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I VOLUME 1. • _DES ALLO, ARKAN SAS, J-A-3STTJALtY 5, 1867. _TSTLJMBEB, 4:3 ‘
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Our .lob Printing Department.
We have supplied ourselves with a good
sissortmcnt 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, Pall
Tickets, Pill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, &c.
J. Sims u.'Yllen,
Wholesale and Retail
AND
GENERAL, RECEIVING. FORWARDING
-AND
Commission per chant,
I>KS ARC', ARKANSAS.
Has and will keep on hand a large and good
selection of
F urniture
Of all kinds, suitable for the market, which
he offers on very reasonable terms. Also, a
lot of
i, i m i: .
MR. GEO. IV. VAPEN is doing business
with J. Sims Allen, and would res
pectfully inform iiis old friends and acquain
tances, that he is still alive and kicking at the
old stand, aud would Pc most happy to see all
of his old friends, renew acquaintances and
both start anew to fortune. Call, gentlemen,
I promise to do you no harm—but think I can
make it to your interest to do so. juniid
HO! every one, that would have something
good for the inner man! Old Peach and
lloncy, the finest Whiskey, Brandy, Wine and
Bitters of every kind, fitted up and accommo
dated to the taste of the
MOST FASTIDIOUS.
Fresh Oysters, Sardin.es, Crackers, Cheese,
Nuts, Fine Cigars, Fine Tobacco, Apples,
Fruits, &c. In fact, everything pertaining or
belonging to a first class Saloon, may be
found on hand at the Des Arc Saloon, on
Buena Vista St., next door to Johnson & Da
vis’ Drug Store. Call and see that is all so.
J. B. WILLIAMS.
Des Arc, November 8, 1806.—tf
HAtUlWIEK HUIJSKT
NO'S. 61, 03 AND 05 ADAMS STREET,
MEMPHIS, TENS.
THE proprietors tender many thanks to the
public for the liberal patronage extended
to them for the past year. The bouse lias
Within the past few months been thoroughly
Renovated, Painted and Furnished.
The House is now open to the public at the
following rates:
transient, per day,.S 3 00
Per Week,...$18 00
Per Month,.$(»0 00
Day Board Per Month,.$35 00
OPEN AT AI.L HOCKS.
HARDWICK & NKALIS,
bot27-3m Proprietors.
SALISBURY, BRO. & CO.,
Extensive Manufacturers and Importers of
GOLD, PLATED & OREIDE
JEWELRY x
SOLID AND NICKEL
SILVER WARE,
American, English & Swiss Watches
CASED BY OURSELVES,
And overy description of
Fancy Goods and Yankee Notions,
Especially adapted and designed for Southern
and Western Trade.
Circulars and full descriptive Trice Lists
Bent free.
Agents wanted everywhere. Address
SALISBURY, BRO. & CO.,
51 DoiuIancv StPekt,*
Pkoyipkscl. K. I
DES ARC ADVERTISEMENTS.
n. a, GILL, J, G. GILL,
GILL & BRO.,
Des A_rc; Ark.s
HAVE JUST RECEIVED TIIEIR
NEW STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
GOODS,
CONSISTING OF LADIES & GENTS
DRESS GOODS,
OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
LADIES CLOAKS AND HATS,
Clothing, TSTotlons, Fancy White
GOODS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Usually kept in Dry Goods Houses. Also a
nice lot of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Queensware, Hollow-IVare, Hardware,
Glassware, &c., &., &c.
We take the greatest pleasure in showing
I our stock, and furnishing a list of prices to
! the public, so they may be their own judges
! us to where they can get the best bargains,
i ***We will pay the highest market prices
■ for all kinds of Country Produce and Cotton.
! Please give us a call before purchasing else
where.
oct8- GILL & BRO.
Hazen & Mcrliersoii,
i
Des Alx*c, Ark.
HAVING purchased the entire interest of
Hazen, Blakeney & Co., would
• respectfully inform the public, that they are
now receiving and opening, a most desirable
stock of
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
Boots and Shoes,
.and a general stock of
GROCE RIES .
These were all purchased at the lowest fig
ures, and will be sold to their old customers,
all good new ones, and cash buyers, as low as
any well regulated House in the State.
The Ladies will find a full line of Goods—
1 handsome, good and cheap. An extra bar
| gain in Ladies’ Cloaks, Hats, and Dress
j Trimmings.
lie sure and give us a call, and we will
, guarantee a pleasant and satisfactory trade.
