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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

FATHER RITCHIE-A PALPABLE BIZ
John Van Buren,, in bic late speech 9, olevs-
land, graphically bite of the editor Of The
Washington Union in this wise:
Mr.. President, we want q national party.
have none. We have no national editors.
Ispsak Of The democratic party. Richie is
not an organ Of the democratic party. True,
he mi yhl become go. / can very well imagine
that he nigh. become radically anli-slavery.
Nothing in the past history Of that man goes
to preclude the possibility Of such an event.
He denounced General jackson, in terms OF
the most abandoned bitterness. The election
Of Andrew JasksOn,' said he, TO the Presiden-
cy Of these United States, would be a greater
calamity than war, psstilence, or famine
And yet, afterwards, he turned in, and helped
elect him twice to the Presidency! He de.
nounced the Independent Treasury Bill, aS a
measure fraught with danger TO the liberties
Of the people; as an internal invention Of the
President and his Secretary, by which one
kind Of currency was to be provided for gov
ernmrnt, and another for the people; and now
he foods the air with appeals to stand by II, as
a basis upon which the disbanded democracy
may be rallied! whilst his ink turns pale at the
frightiuI vigor with which he deals out enco-
miums opon it, as the perfe;t production Of
human wisdom! / am reminded Of a remark
of the lamented and Tevered Silas Wright.
He said : that Richie experienced no difficulty
at all in changing his position; bu. that that
very facility extinguished bis inluence.' He
may come right; but he will present a specta-
Gle which will challenge the eontempt6f every
one who shall have a fair claim to be ranked
as a human being. Look AZ him sitting at the
seat Of government. A convention Of slave
holders is assembled to hold lamentations over
the advance of the free spirit Of the land, and
consummate their plans for the dissolution Of
the Union. A STAKEHOLDER occupies the chair
Of State, knitting his brows to Indignantly
frown down the efforts Of freemen for freedom;
and the Union is threatened by Southern men
on every hand. Does he speak? Does he
sound an alarm and give. notice Of danger?
No. There he sits, lamenting over the removal
Of a Collector Of Customs, or pregnant with
holy horror, when the head Of q decapitated
Inspector rolls from the block! Yes, there he
like a superanusted market woman, BY
the road ,side, crying over her broken eggs!
In my opinion, the only tune which he can
play upon his cracked organ, to which the de-
mOcraey can universally respond, is this:
"oh carry me back to Old Y~Irginuy."
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Cooper,s wreu.

We intended last week to give our readers
a short article on this Bethesda, whose healing
waters will ever be associated in our mind and
n%ostrils with most sunsayory odors.' But tie
accounts we have received from others, who
have visited the place since we were there,
describe the miseFies they have endured in
such feeling language, that we feel inadequate
to do justice to the subject. That there is viz
tue in the water, no one will deny; and it is
equally ~undeniable that the ~discomforts attend-
ing a %aOjourn there are enough to cOunterbal.
ance the good effects Of the water.
For the benefit Of those who may wish the
same sort Of water, Of equal or greater strength,
we say il they will wall until next summer.
they will find the Madison, or Rogers Springs,
prepared for their reception, where a good table.
good beds, and servants, will enable them to
derive all the benefits Of the water, with pleas.
uFe and profit. The PrOprietorp are determined
- make their visitors comfortable, and are
athletic do IT,, We expect, before long, to pub
iish an analysis Of the water, from which il
will be seen that this water is at least equal to
any that can be found in this State, or any
other in the Union, for a certain class of dis
eases. Were il necessary, we could mention
cases where this water has perfected cures.
when other wells and springs have failed.
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PERSONAL.

