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The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23
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JoHN ". FARLEY whom We have hereto fore. announced as eur authorized agent and collector fortha Banner office, is no longer so. We have written to him, 10 t4at effect, and required bim 10 return and deliver mp the accounts we had placed in his hands for collection. Should tbis notice meet his eye' before our letter, he will act in accordance witftit. Ne hereby regokc.all authority we have ever given him 10 collect for us. All persons gre warned Hotto pay him any mon- cy due tie Banner office.
 Joua Hjl4es Be4lER, as heretofore an- nouneed. Is still cur authorized agent and collector.
 To GonrssroS6ayr yrs.-seyerd commit nlcalions have been received, hut too Iaie b be attended 10 this week. Next week, we shall have more space, and, VIC hope, more time, 10 deyote t9 our friends.
 HEcuANIos' AssoelAuoS.-We are re- quostod 10 give notice that the ".Hccda'ies' Association of Lft7e Reel will hold their next regular meeting at Tho City Hall, on the ev6ning of Tuesday inc 9th August, ensuing. \ full attendance is desired, and interesting proceedings may be expected,
 FAILURES 6SD iRRgGGEAmnGs.-He have recently. received many complaints from sub scribers that their papers reach them very lf- regularly. and sometimes fail altogether. h some degree this is justly chargabie aganst the office for recent developments have convinced US tat the publication of the Ban ner has been entrusted to unfathlul hands. We have applied a remedy, i'll ridding our self of the ifdilor, which, VIC doubt not will prove cfeaiual for the future. Hereafter, be ginning with this number, all our packages will be deposited in the Post office i'll due time Giving our personal supervision to the whole office, and having the services ol well-tfied and faithful Foreman, NC feel as sured of prompmess and regularity in the transaction Of all its business. So, if irreg- ularities or failures occur again. they will be attributable Post offices, and not to the Prin- ting office. Should any such occur, we hope to be informed ot them immediately.
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CHARLESTON. June 20

N-IIIA I1o IN7-N' . VtAt M. MR. McDuFFIE.-The South CarroHaian of yesterday says: The health of this dis tinguished statesman, we are happy to learn, is rapidly improving. We learn, by gentleman who has seen him lately, that he will in all probability be able to take his seat in the Senate at the commencement of the next ses- sion of Congress-,Nercury.
 TREASURY NoTEs.-On the lst inst, the amount oi outstanding Treasury Notes was S7Sl ,46I Is.
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,Hoadag June 2.-The General passed q bad night No sleep. An evident increa c ol water on the chest He read many letters, as usual. Some of them were from ersons oi whom he had no knowledge, asking for autt ographs, and making other reauests.-
The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23
 FLORIDA.
V AnS AETL

We take great pleasure in presenting cur readers with the following. It will be re- membered, that LEVY to Congress, and MosE- ly as Governor had already been elected, and a joint Democratic majority Of % in the Legislature.
 "The election of two U. s. Senators took place July lsl. The previous evening cau- GUS of the democratic members was held, who took vote on the several candidates David Levy and ]. D. WasteoH had twenty votes, and John Branch seventeen.
 Al l2 o'clock on the lst, the members of both houses met in the hall of the Repre- sentatives. Mir. bf W Loring, nominated David Levy; Col. c. s. Hawkins nominated James D. Wea;cott ir. ..~
 ". N. Kelly nominated Jackson Morton. end F. D. Tracy nominated Col Joseph M fernandez. The result was as follows:
 David Levy, l votes.
 James D. Westcott, Il
 Joseph H. Hernandez, Is
 Jackson Morton, Is
 Thus, Messrs. Levy and Westcou arc clec- led; both sound democrats and thus a dem ocratic majority in the United States Senate is secured, and placed beyond the reach of any contingency whalevern
The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23

TnE RlveR has continued to fall, slowly, since our lasi. At this place, we have.I now,
The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23

95sAs the DoG-DAYs approach, the canine species begin naturally to frotb and foam at the mouth. For the first instance of the kind, this summer, we refer our readers to the columns of the last "Bannern
 .4rts. Ga.eHe, And vel, so severely has the mongrel of the "Gazette' felt the .tangs of the"Banner," and cried enough" we should be a coward indeed, even to kick the puppy again. It would be as manly to strike pregnant wo- man
The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23

CROPS AND HEALTH IN THE SoufH.-Aa intelligent and well informed planter in La fayctte county, Arks. writes Us, from "Coa- way P. o. under date July D, 1915, as follows: "The health of our Red River country was never better, at this season of the year. And our crops will nol only com pure with, but beat those of any and aH other countries in the world We shall make more cotton than we can gather; and Saf- ptas of corn, sufficient to supply all the pas sing emigration to Texas, for the next two years. Texas is great and valuable coun- try; but the emigrants thither, who pass through our Red River region, will see not only better country than Texas, but the d55i country in the world.n
 The sNaehitoehes Chronicle,n of the 5b inst speaks in high terms of the crops in northern Louisiana, It also says of Red River: ''Fhe water in our river is so low 4g,,,,,,1r,gation To this point will not probably continue open much longer.
 
