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0 UP, JOBPPINTINaDEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Jod Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Pali
Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
. K/RCMCP HER SOM,
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
4 LL persons wishing my services in
- *- this department of business, will please
address me at Brownsville, Prairie county,
Ark. Every call will be punctually filled.
novl3-ly
NEf RESTAUR ANT!
■Asalia
COSMOPOLITAN !
Corner of Buena I ista and Lyon streets),
I)ES ARC, ARKANSAS,
TS now open for the reception of visitors.—
'The best of Liquors, Wines, Ale, Cigars,
etc., will be kept constantly on hand.
*.* Oysters, Game, &c., will be furnished at
short notice.
f/zfT This Restaurant will be attended to by
Messrs. J. C. Tarkinton and J. E. Hoke.
janS-fim. _ C. T. OLD HAM.
HARVEYS X CHANGE,
Corner of Buena Vistaaud Foster
Streets,
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE,
BES ARC, ARKANSAS.
HAVING completed our new building, and
opened a first class establishment for the
accommodation of the public, and furnished it
with the best of Liquors, Cigars,
’Tobacco, etc., tile undersigned flitter
themselves that they will continue to receive
the patronage which has been heretofore be
stowed upon them.
(M»* Adjoining their Exchange *hev keep a
general assortmentof FAMfLY GROCERIES.
Also. Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles,
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
iy24-tf HARVEY & MATTHEWS.
AS. H ARRIS,
85* .3 T C MS - .11 .i M E IS
and
O’ 13 WEIj 23 TT.
OFFICE on Buena Visla jaes.
street, opposite the
Nucleus House, Des Arc, %*«5s5«!lai»
\ Kansas. Clocks. Watches and Jevvi cm
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war
ranted to p;ive'satisfacl ion. nov20*titn
F L E P TI E N,
CLOCK AND WATCH
m a s m m
AND
JEWELLGRi
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart V
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
T> F.SPECT FULLY informs the ckizens of
l L Ties Arc and the adjacent country, that he
is prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK
and WATCH Work-in a workmanlike man
ner, and to Repair and Clean Jewelry, Sec.
jan30-tf v
JAMES JOHNSON,
fxitHsmifli,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
oft Having permanently located mv elf,
I am prepared to manufacture GUNS,
X PISTOLS, Sec., to order.
All kinds of Fire-Arms' Repaired,
on reasonable terms.
ROT* LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made.
In Tact, anv kind of work in my line will be
promptly attended to.
JSS“Te rms—Cash. apr3 ly
JORDAN BODEMER,
SHAVING, IIAIK-CUTTING,
AND
HAIR-D R E S SIN G SALOON.
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING,
BUEN.Y VISTA Street, west of Nucleus
House, Des Arc, Arkansas. octl6-ly
BLAsksi RLAHKS!!
Just printed and for sale at the “Citizen
OrncE —Deeds of Conveyances Quitclaim
Deeds; Justice’s Summons’, Exec itions, De
livery Bondi, 4se. te
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PROFESSIONAL GAUDS.
•nilAIlLES P. BKHTRAND. Atti.u
\J ney at Law, Little Rock. Ark. [j.-trj21'
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
WG. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
, KEYS AT X.AW, AND GeNERAR CORREC
TORS, Searcy, White county. Arkansas. Prac
tice in the fcircuit Courts’of Randolph. Law
rence, Independence; Jackson, White, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jefferson and\ Pulaski
counties, and in the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Little Rock Aik. Prompt and
5 faithful attention given to the collection of all
claims sent to them. [janK-tf.
HR. H. F. DINWIDDIE, having per
\) manenilv located at Lake BiuiF. Prairie
county, Arkansas, tenders his professional
services to the public, in all tile branches of
his profession. jand, 1858-ly.
DU. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis*
having settled in the town of Jies Arc,
tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
I nr, go. perier.ee in thehealing art in the West,
flatters himself that lie will share their pat
ronage. (jtjp Office on Buena Vista street.
