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Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

Just before the Declaration Of Ipde7
pendence a Yankee pedlar started,
down to New York TO sell a parcel Of
bowls aud dishes he had made Of ma
pie. Jonathan travelled over the city,
asking every body TO buy his wares
but no one was disposed to buy wood.
en-dishes. 1t happened that a British
feet was then lying in the harbor. Of
New York, and Jonathan struck upon
plan of selling his dishes. So he
got full naval Uniform, by hook or by
a crook, (for history, doesn't tell, how
he got it,) and strutting up. town one
morning asked merchant ifhehad any
nice wooden ware, that the commo-
dore wanted lot for the feet. The
merchant replied that he had none on
hand, but there were some in Town,
and If he would send in the afernoOns
he could supply him. every good"
said our naval officer, and out he went,
and cut for home; and he had scarce
ly DOTTED his borrowed plumage, be-
fore down came the merchant, who
seeing that Jonathan had sold none
ofhis ware, offered to take the. whole
if he would deduct Is per cent; but
Jonathan said he be darned il he
didn't take 'em home before he'd take
a cent less than his FIRST price. So
the merchant paid him down in gold,
his price for the wooden ware, which
laid on his shelves for many long day
thereafter; and Jonathan trotted hons
in high glee at the success of his MAJ
neuvre, while the merchant cursed
British officers, ever after that.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

~ 4 80.
1 moi we shonld almost expect lo see h.q
/ knees refuse I'D sustain y form hatb0f-
ing such fmpiety.
And were Il pur duty 10 nhtprq
the mind Of child-to cultivate IS i
a pure, chaste, Unaffected, and thex-
ceptionabIe taste. we would begin, not
with books, but with ptrsis simpler,
more efficient teachers. We would
line the nursery with Varieties Of plants
that should be in successive bloom
Throughout the year, when The tiny hand
was large enough, we would put il into
the crystal and the shell, We would put
before the eye Of the microscope and
under It the Hy, the worm and the leaf.
And its lessons of music should come
from brook and field and grove! lls
language Of beauty, and graudusr, and
sublimity should be taught from the
deep forest, and on the mountain top
and crag that looks out upon the deep.
In short it would be the child ofnature,
not Of air.
Such instructors should be ours. Ia
such communion with nature, high
thoughts are born. What man teaches
is imperfect, what he teaches bears the
impress OF the fall, but the works or
nature are perfect, and the language
they speak is true, and the orator, the
poet, the literary man Of any class,
who makes the most free use Of this
source, will be the most successful ia
his efforts.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

"a Life and its End.-Remembor for what pur-
pose you were born and through the whole Of
your life look at its end. Consider, when that
comes, in what you will put your trust Not
in the bubble Of worldly vanity, Il will be bFo-
ken ; not in worldly PleasuTes, they will be
gone not in great connexions, they cannot
with you; not in raHk,'i the grave there 10 no
distinction not in the recollection Of life spent
In a g:ddy conformity to the SILLY fashions Of a
wicked world; but In that Of a life spent sOboFs
ly and cody in the present world.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
TEMPERANCE COMING OF KISSING

OOVAAANO w 1AAN0OAASo'
Willis, in his last letter to the Intelligencer,
writing of the grand Temperance celebration
in New York says:
by the way, it is an overlooked feather in
the cap of temperance, that zoe OaCe IL 10 the
pleasant inrentiOn Of KISSING. In the course
of my reading have fallen in with Il e hlstori-
cal fact, that, when wine was prohibited by
law to the women of ancien. Rome, male rela-
tives had the rights of ascertaining,by tasting
the lips of their sisters and cousins, whether
the forbidden Igor had passed in. The inves-
tigation Of this lip police. it is said. were push
ed with rigor aud vigilance highly credible to
the zeal Of the republic, and for time intem-
perance was fairly kissed away.
Subsequently,, female intoxlcation became
fashionable again Temperance kisses notwlth-
standing y and Seneca QR his EPfs1OLG) IS
thus severe upon the Roman ladies': Their
manners are altogether changed, though their
faces are as captivating as ever. They make
boast of their exploits in drinking. They
will sit through the night with the glass IN their
hands, challenging the men, and often Guido
ing Them Now by restoring the much-abus-
ed and perverted kiss to its original mission
and making of it the sacred apostle Of inquiry
that it was designed fos, it strikes me that the
Temperance committees would have many
more active members and the cause would
assuredly grow on public favor. submit the
hint 10 that admirable snthtsiest Mrs. CHILD.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
KANAWHA SALINEa.

