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he Governor. lie showed US the petition
md gave us to understand, in plain terms,
hat he would no. convoke the Legislature.
In the midst Of these unpleasant details,
however, it is pleasant 10 take peep at
. the rose Of Sharon' 10 that same county.
There are, we understand, about 10
flowers in that fine nursery-in
other words, there are that many young |
ladies in the female Seminary. In the
male Academy there are some 40 or 80.
As Mississippians, we take pride in these
Academies-but as TO the little up-start
Colleges, we view them almost with con-
tempt. They ought all to be turned into
Academies. One grand College, or Uni
yersity, situated in healthy, cheap loca-
ton, with the concentrated energies Of the
government fixed upon it alone, would be
sufficient. 1t might then vie with Yale or
Harvard in less than fifty years.
At Sharon there seems 10 be great union
and harmony between the different literary
institutions rivalry whatever. Take
the following for example,
MARRIED--At Sharon, Miss, on SIM
day l4th ult., by the Rev. Alexander
Campbell, Henry w. Smith, Professor Of
Mathematics and Natural History in Shar-
on College, to Miss Harriet Bedford.
Teacher Of Drawing, Painting, and Of
Modern Languages in The Female De.
partment of the same.- Raymond Times.
PUBLIC MEETING.
Pursuant to public notice, meeting
was held at the Court house in Raymond
on Monday last, with the view Of express
ing the sense of the people of Kinds county
as to the propriety Of having called ses.
sion of the Legislature.
Gen. PATRICK HENRY was called to
the Chair, aud N. GREENE NORTH appoin.
ted Secretary.
On motion of Gen. II. S. Foote, Judge
Mitchell was invited to address the meet.
ing concerning the embarrassments of,he
times and the mode Of constituting relief to
be proposed in the event of the Legislature
being called together.
When Judge Mitchell concluded, Gen.
Foote presented the following resolution,
viz:
Resolred, That in the opinion of this
meeting, it is the wish of almost the whole
population of the State, that his Excellency,
the Governor, should at some very early
day, convene the Legislature Of Mississippi,
with view to the enactment Of suitable
laws for the relief of existing pecunary
dstresses; and such is the wish of this
meeting"
Gen. Dunlap made some remarks upon
this resolution-in the course of which,
he assured The meeting that Gov. McNutt
was in favor Of calling the Legislature
together, and that he had received this
information from q gentleman at Vicks.
burg on Thursday last.
Mr.. North, in reply to this point in
the remarks OF Gen. Dunlap, stated that
he felt bound, in selfdefence, TO give the
reason why he had made public in print
an opinion conflicting with that just given
by Gen. ID. He (Mr. ny had seen the
Governor on Ffday-the Madison county
petition was shown to him by the Gov
ernor, who stated at the time that he had
never encouraged the idea of converting
the Legisloture-that he did not wish to
see the present Legislature together again
but that, if there were "a new SET"
then the case might be different.
Maj. Peyton corroborated the statement
Of Mr.. North. He was present at the
conversation with Gov. McNutt on Friday.
Gen. Foote here arose in support of his
resolution, and in speech of considerable
length argued soma points omitted by
Judge Mitchell! and Gen. Dunlap.
MIR. Runnels made some remarks in
opposition to the objects of the meeting
and, IN his character as constituent Of
Gen. f., proposed to the latter gentleman
the following questions, viz:
lst. Would a law, which in its effect
and result impairs the force and extent Of
the remedy or remedies for enforcing con-
tracts ALREADY IN existence, De constitu.
tional?
"2d. Would raluation lam, that is a
law which prohibited property, real or
personal, from being sold by the Sheriff
under judgments rendered or execution
issued prior to the passage Of such law,
unless said property broughta certain price,
be constitutional
sd. Would Bankrupt law which en-
tirely releases the debtor from any further
liability on contracts made prior to such
law, after rendering full schedule Of his
estate, be constitutions"
The first two of these questions Gen.
Foote answered in the affirmative-the
last one in the negative.
After some little discussion or SQUAD
bling, from which we received no great
i:.ht .,nnn tho po:nts nj Issue ar unop n ~ =,