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AND M
APOTHEECATl’y ,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FtlKCY ARTICLES, &c.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
MSo
(jy Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on band.
Physicians prescriptions are accurately
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procured. janl8-tf.
J. T. "PA III I AM,
ARCHITECT,
! CARPENTER ANW JOINER,
' V v
r) ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
ILL Des Arc aim vicinity, mat no is pi^iaicu
to execute all work intrusted to kis care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
; has t.h* contract for the same.
53^" From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
% can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
HAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in IIIS Line of Business,
in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
rience, he feels confident that those who favor
him with contracts will have no cause to re
gret it.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY,
| Left at G. VV. Vaden’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. jun29-ly
J. 8. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
llarness .Manufacturer,
DES Alto, ARKANSAS.
fjtA RESPECTFULLYinforms ftfc™
V Mlg; jjje citizens of Prairie and '•(pCB
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, *Tnl*r“
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
Jackson’s store. jan21-ly*
L A CK SMITH JJVG
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
mHANKFUL to the
JZpSjr [people for their past fa-If )|
vors,respectfully announces \> V
[. that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
j stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
I do all kinds of worn in the above line.
Black-smithing, wagon and buggy build
- >ng, wheelbarrows, repairing. &.C., done on
| short notice.
Horse-shoeing done promptly.
[ feb 18-tf _
F. L E P TIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCHMAKER
AND
jewehiDEH,
Buena Vista Street,
Three doors East of G.
& J. McLaren & Co’s
DBS JRC, JIRK
RESPECTFULLY in
-- ' forms the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he has
a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to eiNcute all kinds
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
i manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
*«WKi.Rr, &c. ap29-tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. ARM1STEAD having permanent
ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
aar Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
DR. WM. BETHELL will continue the
Practice of Medicine in Des Arc and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fifteen years, he hopes to
receive a share of the public patronage.
Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence near the forks of the Little Rock and
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar2l-ly.
J. J. LANE.. H. CHAMBERS.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERS having funn
ed a partnership in the practice of
their p/ofession, tender their services to the
citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
From their experience they hope to share
at least a portion of the patronage of the
public.
IEP" Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. feblitf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2\ miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. . jau 1-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, Resident Physi
cian, Des Arc, Arkansas. Office
on Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
ruff street. dec5-tf
DR. \V. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
' -r -- .. t.r--j
;ended to. may29. 1858-ly1*
TJ. WOODSON, Attorney at Law,
. Des Arc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
*„* All business entrusted to his care will
ie promptly attended to. may?-ly.
AW. McNEILL, Attorney atruiw, Des
• Arc, Arkansas, practices in the courts
>f Prairie and adjacent counties. (g^“Olfice,
;orner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll.
EW DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law,
• Brownsville, Arkansas, will promptly
ittend to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, Si. Francis, Jack
son and White counties.
*.* Prompt attention given to the collection
jf all claims entrusted to his care. aPr^?l
r. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMVSON.
MARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
aractice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
oe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Office on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
j. p. TURNER..WM. T. JONES*
rURNER St JONES, Attorneys at
Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
;eml promptly to all business entrusted to
hem. jan4-tf.
T1 R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
• Law. Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
,ention given to collecting. ian4-tf.
^ x i. njhiuroi xii « ■ *-•* - t
k? • Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
lam street. janll-tf.
S. S. GANTT. 'V. J. BRONAUGH
f~i ANTT Si BRONAUGH, Attorneys
at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
ittend promptly to any business confided to
hem. septl4tf^
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
J Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
r. E. GATEWOOD..J- A. MOON.
flATEWOOD & MOON, Land
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.
rp B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc,
JL • 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. (13?” Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-tf
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi*ll 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.
feb13-tf.___
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
ney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. [mar21
j. l. ... D. JACOWAY.
TTOLLOWrELL & JACOWAY, At
hi torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Mil practice in the counties of-Yell, Perry;
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf __
iMORG. ADAMS,
CLOCK, WATCHMAKER
J E WAE LER,
Yin rear of C. T. Petit’s Dru-r Store,)
Augusta, Arkansas.
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
the town and adjacent country that he has
PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN AUGU.-TA, and IS
prepared to execute ail kinds of Clock anc
Watch Work, repair and Cleanse Jewelry, as
well as every other description of work usual
ly done in such establishments.
