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Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03


tons Of many and the fear of all, the
reVenuSagain was sufficient for the ordi-
nary expenditure. Thus it was demon
strated that high duties do not produce
the Iarg - avenue. But the Ministry
have been compelled 10 conduct the re :
form of their commercial code, step by
step, permitting the benefits of every re-
ducton of their tariff to be seen and felt
before proposing another the obstinancy
with which the majority of the English
chung 10 ancient institutions and precon-
celved notions, leading them to assert that
the increase of revenue from the reduc-
ton OF the duties on a few articles was
the exception, rather than the rule. Yet
the public necessities have induced them
from time to time, TO yield one point after
another, till at last even the country mem
bers OF Parliament are convinced that
many reforms would be beneficial to an
other great interest of the country with
out bringing ruin upon the land holders.
English statesmen are now aware that
their true policy is to manufacture and
sell cheaply, and that in order to 90 this,
cheap food as well as cheap materials is
necessary therefore they have imposed
merely a nominal duty upon grain. IN
der the influence of this measure, England
VIII be able to greatly extend not only
the foreign market, bat also the domestic
market for her products as her people
will be enabled to consume moro manu-
features than when the high price of pro-
VISIONS consumed their whole earnings.
Famine wall prevent this result the pres
ent year but the final effect of this meas
ure will be that manufactures will increase
much more rapidly than they have done
for several years past.
Neither will its effects be confined to
England, all powers that aspire to a com.
petition with her must follow her exam
| pie; It will eventually Cause "A complete
revolution IN the commercial regulations
OF the whole worid, and those who take
the lead will reap The richest reward
| Governments will soon learn that. hlgh
duties on articles of luxury even do IT,,
Eproduce the largest revenue, and viii re
duce their duties on all articles to revenue
STANDARDS. The activity In manufactures
and commerce, IN consequence of this
state OF things, must inevitably lead to
extensive systems of colonization and re-
ward efforts 10 ciylize the dark corners
of the earth in order to create new chan
nels of trade and new consumers of the
lproducts of the loom and workshop. AT
RIGA under the operation of these causes
will exchange her polished ivory and her
gittering gold dust, and Asia her fra
grant spices and her brilliant gems for the
cottons of England and America, the silks
and wines of France, and the muslins and
lace of Germany. A.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

of the hieroglyphics are now agreed that
the first king of Egypt must have reigned
at least 1000 years before Christ and ma.
ny place his reign at 5000 or 5000, and
some have even gone beyond that period.
AT all events, Egyptians were the most an
cient nation known in history, and the hu-
man race is much older than what it has
been heretofore supposed. Nor does this
chronology conflict with the bible.
The common date of the flood, 234S
before Christ, does not belong to the bible
but to Archbishop Usher and the English
parliament. We believe we speak the
opinion of the best informed biblical
scholars of the present day when we say
that no chronology can be determined
from the bible anterior to Abraham, with
whose life the historical and chronology
cal narrative of the Pentateuch COM
mences.
We learn too that Pathagoras and Pla-
TO, who visited the land of the Nile, drew
much of their philosophy from the Egypt
ians, while the Greek Mythology was
original, as some have written, bat was
drawn from the same source. Ii is in
deed surprising TO find, how many IDEAS
and customs that the Egyptians held,
which are III vogue to the present day. and
which form no unessential portion of the
institutes of the Hebrews.
Egypt has passed away, leaving her
monuments and records TO attest her high
antiquity and former greatness. Her ca
reer must have extended over a period of
from 1000 10 5000 years. Other ma
tons too have arisen, fourlShed for ii
shorter period, aud passed away, leaving
but a sh lpeless mass of RUNS 10 attest on
| ly that they had once been on earth.
Egypt, Arabia, Assyria, Persia, Hlndoo.
China, PhenIcla, Italy, and North and
South Americi i, all proclaim that on their
soil once existed powerful and civilized
nations that have entirely lied out, leav-
ing 10 Successors behind. Is this the tate
OF The human racer Is it destined to rise
and fall like the wave OF. the sea IN
sue cessive phases OF barbarIsm and civil
!za;iun Ia The end of time. Are the in
fancy of Modern Europe and America
| yet scarcely born, TO follow the mean-
choy tate of the countries now buried in
the tomb OF natioI IS! Or has the soil
been mere prepared in which the future
civilization Of the race Is to meet with no
blight, and to grow until its branches
reach the heavens, and all the generations
of man sit down beneath its shade until
the last trump shall sound, and time shall
| be no mOre2
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

