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’ OTJR JOB PRINTINO DEPARTMENT.
I We have supplied ourselves with a good
^assortment of Printing Material, and are
aready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
I We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
■Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
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I Memphis. New Orleans.
tl. N. Henkel & Co.,
OTTO .V I’.l C T O SI S
commission' MERCIIANTS,
NO. 74, FRONT ROW,
tnay4-ly Memphis, Tent*.
n. HENKEL - ■ I. N. HENKEL - ■ W.W. C. KELLEY
Tew Orleans. Memphis. Goodman, Mi.
■ A. D. Henkel & Co.,
AND
I Com mission . Her chant s,
NO. 60, CARON DELFT STREET,
may4-ly NewOhlkans.
J. S. AN OB RSON,
SADDLE, BRIDLE
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs
the citizens of Prairie and
^Brljacent counties, that he lias on hand,
Kd is prepared to manufacture to order,
faddles. Bridles. Martingales, Buggy,
S Carriage and Hack Harness,
'Veil as every other description of woilv
ttiiallv done in such establishments.
E iFP* Shop on Lyon street, back of b nth Sr
Jackson’s store. janil-ly.
T eTr. McPHBRSON,
P(t(T\TTV erTRUbYOR.
iins wishing* my services in
rtment of business, will please
t Brownsville, Prairie county,
call will be punctually filled.
RESTAURANT I
THCT3
[OPOLITAN !
uena Vista and Lyon streets,
ARC, ARKANSAS,
for the reception of visitors.—
if Liquors, Wines. Ale, Cigars,
ept constantly on hand.
Game, &.C., will be furnished at
Restaurant will be attended to by
Tarkinton and .1. E. Hoke.
C. T. OLDHAM.
ys77change7
Buena Vistaaud Foster
HE JACKSON HOUSE,
ARC, ARKANSAS.
mmpleted our new building, and
i first class establishment for the
n of the public, and furnished it
st of I.iquors, Cigars,
etc., the undersigned flatter
it they will continue to receive
which has been heretofore be
hein.
ling their Exchange they keep a
nentof F AMILY GROCERIES.
)yster$, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
ter Sauce, etc., etc.
HARVEY & MATTHEWS.
S. HARRIS,
C MI - M .1 K E IS
SWSIjEH.
i Buena Vista
pposite the
Je. Des Arc,
locks. Watches and Jewelry j
neatness and dispatch, and war
i satisfaction. nov20-tim
ES J0HNS0N7
Utinsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Oft Having permanently located myself,
aJvv.!,;lrn prepared to manufacture GUNS,
aFTPtSTOLS. Sec., to order.
SA9F* All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
08 reasonable terms.
LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
8«act. any kind of work in my line will be
JHimptly attended to.
Timm mCxFg. sfprS ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
TkR^NrL. RAGLAND~having lo
cated on Wattensaw, at the residenc
heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas
ed, offers his professional services to th
public.
(Jap" Calls promptly attended to. [apr 1-ly
|)R. T. J. C0MMINGS, having per
manently located at Atlanta, Prairi
county, Ark., offers his professional service
to the public.
g^" Having practiced in hospitals as wel
as in families, he flatters himself that he cai
render satisfaction to his patrons.
Office at Peebles’ Hotel, [apr 1-tf.
T^R J. C- GOODWIN, determined^
remain permanently in Des Arc, wil
continue to treat diseases, both Acute am
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrativi
Medicine.
. ay Thankful for the liberal patronage bf
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicit:
its continuance.
gpp* Office at D. P. Black & Co’s., Drus
Store. apriil-lv
T\R. J. L. NEEL, having permanent
■“"^ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services lo the citizens ol
the town andVicinity. Office over Washer
Vaughan & Co’s Store. [mar ll-6m.
DR. T. SANDERS, late 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. (jfy Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
T\R. VY. F. WALSH, having located at
I) Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public. Calls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly‘
R.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 fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive" a share of the public patronage.—
g^*’ Office at Lane & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf
t"|rTj7j7lane, will p raclicu 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,
may 15-tf
Robert h. crockett, attorney at
Law, Mount Adams, Arkansas county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the Counties of
Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
april22-tf.
