The Brookhaven ledger., August 10, 1876, Image 1

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VOL. .L —=^ ""^^^OOKHAVEN, MISS., THURSDAY. AUGUST 10, 1876. ’ M). 50.
ROBERT HIRAM HENRY,
Editor and Proprietor.
TI1E HKOOUllAVKrt <TllZt:>
WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH
, the LEDGER
April Kill, 1878.
Kates of titilwiTiptlon.
uoo copy one year, in advance, $ - fit
•* *• ti months, - - • 1 5t
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JACKSON.
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Summer Clothing from
JOHN CLEARY,
dealer In
Fine Ready-made Clothing,
AND
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Carpet-bags, Umbrellas,
and a genera! assortment of Fine Books
and Slices; also, a fine assortment of
Ladio*’ and Chi Wren's Shoe.**.
State Street, Jackson, Mw«.
Dec. lG-lr
ROBERT SB ROUTE.
Boolt Binder
AND
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Jackson. - tllssisslppi.
Bpecil nattontion given to the mauufar.
ture of all kin,is of County Books, and
Binding of every description.
Bindery ou Capitol street, opposite the
Clation office. may 18-ti
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BOGUECHITTO, MISS.
Dec. 2-ly.
IEu r r y G il m o r e,
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—WITH—
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flourishing young orchard of well selected
fruit trees, and is situated in the very best
part of the city, Apply for terms to
jlv 13.2m J. W. BENNETT.
Tito Hundredth Blrthdny.
Thank God! This smiling dawn is peace!
A century blorsoms here to-day!
Its hundredth years bring glad increase,
Before a nation’s feet to lay.
Flung out upon the summer air,
The flag of stars above us flies,
Tbe beacon of a nation’s prayer,
The splendor of eternal skies.
And bending from their homes above,
The patriot sires of patriot sons
Mav see the banner of their love,
And hear the anthem of the guns,
Which usher in thy day of birth,
Thy natal day, O glortous land!
God keep thee, sacred spot of earth,
Within the Hollow of Ilis hand!
NTut vainly were thy battles fought!
On every hill, in every glen,
To-day we sec what God hath wrought,
And wro e upon the heart of men.
To-day alsive the true and brave,
Unstained by wrong, uii9oilcd by tears.
The banner of the Free may wave,
To crown a nation’s hundred years.
•
The flag the patriot fathers bore,
A cloud by day, by night a flame,
Still journeying ever on before,
And followed by a nation’s fame,
A new-born nation, then, bnt now
Its birth-pangs o’er, its perils past,
With glory written on its brow,
And union circling it at last.
! O gallant men! who fought and bled,
And r.lccp to-day in freedom’s soil!
The nation’s honored, glorious dead,
Sweet he your rest from strife and toil!
As looking from your home on high,
Ye see the gift that ye have given,
It seems as each immortal eye
/Y____ :» »l.a lirrltt
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! illustrious shades! to-day return—
This birthday, dulled with no alloy—
: And here where freedom’s watch tires burn,
Rejoice with nn exceeding joy!
j Your phantom ranks are on each plain,
! Your phantom tiles are with us still,
j Your phantom tents are pitched again
From Yorktown bank to Bunker Hill.
i Rejoice with us! Upon the blast
Our llag floats out from sea to sen;
Our land’s first century is past,
And still it bolds a people free.
Far ns our wide dominions sweep,
Across our valleys and our plains,
No bondmen at their labors weep,
No ear can catch the clanks of chains.
All men are free—the black and white;
And as the circling centuries roll,
All men pro equal In Ilis sight,
Who colors not a human soul.
Tl-.is is onr b >ast, as here, to-day
We sec the skies above us shine,
And pause, our sacred debt to uavf .
At Freedom’s and at Heaven’s shrine.
Thus, ns we greet these opening ye ars,
No doubts annoy, no cares obtrude—
Tbe shadow of no coming fears
Rises to cloud our gratitude,
lie made us free; His hands shill keep,
And firmly through tha cycles bold;
He is the Shepherd, we the sheep
That He has folded in His fold.
The fold of Freedom! Bright the stars
That ever burn across her sky,
i And, seamed by countless battle scars,
Make great tbe glory of July.
O happy Fourth! each heart to-dnv
Gives thee new welcome to the earth
And in the light of Freedom’s ray,
Herald’s anew thy deathless birth.
To-day a century’s honors crown
The land for which our prayers are given j
And endless honors pouring down
Shall bless it in the sight of Heaven;
So millions yet unborn shall rise
To hail the hour which now we hail,
: Its glory sparkling in their eves
When we have passed beyond the vale.
