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w. H. RHEALEDITOR._ _______ _ The Constitution, the Union, and the Enforcement of the Laws.
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■ JIIIHI — II ~x vxTJJ’jenr-Mevr:xkir•t.-y-r. y ttk*
official. t>rs x Toitv.
..S OF 1 . . Lid COIL S_
COl NTT AND r ROB ATE JUDGE,
■ f nines 1^. i i un I,
CLERK,
WILLI A M G OODRUM.
SHERIFF,
WILLIAM A. PLUNKETT.
TREASURER, ^
WYLIE LANKFORD.
C O r. O K E K ,
LEVIN IIARRISON.
SURVEYOR.
Ir,. . u w ' < to Jj .
COMMON M iICiil COMMIs.-iONF.B,
W. F. I'll E 6 T OX.
ISTCKXAI, IMPROVCMEST COMMITTEE,
l B E X -1 A M I X F A W C E T.
Jl STIF FS OF TEEF PEACK.
1'rair, —li. F. Coulter, E. L. Heard, H. Y. Smith,
James Glover.
■ ■—G. M. Connor. AY. K. Dobbins. Janv's
Knight, Win, Donnell, S. Cosirt, V..' Robinson,
]': i. .it lii.i.xi—Aser Pipkin, A . 1>. lbAduson.
r.7 I Birrr—IE P. Araughan, T, B. Kent, L. C.
Rcmhert, D. 1’. Black.
('• i'-r—S. <\ Paine, I*. Doii.l?lss.
i: '•, ■. a —W. A- W, Mann, A7, J, McCot bs.
// .. ... —T, M. I!•■■■ v. .!. t ■ ■
.. ■' --V. F, 1 rice. W, R. Ur ntly.
C!i it Lrtkt—Guinn Barber, James [. Morris.
La (i—T. M. Belcher, Ihotaus llarvide.
C O A S T 4 B F E S .
JM '». T. V.h (‘ if ■•—.?. & Steele:
C3 • -’7 I!. 1 : ■ ■ ■ : // ' :
A. liar ti K
01 im: liich w» 7—7. L Bark •••{ Wat V ww—
John G: *ee,
<’• • ,1,1 uf Clear T..-7.1 {.:• • • v. • •
shit- billed fill their b.-.-d-.
ujp I |i i.wniji un.1 AJi i.r.~ fir i~ r -jsr. f warrmr^t-* rm n * *i spr&pv
HTE A M B.O A T !-*.
LEAA ES MEMl HR EVERY 1 ‘ 7 77.
lltinpltiv, AVItilo and FiRSe Red
Iliter PticUel,
dmira 15
ELIAS TIIOM.VSSOX, - - - - Master.
mills BINE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
I steamer, having been thoroughly repaired,
•will r .a regularly bet ween Memphis and t tie v. vi
ems point-; on White river throughout the season,
arriving at lies Arc on Thursday evettin as • n lmr
up !. ip. aii-l-h.ii'i! on Friday evenings. I- >• Ircigl-t
<ir pa--ftjre. appdv --n board. Jan 11. bl-tt
LEAVES MEMPHIS EVERT SATURDAY.
Memphis, White and Fillle Red
River Pathel,
PETE FLEMMING,.Master.
milLS STEAMER HAVING BEEN T1IOH
1 oughly refitted, will make regular trips
throughout tlie season, leaving Memphis every
C. . ...1 \ /vfnnir C > TI
Regulur Ai*vv Orleans, W Jsilc and
LiHle lied River Packet,
Sidc-Wlicel SSteamer
II. S. EATON,.Master.
rnillfS FINE freight and passenger
1 packet having been furnished wit!; cotton
guards, and otherwise repaired, will run between
New Orleans ard the various points on White
river, during the season, as a semi-monthly
packet. nov 23-tf
LEAVES MEMPil 18 EVERY TUESDAY.
Hemjshis and W hite litver Packet,
GOLI)EN STATE,
HICKS KING, - Master
J. B. Rcssell, - Clerk.
TTWIIS SPLENDID PASSENGER STEAMER
1 will make regular trips from Memphis to lies
Are, Augusta and Jacksonport, on White river.
For freight or passage, apply on board.
Aleiupliis, White and kittle Red
River Packet,
A. W. QUARRIEB,
D. M. ROGERS, - - - - Master.
1W1IS SPENDID LIGHT DRAUGHT STEAMER
. having been thoroughly repaired, will make
regular trips between Memphis and Searcy on
Little Red liiver, touching at all points on White
hhe has first-class passenger accommodations.
Shippers and consignees may rely upon the
regularity of this packet, and all business en
trusted to their care will be m-nmntlv and faith
k
__ISC .^1 M:ss cA11DH.
J. M. GOUGIN'. I). C. TRADES. B. W. L. HOLT.
GOGGIN, TRADES & HOLT,
Cjtton and Tobacco Factors,
<» ii o o i: ii s,
FORWARDING AM) ((HIM: -UN SIIiRCHAMS,
so. 10 Front Eon , XI EM Pill ’. TENN.
"VXT’EHKLY ACfTF-'i >v. nr: EIVEP thro Hi
I T (*ui (h • ;eison i<> their already l ine ami
desirable stoek of. Tobacco, Ba I .Rope, Su
gar, CoHe, Molasst . Bacon, . . Vi h jr, Flo
®®d Plantation Supplies generally. Will Store
m, Leal ec . ■ - i1. luco in our
commodious Warehouse on Union S n ■. in ■ i hi
oi their busine-s house. No. It* Front Itovr. We
Store and Sell t otton at Too per hale. iioR''-:-m
ii-vc• jeih,r-»ion w_r«>\ iz \vt>i s ifi-s :
GILES F- riLLSY,
MAxrrACTunr.R of
Charter Oak, Plymoth Rock, & Valley Forge
Cookia«r ‘S i <> v e & Z
Also, every v. riety of
PARLOR. i?CS\ C iXXftX STOVES,
1>"5'"5 aiul 157 Main Siwct,
dec 7-tf ST. I.OFIM. MISSOURI,
L. O. NORTON, - F. A. l'KAut K.
E. Q. ilOBTO M &, t'O.,
Forward lag & ComnE sion 31e?elsant$
AND DF-ALBES IS
FICUR, GP.AII7 cad PRODUCE,
No, lit) Front Kovr,
dec 14-2ra MEMPIIIS. TFNX.
