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The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

EThc reader will perceive that our
sheet is somewhat smaller than usual. We
have been forced TO this reduction of the
size Of the Telegraph from the pressure OF
the times, and the great want of punctuality
on the part of those indebted to US. By
discarding old advertisements from our
present sheet, we shall still be enabled to
give very nearly our usual amount of read
ing matter.
1t is indispensably necessary that all ac-
counts due thus office from May 2, 1888, to
May 2, 1910, be settled forihwth-those
remaining unpaid after the 10Th of June
next, will be placed in the hands of magls-
rate for collection.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
COTTON MARKET.
LIvGRooI, l4th April. $50,

The business in Cotton for three weeks
past has been rather extensive. but the in
terrier qualities. from the Increased supply OF
such. have. during that time, declined 4d
per pound, while the fair and good qualities
remain steady at quite as high rates as a
month OF six weeks ago. The recent inn
ports consists of a larger proportion of ordi.
nary Cotton than has been usual so early in
the season, and a lower grade having an.
peared on the market than before. consider
able sales have been made as low as 41d.
and IN some instances merchantable Cotton
have been sold at 4ada5sd, while we onota
taIr quality at 5ta64d per pound.
The depression in the ordinary uu,I;,;.,
has been decided since the 4th inst. when
the "Great Westerns" accounts were r.
ceived here. The sales for the week ended
9th ultimo, amounted 10 S5, 300 bales. and
for the week ended 10Th INST, they were
81, $40 bales. OF the latter $3.50 were In
land al 4la63-I3,739 Orleans 4 43.,8-
1900 Alabama and Mobile al 5fat;g and
l4O Sea Island at llia2sd per pound
Spectators tosk 1000 bales, and 500 were
taken for export. On Saturday. the nh
INST, the business was esiim aied AZ 4000
bales, and yesterday alb out 5000 were sold
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

There can be no doubt but what there is
a clear majority of FIVE or six thousand
votes in the State in favor of MIR. Van
Buren.-Mississippidn
We would say to the editor of the Missis-
sippian as he said to the Wings when the
returns began 10 come in Of the late cleo
ton in Virginia: s'Don't hollow till you are
out of the woods" The Wings may be
beaten in Mississippi-but we see nothing
in the signs of the times TO warrant any
sangulne expectation that she will cast her
vote in favor Of Van Buren,. The admins
iration party has had the sway in our State
tor some time. and their abominable meas
ures, aided by those of the national admins
trarion, have reduced us from unexampled
prosperity TO bankruptcy and ruin-and we
are satisfied that there is now "a strong desire
among the great body Of the people to have
change IN the men as well as the meas
ures OF the administration. We do not wish
to encourage anticipations which cannot be
~ AOOi eohudSht uidt IL the
Wings of the State will but adopt an eff
cient organization, and take proper meas
ures for The general dissemination of correct
political intelligence among the people, Mis-
sissippi will soon be found warmly engaged
~ supporting the cause of Harrison and Re-
form. ln our own county there is much to
inspire hope-we could mention number
OF our most intelligent, respectable and in
haen'ial planters who have openly renoun-
ced Van Burenism within the last month or
two, and now declare their intention to vote
for Harrison and Tyler, at the coming cleo
ton; aud we are informed that mighty
revolution has taken place in public senti-
ment IN the northern and eastern counties
Of the State.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
MR. RUGGLEs' REPLY.

GENTLEMEN:-l have received The invi-
tation to s'attend the sitting of the National
Convention of the Wing Young Men, as one
of its guests" with which you have honored
me, ain behalf of The delegates from the city
of Baltimore" 1t would afford me great
satisfaction to be present on that interesting
occasion, would my public duties permit.
The necessity of change of measures
with view to the relief of people suffer
ing beyond any former example, is now
manifest TO all, ifnot acknowledged by ell.
No small portion Of those who aided in bring
ing into power the present incumbent at the
Executive chair, have Witnessed with pain
full disappointment the periinacity with
which he has persevered in forcing upon the
country system of measures destructive TO
its best interests and ruinous to The enter
prise and business of the eopIe: And they
have ,olved, as the only means left Of
staying the progress Of these measures, to
aid in calling from retirement distinguish.
ed citizen, whose enlightened patriotism.
great practical wisdom and sound repuhh.
can principles have secured for him the
highest respect and confidence. The name
of HARRISON has animated the whole coun.
try with hope. II has reused an enthusiasm
which pervades all grades and classes OF
the people. That enthusiasm chastened by
wise counsels and hallowed by patriotism,
will be the animating principle of the ''Na-
tional Convention"
Rejecting, as its members will, the prin
ciples and elings of a great majority Of the
people throughout The Union, their deliber-
atoms will be no less national in their char
acter than patriotic in their design; aud will
tend, it is confidently believed, to harmon
ize and invigorate the efforts Of the nation
to place the executive government in the
hands of one who has never yet disappoint-
ed the expectations Of his country. He who
by his bravery in the field, redeemed the
honor Of the nation, when betrayed by
tleachery and cowardice, will not fail TO cor
rect by his wisdom and prudence the errors
f the civil administration Of the Govern
nent under which the country is severely
suffering.
Thanking ''the Delegates from the city Of
Baltimore" for their gratifying invitation,
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
THE VAN buren, CONVENTION.

