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The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

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CovrvANr LopeE, No. 20.
VIM. Sp nan ". c.; Josiah Siallings, Sec'y,
Meets "a Columbus, eTey Saturday night.
McKrxpRrE LopGE, No. 80.
r. C. Egqlcsion, N. g.. John A. Trniberlake
Sec. Noes mt Columbus every Monday night.
FetNpsHtr LoD6H, No. IS.
NJ r tvt n c. w Dowsing, Sr., Scc'y.
Meets iauon, every Friday night.
Eosrte Evc4NpMENr. No. 6.
Thorn 81 .Wilmms, Q. r.. John X. PIERCE,
SCRIBE. s I'd Columbus on the LIST and Bird
Tucsday mouth.
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Cow, DIVISION No. Q, Sous OF TEMPER
ANcE.-t -tr'cd niecrngs Of this Division, are
hcll al it anier Hall nj Columbus, every
rucsd7 I'D O'Clock.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
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NJ Mothers Bible
BY GEORGE Il NORRIS.
This book is an that's lsss me howl
Tears win unbidden ssart-
With faltering lipand throbbing brow,
press il 70 my heart g.
For many generations past,
Here Is our family trees
Ny mothers hands this Bible olasped--
She, dying, gave to,nics
Ahlwelldo / remember those
Whose names these records bare:
Who roundthe hearth stone used to close,
After the evening prayer,
And spake Of what those pages said,
In tones my hearl would thrilll-
Though they are with the silent dead,
Here arethey living stilli
My father read this holy book
!. To brothers, sisters dear
How calm was my poofs mothers look.
Who learned Gods wordto hear.
Her angel face-l,see it yet
What througing memories come
Y Again that little group is met
Within the halls of home!
Thou truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy Eve tried;
When all were false found thee true,
My counsellor and guide,
The mines OF earth no treasures give
That could this volume buy
In reaching me the way to live,
It4aught me how to die
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
YIN 9&9B9s ssa0s
Is published ever THURSDAY hlnls


Ovrfsr On w. Soi,h Eda corner Of Main and 81
TGa S,5ssis imntdidtety ADORE Ms Grocery Store
~ Taoaiqs II. Williams.
TERMS
Tnnrt DoLtARs a year Invariably in advance
ercep6ug foWnr Subscribers who will be charg-
I'd So 50 sFhGn payment is'ielayed six months,
and stOo i not paid until the end ofthe year.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
Ono Dollar square for first insertion; and so
Gems a square for each continuance Teh.lines
or less constitute square.
PRoFEssIoNAL CARps year $40 90.
For lessAIre 81 % per month.
Professional Cards published 8 paper furnish-
ed one year NJ SIP co.
OBIruRY NorIcEs exceeding l5lines charg-
ed at the Discretion Of the Publisher
ApvENri ENEsrs for the year contracted for
a, ahberit discount
All coWinWaications addressed to the Editor
must he post Paia in order to insure attention.
JOB PRINTING
OF an kinds NEATLY and PRoMPrLY executed.
BLANKS
Forsh4iFs, Magistrates Constables Clerks
&c. iWnNlisd az shortest notice. from 81 25 to
81 80 Gare according 20 quality.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
"Foreverl''like harp's deep string,

"Foreverl'' like harp's deep string,
It's magic sweetness lingering on,
Whose quivering echoes dimly bring
Sad thoughts ofsome long-cherished one
A silyery chord, whose gentle strain
Commingles in each melting tone,
Past memories, that wake again,
0fdear ones loved, and lost, ard gone,
Forever.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

"Forever" with each passing gale,
Transported high, and low, and deep,
Borne like some feeting Oceans sail
Across the restless, foaming deep,
Lost on a lar-otf, distant shore,
In some unseen and viewless track,
Where spirit-voices never more
Bring waves Of buried feeling back,
Forever.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
II LoWNDEs COUNTY.
MAaONIC.

