SALE CF LAXBS AX3 TOYYN-LCTS VOR THE NON-PAYMENT Of T\\!>.
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Constable’s Office, Des Arc, January 1st. 1*61.
Tn the Town Connell of Des Arc:
» V M PUDI'ILL TOWN CONSTABLE AND COLLECTOR FOR TIIE TOWN OF DL.> AH ,
SrU. u™ duo upon the ,» fur .!>. rear 1SB), and that In. owner,, ,o far us 1 know, have no
goods or chatties upon which 1 can levy for the amounts due. to wit: _
ription, ' ' ■ Pena yj^jeg p,,.s Fe Fee. |
- " 8, 4* in block 50 $ 800 §2 00 $ 50 $100 .Slot) §200 $ 650
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HcKirnevKCo 1 1, Erwin’s sur. h 4 200 50 124 50 50 1 00 2 624
2 “ - 4 500 1 25 31} 50 50 1 00 3 56}
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8 4.5,6, “ 36 450 1 124 28 1 50 1 50 8 00 7 40}
1 7, 4‘ 40 200 50 124 50 50 1 00 2 624
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QTATE OP ARKANSAS. PRAIRIE COUNTY: Notice is hereby given, that, the whole of the fore
i ') •_ I,',;; r j. ;i •; L.uid a ad Town Lots, or so much thereof as shall be necessary to pay the taxes,
naitv nil'! <•". is tiiereon, will be sold at tlie door of the Mayor’s office, in the town of Des Arc, on
S: •> 0h Mnnday in January, L A, unless such taxes, penalty, costs and expenses of advertising be
' R. M. i UDISILL, i ..n :■ A.tp. and Collector,
(iivt n under :ny hand at ofi'ce. this 1st day of January, 1861. jan 4, 61-4w.
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THE SUNBEAM IN THE CHURCH.
It sweetly stole through tinted pane
V itli mild and mellow light,
And stayed within the sacred fane,
As though it loved the sight,
It played on childhood’s cloudless brow,
In warm and rosy rays,
And gave the mother’s pallid cheek
The bloom of other days.
It touched the old man’s silver head
With amber’s softest hue.
And fondly o’er the kallowe 1 font
A peaceful rainbow threw.
It lit the sculptor's classic group,
Or monumental stone,
And lingered long with failh and hope,
And round the mourn r shone.
It o’er the blesse d altar hung.
And crowned the priests with gold,
A royal robe the surplice scc-mcd,
And fell in purple fold.
More bright than Aaron's breast-plate glowed
The holy book of God,
And gems bestrewed the very floor,
Whereon the people trod.
E'en thus the spirit’s living light
With all our lives surround,
And we that heavenly gift may seek
Within the Church's bound.
Then come, by font and altar come,
Wit It faith and wori <,( 1 .. c,
And darkest da s - oil brightly beam
With radiance from above.
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NEVER DESPAIR.
Though fearful storms thy bark assail,
And all thy brightest hopes destroy.
Though friends and fortune all should fail,
And life seem reft or every joy—
Though every day bring every ii 1
To which our mortal flesh is heir,
And pain and grief thy bosom lill—
Never dt pair ! no, tic. or despair!
Though boisterous wind sweep o’er the sea,
And of thy w ealth a wreck should make,
And those you ih mi lit no-t true would he
In sorrow’s hour, do now forsake—
And t liou alone mu •; ■ ■ u
From work to work. at.d v re to care—
Mourn not thy 1- t. oh, s';;;':ring one!
Never despair! no, never de-pair !
THE LIGHT 01 HOME. •
A traveler was returning towards his home
after long wanderings in di-. int lands, and
his heart was full of happiness and hope.
Many years had passed since he had seen
his father and mot Iter, and the thought of
so soon meeting them again gave wings to
«5 rsatv. lasiir . .jw« t- -i. .... .-.a*rs
SKATING 1'OE LIFE.
_
Olier had unnaturally murdered my bi th
er, and to revenge bis death I was determined.
Night after night 1 lay concealed on the bor
der of the river Seugog, awaiting the mur
derer. I was armed with pistols and wore
skates. Skating was an amusement which I
had excelled in when a schoolboy, and facility
in the art was of the last importance to my
scheme of retribution. At length he came.
xquisite night; t he v. hite expanse
around sparkled in the sheen of a Canadian
moon, which sailed calmly through a dood
le ss sky. I could have shot the villain as he
skated by me within fifty yards, but J. would
not risk the chance; and, besides, my ven
geance cried for a sterner fate than death by
tlie pistol. No sooner was he past my hiding
place, than, with a shout of exultation, i
started on his track. Olier swerved a moment
to see who his pursuer was; then, quick as
lightning, tried to double up the river again.
But 1 had anticipated this; and with a cocked
pistol iu either hand, L barred his passage.
With a curse, he turned and sped swiftly
down the ice.
And now the race for lie began. Mile af
ter mile uc swept along in silence. An aw ful
portentous silence it was, through which
nothing broke save the hollow boom of the
Iwbmpri
Seugog. The moon lit me nobly to my ven
geance. He could not escape me, for ! found
with a sava e glee that I was a mat h for even
the most swift-fooled Indian. Olier became
aware <■. this tom ibr muv and again lie would
skate ci««.-c to the woods, looking in vain ibr
an aperture. But no : there wa-' but one out
let from this wallcd-in liver, and that was
over the falls!
Fa, tor and fa: ter yet we skated towards the
cataract. It could not be far off. 1 pictured
to myself what Olier’s thoughts might be.
