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The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-16
THE CORN FLOWER WREATH.
Translated from the German by Mrs Goodwin

Translated from the German by Mrs. Goodwin.
 A wreath of corn-howers was once the cause of short quarrel between Henry and Ernest, two boys who had before this loved each other like brothers, and played together in the greatest harmony.
 Ernest had exposed himself to the noon- day-sun, while he gathered the flowers from the sides of the corn-felds, where they grew in profusion. As he collected them, he brought them by handfulls, and put them in the shade under large towering linden.
 Henry lay stretched on the grass in the cool shade under the tree, and as Ernes grass, he took them, and lazly braided 6 beautiful wreath He did his work so neat ly, that all the stems were hidden in the cen ire, and the starry flowers presented them selves on the surface. The wreath was just completed as Ernest returned with his last handful of corn-aowers.
 ssThese flowers all belong to me-" said he, when he saw what Henry had been doing .sSee how the sweat drops from my hair have been all over the fields in the burn ing sun, to gather them, while you here, ir tlC COOi Ol tlCOt lluNO DCCii otiCtCll- ed out on your back, brading them together This has been very pleasant tamusementfol you, dare say, but although you have made free with my flowers, which brought here to keep them from willing, you have no righ to rob me of them"
 s'The wreath Is mine, certainly" said Hen ". ssIt would be a strange thing for you tc take my beautiful wreath, because you brought few corn flowers from the fields. coult have easily picked them myself if they hat not lain here. iFhe flowers in the fields be- long to every one, and any one may pick them; but to braid their stems neatly togeth- CT, and make crown like this, requires 8 talent which you do not possess. So let il rest there; the corn-aower wreath is my work, and 1t must be mine."
 While they were disputing, a little girl o theiracquaintance came skipping along path which led up from the brook where she had been washing her pleasant face in the eleal water. The boys called her to stop. She was a favorite with both, for she possessed the gentleness of lamb, with the sprightli- ness of bird. She came to the spot, an( was requested to judge between the two would-be-proprietors of the wreath.
 ssHow neatly this wreath is made,n sai6 she, holding it up on her little hand, ano looking at 1t pleasantly. How sweet ane 1 beautiful these fresh corn-howers are Yes terday, my brothers made me a wreath O roses and violets, but is was not so pretty as this.n
 While she was speaking she took the straw hat from her head, and drew the wreath gent ly over her hair, which hung in long, light brown ringlets, over her clean, bright fact and neck.
 The clear blue of the flowers we'll became Caroline's modest beauty, and both wert pleasing for the contrast. Ernest and Henry both fixed their eyes upon her, and forgo J their dispute, while they thought the garlant
The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-16
MusIC-ITs INFLUENCE.

WHO He CT ldtI leit Her Hdiiu dSSudSlNt Sledl
 Along his heart, that heart can never feel.''
 Who is there that hath not experienced the soft blandishments of sweet music steal ing OCT his soul, and moving it to holy aspi- rations? The veriest villain upon earth can not withstand its influence Many time and oft has the hardened, reckless criminal been seen to brush away tear from his rough cheek when listening to its soft and melting strains. We are lulled to sleep in our infant days by the melodies of a parents voice for full well the mother knows the gentle and soothing influence of music and sweet sounds upon her tender offspring In riper years, ifs power still moves us, ever awakening the tender sensibilities of the heart. In the house E of God, when old age and tender youth bend side by side in humble adoration to the grea Parent of all, how thrill the organ's notes upon the heart, seeming the very tongue of Heaven speaking in deep and touching strains to earth's offspring. There is close alliance between music and religion.
 What were poetry without music' It is the medium through which poetry has ever wrought its chief efiects-they are insuper- able. How many emotions are there indi- genous to the human breast that can only find vent in song Man could never have been without 1t, else he would not have possessed the soul capable of such emotions Our earliest knowledge of the first tribes of the earth shows us that they were no strangers to the art divine. Music has found an early home through all the world: even the wild Indian has his chant, his war song and his death song. Let us duly appreciate an art which is so peculiarly calculated tc add to our happiness, to assist in the cultiva- ton of the better feelings of the heart; let Us cultivate an amusement so rational and inno- cent, thereby adding to the pure quiet, fire side enjoyments of home
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE DEVOTED WIFE.

