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The Arkansas banner., 1847-02-17
DEsrRucrIvE FlRE AT NoRroLK-j


 DEsTRUCTIvE FIRE AT NoRPoLK-Dis- stressing Loss of Life.-A fire occurred at Norfolk, on the 10th inst, winch was at- tended with most distressing loss of life It broke out in grocery store in Main street. and the wind blowing heavily from the South, communicated the flames to the op- posite buildings in the same street, two of which were destroyed, also two other build- ings in the same block in which the fire originated. The entire loss is estimated at S60,000, about one-third of which was covered by insurance. Of the accident which occurred after the fire, the Herald makes the following statement:
 Alter the engines had ceased playing on the smoking ruins, which it was thought they had effeciually ex,inguished, some boys venlured in among them and began searching about for ''findings," and in turning up the rubbish in the cellar of Robertson & Cor hicks store, volume of flame, caused by the ignition of vessel of camphine or spirits of turpentine, concealed beneath, suddenly burst up, covering two of the boys with the burning liquid, and they were instantly euyeloped ill flames They scrambled out and gained the street in this horrid plight Several hundred people were near, yet to afford them no relief was impossible, for each of the boys was literally pillar of firel One of the hapless youths instinctvely ran to the pump a, the head of marketsquaFe, 1 Ia distance of about thirty yards) where buckets of water were instantly thrown upon him and the fire extinguished; the other fell immediately on reaching the street, when inc fire was with difficulty extinguished by 1 throwing blankets around him-but, alas , too late. They were so dreadfully burned as to present an appearance too shocking to describe"
 One of the lads, a son of Mrs. Brown, died soon after, and the other, son of Mrs. Daniels, was not expected to survive.
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.;., (or coal. Such productions, ant energy
 ronld make the barren rock thrive.
 have visited the lar-lamed, apd much ,,lIed of. aIron Mountain, : and, behold, "the t.lf has not been told,n as 1t respects the ossl;,v and quantity. Dr. Linn once said, ,r,, there was enough ore loose upon the moun.ain, to employ ten thousand furnaces zen thousand years, and 1t does moi look improbable, when you can behold masses r;sIpe on the barren waste, and extending Tor m;les. that resemble @Athens in her ruins" I, ,. now under the control of Pratt, Zigler Go. They have erected, latteriy, . fur- nace. that is now in operation. ltis situated on q spur of the mountain, on the south side, sbou, half mile from the main body. The stack is built of huge stone in the most vorkmanIike and substantial manner--thirty fee, square al its base, and inclining twenty seven feet to the mouth, where they charged. Bu, what $ more remarkable about this establishment, is, the fiues that, conduct the expiring heat from the furnace, heats the boilers that propels the whole tnachiuery.-- Thus. by its economical construction, they ssye the expense of wood to heat and operate the engine--only in the instance ofstarting ii. The buildings are superior and durable. The blast is made by magnificent pair of cast iron cylinder bellows, driven by pom derous engine of hundred horse power, calculated to drive eight stacks as extensive as the one now in operation, which the company are now making preparations to erect They are making ten tons of the mest superior pig iron per day. This fuE- mace is after the fashion of the great man. moth furnace of Sweden, and the firm con- template putting up one every year, until they complete foar, which Will give ihifty-six stacks, and turn of three hundred and sixty ton of pig iron al the rates of the operation of their present stack. This is doing tall business, and in the course of few years, the "Great We@" will depend upon her her own rich mountains for this indispensa- ble article
 have, for some weeks, been cut of from all Information relating to our own home Arkansas. know nothing of the spirit pre- vaiiing in our land districL on account of John Miller's removal. know not man, in the whole district. that petitioned for Mill ler's removal; and know not, as yet. upon what grounds they operated; though we can safely say, that it was foul and unbecoming, tyranical and unjust The district is for him. They approved his appointment, and they feel themselves outraged--violently outraged in his removal. Such conduct Is not de- mocratic,-il is no, fair, and if Ashley was instrumental in theproject, regard it q stoop beneath his merits, and he is scarcely able to do justice to the popular mass of our people. Such conduct is not democratic, but Ashley cratic, and effected by underlings, menials, and such as fall down and worship man true Ashiey-crats. Time, [ trust. will de- velope the whole matter, and, 1t is to be ho- ped, right up the breach.
 Yours. OBSERVER.
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SHNDRlES.


