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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
\VE have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and are
veady to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets* Cata
logues. Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Hoads, Blanks of every descrip
lion, for Clerks, Sheriff-, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, Jfcc. _
_J. S. ASDBKSW,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
DIdS Alto, AKKA NS AS.
nez&k RESPECTFULLY informs I?
iSiSigk tjj« citizens of Prairie and •
adjacent counties, that he has on hand.
js prepared to ui'iimfiictrire to ord^i?
Saddles. Bridles. Martingales, Buggy.
Carriage and Hack Harness,
wpjj .-very olher de r option of work
usually done in such establishments.
rugr Shop on Lyon street, back or Fntn &.
Jack-oil’s store. ___jan-l-ly.
JL Si. HcPilERaW,
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
A LL persons wishing my services in
this department of business, will please
address me at Brownsville, Prairie county,
Ark. Every call will be punctually h.led.
uov [3-1 y ___
'"y e~\v~ii'esta u it ant!
^ *K‘‘^p ^ T^T
Corner of Buena Vista and Lyon streets,
DEM ARC, A5lS4.iWS.lS,
TS now ooen for Hie reception of vi otors.
1. Tin Inst ol liquors, '» me>. a »*, v-1ba*s’
ere., will be kept constantly on hand.
Oyster , Game, 4tc., " ill be furnished at
shoi1 notice. . ,, , , , ,
■ gT This- Restaurant will be attended to by
1 < J?A ■■ ht
HARVEYS >L CHANGE,
Co rue r of 52 si s- n a Vi si a and F osie r
Streets,
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed oiir new building, and
opened a first class establishment lor Ihc
accommodation of tt,e public, and furnished it
with the best of Liquors, Clears.
Tobacco, etc., the undersigned flatter
themselves that thiy will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon them.
IKS" Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
general assortment of F A MI LY G ROC MR i F.S.
Also, Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups. Pepper'Sauce, etc., etc.
jy-24-tf HARVEY & .MATTHEWS.
A. B. HARRIS,”
IZ' .2 T € SS - ,W .1 U E IS
AND
OFFIC E oil Baeuij Vista
Nucleus HonseS Des Arc.
Arkansas. Clocks. Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to £ive sati»£action. nov20-t>m
F. LEP TIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCH
22 2. E 11 IB
AND
jeweller,
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Ttrotitersy- — -
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Respectfully informs the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he
is prepared to execute alt kinds of CLOCK
and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
lier, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &c.
jan3;)-tf
JAMES JOHNSON,
tinsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Hiviso permanently located myself,
.'sf'l i am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
X X PISTOLS, &c., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonuble terms.
f LOCKS repaired, and KEY'S made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
piumptlv attended to.
tor r erms—Cash. apr3 ly
PROFESSION A L OAIIDS. _
pH ARLES f». BERTRAND Attor
\J vky at I.aw, Little Rock, Ark. [jan2D
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
~GsTb. D. TURNER, Attor
, nf.ys at Law, and General Collec
tor*. Searcy, White comity, 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. Prompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. fjaoS-tf.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Meaftphia,
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to th" citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, Lorn a
longexperience in thehcaling art in the West,
flatters him*e.lf that he will share their pat
ronage. Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. ueca-tf
R. \V. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. £3^“ Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1868—ly*
DR. W,\I. SETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in liis
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, ho hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
Cn^T Office at Bethfll &. Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
rMl. .1. J. LANE, will Praciice Medi
*■ * cine in the different branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding conn
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf
n CHIDSEY, Resident
I ), Di.s'TU t, Clark’s M:irbie;]jV-irC;-Aw&
Block. Memphis.Tennessee. Will ' LTJ_l_r
visit Des Arc, of which notice will lie given
through the “ Citizen.” octlS-bm
IAsTIi. HARRINGTON,^-—
** Mechanical and Srroica
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove. - b I -Lf
Prairie county, Arkansas. DR. HARRING
TON is prepared to perform any operation, or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. Hehopes 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. maytHMy
L FEATHERSTON..Z. P. H. FARR.
