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The officers of the Banks of this city held meet
ing on the 18th uIt. when report was submitted by
the committee on specie payments, that the Banks
should use every exerton to resume specie payments
on the 18th Of May next independent of the action of
the Banks other cities II appears, says this report,
from the annual statement Of the Bank Commission.
ers that the City Banks have reduced their liz
during the year 1887, fully twelve and half millions
of dollars and are in better situation than at
any period within the last two years The continued
suspension on the part Of the Banks Of other large CT
ties, can alone render resumption dificu-Erpress.
Original Sin.-Borrowing newspaper.
objectionable Subscribing for newspaper
with no intention Of paying TOR it. :,
Total prarity.-Receiving newspaper three
years, then cheating the printer and running off,
Useful DiscoUery-It is said that the difficulty al
ways experienced in removing horses from building
on fire, may be overcome by throwing over their backs
the saddle or harness to which they are accustomed
70, when they will be led out with the usua doci,y.
If this be true, it should be known very generally.
many valuable horses are lost every year by being
consumed in burning stables. aaft
Short and ."-"I can't speak in public-nev-
er done such thing in llmy life, said chap the
ether night at public meeting, who had been called
upon to hold FORTH shut If any body in the crowd will
speak for me, I'll hold his has" yr-a4 A,,z NJ
Dreadful Calamity. Mr.. John Van Hoozer's house
in Parmington. Michigan. wns burnt down Feb. II,
and horrible to relate fee of his children persisted in
the flames. The father escaped with diificulty-the
mother had gone On a visit 70 neighbour. o,s
The Albany Daily Advertiser publishes letter
from RenssslasF Van RenasslaeE.th the COmmandsrin
Chief Of the Riratieal Army, IN which he announces
thar he has resigned the command. ps -
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TO THOSE AFFLICTED WITH
.CORNS.

gEyIlE celebrated ALBION CORN PLASTER az
IL Gors instant relief, aud at the time dIssoIves
ssnh draws the Cora Uul by the roots, without the
least pain.
CERTIFlcATE. "To those afflicted with Corns
their feeI- 10 certify, that have used the Albion
Corn Platter, with c"mplee success. Before had
used one box, il completely cured corn which had
abe benef, Of those afflicted with ,ha, painful
plant. WM. SHAW.
EIashine, L, l. Feb, 28. Price so cents ii box.
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DR.. ReLfe's aromatic Pills,
FOR FEMALES

YlHEY purity the Blood, quicke" its crcula,i"n'
generai rrmedy for the prevailing complaints among
,he female part Of society The Pills are particularly
eficarnms in the Green Sickness, Paipii;t'i"n OF the
Heart Gidinrss Short lSrea,h Sinking 'llhe Spir-
it, DETECTION anal oexercse and s"ce-
~. Maria ladies' will find the Pills equally useful,
except OF pregnacy. rhsm they mast not be tn
ken-neiitcr m"s they be take" by PERSONS q" hectic
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Falsshood. ~ There are many sins, even
Of commission. which elude our own detec-
ton. from, the indefinite or plausible aspect
they assume. But direct falsehood ad-
miss Of no palliation. II stamps the page
Of conscience with stain no human hand
can wipe away; il stands 10 daring oppo-
si,ion 10 The nature and will of God, and
as j, rises TO the vault Of heaven, seems 20
echo back the thunders Of the rebel army,
who even there de6ed the majesty Of eter-
nal truth.
The fashion Of the Times.--. When I
came to this country,' said an smigrant, 7
broUgba several hundred dollars in gold !;
they then called me hEn sSaah but when
!. was ell gone, ! was abalY called plaip
Uncle Bill.s &c A sa E.s
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ALSO, THE CELEBRATED
nm rsnn I,nnfh- Acke Pills.

J. C0MOFIUN OOIN- NCNE JUS
VT1HICH give immediate relief. without the least
w iuiury to the Teeth. On trial this will lie E'"nd
""e OF tie hes, remedies known Tor this complaint
Price SO cents n h"x.
GpNnne genuine unless signed on the outside prin-
tel wra.per by the sole proprietor, y. KlDDER. imme
sned;ate successor 10 the LATE Dr. w. T.CoNwAY. For
sale At his C"u".img Room. over No. 90 C"urIs'reri.
near Concert al, Boston and also by his special a-
pointmems by
Drs. Buel and Beckwith, LitchGelI; E. Co'cles,
-n South Farms; j. @. Stevens, Canaan;
.. Messrs. Loomis, Bethlem.
December IA. oe5wl.23
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THINGS HARD,

