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HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA.
d Heneoofeat Institution established bu spe-
e'al Endowment for the Relief ofMs Sick
and DISTRESSED, afflicted rih
PRUDENT ond Epidemic
Diseases

Diseases
VIE HOWARD ASSOCIATION. in view ne
- the awful destruction of human life caused
py sexual diseases, and the receptions practiced
upon the unfortunate victims of such diseases nv
tsuacks, several years ago directed their Consul.
ting Surgeon as n charitable act WORTHY of their
name, to open Dispensary for the treatment of
TINS class OF diseases, in all their FORMS and to
give mea.cat adoice gratis to all who apply by let
ter win description Of their condition, iage. oc
cupation, habits OF life &c) aud in eases of ax-
treme poverty, to furnish medicines free Of ebarge
1t is needless to add that the Association com.
mands the highest Medical skill of the age. and
VIII furnish the most approved modern treat
ment.
Inc Directors OF the Association in their An
huai report upon the treatment of Sexual Dis
eases, Tor the year ending January LIST, 1853. ex-
press the highest satisfaction with the success
winch has attended the labors of the Consulting
surgeon IN the cure of Spermatorrh9, Seminal
weakness y, Impotence, Gonorrhna, Gleet Svpb
HIS, the vice OF Onanism or Self-abuse &C., and
suing year. VII
The Directors, on review of the mast feel
assured that their labors in this sphere of hen.
evoient effort have been of great benefit IN fine
amicted, especially to the young and thew have
resolved to devote themselves, with renewed zeal
TO this very important and much despised cause.
:, AN admirable Report on Spermatorrbea, or
Seminal Weakness the vice of Onapsm. Mastpr.
baton or Self-abuse, and other diseases of the
sexual organs, by the Consulting Surgeon will
be sent by mail Gin sealed envelope) free of
charge, on receipt oftmo stamps for postage
Other Reports and Tracts on the nature and
treatment of sexual diseases, diet, &c, are con-
stanfiy being published for gratutous distrlbu-
ton, and will esent to theaffiicted Some of the
new remedies and methods oftreatment diacoyer-
ed during the last year, are of great value
address, for Report or treatment DR. |
uEoh5E K. CALHOUN Consulting Surgeon. |
Howard Association, No. South Ninth Street, |
Pa
BY order of the Directors.
+. EZRA D; HEARTWELL., President.
GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary.
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CHICKASAW MILLS,

% MILES NORTH OF OKOLONA.
HE Com department of this establishment,
1 is now in complete operation. FRIDAY and
saturday In each week will be our regular DAYS
TOT grinding, or an, other day when as mncb ss
nity bushels have accumulated We charge
Tor grinding. Meal Kept ON deposit at Messrs'
Williams d Darden's, for SALE A. G. Scoogn
talone), is authorised to make sales and pnresal
SEES pertaining to the company. f'' 'A"-
c G. SCOGGIN & Co.
Apru IL. Oh 81 If
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JUDGES.

II. L. Shackelford, j. Z. Waller, Col
j.. l.. s. Hill, Jno. Mcintosh, Eli Abbott,
Ihos. Buchanan, Chickasaw; DIR. Gal.
houn Rogers, Pontotoc co; j. H. Ander-
son, Monroe co; Thomas Crayton, d. b.
Owen, ltawamba co; Gen. Thos. Blew.
EFT, Lowndes co.
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Tailoring and Renovating.

- WALTON respectfully informs the ctizens
~. of OKOLONA that he has located here
or the purpose Of carrying on his business -
new clothes will be made to order. and old
Give him call 10 "o"'-
Mar 3, $50. Ok .e
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Entertainment!

ne roaa Is open and free to all. NV House
mil. W.T. = reaay ,er boarders and trayelcrs-half
nrava se's =, VKoona, on the Pontotoc road -
Corn and Fodder. " s'PPhed with
u.-u .so F. NJ RAWLS.
81 10 2e. If
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The Okolona Agricultural,
AND
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,

Inc annual exhibition Of this Society will BE-
neld at the Fair Grounds in Okolona. commenc
ing on tuesday, the 18th day Of October, 1869
and continue four DAYS.
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SECOND DAY.

