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Jkortment of Printing Material, and arc
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I, VTTTiOLESALE AND RETAIL DEAL
WV ER IN
; 0|onc3, 5!)ccl Jroii, lllirr, Ssc.:
Mtn — .Manufacturer oj Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware,
Buena Vista St.. (Opposite Nucleus House,)
'1 DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
jte- Having bought the stock on hand and
‘5taSferia 1 in this shop, from H. P. Vaughan.
Sid., the undersigned will continue to carry
She above business, in all its branches, lie
SHon hand a good stock of
‘tmOKIXG-S TO VES, T1X
uS WARE, S-c.,
■Click he will ell at Memphis prices.
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PROMPTLY ATTF.NOKD TO.
Jfcy’ A share of the public patronage is re
—^Btfullv solicited. .
^■nJh-iim N. li. BORK.
| T. PARHAM,
“Iarchitect,
C( it I» 1; X T E U AXD .1 O I X E SI ,
m X *S2Lj*#
LY informs the citizens of
Des Arc anil vicinity, that he is prepared
ail work intrusted to his care, with
and dispatch.
AND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
to order, free of charge where lie
contract for the same.
From his experience, both as an archi
contractor, he Batters himself that he
entire satisfaction. juri29-tf
a*»wi»Sai aw*
A JOIN HR.
rmanently located at Des AjC,
is prepared to execute
iu hisEine of Business,
manner. From his expe
tliat thgsc who favor
ith contracts will have no cause to re
RS FROM THE COUNTRY,
G. W. Vaoen’s Store, will meet
on. jun29-1y
EX. LEUDERS,
SE, AM) FRESCO
PAINTER,
Amc.—Also, Carriage Painting,
Varnishing, Graining, i’apor
&c. All Work done iu the best style,
left with Messrs. Leon & Co.
promptly attended to. junlo-tf
A. S. HARRIS,
T € H - Jfl.1 Ii E II
AND
jeweijEH
CE on Buena Vista
o p p o s i t c the
, Des Arc,
Clocks, Watches and ewelry
vith neatness and dispatch, and war
give satisfaction. nov20-tf
DEilSON,
BRIDLE
N D
JManufacturer, '
AltCJ, A It K A NS AS.
REWectFULLY informs
die citizens of Prairie and Jw-tfO
c°unties, that he lias on hand, 'T. Zj
to manufacture to order,
Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
and Hack Harness,
as every other description of work
in such establishments.
°n Lyon street, back of Frith &
jan21-ly.
H. McHHLKSB.Y,
UNTY SURVEYOR.
•*' Persons wishing my services in
<B0t 1 •pertnieut of business, will please
-■ at Brownsville, Prairie countv.
') all will lie •jmuctu.slli fill' d.
PROFESSION A L CARDS.
OR. W. .7. THOMPSON,
UEFOUWSrHYSICIAIV,
(Late of McLemoresville, Tennessee.)
HAVING I.OCATED IN
DES ARC, PRAIRIE CO., ARK.
RESPECTFULLY tenders his profesiona
services, in its various branches, to th<
citizens and public generally.
Office—Evans & Horne’s building, thin
door up stairs, Buena Vista street.
julyl3-ly.
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residenci
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
ed, oilers his professional services to tin
public.
Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-1 y
TAR. T J .CUMMINGS, having per
^ inaticntly located at Atlanta, Prairie
county, Ark., offers his professional services
to the public.
Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
JQf* Office at Peebles’ Hotel, [apr 1-tf.
TAIL 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.
Thankful for the liberal patronage he
lias heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(jkjP" Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drug
Store. _apriil-ly
DR. 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 Slo're. [mar 11-ly.
DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional servj^es to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity, and, from a
long experience in the healing art in the West,
Ratters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-if
T\R. \Y. F. WALSH, having located at
J / Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
T\R. YVM. BETHELL, will continue
j ) 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.—
0)li('.e at Lane & Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the '' Erwin House.” may22-t£
fhR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Mcdi
®-^.cine in the different branches of the Pro
’ession, and respectfully tenders his services to
he citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
ry, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena A ista street.
inayl5-tf
I. E. GATEWOOD..I. a. MOON.
GATEWOOD & SfOON,
LAND AGENTS
RE AL EST AT E B R 0 K E R S.
ties .ire, •irkaHsas.
FILL attend to payment of taxes, locating
V V Government, Swamp or Military lands.
Blanks of every description always on hand,
aiig.'l-tf. _
rp B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
L • 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. £5?” Office on Lyon
street. [ jun8-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
L \w, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
npri!22-tf. _
AKEMAN W. EDWARDS, Law
vr.H. RnrincReld, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in th" various conns
of Middle Arkansas. (j^T Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. n^u* _
r.. FEAT HURSTON..z- *’• H. FARR.
T^EATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
j' nkvs at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe. Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson ami Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References :
Madison, Ark., Hon. W. G. Beaseley, S. VV .
Childress; Clarendon, Ark., H. M. Couch;
Panola, Miss.. Col. Calvin Miller; Coftecviile,
Miss.. E. C. Walthall; Memphis, Term., I).
M. DuBose, Esq., ML J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W. T. Featherston; Washington,_D.
C., Jacob Thompson. _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.
Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt, at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
(^OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building,) first door. fcbl3~tf
T W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law
, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Wil
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White
Prompt attention given to the collectioi
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land, Office on Lyon street
sept26-tf
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Wil
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Prancis, Jackson am
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and easteri
part of the State. • sept2ti-,f
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One o
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville
where he can be consulted on professions
business, and will give his personal attentioi
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted t
them.
i. I. HOLLO WELL..w. D. JACOWAV
TTOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
1 j tohnevs at Law, Dardanelle. Arkansas
Will practice in tht> counties of Yell, Perry
Saline. Pulaski. Prairie. Conway w! P-pe,
je-Jil-tf
THOUGHT AND DEED.
BY C. R. KENNEDY.
Fiti.i. many a lightthought man may cherish,
Full many an idle deed may do;
Yet not a thought or deed shall perish,
Not one, but he shall bless or rue.
When by the wind the tree is shaken,
There’s not a bough or leaf can fall,
But of its falling heed is taken
By Onf. that sees and governs all.
The tree may fall and be forgotten,
And buried in the earth remain;
Yet from its juices rank and rotten,
Springs vegetation life again.
The world is with creation teeming,
And nothing ever wholly dies;
And tilings that are destroyed in seeming,
In other shapes and forms arise.
And nature still unfolds the tissue,
Of unseen works by spirit wrought;
Ajid not a work but hath its issue,
With blessings or with evil fraught.
Tho’ thou may’st seem to leave behind thee.
All memory of the sinful past;
Yet, oh, be sure, thy sin shall find thee,
And thou shalt know its fruit at last.
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RAIN.
We knew it would rain, for all the morn,
A spirit on slender ropes of mist
Was lowering its golden buckets down
Into the vapor amethist.
Of marshes, and swampe, and dismal fens,
Scooped the dew that lay in the dowers,
Dipped the jewels out of the sea,
10 sprIIlKie lllt'Ul UVT’I tUU i.um lusuuncia.
We knew it would rain for the poplars sliow’d
The whites of their leaves; the amber
grain
Is shrunk in the wind, and the lightning now
Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain.
--
Rivington and Ethan Allen.
Rivingtop, the lory printer, during the
American Revolution was very bitter in
his attacks on the rebels and Mr. Wash
ington, as he facetiously called the great
General. Nevertheless, he thought prop
er to remain in New York after the. de
parture of the British troops. Col. Ethan
Allen, a powerful man, a brave patriot, a
hard swearer, and a hard drinker, was so
enraged at Rivington that he swore he
would kill him, and Rivington was a little
alarmed at the threat. Allen always car
ried a long sabre, and, alter the peace,
down he went to Rivington'* ollice at the
corner of Pearl and Wall streets; where
John Hone used to keep bis auction store.