We find the following interesting paTn phi
in the last KanaV ha (Va.) Republican
eve have said before that the subloFrnuoan
wonders ofthe upper Kanawha Valley we're not
half explored, and every ~ proves that there
are not only mysteries but treasures Of wealth,
of which the preceding generation have no con-
ception. When, wear or 80 ago, Mr.. ThoIhp~
kins turned the gas that forced up water under
the kettles to all in converting the bFipA into
salt, thereby saving one hulfof the fuel, il was
thought 10 be a vast stride in the march Of inn
provement and discovery; but now MeBsrs.
Warth and English, at their new furnace, have
actually obtained the Irshman's ,dosidcratum
in the purchase Of two stovos-they sG6e OIL the
fuel. The gas has sufficient power 20 force a
column of water. three inches in diameter, from
the depth of thousand feet 70 the height
of about fifty feet above the surface Of the earth.
II is then turned under the .foTnaee qniied. and
bois the water till II is brought tn Tire slate for
Capitalization, aud then conveyed 70 the cistornO
for evaporation. genaFRtos the steam that passes
through cisterns, and produces The heat that
carries the process Of the eYhporuiion,-
Thus $50 bushels Of salt Of the first quality arc
made per day, without enc particle Of other fuol
than the gas, At these works bul one cis-
tern is YET erected and they are able IA use On~
" halfOf the water tina. is forced up nnotheF "a
in progress Of erection when completed ali
the writer will be used, and 20 or so barela oi
salt manufactured daily, without coal, wood OF
the rays ofthe sun" .-..~
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

Lpnhlic Blessing.

Public BLESSING.
medicine ii is unequailed, and il
h IN removing bilious and 9th
rising from the arrangement o
ducts, and in purifying the
.ertain in the cure of the more
;nts incident to females, CRATE
aromatic tothe smell, and al
n gentle IN its operation, yet sc
no female ought 20. be without
LETT them by its venerable dis
berever they have been intro
.Out the length and breadth OF
ended country, have uniformly
eceived the. approval ofthe pub
not only Cathartic, but also
torative qualities; and such is
htion of the cathartic and res
les, that the system is not re-
a torpid and costive state by
he case with almost every pre-
bre offered to the public as a
Sus complaints. Thousands of
e been given of the unparalleled
/ preparation. They are ex.
their operation, neither caus-
he stomach, or any other un-
uns in the system, as is fire.
with medicine given to act
hence multitudes, who have
IKE other pills or preparations
count of their nauseating eff.
bills without the slightest disa-
stomach and bowels are freed
u. purities, they are at the
rated and brought into health
One making a single trial of
Ind this to be strictly true. In
lists, and is found, that grand
medical science sought after
BY the most distinguished of
ealing art.
rs do not recommend these
or cure, for all diseases; but
where a cathartic or aperient
aed, if used according TO the
II period OF time, they will eff.
4 certain cure; and this much.
doubt by the testimony and re-
huals already given to the pub
hnifest and sensible action up
bhich is the fountain. head of
they may justly be consider
Medicine, and the complaints
/ directly under thier infiu-
hich they are so particularly
foIlows. Bilious Fever, Fever
epsia, Liver Complaits, Sick
tgement of the Spleen, Jaun-
Dropsy, Rheumatism, Piles,
Id Summer Complaints, Fe-
J, Heart Burn, Nausea, Fur
stentIon of the Stomach and
b Diarhee, Flatulence, Habi-
Loss of Appetite, Blotched
exion, and in all cases of Tor
IL.
be above enumerated diseases
eptibIy. and become far advan-
ress before 1t is suspected that
system, 40 one should expect
be at once relieved entirely,
que the use of the pills for a
9th OIL time. Full directions
box, for the use of the pills in
'in!s for which they are recon-
observe, that on the cover of
e TIM is Stamped "PETERs
U.s." and also, that two small
faiSed in the tin, enclrcle each.
dlately, below the cover, and
further end, where it forms a
bottom, and holds it without
not the case with any boxes
ping Peters Pills, the principle
Ire made being the proprletor's
pr which he has obtained a pa
Us for sale, wholesale and retail,
prices by
4. N. JONES & Co.
fREENE HILL.
PlNITH & WILLIAMS.
Druggist; Columbus, Miss.
ply, will be found in every town
Rhe State.
Is4I
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
PEACE PRINCIPLES.

