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planters’ focckhj. IOHN C* BEID, Editor. W M. JEI'FEKSO.\, Publisher. Oreencsboro* Go. Bareli 21, 1860. AGENTS FOB THE ILWTKK. BENJ G. LlDDON,...Madison. Ga, T. F: St R. TAPPAN.. .White Warns, Ga. EAST NOTICE. Thrs ; indebted t i this office fur Advertising, Job Work, Ac., do nr in 1859, will please set tle up t ieir acco :nU at n ce, M we need the money, and are desirous of closing up the Books (<>r that year. This is our last notice, and those wKo do not pay us in a few weeks from this date, will find their accounts in the hauls of an officer for collection. W. M JEFFERSON A BRO. Afarch 14th, 1860. Our Superior Court adjourned Sat urday evening until the next regular Term of sitting. WEEKLY.” Our paper comes out this week with the above title, the reason it has not borne this name before now, as ail of our subscribers eippeted from our promise soon after the change the firm, has been that, we were not able to procure the heading .sooner. We hope the citizens of Greene will me their influence for tis in procuring the names of their friends who are not now s’tbscribers, to become such, because, with out the aid of our countymen, we cannot expect to accomplish a great deal, but with their assistance we may do much. Gome one! come all ! and help us. ty Crabbc Weaver are receiving their Stock of Gents’ Clothing and fur nishing goods, which they say they will sell clieap. Read their advertisement in another column, and when you need any thing in their line give them a call, before buying elsewhere. Sec also, advertisement of a Pearl Brace let lost. The Presentments of the Grand Jury m,ay be found in this issue. - ‘ “COTTON IS KING.” The above is the title of a Book, the third edition of which will soon be ready tor t lie press. Persons desiring to post themselves upon the subject of Slavery, the imports and exports of the United States ; and the exports of the North and South separately, should not fail to subscribe for this book when called ujion by Mr. llarMax, the travelling Agent; he is now in this city and inteuds canvassing the county of Greene*. This book comes highly recommended by Southern Senators and Representatives in Congress, and in looking oyer the sub scription list we find the names of some of the most prominent men of Georgia. The Constitutionalist publishel from ‘(Cotton is King.” tables which give a smnmary statement of the value of ex ports of the Growth, Produce and Manu faciure of the United Stales, for the year ending June 30, 1859 ; the Production of -the North and of the South, respectively, ■ being placed in separate tahles—the arti cles of a mixed origin being stated sepa rately. From which tables we seejthat the exports of the South exceeded that of the North $148,093,077. The exports of Cot ton alone, the great Southern staple, reach $161,434,923, while Wheat and Flour tjie leading exporting commodities of the North, reach only $15,113,455. The hook will contain nearly 1000 pa ges of matter, gotten up by some of the first intellects of the South. < • We have no hesitation in saying that the.hook will ho well worth the subscrip tion price to all who wish to be posted on the rubject of Slavery. Mr. Harman is also authorized to re ceive the names of subscribers to tiie •‘Planters’ Weekly,” while canvassing this and the adjoining counties. The Weather. ; There was considerable wind and rain •last Saturday, but now the prospects are that we Are goiug to liavo pleasant weath er. The fruit has not, as yet, been injured by the cold, and from all appearances there will be, unless some disaster befalls it, a heavy yield tins year. The Anderson (S. C.) Gazette says: This section received a visit from Jack ‘Frost on last Friday night. Some declare the fruit is all killed, w hile others hold to the reverse opinion. The Lancaster Ledger says: - A heavy frost appeared on Sunday .morning last, doing some little damage to early vegetation and fruit. Lesson Jar the Ladies. —Au exchange ays: A geutleman who had often been an noyed by waiting a long time for the ma kiug of the toilets of those Indies he bad es corted to balls, was receutly invited, by one of the ladies, .to attend a Le.ap Year. Ball down Eaat. {The lady called tor him at the appointed hour, but he was “not quite reaay.” Our lady friend was usher ed into tlfa parlor, and had the pleasure of waiting until nearly 10 o’clock for the gen-, tlemyn to “drest.” The joke was kindly taken, hut was so well done that the fame thereof