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DES ARC. ARKANSAS
E] VVIN'G complete,I our new b lildiu*. and •
■L opened h fir.,: class establishment for the i
^B'niin.r.Ltiun of tiie public, and furnished it
3‘ the best or I.iqurtrs Timurs,
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Jwuselves that they will continue to receive
■ patronage which has been heretofore be- (
‘'I*01* them.
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fill assortment of K A MILY GROCERIES.
Cove Oysters, Sardines. Fine Pickles, ;
^■sups. Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
»,j»-tf HARVEY x MATTHEWS.
1 A. S. H \RRIS,
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Clocks. Watches and Jlwh ry
rat / ,v 1 lb neatness and dispatch, and war- !
gf”t to give satisfaction. nov20-flm
•JAMES JOHNSON..
fa Gunsmith,
|| TjES ARC. ARKANSAS.
frvivo permanently located myself,
I,n P’epaied to manufacture GUNS,
ry PISTOLS, &c.,to order.
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pB'” ‘syllable terms.
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H ” any kind of work in my line will he
{Kfrnntly ittended to.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ,
TAR. N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residence
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas '
ed. offers his professional services to the .
public.
Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
DR. T. J. CUMMINGS, having per- j
manently located at Atlanta, Prairie ■
county. Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
gy* Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
jjy* Office at Peebles’ Hotel [apr 1-tf.
TAR J. C GOODWIN, determined to ;
remain permanently in Des Arc, will \
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and 1
Chronic in' accordance with the most approv- :
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative j
Medicine.
(HP Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoj'ed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
f&g" Office at D. P. Black & Co’s.. Drug
Store. aprill-ly
TAR. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
-"“^ly located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan &. Co’s Store. [mar ll-6m.
nR T. SANDERS, late of Memphis,
having settled in the town of Des Arc, \
tenders his professional services to the cili- j
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in the healing art mthe west,
llatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
nR. W. F. WALSH, having located at (
1)PS Arc. offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. (j^“ Calls promptly at- 1
tended to. may2U. 1858-1 y*
DR. VVM. BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Ues Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his (
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re- 1
ccive a share of the public patronage.—
(jy Oltice at Lane & Watts’s Drug
S'o' e. Residence in the building formerly (
occupied as the *• Erwin House.” may22-tf ,
DR J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi:
cine in the different branches of the Pro- 1
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to |
the citizens of lies Arc and surrounding conn- ,
trv, b 'ping 'o share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street. ’
may lS-tf
IAS. R. HARRINGTON.
•" Mechanical and Svrgicali
1)i ntist, Near Oakland Grove.
IPairie county. Arkansas. DR. HARRING
I'ON is prepared to perform any operation, or ‘
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro- t
lessien. Hetiopes by his particular attention, t
carefulnes- and experience to merit the pat- (
ronage and influence of the citizens of Prairie .
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. iuay30-ly l
| > OBF.RT H. CROCKETT, Attorney at i
IV |,,vv. Mount Adams, Arkansas county. .
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties or (
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie,
apr i 122 - tf. __J
WVKEMAN W. EDWARDS. Law- j
ver. Spiingfielu, Conway county, Ar
kai.s,- Will practice in the various courts
-.1 Middle Aikansas. Prompt attention z
iveuto the collection of all claims entrusted r
!o him. n3(l* ii
/ 1HARI.ES P. BFRTRAND zVttor- '
Vj MV at Law. Little Rock. Ark. [jan21 C
I) JORDAN. Attorney at Law, t
. Little Rock. Arkansas. [dccll-ly. ^
tir G. & I! D. TURNER. Aitor- J
\\ m vk.ys at Law. and General Colleo {
vom, Searcy. White county, Arkansas. Prac- r
iic- in the Circuit Courts of Randolph, Law
, Independence, Jackson, White, Prairie,
Mom o>', Arkansas. Jefferson and Pulaski l
rmiiitics. and in the Supreme and Federal t
Courts at Little Rock Ark. (J3T Prompt am ,
r,lithf.il attention given to the collection of all £
to UMB. fjan8-tf. ^
l EKATHKKNTON..E. P. H. FARB. ;
MKATHERSTON & FARR. A TTOR-:I
|t m,v« it Law, and Rf ai. Estate Agents, (
Claremlon. A-uansas. Will practice in the _
munfies of Monroe. Arkansas, Prairie, St. .