was beautiful girl. Wheu first saw he was standing by the side of her To- the marriage altar. She was slightly Eyet ever and anon, as the ceremony eded, a faint tinge of crimson crossed heek, like the reflection of sunset upon the clear waters of lake. Her as he clasped her hand within. his own, on her for a moment with unmingled ahon, and the warm eloquent blood wed at intervals his manly forehead, Pelted into beauty on his manly lips.
 lhey gave themselves to one another presence of heaven, and every heart , them as they went their way rejoic- their love.
 ars passed on, and l again saw these
 lhey were seated together where gut ol summers sunset stole through al' closed crimson curtain, lending a 'il' 10 the carpeting, and the exquisite 'iSiilhents of the rich and glorious apart as mas slightly changed them in out appeafance. The girlish buoyancy of ,r nao indeed given place to the grace nI rsg' @omanhood, and her lip was some Pa'ef' and a faint line of care was per ~ oll her brow. Her husbands brow, ss marked somewhat more deeply than had hI'sn' warrant; anxiety, ambition and
 a' grown over, and left their trace up of S.lVer hue was mingled with the sa,: l HIS hair, almost to badness. He .Allillg on a splendid ottoman, with ', ,has alall II, hidden by his hand, as if he
 alal the deep and troubled thoughts es pp'essed him were visible upon his N a'd' You are i'll tonight" said his {idlbau aow sweet half inquiring voice, as ;sJ 's ler hands upon his own.
 ss aence from those we love is terrible sas asi'iVe bosom. It is as if the sun of nna sauseo Its wonted cheerfulness, and ]ap.a apon us with cold, dim and forbid bs;;u se' It IS dreadful to feel that the k,b'. s oi our love refuses to ask our Ky Ky -'hat he broods over the feelings Lv '1 ', scorns or fears to reveal-dreadful -tba conclusive features and gloomy bn ~ :, ilaeiinable shadows of hidden wo ,sie involuntary sigh of sorrows in tter a'o a.e iorhldden to participate, whose VI we cannot know.
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tWice as pretty on her head as 1t was before.
 " our wreath pleases me well, said she. ''and l should like to wear it home; but if you, either of you, feel unwilling to part With t, come and take it off my head.''
 Keep it, and wear 1t till it is withered,' , said Ernest; tell your sisters it is gift from men
 1"Ihat is mistake" said Henry, :sthe wreath was made by me, Caroline. Keep it and say 1t IS present from Henry''
 "Y ou are quauelsome,n said the young judge; s'the wreath belonged to both, and you have both given 1t to me. shall tell them at home that it is a present from Ern- est and Henry, the two constant friends This is the work of friendship, one hand placked the flowers, and the other braided them together into this most beautiful of all crowns, which l shall wear as long as I can by any means keep it alive. l leave you my thanks to divide equally among you.'
 With these words she threw kiss from her little hands between them, and taking two wild rose-buds from her bosom, she gave one to each of the boys, and skipped away calling over her shoulder, eremember, boys, your disputes are all settledn
 A WORD OF ADVICE TO FEMALEs.-We publish the following extract, for the benefit of our fair readers, from the writings of Mrs. Ellis
 sAs the time of your marriage draws near, you will naturally be led with ease and plea sure into that kind of unlimited confidence with the companion of your future lot, which forms in reality the great charm of married life But even here caution IS required !; for though all the future, as connected with all the past must belong to others. Never, therefore, make 1t the subject of your conf- denta1 intercourse to relate the history of your former love affairs, if you have had any. It is bad to allude to them at all, but espe- cially SO, under such circumstances; and al though such details might serve to amuse for the moment, they would, in all probability, be remembered against you at some future time, when each day will be sufficiently dark ened by its own passing clouds. With re- gard to all your other love affairs, then, let 'by-gones be by-gones' It could do no good whatever for you to remember them :; and the more you are dissociated from every other being of his own sex, the more will the mind of your husband dwell upon you with unalloyed satisfaction. On the other hand, let no ill-advised curiosity induce you to pry too narrowly into his past life as re- gards affairs of this nature. However close your inquiries, they may still be batfled by evasion; and if t be an important point with you, as many women profess to make 1t, to occupy an unsullied page in the affections of your husband, 1t is wiser and safer to take for granted this fattering fact, than to ask whether any other name has been written on that page before.o
The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-16

