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VPLUME VI. _DES ARC, ABKAK8A8, A.TJG-TJST 8. 1860. _NUMBEB 38.
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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We 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, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
®. L. BM.S1.Y,
DRUGGIST,
AND £&
A-FOTUECAR-Y,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCY ARTICLES, &c.,
Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street*.
HDHS &m(09 dLIBISo
(J^“ Fine Wines, Brandies, &c., for Me
dicinal purposes, always on hand.
w Physicians prescriptions are accurately
compounded of the best articles that can be
procured. jant8-tf.
C. A. JUDSOS,
^lARPENTEll AND JOINER, Also,
Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, Window
and Door Frames, &c.
l^T Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
IV. R.—Coffins made to order, on short
| notice. feb22:ly.
“ B. Be TO1EOTOM,
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
Man-u.faotu.ror.
Jiatf / Hickory Plain, Ark.,
Will make and repair Buggies
--—and Carriages, &.C., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
IJT All orders will be readily attended to,
i all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov23-tf.
~J. S. AKDERSOiV,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
Harncss Manufacturer,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs
’■ =5® the citizens of Prairie and M y?
adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
I \a axvn 11 na Airar vr ntRor OQP r 1 Tlf1 rt IT flf WOrlf
I usually done in such establishments.
Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
^ Jackson’s store. jan21-ly.
BLA CKSM1 THING
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
• DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rriHANKFUL to the
.L people for their past fa-l( ]|
vor9,respectfiilly announces \> </
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of worn in the above line.
ffi^Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
|| 'ng, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done on
I short notice.
5- - ft^Hurse-shoeing done promptly.
To HN McNAMEET
t .« i h%o k ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
S is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
H his line of business, in a neat and fashionable
I style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]_
WmT G R BEN SLADE,
•Merchant Tailor,
Des Arc, Ark.,
8 OH0P on Buena Vista street, one door West
kj of the Post office. All work executed in
E a neat and fashionable style.
feb29-ly.
JorITan bodImer,
SHAVING, IIA III-CUTTING,
!“Hair-dressing saloon
—ALSO—
shampooing and hair-dying
DUENA VISTA Street, south-side, twc
-J-* doors cast of G. & J. McLaren’s, Des
i^rc, Arkansas. janll-tf.
I
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SW. SORRELLS, M. D.. PhysicianaiTd
• Surgeon, Brownsville. Ark. Office—At
Lightfoot’s Drug Store, Main st. je2-tf
T. SANDERS. 1. L. NEEL.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL. Resident Phy
sicians, Des Arc, Ark., having formed a
partnership in the practice of their profession,
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.
(Hr 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.
w 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. mar21-ly.
J. J. LANE.W. H. CHAMBERS.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERShavingform
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.
J3P" 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. jan 1-ly.
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly‘
TJ. WOODSON, Attorney at Law,
. Des A'rc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Ciicuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
*.* All business entrusted to his^are will
be promptly attended to. may5-ly.
Arr . anwi ucj *■“*»»» a'lo
• Arc, Arkansas, practices in the courts
of Prairie and adjacent counties. (£^“"0ffice,
corner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll.
EW. DOUGLASS, Attorney at Laif,
• Brownsville. Arkansas, will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jack
son and White counties.
*,* Prompt attention given to the collections
of all claims entrusted to his care. apr28
B. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
fpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
■*- Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted t»
them. jan4-t£.
rp R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
* Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
ri H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. S, GANTT. W. J. BRONAUGH*
GANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. _sept!4 tf
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Purlic, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [ju!27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD.J. A. MOON.
fl ATEWOOD & 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.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc,
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. 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,
Conway, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles, and act as General Land Agent.
Frompt attention given to an »aui™ “■>»
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
febl3-tf. __
J. L. ... 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 _______
FRUIT TREES.
Fruit trees for sale by j. d. &
W. C. MORROW.—We are permanently
located seven miles South of Des Arc, on
Wattensaw Bayou, where w c intend goingdfttc
the Nursery business exteisiveiy. We have
been engaged in this business for several years
past in Tishomingo co., Miss. We have on
hand some fifty thousand apple and some pear
grafts at our old Nursery, which we will ship
to any point on Arkansas, White or I.itile Red
rivers. For further information address
J. D. or W. C. MOftROW,
jel9-tf Wattensaw, Prairie co., Ark
WILLIAM JACK. JOHN T. SHANKS,
JACK & SHANKS,
Importers and Dealers in
CHINA,
GLASS
AND
QUEENSWARE,
NO. 301 MAIN STREET,
Memphis,..
