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iol of land, being balance OF Rose Hili farm
Hoe principally timber land well watortd and only
II mile. from the city on Telegraph road. part OF
the purchase money on time If desired.
Apply %
Oct, Il, 'Sstrvtf l.C LADS.
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CITY PROPERTY FOR SALE-A number of houses
lots and vacant lots pleasantly situated in different
parts of the city, to suit purchasers for sale favora
BILE terms. Apply to M'GREGOR LaWES.
Davenport, June 0, 1853.
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NOTES Of above Bank will be received at same rate
IN Of other currency at each ofour Banking Houses
Sept !, ls53-tf COOK & SARGENT.
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Two or three hunting parties have gone
no' from our city this week, to try an invest
p,ent in elk, buffalo, and turkey. The Iowa,
.'oar and Wapsipinicon rivers will be pat
,,'h'zcd extensively this fall, and we wish the
y tS every possible good luck Dubuque
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MAIN STREET, DAVENPORT, IOWA.
THIS agency will take risks in dwelling houses,
stores, mills, and shops, with their contents against
loss by fire. Also marine risks on merchandise and
risks Lives in the following well established lnsur-
anee Companies.
Washing ion Union Insurance Co. Cleveland Q.
American Mutual Insurance Co. Amsterdam, n. Y.
New York Uuion Insurance Co. Johnstown, n. Y.
New York Life Insurance Co. New York City.
Shippers and merchants doing their cargo business
with him will be allowed return premium of q per
cent. ALEX. w. M'GREGoR, Gent Agent.
nDra Inna 6In.
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IMPROVED FARMS FOR sALE.-A number Of i'm
L proved farms for sale on very favorable terms:
Apply 10. June 8, 1853 M'GREGOR LAWEs.
TWENTY LOTS, in Goldsmith's addition for sale on
L very liberal terms. apply to
June g. 1852 M'GREGOR Il LAWES
OK THOUSAND ACRES IMPROVED LAND, for
y sale, favorabiy situated in this county.
The above lands will be sold In lots TO suit purchasers,
on the most reasonable terms. Apply to
June Q, 1853. M'GREGOR d LAWEs.
T AND WARRANTS SOS, and 40s, constantly
on hand aud for sale either for cash time, 1T
the lowest price June 81 M'GREGOR q LAWES.
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THREE THOUSAND ACREs EXCELLENT FARM.
i ING LANDS-On line of Central Rail Poad Gin.
ton county-for sale low. COOK & SARGENT.
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TIMBER LAND.
Bank of Atlanta

NEAR mouth of Pine river Muscatne county "a
- sale In 10 and 20 acre lots COOK e. SARGENT.
Davenport, June ., ls53-40
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES PRAIRIE
OLAND-On Dubuque road mile from Waubsi.
pinicon river Well calculated for farming purposes
June Q, 1853. COOK & SARGENT.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
ADvER TIsEMEN -.
81. OHAnr,Es EXCHANGE.

.vHyHE ST Charles is now thoroughly fin
4 ished and reopened in style far supe
rior in every respect to any other establish
ment in Mississippi, or probably in the whole
Southern country.
It comprises an area Of fifty by one hun
dred feet, and contains Billiard Saloon,
two bowling Alleys, Restaurant and other
convenient and necessary fixtures. Especial
care will be observed in furnishing the ban
invaribly with the choicest wines, liquors,
DC, and the restaurat with all the luxuries
the market affords.
The secluded location capacious arrange
ment. and combined advantage of this estab-
lishment, renderit eminently adesireable and
pleasant resort.
The business will be conducted by the
most competent and gentlemanly men, and
no exertion will be omitted calculated TO
merit general patronage.
Yazoo city, February 4, 1853. Soft.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
New nooks.

We are under many obligations to Messrs
Emmanuel & Cabaniss, of Washing ton
street, Yicksburg. for package of beauti-
full books; among others 7zompson's Sea
sons. handsomely bound in cloth and gilt,
and accompanied with explanatory. notes
and remarks of different authors on the
works and genius of the author, by James
Robert Boyd.
Millions Paradise Lost with Boyd's notes.
and Little Silverstring," being very
PRETTY got up volume of tales and poetry.
Messrs. Emmanuel & Cabaniss are con
stantly receiving new books from the New
York publishers. which they sell cheap
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

