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Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

1ntthe Argus of the 18th Of BeBruarv
last in al article entitled S The Banks.-
M. Fan Barren. Owe took occasion in
commenting on the opposition of the Gov
eminent paper, the Globe, to the charter
ing OFthe Charleston and Cincinnati Rail
Road, With Banking privileges, to say il
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26
CONVICTION & CALHOUN.

p. S. The manufacturer designs emigra-
ting to COlumbus, and has sent the above
Gins as specimen Of his work, and war;
rants them to be equal to any in this country.
fthey do not perform well, purchasers
have the privilege of returning them.
COlumijus, September 10, E83z.--2-tf
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

Our friends ofthe Columbus Demo-
crat are cup to thing or two" Yester-
day morning early they circulated an
Extra containing letters from Washing
ton dated the 10th Inst., in which is sta
ted that Mr.. Calhoun, Duff Green, Mr..
PicKens of S. C.. and the Retormer will
sustain Mr. Van Buren's Message. The
Democrat knows very well that the
GubernatOrial Election is now at hand,
& any thing that would bear upon it, so
as to gain votes to its own side, will be
peculiarly proper. 1t therefore pub
fishes letters, the contents of which ap-
pears to be more as a quiz upon the
gulibiIity ofits Editors than possessing
any remote claim upon veracity.
Think Of John C.. Calhoun whipping
round "between night and day" and
turning Van Buren, man, after the grea-
ter part of his life has been spent in op-
posing the very doctrines contained in
the Message! 1t is preposterous.-Res-
pecting these letters, we are inclined
to believe them to be hoax upon the
susceptible gentlemen ofthe Democrat,
from the fact that so much is said about
Claiborne and Gholson holding "the
most enviable station here, and rcgar-
ded as two of the most prominent men
in Congress" That these letters are
intended for political effect is evident
from the fact that our present members
intend to hold on to their seats for two
years, and they probably think if the
election results in the choice of Van
Buren, candidate for Governor the COM
mittee of elections will see no good
reason why Van Buren, men should
not be Representatives of a Van Buren,
State, and report accordingly. Upon
the whole we believe if the truth was
known, Claiborne or Gholson or both
were the authors of the letters.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

was in consequence. we pre-
sumo Mr.. Van Buren, fears it viii interfere
with his scheme Of establishing a Bank
whose capital will be the surplus revenue
and called the Treasury Bank, to be
leagued with his safety fund banks in New
York, with whose power, if he lacks inhu-
ence, he can successfully, as Gen. Jackson
did, nominate and elect his successor to the
Presidential throne"
We thought we saw at that time ''an aw-
full squirting" towards some such scheme
and the late message shows conClusiveIy'
that our presumption was right. In that
message the President recommends that
the revenue be collected and disbursed by
public agents deriving their Offices from
him, and to be placed at such points as may
be deemed most advisable, by which he can
establish league of government agents,
more powerful than banks, whose influence
over the elections will be in the highest de-
gree potential. These agents will be con-
trolIed and under the supervision Of Com
missioners also appointed by the Executive.
precisely the same as the safety fund banks
of New York are under the supervision Of
the Bank Commissioners who are elected
from among the ranks of the dominant par
ty. Mr.. Van Buren'S plan in his Treasury
scheme is almost pre- cisely the same as his
safety fund system, which has worked such
wonders to his benefit; in which if he
succeeds, the whole Union will be as suppl
ant to his beheSts as his native State nov is.
Is it possible the people will not threw a.
side the fimsy veil under which is hid the
Interior designs of Van Buren, and his bosom
friends, Blair, Whitney and Kendall, ere
too late! A crusade IS got up against the
Banks, aud a new cry of '' Gold anc Sill
yer currency" is made to ring in the ears Of
the people to delsde them, whit, it
seems they are secretly aiming at the Con-
soLIDATIoN of all power in the hands of the
Executive, and the erection of q DEsPoTIC
GOVERNMENT, which the Columbus Demo-
crat exultingly says ".HAs SOME ADvANTA-
GES, AND HAS, ORDINARILY MORE ENER-
GY AND DECISION, AND ALWAYS LESS DE-
LAY THAN A REPUBLIC."!! Il seems to
US, that this is their design, and we feel con-
WINGED that il the scheme Mr.. Van Buren,
has preached in his message, is accorded
to by Congress, the liberty Of which we now
boast so much Of, will be but. an empty
name, and our Republic rcproach to the
civilized world.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26
Cotton Gins.

