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prni.lSHEI) EVERY 8AT( 11DAY. AT DES ARC, ■PBAIRIEToTOTY. ARKANSAS. BY J. C. MORRILL. TERMS-f _ •
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0TJR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
. We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing in arena, mm
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
Reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Hall
rickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, SherilFs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, 4oc. _
Dr. B. Douglass,
TENDERS his professional services to
the citizens of Prairie and adjacent coun
ties as a Mechanical Phvsician, in cases of
' Hernia and Prolapsus Uteri. In casesj of
abortion, by the timely aid of his SUl I Olll
ER. if not prevented, by returning the work,
they shall have their money refunded.
rar Joseph A. Eddies is iny authorised
*<rent, iu all matters connected with the above
business B. DOUGLASS.
Post-office, Dos Arc, Ark. oct»J-0m
HARVEY S CHANGE,
Corner of Bueiia Vista and Foster
Streets,
JIEAR. THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
T 1 AVING completed our new building, ami
XI opened a first class establishment for the
accommodation of the public, and furnished it
with Urn best of I.uniors, Cigars,
Tobacco, etc., tile undersigned flatter
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretotore be
stowed upon them.
|K»- Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
general assortment of FA MILY (»ROC ERJ LS.
Also. Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups. Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
■ jy-24-tf HARVEY &. MATTHEWS.
A L. HARRIS,
II* .1 T C MM - *n .1 K Fj It
AND
JEWELER.
OFFICE on Buena Vista
street, opposite Ihe^^QSJSgStfi^!?^.
Nucleus House, Dcs Arc,
Arkansas. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. nov-O-om
F. L E P TIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCH
sc A. IS IS IB
AND
JEWELLER,
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he
>js prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK
and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
§ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, Sec.
| jan30-t£ __
JAMES JOHNSON.
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
/Q ft Having permanently located myself,
"Sf" I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
XX PISTOLS, &.c., to order.
©Sr* All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
promptly attended to.
Terms—Cash. »pr3 *y
BOOT AND SHOE-MAKING.
• ^ TO THE CITIZENS OF DES If
K*- ARC AND VICINITY: JR
HAVING removed my Shop to the corner
of Buena Vista and Woodruff streets, I
am prepared, with a GOOD STOCK OF
LEATHER, suitable for Fall and Winter
Wear, to accommodate the public.
% Work Done as Cheap as any place is
the State. Call anil see.
WORK WARRANTED NOT TO RIP.
REPAIRING DONE neatly, at all
times.
As I am permanently located in this place
my interest is identified with yours.
'<S%r Terms, Cash.
oct-tf f. wf:thf:rington.
J ORJDAN BODEMERr
SH&VIlie, HAIR-CUTTING,
ILUR-DRESSING SzYLOON
—'ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Noclkui
House, Des Arc, Arkansas. octl6-ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
¥ G. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
, neys at Law, and General Collec
tors, Searcy. White county, Arkansas. Prac
tice in the Circuit Courts of Randolph. Law
rence, Independence, Jackson, White, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jefferson and Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Ark. (jgT Prompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. [janS-tf.
DR. B. F. DINVVIDDIE, having per
manently located at Lake Bluff. Prairie
county, Arkansas, tenders his professional
services to the public, in all tlie branches of
his profession. jan9, 1858-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis,
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
longexpcrience in thehealing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. (jgp” Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly *
DR. WM. BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
(Jgj* Office at Bethell & Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
DR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branchos of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf __
Cl U 111 D o £i i, Kesidest
) Dentist, Clark’s MarbletJg^iSgk
Block, Memphis.Tennessee. Will
visit Des Arc, of which notice will be given
through the “ Citizen.” octl3-6m
TAS7 r7 HARRINGTON,
Mechanical and Surgical{Qj3cP™^
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove,
Prairie county, Arkansas. Dlt. I1ARR1NG
TON is prepared to perform any operation, or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. He hopes by his particular attention,
carefulness and experience to merit the pat
ronage and influence of the citizens of Prairie
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. inay30-ly
L. FEAT HERS TON... r- FARR.
FAEATHERSTON & FARR, Attok
p NEYS AT Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References:
Madison, Ark., Hon. W. G. Beaseley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon, Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola, Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Cofleeville,
Miss., E. C. Walthall; Memphis. Tenn., D.
