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X p or m n dD m VOL. II. LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, MARCH 7, 1810. NO. 17. ' " M am . jli-. ..m .......Attf .ft'-nfiiM - - R IS OSL U M T QD N " 'Villi UKIOft IS Printed and published every SATURDAY MORNLW BY HINES & B AS KIN TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION uronevertr.in advance, for nx months i' advance, ror three months, in advance, -For one year, .it the end of the year, Fr fix months nt the end of the lime, .I ,u mnlllN. lit Cl (. do. " $.",00 ,?,oo 2,(10 fi,00 4, no 3,00 Xo deduction whatever wlilbe made from ilie nh'tfvc piici9. Thoso who pay wiihin one monih r., i L time of subscribing will be considered nwn paul in advance, but in every instant where paymrnt is not made in that time, (ho temu stated above "ill be demanded. We are thin explicit because we w ish to avoid treble nmidisputcin the colleciion of our Mibicriptimi Vc bejr that all who subscribe for t ho ... . - .1.. 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Flti'iKIWSlDVAti ADVERTISEMENTS. for jl) lines or less, not alterable, 3 months. f12 " )l) do do do 6 months, iO " 10 do do do 12 months, 30 fTA the above rates are the same as tnose estab lished in Nntiher., Vickstiurir, (Jrnnd Gulf Alanchester mil elsewhere in thid flate. no deduction will be smile from I hern in anv case whatever. rr?ALI. JOU WOUk MUST BE PAID r'Ott ON DELIVERY. rl Letters on business must W fostptid, or they will not he taken from the I'm 'J.fice. IM. II. KILPATRICK, TIIOS. W. IIARItlS- KILPATRICK & HARRIS ATTORNEYS V COUySELLORS AT LAW. Have associated themselves top-ether in ''ie practice ofiuw, they will attend the Courts of Carroll, Holmes, Yazoo and Attalla; all businesi entrusted to their cue will receive their joint ar.d undivided attention. Their Office is in Lexington Mississip pi, where one or both rimy nt nil tin.es be found, except absent on professional busi ness. January 18, 10 Cm UNION HOTEL. ML Mississippi. Till subscriber having taken charge of this House, begs leave to inform his friends and the travelling pnlilii1, that he is prepared to nco.ommo t'a'e travellers nnd boarders, and solicits e share of their patronnge. ARTHUR HAYS. January, 1 1S40. N. B, I'ust notes of the Bank of Lexington will be taken at par from monthly boarders if paid before the expir- tiun of the month. A. HAYS. January 11, 9 tf. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. AGREEABLY to an order of the Hon. Court of Probates for Holmes County, made at the February term 1810 thereof, will on Saturday the 7th day of march next, proceed to sell all the per- ""id property belonging to the estate of uimert C Stone, dee'd, lor cash. Sale to take plitco in the town of "ontgomery. Purchasers will be required w cive notes wiih npproved security. DAVID P CRANDALL, Admr. Of Robt B Stone, dec'J. Fen. 8 13 tds NOTICE. IHE public ara heiehv entilioneil A no-amst tlllinn- u.-n nnt.. A nwn hv me,m(avorof James Simmons or order, "c,oRr 0th, 1839; one pavnble in one year from its it,io. .k . lW0P J'enrs from it8 date; each for the " lW0 hundred and nine dollars and Jteit added, as I have received no con- n ,hereof- Tny were wrongful 0!iv!lVrrrd ,0 8oid Sim by H. B. nd ?k ranklin contrary to agreement, 1 thill ''deration of anv kind.and ,Wu not pay them. WILLIAM S. WARD. Jan it 2m ADMUSTRATOR'SSALE. m TICE Agreeably to nn order of WulmrJn Court of Pro'a'P3 for term Irm made at February Wd,, 1 freof' 1 wiU 00 Mon1ay the "Poniho pnl nejE,t8 administrator e3 tW'?or Juhn W White, dee'd, 10 ft "est ti f0lI-T 'Td be,on north half ? of B!nd decedant, to wit; nshirj , ijfrlh ensl "ection 35, t0Rie S fur?hnse' will be required Ja,hSSeVCUr,ty; Mla td lake Pla teAAWATKIN8,Admr:-; ACTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. fjThe following bills, resolutions and mumorials, have passed both branches ol the Leoilature and received the sanction of the Govrrnor. We publish the lilies for the benefit of those interested. An net to amend nn act to incorporate the town of Holly Springs in the county of Marshall. An net to incorporate the Thick woods Academy in the county of Amite. An uct declaring the Cliuckalonclitvi Creek a navigable stream. An uct to change the name of James Templtt to that of James Wright Rhodes, and also to change the nnmo of James C. Bell, of Percy's Creek, Wilkinson county to thnt of