The administration party held s'NationaI
Convention" at Baltimore The day after the
"People's 1athering. me agents of misrule
numbered $50 strong, all told. They went
through the ridiculous farce of nominating Mar
tin Van Buren, for reelection to the P,esidencv
Here they stopped. BY vote OF 90 to 10 tbcv
refused to make any nomination for The Vs..
Presidency, but left each division of the mart,
to support its own candidate So we win -
the contemplate policy pursued of running Polk
in Tennessee, Dick Johnson in Kentucky. For.
sythe in Georgia, &c. &c. This is a sp;tabls.
finale for The spoils party.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
4BoYs DO YOU HEAR THATyn

BEDFORD County Redeemed!-An cleo
ton was recently held in Bedford county.
PENNSYLVANIA, 10 chose member Of the
House of Representatives, in the place Of
McEIwee, ivan Buren,) who had been ex-
PEELED. The result was that Daniel WASH
abaugh, (Whig) was elected by majority Of
upwards of 600 votes over his locofoco on.
nent. McEwee's majority was 4OO--show
ing Wing gain of more than 1000 votes.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

of one dollar from each Of its members, to
support the Opposition press at the city Of
Washington, and generally to oppose the
tvranical tax upon the office-holders of the
r sidential party.
Resolved, That the funds thus raised shall
be placed in the hands of the Executive Com
mittee of Seventy-Six at Washington.
The following resolution was then unani-
mousIy adopted:
Resolred, That the President OF this Con-
ventionDe requested to call on the several
States, through their Vice Presidents, Tor
brief statements Of their present poilticai
condition and prospects.
The Convention drew forth some OF the
best talent of the country. Il was addressed
bv large number of the leading Wings ol
both Houses of Congress; by many OF the
old patriarchs Of the Revolution, by HarrI'
sons old soldiers in his campaigns against
the British aud Indians during the last war
and by many eloquent young gentlemen
who were in attendance as delegates.
We feel melancholy satisfaction at the
eloquent and solemn tribute paid to tho
memory of The palrio; White, in the hanging
Of the Tennessee banner in mourning, ant
rhe brief but touching address of Mr.. Humes
a delegate from Tennessee, delivered upoI
the occasion.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.

