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tdrtrrwN or Hon. Thomas Ewing.
The Hor. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio,
lias published an address to the people
Of the United States, in which he gives
his reasons for deserting Grant and his
associates. We have only room fbr
the following extract:
Until recently I had intended to snp
port Gen. Graut for the Presidency, I
and would do so still, in the hope that 1
the nomocracy will obtain a majority
in the House of Representatives, and
thus hold a restraining power; but
facts which I have shown above render
it impossible. Bad men, with more
intellect and more force of character j
a than himself, have possession of him,
and if he be elected President, will
! probably continue to rule him and the
I country with him ; and some of the
? worst existing abuses cannot be cor
rected against Executive opposition.
In looking over the whole ground most
carefully, and weighing consequences
well, I have come to the conclusien
that it were better that the Democracy
prevril In the coming election, and
thus divide, for the present, the legis
lative, while we restore the executive
and judicial powers. No evil can en
sue. We shall have a season of fepose
and time for reflection before called
on agaiu to act. There is profound
philosophy in the old Scotch proverb :
“The showers fall soft when the wind
is still.”
I have already shown it will give ns
a season for inquiry and reflection, and
the same conservative power which
can now give success to either party,
oan, at the end of two years, do the
same thiug, and place the government
in the hands of those who may be then i
found most worthy to control it.
So far, neither party lias ventured to
commit itself on the disposition of the
public debt. My mind has long been
made up as to the principle which I
snoinu govern us in us uujusiuiciii. ji
is this: So far as our contracts are dis
tinct and explicit, we must abide by
them, no matter how unequal or oner
ous. As, for example, where wc have
promised to pay the interest or the
debt, or both, in gold, national faith
requires and we must so pay it; but
where the contract is not explicit, but
requires construction, wc must deal
with creditors and the people precisely j
as an enlightened court of equity would
1 dent with debtor and creditor under |
like conditions. For example: the!
creditor borrows forty cents, or depre-1
ciated bank paper worth forty cents-, j
which the public calls a dollar, and 1
promises to pay interest six per cent, !
on its nominal, of fifteen per cent, 011 |
its actual value, in gold. The promise j
to pay the interest in gold. The ;
promise to pay the interest in gold be
ing explicit, the nation which owes the i
debt should pay it, for there is no usury .
law operating on contracts with sover
eigns ; but where a distinction is taken j
in the contract between the debt and ,
interest—the interest only made pay
able in gold—equity would require j
that the debt should be paid iu that
which is equal in value to the fund re
ceived. Sovereigns have not always
meted out this cvenhanded justice.
The coin of nations lins been some
times debased after a loan made, so
that one pound of silver and one pound
of copper would be made to pay what
was two pound, of silver when the
loan was made. This was a gross j
wrong. It is equally wrong, oil the
other side, to take the name for the j
thing and pay an ounce of silver the
lender for fourtenths of an once bor
rowed, because each in its turn was
tailed a dollar. Equity is called into
action, would sutler neither the oue
nor the other, but requires the payment
from sovereign or subject to the just
amount borrowed, regardless of name. |
inis 6UUU1U UU WIO IUIO V*
If currency were borrowed which was
worth forty cents on the dollar, cur
rency or bonds of equivalent value
should be paid.
Such are my views of tho duties of
those who represent bondholders and
people, aud who are alike the agents of
both. The committees of Congress
who have charge of the subject should
cxauiitie each class of cases carefully
aud do justice to each. It matters not
by whom the bonds arc held, whether
large capitalists or widows and
orphans; each and all arc entitled to
equity, no more, no less. If you give
them less you wrong them ; if you give
them more you wroug the people, wlto
arc the debtor.
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•£f-It seems the great spoon fancier is j
not forgottou, but (as Artemua Ward !
would say,) “on the contrary far other- j
wise.”—An exchange says; “From all
sections of the country—from Main to
Alaska, from the North, tho South, the
East and the West—worthless old spoons
have been sent to the lieast by express and
by mail. Spoons of wood, bone horn,
pewter, tin, iron and brass, pour in on him
at all hours. Tho plague of spoons Ls be
coming more unendurable to iiutler than
a plague of frogs, llaskets of spoons are
brought to him from the post office, aud
the express carts are oonstautly delivering
them at his door. The suggestion is made
that these offerings be kept up.”
