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AMERICA. FALL OF COLUMBIA. The Montreal Ocean's Company's Steamship St. David from Portland on the evening of the 18th of February, arrived at Greencastle at 10 p.m. on the 2nd. New York, Feb. 18, Evening-Pllilndelphia papers an- nounce, that the Richmond papeis of Thursday state that Sherman's main columns had reached ivingsville Junction, 25 miles north-east of Columbia, The commu- nication south of the Florence railroad, and on the Charleston railroad is interrupted. A Confederate flag of truce boat was blown up on the James River, and all on board were lost. The House of Representatives has passed the Tariff Bill, and rejected the proposition to tax the sales of mer- chandise. Mr Steven's proposed tax of ten per cent upon gold sales has been defeated Gen. Grant reports to Mr Stanton this evening that to- day's Richmond Despatch says Sherman entered and took possession of Columbia yesterday morning. General Beauregard communicated this intelligence officially yes- terday. From his despatch it appears the Federals shelled Columbia on Thursday from the south bank lof the C,m- garee. During the night they moved up the river, and on the following morning forded the Saluda and Jiroad Rivers. During the Federal passage of these rivers Beauregard evacuated Columbia, The Federals soon af- ter took possession. Two days previously, when it was decided not to attempt the defence of Columbia, a large quantity of medicinal stores was destroyed, The Despatch presumes that the fall of Columbia, will necessitate the evacuation of Charleston which the Despatch thinks has already commenced, It was reported yesterday, that the FederaIa had cap- tured Augusta, but the Despatch discredits the report. The Charleston Mercury announced a temporary sua- pensioB on Saturday, with a view to its removal to an- other point, this being rendered necessary by the pro- cress of military events. Captain Semmes has been made a Rear-Admiral, with the command of the James River squadron.

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I NEWS OF THE WEEK. On Friday, Prince Arthur went from Green- wich to Windsor. On Saturday his Royal High- ness and Prince Leopold arrived in London, and visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marl- borough-house. The three Princes and the Prin- cess went to the Bijou Theatre in the Haymarket, in the evening, where the officers of the Brigade of Guards gave an amateur performance, in aid of the Industrial House for the soldiers daughters. After the performance, the Princes Arthur and Leopold returned to Windsor. On Tuesday, her Majesty, accompanied by the Princesses Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, left Windsor Castle at five minutes past eleven a.m., and came to town by a special train. The royal party proceeded to Buck- ingham Palace, where her Majesty held a Court and received the ambassadors and their suites.— Her Majesty and the Princesses returned to Windsor the same evening. On Saturday, the late duke of Northumberland was buried in one of the chapels of Westminster Abbey. An imposing procession was formed at Charing Cross and in the Abbey the solemn Ser- vice of the Church was rendered in a peculiarly impressive and beautiful style. Our foreign trade continued to fall off in De- cember, as it had done for the two months preced- ing. The amount of exports for the month, was JE12,095,437 in December, 1863, it reached £ 14,354,400. There is, however, a great increase in the amount of exports for the year,—from 2146,602,342 in 1863, to R160,436,302 in 1864. On Friday, the Cathedral of St. Patrick's, Dub- lin, which has been restored at the sole expense of Mr. Guiness, was re-opened with an imposing ceremony. The Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Mayor, and many Bishops of the Protestant Church were present. There has been a contest in Tipperary, for the representation of the county, vacant by the resig- nation of Daniel O'Donoghue who wished to re- present Tralee. One of the candidates, Mr. Moore, was supported by the prelates of the new National Association. The other, Peter Edward Gill, who is a Fenian, was the favourite of the mob. He had it all his own way at the nomina- tion but, at the polling on Monday and Tuesday, the votes went on the other side. At the close, the numbers stood—Moore, 2,042; Gill, 884. Majority for Moore, 1,158. The Journal de St. Petersburg, of the 23rd ult., denies the statements in the Bombay papers, that Russia had sent valuable papers to the Khan of Bokhara and asserts, that since 1858, no am- bassador has gone to that country. There are revived rumours of insurrections in Poland, which the friends of the Poles ascribe to the Russian police. Many of the insurgents, who have left the country, are suffering great dis- tress. The Report of the Franco-Polish Commit- tee states that there are 2000 refugees literally dy- ing of hunger in Paris. On Sunday, the 26th ult., an assembly of dele- gates from the various associations of Schleswig and Holstein met at Rendsburg, to consider the state of the Duchies. A resolution was passed to the effect, that the inhabitants of the Duchies should leave to the Duke of Augustenburg, and to the Diet of the country, the conclusion of such treaties with 1 russia, as will be to the interest of the whole of Germany.