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I IV. H. HIIEA, EDITOR.__ The Constitution, the Union, and the Enforcement of the Laws. • y> PER \ X \{JM, IN ADVANCE.
VOL. L ; DES ARC. ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, I BER 14, 1860. NUMBER &
Ithc (BmtstitirtimuU W\\m\f
PlIIEISllKU EVERY WEEK, AT
O <- h A i* c , A i’ li. u 11 h a b ,
A!iU EDITED BY
M’ESTON II. RHEA.
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John Jackson A to.
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OFFICIAL I)IHK( 1 ’OIIV.
©FI Ft FHJS OF I*K 41E1L C©8 5 5 I.
corSTV AND PRORATE .IPDUE,
•Tames In. limit,
* C L E U K ,
WILLIAM GOO DRUM.
SHERIFF,
WILL I A 31 A. PLUNKETT.
T li E A S r n E R ,
WYLIE LANKFORD.
C O R O S F. 11,
1 l.1 V T V II 4 1> I) T C! A V
1 J » J. si J • * A. t l i l X I ; V.' — V .
sntVEYdB,
E. A. HOWELL.
COM MUX HlffOOI. C< MMISSIO.XEtt,
w. r. r uESTox.
1 STEMSAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE,
BEN J A M IN l’AWCKT.
JOTSCCS OF TISE PEACE.
]' .— B. F. Coulter, K. L. Beat'll, ICY. Smith.
James Glover.
Cir ■ —(i. M. Connor. W. K. Dobbins, Jamo
Kni; Wm. Donnell. S.Coznrt. W.<’. 11-■!>..i.- n.
/' arm Ego#!—Ader I’ipkin, V. D, Robinson.
1; 11. 1'. \ c l'. IS. Ken L. C.
Rets: Vet, l). IN Black.
C i r ;■—S C. I'.line. !!. D.
it. i ? . A. w. Mi ■ . i..!. McCombs.
/An,.-—T. M. tiivv, J. Tucker.
.7 h II i ■’.<—T. r. V.. R. I’. nnCy.
• '• if Lt —Gait n Barr, ■:.i:.. ■ ■ - T. Morris.
/.: a*. XL . ..
' .T7 •EES*
/> ■ . _Q. T. Webster; C ;. Vr-—T. D. Steele;
I . 11. r. elhs S5 ;/■ f ...—il. J*twlsj
4 ■ ■ - -V/ 1. . ..; r. K f -C* T*
tn : '. ■ -—\Vi A. Barker; —
John Cub s.
* iliii iif' Clear 1. ki l.a Crete T-.v.-a
,-li.:. ■ ; • 111 i ■; J ., ; 1: e‘ r b mi ~.
-WS'vt • «*: « * r-»■*» .✓ yr. > ...Kayrr.' •'«afcsra»3g«rgy»
SMUA'I X A ? . (‘Alt r>.-i.
... ....
AUorn<‘,v :t t Lam ,
DBS ARC, AKK .INS AS,
'ivr :.c kr veil; i: !;; draiiuc and t;:i:
it ( I..4 . l'...X :eli. :U • ■■ill II
■ ■ ■!> io < •i.!e< 11. II -.
1'.i:h:i:i:m ; s.—T. J. ,'c C. I’ow 11. Knoxville,
T• ■ ■.>: . Til . II. Callaway. i’.i •: oi .
.1 •-..■•'aii-i. 'iri..',: ri • r< M.n.-lt. ( liui.a
i: Teiifi.: lion. John 11.Lumpkin. R"... *. Gn.;
i U ii.ii !>.,iiehci • v. CiJnuibi:-. it*»11.
Joseph T. McConnell, Itii*jgp'ol*!, Ga-f ft Mia 1 7.
in i.i. I’re- dcut Nuriluvi.-.aern Bunk, i.ln;. .• >N1.
*Kn ■ ;:l. i iv f’.
J. T. PARHAM,
-V 2‘C‘liit <t*c*t suit! IJuiklcr,
DCS ARC. ARKANSAS.
CttLit ITS CONTRACTS FOR Bl.'ILDlNGS < »F
i ' every style. He is also prepare*! to 11t
!••<"' IN:i < :.ml Dr.iv.in - of all the mini
• . > <. 11 r -: * «*: iimmv1 iun.'; . • • . t i. > i. j " » i u < 11 < i
aid furnish working plans fur bt 1 ling at 1i® ;••
ra'c prices. Orders left at the ‘•('iti/.etl Office,’’
will receive prrmipt affenuon. udt 3-t
.!. .1. !.\M1. ------ V,-. II. ( HAMBl'.HS.
DRS. LATTE & CHATIBLES,
HAVING FORMED A PARTNERSHIP IN
(lie practice of tlieir profession, t rider
their iervice* to the citizens of l».-s Arc aid udja
i • lit c-.untry. From their experience, they hope
, i" »!. . at least a portion of the patronage of the
I -tic... office on Buena Vista street, at Palsly’s
I‘i ig S .re. tiov 0
T. B. KENT,
Altornt'.v !di nv,
1 ills ARC, ARKANSAS,
AUILI, PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
\ ? Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St.
Fi uicis, Jackson and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
p attention. Office on Lyon street. no23-tf.
JB. T. SWEYER,
I iwi 9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
VTTILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN ALL
VY its blanches, including continuous Hum
"ork. Office on Buena Vista street, up stairs,
Jackson s new building. BST Sfidf.
T. SANDERS, ------ - - j. J,. NEEL.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL,
Resident Physicians,
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS.
] T '.VINO FORMED A PARTNERSHIP IN
J 1 the practice of their profession, tender a
< •Inuatiufi of their services to :lie citizens of
1>- Are and adjacent country. Office, up stairs,
corner Buena Vista arid Woodruff streets. nov3
RUSS EVANS,
REAL ESTATE £ GENERAL LAND AGENT
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I »ItOMPT ATTENTION MILL BE GIVEN TO
J all business entrusted to him in his
line. nov 3.