ALL KINDS Plated Goods, Woodei
Ware, Window Glass, Looking Glass am
I Housekeeping Goods on hand,
j jy 18, 1860-6m
What is Life!
’Tis the'quivering dew-drop standing
On the violets purple cheek—
’Tis an ocean man is sounding,
. ’Tis a spell that death will break.
ft
’Tis a flower that fadeth ever,
Let you cherish as you will ;
’Tis a plant that fadeth ever
In its language, good or ill.
’Tis a pitcher at the fountain
That shall crumble every day:
’Tis the mist upon the mountain
That Phoebus drives away.
’Tis a quickly moving hand
In the mighty clcfck of time ;
’Tis a grain of desert sand
Swept by winds of every clime.
’Tis a silver chord that bindeth
The spirit and the clay ;
’Tis a serpent that enchanteth
With its pleasures, day by day.
’Tis a narrow lane that enTeth
With the dismal gate of death,
Where a hideous porter standeth
To hurry souls from earth.
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS.
Editor Des Arc Citizen—Sir:—At the
last meeting of the Agricultural Society, in a
few remarks made by one of our honorable
members, he occupied the ground that the
farmer was not really benefited by such socie
ties,or thathe reaps no pecuniary advantages,
that all the benefits derived by him from Ag
ricultural Societies are merely of a social
character. That we, for I profess to be a far
mer, are only benefited in so far as we enjoy
the meeting together and the social intercourse
with our neighbors, the merchant, mechanic
and livery men, in a word, the towns reap all
the reward, they get all the cost, while we
furnish all the material, get up all the show
for the mere pleasure of showing a social meet
ing with our brother towns-men, and that
therefore they should come up liberally and
aid in preparing the grounds and erecting the
necessary buildings, &c. Now so far as their
aid is concerned, he is right; and fe .have no
UU.IUU uul tuey wui uniy come up wuu men
part, fo> as a class they are generally a keen
shrewd calculating people that study and fully
understand their interest, and the citizens of
the flourishing town of Des Arc are not a whit
behind the age. But sir, it seems to me that
'if such be the fact, if the immense amount of
labor, money and talent which have been ex
pended on the getting up of such societies
throughout the length and breadth of our land,
has merely resulted in bringing together far
mers, the feeders of the world, in the vicinity
'of sqpif city or village to enjoy a few hours
or days of pleasure, while the merchant, the
tradesmen, &c>, are stripping them of their
hardly earned cash, then indeed have the ef
forts of our_wisest and most enterprising far
mers been adiotal failure, then indeed have we
again been most vtofully humbugged ; which
alas, has been too often the case on almost
every and all other subjects. But sir, let us
see whether such be the case, let us see wheth
er the farmer as well as all other branches of
industry may not fal benefited by them. Let the
citizens of Prairie^ouniy, farmer, merchant,
and mechanic, all§nut their shoulder to the
wheel for this and the ensuing year, and if we
are all not greatly benefited both pecuniarily,
socially and intellectually, then will I for one
feel disposed, to hunt up some other mode of
doing good. Now, I will freely admit that the
mechanic gets the actual cash raised and laid
out toward the fitting up of the grounds ; that
the merchant and livery man get pay for the
outfit feeding of stock, &c. But sir I look
upon this as a very insignificant part of the
benefits that may be derived from our efforts if
conducted in a proper manner and with a de
termination to develop the resources of our
country and the qualities of our soil. It may
be asked how is this to be done. I answer that
it is in the power of every sensible man or
woman to do something in this beautiful and
important work; one may experiment, even
though in a small way, in preparing, planting
and culture of our oak or ridge lands. Taking
n - ... iE ' *- .. P 1 - J i- „
make a foretest or near alike as possible, di
vide it in to four equal lots; thoroughly sub.
soil three fourths, manure lot No. 1 with one
kind of manures No. 2 with another; No.
