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_POET I CAL._
A CHILD'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF A S TAR.
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WRITTEN BY N. T. WILLIS.
Flic bad been told that God made all the stars
That twinkled up in heaven, and now she stood
Watching the coming of twilight on.
As if it were a new and perfect world,
And this were its fiist eve. How beautiful
Must be the work of Nature to n child
In its first fresh impression. Laura stood
By the low window, with the silken lash
Of her soft eye upraised, and her sweet mouth
Half parted wiih the new and strange delight
Of beauty that she could not comprehend.
And hail not seen before. The purple folds
Of the low sunset clouds, and the blue sky
That looked so still and delicate above,
Filled her young heart with gladness, and the eve
Stole on with its deep shadows, and she still
Stood looking at tho west with that half smile,
As if a pleasant thought were at her heart.
Presently, in the edge of the last tint
Of sunset, where the blue was melted in
To first golden mellowness, a star
•Stood suddenly. A laugh of wild delight
Burst from her lips, and, putting up iter hands,
Her simple thought broke forth expressively—
‘•Father, dear father, God has made a star.'
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A MODEL WORSHIPPER.
“Tell me about the sermon, dear;
Take off your shawl and hat.
And come and sit beside me here:
The test first—where was that
“Well, really, auntie. 1 don't know,
1 have forgotten unite:
I wish you could see Jane Monroe,
•She dresses like a fright!
“Miss Lyman wore a splendid shawl,
With that old, horrid bonnet,
The very one she wore last, fall,
. And that old trimming on it.
“Put Mrs. Deacon Jones ha 1 on
(>ne of the richest collars
I ever saw, and her new dress
Must have cost fifty dollars!
% “Strange what extravagance and waste
Sonn .ph always sh< w!
Then Hattie Pell, what want of taste
ishc dresses with, you kown.”
“The audience, you remember, dear,
j f you dr) not the sermon ;
Mhb a preacher do you like <>> hear,
This one, or Mr. Herman
“Oh, I like Mr. Herman, for
lie's handsome, aunt, you know;
Then he’s so graceful, and bis teeth,
How splendidly they show!"
MATRIMONIAL.
One more unfortunate.
Lonely and troubled.
Rashly importunate—
\\ cut and got doubled.
AGRICULTURAL.
Use and Ali ke or Implements.—YYero
we to assert that American farmers, as a gene
ral thing, are wasteful in many particulars,
we should lie taken to task ou all sides—for
where should we find a nm:e prudent and eco
nomical class of men than they? Well, we
arc ready to admit their ceoimtnical disponi
tion ; lut this is by no means a eontradii ti in
of what we have asserted in the previous sen
tences. There is such atliimr as false econo
my—-penny wise and pound fool; h" ecom my
—-saving at the bung-hole and wasting at
the spile ” economy ; and under tlii- category
we class the policy which so almost universally
prevails in regard to the use and abuse of
agricultural implements.
One of the lieavie- ‘ taxes to which the far
mer is subjected. is the purchase and prepar
ing of agricultural implements; and that this
tax is in many cases double and treble what
it should be is very evident. How can it be
otherwise ? Were implements to be had for
the asking, some farmers could not manifest
more indifference in regard to their use, and
their care of them when not in i; e. In very
many cases, when a field is plowed, harrowed
and rolled, the plow, the harrow, and tin rol
ler, find a resting place in flic firs' convenient
fence-corner, there to remain until i « xt want
ed, whether it he the next day or the next
year. The damaging effects of sun, wind am!
rain, are never once thought of. The fact
that such exposure inj arcs both wo d an i iron
work, does nut alter the case. Fume farmers
bring their implements from the field it is
true, but only to subject them to tiie same
out-door exposure in the vicinity of the harm
If is not very surprising tin mi rable
management makes heavy demands upon the
pocket, or that the bill for im; h uienm in such
< s is doubl t si
There arc a few simple rules in regard to
the care of implements, which in most ease
can he readily and always properly observed.
First—Every farm should he provi . i with
a tool or implement house of sufficient dimen
sions to accommodate every tool or implement
on the premises. Fecund—ft should he a
fixed and utraltcrab!c requirement, that when
ever a tool is done with, it should he put in
its appropriate place in the tool-house.
Third—Before put away, it should be . ire
i'ully examined, to see whether any parts are
broken or damage 1 ; and if s >, the very first
leisure moment should lie appropriated to re
pairing it. Fourth—Not. 1 sli uld l>e put
into the house in a dirty ci.nditmu. A \orv
few minutes will he required t > clean off the
dirt, which will prevent the rusting of the
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nun. wni iu iwuuu. luiii—
All the polished jams if.mi iinphunj»t. as the
share, uncihl-l. .anI, and iouher <f the plow,
and the If.mis oi' . mattocks, and mow
ing machine*, etc., sh-mld he ■ f to prevent
rusting. They will then be ready !br use at
any moment. livery wooden part of
an implement should be painted at least once
a year, and such are required for out-door
ase, as plows,:harrows, etc., twice, liain)
days can be appropriate l to this purpose, t hie
dollar’s worth of brushes and paint, properly
applied, will save twenty dollars’ worth of
damage. Mineral paint, such as Hunter’s
Iron Faint, an wers admirably, because it has
more body than white or red lead, and is far
cheaper and more durable. It not only pre
vents the wood from decay, but from crack
ing, and consequent easy breakage. And
then bow much better well-painted, clear
looking wagons, mowing machines, plows,
harrows, etc., improve the appearance oi' a
farm; how much more care even a carele-s
laborer will take id’ a handsomely painted
than a dirty, msty-looking tool, and with how
much more satisfaction everybody will work
with such tools. Kcononiy, appearance and
comfort, all dcin: nd nn re tore than i.- u.-uallv
bestowed upon our farm implements.