had extended to almost every per son in the ball-room in tho course of the •ext boar. e* ‘* An English butcher lately sent a haunch of pure Southdown mnttontothe Emperor. He has since received, through the medium •f the French ambassador in J,ondoii. an Mttograpl i letter from the Tuileries, ac- j knowleofing thethanksof the Emperor,and aocompauying it with a gold medal intrinei . eelty Worth twenty guinea*. The fultivaiion of fora. The reports frotn the entire West, so unfavorable to the prospects of the wheat crop, should Be suggestive to our cotton and sugar planters, if thefyll wheat should no* produce more than a half crop, the deficien cy will induce a greater consumption of other grain, and may lead to the enhance ment of prices the coining winter. To be prepared for any contingency, it is important that large breadths of land should this year be planted in corn. In i dependent of the possibility of au increase of the price of this staple product, it can not be denied that the true policy of the Southern planter is to raise all that is de manded for home consumption. Southern land and climate ore peculiarly adapted to the production of all articles necessary for food. Corn is a mere bountiful crop in the’ warm latitudes, than further north; and it is produced with an expenditure of labor that is scarcely felt in its influence on the other erdps. • . - - - We 6( lieve that the idea of increasing the staple grown on Southern plantations is acquiring wide popularity. Agricultural Societies, and the difference of the results ofi’ca'eful experiments, begin to convince our husbandmen that they are largely the losers by devoting their entire attention to ‘the cultivation of sugar or cotton. The true policy is to enlarge the extent, of productive lands, instead of stretching credit iiqorder -to increase tho amount of labor. ~ . _ ‘ G-rass lunils on evvery plantation, shpuld. hear a f'tri/ proportion to the cultivated fields. There is no necessity of buying Northern bay—no need of depending upon Northern corn or stock if once that farm ing economy can be introduced which lias proved so profitable wherever it has been tried. But whether an effort be at once suc cessfully made or not to enlarge the sphere us knowledge, it cannot-but be the dictate of prudence to put in, the present season, a larger amount of corn than-us.ial. Those who adopt this policy will find the returns of a cotton or sugar crop net a much larger sum than can otherwise be realized.—.V. O. Picayune. From tbe N. O Courier. The K. Cl. C. We observe A call for the K. G. U.'s to meet at the ball over the Cnrrolton ‘rail road depot oil this evening at 7 In conjunction with this call we observe that many of the leading members ot this organization are now in our city. Gen. Biekley, the commander iu-chief, Col. Temple, and Surgeon Semple are at tf/e St. Louis Hotel; Gen. Greer* who is wdll knovrti r.s one of our bravest volunteer colonels from Mississippi during the recent war, and who now commands a division of the K. G. 0., together with Major Rich ardson, one of his staff officers, and Col. 11. C. Young, of Memphis, who commands the first Tennessee . regiment, are at the City Hotel; while others, as Captain Scott And Lieutenant Breese, are at the Mer chants’; Captain Gay, the wagon-master, is at the “Texas Home;” and still many others of note ai’d character are at the St. Charles, or quartered with private friends in the city. Besides, thepf are hundreds of our own citizens-in burly contact with these gentlemen, so thafcone cannot but inquire, “What’s in the wind?” As our readers must feel some interest in whatever is likely to create excitement, we feel ourselves justified in making the following statement respecting this power ful organization, from sources of informa tion which, from tiie character of the par ties from whom we have derived it, we deem wo-thy of respectful consideration. The K. G. f ’., er “Knights vs the Golden Circle,” was organized in 1854, more t. cultivate the nvaitial spirit of our people than anything else; sinee thcn.it has stead ily grown, until now it numbers over 30. 