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John Of Mary In the wnron.

Tins IS applied to persons Of either sex who
are removed at any considerable distance from
Pretensions to good looks. 1t originated
thrs;
There was a collection Of cotton buyers, once
standing on the street very early in the morn
Ing, a little before the /" sovereigns began to
come in with their loads of cotton; thew
were waiting the arrival Of The wagons 10 com
mence the days operations. While waiting
very patiently, there came along one Of the
said soveIeigns. walking by the side Of his
" horned horses" He had no more preten.
sions to good looks, than a nag hes to shook
larning" and as he passed, one Of the buyers
remarked in a loud tone that he would bet
I" sPirits'' that he was the ugliest person in the
world, The hoosier heard him, and. stopped
saying he would lake The bet, which was a.
greed to, andhe was called on for his "uglier. =
He went to the end Of the wagon and called
out. "Oh, sis Mary, just poke out your pur-
ty face out here. Pm betting liquor on IT. !"
The folds OF the curtain were gently parted
and put aside, when there protruded such n
phiz, that would break any daguerreotype N
slrument TO try TO catch.
The bet was settled, and the hoosier said thar
he was willing to risk FIVE dollars, that ne
could produce a phiz tina would be as far a.
head of Mary's as Mary's was ahead OF
his, which was taken Immediately, aud the
money put up. The hoosler wllAed arouod
to the end Of the wagon and called out, "John!
joint wake up, and come to a showing, Pm
a. betnI' my pile on you! come out Of that''
when there was a head showed out and raised
alongside AIary's that would have shamed any
sheep-head fish in tbs sea, The ugly spots
were as thick on 1t, as flies in honey gourd =
Of course the bet vas won by the hoosier. -
Ncw York Spirit QfHe Times.
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Nunhev -.

a 4,
,,enLs. sO'a-nothins but gold-lt prOo.rv
s"ue1 ~ it's Ionad wherever epe,ns
~, perseverance, aud knowledge. one,.,.
an Any one can GET it who Vii i,
A. = nee en- oPen--all you have q d. !. Z
@."' gentlemen are digging for cold !, ",
STATE. A few days ago, ! fr;ena w !" real
IVo' 'ook up a tract in our ci,v v,h;n.
~ ~ : short time. Ifthey Wouid ii.
p0Fnl' the dykes to be finished H..
'ouio De found over In IiIinoi,,o.sn 80
49, grow O'yond all calculation !. sooa .
''S wofk Is sompleted. VIZ ~ u, I'M
ton. :" '"scity OF AL
snow how they are digging the Dreeion.
metal IN Ponns lvanial Slcls Seal !. rus
we annual report Of The director N ~ III.
:" "'A'es mln'' i'sPpsars that he valpe e
wa coined IN The United State. MINI. e,
@e"'y,'o"r years prior 10 l847 vac Go III
OS; "h'le The returns Of The coal
""Sy'Van'a shows thar the value az 4.
'""g0' to market in that State i amman.
'aa' 70 me above large amount tina, III,
Ear me value Of her anthracite cal
''"" 20 ''de water, nearly 100000 tons. n
'''us'ly worth all the gold dug ID Il Az
W NJ "u""s me whole twenty-rour years"
we say then, to men in an kinds Of h,.;.
"essS iet US dig away! Theve !. roI4 u I'M,
loEe az your sbovles and basins M
a,g! Labor and f%rugaliry from de obilo.o-
p0eF'' s'one' by means Of which eyerv m.n
can turn every thing to GOLD! -"
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THE ARCTIC ExpEnlrlnN

DIR JOHN FRANKLIN The Montreal Hera d
mas the following paragraphs in relation to the
exploring party sent out in search Of solution
Of the mystery which hangs over the fate Of
Sir John franklin;
we have received from NJ. Mcpherson, Esq.
OF the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company's service,
a letter dated Ponage La Roche, July q,
1913.
The letter contains the following in for,na-
tion relative to Sir John Richardson, who, il
will be remembered, is seeking Sir John Frank
In by land, while Sir James Ross is engaged
IN the same service by sea. The last dates IRON
Capt, Ross are, by way of England, to the
10Th Of July. At that date he was in Dayis's
Straits, in lat. SO N.
Mr. Mcpherson says: " | have great pleas
ure IN informing you that Sir John Richardson,
DR.. Rae, Mr.. Bell and party, met us on the
llth Of July, as far advanced as Athabascu
Lake. They appeared in good health and
spirits. and | should suppose that Sir John
would reach tho Coast about the 9Th or 28lh
OF the same month. ! have little doubt, how
ever, that they will, on account of the late
oess Of the Spring in this quarter, meet with
considerable detention from ice.
"The latest news from Peel's River brings
reports that the Indians who frequent the coast
had met with Esquimaux, who showed them
files and knives, which they said they had re-
ce'ved from Whites in two very large canoes
10 the eastward of the Mckenzie. Indian ru-
mors are so predetermined that it is utterly
impossible to vouch for their accurac, but, at
the same time, it is not improbable that such
should have happened.'
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AgaiAst fine clnah.

