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Another Mob in Memphis-Able taken out
OF Prison.-The Memphis Tenn, Bulletin of
Saturday, announces the assembIsge of another
mob there the night before, fore tho purpose of
hanging Abel, the gambler who shot Everson,
and says:
The crowd was immense, amounting to seve, nj
thousand, who seemed animated by stern and
fixed determination TO execute the Judgment
pronounced by the minority of the popular jury
raised OIL Wednesday night. A rush was made
to the prison, the doors forced and Abel taken
out Everything seems to have been prepared,
and the purpose was to have hung him at the
farther end of the Rope Walk Mt the Navy Yard.
The interposiIion and agonizing entreaties of his
mother, alone saved him. Stern as was the de-
termination of those Immediately concerned in
the movement to hang him, and supported as
they Were by the voice of the thousands who
surrounded them. their manhood shrunk from
inficting the doom in the presence of his moth
er. He was taken back by the same crowd that
had taken him out and was again consigned 10
the Caluboose.
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To DR.. J. c. Hernandez, Altar, Sonora.

President Baehmnn's WiGe-I saw ycstcr-
day, lady in New York, who claims to be the
wife of our bachelor President, Mr. Buchanan
She is quite open and persistent in her claims
whom she claims are the Presidents chillron
and nothing but the constant care of her friends
prevents her from going to Washington and de-
munding to be placed i'll the White House. ms
the lawful occupant oi tho domestic department
OF that celebrated establishment. The lady is in
,he insane Asylum ut BIackwelrs Island, and
her children are two white cats, whom she las
trained to such 'locity that she keeps them in
bed nearly all day sleeping between two sheets,
OH nice clean plow-cases, all tucked in like
children. with caps OH their heads. All the vii.
itors call oil Mrs Buchanan, sec her cats. and
tney allow the clothes to he turned down, aud 4
view taken without an effort to rise from their
couch. The name of one of the cats is John C.
Fremont, and the other is Alexander Hamilton.
-Corrcspont'encc Of the Boston Journal.
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An Interesting Relic.-Dr Witherspoon, of
Alabama, has in his possession a manuscript
copy of the Bible, written over a thousand wears
ago. 1t is described as being strongly bound in
boards Of old English oak, and with thongs. by
which the leaves are well bound together. The
,eaves are entirely made of parchment, of q
most superior quality, of finencss and smooth
ness little inferior to the best satin. The pages
are all ruled with great accuracy, and written
with great uniformity and beautifully in old
German text hand. and divided of into chapters
an and verses. verses. The first chapter of every book in
imitable beauty and splendidly illuminated with
red blue and black ink, still i1 vivid colors and
NO, no two of the capital ia, The ibook precisely
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american Cousins Of the Empress Eugenia.-
a correspondent Of the New ork Mirror, states
that two young gentlemen, brothers, have ar
rived i'll Paris from the interior of the State OF
New York to make known TO the Empress Eu.
genie that they are her relations. We all know
that tho Emperor had kinsmen and Cousins in
tho United States both Murats and Bonapartcs,
and they are all taken care Of who have claimed
to share his favor; but that the Empress had
any American relations, took all by surprise
Her mother, though Duchess was the daugh
ter of the British Consul either ut Carlhagena or
barcelona, who was Scotchman of the name
of Kirkpatrick, himself connected by marriage
with a Spanish lady. His brother went to
America many years ago. and settled in Wash
ingion County, N. Y. lie had son, VIM.
Kirkpatrick, who held the appointment of Su-
perlntcndent Of the Onondago Salt Works for
many years. At late period in his life he
married Miss Dunscome, of Syracuse or Sail
na and this lady bore him two children, twin
brothers who survive him. These young men,
on the accession of the Empress, began to trace
back their own pedigree, and nsccrtaining they
were cousins of her majesty, have gone ever to
make her acquaintance, but with what success
has not yet leaked out
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Earthquake in Lanyen.-ME J. H. Martin. n
reliable gentleman, informs us that on tho nioht
Of the 21st Of June, he felt, very sensiblv shs
evidences OF an earthquake. at the residence Of
Mr.. John Robinaon, ncar Poplar Sprinps. in the
upper part Of this District. II occurred between
nine and ten o'clock, and was also felt. by his sis.
Ter. MIR John Pneas&s living near Knights
ppnage' also states that tho shock was 90 great
3the reem he could sec the ho.,ss Aha Rine. M.
