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From an English Periodical.
HORRORS OF WAR.

Nobody sees battle. The soldier fires away
amid smokemst, or hurTes on to the charge in
a crowd which hides every thing from him. The
officers are too anxious about what they are
specially charged with to mind what others are
djing. The commander cannot be present every
where, and see every wood, wa;ercourse or ravine
in which his orders are carried Ilto execution.
He learns from reports how the work goes on. 1t
is well for battle is one Of those Jobs which
do without daring TO look upon. Over miles of
country, at every fed fence, in every gorge of
valley, or entry ino wood, there is murder COM
mtted-whoesale, continuous, reciprocal murder
The human form-God's image--is mutilated,
deiormed, lacera,ed in every possible way, and
wi tn every variety OF torture. Tie wounded are
joted off in carts to the rear their barred nerves
crushed into maddening pain at every stone or rut;
or the flight and pursuit trampe over them, leaving
them to writhe and roar without assistance; and
fever and thirst the most enduring Of painful sem
sations, possess them entirely. Thirst, too, has
seized upon the yet able bodied soldier, who, with
bloodshot eyes and tongue loIling out, plies his
-blasphemlng, killing with savage delight,
caous when the brains of his best loving comrade
are scattering over him. The battlefield is, if
possible, more painful object of contemplation
than the combatants. They are in their vocation,
earning their bread-what will not men do for
shilling day! But their work is carried on amid
the field, garden and homestead OF man unused to
war. They who are able have fed before the
coming storm, and left their homes. with all that
habit and happy associations have made precious,
to bearits brunt The poor the aged, the sick, are
left in the hurry to be killed by ay shots, or beat
en- down as the charge and counter charge 20 over
them. The ripenine grain is trampled down; the
garden is trodden into black mud; the fruit trees
bending beneath their luscious; load are shattered
by The cannon shot Churches and private dwell
ngs are used as fortresses aid ruined in the con-
fict Barns, and stack yards catch fire, and the
contlagration spreads on all sides AT night the
steed sstabled beside the altar and the weary hon.
icides of the day complete the wrecking of houses
to make their lairs for slumber. The fires of the
bivouac complete what the fires kinded by the bat
tie have left unconsumed. The surviving soldiers
march on to act the same scene over again else
where; and the remnant ofthe scattered inhabitants
return to find the mangIed bodies of those they had
loved amid the blackening ruins OF their homes,
to mourn with more agouiziug griefover the miss
ing, Of whose fate they uncertain-to feel them
selves bankrupts ofthe worlds stores, and look
from their children to the deiolite fields and gar
dens, and think oifaminc and peshence engender.
ed by the rotting bodies of the halihuried myriads
1fslain,
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VOLUME EI. NUMBER 81.

slry for US to anticipate; and whose difficulties II
will be competent for our enlightened successors
in the worlds business to manage. The great
science of the wealth of nations, as discovered by
Adam Smith, being developed abroad, will react
Oh the prosperity of this country, accelerating its
ratio of production, and consequently OF increase
of population. immigration, which, up to this
time has merted consideration in these calcula-
tions for the future need not be minded, the doub
ling process beng so vast in its results as to
diminish the force of such influence.
IT, then, it be allowed that population will go
on to double itself for many years, as we have
endeavored to show, il will produce much greater
results than are anticipated.
The population ir the United States was, in
194O II 600 ,O00 IN 1862 it will be $4,000, 900;
10 1881, 70 600 ,OO0 in 1906, 1862 900 900; in 1925
3OS, 900, ,OOO in 1850, GIG 900 900; in 1885, ,2OO
600 600.
1t is not necessary to extend this calculation
We have not yet ascertaned the limits OF this
country; we do not know its resources in all the
arts which contribute TO the support of life. But
with such population, all national and municipal
efforts and achievements would be Of correspond
ing extent. Cities, whose grandeur and glory
defy parallel, will be spread over it. Design,
aided by intellect and wealth, fortified by every
conceivable meals, and working for the highest
ends Of communities, will take the place of acci-
dent poverty or ignorance, which now rule
Magniticence and economy of plan, rapidty of
creation, mmensity of detail and aggregated spen-
dor of multform combination, will mark public or
municipal works. Millions Of men, with hearts
bent on some good and great purpose, can at once
be concenrated. Aided by incaculahle riches,
enthusiastic efforts, and the assurance or expert
ence, they may set our prcceIeuts at defiance in
the same way we set al defiance those of the first
settlers. The wonderful silver lamp of the necro-
mancer is but an allegory of the power Of riches
commanding great agents. The work of centu-
ry now cn in the future be thrown into a few
years, Great capitals ard their tributaries can
then be reared by force, rapidly and Certainty.
greater than ancient Rome, whith took seven
hundred years to build, can. ay, will be built IN
seven years All sense and work being devoted
TO peace, intercourse, and production. society will
be like the swelling ocean tide, casting Up pearls
on the shore It's riches and beauties will suppress
our circle of present inf>rences, We must take
the principle of extension; and fearless of its re-
suits, we shall solve this problem.
The dogma Of distance IS it affects the mind, is
already annihilaed in the magnetic telegraph An
agent which circles the world several times each
second is now to be made the common carrier Of
thought. II neither swea.s nor pants, breaks down
nor expodes, but, like an ethereal spirit, il bears
far and wide its immortal message. An empire
of twelve hundred millions will be bound in such
a chain of love and gt
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led master of his fortune, which he speedily squan-
dered and when it was gone he lived for some
time by the exercise of his wits, and by preying
on all who were sufficiently credulous to conilde
in him. At length, having exhausted every re-
source-when no man of honor would speak to
him, and no usurer lend him marvedi at any rate
of nterest-he had, by an unworthy artifice, dup
ed the very last person who took any interest in
him, out of few hundred dollars, and taken ship
at Vera Cruz for Europe.
It's scarcely necessary to add, that the letter of
credit was forgery.
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NIGHT, OH, THE NIGHT FOR ME!

