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We have supplied ourselves with a good | J
assortment of Printing Material? and are ^
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing? on
reasonable terms. a
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.llVPKttioN, J
SADDLE, BRIDLE
DBS AUC, ARKANSAS.
RESPECTFULLY informs *;
the citizens of Prairie ami ■'
adjacent counties, that he has on ham), 1-Zj
and is prepared to manufacture to order, ^
Saddles, Eridles, Martingales, .wiggy, (
Carriage and Hack Harness, i
As well as every other description u£ work j
usually done in such establishments. ,1
(T^TSliop on Lyon street, back of Frith it ^
Jackson’s store. jant-l-ly. (.
.j.;. U. EUSON,
COUNTY SURVEYOR. .
A LL persons wishing my services in ^
this department of business, will please ^
address me at Brownsville, Prairie county, t|
Ark. Every call will be punctually lilted. |,
novl3-ly Is
N E N'T ItE ST A u It A N T ! i
TZSIXia ,
COSMOPOLITAN !.
Corner of Buena Vista and Lyon streets, t,
RES AUC, ARKANSAS, n
T8 now open for the reception of visitors.—
,L Tlie best of Liquors, Wines, Ale, Cigars, *■>
etc., will bo kept constantly on hand. ^ \
*.* Oysters, Game, &c., will be furnished at jj
short notice. , o
This Restaurant will be attended to by j(
Messrs. J. C. Tarkintou and J. E. Hoke.
jan8-6iii. C. T. OLDHAM. .
HAKVl.ro JV UiifimiL.,
Corner of Buena Visfa ami Foster P
Streets, f;
NEAR THE JACKSON HOUSE, ti
DES ARC, ARKANSAS. P
HAVING completed our new building, and -
opened a first class establishment for the s
accommodation of the public, and furnished it i
with the best of S.it|uors, Cigars,
Tobacco, etc., the undersigned (latter ];
themselves that they will continue to receive o
the patronage which has been heretofore be- «
stowed upon them. b
(jf^T Adjoining ttieir Exchange they keep a ti
general assortmontof FAMILY GROCERIES, tl
Also, Cove Oysters, Sardines, Fine Pickles, -
Catsups, Pepper Sauce, etc., etc.
jy24-tf HARVEY & MATTHEWS. »
A. S. HARRIS,
TV .<I T C II - .11.1 M E It |
AND *
a'lE'CCTEHjlSiFt A.
OFFICE on Buena Vista {.
street, opposite thes
Nucleus House, Des Arc, a
Arkansas. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry c
repaired with neatness and dispatch, and war- 11
ranted to give satisfaction. nov20-6m '
LEPTIEN, 1
CLOCK AND WATCH \
S
A is 31 m
AND
JEWELLER, _
Buena Vista street, opposite A. Stewart &
Brothers,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
Respectfully informs tha citizens of
Des Arc and the adjacent country, tliat he ,
is prepared to execute all kinds of CLOCK
and WATCH Work, in a workmanlike man- \
Her, and to Repair aud Clean Jewelry, &.c. j
jan30-tf s
JAMES JOHNSON,
lillilHiilUh.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Havincv permanently located-myself, .
..Xal am prepared to m in i'acture GUNS,
ex PISTOLS, &c., to order.
Alt kinds of Fire-Arms Repaired,
on reasonable terms. i
R5iSif* LOCKS repaired, and KEYS made, j
In fact, any kind of work in my line will be <;
piemptiy attended to.
6aTTi ;nii3—Cash. apr3 ly _ j J
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
HHARLES P. BERTRAND. A t rou
\J key at Law, Little Rock, Ark. [jan2D
P JORDAN, Attorney at Law,
. Little Rock, Arkansas. [decll-ly.
W~G. & B. D. TURNER, Attor
. nets at Law, and General Collec
rons, Searcy, White county, Arkansas. Prac
ice in the Circuit Courts of Randolph, Law
■enceiIndependence, Jackson, Wiiite, Prairie,
Monroe, Arkansas, Jefferson and Pulaski
:ounties. and in the Supreme and Federal
Join ts at Little Rock Ark. §3jp” ProTApt and
'aithful attention given to the collection of all
daims sent to them. pj4ft8-tfs
DR. T. SANDERS, We of Memphis,
having settled in the town of Des Arc,
coders his professional services to the citi
:ens of said town and vicinity; and, from a
ohgexperience in the healing art in the West,
IStters himself that he will share their pat
onago. Office on Buena Vista street,
iesidenee on' Woodruff street. deco-tf
DR. \Y. F. iVALSH, having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
tces to the public. Calls promptly at
ended to. rnay29, 1858—ly11
D~R. WH, BETHELL, will continue
the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and
ieinity. From his long experience in his
irofess’ion, and having resided in Arkansas
nring the past fourteen years, he hopes to re
eive a share of the public patronage.—
Office at BethelL & Watts’s Drug
store. Residence in the building formerly
iccupied as the “ Erwin House.” may22-tf 1
|JR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi
^ cine in the different branches of the Pro
cssion, arid respectfully tenders his services to
be citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun
ry, hoping to share at least a portion of their I
atronage. OFFICE—On Buena Vista street.
