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Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

w Soou couon, Tor wnlcn the niShe5t
prices will be paid in cAsM-apply TO
SCRUGGS q BELL.
Tchula (Mis.) Dec. /, 1888, 3--2t
PROSPECTUS.
For publishing in the toUn Of Clinton
ceekly Newspaper to be entitled
SOUTHERN MARKSMAN.
Devoted to Education, Literature, Science
Agriculture, sc.
WNEELING deep interest in the
III welfare and future prosperity of our
town, and believing that The esta blishment
OF weekly Newspaper would add TO its
Importance abroad, and to the interest and
convenience ofour citizens. Ipduced by
these and other weighty considerations,
backed by the solicitations our friends,
both personal and political, we have de.
erm'ned to make the effort. Having full
confidence in the liberaity ola generous
pubic 10 sustaining and supporting every
effort of liberal, useful and laudabls
tendency IN The community, we enterInt
the undertaking with confident hope of
success.
We will commence our career on tho
great occasion ofpolitics with no promise
Of occupying neutral postion-our prin.
c'ples are truly Democratic, and we give a
firm and fearless support 10 the measures
Of the present Administration of the Gen,
eral Government. believing them to be in
the highest degree conductive to the fI-
turo welfare and permanent interest Of the
South, and in accordance with the true
meaning and spirit ofthe Constitution.
Being strict construclonist of the
Constitution we oppose the establishment
ofa National Bank as an unauthorized
ana dangerous grant Of ofpower, such as
never was contemplated nv It's framers.--
We shall also oppose National Bank,
believing it totally iaexpedient and dan
gerous in the highest degree to the Liberties
If the people.
We shall ever be found opposed to the
m'Sne or the resumption ofpower, whether
in the Federal Executive head, legislative
body, orjudiciary of the country.
1t will BE our purpose to land virtue
though clad in the habiIments of poverty,
and denounce vice whether in high or low
: places. la doing this, we shall speak Of
y men and measures as we fad them, and
y !, with firm GRASP attempt to tear the veil
y under hich political deformity has sought
II shelter in these evil days Of political a.
= |, postacy.
" In tia discharge Of our duty as the
- conductnrs ola political press. we shall
y scrupolously avoid wounding Individual
p and private feelings. "Our banner is now
to the 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
free principles, and five fall let its sacred
: folds be wrapped around us.
" C.P MCDANIEL, Editor.
" The Southern Marksman will be pub.
!" Iished weekly, at five dollars in advance.
or six dollars at the end oithe year. Ad.
I" veriisements will lie inserted at usual
\" rates. No subscription can be received
for less than six months, nor will any dis.
q continuance be made until all dues ere
: paid.--The first number may be expected
. about the lst Of December.
:, G. ID. GERE, Publisher.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01
sprC.cpAYMENT.-The LeSins'

tan hank will from and after this day pa.
G ., ALI lis five dollar notes. I'M
is As /, should be.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

, we nave received the first number Of
No n 5. Southern Marksmao, Edited by C..
= Mcdaniel Esq. and printed and pub.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01
aaa from Jackso2i bat wo P7sIp'aa ~.

iag more at present as we expect a fam
ing advertisement from 1ir. Sims mex.
week. -
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

Ishel BY q. d. oera. itis Of Ne ;;yb,
slrIpe--5cing truly democratic and hangs
oat the banner on The outward wall--we
take them by the hand and say 90 ON,
yo'rcause is good one and viii triumph.
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

a new line of sagos hayY been
established 10 ply between this place and
Jackson. Tne Stages are entirely new
aad as comf'rtable as can be. This adds
much to the facility of travelling in this
part OF the state, AMI great praise is dne
to Mr.. Sims, fon the pnbl,c generally.
We believe the stages ply ,ri weekly To
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01
800 Bales COtt6ns

