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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT DES ARC. PRAT RTE COUNTY. ARKANSAS. BY J. C. MORRILL. TERMS—$2 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME VI. DES A EC, AMKALTSTSAJS, NOVEMBER. 23. 1850.___ATLLM B.KR 8.
THE DE3 ARC CITIZEN.
TERMS —*2 PER ANNUM,
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FIFTY NUMBERS MAKING A VOLUME.
RATES OF AI>VEUTISEV<«.
Rates nr Advertising's—One square (10
iiies of this size type) for one insertion, $1;
each additional insertion, 50 cents.
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II Sniiaies, I S 00 10 00'12 00 15 001 23 00
1-1 Column, 10 00112 00 15 001 17 00 30 00
1-2 Column, |12 00 15 00117 00 20 001 10 00
3-4 Column, 115 00 17 00 20 00 9.5 00' 50 00
1 Column, 18 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 60 00
(j^-Advertisers by the year will be res
tricted to their legitimate business.
l®” Advertisements displayed by large type,
■it or in double columns, charged double the above
rates.
Personal communications charged dou
ble the rates of regular advertisements.
Legal advertisements will be charged,
for one square or less, first insertion SI, and
SO cents per square for each additional inser
t ion.
Announcing candidates for State and
District offices, S7; County offices, $5; Town
ship, offices S3, invariably in advance.
Calls on persons to become candidates
are charged at the usual rates, except when
peisons making the. calls are subscribers to
our paper. Payment in advance.
(pgrPolitical circulars charged as adver
| tisements.
(5^” Advertisements not ordered for a spe
cified time, will be inserted till forbidden, and
charged for accordingly.
(J^-All advertising to be paid for quarterly.
ODE, JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Wi: have supplied ourselves with a good
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, SherilTs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &e.
■aT TTTT TT T,r
rsi . fil • S3 U jB-Sl/ JUft- ,
('Successor <o II. t*. Vaisglsim,)
Wholesale and retail deal
er in
Stones, 6i)cct 3von, iUire, ^"c.:
.dlso — Manufacturer oj Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware,
Bukna Vista St.. (Opposite Nucleus House,)
OKS AltO, ARKANSAS.
egg" Having bought Ole stock on hand and
material in this shop, from H. P. Vaughan.
Kthe undersigned will continue to carry
on the above business, in all its branches. He
has on hand a good stock of
COOKING-S TO FES, T1N
WARE, &c.,
which be will sell at Memphis prices.
«UTTEKIXIi A X I> J © ft B I X 4i
PROMPTLY ATTENDIID TO.
fA share of the public patronage is re
df«VmSOUCite<l- _ N. II. BURK.
J. T. PARHAM,
architect,
CARPEITER A1V3> joixek,
V rpijn f
A ^_--a
T-J KSPECTFULLY informs (he citizens of
f\ Des Arc and vicinity, that he is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to biscare, with
neatness ami dispatch.
i \wq and DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where tie
lias th“ contract for the same.
(*y From hi^experieuce, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
can render entire satisfaction. jun29*tf
rM
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
I'TAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
\ 1 Arkansas. is prepared to execute all
Work iu HIS IHiae of Husiness,
in a satisfactory manner. From bis expe
rience, he 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
witli prompt attention. jun29-ly
ALEX. LEUDERS,
an OUSE, SIGN, AND FRESCO
PAINTER,
DUS ARC, Ark,—Also, Carriage Painting,
Furniture Varnishing, Graining, Paper
Hanging, &.c. All work done in the best style.
sy Shop in the building formerly occu
pied as the “ Citizen” Oflice, near the Landing.
junt5-tf _
A. S. HARRIS,
S3* .1 r € SS - .11 .1 K E is
AND
TEWEXjEH
OFFICE on Buena Vista
. I reet, opposite the
Nucleus House, Des Arc,
Arkansas. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-t£
Ed it MCPHERSON,
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
ALL persons wishing my services in
**• this department of^busiii. h> will please
address me at Brownsville, Prairie county,
Ark. Every call will be punctually filled.
novl.'J-ly
J. 8. ANDERSON,
SADDLES, BRIDLES
-A N D
"V.f mess .flan is fact urcr,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
AA RESPECTFULLYinforms
> the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, 'i/J
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of worl
usually done in such establishments.
gy Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jargon's store. ]an21-ly.
