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The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-19
Little Rock Academu

YEyHO1TAS 5. MALONE has established er A MINARY at Little Rock for the inst trpet t,ar ,;,a of youth of both sexes.
 In the Male Department, Spelling. Resdi.a Writing, and Arithmetic, will be taught al e, " quarter. = -
 English Grammar, Geography, Rhetoric. n, eution, Geometry, Natural and ia4iEor fiiiesoa 1i's and Theoretie Chemistry, at st B per quarter
 Latin and Greek, at 50 ss
 In the Female Department, which is undar x. direction of Mss MALONE, Reading, Writipe aas Arithmetic will be taught at S per quarter. ss'4
 English Grammar, Geography, History, Natnr,. and Moral Philosophy, Drawing aud Painting, as S6 25 per quarter.
 The exercises of this institution will cofame,os on the 1st Monday in January next. ..s4es
 Having been assiduously engaged in teaeb;oa for twenty-one years, Mr. MALONE hopes tbat ls is not entirely inadequate to the task of nstrns4a. youth and he assures Lis patrons that no paine lis part shall be wanting. =
 Little Rock, Dec. 25ti, 1s3o. btvto
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-19

9stt1 yS, With hcT countless SaaI5s anu tic I0CIy
 fampaits ol her shores. It Is not the North
 asstii 1er thousand villages and her naryesthome Win her frontiers and lakes and tie ocean Il Is not tie ss est. with iorest-sea and inland Ilsles, with her luxuriantexpanses, clothed in heI yerdant corn, with her beautiful Ohio, and heI
 majestic Missouri. Norris il yet the South, opu. lent ii the mimic SHOW of the cotton, ln the rich lplantatons ot the rustllng cane, and in the gol- den robes oi the rice field. What are MeSe 5al
 saster anstaesof he gredter, better, oher fapt- l3LY, OUR COUNTRY? l come not here to speak
 tfe aleet, or to give the counsels of the pdtrio. statesman. But como patriot scholar 10 yin dleate the rights and to plead for the interests et American Literature. And be assured, gen
 tlenen, that we cannot, patriot scholars, think loo highly of that country, to sacrifice too much
 for her. And let us never forget. rather remem-
 Der with religious awe, that tde union Of these
 otakes ds Indispensable to literature, as it is te our national independence and civil liberties, to our prosperity, happiness and improvement. If, Indeed, We desire to behold literature like that. winch has seulptufcd, with such energy of ex-
 Pfesslon, which has painted 50 faithfully and yi-
 Yidly, the crimes, the vices, the foles of ancient
 and modern Europe;if if we desire that our land should furnish for the orator and novelist. for
 the painter and poet, age after age, the wild
 and romantic scenery of war; the glitterIng
 march of armies and the reyelry of the camp:
 the shrieks and blasphemes, and all the horiors oi the battles-fieId the desolation of the har-
 vest, and the burning cottage; the storm, the sack, the ruin of cities; if we desire to unchaih
 the furious passions of jealousy and sellishness, ot hatred, revenge and ambition, those lions that
 now sleep harmless in their dens; if we desire.
 that the lake, the river, the ocean, should blush
 Wlththe blood of brothers ;that thevery mountain
 tops should become altaFs for the sacrifice of
 brothers; if We desire that these, and such as
 tFiese-the elements to an incredible extent, ol theliterature of the old world should be the ele-
 ments of our literature, then, but then only, lei
 us huFl from its pedestal the majestic statue oi our union, and scatter its fragments all over the land. But, if ws eovat for oaf country the no- blest, purest, loyeliest literature the world has ever seen, such literature as shall honor God and bless mankind; literature whose smiles might play upon an angels face, whose tears would not stain all angels eheelS;' then let Us cling to the union of those States, with patri. F ot7s love, with scholars enthusiasm, with a christian's hope in her heavenly character, as a holocaust seffsacrifced to God at the height oi her glory, as the ornament of q free, educated peaceful, Christian people. faaerican Litera-
 ture nil find aa tue intellectual spirit is her ge,3
 tfee of hfe, and Aaat Unioa ke7. .garden of para- dise.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-19

1he Solar Eclipse of Februozy alert.-The \ merican Almanac just published, contains a great variety of calculations relative to the great solar eclipse which will be visible throughout tie United States on the I2th of HEebruaIy next. These calculations exhibit very minutely the path of the central eclipse, and of several of the digts, and inc phases of the eclipse at a large number of places in the U. $. The path of the ecllpseis still more clearly marked out upon a map of the U. States attached to the Almanac for the purpose.