Musical Instruments of every descrip
tion repaired and put in good order. Frotr
his experience and mechanical knowledge, b<
feels confident of rendering satisfaction^ hii
patrons. feblo-tf.
JOHN Me NAMEE,
T Ji I JL O K ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where hi
is prepared to execute all kinds of work n
his Hue of business, in a neat and fashionabli
style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]
The Dead Watchman.
On a wet and mossy stone,
Shelving from the ocean shore,
Sits a maiden, still 'and lone,
While around the billows roar.
Outward o’er the water’s deep
Gazes she with straining eyes,
Steadfast as the stars that keep
Vigil in the solemn skies.
She is dead!—that maiden fair—
Marble is her pallid brow,
On heij|tony shoulders bare
Noteless fall the tresses now.
Sightless are those earnest eyes,
Dried the fountain of her tears,
Still the heart’s consuming sighs
Banish all her hopes and fears.
Outward o’er the ocean wide
Reach her white, uncovered arms :
Thus imploringly she died
In the fulness of her charms.
Knickerbocker.
A Voice from the Grave.
TO THE CHEEVER3, THE CHAPINS AND THE
BEECHERS.
In the United States Senate, in Febru
ary, 1S39, Henry Clay spoke thus:
“ If one dark spot exists in our political
horizon, is it not obscured by the bright,
effulgent and cheering light that beams
around us? Was ever a people before as
blessed as we are, if true to ourselves ?
Did ever any other nation contain within
its bosom so many elements of prosperity,
of greatness and glory ? Our only real
danger lies ahead, conspicuous, elevated
and visible. It was clearly discerned at
the commencement, and distinctly seen
throughout our whole career. Shall we
wauiouiy mil upuu u, nuu utj&uuy uu me
glorious anticipations of the high destiny
which awaits us? 1 beseech the Aboli
tionists themselves, solemnly to pause in
their triad and fatal career. Amid the
infinite variety of objects of humanity and
benevolence, which invite employment of
their energies, let them select some one
more harmless, that does not threaten to
deluge our country in blood. I call upon
that small portion of the clergy which lias
lent itself to these wild and ruinous
schemes, not to forget the holy nature of
the divine mission of the founder of our
religion,, and to profit by bis peaceful
examples. I entreat that portion of my
country-women who have given their
countenance to abolition, to remember that
they are most loved and honored when
moving in their own appropriate and de
lightful sphere; and to reflect that the ink
which they shed in subscribing with their
fair hands abolition petitions, may prove
but the prelude to the shedding of the
blood of their brethren. I adjure all the
inhabitants of the free States to rebuke
and discountenance, by their opinion and
their example, measures which must in
evitably lead to the most calamitous con
sequences. And let us 311, as country
men, as friends and as brothers, cherish
in unfading memory, the motto which
bore our ancestors triumphantly through
all the trials of the revolution, as, if ad
hered to, it will conduct their prosterity
through all that may in the dispensation
of Providence, be reserved for them.”
The Agricultural Bureau.
TL. f\,l I___r.rrm.«KU o .wl
-I ~
lution presented in the House of Repre
sentatives by Mr. Carey, in relation to the
establishment of an Agricultural Bureau
by the General Government:
Whereas, History teaches that there
can be no civilization without skill in ag
riculture, that death is the award of im
providence to nations as well as individu
als, and that the extinction of vitality is
the consequence of abuse in this funda
mental art: that we have the example of
the solicitude felt by all the civilized na
tions of the world for the advancement of
agriculture; that it is beyond doubt that
much of our domain is not capable of sup
porting life, and much of the land once
considered to be inexhaustable has ceased
to be cultivated, and the process of ex
haustion is on the increase; that the
main subsistauce—crops of the the United
States — is yearly growing less, from
causes which would appear to be increas
ing in their action, and which have not
been appreciated or properly stuied, and
there exists a conviction in the minds, of
scientific and learned authorities, and it
is proved by our short experience that the
possibility of continuing to produce oui
great staples, cotton, wheat, tobacco, and
corn, under the system of culture practiced,
is most questionable, and must eventuate
in poverty wretchedness.and a disappear
ance of population ; that the causes and
consequences thereof, with their reme
ifies, are susceptible of incontestable
proof; that our population is subject tc
periodical returns of calamities and tatal
diseases in a great measure dependen
upon our bad agricultural practices; tha
the richest portion of our inheritance re
mains not only uncultivated, but a living
cause of disease and death, and that within
comparatively few years, science has re
vealed a knowledge of the constitution o
the earth, connected with vitality, of tin
deepest interest to our race—a knowledge
not possessed by our fathers, and for i
want of which they are in no wise re
sponsible; that the means of greatly less
ening the uncertainties that uttend upor
the methods now in use of increasing ar
tides of necessity and luxuries, ol re
tnoviug the causes of disease, and length
, ening the average duration of life, o
1 improving the yield of lands, is withii
our reach; that all these great results ar
perfectly feasible and practicable; ani
that they are instantly required, is shown
by manifestations emanating from divers
sources, and by the repeatedly expressed
desire of this community that there should
be an independent bureau established by
this Government: Therefore,
Be it Resolved, That the Committee or
Agriculture be instructed to report to tin:
House a bill for the promotion the inter
ests of agriculture, for the organization o
the agricultural division of the Depart
ment of the Interior, now in a defective
condition, and demanding an immediate
remedy.