GENERAL Taylor. papers ID
city published yesterday morhlng a lie
purporting to have neen written by u
Tsylnr to some friend Of his in New Yo
Had il not obtained credit among thd
who have set themselves up as the spec
guardians of the Generals fame,
should be disposed 10 doubt ITS authentic
" forwe could hardly believe thata M
in his situation, whatever he might thin
would have had the INSTRUMENTATION
write 50 that By possibility 1t might 93
published, letter showing so clearly m
own uisaffection, and attacking so unscrlN
puously the government Of has c0untrNN
We have good reason to believe that a
the causes of complaint which ihe Cen
eral has alleged against tie Adnial-tra
lion have originated IA hIs own e,,ur-c, O
have been brought abont in accordance
with his own recommendations. The tai
facts when given to the world, which We
pre- umc They will he, are not unlikely 10
SHOW Inal from the beginning of the war,
the mode ot conducting no-tiliies aas been.
enIrol, entrusted tU him that every rel
QUESTION which he made for troops, f1rl
subsistence, for munitions and ne aus OF
transportation has been promptly met 81
aud mat II blame is to be attached 10 any
person, II will not be to the adnln's'ra
ZION Of the war department Geu. Ftss
Tor has fought three great battles; h. IA
made for himself a high military repata.
ton; and his renown is part o! tue Prep
erty of the country. lie has mo rgm 10
cast bemish on his ownsfame,by such a
course as he has seen proper to pnrsue -
he has no right as a mliiiars leaasr' 10
Gampen the ardor OF his army, encourage
the foe, and throw o6stictes 10 the way ot
his own government, b.. the "riiihg or
publication OF hts real or Iancled grieis.
II it has been done ayahe ao''ce 90 hro'
the Instrument atsfy Vt mlslaE friends,
tneN viii find, vi hen too late, thats they
have ruined the caase when they sought
To serye-ihev h I'VE done hiIn irrepardOle
iniurv IN the estimation of his country
men while the blow which they aimed
a, the administration will TALL harmless
upon helmets of proof. We refrained
from publ,stling the letter as we now for
hear the commeuts winch it invites, be.
causewe are too sincerely the friends OF
Gen. TayIor, to regard the whole proceed
inc with any other feeling than those o.
unm,neled sorrow for himself. IL - me
melrocholy condition of human nature
/ that nc. man can be IN all smngs $3.50:
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03
Specimen of ALTERATION.

An Austrian army, awfully arEayed,
13oldiy, by battery, besieged Belgrade;
Crotian commanders cannonading come,
Dealing destruction's desoating doom;
Every endeavor, engineers essay,
For fame, for fortune-hghtiag furious fray;
Generals 'galnst generals grapple-gra-
Icious God
How high holds Heaven, heroic hardwood
nfuriate-indiscrimina IN all,
Kinsmen kill Observation-Disclosures kindred
Kill !!
Labor low levels loftiest longest lies
Men march mid mounds, mid moles, mid
murderous mines !!
Now noisy, nouXious numbers notice
thought
OF outward obstacles, opposing ought;
Poor patriots, arty-purch ased, party-pres-
Used,
Quite qualing, quaking, quickly quarter
[quest !;
Reason returns, religious right resounds-
Suwarrow stops such sanguinary sounds,
Truce then to Turkey-triunph to thy
TRAIN |!
Unjust, unwise, unmerciful, Ukrane;
Vanish vain victory, vanish. victory vain !;
Why wish we warfare! wherefore vel
Gcome were
Xerxes, Ximenes,. Xanthus, Xaviere!
Yield! Yield ye youths We yeSmen,
[yieId your yell !
Zeno's Zarparrher's Zoroaster's zeal,
And all attracting-against arms appea..
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03
From the N. Y, Sun.


