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OTJF. JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and arc
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
viT. __ .. ..nd In nrinf PailUlhlfitS. Cata**
Jogues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c. _____________
Dr. B. Douglass,
TENDERS his professional services to
the citizens of Prairie and adjacent coun
ties as a Mechanical Physician, in cases of
Hernia and Prolapsus Uteri. In cases of
abortion, by the timely aid of his SUPPORI- !
F.R, ir not prevented, by returning the work,
they shall have their money refunded.
g^“ Joseph A. Eddins is my authorised
agent, in all matters connected with the above
business B. DOUGLASS.
Post-offiSe, Des Arc, Ark._octiMrn
F. LEPTIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCH
m a s m ib :
AND
JEWELLER,
Bdena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart A
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, that he
is prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK,
and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &.c.
jan30-tf __
JAMES JOHNSON,
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Having permanently located myself,
I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
PISTOLS, &c., to order.
fiSTAU kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
ftST LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
promptly attended to.
Terms—Cash._"Pr3 ^
GEO. Jr. LUUrUti,
House, Sign and Ornamental
P .1 f .V TE it ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Graining and paper hanging done
in the neatest style.
W All orders addressed to me will meet
with prompt attention. sepll-ly
BOOT AND SHOE-MAKING.
k. TO THE CITIZENS OF DES I?
ARC AND VICINITY: .Jf
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 peace in
the State. Call and see.
WORK WARUANTED NOT TO RIP.
REPAIRING DONE neatly, at all
times.
As I am permanently located in this place,
my interest is identified with yours.
(LJT Terms, Cash.
oct-tf F. WETHERINGTON.
CARRIAGE AND WAGON
•Wan ufa dory.
DE8 lie, ARKANSAS.
THOMAS -XT. LEE
-jSR IS PREPARED ^
Wagons, Drays, &e., in the most substantia
manner and on short notice. From his expe
rience in this line, he hopes to give entire sat
Ufaction.
Repairing done with neatness and dispatch
-Connected w’th his establishment is a:
excellent Blacksmith shop, where all kinds o
iron work will be dene in a neat and substan
tial manner. ortlO-tf.
JORDAN BODEMER,
SHAVING, HAIR-CtiTTINO,
AND
HAIR-DRESSING SALOON
-ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Nccleu
Hoc?e, Des Arc, Arkansas, octltj-ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
&ALEX. MARTIN, Physician and
Surgeon. Brownsville. Prairie county,
Ark'ansas. Will treat Chronic Diseases, gene
rally, and especially those of Fejnalcs.
janl6-tf
DR. B. F. DINWIDDIE, having per
manently located at Lake Bluff. Prairie
county, Arkansas, tenders his professional
services to the public, in all the 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
long experience In the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dcc5-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 hi3 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.—
(flgr Office at Bf.thell &. 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 branches 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
CCHIDSEY, Resident
. Dentist, Clark’s
Blo'ck. Memphis.Tennessee. Will^~L-*-LXI-r
visit Des Arc, of which notice will be given
through the “ Citizen.” octl3-(im
TAS. R. HARRINGTON,
** Mechanical and Surgical'
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove,
Prairie county, Arkansas. DR. HARRING
TON is prepared to perform any operation, or
execute any aruiiciai wuu m me uk.■ |«w
fession. Hehopes by his particular attention,
carefulness ami experience to merit the pat
ronage and influence of the citizens of Prairie
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. may30-ly
L. FEATHERSTON..Z. P. H. FARR.
Featherston & farr, Attor
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; Coffeeville,
Miss., E. C. Walthall; Memphis. Tenn., D.
M. DuBose. Esq., W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W. T. Featherston; Washington. D.
C., Jacob Thompson. jylf
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. 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.