 SlMrLE AND ScDLME.-The inscription upon the Tomb of Gen. JACKSON is to be
 ANDREW JACKSON,
 BORN ON THE l5rH OF MARCH, 1767,
 DmD ON rnE 8rH or JUNE, 1915.
 With most men, this would, indeed, be the whole story of their lives. Nothing more would be said or thought of them; because, having lived for themselves, their deeds have died with them Not so with AN- DREW JACKSON. He lived for his country; and his deeds will be cocval with it. The inscription on his Ton} indicates but the great starting point and goal of his mortal career His cpitaph, upsn ho hearts cf q sfaicfd people, will be mighty history of inelable glory, and uniying lenown.
The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23

To GoREfs sFoNRaEFs s.-Several commit nicalious have been received, hut too late to be attended 10 this week. Next week, we ahall have more space, and, we hope, more tinls. b daHe.e b our friends.
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8g- Our thanks are due to Mr. JOSEPH ASHLEY, Clerk of the fine steamer ''Arkan- sas No. 1, for New Orleans dates of tho 12h, from which we gather several news ar ticles of interest.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25

CLAIRvoYANcE. D.. S. S. Lyon OF
Bridgeport, CT, has located in TINS city
with A. J. Davis of poughkeepsie, the
youth Of whose emminent Ciarvoyance
such marvels are related, as our readers
have seen. 1t does seem to US that this
matter Of Clairvoyance may now fairly
challenge the attention Of men Of Science,
Of Learning, of Philanthropy, but espe-
cially Of the Medical Profession. DR. Lyon
assures US that Mr. Davis caa readily and
surely tell, when in a state of Somnambu-
Ism, what is the real disease OF any sick
person, and what treatment (il any, will
remove il, and even what course has been
pursuedprevioisly, what medicines taken,
&c. Now this is either a most fragrant
delusion or wondrous and henefcient
truth which ought to be accepted aud
mace widely useful. The mere wonder
claimed for Davis, that he is able to APP
prehend clearly distant occurrences, the
posit on of things lost or hidden and even
the thoughts Of strangers is OF secondary
Importance. DR.. Lyon properly declines
to subject this faculty to the mere gralfi.
cation Of idle curiosity, and intends 10 en-.
ploy il wholly in the cure of human ills.
We mean to satisfy ourselves of the ver-
ty or ialsity of these pretensions before
Mr. Davis leaves our city and we trust
others will do so IN. Y. Tribune.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
CAmELs IN THE DrsERr.-Altbouah

CAMELs IN THE DESERT. Though a
camel can endure the drought for many
days, still the CHASTITY spectacle of death
all along the caravan tracks shows that
the deser. has its hardships even for hun.
As far as you pursue the ordinary hadl
route the sand is strewed with the carcas.
SEES aud skeletons of beast OF burden. The
Arabs, in their journeys or their wander
ings, never delay the march or waste pro-
VISION or water by tending sick or ioun-
dered animal. He dies where his pow
ers first fail 10 be useful to his master, and
thus, OF course, il must be expected shat
a great multitude of these remains should
be found by the wayside. But, if the &C.
tivity ofthe yultures, jackals, and hyenas,
be taken into account in disposng Of them
during the process ofdecay, SO that, ofal
those which he along your path; none can
have been for many days dead, the nun.
Der that are continually perishiog must
be enormous. Nugeafs Lands,
Classical and Sacred.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
SCRAPS OF CURIOUS IMPORTATION.

