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| VOLUME V. _ DES ABC, ARKANSAS, XOVKMIiKi; 13, 1858. ___ NUMBER 2.
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j J, L. HOLLOWELL..W. E JACOWAY.
Hollowell & Jaconray,
1 *| TTO KJS'F YW . f T Sj<I If,
DiRDAXEIiLG, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the counties of Yell,
Perry, Saline, Pulaski, Prarie, Conway
and Pope. je26-tf
L. FEATHERSTON..£ P. H. EASE.
Feat her st on A' Inrr,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
REAL ESTATE ACE NTS,
CLARENDON. ARKANSAS.
AT TILL practice in the Countiei of Monroe,
1 \V Arkansas, Prairie, St. Fraicis, Jackson
gland Phillips. Particular attentiin given to
!|| Collections.
REFERENCES
Madison, Ark., Hon. G. W. BEASLEY, S.
W. CHILDRESS; Clarendon,Ark., H. M.
COUCH ; Panola, Miss., Co. CALVIN
MILLER; Coffeeville, Miss., L C. WAL
THALL; Memphis, Tenn., J>. M. Du
BOSE, Esq., W. J. WEBB; Hilly Springs,
Miss.. W. T. FEATHERSTON; Washing
ton, I). C., JACOB THOMPSON, jyIT
' JAS. R. HARRIMfilON,
I MECHANICAL AND SURGICAL.
! piMTJi@erp
Near Oakland G-roaro,
PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARIUNSAS.
..-asa* DR. HARRINGTON is prepar
M cd to perform any operation, or
^ _Gl5j execute any artificial work in the
Dental profession. He hopes bj his particu
i ar attention, carefulness and experience to
merit the patronage and influence of the citi
zens of Prairie and adjoining Counties, which
he respectfully solicits. mayJO-ly
IF. LEP TIEN,
CLOCK AND WATCH
w & 2 12 IB
AND
_ jeweller,
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Respectfully informs the citizens of
Des Arc ami the adjacent country, that he
is prepared to execute all kinds oft LULK
and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man
ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, &.c.
jan30->tf __ __
JAMES JOHN SON,
Gunsmith,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
X Having permanently located myself
I am prepared to manufacture GUNS
PISTOLS, &c., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired
on reasonable terms.
tSST LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made
In fact, any kind of work in my line will bi
promptly attended to.
Terms—Cash. apr3 ly
GEO P LOGrUE,
House, Sign and Ornamenta!
p. i ijyt m: r ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Graining and paper hanging don
in the neatest style.
All orders addressed to me will me<
with prompt attention. sepll-ly
CARRIAGE AND WAGON
•Manufactory.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
THOMAS V. LEE
IS PREPARED _ „
to manufacture Car
tgWre&riages. Buggies, iSsHSiS
Wagons, Drays, &c., in the most substanti
manner and on short notice. From his exp
Hence in this line, he hopes to give entire sa
isfuctlon.
Repairing done with neatness and dispatc
—Connected w'th his establishment Is ;
excellent Blacksmith shop, where all kinds
iron work will be dene in a neat and substa
tiat manner. ortlO-tf.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. &c.
G. ALEX. MARTIN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Brownsville, Prairie Co., Ark.
WILL treat Chronic Diseases, generally,
and especially those of Females.
janl6-tf
DR. B. F. D1NWIDDIE,
HAVING permanently located at Lake
Bluff, Prairie county, Arkansas, tenders
his professional services to the public, in all
the branches of his profession.
Jan. 9, 1858-ty.
ME 1) I CAL CARD.”
DR. T. SANDERS, LATE OF
Memphis, having settled in the town of
Des Arc, tenders his professional services to
the citizens of said town and vicinity; and,
from a long experience in the healing art in
the West, Hatters himself that he will share
their patronage.
Office on Buena Vista street. Resi
dence on Woodruff street.
dec5-tf
DR. W. F. WALSH,
HAVING located at Des Arc, offers his
Professional Services to the public.
