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The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
NOT QUITE DEAD.


some Of the most Imaginative Of the Dem,
ocratic writer's have been laboring for
months past to prove thatthe Natioual Whig
Party IS dead But We believe they have
not even succeeded IN pursuading them.
selves Of tie truth Of this position, else sure
u they would not toll and fret, and fume
this hot weather IN the effort to persuade
people that i is a reality. II the Wing
party bein verify dead, whatsort Of courage
and ehivalry does II exhibit on the part 81
our opponents 70 occupy themselves inces-
sanity in Staying The slain,
I was but few days since when yig-
Iilent Democrat in the House Of Representa-
tiyes admitteathe potencsofthe Whig par
~ whilst he lamented the inefieiency Of his
own, in shaping the legislation of the coun-
try. This is consolatory admission in
more respects than one; for if in decided
minority, as they are at present, they can
give tone and effect to the business Of the
Legislation, how much more useful must
they prove when again in a majority! The
simple philosopy Of the thing is this, that
Whig principles stand the ''test of talents and
of time" and to accomplish any thing eff
cient for the country the majority must faA
into Wing measures Whatever Of mischief
has yet been done caunol be laid at the door
of the Wings; whatever of good is to result
from bills for Notifications, roads, rivers and
harbors, or from any other measures prom
olive of the general welfare" must be
credited in fair proportions to Whig consis>
tency and Wing devotion.
NJ L,yo7
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

NoRrHERv SENTIMENT. 1t has been
said and with undoubted truth, that ma
Iiority OF Northern Democrats are against
the Nebraska law. AS to the state of dem
ocratic opinion in Michigan we give sig
nifcant paragraph from the Detroit Daily
Times, democratic paper which sympa-
thises with the Hard Shell democrats of New
York. That paper says;
s'In this city, and we speak it without
fear of successful contradiction, all of our
prominent Democrats, those who have stood
high in the confidence of the party not
holding Office under the general govern
ment are determined to resist the endorse
'ments in the Nebraska bill in any shape
whatever, and should the convention, by a
system of packing, or in the vain opinion Of
partisan duty, send out with their nominas
tion an endorsement Of the repeal Of the
Missouri compromise they will find at least
two thirds Of the party in thissection declar>
ing their attachment to resolutions of the
National Convention and ignoring the entire
action Of the State convention.
Michigan has ever been democratic
State and Detroit is the home of General
Cass who has heretofore moulded the poli>
tics and controlled the action of his constitus
ents as thoroughly as ever did the repre>
sentative of people. His personal and
political influence has been considered un-
bounded. The ''Michiganders'' always
sneezed when Gen Cass snufed.
But a change seems so have come over
the spirit of their dreams, Nebraska has
opened the wand of the enchanter The
General '.Wenr' the Nebraska pill, and now
his own neighbors and friends desert him,
refuse to follow his lead. If this is not flat
treason We would like to know the mean~
ing ofthe term. Well we don't CARE
There's always been soft place in Cass'
head. Had Henry Clay been in the Senate
he never would have been guilty of the
nonsense that has rendered him poWerless,
in bis old age, in his own state.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
THE HAPPIEsT TIME.
BY ii. i. BROWN.

BY ~. a. BROWNE.
TO Be resigned when ills betide,
Patient, when iaYofs are denied
And pleased with 1avors given;
Most surely this Is Wisdoms part
This IS that incense of the heart,
Whose fragrance breaths to heaven,
CoTToN.
When are We happiest2 When tie light of morn
Wakes The young roses from their crimson rest;
When cheerful sounds upon the fresh winds borne,
That man resumes his work with blither zest;
While the bright waters leap from rock to glen;
Are We the happiest thenY
Alas, those roses they will fade away,
And thunder tempests viii dei0rm the sky;
And summer heats bid the spring buds decay,
And the clear sparkling fountains may be dry,
And nothing beautiful adorn the scene,
To tell what it hath been.
When are we happiesR IN the crowded hall,
When fortune smiles, and fattereFs bend the
kneeg
How soons how very soon such pleasures palIl
How fast must falsehood's rainbow coming feel
Its poison ioW'rets brave the sting Of care;
Weare not happy there.
Are We the happiest when the evenining hearth
is circled with its crown Of living flowers;
When goeth round the laugh Of artless mirth,
And when affection from her bright urn showers
Her richest balm on the diIating heart?
Bliss is it there thou art9
Oh, mol not there 1T would be happiness
Almost like heavens, if it might always be;
Those brows Withoutone shading Of Distress
And wanting nothing but eternity:
But they are things Of earth, and pass away
They must they must decay!
Those voices must grow tremulous with years;
Those smiling broWs must wear tinge of
gloomj
Those sparkling eyes be quenehed in hitter tears,
And, at the last close darkly in the tombI
If happiness depends on them alone
How quickly is it gone?
When are we happiest then? o, when resigned
To Whatsoer our cup of life may brim;
When we can know ourselves but weak and blind;
Creatures of earth; and trust alone in Him
Who giveth, in his mercy, joy and pain;
Oh! we are happiest then.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
THE NEW MADE GRAVE.