“Is your master at home?” said Allen to
the cletk. “I'll go and see, sir,” was the
answer. So the clerk ran tip to Riving-j
ton’s private parlor, exclaiming in trepida
tion—“Oh, sir he's really and truly come
and is wailing for you down stairs!” 'Show
him up,” said the editor, while he opened
the leaf of a table and placed some wine
and glasses upon it. Up went Allen, his
long sabre dragging up each step. Riv
ingion met him at the door with one of the
politest bows and one of his most expres
sive smiles. “Delighted to see you, my
dear sir, pray take a seat and-allow me to
pour you out a glass of wine.” Allen
tossed oil the wine, looking daggers at
Rivington. “Sir, 1 come—” “Not a
word tny dear sir, cn business, until we
have finished our bottle. Take another
glass—exclient Madeira—South side,
eleven years old—a great favorite with
our glorious Washington.” Allen’s eyes
twinkled, and he tossed down glass after
glass of that really fine wine, until he for
got that he really came to kill Rivington.
He got quite booay, and they parted ex
cellent friends. Rivington's residence
was in Cherry street; and it was openly de
clared-after the war was over, that he had
I .1 _1_» _ _
UVl U, Uliuwguuui i* *-I J »• **•-**••*©-»
and had imparted much valuable informa
tion to him, which he could not have ob
tained excepting by violent abuse of the
Americans and their cause.
----
The Prisoner’s Experience.—The
following passage is from Count Gonfal
niere’s story of his imprisonment:
“ Fifteen years l existed in a dungeon
ten feet square ! During six years I had
a compaion ; during nine I was alone ! I
never lightly could distinguish the face
of him who shaved my captivity in the
eternal twilight of our cell. The first
year we talked incessantly together ; we
related our past lives, our joys forever
gone, over and over again. The next
year we communicated to each other our
thoughts and ideas on all subjects. The
third year we had no ideas to communi
cate, we were beginning to loose the pow
er of reflection. The fourth, at the in
terval of a month or so, we would open
our lips to ask each oilier if it were pos
sible llmt the world went on so gay and
bustling as when we formed a portion of
mankind. The fifth we were silent, the
sixth he was taken away—I never knew
where, to execution or liberty. Bull was
glad when he was gone; even solitude
was better than the pale, vacant face.
One day (it must have been a year or two
f after my companion left me) the dungeon
■ door was opened, and whence proceeding
1 know not, the following words were ut
tered ;
“By order of his imperial majesty I in
timate to you that your wife died one year
ago.”
Then the door was shut, and I heard
no more, they had but Hung this great
. I agony upon me and left me alone with it.
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11 A Hint.—It may not he too late to say
1• to our readers, that the whitewashing o!
cuttle and horse stalls, as well as the in
side of hog pens and heneries, not. only
renders them more healthy but prevent*
the animals and fowls from being in
fested with troublesome and ft I'll}’ ver
min.
English Bible Translations.
The following list of the different Bible
versions of the English Scriptures, is ex
tracted from the "Encyclopedia of Relig
ious Knowledge:"
Wickmvfb’b Bible.—This was the
first translation made into the language. It
was first translated by John YVickliffe
about the year 1530, but never prirtted,
though there are manuscript copies of it in
several of the public libraries.
Tyndall’s Bible—The translation by
iVm. Tyndale,assisted by Miles Cover
dale, was the first printed bible in the En
glish language. The New Testament
was published in 1530. In 1532, T) n
dale and his associates finished the whole
bible, except the Apochrypha, and printed
it abroad.
Matthew's Bible.—While Tyndale
was preparing a second edition of his bi
ble, he was taken up and burned for her
esy at Flanders. On his death, Cover
dale and John Rogers revised it, and ad
ded a translation to the Apochrypha. It
was dedicated to Henry VIII, in 1536,
and was printed at Hamburg under the
borrowed name of Thomas Matthew,
whence it was called Matthew’s Bible. .
