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Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30
THE GRAVE.


l stood within the graves o'ershado wing vault;
Gloomy and damp it stretched its vast domain;
Shades were its boundary; for my strained eye
sought
For other limit to its width in vain
Faint from the entrance came daylight ray,
And distant sound of living men and things;
This in the encountering darkness pass'd away,
That took the tone in which the mourner sings.
/ lit torch at a sepuehral lamp,
Which shot a thread of light amid the gloom;
And feebly burning gainst the rolling damp,
bore it through the regions of the tomb
Around me stretched the slumbers of the dead,
Whereof the silence ached upon mine ear;
More and more noisless did make my tread,
And yetit echoes child my heart wi tn fear.
The former Of every age and place.
From all their wanderings gathered, round me
lay;
The dust of withered empires did trace,
And stood mid generations past away.
saw whole cities that in flood or fire,
Or famine, or the plague, up their BREATH
Whole armies whom day beheld expire,
Swept by ten thousands to the arms of Death.
saw the old worlds white md wave-swept bones,
A giant heap of creatures that had been;
tar ana confused tle broken skeletons
Lay strewn beyond mine eyes remotest ken.
Deaths various shrines--the Urn, the Stone, the
Lamp
Were scattered round, confus'd amid the dead
Symbols and types were mouldring in the damp;
Their shapes were waning, and their meaning
fed.
Unspoken tongues, perchunce in praise or woe,
Were CHARTERED on tablets Time had swept;
And deep were half their letters hid below
The thick small dust of those they once had
wept.
No hand was here to wipe the dust away;
No reader of the writing traced beneath;
No spirit sitting by its form of clay;
No sigh, nor soundfro all the heaps Of Death.
One place alone had. ceased to hold its prey;
A form had press'd il, and was there no more;
The garments OF the grave beside it lay,
Where once they wrap'd Him on the rocky floor
He only with returning footsteps broke
The eternal calm wherewith the tomb was bound
Among the sleeping dead alone He woke,
And blessed with outstretch'd hands the host
around
Well is it that such blessing hovers here,
To sooth each sad survivor of the throng,
Who haunt the portals of the solemn sphere,
And pour their woe the loaded air along.
They to the verge have follow'd what they love,
And on the insuperable threshold stand;
With CHERISHED names its speeches. calm reprOve
And stretch in the abyss their ungrasp'd hand.
But vanly there they seek their souls relief,
And of the obdurate grave its prey implore
Till death himself shall medicine their grief,
Closing their eyes by those they wept before.
All that have died the Earths whole race. repose
Where Death collects his treasures heap on
heap;
Der each ones busy day the night-shades close;
Its actors, sufferers, schools, Kings, armies
sleep.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30
A SCIENTIFIC LOyE-LETTER.
Picked up in tie Strect-a tuc cQpy.
Bangor county, Indiana State.
Sunday Morning, o'clock A. NJ. ! 1910.

flChcd up IN ne 'otCcL-d tHc CDpy.l
Bangor county, Indiana State.
Sunday Morning, 9 O'Clock A. NJ. ! 1910.
AT HOME IN BED.
Ny dear sweet Henry-IIow do want
to see your big grey eyes. Oh! how hor-
ror-strckcn am | at your long absence.
The Lord knows l want to see you, and
see your little heart beat like tilt hammer
right close up agin mine; Oh! Sweet Hen
nv now do come out and let's get married,
for if YOU love me wont fight you bit.
John has moved to his new place and Jane
does live SO snug-but she fights him little
sometimes when he gets a little anty-orer--
Mary Tilden's got baby and daddy says
as how must get married for Eve let it run
on too long already.
God bless you, if YOU are not sufficiently
blessed in being so sweet. Oh that /
could see you once more, to kiss the single
tinge from the rose on your round checks.
o what lilly you are, and what rose bud
in the morning of its virgin blooms, bat Of
heaven born love, beaming with the kindlier
blendings of the rainbow-thc sign Of pcao.
On, you marrygold-you holIyhock--
you tulip-you cabbage. Oh, you sweet
owl,-come and comfort your distressed,
your sorrow smitten, dying, dead Caroline.
Oh, my dear Henry, how do love your
big grey eyes.
Well, then shall these weeping eyes
these eyes red with wecping-thesc eyes
of mine again feast themselves on the sleek
black hair of your round head?,-Oh you
trim tall fellow, full of mamma of sweet love,
how do want to see YOU, You model Of
perfection. Iou have been gone these too
months, and to me, poor me, it does seem
to me like hundred years, thousand
years. One more day. beloved Henry, will
kill, yes, kill your fond confding, distracted
Caroline. Your dear presence would, to
me, be more than cool spring to the
parched traveller of the desert, more than
the green grass to the hungry OK, more
than the pebbled pool to the wanton duck;
yes, more than lump Of sugar TO a spoilt
child Why, then. will YOU not come, yes
run, fly swift as lightning, to kiss the tear
from the dimplcd checks Of your mad love.
o, bleak and wild is the house, the garden
the field, and the world without thce-ycs,
thee, my dumping. my jews harp, my eel,
my rooster, my gentleman. God bless thee!
NAV thy days be many. and long, and sweet
L., !
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30

