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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
The Name.

We observe this in the last Canton Com
monwealth
The seeding States--Texas, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, Florida, S.
Carolina and Delaware-met in Convention at
Armery Hail, on the first Of May. Then took
the maine Of tie 6oatheYH Constitutional Con-
ueatioa, and appotnted committee on organi-
ration.
Our respected friend of the Commonwealth
is not singular in this statement. Many of
our exchanges have made it. But it is all
wrong The delegations that withdrew at
Charleston did not entertain the remotest
idea Of changing their party name. A single
delegate from Ala, unsustained by his COL
leagues, proposed that hencesorward those
who stood upon the majority Platform should
call themselves the Constitutional Democra-
tic party" but the proposition receiving no
favor whatever, on the contrary, decided eyi-
dences Of disapprobation. was withdrawn by
the mover. It was held that the prefix
Constitutional in view of the conflicting in
terpretations placed upon the instrument from
which the name was proposed to be taken,
would be vague and indefinite explanation
of the objects of the organization which bore
It. And it was wisely argued that the honor
ed appellation of Democrat more than any
other implied the true mission and real OBJ
jects of that organization. In the section
where it would most flourish, Democracy is
the synonom ofthe Equality ofthe States, and
. strict maintenance and enforcement of all the
provisions which give value to the compact
that holds them togetheF. 1t means . strict
construction Of the Constitution, and the
protection of constitutional rights.
To abandon this cherished symbol ofpatriot-
ism this glorious sign by which the friends
of the Constitution have 50 often been led to
battle and to victory-to the heretics and trai-
tors who follow the lead of Douglas. would be
like surrendering the Cross 10 the keeping of
the Infdel. Weean never entertain the idea
Of abandoning the ancient name, any more than
Of permitting the anatical and unprincipled
hordessof sntissizycry- ag;taters to- drive -us
from the cherished principles of which it has
always been the representative in the States
that adhered to what is known as the Major
ity Platform, in the Charleston Convention
They constitute the bulwark of Democratic
strength IN the Union, and they will
cling to their flag with its cherished inscrip-
tons, no matter where others may be cast
BY the wild winds on the changeful pillows of
human opinion. We are known as Democrats
and it shall be written upon our regimental
standards As "WsteriooD was inscribed upon
the colors Of the gallant infantry who won
the day for Wellington when the fortunes of
Napoleon were sealed.
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Bogus.

Precisely as we believed. ahaxe receix-
ed despatch from Columbus stating that the
anonymous handbill noticed in another COL
umn, calling meeting of the old line Demo-
Gratis of Lowndes for purposes therein ex-
pressed, is bogus. 1t did not emanate from
any one who has ever acted with the Demo-
cratic party, and if it was not intended as a
"joke" (Which we have characterized it, it
was something worse; it was a fraud.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

A DEMoN-LdKE Acr.-0n Friday or Sat
urday night last, the grave Of Silas Towers, at
Burketsyille, was opened and both arms taken
nom his body and carried away. The grave
was left open, and In that condition it was dis
covered on Sabbath. 1t is supposed that 1t
was the act ofrunaway negroes, who have a su-
perstious notion that dogs will not trail them if
they have white mans hand with them.
The body had Lain in the grave since the 21st
Of March ast.--hosciasko Democrat.
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GREEN TEA AND BLkcKs-We find the fol
lowing paragraph Il, our exchanges

lowing paragraph in our exchanges
Sir. John Bowring, at . recent lecture in
Glasgow, touched upon the tea trade, and the
withdrawal Of the monopoly 1.-THE trade being
much more than tripied- the quality, instead
of being deteriorated, being much better than
it was, and the price, instead Of being higher.
being very much lower. If they were to give
q Chinaman geen tea, be would consider him
self insulted. Green tea It was painted
with Prussian blue, China ink and gypsum.--
OF tea, be found that forty-seyen millions Of
pounds went to great Britain, Of which thirty
seven millions were black tea, and ten millions
green, 20 that the sensible people were in the
ratio Of four to one.
Every person of high nervous oreaniza-
ton who is in the habit Of observing .closely
the effect upon his system Of the varied solids
and fluids which he takes into it, must per.
ceive the marked difsrenosof the effects IN IN
him Of bIaek tea and green. and consequently
win have no difficulty incrsditing she state.
msns Of Sir John Bowring in the shove para.
graph. 8 A
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

