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The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
MISCELLANE EOUS.
From The ". o. Della.
The Peter Funks.
Mock AUcFIoNEERs,

OR-THE Mock AUcTT0NEERs.s
Ye late arrived emigrants from the new land
of Ophir! Ye diggers who have delved in the
sands of Sacramento for your heaps of gaudy
gold! Ye yellowed-haired navigRtors of fat
boats and RATS FROM the far-away West-sweet
land of persimmons, corn, hog and hominy!
And ye, too, ye Suckers of high and low degree,
who have set foot in the Crescent City, with
your epockets full of rocks!n-we are not sor-
nv for you bit! II you will suffer yourselves
to be f1eeced by sMock Auctioneers" and Peter
Funk exhibitors of unsaleable wares, you are
muttons for allowing it, and must undergo the
fate Of the woody ones, your brothers.
The Peter Funk, or Mock Auctioneer, locates
his place Of business with an eye to profit, and
casts his net, with sportsman-like keenness,
in the vicinity of some popular hotel or crow
ded promenade, where strangers most assemble
for strangers are his game, and with s.ran-
gers only does be condescend to DEAL Raising
a red flag, and exhibiting a sign of aauction
and commission" he summons around him a
fewmongrel ours of his own spot and training,
who, for the pay of crumbs and garbage suffi-
cient to sustain life, hound out the game for the
head devil Of the concern, and are ready to bark
to any tune he wills.
With a vast lumber room Of useless wares
brass fnger-rings, jewels of paste, galvanized
watches, dry goods long given to the dominion Of
the moth, and few genuine articles TO be used
as samples, the Peter Funk commences busi-
ness and throws out his tolls for the entrapping
of Suckerdom. Here fools are matriculated
and indncted into the arcana Of Funkism at
vastly fuctnating prices, varying according
to the size Of their piles. Any man or woman
either child, Aborigne or Ethiope, With half an
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
NEW FAIL OOD 8 /.
GREAT BARGAINS.

THE undersigned have received a large,
/ fine and well selected stock ofFall and
Winter Goods, to which they invite the
attention of the public. Their stock con.
sists in part of Calicoes, Ginghams, Mus
lin d'Laines, Cashmeres, plain and figured
Alpaca, Worsted Dress goods, Merinos,
Cassimeres, Oil calcoes, Linen Cambria
hd'kfs., Linen table clothes, Embroideries,
Drapery, Musslins, Capes, Collars. Blan-
kets, Flannels, Jeans, Kerseys, Domestic,
Ticking, Tweeds, and full assortment Of
men and boys CLOTHING, Hats, Gaps,
Boots and Shoes.
ALSO
Saddlery, Cutlery, Umbrellas, Hosiery
and Gloves, Perfumery, Lace goods, and
variety of fancy articles.
1t will be of interest to every body to
call at their store and examine before buy
ing elsewhere, as the above stock will be
sold at the most reduced cash prices.
BERNHEIMER & BRO.
Oct10 7tf
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
For The Herald d. Correspondent.
To a Friend in Claiborne.

OH remember the lone one. whose thought.
will oft trace
In the mirror of fancy, your form and youI
face,
And, widely between US, tho pround waters
swell,
Still think Of the one who now bids you fare.
Farewell, farewell.
When your hand shall Se press'd by the one
you adore,
When your mem'ry revisits the far distant
shore,
Whose kindred, and science, and liberty dwell,
Then think of the one who now bids you fare.
well:
Farewell, farewell.
When the smile of affection dispels all your
cares,
When the one that is dearer your sympathy
shares,
Tho wrapt and enchanted in loves charming
spell,
Then think of G. C. w, who now bids you
farewell
Farewell, farewell.
MT. NEBo ACADEMY, Claiborne county. Hiss.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
(. RI. YOE & Co.
ushOIeSGIe - Retail Grocery.
Produce and Commission
.WERCH.A.NTS.
RODNEY MISS

j.
1uOULD respectfully inform the public.
and the planters in particular, that
,bev have this day opened Wholesale
nd md Retail Grocery, Produce and Commits.
'ion House, in Rodney, in the old stand
Srmerly farm occupied by Yoe s. Stewart
Tbey M will furnish all kinds of Plantation
snnoles upon the most reasonable terms.
.;tbsr & for cash or drafts on New Orleans.
Feeling very thankful TO their friends for
hs,t favors, they hope the new firm will
rsceive a liberal share of their patronage.
Tbey have a large Cotton Shed close to
,be bank Of the river, where the Cotton
viii NOT have TO be rolled more than a few
yards before it is upon the boat. They will
sssceire, store and ship Cotton ON as good
md reasonable terms as it can be done in
Rodney. They are in constant receipt of
l,rce supplies of Groceries and Provisions
from the North and West, where they re.
ceiyed their present stock. For a list of
their stock on hand they refer you to the
advertisement below. Aug Is If
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
Notice to Bounty Land Claimants
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON. Oct. 81. 1850.


