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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26
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Unsuccessful attempt at Suicide, BY Mr..
Steel. the ReDaa Ia

F - NAN
steel, the Repeater.
Among the sad items Of news H. H. nj
tanla, many an Irish heart will feel heavier :.
hearing that Tom Steele, a true patriot. a trus
Irish gentleman, and the earliest and ERNEST
Trend Of the rights Of ~Ireland-woru gu, with
anxiety on her behalf, attempted to /" shuttle
oil the mortal coil" by precipitatinig himself
from the Waterloo bridge into the Thames on
Apni-th. at 2 o'clock, P. NJ. At a few min
utes before Z O'clock, the unfortunate man
was observed to alight from a cab in Yelling
ton street, and, having paid the driver his fare
he walked to the t%oll-gate, put down a penny
piece, received his change, and passed on 10
the bridge. On arriving at the second recess
from the Middlesex side he stopped suddenly
took of his cap-the celebrated can with
which his friend O'Connell crowned him in
5y-gone d%ays-and, mounting the p~arape..'
threw himself into the river. A gentleman
who was crossing the bridge on the opposite
side observed the whole occurrence NJ oplv
a few PAGES distance, but so rapidly aid tbA
unfortunate man effect his purpose that Il was
found lmpossibleHto render him any assistance
Happily a waterman was passing through the
bridge in a small boat at the moment the nm
fortunate man entered the water, and, with a
presence of mind that does him high credit
ne Immediately pulled towards him. and with
some difficulty at length succeeded in getting
him into his boat. The poor mar was taken
ashore at the strand lane stairs, and thence
conveyed to Kings College Hospital, where
he received all the attention his case REQUIRED
from Mr., Burton, the house surgeon of that
institution. Tho chief injury he sustained is
the shock 10 his system from having fallen fiat
upon the %surtuce Of the wuter. There can be
no doubt that the veteran agitator had com.
templated the rash act for some hours al least.
as he had been occupied during the chief partof
the day in writing letters at Peel's cofehouse an
establishment he wasin the habit Of occasional
y trequenting. Within his cap, which as a.
bove stated he placed on the bridge before he
threw himself over, was a small piece of paper
sealed to the lining with black wax, on which
was written, "Tom Steele, county Of Claras'
Ireland" That Tom Steele never made age
tation a trade may be gathered from the fact
thar when he came = age he entered on a
beautiful estate of EI5,OOO or Gl6,O0O a year
in the county of Glare. Twenty years Of a.
matour agitation brought him to the Insolvent
Debtors Court.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

"FOrtune," it is said, " favors fools"-and
certainly she never did so more decidedly than
when she granted to Gideon J. Pillow the pri-
vilege of holding Office under James X. Polk,
instead of the Emperor Of the Celestial King
dom. Mr.. Forbes, in a recently published
description of China, gives an outline of the
Chinese articles Of war, among which we find
the following:
"Art. 8. The soldier who bravely kills one
enemy shall be rewarded-but he who is de-
tected in lying pretexts about his own merits,
or who by false tales usurps the merits Of
others as his own, shall be decapitated."
What would Pillows head have been worth,
had he been a Brigadier in the Celestial EN-
pire? Not the price of one Of his spurs.
Cou, 4 Eng.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

WoRsE THAN EvER--Tho Wing papers have
often been accused Of being unnecessarily
severe on Senator Foote; but the following,
from the last number Of the Democratic Re-
view, shaves closer than anything a wing edi-
tor ever said in his severest mood:
"We shall not waste a word on the disgusting
rant Of FOote, Of Mississippi, who proclaimed
his ferOcious aspirations after a h%angman's job,
whose functions he is much better fitted to
perform than those Of a Senator. We protest,
in the name Of the honorable body to which
he belongs, of the noble State whose dignity
he has lowered, and of our common country,
which he disgraces, against language and SEN
timents which the most abandoned leader Of Q
street mob would hesitate in this country t.
utter, but which the senseless demagogue hop
ed would procure him notoriety."
That beats every thing; we have not anoth
er word to say against Senator Foote; indeed
we rather pity him-(in a hOrn)-Y. Whig.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

