The Arkansas advocate., 1834-04-18

President Jackson,(( says ihe Transcript was :, s,fia4=senea F years old OIL Satuf,lay.v-- For ''sixty-seyen'' read seceate-sir, as an appfoAimatlon to tho truth, though probably year or two short of il.
 Ina letter to the Governor of y;r.;n;a. Mr. Speaker Stevenson declares thai h, means to act entirely with the President anu :;:;:s;! ;. @ of tho legislature. .SiIlioaai Gc-.
 ANOTHER RAIL RoAD PROJECT. --A pub he meeting has been called in Muriioesbo. rough, to take into consideration, the pro- pneiy of connecting that place with Co- lumbia by a rail road -.,.-.=.;.-=- =-'ss..s
 Iaxns .eF GREAT Enlg lgTi.s amount of taxes levied in Great Britain in 1892, was i5G,0oo,ooo, or about ftro hun. d,ed and serenity ttro millions of doRars.--- Of this amount
 The Rich paid S5t.1q3 ooo
 The Middle Glasses ll3,o53,,oo
 The Poor 57 ss3 ooo
 $222, 100000
 Tn Engian6, the taxes are equal to 5os. or Si ,33 to every soul; in Scotland they are equal to 43s. or $9,b5 per head; in Wales, los. or $2,22; in Ireland, l2s. or $l,66.
 NAEDAIisM.-It is stated in the neglf. shire Advocate that young lady of N. '. who wore an ultra fashionable frock and being e 2 vs.. .e her friends n New Jersey, was appreliended and carried before Dutch Magistrate on charge of wearing mems apparel The Goill fined her five dollars and costs, for the breacies ot the statute in that case provided-So look out gilis.-B9ostt. ..ges,-. afes,- Jour.
 PHILADELpHIA.-T great meetine took place III this city on the 20th uIt Our papers are only to the 19lh; but from a pri- yate source we learn, that the meeting was held according to appointments; that FIFTY thousand persons are estimated to have been on the ground: that strong resolutions were adopted against tbe policy oi the t5os vernment; and that no disturbance of any kind interrupted the proceedings.
 The public IS informed, by tho official paper of yesterday, that the President of the United States has declined receiving any more committees declaring that he would respond to any inquiries "the committee might make in writing. if submitted to him m writlng-bnt lie would hold no conyersa- tioii with them fer the purpose of being re- ported from memory, because his views and opinions had already been subjected to mis- representation, which he felt himself bound to guard against in this way, for the fiitnre.n This reply Is said to have been given by the President 10 Mir. WATMouGn, the Repre. sentative from Pennsylvania, in the case of q committee of Philadelphia manufacturers whom he proposed 10 introduce. .Niat. Int The late Duke of York once remarked 1 to Col. w. at the mess of the llth regi- mcnt, that the Col. was ilncommonly Bald. and although younger man than his royal highness, he stood more in need of u wig. | The Colonel, who had been of very long standing ln the service. and whose promo ton had been ny no means rapid; informed his royal highness, that his badness could be very easily accounted for. < In what manner l' asked his royal highness, rather eagerly. To which Col. ". replied, "by junior officers stepping over my head.n--- The Duke was so pleased with the reply. that the gallant Colonel obtained promotion in few days afterwards.
 The times are indeed somewhat hard.,, said carman to one of his fellows. Here is tho month of March commenced, and I have nothing to do." Have you not ?'' said his inend ' then ii's your oui, fault, fault. for think the Government has furnished plenty of work for Us asI.r | Has it?,' said the other, what is it?D z Why, to turn out of office all those chaps who, in trying their Experiments,' are like the boys in the fable, who were stonng the frogs, and we can give them the same an- swer; we can tell them as the frogs told the boys---it may be fun for you, but it is death to us"
 h SIoN.--The Washington Globe has an article intended to show that in case of the two Houses of Congress disagreeing on the question of adjournment, the Presi- dent has the same right to prorogae fsn ef- dinary session as an extraordinary one. Jour. of Com. ~