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Q. K. UNDERWOOD, EDITOR.
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Saturday, May 22, 1852.
E.W. Wiley, Southern Literary and Advertising
Agent, No. 17 St. Charles street, New Orleans, is
authorized to receive Advertisements, and subscriptions
for the Southern Shield.
G. B. Lock, Esq., Auctioneer and Real Estate Broker,
Memphis, Tenn., is the authorized n~ent for this paper
in that city.
«!»■ —MM II III 111 I.. IT.I <1
WHIG COUNTY CONVENTION.
Next Monday is the day fixed upon for
holding a Convention of the Whigs ol Phil
lips County, to nominate a candidate to
represent this County and Monroe in the
Stale Senate, and Phillips County in the
lower branch of the next General Assem
bly. The great importance of making suit
able selections of candidates is apparent to
every Whig, and in making such choice,
every personal consideration or preference
should give way to the more important ob
ject of selecting men who are known to be
fully competent to discharge the high and
responsible duty of Legislators—men who
are known to be capable and honest and
true to the public interest. That such men
are to be found in the Whig ranks, none
will deny, and it devolves upon this Con
vention to nominate such. We have eve
ry confidence it will be done.
Mr. Clay.—The last accounts from
Washington (15th) represent that there
were slight hopes entertained of the partial
recovery of this distinguished man.
OCJ3 Mrs. Adams, relict of John Q. Ad
ams, died at Washington on the 16th.
Leon. Tiiousdale, Esq.—We notice that
this gentleman, who was formerly connect
ed with the editorial department of the Ga
zette Democrat, at Little llock, in this
State, has become associated with J. 11. Mc
Clanaiian, Esq., of the Memphis Appeal.
We congratulate friend Me. on this ac
cession to the editorial strength of the Ap
peal, for during the time Mr. Trousdale
was connected with the press in Arkansas,
he won for himself a most enviable reputa
tion, both as a forcible and graceful wiiter
and an accomplished gentleman.
Summary of Cotton.—According to the
New Orleans Price-Current of the 15th of
May, the total receipts at all the ports since
1st of September, 1S51, amount to 2,787,
822 bales, making the increase as compared
with the same dates last year, 645,829 bales.
Total exports to foreign ports 1,968,126
bales; increase this year 447,358 bales.—
Total exports to Northern ports 793,419
bales; increase this year. 261,207 bales.—
Stock on hand and on shipboard at all ports,
410,660 bales; decrease this year, 26,OSS.
IXj3 The Natchez Free Trader states
that it has recently been discovered that
Jefferson College, in Washington, near
Natchez, is entitled to twenty acres of land
situated in the business part of the city oi
Mobile—a property worth, at the least es
timate, half a million of dollars.
[O3 The burning of a stable, belonging
to E. P. Scantland, on Wednesday last,
fully demonstrated the necessity of having
hooks and ladders to be used on such occa
sions. But the apathetic indifference about
such matters, we fear, will continue to pre
vail in this place until perhaps one half
the town is consumed.
The Earthquake.—The earthquake of
the 29th ult. is said to have shaken the
walls of houses, and rattled china and win
dow glass, at Lynchburg, Virginia. At
►Staunton, \ irginia, the shock is said to have
lasted nearly a minute, and some houses
were so violently shaken that the occupants
made a precipitate retreat.
Coi.onei. Fremont in London.—The
New York Herald says: “According to
the appearance of things, Colonel Fremont
is out of his element in London, like a fish
out ot water. It begins to be doubted by
many of the Californians here whether his
plans in Europe will succeed at all, and
whether he can sell his property in compe
tition with the new golden discoveries in
Australia. 1 he London capitalists will
much more readily turn their attention to
Australia in preference to California; and
we should not be at all surprised to see the
vast gold discoveries of Australia entirely
bill up California and all California pros
pects in London and Europe.”
DC/3The receipts of cotton at all the
ports up to the 15th, were 2,787,822 bales,
an increase of 432,822 bales over the entire
crop of’50 and ’51. Notwithstanding this
heavy increase and the receipts still con
tinuing large, prices remain pretty full and
firm, both in this country and in Europe.
nCP We are under obligations to the ac
commodating Clerk of the steamer Ele
phant for late Louisville and Cincinnati pa
pers.