mayl5-tf
C III D S E Y, Resident jgjRSF S
J, Dentist, Clark’s Marble/mic
Slock, Memphis.Tennessee. Will ^-XXjLT I
isit Des Arc, of which notice will be given <
a rough the “ Citizen.” oetDS-Om
H rvo. lv. -uSK”" v*
* Mechanical and StfRGicALfmR«'8§3k 1
)enti:-t, Near Oakland Grove, -+-I-XJ-T I
'rairie county, Arkansas. Dll. "HARKING- |
'ON is prepared to perform any operation, or
xocutc any artificial work in the Dental pro- j
ission. Hehopes by his particular attention, ,
arefulness and experience to merit the pat- j
on age and influence of the citizens of Prairie
ml adjoining counties, which he respectfully
; may30-1y
. FFATHER : TON..Z. V. H. FARR, i
AEATHERSTON & FARR, Attor- ,
■ neys at Law, and H eal Estate Agents,
damidon, Arkansas. Will practice in the !
amities of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St. .1
rancis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular 1
ttenlion given to collections. References: j
ladison, Ai k., Hon. W. G. Boaseloy, S. W.
hildress; Clarendon, Ark., H. M. Couch;
•uiola. Miss., Col. Calvin Miller; Cofleeville, 1
liss.. E. C. Walthall; Memphis, Tent),, D. \
r. DuBose. Esq., W. J. Webb ; Holly Springs, ,
liss., W. T. Eeatherston; Washington, D. j
., Jacob Thompson. jyl7
f E. GATEWOOD, Attorney at c
I . Law, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. £
fill practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar- ^
ansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White,
onway, and Pope. He will give prompt at
ntion to ail business entrusted to him. I
5gr OFFICE— Over Town Hall, (Frith’s s
ew Building.) first door. febl3-tf f
T7AKEMAN wTeDWARDS, Law
if yer. Springfield, Conway county, Ar- 1
msas. Will practice in the various courts s
: Middle Arkansas. (jgg“ Prompt attention v
ven to the collection of all claims entrusted
, him. 1*30* )
--—--—-- i
r W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, [
Des Are, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will ,
•actice in the counties of "Prairie, Arkansas, f
[onroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
Prompt attention given to the collection *
: claims; also, the locating, selling and pay- s
g taxes on land. Office on Lyon street. [
sept26-tf g
T7ILLIAM T. JONES Attorney s
i ¥ at Law, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will i
•actice In the counties of Prairie, Jefl'erson, v
« ivt. c*i i*.: T.... 1. .,,,,1
i ivaiisai:, niwiu wo, j. i ...
’kite. Prompt attention, given to the coliee- .
on of all claims in the middle and eastern l
u t of the State. sept2(i-t£ s
LM’t W. WILLIAMS.W. L. D. WILLIAMS.
tl/ILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, At- ■
'* touneys AT Law, Little Uock, Ar- *
ansas. Olfice on Markham street. One of a
ir firm will be almost always at Brownsville, c
here he can be consulted on professional ,
isiness, and will give his personal attention
i all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to 0
tern. __'
[ A. MOON, Attorney at Law, I
General Collecting and Land Agent. 1
or the Northern and Eastern Counties of 8
rkaiisas, Dee Arc, Arkansas. octiO (
> FURNISS MARTIN, Attorney [
-*/* at Law, Brownsville, Prairie county,
rkaiisas. Will practice in the counties of t
rairie, Pulaski, Conway, Pope, Yell, Perry, t
aline, White, Arkansas, Jefferson, Jackson s
id Monroe. Prompt attention given to the
iliectioii of claims. Also, the locating, sell
ig and paying taxes on land. jyl7-ly r
L. IlOLLOWELL.. . . . W. D. JACOWAY. ,
TOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law, Dardanelle, Arkansas. 1
'ill practice in the counties of Yell, Perry, s
dine, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope. s
je20-tf {
BLJcKSMI Till JVG ;
AND
V AG-ON MAKING !! |
MARTIN SHETTER, '
DES ARC, ARKANSAS, .
