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Democratic State Convention!!!
A Democratic State Conven
tion, composed of Delegates from
the DEMOCRACY of the sev
eral counties, will be held at the
Capitol, in the city of Little
Rock, ON- THE FOURTH
MONDAY or APRIL NEXT,
to nominate a CANDIDATE
FQR CONGRESS.
VTWm. M. Van ViuninH, Eaq., War ran
Bradley couaty, la aalhorisad to aot aa Agent far
the Arkuaa Baaaor.
To TMt Editom or m Btnn, ran »uo N
Thb Eorroa or m Qaxbtto A Dhocia
Otntlmmrn—Ptaaaa anaoaaaa aiaa ctndhhbo
for Congno* at Um olaetiOB to bo holdoa on tbo
Fir tt MtmUf'jm A afoot aotf, oabjoet to ite dedia
ioa of iko Democratic State Coareatioa to bo Hold
at tbo city of littia Rook, on tbo dih Moudoy to
April Boat; Provided tbo yroynod eoavoatlob bo
a M verify CbovroNoo aad reflect* tbo will and wUti
of a majority of tbo Damec ratio party ia the State
of Arkaaroa. R. C. BYRD.
Rectortowa, Ark., March 1.18M.
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ror sale, cheap for CASH, oae Doable. Medium Printing
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PRINTING BOARDS, CARDS, AC.
We have Just «ae*i*ed * new aad elegant assortment of
Cwcy cards and priatiuf boards, acte paper Ac., utd an
ready to do ap all sorts «f Ikacy priatiuf cheaper, more
Oaickly and ia a better style, than it has ever b*ea duue ha
fore. Call and see at the Banner OSes.
TO PRINTERS.
A food assortment of pnnSng. book, foolscap, letter and
folio-poet paper, is constantly kept ao hand at the Arkansas
Banner imice, and will A* faraiabad to the trad* at low !
prices (nr CASH.
A CARD.
The undersigned citizens of
Pulaski county and members of
the Democratic Party, request
the democracy of this County to
meet at the Market-house in
Little Rock, on the SECOND
MONDAY of APRIL next, for
the purpose of selecting Dele
gates to attend the Democratic
State Convention, to be held at
Little Rock to nominate a Dem
ocratic Candidate for Congress.
A full attendance at this meet
ing is requested.
S. II. Hempstead, B. F. Owen,
Wm. B. Wait, A. J. Hutt,
D. W. Carroll, Wm. E. Ashley,
P. T. Crutchfield, Jacob Ha veins,
D. B. Greer,
L. J. Reardon,
John S. Roane,
L. A. Whiteley,
J. 11. Crease,
C. Lanctree,
J. B. Johnson,
E. N. Conway,
David Skelton,^
John Brown,
R. H. Johnson,
March 17, 1851.
&AMHEL H. Webb,
8. T. Hudson,
J. A. Henry,
Wm. E. Woodruft,
Leon Trousdale,
D. C. Fulton,
Jab. M. Danley,
B. F. Danley,
George Beodie,
J. J. Thompson,
F. S. Garritt.
Dir Collector.
Mr. Thomas Champun, u authorized to moko
collections and receive subscriptions tor the JV*
kansas Banner.
He has already stalled upon a tour through the
following counties;
J.XDKTSSDENCR,
Minns,
Faaskux,
For*.
Johnson,
•Con wav.
Van Bores.
We hope our subaenbers will remeuiliet the
pripter, and be ready to pay up.
WlUTR,
Jackso.x,
IzaRO,
St a act,
Marion,
Carrolu
O'Our ackuewludgmema are due to Captain
Hick, of the “Gen. Bern,” for renewed favors.
Anti-Slavery Convention at Syracuse, N. Y., 011
the 13th and 141h inst.
XT Grace Greenwood thinks General Haas ton
would fill the Presidential chair pretty well—
“only let him be put under bonds not to whittle
the arms off.”
Democratic Meeting in Bradley esaatr.
We are requested to announce that a meeting
of the democratic citisaaa of Bradley county, will
t>e held at the Co art-house, ia the town of War
ren, on the first Moilda) in April, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to represent Brsdly county 1
in the State Democratic Convention, to be held m
the city of J.utk- Bock <>u the fourth Monday m
April, to in inmate a democratic candidate fur Rep
resentative to Congress.
I"7* The Cincinnati “Warning Bell" asks for
information of the whereabouts of Geo. W. Henry,
formerly a steward on the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, grid a citizen of that place. Hu brother
J. P. Henry, of that city, is au»iou» to leaiu soiao
tlung of him.
ff_T We are indebted to friend AU*a of the
steamer “Child* Harold," tor full files of Cincin
nati and Louisville papers.
O' We return our thanks to our fellow towns
man Dr. W. W. Adams for lato Ohio n^er papers.
SLT The Arkansas Traveler heralded the expec
ted arrival of a ** FitUbr” at Cs/bden. )l«s he
tuned up yet, neighbor T
■eat M Ifyaa Can.
• The quickest trip recorded is that of the Umpire
No. 2„ from Little Bock to Napoleon, sad baC ,
last week, she made the trip ia two days at d
twelve bourn, aad laid at Napoleon tea hours and
twenty rninuW* pf that time. The Umpire is a !
[ screeches.” i
- Cj‘ Wc are under obligations tor river favors, to |;
Cap?. Warden, o<*> ’* 1
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Wa have, mamt than anaa, fieprecated the felly
af attending to give town and reputation to • mere
favorite by paMiofcing Mflere pretending to exhibit
lire exact arooaat of admatatiowwtueh eaeh county
entertains for the aspirant, It was all well enough,
in the retiredanto-deloaiaa of theOaxette, who,
twenty-Ire nr thirty yeere ago, when he controlled
the only paper in the Territory, might bare prac
tised sueh a palmy with name edcct, but we had
expected.to aae hia intelligent and pragrttamt anc
ceeaor, discard no trnanparent a acheme to gall and
mislead.
We hare often exposed the fatility of such means <
to lift ap a favorite, hat.we hate never seen a more
fitting opportunity than it allowed us in a notice of
the Clark county proceedings of a recent date.
