Mississippi Democrat from Carrollton, Mississippi • 3

From tha Dewoccitit Revitw. for April. A MUCH-NEEDED REFORM. Wo wish address a serious word Id thoughtful minds and patriotic hearts a-inonjf, all our political parties, though, indeed, it i chiefly from our own, tho party of democratic freedom, movement and openness to such suggestion! of refium, that we must expect any favorable bear ing for such suggestion as we desire to make. In the first place, all will agree with us in one thing that our Presidential elections have become tremendous nuisances.

That they seom tote growing worse and worse every time, is equally clear. Only reflect upon the recollections of 1840 and 1844. Is it not a monstrous evil that the whole country should be agitated with such a deporate struggle of panics, as that which, in both these years, has raged over hn nrhnln lpno-th nnrl lirnnrlth nf itlA InnrL from centre to extrcmest circumference? Are not these frequent shocks loo violent, too convulsing, too dislocating? Is it a trilling mischiel, that our population, vi-kd into two almost equal numerical halves, should be every fuuryears thus precipitated against each other, with all the animosity, bitterness, rcvilings, and resentments which now mingle all their elements to swell that huge evil of Party Spirit, which all deplore, yet all share, and all contribute to stimulate? That so much time should be wasted, to much capital squandered, so much energy misapplied, so much bad feeling mutually excited, so much demoralization, public and private, engendered? Surely, on this point, at least, all of our readers will heartily agree. But, how is the evil to be remedied the next consideration; or, if not susceptible of remedy, at least mitigated? Fewer elections a longer tenure of tho Presidency will probably be the answer of most to whom the question for the first time presents itself. The suggestion once made by General Jackson, of six years and a single term, will doubtless occur to almost every reader.

Would that change mend the matter? Far, indeed from itj and General Jackson never made a greater mistake in his life. Fur what is it that has swelled our Presidential elections into what wo see them now? What is it but the immense importance already attaching to them? If the importance of tho office, from its controlling veto influence on legislation for four years, is increased if the interests involved in it, by converting the general tenure of all the benefits of its patronage from four yeors to six, are magnified in the proportion of those figures what other eflect could be produced than to swell the very evil which is thus sought to be remedied by a process akin, in wisdom, to that of extinguishing a fire by the addition of fuel? Bui, it may ho said, we should at least have a long period of intermission. Allow one or two years for the actual contest, there would lie at least four or fivo of something like repose. This is a fallacy. Have we anv intermissinn rpnnsfl anything belter than a slight, momentary lull in luc perpetually raging storm Ana, surely, it would be proportionately worse, if tho fury of the storm were to be increased, by tho stimulation of the causes to which it is chiefly to be ascribed.

It is not every four years that we hold a Presidential Election now. It is every year; in some States every half-year. Nut only every member of the federal legislature, but, ns a geneial rule, every officer of every elate government, executive and egislative nay, every, town-clerk and every village constable is elected on Presidential principles, Presidential interests, Presidential tendencies. Whig songs for 1848 are already set to music already sung by the roystering patriotism of bar-' room politics. The echoes of the shouts which greeted President Polk's inaugural are yet in one year, while the other is already saluted with party clamors and party discussions having'reference lo tho for- roation of issues and organizations for the election of his successor.

Gentlemen may cry rest, out there is no rest! And all this, or a lame part of it, p-rows out of the election, on the present tenure of power-by a victorious party. This is the great motive this the perpetual stimulus. Hence the hope and the effort hence the tiger and the disappointment hence the strong excitement of the ambitions, interests, intrigues, and passions which attend oe of these great struggles of parties, nd which become immediately transferredwith scarcely diminished violence, even though the loudness of their expression may suhside for a while to the next renewal of the same still beginning, never ending contest. The true remedy lies exactly in the opposite direction. Attack the eflect in its causes.

