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VOLUME VI. DES ARC, ARKANSAS, PERRUARY 29. 1860. NUMBER 16.
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*ion.
fpp” Announcing candidates for State and
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■ our paper. Paymeqt in advance.
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tisements.
ffiSP Advertisements not ordered for a spe
ci.ped time, will be inserted till forbidden, and
■barged for accordingly.
g^All advertising to be paid for quarterly.
OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
assortment of Printing Material, and are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on
reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata
logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball
Tickets. Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
ior., for Cle ks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
’ pace. Constables, &,c.
Jr T.PA R TJAM,
ARCHITECT.
1 Cl ART* ENTER AND JOINER,
f't ESPECTFU1XY informs the citizens of
f \, lies Arc and vicinity, that b» is prepared
t» ex cute all wo'k intrusted to his care, with
neatness and dispatch.
PI. A NS AND DESIGNS OP BUILDINGS
Furnished to order, Tee of charge where he
lias the contract for the same.
W V* m hi* experience, both as an nrchi- j
1ect and contractor, he flitters himself that he
can render eptiro satisfactiQty. jm»29 tf
I a Jif
PHNfKft AND TO Tv EH,
! T WING n-irminalitly located at Des Arc,
[j. \ km.as Upepared to execute all
Work in !IIS I.iiie of Business,
in a satisfactory manner. From his expe
rience he feels confident that those who favor
him with contracts will have no cause to re
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY
I,eft at G. W. Vahen’s Store, will meet
with prompt attention. ju/i29-Xy
J. S. ANDERSON,
SADDLE!, BHIDLE
— A N D
aa/tr ness . ftaniii/irinrrr,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
wSh RESPECTFULLY informs
the citizens of Prairie and VW
adjacent counties, that he has on hand, "*■
and is prepared to manufactire to order.
Saddles. Bridles. Martingales, Buggy
Carnage p.nd Hack Harness,
As .veil -a< every other description of work
usual I v done in such « 'tahl'shmcuts.
(f^gT Shop on Lyon street, buck of Frith &
Jackson’s store. jan21.-l.V
B L.IC Ws MIT IIIV G~
Wagon and Buggy Making.
MARTIN SHETTER,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
rldHANKFUL 10 the ^ \
| people fo-their past fa-« )|
^oX.-saS vors.respectfully announces \> U
that he has opened a shop at T. V. Lee’s old
stand, on Park stieet, where he is prepared to
do all kinds'of worn in the above line.
(iggr Bincksmtthmg, wagon and buggy maid
ing. wheelbarrows, repairing. &c., done ou
sbor notice.
Morse-shoeing done promptly,
fob 18-tf _
J. G-HIFFITH^
BLACKSMITH
AND
'X7S7' ^ Or <0 XVT J5/Z Xil .21* i -t,
WOODRUFF STREET,
1:3 ^ K1 - iiiPa© ©©»* Ai$s.
"• — • Wagons, Carts, . jm
■ Urav». Wheel-bar- jtfStmWf:
rows, Ac., made to — "v
order on short notice. Repairing and- planta
tion work done on the usual time for prompt
I paying ci stomers, (all others must pay cash.)
All new work must be cash or its
* qVivALKNv. J. GRIFFITH.
Des Arc, Ark., Jan. 21. lS59.-ly.
F. LEPTIEN.
CLOCK LSD WATCHMAKER
AND
O’ 53XX7- n Xj 3j is n,
Buf.na Vista Street,
(Opposite A. Stewart A
I Brothers,)
DES JRC, .ARK.,
RESPECTFULLY in
---- forms the citizens of
Des Aie and the adjacent country, that he has
uew uud select stock of
CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
He is. as usual, prepired to "xeeute ail kinds
of CLOCK and WATCH Work, in a work
manlike manner, and to Repair and Clean
Jrwri *t-, Ac. ap2!Mf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. J. LANE.-...TV. H. CHAMBERS.
Dr«. I-AWfR & CHAMBERS
HAVING formed a partnership in the
practice of their profession, tender their
services to the citizens of Des Arc and adja
cent country. From their experience they
hope to share at least a portion of the patron
age of the public.
aw Office on Buena Vista street, at Bals
ly’s Drug Store. febl:tf
DR. N. I,. RAGLAND. having located at
the resideoce of R. B. Trezevant,
(formerly B B. Allens place.) 2\ miles from
Wattensaw Landing, offers his professional
services to ihe public.
1ST Particular attention given to deseases
of women and children. jan 1 -1 y.
.Wrtlicnl f'ard.
