The Southern journal., November 15, 1845, Image 2

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‘Very good, Joseph—but how do they
fit their customers?1
“Oh, I see. In connection with the ma
chinery they have an index hand, like that
of n clock, they take a man’s measure and
set the index to the right figure and the
coat conies out just the thing ”
“Capital! there can be no mistake in
’ cutting.”
“This, yen observe, ladies and gentle
men, is merely an improvement on the sys
tem of Mr. Allen Ward. The work is done
wiili mathematical accuracy,” said Dr.
Squiggs.”
“Every time a coat comc3 out of the
machine,” said Joseph, “a little deli
cate iron hand pokes the bill at the
customer.”
“Oh ho! very good,” observed Squiggs,
“short accounts and cash business. Great
improvement that, truly ”
Several of the trade being present—
testified their approbation with loud ap
plaudils.
“Can’t We have a glimpse of a court
v « a««
ruviUf juacpu x
“Certainly.”
“There goes a black Maria on an im
proved locomotive principle. Carries lots
of passengers—sixteen, besides the con
stables.”
“Great saving of time and labor, remark
ed the Dr. parenthetically.”
“They are put down—and go intc
the court—I’ll follow them. What h
funny affair, that’s what they call a steam
jury.”
“Steam jury--some mistake, Joseph.”
“No sir. I asked one of the constables
Each prisoner is put into a kind of a hop.
per and slips down into a groove—then
there's a contrivance that lays hold of his
head—the phrenological bumps and the
machinery acting upon each other recipro
cally, cause the body of the prisoner to
take either a right or a left hand passage,
according to his good or bad moral qualities
designated by the bumps on his cranium.
If he is a bad fellow he comes out at the
bottom of the machine at a left hand door
marked not guilty. That's what they call a
steam jury.”
“And a very admirable contrivance it
is,” said Dr. Squiggs.
‘•No possibility of bribing or corrupting
that jury, eh? no sneaking into court with
a request to be discharged, because they
can’t be unanimous.”
Here the applause was general, all agree
ing that steam juries were the grand desi
deratum in our system of jurisprudence:
and Dr. Squiggs begged leave to close the
exhibition, remarking that the fatigue inci
dent to travelling 150 miles into futurity
was so oppressive to the subject, that the
sooner he was pul to bed the better; “for
the Mesmeric sleep,” remarked the Doctor,
“tires one more than a hard day’s work in
the field, and ii’s a very laborious way to
a living, I assure you.”
“1 hope, continued Dr. Squiggs, that
* every body here is satisfied that there is
no possibility of deceplion or collusion in
this—and if any man is base enough to snv
that he hasn’t got the worth of his quarter,
let him step forward and I’ll return him his
money.”
There was no such unreasonable person
present. All, on the contrary, were en
raptured with the result of this wonderful
experiment and the assembly broke up in
the unanimous opinion that Dr. Squiggs
was the most extraordinary man of the
age.
Very Late from Texas.
The steamship New York,Capt. Phillips,
arrived last evening from Galveston,bring
ing us papers from that city of Saturday,
the 1st inst.
The Civilian says that the 800 dragoons
to be stationed at Austin, under Major
Fauntleroy, have doubtless reached their
destination. They crossed the Brassos on
the 3d ult.
The returns are not yet all in of the vote
upen the adoption of the Constitution of
Texas, but there has been no serious op
position heard of from any quarter. In
Lagrange precinct the vote upon Annexa
tion was 251 in favor of it, and only two
against it
Generals Rusk, Lamar and Houston are
the most prominent candidatas named to
represent the new State in the Senate of
the U. States.
The Civilian announces that M. Saligny
will positively revisit Texas previously to
returning to Europe.
Not a word by this arrival do we have
from the troops at Corpus Chrisii, to indi
cate any change in the healih of the sol
diers, or their habits of activity. There is
not even sufficient prospect of a fight foi
them to talk about. Business continues
animated, Mexican treddrs arriving and
departing freely.
