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Z. P. H. FARR,
AT.0r.N2T AT LATT,
LITTLS ROCK, ARKANSAS.
H. I3- Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ARP
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, j
I)ES ARC, ARKANSAS.
W1U. practice intheCourt. of the counties |
of l'rairie White. Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe Particular attention given *o the
collection of claims any where in the State.
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T. E. EMERSON.!
ATTORNEY AT LAW
4VI, GENERAL I-AAI) AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, A11K.
Special attention given to the collection
„„d securing claims, buying and selling lands
paying taxes, examing titles, Sc. nprtl 11
J. R. I». ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
AVill practice in the Circuit Courts xti
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial Dietrict, and g.ve prompt j
attention to all bttsineaa entrusted to his j
care.
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GANTT & BROS AUGH,
\TT0aSlYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of l’rairie.
White ..druff. Monroe, Arkansas and t"u-1
i,.ski ' Prompt attteution given to the col ec
, ion of claims Taxes will b. paid and t.tles
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who patronize him will go away
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SOL. t. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAM8.
JOE W. MARTIN.
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Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all the'Conrts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Estate and General Agents.
Office—Markham Street, near State House.
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JAMES J, GALLA&HER.
Attorney at Lnw,
COTTOX PLAXT, W.OODRUFFCO. ARK.
Will practice where called.
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DP. J. W. BTJP17ST,
Being permanently located at Des Arc,
Kill continue the practice of his profession in
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Office at Col. J. M. Burney’s Drug Store.
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Offers liis services to the citizens of
n,,s Arc ami vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past lavois,
and bv attention to business he expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—At his residence—late the
residence of W. G. Frith. sep21
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Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of lies Arc and vicinity.
Office_At H. F. Johnson Drugstore.
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Dp. R. B. SHELBY,
rpENDEKS liis professional services to the'
I Citizens of lies Are soil surrounding :
country, in the practice of Medicine and 0>»
.1,.tries. He hopes from an experience of
over fifteen years in Southern practice, to ■
merit a share of public patronage. I
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druggist,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
KEEP on hand alargoassortment of Drugs,
Medicines. Paints, "ils. Perfumery.
Patent Medicines. Wines. Brandies, Whiskey,
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Prescriptions and orders filled promptly.
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SEARCY, WHITE COEWTY,
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Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas.
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DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
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continuance of the patronage heretofor* be
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ENTERTAINMENT!!!
rpilK UNDERSIGNED HAVING W
L opened a llouae of looter- j£l
t;tinilM‘n(, on Buena Vista Street, near
the Steamboat Landing, for the accommoda
j lion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS.
By the day, week, or month, solicits the pat
ronage of those visiting Des Arc. The far*
will be as good as the market Rfforda, and
terms moderate.
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satisfaction.
BENJAMIN* HAYLEY.
De* Arc. Ark.. March 23, 12m
Tli«* DHHoerulic Convention.
From the New York World, June 8d.]
Great preparations are now being
made in tills aitv for the purpose of
accomodating the numerous delega
tions who are to be present in New
York during the first week in July,
from all parts jot the Union, to take
part in the deliberations which are, to
result in the nomination of tlic next
President and Vice President of the
United States on a Democratic national
platform. Tammany Ilall will accom
modate an immense assemblage within
its capacious walls but as it is calcula
ted that each delegate Will be accom
panied on an average by at least ten
friends or backers, it will be necessary
to find quarters in other places for this
immense concourse when the labors of
eacli day's session are concluded.
Irving Hall has been engaged by the
State Central Committee of Pennsyl
vania for (lie convenience of the dele
gation from tiie Keystone State, and
Masonic Ilall will furnish sleeping
quarters for the entire Pendleton es
cort, which is to number over five hun
dred men. The walls of the Academy
of Music will once again resound, as
in days of yore, to the eloquence of
Democratic orators; and it is also
believed that the circus building in the
vicinity will be engaged forthe accom
modation of outside Southern delega
tions. The Everett House will furnish
board and lodging to two hundred and
fifty delegates and their friends from
Maryland and other 13ordel* biate. j
The Hancock men will congregate at
the Astor House in large numbers, and
negotiations are now going on with
the proprietors of this house and dele
gations from Illinois and Connecticut. ;
The Connecticut men have a desire to j
secure the ladies' ordinary for a caucus i
room to meet in. Five hundred dele
gates and their friends are expected at
the Astor House. Accommodations
have been made ready at the St. Nich
olas Hotel for twelve hundred persons |
who are expected to be present at the !