Here shalljhe Old World’s children seek
And find a shelter for their woes,
And in these valleys, cheek by cheek,
The lion and the lamb reprose.
Anri He shall lead them, for His peace
Forever rests upon the land;
The marvel ofits sure increase
Ib but the movement of His hand.
Land of our love, God’s circling arm
Enfold and guard thee in thy way,
Ilia blessing shelter thee from harm,
A nd heel) Ibee glorious as to-dav!
While through the centuries’ coming hours
Thy cities spring, nor ever cease,
Thy blossoms ripen into flowers,
And crown thee with perpetual peace!
(Jtieen Vidor la’s Keign.
“tlrynxdust” writes to us, under date
of June 20th: As Queen Victoria to-j
tlav begins the fortieth year of her j
reign, it may interest some of your |
readers to be reminded that she has
now attained a very high rank on the
roll of our kiugs for length of reign,
having lately passed Henry VIII. and
Henry VI., she.uow stands fifth in or
der, being still junior or inferior only to
Elizabeth, and the three long Thirds,
Edward Henry and George, Of our
early English or ante-Norman kings, no
other reigned so long as Ethelred the
unready, but his thirty-eight years are
already exceeded by our present sov
ereign’s thirty-nine years. Elizabeth’s
reign, from the death of Mary, Novem
ber 17tli, 1558, to her own death, March
24th, 1603, lasted forty-four years and !
one hundred and twenty-six days; so
that Victoria lias to reign five years and
one hundred pnd twenty-six days be
yond to-day before she will equal her i
great forerunner. Then will remain,
ahead only Edward III., fifty years and
nearly five months; Henry III., fifty
six years and nineteen days; George
III., fifty-nine years an three mouths.
But'of course even these long reigns
look short by the seventy-two years of
Louis XIV., of France. Probably no
two successive kiugs of any country
reigned over so long a space of time be
tween them as Lonis XIV and XV, who
from 1643 to 1744 made up together one
hundred and thirty-oite years, or an
average of rather more than sixty nve
years per reign. How long will it be
before France enjoys or suffers one
hundred and thirty-one consecutive
years of rule under two persons, or
even under two forma of government?
j THE AMERICAN ARMY OF TWO.
'■'wo Ulrlsn llriiiu anti si I’ife—
A True Htory.
It was about nine o’clock iu the
morning when the ship first appeared.
At once there was the great excitement
in the village. It was a British war
ship. What would she do? Would slio
tack about in the bay to pick up stray
coasters as prizes, or would she laud
soldiers to bnru the towu? In either
case there would be trouble enough.
The sight of a British war ship in Bos
ton Bay was not pleasant. We were
poor then, aud had no monitors to go
ont and sink the enemy or drive him
off and the good people in the little
village of Scitaato harbor Iwore in great
distress over the strange ship that h.»<l
appeared at the mouth of the harbor.
About two o’clock the tide reached
high water mark, aud, to the dismay of
the people, the ship let go her anchor,
swung her yards round, aud lay quiet
aoont half a mile from the first cliff.
Tney were going to land to bum the
town. With their spy-glasses the peo
ple could see the boats lowered to take
the soldiers ashore. Ah! then there
was confusion and uproar. Every horse
in the village was put into some kind of
a team, aud the women and children
were hurried off'to the wood behind the
(own. The men would stay aud offer as j
brave a resistance as possible. Their I
guns were light aud poor, but they |
could use the old fish houses ns forts and i
perhaps make a brave fight of it. If |
worse come to worso tl»y could at;
least retreat and take to the shelter of
the woods.
It was a splendid sight. Five large
boats, manned by sailors, and filled j
with soldiers in gay red coats. How
their guns glittered in the sun! It was
a courageous company come with a
war-ship and eanuon to fight the help
icsa aaiit'i iurii.
So Rebecca anil Sarah thought, ns
they sat up in tho light house tower
looking down on the procession o
boats as it went past the point and en
tered the harbor.
“Oh! If I only were a man?” cried
Rebecca.
“What could you do? See what a
lot of them! and look at their gnus?”
“I don't care. I’d fight. I’d use la
ther's old shot-gun—anyhow. Think
of uncle’s new boat and the sloop!”
“Yes, and all the boats.”
“It’s too bad, in’t it?”
“Yes; an 1 to think we must sit here
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help.”
“Oh, look! The sloop's on fire.”
“Come, I can’t stay and see any more.