The Galveston News pays that Major
Hays and Capt. McCullough, with their
companies well mounted, are now on an
expedition to the Rio Grand
The Lagrange (Fayette county) Teleg
raph mentions that during the night of the
12th ult. the town orGonz'iles was visited
by a pa: ty of horse thieves, aud 20 of the
finest horses in the place were stolen. It
is not known whether the party were In
dians. Mexicans or white men; but the
former bear the burden of suspicion.—Pic
ayune.
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rhmn Ifettmf.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1645.
The returns of the elections in the dif
ferent counties as far as we have heard
show that the democrats are making a
clean sween of the whole State. From the
returns we have seen we can safely put
dowu the democratic majority in Missis*
sippi this fall at seven thousand votes.—
We sh ill in our next week's paper publish
a table showing the votes of the different
countes in the State,
We present to our readers an extract
from the Natchez Free Trader, giving
some idea of the enthusiasm excited by
the possibility of a continuation of the
Charleston Rail Road through this county
to the Mississippi, thence on through New
Leon and other intendencies to the Pacific
Ocean.
By the way we aic informed that from
actual and scientific explorations made
by Mr. C. G. Forshey, the route from
Montgomery to Natchez would lie ihrough
this couniy. Would it not be funny if in
a couple of years, yve should see persons
in our (own paying their fare to Durango^
to Sinaloa, to California.
Although we do not feel very much en«
thusiasm in Rail Road projects, generally,
yet we would he pleased to hear the shrill
screams of the locomotives, the rattling,
the hustle, and the (hr-ilities fur aptimn
here, and getting away which this road
would furnish. So wo say Monticellu creel
too, if you bring your rail road through
Mentieello we are ready to treat all bauds
and the Cook, and take a few shares of
slock—on a credit of course.
Our South.
CHARLESTON AND NATCHEZ.
The fact being ascertained that Memphis
is not the most elegible point for the ter
mination of the Charleston Rail Road
which is intended to connect the Atlantic
with the Mississippi—and the new induce
ments offered by the annexation of Texas
for an extension of the road west of the
Mississippi—it behooves the citizens of
Natchez to make known the advantages
possessed by their city for the point of in
tersection of the road with the Missis-*
sippi.
She possesses all the advantages of alj
other points, and no. single disadvantage,
which militates against their claims for pre
ference—slightly south of Charleston,some
two degrees; immediately in the centre
of the cotton region—the most healthful
lo.-ality in the south or west—at a point
from which communication cun b.e had at
all seasons with the mouth of the Missis
sippi and all the Western States—situated,
loo, upon that portion of the Valley of the
Mississippi, which being narrowed by 'lip
approach of the Natchez Bluffs and Ouachi.
ta Hills to a distance of some twenty-eight
miles direct—by a route that can be ren
dered passable at all seasons at slight cost.
Crossing the Mississippi then at this point,
striking the Ouachita Hills via Trinity or
Harrisonburg—thence west via Alexan
dria or Natchitoches—the trade of the
Volley of the Red River would be con
trolled—for the fact is now proven that
natural channels of trade may be most suc
cessfully competed with by artificial means,
canals, rail roads,
West, thence, from either point on the
western frontier of Louisiana that might
be determined on, the Texas border would
be struck midway upon the broadside, bound
ed by our state on the east:—from this
point Texas in all her various departments,
her every county might be controlled, while
as “the area of freedom is extended” over
the rich provinces of Chihuahua, Tamauli
pas, Coahuila, Ncuva Leon, Durango, So
uora and Sinaloa, nn eve could be had to
the Union of the Atlantic with the Pacific,
by a route runsing every foot through re«
gions of faWertilily, soon to be thoroughl;
cultivated and densely populated—a routi
which would render unnecessary the.canu
across the Isthmus of Darien.
