Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-03
VOLUME 7-NO. so. 2
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From The Nashville Banner.

become enumored Of The sister of another nnrned
Henry A. Rice, the parties all occupying one
house,. She having repulsed bis advances he had q
been heard TO threaten her life in the event Of her
persisting in her determination. Yesterday hav.
ing packed Up his clothes, with the avowed inteb.
tion Of going down the river. he suddenly made
the attack upon her in the presence Of her BROTHER
with knife. The latter rushed to the rescue with
Q knife also, and received from the desperate n
stab through the hand. but in the scufile, nfter
sundry passes had been made, Willis had his knife
knocked from his hand, and then fell, having re- -
ceved thirteen wounds from his anita gonist, al
most any of which would have proved fatal. The
scene Of the fight presented most shocking ap-
pearance. Rice Immediately afterwards came up
TO town, gave himself up, was tried before Justices
Forrs, McEwen, and Raworth, and acquitted
We understand that jury of inques, brought ina
verdictof jus,ifable homicide. The parties, we
learn, were all recently from Kentucky.
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instant'e notice.-BosiCn Erening Journal. -
The Great Wall of China.-I pass ed the famous
wall which divides China from Tartary and we'll
deserves to be considered wonder of the. world
The Chinese say that il is more than ten thousand
lee IN length, which is equal 10 more than three
fhrp. n,l l,,. L .
does not exceed fifteen hundred. lis course is
not always even, sometimes descending into deep
valleys, at others rising the top of lofty moun-,
tains. It's height constantly varies being much
greater IN The situations, especially in the Valleys
whilst, in places il does not rise higher than
fifteen feet In some parrs this wall is built en-
tire!y of stone in others of stone and brick mixed;
ana such Is as breadth, that carriages can drive
along the top with ease. | was informed, that tho
interior of the wall was filled up with earth, and
that II was built TO that breadth not only for con.
venence IN time OF war, but also 10 facilitate
The transport OF materials when il was building,
as 1t would otherwise have been impossible to
carry II over steep and precipitous spois.y Il
would, IN fact, have been beneath the advanced
civilization of the Chinese 10 build national bar
rler. passing over rocks, rtrines and mount aims
without providing passage for horse and foot
soldiers Upon examining this work. was
greatly astonished to find that, although it was
ouIlt more than eighteen hundred years ego, it is
sliIl SO perfect that IL does not appear 10 have
been finished above century. II is decu we'd onIy
in few places. and these dia pida ,ions, the Tar.
tors, who are now in possession of China. do no,
trouble themselves to repair They only pre-.
serve and defend the gates through which there
is much traffic. Under the native, Chinese gov
ernment, one million OF soldiers were employed
TO guard and ga rrison this ma rvelons work.
Father Ripa's Residence al The Court of Peking.
The famous Lahore d;ar,ond. said to be the
largest in the world, has been seized on by the
English forces and is 10 be transmitted 10 England,
as an appendage 10 The British crown. The pre-,
text offered for the seizure Of this magnificent
diamond is an act OF lreochery which it is alleged
tho sovereign of Lahore has committed against
the English Government. i5ig iGsa. .. '7ua1 ta
When scme of the officers belonging TO our
army in Mexico pun6ered Santa Annas private
apartment and stole his saddle canes. cpauie,tes
swords, and indeed everything excepting his wfe's
pet,icoa that they could lay their hands on some
of the English editors denounced their conduct as
perfectly atrocious. at IS very true that some
conduct vas neither r:lore Eor less than robbery,
and II IS also true that the seizure Of the Lahore
diamond is an act Of robbery. We hope that the
same men who denounced the ihievery committed.
by The 4 American officers in Mexico will also de-
nounce the conduct of the English oflicersin India.
4Tk. Gd-eitc.
ColoreG Men in PaTis.-Robert Walsh, in one.
of his letters TO Ltte's Living Age. writes Our
French porogrnphists are no, particularly struck
with the capacity of the negro race to maintain
republican institutions, as it is exemplifed in the
monopoly of the products Of the soil, and of nIt
traffic., Internal and external, by the government
of Hayt The black mun-the true ebony-in5
tho delegation of the Antilles, who sits in the Gen.
Ire of the Montagnard in .he Assembly, wus tho
servant Of white general resident in the capital
An intimate acquaintance of the mnster told me,
a few days ago. that The representative had not "A
resigned his domestic post, whether from PERSONAL
attachment or prudential motives, he would de-
serve credit for either. A gentleman of New Or
leans, on vls to Paris relates 10 me that about
a fortnight since, while seated in side box of the
first tiers Of the grand opera, he distinguished CO.
lored family in one Immediately opposite BY his
opera glass he discovered that the head of it, whom
he recognized. dist inguished him. and was about,
to come round TO him by the lobby. A feeling ma
tural to a Southern American induced him to pre.
fer that the interview should not be in tho box
which he occupied. He met tho visitor in the
lobby; the latter grasped his hand. and reminded
him fhaf he had heen his ta,lo. N, H..