The following lines have great beauty, q
many heart viii respond to their sentiment.
IF on some bright and breathless eve,
When falls the ripe rose leaf by leaf,
The moralizing Bard viii heave
A sigh that seems allied to grief,
Shall be blithe-shall be mute
Nor shed the tear-nor pour the wall
When Death has blighted to its root
The sweetest Flower of Malhamdale!
Her form was like the far sun-stream
That glances through the mist of noon
Ali! little thought we that is beam
Would vanish from our glens so soonl
Yet when her eye had most Of mirth,
And when her cheek the least was pale,
They talked of purer worlds than earth
She could not stay in Malhamdalel
The placid depth of that dark eye,
The wild rose tint of that fair cheek
VIII still awake the long-drawn sigh;
While memory Of the past shall speak.
And we can never be but panied
To think, when gazing on that vale,
One angel more in Heaven is gained,
But one is lost to Malhamdalel
/ may not tell what dreams were mine
Dreams laid in bright futurity-
When the full, soft, and partial shine
OF that fair eye was turned on me.
Enough enough-the blooming wreath
OF Love, and Hope, and Joy, is pale,
And now its whitening perfumes breathe
Ger yon new grave in Malhamdale!
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

AET The Course of Congress in relation
to the ten million bill must be regarded as
a signal rebuke to the President. Several
months ago he sent a message to Congress
speaking Of the critical relations between
the United States and Spain and earnestly
suggesting that money should be placed at
his disposal to enable him to act toward
Spain as emerg gencies might require. Con-
gress paid no attention to that message and
he sent another to that body few days
ago, setting forth the Importance of his haV-
ing pecuniary means at his disposal in view
of our Spanish and Cuban relations. But
the money twice asked for was refused him.
Many millious are lying idle in the treasur
ry but not single dollar could the Sem
ate and House of Representatives be persua-
ded to place within his reach. Even the
Committee on. Fereign Relations couldn't
be brought to agree to his having it.
The foolish and wicked proceedings at
Greytown evidently destroyed all confidence
in the Presidents discretion. Nobody be-
lieves that he is ft to have the use of pub
lie money. Congress if it had the right
would rather take away the power he al
ready possesses than give him more. Con-
gress has discretion enough not to trust to
his.
Lon. Jouraaz.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

FRUITs OF THE UNITED STATES Mr..
Townsend Glover a gentleman whose sue
cess in the art Of moulding and coloring ar~
tifcial fruits has earned for him well de-
served reputation has accepted situation
in the patent Office at Washington and is
now busiIy engaged in preparing agriculture
reports and furnishing for government draw
rings Of the various insects injurious to agris
culture.
Mr.. Glover visited Washington several
months since for the purpose Of exhibiting
his partial collection Of the fruits of the
United States. and Of disposing Of the same
to Congress. The attention Of Che Senate
being called to the subject, q special COM
1nittee ofthat body reported in favor Of moi
only purchasing the specimens exhibited .bul
Of employing Mr.. Glover to complete the
collection SO that itshould comprise repre-.
sentations Of all the fruits ofour country =.
Fruit has become one of the most important
products of our soil and it IS highly desira.
ble that government should possess 3 com,
plete collection of Jas sipssEes of the fruits q
tie United States. Such recollection com
bined with brief descriptions Of the various
species and 81 the climate and soil best q
aapted 10 their culture would prove 81 once
great assistance to American fruit grow
ers and an indireel source Of wealth to ths
community.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

