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JH ' Horrible Situation of Two Children?Almost the Fate of Ginerva.?Every reader remembers the ancient Venetian legend?best j told in Roger's poem " Ginerva"?of | the bmle who playtuity nm away j from her lord on the wedding day { in an old oaken chest. It closed with j a spring, and she was thus entombed j alive: her mourning friends and inconsolable lord never saw her face again, and he, "Weary of life. Flung it away in buttle with the Turk." Years afterwards, when the bride's mysterious disappearance was almost j a forgotten talc, the discovery of a few mouldering bones arid ashes in the fatal chest, with long locks of faded hair, and rings, and wedding trinkets, revealed the sad story of the doom that had suddenly snatched her ???" {V.m lcinninpss. lirrlit. and life. a?AJ J , ? , -0 - , Precisely such a fate two little child- j ren of a well known family in this j city narrowly escaped on Wednesday last. They were at play in a yard near the dwelling, where a number of boxes and other things had been placed, among which was a very large chest with a hasp on the outside, clo- | sing down over a staple so as to be j secured in the old style with a pad- i lock. In their play the children?a boy of eight and his sister of six years? got into the chest, and the lid, which was heavy, fell, and brought the hasp oyer the staple, fastening the lid down so securely that a strong man could not have bursted it open from the inside. Near nightfall the mother of the little prisoners missed them, and not finding them in the yard, supposed they had, against orders, strayed in the street. She happened to pass near the chest, and fancying that she heard a strange, moaning sound, stooped and opened it, and there, to her great surprise, she found her little darlings crushed down by the heavy lid, and so nearly suffocated that they were speechless. A little longer, and the chest would have been their coffin. The boy, it appears, had a stout and pious heart; he told his mother that when he found they were fastened in, he prayed that she might be sent to open the chest, and he believed that she had come in answer to i his prayer. lie then got out his lit- j tie pocket-knife and felt about for the | hinges of the chest, which he vainly i endeavored to cut loose, telling his j little sister Datey to pray in the mean-} time with all her might. That boy's ; life was undoubtedly spared to some j good end.?Mobile [Ala.) Register, | '24th nit. I A Horrible Cannibal Story.? A horrible tragedy (heretofore briefly mentioned) is reported from the Isl-j and of Fcejc, South Seas. The Ilev. Thomas Baker, with an assistant missionary and six native teachers, went to visit some island tribes, and he and his party were brutally murdered by one of the tribes, who are described as the most confirmed cannibals.? The writer says: "In this town (Longtown) there lives a notorious cannibal with whom I had a little conversation, lie pointed me to a pile of human hones irt the fork of an orange tree under which we were sitting, and assured me that he had eat?n the men of which each bone there was a representative, and that he had kept these bones as a memento of his cannibalism. Many other things did this inhnman wretch _ O make kh^wn to me, arid his countenance and more than ordinarily worn teeth only helped to convince mo that he had been literally a bone crusher. To have listened to this man's statements, and told too, jn the presence of those who could have contradicted them, if false, would have removed forever from the minds of some the idea that Fecjceans arc not lovers of human flesh. This vile cannibal declared that as for eating, nothing was comparable to human flesh, not even fowls or pork." The main fact of the above statement is confirmed by the letter of a fentleman formerly of Lawrenceburg, ndiana, in u letter to his brother in Cincinnati, dated Leonka, Ovalan, Feejce, September 2, 1867. We make the following extract: " Our native population, too, have been indulging themselves in a cannibal feast almost unprecedented in the annals of cannibal Feejee. There is a district of the interior of the largest island of the group of which the is as yet little known. White men have crossed over it or through it, but it was never considered safe. About two months ago, one of the Wesleyan ?t?- :? ????