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0TFR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Wf. have supplied ourselves with a good
I assortment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
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J . T. IP ARH A.M,
ARCHITECT,
Cl iUPESTER AND JOINER,
v£kz\ ifeifsMSiSIL
i t") ESPECTFULI.Y informs the citizens of
\ J\ »es Arc and vicinity, that lie is prepared
[ to execute all work intrusted to his care, 'A i n
[ neatness and dispatch.
PLANS and designs of buildings
Furnished td order, free of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that lie
I can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
! moBittiacraaw
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
[ jj AVING permanently located at Des Arc,
1*1 Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in HIS I-iue of Business,
I in a satisfactory manner. From bis expe
( rience.be feels confident that those who favor
| him with contracts will have no cause to re
| ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY,
Left at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
j with prompt attention. jun29-ly
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D—
EHarness Jtlanuf<acturer,
IDES AKO, ARKANSA.S.
HaSIk RESPECTFULLY informs Ifew**
the citizens of Prairie and
l adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
and is prepared to manufacture to ordet,
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in sucli establifUSnents.
i Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s store. jan21-ly
IILH CKSMI f HI JVG
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
sr-vr--—v mHANKFUL to the
flT I people for their past fa-lf 1|
ciSSI vors,respect£ully announces \> y
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
! stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of worn in the above line.
fda-Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy bulla
Iing, wneemarrows, repaiim&,
slior. notice.
I (’^Horse-shoeing done promptly.
► feb 18-tf __
J. GRIFFITH,
IS 1.1 € 11 S JU IT U,
AND
TOU'A-O-OTSX MAKidK,
WOODRUFF STREET,
j B©s AviptB. Airlko
rows, fec-i made to
■ order on short notice. Repairing and planta
1 tion work done on the usual time for prompl
| paying ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.,
(K»» All new work must be cash or its
«*uTTaI.EKT. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21, 1859.-ly.
fTlept IE n,
CLOCK. AND WATCHMAKER
AND
JEWEXiliER,
— Buena Vista Street
(Opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,)
DES ARC, ARK.
RESPECTFULLY in
-forms the citizens o
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he ha
i anew and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kind
-rf CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clea
*—“Euftf
I
PROFESSIONAL CARDS^
J. J. LANF..W. II. CIIAMnFRS.
Dr», I,AMI & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed** partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
X/i&F Office on Buena Vista street, at. Bai.s
ly’s Drug Store. feblitf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. R. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2J miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
Jftedieal Card.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfnlly notifies the inhabitants of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of his profession, and as a
speciality, those branches of it pertaining to
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
successful peactice of fourteen years in Louis
sana—and nine years of which was in the
city of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
the confidence of a generous and enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved system.
Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-lf.
IT^R J. C GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
(gS" Thankful for' the liberal patronage he
lias heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store. aprill-ly
DR. J. L. NEEL, h aving 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 11-ly.
TAR, T. SANDERS, Resident Physi
J/ cian, Des Arc, Arkansas, Office
on Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
ruff street. dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858—ly”
B. D. TURNER... T. JONES.
fpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. janl-tl.
... ft A * TXT n UTM/’T' A__ A rr.
’ R ' IV. Uil n AVJJ1’ VLJ, ** * • --- -
• Law, Des Arc. Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
O H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O. Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. S. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH
G ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
‘ at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. _^Ptt4 tf
JACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at
Law. Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. _0u|27-tt.
J. F,. GATEWOOD... A* MOON.
f\ ATE WOOD & ’MOON, Land
* T Agents and Reai. Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tr.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc,
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. (E5^ Office on Lyon
street. l>n8-tf
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi*U practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles, and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him. . .
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
feb!3-tf. __
SAM’l. W. WILLIAMS.. L. D. WILLIAMS.
YVILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
. . torney9 at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted tc
them. __dec4
J. L. HOLLOW.. ...w. D. JACOWAY
Hollo well & jacoway, at
TORNEYS AT JyAW, Dardanelle, Arkansas
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf _ ,
"W. IE. XliAULSTOKr,
Q6NERAL
LAND AGENT
<» <u it. ik aTs sp ® a»
—.nun■ c DOiiniF f.fllINTY. ARKANSAS
WORN. ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKEI
JEWE LER,
(In rear of C. T. Petit’s Drug Store,
Augusta, Arkansas.
