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I V OL. VIII.
LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1851.
No. 8*.
T
i; ARKANSAS BANNER
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JOB PRINTING.
The proprietor of the Arknnsn* Banner, re
• eetfuliy inform* the public, that he i* prepared to
nrrute every deecriplion of Joo Wok, with neat*
aeu and dispatch, ami at a* low rntet a* any office
>ii the State—*uch a*
Kook*, Pamphlet*, Hand Bill*, Nteamboat
Hill*, Boater*, Bill* of Lading, Bill
Head*, llor*e Bill*, Label*,
Card*, Receipts Ac.
ll«n constantly on band, Blaalc Notes
< l« rk*«, •sheriff's Justice’* and countable’*
ltlank* of every kind, Blank Deed* of con*
veyance, ItC, which will be *old cheap for
c*,h or city acceptance, and will be *ent
hi innil to any part of theatate, If required.
Donation Land*.
Kor sale al thia office. Liata of the forfeited land*
nuhi-ct to duuatiou by the State, to actual aettlera
at 7j cent* per copy, or per dozen. Postage to
tar part of the country, 7cents.
To anbacriber*.
We hope that wher-yer any Irregnlarity may be
<cover, d in the receipt of the Banner, our aub
- -rt will do os the favor to give information of
i - feet, iii order that the cauae may be aacertained
emi removed.
BOUNTY LANDS.
: } THE orFICRSt* AND 80LDIERH OF TUB WAR
t l-W, \\l» ALL THK INDIAN WARS FINITE
THEIR WIDOWS AND MINOR CHILDREN:
UVOER tlw »**t of OtnfifNw, fnu. '•<! th«* *JSlh day of 8*»p
t» min r. lust), all wl»o m'revd in any rapacity in any of
t • t'« v»- »v», rirhrr in the militia or regular wmcc, lor
• in-niii >>r more, arc mutled l*> Bouoly Laini
T\i< <iu l-p<ifnrd h^tnc in pos*«*in«H»ii f»f all the fonna, and
•m<l' r*uu‘diii« in 11 y all til* r*N|uirenir»tM of the varum* olhcc*
"i Uh- i.-'V# riirurnt, will altrnd to pcwurinf Warrants lor
i Roiintir* and, if local** the huh*: upon Goon
i ui'L, arnl i*r<**ur*- the paienu Ihcrefor.
\l>{ilit-aiit9i under this lull will |dMu»c »tatc name*, age,
l« •. .it r* *id» nr<-. Stale, rank held, name of captain ot com
i t»\. number »*f refnnent. of infantry, (or »Kher arm,) »*om
1 »e, .,f re^unrnt, w hen rniiated or vahtttMKd,(>r drafted,
s'» whai jilare, mi m about what time, for what term of *er
' - *. I low ionr in - rviee, when diM'itarfed, and, if they have
i tr (II ’kaned, forward them. If a widow, elate of whoui,
» on and where married, her name previon* to niamafe,
«'.' ii and wli« re h*-r hn*lmml died, and if or not bIic is still a
idow, if her husband w as killed in battle *o utate it.
If the* infommlinR he |.»rwarded, the uee«n»»ary paper* will
' ;'f part’d and »»•« to the eiaimanu liwr signature.
' 'mfiienit athms “Pout P*it>” addreiwedto him will re
prompt attention. I.. A. WMITELEY.
Ark.inua* Banner Otfi<?e, Little Rock, Arks.
Ilarilirarr, Hardirare.
rpHE subtrriber would respectfully inform hi*
X cusiomers, anil the public generally, that ho has
received, per (learner Exchange ami Dispatch, the
l»fge«t and best s•lrctell »lock ot Hardware, ever
> if -ted hi this market—consisting, in part, of the
foll.mrag:
lit irk Smith B-lows, Anvil*, Vices, Sledge ami
lit Haunneis, Hose Shoe* and Nail*.
■’* dor-u common Knives and Forks; 8 dozen
I' >ry handle I (bilance) do.; Pocxet, Pen, and desk
k ;.,-, bdot,.n superior Razor* (Wade b. Hutch*
-i • ,-R guV Shears, Scissors, and gent’a pocket
•" H>itannia, German Silver and Iron Steels,
'I "i g Knives.
- - t guns, lliuts an I per. gun lock*; gun worms,
1 nip rs, powder Il,»ks, pistol d»., oil Hinds, shot
*• .r t pouches, gan^e bags, fish hooks and lines,
‘•me lli-ks, gun nipples, waterproof per. caps,
.. . >ll do.
\ I ill supply of pa Mocks, riin do mort. do. cot*
: closet, English store ,toitto, and plate locks,
i,u* latches, screws, butts and hinges, brass
1 > ', Dins', "Kentucky” and Simmons'sxe*,
a.1,, band ,ytitto, Collin,' t,^ do., shingling
l« "A n. lath its'to, < I > w ditto, baunners of all
• piar'S, C S Socket and firmer chisels,
■•> i hinges, single and double bench plane*,
’ Is, hand saws,—brass, shoe and coin, tacks,
i ss ire., bias* screw ring*, tewing and peg
t * ’ la, S.irrun irons, hook*, tailors and (ter.
4,1 4,,t« thimbles, single rein susps.spiing balan
''Tj^r, mill rtws, X cut sawr, files, horse
V-, , hr.1*3 ami Jap'd. candle sticks, snuffers,
> 411 ■ hoi *c uune comb*, cotton caul*, wool do.
•r%" f4l(fo.
HiU, usi'd., bung borers, shorrl.an.ttongs,
knitting pine.
-aekinj, rh'jr hrjih.*, paint niaiking ami crumb
• * m-h brushes, clulli.thair, an I shat me
■. ’ H; ami ll-»h do , counter do.
; l"‘ ari'l atop cock*, molasses gate*, spate, ewr
1 , otton lines and rope, pencil*|H>ints,
' ,li l"* l pencils, violin strings, shaving box
*n ■ kves, p dished traces and leg eh tins,
h plastering, brtek, and pointing
,■ *-IS, cleasers, ship scrapers, brats handled an I
v ir>n file non*, sheep ih.au, O. 8 taws,
■ 'r knives, shoe do., fry pans, sheet irunjar.il
“ -a kellies, a ml irons, ran* strops, colton
“• rope, slstea, drawing-knives, mil
\ • wl,ich, having recently purchas
V 'vV York, enables him to sell‘atjgreat|bar
JOHN D ADAMS.
, „ /v*4eer Steamboat Limdtat.
