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The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
The Forrest Case.

The application for divorce by ''the great Ameri- can Tragsdan. ,. has brough. to light an immense deal of rsscaty. and constant increase of bitter Is exhibited by the parties involved. The sdi- tors ef New York have entered into the affay with 'glovss efr" The New York Mirror. after digging 6ercey into FoRaEsr, ,arns upon the exquisite sd. tor of the Home Journal. and says:
 ssSincerely do ws pity Mrs Forrest. and warn her against the dangerous defender. who has star ted up like pert kaight of the asedls to her res- cue. A case of scandal appears te have the same attraction for N. P. W. carviea for the huzzard he is the gratuitsns defender denosncsr the ssf constituted asbiier in cases of this kind; but he woald now -sams diflsrsat character, and set himself ap, foTsooth, the American standard of what is gcntlsman-liks -the jedge ssd dictator sf the laws of American chivaiTy. This is carrying the joke ttie too far. We have no objection thai In the realms of feminine scandal he shosld bs as despstlc as sinnlng taiiisrs will permit him; but whes he assumes to Instruct as in the mysteries of gsatlsmaa-Iiks eeadaci la AsasEsSa. tAs ssmpsnia- oas impsrtiaencs becomes ladicfeas Ia eas. whess chief claim public gard the fsct sf his hssing pisyeds the part sf an American .Bey Jsnss' q Lady Diessiagton's ssd other arsaserssic mansions a England: to whieh he aecidsas q his Aails0ai- ty gave hiaa temporary acesss-
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Eistressfux.

The last mail brings intelligence that almost every tributary of the Mississippi river is adding its vol tune 10 the flood cf water which longer can be held within i banks or levees. Our latest accounts state that it sill rising, although it had reached pont some incIes higher than 1t had been since ls44. The most distressing condition of things Is anticipated by the planters the river for if even should this subsib at once. there would not be time enough to plant b.fore the June rise would be down with its devastating of water. The levees, 1t is said. are yielding b Its power, and the New Orleans Crescent, of the Dsh inst, gives the following count of ''anotheF crevasse":
 By the arrivaIof the steamer Mary Foley. from Lockport, we learl that the Ievee gave way about two o'clock, AM, the 18th just in the Parish of St. James, opposit, the Sugar Refinery. Tine break occurred on Mad. Treudeau's plantation, about six miles above the sity, and when the Mary Foley passed by n was f,om l60 to 2O0 feet wide and six feet deep. It hsdalready covered the plantations Of Messrs. William & Serberg, Mad. L. LePOur- geOis. M. A. Ferry & Ma,has. and Capt Desprss. It is the opinion that it cannot be etopped until the river falls, and that immense damage will be done by it."
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Yellow Fever.

The United States ship of the liDe OaiO arrived at Boston, on the Beth ult.. from San Francisco and Rio JaneirO. A dispatch to Louisville says ths, wh,le the Chic wss at Rio, the yellow fever broke out on board; after leaving Rio the fever sllll com tInued to rage fOr about three wseks. There were some sixty cases, sixteen of which were faisl-6vs officers and eleven of the crew died. The follow lowing are the names of the officers Lieuts, s. c. Armstrong, Henry EId Jr.; assistant surgeon, E.. J. Bell; snidshipmsn, Joseph B Miller; purser'S clerk. J. c. Johnson. The brig Boston, from Ba- haia. on the ll,h ul,mO, reports the yellow fever raging terrbly-sweepiug OG soamen from vessels in DOT. and slaves in great numbers. The govern ment reports make the total amouut of mortality in the province 1000
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
A Lsdy.. Ouiuion of the Forrest Case,


 The following is from the pen of a lady Mrs, Ly dia Jane Person edlress ot the Lancaster Literary Ga- zetie, lsdy of well known dignity and purity of character:
 ..We have just read the published testimony on which Mr Torres, rests his petitioB Tor divorce, and truly Il Is sufficient to siuk woman to the lowest depths Of perdition
 II the half ol il is true. Mir Forrest Is fully jus t6sh;e in any course he may take, to sever the bonts that unite him 10 such burden of infdmy. Bnt if this testimony is true-ii Mrs Forrest is guilty, aud must in consequences, be cast out oi society, a leProus thing what should be the meed of the 9snti, ueH who are implicated in her guiltl who sought her for guilty purposes; stealing like other incedinries, into mans hoase, to TOD him of his most precious Jewels-his honor and his peace.
 If these things be adudged true will the wives of these gentlemen overlook their vile deInq Will ladies who turn contempuousiy from Mrs Forrest delight th' tn In the society of her accom- plices1 We know that tbS is the usual course. We know ladies who would by no means admit sus- pectsd woman 10 their society, who entertain, with gracious hospitality and pleasant smcs the very men who accused of having sullied the honor of the woman they condemn.
 This injustice is foul blot on tho character of woman. Fouier than tue sin il partially affects tc despise for is it not evident that the ab horrence of guilt which contemns the spoiled and smiles upon the spoiier is the effect of envy. Jei- ousy-anything, uther than just appreciation of the moral evil ,
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The nos aprisRp.