We have on hand a good supply of Bagging
and Rope, and in a few days will be in re
ceipt of
Bacon, Card, Fish, Cheese, Su
gar, CofTee, Ulolasses. Candles,
Soap, Cooking Stoves, Castings.
And in fact, almost every article usually sold
in this market.
HAZEN & MCPHERSON.
Des Arc, October 5, 1880—oct8-tf
A WELL SELECTED STOCK OF
FRESH DRUGS,
MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS,
School Books and Stationery,
Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, Window-Glass, Per
fumery, Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies,
Whiskey, for medicinal purposes.
Dromgoole’s celebrated Southern Remedies,
invariably for cash, at small profits.
ju121 BURNEY & BRO.
JOHNS ON & DAVIS,
Wholesale & Retail
DRUGGISTS,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
IT EF.P on hand a large assortment of Drugs,
A. Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery,
Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies, Whiskey,
for medical purposes, which wo will sell low
for cash. Prescriptions and orders filled
promptly. july21-tf
Des Arc Hotel,
»A#m a rawAtii,
Proprietors.
miHS establishment is now open, for the
reception of the
TRAVELING PI RLIC.
All persons having regard for convenience
and comfort, would do well to give us a call.
Our table will always be .supplied with the
best that the market affords.' feb28
FOR SALE!
A PORTABLE ENGINE AND BOILER.
ONE Portable Engine and Boiler ga.r*
with all the fixtures. If is now
good running orrfef. A bargain can }te
Iiad, by applying te tfarmiel < arr; I»e3 A re;
immediately. oeffc-ff
PLEASURESOF MEMORY.
Oft on memory’s tireless pinions
Recollections sweet will steal,
Bearing with them hopes now withered
Which our inmost depths reveal.
Hopes and pleasures, oh ! how fleeting
And how transient is their stay,
But their recollections never,
From our hearts, will pass away.
Memories, like flowers’ perfume,
Linger still about their leaves,
As a little one, while dreaming,
O'er some hidden sorrow grieves.
Memories, dear golden moments
When fond hearts to love awoke,
Ere the thilling blight of sorrow
Bid our happy dreams revoke.
Pleasures sweet like roses cluster
Round the tablets of the soul,
And like heavenly inceuse rising.
Wafts us back to memory's goal;
Where are gathered buds of promise,
As in days so long ago,
Tender buds, which will not perish,
Watered by tbe tears which flow.
Fanny Wildwood.
A THRILLINGNARRATIYE.
Capture and Escape of a Young Lady
from the Comanche Indians.
The Leavenworth Bulletin gives an
account of the capture and escape of
Miss Sarah Jane Luster from the Com
anche Indians, which possesses much
interest. She was living in Texas,
with a family named Babb. Some
mouths ago during the absence of Mr.
Babb, a band of Xo-con-ah Comanches
| came lo the house, They were invited
in by the children of Mrs. Babb, but
refused until satisfied that there was
no men about the premises. Then they
1 went in and attempted to carry off one
i of (lie children. Airs Babb, inspired
in u niuinci s io\e mr ner cmiaren,
i resisted, and clung to her child with
desperation : whereupon one one of the
savages went behind, seized her by the
hair, drew her back and cut her throat.
This horrid deed was committed un
der the eye of Mis* Luster, who had
taken refuge in the upper part of the
cabin, and so shocked her as to cause a
groan of agony, thus leading to the dis
covery of her present whereabouts.
She was immediately captured (leaving
a sleeping babe in the cabip), and taken
to the Indian camp. Miss Luster form
ed the heroic purpose of immediate
escape from the horrors of her captivity.
She soon discovered a horse of great
speed, kept for running purpose by thy
Indians, conceived a plan to mount it.
and leave in direction from which the
Indians had brought green corn, from
a six days absence; thus showing a
settlement within three days ride. Her
preparations all complete, she was
frustrated by the barking of dogs, aud
compelled her to retire to her lodge.
The second effort was made during a
dark and stormy night, that drove both
savages and dogs within doors. She
could not take both the children, but
the eldest, a boy, mounted the horse
and left. The first day and night ex
hausted the strength of the boy, and he
was left to find his way back, or perish
upon the road 1 After three days and
nights of continuous riding, she, being
completely prostrated with fatigue and
anxiety, tied tne horse ny a larietto her
bonnet, and laid down for rest; she fell
asleep, to awake a captive once more to
the Indians ; this time to the Kiowas.
She was taken to the camp of her new
captors, only to reorganize her plans of
escape, preferring death in an effort
for liberty rather than life in her hor
rid captivity.
