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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

WHAT THE SouTH Tsp" What
is the South?n asks a Radical jour
nal. There are sad evidences that
the Radicals have forgotten, or that
Il suits them not to know. The
South Is part of our Republic. l.
a section of our country, inhabited
by our fllow-countrymen, who were
born to freedom, and are entitled to
rcpublicanism. Inhabited, too, by
some millions Of an inferior race
who are tempted to emulate the am.
bition of Icarh, and Of Phaeton, and
to provoke a fate as dcplorable L
themselves. The South is land de
vastatcd by strife, and withheld frun
the opportunities Of recupcration b,
the hates and prejudices of faction
in the North. The South is a vas
treasure vault whence the Nortl
could gather abundance if ianaticisu
did not hold the key in its stubborn
; grasp. The South i, in politics
right. what il was ten years ago, bu
! in political fact il is-whai the ms
: iorities Of Northern Radical Cor
Q rrcss choose to have IL be.
/ Ner York kcrs.
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tmHlr Of The comparative imPri
tnmofuul uud printed uiwtufe
Wtf1 tWt Nrrf tho prtdut II i
Iunrnud tedious exercise ~ worwlt
an, tht prl ol printing vn aill uu
undcycIopcd and expensive ptoV
Il $50. natural that the Thought ihn.
engraved upon the r1t should h'
looked npoh 1 cndovedwiih o pecu.
liar Importance md Immortality
Naturally, nlso, only the hcsi
thoughts would gfn The exalted
honor Of such treatment and tlt,
/ page of symbols would bc regarded
us the vulgar with reverence little
short Of that accorded 10 che direct
manifestations Of The power Of th,
gods.
But, ns the art of printing advanc.
ed toward perfection, and ita marvel
lous achievements have nj lcngtl
entirely surpassed Natures elaborate
vocal apparatus in velocity an,
ohcapncss, all this is, of course
changed. When the press, will
every movement of is mighty jaws
can utter, not merely a word, bl
whole volumes Of them, = Is no
strange that people should use print
inp rather than talking for the sx
preston of their thoughts, cspcciall,
when we consider the advantage
f which print offers for subsequent rel
ercnce and unlimited circulation.
Asa natural consequence Of lhcs
changed conditions, we should cz
pcct 10 find the character Of printc
! matter partaking every day more an
: more OF that OF the ordinary talk {
pcoplc. This Is, in fact, the cas-
: and. ns the tendency continues,
; would seem that the press must fna
o ~ usurp the expression Of even Il
n most trivial matters. People vii
a eventually, make Il their chief rcso
NJ for the relief of uttemnec, MS we'll
n for the facilities of mutual conyers
3 ,ion. The advantages of such
; change will be great in almost eye
N rc.pcct
/, Rores for instance. instead nf"bu
~ ,onLol;n,,p ,hcir ocotaintouccs n,
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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27
POETRY


10 Miss Alice ". B......r, OF Sardis.
NJ vrrlA,
! |n., ,hy fair brow thy bright eyes,
1 clouded by sorrow, as mine are now
|n,i thy heart grow old ere Thy youth
nd ihy life be wroiched, as mine oWnl
|aa ,hs, laugh Of the heart and Joyous c'y
I changed for the tear and the sigh
N mol BE the secret to thee never known
will bear the blight Of love alone
Or thee bc the pas, like dream that is gone
&fipht life Il before thce--on, merrily onl
Ind mid my tears there forever shall be
smile, bright one, for thee only thee
,hl were Il mine to trace Thy future destiny,
rwould all be fraught with ligh, and bloom
by fec, should rove DER summer flowers,
Injections pure and sweet should be given thee
Ind all things beautiful ihy way should illumc
fhy life should glide away untouched by sorrow
Memphis, January IL, 1864.
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A Snow STORM ~ A BALL RooM.
A writer in Once a Hcek gives a
description of Russian ball At Mos
cow, during which the scene was
cnlivcncd by the strange phcnome-
non Of n snow storm, produced by
the sudden lowering Of the tcInpera-
tnre Of the room. The writer thus
describes Il
The evening passed pleasantly
enough, but toward the elise the heat
began To get intolerabIe, and although
| the gentlemen did their dniy well, Il
/ Is only fair to ay,, in tanning The
fair onts and bringing them ices, i
became more and More oppressive.
| At last gentleman, Drawer than tho
rest-prolabIy bis arm aohed -shrw
opcn the top part Of window, and
now happened the phenomenon. J
cold gust IF wind Blew suddenly i
through the open wintlow, aud ih
heated air wus congregaicd IN ih
upper room became suddenly con
densed, and descended upon the a
semble1 party in the form oi sno'
iakcs. Probably there never vi
secn 81 cirious n sight in . ha
, room. ladies and gentlemen in ba
toilette, in the midst of q dane
/, and snow flakes Descending, az
were il not for the incpngriity Of q
attire, more like a skating party. II
, snow storm w'rs, rs may be imagine
the conversation Of the guests for Z
/, rest of the evening, aud Of the, !
habitants Of the town for the cnsiil
: week. ~.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