DR. S. CHENIVA from Louisiana, res
pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des
A' c and the surrounding country, that he has
established himself permanently at this place
for the practice of his profession, and as a
speciality, those branches of it pertaining to
women and children’s maladies.
Dr. Cheniva has a right to hope, after a
successful peactice of fourteen years in Lonis
sana—and nine years of which was in the
city of New Orleans, that he may also deserve
the confidence of a generous and enlightened
public, in this State.
N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages
are radically cured according to a modern and
approved system.
(jgp“ Office—at Dr. J. J. Lane’s old stand.
nov9-tf.
T>R J. C GOODWIN, determined to
remain permanently in Des Arc, will
continue to treat diseases, both Acute and
Chronic in accordance with the most approv
ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative
Medicine.
(ST Thankful for the liberal patronage he
has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits
its continuance.
(IW Office at D. P. Black & Co’s.. Drug
Store. aprill-lv
l"fcR. J. L. NEEL, having permanont
*~*\y located in Des Arc. Arkansas, offers
his professional services to the citizens of
the town and vicinity. Office over Washer,
Vangljan & Co’s Store. [mar 11-ly.
I|IV. 1. O/lDDDao, ncaiucm aijjo.
1/ cian. Des Arc, Arkansas. Office
on Buena Vista street. Residence on Wood
rnff street. dec'5-tf
BR. W. F. WALSH having located at
Des Arc, offers his Professional Ser
vices to the public, Calls promptly at
tended to. may29. 1858—ly*
RT SIMPSON, Attornea at Law,
. Des Arc, Ark.—Will practice in Prai
rie and adjoining counties.
References.—Bnllett & Fairthorne, M.
Williamson & Co.. Philadelphia ; W. 15. Mil
ler. Simpson, Hays & Co., Memphis; McAlis
ter, Simpson &. Co., Florence, Ala.; Scruggs,
Donegal! & Co.. New Orleans; Andrew Bu
chanan&Cd., Louisville, Ky. [janl8-ly.
B I). TURNER..WM. T. JONES.
^J^URNER & JONES, Attorneys at
* Law. Brownsville, Arkansas. Will at
tend pi oinptlv to all business entrusted to
them. jan4-tf.
rgi It. LAWRENCE, Attorney at
* ’ Law. Des Arc, Arkansas. Special at
tention given to collecting. jan4-tf.
Q II. HEMPSTEAD, Attorney at Law,
O* Little Rock, Arkansas. Office on Mark
ham street. janll-tf.
R S. GANTT. W. J. B RON A UGH
r\ ANTT & BRONAUGH, Attorneys
IT at Law. Brownsville. Arkansas Will
attend promptly to any business confided to
them. • septl4
JACOB T MORRILL. Attorney at
p) Law. Notary Public, and Justice of
the Peace, Clarington, (Sunfish.) Monroe
County. Ohio. [jul27-tf.
J. E. GATEWOOD. ••• •.••••J. A. MOON.
n ATE WOOD &. MOON, Land
IT" .. Ilnout-Da
Des Arc, Arkansas. Will attend to payment
of taxes, locating Government. Swamp or Mil
itary lands. Blanks of every description al
ways on hand. aug3-tf.
rp B KENT, Attorney at Law, Des'Arc.
I • Arkansas, will practice in the courts of
Prairie, White, Monroe. Arkansas, St. Fiau
cis. Jackson, and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to his care shall meet with
prompt attention. (jgj?" Office on Lyon
street. [jun8-tr
TE. GATEWOOD, Attorney at
Law, Des Arc, Prairie county. Arkansas.
Wi’ll practice in the counties of Prairie. Ar
kansas, Monroe, St. Francis. Jackson, White,
Conwav, and Pope. Will investigate Land
Titles.' and act as General Land Agent.
Prompt attention given to all business entrust
ed to him.
Office—First door up stairs, one door
East of John Jackson & Co.’s, Store,
febl 3—tf. _
T W. MARTIN, Attorney at Law.
,J , Des Arc. Prairie county. Arkansas. Will
practice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas,
Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White.
(KS” Prompt attention given to the collection
of claims; al«o, the locating, selling and pay
ing taxes on land. Office on Lyon street.
sept26-tf
SAM’L W. WILLIAMS.w. L. D. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & 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 be consulted on professional
business, and will give his personal attention
to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to
tlVem. _dee4
J. L. 1IOLLOWELL.. D- JACOWAT.
HOLLOWELL &. JACOWAY, At
torneys at Law. Dardanelles Arkansas.
