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The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-19
ELEGANT CLOTHING FGR SPRING
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4GOC - NJDa
lid Ne sTEEr. CORNER or GRAvIER,
Are now in receipt of their Spring and sum
meT stock of clothing, q Of which is made in
the best manner and most fashionable style.
and from the choisest materials
want Of WINTER CLOTHING, that it not too
late to buy d good ovERcoAT, fer they have still
on hand complete stock Of Heavy Goods
which they are Sc ling at greatly reduced pr.
ces. Boys and children's clothing Of all kinds
Furnishing Goods of every description
Trunks, carpet Bags and Umbrellas,
India Rubber Articles, of every variety,
THE PRICES ARE Fixed.
ALFRED MUNROE a. co.
81 Magazine street, corner Of Gravier
march z, Pew Orleans, La.
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-19

tolls AMI. GAPS,
Plantation and Carpenters tools.
gaMMCu gE1Ia s1OMA WRRA; GLASS WRRR
AND LAMPS
Wood and Basket Ware, Irvine, Cotton and
Manilia Rope, Groceries, Liquors and wines.
choice Green and Black Teas, &c, &c.
Agricultural implements and Garden Seeds.
India Rubber Betting and Steam Packing
sicksburg, Mss March goth 1854. 39;:tf
81 ATWOOD = CRAWFORD.
9easerss q Fancy DFt afs
ana
3sxt der y Br9n onnson, Vicksburg.
Re now reeeivln cir stock Of Spring and
Summer Goods. to which they invite the at
Of their friends and the public generally,
ed on yesterday, by Southern Bell, = :
lotot ladies dress goods. consisting 10 part
sleh gnt Bafeges; Plain and fig. Barages,
&c re DC Paris, Grenadines;
CyaiIl Figand plain let
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-19

DO@A
Thread Lace and Edgings,
1aaonet. swiss and Book Muslin Flounclugs'
do do do Under sleeves
~ do Chemizetts,
French Dimity ban s
pesI S9attise Lace Collars and sleeves,
s 49, do do do do,
$50 10 do do do,
Rel 3,s, and Linen c ambric sleeves,
Paid. checked and strip d Cambrics Masi1ns,
pisin and striped Jaconet Cambriess
plain and striped Swiss Musllns,
Enhrosdered. plain and hemstitch Linen ana
canbrick Handkerchiefs--a large lot
plain white and colored Tarltons,
mack Tissues, plain and figured,
Blacks TX, Net and Lace,
White and black dotted Tissues,
gnfant,s Embroidered Waists aud Dresses
Tooefher with large lot Of Fancy Goods
40 Ss9aerous to mention all Of which are suit
.sbIs for the season, and we ca the attention
Of the ladies' particularly, examine ooE ssoeA
which viii be shown to them with pleasars'eno
cold on reasonable terms, =. = =
Vicksbure. septs, 1854
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-19
81 aoOtls y eag! q GODS!

ATHARWOOD 3 tsIaANVFORD's. We
have Just received, per express, dlrec,i from :
New York and Phi adelphia, large iot e
Stanle and Fancy Goods:
Valeneienes Edge, aud lnseTsngs,
The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-01-19

Sheet B Is, aud Pig Lead, Lead PIPE. Sc. 80
They are also the onlY agents il Now Olleants
afHillmaDs Vanleer q Cos celebrated Tennessee
Iron nov. IS. 1858
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
THE ELECTIONS.

We are not yet in receipt Of the oti
cal returns Of the recent elections in
Ohio, Pennsylvania end Indiana, and
are only able 10 state the general results.
In OHIo-Samuel p. Chase, late Free
Soil u. s. Senator. has been elected
Governor. by a majority Of over twenty
thousand. over MediII The present Dem.
ocratic incumbent. In the remainder al
the State officers. The Republican licke'
has been elected by majorilies ranging
so nowhere in the ne%ighborhood of forty
thousand. The Legislature will be large
ly Republican.
In PENNSYLVANIA the ques ion was
not n OF general politics. but turned
almost exclusively upon liquor prohibit
ton, and, We are sorry to say, the Dem
ocrais, in opposition to the proposition,
have carried the State, by a majority oI
about twenty thousand.
In INDIANA, the election was only fol
members Of the Legislature and county
officers; and SO far as heard frcm, the
Democracy have been successful, carry
Ing the State. By, perhaps ten thousand
majority.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
APOLOGETIC.

