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<4 DRUGGIST, ^
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APOTSECAH-Y,
ALSO, DEALER IN
Stationery, Perfumery,
FANCY articles, &C.,
is Lane & Watts’ old stand, Buena Vista street.
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H procured. janl8-tf.
c a7jcdson,
|1 VRPENTER AND JOINER, Also,
ff Dealer in Sash, Doors, Mantles, Window
[is and Door Frames, &c.
fjJT Shop corner of Erwin and Park streets.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
IV. ||.—Collins made to order, on short
f| notice. feb22:ly.
Be Be arOHHSON,
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
M amifactur er.
rJ^WW' Hickory Plain, Ark.,
I Will make and repair Buggies
-■“**—and Carriages, &.C., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
J5T All orders will be readily attended to,
i ail new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
f future. nov23-t£.
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
-A N D—
11arness ,11anu facturers
DICS ARC, ARKANSAS.
I RESPECTFULLY informs
■ the citizens of Prairie and W
| adjacent counties, that he has on hand,
I and is prepared to manufacture to order,
Saddles, Bridles, Martingales, Buggy,
Carriage and Hack Harness,
m As well as every other description of work
R limmllv /Inna in ciwh pqfnhlishtnontq.
(r^"Shop on Lyon street, back of Frith &
pt Jackson’s store. jan21-ly.
~~BLJ CKSMl TH1JVG
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
^l^n***^ rpHANKFUL to the j*rv
1 1 people for their past la-H )|
j SaKLisiH vors,respectfully announcesv v
S that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
: stand, on Park street, where he is prepared to
do all kinds of wont in the above line.
(ig^“Blacksmithing, wagon and buggy build
I >ng, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done son
- short notice.
(iigPHorse-skoeing done promptly,
feb 18-tf
J OHN Me N AMEE,
TAILOR,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
OHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
O (Opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
j is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
I his line of business, in a neat and fashionable
S Style.
i;.- July 27, 1859.—[tf]
~W~M. GREENSLADE,
•Herchant Tailor,
Des Arc, Ark.,
SHOP on Buena Vista street, one door West
of the Post office. All work executed in
: a neat and fashionable style.
feb29-ly.
JORD AN BO D EMEU,
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING,
« AND
| HAIR-DRESSING SALOON.
—ALSO—
! shampooing and hair-dying,
DU ENA VISTA Street, south-side, two
‘ J doors east of G. & J. ItJcLaren’s, Des
1 Arc, Arkansas. janll-tf.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
k_7« Surgeon. Brownsville. Ark. "Offiee—At
Lightfoot’s Drug Store, Main st. je2-tf
T. SANDERS. j. L. NEEL.
DRS. SANDERS & NEEL. Resident Phy
sicians, Des Arc, Ark., having formed a
partnership in the practice of their profession,
tender a continuation of their services to the
citizens of Des Arc and adjacent country.
Office — up stairs, corner of Buena Vista and
Woodruff streets. my26-tf
DR. H. ARMfSTEAD having permanent
ly located at Des Arc, offers his pro
fessional services to the citizens of the town
and adjacent country.
(|?gr Office on Lyon street, Martin & Simp
son’s Law Office. [march21-6m
DR. WM. 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 fifteen years, he hopes to
receive a share «f the public patronage.
Office at Balsly’s Drug Store. Resi
dence near the forks of the Little Rock and
Searcy roads, first house on the South side of
the road, entering the town. mar21-lv.
J. J. LANE.W. H. CHAMBERS.
DRS. LANE & CHAMBERS having form
ed a partnership in the practice of
their profession, tender their services to the
citizen? of Des Arc and adjacent country.
From their experience they hope to share
at least a portion of the patronage of the
public.
S5F” Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. febl:tf
DR. N. L. RAGLAND, having located at
the residence of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B. B. Allens place.) 2^ miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to the public.
(py Particular attention given to deseaso3
of women and children. jan 1-ly.
BR. VV. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, (gp" Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
TJ. WOODSON, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc, Arkdnsas, will practice in the
Fifth Judicial Circuit, and the counties of
White, Jackson and Monroe.
