Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-02-24
VOL. 3-NO. 3.


P'utarch says that the BabyIonians used. dur.
ing the dog days, 10 sleep on skins filed with wa
ter. The Boston Times adds:-In these d,y,
men sleep Oh skins filled with liquor.
Scandal is the sport Of its authors. fbe dre,d oe
IooIS' ana the contempt of the WISE
The printed books in the BRITISH Nns.u,, r;
orary occupy ten miles Of shelf.
ne tlmld man is alarmed before the danger.
INC coward during II, and the brave man after il.
Men generally put greater value upon the ia.
'orS 1hev bestow, than upon those they receive.
, "o young are slaves to novelty; the old to Gus.
:, Steamboat Clerk Shot.-We understand TINT
WI, W.T. ;, h,chard clerk of the steamboat Yuca.
!an' was shot few days since at a wood y, I'd
Just above Milliken's Bend, by man named Kir.
cheioo. The boat had stopped to fake on wood
An alteration ensued between the deceased ID
hIncheoe IN regard TO the quantity of wood taken
when Richards struck Kincheloe with q ILL.,,
whereupon kincheoe drew pistol and shot Rich
ards through the heart. He was taken on boa ri
and died IN few minutes. Kincheloe was taken
10 'lcksourg, tired and acquitted.
Something ner.-The New York Sun stote.
that there is plan on foot in that city to publish
>Jou dali paper, small in size and costly in
work manshIp and price, dealing exclusively
win Inc belle letters, criticism, sentiment and
matters and things connected with the movenen,,
of "AigA life" Instead of soliciting pa,ronag.
1t will be only the "lavored few who will h,
permitted to purchase it
Mr.; Timothy O'Brne, a repeater, was propos.
ed as Lord Mayor Of Dublin, by alderm,n 6,Gou.
nell, and elected by the Town-council, with q ma.
Jority OF over his opponent, Mr.. Francis Brady.
The augsburg Gazette states, that the late eru,.
hoc
sons have persisted, and the HOSPITALS are filled
with wounded. .I0I -
The labor of an EDITORS life is n5t so much wb.,
he has to write. as what he has to read
The good people of Rhode Island arc I'D to their
ears IN wonderment and porplexity about a re-
markable hens egg which has made its appear.
lace Otherwise fsIs Ar a asSa it =, slsAA
OregOn.-The independence (Miss.) EXPOSE.
tor says:
"MaJor Adams. whose proposed trip to Oregon,
the approaching spring, we noticed some weeks
ago, has received a number of communications
upon the subject. which shows that the Oregon
fever is up, and that large company will star,
thither next year.
'That's u smart fellow" said one, show do Won
make that out!' said the other, ..why he has been
living for the last two years to my knowledge
without making penny
''Have you vosed!" asked political drummer
OF loafer who was hanging round the polls, as
he thrust ticket into his hands. "No hayn't.
and don't mean TO that's more, till the third day
about shutdown. Nobody shakes hands with mo
or treats me after have voted. You can't catch
me.'--La. CAron.
"Diamond Cut Diamond."-A few davs aro
cotton buyer Of Augusta entered u warehouse in
that city, and purchased lot of cotton at cents
per pound, whereupon he instructed the factor to
put on cent, and offer il again, which was DONE
and in the course of the forenoon purchaser was
found at cents. Tho las, purchaser removed
the samples TO the board of a different factor and
before night i, resod to the frs, purchaser a,
94 cents! This is no doubt, u fair specimen Of
the way that cotton is often speculated in.
Stoien.-Why is Ole Bull like an Indinn7 Be-
cause he drams his bop TO Kill! ...-.
"What will Congress dot" ask the papers,
As usual-nothing, if not less. a ,7a'ar
Spare that Tree.-A fossil tree was lately
quarried at Birmingham, which, it is declared was
there thousands of before the erection of the
Egyptian pyramids. We presume it is treesona.
BILE to doubt the story.
Posiagcs.-The Postmaster General sent to tho
United States Senate on last Thursday week, a
statement Of the various matters which passed
through the postofiice of the United States during
the month of October last, and an estimate for the
year bass d thereon. The following is an abstrac,
of tho statement and estimate:
... O.. In October fhe Year
postage, a,Oaa. as6 24,os7. SIS
D Number Of free letters, 234,64l 3,O15,69:
Number of drop letters for de- m..a --a-. D.
| livery, ,. S5,5i2 f,026,50'
Reg ulnr newspapers subject to - :, -, -.
n Free, 597,760 1851, l2l
Occasional or irregular, 5le,676 56,224,li:
Pamphlets and Magazines, Pc -,.-sz.ss.- ~. -,
q riodcaI, I34.640 I,6i5,75.
a Do. not Periodical. s 'f 24,5sS 295,05t
: From a statement transmitted to :he Senate
: with the above. it appears that there were malice
I, at the city pos,-ofice in Washington, for tire,
2 weeks during the session of Congress. in April