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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-07
DEATH OF GEN. JACKSON, Ex-sPEA
The Wrecked Steamer Hungarian.
A PORTION OF HER MAILS WASHED
ASHORE.

HALIFAX. March 3-An official letter has
been received from Mr.. Townsend, the Gov
eminent agent at the wreck ofthe Hungarian,
in which he states that it is doubtful whether
any one on board has been saved.
a portion of the articles which were on
board have been recovered in n damaged con-
ditiOn.
Her crew numbered 81 men. The list of
her passengers had not as yet been found.
The rumor, which has been circulated, that
her clearance had been found, is untrue and
without foundation.
The only passengers known to have been
on board the steamer Hungarian at the time
she was wrecked are Mr. VIM. Boultenhouse,
of Sackville, and Doctor Barrett, OF New
York
A quantity of bags containing mail matters
soaked into pulp, are being washed ashore
AMI sent to Halifax as fast as gathered up.
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WASHINGTON, March 3-The U. S. AttoF-
ney General Black is lying dangerously i'll at
his residence in this city. Mr. b. was taken
down some days since from over-exertion in
the performance of his official duties and is
completely Frustrated.
UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MARYLAND.
ANNAPoLIs, March 3.-The Hon. James
A. Pearce was to-day reelected United
States Senator for this State for the term o.
SIX years, from 1861, when his present term
expires.
SALE OF TREASURY NOTES.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Treasury notes
to the amount of G2,000000, were easily
negotiated yesterday at par, the money to be
had on call
The notes to bear six per cent. interest.
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E6r lie Mssiss,ppiRR,
E0f me -HtSSLSSipPi
The Next Presidency.

EDITOR MISsIssIPpTAN, - Permit me to
call the attention of Southern Democrats to
man who can, in my opinion, do more to
secure a Democratic triumph at the next
Presidential election, than any other gentle
man in the Unon-I refer to the present able
and accomplished Vice President, Major John
c. breckenridge. His position in border
State-his undoubted Soundness on the para
mount issue of the day, the slavery question
his great personal popularity, and the fact that
he is not an extremist, all in nv Judgment,
point to him as the man around whom the
South should rally as one man.
The nomination of a Presidential candidate
belongs of right to the South. Since 1914,
when Mr. Polk was chosen, the South has
constantly yielded her claims, and thrice in
succession the North has presented the cand-
date.
In view Of these facts and looking to the
probable selection of Republican candidate.
from a slayeholding State in the person of the
Hon. Edward Bates, Of Missouri it becomes
doubly important that the nominee of the De-
mocratic party should be Southern man and
a STAKEHOLDER. Is there any other Southern
man who can probably be elected For one, l
think not
ooHIl y. DfcChcHTluge Is the only man from
the South who has the ghost of a. chance |
say more than this-I say if Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina,
will but stand firm, those States can compel
his nomination. The North has the power to
nominate, but the power to elect lies with the
South, and once let it be understood that the
South will support no candidate who is not
perfectly and thoroughly acceptable to her,
and my word for it the North will yield The
love of spoils-the " cohesive power of public
plumber" will soon bring our Northern
brethren y to their senses. Let them see
that the fat jobs and contracts they have so
long enjoyed, are about to pass from them, and
they will become docile as children.
throw out these suggestions, Mr. Editor,
not because | am Democrat-for you well
know am not-but because expect to have
to vote for q Democrat at the Presidential
election, and because | wish to get not only
the best man can, but one who is Southern
in every sentiment of his heart, and every pull
sation of his BRAIN
Respectfully your friend,
HAMpDEN.
Eoh % 1890
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Bates, of Missouri.

