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(Times flnb Senfintl. OOHIMBUS. (JEOKGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27. 1355. M telegraph. LATEST FROM EUROPE. arrival 0F TIIK STEAMSHIP AFRICA. Ni w York, Ap)il2fi,'J A. M. i Th’ Steam t A r rica arrived at Halifax with Liver* j pool dates to 14th April. I, ve pool Mark B ts. The L verpool cotton market pwviiusto the railing of ; th3 Steamer, waa very active and fi m, hut at the date of h-r departure, a more quiet feeling prevailed. Prices, hw ---ever, remained u ichanged Sale-* for the week arm inte Ito 73,000 bales. Far Or leans ssd; Middling Orleans SJ. Th money market is in a healthy condition; the de mand i- light and he ratesca-y. / Co.vsols have declined to 9IS to 9H The Polit'cal adv'ces perthi* steamer, though interesting, present no features of special importance. [We are indebted to H. T. Hall, of the firm of Hall & Dehloi-, fr the above despatch. Their advices are always ahead of those received from Columbia. Ed.] STILL LATER. rxpress’y for the Times and Sentinel. New York, April 26—11f m Peace C inference at Vienna met on ih • Bth. and the ses sion las-ted one hour. The Russian En - o/ iai not re ceded m-truetioh*. and was n ,t prepared to act. Tt was rumored, bit doubted, that the English and French Plenipotentiaries were about to leave Vienna. Every thing stands still, and peace prospects ware very slight. D lies from Sevastopol are to the 11 ii. Affairs were un-hanged. The Rursart* were receiving large reii f.nce ment-*, and had convene 1 ambuscades into advanced pa.al lels, and erected two new battelies despite the tfib.ts of the Allie-*. The All e< report thems Ives fully prepared to renew the b nnbardm. nt. “Our New Vo k Got ~ Our read rs have observe 1 this heading in most if our southern newspapers. We have often woudet‘<d h w mmy of our eolernporaries were able to pay a up eial correspondent ; we knew they ol en {‘old to piy their printers; jet, rain or shine, hot or dry, in hard times and easy times, “Our New York C >r ivnpoiidt lice” never failed to occupy its accustomed pla e .n every issue. An übiquitous man is the au thor of this “correspondencean untiring m in; lie always turned offjust tlie prescribed amount of matter wlieiever you found him ; an easily sa isfi and man ; he never quarreled about his pay. Who is he ? What is he ? T'lese qu stums puzzled us as they may puzz'e our readers. tV'ell, the other day we made the a * fj'i iintance of this mysterious stranger and propose io introduce him to our readers. We do n t teel at bb erty to tell how we mite his acqnaii.tnn-e, nor who gave us an introduction ; but we pledge our honor to our readers tha there is no mistake ub <ui the accurai y of our informal ! n. Our readers inu*t know that there are in all large oi ies what are call-d “G neral News, aer Advertis ing Houses.*’ They solicit advert is. tin n s from rner chants, meehahics, inventors, patenters,a and indeed eve iy class of p. oplc who have anything to which they desire lo call public aitenti n. li vng out .ined au advertisement, they then open a coriespondeiiee with the various publishers ttnoug .out the eountiy, and offi-i to adveitertise so much matter at such a pn v —say 25 per cent, less than they themselves recei.e. Os course their olfers are generally declined hy suec. ssfui and pn fitable papers ; but there are al .vays pleiny f papers that contain “dead matt r” which arc v. tiling to adver tise for half their usual rates in order tr procure “standing” matter to “till up’’ their columns it ma-iy instances they **sii*peiid” before the adv. rtist nieiil ex pires, and the publishers never real ze a c< ul for their pains. Tln-re are, however, eeriain houses of th sku and which have astahlished reputations for punctuality.— The sueci ss ol their buslines depends upon their u-.lo r.ety. To avoid paying usual advertising ratts, they estai l>h a corresponding agency, and uddr. s to the publishers of such papers as they wish to ad vert.Se w ith, a c'rcul ir, ol which the following is a sample : To the Pa Other: Sir—VV e take the libeity of enclosing you a specimen Let er of Corie.*pondeiice t om this city, and wiil be pleas ed to furnish you with one weekly, sum ar to it in charac ter, ana eo naming whatever of interest in iy tia; spite in die city during the week previous to its io.*u , togetuer with a corit-cl repoitof the Grain, Cotton, and other ma keto.— Oar eharge will be for a letter t3 cem | o-iuge p”e p .id, aboiii the 1 ngtn oi the sun pte, per auuuin payable in adv. rtidi g. 1 he ame letter will probably be sent to seven 1 papers ; but we ug ee, it you engage us a.* your “Aew V ora cvn - tespondi nts,” that it shad u -t he sent t > a y ouie. p. per ii your county aid that it shall he i ee t o.n “, u.iery.’ I lea e leplv by return of mail, a id oblige Very respectfully, ouis, dec. These loin rs ol correspomieuc- are vvtl! writt- n and are suiti and to the politus and section it tne ddtceiu pa pels with which the ai.Vcitiß tig house has op tied bu sinss relations. The letter tor the Charleston Mercu ry (ve name this jap r for illgstralioii merely , and nui be cause w. think it would admit such cumspondetne j into its columns,) would be very different in its ton. and comments to that communicated to the Cleave land Pt-dindealer, but the letter to the Mercury w.julo answer for all papers in the South which hi longed ti the same class in politics, as would that of the P.ain dealer answer for all abolition papers in the north west, lienee th- y are able to turn sh two columns of r. ad ing matter per w eek at the low price of twenty doLurs per annum payable in advertising So far as th se Houses follow ttoir legitimate busi ness, vvt- have no cause of quarrel with them; thougi we c m bat regret that pub i>hers at the South wd j publish for them at such scandal >uly low prices. Bj it is outrageous ihav they are fallowed to mould putd semim.nt at theSmth with their stereotyped *eurre* potider.ee.” New Y-nk, unfortunately, is the great com nierci il centre of tfie Union, and,do what we w 11, mus exert an undue ii tiueuce upon pubic-opinion in tver- j quarter of the Union. As lug as the local pros i prm ded over bv native intellect, there is not much da., ger from New Yotk influenots. But when we trans fer to New York a depaitinent of the 1 >cal press, an that, too, the most interesting part of it, tl is char tha we elevate Nev York upon tne throne not only < commerce, but of intellect, taste, p ‘lines and r* ligim It is not uncommon to find in these very papers, whie parade in their columns such c-iptim s as that whie beads this article, the mo-a rigorots stneturts upon th practice, but too common at the South, of putroniziu nartbero Periodicals at the expense and to the ujur # of these published at heme But the practice of south -ru publishers in publishing 4 eo r spoade- ce’’ mani ufactured to order in northern citi-s is as blamevro: thy j as that of,south* rn people in pa'roniz ng north ru peis. In tin- one erse the source is kno vn and guarde agiinst, and due allowance made for northern prtju and ees and vieae ; but in the other case, the views, ei it cl-oi’S and prejudices of the north- rn cities H'e sent u with ihe endoisem- nt of the southern editor, and ar. le eived with perfect confid nee by the southern read •*r, wlm ignorantly suspos. s that “our corn ppondence’ m -..ns that the author of it is in the employ of th. sou hern publisher, and not of the northern advertis.ng ag. ncy, s s in fact he is. Os course we do riot mean to charge that all papers at thf South which erj <y the fvcility of having a New Yoik B ston or Pinlad Iphia c >rresp >r.deiice procuns it in this way. We only mai to say that many and • and to condemn them for ss doing The ev 1, too, is a gr.iwing one, arid must be discontinued if we wish to bring into being an ind p ndent southern literature, and t us prepare the 8 uth tor the great issue of South*rn fights which is loom ng up in th-quick coining future b. tween the North and the South. “Times & v entin I and lion. Robert Tooiub.” It is exceedingly diffi-iJty for us to reply to an artiel which gives up the point in controversy, and jet main | tains the argument. Such is the character or tie edi t *ial in the last i sue <>f the K ifuirer und.r the above | caption. The Chronicle cj- Sentinel having as-sert.-d | that “‘our distinguished fcsei atoi” sympailnz.d wiih t >e I Know Nothings in certain grtat nat onal obje. t, fort i ; with Columbus Enquirer br.aks its loi g s fei.c • |an ! sympatfez s also Suppos ng that these j.enthm -a | were post- and as t- the position of their political ass a- ate of form* r times, we give a r-luctant as-eat to th-ir | acs*-rt!ons and indulg and in a veiy free c unmentary up >n | the n >litic-i.l course of M<-. Toombs. Very >oon aftt-r ----wards we met with JVlr. Toombs and were as> rurprised ; ns wc w. re di light.-.! t< fiad that he *Vi-o vv nt beyond | ua in bis de;es'ation of the secret political society which j had excit. and the **sy mpathitV’ of the Enquiier. We t"< k the eailitst opportunity that . ffered to do jus i e to the honorable S nator by announcing that h was op posed to the Ku -vv Nothings. The Enqui.er sys that in doing this we “affirmed what no body i as ever denied and deni* and what no body las ever aft rimd.’’ Ih. re certainly is some and (Terence betwe*n oj posing aid sympathiziig wih the Know Nothings, t r ece | ih.re is a dietim ary of the English Imguagv in the i Enquirer t.ffi -e fiat n e have never been able t pro | cure. The Chn.ncile Jf Sentinel j.ffi ms tlat Mr. iTo .mbs sympath zes with the Kaow Nothings. T e ; Enquirer repul'lshes this affi- rttation and cr dorses it !We affi in thot so far from sympathiznig with th.o or. |d r, the honorab’e S nator is opposed to it. The | Enquirer r> pli.s that in doing bo we afti in what n> : body affiuns ! Tl at may be very adroit out .s not veiy | comprehensible, I We contess that the recent change in our estimate |of Mr. ‘Found s was sudden. Asa Know Nothing we regaid. and him as the enemy of Republicanism. As the opponent of Know Nothings we regarded him sa a co win ker in the cause of < qual rights and popular liberties. We do iot blame ou s Ives for having rn a stateo his views on ihe subject. Our facts w -re furnish ed hy the Columbus Enquirer. But we are indebted to ourselves for arm ng at the tru h We sought it from M . loon* s pets un.liy and got it in full measure. In re P*y to the q lestion t.f the E iquirer as to how it came to pass ifiat we were th* first to acquaint ours-lve* with the tiue views of th • adroit party leader, the foreg >ing is a satisfactory answer. Wdl the Enquirer inform u how it happened that it wis a., slow on the trail ? VI it because it found itself barking up the wrong tree? As to ..ur “ntt. inpts to c c-h .te the fivor or eareeni of our distinguished Senator by barefac and honey fug it,'’ it is a I gammon and the Enquirer knows u ns wllas we do. We have no fiv as to ask oi the ands ■inga shed Scnitor or any oth r pa ty lead.-r. W< relv for cur su c* ss upon our capacity to make a re id ai le and sound paper. Oar subscribers are our eon mi uents, and they can neither be inci eased nor dimi i ishe-1 b) pi ty lead is of any sort, or any party. Ano h nee it is, that in ‘uking position, we nev. r wait fo> the key note; and th.reby avoid ihe evil cons, qu* no< * and inbarrassment of raising a tune we cannot sing through. Dots the Enju rer take? We are very happy to find that the Enquirer j > n* i-i a call upon Mr. Toombs to address the people o Columbus on his return f oin his plantation. We h>p tie distinguish, and Senator will find it conv. nieut to re sp nd to the tall. As the t-ditois of th- Enquirer are political associ at. s >f the S’ nator, w - wnl I-ave to th. in the initia ive in the in i ti-r, an I h .pc ih -y will n>t bo remiss it the discharge of their du'y The Mississippi Dic.ivu Up. — V writer in t’l Mobile Tribune pr-d c s th it the time vvili corne cei •tun, that v* n ti>e Mississippi river will end in a sin l ere k and after all will ceas • to.x-st He farther sys that railr ad< h ive ben in vend 10 supjly ihe plac 'd livers wnen the time coin- s that no liquid, wil ex -t on the laee of tlie earth The temperance reform, we presume, las co-nornnc and in litne to prepare th h -nun race to dispense with brandy and wat.r when i w 1 be iaipo si >le to p ooure site latter el •mei.t to tempo he ti ry he it of the former. Verily there is a tiim for all things. The Railroad Quest.on in Flhuda—The pnp! m some of the counti n in Florida are about to v. te up. on the pmpr.etv of miking e -utity subscriptions to th Vis; system of Rtil R >ads chartered by the last Legis a ure. Madi< n1 and off with a vote of 23 in favor ot tid 6 .) against the subscription. The p i pie of .Jeff r -< n and it is b lieved, will follow suit. Sum* l übc is entertain'd as to the f->n-se of Gadsden. Map ot I,mope. We are indebted t<> M ssis. Co.v perth waif, J> silver and Uu:ler, of Philadelphia, Pa , for a pocket Map E iro,e,compiled from the latest authorities, by J. IJ. 1. u<g li is a most accurate an! bau ilul map, and v*-s -he while if E-trope to *i- w, at one glance, from -o. p. tersburg to Constantinople, and will be loan very us. ful ns a map of reference in reading of the wai uw raging b tween Russia and the Allies. Mr Soule at Home —We see that a meeting has een called at N6v O leans to welcome Mr. Pit-rr >ulle to liis home, and show the appreciation in which is private and pubi.c ch-.racler, is held by his fellow itizeos. Rock Island Paper Mills— We are informed k\ lr. U L. Moit. the purchaser of th.se Mills, that he vnl eoni nence the <n uiafaeture of paper again in a ver\ w days. Railroad Iron.— Yeserd y a cargoof g‘me6ooG bar* • Riiroad iron, rr ved at this p.r , for the East Ten •tasw U alrooi] Company.'— Sav. News, 2bth. Georgia Baptist ('onvention. The annual in.-et ng oftl eGeo.g a State Con veutioo commenced tssession at Ncwua ,Cuwe a count), last t 1 nday imi.mug, 20th, and adjourned m the aiier..oJ.. t the lot.owing .Monday. The introductory sermon before the Convention wa ,> cached by the Uev. tl. Fl. Tucke , of I ~.eo .After the unroduetorv .-e ni-m, t e Convention was ed to order hy i e Bie-ide it, 110 . Tnomas Si.kKs. f G.een, who has tor year-, with a g eat tact and ability, presided over its deliberations, i’r.-teasor Meli, of Aicr. e university, and me Rev. Mi . lr.iu, ol Madison, took iheti place* as secietai ci. On an eXatiiiiiall an of the credentials ol delegate-* it was tound that mere we ein attnidauce about lid regui -rl. ap pointed representatives. These seemel ’.o lie not ve y line q tally divided tetwen the elegy ami laity of the deuoin * n tio ~ though ttiere is no recognized .ule hx ng then iclaiiVe tiuinbeis. 