COLUMBUS LoDGE, No, s.
s s. Fmnslr.W. Nj. N. F. Goodwin, Sec'y.
Meet Columbus, on the LIST Friday Ofeach
month.
I.owvpEs Loper, No. ia.
A. w. Lamplin. w. NJ. OF Keeler, Sec'y,
Meets u Columbus, onthe Bird Friday of each
month.
DmSrY LtrscoMR LoDoE, 144
Scott Thompson. W. NJ. Richardson, Sec'y
Meets a. Charlottesville. on the Ord Saturday
of each month.
CoLuyBus r. A. Charter, No f.
c. II. ALERT, II. P. N. J.. Goodwin, Sec'y.
Meets NJ Columbus. on the LIST Monday after
LIST Friday OF each month.
4. %. %. H.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

"Foreverf' as pale, cold star,
In pearl-like radiance shining still,
Some glimmering halo from aGlr,
A beacon o the cloud-cap hill,
EMBEDDING in its crystal sheen
The early buds orhope and trust,
Preserving fresh and bright, and green,
The dewy leaves shown on erst,
Forever.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

A TELEGRAPH TO EURoPE.-The pcssibili-
ty of establishing a communication by telc-
graph with Europeis engaging some attention
among the papers at the north, and alse
among those on the otherside The London
Athenaum holds the project to be by no
means ehimerical, but on the contrary, feast
be. Il estimates that the communication
could be perfected for half a million Of dol
lars: Mobile AdpsTtster.
IL proposes 20 carry a single wire across
to Ireland, and thence, from some suitable
point on the southwest coast, to the nearest
convenient spot on the American continent
In this way only two thousand miles Of wire
would be required to cross the Atlantic
This wire should be covered with gutta percha,
and for additional security, protected by
hempen plat, prepared IN such a way IS to
be indestruetible in salt water If the sum
mer months we're chosen, and the task con-
6ded to inexperienced English or American
captain, the line might be laid out night
and day, without interruption, at the ofdiEarr
speed Of steamer. Once SUM, the uirs
would be safe, if care was taken to approach
the American, and to leave the irish esast.
at points whore bold shore afforded protso.
ton from auchors.-
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
.FORFVER.
BY MARY RIGGS.

@FoREvER!a low, faint, trembling tones,
That mingle in a parting breath;
Some fading flowers transient bloom,
Chilled in its snowy m .ntle-Death.
Wan, varied vigils, hushed and gone,
Deep, dreamIess in eternal deep,
Had smiles that in soft beauty shone,
When lingering, sunlit shadows sweep,
Forever.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27
COLUMBUS HISS
tan salutations q the church south, but L.

tan salutations Of the church south, but he
was unceremoniously rejected
Three commissioners were appointed by
The General Conference in 1914, "like
number to be appointed by the church south,
should one be formed to make the division
Of the property as provided for by the plan
Of separation thus adopted The conventionI
Of the South, after resolving to separate, APP
pointed three commissioners to act for the
Church South, in carrying out the diyis-I
ion Of the property. But the commissioners
for the church south refused to act.
This left the question unsettled till the
General conference of the church north met
in 1913, when the conference assumed to an
null the whole proceedings of the General
conference of 1874, touching the plan of
separation, and utterly refused to give the
church south partieleo Of tie property Cut
off from ell hope Of justice at the hands Of
/ the church north, the commissioners for the
church south commenced a suit for their por-
/ ton Of The funds, according to the plan Of
separation Of 1874. And It's this suit
which has just been decided The church
south have only been suing for their share Of
funds which they held justly with the whole
church, and which the General conference Of
the whole church, BY a voteof 147 to 10, in
1914, declared was the due of the church
south, should they separate. The church
south did separate according tothe plan adopt
ed by the General conference of the whole
church and yet the northern portion refus-
led to abide by the contract. Having pos
session, they meant e keep it unless the
strong arm Of the law could unclench their
Egrasp.
There are other suits still pending in the
courts Of Ohio and Philadelphia, where por-
tons of the church property are located
The decision in this case, however, viii be
binding in those, as the questions involved
are the same in all If the northern Meth
odists will not voluntarily do unto others AZ
they would have others do unto them, it il
gratifying to know that their courts are de
termined to make them do it
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The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

When Ialma vas once pertaining Han
b ltab bis mother, d military stranger was
overcome by tho tragic noFei b or,
thai Sc tainted AID vas EARNED 81 ths
theatre Els ira Nofdoa efs,
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