[Farmer and Gardener.
Timothy Meadows.—Timothy grass is
chiefly valuable for hay; and the meadows
should never be pastured while kept for mow
ing. In the south and west, timothy mead
ows arc liable to great injur.. after the crop
has been cut, by exposure to the burning
rays of the sun in dry weather, and the inju
ry is much increased by allowing the after
math to be cropped by cattle and horses; and
the injury is greater in the climate alluded to
than it is in the cooler and more wet regions
o{ the country where other grasses are more or
less mixed with the timothy as natural pro
eiucts. The roots of timothy differ from any
of the common grasses that constitute our pas
tures. At the base of each stool there are
numerous little bulbs win- f lie near the sur
face of the ground, which, when pastured by
stock, are liable to be crushed by the animals
k *cet- *nd when the aftermath is eaten off the
(roots are exposed to the sun in the summer
and fall, and to the frosts of winter, when in
ordinary seasons the growth will not be grea
ter than is required for the protection <>f the
roots. All the pasturage afforded by timothy
meadows is not equal to one-quarter of the
damage the succeeding hay crop sustans by
allowing stock to run over them. Meadows
that are never pastured will last much longer
than those that are pastured, because the ex
posure of the roots by cropping the grass and
poaching the surface of the ground not only
kill out the timothy, but after being injured ;
in its growth and partially killed out, weeds
and inferior grasses come in and increase the
evil already sustained. If. in a very favora
ble fall, the undergrowth becomes so heavy as
likely to interfere with the mowing machine
the following season, sheep may be allowed
to trim the surface, causing comparatively less
injury than cattle and horses.
Blue grass, and other pasture grasses, gene
ally are furnished with long fibrous roots, that
run to a surprising depth, and hence these
grasses are not liable to the same injury by
being pastured.
In order to sustain a timothy meadow in
health and vigor, and expect large and in
creasing crops from it. a surface dressing of
old. well-rotted stable manure, or rich com
post, should be occasionally applied in the
fall. This will afford protection to the roots
during winter, affd the rains ami* melting
-nows will reduce the manure to a situation
which will enrich and increase the subsequent
growth much beyond the cost and labor of ma
nuring. [Valley Farmer.
To Procure Eggs in Winter.—Build
a commodious lien house upon s one plan, only
that there be a roosting apartment, a place for
feeding, with boxes for nests. A good plan
is to build in the shape of a parallelogram,
with the re sting place across one end. The
central portion can be used for feeding, the
boxes for the nests being placed around the
side* of the building, with a small place be
hind them and the wall, that the liens may
enter the nests on the back side. Build the
house cither of -tone. wood or other material,
as may be thought best-; but let it be warm
| and comfortable in the coldest weather, and
>o made that it can be well ventilated. Pro
cure s.ime of the large A-iatic breeds, as 1
have found, by my experience, that they will
lav in winter when the common varieties will
not. with the same treatment. But the per
son who expects his hens to lay much in
summer alter laying all winter, will be dis
appointed. <iivo them as great a\ariety of
food as possible, such as corn, buckwheat,
oats, bailey, etc., with pure water daily,
(live them fresh meat once or twice a week,
oftener, if convenient, with an occasional
feed of 1: died potatoes or apples. In .-hurt.
1.1*1 I 'll 1 „ * .* ’
Illittvi' IJMJil H i l IHMI \\ nai II 1"
in summer, and nut forget to give them a free
supply of oy.-ter shells, pounded fine, or lime
and sand. Mix together lime and sand, as
for plastering a home; then let it dry. and
place a 1k>x filled with it in one corner of your
house, and it is surprising lmw fast it will
di.-appoar. Hens will lay some in winter,
with ut 1 eing to all lid - trouble; but they
must have good comfortable ijuarters. There
a.e other advantages from bavin.: a good hen
house, aside from liens laving in winter.
Two or three go 1 wairon baas ot go ,d homo
made guano every year will pay the expenses,
and help to raise corn to b od them. And
then again, fresh meat cannot always he pro
cured. They will lay ii' they have plenty of
corn ; and as this contains a large portion of
oil or fat. ii may. ] .haps, be substituted for
meat to some extent.
Hens Laying ai,i, the Year.—Some
people think that if they keep their hens
warm in winter, that they will lay eggs freely
' all the year ; but that is a mistake, as fowl
can be made to lay but about ten dozen eggs
each in the year, if ever so great pains arc
taken with them in the winter ; and when
they lay enough le.-s in the spring, so that
not over the average of ten dozen eggs are
obtained usually. The Prairie Fanner lias
the following statement, which leads one to
infer that lfis Lons map be made to lay one
hundred or three hundred eggs in a year
—accc.jdir.g to the management of them.