3 plant without any manure ; No. 4 pre
pare and plant in the usual manner, changing
each lot with the labor of preparing and plant
ing; cultivate all alike, and when the crop is
ready to be gathered, call in two or three ol
his neighbors, let them measure the crop giv
ing a certificate of amount taken from each
lot, let this be handed in to our annual meet
ing with a written statement of the mannei
prepared, with cost on each lot and mannei
cultivated. Another may ditch and prepan
a portion of our alash iahds in such manner a:
he'may think best, giving a written repor
with result, &.c. There is hardly .a farmer ii
my knowledge who does not put labor enougt
on lands of this character, which does no
yield and average of five bushels to the acre
to ditch his whole farm in two years, and i:
asked why they {jjrt so much work on landtha
yield nothing, they answer that by so doing i
will dry out in a few years. Thus workinj
for years to keep the land clean, until the soi
from the more elevated lauds around is washei
down and fills up the flat, or until some acci
dental furrow is run by the unsuspectiiq
ploughman that opens a channel for the wate
to drain off. A very large proportion of th
lands of our county are prairie, considered b
many of our farmers as almost worthless, an
other having a better opinion of them, ma;
try them in such manner as his policy ma
dictate his report of success with culture.
The wintering of our stock is becoming a sub
ject of vital importance to us all. He who b
| experiment demonstrates the most economica
mode of so doing will confer a lasting benefi
on his neighbor.
The fatening of cattle so as to enable us to
come in competition with the north west in
supplying our southern cities in worthy of at
tention. There is no reason that I can see
why we cannot raise as fine mules and horses
as our neighbors of Kentucky and Tennessee.
If by thus experimenting we should hit upon
the culture by which the resources of our soil
pipy be developed, by which they may be made
subservient to the best interest of man, then
indeed will our Agricultural society have ac
complished great good. Then indirectly if not
directly line the pockets of the farmer. But it
will be said that all this will do to theori3e
about, who will take the trouble, why certain
ly not a half dozen men in the county. This
may be true and so has it ever been with south
ern farmers. Contented to. go on making cot
ton in the old way, shipping it to our mer
chants to classify and sell, not one in a hun
dred of us being able to tell within two clas
ses of where his crop should be placed. So
we have rested contented to be legislated for
by every other interest than our own, until we
are pretty nearly legislated out of the common
wealth or at least left to work our way the
best we can without help or favor. And so we
have suffered our northern bretheren and
English fanatics to write garbled and libelous
accounts of our institutions, our homes and
our firesides, shaping the public mind, resting
content in our ignorance of the great funda
mental truths upon which they are founded.—
Ignorant of the fact that we being the instru
n^nts in the hand of Almighty God, govern
ing a few millions of his most benighted and
degraded subjects, thus judiciously and econom
ically directing their labor are furnishing em
ployment, and by so doing the food and rai
ment for more of his people than half the
world beside, until when aroused from our
lethargy by the howl of the fanatic and the
yelp of the insurrectionist, we find ourselves
with no better shield to defend ourselves, with
no better argument in behaff of the high po
sition we occupy, the mighty influence we
wield, than the ignominious plea of a necessary
EVIL.
Let the half dozen then do their duty, the
first stone towards the building of the mighty
i i i 11 » _ _i. U K. .1
ceiiijuc was uub a suiou J
to be built and some one man had to strike the
first blow. Let every man, farmer, mechanic
and merchant, bring up whatever he has, it
will add interest to the exhibition, and if he
does get a premium, he maybe benefited, if
he will examine and profit by what he sees.
It was my intention to say something to the
ladies, but I have already spun this scattering
article to^i greater length than I intended, so
I will close by saying to them we need their
aid. Let them get their wits to work, bring
up everything that may add interest or beauty to
our exhibition, and above all let them turn out
to our next fair in all their loveliness and
beauty, with their sweetest smiles, and a word
of encouragement to all, and we are safe, our
sky will be clear. What enterprise that has
ever received the united energy of American
mothers, wives and daughters that has ever
been known to fail. Sir, with no other excuse
for intruding this prosy article upon you than
the deep interest I feel in the subject.
I am yours, &c.,
A FARMER.
Swamp Lands.
Swamp Land Department, 1
Little Rock, Ark., S
July 14, 1860. )
Editors True Democrat—
Gentlemen: You will please publish the
accompanying letter and form from the Com
missioner of the general land office’, for the
benefit of all persons interested. The act of
12th March, 1860, limits the time for select
ing the remainder of the swamp lands to two
years from the adjournment of the next legis
lature of this State.