({5^” OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
iVew Building.) first door. febl3-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 W'arrants,
selling lands, and paying taxes. (Qj?” Office
on Lyon street. febI3-tf
VAKEMAN W. EDWARDS, Law
yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas. Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. n30*
JW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
feST Prompt attention given to the collection
declaims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. (H3T Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
_- w , . . W- m irvlkTIJD A __
W1 JLi1 xxIVJl A- dv/nuu aai »
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. feb2U-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.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._Jec4
JA. 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 & GHALLAGHER, At
*" torneys at Law, Little Rock, Arkan
sas. aug4-ly
T> FURNISS MARTIN, Attorney
at Law. Brownsville, Prairie county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of
Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry:
Saline, White, Arkansas. Jefferson, Jacksor
and Monroe. Prompt attention given to tb<
' collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
' ing and paying taxes on land. jyl7-ly
J. L. HOLLOWELL..w. D. JACOWAY
Hollo well & jacoway, at
torneys at Law, Dardanelle. Arkansas
‘ 1 Will practice iu the counties of ^ ell. Perry
' i Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
. i je26-tf _
JAMES F. BATTE, General Ageni
and Collector, Searcy, White county
Arkansas. Particular attention given to tn<
collection of claims, buying and selling lands
locating swamp and overflown lands, enterinj
! land at the General Laud-Offices. 6howin|
’ ; lands subject to graduation; and to the payin(
. ! of taxes on laud in any county in North Ar
j kausas. janV-tf
THE BEREAVED HUSBAND.
BY MRS. E. L. SAXON.
He sat within a silent room—
Death’s shadow had been there,
His heart was filled with grief and gloom,
His head was bowed in prayer;
He strove to shut out memory,
So filled with bitter pain,
But close before his weeping eyes
Her glass was held again.
Again he stood beside his wifo
And almost deemed her living—
Again he took the farewell kiss
Which she had died in giving.
He half forgot that death had been
Within his pleasant home;
He seemed to feel her presence there
Beside him in her room.
There stood upon the mantel shelf
A vase of faded flowers,
They had been placed there by herself
In happy, glowing hours;
There sat her vacant, crimson chair,
Her shawl across it lying,
It had been folded round her breast
When he had seen her dying.
There was her basket, and her books,
Her portrait on the wall,
The bible where her last sweet looks
On holy words did fall,
A few short years before and he
Had brought her there a bride,
But now she was laid down to rest
With her infant by her side.
He did not dream how much he loved
The flower that he had cherished,
Or how she twined about his heart,
Until the bloom had perished.
A GRAIN SPECULATION.
The Chicago, (Illinois) Journal relates
the experience of a novice in speculations
in grain. Perhaps some cotton specula
tors will appreciate the sketch :
Generally speaking, wheat is a very
good grain. It shows well in the field,
and in statistical reports; it looks well in
stacks, and especially well in the grana
ries; and when well ground, methodically
kneeded, judiciously buked, and properly
browned and buttered into toast, there is
no one who will speak more respectfully,
not to say enthusiastically, of the vegeta
ble than I will. For I atn, in the main, a
man too well bred to do otherwise. But
as an article of commerce, a medium for
speculation, I am emphatically down on
the whole institution, both “winter” and
“spring;” the one has proven “the winter
of my discontent,” while the other has
“sprung” a trap on me like that projected
over unwary birds which nibble at the
same bait. These remarks may seem
severe, but they drop as naturally from
me as the kernels would from a head of
wheat that has been well threshed.
As everybody knows, I am “the son of
poor but respectable parents.” I started in
life with this talistnanic maxim for money
making: Buy when every one is selling;
sell when every one is buying. Well,
some few weeks since wheat, which has
been very buoyant, suddenly fell. Every
one wns selling. I had a little money,and
confiding in my golden rule, “pitched in,"
and bought at eighty-five. Very soon the
staple commodity dropped to sixty-eight.
Now, thought I, is the time to get a “mar
gin;" so mortgaging the first lot, I bought
more. And I’ll venture to say that my
old mother never prayed so devoutly for
her bread to rise as I did my wheat. But
still it dropped! The fault, they said, was
in the East—excuse the pun, if the pun is
obvious—until, as it still kept dropping, 1
thought it my duty to go into Chicago and
put a stop to it. The first greeting that
met me as I stepped into the Tremont was
a telegram on tire bulletin board, “Wheat
is flat.” Wheat probably was flat enough,
but this announcement struck me as being
rather a sharp truth. At 114 I went down
on “Change. It is perhaps needless to
say that I found things materially changed
since I had bought. Buyers we'c offering
fifty-five; everybody appeard to be buying;
therefore, following out my aphorism, I
sold. The result may be summed up thus:
Two months since, I had money and no
wheat. Subsequently. I had wheat and
no money. Now, by the mass, I have
neither! The second lot was a poor lot
as poor, in fact, as the second edition ol
Pharaoh’s kine, since it swallowed the
first. But I bought to make a margin,and
I made it.
