Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-05-14
ArkanSnS Politics.

About the year 1851, politics ran very 1lgh IN
Arkansas. Col. A. II. Sewer was candidate for
the Office of Delegate to Congress, and Ben Desha
his opponent.
Judge Andrew Scott was warm friend of Desha,
and bitterly hostile to Sewer. He had neighbor,
living about fifteen miles from him, the = far ,
side Of Galley Greek, named Logan commonly call
ed Suffering Logan who was exactly ''wce
wersy' in his politics. and so frequent had been
their encounters that the two neighbors had come
cordially to hate each other.
One pleasant morning in the spring, when the sun
shone out warmly, and all nature green and
fresh after heavy rain of two three days dura-
ton, Logan went down from his house, through the
little strip of creek bottom, to the bank of the creek
and sat himself down click log" musing, per-
haps, as Col Jack McCarty once said, even on the
end of all sublunary things
The creek was about twenty yards wide, and the
rain had raised it, so that it swimming, covered
with foam and running like mll-race with full
head of water. Where the road crossed the edge
of which Logan was sitting, the only opening in
the woods which fringed the stream each side
Above and below the trees leaned over, and their
branches hung gracefully in the water, and swung
to and fro in the swift current.
After Logan had sat there little WHILE Judge
Scott came riding down the road on the other side
but halted when he reached the waters edge, anC
looked across, without saying anything but looking
as if he thought, 'D-n you. if it's swimming, why
don't you say so?' Logan took out his jack knife
split piece off from the lick-log and commenced
whiting it, looking steadily towards Scot
all the while.
Logan was large, stout heavy looking man
Scott small wiry. passionate, petulent, and as brave
as bulldog.
After waiting moment-for each hated the othe
too much to speak-Scott frightened the reins ant
rode into the water. His horse had not taken more
than six steps, before herehug! he plunged in ove
head and ears. In moment more Scott was wash
ed from his back; the rider went one way the hors
! al, 4kIo~ al III lln hr1. Th0h
turned towards the side on which be went in, ant
got ashore some little way below the saddle bag
| foated on down the stream. and Scott managed t.
reach Logan's side of the creek and caught hold O
the swinging limb of sycamore which dipped int
the water.
"Help, Logan, help!' cried Scott Il shall b
drowned! Help!''
''S-s-s-say you'll v-v-ote for Sevier>?'-bawle'
Logan.
:Help. Logan! Help shall drown Help"
S-s-s-say you'll v-v-vote for Sevier!" again bawl
ed Logan, not rising from the lick-log.
Just then the sycamore limb snapped, and tn
same moment Scott sung out
'I'll you id first, you Internal old rascal!
and away he swept round the tree aud out of sigh
below
Luckily the current made sweep below, eddyin
round in the concavty at the upper edge of a san
bar, upon which Scott was flung. and scrambled out
He walked up the bank, and towards Logan, sput
tering with rage and streaming with water Luck
lily ne nau no weapons DuG q pistol, anu that, {
course. unfit for service and Logan was too bi
to be whipped by him in fist fight.
i "D-n i'll" cried Scott, as he got pretty near hin
q do you stop to ask man how he's going to vot
\ before you save him from drowning %
Logan never stopped whiting but looking con
posedly up, slowly said
Every g-genteman has right to v-v-vote a
he likes. and d-d-drown when he likes and d-don
suppose anybody's bound to dive into the creek t
/ fish out a vote to k-k-kili his own.'
FREAK OF NATURE.-Mr. Jabez Mckay, Twin
near White Marsh, Columbus county, N. c.. has
negro woman that gave birth, some ten months ag
to twin female children, joined together in manne
that makes them more interesting than the celebrs
ted Siamase twins. Their faces look in opposite d
rections, and their backs are Joined by the bac
bones running into at the joint of the hip an
forming one spinc from the joint down. With tn
exception of the joining together, they are two pc
feet forms. They fine, healthy. active children
have good use of their limbs and faculties, and bi
fair, in due time, to grow to their full stature
4 Wadesboro' N. CO. argus.
4 The great strike " among the English machinis
is ended. the workmen having been starved out
They have accepted the terms of their employer
There is no fair play in struggle OF the Workme
against English manufacturing capital
Miss Burdett Coutts 1.-THE wealthiest heiress in tt
worldly has been chosen g Fellow of the geologic
Society of London.n She is, probably. the only i
dy to whom respectable letter could be addresse
Il ec,o,oanc;nr NV dear Fcllny:'