Calls promptly attended to. I
May 29, 1858. [ly*J
3D)]S. WM. 18H31c1 IHI]LIL
WILL continue the PRACTICE of MED
ICINE in Des Arc,and vicinity. From
his long experience in his profession, and hav
ing resided in Arkansas during the past four
teen years, he hopes to receive a share of the
public patronage.
RhsT" Office at Bf.thf.ll & Watts’s
Drug-Store. Residence in the building form
erly occupied as the “ Erwin House.”
may22-tf
' J. D, "
WILL Practice Medicine, in the
different branches of the Profession, and
respectfully tenders his services to thccitizens
of Des Arc and surrounding country, hoping
tn chnrn nf loa«sf n nortion of t.hpir natronnfTP.
B@r" OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf
J-. JU. C^ATEWOOE,
Attorney at Law,
DES ARC, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARKANSAS,
WILL Practice in the counties of Prairie,
Arkansas, Monroe, Saint Francis, Jack
son, White, Conway, and Pope.
He will give prompt attention to all
business entrusted to him.
gsp- OFFICE—Over Town Hale, (Frith's
New Building.) first door. feb!3-tf
XT. B. JDAIiilYaiPljEi
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas,
WILL Practice in the counties of
Prairie, Monroe, Arkansas, Jackson,
White, and Conway.
93T He will give prompt attention to all
Land Claims.and will attend personally to the
locating of Swamp Land Scrip and Warrants,
sellins lands, and paying taxes.
Office—In the Town Hall, corner of
Buena Vista and Lyon streets. febI3-tf
VVAKEMAN W. EDWARDS,
Lawyer,
Springfield, Conway Co., Ark.,
WILL practise in the various courts of
Middle Arkansas.
(Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims entrusted to him. jan30"
"ISfltE® IF. OMTYlEp
General Agent and Collector
Searcy, White County, Arkansas.
PARTICULAR attention given to the col
lection of claims, buying and selling lands,
locating swamp and overflown lands, entering
land at the General Land-Offices, showing
lands subject to graduation; and to the paying
of taxes on land in any county in North Ar
kansas. jan9-tf
J. W. MARTIN,
Attorney - ak - JL a w ,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Counties of Prai
rie, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis,
.Tarbsnn ntid Whitfi.
gy Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land.
Office over Frith &. Jackson’s store.
sept26-tf
WILLIA\rT7jONEs7~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
• Brownsville, Ark,,
WILL practice in the Counties of Prairie,
Jefferson, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Fran
cis, Jackson and White.
Prompt attention given to the collection of
all claims in the middle and eastern part of the
State. sept26-tf
ROBERT L. BETHELL,
ATTORNEY AY tLAWa
DES ARC, PRAIRIE CO., ARKANSAS.
feb20-tf _
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.. L. D. WILLIAMS.
Williams A' Williams,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
OFFICE on Markham street, nearly oppo
site the Capitol, lately occupied by Chief
Justice English. Will practice in the counties
of Pulaski, Prairie, Perry, Yell, Pope, Con
way, White, Jackson, Monroe, Arkansas.
Jefferson, Hot Spring and Saline, and in the
Supreme and Federal Court at Little Rock,
aug 4
L J. A. MOON, -
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
general collecting and land agent
t For the Northern and Eastern Counties
OF ARKANSAS.
t octlC DES ARC, ARK.
_ geo* C* WATKINS • • • • ••••GEO* A* GALLAGHER
Watkins A' Gallagher,
attorneys at law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
aug 4-ly __
* R. FL RNISS MARTIN,
u, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, PRAIRIE CO., ARK.
t- TTTTLL practice in the counties of Prai
W rie, Pulaski, Conway. Pope. Yell,Perry
Saline. White, Arkansas, Jefferson, Jackso
m and Monroe.
j{ gy Prompt attention given to the collec
%. tion of claims. Also, th« locating, sellin
and piyieg taxe9 on land. jy!7-ly
[From Household Words.
WATER MUSIC.
’Twas in summer—glorious summer,
Par beyond the smoky town,
Weary with a long day’s ramble
Through the fern and blooming bramble,
Needing rest I sat me down.
