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CLR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
W E Have suppneu uuiscivca v>nu a gwu
so tment of Printing Material, and are
:,,lv to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
isbtiible terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
i^nes, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
I'j.-krts, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
ion, for Cle ks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
.-..re. Constables, &c.
,T . T. I ’ A 1! 1 1 AM,
architect,
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
?.-> BSPECTFULLy informs the citizens of
5 k !)es Arc and vicinity, that lie is prepared
e vf-cite all work intrusted to his care, with
•...*» ,» ,s and dispatch.
el,.VMS AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, free of charge where he
has the contract for the same.
From his experience, both as an archi
tect and contractor, lie flatters himself that he
can render entire satisfaction. jnn29-tf
w. 3*»at&a»aai5r8o»
CARPENTER AND JOINER,
RAVING permanently located at l)es Arc,
Arkansas, is prepared to execute all
Work i3i MIS Tjiiie of Slusiiicss,
in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
rience. he feels confident that those who favor
him with contracts will have no cause to re
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
Left at G. W. Vaoen’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. jun29-ly
,J. 8. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D
aaarnctis . ftan*»,
DES AltO, ARKANSAS.
/fcA RESPECTFULLY informs ^W_
the citizens of Prairie and
adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
and is prepared-to manufacture to order,
Saddles. Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
As well as every other description of work
usually done in such establishments.
(jty Shop on Lyon street, back of Fritn &
Jackson’s store. jahzl-ly*
B LAC KSMIT H l AG
vVagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHE T TER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
SrpHANKFUL to the
L people for their past fa-I( )1
vors,respectfully announces v y
hat he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s m
stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of worn in the above line.
(igp-Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
ing. wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done on
shor notice.
(5^“Horsc-shoeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf
J. GRIFFITH,
B E ACKSMITIT
AND
XW A.GON
WOODRUFF STREET,
d3®s Air®, <D®., Airlk.
■ Wagon3, Carts, f
W Drays, Wheel-bar.
- • ^ rows. &c., made to
order on short notice. Repairing and planta
ion w’ork done on the usual time for prompt
Having ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
IKS” All new work must be cash or its
■-iuivalent. J- GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21, 1859.-ly. _
fTleTti e n,
CLOCK. AND WATCHMAKER
AND
TEWBrilsER)
Buena Vista Street,
(Opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,)
DES ARC, ARK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
forms the citizens of
Des A'C and the adjacent country, that he has
a new and select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is, as usual, prepared to execute all kinds
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
&e. ap29-tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B B. Allens place.) 2} miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
(W Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
.fferfirtil i'artf.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des
Arc and the surrounding country, that he has
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of his profession, and as a
speciality- those branches of it pertaining to
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
successful peactice of fourteen years in Louis
sana—and nine years of which was in . the
city of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
the confidence of a generous and enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved system.
(W Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-tf.
T\R 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.
(jy Thankful for the liberal patronage he
lias heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(jy Office at D. P. Black & Co’s.. Drug
Store. aprill-ly
F)R. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
^"^ly located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
tlis professional services to the citizens of
he 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,
:enders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in tliehealing art in the West,
Utters himself that he will share their pat
■onage. (0y Office on Butna Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Sf.r
* . a..Ll : - nenmnfli- o f _
» • A* r.o vv» nil '. I ' Vies* -1 -r
:endcd to. may29. 1858-ly1
H. I). TURNER... T. JONES.
fl^URNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, BroWnsville, Arkansas. Will at
;end promptly to all business entrusted to
hem. jan4-tf.
r|1 R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
* Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
:ention given to collecting. jan4-lf.
O It. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O* Little Rock, Aikansas. Officeou Mark
lain street. janll-tf.
H. S. GANTT. W. J. B RO N A UGH
p ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
(T at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
ittend promptly to any business confided 4o
hem. _s«i»t!4 tf
JACOB T MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
run Peace, Clarington, (Sunfisli.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jn!27-tf.
f. E. GATEWOOD..J- A. M03N.
n ATE WOOD & MOON, Land
IT Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
if taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
tary lauds. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
rp"~ B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
I. . Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fran
ks. Jackson, and Independence counties. Alt
imsiness intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. 23?” Office on Lyon
street. _[.i'^-tt
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
Law', Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas.
ht;*ii i:na < iia DnnnUps of Prairie* Ar
icansas, Monroe. St. Francis. Jackson. White,
Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles, unit act as Genera! Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to ail business entrust
ed to him. . ,
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson &. Co.’s, Store.
feb13-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.
