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, 1841-12-11
ST. LOUIS MARKET.

BAcoN-Hams 5 5 l-2c; canvassed 6 a 7c;
sides 3 a &c; shoulders 2 a &c.
BAccISG AND BALE R~oPE-Bagging 81 a 22c;
rope 9 a loo.
BEAss-The price ranges from 81 10 Soc.
BurrER-In kegs, 10 a 12c for fair; prime
commands a better price.
BEEswAx-25 a 26c, in demand.
CANDLEs-Sperm, first quality, "A a 45c; in
ferior 81 l-2 a 4Oc; tallow, mould 10 a lie, dipt
9 a lOc.
Corros YARs-27a %, stock rather light.
CorrEE-Havana, prime II LA l3c; Rio IL
a l3c; Java l6 a IL; St. Domingo IL a lie.
CHEEsE-7a 1-2; fair supply.
CASTOR BEASs-$l a l 25 per bushel; in
demand.
FLouR-We quote favorite brands at SIS; or
binary 4 70. Buckwheat flour sells from 2 l-2
to &c per ID.
FrsH-We quote sales, mackerel, No. l $19a
20, I'd II a 10, Sd 10 l-2 a IL; Goldfish ST 25 a
l SO per box; herring 75c a 81 per box.
FRurrs-The market is now well supplied
new NJ R raisins 50 so a 3, old 2 2 So
Lemons so a So.
FURs AND PELrRIrs-Deer skins, shaved, In
dian handed, % a 3Oc per ID; red do do 25 a 80;
grey do do IL l-2 a l5c; shaved country handled
20 a %; red and blue do do 2Oc; grey do do l0c.
Otter, prime 81 per skin. Racoon, Indian ham
died 30 a 33c per skin; country handled 25c per
skin. Wild cat 25c; Grey Fox 20c Mink 2Oc;
Wolf 25; Muskrat 6 Ia Sc.
Fr.rnrRs-32a 40; good supply.
FLAx-sEEp-5 a 81; in demand.
CRAIs-Wneat has been taken at so a &c.
The demand still continues good. Oats have
been sold at thirty C in sacks. Corn 81 a 3S.
HIDEs-9l-2 a 10 ID; still in demand.
Henri a s; scarce.
LARD-6 l-2c. There is some enquiry for
export.
LEAD-Has been sold at &c; there is but a
small stock on hand.
MoLAssEs-A NAL lot has arrived and sold
at 30c from Levee.
NAILs-6l IA a 7 for Pittsburg; Ia ID for
Boston; No. g., &c.
OILs-Winter strained sperm 81 40 a ST so;
whale ST. ST 20; tanners 1913 a 20 per Dbl;
linseed ST. 10 a l Is.
RIcE-6 al; scarce.
SuGAR-Prime I l-2 a 8 in hdd; 8 a 9 in Dbl.
Salt-G. Alum So a 2 25 a 2 80; Blown So so
a 2 IS; Turks Island so a 50 1-2c.
TopAcco-Seconds SIS 6 3-Sc thirds 4 l-S
a 4 IA cts. loose &c.
TEA-G P and Imp 81 l-2 a 95 C; Y H g. l-2
a IS; Pouchong 20 a IS.
, 1841-12-11

THE RiorERs At WAsmNGroN.-A uolle
prosequi has been entered by tie District A.
,ornry. at the suggestion of the President of
the Uuiled States, in the case Of the persons
charged with riot in front of The Presidents
mansion. on the night OF the 18Th of August
last. The President in his letter says:-"lt
was one OF those outbreaks of popular feeling
incident in some degree to onr form of gov
ernmcn', and entirely evanescent and harm
less in lis character; and there will be no
DANCER of similar occurrence in %iuture.'
, 1841-12-11

Seventeen thous md ,urneymen tailors.
and about as many printers. Shoemakers. and
other mechanics, are destitute of employment.
and consequently the means Of subsistence
in London. Magnifcence and meanness-
wealth and poverty-paInces and bowels
glu,tony AMI starvation. are the dIscordan,
ingredients whictmake up the great nation.
England is like a vast poor house, into WHICH
has been thrown the. cIided contents of a toy
shop. to m Ike its wretchedness more hide.
Gus.
, 1841-12-11
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