BY J. 8. DU soLLE.
I love not the care-footed hours -1r
Ofday, though they beautiful be;
For night with its dew-drinking flowers,
Is lovelier far to me.
The earth is then hushed in its gladness,
And mirth, like wild bird, goes free;
1t hath no room in il for sadness
So night, oh, the night for me!
The sunlight hath TOO much of brightness;
Its shadows too deeply are thrown;
Damp'ning the hearts timid lightness,
And dimming its musical tone.
The day is for toll and for treason,
For wickedness wide as the sea;
But night is loves own gifted season,
So night, oh, the night for me!
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BY JAMES r. MORRIS,
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
Is pbBLrsHEp EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
BY J. r. MORRIS.

TERMS 81 so per aDnum in advance; $500
ifpaid within six months; $3.50 ifpad within the
year. and $500 if payment be delayed until after
the expiration of the year.
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option of the editor, until all arrears are paid
fs5- All communications sent by mail must be
postpaid.
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Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-02-29

pa,ronize the grog shop their proprle-
tors would have 10 60 into some other
employment" The responsibility o.
supporting these "men with heads on
their shoulders" within the main, rest
on the people Of Burlington.
We have no space to say what we
should like to say in conclusion. Judge
WILLIAMS is remarkable man. Wi'h
a diversity Of talent that is truly won
derful, he gives tina, talent and all the
energy Of his character. right dlrec.
ton in behalf Of every good word and
work. He is christian, philanthro'
pist and patriot, and although cppos.
ed to US politically, we love him-al
must love him-and well may Bloom.
ington and the people Of the second
District be proud Of him. Would ia
heaven that we had many such men In
our Territory.
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A Band of Renagades and PO-
litiCal AdveMturers.''

And who think you, reader. are thus des
ignated bv the Pittsburg Aurora and by tho
Globe las Il copies the article)? The names
of the individuals are given as follows
.the Hon. Willie P. Mangum, the Hon. Dan
iel Webster and Messrs Barrow, Choate
Crittenden, and Rives, Of the Senate Gen
Scott, Of the army" These are the mer
when the editor of the Aurora and the edit
or Of the Globe thus designate:
"These are the opponents" they say,
against whom the Democracy are to bat.
tie. We cannot 60 into the strife
"W it'll the true Joy that warriors feel
In foemen worthy Of their steel"
Against band Of renagades and political
adventurers we are to enter the lists-led
it 10 true, by an illusttious name, but whose
supporters are but sordid mercenaries, and
whose own glories have been furnished by
treachery and Dad faith. Daniel Webster
who. less than two years ago, openly assail
ed the character Of the Kentucky States
man, now binds himself to his car. w. C.
Rivcs, traitor TO the friends who gave him
his early eminence, fights with halter
round his neck; and Gen. Scott, himself a
disappointed aspirant, enlists as an inferior
where he wished to lead. These are the
men who, ut diplomatic dinner, pledged
themselves to support the hopes Of Clay
and arranged beforehand the spoils of victo
ry."
Do these public libellsrs Of some Of the
most distinguished men in the nation--men
who have won their way to fame and sta
lion by pre.eminent talents and important
public services, expect their wholesale SIAN
hers to be believed by single honest and in
.elligent man in the United States? Why
lust a. soon would perjured villain be
credited who should swear there was not q
nan in the community except himself wor
ny OF belief upon oath, or notorious :rul
rho should testify that there was not a
xirtuous woman in tho world save herself
Such Wholesale denunciations carry the;,
own refutation with them it is as II s.ths
father of lies" were testifying against those
he could neither tempt nor int,midate.-
Wash. Standard.
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In \ BAD Bo1.-The Candidates Of
the Democracy are in a bad box-s
very bad box indeed. II they advo-
cate the doctrine of Protection, the
Locofocos will reject them, and if they
denounce it they are sure 10 be reject.
ed by the people.-Cley Bugle.
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WING MEETING