Did he know v i.idicr he was hastening? or
had that awful lirht yet to fla -li on lbs guihy
mind ? The h.d;'-breed made answer to my
thought . i saw him in the pale skimmer
start convulsively, and throw his arm< in the
air; bat he dared not stop, and on he darted
! again v.lbi a yell of despair, which echo 1
weir Uiko up the channel. Another sound
j came to my ear, and .1 knew vrhat caused that
j cry • . ag iiy to 1 u t fr< >m Oil r —1 wa - the
| dull thunder of the fall • 1 V, c were nearing
TOO CLOSE APPLICATION
A contemporary remarks, “ children often
suffer, both mentally and physically, from too
close, constant and long continued applica
tion in school, and in studying for recitation.”
The remark applies not only to children, but
to young ladies at popular seminaries, where
rivalry in intellectual exercises is stimulated,
and the physical constitution frequently en
feebled for life by the overworking of the
mind. A sound body is quite as important
to the welfare and happiness to the future
mothers of America as a mind overloaded
with every variety of knowledge, including a
good deal that will never he thoroughly
digested, and he ol no practical use to the
( ; i . v. it would be difficult
to overate the advantages of m®ital discip
line to young ladies, but the system ot train
ing which is most desirable is not that which
makes acquirements and accomplishments the
exclu- ive, or even the principal aim, and
which rewards the quantity that can be sno\
cled upon the brains as the one thing ueediin
in female education. The education of men
and women should have some relercnco to
their intellectual organization and capacities,
and to the sphere of action and duty which
tin y are hereafter to fill. It is not desirable
to jive young ladies at seminaries a univer
sity i lucatii n. and to split their brains, dis
tort their spines, and break their hearts with
hi' h mathematical and metaphisical studies,
urile s they have a peculiar talent for such
investigations, which is not always the c
An harmonious development ot the moral,
physical, and intellectual being is the kind of
education that is most required. For the
cultivation of the heart wo may trust their
mothers. and of the mind their teachers,
when thev do not load it with burthens to
heavy to he borne, and stimulate it to exer
tions which enervate, instead ol invigorating
it. The clients i i excessive mental applica
tion upon their body at a time when the con
stitution is immature, are often injurious for
life. Qur own countrymen, as well as trav
elers from abroad, are struck with the physical
degeneracy and short lives cd Americans,
i >uipared with our primitive stock and with
ilurupean nations. U Iiatever the cause, the
effect will be still more marked, if the system
of overtasking the youthful intellect of
American girts becomes universal. It is
' id a remarked that the iamb h woman i: in
her prime of health mid beauty at forty, a
: dud of life whi a that sc: in our owu
country begins to bend under the cares and
!•>' . i li The one is accustomed Irani
FORT SUMPTER.
The evacuation of Fort Moultrie, and tne
retirement of the garrison to Fort Sumpter,
invests the latter with considerable interest
just now ; therefore we avail ourselv es of an
article from The Charleston Mercury of the
25tli, to lay before our readers a faithful
description of this very important fortifica
tion.
Fort Sumpter is built upon an artificial
island, at the entrance of our harbor. ; he
foundation being of stone, it must be ol tne
strongest nature. That portion of the hurt
above the water-line is of brick and concrete
of the most solid character. Its plan is a
truncated pentagon, with one siue to the
adjoining' shore, thus presenting an alias' to.
the channel. Of the truncated angles the
eastern, western, and northern are simply
formed into Pancoupeos, whilst the other two
are formed of two small face-, making an
angle of about fifteen degrees with the sides
of the pentagon. Ad each ini >n of
the small faces is a sally-port. The height
of the parapet above the water-line is sixty
O ■ ■ n and weisf >rn
the barracks for the privates, mess hall,
kitchen, etc. In the n
officers quarters, which are finished in very
handsome style.
It is n
the United States service, arranged in three
tiers, the t w > lower being < !a u ra - ■ and the
j upper Barbette guns. The Casemate gnus
are those which are tired from an cm!.;.-mure
j in the s■ arp walIs, nid are protect d from the
cm my’s shells 1 ty an t rche< i 1 m -prooi < >v
cri ig overhead ; the Burl et c, th >se who li
fire over the parapet, wine i t xp the can
noniers to the fire of the enemy, altli-.m; i. in
this instance, the height of the ramparts it
re exeat that there is comp;iraiivcdy no Hanger
from the shot of an enemy vt. i 1 " an ;
; m< nt con t: of 140 .pieces, j 1 the
f< 11 iwin * j 3 1 *
j 82 and 0 1 pounder ••-, on the th.-1 tier; gd and
82 p.run !(rs on the nd tier; < lum
u:? and 10 inch) ci thOjt, ip oi'th .-r:.i.-; ar. .
! The heavie r pieces are turned toward the
harhor, the lighter toward the land -Me.
which side is farther protected by m
f r which lot p-h k-s ai cut in the
wall. The number of each kind of • a:...- i.
