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THE fiilM STATE 15 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ( Tty Jk.Ji 0-^TilcS.i23L@:- TKiIMS: —Two DOLLARS IN ADVANCE, OR THREE DOL LARS AFTER SIX MONTHS, PER ANNUM. up-stairs over W. It. Phillips & Co.^sr Advertisements are inserted at One Do.tur per square for t Fifty Cents per square for each m “l* reasonable deduction will be made to those who adver- MSirtSJmwto not otherwise ordered unit be continu ed till forbid. Sales of lands hv Administrators, Executors or Guar iians are re n red try law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month l between-the hours of 10 m the forenoon and * in the ‘afternoon, at the Court House, in the county m which the Land is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette forty days previous to the day of “Stale, of Nctocs must be made at public auction on the hafe^e^gnmtcd-lirstgiving •ue of tee public Gazettes of the State, ami at the court House where such sale is to be he'd. Notice for the sale of Personal Ih-operty must be given in like manner, forty days previous to tiiednj b Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must ue SSSfeiASSSM’S: ~lM il^^e < for(ranVordtn'aUsohite shTll be by ly six months ; for Dismission from Duaidian-si q , 10113 for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish ed monthly fbr four months; for publishing Lost Pa neri for the full space of three months ; tor compelling ti heeii given by the deceased, tor the space ot ta.ee mouths IIENRV HENDRICK, A T T O R N E Y A T L A W , Jackson, Butts County, Georgia. May 3, 1555. 11 R. W. tVi’CUNE, Attorney at La w , Georgia. May 3, 1855. H. &G, J. GREEN & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, GILHKN J. GUF.KN. I Gri jr mt Georgia, DAVID X. MARTIN, l u AKTFonn green, Zebulon, Geo. May 3, 1555. ‘ DANIEL Al DISMUKK, Attorneys at Law, ’ Griffin, Ocor#n. L. U. DANIEL, K. D. DISIIUKK. May 3, 1555. , W. POPE JORDAN, Attorney at Law, „ , Georgia. Zebulon, WILL ]>ractice in all the counties of the Flint Circuit. May 3,1855. II AY GOOD & WHITAKER, All orn ey s at La w , A.l4*’>tn, OFFICE, over Gunby's Store, White Hall Street. C. nAYGOOD, J ‘ J - WIIITALKR, Forme; hi of iVatkintviUe, formerly of tayelieuUt, Georgia. Georgia. May 3, 1355. ST ELL &, BECK, All 0 rnc ysat Law, .Georgia. ALL business entrusted to their care, will receive picmpt attention.. It. M. K ‘ W ’ “L”’ May 3, 1555. DU. 11. W. BROWN, Orlffin, Georgia. OFFICE in the basement story, under the Store of Messrs. J. A. & J. C. Becks. May 3, lsjs. ts J. 11. MANGIIAM, j\ ttornoy £i*t HL* zx'w, WUFFW, GEOiiGIA. May S, 1855—1 y ..t-.l ANDREW M. MOORE, ATTORNEY AT L A W , Lagrange Georgia. WILL practice in the Courts of the Coweta Circuit. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. July 4, 1355. 9-ts W3I. 11. F. IIALE, ATTO RN E Y A T LA W , ZEBULON GEORGIA. • July i, 1855. n ~ tf A I). NUNN ALLY, A T T O R. xY BY AT LA W, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. June, 27,1855. ly- GASKILL k WOOTTON, AT TOR N E Y S A T L A W , JONESBORO, GEORGIA. ▼ . A. OASKII.L A'. 1.. WOOTTON July 11th, 1855 11 ts UNDERWOOD, HAMMOND & SON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WILL give personal attention to all business entrusted t<> their management, and attend the Sixth Circuit Courtof the United States, at Marietta, the Supreme Court at Macon %pd Decatur, and the Superior Courts in Cobb, Morgan, Newton, DeKalb, Fulton, Fayette, Spalding, Pike, Cass, Monroe, Upson, Bibb, Campbell, Coweta, Troup, Whitfield and Gordon, in Georgia, and Hamilton county, (Chattanooga,) m Tennessee. May 3,1855. ts . O. GRICK , W. U. FULLER. GRICE & FULLER, A T TO RN E Y S A T L A W, FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA. December lOtli, 1855. # 33—ts W. L. GRICE, WM. S. WALLACE. GRICE & WALLACE, AT TOR F E Y S A T L A W , BUTLER, GEORGIA. FIRSONS intrusting business to them may rely on their fidelity, promptness and care. Dee. 10, ’55-33-ly. G ART HULL & GLENN, ATTOR NE Y S A T la AW , K ATLANTA, GEORGIA. f *331 TILL attend the Courts in the Counties of Fulton, Dc -7 V Kalb, Fayette, Campbell, Meriwether, Coweta, Car ■<ill, Henry, Troup, Heard, Gobb, and Spalding. Lucius J. Gartbell, I Luther J. Glenn, formerly of Washington, Ga. | Formerly of McDonough, Ga. May IG, 1855. 