The True System of Farming.
Trying to do too much, is a common
error into which the farmer often falls.
His great eagerness in striving to be rich
is doubtless the cause of his error. He
is ambitious and energetic, and forms his
plans on a large scale, too often, perhaps,
without counting the cost. He buys a
large farm and wants to be called a “ large
farmer,” without understanding or consid
ering the true elements that constitute a
real farmer. He fancies the greatness ol
that profession, as is too often the common
estimate, to be in proportion to the num
ber of acres, not to say cultivated, but
ebraced within the boundaries of his do
minion. The fact is now being spread
abroad, that a large farm does not make
a man either rich, contented or happy,
but on the contrary, the reverse of all
these, unless well tilled, when his labor is
rewarded by ample crops and fair success
in the various departments in which he is
engaged. No farmer can realize the full
benefits of his profession without adopt
ing a thorough system of culture. Mis
success commensurate to his wishes, al
ways depends upon the manner in which
he prepars his grounds, plants his seeds
1 . • I \T '.I C . 1 . .
(U1U IJI& BlUUK. iirmici ui niv-oc
departments—which may be considered
the cardinal ones of his profession—will
take care of themselves. The- soil may
be rich, but it needs culture. His seed
may be sown, but it should be in due time,
and always on soil well preparedt and of
a suitable quality for the production of the
crop desired. His stock must be constant
ly cared for—it derives its thrift from the
soil, and sends again to that soil the sus
tenance it requires ; hut this is not done
in a loose or haphazard way. The farm
er’s care is required, and all his better
judgment must be exercised in keeping up
this system of reciprocal benefits that may
be realized by every intelligent and in
dustrious farmer.
Thorough cultivation and systematic at
tention to all parts of bis business is in
dispensable to a good degree of success.
The very corner-stone to this whole sys
tem of farming, is to do what you do thor
oughly— nature will not be cheated and
never gives full returns to the .half-way
work that is practised by vastly too many
calling themselves farmers. If the land
has been worn, the extent of that tAliaus
tion and the food required must be con
sidered. When ascertained, the full
measure of these requirements must be
given, to bring out full returns. If the
farmer has but a small stock, und conse
quently, but a small amount of manure tc
replenish his land it is obvious that but a
small farm can be supplied with it, and
good judgment at once dictates that to cul
tivate properly a large farm, artificial fer
tilizers must be used if trood crons are
obtained. And so with labor: two men
cannot suitably till one hundred acres ol
land, when the labor of two men, and
perhaps four, might be profitably employed
on seventy-five acres.
This is the great error in farming
Two men strive to do what four can hard
ly do, and thus thousands of acres are rut
over, half-tilled, and producing half crops
The land is run over till worn out, sus
mining year after year, the unnatural tax
until its energies are entirely exhausted
and it fails to yield even a feeble crop
because its life is worn out. Much o
the soil in Virginia and other southerr
States is a type of this. Thousands o
acres are lying entirely useless and ex
hausted, and will ever remain so, unti
the first elements of its power are re>
turned to it. This is fast going on it
many of the Western States. The soil it
treated like an inexhaustible mine: ih<
tillers crying give, give, give! till, in £
few years it will have nothing to give
The boast of the West is, large farms unt
large fields of grain; plow, sow, ant
reap, is the business of Western farmers
drawing out the very life of the soil, send
ing away in the heavy exports that art
constantly going forward, without return
intr to the soil the lood that it requires n
make it productive.