Overton Bell. A resolution in relation to the. Hon. Stephen Adams, Judge of the ninth Judi ciul District of tho Siuto of Mississippi. An act to incorporate the town ol Van Buren in the county of Itawamba. An net to incorporate tho Almuclia Academy and Free Church. An act tD repeal hd act to incorporate the town of 1 aiiola in the county of Pa iiola. An act tr incorporate a new Justise's District in the county of Tippah. A bill to be entitled an act to amend an net entitled an act for the benefit of education, approved Feb. 11, 1S3D. A bill to be entitled nn act to repeal an act entitled an act concerning the Lexing ton bank, npproved Feb. 15, 1S30. An act to be cn iiled an act, to alter the nmnes of Rachael F. and Mary Jane Ballard. A memorial and resolution to members of Congress. An act to authorize) tie Board of Tolice of Amite county, to pay over to Alfred White and others, in trust a certain sum of money therein mentioned. An act to amend an act to authorize (he several Courts of Probate therein mention, ed, to hold their Courts Monthly, approved Feb. IG, 1S3S. An net to extend the time specified in tho 10th section of an act to authorize M'Keo and Patterson to build a biidgu across Yockruptofa River and Turnpike across the swmnp near the town of Sardin ia in the county of Yulobushn. An act to incorporate the Greensboro1 Academy and for other purposes. A resolution granting leave of absence to the Hon. Buckner Harris. A resolution relative to acts of Congress and different States. An act to regulate appeals taken from the decision of Justices of the Peace with, iu the county of Franklin. An net to incorporate the" Wondville Female Academy" in the town of Wood ville. An act .o incorporate a library and debating society in tho county of Amite. An act to amend an act entitled an act to inenrporate the town of Commerce. An act declaring Tippah river a navi gable stream. An act to incorporate the Franklin Li brnry nnd Debater's Society in the county of Franklin. An act to extend the corporate limits of the town of Franklin in the county ol Holmes. An act to incorporate tho Roard of Trustees of the Gallatin Academy, iu the county of Copiah. An act to change tho name of Christian Jacob Harmon to Christian Jacob Was- chou. An act entitled an net to increase the bonds of Sheriffs of Wilkinson, Claiborne, Holmes, Panola and Yalobusha counties. An act relative to the Stockholders and Trustees of the Mississippi Female Col lege in the city of Columbus. An act entitled an act to amend an act, entitled an act to incorporate the Trustees of the Woodville Classical School, appro ved Feb. 14, 1839. An act declaring Chowwnppah, Old town creek and Bane creek navigable stream?. An act to be entitled an act to amend an act, allowing foes to Sheriffs and Consta bles in certain cases, approved December 23,1833. An act entitled an act to authorize "Abi- ?ail Dunree. guardian, to eel I certain property. , . An act to amend an act to incorporate the Paulding and Pontotoc Kail Road Company. An act entitled an act to repeal so rruch of an act approved, May 11, 1837, grant ing to the several banks of this State, the privilege of issuing post notes, and for oth er purposes. , An act, for the relief of W W. Collins, Resolution relative to certain Choctaw Reserves. . . , An act to incorporate the Constantino Male and Female Academy, in the county of Noxubee. , , ; An act for the relief of Rohert Robson. An act to cbe jhjinr"rLM An net declaring the Sun Flower river and Deer creed navigable streams. An net to incorporate the Trustees of North Mississippi College, and for other purposes. An net to repeal the 1st ar12nd sections of an act entitled an act, declaring certain copies competent testimony and for other purposes, npproved May 13, 1837. An act to change the terms of the Supe rior Court of Chancery in tho Oxford Dis trict, nnd to annex Carroll county to the said District. An act entitled an net to amend an act to change the time of holding the Circuit Court of Marshall county, A memorial to Congress for the estab lishment of u Nation il Hospital ut Vicks burg. Joint resolution to Congress for a Light House on the middle ground between Pass Christian and Pass Alary Ann. An act to prescribe the funds receivable for State taxes and for other purposes. An net to amend an net to incorporate tho Tchiila Navigation Company. Tlie troy t7te Whigs arc worling it. When