IVOR i.M i: VT. OKS ARC, ARKANSAS, .T A SrlrAUY 18. 18(30. NT M EER 30.
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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT, t
We have supplied ourselves with a good r
assortment of Printing Material, and are i
readv to execute ail 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
[ 'ion, for Cle ks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
I euca, Constables, &.c.
J. TAP A BEAM, i
ARCHITECT,
c xu ruNTEi; as a jo iiver, g
a
i
f
p ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of ,
? L Des Arc and vicinity, that lie is prepared ,
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
| PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS .
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
f has the contract for the same.
j'JT From his experience, both as an archi- J
; tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
can r.ender entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
ir>
CARPENTER AND JOJXER, ‘
r T A ViNG permanently located at Des Arc,
I 1 Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in TSSS I.iuc nf JJtHiiiess. ,
\ in a satisfactory manner. From his expo- I
l rience. he feels confident that those who favor Fj
him with contracts will have no cause to re- ,|
I gret it.
JRDERS FROM THE COUNTRY. ’
Left at G. W. Vaoen's Store, will meet
with prompt attention. jun2U-ty r
ALEX. LEUDERS, ;
HOUSE, S I <; X . AXIS FRESCO f
PAINTER, l
DBS ARC. Ark.—Also,- Con ioae Pain ing, o
Furniture Varnishing, Graining, Paper- it
Hanging, &c. All work done in the best style, w
Shop in the building formerly occu- f
pied as the “ Citizen” Office, near the Landing,
junla-tf p
Faini 1 y CSr®ccrj. \
H E N R Y JA CKSON, _
AT HIS “OLD S T A N D1
CORNER OK BUENA Vl*l’A AND WOODRUFF STS.? el
O E H A IS c , A fit ii •, v
(i ONTL\ (J F.S to keep constantly on hand a ;
J full assortment of C
Family Groceries, J,
' which he offers for sale at moderate prices, Cl
auM on reasonable terms.
nw The highest prices will be paid for g
| Rutter, Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
; of the farm and the garden.
(jgg-His Bur is supplied with the best of 1
| Liquors. *J
ii-W Remember the “ Old Stand,” which p
he has occupied during the past six years. A
jnn29-ly (£
Fresh Bru^s and Medicines,. "
ALWAYS on hand Wholesale and Retail, at _
. the Des Arc City Drug Store. s
apriltS- D. P. BLACK & CO. J
SIT P E RIOR LIQUORS k
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, ?.
HAVE arrived and are offered for sale at j'
the Des Arc City Drug Store, on moder- J.
j a'e terms. Druggists' can be supplied by ^
Wholesale at low figures.
Extra fine Brandies. j.
“ “ Wines. , T
<• <• Gin. ' I
“ “ Rum. vi
Also—Extra fine Spanish Cigars, and a ?u- g.
j perior article of Chewing Tobacco. The
above Liquors are exclusively for Medicindi
! purposes. The extra fme Cigars and extra ~
fine Tobacco will commend themselves to those
who use them, novlfi D. T. Black & Co.
Q U I X I N E. (
}FRENCH, English and American, Whole- v
- sale and Retail, at the City Drug Store
Wholesale purchasers will he furnished at
low figures, [aprill?] D. P. Black & Co.
~ B. B. TOOTSCST"
[ BUGGY AND CARRIAGE 1
3Vt omifao tviror •
ouE Hickory Plain, Ark.,
\ }'-•—■t-fflr*’ Will make and repair Buggies I
““ “—and Carriages, to order. Or- ^
dersrrespectfnlly solicited.
I»3^“ All orders will be readily attended to,
all new work warranted twelve months. I re- j ]
: turn my thanks to the public for past favors, I
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the j b<
future. nov23-tf. j ic
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
• firtUcttl Card.
Dr. S. CHRNIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies die inhabitant* of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
e-tnhlished himself permanently at thi< place
for the practice of his profession, and as a
speciality, those branches of it pertaining to '
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Oheniva has a right lo hope, after a
successful peaclice of fourteen years in Louis
sane—and nine year; of which was in the
city of New Orleans. Ibat he may also deserve i
th> confidence of a generous and enlightened I
public, in this State.
N. R. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cmed according to a modern and !
approved system.
(2-^“ Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-t f.
tjRi N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residence
leretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
id. offers his professional services to Ihe.
atjblic.
