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VOLUME Y. DES ARC, ARKANSAS, NOVEMBER 37, 1858. NUMBER 4.
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OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, SheriIfs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
Dr. B. Douglass,
rpENDERS his professional services to
l the citizens Of Prairie and adjacent coun
ties as a Mechanical Phvsician, in cases of
Hernia and Prolapsus Uteri, In cases of
abortion, by the timely aid of his SUPPORT
ER, if not prevented, by returning the work,
they shall have their money refunded.
JosF.ru A. Eddins is my authorised
agent, in all matters connected with the above
business. II. DOUGLASS. ^
Post-office, Dcs Arc, Ark. octO-fim
F. LEP TIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCH
SSI A E IS &
AND
JEWELLER,
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
RESPECTFULLY informs tlio citizens of
Dos Arc and the adjacent country, that lie
is prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK
and WATCH Work-in a workmanlike man
ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &.c.
jan30-tf
JAMES JOHNSON,
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
CLSb Havlno permanently located myself,
.yt. I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
XX PISTOLS, &c., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
LOOKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be
promptly attended to.
KrST" Terms—Cash. aor3 lv
GEO; P. LOGUE,
House. Sign and Ornamental
r . f ijv t mi r ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
It AIN r N G and PAPER HANGING done
X in the neatest style.
IfcW' All orders addressed to me will meet
; with prompt attention. sepll-ly
' BOOT AND SHOE-MAKING.
TO THE CITIZENS OF DES ®
ARC AND VICINITY:
I T AV1NG removed my Shop to the corner
T1 of IIuena Vista anii Woodruff streets, T
am prepared, with a GOOD STOCK OF
| LEATHER, suitable for Fall and Winter
wear, to accommodate the public.
Wouk Done as Cheap as any place in
the State. Call and see.
WORK WARRANTED NOT TO Rip.
REPAIRING DONE neatly, at all
times.
As I am permanently located in this place,
Jjj my interest is identified with yours.
(Efcf Terms, Cash.
j oct-tf F. WETHERINGTON.
CARRIAGE and wagon
• Manufactory.
n E S ARC, ARKANSAS.
THOIVtAS V. XjEE
1nSa. PA RED
» Wagons, Drays, £ac., in the most substantia!
■ manner and on short notice. From his expe
I rience in this line, he hopes to give entire sat
,* isfaction.
Repairing done with neatness and dispatch.
-Connected w'th his establishment is an
, excellent Blacksmith shop, where all kinds of
¥ iron work will be done in a neat and substan
tial manner. octlO-tf.
JORDAN BODEMER,~
SHAVING, HilKaCUTTM'G,
t HAIR-DRESSING SALOON:
-ALSO
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING,
BUENA VISTA Street, west of Ncc LEUS
House, Des Arc, Arkansas, octlii-ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
/''I ALEX. MARTIN, Physician and
IT. Surgeon, Brownsville, Prairie county,
Arkansas. Will treat Chronic Diseases, gene
rally, and especially those of Females.
janl6-tf
DR. B. F. DINWIDDIE, having per
manently located at Lake Bluff. Prairie
county, Arkansas, tenders his professional
services to the public, in all the branches of
his profession. jan9, 1858-ly.
Dr. t. Zanders’ line of Memphis.
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
long experience in the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. (jy Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29, 1858-ly *
Dr7\VM. BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share oE the public patronage.—
(IS?” Office at Bkthf.ll & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in#lhe building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
I’JR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of the Pro
fession, and respectfully tenders his services to
the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf
CHIDSEY, Resident
VI. Dentist, Clark’s Marble(m^l3a%
Block. Memphis.Tennessee. Will
visit Des Arc, of which notice will he given
through the “ Citizen.” octl3-0m
|a7.r7 harrinTton
* * Mechanical and Surgica
Dentist. Near Oakland Grove,
Prairie county, Arkansas. DR. HARRING
TON is prepared to perform any operation, or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. llehopes by his particular attention,
carefulness and experience to merit the pat
ronage and influence of the citizens of Prairie
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. may30-ly
L. FEATHERS TON..Z. P. H. FARR.
T?EATIIERSTON & FARR, Attor
I' nf.ysat Law, and Real Estate Auents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References:
Madison, Ark., lion. W. G. Beaseley. S. W.
