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CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURE AND
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Secretary OF the Treasury Senate Document-l20
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n BIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE, applied to the Re-
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the commencement of the public sale Of the land az
above designated otherwise such claim WIN be tor
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OUTLINES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSI-
ZOOLOGY, translated from the French of Milne
Edwards by J. F. Lane, M. d., volume octave just
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JAZZ w III TCONIB1
Commissioner Of the General Land Office
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person claiming the right Of pre-emption to
land in any of the townships designated in this proca
nation in virtue of the provisions of the act Of 22d
June, 1885, as extended and modified by the act of LIST
June l84O of the provisions Of the latter act grant
ing certain privileges 10 another class OF settlers is
ouesed TO prove the same to the satisfaction of the
Register and Receiver of the land office, and make
payment therefor practicable after seeing
this notice and before the day appointed for the com
mencemcn, of the public sale of the land as above de-
sgnated otherwise such claims will be forfeited.
JAMES WHITCOMB,
Commissioner fthe General Land Office.
april 23--wtds
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person claiming the right of presumption to
land in any of the townships designated in this proca
nation in virtue Of the provisions of the act of 22d
June, 1888, as extended and modified by the act Of
LIST June 1S40 of the provisions Of the latter act
granting certain privileges TO another class OF settlers
Is requested prove the same to the satisfaction othe
Register and Receiver Of the proper land office, and
Vake payment therefor soon practicable, after
seeing this notice. and before the day appointed for
the commencement of the public sale Of the land as
above designated, otherwise such claims will be for
feited
JAMES WHITCOMB,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
Columbus Democrat., 1841-09-18
With sentiments Of respect Sc,
S. ?. WEBSTER.
OXFORD, Miss. Angnst, Is4


Dear Sir-Your favor OF The 9th ult, was not
received I'LL the 10th, al which time was pre-
pairing To leave home to fill some appointments
Tor public discussion previously made On my
return, found The hand ol disease had been hea-
yy laid upon my family. They required my
personal attention; and be(0rs their recovery
myself became The subject Of shorl but vigorous
attack Of fever; from which ! am now Gonzales
cent. am thus explicit in my apology, TO show
you that the delay of this response TO your favor
proceeds from no dsinclnatIon to answer.
Before proceeding to the main purpose Of this
letter, Rdulge me IN brief remark. h subject
ofthe " Union Bank Bonds" rs one Iof deep
and thrilling interest to the people OF Mississippi.
1t involves questions Of the very FIRST magnitude I;
and IN It's discussion we Should remove from Dur
mlrds every impsdment 10 n clear and just con.
cIuslou. Passion should be husAed, obslrucung
prejudlces should be merged in an ardent deSte
for the common veal, parry lrammes should be
sundertd, parry associations forgotten, party dis.
clpae despised; and every freeman ol MlssIs
s,pp, fully CONSCIOUS of his dignity and responsl-
blIlly as possessed Of portion OF the sovereignty
of the State, should march up to the decision OF
ms great question, WIN nc s''ho nerve "uN ~
dependence Of ihoueht which characterized our
ancestors, and with tae same purpose aud deler
mlnatlon to be lust to themselves and poserliy,
and lust TO all the world. 1t Is Tor the people Vi
Mississippi alone TO enter up judgment IN 'h's
matter AND when they speak out with clear IN.
enmyoca vol, e, none will dare gansyu / Is
domestic question, and when Vt The house.
hold shall decide 1t, from that judgment there hes
90 appeal but to The enlightened opinions oil man.
kind.
Viewing this question in this way, 1t "a mani
lesy improper to give TO It a parry tuln' Inc
whole people should unite in one course or the
other: the dignity and uuilnpeachab'Ily Of lher
de ,lsion will greatly depend upon H. Nslihef
side exclusively belongs 10 Democrats or Wings
1t is the peoples cause, aud all d''s'oa IS to be
deprecated. Therefore,I thought IT unbecomng
in me whose name had beeo associated with par
Columbus Democrat., 1841-09-18

GIVE are authorised 10 announce Michael
MCCarty as candidate Tor the office OF Tax
Collector ct LoNndes county at The next No,sm-
Der election.
or We are authorized to announce John
Weldon. as a candidate for the office Of Tax
Collector OF Lownjcs county a, the neN Noyem.
Der election
TO- We are authottzed 70 announce ThO'S
j. Lewis. az candidate Ior the uihce OF IaN
Collector OF LoWndes county at The snsung No.
vemser election.
