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The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
gsiy- The New York Times of the oSth nj

gsy- The New York Times of the 2Stl nit
publishes very interesting dispatch TO Secrc
tury Toucry, from Commodore Lnvnlctte. on
board the Unlcd States stcnm.lrgatr Wabnsli,
dated ~ Beirut, Syria, in which he rrhcnrsps
he action taken hy him in urging the punish.
Inrhi OF the criminals who, some time since
committed the oll'ragcS ut the house Of Mr..
Dickson near Jnlln, aud murdered Mr.. Stein.
brck--ihc circumstances of which occurrences
must hc fresh in the minds of our readers. He
states that four Of the perpetrators of the ont.
rage were il prison 1T Beirut, who alI dccInr
ed that lillh. who was STILL 1T large committed
the murder. The guilt of the fpnr in cus,ody
has been verbally declared hy The Court, but,
IaccorIing To the laws Of Turkey, it was i'm.
proper To proceed TO their sentence and pun
sllmcnt until the trial and conviction Of the
liflI. The Pacln, however, was induced, nr
ter considerable hesitation, to depart from the
rule under protest, aud measures were taken
to have the testimony and documents in the
case Of tHc four under conviction forwarded to
the sultan, who alone eau pass Scntcuccn such
ease. The vlsil Of the Wabash to the coast
of syria wa, cxcrtng u good influence other
wise. especially among the principle men of
the native lawcSS tribes which inhubit the
mountainous region back from the coast who,
ttrnct"d by the guns when firing salntrs, had
visited the vessel with their rr'inucS, and re.
turned with impr ,,ions thut the rights Of 4 ne.
ricm citizens could not BE- outraged with in.
putty.
ga \ correspondent Of the National Intel
ligrurcr says:
Onr famous Iaadin Of The chcckcrcd field,
I" IitIc PauI' Morphy, has yc' another triumph
to max" hcior the world will quietly conclude
him til" creates, of living chess players This
Is to come out Of u contest with II celebrated
German deyoirc Of thc game named Andersen,
VITO Wns 10 have been IN Paris about the mid
dir oi tlir present month for the purpose Of Il
trial ~ arms with Paul Notwithstanding the
GREAT European reputation OF Mr. Andor,-"'t
the feeling seemed TO hc in favor of his oppo
ucn'. Auothor arrival or two from Europe
will probably decide the matter
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
STOMACH BlTTERS.

Sl0M Avn ID Fms.
n J, llOSTEfTER'> ST MACE BllTEHS, ~
~ c"ivcd and for sal" a. ne A}m s.aiut
IN 20 NORWOOD 1lID rs
NEW FALL q WINTER GOODS =
ME UNDERSIGNED urr na" l,eaiNing by oliue#f
L every trip :" III cars llor he Eatcas pplEiu
markets II lot Of their new stock NJ
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
and expect the sam to be larger this anl
NOR" carefully selected than any stock Of III c'an-
dize ever brought to this marker.
They expect 10 have their entire stock completed
b. the middle of this month. ana would olr the fol-
lowing inducements for a continuance of the very
liberal patronage of the community AZ large to.wit
LOW PRICES PROPER hTTENTlDN-GO GOODS
FASHlONABLEANDW WARRANTABLE ARTICLES.
They do not deem it necessary 10 enumcrate any
Of the articles to b" found in their u,ll kaown Is
tablshment by adding, that their usually larg stock
is still increased in quality and variety
Cali at the old stand and satisfy yourselves.
october BLOOM, KAHN a. Co.
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
Tbe .fcliti;tna ltmotrat.