•of*An exchango says, “it is better to
love a person you cannot marry, than to
marry a person you cannot love.” This is
a short text for a loug sermon, which hu
man experienee will continue to preach
until ths last syllabi# of recorded time,
From the Boston Post.]
THE OCTOBER DECISION.
t'pon What lllngea the PreVi*
dentlal Election.
Larger results have never depended
on the fall St»to elections than will
make themselves Visible this year.
The three important, and, we may say,
the decisive elections to occur in Octo
ber are those In Pennsylvania, Ohio,
aud Indiana, and they take place on the
same day, the 13th. Coming ao very
near to the general election in Novem
ber—but three weeks—their immediate
influence on tjiat event will tell visibly.
Should they be very closely contended,
we Rhail witness an increased intensity
of eirort on both sides in every State
to secure the final trininph ; but iu case
the Democrats and Conservatives sweep
Llie.se three great States *lenn of the
vestiges of radicalism, the November
conclusion, in a fair and open trial,
will be a foregone one. The Radical
patty may then consider themselves
fairly embarked on an ebb tide, to be
drifted out to a sea that has no shore.
Iowa, Nebraska and West Virginia
sre likewise to hold their elections, the
former on the same day, with th6 three
States Darned, and the other two later.
In all of tlicsc there have beeb Marked
Democratic gains, so much so as to
warrant a hope of securing the clec
troal votes of West Virginia and Ne
braska. As fortlie important States
mentioned, whoso votes will practical
ly decide the general issue, Pennsyl
vania showing a Democratic gain last
year of over twenty thousand voters;
and a clear majority of the same size
this year is among the probabilities.
The Democracy are working vigorous
ly, and concentrating their forces for a
repulse aud route of the faction which
lias played false to-all its professions
and to the general trust. Ohio made a
Democratic gain in its last election of
i! ___ a I...1 .1. . „ TN „ „
cratie Legislature and sending a
staunch Vtiion man to the .Senate iu
place of revolutionary Hen Wade.
Indiana gained to the Democrats'six
thousand in her last election, and
promises ny every popular token to
roll immense gains for Hendricks, who
is conducting so energetic, a campaign.
The latest advices from that State are
very positively in favor of a complete
Democratic victory on the 13th of
October.
The contest thus hinges on the three
States mentioned two of which hnve
already given Democratic majorities,
and the third very large Democratic
ganins. It is the true policy of the
Democrats to concentrate their exer
tions iu this field. There is where the
thick of the fight is to come. Abler
speeches than those already addressed
to tlie people on the issues of the hour,
by Messrs-. Hendrirks and Pendleton,
no political campaign presents. What
it mostly concerns the people to discuss
that they may hear throughly discuss
ed. It is only the living interests of
the couutry—the salvation of free
government, the restoration of frater
nal feeling, the revival of industry and
prosperity, the lightening of debt and
taxes, and the perpetual right of the
people to self government—it, is these
living interests aloue that are presen
ted. The solemnty of this judgment
hour of our institutions would be
mocked by appeal for a continuancy of
more party supremacy.
The discussion before the people in
volve the common safet y and happiness.
Xo worn out party phrases count for
any thing now. The Democratic
speakers address themselves to the
great questions of the hour; and they
force home on the popular mind the
conviction that a democratic Govern
ment on this continent is not possible
iiuuui u iuii^ci ii-wov ui
Tlie contest is going on between
directly opposite conceptions of Gov
ernment. If the Democracy prevail,
the perpetuity of our republicanism is
secured. If they fail, the struggle after
ward Wilt be sinply to see how many
may be saved from the geheral wreck
They have every possible stimulus foi
exertions such as patriots are rarely
summoned to make.
Talmudic Proverb*.
Even when tho gates of prayer art
shut iu Heaven, those of 'tears art
open.
When the righteous die, it is thi
earth that loses. The lost jewel wil
always be a jewel, but the oue who hai
lost ii-well may ho weep.
The reward of good works is likt
dates ; sweet and ripening late.
To slander is to murder.
Thy frieud has a frieud, and thy
friend’s frieud has a friend—be die
erect
The camel wanted to have horns ant
they took away his ears.
Descend a step In choosing a wife
and mount a stop in choosing a friend
If there is any thing bad about you
say it yourself.
