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DRUGGIST, g
’apotiiecahy,
ALSO. DEALER IN
fstationery, Perfumery,
r '< \< V AUTH’LES, &c.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
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c A ,n nso\,
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I IW Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
nES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I V 8t.— O Hi IIS made to order, on short
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BUGGY AND CARRIAGE ,
Maimfaotiirorp
j . S Hickory Plain, Arfc., 1
i|(»jWill make and repair Buggies i
R-f —and Carriages, &.C., to order. Or
Bpers respectfully solicited. *
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fill new work warranted twelve months. I re
| tan my thanks to the public for past favors,
Kpnd hope lo receive a liberal patronage in the ,
Buture. nov23-tf.
J. H. AVDERSOV,
' SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
"avne.HH flannfncturer3
m DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
IJwSk RESPECTFULLY informs ftk—
“s the citizens of Prairie and XpW j ■
djacent counties, that he has on hand, <&&**£*•
Oil is prepared to manufacture to order,
addles. Bridles. Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
,s well as every other description of work |
sually done in such establishments. j
'HP” Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith & <
ncl'sianL. inn91-1v.
IRLJc KS MIT H I NG ,
Wagon and Buggy Making, i
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rPHANKFUL to the
.f 'X 1 people for their past fa-j|
"CsaBB vors,respectfully announces v U
hat he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
land, on Park street, where he is prepared to
nail kinds of wont in the above line.
(^“Blncksmithing, wagon and buggy build
wheelbarrows, repairing. &.C., done on
Bor notice.
({^“Horse-shoeing done promptly.
■ feb 18-tf
JOHN M c N A M E E,
T .# I 1/ O IS ,
Be s ire, Arkansas.
CHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
0 opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
' prepared to execute all kinds of work in
hs line of business, in a neat and fashionable,
style.
duly 27, 1859.—[tf] ’ '
wM. greknsla’de,
.Merchant Tailor,
Des Arc, Aku.,
HOP on Buena Vista street, one door West
t-d of the Post office. All work executed in ] ;
1 neat and fashionable style.
feb29-ly.
JoT* D AN BODE ME Ii, i1
S SHAVING. H AIlt-CUTTING,
liAlR-DRESSING SALOON. !
A —ALSO— I
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING, ;
KIUENA VrISTA Street, south-side, two i
“ ' doors east of G. & J. McLaren’*, Des 1
• Arkansas. janll-tf. ji
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SW. SORRELLS, M. D., Physician and
• Surgeon. Brownsville, Ark. Office—At
Lightfoot’s Drug Store, Main st. je2-tf
T. SANPERS. 1. L. NEEL.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL. Resident Phy
sicians, Des Arc, Ark., having formed a
partnership in the practice of theirprofession,
tender a continuation of their services to the
citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
Office —up stairs, corner of Buena Vista and
Woodruff streets. my26-tf
DR. H. ARMISTEAD having permanent
ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
(53?” 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.
ggp" 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
tlft road, entering the town. mar21-ly.
J. J. lane.w. h. chambers.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERShaving form
ed a partnership in the practice of
their profession, 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.
,135^ Office on Buena Vista street, at Bat.s
ly’s Drug Store'. febl:tf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND.having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place,) 2J miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
(J3P” Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls, promptly at
:ended to. may29,1858-ly*
T! J. 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
je promptly attended to. mayo-ly.
AW. McNEILL, Attorney at Law. Des
• Arc, Arkansas, practices in the courts
>f Prairie and adjacent counties. (^"Office,
mi ner ot Erwin ami L,yon streets. i_upiL.
EW DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law,
• Brownsville. Arkansas, will promptly
itteml to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas. Monroe, Si. Francis, Jack
ion and White counties.
*,* Prompt attention given to the collection
>f all claims entrusted to his care. apr28
. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMPSON.
ATARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
[\Jl at Law, Des Are, Arkansas. Will
iractice in Prairie, White. Arkansas. Mon
oe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Jffice on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
i. D. TURNER.. T. JONES.
THJRNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
end promptly to all business entrusted to
hem. jan4-tf.
T! R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
-*■ * Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
entioi) given to collecting. jan4-tf.
H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
J • Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
uim street. janll-tf.