DE. H. ARi.lISTEAD,
H aving permanently located at
1)I]S ARC, offers his professional services i
1,1 ihc citizens of the town and adjacent country, j
Olhce on Lyon street. * not 8.
S5 5 s I > CARD#'
j. m. (iocviiN. i*. c. xtiAiiitu. ii. iv. i. holt.
mtm?, TRADER A' HOI?,
Cotton and Tobacco Fsctors,
<» ROCERS,
FGRWABIMXG AM) t'CHMI AIO.V SiERClAXTS,
Ko. 10 Front How, MEMPHIS TENN.
V\T EE KEY ACCESSIONS RECEIVE? through
» * <*ut the season to their already large an 1
desirable stock of Tobacco, Bugging, Rope. Su
gar, Coffee, Mola ses, Bac u, Salt, Wbfeky, Flour,
and Plantation Supplies generally. Will S;oi
Cotton, Leaf Tobacco and other Produce in our
commodious Warehouse on Union f ii-e-’t. in sight
of th ir business house. No. 11j Erontllow. We
Store and Sell Cotton at 7-”»<■ per b ile, no 30-3 m
R OFFHEI BIER 8 ROT HERS,
lMI'ORTI'I'.S AM) DEALF.as IS
Brandies, Sins, Wines, nr. -,
ALSO,
DISTILLERS & MANUFACTt*I1
Domestic 'NVInes and Liquors,
82 A 84 Second St., betw. Main & Sycamore,
Cl NCI NX \ if. 0.
IAYC AMIi8IOR feSTON EWDRKS1
I
G‘ T T ^ T1 "T"5 ^ T ^ V* T7"
4 -L. JLi —^ «L • ^ j* Ia JL ?
MAXIFACTUREH OF
Charter Oak. 3 lymotli II c-k. <t \ alley’ Forge
C ookin g- jt o x' e s l
Also, every variety of
PARLOR. BOX CiY-iX STOVE*,
135 and ir»7 Alr.in Street,
dec 7 if ST. LOU®, MI 4S0UEI,
r. LLPTirv, - r. kllin.
LSPTISN £l ELEIIT,
DEALERS IX
(LOCKS, WATCHES and JEWELRY,
Buena \ istn Slri'et,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
i I VYING ON H AND A NEWAND SELECTED
1 i >t iif Clod;.-. Vanias and Jets.dry, we
respectfully solicit a runt immure of the kind pat
ronage of the people of Dcs Arr and surrounding
country. V* e arc also prepared to do all kinds of
v. O’,,.'. i . . I- ,. ,i. .. t
de patch. AH work warranted (1 :7-tf
n. i>. runny, - - - - .1. m. pktjty.
T5 7^ T> TA T” r-r T5 T T< rp "V
•c* JtL: 4* -L. v ■** j* ju JL «d. Au ii »
foallj Side of ISueiaa >ista .street,
DIES ARC, AEKANSAS,
Dealers in staple, jancy, forkuin
and Domestic Dry-Hood?. Ready-Made Clo
thing. Hats and Cups. Hoots aid Slim.,-. Hardware
and Cintlerv, '.'neeir-wavi*. ett. Also, a eompleie
assortment of Fancy Silk?, Id«bons, Trimming?
and f.uiey articles of every do- . iption.
All kinds of goods, by ihcplec-e, at wholesale
privi dee 7-1 f
~~D23S ARC HOTEL,
hi J. (. TUlKRTit.S,
DMS UK'. ARKANSAS.
| tt vVt;-:.; leased thisv:i:r.l-aranoei»
L 1 Hotel, the pruprl* tor . pet I Lilly ii; '
ra . ■ 1 the public geaiinlly, that ho has eom
l’i : l* not i.td the j n i s. e.ii 1 , • pi - par. i
t-> :u' •i.itnodate all who n a; fa vorhini w it It the r
j .. 1 a ■■ . *. i ! ■!••,.' I.: it: e ’ i * .it. nit ii,., i. 11
secure t Uo favor id'all, hi isdeti-r.•lined to plea* e.
( ilAR'i.S HI VON A RLE.
fly” The 1’ar :: M !. 1: r !i i - IF * is snpri’i >d
wlE. the lie. : of Liij-t>* •« a.i ! C1...-U*?. nov ft.
r. . i it: s i- - - - - «. j. ms ant it.
2 I,
('Uv‘(;: lo 4ji \ a lcn.)
\v•;. Lns.w.n * -r> \ r\n. ur*.Lrr« in
<7 il rocet ics :t i ti L >i*oti cicc*,
. : . : ■ . ' . . HAM .
i D . MIC ’ . fS \S.
<;. Ml. \ V : N. - - - - - - - ■«. ' # j.\ c,;>.
'r"T<T o. r *rr” m TT
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Site ; i.i (i. , t.!. 1 ■ Lar*ai .c t o.,
DES ARC, ARE '.SSAS.
f V E'. l.ERS IN ST.'.ri.F, 'F it FANCY DRY
I / C ii,1!-. R 'Dde Cl ithlog. Hats a.id
( -o aii i S"iii Hardware and
Cnlliery. Roo!..-. St i: ion ry. et ■*. Al-o. Reeeiviog.
Forwarding ami Cuuiiifssinn Me e lants- Roy tt.
GARVIN, 3ELL c-j 30.,
iMPCian:-; a v.h..:a ui: iv
FOIlEtGX & I'OXil.'TIO MIY-GOODS,
a n :>
AI it ii il ni'cifi of Clothing.
Nos. 1 !2 at.! 11! Main Strc t^ north side,
]■; Can. LOUISVILLE. KY.
It. sfttWAKT.
STEWART & BROS,
I2 eeeiving, ForAvnrding
4\o <:oinii‘M()’. iriut ii*vrs,
nov 3. DES ARC, ARKANSAS. !
E C. MCCARLEY & CO-"
DES ARC, Ark a ns as.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Hoods. Ready-Made Clothing. Huts. Cap''.
Roots. Shoes, Hardware. Queen.-ware. Etc.. Etc.,
]•. rwarding and Commission Merchants, novH.
