The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-07-03

The court then resumed business, and Bull
lion, with modest blush again advanced. He
begged that the court would not consider any
time consumed by him as mis-spent; in f%act,
his was the sacrifice; he was speaking for the
veal Of mankind and not as usual, for his So
per diem; besides he was neglecting a treatise
on Algebra, particularly adapted to the COM
putation of mileage. Indeed, both the court
and county had avery inadequate idea OF his
importance; true, he did not consider them
very mucht 10 blame, as it was extremely diti-
Gu I to comprehend him in all his vast magni-
tude. In would seem that greatness had Of
late become a family a~flIotions and # not soon
relieved, both he and his son-in-law would have
to put the government to the expense of the
Marcy quarterings. In conclusion, he would
remark, that everybody knew his sentiments;
they had long been before the country; they
were simply to condemn everybody generally,
but himself and son-in-law, and to violently
advocate both Of these gentlemen.
The venerable father Richie next addressed
the court in the following laconic speech;
"Now verronS,"
Sausage replied: He thought no good demo-
crat would make use of %"furrin" words. 1t
smacked Of aristocracy, but he hoped from the
proverbial courtesy of the venerable martyr,
that 'nous Uerroms'' had no ~allusion to his in
nocent Indulgence in sausages. 1t was true
they were there to treat Of war, and condemn
two old warriors, but he must confess that,
amidst swords, epaulettes and pompoons, his
gentle thoughts still turned on sausages; it
was his passion and his weakness; he rejoiced
in democracy, but he gloried in sausages. 1t
the two old bantams were to be punished, he
would propose that the sausage ration OF Tay-
; lor be stopped for thirty days, and Scott stop
, ped from writing proclamations.
Ficky Ficklin said he had great respect for
the gentleman who had just addressed the
court; he was a top Sawyer, aye, a tiP-toP
> Sawyer, and if titles were not anti-democratic,
he would like to see him created Duke OF Bo-
logna; yet he must admonish his friend that
1 his degrees Of punishment did not meet the
, cases and crimes Of the two prisoners, for
: whilst Taylor, the first transgressor, cared bui
6 little for sausages, TO dry up Scott's ink horI
was worse than frying live cells, He woul'
therefore propose that they both be sentence
! to read his last speech in Congress every morn
: ing before breakfast, for thirty. days, and t
;, consider him a gentleman for the same lengtl
. Of time.
: Ambassador Shannon differed with both TIL
gentlemen. 1t was not the province of tn
court to pass sentence Of death or sentence o
impossibility. 1t would be death to stop Scott
ink and an impossibility to consider FiGklin
gentleman even for a single moment, far les
for thirty days. The most cruel punishmer
he could think Of (and they were SalamandeI
if they could stand it and liUe) was that the
should read Seignor Rejon's dispatches addrei
sed to himself, and in1sgine them addressed
themselves, every morning for thirty days; III
Hon. member said, in conclusion, that he ha
~ himself been skinned, literally Aayed alive b
~ them, in much less time than that.
az At this stage of the proceeding, the Judg
Advocate read the following note, which
ia stated had Just been handed in:
nc "SeignOrs: Although not a member of yoI
honorable body, l most respectfully beg lea
Id to suggest to the court, that the most etiicie
he punishment for the prisoners would be to co
denim each Of them to write a boos"
cd With high consideration, &c, &C.
gu WADDY.
The court summed up, butboing SO distraC
on ed in opinion that they could not agree, final
in concluded to refer the whole matter to Il
he Judge Advocate and Senior Atocho, who foul
ks as follows:
aid Scott, not gully of disobedience of orde
10 having been sent out expressly to head Tayl'
ZEN who having already disobeyed the Duck riy
no. mandate at Buena Vista, forced Scott to XII
Santa Anna down Cerro GordO to keep ev
The with him, for which they recommend Il
he Congress shall present him with a massive s
tch yer ladle, with the representation of the l
ain tional eagle perched in the rim, with a be
my full Of maccaroni.
he Taylor, gully of the charge, and gully
de the specification. The offence being one
in grave Importance, they sentence him to be &c
tu- as inactive as possible during the balance
its the war, and at the end oft, to relieve t
but man of Duck river from the cares and resPC
sibilities of his present dangerous station.
red By order. ALMONTE, Judge Advoca
and "
Mr.. PoIK's Pass. = The North AmeriC
70? gives the following as the pass which the P
led pie Of the Union nave long since determit
the upon, to take effect on and after March 4
l849.
"Fellow-C ountrymen You are hereby
had tilted NOT TO oBsTRUCT THE PAssA'
ers, Of James K. RoR and suite, 70 Tennessee,
] in it has been found advisable that he should
de- turn thither. TINS AMERICAN PEOPLE