The Arkansas advocate., 1835-08-28

with population Of 20,000, there has not been an indictment luf crime i'll more than tifee years.
 BRIM FrIL.-A southern paper says that General Jackson has '6lled the mea- sure of his country 50 tsA, that 1t has run over, and split glory eaough' on MT. Van Buren, who siood 8a3er II, 10 remove all doubi as to the title of the latter 10 the suca eessofship.n Pity the measure had not been q leetie largef-=that portion split is now worse than wasted.
 Another portion of Gov. Cass's farm, in the city of Detroit, was sold at auction u few days ago, and brought $69,oo0. But 3 small portion ct this valuable trdct k sold, yet il has yielded its owner S169.o0o. Governor Cass would readily have taken $69,0o0 for the whole farm four years age. 1t was offered for that sum, but no buyers were 10 be found. - Cincinnati Mirror.
 ENGLtsH TASGu4oE. Our language is spoken by upwards of l50,oo0, ,oo0 of peo- pie, who occupy l,226,o93 square miles of territory. What a market for books and newspapers in he English languagel
 NEw PLAN or SfEAMBoArs. have been shown, by Dr. Planton, of Philadel- phia, plans for an entire new mode Of navi- gating canals shallow waters, rivers, &c., of which that gentleman is the inventor.- The principle is the propulsion of boats by means of water-dght revolving cylinders, furnished with paddles. One of these cy- finders is placed at each end of the boat; and acting both as bueyancers and propels lers, they effect, as the inventor very satis- factorlly demonstrates, the important object of impelling the boat over the surface of the water, without having to overcome the great resistance encountered by by the usual me- thod of forcing it through the water The current created by the action of the forward cylinder, passes entirely under the boat, and by lifting it up, aids in impelling it for ward.
 Dr. Planton's models, S1c. were submit ted 10 a select committee appointed by the last Legislature of this State, who recom- mendea them to the favorable consideration of the Canal Board. The Board have since expressed their appreciation Of the project. Buffalo Com. Adv.
 Talleyrand pays frequent visits to the Tuileries. He went there twice or the 4th June and again on the next day. He can no longer walk, but itis necessary 10 carry him from his carriage to the king cabinet. l But, it would appear, if his legs have failed his head is still sound.
 
 In 1883 and 1854, there were sold at l Cognac, 26 millions of francs worth oi brandies, of which 18 millions went to En- gland.
 1fe lssTa from a gentleman who has re- gently returned from visit 10 the western parts of New York, that he was informed ] that the celebrated Indian Chief, Corn Plan- tier, Is still living, at his residence near the source of the Alleghany river, at the advan- eed age ofilS years. He is said to enjoy excellent health and to be able to mount and ride his horse with great case. his wife l and his wife's mother are also both still H. wing, the first l0s and the latter 128 years old. We doubt if there can be found 1T any one family in the world three persons of equally advanced ages.
 Niles Register.
 \ letter from a officer of the U. s. frigate Brandywine, in the United States Gazette states that in the absence oft President Gen. Salavaro has marched form Callac and taken possession of LiIIIa5 and made heavy exactions upon the people--extortine 1 $l00,000 from ten of the richest inhabit- ants. He is followed ty the rabbEe. The President, Obregosa, IS daily expected, when 1t Is thought . general battle will take place.
 The official valuation of real estate in Philadelphia, up to July last, is $ll5 GAO I#9G7. In New York, the valuation for 1884 was $123,249, ,280.
 II is estimated that thirty millions sterlina have been expended in the improvement o inland naHigation in Great Britain, anC l that there are 5000 miles of nayigablt rivers i'll tkat country.
 On one occasion during Captain Rcss's detention in tho northern regions they fired a ball of frozen mercury thro' ah inch plank; and cl another they froze oil of almonds ir shot-mould at minus 40 degrees, and fired l 1t against target, which 1t split, rebound i ing unbroken.
 1 4 gentleman who was paying his address- es to lady, at length summoned up suffi- cient courage to ask if they were agreeable to her and whether he might ilatter himself with a ehanee of success. The lady re-