1. S. GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH.
ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
J at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
ttend promptly to any business confided to
hem. sepU4 tf
r ACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at
J Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
■he Peace, Clarington, (Suulish.) Monroe
bounty, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
. E. GATEWOOD..J. A. MOON.
rr ATE WOOD & MOON, Land
[j Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Jes Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
if taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
tary lands. Blanks of every description al
vays on hand. aug3-tf.
rB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
5ralrie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran- <
is. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
msiness intrusted to his care shall meet with
irompt attention. office on Lyon
treet. [junS-tf
F E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J , Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
:ansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. Will investigate Land
ritics, and act as General Land Agent.
?rompt attention given to all business entrust
id to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John lackson & Co.’s, Store.
feb13-tf.__
?1AMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
^ ney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. [mar21
. 1I0LI.0WELL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
SPRING S> SUMMER GOODS.'!!
LEVIN HARRISON,
DEALER IN
foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING. HARDWARE, HATS,
Boots, Shoes, .,
DES ARC, ARK.
s in receipt of his supply of Spring &. Sl-m
ier Goods, consisting of all articles usually
ound in Dry Goods Houses. His stock has
leen selected with care, and expressly to suit
he trade of Des Arc. As to prices, he only
vishes dealers to call, and he will satisfy
hem that he can SELL AS CHEAP and fur
lish as good articles as any other store in this
ection of country.
He hopes by strict attention to business,
ind a determination to piease all, to merit a
outinuance of the liberal custom which the
louse has received during the past two years
nd a half. hP"! «
For the Des Arc Citizen.]
Stanzas on Progression.
ALL HUMAN' DEEftS ARE BUT ERRORS.
All human deeds are but error?.
As endless changes constant prove;
Things to-day deemed best of any,
To-morrow our progress remove.
What one age doth wisely think best
The next succeeding casts aside,
For some better way discovered,
By which life’s wants may be supplied.
From the dawning of first knowledge,
Through every stage which marks its way,
Traces of this truth is written
Too plain for any to gainsay.
Mind still is busy in exploring
Mysterious truths yet unknown;
Truths valuable, full of beauty,
Which gladly yet the world will own.
Scarce a rule we now can thing of
Which guided us in former days ;
In mechanics, laws, and morals,
Adopt we in our present ways.
What in mind is deemed perfection
Is only relatively so;
What’cre it be of invention,
Of like name used for it before.
Some fault presently discovered,
Which for a while performed its part,
Is discarded for a better—
By science schemed, and made by art.
Thus step by step we are moving,
And day by day new wisdom learn—
In the Future’s paths before us
Observed hi many ways to turn.
Upward, onward ! is our motto,
Wisely given at God’s command,
Press we must forever forward,
Pause we never can nor stand.
In the ratio of our errors,
Will we good or bad endure—
In the ratio of our knowledge
Happiness will we here secure.
Let us then think well and wisely
On what we speak and what we do,
Remembering the wkak many
Instructed are by the strong kkw.
All IK,I, , ,*,11 Kn.ri,,,.I,,,.
Aiul by degrees assume their size ;
This valued truth by nature taught
In ev’ry thing we realize.
In occult life there is a scale
Too small for microscopic eye,
Of things perhaps born with two breaths,
The first too live, second to die.
A simple atom tossed in space
By God’s omniscient hand above,
May first have formed our pondrous earth,
Attracting still as it doth move.
Upward ! onward !—ever forward !
From the beginning to the end,
Where unerring \^;dom reigneth,
Heed well we must and to attend.
Always trying, always striving,
To wiser grow and better live,
Is man’s whole task and chief glory,
Which God in goodness to him give.
J. B. B.
A Quaint French Story.
BY MRS. ADA PRESCOTT.
I was just thinking over a quaint little
French story. It is very French. Would
you wish it chronicled ? If so, I give it to
you with the greatest pleasure.
A beautiful girl lived in a provincial
town. Her parents were neither poor nor
wealthy, but merely humble citizens, liv
ing well, in moderate circumstances. In
an old chateau, in the same town, resided
a dilapidated countess. She regretted her
age, and wished only to preserve the ap
pearance of youth. She had been very
handsome, and that was all for which she
had been distinguished, for her nature was
frivolous and cruel. One day it was her
lot to find grav locks amid her beautiful
curls. Alas! time had placed his shrivell
ed finger there. The countess was in des
pair. What to do she knew not. There
were no hair dyes in her day. Art had
replaced the delicate tinting of her cheek,
smoothed out wrinkles, preserved the ala
baster whiteness, the clearness, therouud
ness, but her hair which was of a rare col
or could not be rejuvenated.
