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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07
MORALITY AND DECENCY OF LOCO
FOCO FEDERALISM

The subject of the following letter explains itself
We need add no comment. The people of this coun-
try will see in it the utterly depravcd character OF that
party seeking to pcrpetuate power by the butche
ries of private character and upon tho ruins OF every
thing that decent and of good report in heland-
We envy no mans heart principles who can asso-
cate with the authors of such arocious sentiments as
were given and appauded in the toass contained III the
subjoined letter:
New Castle, la, July %, 1910,
Mn ALLEN Dear Sir herewith send you
specimen toasts drank hy the Loco ocos at ccebra
ton of the 18th of July inst and desire you to publish
them The man that offered the toasts was Mr. WI
liam Parent and read by the President OF the day
rheered by the company, and platoon fired
LIST st-aHere's to General Harrson-May ms
DAVIS be few in the land and his wife widow, and ms
children motherless and all their poserlty, and may
they be cast in desert place and may they peg lot
their living all the day i of their lives
ID Here's TO General Harrison, Hull Burr ana
their mothers and their postcrity, all be crammed with
Hell and Damnation thunder bolts thlcken them ana
streak Of lightning to mix 1t, and an earthquake 10
cram it down their God damned throats.
Ifthis is not specimen of the depravity oithe hu.
man heart don't know what language should be used
for that purpose
Very respectfully, yours &c, .-.,,-,,
SAML HOOVER.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07

The defauhers arc very appropriately called the
signcrs 10 Van Burens /" Second Declaration OF In
dnncnlnncc
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07
300 DOLLARS REWARD.
Mayors oFPIcE, WAsHlNGros Aug. 5,

MAYORS OFFICE, WAsHNGToH, Aug ;, 1910
Whereas most wicked and carefully conirived at,
tempt was made, in the of the night of Tuesday
last, TO set lire to the house Of Mr.. Clement Wood
ward, in the Second Ward the City, by which had
been successful large amount of property would
have been destroyed and the lives of citizens endan
gered Now, therefore, the end that the author of
SO atrocious a purpose may be apprehended and
brought 10 trial have thought proper to issue this my
proclamation, offering reward Of two hundred dollars
TO whoever shall give information which shall lead
the discovery and conviction Of the perpctrator
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07

InE GREAT SouTH WESTERN HARRISON CoNvEN-
rloN will assemble at Nashville on Monday after next
August l1th) We learn that it will scarcely be in
teror in numbers to the memorable Baltimore Con
vention Of the It'll of May
The Cincinnati Republicaa says
The whole South West Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama, Arkansas and Tcnnessee--have responded
to the invitation with enthusiasm and will send hun
dreds to Nashville Missouri illinois and India ma
will be well represented, kentucky will send her
thousands-and we have heard of and know many in
our own State, Ohio, who determined to be there y
Of the country will be present Among them was
mentioned Henry Clay of Kentucky Mr. Preston
Mr.. Prentss, and Mr.. Menefee The most distin-
guishcd sons of Tennessee will of course be on the
ground and prominent in the gallant, band will be
John Bell 10 whose devoted and dsinterescd patriot
Ism, the Opposition through out the Union are greatly
indebted for the maintenance of their principles in
that State We are happy 10 notice among the names
of the distinguished visitcrs expected that of Bale
PEYTpN, who has for few years past been engaged
IN the successful practice of law in Louisianabut
whose brilliant career in Congress, as a Representa-
tive from Tennessee, cannot be forgotten by any of
readers.
We take for granted that the invitations which have
been so freely extended to the friends of Harrison and
Reform in the Northern and Middle States will be-
accepted and that large delegations will be sent to as
our brothers in great and glorious cause Assem-
bcd Nashville that the Republicans Of All these
States with themn their noble and patriotic views
wishes and determinations
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07

lNcENDARY ArrEMPT.-A diabolical attempt was
made on Tuesday night last to set fire to Mr. Clement
Woodwards stove warehouse, few doors below this
Office A hole was dug under the sill in the alley on
the east side the building, and quantity Of wood
shavhgs, dipped in oil, and wrapped together with
locofoco matches in towel also saturated with oil,
were thrust into the hole Fortunately, after burning
the sill slightly the fire became extinguished, and the
project proved abortion. If the fire had communi-
Gated, we know not bu, the entire block including
our own office, would have been consumed Such
conduct deserves the severest punishment The
Mayor Of the city, glad to observe has issued
the following proclamation
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07
HOW THE LEG,TREAsuRY WORKS