Francis. Jackson amt Phillips. Particular •
uttention given to collections. Rbferencks : -
Muli'on. Ark.. Hob W. O. Heaseley, S. W. t
Clii l.i t e..: CU. I'lulon. Ark.. H. M. Couch, ■
J*,. ..!:, Mi — .. Col. Calvin Miller; Cutleeville.
M • V. C U lih ill; Memphis. Tenn., L). i
M i) ,i( K-.i W .1. Webh ; Holly Springs, 1
Miss . W 1 Fettherston ; Washington, D. t
O.. Jacob Thompson. -W17 (
i E* GATEWOOD. AttobhYy at a
,1 Lew. Ties Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. I
WHI practice in tbe counties of Prairie. Ar- t
k a nsas. Monroe, St. Fraucis, Jackson. White, £
Oouwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him. | *
OFFICE—Over Town Hail. (Frith’s 1
New Building.) tirst door. _feb13—tf ;.
T VV. MARTIN. Attorney at Law. j,
ij , Dr* Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will (
o.actiee in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas, i
Monroe, 8t. Francis, Jackson and White. |
■y* Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling ami pay- ■
ing taxes on land. Office on Lyon street. |
septM-tf _11
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Willj1
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson, |i
Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis, Jackson ami i
W'hite. Piompt attention given to the collec- j
lion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept2f>-tf j
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS, j
UMLLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville, :
where lie can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters it! Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. _ _ __ dec 1 j
TA MOON, Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkausas, l>e3 Arc, Arkansas. octiO
J~L. HOLLOW ELL... D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice ill the counties of fell. Perry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope, i
je28-tf
For the citizen.]
THE INDIAN MOUND.
Beneath this earth-mound’s towering brow,
The red-man’s bones in silence sleep :
No kinsman near his knee doth bow.
To drop a tear, or vigil keep.
The Indian hut, the wigwam rude,
With smoke ascending to the sky,
Have all been swept by fire and flood—
No trace is left, no ruins nigh.
The council-fire was kindled near,
Round which the rad-armed statesmen stood,
To speak of wrongs they suffer’d here,
And rouse the warrior’s crimson blood.
The forest which, in days of yore,
Gave echo to the savage yell,
Is by the Indian seen no more—
Has by the pale-faced ax-men fell.
The earth which once the red-man strode,
As monarch of the virgin soil,
Is now the white man’s bless’d abode,
And yields rich harvest to his toil.
The bison, bear, and bounding deer,
Which clothed his limbs, his hunger fed.
Are seldom seen to venture near
This rnold’ring charnel of the dead.
Sleep, then, beneath this silent mound ;
No hand remove the mossy sod—
Until the last loud trumpet’s sound -
Reveals thy better hunting-ground,
And rails f.hr wbit.fi man to hi* find.
SENATOBA.
Panola Co., Mi., Jan., 18J9.
--—
^rom tlie New York Observer.]
1HALMERS, WHITFIELD. WESLEY:
Che Secret of their Success and Power.
BY REV. NtCHOLAS MURRAY, D. D.
I was present in the General Assembly
>f Ireland in .the year 1851, and when
he deputation from Scotland, headed by
Dr. Duff, addressed that venerable body
sat by the side of a member of the dep
nation when one of his brethren made an
tddress in a manner the most excited.
Ie was a very large man ; aud when lie
et out his voice to its full pitch, suited
he action to the word by a heavy stamp
vith his foot upon the platform, it would
eem as if the building and audience
rembled together. When, dripping with
lerspiration, he concluded, 1 asked my
leigtibor whether that was a fair specimen
f the manner of their Scottish ministers.