—But Prussia is said to object to transfer the Government provisionally to the Duke, as proposed by Austria. Five points are enumerated, in a note sent to the Aus- trian Government, by Herr von Bismark, as es- sential for the two powers to agree upon, before a final solution be arrived at. These points, it is contended, will not be contrary to the interests of Austria, and will advance those of Germany. Four of those points are given by a telegram of the 27th ult. They are,—1st. That Prussia shall have the right to levy sailors in the Duchies for her navy. 2nd. That land shall be ceded to Prussia, for the making a canal from the German Ocean to the Baltic, with large fortified docks for the reception of Prussian men-of-war. 3rd. The Postal and telegraphic department to be under the direction of Prussia. 4th. The forces of the Duchies and those of Prussia to be connected as closely as possible, so far as the officering is con- cerned but the Holstein contingent is not to quit the Federal army.—From a correspondence published in the Cimstitutionnel, of Monday, it ap- pears that a project is advocated in some quar- ters, of restoring the northern parts of the Duchies to Denmark, and annexing the remainder to Prussia. On the other hand, Bavaria and Sax- ony had intended to move at the Diet, for the re- cognition of the Duke of Augustenburg but Prussia positively declared that she did not con- sider the Diet competent to pass such a resolu- tion and would not be bound thereby. At the request of Austria, that resolution is withdrawn but a modified motion will be submitted, express- ing the confident hope of the Diet that Austria and Prussia would transfer the Government to the Duke, at the earliest possible period. In the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on the 23rd ult., a proposal of the Minister of Finance, that the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the army should be increased, was met by a motion from Herr Virchow, that the Cham- ber should request that the budget should be withdrawn, and a new one introduced, in confor- mity with the propositions of the Committee. That Committee has adopted the propositions of the sub-committee. On the 23rd ult., the Austrian Minister of State addressed a letter to the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Lower House of the Reiehsrath, stating that the representative of the Government will attend the sittings of that Com- mittee, until the lower house has decided whether the vote on the budgets of 1865 and 1866 is to be taken as the basis of an understanding between the House and the Govnernment.—On the 24th, the Financial Committee made a declaration, that the note should not prevent the continuance of the discussion of the budget, as hitherto, in de- tail There are several Cardinals in the French Se- nate, all of whom were excluded from the Com- mittee appointed to prepare the Address in an- swer to the Emperor's speech. Out of doors, the elergy look upou this exclusion as a personal in- sult. The Marquis de la Valette, a strong sup- porter of Italian unity, and M. Boujean, the ear- nest advocate of the independence of the Gallican church, are on the Committee.—The French paper makers are reported to be converts to Free Trade, and to have resolved to petition the Senate to abolish the duty on the exportation of rags, pro- vided all other nations in Europe will do the same. The quarrel between Victor Emmanuel and the people of Turin, is at an end. He resolved last week to return to that city, where he arrived on the 23rd ult., and received deputations from working- men's societies, with cordiality. His Majesty subsequently passed in review the National Guard, by whom he was loudly cheered. On the 25th, be signed an amnesty for all acts connected with the recent riots; and on the 26th appeared in the Corso, where he was enthusiastically re- ceived. The Pope has just cannonised Germain Cousin, of Tolosa, and Peter Arbries of Saragosssa, who were martyred in 1485. In the Spanish Cortes, on the 22nd ult., the Duke de Frias stated, that if a National subscrip- tion were called for, the nobility would place themselves at its head it was also annouueed, that her Majesty's honorary chaplains and con- fessor, and the Patriarch of the Indies, had offered the half of their property to the public Treasury. —On the 24th ult., the Minister of Finance in- troduced a bill authorising the issue of Bonds, to theamount of 300,000,000 of reals (£3,000,000), secured on landed property. The bonds are to be offered for public competition. If the whole amount is not subscribed, the remainder will be offered to the tax-payers, assessed at 400 reals per annum and upwards. On the 25th, the address to the Queen was carried, in the Cortes, by 144 to 84 votes. The Assembly then adjourned to the 2nd of March. From Lisbon, under date of Feb. 24, we learn, that Gen. Passos, the Minister of War, had re- signed and there is,—perhaps we should now say there has been-a ministerial crisis. On the 25tb, the Duke de Louie stated in the Cortes, that he was endeavouring to re-construct the Cabinet effi- ciently and if he were not successful, it was his intention to resign. On the 24th ult., the Vienna journals published news from Athens, stating, that the discontent of the people is increasing, especially in the Ionian Islands, and Tripolitza. Revolutionary proclama- tions had been posted up in various places.