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The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
How Pat Learned to Make a Fire.

Can you make a fire, Pat! asked gen
tleman of newly arrived son Of Erin.
.Indadc | can sir, and | learned to do that
same yer homer, to my cost, sure. Whin
came over yousce there was no one along
with me except meself alone and my sis
ter Bridget. Whin we got ashore we went
together to boording house, and the boor-
ding master took me upstairs to room.
and whin | went to bed took the coat and
shirt off my back, and for fear some dirty
spafpeen would be after stailing 'em put
'em away snug and tidy in a great iron
chist, that stood right forninst the bed.
IN the mornin' whn the day was breakin'
through my winder, says | to myself, the
Top az the morning to ye, Patti yer clothes
safel' and l jist opened the door av the big
chist, and be gorra the coat ofme body and
the shirt of me back was burnt to ashes!
Be dad, sir, that ould divil Of chist was
a stove, bad luck to it; and iver since that
I've knowed how to lsindle fires, sir
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
P @ E 7 R Y
Early to Bed and Early to Rise. i
BY ELIZA COOK.

BY ELIZA COOK.
"Early to bed and early to rise"
Aye, note it down in your brain,
For it helpeth to make the foolish wise.
And uproots the weeds of pain.
Ye who are walking on thorns Of care.
Who sigh for softer bower.
Try what can be done in the morning sun.
And make use of the early hour
Full many day forever is lost
by delaying its work till tomorrow;
The minutes of sloth have often cost
Long years of bottomless sorrow,
And ye who would win the lasting wealth
Of content and peaceful power,
fe who would couple Labor and Health,
Must begin at the early hour.
We make bold promises to Time,
Yet, alas. too often break them
We mock at the wings Of the King of Kings,
And thluk We can overtake them.
by why loiter away the prime of the dav,
knowing that clouds may lower,
Is i not safer TO make lifc's hay
In the beam Of the early hour!
Nature herself ever shows her best
OF gems 10 the gaze of the lark,
When the spangles Of light an Ear.h's green
breast
Put out the stars Of The dark.
If we love the purest pearl of the dew,
And the richest breath of the flower,
II our SPIRITS would greet the fresh and the
sweet,
Go forth in the early hour.
Oh. pleasure and rest are more easily found
When we start through Mornings gate
10 sum up pouriigures, or plough up our ground,
Aad weave out the threads Of Fate.
The eye looketh bright and the heart keepeth
light,
And man holdeth the conqueror's power,
When, ready and brave, lie claims time as his
share
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

Condensedand reporiedforfhe Ficksburg Wig
West Felicana K. R. Co.
vs. JAy. TERM. 1850.
F. Stockdale, Admn'r.
Plaintiff in error sued on a nnte made by de-
fendant's intestale, dated 9th May 1912, and
payable on the lst November 1912 Defend
ant relied on the statutes Of limitation Of four
years, and obtained verdict.
BY the acl Of 1922 actions on notes are limit
ed to six years. This provision has not been
changed The act Of the oath Feb, 1874, pro-
vides that no action shall be brought against an
Executor or administrator, after the expiration
OF four years from the qualification Of such Ex-
eeuior or Administrator.
Administration was taken out in this case.
before the passage of the act OF 1874, to
wit: on the 18th Nov, 1913, more than four
wears had elapsed from the date of this statute
10 the commencement Of this suit. The qual-
fcalion is at what time did the statute begin tc
run on this claim
Sbarkey, Ch. J., held that it had been decided
under the statutes for the limitation of acilons,
that nine months exemption from suit ~ favor OF
Administrators. is to be excluded, and that the
Statutes did not run during that time. Express.
nroyi,iun was made by the last sectirn OF the
act Of 1914, that it should not stop The running
of any other acts. The cause OF action was
therefore still subject TO the limitation oil six
wears. the operation o which was OF course
suspended rom the grant Of Administration on
the 9Th Of Nov, 1913, until the 3ih Of Aug.
1914 During this state of suspensor, the act
of lS44 was passed, and it is evident from lis
terms that il did not operate as TO THIS Claim, or
# if did il dil not commence running until the
18Th Of August, when the nine months expired.
1t was not the intention Of the Legislaiureto
Give the act retrospective effect. If So many
claims may have been barred, the moment the
statute was passed. 1t was only intended to de-
clare that. as TO Administrators thereafter to be
appointed, the bar should commence from the
Qualification Of the Executor or Administrator.
When the Statute Of 1871 was passed there
was no cause Of action IN this case; the nine
months had not expired, and neither the previousI
law, nor the exception was repealed, and suit
was brought within four years after The cause o
action had accrued. Of course it was net barred.
Judgment reversed and cause RENAMED.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
]. NJ Smiley & wife
Us. JAN. / EkMi loo9s
William C. Lea.


