davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
From tat IVnahlnrlon unfon

he singular correspondence, quoted in the fol- lowing article from Saturday $ Pennsy yania, z be- tween Mir. Peter A. Brown and MF. MeCalia, it appears. was first published in the Philadelphia Sun Ga leading paper of the party knosss as the Nstive American party,) as long ago as The Fist of June last. tsl this "Native American" party We ander- stand, Mir. Peter 4. Brown is a member The charge that the President hai in conversation with Mir. MeCalia, declared ifai he had appointed two Cathoile priests 'schapiaies, nominaly that they might become spies, was so absurd and impToba- ble story. that, though more tAan month elapsed after its hrst appearance in the "SunT il does not seem 10 hafe attracted public attention until its re- cent publication m the National Inteligencrr 's It certainly did not attract much of our attention
 We perceive Il IS now going the rounds of many other papers. We forbear 10 remark upon the sao- fise or object Of the parties between whom this coT- respondence passed. IL is scarcely necessary for us to say, we are authorized to do that tie presi. dent never conceived such an idea-mneh less could he have conveyed such an one in conversation with Mr. McCaaas is attributed to hin by that person.
 It IS proper to state, aso that neither at the time the Revs. Mir. MeElroy and Mir. Key went to the army, nor al any prior subsequent period; was there any conference or communication with them, by any member of the administration, nor between the President and the cabinet or any member of it. 1 nor anything m any communication with Gen. Tay- Tor, to whose head quarters they went, which sane toned in the renotest slightest manner. the idea that they were expected 10 act as spies"
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

POWER or AEr.--When Peter of Cortonn was en- gagged on picture for the Royal Palace of Pstti, Ferdinand l. particularly admired the representa- ton of weeping child
 "Has your Majesty" said tle painter, sa mind to see how easy t is to make ihis very child langh r. and, suitiag the action to the word, tbe artist merely depressed the of the lips and the iav ner extremity of he eyebrows. when the little uY- chin seemed in danger of bursting his sides with
 nn,oderate laughter. who, amoment before, ssen,ed breaking his heart with weeping. If this b irse in the world of art, it Is eminently true in the world of living men. Slight, very slight, are the causes that make or break tho hsppiDe~s of Hfs The touch of brush csa dim besyen ws.h eload or brighten the prospect im tiie horizon. a s,
 FREE MasoSsy .--f had given ap sorgan's case as one winch we slssaid never possess more fixht than existed already, but 1t seems he has come np in Asia Minor cis'ts .fds.
 met at smyrna with a renegade who had re. nouncsd his ehTistiah creed and lives like Tuik he is native of the United States of Amesira, by hame Morgan and ehaaged aith having sesesied. what has resisted the l.apeiuniies even uf the wii and cunning of the inquisihse ali over the world. namely, tho secrets ef free masonry. His fife at home was ihreatened bis esedslons eosnir, en be-
 eved that he disappeared in the falls cfthe Niagara but be found ssfsty ia flight. and is regarded bs Inc Aslaties as fegeneGated habe. e.- SiaadisAs sAoyss cf Me Mediterranean
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

ADVICE OF CouscEL.-There is n well known custom prevailing in criminal courts of assig- ming council to such prisoners have no one to de- fend them. On one occasion, the court finding Il man accused of theft and without council, aaid 10 n lawyer who was present
 MT. -, please 10 withdraw with the prisoner, confer with him, and then give him sach coaasel may be best for his interest,",
 I'be lawyer and his client then withdrew, and in fifteen or twenty mlnutes the lawyer returned into court. .ttg
 Where is the prisoner l'' asked the court
 ''He k gone, your lonor," said the hopeful legal limp. "Your honor told me 10 give him the best ndvce for his interest, and he sad he was gaii- ty,I though the best counsel could offer him was io .'cut and run," which he took at once"
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

lea,, s are ich, endeavor to command thy wealth. u i, ;' eoinnsnd thee. If you know how to ,,so
 !ouf servant; if not you are its slave.
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LITERARY MESSENGER
 AND ENVINWaazy0E aSATs

This is a Monthly Magazine devoted to every de- r,rment of Literature and Fine Arts. It is the union of Simms Southern and Western Monthly Mnga .;ne and Repe,u" of South Caroliua, with The
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

