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Septsmber 80
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
NC. MSS. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1876

scene Of desolation and terror, like yirtue
10 the midst ofa burning world, enveloped
ont nnscathed by the devouring elements.
Napoleon stood and gazed on the scene in
silent awe. Though nearly three miles
distant, the windows and walls of his
apartment were so hot that he could scarce
ly bear his hand against them. Said he.
years afterward:
II was the spectacle of the sea and bill
lows OF fire, sky and clouds of flame,
like immense waves Of the sea. alternately
bursting forth and eevaling themselves 10
skies of fire, and then sinking into the
ocean OF flame below. Oh, il was the
most grand, the most sublime, and the
most terrific sight the world ever beheId!"
Dckensshas the follow
ing beautiful thoughts in his "Nicholas
Nicklebv p Courier.
at is exquisite and beautiful thing ia
our nature that when The heart is touched
and soitened by some tranquil happiness
or afectonate feeling, the memory of the
dead comes over it most powerfully and
irreSlstably. 1t would almost seem as
though our better thoughts and Sympathies
were charms, in virtue of which the soul
is enabled TO hold one vague and myste-
rlous intercourse with the spirits of those
whom We dearly loved in life. Alas! how
long and how often may those patient
angels hover above us, watching for the
spell which is seldom uttered, and soon
forgotten"
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04

To oolivion's eerga remote,
To plunge and b. unseen
Like tints Of vernal flowers,
That charmth' admiring eye
Like loves bewitching powers,
That cause SO many sigh;
Like bubbles chance has blown.
In his peculiar freaks;
Like thunder's dying tone,
Like lighlning's fiery streaks; -
Like meteoric CLEANS
That meier repeat their fires,
Like sleeps imperfect dreams,
Whose memory expires
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
For fhs True DtzseNof
On the RTutnbIlify OF Life.

BYAp srRouD
Like Autumn leaves we al
Soon fade and disappear;
I1ke muses. notes that call,
Then saniSh from The ear
Like murmuring streams hat sit2s
From orieui fouals along,
To ossan'snoisT tids
That browns sseh uresmle's bsnE.
Like forms Of Light thar hoaf
Through sney's riiied sheen,
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04

SLAVERY IN MExIco-In the leading arti.
Gle ofthe Commercial Times, of Saturday, it is
said that the Constitution Of Mexico prohibits
slavery This is very true buithere.is aspe-
cies Of servitude existing in nthat coutry more
oppressivet than any in the United States The
entire labor on the Mexican ranches, or plan
tations, is accomplished BY the Indiaus, who
are bound by contract to do a certain amount
Of labor for certain compensation. The ow
ners Of these plantations always manage 10
keep the Indians in debt 10 them, and thus rem
der necessary an additional amount Of toll TO
liquidate the obligation. Until tina is achiev-
ed, the laborer cannot quit the farm, is not an
independent being, and is restrained by a SORT
Of vasSallage from which be cannot escape,
and which not unfrequenlly retains him in
thralldom until old age crippIes his physical
frame, and bis employer releases him to get
rid Of bis burthen. The inquity OF ibis avs
TEN is fully developed il Waddy Thompson's
recollectiohs Of Mexico.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
We e1Irael Ihe foIIovIng fTom BIack

We extract the following from Black
wood:
Bot every nation loves TO intoxicate
ITSELF and the Mexican boasts of the most
nauscous invention for the purpose among
the discoveries Of man Pulque, the ma
tional beverage, is the juice Of the Agave
Americana, feFtnented The original
p2ess BY which the fermentation IS pro-
duced lone which we shall not venture 20
deiaii; but The liquor obtained from the
section ofthe plant is drawn up BY a rude
syphou, and poured into dressed oK.hides.
The taste is mswkish, and the smell IS
noisome. Yet, to the Mexican, Il is nsc-
tar and smbrosia together. Pulque is to
him meat, drink, and clolhing, Tor without
il The world his no pleasures. The NEST
remarkable circumstances Is, that il Is with
DOT strength. Thus il wants The charm Of
brandy, which may madden bot which At
least warns; OF aqua forts, which the Pole
and the Ross are said 70 drink as quail
or their excuses in tain oil; hug the Mexi-
can would rather die, or eren fight, than
dispense with his pnlqBe; and II Santa
Aune bad bot put his warriors % short
allowances Of the nsfional liquor before his
Jest bails, and promised Them double
allowances afler il, be you'd rrohAhly have
been, Il this u0menl Or The Mexican
throne.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
For tie True Democrat
APOETICAL LOVE.LETTER