 SENDRfES. E0 BBLS, Ohio superhne Flour; CO , do American Brandy; leask best winter Sperm Oil; % half boxes bunch RaisiDs; chest Imperial Tea; box double refined Loaf Sugar; box soit she'll Almonds; 4s cast Flows. with points extra, sub-soil Flow;
 dozen Garden Hoes; do transpianting TrOwels; do Garden Rakes; bundle nail rods 2,l, I. and ? inch hoop iron; .,E,3 ]. }, l. E, aHd lk inch round iron; s.s' T, Il, ls. !, and ? inch square iron; TOO lbs horse shoe iron; 10 pieces slab iron; l50 Diamoad. and other piow inoalds; 7j pieces assorted band iron; 5000 lbs assorted bar iron; bundles sprihg steele; 10 bags drop aad buck shot 1000 lbs castings; Received and for sale by VIM. B. WAIT. January i6, is47. iS--
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THB HsuRs OF PAUL JoxEs.-The pro. ceedings of the Senate of Thursday lasi, say. the Union of the 18th inst., were marked by an ac. of justice to the memory of one ol our revolutionary woHhies. which cannot but be very gratifying ;o his heirs. We al- Jude 10 report and bill for the relief of the heirs of Paul Jones, made by Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on naval affairs of that body. This favorite action on the part oi the naval committees of both branches ol Congress- similar bill having been repor- ted from the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives at the last ses- sion-must serve, we think, to dispel all doubt of the meritorious character of the claims themselves, and extort from the ma lignity of the enemies of Paul Jones the re- spect 10 which his services and sacrifices in our cause so truly entitled him.
 T1eIa
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Indian Battle.

We find Tn late number of the Cincin- natl Commercial, the following account of atrocities committed by the merciIess sava. ges on our Indian frontier, left almost de- ienceless, since the commencement of hos tlities with Mexico. It behooves the Gov ernmenl to take steps to arrest the progress ef the barbarous tribes in our vicinity, or there may be dreadful account to settle with them before long.
 Interesting from Aie Frontier- Threaten cd fndian Vars Terrible and Corardiy .Hassacrc. 4 letter from a gentleman al Council Bluf, dated on the l7th of Decem- Der, 10 his correspondent in St. Louis, states, lhat on the previous day, band of the omahas were met by band of the Sioux, n the neighborhood of the Bluffs. that a battle ensued between them. and that the Sioux killed sixty of the Omahas before the conflict terminated.
 The following particulars we find in let ter to the St. Louis Republicaa:
 II was cold-blooded bntchery of women and children, In the absence of all the war Iiors Of the village On the nights of the i2'h and l3sh, the letter states, war party oi fancion Sioux indians defeated and des- royed fourteen tribes of the Omaha tribe of Indians, located a, the time at Woods Bluffs, situated about sixty miles from this place oeitatiew. The men and warriors of the omahas had left the camp on hunt and 'ae ae Sioux, soon after they reached the camp, discovered that they only had women and children to contend with. The slaughter was serrlbie--seventy-,hree were killed, and nineteen morally wounded. Two men made their escape-one of them, name Jos. iaheche, trader in the employ of Mr Peter A, oarpy, and al the time in charge of stock of goods.
 lie ran from the scene of blood hare-footed aud arrived at Belleview with both feet fozen. Mir. Sharpy and Maj. Miller, the resent agent, despatched a party to ascer-
 Aia the facts, and they confirmed, on their 's'orn, the report of LaAeche. They also ,epor.ed that five of the Sioux Indians had Oeen killed, no doubt stabbed by the Omaha siaaws. Going twenty miles further than Ie ground of the massacre, they found the p'aee where the goods of the trader had 0sen divided among the robbers.
 seems. adds the letter, that fate is agains hs Omaha Indians Four or five days be. '0'e uils even. took place, one lodge, camp
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A DuEL.-We copy the following from the Louisville Journal of the 2lst inst:

A DUEL.-We copy the following from the Louisville Journal of the 2lst inst:
 A difficulty of some years standing. be- tween Dr. Marshall, (broiher of Thos. r. Marshall, rof Woodford county, and Mr. Ward, a lawyer, formerly of this State but now of Missouri, was settled yesterday in an orchard short distance below Utica, la, by the two gentlemen taking shot at each other, in which the doctor got the worst of 1t. Both, accompanied by their friends, came down from Frankfort on the Blue Wing on Tuesday and yesterday morn. ing they proceeded from here 10 the battle ground. The weapons selected were rifles. distance 75 paces. Al l2 o'clock M the fight came of. MT. W. having by lot the first shot, fired $: the word s'one," and his adversary at the word stwo"-the words being given almost simultaneously. The doctors shot missed. while his opponents took effect in the fieshy part of the thigh. On being shot Dr. Marshall turned round; MT. Ward walked up, and the doctor exten- ded his hand 10 him, which was accepted, and the combatants went up yesterday on the Blue Wing as friends, having come down on the same boat on the previous day as enemies The wound was not dangerous. We hear it stated that, just before firing, Mir. Ward handed his second note, in which he stated that he did not wish to kilhDr. NJ. but that he would hit him within an inch of where the ball actually took effect.
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ing at Cabanne's old trading house, was attacked 6y war party 0f Ayonas, eesH- manded by the we'll known chief White Cloud, ead four of the mer wounded and one woman killed.
 In the same number oi the Rcpn5lican we find the following:
 i've are in possession of smother letter from Fort Scott, dated on the 26th Decem- Der, describing the exposed condition of our Western frontier. We arc iold, in this let ter, es daily outrages by Indians, committed east snd-west of the State line. It is said that the Osages, returning from their Fall hunt, met the rumor that their agent had been robbed of part Of their annuity, and that the remainder had been taken, for their safety, and deposited in the bark at Spring field, distance of one hundred and fifty miles from the place of payment Tue Indians caused the agent to be arrested, by the aid of the civil law, sixiy-6ye miles cast of the State boundary line, and he was per- mitted to proceed only after several days detentIon. To secure his safe progress to Jefferson city, he was compelled to employ twenty armed men, in addition 10 the United States force with him,
 i've are in possession,' says the letter, Of information that the Sac and Osage Indians have recently held at Council in the Osage nation, the principal object of which was to unite their forces and influence, Io rob and plumber the whites, possibly under the im- pression that they could obtain aid from Mexico. The Government should look to it at once Fort Scott should be occupied by troops without delay, because its position makes il most available in quelling dist,lr- bances. should they break out in the north. the west, or the south.
 '|We hear, also that the principal men of the Creek nation are sending hostile letters 10 the Osages, demanding remuneration for losses which they have sustained from time to time. They also state that, if the valne of the property is not returned, they will ralley their forces and take it. Nothing but the presence of an adequate military force can keep in subjection the thousands of h. dians now on our frontier, placed there by treaty stipulations, and those stipulatons are violated in almost every particular.o
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Life is an enigma. We are here to-day all activity and hustle, and tomorrow we are gone. We die, but the world moves on as when we were actors on the stage. As we drop away, others take our place and we are scarcely missed. Thus, since the crea- lion; man breathes, moves aad dies. lf there were not solution to this enigma, beyond the confines of the grave, how dnll, meagre and unsatisfying would be the few hours we mss on earth.
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Furniture.

TTNHE undersigned would respectfully inform the \ citizens of Little Rock and vicinity, that he still carries on the CABINET and CHAIR making business ct his old stand on Markham Street. and is prepared to i'll orders at the shortest notice. LUMBER, PRODUCE, HIDES, BEESH.aX
 IND PELTRTEs taken in exchange for furniture al the highest mar ket price.
 Coffns made al all hours. Prices to correspond with the times.
 N. B. The undersigned having recently purehas- ed new and fashionable hearse. is prepared to at tend to buias, in the city country, the most reasonable terms. VIM. ZANZIBAR. Feb. IF, lsi7. 23-if.
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THE subscriber. agent for II. Alderman, will II continue the formers business at his old stand on Man, near Markham street, and keep constant ly on hand full and well assorted stock of Greece ries. Dry Goods, Boots. Shoes. Hardware, Castings, &e, &e all of which will be sold Iow for cash. The highest market prices aiI be paid for country Pro- dnce. as beef hides, peltries, beeswax, Sc.
 JOHN KRAUSE. Little Rock. Jan, 20 iSi7. Ig-5nl
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How the Taylor treated h,s Customer