Applicants for bounty land, or for informa-
tionIn relation thereto, are requested to address
their communications on that subject to the
Commissioner of Pensions direct. Their
transmission through the Department proper,
imposes omit very great and unnecessary a.
mount Of labor, and the additional examination
they must thereby necessarily undergo, only
creates delay, and increases their liability to be
lost or mislaid.
Whenever new questions arise under the
law, the decision of the department will be
communicated to the Commissioner of Pen
sions and he will thereby be enabled, as he is
required to do, promptly to acknowledge the
receipt ofall communications, and answer such
inquiries as may be made.
As numerous inquiries have been directed
to those points, it may be well to state
1st. That where the service has been rem
dered by a substitute, he is the person entitled
to the benefit of the law, and not his en-
ployer.
Sd. That the widow of soldier who has
rendered the service required by law is entitled
to bounty land, provided she was a widow at
the passage of the law, although she may have
been married second time; but if fnot widow
at that time the benefit of the act inures to the
minor children of the deceased soldier.
Sd. That no person, who has received or is
entitled to bounty land under prior law, is
entitled to the benefit of the act of 28th Sep
tember, 1850.
4th That no soldier is entitled to more
than one warrant under this act, although he
may have served several terms; but, where a
soldierhas served several terms, he win receive
a warrant for the greatest quantity of land to
which those several terms consolidated, will
entitle him.
ALEX. H. H. STUART,
Sacrataru af fha Inferior
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
RENCOURAGE YOUR OWN ME
CHANCES.
6. P. TIE E.VE.@.N

HAS returned, and taken rooms on Main
Ill street, over A. J. M'GiIl's Drug store,
and has brought with him the ''latest Fall
and Winter Fashions Having visited
the principal Northern cities, he has spar
ed no pains to gain such information, in
his business, as shall benefit his former
customers, and all who may favor him with
their patronage. He feels confident that
he can give them better fitting garments,
and in the latest and most approved styles,
than can be obtained in or out of the State.
In endeavoring to crafty the wishes Of his
patrons, punctuality and despatch shall be
his prevailing rules.
N. B. All garments cut and made by
him are warranted to fit, or the money re-
funded for the cloth. Prices low to suit
the times. Terms cash.
Nov. 1, 1850. loft
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
OF HARTFORD, Conn.

Rates of Premium as low as those of any
other Responsible office
"A speedy and satisfactory adjustment of
losses by the General Agent of the Company
for the Western and Southern States.
3,-Arhitration (of all differences which may
Grise) by referees mutually chosen.
4-Awards promptly paid in Specie. Banka-
bic Funds, or Exchange on New York, Balti-
more, Charleston, New Orleans, ST. Louis, Lou
lsville. Pittsburg, or Cincinnati, at the option
Of the insured.
UPamphIets, setting forth the mode and
principles of adjusting losses-Rates of Pre-
miums-classifsatio of Hazards, &C., &c. &c,
furnished to the customers of the office free of
charge.
For further information apply to the under
tgnad, who is fully authorized TO Insure
DWELLINGS,, STORES, HOTELS, WARE HOUSES,
MILLS MANUFACTURES, BARNS, &c.
Also
Household Furniture, and Goods, Wares, and
Merchandise, contained or stored therein, a
gainst loss or damage by Fire.
Also
Dry Goods, Groceries, Manufactured Goods.
Produce, Household Furniture, Lire Stock, and
every other descriptions of Merchandise or Person
a. Property, shipped or TO be shipped per good
oleamboat, or boats to ard from points on the
Hestern waters, or between Eastern cities tvla
Lakes, or other inland rcutel and any towns in
the Western country, against the hazards Of
INLAND ANSPORTA TION.
Also
Shipments Of Goods, Wares and Merchandise,
per good vessels, between New Orleans and
Eastern ports-between New Orleans and other
Gulf ports-between all American ports and
English or European ports, or to any other
maratime port whatsoever in the Atlantic wa
ters, against the perils of the seas.
]. J. PERSON, agent.
Protection Insurance Company.
October 25, 1850 g-4m
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