CORONER.
tS We are authorized to announce Alfred
Thachcr. as a candidate Tor the office OF
Coroner of Lowndes County at the ensuing No
yember election.
90 We are authorized to announce George
Il. Mcdaniel. as a candidate for he office
OF Coroner of Lowndes county at the ensuing
November election.
GJ- We arc authorized to announce John
Il. TanlIersly, as a candidate for Coroner
Of Lo"ndes County al the ensuing November
election.
CONSTABLE
0I- We are authorized to announce ThO'S
Il. Bell. as a candidate for the office of Town
Constable at the ensuing November election.
10 We are authorized to announce Robert
Blakeley. as candidate for Town Consla.
bic at the November election. Paid.
Columbus Democrat., 1841-09-18
THE PRINTERS SONG.

Print comrades print; noble task
Is the one we gallv ply;
IT'S ours 10 tell 10 all who ask,
The wonders o. earth and skv;
We catch the thought oil glowing warm,
As IT leaves the the students brain;
And place the stamp Of enduring form
On poets airy strain
Then let us sung, as we nimbly fling
The slender letters round;
A GLORIOUS thing, is uur IaboTNg,
Oh where NAV lts like b. found,
Prin, comrades, print; the isirest lEought
Ever limned in Planters dream,
The rareSt form eer Sculptor wrought,
BY the light OF beauty'S geam,
Tho lovely, may not match the power
Which our own proud art can clam;
That links the past with the present hour.
Aud lts breaih--lhe voice of fame.
Then let US sing, as we nlmhIy fling
The slender letters round
A glorious thing is our laborug,
Oh where may is ike he found
Print. comrades PRINT God hath ordained
That man by hs toll shorld hive;
Then spu the charge that we disdaned
The labor that God would give;
We envy not the sons OF ease,
Nor the Lord IN prncely hall;
But bow before the wise DEGREES
In kindness meant tor ua all.
Then let US sing WE nimbly nng
The slender letters round;
4 glorious lhinr, is our lab1ring,
On where may its Ike be found
Columbus Democrat., 1841-09-18
HON. JACOB THOMPsON's LETTER.


To THE Hon JACOB THoMrsoS:
Dear Sr--Whlle your position as candidate
for Congress does not necessarily require that
you should discuss the bond question: before
the people, yet your opinion upon the subject Is a
matter ointerest TO many ol your political friends
IN this part Of the State and knowing that, in
the tue SPIN Of democracy, you ate always roa.
dy to avow your principles upon political ques.
tions, take the liberty OF asking, whether you
believe the bonds sold by the Mississippi Union
Bank to Dir Nicholas Bdde, were issued in con
tormIty with the PROVISIONS Of the constitution Of
tic State And If not SO issued, whether In
your opinion, It comporis with the true dlgatiy Of
the State, TO recoSn ze a clam, growing Vut oI =
VIOLATION Of the fundamental law
The intention ol this letter Is to solicit reply
to the above inIerrogatores, for the purpose OF
publication that your political friends may be
assured Of your position; and that our " bond
paying" brethren may have their doubts reno
we'd.
With sentiments Of respect Sc,
S. P, WEBSTER.
Columbus Democrat., 1841-09-18
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CAN DIDATES.
SECRETARY OF STATE.

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beams upPn the glossy stream thar slowly.
Viodsalons lhe valley Of " The railing
e carriage wheels, The hurrging footsteps
Of ihe ga'hsfing throns, The sound Of laugh
ier and shout from groups assembled. Ion thel
collegaGreep around some. wild associate
night V<' have dispelled re gloom of the'
sad3est heart. Many had assembled 81
look again upon heir Alma Matters and %
|join tIls circle or old compapions which
each returning antumn Ibeheld diminished.
The long line of Students inarching a The
sound 'of music, thai Aoated sWeeilg on The
brsatb Of morning. lie waving Of banners,
landshonts Of ihe gathelihg mulliiudes and
earnest greetings pfsffiends long paired,
were qnohg The ihines that make ihissday
4 greenispo, inIths pilgFimage ~ life.
