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The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

TEXAS MARBLE.-Thc Indianloa Bulletin, in
speaking of the mineral products of Texas,
says; The white marble extending from
Austin to San Antonio along the mountain
slope, xhustible-indeed, there are
whole mountains of it, of the most beautiful
kind, which is quarried, then sawed as
into any desired shape and planned off to a
perfect polish. Ii is quite soft rock when
taken out but hardens Immediately by expo
sure to the air.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08


Discovery OF VALUABLE SILVER MINES
1t is stated that great excitement has been
created in the towns on the Rio Grande,
opposite Ell Paso, by the discovery of some
very valuable silver mines on the eastern
slope of the mountains. about sixty miles
east of Danna Ana. The ore is found in
immense quantities directly on the ground
and several tons oft have already been
gathered The Houston Telegraph says
lone mine is SO rich that the silveris ex-
tracted readily by melting it with common
log fire of pine. Lead ore is also found in
extensive veins, traversing the rocks in eve
ry direction are informed that thou
sands of tons of lead ore, similar to that OBJ
tanned at the lead mines near Galena. can
be gathered on the surface of the ground
on the mountains east 81 Paso.-There is a
large hill near the silver mines, that might
with propriety be styled the lead mountain,
as it seems to be an immense mass of gale,
or lead ore. # we may believe the accounts
of persons who have visited these mines they
must be far more extensive and valuable
than any Of the mines in Illinois or Wiscon-
sin,
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08
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LIVERY.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08
Particular Notice.

FEyIIE L ldies will please call and examine
my Stock of Dress Goods consisting Ia
part Of
SKIS. d'Laines, Berqges, Persian Cloths,
Meriaos, Aipacas, Gjnghanae, SW'ss,
Jackonet, Barred MusIins, de-, dc,
all of which Iselected with great care and am
determined to sell at very reduced prices on
credit, and for cash, as cheap as any house in
the city.
Whether you intend to purchase or not, |
extend to you most cordial invitation to call
and look at nay stock. Don't delay
N. W. HOBSON,
sign of the Eagle.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

rs that clock right over there?" asked
a visitor the other day.
Right over there said the boy, 'taint
no where else"
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08
Curious Rhymes.

What is earth, sexton-A place to dig graves
What is earth, rich mana place to work
slaves
What is earth, grey beard-A place to grow
old
What is earth, miser-A place to dig gold
What is earth, schoolboy-A place for my play
What is earth, maiden--A place to be gay
What is earth, seamstress-A place where I
weep
What is earth, sluggard-A good place to sleep
What is earth, solder-A place for battle
What is earth, herdsman-A place to raise
cattle
What is earth, widdow-A place of true SORROW
What. is earth, tradesman-I'll tell you to-mor-
= row
What is earth, sickman-'T's nothing to me
What is earth, sailor-N1y home is the sea-
What is earth, statesman-A place to win
fame
What is earth, author-Ill write there my
name
What is earth, monarch--For my relm it's
What is earth, chrstian-The gateway to
heaven!
UNwRrrrEN K1ssEs.-By Fanny Fern
A sensible contemporary says: "Thc wo-
men ought to make pledge not to kiss
man who uses tobacco"
So they had! but the deuce of it is, all
II. tAI.o...o 80 go - 3, eoDoa ebonai
And kissing isa little luxury not to be dis
pensed with As to female kiss, taught
there's no effervescence in it; it's as flat as
an unmixed soda powder! If I'm victim
lied that way always take an early appli-
cation of soap and water! You will see
women practice it sometimes, just to keep
their hand in clips mean; but it is
miserable substitute sham articlel done
half the time to tantalize some of the male
audience! q hope to be pardoned for turn
ing States evidence. but don't care a
pin if amt! Now kissing is natural gift.
not to be acquired by any bungler; when
YOU meet gifted brother, make note
ont, as Capt. Cutie says. There's your :
universal kisser. who can't distinguish be-
tween your kiss and your grandmother's,
faugh! There's your philosophical trans
occidental kisscr, who goes through the mo-
tons in the air!sthen there's oh! my sem
sesl--they say there's such thing as sun
written music" and "unwritten poetry"
have my private suspicious that there are
ssunwritten Kisses
Fanny has not only remarkable talent
for describing kiss, but she has evidently
a taste for the thing itself, and knows how
to appreciate it, She is glorious womani
and her heart is in the right place, or she
never could have such just conceptions Of
the requisite ''iittle itrurye' II.
rs that clock right over thefe?" asked
a visitor the other day.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

