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WHEN POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT HEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE S X JAMES 31. SMILEY, Editor. LIBERTY, (MI.) THURSDAY, OCTOBE 1839. VOL: 4: NO. 4 1 ? ' 7,. S THE RIGHTFUL BEMEDY.Jrbr. ' . ; 1 . SS THE R itV PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, WEEKLY, BY A. W. FORSYTHE. TrRM8.Four Dollars and Fifty cent in ad Tnce, Five Dollars if paid within six months, or Five Dollars and ifty cents at the expiration 01 me year, No subjeription will be discontinued until all arrear aires are paid, except at the option of the publisher, A dvertiskmbnts inserted at one dollar per square, ten lines, or less,) the first Insertion and tin cmts, for each continuance. All advertisements must be marked with the number of insertions required, or they will be continued until forbid, and charged ac cordingly. Payment to be mado when the advertise mcnt is left fjo insertion, or on demand. II. DILLINGHAM fc JAMES WALKER HAVE associated themselves in the practice ot the law, and will attend to such professional matters as may be confided to them.' unices at Liberty, in Amite County, and Woodvillo, in Wilkinson County, at which, one of the partners will be round, union, ab sent on professional business. In case of their absence, all business lodged for them in the hands of E. M. Davis, Eq Clerk of the Circuit Court, will meet their prompt attention. August 29. 1839. 35yl "" CRAWFORD & SMLEY, Attornies at Law. TTAVING associated themselves in tho practice of J7X t'leir profession, will attend the Courts of Anuto and adjacent counties. Business entrusted to them will be attended to with punctuality. One or the oth er will at all times be found at their Office, on Wash ington Street, opposite the Court House. V. T. CRAWFORD, JAMES M. SMILEY. Liberty, January 25th, 1839. 5 HENRY G. STREET, ATTORNEY AND COUESELLOR AT LAW LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI. References mado to Messrs. Reynolds, Byrne & Co. " Campbell & Hatch, N. Orleans. " Taylor & Medley. ) Ctpt. Walter N. Barrell, Bayou Sara, La February 21, 1839. 8 -IB, ff, T WMm RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the citi zens of Liberty and its vicinity, in the various branches of his profession Office on Droad Street in the new building of S. Tillothon. September 5, 1839. 3Gtf A CARD. DR. O. W. CAULFEILD, grateful for the patronage which he has hereto fore received, takes this method of informing the citizens of Liberty and its vicinity that he has taken Dr. A. R. DUNN into partnership iu the practice ot Medictne and surgery, l lTy hope, by strict attention to their professional duiies, to merit the confidence and patronage of the community. Their office is on Washington Street, where one or both will at all timos be found, when not professionally enggI - Liberty, Aug. 1st., 1839. 31yl muter s jec, w sTA Lai THE partnership heretolore existing a Port Hudson, under the naine of Samuel Cransfc Co., has been dissolved by mutual con sent, and the undersigned will hereafter contin ue to transact a general COMMISSION AND SHIPPING BUSINESS. in the name of GREENE, SPLAftE j Co , and solicit tho patronage of the public gencr- "'They are now erecting a spacious and com ' -u,i r ho .mm ofCotton, and will ship such as may be sent to their care, free of Golds consigned to their care will bo recei ved, stored, and forwarded at tho usual rates, and tho strictest attention bo paid to their protection and damage. . .,, They have now on hand, and will continue to keen for sale, a splendid assortment of Staple and Fancy Goods. both Foreign and Domestic. ALSO BAGGING, ROPE, TWINE and ail kinds of WESTERN PRODUCE, which they will dispose of at fair prices. They are also prepared to give the highest Cash prices for Cotton. Cotton to our care will be receipted for, by W. A, ilfLanahan, at Red Wood Road, and by T. Worthy & Co. at the Cross Roads near Jack- "n GREENE, SPLANE & Co. Port Hudson, August 24, 1839. 