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FRIvoLITIEs.

AMERICAN Progress of tint
Ia pedlar going through the land with wood
en- clocks. Friend-one who takes your mo
ney and then turns you out of doors. Hon
esty-obsolete term formerly used in ths
case of a man who paid for his newspapers
and the coat on his back. Credit-a wis
provision by which constables get living
Benevolence-to take dollar out of one peck
ct and put it into the other. Rigid Justice
juror in murder case, fast asleep.
or A speaker enlarging on the wickednesl
of the devil, got off the following: 81 tel
you that the devil is an old liar, for when
was about getting religion, be told me that i
] got religion, could not go into gay compa.
ny, and lie and cheat, or any such thing, but
l have found him out to be great liar.
or The subject of impression at first sight
was being talked over at the supper-table
when the lady whose duty it was to preside
"over the tea-cups and tea" said she always
formed an idea Of q person at first sight, and
generally found it to be correct
Mamma" said her youngest son, in ashril
voice that attracted the attention of all pres
ent.
swell, my dear, what is it ?' replied the
fond mother
al want to know what was your opinion
Of me when you first saw me ?"
This question gave sudden turn to the
conversation.
or The woman who made pound of but
ter out of the cream Of jokes, and q chess
from the milk of human kindness, has sine,
washed the close of the year and hung ZEN
to dry on Mason g. Dixon's line.
OF Which is most disagreeable-to hav,
no appetite for the dinner, or no dinner for tn
appetite ? The latter, in our opinion, decid
edly.
or The Dutchman who refused to take
one dollar bill, because it might be alteret
from ten, prefers stage travelling to railroads
The former, he says, rides him eight hours 70
dollar, while the latter rides him one. I'D
people can't sheat me-"
OF If dogs tail is cut off entirely, vii
it not interfere with his locomotion 'tN'
not exactly; it will not affect his carriage, bu
it viii stop his wagging."
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High and Low Cultivation.

A farm may be cultivated with great deal
of patient toll, but with so little good calcula-
ton, forethought, economy and thrift, as only
to pay for the labor, and leave no margin for
profit "That's 500
Does it follow that there is no profit in farm
ing, that with wiser management it only pays
for the labor, that it is necessarily a merely
paying but not a profitable business, barely
rewarding the toll, as a man is paid who
works for another, but nothing more? That's
not so.'
Setting aside all considerations of general
management, and looking at the one thing Of
high and loso cultivation, we are quite sure
that many failures Of reasonable profit may
be accounted for on this ground alone. The
farmers who expend too much to enrich then
fields, who work them better than they car
afford, and so at the end of the year get but
bare pay for their labor. and are left to fee
that they might as well have work out by the
day, we imagine, are, like angels visits, few
and far between. Those, on the other hand
who fail of profit from too low cultivation
not expending enough to enrich the soil, moi
working it as much as it would pay for work.
ing, are as many, to speak vulgarly, as you
could shake stick at and they ought to
have stick shaken at them, only it is no.
body's special business. certainly not ours, te
shake it
1t is possible that some farmer is expanding
in fertilizers and labor, 81 800 year and get
ting back only 81, 500 and enough to pay tn
interest on the value of the farm and the tax
es; when, if he would expend but 81, 900 il
labor and fertilizers, he might take off $125C
plus the interest and taxes and have cleal
profit of $3.50. 1t is possible others are still
more extravagant, giving an outlay of three
five and seven thousand year, when the.
ought to stop with two, four and six thousand
and so are failing of their profits simply from
a too intense cultivation. We imagine, how
ever, they are far from us, and would hardl
hear our warnings if we should utter an.
against high farming.
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Watch Thy Father.

