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The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-18
Tom Benton.

What Gen. Jackson proclaimed on his death bed and Hannegan repeated tn the Senate, in relation to Benons loss of brains at the bursting oi the gun on the Princeton, seems 10 be confirmed by the iolIow ing attack on Mr. Atclison. his colleague in the U. $. Senate. Al BoonyiIle he is reported by the Peoples Organ Ca Benton paper) to have sail.
 Speaking oflhe bursting of the great gun on board oi the Princeton, where many lost their lives and where was near losing mine, he, Mir. Atchi- Ison,1 said
 "l regret that Martin Van Buren, Tom Benton. Henry Clay, and John Tyler, were not sitting dtrdddte Of Il at the time il bursted.''
 How peurile is such charge, coming from man such Benton once was. and against a man whom his lale tergversaoBs alone have aienatvd from hn Even if MT. Atchison did say what is impated to him, We do not ttrk Mir E nton inc man who had the greatest cause or complaint
 1T further evidence were wanted Of the ridicu- lous ground taken by tue Missouri Senator to for ify his position and prosrate his pro-sayery oppo- nents, it may be found in the further extract from his speech al the same place.
 [" He (Mr Atchson.l was not at home. but his friends were; and from them the preparations for my reception were such as 10 make the people of the town look out for bloodshed. Insults were avished, and violence commenced, but represscd by the people. Gen. Ward, Captain Reid, (who led Doniphun's van) aud Henry L. Routt, Esq, we'll armed, sprang upou the stand; my stand in pfi- vate grove-when they it invaied. A Wing gentleman, 10 say nothing of political friends tod me since, that he got good ueighbor 10 come with him, 10 help out if necessary, and that he saw hin. at the right place at the right lime. A whig physi- elan has told me since, that he carried out surgical instruments. lint and bandages, and waited till all oyer, universal the expectation of blood shed from the outrages known 10 be prepared for me. and from the resentment which it was believed they would provoke from my friends.
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Political Guessing.

"ion," The Washington correspondent oft the Bal tisnose Sun, communicates the following interesting items of Metropolitan politics:
 do not believe, IIom what l have learned in various quarters, that The lalf will be touched al all al the next sessios of Congress Any change wIl. be attended with difficulties. If the present sd yalorem system could be honestly carried out, no essential change would, perhaps, be necessary.
 Mir. Meredith wlil, as fl IS said, propose no very radical or extravsgant changes.
 Mr. Barringer has gone out as Minister to Spain, al very critical jnae,ure. He is ot course, luily instructed as to all Inc subjects pending. If the Spanish authorities do no, dIsown the abduction ot Key, some serious consequences may ensue. But the prompt In,erpos,tion of our Government tor the eniofceinen, of the neutrality ef our etIens in any atempt 10 revoutionize Cuba, must be me, by the Spanish goyeInme in such spirit as will pre- serve the harmony of the two countries.
 IL not at ali probable that The designed forsy upon Cuba will take place. No expedition of ade- quate magnIlud can leave our shores without the Knowledge, or against the appreciation of our Gov efhment
 Even if force ef four thonssnd men should be landed on Ihe island, the scheme will be failure, unless they buy over the Spanish troops; Bof even win that aiI woad Il succeed, without prot, acted ciyii war.
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MO,e Indian Deyredafiens on As Ttras Fy0utisr
 -Ou Wednesday last, Liea,eBant Aiksns. of the Rangers, crossed the reef at ;he head of eight or iea ineu. Information having been received that party ol Indians hsd driven of caballada of hor- ses belonging tO some Mexicans who lived hero OB Thursday an express arrived from Lieute na nt Aikens to Capt. Blackwell. requesting reinforce- saents. The next dsy wounded Mexican was brought in, with the report that other had been Killed. and thai fears entertained that Stewart tweil known as . hsnter and fisherman by the Raise of ScotiyJ had also been killed by the same TnFty of 'adians. The wounded man brought In was slIot by sn arrow, which entered the back be beath the shoulder and came out at the breast The arrow was sticking n him when brought ia. From the nature of the wound, and the isngth of fine which eIapsrd before he could receive medical ss- sistance, it was thought he would not recover On Friday cue of the rangers, named Holland, who deft in the morning for the camp st Pao Alto, re- turned in te afternoon and stated that he had see two men--oae Mexican asd the other an Iadlau --ab'at five miles from Corpus Christi. wt,o sto, at him with arrows. cue of which slightly woa nd- cd hin ia the wrist He snapped his pistols al them
 both of which missed fire, when he concluded to return. They made no attempt te pursue him.