TUST received from the mandatory in
d South Carolina, a lot Of Hunters ceEe-
brated Cast steel Saw Gins of different ST.
zes, on consignment and for sale at the Gus
1OmaWv OriROp
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

AN ACT supplemental to an act to incor-
porate the subscribers to the Mississippi
Union Bank.
81. BE IT. enacted by the Legislature of
he STATE Of I1issisSihhi, Tha, books for the
subscription Of the stock Of said bank, shall
'e opened ia the county Of De Soto, at the
seat Oe justice thereof, under the inspection
Of Richard &. Hancock, Felix Lebenon, and
Milton Blocker; for the county of Lafay-
cite, e. ]. Butler, ]. P. Sneed, and F. c.
TolbeN; for the county of Newton. Bid
SAfFuEd,. @mes Hudson, James Ellis; for the
county Of Tippah, Edmond Baily, H.
Bowers, and BOhN w. Thompson; for the
county of TiShemingO, Thomas Palse Keys
and John RivesT az managers under the
same rules and regulations as are prescribed
unr the subscription Of the stock Of sale
bank, in the other counties of this state BY
the act to which this is a supplement.
Approved, May Is, 1887.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

that Congress will act independently of
his recommendations. The public
printing will be done in the Office OF the
National InteIligencer for the present,
as Mr.. Allen has not, as yet, sufhclent
materials and accommodations IN ms
new office for the purpose.
Mr.. Biddle of Pa. offered res0lu-
ton, which lies over one day. The
resolution proposes an inquiry address
sed to the Secretary of the Treasury,
whether the letter recently published in
the papers of the day, directing the
clerk of the House to pay the members
their claims in gold and silver coin, be
authentic-and if so, what, if any, dis
tinction has been made in this case,
among all the claimants on the Treas
ury in this respect? The House then
adjourned.
SEPTEMBER 6TH.
In Senate. Webster and Mr.
Davis of Massachusetts appeared and
took their seats. The Vice President
announced the standing Committees
after which the Senate adjourned to
Monday the 18th.
In the House ofRepreSentatiU es-
Mr.. Bell Of Tennessee announcedI the
death of Col. James Standifer and ac-
companled the announcement with q
short eulogy on the deceased. The
House then adjourned until Monday
the 18th.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26
GEN. THOMAS F. COLL1Ss.-T

GEN. THOMAS F. CoLL1Ns.-Th,s
gentleman who is candidate for the
office of Attorney General ofthis State
arrived in this town on Friday evening
last, and on Saturday attended militia
muster in the eastern part ofthe county
at which ne addressed the people. His
speech, we understand was haDDily
conceived and received in a manner
very fiattering. Gen. Collins is a pen>
tleman off high order of talents. and
anable and easy in his manners and
cannot fail OF making an impression
upon all With whom he may become
&C quainted-He is well acquainted
with the duties ofthe Office to which he
asPlres, and we cannot but think he will
be successful. =
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

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llgencer' hailing from Saratoga. II. y
proposes q National Comm : - : = I;
wing Young Men, to be held Il p;.I I.
mona, u july next not for the p,lrpose
q g nominating a President, but Is n -.
apce hetoTmi in the Government. rbe
o3lect IS most Iaudable one-hut the
pan proposed admits Of doubt.
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Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26

" The effects of Mr.. Van Bu.
rens scheme of requiring specie in nav.
ment Of the revenues If Government
and paying the same to its debtors will
be to institute two kinds of currency
the one tor the government a sDec;e
currency, and the other for the people.
a paper currency. Who can tell how,
this will worki ~"
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1837-09-26
From the Hudson Republican.