Iffi" Calls promptly attended lo. [apr I-1v.
W\R J. C GOODWIN, determined lo
remain permanently in Des Are, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the mod approv
’d principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
IE?" Thankful for the libera! patronage he
las heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
ts continuance.
(]Ep* Office at D. P. Black & Co’s.. Drug
itore. aprill-ly
rhR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
l'rly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
its professional services to the citizens of
he town and vicinity, Office over Washer,
faughan fc Co’s Store. [marll-ty.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis!
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
coders his professional services to the citi
ens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
ong experience in thehealing art in the West,
atters himself that ho will share (heir pat
nnnffP. Oi'i'irv. nn Rni>nn Vista
tesidence on Woodruff street. dec.b-tf
DR. V\. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Sf.r
ices to the public, @3?” Calls promptly at
ended to. • may29, 1858—ly*
[Ar7 WRFTHELL, "wilf continue
i / the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
icinity. From his long experience in his
rofession, and having resided in Arkansas
uring the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
eivo a share of the public patronage.—
©fiice at Lane & Watts’s Drug
lore. Residence in the building formerly
ccupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-IT
[Vr-jD. LANE, will Practice Modi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
■«sion. and respectfully tenders his services to
le citizens of Des Arc and surrounding conn- 1
■y. hoping to share at least, a portion of their t
ali enage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street. I
mavl5-tf
1', B. iWa'^'G
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
T>KS ARC, ARKANSAS.
@35^ Special attention given to collecting,
jand-t f.
^ U. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
... • Little Rock, Arkansas, Office on Mark*
am street. janll-tf. <
. S. G A NTT. W. J. BRONAUGH ;
A ANTT& BRONAUGH, Attohneys ,
F at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will s
(end promptly to any business confided to d
lem. sept 14 tf
r A CO BtT MORR l LL, Attor n e y a t s
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
. .. r». — / t?..r. A. \ /%,.
ountv. Ohio. [juf27-lf.
E. GATEWOOD*.J . A. MOON.
'1 ATE WOOD & MOON, Land
J Agents and I’kw. Estate Bpokirs,
os Arc. Arkansas. Will attend to payment (
1 (axes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil- I
ary lands. Blanks of every description al- i
ays on hand.ausdl-l f. h
rB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc. s
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of .
rairie. White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran
s. Jackson, and Independence counties. All r
isiness intrusted to his cate shall meet with
•omnt attention. (&Slr Qvfice on Lyon
reel. [jun8-tf °
E. GATEWOOD. Attornet at
Law, I)es Ate, Prairie county. Arkansas, h
ri"ll practice in ihe counties of Prairie. Ar- tl
insas, Monroe, S' . Francis, Jackson, White, I
onwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land c
itlos." and act as General Land Agent, tl
•oinpt attention given to all business enti ust- f
1 lo him. 1 “
Oft-icE—First door up stairs, one door "
ast of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store. V1
fehIJ-tf. ___£
W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, n
, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will -
aatice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
On roe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
2^” Prompt attention given to the collection
claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
g taxes on land. £5?” Office on Lyon street. C
sept26-tf _____
M’r. W. WILLIAMS.W. X.. D. WILLIAMS. 1
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At- 1
1 * torneys at T.xw, T.itlle Rock, Ar- b
insas. Office on Markham street. One of c
ir firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
here lie can be consulted on professional a
isincss, and'will give his personal attention
all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to s
cm. ' ___deed_
L. HOLLOW ELL..W. D. JACOWAY.
TOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
| torneys at Law, Dacdanelle, Arkansas.
’ill practice in the counties of Yell.' Perry,
dine, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
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N. HENKEL.A. D. HENKEL, V
Memphis. New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
IOTTON FACTORS, ac
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
may4-ly Memphis, Tent
A VERY STABLE. 1
J. M. ROBINSON, s
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
uT)I IS PREPARED to accommo-'T^rr* A
date the public with ClO-2
il or ses, Buggies, Carriages, Kc.J
gy Persons aniving at Des Arc by steam- (
>ats, will be promptly conveyed to any point ■ k
the interior. £ ju! 13-lyJ | -
Srlvauia Academy,
PRAIRIECO., ARK.
MISS n. n. S.4FFOHD,
PR.NGi.^AL.
rpHE exercises of this in** But ion will be
J resumed on *he lfet Mono' -v of Sopf^mber.