The light that is being spread abroat
on this subject, is beginning to correct thi
practice to some extent, but in most in
stances very little is returned to the soi
to keep it alive, until, after several of con
linual cropping it manifests ^igns'of ex
Imuslion and ultimate barrenness. Whet
tillers of the soil understand their true in
terests, they will cultivate no more lam
than they can do well. Fifty acres c
land for tillage, brought to a high stateo
cultivation, pays better than one bundle
run over in the way that many do.— [Jii
ferson Farmer.
Remedy fob Snake Hite.—•* Assoo
as possible after being bit, take inwardl)
' a lump, or quantity of Alum, the size c
a nutmeg; if not convenient to have i
beat up and dissolved in a little watei
chew it up and swallow it.”
-Sleeping in church may be toleratei
f but when you snore loud enough to wake u
y»ur neighbors, it becomes a nuisance.
-Little opportunities of doing good at
j neglected by many who are waiting for a
■ occasion to perform great acts of charity.
From the Boston Coifrcial Bulletin, 2otn uIt.J
Protection to Cotcon Planters.
At th’e last monthly meeting of the
New York Chamber of Commerce. 5th
inst.,*Mr. Matilsew Maury submitted an
invention for making cotton bales, or
rather attaching the name of the planter
to each bale, so as to identity the packer
of it. A motion that the Chamber re
commend this contrivance was lost, for
the reason that such endorsement was
thought to be outside of the regular pro
ceedings. A merchant of this city who
has seen this invention sends us the fol
lowing account of it from a New \ork
paper; and adds, that he considers it well
adapted for its purpose:
It combines four essential elements,—
simplicity,utility, practicability,and cheap
ness.
The inventor proposes, first, to place
near the middle of the bale a loop of gal
vanized, twisted light wire, which shall
pass if not through, at least beyond the
center of the bale, the two ends project
ing at its end, and passing through a
leaden tablet which is securely confined
to it—so that no force applied outside can
withdraw it. This is to be done at the
gin house, when the bale is packed, and
the tablet to be stamped with the nfttne of
the planter, and residence, in raised let
ters. legible, easily read, and always
visible.
No handling will erase, obliterate, or
displace it, for the flexibility of the wire
will allow the tablet to be pressed down
close to the bale, and it will thus, at the
same time, be out of the way and out of
danger, yet readily found, il required, to
identify the Cotton
In compressing Cotton it will not be
disturbed, because it lias no connection
with the ropes. The attaching of the
tablet to the bale rope, is simply to enable
buyers and shippers, especially by rail
roads, to attach the name of the owner or
buyer to the Cotton, and enabling him to
identify it at its place of delivery, and
thus avoid the error so often committed of
delivering to one man, Cotton belonging
to another.
The apparatus for stamping the tablet
is simple, and the cost of the whole but
small. Col. Tate, President of the Mem
_ . i I
phis anu v^nariesion roau, ims cajhcdocu
Ins approbation of ibis mode of identify
ing Colton, and the value of it to the
Planter as well as to all who are interest
ed in handling it, in saving not only a
great deal of time, but expense in tracing
and delivering Cotton.
If planters who make good Cotton once
have the opportunity of sending their Cot
ton from the plantation clear to the facto
ry, with their name so attached to the
bale as to get the full benefit ol extra la
bor and pains bestowed upon their crop,
they will then have some pecuniary in
ducement to so handle their Cotton as to
make their name, on a bale ot Cotton,
equal to a clear profit in its sale. Such is
not the case now, when it goes into the
grand sum total, and only helps up the
average of some more indolent or care
less planter who aims much more at
quantity than quality. The term false
packing, as applied to a great deal ol
Cotton, is erroneous, because it signifies
frauds. There is more or less of this
every year; but, not to the extent many
seem to think. It is the mixing of grades
that is the greatest evil; and this is the
result of caielessness, and not of intenl
to deceive. So, also, with regard to sand
and dust. They are put in on purpose,
now and then ; but, generally, it is sloven
ly work in picking and ginning. Let
each bale be so marked as to identify its
maker, and we shall have an end to all
these complaints. •
Since the above was written, we have
had the pleasure of examining the device
above described, exhibited to us by us in*
ventor, Mr. H. D. Mears, of Baltimore
at present stopping at the llevere House,
in this city. We readily perceive thai
this arrangement is every way adapted tc
accomplish the desired end. In fact
there could be nothing more effectual,
ft is perfect; and we believe that it wil
be immediately adopted by all planters
as soon as they become aware ol its mer
1 its. We look for a speedy termination ol
the frequent and vexatious disputes con
stantly arising between the buyer and
seller of cotton as to the identity of bales
when this invaluable process shall have
been generally adopted.
