Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 20 March 1845 — Page 2

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THURSDBY MARCH 20, 1845.

EVANSVILLE LYCEUM.'" Lectures foe Mabch. 1

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and highly meritorious. Tribune,

0rThe illumination by our citizens onj

Thursday evening last, on account of the

passage of our Canal Bill, was a most bril

liant affair, every way worthy of the occas

ion. The notice given our citizans to light

up was short, yet there was scarcely a win

dow ia our town that did not pour forth a

flood of light. From the river the effect was

very imposing, and caused steamboat passen

gers to open their eyes several of them

asked if Miller's day had actually come at

last as if the last day would make its ap

pearance at that hour of the night.

The ball on the evening following, given

at the Exchange Hotel, by Mr. Willard Carpenter, was numerously attended. Bache

lors and Benedicts were there by scores, and

a bevy of beautiful dames and demoiselles all of whom seemed to enjoy themselves to

the utmost. It was, altogether, the best got up aCair of the kind we ever attended in this

place, and reflects great credit on the public

spirit and liberality of tho host for the even-

02.

(JJjrThe Courier describing the effect pro

duced , on our citizens by the news of the

passage of the Canal Bill says: "' V "Every heart beat high with the anticipations of hope fulfilled."

This reminds us of the story related to us on the evening of the ball by a gentleman

"with a drop in each eye," which ran nearly as follows:

Great jrcsra A gpt O-'.conB D epq

- tUS3: hie JLia-qu."

b e-a

We thought so.

Postage Refobm Bill. We have before f IMPORTANT DECISIONS.-The Globe

noticed some of the provisions of this act of the 5th inst., says that the Supreme Court which i3 to go into operation after the 1st of of the United States have decided the very

July next. The following in addition are its important land caae from Louisiana involv-

principal features: ." ing the validity of the celebrated grant known "After the 1st of July next, all single let- a3 the Maison Rouge grant. The land

ters are to be charged jJce cents for transmis- claimed under it were thirty leagues, being sion under 300 miles, and ten cents for over upwards of two hundred a ad fifty thousand

that distance. Double letters pay double I acres, lying on both sides of the river Oua

price; treble letters treble price, &c. Let- chita, near Monroe. The case was decided

ters weighing les3 than half an ounce are jn faVor of the United States, the alleged

to be accounted single, and every additional grant being declared by the court fraudulent

half ounce is to be cnargea additional single anc void

postage. Drop letters pay two cents, and The court also decided a case from Mi-

letters advertised are to pay the cost of ad- chigan, in which it ruled that land3 purchas

verlisement. ed from 'the United States are subject to

NewspapersoflOOO square inches or less, State taxation from the date of sale. On

go free within thirty miles of where they are the part of the purchasers it was contended

printed: for greater distances they are sur that the lands were not liable to bevso taxed, ject to the rates of the law of 1825: and because, until the patent issued, the legal

newspapers of greater size are to pay the estate was still in the United States, and the

rates charge upon magazines and pamph-hands therefore exempt from taxation

lets, '' - ' - "

i

. - Circulars, handbills, &.C., printed on single South Caboltija a compliment to the

cap paper, or no larger, and unsealed, pay Chivalry by one of theik owji number.

two cents each, whatever distance they may j A writer in a South Carolina paper, in a sc-

be sent; pamphlets, magazines, &c, pay ries of "Essays on Domestic Industry," has

two and a half cents per copy of an ounce been attempting to call attention to the man

weight, or less, and one cent additional for ufacture of Cotton fabrics in that State; and

each additional ounce, whatever be the dis- in his fifth article, he presents facts soborritance: and fractional excesses over an ounce, ble and startling that any man, on reading

of not leBS than half at ounce, are -to be them, having the least particle of humanity

charged as full ounces. about' him, will have cause to shudder. lie

The Postmaster General,' in case of an shows that blacks can be employed in fac-

overloaded or retarded mail, is authorized to tories and argues that in their slaves the S

send the letter mail at its usual speed by Carolinians have two peculiar advantages

07 i3 now ascertained that Mr. Butler of

Kentucky, did not receive a Cabint appoint

ment after all. The New York politician

ut yankied the Kentuckians, and Gov. Mar-

tl.e man who charged the Stale of New

York fifty cents for mending his breeches

is Secretary of War,

cy

To the Editor of the Ecansville Journal.