The cowardly Britishers to burn the
boats! Why don’t they go down town
and fight like-”
“Come, let's get the drum. It'll do
no harm; and perhaps-”
“Well, let's. There's the fife, too; we
might take that with us.”
lhey took to tho water side, and with
the drum, ran as fast as they could to
wards the mainland. Presently they
reached the low heaps of sand that
showed where spit joined the fields and
woods.
“All right; but we mustn’t stand still.
Wo must march along the shore towards
the light.”
“Won’t they see us?”
“No; we’ll walk next tho wateron the
outside beach.”
“Oh, yes; aud they’ll think it's sols
(tiers going down the point to head ’em
off.”
“Just so, Come, begin! One, two—
one, to.”
Drum! drum!! drum!!!
Squeak! squeak!! squeak!!!
“Ha! ba!”
The fife stopped.
“Don’t laugh. You’ll spoil every
thing, and I can’t pucker my lips.
Drum! drum!! drum!!!
Sqheak! squeak!! squeak!!!
The men in the town heard it anil
were amazed beyond measure. Had
the soldiers arrived from Boston? What
did it mean? Who were coming?
Louder and louder on the breeze
came that roll of a sturdy drum and the
sound of a brave fife. The soldiers in
the boats heard the noise and paused in
the work of destruction. The officers
ordered everybody into the boats in the
greatest haste. The people were rising! j
They were coming down the point with j
cannons, to head them off! They
would all be captured, and perhaps
hnng by the dreadful Americans!
How the drum rolled! The fife
changed its tune. It played “Yankee
Doodle”—that horrid time! Hark! The
men were cheering in the town; there
were thousands of them in the woods
along the shore!
How the Britishers scrambled into
their boats! One of the brave officers
was nearly left behind on the burning
sloop. Another fell overboard and wet
his good clothes, in his haste to escape
from the American army marching
down the beach—a million strong! How
the sailors pulled! No fancy rowing
now, but desperate haste to get to the
ship.
How the people yelled and cheered'
on the shore! Ffty men or more
jumped into boats to prepare for the
chase. Binging shots began to crack
over tbe water.
Louder and louder raug tbe terrible
drum. Sharp and clear raug out the
cruel fife.
The boats swept swiftly on the out
going tide. The fishermen came up
with the burning boats. Tart stopped
to put out the fires, and the rest pur
sued the flying enemy with such shots
as they could get them. In the midst
of it all the sun went down.
The red-ooats did not return a shot.
They expected every minute to see a
thousand men open on them at short
range from the beach ami tney r,‘s“™
their powder.
Out of the harbor they went in coufu
siou and dismay. The ship weighed an
olior and ran out her big guns, but Jit
not tiro a shot. Darkness fell down vr
the scene as the boats reached the slttp
Thou she sent a round shot towards the
light. It fell short and threw a g'eal
fountain of white water into the air
The girls saw it, and dropped tieii
drum and fife, sat down on the b'uch
and laughed till they cried.
That night the ship sailed away. The
gieat American of two hud arrived^ and
»ho thought it wise to retreat in tme!
Pluek'TviiT Hhi.
In the course of an admirable nddp.ss
to the law class of the Vauderbilt Ui^-.
voraity, Judge T. L. Snood told th«
tuttowtng anecdote, which we think ia
worthy preservation and perpetration:
“Aftjrthe commencement, of Jun?, 1827.
at the University of Alabama, a single
student lingered in the vill^e of
Chapel Hill, all the rest having fetnni
ed to their homes. He had not money
to go public couveyuuee to lis dis
tant home. He was a grailuae, and
was waiting for a remittance fnsi liome
which a fond father, struggling with
poverty, was endeavoring to e»rn foi
him. The remittance came, bn?it did
not come in time. The impatienS youth
determined to walk to his hufle in
Tenuessee. While in a store oie day,
buying some course fabric of wlich t<:
make a knapsack, there was an dd Or
ange county farmer sitting on thepoun
ter watching his movements. ‘loung
man,’ said lie, ‘what do you propose tc
do with the cloth?’ ‘Ipropose to have
a knapsack made.’ ‘Do you pippoac
to walk home?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ sail tin
youth. ‘Well,’ said the farmer, 'such
pluck as yours is apt to win. I lave a
good riding horse and saddle it. my
home which shall be vonrs as a gift' The
youth hesitated. ‘Then,’ said tin far
mer, ‘if you propose to buy it, serd me
one hundred dollars in four years,with
out interest—or whenever you are able
to do so out of the money you tynieil
yourself.’ The bargain was struck.