The undersigned would resPectiu,'l !.
commend to the Wings Of the To~nsn'p''
meet in Burlington, on the evening Of ~"
day, the 4th of March, in the me'0S'L :,
Church, at o'clock, for the PufP0 "
farming
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CLAY CLUB.

A full meeting Of the Wings = oe''.'
but all, OF all parties, are invited toa''s'-
Februarv %. 1874.
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Mr ]. Fl. CLAY Vt DD.
Again, il Mr. Clay is hostile to the settlers
on the public lands. why did he vote for the
redemption law of 1871, which, let it be
remembered, is the only permanent, prospec-
the la,o, erer passed By Congress7 Why
die he vote large and liberal grants Of land
to the new States, and why has he devot-
ed the best years of his life, to his favorite
policy Of Distribution Why has he evin.
ced so much zeal and ardour, in behalf Of a
measure, which enables the new States.
without the burthen of taxation, 10 carry
ON their works OF Internal Improvement,
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IR,o NDan.eEafs ;aEaal essgarIinEls.

MRs. WALKER, late of Fort Smith, proposes 1VG 10 open school for children, in the house lately occupied by the Rev. Mir. Williams Con Scott street. at as early day as circumstances will ad- nit It is expected that all the necessary arrange ments will be completed during the present week, and that by Monday next she will be prepared to receive pupils.
 Mrs Walker has had considerable experience in teaching the various branches of English together with the French language, and Msic,-haying been thus engaged for several years past both in England and in the United States. She is provided with slactory testimonials of character and qualification from private individuals and heads of seninaries, whom she has served in her profession; and brings recommendations from gentlemen at Fort Smith who are equally well known and esteemed in this city. She proposes for the present, however, to supply desideratum by contining herself chiefly to small children in school but will be happy to give private lessons, or in class in French and Music.
 Her terms will correspond with those of otheI teachers, and be made known on application.
 RetereRees.
 Rev. JAMES You've, ALBERT PIKE,
 THos ". NEWTON, JoIIN H. CREASE.
 Little Rock, May l5. lS44. n35-H
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EE AS returned from the East with large as i A sortment of Goods, and has taken the store next door west from H. Mitchell, where he will he happy to wait on all who may favor him with their patronage. Among his assortment may be found the following =
 s cases gents fine sewed calf Boots; 10 cases begged calf do; l6 cases kip do; 1 thick do II eases mems kip Brogans, stout 8cases calf do do :; good assortment of Ladies and Misses sewed and pegd Bootees; fine sewed buskin Shocs and gaiter Boots ladies French kid Slippers; do ties and walk ing Shoes good asst of Ghildren's stout and light Bootees 700 pairs Negro Shoes; 300 do Russett ; cases gents fine Beaver hats; do Russia do ; 1 do Cassmere do; black and white Wool Hats ; gents and youths fine fur, velvet, glazed, and sea lette Caps,
 Ilth ago. 25tt dag. 1l-fy
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MORE TRurHrHAN roErRY.-A An exchange papersays: Phllapelphia is the ssWhig Banner Ciiyn of the Union; gives the largest Whig majority of any cityIn the Union,is the head quartersoi speculation and bank iniquity; hes. the most dsorderly set of fremen, the most frequent mobs and riots, has sunk more bank capital, and robbed more widowsand orphans; owes the largest debt, and cares less abo,ft it; has originated and consurnmatedm more election frauds, pretends to be most tolerant, vel mobs Abolitionsts, shoots Catholics, and burns churches, boasts of its snperior military, and yet cannot quell iiotl Verify, Philadelphia is the Banner City of Whiggeryr' for there arc it's principles most fully carried out.
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G,eMee, Sugar. Salt. Er0ss t&c.

