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may 4-ly New Orleans.
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
:M j\im '£ i 3 ^ 4
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
ft-ft RESPECTFULLY informs
RuB® the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Buggy.
Carriage and Hack Harness,
\s .veil as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
'ris- Shop on Lvon street, back ot Fr ith &.
.Taejon’s store. ^ _ _JanM-ly.
i;. ic. ^
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
4 LL persons wishing my services m
this department of business, will please
address me at Brownsville, Praine county,
Ark. Every call will be punctually filled.
novl3-ty __
NE W It E S rFA U11ANT!
rTPXX^J
COSMOPOLITAN !
Corner of Buena Vista and Lyon streets,
OES lllC. ARR.4NS.4S,
IS now open for the reception oi visitors. .
The hest of Liquors, Wines. Ale, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly on huul.
*,* Oysters, (June, &c.. will be furnished at
short notice.
(jy I'his Restaurant will he attended to by
Messrs. J. C. Tarkinton and .1. E. Hoke.
janS-fim. C. T. OLDHAM.
HARVEYS X CHANGE.
Corner »f Buena Vista and Foster
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS
HAVING completed our new building, and
opened a first class establishment for the
accomtno lotion of the public, and furnished it
with th" best of Liquors, Cigars,
Tobacco, etc., the undersigned flatter
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which he0 been heretofore be
sto.ved upon them.
Adjoining their Evctnnge they keep a
general assortment of F AMI LY GROC Eltl e-i'
Also Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jv24-tf HARVEY fc MATTHEWS.
A S. H IRRIS,
IP .f T V a - .« .i K E n
4 1CB
ffEWEIoBH.
OFFICE mi Buena Vista flat.
street, opposite the
Nucleus House. De? Arc.
Arkansas. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-tim
JAMES JOHNSON.
t* HUS III if ll.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
fl n Having permanently located myself,
I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
PISTOLS, &c., to order,
ffcg** All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
LOCKS repaired, and KEY'S made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
piomntly attended to.
Terms—Cash. apr3 ly
PROFESSION A L CARDS.
T)R. N. L. RAGLANdThaving lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residenci
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
cd. offers his professional services to th<
public.
(J^“ Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly
rkR. T. J. CUMMINGS, having per
manently located at Atlanta, Prairii
county, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
Hav ing practiced in hospitals as we]
as in families, he flatters hirnself that he car
render satisfaction to his patrons.
3?” Office at Peebles' Hotel [apr 1-tf.
T)R J. C GOODWIN, determined tc
remain permanently in De3 Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronie in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
(23gT Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
Office at D. P. Black &. Co's., Drug
Store. aprill-ly
T'XR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
■“"^ly located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar ll-6rn.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis,
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and. from a
long experience in thehealing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. (3^* Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. VY. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers tiis Professional Ser
vices to the public. 3T" Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858-ly‘
T\R WM. BETHELL, will continue
| / the Practice ot .Medicine in ires Arc, ami
ziexility- From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
luring the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
vive a share of the'public patronage.—
pg^* OJSiee at Lane & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
pccupied as the “ Erwin House.” mri_y22-tf
DR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
'ession, and respectfully tenders his services to
he citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
ry, hoping to share at least a portion of their
latronagei OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
maylS-tf
Robert il crockett, attorney at
, L \w, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Vrkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
■Vrkansas, Monroe. Dosha and Prairie.
apri!22-tf.
AKEMAN w. EDWARDS, Law
yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
;ansa«. Will practice in the various courts
if Middle Arkansas. (giT Prompt attenlion
riven to the collection of all claims entrusted
o him. n'iu*
fVHARLES P. BERTRAND Attor
t^J’NEY at Law, Little Rock, Ark. (jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
IJT G. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
VV m keys at Law, and General Coi.lec
fORS, Searcy. White county, Arkansas. I’rac
ice in the Circuit Courts'of Randolph. Law
'ence, Independence, Jackson, Wliite, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas. Jefferson and Pulaski
lounties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Ark. (gs?” Prompt and
aithful attention given to the collection of all
ilaims sent to them. [jan8-tf.
i. ..7- p. ii- eabr.
FlEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
neys at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
•ounties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis. Jack-on anU Phillips. Particular
ittention given to collections. References:
Madison. Ark.. Hon. W. G. Beaseley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark., II. M- C°U.<;P >
Panola. -Miss.. Col. Calvin Miller; Coffeeville,
Miss.. E. C. Walthall; Memphis. Tenn.. D.
M DuBosi . Esq.. W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss.. W T. Fea'herston; Washington, D.
C., Jacob Thompson. jy17
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
,1 Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in urn i-oumir» wi * * '.
kansas, Monroe. St. Francis. Jackson. White,
Conwav. and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to linn.
(E®” OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. fob 13-11 ^
r\v. MARTIN. Attorney at Law,
Des Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas.
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White,
i-®- Prompt attention given to the collection
iff claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. US’ Office oil Lyon street
sept26-tf _
TT7ILLIAM T JONES Attorney
W AT L\w, Brownsville. Arkansas. Wil
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson
Arkansas. Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson am
W’hitc. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in '.he middle and easten
part of the State. ___8ePt26'tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.w. I.. P. WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS &. WILLIAMS, At
tornkys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One o
our firm will be almost always at. Brownsville
where he can be consulted on professions
business, and will give his personal attentioi
to all matters ill Law and Equity, entrusted i t<
them. _jec4
r A MOON, Attorney at Law
,1 General Collecting and Land Agent
For the Northern ami Eastern Counties o
Arkansas. Des Arc. Arkansas_°^U_
J. L. HOLLOW ELL... D. JACOVVA\
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torsf.ys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansai
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perr}
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
I je2t3-tf _
j J.^7Day’77.’V’.7.-Late of Lagrang*
| W. P. Proudfit, late of Harris,Wormley &■ C
DAY & PROUDFIT,
Cotton Factors
AND
GROCERS,
NO. 33, FRONT ROW,
i may 1 3m Memphis, Tern.
LIVE FOR SOMETHING.
BY CHARLES SWAIN
Live for something—be not idle ;
Look about tbe for employ:
Sit not down to useless dreaming—
Labor is the sweetest joy.
Folded hands are ever weary;
Selfish hearts are never gay :
Life for thee hath many duties—
Active be, then, while you may.
Scatter blessing? In thy pathway—
Gentle words and cheering smiles
Better arc than gold and silver,
With their grief-dispelling wiles:
As the pleasant sunshine falleth
Ever on the grateful earth,
So let sympathy arid kindness
Gladden well the darken'd hearth.
Hearts there are oppress’d and weary—
Drop the tear of sympathy ;
Whisper words of love and comfort;
Give, and thy reward shall be
Joy unto thy soul returning,
From the perfect Fountain Head :
Freely, as thou freely givest,
Shall the grateful light be shed.
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INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES 01
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
Count Gyulai, the Austrian Genera
lissimo, is a Hungarian by birth, and sees
active service in Italy for the first time.
In fact, he has never been in the field ai
all. His father, who died in 1831, did
once cover the retreat of Archduke Charles
in 1809, and did it badly; as to the son
born in 1803, (says a correspondent,) Ins
on.y chance oi smelling powder was in tbe
Hungarian war of 1S48, when, being a
native of Pesth, be was not entrusted will;
any command, and merely watched ovet
the naval arsenal at Pola. ’Tis Irue he
Ims been War Minister some Years, bui
he never marshalled a battalion under lire.
A Zouave, on stepping on board of a
vessel at Marseilles, bound for the seat o
war, was stopped by the Colonel of the
regiment, who recognized in’the soldier's
dress a young girl, who had assumed the
uniform m order not to be separated from
her lover.
