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Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-06-14

The speech of this gentleman before the Prairie
Point Southern Rights Association, Noxubee
county Miss, on the Goth ult. was the ablest ar
gument to which we have listened for many wears
Mr.. Featherston reviewed with great ability
the whole series of measures miscalled the Com
promise one by one dissectcd the bills pointed
out their unconstitutional and oppressive features
denounced the spirit which passed and sustains
them, declared his deep seated hostility to the
principles on which they are based, and his deter
mination to resist by all constitutional their
continuance on the statute book. For three hours
and half the audience remained seated, without
any indication of fatigue and by their fixed aten
ton proved their interest in and approval of the
positions of the speaker.
Mr.. Featherston is an able, a very able man
and must become a great one. His argumenta-
tation. He seeks to convince the reason, not to
tickle the fancy, and he succeeds in doing so. We
trust, and are satisfied that his majority at the
November election will be greater than
We cannot forbear to express our qualification
in witnessing the zeal of States rights friends
at Prairie Point; ardent enthusiastic and nelli-
gent, composed of the planting interest of one of
the richest portions of the State, they have deter
mined to spare neither time nor in the ad-
vancement Of their cause We are pleased to add
that while the democrats of the Point are united
in their support of the opponents of the Compro-
mise, very many of the most influential wings of
that section zealously cooperating with them
Removed from the federal dietaton, which in this
county applies the thumb screw to the faithful
they dare to seek the remedy when they feel the
wrong.-West Alobdmian.
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THE KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE is under the i'm
mediate direction and entire control of the Board of Wis
itors appointed by the Governor of the Commonwe
The course of study adopted, and which will be re-
CURED in order graduation is that usually taught in
the best Colleges, except that but language
quired, Qatin French the time usually occupied by
the second being devoted to extended course in
Mathematics Mechanics, Natural Science and English
Literature.
lrreguars will be admitted to such selected studies
from the regular by request of parents may
be approved In addition the Latin French of
the regular course, Greek Spanish and German will
be taught. Except for French substitute for Lat
in, extra charge of $40 per annum will be made for
each modern language. There will be no other extra
charge.
plain dark-blue uniform will be made subserviant
to neatness and economy Students supplies for join
ing, should be chiefly of under-cloths.
In respect to all the "ndteriet for liberal educa-
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Lock ont for Negro StCa!erS.

At a meeting of the citizens of the vicenage of
Choctaw Agency, Oktibbeha county, over which
7. c. Harrington esq, presided, one David Myers,
now n resident of said county, was charged with
having endeavored to persuade two on more ne
groes to run away with him to free State, and to
obtain all the money they could by any means
even to robbing their masters, before leaving The
evidence was chiefly the confessions of negroes,
and as he was on one occasion drinking, the meet
ing did not deal as vigorously with him as it would
otherwise have done, but appointed the undersgn-
ed to demand of him whether he would leave the
county within two days and the State within ten,
ard TO state to him the consequences of his refu-
sal or his failure after promise, to go, and to pub
lish him to place other communities on their guard,
He very readily agreed to leave.
The aforesaid David Myers is about 2l or 22
years old, five feet five inches high, has brown
eyes dark chestnut hair, rather fair complexion and
slender features and figure, says he is a native of
Fayett county, Alabama, but was raised in Kinds
county Mississippi, and has run the Mississippi as
boat hand from New Orleans to Vicksburg.
Yours &c
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KETTELL g. MOORE.


DY virtue ola Trust Deed executed to William Ezelle
ID on 1st. August, a. d. 1845, by Walter Troup to
the payment of certain promisory notes therein
specified and by virtue of order of the District Chan
Gerry Court held at Columbus, appointing trustee
will expose for sale, at public auction for cash. on
the 10TH May, 1851 the door of the Courteous of
said county, in the town of Columbus, the following
negroes to-wit:
lessee, Edmond, Lucy, Clara, Phls, Sarah
Margaret, Jane, Little lessee, Henry
Lewis Billy Clifford, Pets, Will
Is, Nathan, Ben, Milley,
George and City;
Also, the Southeast quarter of Section s. with the
ception of sixtyone of said quarter lying on
the Northeast side of Cockrill d Lawrence's
branch The East of Southwest / of
Section s and Northeast of Sec
ton II, except 40 acres off the
east end of said l. and the
North of Section Is;
All in Township 49, Range l6, East.
Such title as is invested in me by said Trust Deed and
by the order of said District Court will be convened
and other Sale within the hours prescribed by law
w. H. d. DARLINGTON, Trustee.
Columbus, March 28th. 1851. CIT
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The State of Mississippi.

