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VOL 1- I)ES ARC, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, I860. NUMBER 3.
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| .'S' IS \V STO RE :
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ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
We have just opened oetr new stock of
FALL AND W i N TER fc 0 0 1)8,
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEYS,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
L I N S E Y S.
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
4 LSD. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS.
ji Y De Eerages, Meriuoes, Scotch l’laid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
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ALSO, A COMPLETE ST< tK OP
c: ia o rr ii i > i« zz
A better assortmeat cannot be found. Also, the
largest stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES!
la the market. We kindly solicit all who wish to
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO.,
nov.l-tf. Des Arc. Arkansas.
W. 3. CROCKER £ C0.f
WHOLESALE AND BET AIL •,
Or z* o> o o :r S3 5
Fir.-t door West of J. II. Quisenberry’s Store.
it j:s ui^, ir. si \ \ s 4 s.
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rp.\KE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO
I the citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
that they are now in receipt of a large and well
selected stock of •
c.nocer, res and iiaiti)ware.
Consisting in part of Sugars. Molasses, Coffee.
• ''tidies. Cheese, Vinegar, Salt. Whisky. Rice.
Pickles. Sardines, Flour. Fish. Raisins. Figs. Cit
V''iis. Minonds. Candy. Soap. Starch, Soda. Crack
ers, Tobaceo, Cigars, Nails. Castings, Iron. Steel.
Log Chains, Ox Chains, Pole Axes. Spades. Shov
el-. etc., etc., with all other articles usually to he
found in a similar establishment. All of which
they are now selling low for cash. hov 3-tf
STOVE AND TIN SHOP!
TV. II. 15 n v It
H as removed iiis tin shop to the
. house recently occupied by J. "• Wallace, j
on Buena Vista street, opposite the Nucleus i
House, where lie is prepared to accommodate the
public with the best articles of
COOKING' STOVES. TIN-WARE,
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and all other merchandise in his line, ever
fortnight to this market.
My cooking stoves are immediately from a large
.St. Louis establishment, and I feel confident that
'those who want these convenient articles can suit
.themselves from my large assortment. Give me |
a call, and examine before purchasing else- |
■where. nov3
TO BE CLOSED OIT.
.) IAA LBS. ASSORTED CASTINGS, SUPE
4.4UU rior quality, ilt 42c per lb: 30 kegs
best assorted sixes Nails, at $3 75 to $4 50 per
keg; 100 Coats, at $4 to $15; two Side and four
Hen’s Saddles; 100 Hoop Skirts; $500 worth of
Queens ware; 100 pieces Prints, at 71 to 11 cts.
per yd. Terms, cash or credit until 1st January.
J. H. QULSENBEItllY,
Auction, Commission Merchant,
,nov3-3t. and Real Estate Agent.
DID YOiTsay’RAILS OR CASTINGS ?
I HAVE TWENTY-FIVE KEGS BEST NAILS, !
I and good assortment Castings of first quality
■to sell cheap, cheap, cheap. Come and see.
aov 3. J. H. QCISENBKRRY.
K X C E L L £ N T J’ L O W S .
\VTE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
'V quantity of the best Cast Plows, which wr
t'fb'r cheap. nov k. J. .! ICKS^tN A; CO.
_ tsukim:ss r.Ait i»s.
F. Jt. ItOBINSON,. G. J. BRANCH.
ROBINSON Sc BRANCH,
(Successors to G. AV. laden,)
WHOLESALE AND BKTAIL DEALERS IN
C* roceries and pi’oduce,
re<eiyi\g, fokavarmng a commi-mon merchants,
nov 3. DES ARC ARKANSAS.
DES ARC HOTEL,
BY J. C, TARKIMtN,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
H aying leased this well-arranged
- Hotel, the proprietor respectfully informs
travelers and t be public generally, t bat he has com
pletely renovated the premises and is prepared
to accommodate all who may ta or him with their
patronage. If unremitted eareaiul attention will
secure the favor of all. heisdetfrmiued to please.
CHARGES REASONABLE.
The Ear attachedto thisllouse is supplied
with tlie best of Liquors and Cigars. nov 3.
G. m'laKRX. ------- 8. X. JACKSON.
ML AREN Sc JACKSON,
Successors to G. J. Melaren Co.,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple ash fancy dry
Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Hats and
1 aps, Bonnets, Boots and Sines, Hardware and
< uttlery. Books, Stationery, e'C. Also, Receiving,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, nov 3.
GARVIN, BELL! Sc Co7y
IMPORTERS A WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN A: DOMESTIC DRY-GOODS.
AND
Afitnu fact urers of Clothing,
Nos. 412 and 414 Main Street north side,
nov 16-tim. LOUISVILLE, KY.