To Keep Tires Tight on Wheels —
1 The following, if reliable, will prove val
uable. A correspondent of the Southern
> Planter says: “ I ironed a wagon somt
years ago, for my own use, and befort
I putting on the tires I filled the fellies will
> linseed oil: and the tires have worn ou'
and were never loose. I ironed a bucgj
I lor my own use, seven years ago, and tin
- tires are now as tight as when put on
■ My method of filling the fellies with oi
i is as follows; I use a long cast iron oi
■ heater„made for the purpose; the oil i
1 brought to a boiling heat, the wheel n
f placed on a stick, so as to bang in the oil
f each felly one hour for a common sizet
1 felly.
The timber should be dry, as greei
timber will not lake oil. Care should hi
taken that the oil be not made hotter thai
) a boiling heat, in grder that the umber bi
, not burnt. Timber filled with oil is no
f susceptible of water, and the limber i
t much more durable. I was amused, sorn
, time ago, when I told a blacksmith hoi
to keep tires tight on wheels, by his tell
ing me it was a profitable business t
'> tighten tires, and the wagon maker wil
P say it is profitable to hnn to make am
e repair wheels—but what will the fanner
u who supports the wheelwright and smith
say?"—[Prairie Farmer.
AflJSUJJUXISS UX JlLlAJi WAXiOrt.
Oil Mike WnLh arriving at Washing
ton to take his seat in Congress, says the
N. Y. Leader, he registered his name at
the hotel, when the bookkeeper blandly
inquired for his baggage. “I stand in
the midst of it, sir,” said Mike. He was
no believer in much baggage. Even a
carpetbag for the most distant journey he
considered as derogatory to a true phi
losopher, who ought not to encumber him
self with more than he could do up in a
handkerchief. When told ol General Sir
Charles Napier's saying that *'a piece of
soap, a toothbrush and a spare shirt was
all an officer should start with on a cam
paign,” be said—
“P’shaw! when I went down with the
army of occupation in the great Rhode
Island revolution we were lighter equipped
than that—we left out tiie change of linen,
the toothbrushes and the soap.”
At th#foot of the Capitol gardens in
Pennsylvania Avenue (on the right hand
side when you are fronting that building)
is an inclosed space—national properly—
containing one or more tenements, and
some conservatories and hot-houses.—
Here for some years, and until his death,
enjoying Uncle Sam's patronage, sojourn
ed a Frenchman, learned in botany and
many other sciences. Some companions,
while passing the premises, were vaunting
his acquirements to Mike,who,from a spirit
of contradiction, called them in question.
He doubted whether these eminent botan
ists knew the difference between oats and
wheat, and believed, he said, that a How
ery boy could persuade them that coin was
clover. Finylly, Mike undertook, "bo
tanically,” to deceive the Frenchman
with whatever lie could pick up'where
they stood, in the lane skilling his pre
mises. From a wreck of flower-pots and
rubbish, he selected one sound pot and a
dead rat lying next the heap. Placing
Uie rat in the flower-pot, he covered it up
with mould, leaving out the tail, which
he fixed perpendicularly by tying it care
* fu 11 y to a small green stick, which hap
pened to be “convenient” amongst the
garden rubbish. He next culled on the
professor, and told him that a friend,
Lieut.-, (who having touched at one
of the islands of the then terra incognita
Japan, hud excited some interest) had
presented him with a very curious kind ol
cactus. This he wished the professor to
examine. No one, Mike said, had been
able to make it out, and he might have it
for ten years and not find'Five people who
wotfid ; so he hardly felt justified in keep
ing it out of a public collection, and yet
he did not like to part with a keepsake
from a “friend.”
