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The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26
Angel whispers.

Angel whispersl will they never
Cease to tell Of golden realms,
Isles Of beauty, smiling ever
In mystic sea Of dreams!
Lands OF flowers and gems Of spices,
And an atmosphere Of love,
Where the dark-eyed girls entice us
In the fairy lands to rove.
Angel whispers, softly bringing
From beyond the starlight skies;
Echoes of the sweet songs ringing,
Through the vale Of paradise;
Visions Of bright fountains gushing
Nectar, washing golden sands,
And the red wine rivers rushing
By the pearl and amber strands.
Loving spirits hover near US,
Clothed in silent robes Of light,
And with seraPh voices woo US
TO the regions Of delight.
Voices Of exquisit sweetness;
would clasp your viewless formsl
But your wings of fairy feetness,
Still elude my outstretched arms
Angel whispers, gently stealing
Where the hush of death surrounds,
With their holg balm of healing
For bruised spirits wounds;
Breathing delightful story
Of bright immortality,
And land Of love and glory,
Far beyond life's troubled sea.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26
Virginia Manufactured Tobacco

lust received per steamer Alton, from New
Orleans, (selected By myself full supply of
the cheapest Family Groceries. Also, Brandies,
Wines, Fruits, &C. have made arrangements
with an Importing House in New Orleans,
which enables me BY order, to be always pre-
pared for both wholesale and retail customers.
have on hand choice brands of Claret Wine,
which can sell at as low prices as can be pur-
chased in New Orleans. Give me a call.
D. TAMBORINE.
Yazoo city, may 81, 1852. 46-tf
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26

PosrAar STAMPKD ENVELOPES. Ihe POST
Master General has decided that the new
stamped envelopes can only be used without
autilation. In case where the stamp
was cut from an envelope and pasted on 2:
Mother envelope postmaster forwarded the
the letter as unpaid, and this course was ap.
proved BY the Department.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26

~ The public are cautional against the
bills Of the City Exchange Company, Of
Memphis, Tenn, purporting to have been
chartered By the Legislature Of Tennessee
The bills are signed B. Emerson, Cashier
The only Charter this company has is one
to deal IN Coz being wholly unauthorized
toissue moneYed bills. Nashville Banner.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26
THE WHIG.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 20. 1853.
Another Democrat Isepudiating
T1iorDn

Another Democrat Isepudiating
Pierce.
! Hon. James Maurice. Representative il
Congress from the First District of New
York, is out in letter to his constituents
The appointments for that region are SO dis
lruptable and unpopular, that he finds it ne
cessary to8defend himself from the suspi
cion of having had any influence in procur.
ing them. He admits that, upon being in.
formed that the Postmaster General would
be pleased to receive information and adj
vice" from him in regard to the proper per.
sons to be appointed. he did recommend a
number of suitable persons; but that in
every case. save one onlysall his recon-
mendatious were disregarded, and, though
some unknown influence. improper or in
competent persons appointed.
To show that he does not speak from i'm
proper or interested motives, MIR. Maurice
declares.
Il have not asked any place or Office for
any blood relative or connexion of my own,
and in the recommendations have given,
my earnest desire has been to promote the
welfare of the community, by the appoint
ment of none but proper and competent
men, and to subserye the interests Of the
democratic party by making selections from
among its known, approved and trustworthy
adherents."
One paragraph Of his letter especially,
utters sentiments which are no doubt enter
tanned by nearly all the sound national por
ton of the party, however they may, in
some regions. and for prudential reasons. be
just now refused an utterance. Mr.. NJ says:
at is not requisite should dwell on any
special circumstances connected with the
formation of the present National Admins
tration, for they are matters of history;
widely known, and likely to be long re-
membered; nor assume the prophets privi
lege, and predict any consequence from
them; these are coming ofathemselves fast
enough to render such an effort equally un
necessary and presumptuous; nor say much
on the policy, as it is called, of consolidate
ing the democratic party, by the bestowal
of places of great influence and trust and
profit on unmistakcable specimens of every
faction that has of late years threatened to
disturb the peace of che country. These
topics can be treated more satisfactorily at
another time, and, if need be, will then
enlarge upon them. For the present, it will
be sufficient to observe, that if had be-
lieved it possible that the nominee of the
last Democratic Convention could lend him
self to the furtherance of faction, North
or South, my name would not have been
for your sufrages. And if the
great body of the American people had not
been deceived into his support, as / was.
General Pierce would still be practicing law
at Concord, and Illustrating by turns the
politics and the jurisprudence of New Hamp-
shire / have too high respect for the
Office of Chief Magistrate Of this Republic.
and am too willing to yield to its possessor
that respect the Office itself deserves, to say
more at this time on this subject"
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go it old fellow. said two idle scapegra-
ces to be and honest laboror at work
Work away while we play SOW we'Ilteap.'
Very likely, ny lads replied the old man
coeIIY. ImsoViDg hemp.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26

