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From the (Pennsylvanio) M,Itonian.
II Can't AGsrd A.

81 can't g6ord 10 take ne,cspapcr,"
was the answer which we received few
days ago, from wealthy farmer of our
nejghborhood, when asked to subscribe
for our paper. He was the father of a
large family, and from his answer we
were induced 10 believe that no newspa-
per ever entered the walls Of his dwelling,
and that himself and family were utterly
ignorant of the many interesting events
now Transporting in the world and what
is worse, likely to remain so unless in
deed he belonged to that class OF readers,
--tho pest of sheir ncighboys and the alb
horrence Of Prinlors,-called borrowers.
Not afford to take newspaper and yet
this individual could spend his hundreds
to adorn the persons Of his children and
make them appear respectable, whilst the
mind was entirely neglected. Can't at-
ford to take newspaper What does
this mean ? 1t means in plain English
this, cannot afford to inform myself or
give my family the means of information
or instruction, prefer Ignorance to intel
ligcnce--and rather than spend nv money
would see my family become dull, stupid
dolts--despised by themselves and rdi-
culcd by all. Money before knowledge
IS the language of those, who being able
to pay, offer the excuse referred to in the
commcnccmeutoflais article. Dutnews-
paper borrowers what shall we saw of
them
viii vow subscribe for our paper? Oh,
no, | believe not, get my noighbor AS
paper every week AMI that will do for
me Such answers we have frequently
received. and an answer containing more
double refined mcauness could not be
found. But aside from the meanness of
rcadirr borrowed newsnaper. when the
individual could well afford TO take one
for himself, it is plainly dishonest. "fat
bmglarv.' You dcpr,ye your ueiohbor
ofhis RIGHTS, which he has paid for with
. his own money. and nravent his family
from obtaining the information, always
conveyed through the public press. Will
you saw that your ntighbor has already
read it audeavo IL chocrtaly. That may
be true, and vet the ease is not altered.
i newspaper is useful for reference, as
wei. as Tor present reading: and then
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Rcpusltais0fs.

The Mississippi papers state that the majority for
the anti-bond paying party is very large. One
paper adds: Mississippi, hitherto proud and glo-
rions, having failed in her faith, violated her hon.
or, and ,ramplcd her fair fame under foot will be
scorncd by her sisters, and be forever damned by
the world, as the faithIcss State ofthe Republic"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-12-10
WHAT as MANI