The probable movements of J1 is Iloli
ness, the Pope, in the event of Rome be
coming too hot for a pleasant residence
form the subject of much speculation. Tht
Espana, of Madrid, publishes a telegram
received from the Spanish ambassador a
Rome, intimating the wish of Pio Notion
take reluge or permanent residence in the
Isle of Minorca, and inviting the Spanisi
government to send a body-guard of * ter:
thousand men to Port Mahon. The Pope
has been there once before, when becalmed
on his voyage from Genoa to A alparaiso
and took a lancy then to this Balearic Is
land; which, all tilings considered, would
be a very central and highly independent
authority, . his flock being mostly on the
shores of the Mediterranean. La Patrie
however, contradicts the ambassadors dis
patch.
A Paris letter iias the following:
“Napoleon III. will insist on tiie delivery
from the Kaiserlich vault at Vienna of the
coffin that holds the Due de Reichstadt,
and, in case of refusal, that French troops
will go and fetch it. To-day’s Figaro
which is known to be an unrecognized
channel of what the authorities wish tc
convey, actually says that the young Aus
trian Emperor is the offspring of the Dut
de Reichstadt! an assertion which, in limit
of peace, Baron Hubuer could not tolerate
for the honor of the Archduchess Sophie.
Fielding ascribes to a still less suspected
personage the maternity of Tom Jones
The ferry over the Ticino, at the poin
called Abbiate Grasso, where the centra
division ot the invaders crossed, is a spo
memorable for the death, at the river’s
bank there, in 1524, of that pink of Gal
lie chivalry, Bayard.
A Paris letter-writer says of Mr. Rus
sell, the Times' correspondent: “1 marl
the Illustrated News speaks of the recal
from India of William Russell, with i
view of acting in Lombardy as war cor
respondent. From what has taken placi
in Turin concerning the Press, and fron
the now known determination of tin
French staff', neither Mr. Russell nor an;
other Polybius or Xenophon will be tele
graphed on this side of the Po, and unles
Austria is sure of getting her own versioi
of the war into the Times (a point I avoii
i touching on.) there is no chance of Gen
Gyulai ponouisintr a reporter. Th
Crimea was too far off for much darnag
to result from minute details of slrategeti
movements or projects being made publi
pioperty, but in these telegraphic timed
and so near Vienna, London publicity i
strongly deprecated. Even at Toulon an
Marseilles the particulars of the embark
■ j ing process, and the specification of th
, ! expeditionary force is not allowed to figur
I I in the local journals, and much reserve i
1 ; perceptible in the Paris papers.”
j As some Zouaves were retiming to the
barracks the other day they fell in wit
1 'some German mechanics, who were show
f ing zealously a German drinking sonj
They ceased their vociferations on seem
! the Zouaves take up a war-like posilio
" and send forward a spokesman. “Me:
" Isieurs, you are Germans; you cau't den
'lit. Every one can't enjoy the honor i
: being a Frenchman.” “Well, supposin
we are,” rejoined one of them. “Wei
you admit it. Now, perhaps, you will I
■ us know if there is an Austrian among
you.” A German came forward, "Yes,
am an Austrian ; now wfiat have you g
to say?" “Got to say I” said the bellico:
i Zouave, ‘T should like to know wheth
j you have ever been at Milan ! “Yts.
was in garrison there." “Then,” said tl
Zouave, politely, “perhaps you will I
good enough to give us the address of son
public house in the city where we can get
good wine, for we expect to be quarteted
there shortly.” The dialogue which had
so bellicose a commencement terminated
peacefully and jocosely, but it may be that
these were some of those true words which
are frequently let fall in jest.
As Another illustration of the feeling
of the army, let me describe to you a lesson
in sword exercise in the cavalry barracks
at Versailles. A carabineer was put
sword in hand, and ordered to hackWway
at a dummy figure stuffed with straw,
representing, of course, an Austrian sol
dier. The sergeant showed the neophyte
soldier how to split the skull, to lop off the
arm, and slash the Austrian’s face. “But
can’t you show me how to parry the enemy s
thrusts?” “You need not trouble yourself
about that,” said the sergeant, twirling his
moustache ; “that is the Austrian s affair
The allowance granted to the French
soldiers is not sumptuous. A recent letter
says: “Speaking of the army pay, it is not
amiss to mention that the allowance for
the keep of French soldiers is six sous
for two meals a day. Some ol our friends
in England seem to think that these gal
lant fellows are fed on Pate de Joie gras,
or, at any rate, that the barrack cooking
is quite artistic and delicious. Now, the
fact is simply this: French soldiers in
garrison have, every day of their lives,
two basins of soup with the strings in it,
which they call meat, and perhaps a few
bus of onion or vegetable by way of giving
it a flavor; besides this, each man has
]j lbs of coarse bread—nothing more.