Prominent among the remarkable dis
coveries of the nineteenth century is that
of the key TO Egyptian hierolyphics, and
the conse quent recovery of historical re-
cords of nation whose long day of civ
ilized greatness, waning into twilight while
the poems of Honor were yet unsulng,
had passed into antiquity ere Greece had
dispelied the gloom of her primeval bar
barIsm-a nation which was recedIng
from its CLIMAX of glory before the Exodus
of Moses-whose stupendous pyramids
had stood the silent wonder of more than
thousand years when Abraham went
down into Egypt. and whose first king re-
egned at "A period long anterior to the
erroneous but commonly received date OF
Usher's Chronology of the Flood. The
history Of Egypt has, like her own mu-
mics, lain entombed IN the rock of obi
won, until dug out by modern explores,
who have unbnried the records--the ar
chives the nation documents, written on
the monuments, tombs, and temples, IN a
language unknown to Greeks or Romans,
or to modern nations, antecedent TO the
publication. of Champolion's 'Memoir on
Phonetic Hieroglyphics in the year 1922
The most interesting and important Of
the results attending these discoveries is
that relating to chronology and the Egypt.
ian origin of much of the jews, (for Mo-
ses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians) and through them of that OF
modern times. Our histories and schools
have mad no account of early Egypt, ex-
cept the Oil misses afforded in the blblica
account of Abraham's visit TO Egypt, and
the soiourn of the lsraelites, and their ex
odus under Moses. Many have attributed
the building of the pyramids to the Jews
during their Egyptian bondage. But the
researches of the disciples of Champol-
lion have now fully established that the
sixty nine pyramids, now known TO have
existed, must have been built before Abra
ham. and The first at least a thousand, bu
more probably fifteen hundred years PRO
10 this period, Bunsen has placed th'
first king Menses at about 5000 years be
lore Christ, but in doing thus he struel
through entire dynasties OF kings who's
names, comparative position, and lengtl
OF reign, Lepsius has since discovered
Consequently the short chronology OF Bun
sen must be extended Though nothlnl
Ide6niie Is known. vet al the translator
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03
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Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

Almost every one has heard of an in
dividual by the name of CALVIN Epson
who, several years since was exhibited
around the country as a living skeleton,
aud who was regarded at the time as an
object of great curiosity b. every one
who saw him. What is very ngaia ,
since his death, which happenei some
twelve years since, brother DE. Alex
ander) has, from no apparent disease,
become even more of a skeleton than he
was. The present one (the doctor) rs IN
the enjoyment of perfect health, is of the
ordinary stature of men st feet, and yet
weighs but 40 lbs is chez rlul and socla-
BILE, and will entertain you for hours with
his lively and agreeable conversation.
He arrived in the city yesterday, on his
way home, and has been prevailed upon
TO stop for a day or two and exhibit him.
self at the Museum, where he can be seen
to-day and this evening.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

The CULTIVATION OF CoTT
PROSPECTS AnEAD-Ghe pc
Southern States have indeed
to congratulate themselves upl
prospect that now opens 10 III
the cullivali n OF their great
TON. Ii has now become a fix
devole whatever labor or capii{
10 lis prodnctlpn, the incredslt
Tor it will be more than sup1
nations of the old world are
awaklng to It's imp ,rtaEce, an
Gus purposes for which ii is so
adapted.
The people Of the south will
privilege of supplying the gre
that must continue to spring a
culture Of cotton, they are no
formidable competition, and all
CURED Tor them to maintain rhel
ency is, to put forth all their en-
continue to improve the adyaut
which they are so literally favor
Many planters have been |
devote less OF their capital 70 III
ton OF cotton, owing to The in
that the market would be over STD
become .s.dgnated Never has
mistaken and erroneou, idea. bed
tanned. With the world for a
the demand must always be equa
supply.
We have been led to these rer
a letter of the intelligent Europ
respondent Of tie Washington
who earnestly recommends AN !
crop as greatly conducive TO tho 4
oil the cution planter. lie asks r
people Of the south aware that CIV ii
extend the yield to tioenty,sepe9
and &fiy thousand aissskAerd
probability, that 10 lie a efegate I
realize forty dollars tor each.
Anae1he stisaes by q train OF \
(Which we cannot follow up for {
Of room) from the statistics of the
ton and consumption for the past
years, that even estimating the
1916 in the United States at 2,
bales, the stock in Europe on the
tober, 1917 cannot exceed 226 ,OC
less by $4,000 than that on han
same date last year.
1t is important that cotton
should look to, and weigh well,
facts. Let them, instead Of turn
means in other channels, conlinu'
of the culture of cotton, for every
stance unerrlngly Indicate that, u
ever exeition they may, the dem
more than keep pace with the
remuneratlng prices must therefor
as an inevitable consequence.
Ydzoo Den
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