Beetling crags hung high above me,
Ever looking grandly rude;
Still there was some trace of mildness
In this scene so weird—its wilderness
Might be sought for solitude. '
Birds and (lowers, songs and beauty,
Seemed this rugged realm to fill;
That which was my soul entrancing
Was the music and the glancing
Of a rock-born plashing rill.
, Lingering there, I was delighted,
Musing on the day gone by,
Watching its^bright spray-pearls spriuk'd,
Every silvery tone that tinkled,
Touched some chord of memory.
’Twas as if sweet spirit voices
Threw a spell around me there;
Now in lightest notes of gladness,
Now in deeper tones of sadness,
Wafting whispers to my ear.
Memory, hope, imagination,
Seemed to have usurp’d my will;
And mv thought’s kept on a dreaming
Till the bright stars were a gleaming,
To the music of the rill.
What a world of strange reflections
Came upon me then unsought!
Strange that sounds should find responses,.
Where even mystery ensconces—
In the corridors of thought!
Then emotions were awakened.
Making my heart wildly thrill,
As I lingered there and listened,
While the dew around me glistened
To the music of the till.
-"*• ♦ ■*
[From the New Orleans True Delta.
A NEW NEGRO PHASE.
Caleb Cushing, of Mass., in a letter to
a committee in South Carolina, describes
one of the new phases of the negro ques
tion—and seems to think that some of the
sensible whites in New England are be
ginning to believe that, after a while, if
the negro mania continue, the order of
the races will be reversed—negro become
white, and white negro. There is no dan
ger of that, however—for as soon as Cuf
fee becomes troublesome, his friends will
put their feet upon his neck. He is now
only used for Bunkum by the demagogues
of the stump and the pulpit. They don’t
intend to let him come into their families
and carry their daughters through the
church to the nuptial chamber. If they
are knaves, they are not fools, by a “ long
shot.”
The following extract from Mr. Cush
ing’s letter is worthy of perusal:
Whatever may be the explanation, so
it is that some, and too many of the pub
lic men at the North still strain at the le
ver of negro power. I say, the negro
power; for, counter to what is frequently
denominated the slave power of the South,
there is what may with greater aptitude
be denominated the negro power at the
North. That is, many persons, in the ab
sence of other claims to consideration, still
obtain it by extravagance in behalf of
Africans. Yes, it is a fact humiliating to
confess that the cant of negroism still has
vogue as one of the minor instruments of
demagoguery in the northern Stales. It
is coming, however, to be regarded as
rather stale declamation, even here in
Massachusetts. And the general question
has undergone a remarkable metamor
phosis.
The exaggerated negro philanthropise™
at the North, which, while the “ fitful fe
ver” of the distemper was at its acme.
operated as the impulse of angry and ag
gressive attacks by the northern States,
or their citizens, on the political rights of
the southern States, or their citizens, has
now passed into an equally exaggerated,
morbid and quixotic sentiment of passion
ate zeal for the visionary and idle abstrac
tion of the elevation of the handful of
misplaced and bewildered Africans of the
north, into the degree of political and so
cial equality with white Americans.—
These Africans are in circumstances,
heie, physical and moral, so uncongenial
to their nature, that with all the gratuitous
petting bestowed upon them, and all their
accessions from runaways, they are una
ble to keep pace with the natural progress
of population; they do not make them
selves a place in the community by aver-'
age general eapableness; and they have
not sufficient force of character or intelli
gence to betake themselves, as they
should, somewhere else, to try their hands
in the responsible business of life among
men of their own race, and to rise or fall
according to their deserts, in the British
West Indies, in Hayti, or in Liberia.—
And yet we, in Massachusetts, are now
especially unhappy, because we have just
learned that, in certain cases, these persons
cannot bring suits in the federal courts
against the citizens of other States.
Hence notwithstanding that we have
been for some months busy in the attempt
to disfranchise white men who are citi
zens of the United States, we have now
• undertaken to enfranchise black men who
are not. Our humanity demands the con
current elevation of the one race and deg
radation of the other. Thus, not the
character only, but the local relation of the
controversy has changed. They, who had
! heretofore labored, and not without success,
to counteract plans of encroachment on
’ the rights of other Stales, or of direct
r overthrow of the constitution, have now to
contend for the defence of their own
rights, and for those of the men of their
own race, within their respective States.
