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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
VOL. XVIII.
Notice of Proceedings to Confirm Tax

Notice of Proee edings to Confirm TAI
Titles.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,t In Chancery Court
WASHINGTON CpuTY. Nov. term, A. ID. 1900
FEN0 all persons claiming or having an interest
n either legal or equitable, in the lands herein
after described at the time the same were sold ioi
taxes and all other persons may be interested
therein
Take notice that we Samuel G.. Parks and
Joseph W. Parks, claiming to hold under and by
virtue of tax deed the following described lands:
All Of section IL, and undivided half interest IN
L. = of section Il; all in township IL, OF range
6 West, lying and being in the county OF "ash-
ington, State Of Mississippi, the period allowed oy
law for the redemption Of which lands having e4-
pired, and they remaining unredeemed; nave
applied by Bill inehancery according TO the tat1te
in such case made and provided, hied In the
Chaneery Court of Washington county, to be held
at tho Court House Of said county, In the town Oh
GroenyiIle, on the second aonday of November
next, the same being the 18th day OF november,
A. D. 1860, to have said tax title made perfect and
valid, against all parties claiming or having au
interest in said lands, which existed at the time
the Same we're sold for taxes. said lands were
sold fer taxes the - day of April, a. d. 1913,
and the deed therefor under which claim to held
said lands, and under which We shall moye to have
the title to said lands made perfect and valid, Is
dated the 3lst day Of July, 4. d. 1857; and the
number and description of said lands endorsed in
said deed, whfnh We elain, and tke tites 70 which
We seek to have confirmed are as follows All Of
section eleven and undivided half interest in East
half of section fourteen, township Is, of range
w est, lying and being in the county Of Washing
ton, in the State of Mississippi.
AT the time and place above named you and
each of you are hereby notified and required to be
and appear before said Chancery Court, to snow
sause against said tax title and why our title
should not be confirmed; upon your failure SO TO
appear and show cause as aforesaid against said
application, We will move said Chancery Court,
hat our Bill and the allegations thereof be taken
or confessed aud admitted TO be true, against all
persons having interest in said lands at and
hat confirmation of our said title be decreed,
md that the same be made perfect and valid
ieeordIng to the provisions of the statute in such
ase made and provided.
This 26th day of September, A. d. lS60-w5t
SAMUEL G.. PARKS,
JOSEPH W. PARKS.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Hon. Edward Everett.