Residence on Woodruff street. deco-tf
BR. W'.’F. WALSH, having located at
Des Are, offers Ills ProAissionar Ser
vices to the public. (ygf* Culls promptly at
tended to. may29,1858-ly*
Dir Wm7BETHELLrwiH ~contim«
the Practice of Medicine in lies Arc, and
vicinity. From his long experience in his
profession, and having resided in Arkansas
during tha past fourteen years, he hopes to re
ceive a share of the public patronage.—
©nice at Beth ERR &. Watts’s Drug
occupied as the “ Erwin House.” inay22-tf_
J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
cine in the different branches of tiie Pro
fession, and respectfully .tenders his serv ices to
the citizens of Ues Arc arid surrounding.coun
try, hoping to share at least a portion of their
patronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl-5-tf
/'1 ClilDSEY, Residentjfiy'XT'"'-,
* Df.ntjst. Clark’s MarbleffTte-SiSjaiv
Block, Memphis. Tennessee. Will
visit Des Arc. of which notice will be given
til rough the “ Citizen.” octl3-0m
TAR. R. HARRINGTON,
** Mechanical and SwEGiCAt/mSSHijS^
Dentist, Near Oakland Grove, - JLJ
Prairie county, Arkansas. DR. HAURING
t TON is prepared to perform any operation,or
execute any artificial work in the Dental pro
fession. Hehopes by his particular attention,
carefulness and experience to merit the pat
ronage and influence of the citizens of Prairie
and adjoining counties, which he respectfully
solicits. may30-ly
L. FEATHERSTON..Z. I*. II. FARR.
FEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor
neys AT Law, and Real Estate Agents,
Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the,
counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St.
Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular
attention given to collections. References:
Madison, Ark., lion. W. G. Beaselcy, S. W.
Childress; Clarendon, Ark., II. M. Couch,
Panola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; CofTeeville,
Miss., E. C. Walthall; Memphis, Tenn., D.
M. DoBose. Esq., W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs,
Miss.. W. T. Featherston ; Washington. D.
C., Jacob Thompson. jvl7
T E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
. Law, Dos Arc. Prairie county, Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White,
Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt at
tention" to all business entrusted to him.
(Kg”OFFICE—Over Town Hall. (Frith’s
New Building.) first door. feb 13—tB
IT" 13. DALRYMPLE, Attorney at
V . Law, lies Arc, Prairie county, Arkan
sas. Will practice in the counties of Prairie,
.Monroe. Arkansas,Jackson, White, and Con
way. He will give prompt attention to all
Land Claims, and will attend personally lo live
locating of Swamp Land Scrip and Warrants,
selling lands, and paying taxes. Ori’iCE
on Lyon street. febl3-tf
WA Ikfcj.HAlN IV. LlAVAllUS, DAW*
yeb. Springfield, Conway county, Ar
kansas. Will practice in the various courts
of’Middle Arkansas. (gjJT Prompt attention
given to the collection oi’ all claims entrusted
to him. n30*
FVV. MARTIN, Attorney at Law,
, Wes Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White,
isr Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. cy Office on Lyon street, j
sepl26-t£
WILLIAM T JONES Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson,
Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and
White. Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of all claims in the middle and eastern
part of the State. sept26-tf
SAM’l. W. WILLIAMS.W. L. if. WILLIAMS.
\\MLLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At
* * torneys at Law, Little Rock, Ar
kansas. Office on Markham street. One of
our firm will be almost always at Brownsville,
where he can he consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
them. deed
T A. MOON, Attorney at Law,
. General Collecting and Land Agent,
For the Northern and Eastern Counties of
Arkansas, Dos Arc, Arkansas. octi.0
|| FURNISS MARTIN, Attorney
at Law, Brownsville, Prairie county,
Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of
Prairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope. Yell, Perry,
Saline, White. Arkansas, Jefferson, Jackson
and Monroe. Piompt attention given to the
collection of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ing and paying taxes on land. jyl7-ly
J. I.. 1IOLL0WF.LL..W. D. JACOWAY.
HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Da’danelle. Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Salin». Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je20-tf
JOS. KELLER.GEO. SHMALZRIED.
JOS. KELLER & CO.,
DEALERS IN
MEN’S AND BOYS’ ( I.OTHIXB, I
FURX1SU1NG GOODS,
TRUNKS, Valises, umbrellas,
&c., Wholesale and Retail—No. 255 Main
i street, Memphis, Tencestee. [mayl-ly]
THE DISTANT LAND.
Where dost thou He, 0 Land of Peace!
Across what foaming ocean’s swell?
My heart, with sighs that never cease,
Yearns in thy palaces to dwell:
But yet, 0 fair and distant land,
I cannot sec thy shining strand.
Sometimes when morning’s iris light
Is flaming in the eastern sky,
I say, beneath that rose and white •
The blessed realm must surely lie!
