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AL KORAN.

The nature Of the Turkish Greed /. A,
little known to the people generally, as
the Turkish character. Some Of i,
points are curious enough
The Turks insist upon the unity or
God. They believe that the Saviour wa,
the Son Of the Virgin Mary and wa,
conceived by the "Ranah,' which is IN.
breath Of the spirit Of God. They b.
lieye that he was great prophe,-4,hu
he had the lower OF performing mira.
ces--thal he (oretold the coming Of Ma.
homet, who is also no more than pro.
phet. They believe Christ shall come
and Judge tho word--that he shall reign
forty years in Damascus, during which
lime Ant.Christ shall arise, after whose
destruction Christ shall ascend into heay.
en- and then the day Of Judgement shall
be held. They believe that the Gospel
was sent by Jesus, as the law was sent
10 Moses, and the Psalms to David,
They believe all the Prophets ofths
Old Testament--they believed in para.
disc, in hell. but not in purgatory---ln.
stead of this they have a place called
"Arei,n to be inhabited by those who
have led an insignificant life, in which
the good and evil are equally balanced,
The paradise of Mahomet is sensual
lovely gardens, fair fruits, fresh foun'
talns, flowing rivers Of milk and wine,
the song Of the Hours--every thing 10
addressed 10 the senses. So it Is with
their hell--the wicked are TO drink seal.
ding water, and to eat the bitter fruit Of
Zacon. Still, for while they have
hope, iftheir faith be proof against Tor.
ment after all their sins be washed a.
way in the waters of Sa'zabouI. they
are admitted into paradise. Butte those
who have no faith, the fires Of hell are
eternal. The Turkish belief in fatal
ism is we'll known il is this, in connec,
ton with the reward Of paradise, TO
those who die in battle, which makes
the ottoman soldier formidable foo.
London Quarterly.
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TEpMERANcE IN HIo.-Afecting Incl.
dent.--The glorious cause Of temperan ce
is progressing with rapidity in the State
Of Ohio. Whole tODnS are rallied in the
cause at one effort. In Franklin county
more than seventeen hundred persons have
recently signed the pledge. In Highland
county there are fifteen hundred members
A gentleman writing from Columbus to
the editor Of the Hooking Valley Gazette,
narrates the following affecting incident:
"Nearly every topper in Columbus is
reformed; one man who three months a.
20 was a drunkard sot, drank up all his
earnings, and his wife and children had
not been to church in two years for want
Of decent clothes, came to the temperance
meeting aud brought all his family with
him, comfortably dressed--brnging his
children forward to the light, he called
on all his drunken comrades to look.
Says he, "you never saw my children be-
fore with shoe on their feet or dud on
their back sufficient to cover their naked
ness now see how comfortable they are
clothed; soc how comfortable my vile
looks, she is not ashamed for me now;
God bless her, | am proud OF nor, -
When he named his childrOn's shoes
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Foreign news is received by the Uni.
corn at Boston, and the Clyde at New
York, twenty six days later. The steam
ship Caledonia, which left Liverpool on
the 4th ut., and was thought to be lost,
returned to the same place on the l7th,
having encountered terrible gale and
suffered much damage, without, however,
the loss of any part Of the cargo or crew.
The British Government has ordered
the release Of the negroes who murdered
the crew of the brig Creole.
1t was thought there would be union
of all rerormers for the repeal Of the
corn laws.
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Terrible death ofthe Hon. Robt. Potter.
From the Caddo Gazette Oft 18th inst,
we learn Of the irightEul death OF Col
Robt. Potter, brief memoir OF whom,
by Col Ransom, appeared in our columns
about week since. He was beset in his
house by an enemy named Rose. He
sprang from his couch, and seized his
gun, and in his night cloths rushed from
the house. For about two hundred yards
his speed seemed to defy his Pursuers,
but getting entangled in thIcket' ne
was captured. Rose told him that he
intended to act generous part and give
him chance for his life He told Pot
ter that he might run, and he should not
be interrupted till he reached a certain
distance. Potter thus started forth at
the word of command and before gun
was fired he had reached the lake. His
first impulse was to jump in the water
and dive for ii, which he did. Rose was
was close behind him, and formed his
men on the bank ready to shoot him as
he rose. In q few seconds he came up to
breathe, and scarcely had his head reached
the surface of the water, when it was som
pletely riddled with the shot of their guns
and he sunk TO rise no more.
