Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-12-04


Pope 2 Thornton, -
Green 4 Not instructed.
Washiia 2.
Dallas l a.
independence 2. ."
Sewer l.
Clarke /.
As far as heard from, % countless casting so votes,
have appointed delegates giving, for Governor Ia
for Drew, for Faulkner for Bscoe, fer Thornton.
for Roane - are left to vote for Thornton Roae
they may judge best, and unnstructed For
Congress % for Johnson, IL for Wilson, 8 for Old
ham, and 8 uninstructed.
| All that not put down for Johnson and Drew,
except Independence. are against them
ELECTION Michigan.-Ih democrats have
carried that State triumphantly. They have
! elected their Governor, Lieutenant Governor
una nmous delegation to Congress -unanimous
Senate, and in the House 80 democ rats to wings
The Governor and Lieut.. Governor were elected
/ by about 10, 600 majority.
/ The London Morning Chronicle denies tina, Pa
RADEs received any counlennnce from the Eug
| llsh Court. in his monarchaI designs but says
that ii he has been promised any European sym
pathy, il must have been from the French and
/ Spanish Courts. He appears to have spent most
of his time, while in Europe II, Paris.
- AMERICAN GAMBIA Professor Shepherd
relates horrible instance of Canniballsm among
the Ojibeway tribe OF indians, OF Lake Superior,
OF an Indian who had killed andres his wife and
two children.
Low WAGEs.-Iho wealthy merchants in New
ork, arc giving females three tourfhs Of a cent
piece for making corn sacks.
Gr7- rho National Iitelligeace- is taking copi.
Gus minutes of the Fremont trial, and abounds
with full details of This interesting case.
New QUESTION OF MARRIAGE.-A New York
! letter says:
8 Another arriage case has Just como to light
that shows how loose are oar Ia VS. upon this point.
A gentleman of some property at Hampstead, l..
l., persuaded young girl of much personal bea
~ to 1--we with him, after verbally marrying her.
which was overheard by tho mother of the girl.
Before this she lived with him, and by him be-
came mother but tho child was no; born until
the decease OF It's father. The woman now brings
an action for her husbands property. (some Sl2,-
OOO,) and sustuins, by the decision of Jury, tho
validity OF such small marriage ceremony"
A French gentleman, resident of New Or
leans arrived in St. Louis, not long since. in pur-
suit of his abscondng wife,
l:appears the wife become attached to another
man-ihe parties agreed 10 elope--the wife pack
ed up the husbands property-amoDg other things,
4 IOO Spanish saddles, large amount of money ,
&C., &C.. and with her child, servant girl, the
property and her lover, emba rked on the Illinois.
!. at that time of her last trip to that port. e
None of ihe parties speak or under stand Eng
lish. The Illinois has returned TO New Orleans
tho husband is there not knowing whether his
wife come 10 that place or disembarked at Cairo,
and went up the Ohio river. He has examined
the towns between New Orleans and there with.
out gaining any Information relative to the par
ties, and the inference is, that they have either
gone up the Ohio. come all the way through to
| that city; and to ascertain the fact, he has to
await the return of the Illinois 20 that port-Er-
This is not SO bad as running off and leaviong
ones wife and children behind.
The GIPsEs.-Ths strange race of people are
found scattered 10 tho number, it is believed of
about 100000 souls in all, over the whole of Eu-
rope and are distinguished by different nnmes in