t ornc; "'."v.MAEcn 1,1-1. ; .-tfj. 4TH DISTRICT. ,.. rrft'of irr. .TTr'irin b the li ii'sod October, ami may ill days. ".l!f-BeST!M the 4 ..'hdnd October, and way days- ' ..' rBeg!as on the 4th jjk,K'h and Octolwr, and may judici! day. ;untTBeglM od the tod , the 4th uondsy of March ,Ct nd mar eoniinne 6 Ju- tT-Bg1 on the 3rd ' th 4th Monday of March r Jfld may continue G judicial jCountT-BegiM on the 4th .r t ondy of "rch r,md my continues judicial county-Begin on the r" after the 4th Monday of October, aud may continue 30 i. vSCEKY COURT. , tountyBegin on the 1st April and October, and may judicial days. iot countyBegin on the M r April ind October, and may judicial days. jaoty-Begin 00 tne Ut Mon" and November, and uiayeon .iclal days. ' -, eounty Beglna on the Jd 1 y snd November, and way 'judicial days. a county-Begins on the Tat mne aad December, and may judicial day. I county-Begin on the 2nd juns snd December, and may judicial day. neetlng are held by the apervlsora as follew : Bien iiondny of January to elect nmlssioners. Annually lirtrt uarch, to receive Tax-Collec-( of delinquent and Insolvent nday of August to receive and t Assessment Roll ; lit Mon iMuber to levy txe ; and on s next preceding each term of iirt. j lapwae .'net of Snpremo Court Com ii the 1st Mondays of April ber. t the Supreme Court. "Mipltvll, Chief Justice. Julfr8 Aa.nHAtfili. Clerk. L j- -ILJLJJJ Jj t IB. wr, .Aon, r.R rirroll Cenr .Hill, ' 'Judge .Kec, Clerk. in, Marsha). - Diet. Atty lipgin in Jackson on the lays hi May and Novem- rlrt Cunrt for donlhr Dla Iritt mt niMiMlppI Ulill, Judge .cRee, Clerk, nin, , Marshal a, . Pist. Atty na commence in .Taokton lib Mondays of Juno and or mt noiHU or t rtavnoiis, Met. J. W. Erwin District, KTWortbington strict, (Pres.) N Goldateiu District, W. W. Stone, strict, . J. N. Collier ttorncy, WT. R. Trigg I iih or LKOiaLATDna. ,'encer, J. R. rarkcr, I umiert liorton. "Tn rOH 7fm DIHT1IICT II. Jeffords. irot, Slicrifl husoii, Clinucerv Clerk wiall, . Circuit Clerk fflulay, County Treasurer II, Assessor r School Snpt TOWJI Ol-riCIALB. ajor, L. T. Rucks. J (ni-iciMaa thcrlice, TOL. 1 l M 1 1MES. GREESVILLE, WASIUKGTOJT COUNTY. MISS., SATURDAY, IIAKCH I, .1884. NO. 32 Ram Brown, Ham tircon. - Wm Terger. Jno II Moore. VV K Giltlart iiueki, tr, . islitil, npervisor, "fn Council meets u the H of each mouth. Hiiilppl Lsvei Commiiiiottirt. r mcetiiiffg second Mondays f January and July. cnMiMiiriiKi. S1'"8'1 Bolivar Co 1 Williams ) Washington " " 'li f ... I'llllliLv ,ni Issnqnena comity ort Sharkey county merman, . Sec. and Trees. n. Cotton Tax Collector Chief Engineer OFKSSIONAL. TCT- a.TmEa, UBotr, nsuv -Y.YERGER& PERCY, 'RNEYS AT LAW, Greenville, ills. :ELDS & SKINNER, (TTORXE f S-AT-LAW, 4 Negotiated on IMPROVED -'ions in Washington Covin- "j ?ov I7ly2 J. L. YOUIIG, "vine rEMTEUllST EErCST. He rsaimlttee Siow a Sbocklas State of Affairs. The SteU PiniUntiary kaa imi En atai Eiptms t Eraaa lift Her mi'sf the Uuisg BjiUm. The special committee appoint ed to inrestigate the Penitentiary system have made the following report: , . Mr. Speaker Tour committee ou penitentiary have had nnder consideration the present system of punishing and imprisoning the convicts in the State of Mississip pi, the prison bouses, leasing sys tem aud treatment of same, and while they have been able in some instances to trace the results of the management in some of the camps, want of time and a disposi tion on the part of the guards at the different points to evade pro cess and even examination, and of sub-lessees t retard thorough in vestigation have done much to de lay and even prevent your com mittee from making as full aud perfect au investigation, as we had hoped could be done, and the necessities of the case demauds. They beg leave to report as fol lows: The number of convicts for 1332-3 ou hand are 1563, not inclu ding county convicts in the walls, and of this number we have to re port the startling fact that 21? have died