For the past few days my friends have
noticed a remarkable echo in my vicinity
Whenever we chance to meet, some chaf
will say, “A-hem, what?” and the rever
beration comes back, deep and distant
“Damn wheat!” The echo may be pro
frane, but it is the expression of a verj
general sentiment. For I think that mos
operators will concur with me in the foilow
ing conclusion:
That to buy at “eighty-five” and sell a
“fifty-five” will not pay, unless a mar
does a very large business. That wheat
when it begins to fall, is a devilish lorn
while in reaching the bottom. That whei
it once begins to heat, it very soon become
too hot to hold. That, after all, the sures
way to make money in wheat is to plan
it in good soil. And, lastly, that a ma
going into the wheat market, with even
very small capital, if he is industrious am
perseveres, may very soon succeed in ow
ing more than it is probable he will eve
be worth.
♦ > » -
-Well, said his honor, to an old n<
gro who had been hauled up for stealing
pullet, “ what have you to say for j ourself ?
, j < Nuffin’ but dis, boss, 1 was crazy as a bei
' bug when I stole dat ar pullet, cos I migl
; have stole a big rooster, and nebber done i
1 Dat shows clusivelydat I was laboiin ur
' der the delirium trearendus.”
WASHINGTON AS A FARMER.
The following extracts from “Irving's
Life of Washington,” showing his love
for country life, and his habits as a farmer
will interest our readers, if they love their
farms as he did his.
In his letter from Mount Vernon he
writes: “I am now I believe, fixed in this
seat, and I hope to find more happiness in
retirement than 1 ever experienced in the
wide and bustling world.”
This was a deliberate purpose with him
—the result of enduring inclinations.—
Throughout the whole course of his ca
reer, agricultural life appears to have been
his beau ideal of existence, which haunted
his thoughts, even amid the stern duties of
the field, and to which he ’recurred with
unflagging interest, whenever enabled to
indulge his natural bias. Mount Vernon
was his harbor of repose where he re
peatedly furled his sail, and fancied him
self anchored for life. No impulse of am
bition tempted him thence; nothing but the
call of country, and his devotion to the
public good. The place was endeared to
him by the rememberance of his brother
and of the happy days he had passed here
with that brother in the day of his boy
hood; but it was a delightful place in itself
and well calculated to inspire the rural
feeling.
The mansion was beautiful'y situated
on a swelling height, crowned with wood,
and commanding a magnificent view up
and down the Potomac. The grounds im
mediately about it were laid out somewhat
in the English taste. The estate was ap
portioned into separate farms, devoted to
different kinds of culture. Much, howev
er, was still covered with wild woods and
interned with inlets; haunts of deer and
barking-places of foxes. “No estate in
United America,” observes he in one of
his letters, “is more pleasantly situated.
Iu a high and healthy country, in a lati
tude between the extremes of heat and
cold; on one of the finest rivers in the
world—a river well stocked with various
kinds of fish at all seasons of the year and
in the spring with shad, herring, bass,
carp, sturgeon, etc., in great abundance.
The borders of the estate are washed by
more than ten miles of tide water; the
whole shore, in fact, is one entire fishery."
Washingten carried into his rural af
fairs the same method, activity and cir
cumspection that had distinguished him in
military life. He kept his own a' counts
posted up his books, and balanced them
with mercantile exactness. The products
of his estate, also, became so noted for the
faithfulness, ns to quality and quantity,
with which they were put up that it is said
any barrel of flour that bore the brand of
George Washington, Mount Vernon; was
exempt from the customary inspection in
the YVest India ports.
He was an early riser—often before
day-break in the winter, when the nights
were long. On such occasions he lit his
own fire, and wrote and read by candle
light. He breakfasted at seven in sum
mer and eight in winter. Two small cups
of tea and three or four cakes of Indian
meal—called hoe cakes—formed his fru
gal repast. Immediately after breakfast,
he mounted his horse, and visited those
parts of his estate where any work was
going on, seeing to everything with his
own eyes, and often aiding with his own
hand. Dinner was served at two. He
ate heartily, but was no epicure nor criti
cal about his food. His beverage was
small beer or cider, and two glasses of old
Madeira. He took tea, of which he was
very fond, early in the evening, and retir
ed for the night about nine o’clock.