3tf THE subscriber respectfully announces t.o crs=!! \' l tiie public,-and bis numerous friends, that he will open a-shop on Broadway, below New Orleans Street, at lb W. Hoe’s old Ware-House, where lie will be prepared to do all kinds of BLACKSMITH WORK, IX THE BEST STYLE AND AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. He hopes by strict ATTENTION TO BUSINESS, to merit as weii as receive a liberal patronage. A. A. rORTER. Griffin, December lbth,-55. .31. ts It B. £difoir. Yol. 1. PROSPECTUS OF “C|e (fcmpuT JLiitL’ THE undersigned having purchased the Press and mate rials of the “Georgia .Jeffersonian,” and the ‘Job Of fice” of James 11. Logan, proposes at an early day, the Ist of May, to commence the publication of a Weekly News paper, under the above title, devoted to Agriculture, the Arts and Sciences, Politics, 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 preservation 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 things, neutral in Nothing.” It shall be the vehicle for the dissemination of Liberal Principles,Conservative Doctrines, and the best in terests of Georgia and tiie Union. Terms: Two Dollars in advance, or Three Dollars af ter six months.’ • A- A. GAULDING. Griffin, May 3, 1855. BATES OF ADVERTISING. rpHU following are the Rates of Charges for Advertising, X determined on between the undersigned, to take effect from the time of entering into any new contract:— Transient Advertising, $1 00 per square, for the first nsertion, and 50 cents for every subsequent one. CONTRACT ADVERTISING, 3 mos.JG m 05.19 m-- 12 ms 1 square, without change, S(5 0()|$ 800 $lO 00 sl2 00 Chanced quarterly... 7 00 10 00 12 00 16 00 Changed at will, 8 00 12 00 14 00 18 00 2 squares, without change 10 00 15 00 20 00 .25 00 Changed quarterly,... 12 00 18 00 24 00 28 00 Changed at wi11...... 15 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 3 squares, without change 15 00 20 00 25 OOj 30 00 Changed quarter!}'... 18 00 22 00 26 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 euarteriv,.. 28 00 32 00 45 00 55 00 Changed at will,. T... 35 00 45 00 50 00 GO 00 One column, withoutchange,.. 60 00 70 00 80 00 100 00 Changed quarterly,'.. 65 00 75 00 00 00 110 00 Changed at wi11... .1 70 00 85 00800 00 1 125 00 •3FAU transient advertisements will be inserted until or dered discontinued and charged for accordingly. A. GAULDING, “EmpireState.” A. P BURR “American Union.” BOOK AX!* -RHS, OFFICE —OF— THE EMPIRE STATE; GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. TUP. PItCPRIETCR OF THE Having recently received a large assortment of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL FANCY TYPE AND BORDERS, Arc now prepared to execute, in the best style, and at short notice, all kinds of •plnin mill cihrnnmrntnt printing, SUCH AS ISP jO3 fSf* Circulars, Labels, Business Cards, Ca r 'do-'-"(s, Programmes, Address Cards,, Bdl Roads’, Pesters. . Visiting Cards, Rank CheAs, Hard Bills, Freight Bills, Blank Xoies, Legal Blanks, sx., fyc., P BIITI ?f§f 1 A C ©LOBS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. CULTIVATOR. AMontlily Journal, devoted to the interests of Southern Araiwitore.rand designed t > improve both the Soil and the Mind ; to elevate the character of the Tillers of the soil, arid to introduce a more enlightened system of Ag riculture, Horticulture, Stock Breeding, and General 1-arm Economy. Illustrated witli Ktmierous Engravings. Daiel Lee, M. D and D. Redmond, Editors’ Volume 13, commenced Ist January, 1855 ; each number will contain 32 large octavo pages, 74by 11 inches, of close ly printed matter, embracing the contributions of some of the most intelligent and practicable planters in every see tiou of the Southern States. tet m:-sl hm: && 1 copy 1 year, $1 66 6 copies 1 year, 5 00 12 “ “ “, 10 00* 20 “ “ 20 00- 150 “ “ •’ 75 00 <ss* Always in advance. The hills of ail specie-paying Banks received at par. All money remitted by mail, postage paid, at the risk of the publisher. Address W. S. JONES, Augusta,Ga. May 3, 1855. SAR Bl A BE, CAOINJET AND SASH MAKI N-*G I!! THE subscriber takes pleasure in announ cing to the citizens of Griffin and stir rounding country, that he still continues tin ... business of CARRIAGE and CABINET Making. CARRIA GES, BUGGIES, and WAGONS made to order at short no tice. A few of tiie best made Buggies always on hand. He lias recent! v added to his establishment tiie business ot SASH MAKlNG—cheap, and good as the best. -■ He is also ff/U \ asent/or sos, newstylc? He will be found at his old stand, always ready towait upon bis customers. Give him a call.’ A. BELLAMY. Griffin, Aug. 20,1855... .18. %, J. E. WILLIAMS, JNO. r.IIKA, WM. 51. WILLfAMS. J. E. WILLIAMS & CO, Successors to J. E. Williams, General Commission Merchants, ANI) DUALEIIS IN GRAIN, BACON, LARI), FEATHERS, and TEN NESSEE PRODUCE, GENERALLY, Decatur Street, near the “Trout House,” Atlanta, Ga. fhu~ Letters of inquiry, in relation to the Markets, &c., promptly answered. May 16,1855,-3tf IT- JL. WIfIGHT, EXCHANGE BROKER, ATLANTA, GEO. W r ILL attend to collections entrusted to him, and remit promptly, at current rates of Exchange: buy and sell unenrrent Bank Notes, Coin, Ac. The highest cash price paid for Bounty Land Warrants, tar Apply; W. C. Wright, Griffin, Ga., for sale of Land Warrants. REFERENCES.—John Thompson, Banker, No. 2, Wall street, and Cariiakt, Bko. & Cos., New York ; Converse & Cos., New Orleans. Atlanta, May 16, ’55 ts . J. THKA6IIKR, J. SI. DOKSEY J. J. THRASHER & CO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, (At the Warehouse formerly occupied by J. E. Williams,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. U. ir. GLENN,, W. A.CUAMBI.ESS May 16,1855. 3~tf R E SH) JKN (A A N, t Ka I-'FIiV, GEORGIA. WL-Officeon Hill Street, over Banks’Boot & Shoe Store. May 3, 1855. ts Window Glass! FRENCH Window Glass, of all sizes, for sale by -Sept 10, HILL & SMlTHtf’ss “ ‘-((o peof tip bfricq coijftycfg oi|i* 1?otoel v s —Jbe toiioie bot|f)DP&s Cofijuicoj Is oni\s.” GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. FBBUARY G, 1856. For the Empire State. IKE WIND. Over the land, over the sea, Over the mountains high, Through wood}- dells, o’er pastures tree, A traveller am I ; The rural park, the shaven lawn, The dusty road are mine, At midnight, noon, or morning dawn, Or even’s quiet time. Fin free to rove where’er I will, In each and ev’ry hour, To skim the meadow, climb the hill, Or rest in rosy bower ; I rock the birdie in its nest, I kiss the sleeping bud, . Or fan the surges snowy crest, Os ocean’s rolling flood. Over the shingly beach 1 tread, With feet unharm'd as when I prest tiie fragrance from tiie bed Os vi’lets iu the glen ; I mount the rugged cliffs for play, Or hide in caverns deep, Or dance a “polka” on the spray, Or through the lattice creep. The perfume of a thousand flowers, I bear up >n my wing, And ever to the passing hours, Some note of gladness bring ; I would not angrily condemn. The tender young, the old, Who deem my wintry breath, for them, As rather harsh and cold. Yet, when on winglets crystalised, I sometimes visit earth, I find I’m not a little prized By circles round the hearth ; Gather’d in close proximity Beside the cheerful blaze, The old man's tale, the childrens’ fi lce, ’Mind me of by-gone day j . . The sturdy woodman, and the cheer Os youth on sport intent. Welcome the virgin robe I bear For-nature’s garnishment ; The fearless seaman as he lords O'er the mighty sea, Has, in liis own rude rhyme of words, *A welcome song for me. • Thus, while a vagabond I roam, With no abiding place, I bear delights to every home, And health to every face ; Unseen myself, I yet behold, Tiie grateful ‘nffcring, • By day, by night, all scenes unfold, Beneath my foster-wing 1 STELLA. 1 l i [From the,'Correspondence oAlie Philadel. Gazette.] The Ceaifra! America Question, Washington, January 14, dence comninircated to Congress, there is a letter from Lord Claieadon, of May 2, 1854, iu replying to Mr. BuclumaiPs first “statement” for the last lie has never found it convenient to attempt to answer-which makes a most extraor Jinary disclosure as will he readily seen, when attention is invited to ti e particular points, Speaking of the British construction of the treaty, in reference to (lie protection of the Morsq* nos, he says, “that within little more thana m< nth after the treaty of iSot) had been ratified,” further negotiations were en tered into, and the “British interpretation was at once accepted by the Secretary Mr Webster ” Now, when it is remembered that the rati ficationsof the treaty were exchanged on the 4th of July 1850, and that General Taylon died only a few days after—the 9th, I this developiftent has a most significant mean ing Mr. Wens ter was a member of Senate when that treaty was submitted, and advised its ratification, knowing full well that no such con tnictio , as is now impudently set, up by the British Government was ever enter tained on either srHc dnrina, the negotiations.