Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-07-03


pervsion the capricious mercy of office holders at
Little Rock may beslow upon them. | say, let
these camorous office seekers and mongers have
office.
With this have done. If have offended bv
asserting the rights of the northwest and west.
leave the voters Of this ''tract of land" to wine
out the offence.
Very respectfully, your friend,
NORTHWEST.
COMMUNICATED.
MOST HAPPY WHEN MOST MISERABLE.
NEAL the "CharcoaI Sketcher," in his limning
OF "Trbulation TrepId. man without Hope,'
thus admirably hits of that class who are never
so happy as when they miserable:
''How are you, Trepld! How do you feel to-
day, Mr.. Tropid!"
"A great deal worse than was, thank'ee?
most dead, am obliged to you; I'm always worse
than | was, and don't think | was ever any
better. I'm very sure, any how, Pm not going
to be any better; and for the future you may al
ways know I'm worse. without asking any ques-
ons, for the quest ions nuke me worse, if moth
ing else docs.''
"Why Trepd what's the matter with you?"
deal is the matter with me IN general; and that's
the danger, because we don't know wha, it is.
That's what kills people. when they can't tell
what it is; that's what's killing me. Ny great
grand father died of it, and so will l. The doc
tors don't know: they can't tell they say Pm
no help. Pm going off some of these days, right
after my great granl father, dying of nothing in
particular, bat Of everything in general. That's
what finishes our foks.''
These admirable sketches and other like works.
such as Yankee Stories, Mysteries of tho Back
woods, &c, are for sale at the Store of Mcssrs
Wallace q. Ward, Van Buren,, who keep con-
stanlIy Oh hand, an assortment Of excellent stand.
ard works.
Fourth Of July in The Ciiy of Merico.-A cor
spondent Of the Pcayune, writing from the army,
says that the foreigners in the ctv of Mexico
very anxious for Gen. SCOTS arrival there
and believing he will reach the city before, or by
the 4lh Of JuIy, they have concluded to have
grand celebration dinner on that day, and it is
said, ono gentleman, Gan Irshman,) has sub
scribcd eight hundrod dollars.
From the Fort Smith Herald.
Ir0u6Ic In the CAOctaU Nation.-We learn
from young Choctaw. that a fight had taken
place In the ncghborhood Of louisville, Choc-
taw Nation, between some of the late emigrants
and the lighthouse, (sherit1s,) in which four of the
former and two of the latter were killed. The
difficulty is SAID have been caused by tho light
horse endcavorng TO enforce the laws Of the Choc-
taw natloA, by destroying some whiskey in the
IL,
and the fight cnsued. Considerable excitement
prevails, the emlgrao,s refuse obedience to the
laws, and the old inhabitants being determined to
make them submit.
THE GOVERNOR OF JALArA.
a correspondent at Washington, writing to the
N. Y. Spectator, speaks of Col. CuILDs, in the
following conn pmentary language;
''The preservation of the life Of Col. ChiIds,
in the stornng Of Ccrro Gordo was all but
miraculous. His garments were repeatedly per-
iorated by bullets, and one of these dangerous
little missiles seems to have been particularly
cEary of doing him any harm having gone
quite out Of its wny to save the valuable life of
the colonel; that ls, having p'oughed the segment
of a circle, and that not small one, round his
body, tearing his clothes without touching his
flesh 1t would seem as if some men. like
fe.' Col. ChIlds has had respectable share
of danger, having, think, since the commence
ment Of the Of 1872, been effectively en-
gagged IN thirteen district actions. and in none
defeated. Tie IS one Of the most steady, straight
forward, unretreating, uuNnching, rcaDe sold
lors IN the army; mos'Icat, but invincibIc; cool
and self possessed, yet ardent and urgent ut the
moment Of crisis which lie is ever awake to
perceive and seize upon; eminent for sobricty,
integrity and a sonse Of justice; tcctolaIIer in
morals and asu.e IN economies. Hence the
good judgment displayed by Gen. Scott in APP
pointing him Governor Of Jaopa. None could
fill that office better. One of the '.snnitary"
measures Of the rev Governor was the expulsion
of all gombers from the premises; also, plundor-
vigorously and exempIariIy punished. 1t
is quite time the Government had bestowed
on the colonel the brevct seal of brigader
generaI.'
THE MARkE Els.