aud are reported is dead, a list of names of whom and at what camps they died is here unto annexed, aud marked exhibit "A," for your information, which means a death rate of 7 11-54 per cent, por annum. This includes the death rate of all couvicis from one year to life, but when you eliminate the shorter terms aud take the per cent, of the ten year previous alone there are about 28 in each 100 who die aud never live out their time. . , A thorough examination has been made ofc tho penitentiary istrtr-il f it buildings, workings, etc., in the State capital, and we report the same neat in all its compartments and well kept: the buildings and gronnds in good condition, save some repairs for iimchiurry Rnd a moro commodi ous hospital needed, if the leasing system is to be kept up, inasmuch as tho onvi(;ts, when sick, nre re turned in great numbers to the walls by tho sub-lessees for atten tion. Tho prisoners confined in the walls are well fed and cared for, comfortably clud and doing as well as meu in confinement well could do, the cases of acute diseases be ing very few and the doath rate remarkably small , the guards and officers seem to be very hnmano aud much beloved by the prison ers. This committee has taken quite an amount of testimony on the leasing system, sub-letting, etc., sb now adopted by the laws of this State j and we have deliber ately concluded our system is even worse than the old English plan of letting out prisoners as a franchise, and that crimes have been committed under the guise of our laws, more cruel and offen sive than in Fleet and Marshal sea by Huggins, Bainbridge, Corbett and Acton under the English sys tem. While they admit that the State prison has been run without expense to the 8tate and In fact at a profit of I , yet we but say that this has been done at the expense of human lives the lives of helpless, manacled human oe ingB and this money can ouly be regarded, as It ia due the State or Hen in her treasnry, as wood mon cy, aud can but recommend its ex nenditure iu a manner to relieve the present convict system of this statu and removine this cursed blotted p from our State histo- rv. ana" relieve our convict system of this jnst reproach; that the pulshmentof common larceny or small felonies is eqnai to capum Donishment, and this penalty Im posed by the Laud of the law irre sponsible aud dastardly, cowardly guards of the worst instincts wuu out the least semblance of law. Investigation shows the lessees to be humane and generous men who upon occasions when the cru elties of their underlings have ome to their ears, have promptly .,iciiii nr fliachareed them : but the committee i compelled to say that as a general rule they have not made their, sub-leases .is care ful as they might have done j and that a close examination into the 1 trcatmcut of the prisoners as the ' l,w and their lease reqnired would I have cat-frit! -m top "in! andean- r v f !' - ' the most iuhuman aud uncommon modes of punishment and totally without authority of law, often "PCixiso" the prisouer until h would faiut, by the lash ou the na ked back, while the sufferer was held by four strong men, holding each a hand or foot, stretched out over the frozen ground or over stumps and togs and often beaten with 300 stripes at a time, which more than once it is thought re sulted in the death of the convict ; men unable to work have been driven to their death and have even died wheu fettered in the chain gang. The question of food for these men is not one of the numbered crimes generally, as the rule seems to be to feed well, and then run them as long as they can stand up. But when working in the swamps or fields they were refased pure water and were driven to drink out of sloughs or plow furrows in the fields in which they have la bored. One instance of this being on the N. O. & If. E. R. K., where the owners were unable to get con tractors to work at a given point known as Caney swamp, uncom monly hard work and' uuhealtby. They