M. DuBose, Esq., W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W. T. Featherston; Washington,_p.
C., Jacob Thompson. jyl~
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conwav. and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention' to all business entrusted to him.
OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. feb]3-tf
VB. DALRYMPLE, Attorney at
Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkan
sas.* Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jackson, White, and Con
way. He will give prompt attention to all
Land Claims.and will attend personally to the
locating of Swamp Land Scrip and Warrants,
selling lands, and paying taxes, (g?“ Office
| on Lyon street. febl3-tf
AKEMAN W. EDWrAltDS, Law
yf.r. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas. (QP* Prompt attention
tn the rnlleelion of all claims entrusted
to him. n __
JW, MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
(K3- Prompt attention given to the collection
ofclaims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land, Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf _
WILLIAM T. JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State.___ sept26-tf
Robert l. bethell, attorney
at Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Ar
kansas. ’ _^>20-tf
SAM^L wTWILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
torneys at Law', Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. dec4
T A. MOON, Attorney at Law,
•) . General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octlO
GEO. C. WATKINS.GEO. A. GALLAGHER.
WATKINS & GALLAGHER, At
** torneYs at Law,Little Rock, Arkan
sas. ang4-ly
RFURNISS MARTIN, Attorney
* at Law, Brownsville, Prairie county
Arkansas. Will practice in the counties ol
Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry
Saline. White, Arkansas. Jefferson, Jacksor
and Monroe. Prompt attention given to thi
collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jyl~-ly
1. L. ..W. D. /^OWAY
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
TORNEYS AT Law, Dardanellc, Arkansas
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope,
i je26-tf ______
It I, t\KN! BLAXKSi!
Just printed and for sale at the “ Citize
Or Tier.—Deedsof Conveyance ! Quit Claii
Deeds; Justice’s Summons’, Exec itions, Dc
I livery Bonds, i-e. *tc.
••I CAN!”
BV CHABLF.S LELAND PORTER.
Here is something stirring for von! You
feel your heart grow larger—swell with high
desire at the close of each stanza. You invol
untarily close vour hands tighter, and your
eye kindles. Read it over again. We imagine
your pulse keeping time to its measure. Read
it again!
“I can I” Yes, sir—we know you canl
W’e read it in your eye,
There is a mystic talisman
Flashing all gloriously!
■ Speaking it out boldly; let it ring,
There is a volume there,
There’s meaning in the eagle’s wing;
Then soar, and do, and dare!
“I can!” Climbs to the mountain top;
And plows the billowy main,
And like the hammer in the shop;
And drives the saw and plane;
’Tis fearless In the battle shock,
And always leads the van
Of young America’e brave sons—
They never quailed nor ran.
“I can!” He is a fiery youth,
And will a brother twin;
And, arm in arm, in love and truth,
They’ll either die or win;
Shoulder to shoulder, ever ready,
All firm and tearless still
The brothers labor—true and steady—
“I i an!” and brave “I will!”
<;I cAN!”o’en in his pleasure trips
Travels by telegraph,
He plumes the snowy wings of ships,
And never works by half ;
His music is the humming loom,
And shuttles are liis dancers;
Then clear the way and quick give room
For the noble-sotiled C‘I can,” sirs!
“I can!” yes sir—we know you can!
’Tis lithe in every liinb,
ft* .. 1.U-.1 « Uiino Pnn
How can the flame burn dim?
It tensely draws your sturdy nerves—
No bow’s without a string.
And when nor bows or bow-string swerves
An arrow’s on the wing.
I’ve got to “sixthly,” and would make
A personal “application”
In four heads; listen every one
Of this our Yankee nation;
Banish from you every can’t,
And show yourself a man,
And nothing will your purpose daunt,
Led by the grave “I can!”
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COTTON CROP OF 1858 AND COTTON
STATISTICS.
As the cotton crop of the country is one
of the great elements of finance, the bal
ance wheel of the whole fabric, we give
the following statistics on this subject as a
matter of interest to our readers. An
Alabama cotton planter, who has carefully
examined the question says:
Owing to an unusually long continuance
of very favorable and sunny weather du
ring September and October, and until
late in the autumn, there having been no
frost in “ the cotton region” worthy of
notice before the 10th of November, and
none “ to kill” generally until about the
20th of that month, when the rains set in,
the prospect of the cotton crop in Septem
ber has been more than realised. Instead
of the crop being about the same quantity
as last year, not quite 3,114,0S0 bales, it
seems to be ascertained that the present
crop will range between 3,300,000 and 3,
500,000 bales—good crops having been
made in the States east of Mississippi,
but in that State, by the accounts of in
telligent persons who have lately been
there, as also in Louisiana and Texas, and
some other of the southwestern States, or
narle rtf ill am it IK hplipvpd. as a xreneral
result, not more than half crops have been
made, as is certain in many localities.
