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Gen. Breckenridge and the Grand
Jury Indictments.

The Richmond Times noticing the
report that Judge Underwood's jury
had found an indictment against John
c. Brcckinridgc, uses the following
language respecting him:
We doubt II, saving and excepting
General Lee, there i a single Con-
Tolerate leader more endearcd to the
hearts Of the Southern people than
John G. Breckenridge. There Is
scarcely one whose influence for good
among them wouldbc greater in these
truubious times. Ills life has been
devoted TO his country, and Of him
that great lawyer and good man.
Chief Justice Taney, once said he
never knew a purcr public man.
Those qualities Of heart and soul
which excited admiration and called
forth the remark from Justice Taney
are well known 10 and find response
In Andrew johnson. II is this fact
which excites the apprehension Of the
Radicals and renders them clamorous
for his outIawry and exile. They
well know in John c. Brrckinridrs
the President would find jus, friend
and fra supporter ia the wise, states
- - = "A
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A Wonderful Race.

The London Times Of January lG,
publishes the following letter from
DIR. DuChailu, the great traveller,
giving an interesting account of his
discovery Of a nation of pigmics in
the interior of Africa;
SIR--As find the report Of what
Mr.. J. Crawford said in reference to
the small and peculiar tribe of ma
tives which | met with in the noun
tains Of western equatorial Africa,
between one aud two degrees south
latitude, and about IL degrees cast
longitude, has occasioned skepticism,
| now copy from my original note
book, which | have shown TO Sir
Richard Murchison, the following
details. | further understand from
him that Mr.. Crawford had no in
tcntion of disparaging the accuracy Of
my description but simply wished
to have such an explanation rs | now
offer:
These little people, termed Obongo,
may be considered the gipsics of
the region. They are Of migratory
habits, and change their temporary
shelter under the trees from one place
to another. They gain their livcli-
hood by trapping game, which they
exchange with the settled villages
for food, and like some European
gipsies, IL this method fail, they steal
aud dccamp. While the inhabitants
Of this mountain region are lighter
in color than those Of the scashore,
those Obongo are still less dark.
They have only short tufts of hair
upon their heads, and are thus strik-
ingly distinguished from the settled
inhabitants, who wear large turret.
of hair upon their heads. They hav,
a wild, anxious aud timorous expires.
sion in their eyes, and although
gave many beads to entice them "a
remain, aud was brought to them
-tcalthily by the natives, all the men
except a young adult disappeared
leaving few women behind. II
would appear that my visit alarmed
them, for although | staid a week ia
the adjacent village, the Obongo wcr'
no more to he hcard Of.
The following are the measure.
ments | was enabled TO make: Tn,
only male adult measured four fee
six inches, but as one Of the womer
reached five feet one quarter Of az
inch, (she being considered cxtraordi
nary tall,) have no doubt that som'
Of the men are equally as tall, ant
some perhaps taller. The oihei
women | measured had the following
nights: Four feet eight inches, fou
feet seven inches, and the smalles
four feet and one quarter inch.
thought, after looking over the who'll
group Of adult women, that thci
average hight was four feet fv
inches to four feet six inches. Tn
smallest woman had the largest head
viz: One foot ten and one-fifth inche
in circumference; the smallest wa
one foot nine inches round.
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party here e. NH#lataf dfbl IT,
miNht hove Nv iha MN4 n lhsi doa
a' sol ~ sn wapng n Ne
a1irif hefa lhNNEh iAa aHlll8y WI
mlnititaiIH bore n omli H#i hsqe
fhe fFH 6fa lagai nnuae.a'0H
HHd tff. lHHnta U h aaWtanffA
y m hffi ahd hnn ih Hri "
ffnuBfla'1a fiain' NJ fba a1n "
lho damlfIl
ilnf " 10 Iia conceded fhaf M fs
hunelaiiuu rs Vffuitt tpl fa entd
~ efeaie nn IHirHfey ntlo vidoe
- ~ ~ rnilflr befl9hef lrfd shtfa
n Me eaaie, Then bef ieht soulI
le regulated Nv the hw N that slais.
Whefe ilone the fcnHHtihtiou VS.
made IN lnwl and sho would hot w.
entitled " diadhniion under the
laws of tlii4 siatei be@u4o there !.
noi, and eannu h., any valid fehun.
eiailon here hlvine q different effect
upon the rights n The widow ffom
that II the hw n Virginia. AID
this Is ftal IT, The claim scl up In het
petition IL share ~ The estate ae-
oording to The laws " this State.
Wearc accordingly of opinion thai
upon The petition the widow WIS en-.
titled to her share NJ the estate 10 bt
allotted according to her rights under
the law, of Virginia, and that The
decree nilotting her share according
to the laws Of this State Is erroneous
The decree Of the Probate CmrI
is therefore reversed, and the ease re.
manded 10 that court 10 be proceeded
with according TO the views herein
statrd
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laati VT dsmaasi n ils paehts
mHHHg
10 HHi p d pl1g Aw ~
fhe# inglHlns II iaIsiIan ~ iht em
fIiafilHa N NJ mfaH emHfi Il "
sry FW With aey 1nd. hH only
alleges ihHi siHT he I4sl wmllnmHst
W. fialhllH has fsfisei ~ site aa
fssiaa NJ fle sid lHhd MI stating
Whi hat ~ fiyiae say fesson why
procession aHshl W hsge lean n
liyeffi tytfy plfi muH 81 oaffpei
ahl ptffeat ~ Hsalf anl must epniain
sufficient mpilef Nv lmf llls aoliaH,
aad eAnam w. made lo aepsnd m
flets stated IN other pleas. Eaeh
plea ftust stand N hli w liself. and
unua be helped hy matter contained
W smother plea, Unless Eurh matter a
expressly referred ~, II Chiiiy, teg.
Wills Ilep $500 Z Johns. iIfl .
Nass y 90 ~ wfiiInga must to
NJ forth by pfofrf asofment M The
plea, and according 10 their legal
eileei ahd operation, aud II ia not
sufficient 10 sot them forth IN hge
r,rba, much les 10 append them io q
plea Wy wuy of exhibits. Tho letter
i mode Of pleading adapted to
proceedings In courts of ehancefy,
but hnds no counicnancc In The sim.
plieiiy aud precision inculcaicd by
the rules NJ The common law.
Hut II this plea had contained
proper avermcuts that the note sued
on was given for The purchase money
Of land, aud had set out the agree
mcnt for the title, II would still have
been fatally defective in not alleging
the tender Of the money at the time
when the possession was demanded.
The demurrer was therefore prop
crly sustained to both these pleas, and
thercapon the Court ought to have
entered judgment Of respondent
custer as required by the statute.
(lsev. Code, 405, art. ll0.) Iustead
of this, no Judgment was entered on
the demurrer, but jury was forth
with empancllcd to try the issue on
the plea of non ossumpsd.
This irregularity Is not expressly
complained Of; but the error is 50
palpable, and il is so plain that the
merits of the case have not been pre-
sented in the court below, that we dc
not feel at liberty TO pass il over
This judgment will therefore be re.
versed, and the cause remanded, with
directions TO the court below to entel
a judgment on the demurrer, tha
the defendant do answer over to III,
declaration.
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A NORTHERN WRrrEn,s Orrxrox