A. STEWART. WM. STEWART, It. STEWART.
STEWART Sc BROS.,
IJ eceiv ing, FopayoiNlinjj
lOMLYiESMOX AIEEU il 4XTS,
nov 3. DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
It C MCCARLEY & CO
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Goods. Ready-Made Clothing, Hats, Caps,
Boots. Shoes, Hardware. Qiieensware, Etc., Lie..
Forwarding and Commission Merchants, nov 3.
F LEPTIEN,
Clock and Watch-Maker,
a.n i > .i i: \v i: i.i. i: 11,
BUENA VISTA STREET. l»i.S ARC.
Three doors east of G. A, •). M'Laren & Co.’s
| > HSPHCTFULLY INMS TilK CITIZENS
I h Dos Are and (lie a.ijarent country. that he
lias a new and select stock of (‘lories and Jewelry.
He is, :s< i>tml, jn*«*j a red to execute all kinds of
Clock and Wau-ii Work, in a workmanlike man
ner. and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, etc-, nov 3
I'ltoi ’ iio \ a i . < v IS l»~>.
T. J. JOBS,
A t torn <* v at I ^ a w ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
IV’HLL PR ACTICE IN I’ll AIllIE ANI) THE
V T adjoin,ng counties, Particiuar attention
gi> en to Collect ions.
l.i.ftm.M i:>.—J . J. ,v C. Powell, Knoxville,
Ten it.: Tims. ll. Cal,away. President of Ocoee
Lank. Cleveland,-Tom: Moure & Marsh. Chatta
nooga. Torn.: lion. Join II. Lumpkin, Rome, ha.;
Hull. William Dutighe.ty. Columbus, tin.: lion.
Joseph T. McConnell. Ringgold, (in.: William 11.
Inman. President Northwestern Lank, Ringgold,
Georgia. nov 3.
T. SAN 1>KRS, ------ .1. I.. NEEL.
DUS. SAHDERS & HEEL,
1 i <-s. i (l e ii t I'll > sit-in ns,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
Having formed a partnership in
the practice of (heir profession, tender a
continual ion of tii--ir services to the citizens of
Dos Arc and adjacent country. Office, up stairs,
conic: Lin na \ .-la and W'o idrutf siieets. nov 3
" T. J. WOODSOH,
Alto Plipy II t 1 lUAV,
DUS Ai!C, ARKANSAS,
A T TILL PRACTICE IN TIi?I FIFTH JUDICIAL
\V ('ircuit, andthe counties of White, Jack
sou and Monroe. All business intrusted to his
care will be promptly attended to. nov 3.
J. T. PASHAM,
-V sviti I isiitl IJuiltler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
QOLICITS CONTRACTS FOR 111 ILDINGS OF
| ; every style, lie is also prepared to furnish
Designs. Estimates and Drawings of all the mod
ern orders of architecture: build, superintend
and furnish working plans for build,ng at mode
rate prices. Orders left at the *• Citizen Office,”
will receive prompt attention. nov 3-y
C. A. JUDSON,
C ’ai'ix'ntci* :uul .Joinpr,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS,
n HALER IN SASII. DOORS. MANTLES.
Window and Door Frames, eie. Shop corner
Erwin and Park -Streets. N. L.—Coffins made to
order, on short notice. iiov3-y
J. J. LANK, - - - - - - W. II. CHAMBERS.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERS,
H vying formed a partnership in
the practice of their profession, tender
than- services to the citizens ot Dcs Arc and adia
cent country. From their experience, they hope
to share at least a portion of the patronage of the
public. Office on iiucua \ ;sta street, at llnlsh s
Drug Store. ||IIV **
E. T. SWEYEE,
l >ent isst,
DES AUC, ARKANSAS.
TILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN ALL
its branches, including continuous (iiim
Work. Office on Buena Vista street, up stairs,
Jackson's new buil ling. nov 1W.
A. W. MCNEILL,
A. 11 o i* 11 e y s* t I * a w ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Practices IN THE COURTS OF PRAIRIE
I and adjacent counties. Office, corner Erwin
and Lyou streets. nwv _
RUSS EVANS,
REAL ESTATE & GENERAL LAND AGENT
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
1)ROMPT ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO
all business entrusted to him in his
line. _no'' ,J’;_
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
AUCTION, COMMISSION MERCHANT,
A >• D
XJeal Estate TVgrent,
nov DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
DR. H. ARMISTEAD,
Having permanently located at
DES ARC. offers his professional services
to the citizens of the town and adjacent country.
Office on Lyon street. _n<n ' •
MI1KGLES! SIUXGLES!!
10,000 *?$■;? rov«-ssr
I>!:S ARC CITY
DRUG STORE.
