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Accuracy.

II should be prominent object with
the teacher to do what he can do to
form, in his pupils, habits Of acc uracy
and distlnctUess IN all their pertonnan.
ces. II scholars are required to write
but single sentence, insist they do It
neatly AID plainly, and insert every re-
quired mark ofpunctuation. Many per-
sons will wife letters without the slight
est observance Of the rules of punctua-
ton, and often with painful degree of
lllegiblity. We find the following anec
dotes illustrating, ludicrously enough
the effects of indistnctness, in the
Teacher Taught an interesting manu-
al published many years ago by Emerson
Davis, D. D.
An English gentleman applied to the
East India Company for an office for a
friend of his in India, and succeeded in
obtaining an appointment. His friend
after while wrote HIM letter of thanks
and signifies his intention to send an
equivalent. The Englshman could
make nothing of the word but elephant;
and being pleased with the idea of re-
celving such noble animal ne Was al
the expense Of erecting a suitable build
ing for his accommodation. In a few
weeks the equivalent came, which was
nothing more nor less than pot OF sweet
meats
A clergyman in Massachusetts,, more
than century ago, addressed letter TO
the General court on some subject OF IN
terest that was under discussion. The
clerk read the letter in which was this
remarkable sentence: | address you net
as magistrates. but as Indian devi,S;' The
clerk hesitated, and looked carefully, and
sand, "Ies: he addresses you as iadion der
u.s." The wrath of the honorable body
was aroused, they passed d vote Of CEN
sure, and wrote to the reverend gentle
man Tor an explanation; from which it
appeared, that he did not address them
as magistrates but as individuals,
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the zephyrs sigh mourntul requiem
through the branches OF the willows that
o'ershadow their resting-place. No tow
ering monument points the traveller to the
spot where they sleep; but rude, unpre-
tending tablet, on which is inscribed the
names of
"Charlcs and Mary MerriNe,'
marks the spot. Each succeeding spring,
a pale. sweet maiden visits the graves, and
plants around them the sweetest flowers;
watering them the while with her tears.
The sexton of the church assures me
that the fair girl is the sister OF him who
sleeps there; and that she, if her looks be-
lie her not, will soon join the spirit of her
departed brother.
"Her father" said the old sexton, cal
ways accompanies her in these visits; but
never, to my knowledge, has he looked up
on those graves-he studiously avoids that
side OF the burying-ground. He sheds nc
tears but his heavy signs tell but too plain
ly that they emanate from heart that is
breaking with grief. Food for the grave"
continued the sexton, with the business
like air that usually marks the CONVERSE
ton of persons engaged in similar calling;
flood for the gravc!-'tis fearful
thing, when father refuses to look upon
the grave of his s5n,''
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The Drunkard's Death.

The last number of the Life in Laye7t,
published in that city, thus describes the
death Of Elias Messenger, Hotel keeper.
and a man we have known for many
veals:---
On the morning Of the day of his death
he first entered his bar, poured out near
y tnmbIer full Of gin, Chat is, what he
has been selling for GIN and drank it
clear. Sho tly after he Went into fit
from which he never came out olly 10 90
INTO another and ano;her. A terri le
day it was TO him; his outcrirs were
heart yending: his body writing Ike
coliiug serpent; his countenance was
more like a monster than human being;
lis mouth was drawn back from ear to
ear, he erlIy chewed lis tongue 10
pieces, and the blood spirited from his
mouth and nose at every breath. Three
men held him upon his dying bed: thus
did he close the drama of his lite. No
one cared for him except fond an ami
able wfe--his own household would not
with his death Lor Ind they mourn
his loss. No friends surrounded him -
console him IN his tie rible agonies-,no
tear But IA wf-'s was shed for Tim Great
God what death bed for man hat
might have been beloved and respected
by the whole city. His body was pla-
ced in cotIln, and conveyed to Fitch
burg in wagon; but no mourner follow
ed it; his wife went by the way OF the
cars. Whether there was iune raj Ger
mony in Fitchburg we know not.
In this cas- Was the poYerb fulfilled
--"he way Of the transgressot is hard"
"The wicked shall not 90 unpublished. y
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A Lecture On the Elephant.