C. A. JUDSOH,
Carpenter and .foinoi*,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Dealer in sash, doors, mantles,
Window mid Door Frames, etc. Shop corner
I.rwin and Park Streets. N. P>.—Collins made to
order, on slmrt notice. nov 3-y
J. H. QUISENBERRY,"
AUCTION, C0M3IISSH )X .M KUCHA NT,
A X D
Heal Estate Agent,
nov3. DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
T. J. WOOBSOH,
Attorney a t Laiv,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
\UTILE PRACTICE IN TH E FIFTH JUDICIAL
V Circuit, and the counties of White, Jack
son and Monroe. All business intrusted to his
care will be promptly attended to. nov 3.
C. E. DAVIS,
FLAT UOxAT F1E( > F,
ORDERS WILL FIND ME 1!Y ADDRESSING
me at Des Are, care of John Jackson & Co.,
a, can o! T. W. Wilcox, nov 30-1 m
A. W. MCNEILL^
Attorney at La\v,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Till ACT ICES IN TIIE COURTS OF PRAIRIE
JL and adjacent counties. Office, comer Erwin
and Lyon streets. nev 3 '
4
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LEAV I IXJS E '■ Eli > : DAY.
Lightning Espi-ess Line!
Regular Memphis. White ami JAtile
Red River Packet,
T VII I . 12 <> U A‘ II ;
JOHN M OODEL’RN, - Captain.
J. C. Me Vat,.Clerk.
f EAVES MEMPHIS EVERY THURSDAY, at
I A 1 "
day; Augusta and West 1’ient, Sun lay. Return
;n_r. leaves Augusta on Sunday; Lbs Are on .Mon
day, at 10 o’clock, a. >i.
The T ihleijuah being a new boat, and suitable
for tLo trade, having the best of Colton papers,
be pa * ii. ! _
Memphis, White and latiiie Red
Piter Packet,
..A. W. QUAinMER,
D. M. ROGERS, - - - - Master.
mil's SPENDID LIGHT DRAUGHT STEAMER
1 having been thoi suglily repaired, will make
regular trips, between Memphis ami Searcy on
Little Red River, t niching at all points on While
She has fivst-clu < »»a--.-ei!gev ar'\Hijniodat.‘oir\
Shippers and .-ignis s may rely upon the
regularity of this packet, and all business en
trusted to tiu-ir e.i! • v. 11 be promptly and faith
fully attended to. For freight or pas.-age, apt ly
on board. d -e 7 t i’.
Memphis auti W kite River Packet,
1^1202sTI1212 C AT V 5
SAM HOUSTON,.Master.
II. C. Bi'.nuam, ----- Clerk.
mins NEW LIGHT DRAUGHT STEAMER
i Vi ill make regular weekly trip from Mem
phis to Des Are, Augusta and Jachsonnort ou
W kite river.
Shippers may rely upon the regularity of tills
pticket, and all business intrusted to h-r care will
be pri-uipily attended. I’- jcfreight .•!• passage,
apply on board. imv 2-j-t f
LEAVES MEMPHIS EVERY SATURDAY.
Memphis, vvhilo :usil Little Red
River Packet,
O 12 A' 1211 A L PIK12 ;
PETE FLEMMING,.Master.
mills STEAMER HAVING KEEN TIlOll
L o .ghly refitted, will make regular trip,
tlino: : A ui tli.• M ason, 'raving Memphis e\er_v
Saturday. For freight or pas. age, apply i n
board. iiuv iM-tf
lleifiphis, V*:ii5<> and Liule Ii«*d
Riter Fat he!,
ii .v z i: ia i > i: ia i.;
CAPT. HUES, ----- Commander.
Henry Smithson, - Clerk.
mills FINE FIGHT HE.IT.ITT STiiVMEi:
1 is now running in the ui >ve trade, a: I v.
c litinue 11: ouaeoiu the m as»n. f-1 ••
ri- r BHeaetigcT aeeoii ttiio tali •<-. 1 or fr ighr . ■■
; age, a; piy oil b u rd, n..> ..
LEAVES .MEMPHIS EVLil i i fill)AV.
llettipliifi and Wttitb Are] feet,
M S < i> X I O (I I<: 3.1 ;
J. J. PILl.sEfRV, - - • - Mi: r.
J. P. Ml’D' NAM), - - - - ("..Ilk.
LIGHT IF’. M'GHT STEA [ER HAVING
f ent i i llit? above trad", vriilr.in i rui i 1
* mm ,icii * • i i J aS 11* tin* v «'i i i i.) ti s ]• ijis <iii »*. »*.:*•
; Flo- ill i III . ;t_ ■. h.i ing sum.ior
. • ..apply oil l i i:■ i. . iv g.f tr
. .. niilte and L|(te lied
Eilter Packet,
J^k. cl 23:311. 21'° &o X p
ELIAS TIIOMASSON, - - - - Master.
mills FINE FREIGHT AND l‘A;;EXGEi;
1 steamer. I: tvilig lie U tl.ota.-i Huy K pail-, !.
will run regu-ttrly botw«v:i M-in; , and the vari
ous pu lit - i in Vi t, i : e ri\ -r lurou . a a i:! 11 a* . •1 t -on.
For freight or j isaage. a • ply on b >ard. nov 2d-if
Regculm* \ew CiEeaus, Y.liCe mid
feittie tied River Packet,
SidmAVI,. :-l Kteaiiicr
T ®ip A TV«
II. S. EATON, ----- Master.
rPHIS FINE. FREIGHT INI) PASSENGER
J_ packet having been furnish* I with ir
guards, and otherwise repaired, will rut. lietpeen
\\ * Midi i i ■» Mill I !lf u; Lilli JM Oil UJ;
river, during the season, us a semi mouldy
packet. nov 2$-tf
JP‘ •*MK9**r~*iarnr*-,-«urwmi*J*f i'KWSWWMJMt.w OfflVAas -li '«
DES AUC
F E M A L E A C A 3) E M Y,
MISS SALLIE A. DAVIS, Principal.
rnins INSTITUTION WILL BE OPENED ON
I Monday next, the 20th inst., for the recep
tion of pupils.
