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The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-12
Regular Yazoo River Packet.
New store.

THE undersigned, having recently purchased
: the entire stock of Hobsun and LamkIn,
consisting eff every variety Of Fancy and Sta
PIE Dry Goods. Ready-made Clothing, Hats,
Caps. Boots and Shoes. Eaddlerg, Hardware,
Grockery, and Glassware, together with ma
respectfully invites the citizens of Yazoo
City, and the public generally. to give him q
CALL s. s. WRIGHT.
December d. 1s53-7-tR.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-12
HGGINROTHAM & 60.

w ship for thepurpose oftransacting general
Produ ce, Grocery and Liquor business. We
will keep constantly on hand general assort
ment of famil groceries, Wines, Brandies
Hardware, Cutlery and Queensware which
we will sell very low.
z. II. HIGG GINBOTHAM
o. w. HENDERSON.
january IS, 1854-1y.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-04-12
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LAW CARD.
LAW CARD.

Attor7aey and CoanSeIEordt Lac,
YAZOO CITY, MISS.
NWILL practice in the courts atJackson,
Wv and the circuit courts of Winston, At
taila, Leake, Madison, Yazoo and Holmes.
All business entrusted to his care will re-
ceiVe prompt attention.
January 18th, lS54-tf
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13
For tho IIillsborough Recorder.
10 Msssrs. Lane. Ihomburgh and


Take apsoial care of the Common
Roads--Rail aud Plank Roads will be
enough cared for by the stockholders
and officers employed in their build.
ing. DO not permit those interested
in those great works to impose upon
the small and weak ! far after all. un,
less we have suitable roads to travel
through and across the country tn lead
Us to lhuse improved pass ways. they
will be Of little general service, Whe-
Their they, or any Of them, will BIZ ulti.
mately approved BY the majority, |
think remains tn be tested. Legisla-
lures. as well as individuals. who feel
an abiding interest in those public
works. ought to act with abundant pru.
dence. caution and Iorbearanee ia eve
ry thing which is calculated ia preju.
dice the minds of those who tlu NIT feel
themselves so Immediately interested.
The public are not to be driven or irau.
dulenily drawn into the support Of any
measure By false allurements and in
ducements which are never verified,
without a murmur. There is great
complaint by wagoners against the
Western Plank Road frsm Fayette-
vile, an sarious accounts. 1t is said
that in places the pIanks are rotten and
worn out. and infinitely worse than it
there were no pieces of plank there ;
in other PLACES some Of the planks have
bulged. and sthars are rotten and out.
which altogether makes it as rough as
a Virginia Turnpike. lprass logging
But the greatest Complaint is in the
entire neglect Of the old dirt road.
(which the company is bound Gnr,) and
the apparent determination to compel
all wagons and carriages tn travel on
the Plank Road in the absence Of any
other pass way. which the company
have not only neglected keeping in or
der. but. on the contrary, have either
inadvertently or by design Gagged and
Slapped up with brush. logs. and other
different kinds Of rubbish. 80 that in
PLACES it is altogether impossible. |
understand the branch of the Plank
Road, from the fork thirty. three miles
west nj Fayetteville up to Horizons
Bridge. is awned bya certain compa-
ny; from the other side on west, by a
different company; aud the Bridge is
still Horizons Toll Bridge. separate
charge upon travellers. Now is this
what ,Ae public bad 3 right TO expect I
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

