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Southern Baptist .OOnvontioU. AVq lontiv frorii tlio Montgomery Mail, that tbis bflfly. ojicnod fts session* it* tliiit city on Monday, the J 4th instant, ami the proceedings \vei;o muffced throughout by uiucU in^orcst, aud matters of grave aud'vital importance to tho'Churcli wore brought up and dti&tissed. The fii'st matter noticed in,thorfCjj?rt before us, is tho- presentation, by Mtv1 ressly, of one hundred dollars as a a ladjr of South. Carolina, to bo -used as the Convention might direct. important feature of the proceedings \ j' \vas the motion by Mr. Crane for the adopV r t5on of a resolution urging the presentation 7 ,?v-- of a memorial to Congress in regard to the . $ religious rights and privileges of American M citizens in foreign lauds. After some discussion tho resolution was adopted, and the i, ~ Committee appointed to act in the premises. The report of tho comruitteo on the affairs of the church in New Orleans, seemed to engroS3 the attention of tho eutiro Convention, and was, perhaps, one of the leading points for the body. It elicited much interesting and spirited discussion, and was iwnsiderod the most prominent feature of -1. _ A i? .. fl-l 1 m v i i iuc vonvenuou. i no ouuaing naa ocen erected at a <jost of .$40,000, of which $15,000 were unpaid, and this report proposed that if the Contention would raiso one-half of tho balancc doe, the Church at New Orloaos would raiso tho other Hfilf. The report, however, failed to receivc the Bupport of the Convention, and a voluntary contribution tras-ngrood upon to assist in liquida>{ ting the debt, when some $1,800 was im ; menjai/Ciy sudscudco. Miioli interest ways exhibited on the subs'' jeet ofIlotno Missions, and several addresses were mndc, among which that of Mr. DawBon, of Columbus Ga-., is spskcu of in the highest term?. Ho exhibited the tine missionary spirit, and possesses a rare and almost prophetic power over the feelings and emotions of his audience. Tho committee on the affairs of the Indian Missions submitted their report. The report briefly reviewed tho inability of.that board to render, justico to the Indian Missions, and advised their assumption by the Convention, tho Domestic Board of Missions being recommended as the channel throngli which the Convention should operate. Before debating this report, the Rev. " Mr. Buckner, former missionary to the Creeks, and at present agent of the Indian Mission Sociotv, addressed the Convention. His speech is represented as having been mcft eloquent and effective, at tho close of Tvhieb a collection was taken up for Indian Missions and about $300 was realized. A 1- 1 - -? ' ? i\nijjiuin.-aiiinoiij is uornc 10 ine nigu charactcr of the body, both for piety and ability, and a high standard of talent and conduct prevailed throughout the session. AH who participated in debate displayed *' rcftpectablo abilities and acquirements, and many^ of thpm ovineed talents and accomplishments of a lii^h.order. The lofty bearing aud general intelligonco of the members have iiiado a most favorable impression upon the minds of those who witnessed ih'eir deliberations, and the community. rm. - - x r* ' - iuc next ^onrennon 01 ims Dody will t>e held at Louisville, Keutucky, and W. C. Crane, of .Mississippi, was appointed to dc> fiVcr t]y^frpcning sermon.? Char. Standard. Bad state of Things. ' lu some of the counties east of us there is a lamentable scarcity of corn. There are, we lcaru; about five hundred families destitute of bread coin in Talladega county; but the promise, of a most extraordina. ry and early crop of wheat there relieves ** tho matter, to some extent, of its gloom.? In Chambers, tho commissioners/ court has approbated meney to purchase two thou;SOnd bireheTs of com to feed tho destitute*, "and we learn thnt Win. B. S. Gilmer, Ksq., H*# LaF&yctte, with his accustomed large 'ndM^of heart, has given an agent of the --- 1' * kvuunjr on uiuti iv uio uvvrsecr 111 uiis county for all bis surplus at $1 00 per bushel, when he could readily sell it horu at $1 30. The court in Tallapoosa has made provision > *v similar to'that of Chambers. In parts of v ^ Qoosa there is great destitution. "We know of an instance in which a farmer, after dividing^as much.as lie could possibly spare, was fold that if he did not continue to .di , vide, those needing conij would help tkem??