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

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

passeneets commanded of experience in tho
trade ghe price passage 0Q without wines liquors
Goods sent 10 the Subscribers win be forwarded free from
any chsygss but those actually incurred.
BOYD HINCKEN, Agents., l64 Pearl street.
CTrAx COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEW YORK
- and aremer.-Bremen Nail Linc.--Tho side wheel
steamer hAESA, zoo tons, ana GRkMANIA, LOCO tsns
will sail ~ teAevs.-
FROM YORK.
@srmaYsa, August. September /.
Esnsa-. ........ August o. September e.
Passage from New York TO Bremen
FiGet cabin. $l00 Second cabin ........ fM
OELKIUHs a CO., 50 Broad stYe.s.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14
Sharp Practice.

Not long since the Flag of the Union
announced that Maj. McDugald, a former
Senator from Jasper County, and a promi-
nont Democrat, had cone out in favor Of
Foote. Maj. McD. published a card denying
the fact; whereupon, that pink Of propriety,
the Port Gibson Herald, slightly changing
the name, very coolly aud with great apparent
innocence, put forth the following paragraph /;
We rejoice to learn that Mr.. McMullen'
late Senator from Clarke and Jasper counties,
who opposed Gov. Foote in the Legislature,
has come out openly for him"
The Eastern Clarion, published in Jas
por County, noticing this article, says;
"No Mr.. McMulIen ever represented this
" Senatorial Districtin the Senate, and further
mo man that ever did, has come out openly
{" for Foote.'
This mode Of manifesting public sentiment
may be agreeable to the Herald, and may
conform to tho code Of morals lately intro
duced into the management Of that paper
We shall expect the Editor to contradict the
statement, after election, when he resumes
the control Of his columns, and goes back tc
tho Wing party.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14


The Herald is.terribly alarmed lest the
issue Of the Union Bank Bonds should be
brought to bear in the present canvass, and
accordingly It declares, with most unblushinq
efTrontery, that all parties agree to acquiescc
in the decision Of the people against the
validity Of the Bonds. and that nobody j,
now advocating their payment. Let a few
facts, however, be held in perpetual remem-
brance:-
/. There is now a fnal Judgment against
The State, on ono Of these Bonds; and the
question whether it shall be paid or not, must
necessarily come before the Legislature at its
next session. There is no lodging it.
.. The Wing party, including the editor
Of tie Herald, have always advocated, and
still advocate. the payment Of these Bonds.
g. The Wing press generally are now ad-
vocating the payment Of the Bonds as pres
ent d1ty which the State.owes to the Bond.
holders.
4. The Wing candidate for Governor
Judge Rogers,-is now advocating the pay
ment Of the Bonds, on the stump. In re-
cent speech he is reported to have said that
+" he acas for supporting he honor and dig
uitg Of the State. and in fau0r Of tic par
mcm Of the Bonds and FIR supporting
Me decision of tkc Courts, If lie cor BUT
ONE VOTE nY II"
s. The editor Of the Herald. and those
whom he represents, only affect to consider
the question settled. because they are afraid
Of the influence Of the question in the election
now pending. As soon as the election is
over, the Herald will advocate the payment
Of the Bonds, with its usual zeal and ability
The editor dare not say, unequiyocally, that
he is opposed to the payment Of the Bonds
or that he will hereafter oppose their pay.
ment. lie only says. wait until after the
election. when people can consider the subject
calmly and dispassionately. We wonder
when will be a better time to consider the
question than now, while We are electins
members Of the first Legislature that vii
have to act on the subject
6. And above all remember, that it wai
by confidence in this Syren song that the
question is settled by the decision Of the peo
Die. that the bench Of the Chancery and Su
preme Courts Of the State came to be hlle'
with Boud-paying Judges
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

