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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

Websier's Dictionary, S'c.-A new edl-
ton Of the Quarto American Dictionary OF
DR.. Webster, is proposed TO be published,
but in the reduced size of a royal Octave, in
two volumes, with all the Improvements OF
the London edition, and many additional
ones. The proposal is TO publish for Book
sellers, in tweice Numbers, at the price ofone
dollar each, 10 subscribers, with a liberal
discount 10 the trade.
This work has been out of print for two or
three years, in consequence OF the difficulties
Of the times, and other circumstances; but
a new edition is required. This book is
now used as authority In the highest tribun-
ais and a dozen British notices ofthe work
have commended it as the best Dictionary
OF the English language. This large work
is the basis of the Authors Elementary Book,
which is now used in every State in the
Union, and in Several States, almost to the
exclusion Of every book Of the kind.
The following facts may be considered as
OF some interest to the public,
The Elementary Book, which this author
published fifty five years ago, has been the
instructor of the majority Of the generation
now active on the stage of life, from Maine
to louisiana. The effect has been TO pro-
duce such "A general prediction for this
authors books, that all efforts to supplanl
them have either wholly failed, or have very
limited influence. This has been as fortunate
perhaps for the community as for the author;
for observing men admit, that the use OF DR..
Webster's Elementary Works, has been one
of the principal causes Of that uniformity
in our national language, which foreigners
have noticed with surprise.
A few years ago, a British minister, alter
listening to debates in Congress, remarked
there was less difference of language be-
tween speeches from the remotest points OF
the United States, than there is in the Ian
guage of two contiguous parishes in Lon
don. The influence of Mr.. Webster's books
in producing this state of the language, can
not be well understood, except by persons
who have seen two generations, and Of
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

SMoKING,-It has become a very com
mon practice with apprentices and other
young men OF this town 10 smoke. In the
evening we can hardly go amiss off young
man without a cigar prolruding from his
mouth. We don't know why the young
men indulge in this practice. II is certain.
ly not a healthy one it exhausts the physi-
cal energies of the constitution, disorders
mind. 1t is, also, a very filthy practice,
which was borrowed from, and ought to be
confined to, savage life. 1t is likewise some
what expensive. A cent or two a day is a
trifing expenditure, it is true but in a year
it amounts TO a considerable sum.
Perhaps the young men who are so often
seen in the streets with a cigar in their
mouth, think the practice of smoking in
dicates manliness. But they are very much
mistaken. 1t indicates no such thing but
the contrary, evinces not only a weakness,
but a corruption of mind. AS remarked be-
fore, it is a filthy practice, and, of necessity,
must debase the person who INDUCES in ii.
The fumes Of tobacco never made man OF
boy, but they rather have the tcndancy
to make a beast of the man. 1t is a melan-
or eighteen years Of age, walking
The streets, with hat cooked up and cigar in
All are forced to believe that he is
progressing, with rapid strides, the down
road. 1t indicates a regardlessness of
public opinion, which is dangerous
% a young man. His very step and look
ire displeasing. Let young men. therefore,
avoid the practice of smoking. There is
in it pleasing or amiable nothing
IN it which commands the respect of the
world but on the contrary, it excites dis
gust and regret, and it is a practice which
$ the parent Of much vice.-Hampshire
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

A W1rcH.-One of the most amusing
incidents ofthe late whirlwind occurred In
Cranston. An old woman who has long
earned an honest penny by telling fortunes
and promising rich husbands and handsome
wives to the inquiring damsels and SWANS
in her door, broom in hand, when the lorna
do passed in its fury she was borne aloil IN
the whirlwind amidst trees torn up by their
roots, the ruins of houses, and whatever else
had lain in the path Of the tempist but true
to her character, she rode out the storm and
descended uninjured. The suspicion long
entertained that the old woman holds con-
verse with spirits of another world, hes thus
become certainty. -Providenes Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

