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The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-20
The Court House.

We inform our friends at Benton, of the
Yazoo Banner, in regard to the removal o
the Court House, that s'invidious selfish.
ness" or any other kind of selfshness is no
intended to be subserved by any remark:
which we have made or shall make upor
this subject.
AS public journal we neither consider
the interest OF persons who have laid out
money in and around Benton, nor of the
owners of property in our city. We go for
the people. "The greatest good to the grea-
test number is our motto. The Court House
belongs to all the people of the whole coun-
ty and their interest and wishes alone should
be consulted in fixing it's location. What
we have said upon this subject was under
the impression that we spoke the voice Of
King Majority.
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DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.
Democratic testimony, No. 10I.

Democratic EeStRmOnys Nc
The Missouri Intelligencer gives the pub
lie political letter of Thomas II. Benton
written the Odd Oct. 1924, ofwhich the fol
lowing is an extract. This letter is good
authority and good doctrine no doubt to al
true democrats, for it was written by the
.sgreat'' Mr.. Bentont himself Well, read i
then, and see what the democratic doctrine
is-no, cas, in respect to the Tariff, Inter
nal improvements and Henry Clay.
Some papers call this "PoIitieaI C''ri'
osity,'' we call it no such thing. If the en-
phatic declarations of most of the leaders
of the Van Buren, party, made few years
ago, and which directly oppose theirpresenf
proposed principles. are ''curiosities" then
one half of the political occurrences and his
tory of gthe country for several years past
deserve to be so styled.
<.The principles which would govern Mr..
Claus administration, if elected, are well
known to the nation. They have been dis
played upon the floor Of Congress for the last
seventeen yOdiSa A4iCf NOt49IitOtS St~%NA
of American policy, based on the agr'cat-
lures and manufactures of his QUA coaa try,
upon interior, as well as foreign commerce,
upon internal, s,as we'll as sea-board improve
ment; upon the independence Of the new
world. close commercial alliances with Me-
xico and South America. fit is said that
Others would pursue the same system We
enswer that the founder of the system in
the natural executor Of his O'Dn 'icork.-
That the most efficient protector Of Ameri-
can irion, lead, hemp, wool and cotton,
would be the triumphant champion OF the
new Tariff; the safast friend to interior
commerce would be the statesman who has
proclaimed the Mississippi to be the sea OF
The west; the most Jealous promoter OF in
ternal improvements would be the Presl-
dent, who has triumphed over the President
who opposed the construction of national
roads and canaIs-the most successful apPil-
cant for the treaties with Mexico and South
America would be the eloquent advocate OF
their own independence.
THoMAs HART BENTON.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-20
From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin. /
COTTON.