hired from the sub lessees the labor of the convicts at 11.70 cents per hand per day, to do this work. They were placed in this swamp, in water ranging to their knees, iu almost a nude state, spa ding in caney and rooty ground in bare feet, chained together by chains that fretted into the flesh, compelled to attend to the calls of nature, in this line as they stand chained day in and day out and their thirst driving them to driuk the water iu which they were compelled to deposit their excrement. The cages of both public works and on pl.intatious are of the rudest and most unhealthy char acter. made by setting wooden posts in the ground on end and eovered by soma method usually 30x60 feet in size, and in this structure from 75 to 100 convicts, wet, cold and dirty were huddled together, and the stench from the filth accumulated so offensive as in moro instances than one the buzzards aiid carrion crows con stantly hovered ever them. In other instances many con victs who were sub-leased in lots from exposure and ill-treatment liava been budly crippled and it is feared Iu many instances their hurts are permanent by losing toes and contracting foot maladies, chilblains or arising from frost bite. In fact the system of leas lug out tho convicts under the laws of this State has opened the gate so wldo for crimes to be com mitted against this class of people, that in many Instances it has been taken advautago of, in fact the sub-letting system is to utterly horrible that the committee re. gard it as Improper to place be fore this honorable body any more of its horrors than the re suits of this system and to recent mend such legislation as it may deem proper. As a committee we recommend that for the present there be law passed increasing the salary of the Superintendent and adding to his duties by requiring him to visit each of the camps monthly or oftener if necessity requires, or the Governor directs also giv ing him power to annul and cancel sub-contracts and report and pros ecute to conviction, all inhuman, barbarous or cruel and unusual treatment of said prisoners by the guards or lessees and the passage of a law prescribing the pains and penalties to be visited upon them upon conviction. They recommend that a law be passed requiring the State to purchase lauds in at least two other places in the State for tho erection of prisons and farms in different portions of the State, and the working of the con victs on the State plantations un der the eye and supervision of bonded State officers, and that the money now on hand belonging to the Penitentiary fund, and the amount required to be paid in and now due be used to that end. They advise that certain penalties prescribed for minor offenses be so fixed that while they will still remain effective aud certain our Penitentiary may not be filled with crimes minor in their nature. Tbey havo been informed that the firm of Hamilton, Allen & Co., tho original lessee and contract ors has been dissolved by mutual rnnsenU and that the senior mem ber of said firm has bought ont bis said partners aud they deora it . fhfit. a tie bona De ei- tinjiw, ccutcd in this bel;;.!f. THE VETO XSESS1CE. lis TU it Ceitis si Puikf til Bill Ovtt ta Ttta. ATES. Alcorn. W. M. Inge. Attala, Wiley Sandera. Calhoun, Q. W. Howard. Carroll, H. C WiUiamsoa. Chickasaw, B. Crawford, TV. G. Orr. Claiborne, W. T. MeGmder. Clarke, A. D. Cordon. Copiah, A. B. Oulnes, E. A. Bowan. Covington, Y. h. Srrahan. DeSeto, J. W. Odom, Ellas Alexander. Greene, J. Klttrell. Grenada. J. J. William. Holmes, Hy. Christmas. Ittawamba, W. A. Nabors. Jasper, Sam'l Whitman. Jefferson, W. L. Uaraer. Jones, Thoe. J. Huff. Kemper, J. L. Hudnal. LaFayette, T. B. Waldrip. Leake, J. M. Hardin. Lee, J. M. Hoyle, M. Powell. Leflore, D. T. Mitchell. Marion, Hy. Pope. Marshall, J. W. C. Watson, S. W. Mul- una, R. Q. Balrd. Montgomery. J. K. Flowers. Neshoba, W. L. Baasett. Kewton, J. L. Bolton. Noiubee, A. W. Simpson, J. L, Clem ens, A. 