Concluding passage of Mr.. Poindezters
letter 10 the Bond Dinner, Ohio.
The honest, but misguided and deceived
people, in every quarter of the Union, re-
quired precisely such IA speech as Mr.. Bond
has given, 10 rescue them from darkness
spread over their minds by artful demagog-
ues, %sycophants and office holders. The
facts rest upon record. aud may be found
among the archives of Government none
can wink so hard as not 10 see and under
stand them and if there be an American
citizen so bound in p~arlizan chains as not 10
open his eyes 10 truths thus disclosed and
established, such an one might well stand
as a monument of blind infatualion produced
on the human mind by the ~blighting inlu-
ence OF man WorShip.
| frankly own that for a season, I placed
implicit reliance on the professions ofthe late
Chief Magistrate made under his own sign
manual | entered the Senate ofthe Union
with the fixed purpose of supporting the
principles he had given TO the world as the
the basis of his administration but |
soon discovered the discrepancy between
these principles and the practice which
marked the conduct of President Jackson.
| witnessed all or nearly all, which Mr.. Bond
has said, and loving Rome more than Caesar,
| chung to my country and denounced the
usurpeT.
Many greater and better men than my
self fell into the same error and shared the
same fortune. Believing, as | do, that the
day ofour deliverance from the iron grasp
Of execulive power, unreslrained by constitu-
tional Limitations, and sustained by patronage
and corruption, is at hand, | looked with
the most anxious solicilude and cheering
hopes 10 the approaching elections, on the
result of which hang the future deslinies Of
the Republic. Let the Wings be true to
themselves and the country, without regard
to personal perfectuess while divisions
must ever bring defeat and discontinue, a
glorious victory awaits us.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14
No. 2.
EGYpT

A letter from Alexandria OF the 9th ult.
informs us that the Egyptian fleet, con-
sisting of eight sail ofthe line, four fIigates,
four briggs, and a steam.vessel, are preparing
TO put to SEA. The report was that the Pa
cha was resolved TO assert his independence.
Two Arabs, accused OF having caused the
IRE at Cairo, had been executed. An officer
and ID soldiers TOO had been shot. They
were in charge OF a man of war recently
burnt in Alexandria. A letter from Toulon
states that the Turkish fleet consists of five
line Of battle ships, seven %frigales. and six
small vessels. II was preparing for sea-
The French fleet in the Levant consists
of only three sail of the line and two
briggs. The English fleet, under Admiral
Stoplord, consists, we believe, of seven sail,
OF the line and two frigates. The French
are preparing in TouIon two sail Of the line
TO join, il is supposed, their Levant feet, and
they have a third at Tunis, which may be
despatched TO the eastward. If the Pacha
should, therefore, again enter into a contest
with the Sultan, the fleets OF France and
England will be on the spot, and strong e.
nough 10 protect the interests of the two
countries.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

A Fatal ARRAY. A r%encontre took place
in Nashville on the llth inst, between Mr.,
lessee A. Bryan and Mr.. Marion Hansbo-
rough, in which the latter received IA blow
in the left side from a Bowie knife, which
Ont two of his ribs with their nerves and ar
%teries, and pierced the cavity ofhis chest
The great internal hemorrbage which fol-
lowed the wound. rendered all medical aid
unavailing, and he died in about twelve
hours, suffering the most excrutiating pain
until his death. Thus ended an old quarrel.
Mr.. Bryan left town the same day, and had
not been apprehended on Monday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

A Tragedy in Mississippi A terrible
Hgedy recently occurred at Canton, Miss,
growing out ofthe late duel between Messrs.
Dickens and Drane of that place. A Ken
@cklan, a stranger, happening to be in Can
,on' spoke ofthe duel, and charged Mr.. Cal
noun the second OF Drane, with cowardice
and unfairness. Mr.. Calhoon called upon
'ae Kentuckian for an explanation, and the
offensive charge was repeated. A chal-
lenge and fight with Bowie knives, toe to
~e' were the consequence. Both parties
were dreadfully and dangerously wounded,
,aough neither was dead at the last advlces-
MI. Calhoun is a brother TO the Hon. John
calhoun, member of Congress Of Kentucky
Warlike.-We learn from the Bangor
Wing thata thousand stand alarms arrived
y That city on Saturday last, from Portland,
10y the purpose of arming forthwith the Lin.
so'n Frontier Regiment. This looks as ii
governor Kent was in earnest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

