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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-02-02
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By the arrival Of the steamer American
Capt. Maloney from Vera Cruz, we have re-
ceived files of papers from thai city to th'll'n'
and from the city Of Mexico 20 the ~ instant
A general inspection Of these journals 'nduce
The belief that public Affairs have improved
since the date Of our previous ady'ees' Inc
papers do potteem 50 much with disastrous &C.
couprs q robbery and assassination A slight
dcgree Of rioht seems to have been infused IN
70 the Mexican police, and 70 be seconded by
tn activity on The part OF the government, more
oban proportioned to its slender resources.
The Mexican Congress assembled at the
capital on the lst inst, a quorum being present
During the morning President Herrera was
visited by the several diplomatic agents, The
French Minister taang the lead. The adj
dress Of the Executive 70 Congfros is Ike most
Mexican maniftstos, little more Than a tissue
of aeneralrtios. Among the few specific meas
ares urged upon Congress, Is the project oil a
national bank. The reports Of the various
secretaries occupy a large space in the Mexi-
can journals. We learn from the Treasurer's
report that the expenses Of the government for
the past year were Sic, 8O,25Oi while the ordi-
nary + venue from all sources was only $9,-
838,430-excess Of expenditures over resour-
ces SIS, 740,280-a pleasant prospect truly,
for a nation already loaded with debt, and
destitute Of credit.
Petitions against religious liberation were
pouring into congress. Most of these docu-
ments are principally signed by women and
priests.
A railroad is about being constructed fiom
Mexico to Tacubaya, all the shares having
been taken. 1t is probable that this enterprise
will be extended to Vera Cruz.
The Indians have not ceased their atrocities
in the distant provinces of the republic, and
the government is constantly appealed to for
sufficient succor by the helpless inhabitants
who are exposed to the ruthless incursions Of
the savages.
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TIE OvEBIANp RoUrETo cALroRANh.-Lieui
Morris, Of Col. stevenson's New York Reg
msnt Of Volunteers, gives the following piece
Of advice to whom it may concern. We COM
mend it to the particular attention of those
who in this and in some Of the cities west
are proposing to take the overland route to
California
Caution to Enigrants,-I hope that those
who intend to e~migrate by land here, will be
careful that they are not overtakenb by storms,
or SHOWS, or want of provisions, on their toll
some journey across the Rocky Mountains. l
have seen those who started from the borders
Of Missouri, hale and stalwart men, hobble
down iuto the plain Of California crippled for
life. Ihave seen brothers in the madness of
hunger, have fought for the laet BIT Of their
fathers dead body having shared the rest Of
their previous Notwithstanding been encom-
passed by snow on the tops of these
dreadful mountains. Maldens wholeft their
homes rejoicing in the pride Of youth and
beauty, in Joyous unticipations from this far-off
land by the horrors and suffering Of that fear
full journey, despoiled Of theis lovliness and
bloom, withered into premature old age.
At St. Louis, We see many persons are talk
ing seriously of leaving during The winter;
or early in the spring, the former by the way
Of Chagres and Panama, the latter mainly over
The route across the Plains; the Repub-
lican says, offers the strongest inducements TO
persons o~flimited means; yet it it fraught with
delays and privations from which the Isthmus
route is free.-N, o. Bulletin.
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THE SOUTHERN CAUCUS.

A great objection to the proceedings Of this
meeting, was the secrecy and concealment
that were observed, and the strict exclusion
Of all save the members themselves. 1t was
a feature that sayorsd too much Of an odious
convention, so closely analogous in other par-
ticulars, as to suggest a most unfortunate and
unpropitious parallel. General Houston strove
m%aniully to avoid this reproach, condemning
in strong terms the practice of conceaImen..
His motion to open the doors to the public,
was voted down by thirty-seveu ayes to fifty.
one nnys.
Although the discussion was conducted in
secret session, yet a number of interesting
facts and incidents have been brought to light,
The ruse Of Mr.. Foote, who proposed that the
address should be signed by those who were
willing to accept it, and thus haveit 60 to the
public as the expression of the Is Southern Dell
egation in Congress- was a 'pitiful attempt
at strategy, which was properly defeated,
A number who were at heart opposed TO
'HS 'H"htSStVi uhu ~ 0APiSSSu IuttlSelV6B i'll
private conversation, could not be brought to
to the scratch and when the motion was made
to lay the address on the table, it was rejected
bya vote Of twenty-seven ayes and ffty-fye
nays.