Will practice in the counties of Yell. Perry,
Saline. Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope.
je26-tf
jwstsr mi'Mmu
LATE OF ARKANSAS, WJTH
Garvin, /Self A* € o.,
IMPORTERS and Wholesale Dealers in
foreign and domestic
DRY GOODS,
dm) manufacturers of Globing,
NOS. 442 and 414 MAIN ST , North Side.
(Between Fifth and Sixth )
fai*4-ly. LoniHYille, Ky.
EDUCATIONAL.
THE fourth session of the “Des
Arc Female Academy,”
under the charge and direction of
Miss BLACK, will be open for the
reception of pupils on the First
Monday of February, 1860.
Terms, per Session of Five Months:
Orthography and Reading.$10 00
Orthography. Reading, Writing and
Primary Arithmetic... 12 00
The above with Primary Geography and
Grammar. 14 Oil I
High Branches. 16 00
Instrumental Music-*-* .. 25 00
Use of Instrument. 5 00
Pupils charged from time of entering,
and no deduction for withdrawal or absence,
except in cases of protracted sickness.
Des Arc. Feb l'. 1800.-tf.
Hale Academy.
m
THE fourth session of this School will open
on Monday, the 16th in«t., under the
charge and direction of B D P r y. who
hopes by strict attention to merit the patron
age, not only of the Town, but surrounding
country. Every attention will be paid to or
der, and especially to the intellectual and j
moral culture of his pupils. All scholars
considered regular from time of entrance, and
no deduction for withdrawal or absence, or
sickness of shorter duration than one wpek.
TERMS PER SESSTON OF FIVE MONTHS, OR
TWENTY WEEKS.
Orthography and Reading. $10 00
The same with Writing, Geography,
Grammar and Arithmetic.. 12 00
The same with Analysis. Philosophy,
Physiology. Algebra, Geometry, &c 14 00
Latin and Greek .. 14 00
janll-tf.
JOHN McNAMEE,
t .f i Ij o as ,
Des Arc, Arkansas.
QHOP ON BUENA VISTA STREET—
k_5 opposite the “Nucleus House”—where he
is prepared to execute all kinds of work in
uio line ui uusiiicssj in a iictw, auu idsuiuiiaua'
style.
July 27, 1859.—[tf]
Private Entertainment.
BY HENRY JACKSON,
..AT THE OLD STAND..
ONE MILE WEST OF DES ARC.
( On the Main Road to Fort Smith.)
UTAVING ereccied a large and gS ■
comtnocl ous Building, he is now T~~j> \
better prepared, than even iicretofore, to ac
commodate the public with entertainment.
(jy His rates of charges are reasonable,
and his Accommodations are inferior to none.
(jggT H% hasexcellent Stables, and necessary
shelters for wagons, carriages, Ac.
jun29-ly
Family Grocery.
HENRY JACKSON*
AT HIS “OLD STAND.”
CORNER OF BUENA VISTA AND WOODRUFF STS.,
D E S ARC, ARK.,
C10NTINUE8 to keep constantly on hand a
J full assortment of
Family Groceries,
which he offers for sale at moderate prices,
and on reasonable terms.
(itar The highest prices will be paid for [
Butter, Eggs, Poultry, and all the productions
of the farm and the garden.
($y His Bar is supplied with the best of
Liquors.
(ty Remember the “ Oi,d Stand,” which
he has occupied during the past six years. i
jun29-ly
Family Grocery.
J. W. WALLACE,
Des Arc, Ark.,
KEEPS constantly on hand a general !
assortment of FAMILY GROCERIES, i
which he offers for sale on reasonable terms.
Also—All kinds of Hines, Liquors,
Tobacco, Cigars, Ac.
(jy The highest price, either in Cash or
liroceries. paiu ror Dimer, c.ggs, romiry. mm
all kinds of country produce. may4-tf
~ ID). 3B.
BUGGY AND CARRIAGE
3VI anufaoturor.
»Tjft Hickory Plain, Ark.,
Will make and repair Buggies
—and Carriages,&.C., to order. Or
ders respectfully solicited.
(jgp All orders will be readily attended to.
all new work warranted twelve months. I re
turn my thanks to the public for past favors,
and hope to receive a liberal patronage in the
future. nov23-tf.
A itOTltiL
(Successor to Williams &. Blanton )
Commission, Receiving
-AND
Forwartling Metchan'.
Also, Agent for the Gen. Pike, Admiral,
E. M. Ryland, Sam. Hale, Fortune,
Crescent and Iatan.
