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St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26

PTctPocKEr LfTERAruRE.--The followinR
hteraFT curiosity, belonging 10 the literature
OF cEaeksmcn, Eecenily fell into the hands Of
the Chicago police:
ELHrs, March "A, asSe.
DE9sREST FASxIE--The reception s( vuur
last afforded me more enjoyment than "a East
trick thieves slang for making good raise.l
although one woCid not come arniss at ths
pFesent time, for the seventy ~casesF ldullarsl
i took IN 'mgS a hankI b nearly gone.
will send you soms "iiimsys lcoun.
terfeit paper,l but do not sshovep Il In Uhlea-
20. but meet me at the tomb On the fsss of
April, at night for eanas9 rnant ven haf ee.
Ed. and his "uzaT lfsmaie plek-
pockeIl has gone TO New York, taking wiish
them 30 centuries. Ia century Is a term for
$l00) / hear that Charlie VS. is In
Chicago, flat broke. II YOU should sec him,
give him some queer tcountcrfrit money.
Remember what tell you about the "stt.f''
counterfeit money! for, Fannie, I do not
want you TO "hold' and shove" at the same
time; and there is no one 10 Chicago would
trust with the "stuff." Do not answer this
until ] write again, as | am "spotted,r and
arn going South. Luck and chance brought
me here, aud will leave to morrow. | direct
this 10 your New York name, a. your other
might be checked ia Chicago lie sure and
find Charlie, aud believe me your true and
ever faithful lover. CHARLIE.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26
Mr.. auckland, the naturalist, says of tho

Mr.. auckland, the naturalist, says Of tho
chameleon: "BctwXt the two sides Of 'ha
body there scems a lack Of sympathy Que
eve may be licking straight forward, vi ilo
the other is looking rs directly backward
OL" may be entirely asleep, while the other
is wide awake. and this Kind Of independent
and separate action applies to each side Of tho
crcatut,-So lis limbs n ran not Gci,n, because
lis hTIts rcf"ss 10 at iH concert.
C"ull the two sides understand nne another,
and agree on a prescribed course II action,
it might always bs awake, or half awake.
But it gains no:hilg by it's nrila:ural indie
pcudrncy; the two sides are like two horses
that won't work in harness. 1t seems strange,
wit, stch a popularity. that on trees, or
terra Eymd, the creature should be able to
make any progress, But as the two sides
are fet by ono mouth, and as the ins.sct
uibcs Fefuse to come 20 it, so they seem,
in regard TO all culinary matters, 10 L, zee To-
sink their differences, and io move IN harr,o-
ny. Tie stomach is potent hannouizcr.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26

Duel TngEATExED.-1he Washington
Star says The police officers Of this city
have been .n the alert fr spme days in con-
SEQ Guen-e Of Iumors q the effcct that a duel
was on the t.pi-, To come of in this n-igh-
bnrhond, bctsieen T.. Lewis Lowe and W. p.
Mausby. Of Maryland Mr.. Naulrby arrived
il. tilis city Or Friday las i; is undeTr ID. aud
,.a,.s towarb 4 hostile II, e,irs were entered
ur1n. Suts qucu,ly, hpwever, the ,,ifiicu';y
was arraugei temporarily or finally. Il
originated. We hear, fran sharp war..s that
pis<ad b,tECt Il H." par;ies in late lcga. csn-
trovrrsy.'
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26
ParsExcE OF Mrxp AND CoMxox SENSE,

