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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-03-30

According 10 the ninth census re,
ports there ire 5,S45 newspapers in
the United States, OF these, 4.32s
are political I; only % are agricultur-
a, 81 benevolent, 122 commercial.
5o2 illustrated, literary and miscel.
lancous, and 407 religious, and six
sporting. All are moral, and all are
making money.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-03-30


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arrived we were aboard I'm a iriac.
and tor the consideration OF Els doll
lars (Which some think eycral .roric.
high procured two birtbs (or "A a.,
tom IN O sleeping cur, and with our
beet hats and hankcrchicfs WAVING
an adicu to the bonighted g stay.al.
homes" away VIC went to the lana
mot IF cakos-but Of bauauas and
the like. The caaa moved easily
aud smoothly Tho tracks N tl.o
three railroads were In iue eondi
tion, and willie sleeping vas On the
programme onr party silent liko pigs
in q wallow. galc nest morning MI
took breakfast az Abiie City IN Ii.
goi. just uhtad Of TIA. bear Nancla
Fass (Which a couple Of our ld
friends Of Sarlis win never iorrel.
although the impression il made nh.
on their memories was rather Hshl
= freight train had pitched into tie
mud, torn up The track, turned over
ihe cars, and played thunder e,acr
ally, % we had 10 tmnsfen All.
right, and sway wo went. Win but
Q fow moments detention, aul "by
thc dae course ~ mail worciu NcW
Orleans and comfortably domiciIcd
u room No. 40 III the CITY Hotel.
The inexperienced reader must an.
that New Orleans Il son
place. None q yer little one
morse towns" like Belmont and
Monthalia, bat q regular out-and.out
i've enough place, With lots b houses
and Iots Q folks living IN them; and
you might even set slrdis down III
one corner Of IL, and then ride
around two or three hours in the
cars, and Ill bo blessed II you
ever found the countyscat Of PaGola
county again without the aid Of a
guide That's New Orleans
slightly, but Il yon want to sec and
It all, study the French Ian.
a little, and then 20 there. II
You don't study French you must be
70 speak broken English. It's
III the 90 down there. Everybody
ioos i, both white and black. and
'atticularly the o0lored. The fact
II, it u % fashionable that the very
dogs bark with a sort Of FrencliGol
'%eeen., and / studied oae whole
morning 10 translate something
'arrot said to me, and Eve studied ;
yer since and | haven't done Il vet.
'or Gan | say that | eior expect to. !,
think he must have gotten French :
)ntcll, Italian and some two or three ,
LIMOGES iumbled I'M tnpethop
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
AGAIN DEsrRoYEp.-Close folio

AGAIN DEsTRoYEp.-Close follow
ing the account of the earthquake at
San Francisco comes the history of a
far greater calamity ofa similar nature
at the city of Antioch, in the Holy
Land, by which nearly fifteen hundred
of the city's inhabitants were instantly
killed, while thousands were injured,
and nearly all were deprived of their
homes. Upon the city there seems to
rest curse, for since its foundation
[about b. G. 3OO] it has been utterly
destroyed no less than six times-once
BY fire and five times by earthquakes
while the evils of war, pestilence
I'D famine, have added their weight
1.-THE sorrows of its inhabitants. By
tese successive visitations it has fal-
le from the proud position which it
one held of "Queen Of the East" to
thtlow estate of miserable Syrian
tow; and now by its last calamity its
peole are made an object of public
ohary, for without outside assistance
thouands of them must die for want
Of ts necessaries Of life. That the
peopi of our land will respond freely
to thsdemand thus made upon them
We fee well assured, for lack of gener>
osity cnnot be counted as an Ameri
can faTng, and it is probable that,
through the foreign boards of the
Churchs having mission stations in
Syria, large sums will be sent from
our couury to the Holy Land for the
relief of he stricken city OF Antioch,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