A SIGMFIcAET FAcT.-It is a fact, showing
the feeling of the South at the present time,
haterery moderate paper in favor of the recent
peace measures; which has spoken on the SUBJ
ject of the fugitive slave law, declares that, nm
less that law is complied with at the North, the
whole of the slave states will unite in the a.
doption of the most stringent and extreme
measures for their protection. Remember this
is the language of that portion of the Southern
press that now openly assails the advocates of
disunion and is battling for the confederacy of
States as it exists at the present moment
PennsylUaniGn
The Pennsyluanian is perfectly correct in its
preceding There is an anoyerwhelming
majority at the South in favor of our glorious
Union, but there viii be one unanimous outcry
against any attemptto repeal the law, and ii the
actual repeal should be effected, we should in
deed 4dcspair of the Republic" We have how
ever no idea that a repeal can be brought about,
even if some of the insane fanatics in Congress
should attempt to introduce the measure and
rave like maniacs on the necessity Of 1t. 1t re-
quires the assent of three parties to make law,
any one of which, however, can prevent re-
peal of it when once enaeted.-N O. Bulletin.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
SUPERIOR OLD BRANDY.

w E are daily expecting by ship Francis P.
w Sage, an invoice from the only importers
(Rarclay & Livingston) in New York, of supe-
rior Goddard Brandy, and are prepared to fill or
ders for the same, and will sell by the cask or
by demiiohn This Brandy is well known as
the only kind to be found at John Hewlett's eel
ebrated Bar, in this city.
w. L. CUSHING & Co.
New Orleans. Nov. %, 1850
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

A gentleman Of Paris, when he had con-
siderable company to dine, would not lei
his son about six years Of age, sit at the
table with him. saying, ssThe boys beard
is too Short The boy took a seat at a side
table where a large cat tried to lake away
his food, whereupon he exclaimed, go
and dine with father, your beard is long.
LARGE MISUNDERSTANDING that
an acre of ground will support three per-
sons the United States can maintain pop
ulation of about 1900. .000, 900 souls,
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
.TiSSg Rece6Ued.

DtUoU AACCCUOUUUs
II H. YOE & Co. have on hand and
u. for sale
100 bbls Mess Pork,
so Prime do.
40 New Wheat Flour,
lOOpieces Bagging,
100 coils Rope,
1900 pair best Negro Russets,
10 boxes Negro Boots;
5000 yards Negro Winter Jeans.
Jeans, Linseys, Coffee, Sugar, Candies,
Soap, Molasses, Salt, &C., &c.
Aug Is 52-tf
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
From the Louispille Journal.
Music.

I1uSICI
Give me music, soft, sweet music,
For its cadence is to me
As dewdrops to the dropping flower
Or blossoms to the bee.
1t soothes my feyered, burning brain,
1t calms my troubled heart,
And bids, in tones Of melody,
My anxious cares depart.
Give me music, low, faint music,
Aud as its echoes roll,
In tones of thrilling tenderness,
Across my raptured soul,
Iii dream again as once dreamed
Of happiness and love,
When Hope, in wreaths of budding Joys,
My life's bright texture wove.
Give me music, sad, low music,
And while its sweet tones.swell
And fall upon the ear like words
OF low, heart-breathed farewell,
My thoughts on Fancy's wing shall to
The dreamy past return,
And muse amongst the relics there,
"ln Memory's sacred urn"
Give me music, mournful music,
And my soul in fervent prayer
Shall rise upon the dying note
That vibrates on the air.
III pray for those whom well love,
That their lives may pass away
As calmly and as gentle as
The tones of that sweet lay.
Give me music, joyful music,
Let me feast upon the sound,
Till my spirit bursts the earthly chain
By which it now is bound,
And scars on that triumphant strain
Up to its native skies,
To join with angels in the song
Whose echo never dies.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
TO Planters.

IN H. YOE & Co. will furnish all kinds
d. Of Plantation Supplies on pledges OF
eOnsignments of Cotton to the House OF
Nessrs. Fellowes e. Co., New Orleans.
or will make liberal cash advances ON the
same. Aug 10 52-I
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

The coachman who drove Jenny Lind from
the steamboat 10 the Revere House, Boston, thus
ridicules the insane admiration which his "fel-
low-citizens" were exhibiting. Mounting the
steps of the hotel, he cried-''Heres the hand
that lifted Jenny Lind out of the coach. Gem
tlemen, you can any Of you have the pleasure Of
kissing it for five dollars-chldren halfprice."
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
Insolvent Notice.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, !