PREsENCE OF MIHp AND COMMON SENSE
If man FAINT away. SAYS Halls Journal
of Health, instead of yelling out like a savage,
"r rnnrng 10 him 10 lift him mp. lay him at
full lrngth on his back, on the floor, loosen
the clothing. push the crowd away so as 10 let
the air reach him alone. Dashin" water over
person in a simple fainting fit is n barbari,v
The philosophy of n fainting tit il. that the
heart fIiis t" send the proper supply Of blood
to the brain; il the person Is erect. that blood
has to be Grown up hill; but il lying down,
it has 20 bc projected horizontally, which re-
quires less ower as is apparent
II a pcrs-n swallow poison, Deliberately
or by CHARGE, instead Of breaking out into
multi;udino!s and inc"herent exclamations.
dispatch sorac one for the doctor; meanwhile.
run to the Kitchen, get half-a glass Of water
in anything that is handy, put into it a tea
spoonful Of gal'. and as much ground mustard
stir it an instant, catch firm hold of the per-
sons nose. the mouth will soon fly open
then down with the mixture, and in a second
or two up will come the poison. This will
answer better 10 large number Of cases than
any other. II the physician has not arrived
make the patient swallow the white Of All egg.
followed by cup Of strong coffee, fllecausc
these nullify larger number Of poisous than
any other at ceSsible articles. as antidvtcs for
any poison that remains iL the stomach.l
II limb Or other part of the body is severe
y cut, aud the blood comes out by spirits or
Jerks, be in hurry, or the man will be dead
in five minuies; there is no time TO talk about
or send for physician--say nothing but out
with your handkerchief throw il around the
limb, Tie the two ends together, put n stick
through them, twist it around, tighter and
:ighter unit the blood ccascs to flow. But 10
stop il does D" good. Why? Because only
a severed artery throws blnod out in iets, aud
the arteries get their blooi from the heart;
hence, to stop thc flow, the rcrnely must be
applied betw cen the heart and the w"unded
sp0i-in "th.r words, above the wound. If
a vein had teen severed the blood woull have
flowed N a regular stream, and, on tine othe.
side of the sand from the heart; because tie
blood in the tcliiS iluws towards the heart; and
there is no n.ed uf 81 great a hurry
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26
TnE DRrn Sco1r nrcrsrnv -The Crnr.

THE DRED SCoTT DEcIsrox.-Thc Cpart
decided that there is no difference bctwcrn
properly in a slave and any other property.
In eitlacr cASc, Cong!,ss is expressly prplib-
tied freIn exercising any such power. Ia the
language Of the Cour ''the right of property
in slave i, distinctly and expressly affirm
ed in the CpnsttuiiuE' "No word can Le
found zn the Constitution which gives Con-
gross q greater power over slave property,
or which entities property Of that kind, TO
pr"tcct.nn. than property of any other g.
scriptIun." IT, tlHm, Congress itself canIas
deprive the citizers of Territory al their
property in s!aves--if this is beyond tie
powers conferred on the Federal GovcrE-
mcHt-it will lie admitted. VIC rresumc, tAy
the cOustl that il eJuld NOT authorize a tcrri-
tTial government 70 exercise" such pOu -
1T oUuEd c"nfcr 40 power Un atty local gcv-
crnHet,s established by its authority To ylul.tc
the prosliOts Of the Constitution - C0ilrii-
IHtiyn.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26

eninently conservative. He has none Of the
odium of seceeionixm attached to his name.
his political reputation is fair and his claims
10 statema1ship respectable There Is, be-
sides, no existing feeling Of animosisy between
him and D,ugIas. We are Of opinion, how
ever, that the latter Is not inclined 70 enact a
secondary part in such drama, and if 50.
It terminates the calculation. We can but
await later aud more definite indications.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26

Sia JONATHAN SLIcK.-Tbe Queen oE
England has heen sraciously pl-ased to as:-
vance ,@ the dignity Of kuightl"od Juna;l an
Slick, the celebrated clockniakcr II Oiiia!-
town; slS' known ~ the Hon. Breuton Hall
burton, Chief Justice Of Nova S:.;ia.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26
ST. MARY'S BEACON,
Is PUELGsHgD KyERY THURSDAY sY
AR. KTma. c JAMES .. DOWNS.

