Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-03-24
NUMBER XXYII.

fled the country, and resolved 20 find him she
changed her dress and went to the Mississippi
liver where she secured lie III on one Of the
steam boats as cabin boy; this lie she follow
ed up and down the western waters for eight
months; despairing of the object of her anx-
lous pursuits, she is now on her way to the b0-
som Of her family in one Of the st IN conn
ties of Mississippi. w hen her sex was disco
yered several ladies' and gentlemen recalled
her acquaintance, and by the kndness of her
friends she was soon transformed and conduct
ed TO the parlor, glitterIng IN all tie splendor
OF her sex. The stories she told were intense :
ly interesting and al true-while a cabin boy
she had two or three fights in al Of which she
came off victorious. Who viii say that the
Mississippi ladies' are not brave md do not
love? We intend to write the history of this
lady for one of the ANNALS; the materials are
ample, her beauty, chvalry, devotion, and 9th
er heroic qualities! Look out for the story Of
sle cabin-boys wife"
9Se-
GRANNYIsM.-SVe see that some ofthe Van
Buren press-gang still harp upon tins childish
nickname. In a speech lately made at pub
he meeting here. Col. Bingaman after CIV
ing h2sty sketch Of the splendid services of
the General concluded by asking tbepelt.nent
question "would it not have been well for. the
Administration to have had such granny in
the Florida war."-Ib.
ANOTHER DEFALcATIoE.--SO time last
week loco foco stage driver named Evans,
was arfaigI e / before a magistrate in Leake
county, upon charge OF robbing lle stage Of
pair OF saddle bags containing two hundred
dollars. Fox, the Kentucky Barrih gton, once
said in our hearing, when it was inquired of
him if be was guilty Of the first theft for which
he was condemned, 'sWhy, SIT, | was found
suspiclously near the place, most OF the proper
ty was about my person, and the circunstan-
tai testimony was very .sTong." So IN poor
Evans case; the circumstances seemed con-
elusive, and the magistrate could not resist the
conviction which pressed upon his mind that
he was guilty. Afer celebrating some time,
and seeming to be much embarrassed by the
quandary in which he was placed; 6 tell you
what it Is Charlie" says he, /" old fellow, /
don't like to Convict YOU, but you certainly
have got the money, and I'm bound by my d.
ty to do it,
Thus coniured, e Charlie" could hold in no
longer, swell" SAYS he squire, aclnowl-
edge have got it, but it was all IN silver, and
| could hear the tempting stuff jingiing for
miles. fit had been paper, I could have stood
It; but I'm d poor, damned loco foco. and
could not resist my fondness for the metallic
currency. But, squire, you must recoIect Pm
an Office holder, and I'm instructed by The lay :
yers, that you can't make more out Of this than
a dedication, any how; which we all know,
not only will not send man to the penitent;a-
ny, but viii not prevent him from being respec-
ted according to his general merits" The
magistrate told him that this technical distinc-
ton which he drew, was one which was only
recognized in high life, and city society, and
that the republican citizens of the county of
Leake had not yet reached such pitch ORE
fnement. Whether the stage driver win find
his distinction sustained IN the higher tribunals
we cannot say, but we doubt not, In his final
appeal to executive clemency that his Excel
lency, win appreciate his motives, sympathise
with the purity and fervour of his principles,
and relieve the gross aud glazing inability which
the punishment of so sound a democrat would
create, when the Ike adefalcatlons," Charlie
termed them, are. considered no bar to protec-
ton at head quarters. An additional reason
for an extension of executive clemeBcy, is, that
the sufferer comes from the scene of his excel
lency's brill mt strategy and glorious achieve
ments during the Leake war, of which we at
tempted to draw faint picture IN the la t num-
Der, and will therefore arouse all the sympa-
thetic emotions with which veteran comrades
recount the wars and dangers they have pass
ed.--SoutteyR Sun.
-e9e-
WORTHY OF IMITATIoN.-Ag gentleman from
GeOr0a who was nlaint IF IN an evecIIfiOn