Riding in her carriage one day, after
she had in vain hunted among the shops of I
Paris for some bandeaux of hair the color
of her own, she saw Alicia Meneude sit
ting at the window of her father’s cottage. |
The young girl as she read, leaned her
head in her hand. The locks that fell in
golden luxuriance were just the color of
her own. With an exclamation of delight,
the countess stopped a moment to contem
plate. Alicia looked up, blushed and with
drew into the window. A footman enter
ed and requested her to come next day to
the chateau. She obeyed, but to her in
dignation, the countess wished (or her beau
tiful hair—her dearly-prized, golden curls.
Almost indignantly she refused, notwith
standing the fading beauty offered her large
sums of money for the heaven-tinted tres
ses.
Well, one day the pretty Alicia was miss
ing Her parents were distracted, but while
they searched, towards evening Alicia was
driven home agitated, in tears, and worse
than all, shorn of her golden tresses. She
had been carried off, she said, while walk
ing along the road, by two ill-looking men,
who sat her down at a barber’s shop and
threatened death if she resisted. So, frigh
tened and submissive, she had parted with
all her beautiful hair. The indignant par
ents threatened and sued, but as nothing
could be proved they could get no satisfac
lion, especially as the defendant was a coun
tess.
“I will go to her,” cried the indignant
lover of Alicia,—‘T will pull the false curls
from her painted face, and show them to be
my Alicia’s.”
“ No, no,” cried the young girl, in ter
ror—“she will take you from me, you are
so handsome, so noble! She will tell you
lies about me,—slay away. It does not
matter much—my curls will grow again,
but I could not find another Baptiste.”
Girls should never praise their lovers—
the heads of most men are weak on the
score of personal attractions. Inflame their
vanity, and—il pop goes the weasel.”
Baptiste elevated his head. He was tall
and handsome enough for any countess, but
he “ pooh, poohed,” looked indignant, and
presented himselfbefore the countess, who,
really, now that she had Alicia’s curls on
her head, looked so lovely that Baptiste was
quite charmed.
“ Well, young man,” said the countess,
“what do you want of me ?”
“I—I wished to behold your ladyship,”
stammered Baptiste.
“ And what do you think of me ?” asked
the lady, with gracious smiles.
“I—I think your ladyship is very beau
tiful,” said Baptiste.
“ And how would you like me for a
wife ?” asked the audacious countess, show
ing a very white set of false teeth.
“I—I—’’’
“ With a fortune of a million francs,”
added the lady, in her most bewitching
manner.
Alas ! poor Baptiste was not proof against
temptation. The countess was fifty, he was
twenty-five—something of adispanty to be
sure in their ages—but he went down on
his knees at the mention of the francs.
Poor Alicia—ha# frantic, she heard that
Baptiste was going to marry the countess.
Six different times she attempted suicide,
but her parents watched her wiih care, and
to-day she is a g andmottier. Much better
than being food for fishes—or what fishes
are baited with.
All tliio pnmu fYnm ronrlinrr ttnmpivhprp
that two hundred thousand pounds weight
of women’s hair is annually sold in France,
and the price paid for it is six cenis an
ounce. Many an Alicia gets a new gown
from her head. I suspect, and many a coun
tess reaps her glittering locks from the tem
ples of the common-born peasantry, or, as
she would style them in her own exclusive
elegance, the canaille.
From tlie La Salle Press.]
Short Sermon to Douglas Worshippers.
BY WHANG DOODLE.
Arid devout men carried Stephen to his bu
rial, and made great lamentation over him.—
[ Acts viii., 2.
My Dear Douglas Brethren : I in
tend to talk lo you at this time about the
folly and sinfulness of worshipping man
The heathen bow down to images of wood
and stone, and some worship unclean
beasts, while some bow in numble adora
tion even ro kiss a great toe. But we of
this generation have been guilty of the
meanest idolatry of ail in worshipping a
little lump of corrupt flesh and blood,
called Stephen, now defunct.