Very respectfully, etc.
J. D. KIMBELL,
Swamp Land Sec’y.
General Land Office, ?
June 5, 1860. $
Register and Receiver,
Little Rock, Arkansas—
Gentlemen : The office of Surveyor Gen
eral for the district of Arkansas, having been
abolished, the duty of reporting to this office
the selections remaining to be made by the
State authorities, will be devolved upon you,
so far as the lands are found to be within your
district, mis being me case, it Decomes ne
cessary to furnish you with a system of in
structions which will govern you in your ac
tion.
I have therefore to state the following as
the principles established with reference to
this grant, to wit:
1st. That as the grant contemplates the in
undation of extensive regions of country, by
such natural arteries as the Mississippi, the
lands evidently iutended to be granted are those
which by reason of their swampy character,
.and their liability to overflow are worthless
in their natural condition, and whereon crops
cannot be raised without reclamation by levees
and drains. An overflow or inundation from
casual caqpe, merely temporary in its effects,
does not bring the lands within the law, and
cannot be said in any proper sense to render
them “unfit for cultivation”—the law con
templates such long continued overflow, or
--feeshets only as wouhl totally destroy crops
and prevent the raising of the same without
artificial means by levees, etc., such as are
found on the Mississippi river.
2d. Bodies of land covered by shallow lakes
or ponds, which may become dry by evapora
tion or other natural cause, do not come with
i in the meaning of the act.
1 3d. Lands which have been disposed of bj
the general government prior to the date ol
their selection cannot be claimed as swamp, as
they are excluded by direct operation of law
•from the swamp grant.
[ Testimony now, after the lapse of nine year;
I to be available, must be explicit, resting upoi
personal and exact knowledge of the location:
claimed, and must relate to each quarte:
; section or other equivalent legal subdivi
• sion. This testimony must be made by partie.
, having no interest present or prospective, di
' rect or indirect, and must state the name of thi
’ river or water course, whereby the lands an
- | submerged and rendered useless for arable pur
, poses in their natural condition.
I enclose herewith a blank form of proo
1 which you will require from the State author
- ities, and if lists of lands of this class are fur
- nished to you accompanied with such evidence
^ you are directed to report them to this offic
. in the manner set forth in the form “ B ” here
with, after making a careful examination o
tj said proof and rendering your own decisioi
I thereon as to whether the several tracts ar
" •
swamps or not within the meaning of the act.
The evidence furnished by the State should
also be sent to this office in a separate pack
age, and be marked in such manner as will
enable us readily to identify the same with the
tracts as arranged in the list to be prepared by
you after your examination and decision.—
You will as required by law exclude from
your lists all tracts which have been disposed
of prior to the date ef selection.
As soon as the lists are furnished to you by
the State authorities in accordance with the
requirements in the case, and have been ar
ranged as hereinbefore directed you will make
full entries thereof in the proper place in
your tract books, with the words, “ State, Oct.
28 Sept., 1850,” and the date of the selection.
Upon your plats you will indicate the lands
by some convenient mark of reference to a
similar note to be written on the margin there
of ; and then withhold the tracts from sale or
other disposition, unless otherwise especially
directed by this office.
I enclose herewith, also, a copy of the act
of 12th March, 1860, limiting the time within
which the selections remaining are to be made.
Very respectfully,
vour o’bt serv’t,
' JOS. WILSON,
Commissioner.
State o'f Arkansas, )
County of-1 $
I —., the agent for the State of Arkan
sas, duly appointed under an act of the Legis
lature thereof to select the swamp and over
flowed lands within the county of-, being
duly sworn, depose and say, that I am well ac
quainted with the mode and manner of sur
veying and marking the pnblic lands, that I
have made a personal examination on the
ground of each of the several tracts herein de
scribed, to wit:
And from such personal examination on the
ground, have ascertained, and know, and here
by make oath that the greater part of each one
of the quarter sections of the foregoing
tracts is “ swamp and overflowed land,
made unfit thereby for cultivation,” and is in
fact unfit for cultivation without necessary
levees and drains to reclaim the same, that
they are made such by reason of the overflow
ing of (here give the name of the river, the
cause of the overflow) in such manner that no
crop can be raised thereon by reason of its
overflowed and swamp condition ; that they
are not shallow lakes or ponds which by na
tural causes may become dry, and that such
was the character thereof on the 28th Septem
ber, 1850, the day of the passage of the grant,
and further, that I have no interest direct or
indirect, present or prospective in the issue,
or in any parcel of land herein described.
