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(Times mu> %sxdmd. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 8,1855. The Squabble over the State Hoad Committee. By reference to the proceedings of the Senate on the 3d and 4th iust., our readers will find that much time was oonsuhied and some feeling excited over the resolutions of the House calling for a joint commit tee of the two houses to investigate the management of the State ltoad. Our readers may be surprised that the resolutions which had been adopted by the House without so rnuoh us a discussion, should have excited so warm and pro tracted a debate in the Senate. An explanation may not bo uninteresting to our readers. In the first place then, the appointment of the Com mittee was vested in the President of the Senate, pro tern, who was a member of the opposition and had just been complimented by the Democratic and Anti Know Nothing Party with an almost unanimous election to that post when they had it in their power to confer the honor upon some member of their own party without difficulty, if the) had chosen to be Belfish. They there fore, thought it in bad taste for the, so called, Ameri can Party, to attempt to use the office they held by the courtesy of their political opponents to foroe upon them an unacceptable committee invested with extraordinary powers, to review and pass upon the management of the State Road—a subject which was made one of the principal issues of the late canvass by the opposition.— This purpose was indicated very clearly in the decided opposition which was manifested to the motion of Cone of Bulloch, to postpone the consideration of the House Resolutions until Friday next, by which time it was understood the President of the Senate, Bailey of Butts, would be in his seat ; and also to the substitute offered by Long of Glynn, conferring upon the com mittee on Internal Improvements the power to select a sub committee from its members to make the investi gation, with powers quite as large as were conferred by the Ist of thellouse Resolutions. It may be replied that Miller of Riclunoud is too elevated a man to abuse his trust. This we believe, but it is a safe rule in party warfare never to place yourself in the power of the opposition, and we entire ly concur with those members of the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing Party who refused to be thus pla ced, because the opposition were impliedly pledged not to abuse their power. Their course is further justified by the fact that it has been the invariable custom of the Legislature to confer the appointment of this State Road Committee upon the Internal Improvement Com mittee, under every other administration. The ohief cause of opposition to the House Resolu tions however, originated in the character of the 2d and 3d resolutions adopted by the House. They were in these words: And be it further Resolved , That all bills uow before the House and Senate relating to the Western & At lantic Railroad in any manner whatever, be postponed until the report of said Committee. Resolved further , That if, after the examination mado by the Railroad Committee the manage ment, and business, and books of the Road shall appea to bo in bad condition and keeping, that they be instruo ted and empowered to bring with them to Milledgeville the books and other papers connected with its manage ment which may be of service to the Legislature in the further examination of the same. These extraordinary provisions, we are informed, were inserted in the House resolutions by way of de rision, but singularly enough, were accepted and voted through by a majority of that body. They were also contended for with some zeal by-a portion of the oppo sition in the Senate, but the good sense of that body de tected the impropriety of such meddlesome and restrain ing legislation, and they were very properly voted down by a very decided majority, in which mingled the voices of most of the, so called, American leaders. These resolutions stricken out, there was nothing objectiona ble in the resolution adopted except the fact that the power of appointment of the committee was vested in a member of the opposition, and a word or two of un gracious verbiago, and for these causes alone, a portion of the Democratic Senators voted against it. Others, but they were very few, regarded the whole investiga tion as a farce, and voted on principle against it. For several successive sessions it has been the custom to send Committees up the State Road composed of mem bers of both parties. They enjoy the pleasure of a ride to Chattanooga at the expense of the State, and come hack and report all’s well. No good has ever come of such pleasure jaunts heretofore, and there is no likeli hood that any good will ever come of them. Is it not time to abolish the faroe ? If anything is wrong on the State Road, there must be sombody wronged. It would be very easy for the opposition to get their affidavits and found a oharge of mismanagement upon them. This, it seems to us, is the honest, fair and manly way to make an issue with Governor Johnson. A Committee would then