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The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-30

Of May, l8'l and annually 15-..
TO set apart the sum Of es @o "a. po
money in ''e State Trsn sor,O" out .
appropriated, q be distributed DOT oh'r
oral SoGalie' of this State, in ma a'a'''b
provided ,or' drawing and i di w. nam.
money under the fOreeol6. distributing
&C t. sing P%'oViSoa, ,
Sec. s. Be it further su,,,., >.
tons Of said fund which 4. ~, llSd
may receive under The pro,i' 5'.'''l CO..
snal' De loaned on. under n q tni
the Boards Of Police of de + ,.. supervise
''es' or the School Commas p''lN
counties in which BY law such ' =
[ FRS nave the control Of son '1@a'
funds at the SAM rate 4 i s9.en''
money arising from the s,l. :, "
ton is ioaned' and upon tbs 70 VI
and that the interest alone ,b M ! 'e
to purposes of cOnmou scbool ''
Here follows a proviso fot Hatu 'a'''1
counties not applicable to our c.sa md
Sec .. And be it further ep,t,.a
take effect, aud ~ in force. :, Ny
its passags. IVA 'Nd
An ACT To amend the P,,,,..
of Probates. q ''
Sec. !. Be it enacted h. ..
o. the State OF Mississippi, Thai
it may be necessary and proa,, w
existing laws Of the State. to III s s1'
an infant ward, which do no, Il. i.
ty where the guardian Of sucb j.. |"
pointed, IT shall be lawful for 4. J
Court of the County in which 4.
snip was granted, to order 4 al. y
IN the same manner as now prs,erb.I !.
Provided, that The notice shall i. !
county, ard the sale be MIA. !, \
House Of the county in which sn,b !.
'''n llad
AN ACT Repeating that portion a. :,
reduce tho expense Of the Co,.,,.'
the State of Miss ssipri, approved p
A. u 1912, whc oh provides t6st nh, }
shall not receive any eompenSnis,
Sec L. Be it enacted by The Lspa,, b
The State Of Mississippi, That Htt ~, y
an net; entitled ian act To- reduce ii. -, Il
81 the Government of the State If Nj,
'l'' approved Feb. IA, A. D. lS2, Win. u
that tails jurors shall not ,,.,, ii
compensation, be, and the same |, b,,.I 10
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The Clerk Of the weather favored US
with a frost on last Monday evening and
on Wednesday with II snow storm that
would have done credit to down East
That's a nice business Tor The "sunny
snnih.n
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oANFoN:
saturday Morning, March 30, 1850.

W. understand that the Hon Joseph
Bal Of Louisville has baen appointed
s9cF4lary oil Safe, pro TEN wee Stamps,
deceased.
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Ice! lcEl-We saw ice half an inch
thick on Tuesday morning last. We
can now say good bye 10 fruit and early
vegetables.
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ENOS FLETCHER, Prs.
j.. P. GEORGE Sec.

NOte-ME. EDrroR. My position as
secretary Of this meeting, "a position to
which ! yielded with much re%luctance.)
" uld, in the absence of any explana.
.lon, afford sufficient ground for the be.
lief that | favoured and supported the
resolutions res which were therein adopted.
When this Sir was by no means he
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CBolERA.-The vicksburg Wing of
Tuesday says that there is neither chol.
era, nor any other prevalent disease al
that place. There was only n death,
that Of an infant, during The present
week.
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southern states, RIgnts As,oelation.


We gave as reasons for not inserting
the proceedings OF this Association il
our last paper, lst. That the proceed.
lngs did not come to our hands till a
few hours before getting 10 press, and
u, that we we're informed that tho prin.
ted account Of the proceedings differed
non the actual proceedings. The in.
formation which we received was this.
That a motion was made to adopt
or sanction the resolutions as pass
ca BY our Legislature, one BY one, and
that this was voted down. Although
some are still Of the opinion that tbs
was the case, and. If we und .rstand them
correctly. they took no part in 70.
ing IN consequence of so be. ieving at
Inc time, yet as ths President assured
us that lie could not ~recoIloct that such
a motion was acted on, though he ad.
49, WV
n'its that it was male, we take back
what was said. We have no Int ntion oil
entering into : controversy for the ben
eht Of individuals who go TO places where
'aey have no business. II they find
themselves in an awkward position II is
no fan.s Of ours.
We must admit that it was a good
piece Of tactics in so framing the reso.
luton Of the meeting that those who 70.
ted were compelled to swallow the g
IRE swine, bristles, ofFal and all. Ac.
aofdlng to our recollection of the rules
OF proceeding, in such cases, there was
no right to put the resolutions OF the
Legislature seriatim-iho meeting had
out one resolution before ito endorse
the Resolutions Of the Legislature as a
whole. A Prettyg God trap, that.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-30

