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oear "ltry -R A A A A B'Y I ID.LL.ARD Co. (ir.e of Texas and Edwards striets, OPPOSITE IIITCHCOOCKB LIVERY STABLE. IE PEPORT: 11, 1854. AI'ENTS PFO THE SOUTH-WESTERN: JM. J.

C. Mu.ary, Jeferson, Texas. r. ii: BonhAam, Fannin County, Texas. 1r.

B. LIKENs, Henderson, Rusk Texas. Al; S. FLOWER, Mansfield. and DeSoto Parish, La.

DAas, Plaquemine, and I herville Parish. i. il)Yoe AD, 102 XNassau street, New York. I Those of our town subscribers who do their papers regularly, will please to the office. JOB have added to onr one of HOE'S PATENT ROTARY S.

(capable of printing from 1000 to I ards, circulars, per hour,) and an a hand-press suitable for pamphlets imr: jobs, together with a fine assortment type, paper, and blank cards, whiei us to fill orders for every ip. ito printing to any extent in superior great despatch and at unusually Quite an excitement was produced in town during Sunday, by the announcement that Mr. had been seized with the yellow fI ver; number of families, fearing that disea.se might spread, left for the country. No other case has been reported, and as the ason is far advanced we do not think thati tliere is the remotest possibilty of its becoming We ask attention to the followin, certhieate, and our readers may feel that w(e will keep them correctly informed as the health: SHREVEPORT, OCTOBER 10, 1854. TIhe rigned physicians of Shreveport certify that fthr.

iv wnily one case of yellow fever in town, wv v' tnow of no new cases. H. M.D. A. F.

CLARKE. C(. M.D. W. H.

WILLIAMs, M.D. 'Tu. IT. B. LoGAN, M.D.

M.D. It. A. GRAY, M.D. CASE woman calling herself Violct Ludlow, was arrested a few days ago committed to jail, on the supposition that was a runaway slave belonging to A.

M. MoClev, of Upshur county, Texas, who had offorecd our columns a reward of $50 for her On being brought before peace she stated that she was a white wo.r,r:n, and claimed her liberty. She she is the daughter of Jeremiah Lud.ow, Pike county, Alabama, and was fil. that county in 1853, by George C.v.e, emigrated to Texas. After arrivinat in Texas, she was sold by George Cope to .1 ry, in Upshur county, Texas, and I was after sold by him to a.

Mrs. Hagen of the same county. Violet says she pr against each sale made of her, hrself a free woman. She names Thomas Rogers, John Garret oai, residents of Pike county, Alabarmai, a who have known her from inlancy the daughter of one Jeremiah Ludlow Martin, a widow at the time 'f hr bioh, and as being a free white woman a free white man. Violet is legal proceedings for her Th' has mgain receded to almost low witcr The Alida reports that she found th, et on the bars between this port an V'ia, and the water falling.

-An election for a police juror f'om th fiit ward, will be held at Summer urday, 21st inst. Mr. IHermann Braun, late of i. arrived in town a day or two n.c m. umes highly recommended as a a musician of great talent.

-Mr. Jordan is receiving alarge Sad seasonable goods, selected by 3i-, expressly for this market. Smost every article that etin be his prices are very low. ted bv Mr. Nelsou to state that New to purse G.

T'. papers. ,4 the our thanLk to learn from the ')uhiNita lb etors for the ShreveI Railroad, owing to Ihe fact of he stoctk not being rtpremsented. l) stPnoWd until l.t Monday, nderst.tatds hht ie work on the Sing as rapidly as the means of 11 admit of. -In attI.pt was made on F.

I ftin a buiiding in the restr of Ilery store. Fortunatcly 'he 'Fh: ait t. 00 SOff ered by the Ia conictiion of any a trmit a houte. of intlrmrnts ji, Orleansg -lliimg on the thL fieas ii4 a.rt' tv'ksw f(er caose. Ik'han Advert si taht eof Wash imn ant, tse is 4 49 Alass te I' It is gratifying to observe that the high toned and candid portion of the democratic press ire becoming disgusted with and imbecility which has of late years chracterised the actions of the "leaders" a owoe holders of the party in Louisiana Tl Coo tJourn published at Donaldsonville, the d'emocratic prgan of the parishes of Ascension and Assumption, in alluding to the course pursued by its own party, observes that: "Honesty is the best policy.

When will the unscrupulous be taught to believe it? The registry.law was rendered obligatory by the constitution, if the coisciences of our legislators, had not previously made it 'a law to -Roberts, and politician of that ilk, tried to make the registry law of no avail, by emasculating it, and taking from it the most important feature. Is it surprising that honest men of all parties should become disgusted at such bare-faced evasions, and this attempt to sanction fraudulent. and illegal voting? We acknowledge that democratic politidcans have much to do with the present excited state of feeling in this country. When will they learn that honesty is always the best polioy? The people are sovereign, and bound in their capacity as sovereigns to see that their agents mainI the majesty of the law. The humblest democrat is superior to his representative, and Smust punish him by dismissal from office should he violate decency and propriety.