0, Boswell. Oktibbeha, W.5. Nash. - Panola, J. O. Askew, W. W. Caldwell. Perry. J. W. Denhau. Pontotoc, Jeff. Wilson. Rankin, J no. R. Enochs. Scott, J. H. Beeman. Smith, E. Currie. Tate, r. II. Nortleet. W. P; Eaion. TUhoiulnge, C. Kendrick. Wayne, Alex. T. Powe. Webster, J. E. Gore. Winston, R. C. Jones. Benton and Tippah, J. T. Hurry. Calhoun and Yalobusha, D. W. Rogers. Kemper, Lauderdale and Clark, W. L. Evan. Total aye S3. HATS. Adams, Chas. D. Foules, Felix L. Cory, Amite, W. F. Love. Attalla, J. F. MoCool. Bolivar, Ferry Peyton. Clay, S. A. Crump, A. J. Russell. Coahoma, Wm. Allen, J. W. C'utrer. Hancock, T. M. Favr. Harrison, D. D. Cowan. Hindi, J. K. McNeely, M. X. Mcl.eod. L. K. At wood, Wm. Robinson. LaFayette, A. J. Baker. Lauderdale, J. E. Bell. Lawrence, C. R. Dale. Lowdnes, J. T. Harrison, W. F. Cook, A. L. Myers. Madison, J. F. Henry. Monroe, R. E. Houston, L. D. Hollings- worth. Oktibbeha, J. S. Montgomery. Panola, J. T. Settle. Pike, Jaa, C. Lainpktn. Prentiss, B. A. P. Selnian. Sharkey, O. W. nutler. Tunica, T. C. Ferguson. Warren, T. M. Miller, A. W. Bren. Washington, 8. M. Spencer, 0. liorton, J. R. Parker. Wllkerson, G. II. Peets, D.C. Brainlette. Yalobusha, YT. V. Moore. Yazoo, Jas. A. Barksdale, A. 0. Norrel Amite and Pike, Geo. M. Govan. Total nays, 41. The Negro as a Ruler. Officers of the Atlas Line steam er Alveua, Just arrived at New, York from a voyaga around Hayti, report that hundreds of rebels, and merchants who Incited them to rebellion, have beeu cruelly put to death. This cruelty, by some, is ascribed to President Salomon, and by . others to his geuerals. The rebels are placed in a line and butchered in a barbarous manner, the soldiers first firing at their aiikles, then their knees, gradually elevating their aim until a fatal spot ia reached. The rebels meet their fate unflinchingly, but the cries of their wives and children, who are allowed to witness the slaughter are decribed as ago nizmg. Portau-Prince was found much the worse for the war. The whole town would have been destroyed by the loyalists had it not been for the action of the French, Spanish aud English cetn manders of the men-of-war in the harbor, who threatened to bom bard the town if looting and arson was not stopped. There are claims against the government for (5,000,000 Indemnity! How the government will pay the turn is a serious problem, there not being a cont Iu the tronsnry. RailwaTS ail tie Judiciary, The reputation ef the judiciary of the State for integrity and learning is a part of its public property. No man among them is entitled to be shielded if he fails to come up to the standard esseu tial to iuspire confidence in the administration of the law ; but if the Judges do come op to the re quired standard, theu he is a mar plot, or worse, who would play upon the admitted prejudice against the railroad to unsettle publio confidence in the courts. Ouce array the people agaiust the courts aa either incompetent or corrupt and the orderly adminis tration of justice becomes Impossible. The distinct impression sought to be produced in an article in the Clarion ou supervision was aud is that as a uknral bcle the courts of the State are either iu competent or corrupt whea it comes to a question between a plaiutiff iu the courts and a rail way corporation. It stated : "If you sue, as is the case gen erally, the judges will not allow the vordictof ajnryto stand if the amouut of damagea ia large; bk usunra the eight of the ju ry aud decides law and fact, and tiKNEBiiXT in favor of the rail way. Let THE8S facts be deuled and instances will be brought forward to establish our position." Now these are grave charges, not confined to on a) Judos but is made applicable to the courts generally. When called on to substantiate- this general charge against the courts of Mississippi, how does our contemporary meet the bortheu he voluntarily as sumes t Why, by referring to an old case, tried away back in the dark days of Republicanism by