-. This days exhibition will open with CONNIE.
tltion IN riding on horseback by Gentlemen: pre.
MUM $40. fA''
Horses and Mules.
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Boot and Shoe Shop,

TsHE undersigned respectfully informs the
L citizens of Okolona and vicinity that he is
prepared to manufacture or repair boots and
shoes in the latest style and most substantial man
ner.
TO Shop located two doors south of the printing
Office. All work warranted
Sep. is, SLY Oh. OBERING
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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

FLEMING HODGES, President
l.. GILLIAN 'iee frnsdtan
C. II. WILLIAMS, Secretary
ID. RICHARDSON, Treasury
WIN LIGON
T. G, BROWN,
J. u, WILLIAMS, \ Boaya Of D,y,e,or,
&. C. WILLIAMS,
n. w. HOWELL
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Iournament--each competitor choosing his ow
character-$25
Hogs
Best boar
sow
F." pair pigs under months
Largest hog II
Jacks, JeAnevs, Stations.
stallion, best all work !,
in harness II
JACK, without regard to age Il
year and under 2 .
Best jennett ~
year old colt in harness :
target shooting 60 yards, rife 10
! Rolling shot gun DO yards IA
I JUDGES.
Col. Jno. S. Topp, Pontotoc co John
English, Monroe co; Jno. Ratlitf of Ita.
wanda co; G. G. Shannon, b. f. Fitz.
patrick, DR.. Atkinson, Chickasaw.
u The charges for entering articles will bs
20 per cent of the premium, as heretofore.
All citizens of the State, whether me,nhar,
or not, enter as equals in contests for premi-
ums. All manufactured articles m he exhih.
''ed IN the name OF the maker, and no premium
WIN De awarded when it has been discoyered
,hat snch is not the case nor will any article
DC admitted on exhibition unless made in The
State of Mississippi. ''''
ne Secretary will be on the Far Grounds
on the i"th of October the day preceding the
nfs1 eAh,'illon day, for the purpose of receiy.
ing entries, and it is hoped that those who can
VIII make their entries on that dav, so ms 10 |
avoid confusion while the exhibition is going on
=, me Board OF Directors indulge the hope thai |
t ! who have been designated as Judges NAV |
una IL convenient to attend and serve. b9t if anu
should De unwilling, or unable to 90 SO. thew
WIN please notify the President as soon as prac.
icaDle, that others may be nominated in their
tead. :" '''eh
me several Committees of Judges will please
,shhy .he,r acceptance by reporting themselves
y 'he RESIDENTS stand each morning on which
ay ihey are appointed to serve.
y -, +. HODGES, Pres't
u Ii. W ILLTAMs, Sect'ry
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Household Department.

rruits, garden vegetables, and specimens of
cookery, are regarded as donations. Persons
competing for premiums ON crops must have the
the ground measured by competent surveyor,
VINO must make affidavit of the correctness of
me survey ana TWO or more persons, in no way
interested withlthe exhibitor, must make aft;da.
VT to the gathering and measuring of the acre
the number OF bushels or lbs. being reported to
the president, he viii award the premium to him
who shall have made the greatest yield per acre.
JUDGES.
Gen. Charles Williams, of Noxubee
Maj. Is. Il. Sheppard, B. B. Barker, H.
Gillespie, |. II. Jarman, B. S. Trice, of
Monroe county; Jno. M. Simonton. Of
ltawamba co; and R. A Murdoch, Judge
W. +. Tucker, S. ?. Gates, L. O. Walk
er, Cbickasaw.
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NEW GOODS!

NEW GUODSI
AN receiving from New York fine assert
/ ment of NEW GOODS.
embracing most kinds that are desirable for this
market, expect to continue receiving monthly,
so as to keep a fresh supply of the
LATEST STYLES.
am thankful to my customers for thei PROMPT
payments of their last years bills, which has en-.
abled me to buy goods cheap, and intend to sell
them cheap in return. Please call and see and
II it Is not convenient for you to ride in through
the mud, send in your orders, and you will get
them quite as cheap, as there is no iewing here
ADDISON FIkE.
Mar. IL, 80 27..tf
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THIRD DAY.

Inc exercises viii open this day with a CON-
petition on horseback by boys premium $40
sweep stake brood mare, without regard to age
" "@"""-- III
Sweep stake mares or gildings in harness. with.
out regard to age. On
Sweep stake for the best horse without onalf.
Fastest walking horse
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FOURTH DAY.

=, The exercises open this day with masked
iournament--each competitor choosing bis own
characteristics
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llELMB0LD'S EXTRACT BUCUU

is prepared directly according to the rules OF
Pharmacy and Chemistry, with the greatest ac.
euraey and Chemical knowledge and care devo.
ted IN Its combination. See Professor Devices
Valuable Works on the Practice of Phvsie. and
most OF the late Standard works of Medicine
Polynesian., 1859-06-18
Hymn of the MarseiIlaise.