One eats; another says grace.
He who is ashamed will not eaeil;
commit sin. There is a great ditTerenci
between him who is ashamed befor
Ids own self, and him who is onl;
ashamed of others. It is a good slgi
I in a man to be capable of being ashamed
Jb£r A courtly negro recently sent a re
1 ply to an invitation, in which he “regret
ted that circumstances repugnant to th
acquiesce would prevent his acpectano t
the invite."
Glory aadfraiM-Prophecy ttu
Become History.
The following la the conclusion of a
celebrated article contributed by the
famous Rev. Sydney Smith, many years
sires, to the fidiqbtirg Review. What
Wall prophecy then is history now, ond
the people of the United States feel it
in the increased taxation which the
war has brought upon them, and which
will entail taxes opon their children
and their children’s children to the la
test generation. Speaking of the Uni -
ted States, the Writer says:
“We caU inform Jonathan what are
the Inevitable consequences of being
too fond of glory; taxes upon evefyj
thing which is pleasant to see, hear,
feel, smell or taste; taxes upon warmth
light and locomotion ; taxes on every
thing on earth And the waters Under
the earth; on every thing that coffies
from abroad or is grU'wfi a't home; taxes
on the raw material, taxes On every
fresh value that is added to it by the
industry of man ; taxes on the sauce
which pampers man’s appetite, and the
drug that restores him to health; on
the ermine which decorates the judge
and the rope which hangs the crimi
nal ; OU the pUOr man’s salt and the
rich Ulan’s spice ; on the brass nails of
the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride;
at bed or board, coUchAnt or levant, we
must pay. The schoolboy Whips his
taxed top; the beardless youth man
ages his taxed horse with a taxed bri
dle on a taxed road; and the dying
Englishman, p'oVu-ing his medicine,
' which has paid seven per cent., into a
I spoon that has paid fifteen per cent.,
flings himself back on his chintz bed
which has paid twCnty-tWo per cent.,
makes bit will qn an eight pound
stamp, and expires in the arms of an
; apothecary who has paid a license of
one hundred pounds for the privilege
; of putting him to death. Ills whole
: property is then immediately taxed
from two to ten per cent. Besides the
probate, large fees are demanded tor
burying him in the chancel; hisvirtues
are handed down to posterity on taxed
marble, and lie is gathered to his fa
thers to be taxed no more. In addition
to all this, the habit of dealing with
large sums will make the Government
avaricious and profuse ; and the system
itself will infallibly generate the base
vermin of spies and iufotyticr*, and
still more pestilent race of political
tools and retainers of the meanest and
most odiotts description ) While the pro
I digious patronage which the collecting
of this splendid revenue will throw in
j the hands of the Government, will in
! vest it with so vast an influence, and
! hold out such means and temptations
• to corruption, as all the virtue and pub
lic spirit will he unable to resist.”
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The Sepulchre of fortunes.
An extract from Matthew Hale
| Smith’s forthcoming work, “Sunshine
and Shadow in New York,” has been
published, from which we extract the
j following i
I “The failures and reverses of mer
: eantile life are common to New York.
Scarcely a firm stauds that has been in
! business a quarter of a century. Stock
! speculations underlie these failures.
! Gambling is not more seductive Of
j more ruiuoUs. The few who rise to
; sudden wealth by dabbling In Btocks
i tempt the many to venture on this
! treacherous sea. Professional men Of
I ail classes and all grades, merchants,
retired capitalists, trustees, widows,
| farmers, try their haud at gaining
sudden wealth in Wall street. Mer
chants Who have a large balance in
the bank, hotel men who have made
money, salesmen and clerks, are tempt
ed to mako a venture, and bring only
ruin on themselves, their families, and
their employers.
“Men who live in Wall straet live
fast, and irrnw nrnmaturelv old: Thev
! gamble in stocks all day. They renew
! the contest of Wall street in the hotels
at night. Sunday brings some of them
no repose. They live high, drink deep,
and the excitement in stocks during
the day is exchanged for gaming at
night. Bald heads on young men,
premature gray halre, nervous debili
i ty, paralysis, and Untimely decay,
which mark so many of the business
' men of New York, with ruined for
j tunes and characters, show how peril
ous and unsatisfactory Is lifts in Wall
street. The sudden collapse of for
tunes, closing of elegant mansions,
the selling off of plate and horses at
auction, the hurling of men down from
11 first-class positions to subordinate ones
j isan everyday occurrence in New York.
