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PTJBLTSHED EVERY W EDNESDA Y7AT DES AIUl PRAIRIECOKXTY. ARfvANS\S. BY J. (I MOH HILL.
VOLUME V._ DES ARC, ARKANSAS, vYUGUST 3. 1859. NUMBER 38.'
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iuE JOTS PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
ssortment of Printing Material, and are
oady to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
easonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
agues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
'ickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
on, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
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N. fit. BURK,
(Successor <o II. P. ymighan,)
T/-HOLESALE AND RETAIL DEAL
V'Y ER IN
>touc3, Sljcct 3ron, li>ire, &c.:
Rso— Manufacturer of Tin and Shed
Iron Ware,
cena Vista St., (Opposite Nucleus House,)
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
rgp Having bought the stock on hand and
laterial in Ihis shop, from H. P. Vaughan.
sq., the undersigned will continue to carry
n the above business, in all its branches. He
as on band a '.rood stock of
"OOKIJYC-S TO l TvS, T1JV
Wj]RE, be.,
which he will . ell at Memphis prices.
H'TTEKI.VR A TV 3 .5 0 « 3IXG
rBOMI'TLY attended to.
w* larc of the public patronage is re- |
lectfully solicited.
jun29-6m N. II. BURK.
. T. I’A It II A M,
ARCHITECT,
URPETVTEIt AXD JO I TV ESS,
1/ rr-^ry. t>
j^sssiiP
1TFULLY informs the citizens of
re and vicinity, that he is prepared
all woik inti usied to his care, with
d dispatch.
ND DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS
to order, free of charge where he
ntract for the same,
m his experience, both as an archi
utractor, he flatters himself that he
entire satisfaction. jmi29-tf
PEN TER & JOINER.
G permanently located at Des Aac,
nsas, is prepared to execute
Siisi liisLiueof Business,
actary manner. Fiom his expe
:eels confident that those who favor
mntracts will have no cause to re
; FROM THE COUNTRY.
. VV. Vadeh’s Store, will meet
3t attention. jun29*ly
SX7 LE UDERS,
G, S1GX, AXil FItESCO
> A I N T E R,
1C, Auk.—Also, Carriage Painting,
ture Varnishing, Graining, Paper
x. All work done in the best style,
ers left with Messrs. Leoh & Co.
mptly attended to. junl5-tf
l. S. H ARRIS,
r C M - Jit .1 M E IS
AND
rEwraiiBH.
ousc. lies Arc, |
Clocks. Watches and Jewelky
ith neatness and dispatch, and war
ive satisfaction. nov20-tf
J. S. AXDERSON,
DDLS, BRIDLE
tests .Watmrf'fsctwrer,
> AltO, ARKANSAS.
1ESPRCTFULLY informs Ity
>e citizens of Prairie and
unties, that he has on hand, VI 23
'areil to manufacture to order,
Bridles. Martingales, Buggy,
‘iage and Hack Harness,
s every other description of work
in such establishments.
'P on Lyon street, back of Frith Si
*t*e. jan21-ly.
'• R McPHERSOX,
in ry surv>;y©r.
srsons wishing my services in
apartment of business, will please ;
s at Brownsville, Prairie county, '
ry call will h* punctually filled. j
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TAR. N. L. RAGLAND, having lo
rated on Wattensnw, at. the residenci
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
cd. offers his professional services to thi
public.
(iy Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly
! TAR T. J. CUMMINGS, having per
^ manently located at Atlanta. Prairit
county. Ark., ofi'ers his professional services
to the public.
W Ha vi rig practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he car
render satisfaction to Ii's patrons.
iG^” Office at Peebles’ Hotel [apr 1-tf.
; j TAR J. C GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Clnonie in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
$Z§T Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
Office at D. P. Black & Co’s.. Drug
Store. aprill-lv
TAR- J. L. NEEL, having permanent
■K',ly located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
liis professional services lo the citizens of
J the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan h Co’s Store. [mar ll-flm.
DR. T. SANDERS, Inte of Memphis,
having settled in the town of Dos Arc,
teridcis his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
ionsrexnerience in the heal inir art in the West.
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. deco-tf
T\R. W. F. WALSH, having located at
] ) Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may 2!), 1858-ly*
Dr. wmTbethellT will continue
(he Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, anff having resided in Arkansas
during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
(Hsg* Office at. Lane & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
tVr. j. j. lane, will Practice M< d i
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
ril B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
I • Arkansas, will practice in Ihe courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
cis. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. £3?" Office oi Lyon
street. [jnnS-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Law, Mount Adams, Arkansas county.