In accordance w.th the general desire, a
democratic meeting, had been called to elect
delegates to the Convention, pending which the
Oaaettee and Democrat was, of course, receiving
letters “from intelligent and influential men in the
county of Clark,” who pretended to announce the
prevailing sentiment. The tiro following extracts
from kttfcrs which appear in that paper of the 7th
March, and upon which we accidentally cast our
eyes, will serve to show how unscrupulously wrong
are the statements made in these letters. The first
is dated
Clam* Cocktt, Feb. 22.
“This county will be represented in the Conven
tion, and, if I am not mistaken in the signs, Geo.
W. Clarke will get the vote of our delegates. Gen:
Clarke ia strong throughout this region of the State.
I should not be surprised if he has more strength
than any of the aspirants in all this circuit. II.
The second extract IS dated
, AiXADurim, Class, Co., Feb. 28.
“Most of the people arC either fpr Royston or
Clarke. If Roystou is not a candidate, and it is
generally believed he will not be, before the Con
vention, Clarke will get the vole of.the delegation
from this county. Rut if Royston is a candidate,
itissomewhat doubtful which will get the vote. I
think Clarke is our man, and am m hopes the demo
cracy will settle down on him. I shall do all 1 can
Cor him.”
There are others we doubt not equally veracious,
but these will sufficiently expose such unreliable
nonsense. But, in a fortnight after this, what
really was done will appear from the following ex
tract from the proceedings published in the lost
Arkadelpbia Sentinel;
“The democratic meeting that was to have been
held in this place last Saturday, for the purpoae of
appointing delegates to the State convention, at
Little Rock,.proved a “splendid failure.” Some
of the mischievous whigs about town, seeing that
"the thing” was about to attract the attention, :
they thought it mmttd, went to the court-house
and rang the bell, and called upon all democrats
who felt an interest in the matter to come forward.
Whereupon, the court-house was soon pretty well
thronred; but alas! for partvisra, only three demo- '
crats could be reckoned among the assembly.
• a a a a
The aforesaid mischievous wbigs perceiving the
small number of democrats present, proceeded to
organize the meeting by calling Col. VV. F. S. Kark
man to the chair, and appointing Dr. E. Bannds,
Secretary. The chairman would have proceeded
to explain the object of the meeting by a lew bnef
remarks, but owned his iucompetency to explain
anything that was so inexplicable. The democrats
present were called on to address thefmeeling, but
from the paucity of thetr numbers, deemed it pru- !
dent to sound a retreat. Whereupon, the whigs
believing in the integrity and statesmanstnp of r.
W. Trapuall, Esq., unanimously nominated him j
is a suitable candidate for Congress.”
“Call ye this backing your friends,” after all the
“drumming” which the Gazette and Democrat had
attempted for General Clark. We have not a doubt,
and it is a fair inference, that tins attempt to dic
tate to the people of Clark upon the part of an
editor, audio thrust upon the democracy an aspi
rant, far leag acceptable than others, created indif
ference or disgust enough to destroy the meeting.
\ few more lessons of this kind we hope will learn
lur neighbor that we have, not attempted to mis
lead him in the matter of this "time honored” cus
tom, so much "more honored in the breach than
the observance.”
O'A dispatch from Washington Union, dated
the 14th inst., to a New York paper, says Father
Ritchie has sold out the Washington Union for
MO,000 to Andrew Jackson Donelsou, of Tennes
see, late Minister to Germany, the adopted son of
Old Hickory, and an able politician.
O Capt. JunMcKee, commander of the Umpire,
has favored us with late Memphis, Louisville and
New Orleans dates.
JjT Count D’Orsay is appointed minister to the
Court of Hanover.
IT Gen. James, the new Senator from Rhode :
Island, is for the compromise and the Union.
O’The Supreme Court of the United States
closed its terra on Tuesday of last week until the
next term in course.
The Arkansas Banner.
Tin* excellent paper comes to us this week with
i new head aiul very much improved cauntena m e. j
its enterprising proprietor has procured a power
jress, the only one in the Slate, and new materials.
tV’e rejoice to see this evidence of the prosperity
if our contemporary. We hope, however, in their
irus'perity, our friends of the Manner wilbn..; -leof.
t too much condescension to shake hands with a
Pravelcr, even if he does dress rather plainly.
[Arianmt Tnmtlrr. j
That’s the tone we like to hear. Give us a
icartv grip, old fellow; we never yet refused to
ihake hands with an honest man and a gentleman. {
If the “Traveje,” in one of his poetic moods, should j
: hauce in those parts, we hope he wtjl try us. j
N. Orleans CoUos Trade.
The Crescent of the ‘26th ult., speaks of the
irospect in flattering terras, and in referring to the
leavy business done th« previous week in cotton
t says the sales reached some lAvly tnm rAuu
nnui 6alet. Prices, too, havo steadily advanced,
ind are now fully an* amd a quaritr ernt above the
owest j hi uit. of depression some week* since.—
Phis is attributable, insome degree, to the recent
favorable account from Europe, but still more, we
xheve, to a growing conviction that the first and
no re moderate estimates of the crop are likely to
l*rovc in the end the most correct.
The Presbyterian Synod in Virginia, at its last
TO-etiag, held at .Winchester, earnestly reeotn
ineaded its members to co-operate with the State
n giving efficiency to the act lately passed by the
Legislaluce of Virginia, appropriating 910,000 for
live yean to colonize the free blacks of the State
in Liberia.
Sean Stiauui Cam aso.—I!. A. Johnson, alia«
Carroll, was brought to Mobile on Wednesday,
from Arkansas, to which State he earned a negro, I
who he is charged with stealing from Mr. Stuardi,
st Mobile, about six months since. He attempted
to sell the pegya ib Arkansas, when the slave dis
closed who he belonged to, and thus Mr. Stuardi
became tofarmed of the whereabouts of the fellow
Phe negro was take* back with him.
Ban or vuz Faacs.—The Daily Georgian, of the
ttth, thus spohfczof the "im|M>teat conclusion of
h« late “Cuban mistrials."
Thus ends, as * odicelons farce, the efforts,
mpotent as malignant, to break down the noble- j
inwled and gallant Quitman. The triumph of
ns euenius was smart. Wo venture to predict his
c-electioti to the office which he has resigned, by.
nssjoijty which will rebuke, in tone* of than-;
e», those who pnt ©a loot this envious and spite- j
al prosecution.