A CROwDED JAN The Mountain Demo
crat says "The JAN Of Cambria county.
Pa, Is jammed. crammed and stuffed, pack
Jed down. shook together and running over
with prisoners
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26

THr DAupHru nor DEAD YER The Rev.
Mr.. Hanson does not give up the chase. He
is writing book to prove that there is q
bourbon among Us. Z
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26
Van LOON, PAXTON 8 Coz
LEvEE srREEr, VIcKsBTRe,

LIVE STREET, VIcKsBTRe,
l4aeEinists, Iron and Brass FouAders,
ENGINE AND CARR BUILDERS,
Gin and Mil Work, and all kinds Of Plan,
tation and Steamboat work promptly
executed and fully guaranteed
February IS, 1858, 52-fy
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26

There are thirty zone thousand in
sane and idiotic persons IN the United States
one to every eight hundred inhabitants,
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w. r. MILEs. r. B. MAYEs.
MILES 8 ElAY3go
Attorneys m Law.
r. B. MAYEs
Attorneys Ht La

ness intrusted to them in all the courts held in
The counties of Yazoo and Holmes.
Office in Wilson's Building, by the Telegraph
Office, Yazoo city. Jan 7, So, 26-ly
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1859.
OOPER'S WELL.
TEVHE undersigned has taken the ENTIRE
u management and eOntroll of

4 e.
= management and eDntroll of
gOOp3LR0a WE'LL
andis now prepared to accommodate the public
A new dining room has been erected, the
SLEEPING ROOMS plastered and fitted with
new furnturesand BEDDING, and complete
renovation effected
Apsple Accommodations Wiu Be Provided for
FIVE HUNDRED GUESTS;
and no more will be received than can be COM
fortably accommodated.
For INVALIDS there can be no more adj
vantageous retreat. The water is highly re-
commended by the medical faculty, and the
wonderful cures effected by its use almost sur
pass belief Ample details of several astonishing
cures may be obtained on application at the
Well.
The terms will be moderate, and no exertion
will be spared to make guests comfortable.
The Vicksburg and Jackson and Raymond
Railroad will convey passengers to Raymond,
thence miles to the Well, in w. Fl. Smiths
line of New Four HORSE STAGES. The time
of trip is less than hours from Vicksburg.-
Through tickets from Viekeburg to Cooper's
Well can be obtained at the Railroad depot,
price So 20.
Jan 81, '53. 28-tf JOHN THATCHER.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-08-26
Sparkling Champagne

TUST received, e25 baskets Tia Gordon
- Vert'' brand in pinls and quarts, for sale
BY D. TANBORINE.
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caTRHNTBERRTEs and Cherries IN theil
= own juice. fsl sale b p TAalRQRINk
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Great wire Bridge.

tits known that there Is no regular bridge
communication across the Potomac between
the District and Alexandria. A PROPOSE
tion for the erection of an immense wire
suspension bridge has been submitted to
the corporation Of Georgetown, by Charles
Ellet, Esq, Civil Engineer.
The bridge Mr.. ElleL proposes, is wire
suspension bridge, Ot such size and weight
as 10 be competent 70 the uses OF railroad,
as we'll as ordinary travel. At the preferred
point az the Three Sisters, the riVel Is | 1870
leet wide, which would be the length of
bridge there. This distance Mr.. Ellet pro-
poses to span with a single arch, declining
10 use the granite rocks which lieIn the river
in the line OF the proposed structure. The
cost of this structure he sets down az 1896,
$40, but says that if The bridge be divided
into two spans by a pier on the aforesaid
rocks, the cost would be only 4O,OOO.-
He prefers the single span, however, on ac-
count OF its handsome appearance. This
bridge hs states would be four times heavier
aud sUouLer, and therefore, lour times
stronger than the Wheeling suspension
bridge, (of which Mr.. Ellet was cOnsruc.
tori aud would more than sustain the sim
ullaneOus pressue o! weight OF Two loco
mt tive engines with their tenders, forty
loaded freight cars, one hundred loaded
carts on the carriage ways and Que hun
dred horses, enough to occupy the bridge
from end TO end and In all amounting 70
SIX hundred tons weight.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