TERMS OF TUITION. PER SESSION’ OF TWENTY-ONE
WEEKS.
Orthography, Reading and Writing, - - $10 00
EuglMi Grammar. Arithmetic, Geography, 12 00
Algebra and the higher English branches, In 00
Ereach and the higher Mathematics, - - 20 00
Students will be charged from the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except in
cases of protracted sickness.
Kkfkki sues.—Rev. J. Douglass, A. M., Presi
dent of Franklin College. Holly Springs, Miss.;
Hon. .1. J. Sieger, North Mt. Pleasant, Miss.; Col.
M. D. Shelby, Carson's Landing, Miss.; J. E.
Gatewood, Esq.. T. J. Woodson, Des Arc.; .1. M.
Coyle, Hickory Plain, Arkansas. nov2‘5-2tu
ATTENTION COMPANY E.,
50th Regiment Arkansas Militia!
A TOUR NAMES HAVING KEEN DULY EN
X rolled, you are luyeby ordered to appear at
the Fair Grounds, in Des Arc, on Saturday, 22d
inst., at lit o’clock, a. m., fully equipped for drill
and parade. By order,
W. W. WAIR, Captain.
J. C. An n eh son. O. S. dec7-2w
AT COST AM) CMtnilliiE.
I AM OFFERING MV ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods at Co.-t 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
enable me to replenish with a stock which will be
bought exclusively with cash,
novd-tf. ‘ LEVIN HARRISON.
_____ POETICAL._
WHY THUS LONGING:
WRITTEN BY )!l;S WINSLOW.
W hy thus longing, thus for over sighing,
For the far-oti', unatiained, and dim :
W:.:'.. the beautiful, all r un i thee lying,
Oilers up its low, perp.tual hymu V
Wouldst thou listen to its gentle tiachii .
All thy restless yearnings it would st:li;
Le if, aud flower, and laden b.e arc j : ■ ding.
Thine own sphere, though humble, first to nil.
Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee.
Then no ray of ii ht an 1 joy e uist tbrow ;
II no silken < ord ol love hath bound tie o
To some little world through weal or woe ;
li no dear eyes thy fond love can brighten—
No ton 1 voices answer to thine own;
if no brother's sorrow thou canst lighten
l»y daily syu.; at by and g mtle tone.
Not by deeds (hat win ihe crowd's applauses.
Not by works thut give thee world-renow 1,
Not by martyrdom, or vaunted crosses,
Canst thou win and wear the immortal crown.
Daily struggling, though unloved and lonely,
Every day a rich reward frill give :
Thou wilt hud, by be t; • y striving only.
And t-ifriy loving, thuu canst truly live.
Dost thou revel in the rosy morning.
When all nature hails the Lord of light,
And liis smile, the mountain-lops adorn! g,
ilk es yon lea gran! lie! is in iu Luuce b.igh; ?
Oilier hands may grasp the field and forest,
Proud proprietors in pomp may shine;
But with fervent !*\o if thou adore.it.
Thou art wealthier—ill the world is thine!
Yet if thro tgh e .rtfs wid • d <mains th m
Sighing that they are net thine alone—
Not those fair fields, but thyself, ; love t,
And their beauty an i thy \. ,•: mg me.
Nature wears the col >rs of the s,
Sweetly to her worshipp r sh .
I All the glow, the grace, she do! i hmerit,
Hound her trusting child she fondly flings.
THE ST Ml OF LOVE.
The -tar of love now shines above,
Cool zephyrs crisp the sea;
Among the leaves the wind-harp waves
its serenade for thee.
The star, the hrcer.e, the wave, the trees,
Their minstrelsy unite,
i But all are drear liil thou appear
To decorate the night.
The light of noon streams from the moon,
Though wit!, a milder ray ;
v.in i • i. i\ l ? iuu*,
It cheers us on our way.
Thus all that's bright—the moon, the night,
'i'll" heavens, the earth, the sea—
Exert their power to bless tlie hours
Vi c dedicate to thee.
MBWMPmjgcguat—: ’lav. » «<r*r-vuwxc • xtr. -w.-ivovw *-:«
THE SAMPHIRE GATHERER'S STORY.
UT ARTHUR !![ ME PI.U.SKEtY.
“ Tt was here, sir, that Mr. Clements de
scended”
‘•How fearful!” I exclaimed,-careelv ven
turing to look down a preeipiee at least six
1 hundred feet.
To rej eat in a few- words what lu.d occupied
1 nearly an lu,ur. and umi.ging his numerous
!igr< it.. . ;8 . pkire •_.tli tor’s tale run
. . : At ho cl e of the I * century, hean i
: : theret- by trade, ha 1
isted in ! weidng one Mr. Clements down
: ilmci.h uud.-r rather extraordinary cir'i'it
Mr. 1 ’ll "■ ' then iatmnit
la.u:. ■ along ;!• j d'*vv...-. fr* :u the then retired.
but i:• i’v imhiotiablc t .Min of -. when hr
... iize.il a boat a mile from the shore,
.■'tm:: ;ly re-eiuM.ng < lie in v.lrch !ii- wife t.iid
s -ter wc.c .u the frc',u at hvdt of pa-w.ny
hour-, in a l:\!e l ay or inlet of the sea. near
• It h ii'C. lie hastened home • -n'y to have
removed as to -their > lentily ; and
hum rig i a< k to t!:e spot wl. >rc he had at
lii.-t ■! one l them, f a. 1. ;■> !iis extreme tor
i'- r, tia.t th.e !1 .at ha ! been e.ied by its oc
cupants. who 1ml been seen wandering oil the
r..ek- : eiic tli r!:i! ii. ! o approach them
i.*y the sea. on either ,-ide, in time to re.-eue
them hum their impending danger was im
po ible. 1 he tide vva rising fast, an 1 their
• ue true:ion .seemed ii;et Itable. In this emer
gency. the .Samphire g sih uvrs were thought
of and sought lor ; and, declining all their
oilers. ( h'lneuts ;i..-i>te-l nj n descending the
eliii, ;;i the hope of placing his wife and sis
tcr upon s-.i.ie rock or spot, where they might
lemain in sati.-'y till die a naval ef ibe boats
front ——. Thus far had tin Samphire gath
erer got m has .story, which in*, was relating to
me as we strolled along the cliffs when he
j .used, as i have already mention 1 above,
and pointed to the .-pot where Mr. (/laments
descended.
