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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-11

Fast AND CARELESS DaIvlvG-There IS e0
tircIy too much of it. The lives of citizens a'
greatly endangered every day. Drivers apP'D
determined to occupy the whole of the street
they seem never to think Of stacking the pace !"
their animals, but leave al! foot passengers 70 ''
care of themselves. We believe there Is lA'
against fast driving, and particularly in turning
a corner, but who cares for the law under 0''
present administration
A cart was yesterday driven rapidly round lat
corner Of Rcadc-strect and Broadway, grazing
several persons and knocking down Po0 y
male, who was severely injured. The driver W.
young man, who, if not used to driving nor d ;.
should be dismissed from employment; OF Il =. -
pablo of managing such an animal, deserve n
we're censurc for great carelessness. ''
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-11

lJ M. HELD, who was for some time mana.
ger of the Theatre IN Washington City, died late
" in Florida where he had been performing with
dramatic corps.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-11

i William Johnson, fugitive convict from
the Missouri Penltentiary, has been retaken and
sent back: ne Is under sentence for niaety. four
years. THIS was his third escape. He says
that two Of the convicts who escaped with him
Francis MCGEE and Thos Perry-were drowned
afterwards. II is believed that two other con-
yicts-were with Johnson about the time OF his
capture : but they have so far escaned
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-07-11

u Letters have been received from Mr.. Per
lins, the American Missionary in Persia, to the
10th May, at which time he had reached Trebi-
zond, city Of $4,000 people On the Black Sea,
with his family and Mar Yohannan. He writes
that with the remarkable extension OF commerce
the facilities OF ditfusing Christian influence also
increase. The amount Of goods now sent annu-
ally from that city over the mountains has
increased 10 10000 horse loads
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29
NO. 90.

lowering, nst as if they would leap Over
the space and annihla,e all life in these
western solitudes.
We were preserved; our fall had been
broken by the animals that had taken the
leap second before us, and by the thou
sands of bodies which were heaped up as
a hecaComb. and received us as n cushing
below. With difficulty we extricated
ourselves and horses, and descended the
mass Of carcasses, we at last succeeded in
reaching few acres of clear ground.
1t was elevated few fee. above the water
Of the torrent. which ran through the ra-
vine, and offered to our broken down
horses magnificent pasture Of sweet
blue grass. But the poor things were TOO
terrified and exhausted, and they streach.
ed themselves down upon the ground,
painful spectacle Of utter helplessnesa.
We perceived that the croud Of flying
animals had succeeded in finding, some
way further down, an ascent 10 the oppo.
site prairie. and as the earth and rocks
still trcmhled, we knew that the 'estam.
pede' had not ceased and ,ha. the mil.
lions Of fugitives had resumed their mad
career. Indeed there was still danger.
for the wind was high, and carryed be-
fore it large sheets Of flames 10 the opposite
side, where the dried grass and bushes
soon became ignitcd, and the destructive
element thus passed the chasm and con-
linued its pursuit.
We congratulated ourselves on thus
having found security. and returned
thanks to hevcn for our wonderful escape !;
and as we were now safe from immediate
danger, we lighted fire and Toasted up
on young buffalo ralf, every bonc Of
which we found had been broken in!o
splin,ers.-Trapels and .4drentuYe, Of
Dr. ViOlet in California, Sanora, and
Western Teas.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29
The ysujing xs,,saisn.

Bonaparts died in his military garS. his
Field Marshal's uniform and boots, which
he had ordered 10 he pu. on short time
previous to his dissolution. Augustus
Caesar chose TO die in standing position.
and was careful in arranging his person
and dress for the occasion. julius Caesar,
when slain by the conspirators in tho
capitol, conseaed his face beneath the
folds of his toga, so thai, his enemies
might no, see the dcaih.pang upon his
counenance. Siward, Earl of Northum-
beIand. when at the point of death, quit
ted his bed and put on his armor, saving
'ihat it became not man to die like
beast" A more remarkable instance 10
that Of Maria Louisa, of Austria, who
short time before she brealhed her last.
having fallen into slight slumber, one
of the ladies' in attendance remarked that
her Majesty seemed 10 be asleep. No"
said she, II could sleep if could indulge
rcpose bu, am sensible Of the near APP
proach of death, and would not allow my.
self To be surprised by HIM in my sleep
| wish to NEE, my dissolution awake"
Such are the effects of poor, expiring
mortaily-stilI clinging TO earth-stil la.
boring for the breath Of posierity, and ex-
erting itself in efforts to fall with grace
fulness TO the last"
One Of the most characteristic illustr.-
tons, however, Of the 'ruling passion"
has just occurred in South Carolina. A
well known betting man--ihe brother Of
prominent huffman Of the Old Domin.
ion--was laying 20 dangerously i'll that
his friends expected his dissolution mo-
mentariIy. The physician. bending over
his dying patient, apprlsed him that no
could not live but few hours, whereup.
on the latter family asked him the amount
of his bill ! The astonished doctor replied.
Fifty dollars. "--"Then," replied tho
dying man, I'm bet you double or qui!s
,ha, live till morning" He lived JUS.
long enough to win the doctors bill and
then died.-Rele'gh IN. c. Register.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29