While the National Intelligencer, Amos
Kendall, and Stephen A. Douglas are discuss
ing the constitutional power of the General
Government to coerce a sovereign State to
carry out Lincoln's doctrines if he should be
elected President. they seem to have forget
ten that Mr.. Everett has anticipated this ques
ton, and in his letter of acceptance thus an
swers it:
"Thc suggestion that the Union can be
maintained by the numerical predominance
and military prowess OF one section, exerted
to coerce the other into submission, is, in my
judgment, as selfcontradictory as it is danger
Gus. 1t comes loaded with the death-smell
from fields wet with brothers blood If the
vital principle Of all republican government
is the consent Of the governed much more
does a union of co-equal sovereign States
require as it's basis the harmony of its mem
bers and their voluntary cooperation in. its
organic functions"
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ticIe of the Constitution of the United States,
for the purpose of amending that Constitution,
! so as to protect each State IN the enjoyment
| of perfect equality, both with reference to the
rights of persons or property under the Con
stitution either in the States or Territories OF
the United States, aad Of perfect and absolute
immunity from all aggression and interter-
ence of any one of the States with the lnstltu-
tons, domestic, social or political, of any Of
the others and if that cannot be accomplish
ed upon basis of entire fairness and equal
and exact Justice then Of making provisions
for the peaceful and equitable dissolution Of
the Union Of these States.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That in the
opinion of this Legislature, that comfy which
should exist between the several Ssates of
the confederacy, ought to prompt each of
them, especially in view Of the existing rela-
tons which now prevail, to consent cheerluly
to the proposed Convention, as means by
which the harmony which ought to exist
among the common meubers OF common
government may be restored, and the c0ntin-
ued duration and perpetual existence of the
present form of government secured and the
cause of strife and discord forever set at rest,
orif after a dispassionate and deliberate at
tempt to reconsile and remove these fliiferen-
ces they are found to be irreconcilable, then,
peacefully, and as independent and honorable
States, to agree to abolish the common gov
ernment which binds into one these dscord-
ant elements, and to divide by just and equal
means the common interests and property
among the different members Of the confedera-
cy.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in the
belief that this act Of simple justice will be
granted by each State in this Union to the
solemn and earnest request Of this State, and
that this Convention will be called by the
Congress of the United States now in ses-
sion, on the application of the requisite mum
Der of States, the Legislature, in the belief
that the Convention will be composed of the
number of delegates equal to the representa- |
ton of each State in the Congress of the Uni |
ted States, will elect five delegates TO repre- |
sent the State of Mississippi in said Conven- |
ton, should the same be called as earnestly |
asked for by this State.
Sec. 4. Be it .fartter enacted, That the |
Governor of this Stat cause copies of this |
act to be transmitted to each of the Governors
Of the differnt States, with the request that
hey will lay the same before the Legislatures
'f their respective States, at the earliest pos
'ible moment; and that it also be transmit
ed to our Senators and Representatives in
congress, to be laid before that body; and that
his act take effect and be in force from and
.lter its passage
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Mr.. Douglas and the Catholic Vote.
The Richmond Enquirer says:

As to the absurd pretense, SO unblushingly
proclaimed by many Of Mr.. Douglass Pro-
testant supporters, that the Catholic vote is
tied to him, hand and foot, because his tc!fe
is a professor of the Catholic faith, we treat
this insult to the Catholics Of the country with
that contempt il deserves The wisdom which
has hitherto so happily preserved among
American Catholics the policy Of entire poGti-
cal tolerance and civil equality, has not and is
not likely to degenerate into that mad folly Of
civil intolerance on account of religious belief,
which indulged would prove equally injurious
to political prosperity and to Christian purity.
The fact that a large majority of the Catho-
lie vote of the whole country was polled in the
two last Presidential elections against Scott
and Fremont each of whom could boast q
Catholic connection exactly similar to that en-.
joyed by Douglas, is alone sufficient to vindi-
cate our fellow-c citizens Of the Catholic Church
against the degrading imputation attributed Il
them by so many of Judge Douglas followers
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A P r. T E S T

The undersigned citizens of Mississippi
deeply sensible of the solemn political crisis
now impending, the issue of which may in
volye the destinies of the Republic, feel called
upon to repel, with proper respect, but with
becoming firmness, certain sentiments this
day uttered by the Hon. Mr.. Sparks, of Lou
isiana, in his speech delivered at the Bell and
Everett meeting in the city Of jackson. The
fact that he is a distinguished leader of the
Bell and Everett party in his own State the
prominence assigned him at the meeunS
aforesaid, and the rapturous applause Whch
greeted the offensive remarks, will justify the
notice thus taken. We do not intend to I'M
ply that the remarks should be taken as an
expression Of the sense Of his party throughout
the State. We sincerely hope that many oil
them will be as prompt to rebuke them' as
we feel it to be our duty to do.
As understood by those of US who heard
him, and the words were taken dowaas they
fell from the lips Of the speaker. by gentleman
ofundoubted veracity, he said: "The other day
Twas coming up the Mississippi river, on board
the Quitman; | was informed, by gentleman
on board, citizen of Mississippi, that it was
the intention of Governor Pettus, in the event
of the election of Lincoln to the Presidency, to
Immediately convene the Legislature in ex-
traordinary session, to take steps to secede
from the Union. What intend to say may
not be popular in Mississippi, but am an
honest man, and speak my sentiments, re-
gardless of popularity; and if was citizen OF
Mississippi, and had the power, and the Gov
ernor, attempted any such thing, would hang
him high as Haman.''
Such sentiments, uttered at such time as
the present, amid the conilagration of cities
and towns, the poisoning of wells and springs
in neighboring State, aud concerted raids in
various quarters, made by Black Republican
felons, imperiling the lives and property of
Southern citizens, who in vain appeal to the
guarantees of the Constitution, and when, tco,
the followers of Lincoln are flushed with the
confidence of anticipated triumph, fill us with
profound and indignant astonishment.
We trust that they will be as pointedly and |
repelled by the party to which
Ibav- v.rara odd
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10

