Arkansas intelligencer. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1842-1859, 1844-01-13

trict OF country called the Cross Iimbers. Moth.
ing, says Little Woful, is found in tn woods but
the pine burr, the tree that bears which flourish
ing here most luxurinntIy. Now the wild turkeys
are said to be the only food to be relied upon
by the traveller. and tho turkeys feed upon com.
pulson exclusively upon these pine burrs, Sir Will
liam's party was in sad straits. The turkeys
we're SO impregnated with turpentine that whom.
ever it attempted 10 roast them they took fire.
A Nep Drink.--A catalogue of negroes that
were for sale at auction lay upon the bar in Banks
Arcade the other day about lunch time, when
Beard was selling. .
.What will you have, siri" said one of the bar.
keepers to an odd looking genius, evidently sran-
ger.
The man staring about in every direction, and,
among other strange things of the town, no, no
doubt, imaginedthe catalogue was bill Of fai r Of
the bar. for he snatched it up and said " Some of
this SIR" to tho bar-kceper; putting his finger up
on "No. l3.--Naney, good ,casher and ironcr,
and competent for the ,cOrk Of a small Eamily!"'
CromweN.-The Journal of Commerce says:-
"A petition is in circulation here, asking Congress
to grant to the Widow of Samuel Cromwell q pen.
sion for life, adequate to her support on the ground
that he was executed for piracy ION board the U.
S. brig Somers) without trial. or an opportunity
to defend himself. and that subsequently,, on the
trial Capt. Mckenzie for said execution, 'sno
dence could be introduced which could implicate
Cromwell in the offence charged"
Judge King, of Philadelphia, in a recent charge
to grand jury, said-''that if the present TEN.
Perance Reform continued to 60 on with the RI.
Pdity it has done for few years longer, they
would have TO abolish the Criminal Court and shut
up the PRISONS, there would be no farther uso
for them, and that he was confident, from his OBJ.
servation while on the bench, that Rum was the
father and mother of all crime.
Fourth Crop of Apples.-The Alabama Moni-
tor says, "We have seen lot of apples from tho
plantation of Mrs. Golfer, Of Pickens county, of
the fourth crop this season. Since the first bear.
ing in June, three other crops Of blossoms have
matured into fruit. We noticed a little branch
on which was cluster Of six apples, from tho
size Of guinea egg to that of plum, all perfect.
ly ripe.
Last year our fellow citizen, Capt. bearing.
produced third crop of apples from the same
tree, a circumstance generally noticed in the pub
lie prints as very rare but it seems a Lady hor-
ticulturst has still done BETTER and no doubt at.
tanned the uttermost limit in apple crops.
Gen. Pomeroy tho last man of the last com.
pany who retreated from the ground at the battle
Of Bunker Hill. He reiterated backwards through
the fire OF the British, declaring that it should
mover be said Of Seth Pomeroy that he was shot
through the back.
Scenes in Washington.-A letter to the Phia-
dophla Gazette says, some time ago a singular
act of generosity was performed by keeper of a
gambling house. The collecting clerk Of N.
York house dropped in, and was duped out of a
considerable amount of his employers money
He burst into tears and declared he was a ruined
man, as it was out Of his power to make up tho
loss. The proprietor, with feeling worthy of a
better occupation, produced bible to tho aston
ished clerk, "lf you will swear TO gamble no more
as long as you live. will return your money!"
1t is needless to say, the oath gladly TAX en-,
and the father Of large family rescued from
suicides grave.
Triumph Of Science.-A splendid triumph of
sciences, said Mr.. Higgins to his wife-"Doc,or
Ellsworth, Of Hartford, has given Il boy a now
lip, which he took from tho check" That's no
thing, pal saw the new doctor take two lips
from our Patty's cheek the other day, and tho op-
eraten didn't seem 10 be al all painful either
A Northern man, a member Of tho Peace So
ciety, passing through St. Charles street.: and Soc
ing window labelled " Fencing School," said 10
Southern friend in his.-company, "Ah, here ]
see the great difference between tho North and
South: there we have Life and Trust companies,
but here you have Thrust and Death companiesi''
N. o. Pic.
Accounts have reached US that the most flatter
ing prospects are opening in the neighboring par
ish OF Jefferson, to tho sugar planters-the cane
is Towering and yielding abundanty, two hogs.
heads and \ half to tho acre. We hopo it NAV
be the Same throughout the entire State.-Crcs.
City. 80
The Dog and the Snake sory.--Again.-A
month or two ago We announced the discovery Of
a live snake-a regular blosd sucker-in the sto-
mach OF dog. OF Greenvillo, South Carolina. Tho
truth OF the story having been Questioned, two
spectacle citizens have published card, giving
the particulars. Tho singular conduct, and sud-
den death Of the brute, induced those present to
open tho body, which was dono sixteen hours after
death, in the presence of dozen persons; and
snake Or something like snake, which was judged
10 be about four feet long, one inch in diamctor,
was found lodged in the breast and side Of the
stomach and intestines. The snake was Of a deep
red color, and had eaten the flesh along tho sido
and ribs, from about the kidneys 10 tho Jaw bone.
Tho flesh was eaten in l.oos, like riddle. Tho
snake was alive when taken out of the dog.
The American Eaglo, Memphis, gives the fol-
lowing statement of tie receipts and slpmen, of
cotton from that port up to the 9Th December.
Shipments Of cotton to 81 Dec, q, 422 baIos.
Received and in store, estimated, 5000 bales.
Amt short Of last years receipt, 10, 900 bales.