* * All business entrusted to his care will
be promptly attended to. mayc-iy.
AW. McNEILL, Attorney at Law, Des
• Are, Arkansas, practices in the courts
of Prairie and adjacent counties. (}^”0ffice,
corner of Erwin and Lyon streets. [apll.
EW DOUGLASS, Attorney at Law,
• Brownsville. Arkansas, will promptly
attend to all business entrusted to him, in
Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jack
son and White counties.
*.* Prompt attention given to the collection
of all claims entrusted to his care. apr28
J. W. MARTIN.. T. SIMPSON.
1/TARTIN & SIMPSON, Attorneys
[ at Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Will
practice in Prairie, White, Arkansas, Mon
roe, Jackson and the adjoining counties.
Office on Lyon street. feb29-tf.
B. D. TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
rpURNER & JONES, Attorneys at
Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend promptly to all business entrusted to
them. jan4-tf.
rii R. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
" Law, Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
Cl H. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R. 9. GANTT. W.J. 1IRONAUGH.
p ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
\X at Law, Brownsville. Arkansas. Will
attend promptly to any businoss confided to
them. __ sept!4 tf
JACOB T. MORRILL, Attorney at
Law, Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunlish.) Monroe
County, Ohio. [jul27-tf.
3. E. GATEWOOD..A. MOON.
p ATE WOOD & MOON, Land
\X Agents and Real Estate Brokers,
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government, Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Bfanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
TB. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
• Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran
f , i j_„ j__4-:^,. All
CIS, dllLKOUU) Uliu ■- --
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. (|S?” Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-if
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
,) . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles, and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store.
febl3-tf.__
SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS, Attor
ney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Office on Markham street. [mar21
L. 1IOLLOWELL.. 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 _
SPRING Sr SUMMER G 0 ODS ! ! !
LEVIN HARRISON,
DEALER in
Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING, HARDWARE, HATS,
Boots, Shoes, Ac.,
DES ARC, ARK.
Is in receipt of his supply of Spring & Sum
mer Goods, consisting of all articles usually
found in Dry Goods Houses. His stock has
been selected with care, and expressly to suit
the trade of Des Arc. As to prices, he only
wishes dealers to call, and he will satisfy
them that he can SELL AS CHEAP and fur
nish as good articles as any other store in this
section of country.
He hopes by strict attention to business,
and a determination to please all, to merit a
continuance of the liberal custom which the
house has received during the past two years
'and a half. Laprilll
J. C. MORniDL, EDITOR.
~ DES ARC, ARKANSAS:
SATURDAY.JUNE 30,1860.
Democratic State Ticket.
OF PULASKI.
For Congress, First District,
THOS. C. HINDMAN,
OF PHILLIPS.
For Congress, Second District,
EDWARD W. GANTT,
OF HEMPSTF.AD.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
COL. JOHN O. DAVIE.
THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN REC
TOR AND JOHNSON AT CLARKS
VILLE-RECTOR TRIUMPHANT.
We copy from the Old-Line Democrat
the following glowing account of the re
ception of Judge Rector at Clarksville,
Johnson county, and the substance of his
speech there. It will be borne in mind
that Johnson county has been regarded
as the strongest Johnson county in the
Northern District. Rector’s victory in
the first District will be complete. As
goe3 the Northern District so goes the
Southern District.
n. .-,-- „ r_ n 1 o.in
Mr. Editor: On the 8th inst., at 11
o,clock A. M., Col. Johnson the Johnso
nian candidate for Governor, accompa
nied by his driver, stopped in front of the
“Union Hotel,” unnoticed and apparently
unknown; his few political friends in this
goodly city remained in the city in blissful
ignorance of his advent. During the
greater part of the day, frequent inquiries
were made for Jndge Rector. As the sun
descended in the west, groups of citizens
gathered about the Hotel, and the inquiries
became more frequent, and the answer
returned—“he will be here soon ” The
gathering of the mass around a carriage;
the tall figure and courtly bearing of one
in the midst, who bowed and shook hand
after hand, soon revealed the presence of
Rector. Our excellent citizen—mine host
of the Union Hotel, ever intent upon pro
viding for his guest desired that the Judge
should direct his attention to Mrs. Rector.