Intelligence and Virtue-intelligence and virtue afford the only security for the pros perity of states and nations, as well as indi- viduals. They constitute the pillar of fire and of cloud which must accompany the onward march of the human race to civiliza- ton and happiness. To add to the aggre- gate of moral and intellectual attainment, is to accelerate mans progress, and should be regarded as the special mission of every hu man being. The careful discipline of the mind secures a fund of enjoyment which is diffusable in it's nature, and permanent in it's duration.
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ALL SORTS OF KlN.-A widower at Cam den, who was not very young, became shit ten by young and beautiful girl, and mar ried her A short time after, the son of this man by former wife, became also in love, not with younger person, but with the mo- ther of the fathers new wife, widow lady still in the bloom oflife. He offered himself, and soon the young man and the widow were united in the bands of matrimony; so that ill consequence of these two connexions father became the son in-law of his own son, and the wife not only the daughtes-in-law of her own son in-law, but still more the moth- in-law, of her own mother, who is herself the daughter-in-law of her own daughter, while the husband of the latter is the father in-law of his mother-in-law,a and father-in- law of his own father. Singular confusion
 may arise, fchildren should spring from these
 pecuiarmarr iages. OldPoper.
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From ..Me .q,upy and Napy Chronicle

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The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01
TARIFF BILL TAKEN IT'D

In the House of Representatives on The 92u,
ultimo, Gen. Mckay, Chairman of the COM,
tee of Ways and Means, rose and stated ,b,, r'
would now make the motion of which ba ,o..
days since gave notice-that the House resoIr.
itself into Committee of the Whole or tho .,
of the Union, for the purpose of takino -, i
Tariff bill, The motion prevailed by the foo,
ing vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Atkinson, BeIse- po,..
James A Black, Blackwell, Bower Bowlin, Bovd IVt I
lI! BnnkeThoif. Wm J. Brown, Burke, Burt, Csiiws
CatlIn. Reuben Chapman, Augustus A. CHAPMAN C
pell. Clinton, Cobb, Coles, Cross, CuIom Dan, mp
iel, John W. Davis, Douglass, DromgooIe Dnou nn'
Dunlap, Elmer, Ficklin, French Byram Green DOp H.
Hammett, Haralson, Henley, Herrck, Holmes H"a H,a
hopkins, Houston, Hubbard, Hubbell. Hughes HnGs'
ford James B. Hunt, Jameson, Cave johnson 4D4E
Johnson, George w. Jones, Andrew Kennedy po"
King, Labranche, Leonard, Lewis, Lucas ivon NJ.
Causlen, Maclay, McClelland, Clernand, ,McConnaI
McDo~eIl, MCKAY. Mathews, Joseph Morris, Murphy
Norris, Owen, Payne, Petit, Emery D. Potter P,a
Pnrdy, Rathbun, David S. Reid Redng, R4ls Pb.'
Roberts, Robinson, st. John, Thos H. Seymour SIM
Simpson, Slldell, Thomas Smith, Robert Smith Ss,'
rod, Stetson, John Stewart. Stiles, Stone, Strong Tr
or, Thompson, Tibbatts, Weller, Wentworth WHEAT:
Woodward, and Joseph A. Wright-IO4
NAYs-Messrs Abbot, Adams, Ashe, Baker, B,n.
ger, Barnard, Bidack, James Black Brengle, Brodbe
Milton Brown J. Brown, Burlington, J. E. Cary, e.
CranstOn. Darragh. Garrett Davis, Richard D. Ds5l
De5erry. Delet, Dickey Dickinson. Ellis, FarIee Fa
Florence, Foot, Foster, Giddings, Willis Green, G1gi
nell. Grider. Hardin. Harper, Hays, Hudson, Wasfr;
ton Hunt, Charles J. Ingersoll, Joseph R. IngersoI
vim, Jenks Perley B. johnson, John P Kennedy. DAM
P: King, McIlvaine, Marsh, Edward Morris MosI
Moseley, Mes, Newton, Parmenter, Patterson PeytaI
PhGnix, Elisha Po ter. Preston Ramsey. Cbarls,Nl
Reed. Ritter. Rockwell, Rodney, Rogers, RUSSELL Sal
pie, Schenck, Senter, Severance David L. Seymm
Albert Smith, John F. Smith, Caleb B. Smith Syera
Stephens, Andrew Stewart. Summers Thomssson 7. y
den, Tyler, Vance. Vanmeter, Vinton, Wethered Whit
Williams, Winthrop, William Wright and Yosl-94
The House then went into the consideration
the bill. The first motion to amend the bill i
committee was made by Mr.. G. J. IngersoI, wb] .
proposed to postpone the period mentioned inh
first section for the commencement of its Operain
from the first of September TO the first Of JanulF
next No alteration was made The dEcuSE|
on the bill was opened by Messrs Owen aa
Wright. II.
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.