be proper and every member of the Administration would vote for one. No such affidavits have been procured— probably no such affidavit can be obtained. Why, then, send a Committee of the two Houses to the borders of Tennessee in a wild hunt after them ? It is not treating the Executive of the State, nor the Superintendent of the Railroad with becoming respect. We were surpri sed at the professed zeal some of the opposition mani fested for the good name of Governor Johnson. One of them thought it was importaut to his character for the two Houses to clear him of the charge of removing a switch at Howard’s Lime Kiln ! Another that he should be cleared of the charge of wasting the publio money in printing for the Road ! By the way, we are told that the printing for the Road is a little over $3,000, while it has run up as high as $7,000 under preceding Administrations. Wo are very sorry for the trouble the members of the American Party give themselves for the good name aod fair fame of the Governor, whom they did all they could to damn, not three months ago, by circulating broadcast through the land, these very charges front which they are now so anxious to relieve him. They were diocussed fully during the late canvass before a much more imposing tribunal than that of the General Assembly ; we are content to abide that verdict. Governor Johnson, himself, adopted a much more practical mode of ferreting <>ut abuses on the State Road than that suggested by the General Assembly. Heap pointed a special committee, composed of three able and honest citizens, to go the entire length of that Road, at their leisure, and examine thoroughly into its manage ment. That committee reported favorably and their re port is accessible to the Legislature. The objection to the whole batch of resolutions adopt ed by the House, is that they presuppose guilt, where no man has the nerve to stand up and charge it home, either on the Governor or Superintendent. Why in struct the coin up lice in their examination of “the rates of freight,” to enquire whether they are “equ'.l or un equal, partial or impartial!” “Why give special instruc tions to the committee to “bring with them to Milledge ville all the books and other papers connected with its management,” if “the books of tho road appear to be in bad condition and keeping?” The very terms imply doubt as to whether the freights are impartial and the books are in good condition. W e think both tho Senate and House blundered in appointing a committee under resolutions so ungra ciously worded, but the greatest blame falls to the House. No doubt it is necessary to keep a watch over publio servants, and the more vigilant the watch, tho better for them, and the better for the public ; but in all investi gations into their conduct, they should be treated with tho tenderest regard to their honor, at least until a presumption of guilt is raised, if not out of respect to them as individuals, certainly out of respect to the peo ple who honored them with their suffrages. But we have said enough, probably too much on this iritatiug theme. Now that the committee is raised, we hope they will at once proceed to the discharge of their duties and make a thorough investigation of every charge that floated on the popular breath during the late canvass. Let us have done with these odious themes once and forever. Pardon of JJoyd. It will be seen by reference to the proceedings of the Legislature on tbe 6th inst., as given by our attentive Milledgeville correspondent, that the bill for the pardon of John T. Boyd came up in the House on that day, for final disposal, and was passed by a vote of yeas 80— nays 43. Tbe bill having already passed the Senate by a large majority, it has been signed by tho Governor, and John T. Boyd is now set free. Election of Slate Printer. Wo are informed by our Milledgeville correspondent that, by a joint agreement between the two Houses of the General Assembly, the election of Printer came off on Friday last, and resulted in the choice of Col. Ten uent Lomax, of the Times & Sentinel, over his com petitor, Col. R. M. Orme, of the Southern Recorder. The former received 143 votes at the first concurrent , balloting, and the latter 77—scattering 8. For the Times & Sentinel. Mr. Editor— Without reference to the belligerent articles recent ly published in the London Times against our govern ment and its institutions, or to Mr. Crampton’s viola tion of our neutrality laws, or to the bombastic bully ism of tho Abolition papers North, with all their soorn at our threats of secession or disunion, I wish, for the satisfaction of those interested, to enquire what the Kansas Emigration Aid Society of Muscogee has done, and what they are likely to do? Wo made a great parade at Temperance Hall, organized a Society, appointed a standing Committee to solicit and receive contribu tions for the purpose of sending to Kansas men, who are unable to take themselves there. About S9OO was subscribed at the last meeting, and that is the last the publio has heard of it. A great sensation was made throughout the State, and letters by the bag full have been received by our citizens in relation to it ; hundreds wishing to enlist in the!cause of making Kansas apply for admission as a State, with slavery recognized in her Constitution. It is to be hoped that the Executive Committee is not dead, but sleepeth and that the clarion note al ready beard, and the first of a prospective civil war, will arouse them from their lethargy, and awaken new born zeal in them in taking the first step towards pre serving our rights in the Union, or out of it ; and that their efforts will be aided by our eitizens who feel a patriotism, based upon our righ‘s first, and tbe Uniou secondary in importance. 