The New York Tribune indicates decided
idcntial nominee of the Black Republicans
His merits in the eyes OF the anti-Savcry agi-
tatorS consist of his being practical cmanci-
patonst and traitor to his own section. The
Missouri Democrat, frec-soiI sheet, thus an
nounces his opinions touching sectional issues:
Since the dissolution of the Wing party,
Judge Bates has been identified with no polit-
ical organization; but, nevertheless, he has
not withheld the public expression Of his OPT
mon on each of the questions which have been
debated since that event. He was a Free
Soil Wing, and was designated, recognized and
prescribed ai.such in this State. Were it not
would, in all human probability, have been
one of the Representatives of Missouri in the
United States Senate for years.
lie is welded to the cause of free labor,
both in opinion and practice. He denies that
the Constitution extends slavery over the ter
ritories; he declares that slavery should not be
permitted to enter any territory which was
free soil when acquired by the United States,
or which became free atany period subsequent
to its acquisition; that no power but Congress
can plant slavery on such soil and that the
bred Scott decision merely defines the Consti-
tutional status of the negro, the discursive es-
says of the Justices which accompanied the
rendering Of that decision being in his opinion
mere leather and prunella, possessing no in
trinsic weight, and entitled to no extraorlina-
ry consideration, either legally or politically
In reply to the intimation that this man
Bates would find favor in the South, simply
because he resides in slaveholding commu-
unity, the New Orleans Bee, an Opposition
journal, says:
We can scarcely be mistaken in saying that
no nominee of a Black Republican conven-
ton coull obtain corporals guard of South
ern votes. The simple fact of his affililation
with purely sectional organization, of which
hostility to the domestic institutions of fifteen
States is the animating principle, would he
quite sufficient to exclude him from the Slight
est sympathy. Out Of Delaware, and posi-
bly, Missouri, we are convinced such nomi-
nation would be unable to command an electo-
raj ticket. As for carrying slave State, the
idea is absolutely preposterous. 1t matters
not who may be selected as the standard bear
er of Black Republicanism, the effect will be
the same as respects the South. Bates would
possess no more popularity than Seward, be-
cause his position as the Presidential candi-
date of the anti-slavery men would at once
stamp him as the arch enemy of the South,
whether be lived in Maine or Mississippi.
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Feb. %, 1860.

DESTRUCTION OF BmDs,-The destruction
of all birds, except game to cat, has been re-
Gently prohibited in many Of the small Ger
man States on the Rhine, and in parts of Ger
many. The motives urged are these-where-
ever the farmers have killed the rocks, jays,
and even sparrows, the crops have been less
than where they had been unmolested. Very
able naturalists have examined this, and have
reported that the vast quantity Of noxious
vermin which the birds destroy, greatly ex-
ceeds the small quantity of grain they destroy
in searching for the insects on which they
feed. Investigation in this country has de-
veloped the same fact. The destruction Of
the birds gives hosts of insect tribes, a chance
for life, and these feed upon the crops and
cause far more general destruction Of fruits,
vegetables and cereals than is oecasioned by
the birds themselves. Now, as the Spring
approaches, and with it the time of the singing
Of birds, measures should be taken to protect
these warblers from murderous ATTACKS
Exchange.
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A Squatter's Interpretation. of the
Senate Resolution.

The Interpretation which Forney's Press
places upon the resolutions understood to have
been adopted by the Democratic members of
the o. s. Senate. varies slightly from the con-
structicn of Knownothing journals hereabouts.
After mentioning that the resolutions were
strenuously opposed by Douglas, and his liege-
man, Pugh, the Press says:
1t will be seen that the fourth resolution
denies to the people of the Territories all pow
er and control over the institution of slavery
in their midst, and maintains that it must Be
pepetuated among them during their Terrific
rial condition, even If they are unanimously
opposed to it. It is further provided by the
fifth resolution that if the Territorial Legisla-
lures fail to pass proper laws for the protection
of slave property, it tciU then become the duty
of Congress to adopt Congressional SLAVE
code. Upon these questions intense feeling and
profound convictions exist among the Democ-
racy of the whole Union, and particularly the
Democracy of the Northern States; and the
attempt of caucus-composed of men who
have few colleagues faithfully representing the
wishe of the great body of the Northern De-
mocracy-to commit them in an illegitimate
and unauthorized manner to doctrines to which
they are unalterably opposed, viii necessarily
excite determined resistance.
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j. S. SIZER, Agent, Jackson. Miss

