The Southern journal., 1846-03-21
From the ". 0. JeHerson,an.
Tit for Tat.

LII ul Idl.
The Delta of yesterday published
an amusing account of the proceed,
ings OF Mr.. JHclnnis, of The Mississippi
Legislature, a worthy man aud most
excellent svhrg, who it seems took pe-
culiar interest in securing his own
ferry privileges, and thought fit to
make some rather facetious speeches.
which made the readers OF the Delta
grin all day yesterday. One~word in
defence of our friend Nc. He is moi
as biga fool as some might think. He
owns the whole town of I.eaksyille.
court house and all. He keeps the
only store, the only tavern and the
only post-ofiice in the county. He
has contrived to extract from the
poorest Gopher range in all creation
an estate of some $4,000 without
ever owing a debt or borrowing dol
lar. Some forty years ago he made
himself agreeable TO a beautiful and
innocent girl of the pine woods, and
by attention to business, has contribu.
ted dozen fine boys TO, defend the
honor ofiheir country and the rights
and dignity of the noble State of Mis-.
sssippi in particular.
As to bis ferry we know that he
speaks the truth. We once walled
there three hours because some scoun-
drel had bored anger holes in the fiat,
and on our return they had, ,-cut the
rope and floated it away, sotfhat Nc.
had TO tow US over on aa>tndian pony,
(two rotten logs and grape vine) end
refused to charge a cent for his trou-
bic. This zvas liberal, for Nc. was a
zchig and we democratic candidate.
he never charges editors, preachers
or pretty women~-but he skins the
lawyers, and as heowns both the court
house and tavern, the consequence is
the term never last but one day, and
the attorneys Sometimes cut cot in the
night, leaving their bills un--, but
we are getting scandalous.
Ii was in Macs county that law.
yer once lived three years, and starved
out. When we met him afterwards
in this city we asked him why he left,
he said, "H zuas time for me to quit.
They neverhad but ten suits at a term,
and then, Cd d--n 'em, they sent a
hundred miles for a lawyer when / was
right ther''
AS to Macs speech, we don't think
the French orator spoken of in the N.
York Courier des Etots Unis can brag
much over Nc.
On a certain day wher the session
was about to closc--an orator had fin
ished his peroration, and Mr.. Sauzet
was about TO rise, when on sudden
Mr.. H, who for some moments
was observed in state of agitation.
exhibiting signs of the most lively in.
quietude, exclaimed, in the midst Of
the general astonishment, "Mr. Presi.
dent, | demand to be heard upon
personal fact" Sensation.] As soon
as silence was restored, "Mr. Presi.
dent" said the orator, II have the ho.
nor to observe TO you that somebody
has stolen my hat"
Our Deputy was so well satisfied
with his effort that he went to the
royal printing office to have his repre-
sentation stated in the columns Of the
Moniteur, and eight days after each of
his constituents received a copy of the
only speech he ever made at the ma
tional tribunal. Few orators can
boast ofhaving confined their speeches
so strictly to the matter in view.
Mr. John Duncan the American Traveller.
Letters have been received blythe Roy
al Geographical Society from Mr. Duncan,
ofrecent date, intimating his return to Cape
Coast, after an absence of eight months in
the interior of Africa. The details of his
journey are shortly expected by The
Geographical Society We are informed
that since the days of Mungo Park, OF whom