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THM B-MPIRB STATE IS PUBLISHED weekly, By A. A. Graulding. terms: TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE, OR THREE DOL LARS AFTER SIX MONTHS, PER^ ANNUM. figy-Office up-stairs over W. it. Phillips k Co.-St Advertisements are inserted at One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents per square tor each in sertion thereafter. , , ~ , , A reasonable deduction will he made to those who adver tise by the year. . , , All Advertisements not otherwise ordered will be continu ed till forbid. Sales of Lands by Administrators, Executors or Guar diaus, are required by law to be held on the tirst 1 in tlie month, between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and S in the afternoon, at the Court House, in the county in which the Land is situated. Notice of these sales must be given iu a public Gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. , Sales of Negroes must be made at public auction on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the Lctleis Testamentary, or Administration, or Guardians.np rtitty have been granted—first giving forty days notice thereof in •ne of the public Gazettes of the State, and at the Court House where such sale is to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must ne given in like manner, forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be published forty days. , ~ , „ Notice that application will be made to the Court o. Or dinary for leave to sell Land, must be published toi tuo nnths. . , , Notice for leave to sell Negroes must be published two ontlis before any order absolute shall he made tuereon by be Court. . . . Citations for Letters of Administration must be publish ed thirty days ; for Dismission from Administration, month ]y s j x months ; for Dismission from Guardianship, iorty for the foreclosure f Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four months ; for publishing Los. la sers, for the full space of three months ; tor compelling ti !cs from Executors and Administrators, waere a nond nns i ('on irive.il by the deceased, lor the space of three lmmtns lIENL!V IIENDRICK, A T T O 11 N E Y A T L A W , Jackson, Butts County, Georgia. May s, is.w. u R. w. M'CUNE, A ll oin ey at Law, With:. G or/.lx. May 3,1855. ts H. & 8. J, GREEN & MARTIN) Attorneys at Law, gilbkn j. cukkn, | (j r jffin Georgia, DAVID N. M ARTIN, ) h Artfokii okeen, Zebulon, Geo. May 3, 1855. ts DANIEL & DISMUKE, Attorneys at La w , Crllßu, Georgia. 1.. R. DANIEL, u - DISML'KE. May 3, 1555. ‘ W. POPE JO I? DAN, Attorney at Law, XcSnlon, Octti gS.. WILL practice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit. May 3, 1855. ts IIAYGOOD & WHITAKER, Attorneys at Law, Atlanta, Georgia. OFFICE, over Gunhy's Store, White Hall Street. *. ItAYGOOD, J- l - WHITAKER, Formerly of WutUinsville, Formerly of l ayettevillc, Georgia. Georgia. May 3, 1855. * STELL&, BECK, Attorneys at Law, H’Daiiowyli, Georgia. ALL business entrusted to their care, will receive prompt attention.. K. M. STEEL, E * V ” - May 3, 1855. n dr. 11. w. BROWN, OiifKn, Georgia. OFFICE in the basement story, under the Store of Messrs. J. A. & J. C. Becks. May 3,1855. J. 11. MANGIIA3I, Attorney at Law, gkokoia. May 3, 1855-1 y 1 ANDREW M. MOORE, A TTOR JY E Y A T LJI JV , LaGRANGE GEORGIA. WILT, practice in the Courts of the Coweta Circuit. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. July 4, 1855. 9-ts W3I. 11. F. HADE, ATTO RN E Y A T L AW , ZEBULON GEORGIA. July 4, 1*55. !>-tf A D. NUNN ALLY, A T TO RN E Y A T L A W , GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Jun, 57, 1805. ly- GASKILL & WOOTTON, AT T O R N E Y S A T L A W . JON ES BORO, (;E0 R< i IA, T. A. OAHkILt.,.. . • V. I- WOOTTON July 11th, 1855 11 ts UNDERWOOD, HAMMOND k SON, ATTORNEYS A T LA H", ATLANTA,* GEORGIA. ”TTTILL give personal attention to all- busine;> entrusted VV to their management, and attend Che Sixth Circuit Court of the United Stub's, at Marietta, tue Supreme. Court nt Macon and Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb, Morgan, Newton. DeKalb. Fulton. Fayette, Spalding. Pike. Cas-. Monroe, Upson, Bibb. Cumpoell, C-.weta, 1 map. Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county. < Chattanooga,) m Tennessee. May .3, 15.,.,. tt if. C- aii'-CS ‘* ■ R-FULLER. GRICE & FULLER, A T T O It JV E Y s A T / A IV, F A YETTE VI U.E, CE(.*! ;0 J A. December 10th, 185:.. 