Mr.. Berrien proposed TO recommit the ad-
dress to the committee with instructions, Mr..
Mckay insisted upon a division of the motion
so that the question would occur upon the re-
commitment without instructions. Mr., Cal.
houn used all his influence to defeat the step,
but was himself defeated by a vote Of Al to
Dc.
Mr. Stephens then proposed to adjourn sine
DIE, but it failed by a vote Of twenty-five to
ffty-seven. Mr., Clayton declined serving any
longer on any committee, or participating
in any further proceedings, Mr., MOrehead, Mr.,
Rusk and Mr.. Chapman also Withdrew from the
general committee,
Other revelations will in time come to light.
~. 0. Bulletin,
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By he arrival Of tie sooner Adelia, Capt.
Barber, from Vera Cruz The l4lb, We have pa
pers from he city OF Mexico to The 9th inst
two or three days later than we had previously
recr,yed.
The Monitor Of the 7tb instant says that
there are no sufficient reasons to appfehend q
revolution in Mexico, although dissensions
have occurred in some Of the States, growing
out Of old ]quarrels. 1t exhorts the Government
however, to keep a watehful eye upon the
restless and rl-disposed who whisper treason.
Gen. Puiznn had marched under the orders Of
Government TO put down the Disturbances in
the State Of Mexico. Gen. Alvarez is order
ed to CO operate. TOluca was the city theat-
ened By tie insurgents, but they were rapidly
dispersed BY the Government troops under Gen.
Nuriega.
President Herrera reviewed the National
Guards on the 7th inst. upon the AImeda'-
They were addressed by the President, 10
whom The Governor Of the District replied
Tranquility has been entirely fe-established
IN Tampico, the Government troops being
reinstated in heir quarters in the town.
Congress is still in session in the capitol,
but has done little as vet. The opinion gains
ground that the tariff proposed al the last SEES
sion will be adopted.
The brig Tit was still in quarantine at Vera
Cruz. The fear Of chol ra has been very gem
orally diffused through Mexico, but we hearof
no eases oft,
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From YUcATAN.-By a late arrival from ST.
sal the New Orleans papers have news from
Yucatan. Several battles have been fought
by the volunteers from New Orleans and the
Indians Of Yucatan. On the oath ult., Col.
Whites regiment, under command Of 1T, Col.
Besaneon, encountered a large body Of In
dams, and a severe contest ensued, Capt.
Kelly and 1t. Campbell were. seyerely-Ihe lat
ter. dangeroysly-wounded. One private was
killed. The American fore numbered 300, the
Indians from 5000 100000.
0nthe 25th, the Indians made an attack up
on the town Of Tihosucoj Col. White came
up and drove them from the field, after
a hard fought action. The regiment lost 38,
killed and wounded; in this fight 1t. Gallagh-
er,of New Orleans, received three mortal shots
while leading his men to the charge. On the
9th, Col, White with a detachment Of Yucca
tecos and American volunteers, amounting to
about ZOO men, took up their march for Tela
a town not far from Tihosuco. They had a
running fight all the way, but they succeeded
III capturing the village and returned to Tho
suco, having lost eight men in the expedition
Y Whig.
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ma odgin Of The old Oaken Bucket.

1.-THE odgin Of the old Oaken Bucket.
W. came IN possession, last week, Of On an
asdote respecting the origin ofsam'l F. Wood
wouh's famous ballad Of that name, which
appears to US to possess so much interest that
we cannot withhold it from our readers-es-
p%eciaIly as it has not before been in print
Some years ago wien Woodwork, the printer
and several other sold New Workers. were
btother typors in a printing Office which was
situated at the corner Of Chatham /, and
Chambers, there were very few places in this
city where one could enjoy the luxury of a
really good drink Among the establish
menls worthy Of patronage, was an establish
menl kept by'Mallory, in Frankfort street, on
or about the spot where ST. Johns Hall recent-
y stood; Woodwork, in company with sew
eraI particular friends had dropped in' at this
place one afternoon, for the purpose of taking
some brandy and water,' which Mallory was
famous for Keeping. The liquor was super
excellent, and Woodwork seemed inspired
by it, for after taking a d%raught, he laid his
glass upon the table, (remember, reader, if you
please, that, IN those rare old tines a man
rarely met a friend without inviting him to
imbibeD and, smacking his lips he declared
that Mallory's eau de ue was superior to any
thing he had ever tasted Mo- said Mallory,
you are mistaken; there was one thing which
IN both our destinations, far surpassed this in
the way Of drinking.' 'What was that?' ask
ed Woodwork, obviously. EThe draught Of
pure, fresh spring water, that we used to drink
from The old oGken bucket that hung in the we'll
after our return from the labors of the field
on a sultry day in summer The tear-drop
glistened for a moment in Woodworth's eve.
