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terms of ptefeaij. un a i,wwm oitiim. aaoy- H.lf erilnaaa on year... 80, Third .1 eoluaw mm jt 60 j v, uarwr ( a column one year 40 (J inar on yar. 15 j Two lliun aMTM 85 hafeM AdrtilB;$l.W Pr aqaare at mu THE AMERICAN CITIZEN i- PUBLISHED JCvEKT 6 A I L h. V a T MOKNIKfl bJ J O II V. BOH WtBTH . It Ik the largest puper pabHbt-d In thin rtioDI and . rur.ta.tni iuur fol 1 1 i r u I , Ajfi ImImmI ttd if riicnlcnral .Tin iter, I, nil I ti m ( I iyritca , niaccllnar und Grnrrnl Newa, than anr olbcr lie ud T4 nau tar t-arh snberoent insertion Hprr is Madiaon and adjolnlDf eountim. The farmrr'i Orparinrvt bin Kinda a -i'f ciaifr , and will contain the bt artilai that tha at.i-t practical and atlaotiftc Affif nlturhrt, Fruit l.i-rl advert! will n armi wim nner-any. AAverttsin p rales, ana 91 Bnaiminai I and no Drool of public- I lor pro of pal Fll Ik rrc is paid, lor State and District 1 un lo 0 lumii AsnuticiDC ' grower and Htufk-raiMrn of the country can produce. ' In I'olitira, oar coarae ahull ba an It baa arer bara, " to itand by oar country. Special atuntioo will b ffvea to taa cIIrtlon and ! publication of mattara of lcal mm4 Urarral I air real. To Arfrrrtiacra.Tbn tlrrlatfn of Ta Amrrieam C'ilimen ) eilabllahad on a Arm aad ' paying basia, and our list rapidly aod cokatastljr UICH USOJ J 1 ,- - - . Ill ' rr snnouncin. CaBsliaates for County nil- . I, A 1 - HMH rV,.. till 0OM-Dily a . '111 U'ulrltr nTWr rTktnin terms end conditions agreed mkttllnn V';'lo f telle. d,, r- taliS they o duerte a from . lhblc column advertisement art vhargtd tkirtf-Jttt per oent. addition al n tkt abort rates BY JOHN V. BOSWOKTir. PUBLISHED WEEKLY OFFICE, MASONIC HALL BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR. TERMS Thi-eo Dollars per annum. incraaing. " J3o jus , and fear not ; Ist all the ends thou aim'st at be thy God's, thy Country's, and Truth's." VOL. XIX. CANTON MISSISSIPPI. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1869. NO. 6. IPrirfessiwal Carts mfa tfrleaus Curbs. ATTOKEYt. E. R. FBAHN, unu. whom the Coert T the Firth YV Jdl.iel Oielriet . Ml. OBo ovjt Dm. 1, MW-ly snd in lha held t Jack TnaeUll . Baldwin . .j. uim, w. iimiLii i..nii. HA1RI8, KENDALL k HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. rr rati.i ir. d no. Ill cmi. it., HUW MLIAH, kVA.. aMai mo. r, r sui. ) WW T I l kli CWu (llewMxM. Urn Inmlll euenllon (Ira to the Collection CUIbu. thTMchMI the Uniud SUic. Dm. I, MM. HILL 4 HARVEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CANTON. Miss. ' OIm orer Moeby Ricbnrdi' drug itore. jir 4 tr. k k. tie w. r. ORORIIB. IINOLETON & GEORGE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OArron. msi fTlCE I Smith B.ildlnj, North wc.t corset AiS2T&t.7 Franklin smith, attorney at law, CANTOS, HISS. l Brtok balMMg. north weal Mrner Publle jMf. Jaul9.tr J. BOWERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. C AS TON, MISS., WILL wraettt. I the ttoorta of Madiaon. lake Attala. Uolaie and Yasoo. and la the High Coart .f Krran aad ApMah at Jackaon. r Offle Koath weat comer of the Puhlle kajaara. oear Chaalbara a Aaalion Home. Browa'e Mew ataiMkag. anl-tf C. C. 8IIACKLBFOKl)7 ATTQitNEY AT LAW, OFPirtkwih aa W FeakiM Swanr .i MaM M S. C. Caaaiaa aV C. WILL practice la the Courta ot the Fifth Judi lal Bi.tnct. la th lll(b Court of Krrura and Ap- tMk V. a (IreailCoaita. erptrl. W. BEN. CUNNINGHAM, ATTORN BY AT LAW. Canton, Mist.. WILL aeaaalii la all the CenrU ,.r the Firtb Jn dlaiai Diatrkt. aad in th Federal Conrla. and the le;h Court f Clrawa and Appeal, at Jvkaon. Parttealar atleattoa to eaaaa in Bankruptcy, atkr Pa4M on Hmm. aMtat lf. FREEMAN tt MoMICKEN, ATfTORBYB AT LAW, Jackson and Canton, Miss . WILL ptMtk I all th Courts of IheSth Jodi aial ftiatrtct. the Mich Cuait of Cnar. and Ap pai. aad taw Fftoeral Coatra at Jackon and Ox lard. Thy may be addressed by the fi m name either at Jacks or Oaatnn . Oct 1 S y ly JNO. M. CLARKT Attorney at Ijav, IIZOO CITY. MISS, TIIJ. nraajtic to Ike Coorts In tbe central portion of the State Jan 30 PHYSICIANS. a. suuvn.k. A. V. CiSI. MP Drs GALLOWAY ft CAGE, SBaiawKNT FMYHICIANM, CANTON , ly. An. HARVEY & DIVINE. Dm OOCBT &MUARH. 0 Mm Bl VI IB COWTTirUBt ta fftva spatial attaatioo to all flfjRoi AL Cass. - ' AncB.ti. i In. KfumrK V ...uckett, CANTO If, HIM. HAT1WO aaaoalated themselves in the praetioe f aC4te. aad IMrgwrj, rtapeetfuily ofler aaT strrUea U lb public tE BEMMES hlnv dtvotvd twelve years espe elallyia tb lady a&d practice orOlattelrics aad Plaaaaaa at tamalaa and children. hopa Tur a lib eral paUeaaga in that branch of his profeNaiot.. TOBai ovar af aaby . Rtaliards A Co'a. DCNTISTS. DR. V. 0. ORRICK, DENTIST. Orrica Or.a Mosbt, RlClltDI A Co.1 aha itosa A IX MsTTAt. OPaTRATTOVH TONR AT A TE war rnices-foR cash. Pah 1. 1 14- . 