The inundations along the Mississippi
river and some of its tributries, destroyed
whole crops the last spring. The extent
of the damage is not yet known, and is
variously estimated, as is also the general
crop.
The uncommon extent of the receipts
and sales at the cotton markets so early in
the season, owing to the circumstance of
its unusual maturity, the bulk of cotton
having gone forward two months in ad
vance of ordinary seasons, has perhaps
led to the erroneous opinion, especially in
Europe, that the cotton crop of the pres
ent year is much larger than it actually is.
Should it even exceed, which does notap
pear probable, 3.500,000 bales, that quan
tity will be inadequate to the demand.
This scarcely needs demonstration.
For several successive years the crop!
in this country have been short, and the
agitated state of India must have causec
a failure of the crops there.
It wi'l be observed that the crop in this
country of 1S55 was 3,327,8-45 bales, ant
since then, up to the present year, ha!
never been exceeded. East year s crof
was 3,113,962 bales.
The total consumption in the United
States last year was less than 595,00(
bales, while the export to foreign port:
exceeded 2,590,000 bales. Only abou
100,000 bales, supposed to be mostly in
ferior and unsaleable cotton, was left oi
hand in this country, the 1st of Septein
ber, 1S5S.
. These statistics show what will be th
probable demand for the present crop c
cotton, independent of the improved trade
and the opening of China and India l
the fabrics of England and the Lnite'
States.
Prices in this country for the preser
crop, as paid, have ranged from abot
1 eleven to thirteen ceuts per pound, fluctc
ating in a measure according to the price
i at Liverpool and Manchester.
1 Alabama, it is supposed, will be agai
’ the cotton “banner State” this yeai
| Iler bales, it will be observed, averag
five hundred nnd fifty pounds; in Georgia
four hundred. In that State, a full crop
of cotton, it is stated, has been made this
year that “will bring $21,000,000 at
present prices.”
According to the census of ISoO, the
cotton growing region produced " ginned
cotton bales of four hundred pounds each,
as follows; In Alabama, 564,429; Geor
gia, 499,091; Mississippi, 482,292; South
Carolina, 300.301 ; Tennessee, 194,432 ;
Louisiana, 178,387; North Carolina, 73,
845; Arkansas; 65,345 ; Texas, 58,072 ;
Florida, 45,131; Virginia, 3 507; Ken
tucky, 750 ; making a total of 2,468,079;
and showing an incrense in the product of
cotton in this country in eight years of
about one million of bales, now worth
over $50,000,000.
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The Very Best of the Season—Foote
Caught.
The following, on Gov. Foote, is too
good to be lost; nnd, as we are assured by
a party present, that it is literally true, we
lay it before our readers In fact, the
person who gave us the information is a
gentleman of integrity nnd honor, in
whom we have implicit confidence. Here
it is.—[Vicksburg Sun.
A few days ago a company of gentle
men were traveling up the Mississippi
river, between Vicksburg and Memphis,
on the steamer Antelope. In the crowd
was a politician of great notoriety, par
ticularly in the State of Mississippi, who
was eloquent and incessant in his advoca
cy of Judge Douglas for the Presidency:
“ Every position of Douglas was Demo
cratic, every pulsation of his heart South
ern, everv element of his nature Consti
. J . • ii _ i_j:_
umunai miu iimscuauvc, uu mo
statesmen and politicians of the South
and West his ardent admirers, etc., etc.”
During an animated panegyric upon the
perfections of the “ Little Giant,” all the
gents of the cabin had congregated around
the “ interminable talker,” some asking
one question and some another, all of
which were answered by the statement of
facts all within the “ certain personal
knowledge" of the speaker, when one
gent asked, “ How is Kentucky upon
the Douglas question?” The speaker
turned to him with an air of countenance,
as much as to say, “ there I am at home'
—replied, “ Kentucky, Sir, is right, and
to my certain knowledge, every promi
nent politician in the State is in favor of
Douglas. I have very lately been in
Kentucky and conversed with every mem
ber of Congress, and every one (and
partcularly Dr. Peyton, the most promi
nent of them all,) is in favor of Douglas.”