Subscribed and sworn to )
before me, this-day >
of--186-. )
Unhappy Marriages.
The Ledger gives advice to “ unhappy
married people,” a class of beings who,
we trust, form but a small minority of the
community. But the experience of our
cotemporary would seem to have been ex
tensive. We quote for the benefit of whom
it may concern:
“ It happens seldom that two human be
ings are so exquisitely adapted to one an
other, by nature and education, that they
can acquire the art of living happily to
gether, without being compelled to make
painful sacrifices of habit, taste and feel
ing. After the glow and delusion of the
honeymoon are past, each has to learn that
the other has faults which were not per
ceived before ; each has to discover that
the other is a fallible and limited human
being—not an angel, not a hero, not a
saint. Each has acquired in their pre
vious course through life, a bundle of those
obstinate things called habits, some of
which are sure to seein unreasonable and
unwise, and none of which can be laid
aside without an effort. Each has formed
strong attachments, and, perhaps, strong
opinions. The habits conflict, the opinions
clash, and unless each of the mated two
cherish the true spirit of friendly compro
mise, unhappiness is certain to follow quick
upon the tumultuous joy of the espousals.
Generally, this spirit of mutual concessions
is not acquired immediately. The art of
living together justly and joyously is one
which is intrinsically difficult, and upon
which the appointed teachers of men throw
little light. If a tenth part of the genius
and the toil which have been wasted upon
questions of metaphysics, had been ex
pended upon elucidating the laws relating
to the human temper, we should, by this
time, probably, have reached important
anrt rlafinita nrinr.inlpa. the knnwlodcre of
which would greatly smooth the path that
leads to married happiness. As it is, we
have all to solve the great problem unas
sisted and to learn the secret after many
months or years of experience, more or
less bitter according as our own natures
are more or less reasonable. One error,
we find, is cherished by nearly all unhap
py married people ; namely, each thinks
that the fault is all on the other side. The
husband lakes it for granted that all would
be well with them if only his wife were a
little different from what she is, and the
wife feels sure that perfect happiness would
be the instantaneous result if only thal
husband of hers were not quite so unrea
sonable* In almost all cases, this opinion
is erroneous. There cannot be a quarrei
unless both are in fault. There can sef
dom be permanent estrangement withou
previous fault on both sides.
Simplicity.—“ How admirable ” sayi
Racine, “ is the wisdom of the Evauge
lists. They never speak injuriously of the
enemies of Jesus Christ, of his judges
nor of his executioners. They report the
fact without a single refledtion. Thej
comment neither on their Master’s mild
ness when he was smitten, nor on his con
stancy in the hour of ignominious death
' which they thus describe, “and they cru
. cified Jesus. ”
A Sister’s Love.—Beautiful is th
love of a sister; the kiss that has no guile
and no passion; the trugh is purity, am
’ briugeth peace and satisfaction to thi
, heart, and no fever to the pulse. Beauli
> fuljis the love of a sister—it is moonligh
; on our.palh—it hath light, but no heat; i
, is of heaven, and yet sheds its peace upo.
i the earth.
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ITALY.
At this moment Italy and Rome receive
the attention of the world, and while the
one is gaining strength, the other is losing
it. The “Eternal City” is tottering, and
the Vatican echoes but the soft stealthy
tread and cautious whisper of priest and
prelate. What thoughts of grandeur gone,
and poverty now supremo, arise before us
as we look to the pages of the past and
dwell on the facts of the present. Italy,
the land of the blue skies and snow-clad
Alps, of the arts and sciences, music and
poetry, is drawing its curtain for joyous
morning, as the night hour of its century’s
dream is closing. Hope urges the sunny
children on, and Determination points tbs
way where Independence reigns.
Of this fair, yet sorrowful land—sorrow
ful no longer, we hope—let us give some
facts that speak her importance more than
all the fancy of poet or eloquence of states
man.
The population of Italy is 27,107,139
inhabitants. The population is divided
among fifteen States, eight of which, com
prising 19,913,304 souls, are under Italian
Governments; seven, with a population of
7,193,743, are under foreign rule.