80 FANf&AAt - - --t--+- - =
"a Arenas. and probably have embeld-
sned them 10 grasp al treasures and
valuable merchandise continually pass.
ing over the Nicaragas route.
AZ eertaialy would have been most
satisfactory to me. continues the Pre-.
sident. IL ihe objects ef ibe cyane pis-
sion eaald have keea eaasaamstsa
witheuts resort TO public farce; but
the most arrogant cpntumaey on the
part of offenders. rendered ii impossi-
be 70 avoid the alternative. either TO
drssk up their esisblisbuepf. or leave
them Impressed siih the idea, that
ihey might pesesere with impunity 10
their career nf insolence and plumber.
1his transaction has been the sub
feet Of complaint ON The part Of sorse
fareign powers. and they have charae-
terized II as partaking mare VI harsh
ness than Of justice. II comparisons
were to be instituted. il would not be
difficult to present repeated instances
in the history Of certain States stand
ing In the very front Of modern eivili-
satiaD, where communities FAR less Of,
ieDding and defsncrless than Grey
town, have been rhastised with much
greater severity aud where not cities
oniy have been laid in ruins. but hui
man life has been recklessls sacrificed,
and the blood of the innocent made
profuseIy TO minyIe with that Of the
guilty. ~
The amount Of revenue collected
during the last year. is stated at rs,
449. y05 dollars. and expenditures er-
elusive Of public debt amount to 81,
00s. $40 dollars. The payments made
ON public debt amount TO s24 .SS6. $50.
This statement exhibits that the annual
income Of the government greatly ex-
ceeds its requirements; and the presi-
dent therefore renews his recommen-
dation for reduction Of the duties on
imports,
In this connection. . change Of the
law is recommended respecting the
responsibility Of officers Of customs.
An increase OF the army and navy
10 recommended. a. well al . reform
Of their organic arrangement.
The occurrence within the last few
months Of marine disasters of the masl
tragic character is alluded 10. The
President thinks the achievements oil
science and mechanic skill in the con,
struction Of ships have not heeu cx-
haustcd.
The expenditures Of the Post Office
Department last year is stated ut g.
7l0,906. and receipts at $685., $50.
The number of acres Of public land
sold was seven million thirty Ave thou
sand seven hundred and thirty.five
and the amount received therefore was
80. 225. 5s3.
The President invites attentive con
sideraiion to the subject Of granting
lands for railroads. and promises !
special message upon this subject q
an early day.
The President will send a message
to Congress. explanatory of his vet,
uf the River aud llarbor Bill.
lie renews his recommendation 0
Judiciary gesorm. aud closes with al
eloquent statement of the duty Of tn,
United States towards the world. AM
an invocation for the divine blessin:
to test upon our glorious country.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

hen. Mihis eannut be done,
enald ysa nj b. lAN asfh0Fize tie
csunty coprts to appoint rad inspee-
tors. whose swsrn daily IL shauld be "a
examine the state Of all the pabiie
roads within their respective eounlies.
aud report their real condition to e.
Their the ceart or Grand Jury quarter
lyf IL 10 we'll known. from long en-
ps<ieaee and ubserss<iss. shsf grand
jsries ars not sxpecfed 60 disclose
even all they know " thes ewa knaw-
ledge respecting the condition Of the
rnads aud uRder the present presi-
Stops ~ tbs Ian. through then seems
to be the only channel b. stieh ref~-
nation can be wrougkS Then Il il
not peesssary TO employ ssae sddi-
tienal power to cure the CRYING evil
OsE or rsrR CONSTITUENTS.
We are compelled to omit the concluding
portion ofthis eommuniessios (slready in type,l
until our next issue. "a reisies 10 Poor Hozses'
an important subject, and VIII not lose is ints-
rest by the delay. Eps. REc.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

Solicitor Eiecfed.--rhosaas Rufin, j.,
ESQ.,. was. on Tuesday the 5th inst. elected BY
the Legislature Solicitor Cor this Jndicisl Cir
euit. Mr.. Lancasler's name was previously
withdrawn The vote stood: For Ruf5in 81
for sisdman 81. An the members from Or.
ange voted Cor Mr.. Ruin.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

sss tl.sa . Ilass frssqas WaiEsl = a ii-l
a lhri1 sQueafoas.i e. = i ~ asni e 7,a,~.
ssa i der Sua rznkst Issruerhai i sAs
elresiaa e Senators IN oar State. she Dsnferzss
passed By M. clinsnsn. who app<as "a - )
perfectly wiling % serss ihsns bus Il ihas< So
i~cled are % b considered fhs best speein<sss
thsy eoald furnish from ihrir ewa ranks. would
4 not have been better 20 have done .ssis Va
GINA Denocnis have. ssi take a renegade
whigi But we were speaking e ihs Virginia
nonises; sns ~r saiy sish % add. that il q
sheughs that NJ Misses lesirr On The Kno~
NoshinEs" ~iii array nat powerful and grow
ing party against him. and sasi be viii prol,s-
NY he aswrmped." To us~ sAs old Virginia
wstchworis. . ksss rerroas.-
First Election I'm KanzAs.-An =
lection took place On the ash uIL in ths new
territory Of Kansas. for Delegate 10 Congress.
The candidates were. ]. W. Whitfield. pro-
slavery man. and Robert p. Flenniksn. spsi.
slasey-shs only issus. ~ indicated BY ihs
Kansas Pioneer. being upon the question Of frss
or slave territory. The 81. Louis Republican
announces tic success Of Mr.. Whitfield BY .
isrgs majority"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13
IlILHsn.DDyGEs 80 %
"Wednesday, December -.

