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PICKETT & UAM8AUB1
attorneys at law
A rapSTA, A HKAXSAS.
IVli e practice in the counties of Woodruff
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special af
tent ion given to collections of all claims on
trusted to their csro nprfi-ly
.1. C. JOXSON, Office West t oint, Arkansas
,7X0. M. MOOHE, Office—Searcy, Arkiihsas
,io\s«\ & .uoohii,.
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITOUS IX CIIAXCERY
—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
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W11.1. give prompt attention to any lmsinesi
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
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HAVING concluded til remain in Pcs Arc.
tenders his services to the citizens gen
erally. Over thirty years experience, added
to a thorough qualification for his profession,
assures him that lie can give general satis
faction. Ministers of the Gospel, and all
wlio have been disabled in the service ot tLoii
country, treated gratis.
Pes Arc, Ark., February 2, 18<lfi—Cm
.1. Ik. i». Ai.uitima;,
attorney at law,
. Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Wii.i. practice in the- Circuit Courts ot
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
th« seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
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G eo. W. M;il >erry
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
SOMCUOlt IX CIlAXCEI?Y
—AND—
GENERIC IAM> AGENT,
('OT'L'ON VL VNT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WT’ll.T, attend the Circuit and Probate
\Y Courts fnr the counties of Monroe. St.
Franco and W. odruff.
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Des Arc, Ark. 1 l Brownsville, Ark.
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II. P. VAUGHAN, Des Arc, Arkansas.
Gantt, Bronangii & Vaughan,
, ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
j Will practice in the counties of Trairie,
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt atttention given to the collec
tion of claims. Taxes vvill he paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprl4-.im
» I, x. TI HDGSPETH. T. BLAKK KENT.
HEDGEPETH & KENT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Wn.T, practice in all of the courts ol
\\ Prairie county, and the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mai*24-Gm
WM- T- JONES
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WILL practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
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AUK V TVS .VS;
Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas.
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. SOL. F. CLARK' 8AM. W. WILLIAMS
JOE W. MARTIN.
V CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
. 1.1 TT I. 1: K ()(H, ARKANSAS.
A \7II. 1. practice in all the Courts, prosecute
V Claims of all kinds, collect debts, ami
act as Real Estate and General Agents.
/ OrricR - Markham Street, near State House.
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*■ JI.'P, F1LHDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS & FIELDING*
f AtTGaSRYS at law,
iVhiW Co., ii-kstnsns
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yi connticp, in the District Court®, and
p*enie Court of the Stiite.
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AQKNCY. Clajms entrusted to tis bill In
i promptly attended to, nitd if not imub diaieH
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tllaitd against the Government lor pt-opeHj
taken by the IT. S forces (whether receipts
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Where Pictures of all kinds arc made,
from small miniature to life size Pho
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warranted perfect and durable.
The subscriber herelh has spared no pains,
or expense in making this GALLERY far sur
pass any in this Territory, and having had
an experience of many years in the business
of Picture making, with the aid of a perfect
set of Apparatus, feels confident that he can
' defy competition in PRIPES or QUALITY,
Having reduced my prices, it places Pictures
within the reach of every man woman and
child.
•him uii-y ccuin i- va.jivii.-'u,
Of a Picture made of your face,
And for double that sum, if you quickly come.
Will be made and put in a Case.
Don’t delay this opportunity, for you may
never have so good a chance again. It fakes
hut a little time and expense to get a
1 Of yourself or friends, and you never will re
gret it. “Remember the old must die, and
! the young may die.” So
“Secure the shadow,
’lire the substance lade, •
Let art copy that
which nature made.”
Photographs of Capt. Rayburn, and views
of the town for sale at the Gallery.
1 shall keep constantly on hand a large
! stock or
ALBUMS
\FiiAAiES.
AND TASKS,
And all articles usualiy kept in a first class
GALLERY.
