The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-14
LITTLE ROCK, (ARk SATURDAY OCTOBER l4 ls4s

uio oulidCe' Not IL OOI [" NNO, dang | Here goes again "-and Sol disappeared 6 second time. Puff. puff! and considerable rattle of teeth, as Sol once more rose into "upper air.o 'sWhat luck, old horse i'-
 By jings l felt it that time, but somehow 1t slid out of my fingers. Down went Sol again, and up he came after the lapse of a minute, still without the pouch. < Are you right sure, Squire, that you lost it in this hole, said Sol, getting out upon large rock, while the ehattering of his teeth divi- ded his words into rather more than their le- gltlmate number of syllables "Oh perfect ly certain, Sol-perleetly certain You know s25 in hard dollars weigh a pound or two. l didn't mention the circumstance when I first came out of the river, because was so scared and confused, that l didn't remember 1t. But know just as well when the pouch broke through my coat pocket, as can be !''
 Thus re-assured, Sol took to the water again, and as we were in a hurry, we request ed him to bring the pouch and half the mo- ney to Dadeville, if his diving should prove successful.
 "To be sure ] will," said he-and his blue lips quivered with cold, and his whole frame shook from the same cause.
 The "river ager" made Sol shake worse than that, that fall
 But we left him diving for the pouch in- dustrlously, and no doubt he would have got 1t, if it had been there
 Once, as we were about to leave house at which we had put up, the night previous, one of the girls-a buxom one of twenty followed us to the fence, and the following tete q tete ensued
 "Now, squire, they say you know, and I want you to tell me, # you p1ease-what piH chickens be worth this fall 5
 :" How many have you?''
 " The rise of seventy. and three hens q settin p'
 "Well now, Miss Betsy,o said we, @you know how much set by the old man, your daddy-and the old lady, you know how she and me always got along-and Jim and Dave, you know we were always like broth ers-and yourself Miss Betsy, consider my particular friend-and as it is you, I'll tell youn'
 "Do squire, eff you please; they say Van Buren's going to feed his big army on fowls; and some folks say he's going to take lem without payin' for lem, and some say he aint and thought in course ef he did pay for lem, the price aoould risen'
 "Well, the fact is-but don't say nothing about it-the army is to be fed on fowls; the roosters will be given to the officers to make lem brave, and the hens to the common sol diers, because, you see, they ain't as good. :"
 (. In course r'
 "So you see, the hens will be worth about three bits-and rnostnre ahont half a dollar and ready sale at that.p ?
 She was perfectly delighted, and we do. not hesitate to say, would have rewarded us with a kiss, if we had asked 1t, but Tn those days, modesty was the bright trait in our character. As it was, she only insisted on our taking ss bit of something cold, " in our saddle bags-in case we should reach town too late for dinner.
 Our next encounter was with an old lady notorious in her neighborhood, for her gar rulity and simple mindedness. Her loqua- city knew no bounds; 1t was constant, unre- hitting, interminable, and sometimes laugha- bly, silly. She was interested in quite large Chancery suit, which had been s dragging its slow length along" for several years, and furnished her with conversational fund which she drew upon extensively, under the idea that its merits could never be sufficiently discussed Having been warned of her pro- pensity, and. being somewhat hurried when we called upon her, we were disposed to get through business as soon as possible, and without hearing her enumeration of the strong points of her law case. Striding into the house. and drawing forth our paper
 Taking the census, ma'am i'' quoth we.
 "Ah well yes! bless your soul, honey, take seat. Now do. Are you the gentle man that MT. Van Buren has sent to take the sensis9 wonder! we'll, good Lord look l,awn how was Mr. Van Buren and fanily when you seed him ?o
 We explained that we had never seen the President; didn't ''know him from side of sole leather;" and we had been written to to take the census"
 "Well, now, thar agm! Love your soul We'll, 'spose MT. Van Buren wru you let ter, did he' No? We'll, l suppose some of his officers done it-bless my soul We'll, God be praised, there's mighty little here to take down-the times is hard, Gods will be done; but looks like people can't git their jest rights in this country; and the law is all for the rich and none for the poor, praise the Lord Did you ever hear tell of that case my boys has got agin old Simpson? Looks like they never will git to the eend on it !; glory to His name! The children will suffer, Pm mighty ateard; Lord give us grace. Did you ever see Judge B-' yes' Well, the Lord preserve us! Did you ever hear him say what he's gwne to do in the boys case agin Simpsons No' Good Lord! We'll, Squire, mW you ax him the next time you sec him; and write me word and tell him what say; Pm nothing but poor widow, and my boys has got nc larnin, and old Simpson tux lem in. They ought to have had good start, all on lem; but, God bless you, that old man has used 'em up, till they aint able to buy creetur to plough with ''s a mighty hard case, and the will oughtn't never to been broke, but"
 Here we interposed, and told the old lady that our time was precious, that we wished to take down the number of her family, and