PROFRSSIONAL CARDS.
OR. W. A. THOMPSON, Reform Phy
sician. late of McLemoresville, Tenn.,
having located in Des Arc, Arkansas, respect
fully tenders his profesional services, in its
various branches, to the citizens and public
generally. Office—Evans & Horne’s build
ing, third door up stairs, Buena Vista street.
julyl3-ly.
T)R. N. lT RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residence
[heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
' ed, offers his professional services to the
I public.
[7?^* Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
T\R. T. J. CUMMINGS. having per
[ manently located at Atlanta. Prairie
! county. Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his ptitrons.
jjggp' Office at Peebles’ Hotel, [apr 1-tf.
T>jR. J. C. GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des Arc. will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with tile most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
j Medicine.
Thankful for the liberal patronage lie
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
[fgt” Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store._ _ __aprill-ly
' T&R. J- L. NEEL, having permanent
-®“^ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services lo the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. 2^” Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
TAR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
| / Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. 2^” Calls promptly at
tended to. may29i1858-ly*
TAR. WM. BETHELL, will continue
! j the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
(jy Office at Lane &. Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the - Erwin House.” may22-tf '
TThR. J. J. LANE, will Practice iVLetli
cj„e jn the different branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage* OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf __
¥W. EDWARDS, Attorney at
Law. Lake Village. Chicot county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Eastern Arkansas. (gpT Prompt attention
given to the collection of claims, &c.
oct5-tf. ___
R. S. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH.
r\ ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
* J at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. septl-i tf
TAGOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
J Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish,) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD..J* A. MOON.
h A T E W O O D & MOON, Land
\T Agents and Real 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-tf.
ril B. KENT, Attorney at Law. Des Arc.
L • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis, Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his rare shall meet with
prompt attention. Office on Lyon
street. [jmi8-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Law, Mount Adams, Arkansas county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas. Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
apri122-tf. ___
L. FEATHERSTON... 1’. H. FARR.
TJEATHERSTON Si FARR, Attor
P neys at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe. Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. jy 1~
T E. GATEHOUL), Attorney at
# Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, While,
donwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him
83T OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. £ebl3—tf
JW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
, Des Arc, Jjjjurie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
(ET Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the .locating, selling ami pay
ing taxes on land. fjgjS'* Office on Lyon street.
sept20-tf
WILLIAM T. JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all’claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept26-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.w. L. I). WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will bo almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
(o all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. # deed
J. L. HOLX.OWF.LL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLO WELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice iu the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
I. N. HENKEL...A. D. HENKEL,
Memphis. New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
! COMMISSION"«EUCH ANTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW.
! may4-1 y Memphis, Tesn.
Sylvnnia Academy,
PRAIRIECO., ARK.
*S'8P^' MISS E. ». SAFEOItn,
AaTjU' PRINCIPAL
rTlHE exercises of this institution will be
J resumed on the 1st Monday of September.
Terms, per Session of Five Months.
Primary Department.$!>' Oil
First Academic Class. 12 00
Second Academic Class, embracing Al
gebra, Geometry, Astronomy, &c- • 16 00
French and Latin. 10 00
Music. 20 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Incidental. 50
References—Rev. .1. W. Moore, Col. J.
M., Bell. John McIntosh, Oakland Grove;
Dr. J. N. Waddell, La Grange, Term.; Rev.
H. P. Thompson, Bolivar, Teiin.; A. L. Lew
is, Oxford. Miss. atigli-ly.
'EDUCATIONAL.'