There was pne who ming dlnot n,tlaese
hilaFilisss 4 hurried from the crowd and
Stood BY . dying bed. The silence Of mid
night reigned ii the cuuained room, broken
pnlysby the sobs Of an aged m6ther whose
heart was breaking fofsher dying son. Her
lheaying bosom, and long .drawn signs and
streanline Tears, told the intensenesstoff her
gdef Gould she give him 10 the grave 50
young He reached 10 me bis cold, sbony
lband, and liked suponbme shis glazing eye,
lwith an expression of Iemorse and anguish,
which Icansnever sforget. 4 All Y said lie,
l''yoahave come 10 see me die ri have won
the wreath, butt u The wreath Of cypress.
The first honors Of The class are mine. II
have purchased them al the expense Of my
life of my soul n Bear 70 my companions
my dying valedietory. Histen not 70 The
siren voiceQf Fdme.p $50 -
A week passed BY, and The gifted, The
beloved, fhe noble r. S. was borne away,
land laid 70 rest beneath the clods Of his
native bills. a plainsmalble slab marks
1the spot, wilhthe Inscription, ToLass jagged
l22. IN pace regaiescat' ". d. ..
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RELIGIOUS MISCELIANY

40 From the uEyangeliSt.r
LETTERS 10 RAHENTss5-sEo. 81
Dear Bfelhren and SistefsA1 fsa|
ss- IN addressing you Iafthsr on this
subject, i rernark, s'',A sle@ q aass i
5. That II raining children. parents
should member their nature. and thai.
their will il IN The first INSTANCE iipaasnced
|Hby sense, and not by neral considerations
that their bodily apostles come.to have
a strong influence overplheir willsbefore
moral truth can Teachathe heart lhro' the
|conscisnce. unless,thsir minds are enlight.
|ened by 4 supernatural divine agency =.
/ fIsSc., + % Fl zis sssss. s. 81 st
Psrsnls should FsIa rem 4 llsibsf hat rhys-
Iical training must precede moral training
Pains should Be taken y keep their bodily
IaPpstile in perfectly natural state; and and
las fur aa possible rsyenlthe forrpatiop
Of artificial i ppetites, and do ali thatithet
nature Of ths casesndmits, 70 restrain the
Influence Of he appetiies over che will.sal
/ 8s Patents SHOULD remember that al
taftf6cial stimulants lead directly ID intatti!
psraice4 tia. Il tea. colfse, tobacco, spices,
1 Gin ger, and indeed the who.es family %
innutritious sIimulapts, lead directly and
I powerfully tolihe formation aof, intsmpef
late habits rcate 4 morbid hankesipG
aier more ard more stimuli ,alss until boil
body and soul are Swallowed lopsins TIL
Itefribls r6riex ofiintefhperance.ff' u Il
9. - Parents Should remeA Der ihatahI
leasg stimulating kinds ofzdiet arc be:
suiItdio the formation 81 temperate bal
rs il ali respects Il Aud Id just as slaf :
They depa from 4 pnila bland PA pps'iI Ip
ifl latipg Diet they are LAYING. il the perFel
! lsiop Of the child cpRstsrti9n, aiiound'
, lon for any uaad every degree Of sia,em
= psraneen asf1ks 81 ssiist - 81 -
/; lossP1reDts Should remember that Il
lenpef Of The ebildis mn great nseasa1
dependent upon. ana nsinately eonnesf'
!. Twin his ply sisal hsbrs i. during y
/. PERIOD Of 1a sing, the mother n ~ &c
b Zee use Of innptri'ioQS sllmplanis she she
of eorioualIy p0is1qipg fAs infant az b
3 breasi and s'spipg pPi's nervous sysls
sr' into,a stale Of exlfene tirritabilltY ~
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Pssrlaans in the age OF MiIton.

- 4 III ss $3.50 II
800 PeaTitans in the age OF Wilt Ons
The Puritans were men whose minds
had derived peculiar character from the
daily contemplation ofsuperior beings and |
eternal interests. Not content with ac-
knowledging, in general terms an over
ruling Providence. they habituallv ascrib-
ed every event to The willsofthe Greal Be-
ing,sfor whose power nothing was too vast,
for who's inspection nothing was too mi
mute TO know him, to serve him, to en-
JOY him, was TO them the great end ofeklst-
ence. They rejected with contempt the
ceremonious homage which other sects
substituted for the pure worship ofthe soul.