A very fine looking, quiet stranger,
who had been listening without saying
anything, appeared struck with the last
remark, and asked the speaker if he un
derstood him to say that Dr. Peyton was a
Douglas man—“ Oh, yes,” he replied,
“ I know him intimately, and within the
last four weeks he has assured me of the
fact.” The stranger rose up and spoke as
follows: “ Sir, I am Dr. Peyton, the
member of Congress referred to, and
though I have heard much of you, I have
never had the honor ol your acquaintance
or of speaking to you until now, and so
far from being a Douglas man, Sir, I am
against him all the way from h—11 to
Halifax. No' is there a prominent man
in Kentucky for him, except Mr. Dixon,
who is in favor of a new party.” The
effect of this reply can be better imagined
than described. The shout that went up
from that crowd made the Antelope trem
ble. The Douglas orator, instead of melt
ing down into his boots, turned towards
Dr. Peyton, and remarked, “ Are you
Dr. Peyton, sir ? most happy to see you
sir—delighted to make your acquaintance,
sir; think I once saw you, sir, when l
was in me oenaie, unetu ; wucu «»*
hands to take a drink, and amidst the
most terrific guffaws they all drank,
“ health to Dr. Peyton, and confusion to
Douglas and his schemes for the Presi
dency.” “The Old ‘ Un.”
A Touching Incident.—A corres
pondent, writing from Phi'adelphia to the
Louisville Democrat, relates the following:
Whilst an aged and poorly clad female
was asking alms at the corner of Fourth
and Chestnut streets, a smart looking
young sailor passed within a few feet of
her, gazing for several seconds on her
haggard face. She approached him, and
extended her palm in silence. Instantly
his hand found its way to his capacious
pocket, and when he drew it out it was
filled with gold and silver, which he forced
her to accept, saying.
•There, good mother, take this: you
may as well have it as the landsharks.
The last cruise I had out to New York
found me with four hundred dollars on
hand, but as the neighbors told me my old
mother was dead, I got on a spree with
the money, spent it all inside ol a week
and then shipped again.’
1 ‘ Oh, good—good sir! you are too kind
1 to an old body like me. For your sake I
; will take it. Oh, you remiud me of ray
' poor son, George, who shipped and was
>jdrowned. Oh, George—George White,
■; where are you now ?”
| • George White ?’ hurriedly exclaimed
\ the now excited sailor. ‘ Why, that's my
inarne! And you—you are my mother.’
' With thishe seized her in his arms, and
J; caressed her affectionately, whilst the bit
l tears of joy ran down his bronzed cheek
The poor woman was entirely overcome
1 by the recovery of her long'lost child, and
1 wept and groaned alternately. A carri
' age shortly after conveyed the mother au<
3 son away, leaving many a moistened ey<
: among the crowd who witnessed the scene
a | --—
. I _“Speaking your mind,” Jerrold says, “i
e | an extravagance that has ruined many a maD.’
POLITICS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Mr. John H. George, the Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Concord dis
trict of New Hampshire, lias written a let
ter in response to a note from a commit
tee of the Convention informing him of
his nomination, in which he expresses
with great clearness and directness his
views on several of the leading topics of
political discussion nt the present time.
As the election in New Hampshire does
not take place till March next, the issues
thus presented will have ample considera
tion, and we presume be fully discussed
before the people. We make a few ex
tracts from the letter of Mr. George:
“I deprecate the interference by Con
gress, direclly or indirectly, in the domes
tic affairs of the people of either the States
or the Territories. 1 hold most firmly to
the cardinal doctrine of State rights and
popular sovereignty. I recognise in its
broadest sense, as just and salutary, the
principle that to the people of every State
and organized Territory belongs of right
the prerogative of regulating for them
selves their own domestic and local affairs
within the limits of the Constitution.