33-ts W. L. GKICE, W ALLAOI. GRICE cv WALLACE, A T T O R F E Y S A T L A W , BUTLER, GEORGIA. PERSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their fidelity, promptness and care. Dec. 10, ’55-33-ly. GABTRELL & GLENN, ATTO II N EY S A T LAW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. k nr till attend the Courts in the Counties of Fulton, De ■ /V Kalb, Fayette. Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car- Henry, Troup, Heard, Cobb, and Spalding. J. Gxktuell, I Lithkh J. Glenn, Hrmerly of Washington, Ga. | FormerlyofMcDonough.Gii, B|uy rO, 1855. 3tf THE subscriber respectfully announces to the public, and his numerous friends, that lie Will open a shop on Broadway, below New Orleans Street, at B. w. Doe’s old Ware-House, where lie will be prepared to do all kinds of in the best style and AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE, He hopes by strict ATTENTION TO BUSINESS, to merit ~as wcu *.< receive a iiueral imtionage, , A. A. PORTER. Gri £sn, December 18th, -55. .34. ,ts ft. Edifoir. VOL. 1. PROSPECTUS OF “£{jc (Umpire State.” THE undersigned having purchased the Press and mate rials of the “Georgia Jeffersonian,” and the ‘Job Of fice” of James H. Logan, proposes at an early day, the Ist of Ma}', to commence the publication of a Weekly News paper, under the above title, devoted to Agriculture, the Arts and Sciences, Polities, and General Intelligence. The “Empire State” will advocate the principles of the present National Administration, so far as they may comport with the doctrines of our Republican Fathers, the Rights of the States, and the pie.-crvation of the Union. In matters of State Policy, and of Local Interest in the present threaten ing aspect of Public Affairs, the “Empire State ’ will al ways be found upon the side of Republican Principles and liberal sentiments—“independent in all tilings, neutral in Nothing.” It shall be tiie vehicle for the dissemination of Liberal Principles,Con: creative Doctrines, and the best in terests of Georgia and the Union. kssrlerms: Two Dollars in advance, or Throe Dollars af tei ;ix viynths. A. A. C ALL,DING. Grlfiin.'May 3, 1855. BATES OF ADVERTISES, ripIJE foil .wing are the Rates of Charges for Advertising, 1 detevrained on between tlie under igned, to take effect from the time of entering into any new contract:— ffVrTransient Advertising. $1 00 per square, for the first lmertion, and 50 cents for every subsequent one. CONTRAt'T ADVERTISING.mos.jC mos.jo mos 12ms l square, without change j* G 00:$ 8 00 110 00 sl2 00 Changed quarterly.., 7 00 10 00 12 00 10 00 Cli mged at will, 8 00 12 00 14 00 18 00 2 sceare” without change, 10 00 15 00 20 00 25 00 1 Changed quarterly,.. . 12 00 18 00 24 00 200 dimmed at wi11,.".... 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 3 squares, without change 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 Changed quarterly.. . 18 00 22 00 20 00 34 00 Changed at will 20 00 26 00 32 00 40 00 Half column, without change.. 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 Changed quarterly... 28 00 32 00 45 00 55 00 Changed at will 35 00 45 00 50 00 60 00 One column, witlmntchango,.. GO 0!) 70 00 80 00:100 00 Changed quarterly,.. 65 00 75 00 DO 00 j 110 00 Changed at will 70 00 85 00 100 001125 00 ♦a* All transient advertisements will be inserted until or dered discontinued and < barged for accordingly. A. A. OAULDING, “Empire State.” A. P BURR “AmericanUnion.” IiOOIU Ax\ r D J oYs OFFICE —or — TIIE EMPIRE STATE, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. TUfE PROPRIETOR OF TISK Having recently received a large assortment ot NKW ANI) BEAUTIFUL FANCY TYPE AND BORDERS, Are now prepared to execute, in the best style, and at short notice, all kinds of |%ii! anil (Drnnmtutnl such as S 3 Jk. MIP EC LETS Circulars, Labels, Business Cards, Catalogues, Programmes, Address Cards, Bill Heads. Posters, Visiting Cards, Bank Checks, Hand Bills, Freight Bills, Blank Notes, Legal Blanks, S'C., §'C-, <s‘- ,£i. Lt, OiJ a PBINTIHGCOLOBS PROMPTLY’ ATTENDED TO. ‘liTHEiliMmT - A Monthly Journal, devoted to the interests of Southern Agriculture, and designed to improve both the Soil and the Mind; to elevate the character of the Tillers of the soil, and to introduce a mure enlightened system ot Ag riculture, Horticulture, Stock Breeding, and General 1 arm Economy. Illustrated with Nsmcrons Engravings. Daiel Lee, M. D and D. Redmond, Editors Volume 13, commenced Ist January, 1855 ; each number will contain 32 large octavo pages, 7sby 11 inches, of close ly printed matter, embracing the contributions of some of the most intelligent and practicable planters iu every sec lion of the Southern States. 