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The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-04-25

MANIAC BROTHERs.-Two brothers arri.
we'd in Pittsburg on Wednesday, last, and
took lodgings at the Monongahela House.
Immediately after entering their room they
commenced a run on the bar for drinks.
which they kept up until two o'clock on
Thursday morning, when the house was
alarmed by the cry of murder. On repair.
ing TO their rooms, the inmates Of the house
found on the floor one of the young men.
apparently dead, with large cash on his
head, his face beaten and hideously bruised,
and the floor covered with blood. Over him
stood his drunken brother, with the rem.
nants Of chair in his hand, which he had
been.beating his brother with. In his frenzy
he had taken his brother for robber. and
beaten him nearly to death. The injured
party, it is thought, may recover. An awful
warning to young men, and equally so to
the rum seller.
The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-04-25

&AsaaIOl
The bank stock, il is feared, is a to,allOss
amounting to $4S 900.
| The subscriptions remaining unpaid a.
mount to more than 0,O00-of which,
large portion will not be paid. No suit has
ever yet been resOrted 10, to recover from
subscriber. The subscriptions, especially
the large ones, were paid with great prompt
itude until the year 1888, when our melan-
choly reveFses began to be experienced.
! Debts against the institu ii on are chiefly
confined 10 tho claims of the faculty, amount
ing to $4,000.
1t is due to the faculty to state; that they
have, with great liberality, relinqshed part
of their salaries-the president, ST. 900 per
annum for the last four years; and the pro-
lessons of mathematics and languages, $500
each per annum for the same length of time
and the president has relinqushed the inter
est on arrearages not paid, amounting to
nearly $4,000.
1t is believed that out of the subscriptions
in hand which are good, enough can be col
Iected to pay all demands, so as to protect
the property from embarrassment. The a.
bOVe statement is not precisely accurate, ow-
ling TO the absence of the treasurer-but be.
Iieved TO be nearly so.
In view of the growing Importance of our
stale, and the demands for home instruction,
the board Of trustees and the faculty would
fam enlarge their sphere of operations, and
make this college all that thought 10 be-
To effect this, they want
!. More extensive accommodations for
students.
2. Funds to finish the main building.
3. Funds to erect building for the Prepar-
atory Department.
: 4. A Professor Of Chemistry, Geology,
: Minerology, &c.
a 5. A Professor of Theology, Natural The.
;, ology, and EV. of Christianity.
3 6. There has been demand for a Profes
$ sorship of Modern. Languages; and in con
nection with this, it is desirable 10 teach mu.
2 sic, both vocal and instrumental
d After the statement was read, the Rev
d l.. ]. HALsEV, of jackson, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
n !. Res0tUed, That the condition of GU
country lmperiously demands that vigorous
y exertiOns be made TO promote home gduca
, ton; and for this purpose, that institution
OF leatning be established and endowed with
4. in the state, fully furnished to give all the ia
:, cilities TO the youth ofOur country, whicl
to are nowinduced TO leave their native state
le The resolution being seconded, Mr.. II
e, addressed the chair in support thereof, afte
or which, ii was unanimously adopted.
Jos. S. JOHNSON. Esq, Of Jefferson, offer
ID ed the following resolution:
- 2. ResoIDed. That The past history an
l. present condition Of Oakland College al
es such as 10 inspire eur hopes that what "
IN desire at home may be obtained; and thatw
e. hereby recommend tito the patronage ofou
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WEAR OF RAILROAD IRON has been the fruitful
subject Of discussion for some time past between
two rival companies in this State. We extract from
the Railroad Journal the following communication
upon the subject, which may help some Of the dis
putants to form correct conclusion:
"My attention has been called to an article in the
Journal Of the 3lst, ut, entitled Wear of Railroad
Iron which seems to prove that the present iron in
use will not bear heavy traffic for any length of
time The writer Of this article takes the iron used
the Lowell railroad, and says that this iron is Of
the most approved pattern, viz: the II, weighing Sc
lbs. per yard and goes TO state that the company
have found It necessary to take mp and renew the
rails after having borne but 400 900 tons; and there
fore sets down 1000 tons as the maximum which
iron of that weight will bear.
81 will Just give the comparison between the Low
ell and the Philadelphia and Reading roads; and take
that portion of the road extending from Pottstown
to Reading, distance Of II miles. This track was
first used in 1897, and there has been transported
over one track, from that time to the present, the
following amount of freight, including passengers,
merchandise, and coal:
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CIRcAssIA--A letter from ST. Petersburg, 10 the
Courier des Etats Unis, from which the New
York Evening Post translates the following, states
that, SO far from having experienced new reverse
in the Caucasus, the Russian army has possessed
itself Of post, the occupation Of which is very i'm
portant for their operations in the mountains The
Circassians to the number Of three thousand, have
suffered severe losses and three Of their chiefs have
fallen into the hands Of Count Waronzof
II is certainly not impossible that the Russian
army Of operations, consisting of IS 900 men, may
have Obtained some partial success; bat letters from
Ts render it certain that the plan Of the campaign
has failed, and that the line has been broken by the
Circassians. Count Waronzoff, though an indif-
fercnt military leader is not destitute Of admins
trative talents. He has introduced order in the
army, but has not succeeded in infusing into the
Russian soldier--a slow marcher, and an automaton
in manGuvring-thc qualities necessary TO fit him
for successful mountancer warfare.
Besides other disadvantages in this contest, Rus
STA has against her the "reminiscences Of her own
government in Caucasia; for among her most for
midable and desperate enemies, she finds the popu-
laon Of those districts that she has had under
her control They know, by dreadful experience,
that death with arms in hand is preferable to Rus
sian domination. And hence that desperate and
determined resistance which the love Of indepen-
dence, great as itis among all mounaineers, does
not suffice to account for.
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NAPoLEoN's TREATMENr OF LADIES AT THE In
PERIAL CounT--Towards ladies, especially those
of his court his conversation inelegant in the
highest degree--often, indeed, harsh and imperti-
neni Louis XIV, the proudest monarch Of his
time, never spoke TO lady unless hat in hand;
but Napoeon's manners were different; he over
whelmed both old and young with questions regard
ing their age and their faults, and nsucd them by
the rudest remarks: "You are a little fooln "You
are always ill-dressed!' 'sfou are already old,'
'sThere you come again with the same gown!''
ssYour skin is dark and coarse"--were speeches OF
character too often addressed to defenceless
women, forced to submit in silence to the rudeness
of enthroned vulgarity. y,
Nothing can better illustrate this statement than
Napoleon's treatment of Madame do Chevreuse.
This lady Gone Of the ladies' Of the palace---dame
da palas) was young, lively, and handsome; and,
as pretty women occasionally presume on such ad-
vantnges, q little addicted to ralery. She had,
however, very red hair; and the Emperor, wishing
to punish her for some witty remark, and thinking
that the obnoxious color of her ringets might be
sore point called attention to il at party, saying
"What shocking red hair you have, Madame de
Chevreuse." The lady courtesed deeply, and an.
swered with great quickness, 81 may possibly have
red hair, but your Majesty is the first gentleman
who ever told me So" The speech was too good
to escape attention, and Madame de Chevreuse was
banished to the distance of forty leagues from Paris
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NAVAL.