We learn from letter of SssaisS SEBASvIAE, that the slts to this valuable property has been 6nsly decided h favOs of the RsCToa claim and that . patent will immsdiaisly bs issUed. We are graiI- fed ihst an opportunity for making permanent im- prevementa hus bses ss length afforded, and that the conisusiOn for the right o possession will no lonscs delay tho sFsctisn of comfortable and eOmmodious houses of sntsrtaInment.
 Senator BoRLAND has given noties that he veuld introduce bill to rrpsal the cot of Congress, whieh, reserved from ls. from sections of land contagious to the flo. SpHngs. We hope that this bill may contain such features will snsite the old SiAtes to recover . proper remuneration for their improve ments and that it msy be sold in subdivisions small enough to enable all who desire 1t, to purchase spot upon which to erect dwelling.
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AN ERROR C(RRECrED.
The following letter wiIlsxplsin an error which occurred in former numbg of our paper:

The following letter wiIIsxplsin an error which occurred in former numbr of our paper: BArEsvILLE, Ark, April l5, 1851, Dear. .Sirs: h tho Banne of the 2d inst, under the head of "Southern msliug in Independence county" you represent ne as having offered the preamble and resolutions waich wese adopted by the meeting h this you lave houored me over- much, and shorn another of his just laurels The preamble and rssoiutioas wele aos offered by me, but were the report of the committee appointed at previous meeting, through their chairman, Wm. c. Bevens. Esq. was not sven member of the committee. nor was at the first meeting, nor had the honor of being consulted about the resolutions or of seeing them or hearing them read bsfore they were reported by the chairman. True, the 9th resolution was. on my motion. substituted for a similar ono from the committee, and the preamble and resolutions were, on my motion also. read and voted on separately. Further than this. had no more to do with said preamble and resolutions than every other member of the meeting.
 have just got home of the Circuit after several weeks absence, and did net sss the published pro- essdings until last aight. CT should have sooner corrected the errer.
 Please publish this nots h your next uumber, with that of the Secretary of the meeting. which appeared in the Eagle of the 9ih inst. ask that tho papers which have copied the proceedings re- tered to. will also give Placs in their columns ,o these explanatory notes. Ysar shsdisnt svt,
 VIM. CONWAY, B. The following l. the note from the Secretary of the meeting .e the Eagle. referred to above:
 Ma Eniroa.-Psrmit me. ss Secretary. to cor rect an apparent error ia reporting the pFoceedings of the las. public meeting ia this county, touching the Nashville cenvsatien.'
 The preamble sad resolutions adopted by the meeting are the sams reported by the committee. shrsagh their chairman. slightly modified. The mo meuoa et the hea' Wm- Conway. B. (net sas ef the eomTnittes) wss merely that the preamble ana resolutions e modified bs ssvssally pas le lAs house -wAich vas anaaiiasssIy carried.
 s. 4. STONE
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Earning of the Belle of the wess,,

Eighfy-frs or One Hundred Psrsons Lost. and
 OthsYs Wepaded sad Bsrssd!
 By verbal report from several passeDgefs who reached our city on the mail boat last night. we learn that the Belle of the West was half smile below Florence at the time she was discovered to Do on fire, which occurred about l2 o'clock on Moedsy night. The first discovery of the raging ssrmept was large heree blaze issuing irosn her bni and in few minutes the whole boat and cargo were ID Hames She was immediately headed 10 the Indiana shore when the Captain and other ofce's made ibes escape with their lives, leaving hsriess httie ehi' dien end women to struggle for life win h'e ana watershe first certain death and the second almost as surely so. In all. from eighty 10 one bun dred persons were losl, snd others badly oafned' nanny o( whom cannot survive.
 The husband saw his wife perish amid the flames ot leap into the river with scarce hope ofsalvsohs while he sprang to the bed to rescue the sleeping babe of wedloek fTom inevitable death. The "he saw the husband perish wih no power to save sSs no chance to offer assistance.
 A lady who reached our eity last night hsseinss west ~ith eight ehildren. lost three-'wo O. msin amid the terror and eonfusioa which prevailed, Ieh into the hold before her eyes, and oi Inc isis o me third she is entirely ignorant iwo h'us . en,'en' one a lad of seven years and the ehes n'ue sh' of five escaped. whsie their mother a0o iasnsf per- ished. IA. The survivors had every assistance gwen them hx fine citizens of Florence. The boss baras To tke waters edge and subk-ieay'ng no ttace To Dc sssn except a portion of one of the wheelhooses
 Loa. Dsm0erGf.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Wills made on sunday.