A Law exists n Virginia which is some-
what onerous on those matrimonially dis
posed, requiring the candidates for the lyme
niai bands ne only b take out license be-
fore the ceremony can Be performed, but
also to 50 before the proper officer and give
bond that the commonwealth shall not be-
come Guar ple ith tie support % the
issue Of tho union. 20 avoid the PM icity
and iRconyenience arising from compliance
TO thls las s an object wal parties, ard 70
effect i aretna Green nade Of the
bridge At Harpers Ferry, which, span
ming tho Potomac from 81 sf5lapd o yirginia,
csn Be solemniz without aconp liance viii
rIagss took place On ths bridge last week.
The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-27

o,r,.r \, u, Soih Eda corner Of Main and ST..
6I1 S,sseis iaiasdidiety ADORE ths Grocery Store
49,, ii Williams
Southern shield., 1851-01-25
TRUSTEES SALE,

kPY VIRTUE of the authority in me ves,o. ELY by a certain Deed of Trust execnted ,a me on the 18th day of June, A. D. ls5n b" one James Gilbert, to secure amonr ob!o, things the payment of the sum of eiGhtv dor lars to one Jesse Locke, on the first dav nc January, A. D. 1851, and whereas the s,;a James Gilbert did not pay said sum of monnr on said day, nor did any person do the sams for him--therefore, in pursuance of said deeJ of trust, and for the payment of said sum of money, shall proceed on Saturday the eiobtb day of February, A. D. 1851, to sell at tbs door ofthe Courthouse, in the town of Helen, between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore noon and three o'clock of the afternoon of said day, all ofthe right, title, and interest of the sad James Gilbert, in and to that parcel of land v. ing and being situated in the county of PhilIi1, and State of Arkansas, and known on the nnb, lie survey as the southwest quarter of tbs southwest quarter of section number twelve in township three south of range three east, con. taining forty (40) acres, together with all the improvements thereon, to the highest bidder for cash in hand. Due attendance will be given on the day of sale.
 T. W. GOSWICK, Trustee.
 Helena, January 16, 1851.
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Population of Mississippi County.

We are indebted to H. A. Phillips, Esq, of Mississippi county, fora statement of the population of that county, and the other information given below:
 Whole number of whites, 1896, of whom 375 are voters;--saves, S63,-total popu- 7 lation, 2259. There are l56 persons in the county over 20 years of age who can not read and write-of whom 9 were born in Kentucky, fl in Tennessee, l2 in Vir- gina, 4 in Arkansas, 10 in Illinois, in Mis- sssippi l2 in Missouri, Sin North Caroli- na, l in Germany, 7 in Georgia, in South Carolina, in Indiana, in Alabama, in Louisiana, in Maine, 3 in Pennsylvania, in Ohio, and whose place of birth is un- known. Eaa
 During the year ending lst June 1850, ahere were 59 deaths in Mississippi county.
Southern shield., 1851-01-25
AN ACT
Commissioner
L. GIBSON, Esq, Sur. Gen.
 Little Rock, Ark.

To enable the State of Arkansas and oth-
 CT States to reclaim the Swamp Lands within their limits.
 Be it enacted by Me Senate and House of Representatives. of The United States of Amer ica n Congress assembled, That to enable the State of Arkansas to construct the ne- ceSsary leyees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overtlowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsod at the passage of this act, shall be, and the same are here by granted to said State
 SEC. ?. .9nd be i further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, as soon as may be practicable at- ter the passage of this act. to make out an accurate list and plats of the lands descrb- ed as aforesaid, and transmit the same to the Governor of the State of Arkansas, and at the request of said Governor cause a patent to be issued to the State therefor :; and on that patent the fee simple 10 said lands shall vest in the State of Arkansas: subject 10 diposal of the legislature thereof, Provided, however, That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by di- rect appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the pur- pose of retaining said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
 SEC. 3. .4ndbe Hturther enacted, That in making out a list, and plats, of the land a. foresaid, all legal subdivisions, the greater part of which is wet and unfit for cultiva- ton, shall be included in said list and pIats, but when the greater part of subdivision is not of that character, the whole of it shall be excluded theretrom.
 SEC. 4. find De itfurther enacted, That the provisions of this act be extended 10, and their benefits be enforced upon, each of the other States of the Union, in which such swamp and overhowed lands, known and designated as aforesaid, may be situated.
 Approved, Sept. 2S, 1850.
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T. B. FLORRNOY, Speaker of the House of Representatives JNO. R. HAMPTON, President
 of the Senate. Approved, Jan. 6, 1851.
 JOHN SELDEN ROANE. A copy from the original.
 DAVID B. GREER,
 Secretary of State.
AM ACT