A portion of last weeks edition OF
the Courier was very poorly printed, in
consequence of our stock of Ink becom.
ing exhausted. Had we not known
something of The virtues Of the pain. pot,
we should have been sadly down Vt The
heel. indeed. Thanks to our friends Of
The Free Press" we are supplied with
ink, however, and this frown of adver.
sity is overcome.
In consequence Of an arbitrary, and
to us, seemingly unjust ruling Of ou'
post master, we are unable 10 continue
to mail the Courier TO lis distant sub.
scribers On the day Of publication, as has
been the practice since the Office has been
under our supervision. Our latest ne VS.
matter is always received on Wednes
day morning; and as it a full days work
10 put our cuttings from this mail into
type, and ge. our paper TO press, we fnt
il impossible TO get our mails made ur
earlier than from eight to nine o'clock a
night. Our worthy post master has re.
solved that his office shall no, be KEEP
open until this unreasonable hour. and
that our mails must be in before night
VA the administration of the post of
fee the work of a mechanic, 10 shut uy
his shop at an earlier hour than his Eel.
lsws would scarce be relished by the
vasi numbers Of patrons who are Deepen
dent upon il for ACCOMMODATIONS. but, IN.
fortunately, it is not so. The incum
ben, Of this Office is not accountable Il
roc popuii, as are officers elected by tn,
people; and, hence, he enjoys the rars
privilege of displaying the genuine trait.
of gentIemanly breeding, by laboring Il
serve the interests of those to whom hi
owes no responsibility.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
OREGON.


The Great Massacre of Emiigranfs-
Reported murder Of Cor. Stevens
and his party.
The Oregon Argus contains a letter
with the following paragraph
1.-The Indians have brough, in the re-
port that the Blackiee. Indians have hill
ed Gov. Stevens and company. The
report is very generally credited in thus
REGION
The repor, is generally credited in
Northern Oregon.
Lieut.. Dryer. who arrived at tho Dial
les on the LIST Sept, reports the com.
mand under Major Halter within a few
days march from Ike Dalles, all return.
ing in good health.
MASSACRE OF MIGRANT AT DEVILS GATE.
Mr.. John Virgins, a son OIL Billy
Virgins, Of ST. Louis. Mo-. has Just cali
ed at our office ard given US the follow.
ing information in reference to the ru.
mored massacre OF emigranis at Devils
Gaie:-
The train consisting OF ten wagons,
three thousand head Of stock. and &C.
cording to the statement of Col. Doni-
phan, Of Missouri, who was captuin of
the company. there were three hundred
souls. MIR. Virgins saws he has no
means OF knowing the exac, number of
people in the train, blu, he heard Capt.
Doniphan say there were abou, three
hundred. The greater par, of the com
rany were from Missouri.
They left st. Joseph, No.. on the
18th Of March. and got along very well
until the 18Th of july. when they cam D.
ed in Devils Gate foI the night. Up to
this time they had seen bu. few Indians
on the road; consequently they -became
careless. and declined 'slanding guard
at night. About one o'clock at night,
abou, " thousand Sioux and Cheyen-
mes charged upon them while the COM.
pany was sound asleep. killing all bu.
six mer Xix somtn end seven children,
aud driving of every animal.
Among those who were killed were
Captain Don,phan. Col. Pierre Cholcau,
Of ST. Louis. Col. Gilpin Of Jackson Go.
Mo +, Samuel Lane and family of India.
IA, (hro,iier OF Joseph Lane Of Oregon:)
Mr.. Cody and family of Weston, Mo;
Mr.. Burch. Single many OF Platte coun.
~, Mo-; Dick Murphy, of Weston. Mo
Mr.. John Virgins. our informant, los.
his whole family, consisting Of a wife
and three children
The savages after a hurried slaughter
of such as fell in their way, re.rea'ed Il,
the morn.ains, driving the stock before
them.
In the morning the survivors packed
up what provisions they could well car.
ry, burned the wagons and everything
that remained, and theE started for Sal!
Lake on foot.
They accomplished the journey in
thirteen days, four Of which. they were
without a morseI to ent. They laid their
case before Brigham Young. who kindly
called a Mormon council, levied a cor-
.rlbuion aud tilted them GU, five teams,
width which they continued their Jour
nev 10 Sacramento. Mr.. Virgins j.
now on his way 10 Portland, where he
has a brother residing. lie has walked
IN from Sacrame INTO. - Oregon Argus.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
The other side Of the Story.