Convention. The Chase men and sup- j
porters of Governor English, of Con-1
necticnt, will he found at this hotel i
principally. At the Southern and New !
York Hotels preparations on a grand :
scale are being protected for delegates j
from the border and Southern States, '
and the denizens of these hostelries ;
will once more behold *h<= (Hmiltar- j
faces of staunch Southern Democrats.\
The Everett House is negotiating with ;
the Vermont delegation, and it is pro
bablc that the Green Mountain boys;
will be found here in large numbers.
The Pendleton men will aggregate i
themselves at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The irrepressible, indefatigable, and
liever-to-be-bcaten Colonel Woolley, :
of Cincinnati, who had the honor of
kicking Butler some weeks since in
Washington, and who Is now enduring
imprisonment for his country's sake, j
has secured room for the West Virginia
delegation at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The New York State delegation, num
bering sixty-five persons, marshalled
l'v Mr. fjamual J. Tilden, will stop at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, as will also
twenty-six delegates from Indiana,
headed by their chairman, Lafayette
Devlin. The Illinois delegation of
thirty persons, under the charge of
Stover, of the Chicago Times, and the
Ohio delegation of forty-two persons,
with their gallant chairman, Gen. G.
W. McCooke, will also occupy quarters
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Committee
and caucus rooms have been engaged
at all the hotels named from the first
day of July until the close of the con
vention, which will begin its session
on the 4th of July. It Will cost each
delegate about seven dollars a day to
live in this city during the Convention,
.!_I!..,. ll.„ noeOLCOVV it'lfllll (t PY.
ponses of the. barber’s and bootblack
fees, and car fare. Many leading
statesmen and politicians have engaged
rooms at the different hotels from the
tw entieth and twenty-fifth of Juue un
til the close of the Convention, in order
to have time to perfect their manipula
i tions and organization oftlio country
delegations. The admirers of Charles
Francis Adams, from Massachusetts,
! New Hampshire aud Vermont, will
repose their aehing limbs at the Claren
don Hotel. Tammany Hall will be
fully rerdy by the 25th of June, and the
inaugural, or dedicatory cermonies
will be, as described below, of tbo
most imposing description ever be
held in New York of a political nature.
MEETING Or THE SACHEMS OE THE
TAMMAKT SOCIETY.
A meeting of the Sachems of the
Tammany Society was held yesterday
at the office of Mayor Hoffman, for the
purpose of making arrangements in
reference to the decoration of the new
hall and in proparing the regalias of
the order. Arrangements were made
in reference to the Fourth of July
decorations of the main hall of the
Tammany building, and Judge Albert
Cardoso was selected to read the
Declaration of Independence on that
day. The internal decoration of the
hall will be of an unique and tasteful
! character, and the committee have un
der advisement a number of plans for
i that purpose. The Committee on Con
ference with the NiMional Democratic
| Committee in regard to the place
where the National Convention shall
be held, have not yet, through their
Chairman. Hon. Wn. M. Tweed, re
ported ; but it is understood that the
National Convention will assemble
immediately after the inaugural cere
monies of Tammany building shall bo
completed, in the main ball of that i
edifice. The members of the Tammany :
Society will appear in full regalia, and
the building will be dedicated amid
imposing ceremonies. It being suffi
ciently understood that. Tammany
Hall will be the place wherein the
National Convention Will meet, the
friends of the different delegations are
securing eligible locations in the vicin
ity to quarter themselves. Arrange
ments have been made whereby the ;
Pendleton escort from Cincinnati Will
be accommodated at Masonic llall, and
‘negotiations arc pending, on the part
of representatives from the Eastern
States, to secure IrVing Hall for the ac
commodation Of the friends of the
Eastern delegations; While arrange
ments are being made to secure the
Academy of Music for a series of mon
ster public demonstrations during the
evenings while the Convention shall
be in session.