The Professor eagerly repaired to ex
amine the vegetable curiosity. After a
close inspection he determined what it
was, or at least christened it by a fine
Greek name—two words, as Mike said,
averaging sixteen letters. The Prolessor
exhausted himself in persuading Mike
that the interests of science required that
he should sacrifice to them the sentiments
of friendship, by surrendering this rare
production of the vegetable kingdom to
the keeping of the botunist. The reluct
ant Mike eventually consented, on the
willing and solemn assurance of the Pro
fessor lhaf it would fie tended with the Ut
most care; and so it was. Placed in a
hot-house, it was cautiously but carefully
besprinkled with water, af a temperature
of seventy degrees by the ihemotneter.—
It was noticed and described in the Na
tional Intelligencer. The notice was
copied into other papers, The plant was
exhibited with pride to several eminent
individuals ; at length, with the heat and
moisture, the tip of the tail began to ex
coriate. The Professor was delighted—
it was budding. It was examined with
great interest by one of his chief patrons,
“the great Daniel,” to whom the botanist
promised one of the first slips for Marsh
field.
“It was too good a joke to keep,” said
Mike, “especially in a hot-house, so long
before they smelt a rat.”
The wrath and shame of the Professor
were excessive, and so was the indigna
tion of the great Daniel, not at the author
of the joke, but at the unfortunate botan
ist, tvbotn be stimatized as a “d—d frog
eating Frenchman, through whom he hud
been taken in, and who ought to have
known better.”
Reading the Bible.—I will answer for iu
the longer you read the Bible, the more yot
will like it; it will grow sweeter and sweet
er : and the more you get into the spirit o(
it, the more you will gel into the spirit oi
Christ.—[Romaine.
Oil Manpeactorv in Ah Kansas — The
' Union Coal company, located at Camden, is
said to be rapidly progressing witli their
works,and will in a short time be extracting
oil from the limiite, of which large deposits
exist in that neighborhood.
-The coat of a horse is the gift of na
ture. That of an ass is often the work of r
I tailor.
_The Chinese picture of ambition is “ i
Mandarin trying to catch a comet by puttinj.
1 salt on his tail.”
1 -Some author tells us that “ much is sail
, about the tongue.” Ti ue, the thing is in eve
, rybody’s mouth. -1———
-“ If lawyers are the limbs of the law,’
hen law must be a tree ; anil judging from ths
1 character of the limbs, we take it the tree ii
a slippery elm.
i .-Pure truth, like pure gold, has buei
■ found unfit for circulation ; because men tiavs
l discovered that it is far more convenient tr
adulterate the truth than to refine themselves
_It has been discovered that bread cai
be manufactured out of wood. Uoug betor
I ihis discovery was made, all wood was know,
• to have a grain in it.
) -If yon want to be admired for your at
| tainments, do not exhibit the several steps o
i your progress. It makes no real dilference
but fools have little respect for what they ca
• measure. It is only with the best judges tlia
, he highest works of art would lose none e
their honor by being seen in their rudiment;
DidUA i/CVUb 1UUO 1U V/ilclI lOobUIl
The correspondent of the New York
Times, who attended divine service at a
church patronized by the colored popula
tion, thus describes the devotions :
This afternoon I went to another church.
It was patronized by the servants or slaves.
We entered ihe audience room and found
ourselves in front of a company number
ing not far from two thousand. The body
of the church was entirely filled with ne
groes, with the exception of a few side
pews, which were reserved for and filled
with whites. The galleries were ulso de
voted to the while trash. Wo were cour
teously provided with seats at the side of
the pulpit, and had a fine view of the
whole audience. Old white-haired, cur
ly-headed men; middle aged, frizzly
headed men; young, short, but twisted*
headed tnen; little, cunning, smooth
headed, embryo men ; venerable, wrink
led women, with turbans extending to
wards the rafters ; flashy dressed, coquet
ish looking young women, yellow, pleas
ant-faced seamsiress-looking girls, and
feminines of all sorts and kinds were
there. Turbans, yellow turbans, green
turbans, bluck and white-checked turbans,
pine apple shaped turbans, fan shaped
turbans, and turbans which a Turk would
crave, were like the famous shot, in front
ot me, on either side of me and nil
around me. Hut, ah! the singing!