By what right then did some democrats violate both by their votes retaining men in the legislature when they had places in the customhouse at the time they were elected. Was not the constitution opposed to their retaining their seats, and did not democratic representatives (God save the mark!) by their votes, violate the constitution they had taken an oath to maintain? Give us the registry law say we, and let the democratic sovereigns elect representatives true to the constitution." Such is the language of the Journal, and we are pleased to find that it is disposed to hold up to scorn the democratic members of the last legislature, who swore to maintain the constitution, and after having taken the oath violated it, by voting that a number of New Orleans customhouse officers-Pierce office-holders and hired understrappers-were entitled to seats in the house of representatives, when the constitution expressly forbids any federal officer being a legislator. Such a gross and heinous outrage was never before committed under a constitutional government, and stands without a parallel in the annals of legislation. Well may the Journal call upon its party to "elect representatives true to the constitution." But we fear it calls in vain. With the Iberville Sentinel we rejoice at the honesty and candor evidenced by the Journal, and trust that the time will soon come when all corrupt and incapable public men will be kicked out of the high positions they have disgraced.

When a democratic paper comes out boldly and holds up to public scorn the dastardly acts of its own party, and also denounces those of its party who have trampled upon their oaths and proved themselves as ignorant as they are dishonest, it may be reckoned upon as certain that a change for the better is rapidly taking place in the land. KILLED BY HIS OWN St. Louis papers of the 19th contain the particulars of a most terrible catastrophe, which occurred during the previous night, on Franklin avenue, by which two persons were killed and a third seriously injured. There had been an exhibiIe tion of fireworks on the premises on Sunday night, and preparations were in progress for another on Thursday evening. About 2 o'clock, A.

during a heavy storm, an explosion took place, causing the total destruction of the building and all the property in it. Four men were sleeping in the house at the time, two of whom, -t Gustave Catoir and Edouard Salem, were instantly killed. Some persons attribute the explosion to lightning, while others contend that it was caused by spontaneous combustion. After the explosion the building caught fire and burnt to the ground. When the flames were )f extinguished, the remains of the two dead men were taken from under the fallen building so a incinerated that on being touched they instantbeing they-- instan-ly fell to pieces.

Catoir was well known as one of the most skillful pyrotechnists in America. He was a creole of New Orleans, a self-taught artist, and ea young man highly esteemed by the community. Our readers may remember that a few tyears ago he visited this place, and during an hihinn accident a Lumber of roekets exploded, a young lady. A like frte as in thr him ARErce northern papers t.r;, I' 4 Cro sea. The seconr Americar.

expcties A.t:,i oUb Iaenry nIllt Arctic, under of. dloctor Kane, was lac: hL'rd from on the July, i Cr3, hen he was at (ppernavr, nrr. the w.est coast of t.I er he it: to report is: New York in tle re. lrsu ti is month. shouhl be heard from ,1 IA be aurmise- he slpe.ding another winter at the lie eo'rld not haae there longsr than the 1st uil, if he returnint tibs 1se as at ti wrii ire corn mences forming very rapidly, was hiklasn( alt l.ast actunt to proceed as far north in the Ad ortc the ie wre Wuahi permisn duMing tindl, the next ensuing.

lie would then pro with a portable bwat and an ample, sup i p'y of stores, to etablish a tdprat at a remotes Rnrthern point, and aub equen.tly, to pnretrat ko the awst tntremie pe tramcsitif, )m shoeamd he obtain no lsue to the mar.s i ,4 nav mator, John Frauklin, oritdea'e is tertai.ed tl at, with Li rare cileniti atn, agents and in n.atier tle rexpl Sittii enatwst be nitu. I rtant tt I is expmvted that it the of a few weeks inf.r atiaw witlb rts.eived (roam eAp- In gtfhsld and a the rtgts i rewis nw tbh Nrh sea Th New (r anrs bEoar 4i Ewri tetw is tl.a# the auseresse rapanie. wr i 8 55 F.Y·~F· i political is beginning to boil in 'South We observe by the Charleston'Standard that J. Woflord and J. V.

Trimmer, who are candidates for the Spartanburg district have pr po ed in favor of giving the election of presidential electors to the people. Randolph Turner, another candidate, opposes the change; he is also opposed to legislation upon the liquor question just as much as to legislation upon corn, cotton, wheat or rice. He thinks that legislation upon liquor in South Carolina would cast a- shade upon his character, which, as a Caucasian and a white man, he is not willing to bear. He likes brandy and is determined to fight in its defence. Mr.

