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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Number 3.
Gov. McRae on the Cincinnati 1
Platform,

Our numerous Mississlppi'rradcrs, say
the Mobile Mercury, will take an in,ercs
in knowing the position Of this gentleman
In the debate on the l4,h, we find hun
giving his views on the subject Of the Gin.
cinnati Platform. We are proud that he
has had the boldneS, to declare his opinions
in the hearing of the whole country:
Nj. McRae said he was in favor Of the
Charleston Convention giving to the Gin
cinnatl platform such construction and
Interpretation as would make it 50 plain
that there could be no mistake about IT.
He would have it interpreted according to
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
bred Scott case, giving to the South the
constitutional right to carry their slave
property into the Territories and protect.
ing 1t when there. If such a construction
were not pu, on the platform, i. would
then be for him to say whether he would
support the nominee. lie did not hesitate
10 say here. rs well as at home, that if a
Republican President should be elected ON
a platform under which the constitutional
rights OF The South are to be lrgislated
away, h., for one, was not willing 10 sub
INIT to 1t. lie had SAID to his constituents,
that in such an event il would b. well for
them 10 determine the course they would
pursue For himself, he would exercise
sovereign rights "ut Of the Union IN pre-
ference 10 degradation in it. Thi, was the
position of the Democracy of Mississippi.
II the unlon was not made he would not
make it.
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The Florida Resolutions.

The following are the resolutions OF
Federal Relations, which have passed th'
Florida Senate, with dissent:
Resolccd by The Senate and House o
REPRESENTATIVES of Florida, in General is
sembly convened, That in view of our ma.
tional affairs the time for argument ha'
passed, the time for action arrived; anc
that Florida, as one of the Southern States
abides the destiny of her sisters, extend.
her warmest assurances Of cooperation il
any course their united wisdom may de-
! wise.
Resolved, That IN the event Of the elec.
ton of President by Northern party
opposed to slavery as it exists in the South.
ern States, it will be the duty of the
Southern States to take some means il
common to protect themselves; and as one
of the Southern States, Florida hereby
pledges herself to do her duty.
Resolved Tha, to give effect to this as
sured cooperation, the Governor be and
he is hereby authorized, upon the call OF
any of our slaveholding States, to take
any and all steps necessary for the main
tainance of their rights, and to convene
the Legislature in extraordinary session
should the necessity occur.
RESOLVED, That the Governor be request.
ed to forward copy of these resolutions
to onr Representatives and Senators III
Congress, and to the Governors of all the
Southern States.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Democratic State Conventi0n--Ar
Inconsidel ate Movement,

At this writing, we have not receiv-
ed our Jackson exchanges usually
ten days reching us-containing the
proceeding Of the State Convention,
which convened. at Jackson, on the
18th inst From our Mobile ex.
changes, we obtain a synopsis oi
those proceedings; but not Il fall ac-
count. We cannot, therefore, speak
advsedly
Senator JEFF Davis was recon
mendPd to the Charleston Convention,
Az the choice Of Mississippi, for the
Presidency, This we regard as an
unauthorized and inopportune move
men, But few Of the counties have
avowed a choice, and Of those giving
publicity to preferences, as many nave
spoken in favor of Senator l,rown as
for Senator Davis. We know not
how our representatives in the Legis-
lature voted upon the proposition; but
we do know they were uninstructed.
Ifthey cast the vote Of Monroe in ac
cordance with the result, they were
not sustained by authoritative exposi-
ton. We are not disposed to cavil,
but protest dissent to the movement
Double delegations have resulted to
the party in those States where a
State Convention has thought to des-
ignate one from among many distin
guished sons. The delegates to the
Charleston Convention should have
been untrammelled.
p. S.-We are in receipt this morn
ing, "wednesday. OF the -WlssissVpian
but are unable, further than the
proceedings would indicate, to OBJ
serve the object ofthe movement rec
ommending an individual for the
Presidency. Much to our gratifca
ton and to the pleasure of the party.
Hon. Richard Harrison has been ap-
pointed lilector for the "a Congrc>
sional District We learn from "A
gentlemen present at the Convention,
that, according to his own request,
Senator Browns name was not pre-
serted to the Convention. Senator
Brown, i. appea's, does not seek the
1t is well that he does
not; Cor however mach these candid
he has recently avowed
may endear him to the people Of
Mississippi and the South, they are
not calculated to rnthusr in his favor
the freesoil democracy of the North.
[Abcrdcn (Miss) Sunny South,
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Leaves from a Portfolio.
BY AN EX-EDITOR.

