Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-05-14


tifv Il appears hat Gle amount o1 public ex-
6s6ditars g. ibs Ii pubic 1sbs during
lie last fous years 81 lse1' jackson adninis-
tiation and he iirs. s NJ Van Bursn's were
Is follows
For the year 1858 ,755 II
1884 IS AZ q
1896 17,5l4,99O 2s
1896 3O.ses l64 o.
1897 So T45 81
WecaFe not whether these were
ri Of extraordinary expenses, q W6st eI q
these expenditures tie expenses Of the Post
Office Department are included, as # iss
Gent ior Is 70 know that every dollar cane osit
81 the pockets Of ths people + lsa = CT
here proved ineonsessbly from public dccu-
menta that the expenditure oi Dlr. Van Boz
ren's administration have been III
ING rapidly since 1858 and We have no
reason to believe that they Nill be retrenched
ID lss but, judging from lhe past, we ieaf
they viii be increased. and instead Of the an
preparation Of nearly thirty seven million being
sufficient to pay ordinary and contingent ex-
penses, that FoR1r MILLION Will Be barely
enouglfor our pery economical government
Now, if the Democrat win sProue' ~ that We
have writtenaboyei is afalse, we win give it
credit for more knowledge than We possess on
the subject 81 government expenses.
REUBEN DAVIS.
Mr. DAVIS, one Of the wing candidates for
Congress, Will ii q few days, commence atour
through the State. It Is 4 matter 81 regret to
JUS that Ne were not informed that Mr.. DAVIS
would address the people Of Lowndes, during
tie last session Of the Circuit Court but not
being aware Of his intention, we were unfor-
tunately deprived Of the pleasure Of hearing
him. -indeed, we did not learn that.he actually
addressed the people until we saw notice IN
the Columbus Democrat that he had done SO.
Mr. DAVIS win make thousands Of friends in
every part Of the State and, in the language
Of the Aberdeen Wing, the people viii meet
q gentleman and politician, of open, frank and
undisglised character; he is, in short, just
what he seems to be, an honest naan."
SPEAEER PoLK-This gentleman and Gov
Cannon, the two rival candidates f,r the Office
of Governor of Tennessee at the next cleo.
ton IN that State, held public discussion
lately in Hillsboros The following extract oi
letter to the editors of the Nashville Wing,
win convey pretty good idea Of the manner
Of Speaker Folks system of electioneering.
Mr. Polk commenced his speech By saying
many things in general, and nothing in par
ticnlaf, when, in the language Of the letter:
writer, he stock up General Jackson, and
gave all his good exploits from youth in the
Revolutionary war up to the present time, and
remarked in substance, that HE (POLK)
WAS JUST LIKE GEN. JACKSON, ON.
LIZ MORE so! This reminded me of the
BOBBY boy describing the Jack Ass to his moth
er. Mamma, (said he,) Il e beast has ears
for all the world like mule, only more So
He also stated, that he had not only advoca-
ted the measures of Gen. Jackson, but had
brought them before the people in his Gil culars
He then jumped on Judge White, Henry Clay,
Webster and John Bell, and attempted to
show they were all Federalists, while he and
his party arethe only Simon Pares. He then
praised little Van TO the skies, and was sc
much elated with his subject, he even under.
took tospeak a good word for Hopkins l. Tur-
ney. Gov. Cannon then got up, and gave US :
short, but sound. concise ard circumspeci
speech. Iawaid but half justice IN saying, he
lost nothisg BY the contest.
Iheard good many Of my neighbOrs re
mark on the ground, that both Mr. Polk ant
Mr.. Turney, (the latter worthy was present
and made a taIk,) counted stronger on. the ig-
norance of the people than any men they haC
ever listened TO-