Hon. w. Melville will accept our
thanks for a copy of his speech on the
Slavery question.
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AN INTERESTING CAsE.-CGpt. Hunter ana
Com. Perry.-We find in the PENNSYLVANIA
the following letter, addressed by Captain
Churles G. Hunter, of the Navy, to Com. M,
c. Perry: ..
NATIONAL HOTEL, Washington March l2,
SIR-Since ny return to the United States
have for tn efrst time, read your report in
relation to the capture Of Alvarado and Tia
caPaltan. That report, sir, l pronounce to be
false from beginning to end. AlyaradO and Tia
capaltan, and their dependencies, t6ere not, las
you have asserted, captured by the L mblned
forces of the army and navy but were captar-
ed by me several days previous to your arria
val. When the American forces entered AL
varados they found the American flag floating
proudly upon all its forts, and the city in qui.
o. possession Of my officers and men. How
can You then claim credit tor an act which
the present generation knows you are not en-,
titled to, aud hOW dare you, Ia you have dune
in your communication to the DEPARTMENT.
leave an inference that I was arrested for an
act OF cOwardice. Sir, as this has become a
mItter of history, | beg leave to inform you
that it is my intention to apply to Congress for
the purpose of having this false, base and ua-
despatch, expanged from its records.
Respectfully, yours,
G. HUNTER.
Capt. NJ. G. Perry, u. S. Navy, N. Y.
1t will be recOllected that Captain H. with
out orders for the purpose, made the above
with about l00'men, not losing a life,
and was Feprimandedon the decks OF the feet
The Pennsylvania says that the
in favor Of Hunters at Washington. il
strong and decided among members and citi-
zens of all parties.
To this we may add that there are few men
in this region who ever enter the capital at
lac son, without feeling indignant at the in
%Hs'ice done to Lieut. Hunter, by the brasen in
on its front directly over the W
of cannon taken by him at Alvarado,
ind presented toGsn. Quitman by Com. Perry
Dur present Governor is glori6ed exceedingly
n the inscriptions; while Hunters agency inl
capturing them is not even limited. The in
'criptions are; therefore. a disgrace to the State,
ind ought 10 be amended, 81 as 10 include the
and praise of the INTREPID capture Of the
trophies beneath them.-K. Whig.
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LII kIvEa.--The V%icksbutg Wing
q thursday says that the river has raI.
zen aOouta foot from its highest point at
mat place this year, and is now at a
sand Th' Cumberland was high and
rising fast at Nashville a few days
since.
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Corr II. -'nthe New Orleans cotton
market prices have improved ! Of a tent
Ia the YazoO City market no change on
Tuesday last.
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B YTELEGRdPl
Photographed to The N. o. Ral

BALTIMORE, March IS.
The Senate yesterday (Fridny, I5h,li
ued the debate (prObably on the rpgli,l
bIII'5 without coming to any concIu.od
The House was engaged on The pdsd
ender.
A street fight took place yesterday, !
Senator BorIOnd, Of Arkansas, and
Fo"fe, of Mississippi, were the psrfsig
Bnrland asked Fuote whether he had
him (BOrland) a pimp of Calhoun. Fq
not give a satisfactory re ", and
knocked MIN down. The affair has sns
amicably arranged.
MIR. Calhoun's speech has caused m
sension amor g the Southern members
BALTIMORE, Mar
In the Senate, Monday, the 18Th, NJ
ger, Of North Carolina, made an able 81
reply to Mr.. Seward, showing that il
is an evil, it be al least not crime
In the House, Giddings made nbid
on the slavery question.
The President refuses to order leS4
iial in the case of Lieut.. Hunter d A
celebrity, He says that much q b
discipline, it should not be %SnlOcsda
Pense Of justice.
Cotton has advanced at New Yoli (
a cent.
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CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON, MiI

