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The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
THE OPPOSITION AND "FUSIOY y


The New York Tribune, in mn srtcIa r.oor,
meuainS " FUSION" Of "the Opposition and
Black Republican parties discOurscth tbus =
Mark
we DO not believe that there are ten thousand
voters III the Union, outside of the National Demo
erd'ls organization, who desire the ertension of
ssdVsTy, or that the Federal Government shall
IaVor such extension. In our intercourse with
HoUSaef" wings, and it has not been very limit ed,
We never met one who did so tOSo does not now call
N'R'ssy Democrat II then, we are not at vdrt-
once on m's point, we insist that no nsurmouutable
narrier exists to prevent the f3sion we desire
we believe that Maryland. Delaware and Missou-
II, with possibly, Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Worth Carolina, may be carried in 1880, for a
Ndt,oaa1 Iteket Uhick shall be frankly but inofcn
S'0e'y aosf'te TO the ertenSioa Of siaesly"
All the B. R s and 0.'s are getting to he bros.
In very truth, and holding very cosy and intimate
relations towards zach other We now predict
that the Democracy will have a most infamous
fusion to defeat in 1863 1t will have the Black
hepaot'cdn Opposition to overthrow. The partv
North and South deserves NO better name. Fo,
what is the Opposition party but the Black Re.
Puo'loan party, if its end is "hostile to the OK
tension OF slavery" And that it is so hostile we
have common sense and the Tribune to prove II
aweak party at the South effects " fusion,
with strong party at the North. the success Of
oosh Is virtually the success of the stronger party
we unhesitatingly give it as our opinion that the
Sou'hen Opposition" is but n name and ma,E
for Southern Black Republican Ticket and
Black Republican presidential electors. This is
strong Language but it is our honest conviction.
Men may not know it and sec it-thouyb thew
ought to see and know what is so plain-apd vet
Southern 0ppostionst is virtually Black Re-
publican
There is sort of magnetic attraction between
1miarities, and the Frbahe knows who are the
Southern friends of its corrupt party. Let hon
est Southern men beware of mixing themselves
M with the Opposition party, and let those who
are prejudioed against Democracy beware how
they listen to plausible arguments intended to
prove that there is no wrong in fusion. There
is wrong IN It There is everlasting sgface, the
blot OF Toryism, and the brand of Treason. in
the yerynamO. Let honest men beware of cum.
ning theories meant to cover up crime and let
them keep suspicious eye upon those who
talk such theories II you would CONQUER Black
Hepublioanism, keep clear OF the '0pposition." ("
II ia but the, masked auxiliary of the former
party Tie Democracy will have the Black Re-
publican Opposition party to overcome in the next
contest. Tbs is no easy task, and Southern
Democrats should be at work. Let schisms cease
Great principles and the safety Of the country
demand strong and united effort by the Demo
cratic party Failure may result. but q great
organization will at any rate have done its duty.
Il successful, the more the glory.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
THE GREAT TRIAL

The Sickles case is mt length decided, after
probably, the longest trial on record ia thi.
country. The accused has been triumphantly
acquitted Of the charge of murder. Twelve
OF his peers have returned the ennobling YER.
diet, that the right to slay him who winds his
serpent folds around the hearts of those mos,
cherished, to the destruction of family homo,
and happiness, is right, perfect and naena.
Bile. Tie great question is at length at rest
and it has been we'll decided. 1t has been
decided in accordance with those great princi
pies which must actuate nations people tc
make nation great Once fill all the grades
Of social life with the idea that conscience an(
duty require immediate, expeditions, and over
whelming resistance, to any and all attack!
upon private honor, and public honcris secured
upon as firm base as the eternal hills them
selves. When this has been effectually done
the progress of nation in morals, aud infu
ence, and power, is as resistless as the moving
spheres. The confidence in home affection
can then rest in undisturbed repose, and the
whispering demon Of seduction will then skull
to the confines OF that pit which cast hin
forth. This has been done in this country ant
1t has been again proclaimed in trumpet tone.
that the sedlcer finds no quarter here. Let the
midnight assassin of private honor know that
the injured is his own avenger, judge jury
and execadoner, and that the sentence always i,
death.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