Meanwhile, the fact, that the negrophilist
agitation at the North hrs taken lire direc
tion of the simultaneous enfranchisement
of the black man and disfranchisement of
the white ones, offers to the friends of
good government and of constitutional or
der the double advantage, first, that the
new issue involves not merely the ques
tion of the relative depression of white
men, but also their actual sacrifice, and the
perpetration of palpable inequality and
gross injustice, under pretence ot justice
and equality; and, secondly, that it is a
domestic issue, not one of assault on the
rights of other States, nor affecting in any
way the peace and tranquality of the
Union.
Anecdotes of the Arkansaw Bar.
The pretty little village of Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, lies on each side of a- line divi
ding two quarter sections of land, owned
by different persons—,he upper one by a
person named Pullen, the lower by a per
son named Davies. Pullen first laid off
a town, afier running a principal line be
tween the quarter sections upon his o\v»
land, and numbered the lots, beginning
with No. 1 at the river. A pragmatical
old Frenchman, one Antoine Baraque,
educated for a monk in France, and after
wards a commissary in Napoleon's Span
ish armv of invasion—n small adust, im
petuous old man—bought lot No. 1, re
ceived, and caused to be recorded, a deed
to it from Pullen. The line was after
wards run out by Pullen and Davies, and
it- was ascertained that Pullen’s original
line was wrong, and that the true line so
struck the river as to cut off lot No. 1 en
. • _ 1_ _ _*« _T\_1__
m v I j ik u|iuu x/uMko kjuunvi
section. Davies then commenced laying
off a town on Itia side, by lots of the same
size as Pullen’s, and numbering down the
river from the line, so that what was No. 1
on Pullen's town became lot No. 1 on Da
vies’ town, and was by the latter sold to a
stout, ruddy, athletic Frenchman named
Joe Bonne.
Baraque found it impossible to under
stand the new order of things; and meet
ing Davies soon after, entered upon an
expostulation with him upon his conduct,
and the consequences to himself resulting
from it. “Good God!" said he, “ Mees
tare Davies, I’ave my lot No. 1 in de town
of Pine Bluff from dat Mr. Pullen, and
’ave my deed recorded in the clerk’s office
of de county—lot No. 1, in de town of
Pine Bluff'! Ha! you no see you rob
me of my land. By gar, dere is my deed
on record, and I will ’ave my land. I
’ave buy dat lot, and you number him No.
1, and he is my lot.”
“ But, my dear sir,” said Davies, “ you
bought of Pullen, and the lot was not upon
his land. When the true line was run,
the lot fell on my quarter section."
“ G—d yam de line,” hotly responded
Baraque; “what you 'spect I care for
your dam line? Dare is my deed on re
cord for lot No. 1, in de town of Pine
Bluff, and you number dat lot so, and by
gar, I will ’ave my lot."
"Ob, well,” said Mr. Davies, “if that
is all, I will commence numbering my lots
down in the swamp, and number them up,
and then your lot will be lot No. 1 no
longer."
“ Oh, by gar,” cried Baraque, " dat
would be one dam rascally ling, to rob me
of my property in dat way, and I shall
bring one suit for my lot.”
Sue he did, accordingly, by action of
ejectment against Joe Bonne, and em
ployed Colonel Fowler to carry on his
suit. During the six months that inter
vened between the commencement of the
suit and sitting of the court, he wrote
Fowler, on an average, a letter a week.
The cause came on for trial—Baraque was
beaten, of course, and then refused to pay
Fowler his fee. Fowler thereupon, com
menced suit against him. Baraque, upon
this, healed up the breach between him
self and Joe Bonne, and subpmned him
as a witness.
