The Arkansas banner., 1844-06-12

6llowy-rufus-th red sea in storm ;- now it was stony-pale--implaoable; he was evidently aohite hot with wrath. His eye, usuall lurid as that of Cyclops at the forge, was coid-clear-icy; his look froze me; l had seen him thus before; in the breach at Seringapatan.
 His salute was charmingly courteous; he begged leave to introduce friend, Baron Cahooz, noble Swede in the Prnssian ser vice. Never before had beheld such mar tinet:-where could Plinth have picked him up2
 The Baron, in very good English, ex- pressed his concern at making so. valuable an acquaintance as that of Major Mocassin under such infelcitous circumstances. Col. Plinth had been insulted; but as l had so long been his most valued friend-as we had fought and bled on the same felds-as those arms (his right and my left, which had been so often linked together, were mouldering, side by side, in the same graye-as was his brother-in-hw, Colonel Plinth would accept of the amplest possible apology. With any other man than Major Moeassin, Colonel Flinth would have gone to extremities at once.
 was petrifed during this speech; but at its conclusion some sort of an inquiry stag gered from my lips,
 Baron Cahooz did not understand.
 Ideclared myself in the same predicament: 1: would he be so kind as to explain?
 In reply, the Baron hinted that must be conscious of having written Colonel Plinth a letter.
 Fearing that Plinth's suspicious had been aroused and that this was a rose to trap me into a onfession-rememberin my precau- tions-and feeling sure that nothing could, by any possibility, be brought home to me, unless l turned traitor to myself-I denied the imputation point blank Indeed, what else could do?
 Colonel Plinth uttered an exclamation of bitter contempt and hobbled towards the door,
 Baron Cahooz handed me his card. No- thing further could be done. He hoped the friend whom might honor on the occasion would see him as early as possible, in order to expedite the necessary arrangements.
 made last effort. Advancing towards the door, where Plinth stood, I begged to protest that l was mystifed-that he must be laboring under mistake.
 "A mistaken shouted he, in that tremen- dous tone, which for a moment had once appalled, the tiger-hearted Tippoo-ssA mis- take, Major Mocassin! There's no mistake, sirrahl Will you deny your own hand writing D
 So saying, he threw the letter in my face, and retired, followed by Cahooz.
 In another moment the veil was torn asun- der. Having never before attempted an anonymous letter, and acting under the inAu- ence of confirmed habit, had concluded the fatal epistle, without diguise, in my customa- ry terms:-" RonrS, eUef, JoHN MocAssINw
 NorE.-The foregoing paper was drawn up and sent to his cousin in Kentucky, by Major Mocassin, few hours after Colonel Plinth and Baron Cahooz left him. On the inside of the envelope appears the following s''fhis now midnight-Rear Admiral Jenkin- son has settled every thing with the Baron, to their mutual satisfaction; we are to be on the ground by six ill the morning. If fall -
 After considerable research, we have dis covered two announcements in the public prints, which form valuable appendages 10 Major Mocassin's document. The first ex- tract is from London journal, published in 1919; the second, from a Bath paper, of two years later date.
 No. l. ..'Y esterday, at his own rcsidcsce in Nimpole street, by special license, Colonel Plinth, K. c. B., to Rebecca Louisa Moggs, a native ofMasulipatam. The gallant Colonel went through the ceremony with his only remaining arm in a sling-having a few hours before exchanged shots-both of which took eAect-with Major Mocassin."
 Mo- II. ''The busy tongue of fame reports that gallant Major, who served with dis tinction, and lost an arm, under Sir David Baird, in the East Indies, is about to lead to the altar the flashing relict and sole legatee of brave and afIluent brother officer, who recently died ali Cheltenham. A mutual at tachment is supposed to have been long in existence; for the bridegroom elect fought duel on the lady's account, with her late husband, on the very morning of the mar riage. Pecuniary motives may perhaps have influenced the fair one in giving her hand on that occasion to the gallant Majors more fortunate rival"
 THE BIBLE-NEW TESTIMONY FOR IT.
 The Rev. Charles Foster. well known as