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ought to be bound together by fraternal affec,

ought to be bound together by fraternal atfec-
tion." AS to the destruction Of political parties,
in Government like this, it would be impossi-
bic. Parties divided upon principles are essen
iial TO the maintenance of free institutions.
They are jealous sentinels watching each other,
ready to sound the alarm at every danger, real
or fictitious And as one-or the other is wise and
patriotic in the time of its power, SO may It cal
culate npon the support and confidence of the
people. Bua there are questiOhs higher than The
parry topics of the day, and one Of these questions
Is upon u.s. The Union is in danger. The evil
dence of this is borne to us by every breeze.
Measures are advocated and urged, both in the
North and the South, with zeal overlapping
all discretion, and with a determination of pur-
pose which, if it does not despise danger, dis
regards it, and which, if not turned from its OBJ
ject by patriotism and moderation, will sound
the knell of liberty in this republic. Let every
true American come up to the good work. Let
as all, Wings and Democrats, anite IN thiS holy
duty, and rescue the ark of the Constitution from
the perils that surround Il. Let us preserve our
respective principles Of policy and adminstra-
ton; let the Wing remain Wing, and the Dem
ocrat Democrat; but in the great aCork of pro-
tecting this last and best refuge of human freedom
from external and Internal foes, lei as join toget-
er head and hear, end this end once obtained, zoe
can go on our tody rejoicing, to continue that
contest Of action and of opinion which seems
essential to the free and constitutional action oil
our Government.
cannot be with you at your meeting. But
the loss will be mine, for am sure there will be
demonstration of affection and attachment to
the Union which will gladden. the heart of the
patriot, and which will send on the decree, al.
ready trust, gone forth from the bosom of this
great community-Let us liue together as friends
as breibren as members Of one rGst family ichere
the rights and interests Of each are sacredy -egar
ded and protected By The polcer Of all. Let us be
one people, aeith one country and one government
and let as hare no other Struggle but for the com
mon glory, and the common prosperity of thi.
great Confederation, a0hose boundaries are alredds
s1ceptbythe breezeS that come from the Atlantic ana
from the Pacific ocean.
| ! am, gentlemen, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, LEWIS CASS.
To John Kettlewell. Henry s. Garrett, Thoma;
Dobler, Esqs., committee, &c.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
Mock Auctions Again.

It really seems to US as If cautions to strans
gers In our city are absolutely thrown away.
We have many times warned them against The
practices of the keepers of mOck.auction shOpsj
yet almost every day we hear of sone fresh
instance of rascaity. Yesterday a very daring
effort at swihIling was made at Peter Funk
establishment not thousand miles from herei
A stranger entered the shop, when his atten.
ton vas arrested by watch and lot of knives
which were put DIP for sale t6gethef, and which
the auctioneer declared were going for almost
nothing. The confding stranger bid seven doll
lars and half, when, to his great astonishment,
he was told that the SLOT was his, at .sgreat
bargain" He took twenty dollar bill from
his pocket and handed it to the clerk, with re-
quest to have the change returned: "a
"Change!" said the clerk, with an air of as
tonishment "Why, my friend, this is not
enough by hundred dollars. Let me see; fif=
teen dozen knives at ST and half dozen,
that's $lI2 so; and 81 SO for the watch makes
precisely Sl20i Yes, sir, that's exactly 500
| that you owe US yet"
IL assure you," said the astonished stranger;
81 bid on the whole lot at once. You are cef-
| tainly laboring under a mistake"
The clerk, however, declared that he was
correct; $l29 was the gentleman's bid, and he
would have 10 pay it; sand besides" said heJ
1--WE will have no fuss in this store; so get out
your money while make up the bill.p
With. these words he took pistol from a
drawer and laying it on the table turned to his
desk to write. The stranger not felishing being
so unceremoniously diddled out Of his cash, be-
sides being bulIied and threatened with dose
Of lead, Immediately seized on the pistol, cooked
it, and pointing at the clerk, declared i his NOM
j ey was not returned directly he would
see what efficacy there was IN a pistol ball.
This summary method Of proceeding bad an
instantaneous effect; the clerk took the money
from his pocket, and handing itoyer, said with a
smile. "Oh! certainly, sir" here is your money;
/ ! merely thought perhaps you'd like to ibuy. d
pistol"
The stranger left the shop little wiser thar.
he went in; but we greatly fear that manv more
who follow him will not get off SO easily
O. Pic.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
? O E 7 B Y
For the Herald 4. Correspondent,
MY Own Dear Home.
BY John G, LOWRY.

