Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-09-04
T6E nan F5lLlRRS.

Which these gentlemen havo been pleased 70 seno
us. to "let the public know all" on the subjscSl
and, we would suppose, to enable US 10 prove our
statements in relation to the late mail failures on
the route between this place and Little Rock
We are under many obligations to these gepte-
men, for this act of disinterestedness and we can
assure them that we were by no means actuated
by nnfriendly. motives towards them, in disturb
ing this tender subject.
The public are much indebted to Mr.. Allen. for
his disinterested opinion given, that "no one ought
to complain of the way nnd manner the mails are
now carried," while he admits, at the same time,
that the citizens Of CarksviIle had to send for
their mail, at their own expense! -
We wish them much joy. upon the great bene-
fits to be derived from Mr.. Aliens letter.
1t will be seen by our paragraph, which we
clip from our paper of the 7th ult, and which
this letter sprocured refute, that we do not say
that the citizens of Tan Buren, sent to Pit,sburs
for their mail; but did say that the good peo-
pie Of ClarksriAe sent 10 that noted Office, a, their
own expense, and had their, newspaper mail
brought TO them; and Mr.. Allen testiGes that the
Post Masierat Carksvie sent for the mail: either
of which circumstance proves that the mail failed
at Pittsburg.
We ask our readers to peruse our extract, and
then the letter:
Extract from Isteligeacer, of the 7th August
"On the 18th ut the mail carrier arrived at
Ciarkssiile, with nothing in the way-maiI bag
except few letter packages for that office. and
other offices on the route; and among these letters
was one from Little Rock, which circumstance
convinced the citizens of that place, that the mail
had come through from Little Rock, and of course
must have started with nesospapers also. They
sent to Pittsburg at their own expense, and had
their newspaper mail brought through. by their
express. Thai same week, tho mail came thro
to this place without bringing single newspaper
although some letters we're received from Little
Rock. which proved that high tcaier did not pre-
vent II from coming through, but for want of eff.
fclcnt teams, failed to bring it aH."
Posr OFFICE AT PIrrsBURG. ARK,t
dug. 10. 1917.
Messrs. HoreH 3r Snapp: Yours dated 18th
inst is now before me. la answer will merely
say that the citizens of Van Buren have not senl
here for the newspaper mail while have been
acting as =. NJ. The mails were left here one
time, and the CIarksviIle P. NJ. sen, for what be-
longed to his office. At this ,imo bsliere you
have good drivers and good coaches and good
and manner the mails n0U carried between
Little Rock and Fort Smith on Routes No. 59O2
and 9339. Yours respectfully,
A. ALLEN, P. NJ.
PEoDUcE OF OREGoN.-The Little Rock Demo.
crdt says that a memorial fom the citizens of
The Oregon territory, 10 be presented to tho next
Congress- states that they can alrcadv furnish, at
short notre, five thousand ba rres # flour for the
use Of our Pacific squadron, three thousand bar.
rels f beef and two thousand Of pork. Lumber.
tar, pitch, fl * and hemp can hereafter be supplied
if demand should be created for them. 1t asks
for confirmation of locations already mqdr, for
grants of lands for educational purposes ana for
a steam w-boat on the Coumba ; and recon.
mends railroad TO the States. Tho wind blows
down the river five months of the year, and yos.
sells are said 10 bo Two months in sailing up one
hundred miles, whilst the difficulty could be eus.
iy overcome by steam, and q large trade opened
with the Pacific.
G5-The New York Herald Publishes a Dague.
reotype view Of the Smithsonian Instution, notc
being erected" in Washington. Is not this ano.
lher degree toward the perfection of Daguerre's
SFeoI uiscOVery
The Six GENERALs.--It is stated that Gen
Jackson has eft a careful written document in
which he gives his opinion of the military char.
acter Of all the genr, Is who served or commanded
in Florida during the seven years war with the
Sominoles. This must include Generals Scott.
Jesup, Taylor, Worth Gains and Clinch. It is
10 be published.
An old Indian dead.--T The Grand River Ran
ids Michigan eagIe, announces tho death of an
Indian of that village, know BIackskin. He
lived TO be upwards Of an hundred years old, and
has enacted. at the head of his tribe, many exclt.
ing scenes during his life. His hand frs, applied
the torch to the city Of Buffa 10 in the war of IS.
II. The old man. with the remnant Of his tribe,
has long been on friendly terms with the whites;
BUYING THEIR FREEDoM.-WhiIst on the Is.
land. the editor of the N. Y. Sun 50 vs. he learned
that Spain is prepared to sell out "a her right IT,
tie, interest and claim in and to- the IslaEd Of
Cuba, for one hundred millions of dollars in hand
paid, and that the islanders are ready to raise the
required sum in one week. so eager are ,hey to
become citizens of the United States.
INC