Dissolatioa af tfca ‘♦Cnloa” aa4 rather
Ritchie.
The Washington Uaioa Ion* and ably editefl by
Thomas Hitrhie, we lean from that papstc^lhe
tkth, has pawed into the heads af M»j« A. J.
Donalaoa aad General Robert Armstrong its future
editors and proprietors. The heavy eorttuct for
publis printing which Mr. Ritchte teak at a ruin
ous pnea aad for which Cougars* refused, as in
similar case* to make good, harfweed him to sell
Ms office, not haring the weans %) famish the
contract without such aa operation. I» addition
to this, the wear and tear «f tatcliect*rid frame in
a maa of his age, require some repose. He has
been an active editor for forty-seven wars, and
now retires involved it debt, shorn .of'the influ
ence which will erudite him V> reoover his position
or to wield the power he once dui, over the demo
cratic party.
Salcido of a Stadent in the llairard College.
About ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the
9th instant, Robert Troup Pams was found dead
on s sofa, m his room in Holwortliy Hall, in the
College. He left a letter to fcis father. Doctor
Marti* Paine, of New York, stating that be died
by his own hand, and a memorandum that be had
taken thirty-two grains of morphine in champagne,
a bottle of which, uncorked.and partly empty, was
found on the table. On the table were aiso found
a paper containing twenty grains of morphine, and
a bank bill to pay the debt of the deceased.
Cowwodore Jones.
Our readers will remember that this veteran of
the Navy, was recently tried by s court martial and
^suspended from the survice. The charge was that
of having speculated with, the government funds
intrusted to him. He makes a long defence in the
Washington Union, in which “ he insists upon
his innocence of all selfish motives in using the
Government funds in California, and declares that
he did so merely for the purpose of accommodating
the inhabitants, who were, greatly embarrassed for
want of a circulating medium. He ext hanged the
Government’s com for gold dust, not on account
of the profit which the transaction afforded, but
for the pleasure which it gave him to further the
business convenience of the inhabitants, lie com
plains that the sentence was published without
affording hint time for an appeal to the Chief Ma
gistrate."
Arkansas Appointments,
cosriansD sr the iisiti.
Jesse Turner, of Arkansas, to be District Attor
ney of the United States for the Western District
of Arkansas. George Knox, of Arkansas, to be
Marshal of the United Slates for the Western Dis
trict of Arkansas.
Jj'A young printer named Charles R. S. Boy
iiu viuiv iu uiv iii. w ua>cu
lll{kWU( "MW
Palladium, was bung in the year lt>3S, in Mobile,
Ala., upon a charge of having murdered a com
panion with whom he was traveling. He protes
ted most solemnly, his innocence to the last; but
without avail. About four years after the perpe
tration of this deed, the landlord in Vchrve house
the murder was committed, confessed tjie crime
upon his death-bed. Boyington was a yoking man
of flue talents, prepossessing appearance, whose
guilt was deemed conclusive, only from tlie fact
that he was the last person seen with the murder
ed man.
Ij’ The Homer Whig, New York, says:
“ We will—the whig party will—raise and keep
raised the slavery question. W> AM it as one of
I ke first principle* of ike wkig party THAT IT WILL
CONTINUE TO AGITATE THE* SLAVERY
QUESTION.
Appointments by the President.
By arul tcitk the advice and consent of tke Senate.
svpsaiNTEs dents or lndun irrnu.
John Drennen, of Arkansas; David D. Mitchell,
ol Missouri; and Elias Murry, of Indiana, to be
Superintendents of Indian tribes east of the Rocky
Mountains, and North of New Mexico and Texas.
Indus agent*.
KentonHarper, William Wilson, Philip H. Rai
ford, George Butler, John R. Chenauit, Thomas
Fitipatrick, Luke Lea, sr., Peyton P. Moore,
Abram M. Eridly, John S. Watrous, John Owen,
Asbury M. Coffey, Wm. J. J. Morrow, Thomas
Mosley, jr.. Wm. P. Richardson, John E. Barrow,
Nathaniel McLean, to be Agents from and after
the thirtieth June next for the Indian tribes east
of the Rocky Mountains, and North of New Mexi
co and Texas.
Richard H. Weightraan, of New Mexico; Abra
ham It. Wooley, of New Jersey; John Greiner, of
Ohio; and Edward U. Wingfield, of Georgia, lobe
Agents for the Indians in New Mexico.
Jacob H. Holeman, of Kentucky, to be Agent
for the Indians in Utah.
Beverly S. Allen, ol Tennessee, to be Agent for
the Indians in Oregon, in place of Simeon Francis,
resigned.
pension optics.
James E. Heath, of Virginia, to be Commission
er of Pensions.
coumasio.xEas.
Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania; Arthur
E. Hopkins, of Alabama; and James A Harlan, of
Kentucky, to be Commissioners to ascertain and
letlle private land claims m the Slate of California.
Arkansas Lead Ore.
Almost every day brings us fresh evidences of
[he superiority of the Lead Ore of our State, over
any that has yet been assayed. The following
certificate from an experienced and professional
sssayer and tnctalgist of St. Louis, will show that
it is not all mere speculation with regard to the
ralue of the mines recently opened near our city.
I*he specimen alluded to. was taken as an average
■pecimen from the mines of Messrs. Singes and
Rosins, on the opposite side of the river. We
have, upon our table, one of a similar character,
»ud have seen several apparently much richer. It
will be seen from the certificate, that this 0/e pro
luces areentp-eight and ninr-tucntietks parte o/\
pure metal, more than three fourths, of which 73
sud 9-10 is lead, and S 11-20 is silver, so that
each pound of the Ore contains over ninety cents
in silver.
This is better than California gold mines, there
in be no fiction in this, numerous assays of the
ore have been made with very nearly the same re
sult. If this isuot asuir« ieiit inducement for the
investment of Capial, we should Its to 1 mw
what would be. The ruiuers are convenient to
markets, the ore is easily obtained and ail that is
wanting to make it a source of undresjjaed of wealth
is the capital to put up fu/fiaces and begin wuh.