Like the falling Of star,
Or as the flights Of eagles arc,
Or like the fresh springs gauly hue,
Or silver drops Of morning dew,
Or ike a wind that chafcs the food,
Or bubbles which on water stood
Fen such is man, whose borrowed hght
Is straight called in aud paid tonight.
The wind blows out, the bubble dies,
The spring cntombed in autumn lies;
The dcws dried up, the star is shot,
The flight is past-ani man forgot,
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Tire Hay.reasoaiag Animal-jy Water and by
Firet-The Richmond Enquirer says: " The sa-
gacity of the Mammoth Elephant, (who is at
tachcd to the Managerie and Circus has displayed
itself during his late visit to Richmond ard Pc
tersburg. Whilst the cayalcade was crossing the
bridge over the James River, the E.cghant quietly
placed his foot upon its floor, but not satisfied
with the shaking OF the timJcrs, he Withdrew from
it, and Immediately descended to the river for tho
purpose of swimming across On a ign, how
cyer from his rider, no sloppcl--took him M
with his probosci5 placed him on his neck, aud
then swan across the river, Al Petersburg, he
was chained with one leg to a post in Powcrs
stable, which was consumed by fire. As soon a.
the flames began 20 spread the animal Ending hs
quarters most uncomfortable, cNrglcd his enor-
nous strength pulled up the postwhieh had been
rarnmcd down in very hard ground, released him.
self from "durarcc vile, walked out Of the stable
10 respectful distance and then quietly Turned
rouudto winessthc progress ?Ithe conlagradon.'
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A Negro Legigltr.--Wo learn from the Dos
ton Daily Mail saystho St Louis Pennnnt that.
a very respectable black joke was played oil in
Townsend, Mass, at tho late State election The
three parties IN that town, wings, democrats ana
tboIiuonstj, arc equally divided. In Massachu-
sets, a majority Of all The votes is necessary to
eect.--Ihe wings ana democrats in vain tried to
persuade the third party to withdraw their nomi-
nation. They even proposed to unite with thom
upon man who should represent either whig
and abolition principles, or democracy and aboli-
ionism. Bat no, the 0boIilionists must have
their own man, gy they would prevent a choice
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C..Ag |I.ll. Sew k.ut CO.,. ,
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GeSIlEuuN-lcw yjugs would afford
me more pleasure uau to mectmy friends
and old constituents Of Ibis county at the
festive board, in pursuance of your polite
ingia'Ioni but theuecessity which exists
l1c my speedy return to the seat of Co
ycmmenr, places it out Of my power to
DO SO. | can, however, do no less than
return to you and those YOU represent, my
grateful thanks for the kind sentiments of
regard and confidence, which You have
been pieasedlo express towards me- Shall
! moi be jus!idd by the people Of this an
cient couu,v,m the declaration, that when,
as long ago IS twenty-five years, they did
me the honor to confer their almost una
ulmous sJdTagas upon me, as their Re
preventative in Congress, the political
principles which | then ayowed, have
been the same, which, since my accession
to the Presidency, / have dared to ylndi-
cate and maintain, at the expense Of the
bittorest denuuciations which have ever
heretofore assal.od public i1ncuonary'
HE same opinions as to the power Of
Congress to charter National Bank,
which then ayowcd in the presence Of
your fathers, and Of many who still sur
yiye among you' aud which, as your re-
preventative | sTenuousiy urged 1919,
are still maintained with abiding and M
diminished conviction. ! was then sus-
tanned by the people Of this district, with
almost entire unanlmlty, and |, therefore,
take leave to say, that II any OF them are
least, have granted to me, as the Chief
Magistrate, bound by oath to support the
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-12-10

The United STATES "HI EngiuuG. or Free
S..tGv and Monopoly.