We notice from The Memphis pa
pers, that Albert Pike, the Arkansas
poet, orator and worripr, and Brig.
Gen. James II. Chalmers, Missis-
sippi's "yonng man eloquent have
established themselves IN Memphis
for Tic prarties af law.
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GIre Me Rack.



Give me back hskinaiy ,hosahis
A hundred in a uiiuafnf
Give me hack the laughing light
with depth Of foninsss In NJ
Give me back The Eefvid faith
Nork.egldnes could not sr7e'hcr,
That hfled my heart when hrss We met
And pledged US to each other.
t;ive me ba1k The sTet tear
Thai Il four chiding started
.iive Nc husk the krsstsad prayer
% aass-s rhen We parsed--
Give ne N fcu nsvpr knsN
u fsfiihF Hfsdk euuia snvaAss -
ffs Toa, a. hssrftsaz. Ts1naa aad snsf,f
Dxnouncs IRE % anoshsrt
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

AsroSfsIrlSe.-we met a sotnp
ladv on the street yesterday, whose
,lnss nus % short that there was
no. more than ak fret Of. Il wiping.
nm the mud behind her.. and whose
waterfall did not weigh exceeding
twcnty-four pynnds. Having her
| veil over her farc VIZ could not tell
whether she had rats and mics, or
aax other kind aov sagminls. la
H.. head ar not. She created quito
heT hs'e' s ta9aA
/ seflsatinn.
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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

What is more natural than that
sentimental young ladia, whcn 'hry
change their rindiiion of singlr
hlcsssslncss. ecasine tu " psnsiye'
-huuld h. ev-Isu-ivt.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

Epitaph on Borc-"IIe was not
for : time. bnt for al 'lav.'
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

lumrrttrr ~ FNuf t0dr
tni luuI, intimacy .bauldn.t
uf mthp hrhifr ani urI ,uRr.
mbepulIie nud aympathyIuttamrh
mIirr iIas0 Uboclnirtrt thought
"a ani udr hahIf toward lhr
mcmbrt oftlwtrmu ftmilt viII h-
rude and ihmghtle.s ~ all the world.
Iiul lrl the family intercourse hclur,
Ic1ipf, and the manner Of Uli mi
lurmk gentle aud con.Jderilc, anl
the mnnlmr Of the fuuil, thus trtin.
ed will carry into the world and ~
eiry the habits OF their childhoml
They will require 10 their aasociatc.
similar qualities they will not b,
satisfied without mutual esteem and
The cultivation Of the best affections,
and their own character will hc Hls.
inincd ly that ihith IN goodnce
which belongs TO u mind exercised ~
pure and high thoughts.
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when men are toEcther ,hcy listen
10 onc another, but wuwcu apl girls
l,.,k Al me annlher.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-27

Tho Catholic Telegraph, of Cin-
cinnati, asserts that iis scliurch il fall :
yancing in greater strides Of progrsrs
than ever and il gives i as ",hc
opinion Of many prominent persons
that within the next quarter ofaceh-
tury the United States will be Cath
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-01-17
Message of the Governor of Ohio.

