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From the Albany (N. Y.) Argus.]
The Wnrch of Despotism—A
Dnmnlag Record.
Congress voted to make it a penal
offence, punishable with fine and im
prisonment for any person to vote in
Virginia, Texas and Mississippi at the
Presidential election.
Congress also proposed to arm the
Southern negroes, and thus precipitate
a war of races, and create some excuse
for the further military occupation of
the South.
They fear defeat. They see the peo
ple marshalling in force against them.
Every movement made now that looks
like the employmeut of force, is an ac
knowledgment that they dare not sub
mit their cause to the free and fair dis
cussion of the ballot box.
And thus we see the progress made
in the onward march of despotism :
No election in Virginia.
No election in Mississippi.
No election in Florida.
In Georgia, the popular vote not
being publicly declared to bo for Sey
mour and Blair, the Radical caucus re
solves to “bag” the electoral vote
through the Legislature.
In North Caroliua and Tennessee,
army bills have passed, to give the
Congress-manufactured GovornOTs the
entire control of the elections.
But the peoplo mean to vote—in r.lj
of the States above enumerated. .
And there must be no attempt at
military elections.
The National IutcUigcnocr, which
never indulges in vapid menaces, speaks
out the deep feeling and purpose which
is in every honest man’s heart, when it
QdVS ?
“Counting upon the forbearance of a
people who have submitted to be taxed
without reason or j(^ticc, and to be
plundered besides, they now expect
that this attempt to seize power by the
strong band, and to trample underfoot
the groat right which underlies our
Republican system, may pass without
resistance. They deceived by that in
fatuation which ever betrays crime,
even when it feels most secure. Let
them be warned that this usurpation,
this daring design to force a President
upon the nation by packed negro Leg
islatures, against the will of tlie people
constitutionally expressed, will never
be borne in abject submission. The
result concerns millions of tax-payers
and freemen at the North, who have
bad to bear the brunt and burden of
Radicalism during and since the war.
They demand a change, as the last hope
of redeeming the country from mis
rule, and of averting a threatened 11
nancial and commercial explosion.
They intend to liavo that change to
purify Congress, to revive the old na
tional spirit, to see that the government
i> administered honestly, and to restore
peace to and prosperity to the Union.
More than this, they intend to inaugu
rate the choice of the people, fairly and
regularly elected. If sham electors,
chosen by negro eaueusscs and carpet
bag knaves, representing nobody but
venal partisans, seek to obtrude them
selves, and prevent a peaceful and legal
consummation of the popular will,
then let the responsibility rest upon
the heads of those who may thus ven
ture to invoke violence as the last re
source of disappointed ambition.”
Even the New York Herald takes
alarm at the probable exclusion of Vir
ginia, Texas and Mississippi, it says:
“The President in his veto message
to the Electoral College bill referred
to, bolds that all the States, though
some may not bo represented in Con
gress, have the Constitutional right to
vote for President and Vice-President,
ttUUf V/UUint) UII9 4UVIU14V" » 11
Mississippi and Texas. The Demo
cratic party will probably insist upon
tins right. We can imagine, then,
what a terrible conflict may occuf
should the votes or the exclusion of
the votes of those three States decide
the election one way or the other.
This is not a fancied danger, nor an
improbable one. There is a fearful
prospect of it,. The only way to avert
it is for the people of the Northern
States to cast such an overwhelming
vote for oue or the other of the tickets,
that the election may not be lett to a
few of the Southern States, or to the
contingent action of Congress in any
case.”
All Theue.—A whole family in
Heaven! Who can picture or describe
the ovcrlastiug dayf No ono absent;
nor father, nor mother, nor son, nor
daughter are away. In the world be
low they were united in faith, in love
and peace, and joy. Ou the morning
of. the resurrection thoy ascend to
gether. Before the thrown they bow
together in united adoration. On the
banks of the river of life they walk
baud in Wand, aud, as a family, have
commenced a career of glory which
shall be everlasting. There is to be
licreaftor no separation in that family.
• No one Is to lie down upon a bed of
pain; no one to wander in tho arms of
death. Never, in Heaven, is that
family to move along in the slow pro
cession, clad in the habiliment of woe,
to consign oue of its membors to the
tomb. God grant that, in his infinite
mercy, every family may he thus
united.
jigyGrant Man—I tell you, sir, repub
licanism is looking up.