AS limited by telegraph, the flaming
accounts of The success of Col. Kinney.
his election as Governor of Grey,own,
and favorable reception by The govern
ment of Nicaragua, seem to have been
got up Tor "BuncoMbe." A cores pom
dent Of the Washington Star writing
from Greytown, September Is, says
that about the only real residents and
property holders of the town who wers
present at the meeting which chose Kin.
ney Governor. were Messrs. Wood,
Mooney, Shepard, and some Jamaica
negroes, Kinney has bought the bogus
Shepard grant, decided i~rrevocably long
since 10 Senator James Cooper and 9th.
ers,) and accordingly lays claim to the
whole country. He is said even to lav
claim TO Purta Arenas, to a RICH, 10 col.
lecs harbor dues, and to charge head
money on all passengers crossing the
Nicaraguan isthuus. The writer saws
Col. kinney's force, ragged and hungry,
still remains about the Town, ne recruits
belonging there having joined them.
The correspondent OF tho Star further
remarks, tina. ex Consul Fabens meets
with rather hard treatment there, his
friends being evidently very scarce 10
that region. He says that he is going
10 Granada. stating tina. he goes with full
powers from Kinney to negotiate with
the government, having u letter in his
possession from Pre- sident Estrada 10
Kinney, requesting the latter to appoint
soma q to negotiate with the govern.
ment. The correspondent says that the
letter which Fabens has is merely a re.
ply to Kieny's application to be heard,
and simply states that Estrada was ready
TO listen to any explanation Kinney had
TO make 10 the Nlcaras uan government.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
n The Vincennes, Indiana Gazeite.

OF the 18th inst, says:-
We are informed hat immense dam
age has been done to the crops in the
bottom lands along White River. by the
overflow. One gentleman computes the
damage to The crops and farms along both
forks of the river at one hundred thou.
sand dollars.
The Evansville and Crawfordsyille
Railroad Company had an engine and
several men at work at the White River
Bridge all day Saturday. pulling away
the drift, from The piers.
The Wabash a. this point has not
ovsrfowed yet. But we see from our
last up river exchanges that il is rising,
and shat the upper tributaries are very
foil, while reports Of rain come in from
every quarter. A great deal Of damage
has been done along the Upper Wabash
by the high water. We hear of none
however, south Of Terre Hau,e.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

FEVER AND AGrE AND pHYsic.-We
learn from our exchanges that the supply
of quinine is exhausted ia three of the
principal towns on the Wabash in In
diana. Terre Hsuie run shot first. and
then made a run on Vincennes and ex
hausted the stock there. VIncennes
drew 81 Evansville and cleaned that city
out. The editor Of the Evansville Jour.
nal, in speaking o. the demand for qui.
nine, says:
sour q%uinine market was pretty dry
Yesterday. Vlncennes had made a de
mand for the article, which cleaned ont
the Grug establishments here. We will
b. all right to-day, and ir the meantime
the public can have a free shake!"
Shaking is fashionable this season.
Some persons have become so skillfull
at it by practice. that they can shake
"Hail Columbia" and Yankee Doodle"
Lou. Journal.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
BLOOMINGTON. Oct. II.