ar The Ladies Of Orange who have been
engaged in collecting funds Tor the purchase Of
Mount Vernon. are requested TO send 10 the
Directress, during the present month. the sub
scripiion papers. together with the money con-
iribu.ed, which is 20 be Deposited with the Go.
vernon Of the State. to be held in trust until
called for.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

Virginia PoIliicS.--The Virginia De-
mocratic Convention, which RECENTLY met al
staunton, nominaic,I the following ticket:
For Governor, Henry 4. Wise.
For L;egt Governor, Elisha w. McC,mss,
For Attaaey General, Willis r Boeock,
NJ. Wise, j. will be remembered was once
an ultra Wing, and the author Of ,ha sentiment.
"Thc'union Of the Wings for the sake of the
Union" Qisry-Is it the policy only q the
ps,-asssssc Blsg Is induce iesa'issr, IA, eau
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-13

or We are requested TO state. that meet.
ing Of the Alamsnce Agricultural aociesy viii
be held is the lown Of Grahan. on Mondsy the
9Th day OF January. 1855. at IL o'clock. A. NJ.
A full meeting Of members and friends d ras-
nes.ly solicited, that the Society may be-pisced
upon sarp Footing, and proper impulse Civ
en- 70 its operations.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28
Total from n. C. line to DanviIle..........17s

The Gadsden Treaty Prorisions.-Washing
ton Feb. l3.-The following are the principal
provision of Mr.. Gadsden's treaty, now before
the Senate:
lst. The boundary commences two marine
leagues north of the mouth of the Colorado,
giving US no access to the Gulf of California,
and goes between latitude thiry-one and thirty
two to the one hundred and eleven in degree
of longitude west of Greenwich.
3D. 1t abrogates the II lth article of the trea-
ty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and cancels all claims
of Mexican citizens under that article to date
of ratification.
Sd. The United States pay fifteen millions of
dollars in monthly nstalments of three millions
each-the first payable on ratifying the trea-
ty.
4th Reserves five millions for claims of
American citizens in Mexico, including the Ga
ray grant.
9th. Both Governments agree to put down
Fillibuster;sm, and pursue the Fillihusters with
army and navy into the others territory.
9th. Agrees to refund goods and chattles sto-
len by Indians from citizens Of the others coun-
try.
The President amends No. 5, bv striking out
the pursuit by land and sea into TIM others ter
ritory, and he amends No. 4 by not mention
ing any particular claim.
The amendments are very important. The
treaty will be ratified in its new form.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28
A PAIR OFPARODIES.

NUMBER l.........BY TIMOTHY sCRUGGs.
When lovely woman wells her bosom
With muslin fashionaby thin,
What man with eyes could eer refuse 'em,
From casually peeping in?
And when his ardent gaze returning,
The dry goods heave to deep drawn sighs,
Would not his finger ends be burning,
To press-hiS hat down DER his eyes?
NUMBER ll.....BY BETSY SCRtGGS:
When mustn't mention ems are made,
y AS now, so wonderfully thin.
What human, fit to WOO a maid,
Could squeeze his understanding in?
And when of damsels fair and bevy
Smile sdeway at your cork screw pegs,
Don't think with love their hearts are heavy
They're wondering what als your legs!
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