If the rirls would only spend As much
time with Encyclopedias as theVdo with
milliners. they would soon End bends
IS attractive as their bats.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

"The decision of the Chancellor(in favor
of the liability ofthe State to pay the Union
Bank Bonds )is not worth to the bond hold
ers as much as the blank paper on which
it is written. = lNississippio's.
Gg- Why doyou make such fuss a.
bout it then? If the legal decision Of the
Chancellor can draw no money from the
Treasury, as it cannot,why attempt to draw
that decision into the political canvass? 1t
is granted by all, that the Legislature can
alone appropriate money from the Treasury.
The people have finally exclusive control
over these bonds. Why not be content
with that safeguard, and let the courts Of
law, into which we have invited the credi-
tors ofthe State to enter, decide a purely
legal question, as legal one, It would not
be attempting TO convert the courts into 9
political tribunal.
The way chickens are Matched down east,
barrel IS procured and filed With eggs
and the hen sets on the.bung hole.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

gThe Home Journal announces that
the early hours for parties in New York
have become decidedly the fashion. Go at
eight supper at ten carriages at eleven
pillows by twelve dreames at quarter
past Such are the present decress Of Gus.
tom. The change is universally approved
of; and people wonder Why it was not atfec-
ted sooner. The Lady Of the Last Head
ache would be timely poem.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

Eg According to the report of the sup
erintendant of the Ohio Lunatic ASYLUM.
there are at present confined in that institu-
ton. twenty victims of the spiritual
rappings" delusion, the number being equal
ly divided between males and females.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

A New MED1uM.-A gentleman was met
in the street the other night, who had evil
IDENTIFY taken in too much of the ardent for
convenient storage, and was rather unquiet-
" resting himself against lamp post, when
an acquaintance came along and observed
that the afflicted individual had on new
overcoat. ''Well, Bob" said he, guess
you've been indulging in a new oyercoat. /"
"Coat!'' replied Bob, giving his hat a
knock back. and endeayoring to gesticulate,
this a-a'int coat"
"Isn't coat. Ell? Well. Bob. what is
it?''
Bob elevated himself to a tottcring per
pendicular, and exclaimed, "This ere a'int
a c-oa-t; its a spirit scrapper.''
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

ROOKSI BOOKS! "A large assortment
= , of Historical, Biographical, Poetical, Mis-
cellaneous & Fictitious works just arrived fresh
from the northern press. G. T, MANN
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-04-08

q 1IsLANEsS celebrated Liver pills, in
Sick Headache and II al bilious com.
F'1infs Surpassed By none. fof sale 81
Jan % %. THOMPSON g CO.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
The Sunday Law.

Judge Jones of Berks county, at the OPEN
ing Of the court on Monday, the 7th, devoted
part of his charge to an elucidation of The
Sunday law. The Press states the Judges
position 10 be.
"That the enforcement of the Sunday laws
was strictly within the Province Of Aldermen
and Justices of the Peace, and that the Court
had no jurisdiction in regard to said laws ex-
cept upon catiorari or writs of error from the
action ofthese officers. The penalty imposed
is four dollars for each violation of the act of
1894, which prohibits all worldly employment
Except works of charity and necessity un-
der which are included the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors and shaving on Sunday"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Good Corn,

