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VOL- 7 -
^HE PORT GIBSON HE RA LD
JACOBS, Editor and
PORI' «1BSO.V, CLAIBORNE COLATY, miss., WOTEHBER 3, 1848
WO. 10.
SPRING GOODS
Robert Potts.
John G. Hastings.
(W.H- JACOBS, Editor and Prärie tor.)
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in Long Primer, or nine in Brevier, consti
tute one square, over twelve and under twenty
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red agent, to receive advertisements and sub
scriptions, and receipt for the same.
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Agent, to receive subscriptions and advertise
ments and receive payment for the same, at
(irand Gulf.
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OF TIIK
PORT GIBSON POST OFFICE.
The Northern mail arrives every Monday
Wcdnrtday and Friday, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
end departs same days at 1 o'clock P. .VI.
Southern mail, every Monday, Wednesday
end Friday, at I2o'clock, M., and departs
day« at J2;j o'clock, M.
Giliuin Mail arrives every Tuesday evening
and departs every Wednesday morning.
The Northern mail closes at 12 o'clock M.
ar.d ihe Southern at half past 11 A. M.
Office open from sun rise to sun set (Sunduy
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,)
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,)
Grand Gulf, Oct. 1, 1848. y
NORTHF.RN MAIL, via Raymond, leaves
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 4 A. M.
Arrives same day« at 8. P. M.
SOl'TTiCRN MAIL, via Fayette, leaves
Monday, tVednesday and Friday, at 6, A. M.
Arrives same days at 6, P. M.
NORTHERN MAIL,
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via Louisville, per
rirer, arrives twice a week, irregular, and is
made up on Wednesday and Saturday, at 5,
1'. M.
SOUTHERN' MAIL, via New Orleans, per
river, arrive« four times a week, irregular; i«
made up on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Saturday, at 5, P. M.
MILLIKIN'S BEND, once a week. Arrives
on Monday at 12, M. and leaves same day at
1. /'• .V.
Office hours from 8, A. M. to sundown—Sun
days from 8 to 10, A. M.
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Wra. DOWSE, P M.
, A. GrILKEY,
tlirap F.tsIi Grocer aitd I*
(luce Merchant,
No. 7, Stamps' Row,
PORT GIBSON, MI.
THE subscriber has opened a new and
» fresh stock of Groceries and Produce,
suitable for family and plantation use, and
ill keep const mtly on hand, a good as
songent of articles in his line, which he
" ill sell at. a very small profit for cash, viz:
I town, Loaf and Crushed Sugar; Coffee;
lea; Moiasses; Sperm and Star Candles;
Boston Soap; Lard Oil; Mackerel; Coarse
•nui Fine Salt; Pickles; Ketchup; Ground
I'epper, Spice and Cinnamon; Mustard;
Sardines; Almonds; Figs; Raisins; Boston
1 rackers; Soda Biscuit; Tobacco Rice;
Powder; Shot; Macaroni; Nutmegs; Cho
colate; Salaratus; Nails; Matts; Brooms;
Crockery Ware;
Hour; Lard; Bulk Meat; Dried Beef; Pota
,op s; Applss; Cheese; Stone Jars, Churns,
Milk Pans and Jugs, die. die.
His friends and the public are invited to
call if they wish to buy their supplies cheap
for cash. March 4.
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of
27-ly
N Fresli Flours.
EW ORLEANS and St. Louis brands
just received by A . GILKEY,
Dried Beef*.
A good article received, and for sale by
il May 26 A. GILKEY.
Fish, Fish
SALMON, Herrings and Mackeral i
U Kit s, lor sale by A. GILKEY.
in
. Fresh Raisins.
A rRESH article received and for sale
11 h J __ A. GILKEY.
A hoar and Crushed Sugars.
superior article of above Sugar for sale
1( »v hy A. GILKEY.
Coffee,
|J *0 Havana Coffee, for sale low by
± l A. GILKEY.
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for
J Smoked Tongues.
* received and for sale low by
^ Ma y 26 A. GILKEY.
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for
Candles.
V LRM, Star Candles, for sale low by
^May 26 A. GILKEY.
fet-TIms. B. KlACrRUDE R,
I JrrhRS his Professional services to the
th cd . lzens °f Port Gibson, and to those of
ie adjacent country. His residence at the
u *ftk of Port Gibson.
Iaa2l 1848.
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SPRING GOODS
W. ROSENBERG,
No. 5 STAMPS ROW , one door above
_ nnno Moody's Drug Store,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public
JLt that he has just returned from New
Orleans with a very handsome assortment
ot Goods suitable to the
which are
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season, among
Dry Good*.