Respectfully informs the citizens t
the town and adjacent country that he hi
' PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN AUGUSTA, and
• prepared to execute all kinds of Clock ai
E Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, i
3 well as every other description of work usua
lv done in such establishments.
mar Mimical Instruments of every desen]
♦
EDUCATIONAL.
THE fourth session of the “I>es
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
receplion of pupils on the First
i Monday of February, 1800.
Terms, per Session of Five Months ;
Orthography and Reading.• $10 00
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic. 12 00
The above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 11 00
High Branches. 10 00
Instrumental Music. 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Pupils charged from time of entering,
and no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc, Feb 1, 1800.-tf.
® H © A K ®
ffialc Academy.
m
THE fourth session of (his School will open
on Monday, the 10th inst., under the
charge and direction of 11. I>. Perry, who
hopes by strict attention to merit the patron
age, not only of the Town, but surrounding
country. Every attention will be paid to or
der, and especially to the intellectual and
moral culture of his pupils. All scholars
considered regular from time of entrance, and
no deduction for withdrawal or absence, or
sickness of shorter duration than one week.
TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS, OR
TWENTY WEEKS.
Orthography and Reading..$10 00
The same with Writing, Geography,
Grammar and Arithmetic.. 12 00
The same with Analysis, Philosophy,
Physiology, Algebra, Geometry, &c 14 00
Latin and Greek. 14 00
janll-tf.
JOHN McNAMEE,
T «£ I fj O Si ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
his line of business, in a neat and fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859.—[If]
Private Entertainment,
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
( On Vie .Main Road to Fort Smith.)
ttJAVING ereccted a large andJVgrv
commod ous Building, he is now
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
(J^“ His rates of charges are reasonable,
and his Accommodations are inferior to none.
mr Heh as excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, &c.
jun29-ly
Family Grocery.
HENRY JACKSON,
AT HIS “OLD STAND,’’
CORNER OF BUENA VISTA AND WOODRUFF STS.,
I» E S ARC, ARIl.,
CIONTINUES to keep constantly on hand a
J full assortment of
Family Groceries,
which he offers for sale at moderate prices,
and on reasonable terms.
The highest prices will be paid for
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
of the farm and the garden.
His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liiquui a.
(jy Remember the “ Oi.d Stand,” which
he has occupied during the past six years.
jun29-ly
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE,
Des Arc, Ark.,
fTEEPS constantly.on hand a general
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,
jvhich he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also—All kinds of Winear Mqiiars,
Tobacco, Cigars, &e.
(jy The highest price, either in Cash or
Groceries, paid for Butter. Eggs, Poultry, and
all kinds of country produce. may4-tf
B„ Be roiEim®!, ’
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
Manxifaoturor,
Hickory Plain, Ark.,
Will make and repair Buggies
and Carriages, &c., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
(|y All orders will be readily attended to,
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov23-tf.
(Successor to Williams & Blanton.)
Commission, Receiving
-AN D
Forwarding INeTClianL
Also, Agent for the Gen. Pike. Admiral,
E. M. Ryland, Sam. Hale, Fortune,
Crescent and Iatan.
HAVING purchased the entire interests
of Williams &. Blanton, will attend per
sonally to all business intrusted to his care,
with promptness and dispatch.
. Also, a full supply of Groceries, Crockery,
Hardware, Dry Goods and Medicines, which
we will dispose of at the lowest cash prices
HOTEL.
_ , -l ... _ 1 _ „ 1 4 a
r ■ t n ru suuovm/vi “ “ i?' — .—
• X the traveling public, that he will use his
1 best endeavors to accommodate all who favor
1 him with a call.
A. HOYLE, Devall’s Bluff,
. nov30-tf. Arkansas.
LIVERY STABLE.
J. M. ROBINSON,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
IS PREPARED to accommo-TiSP
date the public with ‘ ’^
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, Ac.