THF. third session of the “Dee
jffHJPk,.Arc Female Acadesns,”
under the charge and direction of
jie Miss BLACK, will be open for the
ciy"' y reception of pupils on the First
Monday of September'next.
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. 14 00
High Branches. 16 00
Instrumental Music. 25 III)
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, July 27, 1859.—tf.
~ J.GrRIFFITH,
X3LAGKS MITH
AND
WA-G-OlNr
WOODRUFF STREET,
Dos Air©s, Fff?;'dirE© Airiko
AVagons, Carts, .»•
TV- Drays, Wheel-bar
TSSaUiZ^i. rows, &c., made to w
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
paving ei storners, (all others must pay cash.)
(gjj?“ All new work must be cash on its
EQUIVALENT. .1. GRIFFITH.
i » _ _ a . A-.l- T C»1 10 = 11 1
BL J C K S M IT H1JVG
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
-S niHANKFUL to the
... . T X people for their past fa-M )}l
vors,respectfully announces o &
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 work in the above line.
(J^P’Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing. wheelbarrows, repairing, Sac., done on
short notice.
ft^”Horse-shoeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf
JOHN Me NAM E E,
t , a i ij o n,
Des Arc, A rhan s a s.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
west of 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.—[tf]
~J AMES J O H N S O N7“
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
(O Having permanently located myself,
I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
FX PISTOLS, &c., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
LOOKS repaired, nnd KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work ill my line will be
promptly attended to.
Terms—Cash. apr3 ly
~¥i.yk nva tv m i: s :
DIO THOSE persons who are very par
j ticular with regard to time, we can now
offer Watches perfectly adjusted and regulated,
which will give entire
SATISFACTION
in time-keeping. We know this by. trials of
the watches; we are aiming to supply TIME
KEEPERS, and are giving attention espe
n IItt frnfhA rop'iilrif inn of nil nur wnto.lios. so
that our customers shall not he troubled with
faulty, or irregular pieces of machinery, that
have only the appearance of being watches,
while in fact they ar» not so. We shall al
ways hold ourselves in readiness to make good
every thing we say in regard to all that we
sell. J. E. MERRIMAN & CO..
mar25-tf] 253 Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
Private Entertainment,
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
"STAVING ereccted a large and^V^-^
commodious Building, lie is now^C^f^
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
(J3P" His rates of charges are reasonable,
and his Accommodations are inferior to none.
(jggi* He has excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, &c.
jun29-ly
ATLAN T A HOTEL,
BY J. J. PEEBLES,
Atlanta, Prairie Co., Ark.,
HAVING leased this finely located Public
House, and re-fitted it entire, I am pre
pared to accommodate the traveling public.
|.'y The stage office of Messrs. Chidester,
Reeside & Co’s., U. S. Mail Line from Des
Arc to Fort Smith is kept at this house.
Also, passengers from Des Arc to Little Rock,
j will be forwarded by Hanger’s Stage Line from
Batesville to Little Rock. [decll-3in.
C.A. JUDSON,
MANUFACTURER OF
DOOES AND SASH,
—a l s o—
CONTRACTOR FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
HOUSE CARPENTER
| A N D JOFVEK WORK., & C.,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
—TERMS
Cash, unless other satisfactory arrange
ment is made.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
j janS-ly.