As the fair lady was being escorted to the
Hotel by the Judge, it was interesting to
hear the remarks of the persons present:
“ He looks more like a Governor than
Johnson,” said one—“ho is my man,”
said another,”—“ Johnson looks like he
had been asleep for a week,” said a third
—“ which is Johnson,” said another—
“ there, that stumpy man.” “ Mistake,
that is a Dutch pedlar—I saw him come
in town with a bed-tick packed on his
horse to-day.”
The booming of cannon on the public
square created quite a sensation in the
usually quiet city—what’s that ? hurrah
for Rector! one peel after another made
the welkin ring. The loud shouts from
the public square—hurrah for Rector,
answered from all the neighboring streets,
hurrah for Rector!! Every one was on
the qui vive—the people turned out and
gathered about the Hotel—the cannon was
silent, and the long column moved from the
square towards the Union Hotel, filed into
the street and raised the loud long shout
oi xveuioi : xxecior: : ixeuior : : : ine
Judge made his appearance—lights were
hung out from the balcony in the second
story of the Hotel, which illumed the street
and exhibited to the congregated mass the
tall and sinewy form—the intellectual
face, and penetrating eye of the next
Governor of Arkansas, who said:
Fellow-Citizens of Johnson County :
I appear to return to you my thanks for the
unexpected honor of this generous greeting.
Profoundly from my heart, gentlemen, I thank
you for this ovation. Misled by your repre
sentatives, who have appeared at Little Rock
in times past, I had supposed your sympathies
and feelings were with another, and not with
the down-trodden cause which I represent.—
Happy would I be if the people of the far dis
tant counties of our State could be here to
night, to mingle with us and see this generous
offering to the sense of truth and justice—this
manifestation of will and strength to uphold
the rights of the people—this determination
to defend pure Democracy against fraud and
forgery.
Flattering as is this reception to me, perso
nally, gentlemen, I know it is to me in my rep
resentative capacity alone that it is now tend
ered. Accept assurances from the Democracy
in Conway, Yell, and Pope, and wherever I
have met them throughout the State, that they
are with you, and in August, will roll up ma
jorities which will expel the spoilsmen, and
drive the money changers from the temple.
To-morrow, gentlemen, it will be my pleas
ure to address you at length on subjects con
nected with State and National politics—at
present, I will only add, stand to your arms
and victory is ours !
After Judge Rector had closed. Col.
Burrow was called upon for a speech, he
readily complied in his usual eloquent and
pointed style, and entertained the audience
in a satisfactory manner for nearly an
hour. He closed amidst the hurrahs and
shouts of an approving audience. After
which, J. E. Cravens, Esq., one of the can
didates for a seat in the Lower House, was
called upon, who responded in a short,
spirited, and pointed address; after which
the crowd dispersed, and for Johnson there
was “ NARY WAVE."
At noon, on the 9th inst, the court-house
was crowded to overflowing, and Judge Roc
tor led off in a speech of two hours and a
quarter—a masterly effort, crushing to cor
ruption—withcringto all tricksters! In his
dissections and examinations of the late pre
tended State Convention, he showed clearly
that all the great landmarks of Democracy had
been departed from, and such a system had
been inaugurated in its stead as would ulti
mately bring all conventions into disrepute
and contempt, and thereby utterly and hope
lessly disorganize the party. To avoid this
calamity and save the Democratic party from
impending ruin, the Democracy throughout
the country demanded a candidate, and he has
answered the call.
The Democracy had established the two
third rule. It was practiced by the National
Democracy, and the late State Convention de
clared that “the unity of the Democratic
party, and the safety of the South required the
adoption of the two-third rule,” and our dele
gates to Charleston were instructed to “ main
tain its adoption as an indispensable necessity.