1 otter this, Mr. Editor, hoping that tbe strong men of the country will take hold of the matter, and aid those who are willing to protect their rights. This is the time or never to strike—in tbe Union. EMIGRANT. Steamer Empire Sunk. Mobile, Dee. 4. The Steamboat Empire has run upon the wreck of the Steamer Aberdeen, about 90 miles above the city, and sunk. She bad on board a full load of cotton, and was partially insured. White Slavery on Staten Island. Factoryville, S. 1., Monday, Dee. 3, 1555. To the Editor of the New York Daily Neu)s : I wish to call your attention, or rather the attention of thoso of the North who are continually clamoring about the dreadful condition of the negroes of the South, and the horrible black slavery there, to the fol lowing fact concerning white slavery in the North, and if the South can produce its equal, I stand willing to knock under. A certain establishment employs some twj or three hundred men, women and children on this Island, and pays them each from twenty-five cents to one dollar per day, giving thorn about half work, so that the highest amount received by one seldom exceeds more than sls per month —to support and educate a large or small family, as the case may be, and to make provision against sickness, &c. These humane masters, not content with this, have adopted another plan now to reduee this sls to a less amount, by the meanest and most contemptible contri vance I think you ever heard of. For the last 6ix months, ns they say, they have had a man watching the employees coming to, and going from work, who is pro vided with a book, in which the lost time is kept; and if a person is a minute behind time two minutes are de ducted, so that a person who may have lost three and a half days is deducted seven, while having done all the work required of him—the Company not having been put to any additional expense in hiring men to make up this alleged loss to them. The Company have selected the present month, the beginning of Winter, to enforce this outrage, feeling confident that the employees, many of whom have large families to support, would not dare to resist this injus tice—fearing a discharge and starvation, which the mis erablo pittance they uow receive just enables them to escape. Fours, &e. B. D. Washington Sews —Kansas War. Washington, Dec. 4. The Senate met and elected a Chaplain, and swore in members. Senator Broudhead. of Penn., gave notice that lie would at an early day, introduce bill giving right of way to Pacific Rail Road. The House had nine ballots for Speaker with nearly the same result every time. Fuller, Whig, of Penn., is the most prominent candidate for to-morrow’s ballotiugs. A despatch confirms the report of the existence of hos tilities in Kansas between the Slave State and Free Soil parties. An attack by the latter on the City of Atelrson, was anticipated. The inhabitants had sent to Weston, Mo., for armed men. Washington, Dec. 5. In the Senate, to-dav, Mr. Adams gave notice that he wuuid introduce to hi!! a amend the naturalization laws. The House is stiil without organization. Six ballots were had to day for Speaker but without effect. The last ballet stood for Campbell, 80; Richardson, 74; Banks, 8; and Fuller, 19; after which the House adjourned. Washington, Dec. 6. The proceedings in the Senate to day arc unimportant. The House bad six more ballotings lor Speaker without an election. It is thought there will probably be no election this week. Some of the members are writing home for in structions. The President’s Message will be printed as soon as the House is organized, but will not lie read until the next day ; copies will be mailed to the press a few hours its ad vance of the reading. “Auburn Gazette.” —We invite the attention of merchants and others to the card of Messrs. Holifield & Slaughter, proprietors of the above paper, in which its facilities as an advertising and news medium are prominently set forth. Convention ol the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing Party. At a meeting of the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing members of the Legislature, held in the Senate chamber on the night of tho sth inst., the following resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved , That the Democratic and Anti Know Nothing party of the several counties of the State of Georgia, are requested to send as many delegates to Milledgeville as they are entitled to members of the Legislature, to a Convention of the party to be held on the 