—
To I’hj sickms. Druggists, Merchants,
P I- -V A rr E R s,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
tlie best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN & AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, rVTENT MEDICINES,
TOILET ARTICLES,
PER FUM ER Y, BRUSH ES,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, FAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Ete., Etc.
and till other articles pertaining to the Drug busi
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
I>ES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE Oil RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
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A CHOICE LOT OK
Segars, Chewing & Smoking Tobacco.
ALSO, ALL KINDS OK SlKEIilOll
i.Kjrons r«2i nia>E( ii. i sms,
KEFT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Orders from a Distance Mill Receive From pi Utcntlon !
AND THE 1.00113 EOUWAUDED WITllOCT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and lie-a materials,
w itli ficeuracy and despatch. jit
!E5 Eloui's of Uie Paj os- Ii;;!P !
| noTd-ly. JOHN I*KIS K INS.
I AUCTION, COMMISSION
jBLoetX ISES'Sst.st'&o
AND
G E X E 11 A L A G E X C Y,
Dc* ire, Arkansas.
E AM prepared tc receive ;.li kinds of Mcrchan
1 ti.se, Groceries, Produce, etc., etc.,
For Sale on Commission,
KltSur at Auction or Prhate Sale,or KsrSange for Lands.
$
1 will enter, huy and sell Lands as an Agent.
Parties dcs.riiig lo sell improved or wild Lands,
as well as those desiriug to purchase, might do
well to apply to me. An experience «>t more than
tilteen years in Arkansas Land Agency business,
furnishes to me all tlie information necessary to
properly transact all land business promptly.
Jifci'Kni:.\TKs.— Robert son .V Hudson: Lmerson,
Rrewstcr .x t'o.; Ryrant. Hind .x. Rliss, New Vork;
Garvin. Pell .X t'o.; Chamberlain .X Tapp: Can
non .X AicCampbcll, l.onisvillj, Ly.; liabcock .X
Kernochaii: 1,. it oily .x t'o: Payan ,x t'ahart, N.
().; Col. Ruhcrtsou Topp, Col. .). II. McMahon,
Gen. 1!. V. Richardson, and old citizens of Mem
phis,Teitn. llurr .X t’o., Ratesville, Ark.: Pool,
Pulliam lX Co., Jaeksonport, Ark.; Julmsou iX
Peav, Napoleon, Ark.
uov3. J. II. QU1SKNIJERRV.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
*t!a a ml Mil, 1 11!j and ID! It, 2IsI and
22d, 2SI Ii a n d 2!) I Ii
>TOVE3IUER, 1800.
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ON THE ABOVE days, and every wed
_ nesdav thereafter, and at such other times
as circumstances may requre, 1 will sell at Auc
tion, in Res Arc, Arkansas, an assortment of Dry
Goods, Ready-Made Clothing, Boots. Shoes, Mats.
Bonnets. Hardware, Saddlery, China, Queens and
Glassware. Books. Stationery, Castings, Nails,
Window Glass. Plantation and Carpenter’s Tools,
etc., etc. Will sell at private sale at greatly
reduced prices for cash, or on the usual credit.
J. II. QUISESHERRY,
Auction, Commission Merchant,
nov 3. and Real Estate Agent.
GOOD STORE HOUSE FOR SALE!
I' -lOR SALE, A STORE HOUSE, TWENTY-TWO
. by ninety feet, two stories high, well finish
ed, and warehouse in the rear, in the heart of the
business part of town. Terms, a little money
down, and time on the balance.
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
Auction, Commission Merchant,
nov 3. and Real Estate Agent.
AT COST AVI) CARRIAGE.
1AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Every
body is invited to call and see for themselves.
My goods are inferior to none in this market, and
my object in selling off at cost and carriage is to
euable me to replenish with a stock which will be
i bought exclusively with cash.
] nov3-if. LEVIN HARRISON.
_POETICAL.__
LIU 11 T.
The following exquisite poem by William Fitt
Pa.mmer, was some years ago, pronounced by one
of the most eminent European critics, to be the
finest production of the same length, in our lan
guage :
From the quickened womb of the primal gloom
The sun, rolled black and bare,
Till 1 wove him a vest for his Etliiop breast
Of the threads of my golden hair;
And when the broad tent of the firmament
Arose on its airy spars,
I pencilled the hue of its matchless blue,
And spangled it round with stars.
I painted the flowers of the Eden bowers,
And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes
Of Eden’s virgin queen;
And when the fiends art on the trustful heart
Had fastened its mortal spell.
In the silvery sphere of the first born tear
To the trembling earth l fell.
When the waves that burst o’er a world accursed.
Their work of wrath had sped, »
And the Ark's lone few, tried and true,
Came forth among the dead;
With the wondrous gleams of my bridal beams,
1 bade their terrors cease,
As 1 wrote on the roll of tlie Storm’s dark scroll,
God's covenant of peace.