Gold has been beaten so thin that one
ounce which in a cubic form covers about
5-5 of an inch, will cover l46 square feet.
The thread Of a silk worm is about the
2000th of an inch IN diameter. The Fl.
bre Of wool varies rom the tooth to the
2000th Of an inch. The fibre of fax is
the 2500th OF an inch. The fibre OF cot
ion the l000th OF an men, and the fibre oil
the pine apple varies from the 5000th
to 7000ih part ofan inch in diameter.
A glass tube can be drawn out to the
fneness Of silk, and liquids made 10 pass
through at afterwards.
Archimides said, that il he had a place
on which to rest the fulcrum of a lover
be could move the earth. This was un.
doubleday correct, but if he used power
oil 80 lbs. at the end Of lever, he would
have to werk ten hours day, for STD,
994, 5S0,767 centuries to more the earth
enc inch!
II we suppose the density Of the earth
TO be 5,240 (the density Of water, the
sun would be as ebony; Mercury as fluid
quicksilver Venus as Zinc Mars as Da-
Dond Jupiter as milk; (woud his moon
b. green cheese y Saturn as the fr.tree ;
and Herschel as Amber.
There are $500 known species Of fish,
es; $4,000 of insects; 700 of reptiles
1000 Of birds; and 5000 OF mamiferous
animals.
| The human hair is composed of Carlo.
nate OF Ammonia, water, gas, coal, silver,
sulpher, oil iron, lime and Manganese
There are 292 species of bees. A hon.
ey comb foot square contains about 9.
600 cells. A single female house fly pro-
duces 20,0S0,320 mo wonder that we
are so much annoyed by fies.)
The sun flower produces 1000 seeds.
Wild ducks fly 80 miles an hour. The
cocoa tee supplies the natives OF the
countries in which It grows with bread
water, wine, vinegar, brandy, milk oil
honey, sugar, needles, thread, clothes,
cups, spoons, basins, baskets, paper, masts
loI ships, sails, cordage, nails, covering
for their houses, &c. &c!
The Bamboo cane is used in the Eas,
Indies for building houses and bridges, anC
for making cups, mats, pipes, boxes, cor.
dage and cables. 10 China it is used fol
making chairs, tables, bedsteads, bedding
and paper; and in the West Indies its ten
der shoots are picked for the table.
The Elm tee is full grown in $50 years
but lives from 5000 600 years. The Oal
is full grown IN 200 years. The Ash il
100. An Oak in 3 years grows 2 Zee
10 inches; the Elm 8 feet inches; tn,
Beach l foot 5 inches; the poplar 6 fee
and the Willow feet 3 inches.-N Y. Ga
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
IMPROVED pLoWs.

The improvements in agricultural i'm
plemen,s o. various kicds, within the last
twenty or thirty years, has been very
great. 10 the Flow, particularly, there
has been almost an entire revolution,
both in the kind Of material used, and in
the general form and construction. A
single example Of the manner in which,
within the memory Of the writer. Thirty
years. the operation Of blowing was per.
formed in New. England neigb orhood,
not by any means behind the age in apri.
cultural advancement, will serve TO show
10 striking light, the Improvement which
has been effected in this most important
implement of husbandry. Ia blowing
"green.swsrd," the force commonly en-
ployed was three yoke of oxen, with
horse to lead, or two yoke OF oxen and a
pair of horses, with two drivers, one man
al the pillow. handles. another at The beam
10 shear on in hard places, and, II the
ground was at all rough, a man 80 follow
the pillow with stout hoe 20 mrnd "banlks,"
and turn over farrows. 40 acre was
considered good days work. Now
mark the contrast. On the same farms,
the same fields, with tougher sward,
are now plowed with one yoke Of oxen,
sometimes with the addition of horse,
and often with only one man. who is both
plowman and driver. An acre and
half is plowed in day, ic style min
tely superior to the former mode. Be-
sides, notwithstanding the superior excel
ence and durability ofthe new implement,
It's cost is a, Ieas, one. fourth less than that
Of the old one.
This modern improvement in plows, IL
may be safely averred, originated in lie
encouragement offered by agricultural
societies. The Massachusetts, Society for
the Promotion Of Agriculture, early man
Tested deep interest in this matter
The institution Of blowing matches in this
country, the credit of which belongs 10
this Society, i, is believed gave the first
decided impulse TO Improvement in this
direction. Their first blowing match took
place at Brighton in October 1917. The
offer of premiums for the best pillow, by
this. and other associations, soon followed;
aad by the competition which was thus
10 various ways created, Improvements
were started and pushed on, till at the
present time degree Of perfection has
been reached in some OF the best con.
structcd plows, to which il seems almost
Impracticable to make ary farther eddi.
tons.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25