A few weeks ago, when we ladened
our vessels with ruin and whisky for our
brethren, who were sent as missionaries
to the port of Charleston, in the foreign
land of South Carolina, to preach the gos
pel of Died Scott and Popular Sovereignty,
and gave them gold and silver wherewith j
lo buy their bread and meat, our departed
friend was full of promise, and high up
lifted as the god of Democracy, and all
who would fall down and worship him
should have their reward. But, alas ! our
brethren have returned to us with nothing
but his unseemly carcas. “ Jlnd. devout
men carried Stephen to his burial and
made great lamentation over him.”
And it came to pass, when our chief
priests and elders were gathered together
Ill UUIlvcuuuii u.v uuai icaiuu, uiau nmujf ui
the heathens of that region would not fall j
down and worship our golden caIf. And
we said unto them that they were wrong;
that the golden calf would grant them
many indulgences; he would give them!
Bourbon whisky, apple jack and red eye,
as beverages, and had promised nine hun
dred and ninety-nine thousand foreign
missions, post-offices and custom-houses,
and to take five hundred old togies into
his cabinet. But all this would not avail.
Nary a bowel of compassion could be
moved with them, and therefore our breth
ren returned unto us. “And devout men
carried Stephen to his burial and made
great lamentation over him."
And the (lisefples of Stephen spake
unto them saying, that they did not care
whether niggers were voted for upside
down or downside up—it made no differ
ence. But they were rebellious and de
clared we must get the nigger out of the
fence, and protect him in the territories,
where there are no fences ; but we couldn’t
do it We referred them to Freeport,
where Stephen spake of “ unfriendly leg<
islation.” but they didn't care a red fortue
police magistrate of the territories, but!
would pasture their niggers there on Un
cle Sam’s farm They wouldn’t let us
put a fence of unfriendly legislation round
them; and because we wouldn’t give the !
niggers pasture they waxed with wrath,
and Stephen gave up the ghost. “ Jnd
devout men carried Stephen to his burial
and made great lamentation oner him."
In vain our brethren promised to erect ;
a false-bottomed platform to delude the
heathen with tricks of legerdemain. But
they heeded not our entreaties. Oh, the
“ irrepressible conflict!” It squezed our
poor little Stephen so bard, that gout nor
influenza need trouble him no more, i
They cast rocks upon him—the lions
roared at him—the “ eagle quivered his
tail at him in proud defiance’"—Old Buck
shock his horns at him—the nigger shook
his wool and laughed at him, because the
'• Rail Mauler'’ received more votes from
the Suckers than he did. And one hun
drtd and filty-two and a half brethren
stood by and saw him crushed out, and
bew.tiled their empty pockets, and the loss
of the good things promised them. "And
devout men carried Stephen to his burial
and made great lamentation oner him "
And now in conclusion, my dear Dou
glas brethren, I know it is hard for us to
believe that Stephen is snuffed out. We
cannot realize it. But it is even so. We
shall never behold his coat tail dragging
on the ground any more. Its beautiful
folds have been wrapped around his
wounded seat of honor and he has been
lain at rest. The “ irrepressible conflict”
has dealt him a smasher on the gob, and
his voice will no longer charm us with
the beautiful song of popular sovereignty.
Therefore cease your blubbering for Ste
phen. There is yet hope of salvation for
us. There is a plank still left for us poor
shipwrecked sinners to cling to. Our
brethren North and South already stand
upon it. Though the heathen have de
nounced it as a relic of barbarism, yet our
elders in the great council of the nation
says it is a good one. We will all go to
that land of blessed saints in Utah, where
it is fenced in, and shout for old Mrs. Pol
ly Gamy. There reposing on her bosom,
we will bury all our sorrow for the immac
ulate Stephen, who was so shamefully
martyred at Charleston. Let him rot in
peace.
Farewell, then, to poor old Stephen,
The famous Charleston martyr;
For he lied so, we couldn’t believe him,
And we won’t go tumbling arter.
Thus, you see, I have quoted the Dutch
poet, and we will close with the words of
the text, “And devout men carried Stephen
to his burial, and made great lamentation
over him.” Amen.
The choir will please sing that good old
sockdology, of “Possum up a gum tree,”
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benefit of our late missionaries to Charles
ton.