The Marsellaise was inspired by genius, patri-
otism youth, beauty and champagne. Rouget de
Lisle was an officer of the garrison at Strasburg,
and native of Mount Jura. He was an unknown
poet and composer. He had L peasant TREND,
named Dietrick whose wife and daughter were
the only critics and admirers Of the soldier poets
songs. One night he was at supper with this
friends family, and they had only coarse bread
and slices of ham. Dietriek, looking sorrowiully
at De Lisle said "Plenty is not our FEAST but we
have the courage of q soldiers heart, have still
one bottle left in the cellar-bring It, my daughter,
and let US drink to liberty and our country
The Young girl brought the bottle ,t was
soon exhausted. and De Lisle went staggering
to bed ; he could not sleep for the cold, but his
heart was warm and full of the beating OF genius
and patriotism. lie took small eiaylcord ana
tried to compose q song sometimes the Words
were composed first-sometimes the air. Directly
he fell asleep over the instrument, and waking at
daylight, wrote down what he had conceived IN
the delirium of the night. Then he woke the
family, and sang his production at first the wo-
men turned pale, then they wept, then burst forth
into cry of enthusiasm. It was the song OF the
nation and of terror.
Two months afterwards, Dietrich went to the
scaffold, listening to the selfsame music, COM
posed under his own roof and by the inspiration
of his last bottle of wine. The people sang 1t
everywhere it flew from city to city, to every
public orchestra. MarSellleS auOpteu Tue SOhB ~
the opening and close of its elubs-hence the
g Hymn of the Marsellaise - then it spread all
over France. They sang it in their houses, IN
public assemblies, and In the stormy streets con-
vocation. De Lise's mother heard 1t, and SAID
to her son, ''What is this revolutionary hymn,
sung by bands of brigands, and with which your
name is mingledt'' De Lisle heard it and shud-
dered as it sounded through the streets of Paris,
or rung from the Alpine passes, while he, royal
st fed from the infuriated people frenzied by HI
own words France great amphitheatre OF
anarchy and blood, and De Lsle's song was the
battle cry.
There is no national air that will compare with
the Marseillaise in sublimity and power 1t EN-
braces the soft cadences full of the PEASANTS
home, and the stormy clangor of silver and steel
when an empire is overthrown; 1t endures the
memory of the vine-dresser's cottage, and makes
the Frenchman, in his exile, cry Z" La belle
France ~ forgetful of the torch, and sword, and
guillotine, which have made his country q speeta-
Gle of blood in the eyes of nations. Nor can the
foreigner listen to it, sung by company OF exlles,
or executed By band Of musicians, without feel
ing that it is the pibroch of battle and war
Polynesian., 1859-06-18

THE Boy WHO UNDERSTOOD THE FIFTH COMMAND
-MENT.-An old sehoolmaster said one day to cler-
gyman who came to examine his school, '' be-
leve the children know the cateehism word for
word.''
"But do they understand it that is the ques-
tion,' said the clergyman.
The schoolmaster only bowed respectfully and
the examination began. A little boy had repeated
the fifth commandment, Honor thy iather ana
tbv mother y and he was desired TO explain it.
Instead of trying to do SO, the little boy. with bis
f,ca covered with bushes, said almost in whis-
uer. :. Yesterday showed some strange gentlemen
over the mountain. The sharp stones cut my feet,
and the gentlemen saw they were bleeding, and
thew gave me some money to buy me shoes. 1
gave It to my mother, for she had no shoes either,
and thought could 60 barefoot better than she
could
Polynesian., 1859-06-18
The Rock of Ages.

T. Babbington Macauley, now Lord Macauley,
the author of the History of England, and the
celebrated British Essayst thus testifes his know
ledge of the Catholic Church:
,yhere is not, and there never was on this earth,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30
GBe yournal,
Weayeryille Saturday Morning, July 80, 1852