A case was recently decided by Judge Dwwrs, of Pennsylvania, which involved question as to the validity of will made on Sunday. The decision of the court was, first, that will made Sunday, while the t~s.ator in danger ofimmediaie death, or entertained well-grounded belief that such dam ger existed. is valid; and, second, that f will was made on Sunday, under no such pressure, the court would in the absence of proof, presums that ciI- eumstanees Of necessity existed 10 justify the act
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rha r,nmaf 10 Comina.

The great Comet of I2ss ssA lSs6 has bssa tof come time pusaIing the ss,rOaomsrs. 1T h wss comet of regular habts. t would have sPPesFsd in
 I6AS. Its mysssFious delay s attributed io iis hsv- Ing been led sssy by ihOss celestial Fakss, Saturn. Uranus q NsPtass, whO are thOught to have taken it son bender" fos few years. A veyagsr sS Rio and aelssgymsain Eagisnd. have Bctesd certain astronomical phsnomsna which are considered to De the first smPses of inc eccentric vsitaDt. end t E now eonGdeAsy expected that. having got away from its bad associates. and within the influence Of our sober planet. Father Msthsw and the Sons of Tem-
 perancs. ws shaiI have visit from him before 1851.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Re,eure for a Criticism.

oYY readers will remember the recent case oi Hsnry Kieher, musician. al RtisbuIgh, who cow hided aa editor for a severe criticism on hin lew days since. he vas tr,sd and eonsieted n one af fine P,ttsbargh coasts fos tAs assault, and me court. in sentencing him made the following ledl- sioss remarks; You have been foand guify oi ss- saul, and battery. Ifyou had been hoeiIed o' sne, a.rss io a he spapes, you might have had ieEsi ,sa,s.. Artists. as well a. s,aiesmsn saa poiin- e,.ns a,s oppn io criticism. The man who, n 'his eoon,ry. where liberty prevails, and where sh meH sboald be sensitive of tsef bosos raises eose'os 10 hs nsghbos should be prepared to cis al ss lss. h is sscss outrage. The sssisnes ei ,ne eoos - that yeu psy Eas of eae huadfse doAsfs aaa lN' cost ol ps0seenti0n-
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Apprehens,sons Of an Indiaa war.

Washington letter is the New Yosk Tribune, says; the reports of Indian dePfsdatiOns and o their hostile attitude, which have been received at the war department, Iesdsto the most serious spPrehen- sicns that there viii be general Indian war in our newly acquitted territories. Brevet General Chur- ehi 1t is sad s 5000 ts be dispatched 10 California. and that he will have command to operate against the APsches snd other hostile tribes in that region. Until there is . severe example made with some of these marauding tribes, Ho,bing like good faith to- ward the Uniled States will be observed by them.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Marshal of Arkansas.

The appointment of LUTHER CHASE, Esq, to this office. confirmed by the Senate os the 18th ut. With the exception of Col. NoLASD's, this is the only Arkansas appointment made by Gen. TAYLOR which has been confirmed The free use of the "consent'' in the Senate recently leads us to be- isve that no sysiemaIiz-d opposition will be made to the new nominations unless some graver charge is male than that the appointes is not capable or acceptable as his removed predecessor.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
Old Ssttievs ef Monfgemrry Csaaty.
Seizure of Arm. for the Cuha Expedition.

The N. Y. correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says: "I have tt, on what believe is good authority. that govsrnmens sgeats have. within day or two, made discovery of . large quantity of arrns and amman,tion, slowed away in . suspi- cioas quarter Of the city, supposed to be destined for the Cuba expedition. They were not to be shipped direct from this port South am given to under sisnd, but to find their wsy into the Gulf of Mexico, by way oi the North river. the Lakes and the Missis- sipPl. There is certainty, however, that this is the purpose to which these wsrlike stores were to be devoted bat t is stated that the movements oi certain strangers, who appear to have the manage ment Of them, determined the eficers to nleriere.
 The stores are now under lock and key, awaiting government investigation. and we shall know the result probably in day or two."
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e,NllGornlaam,..,


