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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
An Ingenious Machine to be Used
for The Propulsion of Vessels.

We copy the following from the
New OrleansP icayune OF March 10
concerning one of the leading citl
zens of Harrison country:
Mr.. j. L.. Nevers, the lumber
merchant, of this city, is receiving
the praises of his friends for u new
invention, which is destined to
make a stir in the world of mechan'
les. 1t is a simple machine, with
a single wheel, called "the Fin" 1t
works on the principle of a ducks
foot, and seems to be Il switter
method of propulsion than those
heretofore i'll use, the principal
working part consists of two fanges
immersed in the water. These
work vertically at right angles to
the resistance of the water.
They are reversible and may be
moved up and down at will by u
rigid rod guided by II lever. The
notch under the wheel is cat in
verse to the notch on top Of the
wheel, so by raising or lowering
the lever above, the tanges act
against the force of water until the
end Of the stock is reached, when
they turn to come back on their
edges. BY raising OF lowering
the lever they can be made to
push or pull. The whole a be
raised or lowered to any depth
without mountaineering the work
movements. There is very
little waste caused by the use of
this machine, aud no skilled labor
is required.
Mr.. Nevers made an exhibit of
his machine to his many friends.
Among those present were Mr..
Shakespeare, the fou%ndryman, and
Bell, the distinguished engineer.
All joined in expressing their adj
miratiOn at the simplicity and fit
ness of the new invention.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
SIlel.in-s sale.

A. BLUMER VS. ID. w. MILLS.
BY virtue of an execution to me direct
by the clerk of the circuit court of Jack
son county, State of Mississippi, dated at
Scranton, January %, 1879, in the above
stated case, | will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, in front Of
the Courthouse door of said couuty, on
Moadoy, the 26h dag of May, 1879
within the usual hours prescribed by Law,
the following described lands OF the de-
PENDANT, u. ". Mills, viz:
S~ or of ne or, sw or of sc or, in sec
tlon 30, township 5, range 5, containing
eighty acres also Sc or of sw qr of Sec
ton 81, also SO qrof ne qr, @ hi of ne or,
NV ar OF sw or, and ne or of section 50,
township A south, range 4 WEST also 3 hf
of sw Or of section %, township A south,
range $ west, containing five hundred
acres, to satisfy plaintiffs Judgment for
$l65 30, and all cost.
Given under my hand, ut Scranton, tho
10th day of April, 1879.
J. Z. CLARK, Sheriff.
April Is. 1879. AT
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
4 CORRESpnNnRNr who G

A CORRESPONDENT who signs
himself "B." in "A letter to the
Clarion of last week, advocates
the h0ldingOf IA State constitution.
al convention, and makes some
very pertinent suggestions as to
the changing of certain laws which
were passed by radical legislation,
and under which orr State is still
governed. There is no doubt that
many clauses in the State c~onstitu-
tion should be changed, and some
altogether abolished, and we be.
lieve the quickest and best method
to perform the work is to hold a
convention.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
Handsboro Property
FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers for sale at a bar
gain the following desirable property SIT
uated in the town of Haudsboro, harrison
county, Miss:
One large, two-story frame DwELLiSe'
containing eight rooms, closets and gallery,
fire places, etc. Nine acres of land attach,
ed with several orange tees on It. Han
of the land is under FENCE and in cultiVa1
ton.
Also a comfortable COTTAGE with hVe
rooms and all necessary outbulldlngs'
Situated in a pleasant part of town.
Also another COTTAGE with o rooms
an acre of land attached and good water,
Also two desirable town lots at Monroe
City.
Al tho above properj get = be sold on
very reasonable terlus-1 Ssh or hego-
table paper. Titles at Guaranteed
P. X. MAfERS..
Handsl'oro. Miss. March :, is7a 5pIf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
LEGAL
administrators Sale.

BY virtue of an order of the chances.
court of Jackson county, Mississippi. mad.
Mt rules Oh the second Monday OF Anr;,
1873, the undersigned. administrator ~,
the estate of Maurice Guichard, deceas,
will, on -
Monday, the 90 day of June, 1874.
between the hours of IL am. and 3 nm
OF said day, at the town of East Pasca.
gonla, in said county, expose for sale Mt
public auction, to the highest bidder far
cash, the real estate of said decedeut, situ.
ated in Jackson county, Mississippi, and
more fully described as follows, town..
One lot Of ground fronting on Washing.
ton street, measuring lS2 feet front on
said street and running north to the sec.
tion line, thence 1873 feet west along said
line, thence north to the place of starr.
ing. Also one lot of ground situated on
Market street, having 90 feet front npon
said street, and 200 feet upon Washington
street, being the southwest corner of the
block. Also one lot of ground commen.
cling at the lands of Jacob Biptiste and
upon Front sire t, running east $50 feet.
thence north $50 feet, thence west 100
feet, thence south to the place of starting.
$50 feet. s. MOORE, administrator. 7
Anill IL lAgu Il
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