Comprismga fine assortment of Bareges,
Painted Muslins; Sheetings and Shirtings;
Calicoes, Ginghams, black and fancy Silks;
Irish Linens and Lawns, Linen Cam.
brie, Silk and Cotton Hdkfs., Swiss, Book,
and Cambric Muslins, Blanket, Silk, and
Thibet Shawls, etc., etc.
Clotliing.
Cashmere and Merino dress and frock
coats; black and fancy Cashmere, Merino
and Linen Pants; Satin and Fancy Cash
mere Vests, Shirts, Drawers, Suspenders,
Gloves, etc.
ery
Hats and Cans.
Fine Silk and Beaver Hats, Oil'd Silk
and Glazed Caps, for men and boys.
Boots and Mioes.
Men's Calf Boots, Calf Brogans for
und boys, coarse, black and Russet Brogans,
Ladies Morocco and Seal Shoes and Gait
ers, Childrens and Misses Shoes and Gait
ers.
men
— ALSO
An assortment of Crockery and Glass
Ware, Knives and Forks, Scissors, Razors,
Penknives, Candlesticks, Looking Glasses,
Tobacco, Cigars, etc., etc.
Those who desire to purchase articles in
his line are requested to call before pur
chasing elsewhere, as his stock has been
carefully selected, and will he sold at very
small advances on cost for Cash.
April 28, 1848.
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NEW GOODS!!
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CALL A AD SEE.
rpiIE subscribers have just received
.L splendid assortment of Fashionable and
»Seasonable Goods, consisting in part of the
following articles, viz:
White and colored Linen Drillings,
Cottonades, Hickory Checks,
Blue Plaids & Stripes for womens dresses.
Brown Linens, Irish Linens,
Assorted Calico Prints,
Colored Jaconet Muslins,
White
Cross-barrcd Muslins,
Swiss Muslins,
Linen and Cotton Diapers,
do do do Sheeting.
Table Linens, Linen Lustre,
Brown and bleached Domestics, Lowels,
4-4 5 4 and 0-4 Mattiug,
Mahogany Oil Cloth,
<4 1 a ss P K ir mig, , ■ —
Silk, Thread and Kid Gloves,
Hosiery, assorted, &c.
French Marino Dress Coats,
do do Frock do.
English and German Dress Coats,
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fered
do do Frock do.
English and German Dress Coats,
do do do Frock do.
Grass Linen Sack Coats,
Brown do do do.
Linen Check Dress and Frock Coats,
Cottonade do do
Colored Alpaca Sack Coats,
French Marino pants,
White and colored Linen Drilling Pants,
Nankeen Pants, Cottonade Pants,
Linen check Pants,
White and colored Marseilles Verts,
Black Satin Vests,
Linen and cotton Drawers,
Linen bosom Shirts.
Hats.—Panama, Leghorn, Carnpeachy
and Straw Hats. Beaver and Silk Hats,
and also a good assortment of
HARDWARE AND CROCKERY',
to which wc invite the attention of our
friends and customers.
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BROUGHTON & WRIGHT.
34-tf.
April 21, 184g.
B agging & Rope, just received by
the undersigned and for sale.
50 pieces Bagging,
50 coils Rope,
5 bales Twine.
Broughton & Wright.
September 1,1848.
New and Fashionable
SPRING GOODS.
w
E would call the attention of our friends
and customers to our importations of
new and fashionable Spring Goods, which
we are now opening, received per ships
Ashland and Thetis, direct from New York.
These goods have been selected with taste,
are many of them of new styles and pat
terns, comprising a general assortment of
Summer Silks; Bareges; Fig'd French Ja
conets; French Ginghams and Gingham
Lawns; Organdys; Foulard Silks; Brazilli
ans, &c. Handsome Embroidered worked
Collars; Chimesettes; Reveire Bordered
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs; Ladies' H.
S. Gloves, assorted; Long White Kid do.;
Herman and Bcrege Shawls; Berege and
Satin Scarfs; Cravats & Neck Ties; Swiss,
Cambric, Jaconet and Nansook Muslins,
and a very handsome assortment of new
style Spring Ribbons. We have a new
stock of Gentlemeu's Clothing, made up in
fashionable style and of good material, all
of which we are prepared to sell on mode
J S MASON & Co.
late terms.
March 17, 1848.
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Liusey & «leans.
? BALES Linseys,
Jeans,
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for sale by
July 21, 1848.
J S Mason & Co.
47-6t
B agging, Rope and Twine,
100 pieces Bagging,
1 Bale Twine,
for sale by
July 28, 1848.
J S Mason, dc Co.
48-6t
Blue-Lick Water.
BARRELS just received and for sale
J. S Mason & Co.
47—4ts.
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CUTLERY—A lot of fine Pocket Knives
J and Razors, just received and for sale by
Nov. 26 HP Merrifeld.