I will also furnish Country Artists with
Vinbrotype »nd Photographic Goods, Appa
1 rat us, Chemicals, etc., at Memphis prices.
Pictures taken in all kinds of weather.
Old Pictures copied aud made new and life
like.
Please give me a call.
L. L. CK0S3, Proprietor.
Dos Arc, Ark., April 0, 1807.
DRYGOODS
—AT—
Having recently inirchnsed McLaren
& I Lay ley’s
ENTIRE STOCK
—OF
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Hats, file.
WE OFFER IT AT
%
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For tbe next
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lu order to make room for the large
„ took 01 SFlil N’U'fiOOltS now on the
way. We say to the farming commu
nity, if you want ii bargain now if
vour time. We solicit an examination
! of our Whole -lock, consisting of
GROCERIES, DRV GOODS,
HOOTS AID SHOES,
HARDWARE.
fAHmixg ruri.EMEvrs,
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Don’t forget the place to have a game of Bil
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Tutt-sc, $cnm,
Gariago and Ornamental
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HAVING permanently located in I)es Arc.
would inform the' citizens of Pcs Arc and
vicinity, that he is ready to do any kind ol
work in his line on short notice. Orders for
Signs, from a distance, promptly attended to.
Des Arc, Ark,, April G, 1SG7.
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THE TIME OF THE END!
THE PROPHECIES
ANEW ANHINTV.KESTIN(» WORK
JUST rcnLISllED. 15Y
Hit. SAMUEL TARVER.
This work aims at the I XFOLDING
l^)F TRUTH; discusses freely
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream,
Daniel's Vision,
AND OTHER PROPHECIES,
Arguing from them, when the EX I* OF
EMPIRE StlALIi BE. Everybody
should have a copy.
For sale at J. M, Barney's Drug
Store.
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WAIEHR, EF.OS. & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
j \-r» if t \) r'P a /tr/'D ph o /1 £’
glen’s autl goys’ Clothing.
AND FURNISHING GOODS,
aXY) Yobbibs or
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
LACES AND YANKEE NOTIONS,
BfoOTS,SHOES AND HATS,
No. 22‘J Main Street,
MEMPHIS, TENN.
No. 220 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
npril20-3m
•TT, t*
WATCHMAKER
—AND—
JEWELER,
UITLERSULLG, - AKKAX8AS.
UAS on hand, a nice stock of Watch* p
efe, Clerks, Jewelry and Fancy
Article*. Also, will repair Watches,Jswifr
(.‘locks. Jewelry, Musical Instruments, etc.
in contiectiou with the above, 1 have a
PHOTOGRAPH Oaflerv,
Where anv kiud of a Picture can be taken.
apr20-Sni J. B, F1SCHKSSER
BROWN, JONES ^ MELLERSH*
MOl'l'lt WHITE tUVK.R,
REiCill \ <■ , lOlDY iltl>l\«.
-AXt>
Commission Merchants.
Particular attchiion paid to Forwarding all
Oood* consJgtied io tlietii Tor Whitt? Hvch,
ti iigiin
SONG.
The harp at Nature’s advent strung
lifts never ceased to play ;
The song tlie stars of morning sun
Has never died away.
And prayer is made, and praise is given,
Ry aR things hear and far;
The o*ean looketh up to heaven,
A Si. minors every star.
Its wr.ves are kneeling on the strand.
As Kneels the human knee,
Their white locks bowing to the saiul,
The priesthood of the sea !
They pour their glittering treasures forth,
Their gifts of pearl they bring,
! And all the listening hill** of earth
Take’up the song they sing.
The green earth sends her incense vp
From many a mountain shrine;
' Kroih folded leaf and dewv clip
She pours her sacred wine.
The mists above the morning rills
Rise white ns wings of prayer;
| The altar cuftains of the hills
Are sunset's purple air.
1 The winds with hymns of i raise are loud,
Or low with sobs of pain.
The thunder-organ of the cloud,
The dropping tears of ruin.
