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PUBLISHED FKRY WEDAESDAY, ATM ARC, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BY J. C. MORRILL, TERMS-^I^PERJIARJ^pVlNCE.
VOLUMEV. DE8ARC, ARKANSAS, SEPTEMBER «8. 1859._NUMBER 4o.
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tion.
fig" Announcing candidates for talc and
District offices, $7; County offices, Town
ship, offices $3, invariably in advanq
w Calls on persons to become qndidates
are charged at the usual rates, exept when
■peisons making the calls are subsdbers to
our paper. Payment in advance.
(^•Political circulars charged q adver
tisements.
fig" Advertisements not ordered fc a spe
cified time, will be inserted till forbiden, and
charged for accordingly.
(jj^”All advertising to be paid for q&rterly.
OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Wf. have supplied ourselves with t good
assortment of Printing Material, dd are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Prilling, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlet: Cata
ogues, Posters, large or small, Card, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every oscrip
ion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices f the
Peace, Constables, &c.
\. II. BUR IT
(Successor to II. P. Vauglim,)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEAL
ER IN
Stones, Sljcet Iron, tlHrc, £c.;
Jllao — Manufacturer oj Tin and Vied
Iran Ware,
Buena Vista St., (Opposite Nucleus Hoise,)
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
fig" Having bought the stock on hancand
material in this shop, from H. P. VaugIan,
Esq., the undersigned will continue to any
on the above business, in all its branches. He
has on hand a good stock of
COOKINGS TO VES, T1 Jf
WJ RE, Sfe.,
which he will sell at Memphis prices.
GUTTERING AND J O B II I JfG
promptly attended to.
(j^* A share of the public patronage is le
dsectfully solicited.
jun29-6m N. H. BURK.
j.tTpaeham,
architect,
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
Respectfully informs the citizens oi
Des Arc and vicinity, that lie is prepared
to execute all work intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PLANS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
(jj^p From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, he flatters himself that he
j can render entire satisfaction. jun29-tf
a, at tdaiaiis'-i'S wer
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
HAVING permanently located at Des Arc,
Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work in HIS I.iue of Business,
i in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
| rience, he feels confident that those whofavor
! him with contracts will have no cause to re
gret it.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY,
Left at G. W. Vaden’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. jun29-ly
ALE X. LE UDERS,
HOUSE, SIGN, AND FRESCO
PAINTER,
DES ARC, Auk.—Also, Carriage Painting,
Furniture Varnishing, Graining, Paper
Hanging, &c. AH work done in the best style.
fllsal“ Shop in the building formerly occu
pied as the “ Citizen” Office, near the Landing.
junI5-tf
A. S. HARRIS,
IP .2 T C SI - *?2 .1 Ml 2J If
AND
JEWELER
OFFICE on Buena Vista
street, opposite the,
i Nucleus House, Des Arc,
Arkansas. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to give satisfaction. riov20-tf
E. R. MCPHERSON,
COUNTY SUKVIOYOR. -
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 filled.
novUMy
J. 8. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
Harness .Manufacturer,
! L>ES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Q'-K RESPECTFULLY informs
f ^5 the citizens of Prairie and jCfJzD
udiacent counties, that he has on hand, /J
and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
I usually done in such establishments.
I Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &.
■ Jackson’s store. jan21-ly.
I
I
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR W. J. THOMPSON,
REFORM PHYSICIAN,
(Late of McLemoresville, Tennessee.)
having located in
DES ARC, PRAIRIE CO., ARK.,
RESPECTFULLY tenders his profcsional
services, in its various branches, to the
citizens and public generally.
Office—Evans & Horne’s building, third
door up stairs, Buena Vista street,
julyia-ly.
TAR. N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattcnsaw, at tlie reSidepce
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
ed, offers his professional services to the
public.
((3^ Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly.
| Ar7t. J. CUMMINGS, having per
manently located at Atlanta, Prairie
county, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
g3?” Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
23?” 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
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
g^” Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(j^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 11-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 thehealing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. 23?” Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. W*. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, g^” Calls promptly at
tended to. inay29,1858— ly*
DR. WM. RETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
gy Office at Lane & Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
Dll. 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
chorn of Inocf o nnrHrtn frhpir
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf
J. E. GATEWOOD..J- A. MOON.
GATEWOOD & WOOIV,
LAND AGENTS
RE AL ESTATE BROKERS,
Btcs Arc, Arkansas.