WAKEMAN VV. EDWARDS, Law
yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of Middle Arkansas, ggp" Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted
to him. n30*
CHARLES P. BERTRAND. Attor
ney at Law, Little Rock, Ark. [jan21
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
W~G. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
. KEYS AT Law, and General Collec
tors, Searcy. White county, Arkansas. Prac
tice in the Circuit Courts of Randolph, Law
rence, Independence, Jackson, Wiiite, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jefferson and Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Ark. ftgT Prompt and
faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. [jan8-tf.
L. FEATHERSTON..Z. P. H. FARR.
FEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
neys at Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References:
Madison, Ark., Hon. W. G. Beaseley, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon, Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Coffeeville,
IVl ISS.« Ij. Y>. »Y dllUrtll J I.uuijiuu*. ' •
M. DuBose. Esq., W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss., W T. Featherston; Washington. D.
C.. Jacob Thompson. jyl7
JE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Wi’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.
(j^“ OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. febl3—tf
TW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
rrrS- Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. (£5?” Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
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.W. L. D. WILLIAMS.
VI/TLLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
" * tornkys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. deed
TA, MOON, Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent,
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas. Des Arc, Arkansas. octiO
J. L. ..W. D. JACOWAY.
irOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
j I torncYd at Law, Dardanelles Arkansas.
Will practice ill the counties of Yell, Perry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je2tl-tf _
J. 8. Day.Late of Lagrange.
W. P. Proudfit, late of Harris.Wormley & Cc
DAY & PROUDFIT,
Cotton Factors
AND
GILO OERS,
NO. 33, FRONT ROW,
MiMren, T«yn.
From the Memphis Appeal.]
THE MONEYLESS MAN.
BY H. T. STANTON.
Is there no secret place on the face of the earth
s Where charity dwclleth? where virtue has
birth ? [heave,
■ Where bosoms in mercy and kindness will
And the poor and the lonely may “ ask and re
. ceive?” [poor
i Is there no place at all, where a knock from the
Will bring a kind angel to open the door?
I Ah ! search the wide world, wherever you can,
1 There is no open door for a moneyless man.
Go, look in yon hall, where the chandelier’s
light [night—
Drives off with its splendor the darkness of
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy
fold, [gold;
Sweeps gracefully down with its trimmings of
And the mirrors of silver take up and renew,
In long lighted vistas, the ’wildering view—
Go there in your poverty—find, if you can,
A welcoming smile for a moneyless man.
Go, look in yon church, of the cloud-reaching
spire,
Which gives to the sun his same look of red fire;
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous
within, [sin:
And the walls are as pure as a soul without
Walk down the long aisles—see the rich and
the great [estate—
In the pomp and the pride of their worldly
Walk down in your patches, and find, if you
can,
Who opens a pew to a moneyless man.
Go. lookto yon judge.in hisdark flowing gown,
With the scales wherein law weighted equity
down— [the strong,
Where he frowns on the weak, and smiles on
And punishes right, while he justifies wrong;
Where jurors their lips to the Bible have laid,
To render a verdict they’ve already made !
Go there, in the court-room, and find, if you
can,
Any law for the cause of a moneyless man.
Go, look in the bank, where Mammon has told
His hundreds and thousands of silver and gold ;
Where, safe from the hands of the starving and
poor,
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore :
Walk up to their counter. Ah ! there you may
stay, [grow gray—
Till your young limbs grow old—till your hairs
And you’ll find at the bank that not one of the
clan
Has money to lend to a moneyless man.
Then, go to your hovel. No raven has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for her
bread; [frost
Kneel down by her pallet, and kiss the death
From the lips of the angel your poverty /ost:
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless, while it smites you, the chastening
rod; [span,
And you’ll find, at the end of your life’s narrow
There is room up above for a moneyless man.
STATISTItTS *0F ITALY.
The Anuuario Slatislico Italia.no, for
185S, publishes the following details of
Italian statistics, which are interesting at
the present time:
The population of Italy amounts to no
less than 27,107,047 inhabitants. They
are divided into fifteen circumscriptions :
eight of them, containing 19,913,304 souls,
are under Italian governments; and seven,
with a population of 7,193,743, obey for
eign rule. Italy contains 110 provinces,
and 10,012 communes, and is one of the
countries in which the largest cities and
towns are to be found, nineteen of them
having more than 50,000 inhabitants each,
and eight, (Home, Naples, Palermo, Ve
nice, Florence,Milan, Genoa,and Turin,)
each exceed 100,000. Nearly all the
population are Roman Catholics, the num
ber of those who profess other Christian
creeds only amounting to 36.676, and the
Jews to 41,498. The births far exceed
me ueatns. me increase in me popula
tion is particularly remarkable in Sicily
and Tuscany, where it may double in about
seventy years. Italy alone has very near
ly one-half as many bishoprics as there
are in the whole of Europe—256 out of
535. The average is 90,000 Catholics
for each diocess, and in the Roman Slates
there is one bishop for 40,000 souls.
