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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO GOVERNOR VROoM.-
number Of the gentlemen Of the bar Of New Bruns-
wick j., have united together in rendering the honor
Of public dinner to Gov yroom previous TO his depar
tuYe his mission to Prussia The Governor returned
the following answer TO the invitation -
TRENTON. August Is, 1853.
GENTLEMEN II have just resolved your very kind nyi
aton in behalf Of the Court and Bar of New Jersey to
dine with them before my departure. This factoring
have been associated for many years. is particularly
grateful to my feelings and will always appre
ciated Although my time Is much occupied, cannot
deny myself the pleasure Of meeting once more with
friends to whom ! am warmly attached, and to whose
uniform Kindness and confidence shall feel myself
according to your request, would name the time,
Wednesday, the Oath inst.
With great respect, your ob't servant.
n ERO0M
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

Creator Safety to Railroad Travellers.
We are pleased to state, says the Chicago Journal,
adopted system of Ggnalizing along their road,
similar to that of the Hudson River Railroad,
which will very materially lessen the liability to
oidents upon it. Some eighty flag men are station
ed along the line Of the road, under the direction Of
the road master, VIM. G. Hunt, Esq., whose business
il TO watch the track and give warning of danger to
approaching trains In addition to this the entire line
cage Of the night train This care for the safety OF
lives entrusted to it is entitled TO commentator,
and is an example other companies might follow
with profit.
1t will be seen above that the Michigan Southern
Railroad Company have awoke to sense Of duty, in
adopting measures for the greater safety Of the lives
and limbs Of their passengers. Will the other rail
road companies adopt the same or similar securities,
and thus lessen the chances Of these daily wholesale
murders? Will they do it?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

Cans STOPPED BY GRAssHoPPERs.-One day
during the present week, the cars on the WATERFOWL
Railroad were stopped, between that place and Cape
Vincent by the multitude of grasshoppers upon the
track. Now don't, dear reader, suppose for q mo-
ment there was an embankment OF the critters
neither set it down in your diary as an Internal lie.
But to explain-the rails were SO thickly covered
with them, and the car-wheels smashed them up 80
beautifully between hop and jump, that it had
the effect Of grease on the rails, making the wheels
revove swiftly, while the train remained stationary.
This was witnessed by several gentlemen Of the first
responsibility, and is true. In union there ia
strepgth."-VeTn0n Transcript
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

DROWNED AT POUGHKEEPsIE.-The Poughkeepsic
Daily Press gives the particulars Of the drowning
of man named John Wickham of New York ,
inst. He went into the water to battle, got beyond
his depth, and being unable to swim was drowned.
Two men saw him struggling, and in their attempts
to save him, both came near being drawn under the
water by the drowning man. Wickham was in his
twentieth year, and had been at work on the new
Catholic church there. The body of Wickham was
found floating in the river on Sunday morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

GENERAL JAIL DELIvERY-Four persons confined
in the Ocean county, New Jersey jail, awaiting
their trial for breaking jail at Freehold, and rob-
Tuesday night last One Of the prisoners, by some
means, prevented the catch from passing through
the belt in his cell door, when he was locked up for
the night and thus enabled to open his door and
walk out in the outer hall. He then broke the locks
on the other cell doors, and let out his comrades,
when they broke hole through the outer wall and
made their escape.-NeDarkA drertiscr, Aug. 10.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

FATAL AFFRAY IN VlCKsBuRG.-Ar encontre took
place in this city, the I'd inst, between Mr.. Hi,
Kegcl in which the latter was stabbed three four
times by the former of which stabs he died in few
minutes. The deceased was quiet citizen, and
leaves wife and children in destitute situation.
Hill has not been long in this place, and brought
with him very bad character. He has been arrested
and committed to jail Ticksbwg Sentinel, dug 4.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

DROWNED AT HARTFoRp.-A colored man, by the
name Of Nathaniel Roberts, a waiter on board the
steamer City Of Hartford was drowned on Sunday
while washing himself. He was sitting on one OF
the buckets of the wheel and fell of; not being able
to swim he was drowned. He belonged to New
York This is the seventh Sunday in succession ON
which person has been drowned in this city
Hartford Times, august Is.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

