The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1839-02-23


Tn MAIts Aly.--Ws DO declare
that We are wor|e of' ia The line Of Mail
accommodations than any other people
reported 10 be within The bounds Of tiv.
ilizatlon. We have received bot three
papers this week. and one Of them wat
a Globe, which oagh. to have come 70
hand two monjhs ago; and one Natchez
Courier, aud pne Pioey Woods Planter,
seiiher Of which contain any thing new.
Our last weeks definition OF "resrec.
liability" produced on cur subscription
book some four or five additional names.
There are YET others, who are without
the pale. and IL they 10 not soon make
for port, The storm Of our wrath viii be
visited upon them, and they Be written
down "con6rmed losfers."
There is a first rate tavern kept in
ibis place, and known as the Planters
Inn" Il is kept by our friend. John
McGahs, who i, driving thrifty business,
as he well deserves to. How could il be
otherwise--he he's a subscriber 10 the Pearl
ARiyer Banner. He had better slip in a
mail advertisement il he wishes to ex-
tend his business. There is another tav-
erA in this place, but as editor, we are
not authorized 10 know it, as the props
eior neither sdyertises nor subscrdes for
our paper.
The venerable Judge Turner, we IN
derstand, has sign6ed his intention Of
visiting every county 10 The State presi.
Gus 10 the November election. He is de-
ternined. he says. not to be out done by
bis younger brethren in the Wing cause.
Our old acquaintance and friend, Judge
Dudley S. JENNINGS, the Wing candid
ate for Secretary of State, arrived al this
place on Wednesday evening last, in CON.
pany with N. GREENE NokrH, Esq. the
able and talented assistant editor Of the
NalcheZ Courier, and number OF other
gentlemen, on board the steamer Alice
Maria, for New Orleans. They gave Us
a call IN Ihurday morning, and spent an
hour. Our hro,ber North is an excellent
fellow, full Of life. and fond Of fun. We
wish him merry pilgrimage through
this land Of hope and promise.
The steamboat Grand Gulf, Hiil n.as
ter. passed up the river on Thursday /
She "walks the water like thing Of ile,'
and makes the quickest sort Of trips.
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Our brother North when he was
here said be had been doing nothiag Tor
three or four days, but 'IoIliDs about and
swallowing pine wood smoke. and that
BY the time be got to New Orleans, lie
expected to smoke like tar kiln.
A word with our little nrighhor al GAL
attn. You had just as well cease your
attacks upon our high minded and honor
able Representative, Samuel jayne, Esq.
The game il above the reach of your
:mall arms. He stands TOO high 10 The rs,
imaion Of all intelligent men,.o be EACH
ed by such puny weapons. rs brother
editor remarked on another, hut similar
occasion. "you had just as well undertske
he hompardmert OF Gibralter pop.
gum as to injure the reputation Of an
honorable man by such contemplate
means. Haven't you got head ache, -
you look verv bilious " late!
why Is . news paper like good wifte
Because every man Ought 10 haze one OF
his own.--Exchange paper.
Yes, and every maa who has not both
. wife and newspaper Of his own, is as
much mistaken about the comforts tf life,
as il he'd got up al midnight and burnt
his shirt TO see whe ihrr ~ not il was dark
The New Orleans P,ca,une thinks we