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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

The lat old sows" that grunt,-and tells ol
slops emitting refreshing odors." &c. Now,
gentlemen, you must acknowledge with me.
that these, with The sounds Of the old COW. bell.
constitute decided nuisance" that should
be removed without delay that they are
dark spots on the disc Of our bright and
lovely place, which prevent our shining with
that Ia strc Of which We would otherwise be
capable.
But alter all, are there not /" darker spots"
than these, that mar much worse the beauty
OF our town! Where are those dark" not
spots, but crOlcds Of half drunken negroes
that gather upon the corners of the streets
upon a Sabbath evening. obs ructing the
narrow sidewalks" along which our wives and
sWeethearts must needs pass IN going to
ehurch" {" Who nose not that from thence
arise perfumes more rich and odoriferous
than the exhalations from all the slop and
" tat old sows" that crowd our streets, and
render redolent our village air!
Another dark spot" Of the same charac.
ter IS exhibited, almost nightly, to the great
annoyance Of our community. Large mum.
bers Of negroes, many Of them females, may
be seen and heard late at night, sometimes
quarrelingagain following singing corn songs,
or fddling their nocturnal serenades, while
dogs Of every grade, both howl and bark in
sweet melolious concert
But that which | regard as decidedly the
darkest spot" Of all. is the constant violation
OF the statutory law o. our State. in permitting
large assemblies Of negroes to congregate on
Sabbath afternoons, at the graveyard and else
where, protracting their meetings often till a
late hour, without solitary responsible per-
son present These meetings being in direct
cOntravention Of law, thy are in conflict with
the true principles OF Christianity, which teach
es the duty Of all to live 10 perfect subiecton
to tho powers that be- But what renders this
spot" still darker. is the consideration that
the majority Of these crowds collect to listen
to the harrangues Of a fellow whom his master
long since pronounced to be the greatest ras-
cal on bis plantation; and whom the authorities
of the church. OF which be processes to be a
member, have repudiated. and published as a
propagator Of dangerous doctrines, and as one
altogether unworthy Of confidence.
These, gentlemen, yol may set down as
chapter ID. Of the dark spots" about our
town, to which we would humbly ask the At.
tention, not only Of our " city fathers, but
also Of our honorable Police Court fondly
hoping that each body will, as good physi-
clans to the body polite. apply all the RENE
dies within their reach to cure the leprosy.
Yours,
SCRUTATOR.
n B-There are other dark spotsp from
which neatly dressed church-goers" partic.
ularly suffer. which we will eudeavor to
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

T Fighting Is the poorest way too settle
a quarrel, because it does nothing to show
which is 10 the right
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

INFAbLIBLE REcrrE FoR CoLDs - The
Mort hern Farmer gives the following recipe
for colds and coughs:
One table spoonful Of Molasses; two tea
spoonfuls castor oil. one do. paregoric one
do spirits Of camphor. Mix and take often.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

70 Turkey is not much Of a country for
drink but it appears that France and Rus
sia have been very nearly quarrcling over
their Porto
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

" These hams look well upon my word
Said Dives to his steward
" iTwcre strange indeed II III they look 4 my lord,
They've long enough been cuefp
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

C. Humbug the great sourcs Of all our
eloquence. Drive humbug out Of the mar.
ket, and our Senators would be struck speech.
less as statues.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

70 Fanny Fern delicately styles a certain
complaint from which children suffer in cherry
time. a pain u'ticr Tie apron"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

R~A clergyman, being complained Of by
anorher for drawing away his Pensioners on
Sunday. made this reply =" Feed your fock
botter, and then they won't stray
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

70 Why was the language Of the ancient
Germans not wholesome to some persons Il
was Teutouic (too tonic)
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

1g@ 4 lass am no more.p as the girl
said when she got married.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

u \ tree was blown down lately by a
strong newspaper puff The roof Of the
printing Ofice suffered much damage at the
same time.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

% A modern writer has discovered that
the human har is vegetable. lie does not
say how it should be cooked
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

E5~Why is an old coat like an iroE kettle
Because it represents hald ,carc.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

q 4 Spirit Rapper in Iowa says that
Decor Franklin bias opened circus, voItairc
acting a. tickct-se.ler.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

e The Boston Atlas, in the account Of
a riot, says: The Irish maintained their
ground retreatsug inch BY inch"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29
SCRrTATOR

n B-There are other Ozark spotsp from
which neatly dressed ehurch-goers'' partic.
uarly suffer, which we will eudeavor to
point out IN due time. s.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

