The Arkansas advocate., 1834-04-11

I A gentleman in Virginia has had a stand has bei for i2 or b years, that t would ram me first sat'udoy cf epe,y .august. winch he has won every year except one. Another gentleman bet that t would rain the 25th of July and won it. He says thu; Ii has never failed to do so for tie las, SIX
 teen years.
 PRE-ENlPTfoNs.--We W 2 notice IT iie Gs,,;s,., si
 of a late date, that Bill has passed the
 Senates reviving the law of May, 1850, treiatIye to presumption rights. sse were unable to procure a copy ot tie aet Of 1850 for publication this week, and do not recol- lect sufficiently is provisions to state its operations in detail. IL will, however be ] gratifying to persons resident on pubic lands to know ihe probability that law will be passed iavofing and securing them Ill their oyements.-JdekSoa Eagle
 The very best aneedote we have seen in 2 long time.
 4 New York merchant, having his mind entirely filled with his bank, and other mo. Ementary engagements, run full tilt aoa;n4t Ia heavy fstcd Kentuckiaii, the other day m Wall street. The sturdy son of the west, ali ire aud metal, turned upon him, and gave hhi:ss se understand. in very fev,
 words, that he had great mind to aknocI hun into the middle of next week. .n--
 What was the surprise of OUT Kentickiap.
 when the merchant, with pleasure beaming
 upon hls countenanee, ii, :e !s;:s.s. !hs;;ss. and
 took his hand, declaring, at the same time
 that he looked upon him mas being the best friend he had iii the world, for, said he, .sas
 God IS my witness, do not know how I shall in any other way get over next Mon day with my Bank payments. ."- Cineiuaati
 Chronicle.
 The Philadelphia Gazette says--sStrmee as It may appear to our readers, il is nev- ertheless true, that remonstrances against establishing General System of Educa- : ton, have been presented to our State Les
 gislature, from two counties. They emars ated from men who would rather pay tax
 for crime than a tax for intellectual knowl-
 edge!p
 CuRRAN AND LORD CLARKE.--aHix
 Lordship shook his head at my point,o ad ded Curran, "but there is nothing in Haf. 's To hear the familiarity with which per , sons now make use of such phrases as con traction, expansion, spasms, conyulsions,
 collapse, metallic medium, circulating cur- rency, dralns, exhaustion, explosion, rcac- ton, &e. one would think that we were a na = lion of pneumatic philosophers, or medical
 alchemlsts, or, peradyenture, clock and watch makers with their grid iron ,oeat.u- l,nas a'sd compensation balasce.
 ANEcporE.-There are people in the world who are continually speaking of their
 il luck. Every little mishap is consider ed by them, as social dispensation for their evil. They are satisfied with nothing. II, by dceideat, they do happen to meet with little good luck, t IS nothing to what would have happened to some more favor ed one. One of these discontented be-
 lngs was passing through our streets the f other day. Something glistened on the side walk and he stopped to pick it up. | i. was an old fashioned pistareen. s.Danp
 if" he exclaimed in tone of petulant dis
 appointment, ''f any body else had found , Ii, 1t would have been qua,1er doLlar.o .Neac Bedf6rd Gascffe. An Eastern editor says that his subsci~ , bers would make excellent wheel horses-- they hold back so well.
 An eruption between the government oi 3 France and Sweden, seems to be seriously appprehended. the commercial relations be-
 ing carried on by Consular Agents, ali dii : plonatic correspondence between the two courts having having sesssee..! sSecsassee..!
 ] The last number of the American TurI