— The King's mother was expeeted shortly in Athens. The Turkish Government (as we learn by ac- counts from Constantinople, of the 18th ult.) hM instituted a system of advanced free schools, for all classes of the native population.—The ques- tion of the secularization of the Mosque property was also again under the consideration of the Go- vernment. In Algeria, all the tribes on the Zell frontier, which had joined the insurrection against France, have been conquered. The Ouled Sidi Cheick, who first instituted the revolt, are, however, un- subdued the drought and the parched state of the desert having impeded the operations of the French troops. They have taken refuge in an oasis, where they will be pursued by the French, as soon as the rain season sets in. Long statements have appeared, from time to time, of the treatment of the English in Abys- sinia, by the King Theodore, who imprisoned se- veral missionaries. The Vienna papers ot the 24th assert, that lie has also imprisoned messen- gers, sent from the British embassy in Constanti- nople and put the British Consul, Mr. Cameron, in irons.—At Cairo, on the 11th ult., news was received, that the prisoners were all well treated and would be liberated if the English Govern- ment would raise no further questions about them. The African brings accounts from New York, to 11 a.m., of the 17th ult. No very important events had taken place but the balance of for- tune still appears to be with the Federals. The Richmond papers of the 11th ult., state, that Sherman had crossed the Edisto, which was the line held by Hardee forthedefence of Branchville, —that place, there is little doubt, is evacuated. Two-thirds of Sherman's troops were on the road to Columbia, the junction of the Charleston and South Carolina, and Greenville and Columbia railroads. If that place is occupied by the Fe- derals, the railway communication with Richmond will be severed, except via Wilmington. Accord- ingto Southern papers, three attacks were made on Wilmington, on the 11th, and repulsed.— Gen. Hardee had gone to Charleston. He reports, that on the night of the 12th, the Federals drove in his piquets on James Island. They were re- established on the 13th but the enemy was still in strong force on the island 18 additional steamers had arrived off the bar.—Grant had ex- tended his lines before Richmond. He had been to Washington, supposed on military purposes. —The Confederates had certainly evacuated Mo- bile and the Federals had evacuated Pescagoula, Florida.-A measure was before the Southern Congress for arming the negroes and there was a rumour that Lee would evacuate Richmond.— Peace Resolutions had been negatived in the Fe- deral House of Representatives, by 73 to 43 votes. —The Secretary of the Treasury requires a loan of 600,000,000 of dollars, for the next fiscal year. —Fifteen States had declared in favour of the amendment of the Constitution, emancipating the slaves. From Mexico, under date of the 15th ult., we learn that the Mexican Government had refused Gwitt's scheme of colonization.—Accounts receiv- ed at New York, assert, that Gen. Bazaine had been defeated several times in the Province of Oaxica that Juarez was at Sonora and that his followers numbered sixty thousand men. A telegram from Shanghai, dated Jan. 0, in- forms us, that Sir Rutherford Alcock will bring to England a Convention with the Tycoon, guaran- teeing free navigation in the inland sets allow- ing the establishment of an English consulate at Simon osaki and stipulating for the payment, by Japan, of an indemnity for the late expedition. The relations with Japan are said to be more sa- tisfactory and improving. The Calcutta and China mails arrived on Tues- day. Sir Robert Montgomery returned to Eng- land in the packet that brought them.—The In- dian news is of little importance and from Chi- na, there is no news relative to the relations be- tween the Government of Pekin and the Euro- peans, which were reported not to be very cordial at the previous dates. A large number of rebels i was stated to be in the field but none of the treaty ports were thought to be in danger of at- tack. Sir Rutherford Alcock's departure from Japan was the subject of much speculation in the papers.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON CORN MARKET-FRIDAY. No improvement on Monday's prices. LIVERPOOL CORN MLRKET-FRIDAY. Very dull for all, articles at late rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET—FRIDAY. Wheat and barley slow at late rates.