 The central eclipse will enter the II. States from Mexico, and will pass through the states Of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the north part of Georgia and Soth Carolina, North Gar ollna and the south eastern parts of Virginia and Maryland; thence proceeding along the Atlan- tic at distance of 50 or 60 miles from Long Island, it will pass through the south eastern part of the island of Nantucket, and thence to Halifax in Nova Scotia. The unobscured part oi thesun will present an annular appearance at all places within about 5 miles on each side of this track, and the ring will become more of less uniform ii proportion as the place is nearer to the central track. The duration of ti,e als- nular eclipse, in places where 1t Is central, will be little over two minutes. The path of the annulareclipse will extend 10 the town of Chat ham in the countysof Ral,istable, but to no other part of the continent in the New-England states, and to 10 part of the Middle states ex- cept the southern extremity of New-Jersey and Delaware,
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-19

American claims o1 Frdace, prior to I807.- Al article ithe last humber of the North A- merlcan, throws some light on the subject of these claims:
 z The amount of the claims has been porten- tously overrated. They have been stated Oil the floor of the senate at 20tj millions of dollars. The instructions to general f'lnckney and his colleagues, stated them at fifteen millions; of this amount nearly four millions were paid uu- der the Louisiana convention Making this deduction and a fair allowance for exaggeration. three or four millions are probably the extent Iof what commission would award. It was the opinion of chief justice Marshall, expressed as one of the enyoys, that "if the enyoys re- nounced them or did not by an article in the treaty save them, the United Statesw would there | by become liable for them to her citizens From the beginning to the end of the neeocia- tion. France admitted the justice of the claims. and protessed her readiness 10 make indemnity to our citizens. This the American govern men declined to accept, becastse ibe Freisch coup led eih the recogntion of keir oaun claims un- der treaties with us. Our government proposed to buy of these French pFetensions to a very large sum of money, and it was unquestionabIy vast political object to be relieved from them. Fms OBJECT WIS EFFECTED SOLELY AND EN- n4RELy BY < REMuNER TON OF THESE CLAIMS. Napoleon Bonaparte who was at the head of the French government when this convention was negociated said at St. Helena. ..t the SUD- pression of the second article of the convention put an end to the privileges which France pos. sessed by the treaties of l77s, and admitted the Just claims which America might have made for injuries committed in times of peace.n
 Spain having in 1894, sought to eyade the obligation of certain claims for spoiiatons in her ports. on the ground that these were French Iacts, for which the United States had renounced indemnity, (and in this pretension Spain was backed by Franee0 Mr. Madison wrote to Mr. Pinekney thus:--
 ssThe claims from which France wasreleased. WERE ADMITTED BY FRANCE, and the RELEASE was for Dala,abie consideration. iss q f0rssspOndentreleQseof the Uaited States from eer- faia claims on thens.''