Term?, per Session op Five Month?.
Primary Department:* • *• ..$!*> 00
First Academic Ohi-s*.. 12 00
Second Academic Class, embracing Al
gebra. Geometry. Astronomy, Slc • • 10 00
French and Latin.i. 10 00
Music. 20 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Incidental. 50
ir.Ft RKNCES—Rev. J. W. Moore, Col. J.
M. Bell. John McIntosh, Oakland G'ove;
Dr. J. \T. Waddell. La Grange. Teon.j Rev. (
H. P. Thompson. Bolivar, Tenn.j A. L. Lew
is, Oxford. Miss. aoa3-ly.
ED UC A TIO ,\ALr
THE third session of tli** “I)c«
^ Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of j
Miss BRACK. will be open for the j
reception of pupils on the First
Monday of September i- xi.
Terms, per Si>riov of Five Month. :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00 j
Orthography, Heading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic. 12 00
l he above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 11 00
High Branches. 16 00
instrumental Music. 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Pupil, charged from time of entering,
md no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
ixcept in cajps of protracted sickness.
Dus Arc, July 27, 1859.-tf.
AND KSOV & WOKFE,
HOUSE, SIGrUST
A N D
Ornamental Painters,
SotitatorK of ,BH Ifimis
W©©© Aj5© MAT.'B'L'Ej
’APLR HANG RS FflESCOERS, CIAZIERS, &.C.,
(0TA II o>dei s ptoiuplly abended io.
decM-ly.
J GRIFFITH,
BL A.CIvS MITII
AND
WA.GOST \
WOODRUFF S T REE i~,
s Air®, ir a* hn® (D®.s Airlk,
Wagons. Curts, ... |
Drays. Wheel-bar- jJJ*!?5 !
.*• lows, fcc.. made to — JkV*.
irdcr on short notice. Repairing and planta- j
ion work done on the usual time for prompt I;
Hiving ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
£3?" AH new work must be cash oh its
QLMVAI.UST. J. GltimTH. 1
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. “21. 1859.-1 y. i
BLACKS JJ / fi /"/JVG" - !
Wagon and Baggy Making. 1
MARTIN SHET TER. I
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
niHANKl'UL to the 1
| people for their past fa-{( I t
'SswKJw vors.respectfully announces \> 0 I
lat he h is opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
and, on Park sl.ie»t, where he is prepared to .
sail kinds of wo k in the above line. ’
Bu^*Bli)cksmithing, wagon and bnggv build- f
ig. wheelbarrows, repairing, &e., done on |
ior notice. (
({^“Horse-shoeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf_ s
J 0 HN Me NAHEE, '
T . # I 3, fP i! , 1
FI o a 6 r* #> & i> (r q ■* a n a
^ HOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET— j
5 opposite the “Nucleus Hon.-e”—where he
prepared to execute all kinds of work in
is line of business, in a neat and fashionable
July 27, 1859.—[if] J
17. n\ a rv ss #;* / 1
pO THOSE persons who are very par- 1
I ticular with regard to time, we can now' J
Ter Watches perfectly adjusted and regulated, i
hich will give entire ,
StTISl ACTIOS ,
i time-keeping. We know this by trials of ;
le vvaU be-j we are aiming to supply TIME 1
lEEPERS, and are giving attention espe- c
ally iothe regulation of all our watches, so ,
lat our customers shall not be troubled with .
mlty, or irregular pieces of machinery, that \
ave only the appearance of being watches,
hile in fact thev ai * not -o. We shall al- |
ays hold ourselves it. readiness to make good 11
/ery thing we say in regard to all that we .
■II. J. E. MKRRIM AN At CO.. '
ar25-tf] 253 Main street, Memphis, Teno. 1
-. jj
Private Entertainment, <
BY HENRY JACKSON, !
..AT THE OLD STAND.. t
tNE MILE WEST OF DES ARC, r
(On Hie Main Rood to Fort Smith.) I
"YAVING ereccied a large and ■'N-™y [
comuiod ous Building, he is now/' ('j y j
etter prepared. 1 ban even Heretofore, to ac- f
aminodate the public witli entertainment.