Prompt attention given to the collection
ofclaims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. (gT Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf ___
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * tornevs 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. __1 _
J. L. HOLLOW ELL.. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of veil, 1 erry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf ______
E. M. .. KENNY.
IB SUlSIKBSSlflla <& ©@09
MARBLE AND STONE
Cor. Buena Vista and Wooodruff streets,
DES jQRC, JRKJXSJS.
H AVING located in Des Arc, and com
menced the above business we are pre
pared to furnish to order,
1 Monuments. Tomb and Grave Stones, Mar
ble Mantels, Urns, Counter Slabs,&c., lettered
and carved according to directions.
Price* ReaBOuitblc.
janll-tf. __
W. E. rtAULiSTON,
GENERAL
LAND AGENT
1 BROWNSVILLE. PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WILL locate Lands with Scrip or Land
Warrants. Also—Collect debts am
pay taxes, on reasonable terini.
Refer to—Payne &. Unthank, and J. P
' Parsons. Memphis; J. C. Morrill, Des Arc
! Ark.; Dr. B. F. Hall, Brownsville, Arkansas
j janlfr-ty.
EDUCATIONAL.
THE fourth session of the “Des
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
reception of pupils on the First
Monday of February, 1860.
Terms, per Session of 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
Pupils charged from time of entering,
and no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc, Feb 1, 1860.-tf.
gg
Malc A cademr.
TITHE fourth session of this School will open
X on Monday, the 16th iust., under the
charge and direction of B-. DP r y, who
hopes by strict attention to merit the patron
age, not only of the Towif, but surrounding
country. Every attention will be paid to or
der, and especially to the intellectual and
moral culture of his pupils. All scholars
considered regular from time of entrance, and
no deduction for withdrawal or absence, or
sickness of shorter duration than one week.
TERMS PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS, OR
TWENTY WEEKS.
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
The same with Writing, Geography,
Grammar and Arithmetic......... 12 00
The same with Analysis, Philosophy,
Physiology, Algebra, Geometry, &c 14 00
Latin and Greek.. .... 14 00
janll-tf.
Sylrania Academy,
PRAIRIE^CO., ARK.
MISS E. D. SAFFORD,
PRINCIPAL.
iis institution will be
Monday of September.
Terms, per Session of Five Months.
Primary Uepartoient..$19 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 • •••. 60
.Iefkrences —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. aug3-ly.
JOHN McNAMEET
t . f i is fp n ,
Res Arc, Arkansas.
SHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
tiis line of business, in a neat and fashionable
style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]
Private Entertainment,
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC,
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
IXAVING ereccted a large and iWrv
cominod ous Building, he is now/X / Y
better prepared, than even heretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
flggT His rates of charges are reasonable,
and his Accommodations are inferior to none.
qgg" He has excellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, &c.
jun29-ly
Family Grace#!
HENRY JACKSON,
AT HIS “OLD STAND,”
CORNER OK BUENA VISTA AND WOOD RU Kt STS.,
RES A It 11 , ARK.,
CiONTINUES to keep constantly on hand a
J full assortment of
Family Groceries,
W UILU UD vuoiw w --—I-;
and on reasonable terms.
(J^^TUe highest prices will be paid for
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
of the farm and the garden.
His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liquors. .. . . .
(gy Remember the “ Old Stand,” which
he has occupied during the past six years.
junfi9-ly
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE,
Des Arc, Ark.,
KEEPS constantly on hand a general
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES,
which he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also—All kinds of Wines, I.lquors,
Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
(Mjp The highest price, cither in Cash or
Groceries, paid for Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and
all kinds of country produce. muy4-tf
" b7 IS. roHTODW,
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
Manufacturer.
Hickory Plain, Ark.,
?5§ii?|sp- Will make and repair Buggies
■SK-—aml Carriages, &c., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
MS' All orders will be readily attended to,
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. _nov23-tf.
(Successorto Wiliiams& Blanton.)