Once more she escaped with her cho
sen steed; and after days of weary
travel and nights of sleepless anxiety,
reached the Santa Fe road, sixty miles
cast of Cow Creek, Col. Leavenworth’s
headquarters.
Her escape was immediately reported
by the Kiowas, to the Colonel, and, at
the same time by a white man, who
had seen Her at the ranchc.
Col. Leavenworth immediately sent
an escort bringing her to Council
Grove.
Miss Luster, together with another
liberated captive named John Charles
Fremont Houston, are at Council Grove
now.
The latter was captured by a small
band of Tan-a-gway Comanches, or
liver-eaters, and was rescued from
them by Tab-a-nam-a-ea, head chief of
one of the Yam-per-re-ker, or root-eat
ers, and delivered him to Col. Leaven
worth, from whom we learn that both
of these escaped captives are cn route
to this city, and will be at the Planters'
this evening or to-morrow.
®sg“ People who start with a moder
ate provision of discernment are not
subject to the annoyance of being vio
lently plundered of their illusions, be
cause they wear their illusions-lightly.
Like Juvenal’s traveler, they “have
I nothing particular to lose, and can af
ford to laugh unconcernedly' in the
J face of the highway robber, Time.”
ggr At what time of lift may a man
be said to belong to the vegetable
kingdom? tVheh lOhg experience has
made jii/n sack.
Origin of the Prairies.
At a recent sessipn of the American
Scientific Association, at Buffalo, Pro
fessor J. S. Newberry read a paper on
the origin of prairies. Dr. Newberry
said that great diversity of opinion
existed as to the causes which had
produced over one-half of our conti
nent a growth of many forests, and
over the other half only an herbaceous
vegetation, but in this, as in so many
other questions that divided the scien
tific world, if the disputants could
meet on common ground, and each
study the phenomena observed by oth
ers, and not exclusively his own data,
there would be comparatively but
little discord.
He had spent some years on the
prairies in various parts of the far
west, and he felt confident that any
who would go over the ground he had
traversed, would agree with him that
the presence or absence of forests, as a
general rule, depended upon the
amount of precipitated moisture. The
central portion of the continent, as
others, was comparatively dry, and
was consequently treeless, except on
the mountain belts, which acted as
condensers, and precipitated an
amount of waterk which sustained a
forest growth.
The rainfall was greater in that part
I of the continent east of the Mississippi,
j and here we have almost an unbroken
j forest. Along the line where the trec
, less and forest districts meet, local
| causes determine the presence or ab
sence of trees. Belts of timber bor
I dered the streams and covered the
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1UU1 V/ vuc umi CU/OVI UVIlt ovuej M mi'
level surfaces, with a fine and unpo
rous soil, sometimes very Avet and
sometimes very dry, sustained only a
growth of grass, which could endure
their alterations—fatal to trees.
Annual tires had their influence in
extending their area of grassy surface,
and over much of this middle ground,
by man's invention, the causes limiting
the growth of trees could be removed
and their forest area extended. The
forces of nature Avere here nicely bal
anced, and slight causes would make
one or the other preponderate. The
many theories which attributed prai
ries to other causes than the Avant of
water were wholly erroneous or only
of local value. On the great prairies
west of the Mississippi, every variety
of soil and surface failed to sustain
trees, and there only a change of cli
mate conditions Avould change the
grass-covered surface to forest.—[Ex
change.
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A Planet in a Blaze.
It is a popular belief among Christian
communities that our earth is to be
destroyed by fire. The unrepentant
sinner has in all ages been threatened
with this terrible idea; and it is the
very first lesson taught the young at
the knee of a mother and at the altar
of the church. It has been thundered
from the pulpit, incorporated in learn
ed books, and Avoven into sacred poe
try. It has come to be the general
sentiment, not only of the ignorant,
lxil 4 111* Alt* 1 C rtf' 4ll A 1 / .A 1*11 A/1 A ntunnn
my itself is coming to its support. The
belief, says a recent writer, that this
earth is to be eventually destroyed by
fire, is substantiated by the discovery
that planets, exceeding the earth in
size, have been subjected to heat so
intense as to entirely annihilate them
from the firmament. The keen eye of
the telescope, gathering rays from the
planets which are visible and fixed,
has afforded to the vision of the as
tronomer sufficient for him to assert
that nearly two thousand of these stars
lyive disappeared from the firmament
within the last four centuries.