#portiitg Nottlitgtua. VULB OF CLwrD HARRIERS will meet on Tuesday. March 7th Llanfair D, ChVYd Friday March 10th Ystrad each day at 11 o'clock. CAPTAIN HAMPTON-LEWIS'S HOUNDS. meet on Monday, March "h •• Store House Wen Tl,. 'l. M. h 9th Herdret? S.t. ,d.7?'M..h h Hendyfnan-Iast day Each day at 11 30 o'cloek.

iri", ftarriapji, and Jleatfts. Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, should b. authenticated by the name and address of the senders, or transmitted to u, through our accredited Agents. We beg to Intimate, that in future notices of Births and Mar. riapes will be charged as ldrertisements at the uniform rate of One Shilling each; and except where the party sending hae an account at the office, prepayment must be made, or the notice will not appear. If more convenient to the sender, pays menl may be made in Red Postage Stamps. Obituary notice. will be inserted free as heretofore. BIRTHS. On the 24th ult, the wife of Mr. William Jones, Timber Merchant, Tanlao, near Llanrwst. of a son.. MARRIAGES. On the 2nd Inst, at the Tabernacle Chapel. Bangor, by the Rer. Samuel Roberts, Mr. Richard Davies, Tailor and Draper, ftalford, Manchester, to Ellen, youngest daughter of the late ME. Henry Williams, Smith, Bangor. On the 27th nit., at L'anbeblig Church, Carnarvon, by the Rev. J. C. Vincent, Capt. John Owen, of the schooner Cambria, of Bangor, to Elizabeth Hughes, only daughter of Mr. John Hughes, Coachman, George Hotel, Bangor Ferry. On the 24th ult., at the CaMnistic Methodist Chapel, Denbigh, by the Rer. Thomas Gee, Mr. William Roberts. Grocer, Car- narron, to Susannah, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. Henry Cumming, Denbigh. On the 24th ult., at the Parish Church, Abergele, by the Rev J. Meredith, Vicar, Mr. Richard Kerfoot, of Bodhafod, to Miss Anne Jane, third daughter of Mr. Robert Edwards, of Hendre- ueha, both in the parish of Abergele. No Cards. DEATHS. On theSndinst., aged 45, Mr. Henry Williams, smith, Rock Cottage, Portmadoc. The deceased was greatly respected, and his death will be lamented by a large circle of friends and rela- tions. On the 25th inst., of consumption, aged 25 years, Mr. Griffiths Mill-stonecutter, High-street, Portmadoc. On the 27th inst.. aged 12 years, of consumption. Agnes Har- riet Brett, daughter of Mr. Brett, game-keeper, Wern, Port- madoc. On the 3rd inst,. at Hendre-bach. Clynnog, aged 32, Ellen, the wife of Mr. W Davies, of that place, and the daughter and last turnving child of the late Mr. Ebenezer Thomas, (Eben Fardd.) On the 26th ult, very suddenly, at her son's house, the Black Lion Hotel, Mold, Mrs Jane Dean, eldest daughter of the lai* Capt. Peter Irans, of Chester On the 23rd ult., aged 70, Mrs Knowles, wife onfr, E. Knowles, builder, Denbigh.