'True-true' he replied, and shortly after quit
ted the place. He Immediately returned to the
office, threw down his stick, graspeda pen, and
in half an hour The Old Oaken Bucket,' one
of the most delightful compositions in our
language, was ready in manus ript to be en-
balmed in the memories Of succeeding genera
lions.
There, reader! do you say there is nothing
new under the sun?-M y. .4ge.
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Our SENATORS AND THAT MILEAsE-In Gree
ley's estimate of extra "mileage" Downs of
Louisiana, and Foote Of Mississippi, reach
%"eOncert piteh," and keys up to the tune Of
$1,000, while Colonel Davis chimes in with a
pretty good accompaniment of some 500, all
very snug littlo sums considering our distance
from California. But what perplexes our stu
pidity most is to understand how Messrs. Foote
and Davis " post the books" in reference to
their respective distances from Washington so
as to make a difference of 800 miles when
one lives in jackson and the other in Warren
ton, a distance of only SIS. We hope that it's
all right, and can be explained at least M a
"Hickwickiah s%ense;'' or upon the fact that
they are different editions Of stithmeticy or up
some other mode equally satisfactory 10 the
curious. - Columbus Why.
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HORRIBLE STATE OF SocIETx The following
from the Cumberland, (Md,] Mountaineer,
should at once excite to the highest pitch the
galluntry Of the surplus crop Of young men in
other towns;
1--WE have been requested som two or three
times by the ladies Of a certain little village
situated in Virginia, about eighteen miles from
this city, to announce the startling fact that
there are within its limits, taoenyJfoe single Ia
dies, all destitute of a single beau, there being
but two young gentlemen in the place.
Those two chaps must be in clover.
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SOUTHERN RAILROAD We understand fran,
"f' hanks the engineer, that The Railroad be-
ween this city and Brandon is to be completed
Q as 10 be nearly roOdy,f for the reception ofthe
'all' to Chambers Lane, twelve miles east o
,hls place; and that the ships chartered to
Of'ng the iron from Wales, it is believed have
arrived at New Orleans; and if SO, the rail 10
complete the road to Brandon, may soon be
expected at this place. The cars are now ma
King IN Cincinnati, and the locomotive en-
glnes are being made in Philadelphia, and will,
IL is believed, be finished by the first of Anr;l
next The work, as far as completed. has
been executed in a more permanent and sub.
s'an''al manner than any similar work in the
southern country.-Souttroa.
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DlED-Very suddenly, at his residence in
Madison County, Mississippi, on the evening Of
The 24th inst :. at the advanced age Of 70 years,
WILLIAM H. SLAUGHTER.
In adverting to this melancholy event, we
cannot refrain from p%ausing and dwelling for a
moment on those qualities of the deceased,
which SO remarkably endeared him to all who
knew him. In his character were happily
written all those virtues which conciliate az
fiction, and command respect and esteem.
To an uncommon mildness Of temper and a
disposition to promote the happiness Of others,
were joined mistaken firmness and an un
yielding sense Of duty. In the relations Of
husband and parent, he exhibited all the kind
ly and endearing affections, which ennoble our
species. AS a h~eighbor, he was kind and
hospitable. AS a citizen he was orderly and
scrupulously honest in all his dealings with his
fellOw-men. Amiable in disposition and cour-
teous in manners, his countenance beamed
with composur e. benignity and was often ligh-
ted up with a smile Of peculiar sweetness; the
index of a heart void of offence toward God
and man Long will the writer Of this remom
Der that familiar face which from its earliest
recollection was never turned upon him
but with an expression ofinterest and affection.
Though his friends now sorrow because they
shall see that face no more and deplore his
death as that Of one who died too eatly
they draw consolation from knowing that
though the subject of this sketch is beyond
the reach OlIhuman sympathy, he islin the hands
of all an perfect and benevolent God; while we
around his grave, we will initiate his ex-
istence and forget his %frailties.