Seymour Man—Well, radicalism 1s
so flat on its back tiiat it can't look any
other way.
The Joih Hilling* Paper*.
INK BRATS.
Silence Iz venerable; If thare Iz cliny
thing older than the Creator, it must
have been silence.
The nUTY ov gratitude iz that a beg
gar kan be az grateful nz a prince add
the power ov gratitude iz that “I thank
you” makes the beggar equal tew the
prince.
Marrid life 1* too Often like a game
of checkers—the grate struggle iz tow
git.into the king row.
Fear makes cvry thing and cvry
body masters over us; it is the wust
slavery thare iz.
I say owe no man ; Owing is bnt lit
tle better than stealing.
AVe are governed more hi opinyun
than we aw by conscience; this iz giv
ing up a noble prerogative, and play
ing a very poor second fiddle.
The mail who iz strifctly honest-, and
nothing over, haint got ennythiug
more tew brag on than a pair ov steel
yards haz. Some ov the meanest cusses
I ever knu had got tew be so honest,
hi long praktiss, that they could guess
at a pound.
If a man haint got grit enuff to stand
the temptashuu ov a gin cocktail, how
kan lie fight a real diffikult.v when lie
gits a chance ?
Awl plezznres are lawful that don’t
end in making us feel sorry.
The man who kan be proud in the
presence ov kings, humble when he
eommuues with himself, sassy tu pov
erty, and polite tu truth, iz oue ov the
boys.
l/U 3 an. J/I 1 Iiiugvo.
Liberty iz a just mixture ov freedom,
restraint and protection.
Advice iz like castor ile, eazy cnufT
tew give, but dredftti uucazy tew take.
A good conscience is a foretaste ov
heaven.
Thar iz few, if enny, more suggestive
sights tew a philosopher, than tew lean
agin the side ov the wall and pursue a
clean, phat, and well disciplined baby,
spread out on the floor, trying tew
smash a hammer awl tew pieces witli a
looking glass.
Evry man can boast ov one admirer.
Life iz a punktuated paragraph, dis
seazes are the commas, sickness the
semicolons, and death the full stop.
No man iz pitch who wants enny
more than what he liaz got.
Don’t givoeutvvard appearances awl
the credit; the spirit ov a handsum
boot iz the little fut in it.
I don’t bclcat' in bad luck being sot
for a man, like a trap, but 1 hav known
lots ov folks, who if there waz enny
fust rate bad luck lying round Iodise,
would be sure’tew git one “foot in it
enny how.
The man who wrote, “I would not
liv always, I rfsk not to sis,’’ probably
never bad been urged sufficiently.
There iz a kind ov nektive lazyncss;
it works on its viktims just az the
wicked flea duz on the feelings ov an
old house dog—he hops up quick, but
drops down agin sudden, in the same
spot.
Rough hut Graphic.
Col. E. 11. Townley, late of the Fed
eral army, and a prominent convert
from Radicalism, made a facetious
speech before the Democratic Club at
Baltimore, a few nights since. Ilis ex
perience of army life is edifying, and
sve extract a leaf from it for public de
lectation. Read this:
“I will bet that they will not get a
Jew vote. I was there when that or
der was issued. It was just before the
Yazoo Bass expedition at Helena.
Every Jew was put ashore. A Jew
friend of mine was placed at night on
the banks of the river with $7,000 worth
OI gOUUS* All UIU mviuutj, “»viv
not a remnant of property left. Why
did they send them back? Was It be
cause they feared their honesty and
patriotism ? No ; because some gene
rals were fearful that somebody would
get more cotton than they did. I have
seen officers buy whole steamboat loads
at twcuty-five cents a bale. I once
bought thirty-six bales from a negro
for $2 50, and thought 1 was paying a
j high price. [Laughter] It was worth
! sixty-five cents a pound.
‘The war was for plunder and to
I dissolve the Union. 1 teil you so bc
! cause I was in it. I never took a red
! hot stove but I waited four hours for
! one to cool. [Laughter.] I happened
! to turn my back for a minute and some
one had taken it awaju_
Burled In the Bray.
Augustus Carson, a respectable col
ored man died at Franklin, Tenn., last
Monday nignt. Early in the war he at
i tachod himself to the cause of the Cou
! fodracy aud steadily followed its ban
1 ners till the last of the struggle.