000 mem hers, who are scattered over the; Southern States, and holding within its charmed circle many of our most influen tial men and best, soldiers. No organiza tion of 1 lie kind lias in this country ever combined so much talent with such im mense financial resources, and under, tiie present aspect of political affairs we do not (let mit too much to say that the whole nation may soon become dee ply interested in the ultimate labors of the. K. G. C. It is generally understood that the K. G.i C. are preparing to operate in the, broad field which civil war has opened it. Mexico to American enterprise and industry; and the first thought of the great public is, that it is to be a grand “filibuster'’ opera tion, destined to meet tho same reverses which have befallen till similar expeditions. But. for our part, if our information in. the main be correct, the gentlemen who stand at the head es the movement are of an en tirely different intellectual calibre from those whom we have heretofore seen di recting these military operations. If we were allowed to guess, we should say tiiat these gentlemen are acout embarking in a scliwoQAiut unlike that in which Lafayette, Kosciusko, DeKalb, and their compatriots so generously engaged in when we were striving to shake, off the shackels of-British; despotism; assured that it is their determination to place the “liberal” or Juart z party in the full and peaceful oc cupation of the City of Mexico, ar.d thus prove to the world that Americans will uevei —refuse to other struggling people the aid so opportunely rendered us by the Prenelr in 1777. This noble work is one that wo.have frequently advocated, ai.d the necessity of which is truly felt by the masses in this country as well as of the re public of Mexico. We say God speed to theK.G. C-! Should they fail, they will have fallen in a noble cause. Sonora Mexico.— A letter from a gen tleman at Guayinas, Mexico, of The 10th of December last, says : ‘ It will he an easy matter to dig ont of Sonora at least sixty million dollars of sil ver yearly, and no one knows how much gold and copper. On the Faqnia river there aie gold washings from which a sin gle hand with a pan can get from one bun dled to five hundred dollais per day. The Indians will not take the trouble to wash for it, as they get enough to eat without it. There are copper, gold, tin, bismuth, silver, and gold mines all over the States of So nora ; besides, the toil is fertile, ar.d the port of Guayinas one o£ the finest in the world. At the present time, in mid winter the oranges are growing in the open air, md T sleep pleasantly without covering “ From the Coariest >n Merritr/. Mu. Editor ; —I send you a copy ot! the resolutions passed by the students of Mercer University on the 25th nit. You j sec that they are full of the spirit of South- j ern Independence, long considered a myth, j but now an acknowledged reality, and are | worthy of tlie youthful sons of the “Em pire State.” A SußscctSKß. Penfield, Ga , Feb:26. Whereas, tbe present conflicting opinlous of the North and South, on the subject of slavery, have created such a total disregard of Southern Rights by Northerners; and whereas, the young men of every day and tiineihave,tak(jii:au Active-part in tiie na tional affairs, wljeji the great hazard of the Government called for the expression of every man’s sentiments: Be it there fore, • Resolvdd, That, as Southerners, we stilt love the Union which was given to us by our forefathers.* . Resolved, ‘That, nevertheless, we regard the perservation of our rights and our equality paramount, and that we consider tiiese things as having been disregarded by our brethren of the North. Resolved, That we esteem it a glorious privilege as well as astern duty, of every Southerner to express his disapprobation’ of the action of the North on all matters pertaining to our rights ; and that we cs* teem it our duty to encourage, in any way we can, all things which will tend to bring about a reconciliation between the oppioi ing sections of this confederacy. t Resolved, That in consideration of these tilings, we doxcsolvo to buy no more o.ut ; ward apparel of Northern manufacture, during our connection with this University, unless a reconciliation is effected between tiie North and South; th.it we approve the course of other similar institutions, with reference to this thing.; that we will heart ily join with theni, and that we do invite oilier institutions, both male and female, in every Southern State, to co-operete with us m tliis work. Resolved, That we hereby pledge our selves to appear on the rostrum at our next Anuual commencement iu Southern-made clothing. A Reminiscence. Washington’s last hunt with his hounds was in 1785. His time was too much absorbed in his private affairs and in public business to allow him to indulge iu field sports, lits fondness for agricultural pur suits, and the