When the cause came on for trial, oui
two Frenchmen sat cosily in court, cheek
by-jowl, and as the trial progressed, Ba
raque often whispered merrily in Joe
Bonne’s ear. Fowler at length offered
to read divers letters from Baraque in evi
dence ; and selecting oue, commenced. Ii
ran thus:
“ Mr. Colonel Absalom Fowler.—
Now I want you to be sure and be at cour
to attend dat cause of mine against da
dam Joe Bonne for my lot No. 1, in dt
town of Pine Bluff,” etc.
Fowler—a formal, stiff and precise
man—read the letter through without s
wink or smile, and proceeded to read an
other. The third or fourth began in thii
style—.
“Mr. Colonel Absalom Fowler—
Sir: I want you to be sure and see to da
case of mine against dat dam rascal Jo<
Bonne. 1 have no idea of being rob o
my land in dat dam rascally way, and
'ave you know dat I am bound to succeed.'
Joe drew off from Baraque, and cas
upon him fierce glances of anger, and Ba
raque turned red and pale alternately
Fowler drew out another and commence'
reading:
“ Dear Mr. Colonel Fowler.—I wil
'ave you know, sare, I must be sure arn
’ave you at court and see to my cas
against dal dam rascal Joe Bonne. Wh
stole de hog? Ha! I nevare steal an
hog. If any body want to know wh
stole de hog, let dem ask Joe Bonne.”
This clapped the climax ; Joe shook hi
fist in Baraque’s (ace, and the latter rushe
out of court. Bench, bar and jury, bun
into universal laughter, and without fur
ther evidence Fowler took his judgment
—[rr«E.
PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS.
We copy the following extracts from
'the remarks of Mr. Welsh, who received
the Democratic nomination of the 9th
Congressional District of Massachusetts:
“And here, perhaps, I may be allowed
without impropriety to remark, that in
whatever position I am-placed, I believe
the honor of my own State will ever be
dear to me; that the interests of my own
State, and of this particular part of it, in
which I liv«, will never be neglected by
me; but I most certainly do not think it
necessary to entertain the opinion which
I saw a day or two since expressed in a
Northern popular Magazine, thntone town
in Massachusetts was worth more, or was
not to be exchanged for 100,000 miles of
‘slaveholding dead level,’ as the writer ex
pressed it. Cod forbid that I should ever
entertain so narrow a sentiment; if it is
I necessary for a man to entertain such sen
timents to be elected a representative to
Congress from Massachusetts, God fotbid
that 1 should ever be elected. 1 have liv
ed at the South, and have friends there,
and I am happy to 3ay that I have found
in that same ‘slaveholdir.g dead level' as
good men, as good citizens, as good Chris
tians, in the narrowest and strictest sense
of the term, as in this very excellent, no
doubt, but somewhat self-righteous com
monwealth of Massachusetts.
“Gentlemen, choice or chance has pla
ced each of our homes in some particular
town and country—our pecuniary interests
are there—we have, in the course of our
lives, met there with some joys, perhaps
with some sorrows, and the home is dear
er to us for both associations. But after
all, what would Saugus be to you, Mr.
Chairman, or Waltham to me, unless they
were each a mrt of thnt irreat cnnntrv
which comprises within its limits alike
the rough hills of New Hampshire, the
waving grain fields of Ohio, the gold mines
of California, and the fertile cotton and
rice plantations of South Carolina? Who
of us would give up this claim to call
Jefferson and Jackson and Calhoun, and
a thousand other Southern patriots, his
countrymen? What spot of ground would
any of us exchange for that litlle area in
a slaveholding State, those few square
feet, where rest all the earthly remains of
him, whom North and South, East and
West, the stammering infant and the elo
quent, aged statesman alike reverence
and bless as the father of his country?
Shame, then, on the man who penned the
statement I have quoted—and shame on
the Northern man who does not hang his
head with mortification when he reads it.
SKETCH OF LUTHER.
A course, rugged plebeian face it was,
with great crags of cheek bones—a wild
amount of passionate energy and appe
tite ! But in his dark eyes were floods of
sorrow ; and deepest melancholy, sweet
ness, and mystery were all there. Often
did there seem to meet in Luther the very
opposite poles in man’s character. He,
for example, of whom Richter had said
that his words were half battles, be, when
he first began to preach, suffered unheard
agony. “ Oh, Dr. Staupitz, Dr. Staupitz,”
said he to the vicar-general of his order,
“ I cannot do it: I shall die in three
months. Indeed I cannot do it.”
