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A S. HARRIS,
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JEWELER.
OFFICE on Buena Vista g*.
street, opposite the
Nucleus House, Des Arc,
Arkansas. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
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manently at Atlanta, Prairie county,
Ark., offers his professional services to the
public.
Having practiced in hospitals as well
as in families, he flatters himself that he can
render satisfaction to his patrons.
Office at Peebles’ Hotel [apr 1-tf.
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remain permanently in Des Arc, will
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has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
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Store. Charges as low as any Physician in
town. aprill-ly.
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ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vaughan &, Co’s Store. [mar ll-fiin.
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 ami vicinity; and, from a
long experience in the healing art in the West,
flatters himself that he will share their pat
ronage. gy Offick on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
DR. Y\. F. WALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Profkssionai. Sf.r
VICF.S to tile pUUllC. Lillis piompuy ut
tended to. may29, 1858—ly *
DR. YVM. BETHELL, win 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.—
figp* Office at Lave & Watts’s Drug
Store. Residence in the building formerly
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” inay22-tf
DR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
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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 \ ista street.
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n C H IDSEY, Resident jgHgigb
fj Dentist, Clark’s MarbletjJra-SSk
Block, Memphis. Tennessee. Will LL-LJ
visit Des Arc, of which notice will be given
through the “ Citizen.” octl3-6m_
TAS. R. IIA RUING TON, ^
Mechanical and Surgical(
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove.
Prairie county, Arkansas. DR. MARKING
TON is prepared to perforin any operation, or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. He hopes by his particular attention,
carefulness and experience to merit the pat
ronage and influence of tile citizens of Praiiie
ami adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. roftySo-ty ,
CHARLES P. BERTRAND, Attor
ney at Law', Little Rock, Ark. [jan-1
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-Iy.
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Clarendon. Arkansas. Will practice in the
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Pai acular
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Childress; Clarendon, Ark.. H. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss., Cot. Calvin Miller; Coffeeville.
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T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
.1 Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pone. He will giVe prompt at
tention to all business entrusted to him.
fcST OFFICE—Over Town Hall, (Frith s
New Building.) first door.__febU 11^
JW. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
Des Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas. YY ill
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White
ffSsT Prompt attention given to the collection
ofclaims; also, the locating, selling and pay
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sept20-tf __
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. AV ill
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson.
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims ill the middle and eastern
part of the State. __scPt2b-tf
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* * torneys at Law, Little Hock, 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. __dec4 .
JA. MOON, Attorney at Law,
General Collecting and Land Agent,
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas._octl()
J. L. HOLLOW ELL..D- JACOWAY.
TTOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
11 torneys AT Law, Dardauelle, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of te l, reiry,
Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and lope.
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RFURNISS MARTIN, Attorney
* at Law, Brownsville, Prairie count).
> Arkansas. Will practice in the counties oi
Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry
■ Saline, White, Arkansas, Jefferson, Jacksoi
• and Monroe. Prompt attention given to thf
collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jyl'-Yy
DEAD.
HV EDWARD WIt.LETT.
Gone, flowing with the whirlwind,
Gone, rushing with the river,
Gone out into the darkness—
Forever and forever.
Gone, as the sunlight closes,
Gone, as the starlight pales—
Gone, as the fair flowers wither—
Gone, as all beauty fails.
Oh, heart, thy hopes are vainer
Than wind or rushing tide,
More fleeting than the morning mist
That skirts the mountain side.
Well, let the dead be buried!
And let the past be past 1
This world is but a meteor—
Life cannot always last.
Then may the days fleet faster
Than wind or rivers flow,
God send us the Hereafter— ,
God rest the Long Ago ! I
GENERAL JACKSON’S DUEL WITH 1
A “DEAD SHOT”
We extract from a cotemporary’s ac- |
count, the chief items of interest connect- ,
efl with the extraordinary duel between
General Jackson and a notorious gambler
named Dickinson, which occurred on the ,
29th of April 1807, near the State line ‘
between Kentucky and Tennessee. It
appears that Jackson and Dickinson had '
staked five hundred dollars on a horse- 1
race, and that Jackson proved winner. 1
He look Dickinson’s note for the amount 1
and was satisfied with the indorsement.