Commission, Receiving
-AND
Forwardiug Merchant,
Also. Agent for the Gen. Pike, Admiral,
E. M. Ryland, Sam. Hale, Fortune,
Crescent and Iatan.
HAVING purchased the entire interests
of Williams &. Blanton, will attend per
sonallY to all business intrusted to his care,
with promptness and dispatch.
Also, a full supply of Groceries, Crockery,
I Hardware, Dry Goods and Medicines, which
| we win dispose of at the lowest cash prices
HOTEL.
rpHE subsciiber also begs leave to inform
l the traveling public, that be will use his
1 best endeavors to accommodate all who favoi
him with a rail.
A. HOYLE, DevalPs Bluff,
1 novSO-tf. Arkansas
JOHN JACKSON & Co.,
WHO'E'At.E NORkTAH.
DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Bats, Caps,
AND
READY-MAI)E CLOTHING,
BUENA VISTA STREET,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
oct5-tf
NEW-FIRM.
J. A. JENNINGS.. C. PISMUKES.
J. A. JENNINGS & CO.,
South Side of llueua Vista Street,
(nearly opposite g. w. vaden’s stork,)
DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
DEALERS IN
STAPLE, FANCT, FOREION AND
Bomestie. Bry Goods.
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT m
m fi#
RIBBONS, TRIMMINGS. J1ND
]F sum © j ii ir 4 n © H © s,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION!
ALSO-LARGE DEALERS IN
J'BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, r*
' CAPS. READY-MADE CLOTH-is*
ing. Hardware, Queenswark, Bonnets, 4ic.
ggg” A large ,ot of Plantation Goods, of
every description—all at the very lowest pos
sible prices.
gjgP All kinds of goods, by tile piece, at
wholesale prices. auglO-ly
PALL AND WINTER
GOODS.
JUST received, a large variety of Staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, Ladies’
Dress Goods, Bonnets, Ribbons, Gloves, Ho
siery, Shawls, Cloaks, Hoop Skirts, Comforts,
&c., &c.
PLANTATION GOODS —
Kersey’s, Jeans, Linsey’s, Blankets, Osna
burgs, Cotton Stripes. &c.
Hats and Caps—
40 dozen assorted.
BOOTS AND SHOES—
25 cases assorted. •
Books and Stationery—
A general assortment
Hanlivure anil Cutlery—
Locks, Biitts and Screws, Carpenters Tools,
Axes. &e.
QUEENS AND GLASSWARE—
10 boxes Tumblers, assorted kinds, and a
general assortment of Queenaware, Glassware,
&c.
CLOCKS—
1 dozen Seth Thomas’ best,.
JEWELRY & NOTIONS—
A good assortment.
ALSO —
A large assortment of Clothing, Coats,
Pants. Vests, Shirts, Drawers, &.c.
TRUNKS & CARPET SACKS—
A general assortment.
Saddlery—
Saddles, Bridles, Girths, Buggy Harness,
Buggy Whips. &c.
All of which we have brought here to sell,
and do not intend for any one to sell cheaper
than we do, if we know It.
Persons visiting our town for the purpose
of purchasing goods, will please give ns a call
before buying elsewhere, as they might find it
to their interest to do so.
octa- g. & j. McLaren & co.
J. H. QUISENBERRY,
DES ARC, ARK., A||
DEALER IN \^\Ej
^ftsipH© sumdl 3F ® m © y
DRY GOODS,
Hard-waie, Earthen, Queens’,
China, and Glass-ware:
Shoes and Boots,
Hals, Ready-made Clothing,
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
CLOCKS, WATCHES. JEWELRY,
NOTIONS. SPUN COTTON. CARPEN
TERS’ TOOLS, PLANTATION
GOODS, &c., &c.
HARVEY'S X CHANGE,
Corner of Buena Vista and Foster
Streets.
NEAR THE DES ARC HOTEL,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed our new ouuding, ann
opened a first class establishment for the
accommodation of the public, and furnished it
with the best of Liquors, Cigars,
-Tobacco, etc., the undersigned Hatter
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon them.
OS’ Adjoining their Exchange they keep n
general assortment of FA MILY GROC ER1 ES.
Also. Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups, Pepper Sauct, etc., etc.
jy24-tf HARVEY & MATTHEWS.
