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Cjre (Empire State.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
Wednesday Mor'ii? Jans Ilfh, .1855,
tte'Ti. G. IJYARS, oi’ IJjlts county, is our duly author -
znl A ei-nt.
Cincinnati Convention.
_ ~\y n li-n —i '■ ■■ lu'nmroulTVC to our ir-a'.l
brs flic gratifying intelligence, tliftt the labors of
the National Democratic Convention have come
to a happy termination, in the nomination of
JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pen nsyLvauia, for
President, and JOHN C. BRECKENRTDGE, of
Kentucky, for Vice President. Mr. Buchanan
was nominated on the 17th ballot, receiving, as
wo learn from our exchanges, every vote of the
Convention. .Mr. Breckinridge was nominated on
the second ballot, but at the time we write, we
have not learned who were his opponents, or what
number of votes each received. We have not seen
i he platform entire, but from sketches of its con
tents which have met our eye, we feci satisfied that
it is sound in every plank, and adequate for all the
purposes for which it was constructed. As to
our own personal feelings on the result of the nom
ination for President, we arc frank to confess, that
we^should have felt better content, to go into the
coming contest with the name of Franklin Pierce
emblazoned on our Banner, than that of any other
man in the Union. Not because we deemed him
abler or sounder than all others, but from the fact
“hat lie was in position, had proved himself a safe
man for the South, and would have inspired more
enthusiasm among the masses in the South than
any other man. \\ e have, on several occasions,
given our views freely and fully upon this subject,
and see no reason to change our opinion now
To Mr. Bueharan, we have not the least objection.
V c have ever looked upon him as a sound, con
servative Democrat, upon whom the Southern peo
ple could rely with all imaginable safety and secu
rity. \\ c still entertain the same opinion of him.
He is, in our estimation, equalled in point of abili
ty by few .Statesmen of the present day, and ex
celled by none. He is eminently qualified for the
high position to which his friends design to’elcvate
him; and wc shall give him a support equal to the
full extent of our abilities. It will be a cheerful,
cordial support, not as a matter of necessity, but
of choice. Mr. Brcckenridge is a younger man
and le.-s known to the public. He is, howev
er, descended from an illustrious line of revolution
ary sires, has proved himselfliighly gifted for the
public sen ice by having occupied a seat in Con
gress with distinguished ability, and is one of Ken
tucky's most gifted sons. He will do honor to
the Democratic party, and render good service to
the country. Upon the whole, we* are highly grat
ified at the result of the labors of the Convention.
It has given ns good men, able men, sound men.
great men, to go before the country with, and we
anticipate for onr cause a glorious triumph. The
Democracy of this Union is invincible when uni
ted. It has controlled the Government of this
counti v, with the exception of a short time, from
the commencement of its career to the present time,
and if it continues to preserve its harmony, its as;
cendcncy will be cotemporary with the existence,
of our Union.
Middle Georgia Moving* >
Col. •?. “NY. White, the grout Apostle of {tic
Kansas movement at the South, informs us that
the prospects of the cause are daily brightening in
this region. On Monday, the lGtli inst., lie says
several companies will rendezvous at this place for
the purpose of embarking for the “promised land.”
J. J. Grant, with 31 voters from Upson, Cupt.
•iolm Couch, of Pike, with about 4u emigrants,
composed of men, women, children and negroes,
a company of 23 from Talbot, for which SI,OOO
have been raised ; a company of 11 from Buena
Vista, for whom the money has been contributed ;
also four families from Monroe county, for whom
also their neighbors have contributed the necessa
ry funds to defray their expenses- alii these are ex
pected to leave here on the lGtli inst. They will be
joined on the ronte by a company from Jonesboro,
and two other small companies, one from Coweta
and one from Gordon comity. Col. White will take
the chief command of all, and conduct them to his
Moved home. He invites all who are desirous of
accompanying him, to be here on the day above
specified Bringing with them the means to defray
their expenses. Twenty-five dollars to the man
is deemed sufficient. ‘1 he great difficulty is in rais
ing money. Candidates for emigration are being
rejected every day for the want of the necessary
mcau3 to pay their expenses. Thousands of hon
•c.M, hard-working people would gladly go, if they
had the wherewith to carry them. Will not the
.Slaveholders arouse up to a sense of
their duty and their danger, and aid in this good
cause. Let every man pay $1 for each slave he
may own, and the means will be ample. Many
have done this, and now, who will be recreant to
the calls of patriotism at this crisis ?
