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COLUMBTJB:_ j LAROEtiT CITY cmCULATIOJi. Thursday Morning) October Si, 1856. Fever in Charleston. The Board of Health report seven deaths from yellow fever in Charleston, for the 48 ! hours onding Monday night 10 o’clock. *- Frost Again. After several days of cloudy weather, which gave fair promise of rain, the clouds disap peared, and yesterday morning we had frost. But for the excessive dryness of the earth, vegetation would have been well singed. We have had no rain since the gnlo of the 31st August. We hear much complaint, among cotton wag ons from below, of the unsafe condition of the Bridges in this couuty on the Lumpkin road. • They arc represented to be unsafe to cross on, causing the cotton wagons to have to go con siderably out of their way to reach this mark et. This should be looked into. Whose du ty 1h it? Some have suggested that it is the business of the Justices of the Inferior Court to look after such matters. For our part we are not sufliciently versed in Georgia Court vegulotions to know. This matter should re ceive early attention. Fire in Montgomery. Wo learn that the residence of Mr. John W. (Sordon, in Montgomery, Ala., was consumed by (ire night before last. The buildings were all new and he had just moved in. Wo did not learn the extent of the loss. Fire in Columbia. A fire occurred in Columbia, S. C., on Sun day night, in which the stores of Mr. Thomas frenn and Col. B. Anderson, on Bridge street, and the Depot of the Greenville and Columbia Knil Iload, were consumed. The store* and •ontents were insured. Georgia and Florida Railroad. The schr. Cordelia, arrived at Savannah on Monday from New Port, Wales, with a cargo *f 057 tom railroad iron, imported by Messis. Padelford, Fay k Cos., for the Georgia and Florida Railroad Company, Nelson Tfft Esq., President. An arrangement has boen made by which the Fare on the Georgia and Tennessee Rail Roads, from Atlanta to Nashville, is to be re duced to half price to persons attending the American Convention nt Nashville, on the 10th and 11th of October; the State Fair at the same place from the 18th to the 18th, and the Democratic Convention to be held on the Hist. Parties availing themselves of the priv ilege, pay full fare to Nashville and return freo. Buchanan Mass Meeting at West Point. By a bill posted at the Post Offiee in this •ity, we sec tho Democrats are to hnvc a Mass Meeting at West Point, Ga., on Saturday the 11th instant. The bill says a Barbecue will be prepared for 10,000 persons. We make Mio following extract from the bill; “Tho Know Nothings having avowed in print that thoy believed the Hon. W. L. Yan •cy would not meet their champions in open and fair discussion, anil insinuated that he feared to meet Messrs. Ben. 11. Hill, of Geor gia, and James E. Bolser and T. 11. Watts, of Alabama, lion. W. L. Y'ancey has consented to be present, and we challenge tho Hon. B. 11. Hill, of Georgia, Hon. J. E. Belser and T. H. Watts, Esq., of Alabama, to moet Mr. Tanccy in discussion, on that day, on tho t*rms usual upon such occasions.” Death of John B. Hines, Esq. The Montgomery Mail announces (lie death, in that city, on Tuesday morning, of John B. Hines, Esq. Mr. Hines was employed, as assistant, editor, on two of the papers of Mont gomery, during several months of last year, lie left Montgomery last fall, says the Mail, and has since resided in Charleston, where about four months ago he received terrible injuries by jumping or falling from the win dow of his room, in esenping from a fire. He partially recovered, however, and canto here a few days sinco to assist in tho editorial management of the Messenger. Since his arrival he has been confined, suffering greatly front his old wounds. Mr. Hines was a man of fine talents and a genial temper. His age, wc suppose, was about twenty-eight. His connections in Ma •on, Georgia, are among the most respectable •itisens. Fatal Duel. An affair of honor occurred on Monday even ing, in the vicinity of Charleston, between Wm. E. Taber, Jr., Esq., one of tho editors of the Mercury, and Edward Magrath, Esq., in which she former was mortally wounded, and died an hour after. The Staudnrd says the difficulty originated from the publication of articles in the Mercury, in reforcuce to the Hon. A. G. Magrath. Satisfaction was demanded by the brother 1 , and a meeting took place as wo have mentioned. Difficulties continued in tho way •f an adjustment, and Mr. Taber fell at tho third fire, the ball taking effeot in his head. The weapons were pistols, and the distance ten