Robert Potts.
John G. Hastings.
POTTS 4 * MMSTÆJTGS,
GROCERS.
Court House Square,
Port Gibson, Miss.
POTTS 4. HASTINGS
n A\ E opened at their store, an entire
new stock of Groceries and Produce,
consisting in part of
Brown Sugar,
Crushed,
Loaf,
Pulverised
New Bedford Candles, Rice, '
Adamantine,
Havana Coffee,
Java, "
Molasses,
S. H. "
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Soap, Boston No. 1
Soap in small Boxes for family use,
Coarse and Fine Salt,
Table, **
Cheese,
Candies and Fruit,
Cigars, Mackerel,
Tobacco,
Sweet Oil,
Mustard,
Spices of all kinds,
Raisins,
Almonds,
Filberts,
Old Rye Whiskey,
Rectified
Hams, Lard, Flour, Ac
Together with a good assortment of Cas
tings, Nails, Brushes, Wooden and Crock
ery Ware, and variety of other articles.
Lard Oil,
Wine Vinegar,
Green & Bl'kTea
Pickles,
Ketsups,
Syrups,
Lemons,
Pepper,
Sardines,
Powder.
Shot,
Lead,
Claret,
Porter,
4t
Just Received.
S HAYS Superior Family Hams,
Sugar Cured " "
Clear Sides,
Dried Beef,
St. Louis and Ohio Flour and Lard,
Potts & Hastings.
41— 3t
June 9,1848.
For Families .
ÜODA Biscuit,
O Boston Crackers,
Pilot Bread,
English Dairy Cheese,
Western,
Call at
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Potts & Hastings.
Just Itère i red.
ANDERS' 'Harry ofthè West' Tobacco,
Myers' "Phoenix" "
Price's, Rogers' and other Brands,
Large assortment of Cigars,
Also, Shot Pouches, Powder Flasks,
Game Bags, and Walker's Percussion Caps.
Potts & Hastings.
To Families .
H AVANA Sugar especially for preserves,
A superior article of Imperial Tea,
Mackerel in Kits,
Soap in small Boxes.
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T HE family residence, at present occu
pied by J. T. Marye, Esq., is now of
fered for sale This is the most desirable
situation for a family, in the Town of Port
Gibson, embracing the whole of square
No. 7, all enclosed, being the third square
immediately West of the Female Academy.
The main building is a large
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well finished in every respect; having a cir
cular stair-way leading to the sky-light
from the centre, with galleries running
the entire length, and a twelve foot passage
through the middle, east and west.
Also a two story brick kitchen, with ser
vant's rooms, attached to the south end,
and galleries entire, affording ample room
for lodging, washing, ironing and all culina
ry affairs, with a good
WELL OF WATER
This property has been
repaired the present year, and put in good
order, and well painted. The out buildings
are all that could be desired, furnishing
every requisite for convenience and com
fort. It has also a good garden and orchard
attached, and the main yard handsomely
decorated with select shrubbery.
Any person wanting such a property
will do well to examine it, as it will be sold
low for cash. Possession given the 1st of
January, 1849. Any information required,
will be given by Mr. Win. O'Kelly, of
JAS. COTTE N.
5-12t
at the door.
a
TRUST SALE
A CCORDING to the provisions of a Deed
of Trust executed by Charles T. Miles,
on the 39th of October, 1840, 1 will sell at
Public Sale for cash, at the Court House in
Fayette, Jefferson county, on the
Twcnty-fllil'd day or March, .
1849. in
between the hours of 11 o'clock, A. M. and
2, P. M., the following named slaves to wit: g
Asa, Dolly, Ella, Martha, Angeline, Mat,
Jim, Poindexter, Reuben and Rowan, or
so many of said slaves as will he sufficient '
for the payment of the debt in said Deed "
mentioned due to Charles Clark, at whose
request the said sale will be made.
GEO. TORREY,
Surviving Trustee.
3-6mo.
by
Port Gibson.
September 29, 1848.
of
of
has
September 15, 1848.
* # * Port Gibson Herald copy for six
months and send account (with proven ad
vertisement) to this office for settlement.
Southern Watch Tower .
an
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R Y G O O D S • ' t)n
Clothing: Hats: Boots; Shoes! &c., &c.
Which they offer to the citizens of Port
Gibson and the neighborhood, at very low !
prices. Please call and examine before in
Our terms are tant,
LEVY & MORRIS. , at
5—3m * i
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CrEORCr E V. MOODY, j
Attorney at LAW, j
PORT GIBSON, Miss.
(Office opposite and near the Court-How»*) true
Nov. 26, 1847 13-Iy for
CHEAP STORE.
