Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-09-30

ieuVeS, tue SOIL was improved, fragrant doors NIL
ed the atmosphere, and rendered it salubrious-
The "sunlight of heaven" poured its radiance on
it; it grew in majesty, strength and beauty, and
thousands went thther and took shelter from the
storms of the inquisiton. On every leaf Proyi-
dence wrote lessons of insruction-they were
numerous-shed once month, and the leaves of
the tree wore for the (enIightening) healing of
the nations. Carriers ran to and fro with them,
and knowledge was increased. Still it grows
and now it is mighty tree of knowledge, reach
ing its branches far above the clouds, and spread.
ing its arms abroad, scaters its leaves to the ends
of the earth.
BY means of printing, man may speak to all
kindreds, and tribes, and tongues, and people; and
make his voice to be heard with simultaneous pow
er, beyond the Atlantic waves, on the Pacific
| shores, and amid the wide spread population of
America. Nay, he may speak 10 accumuatng
generations after his death, with all the freshness
and force of personal eloquence.
The press & YES to man kind of ubiquity and
eternity of being it enables him to outwit DEATH
and enshrine himself amid a kind of earthly i'm
mortality it enables him to speak while yet dead.
His swords that breathe, and thoughts that burn,
are embodied and embalmed, and with him thou.
sands Hold profitable or hurtful communion till
time is no more.
While the press has been the means of unbound
ed good, it has also been the channel through
which much evil has flowed some persons per-
vertinS its proper use, have made it weapon of
mischief, with which they have struck at the very
root of piety and moral virtue, by propagating
opinions favorable to the sceptic and the voluptua-
ry. 1t has enabled modern writers and authors
to crafty their avarice, their vanity, and msan-
thropy, in disseminating novel systems subversive
of the dignity and happiness Of man; but not
withsta ndng the perversion of the art in this res
pect has been lamentable, some good will result
from it-for rs truth is more potent than error.
and light more powerful than darkness, truth and
virtue will triumph, and gain thereby fresh lus.
tire, and renewed strength. With respect to its
literary ill-consequences, it may be said that it
produces to the world an infinite number of worth
less publications; yet true wit and fino compost
sion will retain their value, and it will be easy
task for critical discernment to select them from
the surrounding mass Of absurdity.
| Thus the art of printing, viewed in whatever
| light, deserves respect and attention. In conclu.
sion, would ask: Who is willing to throw in
their influence, and their cash, to support pres:
at home? ANONYMOUS.
| A naonsirous Negro.-We find in the Louisville
Daily Advertiser The following curious account Of
a giant negro
Died, yesterday morning. at the Exchange
Hotel, in this city, n negro boy, the property OF
Mr.. Andrew II. Jordan, of Columbus, Missssi p
pi. We visited him after he was shrouded. in
company with his master, from whom we receiv.
ed the following remarkable details concerning
him. He was four years old in April last, and
four feet one inch hoigh; was born in Mssissip-
pi of parents IN no respec, remarkable for any
deviation from the ordinary size and temperament
of their respective soxes-nothing unusal in per-
son or mind distinguished him, until he completed
| his first year; when he began developing in a
! manner that excited the astonishment Of all who
saw him. His hair grew with surprising rapidity
over his entire body and face, giving him whis.
kers and bea rd as luxurious adult His bo.
dy assumed the muscular Developments of ath-
letic manhood, his strength enabling him at four
years of age to lift 200 pounds dead weight, with
ease. His mind was clear and strikingly vgor-
Gus, and his character distinguished for integrity
and generosity. We examined his corpse, and
were astonshed at the symmetry and enormous
strength of his proportions. A grenadier might
have envied the fullness Of his whiskers on cheek
and chin, and demagogue consented to be honest
with the ingenious expression of his countenance.
His hands and feet were more taper and symmet.
rical than any of his race seen. He fell a
victim to pleursy, and the eminent medical aid
called in to his relief, were fully persuaded of the
accuracy of Mr.. Jordan's statement of his age
Santa Fe IraderS.-We learn by gentleman
| from Independence, that the Santa Fe Traders
bound out, left on Tuesday last. This caravan
is the largest that has ever gone out. They mum.
ber about one hundred and seventy.fve wagons
Captain Cook, of the U. S. Army, with a portion
Of three companies Of Dragons, Of about Isl
men, left on the same day as an escort. The Ora
goons will escort the traders to the Arkansas ane
if satisfied that there is no danger beyond. they
will return. If, however, the TEXANS are still il
the plains, the escort will continue with the cara
van to Santa Fe.
Il Recent accounts from Bont's Fort and the plain
induce the confident, belief that the caravan which
went out in the Spring, under the protection Of tn
United States troops, have reach their destination
without molestations from the TeXilns. TIN
plains are said to be free of Texans, except War
; field and party Of about fifteen or twenty men
1t is believed that Warfeld's party will not ven
ture to attack the traders.-.Mo. Rep.
RI Very preuy,-We find the following IN Inc MO
bile Herald The editor knows how to say Pfc'
n ty hings sometimes.
3 "How often ore we deceived by those VINO pro
|, fsss to bo our friends True affection IKE IN,
|, crimson-drop shrinks from the dazzling gsare ~
the sunght--but when the DARK wlng .; nc n'n -,
brood, o'er the brightness and beauty OF ife, th'
sweet flower opens its purple bosom aLd sheds it
a fragrance on all around