a Republican Judge. We ask, in the name of all that is right, ia this fair and just to the judiciary t It is right to presume that being called to answer, the Clarion has made full answer and disclosed ail it knows on the subject. But iu stead of substantiating the charge that "oenebally the Judges will not allow tho verdiut to stand j" that "oenebally they usurp the rights of the jury;" thatuaENEB ALLY they are In favor of the rail roads," it instances a single case which happened yea's ago, and which, by the way, does not even sustain the charge against that single Judge. The railroad, it ap pears, in using its track, switching backward and forward, rau over a woman and child at a crossing. Whether the unfortunate victims were not guilty ef contributory negligence, does not appear. If tbey were, the road waa not liable at all. But admitting that the tin ployees of the road were negli geut aud the victims were not. how can this single case Justify this wholesale attack upon the judiciary f We Will not charac terize this exhibition of supervis ion spite as it properly deserves, The people of the State will prob ably do thai. Ledger. Clve CsTear laswer. jr.; t. wi: The bloody-shirt mill is still grinding out the Copiah case. The Sherman Committee bold their session at the Custom House in New Orleans. The Matthews friends have been before tbem and testified. The case is bad enough, but is a State, or any other peebie than those wild meu of the mob to be held responsible for their actions! Clarion. J We are somewhat surprised to find the above in the Clarion. We emphatically deny the exist ence of a mob. It was nothing more than a procession composed of such men as Joe Bailey, Jo. Turser, R. 8. Morrison, the Da vis's, Crowns, McRees, Thomp sons, firauberrys, Pcnns, Iligions, comitr; and ot'uers some of tha beet men : TIic ni - T. 0. Herbert, the English run nor, ran a ten-mile race iu St. Lou is ou Sunday last against time, The Ropnbllcan says i ''One bun dred and fifty dollars against (100 had been bet that Herbert conld not run ten miles In an hour, but be accomplished the task and had thirty-nine seconds to spare. This necessitated sixty laps around the park and one houdred yards addi tional. The weather was far from favorable, the rain falling during the entire boor, the ground being soft and slippery, and a dense fog prevailing. Win. Richards and John Mcintosh were chosen time keepers, and Herbert started at 3:55, keeping steadily at his work until the task was finished. He made the last lap in fifty-five sec onda.' "Taking tho weather and condition of the ground into con sideration, the performance was remarkable. Mr. Richards has agreed to back Herbert for a run of twenty miles In two hours On fair day and good track." A singular aud fatal accident occurred at an oil well near Brad ford, Pa on Monday. Jacob Dick ey, to agitate the well, dropped au iron rod eleven feet long down the tnbe until it reached the bottom The agitation cansed a strong flow of gas, the rod being blown from the tube np into the derrick. Iu its descent the rod struck Dickey squarely ou the top of the head, passed through to the left, came out the occipital bone, passed down through the left shoulder aud Inii, rTgziiig the lie?rt an out l.'ow t!io 1 ;t Ill'TCrli! t Cn ' 1 Public UsUtatlos. The owners of the famous and ustly popular Iesaqueua justly popular Iesaqueua have characterized themselves as ex- client steamboat managers ; they ave always showu a proper ap- reciation of printer's ink, and are oted for liberal and judicious advertising. The latest phase of the Issaquen- na's advertising propensity will be the issuance of 30,000 letter-size circulars. Ou oa one side is a complete directory of the business houses aud firms of Vioksburg comprising 133 names and houses. Ou the other side is a circular, giving a history of the Beuds trade and a fair statement of the suc cess of the Issaquena, and the rea sous which have contributed thereto. A