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phis and ST. Louis Railroad Company, reported
several amendments thereto anil recommend-
ed its passage. Received and agreed to and
the bill passed aw
Also bill to incorporate the Leake county
Railroad Company, and recommended its pas
sage. Received and agreed to and the bin
passed.
Mr. Hooker presented the petition OF various
citizens of Holmes county in relation to Ed
wari Hill, free man Of color. Referred
The House resumed tie consideration Of the
unfinished business, to-wit: the Senate reso-
lutions upon Federal Relations
The question being on adopting the resclu-
tions as amended by the select committee.
Mr. Lane Offered an amendment, pending
which, on motion of Mr.. Clark, the House I'D
journed until o'clock, p M.
3 O'CLOCK, P. IL
The House met .s =. .e.s.-. ......
Mr.. Smades, from the select committee to
whom was referred bill in relation to deeds
of trust and amendments thereto. reported the
same back, and reported adversely to It's pas-
sage. Received asld agreed TO- 4sts ,sss4f !.
On motion Of Mr. Matthews; the Senate
bill to incorporate the Columbus and Tennes-
see Valley Railroad Company, was called up
and passed. sa
On motion of Mr. Matthews, the Senate
bill for the benefit of Franklin Academy, in
he town OF Columbus, was taken up and
passed
Mr.. Ware introduced bill to regulate com
mon schools and school lands in the county
of Wayne. Passed. -.,
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee on corpo-
ratiOns, to whom was referred bill to incor-
porate the Natchez Hotel Company, reported
the same back to the House and recommended
its passage Received and agreed to, and the
bill passed..
The House resumed the consideration of the
unfinished business pending the adjournment,
to-wit the Senate resolutions upon Federal
Relations.
On motion of Mr.. Clark, the resolutions
were recommtted to the select committee
heretofore appointed.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas, Messrs. Smedes,
Lakeland Hooker were added to the committee.
On motion, the House adjourned until to-
morrow morning at nine O'Clock
E-zz
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The Legislature.

The Senate was engaged during their ses-
sion yesterday in the consideration of House
messages and the introduction of local bills.
An interesting discussion sprung up in regard
to bill introduced by DR.. Harrison for the
incorporation of school, involving the consti-
nationality of the present law investing the
Governor with the power to grant charters in
certain cases. The bill was passed.
In the House yesterday, after the tIansac-
ton of the morning business, the Military
Bll reported by Gen. Clark, which was the
special order of the day, was called up and
discussed in Committee of the Whole, and
after the adoption of sundry amendments,
was reported back to the House and unani-
nously adopted.
A resolution for adjournment on the 18th
February, passed the House.
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.Lrr THEEE BE LIf.Hr.s

PETEES PATEST N0E EXPLOSIVE sELF=GENEKTAING
- GAS 4.AsiPs.
J.EI5EH, Eili seanstantly keep q full and
-. varied supply eg these justly celebrated
LAMPS en Ezp1.
This isfe best tseaussi il is SAFEST clearest, and
most ee9aouieal light ever produced. tits strictly
Porta1e and consequently exactly adapted 70 every
use, and place Bhers igss Il needed. For Church
es, Hotels. stores. Factories aad Shops II has no
equal. And Tor Dwelling. Z is ~ gem, and only
requires trial to satisfy any intelligent mind that
il is iHss tie thing, that has Iahg been needed.
The pabiie sFerespestfaIly invited to call and ex-
anime this beautiful Lamp, and Salty themselves
Of It's cheapness eiearues, eieaDiness, safety and
durability. and that il POSSESSES none OF the quah-
ties OF s humbug.
The barners peculiar 70 this Lamp arc easily at
tached to those Of any other style, and at but
tfihing expenss.
AIarge supply of OIL viii always be on hand, 50
that purchasers viii neFer hare trouble in getting
the right material.
Call sad get one, an1 ba convinced that great
disideTutEzz IS at last attained.
For saie#st Il. J. EIsEN'S JeEelry Store, on
Dee 20 s59--tf
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3 O'CLOCK. p. NJ
The House met.