HAVING purchased the entire interests
of Williams & Blanton, will attend per
sonally to all business intrusted to his care,
with promptness and dispatch.
Also, a full supply of Groceries, Crockery,
Hardware, Dry Goods and Medicines, which
we will dispose of at the lowest cash prices
HOTEL.
rpHE subscriber also begs reave to inform
JL the traveling public, that he will use his
best endeavors to accommodate all who favor
him with a call.
A. HOYLE, DevalPs Bluff,
nov30-tf. Arkansas.
LIVEBY^TABLE.
J. M. ROBINSON,
DES ABC, ARKANSAS,
IS PREPARED to accommo-iW^
■-IE-aL (jate the public with Ai—
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &c.
Persons arriving at Des Arc by steam
boats, will be promptly conveyed to any poin
in the interior. [jul!3-lvl
J (TiTb AN BOD KM Eli,
SHAVING, HAIR-CUTTING,
HAIR-DRESSING SALOON.
—ALSO—
SHAMPOOING AND HAIR-DYING
BUENA VISTA Street, south-side, two
doors east of G. k J. McLaren’s, Des i
Are. Arkansas. ja«ll*tf. ]
For the Des Arc Citizen ]
J W MOORE AND REVISION.
Mn. Editor —III your ismi" of Fob.
8th, is an snide upon “Bible Revision,”
bvJ. W. Moore, and as you offer your
columns for a free investigation. I accept;
the offer and herewith proceed to review!
said epistle. I do not expect to benefit 1
your Reverend correspondent, ns I am
well aware of Ins persistent and bitter i
hostility to the Revision enterprise. I do .
nut soy bitter without reason, for in tire
article before me, in speaking of what he
is pleased to call “the ladies of the so
ciety,” he charges revisionists by iinjiti'-a
lion, with dishonesty and fraud; he says:
“when tiie collection of money is the ob
ject,” their “statements put forth in Tlieii
pamphlets and uttered by their agents’'
are wholly irreconcilable with ccitatn as
sumed “facts.” His statement stripped
of its verbiage, contains an implied -charge
of swindling, upon the part of Revision
agents, That this is maliciously and
grossly slanderous, demands no proof. It
is a source of mortification lo all right
mindtd men, that a grav-haired preacher,
can so far forget all self-respect and com
mon courtesy, as lo be guilty of hesinal
tering with infamous aspersions the fairest
reputations. Mr. M.’s first objection is
but the false anil stale repetition of all the
enemies of Revision; “It partakes of all
the characteristics of a sectarian move
ment.” He undertakes to sustain this,
not by the official enunciations of the
“Union.” but by the words of individuals
Is this fair? Are the Synods and As
semblies which Mr. M. attends responsi
ble for all that lie and others may say, as
individuals t Certainly not, hut f„r such
things only, as they officially and, authori
tatively put forth as a hotly. This is
equally true of the Bible Union. Why
did not Mr. M. appeal to its Constitution,
its authoritative and official nets, to show
its sectarian character? Simply, because
he dared not. I now ask the candid alien
lion of the reader while we examine this
charge.
I- Is the principle it was organized to j
“tiudjcaie”. ..sectarian ? Here it is An t
II. of the Constitution: "Its object shall
he to procure and circulate the most faith
ful versions of the Sacred Scriptures in all
languages throughout the world.” Read
er, examine this Article closely, and say.
what constitutes its sectarianism? Does
Mr. M mean to say that it is sectarian
"to procure and circulate the most faith
ful versions of the Sacred Scripture's! Or
dial it is sectarian to give these versions
in all languages throughout the world?