They sing to me Of Southern skies
Of the bright stars at evening time
But I've home of tender ties,
A cottage bv the lovely Rhine.
A home, whose tendrils blossom yet,
Within my heart-can forget!
They tell me that your maidens' eyes
Beam with beauty soft and blue;
Transparent as the summer skies
In richness, like the rainbow's hue.
Upon the Rhine sister fair
left, the bud to blossom there.
They tell me that your rivers wave,
In silent grandeur sweeps along;
And that from out the summer glades
You hear the happy boatman's song.
The music of my own sweet Rhine,
From childhood, with my heart kept time.
And then they say at early dawn,
The songsters of the grove viii sing,
And flowers will ope, and fragrance float
Upon the breeze, like youths gay spring
knew bird in other days,
That sang to me loves sweetest lays
Your skies are blue-your maidens fair
Your river dashes nobly on
And roseate fragrance fills the air.
And joyous seems the boatman's song.
Yet not with these, my heart keeps chime,
But throbs to music of the Rhine!
Grand Cult, Miss, January 1851.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

A MosT UNREASONABLE EDIToR.-The
Pawtucket Chronicle, after publising ver-
batim ct literatim, the communication of a
correspondent who differs from most ortho-
graphists in certain particulars, appends
this unreasonable notice:
"We cannot spend time to correct the
writings of persons who borrow our paper
to find fault with it's
SHOW, viii the Chronicle please give us
its ideas of the duty of newspaper editors?
We have noticed complaint in various quar-
ters touching the subject, which if they are
not checked, threatened tolead to the most
dangerous consequences. Editors are be-
ginning in numerous cases TO act really as
though their time was their own, as tho
the obligations between them and their
subscribers-not to speak of borrowers
were somewhat mutual. We have seen
several instances where editors have posit-
lively declined to correct manuscript of a
few dozen closely-written pages, on both
sides, although expressly informed that
they were at liberty to make any altera-
tons that they might see fit. We have
noticed several atrocious cases where edit
ors have had the audacity to demand pay
for the cost of publishing matters of the
highest public importance, such as resolu-
tions of thanks to steamboat captains, puffs
of new schools, and obituary notices of In
fant children. Something must be done
to put stop to this, or editors will soon
begin to think they have the same rights
as other people, Providence Journal.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
Do You Remember.


l have been where we parted when summer
was smiling,
And have wandered alone where looked on
you last
There was gloom on the spot that was once SO
beguiling,
And the wind had wall, like moan for the
past.
l thought of the promise-'twas given in glad
ness
That beautiful eve when knelt by your
side;
Oh, had it been taught us that loving was mad
ness,
Perchance in its blossom the passion had
died.
Twas night, and the planets were beaming
above me,
And the moonlight did stream on the ever
green bower;
But where was the being who ventured to love
me
Or where were the feelings which cheated
the hour?
rney mad Hown, ana 1eIt that my spirit was
shaded
BY the clouds which the morning foreshad-
owed with truth;
The rapture had vanished-the starlight had
faded;
And gone, like thy vows, was the dream OF
my youth.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

The VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI In an able
letter written by Gen. BATES, of Missouri, to a
meeting held some time since at Evansville, Ia,
are the following sentences:
81 have said that the Valley, great as it is, is
one and indivisible. II has been so contrived
and arranged by Him that made it, that it is past
the power of man to put asunder. Passion
may suggest transient causes ofquarrel, and fol-
Iy may urge ussinto fraternal contests, but still
our portions are so connected, that We cannot
afford to be ether than mutual friends and as
sistants."
II (says the Baltimore American) the unity
Of the Mississippi Valley is guaranteed by nature
and by the interlaced connections and interests
which must make its inhabitants one people, iii
that important fact we may find guarantee also
of the whole Republic. 1t is matter worthy
of reflection to note how the active energies of
our people all over the whole country, in the
practical pursuits of business, are working with
might and main to perfect the means of inter-
communication, the East with the West and the
West with the East, and so with the North and
South--thus cementiDg the Union; while at the
same time, political conventions are talking OF
disunion, and politicali agi,ators are doing all
they can to accomplish it. But the Valley Of
the Mississippi, extending from the Northern to
the Southern border of our country, connects
the two extremities. and constitutes massive
central formation along its whole length, the
attraction OF which is felt on the Atlantic sea-
board from the st. Johns to Cape Florida.
New York has completed, at immense expen-
ditures of labor and money, more than one aven.
ne of connection with the Upper Mississippi
through the great Lakes, and New England has
been prompt to extend these connections, and to
profit by them. Pennsylvania is hard at work
10 add railroad to her canal, and thus TO estab-
lish with the great country beyond the Allegha-
nies two thor0ughlares of trade and travel. Ma
ryland has long been prosecuting grand central
railroad towards the Ohio, and win not cease to
labor upon 1t until it Is completed In like man
ner Virginia is earnestly engaged in carrying on
large system Of internal improvements, all
looking TO the trade of the Mississippi Valley,
and intended to promote intercourse and an iden.
tificaton of interests between different sections
/ of the Union. Nor is Georgia behind hand III
striving after the same end. She is pushing her
works of improvement into the heart of the
South west; and even South Carolina is willing
to enjoy the benefits Of the system projected
and carried on BY the enterprise Of Georgia, as
she has shown by forming connections with it.
Thus the Mississippi Valley; indiyisible itself
rive warrant for the assured and lasting unity
! OF the Republic The great Valley indeed con-
stitutes the body of the Nation--the Trunk ol
the nation-with WHICH the other parts are con-
nscted by all those instincts OF dependence, nur-
ture and safety, which belong to one common
vitality.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
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&. n. YOE g. co.
wholesale y Retail Grocery.
Produce and Commission
.WERCH.ANTS.