uood Clothes. are the Embroidered
:" pfue' and good cheer the very roof u aInt.
'"y' Dd n'on, think YOU. come sr.ncr.
'p'o 'he world about no better mater. AL L,
us ''e'lme to make privy searches \, B.
~ 'Ui "no'ebone doublets, or for pies II
"uS tongues IN Helogabalu us kitchenq NJ
no. me hrst suit of apparel lhat eva,
man put or came neither from he
~ sup ""' tie niy,e.D.4 : warehon.a
Au"'" 5 OH would have been taken then Am.
= man a hnlahi's bond now; YET va he gr..,
"a noO"dy's books for satinv and v.l,s,.
me silk worms had something else to a. u
nose DAYS but TO set up looms, and he 49, y
nc viewers His breeches were not 90 m,ch
ortiz as Hing Stephens that COS, hu, . III.
a'o'e; Tor Ad'm's holiday hose and d onbIe,
were OF no better stuff than plain.6g leovo.
a'd Ewes best gown Of the same pieeor ,bo,.
vent nn' a pair Of shears between the,, An
"'''quary OF this Q has YET some or the pouv
def OF those leaves to show. Tailors ,bon
were none of the twelve companies. ,h.;r
4I $500 4NAHVkN
haIIs that is now larger Than some derr.. :.
m"ng the Nentherlalders, was then no bIOoer
ina" d Dutch butchers shop: they burst NOT
S.rlH0 down their Customers with largo bills.
Aa"n cared moi an apple pairing for their coat.
y hems' There was then neither the ;paniah
slope nor The shippers galliganskin, nor the
Danish sleeve, nor the French s~tandine-eollar.
your 'reble'quadruple rufs, nor your stitF peeL
ed rabatos, that have more arches for Ia.
IMAM would stand under five London bridges,
burst not then set themselves out in point, for
the patent for starch could by no means be- a.
signed Fsshion was then counted aiassso
and horses died with it; but nov, thanks q
'olIy' it held the only rare physiO, sod .be
purest golden asses live upon h.-T. heee.
err.
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Digging for Gold.