The Washington Union gives the Iollowing
sketch OF som Of the atrocities perpetrated
ins Yucatan. If true, it is indeed horrible! IL
is furnished by Don Justo Sierra, the Commits
s%ionerof Yucatan, now in Washington; a gem
tlemau, says the Union, of education, and q
nephew of a distinguished Mexican, who was
formerly driven from his country on account
Of his liberal principles, took refuge in Texas,
whose destiny he shared, and whose revolution
he promoted:
Horrible atrocities Committed By the SauGges
in Yucatan--During the seige Of Valladolid,
the savage Indians proposed that commission
ers should be sent ont TO them 10 treat for,
peace. The parish priest ofthat city, a young
ecclesiastic of unblemished conduct and we'll
known pioty, Or. Manuel Sierra de O'Riely,
a brother of Don Iusto Sierra, the present
Commissioner Of Yucalan, at WaahintonO was
nominated for that purpose, together with the
chief of police, and two other respectable cit-
liens. nr. Sierra had acquired, by his
charity and benevolence, a widespread pop,
ulafity with the Indians OF the city and its
vicinity; and the most happy results were
anticipated flom the mission. Two days were
passed in pacific conference with the savages,
after which they committed the unheard ofbru-,
tality ofassassinating him and his colleagues
in the church. Their lives were feloniously
taken in reward for their (perhaps) indiscrCet
confidence in the integrity and honor of a q
race, who, alas! are too well known for
their %perfidy.
After the city of Valladolid felTin the hands
Of these barbarains, there were found within,
its suburbs one hundred and seventy-seveR
women and children who had been left without
the means Of escape. They were all brought
into an enclosure, or fenced lotY where, to the
sound of music and obscene songs, the women
were publicly violated; and after prolonged
torrents, which lasted thirteen hours, they were
oil murdered.
The venerable curate Of Guiana, who had
been ffty-three years among the lndians-du-l
ring the whole Of which period his life had
b on devoted 10 their service-was forced from
his bed, where he was Frustrated by disease
and was dragged to the belfrey Of the church
in VIII Oh he had for many years ministered 70
their spiritual wants, where he was ignCmihi-
ously hung to the bell rope.
More than 10000 men, women and children,
who were without any means Of defence,
have been assassinatod in the frontier ttlemen,
and villages. The most horrid acts Of afro
CITY have been committed by the relentless
savagcs-acts more frightFul in their charac-
ter than those which attracted the wrath Of q
Just and offended God against tho accursed
cities Of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

The bitches I'm the report Of the examine
ton of Judge Walker, editor Of the Delta,
with reference to certain ensures in the Leon
idas letter, the following paragraph occurs:
81 erased the word clutches" 1.-THE wit
ness stated that he had a particular reason for
erasing the word ditches' in connection with
Gen. Pillow. It was this: Gen. Pillow had
been pretty severely joked in the papers abou'
some bitches at Camargo, which were said no
TO have been dug according to military rules
and as the letter VAST ra ther ticklish experiment
anyhow, he, the witness, thought it best &c
suppress a word calculated to revive the ole
story. Gen. Pillow remarked that he had as
much to do with digging the Camargo bitches
as with building the wall of China, which caus
ed Gen, Gushing to chuckIe over some of hi
Chinese "reminiscences, and the other officer
over the peculiar nature of the Camargo forti
ications
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

"The report that Lord Brougham applied
for letters Of naturalization as a French sub
iect proves 10 have been correct, for the French
papers publish a correspondence on the subject
between him and NJ. Cremieux, the Minister
of Justice. The Minister, in answer to Lord
Brougham's application, informs him that he
must renounce all his privileges in England II
he becomes a French citizen; and this lnd's-
pensable preliminary seems to have cooled the
ouondam Lord High ChaucelIor's desire to en-
ioy the advantages and honors of French citi'
zenship. The story that Lord Brougham in
tended to offer himself as a candidate for a seal
in the National Assembly, also seems to have
been correct, for the MouueListe, of Marseilles,
publishes the letter in which Lord Brougham
while requesting the Mayor OF Cannes to fur
nish him with the certificate of residence dur
ing five years, and of vie ct "'Gur', requisite to-
his naturalization, also desires that tunctlona-
nv to announce him as candidate for the rep
resentation Of the department Of the VAR
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