Childress; Clarendon, Ark., 11. M. Couch;
Panola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Cofieeville,
Miss., E. C. Walthall} Memphis. Tenn., IX
M. DuBose. Esq’., W. J. Webb ; Hollv Springs,
Miss., W. T. Foatherston ; Washington, D.
C.. Jacob Thompson. jy 17
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J , Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Frauds, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
Of OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. feb 13—tf
\7” R. DALRVMPLE, Attorney at
V . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkan
sas. Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jackson, White, and Con
way. He will give prompt attention to all
Land Claims, and will attend personally to the
locating of Swamp Land Scrip and Warrants,
selling lands, and paying taxes. OT Office
on Lyon street. febl3-tf
W A ICEMAN W. EDWARDS, Law
yeu, Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas. Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. n30*
JW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
Prompt attention given to the collection
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. Will
practice in the counties of I’rairte, Jett'erson,
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson anil
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of ail claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept2ti-tf
DO BE RT L. BET H ELL, A™ rney
at Law, lies Arc, Prairie comity, Ar
kansas. feh2()-tf
SAM’l W. WILLIAMS.W. L. I>. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
tornkys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street, nearly
opposite the Capitol, lately occupied hy Chief
Justice English. Will practice in the counties
of Pulaski, Prairie, Perry, Yell, Pope, Con
way, White, Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas,
Jefferson, Hot Spring and Saline, and in the
Supreme and Federal Court at Little Rock,
aug 4 _____
JA. MOON, Attorney at Law,
. General Collecting and Land Agent,
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octlO
GKO. C. WATKINS.GEO. A. GALLAGHER.
WATKINS & GIIALLAGHER, At
torneys at Law, Little Rock, Arkan
sas. aug4-ly
FURNISS MARTInTAttorney
' at Law, Brownsville, Prairie county,
Arkansas. Will practice in tlie counties of
Prairie. Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry,'
Saline, White, Arkansas, Jett'erson, Jackson
and Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jyl7-ly
J. L. HOLLOW ELL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
TAMES F. BATTE, General Agent
t) and Collector, Searcy, White county,
Arkansas. Particular attention given to the
i collection of claims, buying and selling lands,
locating swamp and overflown lands, entering
1 land at the General Land-Offices, showing
lands subject to graduation; and to the paying
i of taxes on land in any county in North Ar
i kansas. jatiU-tf
MY LITTLE BOY.
I love at eventide to muse,
Adoxvn the river’s side,
And dream that by me skips along,
My little boy that died.
Again I hear his merry laugh
Ring out upon the air,
And see the rose-tint of his cheek
Gleam through his golden hair.
When home returning from my toil
I reach my cottage door,
Methinks I hear his little feet
Come pattering o'er the floor.
And while with half-formed words he tells
Some childish tale of glee,
A voice within my heart responds
To his sweet melody.
I see him at his mother’s knee
Lisping his eveningjprayer,
As when with little folded hands,
He seemed an angel there.
Alas! ’tis but a passing dream
From Which vain joys are shed,
And leave me conscious of the truth—
My little boy is dead.
The followin'* from the Nashville
(Tenn.,) Banner, are the words of “truth
and good sense:”
Seward’s Speech.—The speech of
Senator Seward, at Rochester, New York,
on the 25th ult., is receiving a just rebuke
from the conservative press of the North.
That speech contained the following dec
laration:
“Either the cotton and rice fields of South
Carolina and the sugar plantations of Lot isi
ana will ultimately be tilled bv Free Labor,
and Charleston and . New Orleans become
marts for legitimate merchandise alone, or
else the rye fields apd wheat fields of Massa
chusetts and New York must again lie sur
rendered by their farmers to slave culture and
to the production of slaves, and Boston ami
New York become once more markets for
trade in the bodies and souls of men.”