A CONTRAST II wish | c0uld see a
pleasant face when come home. Tired
Yes! that's always the cry. never get
tired-oh, no Customers to please-clerks
TO overhaul-accounts to cast up. Hush |
shall hate that child NV walk the aour
and spoil him. Bill hunt up my slippers
Mary. draw up the rocking-chair Other
men have these things ready for them =
Th res Sam lers-he takes comfort. His
wiie's as handsome as she was the day she
married If there's anything | hate it's a
faded woman. Light the lamps, and give me
nv newspaper Ii can't read here ia peace,
Ill 20 over to Saunders =
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-06-29

Mary, dear. how tired you look Give
me that great strapping boy. NJ wonder
your arms ache Oh, never mind me. I'm
always D. X. at home, you know. Take the
rockiug-chair YouyseLf and just be comforta-
ble. Amt tired! Why yes. | ana lit
IT,, but then I've toasted on fresh air and
sunshine, to-day, which you haven't. Be
sides, don't have such lump Of perpetual
motion as this to manage.
Bless my soul. how do you live these
hot days2 Never mind the room every
thing looks well cnough-you included-ex-
cept that you are looking tribe better than
we'll How do you manage to keep 50 young
aud pretty, bonny wife :"
Well might the smiling answer be, The
freshness and faitneSS of my husJandS
i0Ue, keeps my heart green. = Fanny
Fern.
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Morlkets,
CARRoLLTos, Nov. II. lsss.
CLEVELAND MARKETS.
CLryrlAup, Nov. 8, 1855

CLEvELAHD, NOV. o. 1000
MARKEr--Wheat--Can Canal receipts falling OH
and we hear but little wheat is coming out -
long line Of canal and railroad. Last foreign
news had favorable effect on prices and
northern mixed has been steady at l2Sc; white
I3c aaoat; southern mixed l22@ Csc. The
difficulty of procuring currency checks the de-
mand, and market this morning va: rather
dull at I95c for nofthern; 1900 for vhite,
Corn-None arriving BY canal,
Oats-In demand at 35935c
Flour--Strait brands fresh superfns are ta-
ken at $S7596s9k; choice extra SS' 6o'
Considerable flour changed hands within the
last few days. a.f,,.te
Butter-Market continues dull and demand
less; w. R. 6rkin lac i4tc;ssuthern iSo ana
dull, m ir lr'tbs nr4
Uheese--Plime W.R, in bOEss 1890; COM
mon 6@6c. ,, .,s..s, -.
Salt-Market now well supplied and me
sells from vessel at 81 ,a5; dock Ss.
Tallow---Prime rendered ;sworth lO4(@llc.
Lard--Kegs and prime in bbls lO(Slle'
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RAILROAD TO LAKE SUPERIOR.