AGoTICE is thereby given that the undersigned ha'
AZ taken out letters of Administration on the es
tate OF WIN. A. Cbappelear deed. from the Clerk OF
he Comfy Court, of Pike County--bearing date the
9th of Novem'r, A. d. ls41: all persons, therefore
who have any claims ii gainst the estate Of said deceased
are required to exhibit the same duly authenticated 70
allowance, within one year from the date OF said let
rers. or they may be precluded from having any bene-
fit of said estate, and if such claim. are not present.
ed within three years they will be forever barred.
WILLIAM ii. LONG, .Ad'm.
De-. 4th 1S4I -3t.
, 1841-12-11
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given. that the undersigned
~ ha. obtained from the Clerk of the County
Court Of Pike county. letters Of Administration
upou tho Estate OF Humphrey vannoy decd, bearing
date the lOti day Of Oct. 1871. All persons hav'
ing claims against said estate, are requested to exhib-
t them in one year from the date of said letters for
allowance. or they may be preclnded from any teneft
If said estate; and if such claims are not presented
within three wear. from the date of ssid letters, they
ill be forever barred.
NATHAN VANNOY, Admir-.
Decemberd 1Sdl--3f
, 1841-12-11
STATE OF MISSOURI
County OF Warren

STATE OF Mls>ouRL}..
County OF Warren
In the County Court of .aid county, November
term, lS41.
Charlie. A Kuni,e administrator of the estate OF
John O-sterich, deceased, comes into court and pre-
'ents hi petition Iray ing Tor the sale of the real es-
tate OF suij decreased for the purpose nf paying his
debt, which petition is accompanied by an exhibit
of HE administration Of SAID estate pursuant TO law
II is therefore ordered by the court that all r@ssons
interested in said estate be notified that unless good
cause to the contrary be shewn on OF before the first
day Of the next term OF this court an order will be
made to sell fifty five acres and twenty poles Of land
situate in section number twenty. in township num-
Der forty five, in range No. two west, or so much there
Of as will be sufficient to pay the debts Of said de-
ceased, and tits further ordered by the court that said
administrator give notice of this application accord
ing to law.
true copy taken from the record. In testimony
(~~) whereof, I, Joseph B Weil.. Clerk of said
}seal county court have hereunto set my hand
f~~) and the seal of said court at office in said
county this 18th day of November. A d ls4l.
JOSEPH B. WELLS, Clerk.
Dec. II. 1s41--6t.
, 1841-12-11
The MOrInOns.

The success of the Mormons is one o
the most astonishing features Of the age, anc
is beginning to excite a very deep Interest
in their We find SOM interest.
ing facts in relation to them in the Journa
of Commerce, from which it appears that
their numbers reach already one hundred
thousand persons, and as many more in Eu
rope. Many of them are men of Intelligence
who have stood high in the Christian chur"h
Their members are increasing by tine addl
tion Of men of property, who join their wealth
10 the common stock. They have acquired
so much political importance as TO procure
of the Legislature of Illinois an act Of incor-
poration, authorizing the Mormons 10 main
tain a standing army of a thousand men,
Smith and Rigdon have ordained twelve Apos
ties, who have been anointed for their work
by a sight Of the golden plates. They adopt
the whole of the Bible, and claim that they
have an additional revelation, which was CON
municated TO Joe Smith on the golden plates.
This pretended revelation is said to be, and
there is good reason to believe the reporttrue,
the production of a deceased clergyman, wh"
wrote it as an amusement during hours of
sickness, the manuscript pit of which was sto-
len from the printers Office. With all the
boosted intelligence of the day, people are
as ready to follow strange delusions As much
rs thew ever were in the most superstitious
periods of the wor Ids history.
TEXAS Commemorative, gal-ho's your
mar
''Haint got none here-recon she's dead
by this time, too
Well-how's your par
"He was hung last May"
"Humph! what are you d,lnF
"Jest looking about"
.Z.ctly what I'm dom. "Sposin we hitch
and proximate"
"Zactly-hut who'll pay the judgey
"Guess I'll fodder up one half the proven
der, il you can 90 the other beat"
sWeIL-but I've only got a counterfeit
pote"
aJest zactly my own premises. Come, if
we cant cheat one JudIe, 'e can ansther--
so come On. gal-here, '-He my arm--we'l
try any how"
, 1841-12-11
NOTICE.