1 lie cor.erpotiulng He tr> ii V r ir gini a, South -aiolina, Keutuekv, f’e lies ee, AUiu na.Yc , made the a teudawce ano.il 16*. Among noticeable pei sons irom ab.oa l w- re Rev. vir. Stephe s,tor many >ea.s mts toaaiy to uu triah, ReV A. M Poindexter, oi Va , and tlie Rev J. vi. Gaves, ed.lor ol the leuuesne liapiist, whose and ath by Violence vva 1 tel) f ported An elect o.i ol officers resulted in the choice of tho.-e above. A report ol the Treasurer of the Convention showed the amo ni oi t unis on hand ta p fnon ot tiiem iuvesledi lo be $i7,612 53 I'i.e tuiid.-* ot u.rccr Umveisity (thepmpeity ot tho deiio.iiinadmi) apart from the Theological uepa.t hient, ein -race $121.c6b D .ring i'ri iay aitemoon, the Rev. J. P. Tustin, ot Cha le-ton. lat** of rfav iimari) gave a brief tint Ve y m'e resting and sausiact ry account oi the efficient and sue* ce-ritul operations ol the Ciout'ie.n baptist Puuncaiio.i C>o c.ety, ot which he is th •co -espouumg se.-retaiy At ii-ghl, a sessi hi o! the Ge.>r. la Su day Bcuooi A*sociatio , llofineU io promo e the estaniishmeut oi rfu. day schools, anu to spieid 8-h uay school liter tore throughout the S ate) was tield at tne bapti i Chu eh. And esses were delivered by iVie-'s-r*. ToinueXUr, ol Vu, Tusli ,ot !S C., ana lieiioeis >n un 1 I lobe .o ,of Alabama Ai the same h u tne e was p eacinng m tne Piesbyterian Church by the R v. M . Teague, oi LaG.ange. oaiuiday mm.mg, af nn.e o’c.ock, the conven i< n w is called to ..rler by the President S une uuimportaiil imsi bess hav.ng been and spatclied, an address wa* hea-d from the Ktv. .vlr. Bu an. r, Missionary agent of me Indian iVlissio i Ass elation. Ii was devoted t> a most affecting and hit.re.-tniJ account t>t the progiess ot Clirislia.uiy amo ig me Cieek-, hoctaws, and c heroKce In ia-isolttie V\ eat. sume ol nis stateme. ts vwi.i be worth g.ving Among the Cre. ks eoiisisiiug of a pop .{alien ol iS.UOb, there are now . 1 veil hu died Indian chi istians, membeis ol Bapiiai Gdurcnes, in thi- tribe Uieie is b-.t one wmie Missionary—the otli. r preacher*,about ten m all, being na t.ves. T’.ve o’ the3e a e Cieorgians L>y Olitb, and a e dnecl descendants ot tne famous Indian Chieitam.lJe i. Mclntosh Among the t>tier.k.-es tlieie a e twelve bund ed, a. and among the Gnoclaws about eleven hunir. and members o baptist (_ hurches. in all tnere are neailv lour thous. nd prote-sed Gnnst.aos of the Baptist peisua. iou among ti.es aborigines. An import int audit onal fact is, that th-se Indian-* are looivh.g io .hi lormatiuii ot a Btuie govermnent, and to an early admission hi to the Union as a 8 ace State, a bill to that iff ct having been introduced into the Senate ot the U.oted states at its last tessioii by Mr. Johnson, ot Ar kansas The reverend gentleman was heard throughout with in | tense interest, t.vtdence r>t the efieetot ins appeal was yiv* 1 en in tne co lejtion wh.eii fol.owed it —amounting in cash and *uh criptions to about $1,70 . A leaolutiou was uuau iiuoit'ly passed, urging the Southern Bapti-t Biennal Co-i ----vention to take these Indian Missions undents patronage. During the day, or at night, on Saturday, there was p eaehii gby the Rev. Messrs. Kambaut, of Savannah, Landrum, ol Mat on, and Hendtr.on, ot Alabama, m ttn Biesb)t nan and l.a -ti.-t Ctin'ch** O . Sunday the e was preaching ihiet times at th. Taptis*, Methodic,and Piest y tenaii Guurehas — lie a.. unug fi.siuc... Graw't’ord, oi fiercer Uuive.s.tv, Or. liiatoii, of Tennessee, Mr. I ichnenor,ot A a ama, P o ( . Hit yer, ot Georg a, .Vlr. i Graves, lend.. Mr. Pom exter, ot Va , Vlr. Dawson, <>l Columbus, Mr Stephens, from Buimah, and one other gen tlemen, whose name is not reineted it was uciermn ed tiiat the onvention should hold it next annual session in Savannah, a trie * orre-pondnig pel iod ot ext year —R v. Mr. Teague and LaGrange t. preach the introductory ermon. Before aojo ruing, thanks weie voted for the use ot the Prest yteri n a .and Methodi-l Churches ol Newnan, and to the citizens cf die villagi to th.-n generous ho-pitalities. The denomination of Christians represented by ibis or ganization is the la.ge-1 in tne State of *ieorgta—compil ing as it does eighty thousand coiimiumcants Ot the e nea ! v four ti ths are vnites. ltsh .uid now. verbe rema-k ed that a portion of the denomination, t*-rineU li.unuv. Baptists, numbering, it is said, about ten thousand tre not courucied wuti the Bapu-t 8 ate Conve.it oi. Ded .cun these liiere are about seventy thou and cotimiunic mts term ing the consmueneies oi the Convention, ihe ratio ot in crease in ihe denomination is shown by the ‘act that m le l it nqmbe ed only thirty thousand. Bmce that date a mxiumca.it- have nearly ttebied. Nor ha- tne me reus been aione- in its numbers Tiiem has btc - .o: resp ndl.u increa e in the intelligence o! it* Ministry, the wealth an über d.tyot it.