We have been Informed that some individu-
aIs, whose Literary sagacity and Ocumen lai
exceed their political, haze charged tina, an ar.
ticle which appeared in our paper week before
last, in relation p the Democratic Meeting al
this place, was written by one OF anotber--they
cannot Jay which--ot our friends. We wish
20 say distinctly, tina. the article was written
BY us, and no one else, For what purported
70 be facts in relation % the proceedings Of
that meeting, we were, Of course, as stated in
that article, indebted to %seyerOl political and
personal friends. For the language in which
they were conveyed, and the m made
upon them, we were indebted to no one. We
feel able-though not always willing--to write
our own editorials, and have ever done 50, OK
cept when We have stated to the contrary, I'm.
less now and then a little puff Of some person
o. thing may have accidentally been placed
there. there was any fact stated in that ar
ticle in relation to the meeting, which was in
correet-and we do not believe there was-we
will correct i, c~heerfully. We care little
aboutthe credit 10 b obtained from our edito-
rails, i there be any; il there is blame to fall
any where, we want it ali. We trust those
intelligent gentlemen who can see 50 far into
q milestone, will please give US all in that in
stance, and not divide il out among our friends,
who, We presume, are not anxious to share the
responsibility: To satisfy those distinguished
individuals, We assure them that We can prove
BY our foreman that this article was written
at our desk in the Office.
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II. cnndldnle IL aoEsrnol.

ZH"AA-LLe
we stated in our lasi paper, that owing 10
dissatisfaction among some Of DE Whig Of
this county, We should noe for he present,
place the NINE Ct Mr., LEA at the head Of our
paper. Sickness prevented US from investiga-
ting into the correctness Of the reasons assigned
BY some for that dissatisfaction, and from ascer-
tanning how FAR it extended. We have since
had access to sources for obtaining correct
information, and are satisfied that those persons
are misiaken-ihat in some waythsy have mis-
apprehended Mr.. LEA's opisislb. We haze
known him personally for many years az q tai
ented high-minded gentleman-an able law
vera sound and consistent Whig--(a Taylor
Whig)-and we can assure the Wings that on
all questions Of State, as well as national poli-
cy, he is right. Under shese circumstances,
we consider it our duty, as we'll as that Ofevsry
other Wing, TO give him an earnest and jealous
support. With the Information we have, we
shall do il choerfully, aud we hope and believe
that others will inform themselves, and do the
same.
From some indications in The LOcofOco news
papers, we are induced TO believe that Mr..
LEA will have to canvass the State without the
presence Of his consistent and talented opponent.
Conscious that their greatest strength lies in a
regular nomination, and the two cannon plant
ed at the front doors Of the capitol, our oppo-
nenis indicate a disposition 10 keep their can
didate aloof from the field Of debate, where,
perhaps, in som uDguarded moment, or under
e. excitement, he might forget the lessons he has
so recently learned from the Locoloco spelling
book, and utter some Of those profound truths
" ith which he was once SO familiar, when
well versed IN Federal Philosophy. This course
may be the best for them. Should il be pur-
sued, Mr.. LEA must expect al every point
where he speaks 70 be assailed with the yelp-
ings Of those little ours Of LocOfocoism that do
so increase and multiply at all our little villa
gea and crossroads; and who, like their four
footed relatives, are ever ready to sally forth
and annoy a stranger who may enter their
neighborhoOd. We trust Mr., LEA will remem-
Der the tale Of the two travellers, and not waste
his time and strength r%ePelIiug their attacks.
Let him ride on and attend tohis Journey.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25
LArnR FR0M TEXAs.

The steamer YaatL which arrived yesterday,
brought us q full Texas mail, from which We
CLEAN the following;
The Corpus Christi Star. Of the 4th inst
says that the Indians are increasing in number
and audaeity. On the ed inst. an express az
rived from Lieut.. Aikens to Capt. Blackwell
requesting endorsements. The next day a
wounded Mexican YVES brought in, with the
report that one other had been killed, and that
fears were entertained that Stewart (well
known as a hunter and fisherman by the name
Of seotiy) had also been killed by the same
party OF indiana. The wounded man brought
in here, was shoEby an arrow, which entered
the back beneath the shoulder and came out
at the breast. The arrow was sticking In him
when brought in. From the nature Of the
wound, and the length Of time which elapsed
before he could receive medical assistance il
was thought he would not recover.
On the Sd, one Of the rangers, named HOl.
land, who left in the morning from the Camp
at PaIO Alto. returned in the afternoon and
stated that he had seen two men-one he
thought was a Mexican and the other an In
d~ian-about FIVE miles from here, who shot at
him with arrows, one Of which slightly wOun-
ded him in the wrist. He snapped his pistols
at them, both Of which missed fire, when he
concluded to return. They made no attempt
to pursue him .-BM etin.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