Luut IUek. Ote. »7, 1980. 15
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
: ii.hh iihui. *Um. r. eaaaas. job* n. B’oaaaa.
SIDDALL, GREENE & CO.,
corner F.tcTfp «,
ooMmaamx ahs vonyiAkaiTi®
MERCHANTS,
SO, AH CAMP STREET,
NEW ORLEANS.
tOSKIOKEENWOOD. 1 H HEALD. T. E.APANI
WOMBS MKIiOU’OOn, ft CO.,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING
MEEtOHAWT#
Y«. 66 Magazine Street, opposite the
Mouth of Rank Alky,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Dtp- Particular attention paid to the aale of COT
TON. TOBACCO. AND OTHER PRODUCE—
he collection and remittance of Fundi—and the
purchase and ahipuentof Merchandiic generally.
THOMAS b. WHITE,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
NO. S3 CANAL, STREET,
NEW ORLEANS.
LAW, MEDICAL. MISCELLANEOUS, AND
SCHOOL BOOKS.
wmirm®
f'iz• Cap, letter and Note. Wrapping paper of
rarious qualities
(LITI.CM, STEEL PEN'S, INK,
A ad a general assortment of Blank Hooka.
Country Merchant* and Teachers are rcqueited to
call and examine the Slock.
feh.13 33-1V
iiMPu u cmirwH
u u »nwri t
JAW I* M ITIIEWSM O.,
WHOLESALE
6K0CER8 AM) COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
.Manufacturer's ifenti
FOR THE RALE Or
NAILS, WINDOW GLASS, COTTON YARNS
&e., No. 53 WALNUT STREET,
South of Columbia, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Refer to— T. I). Merrick If Co , H’m. It. IVait,
Walter Mitchell, H. Broqan, l). Header tf Ca.,and
Jacob Hawkint, Little Rock.
Feb 5, 1850 —7—23—ly
Bi;\JA HIM iALLEMDF.il,
(HocccRRorto Win. T. Euatis Ac Co.)
No. 43 and 44. Pearl Street, Button. MoitachvieUi,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
PORF.IGH A DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
HAS a constant supply of Hardware and Cct
leet adapted to the trade of the Southwest,
from an experience of twenty years i» the trade
of that section, he Is confident that he oau supply
merchants, either in person or by order, with the
styles and qualities of foods desirable, and on terms
that shall be satisfactory.
B. C. gives particular attention to consign*
ments of Cotton, Peltries and other produce of the
country that may be oeustgned so him for sate.
Sept. 2.1. 1849 —7—3—lv
JOSEPH H PAUSES. JAM EH H HASSET.
JOSEPH H. PALMER* co.7
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
IPORKlORt AND ,
DOj$I§T30 DRY Q©0!0§,
47 CAMP-NEW ORLEANS.
Sept. 10, 1850. 8-1—ly
A. F. tOCUKAll AMO.,
COMMISSION- MERCHANTS, IMPORIEIIS AND
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic
FRUITS, NUTS, WINES <fcC.
POWDER! POWDER!!
AGENCY olthe celebrated “ Chryj'al Powder
Company,” in Keg-. Halves and Quarters, and
Cans of one and five pouudj. Guo, untied Superior
! to any manufactured.
No. 27 Tehoiipitoulas Street, New Orleans.
January 15, 1850.—7—19—ly
_.___
NEW WHARF BOAT.
A . ROAD * CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
NAPOIiCOX, A It K.
THE PROPRIETORS have purchased au en
tirely acre boat, with splendid accommodations.
It will afford ample and aecure storage room for
eight hundred lone, and la capable of accommoda
ting fifty passengers.
They are prepared, as heretofore, to do basilicas
a« General Agents, to Receive, Forward, and Pay
Charges They promise to givo their particular at
tention to all business entrusted to them.
The Proprietors will gusrantee (hut this bout will
stand tiie inspection of any lufurauce Office in the
United States.
references:
A. B. Shaw ft Co., Mtmphit, 'Venn.
James Hiurard.J
ft. It
U n JiTEWVBT.)
J«i Timms & Co., 2
S. II. TvcKKt. > Lillie Hock. Ark.
T. D. Mkrbick At Co.,)
Mote* Urcenwood At Co.,
VVai.to'i. Santoso A Co.
8npt 10, 1“50 I —ly
iicy-Cai. At Deni. copy.
i
iV Qrleani.
.1USTICE.
b^B (Iwml, eWSMBis* lowed .11,(1 qualllirit a* :i
t£h JuMitv at (be P«,t tor Hut Kt. l TuarnsMu, I'ula-ki
(•Mini) , Arkaiwu, I am |ir. pond ■<> stum], <>ITh iall>, to any
ta-ini'« hilruatidinme puSt-tHall).
I Mhvr at the Un nlttr,' of L. A. WlllTHl AT, Em|., rnriMT
of Main and Mat atreru, under ih" Arkanas* U.iuit.-t office.
JOHN J. TiloMPdUN.
I.ittji* Rook, Ark*., Nov. 5, Itiffl.
IKON ami STEKL-i.IWO lbs flat, round an
square bar Iron: 000 It* buraeaboe Iron:
AO Diamond Plow Moulds:
50 Cary do do
400 Iba. Spring Steel
ISO “ German do Received and for sale by
Keb Id tt’M. It. WAIT.
New Arrival i New Goo4)l
JUST received, per "Sauta IV and “St Francis"
and for sale cheap:
12 pr Roys Boots,
GO pr Mem, do
G dnx wool hats,
17 |>cs Mossy,
4 “ Marlboro stripes,
5 •• Merino,
II " Geo Plains,
7 •• Jeans,
1 •* tins Blk Alpaca,
Dec. Sl-no 17.
1 Bo* Macaroni,
I •* Vermicelli,
1 Bbl Stewart pour'd sugar
S Boxes pine ap cheese,
5 Bbls molawes,
10 “ sugar,
2 “ No 5 loaf sugar,
1 cask Malaga wiue,
2 Bbla No. I mackerel,
A. J. HU I T,
Main etreit.
FLOUR—300 bbl*. Ohio tuperlMt
LARD OIL—A bids, winter strained;
PLOUGH MOULDS—108 Diamond;
BACON—1 bhds. hams and shoulders;
I PORK—10 bbls. clear;
LARD—100 kegs No 1;
COTTON YARN—2000 lbs. anwted.Rto |0.
' Received pr 'Hamburg,* ami for sate by
WM. U. WAIT.