ODAN6 As MISS
uTOULD respectfully inform the public.
and the planters in particular. thai
,hey have this day opened Wholesale
md Retail Grocery, Produce and Commits.
zion House, in Rodney, in the old stand
Tormerly occupied by Yoe & Stewart
They will furnish all kinds of Plantation
sauoies upon the most reasonable terms.
.itber for cash or drafts on New Orleans.
Selling very thankful to their friends for
hast fayOrs, they hope the new firm will
[eceive liberal share oftheir patronage.
g'bey have a large Cotton Shed close : TO
ibe bank of the river, where the Cotton
viii not have to be rolled more than few
Yards before it is upon the boat. They will
ssceive, store and ship Cotton on as good
md reasonable terms as it can be done in
Rodney. They are in constant receipt of
LARGE supplies of Groceries and Provisions
from fam the North and West, where they re.
c.ired their present stock. For list of
their stock on hand they refer you to the
advertisement below. Aug ls If
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

How IT is TO BE DoNE.-An Hishman
who was very near sighted, about to fight
a duel, insisted that he should stand SIX
paces nearer to his antagonist than the
other did to him, and that they were both TO
FIRE At the same time This beats Sheri4
dams telling fat man who was going to
fioht a thin one that the latter's slim figure
o1obt TO be chaIked on the others portly
person, and if the bullet hit him outside
The chalk line it was to 60 Tor nothing.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

WE have landing from Ships Two Noun
w tain, Carnetra, and Bark Rainbow.
MA packages, No. l,2 & 3.
in b6ls., half, quarter and kits.
INDTGO-45O lbs. superior.
CLOVES-5O0 lbs. Cayane,
CITRON-l59 boxes new,
RAISINS-1600 packages, boxes, halves and
quarters, OF Kueslers brand.
MA CE-250 pounds,
LOBSTERS--40 boxes of fresh, put up in
ID. cans.
SALMON--45 boxes of fresh, put up in 10.
cans.
RED CURRANT JELL Y--25 boxes quart
jars. 30 boxes half pin. jars.
PIE FRTITTi-Inn hnxes Lewis & Co., pack
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
Hon. H. s. FooTE.

ANEcDoTE OF A JERSEY GIRL.-In the
year 1777, young woman passing de-
serted house in Woodbridge, N. J, saw
through the window an intoxicated Hes.
sian soldier. who had strayed from his par.
ty. There being no man with q mile oi
the towns she went home, put on mems
clothes, and, armed with an old frelock
returned to the house and took the Hessiar
prisoner. She stripped him of his arms
and was marching him to the American
camp when she fell in with the patrol Of 3
Jersey regiment stationed at Woodbridge
10 whom she delivered her pr:soner.-Pse.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

"HERE's TrLL We, JENNY. An Irish
man had been sick for long time, and,
while in this state, would occasionally
ceas breathings and his life would be ap-
parently extinct, for some times when he
would again come to- On one Of these oc-
casions, when he had just awakened from
his sleep his friend Patrick asked him:--
SAN sure an how'll we know, Jenny,
when you're dead. You're aIther wakin
up livery time.
sBring me glass Of grog. Pat and thin
say to met
Heres till ye, JemmyP
sAnd if | don't raise up and dhrihk,
thin bury mel
"I'H be hanged if patrohize that line,'
said traveller 10 steamboat runner.
aThen, sir, replied the runer. s.patron-
ize some other LINE and be hanged,
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
TO O0UNPRE Y MERCHANTS.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.