The Quakers are, in the main, as every one
knows, thrifty, kind-hearted, and undoubt-
elly honest people; but in some Of them, even
as among the worlds honest people," love o.
filthy lucre will predominant. In one Of their
farming communities lived Friend Benjamin
and his son. 1t was their custom to buy uI
cattle to fatten for sale. One day, Benjamin,
junior, had selected choice portion OF stock
from passing drover, and was about to buy,
when Benjamin. senior, came along.
Father, l am about to buy these cattle
what dost thee think of them?'
"What does he ask? So much ? Iguess
thee'll get them for less; offer him s., and
wait till morning if he don't trade"
Filial Ben assented-made an offer in vain
went home with the old gentleman, slept
and next morning after caring for the stock
mounted his horse to try again TO buy the cat
tie. But on the way he met Benjamin, senior
returning homeward with the whole herd in
question. Benjamin, senior, was wealthy as
well as smart-he had taken an early start
and bought the lot.
"Thee will let me have my portion, will
thee not?" asked filial Ben.
''No sonny, of course not I've bought the
whole-want 'em all.'
"What! Isn't that hard trick to play or
thy own son and trusted to thee"
"Ah, Benny" said pater familias, reprov.
ingly, "thee must be sharp and wide-awake
trust nobody, Benjamin; watch thy father
Benjamin-watch thy father !"
Quite likely for young Benjamin the admo
milton was needless thenceforward.
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FOR
CHILDREN
TEETHING.

Nduseous Drugs and Poisonous Minerals.
VNTE ask the afflicted of either sex, which dc you
w prefer pleasant and delicious syrup, COM
pounded from Natures own Remedies, one
which will speedily aud permanently cure you or
TIE VILE compounds heretofore used, with all their
Nauseous and facilitating effect, together with the
loathsome disease, many times following the use of
Mineral Poisons
The Cherokee Remedy" is Natures own Specific
for Gonorrbea, elect, Gravel Structure, Fiuor AL
bus Whites in Females) and all diseases Of Urin'
airy Organs curing these diseases by natural laws
after all other preparations have failed and Is
one of Heavens best mercies to offending man =
Instances could be produced of its effects, which
would stagger credulity.
The nauseOus preparations heretofore used have
| failed but this has never in one instance been
known to fail. Happily for mankind the Governor
of the world is Father who afiots not To kill, but
| to cure!
| In mercy he has appoin ed Medicines fer those
dreadful diseases, which when taken, quickly flies
to all parts of the system, attacks the disease at
every post and with fdeli and courage truly ad-
mirabe never gives il rest until it has completely
expelled it from the body, and restores the unfor-
| tunate PATIENT to former health and vigor.
This Remedy strikes at the very root of the di-
sease: its tendency is not simply TO suspend the
poisor but to remove the which il depends.
e-ss- And what ENHANCES IT'S VALUE, is the
entire absence of a. taste sD'et 1t can
| lay in the counting room, on the toilet table
without ever being suspected as REMEDY for Sc
cret diseases.
r9y- A treatise on VeneraI diseases, with full
directions for their permanent cure accompany each
bottle.
Sold by all respectable Druggists and dealers
| in medicines, POTTER 4 MERWIN,
| Sole Proprietors, St Louis, Mo.
| SoId in Canton BY Mercy & Bro; CasseIl 4
Baughn. In jackson by J. Is. Mercy. j. ). sizer
| J. WRIGHT CO., New orlsans. Wholesale
| Agents. Jan '60-s&H y.
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THOUGHT AND AcTIoN-To write shrewd
" and act shrewdly are different processes, SC
different as to be scarcely reconcileable with
each other-the one being the exercise Of Q
reflective generalizing faculty and the other
of an active and vigilant knowledge and mas.
terry of details. People who possess the fight.
ing quality of shrewdness in their personal
dealings with the world, rarely unite with il
the calm power of reducing it to principles, or
indeed, of analysing it at all for the benefit o.
others; while the philosopher who looks on
and collects into axioms the experiences of tht
multitude, has no relish, if indeed, he be no,
wholly disqualified by the very habits of his
mind, for putting them into practice. II
would suit him better to avoid the daylight
crowd, and wend his way into shadows of tn,
evening and he would even suffer little
imposition with his eyes open, or forego ad
vantages that might be purchased by some
skilIfll exertion rather than to take the trouble
to descend into the strife.
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FACTS OF FARMERs.-H you invest your
money in tools, and then leave them exposed
to the weather, it is the same as lending money
to spendthrift without security dead loss
in both cases.
If you invest money in fine stock and do
not feed and protect them and properly care
for them, it is the same as dressing your wife
in silk to do kitchen work.
If you invest your money in choice fruits
and do not guard and give them chance to
grow and prove their value, it is the same as
putting good hand into the field with poor
tools to work with.
If you invest your money in good farm
and do not cultivate it well, it is the same as
marrying good wife and so abusing and
enslaving her as to crush her energies and
break her heart.
If you invest your money in strong drink
it is the same as turning hungry hogs into a
growing cornfeld-ruin will follow in both
cases.
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THE MTSSTSSTPPIAN.
2. BARKsDALE, Editor Z Proprietor
TIE o N 9 .