rjJHANKFUL to tlie t
"" » . • r-3 £ people for their past fa-1
’-*% . -SI vorg,respectfully announces ^ 0 |'
Jat he has opened a shop at'T. V. Lee’s old i
and on Park street, where he is prepared to ,
0 all kinds of work in the above line. '
(„Tv/"Blaeksmithing, wagon and buggy build
lg, wheelbarrows, repairing, &c., done on
Tort notice.
Horse-shoeing done promptly. |
fob 18-tf _____ i
JORDAN BODEME It, 1
SIIATIWG, HAIR’CCTTIS©,
1 AIR,-DRESSING SALOON. •
HAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING, ]
■> ULNA VISTA Street, west of N,tleus
Z> lloesx, DeJ Arc, Arkati^a.,. .c’lff-ly 1
HYMN TO THE PEOPLE.
BY C. n. STUART.
Not to be blest with warrior strength,
To wield the sword and wear the glaive,
Or rise to conqueror’s fame at length,
Proclaims the good or makes the bravo.
To have the power to bide the scorn,
And rise above the hate and strife
Of those to wealth and title born
Is the crown’d courage of our life.
What are the swords that prop a king—
The banners in his army’s van-—
To strength of soul that dares to spring
And show the monarch in the man ?
Kings and tho mightiest man of arms,
Strong as the heads of realms they bide,
Sport as they may with fortune’s charms,
They are like leaves upon the tide.
In dim of old sepulchres they lie,
Tile feast of silence and decay,
While the true world-heart beateth high
And thrones itself upon to-day.
Give me tire man whose hand3 have tossed
The corn-seed to the mellow soil,
Whose feet the forest depths have crossed,
Whose brow is nobly crown’d with toil.
! Survivor of E-ulton’s First Steam
boat Crew.
A correspondent of the New York
rournal of Commerce has obtained from
Uapt. McKinney—who was one of Ful
on’s crew when that inventor tried his
irst steamer, the Clermont—the following
nleresting account of that craft and her
list trip to Albauy in 1807:
Captain McKinney says the boat was
lot one hundred and forty feet long. She
vas flat-bottomed like a skiff. She was
minted lead color. The Clermont drew
wenty-two inches of water, and the rud
ler went below the bottom of the boat,
["o the rudder-post two pieces of wood
vote fastened. These projected some
,uir nr fiirn funt nn.l n Vw\1f OYf1
o prevent the rudder from “ going down
ower than it ought.” In addition, the
udder was so arranged for shoal water that
t could be lifted to the surface, ifnccessa
y. Her wheels extended below the bot
om of the boat.
A fly-wheel was attached to the paddle
vhoel, having a rim four inches wide,
vhich Mr. Jackson, the engineer, told
Japtain McKinney, “was to make the
laddle-wheel pass the center without a
“There was a big hub,” continued
dapt. McKinney, “just inside the boat,
uto which the shaft fitted. It could be un
hipped with a crow-bar, and the revolu
ion of one of the wheels stopped when they
ranted to turn the boat round. There
rere two rows of fire bricks which the
oiler rested upon. These bricks were im
orted from England, and cost six cents
ach. The boiler was of copper, top
rched ; the bottom curved upward. The
oiler fed itself.”
The captain’s description of some of the
mchinery will be both amusing and in
tructive to those who have watched the
rogress of thisbranch of mechanics. His
vvn language, in describing the apparatus
jr supplying water to the boiler, will give
far more graphic idea than any which
;e could hope to convey. “A grind-stone
/as suspended from the center by a wire
aside the boiler. A lead pipe ran from
le boiler to the water. The top of the
rindstono was level with the water in the
oiler; as the water boiled away, the stone
rould fall; as the boiler was filled up, the
tone would ris'e. Machinery working
ke a pump-handle connected this grind
lone with the code of the water-pipe out
ide of the boiler. As the grind-stone fell
. would open the cock wider, and the re
erse, etc., etc.
Captain McKinney says that when the
llermont started on her tri;?io Albany,
lie left New York, according to his rccol
nctions, about 9 o’clock in the morning,
nd went up as far as the Livingston
lanor the first day. There she remained
11 night and received passengers—some
f the Livingston family. The next mor
ing proceeded on her journey and arrived
t Albany late in the afternoon. All the
/ay up the liver ihe steamboat attracted
rout attention. People thronged the
auks or pulled out into the stream to have
closer view of.this new monster. The
Vermont made about six knots an hour.