We find him working for a part of two
days with Peter, his smith, to make a new
invention. This, after two or three fail
ures, he accomplished. Then, with less
than his usual judgment, he put his twe
chariot horses to the plough, anu ran a risn
of spoiling them in gtving his new inven
tion a trial over ground thickly swarded
Anon, during a thunder-storm, a fright
' ened negro alarms the house, with word
that the mill is giving way, upon whicl
there is a general turn-out of all the for
ces, with Washington at their head
wheeling and shoveling gravel, during t
pelting rain, to stop the rushing water.
Hearts.—Hearts are of several kinds
and of widely different natures. First
there are walled-up hearts, and these an
of two kinds; about one kind the wall i
high and strong, and to surmount it is i
work of extreme difficulty; but if you cai
get inside, you have entered Eden. Fra
grant, and sweet, and fair as the visioi
seems in dreams is that enclosed garden
and it is worth hard labor to gain admis
sion there. The other has a wall as higl
and strong, and full as hard to get over
: and when at last, with torn flesh and dis
located joints, you have scaled it, you wisl
you hadn’t, for there is nothing inside bu
rocks and cold water. The trouble wit!
these two descriptions of hearts is, that 'ti
, impossible to distinguish the one from thi
' other until you have almost worn yoursel
i out in mounting the walls. Another kin'
s of heart is that which, having nothing t
t fence it in, lies open to the passage of a
t men and cattle—a waste, unfruitful field
1 of no use to anybody and less to the owt
t er. But there is another kind of heart
1 a rare creation, bnt a real one—whos
- wall is low, and almost hid by flower!
r The birds make their nest in it, and sin
as they swing upon its swaying twigs an
festooning vines. Beyond the wall, itse
. a thing of fragrance, beauty, and joy, 1
a ! the enchanting gardens. Delightful bov
') ,ers invite the way-worn traveler to enti
.! and repose. Spirits of love and beaui
t1 beckon the sad and lonely ones to the tea
of soul, and a charmed light and gloi
. hover in the whole joyous air. This
the true type of heart.
OLD HUNDRED.
If it be true that Luther composed that
tune, and if the worship of mortals is car
ried on the wings of angels to Heaven,
how often has he heard the declaration—
“ They are singing Old Hundred now.”
The solemn strain carries us back to the
times of the reformers—Luther and his
devoted band. He, doubtless, was the
first to strike the grand old chords in the
public sanctuary of his own Germany.
From his stentorian lungs they rolled,
vibrating not through vaulted cathedral
roof but along a grander arch, the eternal
Heavens. He wrought into each note his
own sublime faith, and stamped it with
that faith’s immortality' Hence it cannot
die. Neither men nor angels will let it
pass into oblivion.
Can you find a tomb in the land where
sealed lips lay, that have not sung that
tune? If they were gray old men, they
had heard or sung “Old Hundred.” If
they were babies, they smiled as their
mother rocked them to sleep, singing
“ Old Hundred." Sinner and saint have
joined with endless congregation where it
has, with and without the pealing organ;
sounded on the sacred air.
The dear little children, looking with
wondering eyes on this strange world,
have lisped it. The sweet young girl,
whose tombstone told of sixteen summers
—She whose pure, innocent face haunted
you with its mild beauty—loved " Old
Hundred,” and she sang it, closed her
eyes, and seemed communing with the
angels who were so soon to claim it. He
whose manhood was devoted to the ser
vice of God. and he who, with the white
hand placed over his laboring breast, loved
“ Old Hundred;” and though sometimes
his lips only move, way down in his heart,
so soon to cease its throbs, the holy melody
was sounding. The dear white-haired old
father, With his trembling voice, how he
loved “ Old Hundred.” Do you not see
. . ■ ■ ■ t ti
nim DOW, silling HI lilt? Yt'UCinuio Oiur
chair, his hands crossed over the head of
his cane, his silvery locks floating off from
his hollowed temples, and a tear stealing
down his care-worn, furrowed cheeks, that
thin, quivering, faltering sound, now burst
ing forth, now listening for in vain? If
you do not we do; and from such lips,
hallowed by four score years' service in
the master’s cause, “Old Hundred” sounds,
indeed, a sacred melody.
