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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-08-17


ing very much swolen.-A large crowd as
sembled here to bear the speaking, and to SCI
our live candidates. In the afternoon. som,
farmer. with the Yankee principle well de
veloped. drove into town with a wagon load .
melons and peaches; and. mounting upor
them, swore no man would get the vote Of hi
neighborhoOd, who did, MT treat the crowd
AT the word, it would have done you good t
have seen these candidates,-like razor.bacI
shoats in plum orchard,-rus to the wag
on. Judges, ChancelOrs. Attorneys Repre-
sentatives, Sherifs. Clerks. Treasurers, Con
stables and all. made dive for the wagon
and there was a scene. Every man. with hii
pockets full Of peaches. and half a fine melon
in his hand-eyery man. mean. except the
candidates, anG they had their hands in theil
pockets. An hour afterwards, / saw our
friend the WAGNER driving out of town, and
heard him remark to bis son. Then there
chaps won't have much money when they
leaves the Piney WoOds-wonder wot's their
names, and wot's they runnin' for :"
Thursday we left Raleigh for Hillsboro' -
Eighteen miles from the former town, We
stopped for dinner at Post Office called
HomewoOd. beautiful place, and owned by
a most hospital gentleman. Mr. Thomas. He
treated us to fine dinner, and sent us on our
way rejoicing The road into Hillsboro', for
about seventeen miles, is most abominable,-
mostly through what is called Hog-bed Prai-
rie." so called from being full Of sunken
spots, resembling hOg-beds more than any
thing else. These are not, strictly speaking,
prairies- being very small, and sometimes
boasting tolerable growth of black jack. and
other small timber; but the soil is that Of a
prairie. though in these parts very pOOr.-The
little towns through this country are all alike.
The houses are generally very small and
old-loOking. and most Of them built of logs.
Paint is a rare thing; and the man who
would dare to paint his house. would have
the eyes Of a suspicious community turned
upon him = he would be emphatically an
aristOcrat. They give very little care to
the appearances of their houses and yards
everything looks in dilapidated condition.
although the country is new.
l find I am making this letter too long
Have some rich scenes which will dot you
down as pass along. The candidates are
about to harangue the sOvereigns of Scott -
More anon. i. o. B.
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How to Detect Counterfeits.

/. Examine the appearance of bill-the
genuine have general dark appearance.
2 Examine the vignette, or picture in the
middle of the top; see if the sky or back
ground looks clear and transparent, or soft and
even, and not scratcby.
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life-like, particularly the eyes.
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shows the folds distinctly.
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and uniform, not scratchy. This work, in the
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cannot be perfectly initiated.
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Of a uniform slope.
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on the face or outside of the letters, &c. See
If it is clear and looks as if colored with a
brush. The fine and parallel lines in the gen.
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counterfeits look as if done with file.
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and smooth. This is in genuine notes inva-
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stiff, as if done with a pen.
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NoTE.-It was remarked by Stephen Bur-
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Rnrrrou, Smith Co, .AugSst 3.

olAAikA Cof Ne y
On Tuesday, we (some eight or nine, all
candidates. including myself) started for this
place. A few miles on the road. and it looked
like rain, though when all was bright had
yielded my place in the buggy for short
jaunt on horseback. The rain came on-and
the dinner house being not many miles of,
there was. Of course, race.-frOm the rain,
and for dinner The stced. upon whose bony
back was seated, like the charger Of Hudi-
bras, was loaded down. and "did only trot 4"
Tn not fond of trOtting horse. nor Of the
rain; but Of tho two I'd take the rain-sO 1
took it 4; and if the sun had not concluded to
show himself in the afternoon, would had the
pleasure of again testing the virtue of by
dropathy.- During our ride to this place,
Judge Stone was very severely poisoned by
the shumake. and is at the present writing
almost unable to see, bis face and hands be-
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-08-17
A Railroad Adventure.