Those who are not familiar with the h;sto
~ of this great staple production Of southern
and southwestern agriculture, viii be sur
prised to learn that prior to the year 1856,
cotton was not raised in our country. and
that as late as 1870, the whole amount did
not exceed one million Of pounds. The
Portland Courier furnishes some interesting
facts, to prove with what rapidity this article
has increased in Importance. Iii 1892, fE.
teen thousand pounds constituted The whole
Of the cotton crop throughout this country
Of this. about one-third was exported. This
was nearly fifty years ago. Now, the guam
tity Of cotton produced i estimated at ffom
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seven to eight hundred mil ns Of pounds
of which, more than tWo-t thirds are export
ed the cotton along making uplgagds Of i've
thirds of tlis-.aggragase AinOunt y 4 *
ports.of tie Tpitad sigtes.
The same Journal ADDS, that upt ne yea
1910, the annual consumption Of this pro.
ductin New England did not exceed ,000
bales of3a9 lbs each, at the average price
of about Stems par pound. The auctua.
tons in it's price since then have been as.
tonishing, while the quantity consumed has
gone on steadily increasing. In 1890, the
price at home was II q cents;in 1898 il
was 80 cents; in 1890 and 1901 1t was a
cents; and in 1881, 8 ID cents, the lowest
point to which it had fallen previous to the
commercial crisis of 1886 and 1887. 1t can
readily be imagined how immense fortunes
are gained, or utter.rain occasioned, by the
successful or unsuccessful issue of specula-
tons in an article, the value of which is LA
BILE to such prodigious changes; and how a
sudden rise or fall in staple that is cult
waited by whole section of the confederacy
may load the planter with unexpected wealth
or plunge him at once into almost inextri-
cable distress. 1t is estimated that the cap
ital employed in the cotton culture, is not
less than eight hundred millions of dollars.
A depression in the value of this product to
the extent of single penny, affects injuri-
ously the greater portion of the capital en-
barked in its culture.
Immense as is the Gotten interest of the
country, the probability Gifts further increase
is sufficiently great. In the States of Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Tennessee, there are millions of acres of ex-
cellent arabic land admirably adapted TO the
culture ofthe plant; and which, when we re-
member the rapidity which the Western
States are filing up, will not long remain in
the possession of the Government. When
these lands are all disposed oE--say in the
course of from fifteen TO twenty years-the
annual amount OF the cotton crop will ex-
coed the present quantity by several hundred
millions of pounds.
We like the spirit of the following remarks
upon the same subject, from the Baltimore
American-s'It is in our cotton that we see
the great paciicator between Great Britain
and the United States, for let what may be
said of friendly feelings and disposition to
cherish amicable relations, the true secret
of the matter is, that without her portion of
the GAO million pounds Of cotton exported
hence, Great Briton would soon see her OPP
eratiyes in state of starvation and rebell-
ion. Upon this point, chiefly, has heen bas-
ed the confidence we have uniformly felt,
that no serious difficulty would be permitted
to arise on the question of the northeastern
boundary Whatever may be the worth of
free passage, or of the disputed territory,
it falls far-short Of the importance ofthe cot
ton crop to the English operatives, ,rho must
be taken care of" Cotton is the great link
that binds the two nations together by ties
too powerful, and composed OF interests too
general, to yield TO any other than national
consideration of paramount Importance.
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Notice of Protest,

Judge Shattock, at the late term of the
Yazoo Circuit Court, decided that notice
delivered in the Post Office for party living
in the vicinity of the town or place where
the Post Office is situated, is not good notice,
and that there must be Transmission by mail
of notice, TO fix the endorser where the
Post Office is used. This is a novel decision
in mississippi, and if affirmed by the High
Court of Errors and Appeals, viii create much
embarrassment to the holders of negotiable
paper that has been protested. Authority
was produced on both sides and read to the
Court, but no attempt was made to establish
the usage ofthe banks IN giving notice, which
we think may easily be done, as such has
been the course pursued here ever since the
banks were established. The cases, we I'M
derstand, will all be taken up to the High
Court
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The TRUTH IN A NUTsHELL.--The Ro
chester Democrat, in sensible article on
the subject Of ga single term for the Presi.
dency,n says:
"It may, with propriety, be said, that there
were but three principles in the Jackson
creed:
1st. Greater economy in the expeditures
of the public money
End. Reform in Executive appointments!
.3rd. Rotation in Office; single term for
the Presidency.
These three principles away, and it would
be impossible to tell poslerity upon what the
contest of twenty-eight turned.'
The first of the principles was carried out
by General Jackson, by economiziag the ex-
penditures from 13 to 80 millions Of dollars
annually. The second, by usurping the
power to dismiss and appoint Executive Off
GERS without the advice and consent of the
Senate. The third, BY electioneering, for a
second term, while he was preaching the
doctrine Of a s'sngle term for the Presiden-
cy."
Take the practice Of these three principles
away, and it would be impossible to tell
posteritiy upon what the contest of 80 turn.
ed; and if we but add to this practice, the
practice, the principle that the President has
! right to appoint his successor, we plainly
how to posterity- upon what the contest Of
80 turned, b which Martin Van Buren, was
laced in poWeF.-ArkanSqs Times.
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Democraey unchanged b sew York.

