Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-05-08
VA RlEllItS.


! cur Futhcr.-The most beautiful, touching
grand, yet simple piece of composition in our Ian.
SuaSe, Is the Lord PRAYER. OF the sixty nine
words 1t contains, all bu, five are from the Saxon
50 are the words home. wife. child, molhcr-In
decd all the words expressive of tenderness
The flower bchclI the star above
And lcng 10 reach its airy love-
But longed in vain. A drew -drop fell
Into the IIch and fragrant bell
a nd then the star was luIaued there
AS though il dropped from upper air,
And gIancng down from heaven had come
/ 10 seek on Garth kindred home.
/ from HnrGnG.-Thc following is an ex,rac,
OF letter from Havana, received in PhIIadcp phit
HAVANA, Feb. |, lS47.
Al! goes before; but the opinion in favor
of The annexation Of the Island 10 the Uni.rd
States, becomes cvcry day more and more popula r.
1t our hopes arc not dlsruscd. the day shall come
that The unhappy creole Of Cuba will raise his
head and cal! himself free, Independent and worthy
brother Of the Of Washington.
/ 1t is SAID that the Captain General O'DonnclI.
will tc very sooa separated from his Mrone and
succeeded by General FuIyorio, trother-in-luw
Of the Duke of Rianzarcs.
The slave trade Is always going on, though
secretly. and pEoIcctcd by those " no appear to be
the right prosecutors. Col save the Island Of
Cuba! r. H. NJ.
Poor lankccs.-In England, the Yarkccs are
rldlcuIcd with the name of Eumpkins An Enr-
lIsh lady, OH Il tour through the northern parts
OF this country, passed field Of punpL, ms, anx.
luus!v " hat they were. Her compaulon rcnIird
tina; they were pnmpkiAs. "Iiurbarous wrclchcs!"
exclaimed the lady, mstahlrg The name Of the
fruit for b"mIkins, 40 bury their natives " i,h
their heads Ut Of the grOuu4!'
Labor in rain Next 10 searching for the
philosopher slonc the elixir Of everlasting youth
the quadra,urc of the circle, and lhc perpetual
motion, the most p!tlabIo OF labor nsdirrclcd
we ever heard Of is that Of scientific gentleman
IN New York, who has spent some Years dssecl-
ny aud unuiyzing spiders and silk worms. in
hopes 10 discover Il chemicj,! way to make silk.
Er"h mSc.
The sixty-tourth annual Cont cnllon Of the
New Jersey Episcopal Church VIII be held in
Burlington, May Ooh.
Ncnate-I,L. lS.-Mr. DIX. from ,.. commit.
tee ON commerce, reported back the h.il from .ne
h"usc 10 Regulate the cHrrl ug Of pass, II GERS on
honrd Of migrant ships, "ir! uul, ,udmc.ls.
/ he bi.I rs amended. rcQuirr, an allowance Of
fourteen superficial square feet 10 each pasrcn-
o..~' ~" r''l''r'" ,4.rr- f or uu,,r Ia h,.
counted is one passenger; a'.I Farther unII., the
uun cr {! Passengers wulrIaul ,r>s,.I am ! vur!y
70 two for cv"l > tons adu'l> .rruIrn,.
After some remarks from N.>,r>. Din, Dick.
inson. DAVIS and Cnihoun, t,r v wns passed. aud
returned 10 the house for cuacu,rcuco IA The Il.
n4cuIn"I.IS.
Tie IuLigcpr Eegjmt"l.-' as regiment v Ill
or armed "lth prrc.>sIon rIis and rocket and
moumlcd ho~ ilAsr batteries.
CreraSScS.-N I learn from .hc ~ q. Bulletin
Of Tie 9th ult., that i crc>a.,r lad taken place
at Horace WALMoUTH's pinu;alou, 100 miles
above Columbia, Ark.-nuo::.,.r e! M:t'utcheon
& Jaclsson's plantation, Batch, ,or's EenJ-und
another in Dr.. Hoods. AT Am .rlcan or SA;rtuu
Bcnd-aH doing much dumag".
Erpulsion.-The Memphis N"mIor saws that
the trustees of the "Boan.a Medical College of
Mcmphis,' have expelled DE-. W. Byrd Powell
from his protcssorshIp: and That he has Instituted
suit against those conccl;srI N .hc affair. for
$50 600"
Tho Doctor lived many ycurs in Arkansas
where he was notoriousIy unpopular. For Il
long time he attempted 20 hunhu. oar authorities
by getting from them the appointment Of State
Gco!ogst. I/ace is all he wants. and he exhibits
his usual delicacy in ende,orinS to tasicn himself
upon an institution where lie is not wa:::td.
o. From tho Alexandria Gi,z.:lc we gather
the following intelligence O. Il Chrtaian contro-
versy. An attempt was made, Gu the f0.h Of
March, at Bradford Springs, S. C.. By the Rev. }.
a. Backhousc, Baptist Minister, TO assas>inutc
the Rev. Mr.. Du Bose. he WIS stabbed twice,
but only blow took effect. No cause is
signed for the attempt. II is no, s;plcd who!hcr
the reverend assassin has been arrested.
0-rThe following beautiful sentiment, was
clipped from the Boston Post, such as might be
expected from ,hopalrioc editor of that print.
The paths Of glory /ead but 10 the grare.-Adjt.
Lincoln, Of Gen. Taylors staff, killed in the bat
Ito of Bonavlsa, was George 5. Lincoln, son of
Gov. Levi Lincoln, OF w orccs.cr. It. Col. Clay,
who has also laid down his life for bis country,
was son of Henry Clay, of kentucky. Col.
J.J. Hardin, The Illinois regiment, was form.