- cli.nches an i its mi-s.ona.y, eu-caiioua. and otner benevolent tfioits. Tae Late Portland idcou n. Tha municipal etectiou m Poruaud, Maine, wa conduc ted vvi.il ex.r c-I ilua-y acl .lil -iuy ot ic- ilu g, a.-u v~s closely comes eu, Mr. Daw b.-mg elected u> a in -joiit) o -3 o.i.y, out oi .i 7 .(J ui more, 1 lie “PHa.e ui ame pcHRa oi diaorceily and rio os proceedings among in >. e who weie aeinbiea alter llic ciecito ~ to rejuuo i. me re sult, as loiiowt; ” Violent j-pet-chev were tn ide by several per. oils, aim among oiutio oy a noiuiio..a cuu.acter i.,e name o Kicmnonu. ine c.owu Were not only .u.ia uoU w.l.i an but t.,ey sliowed aii tlie svmpiomsot a u.o.e pot u. Ainuda.il, and wit i a uruin and me Inese lu.lfaus muiciieu iiiioUgti tue poiiv-ipal lieeis oi Hie ell*, doing Violence u. men way. iNoi saiisUcu with uisuilmg many ol ur niu icsptctauie c.liZeu in nicll’ Homes as v>o.ll as In tile tl.tst i i ic> ploceedeu lo acio ol Violence. inc wi,.d #ws ol lik eoicKH.e ot Jonu t . boyd, Grq., Hi r lec sue*l, and o ilea y uei.ni, ,in c.uu = ieoo st.eci, we.e smasln-u wii. tone , g eany cliua g ring tne initiates ol tne . onto .U. tiuju ali a iany weie abjeiit, Dm <>nc ot lueu ctniur. u ua. • o.viy e-Ca,.cd. ri ie i.h- row was got up ui niala . q ale, ill ir ml oi lue 1 rc.e man ion, anu me wiec.K u. i r.l j ic.v. I- >’e le.uay ie l o > Ltie g-.u and snowed l.iui me ..g i, ..as bio./dy and ocVeie vvinuowa we.e sma Ucd .. w.upp’is ne bn., k, ou i ederai slitel, and tugul wao iu.,u. H.ueouS With . Ctueo ol crunk uiica ui.U ul-uiuu.” fae Late Ancsts tu tuo —* i-icioas of the .President and Secretary of Tiie Comm.ttec ap, o n e. m iNew Turk to vi.*it Wash tUgtOU and lay , c O c uu. I ICHU.Iit all lue (acta In lclaii u io meai.esi.ol u i Pech, .11 ic.ur.i u noine on i ueo a.y cVeiling, a Cl Ivpo.ieu illc Te U.l cl ill. 41 ill. -.-lon 10 >nceiiu n ol me j.l uUS ol Inal gcnl elllau. Oil. Term ijaiiuian oi iiic cuiiiiii.l ee, iepo.ud u.a.iy as k>liow>; 1 ne T es dent, wan uiucn euipiiasis, sa u i.e 1 .vuia oly tsscU vviiu uio loiio ol uu. leooiuUou.. VV uu. nicy Wiie nrm a.iu u.-ciacu, tuey Wvre tice >iom ail iilibus ..e mu. in fepi* lo uni Ucu a.id , ne cud ne m g.u j,. .10.ne and leu tuo iue..ds 01 101. Peck in* ca e suouia ... attended lo a. once, tie raid lie would uespaicii a . ja.c.a a D e..l al once .0 Outia, as we d. 3jo lie, * i wn. .m.neuialeiy, pe.liaps U-niuuuw morning, ui.-paicu an 1 j^cii. 10 ouu,i witn me lnsl. uclious tuai i..e case iciiuirc. > nlle 1 llaci iieteto o.e Ueie.n.liiea to pul down ail .di. m upon oui soli, i baa u*so ueiciinmeo t.-eie was a point oey oud wlilcll Solncaiauce suouiu ccU:e lo oe a vu lue.” Tre ident Pierce said he did not know wl.at tai come ovei u.e lr-iand 01 cuua, !ui 11 appea.eu io Him as n the opaiiisti auiUoi.ties Were si iVu.g io decide i<y 111 iiucu.aiic a.iuicsliow tar we inigtii oe and ...buiua ouoie .e coU-u come 10 tne .e.-oue o. our ciilzeiio a./u comliuToe i tie Ticsiuc.-i nil us u dcr tue HiipiesSiOU umi ilia ir.ne uau now come wtlen We cou-u no iongei loineur, aiiu .olu oui arms aid c y peace, peace, wneii uteie was 110 peace. 1 Applause long ana iOUu.j a nat die lime bau ai last come Wuey weMioU.deay lo Spain, thus l*r eiialt ih /U go mid no i..rine.. i.*-\ppiausc j incr.ieiu 1,1 in ius icuia.ic uiiadcd 10 me ou.ci on traces .at Cuba, a.d sa.u tney an secii;c-d io Collie up ai lue same time, lie alluued 1 ■ in. , ase oi 1 lioiup cm, and said lie Was a iiiaii 01 I,reproach -bits cita adei, ai.u Was nol at all mixed up Witb ally tin uu. U cXpea.t.ou. 1 lie Cub.4.l UaUiurm. s Had no an ge ii.in txcepl dial He Had ie.l upon ills u. ilcc wuiia iiic co dOl arms ol in: c <u.n y. 1 i-.e r'lesidc.u <.l icciiing lutcc instances, ta.d lie ai.noct uic.n.u Un opa.usQ Cac*e:n.iiciit mao, lo Heap upon our go vein men CVv’y JliSl.il poca.ble. i ue i.iiciogc cc mat Dr. Peck had released o 1 ba > uau uul tcaCiicd v> wncu iiie.e lmciviewa 100. , Lace. Slavery Excitement m Kentucky. —The citizens c .Jelle.su.., ivy , llav • U.u all ind gu .iiou ill eimu ..ga.Us me tviuci4.iia.lu.', ior 101 back die s.-ve g.r. ii sella lo ll r ow uei, iUv. Air D. unison. R. s.