Still the better t. atmeut >, oken of is advisa
ble, asimare eaes will be laid in the w ili er,
by adopting it. when they c« upland a better
price, but it will be at the expense, of the
regular spring laying.
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A (L'HIO CS ST 011 V.
The f. :a> ring incident, not altogether im
probable, is narrated in several French
papers :
The -' ii i f a wealthy merchant of Lyons,
named Lodri. was sent at the age of twonly
tv.'i years to Paris, with letters of re .ninn n
fintion to the correspondent of his father's
house, who di 1 not know him personally.
Furnished with ample funds to puss some
time vers e.uvably at the <’apital. he took
v ith him • ne of hi- intimate frit nds. s - y mug
and gay as himself. Arriving in Paris. Mr.
Bodri was attacked with a severe fever ; his
friend at first romaiuc 1 to take care of him.
I nit after >me days Mr. Bodri in.si.-ted that
he .-la uld have .-"iuo enjoyment, and yielding
mj iii-j nh iM'ini; iuui;ii»'m5 in*
| \ouug man, who had m» ac.piaiutauce in the
| Capital, decided to make a visit, under tlie
; name ' I Mr. Buiiii. to the lmu- • of the <or
j I'e-puiu'i-Hi of the lathrs lather; he would
j there find plca.-ant society, and shortly alter
i the iwo friends would go together and explain
j the cause. i hanks to the letters ol rec nii
i men iaiimi the invalid had. and which he
iiantlc i to his substitute. the latter was re
i ceived in tlie most flattering manner, and
! passed a merry evening, and, altliough some
what enio.iiTa.--ed, found means to jdease all
I in playing his part to perfection ; but when
; lie returned to bis friend, lie found him in an
j alarming condition; tlie fever had maderapid
progress; and in spite of his unceasing atten
tions. continued even when hope was gone,
the sick man expired in a few hours.
Although much grieved, the young Lyon
ncse soon comprehended I he awkwardness of
his position. It was indispensable that the
correspondent a‘t whose house he had spent so
pleasant an evening, should be informed of
; the calamity. But how could he be able to
i lace him ib.w explain the interposition of
i using his friend’s name without being shame
fully compromised? it was impossible, how
j ever, to avoid inviting the correspondent to
the funeral cert monies on the following day.
This uncertainty lasted during the day. but in
the evening an original idea, foolish, perhaps,
presented itself to his mind ; he seized upon
it. put an end to his hesitation, and executed
it immediately.
J*ale, haggard with grief, languid from fa
tigue, clothed in black, and disordered, he
presented himself about ten o’clock at night
at the house of the correspondent. l! What
misfortune has happened to you?” asked he
hastily. •• The greatest of all, sir,” answered
the young man. “ I died this morning, and
came to invite you to my f uneral, which w ill
take place to-morrow morning.” At these
words all were astounded, and the young man
took advantage of it to escape without being
perceived. They reflected, they counselled
together, and it was decided that young Bodri
had become insane. The following day the
correspondent, with his son, set out to lend
their succors in case he should need them,
hut on arriving they found the hearse before
the door. Much agitated, they hastened away
to communicate their fears to their family.
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LECTURE OF GEORGE D. PRESTIGE IS
I’III LA DELPHI A.
—
The Philadelphia Press gives the following
sketch of a lecture delivered in that city on
the night of the 20th instant, by George P.
Prentice, the accomplished editor of The Lou
isville Journal, on the subject of “ Politics
and Politicians of the United States!”
The applause which the lecturers appear
ance at the stand elicited was protracted and
enthusiastic. When quiet was restored, Mr.
Prentice commenced, having neither note
nor manuscript, and for about an hour and a
quarter enchained the audience with his elo
quence. 11 is language, though strong, and
at times hitter, was withal constructed with
rare grace, and many parts of his lecture
were more a satirical poem in blank verse
than all extempore exposition of a very prosy
subject—the corruptness and incapacity oi
our public men. One notieable feature in the
lecture was, that while at short intervals tlie
house was convulsed with laughter, there
was not in a single instance the least approxi
mation to a smile upon the speaker's own
face.
If those who lay the foundations of a
commonwealth, said the lecturer in opening,
were entitled to praise, surely the building
of the superstructure and its subsequent
preservation was a matter of equally high
consideration. States were founded but once ;
they were governed always ; so that it the
statesnum was strict in his fidelity to duty,
the speaker did not know but that lie was en
titled to even higher consideration than be,
who laid the foundation of a State. It was
the province of a statesman to infuse new
life and vigor into the fundamental laws
which tin* founders of government had but
conceived. The mission of the latter was to
bring forth ; the former reared and perfected.
State-making was political parturition ; states
manship was the art of guarding a State
when funne l. Holding these views of the
vocation of ,'tatoinen—which he admitted
had fallen -omewhat into disrepute—he hoped
to treat his subject calmly, though he con
fessed that to do so under all the circum
stances required much philosophical self
nos session.
. .
The following requisites of a true states
man were here stated as a kind oi text lor
the discour.-e : Patriotism, integrity, moral
courage, firmness of sold, persuasiveness,
comprehensive and enlightened sagacity, can
dor, fertility of resource, judgment, and a
thorough kn swledgc of polities in its widest
.-ense. Other qualities might ho useful;
these were essential. In this, as in all things
else, harmony was the highest element <>t
perfection, hot us see, said lie. lmw these
qualities are mingled in our current states
manship. if. ° ideed. they mingle in it at all.