VAGRANT SOLD IN ST. LOUISA white man,
named Charles Denoyer, convicted of vagrancy in
the town of Carondalet, was yesterday sold by the
Deputy County Marshal at the Court House door IN
this city, for ten cents Sights of this sort re-
pugnant to the feelings of freemen, and we hope that
II our sister city of Carondaet has any Migrants
to sell, the bidding. may come off within her own
limits. BY the by, the heehenish custom of selling
free white men ought to be abolished. It is one OF
the usages Of the dark ages-St. Louis Necs,
IMrnSf o
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

ANOTHER RAILROAD AccIDENT.--The Buffalo
Commercial of the 10Th inst, has despatch from
Eric, which says the lightning train on the Erie and
North East Railroad, when about ten miles east OF
Erie, the hind. truck Of the baggage car broke,
throwing of and smashing two baggage cars
one killed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

UNroRTUNATE AcCIDENT.-The Richmond papers
state that the beautiful cast Of HoHdens statue Of
Washington, which Mr.. Hubert the artist, had Just
completed and was in the act Of taking with him in
the jamestown to New York, for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair, was by an accident to one of the men
employed in removing 1t to the vessel, thrown down
and shivered into fragments It will require some
six months to perfect another cast
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

REGATTA.-A regatta for small yachts came off
Saturday afternoon near Spectacle Island. The fol-
Banshee, Macduff, Wave Of Quincy, Dolphin, Silver
Bell, Grace, Laura Ann, and Wing of the Coot.
The prizes lwere spyglass, compass, and flag.
The race was from the wharf at Spectacle Island,
around Long Island, to the point Of starting. The
wind was moderate from the east. The fleet got
under weigh about o'clock. The Macduff, Captain
Hinckky, won the first prize; time, III. 13m. The
Banshe 9, Captain Thatcher won the second prize;
time, In. 16m.; and the Glide, Captain Waite, the
third prize; time, H. %. ALI the yachts made good
time=BOstOn Herald. dug Is.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

EDWARD EvERETT.-We take pleasure in copying
the following from the New Orleans Bulletin :-"R
Mr. Everett comes az far as Louisville he should by
all MEANS extend his tour down the Mississippi, and
look upon the wonders of the mighty valley. The
delta Of the Mississippi will give him as warm and
as respectful greeting as the Ohio valley, or any
other section Of the West possibly Asa states
man of distinguished merit and worth-as o citizen
whose patriotism is undoubted-and as a scholar
whose attainments have reflected lustre upon the
country, our people will greet him with cordial,
honest enthusiasm if he will only visit u.s. We sin
cerey hope he may be able to do 80. There are now
great men have nearly all departed"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-18

There are retiding IN Hartford county, Connect
81,
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

democratic cause and went to Marmont, his
friend, to persuade him not to attack the cit
liens. He afterward sat in the chamber Of
deputies for che department of the Pyrenees
Orientales. and voted with the extreme left.
For many years he was at the head Of
the Paris Observatory and has superintend-
ed all the operations which have given that
institution such . distinction. Arago was
perhaps as distinguished as liaerateur and
orator as in any other capacity. Hewas in
politics awarm republican, and was a mem
Der Of the Provisional Government Of 1913.
Since the elevation of Louis Napoleon to the
dictatorship Of the Empire be had lived in
retirement. AT the time of his death he
was in his sixty-eighth year.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

The death of Arago, who has SO long oc-
cupied the position Of the first Of Philoso-
piers Of France is perhaps the most memo
rable item of the recent European news. He
has been for long series Of yearsalike Gel
ebrated as Savdnt, Philosopher, Astrono-
mer and statesman. He was the eldest bro
Their Of numerous family, all Of whom have
won respectable positions, and was born at
Estogel, near the borders of Spain, in 1886.
He was early sent to the Polytechnic school
at Paris, where be made rapid progress, and
gave early token of his independence of
character by refusing to subscribe his adhe-
sion to the articles ofthe Empire. He be-
came an instructor in that institution in his
eighteenth year. and year later was APP
pointed Secretary to the Bureau dess Lo,sgi-
sudes. a short time afterwards be was Sc
lected to accompany the Astronomer Blot
who was to complete the admeasurement Of
an arc Of the meridian Of Spain. While Id
Spain war broke out between that country
and France, and Mirage was arrested, and
after several months Of Imprisonment sue
ceeded n getting back % Paris. The dis
coyeries are endless with which be has en-.
riched science since that time. Ofthese.
the most important perhaps, arc bis deler-
q the diameter Of planets. after
wards adopted bY ia Place thediscovery Of
colored polarization, and that Of magnetism
81 relation. He was amenber Of every sci
entific society Of Europe.
Inthe revolutionof July, he espOused tie
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