Bress your heart, white folks, the smg
ing! Hi! The minister lined it out:
“ Blow ye the trumpet, blow,” fee.,
and the colored gentleman who sang the
loudest look it up, and throwing back his
head and opening his mouth, started off,
and the whole of us, darkies, old folks,
aunties, white trash and all, and if we
didn't blow that trumpet then no trumpet
was ever blown. I’m blowed if that ain't
so. After singing, the minister preached
a very long, good and fervent sermon
from the text, “ Why will ye reject so
great a salvation?” The heat was op
pressive; his manner wa« fervid; many
of his audience, black and white, fell
asleep; he kept on ; one old lady snored ;
U n aAA/ll,..il t U Irtallll A n/4 (ltd ill! U An/I
under it. and finally, amidst profound si
lence, silence so profound that if he had
dropped a pin you could have heard ; and
so profound that the unremiited snoring of
my aged friend was absolutely startling;
he summed up the torments of the eter
nally damned in a way that was fairly
startling, and which made the perspira
tion stand visibly out on the face of eve
ry darkey in the house. After the ser
mon, we had another hymn lined out as
before:
“ The year of jubilee has come,
Return ye ransomed sinners home;”
and the way in which we did pul in was
decidedly jolly. Well, there, I haven’t
enjoyed such a “ season of religious re
freshment and experience ” in a long,
long time. A more quiet, well behaved,
well dressed congregation can’t be found
in the city of New York, (hoops and all,)
than was this same colored audience,
which attended divine service, this after
noon. at Zion’s Church, in the metropolis
of South Carolina.'
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There rs no General Rule without
Exceptions.—Then there are exceptions to
the above rule. Therefore there are general
rules without exceptions. “Logic is logic,
that’s all 1 say.”
—A doctor adver'ises in a country psper
in this fashion,—Whoever uses the vegeta
ble-corn pound-universal-an ti-pdrging-aromat
ic-pills once, will riot have cause to use them
again ” Very likely.
——A lady being asked to join a Union of
the • Daughters of Temperance,* replied. • It
is unnecessary, 0“ I intend to join one Of the
sons toon.’ Sensible lady, that.
——A week Well filled up with selfishness,
and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious ex
ercise. will make a good Pharisee, but a poor
UQilscian. 1 nere are many persons wuo
think Sunday is a sponge with which to wipe
out the sins of the week.
Goon Advice.—An exchange says : Never
take a paper more than two years without
paying the printer. To which we add—If,
at the end of thaf time, the printer insists on
having his pay, be sure and stop the paper in
disgust.
-Narrow-minded men. who have not a
thought beyond the little sphere of their own
vision, recall the Hindoo saying i—“The
snail sees nothing but its own shell, and
thinks it the grandest in the universe.”
‘Mv First Kiss.’—She put wun arm’round
my neck, and tother wun where the circingle
goes round a lioss, tuk the inturn on me with
her left foot, and gin me a kiss. My toes felt
as if minners were nibblin at urn—a cold streak
run up and down my back like a lizard with a
turkey hen after him in settin time, and my
stummlck was hot and unsatisfied like.
■ By taking revenge, a man is but even
with his enemyj but in passing over it, he is
. superior.1
_‘Mr. Speaker,’ said anew Irish member
rising, “we cannot prize too highly the rights
of freedom; they have been transmitted to us
by our fathers as a rich legacy; and palsied
be the hand of the man who would refuse to
acknowledge or maintain them; among those
rights, Mr. Speaker, is the right of violation,
or doing what we please. Every man, sir,
should do as he pleases; and if he does not, he
should be compelled!”
_Never tip your beaver to a fine lady
and pass the poor woman without seeming to
see her.
vs—To get the name of having great talent,
throw away the little you have. Let a clever
fellow getdrunk every little while and make, a
fool ot' himself, and he is the best doctor, the
best lawyer, or whatnot, if he would keep
sober.
_\ wag, on seeing an old gobbler trying
to-wallow a cotton string, very facetiously
■ remarked: “That was the last attempt to lu
i troduce cotton into Turkey.”
_When we inquired of a friend, a few
1 days since, what business he now followed, he
leplied, •■Dentistry—the insertion of teeth in
■ roast beef, and bread and butter.”
B A
—How to make people acknowledge the
’ corn—Tread on their toes!
t _Two men out west undertook to se#
f who could run th- fa-test. One was a sheiilT,
. and the other was a thief.
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