number of visitors at Mi.uut VCruon, iutUnjed him to break up fits ken-; neis. give away his hounds, and. to take a final leave ot the pleasures of the chase. Jlq then formed an extensive deer’ park below the mansion house, at fi st stocked only with the native deer, to which was afterwards added the Engii-li fal’ovv tic-er, from the park ot Gov. Ogle, of Maryland. The stoeii of deer increased very rapidly, but though always herding tog- tiu-r, thole never was perceptible tiie, slightest admix ture of tiiq two raci s. On the decay oi tho park palling, aid the dispersion of the deer over the estate, as many as -fifteen or twenty wore often to he seen in a herd. Washington was very tenacious of*-lbs game, and would suffer none to be killed until being convinced that the larder ot an extensive- hotel in a neighboring town was abundantly supplied by poaehdis with plump hnuncliiis fnun tin- Mount Vernon stock, at length consented that a stag should die. The order was given to young Custis to fin* with hall, to use no hounds, and t o kill.no one hut an old buck. After a lively hunt,'a gallant veteran yielded tip iusnlite, and was carried iu triumph to the mansion house, to await the master's inspection.— Punctual at .1 quarter to three, Washington arrived from Ins morning ride. Upon the announcement that a fine buck Lad been shut, lie strode awnv t(j the spot where’ the ‘..ntlered monarch of the herd’ had been placed. Exarniningthcdeer tiiat had been triced up to a tree, lie saw that his o/'ders had been obeyed to the letter, gave, a tiod of approbation, and according to his custom retired to his room to dress before the second bell for iTniicr. The m-xt day several guesls having assembled, the haunch was served up in the family dining roou) at Monut Vernon, and the tleer was long remembered as the Washington stag, hav ing been killed by his special order’ and served at his table in the ve r y last year of Tiis illustrious life. New Process of Grinding Wheat — r We have been shown by R. L. Allen, manufac turer of agricultural implements, a hand some specimen of Flour obtained by anew process of unbranning tiie wheat “kernel, by which, according to the statement of the manufacturer, S. Bentz, Esq., of St. Louis, “the? great fact lias been fully.dem onstrated that in tiie manufacture -of. a barrel of Flour, a practical saving is rfiade of from twenty to thirty pounds of wheat,” Reckoned in cash, a saving of at least twenty cents per barrel is guaranteed over and above any other mode of miffing, though the absolute gam is clained to be much more than those figures indicate.— The berry is first, divested of its coat, previous to grinding. Iu this state. a$ ap pears-Iroin tiie specimens, the berry has a , hard, polished look, somewhat ’reseintiling ’ a minute sea-shell. Os course, with] the exterior covering, is removed every trace of impurity. An additional advantage claimed, and one of nrt secondary conse quence, is tiiat “the flour will not sour in the tronpics.*’ The mills recently comple ted in St. Louis are now producing from 130 to 150 barrels of flour per day, and se movement is making tc organize foropert ingon a much larger scale. — N. Y. Journal of Commerce. * - ■■ 7 • a MILI.EDGEVU.LE CONVENTION. ,We “take the following dispatch from the Ex press of yesterday afternoon : Mirledgeville, March 14, 2 P. M.— Col Lawton, proxy for Bryan county, re ceived 172 votes fur President, and Solo mon Cohen 157. Mr. Hillier. of Wniton, presented Mr. Lawton as-a test, which was accepted by Mr. Styles, of Glynn, who nominated Mr. Cohen. Poets and Poetry of the South. —Messrs. John R. Thompson and John Estes Cooke, of Richmond, Vn.. have compiled a volume, entitled “The Poets and Poetry of tho South.’’ which will soon be issu/lfi in fine style by Messrs.-Derby A Jackson', ofi Nen York. From tire acquaintance of these gentlemen with Southern authors and I poets, and their trained critical taste, a tare I and valuable volume may bw expected. j I IHRILLI.