 The article thus concludes
 If something be not due 10 the claimants an- der this state of facts. the natural principles ol right are illusory, and the provision of the con stltuon is worthless. which pfeseribes that sspri. yate property shall not be taken for public use. without just compensatien.'' With what sense oi propTieiN can Americans complain of othe. fiatlons, when they will not do common justice to their own eitizeas-and are So lest to all the principles Of national honor2r
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-19

si9ppIs,g lie yflssal on SosSS1lay There are al- ready I.idlcationstaa great efforts arc to be be nlaae, at fi.c present. session oi congress, to arrest the progress ot the mall on Sunday. The New \ ork Evening Post thus alludes to the sub ject:
 :. The secular journals, its true, give no to- kens oi any preparations for this purpose; the friends of the measure do not appeal to the public through that medium. sNc must look for 1t in the religious newspap apers, xtensyely cifcu= lated through the community, and in the pro- ceedings of ecclesiastical assemblies, The ln1q- ence which those exercise over q very consider able portion of the community is exceedingly strong, and the concert of opinion and acton they produce, k scarcely equalled by the strict est discipline of political parties in times when party spirit is most jealous and ieryent. The opposers of Sunday mails, certainly have the ad- vantage in organization aud zeal, circumstances that will enable them to make appearance of strength; while on the other side, greatly su- peror as 1t IS in numbers, the feeling on the question is rather q negative one, a disineiina- ton to disturb all ;lrrangemnnt manilestiy mat ter of public necessity"
 The National G zette of Philadelphia con- menting on the above, recommends to the men- bers of Congress an article on the subject, eon taincd ill the fifteenth number of the American Quarterly Review. Exception may be taken to the theological part of the article, apart from the question ot the mails; but that question specially is argued in way which few unpreju- diced readers e3n resist. Congress cannot en- certain the subject in a religious or theological point of view.
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From the .ncso .laoafls,y .jIiaeazsaf.

sSkt From fhe -eeso .Hoathsy .jNagassaf. THIg FAITH Iais Lfs5ss.--By T. HAYNES DAyLy Come hither, 'tis thy fathor, boy!
 Receive him with kiss <s 0b. mother. lnether. do not jest
 On such q ttenle as fbis: Plough l was hut little child,
 How bitterly cried, And chung to thee in agony
 When my poor father died. Come, child this is nc time to weep,
 partake tisy inother's joy; he husband of ny cioiee Wih prove
 A parent to my boy. 9b. mother, mother, say notso,
 east 10 blame onthee, But you gay stranger cannot feel
 fathers love for me" ss Came. boy for thy sake . ssANo, mother5 net for mine, }. d., ot ask in all the world,
 One smile of love save thine Q say why is the widows veil
 So early thrown assde-- The hatefnl rumoris not truef
 Thou 9iltnot be q bride! ' Oh, mother. canst thou quite forget, How hand if land V C cfept To nag otcn hononr'd tather's bed, To watch him as lie slept; Aud do you not remember still
 His fond but feehle Sisslo - Alas! such thoughts but little suit \ day--of joy--like this" < Of joy! oh, mother, we must part, This is no home for me; cannot hear to breathe one word Of bitterness 10 thee. Ny father placed my hand in thine, And hade me love thee well, And how love, these tears of shame May eloquenily tell, ' Thou say St yon stranger loves thy child; see he strives to please But, mother, do not be his bride, ask 1t on my knees { used to listen to his voice With pleasure, confess But call him husband! and shrink Ashamed of lis carrese. - Had been younger when he died, Scarce conscious of his death, might, perhaps, have smiled to see Thy gems and bridal wreath; Afv memory would have lost tic
 50 very lightly hnk'd I!csigning that dear form, which now Is yividly distinct. Had been older-more inured
 To this worlds cold career, might have sought festival
 To check filial tear Gay hanners find gay followers-- But, from their station hur'd, The gay forget them, and pursue The next that Is nnfiirl'd d. E z Fl.at am sef an afee ta prize
 Tie being in whom blend The love and the solicitude
 Of Monitor and Friend He plapnd my boyish sports, and shared Mael joy and care felt, Andfanght my infant lips topray, Is ay his side knet, { ( Yet deen not mine an impious grief; No, mother. thou wilt own, With cheerfalness we spoke of him When we have been alone. Isnt Bring no otbe- fatherhere-- No. mother, we must part The feeling that I'm FatherIess Weighs heavy on my heart