WASHINGTON Marc
Yesterday, (l9th) Senator Badg'f' I
speech in defence nj the South
The House was engaged in lhsdI'fn
the Deficiencies in The appropriation 0lI
Foote'S committee will b lPP'la
week.
B1tfMoEs, Maf
r. In the Senate, on Wednesday, Va
New Hampshire, maintained that "a
compact was not binding. He d'le'1
position of Mr.. seward, and favored
in preference to the passage Of 700
slave bill!
In tie Honse, Whiney's raflr0ad
appropriation bill were Under dI'''''
Mr.. Calhoun is again PROSTATE ~ @
is ~despaired Of. He desired % 3
but his physicians decided iA'n
sibIS.
B.bFnoir, VI
IN ,6e Senate, yesterday, (Tha'i
.ns,.) Senator Bradbury'stof aaln'
a Han M -.
calling IN the President to '''laa ! ~
for ,he removal Il hose officers Who
displaced, was discussed. s'nl,oi
On wednesday con- there Vs.
ion meeting at St Louis, q T9'"
allie convention was den0da''', II
The President ~yesierday 'al1 ], !
gentleman that while AZ wa'a'' NM
use every mean. . preserve y \. " Y "A
the time should u%nfortaa'lsII ~ 4. y
it could only be malnIalnep ,a,.t
measures, il would n'''''U y
preserving. al, bv,l
Mr.. Calhoun continues''
his end is approaching III !
Hois debating an 'ddf'''
~ an 4t. ia v
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04
ALOVE LETTER

We clip the following from one of our
exchanges, for the benefit of any of our
readers who may happen to be placed
in similar situation with that Of
the unfortunate swain herein mention
ed:
"DEAR SwEET:-Oh, my love, of
loves, clarified honey and oil ofcitron,
white loaf fsngar Of my hopes, and mo-
lasses of my expectations! you have
been absent from me three whole days.
The sun IS dark at mid day-the moon
and stars are black when thou art alb
sent. Thy step is the music Of the
spheresI and the wind Of thy gown as
you pass by, is zephyr from the gar
den Of paradise in the spring time Of
early flowers kissed you when we
last met, and my whole frame was tlll-
ed with sweetness! One of your curls
touched me on the nose, and that organ
was transmitted into loaf sugar. Oh,
spice of spices-garden of delights!
send me lock of your hair-send me
anything that your blessed fingers has
touched. and | will go ravinG mad with
ecstacy! One look from thy bright eyes
would transmute me incontinently into
the third heaven! Your words are
molten pearls dropping from your
mouth My heart blases at-the thought
ofthe!e My brain is an everlasting lire.
Theb birds and scorches my viens
and vitals as it passees through them.
Oh, come most delightful Of delights
and with your seraphic breath breathe
upon me! When you do come, be
sure and bring that half dime you bor-
rowed Of me as want TO buy some to-
bacco.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

What MO3 d0est, do Quickly.-Quick
young menI Life is short. A great
work is before yon, and you have not
lime TO lose. If you would succeed
in business, win your way to honor.
and save your soul you must work
quickly. The 4Sluggard dies. The
wheels Of time roll over him while he
sleeps. Aim high and work hard
Life rs worth the living, death is
worth the dying, because worth gain
ing.
Quick young men Of might in the
road Of life. Your life is more than
half gone already. You are going
down the hill, and the shadows begin
to fall around you. Ifyou have ought
to do, before you die do it quickly
The morning has fed, midday has
passed aud the night cometh.
Quick, ye aged men, quick. Once
you thought three score years to be-
endless time, and that they never pass
away. They have come and gone
men, what have they lefil The days
of pleasure have past, and the days.o
darkness are here. Have youlefL any
work undonel Have you come with in
frmities and trembling, and no prepar-
atlonfor DEATH All, quick ye aged fa-
theirs and grey, bearded sires. Already
the messengersoP death are beginning to
render theirservices to bring you to tho
sepllchres Of your fathers. With the
feeble remnant Of existence struggle
for heaven.
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NO. 20.