b7g@ The last number of the Washington I'm
ion labors through two columns to prove that the
instructions given to Captain Hollins did not re-
quire him to destroy Greytown, but the Sentinel,
the other administration organ at Washington,
insists that Captain H. acted in strict conformity
with instructions throughout the whole affair.
The course Of the editors of the Union in this
mat r is contemplate. They deny that the in
sspuctions to Capt. Hollins required him to pur-
sue the course he did, because they are afraid that
the country cannot be brought to approve the des-
truction of GreytoWn, and yet they vehemently
commend the destruction of Greytown because
they fear that the country viii hold the admins
tration responsible for it.
We think there can be no question in the mind
of any honest man that Capt Hollins in all he
did, acted in strict conformity with the spirit and
letter of his instructions. But, if he did not, LET
the administration at once purge itself of the guilt
of the internal transaction. IF Capt. Hollins, in
the destruction of city, acted without authority,
let the administration promptly order his trial by
a naval courtmartial What good will it do for
the organs to argue that Capt Hollins was not
required by his instructions to destroy Greytown
if the administration, by its course endorses the
.act?- Lou Juor.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
Gg The Norfolk Argus .hus humorous

" satires the s'Kow Nothings-
eve understand that the native poultry
down East are organizing Know Nothing so
oieties, designed to exclude all future impor-
tation Of sharghais from the privileges Of
the barn-yard. The hens especially are in
dignant at any tables where foreign fowls
are served up, while the "biddies' complain
that the huge monsters from abroad steal
all the big grains of wheat. &C., about the
threshing floors. Feathers will fly before
the affairs are settled.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

~ The Coyington KentucIian, jealous
Democratic and Pierce paper, accounts thus for
the organization Of the Know Nothings:
@There is. one view Of this subject which is fae-
" touched upon by an able contributor in to-days
paper, and which aeeords with our opinion entire
". II part Of the Catholic and Natfue popula-
ton Of tie country hare abused their privileges u.
such manner as to bring about The organisation
Of Knos0 Nothtags. Their opposition to the com
mon school system, their own secret political or
ganizations, their deseoration Of theSabbath, and
disturbances Of religious worship in othe congre-
cations, BY means Of formidable professions with
brass bands and martial music are things to
which we are as hearty opposed as the most ultra
Know Nothing in the country.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

We have rarely met With anything more
beautiful than the following which we
find in the New York Mirror Of a recent
date,
g All that live must die;
Passing through nature to eternity"
Men seldom think Of the great event Of
Death until the dark shadows falls across
their own path hiding however from their
eyes the face of the loved ones whose loving
smile was the sunlight of their existance.
Death is the great antagonism Of life and
the cold thought ofthe tomb is the skeleton
in all our feasts We do not want to 90
through the dark valley although its pas
sage may lead to Paradise, and with Charles
Lamb We do not wish to lie down in the
moaldy grave even with the Kings and
princes for our bed fellows. But the fact
Of n ature is inexorable. There is no ap-
peal or reprieye from the great law that
dooms us all to dust. We flourish and fade
like the leaves ofthe forest and the frailest
flower that blooms and withers in a day
has not frazier hold on life than the Nigh
tiest monarch that has ever shook the earth
lby hisfootsteps. Generations of men ap-
pear and vanish away like the grass and
the countless multitude chat sWaTnas the
world to-day win tomorrow disappear like
footprints on the shore;
Soon as therising tide shall beat,
Each trace viii vanish. from the sand
In the beautiful drama Of Ion The instinct
Of immortality So eloquentlY uttered By The
death devoted Greek finds deep response
/ ii every thoughtful soul e Is nature pro
phecY of life to come. When about to yield
lis young existence as 9 sacrifice to fate
His betfoEhed, Clemahtte asks if they shall
not NEE again. To which be replies. 4
have asked that dreadful question Of the
hills that look eternal; Of The flowing streams
that loW forever; Of The stars among whose
fields Of azure my raised spirit hath walked
In glory. All were dumb. But while I
uaSe upon thy living face, I feel there's
Something ii The love which manlles through
Its beauty that cannot wholly perish We
lshall meet ogain Clemanlhe.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
re- The Boston Post IS guilty Of the /,

re- The Boston Post is guilty of the fol-
lowing
esome negroes escaped from jail At Mari
posa BY boring holes with an augur. Other
prisoners we're placed in the same room be-
fore It was properly repaired, and likewise
escaped BY the Niger gngur route. :
That Post man ought to be confined. Is
there no law to protect the community 8
gainst such atrocities?
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

