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Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-01-30
JOHN FORSYTH.

From the NetC York Daily Express.
JANUARY Is, 2 Pm.
HUNT THEM. DOwN.-At the meeting
ofthe General Committee of the Con.
stitutional Association of Montreal. adj
dresses to the Queen and the Imperi-
al Parliament were read and received
the sanction of the Committee, after
which it was suggested ifthere is actu-
ally warrant for High Treason against
Mr.. l.. HI. Lafontaine, of this city. M.
P. p, that the Delegate from the Asso-
citation who is about to proceed to
England ought to have in his possess
ion from the authorities in Montreal
sufficient documents to have Mr.. l.. ar
rested across the Atlantic. This Mr..
l.. ii. Lafontaine, it is said, has gone
to England as the agent of the Cana
dams who have been driven from their
country by warrants to arrest them for
High Treason.
SPIRIT OF THE MONTREAL HERALD.
the organ of the British Tory party IN
Lower Canada.
'lf one spark ofnational spirit turks
IN the breast of that patron of marau-
ding menoenaries, Lord Viscount Pal
merson, Mr.. Van Buren,, instead of ex-
ortlng any apology for the violation of
his territory, will be requested to afford
satisfactory atonement for the faith.
less, ungrateful and rufianly conduct of
his citizens. At all events, he and his
universal nation will be Obliged to
swallow the alleged affront-or cold
steel IN its stead.-Yes, cold steel ps
bullets--judgment as usual, for the
plaintiff. BY the bye, is not the favor
lite weapon Of a nation fair test fits
degree of courage! Does not Jona-
than's preference Of the long gun and
the rife imply taste for safe dis
lance? Does not John Bulbs prefer
ance of the bayonet and the cutlass
imply fondness for close quarters?"
The abuse of those tories is lust nc
bitter Of Lord Palmerson, their own
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Lord
Goslord, as of the Americans. The
factls, they arc fanatics hardly worth
regarding. The same paper seems to
be painting for the blood of prisoners
now in the goal of MontreaI.-and #
urges the immediate execution ofsome
of them, with blood thirsty ferocitv
If Brandt were alive, we should sun
pose him TO be the Editor of that pa
per.
IIBERTYor THE Pass The prin-
ting press, types, &c Of an obscure |
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mong the community to whom -
fully belong,-producing violaO L 3
tons IN the price Of labor and vsl ,l. i1c
erty, making an iuvidious d;s @ioe d p
tween the currency ofthe Peonio
oftheir Servants, to the prei1 Pis I'd
former, and We believe that tba n d
ton Of these measures lust Gnu. ulSa Fl''7l
democratic State of Georgia 'v ~ II
lowed by an immense nai9rity WI ~, 81
republican family in the Union u u 2
IL. Resolved, That we oh,
pain and regret that portion of, Iola \
sage Of the President, which -, =: eaa
recent elections and attempts n CIV. /
result. That we deem il dine ~ Il,
acter Of the citizens of this Stat = = z
great cause Of self governme1, :. =, I,
that the President has been h a.. =
grossly mistaken, and in his 49, 49, :
cast an unfounded reproach unon . 4
zens Of his native State, and nm. - = 9
bly, impeached the intelligence -
ty of an enlightened and Incorr'- ~ = ;
pie.
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MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR

On Saturday night last, 1.-THE 9Th re
10 O'Clock, a stranger on borsabacE !
at the Central H6Ase in tho ho,a.
North East in this COUNTY. gDJ =
for the residences two .brolber, 4
James and Ephraim Srnedev. AZ.
ceiving directions from the Landlord !
ceeded in tic direction ofthciir hou7s
after being gone fhecn or twenty mia
long enough to have found them and
an interview with their propre.o--
was seen TO ride hack past tie @
House towards the west. He was gt
this direction long enough to have 4
perhaps quartcrl6f a mile and back
ne retRrned accompanied BY ano.heI
son on horseback, and followed b. IL
rage and horses Of a prominent CHI
this county, now wo believe prcsidelil
Erie county Abolition Society. Tfl
taIns of the carriage were fastensl
close all around, and man u
upon the outside. The whole circus
ces naturally exciting some curoz
or two citizens who happened to bel
Central House, followed the Carnage
the street, when it was driven iniolgi
yard of DOct. James Smedley, adj
blacks were unloadcd, one negro Rss
"cnches and three negro bows. Il
gro was a very large and athksr !
The Doctors Smedley were then
hurry and call the Rev. Mr.. AdaE 4
OF the Presbyterian church. Cant I'd
futile, and a number Of other ctiizeas
were seen hurrying from all dIcirI
the house of Doct. James SmedeE
horses were soon changed in the an
Inc Rev. Mr.. Adair was SEEMS
one or two horses on the ground
number of other horses were buu.i
different quarters. Several persoH
cred around the carriage arme1ris
and thus aceoItercd, with six or Ell
on horseback, surrounding the cars
whole moved off to the east-.with tkH
mclosed in the Carriage as before.
Little more is known of, or con-
the transaction, except that it was g
one OF the parties most actively q
that the blacks were runaway aaW
Richmond, Virginia, and that theJ y
ding in their escape.
Erie tPa.,lFs
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gave the alarm, and before he was able
to reach the deck, the Caroline was
boarded by some seventy or eighty
men, all Ofwhom were armed. That
they Immediately commenced a war
fare with muskets, swords, and cutlas-
ses, upon the defenceless crew and pas
sengers of the Caroline, under fierce
cry of "G-d damn them, give tt em
no quarters; kill every man; fire! fire!'
That the Caroline was abandoned with
out resistance, and the only effort made
by either the crew or passengers,
seemed to be to escape slaughter.
That this deponent narrowly escaped;
having received several wounds, none
Of which, however, are Of serious
character.-Thati Immediately after the
Cauolne fell into the hands of the
armed force who boarded, she was
set on fire, cut loose from the dock,
was tOwed into the current Of the riv-
er, there abandoned, and soon after de-
scended the Niagara Falls, that this de-
ponent had made vigilant search after
the individuals, thirty~three in number,
who are known to have been on the
Caiolne at the time she was boarded,
and twenty-one only are to be found,
one of whom to wit, Anus Duriee OF
Buffalo, was found dead upon the dock,
having received a shot from musket,
the ball Of which penetrated the back
part of the head, and came ont of the
forehead. James III. King and Cap
tain G. F. Huding were seriously,
though not MORALLY wounded. Sew
eral others received slight wounds.
The twelve individuals who are missing
this deponent has no doubt were either
murdered upon the Steamboat, or
found watery grave in the cataract OF
of the falls. And this deponebt further
says, that Immediately after the Caro-
line was got into the current of the
stream and abandoned, as before stated
beacon igbts were discovered upon the
Canada shore, near Chippewa; and
after sufficient time had elapsed to en-
able the boats to reach that shore, this
deponept Distinctly heard loud g. vocif-
erous chea1ipg at that point. That this
deponent ia 10 doubt that the individ-
uals who boarded the Caroline, were a
part of the British forces now stationed
at Chippewa.
GILMAN APPLEBY.
Subscribed an sworn, December
80, 1887, before me. s. B. Piper,
Commissioner of Deed ;, etc. for Mag
ar county.
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ElectiOn-1st Saturday I'm March.

We are authorized to announce Gen.
PRYoR M. GRANT Of Columbus, a Candi-
date for the Office Of Major General of the
Fourth Division Of the Mississippi Militia.
composed of the counties of Lowndes,
Noxubee, Kemper, Oaktibbeha, Winston,
Leake,' Neshoba, Newton, Scott, Smith,
Alfalfa, Choc ktaw, Carroll, Yalabusha, and
ITALIA hatchie.
We are authorized to announce THoM-
AS N. WAur., as candidate for tho office
of Brigadier General of the 5th Division
and ID Brigade Mississippi Militia, compo.
sed of the Counties of Smith, Jasper
Clarke, Oaktibbeha, Choctaw, Carroll,
Yal obusha, ands lahatchie.
We are authorized to announce Gen.
JAMES CARTEReof Columbus, as a candi-
date TO- reelection to the Office of Brig
adler General of the I'd Brigade of the
4th Division softhe Militia of this State.
We are authorized to announce Rich.
ARD S. GRAVES, Esq. of Oaktibbeha coun-
ty, candidate for the office Of Brigadier
General Off the First Brigade of the Fourth
Division ofMississippi Militia, composed of
the counties of Smith, Jasper, Clarke, Oak.
tlbbeha, Choctaw, Carroll, Yalabusha and
Tallahatchie.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-01-30