WILL attend to payment of taxes, locating
Government, Swamp or Military lands.
Blanks of every description always on hand.
aug3-tf.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran
cis. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. S3?" Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Lyw, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
april22-tf.
AKEMAN 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*
L. FEATHERSTON.-..2. P. H. FARR.
JpEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
1 NEYs at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
iarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
comities of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. jyl?
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
,J . Law, Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention' to all business entrusted to him
OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. febl3-tf
JW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis; Jackson and White,
(jgg- Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land- tJffice on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
WILLIAM T.* JONES, Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefterson,
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. sept2G-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.W. L.'d. WILLIAMS.
Vl/TLLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * tornf.ys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. _ dec4__
J. L. HOLI.OWELL..w. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torney's at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
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Diamonds and Pearls!
OUR assortment of Jewelry never was bet
ter in the above line;
Finger Rings from $6 to $300,
Breast Pins from $10 to $200,
Ear Rings to match,
Buttons, Sleeve Links, &c., 8tc.
All of the best styles, and at as low prices
as can be afforded.
J. F.. MERRIMAN &CO.,
mar 2b-tf] 253 Main street, Memphis, Tcnn.
DES ABC
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And Stage Office,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING leased this finely located and
well arranged Hotel, formerly the
JJICKSOJV HOUSE,
the proprietors respectfully inform travelers
and the public generally, that they are pre
prepared to accommodate all who may favor
them with their patronage.
({^"-Thcy hope, by unremitted care and at
tention, to please all.
(jg^*OuR Charges will be reasonable.
J. F. &. W. R. WELCH.
July 27, 1859.—tf]
Sylvaiiia Academy,
PRAIRIE_CO., ARK.
MISS E. D. SAFFORD,
PRINCIPAL.
THE exercises of this institution will be
resumed on the 1st Monday of September.
Terms, per Session op- Five Months.
Primary Department.$10 00
First Academic Class. 12 00
Second Academic Class, embracing Al
gebra, Geometry, Astronomy, &c*. 16 00
French and Latin.*. 10 00
Music. 20 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Incidental.. 50
Ieperences —Rev. J. W. Moore, Col. J.
M. Bell, John McIntosh, Oakland Grove;
Dr. J. N. Waddell. La Grange. Tenn.; Rev.
H. P. Thompson, Bolivar, Tenn.; A. L. Lew
is, Oxford, Miss. ang3-ly.
EDUCATION AL7
THE third session of the “lies
_Arc Female Academy,”
H|under the charge and direction of
" Miss BLACK, will be open for the
i reception of pupils on the First
Monday of September next.
Terms, per Session op- Five Months :
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic. 12 00
The above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 14 00
High Branches. 16 00
Instrumental Music. 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
IkW Pupils charged from time of entering,
ami no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc, July 27, 1859.—tf.
J. GRIFFITH,
BLACKSMITH
AND
mak:eii,
WOODRUFF STREET,
B©s Aff©2 IFifam© AfflL
Wagons, Carts, .
Drays. Wheel-bar-jjya®*®*
rows, &c., made,to - . intwd'Vw
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
_ • . — __ /_11 _ *1-L ... \
I'*-.*'"* ■; v —■ '-"■““•y
(0T All new work must be cash or its
equivalent. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21, 1859.-ly.
BLACKSMl TH1JYG
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Thankful to the ^
people for their past fa-f( 11
vors,respectfully announces<J
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of work in the above line.
(^“Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done oil
short notice.
M-Horse-shoeing done promptly,
fib 18-tf
JO HN McN AMEE?
TAILOR,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite A. Stewart & Bro.’s Store—
where he is prepared to execute all kinds of
work in his line of business, in a neat and
fashionable style.
July 27, 1850—[tf]
isris
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Notary Public, and
JUSTICE or the PEACE:
CLARINGTON, (SUNFISH,) Monroe
Countv, Ohio. [jul27-tf]
JAMES JOHNSON,
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
A rv Having permanently located myself,
Tjtll am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
yr X PISTOLS, Ac., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
piomptly attended to.