T8EEs o. SUSscRIPTToS.-$I.5O per an
mum, to be paid within six months. No sub
scFiptiOE viii be Teceived-EH a shorter period
than ak months, and no paper be discontinued
nh8l ali aFreaFages are paid, except at the OPP
aiimaM6 the publishers.
i u hasa aap. AeeERffsENo.- .--2f per square
lnF aha tu5 80 - MS ard 2g cts fuf every
subsequent insertion. Twelve lines or less con-
stitute square. II the nuinbcr of Insertions
be not markell on the advertisement, it wilt he
published until forbid, and charged according
", A liberal deduction made TO those who
advertise bY the year.
St. Mary's beacon., 1859-05-26

DEATH OF Mas. SoULE.-T1.e lady Of TIE
Hon. FEsrre Ssmie died on Wednesday, 5lh
inst, at Lls rcSidence, on AaInp@It aiEesi, New
Orleans
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-02-12

= Bur Sea&tuns @tter. Die G'eiebr
'r %ereiniaten Staatcn telaaen in Srsus auf pas
Gttclen UNI Sefnsr pom Sriefen BON BEN rcridir,
cenen 9pitdmtern 8oIssnpes:
,SScnn irgenp Semanb rinen Brief ron eem
Yritamte athplt, rsr niGt an i'm aprellirt 1T,
%rsnlslben Dfnet UNI licit, nm 0cbeimniie aus
S%urnren, prer wer iplte Srisfe p%ertilst, nm rie
eprrslpenren, Su untertreden ppcr um mertbs
vote papiere lid an3ueianen prer auf irscnr
cine anrere &siie pas Sricf9rbsimnib perlcst,
fol- meun er pes Scrsebene ~iterfutrt Miro,
Su elmer 0elrtrafe BON finfbunorrt Cpaars unp
Su elmer geflnsnifIrnfe Srn ni6t mebr ais
smplf Wfrnate pcrurtbCilt meroen."
SSir rcrGHentIihsn pielrS @eieB tuuptlG6lit res
bait, neil bier blufs Sale pcrfe in welden
Seutc Sriefe berausncbmen. GTnen unp leicn, cann
atcr wiepsr in Die Sricfore mericn, rGue ,u wi6en,
mrl6 ltmerrS &crtrcdsn tic rapur4 tescbcn. gttc-
ntano ipute etn:n Sriel p1nen, mcnn err ni&t bcGtimmt
~iitcr5rust III, pab r~erielte ibm srbGrt.
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s. fbGfts=Mm,eiaem

Ssrl@tspruc Waaren erbielt iUeben per 0ampfI6iF
unp gadettrrt SS nj. y. SYler, ais:
800 ShlS. Slp Sips uno Common gGtiefey.
200 ~ 8rsn& Sranrp, Sin urn Num.
100 NaIasa unc pprtpcin.
30 Sprss Sunh uup gapcr Haifns.
10 VcmpnS.
100 ~ BY @artrnatc Scpa.
% - - SapicS @5uuppmper 3sa.
90 toite SrreS Slad IRA.
lVO 0roe &rlrArapt, Nounp @rpb UNI Sbanaboi
@attbes.
10 Ousenp a%frrtirte Selcn.
lOU ~aemablte @imcr.
2o0 SrreS 9apcr UNI Gpl9ates : tarh.
lO0 - Gpl9ateS 6anc,p Spaps.
20 - Scp Sluc.
100 p Nutmeas.
9Otatpes, SnirnS. Gcrfib, 8iit, @att, GUAR, Sut,
ter, 9tceir, Sarr, Bacon, Spiccs, Nopcr, Suts.
@fealurS, Cigars, Grrraee, Sladtns. 5lpur &c. &c.
aie Sieie @aaren iinp friI6 INN Won teltsr qua
iitat uno "ertauft p%ieieIbcn su rcn tiQtsltslu Nreiicn
VI M. 8. Syler,
Wbcleiale @rrcer, Qrppilfpn unb
Yiquur Dealer.
Is. Strase, Smilhrn Carp unp Wain.
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8. 3. Stcder's
Neu cin9crihtete peuti6e Yu6binpcrci,