RECEPTION OF SENATOR DorGLAs IN New
Y,RK. Senator Douglas and hdv ar, ivrd IN
New York from Havana on the 2siI, ait, aud
took rooms ut the Everett House. On th,
following dny he was waited upon by Speaker
Orr, Rcvcrdy Johnson, aud other distinguish
ed gentlemen committee of Aldermen nj
SO paid him visit aud presented resolutions
of the Common Connr, rcmarkng that they
not only rendered the freedom and hospitality
Of the city. but also endorsed his political
course
Mr. Douglas in rcSponcc, said this was u
complete surprise 10 him, rs nnIi last night lr
had no intimation that amy such honor was in.
tended He had not imagined that his course
had attracted the attention Of the authorities
of this great city, or impressed them 50 iayorn.
bly, " to lead to this mark Of approval
To receive this compliment from til" city of
New York was indeed no small honor-nu hon.
or conferred by the great metropolis of the Amr
rcan continent, which was fast taking position
rs the controlling city Of the world a. it w,S
alrcady the great commercial, social. and mon
ctary heart Of this nation. the proude,t, as it il,
aud aS il is TO he under the constitution Of the
United States, on the fac" Of the earth
This city was the representative Of nll the
States aud all the Territories of the Uuou,
wherever the starry American fac waves ~.
on the sen or mon III" land Sectional conro.
scrSi"S might disturb other portions Of the conn.
try, but New York had not listened and would
not listen TO those appeals which would ar.
ray the North against the South the Sonih
against The North, nr any unr section against
another. The heart or Nrw YORK pu,nrcl
throughout the Union ana for Eln Union New
York was for promoting peace, traterutv, and
good feeling among all th" States, and a the
people Of this country
70 receive, then, lhi- compliment, mlur
these circumstances, wa, onr Of III" p,oudo.t
events Of his life. II gratefully rrtptcd tie
proilrrcd honor, and would preserve this paper
to be Transmitted 10 his postrriiy
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
NOTICE.

Succession of Benjamin IIarwood.
A LII THOSE INDEBTED to the above succession
II are required to make immediate payment. aud
;h'sr having claims against the same, will present
lh"in AZ once
dec %. 1858 JAMES TATE. Administrators
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08

TuG SPANISH ANb MeXlA2 pIrfrcriry
Under dat" Of the 27tl t'u Washington cor.
respondent Of the u lll more Suu writes:
An erroneous impression has prevailed il
regard To the effect Of the late transactions ut
rampco between the Mexican authorities and
the commander Of the Sp,ni,' fleet upon the
dispute now prndiug. Th" ease which nS IN
alleged, was settled between the parties ut
Tampco. and which has been hrladrd ~ Il
final adjustment Of th" dispute, WAS merely nn
incident to the general difficulty, and waS not
even under consideration during the ncgotia-
tions between the Spanish Governor and Mr..
Lafrayna, the Mexican minister
Spain continuns to demand ralrcsS for the
maltreatmcnt Of hr subjects in ynronS ppr-
,ions Of Mexico, not only in the cities, but in
the country where their plantations have been
destroyed and their houses paged. Spain
also demands the payment Of certain iudrmHi-
ties, heretofore secured hy treaty diruIa,ions.
No approximation has been nude to SET
Element Of the Spanish MryrriTlrsijou; and.
on the contrary, the Spanish Cemmludnr found
no Government with which he could treat, aud
all negotiations have been broken off At
Tampico, the local Mexican authorities were
forced, it seems, TO surrender 10 their Spanish
owners certain goods which had been seized
under the decree for II forced loan
The Spanish fleet can do nothing aS it wonld
seem for enforcing these demands, except ~
blockading the ports, and thus snpprrssng 'lit
little trade which Mexico now enjoys They
might levy contribution on Vera Nruz AM
Tampco, bat il would amount 10 very ljtir
Should IN" L. : Government S"nd ,pcria
minister to Mcxi'p 10 conclude a treaty, whict
.l,.. ,I.,
countries, the envoy should be bncl.rd by !
suitable naval and military force But as v,
have not dollar or Il man 10 spare for slcl
an object, we had better borrow the Spnu>E
fleet, which perhaps we might do for this Oh
icct, upon condition that we did not use it I'n
taking Cuba. Little u, Spain is likely to ."
from Mexico, we cannot promise ourselves 40!
bterr success.
Our troubles with Mexico will; in the end
lead to another War--Hn executive war, Il
which Congress will follow not lcad--alld whel
we again get the wolf by the ears we ShaI
probably hold on
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08

II .LMBOLD'S GENUINE PREPARATION
IL For Diseases of the Bladder Kidneys Gravel
aud Drop-y.
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08

I W HQlA u Co.. kLCEIVING AND FOR.
y. WAklING MERCHANTS PoRr III psoN. La
VIII kecpconsfnntlyo on hand. Western Produce Gro.
C. ries and Plant alton supplies. 30
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
A NEW ARRANGEMENT.
THE SOUTH AND THE STATES
M NE NLNn-LLlnATEn.