The Ohio Legislature met at Columbus
on Monday, Jan. L, and was organized by
the election of Mr.. PARROT as Speaker of
the House, and LOOMS, Of Cuyahoga, as
Clerk. Mr.. Hall, of Muskingum, was
elected Clerk of the Senate. Gov. An
derson's message is directed principally
to State affairs. The institutions of the
State are represented as in a fo~urishing
condition. The total receipts of the State
from al sources during the year was S13-
10000 against sS,60O,O 900 in 1864. The
total disbursements during the year
amount to S12,400, 900 against$ 6 100000
in 1864, leaving a balance to the credit
of all funds of over 100000 against So
600 in 1864. The total funded debt Of
the State is So. 900, 600 against s13, 500.-
600 in 1864, showing a diminution of over
$500, 900. The Governor devotes consid-
cradle space to the railroads of the State
which have become of immense value to
the stockholders and to the people of the
State. He advises some legislation fol-
the protection of the lives and property
and other rights of the people from The
encroachments of power.
He advocates the reduction of tht
State militia tax, and the modification Of
the enrolment process. In speaking O
the detention of the Ohio volunteers il
the field, the Governor says it was no par
of the intention or expectationtthat these
noble patriots, volunteering to fight fer tht
Union, were to be detained as public
guards to oversee political reforms in the
South, whether as to whites or blacks
still less to be marched to the Rio Grande
in order either to menace or assault Max
imi!ian or any other despotism.
The Governor argues at some length
against the principles Of the Monroe doc.
trine and interfering in Mexican affairs
He says: What the Monroe doctrine ex.
actly is we have never agreed among our
selves. Its origin is doubtful, its purpo
ses uncertain, and remain to this day IN
specified. Mexico has never been ant
can never be a republic unless her people
will, to accommodate US, be born agaiI
and of entirely different pareutage. She
with all her sister republics of Soutf
America, has been from the b~eginning,u n
in~terruptedly, a most bloody, incendiar.
end disgraceful anarchy. She has con
t%inually injured all nations with which
she held communication. She ruthlessly
ruined and oppressed her own people
and government,a and has brought disgrac'
alike upon the sacred name of republican
liberty and of human nature. he say
he is opposed to going to war with France
or to menace or bully her in behalf Q
MEXICO Bs1R
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The Cotton Trade.
- OF THE sIIppIY Tu1s xrAR

ta
RECEIPTS AT SOUTHERN PoRTs-EsITMATE
OF H SUPPLY THIS YEAR.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 3.-Neill Bros.
y Co.'S cotton report of December 80,
says:
sour advices from all points fully con-
firm us in the opinion that the estimates
of the total supply given in our last cir
cular were. not too high, inclining US tor
the outside figures, 100000 bales. The
course ofAtrade has been a goodJdeaC
changed by the want of the customary
rise in the rivers. Instead Of the receipt
of loo, coo bales weekly, the average has
been restricted to 10000 bales. The I'M
formation now from all points is that the
rivers are rapidly rising, and the receipts.
axe already on an increasing scale. The |
receipts here and at Mobile for the weeks
ending Dee. 10 were %, 169 bales Deeena-
Der %, 1864 bales; and December 20,
$4,000. The receipts at ali points and
cotton forwarded North already amountto
|, 300, 600 bales, thus c~ontroyerting Sec
rotary McCulloch's estimate of 1900, 900
bales for the entire supply. Of old and
new. There are. no signs of any serious
falling off in the receipts at any point, and
the effect Of the rise Of the rivers will be
to protract the delivery of the staple to .
a comparatively late date. The question
rises, will not the strength of the large
holders at Mobile and New York be ex-
hausted before the first failing off takes
place, and can that strength continue il
cotton continues to be piled up in the
ports? Already the stock held at lead
ing points exceeds FIVE hundred thousand
bales, and is daily increasing, whereas tho
total foreign exports, since the FIRST of
September, amount to only three hundred
thousand bales. Down to the latest dates
from all points, so far as present indica-
tions can be trusted, they think it not
unreasonable to anticipated a crop for
1866 andl1867 of 1900, 600 to 100000.
bales, whereof net less than half will be
T retained in the eountry-or say 230,000
or 300, 900 bales from the Atlantic States
and Florida, and 100000 to 1850, coo
bales from the other Southern States. ~
L LA HHa 49, nAN H L-HA 81 "a
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st. Johns, Day.