HE undersigned are now opening, at the
old stand, formerly occupied by James
G. Martin, corner of Stamps' Row, Main
St., a lasge assortment of
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purchasing elsewhere.
CASH.
September 29, 1848.
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POETRY.
I rum the New Orleans Crescent.
Confusion;
OR, CASS IN A DILEMMA.
Confound the noise! "Confusion worse con
founded!"
^ That noise, I fea-'ll prevent my being beard
Fully upon tiie question you've propounded,
And, therefore, I'll no: say a single word;
But all my friends are to my note referred—
In which I state—and boldly state—my plan—
My settled, final, fixed determination;
Which is—and there you'll catch me who catch
cpn,
To give, like Cass io, no more explanation!
Odds bodkins! noise! confusion! botheration!
I'm sure you've got my letters on both sides—
For and against annexing all creation!
Then there's my other letter, which provides
For harbors, against—and everything besides!
From "Festus."
We women have four seasons, like thp year,
Our spring is in our lightsome girlish duvs.
When the heart laughs within us for sheer joy;
Ere yet we know what love is, or the ill
Of being loved by those wliom we love not.
Summer is when w e love and are beloved,
And seems short; Vom its very splendour seems
To pass the quickest; crowned with flowers it
flies.
Autumn, when some young thing with tiny
hands
And rosy cheeks, and glossy tendrilled locks,
(io wantoning about us day and night.
And Winter is when those we love have perished,
For the heart ices then And the next »Spring
Is in another world.
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To the Slocking Bird.
BY TUE LATE RICHARD HENRY WILDE.
Wing'd mimic of the woods! thou motley fool!
Who shall thy gay buflbonery describe?
Thine ever ready notes of ridicule
Pursue thy fellows still with jest and gibe.
Wit. Sophist. Songster, Yorick ol thy tribe.
Thou sportive satirist Of Nature's school,
To thee the palm ol scoffing we ascribe,
Arch mocker am! mad Abbot of Misrule!
For such thou art by day—and all night Jong
Thou pour'st a soft, sweet, pensive solemn strain.
As if thou didst in this thy moonlight song,
Like to the melancholy Jaques comj lam,
Musing on falsehood, fojiy vice and wrung.
And sighing for thy motley coat again.
True Wealth.
The way to make thy son lieh is, to fill
His mind with rest, before bis trunk with riches.
For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill.
To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.
But if thy son can make ten times bis measure.
Then all thou addest may be called bis treasure.
O!
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hope
bring
and
time
of its
fence.
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of
certain
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oak
either
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arms,
and
echoed
the
of
that
sions.
have
cuse
indeed
hasty
pleasure
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Influence of Cleanliness.
A neat, clean, fresh aired, sweet, cheer
ful, well arranged, and well situated house,
exercises a moral as well as a physical in
fluence over its inmates, and makes the
members of a family peaceable and consid
erate ol the feelings and happiness of each
other; the connection is obvious between
the state of mind thus produced, and habits
of respect for others and those higher duties
and obligations which no law can enforce.
On the contrary, a filthy, squalid, noxious
dwelling; rendered still more wretched by
its noisome site, and in which none of the
decencies of life can he observed, contribues
to make its unfortunate inhabitants selfish,
sensual and regardless of the feelings of
each other; the constant indulgence of such
passions render them reckless and brutal;
and the transition is natural to propensities
and habits incompatible with a respect for
the property of others or for the laws.
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The Dutchman and the "Printer."—
The Typographical Society at Washington,
celebrated their 22d anniversary in that
city on the 2d of January'. The toasts and
speeches occupy' several columns in the
the National Intelligencer.
Mr. George Waliiabe, at the conclusion
of an address, said that when "tramping
a journeyman printer, he arrived at a Dutch
tavern, the host of which undertook to
the traveller's occupation.
"You ain't no dentist, nor krenologous,
(phrenologist) nor pook achent, nor chen
teel shoemaker; well den what in the tifel
are you?"
fi um ^ e disciple of Faust; a professor
of thoar ' preservative ofàllarts, the typo
graphical art, that is the great black art sir."
ot dat ' for Got ' s vot is dat?"
" A Pinter, a man that prints books and
newspapers.
. " A ""ter, echoed the German; reach
in £ out ^ 1S hand, "a man vat prints pooks
and noos baebers, hey! Chacob take the
g en H eraaa s pack off; Chon build up a good
bre -, Talk U 1 S1 ^ va j k 10 - SalI > r P ut the
kettle on and we U aU take tea!