Like a pall at rest on a senseless breast,
Night's funeral shadow slept —
Where shepherd swains on the Dethlehem plains.
Their lonely vigils kept.
\\ hen 1 flashed on their sight the heralds bright.
Of Heaven’s redeeming plan,
As they chanted the morn of a Saviour born—
Joy, joy to the outcast man.
Equal favor I “how to the lofty and low,
On the just and un just 1 descend;
E’en the blind, whose vain spheres roll in dark
ness and tears,
Feel my smile, the blest smile of a friend.
Nay, the tl«w<,r of the waste, by my love is em
braced,
.\ — the rose in (lie garden of kings;
At the chrysalis bier of the worm 1 appear,
And lo! the gay butterfly's wings.
The desolate morn, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride of her charms,
Till 1 hi 1 the bright hours chase the night from
her flowers,
And lead the young day to her arms ;
And when the gay rover seeks Eve lor his lover,
And sinks to her balmy repose,
1 wrap the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned west,
In curtains of amber and rose.
From my sentinel sleep, by the night brooded
deep,
1 gaze with unslumbering eye.
When the cynosure star ol the mariner
Is blotted from out the sky:
And eiudcd bv me tliro’c.di the merciless sen.
Though sped 1 >y ilie hurricane's wings,
Ills ronipa--It dark, lone, weltering bark
To the haven home safely livings.
I waken the flowers in their dew-spangled bowers,
The birds in their chambers of green,
And mountain mi l plain glow wiih beauty again,
As they bask in their niatinal sheen,
tj! if -ueli the glad worth of my presence to earth.
Though fitful and fleeting the while.
What glories must rest on the home of the blest,
Ever bright with the Deity's smile.
AN OLD NOTE.
I!Y JRNMK MOItntSOX.
I was rummaging among the old papers and
letters in mv desk the other day. when I Came
across an envelope hearing a familiar hand
writing, ^tnd opening it, found it to contain the
following note :
•• I he compliments of Charles Patterson to
Mi.-s Jennie Alorrisont roque-ting the pleasure
of escorting her to the “ Meeting of the
Choir,” this evening.
March Pith, Id o'clock. A. M. ’
“ And thorchy hangs a talc,” mused I.
Shall 1 tell it to you, dear reader?
It \v,is the spring of my last college yettr at
M-. where, as tin; catalogue said, •* ladies
and gentlemen were admitted on tin coital
tooling.” ’1 he college building contained
only the rooms necessary' for college purposes
—chapel, recitation rooms, library, music*
room, lahratorv and society rooms ; and in con
sequence, the students, male and female,
hoarded with the citizens. Of course, tve
were not subject to the restrictions which bind
students who board in the “ institute build
ings.’ hut did generally as we pleased when
we were not in sight of the faculty. So we
had access to the society of each other—not
so much to be sure, as if we had been at
home—hut still enough to enjoy ourselves
hugely. '1 he hoys waited on the girls home
from prayer-meeting, singing-school, etc., and
'occasionally we had a party, given by some of
the girls wiio lived in town, or by some kind
friend who took pity on us poor, pale victims
( ?) of the *• midnight oil.” As might be ex
pected. most of the girls had their gallants—
some of them two or three. 1, being a toler
ably good looking girl, and “one of the
seniors,” of course had my share. Hut I
couldn't manage, hard as 1 tried, to lose my
heart.
A month before the date of the foregoing
note, as I took my accustomed scat in the
( Impel one morning. I noticed a new student
in the “junior pew ’—the one immediately
behind ours, lie was tall, and rather slou
I ' . 1 , _ I I . t 1
uui , unit a iuumi;iiauv/C tin.ui turn, aid
glance, of a deep, earnest nature. A heavy
mass af dark-brown curls clustered around his
noble, white brow ; and when my eye rested
on him, he was looking at me with those deep,
tender blue eyes of Ins. 1 felt in a moment
that he was very different from the wild, mis
chief-loving students wo girls loved to tease.
But chapel exercises commenced, and. after
they were over, the students dispersed to their
respective recitation rooms, and 1 did not see
him again.
In the afternoon, when I returned to my
room, i found my room-mate, Kitty Miller,
waiting very impatiently for me. 1 was sur
prised, for 1 knew she had a recitation after
mine, and 1 broke out with :
•• Why, you here. Kit 1 What’s the matter?”
“ Yes, 1 in here. Don’t it look like me?
And for your accommodation, lady mine, here
is a note from lion, lie wants an answer right
away ; hut i must hurry buck to the botony
class, or give an excuse, and that wouldn’t do,
you know. So. quick ! 1 forgot to tell you,
d.dii t 1 ?” she rattled on, “ lion told me last
night, that l’rof. Young’s nephew, Fred Mor
row, had arrived, lie was in the chapel this
morning; 1 suppose you saw him. Well,
lion says hois a splendid singer ; and Profes
sor wants you and 1 to go down this evening
and sing. 1 suppose that is what the note is
about ?”