1 copy 1 year H 6 copies 1 year, • r > 00 12 “ “ ’ 10 00 20 “ “ 20 00 150 “ “ 75 00 STAlways in advaiice.jfSr The bills of all specie-paying Banks received at par. All money remitted by mail, portage paid, at the risk ot the publisher. Address IV. S. JONES, Augusta,Ga. May 3, 1855. _ CA¥rTagl. 0 AS! net AND SASH MAKING!!! HP HE subscriber takes pier,sure in annonn-^ABElffi-^^ Icing tib ■ oi:- f tiG.fin and s vauudiug cuuni i y. that be .-l ul eo'itu'-oes : V. 1 J hr ._ bus'ness >! rARRi AGE and UABINETMaking. \ .u.RIA GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no- A few of tin best m . rgies always on hand. He iuu- nveai’y added to his estabihhnmnt the business of SASI! MAKING- .heap, ;u and good as the lest. Cv■- v. --t'*. He is also - T j 4 agent for LW. - _.... . Yr-BM FISK’S 1 i-■ ***• Burial ca mjj. new.rtyle. He will be found at his old stand, always readv tmvait r.m>n hi- customers. Give him a caII. A. BELLA MY. Griffin, Aug. 29. 185;>.. 18 ti J. K WILLIAMS -ISO. 1-nr.A WM. m. williams. J. E. WILLIAMS k CO . Sweeteo-.-s to J. E. IViUiams, General Ccmmksion Merchants, c.li U.UKS IN (',i- jt\ si i(<‘\ /. mu, FEATHERS, artel TEN ’ AY. v PRu!-UCE, generally, ji... c ’ ibe Trout lioiue,” Atlanta, Ga. i/Jt’ r ‘to. jo relation t the Markets, &c., •;< omntlv an. -wOiud. May 16, 1855,-Jtf ‘ — L_W V 3 U i d . Vi-WfiGliT, i KXCI uix “G /. Hft O KER. ATLANTA, GEO. WILL attend t' collections entrusted to him, and remit promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell ! uncurreut Bank Notes. Coin, &c. The highest cash price j paid for Bounty Land Warrants. Df*r Apply to C. W. C. | Wri'd-.t. Gri(Tm*. <!a., for sale of Land Warrants. I REFERENCES.—John Thompson, Banker, No. 2, Wall ! street, and Cauiiaht, Bko. & Cos., New York ; Converse ■ A Cos., New Orleans. v Atlanta, May 16,’55 ts . J. TIIRASIIKR, J. Jl. DORSEY J. J. THRASHER k CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, (At the Warehouse formerly occupied Viy J. E. Williams,) A TEA N TA, GE OR GIA. H. 11. GLKNN, W. A. CIIAMBLKSS May 16, 1855. 3-ts RESU) EN fpHYS* o*l A N, Hi ‘ UK, (IKtiUGIA. ’fcJLOffkeon Hill Street, over Banks’Boot & Shoe Store. May 3, 1855. ts W t iouis;’ VV Cs lass J FRENCH Window Glass, of all sizes, for sale by Sept 1?, HILL & SMITHtfSS~. “ Ifo pent up tltici) couftijcf? oi.i'r gotoety—TH tuljsi.#. soi|nsle?s 6ofii)nf i? ©ill’s.” GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY’ MORNING, JANUARY 30,- 1856. From the Richmond Enquirer. Repeal of Use Fsury Laws. In a former article on this subject, we exam ined some of the arguments usually advanced in support of anti usury laws. G e showed that such laws were not sustained bv any pre cept of the Bible, the prohibition thereon be ing only a muu cipal regulation, peculiar to the Jews, and which it would be senseless in na tions, differently situated, to adopt. We also proved that money does not receive its value from dictum of Governments, but was regulat ed by the great laws of value, vvnich govern every other commodity, i. e the prime cost, of production and the supply and demand. We also demonstrated that the repeal ol our anti u.,ury laws w ould benefit the needy borrower in every wav, and could possibly injure only that c uss whose trade it was to oppress by extortionate laws. We desire, in the next place, to examine the tfleet of anti usury laws, /ifefdwcally.— The fr emis of these most unwholesome re strictive statutes, answer the arguments ad vanced against them, by saying that they are abstractions and theoretical, unsupported by actual experience. Bet us see whether the an swer is true. The history of every nation, ancient and mo dern, proves that the complaints of money bor row ers against mo. ey tenders, have ever com menced with the fir-t etiorts of the Govern meat to control the rate of inti rest on money; and that these complaints, leading to more stringent legislation, have increased pari passu with the rigor of the laws. Thus, in the ear lier period.- of Roman history, we hear noth ing of such complaints, because Irce trade in money existed ; but i-o soon as the Govern ment u,.dcrU ok to manage dealings in money, and to prohibit or restrict the rate ot interest, just su soi ndo we hear the loud and bitter complaints against extortionate usurers These complaints led to severer laws, which, in thoir turn, led to still louder complah ts, un til, as we are informed by Tacitus, this be came the mosts: equent cause of sedition and rebellion. At one time, when the matter came befi re the Roman Senate, it found that a large majority ofthe Senate were deeply in volved in the violation of these laws, which they had helped to enact. It was ascertained that even the virtuous Brutus has received 45 per cent, on money loaned, “llie price ot mo ney,” says Montesquieu, “rose higher just in proportion to the severity of the law and the danger of the borrower’s taking advantage ol it-” McPherson, in liis history pi commerce, bears the same te.