Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-02-27
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 81, lsI7.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1877.
W Our tina nks are due 10 the Hon. I. W.
Newton for public DOCUMENTS.
0Hon. A. II. SEWER is entitled to our thanks
for public documents.
GJThe Cotton Plan, has our thanks for late
New Orleans papers.
erVonderlyn's great picture The Landing OF
Columbus" has been put up in the panel it was
designed to fill in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
Messrs. ". II. & NJ. Mayors have the "RUaAL
REGISTER and ALMANAC" which contains. besides
the Calendar, 100 engravings, and will be found
eminenlIy useful TO ngricul,uralis,s and garden.
ers, as it contains much valuable information in
regard 10 farming and gardening.
Z. S. Senator in Kemucky.-Dates of the 9Th
inst, bring accounts OF the 23i ballo!ing. I'm
derwood ahead-but noschoice.
GrThe election in Louisiana held on the l2sh
inst. to fill the vacancy in the Legislature result
ed in the choice OF three. democrats; and an even
vote of 3S7 each, for two moro for the fourth
oil told.
0yDy letter from an OH ,er Of the Arkan.
sas Volunteers at Fort Gibson, VIC learn that the
Mounted Volunteers under Captains Pelham and
lmbodcn, will be discharged on the last of this
month"; and by tho same, we learn that there viii
DO TO troops sent to For, Wayne; and that the
Volunteers re IN fine health and spirits, mary Of
whom are eager for service again, and will 50 to
Mexico if they arc "alowcd half chance"
The Sea Serpent.-This rarmim has made It's
appearance in the north sea. Tho English now
admit that his snakeship was seen by The Yam
KEGS.
6YThc loss by the late fire at Boston is cstI
mated not 10 exceed 100000. The proportion
insured is about so 600
QJ- TIE Brmge.--We call attention 10 the COM
munlcaton signed MECHANIC" on the suhcc. of
building bridge over the Arkansas, opposite this
place. And we nope citizens will act upon
ihe suggestions of this writer, take the nlr;;vr
into consideration and carry out the greatest pro.
jcct that can be attempted, for the enhancement
Of all our country-not only Crawf)rj, but all the
counties on the line of the great route through No.
by Ihis point 10 Texas. |! is also OF importance
to our more enterprsing neighbors. the Mlssou,
rians who are about constructing u turnpike road
through that State to point, nearest this pace,
tho line; with the very reasonable expectation
that we will NEE, them with road in our STATE.
A bridge Il, this poin, is Of more Importance,
even, than road TO the line, however desirable
that may be. In addition to this being the great
route for emigration from the western States 10
Texas, good road and certainty of pass 60
over the river wthou, delay, would Insure tarse
increase of travel on it. Therefore VIC invoke car
citizens TO investigate the practicab.y OF the al.
tempt, its great advantages to our community,
and the importance Of engaging in it before some
other rival point on the river enters into the enter.
prise, and changes tho current oftravcI from us.
We shall next week publish the Ac: of the LIE.
gislalure, authorizing This enterprise.
Tho Hibernia took out on her last trip the
larges! mail ever carried from our shores by one
vessel. She had 10000 letters from the United
States nearly as many from Canada, and Of
newspapers there was no end. Her mai-moncy
alone must have been small fortune for a man.
Mr.. Ca'houn's Specch.-Ihe long expected speech
Of this gentlemen on tho war, was delivered in
the Senate on the OH inst. The prediction as TO
disposition has been verified he has taken grounds
in advocacy Of tho line of policy proposing 10
take defensive position and TO mnIn,ain and Sc
cure the country already N our military occupa.
ton. 1t is an able effort and one that displays
great abity-and we regret that our limited space
prevents us from giving it 10 our readers. But
is considered "mastcrIy inactivity principle
tha, will no, do in war.
GA specimen Of tho food has been shown
which the Irish emigrants usual bring with thcm
10 support life while crossing the Atlantic. 10
color, it resembles guano, but in form, in presents
more tho aPpenranc Of coarse meal. The Ex
press could not learn the name by which i, is
known, but understood that it is kind Of berry,
which is first dried in the sun and then gfoun d
Nd for use. The flavor is quite offensive, and
the food is uupaIu,nbe in tho extreme. About
tho only r,irl. of food besides this which the /