~ A bill has been introduced into the
Maryland Legislature, authorising the
emission of notes under So, for limited
time.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30

"Petc, are you into them sweet mestsl"
No marin, they's into me
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30
CAROLINE.

p. S. God bless you and all that con-
Germs YOU, even so says the heart that
adOrcs you.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30

duced the sarcastic remarks which morti-
fled the old woman's pride. Until that
morning she always respected her aunt, but
her tyranny completely changed her feel
ings.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30

stood within the graves o'ershado wing vault;
Gloomy and damp it stretched its vast domain
Shades were its boundary; for my strained eye
sought
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20
FEBRUARY 20, 1871.
'Eclsuha.

OF all the plea AM places that we have re-
Gently visited the town of Tchula is certainly
the most agreeable. Having been called down
there Oh business few days ago, we were
lorcibIy struck with the air OF life and ANNA
ton and industry that pervaded It's streets,
wharf and counting rooms. We had not seen
it since last summer when it appeared 10 Ian
guiSh under the general stagnation of trade
that universally prevailed in the towns OF
MissiSSippi-now however. it presents total.
" different appearance all is huStle--wagonS
loaded with cotton are seen constantly arrlv-
ing and blocking up its ghfare>-wag
onS loaded with goods, groceries and furniture,
con family departing planters o. the
country coming in and going out on horseback.
in groups;-boxes, barrels, hog ,heads, crates.
and cotton bags tumbling and rolling about in
every direction, while Merchants, Clerks and
vi>iters are seen hUrrying 10 and fro in the
most deleclable confusion. Surely, thought
&c. Il change has certainly come over The Spir-
it of its dream, and an interesting change it
is. Tbs beautiful little town is situated on
River uniting with Yazoo. forms Honey Island,
in the western extremity of Holmes county.
1t has a population of about three hundred,
principally youn, men, warm, generous cuItl-
waited spirits, who manage, in manner Pecu
liar to Themselves, to blend business with a
mu$emcnt. Tie houses are generally large,
well built, painted ,"hit., and present an anu
SuaT degree OF taste in their architecture aud
decorum. There is a good tavern, we'll kept
by on old friend, y iliam j. Land 4 large
Steam Mill, under il entcrpri,in5 prnprirt"r>
* kept constantly in operation; aud huge ware
houses flied with cotIon, front the river Tor
seine distance. northern company has
been engaged during The pat summer boring
Tor coal within Il mile tie own which has
b EN- temporarily >usI ended, ana from geu-
2Icai nhcnomrna- u ! sunni. ed that col might
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