Commissioner Bowlin, our racy Paraguay
an diplomat, says the N. 0. Delta, received
other proofs of consideration at the Court of
Lopez besides those ravishing gIimpses Of
the thousand re-footed, lovely women in
''pure, clean, white dresses dounced from
the middle" He was regaled with regular
Paraguayan hug from no less an individual
than the bulky President himself, whose
evoirdupois is somewhere in the vicinity Of
twenty-five stone more than twice that Of
Tom Sayers, the champion of England
This scene is thus described by some hearty
Irish tar Of our squadron:
The affair terminated, not only in such
expressions us the Spanish language alone
is capable of, but in a hugging match be,
tween Lopez and Judge Bowlin. The last
was scene worth seeing; Lopez, who is
about the same beam as keel, attempting to
reach the shoulder of the Commissioner with
bis short, Fat arms, while the Commissioner
vainly strove to embrace what must have
seemed to him huge, rotuud bogshead
Our people, nevertheless, were highly de,
lighted with tue result, especially the Com,
missioner, who congratulates himself on
having amicably terminated, by his diplo-
macy and address, what might have been a
"bloody war" Without our nine and eleven
inch guns however, be might as we'll have
whistled jigs to milestone as attempt to
bring Lopez to terms.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

AN ITEM FROM CANTON youth about
seventeen years old, by the name of Calhoon
and a resident of Canton, was sentenced to
be imprisoned for term of thirty days by
Judge Henry, at the term of the Circuit
Court of Madison county, which has just
terminated, for cowhiding son of Judge
Handy, Of the Supreme Court.
If Judge Handy had given his son good
threshing for submitting with the uncom
planning spirit of martyr to the insult
heaped upon him by young Calhoon, instead
Of having the latter prosecuted with the
utmost rigor, as we have understood he did
he would have raised himself immeasurab,
in public esteem. AS it is, his character fol
dignity is sunk below the standard point.
VicksJarg Sun.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

alta Democratic meeting recently held in CO.
lumbus, Miss., the following spirited resolutions
were introduced by Hon. WIN. s. Barry, and after
some discussion, were adopted;
ResoLued, That in the event of the cleo.
tion of Black Republican to the Presideu.
cy in 1860, by a sectional majority. the hon.
or aud safety Of the Southern States will
requ re them to dissolve the political ban1s
which unite them to the States of the North
Resolved That such an election by sec.
tional majority, and upon principles and
policy hostile to the political equality and
security of the Southern States, would. be
an act so offensive and aggressive as to iusti.
fly resort to the most efficient measures for
protection.
ResolOed, That, should such an election
be made, the true course Of the South would
be not to permit the Inauguration of the
candidate thus chosen, as President over
them leaving him to be President of the
States and the section by whom he was
elected, and holding that the fanaticism, the
aggression, and the unfaithfulness to the
Constitution of these Northern States, had
dissolved the Union, and made longer con
tinuance of our connection with them in
compatible with our interests, OUT safety, and
our honor
Rssoiced, That our delegates to the State
Convention be requested to present these
resolutions to that body for its consideration,
If just such resolutions as these, instead of
coming from isolated counties, were heard thun-
dering from the State Conventions Of each great
sovereignty South of Mason g. Dixons limo, there
would be no sectional candidate elected. Itwould
strike terror to the heart of fanatcisn and Sout
ern rights would be respected 1t behooyes the
South TO take her stand aud proclaim her deter
mination in unmistakeable language to all the
world. To express some fixed resolve is the only
way to preserve the Union, and to carry out that
resolve with vim and vigor is the only way to
preserve her honor.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
CUBA.

Cuba must and shall be ours, and to possess it,
there will be no use in going to war with Spain
money will supersede that necessity. Erchang..
So We say, too-Cuba must and shall be
ours, but we doubt very much if it ever falls
into our possession through the influence oil
money. Talk about the purchase of Cuba
from Spain-its all fanfaronade. Spain
originally obtained Cuba by plunder, and
we have no idea Of purchasing stolen prop,
Ierty. We take it that a war with Spain is
inevitable. 1t must come, and that before a
great while, and we are free to confess, that
under all the circumstances, ee are in faUor
Of Il. For the past several years the agents
of tue Spanish Government at Havana have
heaped upon the Government of the United
States the most degrading insults-have
committed the most fragrant outrages upon
American citizens, imprisoned, plundered
and assassinated them-have fired into, and
seized and confscated vessels sailing under
the American flag; in short, with the au,
dacity peculiar to insignicance, the Spanish
officials at Cuba have reiterated these out,
RACES and insults, aud our government by
submitting to them, has deterorated its na,
tiOnal character in the estimation of all civ
ilized nations. Our government should long
ago have cried, "havoc and let slip the dog,
of war; upon the Island of Cuba ever
though she believed that blood would hav,
been the language in which to write thc
history of such an act on her part.
VickSburg Sun.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