Poor wanderers of a stormy day
From wave to wave, we are driven;
And fancy's fash and reasons ray
Serve but to light the troubled way,
There's nothing calm but Heaven.
JACKSON, Miss, January %, l849.
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A Coon OLD RULE-lt was the practice un
der General Washington's administration, for
citizens, deserving TO be appointed to public
Offices, the gift of which was b ylaw vested in
the President, to make their application to the
eE1ecutive through the department Of the 60
rnment having jurisdiction over the same.
We are sure thait The country will hear, with
no little qualification, that this good old rule
will be strictly adhe red to under Gen. Tay
Lor's administration.
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SOJ AO1Os
The delegates to the Southern Caucus have
unanimously substituted Berrien's address in
place of Calhoun's-it is legal in its character
and mild in argument.
Letters have been received by the State De.
Partment dated Monterey, Nov. 10th, which
confirm all previous accounts of the mtexhuus.
table supply of gold in California.
oom' Jones says that anarchy prevails to a
great extent, and that III s even among his own
officers, some Of whom have manifested a dis.
position to desert. Several seamen huve de-
serted from the naval vessels, most of which
are now short handed. Ii, Larkin reports hay-
ing seen Jumps of gold weighing from one to
two hundred pounds, and pieces Of Jumps
weighing from sixteen to twenty-five pounds.
PROVISIONS are scarce-board four dollars pei
day-washing six dollars per dozen.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY CRuRN.-Laughable thinps
sometimes happen in Brunswick. The "patent
churn" just now is all the rage. The other
day., certain Esquire, who shall be nameIess
was showing the gaping crowd of natives the
great wonders of his buter-making machine.
While grinding on the butter and sundry
long yarns, like The auctioheer, alternating the
labor with various explanations, a misc lev
Gus wag slipped a dab Of soap silly into the
milk Soon the agitated mass commenced
irothing, and filled the churn to overaowing
but no butter.
"You see," said the ever ready expounder
oil mysteries, as he paused to catch breath,
whether. butter comes or not, it makes three
tunes as mach Jatter-naiM as any other churn p
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The annex ed lines, written by Fanny Rem
Die Butler Tin 1916, l think) long before the
troubles commenced in Rome, are singularly
prophetic as we'll as beautiful:
It may be that the stone which thou art heavinp
From of thy peoples neck, may fall and crush
thee;
It may pc that the sudden flood shall push thee
from of the rock, whence, prophet like, be-
lieving
IN Gods great future, thou dost set it free!
YET heave It, heave it heaven high, nor fear
10 be overwhelmed in the first wild career.
" those long %prisoned tides of liberty
That stone which thou has lifted from the
heart
VI a whole nation, shall become to thee
q glorious monument, such as no art
Fer piled above a mortal memory;
Failing beneath it, thou shalt have a tomb.
mat shall make low the ~loftiest dome of Rome.
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General Taylor was to spend the LIST OF Feb
tuary in Vicksburg,

.t~i H
"There is one advantage 10 the recent valua.
bic discoveries, which will be Of benefit to the
democratic party 1t will stop the wing hue
and Dry about the worthlesness of our acquisi-
tions, in comparison with the expenses OF the
war, and we hope Mr.. Polk will retain enough
Of the mining region, without spolialion, to
furnish Gold sufficient to pay the debt which
Uncle Sam owes on account Of the difficulties
with Mexico. II Mr.. Polk can do this his
glory will be complete-he has amply vindi-
Gated the honor aud rights Of his country by
the war, and should he now be able to pay all
expenses with California Gold, the wings will
no doubt, exelOim from the bottom oil their
hearts, "WelI the war was right after all, par
t%icularly as it enabled US to elect Taylor, and
will not cost the country q cent,p-Eastern
Clarion,
Years ago, when our old hat he'd a fresh.
nap on il, we read in some law book a case
like this. (The case is still pending, and will
not be decided until the 9th March l849)
There was a rich old curmu dgeon, who lived
near a poor fellow, both belonging to the 8ame
church. The poor fellow had a pair oi-"oh
no we never mentions 'em''-and he hadn't
anything else. This rich old scamp took a no.
tion that those unspeakables ought to belong
to him; aud having a crowd Of loafers about
him, who were fed from hi table. and grew
fat Q nhis indulgence, he, with them, %waylaid,
killed andTcbbed the poor brother and got pos
session Of these unmentionables. There hap
Pened 70 be a Court, where law, ifnot justice,
was dispensed, and the old scamp was arrested,
tried, convicted, and sentencedt to be Iexecuted.
