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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-02-28
..mu,urinAL SOCIETY

The proceeding u the meeting OF
The society held on Wclnc. iry l'.t.
were handed in yesterday evening.
too late for Publication
They will appear ~ our next issue.
There will be a meeting Of tle soc'e'
Il on the second Monday 10
March next, and o. there viii then
be a great deal Of important ba..o''.
to transact, We hope the meeting 0lI
Be largely attended.
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GENFRAL III ,uQr NrtES.
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JACK ou. t.b. 18Th, l,fl
Is consequence Of tie numerous
iuauirirs made ~ th. Office, IL rrla-
ton To- arms, | will state for the 10.
formation Of those concerned, that
there are eight thousand muskcts On
haui, and that the military board
have ordered that no arms are to he
issued to any company, DESTROYS Of
rnli,tipe IN tie Army Of Missis-
SNIP. mujcr an "Otdinauc" 90 rcsn'
.atc the Military system OF BE State
Of Mississippi. until sail company
have rendered their services 90 III,
Governor. aud been mustered fcsu.
larly ia the army.
Companies organizing o. "llom'
Guards or in accordance With 81
ac, ITO regulate the Militia anl Vol
uu,ccr sysicm approved February
1860. will not be- turn. With arm.
or auy description, unit, the Arm.
II " is.ippi have been provide.
with arms, etc.
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Mn. EpitoR Examining an old
worn manuscript copy Of the Book
Of flasher" ! discovered the incloscd
Chapter, which bears SO directly upon
the causes Of our political troubles.
that | am induced To send it to yot
for publication, It it should prov,
worthy. ;. j.
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R,yaOiisburJ, Traukiia Co, Ohis.l
January ., is5l
ttESEf e. S~FAfpiSe,
No. ~ cedar st.. Y. \.
Ds,s Sra Enclosed End iven,y.fvstsel
cents. for whith sstd boz VI ''tsphslls
Pills. Send ~ address of lssv. "n.V'
Filler. Revrcldshurg. Franklin 70. emo.
rtur pifis ,sOrs Ike o chdrH'-ssTs
Hsdda,hs distost ~iastdaisr.
Truly !eur., .,,.
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GuuAn.. unto me lho pfofo'i
I+eetI HftfiHat o }ulf .up.rn.nfll
capacity luI r0mprahaaIo che DE-
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mrly consume the um toto 81 m'
mundane a,.ioncc yl' my bofri.
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of fabrication NJ roncilonn'I'n 81 Iu.
ulr.rrn' Affection
No. tair etl, With r .mpla
hut positive and emphatic conf sion,
/ think / wIl misc nn mprc. lon 90
'ly 'iuticrancltinp heart. BIZ.
houll f.I sid tll rIngt u that
which aas i.n 10 "pulums Eos
anl when Jlnt Is blasted vii .uk
FOO r. pair, AMI assume the tile o.
"N.uthrom
Sow l'aic HWi,.
D yours.
Jimmie George Jaek rt,huclle.
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Esy'A Dispatch has been received
stating bal the steamer "Jod on
left New Orleans on the 18th inst.
for Pamela, and She will certainly be
her. in a day or two.
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A. eer,sin r~nrrireipled persons ~
tsrrsirr IN palm IT on the unsssI
public. tmi,ssions 81 nv Prepared w.
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ECONOMY, DIsPai.n'
srrrru " TIVE ssvssNI>r'@
A. accidents viii happen. even IN v
rsrulstsi families. II V vert des'rs'l
have soune cheer ard ccnvsnien, v'!
rsr.irius Furniture. Toys: CrOeksfy.sS'
spaLpIHe's PREPARED GLUE
meet. al such ~cm.rfsaeiss. AMI no soa.s
can aFsrd : be Without Il. nisaN!
ready snd IN to the sticking pcin'.
.usrruL III EVERY HOUSE,
N.B-AB-ush accompanies esta 0'"'''
Price IS cents. Address.
HENRY c. SPAtpIS',
No. 4s Cedar street. Nev 1efs'
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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1861-02-28

