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HERNANDO. MISS.


HERNANDo, September 29.-Your cor
respondent having spent the greater portion of the
week here attendance upon Circuit Court Will now
give to your readers such items of general inter
est as he has been able to ascertain. By careful
inquiry ] am convinced that the people are much
better prepared to stand a short crop than they
were in ISL The cotton crop Will yield about
one-half that of last year. Early corn made "a
farmers will not have much to buy. People have
been prudent in their purchases and will mostly
pay what they owe.
There is some sickness with more fatality than
usual. Mrs. Ira G. Holloway, n most estimable
lady and wife of the Hon l.. G.. Holloway, of
Desoto Front. was buried here Wednesday.
A general rain is much needed. both for COM
fort and health, but would perhaps be injurious
to cotton.
The primary election for Chancery clerk. held
Saturday last. resulted in the nomination OF X.
X. West. present incumbent, by sixty-ive ma
jOrity over c. r. Jones. Both are good and true
men, and either would have been acceptable to
pletes the county ticket, and the election of the
whole ticket by an overwhelming majority is a
foregone conclusion.
Circuit Court closed yesterday. after a session
of two weeks, during which time much business
was disposed of. The only ease exciting public
interest WIS that of the State against John G.
Payne, for the murder of j. NJ. Hawkins. Both
on account of the popularity of the deceased and
the high standing of Payne's family, the case has
been much discussed. 4 verdict of not guilty
and at the worst a chung jury" Messrs. White
and Morgan conducted the defense in an able
manner, while District Attorney Ira ID. Oglesby
already reputed to be the ablest district attorne,
in the State, gained new laurels. His speech il
said by all who heard him to have been one of tn,
ablest ever made in the county. Payne was con
victed of, manslaughter ana sentenced to ny
years in the pcnitentiary. lie has appealed Il
the Supreme Court. The people cannot afford Il
lose the services of so skillful and able a crimina
lawyer as Gen. Oglesby. and they VIII retain hin
as Encouragement by an overwhelming mfIIor
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-e-Mnrd and suicide.

THE only known specific remedy Tor cpl
leptic fits is Samaritan Nervine.
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A DESPERATE RESISTANCE.
One Murderer Killed While Resisting
Arrest and Another

New ORLEANS, October 1.-The Times
Democrats Eola special says: Lane, who
murdered McNeilly, at Payne's plantation,
near Opelousas, a few days ago, and his
aecomplice and companion, Brown, have
been arrested. When commanded to sur
rended, they opened fire a hand-to-hand
fight followed. The sheriff and two dep
uties were at a. disadvantage, being on
unruly horses, while their assailants were
behind pine trees. Lane, the principal
murderer, was shot dead by Sheriff Duson.
Brown, his companion, was shot in the
right hand in the act of firing at the
sheriff. He changed his pistol to his left
hand and continued firing. He finally
surrendered. Lane was mortally wounded.
Az he fell he grasped a handful OF car
tridges and attempted to load. He lived
! but five minutes. The sheriff asked him
Why he murdered poor old McNeilly he
replied: "He ordered me Out Of his sugar
house and cursed me. No man does that
and lives" Brown will be taken to
Opelousas. His wounds are not danger
ous, During the fight the sheriff was
stuck on the forehead by a spent ball and
, another passed through his clothing.
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HELENA, ARK.
R,vplar Corrcspondence of ,he Appeai.l

Rsgular Correspondence of the Appeal
HELEss, September SOL simply riot
in the pleasure Il giy&s ns % record the return to
Little Rock yesterday Of thu fogfy Ienitentiary
~conviets engaged in cultiyating the 4antt-Burrus
plantation, below here. this year. They have
proven a dear luxury to their lessees, Messrs-
Gant& Burrus. Escapes have occurred all along
through the year, and last February Mr. CAN'T
Was shot dead by one of them, who, with others,
ssa3e good his escape st that time A constant
source Of ANNOY apcc TO their keepers, they have
also proven n source 81 anxiety to the community
in which they were located. and a very general
relief is felt at their return to the confinement OF
the penitentiary walls, where they belong. The
day is at hand when the Rbominable system oi
leasing convicts ms you would cattle. and ship
ming them all about through the State must be
abandoned. Pestilence and corruption follow
they are not a success. If they. cannot be made
profitable within the walls built to eonhne and
punish them, why let them become a tax.
Spoculating in human flesh Is a thing of the past
illcgitimate and wrong. Nothing but a bastard
would seek to profit by human woe and
human shame. Within the penitentiary
Is the proper pisce TO keep ~eonviets.
NJ there is not room enough there,siet an addition
be built, and the unfortnnates given some useful
employment behind the bars. Conyicts, by the
Wording of the statute, are to be punished by im-
nrisonnent At hard labor for such and such a
| ieneth OF time. within the penitentiary, The vile
system Of Pleasing. however, has reduced the poni-
| Tertiary 70 nothing better than q distributing
har~er fer ~s>rsiess and fsions; 4 sort Of radint-
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BETTER THAN GOLD.