' With drooping head and branches crossed
The twilight forest grieves,
; Or speaks with tongues of Pentecost,
From all its sunlit leaves.
The blue sky is the tom pie-a arch,
Its transept earth and air.
The music of its starry nm edi
The chorus of a prayer.
See Nature keeps her reverent frame
With which her years began,
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man.
; For {he Des Arc Citlteft.]
FARMING.
•Tu the sweat of thy face shalt thou
! rat bread, all the days of thy life." In
this declination there is tukccksk ; yes.
In very many, a sore curse—that of la
bor or sweat, while, at the same time,
there ifc a promise to the ihit'.i trious—
tlint of bread : and every laboring man
and woman knows that sweat flavors
and sweetens bread. There is nothing
lhat so much elevates, digiiiiic and
adorns afiy community or people, as la
bor or industry ; w Idle there i- nothing
that so much vitiates, enervates and de
grades the true moral dignity of a peo
ple or community, as laziness, idleness.
. and 'extravagance. Show me a people
that are hot afraid or ashamed to labor,
and 1 will show you a thrifty, honest
and happy people, such as our farmers.
| in this and every other country. Till
ing the soil t\nd mixing our sweat there
with, is the noblest employment ’ in
which mail ever did or ever caii etlgage.
All othdrtrades, vocations and employ
ments, are sustained by, and are de
pendent upon the culture of the soil or
farming. Ollier trades mid employ
ments arc like the parasite or mistletoe
that springs from the branch of (he tree,
and is sustained by the fluids of that
tree ; and yet there is in every commu
nity a kind of sickly sentimentalism, or
would lie one horse cod ti-li aristocra
cy—a kind of pop-gun, penny whistle
j gentry, that turn up their noses and af
fect a kind of holy horror at the dirty,
sweating farmer and mechanic. These,
like the Pharisee, are Pearly to thunk
their God that they are not like other
men; that they are not soiled with dust,
or stink with sweat. These dress often
and tii'hllV, and sit in the shade, and
1 plan and study how they may avoid
I .:_ti,..:.:-.i,,l.,l,i. 1. ... ,i_
may take advantage '6f the lionest, hard
: working farmer. These are the tares
that grow among the wheat and blos
som first. These are thc'tlrones that
; buzz and make all the noise about the
IIIvo, but never labor. In society, there
are the golf-constituted elite—the but
terflies that read novels and poetry,
talk flippantly, sing sweetly, perform
! on nice Instruments, attend church to
show soinethihg fine (that is not paid
for.) These are they that lost every
thing by the cruel war, that never
knew What it was to work hr to want
for Anything. The men can't plow, or
chop wood, or handle the hoe or spade :
the w'oiflefl can't cook, or milk, or help
to cultivate the garden, because they
Were not raised up to do such things,
and they dofl't know how ; they are too
pretty and tender, and tie lyre will in
jure the soft, delicate skin, of their
pretty faces, or the sun will tan their
soft and delicate hands. Oil, what a
pltv, for such delicate and tender flow
ers to be wilted and withered by the
sweat and influchto of labor. These
I people don't like that dreadful dcclara
I tion, “In the sweat of thy f:\Ve slialt
thou eat bread, all the days of thy life."
I Thru give me the farmer, br the work
ing man, hard fisted and honest—the
1 only true nobility of society. He is in
dependent, because he is self-sustain
ing ; lie is the main jiillar of society and
government. On an excursion, a few
days ago. out into the country, 1 saw a
Lady plowing in the same field with
liet- hltSbund, ahd learned that they eat
their breakfast lit dawn of light, and
hastened to the field, where they qui
etly pursue the even tenbfttf their way,
till the duskv shades of evening ad
Inonisli them qf home and sweet rest.
I w as struck w ith the fortitude and res
olution of that lady, and said to myself,
that man is surely u happy man. for he
iias a help meet indeed ; and would any
one refuse tb credit such people, or do
Midi jil'oplf qfteii 85k fi.e i tdlt ? 1'kerc
was a practical example of how to re
gain what was lost by tlie war.