H07f^eTsE5T BROTHERS! "
IMF0RTEB3 AND I'EALEBS IX
Rnnidics, Gins y.'ines Cigars, &<*.,
ALSO,
DISTILLERS & XlANTFACTLT.EItS OF
Domestic XVIne • nii«l L,i<juor:-(,
i £ ycam
n rv 2 f. CINCJNN iTI, o.
T. LEPTIFN, 1. KLEIN.
LEPTIEIT & KL2SZJ.
ALICES IN
CLOCKS, AYATCK: S Eiici JEWELRY,
lEiic'ii-,1 \ :• la
DES ARC, ARK VNSAS.
AVI NO OX HAND \ • rv; AVI) -ELECTED
• -1«• V: of < *•, \'. • >i'i Je lev. v:e
l'C'.'. • ;fully «u: rit :i ecu'i iunuc ’ <■ . do ! ind | <t
ronag1 of }■• jle ».i Bos Arc and : ;t’T • Hiding
coum ; y. Vv •* are al*o prepared 10 do all kinds ut
Match, ("lock and Jewelry work with care anl
despatch. All work warranted. dec 7-tf
C. I). I'ilRKV, - - .1. M. ff'.ITKV.
PERRY & FETTEY,
Snath Side ok Erit'ssti VitJa Nireel,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
I'V’AT.ERS IX ST A RLE '-’V. I'O.'M’MX
1 / l . •. ’to . i■ - . : • Clo
t hi n't. Mats and C ■ ! . Lin
ar i <' ,;lery. (Jui.a : • ’.var ■•. ( '. AUm, a coti.tdote
st*.*. i-tm- nt «•!’ Fancy K '+• . 1 ibasiLii; -
and fat . r sirsi 'i, ? of fve*y d • \pti .n.
.i ll kinds of good*, by li.e j iece, at wind •<•,!•«
prices. dr • 7-11
TV p ci a 7t> * ipr
BY .!. f. T'."ft
.)-• i-.. * ■ r 1 e.! \ 0
-k.V . . 'X - V.O.
r *,y;v • 7 : -..**: :» t • • v.
2 I ; ■ i, On ; .
. ! ' ! . > .•
,0 d
j •«:.■. ■. If unretni l ©arc an
ire the fiver of nil. io i : ru .
i . .. -. a..
js ji* Tlie Ear at! 1 1 > U; . '1 8U
wfth the ? --ref 1.! pi ;* and (':.:•!*■. in
-- /-l* -jTVTr ATT Br ‘^'TF !* T 7- ~j T —
(Successors lo G. AY. Yad a.)
WTlOLESAI.r. AND It ETA 11. ItEAt.EBS IN
Cu r<K*<Z
iiixeiuvg, foi;ayab:m\'. a (f.irt: its\::a vr .,
iv3. DES ARC, ARKANS\ .
G. MLAREX. ------ -S. N. JACKSON.
I2XAREN & JACKS02T,
•Successors to G. i .1. McLaren .v Co.,
DF.S ARC, ARKANSAS.
Dealers in staple and fancy dry
Goods, Rcady-Mt: C.-uldrijr, Hats and
Caps, Bonnet's, Boots and Shoes, Hardware an l
i . ■. .1’ Its, Stati .. fy, etc. Also. R ceiving,
Forwarding and Coro nission Mere! . n tv 8.
" GARVIN, BELL & CC.,
IliPOBTEIiS L VfnGLIMLL DLALliuS IV
FOREIGN k DOMESTIC FRY-GOODS,
AND
Aianufucttuvi s of C'lotli!njc.
Xos. 11J and 111 Mh’a Si reef, nor:h side,
iiov 1 €>J'm. LOLlSv I LLL, K\.
A. STEWAKT, WM. STEWAKT, H. 8TEWABT.
STEWART & BROS.,
Receivinp:, Forwavcling
AXD COM .1ISSSIOX .1IERCS1 4XTS,
nnv DKS Vl{'.\ MI K ANSAS.
STOVE AND TIN SH 0
TV . II. 13 n i* lc
Has removed his tin shop to the
house recently occupied by J. \\\ Wallace,
on Buena Vista street. opposite the Nucleus
House, where he is prepared to accommodate the
public with the best articles of
COOKING STOVES, TIN-WARE,
and all other merchandise in his line, ever
brought to this market.
My cooking stoves arc immediately from alavge
St. Louis establishment, and 1 feel confident that
those who want these convenient articles can suit
themselves from my large a-sortiueiit. (live me
a call, and examine before purchasing else
where. _ll<n '*
I.OOBi SU4UP!
4 LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO ME, EITHER
Iv by note or account, will come up by the 1st
of January next and pay me. or they will be put
in the hands of an officer for collection.
dec7-tf GEO. W. \ ADEN.
S E $ D S: S~E E 1)811
A LARGE LOT OF FRESH HUNGARIAN
J\_ Brass Seeds, just received and for sale by
nov. 8. JOHN JAChSOK k 00.
1 S'iJUi T v. ■■■> a —r~ T-T
PltOFEI iSIO N" Ali CARI .
T. J. JO ..
Attorney ii t Law,
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS,
AX T ILL PRACTICE IN PRAIRIE AND THE
♦ ♦ a. 1 .ring counties. Partlcliiar attention
given to (. ... • .1 ioii'.