The New York Hards and Softs.
e perceive from the proceedings of the Cin
cinnatti Convention, that these two sections of the
Democratic Party in New York, were compelled
to bury their animosity to each other, and present
a united Delegation. This they had to do, or be
ruled out of the Convention. We were of the
opinion for some time past, that they would be
forced to this alternative. We hardly know wheth
er to rejoice or to grieve over this result. We have
no confidence in New York politicians, and we have
but little hope now that this reconciliation will be
last iug. It will be very unsafe for the Democratic
Party to look to that quarter for any permanent
support. These two factious, if they would cordi
ally unite and co-operate, could very easily carry
that State for Buchanan, but will they do it?
1 here lies the rub. We have several times said,
that we would rejoiee to see the time when a Pres
ident should be elected without the vote of New
ork. e believe it can be done now 5 but if
the Democrats of that State will uiiite, and aqt
with the National Party, we of course cannot re
fuse their co-operation ; but we insist that they
should do it without the hope of fee or reward.—
We hop? the National Democrat is now convinced
that the Cincinnatti Convention would have “dar
ed’’ to rule the “Hards” out, if they had not recon
ciled matters with the Softs ! The firmness and in
dependence of the Convention in this respect, are
commendable, aud we trust will teach factionists
hereafter to he more moderate in their demands.
JzaJf'Dou't forget to notice in our columns to
day, that the Crescent City Cireus exhibits iu our
city on Monday uext. See advertisement.
Altogether Justifiable.
I Oar neighbor of the American Union, lias taken
| us to task, ill the last issue of his paper, for some
i remarks made by us in defence of the Hon. Mr;
Brooks, of S. 0., for the thrashing he gave Sum
ner, the Abolitionist. In fact, he has made a le
gal argument against our unfortunate South Car
linian, which for ingenuity, would have done ered
it to a member of the legal fraternity. We have
: no apoligies to make for any strong terms we may
j have used in our remarks upon this difficulty. Our
I feelings find sympathies are all on the side of the
I South and her friends, and when we speak on sub
| Jtcts of exciting Controversy between the two sec
tions, we wish it distinctly understood to which
side we belong. When we penned the article to
which the Editor of the American Union takes
exceptions, we beg leave to assure him, that he
was not in all our thoughts. When we spoke of
“sickly sentimentality,” we had in view some our
own Democratic brethren, one at least of whom,
j having gotten “ahead of the music,” has since tak
en water, and tried to explain away the “regrets”
he felt when he first heard of the “outrageous at
tack” (?) made by Brooks upon Sumner. We will
I moreover state, for the satisfaction of our neigh
! bor, that in using the term “altogether justifiable,”
| we did not intend to be understood as alluding to
j the technical legal effect of Mr. Brooks’ act. This
; lie might have inferred from a subsequent remark
I in our article; in which we stated that Mr. Brooks
i “holds himself responsible in a caurt of law or a
court of honor,” for his conduct. Technically,
Mr. B. may have been legally guilty of assault and
■battery, but in a moral and honorable sense, we
! repeat, lie was “altogether justifiable.” Our neigh
| bor, wq presume, from his adroitness at special
j pleading, has read in our elementary law books
I that some acts are mala in se, wrong in themselves
’ while others arc mala prohibita, made wrong by
Legislative prohibition. Now wc contend that
the thrashing of Sumner does not belong to the
former class oFacts, but may belong to the latter.
With this we have nothing to do. It is a matter
whol y personal with Mr. Brookk, and if lie has vi
olated the criminal laws of the place, he is, no
doubt, ready to suffer the penalty. We believe
that “stone and brick and wood,” though constitu
ting a “Sanctuary of the Lord in this city,” when
unocupied for sacred purposes, should be no “sanc
tuary” for the protection of such Abolition scoun
drels as Senator Sumner or the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher. It may be our misfortune that we are un
able to maintain a position on both sides of im
portant political issues. The difficulty between
.Brooks and-Sumner is not per se, a politicnl ques
tion; but it has been made so by the Abolitionists,
and wc arc compelled in our own defence, to take
the issue tendered by them. Hence, we are for
Brooks and the South vs .Sumner and the Aboli
tionists, and will contribute our feeble aid in sus
taining, in behalf of Brooks, the plea of “not guil
ty,” to the charge preferred against him by Wil
son, of Massachusetts, of “brutai, murderous and
cowardly conduct,” and all other charges made
against him by Sumner’s confederates. And if he
is convicted of assault and battery, we arc prepar
ed to contribute, according to our ability, towards
paying the fine, if necessary. We do not wish to
be misunderstood. We are for Brooks and against
Sumner, totally, throughout, “ altogether ,” if you
will have it so, neighbor. What say you? How
do you wish to bt understood? You can’t con
sistently be* on both sides of this question. See
what your friend from the Flat Shoals says about
Living within twenty miles of your office,
yet he mistakes your position on the Kansas ques
tion. This should teach you the necessity of’ tak
ing a decided stand on one side or the other, of all
questions in which the public, for whom you labor,
have and feel a deep interest. Permit us to re
mind you, that it is due to your readers that your
opinions on these questions, should be distinctly
! known. Tardon us for the suggestion, but remem
ber the old maxium, “he that voluntarily lays him
self liable to suspicion is half guilty.” We will
do you the justice to say, that we do not believe
it is your desire to be misunderstood; but we trust
you will hereafter take such a position, that your
real views may be “known of all men.”
