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Some forty years ago he made himself agreeable to a beautiful and innocent girl of the pine woods, and by attention to business, has contributed a dozen fine boys to defend the honor of their country and the rights and dignity of the noble State of Mississippi in particular.
As to his ferry, we know that he speaks the truth. We once waited there three hours because some scoundrel had bored auger holes in the flat, and on our return they had cut the rope and floated it away, so that Mac had to tow us over on an Indian pony, (two rotten logs and a grape vine) and refused to charge a cent for his trouble. This was liberal, for Mac was a whig and we a democratic candidate.
He never charges editors., preachers or pretty women—no wonder he was elected to the Legislature.
JEFFERSONIAN of Yesterday
Editor1s Comment
Col. Claiborne is right in taking up the cudget in defence of his brother officer. Col. Mclnnis—it was generous and chivalrous inasmuch as the latter is declared to be whig—and it was grateful, too, in consideration of the gratuitous aquatic excursion which was afforded him on "them logs;" but we strongly suspect that some further passages took place between the two colonels at "that only tavern" which have not been given to the public, the bare remembrance of which warms the heart and sweetens all political bitterness. We will venture to say they had a jolly time after the cruise. Is it not so ?