Cranmer’s Bible.—This was the first
bible printed by authority in England, and
publicly set up in the churches. It was
Tyndale’* version revised by Coverdale
and examined by Crantner, who added a
preface to it, whence it was called Cran
mer’s bible. It was printed by Crafton,
one of the largest volumes published in
i rtn A r,.... I~ nilnni.wl on
XU1U. iiiwi *•''-■**‘3 -~ <-, - I *
and restored under successive reigns, a
new edition was brought out in 1562.
The Geneva Biiile.—Some English
exiles at Geneva, in Queen Mary’s reign,
viz: Cuverdale, Goodman, Gilbe, Samp
son, Cole, Whitting and Knox, made a
new translation, winch was printed there
in 1560. Hence it was called the Gene
va bible. It was much valued by the Pu
ritan party. In this version the first dis
tinction of verses was made. It went
through some twenty editions.
The Bishop’s Bible.—Archbishop
Parker engaged bishops and other learned
men to bring out anew translation. They
-did so in 156S, in large lolio. It made
what wasalterwards called the Bishops
bible. In 1559 it was published in octa
vo, in small, but fine black letter. In it
the chapters were divided into verses, but
wi^out breaks for them.
Matthew Parker s Bible.—Tne
Bishop’s bible underwent some corrections,
and was printed in a largo folio, 1572,
and called Matthew Parker’s bible. This
version was used in the churches lor lor
ty years.
The Do bay Bible.—The New Testa
ment was brought out by the Roman Cath
olics, in 1664, and called the Romanish
New Testament. It was condemned by
the Queen of England and copies seized
by her authority and destroyed. In 1609
and 1610, the old Testament was added,
and the whole published at Douay; hence
called the Douay bible.
King Jake’s Bible.—This version,
now in use, brought out by King Janies’
authority in 1611. Fifty learned men
were employed to accomplish the work of
revising. From death or other causes,
seven of them failed to enter upon it. The
remaining forty-seven were rauged under
six divisions, and had diflerenl portions of
the bible assigned to these divisions.—
They entered upon their task in 1607.—
After some three or four years ofdilligent
labor, the whole was completed. 'Ibis
version was generally adopted, and other
versions fell into disuse. It has contin
ued in use for nearly two hundred years.
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We’ll all Meet in the Morning.
—Such was the exclamation of a dying
.Ml > -NT.1. A.T.. *1...
Ulitiu, eov.iJ mo iiiv.w. j, *-* ~ -
red rays of tlio sunset streamed on him
through the casement.—“Good, bye papa,
good bye!—Mamma has come for me to
night, don’t cry, papa! we’ll all meet again
in the morning!” It was as if an angel had
spoken to that father, and his heart grew
lighter under the burden, for something as
sured him his little one had gone to Him
who said, "Suffer little children to come
unto me for of such is the kingdom o(
Heaven.” There is something cheerful
and inspiring to all who arc in trouble in
this, “We ll ail meet again in the mor
ning."—It rouses up the fainting soul like
a trumpet blast, and frightens away for
ever the dark shades thronging the ave
nues of purer life. Clouds may gathei
upon our paths—disappointments gathei
around us like an army with banners, bul
all this cannot destroy the hope with us, il
we have our motto upon our lips "All will
he right in the morning.”
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Life Without Trials.—Would you
wish to live without trials? Then yon
would wish to die but half a man. With
out trial you cannot guess at your owr
strength. Men do not learn to swim or
tables; they must go into the deep water
and buffet the surges. If you wish tc
understand their true character—if yot
' would know their whole strength—oi
what they are capable—throw them Over
board ! Over with them—and if they art
worth saving they will swim ashore them
selves.
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What is a Flirt?—A young lady of mori
beauty than sense; more charm of person thai
| grace of mind; more admirers than friends
! more fools than wise men for attendants.—
i [Longfellow.
Logic.—No cat bas two tails? Granted,
j Then a cat lias one tail more than no cat? True
j Well, then, we have proved that a cat ha
| three tails!