Young man, <lo you expect to marry
and sustain yourself respectably in this
world ? Then marry a young lady that
is not afraid to'work, and you may he
happy. Young lady, in selecting a hus
band, by all means select one who has
acquired some fondness for labor, par
ticularly an industrious, persevering
farmer. It matters lyit little whether
he or she be rich or poor, if lliey have
, industry and energy, for labor is Hie
trne dignity of man, while farming is
tin: noblest of all earthly pursuits.—
Give me the honest, whole-souled,
cheerful, kind hearted, manly farmer.
X * * * * *,
Decorating the Grave with Flowers.
There is a kind of pathos and touch
ing tenderness of affection, which lan
guage cannot reach, and which is calcu
lated to perpetuate a kind of soothing
sympathy between the living and the
dead.
They speak of cords of love, too
strong for even the grave to break
asunder. The practice, no doubt, gave
rise lo, the ancient custom which 'pre
vailed in the East of burying in gar
dens. and is one of which conduces to
Ihe gratification of the best feelings of
our nature, II prevailed generally, in
and about the Holy City, and among
i the Modes and Persians, Grecians and
Homans. The Persians adopted it from
the Modes, and the Grecians from the
Persians.
In Home, persons of distinction were
buried in gardens or fields near the
public rhnds. Their monuments were
decorated with chaplets and garlands
ol flowers.
The tomb of Achilles was decorated
Mil aiu.lt .1.1 l II , l III ^ I il V v I VC
with roses anil ivy; that of Anacreon
with ivy and flow rets. Baskets of vio
lets, lillies and roses, were placed upon
the graves of husbands and wives ; and
white roses on those of unmarried fe
males. In Java, tlie inhabitants scatter
flowers over tile bodies of their friends.
In China the custom of planting flow
' ers on the grates of their friends; is o!
very ancient date and still prevails.—
Tlu* natives n| Surat strew fresh low
1 ers on the graves of their saints every
year.
In Tripoli, the tomhs are decorated
with garlands of roses, of Arabian jes
samine, mid orange and myrtle flowers.
In Scliwytz. a village in Switzerland,
there ia.a beautiful Jittlc eUiu'cln uni, in
1 which almost every grave is covered
with pfnks. In the elegant churchyard
! in Wirfin, in the valley ofSalza, in tier
many. the graves are covered with lit
tle oblong boxes, which are planted
with perennial shrubs, or renewed witli
! :111111ml flowers ; and others are dressed
so on fete days. Suspended from the
ornaments of roeeut graves, are little
, vases tilled with flowers, in which the
ornaments are preserved fresh. Chil
dren are often seen thus dressing the
! graves of their mothers—and mothers
wreathing garlands for the -graves of
their children.
A late traveller, bn going early in the
morning into one of the churchyards in
the village of Wirfin. saw six or seven
persons decorating the graves of their
friends, and of some who had been in
terred twenty years. This custom also
i prevails in Scotland, and North and
South Wales. A11 epitaph there, says:
“Tht village maidens to her grave shall bring
The fragrant garland, each returning spring,
Selected sweets ! in emblem of the nmid.
Who underneath (his hallowed turf is laid."
In Wales, children have show-drops
primroses, violets, hazel bloom, and
sallow blossoms on their graves. Per
sons of mature years have tansy, box
| and rue. In South Wales 110 flowers
iu c pui iumiu iv in- [uamni uii ^uiics
except those that arc sweet scented.—
Pink, polyanthus, sweet-williams, gil
lillowers, carnations, mignionutte, hys
sop, camomile and rosemary. The red
roses are appropriated to the graves of
good and benevolent persons.
In Easter week, most graves are new
ly dressed, and manured with fresh
earth. In Whitsuntide holidays, they
| are again dressed, weeded, ail'd ifncces
. sary, replanted. No person ever dis
turbs or breaks flowers thus planted.—
It is considered sacrilege.