Terms—Cash. apr3 ly
Private Entertainment.
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
HAVING ereccted a large and^Wj^
commodious Building, he is now/^frjA.
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
His rates of charges are reasonable,
andhis Accommodations are inferior to none.
He has excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, Ac.
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FBJYE WATCHES!
TO THOSE persons who are very par
ticular with regard to time, we can now
offer Watches perfectly adjusted and regulated,
which will give entire
SATISFACTION
in time-keeping. We know this by trials of
the watches; we are aiming to supply TINE
KEEPERS, and are giving attention espe
cially to the regulation of all our watches, so
that our customers shall not be troubled with
faulty, or irregular pieces of machinery, that
have only the appearance of being watches,
while in fact they ar- not so. We shall al
ways hold ourselves in readiness to make good
every thing we say in regard to all that we
sell. J. E. MERRIMAN A CO.,
mar 25-tf| 253 Main street, Memphis, Tenn.
ONLY A PICTURE.
Only a picture—and is that all?—
Only a picture upon the wall?
The smile so beaming, the cheek so bright,
The eye so dancing with sunny light,
I almost fancy my baby boy
Is springing to me in bis pride and joy ;
But’ tis only a picture upon the wall—
A silent picture—and that is all!
Only a lock of silken hair
Lying alone in its casket there!
Where is the head that, in sportive glee.
Was wont to toss it so careless and free?
The baby head that upon my breast
So lovingly nestled each night to rest?
Only a lock of its silken hair
Is lying alone in its casket there !
Only a shoe that is soiled and torn!
But where is the foot that that shoe has worn ?
The darling foot, so dimpled and small,
That made music merry in chamber and lull?
Oh, to catch of that little step one sound.
How wildly now would my pulses bound!
But there is only a shoe that is soiled and torn—
The foot comes no more that that shoe has worn!
Only these relics—and nothing more?
Can naught to our arms the lost restore ?
Must we hopeless yearn, as the years go by,
For the bounding step and the beaming eye ?
And of all that beauty, and life and grace,
So fondly pherished, retain no trace
Save these silent relics ? Oh, nevermore
Will the grave to our arms the lost restore I
Oh, woe for love, when from all its store
It points to there tokens,and nothing more!
When the vacant hall and silent stair
But echo the groans of its wild despair |
And from all the voices in the earth and sky
Comes back no words to its wailing cry,
Save the mournful echo ; “Oh, nevermore
Will the grave to our arms the lost restore 1”
Oh, joy for love, when it yearns no more
For that which the grave cannot restore !
When it upward stretches its drooping wings,
And in darkness and sorrowstill sweetly sings
Of the brightness and bliss of that better home
Where the lost are found and no partings come,
Oh, joy for love, when its priceless store
There safe is garnered forevermore !
ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON.
In 1754 he was stationed at Alexandira
with his regiment, the only one in the
colony, of which he was the colonel.—
There happened at that time to be an elec
tion in Alexandria for members of the
Assembly, and the ballot ran high between
Colonel George Fairfax and Mr. William
Elgey. Washington was on the side of
Fairfax, and a Mr. William Payne headed
the friends of Elgey. In the course of
the contest, Washington grew very warm,
(for his passions naturally were very pow
erful, though a wise regard to duty, i. e,
honor and happiness, soon reduced them
to proper command,) and unluckily said
something to Mr. Payne, who, though
but a cub in size was a lion at heart, ele
vated his shillelah, and, at a blow exten
ded our hero on the ground. News was
soon carried to the regiment that their
colonel was murdered by the mob! On
the passions o( the soldiers, who doted upon
their commander,such a report fell at once
like a flash of lightning on a magazine of
gunpowder. In a moment the whole regi
ment was under arms and in rapid motion
towards the town, burning for vengeance.