_It is better to hug a pretty girl than -
••bare illusion,” says an exchange. Of cours
it is; for a pretty gilt will return the compli
merit, and tin- illu-ioli will no'.
For the 1)k3 Arc Citizen. |
WOMAN'S MISSION.
Tint Arab pilgrim who pursues, in the cool
hours of night, his lonely journey over the
barren anti boundless desert of Sahara, may
indeed cast a momentary glance of admiration
upon the myriads of stars that gem the cloud
less zone of heaven j but it is not the most
brilliant of the starry host that most deeply
attracts liis attention. He looks, perhaps,
with scorn or indifference upon the bright
orbs that glow in the zenith, or glitter in the
Belt of Orion or the Southern Cross. His
eye is bent, with absorbing interest, upon a
single pale, dim star, that gleams faintly in
the very remotest edge of the horizon—that
pale, wan star, scarcely observed by the care
less traveler—modestly retiring in tile lone
liest regions of uncreated space, nightly per
forming its revolutions around the pole, alone
and unattended. That pale star is far more
valued and appreciated, by the pilgrim, than
tile brightest constellation that glows in the
field of heaven ; for it guides him, with un
erring aim, across the wide and trackless
waste, to the venerated tomb of bis Prophet,
and returns him again to liis rustic home, em
bowered amid the shades of the lofty palm,
(where loved ones watch his coming.
So it is with the feminine sex. Many arc
preparing (and ail should lie) to perforin with
success the grand pilgrimage of human life;
but whether 1 offer to the young, yet blushing
in the sweetness of childhood, or to the more
aged, any suggestion which shall rise up in
after days, and, like the pale, unobtrusive
beams of the pole-star, that gleam, however
faintly, over the wide waste which our sex is
destined to traverse, it is no matter ol’ minor
importance.
Woman, then, lias a work to perform—yes,
I say a work. She has gifts divinely be
stowed, by God himself. Then she should not
abuse them, but use them for good. They are
her destiny, written, as by the linger of Provi
dence, on the glowing page of inspiration.
She is not expected to wear laurels and win
honors on the field of battle, nor in com
manding ” listening senates,” neither in manly
labor; but sbe can do it within her own
sphere—in her own graces. If she seeks
power, she can win it—in cultivating her
intellect, and fitting it for a delicate order
assigned by Providence, and not by the more
masculine duties. If she seeks distinction, it
should be done within her sphere, such as
should never cause her cheek to tingle with
shame, or her mother’s tears to bedew the
pillow of repose. Some may Inquire for the
field in which to display these powers. They
will find it in Literature, Society, Home.
Drink deep of the well-spring of classic lore,
so that your conversation may not be com
posed of monosyllables, which are often tan
talizing—not the gossip of light and flippant
reading—but like Manfred’s spirits, command,
defy. Cultivate a love for home—that love
which should glow, as a flame, in every heart.
The mother of Washington thought not to
perpetuate her name in speechless marble, but
gave to the world a son who shall live when
the life-like statue of Canova, touched by the
breath of Time, shall have perished and
crumbled into dust. The gifted Praxiteles
boasted that she had given to immortality the
jntellectual Aspasia. Perhaps if .Napoleon
had followed the star of his destiny, the peer
less Josephine, foreign soil would have never
embosomed the ashes of the illustrious Corsi
can ; nor would he have felt the shaft of ruth
less fate, on the bloody field of Waterloo.
Woman’s mission, then, is in the elements
of human nature. It is by her influence that
the desponding heart is made one of vigor and
strength—the timid made brave and energetic.
IDOHA FIELDS.
--
Stop that Peering.—Take our ad
vice, and never watch your neighbors.
