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that every State should at all lime, "a
resented, Is no sufficient authority N. se
Representatives Of other States ios'' .Al
her with representation, whom She MIX .Fp
ed or refused to send them herselr w IT.. ~
solcmnly decided that the resolution Nv" 'sn
House at the called session con(c,,oSS 'ae
right upon Messrs. Claiborne and Gb ,I 10
to seats in the 25th Congress. b., ''v
same House has since decided that M.i
sippi shall not be represented Nv rss
sentatives duly and regularly elec ,sfi Y
the people ofthe State, in strict coUCS,.
ty 10 their own laws, made pursuant, - "a
constitution ofthe Union, and eyileDo0 a'
the House by the usual and awlG
turns. .9maTr
The house has not decided that Na,,.,
Prentiss and Word have not the con,';,
tional qualifications of members. T Ss;
qualifications are admitted. Ithas mo- i
cided that the election was not legally ,"I
conslitutionally held and conducted 4
time, place or manner.
1t has not decided that the returns !.
not regular and according to law, ora
not prove them to have all the records \
evidences Of q right to seat which anv
other member can produce, not EXPECTING
Speaker Polk, by the annexation Of wbos
name the traitors deed was done.
The House, we admit, is Judge ofUuaG
ficatons, election and returns Of its own
members, but they have pronounced Judo
ment against neither. The qualifications
election or returns have not ever been
contested. They still remain unquesiOp
ed and undisputed. The judicial power
the House extends only to qualifications
election and returns. Here are Limits
To advance beyond these constitutional
boundaries Of their judicial power is usurp
alton. Yet the House fully admitting that
in all these particulars, the claims Of
Messrs. Prentiss and Word were Lawful
and regular, being identically the same
with those of every other member, have
yet decided that they shall not be admit
ted TO seat in the National Councils!
Mississippi, it has been decreed, shall
not sit in the great Legislative HallOf The
Union, in company with her sister States
How daring The usurpation Of power
How great the indignity offered to tha
State! Well may The words of ureIS
quen. Representative ring in the eaHd
every Mississippian, until every arsF
throbs, and every vein swells, and every
nerve is strung with indignant emoton'
"That the Star which answers to s
name is blotted out of the flag Of theUH
ion. and the Stripe left there alone an en-
blem of her degradation" by an insulting
violation of her sovereign and equal rlgh'
as a member Of the Union.
What shall Mississippi do? Shall sh'
elect other Representatives and senGih
humby to sue for her re-admsslon int
the Union, or shall she as soverelgna an
independent State, admitted into the Ton
federacy on equal footing with the Olh'
States, demand to be admitted by her keF
resentatives already chosen?
Are the laws of the Union binding up0
her people, SO long as the other States n
fuse her a voice or a vote in the passage
those laws?-[ Natchez Courier "a
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1910 THE vIcToRs BELONG THE sPoILs."
Our Governor seems TO act in full ac-
cordance with the motto ofthc Democrdssy,
He has appointed MIR. Stone, of Pike eoun-
ty, Aid. This gentleman openly boasted
on the floor Of the Legislature, that he was
Yankee schoolmaster. L. A. Besancon
has been appointed Quarter Master Cen
eral. This Editor is likewise strongly
stuffed with Yankeeism. His chief re-
commentator, we presume, was his I'M
paralleled servility to the Captain Gener-
al Of the party, and willingness to say any
thing for the advancement Of their cause.
Such will never 60 long unrewarded by
the party ascendant Another democrat
ic Editor has had his tongue creased with
the oil Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lester, ofCo-
lumbus. The only thing that this gentle
man ever done to attract the admiration
Of our Governor, that we know of, is, that
he once wrote pretty letter, descriptive
Of q visit to the hermitage. This emilia
zoned his escutcheon. Let man battle
himself in the light encompassing the her.
mitage, and he Immediately comes forth
immortalized-a flaming rival Of !. Phebus
himself We hope the Governor will pur-
sue the even tenor Of his ways, disPen-
sing favors on tboSe who have shone iorth
brilliantly servile co-laborers in the cause
Of the Democrassy. 1t seems that some OF
our Democratic friends were somewhat
offended at some Of our remarks upon the
Governor, while writing from Jackson
Now we would merely say, that we said
nothing but what was literally true. 1t
can be proved by as respectable citizens as
Mississippi can boast Of, that our Cover
nor, after his election, was taken by the
collar and led out Of ballroom, in the
city Of Vicksburg, for vulgar, indecent be-
haviour, as well as the vulgar manner in
which he was dressed. We hope that all
who have in view, Truth, will aid us in
disseminating this fact. Why conceal
facts that display his real character--his
swinish meannessi We shall not do it,
McNutt shall stand before the public, as
he is, a disgrace to the State Of Mississip-
pi. In the PRONUNCIATION Of truth, we fear
no consequences. Magma est ueritas, at
prevalent G. X
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Correspond of the NJ V courier = Enquirer
WASHINGTON, Feb, Q, 1888.