' ut 80 64-j umk ; th . . ■ number ol
82-pouudej : 1 Wty 2 -J under : ten ol i. h
i dibre of - ml ads; t i 18-inch and
' Id-inch mortars, capable of tl r t I ir
11 \ i n i ’ t 1 l. n: i; l * \ - (• i 11'\ 1 i«■. • 1* i 1. i I • -:'. 11l
ins ieet. u nuc no was stm upon me moun
tain which he had to ero.-s before reaching
his native village, night came on; ami for
some time it was so dark that he could
scarcely sec the staff in bis hand ; and when
he descended into the valley lie lost bis wav.
and wandered backwards and forwards, till
at length, in deep s a-row, lie murmured to
himself, “Oh that 1 could meet with s m •
fellow-creature who would guide me back
into the right road, after all my useless
efforts to find it. With what gratis ud ■
would 1 repay him 1” So saying he stood
still, and watched for a guide. While he
was waiting, uncertain which way to turn
■ life steps, lie saw gleaming in the dfetanv a
feeble light ambit the iv’.n . an<l i;
beams cheered him as it fi: -kereu in the
gloom. *• Hail!” cried ho, “ thou m< • •• r
ofrestl Thou tellest me of the neighbor
hood of some dweliing-place where I can
obtain shelter, and food, and repose. The
glowing beams of the morning sun have
never seemed to me so gladdening as the
feeble ray which now shines before me.”
lie went with hasty steps towards the dis
tant light, expecting each moment to see
the man who bore it. 1’at it was only a
“ Will o’ the Wisp,” which, taking its
from the marshy lands, hovered over the
stagnant pools. He, however, wandered on,
beguiled by it, till lie c.iino to the si ep hair,
of a river. Just at that moment he heard
a voice behind him crying. "Stop, if you
wish to avoid death !” He sto 1 and g
round him. It was the wwo of a fishermen,
who called to him from his boat. “Why;
said he. a t. ni.de.d. "rohr.M I not fellow the
friendly light ? I rn a traveler, and have
lost my way.” Friendly light do you c.ii!
it':” returned the fisherman, “it is but a
treacherous vapor, that lures men to destruc
tion 1 See how uns! ;adily it « I :am . tie
evil pr of i s!” /
he spoke, the flickering marsh-light expired.
The traveler thanked the fisherman f r Ills
preservation with heart 1 el t gratitude; but li<:
was astonished, and said, •* You ought t
thank Hod. for he it w is v b > : > ordered it
that l should be in my boat upon th: riv r,
How can a man sec hi brother man in error,
and not strive to guide him into the right
way:” Th oi tin- kind-hearted i’sh mre;
directed the traveler in the1 road to his fa tin r'
dwelling. He followed the path pointed out
to him. ami soon saw tb • w !e< me light <■!
home .-Lining witli a bright and ray
now doubly dear to him from the many
dangers and difficulties he had gone throe-i:
before reaching it. He knocked : the dw.
was open id; and par ni . b, tnd si tei
hun" round life neck ki .-.1 him. and went
tears of joy at hi- retai n.
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SCI'KRSTITIONK IX CiMtX;: Oil.—An
writer says: “ Supersti ion is the gr<
burden in il.e world;” of t’ > truth of wb.iel,
r< mark ma ivpei ai tide i m tin it
earliest ehildhood. Indeed, sup. tition i
the bugbear of the nurserv: whereas tl>•.
great aim should be to dive.-t children of thi
pernicious fear. *• If too great cxcitabllit-,
and power of imagination be observed i:
childhood, much may be done by a soutnl
discipline to restrain it. Let the child la
protected from the sheeted spectres of ser
vants, and the boy from the schidonis au
rattling curtains and j alls of romance writers
Let his first ideas of the Almighty be those
of a God o! Mercy, who gives him even
blessing—who offers himself to child hoot,
under the most benign of characters, as talc
ing little children in his arms and putting
his hands upon them and bles.-ing them
Let him be taught to see ‘God in storms, am
hear them in the wind/ not as the poo
Indian, but by having h’-. mind tutored ft
trace the regular course of God’s providence
in the most striking phenomena or natura
science; and we see no objection, and little
difficulty, in explaining to him so much o
the metaphysics as may enable him to tin
ravel the associations of darkness and the
churchyard.”
The Mississippi river extends 2100 mile:
from the frozen regions of the Xortli to the
Sunny South, and with the Mi-souri river, i:
4500 miles in length. It would reach iron
New York across the Atlantic Ocean, or frou
Prance to Turkey and the Caspian sea. It
average depth is fifty feet, and its width ovei
half a mile. The floods arc more than ;
month traveling from its source to its delta
The trappers can exchange the furs of ani
mals caught by them on the upper Missis
sippi for the tropical fruits gathered on the
banks below. The total value of steamers
afloat on the river and its tributaries, is more
than ?G0,000,000, numbering 1G0O boats,
with more than twice the steamboat tonnace
of England. It drains an area of 1.200,001
^ square miles, and washes the shores of twelve
powerful States. In one single rose voir at
[ Lake Pepin, between Wisconsin and Minns
/:% Wjta, 2500 miles from the sea, the navies oi
the world might ride at anchor.
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j tiiuui Kiwi. t:uu 1-11*3 ttciiia ui suuvi hiiut m
my victim, and ev< ry in m a b cned Ills
| fail liov.e of e cape. One chance va; left
him—to distance me, and Ii i d , :.a where In
tlit- snow to ian • inv scrutiny. Vain i; me
— the win oi i he bird could scarce have
saved him !
Hoarser ami ! md. r grew the 1: f-o of the
water*. If i thanked the Almighty in a
| frantic prayer that the murderer was delivered
| into my hand. 1 humbly tru-r it may be ibr
; given me now. From the time 1 had first
- started on Oliois track, we maintained exact
ly the same distance between us—perha ■ a
kundre 1 or a hundred and fifty ; a 1*. 1 still
gr i my loaded pistols, ready for any strata
gem on the part of the mra 1 srer. And now
the crash of the falls came loud an 1 ominous
on the ear. An- th* r five minut* a won! 1 d -
ei le the hunt. ! in Idenly. (ill tr turn l and
sto »d at hay. lie wa : not arm i : i felt eer
laiu of that ; 11 alum . for otlicrwv a lie would
havCtne sored strength wi
out abating my ie.ee. i .-hated do.vi up-.n
hi: i, Imm.ii: e }•• -i:d .il t.a: it Immd. t ii t iV
purpose was ii.:.- 1 a- ever only to f-lm g tee
villain as a la.-t resource. Wh :n 1 was within
twenty yard.- of him. the coward faltered and
again turned swiftly down the river. With a
yelling laugh I pursued him, pressing still
more hotly on his track.