It is a vulgar practice at best. More
over, it is a very unsatisfactory one.—
Listeners, they say, never hear any good
of themselves. In the same way, peeping
folks never see much to gratify their self
complacency; and this occasions feelings
which do not tend to render life at all
! more agreeable. Put, worse titan this,
in nrroiralimr in yourself the rirrlitto watch
others, you tacitly admit their right to
watch you. And however correct you
may be in your deportment, however un
impeachable in your course, there are
always points of moment which you pre
fer to keep to yourself. There are always
circumstances which, when fully under
stood, are honorable; but which when
grasped, as a watcher must grasp it, iu
disconnected parts, are susceptible of a
sinister interpretation, and your neigh
bors may not he of as charitable a na
ture! Abandon the habit, therefore, of
prying into the affair ot others, and you
will afford them no pretext of prying into
your own.
The “Live Yankee.”—He is a de
cided character. He loves to “swap;”
he loves to whittle; he loves to guess and
ask questions. He keeps an eye out.
He takes care of “ number one;” and he
will do it on a barren rock, where any
body else would starve. What if he does
flatten the vowel sounds, and talk in out
landish provincialisms, and ask plain ques
tions ! He makes himself understood,
leaches others some things, and ltarns
more himself. What he knows I10 turns
to advantage. What if he does want to
“ swap!” he is willing others should make
as good a trade as they can, and cheat
: him if they can. What if he does whittle !
1 he knows how to whittle his way—his
' “bigness,” as they say of a bullet out
west, among the gunners. Put him on
any desolate island on the globe, and only
leave him his jaek-knife, and he will get
j home as soon, if not sooner than the ship
’i that left bun there. He never knows
i when he is beaten: he never says “ die."
1 I’ui him in anywhere, and he will get out
1 if he wants : put him out anywhere,
|and he will get m if he wishes to.
1Li.NGI.ISH OI.AVE5 IN DllA/, I L "“’“■111 UUl
late foreign news, it is stated that Mr.
Griffiths, in the British Parliament, re
cently “ inquired whether the British Con
sul nt Iliu de Janeiro had exercised his
authority to prevent a contract for the sale
of slaves in Brazil, by the British Mining
Company, from being carried into effect.”
The reply of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Lord John Russell, was to the
effect that the company had been informed
that it would be liable to penalty if the
slaves were sold.
This has reference to the large English
Mining Company, whose field of-opera
tions is at or near Saint Joao del Rey, in
the province of Minas Geraes, Brazil.
Great attention was excited to this subject
in England, about a year ago, by a pas
sage written in “ Brazil and the Brazil
ians,” a book issued by Rev. J. C. Fletch
er. As that passage was commented up
on by the leading newspapers of Great
Britain, we here quote it from the volume
above mentioned i
“The Brazilians are not the only pro
prietors of slaves in the empire. There
are many Englishmen who have long
held Africans in bondage—some for a
series of years; and others have pur
chased slaves since 1S43, when what is
called the Lord Brougham act was passed.
By this act, it is made unlawful for Eng
lishmen to buy or sell slaves in any land ;
and by holding property in men, they are
made liable to prosecution in criminal
courts. The English Mining Company,
whose stockholders are in Great Britain,
but whose mines are in Saint Joao del
Rey, in Brazil, own about eight hundred
slaves, and hire one thousand more.”
These slaves are generally supposed,
t .. .t n ; i rs .. »_ t_ l.
u y uic ij i 11 m 11 vjuu.i ■ v< uvvu
purchased before 1843; and their owners
have not been held liable until now, when
a disposition of them is contemplated.
The leading members of the Society of
Friends, in England have not ceased to
point out the great inconsistencies of the
Government in this matter. It is a noto
rious fact that, at Rio de Junoiro, under
the very noses of the British Minister and
Consul,^not only slaves purchased before
1843 are owned by Englishmen, but they
have been bought and sold, every year, by
the subjects of Her Majesty. Hundreds
of Englishmen, since 1843, have been
liable to prosecution in criminal courts, so
soon as they placed foot on their native
soil. In Para, Maranliam, Pernambuco,
Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and, indeed, in al
most every considerable town in Brazil,
may be found men who claim allegiance
to England, constantly violating this law.
