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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.”