Ucaleniiip was the roar of the cataract:
hi ah into the pale sky asc ndc-1 the mist oi
the spray, thr - h which the splintered line
of two ii • .n!i- h: dar- •■! in ra'mj-iv.v-dnt. i
■ 1 . rut y» 1 could lb jagged lin
of the io*. \. h re It w. - hr- !. i by tl ; rapid
fern iat j above the e itara*; : and be;
1 c--:d.l trace the -! ;rk v-.l turn of the fh-ag -g
as it emerge 1 fr--m ils prlsou of snow atm
iee. For an instan th half-bi l turn I
lace toward m •. • - 1 pre ed with met central of
I te on his too tei ; l ver shall 1 fore I
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b--•.•rlble dr-; fr that distorted the villain’.
I :::w -. it was a mercy that the . nlk u roa:
of tin- lal:.- drown 1 his curse —I knew th:-.;
ho was shriek::::; cur.-es on me—for they
won! 1 have haunted me in after year.-.
Wi It the : >ura| e that h 1 • ■-. >tten of dark
est despair, he dashed on to t: e brink of tin.
rapids, and the m xt m inn ... 1 w al ine oi
the iee! J ears d with -tern joy on the dark
fiood, which h : iz 1 in i 1 le 1 Is
tlie -h-'-l-i. r <•!' Id A. end w • - Lux-yin: bin
over the i: 11 ■. For a n ent 1 thought 1
e-ml-l ..ert-t :v-: the luur.h::s r s:ru ..i::giu lb*
< ddi* ; but the ilh i o. if it v. ere - n<• in
live only ihr an instant. The cataract wa
within pi- d-shot, and ns 1 turned up tin
dreary wildcnm- I km \v that the doom ol
’ the gu'bv skats-.- Imd been fold Ik !.
» •
(bif>D A'lVt' i:.—3I< :i should 1 urn to ],<
! attentive to tli.fr health, and keep the body
j as much a* possible the tit medium of tin
I mind. A man may be a good performer
but Vi hat mm lie do with a disordered instru
meat The inhabitant may have good eyes
1ml how cm he ec accurately throngli :
: til 1 wi tow? K.•>•;», thm-'u'wc, the j
rie. r tind the organ in tune. We do no
fish \ > : ■ i 1 and fane:fal; t » liY'
in the shop of .. hecary, or to liar e ;
; u:;- lieul attendant always dangling at you:
hi I : he 1 ‘ly and jru . atten
tive ; the bo g Rise early; take ] .
exerei •: bewar • i !’ 11 ith; el err e and avi
v hatever ees with your system; nev< i
overburden nature; foe moderate in you
table in.b.ilg •:•••; let not appetite bftuii■
and clog the mind.
Tm: i.eaceh between virtue and naturi
engages all things to assume a front hostile b
vice. The 1 tutii"al laws and substances o
the world prosecute and whip the traitor, lb
finds that things arc arranged for truth am
benefit, but there is no d< n in the wide v. >rl<
to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and tin
earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, am
it seems as if a coat of snow fell on tin
ground, such as reveals in the woods tin
track of < very partridge, and fox, and squa
re!, and mole. You cannot recall the spokci
word; you cannot wipe out the foot-track
, you cannot draw up the ladder, so as to Icavi
no inlet or clue. Some damning circumstanei
always transpires. The laws and substance
of nature—water, snow, wind, gravitation
become penalties to the thief.
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White Cexpowdeu.—A letter from Lon
don says: “I have heard in the city of
curious invention, which concerns alik
sportsmen, riflemen and the scientific. It i
the manufacture of-white’ gunpowder. 1
I is made no mystery of, being composed o
yellow potassa, chloride of potassium, loa
sugar, chrystalizcd sugar and brimstone. 1
possesses superior qualities over the bind
powder, being quicker and more powerful ii
its action, and not fouling the gun. For tin
delicate in the olfactory nerves, it may bi
added that it is without unpleasant smell. 1
Las just been patented.
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TnEitE was something of a “ setback,” ad
ministered to a young man on an excursioi
boat, who, in making bis way through tin
crowd, ventured to remark that ‘‘hoops take
up too much room.” Not so much as wliis
by." replied a pert young miss in the assc-m
' biago.
her youth to outdoor exercise, and plenty ol
it. the < th r, to an in i< r < s teuc j and
now to an inteilectnal forcing, which may
make her very accompiishe l and etherial,
but which do not imrea* her u iuliu.-.s in
society, while they impair her health and
shorten her days.
[Godey's La ly's Bouk.
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u >■:.i urn el extra cts.
_
The following beautiful tribute to V> omen
■ « ri a . .oral years ago. [t oc -or. in
a tale of touching interest, entitled "The
n 11 irt” — its auth r, I>r. F •).