For tie True Democrat.
APOETICAL LOVE.LETTE
BRoM THE HEART.sMlTTRN HOLLY TO TIL
FLAME.INsPIRING PAcEY.
To thee, dear Pacey, thee my sweet thing,
Your Holly sends these few lines greeting.
With you, by all the powers above,
I'm over head and ears 10 love
For Cupid took station sly
In ono bright corner of your eye
And from his bow let fly a dart
Which pass'd my ribs and bit my heart,
And oped way so brond and wide
AS quite deranged my inner side.
And |, alas tee quickly found
That love had entered at the wound,z
AS mice into cheese will creep
Through a small hole, and enter deep;
Will eat and live, while all looks well,
Till they have left an empty shell
So I, dear Pacey, to my smart,
Find that I'm left without heart,
Auu OUT u case OF lids anu shln,
And growing, daily, still more thin
Nor shall e'er los. flesh regain
Until your friendship | oboin,
So that you'll take my heart, that's flown,
And, in exchange, send me your own.
Oh, Pacey dear, love you more
Than ever mortal loy'd before:
My tongue, indeed, wiIscarceIy move
Unless itspeaks Of you, or love
My throbbing heart is n commotion,
Wheneer see yourself in notion
And when miss yon whh surprise,
The tears in torrents food my eyes,
And, flowing like rapid river,
Threaten to wash away my liver.
Indeed, so restless have | grown,
cannot bear TO live alone
In you, my dearest, behold
More tempting charms by far than gold;
Nor would the world, without you, be
A worll of any worth 10 me
Cotton, when ginn'd and neatly pressed,
Is not so white as your dear breast
Nor is tobacco leaf so sweet,
To those who love the weed to cat
As are your charming lips to one
Who longs to glue them to his own
Kindness, when bcnming from your eyes,
Far more than fields of corn prize;
And, should your smiles on me descend,
I'd almost dance on either end.
Come, Pacey, love me, for indeed,
I'm OF the honest fahhful breed,
And, when in health, full six feet high,
Without a limb or joint awry.
I've strength of body, and Gnd
To you alone my hearts inclined.
Ofwii brag not, yet my brains
Keep me from travelling when il Minis
Unless to see you should go
Id stop not then Tor rain or snow.
know diff renee 'tSixi cheese ard chsik,
Can tell handsaw from hawk
And more las all my neighbOrs knowl
a LAD Of substance than Of show.
Take me, then, Paccy, TO your arms
As one who do,es upon your charms;
For should you scorn me, then poor I,
Sure as a gun. must quickly die
You mus direct me which 10 choose
The gaIlOws' rspe, or marriage moose;
I must, as you and fate incline.
Hang round your neck, or hang BY mine
Then, Paeey. take me, and to you
III prove forever kind and true.
My love shall lest as long no doubi,
As the Bigby stream shall frs. run out:
And when death comes, in Gre OF thunder,
To cut our marriage kuo, asundcf,
III strive, 'nids every change q weather,
TO make him seize Us both iogglher,-
Thst as through life We were united,
Ode grave shall hold our hearts when blightedl
Fer fhs True Dtzsersf
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
By John 8. Murphy.
POETR Y.