Instead of catching occasional glinpses Of
the Deity through 40 obscuring veil, they
asnired to gaze full on the intolerableI
brightness, and to commune with hin.face
Ito face. Hence originated their contempt
/ for terrestrial distinctions. Thediferenee
between the greatest and meanest Of man
/ kind seemed TO vanish, when compared
| with the sboundless interval which sepa-
rated the whole race from him on whom
their own eyes were constantly fixed.
They recognized no title 10 superiority but
| his favor ;and, confident of that fayor,ihey
despised allthe aecompl ishment and all the
ldignities of The world. Ifihey were unac;
quainted with the works of philosophers
and poets, they were deeply read IN the
Ioracies Of God. If their.nanle were not
/ found in the registers Of heEalds, they felt
assured sthat lheg were recorded in the
/ Book of Life If their Steps were not ae'
lcompanied BY SPLENDID train OF menials,
legions Of minisIeripg angels had charge
j over them. Their palaces were houses
1 not made with han is; their dIadems, crowns
I.of glory which should never fade away
lOn the rich and the eloquent. on mobiles
4 and priest, they looked down with con
tempt sforsthev esteemed fhemsel gessneh
ii more precious treasure, and eloquen'
!, lin 4 more imelanguage mobiles BY Tbs
{ fright Of earlier creation. and. priests 81
the imposition Of mic hitter hand Th,
yerv meanest of them was a being to who's
8 fate mysterious and terrible impoEtanc.
lbeloneed, on whose slightest action ID,
|. lspirit Of i sht and lafkness looizeI viii
! anxious iniersst who had beens destined
! before hea1en and earth were created, {
s Ienjoy fecility which should continu
+ when heaven and earth should have passe
IF away. Events which shoTt-sighted polin
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But to speak more directly of IlleiInor
ais Of leading in6dels. B olingbrolfe was
a llhertlle OF Incorporate habits and unre-
strained lust Temple was q corrupter
of allthat came near him, given up to ease
and spleaseure. Emerson, an eminent
mathematician, was e rude, vulgar, aud
freq uentIy immoral. 6 Infoxicalion and
proiane language were familiar to him. e.
Towards the close Of life, being afflicted
with the stone he1would crawl about the
floor en- his hands and knees, sometimes
pruning, sonetimes sseearSag !. = The
morals Of the Earl Of Roc hester are well
known. Goodwin was a. leWd han By
his own confession, as We as the nnblush.
ing advocate of lewdness. ShaItesbury
and Collins. while endeayoring 10 destroy
the gospel, partook Of the Lords Supper,
thus protesting the christian faith for adj.
mission TO oficel Woolstori was gross
bIasphemers Rlount solicited his sfsler7in
law to marry him; and being refused,
shot himself Tindal was originally a
protestant, then turned papist, then prot
Iestantsag ain. snaereI IS to suit thetimes ]. and
was at the same time infamous for vice IN.
general, and the total want of principle
] He Is said to have died with this PRAYER
in his mouth 6 Iflhere is God, I de-.
sire that he may have mercy on. me. -
Hobbies wrote his Leviathan to serve the
cause of Charles l.; but finding him fail
of success, he turned it to the defense Of
Cromwell, and made merit Of this fact
to the usarper as Hobbies himself I'M.
sblnshipgly declared to Lord Clarendon
Need | describe Voltaire prince Of scott
8ers, as Hume was prince Of sceptics in
childhood initiated into irfidehty nboy-
hood, famous fof darines blasp helny lin.
manhood, Distinguished for a malignant,
violent tern per-. for cold FLOODED disrup.
Htions Of all the ties and deeencies Of the
.fanily circle, fofsthe ridieule Of Whatever
was affecting, and the violation Of what
eyer was confidential Ever increasing
in duplicity and by pocritical mana cement,
with age and practice, those whom his
wit attracted and his bufoonery amused,
were either disguised or polluted by his
loalhsome vices, Lies, and oaths il their
support, we've nothing TO his nav.
Those whom he openly called bis friends
he took pains secretlysto calurnniate !; fiat.
tefing. themio their faces, ridiculings and
reyiling. Them behind their backs Years
only ad,led Stiffness to the disgusting fea
| lures Of his impiety, GOODNESS to his dark
lnatignity. and fury 10 hisimpetuous TEN,
per- Il Throughout lie he was given NJ
| ITO work all uncleanness with greedl
ness. = Such was the witty Voltaire,who
in the midstlof his levity, had feeling ane
seriousness enough b tos,0ash he had aeos'
] been. born. s @ 80 - 80. 3
Dwight on Infdel Philosophy. .s -
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l.DNT TEhEGRA|P|

80 80 {.