John Clay, by Mathew r. Arnold his A~ttorAeyoin
fact. Isaac Clay, and Catharine Doughlass, being =
part of the heirs and distributes ofthe EstateofAb-
rnham Clay deceased. do hereby GIVE Sorcsa TO
George Jamison and Mary his wife, Abram Clay,
William C.. Raiuey and Susan his wife, Thompson
Butler and Ann his wife, Green Remington and Els
abeth his wife, Green Clay. and Benjamin B. Bryan
jr. Joseph T. Bryan, Abram c. Bry an, Esoch Bryan,
Mary C. Bryan, and John Bryan, the sin last infants
and children of Benjamin B. Bryan, ST. and Sarah
his deceased wife, all heirs and distributees of the
Estate of Abraham Clay deceased. TBAr they Johs
Clay, Catharine Douglass, and Isaac Clay a. sfore-
said will apply to the County Court, within aud for
the county of MONTGOMERY and State Of Missouri.
TO he begun and held at the Court House in Danvills
on the first Monday of May 1912, on the End. day Of
said term, or as soon thereafter as hearing can be
had for an order of said Court, to sell two slaves,
one a man named Bill, the other an old woman nam
ed Maria, belonging 20 the Estate Of Abrahan Clay
decease, becaused an equal division of said slavea
cannot be made in kind.
JOHN CLAY, by
MATHEW r. ARN.oLns n,
Attorney in fact,
ISAAC CLAY,
~CATHARINE DOUGL kss
Dec. 4th 1s4l.--st.
, 1841-12-11
SIS REWARD.

CTRAYED from the subscriber on Sun
~ day night the 28th of November, a gray
horse about IS 1-2 hands high. 5 years old,
light maine and tail, shod all around, in good
condition. The above horse left the stable
of M. Vim. Penix on Sugar Creek. Any
person finding him and will deliver him to
either William Penix, or Augustus Curry in
Bowling Green. shall receive the above re.
ward and the thanks Of the owner.
MARCUS TROFUS.
Dec. 4, l841-3t.a
, 1841-12-11
M A R RIED D.

On Thursday the 2nd. inst, by the Rev. Jas.
Campbell, Mr.. CHARLES X. Husr1NcroN, of
N. Y. to Miss MARY S. eldest daughter of the
Hon. James Jones of Pike Co. Mo.
On the 2lst. ult. by the Rev. James H.. D.
Henderson, Mr.. WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, to Miss
Macy BARNETT, all of this county.
On The Both ult. by the Rev. James H. D.
Henderson, Mr.. Jon WILLMor, to Miss MARY
M. daughter Of Adrian Ray, all Of this County.
, 1841-12-11
FINVARIABLE, LF
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

NffE undersigned hopes that al persons
l. indebted Il" she office Of the Soh Rirer
Journal, for SUBSCRIPTION, ADVERTISING, or
JOB Work, will speedily pay up their accounts.
T e amounts due are scattered over a number Of
counties, and the cost Of collection, if he is COM
PEELED to call upon each individual, would in ma
ny cases, exceed the sums collected. Those in
debted to the Office can remit to us, through the
the Postmasters, and thus save us both trouble
and expense, and at the same time do us a great
favor. We are in want of money, and we MUST
HAvE IT, and it must come from those for whom
we have been laboring for the last two years.
A. H. BUCKNER.
, 1841-12-11
SALE.