38m3. REFRRENCES. T. Lawson, G. W. and L. Baynard, . Jf. Cross, Clinton, La; T. J. bh Paul res, A. M. Dunn, near Jackson; W. H. Gaul- J- L'. II- ...... M Planter and Advocate, wocny, re publish the above three months and forward their acco to O&Co. CO PARTNERSHIP- M. 1U B09E, of Mobile, Alabama, AND . - ... n,riDntnK. of Attakapas, fca. n'AVING associated themselves together ttrtge and fce&icommisiionBu xorage Moti,np.nn unfJer the Biness tn uio yiiyu. 'XrTit nnn r( pcctfully tender their sorviccs to their Irienai ind the public generally in their above capaci- Now Orleans, July 13, 1839. - W- BOGAIIT' C03ZMISSION MERCHANT, Corner Natchez and Magazine Streets, NEW ORLEANS, LA. Maj HO, 1839. 2ml2' WHIT OTA!PMSs RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, PORT HUDSON, LA. PARTICULAR attention will be paid to shipping Cotton. Advancements will lie made on consignments of Cotton to our friends, Caldwell dz Hickey. August 29, 1839. 35m3 RECEIVING, FORWARDING, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, BAYOU SARAH, AK September 15, 1838. 37-tf. WHOLESALE GROCERY ; AND PRODUCE STORE, Opposite Steam Boat Landing, BAYOU SARA, LA. JOHN C. MORRIS. May 30, 1839. 22-tf TAKES pleasure of informing his friends and the public generally, that he has opened a general Grocery and Produce Store. ON THE COKNEROF FRANKLIN ANDLOCUST STREETS opposite the Jefferson Hotel, NATCHEZ. He has now on band and will constantly keep, in auaiuon to tne a Dove, NEGRO CLOTHING, BLANKETS, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c. Just receive the above mentioned articles from the Northern citC3, which will enable him to sell low for Cash. November 13, 1838. 60m 12 H. P. POSTLETHWA TE &. CO. Commerce St., in rear of the Agricultural Bank, NATCHEZ. KEEP always on hand, a large and well selected assortment-of GROCERIES, AND UP-COUNTRY PRODUCE: . to which they are making frequent additions and design in future to keep, . r bench IIlankets, Kentucky Linsey s and Jeans, Neoro Shoes, Lowell Cottons, Iobacco, &c. They have now on hand 30 quarter casks choice old MAUU1UA IVViYii', of their own impor tation. They have ample Cotton Sheds for the con venience of their friends, and will be always in tho Cotton Market at Current Prices, or will ship (or such of their customers no desiro it, to any American or buropuuii market. November 13, 1838. oumu WOOL. THE subscribers will give a fair price for all the Wool that may be brought to them during the approaching Fall and Winter, well baled up, or they will barter Kentucky Linseysand Jeans for it. II. P. POSTLETHWAITE & CO. Natchez, Aug. 19, 1839. 34m3 TO PLANTERS. JONES & CO. have oa consignment, 10 Gin Stands of 50 Saws each, which they are authorized to sell at the very reduced price of $3 por Saw. These Stands are manufactured in a sub stantial manner and of the best materials and con be warranted to perform well. Planters who intend purchasing are invited to examine this article at their store, corner of Main and Pearl Streets. Natchez, Aug. 15, 1839. 34w8 NOTICE. XTTTHEREAS, at tho February term, A. V. WW imq rr tho Probate Court of the county of Franklin, letters of Administration on tne estate oi iwain. uujw , , ino nC A-tmimstrntion on the estate of Ma ry Sojourner, dee'd., were granted to the under signed. All persons inueDicu to sum esimua a. v- ort in mnkA immediate payment, and all persons having claims against said estates are requested to present meir " lime limited by law, or they will be forever barred. REUBEN UA5SE.L.3. Amite County, August 20th, 1839.34wl0 TRAYED from tho plantation of Samuel ft .- 't .Minn ertmn lltYiA WlMBlSH, On Uayou luiuv-.., .u- tnA rlr,nrrV,in timf Three fino Horses-one a Bay, 8 or 9 years old fifteen and a half hands high paces and sinrv.nvirtnroeniUllllia biih. I""-? o - walks well works long neck nign "enu high withers somewhat broke down high hips. The Horse has been kept at Judge Lid dles for some timo by his former overseer, Mr. Heatonjof whom 1 got him resembles the Bortrand fino stock injured rattier uuu. Th nthr iwn. Hrr.wn'g. or dark liays one nftbH two nonev built 4 years old inclines tn,,nr. nr rncli wlmn he PoeS from VOU walks well has some gashes on one or both shoulders oerhans for a cure of tho swinney or strum SDintCd snort nccK anu ncuu .ivji wi- wan s onff SWUCIl tail. x nu