William Henry Harrison, i lie hero of a thousand battle, nnd whoso firne in military exploits, for their brilliancy, bra very and tact, transcendeth all human con. ceptic n, was nominated as n candidate for the presidency, every al oli'iun paper step ped forth with loud congratulations, of joy, that in the south, slavery had at length re ceived its death blow, and 'ihe deafening shouts of a thousand voices, prominent and bold, were ringing the hallelujahs this triumph of abolitionism over the pso p!o of the south. But the whigs eav, that the thing is now changed, nnd they ar now endeavoring to deceive the peop with the idea that the abolitionist are now opposed to Harrison for the presidency; if this change has in fact taken place, we should be pleased to know upon what grounds it is based, every body knows that llnrnson has given no opinion on the subject of slavery, sinco his nomination and that his recorded cpmion inluvor ol taxing the people of the s iulh, to raise money for purchasing and freeing their own slaves, have never been revoked or contradicted. What then, we ask, has ef fected the change and arrayed the aboli tionists BgHinst IIarrisrni It is no difficult matter to see into this scheme of the v.higs, for working Harri son into the presidency. J he abolition papers of the north, discovered that, by the open nnd bold manner in which they came out in support of Harrison, they were pursuading a course calculated to defeat their own wishes, ns surlia course would lend to unite the people of the slave holding states most powerfully against him, and thereby defeat his election; in order therefore to lull deceive and gull the peo pie of the south, and to supply the southeri whigs w iih some sham pretexts, whereby they may be alio to wnrd off the force ol public opinion, ngainst the disgusting principles ol thin man, they afTect now to be opposed to Harrison, ar.d are sending their inflatnatory papers and pamphlets to the whigs all through the south to read by them at public meetings, as evi- dence of that opposition. Never w as such a black nnd cor-scheme attempted to be pluved oil upon the south, lor deceiving the people and leading them on blindfolded, as it were, to their own destruction. The abolitionists are secretly in favor of Harrison, and are doing every thing in the north thev possibly can, to insure his succes", while they are pretending loop. peso him openly, tor southern etlect. The whigs are now in possession o these incendiary papers and pamphlets throughout in different parts of the south, and reading them to the people; how do these papers get here how come they now, all of a sudden, scattered through the country, and in the hands of almost ev ery whig orator, who is able to mount a stump? Is not this abolition in its truest sense? Are they not receiving and scat tering these firebrands about in the very bosoms of our people, which must produce the very essence of abolitionism itself? S'jch are the first fruits of running an ab olition candidate for the presidency; what it may end in, God only knows. We tell the people, that in this contest, an awful responsibility rests upon them. Thev now have it in their power to ward off one of the most fearful brows ever turned at their interest, or ever meditated against their safety -will they ward tint blow, or will they add strength to its force and danger? Great Watern. MYSTERIOUS. A curious discovery has been made by some workmen employed in erecting hous- ses on the site of the old Calaboose. That ancient building, which dates far back in to the Spanish times, was recently pulled down and the ground on which it stood sold out to private individuals." The pur from its location in the centre of the city. In the course of operations to this effect, it was found necessary lodigseveial feet under the surface to lay a substratum for the walls of tho houses about to be built. The laborers in excavating at a partic ular spot, discovered that their progress was retarded ly some hard substance, which resisted any impression from the working-tools. On examination, the resisting substance was found to be a bar of iron. Curiosity was excited. The excavation was extended another and another bar or hoop of iron was discovered, and at length a space in the bottom of the hole that had been dug gave way, or rather sunk, and disclosed between the hoops of iron id the interior of a dungeon. This