THE VICE PREs1DENcr.-The very dan,
gerous illness of Mr.. King, Vice President
elect, has given rise to an inquiry asto what
the effect of his death would be. The Bal!
timore American copies the provisions ofth,
Constitution in relation to the subject, and
adds:
1T viii be pereeiveable by an examina
ton of these provisions, that in case Of Mr.
Kings death before the day named for
counting the votes, the Senate would have
to select 'from the two highest numbers or
the list of persons voted for; and as only
two numbers. or persons were thus voted fol
by the State electors VIM R. King and
w. A. Graham 1.-THE Senate would have to de.
clare Mr.. Graham Vice Presidentof the Uni.
ted States Should Mr. King live until after
the votes are counted, and die thereafter
then the Senate would electit sown President
pro lem; as it did on the death of Genera
Harrison and Taylor, when the Vice Presi,
dents were transferred to the Executive
mansion because the time would have pass
ed when different action is required"
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
USrvERs1rr OF VIRGINIA, Jan. 70,


Eiatrrss Of YaSoo City Wsig:
Dear Madam-Wil you be SO kind as to
insert the following preamble and resolutions
IN your paper, viz:
At a meeting of the students Of the Uni
yersity of yirginity held on the fsih-inst.,
the following preamble and resolutions were
adopted unanimously;
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God,
in the wise dispensation of his providence,
to remove from our midstour felloW-student
ALvARY +. HICKS. of Yazoo city. Miss, who
departed this life on the Josh inst, at the
residence of Prof. Jno. B. Minor: Therefore
Resolved, That while we bow with sub
missiye. reverence to the win Of him who
has ordered il. We yet deeply lament the
sadsand mournful event, which has depriv-
ed US of companion whose correct and up
right department at all times commanded
the confidence, respect and regard of those
who knew him whose mildness Of dispo-
sition, kindness Of feeling and sincerity Of
heart, as friend, endeared him to SO many
"of Us, and whose opening manhood gave
promise Of life Of SO much happiness ard
usefulness
Resolved, That our most earnest and
heartfelt sympathies ane enlisted in behalf d
his family and relations IN this their great
bereavement, and that VIC are happy to be
able to tender them the solace which his
moral life and christian death afford.
Resolved, That in token Of our sorrow
for his loss and our regard for his memory,
we will wear the usual badge Of mourning
for thirty days.
Resolved, That we return to Prof. John
B. Minor and family our sincere thanks for
their diligent and unwearied kindness, thfO'
she whole period Of his illness.
Resolved, That 4 copy Of these proceed.
ings be sent 70 the family g the deceased,
and that lhe papers of Charlottesville, Yazoe
City, and the n alchez Courier Be furnished
with copies for publication
ROBERT E. CHEW, CT mn.
R b. SfIHLDs, Sec'ty.
Committee On Resoluli on Archibald
Atkinson, VIM b Hamilton. IL III
Harris. Jas. a, satane, Tim s Koaers.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
Frlaay. Febrnary 1. 1888.


We are authorized to announce S. G.. CHAM.
BERs as candidate for Circuit Clerk, At the
next election.
I'VE are authorized to announce Jas. THAR
as a candidate for county Treasurer, at the
next election.
We are authorized to announce 10. sHERARn
as a candidate for Assessor, at the next cleo
tor.
We are authorized to announce r. NJ
VIM as candidate for county Treasurer.
at the next election,
We are authorized to annaunce WM. r.
WRENN as candidate for Assessor, at the
next election.
6T We are authorized to announce ALEX.
SMITH, as candidate for county Treasurer, n
the next election.
OF We are authorized 10 announce JOSHUA
I. Russell, Jr., as "a candidate for Circuit
Clerk, at the next election.
We are authorised to announce Jo4Is P.
STREET, as a candidate for county Treasurer,
at the next election
.Ct5- We are authorised TO announce JAMES
PERRY as candidate for Circuit Clerk, at the
next election.
We are authorised to announce n H. LusE,
as a candidate for the Office of Circuit Clerk.
at the next election.
We are authorized to announce w. H. Mas
GUN, rs a candidate for Assessor, at the next
election.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

An ExpER1MENT. The New York Tribune
SAYS Let party DISK o. eight IONS
sit around common pine table for twenty
minutes to half an hour, with the palms q
their hands held fat On tie top q the table.
e IS not Necessary shat their maids should
pay anY attention q d e process or conyers
saiion Be suspended but presently the Ia
BE becomes socharged with the ~ steriops
fluid 1hatit begins q move; then rise from
ii, push away your chairs. still holding your
hands near, 6bon4h & s not necessary 70
touch It, and i VII Iurn round from end to
end, and even proceed rapidly about de
room. without any yisiihle agent; on which
excursions the persons mus bear i compa-
~. 81 tie current IS hroken md tie moves
inens stops This simple experiment may
easily Be tried t requires fo faith and 10
outlay of 81 ysieal on moral slfengt and the
reslll with d q BE that Is not heavy IS
pretty sure 10 follow
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

lases Dlslsies,ss iaAlN1. J. d.
800 Carswho IS ! Nonresident
81 2. Carr ct 81, vii take notice, that On
saturday the 10th day Of February nax We
viii take TIE dnpositiohsc John ~ Fuqna and
= = Russell Il tho oiiiee d II Lawrence
fssl "a Aazoe city e s a. IL, which viii Be
read On part 81 complainant ia final hearing.
Of sud cause GIBBS q. N0NlBIA
Aazoo CITY. jan rs, '53. 29-l tvr compile
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