THE REMAINS OF COLUMBUS.
Sandman Government has, it is said, en-
tered into negotiation with Spain for the
restitution OF the ashes of Chrtstopher
Columbus. The mortal remains of this
great man, after having first been dePosI-
led at Seville, were removed to st. DO
mngo, where they renamed until 1897,
when they were taken to the Cathedral
church OF the Havana, where they now
are. As the King OF Sardinia has no
Ambassador at Madrid, it is through the
representatives of the Two Sicilies that
The application was made to the Spanish
Government.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

The Pope has issued decree, by which
convicts are no longer permitted to work
for tradesmen, to the injury Of free and
honest workmen, who are unable TO man
uiaciure articles al the low rates charged
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

PUEBLA.-This city is situated at the
extremity of very large plain, on the
Vera Cruz side It's population is estima-
ted at $4,000 souls; the streets re par
aIlel, and very wide and well paved-the
houses, built of stone and covered with
terraces, and two and three story nigh,
are remarkably fne The public place
would be admired in any part of the
world-it forms a perfect square facing
it stands The Cathedral, on three other
sides are magnificent palaces there are
many other edlfices striking Tor their beau
ty there are few churches ia the world
more richly and magnificeEt.y ornamented
than the Cathedral of This city-all the
chandeliers and lamps, which are in great
numbers, are of massive gold and silver !;
the dome is in marble Of the country, of
great beauty and fine workmanship there
are ten chapels, richly decorated and clos
ed, each of them with an iron gate door of
very great height and of the finest finish !;
this church Was finished in 1908, and is
said TO have cost S6,000,000 There are
also many other very fine churches. The
AImelda, or public walk, is very well
| kept-it is composed of three alleys (0i
to 600 feet each) of poplars and other
fine trees, and is surron ,ded by a wall, Il
the foot of which runs fine little stream
of water; there are a good many foun-
tains in different parts OF the city, and a
few jets d'eur or waler spours. Few cit
ties in Europe are finer than Peubla but
| cannot say much for the population,
which, since the late expulsion of the
European Spaniards, who were by far The
most intelligent and industrious portion
OF n, leaves IA curious contrast between
the prese occupants of public and prl
vate edltires, indicating the highest stat"
of civilization; the same may be said OF
The whole population bordering the road
from Vera Cruz to this city-time will
no doubt correct this.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03
The DEMAND FOB GRAIN IN GREAT

THE DEMAND FOB GRAIN IN GREAT
BRIrAIN.-The London Shipping Gazette
estimates that it will require weekly
importation of one million bushels cereal
food to supply the loss of the potato crop
IN Ireland, England and Scotland. up to
August or September next; and with the
French ports open, thus quantity will not
be obtained unless prices should rise con-
siderably, SO as to draw food into the coun-
try, and retain there 1t is found that the
starving millions 10 Ireland are sufficient
the differents ports of the Kingdom; that
the mills throughput the country CANNOT.
keep pace with The demand Tor meal; and
that all the tonnage which can be procur-
ed in the ports OF America is sufficient to
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-03-03