Tu,r ART NOT HERE,-The following
poem is inbued with a spirit of beauty
and tenderness seldom found cqualled IN
English:
When the morning in the east is breaking,
Illuminating mount and hill,
And countless objects are awaklng -,
From Natures slumbers calm and still
When all the verdant mead is smiling,
In glossy sheen and matchless grace.
The eve. and sense, and heart beguiling,
To see in these their Makers face.
| turn to meet the warm emotion,
Enkindling in thy lustrous eye,
Exponent of thy souls devotion
Towards hnn who reigns oer earth and
sky:
But, ah! no more is brightly beaming
Thy ray that speaks Of faith sincere
No glance Of raptured joy is cleaning
Thou art not here! Thou art not here
When eve, with purple hue, is pouring
Unrivalled glory DER the West;
When high the forest birds are soaring,
In the pure air to find their rest
When day and night. alternate blending,
Cast twilight shadows DER the earth;
Deeper and deeper still descending,
As uuie, steals Ger halls of mirth:
turn to clasp, with kindly pressure.
The hand that mine was wont to meet
And hail, in thee, the priceless treasure
Heaven gave, to make existence sweet.
Alas, al as daylight. dying.
Bids heightened shades of gloom appear,
NY hopes, my bliss, on thee relying,
Are lost and gone Thou art not here!
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Report Of the Secretary Of War

The Secretary of War says: OF the
army Of nearly seventeen thousand five
hundrtd men not mere than eleven thou
sand are available for active service in the
field, and that they are scattered over an
area Of three millions Of square miles -
He hopes to make such an alteration il!
the disposition Of the troops mex, season as
will prevent any future: repetition of the
outrages on the Southern aud Mexical,
traders. lie recommends the enlistmeu.
of men for mounted corps for six month :.
beginning in May. In actual battle with
the Indians, success is more owing to ludl =.
vldual proweSs, skill in arms and horse.
manship, than to discipline. In poin, f
economy, great advantages accrue TO III p
country, He recommends provision for
retiring disabled and infrm officers as
measure for increasing the efficiency Of
the army. 1t is n), ceemed advisable I"
proceed in manufacturing ritled cannon be-
yond those required for experimental pur-
poses. He speaks faverably of breach
loading arms.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Scandal at Little Rock.

The Memphis Avalanche of the
10Th has the following:
Through gentleman who arrived
from Little Rock yesterday, we learn
the particulars in regard to very cX-
citing affair which took place in that
city one day last week Mr. Turn
bull, the lessee and manager of the
threater at Little Rock. it seems, for
some time past has suspected that hi-
wife had proven uniaithful to her
marriage vows, but nothing like con
elusive proof of her guilt was furnish
ed him until last Wednesday, when
on attempting to enter her room he
found it fastened, and notwithstand.
ing the fact that he heard voices with
in was unable to obtain admttance.
The injured husband stationed him.
self at convenicn. place from which
to watch the door, and shortly after
saw an actor named Conner emerge
from the room. Later in the day
Turnbull invited Conner to his room
at the hotel, on prctense Of taking
wine, Once inside, the husband con
fronted 'he guilty pair, and at once
commenced shooting at Conner, VIII,
returned the fire, it is said The
screams of the wife brought crowd
TO the scene, when Conner was res
cued from, his dangerous situation,
with no other injury than II pistol ball
or two through his clothes, and very
bad fright Mrs. Turnbull is said T."
be very respectfully connected, and
the affair has caused a great deal of
scandal among all classes of people
at the Rock. Conner "vamoscl'
directly after the shooting. and was
in this city last night, EN- route for
colder regions.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Governors Stat Appointments.

Gov Pet'u., communicative chief OF
the militia of Mississippi, has made
the following staff appointments:
Walter l.. Sykes, of Monroe, Ad-
jutant General, with the rank of Brig
adler General
Nathaniel F. Barksdale, of Kinds
Quarter Master General, with the
rank of fColonel. ...
lst. G. G.. Armistead, Of allObusha
Aid de Camp with the rank of Lieu
ten ant Colonel. ...
I'd. Henry Muldrow, of Oktibbeha
Aid,de Camp, with the rank OF Lieu
tenant Colonel. .r
Sd. V l.. Terrell, of Covington
Aid de Camp, with the rank of Lieu
tenant Colonel
4lh. G. NJ. Fowler, of Warren, Aid
de- Camp, with the rank of Lientenan,
Colonel. .........r. ... .. ..
lst. +. Labauve, Of DeSoio. Assis'
tant Quarter Master General, with
the rank of Major. ..-.. -..
2d. William A. Barbour, Of War
ren, Assistant q aarier, Master Gener-
al, with the rank Of Major. al
Sd. John C, Russell of Madison, Az.
istant Quarter Master General, with
the rank of Major.
4th. Samuel II. Terrai, Of Jasper,
Assistant Qura'er. Master Gencl al
with the rank of Major. r. .' ..
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Our Delegation.