Judge High Cour.-Handy, 1888.
Probate Jadge.-Robb, 1476
Probate Clerk.-Donnell, 453; Edwards,
543; Thigpen, $40.
Sterif-Taylor, 1929.
Circuit CIerk.-McManus, 1921.
E,easarer.-Bristow, 566; Dabney, 486
Hall, 461.
Assessor.-Richey, 1928.
SurUeyor.-Bradford 772; Cranberry, 683.
CoroRa.-Power, 992.
Ranger.-Alston, 1881.
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.ember, A. d. 1S60-w5t
SAMUEL G. PARK s,
JOSEPH W. PARKS.
Notice of Proceedings to Confirm Tax

Titles.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPIl In Chancery Court
w WAsHISGTON COUNTY. ! Nov. term A. d. 1850
FSV0 all persons claiming or having an interest
either legal or equitable, in the lands herein
alter described, at the time the sold for
taxes, and all such other persons may be inter-
ested therein;
Take notice, that we, John E. Patterson and
James Patterson, claiming to hold under and by
sirtne Of tax deed, the following described lands
All Of section number twelve (12 }, the undivided
half interest in section number thirteen 49,, all in
township Is, of range West, and undivided half
interest in W x of section Is, township Is, range
West, lying and being in the county of Wash
ington, State of Mississippi; the period allowed
by law for the redemption of the same having ex-
pired, and they remaining unredeemed. have
applied by Bill in Chancery according to the statute
in such case made and provided, filed in the
Chancery Courtof Washington county, Mississippi,
TO be held at the Court House Of said county in the
towi of Greenville, on the second Monday of
November next, the same being the 18th day of
November, A. d. 1860, to have said tax tile made
perfect and valid, against all parties claiming
having an interest in said lands, which existed at
the time the same were sod for taxes. Said
were sold for taxes on the - day Of April, A. ID.
lS4S and the deed therefor under which we claim
to hold said lands, and under which We shall move
10 have the title 70 the same made perfect and
valid is dated the 3lst day Of July, A. ID. 1857 the
said deed embracing the same lands hereisbefore
described, which claim, and the title to which
we seek TO have confirmed.
At the time and place above named you and each
of you are hereby notified and required to be and
appear before said Chancery Court, TO show cause
against said tax title aud why the same shoald not
be confirmed. Upon your failure so to appear and
show cause Aforesaid against said application, we
will move said Chaneery Court, that our Bill and
the allegations thereof be taken forconfrssed and
admitted to be true, against all persons having
interest in said lands at and prior to the time the
same were sold for taxes and that confirmation of
our said tax title be decreed and that the be
made perfect and valid according to the provisions
of the statute il such case made and provided,
entitled san act to provide for the better security
of titles to land held and claimed under tax sales
and tax titles" Approved the 10th day Of Febru-
ary, A. d. 1860.
This Goth day of September, A. D. 7S60-w5t
JOHN E. PATTERSON,
JAMES PATTERSON,
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Col. CrOzier on LincOln's Election.

