The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-14

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 'sNo sich thing-you'll do no sich thing said she; "I've got five in family, and that's all you'll git from me. Old Van Buren mus have heap to do, the dratted old villyan, te send you to take down how old my children IS. Pve got five in family, and they are al between five and hundred years old they are all plaguy sight winter than you, ant whether they are he or she, is none of youl consarns.n
 We told her, we should report her to the Marshal, and she would be fined, but it only augmented her wrath.
 "Yesi send your Marshal, or your Mr. Van Buren, here, if you're bad off to-let lem come-Let Mr. Van Buren come'- Elo@ing as savage as Bengal tigress-a Oh. l wish he ,eould come ''-and her nostrils dilated, and her eyes gleamed-s I'd cut his head off"
 "That might kill him." we ventured to re- mark, by way of joke.
 "Kill him kill him! Oh! if ! had him here by the years, reckon pould kill him. A pretty fellow, to be eating his vittils out'n gold spoons, that poor peoples taxed for, and ralsln' an army to get him made king of Ameriky-the audacious, nasty, stinking old scampp' She paused moment, and then resumed: '.And now, mister, just put down what tell you on that piece of paper, and don't be telling no lies to send on to Wash ington City. Jist put down, Judy Tomp- kins, ageable woman, and four children.'n 5
 We objected to making any such entry; but the old hag vowed it should be done, to prevent any misrepresentation of her case | We, however, were pretty resolute, until she appealed to the couchant whelps, Bull and Pomp. At the first glimpse of their teeth, our courage gave way, and we made the en- try try iin bold hand across blank schedule, Judy Tompkins, ageable woman, and four children. D
 We now begged the old lady to dismiss her canine friends, that we might go out and depart; and forthwith mounting our old black, we determined to give the old soul parting fire. Turning half round, in order to face her, we shouted
 sOld 'oman.''
 "Who told you to call me .old 'oman, ) you long legged, hatchet faced whelp you? I'll make the dogs take you off that horse, if you give me any more sarse. What do you want ?n
 "Don't you want to get married ;''
 " Not to you, if do :"
 Placing our right thumb on the nasal ex- tremity of our countenance, we said, '. ou needn't be uneasy, old 'un, on that score; thought you might suit cross-legged Dick B. up our way, and should like to tell him what he might count on, If he comes down next Sundayn'
 ts Horo Bull!'' shouted llIt wiuow, s' sick him, Pompp' but we cantered of, unwound- ed. fortunately, by the fangs of Bull and Pomp, who kept up the chase as long as they could hear the cheering voice of their mistress" Sick him, Pomp-sick, sick, him, Bull-suboy, suboy, suboy."
 Our next adventure was decidedly dan- gerous one.-Fording the Tallapoosa river, where its bed is extremely uneven, being formed of masses of rock full of Assures and covered with slimy green moss, when about two-thirds of the way across, we were hail. ed by Sol Todd from the bank we were ap- preaching. We stopped to hear him more distinctly.
 ssHellow, little Squire, you chicken hunting to-day" ,"
 Being answered affirmatively, he continued -ss Y ou better mind the holes in them ere rocks, if your horses foot gifts ketched in lem you'll never git it out. You see that big black rock, down to your right? We'll, there's good bottom down below that. Slnike down thar, outside that little riffie-and now cut right into that smooth water and come across"
 We followed Sol's direction to the letter; and plunging into the smooth water, we found 1t to be basin surrounded with steep lodges of rock, and deep enough to swim the horse we rode. Round and round, the poor old black toilcd, vi:hou. finding any place ct which he could effect landing, so precipit- ous were the sides. Sol occasionally asked us C if the bottom wasn't first rate, but did nothing to help Us. Atlength we scrambled out, wet and chilled to the bone-for it was a sharp September morning-and continued our journey not little annoyed by the 5ois- terous roaring laughter of the said Solomon, at our picturesque appearance.
 We hadn't more than got out of hearing of Sol's cachinatory explosions, before we met one of his neighbors, who gave us to understand, that the ducking we had just re-
  Sol's to make the chicken man take swim in the Buck Hole.' He had heard of our stopping on the opposite side of the river, the night previous, and learning our intention to ford just where we did, fixed himself on the bank to insure our finding the way into the Buck Hole.'
 This information brought our nap right up, and requesting Bill Splawn to stay where he was till we returned, we gallopped back to Sol's, and found that worthy, rod on shoul- der, ready to leave on fishing excursion.
 "Sol, old fellow," said we, ," that was a most unfortunate Mnge made into that hole in the river. Eve lost S25 in specie, out of my coat pocket, and Pm certain it's in that hole,' for felt my pocket get light while l was scuffiing about in there. The money was tied up tight in buckskin pouch, and must get you to help me get it. 5
 This, of course, was regular old fashion, ed lie as we had not seen that amount of