-:-LJL-g—
JOH.Hf D. ADAKd,
CBIIIMIM ASB F(MWARBI\6 HRCIIRT,
BRICK COMCT, LOWT.lt nTKtWBiMT I.UIHXG
LITTLE KOCK. ARKANSAS.
KERFScaiMUntlf on hand • iiryr mtl fi>arnl
assortment of Dry Good-, Clothing, Hurd
w*re, Uneennwnrr, Hat* and Capo, Boot*
a> d Nbocv, wnddlcry, stationary, Groceries,
Produce, Arr.yMrr.; all of which will ba sold
'trrjr cheap for CASH. •
Oat I, 1850.—8— t—tf
Hew Aioodft! \>w €<ioodM.
THE undersigned hare juaf received their Fall
and Winter Stock, consisting in part, of
Hrown and Bleached Domestic*,
French, English and American Print*;
Black Alpaca [lottery;
Ladies* l>re«s and Maarnlng Collars;
Ladies* White Blsrk Slipper*;
Ladi»*' and Childrens' Laced Boot*;
French Artificial Powers
, A general assortment of Boots, Shoes, Hardware,
Cutlery, Saddlery and Qneenaware, which they will
sell cheap for CASH or Country Produce.
FATHERLY &. CLEMENTS.
Dec 17,1850 Corner Main and Markham Sta.
Hew (aootls! Hew Cioods!
JOHtN D. ADAMS has just received, and is now
opening, at his slote, lower steamboat Undine,
a genetal am! w ell». lecled stork of Dry Good*, Clo
thing, llata, Caps, Boots, Shoes, S'atioin tv, die.,
dee ; all of which he is selling very low lor CASH, i
and lor CASH only. Call and see.
ID* Produce will be pm chased at the highest,
maikel rales. Util* Hock, Ocl. 2d.
IIOO Reward
WILL be paid for the apprehension and -0g_ !
confinement, ao that I fau get him, ®
of a certain Negro man named WILKS, 81
and notice given n:e at Pine Flat Pnstoffloe. » 1 1
Bo*aler Parrish, Louisiana.
DESCRIPTION.—He it about 30 year* old.
black complexion, very short and heavy built, ■
commonly weura a long beard, and very quirk spo- '
ken. He is supposed to be in the yiciuitv oi Lit- 1
tie Rock or Palesville. CHAS. LEWIS.
Not. 3S, 1850. 12 tf
Msandn! Msands!
FOR SALE, upon low terms, the E
4 Skc. 8. Township 3 North, Range
9 Weal, containing 330 acres. And the
E,'a oT-the North-west quarter of See
iiuu 17, i uwiiffiup _ i^orui, nangft v w
containing 80 acre, Enquire of
O. C. FI LTON. Markham Rl.
next door to Ike .hithonu Hotter. '
Not. 26, 1850. 15
('lothing.
Ik) DOZ. fine cloth Over-Coat,;
".4 1 “ “ Beaver “ do.;
I dor. fine Pilot Cloth do.;
4 “ Blanket Over-Coat,, assorted;
2 “ Cloth fiock and drew Coats, assorted;
2 “ Sack Coats, •<
6 •• prs. doe skin and French Cassitnere Pants;
6 11 “ Satinet •<
Shirts Drawers, Over-alls, kc., kc.
Just received, per wagons, and for sate, very low,
by JOHN D. ADAMS,
Lower Steamboat Landing.
Little Rock Oct, 24. 8_
Baicffin*. Hope and Twine,
T1 ECEIVKD, per steamer ••Pennywit,” the fol
XV low ing goods: <
lowing good,:
1200 yards Bagging;
900 lb,. Bale Hope;
50 lbs. Twine
Dec. 10,
A. J. HCTT.
*£, Main St.
Powder and ('andles
RECEIVED, per steamer “Exchange;?*
19 keg, ^ 1 Rifle Powder; %
500 pds. Star Candle,;
for sale fy A. J. HUTT,
Dec. 10. Main Sf;
Boot*! Bool*!
JUST received, by
the undersigned,
the following, to wit:
24 pi Fishermen’,
Pegged Boot*;
24 pair II u nt I ii g
heavy Peg b iota.
21 pr. Cnik soled
Pegged Boots;
36 pr. Kip Slugged
24 nr. Exifa Plumb sole Calf Boots;
36 pi. fine Calf sewed ••
72 pr. Superior Mud “
72 pr. thick Kip Pegged “ [gans; j
240 pr. wom's. Seal and Kip heeled Spring Bio
240 pr. men's snp Russ. I Brogan,;
120 pr. buys' '* “ ••
240 pr. men', heavy blk. ••
120 pr. boys’ •• •• •«
6 case, stout and common Kip Brogan,;
Winch, together w ith a great variety of Packs Boota,
Lace Boot', Winter Boots, Buskins’ Excel. Slip
per,. fine and common b'ack anil white Kid Slip
per,, Mis, Fox’d Gaiters’ Rubbed Burkins, chil
dren’, Roan, Goat and Call, and Sewed Peg Boots
and Shoes, Ax., Ac., make, up the largest and brat
selected stock of the kind ever before offered in this
tnai ket. All winch will be sold at prices to suit the
most experienced buyer,.
A. J. IIUTP. Main ,f.
Boot,;
Lillie Rnck, Dec. 3. 1830.
13
Cash for Peltries!
I WISH to bay Fifteen Hundred Dollar* worth of
first rale I’KLTRl'i to be delivered between
this and the 10th Jgit'y next, far which the highest
market price iu SPECIF will be paid. Peltry deal- .
era will please give me a call before selling else
where. A. J. HUTT, Main St.
Little Rock, Dec. 3, I860. 13— j
c n Cioods.
WE have now oil hand a lull a«ortment of st>• j
pie Dry G md*. Groceries II irdwaie. Queen*
Ware, Biot*. Shoe., Hat* and Clothing, which we
will aell at the lowe*t price for Ca«h, or in exchange
foi Cotton, Bee! tildes ari l Felines.
T. D. MERRICK At CO.
December IT, 1830 13
Coffee mid Mu^ar.
RECEIVED, per *tc*iucr “Cuipne,’*
!) band* Sugar;
10 »ack. Rio ColTee;
And for tale by A. J. HUTT,
Dec. I Mum St. J
feiqtiors and Wines.
K CASKS Brandy, 4'h ploof;
tr J >i Mad,*i is \V in*i
I <• Pori Wine;
2n Bask'd* Champagne Wine; oil contigninent;
and for sale low. .
T. D. MERRICK At CO.
December 17, 1830. 15
Flour.
1 /'k/’k BBI.S St Louie catra .Superfine, received !