Marlin fearing he might be deceived. was reisc.
tant TO o'disclose the TACT until he found many
osner @ gsrsons had fsk The same shock. Laurers.
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Massachusetts u.s. North Carolina-A writer
IN comparing Massachusetts with North Caro-.
lima tits statistics being more convenient and
population more nearly equally shows that the
Proauc"ons OF North Carolina were ton times US
great as those Of Massachusetts. The moral nnd
physical condition of her people exhibits most
startling difference in favor of Southern ins,i,u.
,'ons. The statistics of crime and pouperism ex-
il'bit tho following result-the poprialion remem.
Der, being nearly equal-in Massachusetts, in
lsao; there We're l5,700' pa"rcrs in North
convicted in 1850, 1000; in Norli Carolina,
6Oo. In prison. in Massachusetts, 900 in
North Carolina, a.. In jails, in Massachusetts
i'Ooo i'll North Carolina, 81. In pcmitentiaries
IN Massachusetts, 43l 4; in North Carolina. a.
Odd Fellows charities, in Massachusetts, $780,
600; in North Carolina, slO.UOO-stat,slics
which deserve. we think. the serious study of
every christian. patriot aud philanthropis, in the
cnon.-Noyolk (Va.) Argns.
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=, feathered Tribe, Attention.-On Saturday, al
Innce George. friend of ours, Mr.. c., fired
at flock ofsmall birds and wounded one, which
iell as II it's wing had been broken, to within a
lew feet Of the earth, when another small bird
ae% ams directly underneath and bore i gently up
Aieer having attained considerable elevation,
she bird underneath withdrew its support, but
ninding the bird was sinking again to the earth.
resumed its station, and once more reared il in
the air. This was done three consecutive times /:
all at last the wounded bird appeared to gain
Ts T1ss:hgto' and flew away. itscompanion following.
sympathy in the feathered tribe-SouM Side
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JAS. 7. BARNES {

" ILL offer his entire Stock ofsaarv@ d "a.
the season at - q, ,s-t =. z.
Very Low ErdoeN.
My Stock Of above IL we'll sassorteds IA a..
sents rare attractions to those wishing .
oheaP, aooc1a.
Just received a fresh supply Of
Drugs, Assorted Syraps, Varmshes.
and many such tsings to suit the season s e
Also. some extra Kentscky sud spsaissh
Saddles, Brides, WHIPS. Carlss.
Also,an asortment. Of fHARfJSFAREsSS9ss.,s. sS9 s.,.
splendid variety of CROCKERY. TIN Acs,sssHs
The people are respectfully Invited ~ S3sa,
call. we make liberal rel slpns 81 81. SSss.
J.TNBARNEgs
Lo"ndesvli:e' 5. C., July l, 1851. Sti--tf
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THE SONORA MAssAcps ! :

Ihc Snn Frnncisco pnpcts publish the G,,,o,e.
ing letter whttrnby II mnn nun,cd Iiornnm,,s, !,
WIZ. WI" eu' on Zen Crnbbs head. to Dr. liam.
'iiond Of Fort Yunn, detailing Tho c;r,m,n.,nnn".
oi 1 tho savage act The feeling of snynue rx"l,n.
ton which pcrvndcs every line ia ru,uI In snh
the blood run cold. Hero is the ,ci,cr -. ,baI;n
ct Eteraiim: ''e'' 'e'o"""
ALTAR, April l5. 1857.
DIR. Iinmmonds, huve not had time to mn.
sWer your reuter- resivc' few of the medicine
you send me, and am much obl;rcd to wo, G,r
30 doing. soposc you nre very well known of
your Americans got whip here with us. Dr. Tho
Americans cnIne here with ur.nt hostile ;n1;,
iatio"' IN q noinbcr OF 100 or 49, they fought
aesper"!c'y' buCin vain OH. nolnber was so men
IN oil, thrce officers Rodriguez (;nn;endo and
me. Rodriguez was kill by Crabb, but hnd
tue opportunity to cut Crabb's hend off and
nave FOL II IN preserve TO remember the n;r,t;
cni action of Crabbism. After four dnvs f;uht
los on each side the tillibusers few of them s,r
ienuGr o'scretoh, and i'll few of coort mar
tiui was commissioned with INV comnonv 70
have all shot. which did DIR, we Mcx;cons do
not intei, 10 hight like in times past Good many
Oh the american population has treat us badly
and we intent to do the same in war. hnye
no duet you may be sorry your countrvmep.