In almost every case these reverses rc
I iUit froni putside trading and meddling
' with matters foreign °“«’» legiti
mate business.
A Whisky fiprlag.
The St Joseph Vindicator contains a
long account of a visit to a whiskey spring
i in Nodaway County. Singular and improb
’ able as it may be, there is said to be more
1, truth than Action in the story of a spirit
ous distillation in operation in the bowels
of the earth. The apring is situated in
,1 the bluff of a ravine, and the water, o
, dark yellowish liquid, trickles into a pool
below. The water and soil have a strong
i odor of brandy, and the former tastes like
- brandy dilated, carrying bitters in solution
An analysis showed the water to contain
32 per cent, alcohol as it dripped from tin
rock. The bitterness was probably caused
* 1 by the roots and soil it passes through
> When heated and fixed up with sugar, it
has all the properties of brandy punch
Noble Sentiments.
The following sentiments, recently
I littered by Gen. D. H Hill, will, we feel
confident, receive the honest sod hearty
commendation of our citizens :
Now is the auspicious time to begin in
our desolate bnt still beautiful South, to
correct false notions about the servile na
ture of work. Those with us who have
not nsed to work with their own hands be
long generally to that class who shrank
from the hardships of the march, and the
dangers «f the battle field. Their purple
and fine linen tell of speenlation and ex
tortion, the Widow's tears, the orphan’s
wail, and the dead soldier’s blood! Away
with them! Poverty is now the true
badge of nobility It speaks eloquently
of heroism patriotism, obliviousness of self
and selfish interest, generous sacrifice of
everything upon the altar of country. No
blazoned coat of arms, ever so plaiuly pro
claimed honorable blood, as does thkt <^d
faded uniform. Take heed, O ye heroes
of many a hard won field, lest you bring a
stain upon your bright escutcheon.
There is a cowardice which shrinks from
duty, as well aa a cowardice which shrinks
from danger. “Tis just as unmanly to
fear “the world’s dread laugh," as it is to
feat the shot and shell of an 'enemy’s
battery. It is just as ignoble to neglect
the obligations at home as to evade the
service owing to the country. You have
been true to the land of your birth, be
trie to those who are bone of your bone
and flesh Of your flesh. Your mothers,
wives and sweet-hearts have not blushed
for your want of manhood in the field ; let
them not blush for your effeminacy SDd
slothfulncss at the fireside. But we be
lieve in the enduring manhood of the
Southern soldier. We bclievo that he
will meet toil and poverty in the same no
ble spirit with which he has met privation
and peril. His is ni» weak softling to be
crushed by hardships and to be cast down
by trouble. The lion in the path of the
timid and irresolute is but a contemptible
cur to him. We have seen one born to
affluence, and who had acquitted himself
well in the field, reduced to the necessity
of driving a Wagon. To oar eyes he
would not have appeared so hoblo had he
been seated in a royal equipage. Wc
hive seen another of the boys in gray—a
real hero in the service—carrying as u
porter great bales and boxes. We esteem
ed hint more highly with these burdens on
his shoulders than wc would another fol
lowed by a retinue of servants carrying
bags of gold.
Tlie Famous Apple Tree.
The Montgomery Picayune contains an
interesting account of Lee’s surrender,
from which wo take the following :
“Every now and then we see in our ex
changes erroneous descriptions of the
surrender at Appomattox, and how General
Lee stood and surrendered under an ap
ple tree—hew Grant admired Lee’s beauti
ful sword, and returned it, remarking that
Lee was too brave a man to be without a
weapon, etc., otc.
“Gentle reader, none of these things
happened. Lee did not surrendor under
an apple tree. He did not offer his sword
to Grant. Grant did not adrairo the wea
pon and return it. If our readers will
bear with Us, we will give the surrender
as we saw it
* * * “General. Lee viewing
the hopeless conflict from a distance, dis
patches a flag of truce to Grant—the
struggle ends, and the hostile lines are
drawu back. While this correspondence
was going on, ana wane vjeuuiui uw woo
waiting the arrival of General Grant, he
took shelter from the sun under an apple
tree in McLane's orchard, under which
Colonel Talcott, of the engineer crops, had
placed some rails for a seat, and fully half
a mile from Appomattox. Grant’s arrival
on the outskirts of his army was soon an
nounced. Lee, in a full suit of gray, with
his English sword girded to his side, rid
ing forward on his gray to meet Grant—
he was a warrior at whom history itself
might stoop to ga*e. The interview be
tween the opposing chieftuins Was severely
simple ; but few attendants present. It
took place between the pickets of the two
armies, and lasted only a few minutes.