Assignability of Land Warrants.—In
his interpretation of the act of Congress of
2Sth September, 1S52, authorizing the issue
of non-assignable bounty land warrants, the :
Hon. A. II. II. Stuart, Secretary of the In- ^
terior, decided that the soldier, after loca
ting his warrant, could not make a valid
title to the land so located, until after the 1
issue of the patent. The question has been
submitted to the lion. Rufus Choate, whose
view is that the conveyance may be made
after issue of the warrant, and before the
issue of the patent,—the phrase in the law
“prior to the issue” having reference to the
.warrant, and not to the patent.
DC/3 R is said Mr. Mangum will publish
an address in reply to his Southern col
leagues in Congress, and that Gen. Scott
will shortly publish a letter declaring him
self in favor of all the compromise measures,
including the fugitive slave law.
gCJ^The river is still falling slowly.
At a meeting of the Whigs of St. Francis
Township, held at the Court-House in the
town of Helena, on the 15th inst., for the
purpose of appointing Delegates to the
County Convention, to be held on the 24th
day of May, A. D., 1S52, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the State Sen
ate and Representatives for Phillips County
in the next Legislature, the following pro
ceedings were unanimously adopted:
The meeting was called to order by call
ing Col. William F. Moore to the Chair
and appointing R. F. Sutton Sec’y.
The object of the meeting was explained
by Q. K. Underwood, Esq., after which it
was moved by James T. Moore, Esq., that
the Chair appoint a Committee of tive to
report to the meeting the names of Dele
gates to attend said Convention, which mo
tion was unanimously adopted. Where
upon the Chair appointed the following gen
tlemen said committee, viz: H. F. Mooney,
John Hall, Dr. Richard King, Richard Cail
and Maj.C. G. Baldwin.
The Committee retired and in a few min
utes reported the following:
That we recommend the following gen
tlemen as Delegates from St. Francis Town
ship to the County Convention, viz: Maj.
William C. Myrtle, J. D. Latimer, Esq.,
Henry P. Coolidge, John Q,. Taylor, and
Richard Cail.
After which the meeting adjourned.
WILLIAM F. MOORE, Ch’mn.
R. F. Sutton, Sec’y.
A Curiosity.—A letter to trie non. 11 li
man Smith, from the Lake Superior mines,
says:
“We have put in the box a piece of wood,
or of a skin that was twenty feet long,
when tound, lying twenty feet under the
surface of the earth, and a mass of copper
lying thereon mined out of the vein, weigh
ing five tons and one thousand five hundred
and forty-two pounds. Every particle of
the rock was hammered oft' from it, and
immediately about the mass were found two
copper tools that showed copper to have
been welded and hardened. A large num
ber of hammers made from stone were ly
ing around it,and also some coal and ashes,
to all appearance as fresh as though they
had been made last year. Vegetable soil
to the depth of four or six feet overlaid the
the whole, on which and immediately over
this mass of copper, was standing a tree,
which proved, on being cut down, to be
over five hundred years old.”
Tiie Compromise as a Finality.—“The
Democratic party of the United States,
North and South, East and West, are al
most a unit on the Compromise: as a final
settlement of all the agitating matters con
nected with the question of African slave
ry within the boundaries of the United
Slates. The sentiment of the Democracy
of the nation shows that the finality policy
is one that must inevitably be adopted.—
This policy grows stronger and stronger
every day in the Democratic party of the
Union.”
So says the “National Democrat” of
Monday. But where is the evidence of
what it asserts? Is it to be found in the
proceedings of the Democratic State Con
ventions recently held in Virginia, Georgia,
Louisiana, Florida, California, Arkansas,
and Michigan, all of which, when setting
forth their principles, have been silent on
the question of the finality of the Compro
mise? Is it to be found in the fact that the
late Congressional caucus of the democrats
refused to recognize the Compromise in
any shape or form whatever.