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 Ihe age of Bronze.-ltisa sad time, whel brass Ca sort person6caton of elirontery shall successfully compete with the virgin ore, and thrust principle from its throne. When impa- tience shall pass for modesty, ribaldry for wit, Ialsehood for truth, and a d. solating and scourg- ing spirit of intolerance for the blessed creed which loves to dwell upon the virtues ot meek ness, iowliness and mutual forbearance. lncon- slstenc} appears to have become the most pop uiar basis ot morals, and q variance between ones profession and practice Is no longer con eeived to be irregular or disreputabe. To be of one opinion to-day, and of another tomorrow, shows an eApertness in trimming the saiis to te winds that shall draw forth unqualified admira- ton and applause. In short, the surest way to advancement, Is to become sort of human weathereoek, and, by proper liancy and sub- sefFiehcy to tie breeze, always contriyc to point to the right quarter. The oak, by its obstinacy was torn up by the roots, while the supple reed. by It's "boo-ng and boo-ne, escaped unseathea " hat boots t what principles we confess today? fire we Hot free? May We not change them to- morrow-foFa q e9n8ideratiea2 And if it should be charged upon US that we have deserted our faith, through love of lucre--the contamination of"base bribes '--cannot our modest merit laugh such imputaton to scorn? Nowadays, there k nothing easier than serving taeo masters; and ex- perence has shown that there are moneY-ehan- gers among us who have converted the holy tem pIeinto den ofthieyes, and at the same time, i1l- piously exclaimed with the Pharisec, s'Lord, thank thee that l am not like this man, publi- can and sinnern To violate one clause of the decalogue, seems, by the new code. to br venial, provided another is formally and rigidly observ- ed. He that is strict in the observance of keep ing the Lords day holy, we have it from the best Geputed) authority of these degenerate days. may commit fraud and peeulation upon his neighbor on the succeeding day, not only with mpunity, but even (God save the mark with applause! By and bye, perhaps, We srall hear of the confessedthicf extenuating and defending his enormties, on this newly established prnci- pie of morals, that, although he had violated one of the ten commandments, he had most scrupulously observed the remaining nine. Go to. The times are out of joint. ''Go mend, go mendw
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-09-06
DOME GpIGa
TRANQUILLITY RESTORFD,

~.
FoRFoLK, August 31.--To Capt Jas. s. Garrison
of the mounted Volunteers from this place and Ports
mouth who served in the late memorable expedition
against the Insurgent Negroes in Southampton we are
indebted for the following order of General Eppes an
nouneing the restoration Of tranquility in that section Of
country, late the of the most daring atrocities
ever Witnessed in our Sate.- While we rejoice that
peace and security Is restored TO that portion OF our fell
low citizens, whose homes have lately been invaded
by the footsteps of the muderous insurgents we must
be permitted TO mngle in the deep aud general sorrow
for their cadmtOus sufferings We cannot at the same
tine withhold meried tribute TO the gallant spirits of
our National Armament and Citizen Volunteers by
whose zeal and interchangeable exertions this happy re-
suit has been so promptly effected. fBeae0n.
HEAD QUARTERs, .
JeTusGien august 18th, 1881.
The commanding officer Of the detachment i'm ser.
vice in the Sh Brigade, has the pleasure TO announce
10 the troops under his command, and TO the citi-
of Southampton and particularly to that portion
Of its citizens residing in the neighborhood where the
violence has been done that there longer exists any
Of apprehension for the public safety the secur
" OF individuals. lie desires therefore, that the c-
zens AMI their families. who have assembled at the
Cross Keys seeking the protection he has been called
to Afford WIZ return to their respective places Of abode,
and that an slaves, ree negroes and muauOes that
p who are not charged with the offence Of rebellion
piracy 10 rebel, may be permitted TO 60 with
written authority, II deserved, 10 her homes or mas
ters; II any charged with crimes Of different cha
Tacter they will be sent 10 the most convenient rnagis
irate for examination and commitment, such other ne
cessary disposition made Of tbeTo tho law directs
The connapdi' ofieer deeply synpslbEes wi,h the
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THE ABINGDON CoNyeNT,ov

We hasten 10 lay before our readers the fire, d..