Through good and evil retort, whether
j the sun of victory shed light and hope
ttpuu the cause he served, or whether
! clouds of defeat lowered upon him and
his associates in arms, ho was ever
brave, hopeful and dauntless. When
this cause was finally lost lie returned
! to his old home, and has since acted
with only the Democratic party. Du
ring the Illness which terminated iu
I his death Carson repeatedly expressed
j the W'ish that his body should he attir
ed in a suit of Confederate gray, and
! that some of his old friends should at
tend his remains to their last resting
place, liis desire in both respects was
fully can-led out. "His funeral was
’ largely attended by the people of
Franklin and its vicinity.
Correspondence of tbe Crescent.]
The California Frog Story.
A POLITICAL VER8I0N.
In conversation with a frientl the
other day, I expressed astonishment
at the fact that Gen. Grant had not
made a single Speech during the pres
ent campaign. “Why,” said he, “it’s I
all quite natural. Did yon ever hear
the story about the California miner,
who worked in a gulch far off from all
companionship, found a largo toad frog
in his tent, nnd being of a kindly dis
position, lie determined to tamo and
mako a pet of it. He found that the
frog was very intelligent, and soon
made such a progress that he appeared
to understand every word addressed to
him. But lie especially showed liis ex
traordinary efficiency in the art of
jumping. His leaps soon grew so as
tonishing that it occurred to the miner
that the animal wonld prove a profita
ble thing to exhibit. He tried the ex
periment, and every miner in the next
town as well as thoso from the neigh
boring dlggins, came to sec the ‘learned
frog.’ So successful was lie, that a
party of friends made up a purse of five
thousand dollars to pay liis expenses
to the States, where it was expected liis
frogsMp wonld excite such a furor that
a fortune could be made. Consequent
ly a few days soon found the miner
and his frog in San Francisco, putting
up at a sort of half gambling house,
half hotel. The first night of his stay
at this place he made the acquaintance
of a couple of men who respectively
hailed from the Eastern and Western
Slates, Agreeably to their usual cus
tom, they asked him a thousand and
one questions, and among them, liis
UUSIIIUSH 111 JL OIK. lit; lOIU 111 LI II ^
to exhibit his trained frog—and, soiz-.
ing so favorable nn opportunity he
began to expatiate upon the wonderful
acquirements of his pet. Ills hearers
laughed in his face when lie stated that
his frog could outjump any frog in the
world. He offered to bet a hundred
dollars. They contemptuously refused
—then one thousand—still refused with
a sneer. Then, thinking that he had a
certain thing, the whole amount of his
pile—five thousand dollars. All the
while pretending to do him a favor,
one of the party took the bet, and the
money, in gold, was planked up.
“lint a difficulty soon arose as to how j
the men who had bet that the learned j
frog could not outjump the whole frog j
kingdom were to prove it, as they had
not even a single representative of that
royalty to pit against him. However,
still sure of his game, the miner volun
teered to go and search for one, pro
vided that the opposite parties would
agree to his being a representative of
liis race when caught, and if lie should
be beaten to give up the contest. This ■
wns agreed to, and lie started off—the j
crowd following him—to hunt up a
toad. The parties who opposed him,
however, remained beiiind and quite
cooly awaited his coming.
“He was not gone very long, and
brought back with him a toad of ordi
nary size, which was soon placed on
the floor on*a line with the brag frog,
and the signal given for them to jump.
But neither moved, although the com
mand wns.given time after time. Fi
nally It was agreed that it was allowa
ble for each party to touch liis toad so
as to scare him into leaping. At the
first touch the newly caught frog
jumped about a yard the first leap, and
continued on in the direction of the
door; but the educated individual, al
though rising up on his fore and hind
legs as if inclined to move, did not
succeed in making an inch of headway
in spite of the repeated commands and
oven kicks of his trainer. Tho referes,
n Ti nn lirnitiiwv nnlinnfltt nn li Ann fnn IiSm
to make a leap, decided that he was
beaten, and handed over the stakes to
the Eastern and Western Yankees, who
retired amid the plaudits of all pres
cut.
“Astonished as well as aggravated at
the conduct of his pet, the miner took
up by the hind legs with the intention
of killing him, for his capital being
gone his visit to the States was impos
sible, and as his frog having proved at
the outset unreliable, certainly uuad
visablo. lint fancy his astonishment
when oat rolled from the gaping mouth
of the poor reptile at least two pounds
of half-ounce leaden bullets. The mys
tery was explained: the Yankees had
employed their time while the miner
was looking for the other frog, in toss
ing bullets to him, which he among his
other accomplishments,had been taught
to catch and swallow. Of course he
could not jump; ho carried too much
weight.