Dr. Staupitz, a wise and considerate
man, said upon this “ Well, Sir Martin,
if you must die, you must; but remember
.that they need good heads up yonder too.
So preach, man preach, and then live or
die as it happens.”
So Luther preached and lived and he
becamed, indeed, one whirlwind of ener
gy, to work without resting in this world,
and algo before be died he wrote very
many books—books in which speaks the
true man—for in the midst of all they de
nounced and cursed, what touches of ten
derness lay ! Look at the Table Talk, for
example.
We see in it a little bird, having nlirrhted
at sunset on the bough of the pear tree
that grew in Luther's garden. Lutliei
looked upon it and said : “ That littlebird,
how it covers its wings and will sleep
there, so still and fearless, though over ii
are the infinite starry spaces andthegreai
blue depths of immensity. Yet it fear!
not—it is at home. The God that made
it, too, is there.” The same gentle spiri
of lyrical admiration is in the other pas
sages of his book. Coming home from
Lieps’c in the autumn season, he breaks
forth into living wonder at the fields ol
corn. “ How it stands thero,” he says
“ erect on its beautiful taper stein, and
bending its beautiful golden head with
bread in it—the bread of man sent to hin
another year.” Such thoughts as thesi
are as little windows, through which wi
i gaze into the Ulterior of the depths of Mar
tin Luther’s soul, and see, visible across it
• tempest and clouds, a whble tftaven o
■ light and love. He might have painted—
1 he might have sung—could have beei
beautiful like Raphael, great likeMichae
Angelo. CARLYLE..
—---■-■
; w An important scientific and economi
’ cal problem is solved in the following ques
• tion and answer: How can nine pigs be put i
^ to four pens, so that there shall be an od
number In each pen? Easy enough. Main
1 one pig pen, in it make three small ones; i
1 each of these little pens put three pigs, whicl
' will be odd numbers e ach. As a matter o
} course the fourth pen—the big one—will hav
f an odd number in the whole nine.
3 83^The New York Evening Post tells
large story of the freaks of lightning in Franci
j A young girl was struck by lightning an
t changed to a boy. We don’t believe it.—
[Albany Statesman.
. (parThe more true merit a man has, th
more does he applaud it in others.
The Invention of the Steam Engine.
In 1543 it appears that such a thing as
n steam vessel was known in Spain.—
This is a fact not widely -circulated. At
that date a Spaniard exhibited in the pres
ence of Chnrles V. and all his court, in
the harbour of IJarcelona, a vessel of 20U
tons, propelled by an engine, the construc
tion of which was a secret to all but the
inventor. -The chronicles of that day in
forms us that there was a great cauldron
of boiling water within, and two wheels
on the outside which moved the vessel.—
The treasurer of the kingdom objected to
its introduction. It seems to have been
quite perfect, since the objections urged
against it were that it was loo complicated,
very expensive, and thu boiler apt to ex
plode. llut Spain was not ripe for it, the
world was not ripe for it. The inventor,
disgusted with the want of appreciation
displayed by the court, took the engine out
of the vessel, allowed the ship to rot in
the arsenal, and his secret perished with
him in his grave.
One century later and the same prob-.
iem was offered to France. A celebrate®
female, equally renowned for her beauty,
immoralities, misfortunes and longevity
also, for she died at the age 134 years,—
the famous Mario de’l Orme—so well
known to the readers of modern fiction—
has furnished us, in a letter to an admirer
written in 1641, these most astonishing
details. The celebrated Marquis of Wor
cester was then on a visit to Madam in
Paris, and with her visited a madhouse in
the capital. While crossing' the court
yard of that dismal establishment, the lady
was almost paralyzed with terror, and
while clinging to her companion she saw
a frightful face looking through the bars of
a window of a building, and heard these
strange words:—“ I am not mad? I am
not mad ? i have made a discovery which
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The question wasusked by one of the vis
itors, what is it that this man has discover
ed. The answer of the visitor, with a
mocking laugh was, “ Oh it’s not much;
it's something about the power of steam."