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BRIEFS OF DOUGLAS JERRoLD.-In this
world can wait she's used to it.
Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every
crime.
Money is like the air you breathe F; if you
have it not you die.
Children are earthly idols that hold US from
the stars.
Nature is pattern maid-of-all- work, and
does best when least meddled with.
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is
to take aim kneeling
A SUSPICIOUS MAN-He'd search pin
cushion for treason, and see daggers in nee.
die case.
A Coop LIFE.-How beautiful can time
with goodness, make an old man look.
The TEST OF FRIENDsHIP.-There is moth.
ing like prison pavement to test our old
friends upon.
THE SOFTER SEx.-A woman is like tar
melt her and she will take any form you
please.
THF CLEAREsr OF ALL LAws.-Self-De.
tense is the clearest of all laws; and for this
reason-the lawyers didn't make it.
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A LOVE STORY.
BY ROBERT JossELYN.

She had loved him too WE'LL but so guarded and cold
Was the tone of her voice and the glance of her eye
That his hearts burning mystery never was told,
And, despairing, he left her to languish and die.
How lovely she looked in her early decay,
How softly and silently Elected her breath;
Like the hues of the twilight she faded away,
As bright and as beautiful even in death.
In the land Of the stranger, afar from her grave,
The wanderer lived in his GOODNESS and pride,
Unloved and unloving to memory q slave
All better for him, if like her, he had died.
For hope, on the future, no more cast her light
The Joys of existence forever was fed,
While the chain, which first bound him, enduring
and bright,
Still fettered and fastened the living and dead.
O Nature, thy voice has been stihed too long,
Love, let the flush Of shame mantle thy cheek
When affection is fervent and virtue is strong,
Why should not the eye and the tongue dare to
speak.
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THE HUsBANDMAN.
RY FRANCIS P. SWEET.


Within the spongy falloW ground
! SOW the yellow corn,
Fer sounds the dinner horn.
0ut in meadows dewy calm
/ swing the ringing scytne
That spares her brood alive.
The passive steers against the yoKes,
Bend their stout necks In tWain;
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FTER long practical experience, and that
n fury testing tssEts"-Ssti-Is-.f ss.SiDG Ma
chimes now before the public, my convictions have
forced me to adopt the WHEELER & WILSON
Machine as the best for Family, Plantation, and
general use, ever invented. Among the advantages
it possesses over every other Machine, are:
1st Elegance and simplicity Of construction,
and consequent freedom from arrangement and
need of repairs.
I'd Durability, ease, rapidity of operation, and
noiseless movement.
Sd. Beauty of stitch, frmness of seam and econ
omy of thread.
lth. Applicability to variety of purposes and
materials.
18th. The "Hemmer," an attachment which no
Other Machine has.
9th. 1t will sew from one thousand to fifteen hun
dred stitches in minute and is equal, in dispatch
of work to at least
Twelve Seamstresses.
The machines, in variety Of pattern and style
of finish, from the plainest to the finest parlor
melodeon attachment, may be seen at my Office
give every purchaser full acknowledgements tee
the machine, and keep it in order for one year,
free of charge, except in case Of unfair usage.
The public respectfully invited to call and
see for themselves.
~ Machine Needles, thread and silk, kept
constantly on hand and for sale.
Sewing Machines of every description neatly re
Ipdred atshort notice.
July 2, '5S-d HENRY Is. EVANS.
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aIs exceedingly difficult TO manage. They are ca
pable of heavier work and one fourth cheaper.
The public need pay attention to threats made
hy Wheeler Il Wilson's agents to prosecute SiOSt,s
Elliptic Machines, the validity OF az "njunctlon
against it. They dread its coming before the pub
ie hence resort 10 threats to intimitate the pub
lie from buying what they have perfect right to
viz: the best nd cheapest sewing machines. They
cannot take a single legal step without special pow
er Of attorney, and entering into bond With suretes
sufficient to cover all costs well as damages the
enjoined party may suffer. Such hostility to SIoats
Elliptic machine is but tacit admission on their
part, Of its great superiority over their own The
reputation OF Sloats machines is hence forward es-
tablished beyond cayi, and prosecutions will only
involve its enemies in ruin and dismay.
Wheeler L Wilson's needles for sale at Sl,O0 per
dozen. Sept. 30th, l859-ly.
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CATAPnLERs.-With little watchfulness
and care in searching for catapillar's eggs, and
destroying them before the leave of fruit trees
put out, and before the worms hatch, you thus
save the trees from injury or a greater amount
Of labor in killing the worms in the nest after
they hatch, and when other work is pressing.
a little practice will enable one to detect
them on the small branches of the apple and
cherry trees. The eggs are deposited endwise
In little bunch around the limb, and very
ingeniously covered with q kind of gum or
cement to protect the embryo from injury by
the weather. VALLEY Farmer
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GEO. w. HUBBARD