The Democracy of Michigan and the
Compromise.—Some days ago we had a
brief report by telegraph of the doings of
the Michigan Democratic State Convention
at Detroit on the 2Sth ult. The Conven
tion unanimously nominated Gen. Cass for
the Presidency, but there was one thing left
undone. In the resolutions passed there
was no approval of the Compromise—no
sign of acquiescence in it. Following the
examples set them by their brother Demo
crats in the Southern States, the Democra
cy of Michigan did not venture to name the
Compromise measures in the resolutions
adopted by their State Convention. On
that great question they are silent. This
is significant of the intention of tj^e Demo
crats to adopt the mum policy in their Na
tional Convention.
Pennsylvania.—Congressional Appor
tionment.—By a compromise between the
two Houses (the Senate being Whig by
one majority) a very fair Apportionment
Act has been finally passed, giving the
Whigs ten Distrcits, the opposition thirteen
and leaving two close and doubtful.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, May 13.
IIousf. —The House met at S o’clock, and
ifter reading the journal ot yesterday ad
ourned till Monday, and the workmen im
nediatly commenced refitting the Hall. ^
Senate.—On motion of Mr. G*ver, the
fill declaring the assent of Congress to the
State of Missouri to impose a tax on lands
lereafter sold by the United States, there
n, from and after the day of sale, was ta
ien up and ordered to be engrossed.
The homestead bill was referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
Mr. Shields introduced a bill donating
ands to several States, to aid in ihe costruc
tion of railroads from Cincinnati to St.
Louis.
On motion of Mr, Pratt, the Senate, took
up a bill directing a survey and estimate of
cost of a canal basin at the terminus of the
Ohio and Chesapeake Canal. After debate,
the bill was ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. Broadhead introduced a bill ordering
the Secretay of War to grant to Pittsburgh,
lvittanengo and Warren, the right of way
over the grounds of the United States at
Alleghany Arsenal.
The deficiency bill was taken up and the
Collins amendmeuts were passed over infor
mally. The Senate took up other items ot
the bill; among others passed was one ap
propriating $40,000 for the purchase ot a
site in San Francisco for a Custom House.
Numerous small appropriations were also
passed.
An amendment appropriating $20,000 to
enable the Secretary of the Interior to in
vestigate the conduct of the Indian Com
missioners at California was rejected.
Mr. Bell introduced an amendment ap
propriating $355,000, indemnity to Geor
gia, Alabama, and Florida, for loss by dep
redations of the Creek Indians.
The Senate adjourned without taking the
question*
XfS* An amusing scene came on at the
Commercial Hotel on Tuesday evening. It
appears, or at least, it is so told to us, that
a gentleman who boarded at the house al
leged that the wife of a fellow boarder had
formerly been a woman of bad character—•
notoriously so. The story gained circula
tion until the lady herself heard it. Having
done so, at last, she armed herself with a
pistol and cow hide, and on retiring from
the tea table having met with her defamer,
Mr. O., proceeded to belabor him without
mercy. After endeavoring in vain to escape
from her, and, we suppose, being unwilling
to strike his assailant, other persons finally
interposed and disarmed the Amazon, when
her pistol was found to be unloaded, or at
least without a cap ! fShe declared herself
perfectly contented with the vengeance she
had taken, and her victim we presume was
equally satisfied. Whether Mr. O. was
right or wrong in his charges, we cannot
see either prudence or goodness of heart in
his course. If this woman—Mrs. M.—had
formerly erred, but was now endeavoring
honestly and with amended life to discharge
her duty as a wife—and against her recent
conduct not a breath was uttered—what
g«od or generous motive could exist for
ruining her by exposing her former life?
.She should rather have been encouraged in
her efforts to do right, than the story of her
former shame industriously and without
provocation circulated to crush her and her
good intentions with obloquy.
The woman was endeavoring to compen
sate for previous misconduct—had she been
guilty of any—bv the most blameless life
and propriety. What generosity or manli
ness was there in any one using his knowl
edge of her errors in at once blasting her
efforts at redeeming the past, destroying
her happiness as a wife and her good name
as a woman ? The act was a cruelty and
an outrage which no former immorality on
her part can excuse. In such cases it is the
duty of true manhood to encourage the
frail in theirnew and better course, not des
troy them with the recalling of their for
mer deviations from virtue. Toerris human
—to forgive divine.—Memphis Appeal.