1. DENTAL OPERATIONS At old Prices, Tor a-.li. Tl X""l'!f ' ot lh rrclty "t money. I havs ja ssjaaail '-raaaraia all flsntsi 0,r:iti..a. rim all Mils ssast h paid when th service I. rendered H,lt rmaH or nraiird means need not herniate t W Mo Ufsasy ssr amlnation and advice OalAvSjrlaa an. Ieal sna.theaia (by means o tsar srsy aasd whan Aeatred The attention f la pablle la called to th great laiprovsment In AMrrrrcrAL tkkth. Thai ara dnrablc. nslarj and life like in appear anae, wra witk aatfort, aad mach cheaper than forastrly. C. 8. KN A PP. Jaaaary i, lasa lrn Jaekaon. Mia. MECHANICAL. It. Y. BEATKK. MERCHANT TAILOR, AruOI.DriasHfallylar,i kisM rrtends I rnenos vs . ' gentral- al aasl at- N lea the-" T and customers, an1 the punllc. IT. that h ha removed from Hharon tied la CaasUs. where i,s will eonll errhaat Tailoring Rnainea. I. all It Tarlooa brandies. Having an cxperlenc of nearly thirty years, he feels cenfldent of his abil ity to give setwactec ta all whe nay ravor hint wits IMr natrons v Uheral share of which he obeli troes th pebliol HavlBf rsaUsd aod earrtd on hosroeea In Hharon ,iSJJE?m'iVS! "", "'" 1 ln ,tUan' -"JfS ' inar-en dear WsrthT J Metmreja Aa. W. Isali. 9. IWAT -mjr km Ufa ctl R k R of Trrxs. Kdlc. . laa . snd dalr la I CATHM AN MIUR riN iMng, rncacn and ik.wmtic BAj.r rkitwi I.K I.KATHKK. am, RtaMIAICKKR' TOOLS FLAMTrR. HaA H. 1 Oak Mi yaiw na Hn "Kfftg1"' "PPer leather anri H.,,,1,.,1, iM 1 a great naving Splendid IlltuniTiatod Window Shades. TBS t4 let tear hreught to Canton, last (lplll M cataau, rahchn p ire 17 ! aaBBJMM WjMtfMflHH .atBflafll BlBHH.BM.BBaBBBBBaVa! ifftHaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTB I Baal -aaaaBaaBBBBBBBBBBBkaaBM. ASaBaKaBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaV . BaBBBBBl BaBakM. -.saaaBaBMaaaw-aaB. BAM 1IENDEH30N. TOM & SAM HENDERSON, C 0 T 1 0 y FACTOR A', FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Ko. 38 fvrdido St., Factory Roic, New Orleans. Ju. 1, 189. J R. POWELL, COTTON FACTOR, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, IVo 190 Common st. HEW ORI.BANM. tW Mherel canh tdvaneel made on Cotto l onalfrned to this bouee. Feb. 18. lso,, J. D. BR1TTON, N. Orlvann, La. W. THOatTHON, Siw Orli'HUti. Mndi5on Co.. Mi.B. (In CommtHtiam.) RRITTON & MOORE, COTTON FACTORS, AN D GKNERAI. COMMISS'N MERCHANTS, 71. Ko. 71 Carondelet, Street, 71. NEW ORLEANS, La. tr Bnppliea, Rajrgiiifr, Ac. furniMhcd, and ciub deancea made on Consignment!. Mr. W. Pancy will pay the revenue tax on cotton consigned to It i itton ,V Moore. 1 run wumi. W. C. D. VAfQIIT WALKER A YA1JBHT SUCCKSSOUS TO WAMATKa a UUIHULl COTTON FACTORS GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NO. 43 UNION STREET, NEW ORLEANS. Dec. T. 8m HI. J . BUNTS, (Late Rhorer Si Zunis.; COTTON FACTOR, No. 3i Perdido Street, corner Carondelet, june.M if. New Orleans, ill. . SHIRK. PROPRIETOR OF PATENT A DEALER IN PAT. PETllOLKNE BVKIflrfti FU'ID, Lamps, Lamp Fixtures, & Glassware, 39 Poydrn at. brt.f naip A- Ht ( bait., NEW ORLEANS LA- ALL OKDF.n.S rilOMrTI.V ATTKNDKD TO. PRTROLENE III in!Y. FM ll Thi it the great dttiJtratum tf the age. It will not Hiunk, will not snu-U In tiurntiip. It c,in nt In- t-xplodfd. ll will not (rr,"R'"" .vni hftniis or clothpai. No gteariy or dirtv uiil;tncf rMlfct! on tli imlindr uf tbe lamp. It ImrMn with nn-atpr luilliancy. TcadincHR aul anlteaaa than any Coal Oil known. It III burn in any lamp with Hnrrv'i llingu Mnrncr, or 1th tho liumond or IJehthotisf nmr. Sfpt ly mtt JAMES IIOTFL. MAGAZISE 8TMEMT, lktwaen Gravier and Natchez nta.( WW ORLEANS, LA. R S. MORSE, Proprietor. Feb. lG-ly. MISCELLANEOUS CARDS. Mantua-Waking. MISS ANGIE M. ROBERTSON !rIAKKjJ this method to inform her friends j J- aud the public generally that she is pre I pared to cut and make dresses and feels as sured th I she will give satisfaction UkjUtiny, She will t.'4o make up suits for gentlemen or boys. Orders solicited. 1 .L:. A BMaaa. 10 maKlllg 11113 HUllUUlIk I'lllrJIH -M 1-3 r j- bertson Hjipenls to her few particular frietids to assist her in trying to MMke enough mou- l ey to free ber from debt and make, an inde pendent living. She feelj justitied in plac ing herself before the people of Canton in this way to earn ber bread rather than be i a mendicant. I Jan. 2, 18t9. Photograph! Photograph! THE nndeniiKneil having purchased the entire stock and niiparatns of Mr. (I. H. Tichneor'a PBOTOORAPE GALLERY, and having addi'd largely t the stock department, he nutters hlaaaalf, with twenty years experience, that he will be able to please ull who will honor h'.m with their patronage. ajPholo.,r:iphs of every size and style made at short notice. W. H. WILLIAMS, Artist. Caaton, Dec. 10, 18l',8-tf PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTING, &c. Tilt.' nmlersioneil is no nrcnared to do all ' kin, I . of House, Sign and Onuiraental Painting, to order, and st the shortest notice. His work will all he wananted. Bpecial attention paid to Paper Hanging. Old furniture Varnished, Stained made to look like new. All orders lett at Karp's store will be promptly attended to Dee. 12 tr. D. A. DRKYPUS. TOWN LOTS FOR SALE. asm O the I A I. Lots suitable for Keesidnces, most deirable anywhere in the I Suburbs of the city ol t'anton- Locnlion ' henlthy, neighborhood encellent, title good. Apply to Wm. H. CASSF.LL. Canton, Not. 1 1, ltd. FOR SALE. About 2 lO Acres Of Valnablr Open and Wood Laud Situate two milen east of Canton on the Hadisonville road. For description anil price of same, enquire at tb-s office, or of JNO. D. HART, Agent. Jan. 9, 1860-tf Dissolution. THE 1 aw Partnership of LUCKKTT A FEAIW is this day diaaolrid.by mutual consent. OA LUCKETT, finth Xov ..I6) OM K FBA11.V. A. M. GURLEY. I'RAI.RR IN IIIIIIS I I its M Flist cl-iisd nuns, Pry Sai.t " " 1 1 rr it m Salt, Frrsm, Wool, from into 3n cents, H'lality. 