There are in Italy 110 provinces and
10,012 communes. The country contains
numerous large cities, nineteen of which
have over 50,000 inhabitants, and eight
others surpass 100,000. These latter are
Rome, Naples, Palermo, Venice, Flor
ence, Milan, Genoa and Turin. Nearly
all the inhabitants profess the Roman
Catholic religion ; the number belonging
to other Christian denominations is 16,
676, and there are 41,497 Jews. The
births largely exceed the deaths, and the
increase of population is most remarkable
in Sicily and Tuscany, where it would
double in seventy-three years.
Italy alone possesses one-half of all the
bishoprics in Europe—256 of the 535.—
The proportion is 90,000 Catholics per
diocese. In the Roman States there is
one bishop to every 400,000 people. The
regular and secular clergy of both sexes
count, in Italy, 18^,000 members. They
are to the entire population as 1 to 142.
Ut all Italy, ana probably tne entire worm,
Sicily is the country in which priests are
most numerous, there being 33,266, or one
to every 69 inhabitants.
In Italy there are published nearly 300
newspapers, of which number 117 beloug
to Sardinia, though that State possesses
but one-fifth of the population.
About the middle of the year 1858 Italy
possessed 1,757 kilometres, 1,098 miles of
railroads terminated; 2,339 kilometers
(1,462 miles) in progress, and 534 kilo
metres about to be commenced.
One of the principal industries of the
couutry is the production of silk. In ordi
nary years the value of this commerce
amounts to from 200 to 230 millions of
francs. Lombardy alone, which in terri
tory only represents a fifteenth part of
Italy, produces one-third of the silk.
The revenues of the various Italian
States reach yearly the sum of about 600
million francs, or 120 million dollars. The
expenses surpass the receipts, by forty
million francs, and the united public debts
amount to the enormous sum of 2,000,
000,000 of francs, or in round numbers,
$400,000,000.
Commerce is active, but tho high tariffs,
of most of the States, and the different
lines of customs, which tax and embarrass
trade, are great drawbacks to the pros
perity of business and the increase of con
sumption. The mercantile marine of
Italy is larger in proportion than that of
any other country of Europe with the ex
ception of England.
When united under one conservative,
wise and constitutional government, aa
there is no doubt Italy will be ere many
summers pass, this beautiful land will
have made a rapid Btride toward her an
cient glory and prosperity.—[N. O. True
Delta.
Strong Argument vs. Strong But
ter.—Why is it, my son, that when you
drop your bread and butter it is always the
outier sioe uowu s
I don’t know. It hadn’t orter, had it.
The strongest side ought to be up, and this
is the strongest butter I ever seed.
Hush up; it’s some of your aunt’s churn
ing.
Did she churn it ? the great lazy thing.
What, your aunt ?
No, this here butter. To make that
poor old woman churn it, when it strong
enough to churn itself.
Hush, Zeb, I’ve ate a great deal worse
in the most aristocratic houses.
Well, people of rank ought to eat it.
Why people of rank ?
’ Cause h’a rank butter!— -
You varmint you ! what makes you talk
so smart?
’Cause the butter has taken the skin oil
my tongue, mother?
Zeb, dont lie ! I can’t throw away the
i butter.
I’ll tell you, ma, what I’d do with it.—
Keep it to draw blisters. You ought tc
see the flies keel over as soon as they
touch it.
Zeb, don’t exaggerate; but here is a
quarter; go to the store and buy a pound
of fresh.
I ^ w ^
8SF“ A clergyman, while engaged ir
catechising a number of boys, asked ont
, of them the definition of matrimony.—
The reply was. “ A place of punishment
I where some folks suffer for a time befori
they can go to heaven.”
86^“ A philosopher, on being asket
t from whom he received the first lesson ii
t wisdom, replied. “From the blind^v^
1 never take a step until thev *-*
ground before the"- '*
The Max “ Without an Enemy. —>
Heaven help the man who imagines he
can dodge “ enemies” by trying to please
everybody! If such an individual ever
succeeded, we should be glad to know it.