The utterance of such an infamous
sentiment has placed Senator Seward
witnin uie pale ot tne abolition organiza
tion. Heretofore lie has made some pre
tentions to nationality, and has professed
to bo a Republican. But when he de
clares that the country must and will be
come wholly free or wholly slave territory,
and that the party to which he belongs is
devoted to the task of making that coun
try free, he places himself by the side of
Lloyd Garrison and Garrett Smith, lie
no longer has the shadow of a claim to
nationality, and we do rot hesitate to de
clare that the election of such a man to
the Presidency would be the instant sig
nal for the dissolution of the Union. With
the avowal of such a sentiment upon his
lips, lie would go into the Presidential
chair, if elected, pledged to use the pow
er and patronage of the General Govern
ment for the extinction of slavery. Such
interference or such a pledge to interfere
with the domestic affairs of the Southern
people would not be tolerated one mo
ment, We know the threats of the South
have become contemptible in the eyes of
the North, from having been made so of
ten without any intention of carrying them
into execution. We never indulge in the
idle luxury of making threats, hut we stale
it as a fact which cannot be disputed or
denied, that the Federal Union could not
exist a single day after the election of
W. H. Seward to the Presidency while
the above declaration is unexplained and
unretracted. He made it for the purpose
of securing the nomination from the Re
publican party, but we feel well assured
that if nominated at all, it will be by the
Abolitionists, and not by the Republicans.
We believe there is so much conserva
tism in the North, that Seward could not
now receive a larger vote than was given
10 uurney in
Senator Hammond on Political Is
sues.—Senator Hammond, of South Car
olina, partook of a public dinner at Barnd
ville, in that State, a few wtfeksago. He
made a speech on the occasion, some
points of which are thus sketched by the
Augusta Constitutionalist:
He said he regarded the Kansas ex
citement, throughout the whole controversy,
as the greatest imposture ever practised
on intelligent communities; and he never
for a moment believed that the territory
could, under any possible contingency, be
come a slave State. He regarded the
whole idea as preposterous and delusive in
the extreme. The re-opening of the Af
rican slave trade, in his opiuion could nev
er be accomplished, except by the dissolu
tion of this Union. The free States were
opposed to re-opening that trade,and their
representatives in Congress would never
vote in favor of such a measure. He be
lieved it was the destiny of African slave
ry to extend over the whole world, where
ever climate and soil would warrant it.—
The black race were providentially de- j
signed as “ hewers of wood and drawers
of water,” and there is no mortal power
that could alter the decree established.— j
He did not think that there was any ter-j
ritory belonging to our Uni or# suitable for j
slavery, unless our-Pacific slopes would I
answer; but there the mongrel races of
Mexico would amalgamate with the slaves,!
and the instiution would become worth-1
less and insecure.
Senator Hammond insisted on the im- ]
portance of a route across the Isthmus to
California, which the United States must
take into their own hands, and by force,
if necessary, for we have the right to take i
it. We must, he said, fight all our battles :
for constitutional rights and equality in j
the Union. But whenever the South de
clares that she can no longer mainluin her
position of equality in the Uniou, and is
prepared for independence out of it, his
hopes, his fortunes and his fate would be
with the people of the South.
The Chinaman—The Way he Fights.
A correspondent writes: “ I have seen
the arms used by the Chinese in the fight
at the storming of the forts at the mouth
of the Peiho. The first sight of them
shows the utter helplessness of this vast
empire of three hundred and fifty millions
of population, when it comes into contact
with European science and arms and dis
cipline on the battle-field. They remind
me of the scenes of my boyhood, when all
the lads of the country village were armed
with wooden guns, furnished with wooden
locks and flints, which could snnp if they
could not fire. They are ignorant of the
rifle, the percussion cap, and even of the
flint, once used in its place. The gun is
a matchlock, and of such formidable di
mensions and weight as to need wheels to
carry it, instead of their own shoulders.