A most destructive fire broke out i'm
this place about nine o'clock la i night.
The fire originated in The livery sin.
BILE attached to The Morgan House, silua,.
ed on the east side Of Centre street, be-
tween Washington and Front streets, in
The block Immediately, south of the pub
nc square and spread thence north and
south, entirely destroying all the build
ings on the whole block excep, the Nc
l.ran County Bank, and DERRICK a.
IRA Iuer's Hardware store, including the
Morgan llouse-loss. ten thousand dol
lars; the Central Illinois Times printing
office, and the Telegraph printing office
-partly saved in "a damaged condition.
loss abou, Two thousand dollars.
In the stable of Morgan e. Boulder,
seven horses were burned.
One man name unknown is report
ed TO have been burned in the liyery
stable.
One Of the large chimnays of the Nor.
gan House Tell with a tremendous crash,
Instantly killing William Green. a drsy-
man, whu was buried beneath the m
mense pile Of the ruin; also severely in
;uring Samuel Fleming. merchant, and
Alexander Steele, a cons,,ble. Faint
hopes are entertained VI ME recovery Of
both.
The fire rsged tbs create. part of the
night. and the greatest disorde, aud con.
fusion prevailed.
There were great many persons ar
rested in the &C. Of stealing goods. and
we understand that abou. twenty FIVE
persons were committed TO Jail,
This morning goods Of every descrlp.
lion are scattered over The pablo square
and the streets. is SO confused and dam
aged a condition ,hs. the owner scarcely
recognize Them.
There were from four 10 five ,hous.
and persons on the ground during The
continuance OF the fire. Total loss e..
timaled at over $l50,00O.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

NEWLY D~IscovERED IsLAND.-A Nan.
tucke. whaling vessel has discove red a
new island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Ii 10 situated about TWO hundred and fifty
miles south Of Desola,ion Island, and
The ship which %cncornteroI it took from
il, in less than a we.k'- time, 400 bar.
rels Of sea elephant oil. Two other
ships are said to be now in course OF IRE
paration to re,ura to the island. for the
purpose Of profling by this valuable dis
covery.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

n DIR. ORR requests US to say that
he is now receiving a very large stock of
Drugs, Medicines. Books, Stationary and
Notions, which he will advertise uext
week. In the meantime, those of his
friends and customers who do not feel
disposed TO await the appearance of the
advertisement, can he Accommodated with
whatever they may desire in his line of
trade, on the most reasonable terms.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

The WEATHER Within the past fe "
days, We have had every variety Of
weather the year is capable Of producing.
Commencing with hazy, dreamy Indian
summer, and going through all the alter.
nations of delrging rains. brilliant sun
shines, and clustering snow storms. old
Sol seems al length fairly driven from
the field, and We have "Wednesday
morning) agenuine taste Of winter.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

II Tbs Indiana presby,ery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church has
suspended from the ministry n of its
clergymer, for unchrisiian conduct
The following are The specifications:
'Firs. specifeation.-Fof associating
himself with an association known as
The underground railroad, whose avowed
business is TO assist slaves from slave to
free territory.
Second specification. For actually
engaging in the business Of assisting
slaves in making their escape from slave
to free territory, which is contrary to the
laws of the United States and s,siu.e
laws Of the State of Indiana
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
New ORLEANS, Oct. 10.