This was a Till of review filed at the July
term 1916. of the Probate Court for Amlie cnun-
tv. The bill was brought to vacate decree Of
said court, allowing and confirming final guar
Gianship account, rendered in February, 1910.
The bin states that Edward Carroll, who was
Guardian Of the complainant died in 1889, with
ont closing the guardianship o complain
ant. That after his death, his widow, Rehecca
c. Carol, took ont letters of Administration on
his estate. ard pslceeded to administer The same,
and in 1910, she presented to the Court, the h
nal guardianship account OF intestate which was.
allowed and confirmed BY decree oi the Pre-
bate Court. Smiley ntermarried with the I'D
ministratrix in 1911. Smiley and vile are made
defendants 10 this bill. The petition OF COM
plainant was granted.
Smith. J.-lIeld, that this was ma error, be-
cause there was no allegation IN tie bill that
due notice according to law, was not given. on
the presentation OF the guardianship account
or the intestate, by the Administrators.
The answer contains plea Of the decree o!
file court of Probate, allowing and confirming The
amount in bar of the biz Of relief prayed Tor III
the bill. also demurrer 10 the same.
The facts Of this case brings it completely wIth+
in the principles settled in the cases of Stewart
vs.. Davidson, and Hooker vs.. Hooker, reported
in 10 S & NJ 35l & $50.
The Judgment reversed, and the bi in the
court below dismissed.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
Song Of the Decanter.


There was an old decanter,
and its mouth was gaping
wide; the rosy wine
had ebbed away and
left its crystal side;
and the wind went hum
ming-hu mmi n Cup
and down, the wind
it flew, ard through
the reed-like hollow
neck the widest notes
it blew. placed it in the
window where the blast was
blowing free, and fancied
that its pale mouth sung the
queerest strains to me. "They
tellme, puny yconquorers! the Plague
has slain its ten; and war its hundred
thousands of the very best Of men; but
l-'twas thus the Bottle spake:but have
conquered more than all your famous con-
querors, so feared and famed of yore. Then,
come We Youths and maidens all! come drink
from out my cup, the beverage that dulls the
brain and burns the spirit up, that puts to
shame your conquerors, that slay their
scores below; for this has deluged mil
lions with the ava-tide of woe. Though
in the path Of battle, dark streams of
blood may roll; yet while kill the
body ] have dam'd the very soul.
The Cholera, the Plague, the
sword such ruinneyerwrought,
as in mirth or malice on the
innocent have brought;
and still breathe upon
them & they shrink
before my breath,
and year by yearmy mil
lions tread the dustyway of
BD !" IA ;" ne
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

The FARMERS LIFE.-Wm. Gilmore
Simms, in his "Father Abbot; or, the Home
Tourist = thus beautifully represents the
life Of the farmer:
1.-The principles Of agriculture were SIM
pie exceedingly. That they might be made
so, God himself was the first great planter.
He wrote its laws, visibly, in the brightest,
and loveliest and most. Ineligible charac-
acters, everywhere, upon the broad bosom
Of the liberal earth; in greenest leaves, in
delicate fruits, in beguiling and balmy flow
ers! But he does no. content himself with
this alone. He bestowS the heritage along
with the example. He prepares the gar
den and the home, before he creates the
being who is to possess them. He fills
them with all those objects Of sense and
sentiment which are to supply his moral
and physical necessities. Birds sing in
the bouohs above him, odors blossom in the
air, and fruits and flowers cover the earth
with a glory to which that of Solomon in
all his magniGcence was vain and value
less. To His hand we owe these fair rgroves,
these tall ranks ofmajestic trees, these deep
forests, these broad plains covered with YER
dure, and these mighty arteries Of flood and
river, which wind among them, beautify-
inc them with the loyeliest inequalities, and
irrigating them with seasonable fertilization.
Thus did the almighty Planter dedicate the
great plantation to the uses of that various
and wondrous family which was to follow.
His home prepared-supplied with all re-
sources, adorned with every variety Of fruit
and flower, and checkered with abundance
man is conducted within its pleasant linn
lis, and ordained its cultivator under the
verv eve and sanction of Heaven. The
angels Of Heaven decend upon its hills; God
himself appears within its valleys at noon
1 day-its groves are instinct with life and
purity, and the blessed stars rise at night
above the celestial mountains. to keep watch
overits consecrated interests. Its gorgeous
! forests, its broad savdnnas, its levels of flood
and prairie, are surrendered into the hands
Of the wonderously favored. the new crea-
ted heir of Heaven! The bird and the beast
arc made his tributaries, and taught to obey
him. The fowl summons him at morning
to his labors, and the evening chant Of the
night bird warns him to repose. The OK
submits his neck to the yoke; the horse
moves at his bidding in the plough; and
the tolls of all are rendered sacred, and sue
cessful by the gentle showers and the genial
sunshine which decend from Heaven, to
ripen the grain in its season, and to make
earth pleasant with It's fruits
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