It is almost impossible to raise and level
it, such is its weight; and often another
man, kneeling before h in who loads and
fires, bears the end of the gun upon his
shoulder, in the happy consciousness that
if the enemy chooses to kill him instead
of the soldier at the other end of the gun,
he is innocent of any man's blood, and
could not but be. And those matchlocks!
they are worthy of a place in any anti
quarian museum.
Almost would the old Knight Tem
plars of Malta start up again, should these
matchlock guns be placed in the gallery
beside their armor. The matchlock, in
cumbersontenes- is fairly in keeping with
the barrel and stock—some inflammable
material, which is kept burning, taking the
place of a flint in a common gun, and com
ing down like the tail of a comet when the
tedious process of loading is completed.
Then there is a spear, not to be used by
the hand in fight, hut slender and armed
with an iron point, and fired with rockets.
Then comes the battle-ax, not heavy, and
easy wielded by the hand, but useless,
except in close contact, and then power
less compared with the sword and the bay
onet. Their cannon are either sunk in the
earth and permanently levelled, or else
mounted on carriages which provide for no
elevation or depression of the guns, or
else make it so slow and difficult that
after all the carriage is useless. In the
attack on the forts one of the steam gun
boats came within range of the guns and
received several shots. Very strangely,
and unlike a soldier and a gentleman, as
John Chinaman thought, the English did
not choose to remain in range, and presto!
with a puff of steam was out of the reach
of their guns, though almost touching
their muzzles.
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A New Weapon op Defence.—The
London News, after a hasty sketch of
modern improvement in various kinds of
arms, describes a new weapon invented
by Charles Shaw. It says:
Seeing that we cannot rifle our cannon,
because of the mass of metal we have to
deal with, Sir Charles Shaw—the author
of the invention we now proceed to describe
—proposes to divide our cannon itself, as
well as the shot. He replaces the field
piece, cannon or howitzer, by a row of
rifle barrels, twenty-five in number. These
accurately placed on the same level, each
barrel diverging slightly from the one in
lln^centre, so that the volley of rifle bullets
discharged by the barrels will cover a
width of about five yards at a distance of
eight hundred yards. Sir Charles Shaw’s
rifle battery is indeed a reproduction of
Fieschi’s infernal machine, placed on
wheels, and made for lighter and far more
manageable than a light brass nine pounder
gun.
The implement may, therefore, be re
garded as a rifle cannon, divided into
t urn >il it . im HAi-t lone no rlaolriielitra no
grape or canister shot at 500 yards, or
Sharpnell shell at 800 yards, with its
deadly aim extending as far as the rifle
can reach. Conceive a battery of horse
artillery with four of C. Shaw’s infernal
machines substituted for their guns. What
battery or field artillery, what troop of
horse, what battalion of infantry could
withstand their dreadful shower of Minie
balls? The cannon or howitzer requires
nine men at least to serve it, and it must
be dragged by four or six horses; the rifle
battery requires but two men to load it and
one to fire. It can be fired by one pull of
the trigger, or sections of twelve barrels
at a time, as may be expedient.
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Boots and Shoes.—The U. S. Econo
mist has collected some interesting statis
tics on the manufacture of boots and shoes
in this country. The quantity required
for the consumption of the United States
is not far from 75,000,000 pairs per an
num. Of these 12,000.000 pairs are
made in Massachusetts, at a value of $40,
000,000 per annum, and they employ 45,
000 men and 32,826 women One-half
of this employment is in Lynn, which is
the largest shoe-shop in the United States.
The next is Philadelphia, which makes
$4,000,000, mostly fine work, while that
of Lynn is coarse work. The production
is great in every city, town and hamlet of
the Union, and the whole value is not less
than $80,000,000 per annum. Of the
she houses, four sell over $1,000,000 each
per annum. In Philadelphia there are
475 manufacturers, whose aggregate sales
amount to SI.141,000, and Philadelphia
sells probably $10,000,000 worth of East
ern work in addition.
