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EBUJE DDIS l Id ". W c&iim as iargc ja Charter as tlie Wind, to blow on whom ice please." By O. C. Dcaco. PAULDING, MISS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1845. Vol. 1-XTa 16. 3 OD (HIiR A TTo - ' TERMS.' The True Democrat is published every Wednesday, at tubee dollars jer annum. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, viz: One Dollar per square, (ten lines or less) for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each continuance. A liberal discount al lowed () those who advertise by the year. An nouncing county Candidates for any office five dollars others, ten dollars. Jon Work executed with neatness and des patch. H$mLellers on business connected with the office, must be post paid, to ensure attention ANNUNCIATIONS. Gen. Stephen Cocke, of Lowndes county is a candidate for the office of Chancel lor of the State! . John M. Taylor is a candidate for the office of Chancellor of the State. Jefferson 31. Cimy 1)111 is a candi date for the office of Brigadier General of the ViJ Hrigadc 2d Division Mi. Militia. Cornelius M'Laiirniii, of Coving ton, is a candidate for the office of Brigadier Ooueral, 2d Brigade, 2d Division Mi. Ma. at the ensuing election. 3"Wc are authorized to announce A. B. Dawson Esq. of Kemper County, ns a candi dal; for Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, coinpoitd of the counties of Jackson, Green, IJuyne, Ferry, Jones, Jatper. Clark, Lauder dale, Newton, Neshoba and Kemper. JO" Gen. Ji.HN Watts i3 n candidate for theofliceoi Judge ofthe Fourth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Jackson, Green, Wayne,. Berry, Jonej, Jasper, Clark, Lauder dale, Kemper, Neshoba, and New ton. We are authorized to announce tho name of Henry CalhOOll, Esq., as a candidate for the office of District Attorney of tho fourth Judicial District. Wc are authorized to announce Lewis Stovall as a enndidate for District Attorney of the 4th Judicial District of this Slate. We arc authorized to announce Itilfus R. HllO(les,of Jackson county, as a candidate for the office of District Attorney ol the fourth Judicial District. jEj'Wcarc authorized to announce Gi:o ! Wood, Esq. as a candidate for t lie office of District Attorney forthc Fourth Judicial District in this Stale. We are authorised to announce John Steele Esq , of Quitman, as a enndidate for the office of District Attorney, in the 1th Judi cial District, composed of the counties of Kem per, Neshoba, Newton, Lauderdale, Clark, W'uync, Gretno, Perry, and Jackson. We rrp authorised to announce Willinm U. Trotter, Esq. as a candidate for the office of District Attorney, in the fourth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Kemper, Neshoba, Newton, Lauderdale, Clark, Wayne, Jones, Green, Berry and Jackson. X3"We are authorized to announce David F. DozitK, Esq. os a candidate for District Attorney, for tho Fourth Judicial District, com posed of the counties of Jackson, Green, Wayne, Berry, Jonrs, Jasper, Clark, Lauderdale, New tan. Nthuba anuKcmpcr. We are authorised to announce A. (' Mayer. Esq, of Ilaleigh, Miss., as a can didal'; for District Attorney, for the second Ju dicial District, composed of the counties of Co piah, Covington, Hancock, II unison, Ijw rence, Smith, Scott, Marion, Bike, Simpson and Kankin. We arc authorised to announce JniUCS IM'DtlguIil, as a caudidito to represent Jasper county, at the ensuing November elec tioll. We are authorised to announce JnillCS A. Chapman, as a candidate fur re-elec lion to the office of Clerk of the circuit and Brobate courts of Jasper county, at the c nsu inj election. lie are authorised to announce Jnnics C. Moffett, as a candidate for the office of Clerk of the circuit and Brobate courts of Jasper county at trie ensmn j eiccnon. H3irc arc authorized to announce Wt Cm 1-Mward as a candidate, at the Elec tion in November next, for the o.T,ec of Sheriff of Jasper Count;-. 11. F. Ktllcn is a candidate for the office of Brobate JuJje of Jasper county, at ihe ensu ing election. lie are authorized to annonnee the name of John It. I'nger. as a candidate for As sessor of Taxes of Jasper County. Amava Lrih is a candidate fur Coun ty Surveyor at the ensuing tlcction. We arc authorised to announce James Kill as a candidate to represent Neuton co'jnty, at the ensuing November election. We are author if J to announce J. 31 Lopcr as a canJtJato to reprcseru Newton county, at the ensuing NovimbVr election. Isaac II. Gary isaeandhhtefor Sheriff of Ncwtcn county, at the ensuing election. Joshua Tatem is a canJJate for Be f restntative of Newton county. W'ni. I. Tielale ii a csndidate for As-tK-tkor of Taut of Jones county, at the ensuing election. S'amnel K II core is a candidate for As sc$ jfr of Taxes of J ones county at the ensu ing tlccticn. Jof pll Pool is a candid!? for Shcri3 ef Jor.f s county at the enairtg election. William Harri 'I a canlile Lr Cietk of t Circuit tnl BrcVitc Cu.