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance
of instructions from the acting*Commis
sioner of the General Land Office* under au
thority vested in him by 5th Section of the
Act of Congress, approved 3d August, 1846, as
extended by the act of 26th June, 1856, we
shall proceed to ofFer at Public Sale, at the
double minimum of $2 50 per acre, on the
26th day of December next,
the following mentioned tracts of land,viz:
1 so1 >
• r. 2 | £ j 3
J or rail of Section, jg; | | g ) 5
: 'j jS | : | :
SW.qr.of | 5.1 N4 W.4G0 91)
E half of j 7. •• | (329 Oil
N E qr. of 0; “ | 100 00
W half of [ IT; “ “ 1320 00
K E qr. of 17' “ “ ]160 00
S E qr. of ll.'illN’ “ 1160 00
N E qr. of 23' " | “ '160 00
S half of 113110 Ni5 W,320 00
Also—At the minimum price of $1 25 per
aero, the following mentioned tracts, viz :
S half of 1101 2 N l WI320 00
S half of |22| 16 “|3 1320 00
S W qr. of 1241 “ ' “ 1160 00
N W qr. of 134 1 “'4 “ 160 00
S W qr. ol' I 5|l5‘-| “ 142 78
S half of N E qr. of 8' “ | “■ | 80 00
N E qr. of 201 “ “ 152 58
W half of 211 “ I “ 371 52
S W qr. of 24; “ I “ 1160 (H)
S E qr. of I 4 10 “ 5 “ |l60 00
N W qr. of N W qr. of ; 10j 13 “I “ j 40 00
N half of N W qr. of 24j j “ j 80 00
S W qr. of |24| “ I “ 1160 00
S E qr. of 115 16 *>| “ j 160 00
Whf & SE qr. SWqr. ! 2fl0 “|7 “ ; 120 00
S half of ill « | “ 320 OQ
N E qr. of |3 l| “ j ** ;160 00
W half of " ; 8,11 “ “ 1320 00
N W qr. of 1211 “ \ “ j 160 00
S E qr. of |28| “ | “ 1160 00
N half of S E qr. of 134 10 “j “ | 80 00
N half of N W qr. of |35; “ I “ 1 80 00
S E or. of !3 > “ “ 160 00
N E qr. of |30| “ 9 “|Ui‘J 00
S W qr. of 125,3 “4 E 160 00
N E qr. of |36j ££ |2 ‘•460 00
N W qr. of i82 (i “1 ££ 100 00
N E qr, of_119 14 “ 4 “4.00 00
Every person entitled to the right of pre
emption to any of the lands in the sections
above enumerated, is required to establish the
same to the satisfaction of the Register and
Receiver of this office, and make proof and
payment therefor, as soon as practicable after
seeing this notice, and before the day appoint
ed for the commencement of the Public Sale
of the body of lands embracing the tract
claimed—otherwise such claims will be for
feited. W. VV. LEWIS. Register.
Nov. I, 1859. W. A. Bevens. Receiver.
Jo H. QUISENBERRY, *
•gA DES A EC, AEK., (l||
dealer in 'J'/’ti
4 a p l' © © k? di. F s. si & j
sikT goous,
Hard-ware, Earthen, Queens’*
China, and Glass-ware:
Shoes and Hoots,
Hats, Ready-made Clothing,
BOOHS. STATION E 15 1,
CLOCKS, WATCHES. JEWELRY,
NOTIONS. SPUN COTTON, CARPEN
TERS’ TOOLS, PLANTATION
GOODS, fcc.. &c.
Pa illy Grocery.
HENRY JACKSON,*
AT HIS “OLD STAND,”
CORNER OF BUENA VISTA AND WOODRUFF STS.,
S) E S ARC, ARK.,
C10NTINUES 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 tlu- farm and the garden.
(His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liquors.
([CW“ Remember the “Old Stand,” .which
he has occupied during the past six years.
jun29-ly
J 7 & X>7 J O'jBiE,
DEALERS IN
biapie ana t ancy wry uooas.
rtiicl Cnp»,
BOOTS AND SHOPS. READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Hardware, Uueensware, Cutlery,
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C.
HAVE just received their Spring and Sum
mer stock, embracing every article usu
ally kept in Dry Good Stores, all of which
will be sold for cash or to punctual customers
on as reasonable terms as at any bouse in
town. Please call and examine our stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
Store on Buena Vista street one door
east of Washer & Vaughan’s.
Des Arc, Ark., April'l, 1859.-ly.
•KW. 33. HA.t73jSTOKr,
GENERAL
LAND AGENT
BROWNSVILLE. PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
1SA7'ILL locate Lands with Scrip or Land
VV Warrants. Alsu—Collect debts and
pay taxes, on reasonable terms.