We understand that orders received here on Sun
day changing the destination Of the gate Congress from
eve the Potomac in eaky condition at Pensacola
This latter ship has been ordered to Norfolk and her
to be transferred to the frgate Columbia Captain Stock
ton Is to proceed 10 the Gulf Of Mexico the Con
gess manned The following officers have been ordered
to this ship: M
Commander Samuel F. Dupont; Lieutenants John w.
\ Ed, W. Gwathmey Master " r. Morgan; Surgeon
Samuel Moseey Passed Assistant Surgeon John $. Whit
tie; Assistant Surgeon Charles Eversfeld 'Y
detachment Of 80 Marines under the charge Of Lieut.
nsng for the United States frgae Congress
from Baltimore Sunday last in the steamer Georgia
Onhe arrival Of the United State brig Porpose at Pensa
cola she nearly out Of water provisions sc, Having
taken on board fresh supply she put to again in few
nours, lor her destination, the coast OF Texas
The above article is from the ''Norfok Beacon
Of the 18th instant--a journal which is generally
correct in its naval intelligence. In two respects,
however, the preceding article is inaccurate In III,
hrst place. the Potomac is not ordered to Norfolk.
We have seen authentic letter from one Of her Of
hcers, of the Goth instant, which says; EVERY
'hlng that can be expected from the limited means
Afforded by this yard, and the resources of the
snip, has been done in this position, for repairing
'ne leak IN the stern ofthe Potomac. ! am in grea
hopes that, in the course Of the coming week
we may be able to succeed in stopping it," O
course 1t is not correct to say that "her crew is tc
DC transferred to the frigate Columbia"
Morris Captain Stockton to proceed in the Con-
sress to the Gulf of Mexico. His. destination, as
we have already announced, is to be the Pacific
'Nor as has been idly alleged, is his big gun TO b.
transferred to the Congress.)
IL IS possible, and it may be probable, that thu
Columbia, as also noticed by the Beacon, may be sem
'he Gulf. Ii is well understood that the number
u Seamen employed in the navy, is limited by law
between seven and eight thousand. The Sccreta
Vsauemptng, blythe most iudicious arrangements
" economist the number in certain ways, as tc
rnO~ sufficient complement to man the Columbia
"emay truly say that no means are spared by the
department to place the navy in the most efficient
'Oaui''on to meet the present contingency Of ou
public affairs.
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OFFICIAL.
TEXAS MAILS.
Posr OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
Auo,ist d. lb45.

