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l'cs aTc preserved; an,inaihics become hAt-. ',s' n'ca 'esol'r ta diarr cicrnally without cause tor the reason oG having once differed t"r good Cause. One portion or the pcOplc Is excluded by the other from nublie service. Parties become factions. The torch of dis cord hlazrs while the fire Of patriotism ex- pires, and the fierce and unholy passions which have rent the Republic survive its r,- tn, May our beloved city prove an exception to these sad examples.

 PORT GIBSON, Miss. JAN. I.-Anm. fortunate rencontre took place in Clinton. in Hind's county, Miss. on the 5th ut. between Cot. James Gibson. and Mr. Anthony Dur den, his br"thcr-iu-Iaw. both of the county or Warren. They were in attendance on the Chancery Court, before which they had q suit depending which was dectfcrl in favor of Mir. Burden. They had been at variance for some time, and it had ripened into deadly hatred. A few words passed between them at supper table-risins simultaneously, rhev met at the head of the table, and exchauginc a look of desperation, commenced with sword canes, a furious fight which continued about five minutes, when Col. Gibson fell, never a. gain to rise. He received five stabs three in the abdomen, ,onc in the breast, and one un der the chin. passing through his mouth into his head. He lived but moment after his. fall. Mir. Burden, who has been admitted to bail, was not seriously hurt.