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VOL 1.
HOLLY SPRINGS ML, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1840.
NO. 13.
EDWIN JUNIUS FOSTER,
Editor and Proprietor.
THE CONSERVATIVE,
And Holly Springs Banner is published every
week at Fodr Dollars, which must be paid for
in advance, in every case. No subscription will
be received for less than six months; nor will
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advance. .
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this office as soon as delivered.
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JOB
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Holly Springs, Mi.. March 16, 1839.
TO THE PUBLIC.
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rules which inlhe end will be found alike
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have been so long imposed upon by the com
inunityat large, that they are considered to
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ble, deserving of sq high ti. consideration,
productive ol so much good, a class that ex
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solve, severally and jointly, to bring all pat
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3d.
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Bauaway from the subscriber
' JJ on Sunday evening last, a negro
boy named BEN, aged 20 or
&d?&7 21 feet 10 ox 11 "eshigh
SZfUsA of slender make, dark complex-
idn. Previous to my owning mm ne be
longed to Mr JolmMcKee neat Hudsonville
where he lived for some time, his father
resides at Mr Caraway's near Lagrange, on
Wolf river,, where, he has likely gone, he
may attempt crossing the" river at Memphis,
Randolph or Mill's Point
The aboTe reward will ba given if put in
any: Jail so. that lean get him, and a. liberal
allowance in - addition, for delivering him to
j'here. WML. tiAtvLitii.
Holly Springs, April 28, 18406-31
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PROSPECTUS OF THE NATION
AL MAGAE AND BEPUB-
H. J. Brent, Esq.. Editor. The National Mag
azine and Republican review will be published in
the City of Washington D. C. on the 1st of Jan
uary next, and delivered monthly in all parts of
me u . folates, devoted exclusively to the advance
ment of the great principles of the Whig party
and the encouragement of Literature and Sci
ence. "
.The experience of the past year has confirmed
in the minds of the more reflecting and sagacious
of the Whig party that a vacum exists in 'he pe
riodical press, of the country, in which should
be combined the productions of our great states
men on literary and scientific subjects, and those
the eminent literary geniuses of which the U. S.
can boast so ample a share, on the various sub
jects that present themselves to a sound and vig
orous intellect.
It cannot be doubted that the present crisis de
mands the publication of a work calculated to in
fuse and circulate true and honest political infor
mation, and to counteract the direful influence
exerted by a monthly periodical of a similar na
ture published in this city, under the auspices,
and bearing the name of the self-styled Democ
racy of the present day, advocating measures
which if successful, are" destined to moulder to
ruins the fabric of our noble Constitution, by
placing constructions on it tcsuit the caprice and
advance the reaching of a corrupt ambition.
The union of such principles with a general
literature as have insulted the common sense and
honesty of the country, by proclaiming the 'Mar
tyrdom of Cilley,' rendered, in a manner more
detestable from the insiduous way in which they
are combined, tends directly to the disorganiza
tion ol all that, as Americans, should be held
most sacred. This combination is calculated to
secure them a circulation in quarters to which
they might not otherwise penetrate, as well as
from a certain deceptive air of hightoned philan
thropy and expansive liberality of views, with
which they are artfully able to invest themselves,
for the purpose of stealing their way into the
heads through the unsuspecting hearts of that
class on which depends the destiny and hopes of
the nation its young men. Whilst the more
experienced sagacity cf older heads can never
hesitate a moment in recognising the real naked
deformity of these principles of Modern Radi
calism, under all the fair seeming disguises they
may assume, yet to the young they are replete
with a subtle danger of the most pernicious char
acter. The National Magazine and Republican, Re
view is designed, and will be conducted with
these and other high important considerations in
view, calculated to correct misconstructions and
to inculcate the correct political principles on
which are bast-d the1 views and practice of the
great Republican Whig party, as well as for the
encouragement and maintenance of genuine po
lite literature. The publishers will neither spare
expense in the mechanical department of the
work; nor their utmost efforts to render the Re
view useful to the public in a literary point of
view, and honorable to the country and cause
which it is destined to espouse as a National
wc rk.
The period is fast arriving when the country
will emerge from the dominion of a parly which
has come into power uuder the corrupt influence
of a misled popular prejudice, and which has ad
vocated and sailed under the broad and corrupt
motto of office-seekers, ' To the vietor's belong the
spoils of the vanquished.' being alike anti-republican,
unconstitutional, and a foul stain upon the
free institutions of the country, that cbu only be
eradicated by the triumph of the principles which
govern the Republican Whig party of the pres
ent day. -
The advocates of the principles alluded to, who
have stood foremost in defence of the Constitu
tion and Laws when they were as diminutive as a
party could be, exerting the strength of a Leon
idas battling with the host of Xerxes, and have
nearly succeeded in rescuing the Government
from the grasp of corruption, will deem it their
imperative duty to continue their efforts, and it
cannotbetterbedone than by supporting a peri
odical of high standing for sound political prin
ciples and literary worth; and such alone will
be found in the National Magazine and Repub
lican Review.