Going hack, however, and examinin’
same fealuresof another portion of the route
w* find
■ The road is new almost completed t<
Montgomery, Ala.—the distance direct, ti
which point, from Charleston, is about 40(
mile*—from thence to Natchez direct, i
about 300 miles—running through thi
wealthy and populous counties of Montgo
mery, Dallas, Marengo, Sumter, Washing
ton, and others of Alabama, containing at
aggregate population of over.one hundret
thousand souls—and as much productivt
wealth as any territory of similar extent ii
the Union. Crossing the line, the rotih
wnillrl ontnn ihn _: _: * it. .
county of Wayne, thence west through th<
counties of Jones, Covington, Lawrence
Franklin anil Adams to Natchez: an in
teresting region of country, remarkable
for health and destined to he densely, -opo
laied by apasloial anil agricultural popula
tion, at no distant day, and with the conn
ties which would be directly benefited bj
the Rail Road, containing a population o
90,000.
Thence crossing the lowlands of Louisia
na at the most favorable point practicabl
throughout the entire Valley of the Missis
sippi—its course would progress through
the rich portions of Concordia, Catahoula
Rapides, Natchitoches, and operate directly
upon the nourishing and wealthy Parishes
oi Caldwell nnif Ouachita—containing ir
all a population of about GO.OOO souls.—
the route through Texas would control the
travel and trade of iis northern, westerr
and all its central counties, containing h
population of 80,000 souls. Then ifilesir
able to go farther and Consummate theg/o
rious scheme of uniting, annexing?—the
Atlantic and Pacific, the route would pass
through the following intendencies, so as
to control almost their entire trade—Names
and population—
New Leon, 155,000
Tamaulipas, 175,000
Durango, 54,800
Goahuiln. 130.000
Sonora and Sinaloa, 125,000
Add to them population of
Ihe Alabama counties and of
Montgomery, 100,072
Mississippi counti s, 90,141
T • i „ ~ __
ii'iuioiuuu i ir-iic.il, UU,-.UU
Counties of S. Carolina, 162,532
Total, 1,313,515
Say'one million and fifty thousand inha
bitants, in a region whose fertility is sueli
that the population may he increased ten
fold, and yet find in the wealth of the soil
rich and full subsistence.
Go on in the work—Push it to consum ■
mation, and let no slight obstacle deter, no
pigmy doubt keep back the small aid asked
of you in behalf of an enterprise that en
rols those who complete it, among the Titans
of the latter age.
NATCHEZ ERECT!
To our friends in Natchez we would re
mark ahat the meeting of your citizens
called for this day, is one of the most im
portant ever held within the limits of your
city—her future weal, her prosperity, de
pend upon its results, and it may be that to
your action this day, in years to come, may
be attributed the high stand of the noble
and beautiful “ ily of the Bluffs” or her
dow n fa 11—her dilapidation—destruction—
Nothing on earth, save the accomplishment
of the object aimed at by your meeting can
prevent her from being sucked in by the
huge whirl of the Maelstrom—the genius of
the commerce of N. Orleans.
Admit no doubts—act, and act promptly
in this matter; effectually, and your end is
success.
There is time for but ono course of ac
tion, that is the Go ahead course; there is
no time for discussion, and no need for it;
you are not called on for means to build
the road—but rightly, truly and well to re
present the superior advantages of location
possessed by your city as position for ter
minus of the road.
The Rail JRoad spirit is awakening the
whole South to schemes of glorious enter
prize—and while the steam is up and has c
head on, Natchez should seize advantage
of it and march onward in the line of glo
rious success—golden prosperity. —Concor
dia Intelligencer,
Democrats.