LIVERY' STABLE^
J. M. ROBINSON,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
,aEia IS PREPARED to accommo-^srr\
date public with 2LS-7A.
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &c.
m- Persons arriving at Des Arc by steam
boats, will he promptly conveyed to any point
in the interior. [jnll3-lvl
JORDAN BOD K. ME It,,
SHAVING, HAIB-CUTTIXtt,
HAIR-DRESSING SALOON.
-ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING,
BUENA VISTA Street, south-side, two
doors east of G. &. J. McLaren’.-, Des
| Arc, Arkansas. • janll-tf.
F O R SALE.
THE N. W. i of S. W. * sec. 9. T. 3
N. 5 W; W. 4 N. W. 1 sec. 25; E. { N.
I E. 1 sec. 26 T. 3 N. 6 W; S. W. S. E. i sec.
! 36 T. 4 N. 5 W ; and the S. W. \ N. V. £
' «ec 34 T. 4 N. 5 W. Good land and at low
figures. Williams & Horne,
i marchl8-tf.
ROGERS HOTEL.
D. ROGERS, Proprietor. -
IfV.sf Point, irkansan.
fTAIIIS hotel has been enlarged and improved,
JL and the proprietor is now better prepared
to accommodate the public than heretofore.
BIBLE REVISION, ETC.
For the Dea Arc Citizen.] m.
To Messes. J. W. Glenn, A. Stewart, J.
E. Gatewood, C. 8. Pittman, G. Mi
I,ARf»N, A. S. Erwin and I). P. Black.
Gentlemen: I am opposed to jhe
revision movement: In the third place,
because we already have a Bible translated
at a time and in circumstances infinitely
more Javorable to correctness and impar
tiality than that proposed by the Bible
Union.
First. As to the Time—It was
shortly after the Reformation, hy which
Europe had been aroused ns a giant from
its slumbers. The public tnind had ac
quired unwonted activity. Controversy
had whetted the intellect. The English
language was in full possession of Saxon
energies. It was the age when Milton
lived—when Bacon was constructing his
Novum Organum, and when Shakspeare
was in his prime. In vain do we now
look for any works in which the powers of
our language are so strikingly developed
as in the writings of the men of that gen
eral period. Take, as a single example
of its versatility and power, the following
lines from Milton: —
“ The fiend
O’er bog, or steep, through strait, rough,
dense, or rare,
With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his
way,
And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or
flies.”
The great historian, Macaulay—when
he would pass the highest eulogium upon
the eloquence of the statesmen of that age,
says that it was the eloquence of the men
who lived with the translators of the Eng
lish Bible. It was, moreover, the age of
all others in which the learned languages
were best understood. Macaulay tells
us that the mother pf Sir Francis Bacon
corresponded with Bishop Jewell in Greek,
nnd that an intimate knowledge of these
languages was essential at that time to all
who took pleasure in works of taste.
I sha II here quote the words of McClure,
a historiau who tells us that he spent
more than twenty years in the investiga
tion of the history of the men who trans
lated our common version. “Not only,”
says he, “ had the English language, that
singular compound, ripened to Ub lull per
fection, but the study of Greek, and of the
oriental tongues, and of rabbinical lore,
had then been carried to a greater extent
than ever before or since. This particu
lar field of learning has never been so
highly cultivated among English divines
as it was at that day.” Speaking of the
._ _ i..._ i.. a i _ 11 . i. _ „ n__ t
UUlltmil'MC, 1^ Cll JOj «ll H*V» Win fjv w
Great Britain and America, even in this
proud day of boasting, could not bring
together the same number of divines
equally qualified by learning and piety
for such nn undertaking.” "It was,”says
he, " the golden age of biblical and orien
tal learning in England—never before
nor since have these studies been pursued
by scholars whose vernacular tongue is the
English, with sucli zeal, industry, and
success.”
If it were necessary I could give the
names of the vepi-ruble translators, and
fill columns from various sources, in proof
of their prodigious learning. I shall,
however, content myself with an extract
from the London Times, written by Dr.
Cummings, one of the best known writers
in Great Britain: —
It appears to me very improbable that so
learned, impartial, and judicious a body of
translators as the aulhois of the version of
1611 can be brought together in the nineteenth
century. Their names are dear to every
scholar.