VTANTED Immediately 300 hnlea
w good cotton, for which the highest
prices will be paid in cAsn-apply TO
SCRUGGS a. BELL.
Tchula (Mis.) Dec. l, 1883, 3--2t
Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-12-01

We publish The following circnl'r taken
from he Richmond Wing, merely to let
the S mlhcrn peoples,s and know the way
Seward was elected Governor Of New
York, is plain case aud will show for
is.lf; no Comment from US i; necessary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

stric,ing the power oc cGovern,nent over pri-
yate properly, and more eifectually secur-
ing the rights Of citizens thereto. If this
was not the great principle Of the Americaa
Revolution. then it has none. The line
that separates the power Of Government
from private property, is the line that de-
fines the limits of liberty in all countries.
know sir, that the British Government under
the claims of omnipotence in Parliament,
has again & again trampled over the great
principles Of the Magma Charta, and it is
not tEcre.that wo are to look for examples
to define our notions Of power in Govern
ment over the property Of n free people.-
Under tho plea of State necessity and the
high prerogalives of police po,ncr, coun-
try may be protected and IL people regulated
but the Government may he dcspotism.
Dut in this country, with our constitutions
and limitation: defined, l deny the right to
Interfere with private property except by
'duc process of law" through the verde,
Of a jury Of frccmcn.
1t ~, however, suggested that, although
you cannot pass all act TO abolish slavery
ut present, yet YOU may pass it to take ci:
lect Ill future, upon the post natl principle
Let us examine this. II tho rights of ci,i,
zcns be secured unqua!icdly at prcscu,
under the Constitution, how can YOU direct.
ly or indirectly interfere with it in future!
Ii have perfect right to my stock, have
right to its proceeds, and the Government
that attempts to cut off the right of proceed,
IS as absolute and dcspotic as that which
would take tho property itself. A free
Government may regulate and shape .'dc-
scents," to preserve and protect them io,
the benefit of its citizens but no Govern
nent is free thar, instead of wholesome
and judicions exercise of this power, usurp>
to cut them off entirely. II the Govern.
mcnt have no right to destroy the existing
property itself, it has no right to destroy il;
proceeds. The principle and the power arc
| the same i'll the one case as tho 0hcr
MIR. Speaker allow nc to sucncs, To OH,
Nnr.hcn friends the propricty, If thcv car
of taking these constitutional grounds.
respectfully suggest whctl.or it would moi
DC better for 'hcmio raise lie constitutional
restrictions as Il shield between ihemsclvc,
AMI popular fana,icisn. than To rely upon
the grounds of erpcIicncJ. If they intend
to save the institutions Of this country lei
them raise the constitutional power.
against ilc movements for abolition i'm this
District-lct them go home with the Con.
| stItutiOn Ill their hands to show that il Dre-
! cludcs any interference Icntrcat them to
take this ground now, and make The issue
with abolition spirit, when The good and
>irtuous have some power and control. Pu,
them down now by this and strong acts OF
local legislation, or you will be compelled
to come here and cry alond To save this
Union after it shall Ec too late, when the
beacon fires of an indignant people shall
blaze over 81 thousand hills, ans the sv.:,r:..s
OF hundred thousand irccmen shall slcunl
on high o avcngc our wrongs and vindicnte
! our riuhls.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08
II. BAILEY, Secretary.
from Tic ccr~:Forf.rra njMr CAo,h:nn COvy;,r