Fourth Distrct-The Wing convention for
the Fourth District Of Mississippi assembled in
Holmesville, Pike county, on the 9th inst. T.
Jones Stewart President, and w. R. Adams
Secretary. The convention was largely at
tended, its deliberations entirely harmonious.
Gen. Taylor was recommended as FIRST choice
for the Presidency, but the convention determ-
ined to abide the decision Of the NationalCon
v%euion. The delegates to Philadelphia are
Hon. P. w. Tompkins, II. P. Duncan, R. NJ.
Ayers, DR.. ]. MctcaIf, G. B. Shields, 7.
Jones Stewart, T. J. Johnson, and John T.
Lamkin. Mr.. Lamkin was unanimously chos-
sen e lector for the fourth district, but declined
serving. David w. Hurst, Esq, Of Amite,
was then chosen with a like unanimity.
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Gen. Jackson's Character. --Corcoran tells
the following in late letter from Washington
to the Delta:
| was in company last night where the opin-
ion of a Tennesseean was asked in relation to
Gen. Jackson's chara His reply was Pc
culiar-perhaps Characteristic. 'Why,' said
ne, if Old Hickory had a friend he would
serve him in any possible shape, when alive
when dead, if it were possible, he'd go right up
to the gates of heaven with him, and If st
Peter objected to letting him in, either one OF
the other of them would get whipped, sure
But if he had an enemy, he'd not only shove
him into h--lI, but he'd go barefoot to Pitts
burgh and pay seventeen dollars a ton foI
Goals, to give him a good roasting--that's what
| Old Hickory would do"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

Behave yourself before Children.--A young
gentleman residing in the neighborhood Of
Richmond, had occasion, a short time since, to
drive his pretty cousin Fanny down to Wind
sor in a gig. Little Charley, a brother of Fan
ny's accompanied, and sat between them in
the gig; but as he was only FIVE or six years
Of age, Of course, he was considered nobody
Unfortunately, however, the urchin had a new
hat that very day, Of which he was exceeding
Iy proud, Finding on his arrival at Windsor,
that it had sustained some injury during the
Journey, he rushed to his mamma to COM
plain,
81 declare, mamma" he cried. "ln never
ride in a gig between sister Fanny and cousin
George again"
Why SO, my dearm inquired the nam
ma.
"Because,n he replied, " they have bruised
my new hat all to pieces with leaning over me
to kiss each other all the way from Rich
mond."
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

WGig Convention Of GeOrgia.-By the iol-
lowing dispatch, received by the Charleston
Mercury of the 10th inst, it will be perceived
that the Wing Convention Of Georgia has nom
mated Gen. Taylor for the Presidency:
MACON, May 90, =. N.
The Georgia Wing Convention named Gen
eral Taylor as their first choice for the Presl-
depcy, and recommend him to the wing VA
tional Convention for nomination They have
agreed to send delegates, and will support 'ae
nominee Of the Convention, provided ne DC
sound on questions involving Southern rights
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

PRICES OF MERCHANDISE FIFTY YLARs AGO.
A letter of John johnson, of Piqua' Ohio, one
of the Pioneers Of the West, and long con-
nected with the Indian Department, records
tho following items, which will be interesting
to all. We copy from Cist's Cincinnati Ad'
v~ertiser:
In 1912, / found the following prices OF
articles at Detroit, Fort Wayne, and in Ohio.
Paid for six barrels of salt, at Detroit, at
GIG per bbl., 1896; 1900 lbs. tobacco, AGO;
two bbls. -four, $40; l27 bushels Of corn,
1927.
Bought at Cincinnati, of Mr.. Mayo, 1874
gallons whiskey, at S. per gallon, $3.50;
and $50 lbs. tobacco, at S7A cents per h..
1000 lbs. bacon, at Is cents per ID; a quanti'
ty of hair powder, at 81 per ID. The officers
and soldiers, in those times, when on duty
wore their hair long, and always powdered
l find paid for FIVE gallons of tar, for the pub
lie wagons, $40; SO per bushel was at one
time paid for corn at Fort Defiance.
In a time of scarcity, for the purpose o
feeding the Indians, l paid, at one time, be-
tween six and seven hundred dollars for
field of corn, estimated to contain ten acres
and the Indians gathered and divided it.
In the winters of l794-5, Immediately aite'
1.-THE whiskey instruction in Western Pennsyl
vania, l paid $l4 per cwt. for transportation
in wagons, from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
There was no turnpike road at that time; q
FIVE horse team would convey 5000 to 3,5O(
lbs, and travel u to is miles a day. Wher
public money was transported, | always ac'
companied the wagons on foot. The specie
was packed in boxes $1,000 each, and these
slowed in large tierces of soldiers clothing ana
Indian goods, SO that the wagOners were moi
aware that they carried money. In this way
much Of the public funds were transported IN
early times. Then, there was no paper mon
ey; it was a hard money era, and truly a hare
way of getting along with it. None but thos'
who participated in those e%ventful trying
times, can form any estimate of the labor, anx
iety, risk and expense attendant upon the dis
charge of public duty.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26
IS a sclentiGc Lecture a IlshowN1