Turner says he also "hates the homestead law," because "it oppresses the poor man and fosters the rascal." He opposes the State "going into the Blue Ridge railroad speculation," and insists that if it could even be built at the cost of one cent, it would injure the citizens of the upper part of the State, for the simple reason that the upper part of the State is engaged in raising grain. The inhabitants expect to feed this grain to hogs, horses, cattle, sheep, etc. They then expect to sell this stock to their brethren in the lower districts, whose interests it is to raise cotton. "'Thus you see," says he, "if a railroad was built across the Blue Ridge, the inhabitants of the rich valleys of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, could push forward their li've stock here at a moment's warning and undersell the Spartanburg people, and thus keep their noses upon the grindstone of poverty their days out." Mr. Turner's logic is quite unique but we think that many of our readers in Caddo parish, will be greatly pleased with his ideas and views.

NATIONAL MASONIC committee of the grand lodge of Maine, appointed to enquire into the expediency of establishing a general grand lodge of the United States, after having corresponded with the fraternity in other States, have reported in part warmly recommending the proposition to favorable consideration.They say: "Your committee believe that such an organisation. with proper regulations, would be of great value, not only to the masonic fraternity in this country, but to the interest of our order throughout the world. It would be the very centre of correspondence for all the grand lodges in the universe, and a masonic union of these United States would present to our brethren of all lands a most happy illustration of our national motto, "EPluribus Union." In conclusion, the committee suggests that such an organisation, meeting regula'rly with the general grand encampment, and bringing together from all parts of the country noble-minded men, imbued with the spirit of masonry, and charged with the responsibilities of legislating for its welfare, would have a happy influence. C- The press throughout the Union is condemnly ing the decisions recently made by a couple of ts sagacious judges in Georgia and Michigan.ts The National Intelligencer says that one of the most salutary sentiments which the American s- people inherited from their ancestors was revat erence for the judiciary, as the great safeguard of public liberty. This sentiment has been ever cherished by the wise and inculcated on the is young.

No principle is more deeply engrafted rs on the enlightened sense of the country than that "liberty regulated by law," is the only liberty worth having, and no conviction has been more general or more strong than that the supreme court of the United States has been in general constituted of the wisest and purest men of the nation. The first instance of absolute disregard and vandal invasion of the judik i cial altar was that in Rhode Island, in which a mere partisan legislature directed the records of the highest court of the State to be mutilated and its decision in a particular case abrogated. Not far short of this however, in the year 1837, might be cited the resistance of the at postmaster-general to the mandate of the circuit court of the district of Columbia-a resisd tance which, to the honor of the nation was unive ersally condemned. But a recent decision of a judge of the highest court of Georgia takes a Oground still more dangerous to the stability not merely of law, but of all the, institutions connected. with good government.

It strikes at once at the foundation of our judicial system a and destroys the last bulwark of all our civil liberty. But we have no idea that this 'madness which rules the hour' in Georgia will find either sympathy or support amongst a lawabiding people. A report was in circulation, on the 27th at New York and in other northern cities, said to be founded on the authority of one of the foreign legations in Washington, that the Spanish government has refused to hold further die --aItiow with Mr. $oulio, in consedea ur Lzment insurrection with the view of coatribnting to the of a reprublic that country. The report meets with considerable crtddi nlthough it appears to many to ''ea, but impress of pfrohbabilitt on its (tuatro dc4' ar th- a great tns iut it.

A ai Iltt i rat nrn. sit 1.144 lht itr l-, s. 44' t1t'' a hr iV 4W 1 SI lit sti4 ij4e4 "r4 it Walto 44 I LYtpwtlJv ff vicix- 1 1 14C IWA IF 4 Y', eIr ov 1-1- i ae.lý x.54 4i4 '-044 1P Pi a Is order to meet the wis al who may desir it, I will makeliberal arances cot. signed to me for sale in tis i prket, di for slrpmeit toNew Orlea any other atnrket, giving the parties the privilege of seles eir -when they too so. Cotton will 'e cove fire ifkurance while here, unless at the customary rates of insurance, when forwarded to other markets.

To facilitat iier.otiationt., so iiich'ineeddd in this section of country I will purchase bank checks and exchange on any commercral point in the Union; when the basis and guaranties are satisfactory. I will, also, continue to furnish sight or time cheeks on New Orleans and NeW York, in sums to suit purchasers. Any balances due shippers of cotton from this point to Wright, of New Oileans, will be paid by me free of charge. In New the reeeipts of new cotton are much larger than they were during the corresponding period lastyear. Demand good.

Principal sales 8 to 9 cents. Extremes, 7 to 10. Respectfully, B. M. JOHNSON.

