Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-11-20
Fun of the Election.


Common Council on the 4th inst 1t is reporte,
ei that the chairman recommended to his honor tb
~ Mayor to send the City Marshal up Salt river at
ter members enough to form quorum.
lie Betting on Eiectioas.-The Boston Post saws
Il I'VE don't care how often it rains now-nev
hats euough on the election to last through even
h SO many showers"
e A Wing Earthquake-The Richmond Viii
:, says that at twenty-five minutes of seven O'Clock
on Tuesday evening, shock of an earthquake
/ was very distinctly felt in that city The demo
cratic papers say nothing about it. The wings in
the rest Of the Union may have felt shock about
the same time, or a little later.
a gentleman with glass eye was about to .ex-
ercise the right of suffrage in Baltimore, when
he was accosted by political opponent with. 81
say, Misterwhat are you doing here! you can't
vote; you're not natural eysed.
We are not able to realize the result sufficient
ly as yet to talk about it at any length We
shall soon try to look the matter in the face
Oneida Her.
Do no such thing, neghbor. You can find
much handsomer things in Utica to look at
The tail ofthe New Hampshire Patriots ''roos-
ter" appears to have grown several inches since
n.
deed the animal has an entire new set of tail
feathers throughout, which hang like weeping
willow
Many editors are endeavoring to ascertain the
causes of the defeat of the wing party The fact
IS all that has thus far interested u.s. says the
Washington Telegraph.
The Kingston (Ca) Wing says :-"The returns
already show an immense majority for Pierce
over his rival. Columbia,s Wellington, will be
no where at its close, if the election continues as
it has begun"
The Newport News says:-We have looked
over our exchanges very carefully for the last two
days with the hope of finding something which
would afford us a little consolation-but we have
not been able to discover one word. Those horrid
ugly figures stare us constantly in the face, and
with all our efforts we cannot make them tell
pleasant story wetherefore give up in despair, and
intend Immediately to commence a series of articles
upon the importance Of constructing railroad to
Salt river.
A whig paper says the election returns come in |
rather slowly. No States of any particular i'm
portance have been heard from expect Vermont
and Massachusetts
Atteation Whiqs!-Two hundred thousand |
wings can find employment by applying to VIM.
b. Kirk d. Co., Tammany Hall, in this city Mr. |
X. has taken the job of filing up the Erie Canal,
which the wings insisted in making an issue in
the late contest for State officers, and will com
mence the work as soon as Governor Hunt and
his crew can be transported on the canal TO the
mouth of Salt river. 1t is understood that the Gov
ernor is to act as first mate on board Gen. SCOTS
Salt river schooner, and be superintendent of the
military hospital, to be located on the upper fork
Of "Salt river somewhere near the borders Of
Kentucky. Wings whose occupations gone"
attend to this call for your services. The Choir
ster of the Chippewa Club has already made ap-
olication-Syraeuse Standard Nor. 5.
Laying ia Stock Of Hats-A democrat in |
Providence bet twenty-one hats upon the general t
esult of the election, and upon different States '
very one Of which, of course, he has won. q
IN Kacideat at the PoHs.-On Tuesday a pa S
riotic lrishman, little under the influence Of \
Old Rye" after depositing his vote espied the f
box for the Washington monument, a
md in the generosity of his heart took out the b
ontents of his ocket-book-S45-and deposi- d
ed the whole amount in the box. His wife Il
anne to the polls few hours afterwards and d
made such a representation Of her circumstances d
hat the judges Of the election humanely return v
her $40 Of the money deposited by her oyer Ii
enerous husbad. Cincinnati Gorette II
Couldn't" Saye the Bacon The Buffalo Re I
ublic regrets the defeat Of DIR. Ham, democratic n
andidate for the Assembly in that city. r.
A whig in Boston received letter from a broth o.
r whig in New York saying that he had Just II
,ant that the democrats had am election this e.
eek and forgot TO notify the wings.
A whigpaper in this State says that safe TO in
t it down that Pierce will carry thirty-one b
tates. At the same time if we should happen to
ear Of General SCOTS carrying any we will aC
iention it in an extra. in
"Scott leads the column sure" Any informa- to
on as 10 the whereabout Of that column" will m
E thankfully rewarded. W
4 whig paper in New jersey, in announcing Sc
Ieir defeat, quotes from Milton as follows: su
Earth felt the wound and Nature from her seat IN
Signing through all her works gave signs Of woe, te
That's al was lost cl,
1t is said that at the last election Pierce was it.
inning for President and Scott was running co
,ainst Hale. III
A gentleman in Buffalo SAYS that he Is now 90 tn
2 to renounce whiggery; that be. has worked pa
lrd for the party for twenty years, and all he Of
er got was the iuiammatory rheumatism. Of
The Madison county Wing accounts for Gen. sta
otis defeat IN the fact that his military career an
squalifed hin from runningT lie had never do
n, and couldn't learn how pa
The Albany Register says we are picking up be
" respectable number Of assemblymen. sher sta
. clerks, DC, here and there. considering the wa
wfula democratic majoritles on the State and adj
ctoral tickets. We are sthankful for small ia De-
~ hO
During the recent visit Of Mr.. Webster 10 bis lov
m at Franklin, lady-a relative-remarked The
him, ~Well, Mr.. Webster. | was really in hopes
Il some time should see i've President of