Teas aOiA be annexed to the Un-
ion-the abolitionists and party. politi-
clans to the contrary Notwithstanding. .
W nShin Ctnn Rofna.,,,a..
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

/ "Merit vaunteth not itself A person
who has merits, is not often brought to
such straits as to be under the necessity
of Wanting himself or boasting of his abili
ties or success. Merit is calm, and unobtru.
sive--holds its peace-leis its acts proclaim
its capabiities-it is more inclined to keeI
back than TO protrude itself forward This
though it may operate to its disadvantage al
first, has contrary effect in the end, and es.
tablishes its reputation on a sure foundation
Very different from this is quackery This
is loud and boisterous-swelled with vanity
and pulled with conceit This abounds with
lhigh-swelling words, (see "hells mad.
house" &c.) and sets itself before everything,
All that has ever been discovered inmedicine,
from its dawn, as a science, sinks into non.
entity by the side cSit Learning is nothing
experience is nothing-wisdom is nothing
Colleges should be erased, libraries destroy.
ed and men Of science banished. Hyppocra-
ties, who collected the scattered materials, and
arranged what was before in state of chaos,
in regard to medicine, should be made no &C.
count Of Paracelsus and Gaen, who made
great researches, g. still farther systematized
the science, should be looked upon as chill.
dren who pile up cobs merely for their own
sport. Baerbave, and Cullen, and Darwin,
and Good, who have formed such beautiful
structures upon the art Of medicine, and SO
simpli6ed it as science, that It can be look
ed at, at glance. have only acted the part OF
idlers, who had nothing else to do or oil
murderers, who delighted in tho destruction
OF their tellow-men, What care we for sys-
tenn What does it amount to- Let every
man see for himself, and every man be his
own school-master. Nature yields the ma
terials which are to be made use of as a med
icine and nature makes physicians. 1t
would be showing disrespect TO the Deity to
suppose that He would send diseases with.
out sending remedies to heal them, or that
He would send remedies without ready-made
doctors to use them. Now we discard all
mineral and metallic substances as poison,
"our remedies are known to be congenial
with nature, innocent and efficacious to a
wonder" Hark vel Cured in less than
FIVE years-scrofula, one thousand cases;
white swelling, seven hundred and fify-nine /;
sciatica, one thousand two hundred and fity-
eight; curvatum Of the spine, disocation Of
several of the lumbar vertebre and broken
neck, each two hundred and twenty-one; in.
durable diseases of every kind, and natural
determines five hundred There's physi-
clan for you--none of your undergraduates
ence decorated NJ. DIS; but natural doctor
jus;.es he was bora into The worldF'g
Such is the definition of quack andquack-
cry. Now judge ye, who is deserving the
appellation, Paracelsus, Thomson or Az
To be continued.)
ANXIOUS VERITATUS.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05
For the Vermont Phpnix.

SThou wilt forget me- Can il be,
That souls congenial as ours,
Are doom'd to l,--our eyes TO see,
Reverse Of these-the saUeefer hours.
Shall adverse fortune ever comet
Shall Times sharp sword affection Severl
While DER a strangers hills you roam,
Thou'lt hear my voice no more forever.
Tbou'lt clasp no more this angel form,
And press no more this faded cheek;
These eyes, that brighten in life's storm,
To answer thine, no more will speak.
Thou'It bask beneath another's smiles
That smile, by fate, ne'er dOom'd to chill;
Thou'li glory in anothsr's wIes,-
Yet for those toiies, I'm love thee STILL
Aud while you roam DER stranger hills,
And find full bliss amid its nowers;-
I'll linger where remembrance fills,
And sadly clothes, the once ov'd bowers.
One step, our hopes and pleasures bloom;
The next, misfortune's blast may come.
E'erwhile we blossom for the tomb
Death waits to seal our 'fua DOOM
ELVET
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

REMOVAL OF THE DEPosITKs "A lad
in this city, who kept her deposite of eggs
for family use in cupboard near the mead
of stairway leading to the cellar, was
much troubled with a suspicion that part OIL
her stock did not come TO the family table,
but was Withdrawn without lawful warrant
She could not in her own mind, assign any
probable cause for those transfers, and after
much reflection on the matter, relinquished
all hopes Of unravelling the MYSTERY. One
evening, after having thus despaired of ex-
PLANTATION, and while sitting quietly in room
near the stairway she heard peculiar
noiseZ-a lhump--thump--thump--lik
something falling gently from one stair to
another She carefully reconnoitered the
premises, and as distant lamp in the hall
threw its light on the stairway, she had the
happiness TO witness very curious solution
of the mislely, and ratification other sus-
picions She observed two rats go to the
depository, and ones0f the twain take an egg
in his fore paws, then throw himself on his
back, and with his fore and hind legs around
the egg, leSheld it fast and safe. Having
assumed the responsibility of position, his
fellow rat, who had obviously been waiting
for the development, laid hold of his com
panion by the ear, and dragged him down
stairs, making, as he decended each step,
the "thump" which had aroused attention 10
this agrarian operation.-H Hartford Coar.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