f1E - II n Il Ut ulOOAooAI1ls Is
CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
To all creditors of The estate Of JOHN L.
ToRREY, deceased.
You are hereby cited and notified to pre-
/ sent your claims against said estate de-
clared insolyent, Probated according to
law, to the Clerk of the Probate Court of
said county, on or before the 18th day of
May, A. D. 1851, for examination and re-
port, or the same will be forever barred.
- WITNESS Hon. JAMES A.
MAXWELL, Judge ofthe Probate
~ Court of Claiborne county, the
Fourth Monday of October, A..
y. 1850, and Seventy fourth year ofthe In
dependence of the United States of Amer
lea.
Issued the 3Ist day Of October, A. D. 1850.
JAMES A. GAGE, Clerk.
Nov l, 1850 loom
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS


THNHE subscribers will, in addition TO their
II present Commission Business, conduct a
General Grocery Business, at Wholesale only.
and on and after the lst November next they
VIII keep large and well selected stock of ev-
cry description of Groceries. Their arrange
ments IN the Northern markets are such. that
they avail themselves ofall the bargains offering
there, and are able to purchase at the lowest
market prices. They have now on the way
large invoices of fresh goods, and will have the
fresh new Cranberries, Buckwheat, Figs, Raj
sins, Currants, &c which are received in New
Orleans Their terms will be made liberal and
satisfactory, but in order to be successful and
sell at their usual low prices, they cannot sell
without good City acceptances. Merchants
wishing to purchase goods at the North, DRY
floods, Groceres, Boots and Shoes, &c., can
have their orders filled by Messrs. Child & Cush-
ing, General Commission Merchants, No. 80,
India ST., Boston, by ordering through US. All
goods purchased by our friends in Boston, will
be forwarded by us free of all commissions.
w L GUSHING & co.
Oct 10 55 Common ST. New Orleans.
W E have landing from Ships Two Noun
W tain, Carnetra, and Bark Rainbow.
MACKEREL-82s packages, No. 3 81 8.
in bols., half, quarter and kits.
INDIGO-45O lbs superior.
CLOVES-5O0 lbs. Cayane,
CIIRON-l59 boxes new,
RAISINS-l600 packages, boxes, halves and
quarters of Kneslers brand.
MA CE-250 pounds,
LOBSTERS-4O boxes of fresh, put up in
/ ID. cans
SALMON--45 boxes of fresh, put up in lS
cans.
RED CURRANT JELL Y-25 boxes quart
jars. 80 boxes half pin! jars.
PIE FRUIT-i00 boxes Lewis & Co., pack
ing.
100 boxes Underwood paching,
PRESERVES--30 boxes assorted, put up in
pound cans, warranted to keep for five
years.
15 boxes preserved datasans,
Is do do peaches,
Is do do ounces,
10 do do green gauges,
PEPPER SAUCE--65 boxes, of Lewis &
LEMON SYRUP--l00 Boxes, Underwood,
also, 90 boxes of true Lemon Syrup, put
up in large bottles, from pure juice Lem
ons,
CAPERS--3O boxes, selected, Of Underwoods
COD FISH--200 large boxes. packed in box
es of 100 lbs. each, and all selected fresh.
HERRINGS--l8 boxes, selected, part with
the Roe in.
CRANBERRIES--l47 packages, bbls. half
and quarter.
CHOCOLATE-75b boxes fresh, Bakers Mol
BROMA--3O boxes fresh, Bakers
COCOA--25 do ds do
GROUND SPICES-160 boxes, all kinds,
for sale for cash or city acceptance. by
VIM. l.. CUSHING & Co.,
Nov. %, 1850 New Orleans
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
Affected Deafness.