ting in upon you at the sight Of a bot
tie and fresh glasses, avoid giving way
to it as you would fly your greatest
destruction. If you cannot crush the
power Of fancy, or that within you
which you mistake for such, divert it,
give it some other play. Write an
essay, pen a character of description;
but not as | do now, with tears trick
ling down my cheeks. 10 be an OBJ
ject Of compassion to friends, oil deri-
sion to foes; to be suspected by stran-
gers, stared at by fools; to be esteemed
dull when you cannot be witty, to be
applauded for witty when you know
that you have been dull; to be called
upon for the extempor ,neous exercises
of that faculty which no premedita-
ton can give; to be set on to provoke
mirth which procures the procurer
hatred; to swallow drafts Of life de-
stroying wine, which are to be dis
tiled into airy breath to tickle vain
auditors; to mortgage miserable NOR
rows for nights OF madness; to waste
whole seas of time upon those who pay
it back in little inconsiderable drops
of grudging appause-are the wages
of bnffoonery and death. "
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
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Nation, 81 50 for Organ. Bro, W. called
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Nation, their prosperity and heProsress of
Temperance among the red men Of the
forest. The dread fre-water which has
almost annihilated the red man, finds a
firm and unyielding opponent in the Cher
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man Bro. W. on his way to the Session
fthe National Division, to procure char
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fifty copies Of the Organ for six months.
The amount was appropriated BY Chaun-
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"circulation Of the paper through this
Section of country among those that do not
belong to the Order" There are many Div
isions that should do likewise. Its bene-
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Organ.
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Organ.
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81 for Organ. This is the third letter
we have received from Bro. G. this week,
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for Organ.
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CO. o., 81 for Organ.
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Tracts.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

VI bAC DhDV@bh anu lOau OAiOA w w
it, and until ertirpated, it always will,
in spite of all the temperance men and
police officers in Christendom. Let
any other corruptively degrading vi
cious business be tolerated (and even
upheld and apoIogized for by the pub
lie press as is this) during the days
of labor, and how vain would be the
effort to control it in time of sacred
rest. There is no such time for vice
or those who pander to it. Let gaming
saloons and brOthels keep open house
from Monday until Saturday, and then
complain Of police officers and church
members for not devising some means
to have them closed on the Lords
day! AS well attempt to check the
current ofan angry and swollen stream
10y throwing straws upon its surface,
as to stay this river of death on the
Sabbath, when thousands of constant
ly increased rills are poured into it
the six days and six nights which
precede.
Sd. Your temperance brethren repost-
ed up in reference to the value and eff
cheney of your laws, your police, and
your criminal Judges and they are
advised through the daily city press,
that glorious "soups" and "eleven
O'Clock lunches, are served up on
Sunday morning at these places of
learning living"
4th. While the liquor traffic itself
is permitted, and liquors are not sub
ject to outlawry, the Coffee-house
keeper will have no difficulty in man
ufacturing testimony on Sunday, to
swear him clear Of any charge on Mon
day. The last question asked in the
Gazette extract is already answered,
if indeed any answer is demanded by
our readers.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Dangers Of Brandy Drinking.

In the last number of the Irish
Quarterly Review, the weakness Of
poor Maginn is thus alluded to:
"He now turned for comfort and
inspiration to the foul fiend, Brandy,
which has been the cause of misery
and death to so many men Of genius.
" e regret the errors of Addison and
Steele, we sigh at the recollection of
poor MoreIand, the painter, working
at his last picture, with the brush in
one hand and glass Of brandy in the
other, for he had then arrived at the
terrible condition in which reason
could only visit him through intoxica-
ton; and Maginn, although not SO
fallen as this, sunk deeply. The
weary hours of lonely watching
brought no resource, but that which
copious drafts of the liquor could sup
ply. Health was fading away, the
brightest years of life were passed for
ever, and as the dim future lowered,
he gazed upon it under the influence
of that demon which enthralled the
brilliant souls of Addison, of Sheri-
dan, of Charles Lamb, and which sent
the once stalwart form of Theodore
Hook, miserable, wretched skeleton,
to the grave.
Maginn, we know, felt his position.
He was neglected by his own party
ne was forgotten by many of his for
mer frie DIS, and as we looked upon
him in his pitiable condition, and COM
pared what we there saw in him with
what he might have, and as we hoped
would have BEEN, we often recalled
the fearful passage of Charles Lamb :
When you find a ticklish relish upon
your tongue, disposing you to witty
sort Of conversation, especially if you
find a preternatural flow of ideas set
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
ANOTHER.