/ selves. Ilis engagements called him else j,. vfnercj uut no mis naa to remain at Jiome to pi tiis premises. .Ibis state of things appeals with a voice v . -that only stone can resist to those who are t :'f blessed w'rth a superabundance. It is no ?' ' %. tiorio for extorting exorbitant prices. Better far is it tp adopt the benevplent course of Mr. Gilmer than to tempt tho agrarian . j beftSfcL If hn nvp.r r? Inn nf l'? - \ t>? ,t ?i' v vnjl attain an awtul fcrocity! . '-?. Montgomery (Ala) Mail. > '' ;'f^ ^ ? A 'Bajjv Staked Against a ooicau. ' ?arc informed on goocTauthority, says the .Baltimore Republican, that the follow'inflj ci^cu'mstjuiog* really transpired on Saturdyiifght, in a low street ifl' Exeter. Card-party" played for various stakes i mil one of thein~a wo*?b?Wnmmrr . . . ? ? - ~ &? in'Ber Jangungc, "dead broke," offered to W'stafceherapfant child against a dollar, upon * ?' tho issue of; the aextgnrao. Tbo proposik. . tion'was njpecd to t>y her opponent, who t ? \vn$.a childless mother, and being favored \ by f6rtu.be, conclusion of the gprae \ j found bef the. winner" of the babe, a bright .^be ehUd was dehrR' a atfatftror to tB^wmncr, and Jffil INDEPEMtAT 1'ltESS I1 a VfBtl8UBt> BVB*Y PA+UIUjAY SlOXWfiU. \ ' j1 /fif/t'nw/iw/*, like n&liQns, fait in nothing xchich ; i tut# boldly attempt, when sustained b>t virtuou* I, purjtoxr, and deter mi ntd resolution.?IIeshv Guy. " W'illip i/Jo'praixc, ijft not afraid to blame." I 1 *t :?? Terras?One Dollar a Year, in Advanoe. ABBEVILLE O7H. FRIDAY, 5r /- 25, 1855. 1 Information Wanted. Much might lie added-to the interest nud ! | | value of a country newspaper, if its editor i I were ubiquitous-?could be everywhere, awo :, everybody, aud hear even-thing. To Mip-j( ; piy uns want 01 ubiquity, we appeal to otir friends, iu every part of tlio District, to aid us by frequent communications of the current events transpiring around them. All sncb things ns marriages, deaths, accident*, j ^ and Bo on, should bo published ; mid how j arc we to obtain such items if our friends do | noi report. mum : i We will very cheerfully pay all the actu- j al expenses incurred by any one who takes ! the trouble to communicate anything of: interest to us. We ask for nothing morp . than a bare statement of facts, from whi??h ! to compile an accurate weekly review of; passing events. ! Let tho>e of our friends, then, who desire I the Press to be the best as it is now the |. cheapest newspaper iu the country, manilVsli a little interest in our behalf, and they shali ' never complain of not being fully repaid.! Another Fatal Accident. i W"e have heard that a little buy by the name of A it sold was accidently shot and j killed, a few days ago, in this District, by a young Mr. Baker. Death of an Editor. j F. W. Symmes, Jr., one of the editors of j tho Kcowcc Courier, died at his father's rcsidencc in Pendleton village on the 14th | instant. He was a graduate of the Univcr-1: sity of Georgia, a young man of much proin- ' | isc. ana universally esteemed by Lis acquain! j tauccs for his many amiahlo qualities. Upper Long Cane. . TVe thank our friend "Layman'* for his kindness in furnishing us simultaneously with our village coteiuporarv with a copy of his excellent remarks suggested by the services at tapper Long Ciine on Saturday. They arc conceived in a noblo spirit, and, may l>o meditated upon with equal profit | by tlie Episcopalian, the'Baptist, the Secc-1 der, the Methodist and the Presbyterian. Christian and Sealo. j We invite attention to the advertisement | by this firm, appearing in another column. j We have noticed in their establishment j several Buggies, of their manufacture, which i would not blush in comparison with any we. have ever Tliev are tastv and el<i";U]t. !? > and we have no doubt, arc as durable as ! they are- handsome. Don't stand back, ve who desire vehicles ! " . of locoitH)tiou;'aad wait for easier times., Why not buy in hard times, and pay in | easy times) We believe that is decidedly j the next bust to the cash system. New Post-Offices. Since first of April, 1854, forty-five new post-oflices have been established in this j State ; four of which are in' this District, j namely, Mount Carmel,' Whitehall, Level j Land, and Hodges. We need several more, if good postmasters could be iuduced to j serve for patriotism's sako as a considera- j tion ; but it seems country post-offices these i days "go a-begging". It will be impossible | to disseminate thoroughly the light of gen- j ei?