####*#
“In this connection I desire to express
my full conviction that it is the duty of
Congress and of the Legislatures of each
and all of the Slates and Territories to
pass all laws required of them respective
ly by the letter or the spirit of the Consti
tution, and to abstain from all enactments
in conflict with any of its provisions; for 1
am wholly unable to perceive any middle
ground which can be honestly assumed by
any reflecting man between the position
of those who totally disregard its provis
ions, believing it to be ‘a covenant with
tw.li ” # *
“With regard to the admission of new
States, I am in favor of the adoption by
Congress of a uniform rule by which no
new State shall be admitted with n less
population than is sufficient to elect, a
member of Congress under tbe ratio of
representation. I believe this to be im
peratively required both from considera
tions of the inability of the people of
sparsely settled Territories to properly
bear the burdens of a State government,
and of the manifest injustice which would
result from allowing a comparatively small
constituency the same political power in
the House of Representatives as one twice
or three times as numerous. I regard
Kansas a proper exception to this rule, it
having been once conditionally admitted
to the Union, and I am in favor of its
admission ns a State whenever it shall
present to Congress a constitution republi
can in form, which lias received the sanc
tion of a majority of its people.
“ I am further of the opinion that, when
ever any Territory having the requisite
population, as above suggested, shall pre
sent a constitution republican in form,
which has been approved at the ballot-box
by a majority of its people in the free ex
ercise of the right of voting thereon. Con
gress should admit that territory to an
equal footing with the other Stales, with
out regard to the specific provisions of its
constitution.”
Mr. George presents with great force
some of the affects upon New England
interests of the slavery agitation. He
says:
“ I believe, further, that no section of
the country has so large an interest in the
accomplishment of the these results as
New England, for, upon no other section
have the evils of slavery agitation fallen
with equal force. The commercial, man
ufacturing and mechanical interests upon
rj-hich the material prosperity of New
England is based and mainly depends,
have each and all been naralvzed to a
greater or less extent by the sectional an
imosities which the political abolitionists
of New England have been so efficient in
producing. While New England ships
are seeking employment and profit in the
transportation of the products of slave
labor, New England denunciations of the
South and Southern institutions have oc
casioned discriminations to be made in
favor of Southern ships to-such an extent
that many vessels, built and owned here,
are registered in New Orleans, in order
to obtain employment as Southern ships.
While New England manufactories are
wholly dependent upon the cotton raised
by slave labor for the employment of their
operatives and their looms, nnd are to a
large degree dependent upon the South as
a market for their manufactured goods,
political virulence has caused the con
struction of manufacturing establishments
.in Georgia and other Southern States
and thus diminish the employment of our
factories and the market for our goods.
Our shoe manufacturers are glad to obtain
the proceeds of slave labor by making
brogans for Southern negroes; but South
ern prejudice, excited by New England
folly, compels the manufacturer to pay a
tax to the New York commission mer
chant who sells bis shoes under false
marks to his Southern customers. Our
machinists and mechanics have all felt
the consequences of the establishment of
machine shops in Maryland, Virginia and
Tennessee. Our merchants have seen
Southern trade concentrate at New Ttork,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. They know
that to a great extent the establishment
of these shops and the diversion of this
| trade is owing to this miserable negro
agitation, originateil and kept up, at such
an enormous sacrifice of New Egulaud
i interests for the selfish purposes of sec
| tional agitation."
“ I have as little respect for that cheap
! philanthropy which, while it clutches ai
and feeds upon the profit aud proceeds ol
; slave labor, exhibits itself in coarse one
, senseless denunciations of Southern insti
>! tutions, as for that supreme folly which
thus deprives New England of her South
ern trade and her best markets.”
Mr. George goes on to define his po
sition in favor of a revenue tariff • suffi
cient to meet the wants of the Govern
ment economically administered,” but
does not believe in tbe right of Congress
to enact a tariff for the purpose of protec
tion.
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A BAD SION.
There is no surer sign of an unmanly
nnd cowardly spirit than a vague desire
for help—a wish to depend, to lean on
somebody, nnd enjoy the fruits of other
people’s industry. There are multitudes
of young men who indulge in dreams of
help from some quarter coming in at a
convenient moment to enable them to se
cure the success in life which they covet.
The vision haunts them of some benevo
lent old gentleman with a pocket full of
money, a box full of scrip, a trunk full of
mortgages, and a mind remarkably appre
ciative of merit nnd genius, who will, per
haps, give or lend them from one thou
sand to ten thousand dollars, with which
they may commence business and go on
swimmingly. Perhaps he will take a dif
ferent turn and send them to college, from
which they will emerge into ecclesiastical
popularity, and rise up to a fat salary of
bishopric, at least.
