Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-12-06
VOLUME i-NO. 4c.
SuBSCRlpliuN PRICE s3 VI.

Lfgai Ckams iOns.-lngenu.y among lawyers,
says .he NV York Sun, may accomplish much,
but cannot do all :hirss. In E,ktou, Nd, Nathan
Green. whie maa indicted by the Grand Jury
for stealing, was brough, into Cour. to he tried.
AIcssrs. Rutier and Grasou defended him, and
succeeded in convincing the Jury that Green was
not rchie. but black, and .ha! the degree of pun
ishmenl differed in the cases, they could not find
him guilty under tho Indictment; he was acquit-
ted. Nathan was then indicted as bidct man.
and the young limbs of the law who clustered
around him having failed to convince the Coutt
| that ho was ihe samo man who was tried before.
although hc positively was, they next attempted
to convince tho Jury that he was an Indian, but
I found it more difficult 10 make Greea red th1n to
make ,chHe Uqck. and also that he was a thief.
So the Court cOrsignod bim 10 :he pcni.cntiary
for five years.
The New York correspondent of the National
/ integencer says;
| learn that life of General ScorT is now in
state ofprcparaiion by I'D. ID. Mansfield, ESQ.,,
of Cincinnati. This. presume, may bc consd-
cred as an indication by his friends that they in.
tend to present him. at proper time, rs cane..
date for the Presidency.
Several of the head men of the Choctaws east
of Pearl river havo visited jackson during tho past
week to stalk" with the two chiefs who accompa-
MED General Armstrong from west Of the Missis.
sippi.--Mississippian, Nor. l2. r.
Yankee clocks have never been protected byr
du!y yet they have fallen in price, within the last
fifteen years from twenty dollars or forty dallars
10 two dollars and fifty cents or 3 dollars; and
, a I ,lsf
the tariff cause this!
r A Regiment of One Eyed Soiaiers.--Dr. DuE.
BIN, in his "Obserya,ions in tho East" Just pub
lished, mentions HAT in soma | ariS of Egypt, to
a.oiA the cemscrip,ons of Mchemet Ali, the wo-
men have been in the habit for years back of
mining their children so as to unfit them for tho
military service. The destroying of one eye was
d Common operation. But tho Pacha has taken
an eilecuaI way 10 put AZ end TO this cruelty, By
forming two regiments ofs,le.oyed soldiers.
The Mormons Major W4RREN, in command
of the Illinois militia in Hancock county, made n
visit last weekto Nauvoo. for the purpose of aid.
ling n the arres, of JACK Rcddiag. II was no, un.
I'll after the friends of tho Council of Twelve were
assured that no wrts were in his possession gainst
them that Brigham Young and bis coadjutors
could bs found. Maj. Warren tod them that ho
had wri, for Reidlng and he Intended to taae
him at the peril Of hs iifo--Iilal they shoJd noI
( harbor murderers aud thieves, but should give up
| such criminals. or he would hold them response
tbie. Thoy replied that Reddng had gone TO Mich-
iran: bu. TINT they would willingly, in all cases
in future submit to authority, and deliver up nil
murdorors and rogues tha! took shelter in their
city
There have been some sales of Mormon prop
6rty, and negotiations arc pending for other plac-
es: but in general high prices are denlanded'--
Tho Warsaw Signal. says:
"Severa persons, from distance, have visited
his county 10 purchase Mormon property. We
hear iha, a company from St. Clair isaboa. 10
purchase largely. We hope they will succeed IN
settling the terms with the Saints.
"Pcrsons from abroad who have superabunds
ancc of stock and lille cash. to lay out in rcal
property, cannot do better th9ninvest i in Mormon
lands. Hancock is one OF The best counties in
the State and in every way desirable for re-
sidence so soon as the saints arc gone. Mo. hep.
A ball was given al Havana on tho 18th ult.,
hy the Condo Pernandino which was attended by