And so the lady laughed that a man should
go mad about so frivolous a thing as that.
This man it seems, came from Norman
dy to bring before the king his discovery
of the fact that steam could be used to
navigate the ocean, and in short there was
nothing that he did not claim could be done
by the power of steam. Cardinal Rich
elieu was uppermost then, and though he
was most sagacious and enlightened as
worldly wisdom goes, yet he turned his
back on the inventor. The inan followed
him from place to place, and the Cardinal,
getting tired of his pertinacity, sent him
to the madhouse. The man even wrote a
book on the subject of his thoughts, enti
tled Moving Powers. The Marquis of
Worcester was much interested in this
book, and used some of its ideas after
wards in his own works. So we see that
France in 1641, ns Spain in 1543, proved
her inability to take up and wield this
mortal thunderbolt.
The problem was reserved for the An
glo Saxon race to grapple with and con
quer, and thereafter the mechanical skill
of England was turned to this invention
with various success, till in the middle of
the labt century, after the idea had been
floating for 200 years in ingenious minds,
the steam engine, that scarcely inanimate
Titan, that living, burning mechanism,
was brought to prefection by James Watt.
Thenceforth the engines of labor, mar
shalled by the power which Watt brought
forward, were to make their bloodless tri
umph, not for the destruction but for the
blessing of mankind. All hail to thee,
mute, indefatigable agent of strength,
working in deep mines, moving along the
pathways of trade, toiling in the service
of man ! No fatigue can palsy thy her
culean arm! No trampled hosts writhe
under thy feet! No widowed hearts bleed
at thy bcneficient victories!
England solved the problem, but it seems
ns if it were the will of Providence that
she should not go so tar as to apply steam
to the navigation of the ocean. This part
of the problem remained for the other
branch of the Anglo-Saxon race,—the
branch of that western hemisphere whose
expanded territories are traversed by some
of the noblest rivers, and separated from
England by an almost world-wide ocean.
The thoughts of the men of the last cen
tury after the Revolution, were turned to
the development of steam. One of those
men attracted the attention of him whom
1 nothing escaped that belonged to the wel
fare of this country—of Washington—
and he expressed his satisfaction of the
experiments of Rumsey. It seems almost
providential that steam was not developed
in ocean navigation at the time of the
Revolution, for it would have given her
vast resources and powers to bear more
swiftly and directly on the struggling colo
nists—with what effect who can te'l ?
I But the Revolutionary period was
passed, and independence established, the
hour had come, and the man was there
In the year 1799 the thought became ma
ture in Fulton’s mind, and Chancellor Liv
ingston took a deep interest in the schemt
' of water navigation by steam. They up
1 plied to the New York Legi-lature for ar
act of incorporation. I am sorry to saj
1 that America at that time did not seen:
I much wiser than France and Spain had
f been before her. Livingston tells us thai
5 the young men of the Legislature, whet:
tired of the graver matters of the law
II would call up the steam bil1 as they callec
• it, and have a little fun. Young Americt
1 did not on that occasion show himsel
■ so much wiser than his seniors. Bu
nothing discouraged, Fulton and his coad
#< jutors persevered, and twenty years hac
not passed away before steam was fount
on our sounds, lakes, and great rivers, and
that at a time when it wns known only by
hearsay in Europe. This was all that
was needed. Twenty years more elapsed
before English capital was first applied to
the navigation of the ocean itself by steam
which America little needed, but which
England desired as giving to her arcesi to
the Western world.-—[Edward Everett’s
Speech at Danvere.
--
Rrr.icr for Ncuralgia.—As this
dreadful disease is becoming more preva
lent than formerly, and as the Doctors
have not discovered any method or medi
cine that permanently cure it, we will sim
ply state that for some time past a member
of our family has suffered most intensely
from it, and could find no relief from any
remedy applied, until we saw an article,
which we re|jublished, recommending the
application of bruised horse-radish to the
wrist, for the cure of toothache. As Neu
ralgiu nnd Toothache are both nervous
diseases, we thought the remedy for the
Kne would be likely to give relief to the
ther, so made the application, nnd wrere
truly gratified to find that the simple ap
plication of horse-radish, bruised, and ap
plied to the wrist, on the side of the body
where the disease was seated, gave almost
instant relief to a severe attack of neural
gia. Since then we have applied it sev
eral times, nnd with the same gratifying
results. The remedy is simple, cheap,
and may be within the reach of every one.