R^r Persons arriving at Des Arc by steam
boafcs, will be promptly conveyed to any poin
f in the interior. [ jull3-ly j
\ “jcTkdTpT bodkmeit,
d gHAVIKO, HAIR-CCTTIW©,
S AND
I- HAIR-DRESSING saloon
-ALSO
tt' SHAMPOOING AND HAIE-DYING
“ D UENA VISTA Street, south-side, tw
g ; It doors east of G. &. J. McLaren’s, De
j Arc. Arkansas. jaRll-tf.
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[ From the Journal of Commerce.
EXTRACTS FROM LORD MACAU
LEY’S WRITINGS.
APPLICABLE TO THE PRESENT TIME.
For Romans, in Rome’s quarrel
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son, nor wife, nor limb, nor life,
In the brave days of old.
Then none was for a party;
Then all were for the State;
Then the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great;
Then lands were fairly proportioned;
Then spoils were fairly sold;
The Romans were like brothers,
tn the brave days of old.
Now Roman is to Roman
More hateful than a foe,
And the Tribunes beard the high,
And the Fathers grind the low,
As we wax hot in faction,
In battle we wax cold;
Wherefore men fight not as they fought
In the brave days of old.
A THRILLING STORY.
The following story is from that inter
esting boolc ‘‘Parley’s Thousand and One
Stories.” It is founded upon an occur
rence which actually took place in Ver
mont, some forty years ago. The facts
are almost literally related as follows :
My brother Heman liked the business
of carrying the mail better than I did;
and I went to work in a new clearing 1
bad commenced, about a mile and a half
from home, and not quite so far from the
house of a brother-in-law. 1 used to stay
ns often at one place as the other. It
was a bad arrangement, as in case of ac
cident neither family would be alarmed,
or go to look for me, if 1 should not come
home. I fell the force of this in the
course of the winter, as you will see di
recuy. ' •
There had fallen one of our old-fash
ioned, Northern New York snows, crush
ed over hard enough to bear a rfian. I
was gelling on famously with my clear
ing, getting ready to build a house in the
spring. I was ambitious, and worked
early and late, going without my dinner
some days, when the bread and meat 1
had brought in my pocket was frozen so
hard that I could not masticate it without
taking up loo much of my lime. One
day it was intensely cold, with the pros
pect of a storm that might hinder my
work the next day, and so I worked on as
long as I could see, and after twilight I
felled a tree, which in its descent lodged
against another. I could not bear the
idea of leaving the job half finished ; I
mounted the almost prostrate body to cut a
limb to let it down.
The whole of the tree forked, about
forty feet up, into two equal parts, with
large projecting limbs from both. It was
one of these I had to cut away to bring it
to the ground. In my haste perhaps I
was not so careful as I should have been;
at any rate the first blows eased the lodg
ment, so that the tree began to settle, and
I was just going to jump off, when the
fork split, and as it did so one foot drop
ped into the space so that I could not ex
tricate it for the moment, but I fell no
alarm, for I knew that I could cut away
the tree in a minute, or perhaps draw my
foot out of the boot, as the pressure was
not severe. At the first blow of the axe
the tree took another start, rolled over,
and the split closed with all the force of
its giant strength, crushing my feet until
the very bones were flattened, and there I
hung suspended, just able to touch the
tips of my fingers in the snow, with
nothing to rest upon for a moment—the
air at zero, and grqwing colder—no pros
pect of any one coining that way that
night—the nearest house a mile away—
no friends to feel alarmed at my absence,
for one would suppose me safe with the
other.
My axe in its fall rested upon the snow
crust, about ten feet off. If 1 could only
gel that, I might yet save myself. I did
not think how I was to cut myself loose
from the body of that great tree, suspend
ed as I was, head down, and suffering
wun me rusniug tuiicin ui uiouiueicu
blood; but 1 thought in that keen blade
my only hope of life was fixed. Just
forward of me grew a slim bush, which I
thought, if I could obtain, 1 could form
into a hook by twisting the limbs together,
and draw the axe within iny reach.