One of the most painful sights in the
world, is that of a young man with a
strong constitution and a presentable fig
ure, standing with his hands in his pock
ets longing for help. There are positions
in which the most independent spirit may
gracefully accept assistance; may, in fact,
as a choice of evils, desire it; but for a
man who is able to help himself, to seek
help from others, is positive proof that he
hns been unfortunately trained, and that
un muuieoi U1U5 UXISIS III Ill» UIIUIUUVUI.
Let us not be misunderstood; we would
not inculcate the pride of personal inde
pendence, which in its sensitiveness repels
the good offices of friends—what we con
demn in a young man, is the habit of de
pendence which makes him anxious to ac
cept as a favor those things which he
might readily acquire by his own industri
al exertions. A man who willingly re
ceives assistance, especially if he has ap
plied for it, invariably sells himself to bis
benefactor, unless bis patron happens to
be a man of sense, who is giving abso
lutely necessary assistance to one whom
he knows to be both sensitive and honora
ble.
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A Sharp Housekeepers.—I never
see the reason why your smart housekeep
ers must of necessity be Xantippes. I
once iiad lire misfortune to be domestica
ted during the summer months with one
of this genius.
I should like to have seen the adventu
rous spider that would have dared to
ply his cunning trade in Mrs. Pariott's
premises. Nobody was allowed to sleep
a wink beneath the roof. Even the old
rooster crowed an hour earlier than any
of his neighbors. “Go ahead!" wus writ
ten on every broomstick in the establish
ment.
She gave her husband his breakfast,
buttoned him up in his overcoat, and put
him out of the door with his face in the
direction of the store, in less time than I
have taken to tell it. Then she snatched
up six little Pariotts, scrubbed their faces
up and down without regard to feeling or
pug noses, till they shone like a row of
milk cans.
“Clear the track!" was her motto wash
ing days. She never drew a long breath
till the wash tubs were turned bottom up
wards again, and every article of wearing
nnnnrnl vnrmLIpil irnripfl. nmi
placed on the backs of their respective
owners. It always gave me a stitch in
the side to look at her.
Asto her “cleaning days,” I never had
courage to witness one. I had to lay un
der an apple tree in the orchard until she
was through. A whole platoon of sol
diers wouldn't have frightened me so
much as that virage and her mop.
You should have seen her in her glory
on “baking days,” her sleeves rolled up
to her armpits and a long check apron
swathed round her bolster-like figure; the
great oven blazing, glowing and sparkling
in a manner very suggestive to a lazy
sinner like myself. The interminable
row of greused pie plates, and pans of
rough and ready ginger bread, and pots
'of pork and beans, in an edifying state
I of progression; and the immense embryo
! loaves of brown and wheaten bread. To
j my innocent inquiry whether she thought
the latter would rise, she set her shiny
! arms akimbo, inarched up within kissing
; distance of my face, cocked her head on
! on# side, and asked il “I thought site
j looked like a woman to be trifled with by
a loaf of bread?” The way I settled
down into tny slippers, without a reply,
| probably convinced her that I was no
‘ longer skeptical upon that point.
Saturday evening she employed in
winding up everything that was unwound
in the liouse, the old entry clock inclu
ded. From that time till Monday mor
ning, she devoted herself to her husband
and Sabbatical exercises. All 1 have to
say is, that it is to be hoped she car
ried some of the fervor of her secular
employment into those halcyon hours.
_Mr. Snub perceived that the inilk he
was pouring into his coifee cup was none of
the r ichest. On this he said to his hostess,
“Haven’t you any milk that is more cheerful
than this?” “What do you mean by that?”
“Why, this milk seems overpowered by the
BLUES.”
_A gentleman, having a large six-shooter
in bis hand, was asked—“Is that a horse pis
' tol?” “No}” he replied, “it is ooly a Colt’s.”
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
——“I can’t sec how you can set ami eat,
while your wife is so sick. “Why, my dear
fellow, it is not that I love tny wife less, but
hat I love pancakes more.”
-The blessing of an active mind, when
it is in a good condition, is—that it not only
employs itself, but is almost sure to be the
means of giving wholesome employment to
cithers.
-A negro driver of a coach, In Texas,
stopped to get some water for the young ladies
in the carriage and on being being asked what
he stopped for, replied: “I am watering my
flowers.”
-Among the orders allowed at a late
term of the circuit court, of Evansville, In
diana, was one of $2,75, for washing and per
fuming one witness one day.