Shreveport, October 1854. MEETING OE THE MEMBERS OF THE a meeting of the members of the barof North Louisiana, assembled at the court-house in the town of Monroe on Tuesday, October 3d 1.854, at 10 o'clock, M. Robert F. McGuire, of Ouachita, was unanimously called to the chair, and Robert J. Caldwell, of Union, was appointed secretary.

The chairman having very forcibly expressed the object of the meeting, J. D. McEnery, pf Ouachita, moved that the chairman appoint one member of the bar from each parish to draft resolutions expressive of the object of the mneeting, whereupon the chair appointed the following gentlemen: J. D. McEnery, Ouachita; A.

J. Hunter, Morehouse; Robert J. Caldwell, Union; T. S. Crawford, Caldwell; A.

R. Hendry, Catahoula; W. B. Egan, Claiborne; W. E.

Paxton, Bienville; N. Reeves, Jacdson; Robert Looney, Bossier. On motion of Mr. Crawford, the chair was added to the committee. The committee having retired, returned and through the secretary reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were Whereas, since the year 1846 there has not been a full attendance of the supreme judges at Monroe, and that in the year 1851 there were but three judges in attendance, (one of whom, chief justice Eustis, being in bad health and unable to preside, remarked that he took his seat pro forma on the bench, and opened court to give the pi'oceedings legality,) and that the cases at said term of court were compelled to be argued before two judges by not get a hearing, and that whereas during the years 1853 (perhaps on account of the prevalence of the epidemic) and 1854 there was a total failure of we are informed and believe that, in practice, one of said judges has invariably left the state at the time of holding the terms of this court, and that practice makes a failure has, in our opinion, operated a failure of court at this term, and, whereas, this state of affairs deprives the people of the northern part of the state from all the benefits accruing from the right of appeal, thereby jeopardising their most important interests and creating useless expense and frequently operating a denial of justiceTherefore be it resolved, That this state of facts causes dissatisfaction, and that the practice of one of said judges absenting himself from the state meets our unqualified that the failure of the judges to meet at this term of court receives our unqualified condemnation.

Be it further resolved, That inasmuch as the a sessions of the supreme court at Monroe are all important to the people of the northern part of 1 Louisiana, we deem it our duty, as citizens and members of the bar, to call the attentionof the legislature to that fact, and request they will provide such measures as will effectually seI cure the remaining of said judges in the state, Sand insure a session of the supreme court at Monroe at each term. Be it further resolved, That we request the papers of the district and state generally, to publish the proceedings of this meeting, and that a copy of the proceedings be furnished by the secretary of this meeting to the lieut. governor and to the speaker of the house of representatives, for the use of the senate and house. R. J.

Caldwell, R. F. McGuire, T. S. Crawford, A.

R. Hendry, Robt. J. Looney, A. J.

Hunter, SNat. Reeves, W. E. Paxton, J. D.

McEnery. On motion, the meeting adjourned. R. F. McGUIRE, Chairman.

Roarr. J. CALDWELL, Secretary. "PROGRESS AND are under obligations to the publishers, (DeWitt Davenport, New York,) for a copy of Mrs. Gore's new novel, The autlfor gained great praise and popularity by the production of the 'Mothers and and several other romances, none of ich for interest are superior to the present volume.

The story is well told and many of the scenes charmingly drawn. The New York Herald asserts that Mr. Soulp has succeeded in purchasing Cuba-but it is merely one of Bennett's "astounding developments," that wants truth for a founaadaiou. The Red River Republican says that it intends to advocnte the claims of general Thomas Jeff. Wells, for next governor.

The Richmond (Va.) PIenny Post speaks of the immense amount of wheat now in the various railroad depots in that city. One of tClem grroining under weight of its the Ruasian and allied for a twelhti month." fhere are eight large mills in operation in that city, and two of them grind at lea't: nine hundred barrels each per day. It is mostly for thP American markLets, where it is a favorite over all others. The' ur not sour, and the secret is said to (0onsit in pakitng it while Ara of 'lilrty, equalFty a.Ld fclr' eragraph eonid beltC tihn bhirulialc ounstrates the Ial! anloiirmnt of rtv and itdependenet enjoyt4d ty the people tl d.f wdir'. It givre a heantiflul ini nrit the rcharacter of the in The says that the f- i I document appars in ti ii Oast ee.Sr I have noLi, td with extreme tuls Jews of ertCAh nrte not tic proof of that patriotie feeling which I had them credit.

