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The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-06-21
Gen. Robert Stanton.

We had the pleasure Of making the nc
qaaintance Of the gentleman whose name
beads this article, and Of spending some hours
in his company, during his recent visit to our
county. This to us was, something Of an
event, for in the war for the nomination for
Congress, which has been raging for some time
past, we have been uniformly consistly, and
he himself courteously admitted he believed,
honestly, combating his claims and urging
those Of Hon. Hiram Cassidy, and this same
ccaFse wo intend steadily to pursue until the
Convention meets, and BY lis actions decides
who shall stand forward in the race and who
shall retreat, when, for the nominee, be il Cas-
sidy. Stanton, or any one else, We expect 10
roll up our sleeves and work in his behalf, and
Gen. Stanton if he should be 30 fortunate A.
to receive the nomination, will end none more
cordial in his support than ourselves, ustil the
nomination is made, however, our opinions
being our " private property, we shall ex-
press them just as, just when, and just where
we please. We are free to say that we were
pleased, much pleased with Gen. Stanton's
pleasant and agreeable social qualities, that
the time passed in his company We spent with
both pleasure and profit tc ourselves. The
General has some disadvantages under which
to labor, which il may be will operate some.
what against his nomination where they
should not, Il 50, this is bis misfortune and
not his fault. We will do the General, the
justice 10 state that he frcquently reiterated his
determination TO sustain the nominee whoev-
er Bio might be. Being present ct the meet
ing on Monday, after the regular business was
concluded, being called rcon, he took the
stand and occupied . few moments in setting
forth his position, he d a good and pleasing
ecker shas he said was good Democratic
deesrine. 10 which none could take exceptions
though 10 are not able 10 say that any one
nas Induced to change bis previously form
"a views and opinions with reference to the
several aspirauts-
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ours pursued BY the friends Of Gen. Stanton
50 as 10 render any vindicadon Of this kind
publicly Necessary. The friends q n one
whose name has been connected with this
nomination, have deemed it necessary to pro-
mote the success Of their fyoite, by drawing
forced contrasts, by inuendo where a true mag
nanimity should have made Objectionable char
gs openly or been silent. A spirit OF justice
and a desire for party harmony might have
suggested that the organ Of the party for thi
section should have thrown open its columns
to the examination of the claims Of every as
pirant, or have remained editorially neutral
and reserved an examination of the claims Of
all to the justice of the Convention. This
new mode of discriminating against friends is
not consistent with party usage, and has taxed
the forbearanee of many true democrats.
| can with truth say that the democracy of
Franklin while they present the claims of their
fayorite are yet resolved to permit no indiscre-
tons of men to bias their devotion to primer
pie, but will let the ballot box tell their tale Of
magnanimity by giving that support to the
nominees of the Democratic Conventions
which has ever been accorded whether State
or National Candidates. Whoeger may be
the nominee of the Monticello Convention
Franklin will obey the voice of democratic du-
ty by giving him her undivided support.
A FRANKLIN DELEGATE.
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Democratic Meeting in Me.s>,s