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The United States and EngIand.--Our
hea men and Representatives at Wash
ing,on, must be peacable folks, or they
would have had war with England ere
this. The stars and stripes of our coun-
try have been insulted so long, and, ag-
erosion, wrong, and contumeIy Practised
upon the government so long, by hangh'
ty England, that it appears, we are will
ing to submit TO almost any thing.
Well! when Britain has done all she
can can do TO US on the high seas, and
comes to disturb the quiet Of tho stnr-
dy planter and mechanic. she will then
find something TO stop her career.
Twenty years ago, half Of England's
present insolence would not have been
borne, but the times have changed, and
we fear that patriots have changed TOO!
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or TeraS landS.-The following no
tce was inserted by the Mexican Consul
in late London papers:
Merican Consulate, Jan. IL, 1912.
1t having come to the knowledge oil the
Mexican government that several per-
sons are endeavoring to dispose OF lands
in Texas, this is TO give notice, that the
government of Mexico aciH not recognise
ana contract, bargain or engagement which
foreigners may make with the usurplng
authorities Of Texas, and that ell grants
of land purporting to be made by the
said usurping authorities will be null and
void. and parties acting upon the same
will do so at their own risk and peril"
Mexico might have spared the troub-
lie of this arrogant caution. Notwlth-
standing the host Of SLAVES that she has
sent forth for the hlaldom of Texas,
that Republic will nobIy maintain the
exalted stand she has taken in the ranks
of nations. -Southern Sun.
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The rumOr Is that the MoAiS""o
Dlockaded the whole Of the sea coast
which we do not believe, as their nasy'
if they have any. is too small to efiec'u-
ally blocade the coast Of Texas ms
has been received since wrl"
ting the paragraph which will be seen
in this paper, and when IS con-
firmed by the present news.
No battle is as yet reported 10 nave
been fought by the parties bellgefeh''
The following is President Houston's
Proclamation.
A PROCLAMATION OF BLocApE,
BY the President Of the Republic q 1eras
To all who these presents .shal come
Know We, that |, Sam Houston, Presldent
Of the Republic Of Texas, and CSmman'
der in chief of the Army and Navy
by virtue of my authority and the power
vested in me by law, and for the RnrPose
of more efectually prosecuting lne war
| in which Texas is now engaged with Mex
ico-do hereby order, decree, and pro-
claim, that all the ports of the Republic
| of Mexico, on lis eastern coast, from 10
basco, 20 Matamoros, in the state OF Fans
aulipas, including those ports, and com
prising the mouth of the Rio Granoe;;
| del Norte, and the Brazos Santgo' ana
also all the inlets, ,enstuarles and passes
on the said eastern coast of Mexlco-and
from and after the date Of this procIama'
ton. in state of actual and absolute
blocade, by the armed vessels OF th's
nation.
And for the purpose oil carrying this
order, decree, and proclamation into com,
plele effect, an armed naval force now VIII
be continued to be kept at or near the
said ports, inlets or passes oil the eastern
coast of Mexico, entirely sufficient 10 en-
force this decree.
For any breach or effort at breach OF
this blocade, the offending vessel and car
go will be liable to confscatlon, and the
officers and marines of such vessels
will be subject TO the penalties attached
to breach of blocade.
This decree shall take effect as to YES
sells sailing from New Orleans within
three days after its publication in that
city, and within five days as TO any neu-
tral port within the Gulf OF Mexico
within twenty days as 10 any port III
the United States north of the Gulf OF
Mexico-and in forty five days, as TO
vessels from any port in Europe.
In witness whereof have hereunto
affixed
my hand and the great seal ofthls
Republic, at the city Of Houston
this 26 day of March, in the year
of ouI Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty two, and OF the
Independence of the Republic
the seventh. (Signed)
Blythe President, SAM HOUSTON.
ANsoN JONES, Sec'y of State.