Whereas, in consegaQ-ere o' the EtoAt high appeal of his imperial Tno one-i sr.y. not one abjerct--dare now-a-days e'sade hir idu ty a.L his rove you are hereby ravju.newd t6 every mlt inhabitant of ji'-th who tt yoabIsil urge upon hin the try volnltarly tde.ribiag. and gile mre the rumv'4 wborhoueld behavato a PaUer, of eve" prPrau to atoiil anh t.rtei a ion the the los. Ef pvcr to ree th i tLa £ch a lia uf 4 -a e-tot ivp d.eeih. a ttroq ho i I -l 4 a i IsT, II r- tt UNITED STAIES GOvSRNMET PBROPERTY.e Here is the way the speculators and politicians dip -into Uncle Sa'as well filled purse.

president having itoed the river snags are to be-permitted to, plant themselves in the noble )sissippl, probably destro.v million dolla property, until-the west'can arouse itself from party place a national man into the presidency, instead of the narrow minded politician who now occupies the of the On the veto of the bill, the sedretary of war Idirected a sale of the here is the result at St. Louis, given by the St. Louis Democrat: SALE OF THE veto of the river and harbor bill has caused the sale of the government snag-boats which were employed on the western waters. On yesterday were sold, in this city, two of the government boats at auction-bringing about $8,000, while the original cost of the same but two years ago, wasover $80,000. Thus we find that the.

exclusive seaboard policy which has actuated those who now have influence at Washington, has resulted in stripping the west of all the benefits of a government, and has even gbne so far as to sale of those preliminary arrangements to benefit western commerce made under a former administration. This is a matter that should be looked at candidly by every western man, and should induce the reflection on his part, that, no matter whatparty he may belong to in theoretic politics, he yet belongs primarily to the western party, and should stand by and uphold western interest. The St. Louis Intelligencer, in speaking of this sacrifice, sfys: Not only must the appropriations be stopped, but the very instruments and engines must be put out of the way. It is not constitutional or lawful to use them for the public good.

So the snag boats are sold at auction. One fetches I $3,745, the other, $4,200. The bring a few thousand This is the return for two boats that cost the U. $. government $81,000, and they are off, thrown away, here in the west, at our shores, right in our faces! Whence came the money wherewith these boats were built? In part-in great part-from i western pockets.

Every farmer in the west who has entered a few acres for a home, contributed to build these boats. H-is acre went into the national treasury, and thence came these boats-to protect the products of his farm on the dangerous and costly way to market. "'No," says Pierce, "it shall not be so. Let us crush this system." "No," says Douglas, "let us crush it. Let the general government own all the public in the western states-r-sell them and pocket the proceeds.

And let the western states tax themselves and improve their rivers and harbors." "Most noble idea," says David R. Atchison, of Missouri. "Damn the western rivers and harbors-who cares for 'em." "Now you speak true democracy," chimes in John S. Phelps and Alf. W.

Lamb, servile followers of the more conspicuous tyrants we have named. And so, these renegades to western rights and the infamous policy that robs the west of money, and then crush and destroy every attempt to make it return to benefit us. What is the excuse for this outrage and insult? Phelps, Lamb, Atchison, Douglas, you all opposed the river and harbor bill, and aided in this sacrifice of the western snag boats, tell us what excuse you have for this result? "Unconstitutional." "Unconstitutional!" Furies how do your constituents spare you? Then how is it constitutional to give $10,000,000 to a foreign scoundrel and tyrant, for a commercial highway across foreign lands, if it is "unconstitutional" to improve and make safe a commercial highway within our own populous, tax-paying borders? Explain us the political knaves, explain it! It makes us sick to contemplate this outrage. Will such dastardly deeds never cease? Will sham demdcracy never be buried? Will western locofocoism-represented by Phelps and Lamb-never cease to be the minions of a tyrant executive that crushes western labor and commerce, and builds up mammoth steamship and railroad monopolies for thle eastern cities, and for Santa Anna. TIHE RECIPROCITY TREATY.

-The Washington Union publishes, officially, the Canada trade reciprocity treaty, negotiated in Washington last June, between the secretary of state and the British minister, which has been ratified by both governments, and the respective ratifications exchanged in Washington on the 10th instant. The treaty will not go fully into effect till laws are passed by the British North American colonies, which are affected by it, to carry out entirely its provisions. But there is no doubt entertained that this wilt soon be done by all the colonial governments concerned. The treaty gives to the citizens of the United State, equally with those of Great Britain the right of fishing in the waters of the British colonies to catch sea-fish, and the same right to British subjects to catch fish, except shell-fish. nr ta coasts and shores of the United States, north of the 39th parallel or north latitude.