The regular and secular clergy, of both
sexes, in Italy, amount to 189,000; and
they are, as compared with the number of
the population, as one to one hundred and
forty-two. The clergy are more numer
ous in Sicily than in any other part of Ita
ly, or perhaps in the world ; the number
of priests, monks, and nuns, being 33 226,
or one out of sixty-nine inhabitants. There
are nearly three hundred journals pub
lished iu Italy, of which number one hun
dred and seventeen are in the Sardinian
States, although they contain only one
fifth of the total population. In the sum
mer of 1S58, there were in Italy 1,757
kilometres (five-eighths of a mile each)
of railways completed ; 2,339 in course of
construction; and 634 for which conces
sions have been granted. One of the
principal branches of industry is the pro
duction of silk, and in ordinary years the
value of that article is from 200,000,000
to 230,000,000 francs. Lombardy alone,
which is only the fifteenth part of Italy,
produces one-third of the whole quantity
The revenues of the different Italian States
1 amount to about 600,000 000 francs, and
I the expenses to 640 000.000 francs. The
t public debt is 2,000,000 francs. Corn
men e is active, but business is mush im
' peded by the high tarifls iu many of the
; States, and by the lines of custom-houses.
The mercantile marine of Italy is more
numerous, in proportion to the extent of
country, than that of any other nation in
Europe, with the exception of England.
_What is that which flies high, lies low,
has no feat, ami yet wear* shoes ? Dust.
I#
Is Chess an Intellectual Game?—
The Boston Courier dissents from the
popular encomiums of ‘‘the intellectual
game of chess,” and objects to the glorifi
cation of its champions. It says:
We cannot assent to the disposition
manifested, naturally enough, by distin
guished chess-players to magnify their
office and function. We cannot admit
that there is any necessary and inevitable
connection between eminence in chess
playing and general intellectual superior
ity. While it is true that many distin
guished men have been excellent chess
players, it is never equally true that the
greatest chess-players have ever given
evidence of conspicuous ability in anything
else. There were many men at the Bos
ton banquet on Tuesday evening, whom
we should rank in intellectual stature lar
above Phillidor, Macdonald, DesCha
pelles, De la Bourdonnais, or any other
great name in the annals of chess, whether
dead or living.
The game of chess is certainly an intel
lectual game; so is whist, with, to be sure,
an element of chance superadded ; so is
checkers. But it is but a game after all;
and the best thing you can say of it is
that it is a very excellent contrivance to
enable idle men to get through the lazy
pacing hours without damage to the pocket,
the conscience or the constitution. It is,
for an amusement, the nearest possible
_ -1. •.„ 11 H i i r«tTi 11 nrni1 lint
it is a barren tree; it bears the blossoms
of entertainment, but not the Iruit of util
ity—-'the rest of mankind” are very little
benefited, mentally, morally, or materi
ally, by the diligent study of the game of
chess by a limited circle. To our taste,
too, the spectacle of two men, especially
young men, crooking their spines for hours
and lying knots in their brains, over a par
cel of figures cut in while and red ivory is
a little dreary; but this is merely a matter
of taste, and we are far from insisting that
others shall square their conduct by the
line of our tastes.
--
Marriage.—A practice prevails in the
publication of marriages, to announce that
Miss A. married Mr. B. It may be a spe
cies of gallantry to name the lady first,
but it is entirely out of place. She does
not marry the man—the man marries her.
The woman only consents that he shall
talfe her; and in consequence of this will
ingness on her part to take upon hersell
all the cares of wedded life, the husbund
is required to cherish and protect her.
The wife agrees to love, honor, and obey.
The Bible mentions that “he took unto
himself a wife ;” but we hear nothing about
her taking unto herself a husband. When
Jacob set out on his travels in search of a
wife, he found Rachel at the well drawing
water for the family. He stood on no
ceremony. He did not wait for the usual
salutations of the day, or formal introduc
tion, but forthwith kissed her, “and lifted
up his eyes and wept.” The joy that
overwhelmed him, in finding such a pretty
domestic girl in the wilderness, gushed
forth in a torrent of tears. All the while
Rachel was passive. She made no ad
vances. She did not kiss Jacob, nor did
she coyly resent the liberty he had taken.