Before than grandeur, better than gold,
Than rank and titles a thousand fold,
Is n healthy body and a mind at ease
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that can feel for mothers woe,
NTH sympathies large enough to cnfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold is n conscience clear,
Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere,
DOubly blessed with content and health.
Untried by the lusts and cares of wealth,
Lowry living and lofty thought
AdOrn and ennOble 4 poor man s cot.
For mind and morals in nature s plan
Are the genuine tests of n gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
Of the sons of toll when the labOrs close.
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep,
And the balm that drops on his slumbers deep
Bring sleeping draughts on the downy bed,
Where luxury pillows its aching head,
The tOiler simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the land of dreams.
Better than gold is u thinking mind,
That in the realm of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live with the great and good of yore.
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories of empires passed away;
The worlds great dream will thus unfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is a peaceful home.
Where all the freside characters come,
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
liallOwed by mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heavens decree,
The blessings that never we're bought AMI sole
And center there are better than gold.
F~ATHEERYAN
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CQTTON-PLANTERS.
The Meeting of the National Associa-
ton Postponed.

NICKsBUEG, October 1.-The National
Cotton-Planters' Association of America
will hold its annual convention in Nicks-
burg on the Dist of November, instead OF
the l4th, as previously published. The
Governors of the cotton-manufacturing
States of New England, as well as the
growers of the cotton-growing States, are
requested to appoint two delegates from
each county in the their respective States.
All Cotton Exchanges are also invited.
Important plans will be determined at
this convention to materially aid in max
ing the Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition, to be held in New
Orleans mex year, a great success.
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TWO WOMEN
And the House Burned to Cover the
Crime.

INDrANAPoLIs, October About 5
o'clock yesterday morning a story and a
half frame house in the eastern part of
Shelbyville, Ind, occupied by Kittie
Wells as a house of ill-fame, was set on
fire and entirely consumed. Flora Garrett
and Maggie Wells, two of the inmates,
who were sleeping in a back room up
stairs, were unable to escape and were
burned to death. kittie Wells, the mis-
tress, and Nelson Pudham and Herman
Tormello, who We're sleeping downstairs,
escaped. The Garrett girl was about
eighteen years of age, and her home was
in st. Omer, Rush county. The Wells girl
was from Columbus, this State, and aged
about twenty-five years. 1t is thought by
some that the girls were murdered, then
fire set to the house to conceal the crime,
as the left breast and arm of one of the
girls was found to have several sharp cuts,
as if cut with q knife. A dirk-knife was
found near the remains,
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Heartily Endorses the appeal

Milan Tenn Exchange: The Memphis
APPEAL. suggests the propriety of putting
a Southern man on the next national
Democratic ticket as u candidate for Vice
President, and urges that it be done. That
journal says the war has now been over
Tor eighteen years, and sectional politics
should be done away with. We heartily
indorse the proposition. Let Southern
Democrats insist that a Southern nan be
placed on the ticket-not necessarily i'll
the second place, but first, if we have a
suitable man and we believe the South
has as able statesmen as the North. We
notice hat many prominent Southern pa
pers indorse the APPEALS proposition,
and advance strong argumentsi in its favor.
\ correspondent Of the Nashville Banner,
iudorsing the idea, suggests the name OF
Ex-Gov. John c. Brown, N of Tenncs-
sees ablest and best men, for the Vice
Presidency. He is well and favorably
known throughout the country, and would
he Il strong man for the place. Gen. Cor
don, of Georgia, is also favorably men.
toned. lie is one ofthe South's best men.
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The Bayard.Butler Interview.