Most % them from the North thrown to-
ge2her by acrid,,t in rirc ans anc =. ins cad
al pas IN, Git il ,ule ilhc the, y"un. men of
most "t our towns, la tloLa ht.e>S lrviiv or
recAi's dissipation. meet together in their IL
brarv room and spend their leiur hour, in
reading works ri taste and >ccnce, or exer-
ting their intellectual energies in debate
Game q: Il kinds il the forest, the prairie
and The river. i plenty. Occa ionav deer
OF bear hunt i proposed, and then tie BOYS
ali ally out I" ENJOY 10 Inc uIl extent, the ex.
citing sports OF the chase. There there is a
steamer getting under way-heI bell has Just
ceased inging-it is the Ganges-now loaded
TO the guards with cotton, she is galllntlv mo-
wing down the stream. lark! that was the
report OF a gun!--yes, there is another. 1t is
the new Steamer Tchula,' named after the
town. Hark! how softly the booming of her
guns rolls across the Island? How far is she
of, asked we OF gentleman Standing near
Us, who having been long resident there,
could tell the distance of boat by the repor;
OF her gun, with the accuracy OF a naval Lieu
tenant! "She is now a, the mouth ot Black
creek. only a few miles off, and will be here IN
half an hour" he replied. "Tnere! she has
fired agan--she is now urning the BEND
IAN! here she comes. Don't yuu see herr
Look through the trees on the point OF the
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

Rochelle, France; but the Vermont oon ~, u W
eventually supersede this altogether. Inc YER
mont ochre forms surface OF marble S'hoo'l-
ness. which is entirely imp"rviouS t" wafer
and il j. of course extremely durable. Nhen
saturated with oil, instead of shrinking ana
dr>ing away, it swell and increases ~ o!'N
|. !. found il a part %! the Gr.en Mountain.
I, wa ii covered ia mail stream OF wafer,
the supp r-incumhenI mass q! tarih OF atc"H'"
vereiahl,. matter i.aviug been wa>hrd away
b. the action ul The sir am. Inc a'tellll'h
of the disco, erer, Mr.. Miller, was attracted by
The color OF the ochre, and the Absence oil 'lla'
scum o. cfu.t on the surface oi the WAFER
which uni ormlv accompanies oXyde Of IRON.
The ochre i, fDuni in rich layer near Inc
surface OF the ground, th"n follows a 'ird't o.
mi,a slate. AMI hen another layer oi earth
The mine is'worked BOW al The rate al Twelve
barrels per day. A barrel weighs three hun
dred POUNDS, and the prce ranges rom hlne
To ten cents per pOuu t.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

BOLD EXPERIMENT The Great western
steam snip company are now building at Bris-
toll England. an immense iron steamer, to run
between that port aud New York, which, if it
succeeds. as 1t most probably will, will change
entirely the system of steam navigation. 1t is
with iron 5-Sths of an inch thick,
tiSh'iy joined together with rivels and with
IloS. and keel OF cast iron. 1t IS divided into
>n'aii compartments, SO that should ii hole be
INTO ANY part of 1t, winch seems i'm
possible, only one compartment would fiji. an d
Inc boat could never sink. BuI what IS the
most most extraordinary about the construction of
thiS Immense boat is the manner OF propel-
pg 1t. It's TO work by screw placed behind
December 22nd, Ic4U 80
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20


OFWe are proud and indeed highly Plea :
ed with The follow ing Just tribute pald To the
Hon. D. O. Sha'ruck, by CORE sponlrnt of
the "Sonthron,' over the signature OF Voter"
Hear him:
1.-The ncmna'ion of The Hon. D. 0. Shat-
tuck, as the Wing Candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, meets with the entire appreciation
of the party. The selection of this gentle
men was, doubtless, ( fortunate movement
He seems admirably fitted for the station of
chief magistrate of state. Gifted by nature
with mind strong, discriminating aud capa-
cious-po*sessed OF much acquired intelligence
governed, in all his movements, by the most
'unflinching m0TaL h0nsS' y-and unquestona-
bly, Unidentified in principle with the great
Wing party of the Union--he possesses every
desirable qualification. He is gentleman of
unimpeachabIe vericity-oI bland, amIbe and
courteous manners-and governed even in his
most trivial acts, by Il high toned impulse of
honor and Justice. In addition to all these
distinguishing traits OF character, how beauti-
full and blamtess is his moral character Free
from the debasng dominion of every vce-a
man of real piety-a pure phiIan,hropis:-
is well worthy to stand "a the head and rep
resentative of this vIrtuous people.
The bench is place well calculated to proUe
man. Thatjudge, who is corrupt in heart,
will develope his basenesS, when covered with
judicial robes. He will hold the scales OF
|, LII,
-oppreSs the poor--tyrannize over bis enc
mics and advance his friends. Judge Shat
tuck has gone through this ordeal unscaihed.
A bold, fearless, and impartial dispenser of.
justice to all men, he deservedly enjoys more
popularity, as a Judge, than any gentleman in
the state who ever assembled to the bench
On the important question, should the peo-
pie of Mississippi pay the State bonds, and
thus preserve the public faith inviola,e, or re,
fuse to pay them, and thus bring mcriled dis
grace upon the name of Mississippi and the
character of the people comprising the State,
Judge Shattuck is unequivocaIIy on that side
which hohO' and common honesty point ou,:
ne IS for roying the hndS. Indeed, if he wee
to TO occupy different position on such
question. the humble eulogium have a,temp.
ted TO beStow uIon him as an honorable and
moral man, would be maniteSllv u..merijed.
IT seems 10 me, MesSsr< Editors, that the re-
fecting and honorable members of both pol
itical parties should aid in el;vatlng this gen
tleman to the chief mag<tracv of the State.
At this peculiar crisis OF our fnan ial affairs hi
talents and industry wot,II
the state in her efforts to b. come pro I.cro.>
and independent. Judge Shattu. k /, IA M
mt and lab,r,ouS mamie conce.ves no oh
stacles nsurmountable, " hen the public wea
requires advaL cement. In shot, he is tie ve
~ man for Cove noi of Mississippi.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