)u the first trip the crew consisted of only
alf a dozen men, while those whom Cap
lin McKinney took to be passengers
light number twenty-five or thirty per
oiis.
At Albany lie says that Fulton went
shore, telling them to let no one come on
oard, and the boat was pushed a plank’s
tngih from the shore. But the engineer
isobeved as soon as Fulton was out of
ighl and admitted the people at a York
hilling a-head. They came on board so
ast that in five minutes they took twelve
oliars. So many came at last that they
tere compelled to turn the tide in the
pposilc direction, and ordered them all
shore. Fulton’s captain, says our hero,
fas named Hunt, and on the passage down
vas bribed (so Madame Rumor said) by
he sloop-owners to run the experimental
teamboat ashore. In accomplishing the
fish of the skippers, one of the wheels
fas broken, and the "Clermont” was navi
;ated to New York with one wheel. »
SST’Home is the residence not merely j
f the body, but of the heart. It is a
ilace for the atfections to uuiold and de- j
elop themselves; for children to love and ]
earn and play in; for husband and wile to
ail smilingly together, and make life a
itessing. The- tdjoct of all ambition
hould be to be happy at homo ; if we are
lot happy at home w« cannot be happy ,
dsowuere. It is the proof of the virtues
if a family circle to see a happy fireside, j
Slavery in New Mexico.—•Ncsrr"
slavery is fully recognized, aud properly j
in slaves amply protected, by a recent act
of the New Mexican Legislature. This
act passed unanimously in one branch, and
without a dissenting voice in the other.
This act defines sui h as are treated in
it as slaves to be persons of Africau de
scent, and is not to bo constructed so as to
include peons.
It denounces the same penalty for killing
n slave that is visited on the homicide of
a white man. For stealing or enticing
away a slave, the penalty is not loss than
four years’ imprisonment, and may he ten;
and a fine of not loss than $500 nor more
than $2,000.. Accomplices in the steal
ing are treated as principals. Any per
son fraudulently furnishing slaves free
papers is .liable to an imprisonment of
not less than six months nor more than
five years, and a fine of not less than
$100 nor more than $1,000. Any per
son endeavoring to excite a slave to in
surrection, conspiracy or rebellion, is pun
ishable by imprisonment of not less titan
three months nor more than three years,
and a fine of not. loss than $25 nor more
than $1,000. The same penalty is de
nounced on whoever, save his master,
gives, sells or hires to a slave a deadly
weapon ; and also, the same for trading
with a slave without the written permission
of the master, expressing the articles of
traffic; also, the same for forging such a
permit. Gaming with slaves is prohibit
ed, under a penalty of not over $100 or
three mouths’ imprisonment. Sheriff’s
are to take custody of runaway slaves,
and in 12 months, if no owner appear,
after an advertisement for that length of
time, shall sell him. Persons failing
properly to piovide for the support of their
slaves may be required to give bond to do
it. Inhuman Ueatment of a slave is
punished by a fine of not more than $1,
000 and imprisonment of not more than
one venr. Slave-fnvners are nrohibited
from allowing their slaves to hire their
own time. Disorderly conduct of a slave
in pubilc, and insolence to white men is
punished by stripes not exceeding thirty
nine ; so may other offences-of a slave,
the punishment of which for a white man
would be a fine. No slave can give evi
dence against a white man.
Marriages between whites and negroes
or mulattoes is prohibited. Emancipation
is prohibited. A person holding a free
negro us a slave, is liable to imprisonment'
for not less than five nor more than ten
years, and a. fine of not loss than $500,
nor more than $;2,000.
Such an act may be regarded as very
sufficiently recognizing negro slavery in
New Mexico. It is not probable that any
benefit will bo derived from it save to the
few persons in the Territories—mostly
temporary residents going in from the
United States—who may use slaves as
domestic servants. Politically, slave own
ers have hitherto, without any special
legislation, been free to carry in and out
of the Territory, their slaves, and employ
them there. The present act simply gives
an undeniable legal recongnition to slave
bolding there.— [St Louis Republican.