_ C UilSSiUUiU irjj vriiii ouuicwiiiu ui u? uia-i vado spirit, determined to penetrate into the stronghold of heathenism, by their leavo or no. He took with him ten'of the christian natives of a coast tribe, and marched boldly on from town to town, through heathendom, though he was warned by the people, timo and again, that he would be killed if ho went further on. Still ho mmnow3i BII M'I i BnanmopMEi went on; and when in the midst of the v district they set upon him and his c followers and killed all hut one of the h natives, who escaped by more of a P chapter of accidents in his favor than a otherwise, to tell the horrible tale.? The dead bodies were all piled up, t. a pow wow was held over them by the g heathens, and then they were distri- " butcd for cooking, the ruling chief J O C I keeping Mr. linker and one native ' for his private palate. ' " The coast is in a furore. The old ; t king is making preparations to kill, t hang and quarter the interior tribes, o and sell out the district to the white 11 settlers for cotton growing. Hundreds s or thousands perhaps, will be sacri- s ficcd to avenge the death of the mis- s sionarv. v 1 -sjn* to t/ie South.?Some of the ? soutnorn commanders and their prir- ^ cipal aids, who have been much L excited by the scenes and sufferings ? they have beheld, have urged upon 11 the Government to appropriate money I1 to aid the southern people and pre- J1 vent a famine. Every now and then the 11 suggestion is repeated. ^ The gentlemen making the sugges- 0 tions deserve credit for their human- n ity; but they arc greatly mistaken if n they suppose their propositions will , be entertained. The money that will he paid ou.t ji by Congress to the South will be ex- si clusively devoted - to the prosecution fi of the Radical plan to radicalize the h South by Africanizing it. The money it expended, therefore, will be given to c the support of the great army of t< black voters now embodied and drill- s ed in the South for the elections that s occur this year. They will be kept tl in close order?well in hand?ready ii to be called out in force when wanted, o and will in the mean time be constant ? attendants of the soup-houses and the p depots for the dispensation of rations, a It is for this the money will be e:c- b pended?the money raised uy tax a- s tion from the hard earnings of the t people (we of the South included) ? for the infamous purposes of partisa n ? scheming. All this will have itsd.i v ii ?and then we shall sec what follows, a Jlichrnond Dispatch. tl . r A Desolated Region.?A cor- * respondent of the New York Evening 8 Post, under date of the '25th ult., v writes from Savannah as follows: a Truly, the desolation that new* * reigns over the fertile region between s Charleston and Savannah is dishcart- I ening; and the more so because there ^ are no signs of recuperation, as there ^ are elsewhere. There still stand the populous negro colonies as before, ' and in most cases a good portion of ii them live in the huts they always cc- t cupied; but towering among thcra o also stand the pairs of chimneys that a ' * 1 ?1 v. mark the places wncre tneir owners a dwelt. Many of the latter arc in the t cities, and many more arc in their i summer residences in the uplands, t and return to the plantation only s occasionally to collect rents, &c., al- i; lowing the negroes to conduct affairs a pretty much after their own models; a and rice negroes are not remarkable s for thrifty management. In the whole distance, of one hun- li drcd and ten miles, I saw hut two u frame houses that had been built c since the war that were not erected c by the railroad company; amidmost of these arc mere wooden boxes, a score of feet square. ^ Trains run on this road a distance of seventy miles; yet in all this inter- p val I saw only four negroes and one s white man ditching, and six negroes ? cutting weeds and bushes by the b side of the track, while two white p men sat on the rails, overseeing them, t Five of the seven stations are log I huts; and not a car or a locomotive is ? shielded frtm the storms by so much t as a shingle. t Vast, level rice fiejds are choked s with sedges and rushes; while the I water ebbs and flows at will through v broken "trunks" and ditches. Mag- p nificcnt stately avenues of live oaks, 41 whose long, grey beard of moss, like v Barlarossa's in the cave, sweeps and t sways mournfully in the wind, con.