Inc House met.
Mr.. Downs introduced bill to authorize
Fillmore, a free man Of color, to make a con-
tract to become the slave Of j. J. Lindsey
Referred.
On motion of Mr.. Smedes, the House con-
CURED in the Senate amendment to the House
bill to amend the act to establish criminal
Court in the county Of Warren.
On motion Of Mr.. Walworth, the House
concurred in the Senate amendment to the
House bill to incorporate the Southern Insu-
rance Company.
On motion Of NJ. Hall, of Lauderdale, the
House disagreed to the amendment made by
the Senate to the House bill to aid INDECENT
children in the county OF 0ktibbeha in pro-
curing an education, and for other purposes,
extending the provisions of the bill to the
county OF Lauderdalc.
On motion of Mr.. Dantzier, the House con-
CURED in the other amefdments made by the
Senate to said bill.
Mr.. Shelton introduced bill Ito incorporate
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HoTfCE.

Jackson, Miss, Decenber 39th, 1883.
DATESTS for entries made between the third
Il day Of March. 1851, and the -fftesnth day Of
December, 1885, for settlement and cultivation,
under shs graduation aet Of Augas. 4, 1851. have
been received a. this oiics and ths purchasers
hereby notified to come forward Immediately and
make the required proof Of settlement aad eulti-
vstiea." and receive thsis respective patents be-
cause if said preaf i rot fled within limited
time the patents wili be returned TO the General
Land 0fiee, and willtksn be Liable to be caneeIled
for onperfcrnanco OF the eocditioHs Of settlement
and cultivation contemplated By the graduation
act of August 4, 1854.
10. BELL, Register
Jan '59 WOW. r. A.CLAKE, Receiver.
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SCHOOLS &c.
UNIVERSITY OF mlssLssIPp


FACULTY OF ARTS.
Frederick A. p. BAEasrd, Ii. D., Chancellor an
Prsfess0r Of Physics, Astronomy and Civil En-
gineeFinS.
William s. sstsarus, LIZ d., Professor Of Govern
mentsl Science and Law.
George ". Carter, ID. D., Professor of IateIlec
tu1i and Moral Philosophy, and IntsEuatiOna
Law.
Edward C. Boynten, MA, Professor of Chem
istry, AinsTalegy, and Gsolegy.
Jordan i. Phipps, IL. A., Professor Of Aathsmat
les.
Wilson G. Richardson, u. a., Professor of Lati1
and Modern Languagez.
Henry y Khftshorae, II. a, Professor Of Greek and
Ancient Literature.
William D. Moore, u. A., Professor of English
Langaaee and Literature.
Barton y. Harrisea, B. 4. Assistant in Natural
PhiEssophy.
Tae txsfth Annual session Of this institution
viii cenmsaee 81 Meniay the 3rd of October next
Ii offers advantages to young men seeking thor
ough education, u1satlassed aDyshere in the Uni
ted States, and uaequalied in the South
Is appaFatus and arrangement pr tho illustration
Of Physical scieuee and Chemistry are entirely
rivalle3. In minsraiegy Il possesses cabinet Of
select specimens, choice aai valuable.
It's e0llecsion Of shells surpasscs in variety and
beauty any other pubic collection On this Con-
The President and Professors need no commenda-
tion from ths Beard Of Trustees, most Of them
being wen and fsvorably known 20 the public, as
sexperisnced and able Instructors.
~ be location Of the University Is in the highest
degree healthfuI- no epidemic sickness has ever
occurred there or m 0xfor.i.
The government of the University Is mild but
e@cient- Every effort Is mais to cultivate manly
tons Of feeling among tbs saisH,s aud aa elevated
tone Of morality; Il Is n1oFeger surrounded BY q
population whose practis regard for religion aud
lat,Esliky n wei knoWa z.ld - NJ, surpassed any
Ehcrs-
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SLAVERY IN MIssouRI-Ihe st. Louis
Christian Advocate says that, after all the
hue and cry raised about the decline Of slavery
in Missouri, the returns of the assessors of
taxes in the different counties of the STATE,
show that the aggregate increase of slaves is
fully two per cent! These are ths sfeturns Of
the lists of taxable property, and must be al
lowed to be correct at least there can be no
exaggeration. During the past year, the Adj
vocate says, a great many negroes have been
sold and carried out Of the State, bec2nse
many people wete deeply in debt for land.
bought at high prices, money was scarce, and
this means was resorted to, to enable them to
pay their bebts. But while great many
have been sold and sent out of tha State q
great many have been brought into it, and
hence the increase shown by the tax lists.
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the town of Enistown, in the county of Pom
totoc. Referred
The House again resolved itself into COM
mittee Of the whole on the Military bill. Mr..
Love in the chair
After some time spent therein, the commit
tee rose, reported the bill back to the House
with sundry amendments and recommended
the passage Of the bill as amended. The re-
port was received
The question was then taken on agreeing
to the report of the committee of the whole
as amended and decided in the affirmative
On motion of Mr.. Clark, the bill was read a
third time and passed.
On motion, the House adjourned until to-
morrow morning 8 O'Clock,
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PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SpEAKERsHIP.-
The resolutions in the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture approving the course Of the republican
Representatives Of that State in Congress in the
contest for the Speakcrship, and declaring
Pennsylvania true to the constitution of the
Union, have passed both houses.
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Jackson, =: ::;::: February 1. 1880
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SEC.
RETARY OF STATE.
CHARLES A BRoUGHER, of Tippah.
Election Monday, I'd April, 1860.