folior.lag his example and taking a seal
on the grass near him. the old lean continued
his tale, i give it in bis own wm 1$:
" ('.ell, sir, when we iound we could not
persuade him to lei one of u> go down in bn
place, iktl.cr. as i; tail. ..cured a t: »w! ar into
tlie earth, a few feet irom the c • of tlie
/•.lii :: 111 I limn 1 U‘ t i ’ 1: < r 1 1!.» 1 . ■ . • • l . . i»i.. I
O I .—
it, in order to give us a steadiei i I i on Mr.
, (.'lenient*, fastened it under hi .a.us. We
then made him change Ins i .at f>r one of
our trucks, such as you see the common peo
ple wear in these parts; and taught him how
to put his feet steadily against the sides of the
c!ill—as it were thus; and made him take the
rope in his hands just above the knot, and
told him to lean out i s fur as hi p issihly could,
and to work downward with his feet and look
up, and keep a lookout for the stones and
rubbish which the rope might dislodge. We
told him all, sir; and bade ’ on not to he
frightened at the birds, as they would not
harm him—the sun had set, sir ; and they al
ways make a her• il.de screeching if you go
iown the c liff after they have gone to roost;
aid that if he altered his mind, and wished
t* come back, he had only to give the rope a
couple of pulls, and we’d haul him hack. 'No,
ik. says Mr. Clements, ' there’s no necessity
lot that. \\ hen 1 get to the bottom wait for
a tpiarier of an hour; if at the end of that
tine 1 give no signal for you to pull me up,
you will know that the ladies are sale, and
t! »n make what haste you can. and get a boat
from-. I am ready now,’ says he, in a
i’aiit voice, and his teeth all the while eliat
teriig with fear. Never was a man so fright
ened as he was at that moment Well, sir,
father and l once more Hiked the rope, and
Mr. Clements leaned back over the edge of
the diff. Down he went, and wc soon lost
sight of him.
W orbing with his feet, as father had told
him, ve slowly supplying the rope as lie
required it, he moved sandy down lor a bit;
then he rested on a jutting rock. All this
time he kept his eyes on the sky. Pressing
cautiously with his l’eet against the chalk ; his
body almost at right angles with the cliff; his
hands grasping the roj e, or sheltering his face
from the shower of stones and dirt which it
d sludged. lie had got about a hundred feet
from the top, when, suddenly slipping from
the cliff, his face and client were thrown vio
lently against it. He endeavored to regain
hi. i’ o!mo a;:;mst the rocks, and in so .o n_,
broke through a resolution he had formed,
and looked beneath him. It was a rare sight
that ibr the first time. Well do 1 remember
how my head swam as I looked at the water,
iar. far below; and the waves that one could i
see, but not hear, as they brokettver the shin- j
les. P f mind, on w hieh lie h d i
vaunted himself, where was it now ? He wa
about to pull the rope; but he thought of his
poor wife and sister, and that was enough.
On he went. To regain a looting was impos
sible. Father and I kept gradually lowering j
the rope; and with his face to the cliff; his |
hands out-trctche 1, catching at each object as j
lie passed ; enveloped in a shower of stones |
! and chalk, which he had not the strength to ;
i avoid; gasping and panting for breath, i»oor i
Mr. V. 1 ided d nvii an1 >tlicr hundred feet. Here j
the dill' arched inwards, for mini: an immense 1
O
i hollow, ‘ihe yonder rock, sir; and. swinging
to mid fr ». and round and r mud. as it were
be: ween heaven ami earth, down he went. At
I one moment, the wide ocean met his dizzy
J ' ; : t another, flocks of startled birds flew 1
i around his head, uttering their shrill and an
. ; eri is. Again, sir. he found himself sii I
imr down against the side of the cliff, hi-fie.-h
all sore and torn, his body and arms in abso
lute torture from the pr- --ure of the rope.
Again, in .. my he made a frantic efibrt to
tin a f ■ • • but, in so doing. fast n< l one
i of ! '■ ]■• . - in a narrow fissure, or opening in
a t >ek. 1 ain wa i the- struggle to relea ■■ it.
sir; Mr. '. cm nts was < it her to > weak and
flint, tr the limb too firmly seenrel in the
i rock. AJ1 hi cii'ort, were H-ele-s ; and j :
shudder at the bare ree >i!i:ati.m while i tell it. j
M </ i/w Ton i tanging j
by the ! :v. head downwards, tl: re he lay; I
ill- e .rmoraut- an 1 mev. • fin! ■ r m mad ham |
am! j . in hi • frightful !mek%
i! irribio! was he long thus
■■ Vt long, sir. Father soon dt-.*overed 1
that tin re wa; no weight or pull upon the 1
t ic i p< : and unoising fn>m his experien e
what imd occ urred, wo rai 1 it a few feet, I
and released Mr. Clements from his painful
;• ”iio n. Front that moment, he told me lie
was unconscious as to whether lie v, is ascend
ing or descending, until he heard his name
»•:»lie -.1 in a lain*, voice. He opened Ins eyes.
M e had ! nvered him over the arch of an im
m< use i avefii, wi bin which ail was tlarknes .
The sea was rolling in heneath him; hisi
t in hi 1 it; he f It that lie must either swim
or drown : lie feebly gra mod the rone ; a tin iii
ui joy ran through h;s veins lie Join, - an
unexpected tooling on a rock, cotieeah* i by the
Wave . si ah at three ' •. ■ . w.. w : the <«ep' 1
I ar.oiml f r the ) v • ■ it -rod inf. lit
i'i inainoti lbr a mv in mmut- u; ie-nlc - mi ?! .
rock. I i is name \va - again oalh l; tin m .
came from tlie interior of the cave.
historicaling himself i’rom the rope, lie made
an eft *t to s\v ;a ; lie found that he had more
tr .. h than i. 1 ha 1 thou ht ; swam forward
throi :h tin darkness up the cavern; he strug
gle 1 auk—rose again—heard his name call- I
cd I uder and m ..re:—made one effort more—
felt the sod. ill" -in mill Sami under his feet
— taggered an 1 fell ex
If.;u .• i into t! :■ ni- of h.s wife.’’
