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nnmnn cn mi i I i ii I u ; O . i- U - ' r1 n r : v . r,. u,n l, .3 L ir it ivy r 1 r ir - ir n AND CARROLL, CHOCTAW AND TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES ADVERTISER. X l.VJ ' J fix 1:1 By G. W. n. BIlOWiV. e.st,uter section 25. to SJSdSS ,B0 containing; M'ffS,, w.s purchased by Printer fee 144 "SStSSS m quarter section twen- JS32?1 Spoell & C. Dart, on 6th Dee. dffhfeen hundred and thirty-four. . Pr fee eight doHs. Also; the west half of south east quarter, and east half south west quarter section twenty-eight, town. 4 ran-e two east, containing 159 and 76 hundredths acres; was purchased by A. S. Campbell 4- C Dart, on Dec 20, 1834. Pr. fee ten dollars. Also; the north half and west half south east qr. section 32, township twenty-four, range two east, containing 477 and 30 hundredths acres: was purcha sed by Wm M. Beal on 6th Dec 1834. Pr fee 15d Also; Lot No. 16, section 6, township twenty-four, ranee one east, containing 82 and 35 hundredths acres was purchased by Wm II. Whitaker on Dec 4 1834. Printer fee eight dols Also; Lots No. 3 and 16, section eight, township 24 rane one east, containing 96 and 64 hundredths acres, vvas purchased by Wm. H. Whitaker, on 4th December 1834. Printer fee eight dollars. Also; Lots No. 4 and 5, section eiht, township 24 range one east, containing 76 and 50 hundredths acres was purchased by 'Wm 11. Whitaker on 4th Decem ber 1834. Printer fee eiuht dollars. Also; Lots eleven, twelve and thirteen, section 8, township twennty-four, range one east, containing 117 and 99 hundredths acres; was purchased by Wm. II. Whitaker on 4th Dec 1834. Printer fee lOd. Levied on the above described lands to sat isfy the State and County Tax due thereon, as above mentioned. This 16th day of June, IS 11. T.VO. II. .?J JVT OJfMIZ 1 Assessor A Collector Of Tallahatchie County. In the presence of A. B. BETTS. & E. E. ARMSTRONG. Charleston, Miss.June 16th, 1S41. 3m. Prospectus, For publishing in the town of Carrolllon, Car roll county, Mtss., a weekly paper to be enti tled the Southern Pioneer , ( BY G. W. H. BROWN. ) TTNDER the above title of the "Southern Pio- J neer," we propose to publish in the town of CarroJIton, a new Weekly raper, devoted to .Politics, both State and National, Agriculture, the current news of the day, and the advancement of the great eause of Education. This paper will be devoted to what its conductor believes to be the best interests of the State and county. It will advocate the great Whig cause which you have recently seen so signally trium phant Believing, that the principles put forth by the great Whig party as the tenets of its - political creed, are the only true ones on which this Government was originally founded, and on which it should be admin istered, this paper will lend to those principles, when ever and wherever espoused, its bomble but cordial annrvirt. ' No man or set of men, will be by us unscrupulously sustained at the expense of principle, "Principles not jien.'Ms our motto by this rule snail we oe gov erned, and in subjecting all to this test, we shall as we find tbem. iudffe with impartiality, admonish with candor, and reprehend with justice. As humble Pio neers in the great cause of political truth, we shall ever point to the cardinal virtues of a representative Government. But, the interests of our State, and more particularly of our county, shall receive at our hands a constant and an earnest advocacy. While our sister counties have been the object of Legislative action, and Executive patronage, the county ot Oarroil has remained comparatively unknown and unappre ciated. It shall therefore be our pride, as-well as our dutv. to develone its vast resources and point out its numerous advantages. The cause of education, the cause of enlightened and progressive civilization, the only true bulwark of a nation's freedom v shall receive that attention its importance demands. In fine, as humble Pioneers in the ereat crusade against igno ranee and error, we shall shoulder our mattock and shovel, and taking our place in the great march of modern improvement, our course snail ever oe as lviar mionsaid to Stanlv. Onward." TERMS. The "Pioneer" will be published every Saturday morniner at riVE DOLLARS in advance, or bix dollars at the expiration of six months, or six dollars fiptv at the end 01 the year. ft7-NO PAPER WILL BE DISCONTINUED UNTIL ALL ARREARAGES ARE PAID. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of One Dollal and Fifty Cents per square () for the first, and One Dollar for each subsequent in sertion. The number of insertions must be marked upon the ms. or it will be published until ordered in, and charged accordingly. O-From one to ten lines constitute a square. Articles of a personal nature, whenever admitted will be charged at double the above rates. Political circulars or public addresses, for the benefit of inch ridual or companies, charged as advertisements. Announcing candidates for office $10 each. Yearly Advertising For forty lines, or less, renewable at pleasure, each week,. febD. O-Bills for advertising are due when the work is cone, and MUST be paid whenever called tor. JOB PRINTIXC?. OIn connection with the Pioneer Office, is a large assortment of new and fashionable Fancy Type, which enables us toexecute all orders for Job Prink ing in fine style. : We solicit patronage in this line, at Drices the same as other well regulated offices in Mississippi. Orders from Attorneys, Clerks, Sheriffs, c, promptly attended to. ; ALL JOB WORK CASH. Letters or Communications to the publisher must be post-paid, or they will not be taken out. Watches and Clocks : 03REPAIRED.Q fJlHE subscriber has settled himself permanently JL in Middleton, Carroll county, Mississippi, where e 19 prepared 10 execute all work entrusjea 10 nis tare, with neatness and despatch. ; ' R. T. JOHNSON. Midd eton, April 17, 1841. 18-t6. A. Card. ;;.T. Attorneys C. & J. r. xlyhhs. at LawCarrollt TTThiir Office is the same formerly occupi- -litl , DV Marsh & Avres. fanuarv. 1, 1841 Republican Whig Ticket. - For Governor, DAVID O, SIIATTUCK, of Carroll. For Congress, ADAM L. BINGAM AN, of Adams, WILLIAM R. HARLEY, of Marshall. For. Secretary of State. LEWIS G.GALLOWAY, of Holmes. For Auditor of Public Accounts, JAMES J. ALLEN, of Hinds, For State Treasurer, WILLIAM G. CRAWLEY, of Perry. For Attorney General, ROBERT HUGHES, of Hinds. 3 .3 3 3-3 The following article touching the contents of the letter of Hope & Co. to A.G. McNutt, together with the reply of his Excellency- in a style of degradation, we take from the Vicks- burg Whig. If every friend of the cause of truth and honor, will but give it an impartial reading we fear not the result of their delib erations. A perusal is all we ask, believing as we do, that the dissemination of truth will cause hundreds, who have heretofore been in the dark, to rally to the rescue of their State and preserve her honor unsullied, and from again being placed under the control of loco foco misrule. Let all fight, "Not for the glory of Caisar but the welfare of Rome!" GOV McNUTT AND THE STATE BONDS "In our last we promised to refer to Gov. McNutt's letter to Hope & Co; and contrast some of his declarations with declarations for merly made to the legislature. We are fully aware that it will be of little consequence to expose the inconsistency of A. G. McNutt, for we have done that a hundred times already, but by exposing the falsehood and duplicity of the leaders of the anti-bond party, upon this as well as other subjects, we shall be able to give honest men a pretty fair idea of their villainy generally. If we should unfortunately convict his Ex cellency of downright lying either in this let ter to Hope & Co; or in any of his former messages to the Representatives of the people, we beg him to consider whose fault it is and not blame us. We did not advise him to such a course, and if we had, we think the great loveTTie bears us would have induced him to have acted differently and for once in his life told the truth. There is no helping it now, and if we should happen to prove that the Chief Magistrate of Mississippi has disobeyed one of the divine commandments which says, "Thou shall not lie!" we entreat him not to think hard of us, and in the language of Holy Writ we now bid him "go and sin no more!" Let him repent of his past misdeeds and in good time, with due penance he may hope to be forgiven. In this extraordinary letter to Hope fc Co; Governor McNutt uses the following language, which is so plain that he who runs may read. " The faith of this Government has NE V ER BEEN PLEDGED for the illegal and fraudulent sale of those bonds." , This is pretty strong language and the use of it would seem to indicate that his Excellen cy was well informed upon the subject of which he writes, but before we are done with him we wijl refresh his memory & little, and if we should by any chance enlighten him, we assure him he is welcome to the informa tion and shall have it gratis. In his message to the legislature in January 1839, which by the bye, was the first assem bling of that body after the State Bonds weie sold; Gov", McNutt holds forth in the following manner. ! Persons who desire to see the whole message can find the portion which we quote at pages 19 and 20 Journal House Reps. He says: "The State debt now amounts to the sum of $382,335,30, deposited by the General Go vernment, and which is liable at any time to be recalled. Two : millions of dollars in six per cent bonds, sold by the State to pay for stock to that amount in the Planters Bank, and five millions of dollars in Jive per cent bonds, sold ta take stock to that amounz m me missis sippi Union Bank, amounting in all to the sum of seven million three hundred and eighty two thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars thirty cents and the annual interest on that sum (most pf