Des Arc citizen., 1859-02-18

8# RUNAWAY NEGRO ARREsTEps--1A "y negro was arrested on Tuesday evening last, in the swamp, on Little Hill, some three miles south east of Des Arc, in Jackson county. Several gentlemen of our town, while out hunting, di <covered in a board shanty quan- tty of provisions. They secreted themselves Near by, and after waiting several hours Aeard signal made by striking an axe against log or tree. Soon after negro man ap- proached the hut with an axe in his hand Carefully looking around him. One of the party ordered him to stop-upon which the negro raised the axe, showing fight, and run Ae was fired at, and again orderedt to stop that he shouldn't be hurt-but he continued tc run-the second shot brought him down, but he rose and took to the water. After swim Ing some quarter of a mile he stopped and funk beneath the surface, leaving his nose And mouth out of the water. The party pur- sued him in a dug-out, driving him back te the high ground, and after good deal ol Trouble succeeded in capturing him-the ne fro declaring to the last that he had rather dit fhan to be taken. He was brought to town or "Wednesday. He was seriously if not fatally wounded by the second shot fired at him Medical aid was promptly procured, and every txertion will be made to save his life. H' Hives his name as London-says he belongs te Thomas w. Steele, Esq, near Little ROCK Aand has been from home over three months
 London states that Wm. Combs--who killet Wren Carter, on upper Surrounded Hill, II November last-was with him, and tha Eombs sent him up to the shanty to see if < al was right, in order that they might get some thing to eat, and spend the night there.
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 GT We are indebted to a. friend for th' Following paragraph, and trust that the party Interested will 'senjoy the joke" as well a bur readers: t.f sS5 's 'sst
 ''Tn the land of Uz, there was man who's hame was Job, who, on account of sore allie lions, become exceedingly dsquieted" Tn Affections and trials of this venerable man Bod, several Sabbaths ago, became the them' of public presentation from one of our pulpits MThe Reverend gentleman after expatating fo while on his trials and the peculiar circum stances by which he was surrounded, exclaim ed in language addressed by Jehovah to tn patriarch himself, "Why art thou disquieted soh! Job?'' Now it so happens that there live in the town of Des Arc certain man name Job(e), who from similarity of name and Familiarity of phisognomy, as he IS lltera personifcation of sspatience on a monument, M IS supposed to be lineal descendant of tli "Patriarch of Uz." This man was presef at the aforesaid delineation of the characte of his illustrious ancestor, and from too clos proximity to heated stove, like his gre; prototype, become s'exceedingly disquleted and exhibited great symptoms of restlessnes About this time the preacher with his usu zeal propounded the question, s.Why art tho l~dlsquieted oh! Job,' when the patriarch s pes Arc very naturally supposins he wi meant and that his interminable stitching al scratching'' had arrested the searching glan' Qf the occupant of the pulpit, arose and wi ne utmost ''sang froid" exclaimed, Sbecau the stove burns mei''