Pursuant to the call of the Democratic Cen
tral Committee, the Democracy of Kinds are
requested to assemble at Raymond on Mon
day the-l8th inst, to appoint delegates to'the
Democratic State Convention which will meet
at Jackson on the 5oth- A general attendance
desired. +. MILLER, Chm.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

Hon. JOIN J. McRAE.-This gentleman
spent yesterday in our city, on his return to
his public duties at Washington, and was
warmly greeted by his many friendss. He is
in excellent health and spirits, and speaks en-
couragingly of the condition of Southern SEN
timent where he has travelled.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
Will the South go fer Douglasa

We repeat the question,-wll the Democ-
racy Of the South, in any event. 60 for the
nomination of Stephen A. Douglas for the
Presidency; or consent to his nomination or
to the nomination of any whom he may at
tempt to impose upon the Democracy Of the
Union, as a candidate for the Presidency
1t is important for the Democracy of the
South to weigh this matter fully. We per-
ceive from the tone of some of our Southern
Democratic exchanges, that there is an appEe-
hension that the politicians and office-seekers
Of the Democratic party Of the South, are in
clined TO conciliate and accept Douglas as a
candidate for the Presidency Himself, or some
man whom he may indicate.
After what has been said and done by the
politicians and presses of the South, with re-
gard to Douglas and his policy, to accept him
now, would be the very acme Of insanity and
Madness They have denounced him and his
doctrines as more dangerous to the interests OF.
the South than even Seward and his doctrines;
and truly, too, forthe principles Of Squatter
Sovereignty, carved out in practical action,
would be more fatal TO the cause of the South
than the opeIly avowed doctrine Of Congress
senal interyeption preached by Seward. To
back down, now, on the part of the South, is
to surrender their cause forever, and to break
down every barrier against the food tide of
abolitionism from the North.-N H. Demo
cratic Standard.
"Will the South go for Douglass This
question, and the reasons why it ought to be
answered in the negative, were contain
ed in staunch and reliable Northern Demo
cratic journal on the eve of the assembling of
the Charleston Convention. We venture to
say that the question has been satisfactorily
solved by that body. True to their principles
the Southern Democracy, with the exception
Of few recreants who here and there had
managed to worm themselves into their dele
cations, resisted with unbroken front and un-
yielding frmness the nomination of the man
who two years ago was in full alliance with
the Black Republican party, pledging them
his aid in the election of 1860 on condition of
their supporting him for the z. S. Senate
and is now the living embodiment of mon
strous heresy which all parties in the South
have ever contended to be "worse than the
Wilmot Proviso,' because it provides means
for the exclusion of the South from the ter-.
ritories no less effective, but less offensive,
than the Wilmot scheme itself. The firm
stand taken by the true Democracy at Charles
ton is but the foreshadowing of their future
course. 1t was resisted at Charleston and it
will be resisted at Baltimore to "the bitter
end" His partizans have declared their pur-
pose not to yield an inch, and the true De-
will never surrender to their de-
mands, nor yield to them the control of the
Democratic organization. They will fight the
Presidential battle upon the principles of the
constitution as endorsed at Charleston by all
the reliable Democratic States, and under the
lead of candidate whose antecedents and
qualifications make him fit representative of
such creed.
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DIED..