WILMINGTON, September %. Senator
Bayard was shown this morning a tele-
graphic extract from the Chicago Herald
of TO-DAY. While declining to take notice
of the Hepdla'ss ~FeitetatiQh ri the truthful
ness OF Its interview, he furnished the
Erery Epcning the following in writing
Had YOU shown me the correspondence
of the Chicago Herald before you pub
lished it, purporting to give an interview
with me, l would have shown you how ut
terly g~roundless and untrue it was. Moth
ing ever said by me could possibly be con.
strued into approval or liberation of Gen
Buffers political action, nor my willing
ness to see public power intrusted to his
hands
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ing center, from which crime is sent abroad
throughout the land. That the practice is de-
clared lawful does not affect its devilish work
ings, nor stay its sickening abuses. With the
abolition of convict lessees should go the county
contractor. whose damnable traffic in minor of
Tenders is usually so rotten with abuses that it
smells to heaven.
As the APPEAL has already published something
in regard to the Word-McNally difficulty. / think
il only Just that the appended card of Conductor
McNally be given space, especially as Mr.. Me-
Nally indicates q decided purpose to close any
further discussion of il through. the papers, The
affair unquestionably has two sides TO it:
HrIpNA APN Seutemher % 1gS3
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COUNTRY COUSINS.
Letters from Our Regular Correspond
ents at Helena aud JonesbOro, Ark,
Birmingham, Ala,
fernando, Miss. and Bells Depot, Tenn.
What Our Neighbors are Talk
ing About.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
BIRMINGHAM, September 3C.-An ex-
tensive vein of reddle, or red chalk, has been dis
covered near Birmingham. This clay il in wide
demand for the manufacture of red pencils, and
of colors regarded with great favor for roof paint
ing and printing. 1t is found. | believe. in only
three other districts in the United States-in Nir-
ginia, Missouri and Michigan-most of that now
used bein mined in various countries of Europe.
The Birmingham find, being very fayorably To-
Gated for working and readily accessible, will no
doubt prove very valuable.
Lands for new coal mines within four miles OF
Birmingham have been leased. The conditions
of the lease require that the lands shall be made
to yield twenty tons of coal per day BY the lt OF
January next, and forty tons per day after that
date.
The country around Birmingham is being
searched for two State c~onviets, both negroes
who escaped from the Pratt Coal and Coke Com
pany's mines several days ago.
Michael OByrne, whose grocery store and stocl
were burned Friday, as announced in yesterday
APPEAL, tells me he hadn't n dollar of insurance
pr. Jerome Cochran. State Health Officer, wal
in Birmingham yesterday on his way to EutaV
to look after a threatened visitation of smallpox
at that place, one case being already reported.
| The mayor is having notices served prelimlnar!
to arresting all property owners who do not begin
laying sidewalks within the twenty days.
A handsome hotel building, a sorely needed i'm
prOvement, is under way, to be pushed to
speedy completion. BENONl.
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CORNERS
Testimony Before the Senate suD-coni'
nlittee on Education and Labor.

New YORK, October Partridge, OF the
Produce Exchange, continued his testi-
mony to-day before the Senat Sub-Com-
mittee on Labor and Education. Witness
testified as to corners" gambling as he
characterized it,, on the Exchange. Nearly
1000 of the 1000 members of the Elk
change, he said, were gamblers, and the
law OF supply and demand had nothing tc
do Sfth this speculation. As the remedy
for gambling. be said he would make it d
penal oiiensc tor p2rties to sell what they
did not own or %contrGI. and a penal OF
tense for anybody to buy uI. the neces
saries of life and hold them for srS@%la
tiGB. Witness, in concluding, begged tC
present, through the committee, a petition
to Congress regarding this evil.
senator Blair said they would incor
porate the petition ia the NitRess's ties.
timony.
Clinton Furlish, rubber manufactures,
advocated free trade, and Osmund III
Sekweiner read 4 paper on the immense
| spsegisasye transactions of the country
imitation OF is6 currency. and on watered
y StpaE
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BLOWN TO ATOMS,
Forty Cinnamon aNd One White NHs
Killed by a Powder Explosion.