Although the bush was out of my reach,
I at last succeeded in getting hold of it by
means of a loop, by lying my suspenders
together. I drew it towards me and cut
it off with my pocket-knife—one of that
sort so long known as “Barlow knives,”
having a single blade about two and a
half inches long and three-eights of an
inch wide, with equal width all its length,
set in a handle of peculiar form, half its
length iron and half horn or bone. I suc
ceeded admirably in fashioning my hook,
and almost felt the handle of the ax with
in my grasp, so certain was 1 of success.
From the tree that imprisoned me, the
ground descended rapidly for a dozen rods
or more to a little creek. IWy ax lay upon
the brow of tbs hill. The first movement
I made towards twisting the loop of my
' stick around the handle, so as to draw it
within my reach, loosened it from its icy
; I rest, and away it went down the hill,
crushing through the little frost-brittle
bushes, down upon the ice of the creek,
down to a little fall a few rods below,
and over that into the unfrozen pool, with
a surging sound, as it fell in the water
•: that seemed to send its icy chill through
1 every vein and artery in my whole body
’ I still had my knife. True, it was e
0 rough surgical instrument, but hope anc
3 the love of life ^ave me strength to cliral
up by my fastened leg and cut away the
bool and slocking, anil then will) that knife
l unjointed my ankle and fell to the
ground, my left leg a footless, bleeding
stump! Tito intensity ol the cold saved
me from bleeding to death. 1 tore off a
part of' my coat, and with my handker
chief and suspenders managed to bind
my leg with a handful ol snow, and
started lo crawl home. 1 succeeded in
reaching within sight of the house, and
then my strength utterly failed me.
1 tried my voice in vain, but 1 could
make no one hear. I exerted myself
once more, and crawled towards the road
that I knew Heman must come. It was
a painful task, for, besides my exhaus
tion, I was perishing with cold. Just
then I heard my brothel’s stage horn, and
the jingle of the bells coming down the
hill. 1 strained my vo:ce to the utmost
pitch, but he did not, could not hear; but
there was another friend—man’s faithful
friend—who did hear. Old Hunter, the
noble old dog, had insisted on accompany
ing this trip, and brother said “Let him
go; who knows what good may come of
ii?” Good did come of it, for his ear was
quicker than Hetnan’s, and he roused up
at the first cry, and ns the second cry
reached his ear, lie leaped out, and in a
minute was at the spot where I lay upon
the snow. He smell all around, and I
held up my footless leg. Just then the
sleigh had gat up the hill. Hunter sprang
back into the path, barked loudly, and as
the horses came up, he jumped up, seized
the rains, and would not let go till Heman
called a halt.
Hunter let go his hold on the horses,
jumped back to the sleigh, caught hold of
Keman’s hand, pulling off the mitten,
and away he ran back where I was, and
commenced barking furiously; but I beard
nothing. The effect upon me when 1
knew that I was discovered by that faith
ful old dog, and that be never would de
sert me, had caused me to faint. My
brother knew that Hunter was not at
play—that something curious was the
matter—and jumped out of the sleigh
and ran ofter him.
In a little while I was safe at home ;
ihe doctor was sent for, and my wound
properly dressed. I eventually recovered,
but was, however, a cripple lor lite.
From Picket’s History of Alabama.]
A Marriage in Alabama in 1800.
Upon the Tombigbee and Lake Ten
saw, the people still lived without laws
and without the rile of matrimony. For
years the sexes had been in the habit of
paring off and living together with the
mutual promise of a regular inariiage,
when ministers or magistrates should make
their appearance in the country.
An amusing incident will be here re
lated, in which a young couple were uni
ted by a functionary not hitherto known
as participating in such sacred riles.
The house of Samuel Ming, a wealthy
Indian countryman, was the most spacious
in the country, and hither the young nnd
the gay flocked to parties, and danced to
music furnished by the creoles of Mobile
and others, for the country nbouuded with
fiddlers of high and lo.v degree. Daniel
Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Linder had,
for some lime loved each other. She
was rich and he was poor, and of course
the parents of the former objected to a
pairing.