Patriotism was the first essential treated.
This, he held, was ihc mainspring of states
man- liip that was worthy of the name. \ et
he must confess that this element out hut a
sorry figure in the state-man of our country"
to-day. Th< . i s ed office better than t h :y
did country. Place. ratle-r than ih good of
their country, was tiicir aim. and so true was
this -that to deny it would he ridiculous.
Self-interest, in its falsest an i narrowest
shape, was the loadstone of their action.
The art of getting and retaining office was
their view of statesmanship; and taking this
view, it was hut fair to say shat the statesmen
of the present day were certainly as devote !
a.-could lie desired. [Laughter.] Mow have
we fallen 1 lie exclaimed with nun-h pathos.
••The plci-nrcs of government.” in the lan
guage of \ oltairc. •• must certainly he exquis
ite. it' we may judge from the number and
s:-i. i.dde of those who are eager to tal. j ..ft
in it.” The <• >n luet of ourpuldic ruler- n- w.
with scarcely an exception, did but set the
public good at defiance. It had happened in
most countries that, where patriotism had ex
pired. it had at least been to sonic i xtent coun
terfeited ; but jmhlie men had actually sunk
so low in tii;.- country, that they did not even
as<umc the virtue they have not. Never had
this virtue been reduced to so mean an estate
as here. 1 fypocri.-y. it was said, was the
tribute which v ice paid to virtue ; but here
we had :o deteriorated, that even thi- poor
tribute was denied to virtue under coiisidi ra
tion. Nor was this the worst. Wo had
a school of ticasou in our m'dst. We had.
alas 1 too many who made no secret of their
j hatred to their country. Not satisfied with
themselves denouncing the l nioti. they de
nounced everybody that did not join them
in their unholy zeal. They exhibited an ut
ter repugnance to every tiling that was na
t'onal. Sir dame.- JMclnto-h, with all Ids an
tipathy to music, bad once been induced to
at uid an Italian opera, from which he ha i
retired so horrified that llichard Sharp subse
quently suggested, as a question for public
debate, what vva - the effect of music upon the
sctisuriiim ' Sir .James Mclnf hi' The
question might, with as much j.ropriely be
asked, said the speaker, what of late years
has been the eflei.t of the utterance of patri
otic sentiment- i;f our national halls of legis
lation, either upon the spleen of the disunion
ists of iiie South, or on the liver of fanatical
Northern abolitionists? [Laughter.]
llie next cuisiueraf ion to which he invited
attention was the integrity of our statesmen ;
and he would a-k if our statesmen are not
patriotic, arc they lmuest ;' This, he admitted,
was a Aery nice question! [Prolonged laugh
ter.] 'i lie extent to which our statesmen
truckled to popular prejudices was. lie said,
’positively alarming. Their sycophancy was
of the hardest description. The adulation of
the rabble Afas better to them far than the
quiet approval of an me flended conscience.
1 heir idea was. that nothing that excites the
applause of the people could be amiss. Hy
pocrisy. linrke had once said, made th*’ most
sublime speculation, for it never attempted to
go beyond speeuUtion. and it could therefore
afford to have it magnificent. So. said he.
our public men were accustomed to flatter the
people, for the purpose of victimizing them
| afterward. However tightly official instruc
tions and oaths might lit our public men
Avhen they left their constituents for (lie scat
of government, they were sure to he seen in
loose habits before they were long there.
[Laughter.] They were year after year
squandering the revenue and territory of the
nation, and their unmitigated lavi.-hness
would probably soon leave them in the situa
tion of Alexander when he had no more
worlds to conquer. Our legislators wore de
signed as sharpers on a very magnificent scale.
It was unquestionably true that many of them
went to Congress and made more money by
speculation and peculation, than did many of
oiir most successful merchants and not a few
of them v ent there avowe Uy for that purpose !
If they did not leave home with a view of
stealing, they seldom crossed the Susquehanna
or Potomac, before they ( hanged their mind.
[Loud laughter.] They had a hundred ways
of stealing into the treasury, and a thouund
ways of stealing out of it; when they get
there. This might he strange, but it was not
inexplicable. Their habitual neglect of the
public business Avas another flagrant instance
of the dishonesty of our public men. Thus
tlie greater part of their ses-ion was squan
dered in organ zing and devising conspr ies
against the public treasury All this was not
only wrong, but grossly immoral. The plea
of want of time to attend to their duties was
the most consummate mockery, and it was a
burning disgrace to those who made it. If
they could not find time to do the duties of
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legislation they had no right to be legislators,
ani.1 they ought therefore die or resign.
[Laughter.] Having now discussed, he
feared at undue length, these two essential
qualities of statesmanship, patriotism and in- j
tegrity. he deemed it unnecessary to dwell
particularly upon any other qualities named
in his opening, and ho would therefore touch ,
them rapidly.