1^ His rates of charges are reasonable. ’
nd his Accommodations are inferior to none, c
He has excellent Slables, and necessary i
idlers for wagons, carriages, &c. .
jun'29-ly
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE, I
Res Arc, Ark., ,
ZEEPS constantly on Inind a general t
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES, ,
hich he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also—All kinds of wines, Liquors, .
ohacr o, Cigars, &c. 1
frjg* The highest price, either in Cash or i
roceries, paid for Butter. Eggs, Poultry, and ,
1 kinds of country produce. mayd tf
JORDAN BODEMER, 1
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING, J
[AIR-DRESSING SALOON. a
-ALSO
HAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING, v
YUEN A VISTA Street, south-side, two *
J doors east of G. St J. McLaren’s, Des
rc, Arkansas. janll-tf. t
Ju^t ileceiv-d
1 IX pieces of Carpeting assorted. For sale
5 at low figures. j *
dec21. G. Sl J. MCLAREN, A Co. jp
[From the New York Day Hook.
The Land of the South.
■ T ADRIAN ALL.
‘Knnwyelhfhiniloflhecyprrs.tand myrllt.’
Know ye the lam! where tbe tall mountains
rise
Their battlements heel ling ’mid bluest of «lt ies?
Where limpid lymph rivers o’er bi ight vallies
wind.
More beautiful v«!e«than Ihe dales of 'he Ind?
Know ye the land whe e (he-jessamine blows.
The magnolia an I lamel. the az.iliu and roseV I
Where sofi-sigbiiig zephyrs at, evening tide i
come.
Bringing perfume ami ordora from blossom
and bloom;
And scattering their fragrance go bounding 1
away.
To danc» wiih the moonbeams and sport 10
Ihe spray,
Flittirtgthem heie and tossing them there.
On tbe leaves, on the lea, everywhere, every
whete; I
’Tis the land of the South where in boyhood
1 9! rayed, j
And with the wild wind9 and the butterflies ,
played;
Chased from their lairs in the green wavy
weeds,
The yellow-winged hoppers that peopled the
meads.
Watched the b: ight clouds as, white, fleecy,
they flew.
Like silvery snow barques, o’er the sky’s
ocean blue;
Heard with d' light every biid sing and ti ill,
From bowers and thickets,from woodland and
hill.
Know ye that land? Oh! beneath the warm
sun
None other so fair, so enchanting, no, none!
’Tis the land of the South; ’tis the home of
i»v youth;
My soul, how it worships thee! Land of tb?
South! J
Alabama, IS39.
9ea. Jackson—His Valor when a Boy.
The following' incident of the boyhood
sf Gen. Jackson, is copied from Paitoa's
Life of Jackson. It occurred during the
partisan war in the VVaxhaws:
In that fierce, Sculch-Indian warfare
die absence of a father from borne was j
often a better protection to bis family
ihan his presence; because hie presence
invited attack. The main object of both
parties was to kill the fighting men, and
0 avenge the slaying of partisans. The
louse of the quiet hero Hicks, for exam- j
lie, was safe, until it was noised about 'i
unoiig the lories iliat Iiicks was at home, i i
\ml thus it came to puss, that when a j
Whig soldier of any note desirde to spend ]
t night with his family, his neighbors
vere accustomed to turn oui and serve as j
1 guard to his house while lie slept. Be- <
mid Robert and Andrew Jackson, with j
ix others, thus employed one night in the .
ipririg ol 17S1, at the domicil of a neigh
>or, Capt. Sands. The guard on this oc- *
:asion was more a friendly tribute to an j
tclive partisan than a service considered 1 |
lecessary to his safety. In short, the I
light was not far advanced befoie the11
vltole party were snugly housed and i
tretchod upon the floor, all sound asleep, i
■xcept one, a Biitish deserter, who was
estless, and dozed at intervals. I
Danger was near. A band gf torie3, c
ient on taking the life of Captain Sands, J
pproached the bouse in two division; one
iaay moving towards the front door, the 1
'her towards the back. The wakeful j
oldier, bearing a suspicious noise, ro»e,'.