Washington, March 6, 1845.

Sib: As soon as our Canal Bill received

the approval of the President, I addressed to

the Commissioner of the General Land Of

fice a letter urging the importance of instant

ly causing the lands in the, Vincennes Land

District to be withheld from sale. Inclosed

is his reply, ' I am Sir, your 4t Servant, ROBERT DALE OWEN. General Land Office. March 6, 1845.

Sib: I have the honor to inform you that

this office has just been enabled to obtain a certified copy of the Act, approved on 3rd

inst , entitled "An Act to grant certain lauds

to the State of Indiana, the belter to enable the

said Slate to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie Canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio

river," and that the necessary instructions

have been given to the Land Officers at Vin

cennes, to withhold from private entry the

lands remaining unsold in that district, unti

lurther orders from the Department. ; With great respect, Your ob't servant, . TIIOS. II. BLAKE, Hon. R. D Owen.' Commissioner

(7- There is much complaint and dis

satisfaction among some of the dis-

ppoinled office seekers at present in Wash

ington, if tve may judge from the paragraphs

we see going the rounds of the press; Colo

nel Butler; of Kentucky, expected to be Secretary of War, and had set his heart upon it, and Mr. Saunders, Postmaster Gener

al, and he had set his affections also upon a

seat in the Cabinet. Of course thev feel

mortified, and however they may endeavor

to restain an expression of their feelings

and Mr. S. scarcely attempts to disguise bis

their immediate friends do not feel themselves bound torestran their feelings 8ud ac

cordingly give vent to them in strong and

ndignant terms. The fact that Tennessee

has a member of the Cabinet, as well as the

President, gives great offence to those States

that think themselves entitled to some con

sideration at the hands of Mr. Polk, while

Cave Johnson's clams and qualifications, or rather the want of them, provoke severe re

marks. This is, however, a family matter, and must be settled by those whose affair it

is.

PENNSYLVANIA The August Inter

est. The Committee of Ways and Means

reported to the Pennsylvania House of Rep rcsentatives on Friday the annual appropria

tion bill, which provides for the payment of

the interest due on the funded debt of Pen n

sylvaniain August next.

Santa Anna. The last dates from Mexi

cc state that Santa Anna still remained

prisoner at Perote, and nothir definite ha

transpired concerning his fate. The Courier

Frartcais remarks that great difficulties exist

in bringing a bill of accusation against him

The question to solve is, whether he shall be

accused as President or as General, bein

at the time of the revolution Ex-President

and Commander-in-Chief.

The editor of the Pittsburgh American is of the opinion that if we could get Mexico annexed to Texas and California to Oregon

we should have a pretty considerable range

for our hogs to root in.

separate conveyance.

over the Massachusetts and Northern manu

The New York Herald says: The Mei

ican Minister at Washington. Almonte, has made all necessary arrangements for his return to Mexico. He has taken passage in

the barque "Eugenia" now in New York,

and has written to the agents there desiring

them to detain her. until the 15th, as he is

obliged to delay hisdeparture in consequence of the illness of some member of his family.

He has himself recovered from his late in

disposition. The diplomatic intercourse of

the two countries is thus terminated for the

present. -

We learn from the correspondence of the

New York Express, that despatches have

been forwarded by the Mexican Minister to

New Orleans, to be sent to the city of Mex

ico, informing the Government of the pas

sage of theTexian Resolution, and it is said that the instant the intelligence is received

there, the Government of Mexico will imme diately declare war and issue letters of marque and reprisal."

Col. Webb, of the New York Courier and

Enquirer, who is it at present in Washington, says should Mexico carry out this threat, "the example of France, when the Prince de

Joinville bombarded Vera Cruz, will be

promptly followed. She admitted the right of Mexico to issue such letters; but she gave her formal notice, that every individual acting under them who was not a Mexican, would, when captured, be treated as a Pirate. Such a determination by our Government., would deter a resort to so desperate a proceeding." ,

All the franking provisions of former acts Usurers; firstthey are not under the neces

are repealed, though restored by subsequent s"y of educating the slaves and consequent

sections.! ' - ' ' ly have their uninterrupted services from the

All officers of the Government are to' keep age of eighty years whereas in Massachu

account of postages payable by them on set,s; the aw3 ,orbid the employment of per-