We have received letter from Camden, New
Jersey, announcing that the postmaster at that
place has put the proceeds Of the office in his
sub Treasury, and gone off to take the sea
breeze, having bad complaint in his chest. II
is not stated that he has entirely absconded but
that he is now missing, and short about $780,
BY the bye, we have, in this days paper laid
the sub Treasury Bill before our readers at
length, so that they can examine the creature in
all its proportions.
We are sorry that il is not in our power to ac-
company II with Fan act more efectuaiiy 10 Sc
cure pubic moneyin The hands Of officers and
agents ofme Government, and to punish public
defduHers." Such an act was a, one time
deemed quite essential and, if we mistake not,
and passed by that body but, some how or
other, it lost sight of its twin brother in the
House, and has been heard of no more
Ifany person more astute than we can inform
US how Mr. Niles, the Postmaster General is TO
conform to the sub Treasury provisions, we
amounts scattered in $4,000 deposaries or post
Offices hitherto mostly collected by stage contrac-
tors, or by small Government creditors, in the
neighborhood of the offices. The sub Treasury
requires collecting officers to deposite the public
moneys in the general depositaries established
by the Bill Is each petty postmaster 10 perform
periodical journey for that purpose or is he to
trust his specie deposites to the mail Or is a
military collecting corps TO travel through the
country 10 facilitate collections after the manner
Of Cuba, and the Roman Quastors?
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-07

If the new Post Master General was in New Or
leans, it might become the duty of the Attorney Gc
neral there to prosecute him. and the duty Of the
Grand jury to find true bill against him, for having
attempted to obtain, Cor having actually obtained per
haps,) money under false prctences The New Or
leans Commercial Bulletin says = charge is preferred
against Mr.. John M Niles Post Master at Wash
ingon city, that he has, under the false pretence OF
having funds deposited in this city obtained certain
of money in payment of checks drawn by him
without authority, and without funds deposited to meet
them"
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
rRusT7z'e sAlz
Of Land and Negroes.

!" HEREAS Emerson Liddell, by deed
" bearing date the thirteenth day of Feb
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and ihir-
ty-eight, conveyed to the undersigned the
following property, to vita woman slave
named SARAH, aged sixteen years, and an
infant child Of said Sarah; woman slave
named NANCY, and an infant child of said
Nancy; and man slave named NED, aged
about thirty five years: also a TRACT OF
LAND, lying in the county of Jefferson and
State of Mississippi, containing four hundred
and fifty acres, and bounded by the land of
Isaac Dunbar, Arthur B. Sims, and the I'M
occupied landsof the United States, IN TRUST,
and to secure the payment Of the sum of five
thousand and seventy-eight dollars and sew
enty-ive cents, the sum Of money specified
in certain prommissory note drawn by the
said Liddell, in favor Of one Edmund Fitz-
patrick. or order, bearing even date with the
said deed, and payable on the first day Of
January, one thousand eight. hundred and
thirty mine, at the Commercial Bank Of Rod
ney; a portion Of which said sum Of money
now remains due and unpaid; and whereas
the said Edmund Fitzpatrick, the holder Of
said note, and party to said decd, for whose
benefit said trust was created, has required
the undersigned to sell said property, 50 con-
veyed in trust as aforesaid, sgreeably to the
terms of said deed, and 10 my covenants
therein as trustee as aforesaid; Nov, there
fore. be It known, that / the said trustee, ~
virtue Of Tie authority vested in me- h1 eni1
dacd. shall on Wednesday, the twenty -ninth
dav cf April, eighteen hundred and foItvs q
80 ,9,1c~.i p M nj the dwelling house eft116-
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