But morning’sbrow by noon is fauffcfl,
And thou Crt still the distant land.
And oft when sunset’s burnished gold
Falls warm upon the water’s breast,
I see beyond the glorious fold
Must gleam the of the blest !
But stars steal out. a silent band,
And thou art still the distant /and.
And then I dream—a blissful dream
That I have'gained thy tranquil bowers,
And lo! life’s sorrows only steal
Wind that a moment bent its flowers—
I wake, I clasp no angel hand,
And thou art still the distant land.
I watch. I long I faint for thee!
Canst thou not open wide the door,
That I may enter in and be
Part of thy peace for evermore?
O send that sleep so sweet, so grand,
And thou shall be no distant land !
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THE YEAE ONE THOUSAND.
Just as this century drew to a close, va
rious circuinftances concurred to produce
a change in men's minds. It was an uni
versally diffused belief that the world
would come to an end, when a thousand
years from the Saviour’s birth were ex
i'iicu. x iic ycui uuij wits uifitJiurtJ iook
ed upon ns the last which any ene would
see. -And if ever signs of approaching
dissolution were shown in heaven and
earth, then the people of this century
might be pardoned for believing that they
were made visible to them. Even the
breaking up of morals and law, and the
wide deluge of sin which overspread all
lands might have been taken as a satis
factory token that all mankind were deem
ed unfit to occupy the earth any more. In
addition to these appalling symptoms,fam
ines were renewed from .year to year in
still increasing intensity, and brought
plague and pestilence in their train. The
land was left untilled, houses unrepaired,
the right Unvindicated; for who would lake
the useless trouble of plowing or building,
or quarrelling about property, when so
few months would put an end to all ter
restrial interests? Yet even for 'the few
remaining days, the multitude must be
fed. Ilobbers frequented every road, en
tered even into walled towns; and there
was no authority left to protect the weak
or bring wrong-doers to punishment.
Corn and eailie were at length exhaus
ted; and, in a great part of the continent
these extremities were endured; and when
endurance could go no further, the last
dasperute expedient was reso'rted to. and
human flesh was commonly consumed.
One man went so far as to expose it for
sale, in a market-town.
The horror of this open confession of
their deeds was so great that the man was
burned, but more for the publicity of his
conduct than for his inherent guilt. Des
pair gave a loose rein to all his passions.
Nothing was sacred, nothing safe. Even
when food might have been bad, the vitia
ted taste made bravado of its deprivation,
npJ women and children were killed and
roasted in the madness of the universal
fear. Meantime the gentler natures were
driven to the wildest excesses of fanati
cism to find a retreat from the impending
judgment. Kings and Emperors begged
it monastery doors to be admitted breth
ren of the Order. • Henry of Germany
ind Robert of France were saints, acc^l
Img to the notions of the times, and even
now deserve the respect of mankind for
the simplicity and benevolence of their
characters. Henry the Emperor succeed
ed in being admitted as a monk, and
swore obedience on the bands of the gentle
Abbott, who had failed in turning him
from his purpose. ‘‘Sire,” lie said, at
length, “since you are under my orders,
and have sworn to obey me, I command
you to go forth and fulfil the duties of the
state to God has called you. Go forth, a
Monk of the Ahbe of St. Vanne, but
Emperor of the West.” Robert of France
the -son of Hugh Capet, placed himself,
robed and crowned, among the choristers
of St. Dennis, and led the musicians in
singing hymns and psalms of their own
composition. Lower men were satisfied
with sacrificing the mark of their knight
ly and seignoriahrank, and placing bald
ricks and swords on the altars, and before
the images of saints. Some manumitted
their serfs, and bestowed large sums upon
charitable trusts, commencing their dispo
sition with words implying the approach
ing end of all. Crowds of the common
people would sleep nowhere but in the
porches, or at any rate within the shadow
of the churches, and other holy buildings;
and as the day of doom drew nearer, great
efforts were made to appease the wrath of
Heaven.