1r. H.ISfR-tf TOM nRNDfttUtON, lato of Ueoderaou, Terry it Co. WOOL. II to ir el I sir..... r w, . o i ..A;..,,, Boccessor in ft. A. rnuir. vi. I .7 .. ' V I anatitr ' ' I Fnr sale bv MOfiBY A RICHARPS, I happily together in oue small house A I .. immi-i' ' rsb e-iy. ' canton, Him. In Barton, Vermont. I rug5tpeiicincs,fc HOSBY & RICHARDS, CANTON, MISS. VHOLISALX AMD MTAIL DRUGGISTS A WD APOTHECARIES. CIALIM IK WHITE LEAD, Oil S. VARNISHES Window Glass, Sash, Doors, Putty DYE STUFFS, PERFUMERY BOOKS, WALL PAPER, STVTIONERV. FANCY ARTICLES, Watches, Jewelry, Hardware, Cutlery, &c. Junll iy JUST RECEIVED and for sale by MOSRY & RICHARDS, 400 lbs Landretli's Turnip Seed, war ranted growth of 1&G7. 5000 lbB pure White Lead, 150 gals Linseed Oil. 100 gals Spirits iTurpentine. EN ROUTE 5000 lijjhts of Window Sam.. 4 rluzeu Panne! Doorv 300 boxes of Window Olaas. All of which will bo Bold at Nkw Urleans pricks. iy27th. 'B7 if T i- o THE PUBLIC. THE GREATEST DISCOVERT KNOWN TO THE WORLD IN MEDICINE. THE IT REM MFE-BLOOD ELIXIR I If AS at last made its way into thi country, after having leen in use in the Old World for s. many 3' vara , and Mi$ciajly in ("hina. Tli? ceiehratrd Alehenmt and ChcSBist, Dr. nrpsOTilaiW, nf l'ekin, China, has at last consnnted To his great CBIMSM ItK.iir.i'Y being introduced on this contiucnt, and has e-tablished wbitlesale agenciea for the por-po-e of supplying all druggists throughout the towns ond cities of our country. This great Blood Medicine has performed cures (the most atoiiih inc) . where evtry other remedy known in Materia Mmca nas moti fcignany tauea. IT 13 KO HUMBUG I A K O N T II I Tt , but Is a preparation which has been brought out alter msuy long years of the deepest rest-arch, aid ed by the greatest chemical (science and skdt that could be brought to hear in its proauction, we therefore place it wholly UPON ITS OWN MKRITS, ASK TNG THE INVALID OR AFFLICTED TO TRY IT ONCE, ' to be fully convincer1. a Us effects are instantane ous from the tirst bom taken, entering at once into blood and penetrating every pore of the whole body , driving out every impuritv from the whole sytem, and creating instead PURE HVE-BLOOD ; hence Its name. FOU BALE FY ALL PaTOUIJUl NOTICE TO DRUGGISTS ! Eureka Life Blood Elixir, A NEW ERA IN MEDICINE ON 1 HIS CONTINEN T By tho use of tbe above GREAT CHINESE REMEDY. Druggists throughout.tlie South snd West can be aliunde t'lroogtl the arrangements made bv Dr. B. W. Hepserd nil. of Pekin. China, with .1. B. WaB son ,V Co.. of the Wholesale Drag Emporium, of Mfmphii, Tennessee, t whom all orders must be ddressed. -ly FOUTZ'8 CEI-TURATED Horse am Cattle Powders. This preparation, long and tavorably known, will thor oughly reinvigorato broken-do w n and low-spirited horues, by streniithtning and cleaming tha stomach aod intet tinea. It fs a unre pre vtutive of all dis ensfs Incid'.Tit to FEVEIl, GLANUiaKS, this nnlm.il. swh HI Ll( YELLOW WA- T K I ! . n K AVKS, COUGHS, Ma T KMT Kit. rC VKK8, FfHWHER LOSS OK APPK TITE A N l VITAL KN KM.Y, Kr. Itt use Iraprovi-n thi v!ni, Increases Baa appet't;-Kives a t m o o t li and gl lossy nkia ami traiisfnnni the inierablt! ikeleaaM Into a rl la ji . - looking and tjiiiitCAl To kecjrs of Cew this preparation U invnluahle. It incrcsy s th quantity and lasaseTej she iinaTHj ..f bne milk, it lias Me FT, k a taad ' mi"! t t" iMtSBSM th ipi'T" tity ol milk :-m1 aaaaayj twenty pt-r c ut. Mid in;ike tho butter Arm aaj4 nvp-t. In fattening crittlc. it (five1 tlii:rn an ni,M-tiLe, loosens tlieir h 1 le, and ui.tb.ii them thrive much filter. In all diseases of Swine, such I Cmighs, I'lccrs la the T.untrs, I.i n A., this artiele Jr4 lly puttinx from SB. iiaif a paean Is a .M- r in a oarr-1 SFMrM tho nheee diseases will M eradicated r entirely pr- vented. K Kiren ill time; a opinio preventive and cure for the llojr fat Stars. Price 25 CenU per Paper, or 5 Papera for $1. PREPARED by H. jV. FOTTTZ aV IJllO., AT THEIR WHOLES tLE I) am AXD medicine depot. No. 116 Franklin St., Baltimore, Md. Sal" 1V rtnirirlits aud etoivUC' larrs llirougu- (xt the I i.iled rilates. . . : G 10 7 .... Ararfi'mir widows, nvsr aisrtv. hva I L oetrg. LINES TO MY DAI 0HTKK. BT OKNKRAL MIR ABBA f B. I. AM Alt. O. do not ask me worn for rhyme, Por I m louely hrted , And gone arc all the dear delight. The unities once Imparted. I tigh ne more for U vula's dews, Nor Helicon's bright water, I only crave the eable wave Of Lethe's stream, my danghter. Bnt would'nt thou enure tby father's woe. Arid weep because be'n weeping Then go with me to you valley shade, Where beauty's wreck lies sleeping. For in that dark and lonely spot. Death's solemn, silent quarter, In laid the pride of all her aex The mother of my daughter. She was all