Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-22
,ANsAs SATURDAY MORNING, JULY %, 1s4s.

N, ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORT
er fronAwhat have seen of them, and from the
accounts of the teachers stationed in the respec-
tive islands, they are by far more barbarous.-I
Their wars as has been remar arked above, are far
more frequent that those of their neighbor island
ers; even their women 60 to war among them-
selves. and fight and kill each other with stones
and clubs. There seems to be hardly any recog-
milton among them ofmutual rights. Any person
found alone old or young; male or female, except
by his own immediate friends or relations, is kill
ed and eaten. This is general custom among
the people, to which suppose, chiefs, anG people
OF rank form exceptions.
Every individual, except when very young goes
armed at all times; and when persons meet it is
customary for the parties to assume a hostile at.
ttude, which very often leads to serious conse-
quences. When husband and wife goes out to
work in the bush, they are obliged to carry their
children with them, and every article Of property
they pessess children left behind run great risk Of
being killed and eaten, and any article Of proper
ty, found, IS sure to be stolen; so needless are
those wretched people of the rights of each other.
On one occasion the teachers witnessed the muir
der Of two females by members Of their own fam
lily. ANY foreigner falling into their hands, un-
less he has relations who protect him, is kill
ed and eaten, oven though he may belong to an
island not more than ten fifteen miles distant.
Oae instance of this kind occurred shortly before
the teachers reached Erromanga. A party from
EramT ma, consisting of ten persons, by sone
means got a shore on the island, and every one
of them were killed and eaten. The teachers
saw the heads of three of them stuck upon poles.
4 Military Erecution.- plains of Abra.
ham, near Quebec. were, on the 10Th of June.
49,, tho scene of a most heart rendlng specta-
Gle. Al daylight the garrison were under arms
to witness the sentence of general court martial
upon private soldier Of e-th regiment, who
had been found guilty of desertion and condemn
ed to be shot.
From tho moment that his sentence was pro-.
nounced, the prisoner increasingly attended
by the military chaplain, who spared no pains to
prepare his mind for the awful doom which await.
cd him. The unhappy man had at first entertain
ed some hope of reprieve but this finally diss-
pated, and he was at last impressed with the con-
viction that nothing was left for him but to die.
AT daylight the prisoner was marched from the
condemd coll, escorted by the officer and soldiers
Of the guard, preceded by the band of his regi-
| ment; the coffin which was to contain his remains
being carried Immediately before him. Scarcely
had the first strokes of the muffled drums and tho
first few notes of the 'Dead March, sounded,
when five or six young soldiers, who formed part
of the guard which escorted the prisoner to the
place of execution were obliged TO fall back to the
rear, being overcome with faintness. The p-is-
oner himself maintained during his progress the
most perfect calmness and self possession, and
marched with an upright carria &c and more
steady step than prehaps any one man of the es.
cort which accompanied. 1t was, however, OBJ
served that, as he approached the spot where his
grave was already dug, and by the side of which
his coffin was deposited, his countenance became
deadly pale. But he speedily rallied, RESUMED
his selfcommand he had previously exhibited, knel
upon his coffin, suffe red his eyes to bo ba nda red
} and awaiting his fate with firmness. Tho firing
party, consisting of twelve men, who had been con
vlcted and pardoned for desertion, was now call
ed OUT and the word '.make read y" was given.
AT this critical moment tho commanding Off
Ger, Col. Sir Charles Calendar, who had been a nx
lous to give the utmost so!emnity to this impos
ing scene by forbearng to bring forward the par
don until the last moment turned round to take Il
from the adutant, and at that very instant the
prisoner dropped the handkerchief from his hand
and some Of tho file of executioners, understand
ing this to be the signal, fred and the unfortun
ate man instantly expired. To describe the ag
onizing feelings Of Calendar were impossible, in
f deed there was not upon the ground a single maj
who was not moved by this melancholy catastro
r phe.
The reader may not, perhaps, be aware that
the feelings of compuncton which might, eithe
at the moment or afterwards, arise in tho breast
of any of the firing party, the men to whose 10
it falls to form it not allowed to load their ow
8 muskets, but these handed to them indiscrmi
t nately, somo being loaded with ball and other
: with blank catridg ge.-LOrd w. Lemons "Tuj
S Hunter"
} The Acting President.-On the morning of tn
: day on which President Tyler left New York,
dandy, with more assurance than change, insin
uated himself into the private parlor, where break
fast was laid for his Excellency, and commence
operations on an oneleAe and veal outlet that la
f before him..
A waiter entered with coffee. The intruder
!, scarcely raising his head or ceasng mastcatior
f says
o "Ah, John! pour me out half cup of that col
o fee-no more. Capital outlet, this!-very excel
d lent toast!-milk warm!-always take warm mil
!. in my cofee-cold in my tea;-strange notion
: isn't it!''
l. "ies," said John, cit is-t is rather a stranp
notion on your part to sit down to the break fas
j. especially prepared for the President"
!. ..John," said 'the man about town"-"Jobr
r you arc vulgar, remarkably vulgar and insuffera
y bly, impertinent. Do you know me?-do yo
e read the papers! You say this is the President