 We ssks the following ffo@ sAs Dal,imo,. cp. w''Iisa ey gentleman of IAs, city. ssw io r.s fosnia: "|aa- ceto sFnfSe CAL. Jasoa,v tsso cSxgsAg tso.e-F FTsctlssas Aeasens-- pr,e,, nj s.
 stsions--D Deetov's Fses-- Pssas sT n.,S P0.
 Dssgsss- Pspulstssa, &e. f'@s's < ! have oQen heFa iTom 10 to n we.A.
 ths hfsl e days was empioVs, In ,.,.,. ss'as which get sesne paiaeass Co eltena ans e"si the pFaeaee oi medicine, which have ,,p1L ~ esa slnee. and psesame have made aOon s,' ." "ssT el0e per week, lhave bails eouioTiaAs ,..s.ss 10 oy Ss feet, with twS rooms and tao 6,s as.' ss' one room serves me IOg sH otiee and p,scs tr seu to hve lE--shs other room use lor A'.s.,., sof tae s.ek, II has cost ne about S6ao i S.,u aiso temittsd to ny wlle between $500 ana . .os gold eass, aOd paid out over S2oO Ior prov,..Ov It woald almost frighlen you io hear m. n1's have. .pald ioE what ain eating herr, TAIt season whach commenced about the ls, oS N"y Der, produced great rise in a kinds of Toe barrel ot -four am eating out of aa, es, , and have other hoOs ln the house thai ros, per oe' pork 7Sc per b.. sugar soc. fresh h~sr veas.oe s"e Pef io potatoes Sl per b.. aud beach,, o Wnleh ! mAas ths pes eat io-day, eos, sl ;s per lh Now h our medical bills were sO, = - % "" pOsion to these p'iees. We could not stsnd {, " yo Il ls these p'iees had more easier naid ,h.a s were At hcms. 'oey
 | have made and received as high ss sl4a I0, A,. that have not cost me more than on. a.vt. Is" s"s time. II is easier 10 get &I0O here ,b.n ss !, home. The cost of living wlll be eheans, sS ss'a the lst o1 May. Hauling wiii be done for sls ". ewI;h " $50 now Ny wsgoner only charged m. bait price, which was S59 for q barrel of soa, W There IS sufficient supply of provisions in M. mining districts, and prices must sooa be mo-. reasonable. "O's There is geld within 90 yards of nv ho... and believe &hete s not bill nor hollow within from sa to S00 miles m different directions Irom he pl,s. but what have more os less gosd in lheD vet po, n such quantities e to make men rich right awav I should think ah ordinary days labor would be renaa from @ to SIS, yet some c. sy Hsixibovs have ~O, from $l00to 500 per day. The work. bower,, is very labosioas, buff wasaencsn stand h. ,h,pR the men should not complain. Yesterday evening l called upon my washeTwomaa for ny clothes. ana found her weighing gold. l asked her fl she had dug i to which she replied yes. that she he'd washed pretty fare washing ot clothes in the forenoon ana herself and htile giri n the afternoon dug s6 worh of gold, and added that she could have made A ., g mose, Il she had worked hard. A few days Aso she anu neighbor, female. made Sl7 in oae day by digging.
 rhls village and its precincts contain about sa iog-houses, and 200 inhabitants, all peacsahie and quiet. have no, So much as heard a quarrel since 1 have been here.
 have taken into my office, to board with n. two gentlemen. on their promising 10 make fires. do the cooking, &e. One of them last year was mem. Der of the Legislature ot Michigan and very smar, man he D too. l now live very cOmiortahie
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
An Explanat,on.

Mfr. FoorE Is out In eard'' Ia the National Intellgencsr. in Tefe. to the report made that he had retyssted from Col. BENTON. He says: The fact s that neither retreatsd from, nor advanced to . convenient position for purposes of detsnes.- You say MF. Dickinson took the pistol from the hand of Mir Foote.' This is true, but would add, that 1t was cheerfully surrendered on application being made for 1t, and upon seeing that was no longer iu danger of being assaulted''
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A Novelty.

The sun, yesterday morning, presented his red round face. as if intending to disspate the damp, drizzly, dreary. dirty weather have suffered for the last three mouths, but it was mere flash in the palm. ."-and the everlasting cloudy veil again covered the skies. We never could, before this appreciate the feelings of the English. so many of whom ars driven to so.cide by such weather.
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07

D- The late BEEJ. PUScHARD, Esq, of Andover, Mass, after bequeathing more than $lOO, ,0O0 to his widow and relatives, made the following bequests Ofa charitable nature: For establishing free school in AndOver South Parish, $50,Oo.; and reversion. in addition. of $20,OOO more: to the Episcopal Church in Andover, S7.0OO; to the Foreign aud Domestic Missionary Societies of the Episcopal Church, each, $l 600
The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07

p President Bonaparte has jus, been writing life of his mother Queen Horiense. which is shortly to be publl.hed in Brussels. 5Oo.OOo copies being issued at very moderate price. IL is thought by many that under the cloak Of flial affection, the prince w give to the world his own political views an! opinions.
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Marble Yard,

Mir. JOSEPH CLARK, of New Orleans, informs us that will establish Marble Yard in this city about the first of next month, for the accommodation of these of our citizens who may be desirous of erect ing mementos to their departed friends. Such an we opine il will be of pecuniary advantage ,o Mir CtARx
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Au ExeibiliOn.

