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Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-10-19
COsassassaDtisc Patients
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The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-03
Council Proceedings.
CALLED MEETING.
April 8, 1914

Apnl d lS44.
Present N. Perry, Pres't Pro tenn, J.W. Barnett.
w. ]. Lsaks, II. Harrison, J. M Allen, Select.
men.
The meeting being called to order the minutes
Of tho previous meeting were read and approved.
The following resolution was offered BY ]. w
Barnett and adopted.
Resolved that from and after the passage Of this
ordinance, the taxes on oil kinds OF taxable pro-
porty, shall be az the following rates, viz:
Upon all real estate q Tax Of 81 IL cents on
every hundred dollars,
Upon all personal property 81 10 cents on eve
~ hundred dollars.
Upon the sales OF OIL produce, groceries and ar
ticles usually kept in produce stores 30 cents on
every hundred dollars
Upon Sales Of Dry goods 81 10 cents on every
hundred dollars.
Upon all practising Physicians tax OF ten dol
lars.
Upn al Attor noys at law tax Of ten dollars.
Upon all pistols and Bowie-kntves ajax Of three
dollars each
Upon all Brokers. a Tex Of 500 for 10 months
$50 for 6 months, ESQ for three months.
Upon all pleasure carriages on each wheel.
Upon all gold and Silver watches or clocks q
tax Of per cent on the value Of each.
In all cases the tax collector shall take and
make his assessment under oath Of the party Civ
ing in the property.
The several committees which were 70 report
at this meeting, beg furter time which was gran
ted.
On motion the meeting aground
NAT PERRY, PREs'T. pro tenn.
las P WILLIAMS CPk.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-03
EXTENSIVE SALE OF
LAND.

Without Limit, ana on reasonable Terms,
Situated in the State Of Mississippi, the whole
Of which is we'll located and excOllent
for the culture Of Cotton,
VIII be said at Public Auction in the town Of
Grenada, YallObusha county, Mississippi, on
MONDAY, THE Bird DAY OF JUNE NEXT,
and succeeding DAYS until the whole sold the fol-
lowing described Tracts of Land, situated in the
Counties Of Yallobusha, Tallahatchie, Choctaw
and Carroll, viz;
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-03

will have the right prolonR the payment of the note
from yeaEto year, tia The 81 OF JUNE 1850. by paying
annually on the d Of June said Bank Of Louisiana in
New Orleans one years nteesin advance but II be fails
pay said interest the Sd June Of each year. will
lose the privilege Of extension Of tme and the amount
may be recovered without delay. The purchasers taking
the privilege OF the renewal pay IN full their note
in 1850 The patents have issued and will be deposited
the Bank OF Louisiana CITY o. New Orleans and the
back Of each me amount Of cash and interest paid will Be
endorsed and as 5000 the whole Is fully paid
the patent viii be delivered % the purchaser The
chaser viii nave no right 70 transfer said land until the
amount Of the purchase money 10 paid in full
10 PLANS Of the above lands will be exhibited al the
time and place Of sale, and will also be shown previously
well more particular descriptions Of the land furnished
BY making application 10 AUGUSTUS s. PHELPS,
Who will be mostly atGrenada until the time ofsaid sale.
March, seth, 1884, Sstds
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-05-03
M0rshAI9s Sale.

