The Arkansas banner., 1843-11-04

i its trumpet-toned bugle, is rousing up the republican party, pointing out the strength o our enemy, pointing out our dangers, ana calling upon us to hush our dissensions, and unite our forces. IL tells us of the many ap- pllances of the whigs, in the fortunes of pri- vate whigs, in the purses of the lundholders and i'll the gift of the rich manufacturing mo- noplists Il might have added, the union ot the whigs, the indomiable spirit of theil leader, their talents, their influence in the towns, the mercantile interest Strange to say the sympathies of chartered compa- nies, and other aids and allies It points out :. the two sudden checks" which we have re- gently encountered :. In North Carolina and Tennessee.0 And since this very number was issued, 1t may now add, q. Maryland and Georgia It might have pointed out their rising organization, their Clay Clubs, &e., &c., the former mummefies of l940, and their interruptions coruptions ill some of the other States. It might then have asked, with still more authority than 1t has displayed, how wc, fl divided by our own feuds, can expect to en- counter an enemy so strong, so daring, and so desperate With that eminent "Review,' we too say, ''If these mad and bad dissen- sions are persisted in-and the spirit of grow ing bitterness which has been allowed, ill several quarters, to break out--we are ineyi- tably defeated; defeated in advance; defeated by our own sell-inilicted wounds. Wo, then, hereafter and forever, in the future of our politics, betde those who shall appear to have been the responsible authors of such in sanely suicidal d;sastes: ID
 With what pleasure do the whig presses gloat over our dissensions! How they chuckle over every manifestation of every excited feeling in our ranks How insidiously do they seek to provoke OUT pride How they try to fan the embers of discord! How slyly does the very polite and liberal author of < Norfolk" in the < N orlolk Herald,o seek to sting us into anger, by expatiating on the attacks we have received from our junior brethren, and the calmness and submission with which we bear them all We tell these whigs, we ask none of their counsel, and we will take none. We despise their slang and their sneers, ther insidious strictures, and their contempible insinuations. We shall preserve our equanimity in the midst of the tempest; and, if the gallant ship does drift upon the rocks, 1t shall not be our fault.-- But we tell these whig presses, not yet to count without their host Our party must see it's danger, unless they are cursed with blind ness, which 1efes every possible ray of light They see the breakers, and they must avoid them. For our own part, we neither fear the cunning of the whigs, nor despair from the excesses of our own ultra friends. The ,Io fl-Sir ,,Lo and their honest hearts, will save the repub- lie from the hands of Henry Clay and his rampant adherents. Richmond Enq.
 General Dodge, the first Governor of Wis konsan, has recently been elected delegate to Congress from that territory, by hand some majority. Gen Dodge distinguished himself in the war with the Sacs and Foxes, when those tribes attacked the frontier under Black Hawk He is a plain, unassuming gentleman, and when called by his neighbors to head some companies about to march against the Indians, he was found hard at work in the bottom of a lead mine. He is of fair abilities and deservedly popular. In politics he is of the democratic party; but would probably carry more than the party vote
 IHe .Missouri.-ln Captain Newton's off cial report to the Secretary of the Navy, the following is given as the manner in which that gallant vessel caught fire:
 John Sutton states that "About ten mn- utes to o'clock, went into the starboard engineers store-room with globe lantern, to get pair of beam scales to weigh coal, which they were at that time taking in; in getting down the scales a wrench fell and broke glass demijohn, containing spirits of turpentne; l wiped up as much as could :; l then went down to the cylinder where they were at work to see how much of the spirits had run down. l was on my way to the chief engineer to report the circumstance of breaking the demijohn, and had just got on the berth deck ladder, and had not reached the spar deck, before heard the cry of fire :; turned round immediately and saw the flames bursting up through the gratings above the steam chest; ran on deck, got fire bucket, and endeavored to extinguish the flame."
 Seizure for Rent,- IHe Military and Po- Hce.-The Dublin Freeman's Journal gives
 
 ent:
 '' Mr. J. Darcy Fox, of Foxbrook, county Meath, three miles beyond Trim, Protest ant gentleman of responsibility, having re- gently joined the repeal ranks, the country people, to show their gratitude, assembled in great numbers, and cut down and made up his corn gratis. Five years arrears of rent being due to the landlord. his agent deter mined on distraining Mir. Fox, and so put keepers on the property but having heard, or most probably dreamt, that five thousand Repealers 'had sworn with pitchlork and Aail' to prevent the seizure, and having con- suited with Captain Despard, the stpendary magistrate, it was agreed upon between them that the aid ofthe police force would be alto gether insufficient
 BeautJM Meteor.-On Friday night, Oct. 4th, there passed over our village one of the most beautiful meteors that has graced the heavens for long series of years At the