The Mississippi delegation in Con
grcss, is composed of men whose in
tegrity of purpose, lol,iness of talents
and purity of patriotism, would have
done honor to the Roman Senate III
its paImiest days. They are all worth
y of every encomium that may be
passed upon them by their admirins
friends. We are proud to claim them
as our Representatives at the Capi-
tol of the Republic, There is Jeff
Davis, the hero of Buena Vista, the
man of clear head and honest heart
whose skill in the field is only equal
ed BY his ability in the cabinet and
his eloquence in the Senate.
There is Brown, the man Of honest
impulses and vigorous intellect-who
never deserted "A friend or turned his
back upon foe. In him the South
has an ardent defender and safe ad
wiser. r.... r..,
Coming to the Lower House, we
behold with pride and pleasure the
manly form and honest face ofSingle.
ton, whose heart beats in unison with
everything that looks TO the prosperi-
ty and honor Of the State ofhs adop-
ton the stalwart frame of Barksdale,
than whom the South has no better
friend or truer detender--the diminu-
tive, though large hearted, clear-mind-
ed, Mcllae, whose talents are known
only to be appreciated, and whose
devotion to the South is mentioned
only to be acknowledged and com
mended-Lamar, the most gifted OF
his gifted name, who wields with
equal facility the keen blade of a Sal
adm and the huge battle-aA of Rich
ard, the lionhearted-and last,
though not least, Col. Reuben Davis,
in whom we recognize a spirit as
chivalrous as ever drew blade and
performed deeds of valor in defence
Of his country's flag. Eloquent in de-
bate, strong in intellect, and daring
in action, he is a man that needs must
command the admiration of his CO.
temporaries, and extort the homage
even of his enemies
Such is our delegation at Washing
ton, and as such, Mississippi is proud
to claim them as her sons When
asked for her jewels, she can, with
exultant pride, point to them and say:
there they stand-behold their excel
lence, and initiate their virtues.
[Southern Sun.
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Merchants State Convention.

We would suggest to the merchants o
Mississippi that they bold a meeting in III
city OF NIcksburg at an early day, an,
adopt measures to open direct trade witt
Europe, and form resolution To patroniz,
the Abolition cities Of the North no more
Of all the ways which the wit of the
Soutl could invent To huInllate the Blaca
Republicans, it would be to withdraw hel
merca nillr custom Let US open direc,
trada with Liverpool Leeds, Sheffield
.,aI0u IuI Paris. and let the Yankees
keep their notions in the factories where
thry are made
/ The merchants of Mississippi would be
appauded 10 the skies by every citizen of
the South if they would inaugurate this
movement They can do SO if they will
meet m convention, as suggested, AMI in
vIte the erection of importing houses at
Mississippi Cny, New Orleans or Charles
ton.
There are nny number of men in the
State, ant even in this town, who would
willingly pay one-'hird more for imported
goods than those bought OF men who are
lryng 10 inclte our slaves to inSurrectlOn
We are spending onr money, Through our
merchants, to the support of these people.
They have become rlch and insolen,, and
We tor onp would totally withdraw every
io;a of trade from the North.
We will soon have the Mississippi Cen
tral, and other roads ramifying all over
the State, completed let our merchants
then say to those Of New OielnS, ." Il You
will impor; cotton goods from England and
silks from China, We will buy them from
YOU
But, above all, let our merchants en-
courage the erection of all sorts Of manu-
facturics in the South 10y pa,ronizing them
to the last dollar.
The above is from the Oxford Mercury.
An exchange says, the Mercury is one Of
the nblest edited and mos, influential papers
published in Mississippi. We have no OBJ
jectons to the proposition; hut we opine
lha, nothing of mighty Importance will be
done until the State Legislatures of the
South Discriminatory, by local tax to the
line Of prohibition, against all goods i'm
ported n,o or manufactured in the North,
which may be brought mere and exposed
for sale. This would compel direct trade,
and in less than SIX months the Southern
States would be reapng the munifceni
benefits thereof, while the North would be
correspondingly depressed.-.Natchss Free
Tradcr.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
d" Kissed a Little Negro Child"