If the unity of any party ever required such a
rule to be adopted, the democracy of Arkansas
surely required it; yet, whilst the Johnsoi
dynasty ordered the rule to be execu e
other conventions, they refused to applj i
themselves, simply because it would have 1 in
sulted in defeating Dick Johnson, and nomi
nated a man that would have been acceptable
to the whole party, and would have c1 i
“ unity, harmony and safety,” to the
cracy^ What care these spoilsmen for unity,
safety and harmony, to you and to the coun
try? Their only wish is for office and spoils
—thev are determined to perpetuate then rule
and dynastic sway, even if it is upon the ruins
of the democratic party and the destruction of
the Republic; and like the Russians, 1driven
from the capital, they intend to leave to their
successors nothing but lurid flames and smoul
dering embers. „ ,, ,_.
Democratic conventions, from the begin
ning, have never consented to nominate can
didates with any less vote than a majority of
the whole. Indeed no authoritive nomination
could be made by a minority—they could, in
the nature of things, only recommend ; accord
ingly, the committee in the State Convention,
stocked on purpose to pave the way for Mr.
Johnson’s nomination, reported that a ma
jority of the Democracy of the State should
make the nominations.” Upon counting noses
it was ascertained that Mr. JOimson co.uu .«ut
eommand a majority of the State; and with
an impudence and recklessness unparajled, the
followers of Mr. Johnson, the office-holders,
who weuld lose their commissions to-morrow
if they did not obev orders, straightway
changed the order o£ their own committee,
and resolved that “n majority of those present
should confer the nomination. Let the De
mocracy once accept this squatter sovereign
rule, gentlemen, and it is only necessary for
Mr. Johnson to call together a half dozen
men, pretending to be delegates—men who
spurn the public will—men who are supported
by offices given them by his brother, Senator
Johnson—and resolve that a “majority of those
present shall confer the nomination,” to usurp
your rights and seize upon the ballot box, an.,
take possession of all offices and the entile
government, against the will of the people.
Such proceedings are a disgrace to tile Demo
cracy, and a burning shame to the State.
Whero shall such things stop, if unrebuked
by the people? Already these men suppose
that any enormity may be narpetrated by them
with impunity. Mr. Yerkes, the partner of
Dick Johnson in the True Democrat, claimed
to he the delegate or proxy for Van Buren
county, and actually set in convention and
aided a “ majority of those present” to nomi
nate his partner for Governor of Arkansas;
when, in fact, his credentials were forged
from beginning to end, and the people of the
county of Van Buren, whose name was forged,
had no more to do with the matter than the
man in the moon. After forging his way into
the convention, this same man Yerkes aided a
“majority of those present” to cheat and de
fraud a thousand citizens of Benton county out
of their rights, and putin their place thirty
six Johnson men, and declared them to be
Benton county. These enormities were per
petrated by convention tricksters who had
been trusted to represent various counties, in
structed to vote against Johnson for Governor;
but, in all the preliminary matters, they la
bored to fix up the matter so that he should
have a “majority of those present” on ballot
ing, when some of them would be compelled
to vote against him by instructions from home.
Mail agents, post-masters and land officers thus
prepared the trap, by expelling the county of
Benton, whilst Mr. Johnson’s partner brought
in the county of Van Buren, and all was ready
to confer the nomination by a “ majority of
those present.” On the second ballot, the
special mail agent, as Presidentof the Conven
tion, and Mr. Rutherford. Gov. Conway’s
Private Secretary, deserted Fletcher, who was
entitled to the vote of Green, and came with
the vote of Green and Lawrence, which coun
ties were opposed to Johnsou, and thus aided
the spurious, bogus ueieguie rrorn Demon, aim
the forged delegate of Van Buren, to give a
<; majority of those present” for Johnson for
Governor. Thus my opponent, trampling on
democratic usage—the two-tliird rule, and
the majority rule also—aided in the end by
fraud upon Lawrence, Green and Benton, and
by forgery upon Van Buren, was declared the
nominee of a "majority of those present.” Is
this Democracy? Is this honesty? Can any
party uphold and sustain such wickedness
with impunity?