You may fill your choirs with Sabbath
prirna donnas, whose daring notes emu
late the steeple, and cost as much—but
give us the spirit-tones of the Lutheran
hymn, sung by old and young together.
Martyrs have hallowed it; it has gone up
from the bed of the saints. The old
churches, where generation after genera
tion have worshipped, and where many
scores of the dear dead have been carried
and laid before the altar, where they gave
themselves to God, seem to breathe of “Old
Hundred” from vestibule to tower top;
the air is haunted with its spirit.
Think a moment of the assembled com
pany who have at different times and in
different places joined in the familiar tunc,
Throng upon throng—the strong, the tim
id, the gentle, the brave, the beautiful, the
rapt faces all beaming with inspiration of
the heavenly sounds.
“ Old Hundred !” king of the sacred
band of “ancient airs!” Never shall
our ears grow weary of hearing, or our
tongues of singing thee. And when we
get to Heaven, who knows but what the
first triumphal strains that welcome us
may be—
“ Be thou, O God! exalted high!”
The American Consul to Japan.—
The London Times, which attacked Com
missioner Reed for his conduct in China,
praises Consul General Harris for his skill
and address in obtaining commercial priv
ileges from the government of Japan:
Fortune favored the boldness of the
enterprise, and American astuteness
helped us. Lord Elgin reached Nagaski
on the I3d of August, and found no one
there but some Japanese underlings and
Dutch officials, who naturally gave him
small hopes. Thence he went, staggering
through one of the tremendous gales that
vex these seas, to the wretched harbor of
Simoda, where.. the Americans are in
, power, and at this place he for the first
time discovered the workings of the echoes
i of his own doings on the Pei*ho. It seems
that as soon as the Tiendan Treaty was
arranged, the American Commissioner
rushed off to Japan to take advantage o!
the consternation certain to be created by
the first news pf recent events in the
Pei-ho. It was smartly imagined. He
found at Simoda the American Consul
General just returned from Jeddo, whithei
he had been on a six months’ mission,
vainly importuning for some commercial
privileges.
The Commodore immediately took him
on board his ponderous steamer, the Pow
s hatan, and steered right away for Kana
i gawa, a station well known to the Ameri
f can men-of-war since Commodors Perry’s
1 time, about fifteen miles below the capital
> City of Jeddo. Terrible stories and
1 frightful anticipations had for some tune
, possessed the minds of the Japanese.
- Japan, like other countries of ancient
- institutions, has its conservative and pro
e gressive parties. The Prince of Boringc
. had stood stoutly for the ancient Japanese
g constitution and no foreign competition
d But when the American ship-of-war ap
f i peared, and when the American versior
e | of the warlike operations in China circu
■-1 lated, a strong feeling gained ground ir
r I favor of the progressive party. Prince
y 1 Boringo retired, and Prince Bitsa tool
it his place. Under the new Administra
y | lion, Mr. Harris, the Consul-General
is i was admitted to an interview with thi
opened, and com
mcrcial tariffs were agreed upon pretty
much as is set forth in the statement we
borrow from The North Chinn Herald.
When Lord Elgin arrived at Simoda, he
found Mr. Harris in high spirits at having
completed this treaty, and the precedent
gave him an opportunity whereof he sadly
stood in need.
We must here—having recently spoken
in terms of complaint to our American
friends for sending their silliest men upon
important embassies—acknowledge that
Mr. Harris acted throughout these trans
actions with a frankness and courtesy
worthy of the representative of a great
friendly power. Mr. Harris acted like a
man who was strong in his own knowl
edge of the interests of his country.
Lord Elgin departed at once for the an
chorage below the capital, where he found
the American and also the Russian war
steamers. The Neutrals had been quick
to scent the game from afar; they hod
run a race against us to gather not only
the spoils won by our arms, but even the
contributions to be exacted by terror of
our deeds. Beyond this nuchorage of
Kanagawa, were rocks and whirlpools
and perils innumerable, all faithfully de
posed to be Japanese pilots. Captain
Sherard Osborn, who has the reputation of
being confident, and not unreasonably
confident, in his own seamanship, believed
in none of these things. Steaming over
the anchorage, he held on up the Bay of
Jeddo, and stimulated by the sight of
Jeddo city, which slowly enrolled itself in
the north-west angle of the gulf, he pur
sued his course, undeterred by a full gale
of wind, until he could cast anchor within
gunshot of a series of well constructed
batteries, which run across the shoals fa
cing a portion of the city.