The Economist mentions as a remarka
bly circumstance in this connection, that
notwithstanding the immense extent of the
shoe and boot manufacture, and the army
of persons engaged in it, neither boot nor
shoe-makers figure, in the last census,
though shoe-finders and sho-peg-tnakers
do.
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r^*True worth, like the rose, will blush at
its own sweetness.
The Annexation of Cuba—Facts in
Relation to it.
The -present trade and commerce be
tween the United States and Cuba, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer, m spite of oner
ous and almost prohibitory regulations to
percent it, shows what immense value the
island would be to us, if it formed a part
of our Union. American flour is kept
out of Cuba by a duty of $9 50 a barrel,
while Spanish flour, in Spanish vessels, is
admitted at n duty of $2 a barrel. What
an impetus would be given to the grain
gowing and wheat-producing States, if
these onerous duties could be got rid of by
the annexation of the island to our country?
All foreign goods are charged with a duty
of 30 per cent., in addition to many port
charges and extortionate regulations. In
spite of this, we export to Cuba about $6,
500, 000 a year, among which are $927,
000of grains; $1,100,000of lard,butter,
bread and vegetables; $1,864,000 of
lumber and fabrics; $141,000 of cotton
yarns and fabrics, Sic. In return, the im
ports amounted to over $12,000,000, made
up almost entirely of sugar, molasses and
cigars, upon which our citizen* paid a duty
of at least $2,500,000 to their own Gov
ernment, besides a large export duty to
Spain.
By annexation, and consequent free
trade with Cuba, our exports would im
mediately rush up to twenty-five or thirty
millions of dollars a year. The trade be
tween Cincinnati, the head-quarters of the
agricultural products of which Cuba stands
in so much need, would be immense.—
Great would be the impetus it would give
to the prosperity of this city in all branches
of .its industry. Our population would
double in tin incredibly short space of
time. The opening of so large a market
for American agrienlnfre and manufac
tures, and the reduction in the price we
pay fur sugar, molasses and liquors would
be of incalculable benefit to the whole
country, but most especially would it con
mouie to me prosperity ot Cincinnati.—
There lias never been a national measure
consummated where its advantages were
so obvious since the Louisiana purchase in
1803. Every year renders tho possession
of the Island of Cuba a matter of more
and more importance, anti we rejoice to
believe that its acquisition cannot much
longer be delayed. Commercially and
politically the island belongs naturally to
us, and its present onerous relation with
Spain cannot and must not he permitted to
continue. An overshadowing mutual in
terest demands and will enforce tho an
nexation.
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OnioiN or the F. F. V.’s.—Many of
our readers have heard of tho “ First
Families of Virginia,” hut few, we take
it. know how the term originated. An
exchange explains it thus:
“ In the early settlement of that State,
it was found impossible to colonize it un
less women went there. Accordingly, a
ship load was sent out, but no planter was
allowed to marry one of them until he
had first paid one hundred pounds of to
bacco for her passage. When the second
ship load came, no one would pay more
than seventy-five pounds for the matrimo
nial privilege, except it were very superior
article. Consequently, the descendants of
all those who were sold for one hundred
pounds of tobacco were ranked as the first
families, while those who brought but
seventy-five pounds arc now ranked as
the second families; and the reason why
no one can ever find any of the second
families, is because you can’t get a Vir
ginian to admit that his mother only
brought seventy-five pounds of tobacco.”
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zj.uvr ounht UAM£ to ue used.—11
is somewhat singular to trace the manner
in which arose the use of the common
beverage, coffee, without which few per
sons, in any half or who'ly civilized coun
try in the world, would seem hardly able
to exist. At the time Columbus discovered
America, it had never been known or
used. It only grew in Arabia and upper
Ethiopia. The discovery of its use as a
beverage, is ascribed to the superior of a
monastery, in Arabia, who, desirous of
preventing the monks from sleeping at
their nocturnal services, made them drink
the infusion of coffee, upon the report of
some shepherds, who observed that their
flocks were more lively after browsing on
the fruit of that plant. Its reputation
spread through the adjacent countries, and
in about two hundred years it reached
Paris. A single plant brought there in
1614, became the parent stock of all the
coffee plantations in the West Indies.