Not that we believe in a man’s going
through the world trying to find beams to
knock his head against; disputing every
man’s opinions; fighting and elbowing and
crowding all who differ from him. That
again is another extreme. Other people
ha ve a right to their opinions—so have you;
don’t fall into the error of supposing they
will respect you leas for maintaining it—
or respect you more for turning your coat
every day to match the color of theirs.-*
Wear your own colors, spite of wind and
weather, storms or sunshine. It costs the
vaciliating and irresolute ten times the
trouble to wind, and shuffle, and twist, that
it does honest, manly independence to
stand its ground. Take what time you
please to make up your mind; having
made it up, slick to it!
__* ,,, *
VST A florist of many years experi
ence, gives the following receipt for pre
serving boqueta for an indefinite period
which may be useful to our lady readers.
When you receive a boquet, sprinkle it
lightly with fresh water. Then put it in a
vessel containing some soap-suds, which
nutrify the roots and keep the flowers as
bright as new. Take the boquet out of
suds every morning, and lay it sideways,
stock entering first in the water—keep it
there a minute or. two, then take it out and
sprinkle the flowers lightly by the hand
with the water. Replace it in the soap
suds and it will bloom as fresh as when
first gathered.
The soap-suds need changing every
three or four days. By observing these
rules a boquet can be kept bright and
beautiful for at least a month, and will last
still longer in a very passible state ;■ but
ihe attention to the fair but frail creatures,
as directed above, must be strictly observ
ed, or the last rose of summer will not be
left fading alone, but all will perish.
To Keep Butter Fresh.—The Farm
Journal, a German paper, published at
Allentown, Pennsylvania^ say* that butter —
will remain fresh and sweet for six months,
and even longer, if prepared in the fol
lowing manner: Take butter as it cornea
from the churn, and wash the buttermilk
thoroughly out of it; then dry the surface
of the butter with y clean cloth, break into
small pieces and pack it solid into a crock.
The air must be entirely expelled. Set
the crock in a kettle over the fire until the
water boils. While boiling remove them
from the fire, and let the crock remain in
the water until cold. Then place the crock
in a cool place. The object in boiling is
to purify the butter and precipitate the
miik which remains in it previous to boil
ing, to the bottom of the crock.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMsT~
8®“ There is a man who is such a tre
mendous hater of monarchy that he will
not even wear a crown in his hat.
The confidential friendship of two
bad and cunning men is generally /in in
jury to others, and no benefit to them
selves.
WSF A question for discussion was
brought before a down east Lyceum.
-Gan a big man ache harder than a little
man?’
g®“ Knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much, wisdom is humble that
he knows no more.
A Clown's Conundrum.—Why is
there never any such a thing as one whole
day ? Because every day begins by
breaking.
C®“ Yon can easily keep yourself
throughout the winter from freezing, by
ge.iting continually into hot water with
your neighbors.
fi®“ Wholesale sentiment is rain,
which makes the fi'dd of daily life fresh
and odorous.
846“ A boot has been invented with a
lamp in the heel. The lamp gives light
and also keeps the foot warm.
84?“ The imagination is the roof-win
dow of the soul, the senses are the base
ment windows.
8S3“ Love may exist without jealousy,
although this is rare ? but jealousy may
exist without love, and this is common.
863“ It is only the calm waters that
reflect heaven in their breast.
fi@“ This earth is a great envelope
into which God has pul a love-letter ad
dressed to man.
WST" Papa, I kuow what makes some
sou?” “ Because they kick so. ” “ Mary,
put that boy to bed, he is so sharp be will
cut somebody.”
846“ “My brudders,” said a waggish
colored man to a crowd, “in all affliction,
in all your (rubbles, dar is one place you
can always find sympathy. “Whar,”
shouted several. “In de dictionary,” bo
replied, rolling his eyes towards (be sky.
gSI“T am afraid you will come to
want said an old lady to a young gentle
man. ‘I have come to want already’ he
replied ‘I want your daughter!’
8®“ Every desire bears its death in its
very' gratfication. Curiosity languishes
under repeated btiuntlants, and novelties
cease to excite surprise, until at length we
• cannot even wonder gt a miracle.
8*3“ Man seems at best a kind of Tide
mill ; poor devil, he has no dam or peren*
, nial stream within himself; but placed as
i be is on the shores of the sea of Infinite
i bein'', with i’s ceaseless ebb and flow, he
(Vnauages to get a little impulse, and grinds
' wis grist more 01 less indifferently »' '