\G TRiGEDY AT SYRACUSE, X. I. ■i ■ ■ ‘A Husband Poisons Himself mid Tu’o Daughters Excitement of the Populace, Aec. A tragedy of a most terrible nature has just caused the greatest excitement at Sy racuse, N. Y. On Wednesday last, Peter ► Pinker, whose wife bad abandoned biin for a Dr. Searles. committed suicide by -taking poison, after having first poisoned his two little daughters with strychnine. He was seen staggering in the streets that evening from the effects of laudanum, and was carried to the Paik Hotel by bis friends, who supposed he was drunk. He died next morning about 9 o’clock. The Standard has the following particulars of ■this extraordinary affair: > On taking off his boots several letters were found in one of hjs stockings, one of which was directed to his wife., and anoth er one stated that his two children, girls of six or eight years of age, would be found asleep iu the Medical College build ing. As the children were missing, con si Jerable anxiety was felt for their fate, and Dr, Green proceeded immediately to the College building, where, in the north east corner ,f the lower floor, a horrible sight met the eye. ’ The tw > beautiful lit tle children, named Flora and Lucinda, lay on a matress, dead, with the froth gath ered about the mouth, and bearing every evidence of death f om the effects of poi son —supposed to be stiychnine. The _poison had probably been administered by means of an orange, ana the children had ! been partially ‘aijl out after death as their arms were folded across their breast with some care, and the bodies laid in a straight position. The children were beautiful and intelligent little girls, six or eight years of ago, and had attended school un til quite recently. The news of the finding of the holies spread through the city like wildfire, ad hundreds of persons crowded to see the bodies. Among the numbers who attend ed a feeling ol horrror and indignation was expressed, and many threats were incLulgen in against Dr. Searles, whom some persons suppose to be responsible for the whole tragedy. Some of the most excited ran to the City Hall, and attempted to sound the fire bell but the police interfered mid pre vented any disturbance. The Chief of Police proceeded to the office of Dr. Searles.and took him into custody for the purpose of protecting him from any assault. He. was taken to the penitentiary by his own consent, but we do not learn that’any charge is preferred against him. . * i his tragic affair lias created the most intense feeling throughout the citv, and much indignation is expressed against cer iain persons; but we are iu some doubt as to where the blame should rest. Peter I’ liber was formerly a saloon keeper, and afterwards kept the hotel now kept by Mr. Cuddt back. For some time past lie has. been in stt{lightened circumstances, and he had probably become partially insane on account of ins pecuniary troubles and do mestic. difficulties. He was always regard ed as an honest, sober, well-meaning itiari, hut not over intelligent or well calculated’ to irhike a good living for his family. Tinker never confessed that be destroy ed bis chil li**n or poisoned D:. Searles’ horse, but yet there can he very little, doubt th it he committed both offences y He was seen with the children about 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and must of course have poisoned them after that time. He persisted to the last saying they were alive and well The room in which the little innocents lay when they were found was formerly occupied by Tinker and his fam ily, but of lute had been unoccupied, ex cept as a store-room tor a portion of Tink er's furniture. A chair or two, an old desk and the mattress ayd bea clothes on which the children were lying, were nenily all the articles it, the loom. It presented a melancholy picture of death and desolation. The gills were fully dressed and looked very beautiful as they lay in death. They had evidently been pretty and intelligent children. The baity of the father lias been n moved to the room wiiere the children were I found and thousands of persons have visite 1 the premises to look upon the sad spectacle. The statement of the wife of the unhap py suicide is that her husband became very poor, and site went to live with Dr. Searles and his wife iu order that her work there might support herself. Some time since, the second Baptist church, to which Mis Tinker belonged, took the matter under considepition, and she was discharged fr on the church, on the charge that she did not live with her husband and walk with the church, and had attended lectures on spir itualism. Itpnay be proper here to state that Mrs. Tinker is not and never has been a spiritualist, and that the absurd stories that are iu about spir itualism aid free-love are all false. Mrs. Tinker is a lady apparently about thirty-five years of age. no particular pretensions to beauty, and appar ently not Very gay. She. is much more intelligent than her husband, and appears to feel very much depressed by the