SEWING Al \ CHI n Z S
TsNHESE the most simple, reliable, and durable
i Machines ever placed before the public.
The following are among the advantages claimed
for them, and which recommend them to public
favor.
list. They are so simple in construction, that they
are not liable to get out Of order.
end. They sew from the original spools-thus
saving the trouble Of re- winding the thread
3rd. The can be understood and operated per-
fectly with other instructions than those con,
tanned in tn printed directions which accompany
each Machine.
4th. They are substantially made, and are ca
pab OF doing an KtHts Of Iauuiir ard plan tatsn
sewing from the finest muslin to the coarsest kersey
5th. They make the dou5ie-lock elastic stfch, the
strongest made by machinery. which will not rip
though every fourth stitch be cut.
9th. The price is much less than that of any
other reliable machine, thus placing il within the
reach Of every in want OF a Machine.
critical and thorough examination of these
Machines is solicited, which confident will
prove them all claim for them.
WENTWORTH & DUKE, Agents.
March O-w&s4t. 80 Camp st, New Orleans.
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WHAT FASHIONABLE PARTIES ARE For
There was tribunal once in France, as you
may remember, called the Chanabre Ardea,te,
the Burning Chamber. twas hung all around
with lamps, hence its name. The burning
chamber, for the trial of young maidens, is
the blazing ball room. What have they full
dressed you for, do you think To make you
look pretty, of course Why have they hung
a chandelier above you, Pickering all over
with flames, so that it scorches you like the
monday sun, and your deepest dimples can
not hold shadow ? To give brilliancy to the
scene, no doubt! No, my dear! Society is
inspecting you, and it finds undisguised sur
faces and strons lights a convenience in the
process. The dance answers the purpose Of
the revolving pedestal upon which the White
Captive turns, to show US the soft, kneaded
marble, which looks as if it had never been
hard, in all its manifold aspects of living love-
illness. No mercy for you, my love Justice,
strict justice you shall certainly have-neither
more nor less. For, look you, there are doz-
ems, scores, hundreds, with which you must
be weighed in the balance and you have got
to learn that the struggle for life'' Mr..
Charles Darwin talks about reaches to verte-
brates clad in crinolne, as well as to mollusks
in shells, or srticulates in jointed scales, or
anything that fights for preaching room and
food, and, in any coat of fur or feather! Hap
py they who can fash defiance fom bright
eyes and snowy shoulders back into the pen
dants of the insolvent lustres-Prof Holmes
| in Atlantic Monthly
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EB J. Essen, will constantly keep fall and
AZ. varied supply Of these justly celebrated