"Bob, where is the State of Matrimony?"
at is one of the United States. Its boun-
dcd by hugging and kissing on one side,
and cradles and babies on the other. Its
chief products are population, broomsticks,
and staying out late o night. it was dis
covered by Adam and Eve, while trying
to find a northwest passage out Of Paradise.
The climate is rather sultry till You pass
the tropics of housekeeping, when squally
weather commonly sets in with sufficient
power to keep all hands as cool as cucum-
bers. For the principal roads leading to
this interesting state, consult the first pair
of blue eyes you run against.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
r. MORRIS. JAMES GILLESPIE.
R. MORRIS & CO., "a
COLLECTING AND
AGEN NGY

HEAD QUARTERS AT
!, ,SA.cKsoN, Miss, and MONTGOMERY, Ala.
'lslt every Post Office in Miss. and Alabama
Five Times "a Year.
! hEFER TO-. D. B. Debow, w. @.
uaaean y q Co, New Orleans; Fireman.
aunt, Esq, Publisher Merchants Maga-
s sssne' New York; w. P. Mellen, ESQ.,,
irraoIuehez; : ou Hon: Jacob Thompson, Hon.
emerson s n Davis, Washington CAy; Gen
= = Duncan; PliladeiphiaaO. O. Wood
Y' Sian' Esq, Vicksburg; Prot. B. siliiman,
April Is, ls49.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

NnANU NIULF. ONt- Is OlF0.
Northern mail. Via Raymond leaves Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, At 1 A. NJ. Arrives
.ans days al s, Pm
Southern mail, via Fayette, leaves Monday
Wednesday and Friday, at 6, 4. NJ. Arrives
sano days at 6, ?. NJ.
Northern mail, via Louisville, per river, ar
ives twice a week, irregular, and is made up
81 Wednesday and Saturday at 5PM
Southern mail, via New Orleans, per river,
arrives four times week, irregular; is made
up on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Sltuiday at 5P.M.
Nilikens Bend, once week. Arrives on
Monday at ., ~, and leaves same day at !, PM.
Office hours, from 8, A b., to sundown-
Sundays from 8 10 10, A. M
I.C. GRIFFING, P. NJ.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
.Walt arrangements
OF THE
nnr GIBSON PDST AFEIcE

PORT GIBSON POST OFFICE.
The Northern mail arrives every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
anI departs same days al | O'Clock, II.
Southern mail. every Monday. Wednesday
and Friday at l. clock, n. and departs same
days al III D clock. d.
Galatin mail arrives every Tuesday esening
and departs eyery Wednesday morning.
Tie Northern mail closes at II O'Clock. NJ,
and the Southern at half past i, A.. NJ.
Oiice open from sun rise 10 sun set. (Sun-
days exrepted) ]. G. MELClIOlR, p. NJ.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
]. D. o. F.