eecuings AMI The very valuable Report Of the Conmt,
p OF ihe Abingdon Convention. We received tbia
nePort IN an extra sheet on Saturday evening and ts
Importance VIII fully compensate us for the snsce Which,
u occupies III our paper We frankly confess ,bat
e hao no just idea of the great resources of our South
esterD Iouniry-snd that strongly as we were nre
Vousy disposed TO go for the Rail Road tbis Expso
confirms aud deepens attachment 10 Ills brancb n
our Internal improvements: w '' VI
RAILROAD CONVENTION
go I5e k'il. Read Convention 10 The result If vtn.. a.
ootsHons be community have looked forward vib dss
n's,e' sompsn lie session 10 ,iis ,oyyn a, hs NJ
'nonis' sDuteh' on Thur'day the 25,h ins F,orn IL
tePuauon ior talent and men of business pose,ssd
ey many members Of this body, We byspsak tbe CON.
nuehse OF our fellow befors hand i'm sov 80.
.u'o hsy may recommend. Col. James p f,,e
~ , 7Ppol' ted President Of he Convention -, It ~
q uioh. Efq Of NUg ua, and d.. Powell = ~ s. -
&C. 5,ales-mr RiVss preceded the ,o,,os,is 81
Soh ffes'on by bro and appropra,e d. ld So 1T,
ne auuusd IN he happiea tsFms IN ,hs ,,.a.,,sa,a
eDo Puohe sstViee' Of that gentl toar III psssJsn
s'et Deng ooDdus'ed TO she nsis s.t,,rtsdgsd 40 =
conferred Isoo tin ~ t <snsbiIhy The eisin ejsu
w. &C. P Pal. n,p 49,. Dy inc appointment
r..' M os''W' me pr oesetpss up 10 Frifsg II hals
q Ieor RS, rs,er T. we viii devJte airs5 - ion
sS,a, ~" ~ psPtl,h hesesssy, 70 he ,stoe We
be S9n'ih0ed ~ tas tot W, lei ave
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bio and unonendpg and while recommend visi-
lance 10 citizens, would ike wise re. e,tuiiy
suggest that they should not suH,r the present rxeis
men', to csu,e them to dsva'e trcr their -nsonsd
mild and mojeta ate treatment to the elves Tn. lima.
cent should not suHir account of IN, wisksd-uor
The just he eoufounded with the unjust.
learn from undoub,ei ao,hoi,v that the roper Of
murders having been commit ed In r,hamp,op is
ne wihou, foundation. Ii is said 10 hav. en- start
ed by white mao, fer some design unknown W,
ieain also ha, this Unptinepied wretch has paid
tor his "xhu.ssne's, by having several gun. wei
charged, flashed at hu--he hna result oil VIII eh us,
De- Readily cOni-ttur.J.
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wogs medlaeiy, aud az the soldiers began 10 Insult
the people, ard 10 disregard the civic guard composed Of
eiz ns the inhabitants gan TO think Of security, end
cons+q ceuty, great many fsmiiies retired board
the vessels in the ha'bour Yes=tdey the Legislature
and The RgsIey oh aimed 20 msrquise the ri y III.
tie, but God Knows how long quistness may continue
IL al AL. E'ery thing Is In a mousniui safe. Til.
county follows tho s'sP' of all Sp nih America.
Patriot
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VIZ we IssentoI nv e. GgEeffe, AuRusf st.