On Christmas night, a large parly was
assembled at “Old Sam Ming’s” and the
very forests resounded with music and
merry peals of laugher. In the midst of
the enjoyment, the lovers, in company
with several young people of both sexes,
paddled down Lake Tensaw, into the
Alabama, and arrived at Fort Stoddart
an hour before daylight. Captain Shaum
ber. who had risen early to make his eere
nog, was emplored lo join the lovers in
the bonds of matrimony. The proposi
tion astounded the good-natured old Ger
man, who protested bis ignroance of such
matters, and assured them that he was
only a military commandant, and having
no authority whatever to make people
rnan and wife. They entreated, telling
him with truth, that the Federal Govern
ment had placed him there as a general
protector and regulator of affairs, and
that the case before him demanded his
sanction and adjustment. After the egg
nog had circulated pretty freely, the com
mandant placed the lovers before him. and
in a stentorian voice pronounced the fol
lowing martial speech:
“I, Captain Shaumber, of the 21st re
giment of the United Stales Artny, and
commandant of Fort Stoddard, do hereby
pronounce you man and wife. Go home,
behave yourselves—multiply and replen
ish the Tensaw country”
The happy pair entered their canoe,
rowed back home, and were pronounced
by the whole settlement, “the best mar
ried couple they bad known in a long
time,”
--
The Eight K’s.—The Hon. Henr)
Clay was denominated ihe Eight K’s bj
a coterie of wags in Washington, whili
that gentleman was a member of the
Senato. He acquired that title thus: A
gentleman sitting in the gallery of the
Senate chamber, during tn interest in*
debate, wished to point out Mr. Clay t<
i his friend, a foreigner, who sat beside him
| without disturbing the bcuse, and wro<<
| upon a card for him tbus: "The gentle
man to the left of the Speaker, in klare
kolored koat, with krimson kollar, is Mi
Ktay, member of Kongrets from Ken
tucky. _ _
■ — Never look at the girls. Oh! no the
can’t hear to be looked at; they regard it as a
insult They wear their fine feathers, fur
j belows and frills, merely to gratify thei
11 mama’s that’s all.
The Truth of History—Battle of New
Orleans.
General John B. Plnuche, an estimable
citizen of New Ot leans, who fought in
Jackson’s memorable battle, died in that
city on the 2d January. In a not ee of his
death, the Delta says:
An incident with which the name of
Gen. Plnuche is connected has been made
the text of one the most invincible errors
that has ever crept into history. It is a
striking illustration of the difficulty of
arresting a false s'aiement which happens
to interest the fancy of mankind. Noth
ing was ever more transparently absurd
than the idea which is embodied tn nearly
all the histories, poems, and pictures rela
ting to the battle of New Orleans, than
the assertion that the mound behind which
Jackson's army was entrenched was com
posed of cotton boles. The only basis of
this story was the attempt of some young
soldiers, in the rivnlry which sprang up
after they had occupied the line of Rod
riguez canal, to increase the height and
breadth of the parapet in front of them
by throwing in a few cotton bales. Oth
ers, loo, were used to form the embrasures
for the guns.
These bales had been thrown out of a
Hatbout which had come down to Jack
son’s camp with flour, pork, and other sup
plies, and were lying on the levee. They
were a portion of a lot which had been
consigned to Maj. Plauche, and had been
sold by him to Vincent Nolle. The spec
ulative efforts of the latter financier no
doubt contributed to give form and cur
rency to this story. He set up a prepos
terous claim for his cotton after the war,
and, to maintain it, set on foot the story of
the great service it had rendered. We
are pleased to see that in a recently pub
lished and highly spirited poetical descrip
tion of the battle of the 8th of January,
i Im Tlinmaa l^ilrtn T^nnrliuli lliia UllliT'lP
J ----O-» —
tion is very effectually disposed of:
No cotton bales before us,
Some fool that falsehood told |
Before us was an earthwork,
Built from the swampy mould.
Major Plauche, by the order of Gen.
Jackson, as soon as it was discovered that
a few bales of cotton had been used in
making the parapet, and that they greatly
endangered the strength of the works
and exposed the amunition to explosion by
the particles of burning lint, had the bales
taken out and thrown into the river.