In the Circuit Court of the United States
for the Southern District IF the State
Of Mississippi, to May Term 1914.
John D. MuHell,
VS. Fl. "a.
Ozas Taylor, g. Sureties.
DY virtue Of the above stated execution
ID to me directed, from the Clerks Office
Of the Circuit Court Of the United States
for tho Southern District of the State Of
Mississippi. will expose to public sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash, in front Of the
Court House door Of Yazoo county, in the
town of Benton, on
Monday the 9th day of Nay, 1914,
within the hours prescribed by law, all Of
the right. title and interest of the defendant
Lemuel Doty, in the following negro slaves
to wit: Judy, James and Sam. Levied on
as lhe property Of the defendant Lemuel
Doty, and will be sold to satisfy plaintiff 5
debts and costs.
A. MILLER, Marshal, S. D. NJ.
By w. L. Bate, D. NJ
April 10, 1914, (Prs fee S6) 4l-3t
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ChamCeFy Notice.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CHANcERY, March Rules,
of the State of Mississippi, 1914.
James w. Barnett, complainant,
1894 vs..
Reuben Matthews, et al, defendants.
TTPON opening the matters Of this bill
- and it appearing that the defendants
William H. Sims, and the unknown heirs Of
John Glass, deceased, are not inhabitants OF
this State, but reside peyond the limits
thereof, SO that an ordinary process OF this
Court cannot be executed on them. It IS
therefore ordered that unless the said de-
PENDANTS appear before the Chancellor at
the courtroom, in the town of Jackson the
lst Monday in June, next, and plead, ans
ever or demur to the bill of complaint here
lin. The several allegations thereof will be
taken for confessed, and such order and de-
cree made therein as tho Chancellor may
deem equitable and just. II is further OF.
dered that copy Of this order to published
IN the YazoO City Wing and Political Regis
ter. once a week for two months success
sively. 49,, ~,
Attest, H. l.. DlAON, Cl.K
YazoO City, March, %, 1874, $780,
Prs fee SIS O0)
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NOTICE.

r ETTERS Of Administration having
Abeen granted 10 the undersigned by the
Hon Probate court of Yazoo County, at the
February Term, 1914 of said court. on the
estate of G. Fl. HaGeman, deceased. All
persons having claims against said Estate,
are required to present them for payment,
within the time prescribed BY law, or they
will be forever barred, and those indebted
10 said estate are required to make speedy
payment. Il. HAYMAN. Admir-.
March. Is, 1914. 36-6t
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The state of NIississippi,( PROBATE Court.
Yazoo County, { March term 1914.
" HEREAS, Thomas J. Catchings, ad
w ministrator De Bonis non Com Teste-
mento Annexo Of the Estate of Robert Hg
einbotham, deceased, having represented
unto the court that it would be beneficial
to all persons interested therein to sell tho
following described land lying and being in
the county Of Yazoe and State Of Mississip-
pi. for the purpose Of distribution, viz: the
east half Of the north east quarter and west
half Of the north east quarter of section five
Township 9, Range West, and east half
Of the south east qrar:er and west half south
east quarter Of section 80, Township 10
Range l west containing in all 800 acres
belonging to the estate of said deceased.
tits ordered, adjudged and decreed that
Citation issue, directing all persons inter-
ested to appear at the next Nav term Of this
court, on the 6rst day of said Tenn, and
shew cause why an order of sale should not
be made in compliance with the prayer Of
petition.
tits further ordered. aud decreed that
publication Of the said Citation be madS T.
Two public newspapers published in this
State 70. six weeks successfully
Witness the Hon. James r. BuHus Judge
Of Probates Yazoo County, the 4th Monday
of March, 1874, and seal of said Court, is
sued the 25th Of March 1914.
GEO. CROCKETT. CL'k.
April 5, 1914. (Prs fee Sl6) 39-6t
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NOTICE.

n will, at the May Term, 1914, of the
n Probate Court of'Yazoo county, make
final settlement Of the Estate Of John B
Miller, decd, and surrender my letters Of
Administration, when all persons interested
may attend if they see proper, and also pre-
sent my account for allowance.
NAT. ROYSTER, Admir-.
Yazoo City, April IL, Is44, 40::7t
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.ommereIaI nank q Manehe.ler.l

TOO DIty4 = PIT . Io7ll.
q meeting Of the Stockholders IN the
n Commercial Bank ef Manchester held s.
their Banking house, in Yaz0O CITY en- Mon.
day, the 9th inst, the following gentlemen
were appointed Directors Of Said institution
for the next year.
]. R. BEDFoRD, ]. J. WILSON,
]. W. BARNETT, S. ". MITCHELL.
]. P; BAILEY, E. b. GRAYsoN,
z. O'DoNNELL, HENRY VAUGHAN
W. HuNTINeToN, A. MuRDocE and
F. w. QuAcKEEBoss.
At q meeting Of the Beard elect, held at
the Banking House, this day, John p. Bailey,
Esq., was unanimously elected President.
J. ]. HUGHES, C1sH'R.
April, 70, 1874. 40-f
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CONDITIONS or SALE.
one-fAh Cash, sad the balance y 9 note q twelve
months with interest ADDED az the rate o. SIX per cent m
MATURITY drawn 10 s order Of the vendor and yabe at
ne Bank 81 Louisana IN New Orleans The purchaser
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-03-30