never have the idea of protecting Roi,hers % mr
stay always ut home, never come tn forren
country, we do not like Yankees no moro on ac
count their bad action. have plenty medicine
NOW the hiiibrsters Brought me nil I want.
theref re l nrn obliged for your conadation.-
Mr Crabb and fifteen others cry like cbiIJre,
before they were condcm to be shot-great orent
Disgrace for you Americans. Yankee of no kind
has no show now here ''N
Yours, &c. HERyAsnrz
DR. Hammond, in his reply, says:
had already heard of the defeat of Crabb md
his party, and that the body of Crabb had been
diesgracefuly mutilated, but your own letter con.
tains tho first information of the name of the
dastardly william who could 50 deface the cornse
ofa noble foe: Understand me, have no sym.
pathy with fillibusters, though feel sorry in
this case for their sad fate. -
1t is not the custom amongst civilized pat;ors
to mutilatc the bodies of the slain savopes alone
are guilty of such inhuman conduct I had
heretofore placed the Mexicans at least ono aten
ubove the Indians, but am compelled to own
now prefer the latter. I wonder, loo. ifvou did
not head the patty that crossed the line between
the United States and Sonora and in the nipht
toro from Mr.. Dunbar's store four sick men
incapable of resistance. inhunany butcher
them2
have the charity to think that us YOU have
written to me i'll English, you do not know what
you say for cannot believe that a man who
pretends to have the sentiments of a gentleman
could write So barbarous letter as yours
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Itooe Of iS'cearing Jc,o.-An irsolvcnt, in
The insolvent Court in this county. protesting to
be of the Jewish faith, having presented himself
to take the oath prescribed by statute, the coun-
sci Sc o. party Interested raised question as to
the form in which it should be taken. and sun.
gested that the Hebrew custom, the party swear
ing should nj the time have his hat on, his left
hand on his thigh, and his right OH the Pen,a
teuch The insovent himself declared that he
considered any form OF oath, held sufficiently by
The courts as binding; but the learned Judge
taking the question i'll consideration, decided that
II he took the oath with his hat on and his naad
upon the Pentnteuch it would be sufficient. And
1t wus accordingly done.-Boston Courier.
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United States Post Office Departments the
3oth OF June, 1856, there were in operation in
this country 1872 mail routes, whose united
length was 239 643 miles. or nearly ten times the
entire circumference of tho globe and the total
humoer OF miles run on these various lines for
single year amounted to the enormous apere.
gatc ot over seuenty-one millions of miles In
the accomplishment of this vast TRANSPORTATION.
si,so9' 700 miles of Railroad, 4,b4O,OO6 miles OF
steamboats,. @ l9, $4,000 miles of coach, and Co.
oOo'ooO miller Of all other descriptions of convey.
ance were made use Of This immense labor was
presided over and conducted by some fifteen
hundred agents and messengers, and was &C.
complisied by the aid Of 6,872 contractors. Bv
these parties not less than $50 OOO OD0 of letters
with 50,OoO,Oo0 of Newspapers aud paphIets
were transported, and this immense amount of
matter was distributed atIover 81, 900 post off.
ces. 'oNN f'0' VIZ
10 Perform this service to tho satisfaction of
x''oo0'oo0 ofpeople scattered through an area Of
terltory fourteen hundred miles long by over
three thousand wide. where the unnumbered
accidents OF travel steamboats, stopped by ice,
locomotives stopped by imperfect tracks, stages
stopped oy washed roads, post boys stopped by
Impassa6Ie streams, and the efficiency Of each
.!s node OF conveyance dependant upon the prorpp.
: t!tuae Of many others-all this requires q com.
onation Of administrative skill thai mortals do
NOT always possess, with conjunction of favora-
oie circumstances that man can never control.
Sids Democrat.
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Very Nysterious-A few days ago, we were
consulted by friend under peculiar circun,.
stances. A box was received from some un-
Known person in New York. which excited sus-
picion In i was found part Of the skeleton of
female. The bones were very light, and evil
IDENTIFY belonged to delicate person. and al
bonnet, though very small, aid pafrsof gloves
decided the point as to tho ownership Of the arti-
c!es We advised the case to be submitted to
the Coroner, and the decision of a jury. but we
have as yet seen no report of it.--Carolinian
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a Singular Reanion.-Ten years ago last
right ten young ladies who were attending
school in this city, whore Bangs Block now
stands, agreed with their teacher, Miss sterns,
TO meet in just ten years and have supper at
the~Worcester House. Nothing but deatt was
TO interfere with the meeting of the full nSii3ber.