10 BE CpMStIlpArEp
An arrangement has br"n concuded between r.
\. Pryor Ed tor Of the Richmond South. and the
proprietor Of this paper The States, by which tn
South and he States are to be consolidated into ol'
paper, to be- published in this city. in an enlarged
form, and TO be under the editorial control of Mr..
Pryor.
The paper will be the organ of no person or clique
but devoted TO the general interests OF the Drmt
cratic party, in accordance with the prime pies
State Rights Democracy
Mr. Pryor will undertake. the editorial control n
the paper between the 10Th Of this month ad the l.,
of December.
1t will be continued under the name Of "'Tnr
STATES and published on the following terms
DAILY:
One copy per year. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS 90
Two copies per year NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lc 90
SEMI WEEKLY
One copy per year. Observation-Disclosures. 90
WEEKLY.
One copy per year.. Observation-Disclosures, : 90
Five copies 10 club, s 90
Ten copies loa cum. IL w
Tweaty copies sent loone aldr ,s,,,,....,..20 20 %
SESSION PAPER.
As the proce dings Of the ceming Congress will be-
Of great interest to the whole country. The States
will keep its read rs fully advised upon all subjects
which may be discuss by that body.
The price OF subscription tor the session will be as
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subscribers to our weekly for one year, at the cn
prices will be entitled to a copy of the Weekly 70
one year
Washington City, October. 1853
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08

TIFF DIFFERENT AFRICAN RACES At n late
meeting Of the Boston Society Of Natural His
tory, DR. Bodiehon, II resident of Algeria IN
Africa, presented paper of great interest Oh
the races of that country. founded on his own
observation He stated that there were two
white races one inhabited the mountains, the
Numidians or Berbcrs and the Arabs, The
former were small in stature warlike, indrpend.
ent, democratic and polygamus They dwell
in villages and plant vineyards. They are line
soldiers, able to compete -EnropnanS.
They are rot governed hy laws, hnt refer their
difficulties to the first man that chances 10 pass
by. DR.. b. considers them an Indigenous race
The Arabs are t. tall race of dark complexion,
equestrian nomadic, wnrIike, religious, poetic
al and polysamons, They divide their time
about equally between fighting and praying
He also referred to II mixed race of'rurks aud
the women of the different tribes Of the country
which, not having the stamina of the parent
races are fast disappearing before the French
lie found in the interior of Africa Germanic
race, with blue eyes and light hair which are
probably the descendants of the ancient Oar
thagenans. They are poygamus, and unlike
all other nations the females are sovereign
both in family and state They also possess
the characteristic superiority of white races
tho enslavipg of the neghborng blacks.
The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-01-08
NEW ORLEANS PACKET.

TTllE SPLENDID - lEAMER. GOLDEN AGE, W.
McCombs, Master. gin the place Of ,Nsazar@h
the BELlA poNNA) will commence her sSsYNHAg
regular business Tor the season, making -zszzxss =
the first trip on Saturday. the 2sth of August 1853
and every succeeding Saturday evening. will leave
New orleans for Donaldsonvile, Bayou Goula, Pla-
qnnmnc, Baton Rouge Port Hudson. Waterloo, Bay
~ 'rn pointa CoHpe". Morgan2a. Tunica, Williams
port. Rcd River Landing Fort Adams and all inter-
mediate landings. Returning, will leave Bayou Sa-
IA every Wednesday the arrival Of the Cars from
WoodyiIle. touching at Port Hudson and all inter
mediate places.
an~raricuar attention paid to the receiving and
landing Of passengers and way freight, at all hours
oi the any and night. aug
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
.-79<$>H--
AXiOanS.