Good Pluck.
‘‘Notwithstanding the furors raised, or tried to
be raised by the Democracy for this falsely called
Great Southern Measure, we have, in our humble
way, and our humble sheet, attempted from time
to time, to call attention to the mischievous fea
tures of this truly disturbing measure. * * *
* * * •* * * * * * This mea
sure, which has features the most mischievous, hy
pocritical and disturbing of any measure ever plac
ed on the records of the country —but all this we
let pass for vvliat it.is worth.”
The above extracts we clip from the Republican
& Discipline, a paper published South of Mason &
Dixon's line. He heads the article “The Kansas
and Nebraska Measure,” and to this the above re
marks refer. Now we confess that there is one as
pect of the Editor’s position which we admire, and
that is its boldness. For a man breathing a South
ern atmosphere, and living under the light of a
Southern Sun, to enunciate sucli sentiments at this
crisis in our political affairs, argues a degree of
boldness which is very remarkable, to say the,least
of it. We like to see the conductor of a political
journal decided in his position. We detest this
milk and cider, this wishy-washy course pursued
by some of our cotemporaries in Georgia iu refer
ence to this Kansas question. In one column they
hold up the cause of Kansas, iv another they stab
it with the secret blade of Joab. We had rather
deal with ten open foes, than one pretended friend.
We totally differ with the Republican & Discip
ine in his position, but accord to him the right to
oppose what we consider a great Southern mea
sure, il he can reconcile it to his conscience and
his sense of duty to do so. There is no difficulty
in locating him upon this question, and his cotem
porariesare relieved from all trouble on this point.
We commend to the American Union’s correspon
dent, at Flat Shoals, the Republican & Discipline,
if he wishes to read the negative side of the Kan
sas question!
* •
JBSSf-Our friend F. K.’s communication from the
county of Meriwether, shall appear next week--
too late for this issue.
18© Do not fail to read the advertisement of
Howe’s Cotton Harvester. It is no doubt a valu
able invention to the cotton planter in many re
spects, and it it is what it is represented, which
wodiaveno reason to disbelieve, we predict for it
a large sale in the South.
I&iCWe unintentionally failed last week to call
the attention of the public to the Law Card of our
fellow townsman, J. A. B. Williams, Esq. It will
be found under the appropriate head this week.
fiSirA lady walking on one of the wharves
in New York, asked a sailor why a ship was
called “she ?” “Because,”- said the ‘ sailor,
“the rigging costs more than the hull.”
Mtriwether Delegates.
In compliance with the 6th resolution of the
Middle Ground Railroad Covention, held in Griffin
on the 21st ult., the citizens of Meriwether, in pub
lic meeting, Col. J. 11, McMath presiding, appoint
ed the following gentlemen delegates to represent
that county, viz :
F. A* Boykin, H. A. Wimbish, G. G. Howard,
J. A. Simonton. G. W. Grant, Thomas McGehee,
W. T. Harris, J. 11. McMath, 11. R. Harris.
family should be without Dr. M’Lane’s
Liver Pills, Bros., Pittsburg
Pa., which have becom# ap indispensable Family
Medicine. The frightful symptoms which arise
from a diseased liver, manifest themselves, more or
less, in every family, dyspepsia, sickheadaehe, ague
and fever, pains in the side, with dry, hacking
caugh, are all the results of hepatic derangement
—and for these Dr. M’Lanc s Pills are a sovereign
remedy. They have never been known to fail, and
they should be kept at all times by families.
“Electoral Vote of the Several States.
The following exhibits the Electoral vote of the
several States, distinguishing between the slave
and free States:
Virginia,. 15 Maine, 8
North Carolina,.. .10 New Hampshire,.. .5
South Carolina,... .8 Verm0nt,........ .5
Georgia, 10 Massachusetts,... .13
Alabama, 9 Rhode Island 5
Mississippi, 7 I Connecticut, 6
Louisiana, 6 New Jersey, 7
Missouri, 9 | Pennsylvania, 27
Delaware, 3 California, 4
Texas, .4 New York, 35
Arkansas......... .4 T)liio, 23
Florida .3 Indiana, 13
Maryland 8 Illinois 11
Kentucky 12 Michigan,... 12
Tennessee, 12 lowa, 2
i Wisconsin,. 5
Total, 120 i
| Total’,’. ’. ’..176
1. O. O. F.
l’he annual meetings of the Grand Encampment
and Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F , of Georgia, were
held in Macon last week.
