Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-08-16

passage, through the Convention, OF the annexa'
lion resolutions; he stated that that body was IN
hourly expectation Of an attack on them by the
| Mcxicans and were armed in order 10 be prepared
for il. The Mexican Militia III the section Dor.
Iderinr on the Rio Grande are mustered once
! week.
The third and fourth Regiments Of Infantry
have gone 10 somo available point Oh the Gut OF
Mexico. whence they can embark for Corpus
Christi"
A gentleman from Texas, now in Europe,
writes ibata colony of l5,OOO Swiss are prePar.
ing TO lapvn their eonniry and sailhin TnSas his
fall. 10
We find the annexed nnccdoo in the "Mssou-
rian." The fact that tho writer locates circum-
stance, two thousand times told for tie las! hun
dred years in Arkansas, only proves how anxious
| tho initiated are to SANDER new countries.
As the surest rroof tho. the story canno: be
true, We have only to say, thatwo do not suppose
there ever was a tavern in the State, whish locks
its doors either during the night or day. Such
precautions are only necessary in the land OF
steady habits. We have no lurking thieves wait.
ing to enter. As 10 tho gruners, they mover DO
have 4 shed. They live in the woods. Lay the
venue somewhere else brother Mssouran.
Aascdotr--The following circumstances happened
in one Of the towns of Arkansas A had been
drinking until late hour at night before he started
for home Honest folks bad long been in bed end the
houses were all shut and dark. The liquor he had TAX
en- was too much for him. he did not know where to
CO. He at last staggered into empty wagon she'd
and fell upon the ground. For long time he lay in
all the uncnnciousness of drunken sleep, and would
undoubtedly have frozen, for the the ground
showed the night TO be very cod had not others less
insensible than himself been around him. This shed
was favorte rendezvous for the hogs which were out
when the new arrived, but returned TO their
bed. In the utmost kindness, and with the trucst hos
ptalty they gave their bped companion the middle Of
The 6ri; some lying either side of him, and Others
acting the part of quilt Their warmth prevented
him from being ured by his exposure. Towards NOR
ming he awoke: finding himself comfortable, in bliss.
nl ignorance of his whereabouts, he supposed himself
enjoy ing the accommodations Of tavern, in company
with ether gentlemen. lie reached out his hand and
catching hold Of the stiff bristes of hog, exclaimed,
"Why mister, whca did y0u share Ias2'
A Fiend.-A man by the namo of Green is
now on his trial at Troy, New York. for the mur-
der Of his wife. The Albany Evening Journal
says, that the testimony dseoses one Of The most nos
er read. Green had been married but a short
time TO a beautiful. alleciionae, and conldng girl
Of eighteen. ho being twenty-five. Without any
prOvocalon or cause, (ior when she was dying
she appealed 10 him to say whether she had ever
deceived him, or in any way conducted improper
y-und was answered in the negatively this mon
ster dnscd her day and night with arsenic, which
ho put INTO her coffee, her chckenbro!h. and her
Notwithstanding by her bedside, unmoved,
while the poison was agonlzing her with pain -
And what is moro strange than fiction. is the fact
that this poison was repeatedly administered while
the persons around the sufferer were Witnessing
its deadly effects. The victim herself, though ap.
parea,Iy conscious that her husband was murder
ing her, took whatever he offered. d.-Rer.
Since tho above was in type, we have received
the sentence of Green, which we have annexed
SENTENCE OF GREEN.
On Saturday last the jury in the case of'IIen-
ry G. Green. at Troy, New York, charged with
the murder Of his wife by poisoning her, lonr days
after marriage, rendered a verdict OF not guilty,
when The following sentence was pronounced.
JHdge Parker-Ilonry G. Green, stand up.
The prisoner rose, paIo but preserving tho same
fixed and mperlumbIe look Which no had main.
tained through the whole trial,
Jadge-ilave you any thing to say why tho
judgment ut the law should not Eow be pronounc-
ed upon you?
Greea-Fain!Iy-"not guilty"
Judse-NotwIhstanding this, an intelIigc and
honest jury have found you guilty, and it is not 10
bo denied that there is no individual who has heard
this trial, that does not concur fully in the right
eousness Of thu! verdict. You stand condemned
as guilty Of having murdered your wife. Your
case, III all its aspects, exceeds in cnormity any
OF which have ever heard 1t will 10 doab.
s'aad out on the page Of history, as the most cr1
Ina!, awiui case OF murder thai oycr came LoIoroI
court and jury.
You murdered her deliberately. You murder.
cd tho woman whomyou had sworn bat one shor,
week, may say but four days before, to cherish
through life.
Was it ever known that so interesting and holy
i relation as that OF man and wife, has been fol.
lowed thus soon by result 30 shocking and pain.
fuI to all the feelings Of nature! Now, the law
proUouncGs your sentence. You are 10 bo exc.
cued-cut Off in the prime of life, or rather ius,
as you are entering on lIle--whon you might have
been rssPccIed-buL from which you are to he cut
off and consigned to an early grave.
1t is the Judgment of the law, that on Wcdues-
day tie lGth Of September next, between tho
hours of O'Clock in the morning, and O'Clock
in the afternoon, you ares to be taken to the place
pt thnrn hon,rol IL