When on service they have a little wine;
but otherwise, except on grand occasions,
such as review, they have none, nor any
spirits, beer, or coffee.”
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PRECIOUS STONES.
Lapidaries divide precious stones, ac
cording to their hardness, into seven
glades, in tire following order:
1. The diamond. 2. The sapphire, the
ruby. 3. The topaz, .he emerald, the
amethyst. 4. The cornelian, the carbun
cle, the garnet, the onyx, the sardonyx,
the heliotrope, the chrysolite, the hyacinth
the cal’s eye. 5. 1 he opal. 6. The pearl.
7. The turquoise.
The weight of the diamond is three and
a half limes its equ d hulk in water. Its
color and its temperature, when touched
to the tongue, (the true gem is cool.) are
the usual tests of its genuineness applied
by jewelers.
The ruby is next in value to the dia
mond. Chemically speaking, it is the
same as the sapphire, which, in hardness,
comes next to the diamond, and is em
ployed in the test by fire of this latter gem.
The diamond is not genuine which, when
submitted to a while heat, can be scratched
by a pointed sapphire.
Diamonds are distinguished as “ bril
liant,” “rose,” and •• table.” Without
embarrassing this brief sketch with the
mathematical explanations of these three
terms, we will say that the brilliant is ol
(he shape of two pyramids,the upper half
of one of which lias been cm ofl, and the
lower half deprived of its extreme lip. It
is generally set in open work. The rose
is the designation given to the diamond
when it is more like the half of an egg
than a whole one—more like a single
cone than two conjoined at the base. The
diamond is called “table” when it has
unusual superficial extent in proportion to
its depth.
Tne cutting and polishing of diamonds
involves a loss ol nearly one-half their
weight. So Qinicuu is me art, mat it is
said there is only one lapidary in the
world, (Coster, of Amsterdam,) to whom
stones of extraordinary size would be
intrusted.
The universal standard, by which the
diamond is estimated, is the carat—form
erly exactly equivalent to lour grains, Troy
weight. It is now, however, never of the
| full weight. The standard price of the
L i uncut gems, weighing one carat, is from
seven dollars and a half to ten dollars, au
, Cording to their purity, shape, etc. That
, of the “ brilliant” cut is from thirty to forty
, dollars; the “rose” cut is worth about
j half as much as the brilliant of the same
weight and quality. The rule by which
- diamonds of all sizes are estimated, is, tc
1 multiply the square of the weight by the
I above prices. Thus, in the case of stones
of the first water, “ brilliant” cut:
1...carat. 1 X 1 X lff =. $ K
, n...do..... 14 x i; x. to —.
2_do.- 2 X 2 X 10 . 10
: 3-. .-do. 3 X 3 X 40 =. 36(
- 4.... do. 1 X 4 X 4<> =. 04'
, 5....do...-, o X 5 X 40 =. 4,00(
s 25 • • • ■ do..... 25 X 25 X 40 =. 25,001
j ; 300-do. • • • 300 X300 X 40 = • ■ $3,600,001
. | A diamond of the last weight would hi
> as large as a small hen-egg, and woulc
j j weigh about two ounces,
s. The above rule is sometimes departec
; from, in the case of stones of exiraoHdiuan
r size.—[Albany Journal.