, for such supposlion. But let either the one
or the other oppose IT, and IL requires no prophet
TO write down his sure damnalion.
Whosoeyer opposes this measure uiH ga"
40 supporters by IL let every one consider t,a'
he who shall oppose il, will conven much ardent
support into lasting hostility.
We suggest, with all Difference TO those VINO
fear TOO much credit may attach to The Ell
cutive by the annexation, that II there be any
honor due for the accomplishment Of this mea-
sure, that discredil aud disgrace must attach 10
those who defeat or defer IL.
Having by the foregoing remarks cleared lhe
subject of much extTaneous matter, we hope,
hereafter, to fad all attempts made 10 mingle
thi, question with party striies. discarded and
frowned down. The question is, whether we
will cherish an American policy, or permit a
foreign policy TO put our dearest interests at
hazard2
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OF FICIAL.

APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENTS,
BY and scth The adpies and cOnsent Of The Senate
JAMES c. PALMIR, TO be Surgeon in The Navy
from the 9th October, 1871.
JAMES ID. WATSON, to be Deputy Postmaster
at Albany, New York
THos. J. MARVIN, to be Deputy Postmaster at
Saratoga Springs, New York.
JAMES BELKSAP, TO be Deputy Postmaster al
Newburgh, New York
SAMUEL HENDERSON, to be Deputy Postmas-
ter at Indianapolis, Indiana.
MANUEL SMos CucuLLA, 10 be Collector of
the Customs for the District of Mississippi, in
the State of Louisiana, in place of Greenbury
Dorsey, rejected by the Senate.
WILLIAM O'HARA ROBINSON, TO be Attorney
of the United States for the Western District
of Pennsylvania, vice Cornelius Danagh, re-
rigned.
THOMAS G.. LYON, TO be Attorney of the Uni
ted States for the Eastern District of Tennes-
see, vice Crawford W. Hall, rejected by the
Senate
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GOLD VETO AGAIN.

Our correspondent who sent US the following
proceedings thus writes: "We held one OF the arg-
est meetings lasl night that has been held in the
Sd District for many day. Our prospects are
Frightening fast. In a short time you Will re-
eeive The proceedings Of the meetings which
have been held ia Monroe Crawford aud
columbia counties"
We gave on Thursday an account oil our
friends in Delaware county. So the ball rolls
on, Notwithstanding the opposition Of Mr. .. TO
the Central Committee.
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JOHN MAGUlRE, President.
From the Chester pa. Republican

from Inc Chester RAJ hepu0tNm
In another column will be found the proceed
ings of meeting of the friends Of President
Tyler, held in Upper Darby, in this county, on
Saturday evening last. Though but short
notice Of the met ting was given, we are assur-
ed by a friend who was present that more than
two hundred persons were in attendance. 1t
was not meeting of politicians, but meeting
Of the People, without reference to previous al
fniiies, who had watched the course of the Adj
ministration, and who had assembled TO sustain
Chief Magistrate who has sought, and sue
cessfully too, TO administer the Government for
the good Of the whole nation. The tyranny Of
party has withheld from the President his just
due, and on the People alone devoves the duty
Of rolling back the tide Of abuse and vifcalion
which has been heaped upon his head by AFRO
CANT iactous leaders--and though justice may
not be awarded 10 him in the coming contest,
the time is not distant when his name will be
the rallyng cry of the friends OF equal rights
and good government, from one extreme Of the
Union TO the other, and elicit the admiration Of
all who love country more than party.
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NEW SPRING GOODS.


