Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-10-19
VOLUME 3-NO. al.
suBsCkifTION fkICE S3 ".

'hey were women, and afraid to 6,h., the Della.
wares insisted upon their coming and 6rh,ino.
lhey commenced, by charging on the Delawercs,
and killing every one of them; taking forty.scveu
horses' and about sixty beaver skins. The Chi.
ennes lost three.mcn killed. and three wounded:
'he Sioux, four killed and four or five wounded.
They say the fight lasted but very short time.
as they charged in amongs, the Deawnrc,. 7aI
l have been particular in giving you descrip.
lion OFT fight as it was the wish of the Chiennes
that you would be good enough to talk to the Del
awares, and state to them the above facts. and ,rv
" possible, to make it up with them. They snv
they were not to blame, but lay oil on tho Sioux.
which. believe is tho fact. The Chiennes saw
there Is no danger to the fex Deiawarcs that arc
here but II 1t is not made up, they will all 20 10
the Missouri this winter-,hey will mike their
medicine arrows between this and the pat,e .
81. Louis New Era. ,.
hdce Horses in Americn--Characterisfi An.
s~er.-Mr. Tattersall, the owner of the celebrated
oettinS room and dealer in running horses, in his
examination before the Lords Committee on Gam.
bling after ins'ancng the large sums given by
hrms IN America for frst-rate horses, he adds Tbev
were most noble buyers. My orders were almos,
unlimited. They trusted to me. And all the
best race horses now in America are by English
horses. Whenever .racing is done away with,
ihere IS an end 10 the noble ANIMAL and the manly
sport and to your humble servant.'-N. o. Pie.
Norocco.-Now that this country is likel, To-
prove the seat Of destructive war, our readers
may be glad. as we were. to know something def.
mite Of its resources, &c. We cut the following
from an exchange paper, which copies i, from
some English journal:- -
Tho population Of the empire Of Morocco 10 va.
r'ousiy represented. Jackson professos to have
had access to the imperial registers, and gives tho
following as the result:-Cty Of Morocco, 27O 900;
city of Fez, 2SO,O0O; city of Mequinez, 10000;
other cities 1854 600; provinces, l3 99l ,OG9. To-
tai, Il, ss6.0OO There is evidently great exag-
geraton in this statement. More recent travol.
iers have set down the population of the city of
Morocco as lew 10000. and the other townsi in
proportion Another writer is Of opinion that The
entire population is not 5000, OOO;-perhaps,
100000 is nearer the truth. The plain between
the Atlas mountains and the sea is between four
peak of the chain is l3O5O feet. In l547 an
Arabian Chief, of the race Of Schirches. asccnded
the throne, and his postcrity still rule.-N. o. Pic.
Amfm Aecident.-At Munich Chunk, Pa, On
the 10Th, train of cars and locomotive were
thrown off the track or the Beave. Meadow rail
road and hurled down frightful precipico, bury.
ing brakeman, named WiHiam Arner, in the
ruins. The other hands escaped from the cars
before they went down. Engine, cars coal, &c.
were smashed to atoms. The young mans body
had not been found. Tho accident was caused by
hog springing the track as the train was pas.
sing.
Distressing Suitide.--On Saturday afternoon,
about o'clock, Mrs. Beason, wife OF Henry
Beatson, cabine! ker, residing in Lombard street
next door 10 the Friends Meeting House, was dis.
covered suspended by the neck from the hand rail
of the stairway--and although medical aid was
Immediately afforded by Doctors Smith, Theobald
and 'thers, life was found to be completely ex.
tinct. An inquest was held by Coroner Green:
field who returned verdict of "death from hang
ing, produced by distress Of mind" What adds
to and is doubt ss the cause Of, this melancholy
occurrence, is, that the husband, who had for
some time shewn symptoms Of mental derange-
men,, was week ago placed by his friends in tho
insane department of the Maryland hospital for
medical treatment, where he remains.' leaving his
wife with threo children and some workmen in the
shop--and though she, no doubt, suffered severe
anguish Of mind in this predicameri yet her friends
disc covered no circumstance thu, could in the least
induce suspicion of consummaiion Of this hor-.
rid deed--which appears to have been done will.
great Premedi.ut'on by putting her house in order
and the youngest child about two years old to
sleop--and sending the other two, boy and
girl, twelve and fourteen years old, abroad, with
instructions not to return till evening. Tho two
oldest are said TO be children Of great promisss
and were both recommended at a late examines
ton to be plaeedin the high school. Henry Beat
son and his wife noted for thoir temperate,
frugal and industrious habits, entirely clear Of pe-
cuuary embarrass rents, and doing an apparent.
ly thrifty business. They were natives of Shef.
field, England and have resided in this city 5000
d.