horrible circumstances that surround her at this time. She evidently feels the loss of her little girls very keenly, although she is not as demonstrative as some females. Mrs. Dr. Searles, who is a very intelli gent. tippearing lady, indignantly spurns the idea that any improper intimacy exis ted between her husband and Mrs. Tinker. She says she invited Mrs. Tinker to make her house a home from pure motives of benevolence, as she well understood their depressed pecuniary circumstances. Reflection at a Ducl\ —ln Vienna there has been fought a duel across a table, with one pistol bulleted, the other blank cartridge. -Somehow the bullet did not speed to its inten led home, but slightly skimming the shoulder of the intended victim, rose and shattered a splendid mirror to pieces—and this was the only damage done. The Douglas Operations. —A Wash ington letter to the Charleston Meriury says: ‘The Douglas Club now occupy two rooms in the city to flood the South with plausible trash. The North is pre sumed |to he able to take cireof itself. The South, is the grand fieldof opera tion.’ The aggregate toinge of the steam ma rine of the United States amounts to 153,- 366 tons, of which 94,111 is owned in New York, and cost !6,231.0**. 13 You.no America — Elopement of two Children. —The New York police on Friday received telegraphic requests from Albany to arrest James Beyliss, aged 12, and El lea Shtirrcr, aged 13 years, who had eloped from that city’ together. The Express says: ? \ By diligent exertion they succeeded in discovering that the very last young lady had an acquaintance living on the Eighth avenue, and supposing that the couple would proceed there, watched the house and caught them entering at abont sis o’clock in the evening. James and Ellen exptc9sed much surprise at tbe sudden turn of affairs, and did not at all relish - the idea of going to the police headquarters, where they were taken by the officers. — The girl said she had not yet become a wife, though waiting to be rue. “and sup posed that for the present she would have to give up all hope, owing to the ‘great fuss’ the folks had created. Neither'she or •Jimmey’ had been treated well at home, and they hardly knew a better course to pursue than to come on to New York and seek their fortunes together. Obtaining three dollars, they.staitetftn the boat for New York, hiring a state-room for Si. and having another 81 left. After spending all theii money, the ambitious pair sought out the Eighth avenue acquaintance, where as above stated, they’ were arrested. The girl is a bright, intelligent little thing, quite pretty, but rather forward iu her man ners. She speaks with great confidence, and does not seem, to be alarmed, appa rently fearing more fin ‘Jiniiney ’ t han her self. 0,1 Friday she went all over the city looking for work. The boy is a fine look ing child, and seetns to bo more alarmed then the girl ; did not at all relish the idea of being locked up,*and perfectly willing to return. Both are poorly dressed, and the probability is, that not having been well treated at home, they t ok this means of redressing the.ir grievances. Truly, we i<re a fast people. Fearful Ascension.—Professor Wells attempted lo ascend in his balloon on ■Saturday, which came near proving dis annuls to him. The balloon having been iufi ited, he stepped into the basket, and gave the word to‘let go ’and was int obey ed ; but immediately after, when he was not ready, they did ‘let go,’ and the wind blowing from the west, tiie lightning speed, was borne upwards, he swaying forward and hack, with but one foot in the basket. It first struck a wood-pile then a fence, then t tie side of Coosa Hall kitchen, then the eaves of the kitchen, knocking off the shingles, and af in wards the eaves of the Coosa Hall, when it threw him some 5 bet from the basket, and lie dangled in the air, holding maiply by’ bis hands to the r ipes. With great presence of mint!.* on arrivi ig just over Coesa Hall, which was some 8 feet from the roof, he swung loose, from ‘lie ballon, and dropped on the roof. Had lie not done tuis, lie would have been home into the air, aid a honib e death would In.vo awaited him, as he was holding by li s haiid-i, whose strength rn ist soon have given out. A large crowd was pres ent anxious to see the ascension, and all were greatly relieved when lie alighted safely.— 1 \ eturnpha [Ala.) Spectator. Great Bridge Contract Let.