It appears now that the largest English
slave proprietor (the Mining Company)
in Brazil will be made either to retain and
sustain, or liberate, the eight hundred Af
ricans.— [N. York Journal of Commerce.
--*-<► -
John Randolph and John C. Cal
houn.—An amusing reconciliation John
Randolph patched up with Mr. Calhonn,
when the former believed that he was on
bis death bed. “ They were rival South
ern statesman, and the former being the
senior, as well as the sotronger of the two,
bud the most marked position. Mr.
Randolph, pending on bis controversy,
and toward the latter part of his Con
gressional life, was taken ill. He was
considered sick even unto death. All
hope of his recovery was given upland
the friends of Mr. Calhoun, being desirous
that a reconciliation should take place be
fore Randolph died, arranged a meeting
between the two. Mr. Calhoun repaired
to the bed side of Mr. Randolph. He
found him feeble, though able to converse
freely. Mutual explanations took place.
Mr. Calhoun sincerely forgave his pros
trate antagonist every severe thing he
had ever uttered against him, and Mr.
Randolph reciprocated. Thus were the
kindest relations (ostensibly) restored.
But to the astonishment of Mr. Calhoun,
as he was about taking his leave, Ran
dolph called him back, and with a shrill,
sharp voice exclaimed : ‘Now, remember
Mr. Calhoun, if I get well, all this goes
’ ii.. ,n.i ..,.,il o.wt tmu
'.--©..’ .
to his well settled hatred, he never spoke
to Calhoun afterwards.
Do Extra Stimulants Warm Us?—
Suppose we swallow rum, or smoke to
bacco, or chew opium. The rum or opium,
if not the tobacco, will increase the action
of the heart and arteries, and for a time
increase the heat. But as soon as the
force of the stimulus is gone, we are not
only no warmer than before, but rather
colder. So it is with mustard, pepper,
and spices; and so, in truth, with tea and
coffee, and all other medicaments, solid
and liquid. They doubtless make us a
little warmer for the time ; and hence, at
first, they as certainly increase the activity
of’the circulation; but it does not last
long. The final or remote influence of
all these is unfavorable.
It is so with mental excitants, no less
than physical ones. Cheerfulness, and
all the elevdting passions and ailections,
warm us internally, and thus favor the
healthful circulation of the blood and the
other fluids. But excess of these, espe
cially of joy, love, etc., have the contrary
tendency. They warm us, and cause the
heart to beat high for a short time; bul
the final result is to reduce the heat of the
system, and enfeeble, in a corresponding
degree, the circulation.— [Alton's Law ol
Health.
-A woman named Oates was up recently
for beating her bu.diand. On being senleucec
to imprisonment, she remarked lhat it waj
very hard a woman was not allowed to thrasi
hei own Oates.
-H*! that wear;, a tight boot r lik- tv tc
I have a narrow und?!: Ending.
1 ME JjARGEST HARVEST OR HECORD.
—The Philadelphia Ledger, a well-in
formed journal, designates the wheat har
vest of this year as "the. largest probably
ever produced on this earth." It says:
The season has been unusually earlyj
the insects and the rust have not been able
to extort from farmers their usual groans
aud growlings. and with the exception of a
| single night of frost injuring the crop in a
few counties of Western Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New York and Ohio, the ground
sown in wheat has yielded most abundant
ly. There has been a greater breadth of
wheat laid than ever before; from New
York to Arkansas and Alabama and from
California through to the Atlantic, more
land, by far, it is said, has thus been cul
tivated than fit any former time. Whilst
the extent and success of the wheat ciop
in the United States arc unprecedented,
the same is truo of Canada, aud in all the
old countries of Europe the promise of the
harvest at the la-t accounts was extraor
dinarily good. It is stated that within the
last ten years, Ireland has multiplied the
production of wheat amazingly, as has al
so France under its more scientific modes
of agriculture—so much so, indeed, that
within but a short period quite a quantity
of the very finest wheat arrived in New
York, which was readily sold at five cents
per bushel more than our best, on account
of its quality and cleanliness,
----
The Doom or the World.—Tlio
North British Review, discoursing on the
doom of the wurld, has the following re
marks: “What this change is we dare
not even conjecture; but we ace in the
heavens themselves some traces of destruc
tive elements, and some indications of
their anniimative power, ine irngmenis
of broken planets, the descent of meteoric
stones upon our globe, the whirling comets
wielding their loose material at the solar
surface, the volcanic eruptions in our own
satellite, the appearance of new stars, and
the disappearance of others, are all fore*
shadows of that impending convulsion to
which the world is doomed. Thus placed
on a planet which is to be burned up, and
Under heavens which are to pass away ;
thus residing, as it were, on the cemete
lerres and dwelling upon the mausoleums
of former worlds, let us learn the lessons
of humility and wisdom, if we have not
already been taught in the school of Reve*
ration.”
