Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-06-05
Crawford Co. MAY %. az

ton may not be altogether paiasable 10 you,
but who cares for that, not I, although have
the greatest regard for you an individual,
still sir, personal considerations shrink into
insignfcance in comparison to public duties.
l feel il my duty to draw the attention of tho
public to some Of your acts as public Jour
nalst OF late your psriiality for some class.
es Of citizens and total neglect Of Others.
whose actions are not only equal but tenfold
more patriotic, end consequently more worthy
of your especial notice, have met the di.ap-
probation Of at least the undersigned. But
sir, allow me in the first place to tell you
have taken exceptions to notice published
in vour paper few weeks ago, in regard g.
persons being in arrears with you. look
upon said notice as personal attack. Al
though l chance to owe You few dollars, I
do not like to have it trumpeted to the world.
My disposition being modest and retiring and
never having had prediction for swaccer-
ing abont with another mans money in NV
peket, you will cease TO wonder at me. Be-
ing not only deeply offended but Tremendous
ly exasperated, please call immediately on nv
financial agent, George Austin, Esq, who will
hand you the trash. hHve been talking, ,o
something less than thousand Of vour bat
rons in regard 10 this matter, and strange TO-
tell every one of them look upon it as a per.
sonal attack, and have determined TO act
accordingly. So sir, you need not be sur
prised il in the course of a few days, you are.
completely inundated with money, no doubt
this is what you want When first got ac
quainted with you thought money was quite
secondary consideration, Your main object
being TO enlighten the dark understanding,
of your fellow citizens. What dupe hayo
been since Secretary Marcy give you that lu-
crative job OF printing the acts OF Congress.
There appears TO be no end 10 your unsuitable
and ungodly desire for tho yellow dirt
Strange iniatuation. ! suppose at the solemn
hour of midnight you bend the knee and
turn idolater to it. ] take the liberty Of al
vising you not To take these lunar peramLu-
latons, there is danger in it. once hal
friend who was addicted to that halat: roor
the lovers leap, either in a TT of somnamlu-
ism. or, in imitation Of the adorable iand di-
vine Sappho. That meriiorious class of citi
zens that you have shaInefully neglected, and
to which have alluded, are those who. 10
manifest pecuniary disadvantage, make prac-
tiee Of abandoning their homes and business.
at each and every term OF your district court,
out of purely patriotic motives, being very in
telgent, they know the necessity of the case,
and voluntarily tender their services a. Jurors.
In these days Of dcgcneracy it is certainly ex-
hiarating to behold such disintcrs>te,laes.-
demagogues may say What :hey plea-e about
the death of Patrioti-rn-assuredlyi in Crs--
ford county it is not only alive but in heal.
thy condition. Would that | were sufisien,.
ly master ot the language to do justice equsl
to the amplitude of their merits, but simply
mention the matter for the purpose Of draw
ING the attention of some ADLER writer, alth,'
l have found many faults with your late
course. l would as soon think Of eet,in,
along without my breakfast, rs without the
iutelligencer. However, | have determined
to be pre- paying subscriber. Please give
THIS place IN your paper, so that all ;he
world may know you have one advance payer in
CLoDuoPrER.
Tie Poicer Of HasGdads orer their UTrs.
In Il suit before Chancellor Waiworth, Of
New York, involving the validity of jon,ure
conditioned that it should cease upon the re.
marriage Of the widow, he holds the follow
ing strong language:
The other obrction, that the annuity was
limited TO the widowhood of the infant. and
has not been accepted by her since the 10.
moval Of her disability 10 contract or assent.
must consider fatal 10 the complaints claim
of an equitable bar. In ordinary marriages.
such limitation might not be considered un-
reasonable. The chances Of a wif,'s ou,livinr
the husband are about equal; and If she sur
wives, she will probably have arrived a, an
age when it may not be considered a very
great hardship If she is compelled 10 live ,n-
gle to preserve her joniure; but when an old
man OF seventy-tiye marries a young lady too
young even 10 make a valid contract TO bar
her dover; when the first Of January weds the
bloom OF May, such condition as this is in
equitable and unjust. After she had sacr-
feed her youth 10 him, to share his frozen
couch for 4 few years at the farthest, il is un-
reasonable to impose upon her the obligation
OF living single the remainder of her life, IS
the condition upon which alone she is PER
mitted to retain an equitable equivalent for
her doxer upon his large estate.
TIE Greatest Snoc Storm Of the Season.
There was the greatest snow storm day be
fore yesterday, April 2lst, in Jefferson county,
that has been seen during the winter or spring.
An old citizen OF the county says that he
never saw one that equalled il in any season.
The atmosphere was so perfectly filed with