A Cheap Disinfecting Agent.—A cor
respondent in the Cleveland Herald gives
the following piece of intelligence, well
worth remembering:
Heat a shovel not quite to redness, and
then place upon it a teaspoonful of freshly
burned coffee, and let it burn in a room
where the air is impure. At first you will
not perceive the peculiar odor of the coffee
at all; in a few moments, however, you
will find that the room is filled with the
smell of the coffee, and that every impurity
of the atmosphere has been totally destroy
ed—not smothered. Let some of your sci
entific readers try it, where the air is pecu
liarly foul, and note the results and explain
tho modus operand! of the disinfecting pro
Remember the shovel must be only so
hot as to cause the coffee to burn with a
copious white smoke, and the quantity in
dicated above may be needed. To the sick
the odor of the coffee is peculiarly grateful.
Indians Starved to Death.—The Min
nesota Pioneer says that a report has come
from Lac qui Parle, that over forty Indians
—men, women and children—were found
frozen to death, having eaten their dogs,
moccasins, skin tents, and everything that
could alford the least sustenance. It was
feared last summer, that the loss of crops
by the floods would result disastrously to
them.
Kossuth’s Departure.—Letters have
been received in this city from Kossuth re
quiring an immediate settlement of business
connected with the Hungarian funds, as he
is expecting to sail immediately for Europe.
We have also seen a letter from Prof. Kin
kel, dated at London, who says that the cri
sis is close at hand, and before next fall “all (
Europe will be in a blaze.—Cm. AW',
27th ult. 1 j
BY TELEGRAPH,
To the Memphis Enquirer.
TERRIBLE HURRICANE.
Princeton, Ky., May 1/.
A severe hurricane passed through Ciiris
ian county, between this place and llop
bnsville, on Friday last, forty miles wide,
ength not known, uprooting and twisting
)tl’ nearly every tree in its range. 1 he
ences were all leveled to the ground; also,
i cotton mill was destroyed and seveial
jams blown down, killing a number ot
torses. The extent ofdamageis not known.
Iowa.—The Whigs of this young State,
n Govention, have expressed their coidial
approval ot the Compromise measures, and
their decided preference for Mr. Fillmore
'or President.
New South Carolina Senator.—A tel
egraphic dispatch dated Charleston, May
10th, announces that the Governor ol South
Carolina lias appointed W. F. Desaussure,
U. S. Senator, in place of Mr. Rhett resign
ed.
DC/3 There has been quite a flare-up ie
cently at Columbia, Tenn., in conse(pience
of F. G. Smith, principal of the Female In
stitute at that place, taking improper liber
ties with one of his pupils, which she indig
nantly resented and lost no time in expos
ing. In a letter addressed to lit. Rev. Bish
op Otey, Mr. Smith confesses to have in-'
dulged in dalliance with Miss-■, very
reprehensible, considering she was my (his)
pupil, and also (says the letter of confession)
“that when she asserted that 1 had done a
certain thing, I did (forgetting the fear ol
God) commit the grevious sin of asserting
that I had not done that thing, knowing
that this assertion of mine was not true.”
The tenor of the letter throughout goes
strongly to convict the gentleman of a fla
grant violation of his trust.
Vacancy for a Doctor.—Greiner, the
Indian agent in New Mexico, wrote home
on the 31st of March, that he knew of an
opening for an enterprising physician; one
vacancy had happened, and ire told how:—
One of the Eutaws on the San Juan River
was taken sick, and an Indian doctor on the
Rio Verde was called in to altenJ him.—
Owing to the strength of the disease, or to
the weakness of the prescription of the doc
tor, the patient died and was buried. Af
ter the funeral the doctor was taken by the
friends of the deceased, tied up, shot and
scalped—his wife’s hair was cut oil’, his
house burned, containing all his property,
and all his animals killed. This is the law
among these Indians, regulating doctors.—
The vacancy is yet unfilled.
A Very French Suicide.—Our readers
will remember that we gave an account
the other day of t^e trial and conviction of
Jobard, at Lyons, for killing a young lady
in the theatre, in order that he might be ex
ecuted. A singular circumstance, which we
did not mention, was connected with the
affair. He went to the theatre with the in
tetion of killing some one, and happened to
[seat himself just behind two voung ladies.
