Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-11-04
VOLUME g-NO. &c. ,
SUBSCRIPTION FRICE s3 o.. {
Seven Langnh,Ees and 10 BrcaA.

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My name is Joseph Arrba and am q naiivo
Of Marscilis. My father manufactures Of
that town; but having been unsuccessful in his
affairs, he determined upon leaving his ultiyo land
lie went to Iripoh aud took me along with him.
" His trade succeeded and he lived comiortlbp.
Bat he married a Jewess, and my step mother H.
treated me soon after. had patience for so:n,
time, but finding could no longer remain und.r
the parental roof, | asked my fathers leave 10
quit 1t. Ny father consented. aud gave me 6OOf.
| repaired 10 Smyrna with letters Of rccommrnia-
ton, and as was acquainted with several tangu-
ugcs. bccamc an interpreter for merchant ships.
After some years. feeling dssirous TO visit nv
native land. returned TO Mlrscs, where ! con.
iInued my profession as Interpreter French En-
gIrsh, Spanish, German, Arabic, and Turkish
L1teIy, on my return from a long voyage 10 the
W est Indies, | conceived the project Of goinr 10
visit ono of my unclas, gnrdeaer nj the Fonlaiu
de Nlsmaa. there heard my uncle died eighteen
months before my arrival.
- had spent MI my money | was arrested and
detained in prison ten days; was then set free.
and was then returning TO MarsnriIs, when on nv
arrival al Iurauscon, entered the inn called the,
Bras'Jor; had five sous in my poalc,, and de-
mlndsd hrif bottle Of wine ami bed. Bo,n
wero granted me. Tno cold was excessive.
was dressed in summer clothes a pair Of cotton
trousers anl T. smock frock Of the same material
were both IN rags, AMI was witHoJ! shirt.
good Pnir of PraIaooHs IN grey cloth, and ircl-
ct 10 SUIT. Tho temptation was very strong. |
went 10 bed, bat the next day IN lieu my cotton
clothes, put on the grey clothes, which seemed
to have been made to fit Thus dressed a.
presented myself before the landlord, who re-
cognlzlug his own clothes, req rested me 10 tako
themolt directly AMI threatened me wiki the po ICE.
| made no resistance.
. resumed my old rags, and after having paid
my expenses, set of. Scarcely had gone snmo
stePs when police agent laid hold of me and tool;
me into custody. Behold mo now ut tho disposal
Of the tribunal. possessor of seven languages and
without morsci Of brcad."-La Ccascryalcu4.
ONE THovsANo WosD5 IN \ M.xUra-TAo
most extraordinary invention Of the age is h che.
mcal telegraph of Mr. Balm, nov in New York.
Wonderful 'as ore the present systems for trans.
miplnS Intelligence, this, upon an entirely new
plan, appeasS, according to 'h3 n. Y. Ecprcss, 10
excel Them all. The rapdIty Of communication
from one to an Utmost infinite nun1sr Of stations.
Is among the wonders Of this instrument Thus
intelligence may be prepared in EngInnI, or On
board Of a steamer, ready for the electrical ma.
chine, and the machine once started the news ics.
if possible, with more than the rapiily Of thought.
by this raPidity, wro is m tls to take IN,
place of many, and thus the expense will BE- great.
ly diminished.
The Copying Telegraph ira nsiniis a fac si1qile
Of the hnnd-wrting Of to party sending ID F., COM
mnncation. the advantage OF which must DO obyi-
Gus TO every one.
Another curiosity here is, that all lheso advan-
tages likewise to apply TO clocks, which wNl run
three years and upwards without cleaning, ana
without any attention 10 the source of electricity,
and the time is regularly Indicated tho year thro'
without winding or any ohor attention to the in,
strument.
NEGROES NOT CrTlzENs.--The Northern papers
are commenting on Cent decision IN Kentucky,
by which free negro ordered 20 be sold for
twelve months. for a violation of lhe law forbid
ing free negroes ia reside in the State. Wi.
ter from Louisville, in alluson TO the de cision,
says
"Judgo Bullock seeded that the free nccroas
were not CITIZENS Of any State in the Union, in
Inc sense the word ci=eH used in the cons,itu-
ion OF the u. States. His opinion was delivered
orally, and can only give you tho substance OF
1t. lie hello, the negro was only soiourucr in
'ne united States, aud had guarantees under
'he ecohs.itutIon; that he was not n party 10 tho
social compact, either ofthe State governments or
| Oh Tue government Of the UnioI States; that
any State might drive the free negroes from their
| midst; that they aliens and sranrors in a
strange land. The Judge was ubou, Two hours
IN delivering his opinion.
Before his opinion was delive red | -y,s or tho
opinion that citizen" as r,ecd ~ ,lo ccms,;,,,.
ton af tho United States. covered nil Chased on1
oC fran oa men wH' were born upon our soil.
o' Tree parents, and who we're NOT aliens. B,
seems ina. The p'sgro Jorn in the United States
rirh, oU' hern States have always claimed tho
w77,i;, regyate the residence of free negroes
;nhr Their jurisdiction, and NO considered it an
p Iren.s right, Of which they cannot be deprived
'cot 'i is not only in tho~sIaves States that this
r.shI has been claimed and xerciscd, as scveral
OF The free States have at different times, done tho
Same thing. lnoise has goue even n step further
and deprived her Legislature or all control over
Inc SUBJECT, by inserting provision in her consti-
tution that prohibits all free negroes from comnr
IN Oh selling in hiat State. We will venture II
prophecy that o;her free Suites will ere many
years follow the example.
i II the free negroes subject TO restrictions in
The slave States, which did formerly eNisl, thew
have only TO thank their abolition friends. who's,
proceedings have rendered il necessary that ,ba
southern States should ADOPT ;hesc m assures for
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