uiiiu u jiuh Bay all black legs up to the knee about 15 hands high dont pace, but walks fast is very fretful chaws his bit has had a bad hurt on his withers, but is nearly well, the scar may show if branded not known got tho Poney n.,..f R. II. SkatrffS. IIUIOU -- - C O m , I will pay all expenses and charges lor the delivery of said Horses, or either of them to - SAMUKw wiMUioii. Sept. 26, 1839. TO GERALD1NE. I love thee, I love thee, My heart's fairy queen; I love thee, I love tlioe, My own Geroldine. They talk of the pleasure That riches bestow, WiAout thee, my treasure, What joy could I know? If my lifij-breath could be, love, A ratifom for thine, Pd yield it for thee, love, With all that is mine. Ah! had I the power, Pd count as time flown, A yenr for each hour, That thou wert min&own. MISCELLANEOUS Confess'wn of a Drunkard. Tho following will be read with deep interest, when it is con sidered thai it camo from the pen of the lamen ted Charles Lamb: "Could th youth to whom the flavor of his first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or tho entering upon some newly discover ed paradise, look ints my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary tning it is when a man feels himself going down a preci pice with open eyes and a passive will to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it and yet to feel it all tho way emanating from himself: to perceive all coodness emptied out of him, yet not be abls to forget a time when it was otherwise: to bear about the piteous spec tacle of his own self ruin: could s;o my fever- ccj eye feverish wi:h Inst night's drinking, and feverishly looking for this night's repeti- ion ofthe folly: could he feel the body ot death out of which 1 cry hourly with feebler and feebler outcry to be delivered it were enough to make him dash the sparkling beverage to the earth in all the pride of its mantling temp tation. O! if a wish could transport me back to those davs of youth when a draught from the next clear spring could slake any heats which summer suns and youthlul exercise Had power to stir up in the blood, how gladly would I re turn to thee, pure element, the drink of chil dren, and of child-like hcrtnift! In my dreams, I can fancy the cool relreshmcnt purling over my burning tongue. But my waking stomach rpicfiq it. That which relreshoj innocence only makes me sick and faint. But is there no middle way betwixt total ab stinencc, and the excess which kills you? For vour sake, reader, and that you may never at tain to experience, with pain I must utter the dreadful truth, that there is none, none that I can find. In my stage of habit, (I speak not of namis tens cuuiifuiwi) v- K-'"y--' tn he nrudential) in tho stago to wnicn i have reached, to stop short of that measure which is sufficient to draw on torpor and sieep the benumbing apoplectic sieep oi uio u.uu ard-is to have none at all : The pain oi soil denial is all one. And what that is 1 had ra ther the reader should believe on my credit than know on his own trial. He will como to know it whenever he shall arrivo at the state in which, paradoxical as it may appear, reason -i.-ii l h m hrnui7h intoxication, iui ana i unit - , J - . . .1 . .1.- .... LaIiki lllfll - t is a fear u truth, tnai mo iiiieiiiu.. uP hv rfinoated acts of intemperance, may oe driven from their orderly sphere ot action. their. clear daylight ministries, until wey ..u.. be brought at last to depend lor me iu..u festation of their departing energies, upon the returning pcriodsof the fatal madness, to which they owe their devastation, i no uiiim-s mail is never less himsdf than during his so ber intervals. Evil is so far good. Behold me. then, in the robust penoa oi me, A.,nA imtipcilitv and decay. Hear me count my grain, and the profits which I have derived from tho midnight cup. Twelvo vears aco 1 was possessed oi a and bodv. I was never strong, but 1 think my constitution, for a weak one, was as happily exempt from a tendency to anv malady as it was possible to be. I scarce- i.kn.u,whiit it was to ail any thing. Now except, when 1 am losing myself m a sea oi drink, 1 am never iree irum iuuu u..