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Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31
November Election.

JAMES COLLINS, has requested us to announce
- him as candidate for Sheriff of Carroll county,
at the election in November next. Pr. fee paid.
M Al JAMES M. DUNN, of Middleton, has re.
lVI quested to announce lis name as a candi.
date for Assessor of Carroll county, the next No.
vember election June 10, l64l
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

A the earnest solicitation of numerous friends,
IN have consented that my name shall be run for the
Office of Sheriff of Carroll county, at the approach
ing election. SIMON T.. LANE,
Carroll county, June 9Th, 1841. 26-Pr fee SIO
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

SAMUEL HART has authorized US to announce
- him candidate for reelection to the Office of
Probate Clerk of Carroll county, at the ensuing No.
vember election. May 20, lS41. PRS. fee paid
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

NV are authorised to announce the Hon. JAMES
w A. KENNEDY, of Choctaw county, as can
didate for the Office of District Attorney, for the Sc
cond Judicial District, composing the counties OF
Carroll, Choctaw Yalobusha and Tallahatchie.
February 20, l64l. ll-tde.-pd.-$iu W.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

VNTE are authorized to announce RICHARD A.
Wv SEWARD, as Candidate for the Office sof
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Carroll county, at the
Election in November next.
March l3, l64l, SIu-i4-toe.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-31

l Wits For Sale Here.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
MORE DEVELOPMENTS OF WHIG
TRICKS AT WASHINGTON


The ultra bank Clay wings seem lost
to all sense of honor or shame. They
feel, as Maj. Noah says in his recent let
ter, that they were afraid to risk their
great measure to the decision of the peo-
pie, but continue a system of humbugs
wholly at war with honesty or the intelli-
gence of the age.
We noticed that the great national ad-
dress Of the Clay Congressman did not
contain the names of the members, hut
the officers of the tin. pan caucus only
But the address was palmed off upon the
people as the unanimous expression Of the
federal members of Congress.
Now read the following articles:
"The whig address, pu rporting TO have
been adopted at meeting of the whig
members Of Congress on Monday last and
which We published on Saturday, 10 very
far from giving universal satisfaction TO
the wings in this vicinity. There are
some points in ii which, 10 US, appear OBJ
iectionable, and such as will tend rather TO
SOW discord than to produce unanimity in
the whig party. The question is fre-
quently asked, spere all the aohig mem.
bers present when the address was unGn-
imOusly adopted? And if they were not,
an equally interesting question comes up.
Who were present. Al answer TO these
questions is certainly desirable. ."-BoSton
Courier.
''Less than one third Of all the wings
of Congress were present when the ad-
dress was "unanimOusly adopted". We
can probably state pretty nearly the
names Of ali who were present. We feel
quite certain they numbered less than
fifty, while the wings of the lower House
alone numbered 14i. The caucus was
held, it will be remembered, on the ] lth
Of September, and the address was re-
ported end Unanimously adopted" on
Monday, the 18th. On the morning of
that day there was call for the House
and the journal enables US to show who
were the absentees. On the question
''shall there be a call Of the Housei" the
vote was, ayes 50, noes 33. Total So
On the call of the House, it appeared
that only 64 wings were present, and n
wings were absent. Among those pres
ent are the names of many who did not at
lend the caucus, and who disapproved the
address. ."-MGdi8onidn.
Governor Morrow, Of this State. was
one Of the Presidents, and it is due his
reputation that he explains this. Can 1t
be possible that one who has heretofore
had the respect and confidence Of all par.
ties for unimpeached and unsupported
moral honesty could be party to sue b
lraudf tits due Gov. Morrow that ne
should explain. And we believe he will
do it, Statesman.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
THE CONTR A ST.