On Tuesday, the 3dr, the Grand Encampment
elected and installed the following officers for the
ensuing year :
C. C. Millar of Savannah, G. C. Patriarch.
J. I). Baldwin, of Columbus, G. IT. Priest.
A. L. Willis, of Greensborough, G. S. Warden.
C. J. Walker, of Lumpkin, G. J. Warden.
Geo. Paxton, of Savannah, G. Secretary.
J. S. Hutton, of Macon, G.Treasuer.
B. Conley, of Aug(?t4, G. Representative.
On Wednesday, 4th, the following Grand Officers
of the G Leodge were elected for the ensuing year:
L F. W. Andrews, M. W. Grand Master.
J. S. Hutton, R. W. Dep. Grand Master.
Geo. Patton, 11. W. Grand Secretary.
E. C. Grannis, R. W. Grand Treasurer.
G. W. Adams, R. W. G. Representative.
After the installation, the Grand Master an
nounced the following appointments :
Rev. F. E. Manson, No. 33, W. G. Chaplain.
Geo. E. Gager, No. 6, W. G. Marshal.
Geo. W. Kidd, No. 44, W. G. Conductor.
John Smith, No. 46, W. G. Guardian.
John J. Forsyth, No. 5, W. G. Herald.
Also the following as District Deputy Grand
Masters :
For Savannah,, E. O. Withington.
“ Miiledgevillo, E .-Trice.
“ Columbus, J. A. Girdner.
“ Marietta, C. B. York.
“ Athens,. „ jp. •O. S. Newton.
“ Augusta, B. Conley.
“ Griffin, S. W. Maugham.
“ Atlanta, S. Frankford.
“ Rome, W. B. Terhunc.
“ Lumpkin, Geo. W Kidd.
“ Jeffersonville, Milton Wilder.
“ Cassvillc, Samuel Levy.
“ Irwinton, N. C. Hughes.
“ Greensborough, F. C. Fuller.
“ Starksviile, Matthew Williams.
“ Americus, J. G. McCrary.
“ Ilawkinsville, M. T Fort.
“ Madison. C. S. Harris.
“ Vienna, S. M. Lasseter.
“ Fort Valley, D. N. Austin.
“ McDonough, LW. Calloway.
President’s Vetoes.
Wo see from the papers that our Senator,
Mr. Toombs, has been making a speech in sup
port of the Veto cftlie President, and that
the speech is market! with great ability.—
Toombs is just Cue mau to make such a speech;
for he not only understands what the govern
ment was intended to be, but he feels wliat it
ought to be. He is naturally and constitution
ally a radical; and in fact, is the only real dem
ocrat we have in Congress from Georgia, ex
cept Howell Bold). The balance of them have
just about democracy enough to enable them,
without any difficult*, to guage it up or down
to any temperature which personal or” party
interests may require; but Toombs and Cobb
always do violence to their nature and con
sciences, (or.at least they used to,) whenever
they are anything but real democrats, i here
has always been, to us, however, a mystery
about them which we have never been able to
solve. It is, that being such good democrats,
how the one should ever have got contamina
ted with whigguiy, and how either should ever
have been a submission man. —Corner Stone.
The Kansas Business.— The exaggerations
put forth by recent telegraphic’ despatches
respecting the civil war in Kansas have had
their day.’ We have now some reliable intel
ligence by mail, by which the civil war is made
to dwindle down to a riot of inconsiderable
dimensions, in which a life was lost on’each
side. At the last authentic accounts the civil
war had determined in the flight of the anti
slavery party. The whole of this business
originated with President Pierce and his ad
viser, Forney By appointing as Govrrnor
Mr. Reeder who turned out to be a land spec
ulator, and who invited a host of anti-slavery
landjobbers like himself into the territory, they
started all this excitement. Reeder’s anti
slavery movements and land speculations na
turally stirred up tho blood of the borderers
of Missouri aud the pro-slavery men of
he other States The latter accordingly flock
ed into tho territory, but on the first appear
ance of civil war all tho anti slavery leaders
fled, and left tho nigger- drivers triumphant
throughout Kansas, feeder and his associ
ates aio now roaming about the county, rag
ing like madmen, and calling on the Northern
States to fight the battle which they had not
the courage themselves to see out. The con
sequence is that Kansas will be a slave Territo
ry, aud will probably ask admission into the
Union as a slave State. If it should do so
we see no reason why it should be refused. Her
admission in this character will serve to make
an equipoise to the influence of the Northern.