- t duct one through jungles of rank s weeds to heaps of ashes. ' f .. J General Grant as a Military ? Chieftain.?The Louisville Journal k has a severe criticism on General Grant's tflilitary record. It says, " Ignominiously defeated" at Bel- J mont; "awfully whipped" at Shiloh, ^ and would have been annihilated but for an event which he had no right ti to expect, and that at Vicksburg he ji spent more money, time and life, than )( were ever before sacrificed in taking p so small a town. As to the Virginia e* camnniorn. if. sava *1 ~ 1 O ' J ~ II "We think that tlie whole country w understands the truth that Grant's si march from Washington to Richmond C in the face of Gen. Lee was one of the most disastrous campaigns ever undertaken. He was brave, or ra- _ ther obstinate enough. lie would, whenever and wherever Lee chose to ^ stop and throw up battle works, ad- gi * . A 4 11 ' ; ' | . ' rnM&vmummmmmmmKmmmn ijji , i ancc and attack him at a terrible T1 xpcnditure of life, aftd in every ense , c was repulsed. And at each ro- ' ^jrti iulse he would walk his army round k&bdnd make a flank inovemcnt, giving notlier disastrous "battle, getting ano- ()U1 her most bloody repulse, and then ;oirig again into the flanking busi- Q^3ej ess. At last lie got 10 city Point on . ^^ ames River, after losing a hundred j hcusand men. There lie stopped.? j ^liere he squatted. He did'nt do any j would liing. lie did'nt propose to do any Secret hing. He said he would "fight it Ottart ut on that line if it took all the sum- gi^n i: ler," but his fighting was simply p^t quatting. There was'nt the first cfl$.c ign of aggression about him. The g,r.kKT cnior editor of the "Journal" . . . v? i i . ., . _ c nromi ms in mcnmona in me winter 01 * . 865, and wo know that the Confcd- -e81< rase officers, soldiers and citizens Gsajc ad no more apprehension of General/the nl irrant than if lie had been on the questi thcr side of the ocean. Ilis prox- which nity didn't keep a man or woman C{jpar wake a single minute. lie was held ^at)er a contempt. The whole terror was g i regard to the march of Sherman, .' Lnd it was Sherman's march, and nly that, which conquered Lee's ar- partk' ly and all the other Confederate ar- which lies." -v j The Railroad Lands.?The act ast passed by the House of Repre- the I entatives of Congress taking away 6th ir rom southern railroads the public Gcnin mds given to them before the war is \9ar< i accordance with the general Iladi- (jen^., al system of "punishing rebels" viz., , . o take away their property. Every ? tep to "make rebellion odious" is dc- com igned to enure to the advantage of ai}# . he northern people, either in increas- opmu ig and prolonging the Radical rule, Gene: r in transferring money from the a3 Se< ionth and placing it in Northern of la^ ockets and treasuries. The greed II8.tioi ml acquisitiveness which arc at the nn(j p ottorn of this system are such mon- ^ c ters, and their cravings so insatiable, hat all that can be taken from the . 1 iouth to puninh it is not sufficient.? m1? 1 >o voracious are those monsters, "Pne ndeed, that men who cater for them, Jbcts ,s unscrupulous as they arc, find it prcse iifficult at all times to do what is tbo c equired of them. So on this qucsion of withdrawing the donai:ions to outliern railroads?so insignificant Th riien compared to the millions of por cres that have been corruptly given q0V6] o northern corporations?all of the ^ t oldiers of the monsters did not ap- . icar on their side. There were -some 198U0 leserters, tlie voto standing 86 to 73! e'Pe11 Fherc is some shame yet left. these It is a feature of the proceedings to ff ^te n I" a vnKoll i An a/Ii'aiio ' ' !??? Anwi'ttn 1 uian.u ituumvu vujvsub, ma* opiui^- j ng from selfishness, greed, and am- tion c lition, they must naturally and pliil- rejoic sophically be maintained by passion the I ,nd violence. Leasts of prey are thed< Jways enraged when about to seize jj -y heir victims, even when of the most ^^ nnocent and helpless kind. Ilcnce he tirades of the advocates of the <j0?e ystcm of punishment of the South, ten? nspircd by the meanest of passions, t.liofire always vindictive, vituperative, felt 1 nd mendacious. Trumped-up accu- count ations to justify inhuman measures f-;ae j -wholesale slanders invented by pa id c Fellers?arc trumpeted forth with ^ nblushing effrontery and liypocriti- _ al indignation. Fitting defences to ,ltC( ' xccrable deeds ! . k Richmond Dispatch. k?l l * < nc' { Su.mneh, Forney, and a Negro. btate ?Mr. Sumner has got himself into a*^11 ;rief. It.was an understanding among * cnators when Forney was elected lions Secretary that they not only as a ident ody iiitiuenee appointments under ,ln(i [ im Vint tllPV kIuiiiIiI mnrlnoftor .. ; ' i r " " . it am lie manner of cadets at \\ est Point. ( t t seems, upon the death of Mr Noah ' jmith, thg Jounnal clerk, it happened o be the turn of Mr. Sumner to die- <-/0nS1 ate his successor, The fact vras pread far and wide, and several of tutior he Senator's "colored brethren" lingt< rcre applicants. X henr that he had of the iromiscd the place to one of those as r)0ars 'black as the ace of spades." Here ?onm ras a dilemma. The subordinates in he Senate rebelled. Certain sena- %ongti ors became pale with affright?and " . poke of prudence and all that?and- ProJe< inally the Senator was with difficulty ather prevailed upon to abandon Sambo. MrPhe "colored" applicants left the city Gban n a huff.