[Laurensville Herald.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
(J3T Good humor Is the blue sky of the soul,
in which every star of talent wHl shine more
clearly. ■
0P*He that desplsclh small things shall
fall little by little.
A Suggestion.—It is said that when the
Niagara and Agamemnon were beginning to.
lay out the cable a sea gull lighted on it, and
vettinv stuck in the tar with which it was
couteri whs carried down. Possibly he has
pecked a hole in it,
Sar*; Criticism.—The New York Express,
speaking of an insurance office. In that city,
says that until its affairs are investigated,
“insurers will he perfectly safe in keeping
away from the concern.”
(CyTruth lies within the holy of holies in
the temple of knowledge, but doubt is the
vestibule that leads to it.
d^*Enjoy the blessings of this day, If God
sends them; and the evils bear patiently and
sweetly. For this day only is ours; wo are
dead to yesterday, and we are not born to
morrow.
is aisy enough,” said Pat, “to
build a chimney; you howldono brick up, and
put another one under it.” A good many
people undertake to build fortunes on this
equitable principle.
(Brit is a questi on whether being called
“the son of a gun” should not rather be ta
ken as a compliment than as a term of abuse,
as it Is well known that no gun is good for
anything unless it descends in a straight line
from a good stock.
Lottert Gambling.—A few days since,
the Sheriff—says the New York Sun—sold
out the effects of a merchant who has :^*en
ruined by the purchase of lottery tickets. He
bought for years, nut never gained a prize
until a few weeks ago, and the lottery men
refused to pay the only hit he made.
OTA writer in tho Scientific American In
quires why It is that women are fonder of
sleep than n^n? We d6 not know unless it
is because it is that Morpheus, in whose arms
the sleeper lies, is male and not female.
O'*1 Iloast me alive,” said Corwin, the
wagon boy, in his speech at Xenia, Ohio—
“roast me ailvet I havn’t got much fat, but
it shall be fried out of me before I will vote
to admit a slave State,” &c. Tom’s drippings
would sunolv anv Quantity of spirit lamps,
unless his pores have been very open for the
last five years.
gyit is proposed to establish ao institu
tion for the education of young ladies, in
which the science of weavology, spinology
and cookology will form a part. After ob
taining these accomplishments, they may re
ceive a regular diploma, with the honorable
degree of F. F. W.—Fit for Wives.
gyThe Annapolis Gazette tells the fol
lowing story of a citizen of that place:
A person better known for his wealth than
his liberality was requested to aid in the erec
tion of a church. The subscription book was
placed in his hands. He looked anxiously
and earnestly, and handed it back with the
astonishing remark: “No, sir, I will not give
anything, not half so many people go to hell
now as ought to.”
gy Barristers have a ludicrous habit of
identifying themselves with their clients by
speaking in the plural number. “Gentlemen
of the jury,” said a luminary of the Northern
circuit, “at the moment the policeman says he
saw us in the tap, I will prove that we were
looked up in the statiou house, in a state of
intoxication.”
gy Everything has its use. WTere it not
for the flies, people In summer would sleep
two hours longer than they do, and thus lose
i the best part of the day—the portion devoted
j to sunrise and meadow-larks.
(EyThey. who are the most afraid of a
! cold or the cholera are the most likely to catch
them; so is it with many other evils, mental
as well as bodily. Likethe r.ettle they sting
only the timid; grasp them firmly and they
I are innocuous. Fly from them and they pur
• sue you; face them,' and they are gone.
We cannot say as to the changing, but we
have observed that a girl, whenever she was in
danger, is very apt to tvkx to a boy—if tbtre
was on* abf'Uf. — [Louisville Journal.