Southern shield., 1853-07-30
The Examination on Wednesday
 Evening.

their guidance. It IS difficult to dis criminate where all done well; but we cannot forbear noticing the recitations by Masters PORTER, MOORE and HoR- NOR, they would have done credit to boys of riper years; that young Hor- her is trump card; he'll do. There was little girl, Miss MOORE, we be- lieve, who sang "Comin' through the Rye," in manner astonishing for one of her tender years. That child is a genius. We dislike to say anything to discourage the we'll meant efforts of Miss Black, but candor compels us to say that we think some portions of the exhibition under the heads of Music and pantomime or Cahsthenics had much better have been left out of the bill of fare. The specimens of con- position by the elder young ladies were very good, particularly that on Intem- perance, and also on the Influence of Woman.
 R. F. SUTTON, Esq, delivered an eloquent and soul-stirring address on the importance of education. By the way, he gave the leading men of oul town a severe castigation on the sub ject of a school-house. They richly deserved all they got. The idea of a people spending, as the people of Hel- ena have done, several thousand dollars in the erection of churches and failing to provide suitable house for a school, is certainly a matter with which they can justly reproach themselves. We would say more on this subject but want of space forbds at present. ~~~-~~~-~-~~~-~~~~)-~ l THE COURT T-HOUSE.-A citizen and tax payer of the county has suggested to us the propriety of making the en- quiry whether the insurance on the Court house could be collected in case that building was to be destroyed by fire? The Clerk and Sheriff are un- doubtedly entitled to the use of rooms for offices and bedrooms, but whether the house is to be used for any other purpose is exceedingly questionable This matter demands the attention oI the County Court.
 1 1 SUIcIDE.-A negro man belonging to Mr. POWELL, of Coahoma county
 Miss, drowned himself by leaping
 from the ferry in the Mississipp river, opposite this place, on Tuesday last. The negro had been runaway was taken up on this side, and was being conveyed across the river, wher he formed and executed the desperate design of terminating his existence He had on about 30 pounds of iron
 which prevented his ever coming to the
 surface after he leaped in.
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 | THE SoNs OF TEMpERANCE-Tht
 members of this praiseworthy Order
 marched in procession through ou principal streets on Friday. Thei appearance with their banners, rega
 lia, badges, etc, was quite imposing They marched to the Baptist Church
 where a very able and touching ad
 dress was delivered by M. w. Alex ander, Esq.
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 I UT We see it stated that the fine steamer Eclipse is coming into the | New Orleans and St. Louis trade
 for the present.
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 l Egg The latest foreign news indi
 cates that war between Russia anc
 Turkey is inevitable. England, Aus tria, and France, it is to be hoped
 will form an alliance to prevent the Autocrat from cffectuaIly plotting Turkey out of the list of independen nations.
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 I To THE EDToRs OF THE SOUTHERN SHIELD;" T A call was made on me, through T the Democratic Star, by "Many Vo-
 ters," to become candidate for Common School Commissioner-and
 requesting you to copy.
 | It would have afforded me plea sure
 to have accepted the call from my | friends, but owing to the business ir in which am now engaged, it would
 be impossible for me to give that at
 tention to the duties of that office 1 which the law and the importance o
 the subject demand, and knowing
 there are others better qualified than , myself, and willing to take the re lsponsibility thereof, I would most re