Here we have the negative consent—the
submission of the female, and the success
ful and de ided advances ol the gentleman ;
for Jacob was a gentleman of fortune and
distinction. We should not therefore say
in our journals that the lady married the
gentleman. She puts no riug on his finger
to bind the obligation. She does not pre
sent her husband with a gold watch and
chain, a diamond breast-pin, or a pair of
white kids.
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Female Delicacy.—Above all oilier
features which adorn the female character,
delicacy stands foremost within the province
of good taste. Not that delicacy which is
perpetually in quest of something to be
ashamed of; which makes merit of a blush
and simpers at the false construction its
own ingenuity has put upon an innocent
remark ; this spurious kind of delicacy is
far removed from good sense; but the
highminded delicacy which maintains its
pure and undeviating walk alike among
women and the society of men ; which
shrinks from no necessary duty, aud can
speak when required with a seriousness
and kindness, of things on which it would
be ashamed to smile or blush ; that delicacy
which kuows how to confer a benefit with
out wounding the feelings of another, which
can give alms without assumption, and
pains not the most susceptible being in
creation.
Water Drinking.—Proiessor Silli
man closed a recent Smithsonian lecture by
giving the following sensible advice to
young men:
If, therefore, you wish for a clear mind,
strong muscles, and quiet nerves, and long
life, and power prolonged into old age,
permit me to say, although, I am not giving
a temperance lecture, avoid all drinks but
water, and mild infusions of that fluid;
shun tobacco and opium, and everything
else, that disturbs the normal state of the
system ; rely upon nutritious food and mild
diluent drinks of which water is the basis,
and you will need nothing beyond these
things, except rest and due morul regula
tion of all your powers, to give you long,
happy, aud useful lives, and a serene
evening at the close.
Good Maxims.—Keep up your spirits
by entertaining good thoughts. Enjoy
the pleasant company of your best friends,
but in all enjoyments be temperate. Learn
the art of being happy when alone—it is
to be preferred before all others. It con
sists in the encouragement of good hopes
and rational pursuits—in leading an in
dustrious life, and having some worthy
object of attainment constantly before you.
Mount Vernon.—A correspondent ol
a Boston paper, giving an account of the
i late visit of the De Moluy Knight Temp
lars to the tomb of Washington, says :
The inside of the recess is in a sad
state of dilapidation. The plastering is
falling off, the birds have built their nests
in the recesses, and the whole appearance
of the place is that of utter neglect. Over
the entrance is the inscription—“ Within
this enclosurce rest the remains of Gen.
George W ashington." As the Sir Knights
approached the spot every head was un
covered, and aM seemed to feel that the
spot whereon they stood was holy ground.
The visitors then passed on to the old di
lapidated tomb where Washington was
first interred and whence his remains were
removed to their present resting place.
The entire front of the tomb lias been re
moved, and the spot is in a stale of sad
neglect. From this spot the Knights pro
ceeded to the mansion house, and visited
the lower rooms—the upper ones being
closed to visitors. In the entry we saw
the famous key to the Bastile—the spy
glass occupying the same place over the
door that it did when Washington was
alive—the same pictures upon the walls
which he gazed upon—and some record
books in which were entries by his own
hand; Passing out of the house the sur
roundings were visited. Across the path
to the garden lay a-forge tree, which had
fallen, and appeared to have lain there for
mum no. < no jj.uMvu -- --- *
and inside it stood a venerable negro ped
dling Mount Vernon canes, flowers, etc.
The servants’ houses were the picture of
decay, and those which were occupied had
each a family of from two to five little ne
groes besides their father and mother.
The portico of the mansion house was
shored up to keep it from falling to pieces,
and the whole place wore a sad, sickening
appearance.