Ie replied that Dr. Chalmers went, often,
s far beyond that as that went beyoud or
inary tameness ; and then gave me an ac
ount of a speech delivered by him in the
General Assembly of Scotland, during the
eated controversies which led to the dis
uption. It is doubtless, the same speech
a which his eloquent son-in-law and biog
apher. Dr. Hannah, alludes in the 114th
age of the 4th volume of his life. The
ecision of the courts of law were pro
ounced against the party headed by
lhalmers: and the ablest men of the
loderate party were there to sustain them.
U1 eyes were turned towards tire coming
Assembly. It met; and the day for the
real discussion was fixed. It arrived;
ud the big heart of Scotland was beating
is strongest pulsations. The debate
pened at noon in a house densely packed.
?he Moderates, clerical and lay, present
d their case logically and powerfully.
Vhen they concluded, who was to reply ?
ivery eye turned to Chalmers. As if in
rayer lor divine aid. he bowed for a few
lornents in his seat, during which the vast
udience was breathless. He rose; and
ie cheering which greeted him was as
crvnnrl nl manv wHfurs. A nri thf» mflir
ificent oration in which he met the Courts j
I law, anti questioned their decisions—in
/inch he met his opponents, and gave
:ieir arguments to the winds—in which,
e maintained the independence of the ]
Church, aud the doctrine of non-intrusion I
-in which he asserted, if there is a Queen
u the State, mere is a King in the Church ;
-occupied three hours in delivery. The
risis wus a great one, and lie nobly met |
Never was Demosthenes more elo-j
uent—Paul more fearless—never was1
Vmifield more successful. Under his all
ut inspired period the vast assembly
wayed like a field ol grain before the
finds of summer. When he coucluded,
ie was wrapt up in cloaks and shawls and
liken to an adjoining house, so exhausted
s to render the attention of friends neces
ary for several hours. The vote was
liken ; aud Chalmers carried with him the
Assembly. And the Free Church sprang
nto being—aud Scotland felt that a new
nid powerful impulse was given to our
Christianity, which will be fell lor a thous
nid ages. O, when, the mind of a great
nan fully bathed in the light of heaven,
nid the heart of a great man filled with
lie love of Christ, aie thoroughly roused,
hey can almost turn the world upside
lown. Aud any ordinary man, fully in
lamest in his work, may accomplish wou
lers.
Siuce my mind has been able to form a
rue estimate of the character of Whitfield
md Wesley, they have commanded my
lighest admiration. Were I a hero wor
shiper, they would be of those before whose
iltars I would bow down with profound
uomage. aud upon wuich I would offer my
•ostly incense. Were I a pope, I would
janunize them; as they have done more
for the world than all the Monkish aud
Jesuit saints crowded into the Calender,
by that veracious compiler of lying legends,
Albau Duller. Intellectually, they were
not the greatest men of their day; but as
simple preachers of the gospel, they had
uo superiors in any age of the Church
snn e the days of Paul With great pow
era of mind—with large hearts—with the
most expansive benevolence—with the
highest estimate of the value of the soul
and the eternal importance of its salvation
[ through Jesus Christ, they sought to preach
the gospel to every creature. This was
their only object. There were no efforts
to catch applause—none to be popular
with the fissionable and frivolous;—there
was no flowery diction, nor gaudy meta
phor, mixed up with fanciful descriptions
and pictures;—there was no taking of a
text for a pretext, and then running away
front it among the things actual and possi
ble, for material to fill up a discourse.
