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POETICAL.
[From the Dublin University Magazine.
LARS VONVED.
Lari Vonved in a strong dungeon lay,
Conddmned to die at the dawn of day,
A black robod priest, he came to pray
At midnight with Lars Vonved.
“Outlaw, repent!” the holy man
His counsel thus began.
“Confess ! repent! for short's the span
Alloted thee, Lars Vonvei* ’
“We all must die—Heaven’s will be done,
And yet I hope to see the sun
Rise many a day ere my race be run!”
Undaunted cries Lars Vonved.
“Oh! clasp thy guilty hands and pray,
That outraged mercy in heaven may
Pardon e’en thee—for at dawn of day
Thoul't surely die, Lars Vonved !”
“More merciful than man is heaven !
And by all hopes to be forgiven
I tell thee, priest, thou oft has shriven
Worse sinners than Lars Vonved.”
“That cannot be,” the priest reptied,
“For guiltier wretch yet never died,
Than thou, who'lt perish in thy pride,
At the dawn o’ day, Lars Vonved!”
Lars Vonved gave a laugh of scorn—
“ Think not, good priest, the coming morn
Will see the fearless heart out-torn
From the bosom of Lars Vonved!”
“Farewell, thou boasting fool! I go
And leave thee to eternal woe!”
“Nay, good priest, do not leave me so!”
Softly cried Lars Vonved.
The priest turned round, and ere he knew
Was pinioned and mouth gagged too.
His robe stripped off, and his hood of blue,
By the outlaw, bold Lars Vonved.
“Sir priest, I must make free to borrow
Your dress awhile—but do not sorrow,
They’ll set you free at dawn to-morrow,
So farewell!” cried Lars Vonved.
The watchful guards as they let him pass,
Said, “Holy man, has he taken the mass ?
Docs he repent?” -‘Oh, no, alas!
Too hardened is Lars Vonved!”
At dawn of day, the dungeon door
Was open flung, and on the floor
They found the good priest groaning sore,
But flown away, Lars Vonved!
A POET'S WALK.
BY ALICE CAREY.
Once his way a poei took
Through a deep and dewy glen ;
Write about me in your book !
Cried the red-breast, cried the wren,
Twittering low from every bush,
Chirping loud from every tree,
Cried tho pewet, cried the thrush,
Cried the black-bird, write of me!
Sing about my eyes, my wings—
Mine is but a humble boon—
So they cried, the silly things.
Crossing each the other's tune.
But the poet, sign of grace
Giving not, by look or tone,
Turned into a shady place,
Where a daisy lived alone.
All her modest shoulders hid
In a vail of leaves or grass,
Dropping either snowy lid,
Sat she still to see him pass.
Then the poet, with a quill
That some eager bird had shook
Downward, all against her will,
Wrote about her in his book.
Silence in Nature.—It is a remarkable
and very instructive fact, that many of the most
important operations of nature are carried on in
unbroken silence. There is no rushing sound
when the broad tide of sunlight breaks on a
dark world, and floods it with light, as one
bright wave over another falls from the foun
tain, millions of miles away. There is no
creaking of axles or groaning of cumbrous
machinery as the solid earth wheels on its
way, and every planet and system performs its
revolution.
The great trees bring forth their boughs
and shadow the earth beneath them; the
plants cover themselves with buds, and the
buds burst into flowers; but the whole trans
action is unheard. The change from snow
and winter winds to blossom and the sunshine
of summer is seen in its slow development,
but there is scarcely a sound to tell of the
mighty transformation. The solemn chant of
the ocean, as it raises its unchanged and its
unceasing voices, the roar of the hurricane,
and the mighty river, and the thunder of the
black-browed storm; all this is the music of
nature—a great and swelling anthem of praise,
breaking in on the universal calm. There is
a lesson for us here. The mightiest work in
the universe is the most unobstrusive.
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Epitomized Facts.—The number of lan
guages spoken is 4064. The number of men
is about equal to the number of women. The
average of human life is 33 years. One-quar
ter die before the age of 7; one-half before
the age of 17. To every 1000 persons, only
one reaches 100 years, and not more than one
in 500 will reach 80 years. There are on the
earth 1,000,000,000 inhabitants. Of these,
33,333,333 die every year, 91,824 die every
day, 7780 every hour, and 60 per minute, or
one every second. These loses are balanced
by an equal number of births. The married
are longer lived than single, and hove all,
those who observe a sober and industrious
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ones. Women have more chances of life,
previous to the age of fifty years, than men,
but fewer after. The number of marriages
are in the proportion of 76 to 190. Marriages
are more frequent after the equinoxes, that
is during the months of June and December.
Those born in the spring are generally more
robust than others. Births and deaths are
more frequent by day than night. The num
ber of men capable of bearing arms is one
fourth of the population.
