Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-22
VARIETIES.

NJ Luvini, of Turin, states that b., ri-.;n,
colo-ed glass between the eye and the eye-plec
of telescope, the effect of fog in obscurlng ob
jecn IS very much diminished.
! Iy new law on sporting in Prussia, no one i
to lave the right of shooting unless possessed o
SOC acres of ground.
! i is calculated that since 1900 more than 20,
00) human beings have been killed in the Goa
mles of Gre,t Britain.
| Late Englisa papers state that American go,
hs been refussd at the bank of England, on th
eound of the lvariableness of the alloy, and ha
be assayed, cast into bars, and stamped, befor
/ is taken as SECURITY.
Z" | meant to hive told you of that hole," said ,
man to his freni who stumbled into pit full O
water.
8 No matter row," said the other, blowing th,
mud out of his Mouth, Sc have found it.''
o. The Philal aleIphia Bible Society has issued
during the past ear, 10000 Bibles, and 10 ,33t
New Testaments The total number of issues
since the organization of the Society, 1854
Bibles, &c, ,242 Nev Tes:an1en,s.
France, with a, army of 100000 men, ha
600 lieutenants, Whilst England, with little NOR
than 100000, has 2,353.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnett, a lady of Cheste
county, (Pa..) receity died at GuthrieviIle, il
that State, at the advanced age of one hundret
and eleven years. She retained her mental fac
uIties 10 the last.
" Gov JohnstoA of Missouri, during the las
year, has pardoned OFT OF the State and Count,
prisons, among otherslno less than three perpetra
tors of rape, three oHarson, five of murder an
mansaugnter, six of hrglary, and three of riot
all the highest offences which can be commilte
against scie,y.
Great Wing Results John NJ Bolts is ou
with letter in which hsbears hard on the Wash
ingron cibal. He comhains that the ulmos
suPerhunnn efforts of thswhig party for the las
twenty y,ars" have resulted simply in the - dis
pensallon of patronage 10 the hungry aspirant
! for Office"
New brk.-The value If real estate, returned
by assessrs of the city oflNew York, is Sl97
76l ,9l9, and of t,.e persaal estate S5S, S,455
| I74,4S.
Den,ocIafic Majority in Mo York, appears
by the Official vote of tho tribune that the ma
ioyifies or thedemocratic ondidates elected ca
nal commissioner, inspector IF prisons. Judge ap
peaIs, AMI attorrry general, aceed by 1915 vote:
the moorities oi the whig candidates who are
chosen comptrollr, secretarj of state, treasurer
and state engineer
California Goia-We learn from the Philade
phia PENNSYLVANIA that h,se million seren hun
tired and thirty tAusand dOlIars of California
gold had been received al theU. S. Mint, in tha
city, up to Saturday week.
Ludicrous Mstake-A clergyman in paris
church one hundred rliic, from Poole, Ing
: land, having put a notice Inl, inc c'erh h"i'o
s,o,ino thai the services woua in future be morn
; ing and evening, and nornlni and afternoon di
q ,ernofeIg. honest Roger mproed upon it, and sal
h ,bot the service wout be to ''W eternity -
o az A son Of the Baron Rolschild, of Naples
u is about to be married to a piece OF SoIomo
!. Rothschild, of Nicma. They have mind
r. keep the money a the family.
'e Destruction ofEiephauts.-'he value Of ii
d annual consumplin Of ivory IN Sheiiirld IS aoo'
C. e3O. 600. and abot five hundredpersons are en-
ie ploved IN working il up for trade The numo I'm
of tusks to make p the weight cosumcd IN one
field about one hudrcd and eightyons) is 4o'oo
e, According TO this,he number of lephants kI
OF every wear is % 30; but supPoSpg that sos
ne ,usks are cast, ands some animals &c, IL may
as f;rIv estimated tht Is 500 kiild for tho Pu
l,-
a pose.
nd HON popuIar hshas GrOwn.--Ie election
Ill this State being DER, the Advertise now da
in 10 sneak ravorabypf General Taylo. Hear
ted at nav be confidently stated that I' PRESIDE
is- a, leost since the avs of Washingta, has e'
crown moro steadil, and rapidly in thsatect'o
rec 9ood will and respets of ali classes OF rs count
n men. than has Present Taylor"
90 Every election TIT has been held sln,e Gene
yed Tnvlor took possession Of the White House,
ms resulted in favor OF emocracy. Deho'u '''
ped riesi
= Tennessee that wnt for Taylor by thousir
an. has elected democatic governor by large
"'9 jorlty. .b d.,ocr,,s bv I
or Indiana has gont for the democra'S W
'nI , sands. ..t;,u
'uiu Iowa has not left grease spot VI ""s'
her in her borders. .
sed, North Carolina ha frightened the oioNeP
my ;se partv awfully.
was 10 tnn.r,icu, has tec,ed three democratic
as Sor,en leaving opv one for the Taylor sit
II rhe, the House. 1o,o
we'd! Virginia has sent anost unanimous u0"'O