The Arkansas banner., 1849-08-28
A Foreign Appointment.

We clip from the Natehez Miss.) Free Trader, the following description of foreign appointment, There are gentlemen iu this town wbo know the man and say nothing too bad has been or could be said of him. "Honesty, capacity, and 6delily," we were told, should be the prerequisite when the .Ss- cond Washington made an appointment And here, in this case, has he again perseveringy pu- sued bis determination 10 ialsify ev.ry word he uttered previously to his election How strange it IS, that among many honest Inen, Gen Taylor should feel disposed to 20 to the gaming tae sinks of wickedaess. to seek person 10 fill so high a station. Is Monsieur Hssds5erfs one of the ap- pointments, by whom he intends to exaI our char ae,er and reputation abroad, considering his own election barlesque upon the nation, does he wish to coa,nue the idea by making such Fedie ulous ap- pointments:
 SAamefai .4ppotRtmeBt.--We have on former cc c- easions alluded 10 some Of the individuals appointed by Gen. Taylor 10 important official ststions whose want oi qualifications and moral ehalActer rendeIe ed them so unpopular where they were khown as so disgust the whole community. Another one cl these shameful transactions has ast beea brought to tight which has inSalted and disgns,ed every intelligent in the StaIe who IS st all acquainted with the individual whom Gen Taylor has selected as worthy ot his confidence and the teeipieh; of his faycrs- We alluJe to James Heudsbeyi, as Consul 10 Lyons, city of the French Republic, with population of aboa txo hundred thousand. What On earth could have induced Gen. Taylor ia select such a vulgar specimen of humanity as HeadebeIt to act as our Consul at the refined city of Lyons. we cannot imagine. Surely he did aot kaoW the character oi the man who, t sent anywhere al ai should be sent io The peniIen,iasy as naisaDce and curse to so- eieiy.
 Some years ago Heodshert was . citizen of this csty, where he Kept aa eating kouse. With his ca fser sese We are hot acquainted but are informed ihai Il was cf snch character as to render him % odioas that the people refused to eat his ca, sonp rotten oysters. and dog saassges He was in con seqes%s eesnP~ied is remove his culinary utensils ana kitchen iatnisore 10 some other place Alter maeh iFoaole he succeeded in getting possession oi The Race Csayss ln Jefferson eounty. known as "HaneeriiH's LEAck i" where he kept doggesy and gambling honse. Mr. Hamhsfiu. who resides near the tfaek, soon keeame disgusteA with Hendebefts E eonaaet, sad one day told him he must keep de- eehi house or De would be compelled 10 tsrn him cat oi H Not being able :o ca1p!y with this very proper demand, hsadeberi removed his nefaslo.s implements os trade to Post Gibson. What kind cl an establishment he keFs in Port Gibson gre do 10, know, nor do ws know how tong he resided there ort we know he wss ordered to leave oa seeouat ol he vulgaIlies and insult to very respectable lady In fact. saeh was the nature of his offence that be barely escaped the penAsiss of Lynrh law. When we beard et him again, he had opened grocery snd gambling house Ia Jackson. With kis career tn