On the 1Stha syndicate composed
of nineteen banks of New York
and Boston made a subscription OF
500, 900, 900 of the new four per
cent. bonds, and $4,000, 900 funding
certificates, which is the largest
subscription ever made to the COY.
eminent funded loan in this or any
other country. The heaviest sub.
scribers were the First national
bank, Fiske & Hatch, Metropolitan
national bank j. &. w. Seligmau.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
LAST Tuesday the national house

LAST Tuesday the national house
of representatives passed Chitten-
den's subsidiary coin bill, after some
discussion upon the subject. The
bill as passed provides that silver
coins of smaller denomination than
one dollar may be exchangeable
into lawful money, when presented
in sums of $40, and makes lawful
money exchangeable into silver
coins in like amounts; makes sub
sidiary silver coins a legal tender
for all debts, public and private, in
sums OF not exceeding 500, and
makes minor coinage receivable at
postof1ices to the amount of SO.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

In another column will be found
a highly important decision of the
supreme court of this State in the
case of A. O.. Cox, sheriff, VS.. r. j..
Ross, administrator. This decision
was delivered last week, and we
take it from the columns of the
Comet, which paper publishes the
decisions of the court every week.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
DANGEROUS L4WS.

Last Friday Senator Randolph
of New Jersey, in his speech favor
ing the repeal of the infamous laws
allowing the presence of troops ut
the polls, said that in 1876 he bore
a message from Gov. Wade Hamp-
ton, now senator, to Gen. Grant,
then president of the United States.
requesting him to Withdraw his
troops from the South Carolina
Statehouse in Difference to a de-
cision of the supreme court, the
highest tribunal in the State.
Imagine my establishment and
Indignation" said Mr.. Randolph,
"when in an angry tone aud uu-
manner President Grant re-
q won't Withdraw the troops.
regard the decision of the
supreme court, and if | had any
message to send to Gov. Hampton,
t would be that his message to me
s an impertinence.'"
Yet this is the law against which
'epublicans have been lighting the
'epeal for the last few weeks, and
impertinence to declare
hat it is not a dangerous or bad
aw,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

FROM a letter just received from
our old friend Col. j.. +. ii. Clai.
borne, dated at Natchez, we make
the following extract: ~ am just
starting for Hancock, having just
received news that my dwelling
house near ,Toulme station was
burned. The wind was very high
at the time, aud all the numerous
ou~tbuildings were consumed, aud
with them all the furniture, planta.
ton implements, a years SUPPLIES,
and one thousand volumes of rare
and costly books, and an immense
collections of pamphlets-the ac-
emulation of a long life" We
published an account of the burn
Ing last week.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
An UnWise Policy.
Columbus Independept.

Columbus independents. 1|UT| ".-|
In examining Speaker RandalPs
appointments to chairmanships OF
committees we notice the conspicu.
GUS absence of the names of Hooker
and Chalmers. Hooker is recog.
nlzed as the most eloquent speaker
in the house and one of the most
accomplished of gentlemen. Chal.
mers is one of the most active
workers and is always zealous in
defending the democratic party.
Both these gentlemen opposed the
nomination of Mr.. Randall in the
democratic caucus.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
The following named gentlemen

compose the democratic executive
committee of Harrison county as
appointed at the last meeting held
at Mississippi City on the 18th of
last August: Beat No. IL. w.
Elmer, p. j. Montross, Samuel
Lawson. No. Ct. j. Stewart, f.
S. Hewes, Jos. r.. Davis, p. X.
Mayors. No. Sc. ID. Lancaster.
Geo. N. Smith, A. X. Northrop.
No. 4.-Wm. Smith, Elijah Ladnier,
A. j. Bond. No. 5.-W. E. Whit
tington, j. B. Ramsay, Thos. Bond,
ST.. ..t.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

THE democratic executive com.
mittees of Kinds county, which
met on the 14th, decided to hold a
county nominating convention on
the 4th of July, for the purpose of
making nominations for county
offices.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
MARINE and COMMERCIAL.