How WE FADE.-As the trials Of
life thicken, and the dreams of other
days fade one by one. in the deep vista
of disappointed hope. the heart grows
weary of the struggle, and we begin to
realize our insignifcance. Those who
have climb to the pinnacle of fame, or
revel in luxury and wealth, 60 to the
grave at last with the poor mendicant
who begs by the wayside, like him are
soon forgotten. Generation after gen.
Grafton, says an eloquent writer, have
felt as we feel, and their fellows were
as active in life as ours are now. They
passed away as vapor, while nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as
when the Creator commanded her to
be. The heavens will be as bright
over our graves as they are now around
our path; the world have the same ats
traction for offsprings yet unborn that
she had once for ourselves, and that
she has now for our children.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

QUEsTIoN.-Who, says the Lond,
Saturday Revie,o, can enjoy chat wi,
a man who always talks of women a
females, and of a man as an individua
who never begins a thing, but alwayl
commence Il; who does not choose, bu
elects; who docs not help, but facili
tates; who does not supply, but caters
not buy, but always purchases; who
calls beggar mendicant; with whom
a servant is always a domestic, where
he is not menial; who does not say
anything, but states it, and does moi
end, but terminates it; who calls a
house residence, in which he doe:
not live, but resides; with whom place
is locality, and things do not happen,
but transpire.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
AT $3.50 PER ANNUM.

GREELEYs ADVICE 10. A. 8cIxx-
rrFIc CoLoRED GENrLr,6As.-We
were sitting with Horace one afternoon
in that discputab.e sanctum adioinine.
the counting room Of the Tribune.
The old gentleman was in one of his.
chronic conditions of grumbls and dis
content. He had that mealy appear.
ance, 50 common to him, that made
him resemble blonde miller fresh from
the dust of his -four mill, and was
expressing his private opinion in Z
public and somewhat profane way,
when a colored gentleman was an~
nounced. 'Let him como In" roared
the philosopher, and an aged darkey
clad In broadoloth, gold-rimmed spco>
tacle, and cane. headed with the same
precious metal, stalked in.
"Mr. Greeley, l believer he inquired.
eyes, I'm Mr.. Greeley; what do
you want" was the gruff response.
"Well, sah.' said old Ebony Specs,
seating himself as he deposited his hat
and cane on the floor-"Well, sab, I've
been thinkin' that our race don't pay
enuf attention to scientific pursuits,
sah."
We saw a cloud gather on the INTEL
lectual countenance of the great jour-
nalistic Bohemian. II broke in thun.
der at that point. In q voice wherein
was blended the shrill tones Of q
hysterical woman, and the growl Of q
tiger, he exclaimed:
Scientific pursuitsl you id old
fool; you want hoe handle and patch
Of New Jersey-that's the scientific
pursuits you want. Get out"
Wdshimgtox Cspitsl.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

GRAND PosT STAKE.-At the re-
cent meeting of the Louisiana Jockey
Club, of New Orleans,it it was resolved to
offer a grandpost stake ofs20, 900, open
to the world, to he run for at the spring
meeting Of 1873 Half was soon sub
scribed, and there seems to be no doubt
that the remainder will be. This is
the largest stake ever offered for any
single event, and it is expected to at-
tract the best horses. not only in this
country but in England.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

There are three Republicans in the
United States Senate, according to the
New York Sun, who, if all that is
publicly alleged against them is true,
should be engaged otherwise than in
making laws for the government of
honest men. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that Caldwell and Pomeroy, of
Kansas, and Clayton, of Arkansas, are
the men referred to. While this is
true in regard to them, however, il is
not equally true that there is quite a
number of others, who, if not implica-
ted in any downright corruption, are
nevertheless out of place as Legislators
for the people, quite as much as the
trio of tricksters especially designated.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
A MYSTERY SoLvED.-About once