States. —JVew York Herald.
Evidence of Ms*. Iverson.
Hon. A. Iverson, sworn—Was in my seat
in the Senate chamber, heard a scuffle and
some disturbance; turned around and saw bal
ance of the difficulty; did n'ot move from my I
seat, but. looked on talerably deliberately; I
suppose I saw the second blow, then Mr.
■Brooks and Air. Sumner were both standing
erect; Mr. Brooks was striking', and Mr Sum
ner, I thought was trying to grasp Mr. Brooks
the first blow I saw struck him over the head,
a t one moment H r Sumner seemed to be pres
sing towards Mr. Brooks as if to grasp him;
then Mr Brooks would recede and strike him
over the head; at another moment Mr. Sum
ner would seem to be dodging the blows, or
bending down somewhat sidewise, when Mr.
Brooks would strike him again; Mr Sumner’s
position was changed several times, until at
the conclusion Mr. Sumner got fully into the
middle of the a : sle, and Mr. B. also; the last
blow struck by Mr. Mr. B was over the head
and the stick shivered; somebody immediately
afterwards seized Mr. S. by the lap] el of the
coat, thought it was Mr Brooks—not certain;
jerked lrm backward, and he fell; the motion
seemed it. was intended to jerk him down or
pull him away from the spot lie then occupied;
1 immediately went up; saw Mr. Sumner in a
recumbent posture; also saw Mr Brooks stand
ing near, he was hurt over the eye; I asked
how it happened, he sad it was from the re
coil of his .-tick; Mr. Sumner was lying down
uttering groans of distress; no blow was struck
after Mr Sumner was prostrated; I am confi
dent tuat his fall or setting down was the im
mediate effect of the force exercised o the lap
pel of ids coat; Mr. Foster was evidently en
deavoring to stop tiie combattauts* also saw
Mr. Crittenden and Mr Toombs, did not see
Mr. Keit; no one was taking any part in the
transaction; Mr Brooks, i think was acting
with a great deal of dealteration, think there
were five or six blows in all hat I saw;they did
not come fast, there might have been more;
the last blow struck broke the stick; I am
positive of it, did not see Mr. Sumner strike
any blow, his efforts seemed very confused, as
f iio diei not know exactly how to defend him
self, bu; was trying to ward off the blows with
great exertions.
I-'roin the Louisville Democrat
The following received by Wednesday nights
mail, relates the particulars of a most deliberate
murder:
Horrible Affair and Suicide. Salvisa,
! Ky., May 21, 185 G .— >n yesterday evening,
between sundown and dark, Mr..Lewis Ilale
man, living about three miles from thus place,
i was met in the road about a half mile from his
J hous by one of his neighbors, Mr. A B
Rickman and shot deadjthc latter approaching
the former with-a rifle and ordered him io stop,
and at the same tune presented h s gun and
fired, the ball taking effect in Mr Ilaleman’s
breast, who tell from his horse dead. Mr.
Rickman turned, walked to his own house,
winch was but a short dis'ance, bid farewell
to some of his family, and made to the Keu*
tucky river; passed his son-in-law’s house., and
told him what he had done, and stated that
he intended drowning himself. lie said lie
would leave a sign where his body could be
found, and selected a place where he wi-lied to
be buried. This morning his body was found
with a rope tied around his waist, and the oth
er end tied to a row-lock of a small boat out
in the river. Mr. Rickman was a man about
05 years of age, had a family, nearly all grown
He.had been drinking fur several days, and
it is supposed that lie was intoxicated when
he did the deed. There had been some d’fii
colly between them for some time past, but no
one thought the matter seriousjand theproba
b 1 ites are that, had it not been for whiskey,
it would not have happened. Mr. Hgleman
was a civil, peaceable citizen; as was also Mr.
Rickman when sober. So much for grog
shops.
From the Universalist Herald.
The Lost found.
Air Editor: Considerable excitement and
commotion has of late prevailed in this sec
tion, caused by twol ttle negro children being
lost in the woods They are the property of
Rev. John Frick, who lives at the foot of the
Lookout Mountain. They are a little past
four years of age, and one a boy, the other a
girl; the latter a little the older of the two
It appears that, on last Friday, they followed
the cattle, which graze on the ■’ ountain, and
were seen by some of the Family of Mr Fricks
brother, and were ordered to return home, but
they ran off in the direction of the Mountaii .