The Mississippi Valley.—The fresh
vigor of the West will, nnd must, mingle
with the enormous powers of the South
like the tributary waters of the Mississip
pi, says the Mobile Register: in one ma
jestic current, if the people will reach for
ward in the spirit of brotherly commu
nion, and commingle the interest of the
mighly West with the resources of the
mightier South. It is in this spirit that (
both quarters will find the best intelligence
and healthiest impulse in tearing loose
from the hampering commercial policy
of the East, and in gaining the high
way of prosperity and national progress (
on the one hand and domestic peace on ,
the other. Where the population is, there
will be the scat of empire and commerce,
if wisdom and virtue direct the counsels
of the mass; and with the interest of tiro
growing West, connected by the waters :
of the Mississippi with the South, there
would indeed be a change in the material
policy, growth and defence of both upon
the existing principles 01 mu guveiimium
infinitely beyond the creed of any new
political"school. The purchase of Cuba (
is the first step towards the application of
means to tins great end, and it is a point
of policy that should at once engage the
attention of the entire West, as well as
the South, whose political powers in Con
gress would then relieve the executive
from the stifling inaction of the national
legislature in removing the harriers of
the Gulf that impede and endanger the
commerce of the South. With open and
iceless seas, with the thoroughfare of the
Mississippi, and the energies of the peo
ple in the great Mediterranean Valley,
the South and West, instead of being de
pendent on the East, would bo the ruling
commercial power of the Union, under
our present form of government, without
searching for novelties in the science of
political schools. The old principles of
trade would sustaiu the glory of such com
merce.
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Humboldt.—The more Baron Hum
boldt advances in years, the more every
line he writes, every word he utters, and
every—even the most trifling—event con
cerning him, is recorded by the German
press. The following anecdote is just
given by a Berlin paper: “The celebrated
savan possessed a black parrot, presented
to him years ago by the grandfather of
the Princess of Tiussia, Karl-August of
Saxe-Weimar. Baron Humboldt was
very fond , of the bird; and returning |
home thu other day from a dinner party:
he was disagreeably surprised by finding;
the parrot sitting droopjngly on his perch. I
‘ Well Jacob,’ he said, approaching tl
cage, ‘ which of us two is likely to d
first ?’ 1 Pray, your Excellency,' remarkt
his old valet,1 do not speak to the bird
such serious matters.’ Humboldt turi
away silently, taking up a book. Half a
hour afterwards, the bird suddenly turr
around, looks at its master, and—dro|
dead. At this moment, poor black Poll
being stuffed at the University Muscut
for bis afflicted survivor.’’
Agricultural Societies.
A very interesting sketch is given i
the Patent Office report just published, (
the origin, number, condition, &o., of th
various Slate and county organizations i
existence, throughout Ilia United State,
for the promotion of agriculture.
The first agricultural association incoi
porated in this country was the “Societ
for the Promotion of Agriculture,” estal
lished in South Carolina, in 17S5. I
1701 a ‘-Society for the Advancement c
Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures” wa
founded in the city of New York, but i
ceased to exist in about ten years. Nex
in chronological order is the “Massachu
setts Society for promoting Agriculture,’
which was incorporated in 1702, and eon
tributed largely to the advancement of it
objects. Some of its members, residin'
in the county of Middlesex, afterward or
ganized the first county agriculture asso
ciation formed in the United States. Sev
eral other societies of the same kind after
ward sprung into existence within a fev
years, and in August, 1810, Elkannal
Wastern, of Berkshire, Mass,, was instru
mental in getting up the first agriculture
fair ever held in America. From ilia
lime, efforts in behalf of agriculture re
ceived a new impulse, and association
were soon formed in most of the olde
States. The “American Institute, of tin
City of New York," was incorporated it
1828, rendering the most efficient service
and four years after, the “New York Slat
Agricultural Society” commenced its use
ful career. At the present time societies
or boards of a similar character, have beei
incorporated in nearly all the most popu
lous Slates, besides numerous county so
cietios, all having the same objects in view
making an aggregate of about eight hun
died distinct organizations.
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Remarkable Memory.—John Frank
1 in was a native of Canaan, Liechfiul
county, Connecticut. An instance of hi
remarkable memory, when a lad of seven
teen, will show that ho was uo ordinal"
boy.
Having accompanied the family to tin
dace of worship, the meeting-house being
mly closed, but neither ceiled or plastered
ho beams and rafters were all exposed e
new.
John saw that his austere father sa
(trough the sermon with great uneasiness
jut could not divine the cause.
Ou returning home, “John," said hit
'ather, “it is my duty to give you a severe
hrashing, (common in old times) and
/ou shall have it presently, so prepart
/ourself.”
“But you won’t whip me, father, withou
elling me what for?”