" .iSiuvGTo>, E,.h.2,.
ihc Daci.--Alr. Ciliry. Il member of the
| House i."m hla;nc, :l;,I Mr. Graves, =, Nom
he rtlom i>cm'urky, have "ona nvcr,p Mr,v
land TO tight, wi'liriiies. They were attended
hv MrSsrs. Bymu.n, and Duncan, & Jones oI
WISCONSIN, as seconds 10 MIR. CiIcr: and
NlrsSrs. Wise. ta!;1nan OF l<rn.ucNv, and
Mcniiec. as seconds TO Mr. Graves.
MIR. Cillcy is IL yo'lng man, and i. rcprc-
sentcd as very cool an;! inlpcr,url,ahlc. Mir.
Graves Is one o! The most alniablc men in ,lc
House, and is universally esteemed here
Col. Webb, Of tie Ncw-l-ork Coyrj,, &.
EHFntrfr. challenged Mr.. Cillcy two or
thrcc days ago. on account ofsomc personal
'nputal"ns cast hy Mr.. G.. on him. as an
ed1tor.ln the debate on IT, corruption .!.arg..
Mr. Graves bore the challenge, and as Mfr.
Ciilcy refused to fi.!i Webb, on,.ic ground
that he was no gentleman, Mr. Grave. wa,
obliged 10 put himself in lis pr.nr;nol.s
place. The challenge from Mr. G.,v, :
was seat 10 Mr.. t'itcy las, evening. and
was inncdia!rly accr;icd. MIR. cilrv
chose tic rifle. iiE"I The distance al 30 wards
and aprprinird j o,cluc!: this r,nr,;no nc
the time. There was no ncpocia,;,u-nn
pn!avcr about il. The a!ia. wa, n,,norr,
with decree of secrecy and prninpti,,:,!c
unu.lIH! among mHmhrrS OF Cc;,-r,.s. nh.
parties were oil before any QUO ku,w Il
Even Webb did not ',nnw il. ur:;l j,.vwcr,.
gone; anh he was r'imn;n. a!ou;i The C:,,i,m
i'll the greatest h;>rra*. i',o;u ON. ~, ,ock
inquiring whore hey coul,! br fo,uG. I!c
has gone after them. Mr.. CLAY has ;,,so
gone, at Mrs. Graves request. To cutcnvor
to settle it. Coo: grant that he may ht
stcccssii! Iii the nlicc oi peace maker
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

1h' ithtn Stage iAr.-WcunGcrstaud
that instructions have been received from
me General Post Office Department, 10 run
me Stages on the line from Aiken TO Green
vile IN one day and nshl-to leave Aiken
at FIVE O'clock, +. NJ, or as snon rs The
IhnTicston nail arrived hv way of the
Kan k"ad, reach EIsriirld See s:i,rc even
inE, ANA arrive at Grcen,iic =, /: Tie n.y,
night. by this means, passengers auI ,h,.
man VIII ho transported from Charleston
I" "rocnV'iie' distance of $50 miles. in less
'''",' NV" days II will require Snn.c time 10
Lave nc proper arrangements for carving
',ns pan inio execution; bur we have mn
doubt but the public spirited coutr,c,nrS
VIII 90 1t aS soon Il, circumstances v;u .J,,;,
"f f!c change They deserve, anI Lnv,.
receive" great praise inr IN" si> ,c in which
,hcy Keep up their establishment on this
line. = A!oun;CiHcrr
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

fHrthrr particulars Of Ire Duci-It an.
pears that the parties had nrrnn.c:l the
maitcron Friday aii"'an"u. when nr. Cilcy
Practicrd with IN" rii'" for nearly an hour,
ana snccccdrd lii r"'.inn number Of balls
III succession, III the .parn of about three
square 'nchts,ai'hc distance of eighty PAGES
30 tiliit hc was no indifferent marx sinam. a.
TINS mag account tor his alleged presumption
I'D choosing that wcanon Ia ticht Il Ken
tuckian.
MIR. Crnvcs also spent some time in
trying hi; rifle. Il IS an excellent u;ccc
and was borrowed BY Mr.. A!eniirc. +, friend
Of Graves, from Mr.. Rivce. Of tic "t:!nf,.. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

