Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-03-13
GnNnl.AL sur..LAR

The JOS, ia West Troy, Ny,. er.. Ir f..
recent ftshet estimates go 100000. Inc
10, IA T. lrHy va 100000.
Dr. q. T.. hHborn, a. :. e., Is appointed
Indian a. mt for lie SrminpIee ia Floua
vice J. {. ,a~ey, deeet-ed.
William c. ReJdell. wcIl known anon.
scientific nen for his theory Of storms, died
in New York on the l3th ut.
A Boston paper say: 1t Is curious fact
that the collections taken in the churches.
last Sunday. We're almost entirely composed
Of the depreciated Spanish cou--cAa.ity with
20 per cent of.
Very Successful" is the title Of a new ro-
nance Of Lady Bulwer Lytton. Il gives an
account OF a gautlemlu w.D goes uy the
name Of Sir James A'pufi, and j. designed
TO represent the character of Sir Bulwer Lgt-
ton himself.
The Kansas correspondent Of the St Loui,
Democrat reports that reucoutre had taken
place at TecuInseh between Jadse E.mure
and the correspondent Of the National Era
Both parties were wounded, but not danger
ously.
A lady ofweal:h and social position in Now
\ ork, has just been sentenced u six months
Imprisonment for grand nrceuy. She enter
cd a plea Of petit hurruy, whlcn Nj, acr,l,ed
by the Distinct Attorney a. At wi,- shown J.u,J
She was suffering ~e,er,l, from >lc,u,s.
1t lS said tl.at ai I'D zen I,maa has dn.d
at the sam rst,ur.l "a y w lo.k r,rry lHy
for three years, upon Inr -aul- uI~G,s every
day, with t"O bottle, Of ,,,yl, ouc ut --niyA
he drinks, and pour, the other, glass for glass,
upon the li,or. lie speaks not Il word, aud
gave t4e order for his diuuera IN writing.
When an Iriehman first tried peaches lie
said he liked their iavor, Ju, tIe seed, .v
hard IA his stomach.
There Is a man out west 50 for.atul Of
faces that his wife Is compelled to keep a wa
fer stuck OH the end of her nose that he may
distinguish her from other lgdirs-but this
does not prevent him from making occasional
mistakes.
The Plainyile Knitting Factory, at Farm
iugton Conn, was destroyed on the / 3th nit
b. fire, with the machinery and other con.
tents. Loss about 500, 900; insured for 5as,
600 in Hartford and in the Province e5mpa-
MES.
Uo1zat'g E..li-1he revised coli r.la-
tive to the PsoIert. Of married women, uow
before ths kaode island House Of Ike .esen
tatives, las Seen amended SO as to secure to
their sole and separate use personal property
Of every a.ud, acquired either t..r, gr at..r
masue-
E'uttl 2a@-.- 4 ar. , Of an car,hauaL,
81 sail! lp .s been distinct t-lJ ga ,auou-
parts oi : .n..-. ',artd aud y s, Ier..., , tie
night OF The lUlh ~. Is ATTENDED .l,h
slight unduiations ana s0si..,is r. rg.n., tine
ru'noi'ng ct a very heavy vehic and ,ye OF
about ny SEC as' duration.
Lnh in Netc Yoat.-It Is said that rents
have greatly appreciated in New ork city
ranging from . to 80 per cent, and in some
favored localities 10 per cent Al tile same
time there has been great depreciation in
rents and the value of real estate in BROOKLYN,
Williamsburg, Jersey City, Hoboken and all
the suburban villages, which is attributed to
the difficulties which have been experienced
during the last and previous winters in reach
ing the city, owing to the ice in the rivers.
Nautical Apprenticeship T. w. Whit
ly, the artist, during his voyage to and from
Liverpool, completed an ingenious apparatus.
by which the principal of the vessel are made
to evade the fairy o: the winds, and reefng is
entirely dispensed with. BY an application
OF single valve to each SAIL in such man
ner as to work the sails on deck, the vessel is
enabled to carry sail to the ,last moment in
high wind.
a Long Needed Improuement-It has of
ten been said by travellers that the customs
regulations at some of the English ports are
excessively annoying, the luggage having to
be sent to the castomhouse, and passengers
having often to wait an unreasonable time to
have it examined. We are glad to learn,
says the New York Commercial Advertiser,
from recent letter from Liverpool, that the
passengers at that port are not now subject To
SO much needless annoyance.