15th day of January next, for the purpose of ap pointing delegates to the National Convention at Cin cinnati, and take such other steps as may be necessa ry to prepare for the Presidential contest of 185 G. Resolved , That the several Democratic and Anti- Know Nothing papers in the State be requested to give public notice of the action of this meeting. W T ESLEY SHROPSHIRE, President. P. 11. Colquitt, ) _ . c > Secretaries. A. M. Speer, (LT We hope the members of the party in the several counties in the State will promptly respond to the foregoing oall for a Convention. The call is made by requesting of the General Convention which assem bled in Millodgeville during the first week of the ses sion. It is exceedingly important that the Convention should be composed of the most reliable men in the several counties ; as the action of the Convention will tell upon the fortunes of the party for years to oome. Georgia has taken a bold and firm position in defense of Southern Rights, in which she will be sustained by all reliable and true mou in the North, if she is true to her self. Where it is inconvenient to send delegates fresh from the people, it will bo well to elect the members of the General Assembly delegates to tho Convention.— Those counties which aro represent! and in the Legisla ture by members of the American party, will of course send up delegates to the Convention. Georgia Legislature. SENATE. Milledgeville, Dec. 6. The Senate met at 10 o’clock A. M. Miller of Rich mond, in the chair. The journal of yesterday was read Hill ol Harris, moved to reconsider tho action of the Sen ate on the bill to repeal the act of the last session of the Legislature, requiring cotton to be marked when weighed, and forbidding weighers from making any deduction for wet. The motion to reconsider, was advocated by Hill of Harris, and Renfroe ot Chattahoochee, and opposed by Dunnegan of Hall. Upon a call of the yeas and nays, the motion to reconsider prevailed by a vote of yeas 48, nays 37. Miller of Richmond, moved to reconsider the action of the Senate on yesterday, on the bill defining the liability of Railroad companies for injuries to passengers and agents. His objections to the bill were, first, that it denied to Rail road companies ihe privilege of prescribing the mode of traveling on the cars, such as forbidding passengers from standing on the platforms, and second, that it gave to agents in the employ of the companies tbe right of action for inju ries received in the service, contrary to the laws of all tho States and the settled principles of the common law. The reconsideration was advocated further by Gibson of Pike, Peebles of Clarke, and opposed by Cone of Greene, and Calhoun of Fulton. The Senate refused to reconsider, by a vote of yeas 30, nays 61. The Speciail committee to whom was referred the bill providing for the sale of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, reported it back to the Senate with amendments, and recoin-, mended its passage. The bill as amended, was ordered to be printed, and made the special order for Tuesday, 11th instant. The committee on the Penitentiary, reported favorably to the conduct of the officers of the institution ;but decided ly against further expenditure upon the old Rookery at Mil* ledgeville ; and recommend its removal to Stone Moun tain ; also, a total remodeling of the whole system. Ami noriiy report was made, recommending an enlargement of the present prison, and its permanent location at Milledge ville. The consideration of the report occupied the atten tion of the Senate for some time. Dunnegan of Hall, ad dressed the Senate in favor of the minority report and ut terly exterminated all the arguments adduced in favor of removal. The report of the majority w r as amended and adopted by yoas 65, nays 21. This by no means commits the Senate to removal of the Penitentiary. Senate adjourned to 3 o’clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. The bill from the committee on Internal Improvements giving State aid to the Brunswick and Florida Railroad, was taken up. Screven of Chatham, moved to amend by giving State aid on the same terms to the Savannah, Alba ny and Gulf Railroad. Buchanan of Coweta, moved to amend by giving State aid to the Griffin and Decatur, Ala., Railroad. Much time was consumed in the discussion of the subject by Gibson ot Pike, Buchanan of Coweta, Hardeman of Bibb, Long of Glynn, Knight of Lowndes, and Peebles of Clarke. The amendment of Buchanan, was voted down. The Senate adjourned to 10 o’clock to morrow morning HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Milledgeville, Dec. 6. The House met at 9* o’clock A. M. Milledge of Rich mond in the chair. The special order of tho day, being the Senate’s bill Ibr the pardon of John T. Boyd, was taken up. Messrs. Jones and Thornton addressed the House against, and Harris of Merriwether, in favor of the bill. The bill passed by yeas 80, nays 43. The bill appropriating 25,000 dollars to the Georgia Mili tary Institute, and 5,( 00 dollars per annum hereafter, was and scussed at length by Messrs. Phillips of Habersham, Jones of