I M I I I

mail matter, touching the business of their sons underjourteen, unless with three montns offices, and these are to be paid quarterly out schooling each . year, certified by a school of the contingent fund of the department to master; and second the slaves would sot, afwhich they belong. The three Assistant terbecomingcxpert.be subject to the conP. M. G.'s, have the franking privilege on all slant change taking place among the whites letters touching their business, and are re- at lhe Norlh- IIe then presents this beau-

quired toendorseall letters 'official business' tllul Piclure OI ifiMnong me nivairy:-

and are to pay $300 for every such endorse- " WuiIe;on;tbis part ot tne subject, I would

ment falsely made. Deputy Postmasters cap;city of b,acs for miaQrilclarg1 ShaU have the same privilege under the same re- we pass unnoticed the thousands of poor, striciiousand penalties. When the commis- ignorant, degraded white among us, who, iu sions of anv Postmaster are less than JS25 ll,is Iand of P15111' lte comparative na-

. ... kedncss and starvation! -, Many a one is

per annum tney may oe increased ty the d jn d South Carolina, from birth

Postmaster General, not to exceed 50 per to manhood, who has never pissed a mouth cent on the letter postage received. The in which be has uot some part of the time, . u .ki n r .,i.,i ... been stinted for meat. Many a mother is

. . . . , i r u . there, who will tell you that her children be pa.d from the cont.ngent fund of the two are scanti,y BU'pplied with bread and Houses and the Departments, or in default much more scantily with meat, and it they thereof, from the U. S. Treasury. , be clad with comfortable raiment it is at the

Public Documents mav bo transmitted by expense of their scanty allowance of food,

State Governors, Members of Congress, De-I legates from Territories, the Secretary of the

Senate and Clerk cf the House, free of postage, as heretofore. , The Same persons may send or receive, during the recess, letters weighing less than tw6 ounces, as heretofore: and postage chargeable on letters touching official business, and weighing more than two -ounces, is to be paid from the contingent funds of

Newspapers are defined, and a free ex

change is allowed as heretofore.

The sum of 750,000 is appropriated to j

supply any possible deficiency in the reven

ue of the Department under the operation of

the law.

Any farther deficiency is to be paid out of

monejs in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

The franking privilege of the widows of

Madison and Harrison is continued.

There is a strange story in circulation in

New York, that the pirate Babe is the son of

Bishop-,Ondcrdonk. The" Louisville Journal thinks the bishop is lbs father of a good many babes, but uot not of this one.

Birneit, the Abolitionist, thus lamely apologizes for his political course during the lace Presidential election.' "But suppose we had all voted for Mr. Clay suppose him elected and Texas kept out -where would have been the Liberty party? Scattered among slaveholders and their allies without having accomplished any thing, The Liberty party would not have been in existence at this time. It would have been completely dissolved.." We do not kuow whether this concession makes Mr. Birney or his cause appear more contemptible. , .

05-The Terre-Haute Courier of last Saturday says: "On Saturday morning last, about 3 o'clock,

fire was discovered issuing from the roof of

the goal in our town. The alarm was promtly given, but too late to save the bilding. The prisoners were removed out of danger, and we believe have since been sent to the goal i n Parke county. The main building

was entirely consumed, saving only a small kitchen in the rear. Thelo&to the county may be put to some 2000 dollars, the building having been repaired and painted within the last year or two, al considerable expense.

The fire is supposed to have been communicated from a stove pipe in the western end of the house, either from carelsssness or design, on the part of the prisoners in the room.

These may be startling statements, but they are nevertheless true, and if not believed in

Charleston, the members of our Legislature

who have traversed the State, in electioneering campaigns, can attest their . truth. " It is only necessary to build a manufacturing village of shanties, in a healthy location

iu any part of the State, to have crowds of

these poor people around you, seeking employment at half the compensation given to operatives at the North." "It is, perhaps, not generally known, that there are twenty-nine thousand white pesons i in this Slate, above the age of twelve years, who can neither readnor write this is about one in every five

of the white populatton." This, be it remembred, is the language

of a South Carolinian, in his own State, addressed to his own people, and published in

their own papers. Bt't he goes further and says it is apparent to all who pass through

the State that they are "behind the age in

apiculture, the mechanic arts, industry and

enterprise.'