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Tiie Arab’s Proof.—Some years ago a
Frenchman, who like many of his country
men, had won a high rank among men of sci
ence, yet who denied the God who is the
author of all science, was crossing the great
Sahara in company with an Arab guide. He
noticed with a sneer, that at certain times his
guide, whatever obstacles might arise, put
them all aside, and kneeling on the burning
sands called on his God.
Day after day passed, and still the Arab
never failed, till at last one evening the phil
osopher, when he rose from his knees, asked
him, with a contemptuous smile,
“ How do you know there is a God ?”
The guide fixed his burning eye on the
scoffer for a moment in wonder, and then said,
solemnly:
“ How do I know there is a God ? How
did I know that a man and not a camel
passed my hut last night in the darkness ?
Was it not by the print of his foot on the
sand? Even so,” and he pointed to the sun,
whose last rays were dashing over the lonely
desert, “that footprint is not that of a man.”
In the reign of George the Second, one
Crowle, a counsel of some eminence, made
some observation before an election commit
tee which was considered to reflect on the
House itself. The House accordingly sum
moned him to their bar, and he was forced to
receive a reprimand on his knees. As he
rose from the ground, with the utmost non
chalance he took out his handkerchief, and
wiping his knees, coolly observed “ that it was
the dirtiest house he had ever been ia in
bu life.”
THE KANSAS RAID.
A member of the militia of Missouri, who
is in service protecting the frontier counties
of that State from the attacks of Montgomery
and his men, sends to The Bangor Union an
account of some of the cruelties of Mont
gomery and his band. He says:
“Women were outraged in the presence of
their husbands, and sisters in the presence of
their brothers; young men were obliged un
der penalty of death to leave their homes and
join these brigands, while families were com
Kdled to wade the river at this place (Camp
aniel Boone) to evade being victims to the
animal passions of Montgomery and his men.
Farms, well-watered and timbered along the
road which we passed, were deserted. Our
camp at this place is on a valuable farm with
good buildings, deserted by the owner under
threats from Montgomery, leaving all his
household furniture and farming utensils be
hind. Our camp is visited daily by men,
women and children, who have been victims
to his unmerciful treatment. A mother gave
birth to an infant on the read, near Papin
ville, in this county during the flight of the
family. The arrival of the troops was the
cause of much joy; we were cheered as we
passed; the women particularly expressed
their joy by shaking handkerchiefs, and by
tears of gratification. The roads through
which we passed were crowded with wagons
and persons escaping from these fiends; many
families returned with our train to their
homes. The towns in this county, bordering
on Kansas, would be all deserted at this time
were it not for our presence. Like Brown,
Montgomery unites in his character religion,
fanaticism and undying vengeance. During
the past year he officiated in religious meet
ings, and of late he has filled appointments
to preach. On the Sunday on which his men
hung Hines he held forth to a congregation
in the neighborhood. His text is always the
“ Higher Law ” and “ Death to Slaveholders.”
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“Ye Lazie Fevre "and its Cure.—We
take the followihg from an old book entitled
“ Mhc Rreviary of Health, by Andrew
Boorde, Phisyche Doctoure,” an Englishman,
anno 1557 :
“The 115th chaptaire doth shoe of an
evyll Fevre, ye wich dothe much cumbre
yonge persons, named Ye Fevre Burden, or
Lazie Fevre. Among all ye fevres I had al
most forgotten ye Fevre Burden, wyth wich
many yonge men, yonge women, maydons,
and other yonge persons be sore afflicted now
a-days.
Ye Cause of ye Infirmitie.—This fevre
doth cum naturalie, or els by evyll and sloth
ful bryngynge upp. If it doe cum by nature,
then is this fevre not to be cured—for it can
never cum out of ye flesh that is bred in ye
boue. If it be by evyll bryngynge upp, it
may be helpen bye much diligent labor.
Ye Remedie.—There is nothynge so good
for ye Fevre Burden as Unyuentum. Baculi
num ; that is to sai—take a sticke or wande,
of a yard of lengeth and more, and let it be
so grate as a man’s fynger ; and wyth it an
noint ye back and sholders well, mornynge
and evenynge, and this doe and twenty dais.
If thys evyll Fevre be not helpen in that
tyme, let them beware of waggynge on ye
gallows.”
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Eloquent.—Rev. Dr. Palmer, in New Or
eans, the other day, delivered a secession
sermon, from which this is an eloquont ex
tract :
“ We may, for a generation, enjoy compara
tive ease, gather up our feet in our beds and
die in peace; but our children will go forth
beggered from the home of their fathers.
Fishermen will cast their nets where your
proud commercial navy now rides at anchor,
and dry them upon the shore uow covered
with your bales of merchandise. Sapped,
circumvented, undermined, the institutions of
your soil will be overthrown ; and within five
and twenly years the history of St. Domingo
will be the record of Louisiana. If dead
men’s bones can tremble, ours will move un
der the muttered curses of sons and daught
ers, denouncing the blindness and love of
ease which have left them an inheritance of
woe!”