The success of the Magazine will therefore de
pend, in a measure, on the great body of the op
ponents of the present Administration, whose in
terest it will be to aid in its permanent establish
ment. .And it will be edually binding on the tal
ented and patriotic band of leading Whigs to
spare neither time nor labor to the explanation
and advocacy of the true and only principles on
which the Government can prosper, and on the
success of which depends the great experiment of
Republican Government. v
Having made these few remarks on the polit
ical cast of the publication, we feel confident that
its utility will be readily perceived by the public,
and fully appreciated. In addition to the polit
ical features, the following will be the principal
subjects on which the Review will treat, from the
pens of most celebrated writers of the present day.
Reviews and Critical Notices will occupy a
portion of its pages, thereby giving praise to
genius and censure to such productions only as
are richly deserving of it.
A sketch of the proceedings of Congress will
be given at the close of each session, in which
will be explained the cause and effect of all prom
inent acts and measures, compiled by a gentleman
of acknowledged ability and opportunity to ar
. Baltimore, Dec. 25, 1839. . -
range and collect such, matters as will prove both
interesting and instructive.
Election Returns will be given in a tabular
form embracing all elections of importance in
the various States, as early as practicable after
the reception of official returns.,
Essays and Tales will also form an important
part of the work, and all original articles of the
character will receive prompt auntion. The ob
ject of the publishers, next to enhancing the good
cause in which they have embarked, will be to
furnish the reader with such, matters as will both
instruct and amuse; such as v
Sketches and Reminiscences of events too
minutefor history. . ; . : . .
. Biographical and Historical Sketches of distin
m ished personages, &c. Original Poetry will be
well sprinkled through, its pages. . y . 1
Knsrravinss. of Distinguished Statesmen. If
the work should receive the same, encouragement
as is usually extended to periodicals of a literary
and scientific character, the subscribers to the
Review will not onlv find thir lllimWc UTnKr.1
hshedwilh these desirable plates, but also with
many umer vaiuaoie improvements.
Terms: The National Magazine and Repub
lican Review will be published in monthly num
bers of eighty octavo pages each on fine paper
with new and handsome type; and in the most ap
proved mechanical and typographical appear
ance, at the moderate price of Five Dollarsa year,
payable in all cases in advance, or on the delivery
of the third number, without respect to persons.
Any person forwarding ten respectable subscri
bers and becoming responsible for the amount of
their subscriptions for the first year; shall receive
a copy gratis, as long as they may continue sub
scribers. The publishers will be responsible for all
monies forwarded by mail, in case of miscarriage
provided the certificate of the'Postmaster shall be
secured, and copies forwarded accordingly.
If a subscriber shall not order his subscription
to be discontinued at the expiration of the year,
he shall be considered as wishing the Review
continued, which shall be forwarded, and the
subscription money expected on the receipt of the
third number as in the first instance.
No subscription taken for a iessterm then 1 year
All communications, post paid, addressed to
the publishers at their residence, Georgetown, D.
C. will receive prompt attention.
Publishers of newspapers who will copy the
foregoing prospectus will receive a copy of thr
work in exchange, and also confer a lasting favoe
upon the proprietors. FULTON & SMITH:
PROPOSALS
For publishing a iVeeMy Literary Journal
in the city of Louisville, to be entitled the
Western jLiterttvy Nevs-I.etter,
Devoted to News, Science, Literature,
and the Arts.
EDITED BY EDWARD FLAGG.
The most remarkable feature iu the literature '
of the age is that periodical character, which for i
the past twenty years it has been gradually assu- J
ming. The advantages of this peculiarity have i
long since ceased to be problematical; but while
these are too palpable for reference, the same may
not ba asserted of those faults, which, as they at- !
tach themselves to every system of improvement,
have not been absent from this. The periodical 1
iterature of the day has, in our opinion, assumed I
a character too exclusively Belles Lctlres to af
ford that intellectual benefit which is its-legitimate
design. The graces have indeed flung around
in their flowery chaplcts, but their sisters, the
arts and the sciences, have too unfrequently been
present to wreath the amaranth with the ivy.
Another deficiency in the periodical literature
of the day, which we conceive not unworthy of
mention and reform, arises from that eager en-
'deavoring after what is termed originality, obvi
ous to the most casual observer. The grand ob
ject appears to have been to issue at definite peri
ods the greatest possible number ot paragraphs
and articles which have never been before in their
present form appear in print. The value of a
periodical has in fact been estimated somewhat
like that of a bundle of sticks for the number of
faggots and not for the intrinsic excellence of
the composition it embodied. Apart from the
depreciation in value of original matter which
has been the natural result of this circumstance,
it has induced a carelessness and an indifference
in the selections made from other productions.