hi —' ---
• I Knitting a Stocking.—In the Su
•. prente Court at Worcester, the other day
g a jolly, plump old lady, who was witnes
u in a case on trial, was asked at what tim
;- in the day a certain train of cars passei
y her house. She replied that she com
>f menced knitting nt three o’clock, and kni
a twice around the leg of a stocking befor
I. they came along. The next question was
:t of course, how long a time it would tak
st to knit twice around the stocking leg
I The judge here, in his usual quiet humoi
at suggested that that fact would depend up
ie on ns size To this remark the witnes
:r responded that the garment was for her
I self, and that the jury could exercise tbei
ie own judgments as to its size, and guess a
e the length of time it would require in th
id work.— [Boston Transcript.
|-From Uift Arkansas hup ueniocrai.j
CURIOSITIES IN MONROE COUNTY,
ARKANSAS.
It is evident that that this western coun
try was inhabited by a race ot people long
before the Indians came, ol whom they
knew nothing whatever. The history ol
this people is wrapped in oblivion, and we
will probably never know more of them
than we do now—and that is nothing.
That they lived, and moved, and had their
being, on this earth of ours—that they
roamed over these forests, and that their
light canoes once glided over these bright
waters—is almost a certainty; but who
they were, whence they c urie, what were
their habits and occupations, and bow they
became extinct, is a dark, impenetrable
mystery. But they have left .monuments
of their labors, to tell that they Once ex
isted, “ more durable than brass.”
On Indian and Maddox Bays are nu
merous traces of their former abodes.
These “Bays,” as they are called, are
a kind of urins from WhiteTiver, extend
ing a considerable distance out into me
country. Indian Bay is about as wide as
White liver, and is navigable for steam
boats for ten or twelve miles from that
stream. Maddox Bay, which is about
thirty miles, by the course of the river,
above the mouth of Indian Bay, is naviga
ble for fifteen or sixteen miles. These
“ bays” are sometimes thought to be old
channels of the river; but tins is an un
certain conjecture.
About lour miles above the mouth of
Indian Bay, are a number of mounds,
which were evidently built by this myste
rious people. One of them is particularly
remarkable. Iislands immediately on the
bank of the Bay, and much ol it has
crumbled away and fallen into the water.
It originally covered an area ol about two
hundred and liliy yards in circumference,
and was thrown up about seventy feet
above the level of the surrounding country
From the base of this mound to the sum
mil, there is a stratum of ashes, interunn
gled with bones, occurring at intervals o
every few feet. Not only are there bone
of wild animals and large fishes, but hu
man bones are also found here. A hu
man skull was shown me, which wa
taken out of this mound, a short time since
The skull is remarkable for its thickness
All the bones set in to be of an uncom
monly large size. In these mounds, am
on the surface of the ground near them
are found numerous broken pieces of
earthen-ware, of a rough kind. They are
mostly plain, hut some of them have been
ornamented. The same and similar relies
are found at Maddox Bay.
At Lawrencevilie, on this Bay, there
are several mounds of the same descrip
tion. There is one large mound at this
place, surrounded with something like a
ditch ; and it appears to have been once
the sue of a fort. It is singular that none
of the earthen-ware is found unbroken.
An awkward-shaped kind of jug was
picked up on a mound, at Lawrencevilie,
which seemed to be entire; hut lliiN is the
only unbroken specimen which has been
found, so fur as is now known. A queer
looking image of a man's bust, made ol
c'ay, was found at Lawrencevilie.
Large trees are growing on these an
cient mounds, which show their great
antiquity. The Indians who were here
many years ago, had no knowledge of the
builders of these works; nor are there
any traditions respecting them. w. m.
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From the Memphis Appeal.]
A TALE OF HORROR.
About thirty years ago, Mr. Joseph
Saint Clair built a cabin in Arkansas, Iai
up toward the head-waters of Wane river.
It was then ail a wilderness country for
many miles around, and game was very
abundant. There was no lack of bears
wolves, catamounts, and panthers. It
iact, that country was, at t.iat dale, a pel'
feci paradise for the practised hunter.