These reciprocal privileges apply exclusively to the sea-fishery, the salmon and shad fisheries, and all fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers being reserved exclusively to the citizens of the countries in which such fisheries lie. The treaty also secures reciprocal rights to he citizens of the United States to navigate the 1 rivtr St. Lawrence and the ennals in Canala toqnnecting the great lakes with the Atlantic i('Ehia Rritain the irhvli to naviga'd kite be irthe i tt pulatud tlat the gnvernment of the, Unirted will ur'ge upon the sicure to the British the right to use the several canal; on terms of equality with eiuscens of! it is also agreed that the following articles. Ieing the growth of or of the Unitsed tk's, ssihal be adMits.s iito each Orain, flour, asld hrvradstuffs, of all kinds, annimals of Jsi sin is, fresh, stmoked and salted meats, eottiui, wool, seeds and vegetables, unadried fruits, tdrine fruits, fish of all kinds, of fish, and ad other creatures living in th water, eggs, bides, fur', skins, tails ton' or niarbl ins rt ru4 neewrought state, state, butter, obese, taihw, lard, horns, macures, orW of metars, of kinds, coal, Fpich, tar, trlrpentine, o.ans, timbet aal uEmbr of all kinds, round, hewed, and -awed, manufa(mutred in whole or in part, Bfre. siht uba antl trees, pelts, wool, flsh rice, brew.a-corn avnd bark, or utgro.nd, hewni, or wrougat, or uawr.m·ai-F* burr grindstones, dyestuffs, flax, hemp an4 tos raw, usmanuCactured obaseo, rags Stat oheially announces that t-e 'eranment have w'as en -ders to the enm the to, sirim thaT li-hery waters the taval frces a st sone.d here for, thbL a.t'J open to AmRerican rihercos te and qslna enavyment of fisha.

Ir, ileages on all the atibing coasts of Nortt Anmei3a in comanwa right wits British (Our cizxz how th of it'e bann. arta the lower paryi A Jmptiesn, Iow id ad dieu the i iu snd atyou L.Or Tr a ndtkidal viti Nw fa aanu4d trra ana for allr P- KREsYTERIANISM IN THE writer in the True Witness, says: The first prd byteiian who came south of Tennessee, tohve been the rev. Joseph Butler, rIho died Gia erson county, in 1825. About 1799 he sent as a missionary to the Chickasaw Indians, and after the close of I his mission renmoved, in 1804 or 1805, to JefferI son county, and established a church called Bethel, near Uniontown. The elders were John Beolls, Alex.

Callender, J. Parmelee, Jno. Grafton and Dan'1. King. Mr.

SBolls were put in prisoi.by:the Spanish.Roman catholic priests. The next pioneers were the rev. Winm. Montgomery from Georgia, and the revd's. dr.

Hall, and North Carolina. These three preachers had nine places for preaching from Big Black to Louisiana, as follows: at Mr. Samnel Gibson's, Grind Stone Ford, Clark's creek, Cole's creek, (afterwards ington, (Pine Ridge church,) Natchez, Dunbar's, Jersey and Big 1 Black. At this time there was but one baptist minister, rev. R.

Curtis, and one Tobias Gibson, in this country. The rev. minIf isters remained 1801 and returned. Mr. Montgomery returned again with his family 1811, and supplied Pine Ridge church, and afterwards Ebenezer and Union churches, to the day of his death.

The rev. James Smxylie in 1807 and died last year, and the rev. Jacob Richkow, in 1811 and still living. The presbytery of Mississippi was organized by the Synod the 6th dayof October 1815, the ministers were W. Montgomery, James Butler, James Smylie, and Jacob Richkow, and its bounds included all the U.

States south and west of Tennessee, now laid off, we in six or eight presbyteries. THE MAINE Maine exchanges report-the complete route of the administration, in the election recently held in that state. Governor, seems to have gone overwhelmingly opposition. The Washington'Union, speaking of the result says: "We are alike unto the progressive Frenchman who, in leading a great reform, declared to his friends that he had 'placed his bark upon the highest promontory, and fearlessly awaited the rising of the waters to float it away." The simile is in some respects a pertinent one. The idministration bark is perched upon a barren promontory, where we imagine it is destined toiremain, exposed to storm and tempest, a beacon of warning to succeeding governments, against venturing frail barks, poorly manned, into an untried sea, until finally swept away by the resistless current of oblivion.

We cannot, however, rejoiceoover the election in Maine. It is no whig triumph-no democratic triumph-no patriotic triumph-only a victory of the opponernts of the administration, brought about by a fusion of every conceivable description of isms. As a southern man, we have no words of congratulation to offer. The administration furnished the stick (Nebraska bill) with which their own heads have been broken. This is the only redeeming feature of the transaction, and, had not the country been agitated and distracted, and fanatics armed with weapons against the common weal, by the adoption of the mischievous measure named.

there would be no necessity for tear-shedding. So thinks the Bulletin. MILITARY New York Tribune of the 11th has a fling at the southerners which contains more truth than its attacks on them usually have. It says that among upwards of fifty southern gentlemen arrived to observe the present races over the National course, it one "who was neither a colonel, major or captain!" This sarcasm has enough truth in its composition to make us notice it. Our people are remarkably and foolishly fond of military titles, and by the courtesy of neighbors and friends almost every man is blessed with a handle of some grade or other.