We call the attention of our democratic
friends to the following Addres and Resolu.
tons as the sense of great democratic
Republican meeting in the State of New
York of old fashioned unchanged Jackson
men. Here gentlemen are the sentiments
of the democratic party before the sub-Trea-
surY was resorted to as means Of extend
ing executive power. Here are the senti-
men,s of Jackson AID Van Buren, democrats
who think now as they dbl 1885 and '36,
inasmuch as nothing has INTERVIEWED to alter
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-20

o. In another column of our paper will
be found the proceedings of meeting, held
in this place on Saturday last, to take into
consideration some measures relative to the
removal of the seat of Justic from Benton, its
present location, to Yazoo City. From pres
ent prospects and the long list of names
suspended to the instructions, we have no
doubt of the success of the enterprise.
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n-e-Tha readers All Aha Whir wl

IFThe readers OF the Wing will this day
perceive in another column an advertisement
of GRAY J. VIcK, addressed to the sufferers
by the late fire, giving them the privilege
OF using wood from his plantation, without
exception as to quantity or kind. This
course on the part of Mr.V will endear him
to each and every one, and speaks volumes
for his humanity as well as liberalfty. CA
friend in need, is a friend indeed" &c.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1839-12-20
WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE, October IL, 1873

PENSION OFFICE, October IL, 1889.
SRI have to request that you will make
no payments until the 4th of March next, to
any Pensioners whose certificate bears date
since the 3rd of September ultimo.
/ am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS.
r. W. OLcoTT, Pension Agent Albany " Y
Will the Argus give the public some ex-
PLANTATION of this suspension? Have the Sub
Treasures so exhausted the public chest,
that the government has no funds to meet
the claims of military pensionersg Could
not he screw have been forced down upon
some other fund, sinstead of that appropFia
ted to sustain the aged relics of our hard
fought battles2 Why not suspend the pay
of the Office holders? Why not turn the key
upon the corruption fund? Why not dis
charge some of the harpies that are preying
upon the vitals of the body polite? Is not
cruel thus to disappoint the expectations
and postpone the just tribute due to the in
firm veterans whose wounds plead for the
receipt of the nations charity, to sustain
than Or their widows and orphans during the
irelsmencies of the coming winter? Will
not this order from the War Department.
bring the burning blush of shame to the ma
tons cheek2 INTO WHAT HANDS HAS
The COUNTRY FALLEN?s
Troy Nail.
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TnoMAs HART BENTON.
official Gratitude.

The following item of news will inform
the people in regard to the 'SuperVisory
Care of the Government over "the people,
and particularly tiat small, small portion OF
them who are the survivors of the ReVolu-
tionary struggle which gave birth to our IL
berries.
One thing however must notbe forgotten
and it exhibits goodly degree ofsagac'-
ty in the administration party, in directing
what portions of the public indebtedness
shall be suspended. Pensioners are now all
very old and cannot if they would, stake an
actire interest in tie success Of the admins
tration. . And so, according to Hr. sena
tor Wall ofNew Jersey they are ''idiots and
mates" and ought to be reprobated by the
party.
GOVERNMENT SUSPENSION.
It will be seen by the following latter
from the War Department, that the Federal
Government has suspended payment, as
we'll as the Banks:-e
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From the Neawork Daily Advertiser.
MpORI,A NJ DECISION ClNEERNINl1 Pr

| In
MISSORY NOTES.
| At the late term of the Supreme Court Of
New Jersey, an important decision was made
in the case of Briiin vs.. Freeman, affecting
usurious transactions with promissory notes,
and the admisaiblity of endorsers as wit
nesses. As this decision is of Importance
to the public, We have obtained the follow
ing summary of the points decided, for pub
lication. Itwas decided.
| lst. That the endorser of note, or other
negotiable instrument, in suit between 9TH
er parties hereto, is competent witness to
prove that the instrument or The endorsement
| thereof, made On an usurious or other cor
rupt or unlawful agreement;or to prove any
other matter tending to defeat the plaintiff
recovery: And.
I'd. That if the holder of a promissory note,
valid in its creation between the original
parties, endorsed it 10 another by general
endorsement for less sum taan the amount
due upon it, after deducting legal interest
the transaction will be usurous, unless the
excess retained by the endorser was allowed
10 him TO cover the expense of remittance
or the difference of exchange between the
place of the transaction aud place where the
note is payable; but such allowance must
notbe used as a mere cover for taking more
than legal interest.
Sd. That such usurious endorsee cannot
recover upon the note against his immediate
endorser, nor against any prior party to the
note.
9TH. That if the holder of note transfers
it by delivery, or by endorsement without re-
course to him, it is a SALE and not dis
count of the note, and consequently not US
urious though the vender gets for it much
less than tits actually worth-proVided such
transaction was not resorted to for the pur-
pose of effecting losp at greater interest
than is allowed by law.
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Manchester Insurance COMPANY.