If not. then, wh it constitutes the sectari
rnism of the Union’s "object.” The
ihove is the head and front of the Union’s
i(fending — it contains the grand principle
if its organization. "A faithfully
rRANSLATED BlBLE FOR ALL TEOPLE AND ,
Kindreds, that it may speak with one ,
VOICE,
From Onteuland's icv mountains,
To India’s coral strand.’ ”
\nd vet, this lofty catholicity is stigma
ized and branded and scoff d at, ns sec
arianisfn !! And by whom? By hater* '
if sectarianism—nay, hut by men that |
iave grown gray in the advocacy of sec
nrinnism in most revolting and repulsive '
iinns. By men whose ambition is to per
letuate and foster schism. Truly, it
tomes with an ill grace front such cliarac
ers; for while they- love sectarianism,
is their whole lives do testify, their
effected contempt 'and abhorrence, but '
terve to show the utter truthlessness of
heir opposition upon such plea Sectari- j
intent ?.v the cause of their hostility, hill
n themselves, and not in the Bible Uni- ‘
in. I tidy any man to show, not " all
be characteristics.” but a single, charuc
eristic of sectarianism, in the above, 1he J
•rincijite of i|ip Revision movement —
iVhat could be more noble, more pbilan- 1
hropic t .an "to procure and circulate the 1
nost faithful version" of the sacred Ora- 1
•les.the great lamp of Life and Imrnortnli- j
v ? II to give faithful versions of God's
.vnril be sectarian, by parity of reasoning '
o give unfaith ful versions \s unsectarian
I'his tsa refreshing specimen ol nntt-re- 1
n*ion logic. If it be sectarian to give
rcrurate versions, then, the Uuion*is so. '
itherwise not. 1
II. Is the Bible Union sectarian in its '1
irgitniz tiiort and membership? The fol-1f
owing resolutions were a domed at a nre-1 '
itninary meeting when the committee was 1
ippointed to prepare n constitution for the :
Utt .
mon :
• Resolved. That it is our duty to form a 1
roi.DNTARY association for the purpose of 1
procuring and circulating the most faithful I
versions of the Sacred Sciiptures in all iun
;uages.
“Kesqlvf.d, That in such an association we '
will welcome all persons to co-operate with i
is. who embrace the principle upon which we i
uarpo-e to organize. without regard to their
ienominational position in other respects.” J
Cun any upuinaed. unprejudiced man
:al! this sectarianism? Let us analyse
die resolutions.
I. The Bible Union is a “voluntary” 1
association.
2. Jilt persons are invited to co-operate 1
it; the formation of its object.
3. The only qualification of member
ship is, that ••the principle” of organiza- i
tion be embraced, viz: : a faithful ver- i
sion of God's word for every nation, and
not as Mr. M ungraciously and falsely
declares, to make an “immorsionirt Bible."
If he enjoys his ill-natured scoff—very
well. •
4. Sucli persons tvili be received, “with
out regard to their denominational position
in other respects.” If these statements
contain sectarianism. I should like to see
something catholic Will Mr. M please
const tt t a catholic resolution for the public
information—if these be not so?
III. Bo the rules governing the Revi-'.
sors haw a. sectarian ImcUncy? Mr. j
Moore affirms the whole thing to he ac
cotriplished is to make art “immersionist
Bihle”—to translate bapfidzo and its cog
nates, immerse, immersion, &c. Poor
man. he trembles for the fate of his secta
rian darling pilfered from the "scarlet
whore" of Rome, Pedorantism. But to
the rule. “The exact meaning of the in
spired text, ns that text expressed it to
those who understood the original Scrip
tures at the time they were first written,
must be translated by corresponding words
and phrases, so far as they can be found,
in the vernucu'ar tongue of those for
whom tile revision is designed, with the
least possible ohscurity'or indefiniteness ”
Is not this Mile catholic? Wherein is its
sectarianism ? Is it sectarian to give the
“exact meaning" of the original text ? Vet
this is the principle that the Union claims
"to vindicate.” The sum total of the al
leged sectarianism is here discovered hy
the Argus-eyed wardens of anti-revision.
Here it is Certain persons have de
clared that under this rule, bapiidzo and
its cognates must he translated, immerse.
Sic. What of it? Is not immerse, the
exract meaning of bapiidzo ? Will Mr.
M dare deny t ? II then, it be the exact
meaning, is it sectarian to so translate it ?
But is such a rendering a novelty or false!
We will present a lew witnesses ol Mr.
Moore’s own ecclesiastical complexion as
an offset against anything he can say.—
W ill lie give as many names of equal au
thority against us. We will see.
In Calvin’s Institutes, Vol. II, page
491, (edition, of the Presbyterian Board
of Publication). "Tie very word bap
tize, however, signifies to immerse; and
it is certain that immersion w s the prac
tice of the ancient church. Either Cal
vin Ims stand the truth, or lie has not;
if the truth, it is not sectarian to translate
bapiidzo, immerse, for it so means. We
insist upon it, that Mr. Moore, tells the
public whether or not. it he sectarian to
render a word by its exact meaning ! Dr
tr..1.......... i,;.. i it... v t
•mys: " In Gieelc writers from Pinto on
wards Baptidzo is every where, to sink, to
immerse, to overwhelm either '.vholly or
partially.” Dr Geo. Campbell, a Scotch
Presbyterian, says: “ The word Kan! id
~ein, both in sacred authors and in classic
signifies to dip, to plunge, to immerse. It
is always construed suitably to this mean
ing.” The great Moses Stewart, when
i(Idressed by Judson, Wade and Olliers,
nissiouuries to Burma!), in the following
juestion: “ Shall we transfer the Greek
word baptidzo into the Burman language
when it relates to the ordinance of hap*
isin or translate it by a word significant
if immersion, or by a word of some other
report,” gives the following as the result
>f bis researches: “ bapto and baptidzo
riean to dip, plunge or inmierge into any
hitig liquid. All lexicographers and
a itics of any note are agreed in this.”