A Sporting Adventure.—An in
dependent company of rangers were en
camped on the Agua Dulce, in 1817, and
were dependent upon theii rifles for sub
sistence, every man taking his turn at
hunting. There was one man in this
company, who invariably returned empty
handed; and he became so notorious for
not furnishing Ins quota of meat, that his
companions made it a standing rule to jest
and jeer. After meeting with such ill
success for a long time, he was persuaded
to adopt the Comanche deer dress, and
make one effort more. Accordingly, he
donned the undressed deer skin, the head,
horns and skin of the legs remaining at
tached; and when down on all fours, he
resembled, at a distance, a real buck. Off
he started, amid the shouts of his com
panions, for the range; which, as soon as
it was reached, afforded a thousand op
portunities to try his experiment. Select
ing what he thought the best path through
the chapparal, he was proceeding along it
slowly to reach the prairie, unmindful of
anything but a deer, when a panther,
perched upon a branch, and thinking it
was sure enough a buck, sprang upon him,
and stuck his claws deep in into the dry
skin. The hunter rose up with a yell;
the panther bounded off with equal alarm
and surprise ; and although nothing was
spoken, the apology seemed mutual.—
Tales of Ike Far I Vest.
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Horace Greeley.—The following
anecdote, in connection with the veriluble
Horace Greeley, which occurred during
his recent passage through St. Joseph, we
think worthy of being presented to our
readers:
Mr. Greeley, when about leaving for
Leavenworth, was accompanied to the
boat by his friend Col. -, ol this
city, where they met Mr. W., a dealer in
negroes between this place and the South.
The Colonel, with the affability for which
he is so characteristic, introduced the
gentlemen. Mr. W., with great warmth,
seized the hand of Horace, saying, “ I as
sure you, Sir, I feel much honored by the
acquaintance of so distinguised a gentle
man, one whom I have always admired
for his talent and felt grateful to for his
philanthropy. Believe me, Sir, you are
doing much good for the cause in this part
of the country. Accept the thanks of an
humble member of society. No one feels
a more deep interest in your efforts than
myself. I wish you much success.”
" Indeed,” replied Mr. Greeely, “ I am
happy to hear such sentiments, and to see
such inen as yourself and Col. -,
where I did not expectthe least sympathy,
in this land where the iniquity of the na
tion is so firmly rooted. Gud he praised,
the work goes bravely on.”
“With your aid,” replied Mr. W.,
“slavery will soon cease to exist in Mis
souri. The number of slaves is fast de
creasing.” Here Mr. G. attempted to
withdraw with his new found friend lrom
observation. Mr. W. continued, “ I am
myself doing something toward removing
them. Only lust week I took away thir
teen.”
“My good friend, how? where to?”
“To New Orleans.”
“Great God!” exclaimed Horace,"what!
a dealer in human souls?”
“ Yes, Sir, if that is what you call it.
I buy and sell negroes. I am indebted to
you for the profits of my business Slave
holders here sell me their slaves for half
their value in the South, to keep your dis
ciples from stealing them!”
-•-«.-«
-A New York editor thinks, froui the
manner shirts are made in that city, there
ought to be an “ inspector of sewers.” The
editor lately purchased a new shirt, and when
he awoke, the next iaoruiag, he found himself
crawling out between two yt the stitches.
\Vueiie is Montebello? — Very few
; mnps contain the place upon which renown
has fallen for a second time in conjunction
with contests between the armies of France
and Austria. Montebello is a very iu
j significant village, and is so near to Cas
j teggio that its name is rarely found in or
i dinary geographical charts. Casteggio is
about thirty miles east of Alessandria, and
fifteen west of the Po, while Montebello is
but a few minutes' walk southwest of Cas
leggio.
Casteggio and vicinity has been a cele
brated battle ground for more than 2,000
years It is the ancient Clastidium, and
it was here that Claudius Mareellus won
the richest of spoils by vanquishing and
slaying Viridomarus. King of the Cuesa
kb. In the Punic wars it was uu import
ant military position. It was besieged by
Hannibal, and might have defied his pow
er, but historians tell us that two hundred
large pieces of gold, paid to the command
er, Publius Darius, "purchased the for
tress,” (a very polite phrase for expressing
bribery.) The stores and provisions found
therein were of the greatest utility to the
Carthngenians. A spring not far from
Casteggio is still called Fontana d’Anni
bale.
It was near Casteggio. on the 9th June,
1800, that the great conflict between the
French and Austrians took place, which
is known as the battle of Montebello, for
it was in the latter village tliut the arms
_r \T«nAlnn« T A,inlllf TOIll Ull I Iwi />/>'!• n O
({'reserve of the eueiny.—[N. Y. Jour, of
Commerce.