The anniversary of the birth of St..
John, the Evangelist, took place on
Wednesday, December 81. On the even
ing of that day the order of Free Masons
in this country, installed their oficersfo for
the ensuing year. . :.
For the benefit Of those outside the
Order, it may not be amiss to give reason
why this anniversary is observed by the
Maso mic Order. II 4
The primitive, or mother lodge,aw was
held at Jerusalem, aud was dedicated to
st. John; hence it was called "The
Lodge Of the Holy st. John of yerusa-
lem Ofthis first lodge, all others are
branches. St. John the Baptist, whose
festival occurred June q, and st John
the Evangelist, whose festival occurs on,
the 9th of December, have been selected
by Christian Masons as the patrons of
their Order. From the building Of the
first temple at Jerusalem to the Babylo-
nish captivity, Freemason's lodges were
dedicated to King Solomon, from thence
to the coming of the Messiah, they wero
dedicated to ZerubbabeL, the builder Of
the second temple; and from that time to
the final destruction of the temple, by
Titus, in the reign of Vespasian, they
were dedicated to st. John the baptist;
but owing to the many massacres and
disorders which attended that memorable
event, Freemasonry sank into decay;
many lodges were broken up, and but
few could meet in sufficient numbers to-
constitute their legality, and at a general
meeting of the craft, held in the city Of
Benjamin, it was observed hat the prin-
cipal reason for the decline of Masonry
was the want of a Grand Master to pats
%ronize it. They, therefore, deputed seven
Of their most eminent members to wait
on St. John the Evangelist, who was at
that time Bishop of Ephesus, requesting
him to take the Office of Grand Master.
He returned for answer, though well
stricken IN years, (being upward %ofnine7
typ yet having been, in the early part Of
his life, initiated into Masonry, be would
take upon himself the Office; he thereby
completed by bis learning what the other
St. John had completed by his ZEAL and
thus drew what Freemasons call a line
parallel; ever since which Freemasonss
lodges have deem dedicated to either st.
John the Baptist, or St. John the Evan
gelist.-Seubenrile Gazette.
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The order mastering out the troops il
Virginia has beenec0untermanded.

MI g.
Accounts from Louisiana county pa
pers represent the freedmen as i~ndisposed
to contract, refusing to make any agree
ment, expecting something extraordinary
to turn up. In the parish of St. james,
since the LIST, work has stopped entirely
on several large plantations from this
ause.
On last Friday night the wife of John
Kuesmaul, of Caldwell, N. j. arose from
her bed, where she had been confined FOR
some time by illness, climbed to tho sum-
nit of a mountain, from which she walk
ed off. She was discovered at its foot in
her night clothes, frozen to death.
Senator Wilson's bill increases the reg
ular army to $4,000 men.
The Fenian Congress has resolved it
self into a court martial to try the bellig-
erent senators who seeded.
The Commercially Washington dispatch
says: New Orleans kilograms announcing
the flight of Juarez are not credited in
Washington.
The Tribune's Washington special
says: The statement is revived upon very
high authority that Secretary Stanton
will succeed Minister Adams at the Court
of st. James. 34d m
A family ofafve persons in Brooklyn
New York, have been poisoned by using
musty -four. One has died and the 9th.
ers are still dangerously i'll.
Petitions are said to be in circulation
in the rural districts of Canada lookin.
to a peaceful secession from England ant
annexation to the United States, or tn
foundation of a separate government.
A dispatch from Galveston, Texas
states that a large number of troops ar
to be mustered out in that State immedi
ately, lit is believed to the number Q
$4,000.
Capt. Semmes has arrived in Wash
ington under custody of Lieut.. French Q
the Marine Corps, and is a prisoner at tn
Navy Yard.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-01-17

The following table will be found val
liable to many of our readers:
A box twenty-four by sixteen inches
deep, will contain a barrel, (three bush
els.)
A box twenty-four by sixteen inches
square, and eight inches deep, will con-
tain a bushel.
"A box twelve by eleven and a half in
ches square and nine inches deep, will
contain a half bushel.
A box eight by eight and four inches
square, and eight inches deep, will con-
tain a peck.
A box eight by eight square, and four
and one eighth inches deep, will contain
a gallon.
A box seven by eight inches square,
and four and one eighth inches deep, will
contain a half gallon.
A box four inches square, and four and
one fourth inches deep, will contain one
quart.
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AdYertIsLng,