Ladies and gentlemen. Allow me
this evening, to inttoduce an animal call
ed the Elephant. He is the greatest OF
all tread mil animals that helps to keep
the globe in motion.-Among the Anglo
Saxons, be is known only by the name
Of elephant; but with all barbarous and
half civilized nations, he is unanimously
dubbed the baNiPhanh. He is about the
size Of two year old omnibns, and in
color approaches as near to black as he
possibly can without absolute infringe
ment. To look at him nos too severely
one naturally supposes him 10 be a
small mountain of lndra rubber; or huge
composition of gae and molasses.
The elephant is Que Of the natives of
the East Indies, but he has been met with
in various parts of Mexico, and is Iie-
qucnty seen in The great city of New
York. 1t has been asserted upon both
righteous and profane authority, that he
is indigenous to the diggins of California
however, the assertion, as yet, goes q
begging for confirmation II is my pri-
vate opin on. though that the animal eX-
hbi;s himsclfto travellers in all parts of
he world, only they entertain mon
strous reluctance to confessing the fact
He carries his trunk with him wher-
ever he goes, but never keeps anything in
it, not even change of shirts. When
cousin lchabod first saw him at show,
he exclaimed with mute establishment:
Then that's the rale Menagerer-the
identical clitter hsself! swow wouldn't
two of 'em make TEEN to draw stun
with?-Golly, amt he a scrougsr7' lch
abod went home and related what he
had seen. q SEEM SAID he, 'he genuine
Menagerer, the darndest biggest lump of
flesh that ever stirred. He had tew
tails, tew; one behind and the other be-
fore. He put one OF his tails in my coat
pocket, and hauled out the ginger bread
every hoo'er. What dye think he
done with it? Why he stick it in his
own pocket, and began to tumble for
more-darn him!'
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SOCIETY UPSET IN CALFoRNI&.-Thcre
appears to be what the French call a
bouIerer$cment--a complete overturn-:ot
the usual arrangements of society, at the
gold region; for a specimen OF which see
the following extract from a San Francisco
letter in the Boston Courier:
"Since my arrival l have seen a lieu
tenant of the navy, and New York mer-
chant dragging a hand-cart, at an ounce
per load; few DAYS since | met profess
sor in one Of your first colleges, driving his
OK team, hauling emigrant traps to the
'diggings' at $40 for one hundred pounds.
A Georgia planter cooks my salt pork, and
does the fap-jacks brown; printer from
the Picayune office keeps my books, and
two young gentlemen from jobbing houses
in Pearl street take care of the mules, haul
lumber and act as porters in the store; each
from 10 to $16 per day, with board. In
California all labor, and one is daily fur
niShed with innumerabIc sources of amuse-
ment by meeting old friends in such conf
cal employment. Imagine our friend -,
the artist, with buckskin trousers, red fan
mel shirt, and California hat, pcddling news
papers: Sun, Herald and Tribune, sir!
latest dates from New York, only tuo collars
tuch.'"
The artist spoken Of is doubtless J. S.
Os5ood, whose excellent letters to the n.
York Tribune confirm this as part of his
occupation, at California remuneratlng
rate OF course.
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DThe following-nearly literal
translation, by one of our valued cores
pondents, will be interesting to some OF
our readers.
Translated for The Cecil Wing.
From TIE GREEK OF LUc1AN.
Jupiter-Vulcan.
VULCAN What IS 1t necessary that !
should do for you, o Jupiter! l am come
as YOU commanded, having very sharp
axe--sharp enough to cleave rock at a
single blow.
JurlrER.-Well done o Vulcan, strike
and cleave my head in two.
VUI.-Are you joking, or are you mad!
Tell me in reality what you wish should
be done for you.
Jup.-This very thing which I mention
ed: split my skull but if you will disobey
me, do not first arouse my anger. But /
desire YOU to strike with all your soul and
not delay, for am perishing with throes
which are turning my head upside down.
Vrl..-Sec to it, o Jupiter, lest we do
some mischief my axe is sharp nor is it a
bloodless one, neither shall perform my
business after the manner Of Lucina.
Jrr.-Only strike boldly, O Vulcan,
we'll know the benefit
WILL shall indeed strike you against
my will; why am I compelled 10 obey thy
behest !--(Hc strikes.) What is this! a
maiden in full armor! OJupiter, YOU had
a great evil in your head. With good
reason YOU had grown fcry-tempercd,
having conceived a virgin in your brain
and that an armed one. | knew not that
yours was not head but a camp. She
bounds and dances and shakes her shield
and brandishcs her spear and acts like one
inspired by the gods. More too: she is
exceedingly beautiful, and has already
come to womanhood. Her eyes are blue,
nor does the helmet ill-become her where
fore, O Jupiter, betroth her to me as a re-
ward of my services.
Jrr-You ask impossibilities 0 Vulcan,
for it is her desire ever to remain virgin.
But OH my part shall not oppose your re-
quest.
Widths was my wish. Twill see
to the rest | will forthwith seize and car
ry her away.
Iur.-. DO as you think fit, if you find it
SO easy, but | know that you desire thing
impossible. Il.
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CHARLES MERvILLE was dead!