erFrom the following certificate, it vii
that the Hon. P. O. Hughes exonerates
Mr.. T. NJ. Nash, from the charges made
against him ia an advertisement published
in May, 1889.
Last May two negroes ran away from the
plantation of Walker Nash, Of which am
administrator. advertised said negroes,
and asserted it was supposed that T. M.
Nash, one of the heirs, had taken said me-
groes / was induced to make the suppo
sition, by the propagation of untruths regard
ing Thomas M Nash, by his enemies.
am sorry such charge or superstition was
made-and now contradictit in toto.
PHILIP O. HUGHES.
April 9, 1910.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
~ interested in the estate Of William Har-
per, late Of Jefferson county, deceased, that
the Undersigned will present their final ac-
count of Administration, on said estate, to
the Honorable Probate Court, on the fourth
Monday Of May next, for settlement and al
lowance.
LOUISA HARPER, Adm,x.
LEVI c.. H1RRlS, Admir-.
April 8, 1910. @z@ St-46.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
The Masonic Hall At Washingtonf Mi.
was consumed b; FIRE on the 2ash ust.

- Fsse itk.osissill On the night Of the
26.h Mach, fire occurred at LouisyilIe,
Ky. which DESTROYED twenty q lhift1 huild-
ings, wifi merchandise, sc. The IRE AZ
said to hive commenced on or near Metket
street aud extending through TO Main,
across Main street. Loss estimated q
81, OOO, a0.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

Notice is hereby Given,
THAT the Partnership heretofore exist
ing betweenG. B. Key and the uuder-
signed, in the Mansion House, at Rodney,
Miss, expired on the 3Oth 81 March, 1910.
/. s. HOPES.
March 81, 1910. 3t-46.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
Final Settlement.

NJ Office is hereby given, thAt the M
In dersigned, administrators de bonis non
Of the estate of Sidney Shaw, decd, late q
Jefferson county and State If Mississippi,
will make application to tho next August
term Of the Honorable Probate Court q
said county, Cor final settlement u saI4
estate, and surrender OF his letters teSt6r'
mentary. vess9ss ca zasss .s.sss - ~
r. b. RICKETTS,,
Admiaisrator Dc benis ssDs.
March IA, 1910. 43tc.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

GrAt the solicitation of many gentlemen
who heard them, we publish today, to the
exclusion of every thing else, ihdsd1dfesses
of Messrs. Dobyns and Martin, at the meet
ing at Fayette, on the 23d March,
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

O1r4t an election held in this place on
Wednesday last, the following gentlemen
were elected Selectmcn for the town OF
Rodney-L. C. Harris, J. Lawton, Jno. A.
Watkins, G. H. Wilcox, Jno. T. Voc, Jno.
klrEer was elected Treasurer, and R. w.
Worthington Assessor and Collector.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
Final Settlement.

WE the undersigned Executors Of the
estate of James Shaw, deceased,
will present our accounts to the Honorable
Probate Court Of jefferson county, at the
March Term, 1910, - be holden on the 4th
Monday Of said month J, for settlements and
allowance, and viii then surrender our let
ters jas far rs We are concerned.
MATTHEW BOLLS,
THOS. A. COMPTON, 80 -
4 Feb. III, 1910. 40 ssess 4O-tc.
p. 8. Notice is hereby given that the
above application for q FINAL settlement of
the above named estate, il postponed until
the fourth Monday Of April next, when il
will be made according to the above adver-
tisement. s54 MS
MATTHEW DOLLS, rs
THOs. "A. COMPTON, 1S'fs'
March 10, l040. 43tc stssiis
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

GIVE will shortly publish at this Office,
a neat pamphlet copy of the Hon. Caleb
Cushing's Outlines Of the Life and Public
Services. CiDi aad Ni1ikars.-sf ,Ms1,1J,A,,, !,
HENRv HARR1son. OF f1h'ls l-""''h win
OF Appendix, containing extracts
from his correspondence, speeches, &c.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

0rCslvin Blythe, Of Harrisburg, Pa. has
been appointed collector Of customs for the
port of Philadelphia, in the place Of George
Vol, deceased.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

GIVE are indebted to the polite atten-
ton of Capt. O'Farrel, Of the steam boat
Kinds, for files Of Natchez papers, about
ten days in advance Of Amos mail.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04
DOCTOR =. =. xx01
CONTINUES the practice Of Msdicins
~ IN Rodney and vicinity. sss.g
March %, 164O. tf-45-