Our public men were, if anything, more de- |
ficient in moral courage than in patriotism and
honesty. There wa little or no manliness in
the councils of the mntry. Inconstancy of
purpose was the ba.ie of our statesmen. If
there was no other screw loose, this was alone
sufficient to subject them to shame in the eyes
of the world. In the matter of eloquence he
admitted that our statesmen wore great. \ et.
this eloquence, in the main, lacked convinc
ing power. copiously brilliant as it was. 1 ho
eloquence of our statesmen was Ciceronian,
rather than Demosthenian. Thus, however
brilliant they were as speakers, they were wo
fully deficient in the art of persuasiveness, and
lie believed there was more power in the
mute integrity of an honest man in Congress
than in all its eloquence. There were compar
atively few <>f our statesmen who understood
that their profession was a science as well a
an art. I»nt few of them had any adequate
knowledge of the laws of nations, or diploma
cy. Compared with the statesmen of any
' other hi st rate nation, ours were the merest
tyro-, tie most utter ignoramuses, and suc
ceeded. when they did succeed at all. like the
qii.u k practitioner of medicine, by the chari
ty of nature. In short, our so-called states
manship was political charlatanism and hum
bitggerv. And if the American people ever
expected to improve upon this state of things,
they must educate a generation of statesmen.
Let them do this, and all would be well; and
do it they must, or perish as a nation.
lint he was done. He hud told some plain,
perhaps hitter truths; but he had been holi
est. It might be more pleasing to assure bis
audience that all was moving smoothly and
gloriously on ; but if he did, lie should be
guilty of treason to his own soul and to them.
We were encompassed by the most threaten
ing dangers. Already the gangrene was
making its appearance upon our political c:tr
j cuss, and unless there was interposition on
the part "fl L d or the people, the end must he
-per ly and disastrous. < hi the other hand,
however, if we were but true to ourselves, this
country would become ail oasis in the desert
of nations, and a refuge for all who would es
cape from auareliy and despotism.
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.1 A'A' 1 .VA’.l.V /.FJUSI.ATl'Ui:.
STANMNli COMMITTEES OF T1IE SENATE.
< )n I lie Judiciary—Oates. Watkins. Craig
head. Leinoyne, Clark McCulloch, Askew
. ^
i and Gray.
< In Auditor’s and Treasurer's Books—Trim
ble. Douglas and Ward. -
(lit .Military—McCreery, Mitchell, Miller,
Tag,hi and Reiser.
(in Rank-—Leinoyne. Craighead McCul
loch. Mitchell and Robson.
On 1 location—Clark, Meeklin. Reiser.
MoA!< \- oi ler and Trimble.
(in luurmd Improvement-—Carrigan Da
vir-. Rcl.-cr. Miller, Oates, Terry. Clark and
Leinoyne.
(in Ways and Mean—Watkins, Rosson
Pennington. Jones and Askew.
('n A ricultun—Relsen, McCreery, Mil
ler. Meeklin and Fagan.
On Cuunlii - and County Lines—McCul
loch. Pennington. Ward. Gray and Rnsxm.
(In I’ldilie Roads—Douglas, Miller. Trim
ble. Davies and MeAlcxamier.
< In I inn died Bills—Fagan. Mitchell. Trim
ble. Meeklin and Gray
(In Hiet si >ii—Jones, Craighead, Oates.
McCulloch and Douglas.
(In Public Printing—Ward. Carrigan.
McCreery, Watkins and Davie-.
(In tin Penitentiary—Terry. Bob r, Lc
limyne, Miller and A.-kew.
(In ( I i.;is—Davies, Craighead. Penuing
n ri. Junes and <Mark.
<ln .Memorials—.Mitchell, McCreery. Gray.
Askew ami 1 lavies.
(In Public Buildings—Pennington, Terry.
Meeklin. Ward and Watkins.
(In Pul ic expenditure-—Mo.Ylcxan er.
Can ig in. I . .an. MeCullocb and .Jones.
(In Fw.imp and Overflowed Lands—Ros
.soii. Craigheu 1. Askew. Terry and Miller.
STANIU.NH COM MITT EES OF THE 1IOESE.
Ways ami Means—Humphrey. Garland,
Thorn, Hemingway, Fmith. Crawford and
Pennington.
Judiciary—Boone, Duvall. Yell, Gibson.
(Myion, Lewis, Harper. Harrison, Cravens,
Maek, Key . M’rigg. \ ail Patten, Kilgore,
11 uni] lirey - .and l arr.
Fdueatimi — Veil. Mitcell. Ware Loudon,
Landrum, Kenner, Jones of Yell, Acree and
Ferguson
federal Relations— Duval, llumphrecy
Harper, • row ford. Smith, Roliertson’ Thorn.
Clayton. Veil, Van Patten, Hemingway and
Bo< me.
Internal Improvements — 3 an Patten.
Fimib. Morton, Jennings. Bowden, Childers
and Jones.
Ranks;—Harper, Crawford. Mitchell. Rob
inson. Van l’atten, Fauders, Jones, Bowden
|. ami Duval.
Geological Survey — Hemingway. Bell,
Dimejan, Harper. Bowden, Messick, Thorn.
Clayton. Davis. Kenner and Belson.
Auditors and Treasurer's Books—Seaborn.
Mi Lean, Hit' hell. Sharp and Padgett.
State H iin 1 -——Sinith. Cargile, .Jones of
Veil, M urpity, \\ heeler, Cook, Coulter and
Parr.
IVnitcntiary—Key, Baines. Childers. Har
ris. Sanders. Landrum and .Jones of Dike.