rENHE undersigned have on hand and are selling \ very low, full supplies of the above articles, also bleached and unbieached domestics, ticlings. Osnaburgs, cotonades; English, French and Ameri- can prints of various qualities and prices; Boots shoes hats and ready made clothing suitable the season; and also, general assortment of Groceries oueensware. hardware school books, woodenware tnware well ropes plough lines trace chains horse collars, brides, saddle bags, &c., Sc, All of which they will sell at the cheapest rates for cash.
 VIM. VANCE & BROTHERS. ! April 24, IS44 Mdia, near Marlkham street
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PoETR Y.
THE PAST

BY I. C. TuprER, Ese The past, the dim, the dreamy past, Of imagery and shade In monrnful silence sleeps at last unbToken by parade; And there, without one fuIgent ray To tinge the darksome tomb, Il slumbers in sublime decay
 And melancholy gloom. Thepa o God the mighty past. So desolate and bleak, Resembles much the thunder-blast Round Juras lofty peall,-- And, OCT the wreck of early crime, Or pToVidential seath, Hangs boding frowning and sublime With lightning and with wrath. The broken fragments of the past Now rest in chill repose, Like pillared grandeur, downward cast By time or leagur'd toes,-- And, one by one, as time pursues His devastating flight, hey lose the briliance of their hues And hasten back to night 0 what can pierce that dread profound Of visionary schemes. And bring to view the mystic ground Of infancy and dreams; Or backward turn the the tide of years or pleasure and of pain, Till all the past of hopes and fears Is realized again. Alas the freaks of sportive youth, The tinge of early bliss, The virgin VOW of holy truth
 Repose in that abyss; And there, tho thnnders shake the pole, And stir the mighty deep, Beyond the pale of mans control They must forever sleep.  But, like q shade from sprit-land That stalks among the dead, Remembrance with her iitful brand And hesitating tread, Steals slowly up the path of time And common way of care, To view again the home and cline The past had buried there. Tho backward on the path of years She throws her doubtful light. And, link by link, from signs to tears, Pursues her upward flight; Yet feeble is her modest ray
 And indistinct her beam, That here and there can touch and play, But leaves the rest dream. Now, haughtremains save mem'ry's elow Of all the mystic past, For darkness pals that land of wo, Of tempest and of blast ;- Then, then adieu, thou land of dread, Of solitude and gloom; Thou, slumb'Fest with the mighty dead In one eternal tomb WASHINGTON, ARK's. [1eiegrapb
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WHO GDEcENcY-The Richmond Enquirer has always preserved the department and used the language of d gentleman. Benjamin Wat kins Leigh, at a speech i'll Richmond, few days ago, said the malignity of the editors of that print was sshellborn and hellward boundn NIr Leigh is warm supporter of Henry Clay Boston Post.
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GEaeap.CasEa Store. i.

VNILLIAM VANCE S BROTHERS, dealers w in Ready clothing, Dry Goods, Groce- res Boots Shoes, Hats Sc, in the store formerly occupied by Messrs McLain & Badgett Main street, near Markham, Little Rock; haze On hand full sup plies of the above articles, which they will sell al the very lowest market rates. Cotton Hides, Tailow, Peltries, Furs Sc taken in exchange, and for which the highest market value will be paid
 Iitfle Rock Anril 20 lSl4. P
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PH@gIEs.
GOLF A Eg's'TN slNg sESgge.

RE 'fIE undersigned have this day associated them u selves together for the transaction of cor TON ANCHORAGE AND GENERAL COM MISSION BUSINESS in New Orleans, under the Common street JNO. G. PRATT,
 JACOB BRAKEMAN,
 S. E. BELkNAP New Orleans, June lst, i844. 39-t
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HOW WORKS

'WHo IS PoLK~'-If the coens don't know perhaps they may obtain an answer to their question by calling on some of their old friends, such as the following who have come out for Polk and Dallas :-
 in Firginia--2ioliartdl K Meade, Harrison elector in l840, and hon Mir. Ghoson, judge of the superior court, a warm friend of liar rison ill 40
 In Maryland--Lewis McI.ane and J. v. L. McMahon, friends of Harrison in lS40, and the latter president of the whig conven- ton in 740.
 In New Jersey--Capt. Stockton, Col. Za- brlskie, and the Trenton Emporium, who have been leading advocates of MT Tyler but now go fer Polk and Dallas.
 In New Yoli--G c. Verplank.
 In Pennsylvania--hIr sharswood and Judge Todd, or
 In kentucky-Thomag r. Marshall and Robert Wicklitie, to say nothing of hundreds in Indiana, Ohio, and other states, who were rated us tall coons in '40, but who now gc for Polk aud Dallas. These men we should think might enlighten the benighted coons in reference to their inquiry. And when such men leave the coon ranks and come out fol Polk and Dallas in opposition to II. Clay we should think that party generally nigh sec the hand writing OH the wall-ay, no only see, but read it, and comprehend It's meaning
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C0uardyaepsEsSD Notice.