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The Republican Parly Daguer
reotyped by a Radical and
“I,«yal” Pen.
From tho N. V. “Revolution,” May 21]
Republicans elected Andrew John
son for party success; they impeached
him for party success; and since the
day the scepter of power came into
their hands, they have worked for
party success rather than the nation's
life.’
While they have deceived the people 1
with the cry of constitutional amend
meins, loyally, negro sun rage, linpeacn
mcnt. they have shown themselves i
disloyal to the grand principles of our
government, by their attempts to drag j
down the Federal Constitution to their
low platform ; to force negro suffrage
on the South while repudiating it in I
the Northern States ; and after proving
the President guilty of high crimes
and misdemeanors, strangling im
peachment with their own hands.
And now the handwriting on the
wall warns them that they are ‘‘weigh
ed in the balance and found wanting."
The Republican party stands to-day
with its ranks broken, divided, dis
tracted, blasted, and the scepter of
power lias passed from it forever. But
this is no cun go of sorrow, for the
sooner this party is scattered to the
four winds of heaven, the sooner will
the scales fall from the eyes of the poo- j
uk\ and they will see that their leaders
have been but blind leaders of the
blind.
Jeremy Beutham says, ‘‘the people
cannot be too distrustful of their ru
lers.” When flip Anieri'-an people
learn that men and parties are nothing
unless based on principle, and that
whether under a Republican or Demo
cratic dynasty, we have the same re
sults, they will awake to the responsi
bility of self-government.
As we turn over the pages of history
we can see how other nations, groan
ing under taxation, ignorance and
poverty, have been deluded, blinded
and destroyed, without dreaming that
we, ourselves, arc to-day the thought
less victims of sellish and crazy rulers
who thiuk only of their own aggran
dizement. Just as Rome, with fetes
and feasts with holidays and deadly
combats between man and beasts, w It!;
gladiatorial exhibitions in crowded
amphitheaters, turned the people's
thought from their wrongs—so do out
riders to-day, with caucuses, conven
tions, campaigns, impeachment trials
and the coarse brutality of the press '
and politiciaus amuse the people, de
grade the public taste, and destroy the
virtue of the nation. 1'nthiuking
leaders inflame the North against reb
eldutn. and damn every man Who dares
put in a plea for justice and merry to
the South, with the unmeaning name
of “'copperhead.” To rouse the people’s
wrath thev point them to the bones of
their brave sires and sons bleaching on
that with their own hands they built
that sepulchre where our brave dead
now sleep. The chain that held the
black boy in the everglades of Florida
and the slave girl in a New Orleans
market was fastened round their neck
by New England’s sons and daughters.
Through our avarice and selfishness
the land of orange groves and flowers
[ lies bleeding and desolate to-day.
j Blame not the South, hut our own cou
; stitutious, creeds and codes.
But while we ended with tlie sword
a slavery of brute force, and over
turned the Southern oligarchy, by cun
! ning legislation, we have substituted
another form of slavery, in our own
system of linancc. In our national
debt and taxation, we have placed the
whole labor of the country at the mer
cy of a monied aristocracy of banks.
; bondholders and laud monopolists,
i Having just escaped from the yoke of.
; 400,000 slaveholders, we are about to
! bow our necks to the yoke of 400.000
! bondholders. Flushed with conquest,
these "High Art .Swindlers’’ have,
bought up the nation’s virtue and
choked our prophets who have dared
to speak.
gUff-Somebody says the best way to
get rid of weeds is to always put your
i cigar-ease and its contents at tho ser
vice of your friends. Jones says tlie
most effective means be ever tried was
by squeezing the hand of a plump
young lady widow in deep black. The
next day she was in half mourning, and
a second kindly pressure resulted in a
pink gown, with a white bonnet.