I ANGLESEY CENTRAL RAILWAY. On Thursday last, Capt. Rich, the Government Inspector, accompanied by Mr. Russell, contrac- tor, Mr. M'Kenzie and Mr. Algeo, engineers, Mr. Morley, traffic manager, Mr. Dew, secretary, Mr. Phillips, superintendent, and other gentle- men, went over the line between Gaerwen and Llangefni, and, we understand, expressed his great satisfaction with the works, and said that arrangements might be made for the immediate opening of the line for passenger traffic. This, we are sure, will be most welcome news to the people of Angletey, who will gladly avail themselves of the facilities for travelling which the new railway will afford. Arrangements are already made for opening the line on Wednesday next, and the Time Tables, announcing the arrival and depar- ture of train* appear in another column. There are four train* a day each way, and it will be teen that the evening mail from Holyhead stops at the Gaerwen Junction, so that parties arriv- ing by the Anglesey Central Railway, will be ablo to continue their journey southwards without dolay. The Bangor and Llanberis Railway Bill has been thrown out on Standing Orders The Magistrates'of the 2nd Petty Sessional Division of Anglesey have adopted a course that is working well In Bastardy Affiliation cases they summon the mistress of the house where the illicit intercourse is alleged to have taken place, to give evidence of the general state of the household arrangements, and how far they may tend to corroborate, or throw doubts on the alleged intercourse. It has also the further tendency of making heads of families a little more careful in the arrangements for their servants. BMIPIT E5TERTAI5ME!rr AT PEJJRHTN HALI,.—On Monday eraning last Professor Whitworth gave his pro- mised entertainment for the benefit of the widow and seven children of one of the men lost on Carnedd Lie. I welyn Mountain, and which, we are happy to state, re- suited in perfect success. The hall was crowded to excess; and never, since that room was opened, was any enter- tainment better attended. It principally consisted of the extraordinary experiments in chemistry which the public have paid little attention to, and which lead some sceptics to believe are merely the products of witchcraft or decep- tion, and are performed under the influence of supernatu- ral communication with the evil one. However unexpli- cable to the audience many of the experiments might be, the professor invited, without any previous selection, a number of youths on the stage as a specimen of the man- ner in which his mind operated on theirs, having, in the first instance, prepared them for that state by means of a simple chemical application to which the audience were witnesses. Mr. Whitworth gave also a proof of his ven- triloquial abilities, the whole of which created consider- able laughter, and were much applauded. Those present, by a show of hands, signified their desire to enjoy a simi- lar entertainment on a future occasion, a request which the professor intimated his intention to comply with. The proceeds, after paying some few incidental expenses, amounted to IC17.

BANGOR PARISH VESTRY. A numerously attended meeting of the parishioners of Bangor was held in the Vestry-room, at the Cathedral ohurclC on Thursday lklit. Neither of the churchwar- dens or overseers being present, Mr. J. Roberts, Brad- ford House, was voted to the chair. The Chairman then read the notice calling the meet- ing, of which the following is a copy :— PARISH OF BAVGOH.—Notice is hereby given that a Vestry will be held in the Vestry-room in the Cathedral Church of Bangor on Thursday, the 2nd day of March, 1865, at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the following matters, viz. The powers of the Bangor Local Board of Health, par- ticularly in reference to the extent they may proceed in important matters affecting the material interests of the ratepayers of Bangor, such as taking proceedings in the superior Courts at Westminster. 1st, Without the sanction of the ratepayers. 2nd, Whether justified, m opposition to the express wishes of the majority of the ratepayers. And to take into consideration whether it is advisable for the ratepayers to appoint any i to bo a member of the Bangor Local Board of Health who has been a member for the two last preceding terras. Dated this 25th day of Feb., 18G5. FVAN VAN3' ¡ Churchwardens. (Signed) ::?. £ THOS. PARRY, Churchwardens. "HOWLAND P ABRY, Overseer. The following members of the Board of Health were present .'—Messrs. Win. Pritchard, M. Roberts, J. K. Douglas, W. Thomas, and Thos. Lewis. Jlr. Owen Evans, City Vaults, said he wished to say a few words respecting the present construction of the Lo- cal Board. It did not, in his opinion, act in that can- did, open manner as he could wish them to act towards the parishioners, whom they are supposed to represent. It appears that as long back as five years they had been going on with the matter which was now being promi- nently brought before the Courts of Law ? How was it that the thing had been kept so long, and nothing said to the ratepayers about what affected their interests ? Nothing of importance, and certainly no serious litiga- tion, should be entered into without first consulting the ratepayers in the matter, in a public vestry. Mr. W. Thomas—The law does not require they should do so. Mr. Evans— That might be but they had the power, aud he thought it was their duty to do so in a case like that of the rating of Port Penrliyn. They should not risk a lawsuit with Colonel Pennant—who was known to be a rich man—without consulting the ratepayers. They were the tribunal who would be called upon to pay. Everything should be public and above-board, and he should like to see the statement of accounts advertised in the local paper, instead of, as at present, everything being kept in mystery.