As this Company has furnished US, for a
long time, with the only small note circula.
zion which could be relied on, it may be
well enough to state, that thesCompany had
taken no risks in this town, and consequent
ly will not have to pay for any losses occa-
stoned by the recent fire here. The only
buildings which this Company insures are
Cotton Gins.
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want Of civiIity to a burnt out Printer

Want Of civiIity to burnt out Printer.
The next day after we were burnt out, at the
late fire. we were under the necessity Of
purchasing several articles in the stores to
help fit up our establishment, and really ne
could moi buy an article IN toWn! We first
went to the store Of our friend Nick, of the
Emerald Isle, over the way, and enquired for
some articles, and we were actually laughed
at when we asked the price. He threw
down double the quantity asked for, and
do you want any thing else!-A burnt out
printer asking about price, well, that's a
good 'un, 2 was nearly all the reply we could
get from the uncivil man. Shortly after
wards, we were at several stores upon SINH
lar errands, and we were treated with as lit
tie ceremony as at first. s'Don't talk about
the price, saya-Bo you want any thing
else!-Take the things and 20 long and i i
up your Office, and let US have the Whir. !,
were about the only replies we could get
from any Of them.
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RESUMPTION. III the banks of Cincinnati
have resumed specie payments.
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YAXOO CITY.
Friday, December go, 1880.

o. a. 9TgVgM@g GDlT0Ro
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-01

ted the Bank cannot be abolished and the time ha
passed for the discussion of the principles upon whial
II IS founded. The property of eccry citizen of ~
state is bound for the redemption of the bonds n III
" remains State Institution entirely, nc re
mander OF the bonds are sold, and indivdM bccom
stockholders, they will be bound to the qatunt of thc
property for the redemption of the be As before thos
who are not stockholders can be taJgd
Is It not then the interest of cy one to oppose tn,
election of McNutt, who is usv ais personal and off
cal influence in rctarding ay preventing the charter
rom going into full effect md also all those who
pre- to office holding the lmc views or supporting his
pretensons to oxecut honors 1t is the climax Of
folly to suppose thi Bank will or can prosper
while under the 81 d of men opposed to it, who use
their official nifty o against it, who dcclam against
t in every croy or support those for Office who are
pledged to DEF oy it. The credit of the State and
the htercst Of every except such look
to the iD9> nee of Executive power for honors and
Icmolu/ 81 demands energetic opposition to the re-.
olccy Of A. G. McNutt. The Union Bank should
Inof dparty measure 1t was intended for the ben
q f all partics-thc good Of the whole State 1t is
Jcal question: and should not be mingled with gen
raj politics; but it is question that should be
sdcrcd matter of State policy and one which, in
the event Of the reelection Of Gov McNut, will blast
the prospects Of hundreds Of citizens and retard
for years the prosperity of the State
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THE DESERT HORSES.