 Copss Christi Star, Sept. ,.
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The State Bank.

We have received more than one letter request ing information respecting frvOTs and omissions which have been discovered in relation 10 the forum CT management of this institution. We possess no Information further ,han that furnished by the ports generally abroad An investigation of the books, bonds and accounts, we understand is now progressing a part of the doties of the present. Bank officer. and "e shall no doubt in proper sea son have the result of his labors. We will at any time open our columns 10 an impartial history of the matter, and shall feel 1t duty to afford to the people the facts relating to the management of a trust in which all are interested.
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Strange C'tcuIaiion,- Some genius has perpeifa- ,ed the lsllo~ ing calculation 8
 .st have been MasFiea 32 years. during which time I have received fFo'a the haptEs of my wife, three cups at eosr each day. two in the incoming and crp al night. snukiag about a5 et0 cups, of halt plat eaeh.nF nearly 20 barrels of 30 gallons rsch weigh. ing l7. 520 lbs. or bea.ly sine tons weight. Yet irom that, petied have scaIeeIy variSd ID weight myself itom l60 lbs. IL will, therefore, be seen, that have dtuhk in coffee alone. 2is times my weight. am mol much oi mes' eater. yet l pre- sume have consumed abosi. right ounces a day, which makes 5-na6 lbs, " ten oxetA Oi four. have consumed ia g yeas, about 50 barrels. F0 twenty years Of this tune drank two wi,sr-gas s-s Of bEan'y each day. msLiag 9d0 quarts. The post wine. MsdrrA. whisky punch, &c.,. am not able to counl. but they are not large. When we take into the aeeoun all the vegetables in addition, such as potatoes. peas. asparag strawberries cherries apples, pear-, peaches, raIsis, c the amount con. sasned by an individnal is most el,ormoas Now my body has been renewed more than four times in 32 years; end taking |, for granted that the wafer oi which have dTank more, acts merely as diutent. yet taken together, concnis ihai have consumed n 32 years. about he weight oi ,lUO men of l6O lbs. each.
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serlou. DliIlcuity ai chIhuahua.


 The Pieayane translates from Mexican paper pablIshed ., Chihuahua sn aeeoan, OIa disiurbahee a Ei Pas.o, between the Americans passing through sna the Mexican authorities.
 Is appesss that on the sth July. sn American mained John Hawk, while in a state O! inoxicsiou, hpNt sad terribly inail1ed a Mexican woman. Two Mexican oss-cosaInssianed officers. Bstned Aiyin0 0iivnrss anA Lorenzo Oriz, 10 protect her knm fasslser M usage, aBd 10 restrain inc axEFessot. MeaRwhiie the q. S. Consul. Mr. J. $. Lucas. aeeelapanSd by another American, iR similar stasp nf dFssnkenness. drew near and eonnehced an ns1sat on the olkeeFs. 4 ight sa>ued. which ieFmi. mated iH three Aa,evicans being overPowered, and they wste eonhuetel iU the gfapl house bv Oiivafes Here the lieuteBsu comma anaias, called Lerina, en d~aSorpd io eEtee reconciliation, wheR"ae of them tore his shih and coat. Although they were sci al liberty, ct their eoaLtry ln the Americans in the neig,tboghood ths>atrned fo attack the city 10 chas- tise thoss xho had offended them. and they eagerly profit by the quarrel above mentioned pretrxt tns pila9inx tl,e inhabitants This is the account given bv ths authorities oi Canton Bravos in letter cG complaint which they make to the Governineai of Chihuahua.