/ So much time has been occupied in the
debate on the Mississippi contested cleo
ton, that but little other business has been
transacted in the House for the last two
weeks.-Nor is the question yet decided |
This will be done, however, have no
doubt, tomorrow; and the decision will be
one of the most extraordinary recorded
in the history Of our country and its gov
eminent. do not propose to enter into
discussion of the question. Much ofthe
debate will, sooner or later, find its waya'
mong the people, and it is impossible to
mistake its effect.
1t is not for me to say, and will not
say it, that any member of the House has
given corrupt vote; but shall be par
doned, trust, for the remark, that so 90
fuse is my intellect that it is utterly IN,
comprehensive to me, how any man o.
ordinary capacity can entertain doubt Of
the legality Of Prentiss' and Words cleo
ton, after solemn decision that Gholson
and Claiborne were not entitled to seatsln
the House. | repeat, it is as far as have
any knowledge, the most extraordinary
occurrence in the history of our govern
subject is one ofso much del'
icy in reference to the freedom Of election
and the rights of the States, that IS
difficult matter to discuss it with that gray
ity and self command to which it is entl'
tied.
The decision will be, that none OF the
parties shall be permitted to take seats on
the floor Of the House, as members Of inc
25th Congress; but ! greatly doubt whetn'
er they will decide that none Of them were
duly elected. The effect, in Mississippi
of the decision which is about to be made
if she is worthy Of her high standing asa
sovereign and independent States, will Be
to call forth all her energies in favor Of
Prentiss and Word, and thus to rebuke
hose who have grossly misconceived her
rights, or who have wil(ully and wrong
ully wrested them from her, for party pur-
,oses. However benefcially this decls'
on may operate on the Wing cause, il is
o be deplored as national calamity; as
! precedent which in after, and more cor
'upt times, may be quoted as worthy mn
alton when it may be used advantageous
y, in the promotion Of unprincipled meas
Tres, emanating from despotic, or mis-
rable, feeble Executive, controlled BY .
nercennry and proAigate cabal. ana
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MIss1ss1PpI MISREPRESENTATION.

1t is time the Mississippi Press should
speak with one voice, without regard to
party. The State Of Mississippi has been
refused her right of representation in the
Legislative Halls of the Union. 1t has
been done by the votes Of representatives
from other States, who by the admission
of the House, had previously appointed
two representatives for her, and justified
themselves in doing SO, by an affected de.
sire that she should at no time be unrep-
resented, in the exercise Of the high soye-
reign power Of passing laws for the gov
eminent Of the people.
The house has reversed the decision.
and admitted thereby, that even desire
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OUR REPRESENTATIVES,.

