Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-04-13

- '1S e'l OF hlchmo,s
lsih Oi'. 1t was numerously attends. :
one Of the ahlesi bodies that Ia. -. !, :.
the Old Dominion for many YEAR,
mond Enquirer aagurs the best re,,,,,.
convention. II says,
"1he Convention las gone nF al.
y thing in fine taste, in fine soirif ,,i,I sg
II was one Of the most Numerous -, -. ne &
We ever saw gathered together mon - 20 ~
ice. Had time enough been slov.J e0HFi
ranks, Il would probably have been I'm. - nay
| IRON To SEQ delegates" SaPn>
we have never hearl more s,;,,;u
rom ihe great yeomanry Of the ara .seas
much o. the excitement which preyaiIS-.1.'s
| glorious augures OF the victory wb;cb ~. .a ~
| Republican cause. In the words 80 :, avian
address which they adopted on Tnssa.ue Poss
reclamation, The voice Of the eonn,-. n'gal
10 us on every gale. Fhe eoBeu,r;n, coz
the delegates of this Convention Vs. "sun0h!
IRON the bosnm of the People, assn,ss a's he
the possibility Of mistake, that the Pc,,,. y oeyas
HPi mat they are coming 10 the resens. Na9
mean 10 90 Their own work al the cnn;n,, ,a' i
that all dlssens'on IS rapidly disappesrnGs .Es'S'
the utmost activity has succeeded 10 ,Ls sha tAa
apathy winch paraIyzed us at The lac, .dlae
Every sign from the country is indeeI e,,.uol'
rating" 'Aosl eShH
We have read the address Of III. ,,..
with the greatest pleasure. In is lone i ;.~ 49,
and conc'hatlrg' IN its arguments, irres,sl06I, =.
elusive IN Its Language, digni6ed and elooo,n,
1t IS worthy OF the good Old Commonus,Ih
her best days. and is second only to Madi,o,,
report. Would that we could publish i, in fan.
but the great press Of matter on hand will A..
vent US from doing so, and we are reuc,,,a,
compelled to refer our readers to the column, !,
the Richmond Enquirer and the Washiurto,
Globe for thus admirable document.
Every account which we receive from yn,
MIA, convnces us that the democratic patty viii
carry the State by large majority. Irw,N,l
Van Buren's reelection is rendered certain and
federal whiggery is Frustrated for at least half u
century. BY a late law of tho Legislature, II.
elections are deferred till the 4th THURSDAY in
May. II will, Of course, be late in June below
we learn the result. Expect then to hear some
Democratic thunder from the Old Dominion.
| THE MAY-DAY FESTIVAL will be duly o.
served by the young ladies' Of Female Colegs.
The affair was truly brilliant last year, bu, We
may expect some Improvements in the celebration
Of the coming anniversary
The LADIES FAIR went of in fine style We
understand they received 9C0 dollars. Very we'll,
considering the hard times They would hss.
taken a much larger amount, had the rooms been
sufficiently large to admit all who applied Oh
Tuesday evening: II was rendered so extremely
unpleasant in consequence Of the great crowd
that many left, and some even tainted for waAs o
air. The articles exhibited, displayed great tast
and ingenuity; some specimens Of needle worn
were unrvalled--many of our bachelor friend
were anxious to know if they were wrought b,
YOUNG ladies' The ladies' who attended The ia.
bles, beat any Of our merchants in makinga trade
they took the common currency, bull ~srt pdriic
ular 10 add The difference in exchange! Thu
Post Office did fine business. The Fascinating
attendants deal, on, the letters as expertly ms tt
most experienced of Mr.. Kendall's deputies.-
he contents OF soma of them were amusing, an
others quite too simple for such an occasion.
fortune teller took her share Of the profits, al
doubtless settled the destiny Of many sIghlT
bachelor and bushing maiden! The eatables al
turntables of the lighter order, were truly de
clons, and were served out by the ladies to
who chose to patronlze them, Our ncighbOr
the Argus dealt in the substantials, such as bacO
1 turkies, chickens, &c.
The Columbus Band were in attendance, al
4 added no little to the amusement of the eyeniu!
The articles remaining on hand were sold
auction, by MIR Drake, on the succeeding event
{ at fine prices.
The news from The Maine frontier continues
be pacific. The general impression seems to
i that the difficulties will be amicaby adjusted
No special Minister to England, had, at our late
accounts from Washington, been appointed.
From the ChckGsaw Couniies.-A dist
suished Democrat at the north writes US, that
Il is all cock and bull story that there is
! change against US in the Chickasaw counties.
u N'Nutt has more positive strength than any NJ
) in the State" Such is the tenor OF all our inf
nation from the northern counties. The Chic
: asaws will do their duty as they have done
= the last two years. They will give the dem
: cratic candidates for Governor, members Of 20
: gress, &c. an overwhelming vote. ATS "
: fer Us at the north, let our friends be assured
COUNTY CONVENTION. the past w
q we have cOnvpr Spd pfh a oraat many of our den