"a The Washington Sentinel says that
the origin of Greytown was illegitimate !"
Greytown was about three hundred years
old and we guess that the Editor Of the
Sentinel who isn't near so old, dosn't know
whether her origin was illegitimate or not
Butthere are 4 great many persons whose
origin was 'illegitimate, Would the Sentinel
have them all bombarded?
Tnns .Zazlra.nI
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

IA The Fugitive Slave Law has been decided
unconstitutional BY the Supreme Court Of Wis
consin in full bench. The Court holds the law to
be unconstitutional because it entrusts the adudi-
cation Of fugitive cases to magistrate Of 50 low
a grade as Commissioner. and also because it de
MES the trial by jury as understood BY Northern
men. 1t is probable the case viii now be taken
to the Supreme Court Of the United States.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
n4r The Washington Sentinel saws th

nT The Washington Sentinel says that
GreytoWn chad no legal existance" We
suppose the meaning ofthis is that the ex-
istance of GreytoWn was against the law
and that proper regard for law required
her annihilation. How would it do for a
man who should commit murder to set
up the pleathat his victim never had legal
existance?
Ta,, To,,yo,oI
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
CURTAIN LECTURE BY MRS. FUBBs.

CURTAIN LECTURE BY MRS FUBBS.
"Fubbs.I want to talk to you awhile, and
| want you to keep awake while do it. You
want to 60 to sleep? Yes, you always
want, but ! don't. I'm not Of the sleepy
kind. It's good thing for you, Mr.. Fubbs
that you have wife who imparts informa-
ton by lectures else you would be per-
feet ignoramous Not anything about the
the house to read, except Bible that the
Christian Association gave you, and tract
that fellow named Porter left here one
day, entitled "Light for the heathen.' It's
well he left it for you are heather, Fubbs.
You thank God you amt mormon. Yes
I understand that insinuation too, you pro-
fame wretch! You meant you're glad you
hadn't but one wife. You never would
have known there ever was Nor
mon, Mr.. Fubbs if hadn't told you, for
you are too stingy to take paper. I de-
clare your name ought to be Fibbs, you
tell so many Of 'em It's only last week I
lost dollar and fifty cents on butter that
sold to a pedler. because / didn't know the
price, which is published every week.
This would have paid for the paper a whole
year; And then you are 50 ignorent Fubbsl
Didn't you take your gun fother day and
walk clear down to the Big Marsh hun
ting because some body told you that the
Turkeys were marching into Rushes.-
Yes you did Fubbs. you needn't deny
.4s
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
Vol. 10 No 81


The Paris correspondent ofthe New York
Courier, in late letter. makes suggsEii0ns
which are worthy attention. Hesays
I'm Franco lie ladies are educated ii
manner to make ;hem the most agreeable
in society, and while all are taught to keep
the account Of household expenses many Of
the poorer Glasses are taught book keeping
% thoroughly as 70 enable them 70 follow
the profession. Ii almost every Paris shop
consequently the books are kept either By
the wife of the shop-keeper or BY some 9th
er one employed for the purpose. Thus
the French system Is to teach females the
useful and agreeable according to their
worldly condition Our American system
is to teach them a littIe Of every thing, in
fact we take more pains with them
than with cur boys, though It would
seem flom the results that our efforts bither-
TO have been none too well directed. While
we have female seminaries and colleges. in
which degrees are conferred and which pro-
duce shallow and discOntented discomfort
ed philosophers. who immodestly take the
rostrum at public meetings and have begun
to invade the pulpit we have very few
who can take charge Of husbands coun-
ting-room while he is engaged in the diree~
tion of his business. In Paris you buy a
carpet Of your upholster who shows the
goods makes all the necessary eK lanations
and sends it home. But when you pay
you step to the neat mohogany desk where
Madame sits enthorned behind her large
folio ledger and it is with her you regulate
your account. The French tradesman's
wife is no mere sleeping partner. She is
an active useful and appropriate part in the
management Of affairs-she knows to what
extent the business is prosperous. and is
therefore never in danger like many Amer>
lean wives of demanding new carriage or
some other extravaganza when her husband
is on the point Of failing"
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