THE subscriber has just returned with extern
sive assortment of Fashionable Dry Goods select
ed with great care from the latest impoi,ations and
at very reasonable prices, consisting in parl of
Rich figured Brocade and Foulard Silks
Rich style Plain MousaiDs and Tesans
Grape dLain and Balzareens, very rich
Beregcs French Lawns and Muslns
Blue Black Armure { d Gro de Paris Silks
French Collars Thread Laces and Edgincs
Hcmstcn'd L. G. HJkis.--Reviere ditto and Bob
bin Edgings
Best quality black and white Silk Hosiery
French Kid Gloves, all sizes Nos. T. 1873
ga Plain and Changeabe Silk Shawls
81 Embd Thibe,, emb'd Nous d Lain and Tarlton
Shawls
English Ginghams and French Chintzes
Splendid French Bonnet Ribbons
Florence and Lace Braid Bonnets
Superior Silk Oil Cloths and Furniture ditto
3-py Ingram and rich Venetian CaIpeines, 8 s &
81 wide
Rich Tufied Rugs and Sun Shades
lnfants Silk Boots, and Silk Buttons
Cabl, Cord, Black Worsted and best English
Pins
70 pieces Irish Linens, Brd-Eve Diaper and Long
Lawns
5000 rich Caiicoes, from 6to ~ cents
Also, deep and second mourning Lawns
Black and blueb A pacca Cloth Silk Chain
Black and blue-hlack French Bombaz ne
Deep and second m urning Bereg,s and BAHIA
Black and blue black Silk Hosiery and French
gloves
81 black Embd Thibet Satin Striped and Plain
Black Silk shawls
Also, a great variety Of domestic and other goods
too numerous TO specify. Customers are generally
invited to give me call ms prices and styles
fail to please. GEORGE STETTINIUS,
few doors west OF Browns Hotel.
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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The terms OF The Madisonian being adpdnce
pavmenfs, and the subscriptions of some Of our
palrons having long since expired, and others
being largely indebted, we hope that they VIII
at once feel the necessity Of forwarding TO us
the amounts respectively due. Should any oil
their names be stricken from our list IN the
course of the ensuing month, they will, OF
course, attribute il solely TO noncompliance on
their part, with our terms. Should there be any
ia whom bills have not been directed, and who
have not paid our authorized collectors, the sums
which may be individually RENTED viii be
placed to their credit, and receipts sent them
il specially requested.
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In the House, after the Speaker had flashed
calling the standing committees for reports. that
body resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the state Of the Union, Mr.. WELLER
in the Chair, and resumed the consideration of
the bill regulating the pay of The officers of the
Army, and for other purposes After debate
upon the merits Of the bill, the question was
taken on the amendment of Mr.. j. w. DAVIS,
proposing 10 abolish the office of Major Gen
eral, which was decided in the negative. The
Committee, at O'Clock, rose and reported pro
gress, and The House adjourned.
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An INDIAN MURDERER MURDERED IN MS CELL.-
In the Winnebago country, recently, some Indians
drank the rum which the whites furnished them, and
killed two Of the whites and child three we're con
victed, and sentenced TO be hanged the 18th OF
September last the Governor of Iowa pardoned one,
and the execution was postponed--a writ OF error
was taken 10 the Supreme Court, and the judgment
affirmed. Meanwhile some white prisoners broke
jail aud coaxed Of the Indians out with them, the
other refused To go. The one who escaped returned
the ext day, stating that il too cold out OF doors
On the Sd instant, the sheriff, going int, the cell
IL look after the Indians, found of them dead,
his fellow prisoner having beaten him TO death
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,hov would sustain him for one he would give the
President an honest sod hearty support IN all snd
every Democratic measure, and ne believed that nc
spoke the seatiments Of every Democrat ON that
floor
Resolved, That we approve Of The determination 70
celebrate our Veto Prosidcnts birthday on the 2Sth
Of this month, by meeting In our respective wsfds
aud organizing Tyler Democratic Ncto hssoc''Ho"s
for said wards.
Resolved, That we believed the course OF our Dem
ocratic organs To be honest AT the time they came
out so decidedly In favor Of President Tyler and ms
Vetoes; and entertaining that opinion We sustained
them and defended their course, and are strl con
tending for the principles they adyocated-hence
they ask too much of US when they insist upon our
abandoning our Veto President for the support oil
any other candidate.
Rssoired, That after the Globe, the Huntsville
(Alabama) Democrat the New York Evening Post
and Plebeian, the Harrisburg Keystone, the Albany
Argus, the American Sentinel, and other leading
Democratic papers, having committed The Democfa,
tic party to John Tyler, il would be both base ana
traitorous now to abandon the President and their
old friends at this great crisis.
Resolred, That We approve OF the late state Con
venton Of the friends of late Veto President, and
will use all honorable means TO carry out their Cd
jects
Resolved, That we ask party to do President
Tyler Justice for his two vetoes, and other Democra-
tic measures, by nominating him for President. SO
that the issue of the constitutional Veto or no Veto
shall be put to the people; and also Bank or no
Bank.
Resolved That with Tyler for President, and the
patriotic Colonel Johnson for Vice President, we
can beat all the cohorts OF Federalism combined as
easily as the latter beat the British and their English
allies.
On motion, there a committee OF correspond
encc appointed when the meeting appointed the ioi-
lowing named persons William b. Whitecar, John
Mcclure, Thomas Lewellen Samuel j. Person. and
Daniel Nj. Leisenring.
On motion of Thomas Lewellen, there was com
mittee appointed to draft Constitution and bylaws
for the government Of the Tyler Association, when
the following named persons were appointed Dan.
iel J. Rhoads, Joseph Evans, Thomas Lewelien, and
VIM. +. Harrison.
Resolved That the proceedings of this meeting be
signed by the officers, and published in the Evening
Mercury American Sentinel, Harrisburg Signal,
Washington Madsonian, and all other Democratic
pagers throughout the Union, and that copy be
sent to President Tyler, TO Ell President Martin Van
Buren, and to all the Democratic (Congress) mem
bers of the Senate and House OF Representatives,
and our State Legislature.
The meeting then adjourned to meet at the same
place Wednesday evening, April the third, at
7 O'Clock.
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CONGRESS-SAruRpAy.