Here is love-lelter--a billet-doux in rhyme
that might charm Venus, and make her
obedient to the voice of love. The volive ef
fusion was handed to US by gentleman in
Clark county, with request to publish. We
comply, and give to the world, through our
far-circulated sheet, HolIy's heart.mOving Gu
!ogy of his in 4morata, the lame.inspiling"
Pacey.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04

Minds ospsbis a ne arsaisa thinrs caa -
joy he mes irivisi-ss he elrphans's trank
saa knoek sSaa ben ef pa uf rsr
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04

SANTA ANNA The following descrip.
ton Of this personage, who now scts 40 con
splcuons part before the public eye, ia copied
rom MT LesteTs late work, z Houston and
his Republic;
He has a Mexican education and Mexican
principles but an American intellect of high
order He isa great General. EIe has a. fine
facei rather long, but weII-sbaped head
black bair aud eyes, and perfect fora he is
about five feet and seven or nine inches high
his elocution IS rich and characterized by con,
siderable fire; his eye is quick, but firm, and
his manners and address are worthy Of a
prince.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04
vol. 2 No16

ment, beyond al old.world precedent
Another consideration, which should dis.
suade the American people from warlike.
policy, IS that war creates hierarchy of
Itsowh, apt to overtop all others This is
adangeF more especially to be feared in the
American commonwealth, since popular
jealousy has prevented the growth ofother
than ephemeral powers iii the State, which
might keep military power in check. or
muse into the army itself spirit accor-
dant with that imbodied in the political
organization. But popular jealousy has
iorpldoen that any organized bodies should
exist, beyond the dlssoIvinR power OF
annual or biennial popular suffrage. A
military power. cannot be formidable or
! respectable under such conditions as those
to which all other power is subjected in
the United States. Even The military
school at West Point, a few wears back
was thought too solid and permanent an
Establishments beconsistent with popular
government. We infer that democracy
will be too strong to permit the efficient
organization of military force; or that
military force, once organized, NAV prove.
IN the end, too strong for democracy.
THESE republicans are playing with edo.
tools, and precisely the edge tools which.
in ell ages, have abridged the duration Of
republics.
True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-11-04

FiRISs OF THE MAMMOTH MORAN Gun.
The great gun, lately cast at Ayers foun.
dry, was fred few times at South Boston
Point on the 9TH inst Shells IL inches in din.
meter and $50 pounds 10 weight, were thrown
various dictanees, according 10 the charge. eIe.
walton and length of fuse used With cbarpe
of 20 pounds Of powder, 90 seconds fuse. at an
elevation of % degrees shell was thrown
2 IL miles and buried deep in the earth at
Squantum. A riochet shot was tried, with ten
seconds fuse, 90 pounds OF powder charge, and
seven pounds in the shell 1t dashed through
and over the water at an awful rate and explo-
ded in the water at distance Of about two miles.
throwing fragments about seven hundred wards
in every direction. This week the gun will be
tried with higher charges ofpowder. The re.
gular service charge is rs pounds, which at a
due elevation, willproject the shell somewhere
between l-2 and miles. Thus far, all the
previous calculations Of the powers of the gun
have been verified by the experiments
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he gets three times as much for the ar
ticles Of his craft as under the old sys-
tenn. True, but he pays three times as
much for all his purchases, besides pay
inghis banker three times as much pria-
eipdl and interest as he would have had
to pay under the old system. The
tradesman then has gained nothing but
the satisfaction of being duped. Now
was II intended that he should. The
very design was to adopta system to
rob him ofhis fruits of his industry; and
yet the system is so artfully devised
that thousands bless those as benefac-
tors who rob them bylaw. What is true
of the tradesnlan is true Of all other
occupations. It may be said that treb-
bling the currency will not increase the
price of all commodities in the same ra-
tio. If so, then it is'unfair to all whose
pursuits are not equally benefited. The
bankers may take either horn of the
dilema. But if there is any thing which
does not rise in proportion it is the
,Udgss of labor and this is oppres-
sion off uorst kind. The belief that
banks make money plenty is fallicy;
Tor if bank dollars are three times as
numerous as silver ones were, money
is certainly no more plentiful if every
thing rises in the same ratio, as all hon
est men will admit should be the result.
Again it is said that bank notes are
more portible than specie. This is true,
but this advantage can be secured, at
an infinitely less sacrifice to the public,
by banks of deposite which do not de-
range the currency, and at small ex-
pence, accommodate the rery feu who
have heavy transfers ofmoney to make
at distance.
| JEFFEPSON
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JEFFERSON.