Do you see that proud, overbearing man
riding in his glidsd carriageS Lock! he
stops before magnificent mansion, and
Iivsried lacqueys, ,obedient to his call assist
him to descend.
Do you see that poor miserable boy,
whose tattered clothes scarcely shield
him from ths nclemsncy of the weather?
Mark with beseeching look he sOlicits
the rich man to purchase pencil, or a
card of pens; and behold how contempt
uously he is spurned
twenty-five years ago that pompous
man was as poor, as frisndless, and as
w,stched as the urchin which he des.
Pises.
Twenty-Five years have passed since
that day The same parties meet: 10! the
contrast.
The once poor boy stands in the pride
of manhood, active, intelligent, rich.--
A lovely woman, his wife, leans upon
his arm and three blooming girls are by
his side. Grace in every action, bensv.
olence in every expression, and aflu.
ence smiles in his unostentatious adorn.
ments.
An old man approaches. The tOtter-
ing step,the thread-bare garments, and the
painful expression that frets in every fea-
lure; too plainly denote a man of want
and wo. Better dead, than thus to drsg
on miserable existence!
This may at the first blush appear
to some an improbable romance. II is a
truth, &t
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
INTERESTING PHILOSOPHICAL
FACTS

Sound travels at the rate Of II3G
feet per second, in air: 1860 feet in wa
ter; ll0G9 in cast iron, and 1900 il
wood.
~ Mercury freezes at 80 degree Faren.
heit,and becomes a solid mass, maleable
under the hammer.
The greatest height at which clouds
ever exist does not exceed ten miles.
Air is about Sl5 times lighter than
wafer.
The pressure Ofthe atmosphere upon
every.square foot Of earth amounts to2 $50
pounds. An ordinary sized man, sup
posing his surface to be IA square feet
suStains the enormous pressure Of30, ,240
pounds.
Heat rarifies ali to such an extent that
il may be made 10 carry 5000 or 60O0
times the space it did before.
The violence t,the expansion of water
when freezing is sufficient to cleave a
globe of copper, Of such thickness as TO
require force Of27 900 pounds to pro-
duce the same effect.
During the conversion Of ice into
water, l4O degrees Of heat are absor-
bed.
Water when converted into steam in
creases its bulk 1900 times.
One hundred pounds of water of the
Dead Sea, contain as pounds of salt.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
From the Boston Morning Post Extra, Sept. 20.
AWFUL MURDER OF A YOUNG
WOMAN.

Yesterday forenoon a most fendIike
murder was committed in the Cambridge
aims-bouse, (CambriGgepOrt,) on tho per-
son 0i young woman, named Sarah
Stevenson, by man named William H..
Brilton. He plunged huge carving
knife IN between her right tofsshoulder
and breast, clear through her heart and
lungs, and out under her left shoulder
blade.
BFlttOn, as a pauper, became an in-
mate OF the alms-house 10 September,
1910, being aged, and somewhat infrm.
He possessed some literary requirements,
and was employed as a teacher TO the
children in The establishment. In June
last, Miss Stephenson, then laboring un-
der painful disease, became an inmate
OF the house, and after she had improved
in health in some degree, she undertook
to learn 10 write under the Instructions
Of Britton. In consequence of the ia
mllliar intercourse naturally arising thus,
Britton conceived violent passion for
her, and proposed 10 marry her.
She declined on account of his age and
inability to support family. He press.
cd his suit, and she laid the subject be-
fore Mr.. Valentine. the excellent superIn.
tendent, who at once advised her to avoid
Britton as much as she could, and told
her, whenever he entered her room, to
leave it, and come into his private apart
ment. She acted upon this advice for
some weeks. On Sunday morning be
estered her room, and she then left it,
and went into one occupied by two other
women.
He did not Immediately follow her, and
she began to read TO her companions
from New Testament, which Mr.. Val
entine had presented to her. While thus
engaged Britton entered, and said to tho
other two women, sis this your roOmH"
Before they returned any definite an
swer, he drew the carving knife from un-
der his shirt bosom, advanced to the de-
ceased, seized her round the body and
flung her on a bed. One of. the women
caught hold ofhim, but he turned upon
her with the uplifted knife, like tiger,
and she qualed before him. The other
woman then grasped him round the bsdy,
but was driven off in the same manner a.
lhe first one. The deceased in the mean
time WIS exclaiming-"Don't kill me!
Don't kill me!'' He first made a violent
pass at her throat, but she partly stopped
the knife with her right hand, in which
It cut horrible cash, four inches long,
but only barely scratched her threat
He then struck at her as above stated,
and drove the knife clear through the
body.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
Communicated.
CHILL AND FEVER.