WiiEnc the Cold Weather Comes
From.—During the past year the Smith
sonian Institution, through its extended
system of meteorological observations, has
been able to make some very curious ob
servations respecting the three fhernora
ble cold days of January, 1859.
It was found that the cold swept pro
gressively over the country like a wuve,
coining down from the Arctic regions and
first entering the territory of the United
States at the extreme northwest, among
the Rocky Mountains. It was experi
enced at Utah some three days before it
reached the banks of the northern Mis
sissippi, and was heralded by telegraph at
Minnesota some two days before it reached
Washington. At Buffalo it was some
hours in advance of Boston, and was fell
last on the Atlantic ocean, where it ap
pears to have disappeared, This cold
wave also swept South in a most remarka
ble manner, and progressively appeared
in Florida and other Southern States, and
Mexico; and the last pulsations, as it
died away in this direction, being experi
enced in Central America and the West
India Islands. Taken all in all, it was
one of the most remarkable meteorologinal
phenomena ever noticed, and the tacts col*
lected seem to prove the originating im
pulse caino from the extreme northwestern
portion of the American continent.
A Word to Bovs.—Some one l as
said : •* Boys, did you ever think that th a
great world, with all its wealth r.nl woe,
with all its mines and mountains, its
oceans, seas, and views, with all its ship
ping, its steamboats, railroads, and mag
netic telegraphs, with all its millions of
men, and all the science and progress of
ages, will soon be given over to the bands
of the boys of lha present age—boys like
you, assembled in school rooms, or play
ing without them, on both sides of the
Atlantic? Believe it, and look abroad
upon your inheritance, and get ready to
enter upon ita possession. The kings,
presidents, governors, philosophers, min
isters, teachers, men of the future, all -re
boys, whose feet, like yours, cannot reach]
the floor, when seated on benches upon
which they are learning to master the
monosyllables of their respective lan
guages.”
Boys, be making ready to act well your
part. Become good scholars. Read only
what is instructing. Spend no time with
novels. Study science and government
and the history of the world. Study ag
riculture and mechanism. Become as
nearly as possible perfect in the occupa
tion you may choose. Learn prudence
and self-control. Have decision of char
acter. Take the Bible for your guide.
Become familiar with its teachings, and
observe them. Seek wisdom and prosper
ity from your heavenly Father. As you
1 grow in stature, in bodily strength, and in
' years, grew in piety, intelligence, in cau
1 lion, :n activity, in firmness, and in chan
’ ty. Aspire to be men of the noblest char
1 acter. Resolve to be useful, and we trusi
• you will be happy. Cherish the feelingi
’ that you were born to receive good aud
to do good. Be manly in spirit and in ac’
\ -A Cincinnati paper says there a t
- some men in that city so small, that the tax
r collector is unable to find them, when he goei
round with his bills.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-A vain man’s motto is, “win gold and
wear it ; ” a generous man’s, “ win gold and
share It j” a miser’s, win gold and spare
it j” a profligate’s, “ win gold and spend it {”
a broker’s, “ win gold and lend it j” a fools,
“ win gold and spend it j” a gambler’s, “ win
gold and lose it a wise maii’j, “win gold
and use it.’’
—Libraries are the shrines where all the
relics of ihe ancient saints, foil of true virtue,
and (hit without delusion or imposture, are
preserved and reposed.
-The human heart, like a featherbed,
must he roughly handled, well shaken, and ex
posed to a variety of turns, to prevent its be
coming hard
—— Sorrow comes soon enough without
despondency | it does a man no good to carry
around a lightning rod to attract trouble.
—Two ahildrea ware playing together!
Kttle Jane got angry and pouted. Johnny said
to her, *' took out, Jane, or I’ll take a seat up
there on your lip I.” “Then, ” replied Jane,
quite cured of her pouts, “ I’ll laugh and
you’ll fall off.”
— ‘Coine here and tell me what the four
seasons are?” Young prodigy answers, “ Pep
per, mustard, salt, and vinegar j then’s what
mother always seasons with.”
-V young man In a Western town b*d
patronise!! the fine arts so far as to buy a pic
ture of the temptation of Adam ana Eve.—
Some one asked him if it was a chaste picture.