f all lexicographers agree that baptidzo
neans. immerse, can it be sectarian so to
ender il ? Your correspondent to sus
ain himself must say yes, but doing so
nust stultify himself. For if wrong or
eciarian to translate one word, it is equal
y wrong and sectarian to translate any
ifhrr \\ord. If the world had l>eenalways
joverned by ibis magnificent logic, we
vould have now, not even the common
• rsion. The version which Mr. M.
alls " sectarian and iminersionist," viz :
lie Bengali version of Carey and Yates,
ioiwithstanding, il had immerse ns a
'substitute” for baptidzo, was used and
laironized for about thiity years, by tee
iriiisli and Foreign Bide Society. Its
eciarianism was the after-thought of a
ew bigoted and illiberal minds. In re*
erence to ibis same " sectarian,” " Bap*
i.'l" version, the celebrated linguist, Mr.
ireetlfield. who says of himself: "I mu
leither a Baptist nor the son of a Bap
isi,” writes: I trust that these ohserva
ions will suffice to exonerate the Seram
aire Missionaries from the charges of
ligotry and sectarianism in thus conscien
iously rende'ing baptidzo, to immerse.
Iigoiry, that is blind zeal or prejudice
bey cannot justly be accused of while
Ift »v linvf* tin* nrimifi-ne sense nf.thft term
nd the rendering of so many ancient and
nodern translations as the foundation up*
in which they linvn grounded their ver
ion ; nor can they consistently be charged
vith sectarianism, while they are found
n company with the churches ot Syria.
Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Germany, Hol
nnd, Sweden. Denmark, and others, to
gether with the church of England itself
f they be bigots. I know not what name
he advocates of pouring or sprinkling.
oho have no such basis to rest on, merit;
ind if 1 heir's he a sect, it must be confes
ir-d lobe a very ancient and a very exten*
ive one.” We quote this for two reasons,
Irst. for the proof it contains in favor of the
•Union’s” position; second, to show how a
arge and liberal mind can view a noble and
ihilanthropicenterprise, even though, it did
lot originate elsewhere than among tho-e
vho shouted his party’s slogan. With some,
ivery movement proinotive of human good,
s sectarian, which they did not originate.
Mr. Moore's second objection is: “ Be
:ause its tendency is to take away ronfi
lence m the Scriptures in common use
tud to leave the English speaking world
without a Bible.” In the development of
his Mr M. grows absolutely funny, iiri
ncruely humorous, proves, that like
‘ poor Yorick,” he is “ a fellow of infinite
est, of most excellent fancy,” lor certain
y, he was not in earnest in his gory
vaticinations about “French Revolutions,'’
orrents of vice and other such “ Gorgous
chimeras dire.” We would recommend
in anodyne—to quiet his shaking nerves.
Perhaps, with a bophomoric ambition he
July desired to ahow be could “ pile up j
;he agony ” and gel oil the “spread ea- j
gle” about "the isles of the sea." e
cetera. WtiiU a wonderfully facile mni
he is l “ From prave to pay. from live);
to severe,” at a single step—from the re
freshingly humorous, passes over to thi
lachrymore about the really good lJr
Kane—as if that were a "clincher." 1
| Mr. Moore is really in earnest in his fee
fnw-fum — I-sineil-ihe-blood-of-un Irish
man, sort of rhetoric, let him prove ant
not assert only. Here is the lest ! J)<
you, Sir, give one instance where a fu!
reception of tlie views of " these men '
has weakened or shaken the confidenc<
of a single man or woman in (Jon’i
word—until, you do this, your objection
stands branded as groundless, and there
fore a false ssertion. Will you give ton
instance—dare, you undertake it4 You
will find it, impoucre Pelio Unarm. Tlie
idea involved in the clause and “ lenve
the English speaking world without a Bi
ble,” is singularly rich—seeing, that the
‘• Union” proposes to give the English
speaking world what it never had ! •• A
faithful version of the. inspired Original
Scriptures. REVISIONIST.