Last night they all. came to the Lincoln House
togethor: The hand.of death had been laid anon
none Time had also dealt leniently with them
They allsat down to Lincoln House mnnsr
Woreester Bay 6tats 22d
~ amirsHrasion Of Jkseies Ia Eagland-Jo.
England, suspected pf iSripg biib Of exohsnon', .'
during 1855 aud 1885, do ssi,cunt az Al q t,eo
ahseonded 10 Australla Ia ths IStter wear He
g nstgfnsd recsstly u gisnd with ths in,en.
non 81 peecsedla the1ss 70 the UHitsd States.
ti4ht 9oufs wss coisviS5Sd ana ssnisncsS -
tsansrortat5s1 fof life ~ q y -,
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FROM NrcARAeUA.-Maj. Wifr C.. Myrtle, of this city, has furnished us with the following extract of letter received from young Mir. Clendening, of this county, now in Nicaragua:
 R1vAs, Ntcaragua, Dec. 2S.
 had fine trip out on the Tennes- see, but since I left the steamer times have been pretty hard, but I stand it like a pine-Enot. I have been in one very hard battle, at Granada. We fought about 180 men against 2,000, and whipped them badly. We drove them out of the town, and captured what artillery they had in the city The battle commenced at 9 o'clock on the night of the 18th, and lasted till the next morning at 6 o'clock. -- When 1 have time 1 will write you a full description of the country. It is one of the finest I ever saw.
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prisoners box to the witnesses stand. She was puzzled. She did not think for one in stant that the beautiful girl who was testi- flying told aught but truth. Her face and voice were too pure and guileless.
 ''I can explain Miss Davis's error. l am sorry it has happened, for she might have been spared the statement which has been drawn from her. Mir. Gaston has twin brother, so like him that no casual observer can distinguish one from the other. But there is difference. Mir. Phillips, please ask Miss Davis the color of Mir. Gaston's eyes,"
 It was out of order, but the excitement had become great, and all rules of ceremony were forgotten I asked the question, and Miss Davis replied with blush that con- vinced us she had often observed them:
 q think they are blue."
 ssCan you not speak more decidedly?"
 s'They are blue.''
 ssAnd Mir. Gaston's wonder could never have been mistaken for blue. They are of the blackest. That is almost the only dis tinction between the brothers. Miss Davis has known Frederick, not John Gaston, and that Frederick had nothing to do with this murder 1 am very certain"
 ''Of course he had not" said a voice in the crowd, and the exact copy of the priso- ner forced his way into the bar and toward John Gaston. The meeting of the two broth CTS was sight worth seeing. Of course the trial was over.
 And the same might have been said of Bessie Davis, who had nearly tainted when it at length became apparent that her inno- cent story and confession of the walks un- der the elm trees in the gloaming, and all her hearts secret store of love, had. after all, nothing to do with the case, and had been brought out by mistake. l But Miss Walton and both the brothers were at her side, and when verdict was re- corded, under direction of the court, and we went out to the carriages, the crowd greeted us with hearty cheers that seemed significant of their joy.
 s'The scoundrels !'' said John Gaston, as he looked out of the carriage window '!Every man of them would rather see me hung than here. They would not have been here if they had supposed there would be an cquittal g
 So my story is ended. leave the reader to gather up the ends which have failed to work in, and fasten them as he pleases.
 They were married at the same time, and it twas one of the pleasantest days in my pro- fessonal history. For called it profes- sional affair altogether, inasmuch as lost sight of all of them immediately, and had no other acquaintance with any of them than this which have sketched.
 should add, however, that the murderer of Solomon Davis was discovered many years afterward in the shape of peddler, who betrayed himself in a drunken frolic, and who was convicted ard hanged, to the satisfaction of the good people of the county.
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Helena Mail Arrangements.

Northern mail (via. river) arrives daily, IT, regular; closes daily at 6 P. NJ. Southern mail (via. river) arrives daily, ir- regular.
 Memphis mail, per 'Kate Frisbee," arrives Monday and Friday by 12 P. M.; closes Tuesday and Saturday, at 6 P. NJ. Napoleon mail, per ''Kate Frisbee," arrives Wednesday and Sunday by 10 A. M.; clo- ses Mondays and Fridays at 6 P. NJ. Western mail (via Aberdeen) arrives Tues day, Thursday and Saturday, by Il P. M'; closes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 9 P. M.