They were not of the class of preachers
who tell men that they must be saved “on
general principles,”—who talk wisely of
“volition” when they mean “will.”—
who expand “duty” into “moral obliga
tion,” and “thinking and doing” in*o
“ intellectual processes and moral powers”
—in whose hands “heat” becomes “ca
loric, ” and “ plants and animals ” “ orga
nized substances,”—and “a certain man
of the Pharisees,” “a gentleman of the
Pharisees,”—and “the ten virgins,”
“ the ten young ladies. ” O, no. The
law of their life was to preach Christ and
him crucified. And to do this, they sacri
ficed all domestic enjoyment and personal
ease—they crossed the ocean many times
—they endured, joyfully, all manner of
persecution, from those who sat in Moses’
seat down to the lowest rabble—they rose
from the bed of sickness to address multi
tudes, when it was feared they would ex
change the pulpit lor me mer—■■ mey wore
out life in labors so incessant, that it looked
as if they were in baste to bring it to a
close.” And if not possessing the classic
purity of Hall; nor the deep thoughtfulness
of Edwards; nor the grand sublimity of
Howe; nor the silvery light of Bates;
nor the vast knowledge of Owen; nor
the wonderful imagination of Taylor;
they combined some of the noblest charac
teristics of these with others peculiarly
their own Like John the Baptist, they
were burning and shining lights; and
wherever they went, however opposed by
formalists, the heart ot the Church opened
for their reception ; cities and communities
were moved by their presence; and they
have filled the nations with the fame and
the fruit of their evangelic labors. They
have written their names upon the rock
forever. Their fair fame, as well as the
fruits of their great labors, belong to the
entire Church of God; and whilst we
would not, in mere intellectual power,
place them amongst “ the three first, ” we
would, as noble preachers of the gospel,
place them in the very first rank of the
ministers of Christ of any age. Their
names will live wiih those oi Luiher, and
Calvin, and Knox, as long as the sun or
moon endure.
And yet their great leading characte
ristic, and which elevated them heaven
high above other men, was their intense
earnestness. They rose at a time when
the Church of England had sadly back
slidden from the faith—when infidelity had
obtained among the higher classes; when
bishops and rectors had lost all authority as
religious teachers; when spirituality in re
ligion had been supplanted by the most
heartless formality. The picture diawn of
the moral state of the English Church, at
that time, by the elegant pen of Dr. Ste
vens, the learned author of the “ Life of
Wesley,” is truly affecting; and shows
how little a mere liturgy, however truthful,
can do to keep alive the spirit of the gos
r\t%I Tn ctntr-* nf thincrs. Whitfield and 1
Wesley appear together. The effect was
like the rising of the sim of summer in
midwinter, when the earth, the streams
are all frozen, when the trees and forests
are leafless. Such preaching the people,
then living, had never heard. The com
mon people heard them gladly. The pal
aces of bishops, the rectories of fox-hunting
priests, soon felt their influence. It went
up to the court of the sovereign. It per
vaded Britain ; it crossed to the American
colonies. It is, at this hour, felt at the
ends ol the earth. It will never die out.
And all, under God, because they were
earnest preachers.
- « > «.
The River Ticino, Sardinia.—The
war news from Europe speaks of the
Austrian armies being ordered to Ticino.
This is a small stream which marks the
boundary line between Sardinia and the
Austrian provinces of Venetiau-Lombar
dy Switzerland lies north ol Sardinia
and the Mediterranean sea on the south.
France is on the west beyond the barrier
of the Croatian Alps. In the passes ol
Mount Dauphin, and in the contiguous dis
tricts. are concentrated masses ol French
soldiers, awaiting the signal which is to
bid them cross the friendly frontier. Aus
tria has one hundred and fifty thousand
men encamped near the Ticino river.
She has the horses, artillery, and military
stores necessary to the efficiency of this
great host ; she ts enduring a daily expen
diture which is consuming her internal re
sources, and edging on, inch by inch, to
ward the catastrophe of an inevitable
bankruptcy.
A Revolutionary Hero.—The edit
or of the Paulding Clarion, while in at
tendance at the Perry county court, met
an old revolutionary soldier named Jere
miah Willingham, who knew Washington
and Jefferson well, and was at the battle
of Eutaw Springs, and many of the hard
est fought battles of the revolution. He
voted for Jetfersou for President, and is
now one hundred and two years old. His
last marriage was contracted at the age of
seventy-seven years, and eighty-six years
have elapsed since his first marriage.