-j of Jones COULty. DavM M'Danlcl i a ttnJ.Lte ter Bi-'i cf Jjvt'ec-.'u'y. "" ' From the Washington Union. , RELATIONS WITH - MEXICO. In regard to the measures to be pursued by the government in occupying Texas, it is a matter of surprise that any great difference of opinion should exist. By the passage of the joint resolutions, Congress has given its assent to the annexation, on certain terms and condi tions. Those terms and conditions have been assented to by Texas. The compact is thus complete. What, then, remains to be done? As regards the act of annexation, nothing. Texas is now to form or at this day, we may say, has formed her constitution, which will be submitted to Congress : and, if approv ed, she will bo admitted as one of the States of the Union. This proceeding, however, ob viously is wholly distinct from the original act of annexation. Texas, by such a measure, be comes vested with certain rights, and parts with others which she now possesses. But her ad mission into the Union as a State can neither enlarge nor impair any rights of property. It merely changes the character of the relations between the parties. It will also become necessary for Congress, by distinct legislation, to create districts, ports ofentry, and to extend the revenue system to their newly acquired territory. Such legisla tion presupposes, and does not confer, rights of sovereignty. The metes and bounds of the various collection districts throughout tho old thirteen States were fixed by act of Congress, and may at any time be changed nt the pleasure of that body. No one, however, ever dreamed that this statute created the Union. The constitution had completed that : the ri?ht of sovereignty, the capacity to enact the law, was already consummate. Hence results what some have supposed to involve an incongruity that while one branch of the government con siders Texas as virtually ours, and despatches troops to occupy it, another department holds tfiat it is not operated upon by our revenue law3. Obviously, there is no shadow of incon gruity in these views. They are both right, ana there is no collision between them. Until I he territory nud sovereignty are ours, there can be no extension of our laws over tliat territory, and no exeu ise of this sovereignty. We must take, possession. We must occupy, we must hold, as preliminary to legislation. hat, then, mvc wc acquired by the annexation of I exas ? We have acquire! all that belonged to Texas. We have acquired the territory, with the same boundaries and rights which she before had. Where those rights are perfected by open and quiet possession, they are clear and bevont! controversy. Where they rest merely in claim, which claim is controverted, they devolve upon us precisely in the same way, and to exactly the Simc CXteni. Ttiw ense is a familial one When wc acquired Louisiana, by cession from France, neither the eastern, western, nor north ern boundary was distinctly settled. To the eastward of the Mississippi wo claimed to the BerJido comprehending a large extent of ter- ritory then possessed, and which continued to be occupied by Spnin. To the southwest, wo claimed to the Bio Bravo; and this claim con tinued until settled by li e treaty of 1819. To the north, the limits have been partially adjusted by arrangement with England; while, to the westward of the llocky Mountains, this very question of boundary remains open with Eng land. In each and every of these casrs, it was sup posed that the right of the Executive to take possession was tiunue.ionabln. Oregon has bem occupied, nud is now in tlfr progress of rapid settlement, while the titie is yit in contro Versy. 