Lord Elgin's well-judged confidence in
his captain was thus rewarded by a posi
tion which, considering he had to deal
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a bold move made at a timely moment,
for he could have done nothing at a dis
tance. Since Mr. Harris obtained his
treaty there had been a reactionary move
ment in Jeddo, directed by the indepen
dent princes and hereditary nobles. They
had rousted the Minister who signed the
treaty, and Prince Boringo ruled again.
But the apparition of the British steam
frigates Furious and Retribution, intrud
ing upon the sacred seclusion of the cap
ital, spread consternation throughout the
camp of the obstructives. We made no
menace and used no threats, but we fear
there was something like the pressure of
a force which was not altogether moral
put upon these gentle Japanese. Our ex
cuse must be that if the Americans had
obtained concessions upon the strength of
the terror created by the roar of the lion,
it would have been hard that the lion
should get nothing on his own account.
.. , —... ..—
Orioin or Various Plants.—Every
gentleman farmer ought to be somewhat
acquai. ted with the origin and history of
all ordinary plants and trees, so as to
know their nature, country and condition.
Such knowledge, besides being a source
of great pleasure, and very desirable, will
often enable him to explain phenomena in
the habits of many plants that otherwise
appear inexplicable.
Wheat, although considered by some as
a native of Sicily, originally came from
the central table-land of Thibet, where it
yet exists as a grass with small mealy
seeds Rye exists wild in Siberia. Bar
ley exists wild in the mountains of Hima
laya. Oats were brought from North Af
rica. Millet, one species, is a native of
Indin; another Egypt and Abyssina.
Muize (Indian corn) is of native growth
in America. nice was urougm irum
South'Africa, whence it was taken to In
dia, and thence to Europe and America.
Peas are of unknown origin. Vetches
are natives of Germany. The garden
bean from the East Indies. Buckwheat
came originally from Siberia and Turkey.
Cnbbage grows wild in Sicily and Naples.
The poppy was brought from the East.
The sunflower from Peru. Hops come to
perfection as a wild flower in Germany.
Saffron came from Egypt. The onion is
also a native of Egypt. Horse radish
from South Europe.
Tobacco is a native of Virginia, Toba
go and California. Another species has
also been found wild in Asia. The gras
ses are mostly native plants, and so are
tbe clovers, except Lucerne, which is a
native of Sicily. The gourd is an Eastern
plant. The potato is a well-known native
of Peru and Mexico. Coriander grows
wild near the Mediterranean. Anise was
brought from the Grecian Archipelago.
£Sg“ A good anecdote of Professor
Agassiz is told in a new volume in press
in Boston. The Professor had declined to
deliver a lecture before some lyceum, or
public society, on account of the inroads
which previous lectures given by him had
made upon his studies and habits of thought,
The gentleman who had been deputed tc
invite him, continued to press the invita
tion, that the society were ready to pay hiu
liberally for his services. “ That is no in
duceraent to me,” replied Agassiz, “ 1
cannot afford to waste my time in making
money.”
—--e * *■
-A boy’s rendition of a proverb: ‘‘Spoi
the rod and spare the child !”
_Paddy’s description of a fiddle cannot
i be beat: “It was the shape of a turkey am
the size of a goose; he turned it over on it
back and rubbed its belly w.th a stick, am
Och, St. Patrick ! how it did quale 1”
_The bread of life is love; the salt o
life is work; the sweetness of life, poesy; th
water of life', faith—[Mrs. Jameson. _
1 _A witness was asked if the defendan
1 “ stood on the defensive?” “No, he stoO'
■ on a bench, and lit hke the devil.”
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-An old lady rending an account of 4
listinguished old lawyer who waa said to be
he father of the New York bar, exclaimed,
< Poor man ! he had a dreadful set of Chil
Iren 1
-The slightest sorrow for sin la suffi
cient if it produces amendment, tho greatest
is sufficient if it does not.
—— A fellow who got drunk on election
day. said it was owing to his effort to put dowp
' party spirits.’
-A washerwoman who had been lh the
habit of washing the shirt of a poor attornejr,
recently charged him for It by the dozen, on
tho ground that it was In twelve, pieces.