IsayLove's young dream often turns
out to be the nightmare.
Imlif Cliane si ml the lleniorrn!
ic \»mlnntlon for the I*renl
deHcy.
An Albany correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle (Democratic) furnishes
the following:
This evening a large number of lead
ing Democrats held a consultation in i
this city relative to political move
ments. Among those present were,
Gov. Seymour, Wm. Cassidy, Peter
Cagger, Scnntors Beach, Tforton, Hub-;
bard and Banks, Judges Grover and
Millar, Comptroller Allen, Attorney
General Champlain, State Treasurer
Bristol, John C. Jacobs, Chairman oi l
the Impeachment Managers, J. Wesley |
Smith, Mr. Warren of the Buffalo Cou-1
ricr, lion. Smith M. Tweed, and others
sf note. Gov. Seymour, in the course
jf conversation, took decided ground
in favor of the nomination of Chief
Justice Clia8c for the Presidency by
lie Democratic Convention.
He thought Chine, i« view of bis
■ecent action and his Democratic ante
cedents, just the man to rally upon. It!
would present to the American people
he issue of the judiciary against the |
nilitary power, law against anarchy, j
Governor Seymour thought Pendleton
>y aiding thus in harmonizing the;
mti-Itadical party, would make him
self the groat leader of his party in the
titure. in the course of conversation
t was hinted that the platform upon!
which Mr. Chase would stand would
>c acceptable to thcaiUi-Radical party,
file Democrats present, representin'! i
icarly every section of the State, re
ceived Governor Seymour’s sugges-!
ions, not only with the respect due j
heir source, but many of them with
ively satisfaction, feeling that, if Mr.
Phase's position is such as the Govern-!
>r intimated it to be, the Democracy j
can have a candidate with whom, tin
ier tho circumstances, not only the!
I’residency but a majority of the House 1
)f Representatives ean be assured.
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Letter liinn Senator Trumbull
(ot.oi. Hnerner.
Washington. May 20, 18(18.
Gov. <1. Ivoekneis—My Dear Sir:
Vonr telegram, and also your letter of
lie ITtli, wer duly received. I thank
i on for the letter and the kind spirit
n which it is written. Xo words can
ell you how pained J am to be coni
jelled to differ with von and other
ife-long friends. This will be my tirst
etter m reply to numerous ones rc
■eived on the subject of impeachment.
At lir»t, nearly all my letters were in
'ondemnation, but within the last few
lays, perhaps, half are hi approval of
my course, in (he midst of the storm
jf abuse and misrepresentation poured
forth by rash, reckless, and, in many
instances, unprincipled politicians, I
thought it idle to attempt to reason
with them. J feel sure I am right, and
when the passion of the hour subsides.
Hint 1 shall be able to satisfy all reason
title and fair-minded men that it was
iny duty to decide according to my
convictions, whether they agreed with
my political friends or not. 1 was just
„ tveii aware before voting ns now.
Hint Andrew Johnson was odious to
the country, and that probably ninety
nine hundredths of the Republicans
desired his removal; but to have con
victed him of high crimes and misde
meanors because the party demanded
It, when in my opinion be was not
shownto.be guilty of them, would
have been monstrous. If tho prosecu
tors have the right to dictate tho ver
dict and judgment, the trial is a farce.
Xo President who disagrees With Con
gress will hereafter be permitted tore
main in office, if such a principle is to
obtain—or to state the case more accu
rately, n majority of the House of Rep
resentatives, when two-thirds of the
Senate agree with them politically,
may at any time remove a President.