Refer to—Payne & Unthank, and J. P.
Parsons, Memphis; J. C. Morrill, Des Arc,
Ark.; Dr. B. F. Hall, Brownsville, Arkansas.
janl5-ly.____
~JOH DAN BOl) EMER,
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING,
AND
IIAIR-D R E S SIN G SALOON
—ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Nuclei;!
House, Des Arc, Arkansas, octld-ly
HARDWARE
ia WE intend keeping a full assortment oi
H HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c.:
[ . j we are -offering Table Ware aud Pockel
Cutlery at reduced prices,
septt-tf EVANS & HORNE.
WO H ST E N H OEM’S
XGENUINE CUTLERY—Just received
direct from the importers,
sept7-tf EVANS & HORNE.
To All Whom It May Concern
PLANTERS, Merchants, and Dealers, gen
erally, may rely on getting Goods by thi
piece or quantity, at a small advance ; and w
invite all who have money, or whose prompt
ness entitles them to credit, to give us a call
We design building up a permanent business
sep»7 tf EVANS & HORNE- Drs Arc.
FOR HIS MOTHER’S SAKE.
The subjoined beautiful verses were sug
gested by the following touching incident, as
stated in a New Orleans exchange, from which
we copy :
A young man from Maine, who had come
to New Orleans, ruddy qpul vigorous, in search
of business, was suddenly stricken down with
tlio yellow fever. Friendly strangers had
watched around his bedside, but all their ef
forts to save him wore in vain. When the
coilin was about to be closed, an aged, kind
hearted woman approached and said ;—‘’Stop,
let me kiss him for his mother’s sake!”
Let me kiss him for his mother !
Ere ye lay him with the dead,
Far away from homo, another
Sure may kiss him in her stead,
How that mother’s lip would kiss him
| ’Till her heart would nearly break,
How in days to come she’ll miss him !
Let me kiss him for her sake.
Let me kiss him for his mother !
Let me kiss the wandering hoy :
It may be there is no other
Left behind to givu her joy.
When the news of woe the morrow
Burns her bosom like a coal,
She may feel this kiss of sorrow
Foil as balm upon her soul.
Let me kiss him for his mother !
Horoes ye, who by his side
Waited on him as a brother
’Till the Northern stranger died—
Heeding not the foul infection,
Breathing in the fever-breath—
Let me, of my own election,
Give the mother’s kiss in death.
‘■Let me kiss him for his mother I”
Loving thought and loving deed !
Seek nor tear nor sigh to sraqther,
Gentle matrons, while ye read ;
Thank the God who made you human,
Gave ye pitying tears to shed;
Honor ye the Christian woman
Bending o’er another’s dead.
T.'McK.
--
FW* The following play upon one of
our best poets we take from the Printer.
We believe it appeared in one of our city
cotemporarhjs some time since, yet our
readers, though they have been gratified
by its perusal once before, will be pleased
to read it again, and especially su when
tvs.1 tot! tlwxiti I la til it w n Piint 1‘ilmt irm In
general literature, by a resident of our
I city, to whom all are indebted for many of
'the best jokes out.— [Mobile Register.
“M011E COPY.-’
Once in August, wet and dreary, sat
this writer, weal, and weary, pondering
o’er a memorandum book of items used
before—(book of scrawling head-notes,
rather; items, taking days to gather them
in hot and sultry weather, using up much
time and leather) pondered we those
items o’er. While we conn’d them, slow
ly rocking, (through our mind queer ideas
flocking) came a quick and nervous knock
ing—knocking at the sanctum door.—
"Sure that must be Jinks.” we muttered,
“Jinks that’s knocking at our door; Jinks,
the everlasting bore.”