l. "a. /.
S..tdv and Monopoly.
Alta late public meeting in liverpool
ona of the speakers jus, then retained
from the United States, presented a gra-
phic description Of the states Of society
in the two countries, SO far as he had OBJ
served them. lie told his hearers tina. in
the West, a man who could do nothing
but dig, could earn a dollar and a half a
day, and obtain board and lodging for two
dollars and half per week. The week
ly profit, six dollars and a half, must have
appeared quite liberal to some Of his suf-
lering hearers, who are compelled to
maintain families upon twenty-five cents
daily. After contrasting the price OF
flour in New Orleans, l6 shillings, or
four dollars, with the price in Liverpool,
80 shillmgs, or 50 70, he introduces his
hearers to the manufactures of Lowell.
Here he found city Of $4,000 inhabi-
tants, not in existence fifteen years.
Here he saw capital invested in mills,
amounting to Sl0,0O0,00O. Here he
saw the female Operatives" turn out,
and could not distinguish them from
young ladies'" in England for, among
their other personal arrangements, "they
carried parasols.' He found their wages
to be from 81 50 to 81 80 per week,
clear of board and lodging. lie arrived
in Liverpool on the 10Th day after leaving
Boston; and the first sight which he
saw in Liverpool "was woman picking
up dung in the streets"
Here is a matter for consideration and
to those disposed to investigate, and to
trace effects to causes, it speaks volumes.
American women who labor with their
hands for subsistence, 'drcss like young
ladies'" and English women who labor
with their hands for subsistence, "pick
up dung in the Streets Had this travel
Ter talked with any Of these American
Operatives" or addresses, he would
have found that they not only dressed
like "young ladies'" but had the opin.
ions, principles, sentiments, feelings, and
accomplishments of 'young ladies'" He
would have found that in the virtues
which dignity the human character, and
the delicacics and reinements which
adorn the female character, they were
superior to the wives and daughters Of
half the mobility and gentry" Of his own
country. And did he find an American
woman, native American, "picklng up
dung in the streets" in any part OF the
United Sta,cs' No! Such sight has
never been seen. lie may travel over
tho whole country for years, without
finding a single American white woman
engaged in any employment, which for
its severity or other unpleasant character
istic, is more appropriate to the rougher
sex. We admit that, in the slave States,
he will find African women engaged in
field labors and in the free States, he
will sometimes find foreign women enga-
geI in labors which American women
would repudialc. But, while thoroughly
opposed to slavery in principle and de-
all, we may say, in mere justice to slave
holders, that Justice which we will deny
o none, that these very field working
emale slaves are better fed, better clothed,
md better lodged, than muIGludcs of
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SpAEE-liag Uit---'I have spark in
my eye" SAID lady in the cars. The
jade was looking straight forward at a
spruce young gentleman sitting opposite
to her
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''a' ' ''.''' i" 'I'ul"u' Ifa', o' American
yuan .' ~, "'' " '''Vh Is "'SP''!''' among
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,...,., own. 49,. r.-I'..,, l,'. '"t'"'
,,.,n,.,. .,r ,.r.., H., ,r,,,,,,r E., o'',l
mon, l,r ..n,.r,., has Leon - ,,raa
manufacturing, I, the assertion hc ,rna
protection ougnt to pgolueo the greatest
decree OF such result where it is most px-
t-usvcIv furnished. Bat these political
economists are wrun-. I,jrh tariffs Dro-
rert .,po.1yprs, but Ultimately ip,ure lab.
oryys. They rive rgaa, polts to manu-
featuring. tempt capi,a.is,s into it. found
corroratons or associations Of wealth.
and make the business Of manufacturing
the monopoly Of the few. At the com.
mouccmcnl Of the system. labor is well
PAID. because il is sca,cc.-Brt the svs-
tenn advances. an oyergrowp Dopula,Ion
Of .merc oneradyes" is crea,ej, which
is entirely at the mercy of the ooploy.
ers. II the latter combine 10 reduce wa
ces. the only remedy Of the former is a
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Continuation of the ~bIa,k list" shortly
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Recommendations sent to this Office for pub
lication, must be accompanied with the author
name. We cannot, in justice to ourselves, devi
ate from this rule.
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"Now 'rbe,' says Pete, "you know
that l know that | don't know what YOU
know, but ! know that you know know
what you don't know"
81 know that" says Tijc.
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Bmhiss--Thero is not a single solvent Bank
in Buffalo, n. y. The late wheat speculation
has caused their insolvency, The Rochester
banks are said to be but little better.
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Why is a stick Of candy like horse {?
Because the more you lick it the faster it
goes.
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q-J Presidents meseaaa next w,.h-Iro5r'g,
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We know a chap so temperate that he
threatens to cut his toes off the next time
they get cohAsh
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Chinsse Honcsiy--It is now said that the six
millions ransom money paid by China to Eng
land, The large portion turns out TO be bad silver
Sary'd EN- right!
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We once knew a rum drinker who had
a breath 50 strong he couldn't told it "to
save his lile'i---and so he died.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14
THE PUBLIC ACCUSER.