Col. Crozier, of Knoxville, Tennessee, uses
the following language, in speech lately de-
livered, on the election of Lincoln to the Presi-
dency:
1t has been asked, What would BEeckin-
ridge men do in case of the election Of Lincoln4
He did not know what others might advise or
propose to do in such q contingency; for him
self he aeVeT aUotsld s,Sbnstaevey, Revey, ReVerg
From tie hour ia IOhioh Lincoln Ioas inaaga-
rated, he aoas proud to Be rebel-he would
mount the scqtcld in such a cause. He would
consider Lincoln perjured traitor when he
took the oath to support the Constitution. Il
had been said that the South would wait
for some overt act of aggression. He soOsld
pursue no such policy. Tyranny advanced
with slow and cautious approaches. BE
would not wait till bound hand and foot. BE
would meet it on the threshold The mildey
Mr.. Lincoln might make has government, ahs
hotter should be the tOGrhe sOOuld make upon it.
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srArEoFMIssIsappD In cb.nosryy f,our,

S1A TE Of MlSSiSS1RPlJ In Chaneefy Court,
ScoTF COUNTY. Oct. Term, A. ID. 1860
70 all persons claiming having an interes
n either legal or equitable, in the land
hereinafter described aE the time the same sEer,
sold for taxes, and all such other persons as may
be interested therein;
Taze notice, that | have fled my bill in the
Chancery Court of Scott county, for the purpose
of hasing the title vested in BY tax deed, made
perfect and valid against all parties claiming or
having interest in such lands which existed at
the tirnethsxame wero sold for taxcsg
You are also hereby notified unless you appear
and p9sad answer or demur to claimants bill
by or before the 4th Monday Of October 1860, it
bang the regular term of the Chsneery Court of
Scott county, the said bill and allegations thereof
VIII be taken forconfctsed and admitted to be true,
and the complainant will move the Court TO decree
forthwith eonhrmstion Of such title as fully aad
completely a. if the parties had been personally
served with notice or process, and had appeared
and defended said proceedings.
The said lands are situate lying and being In the
county Of Scott, State of Mississippi, known and
described - follows, to-Eit: East-haf Of south
east quarter section eighteen, township i've, range
sight, East became property of the State in April
1851, for taxes 1850 and sold BY the State to Rich
aId h Gasswood, on lst September, 1858, and suit
has Eeen transferred to me-
]. G. HARPER, Complainant.
Cooper 4 Harper, Attorneys for Complainant.
SAINT sga -aila
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
LEaAL NOTICES.
UFcTI1sy---PROCLAMATIoN.

.T0RNa PETTJES GossrRof Of The State Of Xissfs-
sfppi To The SkeriE Of - County, GREETISe
H HEREAS, Tuesday next after the first
w Monday in the month Of November, in the
year Of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty, being the sixth dayof the said month,
Is the time appointed by Law for holding an cleo
tion ia this State for seven Electors 70 vote for
President and Yiee-Presidentof the United States
Of America; and whereas, it is my duty to issRe a
writ Of election, requiring you to hold the election
st the time and place appointed by Law:
Nor, therefore, /, JOHN j. PErTUs, Governor of
the State Of Mississippi, do issue this my writ
quiring you to bold election at the several pre-
9sints in 5our County, on Tuesday next, after the
first Monday in the month of November, A. d.
1850 for ae election of Electors, vote for
President and Vice President of the United States
of America; aud do moreover enjoin it upon
you, to conduct said election in all respects con-
form ably 10 Law, and make due returns thereof to
the Secretary Of State.
GIVEN under my hand, and the Great
L s. Seal of the State of Mississippi, hersun-
- to affixed, at the City of Jackson, this the
l1th day Of August, A. d. 1850.
By the Governor: JOHN J. PETTUS.
c. A. BRoUGHER, Secretary Of State.
August IA '6O--tE.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Another Fugitive Slave Case in Ohio