Mn. EDITOR: l observed in your pa
per of Saturday an excellent recipe for
Chills and FsVers and Intsrmittsnts; but,
as some of the articles are rather difficult
to procure, I send you the annexed,
which has never failed, in an extensive
practice, Of effecting cure:
Take Of red Peruvian bark, and Cream
of Tartar, each, one ounce; powdered
cloves, one drachm; mix them we'll 10.
gether, and commence eight or ten hours
before the usual time for the chill, and
take teaspoonful every hour until the
chill time.
| would say that 4 cure need not be sx-
pected from this, or any other proscriP-
tion, unless the stomach is previously
cIsansed. For this purpose, while the
fever is on, take twelve grain calomel
Dill; six hours after dose Of salts, and
then the prescription as above. ! will in'
sure the result.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
GEORGETOWN O., TUESDAY, OCTOBER IL, lS4l SCI
NEW sERIEs.-VOL. II. NO. IL.

lie mind, and the canal and frontier is
now Patroled night and day by the Brit.
ish troops. 1t is my firm conviction. that
unless there is a strong detachment Of
United States troops forthwith sent to
Buffalo, and strong enough and sufficient
to show these gentry that the Govern
ment Of the UEacd States is determined
to preserve pehco, acts Of this character
will be done which mnst have the effect
OF breaking up the peace existing be-
tween both countries.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

II is stated in the New York CONNER
cial Advertiser, that "Stephsn's Incidents
of Travel in Central America" have
hsen translated into the German Ian.
guage as well as the French. The Com
mercial states, as curious fact, illustra-
ting the defective literary iudgeasnt Of
publishers, that John Murray, the great
London publisher, actually refused TO- ad.
vance The duties and other charges on
the consignment of this work, sent out to
him by the Messrs. Harper, and that'hO
would not and did not take the copies
from the Custom House until ME-Aspln.
wall, the United States Consul General,
had agreed to become responsible for
Tho outlay. When he found, however,
that his copies were bought up faster
than he could supply them, he wrotsa
very handsome letter to ME, Stephens.
cOmplimenting him on the great merit Of
the work; and its deserved succeSg.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

At length the old woman vanished
from the stage, and was succeeded by a
knowing, active, capable damsel, with a
temper likes steel trap, who remained
with me just one week, and then went
off in vent of spite. To her succeeded
rosy, good natured merry lass, who
broke the crOckery, burnt the dinner,
tore the clothes in ironing them, and
knocked down every thing that stood in
her way about the house, without at all
dscOmposing herself about the NATTER
One night she took the stopper from the
barrel of molssses, and came singing off
up stairs, while the molasses run soberIy
out in the cellar bottom all night, till by
morning it was in a state of universal
emancipation. Having done this and
also despatched an entire set of tea things,
by letting the waiter fall, she one day
made her disappearance.
Then, for wonder, there fell to nv
lot tidy, efficient, trained, English girl;
pretty, genteel, and neat, and knowing
how TO do every thing, and with the
sweetest temper in the world. "Now,"
said I TO myself, 81 shall rest from all my
labors." Every thing about the house
began to 90 right, and looked as clean
and genteel as Mary's own self. But
alas this period was interrupted bv the
vision of a clever, trim looking young
man, who for some weeks could be
heard scrapng his feet at the kitchen
door every Sunday highland at last
Miss Mary, with some smiling and blush.
ing, gave me TO understand that she
muat leave in two weeks.
"Why, Mary" said |, feeling little
mischievous, "don't you like the pIace2"
"Oh, yes ma'am."
"Then why do you look for anothers'
81 am not going to another"
care you going to learn a trader"
"No ma'anl."
"Why, what then do you msan TO do 7"
81 expect TO keep house myself
mA'am,"-said she laughing and blush
ing.
"Oh, oh" said l, "that's it,"-and so
in two weeks lost the best girl in the
world.--psace to hcr memory.
After this came an interregnum,
which put me in mind Of chapter in
Chronicles, that | used TO read with
great delight, Bash and Elah, and TIb-
nj and Zmri, and Omri, one after the
other came on the throne of Israel, all in
the compass of halfa dozen verses. We
had one old woman who staid a week,
and went away with the misery in her
toOth-one young woman who ran away
and got married-one cook, who came
at night and ran off before daylight in
the morning--one very clever girl that
Itaid month & then went away because
her mother was sick-anothcr who staid
six weeks, and was taken with fever
herself; and during all this time, who can
speak the damage and destruction
wrought in the domestic paraphernalia, I
by passing through these multiplied
shall we do? Shall we
90 to slavery, or shall we give up houses,
have no furniture to take care of-kSsp. (
ing merely bag of meal, and porridge !
pot, and pudding stick, and sit in our
door in real patriarchial independence? {
What shall we do2 S
Aaswer.-Throw of that false and
licked pride which reckons useful labor
4 disgrace, and so far as your health and |
station will allow, do your own "house-
work."
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12
III.