Grant apologized for not having his sword,
which was behind in bis wagon. The
terms were agreed upon, and Lee rode
back to hia army Commissioners on
either side were appointed to arrange de
tails. The surrender became known; and
then, to ua, for twG d.".™. » blank. Lists
of our names were made out, and two
afterwards, with heavy hearts, wo filed by,
brigade at a time, before a line of captors,
and deposited our banners and arms.
General Leo rode homeward on the third
day, and all Was over.
A Dutchman’s Temperano Lecture
—“I shall tell you how it vas. I pul
| mine hand on my head and there vas on*
pain. Then I puls mine hand on min*
pody, there was anoder pain. 1 vas verj
much pains in all mine pody. Den I put;
mine hand in mine pooket and dete tv a:
■ notin. I jined mit dor temperance. Nov
j dare vaa no more pain in mine head ; dei
| paiu in mine pody vas all goned avay. 1
put mine hant in mine pocket and den
! vas twendy dollars; So I shtay mit dei
temperance. ’*
Hrovr H.
The corner grocery not bein very at
tractive tothcr afternoon, on account
uv a skarcity uv change, among the
regular sitters, I thought I would go
hum and efijoy the sosiety uv mi wife.
Wen I got thare, I fouud the children
playing Injun Warrior to the life, thru
the house. It wus evident the femail
Ited uv the house was absent, bO sed i
sumwkat vext.
“AVare’s yure fntithcr?”
The stern vois of thare parient
caused a lul in tharo sport, and lookin
up, they exclaimed in a korus.
“She's down in the back yard, a
playin Kroiv K.”
I notist that the round tops of the
bed posts had been sawed orf, and the
handles rudely torn from a bushel
barsket that wus used to contain dirty
klocs. I comprehended the situation
of things in a moment. Two daZe be
fore I refoozei to purchus Mrs. E. a
£row £ outfit, as she stiled it, and
now she had improfised one and wuz
makin a fule uv herself in full voo of
the adjacent nabors-.
I tho’t I wood go down and look
on. Thare she wuz, with four or five
ov her femail cronies among hoom
wuz an old maid hoom I knu bi the
reputashon she enjoid of bein the
cheepcst husepapor in the county.
However, she didn’t kno me. I quiet-'
ly sot down on k convenient sawbuck,
and alter watchin the game intently a
fu seconds, I romarkt:
“Klizy, ain’t you most tu well up in
years to be pirooting around in the
grass like a thing ov sixteen ?”
Frivolohs woman, she bed on mi
old straw hat tied down dost over her
eers, and her dress wuz so short that
when she ^looped one mite have saw
her garters frurn a five-story windo.
The old maid gave me a contempu
ous glans; and arskt in a lo tone:
“who is that depraved lookin' man sit
tin on the sawbuck?”
“lie’s mi husband,’' sed Mrs. K., ond
blusht. ISlusht to own her lord 1
“Why, yu don’t tell me so,” sed the
virgtin o’er boom not less than 40
summers had parst. “Why, I wood
out have taken him to be yure hus
band!”
liisin And bowin purty stylish, I sed :
“No and you never tuk anybody tu
be yure liusban, did you ? And no
body tuk you to be his wife, did ho?
Well, after scrutinizin yu ail over, i
kan’t say I blame him-.”
She sqnit-ttVed Under this brilliant
repartee, and I chuckled and made mi
xit, a foo secons iu advans ov the saw
buck, which caught up tu me direkly
and sent me tu grass.
I don’t kno milch about the pints ov
Krow If, but it is a game at which
many a foolish young man has lorst
his hart, a watchin the ankles ov a
hartless cokav. It is played in the
grass. Which leads me to think it wuz
invented by a grass widder.
An Incident.