Supplemental 10 an Act to provide for re- claiming the swamp and overhowed lands within the State, approved Janua- rye, 1851.
 SEC. l. Be t enacted by the General Assem- hy of the State of .Arkansas, That the Board of Commissioners shall lay off the country in which said swamp and overAowed lands lie, into convenient districts, each to en- brace the water courses and their conflu- ents Whereon leveeS and entertainments may be necessary to reclaim said lands.
 SEC. ?. Be ufuther enacted, That said Commissioners, in letting out contracts for the making of entertainments on the Ar kansas river, shall let out the contracts and proceed with the work, on both sides of said river, simultaneously, so far as the same is practicable, SC as to afford equal protec- ton to the cultivators and occupants of land on either side of said river
 SEC. 3. Be # further enacted, That said Board of Swamp Land Commissioners, shall keep an office for the transaction of business, at such points as a majority of said Commissioners may designate, and it shall be their duty to convene at such place once in every three months, and oftener if it shall be deemed necessary, for the prop CT dispatch of their duties, at which place the recold of their joint proceedings shall be kept; and said Board shall appoint a Secretary, and fix his compensation, to be paid as in other cases.
 SEC. 4. Be # further enacted, That any per son owning lands on the bank of any riv- CT, in any swamp and overAowed land dis trict, shall have the preference of taking the contract to levee such lands, provided he takes such contract at the lowest bid, and such person so contracting, shall have the preference of taking his pay for execu- ting his contract, any lands, swamp or ever flowed, laying in the rear adjacent his own lands.
 SEC. 5. Be t f1rther enacted, That the Board of Swamp Land Commissioners are hereby empowered to demand of, and re- ceive from the proper accounting officers ot the United States, indemnity at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, for any swamp or overfowed lands within this State, which have been sold or dispos- ed of by the U. States, since the 18th Sept 1850, or which may hereafter be sold or disposed of by the U. States
 SEC. 6, Be I further enacted, That all mon- eys accruing from this source, shall be ap- piled by the Board of Swamp and Land Commissioners, according 10 the act which this is intended to amend.
 SEc.7. Be a further enacted, That the pro- viso, in section IT of the act which this is intended to amend, is hereby repealed, ex- cept so much thereof as limits the price o: land to be sold by said Board.
 T. B. FLOURNOY, Speaker
 of the House of Representatives.
 JNO. R. HAMPTON, President
 of the Senate. Approved, Jan. l5, 1851. JOHN SELDEN ROANE.
 A copy from the original.
 D. B. GREER,
 Secretary of State.
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GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

N0C. 2i. Io0U.
 SIR: have the honor to enclose you a copy of the Instructions this day sent to the Surveyor General of your State, for the selection of the Swamp and Overhowed Lands to which the State will be entitled by the act of 2S,h September, 1850.
 You will perceive that, by those instruc- tions, the Surveyor General is authorized to receive such reliable evidence of the character of any of these lands, as may be presented by the authorities of the State: and as many of the lands were prc,oablv surveyed at dry seasons, and her.ce are not represented by the descriptive notes or plats, as being of that Character, 1 have SUD- posed that it may, De matter of sufficient importance 10 induce you to call upon the County Surveyors, or otherrespectable per- soHs of your State, for statement, under |oath, of the Swamp or Overflowed Lands in their respective counties.
 Such testimony, you perceive, will be re- |garded as establishing the facts of the case and on receipt of the reports of the Sur |veyor General, lists of the lands will be prepared as required by the act, submitted for the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and plats and patents for the lands thus approved, will at once be prepared and forwarded to you.
 With great respect, your ob't serv't,
 J. BUTTERFIELD, Commissioner. His Er., the GoUeraor of .4rkmasas,}
 Lihle Rock, .4rk.
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PLANTERS HOUSE, CITY OF HELENA, ARKANSAS.