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Forts Barrancas and Pickens.—A
correspondent af The Montgomery Mail, from
Barrancas Barracks. Florida, says that in the
fort they have about forty cannon, ranging
from eighteen to thirty-two pounders, and two
very large mortars. Fort Pickens has about
two hundred pieces, eighteen to sixty-four
pounders, all mounted and in perfect condi
tion. Her guns have been removed from the
water to the land side of the fort, and her
evening gun is fired as defiantly as if her
commander intended to defend it until death.
Major Chase says Pickens can batter down
Barrancas in three hours, and can defend it
with 300 men against 5000, and kill 50 per
cent of them. Lieut. Gilmer, who command
ed Barrancas before its evacuation, is now at
Pickens, is a strong Southern man, and may
exert an influence in favor of the State.troops.
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Is the Sun Growing Cold and Dark
There are now more spots in the sun than
have been seen before for many years; some
of these are visible through a smoked glass tc
the naked eye. Several stars, some of them
ol great brilliancy, which irom their ascer
tained distance, must have been as large as
our sun, have totally disappeared from the
sky, and the question has been raised among
the astronomers whether the light and heal
of the sun are gradually fading away. As this
would be accompanied by the destruction ot
all the plants and animals on the earth, it is
rather an interesting question. The sun’s
light and heat are diminished by the dark
spots at the present time about one per cen
tum. [Scientific American.
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A New Engine op War.—It is related
that among the preparations for repelling the
threatened attack on the Brooklyn navy-yard,
were twelve large steam boilers, with which
were connected a number of powerful pumps
and fire engines, well-supplied with India rub
ber hose, to lead to any or all parts of the
yard. Steam being constantly on, the pumps
and engines were always ready to throw terri
ble streams of scalding water over an invad
ing force. This powerful weapon of defence,
not heretofore known in warfare is proposed
by Mr. King to be applied to all fortifications
and steamships of war, so that taking by
storm or boarding would be impossible.
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Arrested as a Spy.—The Mobile Mer
cury says that a letter from one of Captain
O’Hara’s company, now at Pensacola, to his
wife in Mobile, mentions that the wife of
Lieut. Slimmer, Commander at Fort Pickens,
has been arrested at Fort Barrances as a spy.
She went to Fort Barrancas without any os
tensible business, and the reasonable supposi
tion was that she had come here to take notes
of the position of things and report them to
her husband.
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A boy named Havendaus fell through the
hatchway of a store in St. Louis on Monday
week, and was instantly killed. As he fell,
he uttered a short quick cry, which wTas
hushed in death as he struck the floor be
neath. His brains were scattered in sprinkles
of crimson for several yards around, staining
the wood and bricks.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PEDANTRY'.
A man who has been brought up among
books, and is able to talk of nothing else, is a
very indifferent companion, and what we call
a pedant. But we should enlarge the title,
and give it to every one that does not know
how to think out of his profession and partic
ular way of life. What is a greater pedant
than a mere man of the town ? Bar him in
the playhouses, a catalogue of the reigning
beauties and you strike him dumb. The mil
itary pedant always talks in camp, and is storm
ing towns, making lodgements, and fighting
battles, from one end of the year to the other.
Everything he speaks smells of gunpowder;
if you take away his artillery from him, he
has not a word to say for himself. The law
pedant is perpetually putting cases, repeating
the transactions of Westminster Hall, wrang
ling with you upon the most indifferent cir
cumstances of life, and not to be convinced of
the distance of a place, or of the most trivial
point in conversation, but by dint of argument.
The state pedant is wrapped up in news, and
lost in politics. If you mention any of the
sovereigns|of Europe, he talks very notably;
but if you go out of the “ Gazette,” you drop
him. In short, a mere courtier, a mere sol
dier, a mere scholar, a mere anything, is an
insipid pedantic character, and equally ridic
ulous.
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Mr. Crittenden on Coercion.—From
The Globe of the 24th ult., we take the fol
lowing remarks of Mr. Crittenden, by way ol
correction to the rumor signifying that he ad
vocated the coercion of seceding States. H<
thinks Congress has the power, but that it is
not expedient to exercise it. Authority
however, no less great than that of Mr. Crit
tenden, questions the Constitutional power
and to remove all doubt on such a point, tin
Montgomery Convention would do well to de
cide whether we should have an article ir
the Constitution authorizing the coercion o
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federacy. Mr. Crittenden says :
“ I have heard, casually, that I am repre
sented with having, in that speech, advocatec
strongly, indeed fiercely, the policy of coer
cion in respect to the seceding States. Mr
President, I did no such thing; and yoi
know. I did say that, in my judgment, tin
Congress of the United States had the power
but the exercise of it was always a questior
of expediency, and that there might be case;
in which that power was plainly applicable
and where it ought to be exercised ; and no
body can be at a loss to imagine such cases
arising either in States or Territories.