it payable an Europe,) a. CARROLLTON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY mounts to the sum of three hundred and sev enty thousand dollars. TO PRESERVE THE HONOR OF THE STATE UNSULLIED, AND HER CREDIT UNIMPAIRED, IT IS OP THE LAST IMPORTANCE THAT THE INTEREST SHOULD BE PUNC TUALLY PAID AT THE PLACES DE SIGNATED, AND AMPLE FUNDS PRO VIDED FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL it is usually much easier to borrow and spend money, than to provide the means of payment. My recorded votes on the Journals of the Senate, as well as mv speeches during the canvass preceding my election to the office I now occupy, show that I never was in favor of pledging the faith of the State for banking purposes, but inasmuch as the question had been long before the people, and had twice received their sanction, I signed the charter of the Mis sissippi Union Bank, having no constitutional scruples." This it strikes us is pretty conclusive evi dence that the "faith of this government" is pledged for what the Governor now terms the "illegal and fraudulent sale of those bonds" but we do not choose to rest the question heret and we beg the reader to take a look with us at another portion of the same message, which may be found at pages 27 and 28 House Jour nal, 1839. Speaking of the Union Bank his Excellency said: "The State by her credit alone, has furnish ed the whole capital of the Mississippi Union Bank and justice requires that she should have the appointment of a majority of the directors', and it is deserving of your serious considera tion whether the charter cught not be amended so as to secure to the State a controlling influ ence over the institution! The large interest which the State possess es in the nanters, and Union I5ank makes it incumbent on me to call your particular atten tion to the affairs and conduct of those insti tutions. THE FAITH OF -THE STATE IS PLEDGED FOR THE REDEMPTION of two millions of TdoIIaFs" orbindsTwia t5gesvm woiM ail go to take stock in the Planted Bank, AND FOR THE WHOLE OF THE CAPITAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI UNION BANK ! 1 ! A just regard for the iionou of toe State de mands that those institutions should be man aged with prudence, in order that ample pro vision be made for the punctual payment of the interest and of the bonds at matu rity!" This, we think, is quite as explicit as lan guage can make any thing, but we prefer to give it one more clinch, and for that purpose we beg the reader to bear with us, until we make another extract, which we take from the Governor's message at the opening of the legislature in Januaryj 1840; and after he had the benefit of another whole year to deliberate upon the matter. On page 51, Senate Jour nal 1840, the reader will find the following striking passage in relation to the Union Bank. It is stronger, if possible, than any other quo tation w e have yet made, and ask the reader's particular attention to iU "The faith of the State is pledged for Tns WHOLE capital stock, and the property OF ALL HER CITIZENS MAY HEREAF TER BE TAXED TO MAKE UP ITS LOS SES AND DEFALCATIONS. . The right of the people, therefore, to know the conduct of all its agents, and the liabilities of every one of its debtors, cannot be questioned." Here we close our quotations from his excel lency's messages, and we now ask the reader to compare the declaration he makes in his letter to Hope & Co., that "the faith of this GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER BEEN PLEDGED for the illegal and fraudulent sale of those bonds," with the extracts we have already made from his messages in -1839 and 1840. If, as Gov. McNutt now asserts, the State never was lia ble for the bonds sold for the benefit of the Un ion Bank, why did he tell a falsehood In his annual message to the people's representatives in 1833, when he said the "state debt" amoun ted to the sum of seven millions three hun dre4 and eighty two thousand .three hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty cents?" If, as he now alleges, the state is not and never has been liable for the redemption of the $5,- 000,000 of bonds issued for the benefit of the Union Bank, and sold to Nicholas Biddle, he was guilty of a deliberate falsehood in stating the public debt of the state at five millions of dollars more than it actually was, for if the state was not liable for the Union Bank Bonds, hef debt in January, 1839, was but two mill ions three hundred and eighty-two thousand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and thir- AUGUST 14, 1SII. tjr cents, instead of "seven millions" and up wards. The. governor, cannot plead ignor ance of ; the facts, , it t was his sworn, duty, to know them, and he did know every solitary fact connected with the issuance and sale of the bonds. He knew that thev were sold on a credit . He knew that thev were made payable in sterling money, and he knew that Nicholas Biddle, or the U. S. Bank of Penn