Mr. Saint Clair had no family othei
j than a young wife and an infant child
He was loud of hunting ; but he cultivatei
i a few acres of ground, in corn and vege1
tables. At first it was ten miles to tin
| residence of his nearest neighbor; bu
j during the ensuing spring, a man namec
| Williams made a settlement within a hul
I mile of Saint Clair’s cabin. The twi
I families became neighbors, and quite inti
| male.
j Mr. Williams was a man in humbli
| circumstances, and had a large family
j mosdy of grown daughters, but no sinul
j children. One day, ia the month of July
18‘J9, (the first summer that Satut Ciai
lived there,) his wife was at home will
the child, while the husband was off will
[Ins gun. About ten o’clock in the morn
; mg. she left her babe asleep m the cradle
i and went to the field to gather beans fo
J dinner. On her return the child w'as gone
i She felt no alarm, however, because str
; supposed that her husband had come horn
I during her absence, and i.ad biddeu some
I where about the bouse with the child
| merely for a little fun. So she busiei
herself in preparing dinner, in an hou
; or two, her husband returned from tin
. : woods, bringing a young deer that he ha
I killed. On ins wife’s inquiring for tin
. child, he declared mat he knew nothiu|
i : about it.
> They now supposed that one of Mi
,: Williams’s daughters had come in wiiil
; | Mrs. Saint Clair was out, and finding th
baby alone, she had carried it home wit
her, as she was very fond ot the chili
. | This conjecture was satisfactory to tb
s i parents, for there were no other neighbor
■ | and the babe could not have gone uulei
r ; he was carried away. How else could
i1 have happened ?
t i After dinner was over, Mr. Saint Cla
walked over to his neighbor's cabin, I
suposet! that Miss Lucy had borrowed that
morning. The young lady declared that
she had not borrowed the baby—that she
had not seen it during the day. Mr. Saint
Clair was hard to be convinced that no one
of the family had taken the child ; hut all
assured him that they knew nothing of it.
It was now time to be alarmed. “ What
has become of the poor child I" was his
exclamation ; and he ran home in an agony
of distress. The mother, in like manner,
was almost frantic with grief. They could
not conceive who had stolen their child.
Mr. Williams’s family joined in com
miserating their sorrow; but they could
afford no aid to console them in their des
pair. They could not invent any plausible
theory, nor suggest any probable cause, for
the unaccountable and mysterious disap
pearance ol the child. Who was there
that could have taken it away ? Why
would any one wish to have it? They
were utterly at a loss in answering these
questions, und solving their perplexity.
At length it was remembered that par
ties of Cherokee Indians were occasionally
hunting through that section of country.
It was now surmised that they might have
come to the house while the mother was in
the field, and had stolen and carried away
the child. This supposition was received
as a pi usible and quite probable one.
Early the next morning, Mr. Saint Clair
and Mr. Williams went in search of the
Indian camp, and Mrs Saint Clair was
left at home, alone. She was sitting in
silence, weeping tears of bitter anguish,
such as only bereaved mothers ever shed,
and wondering in her heart what had be
come of her darling babe. It was now
about the same hour of the day on which
she had gone out of the house on the pre
vious day, leaving the child alone. At
this moment, a large panther, with a
stealthy trend, approached the door of the
cabin, and looked in toward the empty
cradle. Mrs. Saint Clair uttered a scream,
...A.l tin fiirrtniniits -t nitif i I fnirlittintwl
away.
The fearful truth, concerning the fate of
the innocent babe, now became apparent;
anti no new light has ever been sired upon
ibis tragical subject. S.
The Austrian Cavalry.