FESHE subscribers will, 10 addition to their
Il present Commission Business, conduct a
General Grocery Business, at Wholesale only,
and on aud after the lst November next they
will 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 Of all 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
Goods. Groceries, Boots and Shoes, &c., can
have their orders filledby Messrs. Child 81 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.
WI CUSHING g. co.
Oct 10 55 Common st. New Orleans.
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07

JOHN RAsDotPH AND DIsUNToN.--John RAM
dolph used the following language in one of his
speeches in Congress: "The very mention Of a
dsunon of the States IS great public injury.
It goes to unhinge the tone Of the public mind
1t makes men acquainted with the possibility Of
the thing, and once admitted into their breasts,
they will not contemplate it with the abhorrencs
in which it ought to be held by every true pa
triot.."
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
Insolvent Notice.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, !

CLAIBORNE COUNTY.
10 all creditors of the estate Of JOHN l..
ToRREy, deceased.
you are hereby cited and notified to pre-
L sent your claims against said estate de-
tclared iusolvent, Probated according to
law, to the Clerk of the Probate Court OF
SAID sa county, on or before the 18th day OF
May, A. ID. 1851. for examination and re-
port, or the same will be forever barred.
= WITNESS Hon. JAMES A.
IE Ra MAXWELL, Judge oftbe Probate
Court of Claiborne county, the
Fourth Monday of October, A.
d. 1850, and Seventy-fourth year ofthe In
dependence of the United States of Amer.
lea.
Issued the sIstday of October, A. D. 1850
JAMES A. GAGE. Clerk
Nov /, 1850 10-6m
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Rates Of Premium as low as those of any
other Responsible Office
"A speedy aud satisfactory adjustment of
losses by the General Agent OF the Company
for the Western and Southern States.
3,-Arhitralion (of all differences which may
arse) by referees mutually chosen.
4.-Awards promptly paid in Specie. Banka.
BE Funds, or Exchange on New York, Balti-
more, Charleston, New Orleans, 81. Louis, Lou
isVille. Pittsburg, or Cincinnati, al the option
Of the insured.
GTPamphlets. setting forth the mode and
principles of adjusting losses-Ratcs Of Pre-.
ms-classi6 cation Of Hazards, &c., &c, &c,
furnished to the customers of the office free OF
charge.
For further information apply to the under
signsd, who is fully authorized to Insure
DWELLINGS,, STORES, HoTELs, WARE. HOUSES,
MILLS, MANUFACTURERS, BARNS, &c.
ALSO
Household Furniture, and Goods, Wares, and
Merchandise, contained or stored therein, a.
g'inst loss or damage by Fire.
ALSO
Dry-Goods, Groceries, Manufactured Goods,
Produce, Household Furniture, Line Stock, and
euery other descriptions Of Merchandise or Person
a. Property, shipped or to be shipped per good
Steamboat, or boais to and from points on he
Western waters, or between Eastern cities via
bakes, or other inland rcute) and any towns in
The Western country, against the hazards Ol
milan D TR NSPOR ia 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
mRratinie port whatsoever in the Atlantic wa.
ters, against the perils Of The seas.
J. ]. PERSON, Agent,
Protection Insurance Company
October 25. 1850 9-4m
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
.IlESf RecRinRM.

Just EKeCeIUeM.
II H. YOE & Co. have on hand and
ll. for sale
100 bbls Mess Pork,
so Prime do.
40 New Wheat Flour,
1OOpieces Bagging,
100 coils Rope,
1900 pair best Negro Russets,
10 boxes Negro Boots;
5000 yards Negro Winter Jeans,
Jeans. Liuseys, Coffee. Sugar, Candles,
Soap, Molasses, Salt, &C., &c.
Aug Is 52-tf
The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-02-07
w. Il. CUSHING &, co.
Commission and Forwarding
HOUSE,
New Orleans.
Nov 80, 1S49. l4-tf

Cash Advances on Cotton.
WTE will make liberal Cash advances on
w Cotton shipped to Child 81 Gushing, Bos-
ton, and forward the same free of all expense Of
commissions. w l. CUSHING & co.
No IS, Common st. New Orleans.
Oct 10, 1850. TIFF