the editor of a southern literary magazine,
and which, maugre the photography, con-
tanned all the elements of n well told tale,
and had been composed and written by a
slave. Above all others, however, in the
literary line, stands Billy the Jew; the
blaskest, raggedest richest and honestes,,
slave IN the whole state of South Carroll
ma. Billy is no, only Jew by name but
by descent, and claiming through the Ar
rran lslaeltes the paternity Of Abraham,
he is admitted TO all the rights and enjoys
all privileges of the wealthy synagogue.
In Hebrew and Arabic, Billy is an accom-
plshed scholar; and there are few who
excel him in critical knowledge of the Ola
Tcsliment Scriptures. With the true in
s,inct Of his race, he has boarded up from
his earnings no small amount of money ;
but with a penurIousness that one can
hardly understand, he utterly refuses to
purchase his freedom and daily performs
his allotted task. TO the curious in such
matters, Billy has secrets in regard to the
African Jews that would while away ma
ny long summers day, and when a gol-
den key would not fail TO unlock for the
benefit Of his generation. But these in
stances Of intelligence are found only in
the city. Over the whole territory of the
south the slave is elevated in intelligence
and intellect little above the brutes that
perish. Every avenue to knowledge is
shut out from him. His place Of resi-
dence, his origin. his age. his rights, he
knows nothing Of. Alas he knowesl not
even his destiny There is his task, and
he performs il; there is his humble cabin
and he lies down to sleep. the spirit
within him. the home prepared for it by a
SavIor's love, the God who bends the
blue sky above him he knows not Of.
For the wealth of worlds would not be
the owner of such a slave. Not that !
blame the master, for with the kindest
feelings | pity him.
And if the petition of an erring soul can
reach the sanctuary Of the Great Spirit
above, in the utter inability of human rea.
son to devise remedy for this great evil,
mine could only be, God look in mercy
alike upon the master and the slave !
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29
An "Ei.tmns pcde.1

what talking still! exclaimed the
doctor, yawning: he had just awoke.
What the devil can you have babbled
about during the whole blessed night
Why, It's morn
Saying this, he took up his watch,
looked at it, applied it to his ear, to see il
it had not stepped, and exclaimed:
by lingo, but am only half past one.
The parson drew out his also, and repeat
ed the same, half past one.
At that moment the breeze freshened,
aud | heard the distant and muilled noise
which in the west announces either an
earthquake or an 'cstampede,' Of herds OF
wild cattle and other animals. Our hor-
ses, too, were aware Of some danger. for
now they were positively mad, struggling
To break the Iassoes and escape.
Up | cried, up Gabriel. Roche, up
Tip. strangers ! quick saddle your
beasts run for your lives the prairie is
on fire and the butlaloes are upon US
They all started upon their feet, but
not a word was exchanged; each felt the
danger of his position; speed was our on.
! " resource, if 1t was not only too late
In minute our horses were saddIed, in
another we were madly sallopiug across
the prairie, the brides upon the necks o.
their sieeds, allowing them to follow lheiI
instinct. Surh had been our hurry, tha
all our blankets had been left behind, ex
cept that of Gabriel the lawyers had new
er thought Of their saddle bags, and III,
parson had forgotten his holsters and hi
rife.
For an hour we dashed on with undi
minished speed, when we felt the ear,I
trembling behind US. and soon aiIerwart
the distant believing, mixed up with the
roaring and sharper cries of other animals
was borne down unto our ears. The
atmosphere grew oppressive aud heavy
while the flames, swllter than the wind
appeared raging upon the horizon. The
neerer game of all kinds now shot past us
like arrows; deer were bounding over III,
ground, in company with wolves and pan
thers droves of eIks and antelopcs pass
ed swifler than dream then solitary
horse or huge buffalo bull. From GU
intense anxiety, although our horses strain
ed every nerve, we almost appeared Il
stand still.
The atmosphere rapidly became NOR,
dense, the heat more oppressive; III,
roars sounded louder and louder in on,
ears; now and then they were minge,
with terrific howIs and shrll sounds. ~
unearthiy that even our horses would stnI
| their mad career and ,remble, as if the,
considered them supernatural hu, it was
only for a second, and they dashed on.
A noble stag passed close to Us. hi
strength, was exhausled three minutes al
,erward we passed hm-dcad. Blu, soon
with the rushing noise Of whirlwind, tn,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29
From the Knickerbocker.
SKETCH or SOUTH CAROLINA.

