Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-08-10
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that MIR. Van Buren, is Catholic. sd
you know that Van Buren, is Catholic
asked the Hon. John w. Crockett, fedel
al candidate for Congress, of sensibI
democrat, whomhe wished to turn ovel
81 do not" was the reply-"but what
he is? | know Mr.. Van Buren, TO be ger
tlemaD, a scholar, ademoerat-i know to
that he will be reelected president of tn
United States. If he is catholic, so wa
Charles Carroll of CarroIlton, so was La
Fayette, so is Chief Justice Taney."-
L0HiSidnidn.
Mr.. VAN buren, AT New YoRK.--O
the 4th of July, when the President of tn
United States received the visits of hi
fellow citizens, person attempted Il
count the throng Of ladies and gentlemen
who came opay their respects to him.
He actually numbered 9700 between tn,
hours of ii and 2, which he estimated a
about one half of those whe called upor
the President during that day. What ar
unpopular Chief Magistrate! Mr.. Van
Buren, W. s to leave New York on the 9th
ut., for the nortb.-ib.
The President left New York fol the
interior of the state on the 10th uit. When
the procession started from the Washing
ton Hotel the crowd was immense. Be-
fore the train reached Harlem, it was a
milo in length. At Harlem the President
took leave Of his New York friends. at
Nowlan's Hotel. He was received by a
committee from the inhabitants of West
chester the moment of his arrival.-ib.
THE NoRTH CAROLINA seamen
of this vessel we're paid off on the 9th ult.
They arrived at the Manhattan Bank in
carriages. The pay roll amounted to
$685. 00.--id.
A DuEL.-Thc editor of the Nntchcz
Courier says he regrets to learn that
duel was to have been fought between two
New Orleans editors, on the 3lst ult. We
expect this is n fact, for we know of very
few who can scent out duel with as much
certainty, and as quickly, as our friend
Black. He can hear of an "Affray in
WoodviIle," and the probability Of a duel
in New Orleans, but he cannot hear Of a |
mob in Natchcz, knocking down the May
or, tearing down houses, &C. oodpiHe |
Republican.
The Coaoncrop again. -Mr.John WooL-
ward, who has charge Of Mrs. ----- Stew
arts Fontain Blue plantation, has given
NJ statement Of the quantity of cotton
picked Oh the lstof August, which amour
ted to 1899 pounds. One hand picked
30 pounds, and a boy, II years of age
picked 225 pounds
Col. William Aston, a patriot Of the re-
died at Charleston on the 26th
ut.
Mr.. SKINNER, late Postmaster at Bal
tlmorc, the original proprietor of the A.
merican Farmer, has. again assumed the
cdltorship Of that publication.
a hiliof variegatcd marble one hundred
feet high and haIla mile long, has recent
~ been discovered in Walker county,
Georgia.
The democratic majority in Virginia,
taking the entire vote of the state, is near
iy four thousand.
Eighteen thousand seven hundred and
ninety-four children have attended the
Public Schools in Philadelphia City and
County during the past year.
A state military academy has been es.
tablshcd at Lexington, VA under the
superintendent of MIR. T. Ii. Smith, a
graduate Of West Point.
The death of a printer is thus chroni-
clcd in an English paper:
"George Woodcock, the of his profess
sion, the type Of honesty, the of all and
although the 017-s of death have end
him and put a to his existence, every
! Of his life was without a This T in
but small docs justice to merits so Nv
meritorious.
To perform an act, which will gain us
one friend and one enemy, is losing bu-
siness; because revenge is much stroger
principle than gratitude.--Colton.
A Spanish proverb says, that the Jews
ruin themselves at their passovers, the
Moors at their marriages, the Christians
in their lawsuits.
ExPERIENcg.-T most men experience
IS like the stern lights of ship, which IL
lumine only the track it has passed.
Coleridgc.
The 81. Louis Gazette says, an English
agent, said to be commissioned by the
house Of Rothchilds, has lately visited the
ron mountain district, and has been ne.
yociating with view to the construction
u railroad from the IRON mountain to
he Mississippi. II is confidently stated
ays the Gazette, VIC know not bow crcdi-
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