But while the hangers was conducting him to
the place Of execution, behold this crowd Of
loaiers and hangmen came forth, and com.
nencod shouting, "This man shall not be exc
cuted--we have examined those things that
cannot be me- toned, and in the waist hands
thereof we have found, sewed up, lots Of gold
We have SCENT and we have some Of it in our
pockets" That case will be decided on the
9Th Of March.
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CALIFoRNlA GoLD.-The Government has re-
ceived intelligence by land Of the discovery
Of other mines; and that half a million in gold
dust, belonging to citizens Of the United
States was on board the stOre-ship Lexing.
ton.
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We are under obligations to the Hon z. w
TOmpkins for a letter from the Secretary
Of the Treasury with his annual report
on the state Of the finances. We would
like 10 he under obligations to the PostnasIers
be,ween this place and New Orleans for Oare
changes. But as Greedy says, there are better
roads making.
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The Yazoo Democrat calls the Big BLACK,
our Big Black River, a shallow, narrow and
dangerous stream Rfe-haps he never was a
Tie bottom Of tiff he had been, he neve'
would have called it shallow or narrow we
know by wet experience that Big Black has a
bottom, if you only go deep enough.
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No NONSENSE ABOUT HER.-MiIlard Fillmore
Comptroller Of The State Of New York, and
Vice President elect, has a daughter, a scholar
at the State Normal School, Albany, who is
qualifying herself 10 be a teacher Of common
schools.
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Tbs LARGEST BABY YEr-A race Of Giaut,.
MI and Mrs. Randall, the celebrated Scotch
giant and glantess, have recently had a son
porn to them, ut their residence near Miners,
Point, Wis. whose weight at three davs old
was tWenty-toOpOunds. This is their fist cbiId
and is we believe, first successful experim.n,
in modern times in the production of a rooo
of giants. They do great things in Wiscon.
sin nowadays .-ROehsster american.
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We publish the proceedings of the great
man Of yernon-they are som +quashes. We
call the attention Of our readers to the first res
oIution; thatcan win. Seriously, the matter is
one that deserves OUT attention and that imme-
diately; whether fools or sensible men start i
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A PERRY PIcTURE OF THE JERSEY GIRLS -
II u said thatthe Jersey girls and Jersey hor,
ses are very unlike-for a wonder! The hor-
ses are shy, skiliish and hard TO catch; but
the girls are as tame as kittens and bold as
lions, They flock around a fellow like a sheep
around 9 sail trough, and have to be driven of
with clubs
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WILLIAM HARDY
February Cd, lS49. m
THE STATE OF MTssTgaS
Madison Coantp.

BY the Probate Court Of aiir
January Term, lSs.
RY John B. Howcott, E,o.
Probate, in and for he d
Madison and State Of Mlssssim
Notice is hereby given I'M
cation to me by Paschal Rose nj
da Jane Rose, his wife, Of aij
who claims an undivided parto
sonal estate Of William Noys.
said county deceased, now d IL
Of Robert Tucker, administered
II have dominated Figures Lot
s.. Kicks, Richard Il, Wtns
Thos. c Ballow, commissioners
the said personal estate into equal
between the parties entitled 70 iii
ton thereof, and unless properoSa
are stated to me al the term
Court, 10 be held on The second
Of April next, at the Court House
town Of Canton, in and fol sal d
the said Low, Kicks, Winter and
will then be appointed commlaa
make partitionof said personal ahl
aforesaid. Given under ny hnd|
50Lh day Of January lS4S.
JOHN B H0WC0TTN
Judge Of PaaI
February I'd, l849, 81
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AT LAsT-The Legislature Of Missouri has
at last agreed to accept the share Of the surplus
funds to which the Stete became entitled un.
der the depOsite law of Congress, passed some
years since.
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oHIo.-seabury Ford, wing, has been de-
cIated Governor of Ohio, and J. B. Weller,
has been appointed BY President Polk one Of
the commissioners 70 run the boundary line
between the United States and Mexico.
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d appears from Telegraphic reports that
MI. Calhoun's address, which had been rejec-
ted in Committee, was adopted by the Conven-
ton by a vote Of 80 to 10.