During this lime Washington had been
liberally plied with cold water, acids and
volatiles; and, happily for Mr. Payne and
his party, was so far recovered as to go out
and meet his enraged soldiers, who crow
ded round him with faces of honest joy to
see him alive again. After thanking them
for Buch an evidence of their attachment
to him, he assured them that he was not
hurt in the least, and begged them, by
their love of hint and of their duty, to re
turn peaceably to their barracks. As for
himself, he went to his room, generously
chastising his passion which had just struck
but a spark that had like to have thrown
the whole town in a flame; and feeling
himself the aggressor of Mr. Payne, he
resolved to make him the honorable repar
ation of asking his pardon. No sooner
had he made this heroic resolution, than,
recovering that delicious gayety which ever
accompanies good purposes in a virtuous
mind, he went to a ball that night, and be
haved as pleasantly as though nothing had
happened. Early next morning he wrote
a polite note of invitation to Mr Payne to
meet him at the inn. Payne took it for a
challenge, and repaired to the inn in full
expectation of smelling gunpowder. But
what was his surprise, on entering the
chamber to see, in lieu of a brace of pis
tols, a decanter of wine and a pair of glas
ses on the table. Washington rose to
meet him, and offering his hand, with a
smile, began: “Mr. Payne, to err some
times is nature; to rectify error is always
glory. I believe I was wrong in the affair
of yesterday. You have had I think some
satisfaction, and if you deem that suffi
cient, there is my hand; let us be friends.”
An act of such sublime virtue produced its
proper effect upon* e mind of Mr. Payne,
who, from thatwoment, became the most
enthusiastic admirer and friend of Wash
ington; and, for his sake, ready at any
time to charge up to a battery of two*and
forty pounders. “Wouldour youth,” says
the narrator, “but be persuaded to act in a
style so correct and heroical, our papers
would no longer shock us with accounts of
elegant young men murdering each other
on false principles of honor: by one des
perate deed depriving themselves of all
present pleasures, and of all future hopes.”
—[Recollections of the American Revolu
tion.
Randolph Among the Boys.—A
correspondent of The Central Presbyterian
fnrnishes some reminiscences of his school
days, nearly fifty years ago, when the cele
brated John Randolph was at the zenith
of his power as a leading raenber of Con
gress. Mr. Randolph had three wards,
who were his nephews, at the school of
the Rev. Drury Lacy, Prince Edward
county, Va., and used to be a frequent
visitor. The writer says:
»It was Mr. Lacy’s custom to hear his
boys recite their Latin and Greek gram
mar lessons before breakfast, and I have
known Mr Randolph, more than once, to
come from Bizarre (two miles) and enter
the school-house by sun-up. At nine
o’clock the school was formally opened,
when all the boys read verses about in the
Bible, until the chapter or portion was
finished. Mr. Randolph always seemed
highly pleased with this exercise, rend his
verse in turn, and with Mr. Lacy would
sometimes ask questions. On one occa
sion, while reading one of the books of
the Pentateuch, he slopped a lad with the
question.
“ Tom Miller, can you tell me who was
Moses’ father
“Jethro, 6ir,” was the prompt answer.
“ Why. you little dog, Jethro was his
father-in-law."
Then putting the question to four or
five others by name, not one of whom
could answer, he beruted them soundly for
their carelessness and inattention in read
ing, saying, “When you were reading last
week, William Cook read the verse con
taining the name of Moses’ father, and
have you all forgotten it already ?”
Just then a young man caught the name
and unable to repeat the verse from the Bi
ble, repeated part of a line from Milton:
“The potent rod of Amram’s son,” &c.
“ Ah,” said Mr. Randolph, "that is
the way you learn your Bible; get it out
of other books, what little you know of it
and with an exceedingly solemn manner
and tone, added, “and so it is with us all;
and a terrible proof of our deep depravity
it is, that we can relish and remember
anything better than The Book.”
The very utterance, simple as it was,
filled every one with awe, and made him
feel guilty, whilst at the same time it im
parted reverence for the Bible which was
never felt before, and which, from one mind
at least, will never be effaced. Mr. Ran
dolph was so well pleased, however, with
the young man,who quoted from his favorite
author, that he presented him with a
beautiful copy of Milton’s Paradise Lost,
with a suitable inscription in his own
elegant handwriting.
The Approach of Death.