The subject Of r Railroad 10 Lake Superior,
We see is earnestly being canvased. The pro-
posed route 10 which we allude is for the ex-
tension OF the Canada road (which has alrea.
dy been finished 10 Lake Huron) Thence a.
long the coast 10 this place, Thence in di-
rect line TO marquette, at which place diverg-
ing from straight line by following the lake
shore lor II lew miles, from which pointin u
direct line again to 0ntonagon and even to
Foud du Lac.
1t is very certain that such a route, il practi-
cable, will be an air line from the head OF Lake
Superior TO the Atlantic coast, and would ad-
vise our Canada friends to looE into the mat
ter and cause an examination and survey Of
the route TO be made without delay, Such a
route would be oil mutual interest 10 the two
Governments and more strongly bind the
friendly feeling which is daily and mutually in-
creasing between them. IL would also open
u communication with this region at all Seasons
Of the year, which must inevitably be done
sooner or later either by way of Canada or up
on our own side,
A railroad has been talked Of to connect
Chicago. Green Bay and Marquette. which.
from all the Information we can ecquire upon
the subject, can be built with the leasl possible
lTouble.
We are confident of the fact that the great
bug bear in the way Of Railroads in this north
region (the depth Of snow, is in common par
lance ail moonshne We believe that there
would he much lass trouble attending the
keeping Of the track clear Of snow than farther
south, IRON he tact that that the snow is dry
and tails SO light that it would present but
a Sigh! impeachment to the passage of train
That We have got 10 have winter commu'
nicAIion liz onie way in sure case, and somt
means will ere long ba devised to accomplish
that end A Arailroad being the only one which
we can think Of, we would urge every on'
interested in this section OF country to canvass
the subject and urge others TO the same end
: The Press is n legitimate channel for agitatins
matter OF the kind aud wc hope it will tab,
up the subject at once and keep it before th
people
We have no doubt the entsrprizing citizen
OF Wisconsin will have road constructed iron
St. Paul 10 Fond du Lac on Lake Superio
E within very few years, and ouls should nc
: be found behind them in evincing prope
t spirit OF enterprise. The feasibility Of q rout
e from this plaue 10 the head of Lake Supsric
r cannot be doubted. as our information upo
r the subject is from an engineer who has res
i ded onthe shore Of Lake Superior for veal
Q past and has passed over almost every inch
!. the ground many tmes.-Laks Superior Joa
n mats.
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1851. undertook 10 penetrate these northern
sOlitudes from Behring's Straits. lie proceeded
TO Winter harboi. point on Melville Island,
in the month Of September in that year. where
he deposited a record Of his prOgr IS. Starting
again for the eastward his vessel was frozen
in the solld ice on the fIIh September. 1851,
and il has remained frozen in up TO the last
date from them. Last year, the ship Resolute
entered the frozen oeeSn from the East. by
Davis Straits. and penetrated as far as Nell
wills Island. and found the record left By the
Investigator. A company, in the spring. was
sent to look up that vessel, and found il Imbed-
ded in the ice, where it had been detained for
nearly two years. The officers and men were
determined 10 remain and make the ehort-tO
txlricate themselves during the past season,
and # they failed they would leave their YES
sci in the spring Of 81. and endeavor TO escape
across the ice in search Of whalers, or proceed
to Disco Island IN boats, and end some Danish
vessel.
lis thus shown that there is a water passage,
as two vessels have arrived at the same point
on Melville Island the oL~ coming from the
West, and the other from the East. Wheather
the Investigator will ever escape from the ice
and effect the entire passage, yet remains to be
seen. While the physical fact water passage
is thus demonstrated, il is just as cOnelusively
demonstrated that this fact is Of no practics
value as a means decentralization. The Ions
an terrible winters utterly preclude the idDI
of making this route the channel Of eOmmerc,
between ASlS and Europe, or America q. S
JOUrR0l.
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PANANA-The Isthmus of Panama eOnlinues
10 enjoy uninterrupted healihihesi. Wih the
exception Of an occasiAnAl slight attack Of fs-
yer We hear Of no sickness whatever. and these
eks are invariably Oecasioned BY undue ex-
posule to the sun and rain. NJ
CnuI-A ere occurred At Valparaiso, Sept.
Ist destroying property "a the amount Oi
$500. 900.
On the 9th September the President Of the
Re public granted the usual equator to Reuben
Wood Esq. appointed U. s. Consul at Valpa-
also. .'..'t.tI' '-Ntt'.i
Miss Kate Hayes ga,e her parting concert
in Valpa raiso.on!the.1sth Sept. At Santa
20 she gave several concerts which hetted her
$4,000. t,-. f.a-e
PERU-The accounts from the land near the
Amozon in regard to mineral wealth, are truly
great. Quicksilver copper, silver and gold
are in the greatest abundance. Ifa tenth pnri
Of what is stated is true. then it will be enough
to draw great'smigTation. into this country
The Panama Herald says their accounts
must he receive with great deal OF caution
THE GHNcEA ISLANDS AFFAiR.-We learr
that the Peruvian Government has offered t
allow full compensation the insults and in
iurics to the Americans at the Chiucha Island
Owing to this arrangement, the United State
Minister at Lima Mr.. ]. r. Clay did not fnt
il necessary to proceed to the Islands as pre-
viOnsly reported. lis supposed the difheul
ties will be arranged Immediately on Paci6
term. ..r. s....,r
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TaK oRrHAxs on rHa EPaDEMIc.-0ne OF
Tie snddess legncies Of lhe terrible Peshlenee
Il be large number Of poor orphans that It he's
thrown On The charity Of our city for support
and shelter. The Howard Association have
! oas hundred aad thirty nine Of these unior'un-
,sss alss. and the Board Of Health nearly as large
aaambeF. W, ARE pleased 10 learn that the
ssli .Hauanls have determined 10 provide Tor The
~. orphans in their charge By placing them at The
-ss various Orphan Assylums Of the city win a
hberal alosance out Of The funds OF the
isssss Assaeiasion for eArh orphan ihus disposed
'ssa ef Thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars
have been appropriated to his object, being one
- hundred dollars for each orphan. The orphans
of Catholic parents have bern placed N the as
sylum under charge Of professors Of that iIh.
and Protestant children in institutions directed
hy Prcleslanls. This is wise and benevolent
disposition. which we have no doubt will mee
s.s The warm approval Of the liberal donors o
s the fund placed alIhe disposal Of the HoWards
We hope the Board OF Health will adopt sim
liar course in providing for the orphans undel
their eharge.--Nes Orleans Delta.
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above named teachers have been Engaged 10
the different schools. for term Of I've months
Each. provided the poblic funds Will extend.
Parents. you TO whom is entrusted the nsntA I
develOpemeni Of those who will be our future
rulers will do we'll to embrace the opportunity
nov Afforded. them. Ofgiving your shildrvn .
GOOD common School Education. which will
6t them for the ordinary transactions Ol lie
Means are now affraud 10 all, who wish, 10 give
their children good elementary education with
in the view Of their own dwelling and under
the immediate central Of home discipline.
Therefore let not one child in our midst, be-
tween the ages Of Eve and twenty one years be
seen playing on our streets during the eoniinu'
ance Of our Schools, see to Il parents. that your
children are kept regularly at School, let e''
cry effort in their behalf, be secured BY. yOur
APPRECIATION; be co~orksrs with your teachers
in the mental devtlopement Of your offspring
aid by your counsel 4 confirm BY your s1sr-
|, tons in behalf Of your cbildrens education,
then will hey grow up to raiuri'y and honor
to their parents & teachers, a an ornament TO
security 4 a blessing 10 Community.
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Nnicide.