St. Loci*. Mo., March lb.h, 1961.
This is to certify that I received from John Da
vis, esq., of Little l^ick, Arkansas, a specimen of
argentiferous lead ore, from M ors, t»anger and
Robins mines, selected by myself from dittereiit
specimens. as an overage sample, which by a quali
tative analysis gives the following result.
73 9 10 tMi, of metallic Lead and 6 11-90 0-0,
of metallic Silver.
In testimony hereof, I have signed my name and
wish it to lie understood, that the before men Hon
ed ore in all probability may yet increase m quan
tily as well of lead as Sliver, and can be worked
upon easily in a very simple and not expensive
way, discovered lately bv the undersigned.
(signed.) AUGUSTUS SCULLLKK.
Chemist and Mctallcogist.
O’ A block of marble is on its way to the Uni
ted States, obtained by the Swiss Government fiutn
the Alps, to take its place in the Washington monu
ment. Reautiful thought, to behold the moun
tains of Sw itzerland contributing to perpetuate the
honest fame of the immortal father aiul founder of
our country, as the Swiss statesmen are con'ribu
Ung to give durability to Use institutions which *e
■lilted from bis noble eff etj to benefit manhiiH.
Democratic Meeting la rage Ceeety.
At a meeting of the democratic citiseac of Pope
county, held at tbe Court-house ia the town of
Dover, oa Monday the 17th day of March, A. D.
IM1.
On motion of John Williamemi, Esq., James j
Brewton was called to the Chair; and, on motioa |
of Samuel M. Hays, & C. Moweli was appointed '
Secretary.
When Wb.A. Barker, Eaq., waa called upon to
explain the object of the meeting, which he done ;
in a brief, appropriate, and eery impremive man
ner, touching briefly, bat very haudaonaely, the
aggreaaire injustice of the North and forbearance
of the South; and, at the tame time, showed him- ;
■elf a southern man, and a friead'to tbe Union on '
erualitf.
On motion of S. M. Hays, a c<iminittee of four .
was appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the ;
sense of this meeting, when the following gentle
men were appointed said committee, to-wit:
Thomas B. Wade, Samuel M. Hays, James G. ‘
Brewton and W m. Moore.
On motion, the Chairman and Secretary were
added to the committee.
The committee then retired for a short time, and
returned with the following resolutions :
Wirtnr.An, A Democratic State Convention, com
posed of delegates from the democracy of tbe seve
ral counties, is proposed to be held on the fourth
Monday in April, at Little Rock, to nominate a can
didate for Cqngiesr.
A.vn, wutaxAH, The democracy of this coiiuty,
in common with their fellow-citizens in other por- ']
lions of ibis State, feel a lively interest in the suc
cess and perpetuity of the principles for which
they have so long contended, and have proved so j
entirely beneficial to the beat interest of our coun- |
try, and wishing that harmony and concert may
prevail, without which we endanger the success of i
our party, and the noble principles for which we j
have so long contended; and, notwithstanding the :
large majority of the democracy may, by division,
bring defeat to our ranks. Therefore, be it
Rtmlvtd, That this meeting approve the hold
ing of a State Convention at Little Rock, on the j
4th Monday in April next, and pledge themselves
to support the nominee of said Convention, inde
pendent of local or individual preferences.
Retolred, Thai we believe Conventions to be
truly democratic, and the only conect and sure
way to reflect the will of the majority, and that ;
we will not support any man who is not willing to :
submit his claims to a Convention, and abide by
the result.
Retolvrd, That the democracy of Pope county !
is well pleased with the course of the Hon. R. W. |
Johnson in Congress, in the bold and patriotic stand
he took against northern aggression, and the so
called Compromise measure.
Rewired therefore. That the delegate* from this
| county are hereby instructed to support him as the
: first choice of the democracy of this county, and
that they are requested to use all honorable means
' to secure his nomination.
RetohreJ, That this Convention apewnt two dele
gate* and two auxiliaries from this count/, to said
■ Convention, with instructions to pledge the sup
| nee of said Convention.
Retoked, That the delegates from this county
are instructed to support no roan in said Conven
tion for the nomination, who is not well known to I
be entirely sound on the gTeat questions which !
have divided the North and the South:
On motion of S. M. Hays, the vote was taken
;by township, each township having two votes,
when it appeared that nine townships voted in
favor of the resolutions, and one township voted !
against them—that township being in favor of !
Gen. G. W. Clarke.
On motion of James G. Brewton, Sam’l M. Hays
•tul W. B. Young, were appointed delegates, and
, Wm. A. Barker and Janies Brewton ordinates, to
j represent Pope county in the State Convention.
Rctolred, That the proceedings of this meeting
! be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, aud sent
to the Arkansas Banner aud Gaxettee and Demo- ■
crat, with the request that they publish the same.
On motion, the meeting tendered their thanks to
the Chairman and Secretary.
On motion of Wm- A. Barker, the meeting ad
journed tine die.
JAMES BREWTON, Chairman.
S. C. Howell, Secretary.
Death of M%)or Noah.
A telegraphic dispatch in the Evening Picayune,
announces that Major Mordecai M. Noah, late the
editor of the New York Suuday times, died on the
18th inst. He was one of the oldest and most ac- !
complislied journalists in the country, and in ver
satility had no equal in the profession.
Changed Hand*.
Mr. P. C. Jones, editor of the Vicksburgh Senti- i
nel has sold*that paper aud purchased an interest
m the Mississippian, published at Jackson. Mr.
Jones is a practical printer and said to be an expe
rienced journalist.
Contradicted.
The New York Mirror has been requested to
contradict the statement that the Rev. Mr. Gibson,
of the church of the Holy Innocents, at West Point,
: a $ jointu uie nomaii urjim.
Whig Nominee.
The Whig Convention which asst mbled at Nash
ville on the 20th inst., nominated Col. Win. B.
Campbell as the Whig candidate lot Uovemor of
Tennessee.
The Postage Bill.
The appropriations for the post-office department
for the year ending June 30, lSo'2, amount to
$>',550,000. The bill authorizes the Postmaster
General to employ special agents at a salary of j
*1000 a year, and also authorizes the compromise j
of penalties “ when deemed expedient.”
Well what of it!