Wendell Phillips, who seems to ne the
drama.ist of the abolition intidels, weaves
into his speech of Browns execution the
story that on his way to the gallows ne
stopped and kissed little negro child
This is sheer fiction. of course. wendell
does not care for that. He deals IN un.
truths. But he has selected an attitude
for his hero, which wonderfully pleased
the fancy of those who dance when he
pipes. a, !,
The story is being retailcd at the Aboll-
sion gatherings. In Philadelphia, at a
recent Abolition meeting, one DuSdale
blessed God tina, John Brown had the
opportunity to kiss ,ha. little negro child
ius, when he did - and another. who an
swered to the name Of Marius Robinson
said. the kiss of the negro child was the
most sacred sacrament ever performed. -
". o. Crescent.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Important Decision Registered
Letters.

To those who send money by the
mails, tue following judicial decision
may bc'in,cres'ing;
A suit involving the question
whether money sent in a registered
letter is a remittance. was decided Ia
New York few days since. Ed
ward Morrison sued the Farmers
Bank in North Carolina for $3.50, the
produc, of drafts collected, and which
was sent to him in "A registered letter
hu, not received. The court held
? that ~ ihcdcfrndant WAS not anlhor-
| lied 'o remit money instead OF drafts,
as l. the usual custom. the money
mailed tn the address Of the plantitt
could not be considered payment,
and the defendant was therefore liable
in the action. The Jury found for the
plaintiff accordingly"
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Hon. B. B. Webb.

We regret to state that this excel.
lent gentleman, the recently elected
Secretary of State has reached Jack
son in a state Of health so poor as to
forbid the indulgence ofa hope that
h, will 20 N be enabled to enter upon
the discharge of the duties Of his OF.
flee. They will however, be well ana
faithfully performed by Mr. John n
Echols, who has been connected with
the Office for the last six years.
The predecessor of Mr.. Webb Col
Dilworth, has left for his home in
'rishomingo county, carrying win
him the warmest esteem and abiding
confidence of all whose acquaintance
he has formed since he came to reside
at the Capitol. The State can never
call to her service a worthler man
than A. B. Dilworth.--M -MssissiPpiaa
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18

There are hut three rounds in the
ladder OF a negro's ambition--a ban
,jo, barber and a white wife.-N
y. ErcAing Post, (Bro~n Republican.
There is the picture of Northern
negro drawn by the hand ofa Brown
Republican. 1t is to further these
ends, we presume-to supply every
negro with a banjo. barber. shop and
a white wife, that the bryants, and
Beechers. and Cheevers, and Parkers,
and Hales, and Wades, labor so AS
siduously, and at such good wages.
Worthy laborers, at appropriate toll
Doubtless we have solved the prob
lem that puzzled John Bull so much
in the Crimea, and have got "the right
men in the right places, ,"-Pctersburg
VA Press.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Correction.

We warned our readers las, weel,
not to be deceived in supposing that
all who signed the call for the late
Union Meeting in this city were
friends of the constitutional rights oI
the South. At the same time w.
stated that we believed ali the nlIi ,er,
were sound, bat Ne have ~incr lra"n
ed that even same nj 'he'n are -ha
XIV" having heretofore been support
er. er the Black Republicans. We
mention ihl- matter "a We desire tt
endorse M man ar set of men who are
not all right
LNew York Day BIuk.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
How to Pronounce Cough

The ending syllable "ongh, which +
terror to foreigners, is shown up IN It's
several pronuncations in the following
lines:
Wife. make me some dumPings of dough-,
They're better than meat for my cough,
Pray lie, them be boiled till no, through.
But not till they're heavy or tough.
Now. | mus, be of to my plough,
And the boys, (when they've had encusd
Mus, keep the flies oil with bcugi
While The old mar drinks in ii iro"gb
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Direct Trade with France.

The Norfolk Herald announces
that the movement made by the Mer-
chants aud Mechanics Exchange OF
that city some eighteen months ago
70 second the good offices rendered
bv Mr.. Edward Leconiure to open a
direct trade b-twern ST. Nazaire and
Norfolk has, through the intelligence
perseverance, and inilunce of that
gentleman, been brought to practi.
cal demonstration. A pioneer ve.-
is now on if- way with a cargo, and
is expected to arrive about the 2a.l
of th. man,h Mite Mercury.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
Cuba.