DEMOCRACY N iowAe--1he Iowa City Reporter ef the Huh says: @
 "We feela glowing and grsil6ed pride ia the view of the result, which t is impossible fer us b ins- eribe. In short, feel-aa will every true ses.a- erat when he is assured of this triumphant vindica- ton of prnciPleas if democracy was Itself again, and tha; its proper element and peewliarlsy favored field of action is own Iowa. The battle was fought hand 10 hand all over the state, and every inch of ground was contested by opponants This the iaFgeness of the vote abundantiy proves us it appears from the rcturns that l500 or 2DO0 more votes were polled than at any previous slsc- ton. This will also bring forcibly to thc mind of every true democrat fact to which we have often had occasion to hllude. viz that whenever a full and fair expression of public sentiment be ob- taned in Iowa, the democracy maat Do victorious.
 "Ihe main issues agiiated and those upon which the victory has been won, clearly prove thnf tis democracy of Iowa have nobly sustained the nsties- al administration, well tho action of their Fag- reseniatiyes in the state legislature, The conduct of the war, the Tariff and the Sub Treasury asses- ton. well the refusal the part of the dino. cratic state representatives last winter Co allow ts larger majority of the people of the Iowa to be ia- represented in the Senate If the United States wern the issues upon which ihis gioroiiy clear and uii- nisiakeshle verdict of popular opinion has been rem deTed,"
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

The Portuguese insurrection seems to have been . sparkle of the light of liberty in benighted land. The food of British intervention has fodden il out The English freeman may admire the struggles of the brave serf who would enjoy privileges of his own but British ministers gan always find an eA cuse for armed interpretation, when the result is- the repression of the growth of frepuhcan ideas on the shores of Europe.
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
| Wicked Ilnmbug.

The federal papers are just now laxuriating upoI the accusations of the Rev W. l.. McCalla, as con. taued in the following from the National Intelligent cer:
 "CHArLAISs IN THe ARMY.---lIon. Peter 4 Browne. of Philadelphia, lately addressed the follow ing letter To w. l.. McCaIa, brother of lion. j. M MeCaila, late of Lexington, Ky, and now of Wash. ingion:
 "'DEAR StR:--I earnestly but respectfully re. quest you 10 answer truly, eandidIy, and iuAy the following questions.
 "'lst Were yoa mol recently applicant for the situation of chaplain in the American army now in Mexico;
 '''2 Had you a peTsoual interview with bis excel ency James K Polk on that subject!
 "'}j. Didthe President tell you that when hc appointed two Cathoc priests chsplains, he knew he had no right to make any such appointments, as there was such office within his gift; but that hs haf appoietfd Hem ehaptaias nomiaaliy, Mai iaey might become spies.'
 ''To these questions Mir McCaIIa returned the following lacohic answers at the conclusion of a long letter. rejecting severely on the Catholic church. which las nothing to dn with he par cular point under consideration; for which reason it is omitted"
 "'My answer to your first question is, was; to your second, 1 had; to your third, he did.
 "ReSpecttully, yours,
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
W. l.. McCALLA."

These same papers, a few days ago, were desir- ous of convincing the couEtry that the adnhstra- lion opposed To the Catholics; and now they are laborng degrade them by attempting to prove the charge eoptaiaed ih the above wicked ealunny We presume that the Catholics will be found to be deeply sensible of this new favor at the hands o tue iederalists. The reader will Bot fail, in this conuexion also o observe with what Slll that nOF- ton of the letter of the Rev Mir McCalIa. "reliec- iiug severely on the Catholics" IS suppressed; as if indeed, ihe insult upon the respectable and plary clergyman referred 10 were made any less pointed by such a course.
 The "Rev Mir. MeCaIla" is known as a somewhat sangHineous elerGyman-a person as fond oi battle as of beoksin word a sort oi bigotted knight er- rant, always on some harbrained enteTrrise intent The New YorS Commercial" with great deal oi archness, says he. "beats a name not unknown to the citizens generality, now heard for the first time" \ very questionable construction might be placed upon tbe terms SO equivocal.
 Of the two Catholic 'clergymen sen, by the Presi- dent to Mexico, one (Mr.Rey) sacrificed his life to his God and his country; and the other Mir. McEl- roy) hasIecently returned to his home. Mir. Me- Eiroy Is patient and exemplary person, and will no doubt take an carly opportunity 10 defend him. sell against the aspersions of his slanderers.
 In the meanwhile, we beg 10 say that the whole accusalion as quoted from the NatioRal Intelhgen- cer, IS fabrication manufactured out of inc whole cloth. lt has not even a suspicion upon which to rely. Upon the highest and besi authority, we pro- nounce 1t unlounded and untrue. The President is too cautious 10 make a confdant Of ieaky and eTat- c clergyman like Mir McCalla and he has too high 8 sense oi his osn duties and appreciates too keen Y the tights and feelings of others 10 indulge de- sign so base and degrading that alluded to in Mir. McCallas letter. and by him alleged to be enter taincd by the Executive in regard to the Catholic chapaIns
 IL s the province of the Chef Magistrate of this great country to submit to abuse without the oppor- tunity to reply. But, in the present instance, the charge is one that demands the answer we have giv- en To II, if only act of justice tothe intrepid Ihea who accepted tine appointment conferred upon thetn by the President aud tscharged its duties in so h6sle and christian a spirit.
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
From the N. o. Dclta of the 9h inst SANTA ANXi'S MANIFESTO,
Of the BattIes of August 1ath and goth.