In a country like ours, there is no man,
however, poor, if aided by indus'ry,econ :
Omy, and virtue, but may rise from the
lowest rank of society to the highest
The knowledge of this fact is blessed
incltement 10 the young, and cheers them
on to struggle nObly in the paths which
lead TO honor and independence, despite
the thousand obstacles that oppose their
course.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

Let none despise the poor because of
their poverty; let none Aatter the rich be-
cause of their wealth. We may conquer
poverty; wealth may subdue us. All men
OF equal virtue are equals. If one man
possesses more intelligence than his fell
lows, though that of itself may not elevate
him in the ranks ofthe good, yet it brings
him added respect, and wins willing ad-
mration from all men. "IEe good alone
are great"
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

SICKNESS AT WEsT PoINT.-The nor
tbero papers state that there is a good
deal Of sickness among the Cadets al the
Military Academy; some thirty OF forty
are suffering severely tram dysentaEy,
and il is said that a young Cadet named
Mason, from the District Of Columbia,
has died.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

pEE1eHrFUE AMUsRMENT.-A bull fight
was advertised to take place last week,
in Mclean county, Illinois, between two
Durham bulls. It was presumed there
would be lots Of asses in attendance 10
witness it.
Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-10-12

There isno man, however, afluent, but
by extravagance, and bad morals ,'may fall
from his high estate, and close his days
in penury and wo.
The Polynesian., 1841-07-10

business is as good as any other, and prom
ises favorable results. In addition to this,
for the announcements of those who are IN
terested in its culture, we are able to state,
that the American eggs, the cocoons OF
which are at least % per cent better than the
crossbrceds, can be Matched as regularly as
any other, provided they receive the beneht
of winter This experiment has been re-
peatedIy tried on the mountains OF MAUI
and have no doubt but that Mauna w ala
leale OH Kauai is of sufficient hight tor that
purpose.
The market value of the Kauai silk IN the
United States is not yet known. "A small
quantity was shipped home during the last
year, from which as yet nothing has been
heard.
The Polynesian., 1841-07-10

ment among us-then let us employ theuf
For want of energy, the Institute h,
been suffered to languish, until its NEE
ing are scarce known among the thind
that are. Let it be renovated, its librar
circulated. an interest awakened in Il
cabinet, and feeling Of laudable ambS
ton aroused, not only to add to, but
understand the treasures from the ANNA
mineral and vegetable Kingdoms that ma
be gathered there. Weekly lecture
should be delivered, to draw its member2
to it's hall, and above all, we think tina
well regulated debates npon ubjec,s 4
common interest would be extremely con
ducive to the well being of the institution
All of us find no lack of time to attend 4
the gains of trade, or the coarser pleas
ures of the sensual man. Cannot fea
hours weekly be devoted in unison fuI
the Intellectual? Something we need
and must have, else the spirit Of the age
a spirit of knowledge and improvement
will leave us bliud and bewildered in th(
back ground, straning our eyes toward
that we cannO, understand, or withdraw
ING them blinded by its glare.
The Polynesian., 1841-07-10