1 lie most analogous case, however, in our history, is that of the disputed territory lying between the llnrvuio and the l't.rdido. II American government claimed this territory, as a constituent part of Louisiana, to which it derived title under the treaty of cc&sion from France of April 30, 1803 The assertion of right on the part of the United StaU s was never promulgated to the public until 1810. Spain remained in the undisturbed occupancy ol the territory. Her monarch exercised his ordinary powers over it his law s and ordinances gov erned it; his courts administered justice through out it his troons garrisoned it. No possession w as surrendered by Spain to France, or by France to the Unite J States. On ihe 27th Oc tober, 1810, however, BretiJetit Madison issued his proclamation. Baiting the grounds of claim, it asserts that "a crisis has at length ar rived, whereby a failure of the United Slates to tale posseion may lead to events ultimately contravening the views of both nations : whilst. in the mnti time, the tranquility and security of our ajjoining icrnioritj are endangered, ana new facilitus givento violators of our revenue and commercial laws," ic. Under these cir cumstances, the BrtfiiKnt "deemed it right and expedient that possession should be taken of the territory ia the name and be half of the United States.' Governor Claiborne was directed to tke possessieD, and to exercise over it the au thnntrof goreruor; the inhabitants were invit eJ and e joined to my doe resrct to him in that character, and to be obedient to the latra In the instructions given to that officer, ha was directed to cause copiff of the Brrsilcnt'j proclamation to be distributed throochout the territory, in the English, Frccb.nd Spanish languages; to arranre with the different com- rrwindcrs cf troops in the vicinity, to ast jrr.e pos- fsiion, to organize the roiliiit, rrwerit the bouo li of paruhea, asl estnUia court. In taw of opposition, the commander of the UounJ Stt-1 troops m to furnish the nrr rs.-jrv aid. "fcbould. towevtr, er,y particular rdace, howe ver sinaii, remain in pow-w:ca cf a Snanuh forrf, rod w,'.l eot r-rocfd to emnlcr force a-itw it, tut rr.iLe imrtc J.i'.e report thereof U this d'pa rtmcot Oor r;rltlo the wro'e ef Texas h tore'v elr tod ircc-fttHTi.b; st to the territory n in cor.'rorfnv It wis notorious! fccU adver'y Moot eUin Iv f pt'ii, wbo anerui r tight tan. Mr. .V 1.13 ccnf-sredthatce serrrcrrH Ir tie erni;?ti and ii- tborized by the law of nations, as the Executive of the nation to take possession, and to employ force to execute this duty; and he carried out his design, despite the formal protest of the British Minister, who interposed on behalf of Spain, whoso sovereignty was thus invaded. AMERICAN US. For the True Democrat. ! Those who have been bitten by a snake, or who have seen children or any of their family bitten, can better imagine than describe their feelings when the alarm is given that some one is snake bitten. The other day, while the children of my school were at play, they sud denly gave the alarm, that a little girl was bit ten by a snake. I asked them if they had til ed the snake 1 and they answered that they had. I examined it, and found itto be a rattle-snake, of the small kind. It had bitten her under the ankle bone, on the outside of the foot In a short time her foot began to swell rapidly. I recollected seeing a remedy in the True Dem ocrat, for the bite of a snake by making a plaster of indigo, wet with spirits of camphor and camphorated spirits. I resolved to make a trial of this new remedy, and I procured a plas ter of indigo as soon as possible, and applied it to the wound ; but, before I could apply the re" mcdy, the swelling had extended round the heel, and nearly to the toes, and it was with dif ficulty that she could walki I gave her a tolera ble portion of whiskey toddy to drink, and kept her foot wet with camphorated spirits. In one hour I saw the swelling was checked, and the wound, that had been of a purple caste, looked very white, and the swelling appeared to be abating as far as the plaster covered it. I then applied a larger plaster, kept her foot wet with camphor, and continued giving her plenty of the whiskey toddy. She was bitten on Friday about one o clock in the evening. On Sunday she was nearly well, and on Tuesday, she came bacic to school entirely well. I am of opinion that if the indisjb had been instantly ap plind, it would not have hurt her more than the sting of a bee. Will the Eastern Clarion, and East Missis sippian. be so kind as to give the above an in sertion ? MABMADUKE GARDNER IIoRBiniF Mas.saccf. at ALr.irns The last acouiint from Algiers bring intelligence of one of the most atrocious and diabolical cases of masiacro that ever occured in the his tory of any ago or nation. It is thus recorded in the Reforme, n Barisinn paper: On the 18tb of June, the expedition arrived before the grotlo of the Dahara, in which the Arabs had taken refuge. Tw o of these hillocks (mametous) are united by a very deep ravine. This wall is called tho Camera. It forms one oflho largest grottos of the Dahara, and since the tinio of the Turks tho Arab tribes have here found a refuge against tyranny. The Cantcra on one side has two entrances, placed the one above the other. On the side, there are only two very narrow fissures.