A MYSTERY SoLvED.-About once
in four or five years the question
"Was Morgan murdered by the Free,
masons?' comes up in the newspapers,
and is discussed with as much feryor
as if the transaction it refers to, was a
matter Of yesterday. 1t will sadden
those who delight in mystery to know,
on so good authority as that of Nor
gan's son, that the supposed victim of
the brethren of the mystic tie, was
neither tied to stone and sunk, had
his throat cut, or was torn asunder,
according to the general custom in such
cases. On the contrary, he lived
until nearly thirty years after his alb.
duction, and finally ended his days in
corpu,ence and contentment, at Ho-
bartown, Van Dieman's Land, where
he for some years published a newspa-
per, the Advertiser-which it still in
existence. According to the statement
of the son referred to, Morgan was re-
leased on condition of his leaving the
country forever. He was accompan-
led to Quebec, where he entered the
British navy, and was placed on ship
which left soon after for England.
Later he accompanied government
vessel to Australia, and his period of
service being ended, he chose to take
up his residence il that quarter of the
world. His son is a resident of San
Francisco, and is responsible for the
statements here given.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

A MELANCHOLY BREAK-DowN.-
There are lively break-downs that
make an audience laugh, and there
sad and sorrowful break-doWns that
make the kindhearted grieve. To the
latter class belongs the enervation OF
body and mind which is usually called
general debility" or nervous weak-
ness" and which. when neglected, too
often terminates in atrophy and death.
A wholesome medioated stimulant is
the one thing needed in cases of this
description, and science and experience
unite in pointing to Plantation Bitters
as the true specific. The fact that it
combines the properties of an invigor-
ant with those of a regulator and alter
ative, in exactly the proportions neces,
sary to produce a radical change in the
tone of the system, and the action of
the digestive and secretive organs, is
an unanswerable argument in its favor
as general restorative.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
WASHINGTON, ARK, MAY Is 1872
A STAGE COACH ApyEsTuRE.-

A STAGE COACH ADVENTURE
Once upon time, traveller stepped
into stage coach. He was a young
man, just starting in life. He found
six passengers about him, all gray
headed and extremely aged men. The
youngest appeared to have seen at
least eighty winters Our young trav,
eller, struck with singllarly mild and
happy aspect which distinguished all
his fellow passenger, determined to
ascertain the secret OF long life, and
the art of making oldage comfortable;
he addressed the one Who was appar-
entlyIthe eldest, who tdd'him that he
always led regular nd abstemious
life, eating vegetables and drinking
water.
The young man was ather daunted
at this, inasmuch as he I'D liking for
the good things of his lie. He ad-
dressed the second, who atounded him
by saying that he had lways eaten
roast beef, and gone to bd gloriously
fuddled, every night, fothe last sew
enty years adding that "aldepends on
regularity"
The third had prolongd his days
by never seeking or acceing office;
the fourth by MISUNDERSTANDING
from all politica lorr eligiousontrover-
sizes, and the fifth by gettinito bed at
sunset, and Using at dawn.
The sixth was apparehy much
younger than the other fve-his hair
was less gray, and there wanore of
it-a placid smile denoting aerfectly
easy conscience, mantled his zee and
his voice was jocund and trong.
They were all surprised to learnhat he
was by ten years the Oldest main the
coach.
Show" exclaimed our youngavel.
Ter, sis it you have thus preservi the
freshness Of life."
81 have drank water and .ank
wine-I have eaten meats and veta-
bles-I held public office--I ave
sometimes gone to bed at midnht,
got up at sunrise and at noon-I I'VE
dabbled in politics, and written or
religious papers-bm 1 al,cays 1d
promptly my printers bill"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