-?Baltimore Gazette. Presi ???. Bessio A Land Claim of Importance. sayb t t is stated that counsel are now en- tivo u ;agcd in preparing a claim for the o^t i eivs of John Lederer for? compensa- ^ ion for the land on which, the Washigton Arsenel is located, which it is al?ged, was never paid for, and legal- ?omo v belongs to the heirs above mention- lfc 8U' d. As soon as all arrangements for charg io claim are completed the matter first li ill be brought before Congress, or a spond nit commenced in the Court of that t 'laims.?National Intcllirjencer. festin _ - - the P Fifteen hundred frcedraon of ter, a ,owndes county, Miss., haro signed in the icir names to an agreement to cmi" in the rate to JJiberja, dence F . iL HE JOURNAL csduy, February 13, 18C9. A Question of Veracity. * exchanges contain the. ccrrcsnce betjveen the President and al Grast, on tho subject of cerromises made l>y tho General to 'resident, to tho effect that lie L either hold on to the office of ;nry of "War ad interim until the s should force him out, or ren time for the President to aphis'succcssor before Congress pass> order for the re-instatement of on' :is Secretary of War?which ses GitAN'r failed to perform. The lent affirms that he did, and r declares that ho did not make ledged promises, thus raising the ion of veracity between them, in l the President evidently has the itago of the General, for whdo the relies entirely on his own nsser tift fnrmpr ' Tins ns witnesses. his et officers who wcro present and ipated in tho conversation in i tho promises wore mndo. Inother Impeachment Project. 3 "Washington correspondent of laltimore Sttn, under date of the ist., nays:?"Tho Reconstruction littee have been considering the Office correspondence of the Presiind General Grant with a view to ing out another sensation. The littee is reported by the Radicals ;ing almost unanimously of tho m that tho President, in ordering cal Grant to disobey Mr. Stanton cretary of War, acted in violation v, and that it showed a determii cn his part to defeat the purposes aws of Congress. A sub-commitomposed of Messrs Bingham and veil, have been appointed to look life matter, with authority to draw w articles of impeachment, if tho warrant it (in their opinion), and nt them ut the next meeting oi omniittee. is President and General Grant e great contest now proceeding to possession of tho control of the rnment ut Washington every now hen, culminates in sonio sorioua which tlireatens instant violence, anaTchy and confusion. One oi crises is now upon the country, as^threa'ning as any of its preders. The whole conservative por)f tho people North and South, :ed in tho proceedings whereby 'resident succeeded in dislodging pfiant and tyrannical incumbent oi Var office, Mr. Stanton, and esdiing in his place temporarily, ral Grant. The step was charnc'd by boldness and decision, and icnds of order and the constitution, ;hat there was yet hope for the :ry in .the firmness and sagacity oi 'resident, so warmly enlisted in uuae of the country, ngress, on the other hand, repudithe act of the President removing Stanton^ denied his power to conhe jnembership of his own Cabijf counsellors und ministers oi , and ro-instuted Mr. S. so lfai [it could bo dono by "the paper, pen nk, which recorded their rosoluupon the subject. Still the Preshad possession of tho war office, t seems, had determined to retain I force Mr. Stanton to resort to the for his remedy, which would briug he legality of tho proceedings oi rcss. As tho President was fully ,ed the moasui'cs were unconstilal, and void, he was perfectly wil0 abide the test ofajudicial decision 1 questions at issue. But it npthat the party now controlling ress, dread nothing so much as itting to the arbitrament of tho itutipnal court, any of their party rts. Thoy theroforo resorted to means to effect the restoration of Stanton, and induced General t, v/ithout the knowledgo of the dent, to nlace Mr. Stanton in nos 4 L n of tho office. The President :hia was done in violation of aposinderstanding with General Grant, 10 ehango should bo made until ie President, should be informed fforded an opportunity of placing one in tho office who would hold >joct to his authority. This ho es homo to Goneral Grant, in his etter. to which General Grant roai denying any positive promise to >ffect, but at tho same time, inani g that ho was lully awaro that resident so understood tho njatndbyhis own showing as stated i Presidents rejoinder, he is placed ) position of violating the confii which ho knew was reposed in him, oud surrendering the office witl which lie was entrusted l>y the Presi dent, to his worst