This information was communicated, as soon as
possible, the family of Mr. John. Frick, and
pursuit was immediately instituted; but strange
to tell, no trace of them could be found. The
alarm was given, and the news spread like
wild-tire. Every man turned out \o assist in
the search. It is well known that he East
slope of the Lookout Mountain is character
izeti by deep ravines, and gorges, which, cov
ered, as it is, at this season, with thick under
growth, renders such a search both, fatiguing
and uncertain. Fr.day c osed without success
to those ill the search. It was renewed on
Saturday, by increased numbers It began to
rain, and continued till night, still no trace of
the little wanderers could be discovered. Sun
day it rained almost incessantly. No news
yet. Monday the weather cl a ered up a little,
and the search was prosecuted systematically,
from lie base of the mountain to its summit,
and on, all over it every direction, persons
going even ten miles, as the news spread, to
assist in the search. Still without success.—
Tuesday passed with the same result. On
Wednesday they were found but not by those
engaged in the search. The little boy went
into a field in search of water. A man was
plowing in the field, saw the boy, and took
him home. The girl was found by another
person,.not far from from where the boy was
found. It is supposed that they kept togeth
er till the boy entered the field, and she being
too weak to climb the fence, wandered on
alone. When found, the girl was nearly ex
hansted, and could not have survived the
night. She had in her hand some snails,worms,
Ac., and the tongue of each was stained by
eating leaves, buds, acorns, Ac. They had
been out live days and nights, and were nearly
famished, but with proper care they will re
coved. It is supposed that not less than three
hundred persons have been engaged in the
search, with sympathizing hearts, and oh !
what joy thrilled every bosom, when the wel
come intelligence was received, ‘the lost are
found.’ What a comment on the the inhuman
dognpt of ceaseless woe, is this manifestation
of sympathy and feeling, by hundreds, for two
poor iittle lost slaves. “If a man liavo a hun
dred sheep, and one be gon£ astray, he leaves
the ninety uiue in the wilderness, and goes in
search of the lost one, and when it is found, lie
takes it on his shoulder with joy and returns,”
Ac. * H W.T.
Patsey Ferguson's ousin Trampling on
Mary Ann. — Among the ladies who call at
the ‘Perlice’ on Tuesday was Mrs O’Neal,
who dropped in to enter a complaint against
Patsey Ferguson’s cousin.
‘What do you wish, Mrs. O’Neal ?’
‘To take me bible oath against Patsey Fer
guson’s cousin.
And what do yon wish to take your bible
oath against him for ? . .
I want to swear my daughters peace cf mind
against him ?
What has- lie done ?
A dale, and much besides. .
Well, what is it ?
lie says my daughter Mary lacks clmracthcr.
lie did it io day foraist the red shed belonging
to Donnelly.
Is that al! he has done.
And what more could i:c do, bad duck to
his eve-bruw's.
If he has not done no moo .Inn that, we
cannot issue a warrant.
You can’t ?
No, we can’t. \\ e can’t take cognizance of
such matters *
Take cogiuza: co ■. Y\ ho the and vil ashed
you to t 1 want you to take Patsey Fergu
son's c usin.
‘Well, IVe told you we can't, issue a warrant
against Patsey 1 u geson’s cousin.
And ns uii tight, 1 suppose, !o allow him
to trample <■;; my . u"v Ann ‘{ •
Not at u:i. li lie undertakes to trample on
Mary Ann, we will urn si him, and .-ce that
he is properly puiiislnd
And docs he not tram) Ie on Mary Ami
when he throws dirt at her cLaiaether ?
Os coar. e not.
Aid you call that law.
Ido indeed.
Io tiie divil wit! sin*!; law, and may von go
along wid ;r, \ou niurd.li ni’ uuld v lyau !
litre Mis. O'Neal dashed out <>f the office,
shuning to the dour with such sudd niuss as to
cut a yenow (iog’s taii short off at the handle
Stale Police Tribune.
Tiie Cotton Crop. --Tiie New York Post of the
3rd inst., says :
“The probable crop of cotton this season is ex
citing great, interest, and much betting on the
amount of the yield. The point on which the bet
ting turns, is whether (lie yield will be 3, .700,000
bales or not. The odds at present, appear to be in
lavor that it will. A we'd known cotton operator
arrived yesterday irom .Mobile, and on meeting his
brother dealers, at a leading cotton broker's in
V. all Street, stated that, no further receipts of any
amount would be obtained from Alabama, and that
prices must rise considerably, immediately a bet
of SSOO was offered to linn that the yield would be.
altogether three and aha If millions, which lie ac
cepted, and numerous other bets were also offered
Many thousand dollars are thus staked on tiie cot
ton yield. The dealers in this city seem to favor
the highest amount stated. Numerous debts are
also being made on the price of cotton. Those
who favor the lowest estimate of yield, bet in favor
ol high prices, ’i lie market ialtogether appears ve
ry much excited. 1 lie certain return of pence in
Europe, and ‘.h o well known short stocks in the
hands ol spinners, uflbrd much matter for specula
tion. Many parties are buying speculatively for
advance.