Intense headache indueed By The prescnrc
Of grubs ia Tie frontal siauses.-A woman
presented herself recently at the hospital in
Sienna, complaining Of intense headache.-
The pain was most severe over the forehead;
and often il was so distracting that she be-
came delirious. She said that some time
before, a common fly had got up oui of her
~nostrils but whether it ever came on again
the did not know. The physician in alten-
dance suspecting that there might possibly
be some of its ova deposited in the nasal
cavities, advised her to fumigate her nos
trils with the vapor of some anthelmintic
substance. Judge then of her surprise,
when, a few hours afterwards, she found
that several full formed grubs were dis
charged. Upwards of fifty came away du-
ring the course of the next week, These
grubs were at once recognised to be those of
the common lesh-fy, (moscadi %carne) To
prove that there was no mistake, several of
them being kept in favorable circumstances
passed from the state ofchrysalis 10 that ola
perfect fly. The woman was at once re-
lieved fromall her suferings.- Bulletin Med
Beiges.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

We understand that the 1000 stand of
arms brought to this city from Portland,
were ordered here in anticipation of The fin
ishing of the Arsenal now under contract to
be built this season in Bangor. We also
learn that an application has been made by
the officers Of the new Frontier Regiment
for a loan of guns for the training this fall.
which will probably be complied with, as
this regiment cannol provide themselves with
arms and equipments in season for the fall
drills. The Governor and Adjutant Gener-
al have no power TO distribute the arms or
make any permanent disposition Of them
This can only be done by the Legislature
We are sure that this new regiment willnot
disgrace the arms or be behind any other in
stout hands and stout hearts.-Ba1g, Wing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-09-14

The FRIENDLEss.-It is remar kabIe
how a single word, unaffectedly uttered, will
sometimes reveal TO us more fully and strik.
ingIy, than could many books the deep and
long experience of "A human heart. Not
long ago. II friend of ours invited a small
party OF orphan children from an ASYLUM to
spend an hour Of "A Wednesday afternoon at
his house fin Rnston.l They manifested.
each IN the way that nature prompted or ed.
ucation allowed, the most eager deliph t.
1t was evidently a rich treat to them in their
lonely state. 1t would have done any body's
heart good TO see and hear them.
As he was distributing among them the
contents of a basket of oranges, he CHANGED
10 hear one Of the lltle girls say to a COM
panion who was sitting by her side, Il know
why M--has invited US TO his house
1t is because we haven't any friends. |
haven't had a friend come to see me for five
years"
Merciful Heaven Only IL years old.
and not have seen the face of one friend for
five long yearsi
We have heard many a sad tale Of orphan
age, and thought that we felt sympathy for
the friendless before, but we never heard
words that went directly 10 the heart like
these-that made SO palpable the dreariness
Of the long days and nights that heavily fol-
low one another, unenlivened by a single
smile or kindly tone Of one living being with
whom the homeless can claim kindred. We
thought too, that we knew, of old, something
of the value of our friends, and estimated,
not altogether too lightly, their joyous and
assuaging influence upon the pulses of the
soul, but never before did our natural rela-
tives seem so precious to our regard or did
our heart seek 10 bind them TO itself with
such a tenacious embrace, as since the sim
Pile words Of the poor orphan girl have given
10 us one slight and inadequate impression Of
her unutterable and melancholy experience.
No wonder that God from his secret
throne has sent out so many kindly messages
and sacred promises Of love to the solitary
and forsaken, the parentless and the widow;
for, o how much do they need the syinpa
thy OF Heaven, who have no friends on earthl
and how pleasant TO the angels of consoia-
ton TO pay their unobtrusive and peace.laden
visits to he children of loneliness and sorrow.
Would it not repay us richly, ay, a thou
sand fold, il we would open our doors more
frequently to those who have no home, and
distribute our kindly sympathies, which are
indeed the bread of life, more freely to those
who hunger and thirst for words of friend.
ship and looks Of affection and tenderness?
GChristian Registerl
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04

OLD NIcK,-A writer in the Foreign
Quarterly Review thus explains the origin
of this popular name for his Satanicma-
iestv: sin the transformation OF the
elves and fairies of our forefathers into
devils, by the monl1ish legends, the mines
were sometimes retained and curinsly
applied Old Nick is one of this ehss.-
The Nickers held conspicuous plae in
German Romance and story. They we're
water FAIRIES, and dwelt in lakes and rllers,
as well as in the sea. As late as hefif.
teenth century, manuscript dictionry,
in English and Latin, explains Nicke by
''sirena." At present, however, the Nprd
is only preserved in the name of the dell
Old Nick"
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The following singular letter was droI
ped in the Office, which we presume ft
author wishes to be published.