“ Yes,” I answered, “ and as you are in a
hurry, 1 will not wait to write an answer.
You may tell lion that he may bring him up.”
“ Oui, mademoiselle," said Kitty; “and 1
suppose we will have some broken hearts ere
long.”
“ Bah !” said L “ Run off, pussy, or Bon
will never forgive you for depriving him ol
the light of your countenance so long.”
Bon Morgan and Kitty were engaged, and
of course, together nearly all the time. 11c
was our base singer; and Kitty and T were
considered, respectively, the Lest soprano and
alto in the college. Professor Young and his
wife were both passionately fond of music;
and had suggested to their nephew and Bon,
both of whom boarded with them, to bring
us over in the evening for a quartette. Bon
wrote me, stating that if it pleased me. he
would bring Morrow over and introduce him.
When Kitty had gone, I sat down to write
an essay, which i was expected to read in
chapel next morning; but the first thing I
knew, my head was resting on my
hand, and my thoughts wandering to the
handsome stranger of the junior class; and
then I wondered if that were Fred Morrow.
“ If so, I must look out for my heart,” thought
I; “ that's so 1” But that wouldn’t write
my essay; sol resolutely banished every
thought of blue eyes and brown curls ; and,
at last, succeeded in finishing my writing. In
the evening, when 1 descended to meet the
gentlemen, 1 found Bon in the parlor, with my
beau ideal of the morning, whom he intro
duced as his friend, Fred .Morrow, saying :
“ Be sure and don't i'all in love With each
other.”
“ Not much danger. Bon,” said I laughing.
“ You know L’ve been trying for tne last
dozen years, and havn't succeeded yet.”
“ A very early beginning, surely. You
must have been a baby in long-clothes then,
eh ?”
“ No, sir,” said I fiercely. “ I was some
feet taller than yoq are now.” ( Bon was a
little fellow.) “ Bah ! 1 hate little men !”
If 1 were Kitty, I'd he ashamed to he seen
with you.”
“ Good reason why Jack wouldn’t eat his
supper !” retorted Bon.
“ llumph ! ! said T scornfully, turning
away. “ Mr. Morrow. I’m determined to like
you just to spite Bon.”
•• 1 hank you.” said he, with a quiet smile,
“ and f shall endeavor to deserve your lik
ing.”
“ Don’t let’s go mad, sis,” said Bon.
“ YV’here’s Kitty?”
“ Don’t know,” said 1 sulkily. “She was
up stairs when 1 came down.”
Kitty entered at that moment, received an
introduction, and we all started.
Morrow sang charmingly that night ; and
his voice, in conversation, which was remark
ably low and musical fur a tenor voice, quite
finished the assault which his appearance had
begun on the citadel of my heart.
Two or three evening' afterward, Bayard
Taylor lectured in G-. a neighboring city ;
ami non. aim j\iuy. aim morrow, arm i. mmpk
a trip in the cars to hear him. After that.
Fred—or cousin Fre I, as i called him—be
came my almost constant attendant, lie went
with me almost everywhere, except to •• choir
meeting." which he had not yet been asked
to join.
< )n Saturday morning a messenger called,
leaving a note fromCharles Patterson, request
ing my company to the meeting of the choir.
1 answered it immediately, accepting the offer;
for Charlie had been otje of my most devoted
admirers before 1 became acouainted with
Morrow, and had always accompanied me to
clmir meetings since.
Ju the evening, just about the time I began
to expect him. who should impure for me
hut Fred. I knew in a moment what became
for, for he carried his note-hook under his
arm. and 1 was so embarrassed 1 could hardly
speak at all. Oh! how 1 wished Charles Pat
terson and his note in < i uiueu. or at the bottom
of the sea. or some place equally remote from
me! What should I do? I racked my brain
for some way of sretting out of the difficulty,
but could devise none. Presently be said :
*• 1 came to tell you that the choir meets at
Mr. Malden's this evening.”
Yes.” said 1, with a desperate hope that
he would take the hint. “ Mr. Patterson
sent me word.”
Hut he didn’t take it.
*■ You great goose !” says some one, (; why
didn't v»in tell lnm plainly that you were go
ing wttli Patterson.”
Ah ! but. my dear sir. or madam, as the
ease may be. are you sure you would have
done it ; if you had been in my place ? 1
could not tell him then, and waited for a bet
ter opportunity; but the longer I waited the
more desperate my situation seemed. At last
he said, looking at his watch :
4i I guess it's time to start, Jennie, if we
are going.”
•• Yes,” said I. absently, looking out into
the twilight, to see ifClniTie was not coming,
thinking, perhaps, that would relieve me, but
1 could not see him, and 1 hurried up stairs,
leaving Fred to think I was getting ready.