DISTRICT CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE. OF
MISSISSIPPI, HELD AT COLUMBUS: AT RULES
ELIJAH BARTLETT Complainant, Upon opening
VS. | the mattors ;n
fa2sfz F116z b Bill I'D Fs5
ry, 1851 and it appearing by affidavit fled to the sat
sfacton of the Court that the above named defendant
John X. Hampton, is nonresident of the State of
MISSISSIPPI and resides beyond the limits thereof so
that the ordinary process of this Court cannot be exc
cuted upon him it is therefore ordered that unless the
said defendant appear here before the Vice Chancellor
on or before the first day of the next term of this Court
to be holden at the Courthouse in the town of Coum
bus, ON the first Monday in May next ensuing, and
plead answer or demur to the several allegations in
compliments bill of complaint contained the same
may be taken as confessed to said defendant and
the matters therein decreed accordingly 1t is further
ordered that copy of this order be inserted in the
southern Standard a newspaper published in the
town OF Columbus, weekly for month. true
copy from the minutes.
w. w. LESTER, CLERK
MURRAY & DABNEY, Compts Solicitors
March 8, 1851. 6:5t Printers fee SIl5O
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An association of sixty-three members OF Congress-
Senators and Representatives have constituted the u
dersg,,ed committee to superntend the establishment
Southern Press at w ashngton City, to be devoted
- tho exnostion and defence of Southern rights and
;nst;tptions-the dissemination OF correct information
&c 70 Northern policy, and the course OF pohhcai al
fairs generally, without reference 70 te oIu pa'
Of Whip and Democrat. Arrangements are now IN
progress, promptly 10 lnsuIc TIC i"" -
''i"'i 1i0 1.-THE SOUTHERN PRESS"
for the conduct of which, suitable edltoTs hd'c
engaged who will also receive the and OF nuniOeI Vi
oripent and able contributors There will be both
tr-weekly and a weekly issue-the latter 10 contain
substantially the matter as the former ana IN
tended reach those points of the country Wose man
facilities are limited daily issue will be added mere
after should it be deemed advisable necessary by
the nress and people of the Southern States The paper
will not be exclusively politica-but will embrace on
its broad sheet the general news news OF the day. 90
nestle and foreign, by mail and telegraph commerclal
and agricultural intelligence, literary criticisms, orIg-
nal literary and miscellaneous and in short, all
those items of general interest the collected aggregate
of which constitutes the Interesting and VauaDle news
paper Great will be taken to give tuiI ana cor
rect reports of the proceedings and debates IN oot
Houses of Congress, as well as the acuoh Oh the local
legislatures on the southern question:
A limited number only of advertisements VIII be re-
ceiyed-the main object being to furnish large a.
mount of reading matter.
The paper will be printed sheet equal in SIZE to
those of the other Washington papers, and the mater
al will be purchased especially for the purpose
1t is confidently hoped that every true friend to the
South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward
the Names with the amount subscribed to some south
ern representative at Washington, forthwith.
Postmasters are authorized by law to remit subscrp-
tons free of postage.
TERMS: For trweekly during the session Of Congress,
and semweekly during the recess the price will be,
per annum, 5000.
Weekly paper per annum, $500
The price Of subscription must be paid invariably in
advance, and the cash accompanying the name sent.
All persons procuring ten names shall be entitled to
receive a copy gratis for one year.
A. p. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
r. TOOMBS,
j. THOMPSON.
Editors and papers friendly to the enterprise Will
please publish this prospectus which will entite them
to an exchange with the newspaper. All who comply
with this request will send copy of the paper con-
| tanning it to the committee.
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This publication will require the energetic and
dial cooperation of every individual who wishes
the pure and sound doctrines of American Republican,
ism advocated in such to exhibit the best
possible examples of American principles and Amer-