enemies, to be use< by them to the detriment and disad vantage of the party from whom h held it. ' To our own comprehension o j tjie moral question involved, it matter I but little whether, as asserted by th President and tho members of the Cab iuct present, there was a positive prom ise, or only a just and proper influenc drawn from the language and conduc of Gem ral Grant ; that officer was a much bound^ in good faith, to restor tho offico to the President in the on case, as in the other. The Presider thus disappointed in his purpose < having the supremo court decide thi important question, has ignored Mi Stanton as Secretary of "War, issues hi army orders directly to subordinate! and to prevent any interference by bin has directed General Gkant to obey n i T i -%r n ,1 oraors issued uy Air. oiaxtox in til name of the President, unless ho know that they are issued by his authorit; To this General Guam has replied, d< claring his purpose not to observe sue orders, because Mr. Stanton has not bee ordered by the President not to issi oiders as horetoforo. The object < this, no doubt, was to placo the Pres dent in tho position of making a dire* issue with Congress, by directing M Stanton not to exercise the functions < tho office to which he had been resto ed, in order to afford the strong* ground for impeachment. The President having failed to tai this course, the indications aro that a attempt to impeach hjm will bo mac for his ordor to Gkaxt to disregai Stuttok's authority. It remnins to 1 seen whether Congress will hjvo tl nerve to carry tho design into execi tion. Thoy failed signally in the fo nier attempt at impeachment, andthei is nothing to indicate that such a pri a?4a/1 ! n Tnnrif nmrA fitv< nuuw *uvvv *1.,, from the -peoplo now, than then, bi ? rather the contrary, except that Ge Guant has evidently thrown himse into the arms of the radicals. But c the other hand, Gen. Guant is no loi ? gor the | tow or, politically, that lio w i heretofore. If a resolution of inipeac ment is resorted to, it will be accomp i nied by an attempt to remove tl President from office, pending tl f the trial. Will he submit to this? j what manner will lie resist? The . are questions pregnant with the futu . destinies of this great country. For of this devastated region, there can t but little to fear from their solution.> Our affairs could hardly be worse. r ? Our Agricultural Exchanges. The February number of the folio . ing are on our table: The Sourni:nif Cultivator?Tl numbor not only sustains, but enlianc , the high character it has heretofore r f tained. It is decidedly the best nui L ber issued in many months. To t! planter of the South, it is almost indi nnnsnhlo to successful farminor. Pu . lished at Athens Ga,?prico $2.00 p annum. The Amkuican Fahmer, presents p table of valuable contents. It contai . articles ou Contagious Typhus of Cat! ?Management of Manure Heap?Ca rots?Cranberry Crop?Class of Lab Needed on n Farm?lielath ns of Lan lord and While Labor?Good Farmii ?Ratiounl Agriculture?Cheese-M ! king?Spayed Cows*?Lavender Field , Roads und Road Making?Frauds p Packing Tobacco?Drying Sweet Pot) to?Hops-Plough Trial-BesidesMont I ly Far.n and Garden Work, and a varie of minor articles?$2 a year in advanc Published by Wokthinotox & Lewi Baltimore, Md. The Life of Jefferson Davis. By Fkank II. ai.FiiiBNn. Richmond, Vn Late Editor of the "Southern Literal Messenger," and well known from his cd torijd connection?both during and sin the war?with the Richmond press. Pu lished by the N ati ox a j. Publishing Co: paxy, Atlanta Ga. To issued in 01 handsome Octavo Volume, from 500 to W pages, embellished with a portrait on stc< engraved in pure line and stipple, by Be tim, from a recent photograph from lit Price (bound iiVthe best English Moroci cloth) $8.50 per copy ; bound ill (half eti antique) $5.00 per copy. Tlio above work is now far advance in its preparation, and will he publisl ed at an enrly date. It will bo so] exclusively by subscription and a Boun Prospectus is now ready for Agents. In tho collection of materials the at tjior has had the co-operation and iu sistanco of prominent officials of ver high position in the late Confederacy and has enjoyed facilities unsurpasse by any writer upon the subject of th war, for obtaining information froi original sources, i The work will form a full, complet< and authentic Biography of Mr. Davii i"""*"-*1.- -i1..1 "L".. msm j t embracing- tho whole period of hig life, and will shed much needed light upon I many important subjects connected with j the late war, which have never been 0 understood?or, at best but imperfectly ^' so?because the facts necessary to the* 8 | elucidation have remained inaccessable e to all previous writers. . iT, Tliat such a work will be looked for . j with eager iuterest, and that it isjpefe | tain to prove one of the most popular ? 