observation-disclosures of parents who
use Vermifuge composed of Castor Oil, Calo-
mel. &C, are not aware that, while they appear
to benefit the patient, they are actually laying
determinations for series Of diseases, such as
salvation, loss of sight, weakness Of limbs, &C.
In another column will be found the adver-
tisement of Hobensack's Medicines, to which
we ask the attention Of all directly interested
in their own as well as their children's health.
Of the only genuine medicine, Hobensack's
Liver Pills.
Be not deceiued," but ask for Hoben-
sacks Worm Syrup and Liver Pills, and OBJ
serve that each has the signature of the Pro-
prietor. ]. N. HoBENsAcK, as none else are gem
uine.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

in the morning, and the Rev Mr.. Hobson
1t night. after which collection. amount
ing to 81 LOG was taken up for domestic mis-
sions.
We understand that d committee, consist
ing of DR.. Stanton, president Of Oakland
College, the Rev l. A. Lowry, and the
Rev. ar. Bench. was appointed to wait on
bis Excellency Gov. Foote, and request him
to appoint day Of Thanksgiving, in accor-
dance with the time honored customs Of our
fathers; but owing to the fact that his term
Of Office IS drawing 70 close, he did not
think i proper to issue a proclamation Of
the kind. which should take effect during
the administration Of his successor. It Is
perhaps needless for as to say, that COM
pliance with such q request, under other
circumstances, would have been perfectly
in accordance with his feelings and views.
Jackson Flag.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

probable chat the number Of colored mem
bers Of Christian churches ia the Southern
States IS not less than three hundred thous-
and The great fund Of humanity treasur-
ed up ior the benefit Of our colored popu-
Iation is il the hearts Of the South. That
divine law Of love, which worketh no i'll to
its neighbor, peryading the hearts Of Chris
tan masters and Christian slaves, will dis
pose both to seek each others highest good,
and to impart to all men knowledge Of its
Author and the happiness Of His kingdom =
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

The Synod Mississippi of the Presby-
terian church, in session during last week in
this place, adjourned on Saturday night It's
business was conducted with great harmony
and despatch, and its members seemed in
every way to be animated with the spirit Of
their calling. In the absence of DR.. Scott,
the last Moderator, the Synod was opened on
Wednesday night by very able discourse
from the Rev. DR.. Richards, man of pc
culiarly fascinating and forcible powers in
the pulpit, and also in the social circle. The
sermon was followed by prayer from the
Rev. Mr.. Vancourt, the oldest Moderator
present, who presided until the Synod was
organized. TheRev.Mr Stratton of Match
ez was elected Moderator, and the Rev. Mr..
Williams and Fryerson. tempory clerks.
Most of the business related to their own
UNCONVENTIONAL interests, exhibiting great
zeal and activity in the common cause of the
christian world Among other things, they
resolved to raise forty thousand dollars to
establish book depository in New Orleans
the buildings for which have already been
purchased, and responsible guarantees Sc
cured in that city that the money will be
forth coming. They resolved also to estab-
lish religious newspaper somewhere in
their bounds, probably in this place This,
however, was left discretionary with the ed
itor, Mr.. McInnis of Yazoo.
During the session of Synod, the several
Presbyteries of which it is composed, con-
yened at different times to transmit business
of Presbyterian character Two gentle
men were oadained to the full work of the
ministry, and the Rev. Mr.. Lowry was in
stalled pastor Of the Presbyteaian church in
this city. To the installation of Mr.. Lowry
the Rev. Mr.. Marshsll preached the install
alton sermon and presided, the Rev Mr. Will
liams delivered the charge to the pastor,
and the Rev. Mr.. Stratton to the Congrega-
ton. The exercises on this occasion were
highly interesting and impressive. Alta
late hour Saturday night the Synod adjourn
ed, 10 meet at Canton next October.
The pulpits Of the Baptist and Methodist
Churches were kindly and cordially tender
ca to the Synod for religious exercises On
Sabbath. The Rev. Mr.. Todd preached ID |
The Baptist Church 10 the morning and the |
Rev Mr. Beach at night In the Methodist
Church, the Rev. Mr. Williams IN The morn
in9 and the Rev. Mr.. Hays at night mi
Tie Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr..
stratton, Moderator Of the Synod, preached
4
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
FOR THE YAzoo CITY WHO.
I'm Memory OfIIrs. ROsaIie jenkins.