THE DEACON FOR ME.--"Papa." said
one Of his boys to the deacon, 81 had a
very funny dream last night"
"WelI, Tommy, what was your dream?"
81 dreanpt the devil; came into your
store"
"The devilp
"Yes, Pa, the devil; that he found you
drawing a glass of gin for poor Andres
Jones, who had fits, and broke the little
baby's arm the other day, because she
cried when he came home drunk. And
thought the devil came up to the coun.
ter, and laid the end of his tail on the chair
and leaned over towards the barrel where
you we're STOPPING to draw it, and asked
GU il YOU was deacon. And thought
you don't look up, but said you was, and
he grnned and shook his tail like a cat
with a rat, and says he to me, that's the
deacon for me, and run out of the shop
laughing so loud that put my fingers 10
my ears and woke up"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE.

An enlarged and comprehensive mind
can picture no scene more truly sublime
and magnificent than would be exhibited
by rcorM at peace. The splendors Of
victory and the achievements OF military
conquest are transmitted from age to age,
by the erection of trumphal arches, by
joyous festivities and glowing eulogies !;
but if the effusion Of blood and the lri.
umphs of BATHS are worthy of such re-
nown, how much more worthy would be
the conquest of Peace. The spIendors,
and blessings, and successes of such a
conquest, would richly merit monumental
distinction, and deserve far greater
name in the annals Of mankind, while the
extatic acclamations of a grateful people
who echo and e.echo 10 the remo:est
points Of the universe. War would no
longer consume the immense revenues Of
the earth; it would no longer curse and
dry up the currents Of life, and fill the
world with mutlated bodies and shatter-
ed bones. and clothe humanity 10 anguish
and blood.
If War with all its attendant horrors
should cease, the treasures Of life and
wealth which are now demanded TO meet
its dreadful exigences would be convert
ed to happy and productive uses; begga.
ry and want would give place 10 comfort
and plenty; deserted lands, commerce
and manufactures crippled by neglect and
inactivity, would become the Inestimabe
sources Of industry; wealth and happiness,
where, now, violence, and boodshed, and
devastation hold oppressive sway. The
nations relieved from overwhelming tax.
alton aud degrading submission would be
excited to new undertakings for the diff.
fusion OF ease, happiness, and virtue, ard
culliva,ing the spirit of Peace, would be-
come cemented in union of friendship
and harmony. Christendom would be no
longer a military barrac6, where disci.
pIlned armies, fostering a tumult of de.
struclive passions, Cypress the people
with crushing taxes, with fear and slave.
ny, with desulaton and woe.
Let the besoited and bloody War. god,
on which men have so long avished their
idoiatrous worship, be cas-; down, and the
kingdom of the Prince OF Peace would be
speedily established, and the tranquility
Of the nations, the happiness Of humanity,
and the reign OF Christ would be trium-
phant; The dreadful traces OF desolation,
the plalntive cries Of the dying, and the
tears of ruined families, which mark the
progress Of battles and victories, would be
superseded by seasons pure and serene,
in which "the tranquility Of nature inciles
in every being the charm Of existence
and the sense of happiness" and IN which
all the pursuits Of men would harmonic
and blend together for the diffusion and
assimilation OF peace, virtue and goodness.
1t would be the most magnificent specta-
Gle in the niverse.--Highland az. CO.
Messenger.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
ATQauSingo

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ANEcpoTE.-W heard story some
time since Of joe, which will bear re.
peating:
Joe was one evening seated in the bar
room of a country tavern In Canada, where
assembled several old countrymen discus.
sing various matters connected with the
''pomp and circumstace Of war" 10 the
course OF some remarks, 70 OF them sta
ted that the English government posses.
sed the largest cannon in the world, and
gave the dimensions OF one which he had
seen. Joe's Yankee pride would not al
low him to let such an assertion pass
without contradiction.
"Poh gentlemen" said he, 81 won't
deny but that is fair sized cannon ; but
you are a ieetie m staken IN supposIng II
to be the largest in the world. It's not TO
be named 10 the same minute with one OF
our Yankee guns, which saw al Charles
town last year. Jupiter that 'cds a can.
non. Why, slrs, us so internally large,
that the soldiers were Obliged to employ a
yoke of oren 10 draw in The baHH"
1.-THE devil they were !" exclaimed one
Of his hearers, with smile OF triumph,
''pray can you tell me how they got the
oxen out againl"
"Why, you fool" returned Joe, "they
unyoked' EN- and drove EN- through heuenr"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25

A writer in Blackwood's Magazine
writes the following strain:


