Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-20
i nan Shot.

i man shot.
j On Wednesday I7th on Frog Bayor, near Esq.
;iWm. Howard's. Moss ANDERSON. a citizen of
4lhis county, was sho. on his premises whilst
;ae was clearing piece Of new ground. He was
fsho! by rifle, the ball entering about one inch
lon the right side of the bacl, bone and passed
through out of his body under the ribs on the left
iside. 1t was evidently malicious act, as the
3person who shot him, rested his rifle on stump
iabout 20 yards from Mr.. Anderson, ard took de-
beraie aim. 1t is impossible to conjecture who
iperpetrated this deed the person who shot the rifle
was seen by Anderson, and appeared to him an
Indian or Negro, but perhaps may have been a
4 white man in disguise.
TIL l44 bon o,l d. f.~.,;oa. ,o,,,.h
shooting in the mountain, as though by hunters.
aud probably Indians, but subsequently Il party
] Of the neighbors beat through that whole neigh
.6orhood without seeing any one.
When last heard from, Andsrson's wound was
considered mortaI-his life is dospaired of.
STEAMBOAT ACcIDENT.-On the I4lh inst. "a
he Santa Fs was pushing off from Fort Coffee,
i'm the Choctuw Nation, where she had landed a
3party Of Choctaw cmigrauts; in consequence of
being hemmed in by ice and the overhanging tim
Der. she creaned over, and the water leaving one
iof her boilers, Il hue collapsed. Some eight or
/ ten men were thrown overheard without serious
injury to them. But fireman, who vas at the time
firing up, badly scaded that he died in less
] Than twenty-four hours.
We learn that the name of the man who died
;is james Duncan, citizen of Benton county
J His body brought to this place, when Major
Howard, Of Benton county, who was here on his
return from the Legislature and, who upon learn
ling that a citizen Of his county was killed, atho
lunweII, and in inclement weather, went in pursuit
of Capt. TURNER, and offered his purse for the bu,
rial, bat the gallant Captain, generous he al
ways is, peremp,arily refused any assistance, and
performed, alone, this christian duty, for one who
was thus suddenly bereft Of life in his service.
The Cholera.
Up to the last dates this dreadful disease had so
fmuch abated in New Orleans, that it no long
Ger regarded there epidemic. Although ii
has itself on. in that place, we must nervei
ourselves for its visit among us-we must meet il
!iihe CHIi anu HiSH, duu IL "u4 OC ulSli i--
;of half lis terrific power. SO far as we havel
learned, it has, generally, been fatal only to the!
.dssolute, reckless and filthy. OF course there.
mas been some exceptions, and they but few, andi
those proved fatal in consequence Of the inditIar-
ence with which the first premonitory symptoms
were regarded. Cleanliness, steady habits, com
Portable and warm clothing, and exemption from
unnecessary exposures, are the best prereatatiUeS5 i
and the best cure is to take in hand the first ap-!
pearance of the premonitory symptoms. We be-
lieve that the disease can be easily cured in theI
first stage; if neglected, then, it will prove iata
lin six cases out of ten.
0rWe understand that numerous parties are:
being formed IN Kentucky and Ohio, 10 start inI
he Spring. for California, by the overland rouei
through Arkansas. They must be here by theI
25th March; our parties will certainly start Quit
on the lst April. One great advantage of this
over the independence route, is that parties eavingi
here will 60. 200 miles through Indian settlementss
where every kind Of necessary provision and5
larage can be procured, and being SO much farlhers
South, vegetation will be far enough advanced to-
forage the teams, one month earlier than on thes
Missouri, route.
OITThe Hon. GEORGE E. BADGER has beeng
elected U. s, Senator by the Legislature of NorthS
Carolina.