The following account of the battles of Cortre- ras and Churtfbusco, although erroneous in many particulars shows in stronger light than even the accounts of our own correspondent, the splendid and decided nature of the late victories of General
 Scott From the tenor of this, the tamest and most subdued document which has been written during this war; by the seifcomplscent and bosstfhi Mexi. ean it will be seen that Santa Anna still keeps tin his old habit of shufling the responsibility of from his own upon the shoulders of an inferior officer
 Gen. Valencia is the scape- goat of the battle oI Churubusco, as Minon was of the battle of Buens Vista. f Hf zts7@'' 7
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

''s'eness Is the finding again of something los,
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27


 TRAL os PAovrEssok McCrISrocK, K,--The Phi. laielphia Ledger has the following deTsatcls fsssn Carlisle. Pa, dated August 25 relative b tho triad oi Professor MeCiiRtock and others. eesnrctsd with the riot tha. resulted in tha death uf Mir. Kennedy of Hagerssowu, Md,
 fsporfsa frisi---'Thls morning WIS notssmeucssl the trial of Professor Mcciintock aud about sligsy other persons, implicated iu the rotin this place ia June last. on the occason of the of tree sa gitive slaves, which citizen of Maryland nn- fortunately received injuries which resulted fstaliy Professor Met;lintock ia charxed with interfering in the arrest of the slaves, and the others with At- tempting the rescue of tho same from the officers af tho law. 4es Heas The trial was commenced about aasa, wheas . jury was empannelled and tic biil of indictment read. The bill contains three counts .---Ffrst, for riot and breaeh of the peace aad second for riot- ensiy assembling with the intention, ef producing a breach of the peace, and for the additional puron, of rescaing three fugitive slaves than psaceaby and lawfully in tie possession of theirowRers and tho third for anasfnit and battery.
 There is galaxy of ladies sn attendance, and the trial has produced considerable excttcnse here.
 Wm. Nj. Meredith. Esq. and other eminent counsel appear for Professor AIeciininck
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

DiKn-in New Orleans, on the 18th inst, of thu prevailing epidemic, NIT. HoaAcE WARD, the ProPris tor and conductor, for many years, of the veranda llotel. M
The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27

The following, from the New York SHn Is the more entitled 10 confidence, fromte fact that the editor NJ Beach, has recently returned from an extensive tour in Mexico
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-23
THE NEW YORK HERALD
ESTABLISHMENT,
JAMES GORDON BENNETT. PROPRIETOR
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THOUSAND.

DAILY HERALD-Every day, Price cents per sopy--e7
n per annum--payable in advance.
WEEKLY HERALD-Every Saturdsy-Prics ~ cent?
copy-s3 12k annum--payable IN advance.
HERALD FOR EUROPE-EYery Steam Packet day--
Price 81 copy-45 annuH, including posta9s
SO u.s. exclusive postage, payable in advance subscIp
aud advertisement, will he received by Msssr, Gang
mani Ia Viysune Paris r L. Smonds Cornhiu, and
John Miller the heasse!ls. Londes, p.,r.a ~.
of January Of each yesr-sngle copies sixpence EACH
ADVERTlsEMENTS, at the usual pricee-alyays cash
edyance should be written in plain leRbe
The Proprietor viii NOT be responsible for sror that
PRUNING Of all kinds executed beautifully and with
despatch. :, =,
proprietor Of the be post paid the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-23
TO TRAVELLERS GOING SOUTH
Is s