A Bold Boy ThumAiir.—A letter
from Madrid says:
In the triumphal entrance of the troops
here, the heroes of the. day (with the ex
ception of Gen Prim, who was so greeted
that he had to deliver half a dozen speech
es as he went through the streets) were a
trumpeter and a dog. Their glory ahscur
ed that of all the array, and they obtained
an ovation which will disturb the repose
of Espartero at Logrono. The trumpeter
belongs to the Bourbon regiment; he is
only fourteen years, and isof short stature
When in Africa, he happened, one day,
whilst in the advanced post with his com
pany, to be excessively hungry, and he
could not get any food At last he per
ceived a number of oak trees, and said to
himself, “ where there are oak trees, there
are acrons, and acorns at a pinch can he
eaten.” tie accordingly slipped away,
and passing unobserved by the sentinels,
climbed up the iree and began eating He
was suddenly interrupted by a strange
noise, and to his dismay he perceived that
the tree was surrounded by ferocious look
ing Moors. Flight was impossible, and
resistance out of the question, but a bright
idea struck him, he seized his trumpet and
sounded the charge. The Moors, think
ing that they had fallen into an ambush',
took to flight. This exploit of the trum
peter excited great admiration at the time,
and on the entrance of the troops the
crowds not only greeted him with enthu
siasm, but he was borne in triumph on
men's shoulders, and crowned with laurel.
From time to time, at the request of the
people, he sounded the charge which had
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All the Sermons of the World in
Twentt Lines.—The following abridge
ment contains the pith and marrow, sum
and substance, of a sermon which occupied
an hour in delivery, and tell us all that
any parson can tell us—which, by the way,
is just nothing at all—about that 11 bourne
from whence no traveler returns
“ Man is born to trouble.”
The subject, my hearers, is naturally
divisible into four heads:
1. Man’s entrance into the world :
2 His progress through the world ;
3 His exit from the world. And
4. Practical reflection from what may
be said.
First, then :
1. Man’s ingress in life is naked and
bare :
2 His progress through life is trouble
and cure ;
3. His egress from it, none can tell
where ;
4. But doing well here we will be well
there.
Now, on this subject, brethren dear,
I could not tell more by preaching a
year
Vitallv Important;—We learn that
in New England. Puceoon rool,commonly
called blood root, has been employed with
great success in hemorrhage of the lungs.
A gentleman of this city informs us that a
highly respectable clergyman, of Hart
ford, Conn., told him that twenty years
ago he had a very severe hemorrhage
of the lungs and went South to die, but
hearing of the Puceoon root he tried it
and was cured. He has never since hud
the bleeding, and has continued to preach
ever since. The root should be adminis
tered only by a skillful physician. — [Lou
isville Journal.
From the Nashville Banner.
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Something About Mr. Everett—Men of j
of the South. Read.
TEXT.
Everett, is a good man, a pure and in
corruptible statesman, but he hates slavery
as the devil hales holy water.—Memphis
Avalanche.
“ A good man, a pure and incorruptible
statesman," will discharge the duties of
his office in accordance with the Constitu
tion and the Laws, whatever may be his
opinions as to abstract questions. We do
not believe Mr. Everett hates slavery in
the sense above represented. We believe
his views upon the subject are national,
and thnt no safer tnnn for the South can
be found North of Mason and Dixon’s line,
or anywhere else, for thnt matter.
From John Bell’s Letter of Arc ipt,nice.
The Convention, in discarding the use
of platforms, exact no pledges from those
whom they deem worthy of the highest
trust under the Government, wisely con
sidering the surest guaranty of a man’s
future usefulness and fidelity to the great
interests of the country, in any official sta
tion to which he may be chosen, is to be
found in his past history connected with
the public service.
COMMENT.
From the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail.
In the year 1841, says the Bainbridge
(Ga.) Jlrgus, Win. Henry Harrison be
ing President, appointed Edward Everett
Minister to England. Hon. John Mc
Pherson Berrien, then being Senaior for
the State of Georgia, gave his sanction to
the appointment. During the same year
the Georgia Legislature was assembled.
The following joint committee on the state
of the Republic was constituted. On the
part of the Senate: Messrs. Edward J.