Do not dream of reducing the former by magnifying the latter, but in proportion as you reduce the latter the lor- tier will subside, if we may never expect 'o see it wholly disappear. Make a Eleciion less important; make he splendor of the Presidential prize less object of temptation to deep intrigue and desperate struggle on the part of great politicians; make its patronage less an of ambition and cupidity to the masses of minor ones who overspread the coun-( who raise the clamors organize and ork tho machineries govern the local I rOu'tical aflaire and direct, if they do not ate, a large part at least nf Ihn nnlilie pmion. Shorten the Presidential tenure; reduce the Execulht patronage. 'ins is the only remedv. and mauarii hnv flnrhed such a pass that it must soon be I'Piieil, and all reflecting men must soon "mil into their minds the truth of its ne- wy.

or our own part, our preference is clear annual term, with unrestricted rc. Wiry: upon which, custom would soon lit the law of one cr two re-elections as the proper limit of individual ambition. What! A Presidential eleciion every rear? An earthquake annually? Apoli tical revolution with every revolution of the seasons 1 Softly, softly, we reply you forgot that if we should have four times as many Presidential elections, they would be in more than equivalent proportion reduced in importance and excitement. A Presi dential elecliou would then add little or nothing to tho excitement of an ordinary local election. 1 hese latter we have ev ery year, and must continue to have.

Nay, no one of them would be attended with half excitement that now pervades them all. As before remarked, every one of them is already a Presidential election -and afi election having reference to a four-years' Presidential tenure, with all its passions, its ambition, and its bitterness. The Presidential question would no long, or be the Aaron's rod to swallow up all the rest. It would be, as it ought to be, subordinate to the state and municipal questions upon which the State and Mu nicipal elections ought to turn. It would then add nothing sensibly to their excitement which they now borrow from it.

Of a verity, this appears to us so plain, that we are only astonished that it is not already an universal conviction, nlrcady ripe lor immediate translation into action as a practical constitutional reform. That it will, that it must, very soon be so, we cannot doubt. But (shall again exclaim the objector) shall wo have an annual sweep of of fices a yearly rotation of the great vicis- situdo of In and Out! It is bad enough as it is now would von quadruple the evil already so pernicious INo, certainly not. On the contrary, we would indeed apply an effectual cure to this evil. It is now tolerated to somo extont every four years, because the pub- mind leels tliut even though an expe rienced incumbent may be superceded bv another who has yet to make himself fami-liar with his new duties, the prospect of a four years' tenure is long enough to make a few months of inefficient experimental settling down in the office of little importance in comparison with the motives inclining a victorious party to this species of reward lo its more meritorious or more necessitous friends.

This length of tenure is also sufficient, to constitute un attraction to the latter lo tempt them from other modes of industry to lead them lo hope for office, aim for it, labor for it, and final. ly to press hard upon the csntral dispens. ing suurccs of patronage, with "powers of application' hard, hard indeed to be withstood. All this would be changed under an annual tenure ol tho Presidency. Neither would the public mind then tolerate unnecessary political changes of office from year to year; nor would a President, a candidate for re-election, then venture upon them nor would oflke thus fugitive and slippery in tho grasp, be an object ot pursuit or desire to any extent compatible with the present miserable stale ot things in tins respect.

Jiven, therefore, without any restriction upon the power of official patronage, this ono simple change at the central mainspring of the general machinery, would go far to apply the remedy so much needed throughout the now disordered action of the farthest extremities. But we do not propose to slop here. We would in that case fix a regular term for nil offices in their nature susceptible of, such limitation, and deprive the Executive of lly power of removal without cause to bo assigned to the Senate. Subject to tho check of an annuu! responsibility, the Executive would then take very good care that those reasons should always be good ones. The extent of the federal official patronago would then bo confined to tho offices falling vacant irregularly from time to time, here nnd there.