On Monday, the 9th Of April, at his resi-
dence, on Silver Greek, Yazoo county, Miss,
Thomas L. SINGLETON, in the thirty-sixth
year OF his age.
The deceased was man of marked charac-
ter fIis temperament was warm, generous
and impulsive; be had strong will and in-
domitab.e energy. l. .,...f-
A few years since, he purchased some Wild
lands and pitched his tent in the Yazoo Val
lev, and by patient toll and industry, the forest
was converted intoa smiling farm, and tho
Wilderness made TO blossom as rose. He
was on the high road to wealth and fortune,
robust and vigorous, with every prospect of
long life before him, and suddenly disease
came, and his manly form was stricken down.
In early life, and in the midst Of his useful
ness, be has been cut down, leaving behind an
atiectonate wife and one child to mourn their
loss. May He who tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb, heal the bruised hearts.--CoE-
m0RWealt8 .f.r
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STATE OF OFMIsSISsIPPI,l In Chancery Court
SUsFLoEER CoUNTY. j June tsrm, A. d. 1850


\
Unknown heirs Of James A. Everstt,t
u o the defendant in above stated cause, and all
other persons claiming or having an. interest
either legal equitable in the lands hereinafter
described At the time the were sold or forfei
ted for taxes, and all such other persons as may be
interested therein
Whereas, section eleven, township eighteen,
range two, west, situated in said County, was on
April 7th 1851 forfeited to said State for the taxes
due thereon, and purchased from said State, by N.
b. Whitehead, on the 10th day Of August, 1883,
and said Whitehead having filed his Bill in said
Court, claiming said land under said forfeiture
and purchases and praying for confirmation of
said claim; now therefore, you hereby notified
to be, snd appear at the court and term rs sfare-
said, and show Cause, if any there be against said
tax title, and why claimants title should not be
confirmed, and do, and suffer such other things as
the court may decree in the premises.
D w. HESLIP, Clerk.
Nav '6A-v4W
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

PHILADELPHA MUNICIPAL ELEcrIoN.--At
the election for Mayor in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday last, the Hon. Alexander Henry,
the present incumbent and candidate Of the
aPeople'g' or Black Republican party, was
elected by large majority over Hon. John
Robbins, the Democratic nominee.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

MURDERERs ABRoAD.-The Pensacola OBJ
server learns that six negroes, convicted Of the
crime Of murder, made their escape from the
Madison (Fla) Jail on the night of the 11th
ult. 1t is supposed that the delivery was ef.
fected by outsid aid and that they have been
run beyond the limits Of Florida, into Texas
or elsewhere. The negroes were to have been
executed on the 4th inst. ~
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Military Convention.

1t will be borne in mind that Gov. Pettus
has appointed Tuesday, the Goth day of May
for the convention Of the Volunteer Military
Board established by the military laws Of the
last Legislature, and composed of the captains
Of the volunteer companies Of the State
The objects of this military convention are
to enact rules and regulations relative to the
government, discipline and general military
advancement of the volunteer companies, !"
and also to elect Major General and two
Brigadier Generals for the volunteers Of the
State.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

CHANGE OF TIME.-By reference to our
advertising columns it will be seen that the
time for the arrival and departure of the trains
on the New Orleans and Jackson road has
been materially changed.
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Orr THAMES are due to Mr. Carlisle, VI the News De.
pot for New Orleans papers in advance o the mail.
STATE CONVENTION

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by
the Democratic Convention Of December 18th
1859, hereby give notice that Democratic
State Convention will be held in jackson
On Wednesday the 30th of May,
and request that the Democracy Of the sever
al counties will proceed at once to hold primary
meetings with view to the appointment of
delegates thereto.
JOSEPH NJ. JAYNE,
Chm Executive Committee
GF Democratic papers will please copy.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

ARTISAN WELL.-The boring Of the we'll
at the Penitentiary is now progressing COM
mendably. The shaft has penetrated to the
depth of 45e feet.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16
STATE OF MISsIssIPPTl In chaneery Court,
william s. Heard,
srn.s.-a p.-..,(