Now let me give you some axioms |
have arrived at, after seeing something OF
a great many kinds of good folks.
OF hundred people of each Of
the different leading religious sects,
about the same proportion will be safe
and pleasant persons to deal and to live
with.
There are, at least, three real
saints among the women te one among
the men, in every denomination.
The spiritual standard of different
classes | would reckon thus
1. The comfortably rich.
2. The decently comfortable.
8. The very rich, who are apt to be
irreliginus.
4. The very poor, who are apt to be
immoral.
THE cut nails of mach;ne-divinity
may be driven in, but they won't clinch.
The arguments which the greatest
of our schoolmen could not refute were
two: the blood in mems veins, and the
milk in women's breasts.
Humility is the first ofthe virtues
for other p 'ople.
Faith always implies the disbelief
of lesser fact in favor of a greater. A
little mind often sees the unbeief, with
out seeing the belief, of large one
DIR. Holmes IN atlantic Monthly.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
Theology.

Cor .fac;t theologun. TIE heart makes
the theoIogian. Every race, every civ
ilization. either has new revelation of
it's own or new Interpretation of an old
one. Democratic America has differ
ent humanity from feudal Europe, and
so must have new divinity. See, for
one moment, how intelligence reacts on
our faiths. The Bible was divining
book to our ancestors. and is so still in
the hands Of some of the vulgar The
Puritans went to the Old Testament for
their laws; the Morlnons go to it for their
patrarchal institution. Every generation
d ssolves something new and precipitates
something once held in solution from that
great storebouse Of temporary and per-
manent truths.-Dr. Holmes an -Atan-
tie Monthly.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
A Parallel.

ssTHE Professor at the Breakfast
table," has had talk with the Divinity
Student and reported Il in the atlantic,
from which the following is an extract.
The Poor Relation had been fdget-
ing about while all this was going on
She broke out in speech at this point.
| hate to hear folks talk so. I don't
see that you are any better than a hea-
then.
Iwish I were half as good as MANY
heathens have been,-I said. = Dying
for principle seems to me higher de-
greece Of virtue than scolding for it; and
the history of heather races is full of in
stances where men have laid down their
lives for the love of their kind, of th ,ir
country, of truth, nay. even for simple
manhood's sake, or to show their obedi-
ence or fidelity. What would not such
beings have done for the souls of men,
for the Christian commonwealth, for the
King of Kings. if they had lived in days
of larger light? " hich seems to you
nearest heaven, Socrates drinking his
hemock, Regulus going back to the enc
my's camp, OF that old New England
divine sitting comfortably in his study
and chuckling over his conceit Of certain
poor women, who had been burned to
death in his own town, going "roaring
out of one fire into another?"
/ don't believe he said any such thing,
replied the Poor Relation.
1t is hard to believe,--said I,-but it
is true for all that. In another hundred
years it will be as incredible that men
talked as we sometimes heai them now.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
A CURIOUS PARALLEL.

rhe chameleon, according to Mr.. Buck
land, the great naturalist, is curious
animal. "Betwixt the two sides of the
body" he says, there seems lack OF
sympathy. One eye may be looking
straight forward. One may be entirely
asleep. while the other is wide awake.
And this kind of independent and seper-
ate action applies to each side of the
creature-to ITS limbs. 1t cannot saoia,a,
because ats limbs refuse to act IA concert.
Could the two sides understand one an
other, and agree on prescribed course
of action, it might always be awake, or
half awake. But it gains nothing by its
unilateral INDEPENDENCE; the two sides
are like two horses that wont work in
harness. 1t seems strange, with such q
ecuiarity, that on trees, or on terra
TRINA, the creature should be able to make
any progress. But as the two sides are
fed by one mouth, and as the insect tribes
refuse to come to it, SO they seem, in re-
gard to all culinary matters, to agree to
sink their dihere uces, and to move in
harmony. The stomach is a potent har-
moniser."
The reader must be struck with the
silnilitude between this strange animal
and tt political organization which sly.
les itself the Democrstic party. That par
ty has two sides betwixt which there
is no sympathy. Its Northern eye look:
in the direction of popular sovereignty
while its Southern one is fixed on Cen.
gress with the expectation that that body
will interfere for the protection of slave
property in the territories. When any
thing IS to be done for the advancement
of the interests of srvery, its South SIDE
is wide awake, while its North side is
asleep and acquiescent. 1t seems imposs-
IDLE that such party should be able to
maintain an existence. But IS Mr.. Buck
land suggests in the case of chame-
leon, s.the stomach is potent harm nj
r." The two sides rely for support upon
common source-the public crib. When
there is any treasury pap to be fed ou
they ..agree to sink their differences. -anc
to move on in harmony" -State Jour
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
AN EXAMPLE TO BE IMTTA
TED.