B,rsrly, Mass, Dee. II, 1850.
II. G. SF.tptNG. tsa.
wish gur some citeulars or large slow
bills. to bring your Cerhalic Fills mote
particularly before ", customers. VI you
have an, thing # the Kind please send to me.
tine u nv customers, who Is subject 10
severe sick Headache. usually lasting Two
lavs,1 tras cured Of aa attack IN OHs hohr
b. your Pills. which ! sent her.
Respectfully yours,
W.B. WILKES.
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1nE STATE ~ MISSISSIPPI.
TIE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
PANuLs County,. !
To William N. pu.isr.

~ ANtAAHi y buAtENs
Nuu are hereby cited 10 appear before
the Probate Court uf the COUNTY and
state aforesaid. on the c1ta dsv Of Mae b.
lsfl. to show cause, IL ans, WIS the final
ne segut Of John u Rutlsr. administrator
VI he ssiats II Nfry \. butler. deceased.
OF bis ADMINISTRATION u said estate should
rot BE- allowed AMI approved. By order Of
Court. in Mcleod. Clrrk.
lssusd sssh Feb. ls6i. 6-lw
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Bile rsrnon, ohio, Jon. Is, ls6l.
iiNNEY &. SrAtbfNg, hsQ.
Please End .nclu.cd twenty-five cents, fcr
which .eui me another hos ~ your Cerhs.
lie Pills. They ere are truly the best Pt'
fhars srsr tried.
Dir,c, A. SLOWER, 7. VI.
Belle vernon, Wyandot, Co., U.
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-A single tc,,leof sr.tpise'. rslf,rse
sfrr will SAFE ten times it cos, aunnali!'
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Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
PHOTOGRAPHIC CARD.

TAKE pleasure in announcing te nv os1 izs.ez and
Icustomefs that after absence % two yessr
have again returned 10 the practice Of the
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART in all its branches, having pur-
chased the interest of my brother the old establish
ed Gallery in Union street, snd having spent four
months IN New York the past Summer 10 obtain fully
renovated and enlarged the suite of Rooms throughout
That my facilities are now better to produce first
class work than most Galleries boast or and con-
duce to the comfort OF patrons. trust not My
TO sustain the proud position the Gallery has hereto
fore sustained, but 10 elevate still higher stand
ard. have also engaged the services of Mr.. COOK /,
one OF the best Photographers in the world who took
the Pictures which obtained the first premium at the
Worlds Fair in London in 1881, and am determined
not only to make this the leading Gallery in the State
but my work shall not be surpassed North South,
and now introduce 10 the public the following new
styles:
Imperial Photograph, India Ink,
Vigenette, plain or coiored,
Ivorytypes,
Pastel Portal Pictures, life size,
Photographs on Canvass, life size,
Visiting Cards full length plain,
Autograph Photographs, Is taken at one sitting.
Stereoscopes, on glass paper,
still continue 10 make the Melainotype and Am
brotype heretofore. The above styles are ali en-
tirey new in this city, except the Autograph Card,
when but one made at sitting Al who in want Of
anything in my line politely invited give my
call before visiting elsewhere, when will prove by
occular demonstration the above facts.
Respectfully, T. n. HUGHES.
oct20-0 b. G. D. u.AA.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29

Our Havana Plan Lotteries.
DRAW Four (4) TINES MONTH
And are the most liberal Of any Scheme ever offered.
For particulars, address,
W. c. DAWSON CO.. Managers,
oct 81. Macon, and Savannah, Ga.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29