Sheriff Phillips raised seven and three
quarters acres of corn the past season, on
his farm in Doylestown township, that is
worthy of honorable mention, even if
any other farmer in the county has
beaten it, which we are inclined to doubt.
He had one acre of the field accurately
surveyed, by Richard Watson, Esq, and
the corn that grew upon it husked and
shelled by some half dozen disinterested
persons; and it measued 90 bushels. The
corn on the remainder of the field was
afterWard nearly all husked and measured
in the ear; and it showed an average of
over eighty-fve bushels of shelled corn
to the acre. The ground was ploughed
in Maya coat of barn-yard manure
turned down with the soda small hand
full Of ashes and plaster dropped in the
hill along with the corn. The corn was
planted in hills of three or four grains
each, four feet apart each way, and was
worked with the cultivator alone,-no
plow, harrow, or hoe put into it.
DO2leStOlcn Iltclligc1ccT.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Tie New Tear.---I6sl,

OK the first of January next, " GLEA
SONS PICToRIAL" will commence it
strth rol"n'e, and will appear vastly i'm
proved in all respects, with superb neV
heading, new type and dress throughout
and viii be printed upon the finest paper
As the proprietor of the pictorial" ha:
purchased the entire goodwill of Barn.
um's New York ILLUSTRATED News" and
has merged that journal in the "Pictori-
al, the public will reap the advantage Of
this concentration of the strength of the
two papers upon one, both in the artistic &
literary departments. The same brilliant
host of contributors and artists will be
engaged on "Gleason's PictoriaI' as here
tofore, and large addition is also made
to the corps, both in talent and NUMBER
The most liberal arrangements have been
completed, and such as will enable the
proprietor to produce by far the finest
illustrated journal yet published, and
much superior to the present issue of the
paper. The columns of the pictorial"
will constantly be beautifed by all that
can please and instruct in art and nature,
and its literary department will fully sus-
tain the high reputation it has so long en-
joyed.
The pages Of "Gleason's Pictorial" will
contain views of every populous city in
the known world, of all buildings of note
in the eastern or western hemisphere, Of
all the principal ships and steamers of
the navy and merchant service, with fine
and accurate portraits of every noted
character in the world, both male and fe-
male. Sketches of beautiful scenery, taken
from life, will also be given, with numer-
ous specimens from the animal kingdom,
he birds Of the air, and the fish of the
sea, and will present in its mechanical
execution an elegant specimen of art
t will contain fifteen hundred and sixty
our square inches, giving great amount
If reading matter and illustrations-and
orming a mammoth weekly paper of six
cen octave pages.
Terms Three dollars per annum.
Published every SATURDAY, by
T. GLEASON,
,orner Of fremont and Bromfield Streets.
IOsToN, MASS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Thieves AbCut,--LOOk out for
taem!

We would advise our farmers and 9th
ers to take care of their poultry, there
are thieves about. In Montgomery, Lc-
high and Schuylkill counties chicken
stealing is carried on to an alarming ex-
tent. The farmers in some localities arc
obliged to take their chickens in the
house in the evening in order to save
them; others have provided their coops
with spring-guns, man-traps, &c.
This kind of thieving, we believe, h as
not yet been introduced into this County,
bat the present high price of provisions
may lead to considerable stealing before
the Winter is over. Those who have
not secure places for their poultry, pro-
visions, &c. had best attend to it at once.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Delaware, Lehigh and Wyoming
Valley Railroad.

