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The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Important Veydiet. readets doubtless I

Important Veraiet.-Our readefs doubtless re- member that while the Rev. Alexander Campbell, President of Bethany (Va) College, was on toar through Scotland. in ls4I, he was arrested and i'm prisoned in Edubargh, through the agency of the Rev. James Robinson. for having while discouTsing the bject of slavery uttered sentiments obnox ious 10 that gentleman The affair produced con siderable agitation in this country and in parts of Earope at the time Of it's occurrence. After Mir. cs release and return to this country, of his friends in Scotland instituted suit against Mir. k , upon the charge of malignant prosecution and false imprisonment of Air. Campbell. This suit has gently terminated. aud resulted iu decree in favor of Mr. C. for E2 u0e tequai to sle,0oeI aud costs
 Lou. Cour.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

AcAoEMr AT TULIr.-The enterprising citizens of Dallas county. in the neighbOrhood of Tulip, have nearly completed neat academy capable of accommodating about thirty pupils. They have also secured the services of competent teacher to take charge of the institution We learn that it is their intention to furnish 1t with compl set of cemi cal, philosophical and astronomical apparatus. and also good library. They will probably apply to the mex, legislature for a charter for college at that point. It is in every respect eligible. We wish them success.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
The slave Trade

IL has recently been very generally stated that the slave trade, % far from being extFpsed, IS now as fouIishing as ever, and the pretended efforts of Great Britain 10 repress are merely cloak to con eeal the method by which she supplies her colonies with slaves in fact if not in name. The following remarks and statistics, which we extract from the Boston Post, throw much light on this interesting subject:
 That infamous traffic, the slave trade, is more profitable and more hourishing than ever. For years Great Britain has pretended io efforts to check it. but under the cloak of benevoienee she was aiming at maratime supremacy. This was the ob- feet of the qaintuple treaty, which Lewis Cass so successfully broke up. and ffo,n that hour to this she has hopes of getting recognized the night of search An the while Ieal phitsnthropis,s stated this slave traffic truly. and described it's remedy correctly and British authorities sdmi, that the little colony Of Liberia has tone to suppress. the traffic than all the squsdrons of Rrtasn. Il IS pletey abolished along its coasts. From this fact the policy was recommended ot colonization. Bat cojonizaiion would atfori pfetence for quiniuple treaties and Great Bntan persisted m rejecting Il. Now it IS demonstrated that her cruisers instead nt sappTessing the tE66e, tend to make t more profit able Let lAssAo0doa Times state the case of Great Britain;
 '. Our ploekading squadron has done literally nothing towards its proeSSed object So far irotn it's having suppressed the traffic. oT promised to sup press it. it was concluded by the committee of in- oniry that, although tine squadron was in the very highest state of efficiency and discipline, the trade was now conducted with amount ot ofganza- ton and with degree of confidence in the success of it's adventures such have never before been opposed 10 the efforts oG the nations engaged in sup pressing it.
 To s0bsantiate this are reports made to the Brit. ish Government. These present the following re-
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Mnsnniin Rite.

The claim which Great BritaiB sets up to DOT ton of the State Of Nicaragua, iDcGeing the terri tory over which the Atlantic and Paelhe csaai wil be constructed might have hardened to a solid con- sstency by lapse of iDe, and the assent implied or express, Of the power 10 whom the land claimed rghtially belongs. Bat the claim is just now quite too weak and teLder to withstand any Tesolute as- sant upon II.
 England claims the territory by virtue of ees- sion trom a certain royal parsonage. who has been dubbed & the Mosquito King" This "king p aa lndian whose tribe had run n debt to some Jamaica merchants and who gave them some kind of hen upon the lands which they claimed 10 own. The Indians bear to tbe regular government where the
 lands lay, about the saue relation ihsl the Wlnne- bagoes bear 10 tue government of the uDiled oatss' The British government assumed the debts due hese Jamaica traders and being the creditor oi these Indians sent an armed force to their territory, and not only took possession Of the Doftgaged lands, but after a ltttle diplomatic hoeus- pocus with hIs @ mosquito majesty" set up claim 10 nghts o' sovereignty over it! This eiasm II attempted 10 make good by negotiations with Nicaragua b's the authorities of Nicaragua had 10 knowledge ot his mosquito majesty; and repelled the advances o the British agent.
 " The couStry claimed by the British over which they had preteoee 10 exercise jurisdiction lh oeoAn of tbe Indian chief, extends ifon the mouth oi Ihs liver San Juan to the Mschaea Faiis, about SKY miles up that stream toward Lake Nicaragua, and along the coast between three and our hundied miles Dorthward As to the extent inland. it Pio' bab!y as far as Guatemala viii permit them ie go, or rather we migat say, as far ss they choose 10
 The case is apparently gross asafPatlen. ne pIoceedings of Gsest Brisin are too in dshanee ei ihat rale of public law, by which oaf government has declared its resolution to prevent any new se" agisitons of sovereignty on this continent by kufo- bean powers. The English claim will not ee a',, lowed. The Amerieso parties who have eonifac'ed with the government of Nicaragua, Tor the eSa- st,nc,iou of canal across the istkmus, will bs naiD,aiaed in their gkts by inc government of the United States. At least nothing shoI. of this can be expected ffcu any spirited and patriotic admins lfation of our government And, wish Gen 1af- Tor al the head Of it. sseh may be presumed 10 be 'ee character oI the present adminissTaton L0'' Organ.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