Peace was proclaimed bolween all
classes of tnpn. From Wednesday night
till Monday evening of each week, there
was to be no violence, or enmity or war
in all the land. It was to be a truce of
God And now came the dreaded or
hoped for year. The awful thousand had
at last commenced, and men held their
breath to watch what would he the result
of thisarrival. “And he laid hold of the
Dragon, that old Serpent, which is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years, and cast him into the bot
tomless pit, and shut him up, and set his
seal upon him, that he should deceive the
nations no more till the thousand years
j shall be fulfilled, nnd after that, he must j
he loosed a little season.” (Rev. xfTi; |
2-3.) With this text, all the pulpits in
Christendom had been ringing R>r a whole
generation, and not the pulpits only but
the refection halls of conVPrits. and the
cottages of the starving pesantry. Into
the castle, also, of the nobles, we have
i seen, it had/penetirated*, and the most ab
ject terror pervaded the superstitious—
while despair, ns in shipwrecked vessels,
fUfTa yed itself, amid the masses of the |
population, in rioting nnd insubordination.
The spirit of evil, Torn little while, was to
be let loose upon a sinful world; nnd.
when the observer looked nround at the
condition of the people it) all parts of
Europe, at the ignorance and degradation
of that multitude, the cruelty of the Lords
and the unchristian ambition and unre
strained passions of the clergy—it must
have puzzled him to imagine a worse
state of things, even when the chain
was loosened from that “old Serpent,”
and the world placed unresistingly in his
folds. Yes, ns if men’s minds had now
reached their lowest point, there was a
perpetual rise from the beginning of this
date. When the. first day of the thou
sand and first year shone upon the world,
it seemed that in all nations the torpor was
about to be thrown off'. There were stri
vings everywhere after a new order of
filings. The first joy of the deliverance
from the expected destruction impel ed all
classes of society in a more honorable and
useful path than they had ever hitherto
trod.— [White's Eighteen Christian Cen
turies.
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The Nursery Sanctum.
Talk of editorial labors, editorial per
i | it*Aiues, euuormi ciiiis, aevirusfi imru
sions—oh! ye bachelors of art, and hus
bandmen in the editorial harness, what
have ye to complain of—you, of the sanc
tum, that affords you a retreat from nil
family cares—wlrat do ye know of editori
al labor interspersed with nursery duties
and motherly cares—an infant in-one arm
and a pautken in the other—a bowl of
pap in one band and a pen in the other,
the baby calling for t-t- and the devil for
cop-ee. Thoughts on the chances of its
having the whooping cough or inhumation
of the lungs, and the probability of the
Pope or the President being the most fre
quently mentioned during the season of
lent. A new book to review, and—a
“new tooth just coming through," an origi
nal poem by a new contributor, with a
“please scratch out and re-write until it is
fit lor your valuable journal” and a slat
ternly washerwoman with a basket of ba
by's clothes, half washed torn and wrinkled,
with a miserable little edition of the wash
erwoman crying for a crust of bread, and
broke out all over with the measles. For
heaven’s sake lake out that child—go,
clothes and all, don’t give the baby the
measles. Here’s your change; keep the
clothes, but out, out, thou gratuitous dis
penser of plagues, pestilence, and famine.
“ The telegraph down ;” so is the clothes
line. The Atlantic “Cable is a humbug,”
so are several other tilings, besides patent
washing machines, and the Clayton liul
wer Trea'y. "The Indians are causing
a great deal of trouble in Washington
Territory,” and the injen in the kitchen
lias just risen and run all over the cook’s
territory, causing a great commotion.
John Mitchell, the Irisii patriot, is about
to be pardoned by Queen Vic; but if
Bridget, the Irish hussy, is ever pardoned
by me for feeding the baby on paragoric.
instead of catnip tea, may I never sing ‘1
am sitting on a stile, Mury,” nor speak of
the Emerald Isle ns anything but a place
to bear “bulls" and “wake” snakes. The
Academy of Music is probably at this
hour reverberating with the melodious
tones of Pceolomoni; hut my sanctum re
sounds with notes an octave higher, from
baby’s throat, and the unintelligible enun
uamui ui my ueiin pujiiwriiuy
lo sutisfy me of musical importations.
[Young’s Spirit of the South.