GRAHAA's MAeAzrSE-The February
number of this periodical is already issued
1t is embelliShed by view of an equestrian
statue Of Washington proposed to be erect
ed, the carpetof Solomon. and otherscenes
and views of interest It's articles are in
teresting and diversified
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

IaTERsO OCEANIC CIRCULATION Lieut.. NJ.
f Maury delivered lecture in New York
recently on the theory Of the inter-organic
circulation Of water on the globe. and sup
ported with much interesting information
the hypothesis, that to water whiclsis found
In one portion Of The earth today may be
found n anothei tomorrow Every drop
Of water. he argued. IS as obcdient to great
and general laws as are the planets ofheayen.
lift was not -, aud fthere were no channels
q circulation b which the water could pass
from ocean toocean, the uatersofthe ocean,
il the course oftime. would befouud com
pletely difIerens from each other The va
tiers Of the Red Sea. and thoseof the Dead
Sea, arc nearly the same 10 quality ! thing
which can only Be accounted for on this lly-
pothesis Of circulation, and ifthey took i
single drop of water from the Pacific Ocean
and Analysed #, and another from tic Allan.
lie Ocean and analyzed if, they would be
found perieely tile same The winds Cur
rents temperature q the waters, and he
animaleule which inhabit them. we're ii
described q having Their agency Il pFefaos
ling ibis circulaticn
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

WoRLD's FAIR.-The Board of Directors
have appointed Committees for the States
of Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas
and Tennessee, consisting of Jas. Robb,
Lueius Duncan, E. La Sere, w A. Gasquait,
". n Mercer, H. R. W. Hill, A. T Arson,
Maunsel White, j. D. B. DeBow. A II.
Holbrook A. Walker, G. ]. Leeads, and
Newton Richards, all residing IN New Or
leanrs to whom application can be made By
those DESTROYS of presenting any article for
exhibition. The Fair viii be opened on the
Cd day of May next, for the exhibition OF
the industry of all nations. A large build
ing has been erected in New York, embrac-
ing an area Of rs. 600 square feet, and we
learn that assurances are offered that there
viii be a Isrgs and extensive representation
OF foreign industry
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
TRUSTEES SALE.

virtue of the provisions of a Deed OF
- Trust from Sarah r. Grayson to the un-
|dersigned as Trustees to secure the payment Of
certain sums of money in said deed mentioned,
which deed is of record in the Office of the
Clerk of Probates of Yazoo county, Book q PIP.
TT, 7IS, 7l9 and 100, we will, on
Monday, tie nj dag Of March merit,
before the front door Of the Court House in
Yazoo city, expose to sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, the following pro-
perty, or so much thereof as may be sufficient
TO satisfy said trust deed, to-wit: all that tract
or parcel of land situated, lying and being in
the county Of Yazoo and State Of Mississipps
known as the north half section 8, west half
of southwest quarter Of section 8; the east
halfofsoutheast quarter ofsection 8; the south
west quarter of section 8; the west half of
northeast quarter and east half of northwest
quarter of section 8, all in ownship IL, Ct
Range. g. West, containing 500 acres more or
less, being the same ldnd heretofore cultivated
by William BFickle, on VOLTS Lake, eight
miles from Yazoo city; together with the 70
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The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

hen Russian passes Church he
ingariabl makes the sign Of The cross: when
be passes priest he invariably spits The
meaning and origin Of the latter custom sfs
unknown. Exekage.
We presume il Is II order Is sh6N his
priest that he espeets b fuie as Stain
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

A Coon ONT The Buffalo Commercial
is responsible for the following: We learn
from Washington that the wings there are
having a hearty laugh over the discontinue
OF the unfortunate office beggars of the fed
eral city. The story is. that the hungry
crew whohaye undertaken to monopolize
the patronage Of tie district. recently sent
a letter 10 Gen. Pierce, containing long.
list of unworthy Office holders, whom they
expected him to remove the moment he got
fairly seated in the Presidential chair. The
doamed inenmbents were charged with in
numerabla delinquencies, and it was alleged
that the public interest was in greatjeopardY
from their bad propensisies. Pierce isssaid
to have replied, lhatif the case was as bad
as they had represented. they had better
apply d. Mr. Fillmore, who had The power
to crafty them at once.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

Eg-"Fanny Fern" noted newspaper
character now a-days. is a sister of u. P.
Willis, of the Home Journal. The Boston
Bee says:-"She resides in !. this city, is
mother of three pretty children as ever made
glad mothers heart, and is just as keen,
smart and gay as agirl Of eighteen. In con-
versston we know no sort of match for her.
She is frequently seen on Washington street,
with two her daughters, and is a lady
that takes the whole eye at the first glance.
Such is Fanny Fern; a live, bristling leap
ing woman--full Of FIRE, full of poetry, full
Of everything"
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

E Rhe Earl of Aberdeen is the first
Prime Minister WHO has not been a member
of the Church Of England, since the expul-
sion of james the Il from The throne on the
restoration Of Protestant aseendeney by the
revolution of is88-His lordship processes
the faith Of his forcfathers, and is member
oflhe Presbyterian Church Of Scotland.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
Georre Wlaffnensl.