\l -intelligence among the people uutil j vast improvement is made upon our present j j postal system. There should be three post- j J offices to every one now existing. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad. | A MEETIKfi of nf TlirMflK ! was held in Columbia on the 1/itli instant. Surveys of the proposed Aiken and Niuety-Six conncction, and also of tho projected extenttou of tho Road from Greenvilla to Ashyille, N. C., were ordered ; which comprises about all the business of importance transacted. The>*c can be no doubt, it secips to us, of the importance to the Company of-these 1 projects?tie", contemplated extension to North Carolina especially. It seems to be itlin AhnuAn A? 41?A nKh? 1 , ? WW VJ/?|??VM VI bllV.UV/IU X ICOIUV'UV that both will be consaraniated, as expressed ^,in his letter tq|tiiS Aslmllg meeting,-which P we* have copied^rtfpiis Wisest. ^11 speed to the arm ateam f : \ , The amiual irieoting of the 8tocf?hoKJer?. ! will tako pjace here inj^Mtie^.' .^'wX ' Tni^aoar&JyVof pfo*i*o$F thft Mnnftv ?nil. u haw J fa^on^ or tbo reaper... Aud wc ?till hope the farmers of tbis State will realize a better yield Llian has been anticipated. It is too eoou, now, to Kpeculnto on the uorn crop; but as wc liavo not bad a firstrate yields in several years, wo venture to Ibink it is at least time wo bhould bavo one, and hence hope for it. Levying upon Cpru-Oribs. "\Vul irtvo heard, but caunot say how tru!v. flint n rijii'lr t\f <nni> A .. j t ...... .. v * ?/i mivii) owui\<n iivji u 111 ij Person District, recently supplied themselves ivith a wagon load of corn from a neighbor's crib without license, after frightening ihe servants (the onl v witnesses of the scene) into Bilence by showing their guns and threatening to shoot. The owner had refused to supply thcui. Wo have not heard the full particulars, but we know the out rage should be rigorously punished. The necessity that makes rogues of honest men lias never yet existed in this country, and ive hope tiever may. A similar .demonstration was made, we :ire tolJ, somewhere in Georgia, not Ionlt ago, which ended rather tragically 4o one of the party concerned. Several lazy fellows having been denied admittance to the crib uf a fanner, went at night to help themselves. A lever was applied to make an opening between ^lie logs for one to creep in and li'l the. sacks. While thus engaged, one holding the ijcther end of the lever to keep the'passage open, tho proprietor made (i descent upou them. Simultaneously the fellow inside slipped his head out and the one at the lever let go to run, when down uonie tho wall, literally smashing the poor wretch's skull. ?t ? Stephens against Know Nothingism. Hon. A. 11. STBrnc.va, of Georgia, li:is lately given his views on .the subject of Know Nothingism in a letter solicited by Col. Thomas, of Elberton. We bad looked with some anxiety, not wholly exempt from a degree of apprehen sion, for this gentleman to define his position in reference to the new faith. At the outset, if asked how lie would stand, we should without hesitation have placed him where lie now is ; but as thuro were subsequent contradictory reports in Georgia as to his whereabouts, and as the Chronicle <{ Sentinel manifestly squinted towards KnowNothingii-ni, we began to fear. But ho has All 1 At- - - * ? "? semeu uie question so tar as ttis own position is concerned ; and, wo beliovc, bas settled it 6o far as the position of Georgia is concerned. We cannot believe that KnowNothingisni can bold up its Iiead where the exposition of Stephens uncovers it. We liuvo all along believed KnowNothingism to be unworthy the support of a gnnerous and republican people, and shall, whilst denying to no gentleman the right to be heard in our columns in its defence, it asked, not cease to oppose it so long as it invades the pcaco and threatens the dignity of our country. We believe it to be the spawn of Northern deinagogisin, and would warn the generous bosom of the South how it hatche&it into vitality. The lotter of Mr. Stephens should and.will have infinitely