There is nothing in the wind but gold dust!
Every body's eyes are filled With it. Every
western breeze is laden with 1t from the Ell
Dorado of California. We are are all going
around to California. 1t is there in Jumps as
pebbles, and bigger, too. Food is scarce;
but gold soup, with yellow dumplings, is said
to be very nourishing. All you need is a spade
and wash-basin and then dig away. Your for
tune is made in a few days: You cut your
old ccquaintances at once. Y u may order
yolr outfit at any Taylor's sh p as socn as the
spade and wash basin are secured. As 10
horses and carriage, you may find some hand
some turnouts at any Of the livery stables.
aud had better give orders at an carly day -
No coat Of arms ought to apsear on the pannels
as 1t smacks of aristocracy. If you mus
have a coat of arms, at all hazards, a spade
rampant and basin couchant would answer
besides, these would be mementoes of tho dig
nifty Of labor.
Seriously the gold fever will seq, upon
numerous victims. and California will be crowd
ed. The brilliant future of our Pacific terri
tories has ever been a %favorite dream with US;
but we hope that neither ourselves nor Others
may fdd il a fever dream. There are veritable
gold diggings on the eastern side Of the Rocky
Mountoins, not yet exeousted, II is found in
Illinois in grains which appear on wheat and
corn s'alks, In missouri, a great deal appear
in the seaPe Of hemp and tobacco. Some few
millions are animated and look for all the
world like hogs and" other %cattle.n Al pilot.
Knob, as Col. Bogy informs US, the pigs are Of
iron. On the Mcrrimac, though of yellow
tiago, il is declared after all, to be only a coI-
per celored substance, So also on Lake Su-
perior At the irongLanatoin, at New 'Bit-
mingha and taer places, il is well suited
ti c ti4as d c%u(er.. We need not speak
Of The masses wnicn are 0 leaden hue nor
the millions W ,ich are black and bituminous,
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many persons regarded as a joke. But it a
sober Earnest. The experiments which l. d ia
the grand result have been continued Gol
months in this city; all the machinery hat
been made here; and, lastly, the ice itself ha.
been produced, in quantities which show that
The thing is neither a humbug nor a chimera.
Tack Frost's occupations gone most indut
tably.'
The Commercial, abiding to il saws:
we can assure our readers, upon the highcsr
and most respectable authority, that it is DC
Joke, whatever may have been thought when
the article Was seen in the Gazette. A ger.
'leman informs US that he has seen the luree
blocks OF ice which were manufactured 5y his
machine in a few seconds! individual own,r r.
ships IN all the mipes in Mexico would not in.
sure greater wealth than this same patent 10
the ingenious proprietor.'
NJ 0. Bulletin.
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sTR'NsY CABBAGE.-The Boston Posth as thu
following good joke Of a 'hard case who wa,
accustomed to coming late at night in a scorn
ed state, and taking a cold bite, which wns
usually set out for him by his kind and for.
giving wife.
One night, besides the usual dish Of cabbaoe
and pork, she left a washbowl filed with can,
in starch. The lamp had long been extip.
%guishcd, when the staggering sot returned
home, and by mistake when proceeding Ia
satisfy his hunger, he stuck his fork into the
wrong dish. He worked away at his mouth
full OF caps very patiently for some time, but
being unable to rnasticats them, he sung out to
his wife.
odd woman, where did you get your cab.
Oages?-'hey are so stringy, / cam chew
lhemY
My gracious,' replied the good lady, sf the
stupid fellow amt eating all my caps that / put
in starch over night?'
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IMPORTANT FOREIGN NEWS
ARRIVAL on ME HIBERNIA.

Baltimore, Nov. 3.
The steamship Hibernia, which left Liver
pool on the 2lst ultimo, has arrived nj Boston
Annexed are the most important news she
brings.
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND The crops
have been gathered. The Scotch potato cop
is large; the Irish immensely short.
The Cholera was increasing in England; il
was very mali nant in Edinburgh. There had
been several cases in New Haven, but only
thirty additional cases in London, The alarm
was abating.
Smith O'Brien had not been executed. Lord
clarendon had replied to the london memo
r%alists, that full weight woulgbo given to the
iury's recommended ion. O'Brien's counsel
was attempting to bring a writ of error .
nDonoghoe's trial had been brought TO Il
close. He was convicted, but recommended
to mercy. Gahagan's trial was progressing.
The Catholic clergy in Ireland were moving
to procure Government measures TO tranquiIize
the country. They implore m advance OF
funds to save the people from impending FAM
inc.
At Liverpool, cotton has declined ID on all
descriptions, Orleans fair to good fair q uoted
at Al to AID; Mobile 81 to AID; Bowed Geor-
gia the same. Sales of the week 34,84O bales
1000 American to exporters. The market
closed quiet with declining tendency.
Glasgow and Manchester trade dull. Sales
limited.
Breadstu4s firm at Liverpool and London
from non-arriVals, but immense supplies being
on the way, there was no prospect of an adj
vance.
FRANoE.-Cavaignac was still in power, and
adopting a conciliatory course towards the
moderate party. Decaux, Project of Paris, had
resigned, disappearing of the course pursued
by Cavaignac, whose speedy downfall. is pre-
dicted. Ledru RolIin banquets continued ex-
citing alarm and causing a depression of the
funds
Spain was unsettled. (When was it other
wiseD
Portugal was quiet (undera despotism)
ITALY .-The Italians were again about 10
take the field under Gen. Durango. Kadelz-
ky i ssaid to be paralized, the Hungarian Bat
talions had demanded to return to their coun.
try, and his position is represented as p%eriIous
AUSTRIA The news from Vienna is Very
exciting. Jellalich, the Ban Of Croi ito, had
advanced towards the city, but subsequently
retired. The Emperor's General still main
tanned h S position in the suburbs. The Diet
held out with frmness. II sent an ullimatum
to the army of the Emperor, refusing to dis
arm the National Guard unless that army re.
from its position. The Imperial arm,
amounting to 100000 men, was concentrating
on Vienna. The Diet, it is said, can muster
the same to defend the city. Bombardm ant, it
is stated would not be attempted, but the sup
plies would be cut off so as to starve the PEG.
pie into submission. The Emperor Of A ustria
was in Moravia collecting forces, and it is re
thet the Emperor Of Russia was
threatening to support the Austrian monarch
with a force from Poland. According to ap-
a decisive blow would soon be
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Editors on Rarnde.-The Mayor and Alder
men Of Boston, in their arrangements for tho
Water Celebration on the 25th INST, assigned
the editors Of New England a place in tht
grand procession. The programme puts them
in the rear Of the medical facaIly and in from
Of the lawyers The committee Of arrange.
ments would hit the correspondence better by
putting the printers first, the doctors next, ond
the lawyers last; at least, that is the order o.
the Apocalyptic processiOn There, T ifiot
went before, and Death and HolI followed
afler.--Buuetia.
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A CaPd-R cad 1t.