The young man mounted his hors) the
next dny. and went on his wav rejoicing,
and jn less than three years the fine ohl
granger received one hundred dollars,
the 6rst professional earnings ove; am'
above a frugal living, of the late chief
justice of Teunessee.”
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A Hit of Romance.
A rather romanic ending of a leap
year adventure occurred in i»“ am
in igimonng towns a Tew days ago, Om
nf thehellea of’tiie place, remarkable foi
her good practical sense as well as hei
education and good looks, joined will
a few of her sisters in inviting some ol
the young men to accompany them tr
the Literary club one evening last
spring in the usual spirit of fun wliiel
characterizes such adventures intending
nothing but fnn. Soon afterwards hei
friend returned the call, ami then earm
again and again, apparently much plops
pci with the companv he found in th<
girl who had esemted him to the club
Tilings went on about as usual in suel
cases, until a few weeks ago. when 01
one occasion, she interrupted the usna
course of eventf by saying. ‘‘See here
Henry, I d like to known if yon mear
bnsiuess bv these repeated eails? ]
mean business, and if you love me a;
well as I love you I'd like to make yor
my husband, and the sooner the better.’
Henry said, “Yes, business, and any
time yon may fix will suit me.” Th<
two were joined in one soon after, ev
erybody but the ohl prudes admirins
the matter of-fact manner of terminal
ing what was begun in a bit of juvenile
fnn. Why not? She had as mud
right to make her sentiments known ir
plan English as he hail, and she show
ed her good sense in doing it. Score
one for the centennial leap-year.—Ex.
The Fighting Trick.
Soon after a benevolent-looking, reel
headed man had taken a seat in a Mon
roe Avenue saloon yesterday, a little,
withered up ohl man came in and asket
him to take something. They botl
drank, the cigars were called for, am:
the little man turned to the other and
laid:
“For thirty long years I have follow
sd your trail day and night. You
broke up my happy family', villain thal
you are, but now come out here and
Jght me like a man.”
“I will fight you to the death!” was
the determined reply, and both rushed
into the back yard, talking about bow
ie-knives, unhonored graves, and sc
forth. • The saloonist ran to the fronl
loor, whistled for a policeman, ardther
hurried back to the door to protest
He saw a coat-tail going over the fence
realized the situation and went in and
solemuly wiped off his bar with his el
bow, whilo a sad smile lurked around
the corners of his mouth.
Louisiana Safe.
Tom Collins, of mystic notoriety,|and
who has kicked up more disturbances
in more different places and oftener,
ind with less injury both as to body
ind character, than any one elese, in s
communication to the New Orleans
Picayune of the 15th, says:
“If I am elected Governor I will pac
ify the Bourbons, and win the coufi
ienee and affection of the negro. 1
will calm the fears of the slippery-fin
gered carpet-bagger and endeavor tc
moderate in some way his appetite foi
public plunder; and thus, by restricting
the opportunities and the temptations
to steal, I will disarm the wrath of the
lurking Ku-Klux. Under my admin
istration the liou and the lamb shall li«
down together, and the “bandit" anc
the “bummer” shall wander hand ii
band through paths of pleasantries:
and peace.
me uowance or me Captive White
Maiden.
It seems that something more inspir
ing than his pay as a scout lias induced
the half breed Kanaka, Frank Gruard,
to offer her services to tho Government;
and quite u romantic story is afloat con
cerning tho motives which prompt him
to risk capture, and certain torture and
death if caught.
From various sources it has been
gleaned during the past five years, that
in Crazy Horse’s village there was a
captured white girl, now grown into
beautiful hut untutored womanhood.
Indeed, so young was she at the time
of her capture, that she appears to have
no knowledge of her situation, and no
recollection of her past. She is respec
ted and even reverenced by the Indians
bU SHOD till CJACC-xav vwuiv «'» V»»v.
I young men of the village are permitted
to become her suitors; and she remains
as pure as wlieu she was borne from
the embrace of father and mother.
Doubtless she wonders at her fairer
complexion, more delicate pysioguomv
j and softer hair, never having seen a
| white man or woman since; but it is
j thought she attributes the possession
■ of these to supernatural interposition
i whereby she was created a princess
i among her people, in which belief she
; is encouraged by their unremitting nt
| attention. She is called Petah San, or
: tire White Cow.