If he cannot be a militia general, he has the dignity of colonel, or captain, or lieutenant as compensation, and takes every occasion to publish the fact. It is generally conceded by neighbors, and one who has seen no more of war and bloodshed than what occurs in a deer-hunt, thus goes forth to the world with all the surreptitious honors of an old brave. This state of things naturally grew out of our militia organization, buthas become a nuisance and evil well worthy of abatement. We are essentially a peaceable people, and such assemblies of warriors as sometimes meet at our elections and celebrations are opposed to the mature of our institutions. Let us have I more plain "Misters," and far fewer majors and chevaliers.

It will be just as well for the peace and safety of the country and far more its THE curious article on the beard is given in the lastnumber of the Westminster Review. After discussing the subject in much detail, the writer arrives at these conclusions: "We fully believe the beard to be the best of know that since Englishmen have dispensed with it, a silver gauze substitute has been often found necessary, even at the cost of disfigurement and inconvenience to the wearer. But if flie lungs and sore throats of men require the beard and moustache to warm and modify the air as it passes through them before each inhalation, what are we to say of nature's carelessness regarding her fairer and tenderer offspring-woman? Surely her respiratory prganism needs even more shielding than man's. It is true, that women are usually neither stonemasons nor workers in iron or steel, but they are no less went 'to kick up a Do not our housemaids make it fly from the carpets in clouds, all over the rooms, every day, in every house whereat they hold ofiee? And do they not inhale thi, said dust with business-like A -4 ve'. unhasmnily o.

ttaste lteeLionl urged, in defencie o. t'e IOs that life is a domestic c.no Jhat he duties asc at home; man, r.ie is not eoera the aasea-ns 'r she oe tomel viltrhr a ste-mo. Ia she ld griedelr and that, she had as the beard affords. We cannot aidmit this defence, the dust-argument we have i already disp(oA I of, and we may add, that the women of unctvilizel races endure all the of weather and seasons equally with so tFat either he theory of the lungl proteIt fuuunion of the beard, as a cruse, of its eA nt ast, we fear, be given up or w. mus: accuse na iure of neglectful cruelty to 'the Ie, half' vf the human race.

The latter we art not disposed to adopt, the more estecially we decidedly prefer womana'e lip and hin in tl cir naked a4 as yet we met witi no femin.en env ot the maeculine 11 i quite cet sin tlft a great cuha.age ha taken laee in kt the esce in the U.ted St tea, withiu, thie eight or tana years. i 'rotr now i otiunshaven, among the grki ji sea, who in fevmer times would irss A sh a sfte as a oa si iIftprepriety. Tie e' mno be beneficial in the sviasn of ia it of health, but tbey sno be a- a I'tV of beauty aad eleashw. a With iio lv ials a beard beaa'tit but with is fjaits the rvtse Thean agaaianato be sot 1war alt, of the wi wi th sai sl a btabnt ha be iae ha om s'e'w 7 'w fr la b9 st The Savannahe gia prsinyst n' terments dtcricg nltk, st cases which had been lingering. sev.r Georgian says that the disease is apid In Augusta, such does tb The Chronicle and Sentinel pu lshes a i deaths which occurred from fever during r- ending on the 25th.

Mr. James G. Gould, a timable citizen of Augusta, diedof the fevers rietta'liith rliehad fi tris you escape it. James H. Rhind, State bank at Augusta, died-of the feveipgi i.

At the meeting of the board of eath on in ing of the. maue seae aAntbres were repdrted for thl precIp twenty-four Therewere, fifteeaenAsa s.fo ever city of d.rino..e tA hour o'clock Ast.on The Concur a Int ersys that the of all the land oflea; in sMississippi and graduation law ias crowded the ancient and veft ble land office in Washington, Adams connt 's milesbaick of Natchez, with a countless host And "upon the Putr walls the they come." his is the in'the State ofE. sissippi, and consequently all the public lands st that land dis trlephayv beendiw thana yearsand can be enter.d at a bit an Sam's title to the land be had. When a man can buy a snug farm of 320 acres, largest amount allowed to be entered by one for forty dollars, and get the best title in the via f- who would be without a farm? This graduation 1 is the best sort of a homestead bill. The officers of the 'land office at this place, says ehe Tuscaloosa Observer, have just received insre tions from the general land office, to sell lands graduation The act applies to all lands i the Tuscaloosa BALTiMoUR, Su.r.

know nothings of tish Scity have nominated Samuel- Hinks, merchant, and a democratic in politics, candidated rrvstuRG, SEP. dipatc issues tra this afternoon, anid gives death cholera yesterday. PrrTarora, SErr. p. x.eThere have been deaths of choleara to-day, and there is-n at in the disease visible as yet.