1t is certainly reported at Washing
ton, says contemporary, that the
Spanish government i prepared TO
enter into negotiations with ours for
the sale of Cuba; and the notice given
in the Senate by Mr. SlidelI, of a bill
to facilitate the acquisition of the IA
land, looks a. though the chances OF
getting i, were improving. Spain is
at war with Morocco. and may, possit
bly,, be in need of money to carry on
it, operations in that quarter.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18

HWe find the following among
the local items in the Prairie News,
and publish it for the be neiit o. our
young male friends who go "sparkin'
among the gals. Let them take
warning. The News, in speaking of
Il young gent in that fast town, pro-
ceeds thus:
But after eating his oysters he feels
As blue as
The Revengeful Lover who came
to town a day or 50 since, and wan
ted to institute suit tor damages
against one OF Ewes fair daughters
1t seems he had sued for her hand and
heart at Cupid's alar-indecd, actu-
ally had an attachment for her per
son, but she non-suited, and threw
his case out of court, and sIuashed
bis attachment with "A writ of erire,
in other words with an order to move
his carcass from her mothers house.
Not obeying quickly, his movements
were accelerated by sundry applica-
tons of her slipper--wilh her foot in
it-thus kicking him In the full sense
of the word. He said he had great
notion to kill her and then commit
suicide, bu, disliked TO harm hcr--she
was so sweet. The lawyer to whom
he applied for counsel advised him to
drop the case as it is a woman's priv
iIege to put her foot just where she
pIcases. The poor fellow, somewhat
comrorted, went off, muttering. "Wel!
she's right pretty, but he amt go, but
six niggers, no how!'
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18

will be Immediately secured The
material advantages of the Union
will weigh with the North far more
than metropolitan. The Legislature
OF Virginia must decide for a conven-
ton of either of the South or of the
whole .Union-the first will inevifa
bly, dissolve the Union; the latter may
perpetuate it and render it safe and
secure to the South -Richmoad En-
quiIcr.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
New York Tribune.

This paper, whose editor endorses
Judge Bates, has been sent in large
numbers to this town. We are glad
to know that it met with hut poor
reception. Should any more arrive,
our worthy postmaster should be- in
to return them with the as
surance that no such papers can be
tolerated here. nne 'aH-.... ..t
TWsrrenshurg Missou,ian
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18

The Politician.
NY RoBERr JossELyS.

Observe the smiling face he wears,
How pleasantly he talks:
Of foreign and Of home affairs,
His glib tongue never balks!
The vii and wisdom Of the Greeks,
The majesty Of Rome,
Seem blended in him, as he speaks
OF Europe and Of Home!
Howmuch he loves the Commonwealth!
How ardently 1cslres
Her fame, prosperity ana heai'h
The patriotic fires
Are ever ready from his mouth
To burs, in dazzling blaze
Nor East, nor West, nor North, nor South
His honest purpose swayS'
, great man, donbtless-one whose worth
Pre-eminently stands,
"A noble pyramid on earth
she praise of distant lands.
O. stupid dupe to outward show
No patriot he, nor sage,
But politician, base and low,
W no SIRIUS ul'oii t'' ''"o''
His heart is rotten TO the core;
His tongue, living lie;
His PATRIOTISM Self-no more
A thing 10 sell and buy;
His brain, a shallow, muddy pool
A breeding pestilence;
His hand, the ready, plant tool,
Its poison to dispense
God help the Union Can such stuff
Secure the common veal
With just ability enough
To hatter, lie, and steal;
Rouse, freemen! through the ballot-tox,
Sweep off the fou. disgrace
Till statesmen pure and orthodox,
Their memory eface.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18
The Sugar Crop.
The Yves, Bi,on Rouge Sugar Planter

The West Btton Rouge Sugar PIahIer'
of the l7,h, has the following:
Our sugar planters have nearly all I'm
ished grinding, with the results we an'lc'-
pated some time since. Not half crop
will be made-at least not one-half OF
wha, was made las, year. We are now
making up parish repor, as fast as It can
he done bu, if W, can be permitted To
estimate ihep,rish crop by the returns now
nn hand, we shall scarcely reach onc.third
" lat year crop.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1860-01-18

lIope--a sen,imen, exhihi,ed in 'hr waS
of dogs tail. when he i waiting FOR
hcnc.