The extent of the consumption can now
hardly be realized. The United States
alone annually consume it at the cost of
its landing from fifteen to sixteen millions
ol dollars. You may know the Arabia or j
Mocha, the best coffee, by it3 small bean
of a dark yellow color. The Java and
East Indian, the next in quality, a larger i
and of a paler yellow. The West Indian |
ilio has a blush greenish gray tint. •
A couple of Yankee girls put a |
bullfrog in the hired man’s bed to see if j
they couldn’t get him to talk. Daniel j
threw it out of the window and never said j
a word. Soon after he put half a bushel '
; of chestnut-burrs in the girls’ bed, and
\ about the time he thought they would
; make the least shadow Daniel went to the I
; door and rattled the door-latch furiously, j
Out went the candle, and in went the j
girls; but they didn’t stick, though the
burrs did. Calling to them, he begged j
j them to be quiet, for he only wanted to
know if they’d ,l seen anything of that
1 pesky bullfrog. He’d gin two dollars to !
! find it!”
83P"With woman as with warriors, Acre is j
j Uu robbery—a!l is conquest.
8^$“ A California letter writer thus
gives his experience of insurance.
Insurance is a nice thing—a beautiful
system. I tried it once—insured a ves
sel. She got knocked into " gn^hereens;’’
find her repaired under the* eyes of their
agent. On settlement they treated me to
a treatise on “jctsoin," “flotsoni” und
“general average," and navigation, and
severul other sciences. A broker render
ed n beautiful document, all figured over
nnd ruled in red ink, and we settled.—
They first charged me what I had paid for j
repairs, then charged it back to the vessel
—then charged the vessel the difference
between wlmt she then was and formerly
was not—then deducted what she ought to
have been—charged mo back the insu
rance I had paid, ifnd having by some er
ror a small balance in my favor, they gave
that to the broker for malting up the papers.
Not being a scientific mathematician, I
took the matter home and figured ull day
on it, nnd the result stood thus:—I had
been allowed the privilege of repairing
my own vessel at my own cost—to pay
two notes not half due ; and put seventy
five dollars in broker Jones’ pocket for the
concoction of all the mysteries of Daboll
simmered down in red ink, and tied up
tastefully in blue ribbon. It is a very
pretty thing—-I have it yet; und if I am
over sentenced to solitary confinement in
Sing Sing, I want tho privilege of inking
the document with me. In ten or fifteen
years I might begin to comprehend it.—
You are some on figures, Jones you nre.
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8*§5“ A gentleman from New York,
who had been in Boston for the purpose of
collecting some moneys due him in that
city, was about returning, when he found
that one bill of a hundred dollars had been
overlooked. Ilis landlord who knew the
debtor, thought it a doubtful case ; but ad
ded that if it teas co'lectable at all, a tall,
raw-boned Yankee, then dunning a lodger
in another part of the hall, would “ worry
it out” of the mart. Calling him up,
. 1.i* 1. ' . . 1_ J I • . .t I •
i ih. i v> i vi i f HU Iimuuuin.u lllill VU me WVUI*
tor, who showed him the account.
“ VVal, Square,” said ho, "tain’t much
use o'tryin,’ I guess. I know tlmt critter.
You might us well try to squeeze ile out of
Banker Hill Monument as to c’lect a debt
out of him, hut any how, Square, what’ll
you give, sposin’ I do try ?”
“ Well, sir, the bill is one hundred dol
lars. I’ll give you—yes I’ll give you half,
if you collect it.”
“Greed.” replied the collector, there's
no harm in tryin,' any way.”
Some weeks after the creditor chanced
to be in Boston, and in walking up 'Fre
mont street, encountered his enterprising
friend.