TINE unders gned administrator of the estate Of
Il Humphrey Vnn"oy. late Of Pike county, Mo
deceased, on the 25sh day OF December instant, at
the late residence # said deceased, on Indian Creek
will offer for sale and sell TO the highest bidder on a
credit Of twelve months, the personal property oil
said deceased. consisting of horses, cattle, hogs
sheep, corn, farm ng utensils, and come household
and kitchen furniture.
NATHAN vANNOY, Admir-.
Der a Tsd1-2f
, 1841-12-11
EVERY VARIETY OF
JOB WORE
E1ecutedEwith neatness and despatch,
= On gerry reasonable terms,
FOR CASH AND CASH ONLY
STATE OF MISSOURI,
Co-uty of Warren,

S0uty u "dren'
In Ia. County Court of SAID cou;.;y, November
term, ls4l.
David P. Hubbard administrator o. the estate Of
B mia min Hutcheson deceased, comes into court and
presents his petition setting forth that there is not
sufficient personal estate of said deceased to pay his
debts, and praying for the sale of the real estate OF
said deceased for the purpose Of paying said debts.
which petition is accompanied by an exhibit Of his
administration according to the statute in that case
provided: and thereupon il is ordered by the court
that all persons interested in said estate be notified
that unless good cause to the contrary be shewn
on or before the first day of the next term of this
court, an order will be made to sell the south east
quarter OF the south. east quarter of section number
thirty, and the SOUTH Wssf quarter of the south west
quarter of section number thirty two, both in town
ship number forty seven Of range number one west
each tract containing forty acres or so much thereof
as VIII be sufficient to pay the debts of said decea-
sed; and it rs further ordered by the court that said
administrator give notice Of this application accor-
ding to law.
!, Joseph B Wells, clerk of said court do certify
(~~ that the above is correctly copied from
Iseal the record of said court In testimon,
~ whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
the seal Of sa d court. at office in said county thi-
18th day of November A D.. ls4l.
JOSEPH B. WELLS, Clerk
Dec II. Ia4l-6t.
, 1841-12-11
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

gTNHE undersigned admini.trator of the estate Of
1 Julia Ann Haher. decd late of Pike county
Mo, hereby gives notice to all concerned, or in any
way interested in said estate. that the undersigned
Executor will make a final settlement Of the
said estate at the next February term Of the coun
vt court Of said county, ls42.
GEORGE D. BoNDURANT Eexecutor
Dec 4, ls4l.-4t
, 1841-12-11
STATE OF MISSOURI

STATE OF MISSOURI,
County of Pike.
In the Circuit Court, Of the Term Of September, to
wit, on the Both day Of September, ZEAL.
DAVID c. NJ. PARSONS, Plaintiff,
JAxss U. BYRxE, and debt, BY Attach
wrLLAx E. KrrrH, Defe ndant.. neni.
And now at thi. day comes the said plsirti6, By
his Attorney, and it appears BY the Sherih's seturn
endorsed on the writ issued herein, that the follow
ing real estate, to wit, the west half Of tie south
west quarter of section Is, in township No 81. aorth
of range No. 3 west-the southwest fourth Of the
northwest quarter Of the came section 5aS acres on
the west side of the east half ofthe southwest quar-
ter, and 26 Pa mere. eff the west side Of the :. E.
fourth Of the N. w. quarter Of the cane tectiOns
tow nship and range, hath been attached a. the pro-
perty of the said james o. ByThe--Shd it sl.o sP-
pears that the said James U. Ryrne and william e
Keith are not inhabitants of thi. State wherenpon
it is ordered BY the Court, that the said James U.
ByrDe and William f Keith be notified that IN st.
tachment hath been issued against them in favor Of
the said plaintiff, for the sum of three hundred end
thirty dollars and seventy Eve cents beside inter
est and costs Of suit that the above described real
estate hath been attached as the property Of the said
James U. Byrnc-and that unless you, the Sid
James U. Byrne and William E. Keith. be and %.
pear before this Court, at the next term thereof, to hs
begun and held at the court house in Bowling Greee,
within and for said county of Pike. on the fourth
Mondsy of February next. and plead to the said
Plaintiffs action, on or before the third day Of taid
Term, judgment will be rendered against you BY do.
fault, and the property attached will be sold
as aforesaid. to satisfy the same. And Il 10 fur
Their ordered BY the Court. that a copy Of this srdes
be published for six weeks successfully, in sons
newspaper printed in this State, the last insertion 70
be at least thirty days before the commencement Of
the next Term of the court, until which said Tern,
this cause is continued.
!, }. M. Noyes, Clerk of the Circuit Court afors-
said. certify that the above writing is a true and cor
rect copy of the record and proceeding of said Court,
in the above entitled cause, at the time and day
therein mentioned, as fully a IMPLY and . large A.
IT, same remains on the record of said Court.
~ In witness whereof !, nj. J. Noyes,
seal. SClerk, have hereunts set my hand and affixed
N-the seal Of said Count, Mt the Office thereof,
in Bowling Green, in said county, this 18th day Of
October, A. ID. lS4l.
NJ. ]. MOVES, Clerk.
Nov. 81, ls4l. CIV
, 1841-12-11
NOTICE.