No power can boast such a body of
cavalry as Austria. It is enormous in
number. The horses are excellent—well
bred, handy, active, and courageous. The
men are bold riders, good swordsmen, and,
better still, are the right weight, and are
recruited in great part from two oi the
greatest equestrian nations m the world,
the Poles and Hungarians. In her ser
vice the monstrosity so often witnessed in
France, of a giant ol two hundred pounds
weight, laded with arms and accoutre
ments astride of a beast ool much bigger
than himself is never witnessed, lu short
the Austrian uhlan or hussar, is the model
light-cavalry man of the world. Small,
light, wiry, active, indefatigable, a rider
from his cradle, bis bridle are his heels,
and Ins hand, eye and heart, ou his sabre,
indefatigable in the march, swift in the
charge, everywhere by turns and nowhere
long. It may he almost said that the
Hungarian hussar, now that the Turkish
spaht is a thing of the past, is the only
light cavalry, in fact the only cavalry in
existence. His cuts aie as latal and sure
ns other men’s thrusts. His horse is part
of himself; riding or fighting in his pas
time. In former days he was the glory
and boast of the Austrian army. Those
gay swarms of hardy little men which it
shot from its sides on the march were its
surest aids in victory, its best safeguards
ill defeat.
All this, however, goes down before the
Enfield rifle and the. Armstrong gun
Let the horse be ever so swift, the saber
ever so sham, or the rider ever so bold.
the conical ball is loo much for him. A
charge of cavalry upon a body of properly
armed infantry bids fair to be hence for
j ward impossible. Two hundred yards has
j been fixed by the best authorities as the
proper charging distance, and in bygone
days it was only at two hundred yards that
the fire of a square Jbegan to tell, and
saddles to be emptied. But no.v-a-days
the iron rain patters on the horsemen be
fore tiiey get within half a mile of the
1 1 foe. If they quicken their pace to close,
the maddest charge will not bring a dra
goon-horse on the bayonet in less than
; three minutes, and when he arrives, he is
• blown and disabled. “ When be arrives,”
I —if he arrives, we should say; for even
> in traversing eight hundred yards at the
top of his speed, he receives half a dozen
1 volleys from practiced sharp shooters. To
1 send cavalry on such service wtl , we cun
■ safely predict, henceforward be considered
< madness. The foot soldier has a swifter
1 messenger in his cat touche-box than the
• fleetest hussar, and Austria loses her most
1 efficient weapon. — [N. V. Evening Post.
3 ! ---—
• I Seven up—This -‘noble game V has
, lately been brought into public notice by
I | a matched game, the preliminaries ol
r | which have just been arranged, to be
■ j played by telegraph, between John D
i ; McUoodwm.of Paducah, and Len. Faxon
: ! of Cairo. The regular stakes are twenty
l five cents in money, a bottle of Bond';
; whiskey, and the championship ol Jack
• .sun's purchase; a Barlow kniie forfeit
e Charley Sm’edley has been designated a:
e bottle-holder, and Col. J. C. Noble a:
h stake-holder for the Paducah champion
I. while Messrs. Phillips and Jennings wil
e perform the same offices for the ciiampior
i, of Southern Illinois. The excitement i
is intense and on the increase. Bets arc
it ranging at about three yellow dogs to tvu
Cairo lots on the Paducah player. W<
r - shall keep our readers posted.— [Louis
ojville Courier.
-An American wi iier says: Weareborn
i;i haste; we finish our education on the run ;
we marry on she wing; we make a fortune at
a stroke, and lose it again at the twinkle of an
eye. Our bodies are locomotives running at
the rate of twenty miles an hour; our souls
are high pressure engines; our lives arc like
shooting-stars ; and d»n'h overtakes us, at
last, lik» a flash of lightning.
-At a banquet given recently at Vienna,
Count Iluol gave the following toast: “ May
God preserve the army 1” Baion Brack, the
luinis'er of finance, replied, that he fervently
hoped this prayer would be answered, as the
Austrian exchequer could not do it much
longer.
-A lady, who was about to marry a
small man. was told that he would make a bad
husband. “ Well,” said she, “ if he is so bad,
there is one comfort—there is very little of
him.” .
-Sassafras bark, mixed with dried |ruit,
in the proportion of a handful to the bushel,
is said to he a preventive against the vvorm,
which often destroys hundreds of bushels of
fruit in a single season.
- The young men of Fond-du-Lac, Wir.,
formed a debating c'nb; and in order to secara
the attendance of Ills ladies, whose presence
might contribute to the prosperity of the As
sociation, adopted the following resolution:
That any member who shall attend onr meet
ings hereafter, unaccompanied by at least one
Indy, shall be fined one peck of apples, for the
use ami benefit of the Association.