Prof WHISPERS Laboratory is now exhibiting as public show, at twelve and half cents admission. Mr. Lateid l, is said, is the ganer by this ques- tionaby decent operation, for he pockets the re- ceipts. Perhaps he recons himself as part of the exhibition; but, at all events, he should place the $s.ooo reward among the curiOsities shown, that people nigh, think how it was won.
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C.STREET, April IS. 1850. To PHILLIP R. KENDALL, Esq.
 Uaiied Stass Dtstrics AftornSp:

Sra: pistol was dravn upon me yesterday in the Senate Chambef, and, although the Senate has taken notice of that act aId commenced a proceed ing upon il. yet this preceding is no bar to the action oi court o jasii:s and besides, the power ot the Senate Is limited. think it proper subject tor court of justice and wish it to be brought be- fore the Crnnal Court ofthis District tor the ex- animation and declsion whch the laws would give 1t enclose Naiional hteIligencer of this morh- ing, an official reporter of,he Senate proeeedings anu have marked the passages to which l invite attention. l do not send ile paper as evidence. but as guide to the inqairiesol the Grand Jury, and have to add that will be ready to appear before that body. required. and erhaps to give the of some persons as witnesss.
 Respectfully. sir, yor obedient servant,
 THOMAS H. BENTON.
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PositiveIY Ahecking.

At the last seeoanis. the under graduates q inc unisersity of Oxford. Eagia1d, were ia despss.-- They had been iogbidden 10 attend hosse-rsses sn- der pain ef expulsioa- The young sespegrseeso oi noble bsth, who are seat to the University because 1t s the fashion, aad who have hsTetolese had their shadies iaked ai wili as matter of course. resist this statute against Aosse-aesh AiitAs pariianissi snaetmeats in the wosd can never tarn the siadsnis ef oxfosd or csmhsidgs i1ao sersons ismiiy.
 fNew York Sunday Tsass
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sIate senate.

I, has been suggested by several old democrats from Pruiae county, that LEMuEL R. LINCOLN, Esq., will be acceptable to the democratic party in tha, county, candidate to represent the Senatorial District We have every reason to believe that. should Prairie county make this nomination, that it will be chrerfully supported in Pulaski.
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A teIegraphic dispatch to tho N. Y. Globe says the reeeat calamity that has occurred to this inte- resting family. has incitsd their old friends In Bos ton 10 raise Tor them handsome donation as a ies- timouy of continued friendship. The widow of the late Dr. Parkman heads the list with $500, which has already reached above S90, ,O00.
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We sckuowjedgt, with pleasure, the receipt of . liberal offering of parkIing wine with this notice. We regret to say hhat the cake. which was intended to accompany it, was "surreptitously abstracted" in it's transit to our office, by pair of hungry young gentlenlen but our thanks and good wishes are not the less sincerely presented.
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0o- Cen. DUEF GREEN offered $20, ,O0O to any body of Baptists who would raise an equal sum. for the purpose of endowing an institution of learning at Dalton, Ga. A society has been formed for the purpose of raising the necessary sum to meet this offer, and charters have been obtained from the le- gslature for both uisle and female Colleges
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T GREEN M MoCLENpoN has been convicted in Nashville. Tenn. of the murder of his brother. in May last. The hnry brought in avsrdict of guilty of marderin the first degree, with mitigating cir cumstanees." Sentenced to confinement iu the penitentiary for life.
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Senators hsEore n Jury.

II was an old adage that insanity was the pEecur- sor ofdestrueton. al,houth tn BESroSs case it ope. rates slowly.
 The following letter however is the latest symptom which he has exhibited. which has grown out of the FoorE difficulty and appears in the National Intel- ligencer.
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Execution in Mississippi.

JAMEEs MCCAIN, who was convicted short lime since of the murder of JOSEPH POLAND. in Lowndes county. Miss. was hung near Columbus in that county, the 18th ut., after being confined in the county jail about five years. J. Nj. POLAND, son of the murdered gentleman, is now confined in jail awaiting his trial, under the charge of being access sory to tho same murder