* How, then, lie could been so prompt to repudiate the principle of his own vote, and, as an American Secretary of State, accept the terms of interpretation dictated to the British Minister, Sir Henry Bu'.wer, is more tliajp 4 slnfty umdertakp to The inde cent haste of that act too—sup pdStoMhe allegation to be true—when Gen TaylordiTKb been hardly two weeks in his grave, and the ink of his signature scarcely dry, excites mingled surprise and indignation. Lord Clarendon lias produced no evidence, to be sure, verifying such a concession from* Mr. Webster , but those who know the intima cy which subsisted, between the latter and Sir Henry Bulwer, a< and who had the opportunity of any appreciation of the eminent skill, ability and perseverance of the British negotiator, may rest satisfied lie never was consent with any verbal-*snrancc from Mr. Webster, but to k occasion to otwiufb such a committal as warranted the emphatic declaration of Lord Clarendon. .* And I have some personal reason to be satisfied of the justice of this impression, by the subsequent official action of Mr. W ebster. which fully sanctions all that ha* been alleged. Two years alter Lord*Claicndon states that Mr. VVebster allowed the Liritish interpreta tion, the negotiations then referred to, were brought to a discreditable conclusion here, through the joint agency of Mr Webster and Mr. ( ramptou. x\ pnjet of settlement was agreed upon, which assumed to settle all the questions of contested boundary in 1 entral America 5 which admitted the Mosquito (virtually the British; title to Sail Juan ; which oncoded the British protectorate over the Mosquitos ; and which undertook to direct the internal legislation o ( Nicaragua, .by fixing the tar ff of duties on importations into her territories. This scheme, which not only surrendered the whole American side ol the question, but recognized even more pretensions than Great Britain had ever previously claimed, was signed in this city in June, 1852, by the contracting parties named. Three agents were appointed to com municate the terms personally to the States interested. ! hey were Mr. Wyke, the British Consul General in Central America, MrKe'.r, United States Charge d’Affairsat Nicaragua, and Mr R. ;YI. Walsh, United States Special Agent to Costa Rica. Representation the uvo powerful governments most interested in the questions at stake, and carrying with them the united authority of the negotiators, the mission was one which would have left no alternative to the weak States interested but abject submission since they could comniaud no power sufficient to resist such a combanation. Reliablei intelligence of this projet was com municated to me at the time, and 1 at once disclosed it to the public. This summarily terminated the arrangement, as it could not stand the scrutiny of the country My publications went to Central America, in company with the three agents, and Nicaragua at once rejected the offensive overture for Ihe spoliation of her territory, and the conversion of her sovereignty into a condition of vassal age to Great Britain. While it would not be becoming to reflect upon the motives of Mr. Webster in this transaction, the disclosure of it belongs to the diplomatic history of the Centra] American controversy, and could not be suppressed with justice. He is dead, but the President under whose instructions he acted is living, and owes it to his reputation to explain, if he can, how this monstrous per version of 1850 was brought about, and under what inspiration the Briti h construction was accepted before General Taylor was hardly cold in his grave. There was treachery somewhere, if “there was not. something worse, and it is proper the country-should know upon whose shoulders the responsibility really rests. And if Mr. I‘ilmore should feel called upon to make tiie explanation which lie owe- to the country in this matter, it is to be hoped it will be guard cd by more ca-eful examination than that which marked his positive and unqualified disclaimer in reference