('ounty and County Lines—Lewis, Bowden.
Montgomery, Haines, Steplienson and Chii
| dors.
I’uldic Buildings—Crowell, Coulter. Lon
don. Massey, Woulard, \\ illiams. Saffold and
Wheeler.
i Militia—Tcuning^. Perkins, Jones of Chi
cot. Tucker, Dcttus, Lee, Morton, Ilaines,
Maxwell and Putnam.
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Agriculture—Dcttus, Harris, Bowden Al
len. Aercc and Wheeler.
Swamp and < Jverflowcd Lands—Armstrong,
Garland. Woulard, Crawford, Crowell, Smith
and (i ibsiin.
Petitions and Memorials—Garland, Cook,
Coulter, Th n. Muck, Childers, Van Patten
| and Jones of Chicot.
Enrollment—Ware, Landrum, Lee, Brown,
■ Padgett, Putnam and Karr.
Claims—Brown, Jennings, Tucker, Arm
strong, Landers, Pennington, Sharp, Stone
I and Edmondson.
Elections—Kilgore, Duval, Pennington,
! Humphreys, Smith, Crowell, Clayton, Boone
\ and Hooper.
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Potato Chop.—The potato crop of Iowa,
for the present year, is reported to be truly
astonishing. The yield in some instances
comes up to -1U0 and 500 bushels to the acre,
I and the general average is not much loss than
j 200. The quality of the potato is better than
usual, and far exceeds the best raised in any
country we have ever visited. It is not un
common to find them weighing a pound each,
and some that we have seen weighed three,
four and live pounds. Not a sign of rot or
imperfection has been discovered. So plenty
and cheap are they, that for the past week
many loads have sold at ten cents per bushel.
No danger of starving in Iowa at these
figures.
CURRENT ITEMS.
Tt is rumored that lion. II. "W. Hilliard of
Alabama, has accepted a church in Brooklyn
—salary $5,000.
Twenty-two physicians in New York city
are said to earn annually irum $10,000 to
$40,000, and of this number four are homeo
pathists.
The world, though rough, is after all the
best schoolmaster—better than study, for it
makes man his own teacher.
In Philadelphia, since the 2d of July, 1800,
about 5,000 births have been registered at
the office of the Board of Health.
A glutton at Oyster Point, Connectticut. ate
a bushel of oysters last week as last as an ev.
pert negro could open them.
For Monroe (Old Point Comfort, Virginia.)
is now said to have been rendered one of the
most formidable fortresses in the country.
They net up presentation canes in Philadel
phia. from wood of the Independence Hall,
and set with Cape May diamonds.
A woman and her five children were found
at Topeka, K. T., on the 14th ult., dead from
starvation.
Edward Everett lectured in Lowell. Mas
sachusetts. Wednesday evening, on •■The Ear
ly Life of Franklin,” and attracted an im
mense house.
Tt is only in France that all men take off
their hats when a funeral passes them in the
streets—a beautiful and poetic custom.
(’rebillon, the younger, says, in his famous
novel of Sophie, that the woman who can look
steadily into a man’s eyes can never love him.
Judge McClure, of Pennsylvania, has dee -
ded that an agricultural society has no right
to grant permission to sell liquor, upon
grounds, without the usual license.
Ilarey, the horse-tamer, has accumulated
not le.-s than $50,000 by his exhibitions and
schools in Europe.
Lain never falls in Peru. The trade winds
blowing across Brazil condense all their mois
ture upon the Andes.
Caribaldi is said to Look very pale and hag
gard from the weight of his cares, but he con
tinues H' energetic as ever.
As (Jibbon, tin* famous historian, said:
Every person has two educations—one
which he receives from others, and one which
he gives to himself.”
» align la used to whip with ins own hand,
even upon people who by talking too loudly
at the the theater, spoilt his enjoyment of the
players. Served them right.
The steamer Ellen Gray, engaged in the
Kanawha river trade, was sunk in the Ohio
last week. Loss §13,000.
The sum expended for spirituous and malt
liijnors in Pittsburg, wholesale and retail,
every year, exceeds §7).000,000. There are
seven hundred and sixty-eight licensed tav
erns in the smoky city.
The yellow fever has broken out on board
the British sloop-of-war Icarus, which cap
ture 1 \\ alkcr. and is ‘'sweeping the decks.
The New Orleans barbers have been com
pelled to return to old prices, notwithstanding
the lengthened visages of the defeated.
Pierre Antoine Beryer is considered the
greatest Trench orator. lie is seventy
years old.
The Precedential Electoral College of the
several States were to assemble on last Wed
nesday.
The fir~t Methodist Church in America
was erected in 1799; there are now 14.900—
an average of three a week.
Gen. Walker s remains are to he brought
IV on Honduras, and buried at Nashville Ten
nessee.
There are now on the dockets (.f th,> Su
pfi me Court, at Portland, 71a ik . A-r -two
suits lor divorce.
Americans are at a premium in, Italy.
They meet with the most partial cons deration
j from Garibaldi.
j The number of foreign emigrants arrived
j at the ] .‘i t of New York, from the first of
l last .January up to Wednesday, is 93.392.
Every drop of milk brought into Paris is
tested at the barriers by the lactometer, to
see if the " iron-tailed'’ cow has been guilty
j of diluting it.