In Cabtil. burying grounds are held
! in great veneration, and called ‘•Cities
j of the Silent;” The Jews called them
| "Houses of the Dead.” The Egyptians
j visited the graves of their friends twice
ja week, and strewed sweet Iinz.il on
them—and do to this day.
While the custom of decorating
graves and grave-yards, with flowers,
and ornamental trees and shrubs, has
, prevailed so long and extensively with
■ ancient and modern civilized nations,
. some of the American aborigines will
not permit a weed or blade of grass, or
any other vegetables to grow upon the
| graves of their friends. With few ex
ceptions. there has hitherto been in our
country a strange reutissness on this
subject which would surprise the sav
age. Graves and churchyards are left
to the course bf gradual dilapidation
and decay, which ever follow iu the
train of moral degradation.
t-g.PUilura, dear," said a loving
husband to his loyal spouse, who was
several years his junior, “what do you
sav to moving to the West!”
“Oh! I’m delighted with the idea.—
You recollect when Johnson »>«,T(td
out there, he was a» i*»"c ns wc are,
atpl he dipd. >" ♦b'ree years worth over
a Mildred thdusuud dollars:”
Religious Card Player.
A private soldier, by the name of
Richard Lee, was taken bctora the
magistrates of Glasgow for playing
j cards during divine services. TKb ac
count of it is thus given :
Sergeant, commanded the soldiers at
tlie church, and when the parson lmd
! read the prayers lie took the text.
| Those who had a Bible took it out;
but this soldier had neither Bible nor
common prayer book, but pulling out
in pack of cards lie spread them before
him. He first looked at one and then
another, 'flic sergeant of thccoinpnny
saw him and said ;
Richard, put up the cards; this is no
place for them.
Never mind that, said Richard.
When the services were over, a eon
■ stable took Richard a prisoner and
! brought him before the Mayor.
Well, said Hie Mayor, what have
you brought tlit; soldier litre for.
For playing cards in the church.
Well soldier, what have you to say
for yourself?
Mlicit, sir, I hope.
Very good—if not l will punish you
severely.
1 have been, said (he soldier, about
six weeks on a march. I have neither
Bible nor common prayer books; I
have nothing but a pack of cards, and
1 hope to satisfy your worship of the
purity of my intention.
Then spreading theVa-Vts before the
Mayor, lie began with thence:
When I see the ace it reminds 111c
that there is but one God.
When I sec the diioe it reminds ine
of Father and Son.
When I see the tray it reminds me
of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
When 1 see Hie four it reminds me
oi lour r.vangeitsts tnat preacneti,
Matthew, Mark, Litke and John.
IVlien I see the live it reminds me
of five wise virgins that trimmed their
lamps. There were ten, hut live were
wise and live were foolish, and were
shut out.
When I see the six it reminds me
that in six days the Lord made heaven
and eftrth.
When I see the seven it reminds me
that oil the seventh day God rested
from the great work which lie had
made and hallowed it.
When 1 see I lie eight it reminds me
of the eight righteous persons that
were saved when God destroyed the
world. Viz: Noah and his family, his
three sons nitd their wives.
tVlien l see the nine it reminds me
of the nine lepers that were cleansed
by our Saviour. There were nine out
often who never returned thanks.
When I see the ton it reminds me
of the ten commandments which God
handed down to Moses on a tablet of
stone.
When I sec the King it reminds me
of the.Great King of Heaven, which is
God Almighty.
When I see the Queen it reminds me
of the Queen of .Shelia, who visited
Solomon, for she was as wise a woman
as he was a man. She brought with
her fifty boys and girls, all dressed in
boy's apparel, for King Solomon to tell
which were boys and which were girls.
The King sent for water for them to
wash. The girls washed to the elbows
and the boys to the wrists so King Sol
omon told bv that.