A number of New Adventists, (a new
religious sect who believe the world
will come to a close about the end of
the year,) were aboard the train, re
turning from oue of their religious
demonstrations a short time ago.—
Two of them opened a conversation ou
the election prospects, when one re
marked :
“I haven’t the slightest doubt that
the Democrats will elect Seymour and
Blair this fall, and 1 believe it ought
to bo done, too;”
“I don't see how you figure iu that
way,” remarked the other, Graut and
Colfax will be elected as sure as No
vember comes, and if I were a betting
At this another member, with a long
funeral Countenance* a very owl of
transcendant wisdom, drawled out
solemnly—
“You are both mistaken, my friends
—the Lord Jesus Christ will be the
President of the United States in 1869-.”
Hardly had this sage prediction been
uttered, when a big Kentuckian on the
other side of the aisle, who had heard
the last speaker rather indistinctly,
jumped to his feet and bringing dowu
his fist, shouted, “I’ll bet you twenty
five dollars he don’t carry Kentucky I”
Iu five minutes the whole car was in
a roar as the joke went around, and
the discussion was abruptly wound up,
leaving the enthusiastic Corncrackcr
very much astonished and puzzled at
the result of his share in it>—Louisville
Courier.
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Oae of Grant’s Hatreds.
A correspondent of the New York
Demoorat gossips as follows:
I have just been told the reason why
Grant hates Buchanan. It appears that
the iauei commanded the port of Hum
boldt Bay, in Oregon, where the former
was stationed, under his orders. At one
time Grant had an attack of delirium tre
mens, and fanoyiug the “snakes’’ had
taken refuge in his mattress, proceeded to
: rip it up, and commit other outrageous
acts, which caused Buchanan to issue an
; order to put him in a straight jacket,
! which was done. Grant never forgave
him for it; lienee his enmity to the pre
sent commander in New Orleans. Fancy
I the inmate of a stright jacket occupying
the chair and writing on the desk of Old
Hickory, in the Presidential mansion.
Ye gods forbid it!
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■SrShort meter—-Tho nearest 1kay
to your sweetheart's house.
Men of Genius.
Tasso’s conversation was neither gay
nor brilliant. Dante was neither taciturn
nor satirical. Buttler was neither biting
nor sullen. Gray seldom talked or smiletl.
Hogarth and Swift were absent minded in
company. Milton was very unsociable and
irritable, when pressed into conversation.
Kirwan, though copious and eloquent in
public addresses, was meagre and dull in
colloquial discourses. Virgil was heavy
in conversation. , *La Fontaine appeared
heavy, coarse, stupid, he could not speak
and discribe what fie had just seen ; but
then he was tile model of poetry. Chau
cer'S silence whs more agreeable than his
conversation- Drydcn’s conversation was
slow and dull, and his humor saturnine
and reserved. Corneille in conversation
was so inspired that he never failed in
wearying; he did not oven speak correctly
that language of which he was such 'h
master. Ben. Johnson used to sit silent
in company and suck his wine. Southey
was stiff, sedate, and wrapped np in asce
tism. Addison was good company with
nis intimate friends but in mixed company
he preserved his dignity by a stiff and
reserved sileuce. Fox in conversation
neVer f aged ; his animation and vivaoity
were inexhaustible. Dr. Bently was
loquacious 5 as was also Grotins. Gold
smith “wrote like an angel and talked like
poor Poll.” Burke was entertaining,
enthusiastic, and interesting in conversa
tion. Curran was a convivial dicty.
Leigh Hunt was a pleasant stream in con
versation- Carlyle do'Abtk\ objects, con
stantly dcYfturs.
The Wonders of Nature.
This world of ours Is filled with
wonders. Tho microscope reveals
them not less than the telescope, each
at either extreme of creation. In the
insect creation particularly, there is
much to know that has never been
dreamed of—wheels within wheels
without computation or number. Let
us take a rapid glance at tho proofs of
this statement. The polypUs is said,
like the fabled tiVdra, receives new life
from the knife which is lifted to de
stroy it. The fly-spider lays an egg as
large as itself. There arc four thousand
and forty-one muscles in the caterpil
lar. Hooke discovered fourteen thou
sand mirfoi-s its the eye of a drone; and
to effect the respiration of n carp, thir
teen thousand three hundred arteries,
vessels, veins, bones, &c., are necessary.