The Old South Church ia Newburyport.
Massachusetts, celebrated Is the place
where WHITFIELD exerted his labors, still
stands, materially The same as when it was
first built, in 1856 The same timbers
which originally composed the frame yet
REMAIN as sound and firm in their position
as the day on which they were put togeth-
or. m the northeast corner Of the church
is cenotaph. erected at an expense Of !
GOO. and presented to the society BY Mr..
VIM Bartlett. It bears. among other re-
cords, the following:
REV. Geo. Whitfield, born in Gloucester,
England, Dec. 16, TIA; educated at Ok
ford University, and ordained in 1856. In
4 ministry of 80 years he crossed the At
lantic IS times, and preached more than
10000 sermons. Died Sept. 10, ITO"
The. Boston Bee says. in vault beneath
the pulpit. 1.-THE same pulpit in which he
preached, )repose his remains, together with
the two other first pastors, whose bones rest
half buried in their coffin beneath the damp
dust of their decayed bodies. Phrenologi-
cally, the skull Of Whitfield presents no re-
markable marks of greatness, but is mark
ed largely with goodness and benevolence.
Nothing, we are told by contemporaneous
writer's, could equal the sublime effect of
the preaching Of Whitfield when he stood
up in the open air in The fields and on the
moors of England and preached the eternal
gospel In ferYid eloquence and earnest
zeal Whitfield very much resembled St..
Paul. and some of the scenes of his labors
almost have revived the Bible and classic
student of the old tableau of St. Paul stand
ing on Mas hill preaching the unknown
God to the benightend Athenians.
Notwithstanding his devotion to and lab
ors in the cause of Christ, he had many and
powerful enemies both in England and this
country. At his death pious divine in
England wrote the following beautiful trib-
ute to the great and good man that like his
Divine master went about doing good:
tHe loved the world that hated him, the tear
He dropped upon his bible was sincere
And he who forged. and he who threw the dart
Had each brothers interest in his heart"
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

Thomas, FnANcIs MEAoHR The Cincin-
natl Times thus estimates and describes this
Irish orator, who is at the present time leo
turing in that city: sMr. NJ, is q man
slightly over the middle height and stoutly
made. with rather sharp features. His
manner and motions are agreeable, but not
graceful exhibit sincerity and lively sympa-
thies. He speaks::with a slight Irish accent
which is particularly remarkablein his roll
ing RS, and insthe broad Italian sound Of e.
like q; his voice is between tenor and
treble, not the most effective for public
speaker, yet cadences are musical, and his
into-nations harmonious Mr.. Meagher's
oratory, in all its features, will not bear ana
lysis, and yet, as whole. it is rich, power
full and attractive. His diction is pure and
even elegant, and his classic illustrations apt
and beautiful; his epithets deeply humila-
ting, scornful and scathing as liquid fire.
His countenance, though not at first captiya-
ting, rapidly improves in the estimation of
the beholder, which, we take it, is an ex-
ceIent sign. Our estimate of Mr.. Meagher
is that he is a well educated, sincere, deeply
sympathising, modest, unselfsh, single
minded enthusaist-with generous noble
heart, as kindly in all its feelings towards
mankind, as is a mother to her offsprsng
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04

~ 4 singer inshe northern corner Of
lava. recently dislofated hi. jaw IN asteinp-
ting 10 SIG high b., Il appears there
was contest betwesn the victim and rival
teacher as to which should be eRployed to
teach a cerlain singing shcooLand theformer
made such desperate efforts to astonish the
natives as led to the lamentable result above
mentioned but he got totlle school.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
NOTICE.

a s Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth
q Ross, decd, will, at the March Term
1858, OF the Probate Court, make an annual
aettlement of said estate. S LJAMES,
January %, 90 23-3t. Administrator.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-02-04
NOHICE.

SEALED proposals will be received by the
- Hon. Board of Town Council until the 7th
February next, for building brick wall one
hundred feet in length, from Patterson's bridge
to Wooldrdge's Barber Shop, on Main street,
agreeableto plan and specifications furnished
by the Street comnrtte. q. III. POWELL,
Jan %, '45. 29-2t. City Clerk.