-lui.o, were passed—cianiiiUg lii-.t me rignia ot traus.i me n *) amt. a wun sa.ves, 1 a perieel rigid uuutr in Co.i Si >Ut oil oi Un Uul ill alld appoib.cd a special Coil uiii.ee lo Visit pra. klori ou ltie second Aiouaay u. ii. .s*.o o uie Leg.siaiur., au.H .y ili.ir b, loie iu 4 body uu.. Utik lot redress. A Partly f rived. Somctim * ago a fi ie new sli p failed the Jain t Ches'on. ‘as picked up at sea, deserted, fcjhe wis carri-d ml. L verpou!, wlk-re it was found she was insured. Iler value, witli t.ic eai'jo, w;*a sum - two or tine - hondtvu -inu-and and liars, i; was lound that the vessel wa> aauueh, al'i. jgur holes h;d b*en bored in h f <u s. Tiie ih i . had beu m mnii • m -..sure solv< and A telegrap , p’ h says ihat, att* ra ih rough ex in nation, the O p ain and m.ii< 8 wvie h Id to fail o awai n inv.siig itimi The nines m ide statements wheh chargo the Cap; in with an att.nipt to eesir y the ship .vidua*’ :nte. T-ey s’a e that w en she ws scuttle*! .in re >v .x niy fi teen meh s water ill her hold, an i tha -he w,.s in a safe eofld ti*-n. File v sse w s emir* ly new an 1, as is com non in \es sels n th-ir first voyag* s, leaked, hut *i t ill and nger oiisly. Oie ot the crew stated th t the whole voyage until file vessel was a tan.loned w -s a B e* h m dian oigy, and that she was aband tie in ‘d iinkea iusini'-y.” Further Foreign News by the Nashville. N tvv VoiK. A pri! 21. The Rass'ans and Allies Weiv strength ning th< r re spective positions preparatory to the < pen t got the spring c-mpiign. AC> tLic.l o*’ Her Was It* In ty .lie Alia son di 12th of M roh. Om .1* Pacha d< sired the assistance •f the Allxs which cool.l not be granted.*- The Turks are tXpcchd only to h *ld Eupatoiiu and a-t oil the detciisivc. Oa the if.h Match large te.nl toe* •nenis entered basiopol. Canrobeit’s despatches .-ta’e that in the affairs of tlx* 22d and 2d 1 MaMi, the Russians lost 2,000 and the Ah leson y GOO. The Ku-s.atts had es abii.-htd two full ti and camps ot di,ooo in n each, for 0 c and t* nee of Bdtic pro* viticcs and h.ve b- eked up the pons hy sunken v* s-els •'i-. p illion of the allied Baltic fl.ci in-a .ai ed from England. i in- Condon Times has a lea< ing n ie'e ii defence <*f the iviow Nothing par V of li c U I ted Suites. ‘i he - .me pap i say-, tliai Spun hat .e n nded she reea I *! he Brii-sh An buss id or lor alitgid ii tcite.euce in r*.l • iious affuts. The IJ. S. steam fr’ga'e St. L u’s h and arrive! at Gi •ruitar and sailed homeward on th* same day. Race Hcrsas* The Vet of Alabami — tin wn Dick. —lt is ain its* r f considciabl • legitl, sys tin. Orleans Delta, th: t tietanii us Alabami h .rsc, Blown lack, i tnt in the 41-cat race t<-d .y, out we th tik it wool.! be a-k ng too much of him to go against Leio.npte and Lcxu gmn in o short a time af er h;s gallant p t-toi malice on \\ dn*- 1 y la-t. Brovi n4)ck is in die Geld, how-eve", and <>- fe. s something still bett r than showing himself to and: y. •Ve understand that his owner, C"l. Goidsby, has, in ins juit way, oft* red to match him against the winning horse for ten, twenty, or thirty thousand do 1 -rs, the race to come ff over he liiscomn Cos it-se, at Mobile, lbs s loud talk, but we fee! assur and it I) is a good foundation both in speed and in -ney — A la. Jour. The Celebrated Race Hor e Lexington. —We speak by authority win u we annotn e to the sporting world that the champion Lex ng on, the winner of the two fast est rae sos tour mil sever run m the world,7 l‘Jf, 7 23f —-.md these vvi h n two we< ks il each other—lias b.th taken out of the training stab'e auk his ix tcise discoi tinu.'d. He may be been at the Me nine C uiw, wh.it he is reposing upon lis laur.ls and enjaping l.is otium cum and gnitate. i’lur ccU-brai* and ar'ist, Mr T. S. Moist*, ist ng -ged to take his portrait, ami we need B-ar* ely add that it will doubtless be a hie ! k ■ pictur* . Picayune. Iheatre Destroyed by Fire, New Oklf n 5, April 20, 1F53. The Am -rican T e itie was and ed hy Gre last night ind oue m in was kdi and. State Prison Libor. — Among thi imor.rtant b llm vhieti have passed ilieNew York Legislature, is one let nng out lor 3d years, and at a fix and per dxm jrce, the bjf of 1,0 >0 oonvie s. The estate l‘ris.n for st-ver 1 ye it -, the Express says, has been in a sad way,).nd among (he items m the Supply Bill is oue of $3,2211,000 to p;.y s ieuia. Steamboat Explosion —,en Li/as Lost. Detroit, April 2d. The steam prop;* let - O ‘egon, p Cleveland, t xpl ded th s m .rnibg ia‘ inil.s :.b >ve th s p ace, kill ng t<!. iu nmdii ii r x tin rs. Among the k iied aie V\ . & ;Ch pmun, Grs. ..gi - ;r; Th- mas Donnelly, s. cond En ii cer 5 Edward Ale Bride, Wuham lieid, atid oflu rs un ai uva. < iip ain tSiewart had both of his l.tbroK*n, ii 1 a me Gve nr six others w re injured. The propellci Vas sMaiioe Iso that sh-* sunk iu a short time. The 10-s •> csti.-nan and at SBOOO, on which time is no .nsurauee- Fee .xp.osioa is attribut.d to a detect in the boiler. Ciop3 in Floyd County, Ga An fsttemed f;i -nd, xvi-umg ti> the f*ou-h> rn R c<rdr. r.m Cave tSprim.*, on the 1G h inst , sys : “Weather, vty dr. ; a hn-gw pni nos corn to plant mew, oats, the pooivsi prospect I ever saw 5 corn, V ry -■•arc**. !G ar he p .or wail suffer for m . ad. When I iolvs better than oats, hut it is n->t promising.” Wheat Crop in tpa’ding Cos. Our uoun’ry ‘rier.d-, s .y- th*. Griffin Union of the 21s\ ts r ., t?ive us fl iiit ring ateoun si t the g.owng v\lxa •op ihf ii.'liom this section. If the seasons eontimx ivombie, ’here Will be an aoundant harvtst. We nr Iso pleas*d to leu-n .hai m ny of our la g stcotteti ; Hut* is have deteriuin and tu eu livate m >re eoru th..u his year. Crops in Virginia. We learn that the wheat cropi 1 Ap >oav ttox is Nik nr very well. With f.vo*able we. 11 r, i here i.