Dec. Srd. 1888
Any gentlemen possessing intelligence, gsd
character, mild and affable temper, apt
twenty-five years of age, five feet ten or elqn
inches high, well proportioned, black eyes I'D
hair, a high and poetic caste of forehead, bit
very heavy eyebrows, but languid and melhg
orbs, sending forth rays of peerless brliliaty
from beneath them, nose common size, mo- h
tolerabIe large, lips not very thin, chin roull
Now Mr.. Editor, if any person will sit
the above description, let him attend preaEl,
ing on next Sabbath at the Methodist -Chuth
and will be there with a small white flowe1n
nv bonnet to designate me from the otfi
ladies, and should my charms be sufiic lent 10
captiyate the gentlemen above described, "a
ready and willing to enter into matrimoni'
engagement with him. .
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04
jackson and Lexington
Stage lime.

FSHE Public are respectfully inform.
a ed that on and after the 25th inst,
a new Line of -Four Horse Post Coaches,
will run regularly between Jackson and
Lexington Miss. This new Line is es-
tablished in order to connect with the
fremont Line of Stages from Manches-
ter to Nashville Tennessee. Passengers
therefore, travelling from the Northern
part of the State to Jackson, or from
jackson to the North, will find pleasant
and expeditions way of travelling. Pas
sengels on this Line, will always have
preference in the Vicksburgh Line Of
Stages at Jackson, which now connects
with the Rail Road at Big Black Depot
They will also have the preference al
Jackson in the Grand Gulf Stages, which
are now in complete operation. Every
attention will be shown to travellers ii
the above Lines.
]. r. 81 p. JEFFERSON,
Projectors
Clinton, Odd Nov. lS3S.-n2-tf
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04

FANNY WRIeHT-Held forth on Sunday
night as usual. In the course of her re-
marks on the signors of the Declaration
of independence, she said, ssRobert Nor
ris, Fisher Ames, Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and a score of others, were a
setof scurvy fellows" She enioined all
her hearers to go TO the polls and vote for
wv H. Seward" Fanny's billings
gate has got down pretty nearly to the
bottom ~. Y. Express.
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04

on board lost. On discovering the immi
nent danger of the vessel, the Commodore
of the Exploring Expedition despatched
eleven boats to her assistance, who came
up with the vessel when within few yards
OF the Breakers, and with great exerlions
succeeded in towing her to sea-"
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04
NOTICE.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
NKT HEREAS letters of administration
w were granted by the Honorable
Probate Court of Covington county, at its
November Term, 1888, to the undersign-
ed upon the estate of George Watts, de-
ceased. Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons having claims against said estate, TO
present them duly authenticated within the
time prescribed by law, or they will be
forever barred and those indebted to said
estate to make immediate payment.
Williamsburg, Nov. 20, 1888. n36w
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04
For Sale OF Rent.
PROSPECTJJ;