Ala meeting Of the Democrats.
Franklin county held in Neadvine. :,
the 9th day Of June inst, for the
appointing delegates 20 the Monticello
Convention, Charles Stewart, Esq. va.
to the Chair, and Joseph R. Cotton
ed to act as Secretary. pes
Upon motion Of VIM. Calyit, II. !, -.
Resotred, That the chairman Of AZ
ing appoint fifty delegates to rey,o-s..
county in the District Convention = us
at Monticello on the 18th Mondor nsAd
month, whereupon the chair apno;..- ss
following persons as said delegates 1s
B. c. Thompson, Thos. P. KeL. r r =
Wit, Geo Ashley, S. G. Davis, J.B ~
G. B. Campbell, A. ]. Guice, VIM. a., pses =
Libens Wharton, E. Gates. John p';.ag,
+. Higdon, John Holden, S. NJ. Cadn ns1a'i
Havis, D, B. Caiu, J.. II. Stewart, ! ia Y
Daniel, Isaac Aavis, sesse Cobb, RIB 4I.A
John Smith, Milton Smith, Allen Smith nas
ley Lotion, Allen Lotion. Aaron Lass DS.
Tauyer, D. c. Graham, VIM. /. H"nA'
j.. II. Jones, Geo. Adams, S. e. Byrd, II r"g'
A. Rawles, NJ. Hunt, d. II. Nettles. !, 4 ~ an
on, &. D. Bennett, J, Freeman, Hiram cs.';5l
VIM. M. Wentworth, VIM. ]. probv u
Rollins, E. j. Byrd, B. F. Zuphro' IT,. ~ 4
Mss, +. F. Herring, JesseE. Ford. 'l-
Upon motion of D. D. Rollins. the NJ.
man and Secretary were added 70 tbe d
delegates. ]. M. Jones offered the tollor;.1
resolutions, which were unanimously 49,,
by the meeting:
Resot0ed, That the Democratic partr !
Franklin county, with pleasure, recommend !.
the democracy of the 4th Congressional Al.
trlct, our esteemed fellow-citizep. the H.
Hiram Cassidy, as a man worthy Of all con.
ndenee and support, and possessed Of abatv
Of a high order; as a democrat, firm -
slstent and Jealous, one who ha, stood bv Il.
party in adversely as well as prosns,;tr
and given it the aid of his time and TALENT,
since his first exercise of his elective franchise
IN 1910 up to the present time; as ON rD.
fesentatiye in the State Legislature. he has
been able and faithful, and we can therefore
with truth say, that in all things, he comes m
to the Jeffersonian standard of qualification
for Office, and we do hereby instruct our dd.
egates to the Monticello convention to urea
by all fair and honorable means his nomina.
ton before that convention as the candidate
Of the party for Congress for the 4th Con
gressional District.
ResoIoed, That the proceedings Of ths meet,
ing bepublished in the Natchez Free Trader,
Woodville Republican, Holmesville South
ron, and Southern Journal.
Upon motion, the meeting adjourned, sine
de. CHARLES STEWART, Gair'a.
J. R. CoTToN, Sec'y.
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CIRcuIT CoURT.-Tbe principle case Of in
terest before our court the past week, was the
trial Of Baylor Wynn, for the murder of
johnson, E. m. c., by chan &c Of venue from
Adams county. A formidable array Of coun-
sci and witnesses were present, and expecta-
ton was on tiptoo-that VIC should have an
opportunity Of hearing many able speeches in
the course Of the triad. Near two days were
consumed in examining the witnesses for the
State. When Mr.. Martin, who deserves all
praise for his able and persevering efforts in
support Of the trust committed to his hands
by the prosecution, stated to the Court, hat
as tho law debarred the use of the only con-
elusive evidence which could be brought a.
gainst tho prisoner, and that as consequently
no positive proof could be adduced, in con-
junction with the District Attorney, he would
ask the Court for leave TO enter a aole prose
qui IN the case, which was granted, tho case
dismissed, and tho a~nticipations Of the lovers
cloquoncc were sadly disappointed. Engaged
In thecase VIC observed, besides Mr.. Martin. and
the District Attorney, MIR. Berry, Messrs.
Thacher, Minterhoff and Davis, Of Natchez,
and Messrs. Posey and simral!, Of the Wood.
vile bar. So that tho disappointment we
have spoken Of, IL will be observed, was not
without foundation.
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NOTICE.

EITERS testawentary ofthe last will ana
testament, hasfng been granted to the ",
d~erslghed, by the Honorable Probate Court 2
wilkinson county, at the June Term thefeO'
Alb, 1858, on tho Estate Of Valentine =
Grooms, deceased.
Notice y hereby given 10 ill persons indeOs
go TO said Estate to make immediate payniebs
and those having claims to present tas'n,
duly authenticated, within the time PrescflOsu
BY Law, or they will be for efer barred.
LETTTIAE 0R0QMs ACNE
juhe 21, %ls53-6w
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apprehension, il is said, are entertain
cd of a rising Of the Chippewas in Minnesota
territory. Runners crowd in, thick and fas
Of a general rising, and threatened attack on
81. Paul.
China, has four millions square miles, four
thousand walled cities, a population of $50,
100000, an army of nearly 100000 Of sol
diers. an annual revenue Of q 100000, and a
feet Of a 1000 sail.
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to- OF tie statements conta ned and
opinions advanced IN the article published in
to-days paper from a Franklin Delegate
We know nothing. We have merely consent
cd by especial request to give the letter a place
in our columns, leaving the writer to shoulder
all responsibility, which may or ought to be
connected Herewith.
The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-06-21
Democratic Meeting.