Upon the subject of the State debt, Col. It.
said Col. J. contends that taxation on one
hand or repudiation on the other stares us in
the face, and that gentleman declares ’here is
no way to avoid it—Col. Rector thought there
was, and said the constitution did not allow any
more money collected otF of the people than
enough to defray the expenses of the State
government—an unconditional tax was now
being collected from the people—the legisla
ture had passed a bill to lessen the tax, and a
Governor, sworn to support the constitution,
had vetoed the bill—three or four hundred
thousand dollars surplus revenue had been
collected, and my opponent wishes to use it
to buy in the State bonds. Col. Rector was
opposed to this; he thought we had done
enough for the bank debtors; they have ruined
the character of the State, which had for years
been in disgrace on their account, and now
Col. Johnson wishes to take the people’s mo
ney to secure them again still further. He
thought the bonds, {most of them, might be
bought with railroad stock, and the State
could obtain the railroad stock by new inter
nal improvement bonds, due twenty-five years
hence—in the meantime the State having paid
the debt, could proceed against the stock land
of the Real Estate Bank, and make herself
whole. All of this might be done without
taxing the people, and at the same time render
material aid to our long neglected works ol
internal improvement—a plan of this kind had
been suggested to him and he now threw it out
for what it was worth; either this or some other
plan matured by the wisdom of the legislature
could surely be adopted and put in practice. II
' is with the legislature to say and to enact—al
the execuitive can do is to work in harmon;
with them. Our young and growing State i;
i surely not entirely bewildered and lost—some
thing can be done other than tax our people ii
! advance, as Col. Johnson is in favor of doing
I whatever can be done with safety to the publii
interest, to advance our great public works
and elevate the credit and character of onr
State, I shall willingly do—a State to which
I am attached by all reflections of the past,
all interest of the present, and all hopes of the
future.
Col. Rector alluded to the fact that it was
charged by the Johnsonians in this county that
he was a *• Bankite,” and the peculiar repre
sentative and champion of those owning valu
able lands mortgaged to tbo Real Estate Bank;
that he was brought out by them to represent
and protect such interests, should he be elected.
Nothing, he said, was further from the truth
and more in keeping with the slanderous
course usually pursued by the family clique at
Little Rock.
On the contrary, he stated that he had no
interest in or connection with the banks what
ever, that he owed neither of them a cent,had
not a dollar’s worth of stock in the Real Es
tate Bank, nor owned a l oot of .land mortgaged
to that institution. But that Johnson and ms
family owned large and valuable tracts of
such lands that were mortgaged to said bank,
and might himself, with some truth, tie classed
a Bankite. Johnson, in reply to this, denied
owning or having any interest in, or a dollars
worth of land or property that could be effec
ted by the foreclosure of the Real Estate
Bank mortgages, which is known to lie a mis
representation. PHtENIX.
For the Des Arc Citizen.]
How the Klickital Indians of Oregon
take the Grizzly Bear.
I have read of bear fights, and have
witnessed several, but I never have seen
the same amount of real bravery displayed
in any bear fight, on this side of the
Rocky Mountains, as these Indians dis
play in their manner of conducting the
fight with the grizzly bear. Their modus
operandi is as follows, viz:
After sundry ablutions, incantations,
contortions, &.c., they paint themselves as
warriors, and organize for the hunt by
choosing one of their number to act as
captain, who selects not less than twelve
of the bravest of the brave. Each com
batant arms himself with his bow and
quiver, well filled with flint-pointed ar
rows, and a butcher’s knife. Thus armed
and equipped they sally forth into the
mountains; and the first sign that is dis
covered, the captain orders a halt, and
sends out small parties in every.dircction
to reconnoiter. And when the bear is
discovered, the captain forthwith selects
the battle ground, which is always chosen
where the timber stands very dense. A
ring is formed about fifty yards in diame
ter, and the combatants are posted at
regular distances apart around the ring,
and each one climbs a suitable tree.
Fortified thus, one is sent out to bring
on the attack, who approaches his grizzly
ship with that caution and respect which
is due to his rank. As soon as the bear
sees his assailant he rears upon his hind
feet and shows a frightful set of teeth and
utters a hideous growl, as much as to say
his “reserved rights” are invaded. At
this crisis Klickital draws his faithful bow
and lets slip un arrow, aimed at a vital
part. Now comes the “ tug of war.”