6ert'Irht NIT Ben anfrrecruneen rrr9eit muE Nriueip fer re-
;,totnt, Der ittnScttolter rtttt9 pcrtctt; StillanS in Hiditri,
Srn eteltni grunelaBc beltClt. cra tbc it mir bcm .srrS,I;Hcr
Ssutlden Yubltturn bic sracbCnc @neiae m moden, ban it mrin,
Suhbineertt ourt p%crltueene ieit9tmdFc9 ertciIcrlluoen hrheutrrf
rsrrru1tonci9t babe, unp ieet eurb Die bwrburd berirftcr Ssrbrf
'eruiscn III Der Yrroucttrn aud, zen itrcnsitcn Mediterranean &c.
nu9e III letten III Den Stdnc 9eicet bin. aue in mcir ga n ftIo
Sennc Nrbsten. ee: 9crfrlip'e, WuIf- @jnb Inhr ginfagnn,Ss
Won Stttereten &c. &C., ale Irtcn Sprcn fir DrpocrS-StprrS "
Srpe fur Serpcuer werocn nab ME Dor onacferttGtu y!
aug atten NoptHiicr, prh Srli, gopre uo @IoS, fnb immr
epFFatet9. s. %. SittCr,
Su6bineer unb Norparbsitrr.
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SG0er=&% p,upnanic!

Nfn M't9I'c0cn CUR NHdrtctt. rab iepen Ocuntr
itd9, NbCnrS : llbr. ~rcarlmGRiac Gre ctsr lletur en-
IN Der Pituitary bou" fattfnrcn.i
Scecn .Cbten pnurrtdua i'm Wonot fncet HI,
mcnhtitte %srlammluua i'm tCtaie Res Serrn SGot
itatt. huaemepcr. rrr Gcro
Rss> Sei Den an nd6itru Conner lfaa Itattfncenrs,
Grercier' llstunaen tnbcu bic Nttslisrer in pcler y1ir
ter llnifrrm ,u crlhctueu. q 8
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-02-12

Sosbsn per Stramtr nhdlten cine ueus Senrun,
Aetrcdnetrr Ntrntn (NEe,in, WG umugr ~truelore
2Sur:, 6rantfurtet Srdtmiritc. aerGudertr SIit- mi
|ebermurlt, SarrinS III SrI. Sd~rtrlru in Sal,, ca.
'Ito', artrrdntte &r'tFH. wr"nt.'. ,ou. VI 9at, ac
rau6erten Calm. S'rnfn' MuS, d6ttn OaFclborie,
Seni, Gaeap. Chocolate, &afse Glen, unp Sofse Gr
trait, 2rrpm Srt &c. &c.
Nus9eietdhnetsS Saucrfraut, marinirte Striuoe.
%9titmpnp. 10. Setruar 1859.
Sphn 6rrbin.
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VoE3euIH', SIflH UNI Observation-Disclosures,
Tenn sesbrtsr peutltsn Yublifum il funp, Dap an Der &as
Der grcap uno 0ritter StraBe Elm CnUrnlse Eager pen altr~
tano 8eihtrr fur Die SauSDtrtbi&aft ttdbGirl Ut, tpelrte paS
glerttment snttd!, 0laes. Stsins uup YOresian~ @HaarGu,
YPtIIsy unb 0abein, NGftl aler 9lrt, 8antes unr SbtetaEe
men, 0a!npen crr 3tnH, Sled, britannia Gnp lti0Grraitirte,
- &bsebrsttsr, Spieasl unc SpteaeleIGltr ausr (5rostr, -
Sdub-, 8leiotrs, Sftns uno Stkraubbaglten, aud alerbane
flr;s Q8aarsn uue Spiel;cHe !. !t. 2SteteTpertduier wuccn
cs o%Ortgeilb0ft fiaeen, bel uRS crit por;Rlpreafn, oa plr I'm
Stanbs lir6, ibnsn ausnatmSNsils6 iai9 perfauItn 3u fpnnru.
S3aep II. @rmP., Gft Der 3, u, Yroahiu.
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Sefanntinn cbnn0cm.