Posr OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
August IS, lo45.
Ordered, That mails be duly made up at New Or
leans and Mobile, and transmitted by the steam
boats and other vessels in the service OF the govern
ment, from those ports to Galveston and Corpus
Christi, IN Texas, often as said boats or vessels
shall perform trips those places. Said boats will
be placed under the iron mail-lock, and keys for
said lock will be furnished by said postmssers to
the postmaster of Galveston and to the captains OF
said steamboats, or other vessels also, spare mail
bags.
The postmasters of New Orleans and Mobile will
keep separate with the postmaster OF Cal
weston, of all unpaid postage on Matchmaker sent
for delivery at that place. They will keep sepa-
rate with each captain for like postage on all
unpaid matter sent by him to Corpus Christi, or any
place to which ne may sail other than Galveston.
The postmaster Of Galveston will collect, account
for and pay over TO the postmaster of New Orleans,
Mobile, Gas the may be,) all hostages on mail
matter delivered by him, not prepaid And the sew
eral captains aforesaid WILL in like manner collect,
account for, and pay over, where they deliver the
letters, &c which delivery they to make at all
places at which they touch other than Galveston.
Return mails will be made up and forwarded by
the postmaster of Galveston; and Matchmaker from
Corpus Christi and other places, will be received
and brought by the captains aforesaid which mails
and Matchmaker will be delivered into the post Office
of New Orleans, or Mobile as the case may be.
(Sgned) c.. JOHNSON,
Postmaster General.
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UNITED STATES TROOPS IN TExAs.-The Buffalo
Commercial furnishes (what we have not seen else
where) correct list Of the United States troops
dered to Texas OF mounted or flying artillery,
there are four companies; two of which are COM
manded respectively by Brevet Major Ringgod and
Lieutenant Duncan.
OF infantry, the Sd, 4th, 7th, and 9th regiments
the Cd regiment of Dragons, an effective force Of
5000 men, under the command Of Brevet Brgadier
General u. Taylor an officer of great experience and
approved valor No more troops have been ordered
as vet; and the presumption is, that none will be,
unless Mexico resorts to some decided offensive
measures.
The artillery and infantry move by sea, and are to
disembark at Arkansas bay in Texas. The Dragons
were en- route over land.
The Detroit Advertiser of the 2lst, has para
graph noticing the departure of the DE Witt Clinton
for the Maumee river, with five companies of the
5h infantry on board, which are also said TO be
route for the "seat of war" They 60 by the Maui
NEE canal to the Ohio river, and thence to the JEFF
ferson barracks, unless new order shall direct
them at once TO Texas.
The following is list Of the companies and Of
fcers on board the De Wit Clinton;
Staff.-Bvt. Brig Gen. @. B. Brooke, command
ing; Lieut. George Deas, adjutant; and Surgeon
Company Capt j. Lynde and Cd Lieut..
Fowler.
Company D.--Capt. J. L. Thompson, LIST Lieut..
R. B. Macy, A. C. s. and I'd Lieut.. p. Lugenbeel.
Company H.--Capt. E. X. Smith, LIST Lieut. A.
Company C.-lst Lieut.. ]. H. Whipple.
Company E.-Capt G. G. Sibley, ID Lieut.. M
Rosencrantz.
The five companies at Macknac, Sault Ste. Ma.
rie, and Fort Wilkins, viii follow in few days.
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The Nfw Yoax MuRDER.-A great sensation