TAEATHERSTON & FARR. Attob
p nets 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, Aik.. Hon. W. G. Boaseley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Collecville,
Miss.. E. C. Walthall; Memphis. Torn.. R.
M. Du Bose. Esq.. W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W T. Featherston ; Washington,V.
C.. Jacob Thompson. jyl*
I" E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
New Building.) first uoor. febi3-tf
MREMAN w. EDVVARDB, Law
VV yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the Various courts
of Middle Arkansas. Prompt attention
gi ven to the collection of ail claims entrusted
tell in.
r W. MAStlJf, Attorney at Law.
, Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas.
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling ami pay
ing taxes on land, (j^x? Ulhce on Lyon street.
sept2G-tf
1T7ILLIAM T JONES Attorney
\V at L\w, Brown vitle, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jeft'erSon.
Arkansas, Monroe. St. Francis. Jackson anil
While. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept2ti-tf
svm’i w. williams.vv. l. n. williams.
% VILLI AMS & WILLIAMS, At
» * torneys at Law, Little Hock, 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, cull listed to
them. tLc-i
rA. MOON, Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties ol
Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octlO
U FITRNISS M A RTiN, Attorney
' at Law, Browusville, Prairie coimty,
Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of
Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope. Yell, Perry,
Saline. White. Arkansas, Jefferson, Jackson
and Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jyl7-ly
J. L. HOLLO,WELL..W. P. J A COW AY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
tohneys at Law. Dnrdaneilo. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
B L j] C A S. 1/ i 1 ’ I i l - i Q
A\»
WAGON MAKING !!
m A H TI N sHE T T E R7
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
^ mHANKFUL to the *rv
'/•. | people for their past fa-H )
vors.respectfully announces i ('
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s olr
stand on Park stieet, where he is prepared tc
ilo all*kinds of work in the above line.
/dg”Blaeksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ingfwheelbarrows, repairing. &c., done or
shor notice.
orse-shocing done promptly.
fen 18-tf _____
Jo i; D A N BOD EM Bit,
SHimO, HAIR-CUTTING,
AND
HAIR-DIIE S SIN G SALOON
-ALSO
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Nucleu
House, Des Arc, Arkansas, octlfi-ly
I LOVE THE SPRING.
: I love the Spring—her bursting buds and
flowers.
The blue-bird whistling in her leafy bowers,
The waters laughing with a merry sound,
That late were mute, in icy fetters hound.
I love the Spring—whose blossom-bearing I
trees
Sweet perfume waft on every passing breeze;
When every puise heats joyously and high, I
And gentle hearts warm at her fragrant sigh, i
[ love the Spring—when snow-drops slily peep j
From the white mantle of their wintry si oh p;
When pt’.rpie violets to earth are given,
And blue-bells whisper hope, in hues of
heaven.
I love the Spring—for then the bright-plumed
birds
Pour richer melodies than human words,
And each frail straw, borne to the cherished
nest,
Teaches a lesson of domestic rest.
I love the Spring—it is the time to roam
In those still haunts where Nature makes her
home:
Where frowning rocks look down on silent
streams
As on a mirror,giving back their beams.
I love the Spring—e’en when the lightning’s
flash,
And deep-toned thunders deafen by their crash,
Or April rains dispel our rising fears,
Like some pule beauty smiiing through her
tears.
I love the Spring—no more the homeless child
Shall coldly shiver in the tempest wild.
Benignant Spring! thou art the poor man’s
friend.
And 1 will love Ibec till my life shall end.
--
A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE.
Women often possess presence of mind,
and the power of self-control, under cir
cumstances of imminent peril, which seem
almost foreign to their nature, and beyond
the endurance of a delicate physical or
gtnizalion. A striking instance of self
command by a lady whose fears must have
been powerfully excited, and whoso life of
affluence had probably never before given
her nerves any severer test than is inci
dent to the vexations of domestic cares, is
given in Chambers’ Journal for October.