'TNHE subscriber will offer for sale to the highest
1 bidder on the first day ,f January 1912, in the
town Of Bowling Green. Pike county Mo. one likely
Negro Girl, about sixteen years of age on a credit of
siA and twelve months, by the purchaser giving bond
with approved security VILLAIN BAXTER
Dec IL. 1a4I-2t
, 1841-12-11
The Grave of Bunyan.

The grave of 'Bunyan is in Bunfeld's Burial
Ground The cemetery has nothing pleasing or
attractive about it, neither funeral yew nor creep
ing vine. 1t is entirely bear of sepulchral embel-
lishment. A lane or avenue leads down the cen
tire, and on each side are plain looking head
stones, yet beneath them lie many celebrated men.
In this graveyard, lie Richard Watts, DR.. Price,
Hugh Worthington, Burder, author of Village
Sermons and others eminent for piety and
learning among the Dissenters. But no STORED
urn;' or animated bust; arrests our attention, and
no tree or shrub throws its graceful screen or
mantle about their sepulchers. Even the grass
hereis not green or verdant to the eye; the place
has no look about it but burial and death!
On your left hand, as you pass down, you OBJ
serve an ancient, black-looking monument, of an
oblong form, and upon it you discern and read
this epitaph:
Mr.. JOHN BUNYAS,
.4uahor of the Pilgrims Progress.
Oh. IL Aug. 1858.
H G0
, 1841-12-11

The following gentlemen are authorized to
act as Agents for the "RADIcAL..'
R. NJ. KERcHEvAL, Louisiana, Mo.
A. MAsE, P. M. frankfort,
HI. KENT, P. NJ. GAINESVILLE,
C. T. PERKINS, P. M. Auburn,
]. H. Barron, Troy,
B.. GIBSON, P. NJ. Paynesville,
P. w. OVERLY, PM. Shamrock,
]. D. S. DRYDEN, Palmyra,
JOHN RAILS, New London,
A. HENDRIX, P. M. Spencerburg.
j. C~RosTHEwAIr, P. M. jacksonville, "
w. Fl. N1cKLIN, New Hope,
w. T. BOND, P. M. Sugar Grove,
l.. T. MusIcx, Hickory Creek,
E. EMERSON, P. NJ. Louisville,
J. B. WELLS, Warrenton,
H. CAVE, Danville,
Terms of the RADICAL"
TINVARIABLE, E
The terms will be So to a club of three or
more subscribers, paid in advance. $3.50 to a
single subscriber, if paid within six months, and
So if not paid till after that period.
, 1841-12-11
Dec II. Is41-6t.
STATE OF MISSOURI

STATE Of MISSOURI. l,..
County Of Warren.
In the County Court Of said county November
term, lS4l.
William Dremife, administrator of the estate oi
Adolphus Shaburg, deceased, comes into court and
presents his petition setting 'orth that there is not sui
fcient personal estate of said deceased to pay his
debts. and praying for the sale of the real estate Of
aid deceased for the purpose Of paying his debts
which petition is accompanied by an exhibit Of bis
administration acc, riding to the statute in that case
provided.
Aud therenpon. it is ordered by the court that all
persons interested in said estate be notified that unless
good cause TO the Contrary be shewn on or before
the first day Of the next term Of this court, an order
will be made to sell the south west quarter of the
south west quarter Of section number 81, in township
number As Of range number I west. containing &C
acres: and it is further ordered by said court that sad
administrator give notice Of this application accord.
ing 10 law
I, Joseph B. Wells, Clerk fthe c. court aforsaid. do
(~>~l certify that the above is correctly copied
}seal from the record Of said court. In tr.timo
(~~N ny whereof, | have hereunto set my hand
and the seal of said court at Office in the town OF
Warenton, in said county, this 18th day of Novem'
her, ls4l. JOSEPH b. WELLS, Clerk
Dec. IL, lS'1-6t.
, 1841-12-11
Whilst multitudes of learned men er "a shhiu1ia