 The Mrxieans say that fhere were on ,hs 9h Of August more than S00 Americans at Fl Pasc, sDd they were expecting in the of the next three days lO0e more. They are all represented to be in s4eh stas ofdesiIiuiIon that they have no otser Iesousee thah robbery. Eight days previously they uHu kutGHtSfru tue CtIys uHfcI IFPISnCe 0f Feieasing Hn Afnefiean who was in jail. and of killing crimInal, s.sa,ed Ramon Chavez. who had murdered two Americans while they wr,e asleep ness SsHsisyHean. The Mexican authorities say that tl,ey sud the population precisely in the came position, in regard To the Americans, as the iamb, ih the well known fsbIe of the lamb sni the weif. Tlsey further deriaFe that # not sncenre they will be sacrificed to the terrible fot .9nsrico aos. They ask for lew pieces of artillery and 100 muskes ia addition to ttose 10 be forwarded to them through Col. ugans. e.sa
 The Governor of Chihnahna, in reply 10 ihe authorities at Canton Bravos lpsrueis them 10 make jnicia investigation of the complaints against the RnH-co,nnissioned officers, Oiivares and ortig. and ii they arr guilty io punish them according 10 the laws of Mexico. They are 10 be protected against the sensesnce of tho Americans. Four field pieces placed at their disposition, and hnndsed maske's re, to aid in asning the National Guard. lf the Americans commit any outrage The sathoIae directed 10 reprl fore- by forc. and iorthA wiih 10 s-ni an express 10 Chihuahua. when te.- peetabIe force will be distst :hed against the nerti- bstors, to cause lhs laws lo be respected
The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-18

THE YEAs OF WoSDERs.-The New Orlesn. Conrier remarks that since the commencement of uur nstionai existence thsve has been no period ot twelve months in which many wonderful events have 6anspired we have withessed in the year is49 Only one half of il has elapsed, and those events arc o( deeply eala,niions nature. The cholera spread over the country ron tbe Hudson to the Rio Gsans;e; the jnaadaiioh al New Orleans; the tremendous riots al New York; the eonhsgI alton at St. Louis; the unusual number of murders and crime, of every description. These are some of the rhef mrsfortunes which have befaen the Arnei- can people in the lapse of Inc last six ,nonths What is 10 come mex, is known only 10 him ~ho ralelh the destiny of nations.
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Rowad Elssd.-The blocksded party at Round Island are dsPersing, but rather slowly. They seem to be ia no hurry to obey Commander Ran aslPhs notice to go home. sincs the interdic ton aPon their supplies of provisions has been removed they have filled up the Inrder and enjoyed thenl- srves. tnkiug things easily though there were no fleet about watching aud threatning ihrn.-- Three or four score Of them came over to the city yesterday, aud soune Linve gone by the way of Mo bile. Bn, gcodly number still dweil in their teats waiting Tor the good time promised ihem. Perhaps tlie chiefs know where 10 find the others again whrn they are wanted. This easy indifference to Commander Rsadophs inlperious msndaie shows good deal of confidence in the right of ileir posi-. ,.Oa against any forcible aieinpt of the U. 5. au
 itoii,i-. 10 drive them away. The tone of fcommand has lowered very much, ssd tue consequent deter minsi'on to carry on hostiIiies vigorously has soit en"d iuto patient watching 10 prevent an armed expedition from quitting il,e country. There must snfeiy be a lack O proofs 10 establish any iHega srrgn, else proceedings would have been loeg since
 nstituted in the civil courts fer th. and pun ishmesi ci tlse conspiraior. No such tiing having tsen aeae attempted. inclined tv li,e opin
 beu that the government has proceeded on erou nds cf ~'ess suspicion, aud do, upon any facts capable of proof. The arbitrary harshness with which these men were treated, such grounds, is yet an sRscstied qnrs,iea Of responsibility with the officers of tue goYernment--N. c. Crescent, Sfh. Sepi.
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ALL TIE MoRALIrY.--The National latelligen- cer copies paragraph from the Baltimare Anieri- can, giving an account of late robbery of gold watches in Philadelphia, which, among other things, says:
 "Ihat of the stolen watches had been seen in the possession of Edmond Goldsmith, newly ap pointed custom-house officer in that city. Mir. Goldsmith was accordingly arrested, and one of The watches found in his possession, when he was de tained in custody for further examination"
 This gentleman % begins early. He thought stealing was the order d the day, and the sooner he began the better perhaps, he stole the watches for the same purpose that inc man who stole the dish-rag did-ouly 10 keep his hand in.
