Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-07-16


has been experimenting the Macadamization
of the eastern roads, that upwar of 1000
men, late in his employ, have gone to the ..
States"
The same paper contains the following par
agraph of letter from the London district
All BUSINESS is dead here, except families
filling the roads, moving off to the West in
quest of free government that will admins
ter Just and equal laws to all This is the rea-
son they give me, as meet them on the road.
The people are much discouraged, but they
have hopes of Lord Durham doing something
for the country. Ifhe fail, all will be off,"
In Lower Canada, warrants for the confsca-
ton and sale of the property ofindividuals con-
victed of high treason will shortly issue. The
property of refugees, viii it is said, be exempt
this from penalty.
The Public PresS.-Printers in New York
and Baltimore are taking the. same measures
that the Printers of Mississippi have almost
unanimously agreed upon. The following is
the preamble to the terms of the Baltimore
Editors:
"The amount of gratuitous labor performed
by publishers of newspapers in Baltimore has
reached an aggregate which renders it ex-
tremely oppressive, and as they are aware of
no sound reason why they should form a stand
ing exception to the rule recognised and prac-
ticed in regard to every other calling, that "the
laborer is worthy OF his hire" they have adopt
ted the following rates ofcharge, to take effect
from this date: with the distinct understand
ing that no publication of the kind referred to
will be insertedin any instance unless accom-
panied by the cash."
The Editors of Albany, IN. " have adopt
ed the same, and we hope to see the same
rules adopted by all the publishers in the
whole Union, and that they may be as un-
changeab.e as the laws of the Medes and Per-
SLAMS.
MaSonic.-Levi H. Ashcroft and Thomas
D. Mason have been expelled from the Lodge
at Holly Springs, in this State, for an attempt
to swindle, by issuing spurious cheeks upon
the Union Bank of Tennessee.
Brandon Bank.-The Brandon Sentinel of
the 18th ult. has the following paragraph rela-
tive to this institution:
"Governor Lynch has been elected Presi-
dent of the Brandon Bank, vice VIM. H. Shell
ton resigned. We understand that the debtors
to this institution are paying up rapidly, and
every effort is being made by the directors to
improve the value of IFS paper, and to get it
into a condition as speedily as possible to dis
charge all its liabilities"
Marriage.-The Hon. JESSE A. BYNUM,
member of congress from the Halifax district,
North Carolina, has been united in wedlock to
Mrs. EMMELINE BRAY, of Louisiana.
Mob La,o.-In consequence Of a determine
ton, by the public authorities, to carry into ef-
feet the militia laws in the State of Maine,
warrants were issued against large number
of offenders residing in Camden, in that State,
and an officer dispatched to serve them. A
large number of persons assembled in Cam
den, got swivel and six FOUNDER, and guam
tity of small arms, and not only resisted the
officer in the execution ofhis duty, but took his
wrlts from him, tore them in pieces and final
ly pelted him with stones and rotten eggs. II
such an act had been committed in Mississippi,
what a holy horror of it would have been ex-
pressed by the whole Northern press.
Righ.-A gentleman took passage on board
the steamboat Gazelle, as deck passenger,
and it being suspected that he had entered the
cabin contrary to the rules of the boat, he was
seized at one o'clock in the morning by the
captain and clerk, thrust into the small boat
and rowed towards the shore, before reaching
which he was thrown into the river, and other
wise i'll used. He brought suit against the of.
tenders, and proved his own responsibility
The Court awarded him S6.766 damages.
Dreadful.-A child was seized by panther
near Saratoga, N. Y. and devoured. The
mother was at spring within few rods ofthe
house, and she returned just in time to sec the
panther leap a creek with the last remaining
limb of her daughter in his mouth. All thai
could be found of the little sufferer was parf o
her frock, and some hair, all clotted and ma tec
with blood
Virginia.-The Wing gain in Virginia il
over four thousand rotes since the last Presi
dental canvass in 1886. So says the Mad
sonian.
Mr.. Cgdy.-The Alexandra Gazette saw
that there are no papers in the United State.
coming out stronger for Mr. Clay than til,
Wing journals of Virginia.
John Ridge.-We are informed by our ex
change papers that John Ridge, the celebrate,
| Cherokee chief andrival of John Ross, is repor
ted to have been Va laid and sho. dead on hi.
way from an Indian council.
l. The sailors in port at New York have strucl
Tor higher wages. The Journal of Commerce,
says that nothing could be better tuned, 70
just now the ships have turned out, also. AMI
many q them lying at the uharves as idle as 81
many lOafers.
| An ancient American City~-The oldes
Town IN the United States, it is said, is st. Au
CUISINE, Florida, by more than forty years.
was founded forty year~ before Virginia wa
colonlzed. Some ofthe houses are vet stand
ing which are said to have been built NOR,
/ than three centuries ago.