With ears back and mouth open, grizzly
rushes on his enemy like a tiger, and the
Indian runs for life until he reaches the
battle ground, and then takes round the
ring, darting from one tree to another, so
as to baffle and elude the hear. In the
meantime the captain and his company
ure raining down a perfect tempest of
arrows from above.
When the brave fellow that brought on
the battle gets tired a fresh one drops
down from his nost and takes his nlace.
Thus the contest is continued until the
bear is killed ; but if he should catch the
Indian who is conducting him around the
fatal ring (which is sometimes the case)
then the captain and company are “ down
on him like a thousand of brick,” with
their knives, when the bear is killed, and
several of the brave fellows are wounded
or maimed for life. W. L. S.
Arsenic in Agricultural Plants.-;
Dr. E. W. Davy has detected arsenic in
peas, cabbage and Swedish turnips, which
had been manured with superphosphate ol
lime. This fertilizer is very extensively
manufactured in England, especially for
use on the turnip crop, from various phos
phatic minerals, and from bones, by the
help of arsenical oil of vitriol. The ar
senic, being thus proved to enter vegeta
tion, may very easily and naturally pass
into animals, and be retained in their or
ganism. This is another striking, pre
sumptive proof of that worthlessness ol
that loxological evidence which hangs a
man on the strength of minute traces ol
arsenic being found in working up several
pounds of flesh and viscera.
Tan Bark for Strawberries.—
Some years since, when the Horticulturisi
was edited by A. J. Downing, considera
ble discussion was had as to the value ol
tan bark upon strawberry beds. The re
sults proved that, as tannic acid is largely
incorporated in the strawberry, and iht
same being in the bark, it gave not onlj
larger berries, but made them of mucl
higher and better flavor than when growr
without the use of the bark or tannic acid
Spent tan bark, obtained from the yards
and spread among the plants to a dept!
of four inches, will produce the desirec
effect, and at the same time keep dowr
. the weeds, and keep the berries free fieri
! dirt.
The Influence of the Partisan
pBESS.—The following is the expression
of opinion of Senator Anthony, editor of
the Providence Journal, upon the value
of 11 party newspapers," contained in a
speech in the Senate :
" And this leads me to a piece of advice
which I give to our friends on the other
side of the chamber. It is very valuable
advice,'"but I ask nothing for it. I know
something about the management ol a
newspaper. It is almost the only matter
that I do know anything about; and for the
truth of the maxim which I am about to
declare I appeal to those Senators on both
sides of the Chamber, who, if they have
not had greater experience than i have in
that honorable profession, have reflected
greater credit upon it. It is this: a paper
that cannot support itself cannot be of any
serviceto a party; to depend upon it is
like leaning upon a man who cannot stand
up; to spend money upon it is like wasting
fuel in the attempt to kindle a stone. I he
day when such papers were rend has
passed; and the day has long since arrived
when a paper, to be of service to a party,
must first establish a value to the public.
It must acquire a character for the relia
bility of its facts and for the candor of
its arguments; it must be, in a considera
ble degree, independent of party, before it
can derive any great value from its services.
Of all the foolish expenditures that are
made for political purposes, none are more
useless and wasteful than those for the
support of the class of newspapers that
very few read and that nobody beleives.
Drunk.—The St. Louis Republican
gives a mock review of a new Lexicon,
from which we extract this definition of
“drunk:”
Drunk, (from dram., an unction). The
state of bemtr under the influence of spir
ituous, vinous or malt liquors, and some
times hasheesh or opium.
There are various degrees and condi
tions of drunkeness, varying with the con
stitution and habits of the person affected,
and with the. character of the fluid im
bibed.
The liquors said to be capable of pro
ducing the intensest results are those
brands of whisky known as bust-head,
tangle-fool, rot-gut, Minnie rifle, stone
fence, kill-brain, etc.—[Spurgeon, Bishop
Hughes.
“ You must not be drunk.”—[Milton.