OeVoted 10 Education, Literature,
Science, Agriculture, sc.
EVEELING deep interest in the well
81 fare and future prosperity of our
town, and believing that the establish
ment Of a weekly Newspaper would add
to its importance abroad, and to the inter-
est and convenience of our citizens; indu--
duccd by these and other weighty consid-
erations, backed, by the solicitations of
our friends, both personal and political,
we have determined t. make the effort.
Having fall confidence in the liberality of
a generous public in sustaining and sup
porting every effort Of a liberal, useful,
and laudible tendency in the community,
we enter into the undertaking with
confident hope of success.
/ We"will commence our career on tha
| great ocean Of politics with no promises
of occupying neutral position-our prin-
ciples are purely democratic, and we will
give firm and fearless support to tho
measures ofthc present Administration of
the General Government, believing them
to be in the highest degree conducive 10
the future welfare and permanent interes
of the South, and in accordance with tho
true meaning and spirit of the Constitu-
ton.
Being strict constructionist Of tho
Constitution we shall oppose the estab-
lishment of a National Bank as an unau-
thorized and dangerous grant of power,
such as was never contemplated by its
ftamers. We shall also oppose National
Bank, believing it totally inexpedient and
dangerous in the highest degree to tho
Liberties ofthe people.
We shall ever be found opposed to the
misuse or the assumption of power,
whether in the Federal Executive head,
legislative body, or judiciary of tho coun-
try.
1t will be our purpose to laud virtue
though clad in the habiliments ofpoverty,
and denounce vice whether in high or
ow places. In doing this, we shall speak
IF men and measures as we find them,
md with firm grasp attempt TO tear the
veil under which political deforrnity has
sought shelter in these evil days of polit-
cal apostacy.
In the discharge of our duty as the ooa
luctor of a political press, we shall scru-
,ulously avoid wounding individual and
private feelings. sour banner is now to
he battle and the breeze" We have
planted our feet upon the ramparts of the
Constitution, and call upon the people TO
come to the rescue. The constitutional
banner waves over us in this contest for
rec principles, and if we fall let its sacred
olds be wrapped around us.
G. p. MCDANIEL, Editor.
! he Southern Marksman will be pub
ished weekly, at five dollars, in advance.
" six dollars at the end ofthe year Ad-
'ertisements will be inserted at the usual
ates. No subscription can be>received
or less than six months, nor will any dis
continuance 10 made until all dues are
,aid.
G. d. GERE, Publisher.
Clinton, Sept. 10, 1898.
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04

EFT the Stable of r. A. Taylor, at
IA Clinton, Chestnut Sorrel Colt,
three years old last June, very handsome
form, long tail, Spanish saddle with quilt
cd cover, heavy iron stirrups, horn broken
off saddle, two new saddle blankets not
separated, one old do under saddle, and
one large brown sheepskin on saddle, old
martingale and collar with brass rings,
russett bride, reins halfleather and round
half list, once white but somewhat soiled
| will give twenty-five dollars for taken up
said stray, and will pay full, ample and
satisfactory, for particular care being Ia
ken of him by any person taking him up.
w. c.. DICKINSON.
Nov. 15.-n13t of Grand Gulf
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NEW ORLEANS PRICES CURRENT.
SUGAR.--I.ouisiana prime, 7 a cents !;
inferior, 6 a 64; Havana white, II; brown
IL 81 cents.
MoLAssEs Levee, new, 81 80
cts pei GAL; sales on Plantation, 80 cts.
PRovIsIoNs.--Pork, clear, SOS per Dbl;
mess, IS; NJ. o. "a; prime, 90 %; o
Is per Dbl. Bacon, middIings, l2A ctsper
Id. shoulders, 10 do. Lard, Is cts per ID.
Beef, mess, $24 per Dbl, in demand;
prime, is II. Flour, 50 8 l~2 per Dbl.
Goshen butter, 81 a 50 cts; Western do,
Is a 90 cts per Id. Cheese, northern, ~
a Is cts perlb. Havana green Coffee 10
a l3 cts per Id. middling, II a l2a; Rio,
II 12a. Corn, in ear, 81 % per Dbl; in
sacks, shelled, 80 % ctspe bushel; oats
so a 60 cts per bushel.
WHIsKEx.-Rectiied, so a GO cts per
gal common, none in market.
Overwhelmingly, % 24 CTS rope
8 81 cts.
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04
99SIaffie0.

In Covington county, Miss. on the 18th
November, by Jesse Burkhalter, Esq. Mr..
WILEY w. WILLIAMSON, 10 Miss REBECCA
NORRIS, all of that county.
In GaIlatin, Tennessee, by the Rev.
J w. HALL, Maj. WM. Fl. HALL TO
Miss CATHARINE ID. PARRY, all of that
County.
Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1838-12-04

REASONS WHY LADIES DO NOT Waltz
Because the delicacy thereofis not unquess
tionable.
Because many men who waltz, declare
that they should not be vii ling to see Their
wives and sisters do so.
Because ladies who waltz, often ask
edo YOU think there is any harm in waltz
ing?"
Because after afew turn, the lady waltz
ing, breathes hah--her face and neck are
flushed, her handkerchief crosses her foie-
head, all ofwhich is sadly unbecomng.
Because the trpose made in waltzingis
like that made by the French opera d;E~
GERS.
Because tits not half so graceful as
CoTILLIoN