-timony. “The clamor and persecution,” sa\s he, “raised against tho.-e who took interest for tiie use of money, was so violent that they (the lenders) were obliged to charge it much higher than the usual price, and hence the usual rate of interest was what we should now call most exorbitant and sean dulous usury.” The Koran prohibits all interest upon mo ney, and hence we find that, in all Mahome dau countries, the rates of interest is most ex orbitant. Indeed, we are informed by travel lers, that interest in Mahomedau eountv.es is ten, or even twenty times as great as in coun tries where its receipt is allowed. Hallam tells us that during the 15th centu ry, when the rate of interest in Italy and Ca talonia, where parties weie alowed, for the most part, to make their own bargains, was comparatively moderate, while in France and England, where it was wholly prohibited, it was exorbitantly high. Hume says, that in the times of Henry VI, of England, when all interest was prohibited, the lowest rate of in terest was 14 per cent. !he following facts, which is well authenticated, speaks most con clusively upon the effect of such restrictive laws. In 1664, made 5 per cent, the legal rate of interest. In 1166 the law was chang ed, and the rate was reduced from 5 to 4 per cent, it is said that before this change loans could have been easily obtained, on good se curity, ofs per cent.but an additional percent wasn<>w charged to cover the risk of illegali ty The same thing happened in Livonia, in ITSG, when the Empress Catherine reduced the legal rate from Gto 5 per cent. So soon as tiie change was made, the market rate ot interest rose 1 per cent higher In England, during the reign of Henry VI, as already stated, the lowest rate of interest was 14 per cent., although the taking of any was sternly prohibited. 1 his remained the current rate until the law was changed, and 10 ; per cent, was allowed. In the preamble to this law, the following remarkable language occurs : “The prohibiting act of Edward VI, hath not done so much good as was hoped tor, but rather the vice of usury hath much more exceedingly abounded, to the utter undoing of many gentlemen, merchants, occupiers and others, u> the importable hurt of the Common wealth.” All laws against usury were abolished by revolution in Finmee ; yet it is said that no rise of interest followed. In Holland there are u<) laws ue msi n-ury, and we find that t e rate of interest here is lower than in any o her country. Euuii is the uniform testimony of history.— •’ e defy the product ion of a single contradict ing fact. The proof is conclusive, and should convince every reasonable and impartial man. But let us see it we cannot add to this test! luoiiy b\ facts of more recent date. The anti-usury laws of England have at last yielded to a half century of fierce attack.— he test ■ f their injurious effects were most thorough and convincing. Fir.-t, these laws were repealed as to negotiable paper, and the effect of tuis partial repeal was most sensibly experienced during the money pressure of 1837. After this the general Saw was repeal ed for one year ; at the end of that year, the repeal for another year, and so on from year to year the test was applied, and, it being de mons: rated that the repeal w orked great relief to all branches of trade and commerce, the repeal was, in 1854, made perpetual. Never was legislation more cautious and conserva tive—never was the effect of innovation so carefully examined ; mid never was its benefit more clearly demonstrated. The Bank of’ Eng land, the largest institution k: own to us Ims been releas and from the operation of the uuti usury laws for about 20 years ; yet we know that its rate of interest has always bet n ex ceedingly low, when compared with the bauk rates in this country. It was but the other day that we received news, stating that the bank of England had raised the rate of inter est to G per cent., and the result was ahm.st a p nic ; while, in this country, we think littl s of paying double or treble that rate, in time of pressure. Anti usury laws can have no other effect tnan that which we ascribe to them. They must drive capital from the 1 an market, when ever the legal rate is less than the current worth of loans. Tliey must, therefore, has ten, intensify and prolong every pressure in the money market. They trammel