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The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-06
CHANCERY SALE,
James J. B. White, compile,

James ]. B. White, compile,
VS..
Sarah G. W. Faust, Executrix Of Augustus
B. Faust, defendant.
PURSUANT to decree Of the Superior
Court of Chancery of the State Of Mis-
sissippi, made in the above cause, on the
9th day of February, 1912, and of record
in the clerks Office Of said court, will Of
fer for sale at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, at the Courthouse door in
the town of Benton, on the Both day Of May
next. the following described tracts or par
cells OF land, to wit: all that parcel or tract
of land of Sections twenty-five and twenty
six, of Township twelve, Range 8, west;
lying north of Bayou Tokeba, and also the
east half Of the southeast quarter of Section
twenty-four, of same Township and Range,
in the county of Washington, and State a.
foresaid. Also, all that tract or parcel Of
land distinguished as Lots Nos. two, three
and four, of Section number thirty, and lots
numbers four and FIVE, Of section number
nineteen, in Township twelve, Range two,
west, in the county of Yazoo and State q
foresaid, and containing in all nine hundrei
and sixty-fve acres, be the same, more or
less.
The Sale will take place between the
hours of 10 o'clock, A. M, and 3 o'clk, Pm.
R. L. DIXON, Com'r.
April %, 1S42. (Pr fee %lO) 4l-4t
The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-06
Notice.

Notice.
.ETTERS Of Administration having been
" granted to the undersigned, at the
February Term of the Probate Court Of
Yazoo county, on the Estate Of Hugh Jack
son, dec'd-Notice is hereby given to all
persons indebted to said estate to make i'm.
mediate payment, and those having claims
against the same, to present them properly
authenticated, within the time prescribed By
law. or they will be forever barred.
FRANKLIN DAVIS, Admir-.
April 8, ls42. 39-6t.
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THoushts.-Peoplc are complaining of
the times. They accuse The government
OF producing their troubles. just as one, un.
expccledly struck III crowd. rushes at the
biggest man near him, from an instructive
idea tha! he alone would dare to perpe,raie
so rash deed. Now we are not alone 10
misfortune Trade Is dull all the world
over-business Of every kind lauguishcs-
manufac,urcsar are stopping, corporate and
individual labor is almost at astand. The
wor,i-a-sTun i,sslF out oc breath. Il has
been rushing headloDg and srippcd itself
up. An epidemic speculation, ininting
commerce, injecting business, diseasing
the currency aud distemperins mems
character, feelings and wishes, has swept
his sirocco, over the face Of human nature.
The delirium Of the maIady has passed of
the canse of the sickness has been cradi.
Gated. Is il Unnatural thai exhaustion aud
lupguor should linser for period with The
patient! There is a similitude in The
moral aud physical world. The calm fol-
lows the storm. and before the curren. can
return to its original course, patience must
give time for the lashed and furious waves
To settle into their former quie, and peace
ful security. The ruyuI tiger makes no
second hurried spring. but crouches IN still
ness until full strength braces again each
nerve and muscle. Dispirited GONZALES,
cence for awhile bows down the energies
Of approaching health. Wild specula,ions
aud constrained business have occurred
before, and have before ended iu disap
poiniment aud ruin dull times aud gener-
al complaint and distress have succeeded,
and yet a hcalthlul trade aud wise in.
vestmenl OF labor have again made their
appearance bringing plenty, prosperity
aud contenimenl in their train. Nor are
our troubles without their advantages.
They are The teachings Of wisdom. They
stand upon The pugr Of history lessons for
us and posteriry. Now that We can ex-
anime them narrowly and cody, we find
their source ~ our own errors, blundcrs
and foliies. We do our own goverumen,
great injustice when wc seek to Law our
sins at its door. II is essentially our croa-
ture, and takes its hue aud color from US
and our acts. Ii is now suffering with us
and had ii tongue TO complain. could
With every reason repruach us for its de-
pressed and unhappy condition. We make
II our boast. in our hour of success, that
we are indcpendnent OF il in all our busi-
ness relations, and our first reverse, has.
ten for assistance TO hands Which W. our
selves have tied. Then lc, us be patient
an'i courageous. BY The blessing Of God.
NC have soil under our feet aud n sun
over our heads and spirit in our hearts,
that Gun rescue US from every cvil-evcn
tho heavy consequences Of oar own rash
ness, weakness and (ault.-Naiehe- Free
Trader.
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From che Reic York Sen.
A CHAPTER OF CALAMlTIES.