In Appleton’s Cyclopedia, under the
caption "Death,” occurs the following:
“As life approaches extinction, insensibility
supervenes—a numbness and disposition to re
pose, which does not admit of the idea of suf
fering. Even in those cases where the activity
of the mind remains to the last, and where
nervous sensibility would seem to continue, it
is surprising bow often there has been obser
ved a state of happy feeling on the approach
of death. “If I had strength enough to hold
a pen, I would write how easy and delightful
it is to die,” were the last words of the cele
brated Wm. Hunter during his last moments.
Montaigne in one of bis essays, describes an
accident, which left him so senseless that he
was taken up for dead. On being restored,
however, he says : Methought my life hung
upon my lips, and I shut my eyes to help thrust
it out, and took a pleasure in languishing and
letting myself go. A writer in the Quarterly
Review records that a gentleman, who had
been rescued from drowning, declared that he
had not experienced the slightest feeling of
suffocation. The stream was transparent, the
day brilliant, and as he stood upright he could
see the sun shining through the water, with a
dreamy consciousness that his eyes were about
to be closed on it forever. Yet he neither
feared his fate, nor wished to avert it. A
sleepy sensation, which soothed and gratified
him, made a luxurious tied of a watery grave.’
The writer might have cited another re
markable case. We give it simply re
marking that there can be no doubt of its
genuiness.
A British Admiral fell from the deck of
his ship in Portsmouth harbor into the sea.
When he was fished out, life was nearly
extinct. It was with great difficulty that
he was resuscitated.
He said afterwards that the only un
pleasant sensation he experienced was just
at the moment from falling from the deck,
and when he struck the water. There
was no dread of death while in the water,
and the strangest part of the whole matter
was that, while drowning, every act of his
life passed in rapid review before his mind.
Conscience sat in judgement upon them.
There was no physical paiu.
Many years before, he was an officer
with Nelson at Trafalgar. Ashot hit him,
and he fell upon the deck. He thought
that he was dying, but there was no such
review of past life as took place in the
water at Portsmouth. It turned out that
the wound was comparatively slight, and
that he fainted from loss of blood soon af
ter it was inflicted.
At Trafalgar, he, thought he was dying,
at Portsmouth, he was absolutely dying.
That was the difference.
We have seen several extraordinary ar
ticles within & few years past on this sub
ject of Death. The writers all agree that
it is a painless process. Last Sunday, we
published a paragraph entitled the “Tear
less Dying,’’ in which the remarkable fact
is stated that the dying do not weep. A
writer in the San Francisco Golden Era,
says of this matter :
I take it to be probable thatsuch, being past
physical excitement, have little or none of that
heart-emotion, whence all tears have their
source. The dying often realize supreme hap
piness, amounting even to joy, if not rapture :
but it is calm—wholly unaccompanied with
excitement. Their regrets and sorrows are
also of the same subdued character—too mild
to cause the starting of a tear. Is it not sin
gular, too, that new-born babes present the
same peculiarity ? They never shed tears.—
They give us dry cries until they begin to take
cognizance of objects and actions, and their
little hearts become susceptible to their influ
ences: in other words, tilt the emotions are
manifested. Thus, at either extremity of life,
the lachrymal fount is dread—at the one end,
before the passions are aroused—at the other,
when the passions have ceased to rage.—[N.
O. Delta.]
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■ —When you see a man sitting on a
corner, on a moonlight night, trying to con
vince his own shadow that it is improper to
follow a gentleman, we usually set him down
as a sign for a w hisky shop.
The Relation between Masonry and
Christianity.
Let none be deceived, while I recom
mend so earnestly the principles of moral
ity and virtue, and rejoice in the good to
be accomplished by Masonry. I must in
candor say to the fraternity that ’tis Chris
tianity alone that can disperse the gloom
of death, and shed a halo of glory around
the tomb. Morality and the principles of
masonry may shed their benign influence
upon us through life and down to the gates
of death; but then a stronger power is
needed. Religion can span teld Jordan’s
stream, ride its stormy billows in triumph,
and conduct us safely to the port of eler
nal rest, where the wicked cease to
trouble and the weary soul finds sweet re
pose. Let me exhort you, my brethren,
not only to be moral men, and Masons
good and true, but to be Christians in ex
perience and Christians in practice, ser
vants of Christ and Children of God. Let
the solemn impression made on your mind
when you first bowed at the masonic altar
to invoke the blessing of Deity upon the
step you were about to take, continue to
grow and strengthen and bring forth fruit
to the honor and glory of God. Then
shall you be permitted to “eat of the hid
den Manna, and a White stone shall be
given you, and in the stone a new name,
which no man knoweth, save him that re
ceived it.”