Pr. 3. 3. David, Surgeon Dentist, commit
ted suicide in his own house in Atlanta, the
other day. by shooting himself with a pistol.
A new paper, daily and weekly, is projected
at Washington. District of Columbia, to be
■ called The llepublican Era. It will support
the next administration.
A Chemical Congress, attended by one
hundred and forty chemists, from all parts
; of the world, was held during the month of
September, at Carlsruhe. in Germany.
j In all the aspirations of this life aim high.
iL' who is constantly rapping at sparrows will
ttl'VfH' wVww’kt «l»! noirlii
A man can be flattered is not necessarily a
fool. Imt you can always make one of him
Punch s advice to people about to marry—
don’t.
Panic] Coyne, a native of New York, is
said to be the wealthiest merchant of Athens,
Greece, having accumulated a fortune ot
i Sti.uuu.000.
Every man must of necessity have a mas
ter, and so you had better be your own.
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no
more than a change of the moon.
Next to God, wo are indebted to woman,
first for lifg itself, and then for making it
worth having.
The Governor of Maryland will perempto
i rily refuse to call an extra session of the I .eg
| islature to consider the Southern question,
unless the movement shall become general.
A German journal states that the numbei
of hoimepathie physicians now practising is
I ;>,2.) f. ot whom 1,012 arc in America, anil
that there are five homeopathiejcolleges in the
I former country.
lie \vho for sordid gain plots the ruin ol
his neighbor, will find that lie has only been
: digging the grave of his own honor.
Humility makes a man like an angel, hut
| pride makes an angel like a devil. Pride b
1 worse than the devil, for the devil cannot
hurt thee till pride hath possessed thee
; Proud souls are Satan’s apes; none imitate
him to the life like these: for as face answers
j to Satan.
The shipments of boots and shoes from
Boston to places in this country outside ot
New England, by rail and sea, for the week
ending November 14th, amounted, according
to The Shoe and Leather Reporter, to 5,04t:
eases; of which 1.853 were shipped to the
Middle States, 1.471 to the Southern States
and 1,722 to the Western States.
! The following gush of patriotic sentimenl
prefaced the deposit of a Bell and Everetl
ballot at Covington, Georgia, by a gray haired
minister of the gospel: ‘-The Union foi
i God’s sake; the Union as our fathers left it.'
' And every conservative patriot will respond
| “ Amen!”
“ W. B. CROCKER « CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Or r ooers,
First door West of J. II. Quisenbcrry'a Store.
I>ES ARC, V 11 Si A AS AS.
m.VKE PLEASURE IN* ANNOUNCING TO
T the citizens of Prairie and adjacent counties,
that they are now in receipt of a large and well
selected stock of
G110 C E n I E S A NT) I r A R D W A ll E.
Consisting in part of Sugars, Molasses, Coffee,
Candles, Cheese, Vinegar, Salt, Whisky, Rice,
Pickles, Sardines, Flour, Fish, Raisins, Figs, Cit
rons. Almonds, (*andy. Soup. Starch, Soda, Crack
er';. Tobacco. Cigars, Nails. Castings, Iron, Steel.
Log Chains, Ox Chains. Pole Axes, Spades. Shov
els. etc., etc., with all other articles usually to he
found in a similar establishment. Ail of which
they are now gelling low for cash. nov 3-tf
$3,300 W ORTH OF HOODS
Just Received on Consignment!
_
MI Srr Hi: SOU)!
1 rsT RECEIVED, A LOT OF GOODS TO SELL
PJ AT cost, and less than cost.
Such as Ladies’ Talmas, Silk Dress Patterns.
Trimmings and fringes. Shoes, Parasols, < ra
vats. Gloves, Mitts, figured and plain Muslins,
Robes, llerage, Shallies, Cotton < arils, Scgar
Cases, Buttons, Hats, Bonnets Coats, etc.. e|c.
; Attention of Merchants is especially called, as
T ...111 . ,.11 i 1 .*.■ t loon tliaifi !•’-i w t <, »• it lirtiui.
('all and see the bills.
H. QUISK.VBERRV,
Auction, Commission Merchant,
nov30-tf. and Land Agent.
i > i: rs aim
F E M A L E A C A D E M Y,
MISS SAILIE A. DAVIS, Principal.
mills INSTITUTION WILL BE OPENED ON
I Monday next, the 2»i h inst., I'm- the recep
tion of pupils,
TERMS OF TUITION, PER SESSION OF TWENTY-ONE
WEEKS.
I Orthography, Reading and Writing, - - .fin (to
English (irarutnar. Arithmetic, Geography, 12 nil
Mgebra and the higher English branches, lo • »• *
French and the higher Mathematics. - - 2U 00
! Students will be charged from the time of enter
ing school until the close of the term, except in
| eases of protract' 1 sickness.
References.—Rer. J. Douglass. \. M.. Presi
dent of Franklin College. Holly Springs, Mi-s.:
lion. J. .1. Sieger. North Mr. Pleasant, Mi--.: Uol.
' M. D. Shelby, ( arson's Landing, Miss.; J. R.
t (late 1. ll- 'j., T. J. V» D> - Arc.; J. M.
Coyle. Hickory Plata. V! ms nov2:>-2m
STOVE AND TIN SHOP!