John A., and James 4 .Portsr,l
FUyO the defendant In above stated cause, and all
other persons claiming o. having an interest,
either legal or sq1itabls In he lands hsrsinafter
de.erfbed ct the time the same we're sold or forfe-
ted for taxss and al such other perssns - may be
interested therein
Whereas, the undivided half interest Of section
-seenrtoRnship ssFsntssn, range three, west, sit-
natsd IN said s6nnty, Eas % April Ind, Isf9, sold
= aid State, for tie tzxss due thsreon, and was
purchsssd from said Ststs Of nissi.sippi, on the
f0th day Of August 1e53, snd said Heard, having
fsd bis bin Il said Court claiming said land NM
eonhrmation o. aid eisin; nov, therefore you are
hereby notified 70 BE- end appear It the Court and
tern = Aforesaid, and sheg cause u any thsrs be
ersinst aid fax tile. and Why ciaimant's titls
ekonld NOT bs connrnsd, and do, and suffer such
ofhsr thnrs q he Court may decree Ii the prem
isss .. w. HESLIP, Cszk.
J.M.Dysr. d. 8. Allsu, Attorney Cor oonpisaf
Nag ,5e-Etu.
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0T We are under many obligations to our
friend Mr.. Mallon, the clever and popular
conductor on the Southern Road, for repeated
courtesies.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

HORRIBLE MURDER-THE MURDERER Cox
vrcTEB AED ExEeUrEp.-19e Marllsyiiiiiss
(Avoyelles parish) Central Organ of the 28th
ult,, contains the particulars of the murder OF
planter of that parish, and the subsequent
conviction and execution of four slaves who
committed the crime. The account says:
Considerable excitement has prevailed in
our parish, during the past few days, in con-
sequence Of the sudden and mysterious disap-
pearance Of Christopher Edelen, whose planta-
ton is on Bayou de Lao some twelve miles
distant from MarksvilTe.. He was last seen
by one of his acquaintances, On Sunday morn
ing, 18th Instant on horseback, en- route for
home Tie negroes at his residence stated
that his horse had returned home about twelve
o'clock NJ, of that day, alone, with the saddle
on without the bride. Search was made on
the strength Of this information by his friends,
who examined the routes in every direction,
but not the slightest information could be
gained Of the deceased Strict search was
continued up to Monday night last. when one
of the negroes made confession of the fact of
his being one Of the four servants of Mr.. Edelen
who had murdered their master. They COW
cred the body with boards in the stable,
where it remained until night After dark
three. boys, together with another named
Batise, took the body to the Bayou, about one
hundred yards distant, and towed it, fastened
by rope in the skiff, to the mouth of the
Bayou where it empties into Lake Pearl, and
there sunk it. . E
: After hearing the full confession of those
concerned in the murder, the Jury found the
three boys and woman guilty, and they were
executed in the presence of a large crowd at
four o'clock the same. day OF the trial.
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~ ". bAhttpNS,
j, I. RUc&s, Committee.
M. MCAFEE.

tE- 0n'account Of the insecurity Of life in
New York correspondent of the Commercial
Advertiser suggests that all citizens should have
their clothes marked with their names and
residences, that they may be identified if muir
dered. In view, however, of the fact that
they strip bodies there Of their clothing and
pitch them into the river with their neeks
tied to barrels of pitch as Siukers the Louis
vile journal thinks it advisable to have the
name tattooed on the breasts or some place
that can't easily be torn Off Asto marking
the place of residence, that would be impossi-
BILE, for New Workers all move every May-aay
so that full grown man or woman would look
like printed directory.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

or A steam engine. weighing only three
quarters ofan ounce is beingexhihted in York
shire, in full motion. 1t is intended for the
great exhibition, and has been made by an in
genious workman in SaddIeworth.
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or One hundred guns were fred at Sasan-
ah Georgia, in approval of the course of the
Southern delegates who withdrew from the
Charleston Convention.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

UNTlMEIY DEATH--We learn from some
friends Of the deceased in our city, that Benia-
min B. Boykin, Esq, of Macon, Miss, died at
Charleston. Mr. Boykin was practicing at
torney-at law, at Macon, young man of lib
eral education and fair promise. He was
son OF the late DIR. Benjamin Boykin, of Sum-
ter county, Ala. He had gone TO Charleston.
not as delegate, but as a mere-lOoker on.
DR. I. R. BURT.-We are glad to learn
that this gentleman has not lost the military
spirit instilled into him in his youth, in the
"ud Palmetto State" We learn from the
jackson papers that he has been elected Cap
tain Of the Capitol Guards'' DIR. Burt re-
SIDED for lOrg time in Macon, and left at the
cau Of the people Of Mississippi to take charge
of the Office Of Public Accounts No drawer.
truer or higher toned man ever held office in the
State. Noxubee will always cherish him as
one Of her most gifted sons.-haooa Star.
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US. sIzER. Agent, Jackson, Miss.