- in w a pros pect. ot a god crop. Tit S ant >u JSptcia o. . llu liua o die y r'Spec s n Augusta county, says tha bars o mju y roai drought have mm dissipi et ricvin rains. Cr-p3 in Tolu 8388. The F ank’in Revn w says the whe t etop in th: t re io 1 ot Tennessee is unusually piom.eing, .nd the on \ lang r now appro .ended to it is, that it 13 growing s. ■psdly that tl c laie ftos s may injure it. If nut, the cro. •romises tu b.* a Grst rate one. Wheat t rop in ?outh Carolina. We arc gratifi and that the wh-at eup . Jong th * line 1 t e Charlotte'aud South Carol,na Railroad, and in th v J ys <>f the Catawb 1 and Yadkm R vers, s \<-rv pretn s ng. tl at n unusu .1 quantity ts grain las b.eiisowK ot pa t seasoi. In tliis District w<* have not been so fortunate. Tin od weather, s .-vere fnts, a*d iu wt quen dry w-a.hci 1 .ve v.ry much injured it — Winsboio ’ Uegisier. V/hcatCrop in the West. We continue to have the best ae<ounts of the com'rii wheat er p Emm I -wa, Illinois, VV;seon> n Ind aua and j diehig.in, a!i icpurts ..re cheering—the wheat Gilds nevt i uuked betier. Baptist State ctnvention. This body to .veiled at Ni-wnaii on Fr d;y mornin- ‘ le 20.1i iiisi. H>ii. Tixtn.s Sucks w,s eieoxd Pr. s etic. Hud K- v. P. 11. Aiell, Secretary, anti Rev. C. Ai. Ii ; via, assistant. introductory s rmon by Rev. 11. 11. Tuckpr. W* i e,rn there was a large attendance „nd proceed.tigs h..r i 1 nil us. The Convention will hold its m-xt session at Mont 1 ,* m rv ( Ala , comtneficing on Friday, May 11th. Rev ‘ Vlll. ilo< pe{,of N'nah Carol ti*, is 10 deliver the Con ; entioii Sermon. lUv. A. D. Sears, olKentuk., AI rn Me Retired —M?. U. H. C. Price has retin and from th* Vuburu Gazette. Mr. J. S. Siaught* r lakes his } lu-e. < 0 1111 g ll.e assiKia eof Mr. G. W, F. P.ice in the ed *ri 1 department. •We ngret th s rstirem**n-. Mr P.-ce hs . xhihit. and l.rked ab Illy for editoibb p, aud wc bad hop.d he would ouiaiu in the ranks. Important Arrest.—New Orleans Fcttmas'er (h? I with Rcbbeiy. O r friend, G bbiiey. r. ce.Vtd to-day ‘he f,,r <(W dispatch, from New Oil. t.ns, tud kiudy idlows i 8 ? I ii : ‘ u 5 I New Orleans, a ii’ s 4 W 1 him G. K ndi!!, P. M. at N.w On a: , a ,. k I for ug t..e Mads. 1 I [Montgomery Mail, 24,,^ ofilca Robbery. ♦ Nlw Orleanp, Ap i| 24 Mr. K nd;i‘l, pos*m*ist,r of 1. - ety, hit- 1, , n by Air. Blair, tiie sp cial gcM .ih p. <. i) p 1 01 a olurge of i-otib.uvr he rival.- Tne |ui,* i.) ‘ charg is, tlia Kendall h..s pu. It lord a ! <to r ; ddu v s , , tv in s Rowan;* Cos., coi.ti ii ii g gf)Ht h, | lS> tXi bn| in SIO,OOO, to Hjpeir ueote tic L. S. Court. K -ndall the Post Mis'er at Ne O ‘ears, lias b en e mov.-d, and the plaer- f}’ red to R. L. Adams v\ liu dj. c iuea the appo.ntin-tU. Reported Victory of the Allies. New Yoi.k. April ?4. The Idverp ml corr spondent of tin New Y !• Hnuld, wr ting one hour befotv the sailing of the Kashrille,* tit il th re was great :>gitat:< n ill L lid’ n ii n l.s, tjti. 1 of a private despatch h v r-.g e< u 1- ce vd, statii g hat a great brutje had bet 11 ’ought l Tup t ( rv, iu wheh i|i y Ru-sians had been debuted, with a <ss ot 5,1100- 0111 r Pasha being kdlcd. Th * story is. doubtless, taUe. Riotous Conduct. Chicago, April 21. A riot no* u -red this m Tiling in relaiioii to iht* I (rn r law, in wliieh oie individual waskdlcd and five \m unued. Tie G- rma s nf Ir sh march-d to the * quart, v\f*n do }M)lice in er:- I*l ed, and aginn a! Gcht tin-tied. An ini meiise ctvw o. uiiliiaiy is tut, and many r.ouis have bceU arrested. St. Lons, Apt 122. Th’ olli eof ill Luminary { ul> sfu- I at P.ikvnx-. tie it,g s sp i-ied id tret- son principles, h s l et 11 attacked by a mo j ant d<.str< \ ed. Ihe Kinney Expedi ion. Wa-uington, April 22. S gnor Morcn! ti. ih * N Mitiistir, h • He nojnced the lviu-iey Exye ni-.ois as a Gilibu nniig j tla.r. A Singular Phenomenon —We have 1 cvi r su it in print a nonet* ot itie ol<ov\n g stance ’;a-t,; 111 • 111* 1’ v. - ry steaiiibnat man acqu tMed with Grech U vu* 1 avigai on can verity iistiu h. Just aloxe the 1 eks, when the nv.risin a lertain stage, vry !• w, t‘<. r s vital tniivs steamboats shut down their furnace do* is aid allow im tot cites to be lighted, lor fear of what the d< t k ii; Ids call ‘setting the river *>u Gre ! ’ Fuquently b ats u-x g torches or keeping their furna v doors op< ti at this p r tieular place, ln\e ‘(‘Uhd llesnstlus iii blue fl n.*s, git.-t* ly to the alarm u the patSetigtrs, and in av.tiil in-tjn ic s setting tiie sh am *ts *-tt fire, i 1 s 111 • itistjiia cs ti c ! pa-seng rs have on y Ikcii kept hy the sir- mn>us < .