No sketch of any southern state OF The
Union, can faithfully pIesen, it's features
10 the reader wiihou, bringing into view
.he grea. population OF slaves. OF South
Carolina is this especially true for there
not only do the bondmen Outnumber the
free, bu, the customs Of society, the laws,
the daily pursuits, the very habits ct
though. and expression and life. are all
inwrought and interviewer with this great
institution so Intimately, that it is recog-
nized in every movement, and forced up
on you at every hour. The bell that
sends its long summons over the city al
eight and morning; the twilight revellle ;
the city guard the clanking of the mus
ke, under your window in the death OF
midnight, the trained bands mastering at
every fire alarm the loud cry OF the
Waterman sounding from ward to ward at
each quarter of the hour, until 1t dies
away in the disiance-all declare To you
that YOU live and walk in the land ol
slaves. You see in the markel-where
the German soldier strides up and down
through the avenue the llve-long day.
You hear it on the busting mart, III the
excited exchange, through the rating
streets. You find it every where--and
at the huoyan, party, or the social dinner
in your morning Stroll. or evening 'iestd
there is upon you restraint awkward
and irksome beyond endurance.
And yet, if the picture can be varied
by lighter shades, why not so regard II
The heart which would oltenimes he
repealed from the hdeous deformity oI
human misery, is attracted by some fan
proportions which ally it to lis species
and by gazing upon wha, does not revolt
the feelings, becomes itself partaker OF
the untoward lot, and bound by new ties
TO aid the sufferer. For myself, 1t has
no. been in the shocking descriptions OF
itinerant enthusiasts, or the revolving
vigneties of newspaper or pamphlet iha
have found my sympa,hes most awak
ened for the slave---hut in his quiet cabir
where | have learned his happy nature
and recognized him for fellow man ant
brother.
There is no irai. Of character which
the colored race possesses tina, is SO re
markablc as their habiiual cheeriulness
Wherever you find the negro in the cit,
or in country, a, the house of plantation
eating his scanty meal in the pine forests
Of North Carolina, or following the lum
bering wheels Of the Kentucky wagon tc
the distant market. a, play or work. hung
yor sa.ia.ed, he is ever disposed viii
philosophc equanimi.y, to make the hes
Of his condition. Even at the auction
place that place, Of all others where slav
cry appears in ito naked dsformi,y, h
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TEE BsE7.2 3.

Skeptic. spare that book,
Touch not single leaf,
Nor on its pages look
With eye of unbelef;
Twas my forefs,her's stay
In the hour of agony:
Sxeptc, SO thy way,
And let that old book be.
That good old book Of lifs
For centuries has stood.
Unharmed amid the strife
When the earth was drunk with blood
And would'st thou harm i, now,
And have its truths forgot
Skeptic, forbear thy blow,
Thy hand ehall harm it not
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1843-12-29

Uesiern Trade and TrGbSl--I, sp-
pears that the competition for the enjoy.
ment Of the trade and travel passing be-
tween the Atlantic waters and the Ohio
river is to he urged next year in new
form and with renewed energy by our
Pennsylvania neighbors. The Holidays.
burg Standard says--'A company OF en-
,erprsing citizens of this slate intend
placing line Of Steam Canal Packet
Boats on the Pennsylvania Canal, Tor tho
transportation of passengers al.o sufIi-
cient supply Of new and improved Pas.
senger Cars OF the Columbia and Portage
Rail Roads. With a line of Steam Pack
ct Boats, passengers will leave Phladel.
phia ut A. NJ, and arrive at Piusbu.g at
10 A. Nj. Of the third day, making tho
entire "trip in two days ats. G.s. hours.
This means Of conveyance viii be much
less expensive than the old mode Of tow
ing by horses. We are informed that Il %
intended to use boats with paddle wheels
nj the bow of The boat, which. u 70 ss'ds
have been tried and found to answer every
purpcse.--Bek. finer.
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VOL. w..
AMERICA TO IRELAND.

