The Arkansas banner., 1847-11-08
Most salutary Treatment of a Lazy Hus-
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 In New Ireland, the chiefs of the various tribes and districts are continually at war. The power of tine chiefs is absolute and drspotic. Tue people, however, "seem to enjoy themselves much and ap- pear 10 be always laughing and merry" "rhese people are much attached 10 their chiefs. If they require an additional patch oi land, or liberty to build house anywhere, it is granted. Ifthey quar- 'el among themselves, or have complaints to make, head chiefs ear IS kindly opened 10 all,--to the rest man as well as to the petty chief If inya- sion threatens their district he is in the front ranks to repel it; and let the cause a smart skirinsh or great baiie he IS always the front and where danger presses most; that he has their love and respect
 The head chief often interleres in minor matters ot domestic nature; for instance, if lazy fellow has wife or two and few children, and through his love Tor fishing dancing, and lettering Idly about negec's to onng m the necessary supplies for his family, R complaint IS made, the chief visits the house lh person. and If he sees just grounds for pun ishment, he orders out the whole population of the uiiage,-men, women, and childi en arm themselves with stif bnch made of small canes they then iarm loag double line about six feet apart, and wall with anxious glee the approach of the delin. quent, At last he placed at one end of the lines ain"isl shower ot yells, screams. jbes, &c. The word is gwen by the chief and away he darts at his utnest speed through the ranks, every one endeay- orng to hit hIin as he passes. According 10 his de- serts, he may get of with running the lines once or IS in cunhing and fectness that run the lines even once, without having his skin tickled for him by the hearty apple or the blrch wieded by some strong woman As the punishment is not of a Ea tai kind, the whole affair creates unrestricted merr meni. II the .'ctn IS smart fellow, he may es- cape with few blows; but II he is heavy sulky and dogged, he pays for lt. Such man comes of cov cred with weits on his bare skn from his head in his heels For one monIh afterwards his family are provided Tor by The public al large; under the fah ery supeFinteBdeuee oi the cbei. At the expira ton oi tbat tme Il be has all his domestic matters m perfect oider, as good father and proyident hns band ought to have. be again rssumes his place in soeiety. and shortly aiierwars perhaps heins with an experienced hand, to lagela,e suine one eIse ,, The late troubles in Italy have called to mind inc subJolned apostTophe 10 the present Pope bv Nrs FANNY kEABLE BUTLER, which We copy from her new work entitled "A year of Consolation. If "a a gem which would have done honor to Byron. and atones for many pages of common place trash con tained in her book.
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 It may be that the stone which thou art heayinp
 From odthy peoples neck shall fail and crush fbae
 It may be that the sudden flood shall push thee From of the rock, whence prophet.Iike believing In Gods Great future, thou dost set 1t free;
 Yet heave it, heave it, Heaven high, nor fear
 To be o'trwhelme'd In the first wild career Ofthose long -psison'd tides of liberty
 That stone which thou hast lif,ed from the hear, Ofa whole nation shall become 10 thee A glorious monument. such as no art
 Fer piled above mortal memory;
 Pulling beneath it, thou shalt have tomb That shall make low the loftiest dome In Rome