Ah, well do we remind us, in the walls
which then confined us, the "exchanges”
lay behind us, aud before us, and around
us. all scattered o’er the floor. Thought
we, "Jinks wants to borrow some news
papers till to-morrow, and it ’twill be re
lief from sorrow to get rid of Jinks, the
bore, by opening wide the door.” Still
the visitor kept knocking—knocking loud
er than before.
And the scattered piles of papers cut
some rather curious capers, being lifted by
the breeze coming through another door;
and wished (the wish was evil, for one
deemed always civil) that Jinks was at
thed—I, to stay there evermore; there
to find his level—Jinks, the nerve un
stringing bore!
Bracing up our patience firmer, then,
without another murmer, “Mr. Jiuks,”
said we, “your pardon, your forgiveness
vve implore. But the fact is we were
reading of some'curious proceeding, and
thus it was, unheeding your loud knock
ing there before—” Here we opened
wide the door. But pliancy our, now our
pheelinks—for it wasn’t Jinks, the bore—
Jinks nameless evermore:
But the form that stood before us, caus
ed a trembling to come o’er us, and memo
I ry quickly bore us back again to days of
yore; days when “items” were plenty,
and where’er this writer went he picked
up items by the score. ’Twas the form
of our “devil,” in an attitude uncivil; and
he thrust his head within the open door,
with “The foreman’s out o' copy ! sir—
and says he wants some more!” Yes,
like Oliver Twist, wanted “more!”
Now, this “local” had already walked
till nearly dead—he had sauntered through
the city till his feet were very sore—
walked through the street called Dauphin,
and the byways running off into the por
tions of the city both public and obscure ;
had examined store aud cellar, and had
questioned every “feller” whom we met,
from door to door, if anything was stir
ring—any accident occurring—not pub
lished heretofore; and had met with no
success ; he would rather kinder guess he
felt a little wicked at that ugly little bore,
w'ith his message from the foreman that
he wanted “something more.”
“Now, it’s time you were departing,
you scamp! cried we, upstarting; “get
you back into the office—office where you
, were before; or the words that you have
spoken will get your bones all broken,”
(and we seized a cudgel, oaken, that was
• lying on the floor) “take your hands out
of your pockets, and leave the sanctum
■ door; tell the foreman there’s no copy,
■ j you ugly little bore.” Quoth our devil
' “send him more.”
'I And our devil, never sitting, still is flit
Iting, still is fluting back and forth upon
the landing just outside our sanctum door.
Tears adown his checks are streaming—
strange light from his eyes is beaming—
and his voice is heard, still screaming,
“Sir, the foreman wants some more!”
And our soul, pierced with that scream
ing is awakened from its dreaming, and
has lost the peaceful feeling had before;
for the fancy will come o’er us, that each
render’s face before us, bears the horrid
words—“we want a little more?” Words
on their forehads glaring, “your ‘funny’
column needs a little more !”
Cuntnry Meetin’ T ai.k.—An Illinois
editor who sometimes has un “attack of
Phonography,” attended a country “meet
in,” where he took down the following
notes of different topics of conversation
at one time:
“Vote for Lovejoy!” exclaimed a po
litical aspirant indignantly, “I’d as soon
vote for Win. Floyd Garrison, himself,
loaded down as he is with—
“Two of the fattest beef critters you
ever set your eyes on; interrupted a deal
er in cattle, “thatI sold for—
“That horrid yellow dress again,” ex
claimed Miss Spruce, in what might have
sounded like a whisper if she had been
on the other side of'the room; “painted
too, half an inch thick, and wears—”
“Teeth and toe nails to get the office,”
broke in another politician ; "but the peo
ple will not trust him again, and besides
he is”
“Spavined in both legs, windbroken
and foundered to boot, as I told Mr. Jar
vis at the tune—”
“One tea cup full of butler, two of su
gar, three of flour, four eggs, and a
sprinkle of nut meg, makes—”
“Both ends meet when the year comes
round, poor woman! for she has got six
children, the oldest one blind, and—”
“No saddle or bridle to ride him with ;
somebody stole it while I was gone to