THE New YoRK MuRpER--A great sensation
has been produced in New York, in relation to the
alleged suicide Of Sophia Smith, in Chambers street.
and the impression is very prevalent that she was
foully murdered. Guilt Of the deepest dye rests
somewhcre and the police authorities are busiy en-
gnged in their inquiries The Herald truly remarks
that the facts in the certainly very remark
able and mysterious, and are utterly irreconcabIe
with the supposition that the poor girl committed
suicide. In the first place, the body was found ~
ing on the floor Of the bedroom perfectly Invested
of clothing That, OF ITSELF is almost sufficient to
prove that it was not suicide. Even the most
abandoned female, if determined to commit the act
of seIfdestruction, would shrink with horror from
the idea Of leaving her person exposed in this
manner. But, again, the door was not locked. II
not this further evidence that the girl did not die
by her own handi Is II at all within the bounds
Of probability that she could have deliberately
set about the work Of selfdesuucton, and yet
have taken no precaution against being inter
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Democratic.
$500
56,232
\. 3,137

The first district is put down from the governors
vote last year. there being congressional oppose
ton this year. In the other districts have taken
the vote Of last August in Clinton county in the 4h
district Owsey in the 9th district Carter in the 9Th
district and Grant in the 10th district. It is within
a few votes of correct, no doubt. 1t will thus be
SEEM that while the wings have increased only about
100 over their November vote, and about 600 over
their last August VOTE the democrats have increased
their vote over COL Buffers, the largest given
by them before in the Suite, about 1900; and over
the presidential vote in November, about $500. It
will also be seen we are still on the increase; and
with upwards Of J0fysir thousand democrats for a
capital to operate npon we do not fear but they will
PROSTATE whigery in the State.
Kentucky Yeoman.
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STATE OF MAINE.

To The Editor Of The Uni0n
W. ara inst an Tho eve NJ nm ;mnor,an, elec,;o,
and IN some resnccta he most imnor,ant Of any
State election for manv wears -
The nrnc;nes end noIcv of he new adm;nis,r,-
t;on are heinz velored. ne recent;on of which will
~ .oroo naaasuro 10 ;nd;c.ted ~, ba rasult of hi,
sIec,;on. and \, ia If vial ;mnor,ance ~ Mans ~
sns,a;n that nroud nostion which ahe holds n the
Jemocracv of The ITn;on md which she will Gen.
eayor 10 deserve, Il = her dutv 10 mace bv the
$40 of H., haIayaJ Ea;rsel Z man r. liLe nr;ncnes
bat Tho accidental a,a;n NAV Ina w;ned fam III es,
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GANT coRN.--Mr. William Crispin, Of MARI
borough farm, Great Timber Creek, j., yesterday
brought TO this Office some stalks ofcon, than
six inches in circumference, and thirteen feet nine
inches IN height The reader may well manifest
surprise, bat the statement rs nevertheless strictly
They excited no little attention, and were examined
during the day by hundreds. Mr.. C. informs us
that the only manure used was about eighty BUSH
els Of stone lime to the acre. He thinks that il The
crop had been Intentionally arranged for ''long
CROP and planted at certain distances, the produce
would have been over three hundred bushels to the
acre. Surely the worthy farmer alluded to deserves
the premium for corn. We may confidently cha-
lenge the production Of anything superior
Phil paper.
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NEW MUSIC.