For some time he was undecided which to
select as his victim, but finally chose the
younger and prettier as being “nearer and
more lit for Heaven.” The neglected beau
ty, on learning the reason of his choice, was
so profoundly affected at the slight that she
refused consolation, would take no nouris
ment, and finally ended her life by commit
ting suicide.—N. O. Pic., 5t/i ins't.
The Postmaster General.—Most per
tinaciously some ol the Washington corres
pondents persist in saying the lion. i\T. lv.
Hall intends resigning—now adding, how
ever, that lie will be appointed Minister to
Russia.
We teel almost authorized to say there is
not one word of truth in all this. Mr. Hall
reluctantly left his business in Buffalo to
stand by his old friend and partner, Mr. Fill
more, in a most trying crisis of his life, when
an old personal friend was indispensable for
him in Washington. To that business Mr.
Hall will return by the 4th of March next,
whether Mr. Fillmore be elected President
or not. lie desires to leave his post imme
diately, but will stand by his consent to see
Mr. fill more through this term of his admin
istration.—iV. V. Express.
Hungarian Bonus.—KossOth meets with
more success in Boston, in his efforts to get
material aid, than he has, probably, in any
other city. Though his bonds are not to
he redeemed till the very uncertain period
of Hungarian independence, and pav no in
terest until that time, yet he has succeeded
in getting rid of $27,600 in that city. The
Transcript says he will carry awav about
$50,000 from Boston.
Hr. Hayne, the celebrated bigamist pas
sed through Louisville last week, on his way
to the Kentucky Penitentiary. 'The Jour
nal says he created no little excitement at
the Railroad Depot. A number of persons
had assembled to see him. He acted quite
boldly. After entering the car, lie looked
out from the window, and winking at the
crowd who had gathered around, pointed
at the Sheriff, saying, “That is the man
who has had the fourteen wives.” lie is a
man of fine personal appearance and ele
gant manners.
Naples—Tiie Murats.—A correspon
dent of the New York Times, writing from
Turin on the 14th ult.,says: “Anew"polit
ical party has been formed in the Kingdom
of the Two Sicilies. The associates, °who
ire very numerous, are called I Muratiani,
being in favor of Prince Murat, who lived
it Bordentown, New Jersey. The whole
irmy would follow his standard; and the
oopulation, although they consider Murat
tot very liberal, Would except him, because
iven the Government of Russia would be
note acceptable to them than the Bourbon
yranny.”
[by authority.]
Laws of the United States,
Passed at the First Session of the Thirty
second Congress of the United Stales oj
America.
(Public.—No. 11.)
\N ACT to extend the time for selecting lands
granted to the State of Wisconsin for saline pur
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives oj the United States oj Amer
ica in Congress assembled, I hat the time tor
selecting lands for saline purposes, granted to
the State of W isconsin by virtue of the fourth
subdivision of the seventh section of an act enti
tled ‘‘An act to enable the people of Wiscon
sin Territory to form a Constitution and State
Government, and tor the admission of such
State into the Union,” approved the sixth day
of August, in the year eighteen hundred and
forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, extended
to the first day of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty-four; and the landso selected
previous to the day last mentioned, shall be
granted to said State ior the same purposes, on
the same conditions and with like ellect, as ii
the same had been selected and confirmed with
in the time limited by the act above mentioned.
Approved, May 4, 1852.
(Signed) MILLARD FILLMORE.
lO=Tlis Riuor has been “booming” for
several days past, and is now higher than it
has been at any time during the past year.
It commenced rising very rapidly, on Mon
day evening, and. when our paper went to
press, on yesterday afternoon, had risen
some 16 or IS feet. Large quantities of
drift-wood tire constantly passing down,
and as yet there is no abatement in the rise.
As the Mississippi was very high, and still
rising at Napoleon, at our last advices, we
fear many of our lriends on the lower Ar
kansas (which urns backed up several miles)
are again destined to have their crops de
stroyed by another inundation. Many ol
the planters in Chicot county will doubtless
suffer from the same cause.