1 sat down, wondering what I should do.
One moment I thought I should send down a
note of explanation ; but Kitty was gone,
and there was no one to send it by. Then 1
was tempted to put on my hood and shawl,
and go with Fred, which L would infinitely
have preferred ; but that would never do. for
l would lose Charlie's respect, and Fred
would certainly hear of it; and then 1 should
forfeit his good opinion. Nothing would do
but to tell, and the sooner the better. So
summoning all my courage, I went down,
and calling him into the hall, told that 1 had
* ^ . * . I It i i t 1.1
| J I l H I I 1 ovj i I I i 11 J lUIU.'IMI. A liilt. H UilO
tumbled, tor 1 could,sec it in his countenance.
1 knew lie thought I should have told him
before, but 1 could n<>t ; yet his troubled look
frightened me; and 1 begged him not to let
this intefere with our friendship. 1 remem
ber in my earnestness, l laid my hand on his
arm ; and l told him that, it 1 had hut thought
of hiscoming, l shouldn't have promised to go
with Charlie, lie said it was “ all right,”
and bidding me good night, hurried away. I
hastened to my room, and, leaving my door
ajar, so that l could hear Patterson when he
come. 1 sat down in the darkness and took a
good cry.
I realized, for the first time, that Fred had
become essential to my happiness, and 1 feared
that now I had driven him away, and he
would not return. But hearing Patterson's
footsteps on the sidew lk! I bathed my eye'
and prepared to go out with him. Before
1 was quite ready I heard him inquire for me
and received the answer that 1 had gone out
with Mr. Morrow.
“ Surely not,” said he.
Yes,” was the reply “she went out with
him a few minutes ago.”
I hurried to the head of the stairs, and
called out; “ No, Mrs. Ashton, I am not out
Wait a moment, Charlie, and l will be down
And1 drawing on my hood l descended
In the meanwhile Mrs. Ashton had made
many apologies, saying that she really though
| 1 had gone.
j Arriving at Mr. Malden’s the singers wen
I all there, and Bon and Kitty eyed me curi
j ously. After a few pieces had been sung, hi
came to me with :
‘•What in the name of all that’s reasonabh
j is the matter? * Your face is as long us Jack’
i bean pole ! Where's Fred ? Didn’t he cal
; for you ?”
• “ Yes,” but I had promised to go witl
wsmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm wrrvrr *riaw
Patterson; anil 1 told him what had hap
pened.”
“Ah!” said he, “a very satisfactory ex
planation for your long face. You look as
though you had lost your best friend.”
I felt so miserable, that, before the com
pany dispersed, L persuaded Charlie to go
home, pleading headache as my reason.
Three long, weary days passed, during
which I did not see Fred to speak to him.
I On the fourth he sent me a note, saying that
| he would call in the evening. How my heart
bounded with joy! He is not angry, then;
we will yet be friends !
Evening came, and with it Fred. What
happened l shan’t tell you. Would you, if
you were in my place? Suffice it to say, that
Fred often tells me he is glad that 1 went
with Patterson; “for if you had’nt received
that note,” he says, “ and promised to go
with him, I should not have seen the look in
my Jennie’s eye whiih told me she loved me.
GENERAL JACKSON S WIFE—HER LAST
110 URS.
The new vo'ume of Mr. Ur.ton's “Life of
Andrew Jackson,” has the following account
of the death of the General’s wife :
“ On Monday evening, the cvenii.L' before
the twenty-thir !. her disease a]
a decided turn for tie 1 ■ I : then
so earnestly entreat. I I • oi arc
for the fatigues < f" t » i
night of undisturbed I.
at last, to go into i
down upon a sofa, 'i ! . • the
house. Hannah and t • >»: up
with their mistres< At k the
General bade her goodnight, went into the
next room, and t
to lying down, lie had been gone but five
minutes; Mrs. Jackson was then, for the first
time, removed from her bed. that it might be
re-arranged for the night. While sitting in a
chair, supported in the arms of Hannah, she
uttered a long. loud, inarticulate cry, which
was immediately followed by a rattling noise
I in her throat. Her head fell forward upon
Hannah’s shoulder, the never spoke nor
breathed again.
“There was a wild rush into the room of
husband, doctor, relatives, friends and ser
vants. The General assisted to lay her upon
the bed. ‘ illecd her,’ be cried. Ao blood
flowed from her arm. ‘Try the temple, doc
tor.' Two drops stained her cap. but no more
followed.