HosFIrALER ENcAaPMExr, No. Z, hold their
regular meetings in Port Gibson, on the first
and third SATURDAY. evenings Of every month.
w. A. NOURSE, Sec'ry.
FRANKLIN LoDGE, No. 5, hold their regular
meetings in Port Gibson. every Tuesday eve
hing. WIN. F. ElSELY, Sec'ry.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

SINGULAR FREAK OF NATuRE.-The ia
bic Of Iphis and Ianthe, which forms one Of
the most striking tales in Ovids Metamor-
phoses, was probably true after all. Jus:
such thing has happened in the State of
Massachusetts. A petition was yesterday
presented to the Legislature on the part Of
an individual in the town Of Chilmark, stat
ing that he has child fifteen years old,
which was born female, apparently } and
christened Rebecca, but that recently II has
manifested itselfto be Of the male sex. He
therefore petitions that the name Of this an
drogynous offspring may be changed to
WiIi;a7n. We are informed that this ac-
count is perfectly correct, and that the m
stance presents one of the most curious ca
ses in physiology. This is stranger than
iiction.-Boston Courier.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

There is a bliss, in kiss, when you
get such boon, as you go, DER the snow,
in the light Of the moon, sleighing, says
the Boston Bee, in very great glee; and
it's not a bad one, for the Editors had one.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

DRUNK OR soBER-J. w. Tippen, pub
fishes Card. in the Sumpter county, Ala.
Wing, in which he says;
"On the 22nd day of December, 1919;
| was excluded from the BAPTIST CHURCH,
for joining the order Of the Sons of Tenn
perance- and on the same day the same
church excluded an old Deacon for getting
Drunk,''
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

A LnTERAL1sT OR JoKER.-We see a
paragraph going the rounds, to the effect
that the Bishop of Oxford having sent round
to the churchwardens Of his diocese cir
cular of inquiries, among which was:
docs your officiating clergyman preach
the gospel, and are his conversation and
carriage consistent therewith?"
The churchwarden near Wellington re-
piled:
He breaches the gospel, but does not
keep a carriage"
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

Mrs. Partington says that a great many
more die now of suggestion Of the brain
than used to when she was a gall
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

A LEGAL ANEcDoTE.-Recently, while
attending court held in county,
Judge S, presiding, very plain ques-
ton was presented for the decision Of the
court. 1t was argued elaborately on the
wrong side, and when the opposite attorney
"a real Paddy, who just waded through
Blackstone and Chitty, SO as to obtain Ii
cense, rose TO reply, he was stopped by his
honor, who informed him that his opinion
was made up against him; that he would
hare no further argument. Paddy laid his
hand upon volume of Blackstone, and
opened where the leaf was carefully turned
down, and commenced reading the law
directly in conflict with opinion ofthe court.
"Stop, sir,' cried the judge, 81 have de-
cided the case, and my mind is no longer
open to conviction, nor will have any fur
ther argument in the easel"
"Oh," said the lawyer, 81 did not intend
to argue the point, nor did expect to con-
vince your honor, only wanted to show
the court what fool Blackstone was"
Such shout Of laughter as went up from
every part of the court house, was beyond
the means Of the sheriff or court to control
for some minutes, when Paddy was fined
a dollar for his SANDER Of Blackstone.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

RARE ART1cLEs.-A razor to shave notes
with. The vehicle wherein ideas are con-
veyed. Two buttons from coat Of paint.
A pin with which you pick a quarrel.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

...,aa, Fl, su additional square.
t'3 aI,;..l ea Sc eleclioneering Cards
!, Z, rars.I l9.iar per square, payable
100 Merchants advertising by Tie year
!. m agreement t,
III = +, ,oip,,r; any notice not conuec'ed with
wv .a,lhasincss, without a separate charge.
rtrs rem ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.
No. ~ i. mi Slate Offices, SO 90
: Coany 0.ices, ~ oo
!. Members ef Board Of Police, 90
: Magistrates and Constables, GU
III Sufficient quantity Of tickets.
Eyra tickets, per hundred, 90
Tsa fqe for announcing candidate must be
81 - wben lie name is handed i'll.
PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
a, ,upiye lines or less, three months, s. 90
!. twelve Is 90
.Iysrtisemsnts sent in without being marked
.1s ne number Of insertions. viii be published
,.tiI forbid. except Legal advertisements, for
'.3.t tie law prcseribes the time.) and charged
according u lie foregoing rates.
Apy alteration made in any advertisement.
sler he first insertion, will subject il 10 an extra
charge.
T6e bill for each advertisement is due at the
maturity Or diseonlinuance Of the same.
All letters Or communications, 10 insure at
teaon, most he post paid.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
s. of T..