VV'e copy the advent, promising, by way
of explanation, that the lady was the
daughter of a rector, residing in a quiet
English country village, and was upon the
eve of marriage.
The wedding day was to be on the
morrow of that on which our adventure
happened. Grand preparations were
made for the wedding, and the rector’s fine
old plate, and the cosily gills of the bride,
were discussed with pride and plea-tire at
the II ire and Hounds, in the presence of
s ane strangers, wiio had come down to a
prize fight which had taken place in the
neighborhood.
Tnat night, Adelaide, who occupied a
separate room from her sister, sat up late :
— long after all the houseblod bad re- |
tired to rest. She had had a long inter- |;
view with her father, and had been read
ing a chapter lo which he had diiected her
attention, and had packed up her jewels. 1
&o. She was, consequently, still dressed,
when the'church clock toiled midnight.
As it ceased, she fancied she heard a
noise like that of a file; she listened, but
could distinguish nothing clearly. It 1
might have been made by some of the
servants si ill about, or, perhaps, it was on
ly the creaking of the old trees. She
beard nothing but the sighing of the wai
ter winds for many minutes afterwards.
it,I.,....! .. .....
primitive Tliyndon; and the bride elect, |
without a thought of fear, resumed her!
occupation. Sue was gazing..on a glitter
ing set ol diamonds, destined’ to be worn
at the wedding, when her room door soft
ly opened. She turned, looked up, and
beheld a man with a black mask, holding
a pi>tol in his hand, standing before her.
She did not scream, for her thought
was for her father, who slept in the next
room, and to whom any sudden al arm
might he death, lur he was old, feeble,
and suffering frirrft heart 1 omplaiirt. She
confronted the robber boldly, and address
ed him in a whisper : “ Von are come."
said she, “ to rob us ! Spare your sou!
the awful guilt of murder! My father
sleeps next to my room ; and to be star
tled from his sleep would kill him. Make
no noise. I beg of you."
The fellow was astonished and cowed.
“ We won’t make any noise,” he re
plied, suddenly, “ if you give us every
thing quietly.”
Adelaide drew back and let him take
her jewels—not without a pang, for they
were precious love gilts, remarking at tlu*
same time that two more masked ruffians
stood at the half opened door. As he
look the jew el case find watch frotn the
table, and demanded her purse, she asked
him if he intended to go into her father’s
room. She received a surly affirmative.
He “ wasn't agoing to run all the risk
and leave half the tin behind !” She pro
posed instantly that she should go herself,
saying: ‘ I will bring you whatever yon
wish, and you may guard me thither, and
kill me if I play false to you." The fel
low'consulted Ins comrades, and after a
short parley they agreed to the proposal ; j
and with a pistol pointed at her head, the
dauntless girl crossed the passage and en-!
tered the old rector’s room. Very gently
she stole across the chamber, and remov
ing his purse, watch, keys and desk, she j
gave them up to the robbers, who stood
tit the door. The old man slept peace
fully and calmly, thus guarded by his
child, who softly shut the door, and de
manded if the robbers were yet satisfied.
The leader replied that they would be
I when they had got the show of plate
spread out below, and that they couldn't
lot her out of sight, and tlmt she must gc
with them. In compliance with this mam
Jate, she followed them down stairs 1c
lie dining-room, where a splendid wed
ling breakfast had been laid, to savt
liurry and trouble on the mftr’nv.v, T<
ier surprise, the fellow* (t-ighi in ntimhei
ivhen assembled) seated themselves ant
prepared to make a ? good meal. Tile)
irdered lier to got the wine, and to cut uf
ier own wedding-cake for them ; and
henf%enled at the head of the table, she
ivtrS compelled to preside at this extraor
linary level.
Tliev ate, drink, laughed and joked;
md Adelaide, quick of ear and eye, hac
hit.* time to study, in her quiet way, the
ignres and voices of the whole set.