He is still hale aud hearty, can mount a
horse with ease, and can shoot a squirrel
from the tallest tree with a rifle. The old
gentleman, it is said, is at last becoming
tired of East Mississippi; the country is
■ becoming too thickly settled for him.
WASHINGTON AS A REJECTED
SUUITOR.
THE BEAUTIFUL MARY CARY.
A correspondent of the New York Cen
tury writes the following account of the
lady who won George Washington's young
heart, and whose father rejected the tall
young soldier, because ho had no carriage
for his daughter to ride in:
I shall go back in her life a number of
years, and speak of the event which has
made her name one ol curious interest.
Before she became Airs. Edward Ambler,
she was called Alary Cary. Her father
was Wilson Cary, Esq., ol “ Celeys,'' in
the county of Elizabeth City, descended
from the noble family of Huusdon, in
England. His relative. Col. Archibald
Cary, of “ Ampthill,” in Chesterfield, was
at his death the heir apparent to me earl
dom. The worthy old gentleman seems,
from all we know of him, to have been as
proud as the Courcys or the Somersets, and
to have thought his fumily the noblest in
the land. He lived in great state, with
chariot and horses, plate, and velvet and
embroidery—a worthy of the old school,
fully satisfied with ‘‘the order of things,”
and enjoying serenely the good things of
Providence. His beautiful daughter was
a great heiress, and had many suitors:
the accident which befell one of them lias
made her remembered in many books.
Me was a young man 01 very mgn cnarac
ter, a relative of Ceorge William Fairfax,
Esq., who lived at Belvoir," on the Po
tomac; and here he met with Miss Cary,
who came to visit Mrs. Fairlax, her older
sister. Tiie young man at once proceed
ed to fall in love, which he did with an
ardor characteristic of his nature. When
Miss Cary went back home to Celeys, on
James river, he followed her like a coura
geous gallant, and laid open siege to the
fair toriress. In the good old tim-s, how
ever, something more was necessary than
the consent of the young lady ; and so the
youth duly asked a private interview with
the awful old lord of the manor, who list
ened to him silently throughout. When
the lover had finished, Mr. Cary rose,
made him a low bow, and said, “ If this
is young Mr. Washington’s errand at
Celeys, his visit had belter terminate—my
daughter has heeu accustomed to ride in
her own chariot,” With this allusion to
the poor conditiou of the younger son, the
interview terminated. Young Washing
ton bowed and went away, and in due
time married Martha Dandridge Custis,
“ who resembled Miss Cary,” says my
authority, “as much as one twin-sister
ever did another.”
Tiie old tradition does not end here.
Many years fled away ; and Mary Cary
was Mrs Atnbler. Her discarded suitor
was the man who had just received the
sword of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown—
whom the whole civilized world hailed as
greatest among the great—the “ foremost
man,” not oufy of America, but of “all
this world,” He passed through the old
metropolis, Williamsburg, at the head ol
his victorious troops ; and the people were
crazy with joy and adoration, almost. The
vast multitude nearly prevented his horse
from proceeding. The ca.m statue on
horseback passed on serenely. Suddenly
he perceived, at a window, or in the
c/owd, his old love, Mary Cary. He
raised his sword and saluted her profound
ly. She fainted.
But it does uot seetn that the lovely
woman was to blame. She bad not been
able to return the affection of tbe youthful
Washington. She married him who al
ready had her heart. Edward Ambler.
He was not unworthy of the lady in rank
or in character. He was descended,
through his mother, from the Huguenot
house of La Roche Jacqueline in \ endee,
and inherited the honest instincts of his
race. At the age of twelve years he
had been sent to England, for Ins educa
tion. He graduated at Cambridge, nud
then made the tour of Europe, returning
to Virginia when he Imd attained twenty
one years. He married Mary Cary soou
nfterward, and became Collector at York
He was so much respected that when Lord
Botetourt came lo Virginia, as Governor,
lie brought a letter of introduce ion to the
Collector. He died at the uge ol thirty
five years. The revolutionary war broke
out soon afterward; and the heautilul
widow indeed away from tha scene of hi r
grief, and took refuge in the '■ Co'Uge,”
far up iu Hanover.