vent out of doors to learn its cause, and
aw the foe stealthily nearing the house. v
le ran in in terror, and seized Andrew c
aekson, who lay uexl the door, by the n
air, and exclaimed: tl
“The lories are upon us!*’
Andrew sprang up and ran out. seeing ! (j
body of men in the distance, he placed
lie end of his gun in the low fork of a ,
ree near the door, and hailed them. No
eply. lie hailed them a second tune.—
fo reply. They quickened their pace,
nd had come within a few rods of the
oor. By this time, too, the guard in the |(
ouse had been roused, and were gathered ,
a a group behind the boy. Andrew dis-i '
hurged his musket, upon which the to- v
ies fired a volley, which killed the hap- ,
liss deserter who had given the alarm. C
'he other party of lories, who were ap- v
roaching the house from the other side ^
earing this discharge, and the rush of ®
ullets above their heads, supposed that 111
le firing issued from a party that had is-’ *
tied from the house. They now fired a '
olley, which sent a shower of balls whist
ng about the heads of their friends on a
tie other side. Both parlies hesitated,;
nd then halted. Andrew having thus, i U
y his single discharge, puzzled and stop- 111
ed the enemy, retired to the house where .1
e and his comrades kept up a brisk fire ;1
rorn the windows. Une of the guard i;
ell mortally wounded by his side, and an- |jj
titer received a wound less severe. In j
he midst of this singular contest, a bugle j
/as heard some distance off, sounding the ^
avulry charge; whereupon the lories 1
oncluding iliai they had come upon an .
in bush of Whigs, and were about to he *
ssailed by iiorse and on fool, fled to i (j
/here they had left their horses, mount- |
d, dashed pell-mell into the woods, and *
/ere seen no more. It appeared after- ; |
/ards, that the bugle-charge was sounded '
y a neighbor, who judging from the 1
oise of musketry that Captain Sand* if
/as attacked, and having not a single
tan with him iri his house, gave the blast; s
pon the trumpet, thinking that even k I
rick so.stale, aided by the darkness ofj*1
le night, might have some effect in a
lartning the assailants.
-A lecturer asserted that bitter things I a
rere hot. ‘Xo,* suggested Brown,‘not a bit- j
ir cold day.’ j o
-Love is better than a pair of spectacles s
> make every thing greater which is seen v
lrough it. ^ J u
-“Up to snuff” is now retWered, “Eleva- li
id to an equal capacity with the titillating . 0
articles of the tobacco plant ”
HOW THE STATE J GOT MAMED.
Maine was so railed as early as 1(336,
from Maine in France, of which Henri
rieiia Maria, Queen of England, was at
that time proprietor.
New Hampshire was the name given
to the territory conveyed by the Plymouth
Company to Captain John Ma*<n, by pa
tent. November 7, 1739, with reference to
the patentee who was Governor of Ports
mouth in Hampshire, England.
Vermont was no called by the inhabi
tants in their declaration of independence,
January 15, 1776, from the French verJ,
green, and mount, mountain. |
Massachusetts was named from a tribe
of Indians in the neighborhood of Boston.
The tribe is thought to derive its name
from the blue hills of Milton. "I have
learned,” said Roger Williams, ••that
Massachusetts was so called from tiie
Biue Hills.” *
Rhode Island was so called in 1714, in
reference to the Island of Rhodes, in the
Mediterranean. I
New York was so called in reference to '
the Duke of York and Albany, to whom 1
this territory was granted.
Pennsylvania was so called in 1531, 1
after William Penn. i'
Delaware was so called 1702. from the i1
Delaware Bay, on which n lies, and which :
received its name from Lord La Warr, 1
who died in this bay.
Maryland was so called in honor of I
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I. in J
Ins patent to Lord Baltimore, June 30,
1632. . i
Virginia was so called in 1531, af^*r
Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England.
Carolina was called by tiie French in ,
1561, in houor of King Charles IX, of
France.
Georgia was so called in 1632, in houor ( I
jf King George II. I *
Alabama was so called in 1817, from its *
principal river. ' I
Mississippi was so called in 1800, from 1
Is western boundary. Mi.-sissioni is said 1
ci deno'e die whole river loaned by the ‘
Jinonuf many. 1
Louisiana was so called, in honor of '
Louis XIV, of France. jf
Tennessee was so called in 1790, from *
is principal river. The word Tennessee I
s said lo signify a cuived spoon. |*
Kentucky was so called in 1762 from its 1
irincipal river. 1t
Illinois was so called in 1807, from its l
irincipal river. The word signifies river I
if men. !"
Indiana was so called in 1592 from the i I
American Indians. I
Ohio was so called in 1S92 from its s
outhern boundaiy. IA
Missouri was so called in 1S24, from its 1
irincipal river. *
Michigan was so called in 1802, from d
ae lake on its borders. h
Arkansas was so called in 1819, from |P
Us principal river. "
Florida was so called by Juan Ponce u
)e Leon, 1651, because it was discovered h
n Easier-Sunday— in Spanish, "Puicue j1
lorida." 'I
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WINTER SCENE.