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas. Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
ap r i 122- If._
WAKEJTANW. EDWARDS, Law
yer. Springfield. Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas. Prompt attention
given to the collection oi' all claims entrusted
to him. _n30*
AH ARLES P. BERTRAND. Attoh
LJ key Af Law. Little Rock, Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas, [decll-ly.
W (L & B. D. TUUNER, Attoh
. NKYS AT L.\W. AND GENERAL COLLEC
TORS, Searcy, White comity, Arkansas. Prac
tice in the Circuit Courts of Randolph. Law
rence, Independence, Jackson, White, P'airie.
Monroe, Arkansas. Jelferson and Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Aik. Prompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. fjun8-tf.
L. ..Z. r. H. FARR.
T^EATHERSTON & FARR. Attoii
J> NKYS AT Law. AND Real Estate Agents.
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
COUilllnS U1 iUUIliUC, ni *•«*'•-* w.
Francis, Jaek'on and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References :
Madison, Ark.. Hon. W. O. Bca»ley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon. Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss.. Col. Calvin Miller; Cofleeville,
Miss., E. C. Walthall j Memphis. Tenn.. D.
M. PuBose. Esq., W. .1. Web!); Holly Springs,
Miss., W T. Featherston ; Washington. I).
C.. Jacob Thompson. jyU
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
J . Law. 1)»s Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas.
W'i’ll practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
jBS”OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. fob 13—tf
T W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
J , Das Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White,
gy Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land, (j^y Office on Lyon street.
sept2G-tf
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefierson,
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept26-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.Wi L. D. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * torneys at Law, Little Rock. Ar
kansas. Office on Mar kham 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. dec-1
JA. MOON, Attorney at Law,
, General Collecting and Land Agent.
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octlO
J. L. HOLLOW ELL... D. JACOWAY.
ROLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
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It J. 4 N K S FOR SALE!
JUST PRINTED, and for sale, at the
“Citizen Office,”—Deed® of Convey
ance, Quit-Claim Deeds, Justice’s Summons’,
Exes itions. Delivery Bonds, lie. janl-tf
THE OLD-LINE DEMOCRAT:
TO BE PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT LITTLE
, BOCK. ARKANSAS.
Terms—One Copy. One Year, $2 00 each,
( Payable on Receipt oj the first .Vo.)
^jPlIE Democracy of Phillips county as
sembled in mass meeting, at Helena, on
Monday, May 23, 1859, and adopted the fol
lowing resolution: _
“ Inasmuch as the Old-Line Democracy of
Arkansas have no organ at our State cap
ital,—the so-called “ True Democrat” being
wholly subservient to the wishes of certain
| politicians and regardless of the welfare of the
i party at large—therefore the Chairman of
this meeting is hereby requested to appoint a
committee of three Democrats of this county,
whose duty it shall be to correspond with
j Democrats throughout the State, asking their
; co-operation in the establishment, at Little
j Rock, of an organ of the Democratic masses,
i pledged to maintain State-Rights principles,
to uphold Ihe convention system in its purity,
to oppose all fusions and coalitions, to advo
cate the interests of ths whole party, and to re
main forever free from the control of any as
pirant, clique, orfactio.n.”
The foregoing statements and conclusions
are undeniably correct. The rank and file of
our party—the “holiest, hard-fisted yeoman
ry,” who do our voting and win our victories,
without other hope of reward than the coun
try’s good and the approval of their own con
sciences—have no moulhpeace at Little Rock.
The so-called ■ True Democrat’ makes blind
obedience to a clique of office-holders and of
| fice-seekers the te*t of orthodoxy, and de
nounces as “ traitors” and “ disoeganizers”
all who would not kiss the feet of thoserIordly
aristocrats. Yet, while thus arrogantly ex
communicating men who never flinched in the
advocacy of our principles,' who never hesi
tated to sustain our usages, and whose only
that paper itself is edited by an ex-Whig, cx
Know-Nothing, latter day convert—is the
apologist of a coalition with our political en
mies—and Hie defender of the fraudulent ad
mission of Know-Nothing and Disorganizes
into Democratic conventions!