Webster defines Calamity, "any great
mislor,uues," ga cause of misery" Be
no, alarmed good readers, al this ominous
caption, Is we mean NOT 10 disturb your
nerves by any gloomy history Of melan-
choly shipwrecks, dreadful explosions.
" moving accidents by food and ield." nor
indeed ofany of,he ellis that aesh is heir
to-" Such physical disasters have each
and oil their individual ard pabIic m;sfor-
tune. but they pass away in their accus-
toned time, and The heart that few
months since beat with deep and seeming
ly irreparable grief af .he ioss Of some
dear friend, has already been restored to
it's natural pulsationss ard tho blood Of Iiie
courses through its tributaries with q pla.
cid and hsalihful sStion. The aeaIani-
tie" Uf which we purpose TO discourse arc
of far different and much mere inpor-
tsat esssss.sr, isssmpeh sss they bsse
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Il Shocking Cneumsiance.-The vii.
mineton (Deiaware) Journal says: In
The village about three miles from this
place, on Tuesday morning last, the wife
Of Abraham Kelly was found near her
residence, dead. Upon the inques, held
by the coroner. the following fac,s were
elected: Mr.. Kelly and his wife were both
addicted to drunkenness aud he was in
the habit, when intoxicated, of,rcating her
with violence. On Saturday night las,
Mrs. Kelly was al her daughters, and Mr..
Kelly came 10 there in an intoxicated
state, commenced abusing her with rough
language, then knocked her from the
chair on the Eoo:, aca vented bis fury still
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partaken too glarinsly OF prcmedita,ed
fraud aud rapaci,y uoi TO have prepared
the public mind for such an event. The
crisis has occurred and the agony is over!
Soon after the preliminary business Of the
two Houses had been despatched this morn.
ing, the re,ignations Of the Whig members
in both branches (witn one or TWO excep.
lions) ,rere rendered 10 the Speakers, and
both Houses uere consequently lsf without
q quorum.
The reasons for this important step will
in due time be laid before The public in de-
tail II will be demonstrated in the most
conclusive manner. that if the minority had
not resolved upon this measure, they would
have deserved the severesi condemnation
Of their constituents, as faithless and re-.
crcant 10 the trust reposed iu their hands.
Every effort has been made OIL the par,
Of the minority to conciliate the good will
OF their opponents and avoid this collision.
They have been anxious, most anxious TO
carry oul the requirements OF the Constr
tuition and laws in good faith. They have
shown themselves willing to pass over TO
the extreme verge Of the ground Of con.
cession and compromise, il they could be
there, met in corresponding spirit az equals
and peers with rights oflhcir own aud the
rights OF others 10 preserve. But such was
not the will Of the majority. Exullius 10
the present possession Of power, obtained
by accident, and which they expect TO lose,
they had formed the daring plot Of perpet
uatins their influence in the national coun.
ellis by the preparation of deliberate aud
odious fraud, which struck at the iunda.
mental principles Of nll free Government,
and sought to over,urn and reverse all those
maxims Of wisdom, truth, and justice, upon
which rests the whole superslructure Of our
republican institutions.
10 have sat tamcly by, Witnessed, nay,
been accessaries 10 this sacrifice Of popular
risht-he right Of the People to chose their
orn ruicrS-THE RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY
TO oovERN-wnuldh have been a craven.
hearted surrender of the highes, and dear
est privileges Of freemen, and would have
consigned to meritcd iDfamy aud never
ceasing reprouch those uniatiiful servants
who could have thus quailed in The dis.
charge of great duty.
This matter now goes 10 The People,
The Wing member, of the Legislature, in
resigniug their seals 10 preserve unimpair
cd great republican principle, take their
appeal from the irresponsible coucils OF
Caucus to the sovereign People. with
whom i, now remains To protect themselves
against usurpation and outrage For the
issue wo have not thought Of fear. From
the Lake to the River, from the East 10
tho West borders Of this proud State, a
voice Of thunder will go up in condemna-
tiun of The damninS deed by means Of
which it was designed 10 degrade and en-.
slave her citizens, aud iu commentator
Of the noble di in,eresIedness aud patriot.
ism by which so foul conspiracy has
been defeated.