Fresh water 1!c per gallon delivered
alongside.
Pilotage So per foot, actual draft, com
pulsOry,
Steyedoring-Timber 81. 1O@1.35 per
load; deals Gj090c per load; coastwise
7OcQSl per load; lightcrage of ballast zoe
per ton.
Labor per diom--Foreman 81; holders S.;
winchmen 81.
Harbormaster s. each vessel.
All vessels arriving between the 1st of
April and 18th of November must report
at quarantine station before they will be
permitted to anchor.
Physicians charge S. for boarding each
vessel, An extra charge of s., and cost of
chemicals, for fumigation.
Average draft of water on the bar from
May to November II feet; November to
May Ii feet.
Vessels coming to Ship Island usually
enter at this port.
Draft of water at Ship Island 81 feet.
Charges at Ship Island same as above,
except lighterage of ballast, SOC, and
water &c per gallon.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

AN exchange says: There is no
disgrace in being poor; the thing
is to keep it quiet, and not let your
neighbors know anything about it,"
Very true; but how under the sun
is a man to keep it quiet when he is
dunned three times a week by bis
creditorsf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT-STAR. }
PAscAGoULA, Thursday, April "a, 1879. :
lFor the 2 weeks ending April 24.J

OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT-STAR. ,
PAscAGoULA, Thursday, April "a, 1879. (
lFor the 2 weeks ending April. 24.1
ARRIVED.
Hol blk Wander Palm, Ouwehand, 429 tons.
from amsterdam, Holland, with 100
cases gin to master, vessel to A. c..
Banner & Co.
Austro- Hungary blk Mira, Giadrassich,
$50 tons, from Alexandria, Egypt, in
ballast To-
Austro-Hungary Big Alma, Rath, 1856 tons.
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in ballast
to A. c. Danner ~ Co.
Ger bk Luce RadmaDn, Meyer, 447 tons.
from Martinique, w. L., in ballast to
Bercier d DcSmet.
scLEARED.
Am Big The Milne, Jerks, 239 tons, for
B~arranquiila, with l31 1851 sup fl lum-
& Co.
Am sch H Ruddigg. voss, $50 tons. for
Vera Cruz, Mexico, with l47 ,2a9 sup
IT lumber and $4,000 shingles, by NJ.
l.. Pol.
Aus blk Aaria Auna, Tarabocbea, 429 tons.
for LnssinPiccoli, Austria, with s7,0a9
sup It lumber and l7-059 cubic # tim.
Der, by l.. p. Hebrard.
Swed bk Oscars Warf, Teglund, 69s tons.
for Calais, France, with 470, 796 sup #
lumber, by Bercier & Desmet.
Ger blk Goethe, Dierks, $50 tons, for Bre-
men, Germany, with BIS, 157 sup #
lumber and 500 oak slaves, by &C
panneT Il Co.
VESSELS IN PORT.
swed blk Adolph, Erlandson 400
LUNBER STATEMENT.
Cleared from Sept. l, "a, to Sept.
,2SB.3s9
Cleared since Sept. l, Is7s .....1S.439a74
" April ., 70. -. I,376,G56
TOtal..-.....,...-....... Ig.Sf6.s30
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
FEVER ON THE Pr MOUTH.

Last Saturday week a communi
cation from the secretary of the
navy was laid before the lower
house of congress giving some in.
formation in reply to tho house
resolution regarding the breaking
out of yellow fever Oh the ship
Plymouth. The secretary says the
opinion generally prevails among
experienced naval men that the
freezing process is u sufficient pro-
lection against the appearance of
yellow fever after it has once APP
peared oil board of the vessel.
There are instances in which it has
resulted otherwise, although they
have not been sufficiently numer-
Gus to entirely destroy the opinion.
The question why the Plymouth
was not sufficiently frozen and
f%umigatGd has been referred to the
medical board to report thereon.
The remarkable fact that the dis
ease broke out at the precise point
i'll the ship where it appeared in
last, may be supposed
to weaken somewhat the theory
that the freezing process is Il relia-
bic remedy. A single example
cannot, however, be sufficient to
entirely overthrow the presumption
in its favor. The department, the
secretary says, will continue to re-
sort to it in all cases, but will at the
same time add to it all other known
sanitary remedies, as well as such
as additional investigations may
discover. In the meantime, what
experiments, either experience
or science may suggest, should be
tried, in order that nothing shall
be omitted to arrest the progress
and ravagesof this terrible scourge.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

1t is impossible for us to do
job work on credit. We have TO
pay cash for the stock used, and do
the work on small margins, aud are
therefore compelled TO demand the
cash on delivery,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
The estates" Repudiated.