! In the House. after the reading of the Jour
nal, and the reference ola memorial TO the Com
mittee on the Public Lands, the SPEAKER lait
before the House a communication from tn,
Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to cal
Of the House, in relation TO the quantity ano
value Of manufactured wool imported each
wear from 1910 to 1913 tn the discrimination:
of price, which was laid upon the table and OF
dered TO be printed also a communication from
the Secretary of State, furnishing an alb ,trac
of the returns fom The collectors of the customs
in relation to the registering of American sea.
men up to 3Oth September, 1913 The SPEAK.
Err presented two other communications from
the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to
call; which were laid upon The table and
ordered TO be printed; he also presented
message from the President Of The Uni
ted States transmitting a communication OF
tonnage, which was referred 10 the Committee
on Commerce; also a communication from the
Secretary Of War, in answer TO a call of the
House, in relation TO why Lieut.. Bragg had
been ordered away by the commanding General
which communication approved the conduct OF
the Commanding General 10 ordering him 10 be
arrested Mr.. HOLMES moved to lay the com
munication on the table, and hoped there il
would lay forever. MIR. CAVE JOHNSON moved
that it be printed. The communication wa,
then laid upon the table and ordered TO be print
ed, with the accompanying documents.
A u
as to order the printing Of 1000 extra copies OF
the above communication, which was disagreed
to- The SPEAKER then presented an able com
munication from tie Postmaster General in re-
aIion to the smuggling Of mail matter over the
railroads; which was laid upon the table and
ordered to be printed. The SPEAKER presented
several other Executive communications, in
answer to calls Of the House which were an.
propriately referred. Mr. f. J. MoRRis offered
resolution recommiuing the report Of the
Committee on Naval Aifiirs, with instructions
to that committee TO report bill making an ap-
preparation for dry dock at Philadelphia. II
was objected TO.
Mr.. MoRRIs then moved a suspension of the
rules, and demanded the yeas and nays, and the
following IS the r,sulr; yeas Sc, nays o.. So
the rules were not suspended. Mr.. Husera-
FORD moved that The rules be suspended for the
House TO resolve itself into a Committee Of the
Whole on the state of The Union. Mr. RAN.
SAY demanded the yeas and nays, and the fol-
lowing Is the result yeas 81, nays GO. SO the
House resolved itselfinlo Committee of the
Whole on the state Of the Union, Mr.. WELLER
in the Chair, and took up the Army Appropfis
tion hill, which was under discussion when our
reporter left the House.
MIR TiBBATTS presented the petition Of Jo..ph
Paxton, oil Missouri, praying remuneration for a
horse, arms, SC, lost by him during the lat. war
while IN the service of the United States which was
referred 10 the Committee on Claims