CASrON.-We had very agreeable visit to thi.
celestial oHtaSs last week, and really, business
was so brisk aud the streets so full, we could
almost fancy ourself in Yazoo City. 1t is very
thriving little place, Canton, and bids fair to
grow lafges. Cotton wagons, that best index Of
prosperity, were on the streets in numbers.
Canton is very gay place also, as who does
not know? and boasts party-giving and party
going youth. During our stay we had the pleas
ure Of attending Ball in honor of Judge J. H.
Postell and lady, and DR.. E. Latham and lady. 1t
was a splendid affair, worthy the young men who
gave 1t and those departed companions in whose
honor it was given.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

FRENCH REPUBLICANS ON LOUIS NApo
LEoN.-The French Republican party in
London have established publication which
contains this warning of the designs OF
Louis Napoleon on Italy;
Pursuing his system of hypocrisy to the
end, he destroyed the Republic in the name
of the Republic, and in the name of unver,
sal suffrage, and under the prelext of re,
establishing it, be confscated it, and made
it an instrument If tyranny. Let the re.
membrance of these deeds act as salutary
lesson to the nations! To-day the same
man proceeds by the same means of false,
hood and duplicity. In order to march
forth to the realization of his fixed idea, to
reconstituto the empire in its former dimen
sions, and to avenge the defeat Of Waterloo,
be intends lulliug Europe into sleep up to
the last moment, deceiving her vigilance as
be did that of France.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

The PRINCE OF WALEs.-A correspond.
ent OF the New York Evening Post, writing
from Rome, refers to the presence of the
Prince of Wales, whom he met at the Vati,
can, and says of BIN:
l never saw more attractive combination
of perfect self possession, with modesty,
which defines high breeding, than he exhib
tied as he walked along with his senior COM
panions, some five or six in numbel, and
listened with every sense to the interesting
communications which they and the place
were addressing TO him. lie belongs, too,
to higher than the average standard Of
manly beauty. His complexion is very fair,
and fresh, healthy color suffused his whole
face, which wears most attractive expression
of boyish innocence. He is studying the
Italian language here most diligently, and
loses no opportunity, they say, of seeing
every sight that is accessible.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

The Paraguayan expedition, which has
terminated SO successfully for the Govern
ment, in obligiDg the Dictator Lopez to in.
demify American merchants for the property
which he had wrongfully taken fiom them,
and to give satisfaction for the outrage com.
mitted upon the American steamer Water
Witch, cost but an inconsderable sum. The
Washington Constitution says that it will
not cost the Government dollar beyond the
ordinary expenses Of the Department, except
for the purchase of the seven low. priced
steamers, much required by the navy, at a
cost of S2S9 900, which has been sanctioned
by Congress.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
1NSOLVENCY NOTICE.

w HEREAS, at the March Term, 1859, Of the
w Probate Court of Yazoo county, Mississippi
an order was made declaring the estate Of George
W. Penny, deceased, wholly insolvent and insui-
fcient to pay the debts exhibited against it,
Notice is therefore given to ull persons having
claims against said estate to have the same duly
probated and registered in the Registry kept Oy
the Probate Clerk Of Yazoo county, within twelve
months, or the same will be barred.
JOHN W. PENNY, Admir-
April 2, 1859. (Sl-6m'
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07


THE ARIZONA MOVEMENT. The New
York Journal of Commerce, Of the 26th ult.
says:
The Arizona emigration people in this
city are considerably exercised by the with.
drawal of one of their maiu pillars of supper
Gen G. j. Henningsen, well known as
Gen. Walkers right hand man in Nicaragua.
Gen. Ii. was President of the Arizona Asso
citation, whose bead quarters are in New
York, but he has now seeded from it. and
started similar one "on his own hook, " to
be kuown as "Henningsen's Arizona Asso
citation" and designed, we understand, to
operate mainly at the South. His New
York c0afreres, nothing dauuted, proclaim
that they are still up for that rather remark
able region early next month, via Indianola,
Texas provided the United States Governs
ment do not head them of. The Secretary
Of War has been requested to inform the
Association whether the instructions to Gen
Twggs to prevent bodies of armed Ameri,
cans from entering Arizona, apply to such
peaceful persons as the New York emigrants
claim to be, but that official has not yet
made reply.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
SHOOTING ON SYEEL's BAYoU.-On Sat.