1"/*" per' Penny wit,” and for sale
January 4
WM.
le t>y
B. V
WAIT.
ColfVr, ^nx»r< Ac.
Jl'sT received per sleaoiar Peuuy wit ;
34 .ark. Rio Coffee;
2 lihda. Sugar;
10 bbla. do;
4 bbts Molss.es ;
6 half bble Molasses;
80 sacks Suit.
And fur sale by
FATHERLY At CLEMENTS.
M—if. I
March 3d.
THE BANNER. '
LAJUKHT J. R^ANDOW,
LAXHEIi r A. WI*ITI£I.*Y, jCD,T"**
LITTLE ROCK:
TtEHDAT MORMIMU, APRIL, ft, IRA I.
Agency far Ike Akrapno* Baiiar.
OJ- Mr. VV«. E. Beavers is authorised tiKlw
tgeul for Ih* Banner, at Lost Creek, Salloa comity '
M" Mr. Gioior Bm<k la authorised to act aa i
•RenI for the Bittner, at I'iae Staff, Ark.
W- E. W Carr, General XteM, Eoana* Boitil- 1
info, North-weat come; i bird aad Walnut otroeta, 1
Philadelphia, ia authoriaed to act aa Agent for “the
irk ante t Banner ’’
J. J. Shixi.ry, Eeq., No. 26 Camp Street, No*
Orlran, ia our exclusive Agent to procure and col- j
lect namca for advertising, See . la that city.
rrAlc*. B. Olenn, ftrand.Soeretary of the Order
of Odd Fellow*, caution* the membra of the Order
throughout the country to beware of an individual
calling himself W. H. T*-w, and designated himself
* Professor Tew.” He lectures on what he rails
thesetence of Anthmpnlony ! He,professes to be
an Odd Fellow, and ha* doubtless gained admission
to some lodges; but he is a grand imposter,
JjTA Mrs. Mary Ann Mock, was up before the j
Cincinnati Recorder, for flogging her husband with
a cowhide. Mrs Mock had petitioned for a divorce
and had been sometime separated from Mock. The
indiscreet fellow went to see her, when she applied .
the cowhide unmercifully, for which the Magistrate
fined her three dollars.
ip” Dickens, in speaking of a friend, says he was
so long in the legs, that he looked like the after- \
noon shadow of somebody else.
Notice to the Creditors of Texas.
The creditor* of Texas, for whose claims dut-ioi
on imports were especially pledged, are required
by the acting Secretary of the Treasury to file the
amount and description of their claims at the ;
Treasury Department, previous to 1st October. I
18#I, and loexecute a release to the I’nited States :
of their respective claims agreebly to a form, ap
proved by the President and published by the act- ,
ing Secretary of the Treasury.
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Perianal Sketches of Literary Lions.
Docgi.as Jraoi.o.—DouglasJerold, swell Known
contributor to Punch and editor of various publi- ;
cations, is a mar. about fifty years of age, and in
person is remarkably spare and diminutive. His
face is sharp and angular, and his eye is of a grey
ish hue. He is probably one of the most caustic
writers of the age, and with keen sensibility, he
ofteu writes under the impulse of the moment ar
ticles which his cooler judgment condemns. Al
though a believer in hydropathy, his habits do not
contaixtr to tho-un^fftaf'WpixtjaatKth^tf Adam's ale.
His Caudle Lecture* liave been read by every one.
In ronversation he is quick at TV tort—not always |
refined. He is a husband and grandfather.
Hov. T. B. Macaclat.—Mr. Macaulay is short |
in stature, round, and with a growing tendency to ■
aldermanie disproportions. His head ha« the same I
rotundity as his body, and seems stuck on it as
firmly as a pin-head. This is nearly the sum of
his |>er»onai defects; all else, except the voice
(which is mountainous and very disagreeable,) is
certainly in his favor, liis face seems literally in- ■
stmet with expressions; the eye, above all, full of
deep thought and meaning. As he walks or rather
straggles, along the street, he steins as if in a state ,
of total abstraction, unmindful of all that is going :
on around him, and solely occupied w.ith his own 1
working mind. You cannot help thinking that j
literature with him is not a mere professtou or pur
suit, but that it l as almost grown a part g>l him- ;
seif, as. though historical problems or analytical
criticism u ere a part of his daily and regular food. I
Thomas if. Hairy.—A rone*pendent of the 1
Tribune says, .writing from Nottingham, England : !
' 1 have seen Hailey, author of “ Pestus.” His j
father is proprietor of the Nottingham Mercury, I
and the editorial department rests on lorn. He is ;
a thick-set sort of a mgn ; of * statue beiow the I
middle size; complexion darkj; and iu years about:
eight and thirty. His plnsogrioiny would be j
clownish in expression, if liis, eyes did not redeem
his other features. He spoke of “Pestus;” and j
its fame in America of which he seemed very
proud. In England it had only readied its third
edition, while eight or nine have been published
in the States.—Button Oatrtlt,
[From the Miner's (Dubuque) Express.]
Dintrestin: Lteidmt—H»rriblr Exposure1.
On Thursday, Dee. 17, 1 850, Samuel Brown, a
young man, aged ‘gv’, left the village of Quasque
tou, Buchanan county, Iowa, on horseback, to !
transact some business at a grove sum.: twelve :
innesamam—uotwecn me spsipmicon ana ue- ,
dar rivers. On his return, when about four miles
fr.>ni Quasqurton, while riding over a strip of ice,
the horse fell, precipitating Blown on hut right side,
and his foot remaining tight in the stirrup, which-l
was a small one. The horse regained his feet be
fore Mr. Drown recovered himself, and ran off at
full apet-d. To presorve his head from injury, he
clasped both hands about his right thigh, thus in
part sustaining his body, whilst his left'leg swung
urimcdtttely be hi ml the bone's heels. Incredibly
as it may seem, in '.his horrible position he was
dragged three miles. The home, in the mean time,
by repeated kicks, had fractured both bones ot his
leg, about four inches above the aukle, and bruised
the leg from the knee down, into a perfect jelly.
At the end of three miles, the horse becoming fa
tigued, abated his speed, and by severe efforts, the
young man succeeded iu extracting his foot from
the boot, the latter remaining in the stirrup. He
was dropped upon the open prairie, three miles
from any house, and a mile and a half from a road,
and in such a fractured, bruised and sprained stale,
that he was entirely unable either to walk or
crawl.