Spain.-The Messenger de Bayonne publishes
private letter f ON Madrid, written three days
before the COUP the writer of which thus fore
shadows the course upon which the Ministry
appears to have entered:-"The Ministry has
rtsolod rIcr accomI fishing the coup d'etat,
but the Marquis de Corona will first leave the
Cabinet. Among the measures which will be
adopted the proclamation Of the state Of siege
in the capital and province of Madrid will be
one of the 6rst. The Senate will be suppress
ed, and several notablities of the opposition
will be exed. The liberty of the press will be
diminished, or altogether suspended. Several
military chiefs who were stationed in Madrid
have been removed, among others the Duke
de Eu and Brigadier Solano. A number of
changes will take place in the administrative
service, &C."
The Espana,, of Madrid, of the 18th instant,
says: "As Queen Maria Christina was yesder-
day passing along the Gale de Alcada. she met
a priest carrying the sacrament to poor sick
man: Hermajesty Immediately got out of her
carriage, made the priest enter it, and followed
the vehicle with wax candle, in her hand,
through the dirty streets, to the mans residence;
after which she proceeded on foot to the parish
church."
MADRID, Jan le.-The Minister of Justice
has resigned, and his place has been supplied
Gd interim by the Minister of Finance.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

Austrid.-The whole of the Bohemian army
corps have received orders to march to Hunga
ry. The army already concentrated or the
Crotian, Servein,, and Transylvania frontiers
amounts to so 900 men. 1t is known at Wen.
ma says a correspondent, that Omar Pasha nei
ther receives nor sends away dispatches with.
out their being shown to the revolutionary lea.
0ers, and since the defeat of the Russians at
Citale the imperial government has become Sc
riously alarmed.
Improbable as it may appear, negotiations
are going on between the Russian government
and the Papal Nuncio who resides at Vienna,
for bringing about ''fusson" of the Catholic
and Greek Churches. The Russin Cabinet is
anxious to secure the cooperation of the high
Catholic party during the present crisis; but, of
course, when the danger is over the negocia-
tions will be over too.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28
COMMUNICATION FROM BENJAMIN.
FRANKLIN

Among the good things said and read at the
editorial dinner in Springfield, Mass, on the Il
ult., as recorded in the Springfield Republican,
was the following. At the dinner table was
read by Dr. Holland the following letter from
Benjamin Franklin, who was among those nec-
essarilly absent:
Telegraph Office, he Ssreata sphere
Eighteen hundred and fifty fourth year,
For we rhyme in our very dates up here,)
Of the first month the 18th day,
(fhe anniversary, by the way,
Of your humble servants birth, IN clay.l
Gentlemen Editors:
Free for day from your cares and your creditors,
Free from the scissoss, the pen, eud the h-e7.
Permit ye brother-an old time typo
On this bright ann iversary,
In style rather cursory,
And in cHrs-ery Ucrs-ery,)
To write you line from the spirit-land nursery.
You are all asleep to the signs of the times
Dead halnmer-dead as old Grimes,
Seated around this table to-day,
Catch ye not CLEANS of a milder sway.
Something mlennialS
Something perennial?
Something Of promise upspringing within You all
There sits neghbory charged with sheep-stealiu,
(Or something bad) bnt in cordial feeling,
Without any ardent your ardor to mellow,
You are blessing him now tor capital fellow
And there at your elbow sitting before ye,
Is man (if we credit your brOtherly story,)
Who the shabbiest, meanes. political knave is;
Who to Fashood and party the pitiful slave is:
And you've helped him, for hours to your graces
and grayies!
The man who indited those slashing leaders,
Whose paragraphs ever were discord-breeders,
And the poor little chaps
Who received the raps
Sit side by side-good friends and good feeders.
Seated around this table to-day.
Catch ye not CLEANS of a milder sway,
Something millennia
Something perennial,
Something of promise upspringinS within you all
Thanks my kind friends for the honor you do me,
In coming together this day Of my birth;
Thanks for al compliments paid unto me,
And my poor labors achieved on earth;
But worship me never, nor follow my track;
Leave my name to myself and my books on your
shelves;
Ny genius you have not-your genius lack;
So be better than Franklin-be nobly Yourselves
In the Ultima hale,
Yours, very truly,
Benjamin
franklin
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

Information Wanted.-Augusta Giesselman,
who came to Galveston. Texas, from Germany,
some eight or ten years since, is very anxious
to obtain information of the whereabouts of her
brothers Frederick and Henry Giesselman, who,
at last accounts, were in or near Brazoria, Tex.
as. She left Galveston when child, in care
of German named Beck. who promised to
take her to her brothers, but instead of doing
so, brought her to this city. where she has re-
manned until the present time. Amy informa-
ton upon the subject, addressed to her at Louis
vile, Kv, viii be thankfully received.
Papers of the South and West will do an act
Of kindness to poor orphan girl by giving
this notice an insertion.-I Lou. Cour.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
". & SAMI b. O'RRIEN.
From the Cincinnati Railroad Record.

Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad, cia.
the Ra6esn Gap.-The great line from Cincin-
natl to Charleston, is now advanced so far,
that the only remaining difficulty is to connect
Danville, (Ky.) with the Blue Ridge Railroad,
fTenn.) 1t has been commonly supposed, that
this would necessarily be ria. Knoxville. But
on this point there is much discussion, in both
Kentucky and Tennessee. For the information
of readers, we will give the distances on the
different routes, prepared by the editor of the
LOudon Free Press, which we believe are cor
rect. We must premise that LoUDoN is new
town, sprung up on the Tennessee River, where
the East Tennessee Railroad crosses it. We
must also observe, that if the route is by Lou
don, the line will cross the Cumberland noun
tains, at "Winter's Gap" the lowest Gap, it is
said, in the range.
There are now three routes across East Ten
nessee, claiming the location of the railroad
proposed to connect the Ohio Valley with
Charleston, S. c. We often hear inquiries as
to the relative distances of these several routes
In answer to these enquiries, we will give ta-
bic of distances on each route from the point
where the Blue Rigde Tor Rabun Gap) Railroad
crosses the North Carolina line into Tennessee,
to Danville, Ky.
lst Route--via Knoxville.
From n. C. line to Knoxville .......... 543 miles
Z" Knoxville TO Danville, Ky, .........l63
Total from n. C. line to Danville, ......... 2I73
2nd Route-via Sweetwater.
From n c. line to Kingston, ............... 67
" Kingston TO Somerset. ............... 81
" Somerset to Danville, ................ SO ="
Total from Y. c. line to Danville, ......... 100 4"
Sd Route-via Loudon
From n. c. line TO Loudon, .................. IS
4" London to Somerset, KY, ............lOl 4"
Somerset to Danville, ................. 40
Total from n. C. line to Danvile..........I76
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

Chronology of Remarkable epents.-Pros-
pectively calculated by our own clairvoyant.
1854. City improvement begins. Temple
bar and lord mayors show end.
1856. Restoration of the bonnet to the crown
of the head.
1857. Act passed for the relief of London
dodgers. Prohibition of barrel organs, cats,
blunt-knives, and door chains
1859. Teetotalsm introduced among the
London cabmen. No less than three takes the
pledge at once.
1880. Something useful done BY the sani-
tary commissioners.
1881. Great excitement prevails IN literary
circles A London author gets check from
a New York publisher.
1899. Cultivation Of genuine HAVANA to-
bacco plants at Richmond ends.
1900. clean street seen in the city.
1919. Publication of Mr.. Jamess 5OOOth
novel.
1919. Completion of the library catalogue
at the British MuSeum-up to the letter H.
1920 racing prophecy fulfilled.
1888 Ventilation of the House of Commons
effected.
1915. A London lady, for a wager, walks
down Regent street with her husband without
stopping at shawl shop.
1880. Maine law introduced into England
for an hour or two
1899. Starvation of Curates ceases.
1000. Restoration of borrowed umbrella
to its rightful owner.
2OOi. Apparition of policeman at the mo-
ment be was wahted.-l London Paper.
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

NewYork, February lS.-Rio COFFEE was
buoyant, and 500 bags were disposed of at II
cents. per tb. FLOUR was dull and declining
and 5000 bbls. found purchases at 1852 for
State and 50 for Ohio. 500 bbls of Southe,,
were sold at from $S.S8 1912 per bbl.-
WHEAT was dull at $2.O5 for Southern White.
CuRN was dull and considerably lower. 49,
600 bushels changed hands at from SO cents
81 per bushel
Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-02-28

A clergyman was once catechising class of
children belonging to his congregation, and
coming to a little boy who was something of a
rogue, asked him what he knew
81 know something" replied the urchn with
a significant look.
''Well, my son; what do you know" said the
pastor.
II know where there's birds nest" said
the boy; ''but | shan't tell you for fear yon'll
steal the eggs"