Jackson had many enemies, who feared, 1
as well as hated him, and they naturally !
prnH’flpfl arminf] Flirl/i nerm n nrl lnirl in I
wait for the opportunity that might pre- 1
sent itself to bring him in collision with '
the latter. This was the first occasion. I
and they made use of it, in violation of
all truth and mercy, for they forced Dick- 1
inson—who, it seems, was in some re
spects of an amiable and credulous dis
position—beyond his own animosities and
suspicions, that Jackson had disparaged 1
the character of his note in some way or 1
other ; and hence the challenge. Jack
son denied the charge entirely, but it fail- 1
ed to conciliate Dickinson, or even to be
believed by him against the representa
tions of those who were thus using him
to get their enemy out of the way, and
the challenge was accepted. The two
principals were accompanied to the fatal
spot by ten or twelve friends each. Six
teen feet was the distance at which the
duel was to be fought, which will be better
appreciated by reflecting that it is only
five paces and one foot. Now couple this
with the fact that Dickinson, the day be- 1
fore, practicing at the image ot a man,
fired lout balls instantaneously after the
command each time into a space capable
of being covered with a silver dollar, and
some idea can be formed of the barbarity
of duels in those days.
It is said, also, on the same good au
thority, that Dickinson was so confident
of killing Jackson, that he was induced
to authorize bets to the amount of three
thousand dollars that such would be the
ase. All that now remained was for the
attendants to retire to a safe position and
give the word of command. They fired,
but no one fell. But an instant revealed
the state of affairs ; and Dickinson’s
friends ran forward to sustain him. A
dark stream of blood spirted from bis side,
and an omnious indication was afforded
in the fruitless endeavor to staunch it. A
bending pawpaw bush; standing hard by,
afforded a convenient place to recline him
while undergoing the process of examina
tion. It was found that the ball had en
tered the side above the point of the hip
bone, and below the ribs, and passing en
tirely through the body, was retarded by
the other hip-bone and lodged just within
me sk in*
The small difficulty of extraction but
showed the great danger of the wound ;
and all hope was soon destroyed by the
discovery of mingled hemorrhage and
purging. The first thing on discovering
the nature of the wound, was to dispatch
a courier to Dickinson s wife, with the
intelligence that he^ was dangerously
wounded. He was then conveyed back
to his lodgings. Here he was placed in a
room, and on two feather beds underlaid
by two mattresses, he wriethed in unre
mitting torture until he was too far gone
to exhibit his sufferings and gave vent
all the while to his agony in the most aw
ful blasphemy. So profuse was the flow
from his wound, that it passed through all
his bedding, and required it to be cleans
ed up every few hours. Thus he pro
gressed until nine in the evening. The
bed stood in the middle of the floor, and a
brilliant light illuminated the room, when
the clock struck nine. Just then he asked,
complainingly, why they had blown ^ out
the candle and left him in the dark. The
surgeon shook his bead, for he knew the
infallible omen. He had gone complete
ly blind. The last spark of light went out
to him on earth. Again he commenced
cursing, and within five minutes of the
time of his blindness, his spirit had fled
from that suffering body. Dickinson was
a man of great wealth, and was the hus
band of a blooming wife of twenty-five.
He lived in Nashville, now, as then, the
capital of Tennessee. He arose several
hours before dawn on the day he left borne.
His wife was ignorant of the duel, and
being aroused by his restless pacing to and
fro, asked what was the matter. He
told her he was to start that morning on
business across Red River, in Kentucky ;
but that he would be sure to be buck by
to-morrow night. Then approaching the
bed, and taking her cheeks between his
hands, he kissed her for the last time, re
marking tenderly. “ Good bye, dar.ing
ind immediately set off with Ins party.
With what soul-crushing effect the dread
'll! tidings fell upon her heart we may en
ieavor.at least, to imagine. Suffice it to
say, that her carriage had accomplished
he long day’s ride while it was yet even
ng of the day following his death, and
die arrived in the neighborhood before
he news had spread more than a lew
niles on the road along which she came.