“ Whenever I get drunk
I feel my spirits sunk.”—[Pollock.
Syn. Tight, slewed, fuddled, fuzzled,
groggy, whittled, corned, raddled, mud
dled, nappy, boozy, sevved-up, in one’s
cups, the worse for liquor, having a drop
too much, half seas over, three sheets in
the wind, tipsy, intoxicated, swamped,
having a dram ahead, obfusticated, how
come you so, having a brick in one’s hat,,
elevated, limbsr, tired, high, jolly, merry,
toddied, exhilerated, slun^-shot in the
neck, overwhelmed with wine, saturated,
drenched, soaked, glorious, tippled, mel
low, having steam up, oblivious, on a
bender, in a weaving way, vinousfy ex
alted, on a bust, fired, addled, on a spree,
uncol, happy, and many other expressions,
sometimes of a low and vulgar kind.
Elions have been made by Gough, Neal
Dow, P. T. Barnum and others, to root
out this word from the vocabulary, but thus
far without entire success.
A Rough Bed-Feh-ow.—There is a
good story going the rounds of the papers,
told of a man in Mississippi, who had been
drinkim? till a late hour of night, and then
started for home in a state of sweet obli
viousness. Upon reaching his own door
lie was too far gone ta discover any door
to the domicil he was about to inhabit, and
therefore laid himself down in a shed
which was a favorite rendezvous for the
hogs. They happened to be out when the
new-comer arrived, but soon returned to
their bed. The weather being rather
cold, they, in the utmost kindness, and
with the truest hospitality, gave their bi
ped companion the middle of the bed,
some iying on either side of him, and the
others acting the part of quills. Their
warmth prevented him from being injured
by exposure. Towards morning he awoke.
Finding himself comfortable, in blissful
ignorance of his whereabouts, he supposed
hirnself enjoying the accommodation of a
tavern, in company with other gentlemen.
He reached out his hand, and catching
hold of the stiff bristles of a hog, ex
claimed : “ Hallo, my good friend, you’ve
got a devil of a beard—when did you
shave Last ?”
-♦♦♦
Doss it Rain in Egypt?—Sir Archi
bald Allison, in his history of Europe,
writes as follows: “It never rains in
Egypt. Centuries may elapse without
more than a shower of drizzling mist
moistening the soil. It is said that it has
not rained in Egypt for 1700 years.” A
correspondent of the Times writes from
Alexandria, October 21, 1859, as follows :
“ Englishmen express their astonishment
at the rains lately experienced, having
come with the erroneous impression that
it never rained in Egypt.” Upon this it
is asked whether the rain which is refer
red to by the above correspondent is the
first which has appeared in Egypt for
1700 years.
The most attentive man to busi
ness we ever knew was be who wrote on
, his shop door: “Gone to bury my wife;
be back in half an hour.” He was no re
lation to the lawyer who put upon his
office-door: “ Be back in five minutes,”
and returaed only after a pleasure trip of
three weeks.
From fcho Dublin Nation ]
Oar Olden Tongae.
From dim tradition’s far-off opal fountains,
Where clouds and shadows loom :
Deep in the silence of the tall gray mountain’s
Primeval gloom ;
Thy silvery stream flows down wffh music
bounding,
Oh ancient tongue!
With love and tears,and laughter softly sound -
ii»K,
As wild bird’s liquid song.
From winds and waters in their choral ming
ling
Thy honied words were born;
From that strong pulse through nature’s boson
tingling
In earth’s first morn,
The quivering boughs in forest green and oldon
With murmurs low,
Rang out such accents beautiful and golden,
Beneath the dawn’s whito glow.
Around, in mighty characters unfolded,
Thy fame we yet discern—
The ivied shrine in grace and grandeur molded,
The CBOMr.Kcii stern—
The tall slii^tower of aspect weird and hoary,
With dream and b’unn;
I ull crested in its lone and silent glory,
Fronting the naked sun !
Thou bring’st bright visions, bardic strains
enchanting,
Attuned in lordly halls;
The clash of spears, the banners gaily planting
On palace walls—
White-bearded sages—warrior chiefs victo
rious—
A goodly throng!