1*. 8. The river is on a stand this morning.
—Little liock Democrat, lnth inst.
OCT3 Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
says:—
“ The seceders from the Whig caucus
have met with far less sympathy than they
expected. Their conduct, though not se
verely condemned, is thoroughly disapprov
ed of in a large majority of the Whig pa
pers. Their acts are regarded as very
strange, and in some quarters suspicions are
expressed as to their fidelity to the Whig
party.”
The attempt to raise cotton from Ameri
can seed, in Ceylon, has failed.
Official.
Department of State, )
Washington, April 26th, 1852. \
Information has been received from
AmosB. Corvvine, Esq., U. S. Consul at
Panama, of the death in the hospital at
that place, of David Radaway, late of Do
ver, Polk County, Arkansas. Mr. Corwine
states that the deceased deposited the sum
of one hundred dollars with him, out ol
which his funeral expenses will have to he
paid.
May 15, 1S52. 3t
WBUREold Port Wine, and French Brandy, in
bottles; for Medical purposes, just received
and for sale, by HICKS & 13 idMPASS.
May 15.
THE FAST
RUNNING
a
ST
i'EAMEE
mountaineer,
A\ IACt changed hands and been thoi
ough'y repainted and repaired, stands
■'°. 1 in Memphis Insurance offices, and wi
pi, between Memphis and Napoleon, touchin
at Helena on her downward trips every Thun
day and Sunday evenings at 6 o’clock. IT
turning, leaves Helena every Saturday an
Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock ’for Memphis.
For freight or passage apply on board.
May 15, ’52—2m.
STATE OF ARKANSAS, \
County of Phillips. ^
In the Phillips County Circuit Court, on the
Chancerv side thereof, in Vacation, Mas
10th, 1852.
Henry VV . Bailey, et als, complainants, y
vs. (
James Norton, et als, defendants. )
T^OW on this day comes the said com
plainants by their solicitors, and lilt
their bill in this behalf, the object whereol
is to eniorce the terms and stipulations of a
certain agreement, therein mentioned,—to
cancel a certain sale ol a steamboat Obion,
therein named, and to obtain an injunction
against the said defendants, and it appear
ing from an affidavit attached to said Bill,
that two ol said defendants, Robert II- Fra
ser, and John R. Fraser, are not residents
ol the .State of Arkansas, it is therefore or
deied that the said delendants have notice
of the pendency of this suit by publication
ol this order in the Southern Shield, a news
paper published in the county and State
aforesaid, and that unless they be and ap
pear before the Judge of our Circuit Court
in Chancery sitting, at a Court.’to be holden
at the Court-House, in and for said county,
on Monday, the 22nd day of November, a!
i). 1S52, and then and there, on or before
the fourth day of said term, plead, answer,
or demur, to said bill, the same will be ta
ken as confessed against them and a decree
entered accordingly.
Altesb R. H. YEATES,
. „ Clerk.
A true'copy from the Record;
Attest: R- II- YEATES,
my 15 2vv. Clerk.
JJACON SIDES—A fine lot of Cincinnat
Bacon in store and for sale bv
April 24.
F. F. HOWERTON.
•/. JIM. Alexander*
BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
Main street, opposite the Court-house, Helena.
cJMJ%mmn^TJEs.
august election.
For Clerk.
|'5= We are authorized to announce R. jj
YEATES as a candidate lor Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of Phillips county.
rn3= We are authorized to announce EDlV 1
H. COWLEY as a candidate for Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Phillips county at the next
August election.
' i
I'JsT We arc authorized to announce Mr. T
15. DAWSON as a candidate for the office of
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe county
at the next August election.
For Sheriff.
We are authorized to announce JAS !!, i
SHELL as a candidate for Sheriff of Phillip
county at the next August election.
(
TO THE VOTERS OF PHILLIPS COUNTY:
1 am a candidate for the office of Sheriff 0f 1
Phillips county, at the ensuing August election i
ARTHUR THOMPSON. ‘
- 1
E5T We are authorized to announce W. £
MOORE as a candidate for Sheriff of Phillips
county at the next August election.