Lancelot Andrews. Bishop of Winchester,
intimately acquainted with fifteen languages;
Overal, Dean of St. Paul’s whose scholarship
alone raised him to eminence ; Adrian Sera
via, a first-rate linguist; Richard Clarke,cele
brated for his profound acquaintance with
Hebrew, Greek, and Latin ; Bedwell, the
very first Arabic and Oriental scholar of his
day, to whom Lightfoot acknowledges the
deepest obligation ; Lively, Reigns Professor
of liebrew at Cambridge, pronounced by a
competent judge to be the "very chiefest of
those who were the flower of the University
for knowledge of to gues; ” Dr. Raino ds,
described in Wood’s Athens Oxon, as" pro
digiously read in all kinds of learning, and
most excellent in tongues;” Kilby; renowned
for bis Hebrew and Rabbinical learning j
Miles Smith, “ who,” says Wood, “ was so
cuuvei atuib aiiu in vijaiu«iv, ojioiv,
and Arabic, tbat be made them almost as
familiar as his native tongue 5 ” Brett, Rector
of Quainton, was, according to the same com
petent judge, “famous for learning as well as
piety,and Versed in the Latin, Gieek, Hebrew.
Chaldea, Arabic, and Ethiopic tongues }>’
Ward, the learned friend of Usher and Bois,
reputed to be the hrst Greek scholar in Eu
rope.
These are a few specimens of the profound
ly learned, judicious, and pious men who exe
cuted the translation of 1611.
I have no hesitancy in expressing it at
my own opinion, that since the beginning
of time, there never hove been assembled
in one body, an equal number of men, sc
profoundly acquainted with the origina
languages, as were the translators of oui
common Bible. Uod in bis Provide.ncc
had at that time raised up those mighty
men to prepare a version of his own word
not only to lit untold millions for elerna
blessedness, but to elevate the nation lha
read it, and the nations that were yet tc
read it, above all other people, for let i
not be forgotten, that England owes iti
superiority over the rest of % Europe, ai
does the Foiled Slates its superiority ovei
Mexico and South America, to the frei
circulation of its incomparable scriptures
Second. The circumstances, including
the arrangements adopted for the ac
complishment of the work, could not hav<
been better adapted to secure a correc
! translation.
Fifty-four men were selected, hut a
seven of them either died or failed to ael
but forty-seven were actively engaged 11
jit. These were divided into six com
I panies. A sat of rule* were adopte
whose length forbids my copying them.
The eighth rule enjoined that each man,
in each company, should separately ex
amine the same chapter, and put the
translation into the best shape he could.
The whole company must then come to
gether and compare what they have done,
and agree on what shall stand. Thus, in
each company, according to the number
of members, there would be from seven
to ten distinct and carefully labored revis
ions—the whole to be compared and di
gested into one copy of the portion as
signed to each particular coinpnuy. The
ninth rule directs that ns fast as any com
pany shall, iu this manner, complete any
one of the sacred books, it is to be sent to
each of the other companies, to be criti
cally revised by them all.. The tenth
rule prescribes that if any company, upon
reviewing a book so sent to them, find
anything doubtful or unsatisfactory, they
shall note the places and their reasons for
objecting, and send it back to the compa
ny whence it came. If that compnuy
should not concur in the suggestions thus
made, the matter was to be finally ar
ranged at a general meeting of the chief
persons of all the companies at the end of
the work. Thus, every part of the Bible
would be fully considered; first, sepa
rately by each member of each company;
secondly, by the whole company in con
cert; thirdly, by the five other com
panies severally, aud fourthly by the
general committee of revision. By ibis
judicious plan each part must have been
closely scrutinized at least fourteen times
The eleventh rule provides that in case of
any special difficultv or obscurity, letters
shall be issued to any learned man in the
lurid, calling for Ins judgment thereon.
The work was begun in 1C07, and fin
ished in 1611.
A most wicked attempt has sometimes
been made to induce the belief that this
version, which is called King James ,
simply because it was made dating his
reign, was, in great part, the work of
that King—that lie selected the transla
tors—dictated to them its character—paid
(hem for its execution—issued it by bis
royal authority, and, in a degree, forced
it upon the acceptance of the people. A
grosser or more malicious falsehood was
never inculcated. James was bad enough
without telling lies to make him worse.
