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Driving theGrhnd Lodge Lot

lefls AAitN~ NJ -
FEJIfE Iul.onu. are ibe d-aU1 numbers, which
a was drawn at IlaIy Srungs, Miss, on the
l0.l m>'.
Ii 40 IS an ST. 4s % Z % - - 90
3D. I4sse, a.. T. IS. drew 2 capita. przt OF
,Io1l, and aso. Pre- ct StA with many other
o. yes cd SUH auj 500 was sold by
{. WARREN.
Columbus. S,pt. -. 1855 Ia
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29

NNElE second session of Mr.. PFlsrERs Mu-
n SIC School at the Mississippi Female Col
lcce, viii commence on Monday next September Sd.
He vii receive no scholar unless particularly direct
cd by Tie parent gaad dian or other person properly
Authorized
Price If Tuition Ter Session vi months S}n on
One haH ~ advance.
NeLt I. 1888 So
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valuable Tavern stand and isGSt'
dence at Auction.

TEV lF.&Dbscnber beng about to remove, WI
4 sell al Auction. on THURSDAY, the
I'm DAY or OCTOBER NEXT, at II o'clock,
on tht premises, il not previously disposed q az
private gale ihat valuable tract OF Land and M
proycmcu'~ WtrtWhe now ltscs, seven miles nofih
ol C5,umbua. ga the Alhiuty road; together w'Iii
IouaroM and Kitchen Furniture Stock q hogs,
cows; corn. fodder, oats and flrt.Ing utensils ~
the location is On the greatest lhoroughlare IN lie
whole southern country, aud having tiorton WI
and spring ul lhc purest wat,r near ono oi the
most nourlShlnn towns IN the State Of Mississippi
with good dwelling house and all necessary out
budmg4, it Is particularly valuable as
TAVERN ST AND.
This 'rart rorlarns lso acres, about one halt Of
which Is uudcra iiga state d cultivation, and pro
duccs well. AIso ole other tract, being the south
west quarter OF the north east quarter OF scctrnn ST.
township sixteen south of tJp,c seventeen west,
containing 10 l0-lo0 acres. Any pers,n wishing
TO purchase at private SALE can learn the price hy
making application 10 lhe subscriber on Tie preRl-
ses, or 10 the Auct,nccrs IN Columbus. Title IN
dlspuiabe.
Terms Throughout Hall cash, aBd tie balance
on credit 81 10 mngiiis, with lien on the prem-
scs lor the Real Estate, pnd approved etdomgd
notes for ciany property. ,,
MENTION f.. WRIGHT.
f. y. DFArr X Go. Aactoncers.
Calu'rbus, Aug. nth, ls3s.--5-6w.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29

ENRANKLlN \ BROTHER have on hand
a full assortment OF lall aud winter Goops,
CONSISTING OF Kentucky jeans; Casiucits; Glorgo
Jeans; Ntrro Cloths; New York iius,y>; Rcd and
plud Liasfys; White and Rea fauuc.t; Mtfao
Cycas,lah7, Boots aesi shoe, - Al of which
VII be soid low for CAsm
Columbus, Sept aa,h, 1883 i2-f
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
Bricks, Bricks. Bricks.
Il ED'S ncl

w 1 rlnl,I D,F EnnnEga InI puI
chased The right iar the State of Mississippi; now
offer TO dispose Of rights hy counties or single rights
to suit purchasers Those Interested in the manu-
laclurc Of bricks aretquesed to call and see The OPP
Grafton ara Ndge for themselves, The Machine
may be seen ii successful operation IN this place,
at Mr. Wallace brickyard.
''hc principal advantages ibis machine has over
an otbe,. now in use, consists IN te simplicity and
strcnnlb or il, Structure, and The rapidlIy It tenn
pers lie clay and ,,aIis the brick, making from GO
To 50 per minute, with r,g aid OF two horses Or
mites four men aud sufficient number OF boys
q bear oil The bricks.
THO. y. RANDLE.
Cnlnrhnn Ano a. lhJs-5-u
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7es.scT and a'.aa- ..s powers and duties tber,o',
cod- u't, r.-..-s.v .C exercised tbs Ollie.
'"sane5' NeS a'a- >t.s- sA.a jane IS2a
He 'A,,e 9 REGISTER of Tee Orphans Count
S..,. pc sor N.- sumo Is heN5y abolished; ana tlc
'D--'~ % 'H''.S 3" '.'' county shall enter INTO
''ni, ana 'ahc Tie oath rtquseJ D., lac ryg -l.r,
aud >''t is'i2'm a' he duties which lbt register
IS tet+5'a Up perform, ana receive tac Hse compcn-
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NarsIIaY's sale.