Iu this situation, lying flat upon his back, he
remained from Tuescay afternoon, December n,
till Saturday afternoon, Decern bet 21, the ground
being hard frozen, and the weather the coldest we
have bad this winter, with snow upon the gr rand,
which was increased to five or six inches in depth
by the storm on Wednesday, Dec. 18. 11c took off
his overcoat and wrapped it around his broken leg
to prevent its freezing, but without success, tm
left leg tx-mg frusen above the knee when he was
found, as also his right foot, hands and ears.
During the four days and nights, he neither ate
nor drank anything else except snow, iw closed
his eyes in sleep. The small prairie wolves liov
ered around h.m at uigh', but without mvlesting
hun. During the day he could see team* auj men
passing on the public road, a mile and a half dis
taut. He exerted bonself to the utmost of hts
strength, to make himself heard by those lejoivUrs,.
but without bring ng any of them to Uli aama’anc.;.
It was in this way that he was heard ou Saturday,
by those who were hunting for him, at the distance
of two aides, and by tins means he was found.—
His efforts at halloing had set his lungs to blend
ing, and when found, he had crunsuucd the mow
for several feet around turn with blood. He was
brought back to Qna*4 acton, and two weeks after
the accident, (but not until mortification had taken
place,) his friends succeeded, after unsuccessful
efforts, in getting a surge m to amputate the tnab.
He waasUil alive, at last accounts, but with lUUe
hope of recovery.
For the NMkviBe ami Louisville ChfidOn U>«*.
REV. I. XBWUilD MAFflTT.
ST MIL. TASTER.
Towering. like woe lofty oak,"
He stood,—stibluue ailin' the tossings of
Hm age;—with «m» expansive to the sky,
And rm'ratt irate that lit with radiance
From on high.
1 imct were when storm* did beat, when tempest
howled
About his lorlt; and though his body
Slightly trembled to the Mast, he lived to
Feel the spicy breathings of the calm, and
Fondly wave his ample ti >ugks above the'
Heads of thane who nestled near his heart.
Jost long enough he bved to nee
Hi* fruits full ripen to the m, and drop
To f'-ed insatiati^sou’s:—and yet hi* branches
Were not stripped by season* or by years;
But like the r >*e perpetual, blossomed on
As fresh while brushed by brumal breath, as when
Soft summer zephyrs revel with it leaves.
At last, the calm of nature died!
Surcharged with lurid lightning, loomed in view
The ratten cloud,—barbed with death, the shall
Electric slack(><1 its watery brow, and slruck:
Alas 1 alas ! the stately oak was pierced,
And riven to the heart, insensate fell!
Among its boughs no roore'the evening birds
Carol: not when the morn, emblazoned by
The sun. begins to peer, no more the skv
Lark seated on its loftiest two' is heard
To sound its matin notes, and serenade
The glory of the swelling day. Though
Its trunk death stricken, stretches on the earth,
Its pristine beauty palled, its native grandeur
Sullid by the clod, within the hearts
Of those who sate beneath its cooling shade.
Its greatness unforgotten lives:—for where it stood,
The hands of fame, have rear.-d a monument, j
Whose marble'pile, time's wear will not defile;
N< r will it fall, until upturned by Him
Who’l scroll the universe, and bid the moral
OiowtU to vegetate anew, and in a
Moment, change, in splendor to survive;
Which (Towns and dec-irate* alone in Heav’n.
Durhamsviile, Tern., Feb., 1 H.M.
A HARD SHELL STORY,
The man who can read the following story which
we take from the paper of our humorous friend i
Hooper, of Alabama, without the most violent ca
chinnated)' emotions, would make a fortune out of
his gravity, by hiring himself out to I'ndcrtakcrs, 1
as chief mourner:
While attending court, recently, wn the adjoin
ing county of Randolph, a friend who is fond of
all sorts, and who relates them almost as humor- ;
ously as “ His Honor,” gave ns the following,
Touching for the substantial, sublunar existence
of the |uriies, and their present residence ‘in the
county aforesaid;’
Brethren Crump and Noel were both members
of the Primitive Baptist Church, and both clever,
honest men, who paid their taxes and debts as the
same annually accrued, with a regularity at once
Christian and commendable. If, when settling day
came round. Brother Noel was "short,” Brother
Crump was sure to lie in funds; and on the other
baud it aLoxist seemed 1‘rnVidential how. if Krothai
Crump fell " behind,” Brother Noel always had a
surplus. Thus borrowing from and lending to
each other, worshipping at the same church, and
living only a mile apart, an intimacy gradually ri- |
peued between them: so that at last they did not
hesitate to speak in the freest nu 1 most familiar
manner to each other, even in regard to their res
pective foibles.
Now, it came to pass, that Brother Crump, dur- ;
ing the liveliest period of the cotton season, drove
into Wetumpha and disposed of his "crap” off
ten bales, at the very fair price of 121 rents per
pound. It was more than he expected, and as the ;
world was easy with him, he determined to invest, j
and aclua iy did invest a portion of the proceedx
of the sale of his cotton, in a barrel of western
whiskey; paying therefor, at the rate of, precisely,
two pan mis of middling cotton for one gallon of
“ ditto ” whisky.
Of course it vets “narrated in the settlement”
,that old man Crump had bought a whole barrel,
and after a few weeks people began to observe
that his nose grew redder and his eye more moist. ,
The idea that Brother Crump was drinking too ,
much,” diffused itself in the neighborhood, until,
as one might say, it became epidemical. People !
talked and talked—more especially “ what few ” j
of other denominations of Christians dwelt therea
bouts.
Brother Noel was "sore troubled” at the scan
dal which circulated about his brother and friend,
and especially regreted the injury it brought to the
" ’ciety” at Sharon. So one morning, he stepped
over to Brother Crumps and found the old man in
a half doze in his little porch.
"Won’t you lake a dram'” asked Brother Crump,
as soon as he was aware of the presence of Ins
neighbor.
“ Why, yes, I'm not agin a drain when a body
wants it.”
Urother Crump got lus bottle, and the friends took
u drain apiece.
"Don't you thuik, brother Noel,” said Crump
"that >ptri!s is u hlettsin ”’
" Y e s!" responded Noel, "sperits is a blessin,”
but, accordin’ to ray notion, it's a blessin’ that
some of abuses.”