It is not to be expected that Democrats will
acquiesce in such abuses and submit to such
intolerable presumption. They cannot do so
without abandoning their ancient landmarks,
sacrificing all their party dignity, and forfeit
ing ail their individual self-respect. Hence
the action of the Philips Democracy in the
premises. Hence, also, this appeal to every
good Democrat in the State, to aid in carrying
out Iheir suggestion.
Tlie intention is to issue the first number of
The Old Line Democrat in August next. Each
friend of the enterpiise is therefore xpqnested
to obtain, immediately, as many subscribers
as possible, on the terms set forth at the be
ginning of this prospectus, and forward the list
without delay, to The Old Line Democrat,
care of .lamps Blackburn. Helena, Arkansas.
“ A long pull, a sti ong pull, and a pull alto
gether” will insure success!
BAILEY KENDALL, >
WILLIAM N. MARTIN, > Committee.
JAMES BLACKBURN, )
W. F. MASON. CARRINGTON MASON,
Holly Springs, Miss. Memphis, Tenn.
Mjisojr 4* co.,
meOTTON FACTORSRXVN
AND MfSIl
Commission Merchants,
2G3 MAIN ST. IN THE BRINKLEY BLOCK,
. ftestt pit i h . Ten a essee.
OUR charge for selling Cotton, Grain of
every description. Bacon, or any article
of plantation produce, except Tobacco, is 2}
per cent, upon the gioss amount; for the lat
ter five per cent, will be charged. Consign
ments are solicited.
We will fill orders for household or planta
tion supplies carefully and promptly.
Having a large Warehouse, centrally lo
cated, we can furnish storage for articles of
every kind, for sale or for shipment, upon rea
sonable terms. Insurance always effected, un
less advised to the contrary. Special attention
will be paid to the receiving and forwarding
if Me'chandise. mayl8-fim.
I. R Day....Late of Lagrange.
W. P. Pkouiifit, late of Harris. Wormley & Co
DAY & PROUDFIT,
Cotton Factors
AND
GROC X33FI.SS,
NO. 33, FRONT ROW,
may4-3m Memphis, Tf.nn.
[. N. ..A. D. HENKEL,
Memphis. > New Orleans.
I. N. Henkel & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
commission' merchants,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
may4-ly Memphis, Tf.nn.
K. D. HENKEL--!. N. HfcNKEL •• W.W. €. KEI.T.EY
New Orleans. Memphis. Goodman, Mi.
A. D. Henkel & Co.,
©@TT©^ iFA©¥
AND
ComminHiftn • T3crehant8i
NO. 60, CARONDELET STREET,
may4-ly New Orleans.
WILDS’ SALOON
(Opposite the Steamboat Landing,)
Des Arc, Arkansas.
HAVING leased this finely
located house, (formerly
occupied by S. Red,) for a
term of years, I have opened the establishment
for the purpose of - cheering of the inner man,”
and sending residents and wayfarers on their
way rejoicing. The best of
Liquors, Wines, Tobacco, Cigars,
&.C., always on hand.
Strangers and others, visiting Des Arc, will
find this Saloon ready to receive their calls,
and due care will be taken in “ raising the ge
nius. and mending the heart.”
Call at “ \ViLD3’ Saloon.”
mayll-tf
HARVEY’S X CHANGE,
Corner of Buena Vista and Foster
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed our new building, and j
opened a first class establishment for the |
accommodation of the public^ and furnished it i
withrthe best of Liquors, Cigars,:
Tobacco, etc., the undersigned Matter j
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon ttrern.
rrSf Adjoining their Exchange they keep a
general assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES, j
Also. Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles, j
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jy24-tf HARVEY & MATTHEWS. ]
KING COTTON.
BY GEORGE P^MORRtS.
Old Cotton is King, boys—aha!
With his locks so massive and white!
He shines among Kings like a star!
And his is the sceptre of right,
Boys, of light,
And his is the sceptre of right!
Old Cotton, the King, has no care,
No Queen, and no heir to his throne,
No courtiers, his triumphs to share,
He rules his dominions alone,
Boys, alone!
He rules his dominions alone !
Old Cotton, the merry old boy!—
Like smoke from tbe pipe in his mouth
His years glide away in their joy,
At home, in the warm sunny South,
Boys, the South,
At home, in the warm sunny South.
Old Cotton will pleasantly reign
When older Kings painfully fall,
And ever and ever remain
The mightiest monarch of all!
Boys, of all,
The mightiest monarch of all!