Ben. Taylor, of the Chicago (Illinois) j
ournal, is one of the most delightful
rriLera in the American press. His fun
iful sketches on homely subjects are so f<
•any poems. The following, appropos to J
te season, is as tasteful as pretty:
Thai old red sleigh, with its long boi f<
mt never was full—for, down in the *
raw, wrapped in the robes, or on one or ] r
umber of the four seals it contained. ' tl
lere was alwiys room for one more— 1 <1
'hat a grouping of bright young faces o
mt used lo be in it! Faces in hoods, in 'e
rps and in blankets Hearts that have g
»ved since; hearts that have broken; 'C(
earls that have mouldered! And away la
re went, over the lull and through the : d
ale; under the moonlight, and under ihe it
outl; when the stars were looking down; I P
hen the sun kindled the world into a l<
real white jewel. But those days have ■ "I
oue forever away, and the sweet old >s
ecklace of bells, big in the middle of the s<
■ling, and growing small by degrees, has h
»at its power over the pulses. "
In ttiut old sleigii, brides have gone It
way before now—those that were mar- *1
ed to manhood those that were “married 01
nto death.” Great ships have goue over I d
le waters with less of hope and happi- lf
ess than that rude craft has borne over "
le billows of winter. Swan-like shapes|°
o-.v move along the nariowy way; but 8i
ive us, for its sweet memories of yesler- j tl
ay, the old red sleigh. , "
Then the days when we were ‘coasters;’ <t
nd down the big hill, by the maple wood, *
trough the ditches, far into the valley, we "
tine with a merry shout, each the solitary d
'aliuurus of his own small craft. How n
ke a flock of swallows we were, dashing jd
own the declivity, in among a group of a
eds, side by side with a rival, shooting if
y like an arrow, steering in ahead gal
mtly like a jockey, and on our way up 91
rith a sled in tow, ere the party had «'
lached the valley below.
And then >t was, when the wind had U|
ivept away the suow from pond and k
ream, and the ice was “glare,” that we ft
ut on the “rockers,” and darted hither <1
ltd thither, and cut sixes and eights, and P'
urves without uutuber, and drew the girls °l
<0 loved, and whirled them like leaves m
ver the highway of crystal. d
And the schools where we spelt eacli t‘e
ther down, and the schools where ,e ,0[
wig Windham and Mear.and the £'aX> 8 8
■here we ciphered, and wrote, ar 'venl ,
p”—gone, all gone teachers la“gat>
ke the melting snows uud' ‘*ie raiu^°'vs
f April. . ,
And when, somet- after ,h* Creat ^
• **
snow, the winds came out of the north for
« frolic, what wreathings and carvintrs of
the cold alabaster there were. What
Corinthian adornings surmounted the
fence posts; what mouldings were fashion
ed besides the way; what fai'y like caves
in the drifts; what (lowers of rare finish
and pendants of pearls on the trees.
Have you quite forgotten the foot-prints
we used to find in the damp snow—as
delicate, some of them, as a love-letter?
The mysterious paths down to the brook,
or by the old hollow tree, that we used to
wonder over and sei “figure fours” by, if
perchance we might catch the makers
thereat? Have you quite forgotten how
sorry you were for the snow birds that
fluttered among the flakes, and seemed
lo.-sing and lost in the storm?
And there, in the midst of that winter,
Christmas was set, that made the Thanks
giving last all through the night of the
fear, and what wonder, the stars and the
Ires burned the more brightly thereof!
Christmas, with its gifts and its cheers; its
:arol and charm; its evergreen branch
tnd its bright morning dream. Christmas
vhen there were prints upon the chimney
ops, if we were only there to see them,
Santa Claus set his foot as the clock struck
waive. Christmas, when stockings were
uspended by the hearth and by pillow all
tver the land; stockings, silken and white
tockings homely and blue, and even the
ittle red sock with a hole in the toe.
Jlessed forever be Bethlehem’s star!