Consul to Liverpool. The Narional Intelligencer, of last Wednesday, says: The Senate assembled yesterday, at the usual meridian hour. A few nominations for office were received (the most important being that cf Col. Armstrong, of Tennessee, to be consul at Liverpool,) and referred to the appropaiate committees; and, without acting upon any of the appointments, the Sen-

ale, after being one hour or so in session, adjourned to meet again -at 12 o'clock today. Appointment. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore American writes under date of the 10lh inst., that Mr. John Davis, of Pennsylvania, formerly a member oCongress from that Slate, has been appointed surveyor of the port of Philadelphia, in place of old Mr. Cooper, whose temporary commission has expired. Old .Cooper, it will be recollected, is the father in.law of one ofex-President Tyler's boobies.

FATAL DUEL. The Columbia Caroli

nian says:

An affair of honor came off ne ar the Hamp

ton Course, at Augusla, on Thursday, the 20lh

ult., between Major John Partlow, of Abbe

ville District, and John G. Burton, Esq., of

Newberry District, S. C. They faught with Muskets, at ten paces, and Mr. Burton fell

mortally wounded at the first fire. .He was

conveyed to Hubbard's Hotel, Hamburgh,

and died in ten hours afterwards. Both of

these gentleman had married each others

sisters, and the difficulty which led to this ta-

tarresulr, is said to have originated m pri

vate affairs, of which the public should know nothing. The mode of fighting was chosen

by Mr. Burton, and to say the least of it, was

barbarous and almost unprecedented. A relative of Mr. Burton, Lieut. Gogins,of the

U. S. Army, fell in a similar recontre, years

ago, on which occasion this unusual weapon

was used, and we imagine he derived the

precedent from the affair.

Mr. Tyler's Nominations. The Wash-

ngton correspondent of the Baltimore Pa

triot says:

Mr. Polk has not y et withdrawn the nominations made by Mr. Tyler, and which were left unacted upon. It has got out that he does not do so, because he wants the Senate

to confirm his brother, (Wm.P. Polk,) who

was nominated by Mr. lyler for the charge

to Naples, and until that is done he hesitates to withdraw the others. The bint was given to the Senate yesterday, but they did not

take it.

McLeod in trouble Again. McLeod

who created such an uproar over the country

on account of the part he took, or rather

boasted, for notoriety sake, that he took in the Caroline affair, is now petitioning the Canadian Legislature for relief, alleging that

his imprisonment in the United Stales reduc

ed him to poverty, -

. fiVrtm itiA T.rtnivill Innmsl. t

Standing Committees of the New Senmi r iJ - It

ate. I ne injunction oi secrecy naving oeen

emoved by . a vote ot the Senate, we are

able to furnish the committees selected by the new Vice President. We invite every

Whig in the land to look upon the present organization of the Senate, and the distribu

tion of our political friends through its busi

ness departments. The Vice President acts

upon his understanding of the tendencies of Polkery, and accordingly hesitates not to disgrace himsell and to humble tne pride of his

country by placing at the head of the Cmmit-

tee on foreign Relations such a man as-

Petticoat Allen. . Look al the Committees! The eloquent Conwin, immeasurably the superior of Allen in every quality of the

statesman and the gentleman, is attached to the Committee on the Militia! We know of nothing which can have prompted the ap

pointment of Corwin to the distinguished

post to which he has been called, unfamili-

arty he exhibited with the practices of mili

tia traiuings and the facility with which he

used up a militia General in the Harrison canvass of 1840. Locofocoisra nobly avenges

the manes of the unfortunate Crary, and G.

M. Dallas is a fit instrument with which to wreak her vengence! What act of Mr. Allen has prompted his promotion to the head of the Committee on Foreign relations?

When has he evinced a spirit of conciliation, prudence, moderation, a fund of knowledge to entitle him to be presented to the world

as the first man in the Senate to whom to

entrustUbe management of our foreign rela

tions? The Whigs have in the Senate such statesmen as Clayton, Evans, Johnson, of

Maryland, Corwin, Critenden, Webster, Day

ton, Berrien, and Bates, yet only one of these

is called to the head of a committo. Mr.

