Arkansas intelligencer., 1857-03-20

nis "oor. None ol tne published portraits Of
Eckel give correct idea of his appearance.
Mrs, Cunningham has been cited to appear
before the surrogate on the 2ith ult., TO show
reason why letters Of administration upon IN.
estate Of Harvey Burdell should not Le grant
ed to VIM. Burdell, his brother, as ncxt of
kin.
A NeV Excitement IN ProSpee Bgrn;n1
the Dedd.--An eminent New York pbysic,an
has. according 10 the Bu;falow Republic.
writ Ian elaborta work in { ,yor of III. practice
Of burning the dead, which is to be published
after his own death.
Rv his will he directs his mortal remains -,
be kept five days in warm room; the thor..
tnen to be opened, nd the heart extracted
which Is To be embamcd and enclosed in .
thick vellum bag, strongly moregnated with
as 'haitnn; the remainder of his body is then
10 1e lnbieIy burned on pyre of sassafras
or sania! wood. IN one o;the public cemeteries.
The ashes carefully gath red aud d,.rositrd
with the cmhalmed heart n a bronz,. urn.-
Eve c"Ihe> ct the leading daily papcrs con-
tnnlng an account of the who.e procee,liur..
"eilke"ise directed To be dep. sitrd IN th.
urn, which Is then To be hermetrics,lly scaled
and taken to the New York Museum
In the midst OF the excitement created by
these proceedings, the work Is To be published.
For It's circulation $40, 900 are aprropri,ted
$4,000 more for distribution among IN.
city officials and ling politicians Of all
Paites, who are 10 receive f,om S34 10 800
Ioilats each Tor assisting In the cerimony: and
$4,000 more for the editorial fraternity. "a
be divided pro rata according 10 their inau-
en,e.
Should any thing occur TO prevent the
due execution Of The will, the bulk or HI,
property Is 10 be at once transferred 10
Charitable institution in Philadelphia.
The Republic has these facts from the attor-
ney who drew Up the will. He estimate, N,
property at 100000.
1he Frameoco'k Of Iron .Ships.-In the
construction of wooden ships, il it well known
that the planking, by its elasticity, allow, IL
self to lie modelled to the rib>: but in In.
cas-; OF an iron vessel, the form must Jer.pd
on the inclination given TO each senarate ni,c,
OF iron before the fastening process i, conn
menced- Thus, in the case OF the rnamm,,,h
snip now being constructed Ly MFR. Brundel
on the Thames, every individual plate. bef,r,
oeihS hxed IN Its position, !. said TO have been
lhe SUBJECT OF separate study TO the engineer.
vi the ten thousand, or thereatout. that com.
pose the framework of that shin. only \ few
situated IN tie midship section are alike either
IN size or IN curve. For each model in
wood or template" as it is technically called
mad originally to be made, and by these nat
terms the plates were cut into their reouir.d
shapes 10y huge steam shares The s.Iist n,
Inclination to be given to each plrte. is pro-
auced by passing It through a system OF roll
iers, which can be reversed in their action
ana so adjusted as 10 give it any required
curve. 1he template" studded with bole,
around Its margin, is then fitted 10 IL. and .
ooy "ita a stick dipped into white lead
marks through them the places upon the iron
~nere tue nvet holes are to be punched; when
TINS last process is completed, the plate Is let
'ered with two or three separate letters. indi-
cating the precise place it has TO take in tb,
snip. Thus the huh is first carefully THOUGHT
out in detail, and is then regularly and me
chan'cally put together, in the same wav a.
tesselated pavement
Huntington, Me Forger.-This gentleman
mas oeen advanced in the State prison. He
aoes not do any manual labor. Mailing up
oeoS'eaos' which he has been engaged at,
mas gwen way TO literary business. lie is
now about preparing himself to keen IN.
BOOKS IN the Office of Mr.. Woodruff. the con-
tractor. MIR. Huntington has earned =: him
seh The respect OF the officers Of the prison,
oy ooey'ng to the very letter every rule of the
Institution, and performing all the prison du-
Ties regardly aad with alacrity. Genius will
10, MAINTAIN ITS character wherever it NAV be-
Inc gentleman was No. maker OF paper
when in Wall street, and he still holds 70 the
rule that what is worth doing is worth doing
well. Hupin ,ton is a character.-N Y.
Ncws.
Fifare Of t'oo more Of TIE Indiana Stock
Banks.-The Huntington County Bank, at
Huntington, and the Bank Of North America,