From he Aiaeicaa Baptist, n. T..Ang 2 1859.
A Miniature wooden pagoda which we
brought from Burmah having been broken
while on shiphoard, we were very anxious to
have it repaired, and tried several sorts Of
glue, but without success, till our attention
was called to SpaldinSS Prepared Glue, sold
at so Plattsstreet This we found to answer
the purpose. The pagodA Rppears now 10 be
strongly cemented, and can b seen BY calling
At the Office Of the American Baptist
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DIR. M,LANE,s LIVER PILLS

wv ANtsNs 4AurbiSN pNltl, 100.
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edge that they are the best medicine for Sick
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confident, that if those who are troubled with
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fair trial, they viii not hesitate to acknowledge
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worthless DR., MLane's genuint Vermifnge,
also his celebrated Liver Pills, can now be
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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

TELEaRAPH.-The citizens of Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, are moving for a branch Of tele-
graph to Little Rock. The business men of
Brownsville and Madison are considering the
matter Of telegraph office at the locations.
The St Louis Telegraph line is completed to
Springfield, and poles are being planted to
Fayetteville, Van Buren, and Fort Smith.
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STATE OF MISSISsIPPIl In Chancery Court
SuNFLoWER CeusrY. june Term, A. d. 1860.
Mary u. Whitshead, and Nathan B. Whitehead
Afford G. Downs.

Afford y. D0une.
HN0 the defendant in above stated cause, aud
II all other persons claiming or having an in
tsrest either lsgsl or equitsble in the lands here
matter described At the time the same sold or
forfeited for taxes, and all such other persons
may be interested therein;
Where's, the Southwest quarter. and West-half
of North vest quarter of section thirty-two town
ship seventeen, range two, west, situated in said
county, was on April 7th, 1857, forfeited to said
State, for the taxes due thereon, and purchased
from sthe State of Mississippi; by sai6 Mary NJ,
on the I0sh day Of August 1858, and said Mary NJ,
having fled her bill in nid Court, claiming said
land under said forfeiture and purchase, and pray
ing for confirmation Of ssid claim now, theref re,
You are hereby notified to be, and appear at the
Court aud term as aforesaid, and show cause, if
any there be against said tax tite and why claim
ants title shoald not be confirmed and do, and suffer
such other things ~ the Court may decree in the
premises. ID. W. HESLIP, Clerk.
JIM. Dyer, B. 8. Allen, Atty's for Complainant.
May '6e-W4W.
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GEN. LANES ADVICE ToTHE OREGoS DEL
EGATIoN.-Immediately after the disruption Of
the Democratic Convention. Gen. Lone tele-
graphed the Oregon delegation as follows;
HoS. LANSING SToUT.-Your dispatch re-
ceived. Stand by the equality Of States, and
stand by those States that stand by the Con-
stitutional rights Of all. By all means 80 out
with thein-go out and stand by them.
JOE LANE.
The advice would have been taken if Ore
gon had not been rendered secure in her pos
ition by the decision of the Chair, that it would
require two-thirds of the whole Electoral Col
lege- notwithstanding the withdrawal Of nine
States-to make the nomination.
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MINISTER DTMITRY.-The mission of Mr.
Dimitry to Central America, it now appears,
was only special in connection with the Nj
caraguan treaty, and he viii soon return to
resume his position as translator IN, the State
Department. 's
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-16

QUERY.-Have you seen that sick "OHERo-
KrE INprAN' in another column.
Jan2 90 dAs-wiy