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i New Claimant for tho Killing of Te
A..
w UUi uvu •
Stashsh Ground, Scott Co., Ky., J
December S, 18otf. $
Vo the Editors of the Louisville Journal:
Gentlemen:—I Imve lately seen some
ublications in the Journal as to who did
:ill Tecuinseli, and as there seems to be
ome difference of opinion on the subject
iy the different writers, who doubtless are
qually honest with myself and their let*
ers will become a part of the history of
ur country, allow me to say for tile bene*
it of those who feel an interest in the
latter, that I was a private in the com*
any of Capt. Jacob Stuckers, mounted
oluuteers, under the command of lion.
1. M. Johnson, regiment of mounted
oluuteers. and was in the battle of the
'liauies on the 5th of October, 1813; and
.lien the second charge was made on us
y the Indians, Edward Elroy, J. Ilarrod
Iolmau, and myself, were close together
nd near the spot where Col. YVhitley was
idng dead (say 30 or 40 steps,) and an
ndian advanced on Wliitfey, and was
calping him when Holman leveled his I
un and fired and killed the Indian who i
ras scalping Whitley, and Holman ranj
nd obtained the two pistols of the In
inn; which he kept until his death; and
le British soldiers whom we had taken as
risoners, told us that it was Tecuinseli
horn Holman hud killed, and it was so
ndersiood and believed ut the time; and
the prisoners told the truth, it is but
istice to the history of our country to say
ml J. Harrod Holman was the man who
illed Tucumseh.
John S. Herndon.
N AFRICAN EMPERORS TREA
SURY.
The Moniteur de 1* Armee gives the
dlowing description of the Emperor of
lorocco's treasure house at Mequinez:
In the middle of the garden stands a
iriress, with a triple wall perfectly armed
;id defended. In the central inclosure
ses a stone building, lighted only from
e roof. It is entered through three iron
tors, one after the other. The pavement
the interior is black marble, and at one
id is a large opening, through which the
>ld and silver coin, bullion and jewels are
inveyed to the treasury below. This
st mentioned place is an extensive vault,
vided into compartments of equal size,;
i each of which is the value of a million !
a9tres. The net produce of the taxes is
dged in the treasury every three mouths,
he Emperor himself, when at Mequinez,
present ou the occasion, but in his ah-,
nice he names three of the officers of I
s household to attend for him, knowing
ell that mutual distrust will scarcely a I
w them to concert a robbery, and if they
lould do so, they would soon betray each
her, or be denounced by the black guar
an of the place. When the Imperial
easury was first established, the money
as kept in large earthen jars; but on!
le occasion the contents of ten were ah- j
racted, and robbery concealed by filling!
e jars with earth and covering the topi
ith a few gold pieces. Ttie theft was1
it discovered immediately; but a black;
ho had seen the robbers in the act, and j
as nearly murdered by them aud left for,
‘ id, afterwards recovered and gave infor
alion against them. The Emperor or-;
;red the ten thieves to be decapitated'
id directed their heads should be plar^
the ten jars which they had em“lpd. (
i a warning to others. These «>-*es are
ill in the treasury, placed on *jarhle pe
tals. Muley Ismael's stressor deter
ined to adopt a difiere*4 arrangement,; "
id Ludi the vuaiis r-w existing. The ! ii
inpefor Muley jadeiman, well known
r his cruelty. 'as accustomed after the c
laiterly (]*.-'*•**. to have all the blacks j,
it io dt-a" wb° bad been engaged in the l(
ferati*'4’ Abedter Kahinan. his succes- p
...-olished that atrocious usage but he M
-ided that the blacks employed in ar- l(
lgiog the money in the vaults should 9
ver leave the building. It would, there
e, be useless for them to steal the trea- t,
e, as they are separated from the rest ,|
the world, and could neither speud nor
iceal it.
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—The shortest way to a man’s heart is h
ru his throat. U
MISCELLANEOUS items.
—— Douglas Jerrold calls „woman’s arms
j “the serpents that wind about a man’s neck,
I killing bis resolutions.”
— -The sweetest and most satisfactory
: connexions in life, are those formed between
persons of congenial minds, linked together
by the ties of mutual esteem.
-“Procrastination,” it is said, “is the
thief of time.” We wish Procrastination
would steal old Time’s scythe,
——Hannah More said to Horace Walpole
— If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be
by fastening on laiin the trouble of constantly
hating somebody.