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JHgs--The jug is the most singular
utensil; pail, tumbler, or decanter may
be raised and you may satisfy yourself
by optical proof that the thing is clean
but the Jug has little hole in the top
and the interior is all darkness. No
eye penetrates it, no hand moves over
the surface. You can clean it only by
putting in water, shaking it up, and pour.
ing it out. II the water comes clean,
you Judge you have succeeded in purify.
ing the Jug, and vice versa. Hence tho
jug is like the human heart. Nc mortal
eye can look into its reccsses, but you
can Judge Of its purity, only by what
comes out Of it.
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The "CREoLE CASE" seems to be excl
ting unusual public interest. There
seems to be but one feeling existing in
the public thind upon this subject, and
that is, restitution by the British Gov
eminent, or war. What action our Gov
eminent will see proper to adopt, we
know not, but the genera! impression
seems to be that, for us to sustain our
honor, we must have a fight with Eng
land. We have submitted to insult and
injury long enough, and it is time for US
10 shew sour hands" The public pulse
is intensely excited, and but the smallest
matter will set the two governments al
loggerheads. The tone of the public
press throughout the whole land, is such
as TO excite patriotism and the spirit o
TIC in the breast Of every American
Should war be the consequence, our ias
will be borne by hearts and hands a
brave as ever rallied beneath a banner
and by men determined to maintain tn
glory Of their sires.
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N. G. NORTH, the talented Editor ofthe
RAYMOND Times, has established new
paper devoted in chief to our Agricultu,
raj interest. His paper is styled the
"South Western Farmer" and is publish
cd weekly. From the specimen numbers
before us, we consider that it will be we'll
worthy Of the patronage Of our planters.
We wish him success in his new enter
prise.
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COMMERCIAL BANK.-This institution
has made an exposition Of its liabilities
and resources 10 the public, by which it
appears that the resources Of the Bank
amounts to S4,7O6,e8 As and its LA
bilities to $i,646,64o 80.
Many are under the impression that
this Bank will sustainitseIC, and redeem
all of her drafts now in tho hands of the
people, at par. We have long since cea
sed TO place any confidence in Bank pro
misses or pledges.
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little girl close oy spoke out. "See .ae n.
new shoes, mas got new shawl, IA
Mrs making Will a now coa,.n~
We have read many cumbrous DOL,
ume that spoke less than this little TEN.
perance incident.
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Bovs do you hear that?-Thore is So
ciety of young ladies in Hartford who
pledge themselves not 10 receive the ad,
dress of any young man who has not
signed the tee.totaI pledge. At temper
ance meeting, not long since, TAR one
offered the pledge to her friend, saying,
"John will you sign thOt9' He hesitoted,
and finally declined. "Then," said she,
+" YOU will understand, ] shall not be al
home Rert Sunday erening"
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BRITIsH SrEAMERs.--The papers at Inc
North are full Of surmse about the Brit
ish Steamers. They deem those Steam
ers 10 be war vessels in disguise. "buill
expressly for the contingency Off war
with America" In case Of war with
England, these Steamers will be used 70
our disadvantage in a hundred ways
They are said TO be commanded by offs
GERS of the British navy, and carry for
ballast Paixhall guns and cannon balls,
These surmises we may find out one day,
to our cost, to be correct.
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or We have received the first num-.
Der Of the JACKSON PHENIx," new pa.
per published a, Jackson, La, by T. F.
Noone. The Phenix is OF respectable
size and appearance, and neutral IN poll
tics. <
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ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES VI lnO
MAILS TO AND FROM LiBEKlf.

Natehcz Mail, via Woodville, arrives on lus'
days and Saturdays, a, 7 o'clock A. Nv NV
departs same hour. and
HolmesviAe Mail, arrives on Wedne'day' -.
Fridays, at S O'Clock, P. NJ, and departs 'A'N'
Mem Orleans Nail, via Clinton, La. strl, !"
on SUNDAYS, at S o'clock. P. NJ, and Departs y"
Mondays, at 7 o'clock, A.. M. wsdus.
jackson 4 GalIGtin Mol, arrives on " TS"r.