The idea seems to have escaped consideration,
that originality consists not so much in a novel
arrangement of words and sentences, as in a pe
culiarity of thought and expression; and that a
brief extract may often embody far more of valu
able originality than columns of matter upon the
same subject hastily thrown together in language
and form somewhat different from what has hith
erto appeared.
Professing views like these, the conductors of
the periodical now proposed to the public, would
deem the department of selection one of impor
tance hardly secondary to that of original compo
sition. In the execution of this part of their de
sign, they wrill avail themselves of the leading
periodicals (scientific not less than literary) of
this country and of England, and will also have
recourse 10 the most valuaole publications of the
day as they issue from the press.
Reviews, literary notices, and impartial crit
iques, are deemed of importance for a two-fold
reason. They produce encouragement to the
writer, or induce him to greater diligence and
care in his productions; and they direct the reader
to books worthy of his time and attention, and
dissuade him from wasting them upon those
which merit neither.
Essays upon scientific or literary topics, or re
lating to the arts succinctly and perspicuously
written, constitute a prominent feature in our
design. Tales wrought up from fact or founded
in fiction, having in view entertainment, utility,
or both united, when brief and composed with
care, will always find a place in our columns.
Particular attention will be devoted to any thing
elucidating the early history of the Western Val
ley, and its present character, resources, and nat
ural scenery, as well as any thing of a tradition
ary or philosophical nature relative to its aborig
inal inhabitants, their customs, origin, history,
and the ancient monuments which are scattered
over its surface. Poetry, original and selected,
can never fail to find a place in our columns.
Partizan politics, controversial theology, as well
as forensic strife and personality, we need hardly
say, do not enter within the design of our journal.
The public mind is already in a state of morbid
feverishness and irritability upon these subjects,
which all the soothing and assuasive influence
of literature may be hardly sufficient to allay and
lull into quietude. Vice, false religion, and false
government, are rioting wildly throughout our
land, and it is the independent press which alone
may lash these discordant fiends back to the mid
night of their caverns.
The present is not an age for the literature pe
culiarly its own. The cloisters of monachism
and of learning have long since alike been closed.
Men have not time now-a-days to dream away
their lives in wreathing around their ponderous
and bedusted folios, the subtleties of the scholas
tic sectaries. Practical utility is the watch-cry
of the day. The literature of the age is miscel
laneous and republican, and demands condensa
tion, force, nerve and point, to accomplish its le
gitimate object. It demands vigorous; fearless,
profound thought, draperied in a style of expres
sion distinguished rather for classic serenity and
conciseness, than for ornate elaborateness and
crace.- - ;' : ' ? .- ',' ---.-.
We will of course contribute to the columns of
the News-Letter whatever we can consistently
with our other engagements, but we could nn
fulfil our design to make it every way worthy of
extensive patronage wit nout engaging the servi
ces ot an editor. Mr E. Flagg, who takes charge
of it, is perhaps not known to most of our readers.
He is a most accomplished and beautiful writer,
the author of various tales, essays and sketehes
of western scenery, which, though published
only in a fugitive form, have been extensively co-
plea ana read, and nave received tne nig nest ad
miration. He is at this time superintending in
New York, the publication of his tour through
the West, for which, having read some- of the
manuscript, we pretlict a brilliant success. We
shall commence the publication of the News-Letter
as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers
shall be obtained. - ' . - '
The "Western Literary-News-Letter" is de
signed to be issued weekly upon a sheet in quarto
form, executed in a style and on type and material
not inferior to other periodicals cf a simiiar char
acter. "
Terms: Three dollars in advance; three dol
lars and fifty cents at the expiration of six months
and four dollars at the end of the year.
PRENTICE & WEISSINGER.
COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI.
Jefferson College, at Washington,
Mississippi, rounded in 1802.
faculty. The Rev. A. Stephens, Presi
dent, professor of moral and intellectual phi
losophy, and of ancient languages: Dr. Leo
nard D. Gale, professor of natural and expe
rimental philosophy, chemistry and mmerol-
Jacob Ammen; professor of mathematics
and civil engineering, and superintendant ol
the military department.
professor of topography,
drawing, painting and lithography.
J . A. T. Midderhoff, proiessor ol modern
languages and assistant professor of ancient
languages.
Wm. Whielden, assistant tutor in the pre
paratory department.
John W. Langstaff, steward.
Oakland College, at Oakland, Missis
sippi Rev, Jeremiah Chamberlain, Presi
dent, and professor of moral and mental sci
ence and Belles-Lettres. r
John Chamberlain, A. M. professor of
mathematic, chemistry and natural philoso
phy. Saml. V. . Marshall, A. M. professor of
Greek, Latin and Hebrew.