| L.oHiSr;k", Cincinnati anil ChurIcstou y
aa.-Nc arc requested to invite public
attention TO the notice this tay published.
| calling Tor an instalmcnt of five dollars ON
! rac'' share in this Company, To be paid on
'f hciorc The .rSt Monday, being the sccond
day OF April next. This measure has hoe,
! ""opsra 10y 'h:' Directors in order TO comply
"i'ii th" conditions imposed by The &C, of
our i'c"i~';'iirc, giving the guarantee of tho
~ 'c TO Il loan Oftw millions, and which
requires Il certain amoun; to be raid in bv
the Stockholders before ,ha, guarantee shall
attack.
As soon as the ins,almcnt is paid, the nc :
ccSsary loans will be effected, to cnal,.c IN.
Company I" Hr0sccItcih work with nroncr
vi-"F. The purchase of tic Charleston. and
iiaiiih'ir% Rnii road having bccn clicc,cd
inc extension %! ihc branch from BranchvI,r
10 10 : niim"!;', anl the improvement of The
charleston road, arc The objects w!.ic,, y III
command lmmediat. attention We ar.
informed That The Board o. Director, have
'es".'e' l" take the proper measures for
putin" The ".S0u!h HCstcru P.,y pnc,y
p""H I'D "pcfa'n'n III Oc;obcr next. None
| b"i Siuck:E'idcrs in the Road can s,,b.cr;hn
for. or hold shares in the E,,ys.. nrL th.
original subscribers are entitled to :, MO-
ference. The Bank may 20 into orcra,;,,,
with achpital Of o:c mUiion, will, tie mo,hcr
oaik III Charleston, and Branches IN Nor,L
Nar"iiia and Tennessee, and also in Ken
tucNy, should that State concur il, he charter
Inc capital may bc enlarged from time to
tiinc, ny calling III inS:a!ilcuts on The stock
uiittl 1t s'Ia!i amount To tweirc million. The
charter Is granted for ttrsnty.oMc ycors with
on the pajmcn. Of any Gonus
'nher The Instructions of the Directors, the
President has just published an .tMIrcsx.
explaining fully the measures adopted and
contemplated by the Company. with an
ou!i'nc OF the provisions of the Ban!, charter
ms has been accompanied by copies Of
'| t''h charters, with the by. laws. We
snail furnish our readers with such extracts
from '''nsr docEmcnts rs Inlay pu; them in full
posses i"n "l all the necessary information
on The subjcct.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

The Washington correspondent of YES
terday's Mercury, gives the following par
tlculars about the unfortunate and Eallap,
Cillcy:
MT Cillcy was shot i'll the groin OH the
third fire, and died in few minutes. They
fought Il, fifty PAGES. 4 general sadness
ovcfSprcat's The counienanccs Of every one.
Deep cNecrations are uttered agains, the
Individual who pushed Mr.. Graves into this
conflict or the manner in which this
bloody tragedy was got up, cannot trusr
y nyscii !" speak. Let me only add that you
OF the South have lost Il noble, Il ccnerons
ami IL brave friend. Mir. Ci!Iey was ranked
as firm, warm heated, and devoted cham
nion OF Southern rights, interests and fec
inss. i.c "aS descended from one of the
nohles' noble, hloo.: of The Revolution. Ills grand
'at""r' Gel. Ci!lcy, served through rh, " hole
war, and commanded the famous New
iiaIpshirc Regiment, which was di,,;n-
Suist'cd for lis success
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