In the bloody days of Revolutionary France,
there stood at the bar of those internal tribu-
nails, which convicted without proof, and con-
demned without defence, a Sanguinary officer,
who was styled the Public Accuser. This
representative of Robespierre and Marat poin-
ted his fatal finger at the victim and the harsh
axe of the guillotine, rushed in hungry wrath
upon the sacrifice. Denunciation and death
walked hand and hand.
Thanks be to the people-although we have
the Public Accuser-the submissive Judges
are not on the bench---the Jacobins hold the
reigns but shall not drive the car of State
the denounced are defended by their fellow
|citizens-truth is mighty, public justice is slow
but certain and onnipotent.
Your Public Accuser is your unworthy Gov
ernor.
Hear him people of Mississippi, in his impo-
tent ire, denounce three of your number, men
whom most of you have delighted to honor.
Thus he speaks in his last arrogant, unwarran-
ted, pitiful electioneering letter. He charges
that your State Bonds "were disposed of in Au.
gust, 1888, by collision and fraud" He accu-
ses the Commissioners of the Union Bank, in
plain, unmitigated terms of sscolluSion and
fraud" Does he bring any direct proof? Not
word. Does he cite any circumstantial evil
dence, going to show that the three honorable
men, who negotiated the sale of the Union
Bank Bonds, IN their sale to Nicholas Biddle,
were guilty of these moral and legal crimes
and misdeme anorsl Not title. Fraud and col
fusion not only prove The absence Of moral
honesty, but are offences punishable by the
laws of the land. Why does not the Public
Accuser arraign these offenders at the bar OF
| the countryl He says in this Identical letter
that the "Chief Magistrate is required to take
care that the laws be faithfully executed. He
would be recreant to his trust and VIOLATE HIS
loFrrcIAL OATH, were he to suffer the laws OIL
/ the land to be trampled upon. and the con,
stitution disregarded." We charge that he
has viotated hts official oath in not causing the
District Attorneys to bring TO justice these
perpetrators of public inisdemeanor.
i Now let us see who were the Commission
4 ers, that conducted and completed the negotia
i ton of the Union Bank Bonds. Il may be wei
1 to premise that they were disposed of, not e
the Bank Of the United States. as Gov. McNut
asserts, bat TO Nicholas Biddle-t The Bank o
the United States guaranteeing Mr.. BiddIe'
ful6lment of his contract.
The highly respected gentlemsa. who's
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14

ty cents, instead of "sEvES millions. and up
wards. The governor cannot plead ignor-
ance of the facts, il was his sworn duty to
know them, and he DID KNOW every solitary
fact connected with the issuance and sale of
the bonds. He KNEW that they were sold on
A CREDIT. He KNEW that they were made
payable in sterling money, and he KNEW that
Nicholas Biddle, or the U. S. Bank of Penn
sylvania, if it please him better, was the pur-
chaser! All these things he knew at the time
he penned his message in 1889, and with all
this knowledge in his possession he told the
legislature that the state was bound for the
redemption of the bonds, and that the state
debt amounted to "sEvEN millions three hum
dred and eighty-two thousand dollarsl'' One
of two things is inevitable; he either gave
false information to the representatives of the
people assembled in the legislature, or he has
been guilty of falsehood in his letter to Hope
d Co. We care not which horn of the diem
ma he takes, but one of them he must take
But again,
"The State, by her credit alone, has fur
nished the whole capital of Mississippi Union
Bank. and justice requires that she should have
the appointment of a majority of the board of
directors, and it is deserving of your serious
consideration whether the charter ought not
now to be amended so as to secure to the state
a controlling influence over the institution"
Now if the state was never liable for the
redemption of those bonds, we should like to
know what right she had to appoint MAORI
ty of the directors, or with what face Cover
nor McNutt could ask the legislature to "give
the state controlling influence over" an in
stitution which he now declares the State has
no sort of interest in? Such demand looks
to us like the climax of impudence, and shows
conclusively that the governor does not believe
one solitary word of the letter he has written
to Hope & Co.
We might adduce other paragraphs from
this letter TO Hope 81 Co; as we'll as from the
Governors messages, which would All 60 tc
establish the truth of what we said a moment
ago, and that is Gov. McNutt, was either gull
ty of falsehood in his annual messages, or he
has asserted what is false in his letter to Hope
& Co; but we have already produced sufficient
evidence and we leave his excellency 10 re-
pose upon his laurels. There are some other
portions of his letter which we may notice
hereafter.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14
THE SPEECH ON THURSDAY.