A few evenings since, while watch
ing the firmament, with the moon at
her full, my attention was attracted to
a large star which stood a few degrees
above the eastern horizon, and appa
rently on fire. It represented very
nearly a revolving beacon light—alter
nating in color—first it presented a
bright crimson color, then followed a
pale bluish tint, then it would relapse
into its natural whiteness—presenting
all the phenomena of a large conflagra
tion when acted upon by a strong wind.
I am of opinion that the star was being
consumed by fire.
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frSy On the death of Prince Albert,
the young and sooty king of the Abys
siniaus, wrote a letter to Queen Victo
ria, Offering.tb inarrY herself. She has
taken no notice of the proposition, and
the Abyssinian lover is mad,—consid
ers himself slighted,—and threatens to
revenge himself on the principal En
! glishmen in his dominions, many of
whom he has put in prison, and it is
| feared some of whom he has put to
death ! “AVas ever woman in such hu
mor wooed?” If Victoria should pro
pose to “send a substitute," there arc
enough iti thlfi country who would
take the Abyssinian hero.
Remuneration of Mechanics.
An English paper says: The» rise of
wages amongst the mechanic class has
been steadily going on for years, owing
to the power of co-operation; and
though the consequences have not been
so marked on the productive power of
the country as might have been ex
pected, yet causes arc in active opera
tion which must soon seriously inter
fere with that description of labor
whifeli has to come into active compe
tition with the labor of other coun
tries. Recently, orders to a large ex
tent for'locomotivc engines have been
executed in Belgium and Switzerland,
that formerly would have been execu
ted here ; and it is believed the day is
not distant when foreigners will un
dersell us on our own soil, if they are
not actually doing it now. The high
rate of remuneration is telling on the
London ship-building trade, for on the
Thames no fewer than 27,000 men con
nected with that craft are at present
out of employment. The masters can
not compete with the low scale of wa
ges paid to workmen in other coun
tries, and their own men will submit
to no reduction. No stronger illustra
tion need be required of the constant
operation of that economic rule, the
existence of which trades’ unions
sometimes ignore, that the law of sup
ply and demand regulates wages. A
few years ago, on the Mersey, ship
wrights were paid the rate of a guinea
per day; but the law in question soon
worked a change. If these 27,000 men
would regard half a loaf as better than
noiie, the English employer might still
lie. able to keen his head above water.
Noble Sentiment.—“This is an
agreeable world after all.” If wc
! would only bring ourselves to look al
the objects that surround us. in then
true light, wc should see beauty where
before wc would deformity, and listen
to harmony -where before tve could
hear nothing but discord. To be sure
there is a great deal of anxiety and
vexation to meet; we cannot expect tc
sail upon a summer sea forever; yet i
we preserve a calm eye and stead}
hand, we can so trim our sails anc
manage our helm as to avoid the quick
sands, and weather the storms tha'
threaten gliipwrcck.
“We are members of one great faml
lv; we are all travelling the same road
and shall arrive at, the same goal. W<
breathe the free air, we are subject tc
the same bounty, and we shall lie
down on the bosom of our commoi
mother. It is not becoming that broth
cr should hate brother ; it is not propci
that friend should deceive friend: it ii
not right that neighbor should injure
neighbor. We pity that man who car
harbor enmity against his fellow; he
looses half the enjoyment of life: h<
embitters his own existence. Let ui
tear from our eves the colored inediun
that invests every object with the
green hue of jealousy and suspicion
turn a deaf ear to the tale of scandal
breathe the spirit of charity from oui
lips ; and from our hearts let the riel
gushings of human kindness swell u[
as from a fountain, so the ‘golden age
will become no fiction, and the ‘islanc
of the blessed’ bloom more than lies
perian beauty.”
lhe Collapse ol Crinoline.
The New York Times says, no om
who promenades Broadway now-a
days will doubt that the long foretold
long delayed “collapse of crinoline’
has at last come to pass. It is visi
ble to the most careless observer, ant
has proof in our most fashionable la
dies as they “march along.” The im
mense circumference of skirt ant
sweep of train that came in vogue i
dozen years ago, and have been ex
panding and lengthening ever since
until recently, are now things of tin
past. In their stead masculine eyei
are now gratified by neat, trim dresses
at once moderate in size, gracefullj
brief, and pre-eminently piquant. W<
believe that those who have experience
in such matters, or who make them £
study, admit that, in point of taste
convenience and comfort, the presem
style is far superior to that which ii
lias superceded, and it is said that ii
the estimation of ladies there arc stil
other considerations favorable to tin
diminution of scope that has taker
place. But these are mysteries beyonc
newspaper ken, and not to be spokei
oS lightly by the uninitiated. It would
he madness to hazard an opinion as ti
how long the new order of tilings wil
remain supreme. But we expect, long
ere we die, to behold again in Broad
way the flowing immensities of femi
nine glory which have appeared and
reappeared in every generation sinci
| the mighty Bess strode through the
world in her gigantic ponderosity.