Who resented the insult offered to thi
nation by the impressment of Americai
Seamen, prior to the war of 1812? Thi
democrats. Who repelled the aggression
committed by a proud and insolent foe.?—
The democrats. After every means ti
obtain satisfaction had been resoited ti
r and failed, who procured the declaration
i of war for the purpose of vindicating the
I rights of man and maintaining the national
honor? The democrats. Who voted sup
\ plies and raised the forces requisite to a
: successful prosecution of die second warol
independence? The democrats. Who
i fought our battles and led our armies to
• victory and glory? The democrats—
1 When France had violated her plighted
• faith by refusing to fulfill the stipulations
'■ of a solemn treaty, after a delay to do us
1 justice of more than a quarteerofa centu
• ry, who threw themselves in the breach
i between the rights, honor and dignity of
I the nation, and insult, degradation and in
' famy ? The democrats. In no emergen
i cy have they failed promptly to perform
their duty ns citizens and patriots. In the
most critical junctures which the history of
the nation records, they have been found
i fosemost to repel any insult offered to na
1 Jional dignity; to turnback the tide of
1 war upon the invaders; to exhaust treas
ures, to pour out their blood, for the pre
servation of our rights and independence;
and while they have, on all occasions, c
vinced a readiness to defend the rights and
interests of the country, at the peril of life
and properly, is there not * corresponding
obligation on the part of the country to
support them?
Incontrovertible Truth.
That emirent statesman of Virginia—
second to none in our estimation but
Thomas Jefferson,—we mean John Tay
lor, of Caroline—has marked with great
power and justice, that in ancient times
| by the aid of allying oracle, (bought up for
the purpose) Lycurgus succeeded in rob
bing the people of their share in the gov
ernment,'and placing political power in the
hands ofafow. This privileged minority
were exempt from all labor and all tuxes
and were supported in idleness by the toil
of the many. So at the present day—the
banks buy up our newspaper presses, and
convert them into ‘lying oracles’ to gull
and cheat tlie people out of their rights.—
All the difference, he continues, between
the aristocracy of Sparta and that of the
the United States consists in this; the
former acquired exclusive privileges from
the Helots, by the goad and the lash; the
latter obtain wealth and luxury, without
labor, by the means of paper money. Both
“commenced in fraud, flourished a tyrant,
and will die a traitor.” Strange that we
should declaim against an aristocracy of
stars, garters, and ribbons, when wo have
one in our own land inconceivably more
oppressive and heartless; one “whose iron
firms embrace a wuoie nation; whose ears
hear every sound, whose eyes see all ob
jects, and whose hand reach every purse
and every throat.” The Aristocracy of
England is a mere apparation, a phantom,
a shadow compared with the one now at
tempted to be engrafted upon this growing
republic. Whenever, says Mr. Taylor,
the ancient Aristocracy of superstition
was attacked, tl>e priests would exclaim,
horrible sacrilege! the gods! the sacred
temples! divine wrath;so with the Aristo
cracy of paper money; they defend them
selves on all occasions by exclaiming,
vested rights! sacred contracts! division
of property! agrarianism/ disorganizes!—
In former Aristocracies, he says, a thirst
for blond was cherished, now it is thelus'
of power and avarice. ■ The feudal system
—the anceient Aristocracy of priestcrait
and conquest, were overthrown; upon
their ruins one was founded on patronage
and paper money; the tool of a king; with*
out rank, honor or title; having neither
valor, wisdom nor virtue regardless of jus
tice; governed only by callous, unfeeling
selfishness; its power subtle as the mala
ria that pollutes the air we breathe, it
could and can, carry immediate poverty
and desolation at its sovereign will, into
the halls of affluence, reducing its inmates
to beggary, and the people to bondage.—
This noxious plant has been brought to
our shores—its owners have attempted to
engraft it upon our Liberty tree, to blight
its wide spreading branches, and wither
its opening leaves- It is for the people to
say whether or not the dark deed of infa
my shall be successfully consummated.—
U. S. Journal.
Another Humbug.