Col. Allen has just made his report Oh
the Delaware, Lehigh and Wyoming Val
ley Railroad, from Wilkes Barre
to the Delaware Water Gap. A great
part of the summer has been spent by the
Col. and his assistants in surveying and
locating this road. The Col. says:-
"The route of the line leaves the Wyo-
ming Valley by the Mill Greek Gap, and
ascends to the summit by grade of six
ty-two-and- -a-half feet to the mile, (by an
increased expenditure, and lengthening
the line, this may be reduced Glow sixty
feet to the mile;) after passing over Bear
Greek and Meadow Run, by level grade,
it descends through Choke Creek to the
Lehigh river, and crossing to the west
side Of Locust Ridge, ascends twelve feet
to the mile to the summit Of the Pocono
Mountain. A further examination will,
[ think. enable US to reduce the grade on
this part Of the line, and perhaps throw
it out altogether.
The line thendescends through Hippy's
Gap, and takes the side of the mountain
to Tannersvlllc, the maximum grade be-
ing seventy feet the mile.
After passing Tannersville, the line
continues down the Valley Of the Pocono
creek to Stroudsburg. 1t then takes the
valley of Broadhead's Creek, to the Della
ware, at point about five hundred feet
above the mouth of Broadhead's Creek,
the last half mile being continuation of
the tangent over the bridge.
The curves upon the line are easy,
none of them having less than twelve hun
dred feet radius. The length of the Del
aware bridge will be seven hundred and
twenty-six feet Its location is one Of
the most favorable that can be obtained
1t is approached by an easy curve on the
New York side, and the line crosses the
river almost at right angles, while the
rock on tie same side forms a natural a.
butment; the low lands on the Pennsylva-
MIA side will afford ample space to vent a
ny back water that may be caused by
the erection Of the piers"
His estimates are, for grading, build
ing, laying tracks, main line and side
tracks, making seventy miles, depots, wa
ter stations, equipments and everything
required-s2, 1914, ,99G,45. This includes
the engines, cars, and in fact all that will
be necessary to starting the locom olives
with their burthens.
The estimate Of yearly receipts made
By Col. Allen show net income of S367,-
074, "being more than twelve per cent on
capital Of three millions of dollars"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
W hat may be had for Three
Dollars.
AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY.

AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY.
Arrangements hav9 been made bv
which the HOME JOURNAL (which is 81
Year,, aud the \. Y. MUSICAL WORLD
AND TINES (Which is So a YEAR,, will
both be furnished for THREE DOL
LARS, TO all who subscribes or renew
their subscriptions before the first day of
January, 1854. These papers are lead
Ing journals Of their kind. The HOME
Journal is SO well known that any de-
scription Of it will be superfuous. 1t is
enough TO say, that, in addition to the
articles OF its editors jMoRRIs & WILLIs).
1t IS enriched by the contributions of
many Of the most brilliant pens now at
work on either side of the Atlantic. Jtis
an brief, a superior FAMILY NEWS
TAPER. The MUSICAL WORLD AND
LINES gives over two hundred pages of
choice, new music, annually, which would
cost at ae Stores some thirty dollars;
and the editor (RICHARD SToRRs VIII
LIs), furnishes the best possible musical
instruction and criticisms on music and
musicians. 1t also gives vast amount
OF useful and interesting musical infor-
nation, furnished by Lowell Mason.
Ihos.e Hastings, Root, Bradbury and
others, just what teachers, scholars,
clergymen, choristers, organists and
singers need; while FANNY FERN con-
tributes one of her best original articles
every week. Both papers, containing
all this literature, music, amusement and
instruction, are furnished for the small
sum Of THREE DOLLARS. Address
either MORRIS & WILLIS, Publishers of
the Hone JoHyzaaz; or, DYER & WILLIS,
Publishers Of the 1IuSicM U0zd andI
Tunes, New York.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Great Poultry ShoW,

4 Grand exhibition of Poultry, com
Prising, domestic fowls, turkeys, geese,
ducks, &c, was held in the Chinese Muse
um, Philadelphia, last week! Some five
thousand specimens, it is said, were on
exhibition; and crowds of visitors were
attracted thither. The Shanghai, Cochin
China, and other breeds are Of extraor-
dinary size. A large and beautiful col
lection Of canaries and other songsters was
also included in the display.
One Of the attractions of the exhibition
was patent chicken hatcher, which was
constantly turning out freshly hatchcd
chickens.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Election Of Bank Directors,

On Monday the 2lst ult. the Banks o
the Borough of Easton, held their annua
election for Directors. The following
gentleman were elected
Farmers and llechaaic'S.-Peter S
Michler, John Green, Jr., Philip II
Goepp, John A. Sletor, Samuel Sandt
Daniel Lachenour, G. G. Field, Samuel
Sinner, Peter Sinner, Robert Cotting-
ham, Daniel Whitesell, William Lee and
Cyrus laval
EAsToN.-David D. Wagner, Michael
Butz, George A. Hice, Charles Innes, Pc
ter lhrie, William Ii. laval, G. A. Luck
enbach, Charles w. Mixsell, Peter Pomp,
II. Reeder, James Thompson,
Jacob IL. Viking and Matthias Krause.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Deaths at Sea.