The body of every spider contains four
little masses pierced with a multitude
of imperceptible holes, each holo per
mitting the passage of a single thread;
all the threads, to the amount of a
thousand to each mass, join together
when they come out, and make the
single thread with which the spider
spins its web, 60 that what we call a
spider’s thread consists of more than
four thousand united. Lcuwhenock,
by means of microscopes, observed
spiders no bigger -than the grain Of
sand, and which spun threads so fine
that it took four thousand of them to
equal the magnitude of a single hair.
And thus we might go on until the
mind would almost weary ofthe details
of the wonders of nature.
A Quaker’s Letter to hit Watch
Maker.
I herewith send thee my pocket
clock, which greatly staudeth in need
of thy friendly correction. Tho last
time he was at your friendly school ho
was no ways reformed nor in the least
benefitted thereby; for I perceive by
. i_ j__ e Lt. _A lint. •
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and the truth is not in him ; that his
motions are wavering and irregular;
that his impulses are sometimes Vcf}’
quick, which betokens not ah even
temper; and at other times it waxeth
sluggish (notwithstanding 1 frequently
urge him*) that when ho should be on
his duty, as thotl khowest his usual
name denoteth, I And him slumbering
and sleeping—or, as the vanity of hu
mau reason phraseth it, t catch him
happing. Hence I am induced to be
lieve he is not right in the inward man.
Examine, I beseech thee thoroughly,
that thou mayest, by being well ac
quainted with his inward frame aud
ways, show him the path wherein he
should go. And when thou layest thy
correcting hand Upon him; let it be
without passion; lest thou drive him
to destruction.
Do thou regulate las motion for the
time to come by the light that rulctli
the day; and let him leant from the
unerring guide tho true calculation of
his table and education; and Arheu
thou Andeth him converted from the
errors of his ways, and more confor
midablo to the above mentioned rules,
then do thou seud him home, with s
just bill of charges, drawn out by tbs
spirit of moderation, and it shall b«
sent in the root of evil to thee.
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Stopping op Cotton Mills.—The
Fall River (Mass.) News says that owing
to the continued decline of cotton and oot
ton goods, and to the fact that the produc
tion of print cloths exceeds the demand
and the decline of the price below the
actual cost of production, the cottou millt
in that city Will run but four days a week
for the present, stopping Thursday nighti
for the remainder of the week.
g9“"Why is kissiug like oreatiou ’’
Because it is made of nothing aud is verj
good.
Indorsing President Johnson’s
Policy.
At the Republican Convention held at
Syracuse, New York, o'h the 20th of Sep
tember, 1865, the following resolution was
adopted :
Resolved, That we approve as eminently
wise and just, the sentiments of kindness
and confidence which President Johnson
has evinced toward those communities and
individuals lately in rebellion, who accept
the perpetnation of the Union and the
perpetual prohibition of slavery as the
legitimate and irreversible result of the
war; that we approve the initial' steps
which he has taken toward releasing to
the people full and complete control over
their local affairs just as soon as may bo
found compatible with the preservation
and maintenance of peace, the exclusion
of slavery and the fulfillment of the Con
stitution of the fiction to guarantee every
State a republican form of government,
and that we confidently look forward, un
der his wise administration, to the restora
tion of more cordiality of feeling, of grea
ter mutual respect and interest iA 'each
othors’s welfare, between the Northern
and Southern sections of the Union, than
have hitherto prevailed, and that in all
the measures he may adopt tending to the
attainment of these just and bencficient
ends, we pledge him our cordial support.
The Britishand American
lift vies.
The London Times of August 29, states
that the British government spends upon
its navies annually about £11,000,000, or
855.000. 000. It states that the number
of officers, men and boys in the navy is
67.000. England depends upon her navy;
it is the bulwark of her power, and Upon
it sne lavisnes ner icvenues witnout stint.
The number of her ships of war composing
the Channel fleet, on foreign stations and
on particular service exceeds our own five
fold and these 67,000 men constitute the
force requisite to man her ships.
The United States navy consists of 11,
400 officers, men and boys, about one
sixth of those of the British na'Vy. In
1867 the Kadical administration expended
on the navy $31,034,000. In the year
ending June 30, 1868, they expended
$25,775,502. With only one sixth as
many men as the navy of England, they
spend nearly one-half as much money as
England in 1867, and taiore than one-third
as much in 1868, and this in a time when
our foreign relations are altogether pacific
and we are at peace with all the World.