to the antecedent coun tenance extended to the guano enterprise in the Lobos Islands—thereby putting the whole onus on Mr Webster’s memory—when it is well ascertained now that the or ginal instruc tions, with liis autograph approval endorsed upon the back of them, yet exist in the De partment of S ate, and have been scon with astonishment by several curious explo ers after truth From the Kansas City Enterprise. OiU’ Town by a Disinterested party. The following we clip Horn one of our Eastern exchanges, it gives such a truthful ex pose of our geographical and commcrical pos 1 - tion that we give in lieu ol any cornu entnry of our own : There is no question but that the. town of Kansas, in the county.of Jackson, Mo, is a point of the highest and most manifest ad vantages in a commcrical point of view.— Konsas City is situated just at the turn of the Missouri river, where it makes its great bond, after coming down m almost a due Southern course along the Western line of the State, and strikes through the centre of the State to unite with the Mississippi river. Kansas is situated. r ght at the elbow, and is, conse quent! \ . b oth ol the extreme Southern and ex treme Western point ot the Missouri river—a fact that can be declared of no other point of the Missouri rivey from its source to its mouth* Kansas has, therefore, peculiar and remarkable advantages. For instance, it is the nearest navigable point on the Missouri river to all Northwest Arkansas. It is the nearest navigable point on the Missouri to all Nothern Texas, It i> the nearest navigable po’nt on the Missouri river to the flourishing, the civilize and, and tiie rich Cherokee Nation of Indians. It is the neSfe-t navigable point on the issouri river tiflSante'Fe, an 1 all the surrounding Territo tne which runs through the heart of Kansas Territory, and which is the only navigable river in Kansas. It is conse quently the commercial key of Kansas. And it is the Western terminus of the (Mo; Pa cific Railroad fihese facts are undisputed, wc believe, and unless all history, and all reason shall prove to be.at fault, iliesc facts fail to secure for the town of Kansas a high destiny in theXfuture growth and development of those rich anVl ex tensive scopes of country, which we have enumerated, large enough to make a dozen immense States, and all of which rich territo ries are nearer to the town of Kansas than to any other^intVuthe Missouri river, llcw can the town to become a great and powerful city—enriched by the receiving* and forwarding business of such a giant like young empire ? IIo! £or t|se ! Scarcely have Dr Katie mid his'nen drop ped their bear skins and got comfortahPy wann before another exploration of the forbidding regions of the North is earm-sly talking of— -1 he facts and observations of Dr Kane in re ference to tlie great open sea beyond the ice region, meagre as they necessarily are, have excited great interest, among scientific men. What has heretofore been suggested by a few, is now considered pretty well establish ed—that there is a vast open sea at the North, commencing at about 80 deg., and probably extending to the pole. Dr K-lie testifies that t lie temperature of the air rose as he approach ed this’sea ; that its water was warmer than tic ocean further South ; that ducks, seals, and herbiferous animals were abundant about it ; and that strong winds from the North brought no floating ice L its shores. Tiie in ference is that the pole is not as wc have sup posed, the centre of frigidity, but that the cold est point is some 15 deg or more South f it, mid that the temperature of the pole is com paratively mild. There is in this a curious analogy with the fact that the circle of highest heat does not coincide with the equator, as we should naturally expect,and as the anc cuts be lieved, but more nearly with the belts of the tropics, while the mean annual tempeature of the equatorial belts is considerably below that of the summer heat of the tropics. Various theories arc already earnestly dis cussed by the savans to account for the open sea at the North pole Humbolt long ago suggested that the internal heat of the earth is discharged at the poles. The question is, shall tiie truth be sought by another Arctic Expedition ? It will cost treasure, and prob ably human life, but curiosity, so fur from be ing appeased, is