can Literature. The risk and expense attending the
publication is great that without support Cock
tensive with the Union it cannot be sustained The
literary and mechanical cost Of preparing the work
the liberal scale proposed for the coming year, viii ex-
coed that of any other periodical in the country it
therefore presents imperative claims upon the support
and patronage of the party whose political
designed to advocate; and, this moment, when the
very Union is threatened, through party schsms, it
more than ever becomes the Democracy to rally to the
support of national principles.
There is section of the country where there
could not be found who would desire to be
supporters of such work and, to bring it to the
knowledge of such, your friendly assistance respect
fully solicited
The following means have been adopted to promote
the great object of this undertaking The subscrip-
ton price has been put at the lowest possible rate
Three Dollars a year for such a work-comprising
nearly 200 pages of closely printed matter and ncl-
ding FINELY ENGRAVED PORTRAITS of the lead
ing members of the Democratic partyit must be EVIL
dent is much cheaper than the same amount of such
matter ever before furnished at in the u States
The very first pens in the country are engaged in
assistance and futherance of the project.
PREMIUM.-Any person forwarding Twelve Dollars
in current n Y funds for four years subscriptions will
be entitled to receive fth copy Of the cork for the
current gear gratis.
January, 1851. KETTELL s. MOORE
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This Institution, lately so fourishng and pop a
ular, reopened the lst Monday of March 1851, g.
to continue twenty weeks until vacation ,resumng ;
its annual sessions the I'd Monday of Septem- TN
Der. Col Il p Allen has been appointed to the LII
Superintendency, assisted by Col f w Morgan, late
Joint Superintendent of the Western Military Insti-
tute, and able and efficient Faculty. Both super
nendents graduated with distinguished honors West
Point, served regularly in the army, and have attained
high position in practical engineering and in the in
struction and government of youth.
The institute offers rare advantages to those seek
ing education eminently scientific and practical-
among them-a course of study unusually full in Math-
ematics and its applications to Mechanics Machines,
and Construction in Natural Science and its appca-
tons to the Arts, Agriculture and Mines in ancient
and Modern Languages, and in English Literature =
adding bookkeeping for the business man A gov
eminent, all that its mports-the decpIine ia
citated by every door of quarters being visible from
the commandments office A position accessible by
steamboats, Frankfort vet retired-sx miles in the
countryan elevated locality unsurpassed in the West
for heathfulness with permanent brick buildings ee
CANT extensive and commodus erected two years ago
at very heavy cost: Apparatus and instruments,
fully adequate to the of the Iecture-room and
the field Instruction, theoretical and practical, in
Plane and Geodetic Surveying, Levelling, and all
branches of Civil Engineering with drawing, field
practice and use of instruments
The Institute was suspended under the pressure of
debts incurred in building barracks class-rooms soci-
etyrooms, chapel, &c these liabilities have all been
discharged, and it re-opened untrdmn2eIed and with
advantages unequaled by any institution of the kind
in the West
The charge for tuition, board washing, fuel, lights,
&C. is $3.50 per annum, payable semi annually in adj
vance Two dollars per semi-annual session is added
as surgeons fee. With the cooperation of parents
all expences can be kept within 1925 per session :
which will be required to be deposited with Col.
E. H. Taylor Cashier of the Branch Bank of Kentucky
at Frankfort, who has been appointed by the Board,
Treasurer of the Institute.
Address either of the Superintendents at Kentucky
Military Institute, Frankfort, Kentucky
P. DUDLEY, Adjt Gen. and
President of the Board.
JOHN l.. HELM,
J. SPEED SMITH.
JOHN w. RUSSELL,
ID. THOMPSON,
Frankfort, KY, 1851 Visitors
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The state of Mississippi, LOwndes County.
(Circuit Court, March 26 1879
BILL FOE DIVORCE.