Cabin IN search ofa Wye,-In spite
Of the distressed state ofhis pecuniary I
affairs, Calvin was at that time looking
for wife to help him bear his burdens
Calvin in love is indeed a peculiar
phase of his history. He. had now ar,s
rived at the sufficiently mature age of
thirty; and as lis imaginations had new
er been susceptible SO in the business
ofchoosing a helpmate he was guided
wholly BY motives of prudence aud
convenience. In fact he left the matter,
entirely to his friends just aa one would
buy horse or any other thing, giving
them Instructions as to the sort Of ar
ticle he wanted. Writing to Farel, Oh
the 10th May, 1910, he says: II viii
now speak more plainly about marriage
| know not if any one mentioned TO
you her whom Twrote about before
the departure Of Michael; but beseech
you ever to bear in mind what seek
form wife. am not one Of your
mad kind of lovers who boast even up
on faults when once they are taken BY
beauty Of person. The only beauty
that entices me is that she, is chaste,
ubedient, humble, economical. patient;
and that there be hopes that she will
be- solicitous about my health. If
therefore you think it expedient that /
should marry, bestir yourself, lest
somebody else anticipate you. Buff
you think otherwise, let US stop the sub
ject altogether" y ~
| From another letterto Farel, dated
the 9th Of February, 1910, il appears
that young German lady, rich and
of noble birth had been proposed to
him. Both the brother of the lady
and his wife were anxious that Calvin
should espouse her; the latter, however
scrupled on two grounds because tho
lady was unacquainted with French
and because he was afraid that she
might think too much of her birth and
education. If the marriage was to
take place he insisted that his bride
should learn French; but on her ac-
quiring time to consider Of this Calvin
despatched his brother and friend to
fetch him home another lady, and cons
graduates himself on the escape he.
has had. He speaks in high termso Of
his fresh choice.
) Itappears, however, from another
letter to the same friend, dated onthe
! git June, 1910; that this match, ,ofwhich
he had thought SO highly, was also bro
ken off. After these failures, CALVIN
expresses doubt whether he should
prosecute his matrimonial project any
further. Soon afterwards, however BY
the advice Of Bucer he married Odeletle
or ldelete de Bures, the widow of an
Anabaptist at Strassburg, whom he had
converted.
Y Idelette had several children by
her former marriage IN whom Calvin
seems to have some interest. By CAL
vim she had only one child, a son who
died shortly after his birth,-Lys Of
Calvin.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

they VIII close up with March anu
trouble US no more until the first of
next December.
California is almost filed up with
Yankees and abolltionlsts. They Jump
upon us suutherners here with their
broad extensive principles of charity
and philanthropy. that hold all men to
be free and of equal privileges. They
know nothing OF slavery as it exists In
the south. Their views, though gen>
orally are rather limited; but | will say
no more about them now. Society
here is middling fair, but it is seldom
you meet with man who is intoxica-
ted. No fghting-now and then
though there is horse or OK stolen,
and the thief ferretted out, and brought
up before our great alcalde, and some-
times he gets out Of it by paying the
cost, and for the animal high price;
and sometimes they whip him also;
generally though the officers before
they loose him, use his pile, and then
he goes off a prospecting for better
dlggings.
We have no preaching here on the
Sabbath day and consequently it is a
sort of prospecting, and hunting day
with many, and with some it is wash
day, Sc. [ do not know that | have
noticed but one or two men who were
disposed to do steady work on that day
and they were Yankees. The mon
ey-loving creatures cannot help from
breaking the Sabbath once and while
aud although money is so very plenty
here they will yet contend about cents
This penurlousness seems to bee part
of their education when children.
There have been great many Jumps
found here inthese dlggings, large aud
small ones. The largest found here
weighed 16 pounds, that you will
doubtless hear Of but though, before
you get this. There has been quite &
number of Jumps found here worth 81
loo, 900, and 800 dollars: yet it is no
every one that gets large lump, l as
sure you, and again some of them ge
quite number. Much here seems tt
depend on luck and not great deal il
judgement-this is the case more par
licularly in dry diggings.
Mr.. Editor, ,ifthere is any thing ii
this lettert that would amusethe people
Of Old Lowndes, you are requested tC
publish the same. We have no ex
cuses to make for bad writing, or awk
ward dlction, for we are now in thu
mines and our ideas are somewhat
scattered. We are better fitted and
more accustomed to the use of tbe pick
and shovel than we are to the pen, WI
will therefore stop before we quite tir'
out your patience.
Yours with the greatest respect.
WILEY H, PARK Err, of Misp.,
JOHN HANKS. Missouri
CLIFFORD BRIDGES"
A. M. SAUL, ofGeorgia
Brother Miners in California.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

n landlord Frightened. For some
weeks past, a well known landlord Of
this city was in the habit 6f duning in
a most unmercilul manner one Of his
tenants. A few days ago tile tenant
sent a note, iR Substance as follows to
him:
Dear sir;-:If you will call on me,
back room Of thffd story, at 4 this at-
ternoon, Twill pay you.
The landlord had read the testimony
in the Webster case. at once tonkthe
Hint. He has not lroubied bis tenant
sitiee.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