1 books ever published must be evident a : to all. We make the following extract' ^ 0 from page 73: ! ' 1 a The development in Mr. Davis of* lt the high and rare qualities, requisite to? parliamentary leadership/ -was rapidi and decisive. His nature instinctively is aspires to influence and power, and unr. der no circumstances could it rest con[s tented in an attitude of inferioriiy^ Independence, originality, and intre' pidity, added to earnest and intelligent b conviction; unwavering devotion''to o principle and purpose; a will stern and .e inexorable, and a disposition frank, r8 courteous, and generous, are featuresof character which rarely fail to make ' a representative man. Alter tne deatn 3" of Mr. Calhoun, he was incomparably h the ablest exponent of States' Bights m principles, and even during thediie of ie that groat publicist, Mr. Davis, almost . equally with him, shared the labors and responsibilities of leadership. His i" personal courage is of that knightly Orct der, which in an age of chivalry would, r> have sought the trophies of tlie-tourney,, ? and his moral heroism fixed him imr movably upon the solid rock of princir" pie, indifferent to the inconvenience of Jr being in a minority and in no dread of the storms of popular 'passion. His' :e faith in his principle was no less earnest than his confidenc m his ability to j11 triumphantly "defend them. . ; Gov. Obr on t'iie Situation.? )e Governor Orr returned yesterdaym from his visit to Beaufort, and has r- again taken rooms at the Milk House. r- The Governor went to Beaufort partly r0 to learn the circumstances of themurQ_ der of Mr. Matthcjves, recently reported in these columns. He-says irtcit iiieiu ijl'iiuci iiiw ui uiuvr in the section he has visited, and that n- he will so report to General Canby >lf to-day. On a drive of ten miles, m through come places once the most n- flourishing in that District, the Goas vernor saw not a vestige of a fence, not a single hog or sheep, and only two poor cows. i * Char. Mercury of Monday*, ^ -The Cotton* Market:?On Saturday last the offices of our factors 80 presented a busy scene, arid theanxre ioits desire of purchasers to take hold us of the staple was truly animating, and )0 presented a picture very similar to _ many seen before the war. The fortunate holders who operated some weeks since and now possess a stock laid in at prices several cents *per pound below present rates may congratulate themselves as being rather better off than many of their neigh113 bors. The sales of Saturday were es more extensive than any that have tait ken place in this market since the n_ nf ltnaf.i iif'i#>c be Char. Courier of Monday. b Abbeville and Cotton.?Wo were on a visit to one of the neighcr borhoous near New Market, and were pleased to learn that a very considera able portion of the Cotton belonging bs to the planters remains unsold, as wo tie hope is'the caso in the State generalir ly, so that they may realize the benor efit of the present improved prices.?The planters tare acting wisely in sending their crops generally to Chare leston by railroad, where they may; a" with less expense than hauling to ^8? Augusta, obtain better prices. The i*1 roads to market are now becoming i- almost impassable, and rail road h- freights are moderate and reasonable, ty It is the present intention of plante crs in Abbeville greatly to diminish g their Cotton planting, and to culti' vato more land in grain. This ought always to be the rule. Greenville Enterprise. i., A Sad Warning?A Little Girl 7 Choked to Death by Swallowing ^ a Button.?On Thursday last our u community was shocked to learn that ----- ^ our esteemed fellow-citizen Dr. J. J, Ellis, had suddenly met with the loss 1 ;lt of one of his children, a little girl, t- aged 3 years. The child was spendeo ing a few days with its grand-mpth^ 'if and was playing in the yard, when, she was observed to make a strange, 1(j sound as if struggling for breath. Her t grand-mother ran to her in time t<^ , discover that she had swallowed a. 1 button. Every attention was render-. . ^ cd to give the little sufferer relief, but | to no purpose. The family have the^ I ? n i .1* O a x- neartteit sympatnies 01 our commu-_ ? 3- nity.?Florence Gazette. ? y ? ? ^ I 7i A correspondent of the New York y j I Tribune, shocked at the terrible, andj | as he says, needless torture of crimi\ i nals by hanging, suggests that herei after t-hey may be made to touch1 a j wire communicating with twelve Ley-. 5> j den jars, when dejfth by electricity. 3 would be instantaneous and painless. : M