paces. The Oener&l Election in Knnsas for the Leg ttfwture and Delegate to Congress, was to have taken place yesterday, (October Ist). The In dependence (Mo.) Messenger says that this •loction will not be decided by the bona fide •itisem of the Territory, but by the “dollar voters,” a* by the laws of tho last Legislature any person ean vote who is in the Territory at the time of the election and has paid a poll i tax. Stock at Liverpool. The New Orleans Crescent says, from all the information before us we gather thattlie stock of •otton ia Liverpool ie not so large by 100,000 te 1t6,000 bales, as the circulars make it ap pear. This discrepancy arises from cotton Thick >9 purchased on this side for spinner’s aecouat being taken from the ship’s side by earners direct to the factories, and being re ported oa arrival and added te the stock oa %feid, but not deducted from the stock on go ing into consumption, spinners forbidding their narriera from reporting ootton so taken. Norfolk anil Petersburg Railroad. W’e are gratified to learn, says the Norfolk Herald, of the 25th inst., tlint the Company have masle a contract with a London house, through its agent in Petersburg, Mr. John Dunlap, for 8,500 tons of iron for the road, the first cargo of which is to be delivered in Feb ruary next. The road being all graded and ready for the rails, the work will then be ener getically and rapidly prosecuted to its comple tion, which it is confidently believed, will be accomplished in October, 1857. The interest of the road has suffered nothing by delaying to contract for the iron rails till the grading was all done, as the Company have saved fifty thousand dollars by it in the reduction o? the price. Learned Fleas. The Albany Journal says there is an exhi bition in the new Bank Building, Broadway, in that city, well worth seeing. Signor Ber tolotte has about 100 Italian fleas which dance the Polka, play on musical instruments, draw carriages, work at California diggings, fight a duel sword in hand, draw water from a well, tell fortunes, and do a variety of feats too nu merous to be described ; all dressed, harness ed and instructed according to their tasks. The fleas are all secured to their respective po sitions, and perform at the bidding of the Signor. At night they are released; they are fed from the Signor’s blood, by allowing them to “porch” upon his hand and suck their fill. They are then placed in their dif ferent apartments, all numbered like n well regulated hotel. The Scientific American says to the sporting men—“ wash your gun barrels in spirits of turpentine, by dipping a rag or sponge fasten ed on your gun rod into the liquid and swabbing them out two or three times, when they will be cleansed from all impurities and can be used almost instantly, as the turpentine will evapo rate and leave the barrels dry; even if they are a little moist, it will not prevent their go ing off, like water. After being washed thus, there is no danger of rust, as when water is used. [am an old and experienced gunner, and have practiced this for years.” Further by the Baltic. From tin* Charleston Courier. A brief abstract of these advices is sub joined. Tint Liverpool Cotton Market, Sept. 17. —The Cotton market shows no change in prices or movement for the last three days for which period the transactions reported reach 17,000 bales of which 5,500 are set down to export and speculation. The official quota tions are Middling Uplands GJd; Middling Orleans Ofd. Liverpool Breadstuffs. —An advance is reported on leading articles. In wheat the advance is 3d. on the better grades. The quo tations given are Red (new) 9s. a 9s. (id. White 10s. a 10s. till. Flour is steady at the quotations, Canal 295. a 315.; Ohio 335. Corn buyers are urging a reduction, and the rates given are Yellow 31s. (id. a 325,; W hite 335. London Money Market. —-A feeling of tightness still prevails in the money market, and consols close nt 93J a 93J. An advance off is reported since the close of official hours on the 16tli. The weather continued favorable and the prospects of the crops good. Naval Stores. —An advance of 2d. a 4d., according to qualities, has been realized in Rosin. In Spirits sales aro reported at 335. and no special change. An active demaud is reported for Sugar. Mixed Cotton. W’e find the following allusion to the false packing of cotton, in the Memphis (Tcnn ) Price Current, Oth of Sept. The frequent complaints which wc hear in duce us to call the attention of planters to the existence of an evil which we have often be fore adverted to, aiul which loudly calls