HI bAA1I1MOKE OON ENIlO
ss7IIE AVALANCHE OF THE PEOPLE,"
We scarcely know how to give utlerancc
to the sensations which this mighty gather
ing of The army Of Reform has awakened.
The assembling of THIRTY THOUSAND
FREEMEN for the purpose of siaying the
progress of misrule and bringing back our
government to its ancient and constitutional
usages, forms an epoch in our history; and
is without parallel in ancient or modern
political records. We envy those who wit
messed this more than 'McGregor's gather
ing" The moral sublimity of the spectacle
would have well repaid pilgrimage from
our country's utmost limit. And from that
limit the friends Of freedom travelled "fast
and farn to swell the Ghost with their ban
ners" who made the monumental city echo
with their shouts for reform and its champi-
on. The eloquent and snul-stirring Ian
guage Of the President of the day-'serery
mountain has sent its rill-EvERY VALLEY
ITS sTREASf-and 10! the AVALANCHE
OF THE PEOPLE ARE HEREr'-was
unmIxed with rhetorical figure or poetic
license--it was literally true. From each
of the twenty six States the tadvance guard
of the army OF reform" had rallied; and
the glorious enthusiasm and stern resolve
which glowed in every countenancc and
mingled with every shout of that mighty
multitude, cheeringly foretokened the sue
cess of our cause in the coming contest.
But why this coneregating Of thirty thou
sand freemen from every quarter Of our
land? Was il to shout hosannahs TO apo
litical chieftan, or TO procure mere parti-
zan ascendancy? No: 1t was the struggle
of the young and gallant representatives of
an oppressed and down trodden people to
throw off the chains which have bound
them;-to restore their suffering country to
prosperity that once was theirs, but the
fountains of which have been dried up by
the minions of plumber aud misrule, who, for
the last ten years, have prowled about the
capitol, like the bat and the owl of some old
and gloomy ruin, making night hideous with
their boding screams. 1t was to bring back
to youth and health our glorious constitu-
tien-young in years, but hoary and enfse-
bEed by accumulated abuses and countless
violations. 1t was TO sanctify again our po-
litical altars-desecraied and trampled by
an unwashed and unworthy political priest
hood --powerless for good as the prophets of
Baal; relentless in evil, as the thrice heated
Moloch.
We are curious to know if the sound of
glad voices which this throng of youthful
patriots sent out upon the joyous air, reach
ed the AueEAN STABLES al Washington. IT.
%, we should have rejoiced to see that pitt
fuI protege Of the old war-chief listening TO
The echo and invoking his seers and false
prophets to expound the omen, and to read
MS destiny. The pale lips and cIattering
teeih, would have spoken in unmistakabIe
language, the terrors Of bis coward and con
emptibe soul. But on the wings of the
wind the war-shout of freedoms soldiers has
flown to the Capitol: and already, on the
wall Of his luxurious and princely mansion
haA the usurper read in characters Of bla- |
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
RODNEY:


CrrFrom and after the st day of June
next, no money viii be received at this office,
either for Subscription, Advertising, or Job
Work, that is more than TWELVE PER
CENT discount for specie. In the mean-
time we shall cOntinne to receive Mississip-
pi Currency at par--after that 1t viii be ta-
ken only at the current rates Of discount.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

GA late English paper states that Sir
Moses Monte6ou, the wealthy London Jew,
has obtained permission Of the Pacha of
Egypt TO colonize the Holy Land with Jews.
An annual tribute Of sixIy-four thousand
purses is TO be paid, and the colony is to be
considered national, and not under Europe
an protection.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
ATTENTION.

ORA Called Meeting of the Tippecanoe
Club will be held at the Lecture Room this
evening at half past o'clock.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

zing, binding light smene meme, fekel
upharsia'-thon art weighed in the balan-
ces, and art found wanting.
We have not space for the whole of the
glowing record Of This meeting Of the people
Their proceedings fill one Of The mammoth
sheets of the commercial cities. The fol-
lowing is list Of officers of the Conyen-
ton:
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

OEFwe are authorized 70 announce James
M. Downes as a candidate for State Treasurer,
to I'll the vacancy accustomed by the death of
Mr.. Williams.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

OS-"Arabclla'' must put us in possession OF
her real name, before her articles can appear in
print. This is rule to which we always strict
ly adhere.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

6TCol. s. b. Islac<, District Attorney
for the Marshal Judicial Distric:, YVES lately
murdered at Holly Springs, by man ma
med Thomas Westbrooks.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
New ORLEANS RATES OF UNcuRRENT MONEY
May 18th, 1910.

WV OhLEANs MATES W ~FN~~''~e'ft'-
May 18th, 1910.
DlscT.
Natchez and river specie paying Banks, oal0
Mississippi Union Bank, on demand, 65d.O
do do II mons Post Notes, 63dtu
Mississippi Rail Road Co.. II mo. 79aSo
Mississippi Shipping Co., Natchez, no sale
Agricultural Post Notes, 5u@5s
Commercial & r. II. BIZ. Vicksburg, 6uab5
Do-l1 sc ViolOburg, Vicksburg, bodIu1
Vicksburg w. Works Blk. o., 65a70
Grand Gulf, 55a6O
Commercial Bank, Rodney, Post Notes, 3Sa35
Lake Washington and Deer Creek, 65a7O
Tombigby r. r. Banking Co., Columbus, 75a q
Citizens Bank of Madison CO., O0a, 4
Commercial Bank, Columbus, l5G%u
Manchester, oGlu
Manchester Post Notes, 52d53
Real Estate, Kinds CO., oOds3
Bank of Lexington, Miss, sOGSo
Clinton and Port Hudson, 5Oa52
+" " payable at Citizens Blk. not redeemed
Blk of State of Ala. and branches, las
Bank of Mobile and specie paying Banks, par
Tennessee Banks, odtu
South Carolina and Georgia 6dl0
Arkansas Banks, 25a1e
Kentucky, Ia
Virginia, 3al
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, la2
Rank of Pensacola. FLORIDA. 15ale
Texas Treasury Notes, hd1S
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

ora lot ofchoice Cotton, ''Nutt" brand,
was sold in Liverpool in March last, at nine
pence per pound.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
SENATOR RUGGLE's LETTER.