on the principle of sculIing, which is TO turn
round under water at the stern, thereby 10
save the use OF paddle boxes In case this sue
ceeds, it will be of great utility in armed
,ieam ships as then having no W cells at the
sides. shot would not injnrc or impede Inc
means propeling them as II would now
The vessel, which Is the largest yet made by
thar company, will ne finished in the 'pring %
1912, and i; cacu ,ted To be the fastest Oh the
linr.-N Y SIM
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20
A LIST OF ACTS.
~ Il 81 VIC AL y.
Passed by the L'gi>hHure at It's Junuary 'ern

F0SSed 6y the Lgt>irnn"e at as JuRudry 'eru,
lo4l.
An act TO amend an act Incorporating tie
town OF Grenada. In the county OF Chociaw.
An act TO incorporate the Waha'ock male
academy, Ill the county o. kemper
An act TO protect the Public Buildings from
Injury.
An act entitled an act to change the name OF
SA%ary Jane Buckner, to Mary Jane Bondu-
rant.
An act entitled an act to anthorse the tax
collector of Wilkinson county to make his re-
turn to the Auditor of Public Accounts. for
the fiscal year of lS4i, on the first Monday
of April. IS4l and for other purposes
A resolution granting leave of absence to
Robert II. Buckner, of the State of Mississippi
An act to amend the law as to leases OF the
18th sections.
An act in reference 10 the Board of Police
of the county OF Smith.
An act authori>ing Trustees of section No
Is, in township 8, range 5. TO rescind the sale
of the same.
An act To repeal an act comforting corpor-
ate priviI, gees on the citizens of the town of
Rodney, and Tor other purposes.
An act TO amend the several acts lncorpor-
atipg the town of Salem, in the county OF Tip
Fah.
An &C, to preserve the records OF the Board |
Ia TIA pr6rYietoF NJ this Office Dec. g. IS4
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20
HINES RETAkEN.
pay lllt!iI