1t is reported that of the 16,30O PAS
sengers who embarked from Europe for
this country, between the 9th of Septem-
Der and the l6 ult., not less than e1eren
died on the passage The larg-
est number of deaths on any one ship.
49, occurred on the Winchester, from
Liverpool, which arrived Sept. 27th.--
Four other ships had from 73 to rs
deaths on board. The disease which has
proved so malignant, generally passes un-
der the name Of ship-fever.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
The PEOPLES Journal.

The above is the title of new month
" Illustrated sheet, devoted to Agricul-
ture. Mechanics, Science and useful
knowledge, by ALFRED E. BEACH, No.
Sc Nassau ST. n. Y: 1t contains 80
pages, a large number of engravings, and
a great deal of useful information. 1t
will no doubt obtain an extensive circu-
lation. For terms, &c. see prospectus in
an other column.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Sagacity Of a Rat.

1t is said that rats often display a Gun.
ming and an instinct worthy of better
race. There is an old house in West
Chester almost alive with these "under.
mining" pests, and where they frequently
commit depredations which in tact and
skill would do credit to a professional
burglar. A few days since, in order to
be secure from their assaults, basket of
potatoes was hung high up against the
wall on nail. On going to the basket a
day afterwards, it was found that rat
had obtained access to the potatoes by
ascending the partition inside the lath
and plaster to opposite the basket, and
then by eating through the lath, plaster
and basket, found easy admission to his
prey. Did he think, or measure his dis
tance!
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
LnsiicCiS Of the ReaEar.

The Placeryille Herald says, Indians
and mountaineers, from every locality
where the beaver aboUnds, report the fact
that these animals, contrary to their move.
ments for the last seven years, are now
raising their dams around their ancient
habitations, more than foot above their
former height; and that they have COM
menced their work earlier in the season
by at least six weeks, than ever before
known. From this fact, which is ap-
parent and undisputed, many anticipate
an early commencement, and larger
quantity of rain, and of course snow upon
the mountains, the coming winter, than
on any previous one since the discovery
of gold in California.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
Arrival Of .EpEe,

The Steamer Germania from Bremen
formerly the Acadia of the Cunard line)
put into Halifax on her way to New Y York,
and the Halifax papers have the following
in relation to her passengers
"Her passengers are motley group,
among whom are some one hunczred aud
Gfty Jews, who have evidently turned
their backs upon Jerusalem, except, as
some people assert, it is to be rebuilt in
the Western World. About one hundred
passengers are en route to California land
nearly all are seeking home in the far
West.n
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-12-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Steamships Washington, which
sailed from southampton on the 9th ult
arrived at New York, and the Canada
from Liverpool on the 18th, is announced
by telegraph as having arrived at Hall
fax. The news by both vessels, on the
oath, is one week later, and of highly
important character Turks and Rus
slams have had several skirmishes, in
which the former appear to have come off
victorious, with heavy losses to the latter.
Accounts from Vienna state that the
Turks had an engagement with the Rus
slams in which fourteen superior Rus
sian officers fell, the Turks remaining
masters of the field and the Russians re-
treating to Bucharest. Four Russian Of
fcers arrived at Constantinople as prls-
oners of war. Accounts from CONSTANT
nople state that the Sultan had positively
rejected all proposals which the diplomat
lists have submitted to him. 1t is ru-
murod that the Gar has formed an alli-
ance with Dost Mahomet, of Persia, to
proclaim war against British India, if
Great Britain persists in supporting
Turkey. Austria remains neutral, but
keeps a strict watch over the movements
of Servia. The Servian Government i'll
the meantime has ordered the population
to arm, and has informed the Porte that
neither Austria nor Russia will be per-
mitted to occupy Servia. The Porte aas
decided that foreign refugees shall not
be employed in Europe, but may serve
in Asia.