Such is tho singular history of thisj
unfortunate voting woman, for the truth
I of which Frank Qrnard vouches. More
over, he confesses that her beauty and
! gentleness first won his admiration, and
i subsequently, ns his cupidity progress
ed, his warm attachment and devo
tion, were in a ‘measure reciprocated.
| To him she owes the only revelations of
her condition; but they were either in
explicable, or else she scorned to receive
them. Frank was however unretiring
in his affection zeal for her welfare, and
i before his escape, made ns many as
twenty unsuccessful attempts to carry
her off. Last winter he led the troops
to what was suppposed to be Crazy
Horse's village, but it believed now by
most of the officers who participated in
the campaign and fight, that it was that,
j of Little Rig Man—the instigator of al
most a massacre at the Black Hills
Council, last year—and his band of
renegade Cheyennes and Sioux. The
three scouts will set out on their mis
sion as soon ns H is dark, ami will travel
only at night.
Impolite Things.
Lou.l and boisterous laughing.
iteaaiu^ - — *—***'**rv
Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
Talking when others are reading
Spitting about the house, smoking or
chewing.
Cutting finger-nails in company.
Leaving church before public wor
ship is closed.
Chewing anything and despoiling the
floor and walls of a church during ser
vice or any other time.
Whispering or laughing in the house
' of God.
Gazing rudely at strangers on the
streets or elsewhere.
Turning your head or body in order
to see who enters the church.
Leaving a stianger without a seat.
A want of respect and reverence for
seuiors.
To neglect the aged under any cir
cumstances .
Correcting older persons than your
self, especially parents.
Receiving presents without an ex
pression of gratitude.
Making yourself the hero of your
own story.
Laughing at the mistakes of others.
Joking others in company.
Commence talking before others have
finished speaking.
Answerong questions that have been
rmf. n nthPT«.
Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table.
Tlie Death of Custer.
Referring to the dastardly attempt of
the Radical press to damn the memory
of Gen. Custer with faint praise, by at
tributing his death to his own reckless
ness, the Louisville Courier-Journal
well says:
We have no heart to indite rhetoric
about Custer. We knew him intima'e
ly, and we were familiar with his mo
tives, pnrposes and feelings. He chaf
ed under departmental injustice, and
was goaded to his death by the miserable
system which Grant and Belknap have
established. There i3 no use mincing
words about it. The man was hounded
like a dog. He was not given a dog's
chance. The President is an necom~
plice to his murder and the immolation
of his command. The Republican
party is responsible for the disaster.
The whole affair was, more or less, a
set-up job, because Custer w'as not a
thief. All this talk about “reckless
courage” is a mere blind to cover up
villainy.
A Uo)’f) Coming Crop.
No oue might have been the wiser if
he hadn’t stubbed his toe on the street
and sat down on tlio curbstone to cry
about it. No one with any heart in
him can pass a grieving boy without
making an attempt to console him.
Little Tom wiped the tears away, scan
ned the nickel placed in his hand, aud a
faint smile crossed his face as ho said:
‘ ‘Thankee, sir, aud, sir, do you know
how long it takes canary seed to grow
into birds'?”
When asked to explain, he said that
he planted five cents worth in the back
yard over a month ago, and he didn t
see why the canary birds didn’t sprout
up if they were ever going to. He had
, faith, and who would have been mean
enough to destroy it?
A Ut-nlleiunii.
When you have found a man, you
have not far to go to find a gentleman.
You can not make a gold ring out of
brass. Yon can not change a Capo
May crystal to a diamond. You can
not make a gentleman till you find a
man. To lie a gentleman it is not suffi
cient to have had a grandfather. To
ho a gentleman does not depend ou the
tailor or the toilet. Blood will degeu-!
erute. Good clothes are not good hab
its. The Prince Leo Boo concluded
that the hog was the only gentleman in
England, as being the only thing that
did not labor. A gentleman is just a
gentle-man; no more, no le3s; a dia
mond polished that was first a diamond
in rough. A gentleman is gentle. A
gentleman is modest, A gentleman, is
^••ulvvViuu. IB B1UVV TO I&KC
offence, as being one who never gives
it. A gentleman is slow to surmise
evil. A gentleman subdues his ap’ie
tites. A-gentleman refines his taste.
A gentleman subdues his feelings. A
gentleman controls his speech. A gen
tleman deems every other butter thun
himself. Sir Philip Sidney was never
so mncli of a gentleman—mirror though
he wasof English knighthood—as when,
upon the field of Zuthyhen, as he lay
iu his own blood, he waived the draught
of cold spring water, that was to quenoh
his mortal thirst, in favor of a dying
soldier. St. Paul descries e gentle-*
man when ho exhorted the PhHlippiau
Christian: “Whatsover tilings are
true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever tilings are just, whatsoever
thiugs are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever tilings arc of good
report, if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think oa these
things.” And Dr. Isaac Barrow, aud
his admirab'e sermon on the callings of
a gentleman, pointedly says: “He
should labor and Study to be a leader
unto virtue and a noble promoter there
of; directing and exciting men thereto,
by his exemplary conversation; encour
aging them by his countenance and au
thority; rewarding the goodness of
meaner people by his bounty and favor;
he should be such a gentleman as Noah,
wLo preached righteonsness by his
words and works, before a profane
world.”