Ftratt'ia :—
“ Oh, the jricele; 5 value ■ f th s love of a
• • i 0 iM cai not j arch® e a • m
. iou ! Titles an l boa i 1 infer upon
tl:e heart no such serene happiness. In our
darkest moments, when disappointment arid
ingratitude, with corroding care, gather thick
around, and even the gaunt form of poverty
menaces with his skeleton fingers, it gleams
around the soul with an angel's smile. Time
• mar its ferilli: ney; di n< • but
■ stn :'.'.:thc!'s its influence; bolts and bars can
; it foil *
i:ito hi • dark cell, and sweetens the home
nor■■•cl that appear: ' hi.-hunger, and in the
nee of midnight it plays around hi heart,
•:nd in hi- dreams he folds to hh h .111 th
ihrm of her who loves on still, though th"
v ii-ldha turned coldly from him. The couch
me le hy the 1 and of the love ! one is soft t-.
th© r limbs of the sick .-••.merer, and th
potion administered by the vine hand loses
half its bitterness The pillow carefully ad
justed by her brings repose t > toe weary
brain, ami her words of kind encouragement
arrive the sinking spirit. It would altm !
; eetii that ( hal. compas-ioiiat:ug woman's
fit ;t great frailty, had planted this < it
j . I in hi r breast, whose heavi ilikemfluenc
build cast into forget fulii©.-:s man's reinciu
branec of the Fall, bv building up in hi
heart another Eden, where perennial flower,
forever bloom, and crystal waters gu !i iron
exhau -th- -s fountains.”
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Infidelity.—Infidelity gives nothing ir
return i'or what it takes away. A .’hat. then
is it worth ? Everything to be valued lias :
■ coni] i ■ ting j ower. Not a bl tde of gr i
thjjt w'nhers. or the uglie-t weed that is Huns
away to rot ami die, but reproduces something
., ' ; in 1:. fcure is barren. ri bereft re ere
r; hin 'that is, or sei nis oppi sod to nature
1 cannot be true; it can only exist in the shape
; that a, decease l mind imparts to one of it.
• coin; ges. I nfi lelity is < n© of tho e coil
: —a maw- of base metal that won’t pass current
- with any heart that, loves truly, or any heat
. that thinks correctly. And infidels arc pern
. ••'i nr:,.me.-; uiey cany am.itt tnem a ioa»
• of dej eti a and dies?-iat on, not t he he? a heavy
f that i: is imi B le. it is the fearfulhlin .
■ of the soul.
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Ad VAST AGES OF INTEGRITY.—Truth ha
! ell the advantages of appearance, and many
].. . ..•; and, upon every account, sincerity i.
•; true wisdom. As to theaffairs of this world
; mtegrily hath many advantages over all tin
arts of ' imulation and deccit. It I ■ muel
the plai v and easier, much the safer am
more secure way; it hath less of trouble am
' i dd:;culty, of entanglement and perplexity, o
1 danger and hazard; it is the shortest am
; m a.v-t way to our end, carrying us thither ii
a straight line, and will hold out and last
; when deceit and cunning, which continually
grow weaker and less effectual, will finally
' i fail us.
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■ i It is wrong to judge a man by a single ae
- lion, though, at the same time, ail the circum
i stances attending it should even be known
; In a moment of enthusiasm, a false calcula
■ tion, a transient error, may make the nios
1 honest man commit a censurable action
Judgment should be deduced from the who!
- life.
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He’s a fool that grumbles at every Iittli
.; mischance. Put the best foot forward—it i
i an old and good maxim. Don’t run abou
j and tell acquaintances that you have bcei
! unfortunate; people do not like to have un
t ] fortunate men for acquaintances.
[■ i -—*»-<»-o—
f' If there be one thing on earth which ii
t truly admirable, it is to see God’s wlsdon
■ blessing an inferiority of natural powers
i where they have been honestly, truly am
. zealously cultivated.
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The pleasantest part of a man’s life i:
generally that which passes in courtship
provided his passion be sincere, and the party
. i beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire
i hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul
, rise in the pursuit. [Addison.
•| Correct yourself betimes. You will seldon
i or never keep from falling if you canno
j recover yourself when you first begin to totter
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three hundred pounds of shell at -h di.~
1 charge.
i On the terra-parade plain are • i. laieu two
furnaces for heating shot, : '. ■ tua izines
are situated on tlie inner sale ol • - lly
ports, and contain at pre-ant. !U.o ; - p r.md>
of j a,, h and a pr »j rti u ite q y of
shot and shell. The landing to the T • *rL is
on the southern side, and is formed by a
wharf projecting toward the shore, and al o
extending the length of that face.
The hurt w-atld 1 - in r’y imp;- .m1.-!. li
finished and pro} -rly in..nnwl. It i- at j.-•»•
ent so far eunipleti I t! at, with a little f nipo
rary work, it c-.-uld l.-i made o strong a- t >
i dtslv any attack by:; b-vt oi !;.v. • v».- >•!..
Its weakest point is < n the s ■ w.i . is, oj
i whi h the i( i. r only v. r t:
that ol the other si... but 1: . i. ' ■ .
1 >v any ih.nk lire, v.hieli v.*- --y in
wharf. Once landed, an entrance may, at
the present stale of the c-n • lruc-ti< n. be .-a -ily
made; 1 dr the blind- ol the 1 >v. , r i-m :\t
sur< though six inches in thii knc.- ■-. im
vet be easily blown away, ami even if 111
%j •- *
was iuipo. dhle, teaiing is.’ r - c.-n r-.- li
those of the second tier which arc m pro
tected in th: manner.
j nis corn-ill e.s tno l.-r.ei : ■ - n m :: ir;
which i • a trio ' j ci feet special i ol < vi! and
military engineering, ’tho v.i. 1 • w rl; h.
been conducted in a lm.uner that t .we:. th
high sat or ••lit upon the r . and i
worthy to occupy the prominent p- 1,: ■ n that
i i'll. Eft eontli iuti, we ft ko <
allud t » • no point of < • i i 1 tn y—th«
con.-truc'.ion of the arches*—of which th v»
, are nearly every variety—the “ Hull ('emor.”
he “St bu at.” ihe SHicoin. h” the ••.' -k
•and the *• ilatnpanl’’—and to ad«l that th.
walls at their base a: _• i 2 . : thick, and a!
the top S! feet thick.