more weight than any blows we could inflict, and we fchall reproduce it at an early .1.... t -i :? i - ? i > uay. L.V.L iu ix! ix'aw oy every one avIio feels the slightest misgivings on the'subject, and any conccru for the prevalence of political truth. Wrong Conclusion. Tiib Pioneer thiuko the papa's of Abbeville .selfish, bceausc they do not report tlio transactions of the Hamburg market. It all the conclusions of the Pioncct heretofore hadbtfen correct, and its sagacity in discovering the truth in nil* cases established, it might have caused us, fio far as \vc are concerned, some trouble to disprove the charge, since we liavo no direct testimony to present except our own earnest denial ; tor we confess to a . delinquency in deed, though not in motive. . We aro not selfish ; at.least not more so than others. And if we were,- the idea of building Hip a cotton market at Abbeville by ignoring that at Ilamburg or at any other place, yvould bo as absurd and futile as unjust to our friends at Hamburg and thostf"m the habit.of' trading there. We are aware that perhaps one-half of our subscribers in this District still prefer the Ilamburg market, and wo have too much jespect for their judgment, and for the U9$ of honorable means, to play, jo contemptible a trump to win o?.'er a few bales of cotton for our market (19 would be a suppression of tho reports of the Hamburg with that view. Wo are for free trade and. honorable competition always and while we do do not pretend to AlSteyillo & warkel^of the entire D)6trict}*we woSB b*U^t"lo "be IbSFVesult ptfrfety' of legitimate cavM not^ot*nfoii m&uw.1B:tbi^Ifehne?1 Does the Pi er tried tbat plan vet. The PioriMr/ since its existence, has been very irregular iu its visits to 09?coming, whiVn-it comcs,-at alTj just in time to bo too late for us to <#>py ifs report. We have not seen a number of that paper for tlljrec monfha fnrlipr* in. tilt} week than Friday evening, after our week's issue is off. The report from it then .would be stale by the next issuo; Wo arWmder many obligations to our friends m Hamburg and Augusta, and will always take pleasure | in reporting their markets free gratis, and | advertising their business at the lowest posI sihlt! rates. And wo lidri-liv invito nrono I ; j i 1 sals from Hamburg for furnishing us weekly reports of its market. "Who will undertake ? and at what pricc ? [ron the inptrem?tn r muss ] Upper X.ong Cane. Mf.s.sjjs. ICDi-ione:?On Saturday last ; the l\ev. Thomas A. IIovt was duly installed Pastor of Upper Loner Cane chuirh. I The scnToes appertaining lo the occasion ! were conducted by the Itev. Messrs. John I C. Wh-Uams, who prcachcd the installation | sermon from Jeremiah 3 cli., 13 v.?John i McLkus, who delivered the charge to the \ Pastor, and Thomas L McIJuvim:. who de! liverctl the charge to the congregation. I AVe resort to your columns w ith a notice ' of tbeso interesting and ouU uin exereiscs, j for the purpose of commending to tlie serii ous and prayerful consideration of the conI gregalion the charge of the minister last ! named, and to exhort the members thereof j to meditate deeply thereupon?to commu; nicate the ftdvicc therein contained to their ! neighbors and friends who were not fortu| nato enough to hear it, and to impress it ; indelibly upon the minds of their children, ; and of their ohildreu's children. i If tho leading thoughts of this charge i could be impressed upon the minds and I hearts of the people of the congregation, j ami they influenced to acttlicin out towards I their Pastor in their daily walk and con vernation, beyond all question he would he | a happy, useful man, nnd they a harmonious, prosperous hodv of christians. ! At the conclusion of its delivery, we felt a wish that it could be 'printed in letters ot j gold and scattered broadcast over the whole extent, not only of Upper Long Cane congregation, but of every Presbyterian congregation within the limits of the State, and wo hoped and prayed, for the sake ot the extension of the principles and doctrines j of our denomination?for the sake of the ! peace of a congregation of noble people? I but above all, for the sake of the honor j and glory of the great Head of the Church. ! that earnest hceil thereto. might be given, In the person of our Pastor, we have a ! minister and a man of whom we