''""s W hiIEhs OIINfDS
on STosEwALL JAcRsox.-WilIiam
swinton, army correspondent Of the
New York Times, has published a
book entitled Campaign Of the
Army Of the Potomac being his.
tory Of that army's operations In vir-
ginia, Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA.
General Lee receives as much praise
for gcncralship as could be expected
from writer of the authors school
Of politics. Grant is set lower down
than the popular Judgment Is dis
posed to put him. OF stonewall
Jackson the writer says
As the dying Napoleon Il said to
have murmured, "7de d'ayp,ee,p 40
jackson. bis unconscious mind still
busy with the mighty blow he was
executing when wounded, brcathed
out his life In the order. "A. p. Hill
prepare for action t"
Thus died Stoncwall Jackson. the
ablest Of Lees lieutennnts. jackson
was essentially an executive offer.
and in this sphere he was incompara.
BILE. Devoid Of high moral paris,
and destitute of that power Of plan
ming and combination, and of that
calm, broad military intellect, which
distinguished General lee, whom he
regarded with a childlike reverence,
and whose designs he loved to carry
out, he had yet those elements cf
character that, above all else. inspire
troops. A fanatic in religion. fully
believing he was destined by Heayc,,
to beat bis enemy whenever he en-
countcred him, he infused something
Of his own fervcnt iniih into his
men, aud at the time Of bis death
had trained corps whose attacks IN
column were unique and irres;stiblc;
and Il was noticed TINT Lee ventured
upon no strokes of audaeity sher
Jackson had passed away."
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

