The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-09-20

sepb's a per "a tfadsf) rsus ~, who stated hs
was just from ibe vicinity ~ Msls1ofas, Tho
force there vAs no more than thousand mtb,
No newH-~all quiet, with iLr exception ~
quarrel bets eeb The Cumanehes and seiglbu.
400 tribe"
II ....,sss $3.50
The following extract Of letter written by,
siiizen " Nouib Carolina, 10 q gentleman n
this vicinity, will doubtless be read With cOnsd.
cradle interest, Dsmperaic Waieh. Tower.
i CnrsTsvr 6novt, ~ &, August 10. 1si5.
Dear Svi--I received yours Of he gist uIli,po
and am happy TO hear Of the prosperity Of your
County, for be- assured, the ,idinRs We hear
from North, South, E,s, OF West, are generally
Of tho most gloomy character, That our lfos
poets arc bad in the farming line, 10 to express
tho thing cody, they are ruH6us beyond any
thing you have heard or can conceive Of there
has nothing like II occurred within the memory
OF man. And how VIC are TO got along 10 q
problem time only can solve. The Frost killed
our wheat, Tho bug has eirely destroyed or
corn crop, the drought has Gu, of our cotton
crop and dried up our wells and springs, and pri.
walton of ali the necessaries VI fs s a thing /,
and spoken Of IN every circle, We have here.
tofore spoke of hard times when our granares
were filed to overlooking, when our tables were
literally groaDing under all the luxurles Of life,
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| the sower, but we are now IN earnest. Time,
are hard aud the prospect IN future is such that
the stoutest heart qualls in anticipation. Corn
can be had at no price. Our cit zens alarmed
went in bodies up into the adjoining counties ~
NJ Carolina and bought all the snrpps cr,;n
they could get a, 37t to IS cents for corn and
ST. 90 fot wheat, bu at eoHrce Of supply il On,
off, the drought is as bad there as here ard IA.
mine seems 10 threaten those who alwavs had
to spare heretofore. Il is said and suppose !,
is so, that corn can be brought from the Westo
Columbia for 50 to 60 cents per bushel, if tina,
is the case starvation will be prevented bu, dos.
tuition viii abound for we will have NOTHING N
buy with only for mere su. sistence. There are
hundreds of acres Of good land in corn that
wont make one bushel per acre and there are
farmers of considerable force who have hereto.
fore made corn IN abundance and to ell who
will NJ make bushel. II does seem lha, our
co Intry has been scourged With a rod of iron.
The pestllence for tie asst few years has aked
forth as strong man armed killing it's thou.
sands, and bring ng sorrow and distress into
every family, destroying the energies of our
peopie and banching every face and every
heart with his parazing influence, now famine
following al his heels, has stretched her gloomy
sceJtre abroad and every one has fearful eyl.
dence that her reign will be, and that ere long
universal and supreme. What are we to do!
rise in body and leave this doomed Ian !, hich
has The appear nee Of becoming a. uninhahta.
he as these deserted spots we read of in hoy
writ, and described by modern travellers, in as.
pect as forebodng as the bleak and dreaiy sum.
init. of Sinai or as the verdureless and desert.
appearance Of the valley of FL Ghor. This
course suggests istl, but then we can't it is
impo SHE for any country TO depopuate lttei
at one fell swoop, those who ale under the
greatest necessity to 60 are the very parsons
who cannot avail themselves of that remedy.
Our country is in bad fix and it is enough to
craze airy one who will let his mind con- template
its picture as held up in the prospective.
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BOUNDARY QUESTION The question the
Wing and ourself have been discuss ing as to
the right Of Texas to tie country between the
Nueccs and the Del Norte, is not one Of lrfns
mpo tanoe. THIS territory at the south in.
cludes region OF the greatest fertility, abound.
ing in all the products of the tropics, and SUI.
fcient to form state as large as Mississippi;
and at the north includes vast region-enough
for two or three states, in which lies the veal.
thy FL Dorado Of Santa Fe. The question is
yet to agi,ate the country, and must be settled
by war or diplomacy. We regard il, so far as
the south Is concerned, as of mme asurablv
greater importance than the dispute about Ore.
, gon. We call upon our candidates for congress
and the aspirants TO the senate to express them.
selves on question which must Inevitably in
some manner, be brought before them. For
ourselves, we regard our right to the declared
limits of Texas, both by our original claim to it,
as part of l. ,uisiana, and by the annexation OF
: that republic, ''as clear and unques,ionable -
Sentinel.
: The Poor OF MExIco.--A late writer gives a
frightful picture of the condition of the poor in
Mexico. He says-The miserable novels in
which the Indians are lodged are far below deg
kennel, they being slowed away under roof OF
thatch, stuck in the bare ground, with hole
left at one end to crawl in. Even the better
sort are only composed of few canes and a
thatch. The inhabitants Of these novels are
equally wretched with their dwellings. In fact,
the idea we have given US of the poor popua.
ton of the city Of Mexico is perfectly frigh,ful.
Backened in the sun, their hair long and tan.
gled, ignorant Of the use Of water, brush, or
towel putting on pair Of leathern breaches at
twenty, and wearing them without change until
forty, atattered hat begrimed with denominations
with wild eyes, shining teeth, and features
|pnched by hunger, with bare breasts and arms,
and, if females, two or three miniatures trotting
behind, and one strapped on the back, the lepero
Qrom lepra, leper,) tho nor suffering from the
malady, hang about the markets, and pulque
shops, quarrelling, drinking, and stealing, and
lying drunk, with their children crying with
hunger around them. At night they SINK otto
the suburbs, and coil themselves up in their
damp, unwholesome lars.
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