It has been generally circulated that Mr. Stan
ley was the challenging party, in the duel between
himself and Mr. Inge. This is a mis-statement.— I
The AUihama Adterlurr unJ (/axette says:—Col. |
Inge took the initiative m that matter, lufemng,
probably, from Mr. Stanley remarks, that he dnl \
not design noticing the affair. Col. Inge addressed
him a note asking hiui (Stanley) if he bt4d himself
personally responsible for hu remarks; and upon
.Mr. Stanley's replying m tlie affirmative. Col. Inge !
at once sent a challenge, and the meeting ensued.
Dreadful Murder.
The last Washington Telegraph has the follow
ing:
‘‘Mr. Thomas Edwards, who resided near Lost
Prairie, in Lafayette county, was inhumanly mur
Jered by two negrues who committed the murder,
were but recently purchased by hiui, and were en
gaged at the lime >n cutting timber near the river,
have confessed that upon the approach of their
masu r, they killed him with their axes, and to
avoid detection disemboweled him, and threw his
body into the river. The negroes are in custody
and will no doubt aa-ct the fate the atrocity menu.
Edwards, we are informed, was ongiuatly from
Tennessee, and has been engaged is overseeing
on Red river for a number of years, derotmg a
large portion of hut earnings to the support of hts
mother and sisters, who still reside in that State.
The body at last accounts had not been found.”
Irish Advertisement.
Missing, from Killaraey, Jane O’Koggvrty; she
had in her arms two babies aud a Guernsey cow,
all black, with red hair, and tortoise-shell combs
bemud her ears, and large black t;<oU ail J#w
her back, which squints awfully.
Lelt»r from In4i»lfk Cwaaty.
Poo* u<> XT A*, Ark.; March 14, 1S41.
Editor? of tko Bmmrf:
OKMTLom—From the kindly manner in which
my pr- rkjiu commo mentions have been received,
I once more «tek admis-awn to your column*, to
advise yv.uratlves and your readers, of the views
entertained m this port of Arkansas, with regard
to the re-election of the Hon R. W. Johnson, a
gentleman whose devotion to the interests of oui
State, and tc the cause of the South has induced
our people to urge his re-election, and deserves
the warmest support of every truly democratic,
Southern prcaa. The democratic Convention will
meet at Little Rock, on the 4 th Monday of April,
and we trnat the wishes of the people will then
be realized by bis nomination.
It has been said that Mr. Johnson would not be
a candidate for re-election, and the minds of the
people of the whole State are thus brought to a
pause, but, sirs, are we to understand that Mr.
Johnson will not accept the nomination, if con
ferred upon him by the democracy of Arkansas
through a State Convention? f can not think so,
his having declined to be a candidate is only
another evidence of bis firm, unwavering adher
ence to the cardinal principles of democracy, tht
doctrine of the apostles, of liberty, the rock of oui
political salvation, which teaches us sot to oe?i
office; but it is not the part of patriotism to decline
when called upon by the almost unanimous voice
of a sovereign people. Mr. Johnson is a democrat,
tried and true, he not only acknowledges the prin
ciples of his party, but has endoned them and
practised them with proud and lofty bearing as oui
representative, with honor to his State and with
distinction every where; a fearless and ardent de
fender of our constitutional rights, a firm and un
doubted adherent to fired principles, a universal
favorite throughout his State, we wish once more
to bnug his name before the people, and to sug
gest his^ nomination by the Convention. Let the
nomination be made; be can not, he will not re
fuse, to comply with the will of the people thus op
pressed. If his name were mentioned in connec
tion with the nomination, there would no longei
tie any lukewarmness among democrats, county
conventions would be held, and delegates would
be sent up, meu firm and true, with strong ha mb
and hearts devoted to the cause. Ilia nomination
would indeed be the harbinger of peace and the
fore shadowing dawn of a bright and glorious fu
ture. It would give renewed energy to the part)
throughout the State, it would be hailed with en
thusiasm by gallant spirits from the Mississippi tc
Red river, and old Randolph would send back an
echotiiat will strike terror into the camps of the
no-party-party, which for some time past haj
cunningly endeavored to profit by 'ferracttung dis
soiigr.ins among us. It would shake from then
strong holds the perfidious devotees who arc kneel
ing at the shine of demagogueism and have been
inoculated with the- whining dog-cry of no-party
humbug. It will cut out.by the roots this incipi
ent career, destroy its power and leave it to fesfei
and rot into itsongiual nothingness. It will restore
Arkansas to its own proper position and redeem
her from the shame into which she was plunged
by a single act of the recent Legislature in voting
down the resolutions of the committee on Federal
Relations, who could have dreamed that Arkan
sas in her Legislative capacity would thus have
abandoned her Slate rights.' It was the hand of
Esauanduotlhe voice of Jacob, thatfiied that sum
upon the hitherto proud escutcheon of our Sute.
It was not the will of the people u> prove thus re
creant to their Sute rights and their own intciests,
they are ready at all hazards to maintain their
equality in a confederacy of equals, and demand
the compliance with the compact which made this
Union for protection to all and not for the oppres
sion of the weaker by the stronger. Had the South
been true to herself from the begmuing, had she
been more firm and less conciliating, we should
not now be called upon to combat against Free
soil encroachments upon her rights. The struggle
is not yet ended, the anti-slaverv agiUtors are only
resting from their labors an 1 gathering new strength
for a more bittef attack upon our institutions.—
The crisis is not far off and we want a representa
tive who has been already tried, upon whom we
may depend.
In North Arkansas we are all united heart and
hand; Randolph county is about to hold a con
vention to send up delegates to the State Conven
tion, she is determined not to be in the rear. The
State Convention will be pregnant with impor
tance to the interests of the democracy of the
State—the nominee must be suited to the crisis or
defeat will be unquestioned and unquestionable,
and on the Southern question he must be true and
firm. No other can carry with him the people of
North Arkansas. This milk and cider work will
not do, we are all for the cause and nothing for
men. If tru • to democracy and to the South, we
cart- not what portion of the Stale the nominee
may come from, the North and East will proudly
rally round him and give him a hearty support.—
Such a man is Boa Johnson, and without distinc
tion or dissent ion. we are for him. No man has
ever endeared himself so much to any people as
this gentleman has to the North and East of Arkan
sas. He is deeply seated in the affections of all
our citizens.