States having been violated by a par
tv of armed men from the Canada
shore, and apprehensions being enter
tanned, from the highly excited feelings
of both parties, that similar outrages
NAV lead to an invasion ofour soil, the
President has thought proper to exer-
else the authority vested IN him by law,
and call out such militia force as may
be deemed necessary to protect the
frontiers ofthe United States.
am, in consequence, instructed by
the President to request you will call
into service of the United States, and
place under the command of Brevet
Major General Scott, such militia for
ces as he may require to be employed
ON the Canada frontier, for the purpose
herein set forth
]. R. POINSETT.
His Excellency w. L. Marcy,
Governor o f New York, Albany, N Y
Same to his Excellency Silas II
Jennison, Governor of Vermont, Mont
pelier, Vermont)
mr. kOTSyLt 20 MT 4 DC.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, January 5, 1888.
SIR: By the direction of the Presi-
dent of the United States, / have the
honor to communicate to you copy of
the evidence furnished to this Depart
ment of an extraordinary outrage COM
mltted from her Britannia Majesty's pro-
ince of Upper Canada, on the persons
and property of citizensof the United
States, within the Jurisdiction of the
State of New York. The destruction
of the property, and assassination of
citizens ofthe United States on the soil
of New York, at the moment when, as
is well known to you, the President was
anxiously endeavoring to allay the ex-
element, and earnestly seeking to pre-
vent any unfortunate occurrence on the
frontier of Canada, has produced upon
his mind the most painful emotions of
surprise and regret. 1t will necessari>
ally form the subject of a demand for
redress upon Her Majesty's Govern
ment.
1hIS communication is made to you
under the expectation that through your
strumentality, All early explanation may
be obtained from the authorities of
Upper Canada of all the circumstan-
ces of the transaction; and that, by
your advice to those authorities, such
decisive precautions may be used as
will render the preparation of similar
acts hereafter impossible. Not doubt
ing the disposition of the Government
Of Upper Canada to discharge its duty
in Furnishing the aggressors and pre-
venting future outrage, the President,
Notwithstanding has deemed it ne
cessary to order a sufficient force on
the frontier to repel any attempt of a
like character, and to make known to
you that lift should occur, he cannot be
for the effects of the indlg-
nation Of the neighboring People of the
United States.
/ take this occasion 10 renew TO YOU
the assurance of my distinguished con-
sideration.
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Erom u Mobik -.

u
Messrs. Wise Of Va. and az
Miss. entertained the House Or.
tives on the 18th inst. with a Va, !, !
angry, violent and abusive. -
seems was. made to print a Germ |,
ment. Mr.. Wise reparked NM, - .
MT. GhoIson con- q tbese - MN
personal intimate ags..Is.t bim 1S.,.i'' /,
following pithy Og1o ensueJ: I
MI. Gholson-"The rems,l, :.
member are unworthy of the ps,.
from Virginia, and a memberoftAs n
Mr. Wise-1fin puAence and ig,.-
will make backyard, there IS M.
Cunning round and pointing tora,I, ,
GhOIsOn, aChO sat Just behind HIM
MI. Gholson-aNone but = ,.,-
would make use Of such an express,
The Speaker and the members !,
House here interfered, and cbe,kj
personal controversy for the present.
A resolution was introduced n q.
the gentlemen to apologize TO tie h
for the indignity offered it. The J
without falling off one jot fromtheips
al ferOclty. Mr.. Wise was glad ds.
portunitS to apologize to the Hous-
said that the Mississippi gentleman y,
Eokednffn to say before the Hoss
; pc had always thought of him
,fholson replied by applying to NJ. \
the terms lOIo and WnleOrthg, and ~
ded the following words-"I repEei n
in tho same strain his vulgarity rr,l
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Mr.. POinsett 10 Gen. Sc9tt.
DEPARTMENT of WAR, :
TanI1a1V < 1929
JANUARY 3, 1888.