PERoTE. The population is estimated
at 5000 souls; this is fine little city,
the houses are generally Of one story.
built of stone and covered with terraces;
the principal street is remarkably fine, the
others are wide and paved-there is We
ry fine fortress in the neighborhood. This
ia marker day, and it is really astonishing
to see the great variety of the best fruits
of Europe and Of the Tropics, piled round
the square. On leaving Perote we pass
through extensive plantations of MagUe
(AIoes); this issa very interesting plant !;
at one of our stopping places, had Que
of the flowers lassooed and pulled down
to the ground for examination. Its flower
stem varies from sixteen to twenty six
feet in height, on the upper part of the
towering stem from fifteen TO twenty five
pedoncalio, support each three principal
pedicels, bearing from thirty to thirty SIX
tubular flowers each the s;amens insert
ed in those tabular corollo, extend two
inches beyond the style, placed in the
centre the flower is of reddish yellow,
of sickly odor. The Indians suck it
with pleasure for the honey which it con-
tains it is plant of no small Importance
IN the commerce of Mexico; the national
drink, known under the name of ''Palque'
rs made from it, by cutting out, before the
flower is thrown out, the cone or cluster
of leaves forming It's centre, at that perl
cd when it has attained the age of about
10 years, and is very largely developed ;
| by cutting out this central cone or base oil
the flower stem, large vegetable vase is
| formed, which for several consecut We
days, is filled with coPious milky liquor,
which by fermentation become .'Palqhe,
and dIstlllation is made into "ChinguIrI,"
an Indifferent kind of spirit, much relished
however, by the Mexlcans, and largely
consumed.
Tri-weekly journal., 1847-10-19

AFFAIRS WITH BRAzIL.-A Rio de Janeiro
letter OF the oath OF August, published in the
N. Y. Herald, says:
The late arrival of our new minister, Mr..
Tod, has created quite sensation here, not
only among the American residents, but the
natives. He still remains on board the
Ohio, not having yet requested an audi
ence.
Our Ex-Mnisier, Wise, has again acted, |
,hink,very unwisely. On applying few days
since for his passports, he enclosed documents
he had received from ourlgovernmeni approx
ing OF his conduct, with some very undiplo-
malic remarks, so much so, that Il ey were re-
turned with his passports, unnoliced. regret
exceedingly this state of affairs, and trust the
course pursued by Mr.. Tod will be such as to
sustain the dignity Of his own country, but
at the same time 10 continue the friendly in
lercourse that has always existed between
the two governments. Such are the feel
ings expressed by both Americans and Bra
zilians.
You may soon expect 10 hear of an
American house being largely connected
in the slave trade, and thus far very fortu-
nately.
MIR. Tod, the new minister from the Unit
ed States, will be presented on the 2Sth inst,
and we have reason to think that all the OK
isting difficulties between the two govern
menis will be satisfactorily arranged, as there
appears TO be the best disposition on the pari
OF the government.
Tri-weekly journal., 1847-10-19

over all his battles, and with his positions all
marked on the map, were then looking for
further tidngs. They had seen and appre-
ciated all his difficulties at Buena Vista. In
Prussia war is a science, and according 10
the leading policy OF Europe, TO be always
ready for war, every male in Prussia, the
highest nobleman's son not excepted, is com
PEELED 10 serve his regular term in the army.
In the teeth of all settled opinions, and as it
were upsettng the whole doctrine OF stand
ing armies, General Taylor, with a handful
of regulars, and a small body OF volunteers
who had never been in battle, had stood up
for whole day against murderous fire, and
had finally defeated four times his number.
Field Marshalls and Generals of Prussia,
among them veterans who had studied the
art.of war on the great battle fields of Europe.
were struck with admiration al the daring and
skill displayed at Buena Vista; and this ad-
mraiion, Baron Humboldt said, they express
ed without reserve, freely, publicly, and ev-
erywhere. Amid the bitterness and malig-
nifty Of the English press, it was grateful 10
hear from such lips, that the leading mill
lary men Of a MILITARY nation did justice
to the courage, skill, and high military talents
Of Gen. Taylor; while Baron Huuboldts com
menis upon his dispatches aud orders, anC
in fact upon all that Heated 10 him personally
in the condnct of the war, were such a!
no American could listen 10 without feeling
proud.
Tri-weekly journal., 1847-10-19
OBIT U A RY.

Died at his residence in Gibson County, Indiana,
October 18th, MR. THOMAS KITCHEN in the 64th year
of his age. He was Soldier of the Revolutionary
War and an eye witness to the conflicting scene of
Gulford Court House; also an early pioneer of the
West. w.
On Sunday evening last, DR.. WILLIAM TRAFroN,
one of our oldest tand most respected citizens DR.. T.
died quite suddenly. He wolking about the
house during the day, and at l o'clock walked up
stairs and laid down. and at about 5o'cock breathed
his last His remains were followed to the grave by
large concourse ofcitzens and by the two Divisions
ofthe Sons of Temperance of our city.