Chicago after—”
“The long promised milennial day
which we have no doubt is to be brought
out through the ministration of—”
“Two Dutchmen, a monkey and a hand
organ to grind it; and oh! it made the
funniest music, and the little figures
danced around like—”
“9,900 rndesof railroad track, and this
at an estimated cost of—”
“Five cents a dozen. I sold four hens
to Mr. Wilson, and the hruvks earned ofl
three, besides any number of chickens
and"
“Such a handsome young man ; and ho
dances so beautiful. Did you ever see a
handsomer pair of whiskers, or a more
insinuating—”
“Handle to my new tea pot, and
Tommy declared he hadn’t touched it, and
I knew Emily hadn’t, for she had been
all the time—”
“Running at the rate of twenty-five
miles an iiour with no lights on, and
around a curve nt that, when the locomo
tive broke the bridge over—” ,
‘•That young Miss Brown that had the
small pox last spring. They do say that
she is going to marry—”
“Two pointer (lags and the best gun
in the town. 1 wanted the gun the worst
way, and offered Him—”
"The scarlet fever and the hooping
cough, and I don’t know what he hasn't
had, poor little darling. This is the first
time I’ve taken him out at all since—”
“The Mexican war, which I consider
perfectly unjustifiable, unless it be on the
ground that—r”
“The preacher has come,” exclaimed a
boy, and depositing my report in my
pocket, I proceeded into the school house,
to muse upon the utility of phonography.
Shade Trees.—How beautiful, most
beautiful of earth’s ornaments, are shude
trees! Waving out on the hills, and
down in the valleys, in wild-wood or orch
ard, or singly by the wayside. God’s spirit
and penison seem to us ever present in
tbe trees. For their shade and shelter to
i man and brute ; for the music the winds
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iheir branches; for the fruits and flowers
they bear to delight the palate and the
eye, and the fragrance that goes outward
and upward from them forever—we are
worshipful of trees.
“Under his own vine and fig tree,” or
fruit tree, in his own vineyard and orch
ard, what more expressive of independ
ence and lordship in the earth? Well
may the Arab reverence in the date-palm
a God-given source of sustenance. Dear
to the Spaniard is the olive, to the Malay
his bread-fruit, and to the Hindoo bis ban
yan, wherein dwell the families of man,
and the birds of tbe heavens build their
nests.
Without trees, what a desert place
would be our earth—naked, patched, and
hateful to the eye ! Yet how many are
thoughtless of the use and beauty of
trees. Most beautiful ever as God plants
them, but beautiful even planted by the
poorest art of man, trees should be pro
tected and preserved.
If he is a benefactor who causes two
blades of grass to grow where one grew
before, how much gloatin' is his benefi
cence who plants a tree in some waste
place, to shelter and shade, to draw thith
er song-birds, and to bear fruit for man?
Plant trees, O man, that hast waste land ;
and be careful of those that are planted,
all ye sons and daughter of men. — [Val
ley Farmer.
_As the sword of the best tempered metal
is most flexible j so the truly generous are
most pliant and courteous in their behavior
to their inferiors.
-We seldom find persons whom we ac
knowledge to be possessed of good sense, ex
cept those who a ;rec with as iu opinion.
Nonr.E Sentiments. — This is an
agreeable world, after all. If we would
only bring ourselves to look at the sub
jects that surround us in their true light,
we would see beauty where we beheld de
formity, and look and listen to harmony
where we heard nothing but discord.—
To be sure, there is a great deal of vexa
tion and anxiety to meet—we cannot sail
ou a summer sea forever, yet, if we pre
serve a calm eye and a steady hand, we
can so trim our sails and manage our
helm, as to avoid the quicksands and
weather storms that threaten shipwreck.
We ure members of one great family;
we are traveling the some load and shall
arrive at the same goal. We breathe the
same air, are subject to the same duty,
and shall lie down upon the bosom of our
common mother. It is unbecoming, then,
that brother should hate brother; it is not
proper that friend should deceive friend ;
it is not right that neighbor should deceive
neighbor.