Among the many clever things in the Jul,
number Of the KnickerJocker is the follow
ing. The author begins, it will be seen. il
poetical phrase. but is presently compelled t
break cover" and come out into the opel
6eld verse. Hear him -
II took the cars at Albany, not many year
ago, when every seat was occupied, and SOM
walked TO and fro along the passage way; bu
hold! find that in prose this story won't be told
There's jingle in the subject and rhymth, so t
say which dehes prosaic rules; Sc III let It have
its way:
"The car was full Of passengers,
can't recall the number,
For had but awakened from
An unrefreshing slumber,
When lady, who facing me,
Directly met my eye,
But turned away Immediately,
And smiled knew not why.
"When youthful folks who strangers are,
Are seated face to face.
In the silence Of a rail road car,
A grave and formal place,
Their wand'ring eyes will sometimes meet
By some strange fascination,
And they cannot keep their faces straight,
Though dying with VeNatlon.
GSlmpletons there doubtless are,
Whose mouths are always stretching,
But the guileless mirth Of maiden's eyes
And dimpled cheeks is catching:
First she laughed and then laughed,
couldn't say lrhat at;
gazed al her, and she at me,
And then she laughed at that.
GShe endeavored 70 renress her mirth.
But couldn't hold it half in,
For with face concealed behind book,
She almost died a-laughing.
She pouted when she found her lips
Determined on a smile,
But twas very plain the pretty rogue
Was laughing all the while,
"Thus happily the moments flew
To me, at least, of course,
Though when she saw me smiling too,
II made the matter worse;
And when, at last, left the car,
caught her laughing eye,
And had one more good grin before
/ tore myself away.
anime inn sought in saddened mood,
And with feelings Of regret;
Those brilliant eyes. felt assured,
never could forget.
And when arrived, vaise in hand,
pauSed-l can't tell why
Before a mirror on a stand
And gazed with curious eye.
any cravat was turned half round or more,
And shocked was | TO find
That my hat was badly Jammed before,
And the rim turned up behind
Then whiei haste my room | sought,
swore along the stairs,
That | would not again be caught
A-napping in the carsn
The s'moral' which the author educes from this
Is a very pregnant one "When you find yourself
the speca and unwonted object Of female atten-
tion don't get particularly excited until you have
seen loo1ing-gass n
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Wrsrrpv V,porv,, The whole reo

WESTERN VIRGNIA.-The whole region
of Western Virginia is rapidly filing up. =
The tide of migration is pouring in from all
quarters. Few have any adequate concep-
ton Of the extent or character Of this incom-
ing. Hitherto, so scattering were tho settle
ments. and so small the companies Of new
comers, that most Of them found possessions
and habitations along the margins of rivers
and lesser streams. Not so now. The Low
lands are pretty well flled-too much crowd
ed for comfort to the hardy pioneers, who fee
the denser neighborhood, and seek new homes
upon the uplands. thus populating large tracts
of country which have long lain waste-the
domain of the deer. and other wild animals
Virginia paper.
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Heroic AcT OF A JAIL KEEPER.-We late
" mentioned that on the 4th inst. the prison
ers confined in the Cincinnati Jail attempted
to make their escape. A Cincinnati paper
gives the annexed account of the scene
On the evening preceding tho 4th of July
an attempt was made by the chain-gaDg TO es-
cape from durance vile, by cutting hole
through the ceiling of their cell, climbing
from thence TO the garret, and then cutting
another hole through the outer wall. near the
roof This they had nearly effected before
they were overheard. However, their noise
awOke Mr.. Millage. one of the turkeys, who
seizing club Immediately fastened to the roof
where be encountered one or two who had al
ready made their way through the aperture,
and we're making preparations to descend out
side the wall A blow from the club in the
hands Of Mr.. Nj. laid one Of them low, while
the other was brought to terms by we'll d.
rected shot in the arm Following up his ad-
vantage, be sprang to the edge of the roof,
Immediately above the aperature, assuring
the affrighted birds that the first one who pro-
truded his head would most assuredly lose
what little brains be had left BY this time
assistance arrived. and the whipped scoun-
drels, one of whom is Billy Adams. the noto-
rious thief, were escorted to safe quarters.