AT BENTLEi'S, Fine Scotch
Caps.
At BENTLEY'S, Fine Silk Vel
Vet Caps
At BENTLEY's, Fine Dress
Cashmere Hats
At BENTLkY'o late style Silk
Hats.
AT BENTLEY'S, Fine Opera
Hats.
At BENTLEY'S, Boys Wool and
SOFT Hats.
At BENTLEY'S, Fine Fur
Gloves.
At BENTLEY'S, Corner Cedar
and Cherry street, City BAlk, Georgia and South
Carolina money taken at par for Goods. dec5-n
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
gotteries.

his Scheme, there 70 Numbers placed in
sel-from up to 75-and twelve of these
Numbers arc dawn from the Wheel. If person Sc
lects one Number out of the IS, and that Number is
among the Numbers drawn, he gets five times the
amount invested 1.-two selected numbers drawn,
he gets thirty for one; three selected Numbers
drawn, he gets two hundred for one If four Sc
lected Plumbers are drawn, he gets a Thousand for
one i've selected Numbers drawn, i've thousand
for one six selected Numbers drawn fifteen
thousand 70 one. REgEHBzzs II two, more, selected
Numbers are taken, zad all those Numbers selected
are not drawn among the Twelve IrzxE Numbers the
Ticket is Blank.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
n, NASHVILLE IsaGi i PLoW WORKS.

HAyING rebuilt our establishment, and furnished
III II throughout with the Latest and most approved
facilites for manufacturing PCws, ETC., We are nov
prepared to I'll orders for all implements IN our line
manufactured from the best qHaity OF material, AND
in the best style Of workmanship VITA our long ex
DOING the work, think we can guaranty better ar
tc, than can be obtained elsewhere adapted TO the
~snts Of Che Southern Planter and Farmer, and 81
les prices than similar quality Of work can be pur
chased In the North
orders from merchants hlied 1t liberal discount
from card prices Send your address, and eet our
circular fls-s @7.s shAkf hAAiLIoS-
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MACHINE SILK.
DR.. III. THoMPsoN,

NOs % - - ~sSsss5 ,glE1aly
wrHs On hand VACCINE NA1TxR, which hs has
Ill proved 70 BE- RQouino. Pessuns Wishing yaecinnr
sgn ON nnd hin q hi e(oesvesy sfeFnoon, estvean
q 81 fe,eleck @ble-0
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
VOL. XXI.
@ashrille 2attiut.
TERMS:

Tri-Eeekly, per annun, %
weekly per annun, SS
One Weekly for two years, or two Weeklies
for year, IN adTznce,----- . %
When the Daily, Tri-Weekly or Weekly Is 70 be DIS
continued (pad IN advance the time subscribed for,
the subscriber must order, otherwise II viii be eonti
ued, AZ our option, until paid for and stopped Ii
not paid paid the time Of dscontinu2nce
Optlon Ii the party Is goOe, ii will be sent
until paid
Renittances by mail, IN registered" letters, at our
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
A Th"usand Babies Wanted.

NHILDREN Of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, as we have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken frac-
ton of a second, clear weather. Mothers need not
have the trouble take them TO Gallery dozen
times and at last put up with a caricature, II they
will but go at once TO
feb1S-u HUGHES PREMIUM GALLERY.
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NJ E R R A NJ S
NORTH MARKET STRICT

THE undersigned begs leave 70 inform his friends and
the public that he has still on hand q number Of
handsome vehicles Of all kinds and splendid stud Of
buggy and saddle horses, for the Of fast young
gents On ooUkIiNG EXPEDITIONS, or for the accom-
Sweetheart. =
What man living, Of any sort Of progressive spirit,
would be content 70 snail II behind SLOW HORSE
obtained ~ IL
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29

TIE two BOARDING HousESm the Wharf oaunsd
by 4 for rent fbr The year 1s6lx Y - p11ssd
henrs the 12fh January, VIII s. rsnts6 a8 publ cut
az . shs highest biddsr. For tsrns, .. sepiy -
dso2o-u Wsl, coRaoD.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
Bakery and Confectionery for
- -. Sale.