Then here’s to Old Cotton, the King 1
His true loyal subjects are we :
We’ll laugh and we’ll quaff and we’ll sing,
A jolly old fellow is he,
Boys, is he,
A jolly old fellow is he!
[From the New-York Evening Post.
WHO WRITES OUR SONGS?
I be musical composer wbo really lur
nishcs the great majority of our songs,
and whose productions have the widest
popularity among thejnasses of our peo
ple, is known to very few of them, even
by reputation. The new melodies that
greet the public ear month after month,
and are whistled and hummed by thou
sands—that are thumped on pianafortes,
thrummed on banjoes, breathed on flutes,
tortured into variations, and enjoy a wide,
though after all, evanescent popularity are
chiefly the product of one fertile brain—
and that brain, as Mr. Micawber would
say, is the brain appertaining to Mr. Ste
phen C. Foster. This gentleman is a na
tive of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and has
spent all his days there, excepting three
years at Cincinnati, and two at New-York.
He was born on the 4th of July, 1826
(the very day that John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson died.) and is, there
fore, now in his thirty-third year. His
father, Mr. William B. Foster, was a
Pittsburg merchant, a member of the
Stale Legislature, afterward a Mayor of
Alleghany City, and subsequently occu
pied an official post under the federal gov
ernment. His eldest sister is the wife of
Ilev. E. Y. Buchanan, only brother of the
President of the United States. Stephen
C. Foster is the youngest of his family.
He enjoyed but limited opportunities
for musical instruction, and took but few
lessons. When nineteen years old he
composed for a social quartette club, of
which he was a member, bis first success
ful song, the popular favorite, “ Uncle
Ned.” It was shortly afterward sung at
a public concert in Cincinnati, and re
ceived such applause that Mr. William C.
Peters, the music publisher in that city,
requested the privilege of publishing it,
which was at once granted. Mr. Foster
next composed “Susanna,” which was
more simple in its style, and became even
more popular. ‘ In a private letter, Mr.
Foster writes: “I had up to this time
neither received nor thought of any pecu
niary remuneration for my efforts in the
musical line. Imagine my delight, there
fore, on receiving for my next song one
hundred dollars in cash! Though this
song was not successful, yet the two fifty
dollars which 1 received for it had the
effect of starting me in my present voca
tion of a song writer.”
It would render this article too much
like a “ catalogue of popular and standard
music,” to give a list of Mr. Foster's
songs. “ Massa's in the Cold Ground,"
“ Old Kentucky Horne,” “ Hi Boys, Car
ry Me ’Long,” “ Nelly was a Lady,” and
“ Old Folks nt Home,” may be mentioned
as among the most popular. His •• Su
sanna” melody has been seized by many
pianists (among whom may be mentioned
llerz and Thal'ueig) as a melodic theme
peculiarly suited for treatment with va
riations, and some of the other npgro mel
odies have obtained an equal popularity.
Nor is this popularity merely a local oue.
In many of the Southern States Mr. Fos
ter’s songs have been adopted by the
slaves to enliven them in their corn husk
ings and field labors. Their fame has
also crossed the ocean. In a private let
ter from one who has recently returned
from an extended pedestrian tour through
the border land of Scotland, where the
songs of Burns and the older oral Scotch
ballads are known to and sung by every
one, occurs the fo!lt|wing passage: “I
spent several weeks amid the poetic hills,
of Ettrick, along the braes of Yarrow, so
famed in Scottish border minstrelsy, and
here I found some of Foster’s earlier mel
odies were almost displacing, in the esti
motion of the shepherd boys and cottngi
girls, the songs of Burns and Ramsay.—
Often, in the Scottish cott- -s, after th(
bagpipes have droned out their accompa
niment to ‘ Scots wha hae,’ and ‘ Lort
Athol's Courtship,' a voice will take u|
one of these American melodies, and al
gathered around the inglqside will join it
the simple refrain; and thus tha plaintive
touching strains that are first sung in the
dark, sooty town of Pittsburg, on the Mo
nongahela, rise away above the smoke
and steam of city life, float across the At
lantic, and are heard upon the heather)
hills of Ettrick, and among the birks that
grow on the ‘ braes of Yarrow.’ ” Favor
able mention has also been made of them
from California, China, Australia, and
even the deserts of Africa, through the
-foreign and home correspondence of out
newspapers.