When the repast was ended and the
date transferred to a sack, they prepared
to depart, whispering together andglanc
ng at the young lady. Fiy the first time
Adelaide’s courage gave way, and she
.remhled ; hut it was not a consultation
rgninst her, as it proved. The leuder ap
proaching her, told her that they <1 id not
wish to harm her; that she was a jolly
ivench, reg'lar game,” and they wouldn’t
iui'1 her. hut that she must swear not tc
r;ive the alarm till nine or ten the next
lay, when they would be ofi all safe. Tc
his, of course, siie was obliged to assent,
md then they all insisted on shaking
lauds with her. She noticed during this
aarting ceremony, that one of the ruffians
lad only three fingers on the left hand.
Alone, and in the despoiled room
Adelaide, faint and exhausted, awaited
lie first gleam of daylight, then, as the
*oom, undressed and fell into a disturbed
dumber. The consternation of the farni
y siext morning may be imagined; and
Adelaide’s story was still more astonishing
.ban the fact of the robbery itself. Police
ivere sent for from London, and they guid
’d by Adelaide's lucid description of bet
milltiicvhi guests, actually succeeded ir
lapturing every one of the gang, whom
the young lady had no difficulty it) identi
lying and swearing to—the ‘‘three-fin
?ered Jack” being the guiding clue to the
iiscovery. The stolen property was near
ly all recovered, and the old rector always
Jeclared—and with truth—that be owec
•iis life to the self-possession and judgmeu
if bis eldest daughter.
The only ill effect of the great trial tc
ter nerves was a disposition on the part o
the young heroine to listen to midnigh
sounds, and start uneasily from troublei
dreams; but time and change of resi
fence soon effected a cure.
FOOD CURE.
The following article, from a late num
>er of Hull’s Journal of Health, will be
bund valuable for reference.
Ripe fruits and berries, slightly acid
vill remove the ordinary diarbeas of early
Dimmer.
Common rice, parched brown like coffee
md then boiled and eaten in the ordinary
vay, without any other food, is, with per
ect quietude of body, one of the most effec
ive remedies for troublesome looseness o
10 we Is.
Some of the severest forms of that dis
teasing ailment called dysentery — that is
vlien the bowels pass blood, with constan
lesire, yet vain efforts to stool—are some
imes entirely cured by the patient eating
i heaping table-spoon, at a lime, of rail
reef, cut up very line, and repeated at in
ervaIs of four hours, until cured, eating
md drinking nothing eUe in the mean
imo.
If person swallows any poison whatever
ir lias fallen into convulsions from bavins
ncr-louded the stomach, aa iastantaueom
'emedy, more efficient and applicable in a
arge number of cases than any lialf-a
lozen medicines we can now think of, ii
i heaping teaspoonful of common salt unc
is much ground mustard, stirred rapidly it
i teacup of water, warm or cold, ant
swallowed instantly.' It is scarcely dowi
before it begins to come up. bringing will
it the remaining contents of the stomach
and lest litere he any remnant of poison
mwever small,let the white of an egg,or i
eacupful of strong coffee, be swallowed a
soon as the stomach is quiet; becausi
these very common articles nullify a large
number of virulent poisons than any modi
tunes in the shops.
In case of scolding or hurtling the body
immersing the part in cold water give
entire relief, as instantaneously as thj
ligluhing. Mean-While, get some com
mon dry flour, and apply it an inch or tw
thick on the injured part, the moment i
emerges from tile water, and keep sprink
ling ori the flour through anything like :
pepper-box cover, so as to put it on evenly
Do nothing else, drink nothing hut watei
eat nothing,-until improvement com men
ces, except some dry bread softened n
very weak tea of some kind. Cures c
frightful burning have been performed i
this way, as wonderful as they are pain
less.
Erysipelas, a disease often coining with
out premonition, and ending fatally i
three or four days, is sometimes promptl
cured by applying a poultice of raw cran
berries pounded, and placed on the pai
over night.
Insect bites, and even those of a rattle
snake, have passed harmless, by stirrin
enough of common salt in the yolk of
goo! egg to make it sufficiently thin for
plaster, to he kept on the bitten parts.