--
The Apocrypha in Germany.—One
of the strongholds of the Apocrypha is to
be found in the chatechisms used in differ
ent joans of Germany. In the one used
in the Principality of Cobourg, in reply to
the question, “ How do we know that
there is a God?” we find an answer,
“ From the Holy Scriptures, Sirach, xviii
30-37,” thus declaring the Apocryha to be
the word of God. In the Protestant
catechism, until very lately used in Rhen
ish Bavaria, we find ten of the prophetical
books of the Old Testament not once quo
ted in it, three only twice, and one once;
even Isaiah and Jeremiah are only quoted ;
one-sixth part as often as the Apocrypha1
book Sirach. The first eighteen hooks of
: the Old Testament are .quoted forty-eight
times; the four greater and twelve lesser
prophets thirty-six times, but Sirach nine
ty-five times. The books of Wisdom and
Tobias are ofttier quoted in this catechism
than the thirty canonical of the Old Testa
ment,
In view of such facts, it cannot surprise
us that the Apocrypha should he more}
I read indifferent parts of Germany than!
j the Holy Scriptures. A friend of mine,}
! not very long since, asked fifty-two young ]
I persons, to whom he gave religious in- j
j structions, preparatory to their being on- !
; finned, in what books of the Holy Scrip- j
lures their parents read the most—all an- i
1 svvered “ In the Apocrypha.” One alone j
; added, “My father sometimes reads in the
j Psalms.”
-A wag was asked to bay the ‘Bank
Note Detector,’ said he would purchase it if :
it would detect a bank note in bis pocket.
| -An irish waiter, speaking of a lady’s
! black eyes, says: “They were in mourning for
the murders they had committed.”
I
Th9 Westward Bound Africans.
A correspondent of the Marion (Ala.)
Commonwealth, noticing the Afiioans that
passed through Montgomery recently,
says:
I was carried through “ Brown’s specu
lator-house,'’ (so called) on Perry street.
In a house in the back lot were huddled
together thirty-eight native (Congo) Afri
cans 1 Don’t shudder and say, "the moral
sentiments of Christendom condemn the
trade, etc." But it is a lad I have seen
the Africans; and it is a fact they were
Africans!
1 found them jabbering, in guttural
sounds, something—I could not compre
hend what. They were nearly all appar
ently in good health; fat, sleek and greasy.
In the party were some five or six men,
two or three women, lour or five girls, and
the rest boys, or what might be called
"youngsters.” They were each clad, in
common Kersey pants.and round-about,
over which they wore a heavy blanket.
Women and all we*e thus dressed. None
wore chocs for the reason that they could
not walk in them; in fact they could
scarcely walk at nil, having been confined
and crowded so close on shipboard.
Most of them were very pert and lively,
laughing and talking in their native
tongue and pointing at and jabbering
about everything that particularly attracted
their attention. Some of them had very
singularly shaped craniums—they nlmost
baffle description. Ono nearly square,
one had a convex face, and another a sort
of a double concave convex head; but
most of them had good beads, large flat
noses, big mouths, front teeth knocked
out, rather small ears, and quite small
hands and feet. Some of them were good
lookiritr. but others shoekiocrlv inrlv ■ some
were what might be vulgarity called
“puff,” or hog-jawed. I noticed one, a
man who had very high cheek bones, and
several scars on his face, and who ap
peared to he very intelligent, lie was
"big chief,” no doubt, in his country. 1
was much surprised at one thing; they
repealed precisely every word said to them,
I asked one, “ Where did you cotne from,”
and he propounded the same interrogatory
to me, hut, of course, without knowing the
meaning; and in like manner many other
tilings.
Not being able to walk, they were car
ried in a wagon from the railroad depot to
Brown’s, and thence by wagon to the St.
Nicholas. I saw strong old farmers and
sober-sided merchants gazing at the sable
creatures, some of them having, no doubt,
a holy horror at such a sight.
Tiie negroes were well skilled in pan
tomime, and some of them gave unmis
takable signs that they wanted “ some
thing to drink”—putting both hands to
their mouths and throwing their heads
back.
The thirty-eight Africans brought here
were the share, ns I learned, in the ven
ture of a citizen of New Orleans, and
that they cost him, delivered at Savannah,
fifty dollars each—only nineteen hundred
dollars for thirty-eight Africans, sound
and able-bodied negroes. They were in
charge of a Mr. Brodtmx, who was carry
ing them to New Orleans.
I have said above that the negroes were
"all well.” So they are, as well as could
be expected ; but, as might be conjectured,
they were mostly suffering much from dis
orders iucident to acclimation.