commerce in the times when she most needs liberty, they injure, in like manner, every other interest and work a great moral evil upon society. These effects we propose to trace iu our next article on the subject. : Mr.Heis ry 31 . Fis Her. llis political f riends and antecedents. As Messrs Trippe and Foster, with several other Southern Know Nothings, have been vot ing for this gentlemen for several weeks for s peaker, we propose to show who arc his poli tical friends and supporters, and what are his real sentiments. In doing this, we shall avail oinselves of the testimony of Mr. Curuthers a whig member to Congress from .Missouri. — Our readers will recollect that these statements were made upon the floor of Congress in the presence ot Mr Fuller, and neither that gen tlemun nor any ot his friends presumed to deny a single word of * hat is here said; we will let Mr. Curuthers speak for himself: T desire to state at this time, and in the present connexion, inorder that what 1 may remarkfmay go out, withthe observations of my colleague and friends; and t am proud to call him such: the reasons why 1 have not, do not, and never will, vote for the distinguished gen tleman from Pennsylvania, [Mr. Homy M Fuller,] i couldPnot Vwtetor Mr, Fuller; I be lieve that we are allowed io call members by their proper names before the oiganization, be cause, while a member of the last Congress, 1 knew, and mvv remember, throughout the Kausas-Nebraska fight, iu every stage of that trying contest, his predecessor, the Hon. Hen drick B Wr ght, stood fast by us, was one of us, and sir, before 1 had cast a vote I found that the distinguished gentleman from Penn sylvania, [Fuller] had come here as his suc cessor from a democratic District, and because ol his triumph over Mr. Wright in conse quence of his vote on the Kansas Nebraska bill at the last session. I could not vote for him then,tu tie lirst vote. When the first vote was tukii g, I watuhed its progress, be cause many of the gentlemen with whom I was associated were disposed to vote for Mr. Fuller. In that very first vote, when we were casting our votes for the purpose of making up a record, and. when fie had the entire House from which to select, I saw that gentleman throw his sufferage for Mr. Pennington, of Xew Jersey. 1 remembered that at the last Con gross Mr Pennington had voted to suspend the rules with a view of affording Mr Elliot of Massachusetts, an opportunity to introduce a bill to repeal the fugitive slave law. When Mr Fuller could take a northern or a southern mau —when he could select a conser vative man for whom to east his vote —1 saw him vote for a man who had been in favor of allowing the privilege >o introduce a bill to re peal tiie fugitive slave law. 1 could not vote for him. Air Pennington, on that vote, voted for Mr Campbell, ol Oh o, a gentleman, by-thc by, for whom 1 eutertain, as lie knows, the most profound respect personally, but whom 1 regard as the embodiment of northern senti ments on the si: rery question. Another vote was had. Air Fuller voted tor Mr Pennington and Air Pennington, on the third vote, voted for Mr Banks of Aja.-saehusetts, who is no! on ly the iinbouimcnt of free-soil democracy, but, it seems,also oi northern Americanism and of ultra northern republicanism. Air Pennington voted for Air Banks upon that ballot, and Air Fuller voted for Air Pennington after he had voted for Air Banks, and so: sixteen times. I sat m my seat and saw Alt’ Fuller, after Air Pennington had voted for Mr Campbell and Air Banks, east, nis vote sixteen times for Mr. Pennington. Could 1 sir, as true to the prin ciples of the Nebraska bi t, upon which I was elected—as true to tiie (State to which 1 owe allegiance, as true to the Constituents who sent me here upon tiie Nebraska ismic - could I vote lor a man with such a record as that ? Again in another part of his speech AT Earutiiers refers to Mr Fulle s position up on the Nebraska bill, and says that gentleman declared in answer to the enquiry ol Air B'age ot New Fork, that lie was opposed to the Ne braska bill, and was iu favor of the restora tion of the Altssouii restriction, if it could be done- We give his own woids: He replied t iat lie was m favor ofthe resto ration ol the Missouri restriction: that if he had been in the last Cos gross, lie would have l.i en opposed to the Kansas Nebraska bill, and that lie was iu favor of restoring the Mis souri restriction, f it could In- done; but as it could not be done, as a practical statesman, he was against all agitation. u ith all proofs of black abolition as sociations in their candidate before their