TWYHE undersigned having recently taken M that large and commodious Hotel in the city of Helena, formerly kept by T. w. Cos wICH. Esq, and known as the
 PLANTERS HOUSE,
 Would respectfully inform his friends in Arkan- sas, Mississippi, and Tennessee, that he has put it in complete order for the reception of customers. On the arrival of steam-boats Porter will always be in attendance at the Le- wee to receive passengers who may favor him, and convey their baggage to and from the river free of charge. Every luxury that this market affords will always be found on his table-his rooms will be kept in complete order, and every effort will be made to render the situation of visitors agreeable. His Bar will also be sup. piled with the choicest of liquors, wines. &c. The Planters House Is convenient to the Steam boat Landing, and immediately west of the Courthouse. He respectfully solicits the pat ronage of his friends and the public.
 R. H. BORDLEY, M. D.
 Helena, .4rkS., Jna'y. l, 1851.
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will be made as before directed. Where satisfactory evidence is produced that the whole of a township, or of any particular and specified part of a township, or the whole of tract of country bounded by specified surveyed or natural boundaries, is of the character embraced by the grant, you will so report it. The adjacent sub- divisions however to be subject to the regu- ations above given; and in every case under such rule or principle herein prescribed. forty acre lots or quarter quarter sections will be regarded as the legal sub divisions contemplated by the law.
 i. The atfidavits of the County Surveyors, and other respectable persons, that they understand and have examined the lines, and that the lands bounded by lines thus examined and particularly designated in the affidavit, are of the character embraced by the law, should be sufficient.
 The line or boundary of the overflow, that renders the land unfit for regular cult. vation, may be adopted as that whlc6 regulates the grant.
 You will make out lists of these lands as early as practicable, acc. c.ording to the follow ing form, one copy of which you will trans init to the la. I'd officers and another to this ofhce. lhe lands selected should be re- ser'..ed from sale, and after these selections are approved by the Secretary of the lnte- rior, the Register should enter all the lands so selected in his tract book as ''granted to the State by act of 2Sth September, 1850, being swamp or overhowed lands," and on the plats enter on each tract "State act 2Sth September, lS5O." Copies of the ap- proved lists will be sent to the Registers for this purpose. Your early attention is re- quested in this matter that the grant may be disposed of as speedily as possible. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
 (Signed,) J. BUTTERFIELD, Commissioner. L. GIBSON, Esq, Sur. Gen.
 Little Rock, Ark.
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s 0 D U l G A El 8 l .l 3l D a

SEC. IT. Be h furthet enacted, That noth ing herein contained shall authorise saic Commissioners to sell any of said lands at { less price than fifty cents per acre. Provl ded that two of the Commissioners shal constitute quorum to do business, and thai no member of the Board shall participate in placing the value on the land in which his scrip shall be redeemed.
 SEC. IS. Be # nfurther enacted, That where partial levees have been made by individu- als, or voluntary associations, or where such evees shall be hereafter so made, and, in the judgment of said Board of Com mlssloners, such partial levees shall be con- sidered an essential aid in their proposed system of reclamation, and the Board of Commissioners adopt them as part of their general system of reclamation, that, in such cases, they shall make compensation therefor, either in land or scrip, at their op- ton.
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AN ACT
Forsthe recaing of the Swamp and over flowed Lands donated to the State by th United States.

Forsthe reclaing of the Swamp and over
 flowed Lands donated to the State by the
 United States.
 SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly Of the State Of ArkansaS, That the Governor is hereby authorised and re- quired to appoint three competent persons to act and be known as the Board of Swamp Land Commissioners, who shall hold their office for the term of two years, and until their successors are appointed and qualif- ed.
 SEC. 3. Be n further enacted, That said Commissioners, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take an oath before the Judge of some court of record, faithfully to demean themselves in the dis charge of their duties; and they shall al- so severally enter into bond, to the State of Arkansas, with security to be approved by the Governor, in the penal sum of $5O,OOO conditioned that they will faithfully and honestly discharge their duties as hereinaf- ter prescribed
 SEC 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners lst, To fix the price of the swamp and overfowed lands donated to the State of Arkansas by the act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States, to reclaim the Swamp Lands within their limits," approved Sept. 2S, 1850, in their present condition, taking into consideration their present locality and the value that will be added to said lands by their reclamation, lists of which, with the valuation of each tract or legal subdivis- ion, shall be forwarded to the Governor, subject to his approval or rejection. I'd, To determine the locality, extent and di- mensions of the necessary drains and le- wees, in order to reclaim said lands. Sd. To classify said lands, and to let out the making of said levees and drains, by con- tract to responsible persons, at stipulated price per cube yard, to the lowest and best