PoRT GIBSON DIvIsIoN, No. 8, hold their
regular meetings n Port Gibson. every Friday
evening
CtATRcosSz DIVISION, No. %, hold their regu-
!ar meetings, in Port Gibson, every Wednesday
GRAND GULF DIVISION, No. 20, hold their
regular meetings, in Grand Gulf, every We'd
hssday evening.
uSON DIVISION, No. rs, hold their regular
meetings at Rocky Springs, every Saturday
afternoon.
BURroNroN DIVISION. No. 100, hold their
fsgnlar meetings, at Burtonton, every Saturday
afternoon.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

Blayney said, in reference 10 several
persons, all relations to each other, but
who happened to have no descendants,
that ii Seemed to be hereditary in their
fauaily. to have no children
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

1t is common for girls when they give
their consent to say to their lovers, Go ask
my father A bachelor recently got ac-
quainted with a pretty woman to whom
he soon popped the question, to which she
replied; Go ask my husband!' He mad
supposed her to be spInster.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

A Wocd-chopper is always polite man
when he wants wood he goes and aIes
for it.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
AMERrcAN WoMEN.-The newspapers

AMERICAN w OmENs-1 uC newspapers
are publishing an article casting ridicule
upon the charms of American women,
when compared with those of Europe, and
particularly venting a sneer upon their
compilations. Such sneers are in very
bad taste, apart from its palpable injustice,
and are calculated to provoke smile at the
temerity of the writer who could thus risk
the frowns of "Yankee beauty" But
American women fear no comparisons with
females Of other climes. however favored
by clouds or exposed to the scorching sun.
American women are more diversified in
their style of beauty than those of all the
globe besides; and that diversity comprises
the highest order Of charms, from Greclan
delicacy of outline to French symmetry and
proportion. The truth is, and it forms
subject of admiration aud remark to all ira
vellers, that American females have no SUI
perior for beauty in any country, either Tor
outline or expression, complexion or deli
cacy. And this is readily accounted for
from the fact that all other countries furnish,
originally, the mothers OF those whose
charms are the pride and boast Of our coun
try. Were theirl labor as well recompenced,
as their beauty is justly appreciated, they
would have nothing to complain of. On
this point we bow in shame over the confes-
sion that female wages are every way mad
equate to female industry, as a safeguard to
female virtue, and sincerely may the phi
lanthropist regret that the seamstress IS not
better paid and less admired. The oppro,
brium Of the age is the ''scant wages paid
to female labor. Howeverlovely, they can
not, like the fabulous chameleon, .liye OH
air." although the experiment seems TO be
making on how small an allowance Of food
woman can subsist. and yet continue TO
sew TO make fortunes for heartless man.
philadelphia Ledger.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

douglas Jerrold has sold his weekly
newspaper, and gone back to PuNcH.-
Times.
What pity! True, the newspaper was
not the strongest in the world, being a
weekly, but it is to be regretted that Mr..
J. should take TO strong drink.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

A boy at school, in the West, when
called to recite his lesson in history, was
asked. swhat is the German diet!'--'Sour-
Ikroat, shnapps and sausages.'
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

BEAUTIFUL REPLr.-A pious Scotch min
lister being asked by friend during his
last illness, whether he thought himself
dying? answered, ''Realy, friend, | care
not whether T am or not; for, if die shall
be with God; ifI live, he will be with me. "
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01
TINES AND PLACES OF HOLDING
MEETINGS OF TIE DIFFERENT INsTITU
TIONs IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
IT a asonic.

CLIzroS ROYAL Arch CHATTER. No. ., hold
their regular or stated meetings. in Port Gibson,
% the third Saturday Of every month.
WAsmsGroS LODGE, No. 8. hold their regu-
lsF or stated meetings, in Port Gibson, on the
second Saturday evening Of every month.
GRAND GULF LoDGE, No. Al, hold their
regular or stated meetings, in Grand Gulf, on
ihe first Saturday evening Of every month.
CARPENTER LopGE, u D., hold their regular
meetings at Rocky Springs, Claiborne county.
Miss, on the aim Saturday morning Of each
month, at 9 o'clock.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-03-01

KU-LI TEMPLE OF HONOR, No. 8, hold their
regular meetings in the Masonic Hall, in Port
iIbson every Thursday evening. Degree Tcm-
p!eopen on same nights.