TUE FIRST BATTLE OF MoNTEBELLo, FIFTY-NINE
YEARS AGo.-In Abbot's Life of Napoleon there
is lively account of the first battle of Monte
bello, which will be read with great interest now.
The following laconic and characteristic order
was issued by the First Consul to Lannes and
Murat
"'Gather your forces at the river Stradella.
On the Sth or 9th at the latest, you will have on
your hands fifteen or eighteen thousand Austri-
ans. Meet them and cut them to PIECES. twill
be so many enemies less upon our hands on the
day Of the decisive battle we are to expect with
the entire army of Melas'
. The prediction was true. An Austrian force
advanced, $4,000 strong. Lannes met them on
the field of Montebelo They were strongly
posted, with batteries ranged upon the hill-sdes,
which swept the whole plain. 1t was Of the ut
most Importance that this body should be pre-
vented from combining with the other vast forces
of the Austrians. I,annes had but 5000 men.
Could he sustain the unequal conflict for few
hours, Victor, who was some miles in the rear,
could come up with the reserve of 1000 men.
The French soldiers, fully conscious of the odds
against which they were TO contend, and OF the
carnage into the midst of which they were plung
ing, with shouts of enthusiasm rushed upon their
foes. Instan ntaneously, a storm of grape shot
from all the batteries swept through his ranks.
division like glass in hail Storm
"Tor nine long hours, from eleven in the
morning till eight at night the horrid carnage
continued. Again and again the mangled, bleed
ing, wasted columns were rallied to the charge.
At last, when three thousand Frenchmen were
strewn dead upon the ground the Austrians
broke aud fed. leaving also three thousand mu:
tilated corpses and six thousand prisoners behind
them. Napoleon, fastening to the aid of his
lieutenant, arrived upon the field just in time to
see the battle won. lie rode up to Lannes. The
intrepid soldier stood in the midst of mounds of
the dead, his sword dripping with blood in bis
hand his face blackened with powder and smoke,
and his uniform soed and tattered by the long
and terrific strife Napoleon silently but proud
ly smiled upon the heroic general, and forgot not
bis reward. From this battle Lannes received
the title Of Duke Of Montebello, title by which
the family is distinguished to the present day.
This was the opening of the campaign"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30
ATRocIous-The Buffalo Republican is respon-
sible for the following:

Dearest Friad-Is it possible that she told you
that she never loved any one before she did You |?
Oaher Bosom FTieHd--Yes; she swore it with
her lips, her eyes and-a kiss pressed rapturously
on my mouth-the memory Of which haunts me
now as a delicious dream.
Bosom Frtma-Did the same thing by me-
kisses, swears and all. Did the same thing by
Bob--who introduced me to her Quit on that
account--better quit as | did.
Exit other Bosom Friend, looking swivels
across handkerchief -exc!aiming you'll hear
from me, sir'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30

HORACE GREELEY SEES MILLION BUFFALOEs.-
Z" What strikes the stranger with the most amaze
lnent is their immense numbers. ] know a mil
lion is a great many, but am confident we saw
that number yesterday. Certainly all we saw
could not have stood on ten square miles of
ground Often, the country for miles on either
hand seemed quite black with them. The soil is
rich, and well matted with their tayorite grass.
Yet it is all Except very little on the creek
bottoms near TO timberD eaten down like an
oyerlaXed sheeppasture in dry August. Con-
slider that we have traversed more than one hun
dred miles in width since we first struck them,
and that for the most of this distance the buffalo
have been constantly in sight, and they continue
Tor some twenty-five miles further on--this being
the breadth OF their present range, which has a
length Of perhaps thousand miles, and you have
some approach to an idea of their countless mil
lions. doubt whether the domesticated horned
cattle Of the United States equal the numbers,
while they must fall considerably short in weight
OF those wild ones"
Horace's buffalo story won't go down. We
have talked with dozen people who have travel
ed the same route, at the same season, and who
assert that thousand buffalo is considered O
large herd TO be seen at this late day. We dom
think Horace counted correctly
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30
The Little Runaway.