only stimulated by the result ot previous researches. Jt is suggested that, by pursuing a more easterly route, many of the 1 perils hitherto encountered, would be avoided, and that with the experience of the past, the voy-ge might now be undertaken with a fair prospect of safety and success. Rush and fu tile aSjsthe enterprise appears to prudent men, JcHtos —$2,00, fin ®db^ce. we have little doubt that it will be attempted, and by Americans, who will not allow anybody to take from them the honors and rewards of scientific discovery. — Springfield Republican. “Something Shaking.” Tom is a queer genius, and lets off some tall ones occasionally. He visited us the other day in our sanctum, with a, “How do you do, old fellow ?” ps-'f “Hallo, Tom,” said 4 we, /‘where have you been so long 1 TV hy’ sir, I’ve been down on Severn river, inAnue Arundel county,taking Shanghai notes on the Chills and Fever.” “Ah, indeed, ’ said we, “are they very bad down there * “Rather bad,” said Tom, “there is one place where they have been attempting to build a brick house for eight weeks— weM, the other day, as the hands were putting up the bricks preparatory to finishing it, they were taken wiih a chill,and shook (he whole building com pletely and wn. and kept on shaking ids the bricks were dust of the finest quality I Just at that juncture, the chills come on with re newed force, and they commenced shaking up the dust with such gusto, that they were entirely obscured for two hours, and the people ot .the neighborhood thought the sun was in an eclipse.” , “Can’t believe any tiling like tlmt, Tom ” “It’s a fact,” c t nd Tom, and resumed, _ “Ther’s a fanner down there, who, in apple picking season, hauls h;s niggers out to the or chard, and sets one up against each tree. In a snort timeliie chills come on, and every ap ple in the orchard is shaken off the trees to the around ” “Incredible !” said we, holding our sides with both hands _ “Fact,”said Tom, •‘rhey’kcop a man along side ol each Trigger to take him away its soon as the fruit is off, for fear he will shake the tree down ! ; ’ Torn continued, “Mr S. a. friend of mine, and a house car pouter, was engaged a few days ago in cover ing the roof of a house with shingles. Jnst as he was finishing, the chill came on, and he shook every shingle off the roof. Some of them are suppose# to be flying about yet ! “Another gentleman near the same place, was taken with a chill the other day at a din ncr, and shook his knife and fork down his throat, besides breaking all the crockery ware on the table. ITis little son, who was sitting at the table at the same time, was taken with a cldfl, and shook all the buttons off his inexpres sibles, and then* shook himself clear of them.” We then prevailed on Tom to .desist, who did so, with the understanding that, he was to give us tliefbalan.ee at .-ome other time. 1 ersons who think ot emigrating to Anne Arundel county, will please take notice. — 1 —•< • -fly i— —. Cfiddangs Cornered and Jjjjxposctf. The following extract from tho Washington Star recounts the exposure of one of the most disgracefulgfrauds ever attempted to be passed off upon the Congress of the country The au thor was caught in the very act of,its perpe tration. If any body else but Joshua Gidd ings, he would never again have the assurance to raise his head ‘among honorable men: Mr. Giddings in the course, of a speech, charged on Mr Cobb, of Georgia, and those democratic memb rs of the present House who were in ; CongressJin #1849, that they, as the Democratic party of that day, and ‘distinctly endorsed the plurality rule as being a proper way of settling the then pending controversy about the spearkership, identical with that which now pot-pones the organization of Com gross. To sustain tiiis charge, he read from j the Congressional -Globe what he announced’ to be an extract from a speech made by the Hon. F. P. Stanton, of Tennessee, declaring that the plurality rule had been adopted in the Democratic representative caucus ■ Mr. Cobb, and others, (who were also hi the House at that time,) appeared utterly dumb found err and hy the statements in Mr. Stanton’s speech as read by Mr Giddings; be cause they set fortWthings as facts,which they knew to be notoriously untrue, and that Mr. Stanston himself must have known to he untrue Denying their truth, and