Costive bowels have an agreeable Fell
edy in the free use of tomatoes at meal
their seeds acting in the way of the seer
of while mustard or figs, by stimulating th
coats of the bowels over which they pas
in their whole state, to increased actioi
A remedy of equal efficency, in the sam
direction, is cracked wheat — commo
| while wheat grains, broken into two or
(three pieces, and then boiled until it is as
' soft as rice, and eaten mainly at two meals
of the day, with butter or molasses.
Common sweet cider, boiled down to
one-half, makes a most excellent sirup for
coughs and colds for children—is pleasant
to the taste, and will keep throughout the
year in a cool cellar.
In recovering from an illness, the system
lias a craving for some pleasant acid drink.
This is found in cider which is placed on
the fire ns soon as made, and allowed to
come to a boil, then cooled,put up in casks
and kept in a cool cellar. Treated thus,
it remain for many months as good as
the day it was made.
We once saved the life of an infant which
had been inadvertently drugged With laud
anum, and was fast sinking into the sleep
which has no awaking, by giving it strong j
coffee, cleared with the White of nu egg, a
teaspoonlul every five minutes, until it
ceased to seem drowsy.
—. -
[From tha Little Rock True Democrat.
Auditor's Oitice, Little Rock, )
March 21st., 1859. $
Editors op Trite Democrat. —At
the request, and for the accommodation of
persons claiming the right of pre-emption
under an act approved 1st February, 1859,
to the lands granted to the Cairo and Ful
ton Railroad and iis branches, I have pre
pared the endorsed forms, which yon will
please give an insertion in your paper and
obliue.
Yours Respectfully,
W. R. MILLER.
Affidavit to Secure Pre-emptora to
Railroad Lands.
Spate of Arkansas, ?
County of -. >
I.-1 claiming the right of pre
emption under an act entitled ('an act con
cerning the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, and
its two branches,” approved 1-t February,
1859, to certain land, granted to the
Railroad Company, and’described as follows,
to-wit: -or section-, in township
-of the base line, range-, of the
fifth principal meridian, containing -
acres, do solemnly swear that, on the 1st day
of November, 1858, 1 redded upon the above
described tract, (or tracts, as tile case maybe)
of land, (or that 1 cultivated an improvement
on the above described tract, or tracts of laud,
as the case may be; ) that on said 1st clay No
vember, 1858, I had a dwelling house thereon,
in which 1 resided, (or haii-acres of
land cleared and in cultivation;) and that said
tract, (Or tracts) of land includes my rosi
; dencc (or, my improvement as the case may
i be.)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of ——, 1859,
Corroborating Affidavit.
State of Arkansas, ?
County of-. i
W. -, and- do solemnly swear
that we arc free holders of county of-,
that we arc well acquainted vvitli-. who
made the foregoing affidavit; that the said
on the 1st day of November, 1S58, resided up
on, (or cultivated an improvement upon, as
the case may be) the following described tract
(or tracts, as the case may be) of land to-wit;
-of section-in township-of
the base line of range-, of the fifth prin
cipal meridian, contalriftig-acres; that ho
had a dwelling house thereof), in which he re
■ sided, (or tiiat he had-icres of land
cleared thereon, which he cultivated, as the
case may be;) and we do fiirlhet swear that we
are not directly or indirectly interested in the
pre-emption claimed by tile said-:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this—
day of- 1859.
Note—Should these affidavits be made be
fore an officer not using a seal, his official
character must be authenticated by the clerk.
(From the Little Rock True Democrat.
Instructions from the Auditor to
Swamp Land Agents.