SHOOTING ON STEEL's BAYoU.-On Sat.
urday night last, Robert Baxter shot -
Spindler, whilst he was lying asleep in his
bunk at camp where they were stopping.
He shot him with both loads Of double
barrelled shot gun, and then left and came
to Vicksburg Martin Rose, for whom they
we're at work, went to the camp on Sunday
morning and found Spindler stiIl lying there,
and brought him to Vicksburg he was
taken to the Hospital, where it is thought
he will soon die. Baxter was arrested and
lodged in Jail Vicks6urg Whig.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

YALLoBUsHA COUNTY ITEMs.-The Gren
ada Locomotive of the 29th, contains th,
following items
Fait-We are informed that the peaches
have been killed in some parts of this coun
ty; but some orchards have escaped injury
ln Grenada and the vicinity there are plenty
left. We believe apples are not injured.
The hog cholera is prevailing in this vi.
cinity to an alarming extent. Scores Of
swine are dying with that disease. What a
capital chance for investment and specula-
ton is here presented to the pork dealers Of
Cincinnati.
A negro belonging to widow Menascoe,
was drowned last evening in the river.
From what we can learn, he was coming
from Troy in buggy and fell asleep, the
horse continuing on, and when about midway
in the river the boy awoke, and being fright.
ened, jumped in the river and was drowned.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

FORTUNE NOT SO cAPRICIoUs AFTER ALI.
Fate is less capricious than is imagined
Nearly all men have through life, in thei
several grades, the same average of oppor
tunities 1t is he who can seize and connect
them, and by keen sight and ready expert
ence, calculate oa their recurrence, for whom
men have their applause, aud fortune hel
garland. One Of these opportunities o.
fortune, if properly seized hold of, is to en-,
close to the address Of Wood, Eddy & Co.
Wilmington, Delaware, or Augusta, Georgia
SO, S., or S2t These amounts will secure
you respectively whole, half, or quarter
ticket in their legalised lotteries, These
lotteries are guaranteed by charters granted
by the respective States in which they arc
established. All dealings with tbem arc
based upon an honorable and legal founda
ton. The names of Messrs. Wood, Eddy
& Co. are guaranty in themselves that all
communications forwarded to their addres.
will meet with prompt aud business-like
attention. They are now the ESTABLISHED
and great LOTTERY operators of this country
[N. y. Dispatch.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

The Southern Convention assemblies at Vicks-
burg on the day after tomorrow Our neighbor
city will doubtless be crowded during the session.
and those fond of hustle and confusion would do
well to drop down. 1t is not generally supDo,ed
that anything will be done by the Convention. 1t
1t is well enough, at all events to bring the South.
ern people together yearly in order to unite them
in sentiment and prepare them by the interchange
Of opinions fer common action when occasion re.
quires.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

The Holly Springs Herald speaks thu.
dolefully Of cotton and corn prospects il
Marshall county:
Some few of our planters inform us thai
their cotton is beginning to come up, ant
the prospect favorable for good stands, par
tcuhrly on the early planting. Others
however, have no prospect of stand. w,
would not be surprised to learn that at least
one-half of our farmers had to replant por.
tons of their crops, and some to plant ovel
entirely. The young corn looks worse than
VIC ever saw it at this season Wheat, We
understand, looks we'll and the prospect
throughout the country for a good croE
is fattering.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

The Ohio Legislature has passed law
making It msdemeanor to carry pistol,
bowie knife, dirk, or any other concealed
weapon, under the penalty of fine not ex.
ceeding 5000 and imprisonment not more
than thirty days for the first offence and
$500 fine, and Imprisonment for three
months, or both, at the discretion of tn,
court, for the second offence; and in pur
suance of the law the Mayor of Cincinnati
has directed the police to arrest and bring
before him all persons whom they shall Gnd
With concealed weapons.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
lDWeg91semsQls,
ADMINISTRATORfS NOTICE