Well, said the Mayor, yon have de
scribed every card in tho pack except
one.
What is that ?
The knave, said the Mayor.
I will give yoftr honor a description
of that, too, If you will not be angry.,
I will not said the Mayor, if you do
not term me to be the knave.
The greatest knave I know of is the
constable that brought nic here.
f tin lint know, snifl tho Mavnr. if ho
is the greatest knave, but 1 know he is
the. greatest fool.
When 1 count how many spots there
are in a deck of cards, I find three hun
dred and sixty-five and as many days
as there are in a year.
When l count the number of cards
in n pack, I find tifty-tWo—the number
of weeks in n year.
I find there are twelve picture cards
in a pack, representing the number of
months in a year, and on counting the
tricks I find thirteen—the number of
weeks in a quarter.
So you see. n pack of cards served
him fora Bible, Almanac and Common
Braver Book.
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KraiistRATiox.—The Little Book Re
publican giroS the tollowing as (lie
eleven districts for the registration ob
votes, ns directed by Cen. Crd :
1st. DislYict—Washington, Benton,
Madison, CarrOll, Newton, Marion.
2d. District—Pope, Yell, Perry, Van
lluren, Searcy.
fird. District—Crawford, Franklin,
Sebastian, Scott, Johnson.
4th. District-—Pulaski, Prairie, Con
wav; Saline, Hot Springs, Montgom
ery.
5tli District—Polk, Setier. Hemp
stead, Pike, Lafayette.
6th. District—Columbia, Ouchila,
Fnion, Clark, Dallas, Calhoun,
7th. District—Jefferson, Ashley, Chi
cot, Bradley, Drew.
Sth. District—Arkansas. Desha, Mon
roe, Phillips, Crittenden. Francis.
9th. Distri»A—Oross, Poinsett, Missis1
sij.pt. Ffaighead, Green.
10th. District—Woodruff, White,,In
depeudenee, Jackson.
lltli. District—Randolph, Laurence,
Fliltou, Izard.
A Live Story,
A correspondent, writing from Snn
Francisco, thus describes a night spent :
at n hotel in that city :
“I got in late on the boat, and on !
calling for a bed was shown by the
very polite clerk to my room, when I :
was left with a very small dim lamp
and a box of matches; while setting:
, them down, T hc'ildentally upset the1
j matches, and on picking them up
found i had just eighty-two. How J
came to count them I don’t know, but
f distinctly reeolleet the number. Al
ter my usual devotional exercises, I
blew out the light and retired. Hard
ly had I lain down than 1 felt some
thing crawling. Hastily striking the
light, I discovered the intruder to be n
bed-bug of enormous proportions, and
not being at all friendly with tin's kind
l of companion I dropped him in the
water pitcher, and also the stump of
tlie match,to prevent accident from fire
—nothing like being careful, you know.
Hanily lain dov. li again before anoth
er nip, another light, another bng—
same disposal with both. The opera
tion I kept up—a nip, n light, a bng.
until my matches gave out, when 1
weakened and dropped asleep, in spite
of the many hints that Hie enemy
was still in the field. How long I slept
I know not; when F was awakened by
. strains of the sweetest midmost deli
cious music. I got up and took a look
to see if there, was not some band sere
nading Queen Emma or myself, but
failed to sec it. Still (lie same music—
, boys from our men-of-war, thought I.
as I recognized the air to be nautical.
Hut just then a fresh burst of melody I
broke forth, seemingly in my very
! robin. Stepping up to my pitcher, j
\ what was my surprise to see the bugs 1
| ami sitting upon it. with their heads j
I thrown hack, singing ‘A life on the j
ocean wave.' ”
What the Hayti Revolution Teaches.