SIR: You will repair, without delay,
to the Canada frontier of the United
States, and assume the military COM
mand there. Herewith you will re-
ceive duplicate letters to the Cover.
nors Of the State of New York and
Vermont, requesting them to call into
the service OF the United States such
militia force as you may deem neces,
sary for the defence OF that frontier of
the United States.
This power has been confded to YOU
in the full persuasion that you will use
it discreetly, and extend the call only
so far as circumstances may seem to
require.
1t is important that the troops called
into the service should be, if possible,
exempt from that state of excitement
which tina late violation of our terrific
ry has created, and you will therefore
impress upon the Governors Of these
border States the propriety of selec-
ting troops from portion of the State
distant from the theatre Of action.
The Executive possesses no legal
authority to employ the military force
TO restrain persons within our iurisdic-
ton and who ought to be under our
control, from violating the laws, by ma.
king incursiOns into the territory OF
neighboring and friendly nations, with
hostile intent. can give you, there.
tore, no instructions on that subject
but request that you will use your influ.
ence to prevent such excuses, and to
preserve the character of this Govern.
ment for good faith and a proper re.
gard for the rights of friendly Powers,
The militia will be called into the
service for three months, unless sooner
discharged; and inyour acquisitions YOU
wall designate the number of men, and
take care. that the officers do not ex.
coed due proportion.
II is deemed important that the ad.
mlnlstrative branch of. the service
should be conducted, wherever prac.
tlca6le, by officers of the regular army.
The disposition of the force with
regard to the points to be occnn;eJ
Is conhdedto your discresion, ofmilitarv
skill, and intimate knowledge Of the
country, and the amount of that force
must depend upon the character and
duration ofthe contest now going on in
Canada, and the disposition manifested
by the people and the pubIiC authorities
of that colony.
The President INDUCES hope that
Outrages, similar to that which lately
occurred at SchloSser, will not be re-
Peated; and that you will be able to
maintain the peace ofthat frontier with.
out being called upon to use the force
y winch has been confded to you.
'eIy respectfully, your most obt serv't.
Slgned9 ]. r. POINSETT
pyt. MAJ. Gen. WINaFFE1D Scorr
Washington City. =
Mr.. POlnSen to Co... Marcv.
DRPARF0GENNT or WAR)
January 5, 1888.
SIr; The Territory Of the United
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The Democratic Meeting.-A meeting Of
the " whole hog" Van Buren, members Of
the legislature and others, Vas lately held in
jackson, the object Of which, if we mov
judge from its proceedings, was to convince
about $4,000 voters of this State, that thew
voted, in July, for persons not only to serve
in the SCALED session. y but also in the whole
of the 25th Congress. The resolution Of
the Hon. A. 6. Brown, is amusing, and
will no doubt excite smile from every rea.
der Of it. Here it is:
On motion of Gen. Brown, of Copiab
RcSOtUed, That in the opinion of this
meeting, to resign their seats in Congress-
curing Its present session, Messrs. Claiborne
and Gholson would leave the State entirely
without representation in the popular branch
OF our national legislature, and therefore
the people do not s0ish or erpect it,"
Who are the people, pray 1.-THE Demo
cfoctlc meeting, or majority of the voters
IN the State2 The times are out of Joint, or
we have like Rip Van Wrinkle, been sleen.'t
ing twenty years. Democracy is not now
what Democracy used to be in the time. of
5efsrson and Madison.
The Bah Resting.-Judee JAMES =.
IRoTTER of this city, was elected TTnite5
states Senator to succeed Judge BrAcr.
however much We may beopposed to Jndoel
RIOTERS Van Burepism, we are ready -
say that we think the majority in the I,eo;s,
iature have acted right in CHOOSING rss.,
OF allowed talents and practical good ssa M
/, and above all, gentleman of un;mnosaLs'
Ole moral character. Judge TrOtser he
long presided on the bench Of the 6tb IA;
caai District ofthis State, and as far = NJ
Know. has done creditto rs station. A.
a'0n the Judge was oul choice s,z - :
station he has been ca d. becansa = :, :.
! kn0" him, but as olsssciaa, We , sbo,,,S -
nave preferred Judge Bodley. The ,.B.r1,,
: resting foF while; VFhig victories b.s.
been 50 Plenteous Of late, that sbo,,l5 vi
7. nave TOO many We might be sursei,ed' ,g;;,S
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-01-30