T1IE BLC: HA GS OF A RVUAL LIFE.
Cultivate fi love for the country; th- . r >.
joys which a rural life can ai ol ar • i'.i
preferable to th • uoi y, and, :•’. --. t * • < 1' i.
vicious gratifications which .. k ami 1 tin
whirl of a city life. The i' y as wi re ti
the soul’s a Sections to the math—the w.-ri:
and ways of (lie world in it too oft*, a hide
from our eyes the .'air lace < f Nature, ami
lead us to forgot the glorious- Cod who mad.
' us, and to whom we aie indebted f r life, ami
health, and all thin, .
\ api !. empty awl art;lb ial are the j v - - i
a city life when coin]-arcd with the .u r.-l
e light! . hieh a rural' idence < n giv$ to
a mind rightly e irstituft 1. Solitary e . t
] lmintou with Nature i •- one of the Indie,. •
lights which the w add e-ti 1 e. tow—a ihfgh!
which is sure 1 . bsm-il: it. - v.• •;•! ! v, idf’u cn
joys it. Purity is' vi: mo , I on art* -
form; anti comn ' her i re to
the ml with all that i pure, and lovt h . an i
! of good report.
| In every sea: on of the year a ro id nee ie.
; the country has a bencfi fa! idled mi the liu
man sold. Ju Spring, when the tree:; again
put on their singing robes, and nmrnmr iurth
the praises of Him who made them. Spi ng
| has a tendency to give buoyancy to the spirit
i —that heart is callous which foes not awake
I and sing when all thing* around are beaming
I with hope and promise.
[ 1 In Summer, the blu-hing flowers are seen
' amid rural retreats, and see i, inothinks, like
stolen glories from Piinidi.se; then the sing
ing birds trill forth melodies, the purest ami
, the sweetest ever heard cn earth, and which
■ may well raise the thoughts away from this
vani; liing world of ours to the glory-land
beyond.
In Autumn, the country teaches us wis
■ dom lessons; the whispers that are heard
- when the leaves are falling, seem, incthiuks
. sweet echoes from the angel world, telling
- that we, too, must soon lade and vanish like
the leaves of the forest, and he found m
. more on earth at all.
s In Winter, w« arc led to revere the wisdon
and power of Him who docth ail things well
—who hath lii 1 the flowers beneath a snowj
maiitle to enliAiiee our joy on again behold in c
them; and who sends the storms to purilj
the atmosphere, and the rain to cause tin
1 earth to bring forth fruit in its season.
To the thoughtful mind, reflections sue!
as these are suggested by a rural life, wliicl
. should not be decried as listless and impleas
t ant. Communion with Nature can give mon
real joy than man ever found in the pursui
[ of the pleasures of a city life.
Ax Irishman one day found a light guiui
i which lie was obliged to sell for eighteen shil
, lings. The next day he saw another gniue;
| lying in the street.
“No, no,” says ho, “I’ll have nothing t<
do with the like of you; 1 lost three shilling,
by your brother yesterday.”
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A Poet says the wind kisses the waves
j Tba., we suppose, is the celebrated “ kiss lb
' a blow ’ about which we have heard so much
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THE CXI OX.
X • one, who has carefully noted the signs
«/
of the thin . can fall to see the serious
t thresh u us, A d: rk cloud and
n ‘ ivin : wei; h like an incubus upon the
mind of all thinking, sol r men. Ain a iy
trade a.'.id Commerce are nearly at a stand,
of all kinds is feeling the pres
sure heavily. It is pre-eminently a time for
e.dm. dellm .-.:te thought and wh e council—a
time wl n all ra hn< . all ext it imt nr. should
! • di tiled. The immense in. treats iu
V'fv' l, and the magniludn of the danger,
It eauti a. and v.i - -lorn,
and for) 1 i kit a j, baste and precipita
tion. Vfc 1 i lived u..d,-r the best govern
ment that human wisdom ever devised, until,
like the man who has always enjoyed uninter
rupted xl health, we cannot appr ciato its
5 i • s; a govtrnment that hr- i een li-lt
only in its bemli.> to all. and not in its exac
tions or oppre ions. (ioverne I by a eonsti
turiun and laws under whose just and bene
i.- : ii-.ini ; ,ti- it v.c have grown and
1 expended and prospered beyond oxam
' pic in the hi. w>ry of the world, we have
givt i an ini] bus to frt ight an 1 frt
and ft t s ; t, n he r ■: er d rill*
Ti.i it ext- . t; ir iniiii nee and example
| have wri -ted. < .no-half »»f tbe=r pouter from the
rtt -n.u.vh- ! tyrr.n <■" c u’ix-ental Hurope.
1 ve ted it in t e hands of th people. T< -
d; v. " rex -m r,.-. I Italy Ido ,, th.d l»>r
. : 1 r. .. •*•... and Am.-ri
n i d -vtvics h:. ve d more to eivihzc
i mi i vi ' d.vc six- \;<>vM th. n any other
v ..ns v.diich I’rov. h me has seen tic to u e.
All those mi’id• red felt -mg-at home, and
aim- .-t unlimited poucr for good wherever
human energy and human enterprise can
reach, mould not be light y thrown away.