Consider, Sirs, how much depends upon the ap
proat liing canvass. It will be the opening of the
campaign for President of the United Slates, be
tween the two great political parties of the country,
the friends of equal rights on the one hand and
the upholders of monopoly ou the other. We
must have a leader in the contest upon whom we
can readily unite, the insidious attempts to dema
gogue the State and the party must be crushed st
once or our downfall is inevitable.
RANDOLPH.
Jj- The le gislature of Missouri passed at the
session just closed more than 660 acts; but four
fifths of these were entirely private and local. The
tiapers think that some plan should be devised to
narrow down this local and partial legislation, and
prevent so much tun- and momy being spent on
matter comparatively frivolous.
4 merit-nil Cotton nail Kuglish Dependence.
Among other matters which a late writer of
Blackwood enumerates in b . summary of the dan
gers of the present condition of Great Britain, ia
the' fact that live sixths, ofo.n nine tenths of the
supply of cotton consumed in British manufac
tures, cubic from kramira, and that seven or eight
hundred thousand persons are directly or indirect
ly employed upon the operations which take place
upon it- “Suppose,” saya the writes, "America
wishes to bully us, to make us abandon Canada or
Jamaica, she has uo need to go to v.ar. She has
only to stop the export of cot in for six months,
ami the whole of our manufacturing countr.es are
starving or in ret- Hi m; whii. a tnapur- ry ecssa
turn of profit is the only inconvenience they ex
perience on the other sid. of the Atlantic. < 'ku
we call ourselves independent uu-R-r such circum
stances ’ We might have been independent; Ja
maica, Demerara and India might have furnished
cotton enough few all our wants. Why then, do
they not do so ? The mams of cheapening every
thing has done it all. We have ruined the West
Indies by emancipating the negroes and then ad
mitting foreign sugar all but on the tame terms as
our own, and therefore cotton cannot be raised to
a profit in those rich islands—for cunt nwmt labor,
of which the emancipated negroes are incapable,
is indispensable toils production.’*
17 G. V. Brooke, the Irish Tragedian, talks of
visiting America this year.
«
c*rmr«iitu« of Ike Uaaarr.
Mew Orica a* La.. March 19th '51.
The new* hgonght by the steam*et Asia, reached
as yesterday monuag an.! gare quite an nop. tu*
to humnrsa or every description. Cotton imir.-(;i.
ately anae 4 rent and the new price has been so
welj mamt.hik■! that I shouhi he much sutpr-.m .1
if another advance took place before n«ht. All
the transactions to-day have been at on Unit
%iues and the demand continues as brisk as it has ’
been at any tune during the past month. - Flour j
alao has advanced considerably since I last wrote
Ohio brands sell from $3,90a*4, and St. Loms f..t
•4,30. Everything else ixma.ns at what it was j
except Pqrk which is worth for Me« *: t«itJj: ’
Prime fllitl 1,40 pr M l and bulk 5}c pr If, the
bog round.
The examination of Griffith, the young man who
I is charged fwith killing Capt. V art- men a lew
! nights since in a street affray, tail place ivjtcT
;dsy before Recorder Caldwell. He was fully
committer! nu a charge of mans’* ugh ter, no mal
ice aforethought having been proved again** Inn,.
All the parties concerned ia this terrible tragedy |
are well connected in this city, and Cap*. War- !
teuton, the victim served well and honorably in
the latr Mexican war.
The news of the death of Gen. G. McDuffie
which reached us yesterday, took everybody by
surprise. It bad been an long since we had re
ceived any unfavorable news respecting him that '
the general impression appeared to be that he was
recovering his usual health, consequently the re
port of his demise had all the effect of a sudden
unlooked for calamity. His last speech delivered
m the L . 8. Senate was I think on the tariff ques
tion in 1545. I heard him on that occasion en
chain the attention of every member of Uie Senate
with his burning and !.riliinnt eloquence. Though
during the whole seeoe his powerless body was
supported by two desks snd he wss dependent as
an infant on those around him for every trifling
service lie required.
On Friday night last an attempt was made to
assassinate our District Attorney Mr. M M. Rey
nolds. He was returning home and while passing
the corner of Perdido and Carondolet streets was
attacked by two me a, one of whom strnrk at him
in front while the other attempted to stab him in
the back. Fortunately Mr. R. had a sword cane
with him, with which he contrived to defend him
j self and put both his assailants to flight. Mr. R. j
I *“« uninjured with the exception of a slight wound ]
i in his hand.
On Sunday the new Steamship l/oion arrived
j at our wharf from New York with a large cargo
| of assorted merchandise and •350,0011 in gold on- :
j «g'«=u m men: nanus nere. srre will ran hereafter '
; in connection with the Winfield Scott making her
j next trip out on the 1st of April.
| Yesterday a break occurred in the Levee on the
I other side of the river about eight mile* above
town. As yet it has had no elfeet in lowering the
stage of water here, and we are beginning to be
much alarmed relative to an overflow, as the river
is already encroaching on the wharf and threatens
soon to be on a level with our streets and houses.
Gen. Tom Thumb leaves to-day, and Dan Uiee 1
with his circus troupe follows immediately after |
i bira.—Mr. Burke the Yankee Corny lian in starring '
at the St. Charles and attracting crow led houses. |
! The “Orleans'’ is doing well owing to the energy
‘ of its manager*, for several of the most popular
! operas have been produced in a very effective
1 manner and in an astonishingly rapid succession.
PUcides Varieties as usual is doing a very good
business, and Mrs. Howard remains as great a fa
; vorite as ever.
The health of the city is excellent and the
weather unexceptionable. H.
Reconciliation between eon. Scott and
Cot. Marey.
A Washington letter in the New York Express .
has the following statement:
" A reconciliation of difference has taken place
between Gen. Scott and Gov. Marey. Both gentle
men being present at a supper party given a few
evenings smee by J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq., the
General expressed to Mr. Kciyiedy a dc-terrai nation
to make advances to the ex-Secretary of War, with
whom he had not been on friendly relations since
the Mexican war, stating that he had felt, oppress
ed by the unnecessary continuance of any cold
ness between himself and any gentleman, and
would much prefer reconciliation. He hoped that
the Governor would receive his expressions in the
same spirit by which he was influenced in making
them.
