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SSHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS. BRAN
DIEs-sararac vintage of s, ITsS, 1909
lard oad Dapuy brands
and qualities
WNEs-od Reserves PAthetinho, Ma
aeira Duff odon aad Harmony Shey Old Port St
andSarkns BouHy Feur de slery Hedsck
Champagne White Vine; Carst
Of all qualities.
Holland croI Rum Scotch
Hhinky and Fruits Juice;
sssydsscption Bokers Berlin AID ouey Rer everything
the WINES LIQUORS. which viii be sold
Abetsrms srr be found for cash or city paper.
400 casksg CO TER and ALE, in pntn and quarts,
ne SEFELI. r. TAYLOR.
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STORAGE FOR SALT, for about 900
NJ baa the Agiers Warehouainc Forstang Aprly
mys AT. COCHRAN 4 HALL IA GIayier Il
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United States Life Insurance Annuity and
TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
CAPITAL. ssoO00p.
8. R. CRAWFORD President.
c. G, INLAY, Secretary.
BRANCH OFFICE FOR THE SOUTH AND WEsT
No. Camp street. aswoesns.
BENJAMIN FL0RANCE, Agent.
,.-n.,,, . HARMON DoAHE, Asst. ARent.
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u EFINED SUGARS-10O bbls Northern
u n Crushed and Powdered. for sale by
je9a aw CONVERSE l. CO, 81 Trhouptoulas street.
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Spirits TURPENTINE-14O bbls, for sale
NJ by A. DELAGRAgE & CO. 10 Magazine At iesa
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fOFFEE--Rio, Java, Havana and Mocha,
" in and for sale by
LiTTLEJoHN, NoRcoM CO.,
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W7HITE BEANS-50 bbls., for sale by
Wv je24et H. STONE Il co, L Grayisr stre5.
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p ECTIFIED WHIsKY--100 bbls. in store
u u and for sale by LITTLEJoFN, NoRcoM co,
je9 C.ornsr t;llaSiOr and Fuiton ,trstsl
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MSxCHANGE ON Barring BROS. s. CO.,
~ - Lopdon-fu sums to suit purchasers, by
iea Up. WHITNEY Il CO. 81 Camp street.
EpEAGH BRANDY-10O bbls in store, for
H. hals by E. J, HART 4 CO., rs Tchouptoulas st. sia
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SCHIEDAM sCHNAPPs-25o cases, in pints
~ and quarts, for sale by
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MISCELLANEOUS.

RECOLLECTION OF FAcEs.-Thus writes
i Sir Thomas Brown: Another misery there
/ Is in affection, that whom we truly love like
ourselves We forget their looks, nor can our
memory retain the idea Of their faces and il
is no wonder, for they are ourselves, and our
affection makes their looks our own" And
this is tie commentary of Mr.. Coleridge -
"a thought have often had, and once ex-
pressed Il in line. That fact is certain. -
Strange delusion. The words should be re-
yersed. Rather say We forget our own fa-
ces in the faces Of those whom we love. We
disappear ia them-have no living. breathing
existence apart from theirs. Our recollec-
ton is not limited to the features, the shape
Of the countenance, the complexion. Nothing
has faded. The color Of the eyes m the
chaneefulness Of pleasure, sadness, health or
pain, lives before us, as if Titan or Lely had
kept watching them with pencil. No can
sass absorbs colors like memory. II makes
everything minister to itself. A feld-path,
seat under trees, a garden bed, particular
flower. recall the posture, the look, even the
glow of sunset, or fainter moonshine, that
tineed the check or hair Of dear companion
IN some hour of unusual interest.
John Newton, Cowper's friend, SAID, IN al
Ter life. that the face Of the young girl whom
he % passioxately loved. used to shine down
upon the lonely deck as be stood at the wheel,
Steering the sb bip through the tempest. Amid
foam or lightning. or the dreadful storms Of
bis.own troubled spirit. there was she-rebu-
kinr. cheering and Blessing him.
This reviying influence applies, 10 2 pa
tbetic fulness, 10 the departcd-the lost
Affection basits pure crystal, never stained
or broken except in death. The band ana
the mirror fall together. On this bright sur
face Of loves remembrance we behold our
friends with the clearness Of natural faces re-
aectcd in a glass; and we see them IN connec. ,n,
tion with the parting, closing scene: Ihat
room NAV have crumbled before the hammer
or the saw its furniture may be scattered or
DESTROYED but for US all things remain as
thew were. Not chair has been moved
not a fold Of drapery has been rumPlea by
time. The Bible lies open upon the bed 'he
book Of prayer has the familiar page turned
down the watch hangs BY the pillow tne
. asking eve . turns to ours! Thus, indeed,
affection makes the dear faces always present
"a us and instead Of their looks being ena-
ced. we forget our own.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