We pity that man who can harbor en
mity against his fellows; he loses half
the enjoyment of life ; he embitters his
own existence. Lpl us tear from your
eyes the colored medium that invests with
the green hue of jealousy and suspicion ;
turn a deaf ear to scandal; breathe a
spirit of charity from your hearts ; let the
rich gushings of human kindness swell
up as a fountain, so that “the golden age”
will become no fiction, and the islands of
the blessed bloom in more lhanHyperian
beauty,
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School Libraries.—The benefits of
a well selected school library in every
school-room in the Slate surpass computa
tion. The good books in them would be
useful for reference not only during the
session of school, but would keep many
from idleness and vice, from sorrow and
despair, when no other but these silent
and impressive monitors and teachers
were present. They would udmonish and
teach our youth and bless our homes the
whole year. They would banish from
among us the hurtful literature so cheaply
and abundatly furnished, with tempting
pictures, at every corner. If our youth
are tamrht to rend thev will rend aninn.
thing. If pareuis do not see that read
ing, in cheap form, is thrown in their way,
bad men will. These books would form a
correct taste for reading, which could not
afterwards well be perverted, leading to
habits of inquiry which must result in
better citizenship, wealth and a happier
state of society. The quickehing, con
servative and elevuting influence of such
a library in every town can require no ar
gument.—[lion. Jonathan Tenney.
—
-Never risk a joke, even the least offen
sive in its nature and the most common, with
a person who is not well bred, and possessed
of sense to comprehend it.
-.- A man is thirty years old before he has
any settled thoughts of his fortune j it is not '
completed before fifty; ho falls a building in
his old age, and dies by the time his house is
in a cond ition to be painted and glazed.
-The Bey of Tunis died on the 22d of
September.
-The first ingredient in conversation is
truth; the next, good sense; the third, good
humor ; and the fourth, wit.
-Men take less care of their conscience
than their reputation.
-A map of China, made one thousand
years before Christ is still in existence.
-Never sport with pain or poverty.
-A man who can’t pay his note is sure to
become u noted person.
-“Mr. Smith, shall I help you to the
butter?” Thank you inarm ; I belong to the
Temperance Society, and fiever take anything
strong.
-There are said to be 5,000,000 acres of
land in France devoted to grape culture, pro
ducing 800,000,000 gallons of wine, costing
ten cents a gallon.
- •Here’s Webster on a bridge,” said
Mrs. Partington, as she handed to Ike a new
unabridged dictionary. “Study it contentively,
and you will gain a great deal of inilamma.
tion.”
Newspapers.—The follies, vices, and con
sequent miseries of multitudes, displayed In
a newspaper, are so many admonitions and
warnings, so many beacons, continually burn
ing, to turn others from the rocks on which
iney uave ueen gaipwrecueu.
-If you cannot avoid a quarrel with a
blackguard, lot your lawyer manage it rather
than yourself. No man sweeps his own
chimney, but employs a chimney-sweeper,
who has no objection to dirty work, because
it is his trade.
Selfishness.—There are too many who re
verse both the principles and the practice of
the Apostle; they become all things to all
,nen, not to serve others, but themselves; and
they try all things ouly to hold fast that which
is bail.
■What his Father did.—At an Infant
Sappath school I was reading the story of the
Prodigal Son. When t came to the place
where the poor ragged son reached his for
mer home; and his father saw him “a great
way off,” I inquired what his father probably
did. One of the smallest boys, with his fist
clenched, said : “I dono, but I dess he set da
dog on him.”
-The Boston Traveller says with truth,
that “it is easier to get twenty good writers
than one good editor.” The fact is not, how
ever, generally appreciated.
_A compliment is a thing most frequent
ly paid by people who never pay anything
else.
_Theie is nothing like a fixed steady aim,
with au honorable purpose. It iliguiiies your
nature and insures your success.