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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19
Nice Boys,

Stab him, Jim," said little pert looking
boy about ten years old to another not so old;
4" stab him. you know your pa will whip
you, if you show the white feather" But
Jim /" did not stab him." who stood with
an open dirk knife pointing at the breast Of
another boy about eight years old, and who
was armed with bludgeon large enough to
break the skull Of old Taurus himself.
Yes, stab him your pa will whip you il
YOU show the white feather" rang in our ears
like council coming from the very DEVIL
Don't let nobody poster you, nay son is the
advice Of parental kindness -" if anybody
does you harm. you must at him. Now 90 TO
school and learn your books, and be a good
boy but if the teacher wants to whip you,
come to me and your ma, and be certain not
to be imposed on :" With this advice, way
goes the little fellow to school, admonished
never to show the white feather" and to
"come to me and your ma, if the teacher
wants to whip you" And what has been the
consequence Of such counseling? Stand out
in your streets and see for yourself! 90 to the
school yard and witness their sports, and if in
a crowd Of fifty school boys you do not witness
3 half dozen fights in an hour, you will find a
better crowd o. little fellows. than it has been
our good fortune to meet with. They fight
like young devils, and can out curse their dad
dies all hollow. Nice christian citizens these
little rowdies viii make. if they are only pro-
perly maturcd in the lessons they are now
receiving from their "mas and pas"
IL is bad policy to teach your children to
fight, training them up just as you would game
cocks to gaff and peck each other with the
cruelty of men beasts. Men we're made for
another purpose altogether, and he who would
accomplish the greatest mission Of creation,
must first learn to conquer himself and sub
iect the passions of his nature to the govern
ment and control of those high qualities of
his moral nature, which raise in the stead of
degrading him. Better learn your young
men to respect truth and fear the judgment
Of God. than to teach them to fight and gam
Die and drink.
But, you say. It is no business of ours
Well, be it so. Tho time VIII come when
you will regret the lessons your children are
receiving but the time to correct their vices
will have passed. and you can only demonstrate
in vain.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

Love III A BAssooN. An individual
belonging to brass band in the National
Guard was in the habit Of bringing home to
his wife. unbeknown to himself, love letters
crammed in the profundities of his instru-
ment by the gentleman that plays the Gym
balls in the same band lie also carries back
answers in the same conveyance. The pres
ence OF this foreign matter in the cavity Of
the bassOon caused the performer to commit
innumerablc QaackS. aud produce effects any.
thing but harmonious. lie was ON the point
Of being expelled in disgrace from the band,
when the amorous correspondence is discover
ed. The missives we're, however found to be
for his daughter, and not for his wife, so that
his musical reputation and his domestic honor
are botE preserved intact.-C0rrcspOndeace
If tkc Nyt0 York Times.
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ADvERTIsING RATES
Whole Number, 1872
The Universal Belief in Immortality

Il forms presumptive proof of the immor-
ta'tty OF man. lat this doctrine has obtained
universal belief among al nations, and in
every period Of time That the thinking
principle in man is of an immortal nature,
was believed by the ancient Egyptians, the
Pcrsians. the PhGnicans, the Scythians the
Celt5, the Druids. the Assyrians-by tho wi
sest and most celebrated characters among
the Greeks and Romans. aud By almost every
other nation and tribe. whose records have
reached our times. The notions. indeed.
which many Of them entertained Of the scenes
OF futurity. were very obscure and imperfect
but they all embraced the idea that death il
not the destruction of the rational soul, but
only its introduction to new and unknown
state Of existenco The ancient Scythians
believed that death was only exchange Of ha.
bitations; and tic Mag;aa sect, which pre-
vailed in Babylonia, Media, Asyria and
Persia, admitted the doctrine Of eternal re
warli aud puuishmcnts.
Tie doctrines taught by the second Zorro
aster, who lived in the time Of Darius, were.
" that there is but one Supreme Being, inde.
penden. aud self.existent from all eternity:
that under him there are two angels-one thr
angel of light, vho is the author Of all good.
and the other the angel Of darkness, who il
the author Of all evil; that they are in per.
petual struggls with each other; th,t where
the angel OF light prevails there good reigus,
and that where the angel IF darkness prevails
there evil takes place that this struggle
shall Continue to the end Of Tie world that
then there shall be a general resurrection and
a day Of Judgment, wherein all shall receive
a just retfiDution according to their works.
After which, The angel of darkness and his
disciples shall 60 into world OF their own,
where they shall suffer, in everlasting dark
dess the punishment Of their evil deeds and
the angel Of light and his disciples shall also
60 into a world of their own, where they shall
receive, in ever lasting light, the reward due
to their good deeds that after this they
shall be separated forever, aud light and dark.
ness be no more mixed, to all eternity
The remains of this sect, which are scattered
over Persia and India, still hold the same
doctrines, without any variations, even at
this day.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