' au ghter.J "A brinter, hey\ I
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Progress of the SouL
We wonder, indeed when we are told,
that one day w r e shall be as the angels of
God. I apprehend that as great a wonder
has been realized already
apprehend that this distance between the
mind of Newton and of a Hottentot
the earth. I
may
have been as great as between Newton and
an angel. There is another view still
more striking. This Newton, who lifted
his calm, sublime eye to the Heavens, and
read among the planets and the stars the
great law of the material universe, .was
forty or fifty years before, an infant, with
out one clear perception, and uaable to dis
t)n ? U)sb bls nurse ' s arm from the pillow on
which he sle P t * Hovvard) t00 ' who > under
strength of an all-sacrificing benovo
ence ' expired the depth of human suffer
&* w as,fo rt y orfiftyyears before, anm
tant, wholly absorbed m himself, grasping
all he saw, and almost breaking his litue
beart witb dts °f passion, when the idlest
toy was withheld. Has not man already
traversed as wide a space is seperates him
Bright looks are little to me without a
true heart; beauty is but a frail substitute
for goodness.
An Old Washington memorial
There appeared some years ago in one
of our Philadelphia papers an account of a
monument in a church in Wiltshire, Eng.,
to the memory of an ancestor of Washing
ton, "Sir Lawrence Washington," who
died in 1643. The details that were given
were extremely picturesque, and attracted
much attention, but, not being in any way
authenticated, were read with some distrust
—the more so as the monument in question
seemed to have escaped Mr. Spark's care
ful research. The Philadelphia Bulletin
publishes the following letter upon the
subject, from Mr. Macready, the celebrated
actor. It will be found of interest .—New
Orleans Crescent.
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same
5 Clarence Terrace Regent's Parle, ?
London, Aug. 35, 1848. 5
My pear Sir: Most happy should I have
been, if, with only my own free will to in
dulge, I could have set out at once, on the
receipt of your letter, through the beautiful
green fields of Wiltshire, in search of the
obscure village where once the ancestors of
your Washington were lords of the soil. I
do not know whether I should
say your
Washington, whose fame and example is
the world's, and in whose "all cloudless
glory (which few men's is) to free his
country" all men must rejoice. As soon,
however, as I could disengage myself from
theatres and crowded towns, 1 started, with
my eldest boy, upon the agreeable pilgrim
age you had enjoined upon me. About a
mile and a half or two miles from the turn
pike road we found the little sequestered
hamlet—for it seems scarcely to rise to the
dignity of a village—called Gardson, dis
tant from Malmsbury about three, and
from Oricklade about eleven miles, by my
best guess. It is situated in an abruptly
undulating country, commanding, from the
high levels, a range of prospect rich in beau
ty, towands every point of the compass.
I he churchyard occupies a sort of natural
platform, which in parts suggests the idea
of its having been cut away for the purpo
ses of fortification. The church is plain, to
absolute bareness, without one trace of dec
oration, beyond four or five panes of stained
glass still remaining in the small Gothic
Its tower is a solid, square,
well-proportioned piece of architecture, with
a slightly ornamented parapet, pierced with
W e entered by a small door in the
A plain wooden table, under
neath the Eastern window, without the
least pretension to ornament—not a carving,
moulding, gilding or painting, of any sort
whatever—marked the place for
The walls, plainly white
washed, exhibited an indifference to pomp
and vanity that might have satisfied Knox,
or Calvin himself. Directly opposite to
on entering, on the left hand of the chancel,
Was tire object of oar quest. There was
nothing in the building, with its plain,
round, vaulted roof, and simple deal pews,
to divert our attention, or detain us from
the examination of the monument. Its
centre is a black marble oval tablet,
clod by a thick wreath of laurel in berry,
set beneath a cornice of white marble
mounted by the family arms, on each side
of which are two recumbent figures,
bling—if, indeed, intended to typify
sentiment or idea—the sort of
should describe as Libitina.
is supported by two twisted pillars of black
marble, and based upon a plinth supported
by a cherub's head with outspread wings.
The gilding and the colors are still fresh,
though something worn,
monument, from one extreme point to the
other, is about six feet, and broad in pro
portion.
I enclose you a sketch, which my son
made of it; at the back of which I give a
corrected copy of the inscription, by which
you will see the former transcriber had mis
taken some words, particularly the place
of Sir Lawrence's death, Oxford, and the
word "urne" in the last verse.
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Sr LAWREM; WASHINGTON. Kt.
Li-.telv vr of tn» CliHnepry.
O! know;, fietv, <■ ehaiirye exemplarye, he
A loving*' biirtiai.d, u tewler father a Bountiful
Master. * ; onrtnni re l.ever o! the poore,
A perpetual Beneiactoer. whom it pleased God ^
T o take ueiu i,i.-peace from the fury
<*f ine iii.-iiiog « .,rrs .