blank is at the bot tom of this page, for the signature of the person or firm sending out the circular. One hnndred copies of the directory and circular will be furuished to every merchant and business maa iu the city. The balance of the circulars will be distributed by the Issaquena. Iu addition to the name and busi ness iu the directory at the head of the circular on each hundred will be printed the special busi ness card of the firm or house to which they are furnished. The Issaquena bears the entire ex pense of thus spreading a knowl edge of the business of Vicks- burg, and ouly asks in return that the merchants and others to whom the circulars are sent, sign them ud enclose them to their corres pondents iii the soction of conn try which is in the habit of giving, or likely to give, any business to a steamer regularly plying in the Vicksbnrg and Orsenvllle trade. Circulars sont to Jackson, Natch es, Greenville, Monroe, Deer Creek, and Lake Washington will prove beneficial. The Issaqnena will also have the Vicksbnrg directory printed ou the back of her regular letter beads, and it may be safely esti mated that this directory will thus reach a circulation during the season ef 100,000 copies. Tlie moral to this story, if there be a moral, is that the merchants and business men of Vicksbnrg ; the people on tho river, and the merchants and business men of Greenville, should properly ap reclate aud encourage the alert, prompt, faithful and enterprising Issaquena. Vicksburg Evening Post. ".0 FEM E LIW." LaFsyttt Ctutr. Correspondent of the Appeal. J Oxford, February 17. Several days sgo the citizens of beat 4 met at Taylor Dpot, in this coun ty, and petitioned the Board ef Supervisors for the no fence law in their beat Uiis is a step in the right direction. At last the peo ple of Mississippi are beginning to see the folly and extravagance that they have practiced for the past twenty years in keeping up the enormous amouut of unneces sary fencing. A State official, after a long and careful calculation on the mileage of legal fencing iu bis county, gave as a result that, if the fencing was pnt on a straight liue, it would reach from the coun ty seat to New York City. It is useless and foolish extravagauce. Mouey thus expmded would go a long way toward draiuing lauds, cutting ditches and buying fertili zers. How can we cut ditches aad koep them lu order wheu it requires three mouths in the year to build aud repair fences I It is cheaper to fence up live stock than to fence them out. Every mau's stock should be kept on his own premises, limits undoubt edly the place for them. No coun try that ever adopted the uo-fence law has ever wanted it repealed. The experience of those who have tried the system has beeu satisfac tory. There is absolutely no econ omy iu keeping up a $50 fence arouud a 110 crop to keep out (2 worth of live stock. We hope the day la uot fur distant when every beat lu every county iu our State will send up a petition, as did our friends at Taylor's. Let ns get out of some of our old ruts. Let us havo fewer but better stock, and a little Isnrnlus cash at the euu or sacn year to lvrtiitze our lands and to buy improved Ituple ments. SUBSCRIPT!? TEP.JI3 One yr:;r. in nli ! ?., .,, ? ! M Any t.-r.Wr uViri-!'.b fs; rd. eoot in ued iU .a notify Bspnoii'f ' ADVERTISING R ATIS Trannifnt Advertising, One Square One Inwrtiun ,.$ Erh mliwiurnt lnert!on 75 IVes for Lufal r.utirr, iilch are in rludt it nnilrrtliis hf ail. due ra or before. lat ptililiration. No prucf ftiruisiu'd bl til (.aid fur. lAal," live lines or this tvpe, 50 -nts for lint, i-'t m,t ttuh sutoe qurnt iuM-rtlun. Perwinel artirlr or notle charged for according lo their lature. (.'uetunirni will V. give explicit di rections, of lenirth of ltn. fur publicatit s of ahrrt!riiienis. Regular i'lvr'irinif. one Cjnsrr, 3 ma. $7, lima. ill. 1 rar .. Larger advertisements, njiarterty, hlfJ yearly, and yearly. Contracted for at Liberal Rates: ANNODRCINOCANDIOATEl. For