Breathe soft and low We wailing winds,
That bore the midnight knell,
And stay'd your rapid wings to catch,
A loved ones last farewell
That breathed upon the mute cold lips,
From whence the smile had fed,
And chant a mournflll requiem DER
The loved, the early dead
And art thou gone, beloved friend,
And art thou lying now,
Within the cold and silent tomb,
The death damp on thy browi
scarce can deem that this can be,
So late saw thy smile,
That cen its mem'ry almost now,
Ny heart would fain beguiIe.
But oh! the solemn truth viii come,
And tears o'erflow mine eyes,
And sadly heave my heaving heart,
Der burdeRedwith its sighs-
Oh, could affections fondest prayers
Or peerless virtues save,
Thou hadst not slept in deaths embrace,
Within the darksome grave.
Not seal'd would be thy smiling lips
Nor mute thy voices tone,
Nor sorrowing hearts be mourning now,
All desolate and lone
Yet is it meet that we should grieVe,
And wish to call thee back,
To tread again the toilsome way,
Of LIES uncertain track!
IT'S true thy form like some frail fow'r,
Has vanished from our sight
Too fragile for this cold bleak world,
To brook its ruthless blight.
But oh, thy happy spirit now,
A seraph's wings hath caught,
And passing to its native skies,
A brighter home hath sought.
Lost friend, this simple tribute faint,
Hath not essayed to tell,
Thy many virtues or the worth,
OF one beloved so we'll
IT'S but the promptings of heart,
That truly mourns for thee
A token of its friendship true,
And of its memory. L.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
The cash system.

The Mississippian of the 18th inst. gives
special notice that it win be furnished no
longer ON credit-and all that are in arrear-
ages viii be cut off and no new subscribers
added to its list, unless the money accom-
panies the order. This is right and as it
should be. If all the papers in the State
would rigidly enforce the cash system, it
would be better for all parties. A man that
intends to pay at all, would if it was brought
properly before him, rather pay for his
newspaper as he does for everything else,
than to let his accounts linger and aceumu-
late, doing great injustice to the printer and
causing ultimate annoyance to himself
People, even the most sensible and honora-
bic in other matters of business, have an
exceedingly lax morality on the subject Of
newspapers You win not see one man in
ten in any place, that wont grumble when
be has a newspaper bill to pay, though he
knows that it is nearly the only business
carried on by cash only. No printer can
set type without his wages being paid daily
or weekly Not bundle of paper can be
got without the money, and summer or win
ter, dull times or not, the money has te be
paid for the whole expenses Of printing Off
ces. Ask any publisher in Mississippi. il
be makes money. and he will tell you he
makes it, but his cash expenses are so great
and his ready pay so small, that it is con-
tinual strain to make ends meet. We know
that sensible men forget these tIings-and
we from experience know there is nothing
SO Notifying than the way in which ones best
friends look upon publshers.if they collect
their Just dues as other mechanics and mer-
chants and men of other professions do.
They patronise your paper and is It ingra-
titude in you to dun them. Let people pay
voluntarily, or when their bills are present.
ed. and the dreadful business Of dunning
will be at an end A publishers capital
and labor IRE his own, and nobody has 2
right to use them without remuneration.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
O. Our friend, Major J. w. Dabb

EE Our friend, Major J. w Dabbs,
has our thanks for bottle of champagne
wine and one of Tokay. The latter. besides
being most delightful dessert wine, is said
to be sure cure for that disease which
Miss Frederika says "next to civil war is
the greatest evil flesh is heirto-dyspepsia. .
1t is the pure juice of the grape all the way
from Vienna, in H. bottle. We have
also to thank him for pound Of superior
black tea, put up expressly for the use Of
the Emperor of China. Our lady friends,
and housekeepers generally, may not know
AS we did not till we passed the ''door Of
his TENT and he, with his usual urbanity
of manner, invited us in that Maj. Dabbs
had resumed the mercantile business in
Yazoo City Everything in the way Of
plantation goods, and housekeeping articles
is kept by him, and all of the choicest kinds
selected by himself With great care.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
mr. The Legislature Of Mississippi me.