N fsf'ale ~ islast,l 4 81, ~
ihli #ml4 elin# lha hH la,l.as
w wAs ~ NJ ihihh I ~ MAX
W eafihlg hmas Il ass la 4 eft
lNiH ! hiqA llnad a. vall hase
~ fsu tHfJ eel hss d,af. I.ass
iae Il inf HYn haaf NJ Hlil Ia lnaf
lHw hsft naas yHf WilIle, aaH
llnnh haFen ~ M sllalmH blsa
inR la faHut heint smi IN yuHf
own
..Aaay twe'l Vaitily a,le dgwn ~
Wlllle, lhi ~ stricken southern
glfl #s' aleae with NE memsfIsl n
tliose fut lfisi bal sone i#frs.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

The members of the Legislature Of
|thc State Of Mississippi, at an infor-
NAL meeting held on the 9TH Dccem-
Bier, 1865, adopted the following res
|olutions, to-witi
lst. That the members Of the
/ Legislature shall constitute q commit
bee TO solicit contributions, to be up
propriatcd to the erection Of monu-
nent, at the Capital Of the State, In
honor Of the gallant dead Of Missis-
kippi, who fell in the late memorable
struggle.
al. That this committee shall have
y President, three Vice Presidents,
pnc Secretary, and one Treasurer.
Sd. That the Governor Of the State
be requested to act as President, and
the Judges of the High Court of Err
rors and Appeals as Vice Presidents,
and that they shall appoint one Sec
tetary and Treasurer.
4th. That the Treasurer be allowed
10 deposit for safe keeping, the fund
hat he may receive into the Treasury
bilice Of the State, and that the Off
cers aforesaid shall constitute an
Executive committee, with full ppvS
to contract for and superintend the
erection Of said monument.
In pursuance Of the authority con-
fered by the raid resolutions, the
Governors and Judges aforesaid have
appointed Charles A. Brougher to be
Secretary, and John II. Echols to be
Treasurer of said general committee,
Ind members Of said executive COM
mittee.
The executive committee, thus or
Eanized, are anxious to proceed, as
Early as possible, to carry into effect
|he laudable object for which they
werc appointed, and they earnestly
feluest all the members Of the Legis-
lature to take prompt and efficient
steps to collect, in their respective
counties, the money necessary for the
purpose. The character and style Of
ihe monument must depend, in a
great degree, on the amount contrib
uted. Reports Of contributions may
be made, and the money paid over to
the Treasurer, at his Office in jackson.
The committee also invite all per-
sons to submit plans and drawings Of
4 suitable monument, in iron, stone,
or marble, and proposals for the erec-
ton thereof, or estimates Of the cost,
which may be presented to any mem
Der Of the committee, and from which
a selection may be made.
The object Is one that commends
itself most strongly to the feelings
land sympathies Of our people, and
the committee hope that this appeal
win be promptly responded to in q
proper and liberal spirit.
b. q. HUMPHREYS, Prcs't,
A. II. HANDY, Vice
W. L. HARRIS,
II. 7. ELLETT,
G. A. BRouomER, Scc'y.
J. II. EcHoLs, Treasurer,
Executive Committee.
jackson, June Z, 1866.
The press Of the State are requested
to aid this movement by copying th'
foregoing notice.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

"By Jupiter. Jawge-ah--did ynu
notice how intensely Clara was OBJ
serving mcs She is a great Judge Of
style-ai'--y-a-a-s," whispered Adol-
phus to his chum, as the aforesaid
Clara swept past them. II beg your
par'lon," rctorted the crinolinity.
sharply, and after pansing an instant,
I'll was that other puppy a, which ]
was gazing" "Jupi-aw-cnme,
Jawge---hal hal---yra--; good
jQke-ha!v
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