That the Republican party lias a right
to demand the conviction of the i’resi
rlr*nf ik li(irrili!»» mill i lie sn‘ii«.c of ins
ticc of the nation will revolt at such an
Idea w hen the passion of the hour sub
sides ; and yet I have received numer
ous letters and telegrams telling me
that the Republican party demands
the removal of the President. I do not
believe it. unless the tribunal appoint
ed by the Constitution to try him be
lieve him guilty of some crime or mis
demeanor with which lie stands charg
ed. I think l atn right in coming to
the conclusion that no crime or misde
meanor justifying impeachment was
made out in the case ; but if mistaken
in this, 1 must, of course, take the con
sequence of iny error of judgment, but
to charge it as a betrayal of the party
is cruelly unjust. What is the admin
istration of justice worth when decis
ions are to be made, not according to
law and justice, but at the dictation of
apolitical party, or oven ortho whole
people? In newly settled countries
mobs and parties of regulation some
times takes the administration of jus
tice into their own hands, but who ev
er heard of mobs ever requiring courts
to exccuto their decrees ? The stories
about corruption or improper motives
influencing any Republican to vole
against conviction are, ot course, false.
All the pressure, and it was very great
—more than you know of—was on the
other side, as an invesligatigation. if
one is ever had. will show. But for
outside pressure 1 think no such vote
as thirty-five could have been obtained
for conviction on the eleventh article.
I endorse a copvof mv opinion. Verv
truly I.YMAN TRl'MBUI.L.
A fellow who had been complain
ed of for lying around loose, conclu
ded to go about tight.
Sunshine.
ny l’iconni'.
* -
A little more of it. Not out of iloors
but in the house. Not in the early j
gardens and budding orchards, but
lighting mother's anxious face, lifting
the business cloud from papa’s gloomy
brow. Who docs not dislike a driz-,
zling day? Neither rain nOV shine 1
Befogged, murky, down-dropping—
Driving the frisking squirrel to Ids
nest, the song-birds from the branches.
Making the disconsolate kinc quit
their comfortless cud; the listless team
refuse their reeking herbage, crowd,
the fence corners and droop their heads I
over the rails with a dispirited, wikt
ful air quite human. Some oue says,
“Wo doubt if sotfrates, was able to pre
serve internal evenness of temper and
an abiding love of home with Xantippe
for a companion,"—but a Xantippe with
an occasional outbreak of dish-water
and broom-stick, is less feptUsive than
tlie sullen temper. Impervious to tire
rays of the sunniest disposition* un
broken by the warmth of kindliest af
fection- Resisting every temptation
to a smile, And infecting the whole
family group with an uncongenial
chill, shutting out social warmth and
good fellowship with a perpetual
“heavy hangs over your head.” A
good, heAtty storm, loud thunder and I
sharp lightening frightens the little j
folks and the bio ones too. sometimes.
but it is often refreshing: Clears the
atmosphere and brightens the sky.—
The llowercups look tip after the rain
is gune, birds chirp and twitter. Na
ture is revived, refreshed, gladdened.
Feels relieved. “Jt is the continual
dropping that wears away the stone.’’
Do not understand us now as recom
mending a domestic hurricane to givti
a keener appreciation of the following
sunshine: we deprecate the storm's
necessity, even in nature's regime,
but more earnestly we erv, in regard :
to the sulky temper, with a familiar
ritual: “Good Lord, deliver us-.”
tnectlnte of .Hr. Lincoln.
Gen. Don Piet says that, after the
commission to try Gen. Buell had
closed its labors, lie happened to meet
in the war department with General
Dan. Tyler, the gallant old soldier
from Connecticut, who had served ns
«'»\o of' (he mcmbfri* of the mcmornblc j
commission. While conversing with
him Pf*?stdcnt t.intoln Cattle in.
“Well, Tyler,” he said, “your Buell
commission came near surviving the j
war: and what did you discover after !
all?”
“We discovered, Mr. President,’' rc- j
sponded the (Tank old man, “that
Bragg, with thirty thousand men, all
told, drove bark Buell, with seventy
two thousand veterans, (rum Chatta
nooga to the Ohio river; marched
round him twice and whipped him at
last, and then retreated out of Ken
tucky with all his spoils untouched.”
“And how do you account for that,
Tvlcr; is Buell a traitor?”
"Xo, Sir; 1 won't say that. The
fault is in our army organization.”