THEATEE--Notwithstanding the inclemen-
cy of the weather, there was large and FASH
ionable audience in attendance last night to
witness the combined performance of the
BELL Ringers" and Dramatic Troupe. The
performance was highly. applauded-every
one satisfied. We predict scrowded house
for this talented company tonight See ad-
vertisement in to-day's impression.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE.-At meeting of the Democratic
members of the Legislature last night, Chas.
A. Brougher, Esq, of Tippah, was nomina-
ted as candidate for Secretary of State to
fll the vacancy occasioned by the death of B.
r. Webb.
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CITATION NOTICE.
TaE STATE Of 81 SSISSIP

WADIsON OOJNIf.
Ia fse Probate Court u sad eoaasg, NossaBer 1srH,
A. b. 1859.
70 G. ". bAvssn, beir st lsE Of Sansy Dawson.
desszssd, aod all other pers9rs interested in the
esezts OF ssid dscedeat.
V0G are hereby cited % be ash appear before the
Il Pro5ate CoaTs Of said county, az regular tern
thereof, 70 Be held sas ssesRi asadsy in January
1850, the Court Hense eS said county on the rst
day CT said term, then AMI there 70 aasger the Pc
Of Sanry Da Ass, deees for the gals * sii the
PERSONAL rrcsf-sv ksieusss ssssl.s, Isr -
PsFps<s o. disisioa, ead % eEase, If any you
can shy the payer Of said petition should not be
Granted.
E4 WITSEss. tae Hen. Jos. Il. Postell, judge
49, Of Probate OF the County Of Madison the
second Monday Of November A. d. 1850, and seal Of
said Coart. GEO. WARD, Clerk.
Nov 3 '59-E5w.
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TaE SIZE oR MIsaIssIPfI.


In the Police Conrt Of said county, al tee jane
Speeial Term 1883, thecssf.
Be It rensssssFei that anons etber eEders made
and reeurded at tbe term Of the Court aforesaid,
was one in tas Foris and figures folisNiug tas~if;
Ordered y the Board, Tlat q tax of twenty
i've cents per acre b sssezssd aa 81 5a5s subject
to taxation ia the esunsy Of BoliFas fer the year
A. d. 1859, payable Oh or before the Grst Monde ,
Ia March 4. d. 1850, for LsFeo purposes, 10 be
usci ua1sr the direction af tbs Board in acoorl-
azsa aith the 2lst ssetaon of an aes entitled Al
ses 10 aid ia rs7assiag ard fsrteetiag the Isyee
the Mississippi r5ver ia thee9untiss Of DeSoto,
Tuhica, Guahoma, Bsliss = ashiagsea a8d Issa-
qaanss' this order 70 be iisasl in tho Weekly
FiekSh1rg Whig, aad 3iississippian fer four sue
cessiva Heeks."
In testimony Ehereof, have hersanto set by
haad aud the seal Of said Court a. ofice this 9tn
Ike S. ROBINSON, Clerk.
BTW r. Ro11ssox, D. c.
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The Cotton Crap.