eyes, Messrs Foster and Trippe have cast their votes for Henry Ai. Fuller, who accoiding to the testimony of Mr Curuthers, another South ern whig, is as vile an enemy to the South as Banks himself. Here is a programme j Pen nington, votes for Banks, Fuller votes fur I’eu ningtoti, and E’o ter and Trippe vote for Ful ler This is a true picture of the great Na tional Know Nothing snake, whose head is iu Massachusetts with his tail in Georgia. fitsT Os the San wieh Island volcano, a letter dated October 13 says : Hawaii still burns Tue great furnace on Manna Loa is in full blast. ELr sixty three days the tuoltou flood has rolled down the m untain without abatement. Tiie amount of lava disgorged from this awful magazine is enormous The iuuui stream, including all its windings must be more than 50 miles long, with an average breadth of 3 miles. This is still flowing direct for our bay, and is supposed I to be with u ten miles of Hilo Ii is c iting j its way through the deep forest and dense jungle in otirirear, uuless the great summits ountuiu should efaso to disgorge. J Tn Death of 3i| H irp 3. About seven miles from Hopkinsville, Ivy. at the fork of the road, formerly stood an old and thunder-riven oak, known, twenty years ago, as the‘Lonesome Post Oak.’ In the ear ly settlement of that country —half a century ago—it was the only large tree to be seen for many miles around, and hence its name. It became the monument of one of the most des perate single-handed combats known in the prolific history of border adventure. Near it the Heroic Davis slew Big Harpe. 1 lie brothers Harpe —eoutradistinctively called Big and Little —were the terror of that (then) thinly-settled region of country. Two more execrable monsters never disgraced hu manity They lived with two women as bad as themselves, in a cave, about twenty miles from the tree. Blood and massacre was their delight ; they murdered without the ordi nary inceii'.ive. It was their custom to sally forth and murder, without distinction of age or sex, whomsoever an object or a whim de signaled as victim. As that rich and fertile country gradually settled up, the people de termined no longer to submit to their depreda tions. Some fiesh outrage prompted a simul taneous movement —men and dogs collected and took the track. They came to the two Harpes in a narrow valley, about two miles from the tree, i hey immediately remounted their horses and dash ed off towards their cave. They soon separa ted, in order to divide-their pursurers and im prove their chance of escape. The pursuit naturally divided, the major portion, however, taking the track of Big Harpe. Davis, who was mounted on a splendid horse, not only led the pursuit for Big Harpe, but left his friends far behind: About two miles beyond the Lonesome Post Oak he came up w ith his antagonist. Here were two powerful men, armed with rifles, butc. eiknives and tomahawks,alone, far from help, and bent on death Davis well knew that if overpowered he would certainly be killed; and Harpe had determined to die rath er than be taken alive. They passed and re passed each other frequently making blows without effect, each dreading to tire for fear of missing, and thereby placing himself at the mercy of his adversary. Finally tne horse of Big Harpe fill and threw his rider, then rose and galloped elf llarpe instantly spang to his (eet and final at Dav s’ horse, which reared and fell. They were now no more than ten feet apart Harpe, whose sagaictv was equal to his ferocious courage and villany, kept dodg ing and springing Irorn side to side, approach ing Davis, however, by imperceptible degrees Davis, discovering that he would soon lose the benefit of Ids ride, fired, but without effect Each man now drew his knife, and they closed iu mortal combat. Very soon they felt side by s’de, but at this juncture a largo wolf dog be longing to Davis, came to his master’s asi is tance, and seized Harpe by the thr at. This produced a diver.