h subscribers beg leave, most res
Ieruuy, to thank their friends.
very generous, liberal, and sub.
ualronage extended them. They
n lbeir best exertlons to merit d
p,oce Of the same-and will be
tp serve their friends and the
n heretofore. at their old stand,
fle GOLDEN MORTAR, where
Just received from New York
a FRESH and complete
anl q articles in their line.
PRlESTLEY & MOSBY
July Fl, '48.
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The RUINS CT A NEIENF NicEvAn.thaE wick
cd city, which poor Jonah preached 10 90 r..
luctat ly-aro now being explored by 4 Enc.
Ish antiquarian named Layard. Ths city once
" three days journey" in extent, was located
On the east bank Of the Tigres twenty miles
below Mosul, and Mr.. Layard finds that " The
buildings were provided with complete system
O. sewerage, each room having had a drain
connected with q mainsewer.v The buildings
are found to have been mads Of sun dried
bricks, the rooms lined with slabs Of marble
covered with bas-rcIies. The e~arlies, build
ing, constructed probably twelve hundred
Yeas before Chris, was buried, and the earth
wl%cb had accumulated upon them was used
as e 9metery seven hundred ye1rs be D ] Christ.
Crescent,
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The MANUFACTURE OF lee - feel no liz
tie interest to learn the particulars Of the re
cent invention for the manufacture Of Ice, at q
Gust, as is inserted, at only one dollar per ton
The machine is at present in operation in
Cincinua I, and the papers Of that city SCENT to
think il will soon become one OF the staple ar
ticlvs Vt manufacture
The Gazettesaqs; .a
'The ennauncemrb Of he discovery Of q
successful process for manufacturing ice, is BY
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SCIENTIFIC PRoPHEcY--About n~inetesn vssr.
ago Mr.. Halt, of Wilton, Connecticut. tbsn !
remarkably good student in his collegiate
course was.sVddenly deprived Of his memory
and reason. In thos1 circumstances, his faith.
er, Rev. Mr. Halt, sent him TO Hartford. but
finding no rel ef. he 8 mt him to Dr.. Chaplin
OF Cambridge, Mass, The doctor said ,hAre
was no relief for him at that time, bu, !, The
age of thirty-six or seven there would be a
change; that the brain wac TOO much sSDan.
ded for the Uranium, and there would al that
age be a contraction, which would enable il
to act BEAUTIFULLY. Hisanious father an d amiIy
saw their hopes deferred for nineteen vesrs.-
That time has recently expired, and 20 their
great joy The prophecy is fulfilled. Tho man
began to inquire for his books, as If he had
just laid them down, and resumed his mathe.
NAUTICAL studies where he Jeff them. There Z
no trace on his mind of this long blank II Nj
lfeor ofanything which IL occurred init. ana
ne did not know that ne was almost forty years
Of age -Nc~ York Journal Of Comneres.
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TUemty miles withia an Ho,4s-The grea
trotting match over the Uniq Course, New
York, on the Goth Trustee v lime, we may
callit--resulted in the horse accomplishing The
great feat Of trotting twenty miles il less thar
one hour. The purse was for $500, and the
number Of spectators was very large. The
tlnct was in toIerably good order, but the wind
was rather high. Attnreo O'Clock the word
10 start was given, and g~allantly did the noble
animal perform the arduous task.
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FATAL DIFFleULTY.-We have learned with
pain, the particulars Of a most distressing
tragedy which occurred at Tchula, in this
county on Tuesday evening last. We can
only give the result, without allluding to par
~ticulars as they have been detailed to us. A
difficulty occurred between Mr. B. B Rankin
son and Mr.. Jas. Hurst. Each drew a pistol
and fired. The shot Of Mr.. Hankinson took
effect in the back or rathersido ofhis antagonisl
Mr.. Hurst used a revolver, which he fired three
times-one shot entering and passing through
the Aeshy part of the face If Mr.. Hankinson.
and one in he thigh, The othermissed andstruck
theleg of Mr.. MIMcAhee, who was endeaVoring
to separate the parties. The wound Of Hurst,
is pronounced mortal. Hankinson, though Sc
verely wounded, is not thought dangerous
s CA fees wound, (Which was Accidentally is
slight-pro ably the bone of tho leg fra'tnF-
ed.
The fght as we are informed grew outo oil an
old d %ffculty, and not of political matters, as
has been stated Ler'ngtoa .8dUerttsef.
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4. h. THOMPSON
..hionabIe Tailor.
1. Alice formerly occupied By
N. CaIIihum, where he is pre-.
y Ill kinds OF work in his line
I'M. Il prices to suit the times,
4 The road to wealth,
;s5s of Clothing renovated.
Ione is. '48. 40-6m
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ITSsIoNAL CARDS, &c.
M HERNDON,