Wm. H. Eaton, A. B. principal of prepar
atory department; - Morris, A. B. assis
tant teacher in same department.
Mississippi College at Clintonj E. Ttf.
Elliot, A. M. president and professor of men
tal and moral sciences &c.
J. W. Maxwell, A. B. professor of lan
guages and literature. -
D. M. Elliot, professor of mathematics,
and natural science.
Female Department. -Henry Strong, sr.
principal teacher of ancient languages, &c.
George P. Strong, jun. principal teacher
of mathematics, moral science and vocal mu
sic. Mrs. Sarah K. P. Fales, associate princi
pal teacher of natural science and polite lit
erature. Miss M. P. Fales assistant teacher of na
tural science, and teacher of ornamental
branches.
Miss M. H. Fales, teacher of French and
instrumental music.
Mrs. H. Stroniacher in the primary de
nartment. .
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JULY,
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LOOK AT THIS.
fTp HE undersigned begs leave to inform
Li . the gentlemen of Holly Spring?, that
he is prepared to shave in the neatest,
and trim hair in the most fashionable style.
His shop is two doors north of the Union:
House. WM. ELVIS.
Holly Springs, Ma7 12, 1840.
For the Conservative.
Immediately after the adoption of the res
olutions by the stockholders of the Union
Bank at Ripley on the 8th inst, published
in this weeks paper. It was suggested that
a meeting be organised, not only of the stock
holders but Of all the other citizens present
which was accordingly done. A resolu.
tion was then offered by Gen'l. J. Davis de
claring that the prostration of the State Bank--
mg system with a view to the creation of an
exclusive Gold and Silver currency, was
not only impracticable but subversive of the
best interists of the State which resolution
received the unanimous vote of all those vo
ting. Some two or three gentlemen havintr
refused to vote at all. The assemblage con- -
sisted of some eighty or a hundred persons, of
all parties. '
Thus it wil! be seen that all parties unite
in denouncing Gov'r. McNutt's hard mon
ey vie wis, which are withering and flighting
the prospects of the citizens of Missi.
. A SPECTATOR,
1st. Resolved, That we do not consider
ourselves as Stockholders in the Union
Bank of Mississippi, as the whole ot the
present capital exclusively belongs to the
State and the Bonds furnished for the bene
fit of the subscribers for stock have fiaiied
to be sold.
2nd. Resolved, That we object to the sale
of any Bond for the benefit of the subscribers
for stock, and do declare to :he WoTld we
will not consent that our property pledged
shall be liable for the payment of any Bond
sold, or that may be sold and that we are
willing to relinquish all claims for stock to
the State.
3rd. Resolved, that we view it as an In
stitution in which the State is alone interest
ed and that the Governor of the State be re
quested to convene the Legislature forth
with for the purpose of having the action
of the people of the State upon the subject
4th. Resolved, That we entertain the opin
ion that the Bank should be changed into a
State Institution with the faith of the State
pledged for the redemption of its issues, suffi
ciently guarded to protect it against the abuse
of a Directory or the impolitic attacks of an ;
executive.
5th7 Resolved, That we view the present
effort in the State to prostrate the whole
Banking system with a view to the creation
of a metalic currency not only impracticable
but subversive of the best interests of the
whole people of Mississippi.
6tb. Resolved, That these resolutions be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and
one copy sent to the Directory of the Union -Bank,
and one to his Excellency .Governor
McNutt, and that they also be published in
the Conservative, printed at Holly Springs.
jiMOS KENDALL.
- When we, the other day, spoke of the rf '
signation of Mr Kendall, we foresaw that he
would make great efforts to rally the party.
We accoidingly learn that the whole party
influence of the Post office is to be put in play y
for the circulation of the Extra Globe. . Io-
deed it is charged in the Madisonian, that -clubs,
receiving a certain salary, are requir
ed to take six copies, each, and this .will -no
doubt be followed up by circulars, requir
ing every one of the Deputies to-exert them
selves. ;
We have just seen and conversed with an -intelligent
gentleman of Loudon , county,
Virginia, who tells us that at the time of the
election in that county, an individual who
professed to bea clock cleaner, who rode a
good horse, was well dressed, very intelligent, .
with his saddle bags filled with political
pamphlets, passed through that county and '
was very active in electioneering against-'
Gen' H Harrison, repeating the slangs which!
Mr. Grundy has picked, tip from the Globe
and the Richmond Enquirer, about abolition -and
the Cincinnatti. Committee. The hon
est Germans of Loudon had no doubt of" his
beinm the pay of the administration, and
they thought that there . must be Eoraeth isg -wrong
about the administration when they
were compelled to to hire men to travel
through the county underuch pretences, to
electioneer for VanBuren. ' : ; :
? Wtelly Pilot.
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