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Sales at the Chicago Land Office
About 10000 acres Of land wcro sold a.
our Laud Office in May and June last
These lands were all within, comparatively
few miles Of Chicago. or this largo
amount. not one acre was purchased BY a
speculator. The whole Of it was entered
by farmers with the exception. rsIhaps,
Of 4 few tracts bought by iudividu,ss liv-
Ing in The city, bu, nevertheless, to te dc.
voted TO farming purposes. This fact Of
itself, to say nothing Of the sales at tho
other Laud Offices, illustrates the great
importance of Illinois in an agricultural
point Of view, and shows how very rapid.
ly The state is filing up with this class OF
population. Eight or ten years only have
passed, since these tracts were portions Of
an No absolute wilderness, the abode Of tho
red man. aud cherries in all but ils luxu.
RANT vegetation 10 The white. How mark.
cd the contrast! The bewildered descen.
dant Of the red man returning, perhaps, %
visit the graves OF bis forefathfrs. snrscyesi
with mingled wonder and aGuiraiiop. tho
cottage, The lawn, The long extrndsd Ience,
the incipiens orchard, the school house, tho
bridge, the mill, and the church--the handi.
work OF the modern magicians, Order and
IuduslTy.-Chiecgo american.
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soo n,her cansa: and this Is ascfih@ @ 2
~ ss,3..r':,s anc,rc,ion, rs Is saidf ia ssls
n,,s,,,,,r az saIss. sfihsfe 30 asyssssg y
,s;s oI,iectias. !, equally applies % eScss ss !
;mposi.sou OF duties on imports. ~
ncsount of revenue annually derived tToa' TSs
si,,,iea h constantly Liable to change. ino
sssvnFssious Of foreign Goyernmeuia Toe
yssviue psoductiveRess ofcther countries,
o.,sods OF excitement in sradc.- -ard great
sss.;e,y Of other circumstnnces, arc con-
s,sa,is atisine to affect tho state Of COM
1000. fore;rn and domestic, and, OF con-
.s,,nence, ,Ee revenues levied upon it,
ME sales Of the public domain in ordinary
simes are regulated BY fixed laws, which
hnye their basis in Q demand increasing
univ In the ratio Of the increase Of Popula-
don. Ia recurring to tho statistics con-
uec,ed with this subject. j, will be Pescei-
we'd that, for o period Of ten years proceed
lag 1884, tho average amount OF land sales
did no, exceed S2,000.OO0.
For tho increase which took place IN
lS34-'5 and 6, we are to look to that pc
culiar condition of the country which grew
out oe the mos, extraordinary eScitemenss
In business and speculation that have ever
occurred in the history Of commerce ond
enrreney. l, was the frri, Of Wild spirit
of adventure, engendered by q vicious sys.
tenn Of credits, un6er the evils Of which
the country 10 s,ill lahoriug, and which Il
10 foudly hoped will no, soon rccur. Con.
sideging tho vast arnoup, Of Investments
made BY private individuals in the pub!ic
lands during ,hose three years, and which
cqualled Si3, coo 600. (equal TO more thar
81 yeRrs' purchase,) taking the average o.
eales OF the ten proceeding years. il may
DO safely asserted that the result Of the
public land sales can hold out nothing &C
alarm ,he manufacturer with the idea o
instability in the revenues. and conseqent
ly 10 the course Of the Government.
Under what appears to me. therefore
The soundes, considerations Of public poll.
cy, and in view Of the interests OF ever!
btauch OF domestic industry. return yoi
lhe bill, with those my objections to its be
coming law.
! take occasion emphatically to repea
my anxious desire to cooperate w;th Con
grcss in the passing Of law which. while
J, shall assist in supplying the wants Of th.
treasury, and re-esiablish public credit
shall afford 10 the manufacturing interest,
Of tho country all the incidental Pro,eciior
they require.
Aftes all, tho effect OF what do Is sub
s,an,ially to call on Congress 10 RECONSIDER
tho subject. II. on such reconsideration
o majority Of two.,hirds Of both House,
shouh be in favor Of the measure, il sil
become q law, Notwithstanding my OBJ
jeciions. 10 case Of clear and manifes
error Oh the part ofshe President, the pre-
sumption of the Constitution 10. that sucl
majori,ies will be found. Should they b,
GO found in This case, having conscientious
ly discharged my own duty, ] shall cheer
fully acquiesce in the result.
JOHN TYLER.
Washington, Angus, 9th, 1872
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From tic Ohio State journal. Avsv,,

No dpporsionment Bill passed-Resig.
nas,on cf the Whig Members ofthe Senate
and House Of Represenintires-Appeai 10
the People 1T will scarce produce uu
emotion OF surprise on the part Of our dis
tant readers 10 hear i, announced tina, the
business Of the Legislature now in session
has been arrested, aud that no bill for the
upportionment ofshe State for the election
of members of Congress has beon or car
.he enacted. The course pursued by tbe
political uojori,y in the TWO Houses ba.