Ethiopian minstrelsy, as it is called,
has, however, culminated, and is now in
its decline. Appreciating this fact, Mr.
Foster has lately somewhat changed his
style, and abandoning the use of, negro
jargon, he now writes songs better adapt
ed for general use. While the .melodies
exhibit a decided improvement, the words
are rhythmical, always unexceptionable
in point of moral, and as good, poetically
considered, as the majority of songs. We
do not say that Mr. Foster’s “melodies"
can be compared with those that have im
mortalized the names of Burns, Barry
Cornwall, or Thomas Moore; but we do
maintain that the composer who produced
such popular and pleasing songs ns “Gen
tle Annie,” " Willie, We have Missed
You,” “Maggie by My Side,” " I See
Her Still in My Dreams," “ Old Dog
Tray,” etc., deserves an honorable men
tion, ns one of those who has enlarged
the pleasure of thousands.
The reason of the popularity of Mr.
Foster's songs lies in their easy, flowing
melody, the adherence to plain chords in
the accompaniments, and the avoidance of
intricacy in the harmony or embarrassing
accidentals in the melody. They have a
family resemblance, but not greater than
the simpler melodies of Bellini and. Doni
zetti, and the composer is no more truly
open to the charge of self-plagiarism than
are those Italian melodists. And, as Mr.
Foster is still young, he may improve and
elevate his style, till he attains a musical
reputation that will be more than ephe
meral.
-♦ • --
BUFUS CHOATE.
Since the death of Webster, (says the New
Orleans Delta) no man, »t least in the North
ern and Eastern States, has occupied a higher
position at the American bar, and enjoyed a
higher reputation, both as a forensic and
tranot'sl nrafnr Htan lha ITnn Dufna Chnnfa
who died at Halifax ori the 13th ult. Hav
ing staited to Europe for the benefit of his
health, Le became so ill on the steamer, that
he was obliged to discontinue the journey at
Halifax, where the journey of life was also
for him, soon brought to its close.
The following brief sketch of the private,
profesional, and public history of Mr. Choate,
we take from the Boston Evening Cornier ;
Mr. Choate was born in the town of
Essex, in this State, Oct. 1st 1799. He
entered Dartmouth College in 1815, and
was graduated with the highest honors of
his class in 1819. He continued attached
to the college in the capacity of tutor for
a year after his graduation. He then en
tered the law school at Cambridge, and
after remaining there a few months, he
went to Washington, where he was for
about a year in the office of Mr. Wirt.—
Reiuming to the North, his .professional
studies were completed in the office of
Mr. Andrews, of Ipswich, and in that of
Judge Cummins, of Salem. He was ad
mitted to the bar in 1824, and commenced
the practice of the law in the town of
Danvers, but in the course of two or three
years removed to Salem. From the mo
ment of his ndmission to the bar, his suc
cess was marked and his rise rapid. The
oldest and most experienced jurists at
once found a formidable rival in tbe youth
ful advocate, who to thorough knowledge
of the law, the most careful preparation of
each particular case, and the most earnest
devotion of himself to the cause of his
client, added the charm of a brilliant and
persuasive rhetoric, such as had never be
fore graced the conflicts and discussions
of a New England court of justice.—
Though he occupied a seat in the Massa
chusetts House of Representatives for one
year, and subsequently in the Seuate for
the same period, he did not allow himself
to be diverted from the path of professional
toil and professional success by the attrac
tions of politics. When in the year 1832,
at the earnest solicitation of his personal
and political friends, he allowed himself to
be put in nomination as candidate for Con
gress, he felt that he had gained a posi
• lion which made such a stcpt not impru
■ dent. He was elected to the House of Ilcp
> resentatives and served there for a single
■ term, with honor to himself and satisfac
> lion to his constituents, but declined a re
■ election, having determined to remove to
I Boston, as the sphere best suited to his
i powers and his aspirations.
I He came to Boston in 1834, entered at
i once into the possession of a large and
important buisness, and measured his
powers with the leaders of the bar. For
the next eight years his life was one of
the most assiduous toil and the most bril
liant triumphs. In Febuary, 1841, he
was chosen by the Legislature of Massa
chusetts a member of the Senate of the
United States, in place of Mr. Webster,
who had entered the Cabinet of President
Harrison. He remained in the Senate
till March 1845, the close of his term,
when he gladly returned to the more con
genial sphere of the bar. He took fre
quent part in the discussions Of the Sen
ate, and made brilliant and elaborate
speeches upon the Oregon question, the
tariff, and the courts of the United Stales,
which, were published in a pamphlet form.