The New York True Sun states
that a fresh plate-digger, translator,
and prophet, has arisen in the
west. Whether he is of the Smith
family the accounts say not, but
certainly he is of the Joe Smith genus
. only “a little more so.” The case is
, this: a lot of brass plates, bearing
matks of antiquity have recently beer;
> brought tolight in Burlington, Wiscon
> (in. It appear that a certain man whe
had for some lime past believed himr
self inspired, had it revealed to him,
that by digging under a certain tree
he would find a vessel containing
plates vt ilh insciiptions relating to the
aborigines of the country. He
accordingly selected three of his
neighbors to dig in the appointed
place, who, as (hey affirm, after care
fully examining the ground, to be sure
that it had not been disturbed, dug to
the depth of seVeral feet, and found at
last the said vessel, which, after being
exposed to the air, crumbled to pieces,
exposing three plates of brass covered
with characters, of the meaning ol
which they were entirely ignorant,
hut which the prophet has since trans
lated. the language from the transla
tion purports to be that ofa King or
Chief describing the destruction of his
whole people and the places where
Ihey perished. Several persons have
been to see the prophet, and many of
them after seeing the plates believe
them genuine. Whether this will
resolve itself into Mormonism, or be
come the basis of a new seel, is a
matter of speculation. In either cose
it will find adherents. The world is
full of d upes, and as it purports to be
the work of divine revelation and is
oacKta oy the tpstamony of ihree
honest men,jt stands a good chance
of being successful.
Paris Co responder.ee t>f the Philadelphia
Saturday Courier.
Congress of Masons.
The inauguration of the statue ol
Erwin, master of the Strasbourg lodge
of Freemasons in 1015, and architect
of its beautiful gothic cathedral, took
place at Steinback, his native town,
on the 31st ult. Lodges from all the
j adjacent cities were present, «ith their
banners and jewels, tilling the grand
hall of tlie Hotel deVille, which the
magistrate had placed attheirdi-posi
tion. The meeting was opened w ith
due form on the master’s degree, after
which it was resolved to establish a
• iasonic Congress of delegates, from
the lodges of France, Germany and
Switzerland to meet annually in one
of the different countries and 'he
preliminary steps were agreed upon.
I he procession was then formed,
and on its arrival at the statue, where
a long concourse of people were
assembled, apppropriate discourses
| " ere pronounced. The covering was
| then removed from the statue, and the
work examined and tested by the
oldest master mason present, M. Beck,
President of the Baden Chamber o(
Deputies. It is of stone from the same
quarry as that of Strasbourg is built,
and is spoken of as a tine work of art.
A dinner closed the ceremonies of the
day, at which a letter was read from
the Grand Master of Prussia, Prince
Frederick, heir to the throne, recom
mending the lodges to abstain from
participation in the present religious
controversies.
I ho belief is daily becoming stronger
that there is a difference ofopinion be; ween
Mr. Buchanan and the President upon two
questions, the Tariff and Oregon. On the
latter, which comes especially within tire
scope oflhe Secretary’s duiies, it is report
ed that Mr. Buchanan is willing to accede
to the offer made by Great Britain to sub
mit the subject to the arbitration of two
friendly powers. The President-is said to
be unwilling to accede to this.—A. O.Pii.
Important rumor.—Under this head
theN. Y. Journal of Commerce mentions,
that it is rumored Mr. Packenham, the
British Minister at Washington, finding
there is little hope of adjusting the Oregon
question either by compromise or arbitra
tion, has proposed to leave the whole terri
tory in its present condition for 20 years,
under the joint protection of England and
the United States, and with the stipulation
that, at the end of said period, its then in
habitants may attach themselves to either
country, or erect themselves into an inde
pendent sovereignty,as they may prefer.
—N. O. Pic.
“1 can’t” has ruined many a man,
has been the tomb of bright expecta
tion and ardent hope. Let4‘l will try”
be your motto in whatever you under
take, and if you press onward you will
steadily and surely accomplish your
object, and come off victorious. Try —
keep trying—and you are made for this
world.