“Well,” contiuucd my friend, Grant
is iu the samo fix. The Yankees East
and West, have tossed him a platform
I which he was frog enough to swallow,
and ever since ho has been speechless
| from repletion. It is too much for the
\ atomnch of oven the ‘General of our
Armies,’ and he can only pour down
I tha stimulants with a hope of assist
ing digestion or nt least stupefying his
nerves. His trainers will lose their
mouey soou.”
IVNcvcr chase your liat when it
blows offln a gale of wind; just stand
still and you will presently see half a
dozen people iu pursuit of it. When
one has captured It walk leisurely to
ward him, receive It with grateful
' acknowledgment, and place it. on your
head. lie will invariably act as if you
bad done him a favor. Try it.
The Horae and his Qualities.
The following hints from the Ameri
cun Farmer’s Horse Book will be use
ful lo farmers:
“The qualities of tlic'sire, of mon
importance than all others, aro hi
capabilities of enduranoe and kindlines
of disposition. The former depend
mainly upon soundness of wind, com
pactncss of muscle, and proper form
His limbs should not be too long, bu
trim and clean, and his joints rount
and Well swt. The hips is tho mos
essential points to be looked at in re
gat'd to the horse, as in them and lii:
hind limbs lies his great power. Bu
the shoulders mnst not be neglected
they slionld ho broad, not high am
sharp, but round over tho top.
For the average farm horses of tbii
country, about sixteen hands is tin
most desirable height. Much nbovo 01
below this standard is objectionable
A horse, with full form and wel
developed muscle, it is preferable tc
have below rather than above sixtcci
hands high. The color of the lmir h
an indication of some importance. A
deep dark bay is tho best color foi
strength an endurance, and gencralh
Hie most desirable qualities as regrad.'
disposition. The iron grey is the next
then the black, and, as the shades grow
more and more light, they become
increasingly objectionable. Whatevei
tho color of the horse, the mane am
tail should be darker than the hair o:
the body. Beware of that horse wifi
dark hair and light malic and tail
Fine, short hair betokens line blood
and coarse, long hair the reverse; yel
there are some breeds of horses will
long liair and totally lacking any sigs
of flue blood, that undoubtedly possess
great powers of endurance.
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Entertaining Conversation.
The Meridian (Miss.) Gazette, is res
ponsible for the following:
The following dialogue occurred on
one ofour street corner* the other day
Colored Hadical—Does you Demo
crat niggers pay fur your ’lowaueo uv
wotin ?
Colored Democrat—In course not.
Wlmt put dat tool question in yo' head i
Inin’ even pay no pole tax, cause Marst
Toju, lie pay dat fur me.
Colored liadieut—Well, look c'yali!
Fur eight mumfs afore dc Mention 1 pay
two hits a week to de ossifors oh di
toil it ague, and when de canvass wni
bein’ spread, I gib Mr. Moor fo’ dollar;
one tiuieuud.two aunude.r How muck
flat make ?
Colored Democrat—Well, two hits t
week, fur eight mumfs, makes $8, ar
four an' two makes six, an’ nine makes
fifteen, an’ fifteen an’ eight makes $2-'t
Fore God ! you done spent all dat. an
nin’ got no four acres, an’ no mule
Why, nigger, dat would a' tuck you in
to a circus twenty-free times.
Colored liadicnl—Dat's so, an’ I ain
got no ploymont. nudder. Mr. Moore
told mo dat I hah to tribute dat money
fur tu circulate documents 'round dt
country to Meet him to de legisiatci
an’ den I wouldn't hah to pay no tax
Does white folks pay dat way?
Colored Democrat—My Lord, nig
ger, dc white folks been wotin all deii
lives an' ef dey had paid dat, whai
would dey hah lef? You go long
You stay in dat league an’ you be too
all yo’ life.
The Prospects oYthe Campaign.