CAETER RoANE THIs day came the Complain
[SdS3l VS.. ant, by his Solicitor, and it
MATILDA RoASE, appearing to the satisfaction of
the Court that the said Defendant is nonresident of
this State 1t is ordered by the Court that this
be set down for hearing the facts charged in the
Bill at the term OF this Court to be held the
third Monday of September, 1851 and it is further
ordered that copy of said orde be published for three
months, weekly in the Southern Standard, a newspa-
per published in the town of Columbus, said State.
A true copy from the Minutes,
A. E. LOVE, Clerk
VIM p d. Jno F. Jack Solicitors for Complainant
April 49, 1851 I2:I4t
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AYERS Cherry PectOraI.

most beautf and ualuabe Preparation for the cure of
Coughs, Colds, Consumption, and all diseases Of the
throat and lungs
THIS is compound, in this place, but it is
identity of the greatest preparations of the age
for diseases of the lungsfar Superior to Jaynes pre-
paration
JAS. BLAIR, Sole Agent
Columbus, Feb. !, 1850.
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ton of the physical mental and moral man, the Ken
lucky Military Institute may claim equality with any
institution in the West.
MAY 10, 1851 lo'4ih
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IF an original volume of Letters and MisceIap;as IN
~ Prose, Rhyme and blank Verse by ladv of the
south Said Letters and Mscellanes to contain from
dents IN transportation to be delivered by the LIST of
January, 1852. ' Vi
0TTERMSL0
Bound plain and neat' one dollar per coDv
=. Flner if paid in advance
Flne' one dollar and twenty-five cents
Extra fine, one dollar and fifty-cents
NNPPy az I'm tne UNION HALL, Jackson, Mississippi
~ D.-Ihe author being entirely dependent on bar
own exerons incapacitated for her former
and wanting alike the pecuniary means. natural af
9h,ery and physical ability to travel in quest of sub
cELLAsEs "extra ne to any person WINS AND AND MIS-
ward Gree of cost the names or equivalents Of
W;nVe subscribers, to Mrs. Louise Elemioy Canton
Mss between this and the first of May next: and
tne same to the editor giving notice and Prosnecis
conspicuous Insertion 1ioePec'us' a
TOT MY subscribers, presentation copy. and R,.
SING YOUNG Men modern tale BY the SAME an nau NJ
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We find in the Paulding Miss Clarion, an
elaborate speech which was delivered by Hon Jno
J. McRae in reply to Foote. It's capital affair,
and shows up the inconsistencies of that busy lit
tie submissionist to the life 1t makes an honest
man blush to look at the picture--Mo6ile Herald
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DOCTOR LANIER

OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of
- Columbus and its vicinity. Office at the Drug
Store OF Taylor Mccarthy. He may be found af
night at Pope's Hotel Printers fee paid. -
Columbus, May 8, 1851 i5w
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[BY AUTHORITY.
Office of the Secretary-Of State,
JACKSON, April 18th, 1851.


THE attention of the qualified voters of the State of
Mississippi, is hereby called to the following Acts
passed at the last regular session of the Legislature
thereof. 10. BELL, Sec. of State.
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Frankfort, KY, 1851.
ACADEMIC STAFF.

Col R. T. P ALLEN A. NJ Superintendent and Professor of
IH1themdtcS and Natural Science
Col E. w MORGAN, Joint Superptendent and Professor Of
Mechanics and Engineering
La. Col A. HALL A NJ Professor of Ancent languages
NJ AUGUSTE COPPINS, Professor Of Modern languages
JACOB T. DICKINSON NJ d., Surgeon, and Professor Of An
atonay and PhgSioLogp
CAPT. R J. ADCOCK A B., Assistant Prot of Mathematics
Z. II. TAYLOR, ESQ., Treasurer
MAI. r. n. ALLEN, Quarter Master.
MAJ. JOHN NOURSE Adjaqat and Accountqnt
WATSON & PHYTHIAN. Consulting PhuSiclans
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k4- The State Rights Convention meets on
Monday next at Jackson
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nv Notice.
e persons interested IN the estate Of LOcky Wood de-
rror, ceased:
w are hereby notified that pursuant to an order
4 OF the Probate Court of Lowndes county, Mssis-
Srpp WILL as guardian of said decedent at the April
iooi' OIL said court present my final account for
NJ, JAMES DAVIS,
narcn o 1851. 6:St Guardian for Locky Wood.
NOD LIVER oIIa-(J. RusHTo. A. Co \ for sale BY
" columbus Feb. s, 1851 I RIAIR
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JOHN \. QUITMAN.
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A. W ARREN,
G. CARPENTER,
T. j. MOORE,
w. S. BRAY,
VIM. STILER,
A. MOORE,
J. w. RICE,
L. HARVEY.
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History Of Mississippi BaptiStS.

Choctaw Agency, May 9Th, 1851.
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CoLuuBUs, Miss, Nov. llth. 1850.
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A RESOLUTION to amend the Constitution of the
State of Mississippi
BE 1t resolved by the Legislature Of the State Of MissiS-
SPp That the following article be added to the Con-
inrln ana nnrndrrn,nt
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KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE

ackson, Miss, April %, l851--i4-27t
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II R OS PECTUS

Aberdeen, Miss, Feb. It'll. 1881