The Boston Trlvele---a Black Republican
paper-caUs attention to the cotton crop, and
remarks that Of all tic rcor'e in the world,
the shareholders OF the South havc been in
their business and their pscr,aia-y profits the
rsst successful. Nothing Ike the magnitude
Of their large and continually increasing gains
is known IN the history Of c5nmcrce and agri-
cclturc. Tie out-turn Of the cotton crop the
present year viii bs enormous, and that too
after having last year the largest crop ever be-
f3reknowa. The price a. which 1t sells is very
lfeh, and the demand takes off the product
IS fast It can Be carried to market while, the
Northera ships are taking It to market as. they
viii lind ct the close Of the season, for less
than the actual cost Of transportation, as 70
return f6,sAt which VIII Tay cap be had.
The receipts Of Cotton at tho shipping ports
last wael, reached 135,0Co bales, swelling the
excess over last year to same date 81l,0oo
bales. Eext week we shall have another
heavy receipt probably over 100000 bales,
sandit seems now pretty certain that when we
receive the accounts from tie South up to 31ss
December, Tie receipts into the ports will
show total of 2.GQ0.CG0 bsles or 50o.OUO
mere tllah thesaa3a period lassyear, an amount
unprecedented in the history Of the cotton
tradc.
The s,rov;n. aro tba estimates by lead
inn and we'll informed tonsa fer tbe cotton
crop az die wear:
Ilecoiats<st New Orleans. IL, 100000 bales.
dog 1Iobile. ......-.. 10000 -"
q slanilc u floT't poFts' 5.1tSG9 80 an
inferior rackipts. --...'-..- 10N''Oo
-1-oooo q
''' fetal crop '''''.'.''''''''-a'N
o. 1:-l.L..I+oaf,. c,-lis,e of the
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or Governor Magoffn says in his message,
that Kentucky looses annually more than
100000 by slaves escaping.
And yet we constantly hear it asserted that
abolitionism has cost no man South a cent. To
such we commend the above item--let them
load their calumets with it to add soothing to
their composure. Mobile Tribune.
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Oxford Iulr u. 1s5h.