Bay- When were there only two vow
els? tii (he days of no a (Noah,) be
fore i' and i (you and I) were born.
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and
Burning.
The keeper of the lighthouse at Ca
lais was boasting of the lightness of
his lantern, which can be seen ten
leagues at sea, when a visitor said to
him, “what if one of the lights should
go out?” “Never 1 impossible!” he
cried, horrified at the bare thought.
“Sir,” said he, pointing to the ocean,
“yonder, where nothing can be seen,
there arc ships going by to all parts of
the world. If to-night one of my burn
ers went out, within six months would
come a letter—perhaps from India,
perhaps from America, perhaps from
some place I never heard of—saying,
on such a night, at such an hour, the
light of Calais burned dim, the watch
man neglected his poet, vessels were in
danger. Ah! sir, sometimes in the
dark in stormy weather, I look out to
the sea and feel as if the eye of the
whole world was looking at my light.
Go out ? Burn dim ? “O, never!”
Was the lighthouse keeper so vigilant?
Did he feel deeply the importance of
his work ? And shall Christians neg
lect their light, and sutler it to grow
dim—grow dim, when for need of its
bright shining some poor mariner on
the sea of life, struggling amidst the
waves of imagination, may be dashed
upon the rock of destruction? No.
“Let your light sliiuc.” Let your ex
ample lead others into paths of morali
ty, rather than into paths vice, whither
so many of the youth are hurrying
with steady steps, only to find them
beset witli thorns and briars. Let
your light shine.
Short Dresses.
“Jennie June” writes as follows:
The short dress is a new idea, and
makes it way slbwly, but it is to be
hoped it will succeed none the less
surely. It is the most admirable idea
in dress that has appeared since the
advent of thick walking-boots, and de
serves the hearty co-operation of every
woman who has the mental, moral,
physical and spiritual welfare of her
sex at heart. The lifting up of the
dresses out of the dirt of the streets
was a great improvement on the old
habits of trailing in the mire, but even
this it always found objectionable, no
matter by what agency effected. The
dress is more or less injured by being
constantly festooned, and is very liable
to be torn or defaced. The short,
gored dress not only saves all this
trouble, but a large amount of material,
and in our eyes, is more becoming.
As yet it has only been w^orn by
young ladies of the very highest class,
but large numbers who felt afraid to
have new materials cut up in this way,
have ventured to cut over old dresses,
thus making them as gobd as new, and
are so delighted with the result as to
’ encourage the strongest hopes that the
fashion will be a permanent one. But
if dresses are very short in the street,
they are longer than ever at home, and
have assumed a strong Venetian cast,
due, perhaps, to European sympathy
with Italy. The train, the high-point
| ed body, the long coat sleeve with high
puff on the top, slashes across, are all
identified with the Venetian lady, ol
rank, and when to them are added the
hair combed smoothly up into a pearl
net at the back and arranged by short
curls over the forehead, the resem
1 bianco becomes almost cnmnloto.
ftSylt is gratifying to all lovers ol
1 Art and Italy, that one of the conditions
. of the treaty of peace between the Pe
ninsula and Austria determines that all
. objects of Art, as well as the archives
. belonging to Venetia, shall be restored
without exception. The Iron Crown
of Lombardy, which had been removed
. from the Duomo at Monza, is given up.
It will be remembered that this treas
. lire was taken to Mantua in 1859, and
has since been found at Vienyp. It is
not true that the circlet was regularly
used for crowning the kings of Italy;
no trace of such a service cau with cer
tainty be indicated before Henry of
Luxembourg assumed it in 1311; even
when it was used at Milan. Charles
the Fifth was crowned with it. Napo
leon I. put it on his own head. Other
treasures have from time to time been
taken from the Sacristy of the Duomo
of Monza; some of these must be in
Austria: for these, we trust, sharp in
quiry will be made, or courteous resti
tutions offered. France contains many
treasures of Art that belong by right to
Italy.
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gfcgr* A coarse, ill-natured fellow died
! one day, and his friends assembled at
his funeral, but no one had a good
word to say about the deceased. Even
at the grave all were silent. At length
a good-hearted German, as he turned to
go homef said t ‘•Veil, he was a goot
schmokei.”