Oxnn May XIV to in
Here interred XXIV to A.10 Dmi, 1643.» as
Ætat suœ 64. ' feel
Pâme A N N M? w£ «0 der ««l
Jun.i XIU to, and was bnryed
XVI to AnoDmii. 1C45'
Hic patrios cincres curavit filius urna
Condere, qui tumulo nunc jacet ille pius.
The pious eon his purent hereinter'd .
Who liât I» iiis share m Urne for them prepar'd. An.
The coat of arms I have copied, and
hope to send them by a future packet or |
bring them with me. The Manor House, tea
situated on the opposite hill, is a substantial
and handsome feudal residence of about the s u
time of Edward 4th. From the thickness f,
of its walls and its commanding position, it
appears to have been capable of good de- snov
fence. In one room, of noble dimensions, ™
is a very splendid carved chimney-piece, ^
on which is a shield, with what I fancy? he
were the Ferrer's arms, having quarterings
of Talbots and Swans. But this I will as- ^m
certain for you. The ceiling is also carved,
There is another remarkable room, with tb
oak arched roof of the 14th century', meas
uringinorethan50feetby20,whichmusti^
either have been a banqueting hall or chapel. ! f'
A stone slab with the "Washington's ! the
arms, is in an old mansion, which is a very !
interesting building, still tenanted by re- !
spectable farmers of the name of Whody, ! five
and in these once noble apartments, that ! W
echoed formerly to to the festive roar or to j ten
the masses chaunt, you now hear the sound 1 an
your own foot-fall, as you pick your j
stepshetween the rows of Wiltshire cheeses, t( .»
that spread their floors, to take their dimen- j ,
sions. If you could knowhow much I j be
have upon my hands, you will readily ex- , *
cuse the slovenly letter I send you, but |
indeed I do not find any respite to urgent !
employment, and take, by main will, the t0
hasty minutes, which l give with real shall
pleasure to tracing out these memoranda. ; "® 1
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From the Natchez Courier.
Tremendous meeting in New York.
THE CARTMEN OF THE CITY IN COUNCIL.
one
a
who
way
Our New York exchanges all agree in
pronouncing the Meeting of the Cartmen
of that metropolis, held at Vauxhall,on the
5th instant, the grandest and most enthusi
astic demonstration in favor of the Hero of
Buena Vista, which has been had during
the present canvass. The immense hall of
the building was densely filled, while the
in front and the garden surrounding
were as closely packed with human beings
as possible. Not only the cartmen of the
city, those hardy sons of honest labor, were
present,—an immense number of Taylor
wliigs and democrats were on hand to cheer
them on in their patriotic exertions to ad
vance the cause of a great and good man.
It is estimated that the meeting numbered
fully twenty thousand persons, and no less
than three different meetings were organ
ized and in full operation at the same time.
The enthusiasm was great.
The resolutions adopted by tin's mighty
gathering of the working men—of the bone
and sinew of the city—are so cogent, elo
quent, and expressive, that we publish
them entire. The masses, as we have
always contended, are moving for Old
Zack —the mechanics^ artizans and labor
ers, are supporting him, and they will elect
him, despite the intrigues and exertions of
unscrupulous politicians:
Preamble.— We, the Cartmen of New
York,
area
in
the
the
of
I
is
his
a
to
in Mass meeting assembled, regard
ing the pending Presidential election, as
involving the great question of—whose will
shall be the law of the land?—that of the
Exec uti ve, or that of the people, as expressed
through their Representatives in Congress
asssembled; therefore,
Resolved, That we regard the will of the
people, while acting within Constitutional
limits, as the fundamental principle which
forms the enduring basis of all our free in
stitutions, and that the wanton and capri
cious exercise of the
one man power, to
thwart the people's will, and to subserve
the paltry purposes of party, calls the
and indignant condemnation of every pat
riotic heart.
severe
Resolved, That our model of a Patriot and
the one we would choose for our children
is nowand ever will be found in the char
acter and life of him who was first in war,
first in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen.
Resolved, That Zachary Taylor is a
IT ashingtonian Patriot. The man of our
choice—the man of the people —an honest,
determined , and just man —a noble General,
and with sound judgment and prompt action
—wise in council—ready for battle, and an
earnest advocate of honorable t
are proud of Ins gallant deeds and brilliant
victories, and willingly and heartily confide
in his undoubted patriotism,
meet—for him we speak—for him we will
act, till we add our victory to his victories,
and the cheers of happy millions shall re
sound and he echoed over all the hills, and
in all the valleys of our favored land.