bright and hear.tiful, A floating star before me, Whose lustre wns ray ehining light. Forever hhining o'er me ; So angel like in all her ways. How often havo I thought her Some seraph ticnt u.s from tha akies. To cheer this earth, my daughter I It was from her alone I drew My minstrel iuspiratian ; And when Hhe died and left me here, My soul in desolation, I broke the harp she loved so well, And burnt the songs 1 wrought her ; Nor can my heart again rejoice In cheerful strains, my daughter. Then ask some other boon, my child. Thou know'st I can't deny the ; No gift thine innocence demands, Whilst thou art smiting by me ; For should i dare re string my harp By Chattahoochee's, water,. The bitter tears of other yeara Would flow afresh, my daughter. ALL'S WKLL. BT WILLIAM WINTER. The apples are ripe in the orcha d, Tbe work or the reaper li deuo. And the golden woodlands redden In the blood of the dying sun. At the cottage door the grandsire Sits pale tn his ea-y chair, While the gentle wind of twilight Play with hia silver hair. A womnn is Kneeling beside him ; A fair young head is pressed. In the first wild passions of soirow, Against his aged breast. And far from over the distance The faltering echoes come , Of the flying blast of trumpet And the rattling roll ol drum. Aud the grand-Hire speaks in a whisper : The end no man can Bee ; But we give Lim to his couotry, And we give our prayers to Thee." The violets star the meadows. The rosebuds fringe tbe door, And over the grassy orchard The pink-white blossoms pour. Bnt tbe grandsire'a chair is empty, Tha cuttage is dark tud still; There's a nameless grave In the battlefield And a new one under the hill. And pallid, tearless woman By tho cold hearth aits alone, And the old clock in the corner, Ticks on with a fltead) doone. HANS BKEITMAWS PAKTX We have room only for very extracts from these u Ballads!" Hans Bieitmann gife a barty, Dey had biano-blayin, I felled in lofe mit a Meriran fran. Her name vas Madilda Yaae. She hat haar an prown ash a pretzel, Her eyes vas himmel-phie, Und ven dey loofcet indo mine, Dey flhpiit mine heart in two. Hans Breitmaon gife a barty, I dells you it cost him dear. Dey rolled in wore ash acfen kecks Of foo&t-rate Lager Beer. Und venefer dey knocks de phpicket in De Deutsche gifes a cheer, kr'ef I dinks dat s vine a barty. Never cooin to a bet dis year. Here the first line to Motber ballad : Gottsdounerkreuzschockschwcrenoth ! This is the way, he tells us, how he came to write tho ballad" of his visit to Kansas : Von elening he vas drafel mit rome ladies und sbendlemans, und he strMM incognita. Und dey sinped snugs, dill py und py one of de ladies say : " Ish any podies here ash know de craate pMlad or Hans oreitmann a liaity?' Den Hans suy ce Callus! I am dat runnier!" Den der Hins dook a t.ink aa4 a let banc 3 und a Mm ur bape,-, and goea indo himselr a little dimes und deon coomes out ngaiu mit dis boera : Hans llreitmano vent to Kansas: Be drafel fast und far, He rided shoost drel donsand mile All in von rail-roat car. 1 ne knowed foost rate how far he goed He gounted all dc vile, Dere vash shoost one bottle of champagne, Dat bopped at efery rcile. Hans Breltmann vent to Kansas, I dell you vot lny poy. You liet dey lint a ptttj dimes In crossin Illinoy. He visited Missouri, it seoius : Hans Brettsntn vent to Kausis ; He ll ive a pully dime ; But 'tvas in oldt Missouri Dat dey mo hod him up sublime. Dey took hiin to der Bitot Nob, Und all der BaM around ; Dey spreed him und dey teu'd him Pill dey ruon Mat to de ground. He joined the "Tooners:" Ham Breitasaaa clioined de Toorncia, Doy all set nop some shouts, Dey took'd him into deir Toorner Hall, Und poets him a course of sliprouts, Dey poots him on de barrell-liell pars Uud shtands Mat nop ou his head, Und dey poomps do beer mit an euchine hose Iu his mout' dill he's 'pout half tead ! Hans Breilmann clioined deToomers, Mit a I.iiilpurg- cheese he coom ; Ven he open de box it BckaaeU bo loudt It knock deinnsik doomh. Ven de Deutaubcrs kit de flavor, It eoorl de haar on dere head ; ? Bout dere vns dwo Ameriganu dere ; Und, py tarn I it kilt dem dead ! isttllantouSa THE NEWSPAPER PRESS. AN ESSAY HY J. A. SIGNAIUO. I I cannot but consider it uufortnn i ate for tlie press association that I ! should have been designated as ; Essayist for this interest in; occasion, i And, I should be more diffident and distrustful of myself, were I not j aware that there is no one among you who has not experienced the pre8sme and claims upon his J thoughts, his ingenuity and his forti i tude, upon whom devolved the " all work " of his establishment. With ! this brief explanation, 1 throw my self on your indulgence for any short coming, and proceed as we'll as I may, to examine a subject in which, however hackneyed it may be, we are all more or less interested. The newspaper press is the great lever of society. Itsleaves are strewn as thick as those in ' Vallambrosii's shade." Its influence permeates the great arteries of trade and commerce, and returns to invigorate and refresh community through the smaller chauncls of industry and art. Genius has not Ml dear