Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-08-03
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Mrs. Bacon, in Middleown, CT, jnil, it is said do
cares It 10 be bis intention TO petition the Legisla-
ture for privilege of being hung in public He
does not like tho idea Of being put out Of exist.
ence in a bnck yard. away from his fellow beings.
save perhaps surgeon and sheriff.
Ofthe Captains in tho navy. CS in number, two
we're orn abroad; out of 327 Leutenant there 10
bot one Of foreign birth ; and among the Passed
MIdshiPnen. only two were born abroad, Mafft,
The son OF the celebrated preacher. and Greek,
by the nomo Of CoIvorcssis. Only one Purser 10
tho navy. DIR. Rice. was born abroad. ThesS
facts show that tho United States Ma, is officia.
ted almost entirely by mon of American BIRTH
A miser in Alton gave mn en.ertainnrn, to q
few friends. lie nfterwnrd waited on q Justice.
and begged to he committed to a charge Of having
robbed hIInse!f Of ten dollars.
Different nations hnye difreren, kinds Of Ia, r.-.-
The lin ian spends his time 10 seeping-,he TurI
'sh lnatcr in drcnmne--,he French IN laughing
the Spanish praying--.ho English in swen ring III
Russian IN gnmb'ing--the German in drinking.
and tho American in talking politics.
Geography and grammar strive with cnch her
to form the ph Of the following clever pSins:
Which IS tho coldcst river I? Tho Ice is tlsisl
There Is another coIder--the lser (lce-er).--
Home roduoion.--Tho Newburyport Herald
gives the citizens Of that town this advice "Do
You want wifef Look among our girls a, home.
ana you'll lind good one. Don't 20 abroad for
and thing you can find us well at home.''
Gire ii up.-Tho Indiana American. a econ
paper that aided in the election of Gen. Harrison.
seeing that the. west and south are now raI,yiny
Tor Folk, MS they did for Jackson and Harrison,
monrns over the gloomy prospect in the foilowine
do'eful strain AID tone Of des pair:
Henry Clay never received tho vote Of Ohio
or Indiana. and it is worse than IDLE to en- CO ate
that ne 'rer riW. We have heretofore exer,. d all
our strength for Henry Clay. and We now b, Ii we
hm superior to nny man living; but it is worse
than folly to erdeavor TO susinin him whom tbe
people have so often condemned"
A gentleman writing to the Cha lesion Mercury
from Washington, thus gratefully remarks UPON
the venerable Mrs. Madison:
The past season has been, on tho whole err.
tremely pleasant md agreeable 10 strangers. The
pa rites given were, in some instances OF the most
elegant and recherche cha rncter. Mrs. Madison
wife OF the former President, opened her house.
and what is most remn rkn BILE about this truly cs,i
mnbIe lady, is the extraordinary youlhfuincss she
still preserves. The wit, humor, conyersat tionat
powers and gaie'e de ceur, which Sc pre- eminent.
Iy distinguished her when she presided nt the Pro.
s'dentnl mansion house, have lost mono of their
freshness. Upwards Of thirty winters have pn a.
l
present at one Of her entertainments, and | We.
"sSnr" on she is s;ili the same Oh. ---:-,, ;,,.
estlng woman. ,'.sss--
A tall Po'k siulk-The Democracy Of co,rr,.
bus en-, and vicinity, erected on Friday, the 2Is,
ut., Hickory pole which out-tops npv tbina
heard of. In construction it resembles n shinS
mast. being r'gged with cross.irees 90 from tba
earth, where ~ men may sit and drink long lifc
aud health 10 Polk and Dallas and success TO their
,lAr
.lor'ous cause. On this is mounted piece Of or.
donaDcr, high enough TO send its bra zen ecbo..
for many miles around the city. When every
thing was completed. this gun was fired, while IN.
American Fling with the Lone Srar of TEXAS"
we're then run up TO the truck. in token of the
hearty response of the gallant Democracy of Mus. :.
coSee to the Baltimore nominations.
.'oe's Last Blosi.--We have heard in On, ,;,,..
as well us read. many warm md energetic prov.-
ers. bui the following from Joe Smith. said 10 boy.
been delivered in open air before 10000 Mormons.
on the subject OF their prosecutions, taxes Tho
rag off the bush -
May all the nigger drivers, kidnnppers and
mobbers OF Mssoar be placed in a stone co,o.
with an iron paddle, the canoe placed m the mid.
lie OF the sea- shark swallow the canoe the dev;,
'walio" the shark. the devil sunk in tho so,,b,
west corner OF hell, the door locked the hey lost,
md blind man hunting for it!r -.
Whcw! 60 it, Joe IN o. Pic.
Alormidabic reapon--The editor of the S,vs,.
nah Sun has examined, and Describes n r;f]. ,h..
mn DO dischn rged forty-suo times in about ~.
minute and quarter. 1t has but single In rr.I
parallel with which is brass tube contn;,;.
Forty.two charge The butt OF the gun ia b.,,os
m which is deposited the apparatus tha, ioad. ~
gum puts on the percussion cap, pricks the cnr.
ridge, aud discharges the load. lnstan,Iv \,
iraw'ng three external finger pieces, the ha rrri !.
ignlh supplied with fresh cartridge again cnnr.S
md fired The inventor is Mr.. Bald win,
Look on this Pie,ure!-The Savannah t,,.h.
lean. paper warmly attached to tho Cav h.
erest. remarked some weeks ngo:
"We deny that Mr.. Clay or the wings Of Gecr,;s
whose candidate he is, seek Cor tho esta bI;xh,
'!a PROTECTIVE TARIFF but adhere 10 the princnJes
'f the compromise acf.''
And ih'n on This! 80
The Albany Evening Journal, the leadino ,rsS<6
paper in New York, says:
From the very commencement Of his ,st.y;s
.fe up 10 the prescn Time; Mr.. Clay hAs ten ~
hrm' unswervipg. eloquent champion ef Psorsc.
rioN to American Industry"
Keep it before the people, shat tho Democ,.,;.
pa rty go for Polk and Dnllns Texas and Orseou1
Keep II before the people. TINT tho Demccsse
OF the Union are opposed to the establishp----S
a large swindling British Natiounl B.,S.' !,
knnn k,e. sl~- Il "a