\etli i.h ! oftlievtfi eis hoin ieapingiv ib -ard iu their t.l, tin. The eause of this singular phenomtiion is uij y th - : The bolt* m of the river b comes eo- er-d vvi li oust , leaves and rnbbsh to the and pth of sin e it.elns, | rol a* ; bly Several !<•* t Boats, in Tow water, run thn-ugh this | 0 and of vegi-t.ibie matt* r, ti.eir whe* Is sntrii g it up th-r ----i uglily An iiiflarn'iihbje g:s is thus p* 1 mitt* dto s.-; p*-, J which, on i-i-mmuii cation with a flame, at once takes file | md burns with ab ue hinze. At such time the boat e -loppeii and tile fl one c.-ase Wfien out, ill - b*i i’ e*"S 1 >ll again, taking tiu* pr* cut i**n nhi i*-ti *1 :-b*v*. l*i less 1 il'ovved to coiititiu louit* little time. t!i s huriiuggas m not ap to eotnmutiicai** i's flame n> ih* wmxf—l u if is qu f** sufficient to s nous y alarm tin-sc i.ot J * qu.ill.ted with is cause.— Evansville Journal RcdsDjption of the Public Debt: Dr the Week rnliuT /pril 21,18£5 Loan of 1842... $21,500 •* i-dG auo “ 1 -<47 ... . 1 * 850 “ 134 5(-'*n Total. -------- 3,6.*0 The New York I/quor Law Hit* leading papers in | the city <>t New Y rk t tke 2 • and against h ■ lev 1 qu.n j iaw, alleg.iig that it 1.- in vi > a'io.i <>l the t.-d r I e->i.solu tion. Pise Jontn li of Cmi luree, alle. r w.c wing Me i.e.v I 1 qtior law, say : ! ** VVe h ive mh • .nation in paying, on the treng h of these v ft.’/-., th.it the prohibitory !qu *r law ! mi- Mate, in so far as it proh’bils t le sale of i;uu r l<y the ini| ore s in ong nal pae vages, or their t rid m through th “tate in such packages, violates the constitution of the Unfed States/’ - HMfcg IC- Liberality —1 he Eh 1 1 of Cm I isle h s Fsi ed in tree tois t tat every sick ad won Id sol her arrive 2in Lhi’ - tin from the Ci unea, shall be p ovided w tit a tied break fast, diumr and tea,: t h-s •-xcelleney’s exftnse. Pea Nurs—The Nort.dk Herald tales tin; t du ing li e last twelve m mlhs 00 woit . ot pea 1 uts have l Cell shipped horn th t city by one house to the No.th Amer'canTr ct Society.* -The total recent- during the Society’s ti-cal ve-.rj s : re urinated. r-*uehid he I; r e, aggregate ot $t!3.173; win h in donations, $i47,2.5: rom its tracts and hooks sold §-65>70. Sale of tie Was in ‘ton and Saritoga Jlai'rnad — S rat ga. April IS lsss.—The Saratoga aid a-iui.g toi: Railroad was sold to-d iy on a ntoit ag**, a-d was bought in liy the owners of the mortgage, who w ill mod prcba. ly organize anew company. Line of Steamer* between tomato and Once go.—Oswigo, -.prd ! ', 185 s . -’i ne steamer iViayflowi r, tie pi nner ol tno new In e*d new steam-rs to iun be tween Oswego and Toroido, arrived h-re thi- afteri o< 11 with a full load ol fnL-ht a id pa-?tngers. I hi- In e es tablishes anew and direct io t , via th i Col i; Rail oad and Gio gan Ray, to the upj er lakes. En'orcement of the Sand y Lito—Th • Aden taw i Bosio.n, Ap tl 18, Hns. -An ordet r<*m tieCnefof Pi ---i fee directs the tiding on S nday ot ail b; r < oin , bai* I her-’ !iop l , news rooms, Are., w tn.n the limttsof the city. The re oiution in the House relative to ie alien law, j was so amended as to il**w foiei.ner- to Vote and hold j dices after a residence of twent on** y u.s. Fatal Ra'l Rond Accident Oiuevfjie . Mass. April i 18, H 53- A’ the Boston train *-ri liie Ashenlot lia J R ad was coining through a -ha p cu*v * this aftei nm n 11 nr (his place, the engine .-t uck Air. field, who was walking on he track, kiii ng him instantly Arrest of the A otori/os Ur. liines — The rotor* ons Dr.Hi .es, convicted in L>u siana some lime sim e, at and sent need to the penitentiary for elev-11 yesrs, ami who ! ateiy escaped, was ate tt*<i I ere yesterday uuue, ihe as sumed name of Col. Ham lton. Look out f or Counterfeits —A $lO hill purporting to ■e issued by the Bank of H .njbnrg, was r ceived in Ai - ru-ta, hursdav.from Chatie--top, which is wvl c-x c ter), nd a dangerous count Wed. I* i- signed hv V] Lock-* wood as Ca.-hier. and Mr Hutch sou as PreY.eiu. Creat Drought in FI /rirfs.-The Tatlahi s>e Fiord a 1 of 1 uesday, 17 h -ays: “ P ie -e 1 c ty of wat r in ill • coimtiv is a subject ot i niveisal cmnpi is r. LKe-, f ord.-a and -ireams that o igh’ to be fi 1 t-> overflow! g. are 1o v* /."t r-'lv dy. \\ • we;e informed the oit ei fv a gentlei: a ) from the country, in coming to town he saw peisoussome our or five miles from home in se rch oi water. Sicrilege —D iring the night o- th*4 h in-tant, the p o : s WiS removed from the the. ower of the (’a h-l e eh r li at * )viu. Benaca couniv, and ttie America flag suti.-t iu and I hecro s was a terward- ‘omd in a bar room of the v 1- iage. A meeting o’ the citizi us was held to ferret out the peipetra ors of the out age. Reusi ur Liberality—An v i.. S hool Pre i v'e rian congregaimn ha- recently ire>i orgai ix •• • at Chiei go. v it 1 “lv th'rtee 1 rnen her-, hit tney.-eeii to rah -st 1 hem -e v *.s for o e o* tt e nun) >ei h,*s } F- gll to eon* uinute SilXXi p r nuan) for live year., a the t Jaiy oi iko poilor.