THIS Establishment is located in the most pleasant
ness, but owing 70 the health Of rhs propresor it
win Be dispesed ost reasonable PRICE and terms 70
suit the purchaser. Dor particulars saqui,s q Mr.
Camp, st ths ofnss. sshl2-N
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Joyful News!
The Cry is "Stin They Come. .
WHAT

Why beautiful goods, that will cause great talk,
As old friend, NJ Powers, has just returned from
New York
And receiving at his Store, Southeast of the
Square,
rich Spring and Summer Stock, which he'll sell very
fair,
Embracing clothing and every article in the furnishing
line,
Which in beauty and durability are SO struly divine"
He has coats and pants Of almost every style and
shade.
Most fAshionaby cut, and very neatly pressed and
And for handsome vests-he'n sell you one in a
fash sl
For the very least possible share of your cash.
Nor forgetting old line Wings and Democrats,
For whom he keeps a varietr Of suitable hats,
The finest caps-al fancies sure TO please
Both cloth and silk, and new style Japanese;
Handsome shirts, and splendid crayats and collars
50 TO NJ Powers don't neglect TO bring your dollars
For with nyriads We would dispute,
VINO dare say his garments fail to suit;
Those most neat and fastidious in taste,
Who of in badly made clothes their money waste.
But strange 70 say. for the very smallest sum,
You feel inclined to expend at Powers Emporium,
He viii give you bargains very rcih rare,
That viii compel you for months 70 wonder and stare
He keeps clothing to suit the large and the SMALL
And 70 credit our word, just give him q call.
'sQuck sales and small prodts'' is his motto long
traced.
So to NJ Powers store for bargains make haste.
aDr3-2uz -
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AT The LEVIATHAyt STABLES.

Parties desiring Coaches for ssPIc MIC, and safe
and careful Drivers should forges what the papers
said about TEE NEW Coach from the LKysAIzxz Lvxxx
SEAzIxs, on North Market street
an20-a Proprietor.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
Cross Ties W anted

TlHE Nashville and Northwestern Railroad Com
i pany wish to contract for 40. 900 CEDAR CROSS
TIES feet long, inches thick, well hewn, face
narrowest place not less than inches clear of bark
timber to be sound be delivered at the grade line
Of the road IN Nashville.
The contractors want to contract for so 900 WHITE
or POSTOAK TIES Of the size the above, be
delivered the line of the road piles from section
IA to section "a enough each section supply the
same.
Persons wishing to bid will direct to the President
and Directors of the Nashville and Northwestern Rail-
road Company, Nashville, Tennessee
july21-tf.
The Nevada journal., 1861-09-20

TAXING N SAIL.-New York correspon-
dence says: The war has been dreadfully
fatal to the migratory propensities of Mad
ame Fashion; for this season, instead of be-
ing q" horrid vulgar to stay in town during
The hot months, the practice is receiving
the sanction ofabout all our first families"
including the creme de Ia creme of Murray
Hill and the Flora McFlimseys of Madison
Square. You may walk from one end of
the Fifth Avenue to the other without en-
counteringa single brown stone front closed;
while in bat few other fashionable precincts
dusty window blinds and rusty bell-knobs,
compared with ordinary seasons, are few
and far between. Some of our merchant
princes who had yentured to hire cottages
at Newport till September, have given them
up, wisely concluding that, with pretty
much all business at an end, and income
and other war taxes looming up in near
prospective, it may be the part Of prudence
as wei as patriotism, to practice economy.
A HoG.-They have on exhibition, at Red
Bluffs, hog eleven hands in hight, nine
feet nine and-a-half inches in length, end
weighing ,32I5 lbs. Bishop, of the Iale-
pendent tells this hog story, and though we
don't pretend to donbt it, we wN just say
if ybody can tell a bigger rig yarn, we
will undertake to eat ;he Z hog
The Nevada journal., 1861-09-20