-ion in favor of Davis, who im mediately recovered himself and stabbed his opponent to the heart. Davi’s friends soon came up, and removed the body to the Lonesome Post Oak, at whose roots it received coffinless burial. Little Harpe escaped, went down the Mis sissippi and joined the band of the notorious Mason on Stack island. Soon affter Harpe joined him, *!asosi attacked a llatboat at Cin cinnati, and killed all the hands In conse quence a large reward was offered for Mason —to obtain which Little Harpe cut off his head and carried it to iNatchez. Bat here he was recognized as the murderer of Mr Winters, was arrested, tried at Greenville, Miss, and executed • Gen. Pierce and tne Deinecratic Par ty. hr. Keitt, of South Carolina made some remarks in the House of Representatives a few days since in which, while disclaiming any technical connection with the Democratic party, lie spoke as follows of that party, and the gen tleman whom it placed in the Presidency. The Union says he spoke with an effect which will not suon be forgotten . I pass now, sir, from this branch of the in- ! cmiry of my colleague. He asks nc. also, if 1 approve of the President’s message. I do approve of it most emphatically It is a hold wise and statesmanlike document, and should commend itself to the sanction of the public judgement. In this connection, too, I will say that while I am opposed to the representa tion of my State in the Democratic nominating convention at l incinmiti, if President Pierce is the nominee of the Democratic party, I will cheerfully and cordial y support him, and I doubt not my State will do so. 1 think he has hurh claims upon the party ; and in this I believe 1 but express the judgement of the peo ple of South Carolina. My object, vsr. Clerk, was to define my position. I will mid, however, that I believe the Democratic party is to day purer and truer to the constitution than it has been for years. It has passed through fire ami water, and many of its impurities have been consumed or washed away. It has the smell of fire upon its garments, and while it moves on in the ketone track of the founders of the Republic, I shall bid it Godspeed. Many of the halt, and lams, and blind, have fallen by the way; had this fate overtaken all such, it would have been better The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. ! CampbudJ says that the Democratic party came into tins hull two years ago upon the crested wave of popular power : and he asks where it is now ! He says it is a feeble and scanty baud, clinging to its broken al tars. Why feeble and scanty ? Be cause it has been much more friendly to the South umUrner to the Constitution than either of the other parties, flinging, says the gen tleman, to its broken altars ! Why, sir, to what else should it. cling While Abolition fanaticism is sweeping over the free States, prostrating the guarantees of the Constitution, and tearing down the remaining pillars of our republican edifice, where should the Democratic 1 party be but within the sacred precincts, i lighting down the foe? While the la6t of j Nothern domination and Free soil propagand ism is driving the chariot of sectioual power over the remains of the Constitution, to what should the Democratic party cling but to those altars reared by the founders of the republic * if it be true to the Constitution, and steadsa 8 * in the faith of the fathers, let it bind itself td the. horns of the altar ; and as the angel de scended to rescue the son of the patriarch even from the uplifted knife, so may the genius of tire land stoop down to rescue it from the gleaming dagger of the fusion cohorts 1 [Communicated J Twilight Musing*. All nature is wrapped in a winding sheet of ice. rees, shrubbery, house?, fences—all cov ered with glittering crystal. The eaves are beaotiiuily fringed with frozen rain drops, f rrriing long pendent icicles- ’Tis a winter scene in our own sunny south ; such an one as would not shame the north. So clever an ar tist is nature, she has decked herself in a no th cm livery, such as she wears farther from the sun No. 39 1 This cold, white drapery saddens me. It savors of death ; the death of all the flowers of our sunny region. Coldly it falls on the graves of our loved and lost ones ‘ but tho ’ grave is colder than the snow that covers the foe The flowers will bloom again in the early spring, but our lost human flowers will never’ ’ again smile lovingly upon us. Our hearts are desolate, we hear their loved tones no more as they gleefully prattled around us once, in thor ’ days of their brief and loving sojourn. Sadly 1 we mourn them, they are ours no more. How inexpressibly sad is the thought that ; death is the end of all human hopes and affec ’ lions. There are times when we feel that it is terrible to see all die. The young, the beanti ’ ful, the gay and the gifted, all lie down in the cold, grave, Alas ! that no human skill or love can save from the jaws of the devouring, insatiable monster, death. Life is brief and short to us, even if permitted to live out the span, as few are. ‘‘Few’ and short are the days of my life, and full of trouble,” wrote the inspired poet, thou sands of years ago, and if is as true now as then. Yes, life is shadowed by the death angel’s