From the close of bis Senatorial term to
the time of his death he has resided in
Boston, engaged in the roost extensive
practice, and only diverted from his labors
by the occasional preparation and delivery
of a public ad 'ress.
He Was for three or four years one of
the Regents of the Smithsonian Institu
tion. April 21st, 1841, he delivered an
eulogy on President Harrison before the
citizens of Boston, in Faneuil Hall. In
December, 1813, he gave the address on
the anniversary of the landing of the Pil
grims, before the New England Society
of New York. In August, 1853, he prb
nounced an eulogy upon Daniel Webster,
before the faculty and students of Dart
mouth College. In September, 1854, be
gave an address at Danvers, at the dedi
cation of the Peabody Institute. On July
4th, 1858, he delivered an oration before
the Yo.uiig Men’s Democratic Club of
Boston. All the above discourses have
been printed. To this list of occasional
performances are to be added two ad
dresses before the students of tKo Dane
Law School, at Cambridge, and two be
fore the Mercantile Library Asssociation
of Boston. Some of bis political speeches,
and one or two at least of his forensic
arguments have appeared in print.
-*■ .—
11 LET ME DIE QUIETLY.”
“Bestill—make no noise—let me die quietly.”'
[Vies Prksidknt Kino.
“ Be still I” The hour of the soul’s de
parture is at hands earth is fading from
its vision. Time Is gliding, from its pres
ent ! Hopes that cluster around young
life, that swell iu the boeom of manhood,
have fallen from around it like the forest
leaves, when the frosts of autumn hove
chilled them unto death. Ambition, with
its hollow promises, and pride with its
lofty look, have vanished away. The
world, with its deceiifulness; pleasure,
with its gilded temptations, are gone;
and alone, in utter destruction of all that
time promised, it mupl start on its solemn
journey across the valley of the shadow of
death!
“ Make no noise 1” Let the tumult of
life cease. Let no sound break the soul's
communion with itself ere it starts on its
returnless flight. Trouble it not with ac
cents of sorrow. Let the tear stand still
on the cheek of affection, and let not the
wailing of grief break the solemn silence
of the death scene. Let it gather the ac-,,
cents that come from within the dark
shadow of eternity, saying to it, come
home. Afar oflf the music come floating
to it in the air. ’Tis the sound of heav
enly harps touched by viewless fingers.—
Mar not the harmony by the discord of
earth.
"Let me die quietly!” The commo
tions of life, the strife and warring with
human destiny aro over. Wealth accu
mulated must be scattered ; honors won
must be resigned; and all the triumphs
that come within the range of human
achievements must be thrown away. The
past, with its trials, its transgressions, its
accumulated responsibilities, its clinging
memories, its vanished hopes, is render
ing up to the future account—disturb not
the q*iet of that awful reckoning. Speak
not of fading memories, of affections
whose objects perish in their loveliness,
like the flowers of spring, or wither in a
slow decay. Talk not of an early home
where loved ones linger, where a seat
will soon be vaeant, a cherished voice
•
hushed forever, or of the desolation that
will seat itself by the hearthstone. The
soul is at peace with God; let it pass
calmly away. Heaven is openintr upon
its vision. The bright turreta, the tall
spires, the holy domes of the otornal city
are emerging from the apeqt®ai darkj*ej»<
and the glory of the most high iedawaiag
around them. The while throne i# glje
frning in the distance, add the whita
robed angels are beckoning .thfU.WSfijF
spirit to its everlasting home.
What is life that it should be clung to
longer ? What are the joys of the wofjd
that they should be regretted ? jN**
earth to place before the spirit of at man
to tempt its stay or turn it from its jftwnal
rest?—[Albany Register.
msCELLAKEOtrS-!
—“A down-cast girl being bantered, one
day by som'i of her female friends in repfd to
her lover, who had the misfortune to hin$ but
one leg, she very #ai-mly
“Pooh! I would hot lures
they are too common P*
. -The time ami labor have bees, wen*
than useless that have bean occupied Inlaying
up treasures of falsa knowledge wW* a will
be necessary to unlearn, and in storing ep aws
taken ideas which we must hereafter remem
ber to forget.