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** Not Gim,rv.” — Gov. S— was a
splendid lawyer a.-.d could talk a jury out
of their seven senses. He was especially
noted for his mm > ** in criminal ease.,
almost always clearing bn client He
was once counsel for a man a < u«ed of
horse-stealing. He made a long. elo
quent speech. Tin* jury rruied, but re
turned iu a few m menu, and, teai
in ihcir'eye., ju ni-'.i. n m ... ' g*»*l
| ty. An old acquaintance stepped up to
the prisoner and »»id : *• Jan. the danger
i is past: now. honor bught. didn't you sir -!
that horse?” To urtuch Jim replied I’ve
all along thought I look that horse ; l-cit
since I heard the Governor's speech, I
don't believe I did 1'
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C£aS“ The hardness of a lobster shell
resists exp ulsion ; but to pronde lor the
growth of ihe fish at certain season* of the
year, the shell becomes soft, tbe animal
: then swells its body, and by a tremendous
motion casts it off. In this delenseless
stale it retires into holes iu the rocks ; in
the space of forty-eight hours a new con
cretion is formed.
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-A woman frequently resists the lovi
she feels, but she cannot resist the love sh«
I inspire;.
HOW SERPENTS CRAWL WITHOUT
LEGS.
Although deprived of feet, fins and
other obvious members for walking, tne
serpent glides on the earth, ascends trees,
or even directs its course through the wa
ters. with surprising agility, and with
graceful evolutions; yet the serpent wa*
‘•cursed above every beast of the field,''
and man as if remembering the curse',
turns from the reptile with disgust and hor
ror, or seeks to effect its instant destruc
tion. Let us examine how all this is ef
fected, and first as to the spinal column.
The numerous boues or vertebrae which
form this chain, are united together by
ball and socket articulations, or, in other
words, the round head of each is fitted in
to a cuplike cavity in its predecessor, so
that the whole column is a chain of these
joints, capable of the utmost mobility com
patible with the safely of the spinal cord
enclosed within. The articulation can on
ly be moved from side to side ; and the
progress by vertical undulations, as is seen
in many old prints of serpents, is anato
mically impossible.
So also it is impossible for the snake to
perform the feat winch has been ascribed
to mm wheu he wishes to go quickly down
the hill ; according to an absurd story, he
is said to put ms tan mins inouin. anu
roll himself down, being in the form of a
hoop. It is just as well to recollect the
fact that a snake cannot turn himself di
rectly upwards when held by the tail II**
can wriggle famously from side to side,
but certainly not upwaids. Hence it fol
lows, that the best way to handle a snake
is to hold bun out at arm's length; m this
position he can do no harm.
Um how, it will be asked, does the
snake contrive to gel along the ground so
fast, as he has no perceptible legs or arms
to help him? This is managed as fol
lows: To each vertebra;—and a large
snake has many dozen vertebrae—is at
tached a pair of ribs; the small ends of
these ribs are not attached to a sternum,
or breast-bone, as m man, but to a single
scutum or scale on the abdomen, by means
of a slender curtilage aud a set of short
muscles. It is on me points of these ribs,
which may be compared to the legs of a
millipede, that the snake rests; aud they
act in progressive order, just like the legs
of that creature, each pair bringing lor
ward the plate of scutum to whtcn it is at
tached. This row of scuta may thus be
regarded as one long ample foot. Sir E.
Home, in his " Comparative Anatomy,”
gives an account of the muscles which,
arising from the ribs, give motion to the
scuta. He observes that the nb in the
snake performs two functions ; the upper
half is concerned in respiiation, the lower
in locomotion.