A man by the name Of sASpERsoS, commit
ted suicide byhangiug himself in his barn in
Brownip. in this county. on Thursday night.
last. He had saidio bis wife come days before
that be vOuld.nO be with her long, and upon
The morning Of the suicide, before daylight she
missed him, aud charming some hands who
were at work at the house. they discovered q
light in the barn. and Immediately repairing to
the spo. found the unfortunate man, suspend.
ed BY the neck, dead. no cause is assigned fOI
the rash act. He leaves wife and two chill
drpn
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OLD Books IN LoNDoN.-Last adviees from
America tell us that the Liberty Of Congress,
SO lately damaged by the FIRE at Washington
has been reopened. We notice this as showing
with what care and readiness our cousins on the
western shores Of the great waters look to lit
erary interests. In our rambles through the
bOok-shop OF London we have lately found in
Vulnerable traces Of American activity in the
book buying lins. All the good editions OF old
books are rising in value; within these dozen
years memoirs and collections Ofthe cOntempo-
rary literature Of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries in this country have advanced IN price
from 80 to 100 per cent Partly, no doubt
this advance arises from the fact Of greater at
ten:ion being paid to historical matters; the day
when Minister Of the Crown might canfsss,
as in the anecdote told by Mr. Macoulay. that
ne had never heard Of "EmpsOn and Budley"
being past. But the rise has been Occatloned
chiefly by the growth Of large demand for
such books in America. Congress has an
agent in London who has his quarters At Char
ing Gross, and his commission is to the book
stalls OF London streets. We could tell the
story Of many literary treasure which has
ound its way, sometimes at the price Of IAN old
song, into this officers hands. and thence into
the libraries Of the United States He is al
ways on the spot; has liberal discretion in hrs
purchases, and he never throws away a good
thing for lack of power OF appreciation. With
such agencies at its service, We need not feel
surprise that accidental losses of literary trea-
sure, wether by fire or by food, are speedily
"epaired in the United States.-LOadOn 4dthe"-
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sFrom the London Times Of llth.
The Last IIOpe ls0uc.