3he first heard of his death about three
niles from where he was ; nnd at every
ireath uttered a piercing shriek, until she
■cached the object of her deep distress.
;Ier youth and beauty added much to the
jreat sympathy all felt for her in her sad
>ereavement. When she reached his life
ess form, she rushed upon it in a frenzy
>f grief, and gave vent to her feelings in
cisses, embraces and wild lamentations,
dis coffin soon arrived from a neighbor
ng village, and, after passing the lonely
■igils of the night in holding an affec
ionate guardianship over his mortal re
nains, siie set off next morning to con
luct the mournful cortege. Gen. Jack
on was also wounded, Dickinsons ball
laving plowed across his breast to the
lepth of one half its thickness.
CATALOGUE OF THE VARIOUS
HODES OF SHAKING HANDS.
1. The pump handle shake is the first
vhich deserves notice. It is executed by
aking your friend’s hand, and working it
ip nnd down, through an area of fifteen
legrees, for about a minute and a half,
["o have its nature, force and character,
his shake should be performed with a fair,
teady motion. iso attempt snouiu oe
nade to give it grace, and still less vivacity,
is the few instances in which the latter has
ieen tried have uniformly resulted in dis
ocating the shoulder of the person on
vhom it has been attempted. On the
:onirary, persons who are partial to the
lump handle shake should be at some
lains to give an equable, tranquil move*
nent to the operation, which should on no
iccount be continued after perspiration on
he pan of your friend has commenced.
2. The pendulum shake may be men
ioned next, as being somewhat similar in
;hnracier; but moving, as the name indi
:ates, in a horizontal instead of perpendic
ilar direction. It is executed by sweeping
lout hands horizontally towards your
Yiend's and after the junction is effected,
owing with it, from one side to the other,
iccording to the pleasure of the parties.
Die only caution in its use, which needs
larticularly to be given, is not to insist on
lerforming it in a plane, strictly parallel
o the liorison, when you meet with a per
ion who has been educated to the pump
landle shake. It is well known that peo
ile cling to the forms in which they have
ieen educated even when the substance is
iacrjficed to adhering to them. I had two
incles, both estimable men, one of whom
iad been brought up in the pump handle
.hake, and another had brought home the
lendulum from a foreign voyage. They
net, joined hands, and- attempted to put
hem in motion. They were neither of
hem feeble men. One endeavored to
lump and ihe other to paddle; their faces
■cddened; the drops stood on their fore
leads. And it was at least a pleasant il
ustration of the doctrine of the composi
ion of forces, to see their hands slanting
nto an exact diagonal; in which line they
>ver after shook; but it was plain to see
here was no cordiality in it; and, as is
usually the case with compromises, both
laities were discontented.
3. The tourniquet shake is the next in
mportance. It derives its name from the
nstrument made use of by surgeons to
stop the circulation of the blood in a limb
ibout to be amputated. It is performed
yy clasping me nana oi your irienu us iur
is you can in your own, and then con
tacting the muscles of your thumb, fingers
ind palm, till you have induced any de
cree of compression you may propose in
die hand of your friend. Particular care
jught to be taken, if your own hand is as
lard and as big as a frying pan, aud that
jf your friend as small and soft as a young
maiden’s not to make use of the tourni
quet shake to the degree that will force
the small bones of the wrist out of place,
[t is as seldom safe to apply it to gouty
persons. A hearty young friend of mine,
who had pursued the study of geology and
acquired an unusual hardness and sirength
of hand and wrist by the use of the ham
mer, on returning from a scientific excur
sion, gave his gouty uncle the “tourniquet”
shake with such severity as had well nigh
reduced the old gentleman’s fingers to
powderjfor which my friend had the pleas
ure of being disinherited—as soon as his
uncle’s fingers got well enough to hold a
pen.
4. The cordial grapple is a shake of
some interest. It is a hearty, boisterous
agitation of your friend’s hand, accompa
nied with moderate pressu-e and loud,
cheerful exclamations of welcome. It is
an excellent traveling shake, and well
adapted to make friends. It is indiscrim
nately performed.