“No, certainly—your conduct at tin
neeting, sir, is the cause. Instead of at
ending to the sermon, you were all tin
irne gaping about, as if you were count
ng the beams and rufiers of the meeting
10US0.”
“Well, father, can you repeat the scr
non ?"
“Sermon, no. I had as much as I coult
lo to watch your inattention.”
“If I tell you all the minister said, you
von’t whip me ?”
“No, John, no; but that is impossible.’
Young Franklin immediately numed thi
ext, and taking up the discourse, wen
hrough every head of it with surprising
tccuracy.
“Upon my word,” said the deligbtet
latent, “I should not have thought it.”
“And now, father,’ said John, “I cat
ell you exactly how many beams anc
alters there are in the meeting-house.
•
A Quick Quarter.—A boy worker
lard all day fora quarter: ho bought ap
ties and took them to town, and sold then
m the street for a dollar. With the do!
ar he bought him a sheep. The slice
nought him a lamb, and the fleece brougli
iitn another dollar. lie bought, anothe
ihecp. The next spring he had tw<
ilieep, two lambs and a yearling shoe],
Fiie three fleeces he sold for three dollars
uid bought three more sheep. He not
iad six, with a fair prospect He workc;
.vhere he found an opportunity, futfJfl
:orn and oats, and pasturing for hi^J^
ie took the choicest care of them, ’’am
soon lmd a flock. Their wool enablei
dm to buy a pasture for them, and b
he time he was twenty-one, he had
air start in life, and all from the quarte
ie earned in one day.
This shows what industry and econom
jan and does accomplish when proper!
employed. How many boys follow thi
youth’s example. There are many boy
in Camden and Ouachita county that ar
idling away their time, year after year
:hat by adopting tins boy’s policy wouli
become useful and valuable citizens am
have a competency for life. Boys rea
and reflect upon this short story, and let i
be the father to your future conduct. Re
member to
“Act well your part there all the hon
or lies.”
bill has passed the Florida Leg
islature, donating one half of the swam
lands within fifteen miles on each side c
.Ire Choctawhatchie river, fur the purpua
of cleaning nut said river.
10 ‘ STAND AS AN ANVIL.”
10 IIY UlSIIop 1IOVNR.
d “ Stand like an anvil!” when tho strokes
)l Of stalwart strength fall Iierco nnd fastV
is Storms but more deeply root the oaks,
u Whoso brawny arms embrace the blast.
q
“ Stand like an anvil 1” when the sparks
Fly far and wide, a fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still be marks
Where malice proves its want of power.
“ Stand like an anvil!” when tho bar
Lies red and glowing' on itsbreast;
n Duty shall be life’s loading star,
,f And conscious innoconce its rest.
u “ Stand like an anvil !” when tho sound
!> Of ponderous hammers pains the oar ;
a Thine hut the still and storn rebound
Of the great heart that cannot fear,
“ Stand like an anvil 1” noise and heat
Are born of earth and die with time ;
Tho soul, like God, its source and seat,
j- Is solemn,still, serene, sublime.
i MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
t
——The pillows of liberty are stuffed with
* tho feathers of the American eagle.
. -There are three roads out of a had scrape
3 —to fight out, to back out, or to keep out; but
r tho last is the host.
-A writer says *-it is not tho drinking,
■ but tile getting sober, that is so terrible ilia
• drunkard’s life.”
-With mothers, and women in love, there
' is a patient resignation which surpasses hu
1 man energy, and perhaps reveals the existence
' of certain chords which God has refused to
man.
-Voltaire had a perfect horror of iflq.iis
5 Hive persons. Ho said to one of those; “Sir,
, l am glad to see you, but givo you fair warn
ing—1 know nothing about that which you
' are going to ask mo.”
. -Every taste may be corrupted by habit.
> Perhaps a man may become so accustomed to
. an offensive atmosphere, that ho will stop his
lined in tmeeimr n rmnlnn nf inaunminau nn<l
( violets.
• -A fellow found guilty of burglary be
• fore Justice Day, in Ireland, observed that his
, fate was Singular—that he lost by Day what
• lie got by night.
-Among the rows that a man has to
make in Japan, when ho Is married, is one
■ that he will (ind plenty of rioo and tea for his
1 wil'o during her life.
-A Frenchman has written to say that
he had invented a remedy for the 2thuke, which
will alleviS all pain 1thwith.
-It is stated as a curious fact that more
. money Is expended annually in the United
States for cigars, than is expended for all the
, common schools in tho Union.