The advances were made; and the result was as
he had hoped. The whole company, among whom
were Ex-Governor Crittenden, Attorney General;
Ex-Governor Letcher, of Kentucky, now minister
to Mexteo; Edward Everett, late president of Har
vard University; Mr. Stuart, Secretary of the In
terior, seemed much delighted With the aifs.r
and tts resnlts. At the supper table Ex Governor 1
Marey was toasted- as the .labsGovernor of New
York and as Ex-Secretary of War, in response to
i which the Ex-Governor remarked, that, whatever
j celebrity might attach to him as Secretary of War,
was a reflected glory or honor—reflected from the
; gallant m* n and brave officers with the notice of i
: whose conduct he was honored, and especially !
from him, who h/us tieen a dial,aguishcd Major
General for 37 years—longer than any other man
! living. The expressions so delicately made were
' received with a burst of applause, and created for
j the speaker feelings of admiration which will en
dure when the festive occasion shall slumber m
fow-tfulness.
Arrival of Jenay Lind at at. Losii,
From the St. Louis bUtUtgnuer of the Uith inst.,
| wo take the following account of the quiet reecp
j tion of Jenny Lind iu St. Louis:
j “ At an early hour the splendid equipage, con- i
■ suiting of a beautiful carriage drawn by four ele
gant white horses oruaiu. uted with flags a:id to- ;
dpttus. nr**uar**.fl bv Mr l\ I) Walt.m fortbe r m
ception, drew up at the boot and conveyed the par
ty to tlie Planter's House, where rooms have been
! prepared for them. The ixceedingly quiet man
! ncr of her reception was in consonance with her
| expressed wishes, the boat having been purposely
j delayed, in order to arrive at an early hour in the
morning, ami thus avoid the crowd of spectators
which would otherwise have thronged the Levee
to w.lness the reception of ro distinguished a per
souange.
A Hard shell** Hymn Book.
A traveller called at ’nightfall at a fanner**
h iuse the owner being front home, the mother and
daughter bt-iux alone, refused to lodge the traveler.
. How far then, said he, to t house where a preacher
‘can get lodgings? Oh, if you are a preacher, said
i the old lady, you tan slay (wire. Accurdinniy he
dismounted. He depwited hts saddle-bags in the
house-, stid led his hone to the stable. -Mean
while the mother and daughter were debating the
point as to what kind of a preacher he was. He
i cannot be a Presbyterian, said the one. for be is
not dressed well enough. He is not s Methodist,
caul tbe other, f;rf his coat is not the right cut (or
a Methodist. If I could find hmllymu Book, said
the daighter, 1 could tell what sort of a preacher
he is, and witn that thrust her hand into the sa.i
ule bags, and pulling out a flask of liquor, she ex
claimed—“ La* mother, he's a Hard Shelled Bap
tist!”
American Enterprise Honored in Kitglnnd.
Prof. Siiuiaau stated, in one of hi* recent lec
tures in New York, that Capt- Wilkes, of the
| United States Exploring Expedition, to the Atitarr
rtie Seas, 1ms just received an eiegeril Gobi Medal
from the British Government, as an acknowledg
ment that he was the true discoverer of a disputed
continent, from which he saw the volcanic fires
bunting fr un a land of ice am! snow, and pour
, tag their lava down the eternal barriers of fro* a
mountains.
IT The Reverend Thedodore Parker, of Bouton,
(luring his spiritual exeremea Inst Sunday. exclaim
ed, “I thank God the fugitive has escaped*- and
the re-up :i his p.our eongTcgnUoD gave bun " three
cheer’.
{For (hr Runtcy.^ --
Mcaeta. Karma* —It w aamateg In lm( .
Uh- mIhihi o( Ibc Democrat and note n* *
Krnply their work of mnnufactunny pub...
,on' Uha*!.wwneavoc».j,a, The emu* of'"'..
p«p< r throws out the JewWr rh.* - „ K„
gratifying to hear thr Jewtm*~>t* rf,vn o, r-l
abroad” Howpatrratically l>*y ^
Uio hen Id of the peopi.-s cWe iS the *v-. .
meat of the roan who e tn repn s. n{ m ,n .j,,. ,
Congress—they M»nn»- to know the tnwt w
K-n of their county—they jet thetas <
CKtusly to speak by the card, *• tn make m „‘,T
whan they please.” If we have m,slUBp(. ,
our lives the Democracy, are a.it «o stupid „
to see the shallow devwe <4 all this stuff n.« *»
flexible as to be turned to the nght i t to . > „ ,
by those who eaerewe this impudent a,«t uu,
pulous vocation. We have a iw*j omu-rn,,
«f t-3 method of makinji ere.it ,,
ttrme but the veriest demagogue, r, .,
cal jockey would reanrt to aiteh adveniui.ii*
rerj as those anoajnaoua letter writers to Set ,
name, it is a part of the nauseous hamhUs a.
rules the day, the outside pretence of ,ntp.
and political mountebanks—-stereotyped iea,(ere
are throws) out, and stereotyped lesponae* follow,
all m apt time and erunplexiou.
The laics of the Arabian Nn-ht* are as tiuihi .i!],
and the Etysean fiehia of the an, tenia have a.
really "a local habnabou and a name”
letter productions, the whole thing u absurd, »
fraud upon its face he who protease* to have father
ed up lb. sentunent of his county, «(Mu hts ,BI)
bias, and he who proffer* pledges tn any ,r,„tall
perhaps has better influence to wield them. amt
more likely than all, that these letter* m v, r
the light m the counties from which tie , b*,i_
they bear marks of wholesale assumptions, pa;
forth for effect—Ui catch the breese of
opinion—their object is to forestall the action of
the Convention, characteristic of concerted fraud.