ANEcDoTE OF PETER CARTwRIGHT.-
While he was preaching years ago. General
jackson eutered the church, when pastor
seated in the pulpit, gave bis Brother Cart
wright" a nudge, and whispered that tho old
hero had just come in as much as to advise,
(" now be particular what you say" But
Peter, to the astonishment Of every one loud
er than ever exclaimed: "Eho cares for
Gen. jackson? He'll 60 to hell as som as
any body, if he don't repent"
When the serinon-a homo made one-was
ended. friend asked the General what he
thought of that rough old fellow, and received
for answer: "Sir, give me twenty thousand
such men, and I'll whip the whole wOrll, in
cluding the devil ~
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

The HAPPY GrRL.-A happy girl is TO be
known by her fresh looks and buoyant spir.
its. Day in and day out she has something
to do; aud she takes hold of work as if she
did not fear to soil her hands or dirty her
apron Such girls we love and respect wher-
ever we fnd them In 4 palace or q hovel.
Always pleasant and always kind, they never
turn up their noses before your face, or SLAM
der you behind your back They have more
sense aud better employment. What are
firts aud hustle bound girls in comparison
with these? Good for nothing bat 70 look
at and that is rather disgusting. Give us
the industrious and happy girl. and we care
not who worships the fashionable and idle
simnleton.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

The times are out Of joint. and sadly omi-
nous Of changes not for The bitter. Cne If
the signs" Of the time. striking and appal-
ling, is the prostitution Of tile high and holy
Office OF the Gospel ministry not merely to
tne rank Of moral or scientific lccturings, but
to the nia,ign work Of creating and fostering
the fanatical mania which Is Spreading III the
Northern section of this country. Politi.
clans sound the note Of alarm because they
apprehend that too much political power is
passing Oht Of their hands into those Of an
other section Of the republic This is taken
up by The pulpit, and instead Of the gospel
we have the evangel Of abolitionism. The
theories Of fanatical school of politicians
are handed out in the place Of repentance
toward God aud faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ. Nebraska is the text for many d.
atribe, rather than the truth which is reveal.
eJ in the Bible. which alone is saving be-
cause thus revealed and which it is the only
and exclusive office of the Christian preacher
to declare and enforce. with the authority
given to it by that revelation. It is bad
enough when philosophy so-called, or science
with its boast Of superior enlightment, gets
into the pulpit. The hungry sheep look up
to the pastor and are not fed. But when the
preacher turns himself into d charatan Of a
politician, and ignoring Paul's Gospel deals
in the acrid and fiery declamations Of the
New York Tribune, or follows III the wake
Of Garrison and Parker, we are entitled to
ask him by what authority he was commits
stoned to do e work like this ? Who gave
him his new political mission? And what
are the proofs that his new calling is sane.
toned by hea7en! Are mems souls conver,
ted by this politico preaching In sober
truth. the only conversion accomplished by
the whole business, is the conversion Of the
pulpit into one Of the worst nuisanccs in the
land the conversion of tie minister OF figl.
teOusneSs into a contemplate brawler, if not
a blooi-thisty fanatic and traitor The de.
scent IS easy when once the true and high level
Of the ministerial function is abandoned. It i:
one of the most stubborn proofs that Chris.
tianity is divine, that it exists at all amidst
the blunders, fOllies, and corrupt passions oi
the men who by eminence claim to be its
teachers AMI defenders in the world.-Chis
tian AdrOcate
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19
81 Don't Care"