--A darkey’s instructions for puttingon *
coat were, ‘•'Fust de right afm, den de It* amt
den gtve one general
-‘tf you git* runoff the trick andemattied
tin. ~rl»h vmi ia hut if wan
d<* boat, WHAR 1S*YE ... .t ;jy’,
but his illustrious ancestors, !* like
the only good belonging to him
-—-A young lady says that a man is -
thing to waltz with, a thing to djhrt wlth,,a
thing to take on* td places of amiisemcnV.)d
laugh at, to be married to, to pay dws’s bills,
to keep one comfortable,” , : >Jti
—A would-be oriidite young man, svisbWg
to ask a young lady if he might speifc tbjbsna
few moments, “wanted to know If he could
roll the wheel of conversation around thraXle
tree of her understanding for a moment.’*
Ths poor girt fainted. **w*
A Yankee Trick.—‘the
has just made a discovery of the manner lit.
Which ffquor Is smuggled by ahips^dVeW* Bn
board ship*. Bread is made Into regnfir. fftfp
loaves, inside of Which iris tin cgnb. hnldgiy
about a pint, filled with liquor. The laJrlbH
Oifie mall brought a bo* of this bread, imd$e
of each loaf Was a can 1WM With' Vhti&Y
It Is certainly a verydngShibbi*dlfHfi|8i|P
. —-We ..rgmeipber.,X».,nnj*i«ti ^ia£hffe-pf •
rhetoric who always demanded a deublmf^e
from those pupils wbe had"been instmeiediiy
others, for in that case he bad not only to plant
in, but to foot out. Heaven knows what *
“rooting out!’ we of the,present day will require
when the time jfcall colpe 1 9 ^
Problem rox a Milkman.—Jftweaty-sevqn
inches of snow give three inches of waOrv&d*
much milk wille gjven «»wyield.
Key.—Multiply the number of trutwdafces
by the number of hairs on the now* tatVdi
vide the product by the juice Of a dgpr^anWp,
add to the quotient a pound of,.chalk, agd mul
tiply the sum by the hydrant.
——Lord lorton Is represented In the-MW
edition of Burke’s Peerage*** only h»vtn|f one
ion. Lady Lorton writes to the London J&pera
lo say that Lord Lorton has two son!.' Ilfs
one and will not a ekno wledge* second.' Wo
Is to decide? There is a niee point Sar the
lawyers.
-—-There is a brave man at Vinegar Hill,
in Jo Davies county, IU. He is wily twenty
two years or age, says the Galena Courier,
and has just become the fifth husband of a
Widow lady full sixty years of ago. ?
—An editor says that when he was tn pris
on for libelling s justice of the peace, he wes
requested by the jailor “to give the prison *
puff.” - -
—A Utile girl showing her little cousin,
shout four years old, s star, said, “That star,
you see up there, is bigger than this world.”
•‘No it ain’t,” said he. “Yea, it is.” “Then
why don’t it keep the rain off 1”
—He who is alwaya'faqutring “what will
people say ?” wilt never give them an opportu
nity of saying any great things about him.
——Recently, at a marrtagl In Leeds, after
the ceremony, the bride burst Into tears)
whereupon the bridegroom, a stout six foot
fellow, following the example, blubbered like
i calf, antTbeldg remonstated With, roared out:
‘Let me alone, I feel'a bad about it as she
loes!” !'
—Dow, junior, closes a “short patent ser
mon” on matrimony, with the following recom
mendation :
“My brethren, you should never marry eery
young. Life is a feast 5 after you have en
joyed the substantiate, let a wife coma In as
the dessert.”
A Beautiful Sentiment.—To-morrow Is
like.a juggler that deceives ns) a quack that
pretends to cure us; and a thin ice that will
not bear our weight. It is a fruit beyond our
grasp; a glittering bauble that bursts and van
i-hes away; a will-o-the-<risp that lead* many
into the mire; a rock on which many mariner*
have struck, and suffered ship wreck. It is an
illusion to all who neglect the present hour,
and a reality to those only who improved to
da*.
—“Molly,” said Joe Kelly’s ghost to hit
wife, “I’m in purgatory at present,” says he.
“And what sort of a place is it?” “Faix, it
is a sort of half-way house between you and
Heaveu, and 1 rtand it very aisy after laving
you.”
-Health institutes the happtness of the
body ; knowledge and virtue that of the mind.
—Few have been taught to any purpose
who have not been greatly their own teaehervi