If a snake be allowed quietly to crawl
over the hand, the progressive movement
of the ribs may be easily distinguisued,
and also if it be watched while crawling
over any raised edge (as the back of u
book,) requiring the firm application of
two or three scuta in succession as the
body glides over it.
If you put a snake on a bit of plate
glass he caii get no hold with the scuta,
and becomes powerless.
Snakes are often in the habit of climb
ing trees, and we see them represented in
etisrravimrs. particularly in old pictorial
Bibles where the serpent is seen tempting
Eve, and in stuffed specimens in muse
ums, as coiling their bodies round the
brandies, in corkscrew-like folds Now
the snake when alive nevtr does this ; it
simply glides up will) the whole body ex
tended in a straight line, clinging by
means of the tips of the expanded ribs
with the scuta attached, as has been above
explained. Mr. Gosse tells us that the
black snake in Jamaica will allow the
greatest part of its body to hang down in
the air and thus remain still while little
more than the tail maintains its position
by clinging (straight, not spirally,and not
half around it, but longitudinally along it)
to the upper surface of a branch; and it
will often pass freely and gracefully from
one brand) to another at a considerable
interval, projecting its head and body with
1 the utmost care across the interval. The
motions of a snake in a tree are beauti
fully easy and free, and convey the im
1 pression that the reptile feels quite at home
among the branches. — [Buckland’s Curi
osities of Natural History.
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THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP.
The Gri-at Ship Company having been
' definitely formed for the purpose of pur
chaMi.g the Great Eastern and complet
ing tier equipment and all the the neces
vn> ,irr mgernruts connected with the
tiai.- -r of tin -,,ip having been made
eouipii-iv active »tep» are now being taken
.1. ,,i j. r i i.ave the vessel ready for sea
I v :■ t ' iner i nd of July or the begin
■ ,\ug ■ Sewral hundred vvork
o.i«,< : ,-,ly engjged hi every part of
t . . ml e> proceed with their la
1 >i» uJd - 1 by the presence of any
t -• jr« on b ! The new company, as
many i >ut lea iera are aware, waa form
ed. aher **> t-iy attempt had been made on
ti ’ par; of ti.e Great Eastern Steam
Navigation Company to obtain the neces
sary tUnds for the completion of the ship.
The original i.n.jtny was most unfortu
nate in every step winch they look, from
the lii st c mtueoceinenl of the great work
to its ever memorable attempts at launch
ing. A short tune since we gave the de
tails of the expenditure, showing that the
total amount* which had been spent upon
the h utt a* it lay in the river had been
nearly twice as much as would have suf
ficed to complete and equip the ship for
sea under more favorable circumstances.
A sum of about £120,000 was required
.to complete the fittings and engines of the
1
-hip, and a further sum of nearly jElOO,
000 was then needed to pay off liabilities
due to conir dors and others. The oldi
company had no power to raise, and many
of the shareholders were unwilling to sub
scribe more capital, and the only mode of
extricating the compuuy from its difficul
ties was the formation of a new company
which snould take the ship at a price to be
agreed upon, and get it ready for sea as
quickly as possible. This has been done,
and there is no doubt that (he great ship
will start to sea about the middle of Au
gust It has been finally decided’ that
Portland in the state of Maltn , shall be
the port to which tbe Great Eastern will
make its first voyage The great shaft,
weighing upwards ol 30 tons, was some
time since put on board. Since that time
tbe fitting of the machinery has progress
ed rapidly, and one of the masts will be
set up in the course ol a few days. Tbe
mast is now lying alongside the ship, and
the shears are prepared for hoisting it in
to us place. There will be six masts to
the ship, three of iron and three ol wood.
Those in the in iguboruuod ol the funnels
w ill be ol iron, the foremasts of wood.