In panoramic pomp of ages glorious,
Before us pass along.
O’er wide blue plains we see Iho red deer
bounding,
r. /!■ i t i . .
**» uu-auMii^ auauv ami suit ,
And on his track, with dccjfnoned lay re
sounding.
Tile wolf-hound dun— '
Old'raountains dim, dark forest, rock and river,
Those days are o’er;
But shades and echo people ye forever,
And shall till time’s no more!
Oh tongue of all our greatness, all our sorrow
Shalt thou then fail and fade?
And leave the full hearts mute that ne’er car.
borrow
From stranger aid,
Fit utterance for those thoughts whose storm'
clangor
Swell deep within—
The memories of our love, and hate and ang
Which naught from us can win !
Not so; hast thou notstemmed the flood of ag. *
Nor brav’d a conqueror’s sway ?
Thou hast not writ upon the world’s wide peg ,
To pass away—
Deep,deep thy root, where never human powc.
May reach to spoil;
And soon, in wealth of vernal leaf and flow* :
Thou’lt deck this olden soil!
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-Be modest like the star, which thoi ,-h
high and exalted, shines upon the water ra \
er than the vapor, which, though mean .
obscure, lifts itself to the clouds.
-“Have you any traveling inkstands' ’
asked a lady of a young stationer. “N
ma’am we have them with feet and legs, ! v.
they are not old enough to travel yet.”
-Fortune has been considered the guar
dian divinity of fools; and she is certain).
very kind in helping those who cannot be:;
themselves.
-if a man reapeth whatsoever he sowelh
what a harvest of coats, vests and breeches
our tailors will have oue of these days.
-“My dear,” said a husband, after
matrimonial flare-up, “ you will never be pet •
milted to enter heaven.” “Whynot?” “J:>
cause you’ll be wanted below as a tormentor
-It is worth noticing, as a ckrious cir
cumstance, when persons past forty befo.
they were at all acquainted, form together -
closo intimacy of friendship. For grafts .
old wood to take there must be a wonderfa
congeniality between the trees.
-What is the di fferonce between a butrhi
and a young lady? The former kills to dress
while the latter dresses to kill.
-“ A lawyer,” said Lord Brougham, f;/
cetiously, “is a learned gentleman, who secur -«
youi*estate from your enemies, and—keeps
himself.”
-A French savant has fixed the next d.
luge for the year 8150. It will be a grai .
washing day, and the world will be by the.*,
time dirty enough to need it.
-A young gentleman of our acquaintanc
1 says he thinks that young ladies who refus
good offers of marriage are too “ No-ing by
half.”
-The editor of the Texas Mercury, in u.
modest dun to his delinquent patrons, says
“ Suffer little sums to come unto us, for such
is our income*”
■ ■ There are some who write, talk an.i
think so much about vice and virtue that th< y
have no time to practice the one or the oth
_We heard a lady who owns a cistern say
yesterday that she must have rain. As si.
always has her own way, rain may be ei
pected shortly. Her husband \vill bet on i:
any how.
_A corpulent clergyman rose, at a pub’:.'.
dinner, to return thanks, which he did by la
ing his hands on his stomach and sayii
“ We thank Thee for these blessings, so bon
tifully spread, and for our capacity to enj /
them.”
-In a speech on behalf of a blind asyli
an English orator gravely remarked: “If •
the world were blind, what a melancholy sip!
it would be 1”
-A Parisian thief, who was seized fe:
stealing snuff out of a tobacconist s shop. I
way of excusing himself, exclaimed that * I.
was not aware of any law that forbade a mu:,
to take snuff.”
_“Say, inuiden fair, why dost thou wee’
Some secret sorrow, hidden deep within ti.
heart; is bringing into thine eyes those peai •
tears, sweet memories of bygone years th e
fountain-like up-springing, of unreuuited In.
a dream wakes from its source, the stream
that down thy face is stealing?”
“ Nay, ’tis not love.”
« What then, oh say?”
“ Well, then, we dine on goose te day—ii»«.
onions I've been peeling.”