The capacity of the negro for self-;
government lias had a pretty fair trial I
I in Hayti, and (he result is not very 'fa
vorable to Ouflee as a ruler of himself I
or of any one else. For over a score
of years the negroes have had full con
trol, with a President of their own j
i choice and a government formed and
controlled hv their own race. I,ike
poor unfortunate Mexico, Hayti lias
always been the scene of sanguinary!
conflicts and revolutionary turmoil,
(tcfl'ravd. quite an intelligent and hon
estly disposed darkey, was finally put:
in power, and for a season “great c.\-J
pectations’’ were had, but the tiirbn-1
lent spirit of the negroes could not be:
; controlled, and during bis dynasty no
less than five bloody revolutions have
ensued—the last otjp forcing'the tin for-!
tunate Geffrard to (lee the country.
The .streets of Port an Prince during ,
the last revolution were literally
strewn with the slain, and Hayti is1
now without any Government or res
ponsible executive. These lessons of
history utterly fail, however, of any
practical benefit, ns far as Radicalism
is concerned. They do not seem to
awaken us'to the established fact, so
long entertained by a goodly portion
of the American people, of the total
incapacity of the negro race lor self
government, and the Radical party
seems bent on making of the South but
a second Hayti, or Poland, or Ireland,
—[St. Louis Times.
Moderate Republicans,
Speaking of the recent bold demon- j
stration, by Congress, in favor of the :
power of that body to^eontrol the
question of negro suffrage in Northern
States as well as Southern Territories, j
the National Inteiligenger says :
In tile Senate, (hr Sennlnrs \i-Im ti„ee
stood forward as prominent champions
of universal suffrage, insisted not only
on the power, but the duty of Congress
to do away with all State disabilities.
The Radicals are rapidly taking that
ground. The moderates have loft all
vantage-groUnd pf principle. They
liaVe alfotVed themselves to he forced
into constructions of the Constitution
which completely subvert it. They
have played into the hands of revolu
tionists until they have themselves be
come revolutionists'. We shall hearau
outcry, a protest, a denunciation, but
they will go into caucus and come out
staunch supporters of Mr. Wilson’s bill.
ISg- Here is something for the dear,
delightful darlings. Such a woman
could almost persuade C4 to become a
benedict:
A happy woman! is she not the very
sparkle and sunshine of life? A wo
man who is happy because she can't
help it—whose smile even the coldest
sprinkle of misfortune cannot dampen.
Men make a terrible mistake when
they marry for beauty, for talent, or
for stylo; the sweetest wives arc those
who possess the magic secret of being
contented under any circumstances. ■
Rich or poor, high or low. it makes no t
difference; the bright little fountain of i
joy bubbles up just as musically in '
their hearts. m
How Sad.—I pressed her gen tie form |
to me, and whispered in her ear; if ,
when I was far away, for me she’d e
shed a fear? 1 paitsed for some cheer- v
ing word.?; my throbbing heart to cool: r
and with her rosy lips she said, “Oh, t
John, vou’r etch a fool!” r
Ik2~ W lieu your wife is silent hold 1
the baby for her. Perhaps it is as a
iuuch its she call do to hold her toitgue. t
SALMAGUNDI.
BriSP The oldest deaf and dumb asy
lum in the world—the grave.
fi'af SpriijfC fashions—less “change”
in gentlemen's pants than last year
Sgr A wife's farewell to her hus
band on going out—“Buy, buy.”
8®* What is that which occurs twice
in a moment, onre in a minute, nndnot
once in a hundred years? Letter M.
Brig” The mayor of a Western tewn
proposes to kill half of the dogs in the
place, and tan their hides with the bark
of the other half.
{•3“ A lady, playfully condemning
the wearing of whiskers and mustach
es. declared : ‘It is one of the fashions
I invariably set my face against.’
B-CP A strange and fatal disease lias
broken out among the. sheep in some
sections of Illinois. The microscope
reveals the presence of parasites in the
stomach.
Briip- “Vegetable pills!” exclaimed rib
old lady, “don't talk to me of such stuff.
The best vegetable pill ever made is aft
apple dumpling. For destroying a
gnawing of the sfomri'eh (here’s nothing
like it.”
