Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-02-22

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N The south Albanian relates tn,
following matter OF fact. a negr,
/. woman in our ncigborhood was late
lygrelating her experience to a gap
ing congregation Of darkics amonf
other things sid she had been to heay
en-. One Of the breathercn SAYS to her
"oister you see any brack folks IN
heaben" She crplicd go 20 away
Sam, don't put a body out s'posc 7 20
| to dc kichen when was dare"
Qlsen pictoria says that Prince All.
bert ought to have l5D.n0Ol a year for
marrying her, while Melbourne thinks
100000 will be good pay. She knows
best what it is worth.
1 A cold ceremony. Sixty three per.
sons were babtiscd few days since. at
Trenton. by citing Iholes in the ice
on the Delaware. II occupied only
forty minutes.
The following gentlemen we're nom.
mated as Harrison Electors by a meet.
ing at the Capitol on the evening Of
tuesday last; at which the Hon. John
!. Onion presided: Hon. s.. S. Prem
tlss, Hon. Thos. j. Word, Jones Stew
art Esq, Of Amite, and Henry Dick
inson,of Lowndes.- 5aississppiaa
DR.. Sturgeon, the newly elected
Senator from Pennsylvania place 0,
Mexican. )arrived too lafe TO vote for
the bill. JOHN HENDERSON, in
direct violation Of pledges, made be-
fore his election to a number Of gen.
tlemen in this State, made long
speech against the bill, and cast his
vote also in opposition to it!--Ib.
4 letter from Washington says that
Mr. Hunter, Speaker Of the House OF
Representatives, viii 90 with his friend
Mr. Calhoun, in the support Of Mr. Van
Buren's administration. If this should
prove true, the poor whiggies would
die Of chagrin.
Men show particular folly on fvs
different OCCASIONS. When they CT
tablish their fortunes Oh The ruin OF
others; when they expect to excite
love by GOODNESS, and BY showing more
marks of dislike tan affection; when
they expect to become learned in the
midst of repose and pleasure; when
they seek friends without making any
advances Of friendship; and when
they arc unwilling to succor their
friends in distress.
Whig Spoils.-That the Wings fight
only for principles. and not for sspoils,'
in the state Of New York,nay be gath !
cred from the following, taken from
the Alexandra Gazette, leading
whig paper; IN O. TINES.
"Hundr.ds upon hundreds Of men
who, in better times, would never have
thought Of asking for an Office. are
now among the applicants at Albany.
Asan example, VIC mention the facts
that for the nineteen Offices of depu-
ty measures Of grainsin New York,
there are seven hundred applicants,
And in like proportion are tie appll,
Giants for other executive favors.'
a rsezO Scieace.-A philosopher. who
has travelled much, and is a man Of
great experience, has discovered chat
no bozp-legged individual HAS ever been
distinguished for any extraordinary
evidence Of mental superiority.
Leggett's Wrisings.--We are happy
~ announce the publication ofthe
political writings Of this distinguished
nan--every democrat should onw them
0TThe following objects ale en-.
oraced in the bills introduced in Con.
sress BY the Hon. Robert j. Walker:
Free Trader.
lst- The removal OF distractions
. the Pearl, Pascagoula, Leaf and
Shickasawhay. End. The reduction.
. favor Of sellers, ofthe price Of the
'ublic lands to 25 cents per acre, to
'ring you population, and with it pro.
iucts, the true source OF commerce.
'rd. The two per cent found bill to
'onnect our eastern counties, By rail-
Dads, with Georgia. the &arolinas, and
Virginia, and bring us a large poEuIa- !,
ion from these States. Az. The
ailroads designated in my last bill
rom Mississippi City to Paulding. land
have no objection to carryingit north,
md with branches to the Mississippi
md Tennessee rivcrs.)