Aritiimkticai, Puz/.i.e.— If ! four dogs
with sixteen legs can catch twenty-nine rab
bits with eighty-seven legs, in forty-four
minutes, how many legs must the same rab
bits have to get away from eight dogs with
thirty-two legs, in seventeen minutes and a
half?
--M’s. Partington addresses Isaac, while
eating a dish of strawberries, thus: “How
grand you are growing; by’en by you will
want to board at the Ilrevier House and live
on umbrella ice erream. You mus’ntbeso
glutinous, dear; I don’t like to see a little boy
witli such velocity of appetite.”
-A clergyman not thirty miles from Bos
ton, who was noted for his nicety of pronun
ciation, went to a shoemaker and engaged a
pair of boots to be made. A few days after,
lie called and inquired if they were ready, and
was answered in the negative. “Will they be
ready, by next Chcwsday ?” asked the cler
gyman. “No,” said the shoemaker, “but you
shall have 'hem by next Chatterday.”
——There is a firm In New York under the
mild and soothing title of “Snapp and Byte,”
-The quickest way to make ‘eye water*
-Whose best work is most trampled
itponi A shoemaker’s—because good shoes,
last longer than bad ones.
Damascus.—Damascus is the oldest
city m the world. Tyre and Sydon have
crumbled on the shore; Baalbec is a ruin;
Palmyra is buried in the sands of the des
ert; Ninevah and Babylon have disap
peared Iroiu the Tigris and Euphrates;
Damascus remains what it was before the
days of Abruham—a centre of trade and
travel—an island of verdureJn a desert—
•‘a predestined capitol," with martial and
sacred associations extending through
more titan thirty centuries. It was “near
Damascus" that Saul of Tarsus saw the
“light from Heaven above the brightness
ol the sun;’’ the street which is called
Strait, in which it was said “he prayeth,”
still runs through the city. The caravan
comes and goes as it did a thousand years
ago; there are still the sheik, the ass, and
the water- wheel; the merchants of the
Euphrates and of the Mediterranean still
“occupy" these “with the multitude of
their wa crs.” The city which Mahomet
surveyed from a neighboring height, and
was afraid to enter, because it is given to
man to have but one Paradise, and, for
Ins part, he resolved not to have it in this
world, is, to this day, what Julian called
“the eye uf the East," as it was in the
time of Isaiah, “the head of Syria.”
From Damascus cante the damson, our
blue plum, and the delicious apricot of
Portugal, called Daraasco; damask, our
beautiful fabric of cotton and silk, with
vines and flowers raised upon a smooth,
bright ground; the damask rose, intro
duced into England in the time of Henry
VIII;‘the Damascus blade, so famous the
world over for its keen edge and wonder
ful elasticity, the secret of whose manu
facture was lost when Tamerlane carried
iff the arts into Persia; and that beauti
ful an of inlaying wood and steel with
silver and gold; a kind of Mosaic—en
graving and sculpture united—called Da
nas-keening, with which boxes and bu
reaus and swords and guns are ornament
ed. it is still a city of flowers and bright
•rivers of Damascus,” the “rivers of
;old," still murmur and sparkle in the
wilderness of “Syrian gardoue.”
Tlie Roman Catholics in Hunga
ry have united with the Calvinists in ask
ng the Austrian Government to place
■he Protestant Church in Hungary in the
tame position of freedom that it was pre
vious to 1S-58. A convention of Calvm
stic clergymen was recently -Held at Alia
joley, which was attended 6y several Ro
nan Catholic priests and laymen; the
government ordered v'te convention to dis
seise, but they -efused and completed
heir business, when the Catholics and
Protestants *’ined together and drank to
each oil v very fraternally showing that
here •• nothing like union in some great
^ut.an work to break down the bairiers
■i the most hostile sectarianism. This
inion will will probably be influenced
vitli the government in procuring mors
reedom in religion.
Ckcelty or the Check-Rein,—The
f. E. Farmer is hardly too severe insay
ig that :
“Any person whose attention has been
'lied to the subject, and who still persists
t the use of the light check-rein, ought
' have his own head placed in a similar
asition for a considerable time. If I
ere the Grand Sultan, every man who
irmented his horse with a check-iein,
touid bold his arm at right angle "wflh
is body for an hour at a time, once hi
renty-four hours, as long as he continued
e check-rein. For working horses, the
le of this pernicious strap is especially
uel. The horse, in endeavoring to put
rth his strength, needs the free natural
io of his bead and neck.”