The elections in Virginia took place on Thurs
day last. We give below all the returns that
have come TO hand:
WAigs-Richmond City /, Petersburg /, Hen
rico /, Hanover 1, Caroline /, spOusylvania /,
King George /, Fairfax 1, Berkely 2, Jefferson 2,
Morgan /, Norfolk, 3, Princess Anne /, Essex /,
Cumberland l, Charles City /, Albemarle 2, Cul,
pepper l, Powhattan l, making in all twenty -four.
Democrats Stafford l, Chesterfield l, Frederick 2,
Elizabeth City /, King and Queen l, Amelia l.,
GoochIand 1, Louisa l, Orange l, Greensvills
l, King William l, making twelve. No news
from the Congressional elections. The democrats
have no doubt carried the State
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01

o. The 'sStsndard'' will only own one CONVERSE
during Mr. CLAWS visit. We are not UerdaH snOs5
to give names, though We could do So but are quite Vi.
ling to wait the result at the Polls II the "Sands
acknowledges TO O9le have doubt the public VOL
think US quite excusable in claiming tlCenty
Regi,tG
I There is no necessity for any extra exhibited
of uerdancy" We have had enough Of then
already. But we defy the Editor to give n'na
Where are your changed men, Mr.. tdda
Will you be good enough to put your finger
even one? That you are entitled to The PsFS
who bought up pigs for the barbecue we adm
but where are the tsOenty you would c0n'a
yourself so excusable in claiming"7
The Editor is quite tull of incidents" n
interesting anecdotes" in tarOr Of Mr. Clay, v
he has not so much even as "broad streaS
light" against him. Did he see that welS
and open-browed democrat who visited Mr. "
at the residence of the Governor? And did Y
hear what took place between them2 II lhs'
not, Mr.. Badger did and by the way is mol
first time that same democrat has 0st0nIstsd u
Badger. AS soon as our honest democratic Hs1
was introduced, Mr.. Clay recognized him. ~
sir" said he, remember to have seen yOu"'
time since in Kentucky-you stopped atmy O'D
and remember distinctly that you told met ethsp'l
would not vote for me-" avery true" T''P'1
ed the democrat continued he, "F,
me to say, MIR. Clay, that 1 heard all your sps {
on Saturday last, and that 1 am still d''''"' 2
not to cote for yoas." II
The truth is, land the Register kno"'H
any changes whatever have occurred, they d,
favor of the democratic party. We heard '''y
intelligent Wings confess that they were nO'
disappointed in MIR. Clay's speech, but ID"
disapproved of his going over the country ".
ing votes. The Register knows that 'n'
effect Mr.. Clay produced upon the delDos
party was, to stir them up to sense oil Ou! ii
renewed exerLion, and to confirm and ss''I
them in their devotion to their principles.
we are as willing as the Register IS 10 aOl'
result at the polls; and the polls will Sno"'
the State which gave Gen. Jackson mO'
twenty thousand majority, will never cas'
for Henry Clay. There" swallow thai I'd
the oath out-as the representative OF MI
said to Mr. Rathbun on the floor OF ConS'''
~ No news of importance by the 'D
yesterday.
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are indispensable TO his progress in bps;n.
lie gets them free Of duty! But does tbo :
mer want salt to put in his bread to pive ., "t al
cattle, or to put on his pork D. He NAV bo us
-ehi yes, he may have it-but he must na'
it tax of one hundred per cent? Does ba pDy y On
iron to point his plough, to mend his axes "Sa
shoe his horses2 He may have it. bpt So. " 10
Clay tariff makes him pay on that aso OD'
hundred per cent =kI These are facts o.S. '
stating them we defy contradiction U
We might go on for hours in showiDo ,b
Gus and oppressive character ofthe pressnt WI
This, then, farmers of North CaroIin. ;" '"'lA
protection which Mr. Clay would ovo " u'
Will you have it2 If you will, vote for iS:| SU|
and shout for his leaders and sub-leader. o.5' I"'
on the badges; and "t1at same old COON ~. p"
has been called by his friends, will thanh w.,
it will tell you that you are honorable ma, ,'0 %
descant upon the Mecklenburg DecIsrationn vii vii
The Benefits of home-market; and tell Won :" "D'
live upon your honor. Still, however, Won "
not forget-for we intend to keep soundnn 4" :.
your ears-that while those whom Mr. CI.S
needs protection, are realizing from f,n'
millions of capital eighty millions of rro6ts '."
who he says need no protection, are daiIv ho:"
ing poorer and poorer-losing every tkinc ~,
gaining nothing.
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The people of Mecklenburg
county, in this State, held a Meeting on Wednes-
day last on the subject of Annexation. The JEFF
fersonian says the leader of federalism in that
county (Hon. William Davidson) came into the
Meeting and denounced the project of annexation
as "political plot to catch wings and make capi-
tai for John TyIerP Notwithstanding this. how
ever, and other efforts of certain Federalists to
prejudice the minds of the people against the
measure, ga Meeting (says the same paper) COM
posed of nearly an equal number of Wings and
Democrats, adopted the strong preamble and reso-
utions in favor of the annexation, with only three
or four dissenting voices" We shall publish the
proceedings of the meeting next week.
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