Stat antf fltrict Office,. $!S For Con ntv Offlt,. It For Bet Oltlee ,. .... Oplers from transient ecstomer. ver bal or written, for job oork.auvrrtUtng, or siiirrl'licn, must be arrouipaaird I y the eaoli. Am-ounts of regular custo mer due and presented the Wt of ah month. C1IIECH DIRECTORY. St. Jessph C'tkelie Ckarefe. ItUrll M" 10 oVI'- k a m bihI Mral 4 t. in ttrri at tMnt utttv C:lrrlttni over; Sjuudjjr il II i t C. Hohmnt Piur . St. Jta.ni Episcopal Charefc Hrnil.r mnmlnir mttIt ii II a m K,hf "I", I . in er molUv jinimii..a Mr.,t -hihIht In vurh month i. H H,,ntAY, Hn-inr Knliltli-'huot uttt M m. J. M. Muurt.niirilrvuttvul. afttfedist Charek ' rrneuint al II m. n Tn m mtry nn rt, , lfrNf-niiMijr mwt HttMffMWv nivhi. unilr -hiKil. ti;.. tt it. M.n'liltr ,'f.uir. W. K rAff,.H. Prashrtertaa Cfcarek Pmii-hing al II m, m,I 7 . m ntr RumUf t'ommunton l.t Nnmlay in lnm,ry, liny. An trim ami .Vmrnhrr l-ratM-ntm-ilKf rjr VtiiMltiy nlilii. H Arriiar I'utor. Sundajr rtltMjt at tt, . tiuiu. Ilnm u u Jewish SjraacB mm Krlilay rrlii al "k.ainl SatanU moruiuj..! luv J. Houm, Kalilil. Landings and Distances from Greenville to New Orleans. Ilelcaa f orrrspoaoence, , . Tlmcs-Democrat. 4 The maximum of flood tide at and below this point generally oo curs when the great St. Francis basin a reservoir of some 73,000 square miles begins to empty it self. This may be expected In about fifteen days. There is noth ing to cause great alarm ; this city proper may be said to be secure agaiust the river. The levees are of ample height and base to with stand even a foot in excess of lust year. Within the levees, howev er, there is a continuous flow which, for want of proper drain age incident to stoppage of cul vertsaud the like, becomes al most as bad as the river overflow. Even now the central part of this eily is inundated from rain and and spring water. Pumps are pro posed, but the folly of supposing them eqnal to the requirements scarcely merits telling. The Omflgw. The river is rising slowly and the water going through the breaks above is gradually filling up the bayous and low lands. In a few days communication with the interior will be cnt off except by boat Basing our opinion up on the fact that there has been more above than ever known be fore, we are led to the beliof that we will also have more here. It will be at least two weeks before the water here will reach its high est even if it is not checked np by a decline above, and our people should take advantage of this and get up their stock and make the necessary preparations for the worst. Friars Poiut Gazette. Ufa ana Times of S. 8. Prentiss. When It was announced In the publio prints that the pupil and early friend of tho dislltignUlicd man was preparing a biography, publio expectation was excited, and the thought and conviction existed that now the right person was found whe could and would do the grand theme ample and full Justice, and a graphic aud life like plcturo of the man and the times would have boeu puinted. We have read and re-read this work, aud we confess to a sad disappointment at the perform ance, loo subscribers and read ers certainly expected something very different from the work pre sented to their Intelligence. The above is the first paragraph of a eritioism by "Observer," of Judge Shield's work on Prentiss. We will only soy that "Observer" lias correctly expressed ear feel ing, upon reading the above work. Vlcksbarg .Hiss. Spelal to the Timet-Democrat. Vicksbnrg, Feb. 20. Suit was instituted to day by Miss Kitty Evans, qneeu of the demi-mnndo of this city, ngninst Jake On ml off er, a well-to-do Israelite, for the recovery of the value of a dia mond ring that she claims was on Ed. Wilson's finger the night he was killed, and which, she claims, was taken hyGusdoffer. It will be remembered that Ed. Wilson was the man killed in his own faro bank several weeks ago by Jack McKenna, now under sentence to be hanged, The suit will create a sensation. i A