INoF' WOODS HAIR REsroRArrvE.-For
1 '1e year past we have been advertising the
above named Hair Restorative, and month ae
t tar month It's sale has gradual increased, I'M
I'll 1t now commands more ready sale than
any other article of its kind, giving in almost
very . instance entire satisfaction A clergy
man, resident in neighboring town, who Rad
,Tr years year suffered from burning sensation in
the head, with an occasionally dTy, itching hui
NOR which prematurely turned he hair sr sT
ana lat'erly causing it to come off rapidly
leaving the head nearly bare, seeing the adycy.
!. s IN the Gazette, was induced to try
II, ana now, after the use of two hotties ONLY
ms halr has turned quite dark and Is vor,, soS
lne scalp clean, and the subsequently bald
Sp osS covered with beautiful growth Of silky
dark halr, the sight of which, with his com.
AN nr'H ;nuNa OF the Restorative will command
an increased sale. We would state 10 anv
VINO may wish to know, that we Are nermii-
va, privately to give the name of the indi-
F'uuai to whose case we refer. Deco SO
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MURDER OF Dr. KEITT "A telegraphic
saessatats 1Ass
days ago, announced the murder of DIR. w. j.
Keitt, of Florida, by his negroes. The Ocala
(Fla) Companion Of the 2lst instant. gives the
following particulars Of the horrible affair
On Sunday morning last our community
was thrown into state of intense excitement
by the announcement of the death of DR.. W.
j. Keitt, one of the most talented citizens OF
Florida, and our Senator to the State Legis-
lature He had been living by himself, on his
plantation about three miles from Ocala, and
had been in i'll health for some time past
Early in the morning, one Of his servants who
had waited on him during his illness, came
into town and stated that as he went into his
masters room to build fire, he found him
lying on the floor dead. At first, it was sup
posed that he had died suddenly, from an af-
fiction Of the heart but on visiting his house,
his body was found bathed in blood, and his
throat cut from ear to ear.
An inquest was soon held, and it was found
that he had been most brutally murdered by
one or more of his own negroes. The most
positive evidence-was obtained against one OF
the negroes, and disposition was manifested
to hMg him at once; but, with the view of
obtainhg proof against others who are sup
posed to be implicated he was brought to Jail
with three others on whom suspicion rests.
The matter is undergoing further investiga-
ton, and we are therefore unable to give the
result.
Dr. Keitt was a native Of South Carolina,
and a brother of the Hon. L. NJ. keitt, the
Senator Representative of that State, who
has so nobly battled for the rights Of the
South in the halls of Congress. The deceased
moved to this State about six years ago, and
had so identified himself with her interests
as TO render his death public calamity.
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A MIsTAKE.-The Enquirer is mistaken in
representing the Honorable William A. Lake,
of Mississippi, who is now stopping in this
city, and who will be present with us in our
Convention, as in favor Of the proposed
Southern Conference" On the contrary, he
is opposed to it. and voted against the resolu-
tons on the subject in the Mississippi Legs
lature.-Ricinond Wing.
Yes, but the whole truth ought to have
been stated. 1t ought to have stated that Mr.
Lake is so thoroughly imbued with the belief
that the rights of the South are endangered by
Northern Entertainments that he originated
measure in the Mississippi Legislature for a
Convention Of all the States, to secure adj
ditional Constitutional guarantees for the
South, OF, m the event Of a failure, to provide
for dissolution ofthe Union and division of
the common property between the Northern
and Southern States. This movement having
been rejected, he offered the following resolu-
ton, as an amendment to the resolutions
which passed the Legislature.
Strike out the I'd resolution and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
That the election of a President of the
United States upon the ayowed principle that
it is in the power Of Congress, or of the Ter
ritorial Legislature organized under the act Of
Congress, to prohibit the introduction Of
slavery into any of the territories ofthe United
States, or to interfere by unfIiendly legisla-
ton with the institution of slavery in such
territories, would be in direct conflict with the
rights of the Southern States to equality in
the confederacy Of States, and ,oould be just
ground for the Southern States to take counsel
for their separate safety and protection.
All of which is respectfully dedicated to the
leaders of the Opposition, who, with no motive
of selfaggrandizement, are anxiously employ
ed in the patriotic and disinterested work of
"Savin' the Union"
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2 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE

Anew YORK, March 1.-The steamship AT.
RIGA arrived at this port this morning.
She left Liverpool on the 18th ult, and
brings two days later advices than were re
ceived by the Edinburgh and Anglo Saxon.
LATEST FROM LIVERPOOL.
. IIvrnnoor FAh 1c=T,hn saIns Of ca.tn-
'durin5 the week amodht to 5fUC0- 6zses, d
which spectators took $500 and exporters
600 bales.
The market generally closed quiet and
steady, last weeks quotations Of the better
grades being generally well maintained, while
the prices of inferior qualities were easier and
some cases slight decline had taken place.
The sales on Friday amounted to 1000
bales of which spectators and exporters took
1000 bales, the market closing steady at the
following quotations Of the Brokers' Circular:
Fair Orleans, 734.
Fair Mobile, IA.
Fair Uplands, 1-16.
Middling Orleans, 67s.
Middling Mobile, 6 11-16.
Middling Uplands o..
Some authorities report decline of l 1G to
q on inferior qualities.
The advices from Manchester are of less
favorable character The demand for cloths
had become less active, and prices had slight
ly declined.
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N. o., J. & G.. N. Railroad.

The following information concerning The
progress and prospects of this work, is com
municated to the public by Mr.. E. H. Saun
ders Agent of the company, in the last Aber.
deem Sunny South:
Col. Cromwell proposes to take the work in
Oktibbeha and look to the county subscrip-
tons and individuals of his county for pay,
not yet closed some disagreement about the
specifications but will be made to his satisfac-
ton, no doubt
Twenty six miles north OF Gov McWillies
Mills was let, or agreed upon at the last meet
ing. Wesson, Hazlehrust & Co., take it, which
will bring the Road near Choctaw county line
South, and Cromwell's contract near the same
county line North, leaving but few miles to
provide for.
l congratulate you, sir, and our friends of
Aberdeen and Monroe county upon our pros
pect for the rapid progress of the N. O., j. &
G. N. Railroad. am now confident, with
the aid of friends on the Road, we will have a
finished railroad to the town of Aberdeen soon.
No sane man now dares to doubt it.
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Domestic Intalligence.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The President
disapproves of the action taken by Governor
! Houston in calling out volunteers in Texas tC
defend the frontier.
1t is now positively stated that the Presi.
| dent has ordered a large reinforcement oil
United States troops into Texas, for the pro-
lection of the frontier from further outrage
The report that unconditional orders had
been sent to the commandants of the troops
in New Mexico and elsewhere to pursue Cor
tina and his band, and any other band of mar
auders, and capture them, whether in or out
of Mexico, is incorrect, although negotiations
are now pending between our Government
and that of Juarez, by virtue of which it is
expected that permission will shortly he gran
ted for our troops to march into Mexico
1t is believed, however, that Gen. Houston
will not wait for the federal troops, but will
accept the services Of as many volunteers as
can be speedily equipped, and march them to
the frontier and into Mexico, if necessary.
A report is in circulation that Gen Houston
intended taking command of the expedition,
and marching into Mexico with sufficient
force to conquer and hold the country as far
as Monterey. This report has gained some
credence from the report that Maj. MoCulloch
of Texas, had received orders from Governor
Houston to return Immediately to Texas to
take command of regiment Of volunteers
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Gov. Houston's
letters to the Prespent state that he has re-
ceived more than eighty applications from par
ties desire to raise volunteer companies to de-
fend and protect the frontier of Texas from
further invasion.
ST. LOUIS, March 1.-THE Overland Cali
fornia Mail of the 10th ult, brings the follow
ing additional advices from San Francisco and
the gold regions.
Three very rich silver mines have lately
been discovered in Calaveras county.
The Mapa county silver mine has turned
out to be Cennebar.
1t is reported that rich and valuable gold
diggings have deem discovered in CalayeIas
county.
Extensive veins of gold are easy of access
in Touloume county.
The mills for crushing quartz are progress