barney at L@W,
.,.dison County, Mississippi
y. room above the Post Office.
VI, attend the Circuit Courts
lI lsa,iss q Alfalfa, Leake, Madi
Y. nd Holmes. Business en-
\ 4. care will receive his zeal
|nliOn, e.,
ii, I84a. ON
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sB' g an III Wind,' etc--A London paper says
that an importation Of teeth into that city from
Paris is advertised-the teeth 'having been tx
~tfacteo from The Jaws 81 the Insofganis ana
their opponents, slain in The late nsarrection :
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Oct. The 90. 1913

- UCI' VheZU, T648,
To the Editor of the Constitutionalist-Mr.
Editor dear sir you will be kind enough to race
mr - name from your list as he says he does
not wish 10 take the Constitutionalist any
longer he has had i. about IL months and he
never has takend any paper before yours a. d he
thinks that he has takend yours so long that he
aud his sones wife and daughters has done
reading enough for any family their life time
please excuse him and take him off as he
knows enough yours"
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communicable Augusta Constilu-
'%ionalisi, Of the 22d inst, says:
alt is not often that we publish any thing
in our paper complimentary to ourselves, but
the following letter received last evening, is
too good to be hid away, and we therefore pub
lish il verbatim -
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Lightning struck the 'elegruphic wires ii Il.
hnoi'' not long since, melting ten feet Of he
wire, and shattcring the poles lot 4 mile end :
alf.--Mlssagpisw!
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CANCER The Tuscaloosa Observer states
that a IN. Bell, who suffered fr eight years
with cancer in the nose, was entirely cured by
using a %poaItiee Of the common cranberry. II
is 50 simte and iohocenl that egerv one aflic-
ted with Tie disease should Try it.
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gEsrLEy.
UESFLEY s. MOSDY,

IN N Dau4s AND MEDICINES;
SgvFFs, OlLs, AND PAINTS;
GLASS AND Purity;
Racks, BLANK SOCKS, STATloNA'
,scy Articles, PERFUMERY, &c,
4, sirn Of GOLDEN MORTAR.
CANTON, MI.
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Dissolution.
ssonOnly is WeaIh.,,

onOhly is WeaIth.''
Boll n 70 preserve a house once
Wy q build anew one-try it:
H mEsFLEY \ MosBY,
pgeelged at their Drug Store,
'illns LinseedO Dill.
n. n No. u White Lead. and.
4cb. do
Il ! %gaafantee I'd be- FRESH.
! VII 7. q, q lhe b4st;n and which.
n ri.%s S'remeiy low (being
|l''s ls4s.
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RAILROAD COLLISION A serious collisi n
took place on the night of the Cd inst, on the
Boston aud Lynn Railroad, by which six per.
sons were allied and several others wounded.
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The correspondent of the Waterford Nail
says that a gentleman applied to Mr.. Smith
WBrien for his autograph, which was at once
given, accompanied by a line or two OF poetry.
II is short, graphic, and certainly bespeake
anything but dropping spirits or a sense Of
guilt, Here il Isl:
"Whether on the galIows high,
Or in the battles van,
The ftIesI place for man to die
Is where he dies for man.
VIM. SMITH O'BRRN."
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II young lad'es, ~ wa days, did MOI become
wives 81 t%Alueen, men would have better
wives,
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y advanced on Cotton sent to us to
10" This" or the New Orleans
A.
a'bnrg, Aug. 28, l848, 52-4m