SOUTHERN FEszAIsE COLLEGE.
TExHE fourth scholastic yesr Of this Institution
Il will eons1eEes ot Wednesday, 14th OF Sep
tenber nexs, under the management and control Of
Rev. T. H.. .GAPKRs, Ftesidens assisted BY Rev. Dr..
b. n. CAPEas, A. IL, a. associate who was former
Iy Professor Of Ancess Languages in Franklin
College. His long aad established character as 3
teacher Is too well kuswa req nire eonneadation.
These geatIemen EiIsbrin into the College, ,and viii
have here by the opening Of the session, abie
Faculty as can be fonaa in any institution ia cur
country It Is Ese.ess fo- to say, for 1t is fact
already known, thar President CaPers requires
fkorsugb scholarship in ali the Departments.
The dEisic department viii &c under the super
vision Of Pref GAsaes o. HELwIG, Ms d. who
brings the highest testimonials Of capacity and
moral Eortn. These testimonials are from eur own
State, aud from th.se VIE are known 10 the Trus-
tees and Faculty.
Our inssi.ution isin high, healthfal, section of
the state, rsnete from a1y town, and from the
great thoroaghfsres of the country, and offers 10
t.i1s the adFane geso Of retirement and healthy
exercise IN the open eir. TIE society in the Fieni
ty OF the college is a. COED be found in any
portion OF the Stete.f We sffer an in1ueemant
10 parents to send their children to this Institution
the fact that the President Is regular Physician
Of age and experienced, and IRON extensive Practice
Ia former years, IS fsEsiIar with the diseases Of
this climate. and tbei- treatment. He makes no
Q arge for services rsDdered to bis pupils. Parents
bringing their ehildiea by way Of the river will
land at Grand Calf and gooHt by railroad to Port
Gibson, where aFTanEeEents have been made with
ths livery tables 70 bring them out to the College
without delay. Al accommodations addressed to
the President st Roeky Springs, Claiborne county
Miss, win meet wifi attention.
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SoUTH CARoLINA-The Legislature Of that
State adjourned on the 10th instant. after re-
fusing to reconsider the vote by which the
State Aid Bill Ito Railroads. was lost
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TIE DEMOCRATIC CoNyESTIoS.--We learn
that the Institute Hall has been secured for
the session Of the National Democratic Con-
vention for one week, commencing April %,
and as long thereafter as the Convention may
need it, Charleston Mercury.
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The KENTucKY.LEnrsLATURR-The lower
branch of the Kentucky Legislature passed .
bill, on Wednesday last, repeating the law of
1888, which preented the Importation Of
slaves as merchandise into this State.
Numerous attempts. says the Louisville
Courier, have heretofore been made to repeal
this law, but, so far. without success. Atthe
time of its adoption in ls33 there were many
who were desirous Of ridding Kentucky Of
slavery, and many Of the prominent men "a
vOred the gradual emancipation Of the slaves.
Bat the feeling which at one time existed in
favor of emancipation has been growing weaker
and weaker, until finally there are scarcely
any in the State who advocate the doctrine.
The Courier does not doubt the passage Of the
bill % the Senate.
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There was not a single Democrat in the
Mississippi Democratic State Convention that
favored the nomination of Stephen A. Doug
las by the Charleston Convention. There
were two or three who avowed willingness
to support him if he should be nominated,
but no man desired his nomination.-Aem-
pills AuataRclte.
If our friend of the Avalanche knows that
there were "two or three members of the
Convention, numerous as they were, "who
would support Douglas if he should be nomi-
nated," he is in possession Of a fact with
which the members themselves were not ac-
duainted The Democracy of Mississippi be-
lieve that the heresies of which Douglas is
the exponent and the ablest champion, are as
destructive to Southern institutions as the
heresies of Seward and as intelligent men
they cannot discover that it would be consist
ent, under any circumstances, to support the
one for the Presidency and resist the inaugu-
ton of the other i-Mississippian
The Mississippian viii perceive that the
Democracy of Tennessee entertain widely
different views Of the "heresies of which
Douglas is the exponent" from those enter
tanned by the Democracy of Mississippi
Mashuille Neos.
The News and the Mlsslssppian have not
read the resolutions of the Tennessee De-
ocracy alike. If the following is not a COM
plete reputation of the Douglas dogma and
the assertion of the duty of the Federal Gov
ernment to protect slavery in the Territories,
we confess our incapacity to understand the
meaning of plain language:
Resozuea, That the Federal Government
has no power to interfere with slavery in the
States; nor to introduce or exclude it from the
Territories, and no duty to perform in rela.
ton thereto, BUT TO PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF THE OWNER FROM WRONG
AND TO RESTORE FUGITIVES FROM
LABOR; THESE DUTIES IT CANNOT
WITHHOLD WITHOUT A VIOLATION
OF THE CONSTITUTION.
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Virginia and the Southern Convention.

The following is the resolution. offered in
the Virginia Legislature, proposing that she
shall join the other slaycholding States in
holding Southern Convention to devise rnea-
sures for the mutual protection against Black
Republican, encroachment:
ResoErel, by the General Assembly, That
in view of the hostile legislation of many Of
the non-slaveholding States and Of the comhi-
nations prevailing generally, in thsnn' against
the institutions, honor, und peace of the slave
holding States, the dangerous tendencies oi
which have been recently illustrated, by the
invasion of the State, and the rapine nurder'
and treason committed within her borders,
Virgins a invites each of fherslavehelding States
to appoint Commissioners TO meet IA confer,
encc at Atlanta, Georgia, on the ~, day oig
- next to devise, and commend such Sys
tenn of common measures in their judgment
NAV be necessary, or advisable for defence
and the redress and prevention Of such wrongs
and that with this view, the Governor be re-
ouested. and he is hereby authorized, to APP
noint on behalf Of Virginia, three Commits
sioners for such Conference. 4s3 : ast