Muscogee, Irwin of Wilkes, Ward of Butts, Harris of Fulton, and Lawton of Chatham, in favor of, and Terhune of Floyd, in opposition to the bill, and passed by yeas 81, nays 42. On motion of Lewis of Hancock, a resolution was adopt ed referring to the committee on Internal Improvements the action of the South Carolina Agricultural Association, on the subject ol a Geological survey of the State, with in struction? to report a bill to effect this object. The following bill? were passed : The bill compelling the payments of jail fees in advance. The bill fixing the liability of husbands for the debts ol their wives contracted before marriage to the amount ol their property and exempting from liability the property ol the wife for debts of the husband contracted before marri age. Yeas 99, nays 21. The following bills were lost: The bill to compel owners lands to give them in for tax ation by number and district. Davis of Polk, introduced a resolution instructing the Ju diciary committee to inquire into and report the necessity of employing an attorney for the State Road, and what was reasonable compensation for his services. The bill exempting the heirs of slaves from all liability for heir of slaves when they die or run away, was discussed at length by Jones of Muscogee, and Dawson and Lewis ol Greene, and without taking action thereon, the House ad journed to 9? o’clock to-morrow morning. SENATE. Mjlledgevjlle, Dec. 7. The Senate met at 10 o’clock, A. M. Miller, ol Rich mond, in the Chair. The resolution of Cone, of Greene, calling upon the Governor for the returns made by the Bank of the Interior, at Griffin, and the Bank of LaGrange, WB9 agreed to. Upon a call of counties, the following bills were intro duced and read the first time. Beall, of Werren: A bill to form anew county out ol part9ol the counties of Warren and Jefferson. Beasley, of Troup : A bill to incorporate the Farmers’ Bank of Georgia, to be located at LaGrange, with a capi tal stock of $200,000. Cone, ol Greene: A bill to regulate the granting of licen ces to retail spirituous liquors. The bill gives to the Justi ces of the Interior Courts power to grant or withhold licen ces : requires bonds of retailers ; and forbids the sale of liquor on election days ; and also, to minors, free negroes and slaves. Cumming, of Wilkinson : A bill to facilitate the collec tion of Intestates’ estates in certain cases. Gibson, of Pike: A bill to alter and amend, so as to make more general, the oath administered to witnesses sworn before Grand Juries. Murray, of Catoosa: A bill to incorporate the North western Bank of Ga., to be located at Ringgold, with a capital stock of $200,000. Renfroe, of Chattahoochee: A bill to increase thejuiis diction of Justices of the Peace from 30 to 50 dollars. Winn, of Liberty: A bill to manumit a slave therein named. On motion of Peebles of Clark, the Senate took up and passed the bill, to provide for the disposal of the property of corporations after the dissolution of the same. Election of Public Printer for 1857, 1858. A message was received from the House, announcing that they were ready to receive the Senate in their Hall, for the purpose of electing a State Printer, for 1857 and 1858. The Clerk read a notice from Mer-rs. Broughton, Nisbet and Barnes, of the Federal Union, that they were not can didates, nor interested with any party that was a candidate. The names of Tennent Lomax, of the Times Senti nel, and of Richard M. Orme, of the Southern Recorder, were announced as candidates. Upon counting out the ballots, it was ascertained that Tennent Lomax had received 143 votes, Richard M. Orme 77 votes, scattering 8. Mr. Lomax was declared duly elec ted State Printer. The Senate, then, on motion, returned to their Chamber. Brunswick Rail Road Company. The Senate took up, as the unfinished business of yester day, the bill to give State aid to the Brunswick and Florida Rail Read Company. Guerry, of Randolph, moved to amend by requiring the company to extend their Albany branch to the East Bank of the Chattahoochee River, opposite Eufanla, Ala., which was accepted by the mover of the bill. Patterson, of Gilmer, moved to amend by extending State aid to the Elejav and Ducktown Rail Road Compa ny. Dabney, of Gordon, moved to postpone the bill indefi nitely. The motion was lost by ayes 37, nays 57. Speeches were made in favor of the bill by Peebles, Long, and Scriven, and against it by Wellborn, Dabney and Buchanan. AFTERNOON SESSION. The evening was consumed in the consideration of amend ments to the bill, giving State aid to the Brunswick and Florida Rail Road Company. The most important to your readers was that of HilJ, of Harris, extending lire benefits of the bill to the Columbus and Hamilton Rail Road. He supported bis amendment in a speech of much ability, but it was voted down by a considerable majority. Gibson, of Pike, offered an amendment, requiring addi tional security to the State. Without coming to any definite action on the bill, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After the reading of the Journal, Hudson, ofHarris, mo ved to reconsider the action of the House of