AN OLD BORDER SETTLER.
From a story of early border life we
take the following:
Extraordinary strength and activity,
with the most daring courage, and a thor
ough knowledge of life in the woods, won
for Joshua Fleehart a high reputation
among the first settlers of Western Vir
ginia and Ohio. When the Ohio Com
pany founded its settlement at Marietta,
in April, 1778, Fleehart was employed
as a scout and a hunter. In this service
he had no superior north of the Ohio.
At periods of the greatest danger, when
the Indians were known to ho much in
censed against the whiles, he would start
from the settlement with no companion
but nis dog, and ranging within about twen
ty miles of an Indian town, would build
his cabin and trap and hunt during near
ly the whole season. On one occasion
tin's reckless contempt of danger almost
cost the hunter his life. Having become
tired of the sameness of garrison life , a rid
patt ing for that freedom among the woods
and hills to which he had always been
accustomed, late in the fall of 17S)o he
took his canoe, rifle, traps and blanket,
with no one to accompany him, leaving
xjtcu mo itmmui ill lilt? ^illilMjll 'JMlli
his family—for he was going into a dan
gerous neighborhood, and be was fearful
lest Ins built might betray him.
With daring ami intrepidity, he pushed
his canoe up the Sciota river, a distance
of fifteen or twenty miles, into ihe Indian
country, amidst their hunting grounds' for
the bear und the beaver, where no white
man hud dared to venture. ^There too
were tile main objects of his pursuit, ns
the hills of Brush creek were said to
abound in bear, and the small streams
tlint fell into the Sciota were well suited
to the haunts of the beaver. The spot
chosen for his winter's residence was
within twenty-live or thirty miles of the
Indian town of Chiiicothe, but as they
seldom go far to hunt in the winter, lie
had lutle to fear from their interruption
For ten or twelve weeks he trapped and !
hunted m this solitary legion unmolested.
His success had equaled his most sanguine
expectations, and the. winter passed away
so quieily and so pleasantly, thut he was
hardly aware of iis progress.
About the middle of February, he be
gan to make up the peltry he had captur
ed into packages, and to loud his canoe
will) die proceeds of his winter’s bunt,
which for safety bad been secreted in the
willows, a few miles below the little lurk
hut in which he had lived. The day be
fore that which he had fixed on for his
departure, as he was returning to his
camp just at evening. Fleehart’s acute ear
caught the report of a rifle ,in the direc
tion of the Indian town, hut at so remote
a distance, that none than a backwoods- [
Tins hastened his preparations for decamp- ^
mg. Nevertheless he slept quietly* hut 1
rose the following morning before the1
dawn; cooked mid nte bis last meal iu 1
the little hut, to which he bad become i
quite attached The sun had just risen,
and he was silling on the trunk of a tree,
examining the priming and lock of his
gun; casually casting a look up the rivet
bank, be saw an Indian slowly approach- j
ing, with bis eyes intently fixed on the j
ground, caretully inspecting the track ol
his moccasins left incite soft earth as he
returned to his hut ibo evening before.
Me instantly cocked bis gun, stepped be
hind a tree, and waned till the Indian
came within the sure range of his shot.
Me then fired and the Indian fell.
Hushing from the cover on his prostrate !
foe he was about to spring the scalping j
knife; but seeing the shining silver
broaches and broad binds on his arms, he
fell to culling them loose, aud tucking
them into the bosom of his hunting shirt.
While busily occupied in securing die
spoils, the sharp crack of a rifle and the
passage cf a ball through the bullet-pouch
at bis side, caused him to look up, when j
he saw three Indians within a hundred
y rds of him They being too numerous t
for him to encounter, he seized his rilie
and look to fl ght. The other two a- he
run fired at him without effect. The
chase was continued for several miles by
two of the Indians, who were the swiftest
runners. He often stopped and ‘‘treed,”
hoping to get a shot, and kill or disable
one of them, and then overcome the other
nl hisleisure. His pursuers also “ treed,”
and by flanking to the right aud left forced
bun to uncover or stand the chance of a j
shot. f
He finally concluded to leave the level j
grounds, on which tbs contest had been]
[ held, and take to the high hills which lie
i back of the bottoms. His strong muscu
lar limbs here gave him the advantage, aa
be could ascend the steep hill-aides more
! rapidly than his pursuers. The Indians,
seeing they could not overtake him, ns a
i last effort stopped and fired; one of the
i balis cut nway the handle of his hnnting
I knife, jerked it so violently against hia
jsub' tliHt lor a moment he thought he was
11 wounded. He immediately returned the
j fire, and with a veil of Vexation they gave
t'P the chnse. Fleehan made a circuit
among the lulls, and just at dark came
on to the river, near where the canfle lay
hid. .Springing on board, he paddled
doun stream. Being greatly fatigued
with the ellort of the day, he iny down in
the canoe, end when he woke in the
morning the boat was just entering the
Ohio river. Crossing over jo the South
ern shore, he in a lew dayR pushed hia
canoe up to Farmer’s Castle, without
further adventure, where he showed the
rich pnckages of peltry as the proceeds of
the winter’s hunt, and displayed the bril
liant silver ornaments as the trophies of
his victory, to the envy and admiration of
Ins less venturous companion®.