@eluht.
pnntlhee St~lbergeIp fir nettes ia
SLID Der un'c gable. wde stird 224 Ste. rrr Suorirr
natt, pirp BON rem lnrcr '~rtdnuet,n oufaefauft.
u. 8. Sdbntr, llbrmaeter,
153 Mainltraer.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-02-12

BUR Seddiuul lir NGuccrvrrf1ufrr.
0urdt tili8c @tut6uie In q " Sjcrf bin tb in zen S,oue
lclept. trl9cnoc Nrtitcl 81 uutenirbenbrn lrbr 6tl;acn VYcUtu
~ rrrtaufun:
Better SdrorsT Yfthr II Cts. yer Yfurb.
@Cm0bIcnCr 90 be Is
Muecltz NUic 81
MuecOts @lutbt ~
Nclttnrftfrr l.
Ncllcntluthe 20
8Clcr ,n1lilhtr Scnf 81
S1pctGr I2l
SmcCt Sill, me, srpfe 5taidc i Gtute.
TernCr %rUrrdttt9 friittS biuilcc 2urnina 1Gic. Nifcbsl.
GSrMS. Giraupen Werltr, Sasr, gmtlftN, Nanslitri0lmrn'
Anot9r Slau. Starie Sppa INN grGjtnS 1tutr Giodyrcu,
S@uHa rno Shmapf-Gobat, 3Gnmr. &Nrtcn. ttyiuntrien,
estNr meSt3iailhsr $irancr II. /. IL. SreS "a ca biliaitrn
Staotpreiirn. e. lSa0rt.. Ilucnir "N
GGe q II. &rcuptT ~: { M1yftl
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Bum S6tuF:
Spnsiid>ce &pnNict nmS GSuartctf.

@af Der %OrlSumna SaujfrG ;cf>cu.
Ge fneet unit trtncr SertnGnn9 ciI' S}uFluI ppu
Stdcto am @ir9One, itdii.
Ainr,r untcl !. Sohrn taen feline 9utritt
Gtuiitttep rie tur | &CrrR unb Oh ri 30 gtS
StdLte lne tcm Stliflrart 0lnbrrcQtCr urb fdmnt-
ltten Mit9lteI crn rcs Ssrclnr 81 tarn.
Die Gpmmittr
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Sims. @cffermnnm.

9tc. 20 Vihinitr., nabe rem Nlten Nfarft,
Crleubl it bae aubrte 9utlitum aui fdn rcihe e. MI. -,
SttttrI-SaSer el9ner 6atrttlirn unb Aurprtasicn aufrr, rfiom f.,
mad'n une pcrtGriht nchcn ttnIcr 9Teiitn reQe Srbicnrrn
&cpardturcr rurbcn promrt ttirrat. S'
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-02-12

0fr unterSel6Hrte tntptfblt rtf bsutlten Qublifum Isiren elr.
aaht s'nesrtbteten Salon ~ Httflesm Ssiutbe. Die b,ren plorcr
sen N Fem SptaIs SellelSsn Hur ssta!ttn. @anl srsebepT
III u. MNlIer.
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SaS:rtiers 0rro.
RON
@anter & 2cbncrt,
Itc StraBc, BEN Iheotrr u%eneniiher

I'm Die perm sStritc ate itrer gertcaen,eit an bclfeu 1sbr
lhle1tes Bier Su rertoufen, fcpis e1S a,ctrc ttcrtrinFrnSr
Fub!!tum "er 'tle6trn Sitr III iduecn, blten mir ms rpb O. =
!dlrltn. Gas bette Smr in philadelphia il taufrn, umr TnS ssbrr
IN cen STAMP 9tleyt, cr 9utcs umb sriunceS 9daerbWr. nos yorrri
III IS fret ms Sous e~cliftyt, at;uSebtn. ~
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Oeut6hs 6ebammt
Nrs. s. Staube, 1853 Sroapltr. ,piIhsn ner

g. uno 7. SraBe,
naebt ben eeutitsn 8rausn &ihmOnce bic ~crsebsnte an,eioe. boz
nc IN 0eutihlanb ale Stbamme lfuoieri uno ami S,r nn;Ss,rr y,
81 eeteSi9 tRr @rdn'en bsitanpen bat, ipcrubrr lie bic befsn 3sInrH,.
2ortsssn lam: iptsbale Ts ND bel sGrtOnnenoen @elgsn6sitsn BE-,
iNHe snlplsplt. SH9letn nant o!elslbt tbrcn gcRnsrtanen Ole an.
beloret un0 0erartlesn Maflaatn itnsLiitns na6fommt =. wv.
Richmonder Anzeiger. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1854-18??, 1859-02-12