horrid den of cruelty was arched over with thick brick walls and ribs of iron. The height from the floor to the ceiling was four feet, and the width between the side walls about three. The extent of this cavern of Inquisition is tot ascertained. When first opened the in side wns dry, the ooze from the river be ing excluded by water cement, and con tained nothing but a few human bones, the remains of some victims of tyracny or superstition. After the walls were broken by the tools of the workmen, the water flowed in through the fractures nnd soon filled up tho cavity. In consequence of the interior being overflown, it was found impossible to explore the subterranean passage to any great distance. The suposlition is, that the cavern is extensive, nnd has brunches undermining the ground in sev eral directions. To trace this subterra nean labyrinth through all its ramifications would be a curious nnd antiquuian re search, calculated to throw light upon the dark deeds of a past age, and dig up i:s buried cruelties to the gnze and execration of the present humane end enlightened generation. It is to be desired that the public authorities should take the matter in hand, and institute a thorough investi gation. The thought is not pleasant to a Republican, that he mny be trending en ground that is undermined w ith iron dun geons, unless he knows that thev nre shut up forever, and that the secret of their hor rid mysteries is lodged in no living bosom When wo visited the spot yesterday, a crowd was assembled around the excava lion, and a fire-engine was at work pump ing out the water. As might be supposed popular curiosity was much excited, nnd doubtless every exertion w ill bo made ful ly to explore the subterranean structure Various conjectures are indulged as to who were tho builders of the diabolical contrivance. It was doubtless constructed simultaneous with the prison, nnd the best clue to the discovery will be to trace the history of the old Calaboose, and ascerluin itsfouniers. N. O. Bulletin. Tho wicked laws which have been en. acted by wprincipal legislators in this country, fostering the pride and insolence of rich uprtart aristocrats, enabling them to riot in luxury, in the pageantry and show with which great wealth is usually accompanied, are beginning to excite in iquity among a long slumbeiingand pass ive people. The hard laboring man who is barely able by unremitting industry to maintain his farni.y, is beginning to nsf himself how it is that idle drones nre liv ing sumptuously every day, without ever having earned a dollar in their lives. It is useless longer to tell them that this ine quality of condition is owing to the dis pensations of Divine Providence this base libel upon the government of our be nificent Creator will not be believed by persons of common reason; it is an infa mous calumnly upon the great Being who provides lor the sparrow and tho worm, and whoso care extends to " the grass which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven." ine time win come when down trodden masses will not be mocked with such bittei aggravations of the calamities which have been heaped upon them so un sparingly by the corrupt agents of monop oly and mammon, who have made odious laws w hich enable one portion of our race to riot in luxury, and at the same time dooms another pnction,and that by far the most valuable of the two, to unflagging toil. The time will come when piracy upon the land will be brought to the level wiih piracy upon the sens. It cannot come a moment too 60011. Old Dominion. In the pamphlet lately published jn this city, entitled Notices of the character and Opinions of General W. H. Harrison, there is abundant room for ascribing to lim any kind of political principles that may suit any sort of enquiries, except his opinion on the subject that now occupies almost exclusively the industry and zeal of the abolitionist that is, the abolitionist f slavery. in the District of Columbia". The pamphlet is entirely silent on this matter, although it is known that the gen- forms the main topic of the abolition "peti tions to Congress. In the General's reply to the letter of Sherrod Williams, he is desirous to ronko it appear in one place, that ho is not a bank man, or a supporter of the iniquities of the United States bank; he declare! that whilst a member of the thirteenth con gress, he believed from the resu't of tha