It» ; i •" .' ! ■ —T. J. & C. Powell, Knoxville,
Thos. II. < ■. j. Pi i lent of Ocoee
*i ..;. | v. ,. V ; ...i; . • ,c Marsh, Cliatia
i Ji I.. ; lap kin, E tnc, Ga.;
1 "■ . . Columbus, !!nn.
Joseph T. ' sit, R rgold, Oa.; W 11 • H.
! ■; .an. l’rc> •*oiii North»vo.•stern Lank, Ringgold,
Georgia. nov 8,
1 a. I. LAM'., - - - - - - w. II. Ci'.VMBCK*.
BUS. LANE & CHAMBERS,
a TAV1NO FORMED A PARTNERSHIP IN
1 i tl." jv.-.iet ice of their prole->low, tender
their services to the citizens of lies Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience, they hone
to share at least a portion of the patronage of tlie
’ ut.!;<-. Of,ice on Dlicuu Vista . ireet, at Rah-lv's
Drugstore. novC
rp -gT vn T" rgl
JL e .'iJ o jL*. —Z iL <5
u\. 1toy ii o y ca t L a w ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
\\TILL F A( VK'E IN TEE COURTS OF
t 1 Prairie, \VL'. ■. 'L.rrne. A-l in.-as, St.
! All
busmens intru.-tcal to his care . hull meet with
prom pt alt nti n, ( ee on Lyon rri t. u ,: ! j f.
T71 rga r«v
*U-I 9 l~rnj VU m'l —j >_J. »a—J m— ^
I isi ,
\ LES \RC, ARKANSAS.
AITILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN VI,L
v V its ' ran 1 -s, in u ,i:,g continuous Guru
V, ork. 11 i Buena Vista sireet, up taira,
.Jackson's new building. nov T;-tf.
T. SAXDLT.S, ------ - - ,!. L.
T)ELS. f>AI« Cz> I'UjIreL,
Ii4 -ssI clt* ii t Physiola ns,
DES ARC, ARK AN S VS.
Having formed a partnership in
the practice of their profession, tender a
continuation of their services to the citizc s of
Dos Vre and adjacent country's, t *11: up Ur-,
earner Buena V: : i and Via In 11 - ire m.v:{
RUGS EVANS,
n-*i r^rarr p p r* - * *■ n ^ j r «* ? * *"* p ^
raAL l'j‘. iTj: £ u:r..J RjitiT.
LI’S ARC, Ai*.KANSAS.
PROMPT ATTEYi’RiN R ILE RE GIVEN TO
1 all bu»i ness cuttu.ud to him in his
line. nov 8.
-. _ - . . . • -• > •'. - V
Ai’chitccl ::iMl Kuildcr,
l: S ARC, ARE\ is.
Q LICTfS ( iN I : ACTS FOR Ri !LDI> IS OF
♦ ^ i vo. v iv!*_•. lit- i- • ]■ ; :ir l to i irni.ds
• i Draw all the ir< >d
■ ,; • . 4 ■ . . i ture; build, • ■ >cr intend
i and Iw-rhi.:/ " bin- for buil iin-ai inode*
i :!,* j i . Oi-if i - Ion tit the “Citi/en Office,"’
will rocei #4sroiiiiii attention. novd-y
~bit.'11. ARMISTEAD,
n AVISO PERMANENTLY LOCATED \T
DBS ARC, oil - . is ]i'of'.■••sional s»rvices
to the citizen of tko town an ! adjaei .it count y.
i Office on jLy<n i trect. nov ft.
rn ■- a -:•* —s —» ■ •*. i - -
» C*- » - J w ;J/ i j «|
Ai > oriu\v at I^ti vc,
I BS \’p\ MIKASSAS,
vv . . ristusFii r .n 1 rci \%
\ y 1 .i.i. -in 1 : i ■ i4i;i: i oi \Viiii a, .I;i
• ••• • n and "!• i: . •. b. •- intru.-'.v<l (■> hi;
[ear > j ■ If ail ! m. ;o.v f
. : CO
j . A . . ... .S.
° i 1 ' D FANCY THY
j
v .
! •;! 1.. ' i. i» *. ; . ,i.i.-i’s, Ii v •#.
C J . ■> f U . -. ' . T. -•! 5
C 'aroontcr an<i .i'oinoc,
*
DBS A A i BAN.- vS,
■ LEE rs SASH, DOORS, MANTLES,
• i f Wind w D r Frai . <•;*•. Shop corner
lvtv.il! si:: I E.'ik •• • is. S. IB—< ’oi'.iti : I- I I
on- r. < n -b-i t :<••:i-»e. p \ 3-y
A. W. MCNEILL,
Ati-ornt'.v it 1 I^aAv,
I)BE ARC, AREAS'AS,
1 | )RA( "irrs j\ TUB < Ol'l’.TS OF PR URIE
I si-kI ad.i# t com.:ies. O.ii e, corner iivwin
;UJ'l Lyon street*. n v ‘J
i ;,i n P O O P If l O 0 ^ fl
iii m Um U ii L u u L 1) (A O <; . ,
wholesale and detail
Or 1C O C 3 r s 5
First do< r West of J. H. Quisenberry's Store.
D E S a R C, A R ii A X S A S.
m.\KE PLEASURE IX ANNOUNCING TO
1 the citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
that they arc now in receipt of a large and well
selected stock of
0II0 c E n IE S AND HARD W A R E.
(' agisting in j trt of Sugars, Mol a t es, Cofft
Cand < ... - . \ in< .. . S it. W hi ... Rice,
Pi .!r--. Sardines, 1 lour, Fish, Raisins, Figs, Cit
ron*, •Ujutiiti*. Candy, Soap, Starch, Soda. Crack
er., ToWSbco. Cigars, Nail-. ( a ting.-, 1 i • ■ n. Steel.