ExERcIsE.-Persons whose habits are
sedentary, deceive themselves into
belief that mere physical exercise will
preserve health-and accordingly take
daily walks for that purpose, while the
current Of their thought remain unchan-
ged. This is a radical error. The
only exercise that can produce really
beneficial result is that which breaks
up the train of ideas, and diverts them
into new and various channels. An
eminent writer has said that it ought
to be the endeavor Of every man to
derive his reflections from the objects
around him; for it is Of no purpose that
he alters his position, if his attention
continues fixed at the same point
This is no doubt true and in order to
the attainment of any advantage by ex-
ercise, especially walking, the mind
should be kept open to the access Of ev-
cry new idea, and be so far disengaged
from the predomnence of any particu-
lar thoughts, as easily to accommodate
itself to the entertainment which may
be drawn from surrounding objects.
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EARLY PoTAToEs.-In yearsg gone by,
St. Patrick's Day, the nth of this month
was the usual time at which early po-
tatoes were put in the ground; but as
the seasons have, like men, undergone
vast change in this country, that Pc
riod may possibly be too early, yet, al
though it may be too soon for planting,
it is notfor preparing the ground, there.
fore, the sooner the better the ground
be broken up, as an additional plough
ing to all root crops operates advan-
-tageously. In selecting the seed for
planting, none bat sound roots should
be taken. The sets should be cut at
least week before being planted, and
as cut should be dried In lime. In ad-
dition to the soaking and drying in lime,
we would recommend, when the pota-
toes first come up, that mixture Of
one part salt and two parts lime be
sprinkled over each row, so that, should
the ground be infested with the mush-
rooms described, they may also receive
their quietus. If the disease be caused
by fungus, we can see no reason why
the soaking and drying in lime should
not prove equally efficacious in pre-.
venting the recurrence OF the disease,
as it is in relieving the wheat crop from
the smut.--American Farmer.
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THE HERO WOMAN.

I'm q thick wood, not more than hall
mile from the Schuylkill, there stood,
in the time Of the Revolution, quaint
old fabric, built of mingled logs and
stone, and encircled by palllsaded
wall. Ithad been erected in the earlier
DAYS Of William Penn--perhaps some
wears before the great apostle OF peace
first trod our shores,- as a block honse,
intended for defence agalnstSthe iadl-
ans. .gs
And now it stood with its many roofs,
its numerous chimneys, its massive
square windows, its varied front OF logs
and stone, its encircling wall, through
which admIttance was gained by alarge
and stoutly built gate; il stood in the
midst Of the wood, withage-worn trees
enclosing its veteran outline on every
side. s,,,.,..s
X From its eastern window you might
obtain glympse Of the Schuviklll
waves, while large easement IN the
southern front commanded a view OF
the winding road, as il sunk out ofgiew,
under the shade Of thickly-clustered
boughs, into deep hollo W, not more
than one hundred yards from the man
sion. 65 N,
Here, from the southern easement,
on one of those balmy summer days
which look in upon the dreary autumn,
toward the close Of November, far
mei's daughter was gazing, with dIlat-
ing eyes and halfclasped hands. n
Well might she gaze earnestly to the
south, and listen with pqinfui intensity
for the slightest-soun Her brothers
were away with the army OF Washing
ton, and her father, grim oldyeteran;
he stood six feet and three inches in his
stockings--who had manifested his love
for the red coat invaders, in many q
desperate contest, had that morning
lefthe alone ia the old mansion, alone
ia this small chamber, IN charge OF some
ammunition Intended for n band 81
brave farmerss about TO join the hosts
of freedom. Even as she stood there,
gazing out ofthe southern window, q
faint gympse Of sunlight from the fad
ed dleaves above, pouring over her mild
face, shaded by clustering brown hair,
there, notten PAGES from her side, were
seven loaded rifles and a keg ofpow-
der
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p % ID T!R W !, ,
VOICES FROM CROWD.
cLEAa THE WAY.