a friend, and without its aid would be shorn of more than half its power of flight, and would be restricted to a comparatively lim ited orbit. The mind, in its out pourings, may reach a multitude of readers, through the instrumentali ty of the newspaper, which otherwise would be confined to a single audi ence, or, at best, be transmitted through the medium of a " still small voice." Deprive the pen of the con venience of the press, and it might ;as well have remained "a grev goose shaft," or left the wiug of that araia ble biped to whose gobble was once attributed the salvation of "the queen cities the metropolis of the world." Xor could the great Cardinal have so truly described it as mightier than tho sword. Perhaps in no department of art or science, or literature, and they all are intimately associated with," and measurably upon it, have there been greater strides toward perfection, till ing a space that else would be a bar ren waste, if not a useless, monoton ous vacuum, thau the newspaper even within our own day. It has become a daily record of transpiring events in every quarter of the globe, on sea or land. It reflects the sa gacitv of the Minister, the determina tion of Parliaments, Chambers, Diets, Cortes and Legislatures, as soon as expressed ; and no occur rence can transpire, of the slightest general interest or importance but it is transmitted on the wings of the lightning and made subservient to the uses of the newspaper. Ephe meral it, to a certain extent, must be, because events tread on each other's heels with such rapidity, it must bo fast to keep pace with the age, and its columns require an amount of ability and tact unknown to former times, when lumbering heb domadals won fame aud renown through the instrumentalitv of a " Spectator," a " Rambler," a " Tat tler," or the many other vehicles ot thought which brought to light the j brilliant essays of Addison and his ! cotemporaries. The division of time I aud labor among a half-score of edi i tors distinguished for literarv, scien tific and political attainments, with the aid of a score of reporters, many of them not a whit behind their so called superiors in requisite qualifi cations, is now deemed necessary to complete nnd finish off the freight age of the welt .'.".'edcoln:;,iis, so that all is as clear as a demonstration of Euclid, and one who runs may read." True, this elaborateness is not visi ble throughout the whole newspaper press. It is, for the most part, re stricted to first-class cities where re muneration for enormous expendi- "1 . It would M tb night of folly ana the extreme ot madness to attempt an enterprise on so grand a scale, 1 outside of a populous city, or where tho wants and requirements ot the community are less universal. But such is the tendency of the age, and there is not a newspaper in a coun try village, heedless of the universal spirit, that is not speedily known, and voted on all hands, as "a slow coach. j The newspaper press is a power ill : the land. It lists power to build lip as well as tear down. One of the first principles acknowledged in the reat manna charta of American free ; dou. was the independence of the : press, aud its protection by guards ! placed around its unquestionable 1 prerogatives, while a libellous and scnrrillous press was to be deprecat i ed, the fathers wisely determined ! that the truth could bo no libel, and , that the press should be free and un i constrained. If, under one plea or j another, a different doctrine has been practically enforced, it was ! lilainh a departure from the edicts of the great f undamental rule, and was an offshoot, if not a legitimate offspring ot despotism. There were so many encroach in en tt upon the true interpretation of that legacy of the fathers, wliich they themselves revered and venerated, it is not re markable that the newspaper press should come in for its lull share of the overhanging cloud. No neighborhood, where one could be maintained, should be without its local press. Through its columns, the neighborhood news should lrec ly circulate. Let it not be imagined that because an interesting fact may be familiar to five or six or a dozen persons, that it would be stale aud Hat in a newspaper paragraph, while neighborhood gossip should wbe carefully avoided "d eschewed, fas calculated to provoke ill-feeling ml difficulty, the condition of tops, tne prospect 01 planting, rea devoted to the cereals, tho r pro - ortion for the great staple, local lm- i m eineitts. price of land, change of owners all aro legitimate subjects 1 for a local press. It is rain to enu ! nitrate tbe variety of subjects, or to treat them elaborately as is done by the city press ; for the fable of tl.e Irog and ox will constantly reeur ; but filling the allotted space with judicious selections, adapted to the general taste ; writing a well-digest ed article upon some subject of polit ical or local interest, and in no case overpowering the useful by an undue quantity of the graceful oramusiug, seems to me the most judiuions way of conducting what is generally styled a country newspaper. Every neighbor should feel himself called upon, and