who however, vas not apprised at tho time,
.,, Oh INC use TO which it was to be applied
HE rifle used by MIR. Cilley was some inches
shorter
Tho greatest secrecy was observed, and
yesterday morning wllcn Mr.. Graves left the
city, he infomcd his wife that he was going
TO attend public Dinner in Baltimore. But
not wittstandine their caution, the affair got
wind, and Mr.. Mercer, Of Virginia, was at
biadenSburS with Police Officers, an hour
before the, meeting took place. Owing to
this, the parties drove to another place,
about three miles distant, and where there
was no danger Of their boing molcs,cd.
1t itappcars TINT Wise and Mcniicc acted
| as seconds to Graves, and Bynum and
Calhoun OF KY, for Cilley, They were
put up about eighty PAGES, and in such a
position as 10 fire across the wind, which
WIS blowing very keen at tho time The
first and second round was attended will, no
eject, Us II appears they fired too high, and
was much annoyed blythe intense cold and
nigh wind. AT tho third fire Mr.. Cilly was
! shot in the kidney, and Instantly fell. break
ing the stock from his rifle in the fall. lie
expired i'll about three minutes afterwards.
1t appears that Mr.. Clay, of Kentucky.
followed the parties will, view of attempt.
ing an amicablc adjustment Of the matter,
but arrived too late.
Another account is, that an attempt was
made to adjust the affair after the first fire. it
was rendered Intellectual by the refusal of
Mr. Wise.
Mr.. Duncan, of Ohio, attcuded as PIysi-
cian, and nc on leaving tho ground, is re :
ported 10 have said, "that it was d--d
cold bloodcti murder and that Webb should
not leave Washington City, if he Duncan J
could any how get him to light"
II Is also ru.nored. that there was much
""iaiFucss IN placing Cilleyin bad position.
have no idea that the matter is ended.
and | predict that we shall have three or
i"ur more ducls growing out of tho affair.
1t is said that Mr.. Cillcy will be buried
Tomorrow .--i'airiot
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-08

The Rev. DR.. Brantly has Withdrawn
from the Southern Watchman, and accept
cd the Presidency Of the Charleston Col
lcse. The Watchman will in future be
united with the Biblical Recorder, and pub
Iished under tho editorial management, Of
the Rev. +. Meredith, Editor Of tho Ro-
corder.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPO.
SION.

We are indebted to our neighbor Of the
Post for the following particulars of another
dlsasterous steamboat explosion:
The Oronoko, Capt. Young, collapsed a
flue near Vicksburg, on her passage to New
Orleans, and from forty to fifty persons
were severely scalded, eight of whom are
since dead. Several persons on board at
the time of the accident, arrived here this
morning on the Monarch, who, give the a.
boye information.
The explosion of the Oronoko seems to
have occasioned much greater injury than
stated by us yesterday. Our friends Of the
Express kindly sent us proof slip about
half past | o'clock to-day, containing fur
ther particulars, obtained from passenger
on the Oronoko. The slip came too late
for us to publish to-day, and we have only
time to say that the number of persons be-
lieved to be killed and drowned is not less
than from 20 to 90. No names are men
toned. Weshsll publish the account on
Monday, unless something still more au-
thentic shall reach rs in the mean time.
The accident was caused by imprudence
and enthusiastically U1ig.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12
FURTHERFEARFUL PARTICULARS
OF THE TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER.

Cincinnati, April 26.
We have just returned from the scenes
OF horror occasioned by the explosion, and
the accounts before published, instead of
being in the slightest degree exaggerated,
las has been intimated by a few fails short
OF the dreadful reality The fragments of
human bodies are now lying scattered along
the shore, and we saw the corpses of a
number SO mangled and torn, that they bear
scarcely any resemblance to the human
form. We also saw several with their
heads and arms entirely blown off, others
with only part of their head destroyed,
and others with their lower exremites shiv-
cred to an apparent jelly. Fragments of
the boilers, and other portions Of the boat,
were thrown from fifty 10 two hundred
yards on the shore, SOME of them having
passed entirely over the two rows Of build
ings on the street, and portion Of the boil
ers tearing away the gable end Of stable
situated high up the steep hill in rear of the
houses, at least 200 yards from the boat
Other parts of the boat were driven entirely
through large house on the street, enter
ing through the window on one side, and
passing out at the other. 1t is positively
stated that one man was picked up this NOR
ming on the Kentucky side, having been
blown completely across the river.
There was no doubt more persons lost
than we have stated. We conversed while
ago, with Mr.. Broadwell, the agent of the
boat, who says positively that there were
80 deck passengers, whose names were en-
tered on the boats register, at Pittsburgh,
Wheeling, and other towns on the river a
bove this place, for louisville, St. Louis,
and other places below. Here then are
one hundred and thirty passengers that
must have been on board, exclusive of the
very large number who took passage al
this place, The boat was unusually crow
ded, and Mr.. Broadwell thinks the whole
number on board at the time of the acci-
dent, cannot be little, if any, short of three
hundred persons! From the best informa-
ton we can gather, it does not appear that
more than thirty or forty of this number
are known TO have been rescued. 1t is
therefore probable that the whole number
drowned or destroyed, is somewhere in the
neighborhood of two hundred, or two
hundred and thirty or forty persons! 1t is
impossible that any accurate detail of the
dead and missing can ever be made, or the
precise number ascertained. A very large
portion Of them were deck passengers,
whose humble sphere in life, will pre-
cude the possibility Of finding out their
names.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12