How TO KEEP GATHERED FRUIT Ann
Flowers ALWAYS FREsH A friend has
just informed us that fruit and also flowers
may be preserved from decay and fading, by
immersing them in a solution of gum.arabic
in water two or three times. waiting sufi-
cient time between each immersion to allow
the gum to dry This process covers the sur
face Of the fruit with thin coating Of the
gum. which is entirely imperyious to the air.
and thus prevents the decay Of the fruit. or
tho withering Of Che flower. Oar friend has
roses thus preserved. which have all the beau
ty and fragrance Of freshly.plucked ones. al
though they have been separated from the pa
rent stem since june last To insure sue
cess in experiments of this kind, it should be
borne in mind that the whole surface must be
completely covered for if the air only gains
entrance at a pin-hole, the labor will be lost
In preserving specimens Of fruit, particular
care should be taken to cover the stem, end
and all with the gum A good way is to
wind thread Of silk about tie stem, and then
sink it slowly in the solution, which should
not be so strong as to leave a particle Of the
gum undissolved. The gum is so perfectly
transparent, that you can with difficulty de-
tect its presence. except BY the touch. Here
we have another simple method Of fixing the
flee ting beauty Of nature, and surrounding
ourselves ever with those objects which do
most elevate the mind, refine the taste and
purify the heart.-CountrY Gentleman.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

REFLECTIONS. - To accomplish much in
the way that he has chosen, man must be
willing 10 be reproached with accomplishing
little in other ways During his life, people
may complain Of his omissions but after he
is dead, they will praise what he has done.
Men begin life hoping to do better than
their predecessors. and end il BY rejoicing if
they have done as well.
Reason asks, can prayer influence God, who
alone knows what is right, and never devi-
ates from it But is II certain that God
sees only one right way of acting?
Diversity Of language springs from ditficul-
ty Of intercourse. and languages become blen-
ded as intercourse becomes easy.
To compare living men with dead ones, is
like comparing fresh fruit with dry.
Men slowly learn how little they can do
and how careful they must be Of their facul-
ties and opportunities in order to do that ittiO.
The world may be making progress, but
the progress which principally concerns each
one is that which fits him to exchange this
world for better one.
Retribution is law Of nature, and the one
most important for Us to study.
There are many good things IN tins world,
but it is often difficult to get them, and easy
to lose them. and dangerous to use them.
If meus prejudices are not directly attack
ed, they will often admit truths that are in
consistent with them, and these will gradually
root out the prejudces.
II is not strange that we should suffer- but
that we should be 50 constituted as to need
suffering.
Men look for happiness in rest, but seek it
in restlessness
Excepting virtue and vice. the points Of
difference between men are trIhlng compared
with the points Of resemblance.
Al man sometimes retains his youth by do
ing little to make bis manhood noticed.
A poem written in close and regular
rhymes is more suitable for recitation than
one written in blank verse for blank verse,
when recited, can hardly be distinguished
from prose. except by hearers familiar with
the lines
The world has not room enough for all the
great men in it, so that they stand very much
in each others way.-Christian Examiner.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