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Politics in q Nut shell.-Thc Trenioa
Emporium says:-We may now consider
ourselves in the midst ofthe "brtiey tmes'
Of Whiggery. Gen. Jackson has been
quietly domiciled at The Hermitage these
five years past. Dir. Van Buren, has be-
come mere "traycller Of disiinction."--
Benton, Buchanan and Calhoun-all tho
democratic ogres have vanished. The veto
tho specie circular-the subueasury, Gre
as dead as ducks in poultry yard, after
the visi, OF fox. And yet, what's the mat
ter! Where arc the better times Of wing.
gerry! >.
The real Simon pure Clay whiggery. Il
it has not its own President, has its Sen
a,e-ils House Of Representauves-and
pap. suckers, in almost every good Office ID
the country. The reius Of state have been
in their hunds full fourteen months. Tho
distribution bill. the loan bill, the bankrupt
bill-lhcir darling scbemes-arc all IN inh
Tide of experiment. If they have not o "a.
tionai bunk, i, is not because they have not
united oil their poirers to mako one. AGO
yet-whcre are the better times ot whis-
gerry! ~
Since whissery came into power, slTe
following events have uansPired:
More bank frauds have been conmii'ea
than were ever known before.
Bank failures have been more irequen''
Money has been scarcer than before.
Prices ofproducc have fallen.
Prices o! labor have fallen.
Prizes Of stocks have fallen.
Prices of real estate have fallen.
Citizens arc bankrupt,
Corporations are bankrupt.
States are bankrupt.
Goyernment is bankrupt.
These are The ingredients, gentle reader.
which constitute the "better times o.
whirrcry. Look abroad over the wboio
country. Look at the proceedings in boln
Houses OF Congress. Look into those va:
rious cbroniclcrs, the Clay whig journals
and answer. Are not these the ':oe.,eE
times" of whiggery, Arc We not 10 % VIC a,
very mids, OF the federal paradise Is not
this the Websicrian golden age!
Men may be skepicai about Preoleslon.'
bur seeing, tasting and feeling. arc afGu-
mep,s ,ha, an ass can understand.
Farmers-as you fail selling your grass
for inconsidcrate prices: a., e.
Mcchanics--as you fail 10 coiiec' 'n'
proceeds Of your hard earnings: It,
Merchants-as your customers afs aa''s
decreasing: a;.,,.e.
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New ORLEANS, Aug. 5.

Improvement in our Paper Currency
We learn that g marked improvement hes
taken place To day 10 the current value of
the notes Of mos, Of tho suspended Banks;
which have, 10 some ins,ances, risen ten
per cent on previous quotations. Whelh-
or this rise should be attributed to the spe-
clio importaiious about 90 take place, or to
tho ealb Of lbSs bsv;n6 so;ss 10 pay 10 'ae
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IGnG UIsctsSioH IN CoHgfsssr--Et must
have been observed by ell who have
watched tho late discussions ofshe Tariff
in Congress sha, the principles upon which
that bill was opposed, and tho doctrines
Of free trade. have been maintiined with
singular ability. We end somo good re-
marks in this subjec, 10 the South Caruli.
nian, which wo exiruci.-N y Evening
Post.
"Ail impartial accounts agree in sta.
ting, Iha, the opposition mnde The ablcs,
and must effective debate on ,he' Tariff
and Free Trade principles, thar has ever
been presented 70 Congress. Facts aud
arguments, however, were aliae disregar-
ded by the dominant party; but such Of
them as have fallen among the people,
will spring up and beas their appropriate
fruit. A distinguished friend IN Congress
writes Us "Oue highly important differ.
ence, between tne debaies on this Bill, and
those on similar occasions, irs that more
gentlemen from tho Northern States have
openly taken the free tradc side Than were
ever known before, and the consequence
is, that we will now have q hearing North
Of The Potomsc. Heretofore in 1926 and
go, il was debate between The North
and Soulh. l, is now no longer a section
al question, but question between pro-
duciive labor and the nnbonndcd profits
and power Of associated wealth. We must
now triumph. No tariff, for making pro-
lection. can ever again be passed, IN time
of pence, by an Americaa Congress. Even
with this corrup, and pfoHga.e Wing ma
jori,y Of 80 in the House. they havo only
been able to get najoriiy of q on this
hill
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l. o. o. F.-Exrract of letter from,
Rev. J. ID. Williamson, OF N. Y, Special
Deputy Of the Grand Lodge Of 1. o. o.