WoRD IN ExTESUATIoN.-The Rev Mr. NEELY, of Alabama, whose character has suffered some from having been taken from house of i.fame, and the report of whose proceedings we published last week, comes out In defence before the investiga- ting committee. and, with great humbIeuess of spirit, acknowledges that he seeking. in inc lowest haupts of infamy, intelligence which woald enable him to make such places more detestabe in the eyes of his congregation. His defence may be found on the first page.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

STEAMBOAT BURNT r.--The "SaIlie Anderson, '' lying at the lower landing was di-covered yester- day morning to be fire. and before sufficient aid could be afforded burnt to the waters edge and sunk We understand that Messrs. Waring and Lodwick, were the principal sufferers. The fire occurred on the upper deck, and was accidental.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
' To s1bstantiate this are reports made to the Brit
 ish Guyernment. These present the following re.

Nor IS this alt. A remarkable letter on this trade appeared in the Times of August 1. pointing out most torcihIy the fatiiiiy of the British cruisers One reason for keeping up the squadron is 10 pro- feet the legitimate trade Of Western Africa. This writer states that the whole export and import trade oi Sierra Leone, the principal British settlement of Western Africa, did not amount in ls47 10 El00,- 000, and that there only six merchants n Free town two of whom are since dead, and one IS d bankrupt. Nor is this all. The writer states facts he has seen, and here are few iacis that bear on the beneyolence oi the British Government:
 "I have witnessed the abuses of the liberated African department in Sierra Leone. The native African the slaves whom have pfofessed to set free, confined in a yard, surrounded by wall twenty feet high, and at length draughted into a vessel for another land. He deems hl@ country verted into nursery 10 supply the West Indies with slaves in another iorn and in many instances obJecis 10 go to a lana which requires compuision 10 induce men 10 visit it."
 This IS just what has always been charged upon Great Britain. It only has abolished slavery ia one form 10 establish il la another.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

Appropriate EPiiapA-A lady who had died of cholera in Sandusky city was laid out by her friends and found the night following standing by the cupboard eating cucumber pickles; whereupon the Louisville News says:
 They left her Ca laying" in white,
 Prepared for the graves quiet slumbers; But they found her the very same night
 A iayia' ja pckled cueambers.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
.,,.r from A I.ndr rn Routn for cnlifornin.

Letter from a Lady Fla Route for California.
 Gen. E. N. Conway has politely permitted us to make the following extract from letter received from Miss Mary L. Conway who started with her father, Dr. John R. Conway, for the gold country, There are many here who will be happy to learn that she stands the trip braveiy, and is still spark ling and bright through all the dangers and Priva- tions of such journey
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Death of the Rev. Cyrus w. Wilson.

