad shall have its Gulf terminus within or pass through the limits of said eoip* ration : and furthermore, that the work on the Gulf on of the Railroad be commenced and ca* ried on simultano ouslv with that of the Atlantic end. The Atlantic ter minus of this road is to be on Amelia Island. Division of California. - The New Strife of < - lumbia. — A bill lias been reported in the California i•- gislature to divide that Stale, by creating anew one to be called the “State of Columbia,” and to embrace ‘i that part of the State south, and inclusive, of the c>uit ties of San Santa Clara, Tuolumne aud C’aLvei.v A portion of the present State debt is to be assumed L the new State on an equitable 1 a<is. its introduei n gave rise to a warm debate. One of the sp-akers inf- - . eated the creation of three or four new States, in or r 1 lS that the Pacific might have a greater influence in Cou -1 gross. A motion wrs made to indefinitely postpone tko i whole matter, but at last accounts no vote bad been j ken. New Orleans Flection. —The whole ticket ol what u called “Reform Candidates,” succeeded in the ejection U i municipal officers on 26th inst., bv an average majority j more than thirteen hundred and fifty votes. The deleatei I ticket was Democratic, and the successful one a cornu r I cation of Citv Reform and “Sam” elements ; although tL Eapers friendly to the latter seem to be chary in calling : • blow Nothing ticket. There is a theatrical rumor that Miss Julia Dean (that was) contemplates a professional tour in England. She fir.-t plays an engagement in Boston.to receive the endorser™ i of the “Athens of American,” in order to receive a 1.: class engagement in London. Lola Montez is abo it returning to the Mage, in her d<r>- ble capacity of actress and danscu-e. She has made an en gagement with Mrs. Sinclair, and after a brief tour o! Cali fornia, will return to “the States.” | The Catholic Orphan Asylum, New Orleans, has drawn j a prize of $759 in the Alabama lotterey. Jhe tick< t wsn : gift from Mr. Swan, to whom the managers ot the Asylum ! return their thanks. ; Steamer H. L. Cook Sunk.— The Meamer I-aac .-’cott, Capt. Dillard, arrived this morning from Uawkm.-vdle She reports having passed the Steamer 11 L. (N ek, sunk in the river about fifty miles above Daiien. r I he 11. L. Cook was bound to Savannah with a cargo of about 6* ‘* bales of cotton. Wedid not learn the particulars of the disaster, but pre sume she was snagged. The steamer was owned in ;ins city, and the cotton was consigned to several of our mer chants.—Savannah News, March 31 st. Another Georgia Turn B trned. —The Atlanta Intelli gencer of the 26th, learns from a passenger, that about one naif ot the town of Jone.-boro’ tn Fayette county, siiua’ 1 on the Macon & Western Road, was consumed by fire on Saturday last. The fire caught from a parsing locomotive. No further particulars are given Pea INuts —Heavy Shipment. —The Nashville True V* hig says: The steam r Claia Dean, hence tor Pittsburg, took on board 2,000 bags—lo,ooo bushels—of gov ei peas, the product of Hickman county, Tetm. The crop ot this year is quite short, and buyers are paying §i per bushel —double tfie price usually paid. £Last week, in Boston, Macon 11. Al’ei, a co'ored man, was admitted to practice a- an at ■ r.r-y and counsel lot at law in the U S. Circuit Couit. b if t h District—The North Alabamian state- th.:’ Gen. George S. Houston is a candidate for re election to Congress from the Bth district Os course he will be suc cessful. He has been one of the n.o-t efficient memb- r- Mabama has sent to Washington, and as < hairm: not the Committee of Ways and Means, the most important Com mittee of the House, he has done ycouian’s service to the administration and the eountiy.