The Smith Family.—“ Gentlemen,"
said a candidate for Congress, “ my name
is Smith, and I am proud to say I am not
ashamed of it. It may be that no person
in this crowd owns that very uncommon
name. If, however, there be one such,
let him hold up his head, pull up his
dicky, turn out his toes, lake courage,
and thank his stars that there are a few
more of the same sort.
Gentlemen, I am proud of being an
original Smith; not a Smithe, nor a
Smyth, but a regular natural S-m-i-t-h,
Smith. Putting a Y in tne middle or an
E at the end won't do, gentlemen. Who
ever heard of a great man by the name of
Smyth or Smithe ? Echo answers who,
and everybody says nobody. Hut as for
Smith, plain S-m-i-t-h, why, the pillars
of fame are covered with that honored and
revered name. Who were the most racy,
witty, and popular authors of this century?
Horace and Albert Smith. Who the most
original, pithy, and humorous preacher?
Rev. Sidney Smith. To go further back
—who was the bravest and boldest soilder
in Sumpter’s army in the Revolution ? A
Smith. Who palavered with Powhatan,
galivanted with Pocahontas, and became
the ancestor of the first families in Vir
ginia? A Smith again. And who I ask
—and I ask the question more seriously!
and soberly—who has fought the most
battles, made the most speeches, preached
the most sermons, held the most offices,
sung the most songs, written the most
poems, courted the most women, kissed
the most girls, and married the most
widows? History says, I say, you say, and
everybody says, John Smith!”
A Sister in a Tiuiit Place.—At
L-, one Saturday evening, fatigued
by his long journey, a wagoner, with his
son John, drove his team into a good
range, and determined to pass the Sabbath
enjoying a season of worship with the good
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luino ui nit » iiiiigti
When the time of worship arrived John
was set to watch the team, while the wag
oner went in with the crowd. The preach
er had hardly announced his subject be
fore ihe old man fell sound asleep. He
sat against the partition in the ceutre of
the body slip ; just against him, separated
only by the very low partition, sat a fleshy
lady, who seemed all absorbed in the ser
mon. She struggled hard with her feel
ings until, unable to control them longer,
she burst out with a loud scream, and
shouted at the top of her voice, rousing
the old man, who, but hall awake, thrust
his arms around her waist, and cried, very
soothingly:
“Wo, Nance! Wo, Nance! Wo! Here,
John—calling his son—cut the belly band
and loose the breeching quick, or she’ll
tear everything all to pieces !”
It was all the work of a moment ; but
the sister forgot to shout, the preacher lost
the thread of his discourse, and the meet
ing came prematurely to an end ; while,
deeply mortified, the poor old man skulked
away, determined not to go to meeting
again until he could manage to keep his
seuses by remaining awake.
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The “Iron Crown” of Italy.—As
the “holy Roman empire” is supposed to
be inseparable from the tenure of that
iron crown which lias now been made
“safe” in Mantua, just as Hungary is
held to go with St. Stephen's crown (car
ried off once by Kossuth.) I may as well
state, having seen the article atMonza, that
it is not an iron crowaat all, but a • baro
nial” circlet of gold, "inside it there is a
ferruginous wire, supposed to be beaten
out of a nail of the cross, and the dale of
its first notice in history gops back to the
sixth century, when Theodelinda, Queen
widow of Lombardy, wedded Agiluph,
King of Turin, and brought this relic for
j the coronation of joiut royalty, in 774.
Charlemagne was crowned therewith by
I Pope Adrian I. ; and in 1379 Charles Y .
was equally crowned with it at Bologna.
Napoleon I. crowned himself at Milan, in
1805. There is an “Order of the Iron
Crown,” which was then set on foot by
him, and is kept up by the Kaiser,—[Paris
Correspondence.
B
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
——The fault-finder little thinks that la
continually and indiscriminately censuring
others, he is painting his own portrait. It Is
a secret consciousness of hi9 own demerit, a
gnawing envy at the superiority of others,
which is the real cause of his want of charity.
-A person who had been imbibing free
ly, as he was wending homeward late at night,
finding it somewhat difficult to maintain an
erect attitude, was heard to exclaim: “It it
very singular that whenever water freezes, U
always freezes with the slippery side up 1”
-Many ami Varied are the female charms
that conquer the male sex. Sometimes they
find a woman whose strength, like Samson’s,
is in her hairj another holds their affections
by her teeth ; and a third, like Cinderella,
wins men’s hearts by her pretty little foot.