giving the House a succinct history of the action of that caucus upon the plurality rule, in which he was substantiated by Messrs. Millson, Orr, Ed munson, and Fuller of Maine, Mr. Cobb was about to leave the question as One in which a probably overlooked error in the report of Mr Stanton’s speech, had afforded Mr Giddings a plausible ground for his charges. .He be thought him, however, of looking for himself at <he record; and found that Air Giddings in reading if, had falsified it, del beratcly and knowingly, to enable him to substantiate an accusation that he must have known to be in famously untrue. He had read to the House as a portion of the speech of Mr Stanton, what were, in truth, but interlocutory and explana tory remarks of some reports, which had no badness whatever in the official record of the proceedings of Congress. The fraud attempted by Mv Giddings which j was plain, clear, and undeniable,created great 1 indignation on tire part of the democrats, in volving, as it did, (indeliberate resort to such poltroonry, as has rearly disgraced the histo ry of any legislative body, whatever. The I force of Air Cobb’s Exposure of the disreputa ble trick, caused the cars of nearly all the Re publican members to tingle; not one of them evidently, being disposed to justify or in any way to seem to palliate it. - Tun Know Kothings in Congress are a Hard Set. —The South side Democrat says: ‘There are some twenty-five or more Know Nothing persons in the House, and nil except two are Abolitionists and vote for Banks. The Rev Mr Pearce, of Pa , was eonvicied, a few days since, on the floor of the body, of an at tempt to bribe a member into voting for Banks. The day after being Sunday, he is reported to have delivered two sermons in one of the churches in this city, and the next night to have been seen drunk at a Faro Bank Such is a fair sample of Know Nothing par sons. Brother Pearce is said to have affected in his canvass, great fear of the Pope.’ An Arkansas Legislator. A member elect of the lower chamber of the Legislature of Arkansas, was persuded by some wag of his neighbor hood, that if he did not reach the State House by 10 o’clock on the day of assembling, he could not be sworn, and would lose his seat He immediately mounted, with hunting frock, riffle and boWie knife, and spurred till he got to the capitol, where he hitched his nag. A crowd was in the chamber of the lower house, on the ground floor, walking about with their hats on, and smoking cigars. These lie passed, ran up into the Senate Chamber, set bis rifle against the wall, and bawled out : “Strangers, where’s the man that swears me in ?” at the same time taking out his creden tials. “Walk this way,” said the clerk, who was at the time igniting a real Principe, and lie was sworn without inquiry. When the teller came to count noses, he found there wsis one Senator too many present. Tiie mistake was soon discovered, and the huntsman was informed that he didnot belong i here ‘Fool who ! with your corn bread V he roar ed, “you can’t flunk this child, no how you can fix it—l’m elected to this ere Legislature, and I’ll go agin all banks and eternal improve ments, and if there’s any of jour oratory gen tlemen wants to get skinned, jest say the word and I’ll light upon you like a nigger on a wood chuck. My constituents sent me here, and if you want to floor this two-legged animal, hop on, jest as soon as you like, for though I am from the back country, Pm a little smarter than any other quadruped you can turn out of this drove.’ After this admirable liarrnngue, lie put his bowie knife bet wet n his teeth, and took up his rifle, with “Come here, old Suke ! stand by me !” at the same time pointing at the chair man,who,however, had seen such people before After some expostulation, the man was per suaded that he belonged to the lower ( hntnber upon which he sheathtd his knife, flung his gun on his shoulder, and with a prefouud congee, remarked, “Gentlemen, I beg your pardon. But if I didn’t think that lower loom was a groggery* may I be shot !” ikecution of thee Murderess. We find in the Lafayette (Ind.) Courier of January 11, an account of the execution of the murderers, Rice, Driskill, and Stocking. The Courier says: At ten minutes past 2 o’clock, this! day, Stocking, Itice, and Driskill, were dully exe cuted by the hands of