In kentucky, Alabama and North Carolina,
the elections for Congress have resulted with.
out loss to either party. In Tennessee we
have lost one, and probably one in Indiana.
We are NOT able to say, at present, how the
next House OF Representatives will stand.
The names Of tie members elected in KEN
lucky are johnson, Mclean, Thompson, Mar
shall, Morshead, Breck, Wings; Boyd, Cald-
well, Mason, Stanton Locos. In Alabama:
AlstOn and tIilliaFd, Wings: Harris, Inge, Hub
bard. Cobb, BOwdon, LOcos. In North Caro-.
lima; clingman, Caldwell, Deberry, Sheppard,
Stanley, Outlaw, Wings; VenabIc, Daniel,
Ashe, LocOs. Ia Tennessee: Watkins, An
deEsOn, Gentry, Williams, Wings; johnson,
Savage, Jones, Thomas, Harris, Stanton. E@.
ING, Locos. Ewing was elected in the NASH
vile district, the strongest Wing district ii the
State, over Collum, d miserable Wing, who
forced himself on the party, aud has received !
rebuke that we trust will be 4 lesson 10 him,
and a warning to Others.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25
The king Of MusanitO.

Some years since, honest John Bull, who has
80 little 70 attend to al home, that he always
finds time to perform soule act Of disinteresled
philanthropy abroad, such as conquering India,
forcing an entrance into China, &C., found a
naked young savage on the Mosquito Coast, a
part Of Central America near the Isthmus, and
after giving him a cast-of military dress, called
him King Of Mosquito, and took him under
his protection. Recently, a New York COM
pany, It seems, has made a contract with the
State Of Nicaragua for the purpose Of establish.
ing a communication across the Tsthmus, by
means Of the St. Johns River and a canal and
railroad. Thercupon, John Bulls Consul noti-
fees the company that 4 part Of this St. Johns
River belongs to His Majesty ssmbo Gumbo,
King Of the Mosquito Shore, and that Sambo
is under his protection -therefoEe, these New
YorkerS had better look out how they treSpass
on SambO's potato patch. This would be only
laughable, were it not for the fact that this is
the best, il mot the only practicable route across
the Isthmus for commerce, and that John Bull
disIikep very much to see the Yankees inter
feriug with his Asiatio trade. Should John
Bull not rcCede from his Pretentions, this little
naked savage may yet be the cause Of a bloody
war. Our policy was long since declared, that
no European power shall acquire any more
on this continent to our injury or in
convenience, and from that policy we shall
never recede, while we remain a nation.
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A SENSIBLE PARAGRAPH.

The following paragraph, which we take
from the Christaian fIntelligenCer, abounds in
good sense, and, while it expresses our senti.
ments to a nicely, contains more truth than
poetry We commend it to the careful peru
sal Of all classes; its source should entitle il
TO respect; ~ s
I'VE we're NOT aware until recently that the
books Of newspaper publishers are consulted
to quite a large extent by people in business,
to ascertain the pecuniary standing of persons.
Debts for newspapers come due once a year;
and persons who pay up regularly for their
papers, are regarded 80 prompt men and worthy
Of confidence. To ascertain whether a man
is good, they find out what Paper be takes,
and cOntrive in some way to peep into the ac-
count. Men who are good are sure to pay
for their newspaper; and if they do pot pay
for these they think them'DOt 'good. We were
fOrcibly struck with the idea. A pretty
Shrewd observer. Of human nature said in a
newspaper office very lately: { Give me a prin-
teE's book after all, to tell whether a man is
good; they are a complete thermometer, sir, a
credit themometer--we always know a man
to be bad IT he don't pay the printer"
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FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BAN

4 n Wv A1R tEAANO hAAEAhASAAAAA = $50
We learn that DR.. Fowlkes and his friends
have purchased out Messrs. Rodgers, Cope and
others, the complainants in the Chancery pro-
ceeding vs.. the President and directors Of said
Bank. The sale saved the purchase consider
alton Of $2O,00Osto compliments, for continue
ton Of the litigation, would without doubt,
have resulted in a total loss Of the entire inter-
est of all shareholders. 1t is understood tat
the purchase now made, is for peace rather
than with the expectation Of profit.
The affairs of the Institution areso entangled
and embarrassed by law suits, that, we are un-
able to promise much to creditors; sharehoId-
es or the public. ~
Before the beginning of litigation Doctor
FOwlkes, we learn offered some $l79,OO0 for
the same interest now bought at $4,000.
No promises can be made to the Directors
of the Bank its assets are tied up by attach
ment almost every where; and in New Orleans
SOM few weeks ago, some 100000 Of paper
belonging TO the Bank was sacrificed for about
$4,000. Unless compromise be speedily and
favorabIy made to free the assets from these
suits, creditors, as we'll as stockholders will
be subjected to the loss and saCriice.-HerGM
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