5. The Peter Grievous touch is oppos
ed to the “cordial grapple.” It is a pen
sive tranquil junction, followed by a mild
subsultory motion, a cast down look, and
an inarticulate inquiry after your friend’s
health.
G. The prude major and prude minor
are nearly monopolised by ladies. They
cannot be accuraiely described, but are
constantly to be noticed in practice. They
never extend beyond the fingers, and the
prude major allows you to touch them only
to the second joint. The prude minor
■Mves you the whole of the fore finger.
Considerable skill may be shown in per
forming these with nice variations, such as
; extending the left hand instead.of the right,
or stretching a new glossy kid glove ovei
the finger you extend.
I might go through a long list, sir, ol
the grip royal, the saw mill shake, and the
shake with malice prepense; but they are
only factitious combinations of the three
fundamental forms already described as
the pump handle, the pendulum, and the
tourniquet. I should trouble you with a
few remarks in conclusion, on the mode of
slinking hands, as an indication of charac
ter; but as I see a friend coming up the
avenue, who is addicted to the pump han
dle. I dare not tire my wrist by further
writing.
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The Value of a Bit of Knowledge.
In the course of our miscellaneous
reading, we came across the following
good story, which illustrates the value of
a hit of practical information, when ap
plied at the right time :
In the Plaza before St. Peters, at Rome,
stands the most beautiful obelisk in the
world. It was brought from the circus of
Nero, where it had lain buried for many
ages. It was one entire piece of Egyp
tian marble, 72 feet high, 12 feet square
at the base, and 8 feel square at the top,
and is computed to weigh 470 tons, and it
is supposed to be 3,000 years old. Much
engineering skill was required to remove
and erect this piece of art ; and the cele
brated architect, Dominico Fontaine, was
selected and engaged by Pope Sexius V.
to carry out the operation. A pedestal,
30 feet high, was built for its reception,
and the obelisk brought to its base.
Many were the ingenious contrivances
prepared for the raising of it to its last
resting place, all of which excited the
deepest interest among the people. At
length everything was in readiness, and a
day appointed for the great event. A
great multitude assembled to witness the
ceremony ; anu me rujie, uiruiu umi me
clamor of the people might distract the
attention of the architect, issued an edict
containing regulations to be kept, and im
posing the severest penalties on any one
who should, during the lifting of the gi
gantic stone, utter a single word. Amid
suppressed excitement of feelings and
breathless silence, the splendid monument
was gradually raised to within a few
inches of the top of the pedestal, when its
upward motion ceased ; it hung suspend
ed, and could not be got further ; the tack
le was too slack, and there seemed to be
no other way than to undo the great work
already accomplished. The annoyed ar
chitect, in his perplexity, hardly knew
how to act, while the silent people were
anxiously watching every motion of his
features to discover how the problem
would be solved. In the crowd was an
old British sailor; he saw the difficulty
and how to overcome it, and with stento
rian lungs he shouted, “ Wet the ropes !”
The vigilant police bounced on the culprit
and lodged him in prison ; the architect
caught the magic words, he put this propo
sition in force, and the cheers of tne peo
ple proclaimed the success of the under
taking. Next day the British criminal
was solemnly arraigned before his holi
ness ; his crime was undeniably proved,
and the pope in solemn language pro
nounced his sentence lobe—that he should
receive a pension annually during his life
time.
These little facts stored up from obser
vation, can never do the owner any harm,
and may some day be of great utility ;
and this story only proves the value of re
membering small things as well as greal
ones, for nothing that is useful is too in
significant for tnan to know, and there is
no knowledge that has not its use.
--«.««.
A Dilemma.—The following example
of nicety of conscience is as good a jest as
it is a model truth :
Dr. Adam Clarke, the author of the
celebrated “Commentaries on the Bible,’’
on being admitted into full connection
with his religious denomination, was aak
<>rl no iionnl nuriti in muielinns A mnnn
oilier questions always asked al that lime,
was the following: “Are you in debt ?’