■■ "cut now, nroiner ;>oet te.w no you nuns
abuts tlic* bles-iu' !’■
*• Well, its hard to say—but people talk—ilon’t
you think you drink too much, Brother Crump T’
“ Its hard to say—its hard to say;" returned'
Crump. ‘ Sometimes I’ve thoutht 1 trio a drink- i
in' ton much—then agin. I’d thiuk may b' n»f.—
Whal is man T A weak uitrrum of the dust!—
What the Lord saitli, that shall be done ! So 1
left it to the Lord to say whether 1 was goin’ too
fur in spcirita. 1 put the whole '*/>i,i« Lilly on
him ; 1 prayed to Imn, ef I was drinktu* too much, i
to ride urn10 my a/iprlite far iperiti."
Here Brother Noel groaned pi >usly, aud asked—
“What then, Brother Crump T'
“And''—replied Crump—“I’ve prayed that
prayer three tunes, and he ham’t done it! So l’u»
clear of the ’sponsibiUty, any way."
“The Lord’s will be done •” ejaculated Noel,
and after taking another dram tie went home,
thinking all the way, bow cleverly Brother Cramp
ha 1 skirts t hit rea/smuUity !
attempt lo (seduce a t hild.
On Wednesday afternoon, while two little girls, '
named Mary C. Agar an l Clara Kendall, the former
11 and the latter 7 years of age, were playing in
Tompkins Square, they were accoaled by a well
dressed.anl fine looking man, who after a short
c eiver ati >;i pre en'ed them with some oranges,
an 1 fin illy asiH-l the n to take a sail with him. Tnc
children consented, and were le i to the font of j
Tenth street, East R ver, where a boat wjs pro
cure \'. am! the par;v started for Green Point, on '
the opposite side of the river. On landing they .
t e»k a walk into a rear* l place, and th -scoundrel
attempt i improper liberties with the eider of the
girls. She how--r #erea.ty«d, and he desisted from
lus pulp we. They -oj-i after r-.-luruid.tu the city
anl beCwe l aving tb-vn the fellow re'inested the
elder girt to meet' him on Thor- lay, at the tame
spot in th" «jn »r.\ ait 1 charge! her not ta mention
what had u«ch pin e lo h;f p inula, who reside
at Id I Riurioeutn ant-L T tus th- -hild fortu
ualely neglected to do, b.-.t related th - whole of
the cin i niaii’.s to th.-'y. Mr. A;vr, the father
of the girt, ru n-idiatel* in iriuel Cap’.. SailA of
tha S .vertlej.Mh Ward Police, of the affair, who
ajvti id that the chi'd should keep her prom. >tr to
the libertii ij and a ;t him m the »^ «ar^ This
p'sn was pursued, anlths ft I to* wu cansht and
take a before'd imr M i lafi'ori. He gave bn name
as Charles Abb tt, and was comaituid to prison for
eian.1 nation. — .V. Y. Tnh**t.
[ Few* NmkmU* C.iruain Umc»u. 1
Tkt RfT. Jiki fewUad laffit
But few minister* of the gospel have attracted i
m- ru attention in the I'nited State*, within the!
Inst twenty fiveyeam, than John NewUmd Maffiti.
From Boston to New Orleans, and from the Cana- i
da shore to the lenten of Terns, he had visited .
nearly ait the eitiea and principal towns, and
preached to hundred* and thou sands of anxious
hearers, who every where thronged m multitudes 1
to listen to this extraordinary man. That he pus
atsKst extraordinary gifts, and in many particulars
excelled as a pulpit orntor. no unprejudiced m;nd
will question. He had thousandnof admirers, who
not only recanted’ Mh as « minister or supessur f.
powers, hut aa a man of piety, ami one who was
actuated by the purest motives, notwithstanding j
his excentncitws. Others there were who doubted
his sincerity snd grew warm in their oppmUon to
him; and yet wherever he went, crowds waited
upon his ministry, and many were converted
thmuirh his instrumentality.
it is not our purpose to write hia biography, or
at present to-enter upon an investigation of hia
rlaims to piety, but simply to intnduoe an article
which we find in the columns of a paper which is
not an organ of his own church. True, we knew j’
Mr. Maffit, and were often associated with him in
public and in private, and our personal acquain
tance with him extended through years, yet we ,{n ;
not feel prepared to defend his conduct in all pla
ces and at all times, for we have not sufficient ac- !
1’iaintanee wit It the facta pro or con; but this:
much we will say, we never witnessed, in public!
ir private, any act of Mr. Msffit's for which we j
could unchristiamxe him. H e have seen many j
little cxcentricities, and what we regarded tmdig- !
in tied movements, but never any tinny which we,
looked npon as immoral, lie has gone to his Judge, ’
who will do right; and charity for the dead as well
as the living, shonlil lead us to put the best con
it ruction on every thing. And as much has been
end and written prejudical to his character, we
dunk it but fair to give him tlieadvanlageofwhat
•ver comes to us well authenticated, to v ndicate
Ins reputation. The following we copy from the
I'rue Wesleyan, published in the c ityof New York,
fo whom the writer refers in sevi ral of his allu- j
lions, we know not.
“ It is customary in this region to employ the
first day of the year in renewing old acquaintances
>y calling upon your friends and exchanging the
peasant greeting. “A Happy New-Yrar." In
.his ceremony 1 had never taken part, but having
mntted to call at one homestead in Brooklyn, for
11 most a year, 1 did step in there and spend an
hour. The occasion of alluding to it here, is. to
n(Vnr)i.no a tU. ...___1 _ t._I.. ... .»
in reference to one who had ninny summer friends
»nd not a few winter friends too. I mean John
New land Matlitt. The laily of the mansion, than
whom few preside with more dignity over the social
empire, and whose house was his house often, re
lated some of the following facta. The first stated
below, I have supplied from the public press of a
ronner date.
“‘During the stunmer 1S49, a violent, mslig-;
nant, villainous assault was made upon the repu
tation of Mr. Mat&tt and a clerical friend. Muriitt
was charged with brutal treatment of bis recent
wife—deceased; with having deserted 'her, and
causing her death by breaking her heart; and to i
cap the climax, it waa alleged that he basel} plan
ed her prostitution, and that iu tins aclieoie bis
clcneat mend became aw Active agent. It seemed
too much tor the capsritMws maw of even our de
praved Gotham. Hut mi!—aided by the Sou me
press of our city, under the direction of certain
pious 1?) divines, it was swallowed whole. The i
disgusting particulars need no further detail.’
“At that period Mr. Maffitt was the far South !
West, engaged in a protracted meeting with his
usual success. Having been found guilty of pos
sessing unrivaled talents, on whieh indictment the I
whole country had passed a unanimous verdict, it j
was determined by envious little men to execute
Inin. Hut the process waa slow, and in the hands
uf men unused to the administration of Justice, it
teemed impracticable. Happily for the executive
power. Pilate and Herod became friends. And
what the church men could not do* m that they
were weak through the flesh, the Pilate of the :
police earnestly forwarded with the energy of i
Satan.