or The Legislature of Mississippi meets
next Monday in Jackson. The representatives
from Yazoo, Messrs. Burrus and Barksdale,wiH
be there ready to take their seats The inter-
ests of their constituents will be faithfully at
tended to. We believe Mr.. Barkedale goes in.
structed to vote for JEFF. Davis for the Senate.
We have not as yet given Judge Burrus any
special instructions IS to his course upon that
question or any other--feeling perfectly conf
dent that he, with our friend C. C, Shackelford
of Madison, if they can't help their own cause,
will do all they can to annoy the Democrats,
and be as the Cannanites were to the Israleites
in full possession of the promised land, thorns
in their sides
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

CoLoRED CHuRcHMEMBERs AT THE SoUTH.
The Rev r. R. GurIey. who, as Agent
Of the American Colonization Society. lately
made tour through the Slate Of Georgia,
has lately addresseda long and interesting
letter To Rev w. Milan, Secretary Of said
Society, which il published in the African
Repository. Il i beautifully written, and
presents many encouraging facts bearing
upon the objects Of bis mission. We make
the following extract and regret that We
are unable to publish The letter entire:
1T has been shown from authentic doc
umenta. that the Southern States. II I847.
there we're zs9. 57s eolored members Of the
Methodist Church; that 100000 were mems
bers o. the Baptist Church ii 1917; Of the
Church, 1000: of other de-
nominations COO; and 1t ibis hour il IS
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

~ As the end of the year is come, all
those having accounts against the Wing
Office are requested to send them in, and
those that are indebted to it viii please call
and settle, or send the amounts due BY mail
at our risk. We shall forward our accounts
to all that are in arrears, as we are compel
led to have money.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
Administrators Notice

NNHE undersigned was appointed by tho
Hon. Probate Court, administrator. eff
the Estate of William Mills. deceased at the
November Term, I853-all persons indebted
to said estate will please make payment, and
those having claims against the same will
present them in accol dance with law, or
they will be barred ALEX. SMITH,
dec 80, 1853. 25-6t. administrator.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30

The French papers speak OF a new invention
called q musical bed. It is 50 constructed that
the pressure ofthe body causes performances
ofone Or more operas according to the length
ofthe slumber. Adial e placed q the head q
the bed with minute hand to be set to The
honr when the sleeper wisles to wake; and
when this hour arrives grand fnale Is execu-
ted from Verdi with imitation Of trombone and
kettle drums sufficiently loud not only 70 walken
bot % inspire lively disposition e pet s..
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
Regular YazOO River Packet.

Regular KaZOO River Packet.
For Greenwood, Letgore, YazOo City &c
THE SPLENDID STEAMER
CORA No. Q, d. B. NOS ..-A
OBY, Master, will run as 49, A
regular packet in the above trade s~
during the Season. Making trip every ten
days. She will commence her trips as soon as
the water will permit. FoFfreight or passage
Yazoo city dec 80, 1853. 25-tf. Agent
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-30
NJ. w. Dvenport, ct al.

NJ. w. Dvenport, ct al.
Upon opening and reading compliments
y bill, of complaint, and it appearing by the.
affidavit thereto, that the defendant, Martin w.
Davenport, is a nonresident of the State Of
Mississippi, resides beyond the limits thereof,
so that the ordinary process of this court can
not be executed upon him: Therefore it is or
dered, that the said defendant enter his appear
ance herein, on or before the first day Of the
next term of this court, to be holden at the
Court House of Yazoo county, in Yazoo city,
on the first Monday after the fourth Monday
in March next ensuing, and plead, answer
or demur to compliments bill.of complaint
otherwise the several allegations thereof will
be taken for confessed by him, set for heaing
exparte, and the matters thereof decreed &C.
cordingly.
1t is further ordered by the court, that copy
Of this order be published in the "l azo0 City
Whig'' "a weekly newspaper published n Yazoj
city, once a week for one month.
J. M. HOLLINGSW0RTH clerk.
N. G. q s. E. NYE, sol's for complainant
Dec %, 1853. 24-5t,