OF his opponent Col. H. NJ. CofFy, we
know nothing personally He styles himself
n Union Democrat; but The only cuim which
he has to the title judging from his present
position. is his endeavor to obtain a sufficient
number Of deserters from the Democratic
party 70 elect him to The Senate. BY a Union
with the Wing party. lie Processes to be an
independent Peoples Candidate, that is,
independent, because he did not wait for any
considerable portion Of the people to call him
ont before he took the field and a Peoples
Candidate, because some five or six people
around Port Gibson conceived the brilliant
scheme Of running him for the purpose Of
dividing the Democratic party What his
platform is we do not know, further than that
it is about Foote square. How any high
minded man, with a reputation to lose, can
openly desert his party for the purpose Of
following servilely the fortunes Of man who,
with professions Of Democracy on his hips, is
doing all in his power 10 overthrow the par
ty IN the State, we cannot understand; still
less how any Democrat can place the double
stain on his character as such By supporting
a deserter who deserts to support a traitor.
Col CofIey however may have arrived at
his present position By luminous train Of
thought, Of which only wings and F00temea
are capable
In connection with this matter, we observe
that many wings do not like the idea Of being
choked with such beverage and desire to
run a sterling. ont-and.out Whig, DR.. @. Ii.
New, Of jefferson. Bot we suppose that they.
will have to submit, viii be whipped into the
traces, and satisfaction Of sup
porting man who processes to be Demo
crat The clique at Port Gibson seems to
have managed tall to their own perfect salts
faction, gentlemen; 50 yield with grace and
you may fare better next time We sincerea
ly condole witf Doctor New and his friends
When we think Of tlls. past history Of the
Democracy of Claiborne aud Jefferson, their
constancy tFeir devotion, tlseff@ trials, their
struggles and their triunfphs we eannot but
think they viii return. .Henty i. Elicit by q
handsome majority.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

too much for that party to ask the whigs Of
Massachusetts to carry that matter into our
own State election. Applause:
Gentlemen. we well know that there is
nothing il the Buffalo platform, on this point
which in general does not meet the approba-
tion. and the entire appreciation, Of the wings
Of the northern States.
Suppose we all should join the free .soilcrs
we should still be the whig party, only un-
der different name. That would be all
But they propose to 90 a step further, which
! agree would be great change, and put Mr..
Van Burcn at the hee1 Of the whig party.
We know, gentlemen, that children at
school will sometimes amuse themselves by
drawing fantastic images, placing the heads
Of some animals on the bodies Of others, and
making most gsotesque monsters Of them all
"lf one Of these Juvenile limners were to
try his hand at political carieaturcs. and
portray the whig party With Mr. Van Buren
at its head, he would make an image still
more provocative Of laughter than the cele-
brated gerrymander itself Much laughter
and cheering
These were Mr.. Webster's re marks before
Wing Convention. and that Convention
passed the following resolutions:
Resokved, That the Van Burenites having
resolved at their State convention to support
no nan for Office who is not pledged to their
political organization, and having thus
virtually prescribed every whig officer in the
Commonwealth, it becomes The duty Of the
friends Of our present State administration
to rally unitedly and zealously in its sup
port.
Rcs0lCcd, That in the language Of Daniel
Webster, {" there has been no party Of men
in this country, which has firmly and sternly
resisted the progress Of the slave power, but
the wings !" that we believe this resistance
can best be continued By the election Of
ZacEary Taylor and 1Iiliard Fillmore,
and Of a whig Congress, and that the interests
Of freedom will be safe in their hands.
Mr.. Webster claims for his party the cyelit
Of being the Free -Soilers. lie knew the
sentiments Of that party as well as any man
lie knew the effect Of measures put forth By
it, and the teachings Of its doctrines. LII
speaks as one knowing.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14
Infants Rights Association.