“ Look o’here" snid he, “Square, I had
considerable luck with that bill o’your’n.
You see, I stuck to him like ft dog to a root,
but for the first week or so ’twnn’t no use
—not a bit. If he was home, ho was
‘short,’ if he wasn’t home, I could get no
satisfaction. By the by, says I, after
goin’ sixteen times, ‘I’ll fix you, says I.
So I sat down on the door step, nnd sat all
dny and part of the evening, and I began
nirly next duy; but about ten o’clock he
gin in. lie. paid me my half, and I gin
him the note."
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The Secret or Eloquence.—I owe
my success in life to one single fact, viz:
that at the age of 27, I commenced and
continued for years, the process of daily
reading and speaking upon the contents
of some historical and scientific book.
a ucac uu-iiuuu uiiuns were in;iue some
times in a corn-field, nt others in a forest,
and not unfrequently in some distant barn,
with the horse and ox for my auditors. It
is to this early practice in the great art of
all arts that I arn indebted for the primary
and leading impulses that stimulated me
forward, and shaped and moulded my en
tire subsequent destiny. Improve, then,
young gentlemen, the superior advantages
you here enjoy. Let not a day pass with
out exercising your powers of speech.
There is no power like that of oratory.
Ciesar controlled men by exercising their
fears; Cicero, by captivating their affec
tions and swaying their passions. The
influence of the one perished with its au
thor, that ol the other continues to this
day.—[Henry Clay.
Behind the Scenes.—Innocent people
have often hern-surprised at public meet
ings, to see with what enthusiasm and
equanimity persons scattered in all quar
ters of an audience shout for particular
speakers. They regard such manifesta
tions as unmistakable evidence of the
popularity of the person called for. At
a republican meeting in Indiana, the other
day, a speaker named Long responded to
a loud call and look the stand; but a big,
strapping fellow, persisted in crying out,
in stentorian voice, “Long! Long!” This
caused a little confusion, but after some
difficulty in making himself heard, the
president succeeded in staling that Mr.
Long, the gentleman honored by the call,
was now addressing them. “Oh, he be
d—d !” replied the fellow, “ he’s the little
skeezicks that told me to call for Long !”
This brought down the house.
ear T ho Southern Planter says that
peach trees, in which a few ten penny
nails have been driven, near the root, are
are not subject to injury by worms. It is
supposed' that the salt of iron afforded by
the nail is offensive to the worm, whilst it
is harmless, or perhaps even beneficial to
the tree.
A chemical writer on this subject says:
“ The oxydation or rusting of the iron by
the sap, involves amonia, which, as the
sap rises, will, of course, impregnate every
part of the foliage, and prove too severe a
dose for the delicate palate of intruding
insects.”
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
jy Dr. Nettle'en has adopted the follow
ing ns a maxim for the government of hie
life: Do all the good you can In the world
and make as little noise as possible.
CARirui.xv.ss or Spkkch.—We sbonld
walk through life as through the Swiss
mountains, where a hasty word may bring
down nn avalanche.
jySomc writer has compared friendship
to our shadows, and a better comparison was
never inadej for while we walk in the sun
shine of prosperity, it sticks to ns, but the
moment we enter the shsdes of adversity it
deserts us.
jy No man knows when, where, or whom
lie’ll rnarry. It is all nonsense planning and
speculating about it. You might as well look
out for a soft place to fall in a steenle-chase.
You come smash down in the middle of your
speculations.
gy A new stove has been invented for the
comfort of travelers) it is to be put under their
feet, with a mustard plaster on the head,
which: draws the bent through the whole
body.
gy An attorney, about to furnish a bill of
costs, was requested by his client, n baker, to
make it as light as he could. “Ah!” replied
the attorney, “that’s what you say to your
foreman, but it’s not the way I make my
bread.”
(iar It i* said that bleeding a partly blind
horse at tile nose will restore him to sight—
so much for the horse. To open a man’s ayta
you must bleed him at the pocket.