..- There is a married lady in Salem, in
good hoalh, whoso weight when In full dresa,
is only seventy-three pounds. She has been
married ten years, and 1s a model housewife,
performing all her household duties, from
choice without assistance.
— If girls would have roses for thalr
cheeks, they must do as the roses do—go to
sleep with the lilies, and get up with the
morning glories.
—— Murderers do not often wear roses .2
their buttonholes. Villains seldom train tines
over cottago doors.
-<■ Now, granny, I’ve eat all the cherw
ries, and if you don’t give mo a five striker,
I’ll swallow the stones and choke my darned
self.’’
—When the world has once got hold of
a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to get It
out of the world. You beat it about the head,
till it seems to have given up the ghost j and
lo 1 the next day it is as healthy as ever.—
[Bulwer.
_Tho cloak of religion is to be known
sometimes by the fine nap It baa during sermon
times.
— A man that astonishes at first, soon
makes people impatient it he does not con
tinue in the same enlivening key.
_«it is a poor rule that wont work both
wavs,” exclaimed a boy, throwing the rule
back at his school master.
Danger of Rubbing With Brandy.
We heard the other day of a singular,
and, we believe, a new effect of the appli
cation of brandy as a medicine. A gen
tleman, convalescing from an attack of
sickness, was recommended by his phy
sician to rub himself all over every mor
ning and evening with the best brandy.
The invalid accordingly sent to hia
family grocer, with whom he had dealt
for years, and ordered a sample of the beat
old cognac. Home it came, and that very
evening it was tried—outwardly, of course.
The convalescent felt better, much better,
and he continued to feel belter for a day
or so, until he awoke one morning, and,
to his horror, discovered that his entire
cuticle—at lenst where it had been rubbed
with the old cognac—had become of a
deep crimson color.
He sprang out of bed in alarm. The
family was aroused; a servant dispatched
in hot haste for the doctor. The invalid a
wits were terribly shaken by thia never
before-heard-of catastrophe. What could
be the cay,so of it! He looked a picture
for a painter,, as he sat before the large
looking glass in an arm chair, and
ruefully surveyd his crimson covering.
It was almost ludicrous: it was quite as
bad as Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse’s predica
ment about his purple-green hair. But
this could be no laughing matter; it must
be some extraordinary phenomenon, as he
explained it to his wondering and alarmed
I fami|y- . jut
.. a l *_* *___ mas Has* h/inr I
iiuu JUOV "V-—- ~
shall look all my life, if this confounded
thing isn't cured. Like a boiled lobster!
—like a boiled lobster! I shall go by no
other name! Oh dear! Oh 4^ar!"
The door bell rang; the front door
opened; in rushed the doctor. For an
instant he could not contain himself—he
bad to drop into a chair and laugh it out.
•• Oh, it’s very funny to you. no doubt,
Doctor; but how would you like to go
about all the balance of your days looking
like an overdone lobster?"
The doctor burst out again at this; but
he saw that his sick man and family were
really alarmed, and he soon sobered down
into his usual pulse-feeling gravity.
“ May be it's the iodine, Doctor ? sug
gested the anxious wife.
" Oh, it’s ironed in, no doubt,” said the
patient, indulging the ruling passion,
strong in death.
The doctor shook his head.
•• Had the rubbing been done as he
prescribed ?"
Yes, faithfully.”
“ Good brandy ? n
“ Yes, the very best—we use no other.’
“ Let me have it.”
The brandy was brought. The doctor
tasted it, and shook his bead again.
•• I’ll take it home to examine it chemi
cally. There are so many tricks among
the liquor dealers.”
•< Oh, no fear of that with our grocer.
He sells none but the best liquors, import
ed direct by himself.”
“ No doubt. I’ll look into it neverthe
less.” And, calming the family alarm,
the good doctor departed, the pure old
cognac in his pocket.
That evening came a note fromhir^._
“ Dear L-, make yourself pe rfect]y
easy. The cognac is first-proof whisky.
and won't hurt you. It wasih e logwood
1 j in it that did your business.”
I j Four hundred thousand dollars of
■ the decimal coinage Stamped in England
f j for use in Canada, liave arrived, and will
! I be put in circulate® immediately. They
, | consist of ten and twenty cent pieces in
j silver, and of one cent pieces in b.iiuiu
i very beautifully executed.