If the District of Columbia were to under
take to secede, and give us notice that, hav
ing resumed her ancient sovereignty, she de
sired us to abandon the Capitol, does am
man suppose that the Government could ac
quiese in such e proceeding ; or that, if per
sisted in, it should not employ force to put i
down ? Certainly not. 1 expressly said tha
now was not the occasion or the time for tin
application of any doctrine or policy of coer
cion ; but by some misunderstanding or othe
of the publisher of this supposed of mine,
am represented as a determined and fierce ad
vocate of coercion now upon the seedin'
States. I said the direct contrary.
Sir, this is all I have now to say on thi
subject.
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A poor relation is—the most irrelevan
thing in nature, a piece of impertinent cor
rcspondency, an odious approximation, ;
haunting conscience, a preposterous shadov
lengthening in the noontide of your prosperi
ty, an unwelcome remembrancer, a perpetu
ally recurring mortification, a drain on you
purse, a more intolerable dun upon you
pride, a drawback upon success, a rebuke ti
your rising, a stain in your blood, a blot 01
your escutcheon, a rent in your garment, :
death’s-head at your banquet, Agathocles
pot, a Mordecai in your gate, a Lazarus a
your door, a lion in your path, a frog in you
chamber, a fly in your ointment, a mote ii
your eye, a triumph to your enemy, an apol
ogy to your friends, the one thing not need
ful, the hail in harvest, the ounce of sour ii
a pound of sweet, the bore par excellence *
His memory is unreasonable; his compli
ments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his sta.
pertinaceous ; and when he goeth away, yoi
dismiss his chair into a corner as prccipitatel
as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances
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The Legacies of Past Ages.—Th
three principal bequests which men recciv
from the past ages are. science and the me
chanical power it confers : HISTORY, which
in exhibiting the sequence of events, afford
I materials for the philosophy of experience
i and the inspiration emanated from the litc
i rary monuments of past habits of thought
; and feeling. The first is a certain legacy
! The use made of the second depends upoi
, the degree of intellectual activity with whicl
j the receiving generation is endowed. Th
efficacy of the last depends upon the degrei
of moral life continuing to pervade the mind
of mankind ; for a nation, although alive t(
the investigation of causes and effects, ma;
sink into such a state of moral darkness am
stupidity, as to be unable to perceive an
meaning in the memorials of former geniu?
When this takes place, the noblest composi
tors appear to be only a rhapsody of word?
because the feelings which ought to corre?
pond to them have no longer any existence
Helvetius or Ilalbach would probably se
nothing but a dreary blank in the pages c
Dante or Milton ; and for the same reason, i
the society in which they lived, the highes
works of art would be valued only for th
mechanical merits of their execution.
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Sensible Queries.—The self-cxamin
socoiety has proposed the following queries t
all persons about this financial period:
1. Does it cost anything to print a new?
paper ?
2. IIow long can a printer afford to furnis'
a paper without pay ?
3. Do printers eat, drink and wear cloth
ing?
4. If they do, how do they get it ?
5. Do I pay for my paper ?
6. Is not this particular period a first-rat
time to pay up?
We consider this a good catechism and th
sharpest delinquent subscriber will not, n
dou)>t understand it first, and pony up intar
ter.
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The Population of the Cotton States
The white and black population of five of th
Cotton States, according to the census of 18(jC
was as follows:
STATES. WHITES. BLACKS
Alabama, 426,514 442,844
Florida, 47,503 30,3 IC
Georgia, 521,262 381,682
Mississippi, 291,718 399,878
South Carolina, 278,573 384,984
Total, 1,564,570 1639,698
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“ Marriage,” said an unfortunate hus
band, “is the churchyard of love.’ “Am
you men,” replied the not less unhappy wife
“ are the grave diggers.”
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The population of Oregon is between fifty
two and fifty-three thousand; of California
three hundred and eighty-four thousand sevei
, hundred and seventy.
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PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
State of Arkansas—To the Sheriff of the several
Counties in this State—Greeting:
Whereas, The General Assembly of the State of
Arkansas, did on the 15th day of January, 1861,
passed an act entitled “An Act to Provide tot a
State Convention,” to be held in the capitol ot
said State, in the city of Little Rock, on the first
Monday in March, 1861; And, Whereas, The
provisions of said act require a general election
to be held in said State for Delegates to said Con
vention, on the 18th day of February, 1861;
Therefore, I, Henry M. Rector, Governor of the
State of Arkansas, do declare and make known
that such election will be held in the respective
counties of this State, on the said 18th day ot
February, 1861; that is to say, for Convention or
no Convention, and also the election of seventy
five delegates to said Convention, from the follow
ing fifty-four counties in the State, to wit:
Counties. Delegates. Counties, Delegates
Arkansas, 1 Marion, 1
Ashley, 1 Monroe,
Benton, 2 Montgomery,
Bradley, 1 Mississippi,
Calhoun, 1 Newton,
Carroll, 2 Ouachita,
Chicot, 1 Perry, 1
Clark, 1 Phillips,
Columbia, 2 Pike, 1
Conway, 1 Poinsett, 1
Crawford, 2 Polk, 1
Crittenden, 1 Pope, 1
Dallas, 1 Pulaski, 2
Drew, 2 Prairie,
Franklin, 1 Randolph,
Fulton, 1 Saline,
Greene, 1 Scott,
Hepstead, 2 Searcy, 1
Hot Springs, 1 Sebastian, 2
. Independence, 3 Sevier, 2
Izard, 1 St. Francis, 2
The Sheriffs of ths respective counties are re
quired to cause said election to be held according
to law—said act of the General Assembly being
herewith published.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the State
[L.s.]of Arkansas to be affixed, at Little Rock,
on the 16th day of January, A. D., 1861.