- Col. Belissier drew upliiscolurnu in front of tho large open ings. A hot fire wa raised from the opening, which was answered by a fusi!adc from the troops that was less efli ctive than it would other wise have be(n from the darkness of the place. uiiring irns time the troops were busy gather ing bundles of wood, and heaping up stubble and other rubbish. Colonel Belissier intended nothing less than to smoke nnd burn the thou sands of Arabs whom lie supposed to be block ed up in these subterranean caverns. The busi- J rr 1 . . nets commenceu. 1 ne comoustibles were throw n into the lavine. Fire was put to them, and the fire waskept up till evenin?. This oc curred on the ISth of June. On the morning' oRhe 18th, the Arabs ventured to come out of the cavern. They came to hear the propositions of the Colonel. They were made to pass through the camp, where thy could see (he immense hears prepared for their destruction. the lighted torches, &c. They returned to their caverns, there to perish with their wives, their children, and their property. The conditions made by Colonel Belissier were so severe that they could not listen to them. Then the fire commenced. It lasted the whole day from two tat . . 0 clock- ana was continued throughout the night The soldiers were krpt to this detesta ble work by gangs, and it was, I assure you, a frightful duty for tbem amidst the heart rending cries and sounds which arose from the interior. For a longtime the fire rose in a double column at the two entrances to the cavern, but on the 20th there only remained a mass cf half burnt and smouldering charcoal, and al! sounds from the interior ha J erased. It was decided that the cavern should be en tered. A thousand rcrsons wcr accumulated in this horrible dungeon, from rhicb there was no iue. At the bottom d-ad bolies were found atindin the faces of the victim! being pressed against the fissures of the roei, in the fruitless hope of grtiinga mouUifal ofair to breathe. About verity persor.s. who were still living. cipired as o?n as ther were brought into the opn air. Others died from Wing crushed by Eieccs of rock, whkh. was drucbed by the at A rreat number were found with aula igas unon their boiiea. Some Lai a great number of wounds, ind it was end nuhat ia the cmirse of that dreJruI n'gb', soi ia the mii cf the h-jrnble darkness, a terrible strag gle bJ ceeurrd, c4 witch thr-ne were the marls Affair, ear!y Cy) byl.i hi beta Utn o-rt ef 'esvem, and ther are many more yet in it, wbkb w have t-eea unable o reach. Eight Loaded rnn, women arxfthili rn hire perish J. Tht whcle of tie Pwahs ia ti'T-iVcl In the Chamber of Beers, on the 1 1th Snst., the prince ofMoskowa referred to this dreadful event, which he said was happily without ex-, ample in the military history of the Kingdom, being a premeditated murder of conquered and defenceless prisoners, and called upon the Min ister of War to say what the government would do if the statement were true, or to deny it if false Marshal Soult did not deny the truth of the published accounts, but those he had re ceived were so contradictory, that he had thought it his duty to demand further informa tion on the subect Ho added that the govern ment highly disapproved of what had been done, and that he had written to that effect to to Marshal Buegead. The Count deMunta lebert thought the word " disapproved" a very weak expression in the circumstances. lie would rather say with "horror." Marshall Soult then added, that if the expression was not sufficiently strong, he had no hesitation in add ing that he deplored the event. The conversa tion then dropped, but the impression made up on the Chamber was a very painful one. We invite a careful perusal of the article on the Lost Commission from the Mississippian. Let the pubUe consider on even the facts there set forthvfiiat Mr. Walker misapprehended the intentions of Gov. Drown, and therefore acted without his authority in suppressing the commission that he did not announce his ac tion to Gov. Brown, as would certainly have been the proper course if he was acting under any doubt that he has maintained a stubborn silence on so important a matter as the appoint ment of a United States Senator for nearly four months and now withholds any publication