II seems that Congress has sent all Of
our representatives back. That Congress
should have sent home such mastcr-gen.
fuses of iniquity, duplicity, and infamous
demogueisn, as Claiborne and Gholson,
is what might have becn reasonably expec-
ted. The excuses into which reckless
party zeal often plunges men, can scarce.
ly be compassed by the utmost stretch OF
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| the Imagination. Fauaticism hos its
freaks---its vaullings, and wild, frantic
excuses but nc'er before have we seen
party spirit rising the clouds of ianati-
cism, riytlling its fury, and maddened thus
with the possession of power The party
dominant have been so long accumulatlng
mower within their unhallowed grasp
their officers and minions have snufied
the fumes of corruption. and fattened out
of the'public crib SO long, that in their con-
cep,ion, their dignity and exaltation place
them beyond the reach Of legitimate anl-
madyersion. These are irresistible evil
dences of the downward procliyity OF our
Government to Despotism, and unless the
people will clear up :heir vision to the be-
holding of M golden chains that are al
most riveRd upon them, the days oil this
ConledeV icy of Republics are numbered
After Congress had elected Claiborne
and Gholson from their seats, they had
nothing else to do but to admit Prentis
and Word to their seats. These latter
gentleman stood ready with their creden'
tials, they were duly and constitutlonally
elected, and without perjuring themselves
they could not reject Prentiss and Word,
and send them home. Was any objection
made to the constitutionality of the cleo
ton of Prentiss and Word? No, not the
slightest. Yet why did they refuse them
their seats? Because they were not sat
isfed whether our State was Wing or
Democratic And are they the umpires
to adjudicate upon the point2 The Con-
stitution discIaims it. Liberty itself is in
dignant at the usurpation. How lament
ably applicable are the lines of the poet;
ssOh. look around--though yet tyrant's sword
Nor haunts your sleep, nor trembles DER your
board,
Though blood be better drawn, by modern quacks
With Treasury leeches than with sword or axe
Or mock Senate, in Rome's servile hour,
Insult so much the rights, the claims OF man.
As doth that fettered mob, that free divan,
OF noble tools, and honorable slaves,
or pensoned patriots and privileged slaves?"
Claiborne and Gholson have long since
merited the reprobation Of the freemen OF
this State, and their fate was but the just
reward of their unblushing duplicity, and
fraud upon the liberties of the people of
this State. So outrageous has been their
conduct, that, at Democratic meeting at
Jackson, last month, several OF the most
prominent members Of the Party publicly
declared that if Claiborne and Ghots0n did
not Immediately resign after the present ses-
sion of Congress, and come before the peo-
pile of the State again, that they nerer ,could
support them in another canvass. And yet
there are organs in this State endowed
with that degree Of audacity and presump,
ton, as to bid defiance to the admonitions
of truth and honesty, and stand forth the
daring and reckless champions ofthese pc.
litical monsters, Claiborne and Gholson,
mere instrumental Tegni. q.
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Our whole delegation went for Hender-
son, Federalist, for U. S. Senator, man
80 popular that he received twenty-five out
Of one hundred and nineteen votes.-Piney
Woods Planter.
We take the above from the paper re-
Gently established in this place. We nei-
Their seek, nor avoid controversy, but Sec
ing the above falsehood heralded forth
with all the gravity Of truth, and one Of
the Editors Of this paper composing part
Of the delegation upon which the imputa-
ton is cast. feels it incumbent on him to
present to the public brief statement OF
facts. The delegation from this county
were elected as State Rights men, and
whether they are disposed to sit down
tamely, and witness such mtS-statements tri-
umphantly announced as facts, shall not
enquire. 1t is duty the co-Editor of this
paper owes to his constituents to repel this
charge. As the Planters p-.fessed object
is the PRONUNCIATION Of Truth, we shall aid
i. in that noble work, with all our pow
or. Truth is the beginning and end OF
all enquiry; and as our object is the an
nunciation Of the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth, we shall aid all
those whose object is the same, and in do.
ing 90, we assume the liberty ofcorrecting
statements that we know to be false.
Mr.. Henderson is an open and avowed
seceder. Judge Smith and Jehu Wall car
both attest the fact. Mr.. Henderson visi
ted the room Of the Amite county delega
ton several times during the session. He
made no secret of his political sentiments
While in Woodville, we have repeatedly
heard him avow himself to the same ef
feet. Athousand witnesses could be found
10 attest these facts. He avowed in Jack
son, as we heard him in Woodville, the
following principles, to wit:
That the colonies of America were ne
Yer consolidated as one nation.
That when they declared their indepen
dence, each ono was declared and under.
stood to be, a free, sopcrsign and imdcpen-
dent State.
That in forming the Federal Constitu.
"cn' ecch ono acted as a separate, free
'ossre'Gn, and independent State.
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FoR CONGRESS-.
PRENTISS g. WORD.

Since things have come to what ihey
are. i, becomes us to hold these gentlemen
up to freemen as candidates for reelection
There are master spirits, who, were they
exercising the executive functions OF Mis-
sissippi, would spurn with indignation the
idea Of ordering another election to the
95th Congress; but renew the credentials
Of Messrs. Prentiss and Word as our
legal and constitutional Representatives
In Congress. But such cannot be ex-
pected from our present CHIEF Magls-
,rote Ic ever there was fit occa-
aion to appeal to the wounded PRIDE ana
insulted rights of a State, now would DC
TIM, occasion. But to a chivalrous and
proud minded people, this is useless. A
corrupt party, at special session Of Con-
xress, excited your indignation, by at
tempting to close your Ballot Boxes at the
last November election. When they found
that YOU would not brook the monstrous
usurpation, they in measure attempted
TO paIliate the atrocious deed, by resclnd-
ing that act of usurpation declaring Clal-
borne and Gholson elected for the whole
Of the 25th Congress. But what next'
By stab far more fatal to the rights OF
an American, they have with an audacity,
and presumption, unheard ofin this or any
departed republic, unceremoniously told
you that the members you elected at legal
and constitutional election, if this be the
choice of this people, are not the choice OF
the party now in power in Congress. Can
the insulted pride ofour people endure such
things? fparty spirit has neutralized
our self respect at home, in the name OF
all that is patriotic, let us at least strive to
maintain something like dignity in the es
timation Of our sister States. Claiborne
and Gholson, it is said, dare not venture
before the people again, and the SUPPOSE
ton is, some other Van Burenites will be
brought to the poles. Be whom they may,
the State will sustain their constitutional ell |
ection at last November, and return Messrs.
Prsntiss and Word who are now virtually
our Representatives, and tell to the world
and corrupt Congress, that Mississippi
10 too proud to sell her liberty to any party.
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drWs are authorised 10 announce Mr.. WIN
AspurNNor as Candidate for County Surveyor
TO iii the vacancy occasioned BY the death oil Jas
Little, at the ensuing Election.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-17
To the Public.