•• An 1 hi.- i o■ r *
*• The lad’o- were both there, ir. The cave ;
was ab ut lift) feet in d. pth. si >j ing nj war 1
i iw.-i 1 th- laai:. and p,.rt!y 1111c-1 with wee 1 .
and sand. 1 lore 31 rs. ( laments and
r 's!er had b<.-*;i driven l > t .!:.* uTiiee from
i ! i - .. Eg tide. I he) had lamU i from i
' ■ ,.i o*i the r- ’. at * nr* i.trsi nice ironi t!i
cavern in the h >pe of fin ling a palhwa) or
oEitiet by which th y <■tuldeseape up the cliff,
kftoi a long an 1 hope! .-•• arch, they be
ilu-i:ght them-elv.-s <n' the boat, and, to their
l been carried
;i'.\ tij i \ l *.e n.-u-a t de, V. 11leh 1?:; V. j .1111 \
r..wreathe locks. T lu*\ li.el just time to
eh mb into the cavern, over the lit lien rock
v 1 a the arch, when the water, sweeping in.
closed up all the entrances to any hut a swim
m.*r. Although the ti ic was l ist ri.-lug. th.
1 - chevied each other with die hope that
they . liould escape. Fortunately, the dark
n:■-.** of die c..\v prevented their di.-covering
the !il_ ht to which the water usually rose.
As vmi uiiglit imagine. 31r. Dements was
| i-oiuo nine before he recovered Ins sen es.
1! vile was kneeling be ■'■idle him. dialing'
lii* 1 r a.. . v.lien her sister, starting up. edit- i
their attention to the rope by winch he had
descended. We were pulling it up; and he
-i; ik his head as it disappeared over the
arch of the cavern. Well he knew how u-e
! . i: would have i eon for them to us* it.
• it matters not,’ he -aid. ‘they (meaning u .
ha\>■ gone to--. \\ e -'..all have b >ats L. re
soon : we are safe—qui ■ ft. m 1 t on, en
deavoring to keep their spirits up. while he
well knew that in the dm! :ic-s the chances
were tl;; t tlie boat would imver find die cave.
I wo li airs. .-:i'—two long !; ur.- passed on
in this way. and 31 r. (,’h m uts l id given
• up all hope. The water kept rising and
i-: 11 < •* t i I ti! I f i ^ > w • v- f • 1. .» •*; f 14. *. r
loci, each iu-i pit i'lii ud their lie
s'true t ion. The Ladies we re aim ost dead
jwiiti etild and ‘ear. whin a large, heavy,
1 *u'i'n hr.'K i■>«;tt—vn'.i dun t see Midi now,
| sir-—swept, with scarcely a sound, tinder the
I arc!i into tile rate, her plow fuming close
! iij ■ n ihe spot where dir. Clements and the
ladies were. They did n >t see her until
j they were within the cavern; and no vom
: der, for the oars were luutlled, and those
I who were in her were as silent as the
I grate. !t was a part of tlie cargo of a
trench smuggler, lying a lew miles off, that
i her crew, iism -ted by some fishermen. were
j about to land, and they liad taken shelter
j in the cavern, having been alarmed hv the
: approach of a heat up the coast, b’ortu
S mite was it that dir. Clements prevented
, them from fulling out lur assistance from
them-”
" V-.'hv, I should have thought that at
such a moment even——’’
‘•Not they, sir. not they; and dir. Clem
ents knew it. Desperate men like them
would have left the poor things to drown, or
would have murdered them. No, dir. Clem
ents knew better. lie tried a last and dan
gerous chance, but it was his only one; while
tlie men had their heads turned to the open
ing of the cavern, watching the boat pass, the
sight of which had driven them into it. he
| lilted the ladies gently into the bow of the
J boat. They could not bear him for the noise
| of the waves; there was plenty of room for
j them, and ho drew a sail over them, and was
just going to step in himself, when one of the
| men turned, and he. had only time to conceal
himself under the how of the boat before
she was again moving silently out of the cave,
with,.as her crew little .suspected, the addition
of two to her numbers since she bad
entered it.
They went about a quarter of a mile down
under the cliff and lauded a boy. who disap
peared like a Hash up the rocks. A dead
silence ensued ; no one ventured to speak ;
the men rested on their oars, and the boat
gently rn-e and sank on the waves. At last
i
the silence was broken ; something dark was
burled down the cliff, at a short distance from
the boat. It toil heavily on the rocks. ‘ God
forgive him, lie's t, -ed him over,’ said one
of them. And so it was. The j oor insn on
the look-out was asleep, near the top of the
the cliff, and we often hear of these men roll- >
ing oft in their sleep. There’s always a lea
sou for it, sir. '1 bey were going to land their
cargo, when they heard a gun in the offing. ;
from one of the king’s cutters. The alarm j
had been given. Not a moment was to be
lost; and, straining every nerve, they bore
out to sea.
They were about two miles from the shore, |
when s me of the men declared it v.ts a lost
job, and that they cud no further. Mr-. 1
t leuients was fjuite scu.-vl#ss from cold and I
exhaustion, but her miter listened eagerly to
to what, the men said. They had some angry
words, but the meaning of their conversation
-lie e-.uld not understand. There was a little
boat astern of t he larger one. which they
drew to it. and entered one by one, the last
man calling out as he stepped in, ‘ Now then,
boys, pull for your lives; they’ll m ke after
us when they iind that they’ve lost their
prize.”