Dayton is named as chairman ot the Com

mitte on Public Buildings! The Post-Office

Department is about to undergo a ferious

trial by reason of the change in the rates of postage, yet the Vice President calls that

imbecile, Niles,of Connecticut, to preside over the Committee on the Post Office and post-roads! We will not enter farther into details."-We hope every respectable citizen of both parties vill examine the constitution of the new committees and ask his own conscience to respond to our interrogatories. In this just? In this lhe best distribution which" could have been made of the, experience and capacity of the Senate? Is it not indicative of a proscriptive and illiberal spirit in the presiding officer of the Senate, unworthy of the station he, unfortunately, has been sailed to occupy 1r Whatever may have been our hope of a conciliatory and liberal administration by Mr. Polk, we con

fess it l.as vanished. The appointments of

Marcy and Cave Johnson were sufficient to alarm the little hope we did entertain. The appointments in the Senate extinguished it altogether. Whatever disguises Polkery may assume, we will not be deceived. Ii

is proscriptive, illiberal, Jacobinical, and intolerant at heart, and practically will prove

radical and ruinous to the best interests of

.f the country. We hope the whigs will resume their places and will prepare to resist

the course of Polkery. It is essential to the best interests of the country that they should siand firmly bytheir principles and

ihcir men:

On Foreign Relations. Messrs. Allen,

chairman, Cass, Archer, Atherton, and Hu-

ger.

(Jn Finance. Messrs wood bury, fllcuut-

fie, Benton, Evans, and Phelps.

On Commerce. Messrs. Haywood, Dix,

Huntington, Johnson, of Maryland, and Se

vier.

On Manufactures. Messrs. Dickinson,

Sturgeon, Simmons, oemple, and Ispeight

On Agriculture. Messrs. Jsturgeon, bem

pie, Upham, Bates and Barrow.

. On Military Affairs. Messrs. JJenton,

Hannegan, Crittenden, Dix and rhelps.

On Militia. Messrs. Atchison, Semple,

Birrow, Fairfield and Corwin.

On Naval Affairs. Messrs. Fairfield,

Colquitt, McDuffie, John M. Clayton, and

Dickinson.

On Public Land.' Messrs. Breese,

Speight, Ashley Woodbridge, and Jarnegin, On Private Land Claims. Messrs. Han negan, Semple, Johnson, of Louisiana, Day ton. Thomas Clayton.

On Indian Aairs.-Messrs. Sevier, Bagby,

Phelns. Morehead. and Alchison.

On Clams. Messrs. Bigby, Mangum,J.

M.Clayton, Semple, Dickinson. On Revolutionary Claims. Messrs. Sem

pie, Jarnagin, Greene, Hannegan, and Col

quitt. On i7ie Judiciary. Messrs. Ashley, II u ger, Webster, Berrien and Breese. On the Post Office and Post Roads.

Messrs. Niles, Sturgeon, Simmons, Semple, and Johnson of Louisiana. On Unmix and Canals. Messrs. Ather

ton, Lewis, Corwin Sturgeon, and Wood-

bridge. On Pensions. Messrs. Dix, Bates, Miller,

Ashlev. and Atchison.

On the District of Columbia .Messrs

Colquitt, Sevier Johnson, of Maryland, Miller, and Woodbury. On Patents and the Patent Office. Mes

srs. Woodbridge, Hannegan, Sturgeon

Speight, and Lewis.

On Retrenchment. Messrs. Lewis, More-

head, Atherton, Dayton, Dickinson.

On Territories. Messrs. Bagby, Allen

Lewis, Evans, and J. M. Clayton.

On Public Buildings. Messrs. Davton

Simmons, and Bates.

To , Audit end Control thu Contingent

Expenses of the Senate Messrs. Niles, Breese, and Corwin.

On Printing. Messrs. Atherton, Sim

mons, and Semple. N.

On Engrossed Bills. Messrs. Speight,

Greene and Jarnagin.

INAUGURAL OF THE VICE PRESI- ' DENT. . Mr. Dallas, on being sworn into office ai Vice President of the United States, deliver

ed tne lollowing brief address: .'Senators: In directing the Vies President to preside at the deliberations of this body, the constitution of our country assigns to him a sphere and a duly alike eminent

auu graieiuj, v unoui any oi tne cares ot , real power, with none of the, responsibilities of legislation, except in rare conjunctures, he -is associated with the dignified delegates of

republican sovereignties: he is posted by the

entire American people, in your confederated council, partly, it would seem, a3 an organ of Freedom's fundamental principle of Order, and partly, perhaps, as a mere symbol

ol that more popular and "more perfect un- '

ion' on winch depend lhe blessings oi our Peace,' Independence and Liberty. His mission, tranquil and unimposing, is yet noble in i;s origin and objects, and happy, as

well as proud, in its relations to you.