The necessity ol Having iron masts will
be readily understood when it rs remem
bered that the lurnaces, burning some 250
tons ot coal per day, will send enormous
neat ihrougu the monster funnels. It
would ol couise lie impossible to have
wmwl*»n mitsN tit I In* sivn r-.niiiriwt nl nna
block ol limber; and, as is the case with
all large masts, they would have to be
made in separate pieces to contract, and
me joints opening would render them per
vious to ram, and in a few months the
musts would become thoroughly rotten at
itio core, iron masts are, therefore, not
only a necessity, but they possess, m point
ol lightness as well us ol strength, advan
tages over those made ol wood. The
musts ure lonned of vviought-iron boiler
plates, riveted in the same manner as the
hull ol the snip. Tne tallest ol the six
masts is 170 ieet, and the shortest 130
Ieet; each of them is three feet four inches
in diameter at the base, and their total
weight will range from 30 lor the smallest
to 40 lotis lor tne largest, and this exclu
sive ol the yards or rigging. The fool of
each must will rest in a square column of
boiler plate iron, built up from the keel
llnough all the series of decks to the up
per one. it happens at times that it is
necessary tocut away the masts, and wheu
they ure of timber there is an obvious
inode ol accomplishing this object. Masts
ol iron do not, however, afford the same
facilities, but tins difficulty is to be over
come by a screw of enormous power,
which, placed on the deck und attached to
the masts, will when sei m motion, crush
in the iron sides, and let the towering
iron column8 |aH oveiboard. A very in
genious arrangement lor lastening the
rigging to the masts is to be adopted,
which, in the event of its being necessary
to send the masts overboard, will afford
facilities for immediately letting go all the
ropes. The shrouds and stays will be se
cured to iron rings so constructed as readi
ly to open when required but on other
occasions holding with a firmness which
defies any uinoun’of strum which might
he brought to hear upon them. The main
and topmast yards of the square-rigged
masts will be of iron, and the length of
the mam yard l«U toet. or very nearly
forty feet longer, ami several limes as
strong a? the main yard of the largest
line-of-batlie ship afloat. We believe it
is intended before the ship finally puts to
sea to afford the public an opportunity of
inspecting the interior. We may also add
that all the necessa'y works will be fin
ished for a sum considerably within the
amount which was very generally suppos
ed to be necessary for that purpose.-—
[Liverpool Times.
miscellaneous Items.
-Not long since, a religion* *ociety. In
Connecticut, met to decide what color they
should paint their meeting-house. Some pro
posed one color and some another. One of the
speakers at length suggested the following mo
tion : 141 move we paint it rum-color, for
Deacon Smith has h- d ui* face painted that
color for a number of years, aud it giow*
brighter every year.”
-It is said that a Yankee has invented •
machine for corking up day-light, which will
I eventually supersede gas. He covers the Inte
rior of a flour-barrel with shoemaker’s wax j
holds it open to the sun; and then suddenly
heads up the barrel. The light stick* to the
wax, and at night it can be cut, and »old “in
lots to suit purchasers.”
.- It is not for the generation among
whom Elizabeth Browning has sung, and
Charlotte Bronte has spoken, and Harriet
, Hosmer has chiseled, and Rota Bonbeur has
painted, and Mary Lyon has taught, and
Florence Nightingale has lived, to despair of
woman’s achievemen of her highest destiny.
_No man should over be ashamed to own
that he has been in the wrong, which is but
saving, in other words, that he is wiser to-day
than he was yesterday. Yet how many foolish
persons there are who persist in their own
op’ntons. to the disgust cf all sensible people
-In a case on trial before Judge H —— »
of Mississippi, a witness, *n answer to a ques
tion, replied—4‘ Yes. sir-ree. Bob The judge
thereupon gave the following order: Mr.
Clerk, fine the witness five dollars for the
• ree,’ and five more fbr the ‘ Bob!”’
-The Scriptures are a deep fountain that
few persons can wade far into, and none can
wade through ; but yet all may come to the
waters, and refresh themselves with drinking
of its living streams, and go in a little way,
according to their strength and stature.
Tli* pang of a moment becomas ir.tole
rable when we know of nothing beyond the
moment which it soothes us to anticipate,
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