Log Chains, Ox Chains. Pole Axes, Spades, Shov
el*, etc., etc., with all other articles usually to h •
found in a similar establishment. All of which
thev tire now selling low for cash. novd-tf
*L> i-z ►- ? :
FEMALE ACADEMY,
MIS3 SALLIE A. DAVIS, Principal.
mills INSTITUTION WILL RE OPENED ON
1 Monday next, the d ith inst., for the recep
tion of pupils.
terms or tuition, rr.r. session of twenty-one
WEEKS.
Orthography, Reading and Writing, - -
English Grammar, Arithmetic, (1 ography, Id 00
Algebra and the higher English branches, 15 00
French and the higher Matiicinatics, - - -0 00
Students will be chargod from the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except in
cases of protracted sickness.
References.—P.ev. J. Douglass, A. M., Presi
dent of IN ; nklin College. Holly Springs, Miss.;
J. J iM Pleasant, Miss.; Col.
M. 1). Shelby, Car in’s Landing, Mis.-.; E
Gatewood, Esq., T. J. Woodson, Des Arc.; J. M.
, Cot**, Hickory Plain, Arkansas. nov23-dm
’TV-^VJTSSItVT - : ; f-'A^JLLa^g"d »A Jr."ITT!'VLM/.STV
POETIC ALT'
from Tn \iiii7u wT
O’er the meadow's clover bloom
A snowy white veil is spread,
And purer than folds which fall
From a fair bride's drooping head,
Ice-spangled like in woven pearls,
And fa t ned with wreaths of snow;
And garlands of frost hang bright
From bu hc3 which bend so low.
On the summer dowers and grass,
The snow re ts heavily down;
And upon the evergreens
- laid a glistening crown;
The o - era shuddering bend
in sad. leafless sighings o'er
The v !■. -, that with glittering links
Are bound to the snowy shore.
The shivering, leafless trees
Tin i arms uplift*
To tiic cold and pitiless sky,
Where t:"' sm«w clouds silent drift:
And winds, through the brown, Sere boughs
<; !‘v Mid limiutiiliFs bring,
As n :'. y had weary grown
1’ .tg for Lin ‘ eyed spring.
O', 'i : ■ rf spot!. ■ r.o-7
V bow their darkened heads,
As a sorrowing mourner bends
In ;:'oo i o'er tiic shrouded dead.
All tl.i ■ 1 >ok gloomily dark
ist the t now so pure and white;
<,* Oh. thus do our human lives
1- >k 1 irk i:i 1 ■ iron's pure light I
Do our : . .is in the Bool: of Life
On its snowy pages lie,
Like spot on the stainless now,
Or clouds in (he spotless sky?
There is one who tan wash them out,
lire we reach that upper fold,
ilk with soft, angel stops
: . 1 i tli • tree! ■ of pearl and g ! I.
---«s»
TILE BURIAL <>V THE BEAUTIFUL.
Kobe the beautiful for the tomb—
|n We may no longer stay her:
£ : has passed away In budding bl i,
In -cal whit-1 array her.
Oie -e urn lias? we erave,
Before her face we cover;
V hv - liould the cold and prnspitig grave
Take all from those that love her?
B ■ ir the beautiful 10 the loitib
\V hiie yet the Min is shining,
lire the shadows and evening gloom
Denote the day's declining.
Bear her softly and slowly on—
iJl ! u rb no ] laeid leatm e ;
Deep the sir •;> he i fallen upon,
The last of a mortal creature.
La v the b an!iftt! 1 n lho tomb.
I' rir-iili iIk; weeping willow,
Let Cut i:i.ii-i. n have deeping room,
And ■1 ly .; tv :d I, ■ pillow.
Af I- lia-'eri 1 realms of Miss,
Tin ir watch aliove her keeping:
Dear to the heart of th" Father is
The place where a child i- sleeping.
1. .vc 11: In a::tli’:il in the t< mb ;
There may be others fairer ;
11 ... ; i it • i is may w..ve a plume
\\ it!i glory to the wearer:
lint so beautiful and so good —
Think they who dearly held Iter—
Earth in if- loveliest sisterhood
May never have excelled her.
CTTr-T*'-.- . • -•-•-tv: — • -- - rrr wrw t - - "rr-r-jj ».n n
E STM A S.
r.et • H, old. good old i"av'tina« gone? Xolli
i. bv th" had' of bis n,y. ,j. < ray, old head and
oil t .’ eh. i n lit iiave that, sovii g 1 . ■.ti
ll it have more of Itira.
[Un and Cry after ChristAias.
A man rnlirhi then behold
At ('aristiuas, in each hall
Go i i hr, s to curb the cold,
And • : ■ it for gr.-.ti and small.
T! ighb ? were f riendly bid len,
A nd a; 1 had wi'le une t r»t*»,
Tiu* poor fiom the t ties were not chidden
V, h'.'ti this old cap was new. [old Song.
\ i . In tin ivit’.l ,o* " I "- a more de
.. I*: it:; . t-!l t.wr my ttiiti • i>ti than the
Fit ■■,'!.a • tlie h' y ett loins a tel rural
•_ .t,.e.s :;«cr times. I Ivy recall the piet
• .is my lam-v i: <■ J to draw in the May in >rn«
iff Hi ,.i", > i.< it :.s \ cl i only know tlm world
1 lit. i ,'d i k . ami I oliovcii it t t he till that
I els hatl ] a n i I it: :;mJ tin y briny with
i.. . : tbe tyor of tii e h< n -t men in' yore,
in with li. ] crltaj.. with eijml iailacy. I am
a fit to think the \v rid was inure homebred,
social nirl joyous tlmn tit ] iv-ent. I regret
to say l. at tlvy are «latly : i >v in r move and
more ia'itl. Is ug gradually worn away by
i lime, hut :! mote obliterate i by modern
fashi ... resen ble those picturesque
: t. jt. e , i hiC arebtlecture, which we see
: crumdiin r m various parts of the eountrv,
partly do.i . ilc l by the waste el' ages, and
I ;,- :u tl. • a ; hduits and alterations nt
latter tlays. l’oetry. however, elingiug with
cite;; ':■ 1 fondue s about the rural game am!
holiday revel, from which it. has derived so
many of it; themes—as the ivy winds its rich
foliage about the gothic arch and mouldering
tower, gratefully repaying their support, by
cla. pi tig together tln-.r tottering round in, ami.
i as it were, embalmim. them in verdure.