HE J. Essen, will constantly keep full and
u. varied supply Of these justly celebrated
Lamps on hard.
This is the best because it is safest cearest and
most economical light produced. 1t is strictly
portable, and consequently exactly adapted 70 every
use, and place whore light is needed. For Church.
es Hotels. Stores. Factories and shops il has nc
equal And for Dwellings. At isor w gem, and only
requires trial to satisfy any intelligent mind tina,
it is Just the thing. that has long been needed.
The public are respectfully invited call and ex-
anime this beautiful Lamp, and Salty themselves
of its cheapness, clearness, cleanliness safety and
durability and that it possesses of the quail
ties of humhug. .t.t
The burners peculiar to this Lamp are easily at
tachsd to those Of any other style, and at bat q
triaing expense.
A large supply of Oil will always be on hand, 90
that purchasers will have trouble in getting
the right material.
Cali and get one, and be convinced that q great
disiderufus is at last attained. f-s
For sale at j. EISEN'S Jewelry Store, on
State, near Pascagoula Street, jackson, Miss.
Dec 20 ,59-H. I'd
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e,,rD1xc,, pprp,prn c1T-r

A s accidents will happen, even in well-resuiated
N families, it is very desirable to have some
cheap and convenient way for repairing Furniture,
Toys, Crockery, &c.
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ARRIVAL OF SUSPECTED SLAYER AT Nor
FoLK.-The Brig Virginia. Capt. Lynn, Of N.
York, has arrived at Norfolk in charge of
Eeuts Brown and Tyler, ofthe United States
sloop-of-war Portsmouth BY which vessel she
was captured off Congo river, Africa, on sus-
picon Of being SLAYER. No negroes were
found on board. A mutiny among the crew
occurred on the homeward passage, but was
promptly suppressed and the mutineers Sc
cured.
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or When powerful and enlightened con.
tinental monarch, who reigned some centu-
ries ago, saw his courtiers smile at an act o.
condecension he had just performed towards
q great artist, he rebuked them in some such
terms as these 81 could easily make hun
dred mobiles such as you, but not one painter
like him who stands among u.s."
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BEHAVE YOURSELF BEFORE FoLKs."-Tl

BEHAVE YOURSELF BEFORE FoLKs."-The
Boston Post is responsible for this anecdote :
Jones was travelling with his wife, and (for a
freak) was so gallant in his behavior to his cara
sposa, that madam grew uneasy and remon-
strated against his attentions as too marked
for public observation. THE d." said
Jones, "we're married, l suppose Pr YES"
said the lady, "but judging by your deport-
ment, folks will think we amt ~ "Well-
what of it ?' said Jones. "Why, not much,
certainly, for you," said the careful dame "you
are man; but we women have our charac-
tiers to take care Of" Jones was shocked into
propriety for the rest of the journey.
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Chief Engineer asrl General Superintendent
C. P OAKLEY, GerssAf Ticket Agent.


TWO DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS.
~ HANGE of Schedule to take effect March,
~ 1850.
Leave Vicksburs at 100 A. NJ. and ESQ P. NJ.
Arrive in jackson at 9:55 A. NJ. and 5:45 p. N.
Leave jackson at Oils A. NJ. and $50 ?. III.
Arrive in Vicksburg at e10 A. NJ, and $50 P. NJ.
Morning Train from Vicksburg continues its trips
to Bra ndon and Mortar.
Passengers for Canton and other points on the
Miss. Central Road, will take the evening Train.
The above schedule will be complied with. and
all passengers and freight will be carried far as
the condition Of the road, the safetyof the public
and the ability of the company will Justify. But
for any failures or omissions to comply herewith OF
to carry any freight which may be hauled to any
depot Tor transportation the road, the company
will not hold itself responsible.
W. N.WADLEY,
CHeJ Engineer and Gent Superintendent
Nav o'5g-tf
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'. D. COBB, 9. A. AANLovh'
n. ORLEANS. H. W. BOWEN.
COBB, MANLOvE g. CO.
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES, &C :,
wASHIHGT0NsT STREET, vlcKsBuRG.
4GENTS FOR Martin, COBB d CO.,
Commission Merchants, New Orleans,
XATE keep constantly on hand, Flour, Pork. Ba-
wv CON, Lard, Whiskey, Nails, Bagging, Rope,
Jeans, Linsey, Lowells, Axes, Blankets, kussetts.
Soap, Starch. Candles, Tobacco, Sugar, Aolasses,
Tea, Coffee, Wine, Liquors.
Agents for Z. Carver Co.'S patent Cotton gins.
March's Wagons, Carts and Timber Wheels. Wood
& Perot's Ornamental Iron Works.
+. s. HUNT will attend to business Of above
Maroh27 '6O--s-wIy. COBB MANLOvE&Co.