The tbtal number eight days since the commenement of the epide Sis 560e.e MONrOOMEY, ALA. SET. yellow fever made its andthere.ahsb five eases 1an oniede th 1erg rroinitbe nn the 25th. ktth aud-ati i au the citizens on the subject. The niavor of Macon, denies that there is any yellow fever in that city, and pledges himself tore.

port promptly should any case occur. NEw YoaR, SEPT. have intelligence here to-day, of the loss of the Liverpool and Philadel. phiacompany's steamship City of Leitch, which left Philadelphia on the 23d instant, for Liverpool. She was wrecked off cape Race, in Newfoundland, and became a total loss.

Fortunat. ly, however, no lives were lost; all onboard suceed ing in reaching the The City of Philadilha was a fine new British vessel of 2,189 tons burchi. and will be much missed in the line. BATON yellow fever is prevailing in this town. Twelve soldiers and seven or eight citi zens have died.

2 YaELow FEvER AT BAYOU regret to learn that five or six deaths from yellow fever, recently oec curred at Bayou Sara. We learn, says the Alexandria Republican, about 9 o'clock a very serious accident occurred on the plantation of James D. Loyd, bayou Bouf, re. sulting in the death of one of his most valu.sle slaves, and th crippling of four or five others. They were going toite house from the field, with a waon when the horses took fright and ranaway, kil.

the saddle horse, and injuring the driver sO that st died in a few days after. Vespasian Ellis, who had a South Americin mi sion under president Tyler's administration isto be the editor of the contemplated know nothing ps. per in Washington. IcE IN was formed in Boston ontO night the 21st ult. It is stated that there was quite a heavy frost visit ble along thevalley of the Mohawk on the morning of the 17th ult.

James Mapes, a respectable citizen of Huntsville, hung himself lately in consequence of his fears that the drought would prevent his raising corn enough for his family to eat during the winter. A raft, valued at between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars, broke to pieces and was lost while in tow of a steamer on Long island sound, during the The postmaster general has appointed Mrs. Jemima Wallow postmistress at Freedom, Carroll county, in place of John Wallow, deceased. It appears from the commercial review of the trade and commerce of Cincinnati, for the year ending on the 30th published in the Gazette, that the inm ports of the city for the year reached sixty-five million seven hundred and three thousand and twentynine dollars, or about fourteen millions more than the previous year. The steamboat arrivals numbered 3,887 against 4,058 in 1853.

The exports amounted to $45,432,780. Miss JennieBeard, abeautiful and highly respectable young lady of Bristol, Wayne county, Ohio, hung herself to a cherry tree with a chain, She was disappointed in a love affair. It appears from the returns of the assessors that in sixty-four counties of Indiana, there are 2,168,833 hogs, being an increase over last year of to this the excess in Kentucky, and we have an excess in two States of near 900,000 head. An association has been formed in Columbus, for the purpose of forwarding daily, to the indigent sick of Savannah, chickens, butter, eggs, and vegetables. Pray, what do sick people want of vegetables? The Louisville Courier, of the 23d says, the river at this point is at a and it is in about the same condition at Cincinnati.

Inthe cinal there are barely two feet water, and boats drawing over two feet are not permitted to enter locks. We. learn that the pilots' association has 'been broken up, caused by several of the pilots eying the track, taking a shear, and running for $200 amonth. One of the English deserters, Pritchard, was convicted in the municipal court, Boston, on, the 22nd on the charge of robbing the queen's treasury, at Sidney, N. and bringing the money to this country.

The case will be 'carried to the supreme court. The object of this trial was chiefly to test whether a person committing'a robbery in a foreign country, and bringing the plunder with him, canbe tried here for that The Ne' York Express says, we have seldom time when there were more men and boys oat employment than there are just now. We have just had occasion to advertise for two or three persons, and the responses have been numberless. The Bath, (Maine,) Mirror of September 20th, statee that there has been some excitement in that city relative to a fugitive slave on board the bark Franklin at that port, from Jacksonville. The F.

put into Holmes' Hole on the 19th and notified the customhouse that she had a fugitive slave on board. The authorities at Jacksonville were notified by the telegraph, and the authorities at Washington also-W hereupon the revenue cutter CalebCushmngappe. ed at Bath harbor and renained there until Tuesday morning. She disappeared soon afterwards, when the Franklin up the river. The crew of the Franklin state that the slave esaped while the veW el was lying at anchor at Hoela' llole.

When tle Franklin arrived at the port of Bath, twelve eitisl3A a awo-er of the Butoen vigilante S. "E' 5 ihaveat al uafi at like sxture, atd. Sing thea eafel away, in a fw ta.he in wl into Ass.ne. Ia faee is iut. ntering clure's, ia essce com.mpnses, and A waiLsh wa laty emt by mail frn Pea4.

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