We give below the reply of this veteran Loco
Foco Senator from Name to the invitation OF
Committee OF the Peoples Convention ut Balti-
more, to be present at its sittings. The old dem
ocrat thinks it high time to come out from
among the unclean beasts and birds of the adj
ministration, and seeks by early repentance and
reform to avert, in his own person, the indigna-
ton of the people. "a wise man foreseeth the
danger, and 1eeth from it, said Solomon; and
Mr.. Ruggles Is of the same opinion.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23
f the same opinion.
BALrIMoRE, April Is, l94O.

TO The Hon. JOHN RUGGLEs, U. S Senate.
DEAR SIR: The undersigned, acting on
behalfa and under the direction of the Dele
gates from the city of Baltimore, to the Ma
TIoNAL CONVENTION OF WING YOU'VE MEN,
have the honor 10 request TINT you will at
tend the sitting of the Convention as one of
its guests. The Convention, il is now GER
tain, will he, by far, the most numerous ma
honal assemblage of the Delegates of the
people, that has ever taken place TN the Uni
ted States, and we earnestly wish that it
may not only be worthy of being remember
ed for It's multitude, but for its deeds and the
counsels it will offer to the nation. To This
end, we desire that its deliberations may be
aided, as well as witnessed BY the sages OF
the republic, and particularly by those who
have been the champions Of the faith, which
It's members profess and are seeking To es-
tablish in triumph. Allow to US, sir, the
honor and the pleasure Of welcoming you to
our city on this occasion, and believe us to
be, with the truest regard,
Your obedient servants,
NELSON POE.
ROBERT BUTLER.
EDWARD DE LOUGHERY,
WM. Nj. PETHERBRIDGE,
THOMAS STANLEY,
THOMAS w. JAY,
ROBERT LAWSON, JR.
JAMES w. BARROLL,
JOHN w. KlPP,
c.. HUGHES ARMISTEAD,
VIM p. STEWART,
A L. MCLEAN.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

and you, gentlemen, forthe acceptable terms
in which it is conveyed, / have the honor to
be, with sincere regard,
Your obedieni servant,
JOHN RUGGLES.
To NELSON Poe, Esq. and others.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-23

There can be no doubt but what there is
a clear majority of FIVE or six thousand
votes in the State in favor of Mr.. Van
Buren, Mississippidn.
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-22
FOR THE PILOT.
EFFECTS OF
REVOLUTIONARY CLUBS.

The scenes of bloodshed and murder, which
drenched France with the blood OF her best citi-
zens, which filled almost every house in the
Infamous clubs Of the assassin crew, who, in the
name of liberty, violated every law, moral and
divine-and the late order of Mr. Van Buren,,
through his Secretary of War, to punish Major
Lehdrum, and Capt Dusenbeuy, for having
bought supplies of Wing citizens for the army,
was the offspring Of an irresponsible convention,
whose membsrs,in the name of democracy, have
1it Of our institutions, to subserye the mercenary
purposes of party. What American, let me ask,
snheriting that noble spirit, that generous feel
ing, bequcathed him by his revolutionary sire,
would tolerate life on such ignominious terms /?
IL there be Wing, in whose veins a drop of
revolutionary blood runs, who would tamely sub
init to indlgnities so low and degrading, for one
would say, he deserves not to enjoy the blessings
Of our constitution, and should be branded as a
traitor, to every principle dear to freedom
It is time to stay the torrent of oppression,
which our little tyrant in silk gloves, measures
out towards those who question the wisdom Of
his measures. Let every man, one and all,
therefore, who are unwilling to see all constitu-
t;onal freedom battered down about their ears !;
who are averse from beholding their rights and
privileges frittered away by an oppression more
odious than that Of Turkey, and done,too, under
the forms Of an enlarged and liberal Constitution
"a Constitution whose every clause is sacred to
the cause Of Iberty--I say, let all such, come
forward like men resolved to preserve their
rights and put down this most unholy admins
6ation. Let every one give a portion Of his
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-22
FOR THE PILOT.