ing favorably.
The news from the mining regions through
out the State are very cheering.
The news from the Washoe gold and silver
mines are very favorable.
1t is feared that the cheering accounts re-
ceived from the Carson Valley, will cause a
in the mining localities of the
State of California as soon as the spring season
opens. One Of the claims in this locality to a
silver lode, has just been sold for $4,000.
Advices received at San Francisco from
Honolulu, dated January Oath, state that
Nelson was dying from the wounds inflicted
Upon him by King kamahameha.
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The DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. - WashinqtOn,
Feb. 25.-The Democratic Senatorial caucus
met to-day at IL o'clock. Upwards of thirty
Senators being present
Senator Green, of Mo-, reported from the
Special Committee series of resolutions,
seven IN number, embodying the principles OF
those introduced in the Senate by Mr.. Davis,
of Miss. Quite protIacted debate ensued in
which large number of Senators participant
ed. Many members, especially those whose
proclivities are for Senator Douglas, were op-
posed to adopting any resolutions, whatever,
as they might be the platform for the
party.
1t was distinctly ayowed by the friends Of
the resolutions that the only object was to har-
monte the conflicting views contained in the
four or five sets Of resolutions now under
consideration in the Senate They were finally
adopted BY large majority, and were placed
in the hands of Senator Davis, who will re-
port them to the Senate on Monday. Douglas
was present and participated in the discussion.
He is understood to have dissented from the
views contained in them.
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Nh. EDMUND RuFFIN PRoposEs TO GIVE
ONE OF JOHN BRowN's Pixies TO FACE
SOUTHERN STATE.-We understand that that
Old Virginia Nestor of State Riehts-tbe
clear-headed sound hearted, patriotic, farmer
statesman, Edmund Rufin, has procured ar.
teen of the pixies that old Brown took to Har-
per,s Ferry, and proposes to send one to the
Legislature Of each. Southern State, labelled
thus:
SAMPLE OF THE FAyoRs DESIGNED FOR Us
BY OUR NORTHERN BRETHREN:
Out Of this nettze, Danger, zoe pluck tn. -four
Or, Safety
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or The reported rupture between Sena-
tors Brown and Davis, was nothing more than
mere passing breeze, leaving no unkindness
behind Of an unpleasant nature. The two are
on As good terms as ever they were. To be-
lieye the Opposition press, one would conclude
that our Senators had . terrible 'blow up" a
regular rough and tumble war of angry words.
We can excuse that press, knowing as we do,
its disposition to magnify every difference Of
opinion between Democrats, as an indication Of
an awful breach in tbs Democratic party
6oakhe1 Sun.
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WE THINK WE ARE JUSTIFIED IN
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LAYER Complaint, has gained, SO deseryedly,
tile reputation now enjoyed by DR.. M'Lane's
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bros. OF Pittsburg AS an evidence that they
VIII cure, read the following certificate from
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NEW York, January %, 1852
ms is TO certify that l have had the liver
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Ia All other Vermifuges in comparison aro
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also his celebrated Liver Pills, can now be
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uihe without the signature of
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j. D. SlZER, Agent JacLson Aft,.
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FACTS, WITHOUT coNNr>-r
THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THEM.

~AeN1 OClODCF 1872.
mrs hardy, No. 1l9 Suffolk street, writes
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pJreu oy Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa,
I, a0 ' Drought away over fifty large worms.
Mrs. Quigby, No. 1S2 Essex street New
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writes us that she had a child which had been
uhwell for better than two months She pro-
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ministered it. The child passed large guam
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