The steamer Nautilus arrived at this
port to-day.
There are later dates from Brazos.
Matamoras had surrendered to The revo.
Jutionists without, giving battle. and mat
ters there were quite tranquil.
At San Luis Po,osi a fight OF three
days duration had taken place. and the
city still held out, The Revolu,ionls.s on.
ly having gained possession Of the field
Of battle.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
lf<y5s We have received n letter from q al

10" We have received a letter from a Mr..
R. II. WARDEN, at one time a resident OF This
place, we are informed, who has recently been
travelling extensively in Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky; but not finding wherein his sole will
rest cententedly, he ayers that he is coming
back 10 Iowa, and that we may expect his arri-
val in about two weeks. We regret that we
have not time to publish tn. letter this week, as
it contains matter OF interest; but came to hand
just as we are going to press.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
The Texas Germans.

We find in the Washington Organ 2
a letter from Mr.. Wilcox, a member Of
Congress from Mississippi, who has late
ly been on a visi, 10 Texas, aud who, in
giving his impressions Of The foreign in
fluencc in that Stale, charges that The
German population in Texas are acting
in concern with the Aboiilionis,s-ihat
they unite with the abolition Of slavery,
the abolition Of The trial by jury. Of the
Sabbath, and of oa,hs in the courts OF
justice. The Organ properly remarks
that these foreign Germans do NOT mere
~ menace an institution Of labor recog,
nized by the South, but The overthrow Of
institutions cherished by the common
reverence of the people in all sections
tina, they have no purpose TO adopt A.
merican usages or principles, bu, want
to employ oar land, national strength
oar influence over The world. to perfect
their Ulopian and agrarlan plans of So
cial reformation.
But here is an extract from Mr.. Viii
cox's letter:
"There are ahou. ten thousand foreign
voters in this State, and as lar as has
been heard from, they have been a unit.
concientiously believe that the Ameri-
can party did not receive fifty foreign
votes.
You will discover that Texas is com.
pIetely under the control Of foreigners.
nine GU. Ct ten of whom are Abolition
lists. In this place there is published a
German Abolition paper. and Northern
A5ollionS Societies have established agen-
cies here, to whom they send By mail
the New York Tribune and other Abo.
lition sheets, for gralui,ous circulation
| have been informed tina. one agency re.
ceives FIVE Thousand copies. Now. sure
i, is 10 me, that if the people Of the ex.
IRENE Southern States would think Tor a
moment, they must conclude lha. tins is
an arllul stroke of the Abolilionis,s to
make a free State in Western Texas and
thereby hem into a compass as narrow
as possible the slave power"
"Since my arrival here, The Germsns
held a large convention. in which they
declared Tor the abolition OF ~juries, OF
oalhs in courts Of justice, Of the Sabbath
and of slavery.
"On The day OF election here, the Ger
mans paraded their flag (ins,ead of the
nationally through the streets. They
marched in procession through the city,
chanting German national airs-the
French singing the Marseilles hymn
never felt go mortified and chagrined in
the whole course Of my life. Yet it is
said we have nothing to fear from Ger.
man Influence! The Cath, lie PRIEST.
took the field openly against the Amer
can party, and threatened temporal, eter.
nal, and spiritual damnation TO hin who
voted the Americas ticket; so we did not
receive ore Calhslic vote"
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

MAN DRowNED.-Juat as the Ferry
Boat was landing last night from the II
O'Clock train a man fell from the boat and
was drowned. His name was Frederick
E~ckelberger, some seventy years o. age,
from Dark Co., Ohio. He hst a o q
in.law on board. He had several sons
living in this S,aie.-Hawkeye.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

q Judge Lynch, it appears. has been
at work, in Tennessee. List week, on
the Cumberland mountain, a slave, who
violated a white female, was dragged
from jail aac hanged on the nearest post.
and a. Lagrange another mel a similar
fate, for killing Mr.. James, his owe
seer.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

@P. L. Barnum delivered the all
dress a! The Chenango county agricultur.
al fair al Norwich, New York, on Thurs.
day last. He made his entry 10 the
grounds in an omnibus drawn by TWEEN.
y one yoke of cattle.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

" The Kansas Herald Of Freedom
states that many slave holders are de-.
parting from The territory with their pro-
perry, and urges The North to take cour.
age and send on their pioneers, as there
is a visible reaction.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