The following story is furnished by cores
pondent of the Boston Courier:
have read of certain regiment ordered to
march into a small town, Gin the Tyrol think
and take it. It CHANGED that the place was
settled by colony who believed the Gospel Of
Christ, and proved their faith BY works. A
courier, from neighboring village informed
them that the troops were advancing to take
the town. They quietly answered, 'Ifthey vii
take it thew must" Soldiers soon came riding
in with coors flying and flies piping shrill def
ance. They looked round for an enemy, and
saw the farmer at his plough. the blacksmith
at his anvil, and the women at their churni
and spinnins. ~hools Rabies crowded round
toihear the music, and the boys ran out to see
the pretty trainers, with feathers and bright
buttons, Ethe harlequins of the nineteenth
century" u
Ofcourse, none of these were in proper
position to be shot at.
"Where are your soldiers?" asked they.
awe have none," was the Brief reply.
"f3ut we have come to take the town.
"WeN, friends, it lies before you"
"But 10 there here nobody to ight!"
"No; we are oil Christians" :,.'f
Here was an emergency altogether unpro-
vided for by the military schools. This was a
sort of resistance which no bullet could hit a
fortress perfectly bomb proof. The comman-
der was perplexed.
"If there is nobody to fight, with of course
we cannot fght,' said he. "lt is impossible
to take such town as this"
So he ordered the horses heads to be turned
about, and they carried the human animals out
of the village, as guiltless as when they enter
ed, and peTchance somewhat wiser.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

. m san ) -

From GFahamss zine, for March
1T SAD. fass ,7.
BY HENRY THE0f IRE TUCKERMAl
Tits sad with 4 rr1ise
To watch lla y. wreck at sea
On the pillows fall and rise !.
f. ias.sl ~ Dreamy,
1t is sad as daybeams fade,
Amid the graves to muse Of fate, &
And the~hearts that time has made
Desolale.
II is sad 70 hear the gale
Der ruined city sweep,
Like nation's dying vail.
Lopd and deep.
II is sad 10 bend aboxs
The lifeless image Of friend
And feel that days Of mortal love
Have and end.
Rnt il is sadder Ax u traoA.
Genius. Ioyeliness and youth
In cherished maiden face,
Wiihdnt truth.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

ACRxzY IDEA BUT Coon ONE.The Asy
lumi Journal, published BY the inmateeof thu
Vermont Asylum for the fnsapes thinks iha
our members Of Congress should be well paid
for their service; for since there is no hono
of Ametbod ID the Madness ofsome folks.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

The beauty Of ChldhOOd.-A lovely woman 81
an object irresistibly enchanting, and the nuas
ters grace of manhood fills the soul with a,proud
sense of the majesty Of human noturo-but
there is something far less earthly and. mol
intimately allied to our hOliest imsginingu in
the purity Of a child. ItsatiSfes the most deI-
icate fancy and the severeSt Judgment Itg hap
py and afectionate feelings are not cdockol By
one guileful thought or one cold Suspicion. lie
little beautIous face betTays each emotion Of So
heart, and il Is az trAnsppEentas the silver
cloud-vei Of a summer sun that shows all tho
FgIt within. Ii is as fearless and uo innocent
in its waking hours as in its quiet alumb6fr.-'
hIve sometimes gazod upon . beautiful child
with passion only eqnalled in intensity hy that
of youthful love. TIE heart at such time, "a
nearly stiHed with mixed emotion of tender
ness, admiration and delight 40 ulmpnt. achcG
with Affection can FULLY gymPathi1e AZ a
mothers idolatfy love al lovely ehiltffrs
and have cften yeaPned 10 imprint fii6tarnd
passionate kisses on strangers child. th0nrh
met, perhaps, but for q moment ID thttlfeo rr
In tie streets, and passing from meflits lais
liant shadow 70 Be seen no more, The sudden
appearances Of child Of exira0rditafy beauty
cones upon Che spirit like lash 81 light rrf
often breaks up train Of Tnelnheh0Ily th6urht-
a. Gun beams scnttaF the miai1 of rnnfninS.-
The changing looks and gtlittdo 81 chiIr-n.
afEord psFpstuaf feast "a etehy oyo thsf 20 n
true perception Of grace and baiuiy - sartl
sons Literary LsaVee
He WHO has health ID rich, Mpueh he mnr
not knew u
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

KNowLEpGE OF BonKs-Knowledge oi
books in reclnse men is ike that sort Of lantern
which hides him who carries it, and serves only
to pass through secrst and gloomy paths of his
own; but in the possession of man ofbuslness
1t is torch in the hand of one who Is willing
and sbie to show to those who are bewildered
IN the way which leads to PROSPERITY and wei,
hre-S Spectator.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