- sations in head and stomaen, wnicn u.u worse to bear than any deflnitulpains and aches. At that time I was seldom in bed alter six in tho morning, summer and winter. I awoke refreshed and seldom without some morry thouchtsin my head or some piece of song to welcome the new oorn uuy. foeling which besets me, afier stretching out to hours of recumbence to their last possible ex tent, is a forecast of the wearisome day that lies before, mo with a secret wish that I could have lain on still or never awaked, r ;r, it.olf. v wukin2 life, has much of the confusion, the trouble and obscure perpicxuy vi an ill dream. In tho day time 1 stumblo upon dark mountains. . Business, which though never particularly wiontort in mv nature, vet as somoihmg of ne cessity to be gone through and therefore best undertaken with cheoiuinesH, i uacu i .,nn wlih oma decree of alacrity, now wea- rifin. nlTriffhts. nerplexes mo. I fancy all sorts ofdiscouragements, and am ready to give up an occupation whicn giv.-s mo urtau, uum a harrassing conceit of incapacity. Tho slight est commission given me by my friend or any smntl rh.tv which I have to perform for myself. as eivinu orders to tradesmen, die. huunts me as a labor impossioiu iv bui ",,w6m ihn snrinus of actiou are broken. Tho same cowardice attends me in-all my in tercourse with mankind. I dare not promise that a man's honor, or his cause would bo safe n . L-ruminiT. if 1 were put to the expense oi uuy mnnly resolution in defending it. So much the springs of moral action are deaden ed within mo. .. . My favorite occupations in times pant now cetse to entertain. I can do nothing readily, Appheution KVver so short a time kills me. ihis poor oTtotmct ol my condition was penned at long inlenuils, with scarcely any at tempt at connection oVthousht, which u now dilhcuit to me. The noble passage vrmsh formerly intefes ted nw in history or poetic fiction, now only draw a few weak tears allied to dotage. My broken and dispirited nature seems to sink be fore any thing great and adnitvNblo. I perpetually catch myself in vars, for any cause or none. It is inexpressil v4iow much this infirmity adds to a sense of o and a general feeling of deterioration. . 1 These are some of tho instances co4 rning which I may say with truth, that it was so with me. V Shall I lift up tho veil of wickedness any thcr or is this disclosure sufficient?" Bait. Visiter. Relieving Guard. A young girl who had formed an attachment to a soldier in the garri son at jlotz, in 1784, knowing that he was in disposed, and obliged to bo on duty at midnight, during very inclement weather, went to see him, and finding him quite benumbed with cold, pressed on him logo and warm himself at her house, which was not far distant, while she re mained in his place. The soldier refused ror sometime, but at last yielded to her tender so licitations. Iho moment he was gone, she wrapped herself in his greatcoat, and began to walk a la mttttatre with tho firelock on her shoulder. Unfortunately tho round toin2 bv. the corporal asked her tho order; which not being ubie to answer, she wasdetcctci;, and ta ken to the guard-house. Hor lover was imme diately sent for, and being found almost dead, though beloicagood fire, he was revived by means ol sumo cordial, and next morning sent to prison, lie wu3 afterwards tried, and pur suant to tho strictness of military laws, con demned; but such intercession was made for him, that he was pardoned, and married tq his faithful mistress. Religion brings man to that fame, that right eousness, justice, honesty, and fidelity are as it were, parts ol his nature; he can sooner dia, than commit, or purpose, that which is unjust, uis.ionost, or unworthy of a good man; it makes him value tho love ol God, and peaco of con science, above all the wealth and honor in the Worldand bovery vigilant tokcep it inviolably . Though he be under the due apprehension of the love of God to him, yet it keeps him humble and watchful, and free from all presumption; so that ho dares not, under a vain .confidence ofthe indulgence, and mercy, and favor ol God, turn aside to commit, or purpose, even the least injury to man. He performs all his du ties to Uod in sincerity, integrity, and