DAYS M S o'clock, p. M, and departs on AnO"
DAYS at 7 o'clock, A. NJ. sou ~
Post Office in tho Brick building c0'"'
Broad and Washington StS-
April LIST, 1912. -.
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eTThe publishers Of this paper would
inform their correspondent "Brntus," that
his article in reply to zone ofthe People"
can be admitted only as an advertisement,
a, So per square-that being their charge
for all communications of a personal ma
iure.
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ALL those indebted to the su! oSS1u1J1i
~ are requested TO make iM"
ATE payment. =. -l,psvTHE.
April 0, is+f'
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-04-09

Thirty.fvc survivors Of the battle Of
Bunker's Hill are now known.
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Why arc ladies like bread! Because 'hey
are often toasted.
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"Tommy, my boy" said an anxious
sire to his learned but juvenile son, "Com-
my, what part of speech is bank"
"a bank is--is-a bank u.s." said the
youthful grammariau, running his diglts
to and fro through his hair, that over
hung his forehead--"a bank is a mega
tive adverb, pa, because as how it denies
the active verb to pay"
"You are wrong, Tommy;-but I'll
try you again, What part of speech is
'resumptisn2"
81 is a verb sir"
"No, Tommy; it's noun"
at amt noun either, sir, because a
noun is something Of which we have u
notion, and we haint any notion OF that
there's going 10 be resumption OF spe-
Gle payments"
$50 away Tommy; your master is
spelling you; must send you 10 college
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A fellow from Kentucky, won't ye'ter-
terday into the store Of fashionable
miliner in Canal street.
"dave you any skirts'" asked he.
"Penty of all kind" answered Madam
w.
"Wha, do you ask cords" said tho
chap.
"A cord!" replied Madam W.
"Yes-l want about cord-up in our
diggns the petticoats and things has gu
out. | see you adVerls 'coTded skirts
and | thought while my hand was in, 10
take what you had, corded up"
The milliner tainted! 4,
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Two friends who had been separated
great while, meeting by chance, one
asked the other how he did? He replied
that he was very we'll, and was married
since they last met. "That Is good news
indeed" "Nay, not so very good, neither,
for | married shrew." That is bad, TOO
Not so bad, neither, for | had two thou
sand pounds with her" "That is well a
gain" "Not so well, neither, for laid it
out in sheep, and they all died Of the rot
"That was hard intrulh." Not so hard
neither, for ] sold the skins for more
than the sheep cost me" AYE, that made
YOU amends. ""Not SO much amends mel.
Their, for laid out my money in house,
and it was burned" "That was great
loss" "Not SO great loss, neither, for
nv wife was burned in il"
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"wha, do you ask a cord," said the
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1842-03-24
NO. SO

hens, and then be would ny down. Il was this
that it appeared to him j, wou3 be nioch more easy
for them TO dolT their combs and their spurs, and to
have The Cash Fathers in their tails pulled out, and
.has accommodate themselves to thea9Peaance and
duties e The hens, Than for the haus 10 assume their
appearance and duties.
Wills, this address, was being delivered, it was
perceived that the disafT eted hens and those roo4-
tars who had made common cause with them, turn
ed .beir eyes ashanti and closed their ears against
the uuaa aarab'e Arguments Of their counsellor
and no sooner did he fly down, than of tho
most forward oflle biddies Tapped her wings, and
moved tn following resolutions That the cro@ngs
and cachiings Of the chicken-cock were entirely ont
Of urder and that they neither deserve the name Of
chicken cock chancleer, nor rooster.