VIcksburg Commercial.
The democratic executive oom.
mittee of Chickasaw county have
passed resolutions repudiating the
Southern States. Harper will sur.
vive, Notwithstanding.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

Hon. A. e. THURMAN who is now
president pro. TEN. of the senate,
is looming up as a prominent can
didate for president in 1880, and no
doubt will be the strongest oppo-
nent MI. Tilden will have to con.
tend against.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
a NUMBER of leading planters

A NUMBER of leading planters
of Louisiana and this State have
issued a call for Il Mississippi valley
labor convention to be held at
V~icksburg on the 9th of May to
take into consideration the present
agitation of the labor question.
The call is signed by Gov. Stone,
John ii. Voolfolk, president of the
Vicksburg cotton exchange, and
leading merchants, editors and
planters Of Mississippi and the
upper river parishes OF Louisiana.
The call requests the colored PEG.
pie to send delegates to the con.
ventlon to participate in it's DELHI
erations and discuss the questions
before it,. The leading question to
be discussed by the convention will
be the present negro emigration
movement to Kansas, and the mode
of stopping it. We think, how
ever, the best way to do is let the
negroes alone. If they wish to
leave the South their places will
be tilld by white settlers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

THE annual fair of the Agricul
tural, Mechanical and Horticultural
association will begin at Mobile Oh
the 9th of May and continue six
days. The association is making
preparations for a grand display,
and from the interest the people OF
Mobile and surrounding country
are taking in this meeting there
will be no such word as fail. The
display of machinery, farm pro-
ducts, inventions, stock, horticul.
ture, poultry, fancy work, etc, will
be unsurpassed. Our people along
the coast should certainly visit
Mobile on the 9th, and attend the
fair, as we are assured they will be
amply repaid by 81 doing.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

The Mississippi stock breeders
association will meet at Aberdeen
on May I'd.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

FROM a notice of the work found
on the local page of thiSissue it will
be seen that the manuscript of
the first volume of Col. j. Il. FL.
Claiborne's History of Mississippi
is now in the hands Of MesSrs.
Power & B~arkeSdale, Of the Ga
yiOn, who will publish the work,
and ,tllat it will not be long before
the work will be out. We are glad
to hear this, as the work is eagerly
looked for by Il people, and it
VIII be the most complete history
ever written of this State. The
loss of Col. Claiborne's library at
his "Zama y plantation, we learn
will not effect his publication as all
of his historical memorandums,
sketches, etc, were at his home in
Adams county.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

THE Raymond Gazette says Gen.
A. M. West seems to be iavoring
the reorganization of greenback clubs,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
Symptoms Of Diseased Liver.

pAIN in the right side, under the
l edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach Is affected with loss of appe-
ute and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him. vet
he a scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex.
lsted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
The most happy results. No better
eathartlc can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine, We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled,
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS,
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid.
with the impression DR.. McLANE's Liver
Pills.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER Pills bear
the signatures Of c. McLANE and FIFM1Nc |
on the wrappers.
INSIST upon having the genuine DIR. c.
AicLANE's LIVER Pills, prepared bv Elem.
ing Bros, Of pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

All job printing is cash on de.
livery of the work.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25
CO-Partnership NOtiJe.

My sons disabilities having been re:
moved by the honorable chaIcery coNrt
he becomes a partner with me in the drug
business as CHIDSEY & SON..
CHAS, CHlDSEa;
Scranton, MISS April |, 1879, 33t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-04-25

NEXT Monday the 2Sth, circuit
court viii convene at Columbia,
Marion county.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1879-12-31

to point out what we ought to do as we'll
as determine what we shall do. On the
one hand the standard of right ana wrong
on the other the chain of causes and eff
fects are fastened to their throne.-Ben-
than.
I desire to find in books, not what may
be blamed, but what may be praised, and
that from which l may learn something
This course is not exactly in fashion; but
it is the most useful. Nevertheless,
though there are few. books or persons in
whom | cannot find something of use to
me. know how to make difference in
granting them my confidence. Godtery
Wilhelm oOn Leibnltz.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1879-12-31
For The Repie1r.
The Old Year.
BY EUGENE THOMPSON.

The year is growing hoary,
1t has nearly told its story,
And the power it had is slipping from its failing
grasp away;
If we fain would keep it longer,
Till its influence is stronger,
All our prayers may not detain it, it languish
and decay.
1t has lived its life of duty,
1t has filled the world with beauty.
1t brought the loving sunshine of the happy
Spring;
1t crowned the earth with flowers,
In the lingering Summer hours,
When it seemed that every creature did for very
pleasure sing.
Then it brought the Autumn glowing,
With its wealth of plenty, showing
How the Father loves his children, and will give
them daily food;
And it made the land so CHEEKY,
That the singers grew not weary
Ofproclaimng the glad message, that God wills his
people good.
Is it therefore any wonder,
That sigh the while we ponder,
On the coming swift departure of our familiar
friend?
That the year and skies together,
And the weeping wintry weather,
All unite in lamentation that the intercourse must
end?
Nay, but let us bend the rather.
In thanksgiving to Father,
Who granted from his treasury another useful year;
Let us pray to be forgiven,
All the evil that has striven
10 prevent the good we longed for; and we know
that he will hear.
And if he should send another
Young and strong to greet brother,
God give us grace to use it better than we did the
past;
So that it may tell its story
To that Fathers praise and glory,
And thus prove that were learning all the lessons
of the past.