consisten cy; and, while he lives on earth, yet his con cxpccVaflonVaieM'ilvcincl'.fvPbLS deavors to live sditably to such a hope; in'suni, it restores the irmge of God unto the soul, in righteousness, and true holiness. Sir Matthew Hale, EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN SURGERY. A gentleman was taken into the hospital of Maine, in tho year lozu, Having auempiea 10 commit suicide with a pen knile. Iumerous wounds on tho fore-arm, neck and fuce; there were twenty-two others in front ofthe chest, twoof which wero particularly conspicuous tm account of their size. Ho was admitted on the 19th ol Sentember, and survived until tho 2Jd. On examination, alter death, three wounds, of black blood partly coagulated, wore lound in the right sido ofthe chest; and, on examining the heart, a paper scraper of ebony, with a straight handle, was feund to bo in its interior, supposed to have beon forced ill by tho unhap py suicide so mat mis man acuuuiy survivcu four davs with an ebony scraper in bi8 heart! Such a thing was possibly never before heardJ of. Genuine Eloquence.-Lchch, in his "Tra vels in Ireland," says I "Irt my morning ram bles, a man sitting on tho ground, leaning his back against the wall, attracted my attention, bv a look of squalor in his appearance. His clothes were ragged to indecency a common circumstance, however, with tho males 'and his face was nalo and sickly. Ho did not ad dress me, and 1 passed by; but having gone a few paces, my heart smote me and 1 turned back "If vou are in want," snid I, with somo de gree of peevishness, "why do you not beg?" "rture, its begj;uig t am, was tne rcpiy. "You did not utter a word." "No! its joking you are with me, sir? Look here, holding up tho tattered remnant of what had once boon a coat; "do you see how the skin is speaking through my trousers, and the bones crying out through my 8Kinf IjOok ai my sun ken cheeks, and tho lamino that's starting in my eyes! Man nlive! isn't it begging 1 am with a hundred tongues?" At a public dinner given on board the Brit ish Uueen, at London, n genneman who wni passenger in her from New York, communica ted some interestinz details. He had come Irom Rio Janeiro, he said, on purpose to cross iKn Atlnntiffin the British Queen. On reach ing New York, ho found she bad not arrived Flo then went to Canuda and Niagara, and re turned In timo to take passage, Arriving in England, ho found he wus only ton days later than the packet which loft Rio when he started fromthencoto New York. Ho brought later accounts from the West Indies man any receiv od iu England at the period of his arrival. N.O. Bulletin. A shoemaker in one of tho Western cities th.mnimounceshiscalling: "Surgory perform ed hero upon old boots and shoos, by adding to tho feet, making good the legs, binding the broken, healing me wouuucu, menu .. eonatitu,ion. and supporting the body with soles." ve 1 c V Shall we change our Name?t. Irving h nrtrcte -tut of ,.!., tr . . tiviigijr9 M uie ivnicKeroocRer n n i n ft .. . t . ' ckerbocker, i '1: wed upon oil L in favor of r Pjv'1 gauiai uiui.y wi me names bestowed towns and states and cities, and i storing the Indian appellation. New Yorkti wouiu nave changed to Ontario for the stati and to Manhatldn for the city; and for the Ui ion itself he would have it called AlleghanU or something equally Indian and musical. A for the Ontario and Jiarih'nttarf, We are rid quite prepared to say that perhaps he is rid right fnoo-committal. this! hut u,krf come to tho Alleghania tho matter requires 't 'N be looked into with some needfulness. For id f. quince, inure is n vahnmnn. r .U i ! Cleveland Horald, which is worthy of cdrisii er.'ition N. V f1m aj ... . , v ill,. J IUV. . ' What! elm r North America? We would as soon thin i " destrovincr our ImunhnM il.i ,i.: i't . upon our littlo.onfi9.' inniiUi,,i ! i bo sacrilege too great. We would cling to tha name, cognomen, appellation, whatever vm may call It, as the Jew does to his beloved, bu uomiiuic juuea. mow 13 a citizen of this r public to designate himself?' Amonr intfilli gent inon, in any land, as a citizen of the Uni I ted States, and throughout .the world, as a Yan f : ' keo. In any portion of the world a Yankee j i'r ? a citizen ofthe United States. It isanappelli p tion given him by tho peoplo of tho foreigi . climes. It is distinctive; it tells at once, an J ' in a way not to be mistaken, that he is ofth l? i:! 