Men Of Ireland! From the graves
Where our Fathers sleep,
Comes a voice, like coming waves,
Stern and deep;
From the hillside and the valley.
And from the mountain glen;
Hearken for it bids ye rally,
In the might of men
Hearkon THUS its murmurs swell
"Sons of glorious sircs.
BY the shrines We love 50 well.
BY your Tyres;
BY your martyred dead who slumher,
Az, ny home and hearth
Let not tyrsnis longer cupher
Thus your groaning earth
" Stand erect! in Gods name stand
Onward for the Right,
Heart:o heart and hand to hand,
To the fight!
Bow no more, like driven cattle,
To the Saxon lord
Onward and in Freedoms battle.
God shall give We ward
Onward! wherefore should ye pauret
Fear We death may come
VIVA. is life, when despo, law
Strike ye dumb!
What, when Hopes last link is sundsred I
What!--oh. better far
That the ocean n'er We Numbered.
Than be what ye ure!"
Men Of Ireland! Thus the graves
OF our Fathers cry:
Men, who rather than be slaves.
Joyed to die;
And their sons, from hill and valley.
And from mountain glen,
Catch the song and bid ye rally,
In the might of men,
Bid ys rally, like your sire.
Strong to do or die,
Till young Freedoms beacon FIRE,
Gid your sky.
God il With ye-who shall falterl
Justice--who Withstand!
Onward then COR hearth and altar,
Right, and native land
The hornet., 1843-08-29
WHIG MEETING IN YALOBUSHA
COUNTY.

Agreeably to previous notice, a meeting Of
the Wing citizens of Yalobusha county con.
vened at the Court House in Coffeeville, on
the 2lst day of August, lS43, for the purpose
of expressing their views as to the right OF
the State of Mississippi, under existing laws,
to be represented upon the floor of the lower
house Of the next Congress-; and TO make
known the names of the individuals by whom
they would prefer to be represented.
On motion, .t
J. T. Leigh, Esq, was called to the Chair,
and in like manner, J. H. Hutchins, Esq, was
requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman having briefly and pertinent
y explained the object of the meeting, E. 5.
Fisher, Esq, rose and addressed the meeting
at some length, and after very ably demonstra-
ting the right of Mississippi to full repre-
sentation in the lower house of Congress, al
though no legislative division of her territory
into districts has been made, introduced the
following resolutions, which were unanimous
ly adopted:
Resolved, That in the opinion Of this meet
ing, the State of Mississippi, Notwithstanding
the failure of her legislature to district her
territory in obedience to the provisions OF the
apportionment act of the last Congress, still
possesses the right to send her delegates to the
Representative Hall of Congress.
Resolved, That committee of five of the
members of this meeting be appointed by the
Chair, whose duty it shall be, by circular or
some other mode of general publication, to
express TO the people of the State, the reasons
that induce this meeting to believe the State of
Mississippi is not disfranchised either by the
apportionment act of Congress, or the disre-
gard of our State Legislature to its provisions.
In obedience to the last resolution, the Chair
appointed the following gentlemen said COM
mittee, viz:
E. S. Fisher, S. Barnes, J. H. HutchinS,
Alfred Turner, and James Cook, Esqrs.
On motion,
The name Of the Chairman was added to
said committee.
The following resolutions we're proposed by
S, Barnes, Esq, and received the unanimous
appreciation of the meeting:
ResolUed, That this meeting have full conf
dence in the patriotism, integrity and ability
of the Hon. b. F. Caruthers, of CarrOllton,
Gen. A. B. Bradford, of Holly Springs, Hon.
Thomas Armat, of Natchez, and Hon. p. w.
Tompkins, of Vicksburg, and do warmly re.
commend them TO the people of Mississippi as !
The hornet., 1843-08-29
circular