- An item going the rounds. SAYS the
Chicago post office is the second dis.
ributing Office in the Union. The re
ceipis for the pas. year were 1921 900.
II might be added with ruth that duriog
the past year it has been The fret in
roint Of 'sieaIiDee In.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

II On the 29,h nit, a man. named
Caldwell, accused DR.. w. Richards. of
Salem. Va, of circulating reports cen.
corning his family. which led 10 Q sspa.
ration between him and his wife, and
demanded a retraciion from the Doctor.
who re fused. w%hereupon Caldwell drew
q pistol and shot him dead.
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

- On the 9Th inst. a large lot Of Ii
auors were destroyed in Musca,ine Iowa,
under the new Iowa liquor law,
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

a An Irish woman 10 Portland, Me-
cave birth to FIVE children on the l2y
ult., all Of whom ale alive and heai,ht
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

CtncCooCo III TN ICE, tudt ucE mdStS
were sill standing. but her hull had been
crushed bv the ice.
STATEMENT OF DR.. HAYES AND MR.. BON
Sci. OFFICERS y MR.. soNTAG, OF
THE EXPEDITION UNDER DR.. KANE.
We left New York 3lsi May, 1853.
The passage TO Baflin's Bay was with
out incident. We stopped a. various
Danish coionies in Greenland to provide
ourselves with furs and Esquimaux dogs.
Reached first ice in Melville Bay latter
part of July. Without difficulty forced
our way through in four days, being a
remarkably quick passage. Got into
open sea on the Sd OF August. In la,i.
Jude rs, on The 9Th Angus, entered
Smiths Sound. Made heavy ice mex
morning. From this time forth were
constantly in ice. Worked through in
a nor.heasierly direction ill the end of
August. when we had reached latitude
70 As; We found this coast so exposed
that we had to reirace our steps for a
short distance to find q secure winter
harbor; on the 10Th Of September we
housed over The ship. put galley stoves
between decks and anchored neal shore;
this was on the coast OF North G,een.
land; during This time a party Of sledges
was sent put with provisions 10 the north,
ward for the purpose Of making depos-
It's for nasigators and for our party. which
we intended sending out in the spring to
prosecute the search for Franklin; This
party travelled about 400 m lies in a north
Demoine courier., 1855-10-25

-" ehS . ~ DAtNh
The articles of die, On board The ship
were not only good and nourisLing, bu,
exceedingly p~alslable. Pemmi:an, mea,
biscuit, walrus, seal, beef. pork and game
were in abundance. In The midst Of the
cold there was no want of he good things
OF this life. Pemmican is beef, dried
and ground, and ihen saturated with beel
or pork lal; there is as much nourishmenl
in one pound of it as there is in four los.
of ordinary bacf. Ii is of pleasant taste,
and is already partially cooked. |, is not
unpalateable without any preparation
whatever, bu, i. is commonly used after
being mixed with a sufficient quantity OF
Indian meal and water TO cause il to ad.
here. and is then fried or ste wed. 1t is a
wholesome dish. Carl Borden's mea,
biscui. | consider an excellent article; i.
was much used among US. Walrus meat
is strong, coarse and Of a game like flavor
but very good. We did not fancy il a.
first, but learned to like il. We frequen.
ly went walrus hunting, and were con.
PEELED to chase them for some distance.
They are a wild animal and never show.
ed fight; they frequently came near the
ship. The seals were killed as ,hey
came up through holes in The ice. The
flesh OF these animals has an oily flavor,
no. very pala,able, bu. the men. by dini
of practice. finally relished it handsomely.
W. killed a great many seal
In ST. John, Newfoundland, we had
obtained supplies of beef and mutton,
which we :noiled-lha! is, we took out
all the bones, in order 10 preserve it fresh.
VIZ took out eggs in abundance, and
these we're a staple article of diet. Salt