I'VE 4ONNAt
The emigrant train, and the New
York express train from Frankfort,
came in collision last evening, on the
Ramapee branch Of the Erie Railway.
The disaster was caused by the issu-
ing of a new time table, and only fur
nishing it to one Conductor. The
collision is described as the most
frightful; the engines were completely
smashed, and one passenger car driven
half through another.
Farrell O'Ganon, . blacksmith on.
the express train, had one of his legs
cut of, and the other dreadfully crush
ed; he can not recover. James II.
Van, Felt, a brakeman on the Patterson
train, had his thigh broken, and is
otherwise badly crushed, so that his
recovery is doubtful, II. J. Griffin,
brakeman on the immigrant train,
had his leg broken. ]. W. Orsana,
the baggage master on the express
train, is BADLY hurt. A passenger
whose name is not known had his leg
broken. Many others were terribly
bruised and cut by being thrown
among the wreck.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Loss Of the Steamer Ocean Wave.
Twenty-eigM Lives Lost.
New YORK, MAY 6.

NEW loRK, may b.
The steamer Ocean Wave, running
on Lake Ontario, was burned at two
o'clock on Saturday morning last, fifty
miles above Kingston, on her passage
to Ogdensburgh.
There were fifty persons aboard. in
Guiding the crew, of whom only twen-
two were saved.
When the fire first broke out, the
boat was but a mile and a half from
land. The whole Of the upper works
were consumed in fifty minutes, and
the hull driLted off the shore and sunk
soon after. Those saved were picked
up by the boats Of passing vessels.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

There is certainly nothing in the
coffee house business so superior to
the other modes Of earning a living,
as to entitIe those who are engaged in
it to keep their houses open on sun
day, when all other places Of business
are shut. Then, why should good cit
liens, temperance men and all, pass
by these open cofee-houses on Sun
day and make no effort to have them
closed? Can not our temperance bre-
thren devise some stimulus whicA shall
induce the officers to enforce the pre-
sent laws, before others of a more
stringent nature are placed upon the
statute book ? Of what great eficien.
cy will Maine Liquor Law be, when
we are now unable to enforce the law
forbidding the sale of liquor on Sun
day ?-Cincinnatt Gazette.
We agree entirely with the Gazette
that "there is nothing in the coffee
hou e business so superior to the other
modes Of earning living" that these
houses should be kept open on Sun
day. Why are they not closed is the
question ? and why are not temper.
ance men engaged in the holy work
of bringing offenders against Heavens
law and the decencies of society, to
justice ? In answering these inquiries
we will say
lst. They can not be closed or
Sunday, because they are permitted
to remain open every other day il
the week, and the appetites created
fostered and sharpened through ,
period of six days, can not be appeas
ed without liquor on the seventh
churches and religion will not answe
as substitutes for wine, beer ant
brandy.
Cd. From the very character of tn
liquor traffic, it can not be requlQte,
by law. There is no law, human o
divine, that it oes not trampIe unde
foot.-It always did violate the la,
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
Another Dreadful Railway Acct.
.. dent.
More than Fifty Persons Killed!
New YORK, May 6.

New YORK, May 6.
The drawbridge at Norwalk, On the
New York and New Haven Railroad,
having been left open, the New Haven
train plunged in the river, and thirty
dead bodies have been taken out!
The bodies of the dead are gener-
ally much disfgured, and recognition
in many cases was very difficult. The
wounded have ample medical aid
The mails and baggage are saved in
a damaged condition. The draw.
bridge was opened to let the steamer
Pacific pass, and she had just passed
through. ....
The locomotive, baggage.car and
twelve passenger cars, were plunged
into the river, in fifteen feet water
Every person in the two first cars
were either killed or seriously injured.
A second despatch, dated a o'clock
this P. M, says, that about fifty dead
bodies had been recovered up to 8
o'clock. All the employees of the
I company escaped with slight bruises.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13
STILL LATER.
NoRwALK, Man 6, 7P. N.

The worst antlcipations are more
than realized. The result of this
frightful calamity is shocking. Forty
nine dead bodies have been taken out
Of the water, and in addition to this,
there were twenty injured, TWO OF
whom have since died, and Others also
so badly hurt, that their recovery is
impossible.
NEW YoRK, May 7th.-Fifty.iour
bodies have been recovered from the
river at Norwalk, nearly all of which
have been recognized.
The Connecticut Legislature has
introduced bill imposing line OF
$4,000 on all railway companies
within the State for each person killed
on their roads, as well as heavy PEN
alties for all accidents.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

Of the one thousand men who formed the
New York regiment III the Mexican war, only
sixty are nov alive, aud but about forty are
able to earn tnen living. This is sad COM
mentary on war.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-05-13

The train was running fifty miles an
hour, and it is stated that the blame
rests on the engineer, as all the usual
signals were displayed by the bridge
tenders at the time.