Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-20
LITTLE Rock, Jan. 1st, 1919.

LITTLE RoCK, Jan. Isl, 1919.
a Dear Sir; A happy new year,-and glorious
beginning it has. To-day, the sun smiles upol
Gus, in all his refugent rays, and the gentle ze
9phyrs of spring that fan the ambrosal locks of
fcertaiu Dandy Jim - our streets, Indicate Z
4change of the season. The frozen locks of Old
1Winter, his icicles, sleet and snow have been laid
beneath the cIod Of '48; and again like summer
3birds, decked in oil their gaudy p!umag", hocks
4of handsome ladies are in the streets, de-
Fighting the eye of the slntering beaux, and even
ileciting sighs of happy "reminiscences from The
lconlirmed -. Old B1cholor."
i regret thai Maddux'5 bill to tax that crusty
selfish class of oar sex, did not pass. BY the
.;way AladduX has g ven to Van Buren, county, n
sIcharacter Of which it never before boasted and
If he was only good democrat, he would bo par
,iercsiience, an admirable member. lie is of demo
.lcro SIC materials, but became whiggsh in the
4 N I,pr -, -one moro session at Little Rock and
Som, eIavop r,.,mbcss have left ;. sine dte''-
iothers re packing up their u,5. and on the I'm
1nst one half or more will be winging tneir H'gAI
.3o their homes over Inc mountains. or gliding
aiown upon the bosome of the muddy Arkansas
! A joint resolution has passed the Senate, TO adj
i Iourn on the Sin, and 1t will no doubt pass the
7Ilouse. At any rate that day is fixed upon as
the period for dissolution, either by adjournng or
aby - freezing out that IS sloping off oavGg
aeSs than Il quorum.
]. Tomorrow the election of Auditor and Treas
5urer will come off. 1t IS generally believed that
3Danley viii beat Conway, and that " Samuel "
4 will continue to hold custody of the keys of the
4 Treasury, Notwithstanding his - dreams" " and
3he threats Of Elias, the Auditor. (soe No. ~
This has been long session, and Il great doa,
.of time wasted, in consequence OF the obstinate
3course Of Col. Sewers friends in the Senatorial
seIection, yet many good measures have been
{ 9pa5sed--the benefit Of which viii soon BE- fa.t IN
5he country.
] There is somo talk Of c. p. Bertrand being "a
candidate for Governor. How truo II is cannot
dsay. probably it ouiy arose from an uIuslon made
4 o-hun in that position, in the Address OF the
3Carrier of the Gazette O.Iice.''
I The . JefIersonian " still holds out against the
4" recommended " of the democratic Caucus. If
8Gen. Yell had been selected by that caucus, we
jwould not have seen all this kicking against tae
1pricks,' for it is so we know. The saplent editor
:lof that print, who, from his own admissions, mas
9not been in the State long enough to understand
IL matters and things" sets up IN judgment against
8tho democratic members who acted in tho emsr-
Agency. He says that he learns some Of the deh'
Iocratc members are about to repudiate their own
lact. If be believes such thing he must regard
3lhem as Il weak peurile set; after unanimously
apedgjng themselves 10 support their selection, 10
RI abandOn that position, at the mere dictatiOu of a
'jstranger. The coveu foot sticks oul 50 plainly
5in the " Jetiersonipn" that heed is paid 10 lis
5puny waings. Before the result was heard the
3rditor, believing that his friend and patron, Gen.
5YoIl, would bo selected. in advance. he pro-
3nouuced the verdict of =" tender footed upon all
slwho pulled against the acIioH Of the party; and
g,hus is he condemned by his own rule. Sfhe
4 -Jenersonan' - well understood, Oy tho working
5men of our party.
i The California fever is beginning to prevail. in
Ihi5 place. as well as in other parts Of the State
4 The citizens Of Fort Smith and Van Buren should
icon'lnue TO stir up tho matter. The people in
5other States alive to the fact, that it is shorter
15etier and cheaper, from For; Smith Than from
Iany other point, in all The Western States.