The b at had di -appeared in the surround
ing darkness, be lore Jim terrified lady compre
hended all ; and then in a moment the fright
ful truth Hashed noun her. Thu il vils had
. it, ;;” l the boa- m, i it v.c; slaking 11.-t. She
a ■ > .1 one j r .y- . an 1 tnr led to ki 1 r
sleeping si.-ter, when 31 r. elements' voice
with ■ almost ‘ z • V* Thi ,v he was
in . he s; nu little pie . are bo .1 that hud b n
the ca iso i fi II 1 eir tro ibl He had just
time to lilt tile la lies from ilie boat an l got
i ie..r of her when she went down. ’The reve
nue cal ter came up and took them abo r 1, all
afo; but many months elapse 1 lie lore Mr.-.
Clements recovered from the event- of that
drew if.i! night. i
•• V, hat k . me of 31 r. Clements when they
left him in the cave.”
" lie iield on to the boat for a few mo
ments till they g‘ t outside, and then swam to
the rucks, where he found his little pie .-ure
i oat. and entering it. followed in the wake of
the larger vessel, and was thus in time to
save tl;e live-' of Ids wife ami ,-i-ter.
"Tin
phi re gatherer, touching his hat to me. " I !
must he going homeward. 3Iayhap when :
y-u arc strolling, one of these days, on the
rock- below, you will 1 ■> .k at the cavern
can in aglne latter than 1 can describe, what1
1 V t • o 1* • 1 1
u.'i'i ii„u: ! •' -il . Iik'.i II* . .'11 .1 j)*acc
. . , IC ii . . IIUJ '■ :’-i l' j . .
--_a- © -«*——
TilKL'JJ TUISU.< THAT .1 WolIAX CAS
S'OT DO.
_i_
Tlio.ro arc three tilings that a woman can't
do. jkrt, she c.md sharpen a lead pencil,
(live her one ami m e. .Mark how j tiggedly
slu hacks away every particle of wood from
roan i the lead, leaving an unsupported spike of
the latter, which break-, immediately on y nr ,
try lg to use it. Y a e in aim >st f -r. 1, e the .
ti ■ creature his <•■ >in passionate contempt, a- j
chucking her under the chin, he snatches it
tr iu her awkward paw, an l rounds and ta
pers it in the I:!- si ravi-bk.g nianiu r fir du- ,
ruble use. I U to K.r no more on that
■pint, botf’.u.-e. when l once n, ike up lay
liked, “all Kins's meu” can’t clian.e ir.
Y. v’n th.s 'i •- •!. !!y, a won.a i un’t do up
a ! undlc. . 1 - . kes a. wh , ■ . per to
wrap uj a row pins, and a end of rope to j
ti, it. ; ml it will co.iie undoucat that. When
1 go shopj dig —which is sometimes my hard
1 i to uo—1 iwlt on with ttie fascinating gar ■
of a bird i i ti e ueiahl’orhood < f a niavuetic
* - o
serpent to watch ck rks do up bundles. Ii av
tin paj i-r falls ju-t into th.e ri du civa-s; how
deftly tin y turu it over an ! tu !. it under, and
tic it up. and then thiyw it down upon the ;
counter as ii lie had d me the most common 1
place thing in the world, instead of a deed
whi h might—and. faith s—ask the in
ity ot ‘•angel i. eetly t
idling.
Thirdly—I nay allude to the fact that wo- 1
men cannot c.uryan umbi. 11a ; or rather to
the very peculiar manner in which they per- 1
form that dug. ; but I won’t. ! scorn to turn
traitor t ■ a . a who, whatever mav be their
faults, are always loyal to each ether. So [
shall say. as L might otherwise h ive -aid, that
when they unfurl the parachute alluded to,
they put it right down over th-'iv m o- — take
iho middle of the sidewalk, raking oil’men’s j
hats and women's bonnets as ti • y go, and
walking right into the breakfast ui some un
fortunate wight, with that, disregard of the1
con.-c^uent gasp which, to he understood, j
must be It It, as the < ilondcr cocks up one j
corner of the parachute and looks defiantly
at the victim who has the effrontery to come
into the world and hazard the wha n • an l
handle of her “ui ibtrill 1 ” No, i tv n’t
speak of anyth’i:g of the kind; beside, has
not a celebrated writer remarked that, when
.. >. : . :* ... u- i .’ . . .
is sick.” Let u i. ; e he is right. We all
know that it is not the eaa-o of s men’s or
ness. (i i\ ? him his involute dish, and you
may dine oil him afterwards—it' mui waul to.
--— o—<swn"1 ■ -
Wealth Cannot Bcy JIkalth.—John
Jacob Astor left a son hearing his < .yn name,
wh i is now a hopeless imbecile. ()ur j, aders
liave perhaps often seen him creeping about
the street . atteudod l>y a gentleman who
never leaves him by day or night. An ele
gant mansion on Fourteenth street is the
ah-.do of the p r unfortunate. A yard, c m
prising an entire square i.- attached, with room
for walking, r: !m . on horseback, and for re
creation. Horses, carriages and servants
' on his call. lie was a premising boy
until he was seventeen, when his mental and
physical powers began to fail, and lie is now
reduced to what we seo. llis attendant, who
is said to have undoubted influence over him,
is largely compensated. Besides a liberal
provision for him in the case of Mr. As tor’s
death, lie receives §0000 a year, with his
house-rent and living. What poor laboring
man, with his dollar a day, would exchange
places with John Jacob Astor.
[New York Sun.
A LETTER from Sebastopol states that acci
dents still occasionally occurred in the envi
rons of that place, from shells which did not
explode when fired during the siege. Quite
recently, two Russian travelers, named Mol
k iff and Ivaiioff, fouii 1 a percussion shell near
a ruined bastion. One of them having taken
it up, iu throwing it down again, caused if to
explode. Ivaiioff was killed on the spot, and
MMxoffso teiiously injured that his life ii
despaired of.
-—» > —
“There is no peace on this side of the
grave,” said a distinguished clergyman, when
preaching at the grave of a friend.
“Well, old chap.” said a jolly Jack tar,
“you can come over this side; we are quiet
enough here.”
ALL sours or PARAGRAPHS.
