The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-08-10
LNtie Rock, [Arkansasl Jun

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Little Rock, (Arkansas) June 27.
# Frolic-deariy taid for.--On Monday,
last week, five persons from the country-a
father, his three sons, and n-law-came
into town for the purpose of taking a frolic.
After getting comfortably drunk, they be-
came exceedingly noisy and quarrelsome,
showing a disposition to fight, knock do7un
and drag ols, all who came in their wav, or
attempt to oppose them. They carried on
in this manner for some time, when Mr.
Brumback, the town constable, found it me-
cessarv to stop their sport, by apprehending
and taking the whole party before Mr. JUS
ticc Bradford where they were very prop
erlv fined--two of them in the sum OF ten
dollars each, and the other three, five each.
One of the former, for using highly insult
ing and disrespectiul language to the magis-
trate, while sitting as such, had three seve-
raj fines, Of twenty dollars each imposed on
him.
The trial being over, and the parties not
finding it convenient to raise the 1eedfuL to
pay their fines, were ordered to be taken to
gaol. Not relshing the order, they refused
to submit TO it, and set the constable, and
the hoSse whom he called to his assistance,
at defiance. The constable however, deter
mined not to be out t-generaled by them, led
on his forces in good order, and commenced
the attack, by literally dealing out blows on
the heads and shoulders OF all who resisted
The besieged, it is said, fought manfully
but were soon vanquished by the superior
man9uvres and numbers Of their opponents.
One of them armed with dirk in each hand
while in the act of attempting to stab the
Constable and one of his assistants. received
the contents of pistol, loaded with shot, in
his face, and fell, severely, though not dan
gerously wounded; aand two others were
| severely beaten with clubs, one of whom it
| was feared. for the first two or three days,
would not recover.
The fracas having ended, the scene closed
| by closing the door of the gao on four of the
vanquished combatantS--the one who was
Shot not being III a situation to bear then
company--where they remained until the
next day, when they were liberated, on paw
ing into the county treasury the sun of 95
dollars, being the amount of their several
fines, together with l2 or Is dollars costs.
No greater curse can he entaled uppon
a country than general use of ardent spir-
it's The following paragraph taken from
Boston paper Of Wednesday, is a melancho-
ly Instance in support of this position:
On Monday last, four lads from ten to ff-
teen years of age, were examined on the
charges of being common drunkards and vsg-
abonds. Three of them were sentenced to
the house of correction for four months and
one for six months.
Mr.. G. G. Brewster, watch maker. of
Portsmouth, N. II. has made two pair of we'll
proportloned Scissors, one of which weighs
but one half of grain, with the blades con-
nected by suitable size screw; and the 9th
er is of only half the size of the first. OF fthe
former it would require 900 to weigh one
ounce, and of the latter 1920.
In the last number of the Revue Encvclo-
pedique, there is an account of very extra
ordinary proposal, to communicate vocal in-
telligence, i'll few moments to vast distanc-
es, and this not by symbols as in the tee-
graph, but by the human voice. The plan
originated with NJ. Dick, an Englishman;
who states that the human voice may be
made intellgible at the distance of twenty
fve or thirty miles. 1t is to be conveyed
through tubes.
PAINTED Carhets.-Wc find the following
notice of a new invention in the Boston COM
mercial Ga1ette;-We visited a few days
since the extensive establishment of our en-
terprising townsman, Samuel Perkins esq,
who after many years of close application
and labour and at no inconsderabe exoense
brought the business of carpet painting to d
perfection unequalled in this or any othe,
country. We saw about fifty different pat.
terms, resembling the Brussels Kidderminste,
and other imported carpeting. and under.
: stood that the proprietor had blocks o,
stamps for about one hundred more. The
carbets, for neatness, elegance and durabil.
ity, arc IN many cases preferred to those man
utactured of wool; and must eventually form
: an important branch of the manufacturers n
: our country. Each carpet receives nine dis
tinct coats of paint previous to being stamn
/; ed-and it requires about a twelve -montt
e to complete it, from the time the canvass i
n put in the hands of the painter.
n Pluck.-We learn, UPON good authorit,
C that the laughing stock and BOBBY OF Phila
S delphia, denominated Col. Pluck. and hear
ing IA commission from the Governor of Penn
:, sylvania, has SET himself up for show a
II one of the publick houses in the Bowery-1s
II cents sight. The price of admitsance