< if all the oi l festivals. however, that of
Cl:ri-tti::.s awakens the strong* -t and most
l',i*ir. *i v . » 11 • • • i t i, . i, u i ■_ •* foiin / , f w; 11 _
‘ emu and sacred feeling ilia.; blends v.dtli oui
i conviviality, and lilts the spirit to a state of
1 hallowed and elevate 1 enjoyment. The ere
! vices of tiio church about ibis season are ex
tremely tender.and inspiring. They dwell on
tlie beautiful story of the origin of our faith,
and the pastoral scenes that accompanied its
announcement. They gradually increase in
1 fervor and pathos during the season of Ad
vent, until they break forth in full jubilee on
the morning that brought | eace and ^good
will to men. 1 do not know a grander effect
of music on tlie moral feelings, than to bear
; the lull choir and the pealing organ perform
in'; a Christinas anthem in a cathedral, and
lining every part of the vast pile with trium
phant harmony.
It is a beautiful arrangement, also, derived
! from days of yore, that this festival, which
Commemorates the announcement of the re
ligion of peace andt love, In - been made tin
sea>n for gathering together of family con
nections, ancl drawing elo-e again those bond
er kindred hearts, which the care- and p’.eu
! ures and sorrows of the world are continually
operating to cast loose; of failing back the
children of a family, who have launched forth
in life, and wandered widely asunder, once
more to assemble about the paternal hearth
that rally ing place of the affections, there tc
grow young and loving again among tlie eu
dealing mementoes of childhood.
There is something in the very season oi
the y ;r that gives a charm to the festivity <d
(.In i tins.'. At other times we derive a great
portion of our pleasure from the mere beau
res of nature. Our feelings sally forth am
d s pate themselves over thesunny landscape
and we “ live abroad and everywhere.” The
song of the bird, the murmur of the stream
the breathing fragrance of spring, the soft vo
luptuousues3 of summer, the golden pomp o
autumn; earth tfiili its mantle of refreshing
green, and heaven, with its deep, delicioui
blue, and its cloudy magnificence, all bill u.
with mute but exquisite delight, and wereve
in the luxury of mere sensation. But in tin
depth of winter, when nature lies desp fled of
every charm, and wrapped in her shroud ol
sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications
to moral sources. The dreariness and desola
tion of the landscape, the short gloomy days
and darksoute nights, while they circumscribe
our wanderings, shut in our feelings also from
rambling abroad, and make us more keenly
disposed for the pleasures of the social circle.
Our thoughts are more concentrated; our
friendly sympathies more aroused. We feel
more sensibly the charm of each other’s so
ciety. and are br.m-Jst more closely together
by dependence on each other for enjoyment.
Heart calleth unto heart; and we draw our
pleasure- from the deep wells of loving-kind
ne-s. which lie in the quiet recesses of our
bosoms; and which, when resorted to. furnish
forth tin' pure clement of domestic felicity.
The pitchy gloom without makes the heart
dilate on entering the room tilled with the
glow and warmth of the evening tire. The
ruddy blaze diilin.-cs an artificial summer and
sunshine through the room, and lights up
each countenance in a kindlier we!, one.
\\ here docs the le m •: ‘ace of Im nfta'iiy ex
pat;.1 into a broader and ntor* cordial n tile—
where is the shy glace of love more sweetly
eloquent—than by the winti r fireside i and as
the hollow blast of wintry wind rushes through
the had, clasp. the oli .ant deor. wh: lc
about the chimney, what can be mure grate
ful than that feeling of s her and sheltered
eeurity. with w hieh we i >ok round u n ; u
comfortable chamber and the scene of domes
tic hilari: y '■
The English, fivin the gient prevdeno«
rural habit throughout every class of s<iy.
have always been fond of tiio e festival- and
holidays, which agreeably interrupt the still
i nc: - of country life ; and they were, in fur
! nit-r da vs. nui ticulurly ol.si-rvant of tlie rcli
**..* . ••
gious and social riles of Christmas. It i m
l spiring to read even the dry details which
j some ant’quai’cs have given of the qu but
humors, tlie burlesquepace ants, the eouijilen
| abandonment of mirth and good-felhiwslii;*
| with which this fe-tival was celebrated. It
j seemed to throw open every door, ami unlock
every heart. It brought the pea .-ant mid tin
peer together, and blended all ranks in one
warm generous How of joy and kindue-s.
The ohl h ills of ca thas and manor-h liet-s re
soaude ! with the harp and the i'hristmas ea
. rob and their ample hoardsgmanc 1 underlie
weight of hospitality. Keen the pooresj -• -
lave w.scorned the festive seas m witli -m- 1
>■. ’ s of hay an 5 holly—the cln
| iito glanced Ms ra \> through the lattice, iuvit
J iug the passengers to raise the latch, and ti
the gos.-ip knot huddled murid the ho.nth.
1 • iruilin ; the lot ■ ■ . < tiing with leg ends n
j kos and oft-told I hristmas tabs.
f hie of the least pleasing (Meets of modern
refinemmit is the havoc it lias nia !e ::i:n>n;_:
: tile hearty and holiday customs. !’. has <■ ui
plctely taken oil the sharp touchings aiel
spirited reliefs of these embelishments of life,
lias worn down society into :i luore smooth
am! p dished, but e< rtainly a le s char? et< i
tic surface. Many of the games and ceremo
nials of < 'hri-tmas have entirely d;-#ppc-:-e !.