Taking four or six years as the general tenure, every year would witness the expiration of only one- fourth or one-sixth of the commissions of office, instead of the whole being considered, ns now, subject to the action of the vast patronage power of the Executive. The altered state of things lo which we refer, as the certain result of the sug gested reforms, would moroover generate such a state ot public feeling on the sub ject, that the usage would soon, we are sure, grow up to be, to re-appoint all I tilth ful and serviceable officers, of secondary grade, without reference to their polities. Is not tho simple suggestion of these thoughts enough to carry home to every mind an earnest desire ts realize in prac tice the change that would then come over the spirit of our politics? To attempt to apply similar views to the action of a party or an administration now, is out of the question. No party coming into power, or already in it, will or, indeed, in reference lo the practical necessities of position, ought to undertake such a suicidal quixotism. The existing evils are but the fruit and foliage produced by a necessity of nature from the deep root and the vital sap which it sends circulating through the minutest ramifications of the structure.

It is the system which is wrong; but the system, as time and the progress of events have developed it, has to be admin istered on its own principles. To be in the system, and to attempt, while in the svstcm. to dely and nullity its principles, is at once absurd in theory nnd self- destructive in A President is more eoverned bv his party, than his par ty bv its Presidents General Jackson could not carry out in practice many of tho ideas which he entered on the ITesi dency most desirous of adhering to. Contrast, too, General Harrison's undoubtedly sincere professions on this subject, with Ihe perfurnuhce of his one tingle month, and of the continued action of his Cabinet while it adhered to his successor, and eon-stitutcd ih administration unmitigatedly whig. Tho system, tho system, we repeat, etuis to creato a necessity which an adnu nistiation can only modify and direct, but can neither resist or evade.

It comes into power, for instance, with vast numbers of distinguished and meritorious friends need ing office quite as much i existing in cumbents as well, ui bettor qtiaJiiid for its duties expecting It, desiring it, and supported by the geneial local feeling of their party, which expects and desires the proposed changes, and which will be disappointed and displeased if that expectation is not gratified And when it is then borne In mind that, as a general rule, the incumbents have gone into office on the same principle, with a fair understanding of tho value nf their tenure of the places which they wore under no obligation to lake and in most cases supplanting predecessors under cir cumstances of private hardships fully equal lo that which the revolving wheel ot political fortune brings again homo to themselves when it is borne in mind that at each successive step of alternate retaliation it becomes more and more impossible, for cither to refuso to take tho rent -it may be understood, even by those who most heartily dislike this part of our "system," how idle it Is to expect, how unreasonable to demand, from any now party and administration coming into power, any thing short of a very extensive chango in the offices at its disposal. We dislike this as much as any, and much more than most. Nevertheless, as practical observers nnd rcasoners, we see the present necessity out of which it grows; tho impossibility of preventing it; and the folly of railing ngninsl it. It is in the had system that tho fntilt lies, nnd there alone can it be reached by any effective cure or prevention. Perhaps, loo, it is best to let it its full way, without tinkering at its eternal symptoms with palliatives and patches, tending only to delay that radical reform which nW be best promoted bv allowins its necessity most speedily and strongly to demonstrate ittflf.

Tuht reform is only to bo found in reducin? tho Presidential term taking away tho power of removal without good cause assigned and ought to add, transferring to local popular elections a largo proportion of the official patronago now vested in tho executive. Sooner or later, this must be done; the later it is, the worse it will be the sooner the belter. The reform here proposed would open the chance of houorable Presidential as. piration to many men of the highest rank of ability nnd merit who now stand.neces- sarily excluded from it. Any one can for himself easily make Up at this moment a list of some fifteen or twenty eminent democrats, in different sections of the Union, who may be said all to occupy what mr.y be called a Presidential position, that Is, to be full worthy and suitable as possible candidates fir that highest of humnn poli tical honors; yet not moro than three or four of these are likely over to attain it.