That man who runs down the girlsspealzs il Of
married woman, throws a quid of Tobacco into the
contribution box and takes penny out to buy
more, can never have peace in thisWorld and new
er win. Bed-bugs, ,musquitoes and the night mare,
and all tho hobgobIins Of guilty conscience win
haunt him on his way to that weIl-heated prison
where the convicts are allowed no other amuse-
ment tIlan to sit and pick their teeth with red
hot poker through al eternity. Dow Jr
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

R Ex Governor Foote, late Of Missis
sippi, but now Of the Golden State, is erect
ING a splendid mansion in Clinton, Contra
Costa, opposite San Francisco.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

A CoURrEoUs GENTLEar AM do not
wish to say anything against The individual
in question. said the quiet man, "but +
would merely remark. IN the language ofthe
poet. thus to him truth IS stranger than
fiction.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

Dean Swift held this doctrine that there were
three places where man should be allowed e.
speak without contradiction; namely, tho bench,
tie pulpit. and the galloWs
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

gCaptain, what's the fare to 81. Louis2''
''What part of the boat do you wish to 60
cabin Or deok." ''Hang your cabin.
said the gentleman from Indiana, ''I live in
4 cabin at home; give me the best you've
got
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

The entire assets Of 9 recent bankrupt
were nine small childrenl The creditors
acted magnanimously, and let him keep
them.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

"A HUSBAND AWARDED Among the re-
wards At the celebration Of the Jacksonville
(Il Female Seminary, was the following;
"To Miss Hattie J. Hine, for meekness Of
disposition, kind heartedness and affection,
q husband Mr.. Austin Rockwell" Hsnch
magnificent prizes are annually awarded,
that school van become very popular.
~ Tho John yanBnren and Daniel q Sick
les afar hns turned out just We eSpecled--
sicxIos addroo note @ John asking him II
the language of bis speech in Iammany Han last
Noyenba was intendeato to Be personally offensive
and John explained that L Wasn'i .iil tla. ihs
matter ended
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

PEws IN CHUReHEs Rev. Mr.. Hoffman, in
his sermon on eThe System Of Free Churches :
says that the first enclosed pew that was ever
know in church, lates back only to the 18th cen
tury, half a century and more later than the Re
formation in England. They were never extern
siEely introduced until the time Of the Puritan
rebellion, and thenin opposition to the Bishops 81
tie Church, By men who wished to conceal from
tie congregation that they refused to lneel during
tie prayers, 81 thought themselves too good to
pray By the side of those who were poorer than
themselves.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

Mr Sow Bon. ar Robert Tyler, son Of the
exsresident has published letter ID tlle FliIa-
aelphia Argus. il opposition % the Know Moth
ings.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

b The Administration alleges that
Spain has been guilty Of great many in
dignities and outrages against the United
States. She Is permitted to exist however
because there Is one crime that she has
not committed Only let one of her citizens
throw al empty bottle At the head ofsuch
man as Solon Borland. and She viii be
annih lated ii real Gil sytoWn fashion.
Lou. Journal.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
-. 3. sHARKEY. WaI T. WRITER'S
SHARKEY q WITHERS,
Attorneys at Law,
JACKSON MISS.

4 t1oAsC4Ne AAtrAs
I'm. E. SHARKEK has resumed Che
practice of Law and has formed q
partnership with William T. Wilhers.
Especial attention Wlll he given 70 busi-
ness inkhe courts held IS tie city Of Jackson-
When desired business z q Pc attended.
81 Id lie aiacsni Circuit Courts
s Office oIl state street over afeen's Bank
;ng Honsss if64 5s-1l.
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Dried beef foI
- TA1lBoRINE
The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25
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The Yazoo City weekly Whig., 1854-08-25

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