The New York Hound M'able is ar
able literary journal, with ltepublicar
tendencies. After the nomination o
Governor Seymour it predicted his de
feat. But in its issue of August 22d ii
takes it back:
“Did we judge merely from indica
tions on the surface, this convietior
might remain unchanged. We have
nvwuvur, .oiTimiu jiersmiuuti umi men
is a powerful undercurrent of populm
dissatisfaction with Kadiaal rule am
Kudical measures which is gaiuing
rather than losing strength with th<
passage of time, and that, consequent
ly, the chances, which at prescut wi
estimate as nearly even, may incline ii
November, in a victorious degree, t<
the Democratic side. » * »
From, present indications, however wi
are led to believe that the three grea
Stafe^p of Sew York, Pennsylvania am
Old* will throw themselves into tin
seal* ftnr Seymour and Blair: and
should' tiidy 6o »o, not all the hosts o
1WW E u g 1 uhl, backed **-th e y may b'
by the \?e«t *ttd Scthth, by voters blael
or white, Constitutional or unconstitu
tlonal, will avail to prevent tlie Kejtub
lican forces from kicking the beam.”
Make Home Cheeritil.
Tt is easy to do so. . Be your horn
ever so plam let it be neat. Ilan;
pictures on the walls, if they arc bu
plain prints they tell sweet stories t
childhood, and shed a cheerful in
tluencc over older lives, ljave a gras
plot with flowers and shnibfrcry in tli
yard. They cost but little efl'ort, am
less money, and nro a source of perpe
tual delight. Hake ncids for the bird
near the house, and invite them t
come and dwell with you, and the
will repay yon with music, rich, ntelc
dions nnd pure.—Bring books oftrave
history, biography, science and literf
ture, and papers and magazines, reprt
senting every phase of ttiouglit, lut
your homo and ignorance,boorishcncs
discontent, and vice will flee from i
and intelligence, culture and reflm
meat, virtue and happiness bceom
perpetual guests,
Natural t'nnitu of »eafb.
•! From tho commencement of life to the
- moment of death, there arc mechanical
and chemical changes constantly and un
' | interruptedly going on in our bodies. For
! example, we eat and drink for the express
purpose of providing materials for re
pairing the waste of matter resulting from
'i the working of the machinery. A soft,
oily fluid is poured into an axle box of a
car wheel to prevent it from wearing away
the metal. Our bones are all frequently
renewed, os well as our flesh, from infan
cy to age; but not in a day or an "hour.
Nature acts persistently, but accomplishes
1 nothing by spasmodic efforts.
As soon as a particle of lime which was
held in solution in food is placed in the
stomach, it is carried to tho heart by ap
, | propriate vessels and from thence carried
; into artery to be distributed to a point
j where most needed in some bone. Then
| the little partfclels deposited, and becomes
incorporated with the substance of the
hard structure where it was left. It be
comes vitalizcd-in its new connection. An
old panicle, or as it were, an tdd brick, is
detached from the wall to gi<w plaoe’to a
new one It is carried out of the body as
useless matter, as its vitality haa been ex
pended. So particles are piSpetually
changing places. This is vigorous life
and health so long as this process is regu
larly performed.
In the lapse of time the vital artisans,
suoli as the liver, spleen, kidneys, heart,
stomach, etc , are yfeary of years of inccs
sant toil, and fail m act with that system
i ,• . .r ___
a.IV «VV....J vtvwwv.v V. JVVI.f.v.
days. By this :ing new particles arc
not sent forwar :n enough, nor are the
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wheels, as it were. The vital action by
which life and consciousuestf is maintained
cannot be suspended but a moment at
I farthest, without the hazard of death,
j Whon a man is drowned the machine
stops. If however, certain measures are
j quickly adopted, provided respiration has
been suspended but a few minutes, life
may possibly be recalled. That is, the
heart may be urged into contraction and
the lungs oi.ce more commence tilling and
collapsing.
When there arc no violations of the
vital laws great longevity is attainable,
j Few, however, are so careful and disorcet
1 as not to trespass upon themselves in some
form, the penalty of which is sickness,
suffering and a premature death.
Whales, sharks, and some few of the
land animals whose food is invariably easy
: of digestion, and whose habits, regulated
; by instinct, are unchangeable as nature
herself, live to immensely long periods,
j It is the opinion of some naturalists that
j the white whale of tho Artie regions may
reach the patriarchal age of a thousand
! years. Sharks, whose skeletons are not
bones, but flexible cartaiiginious levers,
arc also supposed to continue several cen
turies, if not destroyed by enemies.