Tho tendency of such a state of things to foster intrigue, combination, undue means oven for legitimate ends, among public men of the highest rades, it is needless lo dwell upon. A fair justice, loo, would seem to require, that now, when tho great aud fast growing extension of our country pro duces the of bringing forward on the stage of life so large a number of men of equal, or nearly equal pretensions, this honor should not be confined to two or three of a class embracing perhaps a dozen, to the necessary exclusion of all tho rest. With annual elections, and ree'igi-bility, rcstiicted in practice so os to give each President not more than throe, and perhaps on an average two years, the greater number of men of this class would be taken up by the people in succession, while Ihe Presidency would move round in healthy rotation through tho different sections and States, to the satisfaction of all, and tho avoidance of those sectional jealousies which are now so irritating and so mischievous. This is the time to consider and lo act upon this subject just at the close of one Presidential contest, and before the can didates have been indicated (or Ihe next; while there are still, tnerefore, -no special interests enlisted in opposing this suggestion for the purpose ot securing a larger probable term of the Presidency to their own already so'ectcd candidate. There are already setoral eminent ornaments of our party who are looked to with more or less hope by their respective friends, ns our candidate fur 1843.

If the proposed reduction of the term should be made, all could then come in, in timely order, while several others, now scarcely thought of, though no less meritorious, would also be brought in the scope of a legitimate chance. The Roman Consuls were annually selected why not our Presidents? The exe cutives of several of our States why not the executive ot the confederacy? We -shall be glad if the Democratic press generally would copy this article--which we have purposely made a short one whether to express their concurrence or dissent is immaterial, provided, only, they bring the matter fairly before the consideration of their respective circle of renders. Hon. Rl J. Walkm.

The tribute or respect which ihe people of Texas seem disposed lo pay lo this unwavering and distinguished champion of annexation, is well deserved. His unflagging exertions, unremitting toil, his bold, honest, straightforward efforts in that great cause, entitle him to their deepest gratitude. The friends of annexation in this country will, one day or other, prove to him that republics aro not nlwuys ungrateful. I iladiionian. 300,009 persons aro engaged in agricultural pursuits in with double the amount of capital e'mplnycd in an; other business.

The Dismal Swamp Alarming and Pestructite some two weeks a fire has been raging in the )imal Swamp Lands, thut is now progressing with un paralleled fury. Thai it may be understood abroad, we remark that tor some six weeks past we have had no ruin in this section nf country, nnd consequently, Iho spongy fibrua soil of the Swamp has bo-come dry, and ignites as readily as tinder, and burns with the fervency of peat. The lire descends a great depth in tho soil, end completely covets tho wholo surface for miles und miles with a living fire, which consuinrs every thing. Vast quantities of timber, shingles, staves, fences, have alioady been destroyed, and our neighbors on the edge of the Swamp are in great dismay, for fear of their dwellings nnd plantations. It is worse than a praiiie flic, bemuse tho subtle element, penetrates under tho earth, und rises at difler-cut points.

While we write tho atmosphere is filled with tho scent and smoke ol tho consuming Juniper trees, and the south and southwest horizon is canopied nnd curtained with blai dense, clouds of smoke, save ever and anon, where it catrhes some extensive timber nnd shingle depot, when the forked and fiery volume rises abovo the mass, and illumes Ilia blackness, while night shows that volume of red (lame mid which reaches high up in tho heavens that almost makes one imagine that the lime so firmly relied on, and so ardently prayed for by tho Millerites, has indedd come, lhehreis now within some live or six miles of thii town, and curious feeling is oxlnbited by nearly nil our citizens; a feverish anxiety, and a continual inquiry of how the lire progresses, meets us at every point. Numbers aro moving towatds tho scene of devastation, and fearful rumors nro ever and anon started that such and such plantations have been destroyed. Negroes who have long made the Swamp their dwelling place, bears, snakes, are leaving their strong holds and fastnesses, and seeking the high and solid earth, looking lor safety among those Ihcy have heretofore hated and avoided. Portimoulh (Va.) Old Dominion. ANOTMKn.

TIio Frederick (Md.) Ex aminer of YCd11csw7says: "For the last four or five days Ihe mountains in our neighborhood' have exhibited a splendid and terrific spectacle. At night ib.o scene might have served lo convey an idea of o. miniature of volcano. How the fire was communicated to tho woods wo have not learned, but tho conflagration has been very fierce nnd very extensive, reaching over miles of woodland. Tho lower fire, near the city, (some five or six miles distant,) was extinguished 111 Ibo early portion ol this week, nficr having destroyed several ho'jscs and consumed a vast amount of timber.