may well j he proud. One, as was. remarked upon > the occasion referred to, "universally he ! loved in the church from which he was torn?universally beloved in the Pre&bytery j whence he came, and so tar as I know, uuij versally beloved in tho Presbytery to which j he has recently attached himself." As a : mini(>ter, an earnest, able and eloquent cx pounder of the great truths of the Christian religion?as a man, an obliging, kind, warmhearted neighbor, friend and companion. Let us therefore deal justly by bim, and act a? i i I cnui iuiiny iuw:irus mm. i.ei us Have I enough confidence in him to believe most | implicitly tlint to the very utmost of his ; ability lie- will faithfully discharge his duties. Let our eyes bo opened to behold his virtues?-let them be shut to his faults. Let our ears be unstopped to hoar his com mendations?let them be closed to rehearsals of his short-comings. Let our lips 1 move in lilteranco of his praise?let our I ? 1 'mouths bo dumb to'speak to his f>hnme. As we meetiiim in lus pathway of arduous ! toil, bowed to the ground under a sense of 1 ..." I his responsibilities, let U3 cheer him with 1 our smiled?encourage him with a warm ! grasp of the hand, and lighten his heart by j bidding hi in "God spoed." In o.ir closet*, ; at our family altars, and in the great con ; gregatiou, lot iw boar him upon the wings of our prayers to the iriercy seat, asking ! lor him largo measures of grace, free com! munications with, thp Spirit, and a more i i>erfect conformity to the. imaore of hi? M?. .t?r. And .let us niafeaj, ndt^onjy our Pastor, but His family n'so, wij^ali their interests, temporal and 's^lrtlvfal, 'he special , subjects of ^earnest' supplication in aU. ol our approaches to 'a rich throne of graoe, \VefWcfuid love thenV both for,the sake 61 ' VxL"**' <-?*'- ' - the "office filled-vlovo theiu in. magnification of the.oflf&e. , And lastly, let us testify to our Pastor our appreciation of his services?our ap preciat^on of. the benefits i^f^'is office, and ^ffir appreciation of tbe transcenijftnt',bless, Tugs of* preached go^l,i?> the support , .wegiye ninj/ v ivet'Ujw -De" ?oioctoniiy an>j . p)<fto lift Win world?abov<irtll *0*6 -m to the ^mifcntetiatice of bis faa%, i Biid-Jrobv^, the neooteitfr of 'rarakinat anv '1:-"r* Long tJauo^ it* alio give* heed Entile advice aiaitiuustered upon Saturday.^sty.inany, many bright and palitfy da^^Vvv^J ySgffiZ I _ - jq, ( > "TV kAvMflS. The- Crops. " A '.r . ''' %Tbe Darlington Gazette of ThUrgday'says: | Tha protracted drought which has prevailed in our.scctibn of tho State ddVtug the entire Spring, continues without mitigation,'and is beginning to be a most serious and al a ruling ^visitation. The slight shower of Monday,-the 7th instaut, .imparted some little vigor to the few languishing plants that had previously i>tiu;r<rled into existence, but was | wholly insuflieieut to cause the vegetation of seed remaining in - tlic ground. A majority of our planters arovthus without, stands of cither cotton or eortf. When v.-e consider the extreme scarcity and high price of provisions in every quarter of the globe, i and the probable increased demand upon I this country lor supplies to the belligerent powers in Europe, the prospect of a failure of the corn crop, in any considerable section, is a matter of very grave importance. i The travelling correspondent of the Aui gusta Constitutionalist, under date of "Chatj tanooga, May 1 I," savs : ''There has been a i?i>v snowera m mo \> estorn otates generally, Nvliich undoubtedly have doiio groat bom-tit, although much more is required. 'It is tuo early to speak of cotton, but j from all I sec and hear, the crops of small ; grain, nvj oats, wheat, <fcc., wort; never more promising. Corn is very young, but on low lands there never was a more beautiful or more promising stand. 