For some time the Africans could not
be induced to go on board the boat, and
seemed much frightened at the smoke,
?cc. Doubtless they had a perfect horror
of traveling on water again, after having
30 recently endured a long and crowded
sea voyage. The manner in which they
were finally induced to go on is worthy of
notice. The mate tried every means to
get them on hoard, but to tio effect. Fi
nally he concerted a plan with n big black
A !•« 1 i*v#ni?» noffm ITn Inorl ♦ I
go on board, but be resolutely refused,
when the mate laid him down on tire
gang-way plank and hit him four or five
Substantial licks with his ponderous leath
er strap, when the said Alabama negro
got up, yelling awfully, and went straight
on board, beckoning to the Africans to
follow. And they did follow, to the
amusement and amid the cheers of the
crowd.
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Weather Wisdom.—A rainbow in
the morning gives the shepherd warning.
That is, if the wind be easterly, because
it shows that the rain cloud is approaching
the observer.
A rainbow at night is the shepherd's
delight. This is a good sign, provided
that the wind is westerly, as it shows that
the rain clouds are passing away.
Evening red, next morniggrey, are cer
tain signs of a beautiful day.
When the glow worm lights her lamp,
the air is always damp.
If the cock goes crowing to bed, he'll
certainly rise with a watery head.
When black snails cross your path, black
ground moisture hath.
When the peacock loudly bawls, soon
we’ll have both rains atjd squalls.
If the moon shines like a silver shield,be
not afraid to reap your field.
Hut if she lises haloed round,soon we'll
tread on deluged, ground.
When rooks are sporting in the air, it
shows that windy storms are near.
If at the rising or setting of the sun the
clouds appear of a lurid color, extending
over the zenith, it is a sure sign ot storms
and gales of wind.—[Notes and Queries.
-_—»-♦-*.
-A mre»r eoaght a fly, pnt it into the
stl”ar bs?in and shut down th" lid.
“What is that for?’said a bystander.
“Hush!” whispered the miser,‘I want to see
if the 'errant? steal my su^ar.”
Arkansas Legislature.
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senate!
Thursday, Jan. 20.— A message was re
ceived from the Mouse informing the Senate
that the House had assented to Senate hill to
amend the charter Of the Cairo and Fnltoli
Railroad Company; and had concurred in
Senate joint resolution to provide for the bind
ing of the report of the Geological Survey of
tile State of Arkansas. Several House bills
were also received for the action of the Sen
ate.
Mr. Terry presented a lengthy memorial
from numerous citizens of Memphis in behalf
of the Memphis and Little Hock railroad;
which was read ami referred to the commit
tee on internal improvements.
Mr. Redmond, from the committee on in
ternal improvements, reported favorably to
Senate bill to permit the Memphis ami Little
Rock Railroad Company, and the Little Rock
amt Fort Smith Railroad Company to consoli
date said companies into one company, to be
known and called tbo Central Pacific Rail
road Company. Report received arid bill
postponed until to-tnorioW.
Mr. Redmond, fr om the committee on inter
nal improvements, repotted favorably on Sen-,
ate bill to incorporate the lJee Arc, Darda
uelle and Fort Smith Railroad Company. Re
port received and bill postponed until to
morrow.
Mr, Clark, from the committee on the land,
ed interests of the State, reported favorably
on House bill to authorize the Governor of
this State to select certain lands and for other
purposes. Report received and bill passed.
Mr, Stirman introduced n bill to aid in the
construction of tjre Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad. Referred to the committee on in
ternal improvements.
HOUSE.
Thursday, Jan. 20.—Mr. Beslioar offered
a resolution instructing our Senators and re
questing our Representatives in Congress tw
rise their influence to procure an appropria
tion by Congress to improve White, Black and
Current rivers, to render them safely, and at
all seasons navigable from their mouths to the
Missouri line, and that the Senate concur
herein.
Read and amended, and on the question of
its adoption 30 voted in the Affirmative and 34
in tue negative, do me resolution aramend
ed was not adopted.
Mr. Murphy offered a resolution to instruct
our Senators and request our Representatives
in Congress t.o use their influence to procure
an appropriation of $50,005, to improve the
navigation of Red River, above the raft to Ft.
Towson.
Read and amended, and Mr. Couch moved to
lay the resolution amt amendments on the ta
ble. on which motion the yeas and nays were
called and ordered, and the rote stood: 3® yeas
and 27 nays. So tile resolution and amend
ments were laid on the table. *
Mr. Reynolds asked and obtained leave to
introduce a memorial from citizens of Mem
phis, Tennessee, in relation to the 40 miles of
railroad completed between liopefield ou tlie
Mississippi liver, and Madison on the Saint
Francis river, and in regard to the completion
of the road between Madison and Little Rock.