The melancholy task devolves upon us of an- nOuncing the dscease of this gentleman. on Satuf- day last after weeks serveFe illness. Mir WM- SON was an upright and PiOus member of the Cum tersnd Presbyterian Church, and enjoyed in an extreme degree helove and confidence of his friends His short career In politics may be called success ful one. as he was elected State Senator, which of
 fec he vacated to accept tho appointment by the President of Receiver for the Land Office, and Sub Treasurer al this place, which appointment he held at the time of his death. He was buried on San. day morning last by the Masonic fraternity.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Electro pr:nting-The Scientific American gives

Electro Pr;nting.-The Scientific American gives the following directions for electro pruting:-
 The principle of this process consists in the pro- ducon of an eleciroype copper cast of the draw ing itself The drawing is 10 be made a perfect Iy smooth unburnished metal plate the size of the drawing; German silver Is wei adapted 10 the pnr- pose This plate is not injured by the process and eau be used repeatedly The pigment employed is thus lormcd:--'rwo parts of iallow and one of wax are 10 be well mixed together in melted state, and blackened with the finest lamp black; a small DOT ton of this mass must then be rubbed down with turpentne, by the aid Oi palette knfe to the con sistency of oil-paint. With this paint drawing is to be made, with m ordinary paint brush, on the German silver plate. The paint flows readily from the brush, and forms raised iouches on the smooth plate; tine touches intended in the print the darkest being raised the highest.
 Various methods of working will suggest them- selves to artists. leather pad is very useful for producing broad flat uGts; aud geod effects may also be obtained by using leather stamp. Even the plette knife may occasionally lend its aid. The artist judge of the effect of the print irom tbe color of the drawing; the tints of the one cores bonding very closely with the tints of the other. The highest lights obtained either by leaving the German silver plate bare by wiping out DOT. tions of this paint. When the drawing is finished the finest French bronze powder the same as that used for printing gold ettefs) must be freely dust ed over it's surface with large and soft eamei's hair brush, care being afterwards taken to brush away all the bronze which does not adhere 10 the drawing. 4 drawing with metallic surface is thus obtained, on which an electrotype copper plate, a perfect cast of the original drawing and of sufficient thickness to bear the pressure of printing may be readily deposited. The eiectrotype plate, when taken of the drawing, must be carefay washed with turpentine to remove any bronze paint which may adhere to it the edges must be cut square, and the back of the plate fled smooth-and it Is then ready fer the printer.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

fl Golden Regioa.-A correspondent of the New ark advertiser, writing from Minnesota, says:"W you reach the Mississippi, you take leave of bank notes and cent currency. Nothing but gold and silver is here used HaIf-dimes and six-pences are of equal value, as well as dimes and shiiings, Red cents utterly despised, The sooner al ihe East come 10 this standard the better. A conceB- tfation of greater oensveness than of the small notes which has been circulating among pockets and hands innumeTabie do not know.''
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

gJ' The Empire arrived at New York from Cali fornis, with six hundred thousand dollars ih gold A riot occurred at San Francisco between Ameri- cans and Chillisns, which produced great excite ment among the Americans. Al Feather river rich deposites of gold have been discovered. The steamer California had arrived at Panama with one hundred thousand dollars in gold.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

AN ESeLrsHxAs's OPINION or AMERICA. Macksy. in his recent wo,k on this country. says, .' that America is the only power on earth that Great Britain has to dread" It is not the political military power of the United States. that the British government has 10 dread. according to Mt Mscksy, but the silent and unosentstious opera ton of nature and the progressive achievements Of art on the continent of America"
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

p The light-fngered gentry wear, says Lon don paper. short coats, with pockets outside. In crowd their hands always, to prevent suspicion, in their pockets, which, however, have large hole ia the bottom. Through which aperture they man. age 10 push their hands, and in many cases anper- ceived and undetec,et. eonirye to make free with the contents of the poeke,s oiihoss whom they have been standing near
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Youthful c,,,aiaai The grand iurv of Nelson

4 Youthfal ctiaaat The grand jury of Nelson county have found true bill of murder in the first degree against k. L. WiekliHe, and his bfothef, Nathaniel Wcklife. for killing w. ?. Gray Nathaniel Wickiiae is youth. no, fifteen or shot, loaded the gun, &c., for his brother, He B now sick in shelby seanty al a relatives, bat Hon c. A Wiekiffs slated 10 the court that he would be brought home in a lew days and deiiYerd up to the prouer authorities L0aArtIfe CeaytsF, ia.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Oy- The health of Little Rock continues good.