former unkindness. 1t poisoned many an
hour She never took her basket of dinner.
now so light or in her solitary walk to
school passed the halfway stone" without
a deep sigh, often a tear of bitter regret.
Children who are what Clara toas, 90 now
and be what Clara is,-mld, -amiable.-
obliging and pleasant to all.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05
THE LAND OF PROMISE.

William Gould, formerly of Lorain, but
now of Greenfield, lii. sends US the follow
ing account Of the country of his choice,
which may be interesting to many of our
readers
/ have bought 200 acres of land here, on
String Prairie, at So per acre leo acres
prairie, and 40 timber five miles off Par
tally improved farms sell from S5 to Sl5
per acre. am much pleased with my sit
uation for the following reasons. /. The
land is cheaper than at any other place l
have visited. 2. 1t is nearly all owned by
individual settlers. g. 1t is healthy /
reckon we are 100 feet higher than the wa
tiers of Illinois river. a. The face of the
country is beautiful There are roads in
every direction, without any labor but travell-
ing them. 5. Nearly all our fields, and
principal roads have right angles--a very
great convenience in my opinion. 6. There
is but little waste land 7. The climate is
delightful. 8. Slavery is prohibited here
9. The temperance society is hourishing.-
And 10, the soil is rich and productive
Melons grow enormously large; corn be-
comes like forest. 10 to Is feet high, with
ears having 20 or 80 rows on the cob =
8 ulS anu uCllClOu5, dDplGS
fine, and we abound in wild turkies. prairie
hens, RABBITS, &C. Our stone is in quarres.
l can get raw prairie broke up at 81 per
acre. The soil is generally black. and from
2 inches to 10 feet deep; much Of it 2 feet
IN. B. Ifyou publish my letter. request
that the words be spelled according to Cobb
and Walker, which is a much better stand
ard than Webster. Yours in the spirit OF
enterprise and improvement - Caltirator
ADVERTIsING-ITs BENEFITs.-The au-
thor Of the work entitled the Great Melrop-
oils says that every one who has paid the
least attention to the philosophy If newspa-
pers, must have remarked, that as advertise
ments are the last things TO come to paper,
so they are the last to leave it, There can
not be stronger general proof Of the adyan-
tages of advertising. If tradesman pays
500 for a sign over his door, which can be
read by those only who pass it, what must a
more full and descriptive sign be worth, in
the shape ofan advertisement, which is car
ried into many hundreds Of families in town
and country. and read. beyond all doubt, by
thousands Of peopleW Advertisements, in
truth, are mOUeabls signs. which meet the
the eye of customers in all places and situa-
tons; and that man of business, who is de-
TERED by the comparatively triaing charge
Of the printer, from availing himself of the
advantage advertising affords, cannot boast
very largely Of the minuteness or care with
which he has traced causes and effects"
The ball on the spre of ST. Pauls, London,
is hollow, and may be entered by ladder.
II is capable of containing eight persons ~
and from the street looks like good sized
apple.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

Early Pot0toes.-MR. EDIroR;-It is rath-
er late know to talk about raising potatoes,
but have but little to say, and think it worth
September last, dined at the house of Hon.
w. r. Lowney of Sebec, and could not help
observing that the potatoes were very fine and
fully ripe. He told me that these potatoes
were not planted earlier than his principal crop,
which probably would not be fully ripe under
two or three weeks. The difference was in his
mode of PREF airing them to plant, which is as
follows:-Th zee or four weeks before he is
ready to put them into the ground, he selects
as many as he wants to plant for early use, Of
such as are Of middling size, and puts them in
to large box, and covers them from 10 to 10
inches deep with unlermented horse manure;
when ready to plant, he takes them out CAREFUL
ly and puts them into the ground without
breaking the sprouts:-H told me that pota-
toes will grow from whole ones week sooner
than though they were cut NJ.
Mechanic & Farmer
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