sylvania, if it please him better, was the pur chaser! All these things he knew at the time he penned his message in 1839, and with all this knowledge in his possession he told the legislature that the state was bound for the redemption of the bonds and that the state debt amounted to "seven millions three hun dred and eighty-two thousand dollars!" One of two things is inevitable; he either gave false information to the representatives of the people assembled in the legislature, or he has been guilty of falsehood in his letter to Hope & Co. We care not which horn of the dilem ma he takes, but one of them he must take. But again, "The State, by her credit alone, ha3 fur nished the whole capital of Mississippi Union Bank, and justice requires that she should have the appointment of a majority of the board of directors, and it is deserving of your serious consideration whether the charter ought not now to be amended so as to secure to the state a controlling influence over the institution." Now if the state was never liable for the redemption of those bonds, we should like to know what right she had to appoint a majori ty of the directors, or with what face Gover nor McNutt could ask the legislature to "give the state a controlling influence over" an in stitution which he now declares the State has no sort of interest in? Such a demand looks to us like the climax of impudence, and shows conclusively that the governor does not believe one solitary word of the letter he has written to Hope & Co. We might adduce other paragraphs from this letter to Hope & Co; as wel as thjjl establish the truth ot what we said a moment ago, and that is Gov. McNutt, was either guil ty of falsehood in his annual messages, or he has asserted what is false in his letter to Hope & Co; but we have already produced sufficient evidence and we leave his excellency to re pose upon his laurels. There are some other portions of his letter which we may notice hereafter. THE PUBLIC ACCUSER. In the bloody days of Revolutionary France, there stood at the bar of those infernal tribu nals, which convicted without proof, and con demned without defence, a sanguinary officer, who was, styled the Public Accuser. This representative of Robespierre and Marat poin ted his fatal nngcrat the victim and the harsh axe of the guillotine, rushed in hungry wrath upon the sacrifice. Denunciation and death walked hand, and hand. Thanks be to the people although we have the Public Accuser the submissive judges are not on the bench the Jacobins hold the reigns but shall not drive the car of State .0. . ...... ..... the denounced are detended by their lellow citizens truth is mighty, public justice is slow but certain and omnipotent. lour Public Accuser is your unworthy Gov ernor. Hear him people of Mississippi, in his impo tent ire, denounce three of your number, men whom most of you have delighted to honor. Thus he speaks in his last arrogant, unwarran ted, pitiful electioneering letter. He charges that your State Bonds "were disposed of in Au gust, 1838, by collusion and fraud." He accu ses the Commissioners of the Union Bank, in plain, unmitigated terms of "collusion and fraud." Does he bring any direct proof? Not a word, uoes ne cue any circumstantial evi dence, going to show that the three honorable men, who negotiated the sale of the Union Bank Bonds, in their sale to Nicholas Biddle, were guilty of these moral and legal crimes and misdemeanors? XMol atttle. Iraud and cot lusion not only prove the absence of mora! honesty, but are offences punishable by the laws of the land. Why does not the Public Accuser1 arraign these offenders at the bar of the country! ne says in mis laenucai jetier that the "Chief Magistrate is required -to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He would be recreant to his trust and violate His official oath, were he to suffer the i laws of the land ; to be trampled upon, and the con stitution disregarded," '. We charge that he has violated hts official oath in not causing the District Attorneys to bring to justice these perpetrators of public misdemeanor. ' " Now let us see who were, the Commission ers, that conducted and completed the negotia tion of the Union Bank Bonds.- It may be well to premise that they were disposed of, not to the Bank of the United Stater, as Gov. McNutt asserts but to Nicholas Biddle the Bank .0 the United States guaranteeing Mr. Biddle's luiniment ot nis contract . ,1 The highly expected gentlefT.ci whose VOL. I. NO. 35. names we mention, musf excuse us for thus bringing them before the public eve. It is ne cessary that their libeller may be exposed to the well-merited scorn and indignation of the people, over whom, Heaven, for their sins, has given him to rule. The Commissioners, appointed bv the Union Bank, were James C. Wilkijcs, Wm. M. Pinck- ard and Edward C. Wilkinson. Well do wc remember with what gratification, and com plimentary personal tributes their, appoint- ment was