Resolved, That we also hail with
bounded satisfaction the
auspicious appear
ance on the political arena, of Zachary 1
Taylor, a man rising from the masses by
the force ofthesimpleand sublime elements
of true greatness, unhackneyed in the •
crooked ways of selfish or designing politi- m
cians, and upledged to ultra party schemes
or interests, with sagacity enough to see 1
the true theory of our institutions, and in- ze
dependence enough to plant himself firmly ,
on the platform of the Constitution; and the
will of the people horn upward and onward
by the deep and spontaneous affections of
the people, we ardently hope and believe y is
that their suffrages will place him triumph
antly in the Chair of State, and his admin- mi]
istration may confer upon our beloved Ze
country glories as brilliant and endurino-as
those of Palo Alto and Buena Vista. ° *°
Resolved, That Millard Fillmore is
another example for the American Boy— m
he has elevated himself by a faithful ser- t h
vice and an honest patriotism without the **
influence of birth or the aid of wealth, alone.
^ ° Ur ^ CSt to send a ^ on g to
victory.
. Resolved, 1 hat with such men to lead us
in the coming National and State struggles gur
as Zachary Taylor and Hamilton Fish, we i
feel a double assurance that when the ,
tTultfieW « .'C'SS'lfh™ 11 f [ 0m 'if -'t
\ h 7 - °/ ^ ove J mber »
^agle 0 ot Victory will be found perched ! of
upon our standards.
--j
. Uulture Tea in the U. States.—
An. interests^ 1 article in Skinner's new
entitled "The Plough, the I
Anvil, upon the culture of the ^ ra8
tea P^ ant * corrects the opinion long enter
tained ' that ^ cannot be cultivated with
s u cce&s i out °f Celestial Empire, and
f, hows that cultivated there in the nor- j
thera , and «**uUamous regions, where ^
snov Y lies on the ground three °r four mar
™ ont hs to the year; that it is found wild in ;
^ ss f am ' and ^cultivated m quantities at
he foot of the Htmmelahmountaiilf From g™
ese facts w ith other information derived ,
^m tradera, &c., returned residents oftea ™
countries, the writer is fully convinced that .
tb f, coun ; r y from , Texas to New York,
7% raw tea e qual m quality to two-thirds ^
W ™P orted > ^ d 'hat some of the £
f' at ^ S row 14 e 5 ual ' oar better than
the ^ st tha co f es frora fhina.
Th f, art f e al f states that a gentleman, f r
recently returned from Calcutta, who for j
five °, rsix Y^s managed one of the Com- J*"
W ® te , a Potations m Assam, has writ
ten , a , book on the su , b J ect ' no * jret published, ZT
an bas ex P ressed an opinion that this
IhTXld Th^w ?
t( .» child ■ nf thmks
, tt . , J " ow 1)001 Jhat will live to see
be ^e d Spates export,,nstead of import,
* iyew Jiaven Palladium. j
~ ---- ! these
a veteran officer presented a memorial
t0 Napoleon, soliciting a pension :— » We
shall see, was the Emperor's only reply, such
"® 1 1 r * y°° ma y see now, if you will deign the
to look," said the soldier, uncovering a cer
breast scarred all over. The pension was es
granted on the. S pot. der
We
eace.
For him we
un
Liqe Shattuck'b Reminiscences or
Mike Fink. —A new England passenger
on one of our steamboats was enquiring
anxiously for an introduction to an old Mis
sissippi boatman, one who knew something
about Mike Fink. The clerk informed him
that an introduction was unnecessary; if he
would go up and talk to the pilot he might
learn from him the whole history of the old
boatman. Up went the yankee, and after
circuiting round Lige two or three times, he
spoke:
"How d'ye dew, pilot—they say yeou
arc an old friend of Mike Fink's.
"Know him like a brother," said Lige.
"Well, dew tell me something about him,
some anecdote," request«! the Nettrfing
lander.
"I don't know as I recollect any real
bright one just now—1 do recollect his
taking a prescription once.
"W hat was that?" eagerly inquired th
stranger.
"Why he eat a whole buffalo robe, .
swered Lige, with the greatest gravity i
aginable.
"Well, dew tell! What in the patience
did he masticate that for?" further inquired
the stranger.
Lige turned round to the other pilot, and
winking his eye, observed: "He's sold,
ain't he, Jim?"
"Y eou ain't told me whaf he chawed the
buffalo robe for," continued the New Eng
lander.
in
of
of
I
4 1
an
irn
"Why the fact is," says Lige, "the doc
tors told him he had lost the coating of his
stomach, and as he drank mithin* but New
England rum, he thought he'd dress his
inside up in suthin' that 'ud stand the
cussed pizen stuff, so he tried buffalo with
the har on, and it helped him mightily.
The anxious inquirer was satisfied.—
Reveille.
• !
The Frenchman's Cows.
By "bob w.
We remember to have heard a story told
with some humor, by a friend: which we
believe has not been "in print.