TV. II. Hu i-lc
Has removed ms tin shop to the
_ house recently occupied by .1. W. Wallace,
on Ruena Vista street, opposite the Nucleus
j House, where he i- prepared to accommodate the
public with the best articles of
COOKING STOVES, TIN-WARE,
and all other merchandise in his line, ever
brought to this market.
My cooking stoves archnmediately from a large
St. Louis establishment, and 1 feel confident that
those who want these Convenient articles can suit
: themselves from my large assortment. Give me
a call, and examine before purchasing el»e
j where. novil
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
Dos Arc, Arkansas.
milF. UNDERSIGNED HAVING HAD AN FIX
I perience of more than fifteen years in Arkan
sas land affairs, and a large portion of the time an
active Land Agent, has kept pace with the lauded
interest of the State of Arkansas, as well as the
General Government, is prepared to give immedi
ate attention to all paying business in his line.
! Office for the present, in the store-house, next
door to Messrs. II ay ley \ Erwin's Store, Des Are,
Arkansas.
nov 30 tf JOHN H. QUISENBERRY.
Attention >iilitin!
I HAVE NOW OPENED MV ENROLMENT
1 list at my Office in Des Arc for the purpose
of filling up the ranks of Company K. 50th regi
ment, Arkansaw Militia, White River Township.
The law reiptircs the enrolment of all persons of
the age of eighteen and under forty-five: there
fore you must come forward and enlist or be
dealt with according to law.
By ()rder, W. W. W AIR. Cap’t.
.1. C. Anderson, a. 0. S. nov 30- tf
, .1. J. LANK, - - - - - - W. II. CHAMBERS.
DES. LANE & CHAMBERS,
Having formed a partnership in
. the practice of their profession, tendei
their services to the citizens of Des Are and adja
; cent country. From their experience, they hope
: to share at least a portion of the patronage of the
, public. Office on Buena Vista street, at Balsly’s
Drug Store. nov G
T. B. KENT,
A ttor n e v a t I j :i av 9
DES ARC, ARKANSAS,
TYTILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
\ V Prairie, White. Monroe, Arkansas, St.
Francis, Jackson and Independence counties. All
business intrusted to bis care shall meet with
I prompt attention. Office on Lyon street, no‘23-tfi
E. T. SWEYER,
1 >ontist,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
' TT7ILL CONTINUE THE BUSINESS IN ALI
V f its branches, including continuous Gun
Work. Office on Buena Vista street, up stairs
Jackson's new building. nov 16-tf.
S E E D S! 8 E E US!!
\ LARGE LOT OF FRESH HUNGARIAN
il Grass Seeds, just received and for sale by
nov. 3. JOHN JACKSON & C'U
akc city
DRUG STORE.
To Physicians, Drussists, Merchants,
P LA A rV E II S,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Your attention is respectfully invited to one of
the best selected stocks of fresh
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
FRENCH, GERMAN AMERICAN
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES,
TOILET ARTICLES,
P E R FUME R Y, BRUSH E3,
DENTAL & SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS,
GLASS, GLASSWARE, PAINTS, OILS,
DYE STUFFS, Etc., Etc.
and all other articles pertaining to the Drug busi
ness, lately received, and now offered at the
DES ARC CITY DRUG STORE,
At WHOLESALE OR RETAIL!
ON ACCOMODATING TERMS.
A CHOICE LOT OF
Segars, Chewing Smoking Tobacco.
AL>0, ALL KINDS OF SUPERIOR
uqi’ons for 'ficifit u, rsi:s.
KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Orders from a Distance m HI Receive Prompt Attention!
AND T1IE UOODS FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS
Compounded of the purest and best materials,
with accuracy and despatch, at
All Hours of {Fir I>ay or \i?5il !
nov 3-1y. JOHN B. PERKINS.
> 1£ W STOR E :
I
ENTIRELY NEW STOCK!!
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I
!
We Lave just opened our new * t-ock of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS*
which consists, in pari,.of
KERSEYS, WOOLSEYS,
HOME-MADE JEANS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, SATINETS,
KINSEYS.
AND GEORGIA PLAIDS.
\I.SO. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF roPKINS,
. Dc Beragcs, Merinoes, Scotch Plaid Alpacas,
etc., etc., etc.
ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF
c: It <> rr 11 i \ (; : i
A better assortment cannot be found. Also, the
largest stock of.
BOOTS AND SHOES!
In tlic market. We kindly solicit all who wish to
purchase to give us a call, and examine
our goods and prices.
TAYLOR & CO..
nov 8-tf. Des Arc, Arkansas.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT LETTERS OF
L Administration on the estate of U illiam L. lJo
woody was granted uie on the 71li day of Novem
ber. 1800, by the clerk of the Court of Probate ot
the county of Prairie, State of Arkansas, in vaca
tion. All persons indebted to said estate will
please come forward and settlo. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate will exhibit the same .
, 1 to the Administrator, properly authenticated,
within one year from the date of such letters, or
they may be precluded from any benefit in the
estate; and if such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date of such Letters,
they shall be forever barred anti precluded from
any benefit from such estntc.
HORACE P. VAUGHN. Admr.
^ Des Arc, Nov. 7, 1800. nov lti-6w.