is CLEAR THE WAY.
Men of thought! be UP and stirring,
Night and day; ~ u, (,
Sow the withdraw the curtain
Clear the way! sea.- y ~
Men Of action, aid and cheer them,
AS ye may. -
There's fount about to stream,
There's light about to beam,
There's warmth about to glow,
There's flower about to blow;
There's midnight blackness, changing
Into gray;
Men of thought, aud men of acton,
CLEAR THE WAY!
Once the welcome light has broken,
Who shall say,
What the unimagined glories
Of the day2
What the evil that shall perish
In its ray? t
Aid the iawning, tongue and pen;
Aid il, hopes Of honest men;
Aid it paper--aid it type
Aid it, for the hourls ripe,
And our earnest must not slacken
Into play, ,.,.~e
Men Of thought, and men Of action!
CLEAR THE WAY!
Lo! a clouds about to vanish
s From the day; =
Lo! the rights about to conquer,
CLEAR THE WAY!
And a bfazen wrong to crurble
Into clay. ,a
With that right shall many more
Enter smiling at the door;-
With the giant Wrong shall fail
Many others, great and smalh
That for ages, long have held US
a.ii- For theirprey;
Men Of thought, and men of actien,
(LEAR THE WAY!
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crushed before the strong arms of Con-
tinental soldiers. Then a wild shrek
quiyers through the room, and that
young girl--that Hero, Woman, with
one bound springs forward into her
brothers. arms, ndnestless there, while
her dead father-his form yet warm
LAYS with fixed eye.balls upon the floor.
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A laughable' incident is told Of ner-
vous man, who imagined himself very
sick; reports were in the neighborhood
that he was given over the DOCTOR
He was observed early in the day, ma
king rapid strides through the streets.
His alarmed neighbor met him.
How are you, friendp
"Sick, very SICK"
"Where now?"
"After some one TO set up with me
tonight; am so plagued for watchers
that there is no one | can depend upon.
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A lady having purchased some sau-
sages of couple Of boys, ovearheard
them disputing about the money.
!" Give me half ont" says one.
4 7" No / won't" ,"says the other.
"Now that ain'tfaibyou know t'aint,
10, for half the PUP was mine."
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0G- All communications sent by mail must be
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is A passionate teinper renders a man
unfit for advice, :deprives him Of his
reason, robs him of all that is either
great or noble in his nature; il makes
him unfit for conversation, destroys
friendship, changes justice into cru
city, and turns all order into con-
fusion. NJ ifEH' i'9'g f3s
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Gats.
BE EBE j. cos TAR,
HATTERS,
mis- Smiseod
No. 1856 Broad n y j..

No. So Brondw way.
~ Spring Fnshion for Genrlemen's Hats,
March, lSi6.-Our Spring style OF Ia, having by its
peculiar ergancs and intrinsic excellence ohsined the
most decided superiority every other fashion,
wife critical examination OF its merits 81 our establishment,
$50 Broadway.
BS C. in order 10 NEE, tho demands OF public taste TOO
likely 10 become saua.sa by long continuance Of
any particular fashion give notice that they will Introduce
regularly Spring srd FAIL entire new style oil genieuens
HsL
Beehs Costsr in the monthly receipt Of all The di-
ferent Foreign Fashions and 10 issuing their style OF Hat
Will although acting independently or all Others be gov
erued by due regard 10 American taste
n B. Our fashion for Bows Hats will be IN readiness
on tho llIh lust April lst, lSi6. a. lms'