BANK on RQDUEYs
: March "a, 1870.
+ + the annual meeting Of die stoekhold~
q ers, holden yesterday, asseoab1y p
charter, II 81 ss:s1o il -
THonAs FRxEIAnD, Dawn HU1It
10 DUNBAR, Sz A1ATTHkW U01xys
THOMAS w. Beck, JoHN SNcDanAss,
ANDREW MokTooMKRv, JoHN g. JANIS,
JAMES M Bachelor,
were elected directors land at d meeting Of
said directors this day, sTnoMAs FRKELAND,
Esq, was re elected President fox the year
ensuing. s.ss : - ~
March 8, 1910. H slai'' 4t-42.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

lF0ODFoRD WOOD, P. n.
~ II 1910 4t-46.
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

Dennie J. Cahill,
Samue; Chapman,
II. G. Campbell,
Asa Coleman,
Benjamin Campbell
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

false and unfounded. Only look to bis
speeches in Congress, and his letter to
BOLIVAR, if you wish to be convinced that
the charge is without foundation. Look at
the ability with which he conducted the
North Western army, and the triumphant
manner IN which he rid that country of her
foes. am not one of those who believe
that the modern mind is in any degree infe-
rior to the ancient--or that there are not as
great men living now, as ever lived hereto
fore. The same skill in military discipline
is now displayed that old Greece and Rome
might have been proud Of in their most glori-
ous and renowned days. Think you, that
liz a Philip were in arms against Us, and
should threaten to invade our Athens, that q
Thousand philippics would not FIRE our bo-
SONS, and thousand Demosthenes arouse
| our spirits to wars
The man who has filled so many impor.
tant Offices under the Gogernment, and &c
/ faithfully rendered distinguished services e
his country, Is Incapable Of performing The
duties Of the Chief Magistracy! False
lslanderpus accusation! As he has rendered
Ifhose services faithfully and discharged ths
i duties of the numerous Offices which be hal
Ihsld, With ! single eye 70 biz country's good
50 viii he, when called upon by this grea
j and glorious nation, @ preside over he
[councils o Chief Executive, give bis Who'll.
! energies and talents % her welfare an
Iprossefity The foul minions of partywil
! co,eef Sc lis ascension, and, . they De
seilv j, rink beneath he indignant iroMn 9
: I'M I5onesk 6ud Inaccessible men; md a,
mid Union viii s&uin tai6e her dajecte
The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-04-04

What, lastly, is a sub-treasurer? He is an
itinerant mercenary, possessing the power
Of locomotion in an eminent degree, and is
one of the many souls Of the Independent
Treasury!
The administration declares that the mo-
news arising from the sales Of public lands
ought not fo be distributed out among tho
several Slater, although the trust in the
Governme1t nm created for particular
purpose, md 1lfer that end should have
been Afiasned, fh4 residue was to be for the
benefit u tie seyerai States, including those
which msde the grant to the General Gov
eminent. 10 illustrate this proposition
shall only put one case. i'll were indebted
to you 81 tie amount Of ten thousand dol.
lars, and finding that could not meet the
debt wlef. due should therefore execute "a
you deed cf trust on all my lands, with !
provision, that should I fail TO pay you TIE
debt by certain day, you should have the
posver to sell my land to raise the ten thou.
sand dollars. e | should not pay, and you
were % proceed to sell the property 80
from the sale, instead Of realizing ten thru
sand, should receive twenty thousand dol
lass, would you NOT ia good fkith be bount
10 pay over % mo he residue, after You
own deht should be sasis6eds S. I:
- Il S = =
Ne hear The Presidents abldly declars M
m s. NnR1 lD1s1io or BbkH Gon0nEss An
III evrRUrn Cout1l Hlsoh Z declaration
and such - assunpiion 6 ppeK - this
bester belils The despot wI,o 81 the riehf /
orasr the lpsdlent subject q = dscspidatel
IS IA. e1ey,s lats .peeeIi mon IS sai
Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-12-10

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Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-12-10

tbs hoped our paper will be daily and ,sieb.
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