—— The young ladies who rejoice in a
multiplicity of rings, chains, Ac., to the un
paralclled extent now fashionable, should be
labeled, like watches in the windows; warran
ted full jeweled.”
-We have read of a certain English
clergyman, who, being engaged In a warm
controversy with a gentleman, was told that
his “black coat protected him.” “It may be
so,” said tiie wrathy parson, “but if it pro
tects me, it shan’t you;” and throwing his
coat over a chair, he gave his apponent a
thorough thrashing.
-1 have often observed at a public en
tertainment, that when there is anything par
ticular to bo seen, everybody immediately
stands up, and effectually prevents anybody
rrom seeing anything.
— - A woman is either worth a good deal,
or nothing. If good for nothing, she is not
worth getting jealous for; if she be a true wo
man, she will give no cause for jealousy.
—If you love others, they will love yoo,
If you speak kindly to them, they will speak
kindly to yon. Love is repaid with love, and
hatred with hatred.
——A pious old lady, preparing to go to
church, was seen to take a considerable quan
tity of gold from her trunk, wrap it up care
fully and put it in her pocket. She stated
that it was her habit, that It kept her mind
steady at her devotions, for where the treasure
is, there will the heart be also.”
-When you aro whistling in a printing
oilice, and they say “louder,” don’t you do it.
-“ That motion is out of order,” said
the chairman of a meeting when a rowdy
raised his arm to throw an egg.
——Magistrate— What has brought you
here, sir? Prisoner—Two policemen, please
your honor. Magistrate—Then, I suppose,
liquor had nothing to do with it? Prisoner
Yes, sirj they were both drunk.
-A person, who was rocently called in
court for the purpose of proving tha correct
ness of a doctor’s bill, was asked if “the doc
tor did not make several visits after the patient
was out of danger?” “No,” replied the witness
:(I considered the patient in danger as long as
Ihe doctor continued his visits.’’
—“When a stranger treats me with want
of respect,” said a philosophic poor man, “I
comfort myself with the reflection that it is
not myself he slights, but my old shabby coat
and hat, which, to say the truth, have no par
ticular claim to admiration. So if my hat and
coat, choose to fret about it, let them, but it*
nothing to me.”
——Why don’t men and women roll out of
bed when they are asleep, as children do?
Having got over that, please let us know why
dogs always bark at a full moon, and never at
a ritw one.
Down a»D Up.—In the year 1849, a
young man who was rich, and engaged
in a lucrative business in Cincinnati, be
came enamored of a beautiful and amia
ble girl—the daughter, by the way, of
wealthy parents—and after a brief court
ship, married her. He loved her dearly.
She loved him dearly. A fortune of hap
piness seemed in store for them j but evil
days came, and after a brief but violent
struggle with fortune, the young man be
came bankrupt. He was left without a
dollar, but not without a hope. The gold
mines of California were open to the ad
venturous and to the industrious. He
would leave his beautiful wife and seek
its glittering shores, where he would re
main until his fortunes were revived.
The resolution once taken was soon ex
ecuted. He came to California, but the
cloud still hung over him. He was active,
enterprising and persevering; yet, while
others around him were gathering the
golden harvest in abundance, his every
object failed. For eight years he con
tinued thus. He became sick, weary, and
disheartened, but his pride would not al
low him to write home for assistance.
He was at last reduced to sell newspapers
upon the streets for a living.
A few weeks ago he was at Folsom
street wharf, upon thearrivsl of the mail
steamer and, among the passengers who
came ashore, he caught a glimpse o! a
richly dressed lady whom he thought he
knew. He followed her to a hotel, got a
fair view, and recognized her as his wife,
whom he had not seen for eight years.
He was poorly dressed, but his affection
conquered bis pride, and he immediately
made himself known to her. The recog
nition was followed by a beautiful exhibi
tion of unabated and unfaltering love.
The lady’s parents had died, leaving her
an heiress of great wealth. She had not
heard of her husband for eight years, an;.„
! fearing for hts safety, she resolved to visa
i this State and make inquiries for herse.f.
The lady closed her conversation with her
husband by putting her arms about his
neck and saving. “Now, dear George we
can go home and be happy as we useo to
I be.” They did go home on ihe steamer
which left last Monday. This story is
strictly true.—[California Spirit of the
Times.