-Whoever is honest, generous, courte
. ous, and candid, is a gentleman, whether he
bo learned or unloarncd, rich or poor.
-The newspaper is a sermon for the
: thoughtful, a library for the poor, and a bless
ing to everybody.
-There is a phrenologist in London who
can tell the contents of a barrol by examining
its head. Ho makes his examination with a
gimblet.
-A sleepy deacon who sometimes en
gaged in popular games, hearing the minister
, use the words, “shuffle offthis mortal coil,”
started up, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed—
“Hold on, its my deal.”
-“In New England as soon as a young
lady is engaged to bo married, she sutlers her
linger nails to grow long, so that, in case she
should be obliged to throw bersotf on her re
served rights, she may come up to the
SCRATCH.”
Two Sides to the Question.”—“Fanny
Fern,” having said that “if one half of the
girls knew the previous life of the men they
■ marry, the list of old maids would be won
derfully increased,” tho Boston Post asks this
question: “If the men know, Fanny, what their
future Uvea were to be, wouldn’t it increase
the list of old maids still further?”
•lU'haflq n fiiif. flirnln.” said one Cfilltle
man to another, alluding to the tones of a
singer at a concert the other evening. “Yes,”
said a countryman who sat near, “but if he
strains much more he’ll bust.”
1 Transcendentalism.—“You know, mad
. am, that you cannot make a parse out of a
5 sow’s ear.”
t “Oh, sir, please fan mo. I have Intimations
r of a swoon. When you use that odious speci
> men of vulgarity again clothe it iu refined
• phraseology! You should have said “it is itn
. possible to fabricate a pecuniary receptacle
t from the auricular organ of the softer sex of
. the genus hog.”
|Pt-John Pha-nlsf went to the Theatre once
’ when Mrs. Smith was advertised to appear in
two pieces. After the performance, he de
mauded the return of his money, for, he said,
1 Mrs. Smith appeared whole during both per
1 formances.
_An uncle left iu Ills will eleven silver
, spoons to his nephew, adding, “if I have not
, left him the dozen, he knows the reason.”
. i The fact was, the nephew had some time bc
. fore stolen a spoon from his relative.
. -An old lady, entirely out of the sound
, of the preacher’s voice at a campmeeting,
I being found in tears, was asked why she
! wept, since she could not hear the words of
1 the preacher, replied: “No mutter—I can
l see the holy shake of bis wig !”
_Mrs. Partington has bought a horse so
spirtuous that he always goes off in a decan
‘ ter.
_Happiness is a perfume that one cannot
I J over another without a few drops falling
| on one’s self.
_Woman have more power in their looks
^j than men have iu their law ; and more power
! in their tears, than msu have iu their jndg-1
| ments. I
AN ACT for ih« relici of certain pur
chasers of land from the State.
6 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the 8tate of Arkansas. Tliat in all cases
wherein any person may have heretofore or
Shall hereafter give his note or bond to the
State of Arkansas, for the purchase of any of
the lauds of said State, under existing laws,
when from any cause whatever, the State can
not make a good title to said purcltasei, hie
assignee or legal representatives; or where the
quantity of land is less than the number of
acres pyroh^sed, upon application to the au
ditor, he'hill investigate the case, and if it
appear that such lands have heeli sold to such
person by mistake, ami that the State cannot
make the title thereto, the purchaser shall
surrender his certificate of purchase to the
auditor, and the auditor shall certify the facta
to tlie State Treasurer, upon which certificate
the Treasurer shall deliver to such person his,
bond or note so given, for the purchase money
of such land, and refund to him, or his agent,
Out of the appropriate fund, so much of the
purchase money for such land as ihny havo
been paid into the treasury, and note the facta
upon the proper records of his office.
3 2. Bo it further enacted, That in all ca
ses where such bond or not# m»y have been
placed in the hands of the land attorney and
(State collector, the Treasurer shall credit such
Attorney and Collector, for the amount of
such land or im'e and issue his certificate of
the facts to such attorney and collector, upon
which he shall forthwith deliver up said bond
or note, to such person or his agent or legal
representative, and refund to him so much of
the purchase money for such land as maybe
in his hands, and in no case where the pur
chase money is refunded shall the land attor
ney and collector be allowed to retain the per
cent, allowed him by law, for collecting, it'
being the object of this act, to have refunded
to all such purchasers of land from the State,
the whole amount paid by them on their bond,
or note.
3 3. Be It further enacted, That all laws
or parts of law conflicting with the piovisioiis
of ibis net, be and the same are hereby repeal
ed, and this act shall take effect and ba in
force from and after its passage.