Read and received, and referred to the commit
tee on Internal Improvements.
Mr. Pennington introduced House hill No.
2J0, "‘to aid in the construction of railroads in
Pulaski county.” Read three* times and
passed.
Mr. Hill, from the select committee, to
whom was ix-feried House hill No. 22®, “to
change the time of holding the election for
judge of the 5th judicial circuit of.this State,”
reported that the committee have considered
the same, and have instructed me to report the
same back to the House and recommend its
passage. Report adopted, and bill read the
third time and passed.
Mr. Griffin introduced House bill No. 282,
‘‘for the relief of persons who have lost or
mislafl their original certificates of entry un
der the saline and Internal improvement land
acts of this Slate.” Read the first time.
Friday, Jan. 21.—On motion of Mr, Hill,
amendments to the constitution proposed by
the General Assembly in 1856, to-vvit.
“ No county now established by law shall
bo deemed or considered unconstitutional on
account of Its containing a less number of
square miles than 000,” was taken up and read
the first time.
Mr. Speaker introduced House bill No. 286,
“ to authorize and require the common school
commissioner of Monroe county, Arkansas, to
sell section 10, in T. 1, 8. K. 2 west of the 5th
p:incipal meridian.” Read three times and
passed.
Saturday. Jan. 22.—Mr. Batchelor intro
duced House bill No. 2U2, “ concerning grand
jurors in Crittenden county.” Read twice and
amended by adding the following counties
Spring, Chicot, Folk, Prairie, Jackson, Cal
houn, White, Clark, Madison, Ouaehita,
Union, Phillips, Montgomery and Scott.
An Affecting Incident.—A circum
stance occurred a few days siuce, says the
Gospel Banner, at the funeral of a little !
babe in New Sharon, remarkably cheer-!
irig and suggestive. The little one, all
beautifully robed for the grave, was laid
in its coffin on the morning of its burial.
The weeping friends placed in its little
hand a shall bouquet of flowers, among
which was an unopened rosebud of the
“Rose of Sharon.” The lid was then pla
ced upon the eoffln and the funeral servi
ces performed. When, after the lapse of
not more than three hours, the coffin was
opened again, and the friends gathered
round to look upon it for the last time,that
bod had become a full blowu rose while
grasped in the cold hand of death. It
seethed as though a voice came up from
those beautifully sealed lips,saying, “weep
not forme; though broken from the parent
stem I am blooming in the Paradise of
God. Millions of infant souls compose
the family above.”
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Hoops, False FIaih, High Heels and
Matrimony.—An act was introduced
into the English Parliament in 1770, j
“ that ail women, of whatever age, rank,
profession, or degree, whether virgins,!
maids or widows, that shall from and after ;
such act, impose upon, seduce, and betray l
into matrimony, any of his majesty’s sub-j
jccts, by the scents, paints, cosmetic wash
es, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish .
wool, iron stays, hoops, high heeled shoes, !
bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of
the law now in force against witchcraft
and like misdemeanors, and that the mar
riage, upon conviction, shall stand null
and void.”
-Parson Brownlow, of the Knoxville
Whig, says that, “if he is denied the privilege
of going to heaven after death, his second
j thole* is Baltimore.” 1
Marrying at Random.—The “local”
of the Buffalo Republic tells the follow*
ing very good “ un.”
One of our Justices of the Peace was
called, a few days ago, to g«Ho a German
house in the city, and marry a couple.
Putting on a clean collar, and placing a
marriage Certificate in his pocket, he start*
ed for the festive scene. Arriving at the
house, under the direction of a blue-leg*
ged little hoy, who painted out the place, »
h" knocked and went In the middle
of the floor stood a stout German girl,
sorry and plump, her blue cye4 roiling out
tears as large ns butter-pats. “ What’e
the matter 1” said the sympathetic Justice.
“Matter,” said the girl, “Dat Gotleib
wend off. and wouldn't marry me, ain’t
it ?" The Justice said he supposed it was
nnd intimated that he had come to marry
some one, nnd requested the old Jaidy to
bring oh the lambs to the sacrifice. Old
Indy said “dere vos no In mbs—Gotleibish
run off, nnd will not niarfy my Katgrina."