Commander Mcclure can send Us no news
Of Sir John Frahklin's expedition. The oPin-
ion Of the most distinguished and Polar wor-
thies now is that Sir John Franklin. after leav-
ipg the winter quarters where his traces were
found. proceeded TO carry ont the Admiralty
instruclions, steering kfsI westerly for Melville
Island. and then shaping course -as far as
the eon6guration Oitihe scene Of action permit
ted-southerly and westerly for Betting
Straits. It's supposed that In endravoring
to carry this purpose 'ino effect, The Ersbas
and Terror were hopelessly frozen up or des-
tToyed years ago in some Of the mullitudinous
channels which are known or supposed TO exist
thers.
This We find to be the opinion Of the princi
pal Arctic naVigators, and il comes before ui
recommended BY iIs extreme probability =
Certainly. Sir John franklin was not an off
rer TO leave uninterrupted and duty which b'
had been ordered TO perform, and therefore i
il probably that he would not have devistsd
from the letter Of bis instructions without ex
ceilent cause; had he so deviSied il is all bu
certain that he would have lefl behind him q
Bsschy Island or elsewhere, some record 0
his changed intention.
II, then, Commander Mcclure has been una
bic TO find any trace Of the lost expedition be
tween Behring's Straits and the point from
which he wrote his dispatches. it would aPpea
that our best chance has been exhausted. TIL,
public have right 10 expect that We have nov
seen the last Of Arctic expectations. Evel
Sir John EarrOw, had he yet been alive, woul'
now have entreAted the Admiralty to hold thei
hands.
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DoxEsrre Hlnrrs ar ouR ANcEsroRs.-Ers

Domestic HABITs ~ ouR ANcEsroRs.-Era :
mus, who visited England in the early part Of
the sixteenth century. gives a curious deserip.
tiOn OF and English inferior OF the better class.
The furniture was rough. the walls unplaster
ed, but sometimes wsinscotted or hung wish
tapestry; and the floors covered with Tushes,
which were not changed for months. The
dogs and cats, had free access 10 the eating
rooms. and fragments Of meat and bones were
LhroEn 10 them, which they devOured among
the rushes, leaving what they could rot eat to
rOt there. with the draining Of beer-vessels
and all manner Of unmentionable abomina-
tons. There was nothing like refinement or
elegance in the luxury Of the higher ranks; the
indulgences which their wealth permitted, con-
sisted insrOugh and wasleful profusOn. Salt
beef and strong ale constituted the principal
part Of Queen Eizabeih's breakfast, add simi-
lar refreshments were served TO her in bed for
supper. AT a series Of entertainments given
| in York by the nobility, in 1860, were eaei
exhausted his invention TO outdo the others. il
was universally admitted the Lord Goring wOi
the palm for the magni6cence OF his fancy
The description Of this supper will give US I
good idea Of what was then lhonght magni6
cent. it consisted Of four huge, braWny pigs
piping hot, biued and harneSsed, with ropes o
sausages, to huge pudding in a bag, whiel
served for a chariot.-7he Silent RspoIutioR.
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NEW ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC.

The New York Tribune says that E. G..
SauIER, as the agent, for company OF heavy
capitalists at New York, is negotiating with the
Governor Of San Salvador for the right Of way
for a railroad across that terntoty to the Pacific.
II is the desire to start from some point on the
Bay of Honduras, probably Amatique Gulf,
aud terminate at the Gulf Of Fouseca. The
distance will be between one and two hundred
miles. The Tribune is assured that the coun.
try is perfectly healthy, and that when com.
pete it'p would be quicker route to San Fran
cisco that either the Vera Cruz or the ssTehuan-
tepec route. Atpresent, the negotiation is sus.
pended by what is regarded as very absnrd
and totally inadmissable demand, on the part
of the San Salvador Commissioner.
The new proposed route is between the Te
huantepec and the San Juan roads. The dis
tauce from New York TO the Gulf Of Amatique
appears 10 be about tie same as to the Allan.
tic side ofthe Tehuantepec route, but when tn,
/ Pacific is reached, the new road is some hun
dred Of miles southeast, and farther from Sal
Fransisco than the other We do not see how
it is to be run lin the time. Rut the business
with the Pacific will soon be immence enough
! to employ all the roads. not excepting our owl
probable road across the continent to Califor
nia.
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Writing school

OurSgoung friend Mr.. Isaac ULMAN. will
commence Writing School in our town some
day next week. lsAAcisa good pennman, and
well qualified to teach this beautiful art. He
has had good deal Of experience in this
branch and will Observation-Disclosures to all
who may favOrfhim with their patronage. His
terms are::easy, so much SO as to give every
one chance to attend. Let our parents send
their children SO that we may have good penn.
men at least in our community.
Don't forget lsAAc,s writing school.