"Great indeed, is the task assigned to
woman. Who can elevate its dignity
MOI to make laws. not to lesd armies, not
to govern empires, but to form those by
whom the laws are made and armies led,
and empires governed to guard against
the slighies, faint Of bodily infrmity, the
frail aud yet spotless creature, whose
moral, no less than physical being, must
be derived from her; to inspire those
principles, TO inculcate those doctrines, TO
animate those sentiments which genera
tons yet unborn, and nations yet uncivil-
ized, shall learn to bless; TO soften firm
ness into mercy, and chasten honor into
virtue but her soothing care, to allay the
anguish of the body, and the far worse
anguish Of the mind by her tenderness
TO disarm passion, by her purity to trI-
umph over the senses, to cheer the schol-
ar sinking under his toll; TO console the
statesman for the ingrat;ude OF mslak-
en- people, to be the compensation for the
hopes that are blighted for the friends
thai are perfdious, or happiness that has
passed away. Such is her yocation---ihe
couch OF the tortured sufferer, the prison
Of the deserted friend, the cross of a re-
jec.ed Saviour these are the senses OF
woman's excellence, these are theatres
on which her greatest triumphs have
been achieved. Such is her destiny, to
visit the forsaken, to attend the neglected,
when monarchs abandon, when council
lors betray, when justice persecutes,
when brethren and disciples fly, to re.
man mistaken and unchanged, and to
exhibit on this lower world a type Of that
love, pure, constant and lneffahe, which
in another world, we are ,aughtlo believe
the best of virtue"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25

"Well. | ,iou't; never took an egrscul-
tural paper in my life. There is u. 5. Of
", who came into this country, If
teen wears ago. and had 10 buy fifty acres
OF land on credit. He has cleared that
Up, aud added from time to time. I'll he
now owns TWO hundred acres has good
buildings, and money at interest. He al
WAYS has good crops. He has averaged
tresfu-fre bushels oil wheat 20 the acre
fer several years; il is the same with all
his other crops. While his neighbor Is.
w. has mol raised more than screen bushels
OF wheat to the acre, and some OF his other
crops be never haryests. | would give
more for the experience of b. 5. than for
all the book-farmng and farming by rule
in the world"
"Very we'll, sir, now let me hive .
word. This experience iB. 3. Of which
you speak. &. e. the method be adopts TO
rase twenty-five wherehs neighbor raises
seven bushels OF wheat, and otner crops IN
propor,ioD,l il written out and published,
would be- the very essence Of book farming,
which you SO much despise, and might
benefit others as well as you. And then.
secondly. | know this b. s. also. and i,
gives me pleasure to inform you that he is
regular subscriber TO, and constant read
Or Of three standard agricultural papers
the .Cu,ivator, The New Genesce Fs:mer.'
aud The Western Farmer while this same
Z. w. will not have an agricultural pa
per in his house, partly because he does
no, '5eliere in book farming and partly
because he cannot afford to take such
paper"
Here the man suddenly remembered
his errand, which vas to borrow an i'm.
proved harrow. plan Of which ! had
found in my paper, and VIII CHI he wss
pleased to say, "did the work so much
better then mine," (hls)-so the subjec,
was dropped.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
suBsoIL PLOUGHING.

SUBsoIL PLowIsG. The committee on
Root crops for the Worcester Mass. Ag.
Society, states thst one Of their humble
had once seen a demonstration of the
great advantages which would be derived
from the more common use of the subsoil
plow. Mr. Isaac r. Barbour who recei-
we'd the first premium for crop ofcsrrots.
had two lots, on one Of which the subsoil
plow was used, and on the other, only the
common Plow. The difference IN The ap,
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-25
PROsPECrUs
THE NEW YORKER.


TIyHE NEW-YORKER Weekly Journal Of
IL Literature and General Intelligence. wa. es.
tablished Nv the present Editor Of The New York
Tribune in March, 1884, and discontinued or rath-
er merged, on tho establishment of the Weekly
Tribune, ia September, Ie4l, after having been
published lust seven wears and half. Having now
ample and able Literary assistance and having re-
Gently extesded and perfected our Mechanical ar
engagements we propose to revise and reissue it on
and after the ct Of October 1916 on sheet slight
" differing in size or character from, the old New
Yorker, but at much lower price,
The plan OF this paper will combine
or;a;n,, observation-disclosures osn. s,c
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hnd VIII be as ample ana varied as thai Oh any oihef
weekly paper whatever. ne extensive cores