MATTERS AND THINGS rN GENER AL
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 west of Arkansas, was brought to this place by a sergeant and two U. s. soldiers, from Jefferson Barracks, (l0 miles below St. Lous,) on "Wednesday last, and committed to iail, to await his trial at the ensuing term off the Saaerier Court, 10 commence ,3fi the 2d Monday of next month. The murder with which he stands charged was perpe- traied last fall, on the body of the U. s. blacksmith to the Osage Nation. He was subsequently taken by the U. s. dragons. and carried 10 Fort Leayenwofth, on the Upper Missouri, and thence transferred to Jefferson Barracks, from whence he was sent, on the requlsliion of the U, s. Dis trict Attorney for Arkansas, to this place, for trial.-.9rk. Gaz. June 30.

 A gentleman attempting 10 carve fowl which had been roasted fer bis dinner, find- ing considerable difficulty in separating it's joints, exclaimed against the cheat who sold him an old hen for d chicken. My dear,' said the enraged mans wife, don't talk so about the aged anu respectable Mr. R-; he planted the firsi hill Of corn that was planted in C--.' I know it said the husband, and I should think this hen scratched 1t up.'

 The population of Rome is said 10 be 147,0o0. There are in the city 63 church. es, 34,s00 families, 30 bishops, l45O priests, 2900 monks and friars, 1900 nuns. Paris and London are much larger, but the proportion of ecclesiastics Is much less.

 The quantity of steel consumed in Great Britain last year, in the manufacture of pens, is computed to amount 10 one hundred and twenty tons Each ion pro- duces l,9o0000 pens, making tofal of, 22s,ooo,ooo!

 Horse vs. Co,c.-The Newport Specta- for a year or two since gave us a mean- choy account of cannibal cat that eat herself up! The last number Of that paper exhibits the earniyorality Of horse that eat up cow! It seems they were confined together in a barn, when Dobbin, taking fancy to piece of fresh beef, commenced operations upon the cows hip and back. The COW remonstrated against this act, as an unconstitutional suspension of the Ha- beas Corpus; but the horse took the re- sponsibilitv, and ihe corpus with 1t, and felt authorised by the constitution, as he under stood 1t, to eat ia foot square of the ani- mars backn before the Court Of Oyer and Terminer, which the sufferer summoned by special proclamation, could interfere in her behalf

 N. B. If farmers would preserve their cows, let them keep hay in the barn for their horses.-Ed. .Nieacs Letter.

 Cotton Seed Oa.-This article is com ing into natice, and competes with the oil manufactured from flax seed. Ii Is said to be in no respect inferior for all the purposes for which the latter article IS used. It Is for sale in the city of $l 20 per gallon, by the quantity. Mobile Price Current.

 .Modesfy.-A captain in the U. States intaptry, when serving with Gen. Jackson against the Indians, was put under arrest, and not being brought to q cou martial for considerable tune, he rendered bis resig- nation. The iollbwing Is the concluding passage in his letter; ''lu leaving the ser vice, am not abandoning the cause of Repubicanism, bat yet hope 10 hrandisb the glittering steel in the field, and carve my way to name which shall prove my country's neglect; and when this mortal E pttii Siiall De ClOSed III ttl6 quSis anu tne soul shall wing it's flight to the regions above, in passing by he pale moon l shall hang my hat on brilliant Mars, and make d report to each superlative star! and arriving S at the portal of heaveIf's chancery, shall ' demand of the attending angel 10 be usher- ed into the presence of Washington"

 The Baltimore Chronicle of the 2Oth says, that s'the offiee-holders' Caucus is s sitting i'll one part of the city, and that a most enormous hog is exhibiting in an- other' The Editor does not say which S of the two exhibitions proves the greatest attraction. Could not the owners, in a S spirit of compromise, make some arrange ment for uniting the two rival establish ments ?-Louisu,He Journal.

 @ Indian .Mmders,--T Miledeeyiiie Recorder states, that the Creek Indians, in the neighborhood of Columbus, (Geo.) are 2 again committing aggressons upon the whites. They have recently murdered d citizen of Columbus, and fired upon his companion, who escaped. They had a few days before, about the same spot, mur- s dered gentleman from South Carolina, who was removing, anu whose wagons and negroes had advanced ahead of hin. Much excitement prevails, and 1t is con- sdered highly dangerous to travel between Columbus and Montgomery. .-.Nash. Bon. 