for a remedy. Wc allude to tho culpable negli gence of many whose duty it is to attend to the packing of cotton, as shown by the fre quent discovery of mixed bales—viz: bales found to contain two, three or more qualities and colors. This negligence often leads to vexatious reclamations, and sometimes to ex pensive law suits, as it frequently happens that the discovery is not made until the cot ton reaches the hands of the manufacturer, at a distant market. But it also frequently happens that the discovery is made here, by drawing samples from different parts of a bale. In such cases the cotton is thrown back upon the factor’s hands as unmerchantable, and when resold as mixed cotton, the factor can seldom obtain more tlinn the market value of the lowest quality found in the bale. Besides all this, when the irregular packing is once discovered, as it necessarily must be some where and at some time, it throws discredit upon the planter's crop generally, and thus operates to his disadvantage. It also intro duces confusion into a most important branch of trade, ami one that can only bo conducted with facility and economy upon the basis of good faith in the honesty and integrity of the planter. These virtues being accorded to him, he owes it to himself, to his factor and to his purchaser to exercise more care and vigi lance over those who have his interests in charge. Wc have adverted to this matter, on frequent occasions, for years past, hut thus far, it would scorn without effect ; for the evil has increased instead of diminishing, and probably in no former year has so large a proportion of the crop been liable to the objec i tion referred to. At the special request of j both factors and purchasers we earnestly call attention to the matter again, and trust that this appeal will awaken some attention, for in reality and truth the evil is a serious one. Is it So. It is a popular belief that the age of trees can be determined by the “rings” or grains that overlie each other in their trunks. Mr. J. Howard, of Maryland, disputes the fact. He says that these rings counted on the sec tion of the tree nre not of anuual growth, hut are formed one at every full moon in the growing season, and in the latitude of Mary land five in a year. This he lias frequently prov ed by felling trees, the age of w hich he knew. The extraordinary ago given to trees by tho popular rule has made many persons doubt whether it is true. Found Guilty of Murder. We learn that MHthew Copeland, accused of the murder of Capt. FI. P. Howell, at Resaea, Gordon county, sometime last year, or the first of this, was put on trial at Calhoun, on Wednesday 24th inst.—Judge Brown on the Bench. The investigation continued till the afternoon of Saturday last, when it was termi nated by a verdict of “Guilty,” by the jury The Court had not pronounced its seutence j wheu our informant left— Atlanta Intelligencer. | TKLEGBAPH LC. Expressly for the Daily Bun. Montgomery, Get. 1. Good Middling cotton is selling to-day at eleven and a half cents. New York, Get. 1. Cotton advanced to-day front i to jc, Sales 2000 bales. Mtddiing Uplands 12jc. An Item or two about Macon. We believe that Macon is now in as flourish ing a condition as it has ever experienced in its palmiest days. The trade which it now has, is firmly settled, and our merchants feel secure in basing their operations upon it. Every thing that could have been done to the detri ment of the place, has been accomplished, and nothing has been left undone except what will redound to her interest. The spirit of progvess and improvement seems to actuate our citizens more now than at any previous time. The trowel and hammer ring louder and rap faster than the “ oldest inhabitant” #ver had any idea of. But there Is need of Mechanics to wield them, and still greater need of material to employ them. Buildings in contemplation—both public and private— are delayed merely for the want ol’ brick and other material, and also from a scarcity of workmen, as for instance the City Hall, the Asylum for the Blind, tlie Presbyterian Church, &c., kc. And we would suggest that if any enterprising nten would establish an extensive brick yard here, they might easily | convert their bricks into a “ pocket full of I rocks.” We repeat, that wc Relieve additional i carpenters, brick-masons, contractors, &c., | could find plenty of employment here at first | rate wages. About twenty stores in the cen ; ter of town have been recently burnt, and I the owners of lots want only material and i builders to re-build at once. Besides, many i private buildings arc merely biding their time j for the same reasons. Macon now presents a i fine opening to the laboring man, and we hope lie will “fall in” and close it. As we have before said, there are not now enough work men and sufficient building material to sup ply the demand.