PRoscRIPrIoN!--A NeD Move!-It is rumored
that Gen. Taylor, to stop the lamentations Of
Mr.. Richie, has directed a strict search to be
made for some Wing who held an Office by the
appointment Of Mr.. Polk, and that IL any such
be found, he shall be turned OUT forthwith 4!
Up to tho last 'advices' the search had been
entirely unsuccessful! A citizen Of this place,
o. l. Childress, Esq J has been heard Of as q
case in point, but as he held Office only for hall
a day, and then only through the mistake Of
Mr.. ec.etary Walker, he is not considered Is
coming under the rule Tuscaloosa Monitor.
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Or The YazOO Democrat says the Creole
: can't swallOw' the nomination Of Mr.. LEA
II is true, we are notin the habit Of swallowing
Cur vlctuals until We have had time to chew
them, and zee whether they will suit our d.
gessivs organs. Our contemporary, il would
seem, was able 20 swallow a tough old Fedcr-
alist without chewing, when nominated Tor the
same office. We hope he will not be afflicted
with indigestion, Or the political editors ofthe
Wing may be compelled to administer TO him
another : dOse.'
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25
A FRANK AnMIss1oN

We beg pardon for being 90 inconsiderate
as TO temper the rejoicing Of the Democratic
papers in this State over a gain Of a member Of
Congress in Tennessee, by informing them
that the aforesaid member is directly opposed
70 the Southern Democratic position on a ques.
ton OF considerable Importance. But the truth
must be told, and we shall perform the disa.
g%reeable duty Of telling it in as few words as
possible.
In a letter published BY Andrew Ewing
since his successful run as a democratic San.
dldate for Congress in Tennessee, he admits
plainly and broadly, that M. Polk, in his mes.
sage on the Oregon Bill, gave Up he eOnstitu.
ionGlty Of The WIlmOs Proviso!-that is, Mr..
Folk admitted in that message that the odiOus
PrOviso, which the South has always regarded
as an emphatic denial Of her constitutional
rlghts, was and is not Unconstitutional! Mr.
Ewing further says that " since the message Of
Mr. Polk on his approval of the Oregon BilLn
u is too late in the day for the South to con.
tend against the WilmOt Proviso on the ground
OF uncOnstitntionality, and that we are now
forced, Of necessity, to assume some other
ground Of defence against the favorite measure
Of the united Democrats and Free Sellers Of
the North. Mr.. Ewing eoneurs, therefore, in
the opinion Of Mr.. Calhoun, that the approval
Of the Oregon Bill was avery strong precedent
against the South; whether he admits that this
precedent has given a powerful impulse to
abOlitionism we do not know; but we suppose
he cannot do otherwise than agree with every
unPrejudiced man South Of Mason and Dixon's
line, in the belief that the passage Of the Ore.
gOn Bill through the Senate, with the aid Of
Southern Democratic votes, as well as les escape
OF the veto Of q Southern Democratic President,
has done more to injure the South than every
thing else which has occurred since the earliest
mence Of the differences between the
two sections on the subject Of slavery.
Nekbugg Whag.
N -
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

ONE OF WALKERS TRANsAcTIoNs.--It is sta
teddy a Washington correspondent OF the N. Y.
Express, that on one occasion, some two wears
ago, Secretary Walker found it necessary to
transmit two millions Of dollars to New Or.
leans. He deputed Mr.. Harrington, a Whip
clerk in his own Office, to go along aud super.
intend the transportation of the money. If an
accident had befallen the enterprise, that Whia
clerk would have been saddled with all the
blame, for all the writings in the matt sr were
done through him as agent Of the Treasury
Department. When Mr.. Harrington got to
New York and was ready for operations, Score.
taEy Walker informed him that he had a spe-
cial agent--the noted MeFarren, Of this State
whom he wished to accompany him and the
specie to New Orleans, For HE duty Mr.. Har-
tingtOn was allowed his expenses, only; while
the ~tavorite, McFarren-who had done nearly
all OF Walkers jOb.wOrk for years, and who
nsad to boast that he had actually slept with
that gentleman-was paid more than $4,000
over and above his expenses. Now, the neces.
sarya inference is, either that the Sub Treasury
IS a very numbering and expensive machine, or
that Walker was by no means serupulous about
drawing on the Treasury for the benefit of his
especial friends and toadies. We draw the
inference both w~ays-thOse who choose to do
so, may take either one of the conclusions
according to preference -TGeksburg Whie.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