WILLIAMS LANDING, MISSISSIPPI,
August /, lsi3.
SIR
We address you for the purpose Of nlorm-
ing you that we would be pleased to do your
business at this place, and should you inlrust
us with the Storing aud Shipment of Cotton
or any other article, we pledge ourselves to
give il our best personal attention, and to obey
instructions as far as practicable.
WE have labored and been at good deal
Of expense 10 get good and safe CoTToN-SnEDs
and WARE HOUSES, and we are glad to be able
to say. that we think we have accomplished
our object, and we now tender you the use of
them.
We have such supplies of Bagging, Rope q.
Twine, as to be able to supply all who may
wish us TO serve them, and on the most rea-
sonable terms.
VIZ also keep supply of Sab, Sugar, Cof
fee, Bacon, Flour, Lime, Iron, Nails, Castings
QueenSwdre-Stone, Wood &. TIN Ware; Fed-
Tiers, Shoes, Boots, Hats, Caps, Blankets, Lin
Seys, Ktrseys, Lo,OeHs, BroUn q. Bleached Shirt
ingS, CalicOes, &c. 8-c. &C.; and as to prices,
we pledge ourselves TO do as well by you as
you can do at any point on the Yazoo River.
We sell for CASH or CoTToN.
Feeling ourselves now permanently settled
at this place, we can assure our friends, that
any business intruSted to our care shall always
have the personal attention of one of US.
WE will at all times be prepared to make
CASH advances on Cotton delivered to us.
Try uS--we will endeavor to give satisfac-
tiOn.
Yours, very respectfully,
MCCONNFTI 81 RROTHER
The hornet., 1843-08-29
Yours, very respectfully,
MCCONNELL & BROTHER
BANKRUPT SALE.

l will sell to the highest bidder. for cash, be-
fore the court house door in the town of Car
rolton, Carroll county, Mississippi, on Mon
day, the 18th day of September, lS43, the
Real Estate of Hiram White, who has been
duly declared Bankrupt according to an act
of Congress in such case made and provided,
to witt
The west half north west quarter, and west
half south west quarter of section 5, township
II, north of range east, containing l5S and
Is hundredthS acres.
l House and Lot in Lexington, Mississippi,
No. ITO.
Also, at the same time and place, the Real
Estate of James J. Cottingham, to witt
The east half south west quarter of section
20, township 2, range west, containing so
and 10 hundredths acres.
The south west quarter of the south west
quarter of section 90, town. 2, range | west,
containing 40 and hundredths acres.
C. M. WEAVER, Assignee,
By WIN. HUNLEY, Dep'ty Assignee
In Bankruptcy for the Northern District
Of Mississippi.
August 10th, lS43. Cts.
The hornet., 1843-08-29
BANKRUPT SALE.

will sell TO the highest bidder. for cash. be.
fore the court house door in the town of Car.
rollon, Carroll county, Mississippi, on Mon.
day, the 18th day Of September, 1913, the
Real Estate OF James Shirley, who has been
duly declared a bankrupt according 10 an act
Of Congress IN such case made and provided.
10 witt
The west half south west qr., aud south east
quarter Of sec %, township IL, range | west,
containing 10 acres--subject TO redemption.
The west halt south east quarter of sec. %,
town. IL, range | west, con tanning so acres.
An undivided half of the south east quarter
of section %, township ., range west, con-
taining lGO acres.
The west half of section 2l, east half south
west quarter Of Sec %, east half north east
quarter Of sec. 26, township ., range west.
containing $50 acres
The undivided half of Lots Nos. 3, 8, 5, 6,
Z. s, III, l6, 2, 8, 10 and H. of sec. IL; also,
Lots Nos. |, s, 3, 6, / | and Ia, of section 30,
town. ~, range east, east, containing about
700 acres.
The west half north west quarter Of sec. 4,
east half north quarter of section 5, township
Is. range ! east, containing leo acres.
Lot No. Z, of section 5, township 20, range
3 east, containing 40 acres. =.
Lot LAT, and Tavern House erected upon
said Lot, in the town Of Satartia; sold, but
subject to redemption. -...l
A lot of old Lumber in Satartia. H..
The following in the town of Liverpool,
Yazoo county, TO wit: .
Lots Nos. 33, 80, 80, 81, 4S, AZ, SO, 60, II,
IS, 76, II, rs, 79, 50, So, S4, 81, SO, 81, 90 95,
SO, 100, l04, lO7, los, Ill, Il2, lis, 100, l46.
1874 and l95. .. -. . .. VT.
One Lot in the city of Natchez, on Union
street. r. e
c. NJ. WEAVER, Assignee.
BY WIN. HUNLEY, Dep'ty Assignee
In Bankruptcy for the Northern District
Of Mississippi ..
August 10th, lS43 Cts.