- @ Hzal E go
NEW AVID MOST AGREEABLE LINE TO FREDE;
rcksburg Richmond Pstsmbr5s Va SsSSntSn Va apd
The public that the add splendid low pres
Mail Line Aqque Creek leaves Commerce street wharf
Baltimore, every Tuesday and Friday Evening at r. NJ
Tor the above points.
ThrOuEh-!ickou to Rish%ond .........ss
fstersburgf .t'''.'
weldon, N C...
Staunton, IL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-23

.6&k NEW LINE OF PACKETS. TO AND FROM
w rore .Se lsa G.S fl c :spS and
positively sail from New York Monday, Sept 27th and
from Liverpool on the lh OF November Persons about
ceeding Europe, tse wishing eud.t or their friends
should make early application on ko.rd foot Of Wall
street, or to w. Il T. TAPRCOTT
s22rc b South street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06
Died..

Died.
Suddenly, at Harlem, the morning Of the 5th inst
Mr.. WILLIAM HYDE son Of Dyer HYDE in the 3sth year
Of his sge
His relations and friends are invited to attend his
funeral on Monday Uhis) afternoon at O'Clock from
the residence Of William HEADING l2sth street. between
Sd and 4th Avenues.
On the LIST December Mrs Nancy s., wife OF Dr. N.
w Tompkns, in the 6st year of her age
The relatives and friends the family thoae
sons, DR. VIM 8 and Jas N. Tompkns and the msmbers
OF (Masonic) Independent Lodge No T. Harmony Lodge
No "A l. o. Of o. f., New York Lodge No. l. o. of q
f. also Tammapy Society respectfully invited to at
tend her funeral, Tuesday afternoon December 7tb
at O'Clock, P. NJ, from her late residence No. I6i
Bowery, without further invitation. 0I}-Her remains
will be taken to Greenwood for intermsnt.
On the morning Of the 9th inst In the 23d year
age. ANN ELIZA DICKINSON, wife Of William Depew.
The relations and friends Of the deceased
fully requested to attend her funeral from 81 Bank
on Tuesday the 7th inst at half past O'clock without
further invitation. 1T
On Sunday morning, the 5th inst MARY ADELIA,
eldest child Of Mary w. and Richard Poon, Jr aged
years and Ia days.
The relatives and friends of the family most
spectfuly invited to attend her funeral this Mondsy
afternoon at O'Clock from the residence of her parents
No 1873 Cherry street Her remains will be taken to
Greenwood for intermsnt
On Sunday, the 9th inst after lingering illness,
ROBERT DILLON, In the 64th year of his age
The friends Of the family invited to attend tho
funeral, from No AZ Second Avenue at O'Clock this
(Mondsy) afternoon.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

gln is obscure, but influenza appears generally to
become first epidemic In Russia, cholera in In
dia" II is IN India that the source of the latter
disease must be attacked. If the health of India
become sound, Europe might be safe, and hear
no more of the epidemic which is now traversing
Russia. The attention of the Indian authorities
has for some time been directed to the subject
The Marques of Wellesley, in 1921, effected
improvements in Bengal. Mr.. Martin, one Of
the commissioners appoint ted by the late govern
Inent to inquire into the health of towns, ad-
dressed Lord Metcalfe, the governor-genera, on
the sanitary improvement OF Calcutta in 1885 !;
his. comprehensive plans were promoted by that
eminent statesman. Lord Auckland appointed
sanitary commission, Of which SIR John Grant
was the chairman, and thus procured very able
official report on the health of Calcutta, before
the subject was touched at home.t
The other nations of Europe are beginning to
take an interest in public sanitary improvements,
and any plans found to succeed in England will
no doubt be carried out speedily as possible
In all parts OF her majestys domin lons for the
vast population that owns her sway is intimately
united. Asiatic cholera has taught us that the
lives Of thousands in England may depend on the
condition of the Pdriahs of Jessoret.
-ln Italy influenza is called the eatarro russo in Ger
many, the russische krankh.if.
fSes Lancet, Sept. %, aud Oct. 9, lsa7.
The epidemic cholera, which reached England In
1881 broke out at Jessore, Calcutta In 1917 and
destroyed 1000 persons
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