—,—- i. ■
A Protest against Early Risirg.—
Dr. Hall in the February number of his
Journal of Health, says:
One of the very worst economies of
time is that filched from necessary sleep.
The wholesale but blind commendation of
early rising is aa mischievous in practice
as it is errant in theory. Early rising is
a crime against the noblest part of our
I physical nature, unless it is preceded by
I an early retiring. Multitudes of business
| im*ft in' large cities count it a saving of
time if they can make a journey of ft
hundred or two miles at night by steam
twiu or runway, it, is a ruinous mistake.
It never fails to be followed by a want of
general well-leeling for several days nfter,
if, indeed, the man dops not return home
actually sick, or so near it ns to bo unfit
I fur a full attention to bis business for a
week afterwards. When a man leaves
! home on business, it is always important
that he should have bis wits about him;
tlini the mind should he flesh and vigor
ous, the spirits lively, buoyant,and cheer
lul. No man can say that it is thus with
\ him after a night on u railroad or on the
shelf of a steamboat.
The first great recipe for sound, con
nected, and refreshing sleep is physical
exercise. Toil is the price of sleep.
We caution parents, particularly, not to
allow their children to be. waked up of
mornings; lei nature wake them up, she
will not do it prematurely; but have a
Care that they go to bed nt an early hour ;
let it be earlier and earlier, until it is found
that they wake up of themselves in full
time to dress for breakfast. Being waked
rip early, and allowed to engage in diffi
cult ornny studies late and just before re
tiring, has given many a beautiful and
promising child brain fever, »r determined
ordinary ailments to the production of wa
ter on the brain.
RULES TOR GOJXG TO SLEEP.
1. Fix the thoughts, on getting into bed,
on some ofic thing, vast and simple, such
as a cloudless sky or the boundless ocean,
or the ceaseless goodness of the great
Father of us all.
2. It has been snid that sleep is promo
ted by lying with the head toward the
north, and not by any means to the weft,
because of certain electric currents. \
3. A writer recommends to commence
rolling the eye-balls round the circuit of
the eye in the same direction, until sleep
comes.
4. Another avers that a better plan is
to place the head in a comfortable position,
shut the mouth, and breathe through the
nostrils only, making an effort to imagine
that you see the breath going out all the
time.
5. We have known, on lire failure of
all forms of anodynes, the gentle, contin
uous friction of the soles of the feet with
a soft, warm hand, to be admirably suc
cessful.
6. When persons are prevented from
sleeping by a slight backing cough, sleep
is sometimes induced by having two pieces
of muslin, say six inches by four, and
three or four folds ihick, to be used alter
nately thus: have a saucer at (mud, half
filled with alcohol, dip one of the cloths
into it, then press it out so as not to drib
tile, and lay it across the chest, the upper
edge of the cloth ranging with the collar
bones; let it remain five minutes, then
put on the other, alternating thus (by the
nurse) with us little motion or noise os
oossible. the natient beintr on his back in
liit? bed composed for sleep.
7. A French medical journal advises
on retiring to put five or six bits of sugar
candy, as large as a bazlenut, in the
mouth, avering that before they are mel
ted the desired effect will have been pro
duced. This may avail in a case of sim
ple sleeplessness, not the result of any
special disease. We would not advise
such an expedient, for persons have been
known to lose life by going to sleep with
something til the mouth. If it is attempt
ed at all. the candy should be placed be
tween the cheeks and the gums, and the
mouth kept resolutely closed. !
Fighting the Tige*.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston .
Mercury, says:
“ When the XXXIVih Congress tvat
org ttiized. alter the protracted contest for
the Speakership, whig resulted in the
election of Bn.ks, the proprietor of a no
ted gambling house held orders lor the pay
of seven members during the entire session,
ft is whispered that some of the present
Housa have beta equally uafortu»atu.’