HaTdhearted Van Buren, and his hdrd-Aearted friends,
Force their hard money system gain their hard ends:
Their hard money system s most hard to be sure,
Hard times is the watchword hard times is the cry
Would you change these hard times F.? to the ballot
box fly! f-.'-7 81 Euening Star.
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The Boston Atlas says the story that Mr.. Joseph
Cley has gone to Washington, 70 demand satisfac-
ton for the fall Of his brother is false He is now in
Isaac HILL He is the Wing candidate for Senator in
one Of the districts, and has fair prospect Of being
elected.
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Fatal Fracas at E'e,oport, e. lon Friday
evening last, while two men named Jewell
and Deblois, were in dispute in grocery
store at Newport, Jewell threw handful Of
flour into the face of Deblois, when the latter
seized a butchers knife and plunged it up to
the hit into Tewell's abdomen, causing his
death on the succeeding day. Intemperance
is stated as the cause. Deblois is now in
prison.
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Cutting.-One Of the sharpest things we have lately
heard or petition presentedt to Congress by Mr.
Adams last week, 1--WE know not who from,) praying
that committee may be appointed to inquire "wheh-
or the United States army safe in its present pro-
pinquity to the Florida Indians - Hartford Courier
Specie Basis-The Boston Courier says, The a.
mount Of specie in the Mddlesex Bank, % returned
by it's officers. is dollar and Ninety ceais
Faith! We had more than that ourselves last week.
83 asj3 .aat3s's sf8 E4lJ fs ~ i4ilIb. y
Symptoms Of Rspolt in the Key STATE Five Of the
PENNSYLVANIA Electors Of President, who voted for
Van Buren, attended and participated in tho recent
Conservative meeiiDgin Philadelphia, where resou.
tons against the Sub Trer sury Scheme were adopted
This certainly looks like rebellion. II s8@
Literdtars and Economg.- III young man has a
taste for seTainre and vrtuous and intelligent soce-
ty, his economy win be thing Of course because his
pleasures will not be expensive. and not dependent
on the caprice Of fashionable and sxtTavagant nssO'
elaies. az .beag eg
An astroIoger Mt the north is Tightening the yam
KEGS eOasmRsay, He says the spring wall pc wlndy:
cold, and dry !" the simmer WINDY we's ana eooa'
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10000 WANTED

N notes of this state, state Of New York,
IL and most of the New England Banks, in
exchange for Book Accounts, Notes of hand, or
March Is. ISAAC LA WRENCE.
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store of AMOS WADswoRrH, of Litchfield, who
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Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-09-22

To the sheet Of paper which You see on
your tables, served to you so regularly, and
studied by you with SO much ease, the four
quarters of the globe contribute all the
treasures of their intelligence. Is one fact
valuable to mankind discovered by some
scholar in the farthest ends of the earth.
Ten to one but you will see il first announ-
ced in paragraph of your newspaper.
Is there any abuse in your laws, it is the
newspaper press that drags it today. Is
there any invention that will augment your
comforts, or sharpen your industry--it is in
the newspaper that it becomes familiar to
you all, The newspaper is the chronicle
of civilization, the common reservoir into
which every stream pours its living wa
tiers, and at which every man may come
to drink. 1t is the newspaper that gives
to liberty its practical life, its constant OBJ
servation, its perpetual vigilance, its unre-
'axing activity. The newspaper is a dali
ly and a sleepless Waterman, that reports
to you every danger which menaces the
institutions of your country, and its inter-
ests at home and abroad. The newspaper
informs legislation of public opinion, and it
informs the people ofthe acts oflegisation,
thus keeping up that constant sympathy,
that good understanding between people
and Legislators, which conduces to the
maintenance of order, and prevents the
stern necessity of revolution. Dionysius
The tyrant had chamber constructed in
"A form of human ear SO that he might
learn every rumour, every whisper, that
circulated in the market place.
What his chamber was to the tyrant, the
newspaper press is so the government of
a free people; it tells them our wishes--it
apprises them of our wants-it carries to
the ear Of power the blessings Of the
grateful or the murmurs of the oppressed.
Nor is even this ALL The newspaper is
the familiar bond that binds us together
man and man-no matter what may be
the distance of climate or the difference of
face 1t is law-book for the indolent,
sermon for the thoughtless, library for
the poor; it may stimulate the most diff
dent-it may instruct the most profound,
such are the real advantages, the substan-
tial utility of the newspaper press. These
in spite of all its abuses have made
it the boast of liberty, the glory of civil
cation. For these it is that it had beon Ii
kened to the air, it is the circulator of
light; and like the air, it dispenses to us
all, to the meanest and to the proudest, the
common glory of the sun of truth. A.
Bul'cer's Address at the opening Of the Lin
coin Trademarks NcvSroom.
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forts must fail. That an entire change is
called for, none can doubt. Eyory feeling
ofpride, Of patriotism, and perhaps of our
safety, demand it. We should be prepar-
ed at all times and on all occasions, to de-
lend to the last extremity, the glorious in
stitutions which we have Inherited from
our gallant foIefathers. To say TO a for
eign or domestic enemy, the impairment
fanatical disturbers of our happy union,
"thus far shalt thon go, and no fartherw
Already, speck Of war is discernabie on
our Western border. Twelve months may
not elapse before that extensive and de-
fenceless frontier from the falls of st. An
thony to the mouth of the Sabine, will be
plunged in merciless and savage war
The citizen soldiers of Mississippi may be
called upon to assist in defending from
the bloody tomahawk and scalping-knife,
the innocent and unoffending victims of a
sister state. The appeal could and would
not prove unavailing. In fine, let US be
prepared by all the means which God and
nature have placed in our hands by an ef-
fcient organization of the physical force
of the country, to die like patriots in the
last ditch, if need be, rather than submit
to be robbed tamely and ANONYMOUSLY, by
open force or the dark and demon spirit of
fanaticism, of the dearest privileges of
freedom and independence ever enjoyed
by man.
In conclusion, he will only add, that it
would be highly gratifying to his feelings,
to see the spirit of reformation commence
in his Brigade. If once put in motion, it
would no doubt have an electrical effect
throughout the State.
The Colonels or Commanding officers
of the above mentioned Regiments, will
see the foregoing orders strictly execu-
ted.
NJ. T. DEGRAFFENREID,
Brig'r. Genl. Of NJ. W.
Sept. Is. 30-tp.
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Brigade Orders: No. A


