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POLICE NEws.-Oa Friday evening, Capt. You. ennes. the energetic Chef of ihe First Municipality Police, arrested John Powers, alias Rowan, on a charge of stealing 3s bales of cotton, marked w. in Il diamond, shipped in Mobile and consigned to a house in this ely. and also with ohtaning and re- ceiving an advance of Sl 50 lhe same from bro- ker, who shipped Ihe cotton on his iPowers) account to New York, per ship Sulana. Subseu uently another charge was made against Powers of having stolen mulao girl named J Juiia, a slave, from her master, Mr. Elliott. IL appears that Mir. E. brought some slaves from Mobile on the Creole on ,he 2lst inst Powers was on board the boat coming 10 this city, aud during the passage ninaced the gl to run away with him. Soon after landing, the girl was missed. u seems that Powers rented room m Gus tomhouse street bewee,, Rampant and Burgundy streets, where the gisl hidden, and that Powers intended to send her back 10 Mobile to sell her. A man named Charses Martin. who appears to have been confederate wih Powers, and who was 10 have taken the girl t0 Mobile sell, made an offer To a mercantile So1se here, interested for Mir Elliott gve iniornsation where the gIr for $50. have ihe man who stole her arrested for S200. The first offer MAS accepted, 10 get rid of the trouble of pros ec&ion, and the girl accordingly delivered up. Cap tan fonennes, hearing of this transaction, obtained a description of Martin who il seems he had been watching. Soon afterwards, while standing at the corner of Canal and CarondeIef streets, Powers and Martin passed the Captain. when he arrested Martin, having sent an officer ahead arrest Powers, and the TWO were safely lodged in the Police ofi G.

 These men have ieeu examined before Recorder Ge- nois, and are remanded for further hearing, steps having been taken in the time 10 obtain further evidence from Mobile in relation to the charge against Powers of stailing cotton. Powers was formerly i steamboat captain, and has been in the Kentucky Pe- ieniiary tor roblnng the mail. He was pardoned, some time since, by President Tyler.-lNew Or leans Tropic, Jan. 27.