1 and. like the sherris sack of old Falls fa rl. arc
j 1 ecoiaing matters of.speculation and d! pu!o
| among comment-dors. 'fhey nourished in
times tail of spirit and lu.-tihood. when m a
i njovvd life roughly, hut heartily and vigor
ously ; times wild and picturesque, which
have furnished poetry with its richest mam
rials. and the drama with its most attrai ive
variety of characters and manners. The
world has become more worldly. There is
more of dissipation, and le-s of enjoymnet.
I Measure lias expanded into a broader, but a
: shallower stream; and has forsaken many • f
• the deep and quiet channels where ir fb-a.e 1
j sweetly through the ea :n hosom of dome
life, e;el\ I as re jn re i a more caught; ned
j i ml elegant tone; hr. it has lost mai • ol H
j strong local peculiarities, its home-bred i. 1
in a s. |t.s honest ’in- : ie deliglus. 'Jim tradi
tionary eust-ms of oiden-hearted antiquity.
i;s feudal hospitalities, and lordly vva-.-.iilaigs.
have p:i"ed away with the baroniai cast!^
aod >..itelv manor-lioiises in which they were
celebrated. They eosq urted with the l
owy hall, the great oaken gallery, and the
tapestried parlor, hut are uimelktcd to t. c
li.iit sh »wy saloons and gay dvawin, -ro n.i-i :
the modem villa.
Shorn, however, as it is. of its ancient an i
festive honors, Christmas is ml a period ",
deli ill excite men: in England. It
lymg to mi: that home 11 e,mg cvmp.ctylv
aroused, which holds so powerful apl .ee in
every English bosom. The preparations mak
ing on every side for the social hoard that i.
again to unite friends and kindred; the pre
sent.-; of good cheer passing and repu- :ng.
those tokens of regard, and quiekeners o
kin l feelings; : he e\ ci g n ms distril ite
about houses and churches, emblems of] ;
and glmlne-s; all tin h ive mo.-, pb sit.1
eiTcvi in prodti -ing if ml associifi-ms. ml hdrf
] ling benevolent gym pat i.ics. Eyed the s m .
i breaks upon the midwatche- of a winter ni A:
with the olicet of perfect harmony. As i
have hern awakened by them in that still an '
solemn hour, when deep sleep i'alletk upon
man.’’ I have l; toned with a hi; he.l do
I light, and. connecting with them the sac re
and joyous occasion, have almost fancied th. n:
| into another ceh tini choir, announcing j.e.ic,
i and good-will to mankind.
Uuw delightfully the imaginatu n, wher.
wrought upon by these moral in.Silences, turn,
everything to mcioily and beauty I The very
crowing of ilie cock, heard sometimes in the
profound repose of ilie country, •• telling tin
night watches to his leathery dames,” wa
thought by the common people to annouut.
the approach of this sacred festival.
tonic say that over ’gainst that season cmnes
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singclii all night long;
And then, they say. no spirit dares stir abroad;
The vigiii: are wholesome—then no plane! < strike
i No oiiry takes, no witch hath power to charm,
lio hallow’d and so gracious is the time.”
Amidst the general call to happiness’, tli.
hustle of the spirits, and stir of the affections
which prevail tit this period, what bosom eat
remain insensible '( It is, indeed, the season
of regenerated feeling—the season for kind
ling, not merely the lire of hospitality in the
hall, but the genial flame of charity in tin
heart.
■ The scene of early love again rises greet
■ to memory beyond the sterile waste of years
and the idea of home, fraught with the fra
. gtanee of home-dwelling joys, reanimates tin
drooping spirit, as the Arabian breeze wil
sometimes waft the freshness of the distan
holds to the weary pilgrim of the desert.
Stranger and sojourner as I am in the lam
■ —though for me no social hearth may blaze
no hospitable roof throw open its doors, no
; the warm grasp of friendship welcome mo a
j the threskhold—yet 1 feel the influence of tli
s season beaming into my soul from the liapp
i looks of those around me. Surely kappiucs
* is reflective, like the light of heaven j an
every countenance, bright with smile?, and
;•! vine; with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror
.!•» nsmitting to others the rays of a supreme
and ever-shining benevolence. lie who t an
turn churlishly away from contemplating tin
felicity of bis fellow beings, and can sit down
darkling and repining in his loneliness when
all around is joyful, may have his moments of
strong excitement and >eltish gratification. 1.::t
0 O'
he wants the charm of a merry Christmas.
j Sketch Book.
—-—P C mm
Man’s Duty to YVo.mkn.—Let him learn
to be grateful to veniaii for this undoubted
achievement, of her sex. that it is she—she.
far more than he. and she too often in spite
<*f him—v,b" ha? kept Christendom from tail
ing back into barbarism—kept mercy and
■ truth from being utterly overborne by those
! two greedy men. tors—money ami war. Let t
him be grateful for this, that almost evi ry
1 great soul that has led forward or lifted up
the raew. has bc. ti furnished for each nolue
deed, ami inspired with each patriotic and
i holy inspiration, by the retiring ibrjitu of
1 ••• me Spa'K-s!. . >• u-.-re than Hpart ;n—m.i .
! t';:r'. Imother. Mo '••. the d livei r of
1 s «b:.V.ip I ut of the Mile by pie
i lung s (Urn. o'er, t me urn- bus Lint- d, 1.5only
| a sytubol of the way that vr-•mti*;'? fetter in
rami
! of man. !.■ : him cheerfully ret 1 tuber that.
; though the si.m'. y sex achieves< nt< tpfe 1
public tie atci-s. ii is the nerve ;.'id - ee'y
I of the other that arm the mind and in flame
the soul in •—re:. A i»a® discovered Am
; ca. * lit :■ \ ■ m.iti 1 job pet I tin vo .• _n Ho
• , . i". v. la re ; man tie? tlm pera'rmam e.
in th i n. if n • ta!
j i r. n, 1. aving Itis mark in the world, is but
am .. r • * tubus, for who e turn ■
1, in lb . . f hi . her, lays d
' her jewelry, ii -r v: 1 ■ 1:i:• • -. b *r c< in ,!.