SENTiMENT.-In the Atlantic for
May, DIR. Holmes treats US to this
able defence of sentiment:
I'VE poets, you know, are much
given to indulging in sentiment, which
is mode of consciousness at discount
Just now with tho new generation Of
analysts who are throwing everything
into their crucibles. Now we must
not claim too much for sentiment. II
does not so a great way in deciding
questions of arithmetic, or algebra, OF
geometry. Two and two will undoubt-
edly make four, irrespective Of the
emotions or other idiosyncracies of the
calculator; and the three angles of a
triangle insist on being equal to two
rights angles in the face of the most
impassioned rhetoric or the most in
spired verse. But inasmuch as relis
gion and law, and the whole social
order of civilized society, to say moth
ing of literature and art, are so found
ed on and pervaded by sentiment that
they would all go to pieces without it,
it is word not to be used too lightly
in passing judgment, as if it were an
element to be thrown out or treated
with small consideration. Reason
may be the lever. but sentiment gives
you fulcrum and the place to stand on,
if you want to move the world. Even
'sentimentality,' which is sentiment
overdone, Is better than that affectation
of superiority to human weakness,
which is only tolerable as one of the
stage properties offullblown dandyism,
and is. at best, but half-grown cynic-
ism, which participle and noun you
can translate, if you happen to remem-
ber the derivation of the last of them,
by a single, familiar word" =
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

What Washington knew about farm.
ing was worth knowing. In 1887 he
had five hundred and eighty acres in
grass;sowed six hundred bushels OF oats;
seven hundred acres of wheat, and as
much more in corn, barley, potatoes,
beans, peas, &C., and one hundred and
fifty with turnips. His stock consisted
Of one hundred and forty horses one
hundred and twelve COWS; one hundred
and thirty six working oxen, heifers,
and steers, and five hundred sheep.
He constantly employed two hundred
and fifty hands, and kept twenty-four
ploughs going during the whole year,
when the earth and the state of the
weather would permit. In 1880 he
slaughtered one hundred and fifty hogs
for the use of hIs own family, and
provisions for his negroes.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

AS much has been said about the
horrible natSre of the Ku-Klux oath.
upon which the government has felt
justified in levying war upon South
Carolina and depopulating whole coun-
ties of their white residents, it may be
Of interest to know what the obligation
really is. 1t was divulged at a recent
trial in Charleston on an indictment for
murder. and reads as follows:
I,-,before the Immaculate Judge
of Heaven and Earth, and upon the
Holy Evangelists of Almighty God,
do of my own free will subscribe to
the following sacredly binding obliga,
ton:
First-We are on the side of justice,
humanity and constitutional liberty as
bequathed to us in its purity by our
forefathers.
Second-We oppose and reject the
principle of the Radical party.
Third-We pledge mutual aid to
each other in sickness, distress and pc.
cuniary embarrassment.
Fourth-Females, friends and wild.
ows and their households shall ever
be special objects of our regard and
protection.
Fifth-Any member divulging or
causing to be divulged any of the FORE
going obligations shall meet the fearful
penalty and traitors doom, which is
death !
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
RECIPE FOR MAKING TArrLI

RECIPE FOR MAKING TArrLERs.
Tattlers are 30 scarce in Front Madi-
son, Iowa, (the location Of the State
Penitentiary,) that the Plain Deoler
of that city gives the following receipt
for making tattlers;
Take handful Of the weed called
Runabout, the same quantity of root
called Nimble-tongue, a sprig Of the
herb Back bite, (either before or after
dog days,) a tablespoonful of Don't
you tell it, six drachms of malice, a
few drops of Envy, which can be pur,
chased in any quantity at the shops Of
Miss Tabitha Tea Table and Miss Nan.
cy Nightwalker. Stir them we'll to-
gether, and simmer them for bali an
hour over the fire of Discomfort, kin.
died with little Jealousy. and strain
them through the rag of Misconcep-
ton, and cork it up in tho bottle o.
Malevolcnce and hang upon a skein o.
street'yarn; shake it occasionally for {
few days and it will be ready for use
Let few drops be taken before walk
ing out, and the subject will be enableC
to speak all manner of evil and contin
ually,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The following was written by a
father to his son in college;
"My Dear Son-I write to send you
new socks your poor mother knit for
you by cutting down some of mine.
Your mother sends you ten dollars
without my knowledge, and for fear
you would not spend it wisely l have
kept back half and only send you five.
Your own mother and | are well ex
cept that your sister has got the meas
les, which We think would spread
among the other girls if Tom had not
had them before, and he is the only
one left. Ihope you will do honor to
my teaching, if you do not you are a
donkey and your mother and | are
your afiectionate parents"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15
Referrhg to the remarkable oour