SAN FRANcIsco, October Saturday an
explosion of the California Powder Works,
situated near the Pinole line, on t&o Cen
trail Pacific railway, took place. The Inn
mediate cause will probably never be
known, as all those engaged therein, com
prising forty Cinnamon and one white
overseer, were blown to atoms. Scraps OF
bodies are being picked up in ditfereat ai-
rections at a distance of fully a quarter OF
a mile from the scene of the disaster. The
only white man killed was the overseer OF
the mixing-room. This makes the third
explosion OF these powder works, reckoned
among the largest On tbs coast, employing
only twenty white men and iSs Cinnamon.
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for such things until time has fully re-
stored reason and justice to the American
people, and that happy state OF things viii
follow close after a successful and popular
Democratic administration. Southern men
have not vet had a chance to show how
periodically they would serve the country,
and after one administration in which
they have part we are satisfied there would
not only be no doubts LETT in the public
mind, but there would be 4 demand from
Maine to California for more of the same
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III NUHy VIII oHI IT s@FNAENNO
TO

HE FEELS LIKE A NEW NAN
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Const!pa-
tion,t two years, and have tried ten different
kinds OF pills, and UT are the first
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite Is
splendid, food Gigests readily, and 1 now
have natural passages. / feel like q new
man." WI. EDWARDS, Palmyra, o..
Soldeverywhere, 25c. Office "A Murray st, NY.
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CELESTIAL
Unique Funeral of a Philadelphia
Chinamau.

PHTLADELPHIs, October Hog Chunk
a Chinaman who died in the almshoust
Wednesday, was buried to-day. At the
grave the Rev. Mr.. Lyle said the Lords
prayer in Chinese and English, after which
a number of ribbons bound about the body
were removed and thrown upon the coffin
While the clay was being shOveled upon
the coffin the ~celestials cast meats, rice
tea, baked dough, roast chicken and &
black bottle among the dirt. Ten thou.
sand people witnessed the ceremonies al
the grave. 1t was intended to have the
same service in the Church of the Epi
phany (~Episcopal), but the crowd was SC
great that it was impossible to get into the
church. Mayor King refused to allow the
Chinese band to 90 in the procession, and
the police stopped the firing OF crackers III
front of the house from which the deceased
was taken to the grave. Nearly all the
Chinese in the city attended the funeral
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TUFTS PILLS.
UT rs
81 I. s
TORPID SowELs,
DISC . LIVE r.,
nP,r7 An a A laFA

From these sources arise thrce-fourths of
the diseases of the human race. These
symptoms Indicate their existence: Loss os
Appetite, Bowels coxtlve, Sick Head
Gche, fuliness after eating, aversion to
exertion OF body or mind, Eructntio.-
OF food, Irritability OF temper, Low
spirits, a feeling of having neglected
some duty, Dizziness, EIuttcring at the
Heart, Dots before she eyes. highIy coll
ored Urine, ScGSrIPATION, and de
mand the use of@rs:acdy that acts directly
PILLS have no equal. Their action on the
Kidneys and Skin is also prompt removing
all impurities trough these three 80 sca=-
myers OF the systen,'' producing appe-
tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear
Skin and a vigorous body. TUTT'S PILLS
cause no nausea or gripping nor interfere
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wants Candidates from Pivotal States.

West Tennessee Wig: Col. Heating, ed
itor of the Memphis APPEAL, has been in
terviewed, and he thinks the South will
insist on having the second place on the
Democratic Presidential ticket. While we
concede the perfect right to be represented
Oh the national ticket, at the same time
there is no special reason for pushing our
claims. The opportunity for Democracy
to win is at hand, and it behOoyes us to
plant our ticket i'm doubtful territory.
The South is solidly Democratic anyway;
then wouldn't it be the better policy TO
select candidates from pivotal States, where
the personal influences of the man might
turn the tide in favor Of the party Of re-
form?
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Tne Me.,e,n rnion Fax Gas.

ALBANY, September 2y.-Judgh,snt wa
| entered in favor OF the State in the West
ern Union tax case for Sl7S,397 as the
amount OF taxes, with penalties and inter
est added, for 1851. The company vii
| appeal HE case t. TIE general term TO,
reversal Of refefee,,s' .dtpIsleg. ii tbs
present judgment is sustained the com
pany will be liable for Sl39,200 more fol
iSS2, and not S600,0 600. This latter is tn,
| amount sued for by the Attorney-Genera
! but the company succeeded in its defensei
as to the eacess eyer the present judg
mont
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way 0ot Take a President From tEe
South.

Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat: Ii the
Memphis APPEAL's doctrine that the right
way to destroy ~sectionalism fp Our polit-
icai parties is for the Democrats ~ take
their candidate for Nice-PresideHt iE9Ie
the South, be correct, why not clinch the
matter by taking the President from our
section? Ii Il partial application OF the
doctrine is prescribed rs a remedy for sec
tionaiiSm why not make n certainty by ac-
cepting il in its widest scope? Why
should not the Democrats nominate the
head of the ticket som the South? Why
not nominate both c~sniijates? But it will
be time enough for the DefHorgacy to dis
cuss sneh questions after We shall have
succeeded in e~lecting our candidates, WHO
will most pfobsbiy be selected from the
North. There are 3 good many people
people who will NOT vote for II Southern
Democrat for Nice-President. while there
are very few, indeed, who will moi accept
a Northern Democrat. This may all be
wrong, bnt it is nevertheless "A fixed fact,
and it does no good to fight such facts. In
tie next generation this feeling may
cease to exist. But the tiHpe is not yet.
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Lamar Nominated for y-iee.President

Ashland Miss Register: An inter
view with one OF the editors OF the
APPEAL on the subject OF the South
ane the Nice-Presidency is attracting
national attention. He claims that
the next Democratic nominee for
Nice-President should come from the
South. This demand is placed on the
ground that the South furnishes a ma
jority of the Democratic electoral votes,
and such a nomination would do more
than anything else to obliterate whatever
sectional feeling may remain between
the North and South. Of course it would
be gratifying to every Southern man Tor
the man who occupied such an exalted
position to come from the South. This
section has men who are as able to fill the
second position in the government, or the
first either, as any from any section of our
common country. Should q Southern
man with a laudable ambition aspire to
| the position of Nice-President, let
his friends ask his nomination,
not as a Southern man, but
as a man with brains in his
head, and honesty of purpose in his heart,
and whose sole endeavor would be to dc
Justice to all American citizens. The South
has such men. She has one pre-eminently
fitted for the position, Deeply learned il
the governmental history Of the past ages
and conversant with the present problems
of government, his eloquent tongue is nC
less enhancing to Northern than TO South.
ern ears. Let the South enter L. q. c
Lamar for Nicc-President, not as a Soidhe7
man, but as the man for the place.
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Mrs Nemtan,s RnriaI.

PrrspUka. October Mrs. Fanny Bry-
ant-Newton, the sensational suicide, was
buried to-day. The remarkable circum-
stances of this case have excited deep in
terest here, and the residence of the DIS
ceased was visited by many ladies and
gentlemen. The methodical manner in
which she arranged her affairs and pre-
pared everything Tor death is believed tc
be without u parallel In the history Of sui
cides. She was doubtless insane, but there
was a surprising degree OF method in hei
madness. The unfortunate woman wa
well connected, a niece of Alexander
Campbell, founder of the C~ampbclltt
Church. Her reputed husband, DIR. Orrin
Newton, who suicided two weeks ago, wa
a d~escendent OF Sir Isaac Newton,
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n the Republicans Give US Permission.

Oxford MISS Edgt6: we ShOuld IKE
very much to see Il Southern man in the
Vicc-P Presidents chair, in fact, we would
like very much to see him occupy the
Presidents chair. We have many emil
ncnt and distinguished lhen in this section
who would adorn either position and who
would be Il vast improvement upon those
who i,aye filled those places Tor the past
tLiteen years, In point of patriotism and
craftsmanship ii,ay are he peers OF any
in the North, and they are as fully devot-
ell 10 the welfare and prosperity OF the
nation. In the event
That the Republicans see fit to place
a Confederate upon their ticket, then
the Democracy can safely do 50.
That would close their mouths and they
could not with amy propriety arraign us
Tor doin. what they had lone themselves.
Unless they do So ti4a Democrats had bet
ter not try the experiment next year. The
contest will probably be u close one,
| and we had better not make any moys'
ment which is calculated to diminish ON
strength.