lin compliance with General Order of
His Excelency the Commander-in-
Chief, A. G. McNUTT, dated Jackson,
August 22d, 1888, and communicated to
me, by Major General W. L. BRANDON, in
Division Order, No. 2, and dated the Sd
inst, the 10th, 9th, 9th, and 9th Regi-
ments of the first Brigade of the first Di
vision of Mississippi Militia, will assemble
precisely at IL o'clock, MERIDIAN, for Re-
view and Inspection, at the times and pla-
ces herein designated respectively, viz:
The 10th Regiment, at Columbia, on
Friday the 18th Of Oct. next.
The 9th Regiment at Holmesville, on
Monday the 18th of Oct. next.
The 9th Regiment, at Liberty, on We'd
nesday the 18th of Oct. next.
The 9Th Regiment, at Woodvills, on Sa-
turday the Goth of Oct. next.
The Brigadier General Commanding, is
reluctantly compelled to express the OPT
MON, that there isalmost an entire absence
of any thing like military discipline and
pride, amongst the militia Of his Brigade.
He appeals confidently to the officers I'M
der his command, for their cordial co ope-
ration in his endeavors to bring about a
radical reformation, for, although he has
some experience and seen much hard SER
vice, unless he is thus sustained, all his eff
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Sheriff 5 Sale.
Amasa Smith,
TS.
William Travis.
Avery & Challant, J
rS.
William Travis.

EBY Virtue of the above stated writs
ED Of Fieri Facias, returnable to Octo-
Der Term, 1888, of the Circuit Court of
Amite county, to me directed, | will ex-
pose to public sale, at the door of the
Court House, in the town of Liberty,
On the first Monday in October nert,
the following described lands, to witt the
north east quarter of the north west quar-
ter of section No. 80, in township No. 2,
of range No. 8, east, containing 40 and
one hundredths acres, with dwelling and
gin house on the premises; said lands "
ing and being in Amite county; and levied
on as the property of Defendant, Travis,
to satisfy the Plaintiffs demands and all
costs.
G. w. MCKNIGHT,
Sheriff A.C.
Sept.s. 20-4t.
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General Order, No. q.
Sept. Is.
Head Quarters, Jackson, !
August 22d. 1898. I

