Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-02-22

were peppering 'em Ii the
the frses and cedarsl
carried on this game
till we were quite tir
All the front rank werA So that
they fell back ia the re- nd at last
Commodore CadwalladeA the frig
ate Federlist, who was q ne ground.
gave the word to charge j onets, and
the British should then ha1 given way
slick; but | wish I may be s Fwefed on
tie spot, if-they didn't fall o. Athe forty
six and contrary to -agr9ems Apoked
!. !. j. =. J. !. ].
at 'em so, that in selEd4 the
Yankee side were obliged to put.
The blues couldn't.bear to sh
any longei; their real Yank od
was up at fermentation point; 1.-THE.
Washington greys were ba eted
within a few yards of reality.
SoHooEMAsTER. Capitalize pital
fun! bit so naturally, | forgive them for
PETERS AMERICAN Son: so do 1;
that's fact:
PETER. Mr.. Quare Algord, it isn't
very polite Of You to make fun Of the
English in this way before me. =
SPECTATOR. Did any. one here ever
meet with an Edglishnan named Wat
erton?
QUARE. !. never did; butt hard Of
him. He. went cunning in the south,
and saw poor runaway niger, with
a white head, and a bears skin on bin.
'Oh! OBJ. says be, this Is a gehooine
| species of the menkeyaha. .bGboonarial
tribe, made a-purpose' for museums.
Clack-click--pop! went the. gun;
down came the poor devil; and this
here Watertoh cut off his head with a
Ebovie-knife. -. -.
:AMERrcAN Son.. What did he do
with it?
QUARE. Why he had the importance
to put it .irt1ssmo quarts of Jatnaky
.sperets, sealed, up, and showed it TO
the nigger's owner, who knowed. it al
first sight. "iSir,'' says. Waterton, ''as
this here is free country, Eve shot
1his extravigant fine specimen, to have
a drawing made ofitas a frunlingspice
tony work on America"
/ SCHoobMAsTER. That was cool,
certain. Shooting an owners property
'tthat way was a powerful pleasant way
of being agreeable 10 foreigners in an
independent country. Any: local i'm
fprovement paper in the Brooklyn .Bea'
I: con ofthis morning?
Day SToRE KEEPER. Oh, yes!
Powerful paper on building, guess,
Recommends the building of a Store
corner Of Loco foco-street, turning on
i Manhattan and Fulton.
Qaare.. That Amt to be recommen-
ded ag'in. Washington Bigg should
have known that locality is bough
|. and promise to be paid for.
i .Schoolmaster.' Who has gone for te
4 consider that favourable privilege
ground Tor planting store
4 Quaree Why young Smith,. Warn
ing pan Smith, .as carries the large
|, Dutch. watch, which he lends. out II
t. winter TO warm the beds.
i american Son. Who is he?
Dry storekeeper. Why he's smar
, IN, he is:-a relation to the Smiths 0
!, Lohdon, inl Great ritain,-military
captain one year-father a. universe
J. clergyman, uncle kept a. grocery
d Was raised in Providence, but wen
E to. York to trade in collins. Now GU
3 Of his time, and clearing out to set VI
: for himself. Made. nineteen cEege
: collins at night.work, while an,appren
: l'tice, 10 stock his store with; but on
!, was narrowed by his Dos; who woald'n
o return it, cos he said the wood wa
Fl gouged fom his store.
y Dry Store Keeper. Oh, he. hash
J. any cash.. as you may. say; but b
e knows a person who has "a bFother-ir
d law, that has bard Of. friend, who wi
p. lend ayears deposite-onthe land ifkeg,
d; the titIe-deeds, and-ihe ciof1ihs. y he
ct which promised cfedftlor. the. brict
i. for, sohe.intends to CIV a. bill Of is;a'
Fri So he as to raise the 'timber and tile
a away Ell :thipk,i is a Store fixed rig
j., has e and no occasion for cash. :. i
= Lth pigbteei collins for sale now. al
lei esislopuEation' is increasing; so iii
Of e. ay niake-the: spec answer. II
se tBos was hePerson that sen: the read
slfl made collins to New Orleans ddrfl
n the reign of Old ChoI; and his broth
nd is famous in the wooden haal-trade.
n American Son. You seem uneas
re Quare. What's the fix?
% Qpare. Why, It's my back; a.hl
:, from boss Of Captain Sy.Ds as | eli