v>ing ever hovering over us, and he is ever blighting’ earth’s children with his with ering breath. Vain is learning, science, fame, wit, youth, beauty, wealth—worse than vanity ; fascina ting array though they be, they are as naught to the ruthless destroyer. llow beautifnily, yet with a mournful beau ty, is the indifference to death by the children of the world, shown forth in the vision of Mirza. They recklessly pass to and fro over the dangerous bridge, set with innumerable’ trap-door, and pit-falls, through which the careless, hurrying crowd ever and anon sink into the deep dark ocean beneath. Emblem of eternity, so fathomless and vast 1 But there arc green isles in that shoreles* ocean, where the Spirit, restless here, may, dwell ever more, reposing beside the river of life flowing from the Throne of the Eternal/ beneath the tree whose fruit is immortality. I'he souree of light shines there, radiant and glorious,ever smiling with a beaming efful gence on the blessed of the Lord. I would like my grave to be at Bonaventurc,- within the sound of the dark-blue sea. Tears since I rmember to have visited it. Never; will I forget the impression left on my mind by the strange, unique beauty of those gfand glorious old live oaks. The long, Vaulted aisle of the forest, formed by the interwoven; houghs of the trees, hung with the gray old moss, looking as if the Spirits of Caves had come forth’and taught the Nymphs of the ■ ood to decorate the green, living arch with vegetable stalactites, so strangely fantastic iu form is the gray drapery Y“t it seems as if Natm-e had chosen it fig mourning for the sleepers —resting beneath the leafy canopy. The ever green foliage is em blematic of Eternity,— the moss, of mourning costume for the dead beneath,—and the winds, arc ever sighing a sad, appropriate requiem. I would fain lay me down at last in the ‘dim re ligious light” of that venerable giove, which ‘•was God’s first temple,” and rest till awaken ed by the ‘ Angel of the Apocalypse” sound ing the Knell of Time. There the winds and waves are ever singing shell strange, mysteri ous music as is known only to the Spirits of the Deep and the Forest. Nature’s Cemetery 1 truly none other was ever so beautiful ! There 1 could iest my way worn body iu peaceful repose—soothed by the thought that the unwritten Poetry of Nature was silently speaking above my cold, insensate dust. Though I have made my nest in the hills of the South-west, yet memory still brings back the sound of old Ocean’s roar, on th6’ long strech of sandy beach —ever moaning With solemn grandeur the sins and sorrows ofeiirth. Indiana Ft.owF.rs; Lumpkin, Ga , Jan. 13lh. Death by Chloroform. At Boston, on the sth iust. Miss Id a Mor gan came to her death by chloroform, admin istered at her request by Dr. Emory, a dentist in Bromeld street., An investigation of the cir cumstances showed that at the time of inhal ing it she was in good bodily health. The chlo roform was pure, and the usual quantity given on a sponge. On application it did not pro luce inccnsibility, and at the patient’s request, the sponge was again placed to her nose. She then went into a spasm, closed her teeth, and breathed with difficulty. Water was sprinkl ed on her face and she was placed upon a lounge, breathing heavily, but soon her breath ing became more easy. She never spoke after being removed from the chair. A postmortem examination was had, and a part of the ver. diet of the Coroner’s inquest is,‘from the testi mony and opinions of medical experts in this case, the Jury feel compelled to caution the public against the use of chloroform as being dangerous anesthetic agent.’ The chloroform* according to Dr. Jackson, had changed tho blood ot the deceased to a substance as thin as water. Political InteligenCe. Nf.w York, Jan. 12. Ex-Gov. Bigler lias been elected United States Senator from Pennsylvania. The message of the Governor of New Jersy, expresses the opinion that the people of the States and territories should be allowed to de cuff the question of slavery for themselves v ft endorses Present Pierce’s position on Gen,-. tral American question. Advices from Wisconsin state, that Bashtovd Republican, had taken the oath of office as Governor, by the decision of the Supreme Court. His opponent, Barstow, Democrat, had previously been declared by the Legisla-* ture as elected, + + —— Soft Shells facing the Music. New Yourk, Jan. 12. The Soft Shell Democratic Convention for the appointment of delegates to Cincinnati, have denounoed the Anti-Slavery agitation, and unreservedly sustained the administration of President Pierce.