The Fourth Of July, the anniversary
the Independence of the United States
North America, coming on Sunday, lh)
succeeding day was celebrated in ii
stead, and with almost as much noise, and
quite as much enjoyment as it would havd
been at home. Drums and trumpets, hfe|
and horns, fiddles and trianSles, nos!
boys. the popping off of muskets, and
such other extempore sounds as could 4
got up for the occasion, all lent their ali
long before early dawn, to arouse on
worthy citizens to the fact that "tbe day
we celebrate" had arrived. AT sunrise
noon, and sunset, salutes of twenty.s
guns each, were fired from one o.
the wharves, while American ems gn
waved from all parts of the town. A
twelve o'clock, Gov. Kekuanaoa, in very
handsome manner, caused the guns Of thu
Fort, one for each state, to add their deep
toned thunder in honor of the great am
glorious day-a compliment highly graft
flying to the feelings Of the American res
idents, the more so from being quite UNI
Expected; but in acts Of national coure
sy, the gallant and gentlcmanIy Governo1
seldom allows himself to be outdone.-
Many of the stores were closed, and the |
natives very generally availed themselves
of the occasion as an holiday for them1|
selves. Parties scattered themselves over
the country, and through the town, en-
gagged in social pleasures, bringing 'oI
mind by suitable toasts and sentiments
the happy institutions, and inestlmabe|
privileges of their mother land.
The ladies, not to be outdone by thcN|
lords, in patriotism, assembled together al
a dinner-party by themselves, and al
which no gentleman was allowed to make
his appearance. We are happy to learn
that they enjoyed themselves highly out
we are no advocate for this disunIon
forces. A party without the presence Oh
ladies, loses its greatest charm, and Oh
another anniversary we should 60 Tor q
joint celebration. Perhaps there was o
little more in this meeting than we dream
of in our philosophy, and it is but pre-
lude to a Declaration of their IndePena'
ence, commencing thus, Whereas al
wome2Rre born free and equal, and 'a''
ly superior to men, we" etc. BE thai d.
it may, ladies' and gentlemen met tose'n''
The Polynesian., 1841-07-10
THE NESIAN.
Honolulu, Saturday. July 10, lS4l.

Honolulu, Saturday, July 10, ls4l.
In nothing do we more keenly feel our
isolated situation, than in the deprivation
of the numerous intellectual advantages
which the old countries afford. The sight
Of the elegantly bound volume, with its
mental treasures, the pride of its country's
literature, which occasionally strays to this
part of the globe, a speaking record of its
authors fame, occasions painful sense
of our own deficiencies, and desire on
our own part to lay our pen to rest forev-
er more. Turn we to a paper, and we
read tempting array of sights to crafty
at once and instruct, or we see names of
the choice inielects of the age, who
hold listening thousands rapt in admiring
silence, as they discourse of the wonders
of nature, or the PROJECTIONS Of art, and
pour forth their vivid eloquence in behalf
of the noble attributes of man, or utter in
tones of solemn warning, their sense of his
crimes. There mind gathers around mind,
and combined intellect and worth sway
the nation, even as the strong breeze bows
the graceful willow. Here, we live in
solitude, apart from the world. A few
times yearly, glimmer of the events
passing in other countries, like ray Of
light shot from a gem, comes over our
sight. But until civilization shall have
extended her empire throughout the
bounds of the Pacific, connecting her nu-
merous progeny by the arms of her nigh
ty engines, which annihilate space and
time, we must be content with this.
But Can we do nothing for ourselves !?
Commerce is yearly bringing to US the
young and intelligent of other countries,
filled with high hopes, and bright antici-
pa'ions. And must they, need they, all
be bound down to the petty cares of trade,
seeking no higher good than the accumu-
latlon OF Notwithstanding no prospect
beyond their counlers-their souls mar
rowing as their years incrcase-Spirit of
high thoughts and noble sentiments, for
bid. 1t is in vain to deny that the influ-
ence of society here on the intellectual
man, is deterIorating, and that it requires
an effort, great and continued for the
mind to exert itself, and live amid purer
and loitier thoughts, than the scenes about
us generate. We have not the resources
of wealth, time, and treasures of learninp
that are common to our mother lands but
must struggle with cold and selfish COM
petition for the bread we eat. Ambition
stirs US not; she requires a wider, broad
er field for her action. If we act, it must
be from a deep and lervent love Of the
good and beautiful, reason and truth
We have the elements of social improve.