MoRAL Su1sIoE ON RAY-When a friend
Of ours. whom we call Agricola, was boy
says an exchange. he lived on a farm in Berk-
shire county. the owner Of which was troubled
BY his dog Wolf. The cur killed his sheep,
knowing. perhaps. that his master was con-
scientiously opposed to capital punishment,
aud he could devise no means to prevent it.
4" can break him Of it. said Agricola, III
you will give me leave"
"Thou art permitted" said tho honest
farmer; and we viii let Agricola tell the sto-
ry in his own words.
There was ram on the farm. said Az
ricola. as notorious for bntting as Wolf
was for sheep killing. and who stood in as
much need of moral suasion as the dog.
shut Wolf up in the barn with this old fellow,
and the consequence was, that the dog never
looked a sheep in the face again. The ram
broke every bone in his body, litprally.-
Wonderfully urhfted was the ram aforesaid.
by his exploit; bis insolence became intoler-
able he was sure to pitch into whomsoeyor
went nigh him. I'D fix him. said [ and
50 | did Trigged an iron crow-bar out Of
hole in the barn, point foremost. and hung an
old hat on the end Of il. You can't always
tell, when you see a hai, whether there Is
head in it or not now, then. should a ram
The ram made at it full butt. and being goo
marksman from long practice. the bar broke
IN between his horns and came out under his
.ail This little admonitian eifcctually cured
him of butting."
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The g Mud Lumps" of the Mississippi.