'Anglo Saxon race;' that ho belongs to 'the irr Im mortal thirteen,' or to somo of their descet (1 -dants. We believe that the nnm.r YnnUri has 'mngic in it.' For with that nama is assr .'i ' 1 ciated all that is noble, and brave and daring- 4 " all that is energetic, industrious and enterpr! h'" sing all that is inventive, national and acqui V' ring aH that is intellectual, moral and reK f' gious. There is no man who is an American f that will disown the name of Yankee. I car f. not whether he is from tho Sunny South, th j' great West, the 'old dominion,' or from tha 'hnd of mountains and of rock,' New England I Suppose that a son of the Southern states wa f now in England; would ho not rejoice' and b I proud to bear the same name, to be hailed a t a citizen 01 the same country with Daniel Wei : ster? And he is a Yankee full blooded, witt out spot or blemish. ' Away with a desiro for a nevy name for oil nation. I ho United States, ('a string of pearl around the neck of liberty,') should never b j changed. It-is A good riatno pootically, an one under which we havo grown from infanc I to manhood political)-. It is the name our fa ( thers gave us; let it never be changed. . 1 j Signoria America Vespucci in reply to th resolutions of the Qincirinsttians, approving'o I a memorial to Congress in hdr behalf for grant of land, answers thus: ( of the United Ma.es has co..! dQf&inJ that tho descendant of America 0,nucc; ac cepts with pride and gratitude tho hosi.wii oi tho people, and tho "National boon," fts tr greatest glory attached to tho name of ttf.: exile. .... i "I have the honor to be, with the higher consideration, gentlemen, J "i our very humble servant, ,j! "AMERICA VESPUCCI.'H 1 "My dear, what shall wo have for dinner t day?" "One of your smiles," replied the hujl1 f band; "I can dine on that any day." "But' cant," said Mrs.. "Then take this, J said he, giving hern" kiss as he departed fc . f his ofiico. Ho returned to dinner; "this stea t is excellent." said he, "what did you pay fc j ? it?'' "What you gave ma this morning," saif ..' f she. "You did?" said he; "then you shall havf j market money the rest of the week." M . ; ' . J , j Do you Want a rn'll prime lot of butter?" sa? a Yankee notion dealer, who had packed up ,i I load at fifty different places, to a Boston me,i I chant. . . I What kind o' butter is it?' asked the buye f 'Tho clear quill ; all made by my wife frou I a dairy of forty cows, only two churnings.' , 'Hut what makes it so many cuiierem colors s said thn merchant. ;. 'Darnation! hear that now: I guess yc ' would'nt ax that question, if you'd seeo' m cows, for they're a darnation' sight speckeldcA than the butter is. ; U , . ;j I "I don't know where that boy got his teni per, ho did not lane 11 irom me. . u my dear, I don't perceive that you have lo'l ony !" was the affectionate reply ofthe spous j It wasreodrted at Cincinnati that tt soveif shock of an earthquake was felt at Maysvillf Kentucky; on the 5th ult. 1 he tremulous m. tion lasted several seconds, and mado quite j rattling among the furniture and glass in tl city. N. O. Bulletin. I The Democratic Review says, that A, Wise, when siieaking, "looks like a galvatit corpso. vv 0 ao not imnn inui r. ., m 1 speeches, looks very mucn hkc tnai son 01 thing, but he certainly manes ine aamimsu tion look like it. Changing one's mind. ".Taint I sde y hum rrorrr meetm', Eunice?" said a Yankee a girl whom he "kinder, sorter" had a feelii frtr ' "No, you shan't du no sich thing. I'm oti erwise engaged." , , ' i "Well, I guess you've mmsod it one t 1 1 got my pockets chuck full of gingerbread a amrrtons.'" ' rt I "You may tnkc my arm, Reuben. f "I have raised you in the world,' as t hawk said ven flying off with a chicken, j shall never forgot you," replied biddy. j It is bad enough When morf agrcO to chf. - - - . . , . r ta cv.r each other; but to ca L u tho JW', I both parties, is grei deal batdt. fa hi. 1