The Seneca Advertiser has the follow
ing pertinent remarks upon ~asubject Of
vital Importance to every business man
in the country; and we commend the par
agraph to such Of our home readers as
wish 20 prosper: Is s s
at will pay every man who has an ar
ticle to sell to advertise it. Would you
sell a horse, let the public know it. 1t
will cost less thar a weeks feed for him.
IF you would sell your farm, letthe pub.
lie know it, and the probabilities are that
some one of the readers Of your county
papers want such a farm, and will buy
We pick up some Of our exchanges and
find whole columns of houses and farms
at public and private sale, as though the
whole community was about to move
They End it pays sooner or later
Whether you desire to sell or to purchase,
a small sum invested in an advertisement
will save you days of waiting and cost Of
personal application"
BG-ln Clermont County the taxes, q
derrthe new war d~ispensation, are about
fifty per cent. higher than they we're LASS
year. This fact is thus alludeaFto by
the Ulermont co.. Sun ssis s.s~ e &
1.-THE LAST DoLLAR.-We have seen
during the tax-paying season--which
closed on Wednesday last-several gen.
tleman who were more than willing. dur
ing the war to give their last dollar, With
faces as long as the moralla and pocket
books as fat as pancakes. Poor souls,
they will have to stand up to the rack,
fodder or no fodder. They belong to
that class of men whose brains, if they
have, can only be reached through their
pockets. 1t is really amusing to hear
them consoIing themselves with the be-
lief that taxes will be lower next year
and produce higher. We admire their
pluck and hope they may be able to keep
a stiff upper lip" m
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THE CATTLE PLAsUE.-The cattle
plague is still spreading in some parts of
England. The Mayor of Colchester has
resolved to close the market OF that town
for eight weeks. st, Ives market is also
closed until February 1. The disease is
spreading at Bradford, Yorkshire, and in
the counties of Buckinghamsh:re, Cum
berland, Essex, Suffolk, Herefordshire,
Huntingdonshire, and Worcestershire.
A letter in the Times of Monday says:
"By the last returns issued, the number
of deaths may be estimated at forty thou
sand. There are upwards of five thous-
and attacked weekly, We are therefore
losing each week sufficient for ten NIL
Iionpers ons for one day."
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The CoNsPIRAcY REwARps.-There
have been received by the Adjutant Gen
eral about eight hundred applications for
a share in the rewards offered for the
capture of the assassination conspirators.
The rewards now ready for distribution
amount to about three hundred thousand
dollars. Arrangements are being made
by the claimants to get possession of the
rewards offered in the several States,
amounting to over q million of dollars. as
soon as is announced by the government
who are entitled to a share Of the money
- Hash. Star.
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Gov. Cox's inaugural.

Gov. Cox's inaugural address is limited
to a declaration of the general principles
that governs affairs, and to a statement of
the political probl ems to be worked out,
but does not lay down specific measures
for accomplishing these objects. He says
the one great doctrine which has been
settled by tho war is that the national
Union cannot be destroyed by tho action
of any of the States composing it. The
Governor concludes by saying hat the
late war has brought great burdens upon
the State, but its prosperity has been such
that they have been borne without impov-
erishing or straining the public resources.
Ohio, the first born of the Ordinance OF
1887, has been true to the principles OF
the great act of craftsmanship which ded.
icated the great Northwestern Territory
to freedom and free labor, and now more
han ever before is realizing the benefits
of the wisdom which then launched bel
upon a career of unexampled growth un-
der the auspices of religious intelligence
and freedom.
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what They Fear.

Under no circumstances, and under no
condition of affairs, do the Republican
politicians want the White people of the
South to have a voice in the administra-
ton of the Government. They do not
fear that if such a voice is allowed them,
that anything detrimental to the Union
will be done; but they fear that power
will depart from the Republican party.
And to prevent this, they trample the
Constitution, right and justice under foot.
Standard.