The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-11-03

and then upon a SANDY fouBdation' erect 70
themselves, a gliuerng fortune. Mechanic
rcjoicsd At the low prize Of their labor, "a
now, they alsp could consistent jim the haF
py California tram, aud on the shores Of III
Pacific, receive one hundred dollars per day
Our Commercial cities had become CONNER
cal cess-pouls, emitting from their stsgnan
branch $ of trade, an %fluviA (called in Err
g sh, hard limes) Of sweetest ODER particu
lady Ia tho sense Of that class Of our fellow
citizens, Qhe planting INTEREST," who depent
upon them Tor lite and susiensucS Our coun
n, generally was uncontaminated b, a super
abundance OF the 'fithl %lucre.' The Natlona
TIensnr, was in a most g%lorious condition. il
largest deb, hcing the wr drbt, little risn!
the sum OF 100 to l50, 100000 dolIals. Ouriracal
with Mexico had ended, and the agreeable fac
had become known, that onlv 10000 Of ouI
brave cOuulrtmen had fallen in an inpIoriuul
war with a neighboriug t%epublic, while Ihnus
nnds of widows and orphans were scattered
DER the land, shedding tears OF v, that they
were thus lett, busbandless, faIlherIess, and
many Of Them penny lees. Such, with others
which the want Of slace will prevent u c from
mentloning,) Nere the circumstances that sur.
rounded thr deceased at the time Of its birth.
1t is MT surprising thcn, TINT bonn in SO propi-
liz us a period, It should be hailed as n prodigy
It was welcomed as the wander Of the a !e
The L'coloco prophets Of Canton, predicted
t4al it would be the future Nursery Of mighty
deeds; many aud loud were the reports oC its
iulure renown-
-'As thick as tal,s,
Came post with past, ill every one did bear
its praises"
lts entrance into the world was heralded in
sermon aud snng,' in speech aud conyersatio n,
MI, like the vito in Macb4th-
"Fhe bIack spirits and white,
Red spitts and gre !"
ot the Loc"'oeo ? rty, lined in one universal
strain, crying,
All hail thou! that shalt be great realtsr.n
But thou h horn to b. great, Y t It's most IN
tI'nh'e associates entertained tears tnAt it's race
would be short. Thesp arpreht usions origin.
ated in III" fact, thai its dawn was a,tel de- hy
tn"r IF five bats, whose dalk and sable shadows
were regarded as omiuous Of its speed, and
early emf. What rendered their gloomy fore.
%b"dlngs rtlll mGre intense, WIS the discovery
that the suNjrct Of Their sole iudc. was afi,ct.
ed with a constitutional ! frmiIy, well SHOWN
among learned politicians, uadcr the lame of
'ungopulafty.' Every precauticn was taken
TO cheek the progress of tn, diseasC-bnt ali
efforts prpged futile; il marcted with rnpid
strides, steadily and surely, IN il entirely par-
alyzrd one " It's members aud DESTROYED The
hopes OF its most sanguine Fl icnds. This sad
strobe convinced them that the pride, Of their
hearts and ,heiI vain bonst,' Us IL AZ n bubble
~
that would soon vanish into Air ,wa,, va
vas %t'ousht, that il Mr. c.. a polidenl
"tl mucl notoriety. could operate
upon the invalid, tat its lille might al Ieasr.
be prolonged ull after the TN of N vember
lie vac therefore C II ed in; bu, when he ar.
rlVFd' win thar Keen ptrct ption which bclonvs
only {" men OF high intellectual endowmehts.
he discovered thar the Association had rcceiy.
ca so severe i chill from the culd blasts, (call.
Ell by political sailors, election wlnds,l wbie
have recently been sweeping over The country
nom the snow lriAged hills OF Penns,l ania
ahd Ohio, that its diseas, had become greatly
aggtaValed-sO much 81, that .roteesor t.
il advisable To refrain from administer.
lhg any more sPeechifyir z nostrums, as they
would tend to hasten the death, rather Than nro.
Ion tue lie of the patient. lie therefore with.
drew leaving the disease to take its courses
which 1t did, till finally on the night of the
rs y insl It conquered its victim. and nuIn.
he ed II with thu dead. The las, moments of
Nv "''0"9'u were painful in the extreme. 1t
suffered 'he most excruciating agony and Nas
haunted by the m'sl t%righltul sights; and 50 SEN
s'''ve was It, that the bark of litt e white dpO.
~ me sIIgbI cougt'i.g of one Of lis bosom
Iii'hds, threw it inlo terrible commissions.
'Nl'd "hhh, II screamed forth awful dppun.
,ia'lons against one of its besl friends. In
- ~ !
y $ copdI'Ion it took its departure, u~itcnng
of'"Fe i died, The startling announcement
hat Gen. Taylor is a man Of b GOD!
Thus ended the life OF the "ranton Damo
,'a''e Assoeiati"n." Its career was brier-bu,
IKE many Of the short lived things Of hi.
World 1t was brill ant, and airords a striking
''ns'ratIon OF the truth that "mnch cnn bc
accomplished in a short space Of time. % The
.%eceased' while il lived, created ii, is -uo.
osed) a sensation not only IN s,be ~poIi,,ca
relies OF our " Republic, bat also in the
"''''c"l Cncles of Europe. Crown'd heads
ave hooked with fnar n ~. ,a.L1..