The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-05-04


4 Now as we are compelled TO take every
thing on trust which we not see or hear
personally and as we neither saw nor
heard Mr.. Van Buren, give the votes stated,
We have TO rely upon the veraciry OF Mr..
Jeremiah George Harris, a supporter OF
Mr.. Van Buren, in 1886, 1910 and 1871.
-Indepead Mon.
The Hon S. S Preniss, Of Mississippi.
arrived in our city yesterday, and during the
evening was waited on by several gentle
men, who expressed to him the strong and
earnest wishes Of the Wings that he should
address them. Although worn down with
the fatigue Of long and tiresome journey,
Mr.. Prentiss yielded to tho wishes Of the
public, and The intelligence tina, he would
speak at 8 o'clock flew through The city. Al
The appointed hour, there was assembled in
the upper room of The new court house, the
larges, collection Of people that we have
ever seen in this city on any similar occa>
sion Men of both the great political par
ties-od men, whose venerable forms are
rarely seen in public assemblies, were
there, in such numbers, as to crowd the
room TO overfnwing-so great was the anx
e,y to see and hear this gifted and wonder
full man. He spoke for more than two hours
and when we say that his speech was the
most profound and logica argument to
which it has ever been our fortune to listsn
- clothed in the purest and most classic
language and imagery, and burning and
glowing with the fire Of true genius ANNA.
ted by the loficst patriotism we have Civ.
en- but beggarIy description. Il was a
speech that will long live in the memory Of
all who heard it; and, if Mr. Pren'iss had
never before .a,d or done anything worthy
Of notice--had never stood up as the collos>
sal denounccr of repudiation--ha never
before dropped mama from his lips, this
splendid effort alone would place him among
the men Of the first talents of the age.
MIR. P. uttered great truths of a charac
ter tina, public men too often 'im'dly forbear
to speak upon. We shall have occasion to
recur 10 this speech again and, in the name
Of The Wings of the city, we tender to The
orator thanks for the instruction and delight
which he afforded us.-Lou Jour.
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Hon. JoHN M NILES $50 soon as 1t was
known in Connecticut that the wings had
carried the State, Mr.. Gideon Welles,
Or .minent ocofoco, wroe to Senator Niles
to leave the Lunatic Asylum at Utica and
come to Albany, where he was me. by Mr..
w. and taken post haste to Washington,
passing through this city on Friday. The
! intention of course is hat he shall be quail
flied and take his seat 10 the U. s.. Senate
The Troy Wing of Saturday says;
"JouN NJ. NuEs.--The locofoco journals
state that this gentleman has entirely re-
covered with the excep ion Of sigh. rheu'
, matte affection. This is great error. we
are informed by near connection OF Mr..
, Niles that his friends consider him ashopc
D iessly insane. We may add to this that
5 gentleman of the highest responsibility sta
:, led in this city two or three days ago, tina
= he was in Utica The day previous and wa
4 no. allowed by DR.. Brigham, the super'n
q tsndan, Of the hospital, to see Mr. Niles
r Notwithstanding the long intimacy that ex
a is,sd between them. He enqured wh'c'
= was Mr.. Miles, room, and was pointed to
> room fitted up with gratiogs and all the 9th
er saf, guards of luna'ic's CELL
Now if Mr.. Niles is suffering from n
other cause than rheumatism, why put
y = strait jacket on him9 Ar insane h0sp'ta'
~ not certainly an appropriate place LOT
- man afflicted with rheumatism only
!. We were sure from the first that a ~n,
on triumph in Connecticut would be produ Jew,
If. Of vast good, but we did not THINK !" "0u ~
ed restore locofoco to sanity, and cause :"
,r. immediate transformation tr m a cen : ~
", I.una,ic As, lum TO seat IN the Y . ee'