NOTIcEs ~ Oldsn's Dollar Magazine for Au-
gust IL we'll filed with interesting articles, and
the Topics Of the Month is rich and racy.
The Southern Cultivator for August is a
cheap and valusbis paper for farmers and plant
srs, and We arc glad to find i 50 we'll patron
ised here. g4y
The Republic, Of Washington City, sent US
the light Of its COunleuance once, Snd after
getting A notice, and our personal exertions in
raising q large q club as there il az any post
Office in the State, has seen 81 10 withdraw il.
That e whal We call editorial courtesy.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-08-25

MAINE The free territory resolves Of the
Legislature Of Maine, which were sent back
from the Governor to the Senate on accoun,
OF a technicality, and we're unanimously re.
passed BY the latter body, after enduring a two
days. debate in the House Of Representatives.
in which almost every speaker took a different
Of the subject matter and the prODer
mode OF procedure, were finally passed in that
branch, notwithstanding the objections Of the
GOVERNOR BY a vote Of o. to 2O.-LOu Jour
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The YazOO Democrat makes great parade
because Gen. Taylor has not removed from
Office John NOrvell, U. S. Dist. Atty Of Mich
igan. 1t speaks OF him as 6 the Concoctor Of
infamous PlOts,' and as "a vile apostate and
slsnderer.' Now if all this is SC, why did notMr.
Polk emOve him2 He certainly had the power
and could have done so at any time before he
went out Of Office. Mr.. Polk had no scruples
at all about turning out wing, much less where
to their political errors they united s~villainy,
aspostacy' &c. Was the reason Of his lenien-
cy towards Mr.. NOrvelI to be found in the fact
that he did not dare to turn him out? Elk.
plain why Mr.. Polk retained him, if his char
acter is so bad, before you blame Gen. Taylor.
The Democrat errs in its statements most
sadly, when it says that { Mr.. Norvell during
the last presidential canvass turned whig, and
came out for Gen. Taylor Mr.. Norvell did
not profess to be a wing. He is now what he
was in July l847, a Taylor Democrat. That
was nearly a year prior to the last presidential
canvass. Mr.. Norvell, as a democrat preferred
Gen. Taylor. Here was his great sin. For
this ne is branded as a vile apostate ) BY the
YazOO Democrat. We trust the Taylor Dem
ocratS OF Mississippi will r%ecOllect the abusive
ePithet.--AbsTdeen Independent.
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A Observation-Disclosures has Just finished a
huge speech at st. Louis. A telspraphic des-
patch to the Baltimore Sun says:
Col. Benton maintainedthat he introduced
the amendment into the Oregon Bill and pass
cd it with the wilmOtP rOviso attached and that
It was done to assert the unlimited power Of
Congress over Slaveryin the Territories, and
that a naked absolute, unconditional exercise
OF the unlimited power Of Congress over the
whole subject, the Oregon Bill, with the anti
Slavery clause, received the approving signa-
'ture of President Polk, With he sanction Of his
whole cabinet. siH}t
We are utterly as.Ounded at the annunCia-
ton. We should like to know what ex-secre-
tary, Robert J. Walker, and the rest Of the
Cabinet, have to say to it. e0os
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WEATHER CROPs-During tho past week
the weather has been insutfsrably hot, day and
night. Mosquitoes have made their appear
shCe in places where they had not visited be-
fore, and, we are sorry 70 cay il, tao bOIl-worns
have appeared IN large numbers II places where
they are too well known. Nevertheless, BY
tavyr Of Providence and a late frost, we think
there will Be . little cotton made yet. Some
whose fret planting escaped the frost, think Of
commencing 70 pick 4 lutte next week. We
think they would find /. more prORtable to
spend tae next week in making hay out Of the
cfab-gfassth 3 Is d abundant ii their fields.