TuESrRAsnrRo CiirK.-AIesssr-
writer from s,rasburg states that
crowds assemble daily IN the Cathe-
dral Of that city, At meridian, ss
spectators, while an angel holding an
hour-glas- turns II over; the bell l.
struck by four figure. mcr~~ively,
repre- eniing childhood, youth, man.
hood, old age; death strikes the full
twelve; the Savior appears standing
alone; the twelve apostles come and
make their obeisnce % him: he lifs
biz hands TO each 10 impari . bless-
ing; and a cock At the sams time
flaps bis wings three times and Ifcws.
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"IiaA'l'p#'''n itpmrimens a M.
'''.ifit' lIn'ea8 llsfir~. fnmlm..
'nl ilaalwe'l Land. t,aIse A@l.,
.al to'aml.'leasi, IT. me state N
, ,N'''''''lqa' Vht''mg. ions 4. ises,
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opniam n ile tihfssv Il ,'.,.i
Wv wate, rreItei aHs,slle NJ n,
l'iran ff,an hia tsvllsnps. ,l,ss gee.
'faof y lhe ~iite, {. announced ~
'he information II III Interested
tifsfHtls t,trptI
Jachson Mi.s dune Z. lsse.
The appropriate ffmcIy a a.
rent wrungIldly deprived II t,s ~.
session If hi., or bef rfild. /. +, Ma
d lInl'ea' Corpus. n"
{. y. lInKfn,
attorney General"
Attention u called 10 tirrula, yo
Q, current crie from this I.ussa.
announcing officially the opluIou II
The Attorney General Of the s,a,s.
''a, ,i ci'hrr parent, who i able and
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.fffAIif, aNi kei hpmiy ls,sa4At
i'Hf = ~ lessHflm NM sdss,'
IA ev4HliY N saHitl.s 49, ~
'l'.nH .A#d llHf pi,rHmagl l4m.
~ Nfhi.N HhN Ha aa msls u
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

EARRINGS, made by steam are ad-
verti-ed IN london.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-06-23

A curious set Of pc~tsxc->samps
have been issued hy Tie Newfnnd-
land authorities. One oi them rvp-
rescnts a goldfish, aud Auosh<r = rrsl.
with a background Of icherp. Bul,
aszucdly, the mos extnor1inary
postage ge-ztamp We have ever - 4
that issued BY the Chinese sulhori1ln
At Shanghai. Il appean b = )
juvenile demon, with fve - ~
tail, but, doubslsss, insssds1 -
resent = dngoa- :
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20
n. o, WALLACE, ]
VOL. is---N0. %.
TERMS.

rThree Dollars for one year, inva-
,:ably in advance; eleven copies for Thirty
Dollars.
sJ Single copies, Ten Cents eaca. n
@ Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
insertion Fifty Cent? for each continuance.
OF A liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business; and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual m embers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
OF Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratuitously
tPs Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
bDs Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF Bob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New type, and on as reasonable
terms as any office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

Ex-Gov. Hamilton, the Aboli-
ton humbug foistcd upon the
people of Texas as their executive,
in a speech before the Texas Con-
vention said:
81 am regarded as very good
negro man. To you who thus
think. ! would say that the negro,
as freeman under the protection
of the Constitution and the Laws
of the United States, is your equal
before the law. As a friend of
the Government of the United
States, as a friend of humanity,
and as a man of truth and honor,
he is immeasurably the superior
of any pardoned but unrepented
rebel"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

A Milwaukee paper says, that
about month ago, a ragged little
urchin called upon a merchant of
that city, and asked the loan of fif-
ty cents, for which he promised to
give his note, bearing interest at
ten per cent. The merchant
struck with the novelty of the
proposition, and with the evident
straight forwardness of the boy,
gave him the money and took his
note,as the boy insisted upon giving
it. He had almost forgotten the oc-
currence, when he was surprised to
see the little fellow walk into his
store one day to pay his note. Up
on inquiry the merchant learned
from the boy that he invested the
money in newspapers and oranges,
and had already made about forty
dollars, which he was about pla-
cling in q savings bank. He had
no father nor mother, and did
chores at a friends house for his
board.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

LIQUID HoNEY.-The following
receipt for a beautiful liquid honey
is taken from Mr.. Langstroth, which
he says "the best judges have pro-
nounced one of the most luscious
articles they ever tasted" Put
two pounds of the purest white su-
gar in as much hot water as will
dissolve it; take one pound of
strained white clover honey-any
honey of good flavor will answer
and add it warm to the syrup, thor
oughly stirring together. AS re-
fined loaf sugar is q pure and in
odorous sweet, one pound of honey
will give its flavor in two pounds
Of sugar, and the compound will
be free from that smarting taste
that pure honey often has, and
will generally agree with those
who can not eat the latter with
impunity. Any desired flavor can
be added to it.
Although no profit can be real
lied from inducing bees to store
this mixture in boxes or glasses,
the amateur may choose, in bad
seasons, or in districts where hon
ey is pure, to secure in this way
choice specimens for his table.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