-It is sometimes unwholesome to fall la
love with another man’s wife. A citizen of %
neighboring State died the first year on account
of an affection of this kind. A short time be
fore his decease, he was seen looking into the
muzzle of a cocked pistol.
—— An editor was presented with a silver
cup, whereupon an envious contemporary re
marked : “ lie needs no cup : he can drink
from any ves-el that contains liquor, whether
the ueck of a bottle, the mouth of a demijohn,
the spile of a keg, or the bung of a barrel.”
— Ever} thing has its use : were it not for
the dies, people would sleep, 4u—summer, an
ui iwii^ci man iuvy uu, aim iuus lust*
the best part of the day—the portion devoted
to sunrise and meadow-larks.
-A gentleman met a boy on horseback,
crying with cold, and asked why he did noc
get down and lead the horse, to keep himself
warm. “ It is a borrowed horse,” replied the
boy} “and I’ll ride him if I freeze.”
-“ So there is another rupture of Mount
Vociferous,” said Mrs. Partington, as she put
up her spectacles: “ the papers tell us of the
burning lather running down the mountain!
hut they don’t tell how it got afire.”
-In one of the departments of Switzer
land, there is said to be two thousand girl*
engaged in making matches. Nearly all our
gills are thus employed, during their single
lives.
-“ The ugliest trades,” said Mr. Jerrold,
“ have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I
were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, thers
are some peoplo I could work for with enjoy
ment.”
-An enterprising newsboy, in Chicago,
who had got an inkling of the war reports,
was heard crying—“ Here’s the Evening Jour
nal—full account of the war between the Sar
dines and the Ostriches I”
-When you hear a public speaker say la
bis hearers, “One word more, and I have
done,” it may generally be taken as an indica
tion that he is preparing for a frfth start.
-No poultice has ever been invented that
draws so fully and effectually, as a man’s vir
tues are drawn out by the sod which covers his
grave.
-Youth cannot always last. It must ers
long give place to manhood—like streams,
which do not return to their sources, but con
stantly tlow onward.
-It has been said that when a man is is
debt, every hour ho spends is a year of slavery.
According to Ibis rule, what an extremely
long life some people must livo.
-It is much better to distribute happiness
than money. It is one of those valuable pro
ductions that money cannot buy.
—Virtue and happiness are true lovere,
who, although parted for a while, are sure to
be united at last.
——Why is a young lady just from a board
ing school like a building committee? Be
cause she is ready to receive proposals.
—— Some one was asked what was the first
thing necessary to win tue love of a woman.
He replied—“ An opportunity.”
-This question was once before a debat
ing society, it is said, for discussion: “ Can a
big man ache harder than a little one?”
-Never make a confidant of a young man j
for new pails leak. Never tell your secrets to
the aged; for old doors seldom shut closely.
-Three things are most difficult: To
keep a secret, to forget an injury, aud to mako
good use of leisure time.
-To some men it is indispensable to ba
worth money ; for without it they would be
worth nothing.
-Doing good to our enemies resembles
incense whose aroma perfumes the firo by
which it is consumed.
-Wisdom is the olive which springs from
the heart, blossoms on the toiigue, and bears
fruit in the actions.
-Learning makes a man fit company for
himself and for others.
-If folly were a paiu there would ba
groaning in every house.
-He that can please nobody is not so
much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.
-The silent testimony of a quiet con
science is of .far greater value than riches.
-Virtues arc lost in self-interest,- as
rivers are lost in the sea.
-It is easier to be wise for others than
for ourselves.
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Antidote fob Poisox.—If a person
swallows any poison whatever or has fall
en into convulsions from haviug overloaded
the stomach, an instantaneous remedy,
more efficient and applicable in a large
number of cases than any half dozen
medicine-' we can now think of, is a heap
ing teaspoonful of common salt and as
much ground mustard,%tirred rapidly in a
teacupfu! of water,warm or cold, and swal
low instantly. It is scarcely down before
it begins to come up, bringing with it the
remaining contents of the stomach ; and
lest there be any remnant of poison, how
ever small, let the white of an egg, or a
teacupful of strong coffee, he swallowed
as soon as the stomach is quiet; because
these very common articles nullify a lar
ger number of virulent poisons than aay
medieints ia ihs shop.
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