BosToN FAIR-Ata late fair in Boston,
an accomplished and beautiful young lady
was attracting all eyes to her table, when a
sailor "bore down" towards her with strong
symptoms OF becoming purchaser Of some
Of the rich articles before her He drew
from his pocket ten dollar note, and AFTER
looking steadiastly upon the lady, he laid
the money on the table, and was about to
withdraw-"will you not take some articles
for your moneyp said the lady. The
honest fellow turned again towards her, and
lcoked--then withan expressive hitch, sheer
ed of, mo, Pve had my moneys worth"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

Terms-To single subscribers Two Dollars year.
To companies who receive heir papers at the office,
~ 70 year. iEJs No paper discontinued until ar
rearges paid excerpts the option Of the pubsher.
=" Orders by mail must be postpaid they will not
receive attention.
tE3s AN kinds Of JOB PRINTING neatly execut-
ed al short notice and on moderate terms.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

II is officially announced that the Queen
Of Portugal is about to give an heir to the
throne Of that kingdom.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05
VERMONT PHENIX,
Published every Friday Morning, by
VIM. E. Their.

oise No Halls Building, nearly opposite Chsse's
Stage House.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

DEPosIToRY OF Pain. One ofour most able
physicians, in this city, was the other day wait
ed on by Frenchman, who had but an imper-
feet knowledge of the English language and
who made application TO the gentleman alluded
to, to obtain relief for a violent pain in his
breast and stomach. On the Frenchman being
Intercepted as to where his pain lay, he with
very dolorous accent, and while laying his
hand on his breast, said, 6 Wy, sare, have ono
very bad pain in my Portma1teau" Meaning
his chest
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

The ball on the spire of ST. Pauls, London
is hollow, and may be entered by ladder
II is capable of containing eight persons -
and from the street looks like good sized
apple,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

M. Dumont d'Uville Captain in the French
NavyD is to command new expedition around
the Globe.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-09-30
THE STUART FAMILY.

A recent popular English writer thus en-
umerates the dark caamites Of that ceebra-
ted rlce, the Stuart Family:
"The fortunes of Mary are but one scene
in the long and fearful tragedy of the Stu
arts. Her ancestor in the sixth degree up.
wards, King Robert III, had nephew ma
med Alexander Stuart, who at the begin
ming OF the 18th century, murdered Nal
comb Drummond the brother of the
Queen of Scotland, and married his widow
Isabella, with her conscnt---a counterpart or
antetype of the history of Darnley, South
well, and Mary. The Duke of Albany.
brother of King Robert threw his son and
his nephew Rothsay into prison, and let
him starve till he gnawed the flesh off his
own limbs, and then died. As soon as
Rothsay's brother, James |, the father of
Mary's great great grandfather, ascended
the throne, he sought and found an opporlu-
nifty to have all the sons of the Duke Of
Albany beheaded. for which, in the year
l44G, and partly by his own relations, he
was attacked and killed with sixteen wounds
James's widow sacrificed the perpetrators
to the names Of her husband, in manner
which calls to mind the vengeance Of Queen
Agnes for King Albert of Germany. James
IL, Mary's great great grandfather, caused
two of his cousins, the Douglasses3 to be
beheaded, murdered the third with his own
hands, and perished by violent death at
the siege of RoXburg. His son, James the
Ill, Mary's great grandfather, was engaged
in sanguinary contest, first with his broth
er, the Duke of Albany, and then with his
own son. He lost, against the latter, the
battle OF Sanchieburn, and was assassinated
in his flight James ", Mary's grand
father, did not enjoy the happiness which
he expected in the sovereignty that he had
unjustly acquired, and was killed in the
battle Of Fioddenfc'd. James V, Mary S
father, lost his senses, through grief at the
disobedience of the nobility and the failure
Of his plans, and died eight days after the
birth Of his daughter.
such were the ancestors of Mary, and
now her descendants James IL VI CHARLES
|, Cha rles II, and James II, four kings OF
whom it is difficult to say whether they
were more unfortunate or more unworthy.
Before the Stuarts lost their power for the
second time and forever, James II, caused
his nephew, the Duke of Monmouth, to be
executed, and thus concluded the three
hundreA years series of bloody deeds and
fortune OF this ill-iated race"