Holte Bishop 8 Co.,
vs.. III ta TO Nos. Term 1859
u. & ". Stanton
3athoay y. Jfiaaus)
vs., n f. 30 Noe. Tom, lcos
The Same.
UpY Virtue Of The above i3'tiis ofFirti Faci-
ED as, 70 me directed, from The Honorable Gle
cut court OF the United States, for the District Of
Mississippi | sill cypoe to SAFE al le door ol the
ca6rl hon door, Of I4owndfs county, on The first
Monday IN October next, being me first day Of the
month"; The follow ng deserted property. IeNicd on
as the property Of The defendants, Ia vii: One large
bax Ll,kioq Classes, five boxes Hats, FIVE bundles
Blankets one barre Crockery Ware, Two Oil
Stands, three Clocks, two Show Gases, Two trunks
Dry Goods, two high post Bedsteads, one Marta,s.
ihiry-sev6a pieces Bagging, lot Kitchen Furniture,
one large box Dry Goods, two hogSheads Queens
Ware, one Iron Safe, and one Book Case. Sale To
take place within the hours prescribed by law,
AD0LPHUS u. WEIR,
Marshall Northern District.
Columbus, Sept 10, 1888. lO-st-pr, fee So
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Columbus ASSOCIATION

WNHE Columbus Association for the Aaui.
q s,ion and Diffusion Of Useful knowledge
Wi. hold a regular meeting 0u Tucslpv evening
October 81. Iro'tsso, WYCuE, late nt the letter
son College, vii deliver Tie stated Lecture
y. /. GOODWIN, So. pro. tenn.
Columbus, Sept %, I-sS l2It
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
Waterman s learned.


Labor Saring Pdteai Brick Machine.
FHN0 Brick makers of Aabama: the undergn-
u. cd bas bought the Patent for the State Of
Alabama, and Nil put up1 Machine for any person IA
the State, at any place. that viii mix the clay aud
mould twenty thousand Bricks per day, with two
horses or mules four men and boys OF enough to
bear al The hrirk The Machine IS SIMPLE that
auy person can make it, for thete is no gearing OF
any kind; oil Of Tie work is performed by four piS
tern rods aud lnur rollers. ANY person who wishes
To purchase Machine can do So by applying 10 the
subscriber IN Columbus Mississippi, and ang person
who wishes to buy night for a c"nnty, or single
machine can he had hy applying 10 he undersigned;
as the above Machines viii always be put in oper-
alton When requested by the purchaser.
ROBERT BLAkELI.
Columbus Sept H. 1855. I0-llm
tE5~rhc Flag oil the Union VIII please publish the
above ior six months, aud send their bill TO h. Is.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
%~ssVrD.>slfJ--t 49,
SLA& -
GLORIOUS NEWS.

We lave carried Name. FaEis,j ,ae Dem
ocraDc candidate for Govcror is elected hy
more than 400 minority. o., Of ; members
TO Cong-ess, the Dcmocruic parry have elected
6. One hundred guns Cor Name
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29

OPINION Of JoHN STEELE, ESQ, on ne
~ question, q" Has ths Cierk Of he Probal,
Count the ~igt', Hader The srisiing Coasiii;s-
ton asa iais Il .uississTpi 10 appoint a
Deputy
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
Notice to Brick Manufacturers.