IN the third DAY of Apiil last letter was do
- posted IN the Post Office at Cokesburg
Aobeyille district, South Carolina, directed 10 a
hodges OF Columbus Miss. containing the following
ho,oS or oonds, which BY some means or other have
oNeh 'oS' on said roni, VIZ note in favor Of the
1'UsSrlper drawn loIntly by NJ. Wallhali, erasmus
l. Nash, A. J. Hodges, and r. Cole. lor Ma
dated December, 1895, due LIST January. IsSs al,
50 one for $500 40, dated April 10Th. 1887. due
Isl January 1853, with interest from date. drawn
ny NJ Waithal in favor OF the subscriber also one
W my iayor gwen by The said Walthal for 1881
~, dated April Goth, 1887, with interest from Tho
uate, due list July last. All persons are cautioned
no' 10 Trade Tor SAID notes, as their payment have
been stopped. w. N " KETipp' '
Sept. $, iS3s.-q-tr
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-11-17

An Indian remedy for the Iooth-.4chc.
VNNllE established reputation and constantly in.
IL crossing demand for this ciectual remedy
OF pain and preseryatye of the teeth, has induced the
subscriber to offer it to the American public. Ar
engagements have been made to supply agents in all
the principal cities and towns in the United States,
so as to place it within the reach of those suffering
and likely to suffer with this most harassing of all
Aches-Iooth .Ache.
When applied according todrcctons given ON the
bottle, it has never failed to afford immediate and
permanent rchci. also arrests the decay in deec-
tive teeth, and relieves the soreness which so fire..
quently renders a strong tooth useless. The appli-
cation and remedy are simple, innocent, and moi I'M
pleasant; and ihe large number ofpcrsons IN differ
ent sections OF the country that have already cxpe-
rlenccd such delightful and samtary effects from the
use Of the Balm, are ready to bear (or the public
good,l their testimony, to its unrivaled qualities II
IS an Indian remedy obtained snguary aud unex
pectedIy and may be regarded by the civilized
world as the most valuable discovery of the Red
man of the Woods.
For Sale by SMITH s. FRIERSON, Dyarqists
Columbus, mississippi, rC3- PRIcE 81 FER Borrlr
ii. u. MONTAGUE.
march 8, 1893. st-v
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Sheriff Sale.

ERf virtue Of writ Of Fl, Fa. that was is,vs
nv from the Circuit Court of Winston Coupr
November Term Of the circuit Court, and bS.
directed, viii expose at putlc sale, for cash Attn
court house door. in the town of Louisville VA.
ston county, on Monday the 10Th dav of Noysvtp,
neXt,-all the night, title, cle1n end in,creg d,,
Lazarus Dodson has in and tc The west half 6I,
north west quarter; also, the u,rth half Of lhe 81
half of the southwest quarter, section lhifty.fv
township fifteen, range twelve east also, The soal
half of the west hall Of the southwest quarter n.
ton twcny-six, township fifteen range Twelve c,y
levied on as the property Of Lazarus Doason-l
favor Of Darling Jones. This 4h day Of oclbg
1855 JNO, II. HARDY. SIN
l5w4 Pr. fee So on
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sheriff Sale

virtue OF an execution issued from The Clerk
= Ct the Circuit cour, OF Lowndes county nnS
70 me directed shall expose to public sale !, ,ba
court mouse door N the Town Of Columbus en- Mon.
aay lhe so day OF December next, all the right lille
r 81 IN ana interest," that Henry A. Garyin & John
y uslsh mas IN and 70 the following described pro-
PeicS "a Inc Town oil Columbus, to wit: the north
IA y square nly.seven, north Of Main street, and
all the improvements thereon. levied IN rs she no.
properly Of said Henry a. Garvin G. John r. Gar.
VIM 20 satisfy an execution Ii favor OF ,lno i Mnl.
len. Sale within the hours prescribed bv law his
%osn oc,' 1888, d0HN II. BYRN, Sh'f
- . te'o i'"5 ,Pr fec 81 90
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SIleriF's Sale.