The tipper part of the fire seems to be about ten miles further on the mountains and is still raging. About six thousand acres have been swept." 'Fittri in Tub Mountains." Tho moun-lains east nnd wist of Woodstock, have been on tire for oboul two weeks, filling tho valley with a cloud of smoke. Fences, lurgo quantities of limber, and nil immense quantity of cord wood has beon destroyed. The loss is represented to be very great. The fire in the New Jersey pines con.

tinues to break out in different directions tho "mountains" in the vicinity of Get-lysburg, have boon on fire for several davs. A tract of well Mocked timber, a- bout ono thousand acres in extent, was destroyed by tho same enrnornnt, in Berks comity, Pennsylvania. All Ihe wood in the world will not satisfy tho appetite of fire. Madisoman. Shocking occuuiiknce.

On Tuesday evening, 51r. John Weeks and Mr. Rouse rulheree, were nt Wheeling, in this coun ty, and under the influence of liquor, tn quarrel arose between thorn. Friends interfering, Mr. W.

was persuaded lo go home; ho went into the house, loaded his gun, and started, when Mr. F. advanced upon him with a knife opened. told him to shut his knife, or he would shoot him; he did so, but continued to advance. W.

then told linn to stop or ha would shoot him, which F. would not do whereupon, W. shot him through the body with a rifle ball, so that he died in three quarters of an hour. Weeks is now in jajl at this place wailing trial. Lexington Adv.

Another! A most hcart-ronding oc currence look place at Rockport, Attala county, i miles east ol this place, one duy last week. A difficulty arose between two brothers, Moses anJ Walker Guess, which terminated in the death of tho for mer. Moses first struck Walker with a hatchet, then shot at him, and lodged 12 buckshot in tho door, lacing near bis tide. Walker then procured a gun, und shot Ihe other who died instantly. Ho gavo himself up, was tried and acquitted.

These are the fams as we have than. I hid. A rumor has reached us from our sister county, of a painful nature. It is said that a Mr. Toland was murdered on the 15th, near the town of Columbus.

On the. same day in another portion of the county, a woman killed her husband will; abowie knife; and ruihor also say that a negro attempted rape upon the person of -a widow lady who resides near lofumbu This all occurred on the same day, as we have lieen Aberdeen Adt, In Csrrollton.on the 10th by llonM M. D. Kirnbrough, "Mr. Moses C.

Brooks to Mies Marv A. Ussiatf. At the Carrollion Hotel, on Wednesday evenint hurt, by O. L. Kimbrough, Esq.

Mr. Geo. W. Mabbt, of Madison Ms Mart E. Davis, of Holmes co.

In Jackson, HoWEtt Hobbs, Esq. to Miss Elizabeth Ellis, men In Co'umbiis, on tho 16th Instant, Col. Am.Yi.K In Jackson, I. on tho I3ih, Pr. Ww.

C. Forsyth. Jiowmfccr Election. Jt'DOS Iltnit COURT OF r.llltotts AI'I'KALS. fry We am authorized to ininniince the H0V1 HENDLEY M.

IlKNNli'lT, ol Lowndes) count, as a candidate 'c-r uti iro of the Iliph Court of Krrors and Appeals, tor Ihe riijriliprn IJisirict. JUIHIli OF Till! CIRCUIT CUUHT. fiWu are authorized 10 announce WILLIAM COTIIHAN.Kaq.ot Carroll as a candidate for June ol tha tnxlh Ju diciai District, composed of the counties of Monrge, l.owniles, UKtinoena, unociaw, YallobUHha, Tallahaicnie, vairun anuuna asaw. nisTiuirr attohxky. Or-Wo are authorized to announce JOHN A.