Curious NorEs on SACRED HlsronY.-Ac-
cording to tradition, Damascus is built on the
spot where Cain killed Abel
Mount Ararat, in Armenia, when seen from
afir, and in certain position, has in its sum
nit striking resemblance to ship. The
whole country around is filed with traditions
respecting Noah and the Ark.
The garden of Gethsenane, the scene of the
Saviour's passion, is about third of an acre in
extent, an surrounded by low wall. The gar
den is planted with olive, almond and fig trees.
Eight of the olive trees are said to have been in
existence ever since the time of Christ, and it is
considered saerilege to pluck their leaves
The "Potter's feId' bought for the thirty
pieces of silver which was the price of the trea-
son of Judas, was examined iu 1856. cave
was discovered, filed with skulls, evidently not
of Jews, but Of foreigners.
The initials 81. II. So Jesus Hominem
salyator,) were invented by St Bernardine in
the XVIII century. After the plague in Sien-
IA he travelled the country, putting up the let
ters wherever he went.
Certain ancient Judaie authorities say that
Enoeh, or his forefather Seth, was Informed by
Adam that the world was to perish once By wa
ter, and second time by fire. Two pillars were
then erected, one of stone against tie water
and the other brick against the FIRE, and upon
these pillars were engraved all such learning as
has been delivered to or invented by mankind
By these means all knowledge was not lost at
the food, as one of these pillars remaine and
was seen by Josephus.
The Nevada journal., 1861-09-20

"FLoAT LAYD."-Thc Stockton RepuJEcqn
remarks We presume that few persons are
aware that in this agricultural district there
are quite large tracts Of laad that actually
tIoat upon deep water. The soil of them
is from ? to 3 feet in depth, and 20-foot
pole forced through it finds no bottom be-
low, as there is usuallya lake Of great depth
beneath it. This we should say is at high
tile, f2r the lands rise and fan with it
Some Of the tracts are very superior graz
ing land, and large quantities Of hay are
cat upon it, persons going with their carts,
animals and machinery upon the tracts
At high water he lands bend up ahead,
like Il small aiIl, when heavy team passes
over il. They are generally driven over it
a; low tide. The bending is like that of ice
at some stages, and there are air-holes in
the land. Persons navigating sloughs are
sometimes compelled to pry an acre or two
to one side or the other, to afford room for
their vessels to pass. These singular for
malions originate, probably, from floating
tu}e and other drift studs which have col
lectcd and by some means have sunk under
the water sufficiently to receive the sedi-
meut left by floods for years. The owners
Of these lands intend by artificial means, TO
double the depth Of the soil on their islands,
considering them valuable part of their
possessions.
The Nevada journal., 1861-09-20

AGsYSTHE PoIsoN.-I wrote you some
time since in relation to the terrible effects
Of obsynthe, a liquor which is extensively
used in France, aud which is spreading its
poison over the whole civilized world. A
petition has recently been presented in the
Corps Legislatif, signed by several of the
most eminent medical men in Paris, asking
that tic sale Of it he subjected to the same
restrictions rs here are thrown around that
OF other violent poisons, which are only
permitted to be sold by druggists upon
physicians prescription. The petitioners
aver that very large proportion Of the
cerebral diseases, and of cases Of actual in
sanity which come under their notice, are
the direct result of absynthe drinking. The
petition was considered of sufficient import
ance to be sent to the Minister Of the Inte-
rior for his advice, but the newspapers that
have spoken Of it, doubt the power Of the
Government to stop the sale Of this poison.
I take it there is no doubt Of the power, but
that it is simply question of policy. a
sudden stoppase of the supply of daily alb
synthe in Paris would be almost as much
felt as the stoppage Of tobacco or bread, and
might 6e attended with serious consequence,
for two or three glasses a day Of the villain
Gus stuff has become to be considered al
most necessity now, among all classes Of.
society.-Ahq Coz.