Pursuant to a previous notice, the De-
mocracy of Wilkinson county, assembled in
the town of Woodville on Monday 18th to
nominate a candidate for the Lower House of
the State Legislature. Hon. Jas. A. Ventress
was called to the chair and John H. Leather
man appointed Secretary.
The chair briefly stated the object of the
meeting to be, to receive and promulgate the
choice of the various precincts, for candidate,
whereupon it was moved and carried, that the
precincts be called in rotation, and that the
delegates present answer, and that each pre-
cinct be entitled to five votes in the choice of
a candidate.
The chairman announced that it would now
bel order to propose candidates for the nom
nation whereupon.
Mr. Ebert Mcneil, of Upper Homochitto,
nominated Col. George H. Gordon.
Mr.. Felix Embree, of Mount Pleasant, nom.
mated Maj. P. T. Keary.
Mr.. M. Cain, of Fort Adams, nominated NJ
E. Saunders, Esq.
j. ii. Leatherman nominated Fl. r. Davis,
Esq, and Col. Jas. A. Ventress.
The candidates present thanked the meet
ing for the honor conferred, in putting their
names in nomination, but respectfully declin-
ed standing a vote.
All the other candidates Except Col. Cor
dom being Withdrawn by their friends, on mo-
ton, Col. Gordon was declared the unanimous
choice of the Democracy of Wilkinson coun-
ty, as their candidate for Representative. The
chairman appointed a committee of three, con
sisting of Col. w. ]. Hodge, Walter shrop-
shire and James Moore, Esqrs, to inform Col.
Gordon of his nomination, and adjourned till
l o'clock.
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All Of JULT,
Cele br Ball.

j VEGAS, would respectfully inform ths
Ladies and Gentlemen Of WoodviIle ana
surrounding country, that he will give . Grams
DALl' IN the Concert Hall, on the above
evening.
Admission tickets, can beprocufedt fon
mr. Vegas, or at the door IN the Evening 9
the Ball
june 81, 1853.
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Monday 2oh-Michael Fuller was found
guilty, and sentenced to two years in the PEN
itentiary. Chas. 0urey was also found gull
" for trading with negroes unlawfully,
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1t is stated that about eight thousand
men are now employed on the line Of the y
linois Central road, and the number is rapidly
being increased.
1t IS reported that a destructive nie
has been ravaging the woods south Of st.ss-
burg, in Lancaster county, Pa, and that sever
al miles Of woodland have been devastated.
~ new Catholic Cathedral is 70 g
built IN Chicago this summer, at a cost q pef
tween Sl50,000 and 100000.
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WooDvILLE, June IS.
/ o'clock p. NJ.

W odIo&Anukt1b tIlb DCilOcTdCV
met at the court house and the Secretary
having read the previous proceedings, Col. G.
IL. Gordon came forward and returned his
profound thanks to the democracy of Wilkin-
sou for the distinguished honor they had con-
ferred upon him accepted the nomination
and pledged his best e~xertions for the success
Of the party. His remarks were replete with
good sense, sound argument and unassumed ell
oquence.
After he resumed his seat, General Robt.
Stanton, of Adams, was discovered IN the au-
dienee, and was loudly called upon for a
speech. His response was after his usual STYLE
of eloquence and reason.
The chair appointed the following gentle
men, delegates to the Monticello Convention.
to be held in Monticello on the 4th Monday of
June:
II. +. Davis, L. K. Barber, P. F. Kearv.
J. II. Leatherman, W. J. Hodge, NJ. E. Saun-
ders, /. Jones Stewart, Walter S ropshire.
/ D. Stamps, FL. S. Van Eaton, G. b. Collier.
w. w. Rowan, D. L. Phares, A. T. Moore,
Carnot Posey, J. A. Ferguson, Thomas w.
Rogers, G. Parish.
On motion, Hon. Wiley P. Harris, w. S.
Weathersby, andJ. B. Chrisman, were an
pointed proxies, to cast the vote Of this county,
at the Monticello convention. should no dele
gate be present.
The meeting adjourned sine die.
J. A. VENTRESS, Charm.
JSo. II. LEArHERnAN. Sec'a.
GE- The following remarks were intended
Tor last weeks paper, but through a mistake
were omitted;
Police JuRoR.-Om readers viii nerce;ve
in to-days' issue the regular announcement a
t 10 names of two gentlemen, as candidates
for the office Of Police Juror, for the first D;s.
trict; Mr.. Charles Sims, who was annoppood
by his friends in our last issue, and Mr.. u 8.
Cage Both are no doubt well qualified Il
nil the Office, though it is but fair to pres,,r, !
that but one Of them eau be elected. Eaito.
rally, we shall say nothing, but leave \ i ~
acquaintance Of the two gentlemen ! 49,
up their minds and vote as suits them hest ~sn
taflng' however, the sage prediction. that
whoever gets the most votes will. n IN brnan
prVososlty' succeed in Office our present, able
ana eficlent member, and president II the
board, Major P. F, Keary.
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Masonic.