A large and spirited meetirSv Of infants
was recently held at Narserydom, at which
they asserted their rights, and called for an
immediate redress Of the wrongs which have
been inflicted upon them. The resolutions
they passed. however, are rather spirited, and
present lis. Of grievances that ought to be
looked into :
IThereas. We have been brought into ex-
istence without being consulted at all in re-
gard to our feelings and wishes,-thus laying
the immediate authors Of our existence under
the s.rictcst obligations to see that our rights
are protected. and our wants supplied
therefore.
Rcs0ind, That we claim the right to draw
our nourishment from that fountain which
nature has provided for our sustenence, and
which i universally admitted TO be the only
source from which we can derive meterials
for vigorous growth; aud that the too COM
mon practice ofcutting off our supplies from
this source. to avoid the necessity Of atten.
dance to our wants, isiuhuman, and unwor.
thy Of q Christian mother.
ReSoIrei Thatwe earnestly protest against
the partiality sometimes exhibited by our
mothers, in nursing lap-dogs, and making
prior companions of them, as though they
we're the real offspring instead of ourselves
while we are turned out to Budget.
ResoIrcd, That we claim as our right :
place IN the paternal bed; and deem it {
very poor excuse for tucking US away will
the nurse, that our mother comes from par
ties late at night. and does not wish to b.
broken Of her rest.
ReS0lred. That we are opposed to taking
medicine, when it would seldom be rcquire'
if we we're properly taken care Of by ou
mothers and especially do We raise our vol
ccs against the practice Of many nurses, VIII
secretly keep bottle Of paregoric, or God
4 frey's Cordial, and Iorce down our thFoats
dose in the evening, 50 that we may not DIS
turb them in the night.
ReSoired, That our being cross and ugly
because VIC raise our voices against beln
stuffed with improper food, while the nourlsh
ment nature has provided is withheld iron
Us, il a most outrageous slander upon ou
tempers.
Rcsoire4, That in consequence Of tAes
and many other abuses to which we are sut
jected, most Of Us become siekly, and abou
half our number die before we are old enoug
to take care Of ourselves.
ResolUca, That our cry shall be, " Wai
I war, and not Peace. peace, until on
wrongs are redrcssed and our rights restore
TO Us.
H Voted, That the proceedings Of this Cor
vention bc published in all the papers froI
Maine 10 Texas.-Oad FeltolC.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

airs OF no UsE."-If you are hollow
hearted and animated BY no high. ennobling
sentiment, if you have no principles, and
sneer at virtue and religion, you cannot be a
gentleman. Your manners may be fascina-
ting but they are the glitter Of the serpent.
Your clothes may be Of the richest hue, but
they only serve to hide the rascal. There ls
no restraint but law and public opinion. You
hunt for prey under a suspicious garb, and
decoy with lying tongue. Your face wears
a smile. but your heart is full Of rottenness
most foul. You can never give out the ring
of true coin.-It's ofno use.
A silly woman thinks she can make more
than women of her daughters. She tolls IN
the kitchen, and they simper and drawl non
sense in the parlor. She rises with the sun.
aud gets breakfast, while they read the last
novel in bed. She tolls over the wash-tub,
while they drum on the piano. The earnings
Of the farm are squandered, to put on their
backs and put them through fashionable
school, They are reared in idleness, and be-
come accomplished babies, utterly ignorant Of
all that womauly knowledge, 50 creditable to
the sex, and uuGt for anything but TO dress
finely, talk nonsense, and marry simpctons
like themselves It's Of no use. mother, your
silly dreams will never be realized.
A young man-smooth-faced Stripping
with little breeding and sense, ripens fast and
believes himself an exceedingly nice young
man. He chews and smokes tobacco. swear'
genteely, eoaxes embryo imperiais with bear
grease, plays cards. and strays with the wo
men across the gain by moonlight. At con
certs. he eats peanuts, and manifests his i'll
breeding BY ill-timed stamping and slans
phrases He stares at every lady he meets
pulls his shirt collar. andsneers at begrimmed
iaborers, as he passes them in the street
4 It's Of no use. young sir, you never can be
.man -Exchange paper.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

e Many Of our contemporaries have spo
ken Of our talented candidate for State Sena-
tor. OF course, his opponents will call all
that i said in his favor. fulsome fattery.
Truth cannot be Rattery, and all that can
Be said commendatory Of Mr. EIett's public
or private character, is well deserved. Be
cause Col Cofsy's organ cannot praise that
gentleman, it should not object to NIr. Ellett's
being favorite, and properly appreciated
wherever he is known. We copy the follow
ing from the Natchez Free Trader. one Of
the abIest papers in the State:
CLArBoRNE AND JEFFERSON. In our last.
We mentioned that the Hon. Henry Il Elicit
had been nominated by the Democracy Of
Claiborne and Jefferson as their candidate for
State Senator We have the pleasure today
of laying before our readers his brief. but adj
mirable address to the Democrats Of those
two counties. In point Of talent learning,
personal character, and true and sterling do
votion to democratic principles, Mr. Elicit Is
one Of the first men in the State. lie i an
ornament to the bar, to his party and to the
social circle Upon his representation as
man, there is not blemish and bis charac-
ter as faithful defender of the Democracy
is tco we'll established to call for eulogy. lie
has once been honored by his party with .
seat IN Congress, from which, with rare mode
ration. he retired for the more congenial pur
suits Of private and professional life. liz
comes forward now into the political arena
only under stern sense Of duty, under /
reiterated call from the Democracy which h'
has not felt at liberty to decline. lie deserves
as he win doubtless receive the support 0
every true Democrat. aud not only tho suppor
but the active and enthusiastic exertions 0
all who belong in good faith to the party
THAT he viii be elected we cannot for mo
ment suffer ourself to doubt, particular.
when we consider the character Of the oppo
sition to him.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