The fierce .Ampuiia tore his clothes, In boldly scampering from his foes, And swore the Yankee Taylor should Be bonnd to make the tattefs good. Old Zach despatched flag 10 say He'd mend them all another day, Or if that didn't meet his view Would even dress him over anew. And well the Taylor kept his word, As all his customers have heard; For fl, half dress'd. at Paio Alt The chief ran of-was Zleh in fault
 He merely basted him that day,
 And setred hIm up at Monterey.
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Proposals a&hr XHshen1s s&amg the
 ReRatemeHafy.
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 Lirlis Rnek, AsRn., T1ROPOSALS ~iIf be Fseeissa. d this ofTies. tiIt E the hsst day sf Apsii usza, fss rs-hailAine tle Psnifruiiafy H9use e fhis ststs ss ke bHjlt e ef scar the site of he one recently destIoyeH by 6rs. A plan of the proposed baiAaihg win be exhibi- ted ai ihis osce ky ihe Iss Messk. eenss.aesed ia accordAnee win the aca cf the sd DsesnsRF, iDss entitled "AA act m provide fogse hailding the fsAi tensizry Of this Ssafe, !"
 Prnpasais, for rs bailline 10 auy oses portion oF the state, win also b. ccasideasd aad the eoungt awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The contractor will be repaired to exeeafs a boad, witk gooa security. 10 he sun of Ssa.0ao. for the faiskiui perfasIAanee of Ghe.unasssnkfng One fourth cf the money wia be paid n cast, ug s eqaivalenf. at the eiaas TeeAsafy. wheneves the Ecundafon is laid sBa the materials ready for tbe building. One fourth when the Arst story is com pfsfed and tiIe baiaAee apOu is completion of the work
 The contractor win be entitled ss ite use. and is expected t0 take immediate charge, of the State conyets. fos and during fhe tisse engaged in re- building; but wil be required to guard, feed, and clothe them. during such tisaes free from any ex- Pense 10 the State,
 A reasonable time. moi exeeehing two years. wffl be allowed for the final periof0Amce of he consTact and the whole of the maierals Of the old building consisting lofircn doors, bars and bolts, the old brick walls, and about l6o .00e dry hrek ready sos busnng with every thing periEining to she old peRi tentiaTy win he turned over tothe contractor gratis The building is to be Hot iess than I2o feet long. by So wide, ana at least two stories high. with sa eelIs 90 constructed in the centre of the building that an open passage. between the oatwArd walls and each tier ef cells in each story may be obseF- we'd. of at least ten feet
 Separate proposals. also. will ba received tos re- pairing and Fe6ttiRg the old Penieafary House, iu hea of the proposed new one. The third story ol the old wall to be taken down. and the first and se. cond stoFses ocred and vsftted according tothe ef ginal plan, with winding stairs, and substantial wooden roof.
 Bids for either. or both. shonld be marked "Pro- posals tor building the State Peniteaiiafy." and directed to the office Of the Secretary of State. Lit tie Rock. -frkansas.
 The privilege is reserved 10 reject any bad above the amount appropriated foF the purpose, which is ten thousand dollars in cash, it's equivalent in State Treasury warrants.
 THo'S S. DREW.
 Goe'r of .4rks. To be inserted six weeks, eonsecutiyeiy, in the Arkansas Banner, and State Gazette, Litiia Rock
 Tff0'S 5. DREW.
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Qnoth GafeY to Cammer. as snagly at cen
 By ths Efe-side she hasily kaitaea "Wbat ancient World g. wonder again will be seen
 When the Grea, Western Railways compieted'' GatIer chuckies and ruhs-his old digits ia gIee
 As her mysti6c aiien he hodes; But she answers him quickly: :" Iris easy to see It will be the Colossus of Roads''
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All men have their price, says Sir Robert Walpple. IL were to be wished devontly that they all had their value, And yet 1t is very certain that men hold themselves quite as frequently too cheap as too dear, To set a just value upon himself is the true import of the aphorism-1know thyself.n
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BARGAINS!

TINhE subscriber has received, and is now open \ ing, in the north room of Aldrich's corner. on Main street, well selected and
 General Assortment of Goods, of almost every description generally keptin Dry Goods House in this city, which he now offers for sale at small profit. For Cash OF Country Produce: |: aHd would invite his friends and the public gene rally io call and examine his GOODS and PRICES, before purchasing elsewhere.
 C.L. JEFFRIES Liiis Rock, Eco IT, lsl7. 2s-ti.
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Importers, Dealers and Jaabers af staple Al
 Fancy dry (sOoda