They all tend one way—they are all T. u,
Gt*tt. Clarke, of Craufor.l—he is si., man ,i,ul caff
come down from the North ami West with an ava
lanche of support—he can " out manage them
all"—he la the moat, successful at •*smart in
trigue,” tor these are ■juultlirt lor winch I at trie ml*
ground his prospect for Congee**. Diatmgunhed
aa the General may be fur •• management" and
“back-woods log-rolling,'' thane arc quahtwa of
little uae « Wtaking!on, at must tin y an- com
paraUvely very low in the scale of accomplish
VUB> UMOV vaa»- uuianvunivi ICIfmCUXI J»Ii
tentative, and Iwanle our in>ltt< ami principles an
mu fancy commodities to bechuffered away in the
lobbies ami elsewhere, but should eltimcd anti
asserted manfully on Uh- floor oi debate. Event
full mues have lain n upon os, ami -,t » maiuir of
grave interest ami consideration that we having
but one voice in the representative beam of Con
gr- -a, should have that voice potent tu the cause
am) interest of Arkansas. Would (Jen. Clarke's
“better management” do us, we arc disposed to
think not.
Thu fulsome laudation of Oen. Clarke or any
one else, ar>* |*e*ui*ptuou» and ill-timed. We
hot11 that high honors ami stations of respoiwilwii
tics should nett net be sought or declined—tin- his
tory of events generally. points to t he tnan to hit
tin tu. We know lait tf Lieu. Clarke wears to
principles as the fashion of his hat. What politi
cal emergency has trust him?—has tar- thrown him
self in advance of his party by any distinguished
service? We tiave no record of hut profound abili
ties cither m the origin or advocacy of any great
measure. What legion has he led to the charge •
Wi'hat pass has he held? Let our standard be
committed to the valiant—to hands tried in die
service, then amid the conflicti that threaten the
next two years, we know it will lx- borne aloft
with houor whenever and wherever those con
flicts arise. It appears to us that it is due to the
occasion and the crisis that is upon us, that we
look for higher qualities than "better manage
mcnt" in the representative w ho is to hold in his
hand our interests and honor fur the next two
years.
Robert W. Johnson m whom tfie Democracy
have ounMence well-founded aud well-tried, lias
modestly decline 1 for list aspiration* for the place
he has so gallantly ami honorably filled, hut he is
the choice of Eastern Arkansas, and the .State
generally, upon him we ail could unite fully—we
are split utterly into fractions, unless he tie our
standard bearer, lie would uot, could not pul aside
the spontaneous nomination of the people.
Clearly as the band writing upon the wall, the
times point him toibe ret irm-d again to Con
gress; the Dtluucraey hir'e the right to put in re
quisition Ins service*, and say to him hold on to
the post we have assigned you, and theft' main
tain our rights till relieved. Aye, a Roland holds
the pass of Ro nee Valle*, ami the IVmotr.e y of
Arkansas are rallying to the rescue.
EAST ARKANSAS.
Importitnt nnd Va’uble Itixcovery.
Among the many valuable discoveries of I at
years, none i* entitled to ueue notice, and should
be more generally adopted, than that made by t!i<
late Dr. J. H. Johnson of New Orleans. Bychctui
cai combinations, the inventor has found a method
whereby cordage, sheeting, and ta short, all vege
table fibre, cm be rendered completely fir. proof
The magnitude of thi* discovery is so startling, that
we almost at once pronounce it impossible, and
limuiMK Pixnv •n.tuwt •- ' (■vi it i*«- *. wviri
mi of iU reality; but we undc-rund from very r*
pecublr authority that the teat has been mad.■;
ami, if true, it* general adopt ion a* one of Ui#
«!•*( means of Bavins; life and property to an ,11
calculable amount must follow. So general is lbs
operation of this agent, e<anbinod it i« said, of well
known chemical pn.ipr.ft»« that it i» hardly jew
sibie to cab: olate the uses to which it may lie ap
plied.
The laws of Congress requiring 'he use of wire
tiller ropes can scarcely '«.* carried into effect, be
cause of the unservk cable and uninanngeabie ar
Uete which n required to b ■ kmm> by
this ills elite m, the c million tillel'rop* cart be u* !
with perfect safety The re.wit of this aliiv*d
discovery would be, that the menage and sail* of
ships can be no impregnated'by tin* agent a* to
render them perfectly »ei ore from hrf. How many
lives are lost and bow Buefi property aacrifie J
be* su.se tb dar.-ag am! hardy Human i* ••*•..*•
to app'oac i the 111- -proof garmeBta, be rm*h* ai
:o w: walk thro *},e tiery ordeal uniw:ath< d. If
m:ght be appuel al*-i to the luariafaelure ol > < mey
tsf.-a, walls of vaulhi, roofs of bouse*. and a;l
other objects nto the com, j#i'.io« of who my
vt '-table fibre may euteo.
The widow of the inventor i* now in this city,
for the purpose of bringing tan .lujiurtant •ubjeev
to the notice of the govaraitteut, and we doubt not
the will suceed ui her endeavor* to h»-e the i*
veution fairly recogsized, and, .f the rc» .it* should
prove aucresafui, the truck- motto *»v used in 'n«»
ii.il tent branches whose *t eao be applied.
Wash, f'xxm 1 lA m*t.
J.T Company K. 4tn InUnUy, arrived at Uoa
pi,;;. fMu. k rft fid-tom on tile (. n. Sfcc-id*. ' »
Friday evening ins'- This eoinjiay has Wen or
der*,) here to ;« iw.'ipy Me Garrison at thu pi*.
Officers, ('apt. Si*car, mmimifw, vial Cl. U.,v»
iu.se.—/• f. iVmda H- rruV.
Hendy Ueuol.
A drunken Uwver going ;n to rfcorrh. w**
*■ rvexl by the nnmiitei, who lutfeawamg hoe. '» *—
* I will tmar witnesa against ihar Siam.?, at the lay
of J ndguieiit.’
The lawyer, ftiaknw bur hind with dr .nk "i
gravity rtple-i—‘1 hav» pra**ii«d tw»»ry )• »r» it
the liar, ami have atwnvr found that *h<* gn at *
rase*! as the fire*, to tarn Statue ev.dcwe.
(JoId Duller.
Aa impression is »br>«a ’ Uml t*i a- t o. 1
g t « authoring the corsage of Child Dudari ei
pired on the 1 »t inst. ll is not r— the act a wi'b
iut I mutation a* to 1*!/!•-—T f UciUi.