“Why,” exclaimed Lincoln, some
what warmly, “do you mean to say that
our men will not march and light as
well as the rebels ?”
“There is no braver or hotter mate-,
rial in the world. The fault is with |
you. Mr. President."
• With me?’’
"Yes, sir ; Bragg had thirty thousand
men. lie had no base of supplies, no
burdensome provision trains, and yet
no stragglers. If a man fell out of the
ranks, under any pretence, he was shot.
To touch that little army, anywhere,
was to light a force well under hand,
easily controlled. Our men straggle,
disobey, and deserf, and all with your
sanction. When found guilty by a
court, you pardon him.”
“It is the most painful business that
has fallen to my lot.”
Mi* I *i*n eirli>i»t nnntn'iuic I’limr.
ing your goodness, lias removed the
responsibility—giving the sanction of
death to the division commanders.”
‘•Oli, yes, Tyler, they have taken
away the responsibility and left the
women. They cottie howling in
crowds. I can't stand that. Let con
gress remove the women by law, and
you military men can cut throats to
your heart’s content.”
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How to Have Mealy Potatoes.—
It is very common in the spring to liiul
strong, watery potatoes on the table,
unless care has been taken to select and
prevent them. A poor potato is the
: poorest article of food that can be had ;
as soon as they begin to sprout they will
j begin to grow poor and watery, the bet
i ter part of the root going to the support
'of sprouts. An exchange gives the
following method of preventing pota
toes from sprouting : Take go^l. sound
potatoes ami place them in a tub or
barrel, and pour boiling water over
them, letting them remain in the water
until eyes are scalded so they will not.
sprout; dry the potatoes thoroughly in
the sun, and put them away ill a box of
barrel in a cool dry place. This will
give good mealy potatoes all the time.
—Herman tow n Telegraph.
gsT-An I risliman remarked of a lady
who had been very kind to him : "Re
dad, she's a perfect gintleumn.”
teiy*"ln England the fashion report
is that black-dress coats are going out.”
That's “weiins" exactly. Ours is going
out • at thr elbow s !
ix t-uiiun nniH i
The Charleston Mercury, after in
dulging in some speculations and fig
ures aboul the cotton trade, sums up
os follows:
1. From tl\c disorganization of labor
and the destruction of capital, the yield
of eotton being much lessened, an un
nsUal stimulus has been given to its
cultivation in every part of the world.
2 Tlmt these circuinstoncea have re-’
sYiltcd in greatly increased costs of:
cultivation, the productive power of
the South having been largely dimin
ished in consequence-.
3. That If there is a check given to i
cons«mptk)if of the raw material from
high prices, .there is likewise a check
given to production in densely peopled
countries, like British India, from the
hazards of styiWation, the effect of the
excessive culture of cotton, to the neg
lect of the cultivation of cereals.
4. That the result of the augmented
costs of production is to cTmnge the
standard of prices, and in Consequence
of the increased expense of producing
cotton, so that with double the money
Value of labor, and the higher interest
of money, the value of the products of
that labor must be correspondingly
enhanced.
That the final results of those chang
es in the relations of capital and labor,
rude or manufactured, is to give at j
least a temporary ascendancy to high
prices'.
5. The til tint ate conclusion is, that
the Soutli has, for the present, resumed I
tlie position she occupied wheu cotton 1
was declared king.
From the London Review.]
Extravagance In Mem
There are lots of young meu with
whom spending money is a positive
disease. They constantly demonstrate
tlie truth of tlie familiar proverb.
There is a sort ol fatal profusion in
their habits. Women are accused very
unfairly of being over-extravagant.
As a rule, men are far more so; and
tlie account against them is principally
due to those who fritter away every
tiling they gain or sell in numberless
and nameless trifles. A woman lias a
natural title to being well-clad; to be
ing, indeed, clad so as to make tlie
most of her appearance. She lias a
sense fof jewelry. To deny her orna- j
meats is to stifle a genuine and reason-1
able instinct. But a man who parts i
with A considerable of his income to !
comply With every freak of his tailor,
and who really seems to have only j
used his brains upon tlie patterns of I
neckties, is one of tlie most pitiable
creatures alive. A gentleman ought
to be correctly and neatly dressed.