Some years since, Christopher Ander
son, a learned Baptist minister in Scot
land, published a large work called the
“ Annals of the English Bible.” The
object of it was to trace to the original
sources everything connected with the
English translations. He had opportuni
ties which no one has in our country. I
have examined his work, and in it he has
proved the following facts. First—That
King James did nol originate the idea of
our present translation. He was too in
tent on his own fooleries to care for the
Bible. Second—Reynolds, a learned
Puritan divine, proposed it to hiin, and he
consented. TuinD—James wus tlot actu
ally King of England when the matter
was agreed upon. The proposal was
made nt Hamilton Court Conference, an
unofficial body, held in January, 1604,
and James was not legally King’till the
next meeting of parliament, which inet
the March following. Fourth—James
did not select the translators. Fifth—
He never contribuied a farthing towards
the expenses of the translation, either
from his privnte purse or the public treas
ury. Sixth—Anderson shows that it
was never submitted to parliamenlon any
convocation, and that James never used
any authority or influence whatever to
waids its circulation. " It was not,” soys
he “on affair of government—not a roysl
undertaking at his majesty's expense, ac
cording to the popular and very erroneous
historical fiction, hut simply a transaction
in the course of business.” Says Dr.
Lee, Principal of the University of Edin
burgh, “ I do not find that there was any
cannon, proclamation or act of Parliament
to enforce the use of it.”
How different from the statements of
these learned men, who had access to the
very sources of correct information, are
the assertions found in the tracts pul forth
1 hv the- revision movement in this COUtltlV.
Hiid in the speeches made by their agents!
I would here notice a ridiculous state
ment sometimes heard from the same
source—that Bishop Bancroft altered the
translation after it was made. In reply,
I would only remark, that according to
Hume and all historians, Bancroft died in
1610, and every one knows that the trans
lation was not completed until 1611.
How he could have made the alterations
I know not, unless he was a Spiritualist,
and spoke through the medium of table
lege.
I shall here subjoin a few out of many
testimonies that might be given from pro
found scholars, of different persuasions,
to show the estimate put upon our trans
lation by unprejudiced individuals.
Dr. Geodes.—A learned Roman Cath
olic. “ If accuracy fidelity and the
strictest attention to the letter of the text
be supposed to constitute the qualities ol
an excellent version, this, of all others,
. must in general be accounted the most
i excellent. Every sentence every word,
! every syllable, every letter and point seem
, to have been weighed with the nicest ex
actitude, and expressed, either in the text
1 or margin, with the greatest precision. '
. It was well remarked by Robinson, aboul
, ' an hundred years ago. “ that it may serve
j a* a lexicon for the Hebrew language, at
well as for a translation.”
i Bishop Middleton. — Episcopalian.
, "The style of our present version is in
I comparably superior to anything tbai
- might be expected from the finical and
II perverted t^?te of oar own sge. U >'
simple, it is harmonious, it is energetic;
and, which is of no sinnll importance, use
has rendered it familiar and time has
inode it sacred.”
Da. Adam Clarke.—-The well known
Methodist commentator. “ The transla
tors have seized the very spirit and soul
of the original and expressed this almost
every where with pathos and energy.
Besides, our translators have not only
made a standard translation, but they have
made their translation the standard of our
language The original from which it
was taken is alone superior to the Bible
translated by authority of King James.”
Albert Barnes.—New school Pres
byterian, a learned commentator. “ The
friends of this translation have never
claimed for it inspiration or infallibility.
Vet it is the concurrent testimony of *11
who are competent to express an opinion,
that no translation of the Bible, into any
language, has preserved so faithfully the
sense of the original as the English.”
" If is perfectly clear ” lie adds, • that it
would be impossible now to translate- the
Scriptures into the English language un
der so favorable circumslanoes os attended
the translation in the time of James I.
No single set of men could so. command
the confidence of the Christian world..
No single denomination could makfe a
translation that would secure the- regard of
others. The probability is, therefor#, that
while tho English-language is spoken,
and as far as it is used,.the English Bible
will continue to form their faith and direct'
their lives; and tjinl the words which
now pour light into our minds tyill con
tinue to illuminate the understandingsand
mould the feelings of unnumbered mil
lions in their path to immortal life.”