4
“Have you got a ticket, air?” asked Ihe
door-keeper at the National the other even
ing, of a gentleman who was entering the ;
boxes. :_■: ■;
“7 ickct ?—no, I belong to the press, was
the reply.”
“ What press, sir?”
“The Orleans Cot/on Press,” answered
the wag.
“Ah, very well; walk in, sir,” said the
door-keeper, too much tickled with the the
cool impudence of the joke to demand the m
money.—Pic. P
A down east chap, walking with a
lady, accidently slue,tiled and fell.
The lady, thinking to commiserate
his mishap, observed that she“regret
ted his unlucky faux pas.” “I didn’t
hurt my fore paws,” replied he, “it
was my knee.”
“I Meant To.”—“I meant to have
told you of that hole,” said a man to
his friend mho stumbled into a pit full
of water. “Nomalter now,” says the
other, blowing the mud and water out
of his mouth, “I have found it.”
For the Southern Journal.
A Lover’s Sonnet.
BY MRS. C. E. DA PONTE.
Hasten soft wind and when amid the gay,
She moves with eyes of calm and tender
light, i
Ar.d forehead pole as foamlit waves at night,
And toice harmonious as the warbling
lay,
Of birds that usher in the fragrant may,
Whisper soft wind that she remains the
bright, ,
Pure empress oftliia heart whose sole delight
Is thus to muse on moments pastaway,
j O whisper this, and tell how little I
Have known of joy since last I saw her
lace,
i How the bright stars, lamps of thechangin
sky,
Woods streams and every silent place^
Bears witness to my truth, O whisper this
then die,
On those fair lips soft opening buds of
— grace. |
Monticello Cotton Market.
Class of Colton by A. <$• L. IJccr S; Co. ,,
Ordinary - - - 5 a 5*
Middling, - - . 6 a Gl
Good Middling, - - 61 a Oj
Groceries at Covington and Jackson' pri
ces with the frieght added. Perions bring* V,
their cotton and should not be satisfied F
with the prices, we will advance from $20 1
to $25 on the bale provided they pay stor* X
age to D. F. N. Turner who has made pre- rt
paralions to store cotton. J
New Orleans Cotton Market. ‘
CoUrected Weekly. a
October 27, 1845. t
Louisiana and flississippi,
Itlfcr'c • • . . 6 a 61
Ordinary . . . . 6ia6i
| Middling . . . 7 a 7i
I Good Middling . . 7ja71
| Middling Fair ^ . . 8 a 8i
1'ilir • • 8* a 81
Good Fair . . gj a9*
Good and Fine . . 10 a II
LAW HOTWB
ROBT. H. BUCKNER,
HAS resumed the practice of his pro
fession and will practice in the Court
of Chancery held nt Monti ;ello, and the
Courts heheld at the city of Jack- <n. Ad- 1
dress, Jackson, Mi.
November 15, 1845. 18—If. y) t
Clothine. !
JUST received a splendid assortment
of Clothing, comprising every article
of Gentlemen’s and B>y’s wear: fyr sale
cheap by
A. &, L. BEER tfe Co.
Nov. J5, 1845.
Hats! Hats!!
CASS1MERE, Silk, Fur, Gloss and
Wool Hats, just received and for sale
cheap bv
A. &• L. BEER &, Co.
Nov. 15, 1845.
Calicoes. .
Pieces Calico of different ptlcrns
Uw from *4o 37* cents per yard, just
aeoeived and for sale by ■
A. &, L. BEER & Co. (
Nov. 15,1845. I
Lowels.
fC/'k PIECES 1 and 50 pieces 4*4 for
sale by
A. & L. BEER &, Co.
Nov. 15 1845.
Carpenter’s and Black Smith’s
Tools.
A large nssosiment of Carpenter’s and
Black Smith’s tools in store and for A
sale by
• A. L , BEER & Co.
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