HINES RETAKEN.
The Doctor is in limbo again. and all the
laurel5 won Icy hi, late achievement are al
ready turning from green TO yellow The
Doctor conquered clocks, bolts and bars" but
he could not get rid of an obstinate set of
chains, though, between carmel hunger and
spiritual craving to be free, his teeth were
sharp enough 10 serve for files. Our inteIli-
gence, procured verbally, relative TO h escape,
although differing from other statements. we
Ind confirmed as correct bv the Baton Rogue
! Gazette, from which paper we also CLEAN the
following more especial particulars.
! The octof from what we can learn is en-
titled TO no credit for the ingenuity displayed
III ettcring the escape. The ma ter spirit ap-
pears 10 have been Adams. The latter found
the means of Inserting the kew in the lock of
his eel door, by means of small rod. aud
with Il cord attached To TWO small pucS he
caused ii To revoIve without noi-e After ope-
mig the door he took the opportunity, while
the sentry was at the extreme end of the bull
ding ia which the cells are situated. Ia omen
the door OF the cell al coming, in which the
Doctot was confined. After some time they
CIept along and assembled the stats leading to
the cigar shop. the door of which 1.-TWO inches
thick) they perforated with an auger. making
in all ortv-two holes. During this operation
they were compelled each time the senlries
walked towards them. to lie down 10 conceal
themselves.
After obtaining entrance To the cigar shop,
they secured rope, which they had managed
To >Pcrete III thelr matlre =, to the sill OF the
wind w, aud descended IN >ateivto he ground.
The rope WIS comp" Ell oi Il number of pieces
OF haiernpe >pllced toget: er.
/ They afterwards captured n hnrSp grazing
on til, common, on which they both procee-
ded AT iuIl - eed down the highland road
Some negroes whom they pa std near dav light
r, co mi ed Them us cnnvIcr bv the ra,IIrng OF
their clains, and gave no,ice Ia Minor Andrew
kItinpeier, who with some neighhor> mme-
diaely started IN pursuit. The doctor a ri
his COMPANION abandoned their horse and pro-
credsd through the cane Fl. d al john b.
klempeter, Esq, where Adam was SeCuTed
aud brought hach la the Pe:,itentarv.
! IL WIS - ported al one Time that The Doc
tor mad, like hailrs the second, taken shelter
lii "A ma, estic oak, where he - discovered h,|
Those III pursuit, vino sunmnned nim 10 sur
ren.le.. II ri lied '!iat lie felt it ;pirei like
the great uhuno,oIne, al the Imperial Guar /,
hs'd "ouid l., bui could not Surrender. 1ni,,
hove vei, may IT u.d, II lac tious surni.e-
fht trllii en-. - ne, tiat the worn AMI rx
: h'u Id cTlnla VA cam lied al / nytn To
cry out i"r ino,, and was al nnre relieved
;ilii !, caldHitd 10y some plantation nrgru->
lie Is now probably working al ,h,. n .es
!a-ai,i' somewhat b ter Convinced rhaI, a!Iei
! I'll ii /; best tor tue "cub1!cr To stick To his
Illa."
Siacr writing The above, we are verl.aliv
iai"rnl' q 1T the amer in which The Doctor
Was re 'a"rn. Forced ~ hunger ne entered a
ui IN a. 1
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

VIRGINIA u. ). SENA log.--Fram the Nssn'
Vile Wing, we learn that the Hon. William "
Rives has l.een el cied a Senator tIom VIE
ginia, in the Con .ress OF tn United States LOT
six wears from The 4ih of March 1859, by
ma itv OF 80 votes over the Hon. JONI
Mason. We know Judge Mason we'll anu
barring his politics, a worrhier gentleman does
not exist. liz any contest not involving Pohu.
cal principles adverse to our own we wouid
faiu wish him success.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

Mcleod /, auuui 10 be removed from LOCK-"
potr under an escort of lwp companies OF Uni.
ted States tronps TO Rochester; on accountR
is said OF an anticipated attempt on the pam
OF the Canadians Ia rescue him.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

1t is stated 10y the Northern papers that the
report of the British soldiers firing upon ana
wounding three American citizens on the dEs'
pu,ed territory, is all hoar.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

TIE PRESIDENT ELEcT.-General Harrison
left Cincinnati in the Steamer Ben Franklin,
on the ooh of January last for Washington
hy way OF Pillsburg.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

BURNING LovERs.-lt is said that in Persia
men who are deeply enanored often burn their
arms and chests with irons, in order TO mani
lest The strength OF their passion for their mis-
treSses. This Persian custom may have given
rise 10 that in use among European aud Amer
lcah Sailors win" trequentl2 tattoo hearts, and
anchors, and various amorous devices on their
arms, by way ofrecording the strength OF their
feelings Pacuyune.
Discovery OF MINE.-The recent discov-
cry OF ali ocnre mine IN Vermont promises
10 DE OF great Importance in every point OF
view. Inc article Is superior to any ming
OF the lad HOW known to be In EXISTENCE
lhe best ochre now in use is obtained from
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-20

EARrnouAxE.-We learn by the N. YORK.
Express, that the shock of an earthquake was
sensiblv felt at half past 5 A. NJ. 18th January