WILCOX. F.o. of Monroe as a candidate for District Attorney of the flth judicial district, composed of tho counties of Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Choctaw, ChiekiFaw, Carroll, Yallobusha, and Tallahatchie. (fir Wo are uiiihuri.eit to announce ANDUEW K. BLYTI1E.

of Lowndes as a candidate for District Attorney of the Sixth Judicial district, conipriHini tbn counties of Monroe, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Carroll, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Yallobusha ami Tallahatchie; RI.EKK DISTRICT CIlANrEllV Ctlt'KT. JW nrA nilibnried tn nnnntlnrn WILLIAM P. HOLE as candidate for reflection to the office of Clerk of tho District Chancery Court, for tho district composed of Ibo counties of Holmes, Carroll, Yallobusha, Choctaw, and Tallahatchie. CLKRK UIKCt'lT COURT. OCT Wo uro authorized to pay that Wil liams O.

Hkrrino, Ksq. will bo a candi date lor Clerk ol ibo Circuit Court ol Carroll county, it nominated by 1110 democratic nty Convention. ASSKSSOK. Ity We are authorized to announce L. I).

OR1DEU ana candidate for Asses sor of Carroll county, at tho election in November next. COUNTV TREASURER. OirWe'nre authorized to announce Mai. JAMES MONEY, as a candidate for reelection to tho olfice of Treasurer of Carroll rdimtyi Iiccpni'taiit to Carjx nltris. TIIIK undersigned, a committee, will I receive nrnnosnls for buildintr Pliurf-h In llui town nf C.iirmMlnn.

Pttl. sons wishing to undertake will he shown tho plan of lie sumo by calling on Messrs. Wellons or Whitmnro, ih Carrollton. K. It.

HUilTOiN, JAS. WELLONS, J. W1IITMOKE. April 30, IMS if I'o TrneliCi'N. HE services of nil additional Teacher in tho Midillclon l'emulo Acude.

my will be required from and aflcr the first nf August next. To one, eithor M11I0 or Female, of adequate qualifications, a very boral compensation will ho given, and a permanent situation afforded. I'or further particulars apply lo ALLEN (jAUY, PrcsV Hoard of Trustee. 17,18 JUOPOSALS for publishing, In the City of Washington, a daily, semi- weekly, and weekly, Democratic Republican paper, lo be entitled THE CONSTELLATION: BV JE9HK E. DOW Ic CO.

The first number of our now paper will be issued on tho first day of May next. with an entiro now dress new type, line white porler, with other important alterations and improvements. The paper will bo devoted to a fearless exposition of Democratic principles; it will zealously and unremiltihgly oppose each nnd every effort to establish a mammoth monarchy bank and other mischievous corporations and consolidations of wealth, which sub vert the rights of tho people and undermine the pillers of the Republic; it will oppose an oppressive and anti-republican tariff system, the assumption of the State debts by the General Government, and all other federal principles which have an inevitable tendency to destroy public pros- penty as well as individual happineas. Against all such political delusions, we shall wage unchanging, uncompromising war. Tho Fahmkh and the Mechanic who produce all the real capital of Ihe nation, will find in our paper an unwavering champion of their inalienable rights; the long cherished principles of Ihe editors are too well known lo tho public to require any pledge upon Ibis point.

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5 Weekly paper by the year, NEW SriSISU fiOOOSi HE SUBSCRIBER, lakes pleasure in announcing to hlsnld friends and tin: aublic generally, that ho is now re ceiving a line Mock of nrni.G aj su.vui:n goods, purchased by himself in February last, in tliCtCitios of New York and Philadelphia, consisting in part ol llio folluwing articles: Bleached brown Doinrslics, avsurled Lowells, as'td; Cottonades, as'td; Black and colored Cambrics, as'td; Linen nnd cotton ast'd; Table Linen, ns'ld Book, Swiss, and jaconet Muslins, as'ldj Striped nnd barred do. Thread and cotton Edging, as'ld Cobaltoon and Organd.v Muslins (a beautiful article for lady's drosses); Black, blue, and brown Cloths nml Cassimcresj 1 For gent's wear rt beautiful articlo ot" Drah rrc, nnd Croton Coaling; Block Italian Lustring Silk Fancy Si'ks, as'ld Ilnsiurv, (Sic. BONNETS, of nil kinds. A largo lot of SUM Mm CLOTllI.W; Boots, Shoes, ntul 1 Iiits; liueenswarc; Hardware; Cutlery; A nd a great variety o( Fancy Arliclos, loo numerous to mention. Persons wishing lo purchase Goods will do well to cull and examine my stuck.

