Democratic banner., 1847-08-09
Dreadful ARRAY at Little Rock.-The
Little Rock Ark. } Banner of the 18th ult.

OTe04yUE StUT0y N* AE'"e
Little Rock lark. } Banner of the 18th ult.
has the following account Of an ARRAY which
recently occurred in Saline county:
We are informed that, on Thursday last,
in an attempt to serve a peace process, de-
putty sheriff BerchfeId, of Saline county,
was killed by the elder Of two brothers
named Allen, upon whom the writ was to be
served. As the Aliens had threatened that
they would not be arrested, the sheriff sum-
moned a posse, and, entering the house, at
tempted to execute the process, when one
Of the Aliens, both of whom were armed,
lowered his rifle and shot the sheriff through
the body, killing him upon the spot. Upon
pistol and killed Allen, while the younger
Allen fired upon Low, which was also fatal.
Some one of the posse then shot the sur
viving Allen, the ball passing through his
arm, SCATTERING the bone and passing into
his breast. The wound in his case was
not mortal, and he made his escape, but the
officers Of justice are in pursuit of him, and
he will no doubt be overtaken. We have
heard no other particulars of the affair. .
Capture Of Saves.-A London paper re-
cords the capture and destruction ola Bra
lillian brig called the Tres Amigos, a noto-
Iious armed SLAYER. This vessel had made
several successful trips, and on herlast voy-
age landed at Behia 400 slaves. She was
sreIr on the coast by the steamship of war
Devastation, and chased ashore, where she
vas dashed to pieces by the breakers. The
.. NV escaped. The same vessel recently
t.r"d an American brig under Brazilian
c%olors, Wit, 529 slaves on board, bound to
Rio.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says a large stone
rolled down from the top of a hill near Sill
go, on Tuesday last, against a school house
killed ive children and wounded-three
one oT whom cannot recover.
.Nn"it0c1 Four.-We find in the London
2iaaes the following account of the iutro-
suction of a new article of food: tAn inn
portation of ia bags Of the article recent
~ introduced into this country under the
tile of Mandioca, -four, has taken place from
Pernambuco, the produce Of South Ameri-
ca. By a Treasury order, issued a short
time since, on the occasion ofan importation
from Maranlam, the article was declared to
be fee of duty an article Of food Until the
LIST of Sep. next
Judge French, is the Democratic candi-
date for Congress in the 9th Kentucky Dis
trict, in place Of Col. Throop, deceased
Although his name was announced for that
Office only a few days before the election,
his friends were sahguine of success.
VIM. a. Hall, Esq, has been appointed
Judge of the Circit, over which Judge Lee
land lately presided. Mr.. Hall is well
known in this State, and we bQubt not that
he will make a highly accomplished and met-
i~toIious public Officer. -[Union.
The Qnestijn SeEKed.-After an elabo-
rate and anxious investigation by a Char
lottesville correspondent of the Richmond
Enquirer, the "famous line," embodied in a
toast given by Lieut.. Gov. Daniel at the
Webster dinner in Richmond, has been
traced to its origin. 1t occurs in a stanzas
of James Montgomery's Address to the
Ocean, whichis quoted by the Enquirer,
and reads as follows -
"Ah! why hath Jehova, in forming the world,
With the waters divided the land,
His ramparts of rocks round the continent hurled,
And Graded the deep in his hand, |
l. man may transgress his eternal command,
And leap DER the bounds of his birth
To ravage The uttermost earth,
And violate nations and realms that should be
Distinct as the bilious, get one as the seal"
A GiPsey woman promised to show to two
young ladies their future husbands faces in a
pail Of water. They looked and exclaimed:
"Why, we only see our own EacesIr