Black, of Scriven ; Andrew J. Miller, of
Richmond; J. M. Smith, of Camden;
Bennet Crawford, of Decatur; Alex. Mc
Dougald, of Muscogee; Peter Cone, of
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i/uiiumi , u (uiiuo miiui i| w i uili inviiici
On the part of the House: Messrs. John
H. Howard, of Muscogee ; \V."B. Tan
kersle, of Columbia ; M. Grieve, of Bald
win, Abner P. Powers, of Bibb; 11 L,
Simms, of Newton ; Jus. Gray, of Jones ;
Juo. Robinson, of Jasper. This commit
tee in their report recite in their preamble;
with what sincere regret they reviewed the
sanction of Judge Berrien “ to the eleva
tion of one so obnoxious to their feelings,
and so hostile to our interests, and
particularly an individual who has avowed
ilia abolition principles in their most impos
ing form, and amplest extent.”
Resolution 11th, which refers to the
same matter, is as follows:
11. Resolved, That the opinions publicly
proclaimed by Edward Everett, now Min
ister to England, of the power and obliga
tion of Congress to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, to-interdict the slave
trade between the Stales, and to refuse
admission into the Union of any Territory
tolerating slavery, are unconstitutional in
their chararter, subversive of the rights ol
the South, and if carried out, will destroy
this Union; and that the Hon. John Mc
Pherson Berrien, in sustaining for an im
portant appeintinent, an individual holding
such obnoxious sentiments, has omitted a
proper occasion to give an efficient check
to such sentiments, and in so doing has
not truly represented the opinions or wish
es of the people of Georgia, of either po
litical party.
This resolution was adopted in the Sen
ate by a vote of 48 to 0, a number of Sen
ators refusing to vote, but not enough to
defeat its passage if they had voted against
it. In the House, the entire report was
adopted by a vote of 101 yeas, to 41 nays.
The proof of the charges made against
Mr. Everett in that resolution, is contain
ed in the following :
In 1939 the following interrogatories
were propounded to Mr. Everett by Hon.
Nathaniel Borden, of Massachusetts :
1. Are you in favor of the immediate
abolition by law, of slavery in the District
of Columbia, and of the slave traffic -be
tween the States of the Union ?
2/ Are you opposed to the admission
into the Union of any new State, the Con
stitution of which tolerates domestic sla
very.
The following is his reply:
Washington, Oct. 21th, 1939.
Dear Sir:—On Saturday last I only re
ceived your letter of the 184>, propound
ing to me certain interrogatories, and ear
nestly requesting an early answer.
You are aware that several resolves on
the subject of these inquiries and their
kindred topics, accompanied by a very able
report was introduced into the Senate of
the Commonwealth, year before last by a
joint committee of the two Houses, of which
the late lamented Mr. Alvord was Chair
man.
Those resolves, after having been some
what enlarged by amendment, were adopt
ed by the Legislature. They appeared to
cover the whole ground of your two inter
rogatories. Having cheerfully co-operated
in the passage, of the resolves, and con
curring in the general reasoning by which
they are sustained in the powerlui report j
of the Chairman of the Committee, 1 re- i
spond to both your inquiries m the affirm- |
alive.
The first of the three subjects embraced j
in your inquiry is the only one ol them
which came before Congress while 1 was
a member. I voted in the negative on the
motion to lay upon the table the petition
of the American anti-Slavery Socieiy, for
the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia, and on other motions of the like
1
character introduced to cast off the consid
eration of this class of petitions.
I am, dear sir. very respectfully,
ioiir friend and servant.
HOWARD EVERETT.
lion. Nathaniel Borden.
Those “resolves” referred to were a set
of resolutions adopted by the Massachu
setts Legislature (luring the year previous,
when Mr. Everett was Governor of the
State, nnd are as follows :
Resolved, That Congress has by the
Constitution, power to abolish slavery and
the slave trade, in the District of Colum
bia, and that there is nothing in the terms
or circumstances of the acts of cession by
Virginia nnd Maryland, or otherwise, en
forcing any legal or moral restraint on its
exercise.
Resolved, That Congress ought to take
measures to effect the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia.
Resolved, That the rights of huiRpnity.
the claims of justice, nnd the common good
alike demand the suppression by Congress,
of the slave trade carried on in nnd through
the District of Columbia.
Resolved, That. Congress has, by the
Constitution, power to abolish slavery in
the Territories of the United States.
Resolved, That no new Slate shall here
after be admitted into the Union whose
Constitution of Government shall permit
the existence of domestic slavery therein.
Resolved. Thnt the Congress has, by
the Constitution, power to abolish the traf
fic in slaves between different States of
ibis Union.
Resolved, That the existence of this
power is demanded by the principles of
humanity nnd justice.
