Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-08-13
Cannon, 1910,
Polk, AGA,
ll46.

Showing a gain for Cannon of 25 votes since
the last election. We repeat: Aus MOI lost
that's in danger.
The late Nm. Lsggett. The friends of the
late VIM. Ieggett propose erecting mO'au.
1nent to his memory. Mr.. L. died poor; and
Major Noah Gays fhis numerous friends will
get up subscription for the relief of his widow
and fatherless children, he will subscribe liber-
ally.
Horned Frog.-Our readers viii remember
the horned frog presented to US by Judge
Vaughn, and which is now in Spillman's mu.
scum. They have one IN Providence, r. /
which is considered by the naturalists of thai
city, as zone of the greatest curiosities among
their collections of nature and art"
Longeuity-There is living near Raleigh
N. c., white man aged, ll9 years. Ano.
Their, a black man, aged 125.
Horrible.-Two bears confined in cage,
belonging to butcher, in Lafayette, Louis
lana, escaped, and one ofthem seized child,
and mangled it SO severely that it died in few
hours.
Pensacola, F2Orida.-This delightful city is
said to contain population of 22,3O0; and we
perceive it stated as fact, that not a death had
occurred since the lstof April.
UnfortunGte-On the arrival ofthe schooner
Otsego, at Pensacola, in firing salute, both
arms Of the boatswain's mate were so horribly
mutiliated, while rammii.g the cannon, that
they were obliged 10 be Immediately amputa-
ted. The powder gnited before the load was
completely rammed down..
Hot Weather.-At New York the people
complain of hot weather, with the thermome-
ter at So degrees. In PHILADELPHIA, the heat
has been at SO, and at Baltimore. "a.
Teras, Herico, and the United States We
clip the following paragraph from that excel
lent paper, the N. Y. Evening Star. The
fact communicated in it exhibits the ';go-
dheadireness, of the Universal Yankee ma
tom"
s'The schooner, Gil Bias, Howes, which
sailed from Boston, about May, Cd, for Mata-
moras, Mexico, arrived out in % days She
carried out a number of New England people,
as mechanists, &C., with machinery, for the
establishment of Cotton Factory in Mexico.
TNew England is furnishing full quota
of population to our illuminated sister Repub-
lie of the one single Star. When the adlnix-
ture Of the Southern and Northern varieties
ofthe nglo Saxon is complete, we shall prob
ably have less ofabuse from certain incendi-
airy class Of politicians, who glory in John @.
Adams as their leader.
Texas will have her industrious mechanics
from New England; her practical agricultu-
ralists from the Middle States. and her cot
ton planters from the South and West, and be-
come, intact, in every respect, nanioture
copy Of her parent country. z
Free NsgrOes.--Two colored persons at
Portland, Maine, got into quarrel at a negro
dance, when one stabbed the other, it Is be-
lieved, MORALLY.
Price Of Whipping aOJs.-A man named
Val. N Meigs CO., has been sentenced "a IA
days in jaiI.anaa fine Of $50 for whipping s..
wife.
An account has been kept BY the editor
oktlle Harrisburg tlaronicie, Of all the. late
Fourth ct jolly accidents which have pass.
cd under bis notice IN the newspapers. 10
g me 1Ish instant, from which ii appears
that no less than forty one were killed, and
nineteen wounded and mutilated on thai
day, BY the bungling use Of punpowder
anc artillery. be edilor believes this q
Pc nj more than one fourth ofalI the ac.
c'aenls when happened on that ds.v. This
: g shocking waste Of human life, the oc
ce,fenee q which might be cad d prevent.
s. sy dispensing Nllllsllae practice Of firing
afslllery saluies oaa the occason.