The advice Of Gen. jackson to Mr.. Monroe,
was to consider himself the President of the nas
ton and not of a party. The letter. in which
this advice was contained, rallied around the
former, when a candidate for the presidency, the
largest portion of the old federal party and they,
it may be said, elected him, as they held the bal
lance of power.
Mr.. Van Buren, pledged himself to e'treed in
the footsteps of his llustrious predecessor" and
he does so, by acting as if he was not the presi-
dent of the whole people, but of party; and that,
while he is bound to reward his own partisans
with the spoils of Office he is bound also to treat
the large and respectable body of American citi-
zens, who honestly differ with him, politically,
as alien enemies; and to punish them for their
audacity, in daring to question his infallibility.
This may do for the regions of the hard money
despots of Russia, Egypt, and Turkey, but it will
not answer for the United States of America.
HIsToRICUs
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-22

YENHE subscriber having determined to reduce his
large stock Of goods, is now prepared to dispose OF
them ON the reasonable TERMS and respectfully SO
lcis call from those in want OF any articles IN his line,
as he e,l assured that his prices will be perfectly sase
factory. His stock consists of great variety Of Cut
Glass including the fashionable new patterns also
China & Queensware, comprising splendid French and
English manufactures of rich and beautiful patterns,
common do. and Stone China.
L.amps-slch as Astral, Hall, Mantel and Chamber
Lamps. Lamp Shades and Glasses, in great variety.
Plated Ware, of new and fashionable patterns, Wait
crs Cutlery, Tenders, Shoves & Tongs, Androns, Ger
man Silver Articles, and great variety of other goods
used in housekeeping
Connected with the Bazaar Is extensive Glass Cut
ting establishment where the most skul workmen are
prepared 10 execute every description OfwoTk.
CHAIR FACTORY
The subscriber also carries extensively the manu-
facturc of all descriptions Of Cane Seat aud Windsor
Chairs to which he invites the attention of his friends
aud the public. He also manufactures Choirs for expor
tatOn suited for the different South American and Nes
India markets.
Housekeepers, Country Merchants and others are re-
auesed to call and examine the stock OF goods IN thu
store and Bazaar, which will be found 10 comprise
greater variety than IS usually be met with in one es
Enlistment. JACob DhbEh'
NIB China and Glass hired out as usual.
On hand very fine assortment of Vase Shades ,of dif
fsren sizes which have been received lately, and nor
ey ted N {; DAYS.
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-22
SONG OF THE JACKSON BOY.

TuNE-seI cont be a Man,
i use to vote for Martin, that pretty little man,
But he has played the deuce with the people and
the land,
So won't vote for Van-no, wont vote for Van,
an 50 fond of freedom, that cannot vote for
Van.
Our money he has taken to feed his hungry crew,
And this, in my opinion, with us will never do,
So won't vote for Van, SC.
The Locos they may sheer, and say rve turned
my coat,
But still 1 am resolved to give honest men my
vote,
So won't vote FOR Van, sc.
He wants to be captain, and make US all his
tools,
To march with his brave bulldogs, just like a
pack of fools,
So wont vote for Ven, sc.
Re said he'd give US mint-drops as plenty as the
sand,
But government shin-plasters have overncwed
the land.
So Twon't vote for Van, sc.
He says the poor mechanic who lsbours day by
day,
Must work as hard as ever for very little pay,
So went vote for Van, SIC.
So brother mechanics, and fellow-merchants too
Vote for our honest friend, and he is Tippecanoe
And we won't vote for Van, &c
Ion.
The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-22
CAeIPHfNE LIGHTS.

Est NOTWITHSTANDING the unprecedented demand
for tsTVEBB'S PATENT BURNERS IND
C9lfPHINE OH" we are always prepared to fill all
orders Our assortment is very complete, such as
Astral Hall, Reading, Chamber and side LAMPS as al
SO others for stores &c. &c. The economy attending
the burning of the Camphinc OIL has been fully tested,
IL is warranted To be LESS than half the expense of Gas
or OIL Many who using the lamps, have assured US
that il is two-rds less ilan either. great saving of
labor in trimming and keeping the lamp in order is gain
ed One wick will burn from 4 to months The oil
we warrant free from COMMISSIONS and where by acct
dent if may be dropped the CARPET it dries
up as quick water leaving stain; and for its match
less brIiancy it exceeds all the artificial light in
vented. pattern Lamp of each kind is burning every
evening at our store where the Lamps and Oil al
WAYS he had. L. PALMER co.
n b. The Camphine Oil is TO be had at store only.
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