The New Orleans picayune contains an in
teresfing account Of the formation of what are
termed mud lumps," in the delta Of the
Mississippi AZ frequent intervals, small
islands. composed Of cay and allnvium. mrke
their appearance above wstar on either side
Of the channel, jufting forth mud and water
from an orifce in the centre, like a small mud
volcano. This action sometimes continues
until nm island is formed. rising twelve or a.
teen feet above the level Of the water. These
" volcanoes never occur 10 the charnel, ex-
cepting when ship grounds an the bar, and
then. 70 the great disgust and perplexity Of
the pilots. IN island often appears suddenly
Under her lee. Many theories have been sug
gested for the explanation Of these phenome-
ua. Prof Lyell suggested a subierranean
c5nnecsi5a Aith the spring. Of more northern
attitudes Mr.. Side thought it might be
caused by the evolution Of gases, formed BY
the decomposition Of vegetable matter buried
under the alluvia deposites Of the river and
the pilots Of the Balize have ascribed them,
half seriously. to magic or witchcraft.
During the examination Of the bar BY the
Board Of Engineers, preliminary to the re-
cent excavation Of the channel it was found
to consist Of alternate layers Of mud clay and
sand. 1t rises like gentle hill, from the
bottom Of the river, presenting an inclined
plane both to the current Of The river inside,
and to the waters Of gulf beyond. Major
Beauregard, Of the United States Corps Of
Engineers, after consideration OF these facts
came TO the conclusion that many fssares
must exist in the clay strata, which form, rs
it we're, regular tubes extending through the
bar The force of the current at the inner
end Of one Of these tubes would fiji the in >
rior with the floating mud lying at the b. tom
Of the river, and the mud would De driven
through the tube, and made to issue at the
outer extremity with force enough and in suf-
ficient quantity to form an island around the
orifce varying in height according to the
force Of pressure Of the current. or the height
Of the water in the river over the gulf If
the outlet of this tube occurred 10 the chan
mel, the rapid flow Of the current would car
rv off the mud which passed from il, unless it
might be in the still water under the Ice Of a
ship aground.
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20 the magnanimitv. sense OF justice, or
Chrlstlanltv OF the Southern STAKEHOLDER. but
they appeal TO his avarce. They tell him.
abolish your negro slavery in the South, and
adopt the slavery Of wages that we have sub
stituted for It in the North, and It will put
money into your pockets. and add 10 the OPP
preston Of those who do your work Why.
sir. poor man at the North, will, for i.ty
cents a day, drag more in hand-cart than
three negroes, with four mules will bring into
Washington. though they have white man
10 vatsh them. (Llughter) a man at the
South gives 81 200 for a negro; he has to
support him he has to feed and clothe him /,
he has to provide for him in old ago; to take
care Of him in his sickness and to bury him
when be is dead. In the North we have no
such bold, manly. open, and above board OPP
preston. Oh, no. sir. There are no lashes
in the North. Here is a specimen Of the
kind Of lashes we have there. These are
the boys. exhibiting pawnbroker's dupli-
cate amidst great laughter.l Hlll read it
No. 422 Joseph Simpson & Co. % Chatham
street, July, 1853. Gold watch. S. Mike Walsh.
Not answerable in case Of fire for damage bv fire
or robbery; twenty-five per cent. per annum."
And it il more, as n general thing. At
twenty-five pcr cent he has $500 year.
and his $1,000 eats nothing. wears nothing.
consumes nothing. and can be used as the
same instrument Of oppression after he is
dead. His children after him can be used
as the same instrument Of oppression among
the children and grandchildren of the survi-
vor. One thousand two hundred dollars in
vested in Northern pawn.broking-an it is
almost the same thing in ndordism-brings
$500 year. For that $500 man can own
one Of the best living, breathing. white,
thinking men Of the North and after he has
worn him out. at the age Of forty years. he
can pass him away and take younger fellow.
The difference between the two systems is
simply this If dozen Of us own a horse
in common, we want to ride him as much as
possible, and feed him as little as possible
Laughter) But if you or / own horse
exclusively. we will take good care that we
do not feed him too much to endanger his
health. but Just enough to keep him in good
travelling order But a. | find my time is
getting short, I must conclude By brief al
lusion to another matter.
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anu Tue tlme was at hand when Uncle Sam
would pluck this most beautiful Gem Of the
Antilles from the hands Of barbarians. and
place 1t in his own diadem; but late advice.
inform us that the Black Warrior affair ba.
been amicably adjusted. President Pierce
has issued Proclamation against the Fill.
busters. This was quite unexpected, and is
great set back to many Of our politicians
they we're wholly unprepared for any opposi-
ton from that quarter. er..-indeed, so little did
they anticipate any interference on the part
ot the Government, that great publicity is
said to have been given to their motives and
movements. II is reported that in New
York, they had ordered public meeting, but
the whole land is rife with various and con-
nicting reports, many not worthy Of credence
Il Is, however, fixed fact, that the President
has seen proper to follow in the footsteps Of
his illustrlous decessor-AIillard Fillmore
Ills Proclamation is Of milder character
though-he does not call the Patriots pirates
nor impugne their chivalrous motives BY
calling them hard names. May be he has
done all which he conceived to be his dptv
and viii not exert himself to see the law en-.
forced. We argue down here tla! enforced
or not, It will have as little efficacy as did
that renowned Proclamation which was issued
by the redoub.able Welhelmus Koeft, against
the Yankees. It is still confidently believed
that tic crisis is at hand. The Cubans them
selves think 50, and every vessel that leaves
their ports is crowded with the Creoles, who
arc departing for Europe, or the United
States ostensibly for health and pleasure, but
in reality they are fleeing from their country.
homes and iresides. from well grounded fears
that at the first hostile movement against
Cuba. by either this Government or the FIJI
libusters, the whole negro population will be
declared free, aud turned .oose upon them
subjecting that unhappy Island to al the hor-
rors which African domination has produced
in st. Domingo and Jamaica. The equality
Of white and black races has alteady been
declared in writing by the Government, as
one Of the essential elements Of the doctrine
Of Christianity and it is said that the rulers
af the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba. have
fully sanctioned this internal doctrine. The
latest telegraphic de,pa;ch in relation to Cuba
reports that the negotiation which was set on
foot By the President. for the purchase Of
Cdba from Spain, for s1,OOO,OOO. win sue
ceed-that Spain has partially consented to
the proposition. We are eagerly and anxi.
ously waiting confirmation Of this report.
QUITS.
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PAcKING AN INrANr-. The characteristic
composure Of the people was well 81 Q yn in a
young mother with rather pleasing features,
who brought her infant, four mOrths old. out
Of one Of the huts. ana seating herself on tue
sunny side Of it, proceeded in the most delib-
crate way imaginable to pack up the child
for the night in its little cyadie. whilst halt
dozen Of us looked on with no small curiosity.
The cradle was cut out Of solid wood, and
covered With leather. aaps Of which were 50
arranged as to lace across she top with leath-
ern thongs the inside and the lite pillow
we've rendered toerably soft with raindeer
moss; and the infant fitted .he space 50 ex-
actly, that it could stir neither hand nor foot,
yet made little resistance to the operation -
A hood protected the bead, whilst il admitted
the air freely Whea tho packing was iia-
ished. the little creature was speedily rocked
aslsep.- Forbes Norfray
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