When docs a severe cold resem
ble a brilliant idea? When it comes
into one’s head suddenly.
SALMAGUNDI.
Igy* now docs the hairdresser eiid
Ills days ? He curls up and dyes.
jgy Why are good husbands' like
dough ? Because women need thcifl.
What is the largest room in this
world ? The room for improvement.
*gy How many peas are there in *
pint ? One p.
Igy- It is said that doctors' can miti
gate the pains of sickness; ceiHaliiiy a
good many of them make dying a very
easy thing.
A hopeful young lawyer says
that any young lady who possesses
1,000 acres of land presents sufficient
grounds for attachment.
4655“ What is that word in the Eng
lish language, of one syllable, which,
if two letters be taken from it, becomes ,
a word of two syllables ? Pl ague.
“Sfy boy,” said a fond mother,'
“never deter till to-morrow What you'
can do to-day.” “Then, mother,” re*
plied the urchin, “let’s eat the rest of
the plum pudding to-night.”
1655“ A private soldier, entering the
fight at Murfrccsborough, saw a rabbit
running off the field. “Go it Mollic
Cotton tail,” he cxclainfied, “if I didn’t
have a reputation to' Sustain, I’d be
going too.”
t&* “Who makes the laws our
Government?”
“Congress,” Avas the ready reply.
“How is Congress divided?” was tho
next question. But the little girl, to
whom it was put, failed to answer it.
Another little girl in the class raised
up her hand, indicating that she could
answer it.
“Well, said tlic examiner, “Miss ,
Sallic, what do you say the division is ?”
Instantly, with an air of confidence
as well as triumph, the answer came—
“Civilized, half-civilized and savage.”
S&" Good humor, is the clear blu<$
sky of the soul, on which every star of
talent will shine more clearly, and the
sun of genius encounters no vapors in
his passage. ’Tis the most exquisite
beauty of a fine face; a redeeming
grace of a homely one. It is like the
green in a landscape, harmonizing with
every color, mcllo\^?ng the glories of
the bright, and softening the hues of \
the dark; or, like a flute in a full con
cert of instruments, a sound, not at
first discovered by the car, iut filling
up the breaks in the concord with its
deep melody.
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A Wise Suggestion.—The Rich
mond Enquirer of the 21st says that the
upright action of the Supreme Court 1
has inspired the country with new
hope of a speedy tranquilization. The
revolutionary proceedings of Congress
arc promised a check which has been
little counted on. The territorializing
scheme cannot be so contrived as to
pass the judicial test of constitutionali
ty, and the various laws which may
essay to deprive States of their rights
will be pronounced null. We think
the people of the South ought to ar
range for the quiet assertion of their. ;
rights before the courts, and call upoiv j
the judges to say whether it is lawful
to tax without representation, or j
whether a Congress which excludes
the representatives of ten States is a
'lawful authority. *
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Strayed or Stolen.
Bnnd away, stolen, or was strayed,
mine large plack horse, about fourteen
or fifteen hands and six inches hie; he
has got four plack legs—two peliind
and two pefore; and he is plack all
over his pody, but he has got soihb vite
spots on his pack where dc skid' was
rub off; but I greased cm, and de vite
spots ish all plack again.
He drots, and kanters, and soinediiikce
valks on hish logs, and bis feet go ott,
ven after de order von. He hash
eyes—von ish put out and de order von ’
ish on de side of hish head; und ven
you go on dc oder side, lie vont see
you right away tint no' times.
Yen he eats a good teal, he gets big
belly vot never vos, and hash a long
tail vot hangs down pchitid, but I cut
it short de oder day, und now tish not j
so long vat it: vash. He is shood ali j
round, but Jjis peliind shoes come off, ]
und now he ish only cot shoos pefore. '
He holts up hish head uut looks gay,
but ven he ish frightened he yumps j
apout like everything in te vorld. Ho
vill ridfe mit a sattlc, or a chase, or a
kar, or lie vill go py himsself midout
nopodv, but a pag* on hish pack mit a !
boy on it. lie ish not very olt, und*
hish head ven lie valks or runs goes I
pefore, nud hish tail stays pehind, only j
ven he turns rount und gets mad, und i
den hish dail somdimes cums fnst.
Whoever vill pring him pack shall
pay five dollars reward ; und if he pring
pack dc tief vat stold him he shall pay
; dvc dollar, and ashdt no von planted
j question.
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