HENRY M. RECTOR.
By the Governor:
John I. Stirman, Sec'y of State.
By 0. R. Weaver, Dep’y Sec'y of State.
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Ashamed oe Youthful Efforts.—Gen
eral Morris, of The Horae Journal, discovered
an unpublished poem by Edward Everett, a
lew uajs uiiu vviuie iu iui. juvciutt u:
questing permission to publish it. Mr. Eve
rett in his reply gives a good anecdote of Web
ster which we do not remember to have seen.
! It is better than the poem, and \vc give it:
It is many years since I saw the trifle tc
1 which you allude, and I do not know how it
would strike me now—I fear not favorably foi
’ its reproduction. I remember to have heard
Mr. Webster’s having said, on one occasion,
■ that he was strongly inclined to commit mur
der. On inquiry into the cause of such a re
markable frame of mind, it turned out that
the intended victim was a gentleman who had
in his pocket what was supposed to be a un
ique copy of a juvenile oration of Mr. Web
ster’s ; and, as he had declined giving it ur
on request, the idea above mentioned had
crossed Mr. Webster’s mind, as the only way
of suppressing the youthful performance. 1
; do not threaten to murder y ou if you drag tli is
youthful sin of mine to light; but you can
make such “improvement” as you think besl
of the anecdote
' The Eagles of the South.—One day
last week, John Roberts, Esq., living on Corn
2 Creek, about eight miles bclowthe city or
the Kentucky side, while visiting the sheep
fold on his plantation, discovered a lamb in
t the possession of an immense bald eagle, and
- seven others—some measuring at least eight
t feet from tip to tip—swooping, with terrible
r and national screams upon the victim arid tlu
- victor. Mr. Roberts immediately galloped ti
- the house and returned to find the lamb thnr
r oughly diminished, and the “ grate burds"
r jireparing for u flight to terrestrial h].uoo oi
) the adjourning cliffs. He advanced to with
i in thirty paces of the lordly group and “ fetched
t one a broadside,” which had the effect 01
bringing him to for a moment, but he soor
t recovered his equanimity and becoming dig
• nity, and off with his companions. Mr. Rob
i erts has lost, so far this winter, by the com
- bined attacks of eagles and foxes—most un
- natural allies from a poetical point of view—
i about thirty lambs and as many pigs.
[Madison Courier.
f An Atrocious Lie.—The New York II
1 lustrated News contains a wood cut represent
; ing a mob in Alabama in the act of tarriiq
and feathering a Yankee schoolmistress. Tin
pretty girl, with her head bowed down in sor
2 row and anguish, stand before a self-consti
2 stuted jury, while the administrator of justici
- empties over her head and shoulders the tai
, and feathers. Such are the present deplora
> blc state of feeling which has almost culmi
; mated in hostile collision between the North
- ern and Southern States. There is no con
s ceivable crime which a woman could conimi
in the South that would bring upon her tin
i vengence of'a mob. The story concocted lo
1 The Illustrated News is a lie, an infamous lie
2 —in fact, a d—d lie—as false as the black
2 demoniac spirit which conceived it.
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> The Deluge.—The Tennessee is highei
' at tliis time than it has been since the yea
1 1857. The freshet has occasioned heav’
f losses. Many farmers residing near the rive
• have been forced to leave their residences
- lias not been an unusual sight to sec houses
t barns, and in some cases, even residences
• borne away by the almost irresistible current
• The large brick block known as the Steven
3 son block, of this city, is almost a total wrecl
1 —having fallen in Hay, corn, fences, houses
1 etc., have been swept away. A great mam
t cattle and hogs, we understand, have beei
3 drowned. The losses have been very heavy
'fhe abundance of water and the scarcity o
money are playing “ fearful havoc ” with tic
? people. We hope, however, for better times
[Chattanooga Advertiser, Jan. 24.
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TiieCiiinese Opposed to Improvement
During the destruction of Yeun-ming-Ycun
1 the soldiers came upon two peasants that hat
been sent to the Emperor of China by Lori
• Macartney, from George III—a State coacl
and two twelve-pounder howitzers—complet
in every way, and in very good condition am
repair; yet, strange te say, with these gun
3 in their possession, they have never made an
endeavor to improve their own field artiller
3 carriages. Shot and shell were even pile
3 close to the guns in the coach house in whicl
' they were found.
Board out West.—Traveler—Hallo
> landlord, can I get lodgings here to night?