AT a regular meeting Of Asylum Lodge, No.
So, convened at the Masonic Hall, in Wood.
vile, on Saturday evening, the 18th Of June,
A. D. 1858. The undersigned, who were sp.
pointed a committee to prepare a preamble
and resolutions, relative to the deeease Of our
esteemed brother, DIR. ]. B. Draughan, repor
ted as follows
Whereas, it has pleased an All Wise Prov
idence to take from among us our esteemed
and dearly beloved Brother, Jon B. D%faugban,
while we bow with due submissioasto His
will, deeply grieve at the loss of an upright
man and good Mason. Therefore
Resoiced, That by the death Of Brother
Draughan we deeply feel that society has gus
tanned the loss of a most worthy and esteem
ed citizen, and our Institution of one who was
a living exponent of the true principles and
teachings of Free Masonry.
Resolpsd, That as a testimony Of our re-
gard for the worth and memory Of our depart
ed Brother, the members of this Lodge wear
the usual badge of mourning for the usual
space Of thirty days, and that the Lodge
be clothed In mourning for the same length
of time.
Resofeea, That a copy of these resolutions
attPsted by the Secretary, be handed to TIE
family ofthe deceased, and furnish the news,
papers, printed in Woodville, with q copy
the same, for publication, and that report %
spread upon the records of the Lodge.
ISAAC ID. STAMPS.
HENRY s. VAN EATON. ComR
L. X. BARRIER
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~DEMOCRATIC TICKET.


FOR GOVERNOR.
JOHN ]. McREA, Of Clark county.
FOR SECRETARY or sTATE.
W. ii. MUSE, Of TIsgemingo county.
ron ArToRgE GENERAL.
ID. G. GLENN.
FOR AUDITOR
MORGAN McAFFEE, Of Holmes county.
o TREASURER.
@. +. HEMINGWAY, of Carol county
o ccgGREss-sTATE AT LARGE.
VIM. BARKSDALE, Of Leasadss county
ron coEGREss-3d DISTRICT.
o. n. SINGLETON, Of Kinds comfy.
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TIE R1PUgArNAM

EE-Mr. ]. w. Baker, Of Natchez is our
authorized agent, to receive subscriptions and
receipt for moneys due this Office.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29
DIR, MLANE,S LIVER PILLS.

u7The great and increasing demand for these
Pills is the surest evidence of their excellence -
People try them. and then recommend them to
their neighbors. No one who has ever suffered
from the Liver complaint, or from any of the dis
eases arising from a disordered state OF that organ,
has yet failed to obtain reliefif he tried Dr. NJ
Lanes Pills; and thus they have worked their own
way into popularity by the astonishing cures
which they are every day performing. Read the
following. -,
MEssRs. j KIDD CO.. Condemnation will
please send us one gross of your Pills, prepared by
DR.. M'Lane. They are in great demand. Please
forward them direct. KELLER 4 HAMlLL.
S. CHARLESTON, Clark Co. O.. April Is, 1850:
Your medicines are universally liked IN this
section OF the country. We have constant calls
for them, the pills especially.
Yours, respectfully, J.C,SMlTH.
For sale by SCOVIL & MEAD, Ill Chartres
street, New Orleans, Wholesale Agents for the
Southern States; also sold by A. E. RICHARDS,
Plaquemine.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29

"LouiSiana Press Union."--We have the
pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a cir
cuIar of the above caption, the object of which
is to form into an Association, for their mutual
interests, protection and responsibility, all the
editors and printers of the State. The Circu-
lar is issued in accordance with a resolution at
the first meeting of this Association in Baton
Rouge, ON the 18th of July last, and is signed
by GEORGE A. PIKE. THos. B. R. HATCH, P.
NJ. HATCH, and PHILIP W1NFREE, Jr. A meet
ing of the Union is called for the 22d of next
February. We shall attend, if alive and can
travel. The Circular we shall publish in full
at some future day.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29
Serru1fs in pnris--Bv order of the Prefec

Servants in Paris--By order of the Project
of Police, a strange ordinance relative to SER
wants of both sexes has been pIacarded in all
parts of Paris. 1t declares that all servants,
male or female, who are now in service at Paris,
or who intend taking service there, must, with
in the delay of three months-that is from the
present time to November lst-provide them
selves with a lirret, or book, for their masters
to mark down their opinions of their honesty,
conduct, time of service, &c, under pain of
subjecting themselves to an Imprisonment of
not more than three months, Or of not less than
a week. This lrret, which is to contain their
Names, age, birthplace, and description, will be
delivered, on personal application at the Project
ure of Police. It is interdicted to all master to
receive into their service any servant who is not
provided with such lirret. All such servants
as do not conform to the prescription of this
ordinance are to be expelled from Paris.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29