line. It's southern boundaries in the
parallel Of Az degrees, leaving the in>
'termedate distance to be three hum
dred and thirty geographical miles
Aud it's because the provisions Of this
bill are notinconsistent with the laws
ofthe Missouri compromise, if extend
ed from The Rio Grande to the Pacific
ocean, that have not felt at liberty to
withhold my sanction. Had it embra-
ced territories south Of that compro-
mise, the question presented for my
consideration would have been Of far
different chrracter and my action Upon
it must have colresponded with my
convictions.
The people Of Oregon, without au-
thority from Congress organized pro-
visional government and in their fun
damental law excluded slavery, Cons
gress organized a territorial governs
ment out of this provissioeal govern
ment, and gave validity to their laws,
thus indirectly, through the agency Of
IA,
the provisional government of Oregon
prohibiting slavery in that terntory.-
This received the executive sanction
US will be seen by the extract above
aud from other parts Of the same mes
sage because it dill not violate the Mis-
souri, and Texas compromises
The people Of California have, with
out authority from Congress, organic
ed agovernment, formed constitution,
and enacted laws; they have prohibit
ed slavery, and the prohibition applies
to the country south Of SO degrees 80
minutes; snd the question now is Of that
different character which we was told
by the late President would have re-
puired from him different action from
that of the Oregon bill.
have elsewhere explained, when it
was questioned, the understanding |
had of the Presidents motive for sign,
ing that Oregon bill, though | never
approved Of the ditision. honored
the motive, as it was stated to me, by
which he was prompted, and have en-.
deavored to save his administration
from the obIipuy," which its enemies
have sought to attach to the act.
Readily admitting the more thorough
acquaintance with the views and opin>
ions Of the late President which Mr.
Walker possesses, it only remains t,
me to hope that upon reconsideration
he will abandon the supposltlon tha
Mr.. Polk would have signed such {
bill as this we now have under consid
Grafton. If | am wrong in the belle
that he would have maintained agalns
any aud all influences the spirit Of the
Missouri compromise, then | have been
wrong in the only defence | have ever
found in any degree acceptibIe to the
democracy Of Mississippi when have
posed the ceusure which many be-
slowed upon his sanction of the Ore
gon territorial bill. 1t was not my in
tention to discuss the merits Of Mr..
Clay's BILL that | may have to do in
my place as a Senator. Here wish
only to reply to an appeal so made, at
to put me ina false position, and made
by one against whose authority it is tt
mo disagreeble to be opposed.
Very truly, yonr friend.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Typographical ErOrs.-The follow
ing articles selected from the papers,
the sense Of which is completely alter
ed by the omission Of the initial ofthe
word printed in italics may amuse
some:
"The conflict was dreadful, and the
enemy were repulsed with considerable
L3ghter:"
'R. Jones was to>day brought before
the Aldermen for having spoken reason
at the Star Hotel"
"In consequence Of the numerous ac-
cidents accustomed by skating on the
Delaware river, the authorities are a.
bout to put top to it.
when the obese Mr.. FIT visited the
frigate .Jamcstown, he was politely
drawn mp the sides by means Of @ar,
"At the great di nner yesterday at
Meredith, N. Fl, nothing was eaten ex-
cept OWls.,
"a gentleman was arrested yester-
day on acharge Of having eaten cab
man, for having demanded more than
his fares2
"An old offender was accused OF
having stolen small or from the Ex-
press office; the stolen property was in
his coat pocket"
"The polish General, Kahkinofkow-
ski, was found dead in the street with a
long pord sticking in his throat"
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INK n I'osSsements ~ not marked with the number
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Y 6esDatch, on moderate terms, payable
zhon ,he work is delivered
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The heart ofa generous man is like
the clouds Of heaven which drop upon
the earth, fruits, herbage. and flowers;
the heart of the ungrateful is like a
desert Of sand which swallows with
the showers that fall, but
burieth them ia her bosom and pro-
duceih nothing.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

Many new years you may see, Dnt
happy ones you cannot see without de.
them. These, virtue, honor and
knowledge alene can produce,
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

"What wood is that ferule made off,
asked school master,of one ofhis bot
anical class, to which the scholar re-
piled, the weeping willow---it produces
so many tears.
The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-04

Sweet arethe siu,nbsra ofthe yirlg
lus.