by virtue Of sundry executions issued from tbe
- clerk Of the Circuit court of Lowndes coun,v
and 10 me directed, shall expose 10 public sae y
the court house door, in the town of Columbus ON
Mohday the 50 day OF December next all the r,oh,
n''e' cam and interest that William A. Verell has
N ana % TIE following described property in the
, "mh .. HOumous' to wit Bot number !, in square
nu.loel y south o. Main street, and the improve.
meniS thereon levied on as the nroner, Is sa;l
VIM a. Verel, TO satisfy sundry executions in q
vor OF John NJ Kirk and Others. Sale withn 10, 10
hours prescribed by law, this Goth day of Oc,n
Der 1888. John ~ pyDE V CSto-
Nov 8, 1888 l7w5 Ip, c. 81 Sl' H. IL,
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Stop the MurdererS!

nNE HUNDRED DOLLARS gewar1wil
~ paid by the undersigned for the apprrbeoso
of JOHN STEP and SOLOMON STEP vg
murdered Martin Fraey, sen. in HaIdin ropr,r
Tennessee.
Joha Step IS abont 90 years Of age, lersms
inches high, dark complexion, dark ewes. black hair.
inclined TO curl, and very low h.ehe-d. The naat
lolni OF the fore finger Of his right hand IS cosd,
ably enlarged, occa>ioned, it is supposed, BY lus
Solomon Step, is about % or 81 years Of sge, 8
feet II inches high, stout bul lllie inclined % h
stoop shoudercd, dark complexion, dark ewes dark
hair, inclined to curl, aud very high check bones
The bones OF his right land have been broken neal
the middle OF the palm, and occasioned consider
able ridge on the back of his hand. The Steps
formerly resided in tie Cherokee country, Geors,
and 1t is thought they will either make their way
back to Georgia, or strike for Texas. The above
reward viii be paid on their delivery in Hardia
county, tennessee, or proporonaie reward ID
either SALLY FRALEY,
HENDERSON G FRALEY,
JACKSON FRALEY.
SAMUEL LEN0X,
Nov. 8, 1888 i7w4
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Town Lots for Sale.


n obedience to an Act Of the Legislature, If
u Mlssissippl, passed at lis last session the
undersigned Commissioners will offer at public sale
IL the city of Jackson, on "Wednesday The oIst oi
November next The unsold TOWN LOTS in lbc
SAID city of jackson. The rapid Improvement O
the town must room render these lots very valuable
Jackson, the seat oil Government Of The Stale of
Mississippi is pleasantly situated on the west bank
OF The Pearl River about one hundred miles nnrth
east Of Natehe2, and about fifty east Of Vicksburr
From both Natchez and Vicksburg Rail Roads are e,
IN rapid progress, apart of which are already in
successful operationJ to intersect al Jackson.
The State House an elegant brick edi6ce which
is nearly competed, the penltentiary and otbnr
public buildings, which are being erected
when completed will make jackson one Of IN
most pleasant inland towns in the State. |, has n.
ready two banking houses. The Union Rant ma
a Branch OF the PIautcrs' Bank of Natchrz
The above mentioned uisoId lots arc n,o,r ~
them situated in the most beautiful and beal,by a.,
OF the Town, and will be sold on creJi nr
one, two and three years, with no,rs sccurcJ
reserving a hen on said lots for tbo soc,r;,,,
tie purchase money N'''' "a
.. W. BENSON,
!. A. D. SAU SDERS.
j. A. VAN HoESEN.
NJ, I6h ,sss Commissioners.
80 -o-1 100 l6w4
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For Sale.

A desirable residence, one milo east from iI'
IA Court house in Columbus. There are elghJ
acres Of land in the tract, forty Of Which are IN cub
tvalon, the balance well tmbrred; tie other I'M
provementS are comfortable dwelling house AItli'
EN-, &c. barn, stables and corn crib, neveT.ailns
wei OF excellent water orchards Of various lrul'S o.
choice selections. viii be sold with the pace, i le'
CURED, lot Of corn, fodder and oats. PoSeSg'
gwen on the. lstol January next. For terms ,pEiy
TO NlaJ. X. Barry in Columbus, or to Mr. j. IL
Barton on tho premises.
Il. ID. HADEN
Columbus, Nov. 8, 1888 l7lf