Notice 10 BRICK ManUi0CtufefS.
ITalsrmoa y Learned, neuiy inrtnitd Brick
Machine.
ENllE subscribers now offer 10 dispose Of Ma
n chimes and rights for any portion Of the
United States, (Maslssppi and Alabama excepted
TO suit purchasers The Machine las been put in
successful operation in this place by Dir Thos. b.
RanIlc, the purchaser OF the night for the State OF
Mississippi, and may be seen ~ operation at oil
times by those wishing 10 witness us performance.
lis principle advantages over all other machsngs nor
IN use consists in be simplicity and strength of us
structure, and the mplduy It tcnpers ihe clay anu
mouIds the brick moulding from 90 70 90 per mn-
ute, with tie AID Of lwo horses, four men, and sui
heent humber Of boys 10 bare oil The brek.-for
further iuIormaUon apply 10 stephen Waterman,
Charleston South Carolina or to the subscriber WIN
wil remain for a Gw days in this place
CHARLES LEARNED
! Columbus Aug ~, ls3S-6-ti.
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MEETING
ION ixh October ncrt)

stDr. Swecpstake, untric year ODDS, $500
cnlrause Sl00 forfeit, mile heats entries and
closed.
f.. Stgjc enters l.
Nh Clarke enters I.
Gregory 8 AIMS cnler /.
2iDW. Post~akc hee fr any horse, mare or
rrlding tn rule; $500 entrance, ? mile heats.
N .F. u y Il
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Notice.

Notice.
A First rate Carriage Smith wanted; for such
n o hand good wages and constant employ
mert my b. t1d ty eariy application 70
A. II. WOLFlNGTON.
cob.ubus, Sept y, 1898 ii-2w.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29

AR ASD PEAcE.--The difference between
|bs a"u peace has been well defined by one of
bs,. ~e'en's; ain the time ofpeace the sons bury
bs,. Ia'uefs' IA the time OF war the fathers bury
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
Races over the Hydo-Park course
tNegr C0lsm5Hs, Nj
MAT eli.

MATCH
StOL. ROBT SMITHS Pete MILESTONE
y y. Col n. ID. AIMS LOrnda; 4 mile
heats. three thousand dollars aside; 9Th October.
SwEEPSTAKE
Eve Hundred Dollars entrance, half forfeit; four
entries and cinspd.
d. T.. T. Slait hr years nl5 by Mariun.
Co ID. Myers enters 1 Us Old, by Rerirsnd IT,
4. Webster enters b c Years old, by Bertrand
VIM D Ann, Esi gr b years Old, by Monsieur
Iau.su
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-09-29
Mr.. PGster's Music Glass.

September p, l53s.-ll-iw
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-03

have their money when they wanted It, and 10 g
void paying II, stopped your bank; whereas Tim
is willing to let you have your house wheD ycu
want TO live in It or can get sny thing Tor H.. You
were not willing TO pay back the public money
when II WAS needed, beesuss il would distress
you, and now YOU would distress Tim t. gel
back your house Wien you have no present Usr
Tor /,
N. Thsi viii /; far il do not vindcp's my
rights, these loalets VIII take my property as
their own.
+. Let me advise you 70 50 a step further, ard
cease To act upon the principles You aunbuie 10
them. How can you expect them 10 regard the
rights Of property when YOU openly disregard
them yourselfi Ii you take the pubic rupert.
for your own use, can you complain IT they I -
yours II YOU stop the banks 10 AVOID paw
ing back ,he public money, can you conr'a'n
them for refusing TO give up yoar houses Di,s
lands When you and your banks set 4, nought
the obligations Of contracts and the laws OF ihr
land, 10 avid the inconvenience or distress Which
may arse from the payment OF your debts, can q;
be expected tina, the poorer, more humble. CT
more ignorant. Will long regard the hws, OF orY
moral restrlnis in their conduct towards ycu |
fear that irrepairabls mischief has already besp
done to the morals Of our people by the conduct
of banks and their debtors within the las, two
wears. When whole cnuptryls cheated, what
can be expected but tina, whole county should
turn cheats beseech you, Squire, as you love
your county, and value your own property and
safety TO consider these things, and no longet
preach such dsorganizing doctrines. and set
such pernicous examples.--Lot US all be content
with our own, and let the laws have Their course.
But il gentlemen bank stockholders and others
vii continue to insist on having the use OF other
peoples property, and will, whenever il suits their
interest or convenience, set the laws OF their
country II, defiance, they have nothing to expect
but the reign OF plumber and fraud, the bowie
knife and the pistol.
ThiiI, of these lhings, Squire, until see you
again. Farewell.
NJ. | will think Of lhcm--lh-y nre serious INIT
ters but don't like TO give up the money.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-03