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A Beautiful Incident.
A gentleman relates that many years
ago he was oh a visit to the Isle of Man,
and during his walks he strolled iuto the
quiet churchyard where repose the bodies
of many a faithful and humble christain.
Near a grave in a corner of the church
yard he noticed a lady with a little girl
(the latter about twelve years of age,) to
whom she was relating the story of the
dairyman’s daughter whose remains lay
beneath their feet. As the lady proceeded
in the narrative he observed the little girl
lift up her eyes filled with tears and heard
her say that she would try and bo as good
as the dairyman's daughter had been.
After planting a beautiful lily on the
grave they walked slowly away. The
gentleman upon making inquiry fodhd
that the lady was the Duohcss of Kentarfd
the little girl her daughter. The latter is
now Queen of England.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. J. 7T. BTJRITBY,
Being permanently located at Des Arc,
will continue the practice of his profession in
all its branches.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney's Drug Store.
DR. ROB’T. B. TREZEVANT,
Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Office—At B. t'. Johnson Drug Store,
sep21
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD A THOMAS,
4ISOU11I4V141
DEI ARC, ARRAW8AS.
IB. F. Johnson.
DRUGGIS T,
DES Afid, ARKANSAS.
KEEP on hand a large assortment of Drugs
Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery
Patent Medicines, Wines,Brandies,.Whiskey,
for medical purposes, which he will sell low
Prescriptious and orders tilled promptly
Terms cash. feb. 16, 1866.
F. LEPTIENj
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
1 DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Tam now prepared to BO.all
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning, So.
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit
| continuance of the patronage heretofore b<
I .towed en me feb28-tf
PRJOFESSfOSlAL 'CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR*
ATTORN BY AT LAYT;
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
H. jp. "V"Augh.an.
ATTORNEY At LAW
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL praotiee in theCourts of the countie*
of Prairie. White, Jackson. Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
colleotion of elaims any where In the State.
sep7tf. ,
T. E. EMERSON;
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARfc.
Special attention given to the collection
and earning elaims, buying and selling lands,
paying taxes, eXaming titles, Ac. april 11
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woodraff oonnty, and the Circuit Courts of
the eeveath Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted . to hie
care. janl2
B- »• GANTT. W. 1. BBONACOB.
GANTT ft BRONATJGH,
AT TO BUSY 8 ^T &AW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to collection of
claims. apr!4
W. J. ROGERS,
ATTOBNKY AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to tli?,. Collection
of Claim*', investigation of Land Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes. &c. my 16
JAMES H. PATTfcRAON, LUCIAN C. GAUSE,
Augusta, Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & (jause,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jack son port and Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
J&cksou, Independence, White, Lawrence,
RAhddlpfc, Green. CraigheAd And Crttsq, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. AddtcsS either dffice. myl8-ly
J. C. JONSON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JONSON & MOORE)
Attorneys at Law,
SOLtCITORS IN VHaNCERY,
—Akp—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SEARCY, ARKANfeAl^i
Will give prompt Attention tb any business
in the counties of IHafcJtehiience, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, >Vhite, Conway
and Van Buren. mar9
ouii. JT. viiAtvn.. HAM. W. WILLIAMS*
JOE. W. MARTIN.
CLARK, WILLIAMS A MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law.
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Rial Relate and Central Agents.
Orrics—Markham Street, near State HoiisS.
april28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attorney at Law,
COTTON PLANT, WOODRUFF CO, ARK
Will practice where calleiT'.
aep28-tf.
WM. B. COODY. D. MC BAS
COODY & McRAE,
4Y«mm At taw
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
ahkansAh; '
Will practice in all the couris of Arkansan
mar24
SR. ALLE2T
Offers his services to the citizetis at
Des Arc anil vicinity in the practice of
medicine: Thankful for past favors,
and by attention to business be expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
O&cc—At his residence—Into thfc
residence of W, G. Frith. sep2l
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
TENDERS his professional services to the
Citiiens of Dee Arc and surrounding
country, in the practice of Medicine and Ob
stetrics. He hopes from an experience of
^ over fifteen years iu Southern practice, to
4 merit a share of public patronage. .
Office one door East of Burney's P^ug
Store. march2i-1848 It
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