It is stated as a singular fact, and most
creditable to the Order, that most of the
signers of the Declaration of independence
were masons; only one Majo^General in
the Revolutionary army is known not to
have been a member of the Order, and
that man was Benedict Arnold, the traitor
The essence of secrecy in the Order
consists essentially in “doing good and
saying nothing about it.”
Inalieable Rights of Amehicans.—
A wag has made up the following sum
mary of what he ends the “Inalienable
rights of Americans,” and which are not
enumerated in the declaration of Indepen
dence:
To know any trade or business without
apprenticeship or experience.
To marry without regard to fortunes,
health, position, or opinions of parents
or friends.
To have a wife and children dependent
on contingencies of business, and, in case
of sudden death, to leave them wholly un
provided for.
To put upon hireling strangers the lit
erary and religious education of their chil
dren.
To teach children no good trade, ho
ping that they will have, when grown up,
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ers.
To enjoy the general sympathy, when
made bankrupt by reckless speculation^.
To cheat the Government if possible.
To hold office without being competent
to discharge its duties.
To build houses with nine and six inch
walls, and go to the funerals of tenants,
firemen and others, killed by their falling,
and weeping over the mysterious dispen
sation of Providence.
To build up cities and towns without
shady parks and public squares, broad
streets, or ventilated blocks, and call pes
tilence a visitation of God.
Our Creed.—We believe in small
farms and thorough cultivation.
We believe that the soil loves to eat as
well as its owner, and ought to be ma
nured.
We believe ingoing to the bottom of
things and therefore in deep plowing and
enough of it. All the better with a sub
soil plow.
We believe that every farm should own
a good farmer.
We believe that the best fertilizer of any
soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise and
intelligence—without this lime and gyp
sum, bones and green manure, marl and
guano, will be of little use.
We believe in good fences, good barns,
good farm houses, good stock orchards,
and children enough to gather the fruit.
We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat
wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean dairy,
and a clean conscience.
We firmly disbelieve in farmers that
will not improve; in farms that grow poor
every year; in starvling cattle; in farmers’
boys turning into clerks and merchants;
in farmers’ daughters unwilling to work,
and in all farmers ashamed of their voca
tion, or who drink whisky until honest
men are ashamed of them.
Physical Benefit of the Sabbath.
The Sabbath is God's special present to
the working men, and one of his chief ob
jects is to prolong his life, and preserve
efficient his working tone. In “the »vital
system it acts like a compensation pond :
it replenishes the spirit, the elastricity,
and vigor which the last six days have
drained away, and supplies the force
which is to fill the six days succeding;
and, in the economy of existence, it an
sweres the same purpose as, in the econ
omy of income, is answered by a savings
bank. The frugal man who puts away a
pound to-day and another pound next
month, and who. in a quiet way. is put
ting by his stated pound from time to time
when he grows old and frail gets not on
ly the same pound back again, but a good
many pounds besides. And the consci
entious man, who husbands one day of
his existence every week—who, instead
of allowing the Sabbath to be trampled
and lorn in the hurry and scramble of life
treasures it devoutly up; the Lord of the
Sabbath keeps it for him, and, in the length
of days, the hale old age gives it back
with usury. The savings bank of human
existence is the weekly sabbath.—[North
British Review.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
—The following is a bit of sensible ad
vice to young men: Live temperate, go to
:hurch, attend to your affairs, love all the
girls, marry one of them, live like a nan,
md prepare to die a Christian.
-Moharnedans say that one hour of jus
tice is worth its seventy years of prayer.
One act of charity is worth a century of elo
quence.
-The very last curiosity spoken of In*
the papers is a wheel that came off a dog's tail
when it was a waggin. The man who sent
it in has retired to private life to live on what
he owes.
-No poultice has ever yet been discover
ed, that draws out a man’s virtues so fully,
as the green sod which covers bis grave.