KENTUCKY REGARD FOR FAIR Play In
the year 1888 was travelling with strolling
theatrical company. and arriving at small
town in kentucky it was resolved to treat
the inhabitants to bit Of the legitimate. A
suitable place having been secured, notices
we're stuck up informing the public that ON
that evening would be performed, BY ono Of
the besttheatrical companies in the Union, the
admired and popular drama Of " William Tell,
the Heroic Swiss"
Night came, and The room was crowded BY
an anxious audience, many Of whom had new
er witnessed theatrical performance. The
piece passed off very we'll, eliciting mach ap-
plause, and cnlisting the sympathies Of the
audience in behalf Of Tell. as they took several
occasions to cheer the patriot on. When tho
shooting scene came, great excitement was
manifested among the group Of the hardy sons
Of Kenmcky-they began to think that the
thing was real. al that moment when Tell
demonstrates with Gesser for having picked
out the smallest apple, and the tyrant says
Take it as il IS: thy skill be greater #
thou hittcst it."
10 which Tell replies.
True, true, [ did not think Of that
I Give me some chance to save my boy
One Of the group have mentioeu--a har-
dy saplng who woule measure full slx-teet
4 two inches in his stockings-sprung upon the
STAGE confronting Gessler, and shouted:
give him fair chance vow TO snakes
its too mean to make him shoot his sen. |.
'sposo | let him shoot one Of my niggers; or
ii that won't 10. ri let him have crack at
nc, provided he puts pint cup or my head
instead Of that cussed little apple"
Il IS almost useless to add that this caused
a especially as three or four Of tho
Kentuckian's friends Jumped upon the stage
d back him aud side with Tell.
Il took some time to pacily and assure them
that il was play.
n "Well, stranger. VIC won't stand any foul
play. in these diggins, and seem as how IT'S
only a show, why. wen step out, and the
valiant Kentuchian. as well as his friends
resumed their seats.--ECctangc Paper.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

The BRlTlsH ARMy.- The Freeman's
journal gives the following as the present
disposition Of the British army:
"Thcre arc at present 81 regiments or
battalions on Home Service, one Of which is a
reserved battalion (thc 23d !; 26 regiments
are in India, or on the way thither IN
New South Wales, Australia and New Iea-
land 7 in British North America; IN the
West Indies and Bermuda IA in the Medi-
terranean Z at the Cape Of Good Hope; ?
at Ceylon; . at AIauritius. and | at Hong
Kong. There are likewise two reserve bat
talions at the Cape, and one in British North
America"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

Ak ANCIENT PArER.MuL.-The old pa
pcr-miIl in which the paper was manufactured
used BY Benjamin Franklin in his printing
Office, is still in operation on Chester Creek,
Delaware, and owned BY Mr. Wilcox, the son
Of the gentleman who held it during the life
time Of Franklin. The paper was made at
that time, and is still manufactured by hand.
Scarcely any change has been made in the
mill, and the same process Of making rags
into paper is in operation to-day as was fol-
lowed some one hundred and forty years ago
the mill having been erected in the year 17l3-
-Phikadelphia Register.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