3 Landlord—No, sir; every room in the hous
> is engaged.
Traveler—Can’t you even give me a blanket
. and a bunch of shavings for a pillow, in you
. bar room ?
Landlord—No, sir; there’s not a squar
. foot of space unoccupied anywhere in th
. house.
Traveler—Then I’ll thank you to shove ;
- pole out of your second floor window, and I’l
. roost on that.
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Florida Ordinance.—At the request o
1 the Convention, says The Milledgeville ltecoi
; der, the J udges of the Supreme Court draftei
the Ordinance of Secession, who directed i
to be enrolled on parchment, and the edge
- ornamented with blue ribbon, by Miss Eliza
, betli M. Eppes, a lineal descendant of Mi
i Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of In
dependence of 1776.
GOOD ADVICE.
We copy the following, as a “balm,” in
tended to be read during the crisis of 1861.
The intention of the article is to teach peo
ple never to pay anybody—except printers.
Our subscribers would do well to “ take
advice
Never Attempt to Get Out of Debt.
The man who owes nobody is a poor, misera
ble being; nobody manifests any interest in
I his welfare—nobody cares a Continental cent
whether he lives or dies, lie is lean, hungry,
and generally as poor and wilted as were the
pin feathers on Job’s turkey- Look at our
great men ; they are all debtors—owe every
body ; our men of science, our authors, our
sensation ministers—all the cahoot ot them
are deeper in debt than Pharaoh’s army were
in the Bed Sea. Debt ennobles a man, gives
him a more expanded and liberal view of hu
man nature ; keeps him moving—especially if
he pays rent. Nothing will cure the con
sumption quicker than a good strong dose ot
debt, properly taken. To owe is human; to
pay is divine. Therefore, till man becomes
superhuman, he shouldn't attempt to emulate
divinity. The science of payment—the true
modern science—to get in debt to somebody
else to pay whom you owe. By this means
you avoid getting out of debt, and yet main
tain a reputation of paying. The greatness
of a nation increases with its national debt.
Make much of this at ninety days.
P. S.—But never forget to pay the printer,
for he works hard, makes little, and always
needs that “ little.”
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The Sustenance of Plants.—Plants, as
well as animals, have their peculiar tastes.
Cut off the supply of phosphate of lime from
a field of corn, and it will not grow'. You
can easily do this by planting the same land
with corn for three or four successive years,
and your crop will dwindle away to nothing,
unless you supply the ground every year with
as much ol the mineral as the corn takes away
from it. All plants have the power of select
in'-: from the soil of the materials necessary to
iiieir gruwui ; uuu n uiuy uu uui uuu mem m
the soil, they will not grow. It is now a
familiar fact, that when an old forest of de
ciduous trees has been felled, evergreens will
spring up in their places. The old oaks and
beeches, as any observer will discover, pass
their last years in repose, simply putting out
their leaves and bearing a little fruit ever
year, but making hardly any new wood. An
oak may attain to nearly it full size, in spread
of branches, in its first two hundred years
longer in a state of comparative rest. It seems
to grow no more, simply because it has ex
hausted too much of the material for its nour
ishment from the grouun around its roots. At
least, not oaks, but pines, will germinate in
the same soil—pines, which having other ne
cessities and taking somewhat diflercnt food,
find a supply in the ground, untouched by
their precessor. Hence the rotation of crops,
so much talked of by agriculturists.
Effect of the Eclipse on the Arabs.
The Arabs generally received the announce
ment of the late solar eclipse with credulity:
but when they, saw the prediction fulfilled,
they affected indifference, in order not to ac
knowledge the superiority of the Europeans.
Hut a celebrated marabout, well known for
his hostility to France, had taken upon him
1 self to declare that the prediction of the chris
1 tians would come to nothing, and that there
would be no eclipse. When the eclipse came
1 on, the crowd turned reproachful glances on
! the marabout, who assured them “the sun
' would not be covered entirely,” but would
I continue to shine. When the luminary was
completely liiden. the enraged .Mussulmans
: began to throw stones at him. and would have
. killed him had he not succeeded in making his
i escape.
, j Proverbs for the People.—Happy is
i the man who has no new boots; his corns
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shall seldom trouble him.
Happy is he who can t get trusted; he
I shall have no bills to settle.
Wise are they who refuses to learn how to
! write; he will be like a lighthouse on a rocky
’ coast.
! Be kind to those you know are ungrateful;
this will prove you to be disinterested.
Lucky are they who always act like scoun
j drels ; they are sure of a stone house to live
j in. and an elevated station in life at last.
Happy are they who always have to go on
foot; they do not ride the same road with the
I beggar.
