We have been requested to give the followin,
Office few insertions in our paper:


Attention Democrats!
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quested 10 meet at the house of VIM. H. & NJ.
Mayors, in the town of Fort Smith, on Saturday
the 2ls inst. for the purpose of nominating dele.
gates to Convention 10 be held at Little Rock,
on the first Monday in December next, to nom.
nate candidate for Governor. and candidate fo-
Congress; also TO appoint delegates to a Conven-
tion to be held in Baltimore sometime in Nav
next, to nominate candidates for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency.


The Circuit Court of Crawford County, Sta,e
Of Arkansas, held at this place, commenced its
session the 25ih uI.., and We are informed, will
not be able to complete the docket for fortnight
Thus far the time of the court has been occupied
with criminal business, and but few cases of other
character have received the action Of the court.


The trial of John Kennedy, for the murder of
John Hurry, in April last, upon an indictment
found in the Circuit Court OF The County of Craw-
ford, at the September term, ls43, conmc need on
"Wednesday last The Hon. R. C. S. Brown, pre-
siding; and after careful examination of tho
Jurors, returned in the venre. A respect able, in.
telligent, and impartial jury was impannelled.-
William Walker, Esq, Prosecuting Attorney for
the State, and John F. Mckinney, S. G. Sneed,
and James A. Simpson, Esqr's, counsel for the
prisoner. The Prosecuting Attorney presented
the case to the jury by lucid exposition of the
law governing the case merged in tho Indictment,
but waived the right of alleging the facts expect.
ed to be proven in the investigation of the testi
mony in the case.


Mr.. Mckinney, for the defence, opened the case
by plain and concise statement of the facts
which they expected to prove. First, that the
prisoner at the bar, John Kennedy, did not fire
the pistol that killed the deceased. Secondly, tha
it was fred by one VIM. Irwin. Third, that il
the prisoner did fire the pistol he was justfable
(as the testimony would show,) in suppressing the
riot.


The Witnesses were then examined. The cas,
was opened by Wm. Walker, Prosecuting Attor
ney. He remarked to the jury that the State ha,
conclusively succeeded in making out her case
That the prisoner at the bar, John Kennedy, ha.
with felonious intent fred the pistol, and thereb,
produced the death of John Hurly-That aItho
Hurry was his friend, as had been proven, and NJ
nniinosity existed between them-that his conduc
evlnced that enmity against all mankind which
constituted the offence Of murder in the first de
gree-or that malignant and vindctivs feelings
arising from former difficulty between the pri
soner at the bar and Irwin, prompted him to soel
the present opportunity to wreak his vengeance BY
shooting him-and if thereby he took the life o
another he was equally guilty as if he had kille,
Irwin. lie presented accurate and logical dis
tinctons between the different characters of homi
eide, and urged upon the jury by strong and con
elusive arguments, that the State had made Oct
case of wilful, wan.on, and deliberate murder
But if the jury doubted upon this point, that tb