Io one, gentlemen, can appreciate more

highly or recognize more deferentially, than

does the incumbent ot this chair, the pow

ers, privileges, and rules or forms of the Senate of the United Stales. To maintain these

unimpared and unrelaxed, he feels to be an

official duly, secoudin impressive obligations

only to his Constitutional allegieuce. To

their exercise the Republic owes incalculable good; and through them has been gradually achieved a wide spread fame for wisdom,

justice, moderation and emciency, unsur

passed by any assembly of statesmen in former or present times. . A calm and well adjusted system of action in this chamber, carefully devised and steadily pursued by those who have preceeded us in il, has indeed largely contributed to

the undoubted success oj our great political experiment. Instability, haste, ? procastina : tion, discourtesy, and indecision, habitually . discountenanced and banished, leave, in andisturbed supremacy here, the powers of enlightened reason, and the vigor of practical

patrioiism. Uur country reaps thence solid and substantial advantages in her policy, institutions, prospects, and renown. . The citizen whom it has pleased a people to elevate by their suffrages, from the pursuits of private and , domestic life, may best . evince his grateful sense of the honor thus conferred, by devoting his faculites, moral

and intellectual, resolutely to their service. This 1 shall do; yet with a diffidence unavoidable to one conscious that almost every

slpn in Ills nnnninlPi! nnth ia In him nrw nnrl

untried, and sensible how dangerous a con

trast must occur in the transier of powers

from practised to unpractised hands.

In observing, however, upon this - floor, a

number of those experienced and skilful

statesmen on whom the nation justly looks

with pride and reliance, I am assured " that there can be but little danger of public disadvantage from inadvertencies or mistakes,

which their counsel may readily avert or rectify.

And thus, gentlemen, while aiming franky and impartially to exercise the functions

of an unaccustomed station in the spirit of

the constitution, for the enlarged and last-

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sincere good will towards all, I may cherish

the encouraging hope of being able, with the

assent of an indulgent Providence, at onceto perform my duty, and to attract your confidence.

CIIOCTAWS. The Vicksburgh Sentinel of the 18th ult., .

referring to this tribe of Indians, has the following:

The last remnants of this once powerful

tribe are jiow crossing our ferry on their way to their new home in the far west. To

one, who, like tha writer, has been familiar

to their bronze inexpressive faces from infancy, il brings associations of peculiar sadness to see them bidding here a last ' farewell perhaps to the old hills which gave birth and are doubtless equally dear to him and

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mem a use. i ne nrsi piaymaies 01 our in

fancy were the young Choctaw boys of tha then woods of Warren county. Their language was once scarcely less familiar to us than our mother English. " Weknow, we think, the character of the Choctaw well. We knew many of their present stalwart braves in those days of early life when Indian and white alike forget disgoise, but in the unchecked exuberance of youthful feeling, show the real character that policy and U t I .. u t Ct rlu r ivi ttt lAiitaol arts!

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7 4 we know that under the solid stoic look he assumes, there is burning in the Indian's nature a heart of fire and feeling and all observing keenness of apprehension that marks and remembers every thing that occurs and every insult he receives. Cunni-at-a-hah! They are going away! With a visible reluctance which nothing has overcome but the stern necessity they feel impelling them, they have looked their last on the graves of their sires the scenes otyVheir youth and have taken up their slow toilsome march with their household gods among them to their new home in a strange land. They leave names to many of our rivers, towns and counties; and so long as our State remains the Choctaws who once owned most of her soil will bo remembered. .

Peogee3s of Refinement. The Vicksli. r rr i n f i t I m n 1 . ..i.. a 1 ti ti f. emnU in i.

of cigars or pipes is permitted in any church in the city of VicksburgJ ,

DIED: . ' ' .. -On the 16th iust., after a long and painful illness, Mns. JULIENNE STEPHENS, consort of Ma. Silas Stephens. - On the 18th., SOPHIA E., infant daughter of Jons and Mary E. Gilman.