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1 Valve of Prayer.—Prayer is a haven tc
the shipwrecked man ; an anchor to them
! that are sinking in the waves; a staff to the
' limbs that totter; amine of jewels to the poor;
! a healer of diseases, and a guardian of health
! Prayer at once secures the continuance of out
blessings, and dissipates the cloud of our ea
‘ lamities. O, blessed prayer! thou art the un
■ | wearied conqueror of human woes, the firm
, foundation of human happiness, the source ol
. i every enduirng joy, the mother of philosophy
The man who can pray truly, though languish
ing extremest indigence, is richer than all be
' j sides; whilst the wretch who never bowed
• the knee, though proudly seated as the mon
■ arch of all nations, is of all men the most des
j titute. [Chrysostom.
■ I Kentucky School.—First class in geo
, graphy came up. Bill Toots, what is a cape:
j A thing that mother wears over liei
* shoulders
What’s a plain ? .
A tool used by carpenters for smoothing
’ | boads.
i W hat’s a desert ?
It’ goodies after dinner.
t That will do, Bill; L will give you a toucl
' of some goodies after school.
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An Indian squaw, roaming around the gar
rison, at For Yuuia, California, discoverec
twenty dollars worth of postage stamps ii
t sheets, in the officer’s quarters, and a happi
l thought struck her. Shortly after, she ere
1 ated quite a commotion by appearing on tin
i parade ground, stuck all over with the stamps
} regardless of dignity or decency. The office:
i found that his postage stumps, intended fo:
* the mail, had been appropriated to the female
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In a store yesterday in North Main street
1 a Democrat and Republican met, when tin
i following dialogue took place :
Republican—Well, friend, how do you fee
, ! since the election ?
Democrat—I feel as Lazarus did.
Republican—But how is that ?
Democrat—I feel as though I had beei
! licked by dogs.
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r Secession at Yale.—The Yale Collegi
boys raised a Palmetto flag on the alumn
' | tower of that institution, on Sunday, and bar
J ricaded all approaches to the top of the build
ing. This was done in retaliation of the sup
i posed insult offered by persons who employee
1 negroes to wear the secession cockade befon
the Southern students.
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P A Philadelphia manager asked Booth ti
- play a joint engagement with Charlotte Cush
1 man. The tragedian hesitatingly askee
t whether he would be expected to play tin
* male or female parts.
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Charleston is three-eighths of a mile be
- yond the range of the best shell-throwing
guns at Fort Sumpter.
IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, January 28.
The Legislature in executive session to-day
on the correspondence between Governor
Pickens, Colonel Hayne and the Government
at Washington, from which it appears that
the ultimatum of South Carolina was the sur
render of Fort Sumpter and the withdrawal
of the Federal troops, and that she promised
to pay the Federal Government for the forts j
but that Colonel Hayne, in deference to the
wishes of Southern Congressmen, withheld
the proposition.
Governor Pickens now tells Colonel Hayne
to make a final demand for the forts, and
repudiates the position of the President when
he has no power to give them up, but must
leave it to Congress.
Governor Pickens furthca tells Colonel
Ilaync to wait a reasonable time for an answer
to bis final demand, and then, it refused, to
inform the President that Fort Sumpter must
be taken.
The Legislature fully indorses the action of
Covernor Pickens.
The commission of Hon. John S. Preston,
as private envoy from South Carolina to \ ir
ginia, was sent on to-day, Mr. Preston is
now in Richmond.
The Mercury and Courier, of this morning,
say a large war steamer was seen off the har
bor on Saturday at dusk, and showed signals,
after which she stood to the southward. It is
surmised that she is still hovering over the
neighboring coast.
Last night a negro came to the city and
informed his master that a suspicious cratt
was seen yesterday near Churches' Fiat Stone,
with twenty men on hoard, but without arms
or uniforms. It was thought they were about
to pounce down on the plantations in that
{ neighborhood.
The Legislature of South Carolina has
adopted the following: *
Resolved, That the General Assembly of South
Carolina tenders to the Legislature of the State of
Virginia their acknowledgments of the friendly
motives which inspired the mission intrusted to
Hon. Judge Robertson, her commissioner. Adop
ted unanimously.
2. That candor, which is due to the long con
tinued sympathy and respect which has subsisted
i. .__ nml SLmtli f1«» rn 1 i n jl i mi HOPS
this assembly to declare with frankness that they
do not deem it advisable to initiate negotiations
when they have no desire or intention to promote
the ultimate object in view—that object being, as
declared in the resolution of the Virginia Legis
ture, the procurement of amendments or new
guarantees to the Constitution of the United
States. Adopted unanimously.
3. That in these circumstances this assembly,
with renewed assurances of cordial respect and
esteem for the people of Virginia, and high con
sideration for her commissioner, decline entering
into negotiations proposed by both branches of
the Virginia Legislature. Adopted unanimously.
4. That the separation of South Carolina from
the Federal Union is final, and she has no further
interests in the Constitution of the United States,
and that the only appropriate negotiations be
i tween her and the Federal Government are as to
their mutual relations as foreign Stales. Adopted
unanimously.