YWJHE following Regiments of Missis-
IL sippi Militia, will parade for drill
and review, at the respective times
and Places following, viz:
The 18th Regiment at Raymond, on
Monday the lst day of October next.
The 22d Regiment at Brandon, on
Thursday the 4th of October.
The Goth Regiment at Westville, on
Saturday the 9th of October.
The 2lst Regiment at Gallatln, en-
Tuesday the 9th Of October.
The 10th Regiment at Columbia, on
Friday the 18th of October.
The 9th Regiment at HoImesyille, on
Monday the 18th of October.
The 9th Regiment at Liberty, on We'd
nesday the 18th of October
The 9Th Regiment at Woodville, on Sa-
turday the Goth of October.
The 7th Regiment at Meadville, on
Tuesday the a3d of October.
The 4th Regiment at Natchez, on Fri
day the Goth Of October.
The Sd Regiment at Fayette, on Mon
udy bHC SOlu Vi OClOUcI.
The I'd Regiment at Port Gibson, on
Wednesday the 3lst Of October.
The LIST Regiment at Vicksburg, on
Saturday the Sd of November.
The Oath Regiment at Princeton. on
Wednesday the 7th ofNovember.
The 25th Regiment at Canton, on Sat
urday the 10th of November.
The Goth Regiment at Benton, on Tues
day the 18th of November; and
The 9th Regiment at Lexington, on
Friday the 10Th of November.
The officers and on-commissioned off.
GERS of said Regiments, will assemble for
drill and instruction, on the day previous
to their respective reviews. Major A. M.
VIM is appointed to attend the drill
musters of said Regiments
The Major Generals and Brigader Ge-
nerals, with their respective Staff, will at
tend the reviews in their respective Divi-
sions and Brigades.
The Colonies Commandant of the sew
eral Regiments in this State, will, at their
next regimental musters, make out and
forward to the Adjutant General, complete
returns, setting forth the names of all the
commissioned officers of the several Regi-
ments--the date of each officers commits
sion-the number of companies in the Re-
the number of non-commis-
stoned officers and privates.
The General Order of May the 9Th,
1887, prescribing the Uniform of the MI
litia of this State is unchanged-O Officers
are required accordingly to equip them
selves forthwith.
BY order Of
ALEXANDER G. M'NUTT.
Commander-in-C Chief
CHARLES M. PRICE,
Acknowledgement Miss. Militia.
Sept. s. 29-
0TThe Natchez Free Trader, Piney
Woods Planter, and Southern Star, will
give the above order insertions.
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OBITUARY.

"Death speeds his shaft and wounds our peace. y
DIED-On the 10th inst, in this coun-
ty, Miss MARTHA JONES, in her 10th
year.
In this county, ON the 10th inst, AID
ALlNE, daughter of Reuben Smith, in the
9th year of her age.
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IN office.

II GAVE note payable to VIM. Quinn,
Ill for forty-three dollars, which money
have paid--he lodged the note in a
Mr.. Montgomery's hands for collection,
which note have paid in corn, which |
can prove by Madison Hartz, and father
| am fully determined never to pay the
note again, law or no law.
T. BATES.
Sept. s. 20-tf
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To the Community at
large.

Either the Ignorance and stupidity, OF
the maleyolahce Of some individuals, i'm
polls me TO the painful duty Of publishing
the certificates which will be found be-
low.
1t has been rumorcd, that the burial Of
my late deceased father, Jeptha Harring-
ton, was designed to palm fraud upon
the community; and some have besn in
ducod to believe that he is actually alive.
SO unnatural an act, would not only
be calculated to darken the memory of
my departed parent, whom at least
hoped cherety would now suffer to rest in
peace, but such an act could not fail to
draw down public odium upon the char
acter Of his sons who survive him.
1t is on this account and this alone that
! have thought proper to publish the sub
joined certificates.
HEZRIAH F. HARRINGTON.
August 81, 1888.
MANCHESTER, August l6, 1888.
thereby certify that attended upon
Mr.. Jeptha Harrington, upon the 18th
and 18th days Of July last and thatI left
him dying upon the evening of the 10Th
and did not suppose that he could live
over eight or ten hours, his disease, was
conjestiye fever of highly malignant
imployed the workman to
make the coffin, and know full we'll that
Jcptha Harrington did die upon his and
his sons Plantation, (H. Herrington) upon
the Yazoo nine miles below Manchester,
and that further his son started to remov
the corpse to Amite County in the lower
part Of this state.
w. DORSEY M. D.
YAzoo County MIss., August is, 1888.
We herby certify that on the 10th day
Of July, having received information that
Mr.. Jeptha Harrington was very sick on
ais and H. F. Herrington's farm on the
Yazoo River or 0 niles below Manches-
Ter we rode to see him and found him die
ng, we remained with him all night about
.wo clock he died, and we assisted in
iressing and laying him out and sat up
with the corpse until daylight, his son ii.
f. Harrington informed us that he was
going to carry him to Amite County to
bury him. And we well know that he
started with him.
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MARRIED-On the 18th inst, by the
Rev. James Ronaldson, Mr.. LAWRENCE
M. BOTHER, of Amite, to Miss FRAN
CES KELL, of Franklin county
---' he wild bliss of nature needs alloy,
And care and sorrow fan the fire of Joy!
And say, without our hopes, without our fears,
Without the home that plighted love endears,
Without the smiles from partial beauty won,
o! what were mana world without SUM-"