For the cash, I will sell them lower than goods ever were sold In Carrollton before. Lull and examine, and I will sell to you. A. W. AYHE9.

Carrollton, April 15, 1815 lNtf Ariaiiiiiifttrntor' Notice. rBOall persons interested in tho land and tenements of Lindsey Hull due'd, especially tho north west quarter section 1 and nn undivided moiety in tho north half nnd south east quarter, section township 17, raniro 1 east: Take notice That nt tho June term next nf the court of Carroll county, I will apply for an order to sell said la mi for the purpose of paying tho debts of suid estate, when nnd whoie you can attend nnd shew cuuso to the contrary if any you can, A. C. IIALl, Hurtithg adni'r of estate L.C. flail dec'J.

April 11, 1845. The Stale or ITIiiHiiiif Carroll PiioiiAtiJ Court, Ai'su, Tkiw, 1815. In the mailer of the Mule of Win. John-ton, deceased. opening the mailers of tho petition' in this caso, it was ordered that till persons interested in the following lands to-wil: The south half of cast lialfnorlli east quarter section and that portion of the west half north west quarter, section 9, which lies sotilh of Ihe creek running through, it, in township 20, of innitefl eatr as tenants or l.chs nt law of said Johnson, bo and personally appear at Probatn Court to be hidden til the Court hoii-o in tho town of Carrollton, on the first Monday in July next, nnd slimy cause why said land shall not bo sold fur tho purpose of distribution do.

Ordered, that publication of this notice be made in the Mixsissippi Democrat and Missinsippian for foily days. Tost. SAM'L 11 ART, April 23, 1815, lO Ut fry- Misliipian enpr i neU, and r.n-l ncciuiit, will) legal proof of publication, to lbi OENEKAIi It HE US, No. 0. HEAD-QUARTERS, Jackson, ML, April Vi, lci45.

rTMIIE following Regiments of Ibo Mis-sissippi Militia will purade for drill and review, at tho respective times and places following, to.wit: The 25th regiment, al Canton, on Wed. nesday, Hth day of May next. The 20th Bunion, on Thursday, lOlh of May. The 27th regimont, al Lexington, ou Friday, 10th of May. Tha 37ih regiment, at Carrollton, or Saturday, 17 ill of May.

The 85th regiment, at Charleston, on Monday, 10th of May, The 30th and 00th regimcnls, nt Cof-fecville, on Wednesday, 21st of May. The 55th regiment, at Oxford, on Friday, 23d of May. The 54th nnd 61st regiments, at Panola, on Monday, 2(5th of May. 1 The OIsl regiment, at on Wednesday, 28lh nf Tho 50th nnd 57ih regiments, at Holly Springs, on Friday, 30lh" of May. The 40th and 58th regiments, nt Rip.

ley, on Monday, 2d day of June next. The 47th and fi3d regiment, at on Wednesday, 4th of June. The 46ih and 51 His regimcnls, at Fulton, on Friday, Oth of Juno. The 48th regiment, at Pontotoc, on Monday, Oth of June. The 43th regiment, at Houston, Wednesday, 1 llh of June.

The 17th and Olih regiments, at A bur. deen, on Salurdsy, 14(i of June. Tho JOih regiment, at Columbus, oa Monday, lGth of June. Tub officers and non-commisionod officers of said regiments will asuetuUo for drill and inspection, at least one day previous to tljoir icspective reviews. The re.

view will commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. The Major Generals and Brigadier Go. nerals, with their respective Mails, will lend the reviews in their respective di sionsand A return of the strength of each regiment will be required of tho commandant thereof on tho day of review. By order of A.

G. llRQWUfCommanderJ iiuChief, C. BUCKLEY, Adjutant General Mississippi Militia. Jackson, April 1(1 10-2t.