Judge SHATTUcK, agreeably to appointment,
wasin Grenada on Thursday. About 10 o'clock
a large assembage having collected from town
and country, at the Female Academy, the
Judge arose, and delivered one OF, most sound.
and argumentative speeches it
has ever been our pleasure to listen to in this
county. We could not give, without doing
him injustice, even sketch Of the mighty eff
fort with which, for about three hours, he en-
tertained and instructed his auditors, Suffice
| it to say, he made "perfect shocking" of
CONSTITUTIONAL TUCKER, and all and singular
the Anti Bond-payers. He showed off the
vagaries of Tighman in fine style--how, at
one time, he was saying on oath, in the Senate,
that even the head of every man in the State
wouM be taxed for the payment Of the Union
Bank Bonds, and at another declaring the
charter Of that institution unconstitutional,
and consequently asserting that the bonds
were made in collision and fraud. His views
on this subject were those of every orthodox
Wing, and were enforced with arguments
comprehensive to the most ordinary under
standing. He gave it as his honest opinion,
that the State Bonds may be paid, as they fall
due, both principal and interest, without re-
sort to higher scale of taxation than that at
present imposed upon the people, This opin-
ion was founded upon the hypothesis, that, BY
proper management, the Union Bank may yet
be made the means Of re-embursing the State
for large portion Of the losses which the OPP
position assert the State is destined to receive
at her hands. But, even should the Bank
turn out TO be. as the Locos say, assdead horse"
still he believed the interest on the Bonds
might be promptly paid, and the bonds met at
maturity, without an increase OF taxation
The Judge could see no manner Of reason,
Iwhy the people should entertain any idea Of
i repudIating the bonds, seventeen years ~ adj
vance, for no other purpose, that ne could dis
Icern, than that ofdisgracing themselves ~ the
eyes Of all civilized nations 70 the world
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14
Watches and Clocks
UPREPAIRED.IQ

UJREPAIRED.l
YyHE subscriber has settled himself permanently
in Middleton, Carroll county, Mississippi, where
ne IS prepared to execute all work entrusted to his
care, with neatness and despatch
r. T. JOHNSON.
MIDI eton, April II, 1871. 1876.
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14
A.Card.
:. S. & J. =. AYREs.

=. S. & J. r. AxRES,
Attorneys at Law--CarroIlton, Miss.
! Their Office Is the same formerly occupi.
III ed By Marsh & Ayres.
Ianuary. l, IS4I IN
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14
PrOSp CtM s ,

For Publishing IN the tO,0n of Carrollton, Car
roll county, Mss, a aoeekly paper to be enti-
tied the
Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-14

onarter section 25 township twenty-ouT range
TO - 81 conta;ning 241 and 81 hundredtns acres
,,aS. rTrcbas ed by VIM M. Beai, on otn december
a:rhteon hundred and thirty-four. Pr1nter lee 14o
10 tbe eastbalf south east quarter secrlon TWEEN
,a;eSt township twentyfour, range two east, con-
$500 70 and eighty hundredths acres; was
sed bv A. S. Campbell g. G. Dart, on 9th Dec
nbteen hundred and thrty-four Pr fee eight dolls.
iso: the west half of south east quarters and east
half south west quarter section twenty-eght, town
ID range two east containing 159 and76 hundredths
acres; was purchased by A. S. Campbell q G Dart,
ON Dec 20, 1894. Pr. fee ten dollars.
Also; the north half and west half south east or.
section 81 township twenty -four, range two east,
containing ATT and 80 hundredths acres was purcha-
eed bv VIM M. Beal on 9th Dec 1884. Pr fee l5d
Also: Lot No. 16, section 6, township twenty-fonr,
one east containing 80 and 35hundredths
was purchased by VIM H. Whitaker on Dec 1884.
Printer fee eightdols
Also; Lots No. 8 and 16, section eight, township
"a range one east containing 96 and "a hundredths
acres, was purchased by VIM. H. Whitaker, on 4th
December 1884 Printer fee eight dollars.
Also; Lots No. and 5, section eight, township "a
range one east containing rs and so hundredths acres
was purchased by VIM H. Whitaker on 4th Decem-
Der 1884. Printer fee eight dollars.
Also; Lots eleven, twelve and thirteen, section 3,
township twennty- -four, range one east, containing
1T and 90 hundredths acres; was purchased by VIM
H. Whitaker on 4th Dec 1884. Printer fee lOd
s. Levied on the above described lands to sat-
isfy the State and County Tax due thereon,
as above mentioned. This 10th day of June,