% H'o''e ''n'fy 'Pir he 'sys'sppsSr sS,s, "rse.S
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persuaded thnt were tho duty cheap ION
S a.o win tho deaf II would properly enlarge the field of
VINO use WINE, TO the expulsion whiskey Tho nto
oI very cheap vino St GooIgo my nsgbborhooi with.
past as quadruped in that number Of thoss
VINO seep VINO, and will long
wou 90 great gain TO tho Treasury % tho sor ~ ms
I JSgsrson % Mr. Cril.a June IsG5 }bS MAJ
Fs Jqsly remarks that oduc,oa OF tho doy on
wo should have will; ~, % 70 rance rs one which
oniy nst tho payment Of claim OF Reemaebais IL
onT ,os "a act OF justice which opinion Of many OF
by our ought rendered
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N1IFN'UI
State IF the Cholera at st Petersburgh
Remain from IL IL,
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Sra: Your comm nnicAtiop Of ~ Si1. e.,
ng 'be nsurree ion Of the blacks ia South ,upton r
w 'ni The suceor furnished from Fo,Irs,s Mon,as
~ compliance wrh TIE ssll made on you by The Msvop
&" NE Borough Of N0fitlk, has been reseiyeJ '''
have II IN command 10 express TO Won he .,G,.
SSu'lacron OF ihe T. esident aud Secretary o( Wa
ne pIomPiiuie Nth which you detached three con
TO- o' Arlhlsfy, under he command of Brsve,
Ls3' Vol worth, al the fequesi Of the civil az bo,io
80" ~ '1 9 abs and unforeseen oses.i,n
.o' 9t' very especially, your obsd.snt servant,
To 81 H., h.. r. JONES, AdJt GsneraI.
Commanding Fortress Moo,os ",
UT NE Eaerton ~ CO. OqFeae, Apeusf 81.
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49, MO DE JANEtRo, lin July, 1881 I
aver ibe Enpsfor's abdiealon and conssonent d.
bly, quiet until the IS inst ghsn the ,ni,i, If ;s
Aon became vi'ibls in ,hs troop, Of he gsr,is,r
"n,th sfe oi sourse composed Of mixed rscs az mn
"''''' o'Sf" sod white msn.--Teffor spread rs
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-09-23

Conradictions.--Ma are taught that at
the death of Hiram AbiH, there were but three
persons in the world in possession Of the
masters word. Yet there were 5000 masters
employed in the building of the Temple, be-
sides many mark masons, and that masonry
was always the same; they are also taught that
three fellow crafts conspired TO extort the
masters word from Hiram AbiH. that they
might be able to get wages as master masns
lin foreign countries; but how was the masters
word to benefit them, when it was unknown
Ito all the world but the three grand masters?
Hon. John @. Adams it is said. is prepar-
ing for the Press the life of his father-also
new version of the Psalms of David, We
are interested when this great statesman
speaks of politics, or of any individual who has
6gured in political life. Tie life of his ia
Their will be work of great importance in
completing a true history Of the last half CEN
turv, and will be rendered doubly so by his
eloquent pen; but we have no faith in his poe
try-still less in his divinity--and must believe
he is out of his true element in such an under
ltaking.-Sun.
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POETRY


IT'S Friendships pledge, my young fair friend,
Nor thou the gilt refuse,
Nor unwilling attend
The moralizing muse.
Since thou in all thy youth and charms,
Must bid the world adeu,
"A world 'gainst peace in constant arms)
10 join the friendly few
Since, thy gay morn Of life DER cast.
Chill came the tempest's loweri @
land ne 'er nisfortune's eastern blast
Did nip the iairer flower.
Since LIES gay scenes must charm no more,
Still much is left behind
sin nobler wealth hast thou in store,
The COMFORTS Of the mind!
Thine is the self-approvng glow,
On conscious honor's part;
And dearest gift OF Heaven below,
Thine friendships truest heart
The joys refund Of sense and taste,
With every Muse to
And douby were the Poet blest
These joys could he improve. D.,