This important question lately sprung up
in a newly incorporated town in this state, be-
tween an able lecturer on galvanism, electric
ity, &c, and its corporate authrrities. In one
VI the the ordinances Of the to wn, a tax OF
as is assessed on all public Shows The
President of the Board of selectmen, appre-
hensive that, if the learned lecturer knew the
fact, he would not have hazarded the expert
ment Of making SO large a sum in SO
small a place, very properly Notified him ofthe
existence of the law. This being the first
@Showman'' that had made his appearance
within the limits Of the corporotiony it will be
gratifying to. the advocates of law ANDY order
TO know, the new aldermen triumphed in
maintaining the majesty and supremacy ofthe
laws as +" they understood them," Tor the
g Snowman" abandoned his Intentions 1t is
said, however, that some of the sovereign'
were not altogether SO well pleased with thu
experimental operation of their n'w govern
ment, believing the existence of such ne or
dinance was itseIfa cogent and conclusive ar
pument in favor Of interfering science anC
letting it loose within the town.-Southron.
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vaez and Christina, that the Duke had been ex-
lied to Seville fOrhis pains.
RUSSIA.
The Cologne Gazette Of the 18th Of April
quotes a letter from the Bresian Gazette, by
a traveller, in which he says " that the move
ment Of the troops are uncertain ard contra
dictOry. The Russian government is adopt
ing every possible measure Of defence, and
with every forbearance. The military rein
forcement demanded by Prince Paskiewitsch,
has arrived and set off for the frontiers. One
hundred thousand are to follow, il necessity
should require it.
Warsaw is perambulated by patrOle, but it
presents more Of the life Of a carnival than a
scene Of wal. Everywhere the strSins Of live
ly music resound, because the Poles expect
their deliverance by Germany, and hope 10
secure it by remaining quiet to the end"
The ZeitWmg Halle gives the following ac-
counts from MaggrabowsOn, east frontier, Of
the Sd Of April: "The deputy of Landrath
has just sent word to the chief resident Of Prus-
STA, that 300 pieces Of Russian cannon have
just arrived at RaygrOd, a Polish town on the
main road from St. Petersburg to Warsaw,
close to the Russian frontiers, and which will
probably pass along the causeway to Warsaw
while troops will advance further into the cOun-
try, as it is evidentsucha train Of artillery must
preuede a very considerable body of men,
The Bremen Zeitung, in a letter from Berlin o.
the 10th April confirms this intelligence.
"Welearn from the kingdom Of Poland tina
the entire army assembled in Lithuania, ha'
advanced and taken up its quarters on il
Prussian frontiers. Three hundred pieces 0
Russian artillery are said to be at Warsaw
A Cracow Journal, Of the 10th Of April, say
that the total number Of troops now in Polan'
amounts to about 10000 men, which are to b
augmented to 100000" Other journals con
tradict the reports.
India and China, according to latest advices
are tranquil.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