THE LITTLE Rock CALIsoRSIANs.-Weh have been kindly furnished with several letters dated from the 18th to the 25th July. received by the last mail. by friends of tie party. but owing to the late hour at which they were handed in, we are compelled to lay them over until next week. We have published in another column letter rom Miss MARY CONWAY, which will be found to contain mos, of the nforma- ton we have in other letters.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

No ELEcrIoS:-In Massachusetts the special cleo lion for Congressman in the fourth Congressional district has resulted, as heretofore in no choice Pairey (freesoil) has apiura,y, but the democratic and whig votes together exceed that given to him.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

eJ-Tks annexed lines are beautiful tribute to one whose IOvelineas anu gentle virtues arc tFea- sured as bright remembrances by the earlier eiti- zens Of Arksnsas, None knew her who will not readily appreciate their truth, and call back recOl- IeetOns of her Winning amiabIIi,y and surpussing kindness of heart. She has long since passed from among us, but to become the tenant of happier aud brighter sphere. These lines were ound among the private papers of Col. A. II. SEVER, and all who remember hh generous, but impaIsve charac- ter brave. forgiviug faithful to every appeal of a fection, eau tell how his heart must have swelled and his tears have fallen over these simple lines. SELECTED IN MEMORY OF Mas. JuIIA A, coSsoRr OF
 THE HoS. A. H. SEWER. know thou hast gone to the home of thy rest,
 Then why should my soul be sadl know thou hast gone where the weary bles'd
 And the mourner looks up and Is glad; Where love has put off in the land of its birth,
 The strains it had gathered in this, And hope, esweet singer that gIaddened the earth
 Lies asleep ou the bosom of bliss. know thou has gone where thy forehead is starred
 With the beauty that dwslt in thy soul; Where the ght of thy loveliness cauuOt be marred,
 Nor thy heart ilung back from its goal; know thou has drunk of the Lethe that flows,
 Through land where they do not forget, That sheis over memory only repose,
 And takes from il only regret.
 In thy far-away dwelling, wherever |, be,
 know it hath visions of mine;
 nd the love that made all things a music to me,
 have not yet learned to resign.
 In the hush Of the night. in the waste of tho sea- Or alone with the breeze on the hill, have presence that whispers of thee, And my spirit lies down and is still Mine eye must be dark, that so long hath been dim, Ere again it may gaze upon thine. | In many q token and sign. | 1 never look up with VOW 10 the sky, But light like thy beauty, is there; | And hear low mu-mur like thine in reply, | When I pour out my spirit in prayer. l And though, like mourner that sits by tomb, | am wrapped in mantle of care; Yet the grief of my bosom, oh! call 1t not gloom, ! Is not the black grief of dlspair. | By sorrow revealed the stars are by night, | Far off bright vision appears; 1 Ind hope, like the rainbow, creature of light, ! Is born. like the rainbow, From tears.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

Signs of Cipilisation.--A Mir seofield, in his let ter from California writes that he was absent from camp four days, and though he intended to go where one had been before, yet all along he found marks of eisliration," such pieces of esrds and brandy bottles.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

Iy itlie fellow, seeing his father preserve fruit ln apirits. ssid, sPa. is that tho reason why you have liqssr your head % often. because you want te preserve yOar wits
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

IT Young ladies ough, hot to sand the ietse's 'uey send 10 theT oyers as the sand Is srt to get beweeo the dear fellows teeth as they kisa the sPls''s-
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

Too Kiad--Aa old servant, drinking to me health of his young mistress, who vas 1hsa oAy made bride, Eaid--"I wish her maBy happy re- turas of the day.''
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

IyWhen did Adam first use walking stick Answer When Eve presented him wilh i'tt1e Cdia.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

THK RGvER-The river continues low and fall ing, with about three feet water in the channel
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

ARRvAL-Mr. Bancroft late American Minister to England, arrived with his family on the l2th inst, in the Europa.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25
Cotton crop and Cotton Lands of Arkansa

Cotton Crop and Cotton Lands of Arkansas.
 From all we can learn the produce this year will be very materially diminished. The destructive overfOws, especially on Red River, the continued floods of rain every where and the nrode of the worm, mast necessarily bring the crop very much below what the additional labor and land de- voted 10 its culture would otherwise have yielded. We may congratulate the planter, however, upon the fact that the price is likely to compensate for the short crop and that the present state of things pro misses 10 augment it. The latest advices from Llv- erpool show gradual and healthy rise, based upon the operations of manufacturers and the actual de- mand, while thousands of capitalists upon the tinent In its present revoutonized state find investment profitable or so safe in the cotton manu factories of Great Britain and this country.
 We have taken some trouble to ascertain the pro- babIe former yield of cotton annually in Arkansas, and from buyers, shippers, and others, have gather ed the Following information. which believe to be true. That there has been shipped
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

g3- Howard died at ST. Louis of the shot wounds inflicted by Lansdowne; eoroner's inquest, verdict wilful murder.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