(pyThe Greek church, which isthe estab
lished church of Russia, differs from tho
Roman chiefly in not acknowledging the su
premacy of the Pope.
(QPWhen you have occasion to utter a re
buke let your words be soft and your arguments
hard.
®"A business man of our acquaintance is
so scrupulously exact in all his doings that
whenever he pays a visit he always will insist
upon taking a receipt.
-What is the difference between a butch
er and a yopng lady? The former kills to
dress, while the latter dresses to kill.
—“John, did you ever bet on a horse
race?” “No. but I’ve seen my sister Bet on
an old mare!”
--The best safety valve to a boiler is a
iober engineer. Congress may, legislate till
looms-day, but as long as the officers carry
:oo much steam, the boats will follow their
example.
-Woman has this great advantage over
man—she proves her will in her lifetime,
while man is obliged to wait till he is dead.
Prayer.—An oldnuthor says that prayer
is the rope in the belfry—we pull it, and it
rings the bell in heaven—and so it is. Keep
that bell moving. Pull it well, end though
the bell is up so high that you cannot hear it
ring, depend upon it, it can be beard in the
tower of heaven, and is ringing before the
throne of God, who will send answers of
peace according to your faith.
—The Boston Post’s remarks on the re
sent negro celebration induced one of the
brethren to send in a lock of his hair. The
Post man requests him to call and straighten
it.l
-“A man is in general better pleased,”
says Dr. Johnson, “when he has a good din
ner upon his table than when his wife talk*
liroeK."
-Lord Bacon beautifully said, “If a man
be gracious to strangers, it shows he is a citi
zen of the world, and that his heart i« no
island from the other lands, but a continent
that joins them.” *
— Did yon ever know a person to believe
you when you explained how you got a Mack
eye.
-The love of children appears to us like
the love of flowers—holy and innocent} and
the man who is fond of them cannot be pos
sessor of a brutal or bad heart.
The Scriptures give four names ot the
the Christian, taken from the four cardinal
Virtues so essential to man’s salvation: Saints,
for their holiness; Believers, for their faith;
Brethren, for ther love; Disciples, for their
knowledge.
-An Irishman engaged in fighting a duel
insisted as he was short-sighted, that he shonld
stand six feet nearer to his antagonist than
his antagonist did to him.
—“ Got any ice at your end of the table,
Bill ?” “No; but I’ve got the next thing to it.”
“What’s that?” ‘A severe cold.”
-An Irishman, making love to a lady of
great fortune, told her ‘he could not sleep for
dreaming of her.’
. —— Doesticks says he can always tell when
a new hired girl is employed at his boarding
house, by the color of the hair in the biscuit.
-Somebody says that physicians are the
uut-crackers used by angels to get our souls
out of the shells that surround them.
—Doctor Johnson told Mrs. Pioxai that
he “huffed” his wife so often about the din
ner not being well prepared, that at last she
called to him vdic« about to say grace, with
—“Nay, Mr. Johnson, do not make a farco
ot thanking God for a dinner which in a few
moments yeu will pronounce not eatable.”
—A“ busy man,” says the Turkish pro
verb, “is troubled with but one devil, an idle
man with a thousand.”
-Mr. Howilt tells us somewhere of a
guest of his who, seeing a goose and her four
teen goslings on a common, thought it must
be very exhausting to the bird to suckle to
many young ones.
Narrow Church.—A correspondent in
forms us that he is about to establish a new
religous sect, to be called the **You-and-l
tarians,” consisting of himself and next
friend.—^Saturday Press.
A Touch of Satire.—The Rome
Sentinel relates that a three-year old girl
accompanied her father upon a visit to her
grand parent in the country, where a bless
ing is invoked by the white haired patriarch
before each meal. The custom was one
with which our little friend had not been
made familiar at home, and of course on
the first occasion was silent with interest
and curious watchfulness. But when the
family gathered around the board the sec
ond time after tue commencement of her
visit she was prepared for the preliminary
religious ceremony, and observiug that
her father did not seem duly conscious of
the approaching solemuity, she called him
to order by saying with stern gravity, “Be
still papa—grand-pupa’s going to talk to
his plate, pretty soon