The following decision of Judge Mckinley, which
we copy from the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser, is
likely to have an important bearing should it be
sustained by the Supreme Court of the United
States
INPonrASr DEcIsroN.-A question of great i'm.
portance, came up yesterday before tho Circuit
Court of the United States, now sitting in this city,
and was decided by the Court, Judge Mckinley, of
the Supreme Court the United States, presiding.
The Carrolton bank banking company chartered
in Louisiana, purchased m Mobile, through an
agent, bill of exchange, which being unpaid, the
bank brought action against one of the parties to
the bill. The Court decided that bank corporation
of another State could not make contract in this
State for want of capacity to contract and, there
fore, that the bank could not recover on the bll-
The case will so up, as we understand, to the SUI
preme Court of the United States, where the ques-
ton will be settled.
The above decision has produced great excite.
ment here, and is the subject of general conversa-
ton and alarm It's ruinous consequences, ifit be
sustained, can hardly be imagined.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12

FOiGnd.-Thc Car, of Russia, has issued an
ukase abolishng the distinct existence and the name
Of Poland: absorbing the kingdom into Russia, and
incorporating the Polish troops with his own barba-
rians. The following is the ukase. /. The boun-
daries of the governments of the kingdoms of PO-
land g. ancienty ncorporatedlwith Russia,
have ceased to exist The inhabitants can pass
from one country to the other without asking for
passports at Warsaw OF St. Petersburg; there are to
be no more custom houses between the governments
of Russia and Poand.-2. The term of military ser.
vice for the Polish recruits is to be 90 years as in
Russia. The children of married soldiers are to
belong to the government, and are to be placed in
its military schools. The liberty which the Polish
peasants enjoy of changing their domicile is abolish
cd; they are to submit to the same rules as Russian
peasants.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12

"A Printers Anecdote.-It used to be re-
lated of Corporal hymn, a printer. well
known for many years in this town as be-
ing more remarkable for his odd humor
than the length of his purse, that while he
was travelling from Lowell to Boston. he
was met by highwayman, who politely
las is the custom of those gentry demand
ed his purse.
" Ny dear sir quoth Corporal Nymn,
: perceive you don't know me-
That is nothing to the purpose, sir, give
up your purse Immediately demanded the
highwayman.
The Corporal repeated with an earnestness
which could not be misunderstood, posi-
lively you don't know me =
Well then, said the highwayman, some
"hat surprised at the manner Of the Corpo.
raj, who the devil are youl'
Why, I'm printer
A printer did you say!-Whew.-Im'
oh-d-d dry picking.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1838-05-12

At the court Of Oyer and ferminer,
which held its session in this place last
week, Archibald M'Clarft was pat upon
his trial for the murder Of John Nicely.
The trial occupied the entire attention of
the court from Wednesday till Saturday
evening, when the case was submitted to
the jury, who, after a very brief consulta-
ton, found the prisoner guilty of murder in
the second degree. He was sentenced by
the court, to a solitary confinement in the
Eastern Penitentiary for the period of nine
years. Centre Democrat.