Now don't say you don't care, because
you do. For what else have you been twin
ing those pretty curls till there is not ruff
fed hair upon their surface? For who else
would you wear that shining knot of blue
ribbon. the color he likes so well and the
very little keepsake of red coral that fairly
futters upon that white muslin
If you don't care, HE away to mothers
room there is plenty TO do there. Your
guitar stands neglected; the white pearl but
tons, like gems. stud the glittering foil in
your neat wOrk-basket, and the patient DO.
som is waiting the aid Of your fairy fingers
to sew them on. There is the book with the
leaf folded down whore you left off at dark.
Father sits in his accustomed place, very vii.
ling to hear your voice, and signing some-
times when he thinks how soon it may war
bic in another home.
But no; you have been thinking Of father
and mother for eighteen long years. and love
has let down gently before them. the face,
from the heart Of another. And be is late
tonight
L don't care"
But yes you do care. Taking quick mar
ches between the glass and window sitting
down for moment and playing petti,h mu-
sic with your foot, springing up with rosy
bushes at every footstep (even at old black
Cato's) fancying it may be him; does that
look as if you didn't care Rather ques-
tionable symptoms.
"Should think he might come"
So should |. He ought to come he
would come if he knew what a little fever Of
expect alton you was in. Would perhaps fall
right on his knees, though if he does. reject
him. for be cannot have a manly excuse.
Could he only see you now
For there you stand looking so wistfully
down towards that little white lattice gate,
watching unconsciously how the moonbeams
drink the crimson from the roses Never
needing the low bewildering music of the
willow dulcimers, or the floating sprays that
fan the wild flowers to sleep.
Il don't care "
Truly spoken that time
The water Of TIE river CLEANS beyond
like a geld mass Of silver, and now and then
a transitory lustre flashes athwart the heavens.
A star shoots Quick the wish thrice re-
peated. as you watch it falling that he may
come soon.
Oh. how strange that the glories Of heav-
en- and the beauty Of the earth should all be
made subscryient to that young hearts first
love-
A shadow falls on the white path tall,
manly form stOops to the latch of the little
gate. lie is coming. be has come. And
there YOU sit looking so unconcerned and
proper, as if it was the most natural thing in
tho world to expect him just then.
The song that you couldn't sing" for
father. is repeated at his request. All!
naughty child, naughty child but loving
woman, for all that.-OliUe Branch.
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4 BLooMER AFTER A LovER.-We saw Q
sight in this city of sights last Friday. Il
was young lady possessing beautiful features
her eyes glistened and glOwed With intense
brightness her cheeks were flushed as the
rose, and her lips bore the resemblance Of red
cherries freshly plucked from the trees. Her
crstume was Of black velvet She was dress
ed a Ia bloomer-only a little more SO. Her
pants came to the ankles. where they were
buckled neatly around pair of white stock
ings. She had black mantle thrown over
her shoulders, and on the top Of her head sat
very becomingly a black beaver hat. Her
hair was combed beautifully on each side Of
her forehead, and fell in ringlets over her
shoulders. She is about Is years OF age, halls
from Philadelphia, aud is now on her way to
New Orleans in search of a runaway lOrer.
-DdytOs Empire.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

0y- A gentleman once sent his son wi.h
present to his newly settled minister. On
his return. tho father very naturally asked
him how he liked the new pastor.
"0h," said the lad, che is a beautiful
man. he is so pleasant and kind. that clnot
help liking him Why, he invited me into
his study and told me to look at his books
while he wrote you a note. lie is really FIRST
rate, but father believe the peer man is as
blind as beetle"
blind. my son, what makes 5Oi think he
is blind ?"
why, because father. when came away
he asked me if did not wear q cap; and if
he had not been blind he might have known.
for it was on my head all the time | was
there"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