JUVENILE ELooUEhcE Mr.. Chair
man, do not believe there is man, woman
or child IN tins house, who have arrived at the
age Of fifty years and upwards. but what has
felt this truth laundering through their brains
for centuries"
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
2 CREDITORS.
~ OF MISSISSIPPI,
AnES EOIHNr1 V

purL February Term, 1874.
ordered by the Court that John
perry, Harrison Hale and Thorn.
and they are hereby appointed
Of Insolvency, to examine all
pc Estate of Thomas Williams
ecu to distribution, and to re-
Inc claims of the several cred
eld Estate, by advertising the
'he newspapers published in
umous for six months, and that
1 OF their actings in the premi-
ur, said creditors are allowed
Pfllg IN and prove their several
sad decedeRts estate.
G 90, Sampson, Judge of our
On day of FEBRUARY A. D. 1914.
WIN, P. FULLER, clerk. i.
Of the above order the under
Ssloners will meet at the Of
Ontgomery on Main street in
unOus the first Monday in each
months (until the first Monday
to receive and audit claims
State.
sOIgNS'TGoMERY.l
etNUN HALE Commits.
CHRISTIAN, sicners.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04

QUREn ELIzABErH is reported to have said;
-@,rhe skill OF pilot 10 known in q storm;
the yalor OF q soldier on the Geld ofbattle;and
th8 w0fthof n Christian ID time oFtfiakD
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
Ela and IndigeSfi0n.

E ,psld anu indigestion.
~ . aoidity of the stomach.
= /" nod after meals, heartburn,
4. COMPLAINTS. with pain in the
~ !snndice. bilious complaints.
gravel. stone, and indamnna-
4, |, S = most perfectly removed
" ,EELLXER OF HEALTH.
lSssSVNES g. Co. Druggist.
Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-04
III FOR COTTON.

IT, market price will be paid for
ifprefcred, liberal advances will
= I'm shipments to Mobile.
J. l.. CLARK.
March 81, 1914.
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PRICE TEN CENTS PER WEEK,
NUMBER 1877

and general character, and not having the slightest
reference to the circumstances in reference 10
which they have been brought together The
company breaks up, and the young persons, ON
their return home, are respectively asked BY
their parents bow they like the proposed " par
10 enter into the matrimonial state, Is usually
returned by EACH The answer Of the one is
communicated to the other The young gen,ie-
man then visits the young lady al her parents
house two or three times, but always in the pre-
sence of her mother or some elderly female re-
lat;on. A day is appointed for the marriage,
which usually takes place in few weeks. The
bridegroom, for such he may now virtually be
considered, must still observe the greatest Tor
mality towards his intended wife, not even TAX
ing the liberty of giving her kiss as they part,
unless he has previously obtained the consent of
her mamma, or the matronly relative who has
the care of her.--Paris and us people.
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DR. TAYLoR's BALsAM OF LlvERwoRT,

nR. TAYLOR'S BALSAM OF LlVERWORT,
IL prepared at 375 Bowery, New York, Is Justly
celebrated as the most wonderful curative Of pulmo-
nary diseases in the whole range Of pharmacy, some
Of our most respectable physicians it in their prac
tice prescribing it the best of all remedies for pull
monary complaints and physical debility, and they
.unhestatngly recommend it to be kept in every
family Of consumptive tendency. 1t is universally
received of the standard medicines of the day.
The great merit Of DIR. Taylors Basam is that in all
cases of pulmonary complaints it gives immediate re-
lief. single bottle will, in most cases, reveal its
astonishing virtues, and open at once the fountain
of health and strength to the afflicted Read the fol-
lowing certificate
Being constitutionally predsposed to Consump-
ton. IA number of my family having died with this
disease) and having suffered from irritation of the
Lungs, accompanied with cough and raising matter
and blood together with severe pain in my side and
breast, till was supposed TO BIZ bevond recovery,
was induced by advice of DR. Perkins. as last re-
Sort to try "Taylor's Balsam of L,vcrwort" have
taken five bottles in ALL began To improve with the
first bottle, and while taking the third was so lar re
covered as TO be able TO get about Since which
time, by continued use Of il, am quite restored and
able to attend to my usual business 10 persons suf-
ering from coughs and affections of The Lungs, do
earnestly recommend It.
(signed) Il "JAS. C. sCoTT.n
ELlzABE,H CRY, N. C Dec. IT, 1872 ag
Observe-The only genuine Taylor's Balsam Of
Liverwort has engraved label around each bottle,
with the signature Of DIR. t'ordon J. Leeds, attached
to prevent counterfets In order to be certain of OBJ
tanning the genuine article, purchase only at the
original Office, 375 Bowery. te sH
n Or of CHARLES STOTT,
Pennsylvania avenue, corner of 18th street.
..et Aud JAMES M. DORSETT,
fs. Washington, ID. G..
GEORGE M. SOrilURON,
Georgetown, D.
FL HENRY COOK,
And JOHN j. SAVERS,
feb 5--6m Alexandra, d. G.
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ARABIAN HoRsEDEALERs.