of the correspondence which has taken place in relation to it Let the public we say weigh even these fads, and then say if they can acquit Mr. Walker of suspicion. We have all along declared that the publica tion of the letters is the only thing that will quiet this matter. Why are they withheld? -Can honesty and truth fear the light? Let us have the correspondence the whole corres pondence in relation to Mr. Walker's resigna tion Mr. Thompson's appointment, and the suppression of his commission. This is a busi ness of the public. No man has a right to keep it secret. If these letters acquit Mr. Walker of guilt or supicion, no man shall be more eager to do him reparation than wc will be. But there is no excuse for withholding them, and , there can be no explanation except that they will condemn him. We shall never lay down our arms in this busi ness until these letters are given to the public. Let the wholepublic unite in a demand for their publication. Vicksburg Sentinel. object with every farmer, should be the accu mulation of manure, from one year's end to an other, day in and day out, and from every possi ble resource. Not a single pound of feathers, or of hair of horn or of hoof, not a singlo pint of ashes, or of soap-suds, not a weed, if it were possible to prevent it, should be lost all should be converted into manure. Of one thing every tanner is certain that cultiation exhausts his land something of course must be dene to restore that of which it is exhausted. How long will a horse work if he gets no feed? How long will the best cow give milk if she gets no thing to eat? Neither can a farm be worked and milked without being fed. Instead of looking only to the stable or the cowpen, or barnyard for manure, and manac ing them carelessly and unskilifully, the think ing farmer will reflect, that there is nothing w hich will rot, but what may be converted into good fattening food for his farm. If a hoisedies on the farm, let him be covered with cart loads of earth, and the very gases that escape in the course of putrefaction, will impregnate and make good manure of the whole mass. Let nothing be lost not even the offal of the poul try or the pigeon house. utrmanlown Tel, From the Mississippian. Gov. A. "i. Brown: Sir: la your reply to the inquiries of . if 11 fit 4 ourcsieenieu iuiiuw tuieiisui 11. cpruigs, in last week s "Mississippian, one passage leaves you open to misconstruction from those who know not, as we do, your senti ments as a man on the pernicious effects of tho present penitentiary system; and peo ple unacquainted with your honest consti tutional endeavors to abate Ihis great and crowinar moral nuisance, will naturally m ... . , .1 f. nr r . 1 . ' tnier mat "as me nscai aiiairs 01 ine insti tution are at present flourishing1, "the greatest good to the greatest number" is advanced in its contiuuancc, aud that you are in favor of the present system oflabor rather than burthen tuo state treasury by anv change. Now, apart from the discussion at pro- sent, of profit and loss, (since 1 with abler mcjj have already proven that our propos ed change will not only brin money tnto the treasury, but keep it in the state,) I was ncrt a little surprised to meet that great moral watchword of the patriots of every laud and ae, ("the greatest good to the greatest numbcr,r) in the suspicious asso ciations of a penitentiary, and my surprise deepened into wonder, how a man of rood feeling and acknowledged taste, an astute lawyer and experienced legislator, coa!d mistake erpdicncy for principle, placa the mere dollars and cents of the treasury in competition with the comfort and se!f rtspectol the most useful, intelligent and descmrtzefour city population, and call it erea-acded justice. As well cn'ght a body of working mea out cf employ, ty hiscmnz wrong, waylay an oicerolihe goveratnent, and when dividing his salary cornfort him with the assurance that 'iha greatest good to the greatest nurutr" w as cltaiicd by this o'd f--!r.?r.?'l jy'.cm of finance, as for a majority of the people, re gardless of the inberent rigbtsof the mi- norty lo crpsh them in their means of liv ing, and more in their moral standing as men, by a system which while; ft., tends to their degradation as a class exacts from them their proportion of the means pj their injury. - .... Much capital bas been made among our equally useful brethren, who culttyate the soil from the false statements of the high rates of our mechanical labor, made by the little souls within convenient -distance of the penitentiary to obtain articles