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IMPORTATION WANTED We have seen In the whg papers many eulogies upon the patriotic de- sire ot Gen. Taylor to inform himself personally of the experimentation ofthe country at present and for the purpse of furnishing intelligence 10 the Congress of what is necessary to be done. He has travelled through portion of Pennsylvania. stopped dsy or two in the largest cities, and turns to the White House after visiting the iron establishments of Pitsburg. with the satisfaction of knowing the difference between .'a poker and pis. ton rod" This is what tue Baltimore Clipper means when i, says" Cen. Taylor is travelling through the self of it's resources rad its wsnts
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DIssoLUTtoN or TIE UNIos.-Dr. Bsthune de liyered address at Cambridge, Mass, ifom which we make the following extract:
 'SGppose, for melancholy mcmeat, thai this beautiful economy of exchange were broken ID; that the Western valleys were sha, oat from ,ae sea by adverse Governments that those ot the coast are hemmed into their own narrow limits by hos
 file forts along the mountain ridges; that between ,he Nort.l and the South there neither com merciai nor moral sympathy; that at every State line passports were demanded and taIif set--who must shrink not from describing the terrible conse- auences the staghation of trade; the silence of bIothery counsel. the constant fIeSis; ite mHii- plics,ion of armies; the Cain-like. extermna;ing wars; the overthrow of law by military dictaiofs; the utter rnin of all that makes us prosperous al home and respected abroad; the sure catastrophe, moral and national death. Oh that those who for any reason talk lightly of dissoIviug ihe Union would consider the immense greater evils such 6 rupture would inevitably cause, inc awful guilt it would brng upon themselves. Whatever may be cant of words, no lover of law eouid ever kindle The torch of such incendlaisin, no lover of peace such fraaiciai slaughter. lover of freedom plot for such general slavery no lover of God undermine the emisent wateh-toweT whose light IS now she'd ding over the world such bright promise of uni veTsal brotherhood. Were II possible that an Ane- ricsn womb could be cursed 10 bring forth so dabolical monster, and the malignant Eroslratns could be successful, lond bitter, heayen-compel- lag CIT would go up from all the earth, swelied by generation after generation, un the hua fires shall have swept b hell all trace of human crimes Anathetna! ahatheIns! anatbemat Maranathami
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TsxAs ELEcrtess.-T The following is the state of the polls in the Texas elections up to the Isl September. according to the retutus published in tIe Galveston News. For Governor, Bell 6OI7; Wood 4sas3; Mills l331. Lieutenant Governor Greer 4l6i; HsndeuOu sl67. CommIssiouer of General Lsud oGice. smyth 43sl; Ward 3129 Congress, Howsri 3633; N lIliamson 2I77; Pis- bury l467; Mcleod 590
 The News says that the removal of Maj Neigh bors as Indian agent on the frontiers will be a source of much regret 10 the people of Texas.
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THE Laws OUTRAGED The Sheriff of Marion county after heading the party who killed the Kings au account of which will be found fin another CO., Iunn of eur paper, has fortified himself near Yell vilie and Is backed by sitcient force to defy any legal process to arrest him or the acccssories Hon D. WSlker. judge of the Supreme Court, issued s writ f"r their arrest, but the posse were not strong enough to enforce the law.
 Gov. Roane has issued an order 10 General A. NJ Woods, of Madison county, an officer of his staff 10 see ihut the supremacy of the laws main tain ed, to be aided il required by call of the Militia.
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roreign Neus.

Accounts of the defeat Of the Hungarians are not confirmed tO the extent reported by the Nigga ra.but op the contrary the probability is that the Hungariaus maintain their advantage against the overwhelming forces of the enemy.
 A split has occurred in the Austrian Council, and great excitement has beea occssioned in conse- qussce of the ROthschds refusing to lend the Aastriuns money. except on condition that they shall make peace with Hungary.
 FraHee. Reports again in circulation tha, Louis NapoirOa is about to appeal to the French nation ,o declare him Dictator or Emperor.
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Grx WORTH Asp THE Cus.x Arr.R.-The cor

GEN WORTH AND THE CUB,x AFFuR-The cor respondent of the N. r. Journal of Commerce, writing from Washington the 26tli ut. says:
 Since 1 arrived here, nave learned much ,nore than sn willing to tel! in regard to the movements, in this eouutry, for the conquest Of Cuba.
 know the place where aud the tine when the offer made to Gen. orth to head the enterprise. know the terms offered. &c. But write 10 say, that he and others refused 90 into the enterprise unless the people of Cuba should encourage Il.