A YALuAnLE DIscovERr.-London pa
pors state thntan efcctual means Of presery-
inp writings, charts, bank bills aud pictures
as well from injury by tune a. from togery Or
alteration, has been discovered. The process
consists merely Of running coating OF gnita
percha solution OYER the surface Of the article.
il is perfectly transparent, andis saldto i'm.
prove the appearance Of pictures. BY cot
mo both sides Of an important document i
can Be kept in the best preservation. II
renders It waterproof, and the plan would thus
be 4 valuable one for ship charts If used on
bank bills it would be a most efficient means
of preventing fraud, inasmuch as no alteration
cruld be made on the face Of the bill without
removing tho coating, which itwould be I'M
possible to do without destroying the whole.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

~ The other day, an enthusiast Of some
denomiuation or other, was toiling to convince
his fcllow-passengers in a coach that the re-
ward Of good Christians in the next world
would be a kind Of beatifed enlargement Of
their present occupation, business. or employ
msnt. whate yer it might be- Indeed" ex-
claimed solemn looking man from the corner
Of the carriage, then what i to become oi
me- for / am a coffin maker y This was .
complete poser. The preacher was regularly
foorcd and during the rest Of the journey
not only kept off the doctrine, but kept 81
lence also.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

Ladder Of st. Augustine.
nY i. ". LoNarELLow.


Saint Augustine wcll hast thou said,
That Of orr sins we can frame
A ladder. II We will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed Of shame.
All common things--eaeh days events
That with the hour begin and end
Our pleasures and our discontents
Are rounds BY which we may ascend,
The low desir-she base design,
That makes anothei's virtue lcssi
The reyel or the gddy wine,
And ali occasions Of excess
The longing for ignobIe things.
The strife for triumph more than truth,
The hardeningof The heart, that brings
IreveTence FOR the dreams Of youth
All thoughts or ill--all evil deeds,
That have their root in thoughts OF III,
Whatever binders or impedes
The action Of the nobler will
All these must FIRST be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields Of fair renown
The right Of eminent domain
We have not wings-we cannot soar
But we have feet TO scale and climb
BY slow degrees, ,--by more and more
The cloudy summit Of our time.
The slightly pyramids Of stone
That wedge-lilye cIeave the desert airs,
when nearer seen--and better known,
Are but gisaQtic ilights Of stairs.
900
The distant mountains, that uprear
Their ffowning foreheads 70 the skies,
Are crossed by pathways, that appear
AS we to higher levels rise.
The heights by great men reached andkert,
Were not obtained by.sndden flight
But they, wlffs their companions slept
We're tciling upward in the night.
Standing on what too long we bore
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,
We may discern, unseen before
A path 70 higher destinies.
Nor deem the memorable Past
AS wholly wasted-wholly vain
II rising on its wrecks. at last
To somsthiig nobler we attain.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

NJ The laws Of Massachusetts are rather
astringent on the subject Of duelling. They
provide that every person who shall engage
IN a duel with any deadly weapon, although
no homicide ensue, or shall challenge an.
other to fight such duel, or shall send OF
deliver any written or verbal message, pur'
rorting or intended to be such challenge
although no duel ensue shall be punished By
imprisonment in the State prison not more
than twenty years, or By fine not exceeding
$1,000 and imprisonment in the County Jai
not more than three years and Thall also D.
incapable Of holding or Of being elected or aP
pointed to any place of honor, profit or trust
under the Constitution or laws Of Mas'a
chusetts, for term Of twenty years ate
such conviction. The law in relation to ac
cepting a challenge is also quite severe.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14
49, The new Comet which is now visible

~ The new Comet which is now visible
in tic west to the naked eye, about an hour
after sunset is the comet discovered on The
10Th Of June. hy'M Miukertues. Itsnuclus =
Of the brightness Of star Of the third magnl-
tude-a tail Of one or two degrees in length
can be distinguished, extending upward y
a gradually increasing in brightness. It's
distance from the sun Is now thirty millions
of miles but from the earth 1t is two ef
three times more renote.-PhiL Ledger.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

NJ The man who foundered the saw
horse. in going Cor the doctor, sied in Jail
last week. of broken heart.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

-" There is more hope in fool, than
% man wise in his own concoss
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

10 Why is Niger the best person to
keep secret Ass. Because he always
keeps dark.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

~ Why is a poor mans purse lf~ y
fools knowledge-box ANS. because 1t
alvey empty.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

DE Security begcts danger, and prosper.
ity is tho mother Of pride.