"Well,” said the Justice, '• Gotleib isn’t
the only man there is—send for tome
other man to marry her." At this Kate
rina’s face brightened up, and she ejacu
lated. “Ynh—dat is goot—send, mil
Hans.” Hans was sent for, but couldn’t
come. When her messenger returned,
Katarina, determined not to give ft tip,
said, “ Send mit Shoseph.” Shoaephwus
sent for, hut he couldn’t lie found.
Katarina's heart fell at this news, and
the Justice was growing impatient. Just
then Kata linn looked out .of the, window
and snw a short and thick young German
going by, when she rushed to the dntor,
nnd halloed — “ Frit* — Fritz!” Frit*
shortly made his appearance at the door,
when Katarina’s mother auid—>“ Frit*,
you los iny-Kntarina!” Flit* allotted ha
did more as sauerkraut.
.fin_.-„,i.... i_j. >. i._ j .-_i a..
lice; and, before Fritz could realize bis
position, he was ,man and wife, and Kata
rina's arms were around his neck, and her
lips pressed tobis, she crying hetwqea th®
calisthenics, “mein husband, mein Fritz,”
Our duty a* a correct historian compel
us to say that Fritz hugged back as well
as he knew how. The Justice, with head
erect, stepped smilingly out, leaving the
lover* to themselves, end walked along
meditatively, a holy Calm stealing over
his massive proportions, the Consolation
of having done his duty gleaming in bis
eye, and honor, honesty and uprightness
in his footsteps.
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Male Teacutbs ron Gmt.«.-*Fonny
Fern doesn’t think much of school-mas/ers
is governors of girls—thinks the damsels
ire' too many” for’em:
"I pity a male teacher who is set to
lie impossible task of making girls ‘ be*
iove.’ 1 should pity diem more, did I
lot know that they keep them in school
ibout four or five hours longer than they
night. Did I not know what they know,
but will persist in practically ignoring, that
he fun has got to come out somehow, or
.urn to poison in the blood, and that if
eachers won't give it whizzing time out
if school, they must needs have it fly ia
:heir faces in school. * * * * There
must be discipline, that’s certain; but, in
my opinion, a man’s head must be gray,
not brotvn or black, if he would enforce it;
bis blood must be cold and sluggish* and
bis ear deaf to the charmer, charm alia
never so cunningly or cerlei, his magis
erial chair will be set at naught. Don't
[ know? Answer me, thou now ‘reverend’
gentleman, who once kept me after school
lor a reprimand, and spent the precious
moments rolling my curls over your fin
I'erp, vwiiic niy nicbuuiiau; nus uuiouwg
off her hooks and eyes as ahe peeped
through the key hole. Not that I uphold
it, but every animal naturally fights with
the weapons a good Providence has given
It—that’s the amount of it—and somehow
or other I hud found that out, though
whether France was bounded south by
Rhode Island or not, was still a mystery
that I was not in a perspiration to solve.”
— I'ew have been taught to any purpota
who have not been greatly their own teachers.
-Man passes for a sage if he seeks for
wisdom; if he thinks he has found it he is a
fool.
—The most remarkable case of indecis
ion we hear of, was that of a wan who sat up
all night because he could not decide which
to take off first., his coat or his boots.
- A lively Hibernian exclaimed, at a
party where Theodore Hook shone as the eve
ning star, “Och, Master Theodore, but you’re
;he hook that nobody can bats.”
... — Calamity never leaves us where it
found us; it either softens or hardens the heart
of its victims.
-Mirth should be the embroidery of the
conversation, not the web; and wit the orna
ment of the mind, not the furniture.
_“Father, how many days are there In
185$?” said young Hopeful to his paternal
ancestor. “Why, 365, of course;” was the
reply. “Xo, there ain’t; forty of them are
lent.” ,*
-Some writer exclaims, “What is beauty
without soap?” Sometimes fashionable beau
ty is nothing .We have seen many
a cheek from whWme beautiful red-rose hue
would vanish hefoieHt^t useful article, like a
ghost before ;lie suStriae. /
—— A person being r#roached for not
having avenged himself for a caning, said,
“1 never mediiie with what passes behind my
back.”
_Pedantry is the foppery of learning, as
fringe and embroidery are of dress.
_ A Maine editor say< that a pumpkin
in that State grew so large that eight men
could stand around it. This is like the fel’ow
who saw a flock of pigeons so low that ha
aaald shake a stick at then*.