We remember well of young mar,
WIZ was born in this town, and who with
us were boys together and that ho spent
bis school boy days in what is now the
High School building, but then the Pains
vile Academy. There he learned his
"bic hec hoe" We remember well the
teacher or the principal of the Academy,
how he used to say to the mother of that
young man now AMI then, "some DAYS
he would made nose in the world"
Well, time passed on. and he commenced
the study of the law; but before he had
been admitted to the bar, and before he
had reached his majority, he conceived the
ID "a that this was not the place for him,
nor his fathers family. AT bis urgent
solicitation they sought western home.
But before he had left another circum-
stance occurred, which we must not omit
to mention. At his request q young la
dy acquaintance hastily sketched some lines
W. ich he carried with him, and the follow
ing are the concluding ones:
"The wide, wide worlds before thee,
A glorious field for fame.
Go, tax the power God gave thee,
And win thyselt name"
He went to the west, stating as he left
that he should not return again, whether
successful in business or not; if he were
obliged "to lay out upon the prairie with
his gun and faithful dogs, with nothing
but the canopy of heaven to cover him."
But his perseverance was availing, his tall
ents were appreciated in his new home,
and one distinction followed another, IN
til the latest advices have reached us, that
Byron Paine has been elected by the State
of Wisconsin as an associate Justice on
the Supreme Bench, by majority Of
near 10000. What his future is to be,
if life is spared Lin for three score years
and ten-how honorable, the widest con-
lecture would probably hardly run as
tray.-PainsevaUe Telegraph
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04
THE SPRINGFIELD REPUB-
LICAN.

| This excellent paper INDUCES in the
following 'viIaT' statistics of the employ
ers and employees of its establishment.
1t says: "Of the employers and employed
in the Republican newspaper, jot print
ing and book bindery establishment, %
are married, and Al of the unmarried are
of manageable age, and undoubtedly
matrimonially disposed. The religious
tendencies of the establishment are, IS
Congregational, Is Methodist, IL Catho-
lie, Baptist, Universalist, Unitarian
and Episcopalan, the remainder afford
ing an excellent field for missionary oper-
ations. Politically, 81 of the voters are
decided Republican, 5 decidedly Demo
cratic and the balance, like the old wo-
man out west who watched the fight
between her husband and the bear, don't
as a general thing care which licks.
Forty-six are known to be strictly tetotal
ly temperate, and of the remainder, a
large portion take little now and then
and the other take little now and then
very often. Sixteen are notorious tobac-
co chewers, but to the credit Of the bind
cry department be it said, it has not
tobacco chewer among its operatives; p
are smokers, only about half that number
being habitually so-the others only
smoking when they have cigars given to
them. Pipes are also used, to a greater
or less extent, in the subterranean de-
partmsnt Of the whole number of
employees Is are girls, and were it not
for the fact that we do not "ish to be
subjected to any changes in that depart
nent at present, we should have specified
that tie were incl sded among those set
down as fundamentally disposed. There
is not wide range in the ages of the list
of the establishment; the whole IS are un-
der so years, and all but 2 under forty;
and the oldest of the two, odd forgies,,
who is 4e, is going away because he
can't stand such boys for bosses. Of
the girls, IL are sweet seventeen the
rest, with blush, about twenty There
is but one fat man in the establishment;
but any number of very handsome fell
lows"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-04

PADDY's PLEASURE. A travelling
Irisbman who had gone the whole round
of the continent, was returning home sa-
tiated with having .'seen nothing" when,
in field by the road, he saw fight; he
stopped his carriage, hurried to the scene
of action, took his side, with small refer.
ence to the question at issue. obtained bis
due amount of binding bruises, and crop
ed back to bis carriage. exclailning. "By
Jove, this is the first bit of pleasure I've
had since I've been from homem