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OvrRAaE AND SuicrpK. The Wheeling Argus has the following notice of crime recently Perpetrated In Virginia: "Miss Melinda Rogers, of Moonsvie, Fa s said io have taken poison, from the effects which she died. The gentleman with whom she lived, and In whoso house she died, is charged with tie pespsars.ies of rape, to which sue testified b. fore her death He has been held to bail in 5000 To appeaf."1
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AHvssrAGEs es ISscsAScEA recent case in Si. Louis strongly illustrates tie advantages of Life h. snrance II is thus stated in tie Republican of that ei'y.-"A few months ago, merchant of thls city married and soon alter took out policy of insurance of his life for $50oo. in favor of his wife. A few days ago he fel victim 10 the prevailing epidemic. but ii to hisn and his friends soarce of pI~ssent Una. his foresight had placed his wife beyond the reach of want"
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TRE PnMyRa TRAGEDv --The st. Louis Ii efaId sf Liber,y contains tho following particulars in re- lation to the Palmyra Tragedy;
 'Mr. Thcs R. Hart snd the wife of Mr John $. Wise, ef tlis city, had bera, the testimony dis closes, HutHaly sedncing each other for souIe time She was at length seat up to Palmyra by her has- bs1d. asd hnrt secretly followed her. Lsi,efs pss sed between them, which fell into the husband hands snd he vent up 10 Palmyra. met his enemy, |, Bred om him with pistol and then cut him 10 pie wiih bswie kBiis. The tIial for his commit BseHt Is eew in progress before the court. 1t Is sccse of dark deprasy. tst veiis itself in poetry and ta.k ei love and heaven. trss Rs
 We pity her. who has led whom she eoven. anted to love- 10 draw out the bslamcr of his life in sorrow and shame though tue shanic se not his own sod has ted smother whom she profrssed to lsvs with gaslty devotion. down anpardeaed 10 peFdiica. Wa pity him who was by Hstarai sea. gesses srvea ialo the presence of his God with hs gaiity heart hot within hia,, and pity him. who has visdicstsd his honor, but at such cost! the cosl of aisn's sDui sveageancei Is mae. saith the Lost. viii repay. and when ws fu our oyn sasrrrl strike In before His blow. and sies the blood ef our fellow man. though guilty, II mskes s,sia sa the heart that time cannot wasl away. No man wss ever happy aiSr he had killed another thus.
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nearly the centre of the union, and by means Of the Havigabls rivers Fsroads aud canals this point is, perhaps more accessible at all times than any other that could be selected Tho rsil-road aud ca nals crossing the AIIeghanies. poar down the Ohio their sfibute of Eastern commsres-the raiI-foad to Charleston iutercepting the great Southern route ria Mobile, would give access to the more South ern Atlantic Ststes,-The lower Mississippi affords an easy avenue for the tropical productions that may be poured into the Calf of Mexico-and the waters of the Missouri and the Upper Mississippi present. highway for the North western and Lake countries. We know Of no point which has been suggested, that presents many and so great ad- vantages us the one proposed
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ST. Lotus AProSTSESr.-The Peoples Organ of that city says that J. Sidney Smith, member of the St. Louis Bar viii probably get the appointment now held by Thomas Watson, Land officer. who will be removed
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{, PRocREss OF GEN TAYLoR.-it Is noted in the Eastern papers that the President, accompanied by pr. Wood and Col Built, fihe Republic, arrived al New York ohthe 7th, and without Ianding in the Empire city, wss transferred to the Baltimore boat and waved his handkerchief from the hurricane deck. His health is restored.
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STEAMER SrrFIRE BuRSr.-A Photographic dis patch from N. York of the 3Oth ult. says. ,.Cspt Res. of the Brazilian brig -, which arrived here last night. reports that the Spitfre, which ssiled hcace for California some weeks since, was burnt to the waters edge, neur Baranham, on the first of August"
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G'A new Democratic daily paper, as the organ of the Hunkers, so called, was to Le started iu New York by the middle o! this month Twenty thou sand dollars tn. sum required for the enterprise and 1t Is said there win be no difficulty iu raising the amount.
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I- An article in BiackwoOd's Magazine says that at least 25o 900 persons psrsed by famine in Ire land in lsl7 in consequence of the loss of the pota- toe crop, notwithstanding the British government expended fifty millions o dollars m purchasing food for 'hs population, and extensive donations were received from abroad
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G. An exchange paper observes that fl is fully az impertnent to ask an editor the name of some of his correspondents to ask of an old maid her sge and you will get the truth just as soon
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4 Place for Eserytaiag.-"A place fOrevery thing ana everything in it's place" as the iady said whea she slowed the broom, bellows, ball of yarn, two babies, curryeomb, three cats and grdiron into an old oven.
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Seren ToTs of Ldws.-The laws of last session oi tn" Pennsylvania Legislature, weighed over seven tons and haf. If these laws are not valuable, i, will certainly not be for wan, of peigh.
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Curious ReqAest-The British Government has officially asked list of the number ol 'te Ameri- can mercantile houses established in Paris, their names, number of partners. addresses, and nature of their business, and whether having branches ih other cites ol France. What use is to be made of such ialorlnatloal--N. o. Pic.
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85- We are under repested obligations to the Steamer P. PsBnywit for papers, as she passes tn, mouth of the Arkansas. on her up and down trips
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fin Irish Voser.-'sOne of these having voted ses eyaI times over for one candidate was st epgth O. ieeted to, and observed with nairste, that w"s hard ths, his vote should be chslenged. whea SC many inspectors had taken il before thai same day"