Eloquence al q Premium.--"May it please
the Court" said a Yankee lawyer. before a
Dutch Justice the other day, "this is 4 case OF
the greatest Importance; while the American
eagle whose ~sleepless eye watches ever the
welfare of this mighty republic, and whose
wings extend from the Alleghanies to the
Rocky chain of the west, was rejoicing III his
pride of place"
"Shtop dare? Shtop, say, vat has dis suit to
do NIT eagles? Dis has noting to do init de
wild bird. 1t ish Won Sheep exclaimed the
Justice.
"True, your Honor, but my client has rights"
'Yer CLIENT has no right to de eagle"
"Of course not, but the laws of language
"What cares | for the laws language, ell. |
understand de laws of de State, and dat ish
enough for me. Conine your talk to de case"
"Well, then, my client, the defendent in this
case is charged with stealing a sheep, and"
dat will do. dat will do. Your CLIENT is
charged nit sIiealing Il sheep, just nine shillin.
Dis court will ad%j ourn."
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29

The Virginia papers speak of severe frosts
along James river. All the outstanding tobac-
co is bitten black, and the crop will be shorten.
ed one half.
Mr.. F. CasaIi, of N. Y, has offered to make,
free of cost, a die for the gold media! to be pre-
scented to Capt. Ingraham.
The Navy Department have late advices
Com. Perry's squadron. He was on his way
to Jcddo. The PoWhatten left Hong Kong on
the 25th Of July to join the squadron.
Eight hundred Poles, refugees and exiles,
have put down their names at the Ottoman
Embassy in Paris, as ready to take arms against
Russia for the Sultan, in case of war.
1t is said that James Gordon Bennett, editor
of the N. Y. Herald, has been in this country
thirty years, and was naturalized only three
years ago,
1t is said the Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don Times receives S. 900 a year, and is fur
nished with a handsome suit Of rooms.
A distinguished German scholar gives the
population Of Turkey in Europe, as being about
l6,5OO,0O0, and that Of Turkey in Asia, 1900,
making total of nearly 30,0OO,0Oo, about halt
the population of Russia, and nearly equal to
that Of France, though vastly less compact than
the last.
The Misses II. W. G. C. P. Webster. the only
survivors of the late Professor John w. Web
ster, who were in this country, sailed from
Boston on Thursday in the ship 10 for the
Azores.
The Governors Of Alabama and Pennsylva~
MIA have issued their proc]amations naming the
fourth Thursday in November--the 24th-for
Thanksgiving Day.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29
PLAQUEMEN
Saturday, October %, 1852

pWe must, this week-and perhaps two
or three weeks to come--throw ourselves upon
the indulgence of our readers. We have got
out a very poor paper to-day. Sickness and
death in our family the past week, is the reason
of our asking this indulgence--the death of
one who materially aided US in our Office. Al
though our paper this week is but little better
than a half sheet, we have not like most of our
contemporaries in the interior, been reduced as
yet to that necessity. After the election, we
shall have more aid from the city, when our pa
per shall be issued in a style that has not been
equalled heretofore.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-10-29

How Dumas Wrues.-In his way of work.
Ing he is as eccentric as in everything else.-
Whether owing to his African blood, OF to
some popularity of constitutions, I known not,
but he is afflicted with great natural heat of
body, and has difficulty in bearing clothing upon
him. So he strips to his shirt-very often
discarding even that, and sits naked, with the
exception Of short thin drawers. He establishes
himself at large table, which he sprawls upon
rather than sits at, in the middle of a large room,
and before him are large sheets of paper, of a
uniform size. From practice he knows exactly
how much teuilteton each of these sheets will
make. Over this paper he crouches, in his state
ofalmost nudity, looking like huge halt. bleach
ed negro, as he is, and scribbIes away with the
speed of a locomotive. He writes clearly, and
rarely makes corrections or alters even a word.
AS each sheet is full he throws it from him,
until the flooor is Uttered with manuscript. In
this way he will get through half volume in a
night-French volumes, certainly, with very
few lines in a page; but still the quantity is
enormous for the time. On one side of him he
will have a heap of oranges, on the others a
plate of raisins-those being his favorite re-
freshments when working. From time to time
he takes a bit of an orange, and then on again,
tolllng against time.-Londen paper.