There is something revolting, as well
as startling,in the style iti which tlie!
unfortunate London cad turns out to j
air himself on the tops of omnibuses :
and on tho penny steamboats on Sun-1
day. Still, tlie extremes meet. The!
cad is not, in all probability, a greater !
jackass than tlie person lie mimics. I
lie is also extravagant in bis own i
miserable way. He lias given more
than lie can nflbrd for his flaring scarf,
with his horrible brass pin, his embroi
dered shirt front, aur. all the rest of his j
vile paraphernalia.
How to Kit Collars to the Shoul- j
hers of Horses.—It is very important j
to have a collar tit nicely and snugly to
the shoulders of the horse. It enables j
him to work with a great deal more \
strength. It prevents galling and
wound, as the friction is avoided.—
Collars are so made, or should bo so:
made, ns to throw tlie chief force on
tlie lower part of the shoulder. The
horse can apply hut liltle strength on
upper part, and for this reason, breast j
collars are coining greatly into vogue,
as tlie strength is oxerted on tlie lower
part of tlie shoulder. But we started
out to tell our readers how to make a
new collar tit the Bhouklcrs of a horse.
vnt.li.... „1.1.1 i
proper size; they are usually too large.
If obtained of proper size, just before
putting it on the first time, immerse it
in water, letting it remain abouta min
ute, and immediately put it on the horse
being careful to have the hames so ad-1
justed at top and bottom as to lit the i
sliooulder, and then put the horse to ;
work. The collar, by being wet, will j
adapt itself to tlie shoulder,and should
dry on the horse. When taken oil it
should be left in the same shape it oe- i
enpied on the horse, and ever after af-:
ter that you will have a snug fitting ;
collar and no wounds.—-Hates County j
llecord.
-4^4^
Love for TUB Dead.—The love, that
survives the tomb, says Washington
Irving, is one of tlio noblest attributes
of the soul. If it lias Its woes, it lias
its delights; and when the overwhelm
ing burst of grief is calmed into the i
gentle fear of recollection, then the
sudden anguish and convulsed agouy
over the present ruins of all we most
loved are softened away into pensive
meditation. Who would not root sor- j
row from the heart though it may ;
sometimes throw u passing cloud over
the bright hours of gaiety, or spread a
deeper sadness over the hour of gloom,
yet who would exchange it for even
the song of pleasure or the burst of
revelry ? No, there is a voice from the
tomb sweeter than song; there is a re
membrance of the dead to which we
turn even from the chamber of the II v
iofr- < __
4a£rOut of five hundred persons on
ly five survive long enough to mind
their o» n bn -ine; >
ULMMNJIIBI.
•Sr“Out of darkness eomctli light,”
is the printer's devil said when he
ooked into the ink keg.
fMrSewing is said by the doctors to
he very good exercise for a person's
health, but wo know many a poor
wretch who has come to his death by
it.
®aS“A quiet family in t!^^ country
were electrified the other day by the
receipt of a telegraphic dispatch from
» daughter who was teaching in a dis
tant city. The telegram was passed
iround and duly admired. The dash
ing boldness of the chirographv came
in for its share of praise. The old lady
shook her head with an air of gratified
pride as she ejaculated slowly—“Ann
Maria alters did write like A Alan ; she's
been takin’ writin’ lessons; this here
heats her last all holler 1”
S&'A party of SentimerttAl young
ladies were recently overheard by their
teacher reciting the following arith
metical exercise':
2 glances make one look; 2 looks
make one sigh ; 4 sighs make one waltz
3 waltzes make one palpitate; 2 palpi
tations make one call; 2 calls make one
attention ; 2 attentions make one fool
'oomntimna ♦ wrv\ • O fo r, 1 n t»ni>n a» a
flirtation ; 1 flirtation plus 2 bouquets
equal one engagement; two engage
ments arc equal to one marriage.