IEhpuENffsv Defl1FEN uk1u dUWWFf9 OI Sf0pIe aWd
 Fancy dry Goods. CWSJT T Moore E. Co, No 207 Pearl ss. west side, doors above Maiden Lane. Perkins, Brooks X White. No I26 Pearl st. Grant k Barton, (Goo,Is for Indians,) g William street.
 Jonas Conkling & Co, IJ0 Pearl st. Win NJ Lummis k Co, Isl Pearl st Tweedy, Moulton & Pfimpton, No s Broad st Doremns & Nixon. No 3s Nassau street opposite Post Office, Staple and House Furnishing Dry Goods.
 l. Bussing, III and II3 William st. Malcolm & Gaul, No lT5 Pearl s:. Rust. Dean k Wyles, li5 and IF William st Washington stores. Cedar.
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Cloths. casrinsr.. Ne.

Wilson C Hunt S Co, s4 william street, corner Maiden Lane, Importers and Jobhers in French. German. Belgian and English Cloths. Cassimeres, Vestings, and Goods adapted to mems wear; also, Dealers in American Cloths. Cassimeres, and Pan- kinds.
 FS Winston $ Co. 70 Cedar st, importers and Jobbers of English. French and German Cloths, Cassimeres. vestings. and Goods adapted to mems wear. Tailors' triinmingsi in great variety.
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Ind whereas the ahoye described several tracts ef land are now held by me. the said William H. Wood, by deeds of conveyance duly executed by Hezekiah Dews, successor to the said collector, Hugh W. Ashley. Sheriff of Washita county afore- said. pursuant to- and under authority vested m him by the laws of the State of Arkansas.
 No Aerefors, aoiice hereby girfn to all persons who may be concerned. or who can set up any right itle or claim to any of the above described lands purchased, aforesaid, in consequence of any in- tci mality. any irregularity or egsiity cannec- ted with such sale, for any defect what socver that in conformity to the act Of the General Assembly of the State of afkaasas, in relation to Tax Titles. approved the srd day of November. 9 D. lS3s, sonstitatng chapie. l49 of the Revised Statutes, 1, the said Wiiiam H Wood, will apply in person. or by my regular constituted attorney. 10 the frat Circuit Court which may be held in and for said county of Washita tin which said lands are situatedl six months after the publication of this notice, the law direes {at the frs. term of the Circuit Court. aforesaid thereafter ss fixed by isw for the confirmation of said sale o9 sales; and all peFsons Interested hereby cited and anoRisaed to show cause. if any they ean at said term of ssid Circuit Court. why said sale or sales sc made, as aforesaid. should not be confirmed according to law
 WILLIAM H. WOOD.
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DI. <. W. WnIna

49f DJ CNtE11 s9s s3Tk.1 HAVING permanently locsted himself at LliiIs u Rock. wiEl devote hia gaiife attsntioa t1 lh6 tractiee of the varidns branches 6f his pfefswiea He may alwsys be found eitheF at hiA alses iK
 CiJI. ASfELEY'S BRICK ROW, of at the ..AxTHosy HorsE. v No. Q, up staISss over DR Donoss DYvg Si0Te.
 Little Rock, Feb. 10, tsAf. 41~G
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IMPORTERS AND wEoLHsALE
 DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS. DYESTUEFS CHEMICALS

Hayiland. Reese k Co., so Maiden Lane.
 Boyd X Pani, No Liberty street, near Maiden Lane.
 Haskell k Merrick, No 10 Gold street, Give doors from Maiden Lane.) Also agents for several manufacturers of Chemicals, Heanon's JUjube Paste, etc.
 Hoadley, Phelps X Co, Importers and Wholesale Dealers II Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals. Dye Stulfs, Paints and Oils, li2 Water st.
 olcott, Mckesson X Go, l27 Maiden Lane, New York.
 Lawrence Sl keesc, l2I Maiden Lane.
 II II Scheielin X Co, Iol and l06 John st. Wm Barger, % and j2 Cortlandt st.
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SUNnREksS. TE BBLS. Ohio Saper6nf Flour; C : do. Backwhsss Flour; 2 do. Peach Brandy; do. Old Monongaheis Whisksyi do Saerains; S90 lbs. Ganvassed Hams; 2a boxes Star Candles % kegs No. l White Lead; 10 do Pare do. do. 6 boxes No. Soap.
 Sasdfery. Mems half Spanish Saddlrss Mens' American !. Ladies' Bride filings, Mafiingsiss. Ccsiafs, Names 6sd- die -bsgs. Snrsingies. Surrup.sfrsps.
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