Notwithstanding the universal desire
j for life, which is instinctive, we thought*
| lessly hasten tho approach of tho very
■ calamity wo so much dread. With all tho
! light of modern science, in an ago, too,
remarkable for intelligence, we pursue
! practices daily which wo know to be de
| structivo to life. Kach thinks himself re
; moved from the danger which threatens
others; and acting upon the idea that all
! others are mortal but ourselves, we at last
| fall, as generations have before us, to be
remembered no more forever.
louiii may roacu uiruo ouuru unu icu
by simply conforming to those nuturul
luws which give health ami happiness
A deviation is perilous ; lieneo it behooves
those who lovo life to shun evory influence
| which mightinterfere with the enjoyment
of the most valuable of all blessings—a
, sound body and a clear mind.
•-«>»
Genius.
; It is one of tho mysteries ot' life that
I genius, that noblest gift of God to man,
> [is nourished by poverty, its greatest
■ j works have been achieved by the sor
r: rowing ones of the world in tears and
* ’ despair. Not in tho brilliant saloon
; furnished with every comfort and ele
■ gance, not in the library woll fitted,
■; softly carpeted, and looking out upon
! a smooth lawn or a broad expanse ot
1 scenery ; not in ease and competence is
genius born and nurtured, but more
5’ frequently in adversity and destitution,
t amidst tho harrassing cares of a strait
t i ened household, in bare and iirclcsf
) 1 garrets, with the noise of squalid chil
- i dron, in the midst of domestic contcn
a tions, and in tho deep gloom of uu
5! cheered despair, is genius born and
II reared. This its birthplace, and it
-| scenes like these, nnpropituous, repul
s, sive, wretched, have men labored am
> trained tliAnselvcs until they have ai
r last emanated out of the gloom of tliai
-s obscurity; the shining lights of theii
. times—become the companions o:
-1 kings, the guides and teachers of tlieii
- kind, and exercised an influence upoi
o the thoughts of the world amountin;
i, to a species of intellectual legislation
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Not Mien.—Girls kiss one another
e ! hug one annther, but never marry om
another, if they know themselves
The Aerolite.
A correspondent of a Nashvillo paper,
writing from Cheatham’s Cross Roads,
1 says: “I wish to write you a few lines
! concerning the strange body whifcli struck
the earth about two miles from here, a
week or so ago. The place where it struck
1 remained hot for three flays, but a copious
shower of rain having fallen, which tem
: porarily swelled the streams and water
I courses, a large flood poured down on the
place from the neighboring hills, sending
| up a constant and immense column of
steam. The earth around the place for
several yards was quite hot. This gave
us tho idea that the aerolite which had
struck must be of great size Tho column
of steam continued to ascend all night,
and presented a weird spectacle amid the
gloom and in the silent depths of the
woods. It could be seen from the sur
| rounding hills, liko a tall ghost, changing
its position betimes, and its form, and
gradually, as morning approached, melt
, iog away in the light of the rising sun.
: At ten or eleven o’clock that day we or
mued a squad of about ten, with drills
| intbther quarrying tools, and commenced
I the work of excavation, found great
■ numbers of rents and cracks in the rocks
! as we descended. Not much powder was
needed after the first blast. We did not
| proposo to work all round tho hole, but
began five or six yards away from the
lip3 of tho orifice, and continued to work
on that side alone; when we reached
& depth of about twenty feet we came to
the mralite, or mass of metal, still hot and
covered outside with a slight film or coat
mg oi oxide. 11 is wedge snapeu, tue
i heavy end being upward. We cannot
j account for this except on the supposition
that it was globuiao as it descended; hut
the contact with so denso a body as a mass
of limestone, while in a soft condition,
pushed backwards the mass as it passed
i through and gave it the cone shape which
j it has. It had passed entirely through
I the ledge of limestone, and was embedded
| in a stratum of bluish, tough, putty like
! clay, very closely packed and impervious
to water. This bod of clay or marl runs,
i sloping up the hill, to what extent or dis
tance, I don't know;^ but at the point
where the excavation was made it has that
inclination. The ivrolitc we found to
measure about seven feet from apex to
j base and at the greatest circumference
! about ten feet round. It is specifically
j very heavy, and the lump canuot weigh
| less than five or six tons. We are now
j exorcising our wits about getting it out of
the hole, uud afterwards wo shall have a
job of no inconsiderable magnitude in
j getting it to any highway for trausporta
| tion. We havo written to Washington
about it and have already received a tele
| grapbio dispatch from the principal of the
Smithsonian institute, saying that if we
! furnish the requisite evidence as to the
j facts wo stated, he would procure moans
i to have the mass of metal transported to
his institute. We are anxious to have
this wonder rest among ourselves, and we
! are taking steps to havo the legislature,
i when the recess is over, tako cognizance
| of the matter and make an appropriation
J for the necessary expenses to havo it
! placed in the State library.
