The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-09

dime and half, or half sheet may contain a quarter-dolldr.
 7 A sheet of letter paper may enclose seven bank notes and be scaled with wax |; or three bank notes, and the whole in an en- velope.
 SOMETHING NEW IN THlEVlNG.
 Most of our readers probably remember the anccdote of the Mississpian who, during the ''pressuc" of 3S-9 had such morality among his negroes, two or three dying per day until some forty or fifty had been buried. but who, having excited suspicion soon al- ter by his own sudden disappearance, was found to have fallen upon the ingenious plan of burying logs of wood, while the real eb- onies were secretly run into Texas. Some thing of this kind has been attempted here within few days past but not successfully
 On Sunday morning last, box marked John Bennett, Louisville, ky..n was depos- ited on the Wharf boat of Mcssrs. \. B. Shaw X Co., to be shipped on the first boat It was leftby a free black, known by the name given in the above direction who was very particular in requesting that it might be han died with care, keeping the right side up John Bennett gave as a reason for this par ticularity, that the box was filled with crock " ware, which would break :.al to smash es, if it should be turned ovcr'2
 Some hour, or such a matter~ after this, one of our citizens strolled down to the wharf boat, and was looking about among the wilderness of bales and boxes there de- posted, to see if peradvcnture he might dis cover a small lot of freight which he had been anXiously expecting, when his eye res ted upon the box above described Now merchants as well as women are endowed with spice of curiosity. withal and, stri- king the box with his hand, as he read the inscription, he thus soliIquiscd in an audible voice.
 '.John Benncu!n Who is John Bennett ] Louisville, Ky.
 OPEN THE DooRp was responded in d smothered sepulchral voice, from inside the l box.
 Our friend is cool, firm man, but it is no discrcdlt to him 10 say that he made two per haps three retrogade steps in something like l double quick time and walked back to the l after part of the boat where our friend Shaw l enjoying quiet Sunday morning chat
 Shaw, said our friend, there's something very extraordinary going on ill that lot ol freight, forward.
 NIassa, nassa, De debbIe's comin out o dat ar boxl screamed little ivory pie-seIer, running out of the crowd, his eyes starting like new moons.
 Seizing a butchers cleavcr, in default of d Iatchet to take the top off with, the crowd, now considerably excited, moved towards the mysterious box, which was vibrating a., if violently shaken As they drew near il was discovered that the lid was partially raised.
 ..Stand aside, gentlemen-it 1t IS the dev- il we'll soon make his personal acquaintance, said friend Shaw, inserting the butchers clea- yer into the crack and ripping of the top, when there rushed up stench so horribly strong that he who had not reeoiled before it must have been endowed with ollactory nerves of iron.
 Birthstone, be-jaborsi-th Ould Un's close by-pitch intl him, my hearliesln shouted son of the Emerald Isle who had joined the crowd. -----And sure enough, when the smoke had cleared away there lay exposed to view-a strapping negro fellow, nearly suflocated, and steaming like the escape pipe of one of our packet boats Aler being re- stored to consciousness by exposure to the fresh air and the administration of stimulants, he gave, substantially, the following account of himself:
 ltappears that he belongs to Alr. Job Lew is of Germantown, and was hired here in town, He states that the scheme which had well nigh cost him his life, was concoeled some months ago by John Bennett, free black rascal, well known to many of our citizens. The intention was to ship him in the manner attempted, to Cincinnati, from whence he was to he conveyed by the abo- litionists to Canada. In the box was quan- tity of moss, number of plates, and few dozen water crackers Air hoIes~Werc bored in the end of the box. They forgot, how ever, to put in supply of water He states that he would inevitably have died in very short time, if he had not been eXtrlcated ; and his condition when taken out of Inc box confirms the opinion. Bennett's wife has been arrested, but denies all knowledge oi i the affair Bennett himself has thus far elu- dcd tha vigilance of our officers.
 The frequency with which eases of ne li1sx I.o,rc -aa,tYo1 1.sEI,y i.ni4ud ds