acknowledge the call by responding, to contribute his mite to every issue, and duly inform the editor, who often has to do his own work, of any circumstance or occur rence that may have transpired with in his knowledge and not yet attain ed general circulation. This will be found of great assistance and may be used to advantage. The expediency of having men of intellect, discrimination, information aud judgment at the head of the newspaper press, is apparent to all who for a moment consider the vast responsibilities that devolved upon an editor. In a great measure he is the arbiter of taste, and is the custo dian of the morals of a community. In this respect ho may not havo the same responsibility as the divine who has the government of his nock, and caiefully directs them to avoid the snares and pitfalls to which human steps are liable, but ho has a broad mission, to urge and inculcate prin ciples whose exercise will redound to their moral aud intellectual health, and prevent innovations that most result in disaster and may terminate in ruin. No man is, or should be, more entitled to the respect and cou fidence of society. He stands, as it were, in tue puolic presence, and while he freely discusses great ques tions, and questions involving in dividual differences, his own motives are narrowly scrutinized, and not seldom impugned. It is thus, that to be suited to his position ho must be self sustaining aud reliant, and to wield the influence it should be his aim to exercise, he must be, " like Ciesar's wite, above suspicion. It may be imagined that I have assumed more of the didactic than is meet aud proper in this essay, and have gone beyond mv proper pre- r gative; but I have aimed to lie practical, and read a lesson that may be beneficial to some of my younger friends who have not had the advai t tge of much experience ; who have regarded the life of an editor as one of pastime aud enjoyment, without looking much beneath the surface, aud have considered the newspaper as the mere medium of his whims and caprice, without weighing the potency with which it may be wield ed for good or for evil. A first class newspaper has in : great degree, concentrated in itself that broad aud comprehensive range of reflection which was once confined to books, pamphlets and elaborate essays, it is the great teacher, ga thering aud illustrating the expert ences of the past and prospecting for the future. It is like a map of cveuts where every occurrence may be traced to its origin, and matters otherwise mysterious, made perfectly plain To do this successfully requires the employment of numerous minds suited to the several departments in which they labor, tilled with the lore ot the past, and skilled in the happy art oi ready composition and compi latum. Attractiveness is not always born of novelty, but may be wrought by placing facts iu a new light, aud presenting them in a clear, distinct. torm. it is well " To eatch the living manners as they rise. and to loso no dav iu the full and thorough history thereof. A dull plodding clod may not perceive i sinsle salient point, where a thou sand suggestions will occur to the practical journalist. An orator is said to be made by practice aud stu Jy, and the poet to be naturally eti dowed, but it is verv clear that nei ther can attain great emiuenco with out the exercise of his faculties, aud undergoiug the experience suitable to educe those qualities for which he is to be distinguished. It is evcu so with the journalist, who, besides na turall gifts and high literary aud profound legal attainments, must undergo a trying noviciate before he can properly comprehend the mum farious duties he is called upon to discharge, and the rapidity with which the apparently most elaboiate articles ou difficult and different sub iects must be prepared. Siuco it must be conceded that the press is a most potent engine, it be comes a matter of great consequence that it should be in competent, in telligent and honorable hands. It is to elevate its touo and ehaiacter that the Press Association of Mississippi was formed. That cannot be accom plished by admitting to full fellow ship such as have not showu them selves entitled to membership, by their standing in the community they represeut. Every editor should bo a gentleman, distinguished for his integrity, intelligence and honer. He should always aim at truth and never be willing for present advan tage to bolster up falsehood, or fail to acknowledge an inadvertent wrong. In this way he inspires confidence, and sooner or later Ins paper will show that he enjoys it. By gentle tn in, I do not mean ono who scorns labor as menial and to bo avoided, for labor is glorious, and the hands that are unwilling to perform such servico as may at times lie required, may be long to the sloth and the drone, but not to the nobleman of nature, who is never above any part of his avo cation. Iu uo department of industry is there greater demand for system. To make a first rate newspaper, requires the utmost care and constant atteu- tbe tue tion i . t r . 