11,:;l hould act live ihr him. elf alnne. Yfe
•!• uld lie th-.rou.Aly convinced. bibhre we
take a single - - toward s tie disruption of
:.d- on - . ex d xy o', ctates. that we
t: ly < ur own condi
tion, but > 1-1, : the
!...; of the < .vu-tr 1 i : • i S oppres.cd
c\\ rv\. here, w.h ) ; ’. e 1 een 1 i king to u.- as
tii.-ir beacon aid their xnlde.
[ . tr.it in-.: Reporter.
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C: .Jack- n and ms ( -n i’irr.—The
■ ( ion wa givt t by a k Iy ad
miicr ( f ('em bach -m in a ,-ceae which she
. l x , be ] .iim- 1. ■ c. ; "w.-ao ot
(Jen. Jaokst n at 1: ano, whil • : , ident:
u A ktrge parlor scantily furnished, lighted
fr • : 1 ve b; a ih mdche?: a bright, Id izmg
four
in j—ear he, An Irew J. Donel a,
llrs. vn Ir -w .Jack n, . . Howard Living
■ n. and one or two in- re—five ov six chil
li. , h. . 1 fi a;, x playing
■\ g h. - mom, r x...rdlc- of documents and
wivk-bn-beis. Al the ui.i.'nt end oi the
■ ■ v,isivii! the i . -dent. hi an arm
c !-dr. m ■ a 1 ■ loose coat imol ing a
b pi >, with a long n l ..id'..:,
the eoi.ihim 1 digiihy (ff a patriarch, a nion
an-li and an Indian chief. A little behind the
i dvin tone, Secretary ef
tv1, .in;' to lnm ::i al >w t ae a dispatch
neb Minister of porei; n Affairs,
i■ he Pro i lent ii ions intently, yet with a cer
tain Maud ns.-uranee, as though lie were say
to h if, “Say you o, !Ion;ieur ? We
I :d;;dl ;, 1 about that." The ladies glance to
ward hi: i n >w and then, with fond admira
tion i . re 1 in their countenance.:, 'i lie
; cuii Iren r.re too loud occasionally in their
ip! y. ri iie President inclines liis ear closer
. • ry, and m ivi s his pi] e absently,
lmt vuh an exqm.-iic Mini:ng tenderness, to
ward tiie ii,. sy group, which ?>lrs. Donclson
]:eicoiving. "ho lifts her linger and whispers
admonition.”
A A o'ilk h'.'iNTiMKNT.—Some true heart
has given cxpiv .-ion to its generous nature in
tiful l
d< ert a friend when enemies gather round
him. When sickness falls on the heart,
when the world is dark and cheerless, is the
time to try a true friend. They who turn
from a scene of distress betray their hypoc
risy, and prove that interest moves them.
If you have a friend who loves you and
studies your interest and happiness, be sure
to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel
that his former kindness is appreciated, and
that hi.-, love is not thrown away. Real fidel
ity l ay be rare, but exists in the heart.
Yi no has not ecu and felt its powers ? They
deny its wreath who never loved a friend, or
, labored to make a friend happy."
Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over
us by the supreme ordinance of a parental
Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better
. than we know ourselves, and ho loves ns
better, too. lie that wrestles with us strength
ens our nerves, and sharpens our skill, bur
antagonist is our helper. This amicable con
flict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate
acquaintance w ith our subject, and compels us
to consider it in all its relations. It will not
suffer us to be superficial.
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A Windfall—It is stated that General
Harney by the decease of ills wife recently in
Pari has come in pos.-ession, as the property
' of himself and children, of $5,000,000. Ik
is rising of fifty years old, and by much ser
■ vice and exposure, is somewhat broken in
health. He is the fourth on the list of oui
1 army officers—Scott, Wool and Twiggs com
* . •' , , ' CO
: ing before him.
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Nothing is so great an instance of ill-man
. ners as flattery. If you flatter ;dl the com
• pauy, you please none; if you flatter only one
or two, you affront the rest.
ARKANSAS LEG1SLA TIRE.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF TI1E SENATE.
On the Judiciary-—Oates, Watkins, Craig
hea 1. Lemoyne, Clark McCulloch, Askew
and Gray.
< >n Auditor's and Treasurer’s Books—Trim
ble. Douglas and Ward.
On Military—MeCrecry, Mitchell, Miller,
Fagan and Belser.
< >u Bank —Lemoyne, Craighead McCul
loch. Mitchell and llosson.
(lii Education—Clark, Mecklin, Belser,
3IcAlexande’' and Trimble.
On Internal Improvement—Carrigan Da
vies, Belser, Miller, Oates, Terry, Clark and
Lemoyne.
On Ways and 3Icans—Watkins, llosson,
Bennington. Jones and Askew.
On Agriculture—Belseu, 31cCrecry, 3L1
ler. 3Iecklin and Fagan.
On Counties and County Lines—*-Mc( ul
locji, Bennington. Ward, Gray and llosson.
On Public Hoads—Douglas, 31 iHer, irim
ble, Davies and Me Alexander.
On Enrolled Bills—Fagan. Mitchell, Trim
ble, 3Iecklin and < I ray
(hi Election—‘Jones, Craighead, Oates.
31e<;ull<u'h and 1 ><mglas.
On Public Planting— Ward, Carrigan,
.., ry, Watkins and 1 lavies. .
On the Penitentiary—Terry, Belser, Le
in- .'lie. Miller and Askew.
On Claim—Dairies, Craighead, Penning*
t n. J■ mes and Clark.
On Memorials—Mitchell, MeCrecry, Gray,
Askew and Davies.
( >:i Public Buildings—Pennington. Terry.
Mecklin, Ward and Watkins.
On Public Expenditures—31 cAlexander.
Carrigan. Fagan, 3le(’ulloch and Junes.