9et y. $. Steder ut gu totrn:
Eehen unp aNlrfcn non 0cueral 6rteprit 9Rithrtr
orn Steuben. NrCls To- Gts.
sSra"t SeElire Sumfrlrtc 3ctuua. prctS 5 Cts.
Set ). y. Steder finn gu baten aue ceutih,
uno en9lilte S6uItii&cr, @riangtltcr, ShreittiI.
0er rlr 0"lhaftNlente unp Stulrn, Sdreibpapicr
Slettepern &C. gu Zen bilrelten Nreiien.
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Isutlhe 0risfIiifc.

Yet Cent Atbolert Sititr Sriefe muF tenerft ioereen, bar tic~
ldben Gnnrncirt int.
'Surtb, Sdect. @dpfart, &.
oammrr. Scbn. &naditerr, 6curp.
Henpier, 9ihlas. Gcltucbr. gD.
NeeQrr. henrY * Nrp. 6trci.
DER, Jol,ph. Nauidber. Srierr.
StrHer, Shaloif. S6nelsnbsra. Gdrl. =
ohh'eS' @ercrHut. Stafrr, DIFF jSattartne.
2erme' Charles, TpaIer, 6enrp.s
TctH. Shrrp. X
Gle nit x brieehncteu 8riefe tcmmsn aus
Seutitlanc.)
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Shtleers, 6anepz mn Srnnmente. Minler

N~VSF UWNNV- WVU -IWWIHTWITE WIuICI,
Der ilnitriethncte nlddt rem gutlitum bic eraCbcnIt, ar;eios
CAP or Iuttra9e gum N1lrn rn Sdiltern (SiIne). lpmjc out
'SHne9-, Stenertc- uno Srnanente. Matrcen onnimmt unc lbnrlI
}elbn'adpou pno btIi9t %anelutrt. &uinGss t6nrcn tCi 6rn. CHS
r. q IS So mo.,
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Aay- gNte man aue SAmerrn neiILn fnnn-

Ste 5Gl,ence' wtl!tc an 8beumatiemus, Nruraisia, r,rpffer
'trpf' 9eitdte-, Sciicns, GIicper, mo RutcnItmrr,rn 1r;nsn
,retn aul9enbhdlihs einrcruns unN sdnsute @bbulft, mcnn Il,
o1rtSeetnce 9ure-N il 9tSrduttu. 0isie Grdpura.
u etn anUdttn, @sustcln, sterpcn UNI z, buen tep6brt. SScriut,
the Ulelfs ue fnec psuurs! 9rcis II, % uub 80 Gte. Ser
anti ipiro eIiclbt bel
Z. Ba8ntr, q. S6beter une allen 9ruooiFef
,.5J IN Nldhncnb, Norfelf unh 9ricrahurn.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-10-08
4A1gssll0uU>
CHESS ITEMS.

A meeting of the Vicksburg Chess Club
was held on Thursday evening last for the
purpose of arranging the prelminaries of
Tournaments. Fine play will doubtless be
elected from this contest, as Vicksburg
boasts of many amateurs highly skilled in
the noble game We shall be happy to
receive some Of the games of this Tourna,
ment and lay them before our readers. Two
games by correspondence have been recently
played between the players of Vicksburg
and the Nashville Chess Club. The first
was resigned by Nashville on the twenty.
fourth move. and the second is acknowledged
by the Nashville players to be hopeless.
The Vicksburg Whig, from which we
have clipped the above two items, suggests
tie propriety of holding a grand State
Chess Tournament in connection with the
State Fair at jackson. If such
an event should take place, Vicksburg would
be represented, the Yazoo City Chess Clubs
would send delegates, and the many chess
players scattered about Port Gibson and
Woodville, joining them, would serve to
make the Congress very respectable as to
number. Such assembage, continues, the
Wing, would give new impetus in Missis-
slppi to this most beautiful and scientific
OF intellectual exercises, and help to bring
forward the day which, as Paul Morphy
truly says, will be fortunate one for the
youth of America, when the chess board
shall have superseded the card board.
N. 0. Sunday Delta.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-10-08
WAITING FoR THE nARvEsTERs.
By N. P. WILLIS.