1 i it is, iu taei. t int- ot inutile ry a tread-mill business, in which, call locomotives, for a long time, never ending but ' hoss !" sill beginning, one appears never to A "Verdant" In a CtttCB Mill. advance a peg. Yet, by undeviating - prudence and untiring energy, sue : A raw, straw-hatted, sandy whisk oeas must crown the constant effort, : ered six footer, one of the purely n- tOf inifitml rumA in rpr'Alltlv from " Like freedom's battle, once begun. J bo' baffisd oft, 'tis always won.'' ways won.'' It is a soothing reflection, a aweet solace, amid tbe vicissitudes that imeii environ tne editor, that he Is j planting a broad field in a fertile oil. and alter toil and trouble, em barraasments and harrassments, a 1 ' nether habiliments ' into a danger day of rest will come, when he may ons proximity to the gearing of the sit under his own vine and fig tree ! uext card, and thereby hangs a tale, and enjoy the otium eum dignitate, the "You! 1 say ! She goes pooty, honored of his people, and bright don't she, bos 1" said Jonathan, exemplar for those who are to come j " She don't do anvthing else," re- after hi I have thus cursorily rather skim med over the surface of my subject than delved down into iu depths, 1 and brought np the wealth that lies scattered there iu neh profusion. I have not paused to cull flowers, or weave garlands. No stilted rhetoric has caused me to wander from the narrow path I had prescribed for myself. Yours is a noble profession, and merits all the regard that cau be bestowed upon it. There is no station in life that requires hieher bilities, nobler faculties, aud many great man would have been won derfully shrunk in his proportions, if e naa.not been fortunate in secur- ng the services ot the niess. The editor may not be familiar with the forms aud intricacies of the law : h may be ignorant of the arcaua of I materia, medica, but attainments far beyond the requirements of either profession, and embracing much that belougs to both, are iudispensible to his. There is no station at home or abroad, in a public capacity to which he is not equal, and there is nene that he would not fill acceptably and satisfactorily; for there is no mission. no cabinet position, that calls so largely and with such constant drafts on the mind none that so often de mands prompt decision on abstruse questions, requires such wide range . ....uS..i, ouuuu juugiueui, so great a scope oi auowicugt, siicii versatn- slow. Our hero 'gave tongue m ity, as the editor of a first class news- : stantr. paper. The professiou should stand ! u oh ! M-n-r-d e-r ! Let eo vou by its rights and defend them. There should be no undue deference shown to those who have affected to lead because their superiors have been afflicted with too much modestv. ristOtle Said that he only could lie great who knew his own merits and asserted them. The profession of an editor is certainly amouir learned professions, and must so be ranked, ass cosiu, wis iiuuciiect essay per- 1 ..1 ; i. : : r . mit, me to conjure you to " stand by one another," and to encroach a lit tie longer ou your patience bv read ing you a few stanzas which I have prepared for this occasion on the IXrUEXCE OF THE TRESS. When Thought the throne of Reatou aoaght Upon her path toward Fume, She shed a spark, and it was caught A pure, undying flame; It lights the land, it shakes tbe lea, And whelms the tyrant's stress, It beams the boast of all the free The influence of the press. It rose when Ignorance leemed t cast Truth in its yawning tomb, It sared the Present with the Past, A light along the gloom ; It burst amid the darkest night When alt was drear dismay ; It shines the star that gives tbe light, Which makes earth bright as day. It proudly stands upon the throne Of Freedom and of Right, A power which has with Renson grown To crush the tyrant's might; And though it speaks in thnnder tone It sheds no blood of foes, Tis Ignorance anil .Vice alone Fall 'oaath its sturdy blows. It burst to view when all ws dark To shed its light on Fame's, And that immortal little spark Has set th world in flames; It glides along the argent skies, Tbe brightest beam of all; Beside it Truth and Justice rite, And Wrong and Eavy fall. It'stands to day with mighty arms Encircling every shore, Aod wields the tafismanic charms Through which opi lions pour; And thus it mad of Thought Ihe power, The shrine for all to bless, Until it blnied a meteor shower Th Influence of the Press. ,Cn?A man who has been traveling in Texas, says: " It is the hottest and the coldest, the wettest and the dryost, the richest and tho poorest, the best and the meanest, has the best women and tho meanest men, aud more pretty ladies with pretty little feet, aud no calves to suit ; more sickness and less health, more Streams and less navigable waters, more corn breie and loss corn, more flour aud less biscuit, more cows and less milk aud butter, more hogs and less pork, more chickens and less eggs, more gold and loss silver, and less money, more deer and less veni son, more negroes and less labor, more Bureaus and less furniture, than any country hi the United States and where house flies live and inusquitoes never die!'' Beautiful Rives The Sabbath day is the beautiful river iu the week ot time. The other days are trou bled streams,- whose angry waters are disturbed by the countless crafts that float upon them; but the pure river Sabbath flows on to eternal r. chanting Ut aabtime music of the Bilent, throbbing shore, aud no- tine: time bv tbe inilsation of tv. lasting life. Keiuttifut river Sabbath, ' OT Oner a Wcch speaking of a glide on! Bear forth ou thy bosom S new invention to warm piano and tho i.onr lir.'il anii.