“By the direction of a Doctor professing special
purity of citaractcr, the most libellous and malig
nant doc nun nfi were packed otf from New York
to the scene of Mr. MatTStt's labors. The failing
of a bomb, the firing of a mag&sine, are fit em
blems of the confusion produced there. All was
consternation ami dismay. The community stood
aghast at the idea of such a monster in their undst!
“Maffitt, pool fellow, wrote to his friends, this
lady and husband, imploring some counteracting
testimony. 1 saw the letter. ‘What can 1 dnf’
said he, ‘Here I am in the midst of a gracious re
vival, preaching to crowded houses every day and
night! I am almost crusty!* Such a pressure on
his head and heart he had never felt. Such a tor
rent seldom is breasted successfully by the victim
of its fury. Hut he bore up like a man and outrode
the storm. Truth came slowly but with solid step
along the pathway that had been passed over bv
the hot haste of slander. Slowly Ins star was seen j
emerging from the cloud, and was again in the as
Cendant, but its brilliancy.seemed damned, as with
a tear is seen the eye of beauty, using from the ;
couch of pa: II.
“His foes ha-l exhibited diabolical shrewdness
in the choice of their weapons, ao l in the point of
attack, lb; stood up honorably vindicated, but
fatally wounded. A few weeks exhibited a change
in Ins app miice an I vigor that was sad, and any- 1
priaingly rapid hi its fatal development. Often
was he heard to say, 'My heart is breaking" ‘it
Will Uieak"
"A relaxation from labor wa.< proposed, and a1
visit made to Col. Hamlin, near Mobile Not Ion#
afl«r !na friends in this vp-mily heard that be was
J' ad. A Idler was forwarded to Mr*. Ellen Ball,
Mr, MaflUt’s sister, and the following reply re !
reived—a part only is given.
“ ‘Yes, ray poor brother is in the cold grave.—
They have killed Inin at last. But blew the Lord |
he died happy. The night l>cf<*e his decease, we ,
were w alking the floor together, talking of the per
secution and trials he had been called to endure'
when he said, * Well, Ele n, your pair b*o*her is
dying—his heart slnngjedtre breaking— t feel they :
are—but, remember he m innocent, a Christian and
a "entl^irun. 1 pray Qod Ui have mercy upon aod j
f'ugive my enemies, as 1 do,.from the bottom of my :
soul.
“ * Ho then knelt down and prayed, and such a i
prayei 1 never heard him offer o;i before. The
whole burden of lea soul was, that Cod would mty
forgive, aud b’ess those who had injured him Ob'
sir. it was enough to un it a heart of atone, to see
him R id Kred ,hi» youngest sin; clasped in each:
other's arms, and weeping on each olbtxyi Ixw/fiis. !
ui ire like lov,T3 than ta'le-r and son. He was nek
only a few short hours, an 1 died withou* a groan.
“ ‘ My poor dear hr it Iter ’ And how d j you think
I felt, dear sir, to a. . turn Carried away to the grave*,
and Ins heart aetit to Uie city to sl ip tho pdtbc
clamor ‘ i*’ ir toy hr »t!i r w as scarcely i riff, when
a repor* was raise I that he bai taken p i.j ug. Il.t
frictsda eatted a wwailto it yfryhftWf in. ntawin
have a post-m>rt ui exam attiott, and when old
l>r. Mott toik out the heart he wepl like a child
That showed the cause of Ins death. The decision
wav, rupture of the heart caused by evens of grief
Bishop Hamlin,*byre juestofMr. Mnflltt, pr-aeV-d
his funeral serna in, read the Slst Paabn. and took
hi* best fr ,m Isiiiji ho, l, which huff be uVh led
by Mr. 'MaSt hina*.!f. He was followed to the
ceaw tery by crowds of pctypl*.'
“ Thua died John New Uni M*Sh, whose true
character is vet unwritten.
“ The notice of his memory that t Aral thought
•>f was tnjrdly an incidental and brief but the
facts have eipanded over tlie whole space of sketch
i mg for this week, anil omit other matter until the
i ue« issue. L. C. M.”
•Ui. Hamilton'—En Aot.
TERMS FOR ADV1
agent*. mm) wiH
i»Tr)TTO Hr!
A liberal
who advert>m by
to art as our
tAftrml, of all money
ao kr p«p«ra and ad
jos mmyt,
Of all kind*, aoek a* Stmmihost mm, BUM of U
,'lia*. Piwfcw. Kondbilb; flhenflk’. Jurttear*. and
Constable*' Blank*; Funeral andOotilioa Ticket*.
Card*, Book ami famphM Printing executed with
teatnem and diapntcfcy at moderate price* for eaah.
Tke Peril m4 tkr Meat.
About tea day* ago aU the population of Breen,
in the Austrian State*, worn thrown into eomrno
tmn by the appearance of the daeii. m propria per
$me, surrounded by gendarme* with drawn sword*.
HuiMManic majesty was, aa be m always repreaent
cd, perfectly black, witk two enorroon* hern*,
gust'* cam, a body covered with haw, borw'alcffa,
and ctovi-n feet; but he rnemail decidedly out of
•fonts. tod it appeared that be was undergoing the
indignity of hr in* ooareyrd to durance »t». The
old men and warn an of the place foil on their
knee*, and prayed to all the aetata to protect there
ar»i"i»t the terrible an nee of daskneas; bat the
you** ma had Mm WMMp H leap* amt scoff at
hue. On imkairy. the foUowM^feet* were stated:
A few day* before, a* a pc am at wowaa named
Heat was Inn* m bed after having been delivered
of a child, the devil suddenly leaped through *
window wptnking a ekam. and demanded tkat she
should ather give him the ehitd to be earned to
tin region below, or make oner to him a sum of
100 florin# in new ail»er, which he knew she had
collected. The poor women, greatly frighted, at
once produced the money, and the devil pocketed
it; after which he went away The next day the
woman told the pariah promt of the visit she had
received. ami added that she had collected the
Itai donna penny by penny, to nay for religious set
vice ou her acrouchment. " Del you tell any one
that you had the money,"’ asked the priest. “On
ly the latf-wife,” mid the. “ Well, tell the mid
wife that the devil was mistaken in supposing that
you had only HIO donna, for that you here fifty flo
nns more: ami say you are glad lie .lid uot i<«ip<l
you to give them up. The devil will perhaps pav
you another 'usit after that, but I wilt be then toex
ercise him.” The woman told the midwife what
the priest bad mid. The next ms lit, the divil re
appeared amt demanded the fifty dorms, but at the
name moment the priest rushed forth, seized him
by the iierh, and charged him lieing a thief.