In Senate, on the 23d April, the postage bill
was taken up That provision of it requiring all
the publishers of papers to keep register or list
of all papers sent by mail, and to certify and re.
turn the same quarterly 10 the Postmaster Gener.
al, was stricken out. We are glad of that.
In the House, on the same day, tho tariff bill
was discussed, and rencontre took place between
Messrs. White and Ralhbun, for an account OF
which see another column.
Wednesday, April "a, 1874
The Senate, today, resumed the consideration
of the bill reducing the rates Of postage and re-
gulating the franking privilege. The proposition
OF Mr.. Archer, as modified on the suggestion of
Mr.. Simmons to strike out the 9th section of the
bill, and to amend the 9th section by providing
that members of both Houses of Congress and
delegates from the Territories shall be authorized
to frank and receive letters n manuscript not ex.
ceeding half an ounce in weight in the recess of
Congress, was discussed for some time by Messrs
Buchanan, Wright, and Merrick, in opposition to,
and by Messrs. Archer, Sewer, Simmons, and
Haywood, in favor of its adoption. The effect of
this proposition, if adopted, would have been to
continue to members of Congress the franking
privilege as 1t now exists, except as to The weight
of the manuscript-the maximum weight for that
privilege under the present law being tive ounces
The proposition was rejected, however, on yeas
and nays, by vote of &c to IL. The bill was a.
mended in several particulars; the most important
of which was on the motion of Mr.. Evans to
make the stamps to which each member of Con-
gress is entitled by its provisions for each and
every day of the session of Congress, and for
thirty days before and after its meeting, current in
all parts fthe United States-or, in other words,
allowing to them five stamps per dav. valued at
twenty-five cents each, instead of fifteen cents each.
This amendment was adopted by vote of 40 to
l. The bill was finally ordered to be engrossed
for third reading by vote, on yeas and nays,
of 90 to Ii. The District bank bill was then
made the order Of the day for Friday next: and
the Senate adjourned
In the House, the day was consumed in Com
mittee OF the Whole on the tariff bill. There
were some half dozen speeches delivered, mainly
on the protective system, and its advantn ges and
disadvantages.
1HHrsday april IS. 1914,
Both Houses of Congress adjourned today al
an early hour, as testimonial of respect for the
memory of the Hon. Peter E. Bossier. late
representative from the State of Louisiana, who
died at his lodgings in Washington on the 24th
April. His death was announced in the House
by Mr.. SlideIl, and in the Senate by Mr.. Johnson
each of whom pronounced an appropriate eulogy
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01

COlored Lights. The Raleigh Register in
forms US that on the evenings of Friday and Satur-
day, during Mr.. Glars sojourn in that city, the
party used colored lights to illumiate it, This is
quite natural. The same party used 6luslights
in old Connecticut during the war; to give signals
to the enemy. Old DominiOn.
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01

10 Our political opponents are again busy
and furious in their assaults upon US. We defy
them all, from Brownlow down to The Little
Blower, and from the latter up to the responsible
leaders of the party. These attacks upon US fur
nish the best evidence that we are doing our duty
to the people. "You may know the wounded
pigeon. by their futtering."
The North-Carolina standard., 1844-05-01

~ Judge Henry Baldwin {says the Globe of
the 22d ultimo) one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States, died in Philadelphia
on the 2lst April, of paralysis in the 65th year
Of his age. He was appointed Judge of the Sup
RENE Court by General jackson fourteen or fifteen
years ago.
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~ The Democratic Association Of Rolesville
will meet at RolesviIIe on Saturday next. seve-
raj speeches, we understand, are expected
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H- The Democratic National Convention for
the nomination Of President and Vice President,
will NEE. ia Baltimore on the 9th of May.
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on the character of the deceased. Both Houses
adjourned to attend his funeral tomorrow
The Senate did not sit on Saturday. The
House was engaged that day in discussing the
Tariff Bill.
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~ Mr.. Chappell, of Georgia, is the only
Wing in the House of Representatives who seems
to be favorable to the Tariff bill introduced by
Gen. M'Kay. He is on the Committee of Ways
and Means, voted :or reporting the bill, and has
uniformly voted ever since for taking it up.
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that the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis has been appointed
by the Cover nor Sf Alabama 10 fill the vacancy
in the Senate occasioned by the resignation of
Col King.