investigation that the charter had been vio lated, and voted for a judicial investiga tion w ith a view of annulling its charter.' This occurred about two years after the U. S. Bank went into operation the Gen. ii silent in relation to the misdeeds which in duced him to believe that it merited afor feiture of its charter. But compared wrfW its subsequent atrocities, they must have been light and trivial. And yet, the Gen eral continues from that period (that is from the year 1819,) to its final dissolution I have no idea that an institution could have been conducted with more nbility,in tegrity and public advantage, than it' has been.' Was ever public man guilty of such inconsistency? In 1819, when Gee Harrison says ho wns willing to annul th. charter of the bank, bceause it had violat ed its charter it had been in operation only two yens, nnd the charge allcdged 8gain3t it, on which general II. was nnxious to root it out of existence wn?, (if we recol lect correctly,) that by deducting the in terest from notes at the moment of discount, and chirgingsixty-lhree day's interen, on notes drawn at only sixty dsys, it wa clearly made liable to the penalty of usury ! What a fastidious gentleman Mr. Harri son must havo been in 1819! He was willing to vote the bank into annihilation, for doing that which it has continued t do ever from that JmU0 this and now ha tells tis, that since that period no inrtflfr tion could be conducted with more perfect integrity! although in addition to this tri vial effrnceof usury, (for trivial it i, com pared to its subsequent misdeeds,) it has since perpetrated nttrocities, which have ruined tho currency, prostrated the com merce of the country, disgraced the Amer can credit, in the eyes of foreign nations, ana Drought its atlairs into a state of irre trievable insolvency. And yet Gen. Har rison has no idea that any institution couM have been conducted wiih more ability, integiity nnd public advantage, than it has been! What a Lroth of n boy this hero of Nmlh Bend must be! What a tickle bend er! What a beautifully consistent chief magistrate of this great nation he would make.- jV. O. Times. Tixas. The steamer New York, from Galveston, which arrived yesterday, brings Texas papers of the 15th. . A pri vate letter, of the 17th, from Houston, has been shown to u. The Federalist hava retreated from before Monterey, nnd lher is reason to believe their army has been dispersed. The repoit is, that the Mexi can Government were marching a larga army upon the Itio Grande, with the avow ed purpose of invading Texas. No doubt the Federalist insurrection has led lotlia sending of powerful reinforcements to that quarter, but the ultimate destination is scarcely so problable. The number of the invading army is stated at eighi thou sand mon. Wo rather think they will not venture beyond the Rio Grande, or if thev do, it will be to be driven back again with. precipitation nnd discomfiture. Amid tha varitiy of rumors prevailing, and the gen eral uncertainty, it appears impossible to arrive at the truth of events. More cer tain accounts must be awaited, before any correct conclusion can be formed as to the state of affairs on the eastern borders of Mexico. Nothing is said about Indian depredations in the Texian papers. Congress has adjourned. An important act passed relative to the redemption of the promissory notes of ihe Government now in circulation, and for funding tho liabili ties of the Government. The law which relates to the funding of theTreasury'notet, fixes the time for funding them to June next. The script for sums thus funded. will bear (en percent, interest, payable semi-annually in gold and silver. The other script, for sums funded after that pe riod, will only bear 8 per cent, interest. A greut inducement is thus held out to lolders of Treasury notes to fund them at an early date. The third section of the act provides for the funding of all the ather labilities of the Government, remlarlr audited, and upon the same terms. Tho effect of this measure cannot fail to b salutary. In Texas it has already raised the value of Treasury notes. The advan tages are obvious. The ability nnd honest intention of the Government to meet their engagements, are well krvwn.Tbe hold ers of Treasury notes would do well .to make early investments m the funded script. 2V. O. Bulletin. J . ; . Cure for a laiy tore throat. Wind ii l',5 l u 4 - t