•• It was long before be would believe her
dead. He looked eagerly into her lace, as if
wfii! i.vti.iotniir t. . _i rotniMiii.il. 1*1 k
Her hands an I feet grew cold. There e mid
he nn doubt then, and they prepared a table
for laying her out. \\ till a choking voice,
the < ieneral -aid :
•• -Sprc d four bhmki ts upon it. If she
does come to, she will lie so hard upon the
! tabled
i ” He sat all niirbt long in tiie room by her
side, with his face in his hands, ‘grie\ing.’
! said Hannah, and occasionally looking into
; the face, and feeling the heart and pulse of
| the form so dear to him. Major Lewis, who
had been immediately sent for, arrived just
before daylight, and found him still there,
i uearly speechless, and wholly inconsolable,
lie sat in the room nearly all the next day,
the picture of despair. It was only with
! great difficulty that lie was persuaded to take
' a little coffee.
And this was the way. concluded Hannah,
("that old mistns died; and we always sa}
when we lost her. we lo<t a mist us and a
: mother t >o, and more a mother than a mistus.
: And wo say the same of old master; and
! many's the time we w i.-hed him back again to
heln us out of our troubles. ’
‘•The remains of Mrs. .Jackson still lie in
the corner of tbc Hermitage garden, next
those of her husband.”
—- -
Diitiieuia and its Ci re.—This singular
; disease has become so prevalent and has been
so generally fatal that any suggestion in re
gard to its cure will hardly prove uninterest
! ing. The Cincinnati Dress says :
"The diagnostic by which it is known
from other complaints of the throat is the
: formation of a membrane which increases
gradually until the patient is literally stran
gled to death. It is sometimes accompanied
by ulceration and extreme prostration of the
entire system, and at others by neither of
these symptoms, yet in either case it is equally
fatal. To arrest the formation of this mem
brane would therefore seem equivalent to
curing the disease, and this in most instances
may lie done in the following manner:
in the early stages of complaint, which is
always accompanied by a soreness and swell
ing of the throat, let the patient use a sim
ple solution of salt and water as a gargle
every fifteen minutes. At the saute time
moisten a piece of flannel with a solution of
the same kind, made as warm as the patient
can bear it, and bind it around the throat,
renewing it as often as the gargle is adminis
tered, and meanwhile sprinkling line salt be
tween the flannel and the neck. I se in
wardly some tonic or stimulant, either sepa
ruicn, UI , Ii till fJH.JMltll.IUil UUJiiViilj U.'U UUUl
together. The treatment, as may be seen,
is extremely simple, anil, it used in the early
stages ot’ the disease, effects a complete cure.
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Sketch of a Child's School.—The
children sang songs; they repeated long pass
ages of poetry in concert; they went through
tire multiplication table to the tune of *• \ an
kee Doodle;” they answered with tlie shrill,
1 sing-song voice of parrots all sorts of questions
1 in geography; they recited passages of Scrip
! ture; they gave an account of the creation of
| the world and of the American Revolution;
they told the story of the birth of Christ, and
spelled words of six syllables; they added,
they multiplied, they subtracted, they divided,
they told what hemisphere, what continent,
what country, what State, what county, what
town they lived in; they repeated the names
of the Presidents of the Cnited States and
the Governors of the Commonwealth; the}
acted a little drama of Moses in the bullruslies
and they did many other things, till, al
through the audience, astonishment grew inti
delight, and delight grew into rapture.
-m m m
Prentice of The Louisville Journal, speaks
thus to his readers: ‘‘Those who think tha
in order to dress well it is necessary to dre>i
■ extravagantly and gaudily, make a great mis
. take. Nothing so well becomes true feini
nine beauty as simplicity. We have seei
: many a remarkably tine person robbed of it
■ fine effect by being over dressed. Nothing i
! more unbecoming than overloaded beauty
The simplicity of the classic taste is seen ii
i the old statues and pictures, painted by met
3 of every superior genius as artists. In Athens
1 j the ladies were not gaudily but simply array
ed, and we doubt whether any ladies exeitei
t more admiration.’'
CURRENT ITEMS.
The Emperor Napoleon’s Identity
Questioned—Louis Napoleon is said to be
somebody els than himself, by a correspond
ent of the Edinburg Chronicle, who claims to
have obtained some ii.formation from a woman
named 3Icrcier, who knew the genuine Louis
during his exile in America. Iler absurd
story is to the effect that the real son of Queen
Hortense died in Mercier’s house, and that
the present Emperor of the French is a man
named Rowen. who was a steadfast compan
ion of the real Simon pure, and bore a strik
ing resemblance to him! The imposture is
alleged to have been connected in order to
prevent an inquiry into the circums.unces un
der which the Prince died.
A new island lias been added to the Pacific
chart by a late di-covery made by Captain
Green, of the Agate, a brig in the employ of
the Fhoenix Guano Company. It lies at the
north-east end of the Phoenix group, in lat. 2
dog. 11 min. S., and long. 170 deg. 40 min.