The United States Marshal for the district
of Cincinnati, made an attempt on Thursday
last to arrest three runaway slaves, brothers,
who ran away from Germantown, Kentucky,
about four months ago. One Of tho nagroes was
captured by the Marshal and remanded to the
custody his former master. Resistance was
made to the Deputy Marshal who attempted
to capture the others, by gang of sixty or
seventy negroes, aided by white men, armed
with guns and pistols. The deputy's clothes
were torn of, his warrant and money taken,
and an attempt made to hang and then shoot
him. After cutting his hair short he was al
lowed to depart without the negro. The other
deputy was fired upon when attempting to ar
rest the third negro, and returned the fire,
shooting the fingers off of the rioters, but was
obliged to leave without securing the prisoner
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10

DoUGLAs STILL WoRKNG FOR LIScoLN.--
Every mail brings additional and conclusive
evidence that the real object Of Stephen a.
Douglas IN keeping has otOR name before The
people, is to secure the election Of Abraham Lin
coin. 1t is for this purpose that he has done
his utmost to distract and dishearten the
Northern Democracy. It Is for this purpose
that he has slandered John G. Brockinridgo
and Joseph Lane with the epithet dissmiaIsG
coin and Hamlin ticket IS preierable 70 thAt Of
the National Democracy. It is for this pur.
pose that he has done his utmost 10 prevent
conservative cooperation in New York, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey.-RiohmOnd En-
quirN, Espk 22.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
What a Prominent 0ppositionist In
Mississippi Says.

Mr.A Burwell. of Vicksburg, a prominent
supporter of Mr.. Bell, under date Of August
10, 1860, addressed letter to Ex-Gov. FoCte.
which we find published in the New York
Herald, preceded by a most complimentary
notice and endorsement by Mr.. Foote.
In this letter, Mr.. Burwell says, in the event
that Mr.. Lincoln is elected:
Ik,aoo no man in the South sOho srill, s.,
such an euest, take up and bear the standard
of the Union, nor do believe that any such
srsef .tsf sg.r
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
What "Honest 10. Lane" Thinks of the
Coercion" Doctrine.

A friend asked the old warrior what he
thought of this new doctrine that Douglas had
proclaimed in Virginia and North Carolina,
"tlAat he would assist Abe Lincoln to coerce a
sovereign State of this Union" His reply
was in the very simplicity of his character and
without premeditation II NEVER HAVE,
AND NEVER WILL DRAW MY SWORD
AGAINST A PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS"
A nobler sentiment was never uttered, and
would have done credit to Roman virtue in
her nalmiest and brightest days.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10

The BELL BARBEoUE.-Owing to the incle-
mency of the weather, the barbecue of the
BeIIites was an entire failure, being very thin
ly attended. During the day great deal oI
powder was burnt which only had the effect to
gather few boys who were delighted with
the badges presented to them.
We shall take notes and comment in our
next on the speeches which came off yester-
day and are to be continued to-day.
If the opinion Of one of their own party is
worthy of being considered, the speeches made
yesterday will add many to the ranks of the
Democracy.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Negro Equality---The Morals Of Free
Negroes.

The following extract tells a plain story as
to how equality and freedom, and full civil
rights have elevated the black race in Hayti:
The morals of Hayti, as exhibited by sta
tistics, are shocking. An official Haytien doc
ument, giving the number of births, deaths,
marriages and divorces in various villages in
different parts of the empire during three
months. shows that the whole number of chill
dren horn in these months was 800, Of whom
/ 74o were born out of wedlock. In Port au
Prince, the capital, out of 140 born, only 80
were legitimate.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
Hon. A. G. Brown.

We find in the Natchez Free Trader the
following letter from this distinguished gen.
tleman to a friend in Louisiana:
TERRY. HINDs Co., MISS, Sept. 20, 1860.
GENrLEMEN / find it impossible to enter
into any new engagement for the time being.
and cannot give you assurance that will be
with you on the 18th October Wherever l
am, you may rest assured that | will be ad-
vising the people to cast their votes for Breck-
inridge and Lane. Mississippi will give her
usual majority for the ticket, and if it would
elect them the majority would be increased
for Breckenridge and Lane in this State to
10000 hope there is no doubt about LOU
isiana. Yours, A. G. BROWN.