The following instructions will be found
interesting to those who have purchased
i i r c*. .. .
nuiuo iiuiii uic uiun •
Auditor's Office, Little Rock, )
March 14th, 1859. $
Sir: Attached hereto are copies of two
laws passed at the last session of the Gen
eral Assembly, the first being nil impor
tant act, authorizing the issuance of hold
I ing ceitilic.iies. The other is an act to
provide for the correction of errors, and
i 1 requires that you should receive instruc
■ lions from this office. In order to avoid
1 i the heavy correspondence and delay ul
' | tendant upon instructing you concerning
1 every individual case, 1 submit to you
some general instructions, which will en
able you to dispose of most of the cases
that may come before you. •
, Where a party holds a certificate from
s the commissioners, or those acting under
i j them, which agrees with the report of the
■ sales made by the commissioners—a copy
i1 of which is in your office—you will issue a
t1 patent certificate for such of the lands as
-1 are confirmed, and a ho ding or refunding
i certificate, at the option of tire party, for
. the lands not confirmed.
, Sales of unconfirmed lands by the agents
• after they had received their books and
l ! plats, and were authorized to-sell, are
f void, and you will issue patent and re
l funding csrtifieutes on them, but, in no
■ case, will the parly be entitled to a hold
ing certificate, or to hold that of which he
- was never seized.
l Agents have been in the habit of issu
! ing two kinds of refunding certificates,
- when but one is necessary. For instance
t ttie N. E. i of a section was sold as 160
: acres; it contains only 150. A patent
- ; certificate is issued for the E. 4. as 75
r 1 acres, of confirmed land, and a .refunding
a certificate for the W. 4, as 75 acres of
a unconfirmed land, and another refunding
certificate for 10 acres excess payment.
-1 The proper way would be ;o issue the re
i, funding certificate for W. 4 of N E.—85
s acres, which would embrace the whole
e utiiouui originally paid for.
;, In those cases where lauds were erro
neously confirmed to the State and sold by
e her; where the same was not confirmed at
n the time of the sale by the agents, and
where the land was previously entered,
and a subsequent purchaser does not
choose to contest his clniin, you can issue
refunding .certificates without further no
tice or instructions.
In all cases whore two or more parties
claim the same tract of land, you will no
tify each claimant, or require the appli
cant to do so.
Though your decision is not final, yet
it is proper to avoid ex-pane trials, and
before deciding in contested cases, you
should lie assured that you have all the
facts before you.
So soon as it can be done, you will be
furnished with a list of existing errors in
the sales of lands in your district, and a
direction to each, of the proper steps to he
token to rectify it.
The Auditor takes this occasion to re
mind the agents that it is too often the
case that they issue patent and refunding
certificates for lands that do not appear to
have been reportePas sold by the com
missioners, or agent*. Where a certifi
cate is presented to be acted upon, the
agents should examine his record of sales
to see if it was reported as sold, to see if
it agrees with the description, and espe
cially if it conflicts with any other sale.
Under the late laws it is believed that
nine-tenths of the existing errors can be
corrected without the parties resorting to
the courts for a settlement, and the Audi
tor is warranted in this belief by the suc
cess that has attended his efforts in this
behalf heretofore In this lie was ably and
ohOTrfulIy seconded by the land agents,
who promptly rendered extra services
without compensation.
Should particular cases arise, which no
general instructions can reach, you will
be promptly responded to, hut you are re
quested to slate the case fully, and if cop
ies of papers are sent, first to compare the
copies carefully wi'li the original, so as to
avoid heaping error upon error.
The section giving this power to the
Auditor, to correct mistakes, and to put
lands in a situation to make deeds, was
An amendment to the original bill, and
would have been avoided by him, had it
been left to himself. While it increases
his labors, it serves in some degree to
diminish the receipts of the agent, whose
emoluments are not large, except in dis
tricts where new confirmations are or have
been received. However, such being the
law, all cases determined at this office will
be sent.to you, with full notes of the steps
taken here—decisions made and certifi
cates issued, and with instructions to you
how to mark plats and make entries on
your books, It is of paramount impor
tance that the files of’ your office should
correspond, in all things, with, this office.
To this end particular attention must be
paid to follow all instructions sent to you
Yours respectfully,
W\I II. MILLER,
Auditor of Arkansas.