Keep out of Debt.
| Half the perplexity, annoyance and
| trouble that men have in this world, is
i a consequence of getting into debt. It
j seems to be natural for some people to
buy uiul incur obligations without
measure, so long as ho can avoid paying
ready cash. Give one of this sort a
chance to buy on a credit, and the ques
I (inns of ni'iftfl nml oontlitions of imv.
! meat are mutters that he cares but little
' about. But what a crop of trouble
springs up from the seed of debt.
How many sleepless nights result from
it; how many gray hair its trouble
brings, and how often it shortens life,
sometimes leading men to murder.
And yet how easy a thing it is to keep
clear of this teriblc monster. With
tire exception of eases wheu sickncssi
&c., compel poor persons to incur debt
for their maintenance, thero is but little
necessity for getting into such trouble.
Every young man should form a firm
and unalterable determination, before
commencing his active business career,
not to incur one dollar ofiudebtedness
i under any circumstances. Never buy
anything unless you have the money to
pay for it at once. Pay no attention to
‘splendid opportunities,’ ‘bargains,’
‘rare chances,’ and the like. Such
; affairs arc only traps which debt sets to
: catch victims. If you sco anything
j that you like to buy, or if any offer is
I made that you would like to accept,
| look first at your money pile, and make
! the answer depend upon that. Always
I pay as you go. If you are short of
; monoy, guago your demands accord*
; ingly. Foster habits of economy, livo
within your means, bny nothing that
you cannot afford, and you will go
through life free from the miseries and
troubles that beset the path of the
debtor.
IWr-Seeno in a printing office which
advertised for girls to sot type : Enter
young woman—“Do you want to em
ploy any one to print, sir? 1 saw youi
advertisement.” “Can you sot up well
, ma’am ?” Young lady blushes, says she
1 hasn’t bad a beau vet, but expect, thm
she could if ucccssary.
The Coward Tradiiccr.
The midnight assassin, who stealthily
breaks into the sanctities of the private
home of a family, and thrusts his stillcsto
into tho heart of slumbering innocence,
is no greater villian than he who assaults
his neighbor's good name—invades tho
hallowed courts of the temple of his well
deserved and hard earned fame—breaths
blight and mildew upon his spotless repu
tation—and leave in his tortuous track,
the slime and venom of basilisk.
The sentiment has most truthfully and
graphically tho enunciated, that, he who
can choke the sweetest flowers of social
love, and taint them with disease—and in
the paradise of earthly bliss, where the
plants of virtue flourish, spread the mala
ria of moral desolation—the poison ’of
hatred and distrust—who gladly would,
were it possible, crush his neighbor’s
character to dust—grind to powder every
vestige of his public honor and private
value, and build upon tho ruins—who can
write infamy upou the brow of others to
prove his own purity—is neither man nor
beast, bat a heartless demon.
Those who have soeu their dearest in
terests tampered with—who have known
what it is to have the priceless gem of a
good name sullied by tho pestilential
breath of cold, unpityiug slander—these
best can say, tho calumniator has no
heart—no conscience—no soul! If the
lightning’s flash ever dartod from heaven
to strike down the guilty, it will blast the
hopes of murderers such as these.
Bad as he is the vile defamer of tho
living—yet far worse is ho who exhumes
from the peaceful shadows of death, the
uepartou victim or ms envy, to noiu mm
up to the gaze of tlio world as a target at
which to hurl the pestiferous shaft of his
malignant hate.
In such a monster, there is to ho found
no traco of the image of God; but in room
of this, is seen every appalling and dis
gusting lineament of the arch-fiend of
perdition.
The Witnesses Against Mrs. Sur
ratt.—Mrs. Surratt was hanged as an
accomplice in the murder of Lincoln.