~ Here are two excerpts from the Bos-
ton Post, which will richly repay perusal:
WAR is RELIcIoN ?" is a question much
easier asked thgh answered. And perhaps
the theory is not Of much consequence,
provided the "practice is all right. We
once heard definition Of religion, however,
which rather fanciful than metaphysical or
theological. contains at least hint Of the
truth. At social party. where humorous
definitions was one Of the games Of the eve
ming the question was put" What is Rsli-
gion ?" Religion. replied one Of the party,
more famous as man Of business than as
man Of wit, religion is an insurance against
fire in the next world, for which honesty is
the best policv"
ENvY.-Dean Swift said, with an ingenui;
ty Of sarcasm which has never been surpassed,
4 never knew a man in all my lite who
could not bear the misfortune Of another per-
fectly like a Christian. Akin TO this Is the
famous saying Of Rochetoucault, that " In the
misfortunes Of our best friends We can always
find something agreeable" These are hard
sayings. aud not much to the credit Of poor
human nature, but there Is little doubt they
contain more truth than poetry" The sact
is there are few offences harder to forgive than
the sin Of prosperity. Never forget" says
an old writer who knew the wor Id. never
forget that by your advancement you have
become an object Of envy to those you have
in the race Of life. and tacil re.
proach to their want Of energy or capacity,
which they never forgive" True, It's pity.
aud pity It's It's true"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

DJ- An Attorney about to finish bill or
costs, was requested BY his client. baker.
to make it as light as be could" "Ah,"
replied the attorney, 'that's what You may
say to your foreman. but it's not the way
make my bread"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

u St. Petersburg Moscow, and Oless.
are tha only cities in Russia the population
of which exceeds 100000 There arc only
four towns containing more than 50, 900 each.
and eighteen or twenty with population ex-
ceeding $4,000.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

u There has been great temperance
revival in Jacksonville illinois, where infan'-
were said to be weaned on rum, AMI the cows
to give milk-punches instead Of milk Tho
Jacksonville authorities have been converted.
and ordered the cows 70 dry up.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

SMART.--In one Of her recent lectures,
Rev. AntoInette Brown said Whoever
would make a mark in the world must mako
bis own mark, not the mark Of another. It
is more noble for goose to hiss like a goose.
than to make miserable imitation Of nigh.
ingale."
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

Ry-"I believe the jury have been in
ocnlated with stupidity" said lawyer.
= That may be. sad bis opponent. " but
the bar are Of the opinion that you had it tho
natural way"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

% Whenever we find our temper rafil d
towards a parent. il wifa, sister. or a broth-
cr, we should pause and think, that in few
more months or years they will he in the
spirit land, watching over thos, left behind.
The intercourse between guardian angels.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

~In some parish churches it is the Gus
tom ~ to separate the men from the women women =,
4 clergyman being interrupted BY loud taik-
inc stsopped short, when woman, eager lot
the he honor Of her sex. arose and said
Your Reverence. the noise - no' a'A0's''
us" nr;o.t
so much the better answered tne P'''s''
"it will be sooner over
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

g Tho most stupendous canal in the
world is one in China. which passes over two
thousand miles. and to foriy-ono cities it was
commenced in the teuth century. Monster
work Of nlan
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

% An editor in California lately received
a long document. which he was requested 10
publish, gratis, under he editorial head. lie
placed it under his pillow that night and ex-
presses his willingness TO insert similar COM
munications in the same way. aud ON tie
same terms.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

1y- They are about introducing the AMER
icah railroad car IN England. II is admitted
to be. il every respect, superior to tho car
now in common use on tie English rail.
ways.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

0I- Nothing sets SO wide a mark between
a vulgar and noble soul, as the respect and
reverential love Of woman kind. A man
who is always sncering at woman il general
ly a coarse prohigate. or coarser bigot
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

u Some one having lavishly lauded
Longfellow's aphoTi-m "SufTer and be
strong, maiter-offact man observed that
il was merely variation Of the old English
adage, :" Grin and bear it."
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-06-14

r. The man who can pass withou. emo
tion BY the play-plsce and siudy-placc Of his
early years. must have heart thoroughly
petrifod by worldly cares or worldly pleas
ures.