A FAsTIpIous EDIToE.-John w. Boyd,
Esq formerly editor of the Chambersburg
(Pa) Repository and Wing, having been re-
commended to the Mayorality Of HagerstOwn,
declines the honor for certain cogent reasons,
which he states at length in the Hagerstown
Chronicle. In the FIRST place, he thinks the
uosition wouldn't suit HMM the next place,
he considers that neither profit nor honor
would attach to il be then goes on to say
Third, have not tho courage to place my
self under obligations to every Tom, Dick
and Harry, or to shake hands with every sea-
" BLACKBOARD, at the risk Of catching more
than / 6argained for. Fourth, have not
the patience to inquire into the state Of every
mans health-believing that to attain po-
sition Of prominence through knowledge Of
the public bowels, would be travelling to dis
tinction through very disagreeable channel." "
He then admits that he would be willing to
serve his fellow-citiEens in any capacity yield
ing honor without regard to profit, and winds
up as follows But 10 put myself into po-
sition in which every wretch entitled to a
vote would feel himself privileged to hold me
under special obligations, would be rather
too much pork for a shilling" /, there.
fore. most emphatically decline the intended
dishonor"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

The Love oE TITLEs.-An old Dutchman,
who, for many years, kept the ferry at Oil
Creek, was one day crossing with largo
load Of passengers who. with ono exception,
addressed each other as Colonel, Major. Cap2
tain, Judge, &c. When the fair came to be
paid. he charged the titLcd men one shilling
each.
"What is my fare ?" said the gentleman
who had no title. after Che rest had all paid
Your fare ?" said the Dutchman. "your
fare is chust noting-you ish de first high
private Yankee lever carriedoyer this creek,
and you is Welcome "
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

Curious CHINESE PRovERBs-On Con
tcntment.-The ripest fruit often grows on
the toughest wall
It is the small wheels Of the carriage thai
come in FIRST.
The man Who holds Che ladder at the bot
tom is frequently of more service than he who
is stationed at the top of it.
Contentment is to the mind what a frame
is to- a misunderstanding it. and lifting IL
sven from dunghill.
The turtle. though brought in at the area.
gate, takes the head Of the table.
Better TO be the cat in philauthropist's
family, than a mutton pie at kings banquet
The Learned Pig did not learn its letters
in day
True merit. like the pearl inside an oyster,
is content 10 remain quiet until IT finds an
opening.
Tke tob strawberries are eaten first.
Hc who leaves early gets the best hat.
Pride sleeps 70 a gilded crown-Content-
mcnt in cotton nightcap
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

DoEs fuE Moon INFLUENCE THE Weather?
Will somebody observe when the moon
changes at meridian, if it invariably rains or
SHOWS directly after; or il the change is late
in the afternoon, that fair weather follows; !;
or if the change occurs in the small h.urs Of
the night, with the wind northerly that fair
weather always follows; or if the change oc-
ours about six in she morning that rain al
ways follows? If these everybody saysso
facts are proven by years trial. we win
publish the case, "the Moon vS. the Wealth
err" with a verdict Of pro. ,n.-Ne,0 YORK
Times.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

VaN,Ty OF LIFE The following from q
late sneecL of Mr.. Benton, is touching COM
mentary of the vanity Of political ambition
I have gone through contest for which !
have no heart, and into which was forced
bv combination against life and honor, and
from which gladly escaped. What Is seat
i Congress to me have sat thirty years
in the highest branch in Congress, have made
. name to which l can add nothing and l
sbopld only be anxious TO save what has been
Gained. / have domestic relations sorely
Iacerated IN these times; wife whom have
never neglected, and who needs my attention
now more than ever; children, some separa,
,ed from me by the expanse Of oceans and
continents, and others by the slender bounds
which separate time from eternity. l touch
the ace which the psalmist assigns as the nm
Il Of manly life, and must be thoughtless IN,
doed II do not think of something beyond
the fitting and shadowy pursuit OF tins me-
of ali Of which I have seen the vanity, =
What of my occupation ! Ask ths under
taker. that good Mr.. Lynch. whose tace' pre-
sent cont, ON 90 many mournful occasions, has be-
come pheasant 10 me. He knows what occu-
pies NV thoughts and cares gathering tne
homes of the dead-a mother, sister, TWO
sons a prandchild; planting the cypress over
sssembied Graves, and marking the spot where
and those who are most dear to me- are soon
10 be laid.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