Jgr-niiflriic, my deaf," said a loving
mother to her hopeful son. just budded
into breeches, “come here and get some
candy.”
“I guess T won't mind it now, moth
er,” replied Charlie, “I've got iii some
tobacco.”
Brio"' The day is coming, says the New
London Star, when, throughout the en
tire country, women shall he clothed
with the elective franchise. Bather a
thin costume, remarks the New Haven
ttalrict,.,. on.! l.o,.,l .1.... 1 _
ers and hoop skirt manufacturers.
A picture in a late number ot Punch',
represents a fashionable and affection
ate couple, the husband searching vig
orously in his waistcoat pockets. The
young wife inquires, “Have you lost
your patch fovc?” And he replies,
"No, darling, ’twas a new bonnet I
had for you somewhere.-’
£Henry Cox, who owns the land
on both sides of Heasi Butler's cele
brated ditch, the Dutch Gap Canal, has
tilled it up by making a road at the up
per end, in order to render the island
accessible, 'flic Richmond authorities
at one time proposed to improve t he
capal for qavigatictn, but they took no
action, and, as the island was remarka
bly fertile land, the owner was'unwill
ing to lose the use of it.
tST A few Sabbaths since a teacher
of a Sunday-school was engaged in
questioning his pupils upon .the subjects
connected with their previous study of
the biblc. At length, turning to a lad',
he asked-:
“What did Adam loose by the fall ?-’
For a moment the bov was apparent
ly in a deep study ; but at last his face
brightened, and he exclaimed :
“It was his hat, sir?”.
S*ir A young man, rather stingy ju
the matter of household expenses, hav
ing purchased a watch, placed it on his
fob, and strutting across the floor, said
to his wife:
“Where shall I drive a nail to hang
my watch upon, that it will not be dis
turbed or broken ?”
“I don’t know of a safer place,” re
plied his wife, “than in our meat barrel.
Fm sure no oti'e will think of going
there t'b disturb it.”
“Now gals,” said Mrs. Partington
the other day, to her nieces, “you must
get husbands as soon as possible, or
they’ll be murdered.”
“Why so auut?”
“Why, 1 see by the papers that we’ve
got almost fifteen thousand post offices
and nearly all on ’em dispatches a mail
every day. The Lord halve merev on
ns poor widows,” and the old lady
stepped to the looking-glass to adjust
lier new cap.
&5T A man of singular minute obser
vations once said to me :
“I have noticed that young ladies go
dirough three stages of fooling with re
gard to matrimony. When they first
frow up and cpmo out into society,
,hey of course consider it the cud and
lim of existence, but in a year or two
■bey become indifferent, and lose :>!l
sire for it ^ but as they grow to bo
ibont twenty-five and so on, their old
mxiety returns stronger than ever."—
.Emily Chester
A fimf-inffleicut humbug, who
ook up the position of aplivsician and
protruded to have a knowledge of the
irt, was once called to visit a man who
ivas afflicted with apoplexy. Bolus
razed long and hard, felt his pulse, and
inaiiy gave the following sublime
ipiniqu:
“I think lie’s a gone feller.”
‘•No. no!” exclaimed the sorrowful
vife, “do got say. that,”
‘•Yes,” returned Bolus, lifting up his
iIr hat and eyes heavenward, at the
amc time, “-yes, 1 do say so; .there is
10 hope—not the least mite. , He's got
,n attack of nihil fit in his lost frontis.”
“Where?” cried the startled wife.
“In his lost frontis ; and can't ho rc
ieyed without spine trouble and a great
cal of pains. You see the whole plan
tary system is deranged. Firstly, his
oxpopull is pressiiig op Ids advalo
um; secondly, liis cutarcarpial cuta
eeus has swelled considerably, jf not
lore; tliirdly, and lastly, ids ribs are
l a concussed state, and he hain’t got
nv nionev; consequently he’s bound
> di< ” . .