made there at the dead loss of our fellow-citizens in other parts of the state. They know well that mechanical labor is no where cheaper than it is here, considering ouri having to compete with an institution. free, of the taxation and heavy cost of a city, where nearly all the active duties as citizen soldiers, firemen, and the charities of other benevolent associations are attended to by. the working mechanic, and that with the profits of the professions they are poorly, compensated for, greater application, more acquired skill and a heavier outlay in time' and money while learning their trades,' than nine-tenths of what are called profes sional men expend in acquiring thers. " As democrats we will not remind demo-' crats of their openly avowed and of repeat ed declarations- ol abiding affection for "tho hard handed mechanic" "the bone' and sinew of the land." Nor as whigs do we press on whigs their doctrines of 'homo protection. We simply want justice, fair field anil no favor. Many of us have evinced our sense of justice by opposing undue protection for our labor which for a short time, at least, would have filled our pockets at the expense of the planter,, and' they will reciprocate, I feel assured, ora the noble and disinterested position assum-'' ed by our brethren in distant parts of the state, who, uninjnred themselves, directly in the mere matter of dollars and cents view it in its moral phrase as a great ques tion of principle, and few months will elapse ere the thinking people of this stato' will veto this crying wrong impolitic as it is unjust. . : ' ' Knowing no narty distinction in this mo ral contest, still as an old fashioned demo crat, I will be mortified were the whigs as they bid fair to do, outstrip my political friends in this generous contest ofprinci nle. or that their men of talent who will do battle in our cause may. strip yonr brow of a laurel acquired in your advocacy of equal right and even handed justice; re consider then your ill suited application of the "greatest good to the greatest number," and rest assured tho imutable principles o right, which control republican institu tions, will eventually "bear you out in a community well able to judge, appreciate and reward men's motives. Should any expression in this comma nation appear presumptuous or unkind, impute it to the head not the heart of tho writer, who is in truth "a hard handed me chanic;" who consults the mailer rather than the manner o advising with one he respects on a subject of the most vital inn portancp to the people he governs, and has for the last four years through the col umns of this paper and otherwise discus sed it in all its bearings, and when the coming legislature make the necessary in quiries, stand ready to give the statistical and other information lb r the establishment of manufactures of bale rope, bagein? and other coarse cotton goods, as at first propose .a nit' aa ca in tne -Aiississipnian," oy mull KICIIAIvD. dr. g Win, againT" This gentleman, who is making himself somewhat notorious by hiscunningschem ing to attain political advancement, repu diates, we uuderstand, the charge that heis on an electioneering trip through this por tion of the State. He requested Col. Boone ofTishemingo County to announce from the stump that he opposed the system of electioneering with the people for the office of U. S. Senator. This wax an Eastnort, about 200 miles from bts residence, and twenty or thirty out of his road to the Sul phur Springs, to visit which was his pre tended business. If the Doctor wishes hi$ tr ord to be believed he must make his con duct comport with it However, supposing n disavowal of all designs upon the pcoplt to be true,' he is open, to a more serious charge, tint ot courting the support of candidates to ilia Legislature, to . see wnom, rie nacs from Elace to place with the pertinacity of a utch pedler, and importunes them r their support with like audacity. J it p. AdPtrtistr. The poor are as much interested in main- laimng good order and tho ribfi otpros- renty, as are me most cpuient. Tccy ave a direct interest, not only in the r re servation of what they theaiseJres'povcss, but a!so in the preservation cf what is pes- frsd by 'ethers. Notwithstanding the fatal effects of the misery to which tVy era necessarily furrect-d, thg r vil trfVo-TCrs of a baiejucatbnid-r h: t tfl!.tar.k injustice an! overpovrinrg cj-proii-m ef cr.j-titUvs, LIch lhy Li J ro hsiI ta raakicj 4he art fewer crimes ctrsrrt tcd by poorer c! asses, in r rep-:!; en f j e:r Dttar5. 'nn by any other.