petition is being circulated in our city and signed by onr princi pal business men and leading citi zens, the purpose of which is to have Steele's Bayou and other tributary streams of Lake Wash ington cleared of obstructions. At this time of the year the roads in that section become impar sable, and planters are greatly inconve nienced in moving their crops and reaching market. The country is very ncn. ana tne opening o. the streams embraced iu the peti tion will open np a very valuable avenue of trade. The petition will be presentedto the present Legislature when a sufficient num ber of signers have been proce ed. Vicksburg Tost. Presented to the Legislature for wbatt Runny Side Refuge Longwood .... Leota . Louisiana and Arkansas line Hktpwith . . Wilderness lake Providence . . Hrnnswi.li 'fcrt t Levee V ) Aiontn oi iazoo Vicksbnrg . . . ' Grand Gulf " , Rt. Joe - - Rodney Natchez ' . . . Fort Adams 13 13 23 33 43 53 54 04 ... 109 173 221 270 LoiiiHiaunaiid Mississippi Lino 2H3 lieu ittver . . 280 Rnyou Sura ; 32(1 Port Hudson - . ' ' . . 332 Huton Rougo . 344 I'laqnemlno . 370 Douuldhouvlllo ... . 40tt Convent 423 ' Hoiiiiet Carro 447 New Orleans . 483 Mouth of River COO Greenville to St. Louis Columbia . Gnliios . . Arkansas City . Uolivar - Arkansas River , Uoscdalo . White River . . . Concordia - Sunflower (Head Levee Diet) Friars Point , . Helena Austin Mississippi and Tenn. Line Memphis Ark. and Missouri Line Tonti. aud Kentucky Line , New Madrid - - . Columbus - . . . Cairo . . . . Tower Rock Barracks . . . , St. Louis - ... 9 27 40 61 77 fiO 83 100 120 359.,, 172 1!W 227 243 351 402 408 457 478 674 m& cot This list of distances is procured from the latest official surveys and maps. Indlaaola Instead ef Beieagate. AN Act to change the name of the town of Eureka, the pres ent County Seat of Sunflower County iu this State. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Stato of Missis sippi, That the name of Eureka, the present county seat or Sun flower county, Mississippi, be and t!ie sume is herc'jy chan-sj ta In.!!: ue!a, ty w Licit Iinxe Ue!:a!l 1 - ' Tls knorn r Ir " '., i n V. 3 f ; t :nir. t r La'j t': i r -t ' CL; -: i ,011 L:.t sloe' IHarch of rrocress. "Do you know whore I can get some beeswax V ' inquired a whole sale druggist of an Indianapolis reporter. The scribe didn't kuow. "I want genuine wax suitable for pharmaceutical pnrposes. Ilaney is plenty and cheap, never cheap er than now. Honey meu now pour out the melliilons product and put back tho comb, which is growing out of favor, made of par aline. Tliis saves the bees labor of tnr.kin'i comb, find they pnt in fc!l V r t b tiii.kiiig holier. They (..mi I i, vb to go otu and roam r rr - ", 7, Y. 'vv.i i tip flowers, pit h er, '. ? - ... ?. i kow t " f 1 1' . As tho :!' ; ;!' - roSTAL DIRErtlOHH, All postage must be paid by stamp. Letters in the United States per half ounce, 2 cents. Drop letters, half ounce, 1 cent. Registered letters, 10 eents and proper postage. . Pumphlets, newspapers, maga zines, books, posters, etc., each 2 ounce or fraction, 1 cent. Printed cards, blanks, seeds, merchandise, 1 cent per ounce. All matter not at- letter, rates must be pre-paid tn full, wrnpped so that it can be examined without destroying the wrapper. Liquids, poison, explosives and other dangerous matter excluded. . L u pa ul letters are soul to Um Dead Letter office. Letters patt paid forwarded, bal ance collected of the receiver. JACOB AIXXANBLH, Acknowledgements and all other No tarial biislnesHatteniii'd to promptly anil punctually. dec 13 tf Sale, Feed It. Livery Statle C. t. McDANlEL SOX, In addition to our Livery Stable on Wnahlnirtnn avrnn. we have taken the Marslml! Stable on Main street, n hure we will do a genera) SALE, FEEI AND LIVEUY bm-lliess, and will keep fur dale In the winter selected stocks of iirst-i lasg HORSES AND MULES, for sndille and hsnipss. Our lr will be iindertlie r-uperintpmicnt'e ii . D. F. irCNT, u ,i v. !'l ' i; ! i ' rv rr i