A dove nil. let i>o). man praotfe on woman
I the perneftml and baneful bii-ehi d <>!' t .
tend ig admirati 01 and acting cou cm >f. Let
them le.'t- e.vlia:; t their kindn.'-s in adornbw
her per on, and i k in r 1 iru the humil t 1
| nl her soul. j.ef tbem m.t assent to i.Ai t v
ii..h 1* iiimi, as it' she v re m>f s( >.
; enough to maintain it against *•;■]»■ 'itn ti; 1 • ■>■
| yet mnnulaoture opinion for her. and force
| it on her lip.- by dictation. Let them m.t
crucify her emotions, nor ridicule her frailty,
nor cru.-li her individuality, nor insult horde
. 1 . . . . 1 _ * .. .. : ..
> ■ »• •' »1 . j * i | ■ i i •. it i • • . 11 j'- ’ ix jtv t i • mi • i
' i convivial rviilf.anit-s. imr bandy unclean
doubts of her. as a wretched substitute i*>r
«it : nor ■>. hkj ■ - i of her pu
: .ry. which, as c i with their own. i<
; He the imioaeul te whit ne of angels, i
t';e'n ivnioml >-r that, i .r :he gh.vi i\ spt tai-lc
iff !. ,-r blasted ] tii-iiy thev are answerable.
*; hem h. i. ij Is v . , 1 : 1 ::
; lance her o'm.iiv. *-r to b'-r interi
■ genre. a.:-l ly mail:v i u> •- m th ■ < hnui
| ton ■ of i.i r genius, the friends of her for
tunes. and the eijuals, if tiny can. cf her
heart.
\ HitAvi-: ami .\ui;u, IIov.—Charlie
Cham] !ln. <d‘ Hartford. C, nn. eti at. at tin.*
childi-h age of thirteen has liv 1 a full life
• d' generous heroism. Ou Monday bavin.i a
—anintens 'iv c >11 day—a little s.ui of l;r.
Mettler, skating on thg Little river, bjt ke
through and hi-.ij s ear 1 ini'” i*e i e.
’l ! e buy ('liainpbll #!tlie se 1 the ace" It lit and
i tiie re i ue. lie met the body of hi
lilt!.: friend boating rapidly under and
against the transparent and yielding tee,
whirl i about, an l ru die 1 in a trai a line
a little way ! -low. where was a cake i f strong
old i« a sf .'.'d him elf safely up m this, and
• < .n nee ! kicking the weak ice to pieces !.•
front of him with hi- book-heels. By the
i. i.e the floating and dying form reached the
l,o'-' oi’ rescue this v,i -a and ready-wit te-1
Lil! ! had in . f r Char'.;-., droop I down
to If waist in tin' water. With the las* in
siiii.-i i f life little Mettler clung to his feet.
Liiting himself t-> his seat again, Charlie
fastened upon his charge, drew him to the
opening, and piii!" ! him out of death into
1 fe.” T wicebefore, while liviugat llagtranui i.
in the Summer Is'Alt, this amc brave lad
jumped into the Connecticut river and res
< • -1 other I- ;-- v,iiiio strip gang in deep
water.
TMsnx<;r:sF i;o ht- ?.f-Mad:-: 31 kx.—0nc
of the bed * -1 t irs the V. estmii Revi< w
■ iuld evet l ea t i f. and one of the most bril
liant writers oi the pi:., s’.ng }-,,,ur was an
A! erdecu • >per. Ou-' of the cd ims of i he
J. md at bally Journal was an Klgin linker;
peril-:' ■ one of the host reporters oi The Lon
don Times v.a-: :.n ildinburg weaver, the
■. iitor oi' Tile Witness was a stone n.a-en.
k)ne * 1 ; lie ’ ;■ 1 mi i in London was
I - hi:..- 1. Ilf, h. and :i:m-'h.ef V a 1>. iff
•• • - chmaker. The 1sts 1C. .*Him. ol China,
was a Rhine herd-hoy. T'h© principal <
..' :i in .’May s, u-i f ■ college, ill Hong
' Wit a 1 tint! ijj 1- i' : . . e ! < f;
be- uirslomirics that ever went to India we..
a Leith tailor. T he leading lnaehiuist on
the .London and Birinit:gliaia railway was a
I t*iA<c*ow mechanic, and ^erlinris the yu*y
riches iron-founder in England was a Moisey
workingman. Sir James Clark, her majv.-r, ’.s
| j-liy r-ieiaii. was a Banff drngjst. Joseph
lltyue was r first, and
a in irtar and | istle in M< i r< s. Tin sou
however, s].nttheir leisure hour: in acquiring
useful know lodge.
An livKNiTi l Lite.—Some interest lias
been got up at Syracuse, A. \ .. over the re
turn home. after twenty-two y ears captivity
m \ an i ticiiiau’s Land of John llerry. one of
the i'amous Canadian patriots in the war of
M'. lie and nearly two hundred others
crossed over and took a windmill near Pres
cott; and while eleven were hung and nine
of the younger pardoned. Berry undone hun
dred and sixty others were sent into penal
servitude, lie was pardoned with the re
maining survivors six years ago, but never
could earn money enough at S-Jf) a year fin
work to pay his way In me, and was finally
: taken in pity by a Aew Bedford whaler s
captain, (a fellow mason,) in whose ship he
was two years and a halt' making the passage,
ilia return revives old memories of 08, upon
■ which the Syracuse papers enlarge <juite
‘ pleasantly.