These documents speak for themselves,
nnd they settle the rpies'ion of Mr. Ever
ett's Free-soilistn. “ Doth the leopard
change his spots, or the Ethiopian his ctfl
or ?" If yen, then may we expect Ed
ward Everett to change the current of his
thoughts, nnd renounce, in age, the cher
ished principles of his early youth, and
mature manhood.
—-♦ ♦♦
When a Drink mat he Taken Med
icinally.—After noose, or duck, or nork.
Irish slew, or any delicacy of the season
into which onions may have seasonably en
tered ; invariably after salmon; when there
is any washing being done at home ; when
painters are in the house ; when a person
feels faint and doesn’t know what is the
matter with him ; when a friend turns up
after an absence of several years, or when
you are parting from a friend whom you
do not expect to see for several years;
when a person has the tooth-ache ; when a
person has lost at cards, or when a person
has come into possession of a large pro
perty ; when a person has met with mis
fortune, or made a tremendous bargain;
when a person has quarrelled ; when a re
conciliation has taken place, when a per
son is on a voyage, or goes out between
the acts of a five-act tragedy ; or ascend
ing in a buloon ; or aftet coming off the
jury of a coroner’s inquest; or when you
are silting up for your wife, or when a
friend drops in to smoke a cigar; arid, in
fact, upon all suitable occasions of sadness
or merriment, when a person feels rather
low, or feels in very high spirits.—Punch.
-Instantly another is attacked, how ea
goarly we al! cry out, “ Send for the doctor!”
and yet we rarely think of calling in his ser
vices till the very last moment ourselves! —
Isn’t it pretty much the same with philosophy.
-A man who had brutally assaulted his
wife, was brought before Justice Cole, of Al
bany, lately, and had a good deal to say about
“' getting justice.” “Justice,” replied Cole,
“you can’t get it here. This court has no
power to hang you.”
--The poet Gray once said : “I have dis
covered a thing very little known, which is,
that in one’s whole life, one can never have
more than a single mother.”
-If a dog’s tail Is lent awf entirely, will
it not interfere with his lowcowmoshun'! Not
. t . :• • i . . a. _ at. _i. i. : __!...«■
’[.would entirely slop his waggin.
-There is a great deal of theology in the
plea of a little girl who wished that she might
be good without obeying her grandmother.—
She said it was easy enough to read her books
and pray, but pretty hard to mind grandmoth
er.
-The world is very keen sighted; it
looks through the excitement of your religi
ous meeting, quickly watches the zest of your
scandal, scans your conscientiousness, and the
question which world keeps putting pertina
ciously is, arc these men in earnest ? Is it
any marvel if Christian unreality is the sub
ject of scoffs and bitter irony?
-In the island of Goa there is a vegeta
ble tree called the “sorrowful tree,” because
it only flourishe» in the night. At sunset, no
flowers are to be seen, and yet, after half an
hour, it is full of them. They yield a sweet
smell, but the sun no sooner begins to-shine
upon them than some fall off, others close up,
and others continue flowering in the night the
whole year.
-Nervous, precocious children are often
pushed forward by proud parents into excite
ment. brain-fever and the grave. Mind with
out body is like a boat without water.
_;)nr sweet allusions are half of them
conscious, like effects of color that we know
to be made up of tiusel, broken glass and rags.
_Some years ago, a Philadelphia mer
chant sent a cargo of good-* to Constantinople.
Aftei the supercargo saw the bales aj»ff%oxes
safely landed, he inquired where they c uld
be stored.
“ Leave them here—it wont rain to-night.”
was the reply.
“ B it I dare not leave them thus exposed ;
some of the goods may be stoleu,” said the
supercargo.
The Mahomcdan merchant burst into a loud
laugh, as be replied :
“ Don’t be alarmed, tln-re amt a Cbn.-tian
within fifty miles of Here.”
-“Joe, did you ever dabble in storks' ’
“ Well, yes, I got my foot in them once.”
—— A young lady t isi ted a prison, and while
questioning a prisoner, one of the attendants,
mistaken as to her identity, came up and in
quired, "Are you the Voting woman wot stole
the hog? ’Came, if yer are, Mr. Itoony, the
lawyer, wants to speak to yer.”
_As no other roads are so rough as those
which have just been mended, so no tinners
■ e o intolerant as those who have just turned
■ lints.
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