- — The flower known as the dahlia is said
to be of Chinese origin. It was introduced in
Europe by Profit nor Dahl—hence its name,
-f Who was the* oldest man?” asked a
teacher of his pupil. “ Methusalcb,” replied
the boy. “ How can that bo,” continued the
schoolmaster, “when the Scriptures inform us
that he died before h;s father V” The scholar
was silent. Can the reader answer the latter
question? [Gen., chap, v., vcr. 21.]
-“Poker Point” is the name of a short
bend in the Ohio l iver, above Uniontown, Ky.,
winter, on account of being fast frozen in.
The passengers encamped' on the shore, and
passed their time in paying the game which
gave a name to the spot.
-'• If a man steals my umbrella,” says a
quaint moralist, “ there is no use in making a
fuss: it only shows that an umbrella equilib
rium has been broken. Now, if I take one
from some other pei*0:1, that restores the equi
poise. There is really no umbrella lost: an
umbrella is only lost when it is worn out.” «
-G.'uio C. Scott, the costumer, says that
the sweeping machines of the Broadway side
walks, in New Vork, are thirty yards of
eight-dollar silk, mounted on a reticulated
frame of whale-bone and steel.”
-The clergymen of Madison, Wis., each
found a nice ham on his door-step, one morn
ing, during the Christmas holidays. They
were taken in thankfully by the recipients,
being considered “surpiise” presents. It was
aftei ward ascertained that they had been stolen
from the college stewards, by some students,
and distributed among the clergymen, as a
mischievous practical joke. This fact was
not known in lime to “save the bacon.”
-The last line in the following stanza is
rather too long for a good poetical jingle ; but
the inoral of the eifusion is sublime:
The man that doth no paper take,
Grudging two dollars once a year,
Will never a good husband make,
Because his wife can never know wbat is go
ing on in the world, and his children will
vary ignorant appear.
-A man should advertise in the newspa
pers, because it is profitable in his business;
he should be temperate, because it conduces
I to health ; he should discard the use of tobac
co, because it is an indecent habit; he should
marry, because it makes him happier; and he
should pay the printer, because it is his duty.
-Some • strong-minded 7 woman inquires :
<• If it was not intended that wives should
drive their husbands, why are they required
to go through the bridle ceremony?”
-It was said of a drunken negro, who
fell down a cellar-way, in Philadelphia, that
••his life was preserved by his head striking
first, when be reached the bottom.”
-■• I don’t believe there’s any use in this
I vaccinating,” said an old lady. '• I had a
child vaccinated, and it fell out of the window
the week after, and got killed.”
-A piece of paper or linen, moistened
with turpentine, and put into wardrobes or
drawers, for a single day, three or four times
dining the year, is said to be an efficient pre
servative against moths.
-It is announced, for the benefit of those
who did not see the late comet, that it will
again appear before the public, for a few
nights, in the autumn of 2147.
-A man is a brute to be jealous of a good
woman ; a fool to be jealous of a worthless
I one ; but doubly a fool to commit suicide for
either of them.
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Immense Size of the Pyramids.—A
chaplain of the United States navy, who
has recently visited the pyramid of Cheops,
in Egypt, wading in the deep sand four
teen hundred feet belore he had passed
one of its sides, and between five and six
thousand feet before he had made the cir
cuit, says that, by taking a hundred New
Pork churches, of the ordinary width, and
' ai ranging them in a hollow square, twenty -
' live on a side, we should have scarcely the
basement of this pyramid. Take another
hundred, and throw their material into the
; hollow square, and it would nol be lull.
Pile on all the stone and brick of Phila
delphia and Boston, and the structure
would not be as high and solid as this
i greatest work of man. One layer ot
, blocks was removed to Cairo, several years
i ago, for building purposes; and enough
. remains to supply the demands of a city of
half a million of people, for a century, if
they were permitted freely to use it.