The testimony on which she was con
victed was that of four men—Baker,
Montgomery, Cleaver and Conover—
precious scoundrels. Baker is now
dead. Montgomery is now in prison
for embezzlement, Cleaver has been
convicted of an infamous offense, while
Conover is now' serving ont. a term in
the penitentiary. Brcston King, who
prevented Mrs. Surratt’s daughter from
seeing the President in behalf of her
mother, committed suicide by drown
ing himself in the North river, while j
Lane, who supported King in his con- j
duct toward Mrs. Surratt, shot himself
in St. Louis.—Petersburg (Va.) Index.
Prknticiania.—An elephant, though
only a beast, Is more respectable than
a carpet-bagger, for lie takes bis trunk
with him.
The negroes of the South are too
lazy to plant corn, but they are in
dustriously “sowing the wind.’'
The radical editors will never speak
within bounds until they get into jdil,
or the penitentiary.
The scalawag organs In the Southern
States arc nothing but negro pocket
handkerchiefs.
g&*Au Irishman stopped at a hotel,
and at night was put in a bed w'ith a
darkey. In the night some boys black
ened bis face. Just before day the
stage was announced, and Put jumped
up in liasto and made for the vehicle.
On arriving at the point where they
were to breakfast, he entered the house,
and looking into a glass ho exclaimed
I 1U uou7iu.iuun.ui-jauui a, bliuj U'
brought tho nigger along, anil left me
flftoon miles behiut.
KjfCarpet-bag “Judge” killed by a
| darkey in Mississippi, for undue intl
I niaoy with nigger lady! Ha! ha!
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. J. 77. BURSTS?,
Being permanently located at Des Arc,
will continue the practice of his profession in
all its hraoclies.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney's Drug Store.
DR. ROB'T. B. TREZEVART,
Tenders his professional services to
the citizens of Des Are and vicinity.
Office—At B. F. Johnson Drug Store.
sep2i
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. 6. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD ft THOMAS,
AttOEWM At RAW
DEE ARC, ARKANSAS.
P. LEPTIEN,
, Wa tchmaker and Jeweler,
1
I DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
i T AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
j 1 kinds t>f work in my line. Meml
| iug. Cleaning, &0.
—Thankful for past furors, I solicit a
' continuance of the patronage heretofore bc
' Mowed on the fetfdH-tf
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PROFESSIONAL LARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
ATTORNEY AT LAY,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
TT. 3?. "Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practioe in the Courts of the counties
of Prairie, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention gircn to the
collection of claims any whore in the State.
scpTtf.
T. E. EMERSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARK
Special attention given to the collection
and seouving claims, buying and selling lands,
paying taxes, examing titles, &c. upril 11
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, anti the? Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District , and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. janl2
R. 8. GAJTTT. W. J. BRONAUGH
GANTT & BRONAUGH,
ATT9RH1Y8 AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to collection of
claims. uprl4
W. J. ROGERS'
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS. -
Prompt, attention-given to the Collection
r>f Claims, Investigation of Laud Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes, &c. mylG
JAMES H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OAU5F.,
Augusta, Ark. Ja^csonport, Ark.
Patterson & Cause,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jucksonport and Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address cither office. myl8-ly
I. C. JON SON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—-Searcy, Arkansas.
JO A SOX & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SEARCY, ABKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any husiuess
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff. Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Buren. mar9
SOL. F. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE. W. MARTIN.
CLARK. WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, AU!4%\Sis
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Ratal* and General Agents.
Orricr—Markham Street, near State House,
ap ri 128-i f
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attorney n.t Luvr,
COTTON PLANT, WOODRUFF CO, ARK
Will practice where called.
sop28-tf.
wm. n. coopY. p. mona*
COODY & McRAE,
AXAt RAW
SEARCY, WHITE COI XTV.
AHKAN8AH.
Will practice in all the cotirta of Arkansns.
mar24
SR. ALLEN
Offers his services to the citizens of
I>cs Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past favors,
and by attention to business he Cf poets
to share a liberal prtropage.
Office—At hi-, residence—late the
residence of W. G. Frith. sep2l
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
TENDERS bis professional services to the
Citizens of Des Arc and surrounding
1‘country, in tbe practice of M edicine and Ob
stetrics. lie hopes from an experience of
over fifteen years in Southern practice, to
■ merit a share of public patronage.
Ofbce one door East of Burney’s Drug
1 Store. ?n*rch?H-1$*# Iv