Though rather a whimsical incident, this
question was likely to have deeply puZ'
zled and non-plussed Mr. Clarke. Walk'
ing in the street that morning, with am
other preacher, a poor man asked a half
penny. Mr. C. had none, but borrowec
one from the preacher who was walking
with him. The preacher happening to gt
out of town, he could not see him during
the day to'pay this small sum. \V hen hi
stood up with the others, he knew no
what to say, when the question, “Are yoi
in debt?” should be proposed. He though
“if I say I am in debt, they will ask mi
bow much ? and when I say I owe om
half-penny, they will naturally suppose ini
to be a fool. If I say I am not in debt
this will be a lie; for I owe one half-pen
ny, and am as truly under the obligalior
to pay as if the sum were twenty pounds
and while I owe that, I canuot, consistent
ly with eternal truth, say I am not ii
debt.” He was now most completely with
in the horns of a dilemma; and which t<
take he knew not; and the question beinj
put to him before he could make up^hi
mind—"Mr. Clarke, are you in debt?” In
resolved the difficulty in a moment, b'
answering—“Not one penny. ’
-A New York editor thinks,' from th
manner shirts are made in that city,there ougt
to be an “inspector of sewf.hs.” Tue editi
went to the expense of a new shirt the othi
day, and found himself, when he awoke in tb
morning, crawling out between two of th
shortest stitches.
- Some mischievous wags one nigl
pulled down a turner’s sign, and put it over
lawyer’s door. In the morning it read, “a
sorts of turning and twisting done here.”
(Jen. Jackson on Banks.
“ The severe lessons of experience
will, I doubt not, be sufficient to prevent
Congress from chartering such n monopo
ly, (United’ Stales Bank.) even if the
Constitution did not present an insupera
ble objection to it. But you must remem
ber, my fellow-citizens, that etprnal vigi
lance by the people is the price of liberty;
and that you must pay the price if you
wish to secure the blessing. It behooves
you, therefore, to be watchful in your
Slates as well as in the Federal Govern
ment. The power which the moneyed
interest can exercise, when concentrated
under a single head and with our present
system of currency, was sufficiently de
monstrated in the struggle made by the
Bank of the United Slates. Defeated in
the General Government, the same class
of intriguers and politicians will now re
sort to the States, and endeavor to obtain
there the same organization which they
failed to perpetuate in the Union; and
with specious and deceitful plans of pub
lic advantages, and State interests, and
State pride, they will endeavor to estab
lish in the different States one moneyed
institution with overgrown capital, and
privileges sufficient to enable it to control
the operations of the other banks.
Such an institution will be pregnant
with the same evils produced by the Bank
of the United States, although its sphere
of action is more confined ; and in the
State in which it is chartered, the money
power will be able to embody its whole
strength, and move together with individ
ual force, to accomplish any object it may
wish to attain. You have already had
abundant evidence of its power 'to inflict
injury upon the agricultural, mechanical
and laboring classes of society ; and o<'er
those whose engagements in trade or
snennlntion render them denendent on
bank facilities, the dominion of the Stale
monopoly will be absolute, and their obe
dience unlimited. With such a bank, and
a paper currency, the money power would
in a few years govern the State and con
trol its measures ; and if a sufficient num
ber of States can be influenced to create
such establishments, the time will soon
come when it will again take the field
against the United States, and succeed in
perfecting and perpetuating its organiza
tion by a charter from Congress.— [Fare
well Address.
-■» « »■--—
Dying Words of Noted Persons.
“ Head of the army.” Napoleon.
“ I must sleep now.” Byron.
“ It matters not how the head lieth."
Sir Walter Raleigh.
“ Kiss me, Hardy.” Lord Nelson.
“ Don’t give up the ship.” Lawrence.
“ I’m shot if I don’t believe I’m dying.”
Chancellor Thurlow,
“ Is this your friendship?” Nero.
“ Clasp my hand, my dear friend—I
die.” Alfieri.
“ Give Dayroles a chair.” Lord Ches
terfield.
“ God preserve the Emperor.” Haydn.
“ The artery ceases to beat.” Haller.
“ Let the light enter.” Goethe.
“ All my possessions for a moment of
time.” Queen Elizabeth.
“ What! is there no bribing death?”