Alarming State Of affairs IN Caba.-By the
arrival of the schooner Lee, Captain Hilton,
from Cardenas, the New York Express is in
formed that on the 18th, the white inhabitants
were hourly in anticipation Of a general insur-
rection among the negroes. The Governor was
using great efforts to suppress any attempt
and had already imprisoned a number Of blacks
whom he supposed to be leaders in the dlsai-
lection. He also stationed troops upon many
Of the plantations in the neighborhood oil the
town.
Mr.. Blake, believed to be of New York; an
engineer, washOrribly murdered near Piga"an'
abou, fifteen miles from Cardenas, on the ftn
of April; he had gone to accompany a friend
10 the depot, and on his return was knocked
from his horse, having his head nearly severed
from his body, and his pockets riied OF then
contents. He has left wife and child in thai
city,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

The editor of the Wilmington IN. CO.
Chronicle states that "much concern prevails
among the Turpentine producers and dealers
in all this section Of the State, on account of
the immense number Of Pine trees that are dy-
ing, without any perceptible cause. We OBJ
served something Of it in a short excursion
which we made into the country q few weeks
since, and now we understand that the decay
is going on at rapid rate. One gentleman OF
our acquaintance in Brunswick county, has on
his plantation one hundred and thirty thous-
and trees OF the tasks Of about twelve hands,
which have died within a short time. Others,
also, we have heard Of, who have lost from
fourth to a half Of their trees. The cause OF
this extensive destruction Of the most valuable
tree of our forest is eminently worthy Of close
Investigations
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

The greatest compliment which has recent
ly been paid to the ''craft" is a statement that
Thomas Darlington Macauley was a practical
printer. We know more about his incompar-
able writings than about his life, and cannot
vouch for the truth of the statement, os to his
having graduated in a printing office. But
when we come to think Of the splendid abili-
ties of the man, it rather strikes us that he
must have been a printer! indeed we are al
most sure Of it.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

We do not mean to insult the editor of1he
Delta by saying that whenever his oath con-
ficts with the swearing of Major Burns, we
are at no loss which to believe. The editor
swears that the interlineations Of the Leonidas
letter are in his own handwriting, and the Ma
Tor swears that the letter as it now stands is the
product of his pen. There are a great many
men in the world who do not know their
handwriting after it has become " cold,'' and
the Major, we suppose, is one OF the numbers
Int he must excuse us for believing that he is
the only one who would make such lack OF
dissemination the basis Of the solemn oath he
is reported to have taken before the court
Doctors and consciences will differ.
Y. Wtig.
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VrcKsBuRG RAIL RoAp.-On Saturday last
The Board Of Directors Of the Commercial and
Rail Road Bank Of Vicksburg passed q resolu-
ton to give up the Rail Road and Depot build
ings to Washington Jackson 4 Co., OF New
orleans-they having purchased the property
at Sheriff sale in March last, The stockhol.
ders and creditors of the bank have been try
ing to raise money to redeem the road but
we presume have failed to accomplish the OBJ
iect.-T. Whige
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

Within a week, five dead bodies have beer
picked up in the streets Of Boston, all show
ing the marks of a violent death, and in nc
case has the cause been ascertained. In thu
sam period, the bodies of some seven or eigh
infants have been found, either clandestinely
buried, or in the water, and no trace Of thu
guilty parties obtained,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-05-26

An American quaker said to a gunner dur
ing the revolutionary war-"Friend, ! counsel
no blood shed but if it be thy design to hit the
little man in the blue jacket, point thine en-
CINE three inches lower.
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Conuicts,-T last Circuit Court of Adams
county sent up eight c%onvicts to the State PEN
itentiary, who were delivered to the prison
yosterday-all for grand and petit larceny,
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The Governor Of Virginia has demanded the
bodies Of the three white men engaged in sb-
ducling the slaves from Washington; no says
some Of the slaves were Virginia property.
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.pl'-the report Of the capture Of
y the troops of Charles Albert turns
: oeen unfouuded. Charles Albert
ylls1 attack upon the fortress, and
Su'u appear from his own account,
. retreat by the Austrians.
pa''0ae Of Turin, of the 18th, gives
.uSOIars Of the capture Of the pow
A,aes Of Peschiera. The Milanese
80 IN carrying off the gunpow-
IVY 00Oy Of troops being sent from
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CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, MAY 90, rs4s.