.8n Old Miner in Caiifornia.--The following ex- tract froma private letter has been given for publ cation to the New York Tribune. The writer has long been faaar with gold digging in the mines of Virginia, and his opinions of California cordingy entitled to greater consideration than those of a green hand
The Arkansas banner., 1849-02-06
The sale Of n;,a.

Inc i4sa.o selling cub7 hss essis-s slse ise ct tia.v irss.9 srssitea ss sas3sls 9s. s#5silE k from tse g9fesaa.eat ofgaa 1se Gsreta.
 h soas ef tAs New York a7rers t fs z.1tga t.st HF~1eia'i5u has been o.e1sa at Haaris, be- tr@sH zte Ial.s.. leveraras rI aal trs Amarican 'air5-se~ '4s ot--t of ,Ti-. s sai. lg d, tHe c.- s.s., dj pain l5iaa tui.d states, Qt the IJau1 el Gaaf, t5r .=.fFa,a sHEi of money. l He rlN .e- lions o- ise Aev 1r. editors, h1Resr-. have been taH=a- iutefFe i-o-I9a ptpSts. stafoas4 snr|t eu 1.sarI a-aGaH-2leat sf4It5 sa.s.ss tdy coa.r1air, ifse'I ae Gr#-n iJ uea-ssarr. s5F te su-poze of -lra-tEslac tH- '"ei-as of those aao areoteJ and prea--ata- f, ta declare, blas a,ir au.hortzed, t.at 5 s4aso.0te.g w.lloat .ae sha4s~ of fUan- 12.ieu-'
 Ihe Hv4tta, anothsr ATslrid plpsr. which As,- t5o rf ugeeHaects. UJ,n jAo euYefduent, k tls uast 'r.eA;ia.l ll the c31pl5v has tAe.e sl! no-. ,i-ai..-. uf rslaaI ss thereon.
 ct 5cca-45de ta ,le American ra9egg, tbess ue,o- t8iiags Atse a-en iLyorahiv received by lAa ~3to- j7l government, sni are On The point 3t being cog c.Ha-a, spain ric wing tie ,sgia of l5A.jaa, ea Iu2 reputation which t5s Anglo AGeF.cta' prints caoy for p- ssltiHz thes strange a,ories, sud to- ves-iag t1ep by I1Etri58s details p{,I the 9prasF- aUee of truth. woai3 esprass wita acoatral.t'iga br as. olsfe rufno-s ss-s'y @ the IsaR4 ot Cuhr. 5Gt. as ;i-y seem Co have m4J. c-rla inpfes don oa for. -1 F4.@rs v" deem # aur tstv t5 aec.lfs tatt ttFv srs tct4tiy false. NJ one 4as submi.t,l 90 iae >psni-7 government inc rjliaUloas proposi tFt -i tttH- "f i't stiH' ss tsfsr~ i-- ai iuf- aitafs one os e u.o-t g7hie 3orijoss of our toE- r.t9ry. inasti-aJ by >psaiar1s. II suv person bad i.1 ' sue.t proposition. he would To ida5t have r-cerTei, for aa aases-. ihat Soenes tbaa coa~eBt to t1s -eyara'ion of Cuba from tae mother conn try, Spsin would a,4,a her lst rcaoarcss, ana shed tle tl9oI ef h.r brlYest sons The false intelit- g~uce Of ihc Anglo A.nercan paper has probably uo'other sgnrre taan tla t1a'syoleat desfgns of f-& btt ~G4Hi4rts resi -iug ia New Yora, wao een ;l b+ H4Hr- strang. tedlruee n sceking ty ererv mrsts ia t1tir wcf, to bring aaoHt ,he ruin-of so tiopr.shog po@s-s-ien the prosperity ol which off ss slr.i8g confrist ui,h ttIe0Ner raiuoa colo miss in fine N -st Indies"