1 have seen some cotton coming up in line stylo, and at least in the neighborhood of Nashville and this place, there never was beittor promise of a fruit crop; as the fruit is mostly formed, there can be no mistake about this. The quantity of corn planted this year, I am told, is infinitely greater than the last, and wheth er i?eu;isiopoi muihis or tails, we snail liKeiy be able to supply nil mankind with enough and to spare of the stall* of life." Noirni Gkorgia.?The editor of the t Chattanooga Advertiser has recently traversed nearly the whole extent of Walker county./ lie writes that the wheat crop is flattering, corn looks well, oats have suffered ' for want of rain but are now promising. There is, however, at present milch distress j from want of corn. A few farmers have a ' supply, but are holding on for ?1 50 per I bushel; some, however, have been obliged j to stop plowing from want of coru to feed. V litiiixiA.?The Norfolk llerald entertains serious apprehensions for the cro|>s in | Virginia. It says : In all this section of the j country, we learn that the crops are suiTerj itig from want of rain, which unless a merciful Pi evidence should send it in time, the most deplorable and disastrus consequences I will be tlio result. Wu learn loo that the j chinch bug is doing destructive':'work in j Amelia,. Charlotte, and other counties in the southern section of tho State, and also in many of. the counties north of ltichmond. Tho tobacco is al?y suffering from the fly. j Locisiana.?Tho Bayous Sara Chronicle of the 12ih inst. says: While other por lions of Mio count it have been blessed with copious rains, we in this locality are guttering greatly for the- want of it. At the i present writing there is not tho least indi! cation of raiu. Dust in abundance. In some parts of the country the wells and ! springs have aluiost been exhausted, and i planters have to drive their stock six or | .seven iniles iu order that they may procure I waucr. cotton that is up tins not sntteroil ! for want of rain, but tluf corn crop needs it ! badly. The cane crop is suffering material | injury froin llio drought. " ! The Alexandria Democrat of the 9th inst. | states that the drought continues in that j section of the country, and no change apI pears probable. The sky presents the same i unvarying aspect?cloudless and brass-like. ! There are dark days ahead of our planters, I Alitl frlnnmv fniar?fmtliiiurc fill nf J =>"^ J b" "" ,,,v W.V?WV V. all. Nothing short of a general long constituted rain will save tho crops, .especially that of corn, and jn view of tho fact that a ! very large amount will be required to make j up the deficiency of last year, tho present ! prospect of a second and more general failj ure is most serious indeed. Akk\n8A8.?The Little Rock v Whig of the 2d instant says.: "The effect of-tho long continued low.\vater is 'severe indeed. At no other time within our recollection would it have been sensibly felt,. The shortness of the c'rbp last year fell with crushing weight uopn 'tho people of the interior of the State; but it would not Tjave..be'en half i so trying if tlio river had be<2n navigable ?if fliA ncivi! timo A a if ic ' tlin nAl^rtn : crop is still on band, and there is/no chance , i to get anything fron) abroad, - except by i hauling it from the White and Mississippi rivers. The consequence is that every tiling costs a ruinous price. Flour is now selling at $10 per barrel; com meal, nt $2 "per . bushel;'everything else irr. proportioned scarce at that.'/ ~ ?. - a J- W Ut imtMU > i'ltB NpOESSrt'Vow/a Here afters-A certain preacher of .Universnlfa^r. had #e?ti preachin^in'ji twjftitry scjiodl house, fot ?of; ' nral anccessfoo Sabbatlifl, to cottvibce the people thai thWo vtn& rio hel?.: At length it was tmudtinced that at biar nett meotinff a oqHcoiionJ '^rot\l<jr bQ - taken for life benefit. The day arrived, and- tlio collection wad . token up in a hat.. ~Wji$n; tl?e "deacon" had pftR-sed through the congrecj^ri, aiod give aTI an opporruftjt^&a;4ionti^p|6, lie rettirfioi?-to tliedask'flnd gravely emptied the co^ tents of tlio before 'fWj .Drcacher. JlKfl dton? ft SiWtnn W*m'JL Quo Week X#ater frpittJJurope. /. Thtf steamer Baltic, with dates from England to ~tlie 5tU instant, arrived at Now York on Friday*night. ^ llirongTioutSEngland a stropg feeling a. gainst tlid ministry is being manifested} "indignation meetings" regarding tlio conduct of the >var have been held in Derby, Sheffield,.and other places, ' Tlio Emperor of the French narrowly escaped assassination, on Saturday evening, April 28. . Lord John Jiussoll and M. Prouyn do riluys have returned to London and.Pari?, the negotiations having failed. rn I i iil'io is some talk ot a mediatory proposition on the part of Austria, with the.couisent of 1'rvis.sin, being