-- ♦ — -
The Gold Crop.—The gold shipments
from California the present year will probn
1 Ldy tail from six to seven and a hall' millions
■ below those of 1859. The gold supply of
! Australia is also diminishing. To offset this
^ era..’fined decrease however, there is an in
creased yield in the forcer river and Oregon
1 mines, while Pike’s Peak is contributing
l largely to make up the deficiency, the Washoe
. regions promise a marvelous product, and
r new discoveries of great richness are reported
t several hundred miles south of Pike's Peak
: region. The falling off in California, we pre
; sunie, is in a measure owing to the result
3! which was made by the miners to the Washoe
1 ! country.
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
Tinvy is destroyed by true friendship, and
coquetry by true love.'
A sensible epitaph was that of a clown; it
simply said: “Here 1 am.’’
A man winds up his clock to make it run,
and lii- business to make it stop.
X i loan can avoid h. own company—so bo
bad best make it as good as possible.
The nip of a mad dog. and a nip of Jersey
whisky, both produce a horror of water.
A near lantern is better than a distant
star,
»iod often lets us stumble to put us on our
guard against a fall.
When you cannot see both ends, the mid
dle is uncertain.
Tit tO 'who do right, generally suffer
wroi )■_■•.
I
L<>w as the rave is, you cannot climb high
cmT.ah *. i see in .ond it.
Tie] o m v hi d under clouds, but it blows
only in sun.-bine.
(Xvt :* a i ■ ; with id and lie will pass
current.
One of: m i,;< -is dead men in their walks;
:!i ; of their l'ornmr i Ives.
i ; ini an odd fish—.-he has
<ml\ a r-ingle j dr of -eaics.
'the man who bm.s a herring, and then
!i.i - a call to t-ik • it Imme. L extras ays.tit.
J< ! isv is th • f< r or pi h *1 ioa of
uperior ; eu , or uneasiness under it.
1 builds with
■n« band.
ieh rf ion is n< ver
perfected.
i j.s th v? " w minds; con
fid ice the vii f enlarged ones.
Wbn does a dog not nag Ids tail on being
pleased ' When he lias lest his t.a.l.
V,'e .-!•(• tlmn-aml- that ttre covetous where
we find one th.it is c uondeal.
An old bachelor i- a traveler upon life’s
railroad, v.ho Ii.k c n.rely faded to make llio
proper eminexions.
A man may generally expect a d miestie
• - > .. • • 4. V 1 i *• uo r V> 4 p *■* W ■- - -
•• airs.”
°
j What i;av: vou to r mak. madam. about
ging?” ‘‘Nothing, sir; it is not iso*
j markable.”
' What kin 1 of a ! - r bp; a man who is
• •••!! ; !'i ?.;;v nn ir • c•• • i.* us who live at a
1 : •, i •
■ix .iici'. J-iiiiious reimtu-ut.
Why is a couch going down a steep hillhko
St. (.i •rgo? Jiccause it is always drawn with
a ih'nij-oii.
A cm,-tv nl'i bachelor says lie thinks it is
>aint-:ii, and not her wrongs, that ought to bo
At a town meeting it was recently voted
' "that ad ; r-uns in town, < wuiug d< g . shall
1 I-. m; zziel.
A patent medicine v< nder i:i an Eastern
city svh •-•rtisc.-. pills tlut will cure the worst
! iit < !' any pair oi' boots.
Why is a newspaper like the blood of a
healthv man ? Ih-eau.-e it very much depends
up;iti the circulation.
Wh ' - Mas t ■ f postas like dis
tant iv!:ai"!i.-? iE-cause they arc but slightly
[ connected.
Here is a very good domesti toast: " May
your coffee and landers again. • you be ev» r
alike—without mounds.”
£
A certain man say ; that one of his Troys
knows nothin^ and the other docs. The
• Ideation is, which knows the most?
An fri.-h judge said v hen addressing a
prb oner. " You are to be banged, and 1 hope
it will prove a warning to you. ’
Dobbs think ; that ins cad of giving credit
i i whom credit is one, ike cash bad better be
rai :. IKA-h- should m.t be impertinent.
i ‘
>i>-.i >m . In puis everything to use. Ilia
! w ife has a ba. i hca I. and he . traps Ills razor
j upon ii.
Harm my exi-' in dm renee no 1 ■-< than
1 in ! let nt- . if only the same key-uoto govern
; both pari.-.
A man who is always forgetting his best
■ i: tenuous, nr v he sain to Le a thoroughfare
; 0* good ivsuiauons.
>’> ‘’em often comes to us too late in life
| {• i.e of .,;'V,t0. , here’s no use of mustard
' after meat. 1
He j life. A i
not in trily sen i •••• bh to others when you
are troublesome to yar-eif.
A in i should manifest an 1 conimunieata
if-, joy, but as much as j*- ;able conceal and
1 ,'mother bis grief.
•• ytb( ugh ; u < rant youi df a hr! hter
j fellow.than I am, yet 1 eau couie round you,”
j as the earth said to the run.
j Many persons cavil at high and mean
j things alike—just as the dog barks with equal
earnestness at the moot and a beggar.
Some persons think what is unspeakable,
' and as many others speak what is unthink
i able.
Elevat 1 souls arc not much more proper
! lor i.,w things than mean souls are lor high
c a
ones.
bom
it. You’ll be sure t > get rich,and make your
| self particularly agreeable to everybody.
The lo s of goods and money is oftentimes
no I—.-; it'you had not lost them, they might
I perhaps have lost you.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of
; iho intellect he has given us, ou this side of
i lie grave.
He who gives pleasure meets with it; kind
ness is the bonds of friendship, and the book
of love; he who sows net, reaps not.
A young lady at Niagara was heard to
urn: ‘A n el trimi
rainbow would make lor a white lace over
dress I” Quite a woman’s idea.
A young lady, complaining of an <:affection
of the heart,” was told that she must husband
her strength. She replied that a husband
was the only thing that could relieve her
complaint.
The Londonderry (Ireland) Sentinel of the
2od ult., says that it is an agreeable fact that
at the present moment the United States
Minister and his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas,
are guests of her majesty, at Windsor Castle.