+. of tue United States, 10 the General
Convention Of The order in England daetd
WIeAs, Mag 81. 1912.
-" 1 left Manchester on Monday, and
cano by rail road to this place, distance
of twenty -one miles. Here have been
busily employed IN The businessof my mis-
sion 10 this country until the present mo-
mcnt
Although you are not member Of The
fraternity Of "Odd Fellows" yet I am
conhdcul tha, you feel interested in any
efforts for the relief Of suffering humanity,
aud | therefore say few words Of The boz
dy 10 which came Special Deputy
from ihe United States. Ii is called the
Annual Moveablo Commit,ec,' and is
composed of about four hundred delegates
from all parts OF England, Scotland, Ire
land aud Wales. II is The representative
and legislative body Of constituency of
250,0O0 members, and receives reports
from alllhc Societies under itsjurisdiction.
From the reports Of The pas. yea:, il ap.
pears thai there has been expended for the
sick and distressed. by various Lodges,
about two kdndrcd and forty Thousand
pounds sterling, or not far from one million
ttco hundred thousand dollars, in the cur
rency Of the UuiIed States. |, is large
SUN for one year. aud speaks well for tho
active and efficient benevolence Of tho iri-
stitution. Charleston Mercury
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suspended Banks, wo cannot say; asili sse
congratulate hepnblic on an improvement
which we trus, win be lasiing.- ;rier.
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further by kicking her violently in The aU.
domeu. On Monday evening, al his own
house. be knocked her down, aud ihca rai-.
sed her from the floor as high ashis breasts
and let her fall. During the evening shc
wen, out, and remaining absent longer
than usuul, her son searched for her, bur
could no; find her but as she had often
been driven from her home and found
shelter at some Of the neighbor's, IL was
supposed the same now. On Tuesday NOR.
ming she was discovered near her house
dead. a post-morlem examination was
made by DR.. Clayton, in the presence Of
the jury several bruises were visible, bur
the most severe were those about the ab-
Jomen, which were considered sufficient
to produce her death. The jury returned
verdict of death in consequence Of ipju-
rics received from her husband, Abraham
Kelly. The wretched man was taken 10
The prison a, Newcastle, where ho will
await his trial"
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notice..


HeY virtue of a deere of the Circuit Superior Court Of
I'D Law and Chancery for Montgomery County, pro
nounocd on the @6ihday Of May ISi2 in there
in depending, between Jacob Cooper and others Plain
tits, and the heirs Of Thomas Barnett. deceased l1ol,n
dants; shall proceed, tic Sd day e October next,
Icing Montgomery Court day, in front Of the door othc
Courthouse Of said county. sell. on credit Of and
two years, to the highest bidder. public auction the
four following Tracts or parcels Of Land, to Wit One
Of 1888 acres "a 80 acres; and two Of 30 each
making IN all about 553 acres less,alI Of which
tracts adIJn or lie contiguous 10 each other and are
situated on the great road leading East and Vest about
u or miles cast from Tie town OF Chtisausour2 and
adIoinng the lands Of Jacob Kent and others. This
place has always been regarded first rate stand for
public house. The Improvements are Two dwelling
houses, anl out houses. The purchaser will be re
CURED to give bond with good security, and lien
VIII be retained upon the land until the payment of tho
purchase money. WILLIAM BARNETT, Com.
June 20 an
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1890 tees9 "a.

with upwards nt sta aeres IN cultivation. the most OF
which is very fine low grounds, with comfortable i'm
oyrmeus, with very tine forge lusl put in operation
ol,o good furnace and ineNiaustble of yer,
,'pcn,r Iron Ore very convenient There Will also b,
TERED for sale on the same day,
TEN OR FIfIfEN LIKELY NEGROES,
most of them valuable hands for farming purposes and
particularly for hos, engaged III the hon business
s1 the Sock the farm o all sorts. hogs, CONS, &c
and the crop Of Grain.
TERMN-rbc lands will besold. one third on a ere
lii Of ninety DAYS. aud Inc residue a credit Of thrc,
quail annual iusalnenls-the purchaser gvng bond
and good security. aad The title WithIcld till the pay
mont of the purchase moneys tie personal property be
sold l,r cash. WM. MARTIN. SIP. Com'r.
G>- The Danville Reporter will please copy months
and send their account 10 ". NJ. for payment.
Juiy ON
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