creeted bv the whole State, arid how all Mississippi rejoiced when this very sale was announced to it. While the Bank was dispersing the sums realized by this muuh-desi-red and loudly-lauded sale, not a whisper or dissatisfaction was heard. Shame! shame! that the last loan was so soon followed bv these abominable clamors. Who is James C. Wilkins? At a creen old ageafter having served the State of his pa triotic love, in numerous stations of high trust and honor his unsullied name beinsr the very watch-word of honcstv, throughout her bor ders his stainless character held up by ven erable parents, falling into their graves, as a bright exemplar of truth and honor, to their children this good, this pure, this glorious old man is accused by McNutt! of these offences. Read the life of this James C. Wilkins, and you have a bright commentary upon man. Ana nis laise accuser Poor ATost poor! I tell you, Sir, he is the making Of fifty gentlemen each one of whom Wert more than peer for thee!M WhoisWM. M. Pinckard? What gallant heart warms not to the name of the brave, the generous, the high spirited Pinckard? Bright and cmvairic as uayara, without tear, and without reproach, his manly bosom knows not wrong, but by the contempt or wrath, wrong may kindle. Mississippi knows him ani she knows McNutt! Who is Edward C. Wilkinson? How the State embraced the noble young stranger, and led hm to her seats of honor is known to you all. How well in the halls of legislation, or on the bench of justice he played his part, you cannot have forgotten. How his dauntless bearing in another land awoke an universal burst of feeling in your State, the chronicle of your Titarts remind you Knightly truth is "seated on his brow," spotless honor mantles yjj k-4ua- his hie. that we are loath to indulge in eulogistic no- tices but these three gentlemen, whom we are proud to call our friends; have been wan tonly assailed by the chief functionary of the State, in a manner hitherto unexampled his letter has'gone forth to the world their cause is the cause of justice and the people and no honest man, who knows them, will deny ' he fidelity 01 the portraits we have drawn. Fellow-citizens, have we written a word that should be erased? Do not vour cheeks redden with shame, when you sec your Gov ernor vindictively and basely assailing these much prized citizens, for the promotion of his political schemes? Are vou content fhnt ong life of excellence an immaculate repu ation an exalted character, these sacred at :ributes, shall go for nothing, when thev od. pose the partizart plans of a man, you may have elevated, but whom you never esteem ed? Let your answer be in your conduct, and if you love justice, visit with scathing scorn upon this Bedouin of the Executive, chain Natchez Courier. . THE SPEECH ON THURSDAY. Judge Shattuck, agreeably to appointment. was in Grenada on Thursday. About 10 o'clock a large assemblage having collected from towa and country, at the Female Academy, the Judge arose, and delivered one of, most sound. dispassionate, and argumentative speeches it has ever been our pleasure to listen to in this county. We could not give, without doing him injustice, even a sketch of the mighty ef fort with which, for about three hours, he en tertained and instructed his auditors, , Suffice it', to sav, he made a "perfect shucking" of "constitutional" Tucker, and all and singular .l'"i?T-J tl:' .1 n . ' me . Anu-jjona-payers. ne snoweu on tne vagaries of Tilghman in fine style how, at one time, he was saying on oath, in the Senate, that even the head of every man m the State would be taxed for the payment of the Union Bank Bonds, and at. another declaring the , charter of that institution ,t unconstitutional, and consequently asserting that the bonds were made in collusion and fraud. His views on this subject were those of every orthodox Whig, and were enforced with arguments comprehensible to the most ordinary under standing. He gave it as his honest opinion. that the Jbtale Bonds may be paid, as thev fall due, both principal and interest, without a re- sori 10 a nigner scaie 01 laxauon tnan that at present imposed upon the people. This opin ion was founded upon the hypothesis, that, by proper management, the Union Bank may yet be made the means of re-embursing the State for a large portion of the losses which the Op position assert the State is destined to receive at her hands. But, even should the Bank turn out to be, as the Locos say, a "dead horse" still he believed the. interest on the Bond3 mightbe promptly paid, and the bonds met at maturity, without an increase of taxation. The Judge could see no manner of reason. nurnose, cern, than that of disgracing themselves in th-- eyes of alK civilized nations in mv- v.t. why tho people should entertain any idea of repudiating the bonds, seventeen years irr ad vance 'for nn ntKr nurDOse, that he could c;s; I i I k 1 U.t I- . i : ' . Mi? 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