The Sister with the Scissors.
Kev. C. II. Spurgeon, in his new
book says all the stories told of l)r. trill
are somewhat, grim. He could not
come down to the level of men and v.o
Jkl'STrn'Iie attempted to do so
he looked like H i-enles with the dis
taff, or Goliah f'V-adiug a needle.
When he verged upon the humorous,
the jokes were ponderous and over
whelming, burying his adversary as
well as crushing him It is.sc. id that
a garrulous dame once called on him to
find fault with the excessive length of
his white bauds.
“Well, well,” said the Doctor, “what do
you think is the right length? Take
them and make them as long or as short
as you like.”
The lady expressed her delight; she
was sure her dear pastor would grant
her request, and therefore had brought
her scissors with her and would do the
trimming at once. Accordingly, snip,
snip, and the bibs returned
“Now,” said the Doctor, “my good sis
ter, you must do me a good turn also.”
“Yes, that I will Doctor. What can
it be?”
“Well, you have something about you
which is a great deal too long, and I
should like t.o see it shorter.”
“Indeed, dear sir, I will not hesitate,”
said the dame; “what is it? here are the
scissors, use them as you please.”
“Come, then,” said the pastor, “good
sister put out your tongue.”
Printing Offless not Taxable.
UFFICE AUDITOK A UiJAilU AUWb.Ma, ^
Jackson, Miss.. June30,’76. f
L. W. Conerly, Magnolia, Miss:
Dear Sir:—Yours of 25th inst.,
making enquiry as to whether printing
offices are liable to taxation, is received.
In reply, I have to say, that the rule
has long been not to tax printing offices.
If any one should be exempt, I think it
should be the printers, who are usually
the hardest worked anil poorest paid
devils on earth. If, however, you have
a printer in your county who has any
thing to pay on, it might be a whole
some lesson to the fraternity to take it
from him and then get the patrons of
his paper to pay up enough of their
delinquent subscriptions to pay his way
to the Centennial, where, I tako it, he
would be a greater curiosity than the
Egyptian curiosities centuries ago col
lected there. If you can find such an
one, there is “millions” in him, and I
wiil take any amount of stock on invest
ment. Very truly, yours.
W. II. Gibbs, Auditor.
A Fish That Llyes in tint Mud.
Here’s a story of a fish who can live
without water. This accomplished
scaly gentleman is a native of Africa—
where most of the wonders come from
now-a-days—and has the misfortune to
belong to a river which dried up every
summer. Rather a discouraging cir
cumstance to a fish I should say; but
this little fellow doesn’t mind it. When
the water gets very low he coolly bur'
rows nearly two feet in the mud on the
bottom, and there he stays, while the
hot sun dries up the water and bakes
the mud till it is full of deep cracks.
When the water comes back, fills the
cracks, and soaks into the ground, the
mud-fish comes out as lively ns ever.
One of this family has lately gone to
live in an aquarium in England, where
his ways can be studied; and now we
shall know how he gets on in water all
' the year round.
A Mean Advantage.
Tiiere were a seoro or more of women
gathered together at Mr. Johnson’*.
Mr. Johnson is a good-hearted man and
a respectable citizen, though lie is rath
er skeptical about some things. The
women had just organized “The For
eign Benevolent Society’’ when Ur.
•Johnson entered the room. He was at
once appealed to to donate a few doliais
as a foundation to work on, and Mrs.
Graham added:
“It would be so pleasant in after
years for you to remember that you gave
this society its firs (.dollar and its first
kind word.”
He slowly opened his wallet, drew
out a ten-dollar bill, and as the ladies'
smacked their lips and clapped their
tries?”
“Yes — yes — yes — yea!” they all
chorused.
“Aud it wants money?”
“Yes—yes!’’
“Well, low,” said Johnson, as he
folded the bill in a tempting shape,
“there are twenty married women here.
If tiiere are fifteen of you who can
make oatli that yon have combed your
children’s hair this morning, washed
the dishes, blacked the cook stove and
and made the beds, I'll donate this tou
dollars."
“I have,” answered two of the crowd,
aud the rest said:
“Just hear him,” cadi one looking at
the other.