Referring to the remarkable course
of the government in tie Alabama case,
Mr.. Greeley pithily observes: "1f
this administration had foolishly all
lowed us to drift into war, it would
have been deep disgrace. But even
that would have injured it no more in
public estimation than this unheard of
and inooncsivable exhibition of inca
pacity, Truculence is bad enough, but
trucking is worse; and what shall we
say when both characterize tho govern.
ment2 If this administration can boast
Of nothing else, at least, it oan say it
has exceeded all its predecessors in get
ting into quarTes without cause. and
out of them without dignity"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

In the opinion of Elihu Busritt. the
consequential claims Of the American
government, submitted to the Geneva
conference, arc fictitious groundlsss
and hopeless. presenting NJ easpect Of
fairness or sincerity. Hsalsasstimatss
that they are costing The two nationa
at least twenty millions week in their
effect upon the trade, stocks and all
those sensitive interests that draw
their life from permanent csnfdeuce>
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

: In the Electional College Of s57
votes this year, the former slaveholdins
States viii have LA votes, the Wes>
tern States l02 the New England and
Middle States 100, and the Pacific
States ~ votes Therefore according
to geographical appointment the South
is still the leading political power in the
Union,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

A charter has been granted in the
Chancery Court to the Tennessee Com
strlction and Contracting Company,
consisting of w. j. Wicks, w, B.
GreenlaY, w. G. Ford and other cap,
itallsts. for The purpose of bridging or
tunnnelling the Mississippi at Mem-
phis. The capital stock of the COM
pany is five millions with the privilege
of increasingly
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The chair in which John Adams sat
when he signed the Declaration of
Independence was sent to Cincinnati
for the use Of the presiding officer of
the Liberal convention
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

A Traveller In tho East writes that
the site Of the Garden Of Eden IL.
according to tradition, located at tho
junction of the Euphratss and Tigris.
at an Arab village called Hornsh.
Scattered along the bank are about two
hundred houses, made Of reeds and
thatch. while on the extreme point.
where the rivers meet, q shanty has
been built for telegraph station! II
is somewhat curious 10 think Of tsle~
grams being ssnt to tho Garden Of
Eden, as Il Is calculated TO remove the
halo with which the imagination has
surrounded the spot. We could al
most wish that modern progress. whils
penetrating every other country of the
earth, might leave the Holy LaAd
untouched. sf
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The following were the delegates
present from Arkansas at the OIncia.
natl Convention
A. 7. Shaw, @. K. Underwood. D.
O. White, Ed. Bancroft, John Sumo
mers jr., John Kirkwood, R. @. Jen.
nings,J. R. Rutherford. o. 8. Dillon j.
G. Mccain, w. H. Winfield. Thomas 3.
Anderson. Alternates-Tabbs Gross.
Joseph H. Flemming, 9. E. Howell.
Henry W. Long. L. B. Nash, II. L.
Fletcher, F, H. Boyd.
On the first ballot this delegation
cast ten votes for Brown, one for Adams
and one for Trumbull. After Brown
withdrew, ten votes were given Tor
Greeley and two for Adams.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

1t is computed by the Isaac New,
tons Ofthe present century that over
81 900 has been paid in the last thirty
years for the printing in tue Congress-
ional Globe the single word 'laugh-
ter"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

In the Interior department. wash~
ington, are employed 103 ladies' The
salaries range from 5000 to $1,000. In
the Treasury department are 26A
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The First Presbyterian Church, of
Elizebeth, Nsw Jersey, has 70. missed
a service for two hundred and seven
consecutive years.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

The remains of the Confederate dead,
inferred at Gettysburg, will be 70,
moved to Hollywood cemetary, Rich>
mond.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

How to get a good wiie-take a
good girl and go to the parson.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

Virtue and happiness are mother
and dsusster,
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-15

PiOus sister-"Tommy, who loves
all men!" Topmy-"Oo does !"