A stranger dismounted at the door of
the--Hotel, and gave his horse to the
oficious waiter. The bar-keeper opened
the register to take his name.
You are right said he, sa single room
would be more agreeable and he walked
into the supper room, to which the crowd
of boarders were passing. The bar-keeper
ran after him, screaming in his ear
'What name did you say?'
Thank you,' said he, 4 can find the way,
don't put yourself to any trouble
On his return to the bar-room, waiter
took up his saddle-bags, and told the deaf
stranger he would show him his chamber.
My friend, who will spend the evening
with me, prefers plain sherry; said he.
You may send me, bottle and few
cigars t
/ did not said the bar-keeper, .exactly
understand your name.'
Il think little ice would improve the
wine,' was the answer. sAnd now think
of it you may put the bottle in wine
cooler His friend now joined him, and
they walked to his room together. The
deaf lodger patronized the house to the ex-
tent of another bottle before he slept. The
waiter who brought it up, ventured once
more to inquire his name.
Nothing more,' said he, Except slice
of ham, pickle, and a little bread and
cheese The next morning after breakfast,
when the strangers horse was at the door;
he asked for his bill. He was told it was
six dollars and three quarters.
You are very kind-I had expected to
pay you; but if this is your custom, to char
ge nothing for the first visit, You shall NOT
lose by it-all my friends in Spongefille
will certainly give you at least one call
when they come into this city--good NOR
ming.
4 would thank you to pay your bill be-
fore you go!' screamed the bar-keeper.
i am obliged to YOU said the deaf gem
tleman: 4 can put them on as he took
up his saddle bags and departed. As he
mounted, the bye-standers began to laugh
immoderately at the awkward, embarrass-
ment which afflicted the bar-keeper, who
was in despair, while he bawled after the
delinquent who continued bowling, and re-
peating his assurances, that he would cers
tainly remember the accommodations, ci-
Witty, and liberality of the house, and re-
commend it to all his friends who might
pass through the city.
The gentleman who so well affected
deafness, won the wager he had staked on
the success of his scheme, and paid his
bill the next time that he visited the city.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

AFRICAN IRoN.-Iron ore is found in
Africa in immense quantities; and from
it are made, by the untaught natives, va
rious ornamental and useful articles, such
as spears, arrows, knives, armlets, legIets,
bracelets, etc. A small but regular amount
of this important material, made into a
peculiar shape, is called a ssbar,' and APP
pears to be the standard of value by which
their currency is regulated.
The friendship of some people is like
our shadow, keeping close while we walk
in the sunshine, but deserting us the mo-
ment we enter the shade.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

A writer, lately, in attempting to describe
the agonies Of suspense, calls L s.the tooth
che Of the mind .
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29

HUMoR.-Boy-Ma, isn't Miss Love-
locke nice lady! isn't she thought
Mothef--Yes, love she is;a very fine Ia
dy. Boy-And don't father think heap
of her! don't he though?
Mother-Yes, father, as well as myself,
thinks very higly of Miss Lovelocke.
Boy-that's what Thought to-day, when
| saw him hugging and kissing her in
the front parlor.
Mother lspringing to her feet with all
the agility of having pressed her foot on a
hot smoothing iron)-Your father huggipg
and kissing Miss Lovelocke!
Boy-(n tone of the highest glee)-My
eyes! wasn't he though!
Mother-[distraced And did she suf-
fer him to do such thing without raising
an alarm!
Bodybuilding his left eye in a remar-
kabfy cute style)-She didn't suffer any at
all; she just hugged and kissed back again,
as ifshe liked it better nor applesdnmplng,
covered with 'lasses dip.
Mother-(wild, hystericaily wild)- Oh!
the mean rat-eyed. pug:nosed, red-headed
illSS SSnlss- AC cSaiud1 HuSsy ! 4 II tcdt UuL LEI
eyes, will. Falls down fainting-tears
her hair, and kicks her heels on the carpet,
crying aloud for divorce, while son runs
off for doctor, and meeting pappy coming
home, tells him, en- passanf, that his hope-
full sonny wouldn't stand in his boots for
something, and a trihe over.
------------- W
GENUINE FooLs.--He who wipes his
nose with nutmeg crater and picks his
teeth with razor.
She who says ssno' to The proposal Of a
gentleman when she has reached the age
Of thirty years.
He who gets so drunk every night that
he puts his clothes in bed and hangs hin-
self on the back Of a chair.
She who rubs her cheeks with a brick
bait in order to give them sAcolor.s
He who puts on his haa. and takes his
cane and starts out in pursuits Of an honess
and disinterested politician.
She who pinches and slaps child to
make it quit bawhng
A writer, lately, in attemptinglto describe
the agonles of suspense, calls t s.the tooth
che Of the mind,''
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
w. I. CUSHING s.. 90.
Commission and ForaCardino
HOUSE,
Nov 80, 1s49. IA te

lash Advances on Cotton.
.W = will make liberal Cash advances ON
cotton shipped to ChilG & Cushing. Bos
ton' ana forward the same free of all lexpense of
commissions. WLCITSHIN(S 81 fs1l
Oct 10, 1850. = 'S'''9' tf
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-11-29
The President.

The foregoing recommendation of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy meets my hearty approval, and
he will make such arrangements as may be nec-
essary to carry out the object in view.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
flcfobor 01 1870