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-There is something inexpressibly sweet
about little girls. Lovely, pure, innocent, in*
genious, unsuspecting, full of kindness to
brothers babies, and everything. They are
sweet little human (lowers, diamond dewdrops
in the breath of morn. But when they grow
up and come to blooming maturity, don't
some of them make terrible “passion flowers*”
though?
-“I trill you, Susan, that I will commit
suicide if you don’t have me ”—■‘Well Thom
as, as soon as you have given me that proof of
your affection, I will believe that|you love me.”
-‘Speaking of shaving,” said a pretty gill
to ail obdurate old bachelor, “1 should think
that a pair of handsome eyes would be the best
mirror to shave by.” “Yes, many a poor fel
low has been shaved by them,” tile wretch re
plied.
-1 do wish l could be cured of lying in
bed so long in the morning, said a lazy hus
band lounging upon his pillow. Well I will
try the water cure, saill his wife, pouring a
bucketful of water on him.
-“Mind your eye!” as the thread said to
the needle. “1 will,” said the needle! ‘-as
eye suppose you wish to introduce yourself.’,
-A year of pleasure passes like a float
ing breeze, but a moment of misfortune seems
an age df pain.
—*~A well-bred woman never bears an im
pertinent remark. A kind of discreet deaf
ness saves one from many insults.
• n i i l _ _ r u—
had a talk with a woman and got the last word.
Yes she gave it to him and he had to take it.
-Mr. Hopkins, a turfite in England, has
a horse which he named Caifacaratadaddera,
but, owing to the difficulty of pronunciation,
he was induced to change it. The horse is
now called Ynsymaengwyn.
-‘You would be very pretty, indeed,”
said a gentleman patronizingly, to a young la
'dy, “if your eyes were only a little larger.”
“My eyes may be very small, sir, but such
people as you don’t fill them.”
-Cunning leads to knavery; it is but a
step from one to the other, and that very slip
pery—lying only makes the difference; add
that to cuuning, and it is knavery.
“Come here, Master Tommy, do you knot*
your A. B. C’s?” Yiz, zur, I knowabee secs”
--Go without your dinner, and see if you
don’t feel happy when its supper time.
-A young man, while undergoing an ex
amination for the purpose of being admitted to
the bar, was asked; “VVhatwere the consti
tutional requirements which render a man eli
gible to the office of President of the United
States?” He answered; “He must be tbirty
five years old, and a mighty good Democrat!”
-There is a little modest flower, to friend
ship ever dear; ’tis nourished in her humble
bower, and watered by her tear, if hearts bv
fond affection tied should chance to slip away
this little flower will gently chide the heart
that thus would stray.
-With whiskers thick upon my fae», I
went my fair to see; she told me she could
1 never wed a bbar faced ebap like me; I shaved
them clean, then called again and thought my
troubles o’er;--be laughed outright, and said
I was more barefaced than before.
_ A roasted onion bound upon tbs wrist
: BR »jjB pulae evil! stop the ra-'st tee«i;«
I i-.be in a few minutes.”