A baker in st. Louis, Mo-, on
the l7th ult., applied to the counv
ty court to obtain admission for
his wife to the alms-house while he
came East to seek employment,
Three years ago he was worth
$50, 900, but bis establishment was
burned 10 the ground and other
losses followed until he was re-
duced to pauperism. Another
man is now employed as a grave
digger at the country farm ceme-
terry at salary OF $75 per year,
but five years ago was worth $1S,-
900 in gold. Becoming dissipated
and reduced in circumstances he
made an application for his present
situation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20
Secession in Massachu-
- SettS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. II, 1856.
Editor of the National hatellsgencer :
SIR-The question as to the
right of a State to secede from the
Union having been settled by 'the
logic of events" as is now enun-
ciated as fundamental principle
by the late National Union Con-
vention at Philadelphia, i am re-
minded that old Massachusetts,,
my native State, once threatened
to secede in the event of the an
neXation of Texas, and actually
did pass some kind of an ordinance
to that effect, which she has new
er repealed. Now, inasmuch as
these Southern States, which pass
ed similar ordinances, have re-
pealed the same, ought not Mas
sachusetts to do likewise? Iwant
to visit my old native State occa-
sionally, but believing in the doc
trine that ''no State or combina-
tion of States have the right to
withdraw from the Union, or to |
exclude, through their action in !
Congress or otherwise, any other
State from the Union" i cannot,
without doing violence to my own
feelings, visit my native State so
long as she has secession from the
Union inscribed upon her statute
books. Will not the Old Bay
State repeal her ordinance of Sc
cession, and come back into the
Union, and receive that same for
giyeness which has been granted
to her erring Southern sisters, who
foolishly followed her own bad ex-
ample? A. ]. III.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

Alexander T. Stewart, of New
York, has an income larger than
the annual salaries combined of
the President of the United States,
the Governors of the States, Sena.
tors and Congressman, State Off
GERS and members of the Legis-
lature of the different States, Out
of such an income MIR. Stewart
could pay the entire expenses of
several State governments as easi-
ly as many men now support their
own families.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20

The needle gun has met its
match-a bullet-proof clothing for
soldiers. At the Belgian Tir Ma
tioaaal, or Volunteer Shooting
Ground, it was exhibited for the
time by its inventor, q M. Bernard,
and in the most satisfactory man.
ner, namely: by standing fire HIM
self a hundred yards, having pre-
viously shown that he wore moth
ing under his cloak but shirt and
vest. A conicai bullet struck him
in the breast; flattened itself and
fell down at his feet; he picked it
up and showed it to the spectators.
But he would suffer no one to ex-
anime the texture of his new cloth,
not having yet secured his patent.
His head and face were covered
with a steel cap and the cloak
reached to the ground. Such is
the story that comes to US in Bel
gian newspapers. ii3t
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-09-20
"LOyal Blacks. I"

The New York Herald shows
how ridiculous is the oft repeated
expression Of Northern Radical
orators and editors, who in speak.
ing of freedmen, call them the
"loyal blacks" of the South. We
quote:
"The Radicals must laugh in
their sleeves when they talk a.
bout the ''loyal blacks" They
know well enough that but few of
the poor negroes know what is
meant by the word loyalty. 1t is
an insult to the intelligent citizens
of the country to reiterate such
nonsense. 1t would be just as sem
sible to talk of the loyal children
who are only just learning the al
phabet, or the loyal baby in its
mothers arms. Yet these Radi-
Gals complain that the South is
not put under the control cf the
poor benighted blacks. They un-
blushingly claim that half this
continent, and that the richest and
most important half, shall be put
into the hands of the negroes.
Seven or eight millions of whites,
the intellectual people of our own
blood and race, with all the vast
interests and future of the South
ern States, to be turned over to
three millions of ignorant negroes
who scarcely know the right hand
from the left! How preposterousl
What an insane propositions 1t
is too absurd for serious argument.
None but the craziest fanatics, who
ought to be in the lunatic asylums,
or the most desperate revolutiona-
ry politicians would entertain such
a thought"
This is putting the case plain
ly, pointedly and truthfully. The
only genuine loyalists of the South
are the intelligent and educated
whites-no matter whether they
took part in the war for establish
ing separate nationality or not.
This class, is true, are rebellious
against the tyranny and oppression
of the Radical party, but to the
Union under the Constitution and
the laws of the land, they give
true respect and allegiance.