Whilst muItltudes OF IearnedI @eh 81 fashlo1ia-
bic poets, who wrote during his life and times,
have passed away into oblivion or partial forget
%fulness, Bunyan lives in glorious Immortality in
his "Pilgrim's Progress" to instruct, edify, and
enlighten multitudes at the present day-learned
and i~lliterate. "This wonderful work, observes
Coleridge, sis one of the few books which may be
read over repeatedly at different times, and each
time with a new and different pleasure. read
it once as a theologian-and let me assure you,
that there is a great theological acumen in the
work-once with devotional feelings-and once
as a poet"
, 1841-12-11
NOTICE.

MY wife Mahala B Hendrix, having left my
.1vl he'd and board without just cause or provoca-
tion-sll persons sre hereby forewsrned from harbour
ing or trusting her on my account, as l will pay no
debts Of her contracting. e. HENDRIX.
Nov. 18Th IS4l.-3t.
, 1841-12-11
NEGROES FOR SALE.

nv orde, :, the Pike County Court. the admins
t,,,o, Of "a estate of l.. P. Dsmrod, viii seh
=, ,ha hiabs., h,dSI, in the town of Payuesviile il
said countv. on the 2geth day of December 1871,
four likely young Negroes tSSSSSl
a credit of l2 months, the purchaser ESr.s
approved security.
N. r. DAMR0N, Adm5s.
November l3, lS4l--tE.
, 1841-12-11

STATE OF MISSOURI, D.
County of Warren.
In the Circuit Court October Term, A. d
1S4I.
PETER S. SHARPE, Com
~piainant.
Us. Bill i'll Chance.
STEPHEN B. WHEELER, ry to ~foreclose
JOHN DUNHAM, JORDAN Mortgage.
DUNHAM, Francis ].
BEvAs, Ions C. Nc
KESNEY, Defendants.
Now, at this day, appears said complainant by
w. V. Bruce his solicitor and files his bill of
complaint. The object and general nature, of
which is as follows to wit: said defendant, Ste
pheQ B. Wheeler executed a Mortgage to sand
complainant, which is dated the 3rd day Of Feb
ruary 1910, conveSnSto him said complainant
certain real estate of said defendant, to
the Payment. ut about nineteen hundred IN,
fifty dollars, it being the residue of the put
chase money Of said real estate, which had
been sold by said complainant to said defend
ant. Stephen B. Wheeler. that said money is
due and unpaid, and praying that sa d Ste
phen B. Wheeler he made a Defendant to
said bill, and that said Court decree that the
Equity of redemption Of the said Siei hen
B. Wheeler be- foreclosed. and the mort.
gagged premises sold TO satisfy the amount of
the residue of s1id purchase money of said
real estate, which is situate in Warren Coun
ty III Missouri, and that the premises are Oc-
cupied by John Durham. Jordan Durham,
Francis J. ~}evan. and John C. McKeney.
who arc also made defendants thereto, and
said complainant also files his affidavit, sta
ting that, SAID Stephen B. Wheeler is a non-
resident of this State. 1t ia therefore order
ed BY the Court, that said defendant Stephen
B. Wheeler be notified that unless he appear
at the next Term Of this Court, to be begun
and held at the Court House in the town of
Warrenton in said County Of Warren, on
the scond Monday of next March, and an
swer the allegations in said Bill. the same will
be taken for confessed, and it is further or.
dered that a copy of this order be published
in some newspaper printed in this State for
eight weeks successivelv, the last insertion to
be at least four weeks before the said next
Term of this Court.
~ A true copy Of the Order Ia
}SEAI ken from the record Of said Court.
~ In testimony whereof /, Joseph
W B. Wells, Clerk of said Court,
have hereunto set nv hand and the seal OF
said Court. at office in the town Of Warren.
ton in said County, this 18th day of Octo.
Der A. ID. 184I.
JOSEPH B. WELLS. Clerk.
Nov. 9Th, 1841-8t.