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AN ACT regulating weights und meas
ures m this State.
§ 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas, That the set of
Welch's and measures prepared by the United
Stales under the act of Congress, approved the
1 llh day of Jane, A. 1)., 1850, and delivered to
the Governor of the State Of Arkansas,and now
deposited in the ollice of the secretary of State,
be. and the same is hereby declared to be the
stan lard of all weights and measures used in
this State, am the clerk of the county court
of each county in this State shall procure, a-,
soon as practicable, at the expense of the
comity, a complete set of weights and meas
ures which sh ill conform tosaid etandurd, and
shall be scaled by the secretary of State.
§ a. The sucre ary of SUUr shall procure a
senior stamp with the letters of. “S. A.” up
on it, with which be shall Beal all weights
gyd me ism ps, which h» shall compare with
the said standard in his office and find to be
correct.
And such weights and measures after being
so sealed, shall tie a lawful standard for the
county by which they were procured; and the
,secretary of btnte shall be allowed to charge
llie sum of four dollars for his fee for testing
and sealing such weigh s and men sores.
§ it. He it further enacted; That sections
ilime, four and live, of chapter 178, of Gould’s
U'gpst of the Statutes of Arkansas, be con
strued to apply to the weights anil measures
p' oeured under this act; and that the same be
in force in all rc-pectx.
5 4. Bo If further enacted. That all laws
and parts of laws ingonflict with this act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, ltth February, 1859.
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- The Best Bonn sir Photectiov.—The
Nmv York Hoi aid is severe on Congress
for not having empowered the President
to raise an army lor the protection of So
nera'and Chihuahua. We do not hold
Congress excused for its manifold sins of
omission, but, fortunately in this case, the
President is in a condition to do all that
; is necessary or desirable for that exposed
! frontier without ihe further authorization
j of that body. The States on our Mexican
| frontier are as anxious to receive protec
] tion from the Indians, as our Government
is to insure it to our own traffic and settle
rnenis, and in consequence of this mutual
necessity, a Mexican minister is nowhere
with full powers to establish by treaty ail
the rights, privileges, and benefhs which we
could possibly obtain by a forced and un
gracious military occupation. In addition
to this acceptable free-will offering of a
treaty arrangement, the bands of armed
'emigrants to Arizona now on the way, or
organizing to go, will give that line a pro
tective force,.worth ten regiments of the
regular army, without costing the. Gov
ernment a cent —[Washington Stales.
-Adelaide, the Queen of William IV, nf
! England, was never reputed to be handsome,
but according to Lady Morgan, she was more
thin homely. Her ladyship describes her as
having a yellow skin, lemon-colored hair,
| pink eyes, sharp features, and the general ap
pearance of an albino. With all her bad looks
she was very benevolent, and provoked her
maids of honor by keeping them busy in sew
ing for the poor.
The Apache Pass.—The wonders of
mature in the neighborhood of the great
•anges of mountains that divide the waters
mtering the Atlantic from those running
o the Pacific are as novel as they are
itiblime. The Apache Puss, one of these,
s described as follows by one who has just
passed through it:
The Pass is approached through a deep
:anon, flanked on either hand by lofty
nountains, bare of vegetation, presenting
nany singular and rare formations of rock.
At the Pass proper the huge ledges sud
lenly close down to within thirty feet of
such other, forming a perfect gateway; the
spurs of the ledges being thrust out in one
place so as to leave barely room enough
fur the passage of a wagon. Beyond the
Puss the canon expands, forming a mag
nificent circle, in the centre of which stands
me of the stations of the Overland Mail
Company. It is a singularly romantic spot,
ihut out from the desert country, and al
ways a favorite resort of the Indians.
t,for Cicero's first great speech in de
mise of Roscius was made at the age of
wenty-seven. It was at the same age at
which Dmnosiheues distinguished himself
n the assembly of the Athenians. Dante
published “Vita Nuova” when just twenty
levcn, Dryden first gave testimony to hie
poetical genius at the age of twenty-seven.