N pursuance of an order of TIE Probate con,
of Ysaoo Sounty Mss Mississippi, made AZ t'S's ~
March Term, thereof 1859, will, as ADM The
traitor of n ". Ellis deceased, on Monday 4Il''
23d day of May next, within the hOurspresc, %;
by law, at the door of the Court House Of 'i
county, sell at public auction to the highest biSsd
for cash, the following claims belonging to S,'as' y
estate of said deceased, to-wit he
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
A Paris letter, of April II, to the New

A Parls letter, OF April II, to the New
York Journal of Commerce, says.
Preparations for war 60 on unremittingly
and the universal feeling is that we are on
the eve of an outbreak. The prospect OIL
hostilities seems to be less unpopular in the
country than with us some time since. The
rising irritation against Austria is perhaps
the chief cause of this change. Letters
from Nantes assure me that the commercial
interests there would accept of "auything in
preference to this prolonged uncertainty
The same is said at MarseiIles and other
trading communities.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
M. HILL,

TAIL OR AN . s Q OUR x :
MAIN STREET, YazOO City, Mss
Three doors bellows. II. Wilson'S Jewelry Store
NB0THING cut and made to order, and warrSn'
" ted good fit Also, old clothing made 70
look as good as new. ta g 8d
Lpremisa to give entire satisfaction for al wOTN
placed in my care.
October 2, 1881 tSms
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07
PRENTTss Mouaw

NEAR the LANDING, vicKsBURa, MISS.
THIS long established and well-known house
/ has recently undergone an entire refit F!s
ting, cleansing, refurnishing, &C., and all !l
who may hereafter see proper to patroniIe the
house, may rest assured that every possible az
tention will be given to render them comfortabl'
and render their stay pleasant nd agreeable.
THOS. L. ELKIN
September let 1868: I"
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

"Viator," correspondent with the vicksburg
Wing, dubs Washington county, in this State,
" The Throne Of King Cotton" He is especially
enchanted with that part of it "watered by upper
Deer Creek" HesaJ the county was uninjured
by last years overflow, and will unquestiOnably
escape all damage from this. Land ought to bs
valuable in that section.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

SOMETHING OF RoAD.-The New York
Central Rail Road, as the Savannah Repub,
lican is informed by Superintendent Vibbond,
now in that city, has 220 locomotives,
1000 freight and passenger cars, averages
10000 passengers and takes in $4,000 per
day. 1t is 400 miles in length.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

In one of the departments of Switzerland
there is said to be over 1000 girls constantly
engaged in making matches. All our girls
are thus employed during all their single
lives.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

During our absence we ran down to New Or.
leans on the ears, remaining in the City two days
Nothing is to be heard there but ,oater lamenta.
tions, fears o. June rises, &c. Business is dull
snd commits sion merchants look grim and shastly
6aat gan they do without the stsalags on swamp
srsps' Can anybody tsll3
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

a correspondent Of the Louisville Jour
nal, who travels with the candidates fol
Governor of Kentucky, gives it as his opin-
ion that Bel, tho Opposition candidate, will
be elected.
The Yazoo Democrat., 1859-05-07

MURDER. letter to the Clarksville
STANDARD, dated Boston, Texas, April I,
says:
Col. Stephen Tickle, foriaery citizen Of
Wilkinson county, Miss, but a resident Of
our vicinity for about one year, was brutally
murdered in his bed his morning about 8
o'clock. It was known that Col. Tickle had
a considerable amount of money-aboul
$1,000 in gold. He was evidently murdered
for his mcney The writer, with a number
of citizens, on hearing the report of the
horrid deed, went out to- the scene of the
the tragedy. We found the deceased in his
bed, corpse; his person most horribly
butchered; his bureau, secretary, trunks,
&C., rifed and the contents scattered over
the floor. Tho murdereFs, it seems, entered
the house from back door and shot him
with his own gun, a heavy charge of buck
shot entering his breast and side. The fire
from tae gun was communicated to the bed
clothes, and actually baked the arms and
breast of the unfortunate man. The negrc
man (the only person about tho premises
except the deceasel) was aroused, and thinks
he saw two or three white men, He fed
while they we're, as he termed it, =" flushing
his master" 1t seems that the shot did NOT
Immediately kill Mr.. Tickle, though it does
not appear that be made any resistance
The assassins then beat him over the head
fracturing his skull, breaking his jaws and
otherwise mangling him. With such force
were the blows with the butt Of the gun,
that it spirited blood on the wall for sovela
feet around. Either of the blows OF the
shot would have caused death.