F renchman is relating with great energy
and appropriate gesture, his first voyage
down the Ohio river. 'Yell, Monsieur,
you see I get on the boat at Peeteburg, to
ze river to Louisvilla. "La belle revirre"
you call him, I think him dam ugly leetle,
vat you call him? ah? eui, branch—river
vera low, vera low indeed,
t»
The
very many
passengers on ze dam dirty leetle boat,
great many lady, very' fine lady indeed.—
Veil, Monsieur, ve leve the dam Peels
burg, vich smoke my eyes till dem red as
if I drink moshe viskey, vat you call red
eyes, vera appropriate name indeed, vera
appropriate—as I tell you, Monsieur, ze
river vera low, and we have no
far, till "btmf
gone vera
we come on sand bar, zc
capitain run on ze top of ze boat, and hollo
'back vatare! back vatare!'—but ze boat no
back vatare—ze capitain zen holla get out
ze spar and pull over, but she no pull over.
However presently, perhaps, mav be by
and by, ve get off ze bar. Veil Monsieur,
ve have no gone more one day more down
ze river, ven i bim!' ve come on, bar again.
— De capitain holla 'back vatare! back va
sbe no !l ack v Y ta , re ' ze capitain holla
1 )u11 o ve ^ pull over! she no pull, I get
Vera t,r ,, . ook . at ze ,™ en go round von big
P? St . bl £ sUck inbim ' and 1 g°nosser
• °, nR1 j Ur ' Eta Y dare one » two tree day
m de dam d, J?y ^ eel ^ e b° at GH ve have nos
?? !° cat j ' e se f on ze sbore VcT Y beau -
1 , , mead ° w ' Vld vara man y fine cow—
ze i ady VJsb , vera mos h e for ®ome milk,
, z ?, £e ntleHlan say you get in leetle
boat V1 .„ us ven ve dnve ze co ' v to you and
RJf n ? llk zem ' Vel . 1 . ze lad Y g et into
llttle boat ' Ta -. 3 0U cal1 ze V 0 '^ and g° y i d
y is tozemeddow—ze lady—vara fine lady
. f ed irave ^de tin bucket dat hold ze
mi] k, ze gentleman go to drive ze cow to
Ze or zem t0 —and ve drive zem
round ' and round, hut ze dam cow no go
*° ze "J'' aut presently, perhaps may be
lidy^amT 'xid leelle tiT kicket to hdd **
m :iV_and vit vnn tînt M • °»> , ,
t h e Frenchman 'Wh«tt'° n * ieU ^ ® sked
** jv ' . hinan * ^ hat - inquired
* MgIe ° M °f them Ka * a Bull!
Pjwlar Roses.—A correspondent of the
scientific American practices the following
mode of having pillar roses. Two-inch &u
gur holes are bored through pieces of scant
ling, three inches by four, and twelve feet
long, and one foot apart. They are set iu
-'t l " >S,S U ' re< ' fe " T"'
tall growing roses are planted, two
of different colors, one on each side of the
post; and, as they grow, the stems are run
through the holes. In this way they will
raise nine feet high; no wind can blow the
stems off and no tying is necessary.—
Branches intertwined, bearing roses of con
ra8 tcd colors, make a fine appearance,
Boursehs, Hybrid, China, and some of the
Pairie roses, furnished the roses for these
blooming pillars.
DlI> IT . PmVMT . - TT7 -TTTr
i )ad an unraX JiïTl ° F '
mar j {a b] e j ove r or him "inn kl ^
j a r ^^nchan/for »ivT & ^1°™' and . a
tàncëLdfreinds, Hi!
g™ d* 'the Td fJL? L" £?¥%
». . milP k .. . rn ' n g *he
™ ,n l cl, P a 5 ,on :
ma ^ acro ^.i, ' p • , Gn J h° lsted
gttSIÄ T ^
^ old man g h ' m \
£ «f 1
^withhis head î ï 8aW,0g Î*
^ound Thë
r °"" d * .^4 nan looked steadily
f."™ in ^ shak,n f h, . S fist
J*" 1 "'«" sd ' | . °- n y«ur apologies
Cvin' »nd ., « • ^ cr,tter a
ZT * d I " " y ° U d,d ** a P ur P««e.
y _
RooT ANI> Bhanch.-S arah, Duebes of
Marlborough, was accustomed to give art
annual feast, to which she invited all of her
relations, many of whom were expected
legatees in case of her demise. At one of
these family gatherings, 8 he exclaimed in
allusion to be# numerous progeny and de
scendants "whit a glorious sight it is to see
such a number of branches flourishing from
same root." "Alas!" sighed JÄk Spen
to a first cousin near him. "the branch
would fföurish bettor if the root whs n R .
ground" 1 -
vera
z<:
ze
we.