TIME following new music is this day received
- and for sale at a reduced price, at the old es-
tablished music and stationery store, Pennsylvania
avenue, two doors east of 18th street.
WIN. FISCHER.
Erin's Daughter; music by Chas. Jeffreys.
Consistency; music by on amateur.
When slumber's pinions DER me play; Balfe
Oh! II was not my own native land; by w. F.
Brough.
Moonlight is sleeping music by A. Phillips
Kate O'Shane; by Geo. Linley.
The hearts despair; music by Fl. 8. Saroni.
However bright the sea tonight: by Bale.
Love strong in death; by J. H Hewitt.
Woman's heart; music by Bale.
La Madagascarina, grand valse; by Blessner.
Dagobert, grand mil gallop; by Blessner.
Pas de Deux de Ia Peri; by Bergmulcr.
The gondolier; by ChauIieu.
On the mountain high, (Swiss airy by Schubert
Peri Quadrilles; by Musard.
Fairy bell waltz; by Edw. Howe, ir.
Trorial waltz; by II. Knecht
Tulip waltzes; by Beethoven.
Arlington waltzes by J. Fl. Hewitt.
Charlotte waltz; by Austin Phillips.
Italian waltz; by DE Begins.
Aug. %
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For some fanced injury done TO their property
on Long Island by the railroad, some individuals on
Saturday away the support ofa bridge, by
which the cars, with their passengers, would have
been precpitated into abyss, and their lives prob
.blv ali been sacrificed There were about one hun
dred and ffty passengers in the cars, but the in
Jury to the bridge was discovered in time to prevent
the danger The upright timbers on each end were
entirely cut away with axes and the bridge left so
as TO present no appearance of danger from the road
and yet to be absolutely unsafe for the passage OF
the train. The track was torn up for distance OF
many rods on the eastern side Of the bridge. The
men by whom this great outrage was committed,
were about forty in number, and their faces were
blackened, and their persons otherwise disguised.
The Waterman who discovered them seized by
them and severely beaten. He escaped, however,
80 as give seasonabe notice of what had occurred,
ard thus to prevent, undoubtedly, grea, sacrifice
of life to the dreadful spirit OF revenge.
(Phiiadephia Ledger.
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Hon. GEoRGE A. CAIDwELL.-Whe it is rec
objected that the district in which this gentleman
was lately beaten by 70 votes, was, in 1910, Gem
.ra Harrisons banner district in the banner State,
giving him nearly 1000 mnjorty-more than was
gvenn any other congressional district in the United
States-and in 1874, gave Gov. Owslcy nearly 200
majority, and Clay 1882, il will be admitted that
Mr.. Caldwell ran the best race ever run by any
man, The wings strained every nerve--their can
didate was wealthy, and had wealthy relatives
who were liberal in their expenditures, and his
vote was greater than that Of either Clay or Owsley
Yet the wings came welInigh being defeated, and
their immense majority is swept by the board. We
predict no man will ever beat Caldwell there again.
Kentucky Yeoman.
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rupied, and her purpose defeated, by some one
of the numerous inmates of the house entering
her apartment But the appearance of the body
presented most indubtablc evidence that other
hands than her own deprived her Of life. In the
hrsl place, piece Of muslin, several yards in
length, and two or three inches broad, was found
stuffed firmly in her throat and mouth; then around
her neck bandage Of muslin, that had been pre-
yiously soaked IN water, tied firmly, after having
been rolled round six seven tines handkerchief
was tied around her head aud chin; in her right
hand was "a knife unstained by blood, and grasped
was placed there after death; and the marks of a
few recent punctures were discovered on the abdo-
men. Now is it at all possible that the various acts
which we have described could have been commit
ted by the girl herself The gagging alone was suf
cient to produce death. The punctures in the abdo
men must have been before the gaggng or the ap-
plication of the bandage around the neck; but how
could the knife have been still retained in the handl
The idea Of suicide is ridiculous in the extreme
The girl was murdered Philadelphia keystone.
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Extract Of letter from agsntleman Of Biount county,
East Tennessee, to friend in this city, dated

East Tennessee, to friend IN This city, dated
Aueusr is, l845.
Ex-President Houston has just left us, having
spent some two weeks, with his lady, among u.s.
We gave him dinner on Thursday last. II was
most splendid affair The weather was unfavom-
BILE, in the morning, for turnout still, we had
crowd of 1000 or 5000 never saw but one larger
assembly. The general made the most effective
speech, Of two hours length the subject Of Tex
as, ever heard delivered by any man. Wings and
democrats, without distinction, united in doing him
honor; and a more harmonious and better pleased
assembly have never seen meet and separate
Houston is a democrat all over; and although he
disclaimed interfering in party politics, yet the
Texas question naturally caused him, without APP
pearing to design it, to make some heavy thrusts at
the wing party. ! much regret to see some of our
democratic papers giving circulation, without COM
n,ent to the productions of etter-wrers from Tex
as, striking indirectly at Houston. Texas ours, a
more certain course could not be adopted TO divide
our party, than for the democratic press to make
war on Houston. He is a powerful man among
the masses
Our State election, as you have heard, has result
ed favorably. How gratifying this must be to our
distinguished President; how gratifying 1t would
have been to our venerable departed friend at the
Hermitage, had Providence spared his life TO have
Witnessed the result and how gratifying il must
be to the whole democratic party throughout the
Unionl i once more feel proud of my State.