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I%neyy a poor man whose friends did f,r,ske
him, and set their faces against hin, because in
doing what he thought /, be rig,t, he offended
them. Jus, then man. hitherto almost stran
ger to him, gave him good house to i've IN,
without CHARGE. This he ibonrbt =, s,eci,I ,rov,.
dence of his heavenly Father. md n main G,ra,
ment oflbe promise. that when earthly r.co3,
forsake, the Lord will take us an. THIS new
friend, raised M lust in that time, was better to
him than scores Of friends who had rofsaIsen linn.
phouab this moor man had M bonso n his o.,,
on the earth, he was heir to manaiops in baoyan
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giving to his God aud prayer for hls friend The
presenting Of the liberal gift to his family, was a
humble triumph oftath-a refutaton Of all their
doubts of the truth Of the great Masters prom
Use to add all needlal things to those who seek
first the kingkom Of heaven, however impossible
il may seem to human minds. ] heard the pray
er 90 up That night from that family, in their uni
ted devotion, that Heaven would elohe him with
the garments Of righteousness and salvation, who
had SO clothed them with temporal coverings;
that, Of Heavens abundant grace, he might be
clothed in the "fne white linen, the righte-
BUSINESS ofthe SAINTS, the'weGding garment for the
marriage supper of the Lamb " And while his
Kindness continues to warm them, their daily
PRAYER IS made Tor Heavens blessings upon him.
And they will testify it at the judgment, where
it VIII be said, Inasmuch ye did it unto these
ye have done it unto me" DO I talk fables
10, these arc realities. The mouth Of the Lord
has declared il, that earthly possessions rightly
bestowed in charity, will make, TO the gircr,
friends, who will receive them into everlasting
ha5iiatious "Scl that thou hast and give 70
poor, and thou s,alt have treasure in heaven
make to yourself friends Of the mammon Of un-
righteousness, that when yr fail they may re-
ceive you into everlasting habitatons."
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BY the arrival at New York Of The ship Venice,
Capt Petit, Macao dates to the 2lst November;
some day. later .nan those brought by the Acadia
have been received. They give no further infor-
nation, however, in relation to the operations Of
the British troops. A Maoao letter ofthe 18th
November, published in the Journal of Com
merce, says
"Some black and very few green teas
have arrived in market, and most of them been
sold at high prices. OF the supply, it is esti-
mated that the quantity Of Congo's viii be
nearly equal to last years crop, which was
short. Anko, Ning-Yong, and Mohea, Souc-
hongs and Pouchongs, are reported very short,
not more than two-thirds the small supply Of
last year. Except Congo's, black teas Will be
scarce. Those who supposed to have the
best information from the green tea districts, state
that the crop viii be fully one quarter short of
the last, with great uncertainty to the time Of
its being brought forward. There are not any
old teas now remaining unsold in Canton. The
total shipments to all countries westward of the
Cape Of Good liepe, for seventeen months past,
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c5itoroI all0 1}c!JQioll9.

RICHES. 1t strange deluson for men to sup
yose that happiness consists in riches. Content
ment is not to be found in splendor and nagniG,
ccncr; or WY isil that princes have sometimes
exchanged the grandeur OF palace for The more
simple enjoyments of private lte2 Why Is the
countenance Of a rich man furrowed wish thought
and anxiety while the poor 60 on shon,ng and
reut;ng in the blessings which God has given
them; Why does the man who has grown in
wealth, lool, back to Che days Of his poverty, and
ask himself y by he ceano. now rejoice as heartily
OYER the much a. he dl oyer tha l.u.a
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are over 100000 chests short Of the annual aver
age for three years previous to the commence
ment of the difficulties in 1889. Taking thiI
positive fact into view, with every probability Of
short crop this season, it is reasonable to sup
pose, even with the trade ofCanton goes on with
out interruption, (Which is rery doubtfuD That
the quantity of teas received INTO the Tilted
States and England during the year 1872 win be
very considerably short Of the consumption, and
that no heavy accumulation of stocks can posi-
bly, happen
The market for every description of import
merchandise is in the same wretched state as be-
fore advised All staple articles, such as English
and American cotton piece goods, cotton yarn,
long els, woollen cloths raw India cotton, are
losing heavily for the shippers, and from the large
stocks, heavy supplies expected and probable
continued arrangement Of trade, there seems
but little prospects of an Improvement. Owing
to the unprecedented scarcity OF money, bills Of
exchange are without any demand nominal
rates Is. l0d. AMI supply in American hands not
large. Republican dollars are worth 81 IS cents
each-&5oO,090 ia market
The total exports to Great Britain sine, 18th
June, $780, are 35,085,75 pounds say f3S.783
chests, of which 391 81 are black teas, and So
,,y