isier and receiver Of public moneys shall BE- appoint
cd Tor sad land district, in the manner required by
law, who shall TtSdc lu the TOXIN Of Nachloches,
tley shall give bond and security. no the same
manner, and IN The same sums as other registers
and receivers IN said STATE; and their salaries. emo'
umeniS, duties and authority shall IN every respect
be the SAME IN Vauon o. the .auds IN the Aforesaid
district as are now given granted % the registers
and receivers IN the other land offices IN said State.
See. s ind b. II further enacted That during
the continuance of the act entitled An act 10 grant
presumption rights to settlers on The public lands,
approved, june lwen,y-Sccouj, in year eighteen
hundred and thrty-eiGht the register and receiver
Of the aforesaid district shall attend al least once IN
two months It necessary al Shreveport IN sand dis
trCt, for the purpose 81 receiving proo' ot amt act
InG on such claims Tor pre-empton rights, as may
be presented 90 them under such act and remain at
SAID place as long may be necessary, not exceed
ing two weeks al a time, and sad REGISTER and re-
cciytr shall give public notice for AT least two weeks
OF The time they will attend at sand pscc
SIC. 1, Ind BE- Il further enacted, That the Com
missioner OF the General Land Office Is hereby vest
Cd with authority TO direct IN what manner and
an what conditions the sand land office shall be sup
piled with piats and copies OF pats aud surveys
from the office now established al Monroe and Opei-
oustS, and the office of the Surveyor General of
Louisiana
SIC, 5. Ind be II further enacted, That all that
portion of the present FayotyHie district which hes
south OF the line between township eleven ana
twelve north OF the principal base line shall form
separate land district, aud be called the Western
land district shall be established at the county seat
of johnson county, such other place as the Press
dent OF the United States Shalt designate.
Sac. 8. Ind be II further eeaoted That there
shall be appointed by the President, by aud with
the consent OF the Senate, under the existing laws
a register and receiver N and Tor SAID district
whose compensation shat, be the same as provided
for other registers and receivers; and It shall be
the duty Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, as soon
as il can be done, to cause the necessary tract
books, maps, and surveys OF the public lands, IN
sand district, to be filed IN SAID Office; and all ap-
picatons for entries in SAID district shall be made
as heretofore prescribed by law at ,hc land offices
now established, until the first day Of June next.
Approved, jay 7tll 1855.
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VOL. >.
THE MOCRAT
:. PUBLISHED EvERT SATURDAY 81

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$50, AZ the discretion Of the EditorS) until all
V-.s,r,e,ss have been paid.
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y, each subsequent insertion.
i..,,sempnts not marked with the number of in
ss,tons will be published until forbid and charg-
ed accordingly.
Wv ApvERrlslSo-Four squares or less, re-
,swable at pleasure, $50, payable hall yearly
Socontracl ior less than one year. The privilege
oS annual advertisers Is limited to their immediate
has;ness. all advertisements for the benefit of
other persons sent in by them M a. be paid Tor by
v.or <cIIo CANDIDATES for office viii be $40. No
name will BE- inserted unless we are specially au-
tborized bv some responsible person.
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Publications. OF personal nature viii be charged
double PRICE
NJ Letters to the Editors on business connected
with the Office, mus, be post paid, OF they viii not
be attended to.
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fPrpuc-No. II
AN ACT making appropriations ior certain roads III
the Territory of " ls0on>ln.