8@*Lamb once convulsed a company
witli au anecdote of Coleridge, with
whom he was very intimate. ‘T was”
said he ‘‘going from my house at En
fteld to the East India House one morn
ing, when I met Coleridge on his way
to pay me a visit.
“He Was very brimful of some new
idea, And, in spite of my assuring him
that my (into Was precious, lie drew me
gradually within the gates of an unoc
cdpiad garden by the roadside, and
there, sheltered by a hedge of evergreen
lie took me by the button of my coat,
and, closing ids eyes, commenced an
eloquent discourse, waving his right
hand gently as the musical words flow
ed in an unbroken stream from his lips.
I listened enchanted; but the striking
clock recalled me to a sense of duty.
“I saw that it was no earthly use I'd
attempt to break away; so taking ad
vantage of liis absorption in Ids sub
ject, and, with my penknife quietly
severing my button from my coat I dc
camped, five hours afterward-, in pass
ing the same garden on my way home,
I heard Coleridge's voice ; and on look
ing in, there lie was with closed eyfes
the button in bis flngcxs, and the right
hand gracefully waving, just as when I
left him. He had never missed me.
flaf-Kather Ryan, at a dinner party
in Chattanooga, was asked for an epi
taph on Governor Hrownlow, taking
for granted that he had departed this
peaceful life. Father Ityau gave the
tollvviug:
Pause, gentle reader ! lightly tread !
K. r God’s sake let him lie:
liV Pive in peace since he is dead,
llut hell is in afrit!
-1 tm ♦
The Constitution anb By-Laws.—
Jones was, or believed he was, near
his deatii, and the doctor calling, lie
held a long and earnest conversation
with him about ids chances of life.—
“Why, man,” said the physician, “you
arc likely to die any hour. You have
been living for the last fifteen years
without a constitution—lungs gone,
liver diseased, and all that sort of
tiling.”
“You don't mean to say," replied
Joucs, questioningly, “that a mail fcait
live for fifteen years without a consti
tution ?”
“Yes I do,” retorted the doctor, “and
you are an example.
“Then, doctor (and a bright smile il
luminated the pallid face of the doom
ed man) I'll go it ten years more on
the by-laws,” and he did.
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Marriage Notice* from Ki
diangeN.
Bell-Bear.—On the first inst., the
Rov. Thomas D. Bell to Miss Harriet
Bare.
He once was deemed a bold man that
In Scotland dared to “bell a cat,”
But now a-days e’en churehmeu dare
Far greater feat*, aud beil the bear ’
Which merits moat renown? pray tell
He bells the bear—she bears the bull.
Neill—Tier.—On Wednesday, Mr.
Neill to Miss Jane Tier.
A sad event, we rather fear.
She turned to kneel, aud dropped a tear.
Wright—Buck.—On Monday, by
Rev. Mr. Beals, Henry Wright to Miss
Orila Buck.
The parson seals their fate—’tis very clear
She’s right fur once—the buck has its dear.
Cobb—Webb.—Last week Mr. John
Cobb to Mi88 Kate Webb.
A gruff old fool who now sits just beside us.
Says in our ear, “lookout for little spiders.”
Lamb—Lyon.—On the 4th, Thomas
Lamb to Miss Matilda Lyon.
J/illenial advocates may sound.
Their Gabrielic horns.
The end of time, the reign of peace.
This simple notice warns.
For lo! the lyon lietli down
Together with the lamb;
And soon, perhaps, a little child,
Shall lead them hand by hand.
Turk—Turk,—On the 14th, Mr. .To
sepli Turn to Miss Mary Turn.
Lei’s Lope they were good children both,
And honored well their loving mother,
We can’t complain in such event.
For "‘one good turn deserves another,”
Moorr—Moorf—On the 1st, Mr. Wil
liam Moort) to Mi** Maria Moore.
The happiqess they will enjoy
Is great beyond degree —
Put when they bare a little “more
O won't it greater b*