“If ten of you have boys without
holes in the knees of their pants, this
‘X’ goes to the society?” said Johnson.
“Such a man,” they whispered.
"If tiiere are five pairs of stockings
in this room, tli.it don’t need darning,
I il hand over the money!” lie went on.
“Mr. Johnson,” said Mrs. Graham,
with irrent diornitv Utlm ml„. r.c *1.;,
society declare that uo money shall bo
contributed except by members; and as
you are not a member, I beg that yon
will withdraw, aud Jet us proceed with
tho routine of business.”
Escape of ( mn ids,
Sunday night last twelve of the cons
victs employed by Capt. J. a. Hoskins
effected an escape by cutting a hole
through the roof of the building in
which they were confined. Their names
are; Wm. Kelley, white, and Jno.
-Monroe, white, of Bolivar county; Ben
Martin, colored, Panola; E. Hattway,
white, Lowndes; Andrew Jones, colored,
Henry Tayl.or. ,Wfj Xfoo. Sew
man, colored, Hancock; Overton Hai
ris, colored, and John Howard, colored,
Tunica. Jno. Monroe, Henry Taylor,
Robt. Harris, and another prisoner,
whose name has not been learned, have
been captured. Mr. Wm. Mitchell,one
of the guards, but who was off duty at
the time the escape was made, shot
Robt. Harris near town Sunday' night
in attempting to arrest him. He fired
two shots, one of which passed through
Harris’ thigh.—lirook'tven Ledger.
And this is what comes of hiring out
criminals. The foolish economy re
sults in turning a dozen convicts loose
upon society like so many unchained
tigers. The system is a bad one.
Crime should be severely punished,
and made detestably odious, otherwise
it will increase. Escapes have occur
red in like manner with tho above, and
altogether it looks like tampering with
the whole system of law, government,
crime, aud the best interests of society.
Economizing in this way is in wisdom
a fair offset to the unauthorized use of
public money in life annuities. The
press ought boldly to condemn foolish
parsimony and simpering benevolence.
If convicts can't be kept safely in the
custody of such a man as Capt. Jas. A.
Hoskins, they are unsafe outside of the
walls of the Penitentiary—the place to
which the law assigns them.—Port
Gibson Reveille.
Kissing the Bride.
ihe custom of kissing tire bride at a
weddinig is one of antiquity, and while
often among the finer classes it V
fallen into disuse, it is still insisted on
with great vigor. A very amusing sto
ry is told of a Kentucky backwoods
man, who had, after a Ions’ and ardent
courtship of the belle of one of the
Kentucky cities, won her for a bride.
She had for a long time, wavered in
her choice, undecided whether to take
him or a gentleman of wealth nnd posi
tion in the city, but finally chose the
humbler lot in obedience to her heart.
The wedding was celebrated in great
style, and the manly groom was almost
as much admired for liis colossal pro
portions, athletic symmetry, as was the
bride for her exceeding loveliness.
Among the guests was the. unsuccess
ful suitor, who was well aware of the
jealousy with which the groom had re
garded him, but had overcome his cha
grin at his failure, and was sincerely
anxious to congratulate the bride. One
by one the guests offered their good
wishes and their hearty kisses, while
the groom looked on with approval and
delight. At length, among the rest,
came the rejected lover.
The young groom watched him keen
ly, but without the least animosity in
his expression. The unfortunate rival
felt the delicacy of his position, and not
caring to provoke the husband's ire, he
did not proffer the salute which was
customary. As he was giving place to
others, after wishing the new pair well,
the groom grasped bis arm with iron
fingers, and, in a low tone, said:
“She’s my wife, and I propose to see
that she is treated as well as my wife
should be treated. If you don’t kiss
her, I’ll break every bone in your body.”
Rather than quarrel, the gentleman
kissed the not unwillmg bride, and the
groom was satisfied.
gvoaliluu’ni jlMflcv.
AdrertininK B:i1m.
One square, first insertion. $1,00; each
subsequent insertion 76 cents.
One square one year,$16; two squares
ono year, fi'i.
One-fourth column one year *00; onr
baif column one year $100.
One column one yeui $150.
. J.oeal Notices twenty cents n line..
The space occupied by a square is one
inch.
Marriage notices siul deaths, not r k
ceodlng six linos, published freo. All
over sfi lines charged for at regular ad
vertising rates.
Cotton.
We regard tho condition of tho crop
as somewhat more favorable than ono
week ago. Apprehensions of overflow
on lower Red river no longer trouble
planters and generally speaking tho
weather has proved very favorable.