AN ACT making appropriations ior certain roads III
The Territory at Wisconsin.
Be /, enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-
Scut3tycS II TIE United States Of America m Con
sre>S assembled That the io.nwing sums Ct monty
be, and The same are hereby appropriated Tor the
construction nt ruais In the Terrtsry Gf iScon>ln
To wit; Fur the construction OF rad from Fort
Howard at Green BAY, hy Milwaukee and Racine
90 the Northern boundary line OF the State oi ilb-
nos m The direction OF Chicago N that State 10 be
expended in the Icrri,ory of WISCONSIN, htteca
thousand dollars. For the construction oi road
from the town Of Milwaukee ou Lake Michigan, by
way Of Madison. the permanent scat Of Govern
meut Of the SAID Territory, 10 point opposite The
town Of Dupnque on the Mississippi river, ten thou
sand dollars For the construction of the necessary
bridges and removing distractions IN the mail road
from the northern line of Missouri, through the orig
iual counties of Dcs MONIES and DUBUQUE, to some
suitable port on the Mississippi River between
pra,uc do Chen aud Dupuquc, ten thousand dol
lars For the completion of the military mad from
Fart Crawford, hy Wruebasn To Fort Howard At
Green Bay, five thousand dollars. The said roads
shall be constructed under the dlcccuon Of the Sc
crrtary Of War, purSuan, To contracts to be made
hy him: Provided always, That nothing contained
IN tins act Shall be So construed as To IMPLY that the
United States are pledged Or IA any manner bound
to make any appropriation in future, To make or con-
slruct, sand roads, or any part or portion ol Them
For the survey, with the view TO the Improvement
of the navigation of Rock rjver from the Illinois ine
as iatup the same as the contemplated point OF m
tcrSecrOn with The Milwaukee and Rock rNer ca
nal and also Of the Haven Of the said river, next
below Lake kusbkcnong to Madison, the scat OF
Government of the Territory of Wisconsin, sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars. For the sur
vey Of the Des MONIES and Iowa rivers, with
view In the Improvement of their nnvIpatiun a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars. For survey
and estimate of the coast OF a railroad from Mliwau-
kce to Dubuque, a sumnot exceeding two thousand
dollars
JAMES X. POLK,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives,
w. X. KING.
President Of The Senate pro, tom
Approved, April T. 1888.
MARTIN VAN buren,.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-03
rprprIr.N ~. 72l


AN ACT to encourage the introduction and pro-
mote The cultivation Of tropical plants in tie l..
States.
Whereas in obedience to the Treasury circular
of the sixth Of September eighteen hundred and
twenty seven, Doctor Henry Perrnc, late American
Consul at CampeaChy, has distinguished himself 10y
his perseverinu eXerions to introduce tropical plants
into the United States and whereas he has demon
strated the existence OF tropical climate III SOUTH
ern Florida and has shown the consequent certain
" of the immediate domestcaton OF tropical plants
in tropical Florida and the probability ol 'helf grad
ual accImation throughout all Our southern ana
southwestern States, especially OF such pfohiab'e
plants as propagate themselves Oh the poorest Sols
and whereas, # the enterprise should be successful
It will render valuable our hitherto worthless solS,
by covering them with dense population OF SInall
cultjyators and family manufacturers, ana WA thus
promote the peace, prosperity, and perInanehcy oi
the Union Therefore,
BE il enacted Jg the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentat,res Of the United States Of .imerlca N Con
press assembled That township of land Is hereby
granted 10 Doctor Henry Perrine and his associates
in the southern extremity Of the peninsula OF East
Florida to be located IN one body OF SIX miles square
upon any portion Of the public lands below twenty
six degrees north latitude.
Sec. q And be it further enacted, That 'he Sad
tract of land Shall be located within two years from
this date, by said Hurry Perune, and slaI bt sur
veyed under his direction by the surveyor OF flof'-
da Provided, That il shall not embrace any land
having sufficient quantities OF naval timber to be
reserved to The United States, nor any sites Tor ma
rltime ports or cities.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That wbenev-
er any section of land in SAID tract shall be really &C
cupled by a bona iide settler, actually engaged IN
the propanatIon or cultivation OF valuable tropical
plants and upon proof thereof beng made TO the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office, a patent
shall issue to the said Henry PerrIne and ms assoc
HtcS.
Sec 4. And be- it further enacted Thai every
section OF jaud "a tue tracl Aforesaid, wmch shan
not be occupied BY an actual settler, positively en-.
gagged in he apagauoh or cultivation o. user"
tronical pants within eight years from the location
of said tract, or when Tie adjacent territory shall be
surveyed and offered for sale, shall be forfeited to
the Umred STATES.
Approved July 7th