the Sheriff, ‘I homas J. Chissom the first named fur the luiirder of John Rose, and the two latter for the murdtr of Cephas Fabreubaugh. At 1-2 o*clock they were asked if thty were ready for dinner ? Rice replied yes, I am hungry. Driskill said that he wanted a [good cold dinner, as it was the last; lie didn’t want to die hungry. He remarked to Rice, we’ll get supper somewhere else, Abe. The dinners were dispatched with great heartiness After •dinner, each of them in turn washed and dres sed himself for the’final moment. *'l hey.eould not have made their toilet with more deliber ation and coolness if they had been going to a frolic. Driskill, when washing, remarked through the window 7 , near which he was stand ing, to someone Outside, that he was getting a good ready. In putting on his shirt, Rice discovered that there was ft button misSihg.— Driskill told him to sew 7 one on. Rice replied that he hadn’t time. Driskill nonchalantly rejoined that there was an hour yet. He com plimented Rice with looking^!— d starchy. — j Rice, as he finished, observed,well gentleman, 11 reckon there was never a wiilinger soul to | die than I am. Stocking said nothing, but ’ conducted himself (as he did throughout ) with great .dignity and firmness. The sheriff then proceeded to adjust the fa tal ropes Rice requested that a stool which had been placed for his accommodation on the seaffuld might be removed, and on his request not being immediately complied With, he re moved it himself. He then knelt down, dined his head forward, remarking that he had seen men hung, by which we understood he regarded that as the proper position. — Driskill on observing it, saidj Abe, are you going to kneel? Rice‘answered ‘yes. He then turned to Stocking and said, Stocking which way is the easiest to diejkneel or stand? I want to die the easiest way. Stocking re plied that he should stand unless he thought there was a danger of the rope breaking. The Sheriff assured him there was no danger. He therefore stood up, but Driskill kneeled. The caps were then drawn over there faces, and at twenty-two and a half minutes after two o’clock the bolt was withdrawn and the cul prits launched into eternity. No. 40 The Law of Libel* A libel suit has just terminated itt Philadel phia, and terminated in sf manner which can not be otherwise than satisfactory to newspa per publishers throughout the country. In this suit, a Air. Donnelly was the plaintiff, and the Philadelphia Ledger thedefeudent The jury assesed the damage of MrD’s charac ter, from the publication of the alleged libel, at one dollar. We allude to the case solely with the i'icw of bringing prominently before the public the principles laid down in the Judge’s charge to the jury. His honor said: “The plaintiff is charged with having driven his wife with violence from his house, while she was in an advanced state of pregnancy, and without even tlie proper excuse which might arise from intoxication, The only real question under these circumstances is, not whether there is enough to explain and justify it. One thing which meets ns at the thres hold of this iniquiry is the position of the de fendents as editors of a newspaper. One rule, which may be stated without fear of contra diction, is, that the editor of the public journ al may tell the truth in all casts without fear of the consequence; and that, while he does so, lie cannot be made i nswerablo in a civil proceeding, nor indeed,''"anywhere, unless on the ground of mtfliee, or a wanton interfer ence with the comfort and happiness of oth ers. ‘Tin assertion that another has made a statement is true, if he has made it; and yet, if that statement be false and libelous, the truth will not protect those who repeat it.— This holds good of the editor of a newspaper, as well as of all other persons, forthelaw will look to theTubstanee, which is untrue, and not merely to the form, and’will consider the origiual wrong as aggravated and repeated by him who gives it currency. Hence a newspn. per cannot justify the repetition of a mia tatement, on the ground that it was derived from another person, whose name is or is not mentioned, however true it may be that he ac tually made it.” A learned physician has extracted a power” ful touic from sausages, containing thejoriginal ‘•bark.” He very properly calls it “The Sulphate of Canine.”