LIvELINEss.- things are moro liable
TO be abused in socicty-especially by young
lades-than the gift Of liveliness. No doubt
It gains present admiration. while they con
tinue young aud pretty, but it leads to no es
teen, produces no affection if 1t be carried
Beyond the bounds Of graceful good humor.
She, for instance, who is distinguished for
the odd freedom Of her rcmarks-whose laugh
is loudest-whose mot is the most piquant-
who gathers a group Of laughers around her
of whom shy and quiet people are afraid =
this is a sort of person who may be invited
out, who may be Thought no inconsiderable
acquisition at parties, Of which the genera
opprobium is dullness But this IS not the
sort Of person likely to become the honored
mistress Of a respectable home.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

suPERpHosPHArE OF LME.-Mr. Henry
N Smith of MiddletoNn. throughthe Amerl'
can Agriculturist, strongly recommends the I,
nee nee of tbis fertilizer. lie has tried 1t on all
kinds of garden vegetables, ana grass ana
sbrubbery, generally, with the very pest re ro,
III sri,s II Is a complete protection against the
rayaees % of grubs. cut worms, and the bugs pug
i.n;aS rI' DESTROY young vines. One bot fore
WIZ mD,O1 last season after a gentle rain during
,L~ Ioon nrav;ous night, he went into his garden
a .ns fan,d hat fulI one half of bis cucumber
Iu DIsntS t had been cut down by the striped bugs
He sprinkled handful Of po'Suere1p p.' '1ani TU, was
nhate over them and not another plant ''1'
injured.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

CoNsoRTs AFTER DEATH.-Therc having
been some speculation lately on the Sweden
borgian ceremony Of marriage, we give the
following synopsis Of Swedenborg's chapter
on :" the state Of consorts after death +"
/. The laws Of the sex remain with every
man after death, such as it was in his interi-
or will and thought in the world.
2. The same is true Of conjugal love.
3. Two consorts most commonly meet af-
ter death, know each other, again associate,
and for some time live together This takes
place in the first state, while they are in cx-
ternals. as in the world.
4. As they successively put of their ex-
toruals aud enter into their Intervals, they
perceive in what love and inclination towards
each other they had mutually been, and con-
sequently whether they can live together or
not.
0. If they can live together, they remain
consorts but il they cannot, they separate
themselves, sometimes the man from the wife,
and sometimes the wife from the man. and
sometimes each from the other.
6. Then there is given to the man a
suitable wife, and TO the wife man in like
manner
7. That consofts enjoy a similar inter
course with each ether as in the world, but
more pleasant and blessed yet without pro-
Ification, IN the place Of which they have
spiritual prolifcatiOn. which is Of love and
wisdom.
o Such is the case with those who 60
into heaven, but otherwise with those who
90 into hell.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

MGTRIMoNY-By Doi0. Jr.--T want you,
my young sinners, to kiss and get married
and thon devote your time to morality and
mouey-making. Then let your home be pro-
yided With s0ch comforts and nccessaries as
piety, pickles, pots and kettles, brushes,
brootns, benovolence. bread. charity, hops,
crackers, faith. -four. affection. cider. sinceri-
ty, onions, integrity, virtue, wine and wisdom.
Have all these things always on hand, and
happiness will be with you. Don't drink
anything Intoxicating; eat moderately 80
about business after breakfast, lounge a little
after dinner. chat after tea, kiss after quar-
relling; and all the bliss that earth can af-
ford shall be yours till the grave closes over
you, and your spirits are borne to the bright
or and happier world. So mote it be.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

ASHES FOR THE PUMA hint derived
from your pages, saved me the last season a
large crop Of pfums. the first we have had Of
any account 10 some years. This was. the
sprinklmg Of ashes upon the young fruit as
recommended by one Of your correspondents,
to prevent the ravages Of the curculio. Ey-
cry morning or two. until the plums were full
grown, the trees were well busted, aud the re-
suit was bountiful crop of fine fruit. If
any one has not tried it, lot him do so thc
coming season, on,-C0uatry GcAtlcmaR.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-07-19

10 Among the novel features Of the COM
ing celebration. in this city, of the anniversa-
ry of American Independence, says, the Gin
cinnati Columbian, will be, we understand, a
device Of Miles Greenwood. Esq. who pro-
poses that the steam fire engine shall, while
being dragged through the streets, BE- used to
supply power to a steam printing press, car
ried in a car As the procession moves
through tie streets, the printing press can
strike OF copies of the Declaration Of Inde.
pendence. The idea will be generally ap-
proved.