Ou Swamp and Overflowed Lands—Ros
n, Craighead. Askew, Terry and Aliller.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE.
W.«v* and 31e.-ms—Humphrey. Garland.
Tb rn. il mingway, Smith, Grawibrd and
1V imin .ion.
JU'.di ..:rv—Boone, Duvall, Fell, Gibson,
, Civ’."ii. Lewis, Harper, Harrison, Cravens.
Kt ■ . Trigg, Van Patten. Kilgore.
* • 4
Hums brew- ami Parr.
P..su asion—Folk M;teeII. F\ are; Loudon,
L..n iruiii. Kenner, Junes of F ell. Acrec and
Ferguson ®
1 V !e.-; 1 II Id ions — Duval. Hum; hrecy
'Pope.-. Civwli .-J, Finish, 1! •! eri- >n’ 'j horn.
Ci.; D.m. Veil, Vail Patten, Hemingway and
Boone.
Internal Improvements—Van Patten.
Fi : . Horton, Jonning-. Bowden. Childers
and Jones.
Banl —Harper, Crawford. Flitchell. Rub
insun, \km Patten, Funders, Jones, Bowden
and Duval.
Geological Survey — Hemingway, Bell,
l'um-.nn. llarner. Bowden. Fle-.-ick. Thorn.
Clnyti :i, Davis, Kenner and Bel-on.
Ait lit,.>j-3 and Treasurer’s Book-—Seaborn.
McLean, Mitchell. Sharp and Padgett.
State Lands—Smith, Cargile, .Jones of
Yell, Murphy, Wheeler, Cook, Coulter and
Parr.
Penitentiary—Key, Baines. Childers. Har
r's. Sanders. Landrum and .Jones of Dike.
County and County Lines—Lewis. Bowden.
Montgomery, llaines, Stephenson and Chil
ders. ‘
Public Buildings—Crowell, .Coulter. Lou
d >n. Massey, Woolard, \\ illiauis, Saffold and
Wheeler.
Militia—Jennings, Perkins, Jones of Chi
cot, Tucker, Pettus, Lee, Morton, Baines,
Maxwell and Putnam.
Agriculture—Pettus, Harris, Bowden Al
len. Acree and Wheeler.
Swamp and Overflowed Lands—Armstrong,
(dark 111 1. W oolard, Crawford, Crowell, Smith
and Gibson.
Petitions and Memorials—Garland, Cook
Coulter, Thorn, Mack, Childers, Van Patter
and Jones of Chicot.
Enrollment—Ware, Landrum, Lee, Brown
Padgett, Putnam and Farr.
Ciairns—Brown, .Jennings, Tucker, Arm
strong, Landers, Pennington, Sharp, Stout
and Edmondson.
Elections—Kilgore, Duval, Pennington
Humphreys, Smith, Crowell, Clayton, Doom
and Hooper.
Kissing.—A kiss is like a sermon, “it re
quires two heads and an application.” 1
deals with the hidden spirit by means o
tangible symbols. It is like faith, in that i
is “the substance of things hoped for.” 'it i,
the language of affection, the echo of lov
and the concentration of bliss; it is of “gooi
report,” and pleasing to our ears; it is elo
quence “dwelling with sweet accents on tin
lips. ’ It is both vocal and instruwenta
“harmonies” in a language and with a senti
ment intelligible in all language and in al
ages. It is the “seal” of a father’s blessing
the “witness” of a mother’s love, the “guar
anty” of a brother’s protection, the “surety'
• of a sister’s devotion, the “gate” to a lover’
i heaven, and something that mere friend
have nothing to do with.
New Style of Invitation.—Burleigh
the New York correspondent of The Bostoi
Journal, says that the present rage for visit
ing and invitations in New York is this:
“11 a wedding is to come off among tli
ton, the mother of the bride elect takes he
carriage, and instead of sending a servant u
the steps as formerly, the lady alights, goe
to the door, rings, asks for the party invited
hands the card of invitation, and then drive
off in her coach. It is regarded as a uistin
I guished invitation to have such a semi-perst
' nal invitation.”
A CHOICE LOT OF
Scgars, Chewing A Smoking Tobacco.
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
LiqiOKS FOB MEDICAL t SES,
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Orders from a Distance it III Receive Prompt Atteutlon!
AND THE HOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
A!! I2os:rs of the Day or Night!
nor 3-ly. ° JOHN IS. PKHKINS.
TV IT \V {■?> rr O IT IT :
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
We have just opened our new stock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, W00LSEY3,
IIOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LINSEY8,
AND GEORGIA FLAIDS.
i LSO, A FINE ASSORTMENT OF POPLINS,
I 1 V De Borages. Alerinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
'
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF
C I, <> T II I X (; !!
• A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
- largest stock of
:■
BOOTS AND SHOES!
I
In the market. We kindly solicit all wlio wish to
l
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods an<J prices.
y
TAYLOR & CO.,
>
$ nov 3-tf. Dos Arc, Arkansas.
AT COST AND CARRIAGE.
| AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
’ I- Dry Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Every*
1 body is invited to call and see for themselve*.
- My goods are inferior to none in this market, am*
my object in selling off at cost and carriage is 10
enable me to replenish with a stock which will b«
} bought exclusively with cash.
r nov3-tf. LEVIN HARRISON
) TOWN ELECTION.
i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A*
, _Ln election will be held at the Mayors’ office i®
s Des Arc, on Mondey, the 4th day of February
next, for Mayor, Constable, and four Council*
men, for the seventh corporate year of saw
* town. S. R. DROWN,
jan 4, !61-4w Mayor.
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