The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-05
4 NEW QUESTION:.

ANEW QUESTION.
 The good old Commeresul 4lelIs the Cos- lowing amusing story =.
 4 serioBs aitseuity has arixes, we are told, besween two iadisidpais employed d sisRss end of .elegraphic liae in the wssi---gwe refrain as yet from mentioning names, One of these eoFnmuHicaseti t0 the other, by wires, a certain matter which, Il appears, was er- roneously translated and oecasloaed some msschief ameng certain speeslssoss This led to dispute between the esswiss-woskers.s P who began aSusiBg eaeh other sxloss and scEaschess very severely hAaAleS, t,li at length one charged she other wIsh .,diseca and intentional frauds
 This wsa regarded as -sa gross lshel,ss and the offended party appeassI so q neighboriag justice for Iedreas---slemanding iMsfaafey that a process be issued sgainsa lise llbeiIer. The justice carefully looked over all the laws and was somewhat puzzled. but he tonsialered that Il was sASest ao Psoe4ed asA fasnsshed the writ, which was reported wnrd by word to the oGentler, on the wires, with volun- teer addition that he would thereby consider himself arrested, and appear in person before the sad Jasllee oa she following Monsiay, then and there Co answer, &e, ke
 In le~s than ten minutes after, the follow ing reinSa vas made--au clearly sssasched and siosted -
 s-frelI Justice B---f he is aa ass and | fn0i, and iell all your friends taAs you are ditto diGio.'
 This return. to what he and the justice considered @leRal summons" threw both into pasoxyssn ol rage. The justice him self nov went oihe telegraph office. in per son. and directed an answer og replication to be despatched to the offender. ccuched in the severcss language that ofStnded dignity could possibly suggest; and II IS hinsed that, either losing sight od his office, or by some interIinesdons on the rart cf the injured ,eIe- graph officer, some pretty harsh words were used. Be this as t may. the message proved too much for the wires, for u was reported. shortly after. that they had broken within ten miles from iIe office.
 The conflict Tor the present then ended bu, the offended parties are determined not to lei the matter rest thus.
 Leaned lawyers are engaged on both sides, and II is recommended thai the par ties employed in the telegraph offices al either en3 shall fos the present, destst frosn scratching os dotieg1 anyihine on thts sub lect till ihe s-uew code shall have defined more clearly what shall constitute libel, also that the words ssoT dcsied or scratched hv telegraph shaii be added to the worsls "speak,ng. writing. or prsRtine." so as to- embrace the new method of communicating by lightning
 Bn, the quarrel though silentl still con- tinues since the lines were repaired, albeit no mention is made of the first difficulty; for instance. last Friday as useal commercial communication was made: "Teli Messrs. Scott, k. & Co to purchase 430 bbls- new mess pork on account ol B. L. & Sonsr--to which was added by way of ?. S-.Y ou mean, dirty scamp"
 The answer was--s.B. l.. & Sons inform Messfs. Scoit. K. X Co. that Iheir osdeg for pork is executed SI5 pr. hbl.. due l6th inst --Have you eyer pald old Mrs---Eor that pig you stole from her lasi Sept, you seoun- d5el sp
 And the quarrel lby postscript on the wire continues between ihsSe two dolters scta.chers. No wonder the wires break 90 often Bnt f modern invention has gone little ahead Of old laws, we are consoled by the hope that lhe new code wlii reach the existing evil, and fl II be true that "a wink Is as good as a nod to blind borse." so may II be equally true under the new code1 that s-Scratch and dol'' shall be oa an equal footing with words spoken or prinied.'