FEiHE Firm heretofore existing between E. Y.
 \ BAKER & CO, has been dissolved, by the death of the senior partner The surviving partner, JOHN c. PRATT, has associated with himself GEO. BOGGS, and the business Will now be carried on by them under the name of PRATT & BOGGS.
 LitLle LOck. Of. II. 1913. 5-IY
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 of the wings were republicans or not; but eoniding in their professions, he was carried away by the whirlwind of blind enthusiasm which swept over the country, Ohio E,agze. "OUR UNION IS PERFECT. .''-Daniel JHe5- ster.---At meeting of the Hickory Club at New Market, on Saturday last, speech was made by MT. Jacob Tenor, who informed the club that he had supported General Harvison and whig principles in ls40, but as the whig party had utterly failed to fulfil their prom lses, and as time had proven their charges agans the democracy false, he could 10 lon ger place confidence in them ,sand from this time forward he should give his hearty snp- port to democratic men and measures
 Iiillsboyo'. Gaz CHANGEsi CHANGES !l-T Thesignal of slc- tory IS borne to Us on every breeze. The Cleveland Plain Dealerol the last date speaks thus:
 Wehave the recantations of OVER ONE HUNDRED straighfout Harrison wlIics, which we shall publish next week over. their own signatures. Stand from undertp
 James Sherwood, and his sou, J Sher- wood, Jr., says the Ohio Statesman, have both renouneed whiggery, and the latter, who, by the way, was the londest whig orator oui n lS40, is going to lake the stump for " oung Ilickoryn
 John F Thomas of Ohio, is also out in a card against Clay.
 Henry Turbill of Midino CO, Ohio, is out III letter against whigeery.
 The New Haven Palladium states that Mir Hamersley, Hon R.J. Ingersoll, and Charles A. lngefsoll, Esq, were all formerly friends Of Clay Now they go for POLK and DALLAS They are all men of talent and influence.
 Robert r. Stockton of New Jersey. has come out for Col Polk. He has been one of the most influential whigs of New Jersey. This, 10 use the language of letter in tho Globe, seals the fate of Clay in that State.
 When John G. Whittier, the Quaker Poet was quite young. he wrote some. verses in praise of Henry Clay, which have had all immense circulation. He has recently come out in the Essex Transcript, deprecating their farther use, inasinhch as they arc now very far from expressing the sentiments of his heart m reference to the moral character of NIT. Clay Signal of Li5erty.
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Polk u to 'em. The Ohio Statesman says coon asked democrat the other day what was the middle name of James K. Polk Koon- Killer, was the prompt reply The coon made fracks
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<, WEDNESDAY, MORNING, JULY 3l, ls44.
EE. ZIMMERMAN.
4PoTHEcaRY IND DRUGGIST

MAIN STREET, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANsAs.
 zag9 E of Drugs, Medicines, @ G.i' c6emifaIs dFPl5 Paints, Sc. &c.--which will be sold low
 fSsS9sS3 for Cash.--ALso-receiv on commits aass-3 sion, and will be sold at New York prices. 1he Indian Panacea fay-Ibe Elixir for the cure of Tor Balsam ot Liyerwort;I Rheumatism; Hays Lini- Moiiat's Pills and Phm- lment; Dr. Ludlam's Spe- nix BitteTs; Pease's Hore- leifc Connels Mixture hound Candy Sapping-l lHaslells Hair Dye; Balm tens Pills; Champions do;.of Columbia; Hesgs Lin Greens Fever and Ague.nent &c. &e Mixture; Indian Vegeta-
 April 24, l844 32-6m
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1tHt diIlNdlS, d iTSSl
 Groceries.

Sugar. Coffee, Salt &c. SIc.
 The above goods were purchased ill New York and New Orleans, expressly for this market, and will be sold CHEAT, for cash only Store on the cor. her of Main and Markham streets.
 Little Rock, Dee. ?, lS43. 12-tf
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STATE OF ARKANSAS, CHrcor CoUNrY scr. h t5e Circuit Court of Caieot County Hay Term,
 IS44-Hay 4th. Oliver Deforist Grant and William Barton, Compliments.