Uacon began to form his new system of
philosophy into some form when about
wenty-seven. Burns issued his first pub
icunon in ms iwemy-seventn year.
Washington was but twenty-seven when
le covered the retreat of the British troops
it Braddock’s defeat, and was appointed
o the connnand-in-chief of all the Virgin
a forces. John Quincy Adams was ap
pointed by Washington, in 1794, minister
•esident to the United Netherlands—thus
toirimencing his public life at the age of
vventy-seven. Napoleon, we believe, waa
only twenty-seven when he led the army
into Egypt.
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Bad SEi.Ecrtojt or a Hnt.v,—Mints*
ers are not always careful in adapting to
pymns to occasions. A correspondent of
he Presbyterian says that at the funeral
pf a late pastor of a church in New Eng*
and, the officiating minister gave out to
be sung as the concluding hymn, “ Not all
In* blood of beasts ” and as the remains
pf the deceased clergyman were carried
Jown the aisle, the afflicted congregation
reached the expressive lines,
Bclioving, we rejoice
To see the curse remove”
This was as bad as the iii-timid ejacu*
ation of one of our shouting sisters,
ivhose feelings became so excited under
he pathetic farewell sermon of a preach*
nr, that she could not contain herself, but
sxclnimed, Glory to God ! Our brother
is going! Oh! glory ! we shall never see
him again I" Singing and shouting should
bo regulated by common sense.—[Ex
change paper. , i
Which reminds us, by the way, of a
minister recently d'ceased, who, when
preaching the funeral sermon for a wealhy
and esteemed member of his church, took
for his text, “ And the beggar dted.”
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Dr. Johnson’s Storv Trumped.—In
the ancient town of Newburgh, on the
Hudson, there resides an old Scotchman
by the name of John Smith, or, as be calls
u, Smuth, whose vocation it is to supply
buttermilk to families in the mornings.
Johnny Smith is as well known in New
burgh , as Washington's statue is in New
York, He Ims worn the saute old coal for
the la|t I'prty years, and gone the usual di
urnal round, without 8 day's absence lor
the same period; You would know that
coat if you should meet it any where—the
collar covered with age nnd snuff—for
Johnny bmutJi is a great snuffer; and in
iliis respect, he is ouly excelled by
person in Newburgh, and that is Mrs.
Sinutli.
One day, Johnny having delivered bis
thick beverase as was his custom, made a
second call upon his customers. The rea
son of ibis unusual visit can be best ex
pressed in his own words. “You see” said
lie, “Mrs. Smuth put her night-cap, this
morning, in the buttermilk to bleach it,
and forgot to lilt it, and I’m looking for
it.” Our informant says, the lady who
told him the story happily fished up the
cap, rolled up in a wet swab, from her but
termilk, nnd, returned it to the anxious
John, nnd both parties were satisfied.
[Cozziu’s Wine Press.J
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That's the Question.—It would be a
very interesting question to consider how
fashionable the art of dancing would re
main if all the little personal familiarities
it authorises between strangers of the op
posite sex were abstracted from its charac
teristics. The country girl once naively
said of the polka, that the dancing was
not much, but “ the bugging is heavenly.”
Take the sum total of what ahe termed
“heavenly” from the wnl z of any kind,
and how many would care to fatigue them
selves with its incessant whirl, and its cloud
of spiral crinoline in violent motion? In
9hort. is it the exercise or the “ light fan
tastic” that is esteemed so delightful, or is
it the indescribable eicetrasl Thai’s the
question for debate at the next meeting of
the Abstruse Society.
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-Mr. Brown called in at a neghbor’s,
and was urged to take supper, which be did,
iheold lady all the time saying : « I’m afraid,
Mr. tan, you will not make a supper ; you
have 4^Pr nothing—do eat some more.” Af
ter he had stepped out, he heard the o'd lady
say to her husband : “ Why I do declare I
should think Mr. Brown has not eaten any
thing Cor a mo. t