“Yes,’’ he said, “ chasbp by a snake.”
——Be sober in thought! be slow in belief
—these are the sinews of wisdom.
— A well known London Printer being
called on toVeply to a toast said, “Gentleman,
I mailK you mosi uearmy. i i:aII L mint a
speerli ; but { can print one a* long as you
like.”
—— Mr. Albert Smith wrote once in a
hotel visitors book his initial, “A. S.” A
wag wrote underneath, “Two-thirds of the
truth.”
-“Mr. D-.if you’ll get my coat
done by Saturday. I shall be forever indebted
to you.” “If that’s your game it won’t be
done,” said the tailor.
— “There, dear,” said Mrs. Partington,
“don’t fret about it; you must tell the teacher
that you ain’t no alligator, and I know he’ll
relinquish you.”
-A beautiful thought is suggested in the
K'lnui: “Angels, in the grave, will not ques
tin i tl e i as to the amount of wealth thou hast
left behind thee;but what good deeds thou
hast done, while in the world, to entitle thee
to a seat among the bleat!”
— Never despise humble services; when
large ships run aground, little boat* may pull
them off.
-“What are you looking after, my
dear?” said a very affectionate mother to her
daughter. The daughter looked around and
rcplird, “ looking after a eon-in-law for
father.”
-A witty fellow slipped down on an icy
pavement. While sitting, he muttered, “I
have no desire to see the town burned down,
but I sincerely wish the streets were laid in
ashes ”
— The thumb is a useful member, but be
cause you have got one you need’nt try to get
your neighbors under It.
—— The world though rough is after all
the best schoolmaster—better than books,
better than study, for it makes man his own
teacher. As Gibbon said, “Every person has
two educations—one which ha receives from
others, one, bow Important, which he gives
to himself.”
—— Enterprise, properly directed, must al
wayssucceed. It cannot fall. It carries with
It the elements of triumph over eommonplace
ness, prejudice, “envy, malice, and ail un
charitableness.” The spirit of enterprise is
that animating principle which Imparts life
even to unpromising objects, and when ap
plied to substantial things render their pro
gress irresistible.
[From the Lady’s Newspaper.
woimr.
W herever dwelieth woman there is lovo.
O b I may her love e’er tend to heaven’s bliss I
M ay virtue lead her to God’s throne above I
A nd in her walks on earth may she not miss
N ature’s sweet companion—true happiness I
HIT The following io the established
weights of various articles of produtfe :
A bushel of wheat, sixty pounds.
()f shelled corn, filly-six pounds.
Of corn on the cob, seventy pounds.
Of rye, fifty-six pounds.
Of oats, thirty-five pouods.
Of barley, forty-eight pounds.
Of potatoes, sixty pounds.
Of beans, sixty pounds.
Of bran, twenty pounds
Of clover seed, aixty-two pounds.
Of timothy seed, forty-five pounds.
Of flax seed, fifty-six pounds.
Of hemp seed, forty-four pounds.
Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds.
Of blue grass seed, fourteen pounds.
Of castor beans, forty-four pounds.
Of dried peaches, thirty-three pounds.
Of dried apples, twenty-four pounds.
Of onious, fifty-seven pounds.
Of salt, Afty pounds.
A Card to the Christian Public.
An aged minister of the gospel, being
deeply impressed with ihe present critical
and perilous condition of this nation,
would most earnestly request alt ministers
of the gospel, throughout the length and
breadth of the land, that they will unite
with him, at or near noon of each day,
(ihe hour for Congress to meet,) and pray
to the God of the founders of this Repub
lic, that He would mercifully interpose
i lor us in His providence, aud save our
I beloved country from the anarchy and con
' fusion that now threaten us. Aud that
j they will read ibis card in their congrega
| tions, and request them to do so also.
And all editors of papers, both religi
ous and secular, are most respectfully
requested to give this card an insertion
or two.
January 7th, 1660._
P3T A writer in the Southern r,art'®*f
over the signature of "London, says
bacon, although invariably excellent, was
i n„ver go good as last year, when 1 was
induced to drop each ham for five minutes
In a suoig red pepper tea before rubbing
with salt.'*