A Touching Incident.— -The saddest sto
ry that We ever read was that of a little child
in Switzerland, a pet boy, just as yours is rea
der, whom his mother, one bright morning, rig
ged out in a beautiful jacket all shining with
gilt and buttons, and gay as a mother's love
could make it,and then permitted him to go out
to play. He lmd scarcely stepped from the
door of tiie ‘Swiss Cottage,’ when an enormous
eagle scooped him from the earth and bore him
to his-ne-t high up among the mountains, and
ye't within sight, of tiie house < f which he had
been the joy. .There he was killed and devoured
being at up >int wli'chwas literally inaccessible
to man so, tha- no rel if cmH lie afforded, in
tearing the child to pieces, the eagle so placed
ids gay jacket in tho nest that it became a fix
ture there, and when ever the wind blew it
would tin l f, and the sun would shine upon
its lovely trimmings and ornaments For years
it was visible from the low lands, after the ea
gle hud abandoned the nest What a sight it
must have been to the parents of the victim.
o c o
A Story Finished —Some years ago a Cin
cinnati paper received and j rinted the first
chapter of what prom Fed to be a thrilling
romance, with the expectation of being provid
ed with the concluding portion as mfght lie
needed. The ehtfpter was very ingeniously
written, and concluded by leaving tiie princi
pal haractcr Suspended by the pantaloons from
the liinb of a tree over a perpendicular prec
ipice. it attracted the attuition of the press
and inquiries were about to be made eonci ru
ing the continuation of the story and tiie
hero. Day after day the victimized pub isinus
looked for the rem lining chapters, but in vain,
they never came to hand, finding that these
had been soild, and wishing to put a stop to
the jokes their contcmporarii s were cracking
at their expense, they briefly concluded the*
story tiins:
Chapter ll.—Conclusion After hanging to
the treacherous tree for four weeks, his panta
loons gave way, and Charles Melville rolled
headlong- over the yawing precipice, lie fell
distance of five miles and came down’ with
the small of his back across a stake, which so
jarred him.that lie was to traveil in Italy for
his health where he is at present residing He
is engaged in the butchering buisness, and is
tiie father of a large family of eh hlren.
A Living Skeleton.— A young doctor who,
knowing his uncle’s antipathy to anything that
smelt of death, told him he actually had a skele
ton concealed in his own house. The old gentle
man plumply denied it-the roguish nephew
persisted; the house was searched from the at
tic to the coal cellar.
At last the mystery grow so painful to the
uncle that when his young and Elections rela
tive offered to show him where the skelet on was
concealed for fifty dollars down, he immediate
ly agreed and forked over the money. The
impudent lad then put his hand upon jus
uncle’s shoulder and said solemnly, ‘lure if is,
my respected sir, and if you’ll only let me strip
your flesh off, you will find as complete a ske
leton as there is in the whole world.’‘—X 1*
JVcu-s .
Scolding is the pepper of matrimony, and
the ladies are the pepper boxes So says an
old logy bachelor. We would give his name,
but are afraid lest the peace of his neighbor
hood might bo disturbed by the noise of a
broom handle!
JWSTMr. John Wilder, about GO years of age,
was accidentally killed, near Dalton, the 28th
May.
NEWS ITEMS.
Gilmer County.—A large meeting of the
citizens of Gilmer County was held last Satur
day week for action on the proposed Eiijay
Railroad. They took measures for a survey
<>f tiie route Among their resolutions is ibe
lodowing: — Gor.Tel.
licsolved, That we fully and cordially sustain
Gov Johnson in vetoing, the charter of the
IT i was see Railroad bill, and think great
injustice is Fein a done by public meetings held
impugning the motive of the executive of ou/
Stale, who acted from principle of State
policy.
Melancholy Suicide.— Mrs Sarah L
Thurmond drowned herself in the Oconee river
at this place, last Tuesday night. We are
ini'umed that she wu.s driven to the rash deed
by the crmdty of her husband, John Thurmond.
They separated some time ago, and it lias been
a strngg’c between the ■. ever since, who should
have tho children H j succeeded in carrying
or.e of ihem off, and it was thought, that lie
vas in town Tuesday, awaiting an opportunity
of getting tile other. This coining to Mrs.
Thurmond, we suppo-e, drove In r to despera
tion. Her body was found yesterday morning
’Ae are indebted to Capt Dorsey, the Marshal,
lor file above facts.-- Southern Pnmtc.r
California Lynching.— A correspondent
of the N O. Picayune says?