likely to b\j accepted. "With regard to tlie siegjj of Sevastopol no advantage decisive enough to warrant an ! assault lure been gained, and it is generally believed that the siego operations must be ; abandoned f<?r the present. ! The Emperor of the French had a nar! row escape from assassination on tlVc eveIningof the 2Bth, wlrilo on his way to jotft 1 the Kmnress in her nannl riilo - - ? ..V.v mmm v?V Klyscos. Tlic Kmpcror, accompanied by j twoofliccrs of his household, when near tho < Hairier do I'Ktoile, was approached bv ji j woII drccsscd man, with an action indicating* | a desire to present a petition. The latter j advanced to within live or six paces of the i Emperor, who had not observed him, when , he was discovered by a policeman. As the [policeman was proceeding towards him a I cab was rapidly driven between them; aud I in (lie interval the individual liml Hmun ? | double-barrelled pistol, and, aiming at the I Emperor, discharged both barrels, but withi out effect. lie was immediately seized by . the police, but not until he bad drawn an| other pistol and made an attempt to shoot again. It is said that one of the balls grazed the Kmperor's hat. This would-be (assiissiu is an Italian, named Pianozi, and was formerly in Garabaldi's army, lie was j in London while the Kmpcror was tbere on I his late visit, and would then have made the j attempt if he had not been prevented by j the great concourse of people. ! Atw ii.io ?i.~ v ' iniMi inio iiiv iuvtiik tu? j-mjiuror juocecujed with his ride, and visited tlio Opera j Comiquo in 'tfyc evening, where lie was greeted with immense outbursts of loyalty and : enthusiasm. Tho Kmperor has decided not to receive tfTe formal address of congratulation, though an exception was made ii* regard to the British,-residents in Paris. The Corporation of London have adopted an address. ' I Piaiiozi is in close confinement and will ; be tried about the middle of May. The | Fusionist and Orleanist papers publish tho j official . (' counts from tho Moniteur without j a word of comment. The position of the Allied forces in the Crimea is exciting the greatest anxiety and apprehension at home. Immense. Russian reinforcements arc spoken of as hovering near Sevastopol, ready 10 11>row themselves at tpy time along the whole line of Allied operations The fire of both the English and French | armies had been continued before Sevastojpol; but, though superior to that of the i enemy, Lord Raglan admits that it had not produced that effect.which might hare beesanticipated from its constancy^ power and accuracy. : s The Russians have been .making fierco and vigorous sorties, and the fighting has been severe on both sides. It is believed tliat the siege will be aban: doned for tfie present, and that the main force of,'the allied forces will be obliged to penetrate into the Crimea, engage the different divisions of (tie Russian army, cut off. it possible, supplies and reinforeeinenU, and .endeavor to invest tlio city and fortress. Tiio"Ttussmn and French nud English accounts of operations are, in "some instances, widely various. Tbe Weather and the Crops. We learn from gentlemen who have reached the city within a day or two, and xyho have explored extensively the State of. Georgia, and portions'of Alabama and Tennessee, that the crops of cotton and 'corn, although backward, had gonerally'obtoined a good stand, jmd, with seasonable rain, will promise, an abilndint yield. Thewheal crops in the upper counties of- Georgia aro very good, and wtft be. ready for-the. sickle by the middle of Jun<^?indeed, one fanner, in the vicinity of Trfacori'' commenced harvesting his wheatcrop^on Friday last. After the above had been placed in type, onc.of-tlie gentlemen alluded to, handed ua ni? Bunjoincu reiuarKS: "During my travel through a considerable portion of Georgia, I -found the crop? generally good, especially the wheat crop, in the Cherokee country. Most of tho , planter* ib this section considered this crop r as made, andithat. it would bo ready. fot harvesting, by tho 10tlr .to the 15th of June?/ ' The .<potton and corn "dnjps.arB rather back' . ward vVb6th\ however,:^rooked jieajthy ?i)d [ cro^teMi aid rather bftdl1R.. bll t tjffii -1ii?a ft n nr -it. ycnr, fovpejurad ^oonsrdfJr^Io dStircsi^ta the poor pop^tlop;f'HiYd^fiedrd ic&Wkb coftmtie*