Queer kind oi' love—Neuralgia affection.
Instruments of torture—pianos out of
tunc.
Hawthorne's Marble Fawn has reached a
sa^o of e DQJOO.
Good examples—Clocks never run duwn
their neighbors.
A live eel was seen to fall in a shower at
Bristol, l’.hode Island, lately.
In legal lingo, Greenland may be called L.
S.—the place of the seal.
I-dess task—trying to persuade your wife
to retain a pretty maid servant.
A river, harbor and park police have been
established in Philadelphia as in London.
Simon Lnnek. of Newton, Virginia, was
killed last Saturday !»y a kick from a horse.
11 is estimated that ?! 00,000 changed hands
in Boston on the defeat of Burlingame.
1 the Prince plucky? Well, he faced Ni
agara like a man. but quailed on the prairies.
Dr. J. W. Woolen, editor of the Washing
ton (North Carolina) Dispatch, died on the
12th ult.
livery prisoner confined in Newgate costs
the city of London live hundred dollars per
annum.
i ] • a shining m rk." (I ml 1 -
men with very red noses will please take
v. a ■ ig.
Wante 1—a good adhesive plaster, to make
iiiie; • !y in this place stick to their own
busiliO -S.
“ Vi* 1 mt war the u®c <-f the eclipse?” asked
a voun ■ Lidv. “Oh, it gave the sun timo
for rejection,” replied a wag.
The census takers find great difficulty in
— si;.: : ng the a of girls, a large majority
of them being only sixteen.
The difference between fair ladies and
ladie-' fairs, is this—the former be lege men's
hearts, the latter llicir pockets.
A lady in a western city advertises for a
“gentleman lbr breakfast and tea.” Does she
intend to‘make only two meals of him?
It is said that Corwin is negotiating lbr the
purchase of The National Intelligencer, as the
organ of Lincoln's administration.
• A ’ ;zv lb’; w lvirc • • n the crass, said: “Oh,
how I wish this was called work, and paid
acc : din ;ly.”
1 Itz ki h says if liis landlady “knew
lean-,” lie wouldn't buy the article called
•• burnt and ground coffee.”
Never take morning bitters. Morning
sweets from the lips < f a pretty little wile just
before leaving the house arc much better.
A wag being asked the name of the inven
t . ■ f butter stamps, replied that it was prob
ably Cadmus, a. he first brought letters into
11 recce.
Uiehard :J. Coleman, a young man, corn
in'; >d suicide -'ti Sunday night, at the \ ir
. i ia House, l'oiut l’lea aut Virginia, by
tax.lie’ Opium.
.'ir. .Marsh, in ids lectures, says that with
ii'. eight hun ir 1 words one can express
..ibuie' that ;■■ expre 1 in the entire
al.uu • f t he 11 alia a ep ia.
The t bar! tt vilie IF: view thinks that “one
if tie- :• raw blunders of our revolutionary
ibiviathc; • was in fixing the Fourth of July
in u ju weather. .
“ Mr dear doctor,” said a lady, " I suffer a
great deal with my eye*.'’ “lie patient, mad
am ” he replied, ‘- yon would probably suffer
a them.”
C.
A hnuin asked an Irishman “why
v\ h Wu thing : coined in Kngdaud?” The
answer was, “ to give .Scotchmen an opportu
nity to subscribe to charitable associations.”
Why don’t y-.ur father take a newspaper?”
c d a man to a little boy. whom lug,caught
i during his paper from his door-step. “(Joz
he sends me to take it,” was the reply.
Binhy sat a long time very attentively con
sidcring a cane-bottom chair. At length, he
-aid: •• 1 wonder what fellow took the trou
ble to find all them holes and put straw
nr >uiid them.”
It is said that Hobbs, the famous lock
-mitli, ba- succeeded in picking one of Ilan
ijU •' gory locks; he did it with a pick-axe,
and .-i1 eeeded so well he lias gone to work on
a wedlock.
A cockney at a tea party, overhearing one
Ia-.ly ay to another, “ 1 have something for
your l-vivate oar,” exclaimed, "I protest
a ihist that, for there i.-. a law against pri
vateering.”
A;< 1 i> • : manV the noblest work of th*
L ! . ' enthusm. tically exclaimed a Hard
slu’d Band t; and then, after a pause, ha
advh 1, “but the Lord hasn’t had a job in the
world tor ii.':y years. 1’a round the sasser!”
•• Life is short.” were the last words of Mr.
Bull, as lie stepped on the train, with a friend
at Bra .eisville, Indiana, last week. His foot
slipped, and the train being in motion, tks
next moment lie was a mangled corpse.
A wise man takes all adv< rsitics and mis
fortunes as blessings in disguise. He laughs
and is always happy, while the poor complain
ing simpleton fancies happiness to consist in
idle pleasures, and never finds it.
An Irishman had jumped into the water to
avo a man from drowning, and as a reward for
Ids services, received a six-pence. He looked
first at the six-ponce and then at him, and at
last exclaimed, “be jab el's, an’ 1’iu over paid
for the job.”
The l)ut liman who refused to take acme
dollar bill because it might be altered from
a ten, prefers stage traveling to a railroad.
The former, he says, rides him eight hours
for one dollar, while the latter only rides him
one. “ Pe people can’t sheat me.”
An old lady from a temperance village,
lately attended a party in town, where, of
course, champagne was drank, and she was
prevailed upon to take a glass. She drank
two, when smacking her lips, she exclaimed :
" Well, it may be a wicked drink, but it’s
good!”
At a trial before a ’squire, the following col
loquy occurred: “ Didn't you tell I*-to
go to the devil?” “ 1 rather think I did.”
- Well, did he go ?” “ 1 guess not; but if he
did, he made a quick trip of it, for l met him
the next duv!’’
*/
A good anecdote is told gf AH Pasha, the
Sultan’s grand vizier, recently in Paris. A
lady to whom this gentleman was introduced
at a soiree, hazarded the native question: “Is
the Sultan married ?” “ A great deal, mad
am." was the the Turk’s reply. .