Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-08


The INVESTIGATIONS The Washington
Times, Of The 10Th, asserts that the inges.
tiration was conducted erparte IN toto,
and that witnesses brought in behalf Of that
paper. to sustain the charges were not sui.
fered 10 tell the irhole Of what they knew.
The editor says thai he will ssdissect the
whole matter in a fair, candid and indie.
pendent manner, SO that the people will
open their eyes in wonder at the eorrup-
iions that boil and bubble. and in these III
stances, overrunthe Washington stew.
lie goes on to say that ssthe editor and pub.
Usher of this paper requested, as they
were implicated, 10 be allowed to 90 be-
fore the Committee, and to be allowed the
privilege of putting interogatories TO elicit
the whole truth, but we were denied the re-
quest. We protested against the proceed
ings as erparte and secret, but we were.
UNDECIDED. One witness. was placed IN
der arrest, because he would not sign an.
affidavit, containing bu. one-half his evil
dence, others were emphatically forbidden
TO give such information as they had from.
others, which must have led the way to
the exposure of Senators. But even with
this course of proceeding, there are lacts
and incidents that will condemn those i'm
picated before the people"
The State of Louisiana is in singular
position just now. Some persons contend
(not WEI that the Legislature is not legal
! ly organized, not having taken the oath
Irequired by the act Of Congress, and that
all It's acts and allthe officers elected by it,
are invalid and without authority. The
authority Of the Attorney General is OBJ
jected to. The seat of the Senator elect,
it is said, may be contested. The only
Sheriff we have elected under the new
Constitution. is not recognised by the Cri-
minal and Parish Courts ofthe city, and the
mandate Of the Governor is not regarded
See our city reports. This is a singular
state of things indeed. Je9ersoni0n.
Curious FAcr IN FIGURES The square
and the cube of 376 and of 625 terminate
with those figures respectively, and there
is no other number of three figures or
over them that will produce similar re-
suit.
4 Twenty five steamboats, have been lost
on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers since
the first of September last.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBr.--Virginia,
Maryland and Louisiana, are the only
States in the Union which retain on their
statute books, the barbarous law of I'M
prisonment for debt In Maryland, an al
tempt was made at the last session of the
Legislature to repeal the law, and the bill
having passed the house, was lost in the Sc.
nate. A similar measure is now before the
Legislature of Louisiana, and it is believed
will become law. Virginia, which still
clings 10 property suffrage, her government
the most aristocratic of any of the states,
will be the last to repeal this inhuman sta
tute. lMisSisSiDninn
j AssAF9DITA.- plant is produc-
! lion of the eastern part of Persia. Its
stem is from one to two and half feet in
: height; the leaves resemble those of the
Indian beet-root, and when ripe, produces
cauifower-like head off light straw CO.
, Tor. The milky juice extracted near the
root congeals into the well known gum, O
J which each plant yields about pound; bu
: the plants themselves, especially wher
young, are priced as a high deIieacy b,
? the natives, who stew or roast the stem
and boil or fry the head and leaves witt
Z clarified butter. In this way the smell i
: even stronger and more rank than in thu
a form of drug, and none but those accus
toned to, can endure the offensive effluvia
: DISTINGUISHED ARRIvAL.-Dr. Georg
i frederick Seidenstecker, the eminent Ger
: man patriot, and distinguished scholar, ha
7 arrived, in the barque Argonaut, at New
. York, intending to make this country hi
2 home. He is an exile from his natiy
E land for political offences-that is, for hi
advocacy of too mach freedom of opinion
y and action TO suit his rulers.
Z The planters and merchants, IN fac
3 every person, should be cautious abou
! ! taking large sums of Tennessee ban
= notes, as they are discounted at Memphi
= at from 81 TO 5 per cent. The Memphi
banks issue no notes at all--and all tn
le specie paying banks are in the interior {
or that State, so as 10 be as inconvenient
a. come al as possible. We speak know
g ingly. [CreOle
es The notorious Abolitionist, Gerret Smit
s. lof Peterboro' N. Y, offers TO sell his ID
ar mense landed property at auction, in Il
months Of June, July and August next
The lands lie in AS Of SO counties Of Ne
e York. and comprises about 100000 acre
. The auction will be held at fifteen differe
on 81, l;ga.a,4 49, m