It is a notorious fact that the men who
are the loudest in their denunciations of
wur rru^irfu vcramjij, vnu musi ciamuiuus
for a new on*?, are, ns a general thing,
very superficial scholars. I have known,
of a case where a Greek Testament was
held up lo one such, before an andiente,
and a request made of him, to translate a
single verse, when he was obliged to coo-,
fess that Ae could hot do it. The true
plan to test ihe capacities of these travel'
ling dectaimer* is to present them pub
licly with a Hebrew Bible and1 a Greek
Testament, and request them to read
aloud and translate a chapter in each,—
for it is clear that no one is qualified to
decide upon the merit or demerits 6f our
translation unless he can do at least this
much. I would advise this course every
where ; and if it is adopted I assure you
they will soon ‘slope. For, rest assured,
that ignorance and sectarianism are the
main pillars upon which the edifice of
this Revision movement stands.
Very truly yours,
j. w. moore.
Ruralia, February 2, I860.
miscellaheoub items.
—A writer in the American Medical
Gazette thus i'unishes the reason why young
ladles blush when spoken to about their lbv
era : “ The inimi communicates with ths cen
tral ganglion; the latter, by reflex action thro*
the brain and facial nerve, to the organic
nerves in the face, with which it* branches
inosculate.’'
Rkvikw or Youth. —-The retrospect On
youth is too often like visiting the grave of s
friend whom we bad injured, and are preclu
ded by bis death from the possiblity of ma
king an atonement.
—Not long since a premium was oflbred
by an agricultural society for the best mods
of irrigation, and the latter word, by mistake
of the printer, having been changed to“irri‘>
tation,’’ s farmer sent his wife to galu tlw
prize. ,j
—“Paddy.” says a joker, “whydon’t
you get your ears cropped—they are entirely
too lung for a man?” “ And. your*,” replied
Pat, “ ought to be lengthened—they are too
short for an ass.”
— If men could find the fabled fountain
that is s*id to restore youth, health and beau
ty, with What eagerness they would rosbtd
ui inn m-9 • * v» -—»-j " rw.Tt
net* they rush to drink of water* that bring
upon them prematura old age, disease end
loathsome ugliness.
—A man would do well to carry a pencil
in his pocket, and wiite down the passing
thoughts of the moment. Those that come
unsought for are commonly of the most value,
and should be secured, because they seldom
return
—Of all the mean and contemptible per
sons in the world, he that sneaks through life
on tip-toe, witli his ear* at the key-hole of
everybody’s business, except his own, is ths
most to be detested.
...— An Irishman went to live in Scotland
for a short time, and didn’t like the country.
“1 was sick all the time 1 was there,” said he,
“and if 1 had lived there till this ume. I’d
been dead a year ago ”
—One of the last stories told about a
drunken man, wants confirmation. It is said
that in staggering around h» met with a la>ge
! globe lamp with letters upon it. Mistaking it
for the moon, lie said, “Well, I’m stumped if
somebody hain’t stuck an advertisement on the
moon.” „ , ... ,
—Forty years a fanatical Hindoo coulti
vated the growth of a finger nail, and he found
it measured thirteen inches and a half. The
finger nails grow their whole length in a few
months.
_Master Smith is a very smart boy.—
On Monday last he spelled Constantinople
■ with One hand tied behind his back I There
it no discount on that boy.
I —It i.« with diseases of the mi»d as with
j those of the body—we are halt dead b«{oi*
we understand our disoider, and haacuiea
; when we do.
-A fellow from the country, being trea
ted to a glass of wild che. ry compeemL
i exclaimed, as soon as he bad got * .
out of his mouth: “Gosh! I
vies were so wild that the man didn t tatb vary
many of them.”
_..Ma, if you will give me an.apple. 1
1 will be pool” “No. my child, yoir must not
be good for pay—y°u °"Sbl lo b® S00<1 for
nothing.”
r—A few book" well chosen, are of more
use than a great library.
—People die at the rate of nine a minute,
tsking the whole world together.
-Love labor: if you reed it not f«T
I food, you msv for pbyeic.