In running over late number of Harper's
Weekly, my eye rested on an article headed
"Lost Children That is a very common head
ing in the columns of city paper-children
daily lose themselves in the maze of streets in
every large city-but the description of the find
ing of these two children brought to memory an
incident of many years since, which occurred in
the great metropolis of the SOUTH New Orleans.
Now, do not want the reader to fancy this a
sketch of imagery and romance the ideal cannot
paint, nor can the highest coloring of fiction
make picture that would equal the plain prosy
fact which am about TO detail.
In the spring of 1850 became resident men,
ber in the family Of Mrs. l., in the city of
New Orleans. Mrs. l. was an educated and
accomplished lady, whose husband had failed in
commercial business in the city, and who had
sought to mend his fortunes by building specu-
lation in San Francisco hence, her liege lord
was away from home, in the land Of gold and
humbug. Alas how many mothers and wives,
since the discovery of gold in California, have
found themselves the real heads of families, COM
PEELED to battle with the unthoughtfnl, uncharit-
able and hard business world, for the sake Of the
dear loved ones at home.
Little Lu when ! first knew her, was just
fourteen months old--a sweet, blue-eyed baby
with light curling hair falling over her fair
chubby face and neck-a material ideal of all
that is pure beautiful and innocent. I, being a
young bachelor, with a whole and entirely unoc
cupied heart, (come, now, don't throw down the
paper in disgust l verify believe once was the
possessor of such most vulgar and Improbable
member OF the " human mystery" but pledge
you, that by the bursting up OF the many sworn
eternal friendships" the nett results of many
condolences" and the terrible struggle, for six
years in California, to pay grub bills, that the
article called heart is mere myth of memory,)
little Lu soon found herself enshrined in the va
cancy. Twas | who first taught her to lisp her
name-to mimic the charcoal man, as he cried
his sooty commodity through the streets | can
hear her now, singing through the house, " char
toal, char-toal !" In fine, the little girl became
my pet, and many an hour whiled away in list
ening to her childish prattle.
One afternoon in the month OF August, 1882
| was busily employed in my Office on Tchapiton
las street, when note was handed me of the fol-
lowing purpOrt:
"MY FRIEND am nearly distracted-litte
Lu got out Of the gate this morning, and all our
efforts to find her. for the last four hours, have
proved fruitless. Do come and help us find her.
In much distress,
remain, respectfully,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30

THEATRcAL.-It is said that W. II. Brown, Mr..
Woodward Fanny Deming Hanks, Nelly Fowler
and others are coming up this way.
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Mr.. JONES VISITS THE ClrY.-The San Fran

Mr.. JONES VISITS THE ClTY.--The San Fran
cisco National tells what he saw:
Wm. 7. Jones, of NoodleYille, Cow county,
Cal, is considered pretty bright fellow at home,
bat he is, to use vulgarism, " nowhere" among
;he sharps Of San Francisco. Mr.. Jones arrove
in tovn on Wednesday, with the view of purcha-
sing some notions for " our folks" up at Noodle
ylle The Noodlevillians are short of fne-tooth
combs, hair pins and such like. Jones, as he is
called for short, landed here with three hundred
and ffty-seven dollars and eighty-tive cents, all
cash, besides aNgold watch and the things he had
on. After breakfast, Jones douned his overcoat
and native inuocsnce for pirooting expedition.
4 stroll through tNaclassic precinct2 Of " Rue de
PacGque,o excited JNnes' curiosity to invest gate
the customs and mannG-s of the eccentric denizens
Of that region. Jones Went in, drank little
soothing cordial, fell into deep but troubled
sleep dreamed that be was being robbed, walked
up and realized the fact, that the phantoms of
bis dreams bad spirited away $500. Jones passes
the night at the police station for safe keeping.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30

KNEW THE VALUE OF A KISS, BUT NOT OF A
DME.-A traveller in ore of the western States
discovered young maiden standing in the door
OF small log house. lie rode up to the front Of
the house and asked the maiden for drink of
Water he drank, and, she being the first woman
he had seen for several days, offered her dime
for a kiss"
The young maiden accepted the offer, and re-
c"ived both the dime and the kiss
The traveller was about to resume his journey,
but the maiden, never before having seen dime,
asked
"What am TO do with the dime ~
You may use it in any way you wish, !" he
replied, " it is yours"
That being the case," she replied, "Tll give
back the dime and take another kiss"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-07-30

Born HAD "SAY."-Long ago, when Eng
land and this country were not on very good
terms, the Prince Of Wales, afterwards William
the Fourth, then in the English fleet off New
York, concluded to 60 ashore. He finally brought
up in Boston, where be visited a barber shop, and
was waited on by the lady of the shop, her hus-
band being absent The operation over, the
Prince handed the woman a guinea, who was
about to return the proper change
90, keep it, woman, keep it all, by the laws,
it's worth twenty guineas to be shaved by lass
and such pretty one, too !" and throwing his
arms about the neck of the barberess, his royal
highness vouchsafed her most natural and come
ly kiss! The woman, of course, bushed and re-
sisted, and looked very awkward and wrathy.
go, never mind that my pretty shaver" said
the royal customer, " and when your husband re-
turns tell him you've been kissed by the Prince
OF Walee!'
But the embryo king, upon facing the door to
make bis exit, was met by the barber himself
who hearing what the Prince had said, raised his
pebian foot and gave his rctreating highness a
most formidable kick, eXclaiming:
eyes, sir, and when you get home again,
please to say that you We're decently kicked by
"a Boston barber !"