Approved, 21st February, 1859.
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AN ACT to enable the Land Agehts to
issuo certificates in certain cases, a#d
for other purposes.
3 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of llie State of Arkansas, That the holder of
any certificate of purchase of swamp and
overflowed lands, from the swamp land com
missioners or agents, or any person acting un
uui uieir Buuiuiicy, nuw Diiau »rrv
land ageut for a patent certificate thereon,
shall not be compelled to take a refunding cer
tificate for the amount paid for any tract* in
the original certificate, which shall appear to
be not yet confirmed to the State, but Instead
of a refunding certificate, shall demand, and
shall receive from the land ageut, a holding
certificate, in substantially the following form
to-wit:
The State ot Arkansas-No.— ?
Land Agent’s Office at-. 18.— 4
1,-, I,and Agent for the-Dis
trict, do hereby certify that-has this
day presented and filed in this office, certificate
No. —, issued by-Swamp Land Com
missioners, (or agent as the cuso may be) to
-, dated the — day of — 18—, for the
. in township ——— of the base line, in
range-of the fifth principal meridian,
containing- acres, which certificate I
have redeemed by issuing a patent certificate
No.—of even date herewith for the ——
in said township and range, and by granting
tliis certificate showing the said ———— is en
titled to re-outer the remainder of said land,
to-wlt: the-In said township and range,
which it appears is not yet confirmed to the
State, and should it not be hereafter confirm
ed, to entitle him to a refunding certificate for
— dollars and — cents, the amount of money
or scrip paid to said commissioners (or agents
as the case may be) for said land as appears of
record.
(Signed,) -Land Agent.
§ 2. The holder of such certificate shall be
entitled to re-enter therewith, or receive a
patent or refunding certificate thereon, in all
respects as if the same was an original certifi
cate from the swamp land commissioners, or
agents, or those acting undor them.
§ 3. Tlie holders of refunding certificates
which have been taken in adjusting titles to
land under existing laws, which land lias not
been confirmed, shall have the same right to
purchase tho laud for which they hoid refund
ing certificates, as is contemplated and provi
ded for in this act; Provided, That this act
shall not interfere with any person who is en
titled to pre-emptions; and provided also, that
tlie holder of said refunding certificate has not
withdrawn his scrip out of the treasury.
§ 4. This act shall be in force from and uf
ter its passage.
Approved, 17th February, 1859.
AN ACT to relieve certain purchasers of
State Lands.
§ 1. J?e it enacted by tbo General Assem
bly of the State of Arkansas, That in all ca
ses where any persons may have heretofore
given, or may hereafter give their notes Or
bonds to the State of Arkansas, for the pay
ment of auv lands purchased from the State of
Arkansas as internal improvement lands, sem
nary lands,or saline lands, under existing laws
when, from any cause whatever, the State can
not make a good title to such persons, their
assignees or legal representatives, or when the
quantity of land :is less than the number of
acres purchased; upon application of such per
sons to the auditor, ho shall investigate the
case, and if it appear that such land has been
sold to such person by mistake, and that the
State cannot make a title to such land, the
auditor shall issue his certificate to the treas
urer. upon which certificate the treasurer
shall deliver to such persons their notes or
bonds so'given for the purchase money of
such land, and the auditor and treasurer shall
note the same upon the hooks of their offices.
$ 2. lie it further enacted, That in all such
cases where such bonds or notes may have
been placed in the hands of the land attorney
for collection, the treasurer shall credit such
attorney With the amount of such notes or
bonds, and issue ills certificate to such attor
ney. upon which he shall forthwith deliver up
such bond or note to the maker thereof, his
assignee or legal representatives.
§ ;i. Be it further enacted, That in all ca
se, where money has been paid into the State
treasury by any person upon notes given for
the pureffnse of lauds from the State errone
ously as aforesaid, to which the State cannot
make a title to the purchaser, upon applica
tion of such persons their assigns or legal re
presentatives to the auditor, he shall, it he be
satisfied that this money has been paid mto the
treasury,issue his warrant upon the ticasuiei
for the amount so wrongfully paid, and to pay
all warrants which shall be issued under this
act a --efficient sum of money hi the treasury
belonging to the internal improvement fund,
seminary fund and saline fund, respectively
not otherwise appropriated, be and the same
is hereby appropriated.
§ 4. Be it further epacted, Tb it this act bu
ia force f'.ow and after its passage.
Approved, 21st Februa y,