Assg9 ~ - 4 4 = ls.s sse
9 number fhy vo'aries o 'r VIC
|ho can picture ne Wasting aHsllg ago
burning tears, che bllgnied hopes,
graves, WHICH thou last caused
PIG sbe covering 81 the tomb $. ape
pu the youthful form ; mould pg
|fag getaway 10 The miasp 9 l''e
robe locked up IN tlie sepuic;l0'res,
We call their destroy er, bot q
~! Yes, thou ART i Il, q qenl'o of! a
guise7-thy path. IS strowp with
opipg and beautiful, bgs beneath
siperslurk :. Araen'lu and per-
we strive % gain the summit q
there, in the minds eye, flodrish
Ids, fofge'ful iliat our feet press
Pc Of a volcano In ! college,
|n' the midst Of q lovely valley IN
BRO part Of Massachusetts, | 6Fss
He was a,loyely youth. His
noble, his counienapee open and
ana his manners propose essing
bioad and lofty brow, tbat dwell:'
mind, the eye rested with admir-,
reverence, and traced here, a
,r,isrs skill, might be discerned
Of thought. His eye, | secsn Z
dark and res''s,s, pow glowing
tns5's sum q 'ppn gazing va
like; re a ,be dead, as ]
boundless q 'l's souls ia
TO stand Fist among The young
q, The gifted {; 70 pluck fhe ia'res
Aai bloom opou tbe hin Of science
Fe gssspest garland that faq' r.
Vse VOWS which were nigh p
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o,5isI1aI.
VIEWING THOUGHTS f
. upon my native hIIlr,
ID loiiy grandeur % Tie sly
BE sides leap de Wild streans and
,I + ~ e IA
shsil nsaf,as.s vim ths n'sbt.Ninds
~ r4f
4 ibeirsnONy submits form and AZ
ouds, cbarlots Of spirits blest,
dreams, as on our couch We lie,
b words Of glory and o. rest,
|uIl lorals awake nom thsif Clay -tnoih-
.aovy ills, where once The dsst rs
. lie hunters arrow bounding aew
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80 q 50 GuiIt.--Coptinneds
And here we may remark, that the
gospel owes much Of its success in mod
ern times, 10 The doctrine of the immediate
05Is ton of man to obey that law. In
The preaching Or the most successful min
ssters rand ID iie revivals Of religion
WHICH have characterized this age and
land, his doctrine has more prominently
tkap any other been kept before the view.
Nor is,it known. ,hat any marked success
|fhsf which IS based on this doctrine =
E:rhis regard as the cardinal point inc
Ilin,it which separates schools Of divinity /;
and draws the boundaries around the piac
S where God eminently blesses the MN
|iz,rysT Leta man honestly and July pres
t.;S point. and on other subjects q pfac
|ticaI preaching, he will not be likely 9
20 wrong. i was this which was con
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Isoliei.ude what they should do.
II We come to men with all the evi.
ldence drawn from the history Of the world,
THAT they ARE guilty, and that the guilty
must suffer. All this analogy belongs
/ properly to the province Of religion. God
/ has left his views of sin in no measured
lof doubtful form in the history Of devils
land Of man. The sinner himself is ruin
led, and he feels ii and knows #. His
ALARMS Of conscience; his hnmbling an
lticipations his calamities. his sickness,
land bereavmenfs his wasting frame, and
/ his approaching death. all admonish him
! of II. Man is sinner, and the earlh,
: laFched with the graves Of the dead and
the plague, the pestilence, and war, prove
81 it. Man is a sinner, and each ruinedcap
! lital, each desolaled city, each Town reel
Ling beneath the upheaving earth, or fall
b ING By It's own crimes, proves It. Tht
broken columns and mighty fragments 9
i arches i'd ancient towns, are monuments
81 to preserve the memory Of the guilt whiel
> caused their ruin, and are Hpblematic Q
q the broken and PROSTATE chalacter Of man
: To each vice God has affixed is on1
Iel marks Of crime. The dfnnkard Pre-
claims every where ID bis face and frame
c-A that God thinks BIN 10 be an e. mar
n-I and hates his crime Aud % gam
ss bier, pirate, murderer. beeou ever
q where lie herald 81 hss own <ln: Z
70 entire history of man lies fore ne M
r istry, e constituting materla q 'ne'pl'