FsH-Sinoe our last report there lad been arrivals
OF about 1900 1000 quintsls Of dry cod which were
held according to quality, at 50 62H, 80 65 50 10
and about 1900 bbls mackere including part
sets and part Halifax which heldat So 90 So rs
for No ls and So 90 So rs for No as No sales be-
yond transactions at retail, were reported.
FRuIr-There was no change in bunch rasins, and
sales continued to be made at previous rates Sales
500 bbls Zante currents made at 10 cts 3 per
cent at six months.
HEMP-Th market remained quiet.
LEAD-No sales transpired
MoLAssEsSaies Of New Orleans, were made At 30 cts
ITO hhds New Orleans were made by auction at ak
a22c
NAVAL SToREs-Saes Of about $50 bbls North county
rosD, made at go zoe, delivered Spirits turpen
tine ranged from 300 TO $50, and under some crcum-
stsncss held high 4oc, but have heard Of
no sales Of moment. Raw continued quiet, while tar
remained nominaly the same.
OLs-Linseed-Seversl parcels of English ordinary
and of doubtful quality said TO be Offering in the
market at 800 q o. but 6tc SOC, considered the
city pressed was In good demand for manufacturing
purposes at $40 SOC. Ohio In barrels held $50
soc, but 1t was dali OF sale. There change in
crude whale sperm while manufactured winter sperm
stood about the same
PRovrsIors-Nos sales Of pork reported, and quo
tations for both mess and prime nominal Green
HamsSales of TO- 900 lbs made at 7<c Beef con-
tinued dull, while prices remained about the same
Lard Sales Of 100 barrels made private terms
1870 teroes sold Mt $40. The market was dull and old
In kegs was freely offered at loo Prime new city was
bsld at lilo llHc Old Ohio vas sffsrsd Of 'oHa
Cheese was dull and quotations ranged from exc sc
fcs fair dsjyss while nothing sv sms lots Of prime IL
sh"ss ss'E'sp weuls hv,ssTs 't
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

s6s3 do
To BRIrpH NORTH AMERIlN COLONIES Pork. %
bbls -four, 752 do wheat 40 bushels; beef so bbls
meal, 1886 do
To SPANISH WrsT IsDIEs.-Meal, 1893 bills; meal,
puus lar d. IL FOG lbs cheese do rice 1877 do;
hour, 100 bbls pork, 40 do; butter, 1854 lbs hams
6,34s do fish, 10 TOO.
24Co lbs rice $780, beef IL bbls; butter $50 dry
fish, 10 000 do.
TO DANISH WEST INDIES. DRY Ash rs 600 lbs; pork,
81 bbls -four, 500 do beef, gas do; rice 10 Sal lbs
The aggregate quantity Of -four shipped for the week
was lls bbs corn, 3sl53 bushels, and wheat 64Oo
bushels Large contracts have been made for shipping
grain to Great Britain independent Of the above 1t sp
pears by this that shipments Of bresdstufs have
commenced in earnest.
The annexed statement exhibits the value of msr-
chsndse exported from this port for the month of No
vember distinguishing the destination and the value of
shipments to each country
COMMERCE on PoRr New YoRx g. MONTHLY
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06
ate OF the pabiHc Health In England in the
THIRD Quarter OF 19A7.
From the Registrar Generals Report ]

stricts, sub-iivided into 5s2 sub-districts =
hirty-six districts are in the metropolis, and
e remaining 81 comprise, with some agricul-
raj districts, the principal towns and cities of
ngiand The population was 6,6l2 800 in 1871
Ia. deaths registered In this quarter were
I, i79; number less by one thousand nine hun
Fed and forty-eight than were registered In the
.responding quarter Of lS46; but 1907 more
an the corrected average of the September
iaIters of lS3S--46. Upon the whole there is
lght improvement in the health of the country
The relative salnbrity of the summer season
the 10 years, 1888 to ls47, is displayed in the
Ibioi ed table
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

From the annexed table of the deaths returned
IN each quarter since 1888, it will be seen that
small rise in the mortality took place In the
spring after the mild winter of Is Is; that sud-
den advance occurred in summer; that the NOR
tality reached the maximum CSC, lO5) in the win
ter of 1917, and has since slowly subsidized
DEATHS REosrKREp ToUR QUARTERS THE
EIGHT l639-l047, AND THREE QUARTERS OF lea7,
III ENGLANn WALK.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-06

Excess Of imports t33 500 804 426ll98i 29 100
We can form some idea Of the position of the
foreign trade of the country from the LIST Of January
to the LIST Of December In each past two years. by
the above comparative statement Of the trade Of this
port when take into thefact that about
three ourths Of the aggregate mportations Of tho
try are received at this port and only about third
Of the exports shipped from it. The increase in the
imports Of this port for the first eleven months in s4
over those for the corresponding period in lslewas
about forty cent while the increase in exports was
more than fifty Der cent