yesterday, on the bill to give 25,000 dollars, with an annual appropriation hereafter of 5,000 dollars a year, to the Georgia Military Institute. He was willing to make liberal appropriations for educational purposes, but was opposed to the purchase of a Military School. Phillips, of Habersham, opposed the reconsideration. The property was woith quite as much as was asked for it. The best interests of the State de manded, that a sufficient number of young men to command our Armies and Navies, should we be forced into a hostile attitude with any other power, should be educated in the ait of war. Terhune, of Floyd, favored the reconsideration. As the bill now stood, it confined the munificence of the State to a select few. He had not much faith in Military ’ Education, without camp training. Lewis, of Hancock, opposed a reconsideration. He was followed by .tones, of Muscogee, Crook, of Chattooga, Wood, of Fannin, Smith, of Union, Milledge of Richmond, and Pickett, of Gilmer, in pointed addresses; at the close of which, the House sus tained a call for the previous question made by Phillips, of Habersham, and refused to reconsider by a vole of yeas 62, nays 68. We have neglected too long to notice the enviable posi tion occupied in the House, by the members from Musco gee. They stand among the foremost of the orators of the opposition, and are foemen worthy of the steel of the Dem ocratic leaders. We are very happy to add that in all ques tions, not involving party politics, they are always on the right side, and contend in generous rivalry with the best men of the House, as to who shall be foremost in the ad vocacy of wise and statesmanlike reforms. The unfinished business of yesterday, being the bill to relieve heirs of slaves from liability in case of death, &c , was resumed, and after much discussion, indefinitely post poned. The report of the minority of the committee on the Peni tentiary, was presented by Dorminy, of Irwin. It recom mends an extension of the present buildings, and a classi fication of convicts, according to their crimes, and a pre vention of all intercourse between them. On motion of Phillips, of Habersham, the report of the majority of the committee was road and adopted. It is similar to that noticed yesterday, as having been made in the Senate. NEW BILLS. Thornton, of Muscogee, hv leave, introduced a bill to incorporate the Hightower Mining Company. Harris, of Fulton: A bill to incorporate a College of Science and Agriculture. Graham, of Lumpkin: A bill to alter the poor school laws of the State so far as Lumpkin county is concerned. Lewis, of Greene: A bill to incorporate the village of White Plains. Smith, of Bryan: A local bill ; also a bill extending the time allowed the Sheriff of Bryan for serving proceas <fcc. Rozier, of Burke: A bill to incorporate Summerville Academy, in Emanuel county. The bill of Lewis, of Hancock, providing for a general system of common schools, was made the special order for Wednesday next. At the municipal election held in Milledgeville on the Ist ins', the whole Know Nothing ticket was successful. Mr. Hawkins re-elected Mayor. Inter eating Discovery. —A gentleman residing in Tal ladega county, whose well had gone drv, while engaged recently in digging it deeper, discovered, at the depth of 85 feet, a singular looking mineral, which, on analytical examina ,: on, proved to be a rich vein of native Arsenic.— Some cattle, together wiih other animals, which drank of the water that wasstanding about the well in vessels, died almost instantly—this fact leading to the investigation sta ted above. —Louina (Ala ) Eagle. The Express, Know Nothing organ of Cleveland Ohio, ha° the following pieceot Know Nothing impnder.ee: “The colored population generally voted lor the Know Nothing ticket day before yeHerday. in thi* they showed good judgment, and they will have no occasion to regret their action. They rejoice with us in Sam’s triumph over a weak, coirnpt Administration. The colored people are Natives, and much better citizens than the hordes of Catho lic Irish who arc yearly floating to our shores.” BY TELEGRAPH. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF T,,li STEAMSHIP APRICA. Rumors of Peace —Cotton and .Breadstuff's Declined. New York, Nov. 5. The Africa has arrived at Halifax with Liverpool dates to tho 21th ult. Cotton is dul', fair grades have declined 4to 1. Mid* dling and lower grades The sales for the week are 35,000, including 6400 on speculation by exporters. Fair Orleans is quoted at 6§. Middling at ss. Pair Upland at s§. Middling at ss. The stock of American on hand lis 20,000 bales. is dull,'.and has declined 6d.— Wheat has declined 2d. Canal Hour i6 selling at 425. Gd. to 435. Mixed Corn is quoted at 465. 