Cardinal Beaufort,
“ I have loved my God, my father and
liberty.” Madame de Stael.
“ Be serious.” Grotious.
“ Into thy hands, O Lord.” Tasso.
“ It is small, very small, indeed,” (clasp
ing her neck.) Anne Bolyen.
“ I pray you see me safe up, and for
my coining down let me shift for myself,”
(ascending the scaffold.) Sir Thomas
Moore.
“ Don’t let that awkward squad fire over
my grave." Burns.
“ I feel as if I were myself again.” Sir
Walter Scott.
“ I resign my soul to God, and my
daughter to my country.” Thomas Jef
ieisun. •
“ Ii is well.” Washington.
“ Independance forever.” Adams.
•• This is the last of earth." J. Q.
Adams.
“ I wish you to understand the true
principles of government. I wish them
carried out. 1 want nothing more.” Har
rison.
“ I have endeavored to do my duty.’
Taylor.
•• There is not a drop of blood on my
hands." Frederick V. of Denmark.
“ You spoke of refreshments, my Erne
lia ; lake my last notes, sit down by my
piano here, sing them with the hymn of
your sainted mother; let me hear once
’ more those notes which have so long been
, my solace and delight.” Mozart.
“ A dying man can do nothing easy.”
Franklin.
“ Let not poor Nelly starve."
Charles II.
“ Let me die to the sound of delicious
’ music.” Mirabeau.
( “I expected this, but not so soon.” C. G.
Atherton, of New Hampshire.
, “ l still live.” Daniel Webster.
1 THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.
> The Cincinnati Enquirer gives the fol
' lowing, as worth perusal and preserva
tion ;
e Born. Died. Age.
t Gen. Washington, 1732 1799 67
r Beniamin Franklin, 1706 1790 84
r John Adams, 173-3 1826 91
® Thomas Jefferson, 1743 1826 82
e John Q. Adams, 1767 1848 81
Andrew Jackson, 1767 1845 75
,t Henry Clay, 1777 1852 71
a John C. Calhoun, 1782 1850 65
1 Daniel Webster, 1782 1 832 7C
Thomas H. Benton, 1782 1S5S 7G
|_rroui uie jumiu mu.h imc uuuivu. - ' <
Auditor’s Office, >
Lillie Rock, March 26. 1859. ]
Messrs. Editors—You will please give th'
inclosed correspondence an insertion in you.
It will be seen from (lie letter of the solici
tor general, that he decides that the act of l7ili
February. 1859, referred to by him, confirms
the sale of lands by the agents, which were
not confirmed to the State, as swamp or over-,
llowed. at the time of the sale, and entitles
the owners of the certificates of purchase,
give therefor, to a holding certificate.
The state land agents will therefore disre1
gard the instructions given by the auditor up
on the subject, on the 14th Inst., and 5c gov
erned by the opinion of the solicitor general.
This act confirms the unauthorized sales of
unconfirmed lands by the agents, but does not
legalize the sale of first class land, sold as
second class land, whether confirmed or un
confirmed.
Should the lands for which “ holding certifi
cates” may be issued by the agents be here
after confirmed, the agents will, when appli
cation is made to re-enter the lands with such
certificates, ascertain whether the land has
been paid for in full, at the nricc fixed by
law, and if not so paid for, either on account
of erroneous estimates of area or erroneous
classification, will demand the balance re
maining unpaid before allowing the re-entry.
Yours respectful I v.
W. R. MILLER,
Auditor.
Auditor’s Office, J
Little Rock, Ark., March 21.1859. $
Sir : I desire to obtai your opinion upon
questions arising under an act entitled " an
act to enable the land agents to issue certi
ficates in certain cases and for other pur
poses” approved Feb. 17, 1859.
Under the act of 12th January, 1853, dis
tricting the State and establishing the pres
ent land system, the agents were repuired in
selling swamp land to take the “ books and
plats furnished by the auditor for their guide
with regard to what lands were owned by the
State.”
In disregard of this law, several of the
agents sold large quantities of land that had
not beon confirmed to the State as swamp
land, at the time of the sale.