1t is part Of the historical account of the Be-
douin's horses, that the mares are never sold.-
Ny Sheik would have sold his soul for a price
and as soon as he saw was pleased with his
mare he wanted to sell her to me; and it was
singular and amusing, in chaffering for this an
imal, to mark how one OF the habits of bargain
making, peculiar to the horse jockey with us,
existed in full force among the Arabs; he said
that he did not want TO sell her; that at Cairo
be had been offered fifty dollars, new dress,
and arms complete, and he would not sell her
but if | wanted her, there being nothing that
he'would not do for me, &c, might have her.
The Shek's was an extraordinary animal
The saddle had not been off her back for thir
ty days; and Sheik, himself most restless
creature, would dash off suddenly dozen times
a day, on full run across the valley, up the
sides of a mountain, round our caravan with
his long spear poised in the air, and his dress
streaming in the wind and when he returned
and brought her 10 walk at my side, the beau
|ulul animal would snort and paw the ground
las if proud of what she had done, and anxious
for another course | could almost imagine
saw the war-horse Of Idumea, so finely desert
bed by Job-"lIis neck clothed with thunder
.Can'st thou make him afraid of a grasshopper?
The glory ofhis nostriIs is terrible He mock.
eth at fear, and is not atlrighted, neither turn
eth he back from the sword.-The culver rat
tleth against him, the glittering spear and the
shield. He swaloweth the ground with fierce
ness and rage; neither beieveh he that il is
the sound Of the trumpet. He saith among the
trumpets, ha, ha; and he smelIeth the battle AFFAIR."
off, the thunder OF the captains, and the shout
ings."
Nothing showed the hardness Of these hor-
SEES more than their drinking, Several times
VIC came to deposles Of rain water left in theI
hollow ola rock, so foul and dirty that | would
not have given it TO a dog; and while theirI
sides were white with foam the Sheik would
take the bits out Of their mouths, and sit down
with the bride in his hands, and let them
drink their fill; and could not help thinking
hat a reguar-bred English groom accustomed
o,insnuato wet sponge in the mouth OF a
heated horse, would have been amazed and
Mortified at such barbarian usage. These
wo horses were twelve and twenty years old,
respectively; and the former was more like
'ot in pIayluIness and spirit, and the other
ike horse Of ten with us; and the Shek told
nc that he could count upon the services Of
10Th until thirty-tye. Among all the recon-
the Arabian horses, know none
5roater than this; have known a man, from
ong habit, conceive liking for vicious jade
hat no one else would mount; and one can i'm
gino how warm must be the feeling, when,
rear after year, the best Of his race is the COM
'onion Of the wandering Arab, and the same an
NAL may bear him from the time when he can
irsi poise spear, until his aged frame can
carcely sustain itself in the adde.-Stepen'S
Incidents Of Travel
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suppose that the government should have car
red into effect its sub.treasury. Suppose that
il had collected two-thirds of these sixteen mil
lions in New York, in gold and silver coin: it is
la hard money government, remember, and nei.
Their gives nor receives any thing but the pre-
cous metals Ten millions Of dollars, then
are to be taken from this great commercial cen.
tire, and carried to Florida and its neighbor.
hood, 10 pay for wagons and ambuances, for.
age for horses, steamboats,, transportation
with the arrearages, miscellanies and contin-
gents! The mere statement Of the fact is
enough. Such drain of the precious metals
would break all the banks, and all the mer-
absurdity of dispensing with bank paper, and
bank facilities, in the receipt Of government
liabilities, could not be more forcibIy ilIustra-
ted than by this single case--not suppositions,
but of actual occurrence.
Now who is there so crazy as to pretend
that this resort by the government to an ex.
elusive metallic currency is in the nature Of
things practicable or desirable? Mr.. Var@5u-
rem, Mr., Benton, Mr.. Buchanan, the Globe the
Evening Post, the Albany Argus, Tammany
Hall anAnlversal Loco Focoism! This is
what the"oilical organ calls the Egreat and
radical reform of the banking system. This
is what Mr. Wright calls return to the curren-
cy Of thcSconstlution! This is what Mr.. Cal
houn entities the establishment of an ndepon-
dent treasury! 1t is to bring about state of
public feeling favorable to this monstrous pro-
Jet, that Mr, Van Buren, is now on tour
through the Empire State, under the guidance
and guardianship of the Moores, Mings, Riels,
and other officers of the Kings Customs, who
are at once his political advisers and his con-
genial companions. Is it possible that there
are men left in the ranks of Van Burenism,
with pretensions to character, patriotism or in
will they continue to lend their
cJunteuanco to the enforcement of this ruinous
and accused policy?