3d. Market closed duU. Provisions are unchanged. Money m tighter, but Consols have advanced to (5) owing to the rumors of peace. It is stated, butjs doubtful, that General Canrobert has concluded a treaty with Sweden to join the Western Powers in the spring, on the condition that Finland be restored to Sweden. There are rumors that Denmark will also joiu the allies. The London Post says that the Prussian envoy saw the Czar at Nieolaieff, and qbtained permission for Prussia to inform the Western Powers that Russia was willing 1o treat. There is no news from the Crimea, except that the al lies intend to bombard the north side of Sebastopol. The difficulty betwen Greece and the United States is settled, ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LOUIS. New York, Dec. 6. The St. Louis has arrived, bringing intelligence from Europe to tho 21st ult., not so late by two days as that brought by the Africa. The magazines belonging to the French Artillery had ex ploded near Inkerman, killing seventy and wounding one hundred soldiers, including two officers. An immense quantity of ammunition was lost. The Czar had dismissed Menschik off’from his'stafT. A great fire had occurred in Paris, which destroyed gov ernment stores amounting to 30,000 quintals (3,3G0,0C0 lbs) of Corn, besides a large amount of Flour and biscuit. Brunswick Fever. —Since there is a probability hat the Brunswick Railroad will be built, and that soon, several of our cit’/.?ns have been taken with what may properly be denominated the Brunswiok fever. One hasuheady gone on a tour of exploration, and others are speaking of going to return no more. We would only say, that if the road is not built, the move will bo disastrous in the extreme, but if it is, wo opine that it will, ere long, be the greatest city >u Georgia.— Cen tral Georgian . St. John’s Church in Montgomery . —The Mail says: The Episcopal chorvli was opemd yesterday, the 2d, and Divine service performed therein on last Sunday morning for the first time. The attendance was very large. The service was read by Rev. Mr. Mitehell. The Rev. Mr. Lay, of Huntsville, delivered an appropriate sermon, The communion was administered at tho close. The estimable Bishop of the Diocese was pres ent on the occasion. The now edifice proves itself all that was hoped~by its builders. Mineral Wealth of ‘Tennessee. —We have from the Comptroller’s office [says the Nashville Un ion and American,] a statement of the value of real estate iu one civil district of Polk county, in 1848, ’SO and ’55. It is ns follows: 1848 1850 1855 Number of Tolls, 73 93 138 Acres of land ass sed, 16,038 18,197 75,981 Valuation, $10,630 $19,251 $1,129,255 Taxes, $23,17 $36,97 $1,694,17 This immense increase in vaiue is occasioned by the large mineral wealth of the civil district in which the land lies. A great drawback exists in the want of fa cilities for the transportation of copper to market. Were there a railroad in the vicinity of the mines con necting with the roads to the sea coast, the immediate increase on the valuation of 1855 would be enormous. Rail Road Fair . —The ladies of Enon, Ala., intend holding a Fair at that place, on the 12th inst., for the benefit of the Mobile and Girard Railroad. The public generally are invited to attend. The houses of private citizens will be thrown open for their ccommodalion . The Hank of Savannah has declared the very hand some dividend of five per oent. on the operations of the last six mouths. From Texas. rp, „ , New Orteans, Dec. 6. l tie i erserverance has arrived bringing advices from Gal veston to the Ist instant. * s e^ore Legislature of Texas proposing to Joan #SOOO lor every mile of Railroad built in the State alter fif ty miles are finished, the State to retain a mortgage on the road. It is believed that the bill will pass. Several papers in the State are urging the Legislature to instruct Senator Houston to resign on account of his anti southern sentiments. Weather lavorable fur securing cotton and sugar crops. Mcsilla Valley.—A letter in the New York Sun* from Washington, says : “The reports from the Mesilla Valley are exceedingly interesting, and the private notes of the U. S. officials are worthy their public reports, twico over. The whole country is a vast oreffield ; copper, iron, platina, gypsum and coal, in vast beds abound iu eveiy direction, and are in the richest quantities in the re gion along the Pecos, and up to the 33d parallel which had been thought the poorest section of the Rio Bravo V alley.” Slavery In Utah. A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, an abo lition sheet, writes as follows : met a prominent citizen of Salt Lake city when at eston. His name is \\ iliinms. He is the principal merchant of the Latter Day Saints, and alio, I believe, one of the twelve unholy apostles. I heard him say that when IJtak applied for admis sion into the L nion, she would seek to be enrolled as a slave State. He said that he owned a slave, that all of the Apostles did, and that Brigham Young owus several negroes. This statement,: 1 though at variance with pre vious accounts from LTtah, is undoubtedly true. He told me that accounts of the famine in Utah had been enormously exaggerated, and that there is corn enough in their Egypt yet for two years to come.” Presidency of S. C. College.— The Trustees of ihe iSoutti Carolina Collo.ro haveekoted Prof. G. F. McCay 1 resident of the College. “Duty before pleasuro.” as the man said when he kissed bis owp wi*e befoie going out to kiss his neighbor’s.