Wa.a H.a l,v agents of lands not
confirmed to the State as swamp and over
flowed, illegal and void ? If so does the
act or 17th Feb., 1859, legalize and confirm
those sales ?
Should the agents issue “holding certifi
cates” to the purchasers thereof ?
Yours respectfully.
W. R. MILLER.
Auditor.
S. Hi Hempstead, Esq., Solicitor General
of Arkansas.
Little Rock, 22d March, 1859.
Sin: The questions upon which you de
sire iny opinion, are as follows, viz :
“ 1st Were the sales by agents of lands
not confirmed to the State as swamp or over
flowed, illegal and void ?”
« 2d. If so does the act of the 17th of
February, 1859, legalize or confirm those
Stilt'S
“ 3d. Should the agents issue ‘ holding cer
tificates’ to the purchasers thereof ?”
By virtue of the act of the 12th of Jan
uary, 1853, dividing the Stute into swamp
land districts, and establishing the present
land system, the respective land agents, af
ter receiving the maps and plats, were author
ized to sell the confirmed swamp lands at
public sale, from time to time, and such as
remained unsold to sell at private entry at
the prices specified by law. And the books
and plats furnished by the auditor were de
clared to be Uieir guides, as to what swamp
lands were owned by the State ; in other
words, the books and plats indicated to the
land agents such swamp lands as had been
confirmed to the State. These only they were
authorized to sell. The swamp lands sold by
the commissioners were unconfirmed at thi
time of sale, or at least most of them.
You state that “ in disregard of the above
law, several of the agents sold large quan
tities of land that had not been confirmed to
the State as swamp lands at the time of
the sale.” And on that state of case you
propounded the above questions.
I have carefully examined the “ act to
enable the land agents to issue certificates
in certain cases, and for other purposes.”
approved 17th of February, 1859 ; and I can
not resist the conclusion, that it must be
regarded as legalizing and confirming those
sales; and as authorizing the land agents
in such cases to issue the certificates prov idetl
for in the act.
That act is very explicit, and there is no
ambiguity In it, and consequently no room
for construction.
It declares that the holder of any cetifi
cate of purchase of swamp and ovei flowed
lands from the swamp land commissioners or
agents, or any person acting under their au
thority, who shall apply to the laud agent
for a patent certificate thereon, shall not be
compelled to take a refunding certificate
P At- . - ^ J fro a! a nn
original certificate, which shall appear to be*
not yet confirmed to the State, but shall
demand and receive a “holding certificate,”
the form of which is given specifying the
issuing of a patent certificate for the land
confirmed ; and the holding certificate for
the remainder unconfirmed, specifying tfie..
lands in both cases, and if the land' should
not be confirmed, the holder of the certifi
cate is entitled to a refunding certificate,foi
the amount of maney or scrip, paid to the
commissioners or agents. And the act fur
ther declares that the holders of refund
ing certificates heretofore issued, shall have
the same right to purchase the land as
provided in that act. There is a special sav
ing of pre-emption rights.
This act complicates the land system by
multiplying certificates and evidences of
purchase, opens a wide door to frauds, and
gives a preference to those who puichaseci
swamp lands originally in violation of law,
and of which they were bound to have knowl
edge.
But the legislature had the right to enact
it : and there is no power that can right
fully annul it, or refuse to exeeute it 5 sim
ply because it may be thought impolitic
or inexpedient. The legislature might have
given avvav the swamp lands, is they had
felt thus disposed.
The act itself is too plain and positive
to be resisted and speaks for itself. And
to my mind, it is a clear proposition that
the effect of the law is to legalize and con
firm sales of unconfirmed swamp lands, bena
fide made by the swamp land commissioners
or land agents, or any person acting under
their authority, and consequently that it
is ilie duty of the land agents to issue
the certificates provided for in the act, in
cases coming within its provisions.
Very respectfully,
Vour obd’t serv’t,
S. H. HEMPSTEAD,
Sol. Gen. of Arkansas
W. R- MILLER, Esq.,
Auditor of Public Accounts,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
_Mrs. Partington thinks the pillow of
liberty are stuffed with the "feathers of the
American eagle.