Every week safely passed at this stage
of the season counts toward the certain
ty of a large crop and while wo do not
forget the many contingencies yet to be
encountered, must ostimute according
to the present status.
Wo have taken great pains to ascor -
tain the facts regarding the reports and
complaints of worms which have been
made during tho past week- Outside
of Alabama we are inclined to think
them exaggerated and as having exert
ed undue influence. We 1-■
: points where picking will shortly com
; ineuee and with promise of abundant
I yield. We shall not feel surprised to
see reports of condition for duly by the
various cotton exchanges and agricultu
ral bureau more favorable than many
anticipate, and if so a depressing effi <■ t
on prices.
The active buying movement on the.
part of the English Spinners, (noted in
our last,) continue and the replenish -
t merit of their depleted stocks, has re
; suited in quito a heavy movement.
! The market has been strengthened also
by the recovery of silver to Slid per
ounce, resulting in more favorable rates
for Eastern exchange and a slight ad
vance in goods and yams at Manches
ter. The advance in silver is not re
garded in well-informed quarters as
healthy, and is thought to bo due large
ly to maniplution, aided by the possi
bility of lemjilut.inn in America lvmiij’
ing a largo amount of bullion. Tbf:
fact outlie price receding, (being quot
ed 50il as wo write) would indicate tho
above view to be correct.
Regarding tho immediate future wo
incline to the view that tho elements of
weakness predominate. Tho above
movement of the past two weeks will
very soon, if continued, stock up spin
ners and be succeeded by light sales
and dull market. Silver has fallen off
and condition of crop is likely to prove
more favorable than recent reports
would indicate.
The American position we cun state
as unimproved on authority of frequent
and accurate reports received from tho
manufacturing districts. The Uockeco
mills (a very large concern) have just
shnt down for thirty days.
Liverpool has ruled active and firm
advance of !d., now quoting middling
Orleans G 3-lGd.
New York lias responded rather fee
bly to Liverpool, merely recovering de
cline of 1-10. made last week, and is
now steady at 11 15-lGc. for middling
Orleans. Our market has ruled more
active, with quite a liberal movement
at 5c. advance except for low grades in
which improvement is fully jc. Mid -
dling is now quoted llj.—Farmers'
Vindicator.
How Much Uniter is Made ami Consum
ed Annually.
Tho New York Grocer furnishes tho
following statistics of tho production
and consumption of buttei in the LTnit
ed States:
Statistics were originally compiled
here some two years since, ami first
published by tho Batter and Cheese
Exchange. They place the number of
milch cons in the United States at 13.
030,000 and credit them with a product
of, in round numbers, 1,400,000,000
pound of butter. They were arrived at
first by an estimate made by an old and
and very intelligent butter merchant of
this city, who has given much thought
and careful study to the subject, and
whoso investigations led to the follow
ing calculation: That of our popula
tion 5,000,000 would consume ouo
pound of butter each per week: 10,000,
000 would consume three-quarters of a
pound each; 10,000,000 would consume
one-half a pound each, and 10,000,000
would consume one-quarter of a pound
each, mating a total consumption m
li *10,000,000 by 35,000,000 people.
This, it is calculated, is for table us t
aione, and one-third is added for culi
nary purposes, giving an aggregate con
sumption of nearly 1,400,000,000
pounds, the difference being made up
by the exports.
Uncommunicative Husbands.
“Ruined by his wife’s extravagance"
is the remark made of three-fourths of
our bankrupt men. Doubtless it is
true enough in too many cases, but cer
tainly not all. Some husbands do not
make their financial affairs a topic of
conversation at home, and their better
halves know less of their husbands’ af
fairs than they do of their neighbor’s.
Some weeks since a lady was first in
formed of her husband’s suspension by
reading au announcement in % paper
which she accidentally took up in u
store while waiting to have an order
filled. Whether it was pride or fear
that prompted the secrecy can not bo
stated, but what can be expected from
wives in the way of truo economy if
they are only silent partners in the mat
rimonial eo-partnersliip? Nothing
wounds a tender-hearted, loving wife
so keenly as the knowledge that her
husband does not give her his confi
dence. At all times, under any circum
stances, between a married pair there
should bo perfect confidence as far as
matters appertaining to each other, or
affecting each other's interest are con
cerned.
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A YOCNa man having preached for h's
bishop, was anxious to get a word of
applause for his lalior of love. The
bishop, however, did not introduce tho
subject, and his younger brother was
obliged to bait the hook for him. “I
hope, sir, I did not weary your people
by the length of my sermon to-day?”
“No, sir, not all, nor by the depth ei
ther.”