— Macon Telegraph. The writer should have added a daily paper. The Irish Linen Trade. The early part of August did not do much | for the department of State. Bleached lin j ens accumulated considerably; the turn out • from the several finishing establishments have ! been very large. Orders to a very handsome amount have come to hand within the last few days, and the total quantity of clearances ef fected will move off all extra stocks. From the chief markets of the United States the reports are very satisfactory. As we stated some time ago, the peopling of the West, if it carried off a great array of our Irish popula tion, lias been the means of raising new mar kets for our textiles in several parts of the world: the taste for wearing linen clothing in these countries will therefore be cultivated to ft greater extent, and every family that takes up its abode in distant lands becomes a larger consumer of our staple products. The amount of business transacted with the re cently raised cities and towns in the United States, where some years ago, there was scarcely the evidence of civilization, lias this year shown a large increase. Austria has not yet conic up to the expectation as to demand for linen goods; this year, however, there is a great improvement in these markets. Brown webs were a good sale at the several towns in this and tho neighboring counties during the last eight days. Damasks are moved in larg er lots, and diapers sell at full rates. The-o has been more inquiry for printed lawns, and the handkerchief trade, though quiet, is stea dy. Coarse linens, whether for the brown or white finish, are worked off in ample quan tities; stocks of such goods range at a low estimate. Yarns are not changed in value. The demand for warp yarns continues good, and wefts of the higher numbers sell readily at the top figures of last month. Flax has held its position even in the face of all the increased importations from the Baltic. Sam ples of fine Russian continues to be moved at rates which would average os. Od. per stone. Home-growing flax sells at lis. 3d. to os. 9d. for hand scutched; a few lots were sold this week at Bs. Milled goes off at 7s. to 11s., with 11s. Od. for very fine lots. Our reports relative to the present season's flax arc so very contradictory, that as yet we Cannot form any definite opinion on the subject. The more scientific growers, however, seem pretty well satisfied as to the prospects both of yield and quality.— Banner of I'hter. ♦ . . Gunpowder in Pickens. We have received, says the Charleston Mer cury, from Captain J. A. Wagner, a sample of Blasting Powder, manufactured at Wagner’s Mills, at Issaquena Falls, near Walhalla, in this State, and about three hundred yards below the Stump House Tunnel on the Blue Ridge railroad. The mill is constructed afttff- the German fashion, not so productive or econ omical as the American, but much more safe, and cost, complete, about $12,000. It has graining and polishing machinery attached, and can turn out about seven hundred and fifty pounds of the various kinds of gunpowder per day. The sulphur and saltpetre are im ported, but the charcoal is manufactured on the spot, from the willow, which is abundant in the neighborhood. The sample in our pos session, though the very first produce of the mill, is handsome in appearance and of great strength. We regard Capt. Wagner’s enter prise as of much importance to the upper sec tion of the State, and trust that it will l>e em inently successful. — Crittenden on the Stump. Tho Lexington (Ky.) Observer states that the Hon. John J. Crittenden has determined to throw the weight of his great talents into the Presidential contest in Kentucky, so soon ns his strength is somewhat recuperated from the arduous duties of the late session of Con gress. He will visit the Green River country early in next month, and from that time un til the election, will devote himself to the success of the cause of Millard Fillmore. The Frankfort Commonwealth publishes a list of places at which Mr. C. is to speak during the month of October. Large Load. The two trains which arrived here on Friday night from Macon, Mississippi, brought in 1472 bales cotton. Tho special train had on 1100 bales and the regular train brought the balance. Last night's train is supposed to have about 850 bales more. These receipts will indicate what the prospects will be in the future of the business on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Mobile. Tribune. Cotton Going North. Messrs. Fall* & Cash shipped two hundred bales of cotton per National yesterday for Cai ro, which goes thence by railroad to New York and Fall River, Mass., one half for each place, This will soou becomo an important route for shipping cotton to the Eastern cities, provided the railfi ad companies establish a tariff to oompi te with other routes. —Memphis Bulletin. Spring, Autumn and Eternity. [From the Knickerbocker.] “He luith made everything beautiful in hie time.”’ — t'eelesiasticuM 3: 11. There are two tilings X dearly love, In nature's circling year, Which lift my spirit far above Tlie weijrht of earthly c:ue : They bring before my eager view The brightness of a home. Where all their loveliness is true, N'or change can ever come. The early times of Spring’s first hours, Brings freshness to the heart; They rouse the wearied spirit’s powers, And sweeter life impart: Her dancing breezes gently woo The blossoms of the rose. All wet with sparkling morning dew, Their petals to inclose. The weary sufferer of pain, The bowed with care and grief, Hail her returning once again, With hopes of sweet relief: Spring hours cannot fail to bring Calm and consoling thought. Her many voices ever sing Os joy to mortals brought. But how, O Autumn ! shall L dare To paint thy gorgeous hues; The softness of ihy morning air, ’ Thine evening's early dews: - I'he solemn grandeur of thy night. . Whose starry crown is set Witli gems more radiantly bright, Tli m earthly coronet ‘ The glory of thy sunset hour, When all is calm and still, Brings full conviction of tbo Power That heaven and earth doth fill: Oil! who can gaze upon thy skies, As twilight shades them o’er, And not from earthly dreamiugs rise, Their Maker to adore f The wreath of fading Summer flowers Is yet upon thy brow, lint all the mirth of Summer hours Is changed to sadness now, j And yet, upon thy dying head, ! A solemn beauty lies, More glorious than tho riches spread ’Neath Summer’s glowing skies. liver, O Autumn ! siiait thou tie To us, an emblem meet (If spirits sinking peacefully To slumber calm and sweet; Though thy delights not long may last. Yet ours shall still increase: Thy reign be soon forever post. But ours shall never cease. All! not like thee shall pass away. The Christian's hope and joy : We look for an eternal day. And bliss without alloy— Fov glories hid from mortal sight, itevealed in realms above— For fadeless crowns of heavenly light, And perfectness of love. i The Expected British Minister. The Liverpool Journal thus flatteringly por trays tlie supposed new British Minister to Washington: [ “No one cares who goes to Washington; and it is of that apathy my Lord Clarendon takes advantage in pitching upon his used-up brother, C. Pelham Villiers, for the important post (assuming that the statement that C. P. V. is the man is well founded.) Mr. Villiers lias scarcely energy enough to put on his clothes, apparently not to taiie them off again; and it is marvelous how even a family gov ernment can trust this younger brother in the complication of l r ankee politics, which any day may produce anew difficulty. He is a very clever man, and singularly free from the airs and cants of bis class; and that he de serves well of his country no one who remem bers his free-trade career will dispute. Why ho has clioseu, so long, to be content with the Judge Advocateship, it is impossible to tell, except by reference to his known indolence, Wc should all lie glad io see him in high and | eminent place, his ambition and his pat riotism ! amply gratified. But Washington is scarcely the place for a statesman who began as a i man about town, took the ‘usual intermediate | course of philosophy, and has some time set j tied down as a cynic, careless as to cravats and j brushes, and appearances of all sorts —public appearances inclusive. “He’d drive the earnest Yankees frantic with his indifferentism. If they showed him Bunker’s Hill, lie would put up his glass and ask who was Bunker, and what was done on the Hill. lie would be profoundly amazed at the phrenzv of their passionate politics, and they would stare at his dandy dilletantiism. He would call slaves slaves, and ask if the institu tion had not an unpleasant odor about it. He would say on (be Central American question —“But, my dear Mr. Marcy, what tlie deuce does Ruatan matter to anybody ?” Poor Mr. Cratnpton got into a scrape by reading a de spatch six weeks after he had received it. Villiers would escape that mischief by never | reading any despatch at all. He would say jto his secretary, “Good gracious! 