Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-09-23
DepoteO to apoltttcs,
THE BAN N FER
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. g.

 Cor. DuFFIELD's REsuNeiAT1oN.--Coi Thos. W. DufieId, long leading and active wh;g in Phila- delphia county, came to the monster democratic meeting in Philadelphia. to hear Col. Bigler's speech, and brought with him from the little vil- lage of Frankford t,ornty-ei eigh more of the same soft After the address of Col. Bgler Mr. Dufiield was called out when he made brief speech, de- claring, that inasnuch as the great whig party, that he had SD often done battle for. had dwindled down to sectional abolition faction, he renonnned all allegiance to it, and hencefartb would support the parry that stood by the Constitution and its compromises. He agreed entirely in the senti- ments of Col. Bigler on the subject of the compro mise and would give him his cordial support.
 The Colonel is one of the real working boys, and makes his mark wherever be goes.
 
 LINE OF SrEAMERs FROM SAx FRAScIsco TO Lv- ERrooL.--Tt is said that MT. Vanderbilt IS making arrangements to establish regular steamship line from San Francisco via Nicaragua and New York to Liverpool The New York Commercial Adver tiser says
 "The plan proposed is for the new steamship Northern Light 10 run between this port and Liv
  The new steamship Daniel Webster, which are to make alternate trips to and from San Juan. En- deavors are making to secure the freight ot gold dust consigned 10 English houses, which now goes by the West India steamers, and the tide ot eIn- grafton will be relied upon for sufficient quan iity of passengers. contract has been made Tor new steamer to navigate Lake Nicaragua"
 A Nur FOR uEoLoGIANs.-Somebody has disco | s... Nc D,.n x.asafp baro Christian or an argument against the contribution boxes. Hear what he says:
 Bunyan does not make his hero ever contri- but one penny for any religious enterrrze, though he has him 10 exhibit most of the christian ex cellencies in great atiractiyeness and beauty. It cannot be that, as he did n0i see penny for his months imprisonment he forgot the root of all evil for, among other allusions to money he makes Mr. Ltlefaith to be robbed of all the loose change he had. The fact that Christian, and Hopeful, and others succeeded in reaching the Celestial city without giving away to the work of beneyoence a single dime, must be very encouraging to the money loving Chrstians and Hopefuis of these days"
 PArSE's LIclIT.--ATr. Paine has announced that he is now ready to enter into contracts for lighting the world with gas. In an address to the New England papers, he says:
 "All the objections of the patent office are now overulcd, and my patent will issue in it's proper order and time As regards the originality, or practical value of the invention, would remark, that both subjects have been made the subject of critical experlinemts by eminent chemists, twhose nsules and statements can be seen at my house. and they decide that it is both original and of great practical value.
 am now ready to contract (where have juris- diction) to light hotels, faetoFies or private dwell ings with superior light, fifty per cent less than that of any artificial light known.
 HENRY M. PAIxE.