The devil, it turned out, wua the husband of the
midwife. He was fastened m a Mum, and the next
morning was taken to prison.—(Jihgmnm. Mr*
seitgrr.
Tkomaa Dp g«lac«r<
The English uprxim eater, is thus described by a
correspondent of a Worcester paper:
“I have met De Quifoey m the coumc of my
peregrinations over this * terraqueous ball,’ and 1
csn assure you that the physique of that celebra
ted writer is certainly as expressive as hm Iticum
brations. Men of genius have generally been mete
DAr<*ik* of that £ lit? nh Vsii’a! ivm _—
moniy designate manhood; and De gummy's , aj!{.
certainly strengthens the rnle. Hew one of the
smallest legged, smallest bodied, and most attenu
ated elligies of the human form divine, that one
eould meet in • crowded city during a day's walk.
And if one adds to tins figure clothes that are
neither fashionably cut. nor fastidiously adjusted,
he will have a tolerably rough idea of Lb- glim
rev's outer man. But then bis brow, that pushes
Ins obtrusive hat to the bark of his head, and tea
grey eyes that do not seem to look out, but to i..t
ever turned inward, sounding the depths of h.»
tmatri nation, and searching out the mysteries , f
the moat abatruae logic, arc someth me that v »u
would search a week to find the males to, and
thru you would be disappointed.
“ I*e Quincey now rwedra at Laaswade, a r«>
msor,,. coral v.!U*e, rwsca the nra.de.wN. .-I
Walter Scott, about seven miles fr.an Koinhnrg.
hcotland, where an affeettonate daughter watches
over him, and where he is the wonder of the
coentry people for miles around. They i-unnot
understand why on fair days, at all hours, that
little man with a browu coat, and the womy hut
is always climbing hills, and wandering among ih»
shady woods, as if he sought something he could
never find. And then, why on cold, bleak, and
wet days, he walks along the highway between
two piles of stones, transferring them single town
one point to the other. The fact is that the opi
urn which De Qumrey consumed in liut younger
days is now consuming him; ami unless he walks
ten miles a day, fair or foul, he cannot secure Ins
maximum of two hours sleep during the night._
Tins exercise he easily secures in pleasant weath
er; when the weather is not so, he transfers his
heaps of stones, and makes his ten miles in this
way. Tin* profound logician, ami euoneut scolar,
is impressed with the pr. posteToua idea that In
In ars a In mg hippopotamus, or souk such animal,
m his Stomach; and it is said that he manifests
considerable senaitiTeuea if any of hia friends doubt
the fact.
■ Christopher North, the Antithesis of De Quin
<ey in every respect, save m cent, nipt for tin
sumptuary laws, once a*ked the latt. r how ho
fell? • Ah,’ said De Qutncey. laying Ins hand on
his waist "*at. with a nelancholy look and shake
of the head, ‘ this animal troubles me, John ”_
■Then come mid let us jive the annua! some soup.’
replied the Pi .feasor with a laugh, it was dinner
time, sod De g.iinct-y did uol object to this pro
posal, but he del not si-em to digest the doubt that
was implied in 'Old Kit's’ witticism.”
A late letter from W sxliniift.n, says:
“ At present there is a dispnmtiua to consent to
uniat cannot be helped—)bat u tossy, tu allow i o
old party distiiiclion* to remain, ami to make Uie
neat context for the Executive chair, a battle !«■
tween wines anddemocrats. The energy that wax
vainly directed to the formation of a t 'nmB party
m ill now be exerted to promt eilbir Vt abater „i
Fillmore fioiu geu.na the whig tuantnaUtm lor the
Chief Magistracy. This will be tni.ch the . aw- r
task of the two, and it is thourht here that cireiim
stances are operating very favorably lor tin; dmaga.
Mr. Fillmore may make aa many sacrifices of con
science to gain the good *dl of the xoulh as he
pleases, and Mr. Webster may write tetter* to Ins
old m bool master, and hi* wet nutae. till the ntaiia
are fatigued with carrying them; the knowing out*
here, particularly the friends ol Mr, Clay, regard it
as a settled point that neither of tb in can get thu
noow nation.*’
Two celebrated Preu- h aeroua.iU, M. de Otuftil
pree and M, tie Pique, having quarrelled about a
fashionable opera dancer, who, though Um m».
treaa of the funner, was discovered m au intrigue
with the latter, a challenge was Ihecottgequctve.
Being both men of elevated minds, they agreed to
fight in balloons; and iu order to give time for their
preparation, it waa agreed upon that their du I
should take plate that day month. Accordingly,
on the 3d of May, IWW, the parlies nict in ai d
adjoining the Tuiltcrii-s, where theii rtspccuvo
oailoons were ready to receive them. Kach parly
ascended hu car. The weapons to Ire used, by
rnutia couaent, were blunderbusses, a* pistol*,
'twas supposed, would he altogether inefficient in
bearing of the aw ml, bin little dreaming
ol the hostile intentions of the •ronaili*, being
iitttrviy attracted to tie- spit by the tb* a utiprr .
, denU 1 novelty of a balloon race. A*- ton- o'ct <
the chords were cut, and the balloons asm,Heed
inajesi.colly. amidst the shouts of admiring u- -
sand*. The wind was moderate from the NMW.*
and they kept, ssweil as could be jud,:. d, betw ■, .t
Billet y and one hundred yards of each other. Wit. n
Uw y Hail arrived at the height of about nine h in
died yards M. L- Pique fire,!, but without rtf. etj
slmust itaaediavrly af'er. but »u returned by
M. Grandpn-o; the Contents of hta btuaderbuaa
|u ii. nat.-d hrx adversary's halloo*, tln*covi«, qatnea
was the rapid descent of the manhole, and M l.o
Prt«*ewa* dashed to pieces on a house top, am
which hra shattered and collapsed bateon fell Tb#
victorious Grandprcc then mounted aloft m tb#
grandest style, sad descended sale about neve#
leagues fsorn the spot ol ascension.
vr The u. a Navy consists si present of 14
vessels, carrying 'AMI guns. They wmipr.se it
: stops of tbs line, fourteen frigates, tweiay-wias
' sto^e of war, four brigs, five steam ftigatos and
» tea steamships, of which three sre Best class.
A Gael la the Cloud*,
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