®y A chaplain was once preaching to a
class of collegians about the formation of
habits. “Gentlemen,” said he “close your
ears against bad discourses.” The students
immediately clapped their hands to their
ears.
jy Roughness and honesty are, indeed,
sometimes found together in the same) but ho
is a poor judge of human nature who takes ill
manners to bo*a guaranty of probity of char
acter, or suspects a stranger to be k rascal be
cause lie has the manners of a gentleman.
An Editor in Luck.—The proprietor of
the Troy (Alabama) Independent American
congratulates himself upon having a new pair
of breeches—the cloth cost him four “bits” a
yard, llis wife thinks they are so handsome
that she wears them herself.
(kiTDemosthencs, that poor stuttering eon
of a cutter, became the most famous orator of
ancient times. Virgil, the son of a baker,
was the most celebrated of the Latin poets.
Esop, the son of a slave, a slave himself,
managed to acquire Imperishable fame.
('ISf A small negro boy injudiciously leaned
up against the sunny side of the house, yester
day, and fell asleep. In a few minutes, he be
gan to soften, and in three quarters of an hour
he run ail over the yard. His mother dipped
him up in a wash-tub. That’s a ‘scorcher.'
Cjf* A French writer has said that “to
droam gloriously,” you must act gloriously
while you are awake, and to bring angels
down to converse with you in your sleep you
must labor in the cause of virtue during the
day.
When women say of another of the sex
“She is well formed,” it means that ehe is
ugly and pock-marked. When they aay, “8be
is i good creature.” it it the last degree of in
suit; it signifies she is hideous, bump-becked
and silly.
J3P”The fellow who attempted to “cloakhit
sins,” found that he couldn’t begin to get a
[rarrnenl larirf* nnnticrli
(Ep" Why Is the Star Spangled Banner like
the Atlantic Ocean? Because it will never
cease to wave.
Card Playing.—“To dribble eway life,”
says Sir Walter Scott, “In exchanging bits of
painted pasteboard round a green table, for the
paltry concern of a few shilling!, can only be
excused in folly or superannuation. It ta like
riding on a rocking-horse, where your utter
most exertion never carries you a foot for
ward; it is a kind of mental tread mill, where
you are perpetually climbing, but can never
rise an inch.”
(I^yKindness is stowed away in the heart
like rose-leaves in a drawer, to sweeten every
object around them.
(|y It is now fully ascertained that the man
who ate the apple of discord; and picked the
bone of contention, is the identical individual
who was a passenger on board the train of cir
cumstances.
jy A Yankee has invented a plague which
kills off all who do not pay the printer. It
has played sad havoc in New England.
fry Astonishing creatures, the girls are.
Ask any of them what they are making, and
it is invariably the hem of a handkerchief,
or “only a collar,” The dear institution will
no more own-np to pillow-cases, sheets, and
other domestic realities than confess they
care anything about young Spruce, the hand
some dry goods clerk, or Greenbag, the good
looking lawyer. Girls are queer things.
(jyMrs. Partington asks, “What is the
use of killing hogs,if you go and cure them
afterwards ?*’
ETA friend "wants to know when the man
who stopped up all night is going to take the
plug out.
(ST The heaviest blow the militia system
of Virginia has yet received is recorded by a
country paper, which states that a traveler go
ing through a town mistook the militia, drawn
up in a line, for the chain-gang!
Iiy They have got a county judge in Texas
who is said to have three hands. Uow can
such an odd-handed judge be expected to ad
minister even-handed justice ?
IjyA paragraph has been going the rounds
about a young lady who has a moustache on
her lip. It is not uncommon for young ladies
to have moustaches on their lips, but they
usually grow on the lips of some one else.—
Rather-<dt!,-but true.
(£y The man who has never tried the com
panionship of a little child has carelessly pass
ed by one of the greatest pleasures of life. a»
on • passes a ra-e flower without plucking iC
01 kuowing its vsluv.