“5 ou will read in your California papers
the acioiuit of iiangh g, by an Amcrr can mob,
:ii Shasta coiui'y, Fa! , of twenty Ciu'lenos and
Mix.cans, because cue cf their nation had jus
tifiably killed a drunken loafer, named Conley.
Coni v had helped .to hang a friend of one off
these, people, and tried to lynch she Chileiio al
luded to. Nut one man in ten, who is-so indig
nant at the Panama ma-sacre, reads further
when has eye glance <*t the head of the account
ot ihis California murder of twenty innocent
toreigjiers; ml tiie newspapers can scarcely
spa-e their lines for editorial comment upon
it.”
Digging tijkiu own (J raves 1 -Those men be--
ior.ging to the'command of Col. Schlessingeiywho’
were taken by the Costa Ricans, and executed by
them, were made to perform an unwelcome service
just before their exit. Having been condemned to
death, and their fate announced, the victims were
compelled to dig their own graves, and when done,,
made to knee! down upon the margin of the trench
dug, when they were shot dead—failing readily in
to the pit their own hands had dug.
Cimtlanoogo paper congratulates the
world upon tiie rapid increase of the population;
oi that place — twenty-three holies born in that city
in the same number of days, and crying “still they
come ‘ That’s a great market for babies and Ba
con !
Rain and Hah..—On Sunday evening last, wc
were visited by one of the heaviest rains that we
have witnessed for a long time, accompanied by
considerable bail. The rolling lands suffered some
detriment from the washings of the former, and the
latter ribboned tiie corn hereabouts to a consider
able extent. A stiff breeze continued to blow du
ring the shower, which blew down a great deal of
corn and some few trees. On Monday evening wc
had a second edition,revised and corrected, with
much of the intensity of the rain, and all of the
hail, omitted.— (Turner Stone.
Morals at Salt Lake. —A travler who has
recently visited the Salt Lake settlement,
gives a fearful picture of the degraded moral
condition of that “heaven upon earth ” He
sais that amongst the revolting features of
Mormon institutions, that which, permits
nmrriagc between blood relations is the worst.
He has met with numerous i i-tanees of men
marrying both mother and daughter. A bishop
of one ward married six wives, all sisters, and
moreover lis own nieces He mentions that
Brigham Young lately built a harom of stone
to cage his ninety beau ics in, but they all
kicked against tiie urrangemet, and asserted
their right tube treated like free-born daugli
tors of Eve. ‘I he Governor, lie says, vas
obliged to cave in.
Ft xts to Farmers l oads are the best
protection of cabbage against lice.
Plants when drooping, are revived by grains
of camphor
Pears are genarully improved by grafting
on the mountain ash
Miljdiur is valuble in preserving grapes &c ,
from iu-ects.
L-wd never spoils in warm weather, if it is
cooked enough in frying out
In feeding with corn, sixty pounds ground
goes as far as one hundred pounds in the kernel
Com should never be ground fi no, it injures
the ri< hucss ot ir
Turnips of s nail size have double the nutri
cious niatttr ilia; large ones have.
Savannah C/iivatiy —We find the follow
ing item going the rounds, which we help
circulate as a lesson for those who would
impiously invade the rights of married
men:
A gay lot.hario, having pursued and a enjoy
ed a young and j retty wife of a German!
residing ui Savannah, eventually succeeded
in obtaining an interview . in her own house
a few days since, when to his utter constern
ation, he was seized by the woman and! her
husband, and stripped of all his clothing except
hir pa talooiispuid most unmercifully flactl ited
after which he was ejected into the srtect, no
time having been allowed him to make his
toilet.
They have a man in Mississippi so lean that
he makes no shadow at all. A rattlesnake
struck at his leg six times in vain, and retired
in disgust. He makes all hungry who look
at him; and when children meet him in the
street tluy run home erxiug lor bread.
No Joks. —Toe Montpelier ( \ t .)
says that at asocial gathering in that vicinity,
recently, a young gentleman had the task of
“geting a wife” imposed upon him during the*
evening's amusement, and with a young lady
went through a mock ceremony, as they both
sups osed, of being married ; but after-the mo
tions had been none through with, it was dis
covered that the person who married thea.k
was a rent justice, and the matrimonial knots
could not be untied . The parties arc satis- ,
fied with their bargain, but they are consider,
rably nettled at the manner in which they
wore launched upon flic sea of matrimony.
“Well Pat, Jimmy didn’t ejuite kill yog,
with a brickbat did he ?’.’
“No ! but I wish he had.”
“What for?”
“So.Lcould see him.huog, the villain.”