Wo are authorized to announce W\J,
151 YEN as a candidate for Sheriff of Phillips
county at the next August election.
For Constable. <
jjJp We are authorized to announce J AS. C. '
W.. TOLLESON as a candidate for Constable ‘
of St. Francis Township. ‘
OP We are authorized to announce 15. U*
ROBERTSON as a candidate for Constable
of St. Francis Township.
03= We are authorized to announce JOHN
R. NIEL -as a candidate for Constable of St.
Francis Township:
tW We are authorized to announce CHAS.
H. EDWARDS as a candidate for Constable
of St. Francis Township.
We are authorized to announce REU
BEN L. MORRIS as a candidate for Consta
ble of St. Francis Township.
First Arrival of Spring Goods.
WE are in receipt of of a small lot of elegant
dress goods, for the ladies—Capes, Collars, Lin
en-Cambric Hdks., Jewelry, Watches, &c.—
Also fine black French cloths, Cassimers, Vest
ings, Kid gloves, <kc.—Which we are offering
unusually low. IIICKS & BUMPASS.
Helena, April 3, 1852.
PURE WATER
A LI. persons who have cisterns or design
having them, would do well to call on the
undersigned, who is prepared to make an im
provement that will render the water much more
pleasant aud wholesome, and at comparative
slight cost, when the advantages are consider
ed that will arise from this improvement.
AMOS OLIVER.
Helena, April 3, 1852,
NEW GOODS.
Tni,L 11 n^firs*Snc^ have just received and are
now opening a portion of their SPRING
and SUMMER GOODS, and expecting by the
next New Orleans Packet to receive the bal
ance ot ^ their SPRING purchases, which will
make their assortment as full and complete as
Lai ever before been offered in this market and
which they now propose to sell at reduced pri
ces. 1 hey respectfully invite Country Mer
chants, River Traders, and all other persons
wishing to buy Goods either at wholesale or
retail to call and examine their Stock before
purchasing elsewhere.
BAILEYS & HORNER.
Helena, March 27, 1852.
ueoiraoie icwii Property for Sale.
nglDL undersigned being desirous to change
■8- their residence ior one they arc improving
near Helena, propose to sell the property situ
ate in New Helena, embracing three Town Lots
fronting on a continuation of Main street, Old
Helena, on which there is a tine la.rge dwelling
house, a large kitchen and servant’s room, a
store house, carriage house, stable, hen-house,
wood-house, <fcc., ail in complete order, with a
lolt over the latter for corn, fodder, &e.
On the premises is one of the best cisterns ever
built in the Mississippi bottoms, good fences
and a variety of new and rare Shrubery. Mot
contiguous to other buildings, which materially
enhances the value of Town property for a
residence. \Y ith a full view ofthe river, and jlist
far enough from the business part of Town for
a pleasant and heathful walk.
YV e are anxious to sell, and offer a bargain;
title warranted; would prefer cash, or negro
property, but would give time to suit, if secured;
for further particulars apply to
YY M. R. RIGHTOR,
for E. M. RIGHTOR.
March 13, 1852.
TINNING.
undersigned have opened a SHOP in
Helena for the purpose of carrying on the
above business in all its various branches; and
will do all descriptions of work, and furnish
t 'ery sort of I l\-\\ ARH on as reasona
ble terms as any establishment of the kind in
Helena or Memphis. Roofing houses,glittering,
mending and every species of jobbing done in
our line upon the shortest notice and at reason
able rates.
Shop at the house formerly occupied by A
r. Odie, dec’d., as a residence.
„ , „ J- & J. STALEY.
Helena, March 20, 1852.
WBACON HAMS—Sugar cured and plain
hams in store and for sale by
APril 24- F. F. HOYVERTON.
4 FRESH supply of Ohio FLOUR; also a
lot of Dean’s WHISKEY, in barrels and
halt barrels, for sale by
Dec.20.] BAILEYS & HORNER.
TAKE NOTICE.
A El. Persons indebted to the old firm of
Deputy & Comfort, will please come for
ward and pay up, or their notes and accounts
will be placed in the hands of an officer for col*
lection. DEPUTY & COMFORT,
Helena, May 8th, 1852.