W. The discoverers fuund a spacious lageon
inside, and sumo appearance of the island
having been inhabited, although at a remote
period.
The discovery of a method of manufactur
ing paper from the leaves of the tobacco
plant is announced. It is to be employed in
the making of cigarettes’ and is the result of
many years labor and research of a skillful
physician, who has diseoverd that one of the
most fearful disorders of the respiratory
organs is produced by the acrid vapor of the
the burnt paper imbibed with the smoke of
the cigarette.
The women of the town of Canton, Ohio,
vexed at the drunkenness which has
prevailed there, made a descent last week
upon a rum shop and spilled all the liquor
upon the ground. They walked across the
street and notified the keeper of another
groggery that he had ton days wherein to re
linquish the busiuess under penalty of simi
lar treatment.
A Literary Car-Privf.r.—A prize of
£20 for the best essay on the effects of .Sun
day call driving has been won by John Cock
raun. a London cab driver. At the meeting
I at which the prize was awarded, Coekraun
11 Id his audience that the essay consisted of
1‘J,OOU words, and was all written in the open
air. on the top of his cab.
The slave trade appears to he in almost un
restrained operation. Recently two vessels
have been cantured in tbe waters of the Cari
bean sea with twelve hundred wild Africans
on board It is a fact worthy of remark that
most nearly all the vessels engaged in the
trade, belong to the French, Cubans, Span
iards and Portugese.
Accounts from Venezuela to the 21st ult.,
state that all the Spanish residents were leav
ing the country, in consequence of the inter
ruption of the diplomatic relations with Spain
and the withdnwal of the Spanish minister.
The question ;.i dispute between the two
countries has been referred to Madrid.
An unfortunate young man in Boston is
tied up in two w ills. Ilis lather, under heavy
penalties, demands that he shall marry no lady
whose feet exceed a prescribed size; and his
mother, with equal severity, insists that the
lady's hair shall be of a prescribed color. The
young man had better stick to celibacy.
William Ilowitt. the well-known English
! author, pronounces his belief in and devotion
to spiritualism. He has ju>t written a letter
in reply to articles in Once a Week and
Blackwood on this subject, and the English
; journalists have taken up the discussion ex
tensively.
The Prussian Gazette says that 400 persons
have died in Southern Russia and Kiev from
I the puncture of a description of poisonous
fly, which made its way from Asia. About
sixty or seventy years ago, a great number of
j persons died from a similar cause.
The Russian government has ordered the
Polish clergy not to urge the people to
total abstinence, because the revenues from
taxes on spirits may be diminished. They are,
however, allowed to enlarge in general terms
on the blessings of temperance.
A child of J. II. Heath, of Washington,
District of Columbia, was baptized last week
in water which was taken from the river Jor
dan. carried to Jerusalem, and consecrated
upon the Holy Sepulcher, and then brought
j across the Atlantic.
Archbishop Bixon has left Ireland for
| Rome. The only circumstance that renders
this fact worthy of recording is that it was
this prelate who said to Louis Napoleon,
•Robber, take your hand from the throat of
the Vicar of Christ.’'
The two Hitching?, arrested in South Caro
lina. on suspicion of being abolitionists, have
been discharged. That is, they were escorted
' to the North Carolina line, and warned not
to show their faces in the former State amt in.
Tiie Prince of Wales, before his departure
presented a valuable diamond brooch, sur
mounted by his crest, to Miss Mattie Taylor,
of Newport. Ky.. wlio was one of his dancing
partners at the Cincinnati ball.
George Tether is held fur bigamy at
Hartford, Connecticut- His reply to the
charge is that his first, wife “ treated him
wrongly,” and the second “ would marry him
anyhow.”
Among the curiosities discovered by the
ccn>us takers is a pretty little girl of fifteen,
in the southern part of Munson, New York,
who lias a husband one hundred and seven
years of age.
“I believe the jury has been inoculated
with stupidity,” said lawyer. “That may
be.” said his opponent, “but the bar are of the
opinion that you had it in the natural way.”
A young lady, writing enthusiastically, as
young ladies generally do. portrays Garibaldi
as “a dear old weather-beaten angel.” He
don’t let any thing but the weather beat him.
William Blue, the self-starved counterfei
ter, in Jail at Lafayette, Indiana, has yielded
to the agonizing importunities of his young
1 wife and partakes of some nourishment.
i Motley is still in London superintending
- the printing of his new volumes, now rapidly
■ going through Murray’s press. His name
i and fame attract wide attention in England.
Francis H., ex-King of Naples, commanded
in person at the battle of Volturno. He was
continually seen under fire, exhibiting great
^ and unexpected bravery.
The population of Arkansas is likely to
- exceed 500,000, and will probably be enti
1 tied to four, if not five, Representatives to
Congress. She now sends but two.