When boat load of horses arrives fresh from
the Persian Gulf, nothing can exceed the excite
ment produced among the racing members OF the
Bombay Society, with that Of the hunting portion
of the world generally who may chance to'be for
the time at the presidency. The horses, from hav-
ing been slowed closely together, much as the
poor Africans are described TO be on board sav-
err. with little food, less water, and no, exercise.
lose all their beauty of appearance, and are COM
monty reduced to mere bone and muscle; the ex-
perienced eye, however, judges better ofthem in
this state, roundness of form being quite unneces-
sary for showing the real power or symmetry OF
high caste Arab; therefore, as soon as the sdow'
discharges its cargo, the sporting men hurry to
the stables, and make an immediate selection,
frequently paying three or four hundred pounds
for what to an unskilful eye might seem but the
diseased framework of horse. After this the
Arab dealers exert all their skill to pass off at the
best prices the nags that are considered unworthy
to contest the glories Of either the turf or the
jungle-sde," and this they effect with admira-
BILE jockeyship. Being all excellent riders, Qor
clinging to- horse seems not amatter ofacquire-
ment but ~ nature With A1ah,Il!hs'a sixth.
sense,} assasvant ufathe stab)eG &iR9s iEii0sef
ON the bare back cf the most vicious animal in
his masters spossession, perhaps, and with tan
| gled locks aud garments wildly flowing, gal op
| MIN backwards and fOrewards while the unlnlti-
| ated and hoped-for purchaser wcnderingiy looks
on, convinced that the heavy shouldered, hatchet-
headed. zebra-sriped brute before him must be
the perfection of high caste and fine temper to be
so managed with single rope-bridle. aud the
spur of bare heel, ana in this spirit the dealer
persuades his victim to give large sum for q
horse that runs away with him the first time he
mounts him, and kicks him of. the second. The
deluded purchaser seldom likes to acknowledge
this, and the dealer, therefore, hears no more Of
him, the dupe of Els skill hastens to barter the
Unconditional animal with friend and, alb " do
ing business" as it is called, isa great amusement
among the young men in India, the matter is soon
arranged, and the original purchaser gets rid Of
the horse for perhaps clever pony. a Z" Mackin-
| tosh," and dozen or two of pale ale, and after
| all, when in experienced hands, the horse often
| turns out valuable hunter, and earns great re-
pu;aton.--Bom6dy in 1913: Asiatic Magazine.
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FRENCH COURI'SHIPS.

A husband and wife have a son, one-and-twen-
ty or two-and-twenty years Of age whom they
wish to see suitably married. Another husband
and wife have a daughter, somewhat younger,
whom they also wish to see settled IN lie -
The former mention TO some friend that they
wish to see their son married, naming the sum
they mean to give him as his portion, and init
mating that they will be happy il their friend
should be able in few weeks, to tell them OF
any friend of his who has a daughter whom he
wishes to see married, and who can give the
same sum with her. The parents of the young
lady make the same communication to some
friend in reference to her The friend of the
family, in either case, then runs over in his own
mind the names of all the families, in the same
station of life, with whom he is intimate. Even
tually the former meets with some father who Is
willing to give his daughter the same amount as
his friends are willing to give with their son.--
He commences the negotiation by remarking. /" l
have "a friend who has son, aged so-and-so,
who wishes to see hin married, and is willing
to give h m certain sum as his portion. You
have daughter a few years younger, Tor OF the
same age, as the case may be,) think, If you
are disposed to give similar fortune with your
daughter, that a very suitable and mutually adj
vantageous match might be made between the
parties" IL the other agrees, which is almost
invariably the case, it is Immediately arranged
that the parents Of the two young persons them
selves shall meet some early evening at the
house of some friend, in order that the young
gentleman and lady may see how they like each
other, before any farther steps are taken in the
matter. They are both informed Of the object
for which they are TO meet, and are asked to en-
deavor to make themselves as agreeable as pos
sible. They accordingly meet, are introduced 10
each other as persons whom their parents are
DESTROYS, if agreeable to themselves. Of seeing
united, because they conceive the match wooic
prove Conducive ID their mutual happiness. A
few words pass between them Of very vague