5. That this assembly further owes it to the
friendly relations with the State of Virginia, to
declare that they have no confidence in the Fede
ral Government of the United States; that the
j most solemn pledges of that Government have
been disregarded; th it under the pretense of pri
serving property, hostile troops have been at
tempted to be introduced into one of the fortresses
of this State, concealed in the hold of a vessel of
commerce, with a view to subjugate the people of
South Carolina and that even since the author
ities at Washington have been informed of the
present meditation of Virginia, a vessel of war
has been sent to the South with troops and muni
tions of war concentrated on the soil of \ ir
ginia. Adopted unanimously.
Tbe Legislature adjourned last night sine die.
w7 B. CROCKER & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Gr r o c e r s ,
First door West of J. II. Quisenberry's Store.
E5CS ARC, ARKANSAS.
mARE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING T<
i tlie citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties
that they arc now in receipt of a large and wel
selected stock of
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE
Consisting in part of Sugars, Molasses, Coffee
Candles, Cheese, Vinegar, Salt, Whisky, 11 ice
Pickles. Sardines, Flour. Fish, llaisins, Figs, Cit
rons. Almonds, Candy, Soap. Stareli, Soda, Crack
ers, Tobacco, Cigars, Nails. Castings, Iron, Steel
Log Chains, Ox Chains, Pole Axes, Spades, Shov
els, etc., etc., with all other articles usually to hi
found in a similar establishment. All of whicl
they are now selling low for eash. nov3-tf
SYLYANIA
Aca demy,
I*lt 1 lit IK t'OUXTY, ARKANSAS,
D. M FAYDEN,.Principal
R. A. Richmond, - Assistant.
FT1HE SECOND SESSION OF THE ABOV
X Academy will open on Monday, the 4th da
of February next. The Principal flatters himsel
that, having an experience of many years in th
1 profession of teaching, he will be enabled to giv
s satisfaction to the patrons of his school. Th
Academy is located in a healthy region of coim
try, remote from all those localities of dissipatio
i and vice, so destructive to tlie morals of youtl
and in the midst of a community, combining a
those virtues that compose a good neighborhood
No pains will be spared by the teachers to ndvanc
the pupils entrusted to their charge. Specif
1 attention will be directed to Lave them thoroughl
to understand the elementary principles of all th
branches of Science taught in the school. N
! pupil need apply for reception who is unwillin
i to be either governed or instructed. Pupils wi
. be charged from the time of entrance. Nodeduc
tion will be made except in case of protracte
illness.
TUITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS.
. Elementary Branches, - - - $10 0
Higher English Branches, - - - - 15 0
Languages and Higher Mathematics, - 20 0
( Board can be obtained at from Eight to Tc
Dollars per month.
Oakland Grove, Prairie Co., Ark. jy 11 ’61-4
MONEY! MONEY!! MONEY!!!
A LL THOSE INDEBTED EITHER TO TH
A firm of IV i.sber, Vaughan & Co., or R. C
McCarley & Co., for 1860, will please come foi
ward and pay up, as we are compelled to hav
> money to pay our debts.
jan 25, ’61-tf. R. C. McCARLEY & Co.
des arc city
DRUG STORE.
To Physicians, Druggists, Merchants,
PLANTER S'j
I AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN k AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES
TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
DENTAL k SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drugbusi. |
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE OK RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OF
Scgars, Chewing & Smoking Tobacco.
ALSO, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR j
LiqiORS FOR MEDI€A1< ISES,
Kfcl’T CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
■ Orders from a Distance will Receive Prompt Attention!
AND THE GOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
Ail Hours of (lie Dtiy or \ight!
nov 3-ly. JOHN B. PERKINS.
A E'W stohe:
We have just opened our new stock of
I
FALL ANI) WINTER GOODS,
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which consists, in part, of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEY?
| . HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
LINSEY3,
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
I
A LSO, A FIXE ASSORTMENT OF POPLIN?
j V Ue Borages, Merinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
'
ALSO, A COMTLETE STOCK OT
clothing::
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A better assortment cannot be found. Also, th*
I
? largest stock of
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e BOOTS AND SHOES!
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1 1 In the market. IVc kindly solicit all who wishte
1 purchase to give us a call, and examine
e our goods and prices.
f
e TAYLOR & CO.,
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"l nov 3-tf. Pes Arc, Arkansas- _
1 AT COST AND CARRIAGE.
I AM OFFERING MY ENTIRE STOCK OF g
Dry Goods at Cost and ten per cent. Even
body is invited to call and see for themselves.
My goods are inferior to none in this market, an
my object in selling off at cost and carriage is ,
-* enable me to replenish with a stock which will b«
-> bought exclusively with cash.
nov3-tf. LEVIN HARRISON^. g
ATTENTION OFFICERS!
ALL THE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED AND
non-commissioned of the Second Battalie11
. of Fiflitieth Regiment, are hereby commanded !J
- appear at Dos Arc, on the 23d day of February
e for the purpose of officers’ drill. By order of
J. B. PERKINS, Major.
11 par Rrss Evans, Orderly. jan25,’61-:L &