And there she sat in ripend loveliness,
An English mother joying in her babes
Whose life was bright before her, and whoss lips
Were breaking into language with the swees
And lovely sentences they learn so soon
Her face was very beautiful, and mirth
Was native on her lips; but ever now.
AS sweet tone delighted ner, the smile
Went melting into sadness, and the lash
Droopd gently to her eye, as if it knew
Affection was too chaste a thing for mirth.
1t was the time for harvest and she sat
Awaiting one. A breath of scented hay
Was in the air, and from the distance came
The noise of sickles, and the voices sent
Out on the stiffness of the quiet moon,
And the low waters, coming like the strain
Of pervading melody, stole in
And made all music. Twas holiness
OF natures making, and lifted up
My heart to heaven, and in my eladness pray d
That If heart were sad, or if tear
We're living upon earth, it nigh be theirs
To 60 abroad in nature, and to see
mother and her gentle babes like these
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-10-08

SoUlRRELs EMIGRATING "A Severe VIM
ter Preaicted.-The st. Louis Express, of
the Oath ult., says:
About ten days ago, tremendous drove
of gray squirrels, numbering hundreds of
thousands, suddenly made their appearance
on the Meramec, covering the trees and
water like pail. Thousands of them were
afterwards found dead in the river and on
the ground They crossed the Mississippi
ut that point and worked their way down
the river, until on Wednesday, they reach
ed Cape Girardeau, crossing the river at
that point in countless myriads. The citi'
zens turned out en- maSSe and killed them
by hundreds. Every tree and bush in that
vicinity swarmed with them until night,
when they all disappeared, and have not
been heard of since. Their route was mark
ed as by devasting storm. Trees were
girdled and fields destroyed. Old French
settlers predict very severe winter, as it
was noticed in 1884 aud 1851 that immense
droves of squirrels suddenly made their
appearance, followed by Intensely severe
weather.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-10-08

A FAMOUS SPELLING MAroH.-A gen,
tleman in North Chester, Vermont, two or
three weeks since offered as a prize copy
of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" to
the one of the scholars in all of the public
schools in that town who should "spell the
others down. Seven schools were accord
Ingy represented, and about dozen teach
ers and large crowd were present, when
the tlial took place, on the 25sh ult. Only
one trial was to be had on word and the
unfortunate who missed must take his or her
seat. Eighty scholars contended for the
honor and the prize, and after five hours
trial five pupils remained standing, aud the
enthusiastic audience soon raised the needful
to urehase each copy of the great "Una
bridged."
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-10-08

HORRIBLE CRUELTY II THE BnIrIsH
ARMY.-The London Times gives toe fol-
lowing report Of a case Of logging in the
British army for desertion:
The first man, named Green, bore his
punishment as stated by an eye witness,
" ike true soldier" but the second, named
Davis, young recruit, protested bis innos
and screamed for mercy, and supplicated
Col Talbot aud the medical officers, and
others who were present to have compassion
on him, or be should die His back was
covered with d mass Of large red, inflated
D)ilS, which h,sd profusely at every stroke,
and redeemed the ground under his feet,
upon which the cat was ordered TO be with
held for few moments, whou, finding that
his punishment wa5 not AO au end, he gave
vent to exclamatious tor mercy, and partly
succC eded IN delivering himself by force
from the straps which bound himsto the
hal> ards. The punishment was again Or
Iered to be continued, when at every sue
ceediug stroke his cries aud ordinations
were most lamentabie, iusomuch that the
men and officers swooned away Ut the SICK
enlhg spectacle, ana had to be ca, Tied into
the open air, One officer and upwards of
twenty uyu-commlssloDod officers aud men
.oug in the service tainted, and others stops
ped their ears aud closed their eyes, lest
they, too, Should become uunuyei, and be
subject to the repr0ach aud ridicule Of then
1omraies,