—The Sort!h rs. the North —A friend of ours and of railroads, just from Mobile, tells us that lie was present last Monday, at the letting, there, of the Mobile and Northern Road “{connecting with our li re to Pensacola,) in cluding the ten or twelve miles bridging and trestle work ’ across the river, a few tidies above the. city. Contractors were there from every corner of tlie continent, and the Northern ones wcie very free to say that the w rk (the long bridging. See..) could not be done by Bout hern men. But sure enough, Mr. Edward Dcnmead, an old and successful Georgia contractor, got the wood-work of the bridges and trestle work, and an English company obtained the contract (involving more than 1000 toils) for the iron. Titus, tor one time, our people have managed to get along without Free Stale help, in an important matter. And we’ll venture to predict, that Mr. Dcnmead and the. foreign company will leave us no cause to regret the ab sence of any John Brown element in the construction, The whole, line was let, and will bo ” built forthwith.— Montgomery Mail. The Negro Not a Man at the North. —These remarks from the Express, are worthy of perusal : “The Post is glorifying Mr. Seward's speech. The argument is, that a man is a man North, but not South, if a negro man. Church street, M nicer street the Hook, tlie Five Points, all un der the Editois’ own eyes, belie this. A negro is not half <f a man in New York City ! He don’t vote. He. don’t serve on juries. He don’t “train.” •He don’t work in the work shops. He, don’t drive the licensed cart. He don’t “run the engine.” Lie don’t tend behind the counter. He don’t print among the printers in the Post’s printing office. Living, he don’t worship God in the Post’s churcif; and, dead, he is u oped into Potter’s Field, or sold to the D ctors iu Fourth Avenue, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, for a skeleton ; or, it m>t thus sold, kicked off into the “Black Grave Yard,” on top of a dozen black bod ies, there before him. We, “doughfaces” as we are—“pro-slavery,” “sold to the South,” &e.—from the very bottom of our hearts, pity the poor, miserable, Now York social slave “nigger.”— N. Y. News. late LegisLtu-e of Kentucky appropriated $2,000 for'the erection of a monument over the grave of Daniel Boone hi the Frankfort cemetery. This is a work that shou.d long siifbe have been done, and the Legislature will receive the thanks of all true-hearted Kentuckians for this timely appropriation to commemorate the name and fame of this, distinguished pion ecr.—E lemingshurg News. A youngaml pretty lady recently made her husband a present, but it only cost threepence, and yet was the source of a wonderful amount of happiness, and drew, perhaps, the domestic bond n little tighter. “Threepence!’” wj hear it said; ami of course, ladies’ minds turn to solve the enigma iu something of the baby-useful kind—■••socks.” This won’t do, because, according to our ideas, it would only buy •me sok. and babies nre not born with wooden legs. The threepenny article was a choice Havana segnr; and, of course, meant, “Henceforth, my love, you may smoke at homo, and nerd not go to the club ” For Sale. 4 LOT of L ni lyina in llie City of Greenmbnro <>n Hie tVnfleM msd, a.tjoiniinr I.tnd* ot Dr. T. 5. P.iiilMo, c in laming one and \ bilftem mure or leu F.>r further particular apply m this office If not sold before i> will be pul up In the highist bkldi r on ihe lirat Tueadav in April nrxt. iMarrh 21 t. 186. The State tax of Tennessee has been re duced to fifty cents on the one hundred dollars. The Harper Ferry Investigation Com-- niittee, it is statecT, have decided to call Gov. ‘Wise before them. Harrard Professorship. —Rev.'*Df. Peabody, of Portsmouth. N. H., lias been nominated as Plummer Professor in place of the Rev. Dr. Huntingdon, resigned. Texas. —The Austin Intelligencer says there are now nine companies of Texas troops in the field. Theevil of sellingliquor to slavesismuch complained of in Galveston. The seventh annual Convention of the Young Men’s Christian As-ociations of the United States and the British Provinces will be held at New Orleans in April be ginning on Wednesday, 11th, and continu ing one week. Mad Dogs. —We learn that the strange disease that recently made its appc*rauco in the third district continues unabated. In certain neighborhoods there exists a perfect terror, for scarcely a day passes without the cry of‘mad dog !’ being heard. — N. 0.. picayune. Daniel C. Kenyon, cashier of the Rhode Island Bank, at East Greenwich, has made a clean sweep of that institution. He is in default (has stolen) §72,000, which is just. 812,000 more, than its whole capital. The money was used in stock speculation, corn* -’ meucing last June. That must have been a splendidly managed hank ! The Black Reppblican papers have been, circulating tie following: “Who settled Virginia? John Smith. Who unsettled Virginia? John Blown.’—The author of this wonderful witty production doubtless imagined that he had “got off a good thing,” but a Southern editor asks, in ro plv, “Who settled John Brown 1 Vir ginia !” ‘ Lady ’ Shoemakers. — In some of the newspaper accounts of the strike of the female operatives -in the Lynn shoe trade, the operatives are conspicuously de signated as ‘ladies.’ Are the snobs who write these dainty phrases afraid that thm female shoemakers will be offended if they are called women ? GPt >oin statistics lately prepared, rela ting to the event of lunacy among tliene- I g.oes of the various States of the. Union, wo find that hi Louisiana, there is one lun atic out of 2.477 negroes ; m South Ohio lina quo in 2,999; in Massachusetts, one iu 43; in Maine, one in 14. Positive evidence we imagine, that fiecdom is not the normal condition < 1 the negro race. Methodists. —The minutes of the Meth odists, which are annually reported with gioat precision show that all the divisions ot that cliutch in America, have ydeveu thousand four hundred and fifty-eight tinv oliing preachers, and one million .eight hundred and eighty thousand two hundred am’ sixty—nine communicants?’ New Gun. —The Richmond ‘Dispatch* speaks of anew gun, invented by Mr. Lor pi:zo Sihert. of Augusta county, which is a mm vel in its way. One of i:s marvellous qualities is thus described : ‘After the magazine has been charged, the gun, when put in motion, will dischnig.i one hundred or five hundred halls consent tiv.lv, giving the. soldier the opportunity” to shelter himself behind any convenient w. I. or tree that may be nci'u by.’ The-Social Evil in Lond-fn.— As a re sult of the. rein.ukab/e meeting in London fort! e benfit of fallen women, which wo la.ely noticed, it is stated that some of tl.o persons present who gave their names and >a idresses are now under visitation, and tnat on the night of the meeting no less than seventeen were taken care of, who expressed a willingness to reform, and have smec been directec. to permanent re formatories. . New State.—On Saturday last, Mr. 1 ortcr offered the following picnm ble and resolutions in the House ot Rep resentatives of the Tennessee Leeishi ture: b Whereas, The people of West Ten nessee. Southern Kentucky, and North Mississippi, are anxious to form tlunr selves into an independent State, to be .formed from the territory above named. Therefore, Be it Rksohed, That tho General Assembly of tho State of Ten nessee hereby consents to the formation fa New State, whenever the assent of the Legislatures of Kentucky and Missis sippi, and of the Congress of the United States can be obtained. Resolved, 1 hat the Governor of tha State is he.eby directed to forward a copy oi the above resolution to the Governor* of the States above named and our Sena tors and representatives in Cot,gross. A Hit Between the Eves.— \ Ger man citizen of Massachusetts makes the receipt of a Republican speech, under the frank of the lion. B. F. Junkin, of Penn sylvania, the occasion for a few oertineut remarks in a letter to that gentfeinan on the hypocrisy of the Republican leaders, and the deleterious effects of the doctrines’ and teachings of the Republican party on the business interests of the State, and tk c peace of the country. Ho concludes in this wise.— Washington States. “A reaction has already set in ; the mas ses of the people begin to consider their own affairs a little. In Natick, tho homo of Senator Wilson, five, or six hundred men are marching through tbe streets, car rying banners with inscriptions— of what? “Free Kansas.” * No more Slave States, ’*• “Free Soil tor Free Men ?” No, mi.- ‘ Bread for our Wives and Children 1” is • the motto paraded before Mr. Wilson's windows. I he-qieech which he has tei.tt ‘ on hero iu thousands did not supply hie constituents with “luead fortlieir wivesaud: children.” They asked for “breed.’’ am) > bo sends his speech. These anti-slavery speeches don’t fill the stomach,, though', they confound the mind and. drive away, the customers who buy our matmhiaturo*. If is an avenging spirit, these agita tors will have to answer for’ the of fenee in depriving their Jgllhw.-inßiUifjucjr daily brcij,