1, who j know Clarendon, to read anything he writes?” If tlicre were an Oregon territory row, he | would say, “Gentlemen, Oregon is a bore: : take it all. He would not object to anexpc dition to Cuba. He would merely observe, “Only take care that you don’t spoil the to bacco in marching, for Clarendon does like a good cigar: and tlie only clear instruction 1 have got is on that point.” Perhaps the let-alone policy might do very well in diplo j tiracy. There was a Villiers who won tliir | teen pitched battles, and himself never drew a sword or fired a musket in any one of them. In the same way Lord Derby, when would have ruined the country, only for his J affecting indolence. Next to the advantage ! of having no Minister at Washington, might it, on that principle, be desirable to have Vil- I tiers, who, though there, will do nothing.” John Bull Frog. Governor John Bull was so great a favorite in South Carolina, that parents frequently named their children after him. There was then in Charleston a tailor, named Frog, who influenced by some favor or patronage receiv ed from John Walters Gibbs, asked him to be the god-father of his son, to be named John, after his proposed god-father. Air. Gibbs promptly assented, and tlie day was appoint ed lor the ceremony. When the parties met, 1 nnd were going together up to the font, Mr. Gibbs asked permission to give the child an intermediate name after their worthy govern or, Bull. Permission was of course granted, and the child was baptised John Bull; the ceremony was oyer, and the parties separa ted, in great good humor. But when the whole named was pronounced, and the child called John Bull Frog, the parents were dis mayed; the citizens joined in tlie laugh, and the Frog family left in a hurry to escape the continued jests. Coolne3a in a Moment of Trial. The Rochester American tells a story of a lady in that city, whose dress was stepped upon by a partner in a dance. The skirl was torn, and a whalebone thrust out into the circle in a very unseemly manner. The lady coolly took hold of the article, drew it from her, walked to the door and threw it out, and took her place in tlie cotillion just in time to “forward and back.” Although her dress “collapsed,” she did not. That lady would walk it]) to the cannon's mouth or the altar, without fear or trembling. The Courier Price Current, published at Charleston, makes the crop of Upland cotton 3,489,000 and long cotton 44,500 bales. The rice crop of the l nitetj (hates is estimated at 171,00(1 tierces. GENERAL ITEMS. I There arc three thousand and eiMu I rolled firemen in New York. 1 An exchange says that one of the E I cotton mills is manufacturing “ Fron,.* sl ‘ r I Dayton calicoes.” The Danville (Va.) papers, announce ,i I death ot Capt. James Canier, for se . 1 years a representative from I the Legislature. I De Concha ltcis, on trial for fitting 0 „, I slave ship Altiva, xvas last week acqifittci I the jury in the United States District C ,’ I at New York City. I The water debt of Boston is $5,280 v-1 1 Income from the water works during th ( . I ending Ist of May last, 284,129.50. I exceeds the interest by $26,465. 1 , The Evening Mercury, the first dnily v 1 j issued in the Territory of Kansas, is pubii l f ed at Leavenworth city, by an association I $5 per annum. I .Mr. Samuel P. Armstrong, the newly I pointed United States Consul for Matauim I was in New Grleans on the 18th inst. to ! on that day for his post. Advices received at Louisville, Ky., f roni , far South as Clarkesvillc, Tennessee, , t v I that the Tobacco crop in Tennessee ami Kh tucky has been seriously injured by recw frosts. John V. L. McMahan, one of Maryland', most gifted and eloquent sons, lias enrol I ', ed himself under the Democratic stand'.",] Mr. McMahan has heretofore acted with t’ Whigs, but now is for Buchanan. Letters front Cincinnati advise of sales city cut bulk shoulders at (j\ cents packer and that bulk sides are offered at 7,7ut0 ‘ cents packed. Sixty days since bulk should. I ers were held there at 9 cents, and sides !U 11} cents, packed. Great are the fluctuation* in the provision trade. An English cockney at the Falls of Niagara. I when asked how lie liked the Falls, he re-1 plied: “They’re ‘and some—quite so; hr.: I they don't quite hanswer my hexpeetation-1 j besides, I got thoroughly vetted, and lost me I | ’at. 1 prefer to look at’em in an hingravinl in ‘ot wheatlier and in the ’ouse. An Alabama subscriber to the New York I Mirror, which during tlie present eanvar-1 gives its support to Fremont writes to stop hi-1 paper, and says if anything is due him, the I Mirror can invest the amount in Sharpe’s ri- I lies for the benefit of “shriekers for freedom I in Kansas.” A lady was asked: “When a lady and gen- I tleman have quarrelled, and each consider. I the other most at fault, which of them ought I to be the - first, to advance towards a reconcilia-1 tion ? ” Her answer was: “Tlie best-hearted I and the wisest of the two.” The Kansas Finance Committee, of Sevan- I nab, acknowledge the receipt of $375 from I A. C. Scott, Esq., Chairman of a meeting re- I cently held at Jeffersonton, Camden county. This makes over six hundred dollars already received from Camden in aid of the Southern cause in Kansas. Old bachelors have been styled unproduc tive consumers; scissors with but one blade': bows without fiddles; irregular substantive*, always in singular number and objective case: unruly scholars, who, when told to conjugate, always decline. I'he Utica Herald calls upon its brother supporters of Fremont to ‘•Strike every lyre, and sound liis fame.” The New York Day Book infers that if’ they really intend to “strike every liar” among them, they will have a Kilkenny Cat, fight of it, and tells them: “Pitch into each other, gentlemen. Strike every liar.” Mrs. Ellen K., wife of W. E. Channing, Esq., died in Boston on the 22d ult., at the residence of Dr. Walter Channing, at the age of 30 years. The deceased was a daughter of the late Hon. Timothy Fuller, and a sister of Margaret Fuller, the noted writer. She was a lady of rare accomplishments, and very highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Among the premiums to be awarded by the Maine State Agricultural Society is a number for the best specimens of bread and the best ten pounds of butter, to be made by girls un der US years of age. The idea is a good one. and the accomplishment to be rewarded one that is in no danger of being abused in the present age. The official statement of the stock of beef and pork in the packing yards at New York and Brooklyn on tlie Ist instant, shows that there are now on hand 3401 bbls., of old and new pork, against 19,870 bbls., at same time last year, (if old and new beef there are now on hand 24,552 bbls., against 35,3425ame time last month, and 5002 same time last year. Electorial tickets have been formed in all the Flutes for Mr. Buchanan; for Mr. Fill more in all except Michigan, lowa, Wisconsin, Maine and Now Hampshire; and Mr. Fre mont in all the non-slaveholding States except Pennsylvania; also in Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia and Missouri. South Carolina ap points electors by Legislature. Judge Wm. C. Perkins, a prominent old lino Whig, in South Western Georgia, lias written a letter to S. P. Allison, and others, in whiv.li lie pledges himself unequivocally to tlie support of Buchanan and Breckinridge. When the late M. M. Noah, who was a Jew. was a candidate for the office of Sheriff ot the city of New York, it was objected to his elec tion that a Jew would thus come to have the hanging of Christians. “Pretty Chrißtians. replied Noah, --to nged hanging.” Bape ancl Homicide at Mt. Pleasant. On tlie 14th inst.. says the Greenville Ala bamian, Air. Hardy Kinsey was shot by dr llan.-dtce, at Alt. Pleasant, in JAlonvoc count,v. About two weeks previous to this, a man en tered Hanshec’s house and choked his wife. On Friday, before tho murder, Mr. Kinsey went (o Mr. Hanshce's house and made pro posals to Mrs. Banshee of an insulting na ture. She ordered him to leave, and he did so. but came back after nightfall anil used force to effect his object. She told him that her husband would kill him, whereupon lie left. When Haushce returned, his wite toil him what had transpired. On the morning of the 14th, he took his gun, went to where Kinsey’ was at work, bid him good morning, and told him he wished to hire a hand ler a few days. After some conversation. Kinsey turned to mount his horse, when llanshee fired one barrel, the whole charge entering his breast, lie then discharged the othei barrel, blowing his brains out. After seeing that Kinsey was dead, lie went to the lmun’ of Air. Gtts, who is constable. On being in formed that Air. O. was at a neighbor's hon-. be started there, and meeting Air. Gits on _• road, told bint that he had come to give him self up. Air. Gtts took him intacustody a* 1 ’ left with hint tlie same day for Monroeville- The above we give verbatim a- furnished 9* us.