(- fr imof u La i 1-.it.-c in coll 1 weather, sutrceats O....I-. .,,..1,1... . . HSS K9 . ATaT J.ue uosnone Indians a .. ,. .. . . . . . - t ie inrsnt thn man i..,i ,. r , . . . itu.tp waou lireene consty, with a load of wood . a rsuvtanr i-mnoanv. Not, satisfied with oontocnplatiug the poeti y of motion,' at a safe distance, our hero must needs introduce himself be tween the cards, to get a nearer view. This move brotlffht his sponded the stripper. But you must be very careiul now you move around this hardware. ' Twaa only last week, sir, that a promising young i a ll iicrtii t rem l. M. s ll leu mi. i e lege, there, was drawn into that very card, sir, and before assistance could reach him, he was run through, and manufactured into No. 16, super extra, cottou warp yarn !" " I s s wow ! I believe you're joking '." stuttered Jonathan. "r act, sir." continued the strip per ; " and his disconsolate mother came down two days ago, and got five bunches of that same yarn as melancholy relics." "By the poker, that can't be true !" " Fact, sir, fact ! and each of his fellow students purchased a skein apiece, to be set in lockets, and worn n remembrance of departed worth." " Is that a fact, now 1 Was he really carded, spun, aud set in lockets V A sense of personal danger shot across our hero's mind ; he began to retreat precipitately without waiting for an answer. But there was not much room to spare between himself and the gearing of the card behind. Another step backward completed the ceremony of introduction. His unwhisperables being of a large calibre,' the process of snarling j them up in a hard knot was no ways i imrt! Blast yon r picter ! Let go! Arn't you ashamed '.Get out! Let alone on me can't ye uo ! TI,a rartl ntrinnpr thrfw nfl that 1 I ml f 1 ,n r 1 1, a mnmuntnm of rliA rvliri. S iw'l-rnt it. rnvolvinor. mid nnr hern. supposing it in full operation, burst ol,t anew. m, trn l.or i stnn hsr dni T ain't, well, and I orter he at home. - - Father wants the steers, mother's trointr to bake. StoD the ; tarnal macheen, can't ye I do ! ain't ; ye got no feclin' for a feller in dis tress t Oh dear, I'll be carded, and : spun, and made into lockets ! Je-rn-I sa-lem ! How I wish I was toGreene." The card was stopped at last, but Jonathan's clothes were so tangled in the gearing that it was no slight task to extricate him, and it was only 1 by cutting out the whole of the ' in vested territory,' that he was finally released. Rhett and Conrad, A correspondent of the Mobile Re ' gister, writing from Montgomery, re lates the following incident which i took place in the first Confederate Congress, aud which he says has , never heretofore been pnblished : It was the custom to open the sts I siou of Congress each day with pray ! er, the clergy of the city officiating i by turns. One day no minister was present, and Mr. President Cobb told ' one of the Secretaries to look around ' and try to find one, as it was time to open the session. The Secretary soon found tho Bev. H. W. Milliard, ! ex-Minister to Belgium, who, it was 1 said, was not unwilling to represent the Confederate States at auy for eign court. Mr. Cobb requested Mr. "4Iilliard to open with prayer, which ; MrSH., being taken by surprise, with his usual urbane smile, declined to i do. R. I!arnnrsBaTtt aud Charles M v. v i v Miivotiuu trt i anu whenever one spoke on any inea- sure, the other would certainly take i the oppo i e side. Bear these facts in mind, and yott i will be able to " see it.'' HHKTT-OUIC. ; No preacher is on hand to-day And Cobb looks here and there, To find some one who nsed to pray He wants to take the chair. He calls on Milliard to perform, Who, smilingly, refuses, 'Tis not Mission, at ttiis time, Which the ex-Belgian chooses. Bob Dixon, the assistant clerk, run nasuing irom n is eyes, When Hilliard thus the prayer did shirk ; Proposed this compromise, 1 The Pllce left Tacant by the priest, 1 la U tb Rhett to fin, ; And if the Lord don't answer him, I'll bet that Conrad will. Mr. Conrad enjoyed the joke aa fully as auy one, but Mr. Khe t never spoke to the author after he fouud out who wrote the verses. A Family Puzzle. In the fami ly of Stephen Hei rick, of Middlesex, Vermont, there are three mothers, two grand mothers, one great grand mother, three daughters, two grand daughters, one great-grand-dangh-ter, two wives, one widow, two hug- bauds, two fathers, two mtou in-law, one trtandfathei. and one son in-law aml oul six mem!jer8 in the family , a, . nf a hnl. roasted potato. T u'.ir.r K'LW.t 1.1, " v nuvj ,i v, ,11, i ... : , es ci v nt onrr tnto to cniucii u.iiuioi I .. . t if ,t fo warm tiieu i alio .. t. ., I in ee , no or ro ui- wiil leuiu hetlaBjM