Canada-Kery LGtest.-We copy
from a paper just established e Butta-
10, N. Y. called the Buffalonean, the
following as the latest item of Canadl>
an intelligence.
The negro volunteers are the most
loyal of Sir Francis troops, and will
wear well the 'pomp and cirnumstan-
of glorious war They can be heard
from the other side on guard duty
WHO come dar? Advance and glib de
countersign; you dam rebel; you no
passe here widout dat The counter
sign, what's that answers the chalen-
ged, Wy Victoria, you dam fool-you
must say dat, or you no pass
A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT l-Er-
pences of the Royal Palace Gran
deuy of the occupant We learn by a
statement of the expences during the
past year of the United States, that
the furniture and decorations of the
Presidents house, cost nineteen thou
sand dollars!
We ask the people TO look atthe ex-
travagance- the Prohigacy of PreSi.
dent Van Buren,. He acts out the no.
ions of High Life and SPLENDID living,
imbibed at the Court of St. James
with a vengeance. The furniture
which was good enough for all former
Presidents was not good enough fol
HIM. 1t must be renewed. He could
not think of stepping from his EnglisH
Coach, drawn by English Horses
and driven by servants in English Ii
very into a house furnished in any
other than style of Eastern magnif
cence.
Corruption and proAigacy arc the
order ofthe day at Washington. A
reform is loudly demanded. Penn. Rep.
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AT meeting Of an immense number of
the democratic Republican Electors, of
the city OfNew York, held at the City Hall
oathe I'd of January, for the purpose Of ov
sss'ng their sentiments in relation to the
present views and policy of Mr.. Van Rn.
reI's administration, number Of R4solu.
a 10 decidedly anti loco Joco were passed.
Z 9 regret our limits viii not permit US to
publish the resolutions entire, as the .o,,,;
nae s contained inthem all are such - ,vo
leel well assured every old ffiasl.iso,el n ~
mocfatic Republican woald aoDrovo. = &c
We publish the 9th, 9TH and I91b r.1.., "a
tons. @' 80 Zen lesota-
8. ResO1ued, That the s.b.,,.,..,..-.
schelne IS an important feature q ~ 10y
GUSsnlPisnn1ent Of these sulterior 49, ~ ;,
mat we have seen no Teason =. g 49,.
nom tnedeclarationofthe goveTpr1.,' %.-se.l1
~ 1904 stlgmatizing it as a u1eas,,,.. s
of {6a nanig ana revolutionary; subvsps;;Ve
of ~ principles of our government snS
..onJ y elslIe practice from 1889 to This
.sSa,.,o g'lSn VII incidentally enlaE6a ~
.. pogsss q tle Executive, and exDoss -
!. Puollc treasure to be plundere5 hi -
=. uf 5, hands where one cannot M N
,,, HesOled, That We c.,1o.
Nun greater favor the proposed $50.
!. sPeSlai &c posite fOrthe snb 1870.
Drinc;Tl'. S - contemplate the sane e,I;o.;s
andfsbutt;n. n .sg the precious 6steIss
~ them out from circulat i, s., :
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SPARES LIFE AND WRITINGS OF
WASHINGTON.

Mr.. Sparks name alone is sufficient guar.
anty as to the celebrity and value of this
work; known as he has been for the last
fifteen OF twenty years, as publisher and
contributor to our most popular periodicals..
Ills talent as a writer, united with indefati.
gable labor in his researches, both in En-.
rope and America, for documents, public
and private, and his intimate acquaintance
with the most immediate friends and con.
nexions Of Washington, has enabled him to
lay before the public, in his e Life and Wri.
tlngs of Washington, !" one Of the most val.
liable publications of the day. As a bock
OF retererlee, and minute history. and nr;.
vate opinion of the public men of his time.
tits invaluable, and should be among the first
and most important works in a pentleman's
library. The work is published by the
American statiOners Company, Boston, and
printed at the University Press, Cambridge.
Mr.. PERKINS, Agent for the work. is now
IN Columbus, with a view of RECEIVING tho
names of those of our citizens who NAV h
deslrOus ofobtaining it. He NAV be found
at the residence Of Mr.. J. ]. Humubrie.. -
at the Bookstore of Pfster &, Goo5win
on Main Street.
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You are ordered 70 PaT11s.
front Of the Court house, On vi
the ID Of February, at II o'clOet' =
IulIy armed and equipped. Each y.
val provide himself with two roona J. :
cartridge, as the Prize Scarf viii Be -
BY order Of the CAPT Al
18th Jan. 1883, ]. w. CARkUS
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MAJOR GENERAL.-We are highly

eratified to learn, from all quarters, that
considerable interest is felt on the subject OF
the election Of Major General. The ques-
ton is not political one, and it should not
be. All parties should unite and elect a
man qualified by experience, habit and that
degree ofpride, which is so very essential
in the qualifications of military officer
All these essentials, we believe, are concen-
trated in Gen. Pryor M. GRANT, who has
announced himself for that Office. His
claims on the favor of the people are of no
ordinary kind. When our frontier was
threatened with invasion, Gen. Grant was
one ofthe first to volunteer, under the re-
QUESTION of Gen. Gaines, and was, by the
Partially of the Volunteers of Lowndcs
county, elected their captain. During the
expedition, Gen. Grants conduct and lofty
military bearing, endeared him, if we
are correctly informed, to all ofhis officers
and men. In conclusion, we state, as our
opinion, that Gen. Grant, if elected, will do
honor to the Fourth Division.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-01-30

little revolutionary print, called the
Quotidienne, were seized on Tuesday
evening along with one Lemaitre, who
acted both as editor and devil, and
who was speedily transferred TO Jail on
a charge of Treason.-MOntYeal Her
aid.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-01-30

HON. F. TROTTER, United States
Senator, elect, is in this city. We under
stand that it is his intention to leave this day
orWashington. Notwithstanding his politics
we feel sure that Judge Trotter will carry
with him, the best wishes Of the citizens of
Columbus, without distinction Of party.