 St. Francis mail arrives Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, by 5 P. M.; closes Sunday Tuesday and Thursday, at 9 r. M. Augusta mail arrives Saturday, by l r. M'; closes same day at 2 P. M. Sledgeville (Miss. mail arrives every SatgT day by 4 P. M; closes same day at F, M' Mound Place Miss. mail arrives every Sat urday by II A. M.; closes same day at l2 NJ. c. H. ADAMS0N, P. NJ Helena, Dee, IS, 1856,
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HELENA HIGH SCHOOL.
 FIFTH SESSION. 1T. C. ANDERSON, Principal.

THE FALL SESSION of this SCHOOL will commence on Monday, the 29th of Septem- Der, and continue to the 28th of February. Boys are prepared either for the advanced classes in a College, or for business. Am- pie arrangements are made for the accommo- dation of boarders. Scholars are received only for the Session, and no deduction is made for absence, other than protracted sickness. Those who enter within month after the opening of the Session, are char ged full price-after that from the date of entrance.
 There are three classes in the School:- the Senior, which embraces the Classics, Mathematics, and applied Sciences:-the Junior, comprising the ordinary English branches, and the Primary class.
 The Tuition fees, are, respectively, $25. $20, and $l5. Each student is taxed Sl for incidental expenses.
 Helena, Ark., Sept. 20, 1856.
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A Dandy Wild Cat.

One night the past week, Mons. Jules Frank, of this county, was aroused from his slumbers by the ag- onized cry of chickens in distress. He immediately seized his gun and rushed to the rescue; upon his arrival at the Hotel de Shlcken, he, to his great consternation, discovered the mutila- ted remains of two of his favorite birds, as the immortal poet Vilkens says, ''lying dead on the ground. "- His anger was great and he drew both upon the English and French languages for a properly intense expression of itself.
 But while the said Frenchman was la menting the untimely fate of the inno- cent and tender bullets, whose voIup- tuous breasts were only hid from view by the downy pin feathers of budding henhood, he saw the identical feline author of all this bloodshed and or nithological misery, pass before him and vanish down into the darkness of his own cellar.
 It was moment of awful emotions, and as Mynheer Von Sodfence has since elegantly remarked, "a time dat he was tinking would sphlit a weller init scare" But revenge was the pre- dominant passion, and so nothing daunted, the valiant Frenchman, gun in hand, followed by Von Sodfence Unit a lantern," descended into the cellar prepared for mortal combat.-- In order to prevent escape, the door was closed and fastened behind them.
 And now all was silent about one minute, when, the dull, heavy report of gun came up from the cellar And then the door opened and a ghast- ly looking Dutchman Emit lantern" escaped into the open air, and then a cloud of smoke, Ca weet-scented cloud," lifted itself out of the cellar way and revealed the features of a most ghastly Frenchman.
 There he stood, his gun in one hand and the feline robbers corpse in the other. At last he caught his breath and said: "Oh. mon Dieu, vat horri- ble cats. I tink from ze per- fume he De con great dandy cat aoiz ze Wild Cats."
 And then the recovered Dutchman came up and said he "pelief dat it vas a shtinh cat," and in the phlegmati- cally profound opinion we concurred.
 When we left the aromatic shades of the cellar-way, the Frenchman who could not talk Dutch, and the Dutch man who couldn't talk French, and neither of whom could speak compre- hensble English, were discussing the origin, habits and utility of Skunks in general-a subject in natural history of which neither of them had ever heard before.
 And the last of the matter was, that the Frenchman felt insulted because the Dutchman incontinently re- marked that he ''pelief sthinks cats vas live all der life on der onions, ,'' which allusion to that great Parisian delicacy threw the Frenchman into spasms, and unceremoniously closed the discussion. It is, however, our opinion, that neitber of them will ever hunt skunks in tight cellar again. Nebr0Sk0 .Ve,Us.
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AN AcT OF JUSTICE. The Legis- lature has passed an act increasing the compensation of the Probate and County Judge of Phillips county stipulating a fixed salary of $500 per annum, in lieu of per diem pay, which usually amounted to only about $4OO.
 The office of Probate and County Judge is one of great responsibility, and the incumbent should receive a salary as nearly commensurate with it's labors, duties, and responsibilities as possible.