We will not intrude upon the grief of
the stricken wife. But short time elaps-
ed ere she found repose from her sorrows
in the sleep of death; and her form was
slow in the church-yard laid"
beside that of him she fohdly loved; and
the tall grass waves over their graves; and
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A few weeks since I made a visit to
Minnesota, and had the pleasure of an inter-
view with the Governor and his lady, |
mentioned your name and my intention Of
writing to you. They were well at the
time, and desired to be kindly remembered
to you. WhenI first saw them they were
still at St. Peters, but have subsequently
removed to St. Paul.
was very much pleased with the coun-
try up the river, as l think most persons
would be. There are many places On the
route, of peculiar beauty and great interest
all the way from St. Louis to the falls of
St. Anthony. In the Territory of Min
csota the lands are in many places very
fine indeed. Beautiful rolling prairies and
oak-openings in the back ground from the
river, finexhaustable fertility, interspers-
ed with small lakes Of pure water, of from
one mile TO ten miles in circumference,
Astounding with fish and fowl, in their APP
propriate seasons. The bottoms immcdi-
ately on the Mississippi are ifanything, of
still greater fertility, though it is doubtful
whether in point of health they are so adj
vantageously located. The whole country,
however, is said to be ti-bllious-the air
is delightfully."- pure and invigerating even
on the river bluffs, and the water is vastly
superior to what we have in Galena: it
being a soft freestone there, While we have
hard limestone here.
This western countrywide great valley
ofthe Mississippi is certainly one of the
most inviting and magnificent fields for all
kinds OF virtuous and honorable enterprise,
of which the human mind can form any
conception. Indeed the mind of man cam
not grasp the subject, any more than it can
grasp the expanded armament of heaven,
when clad in its vesture of unnumbered
stars, flaming meteors and circles OF fire, it
intimates the still richer glories that lie
concealed behind these magnificent en-
blems.
At every turn, from the summit of the
Alleghanies to the falls of St. Anthony,
there is something to excite the wonder
and admiration ola thoughtful mind. These
immense rivers, far reaching prairies, gar
nished with flowers of thousand hues,
magnificent forests, and lakes, like little
oceans, present such succession OF natu-
raj wonders as completely bewilder and
overwhelm the imagination. But its great
est interest IS seen in the moral relations
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Elkton Aug. nth 40.
NOTICE.

is hereby given to the creditors Of George Tur-
ner, decd. to file their claims with the vouchers
thereof in the chancery flee within months
from the day of sale.
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From Me .New York Taibate.
Love All.


Loveall There is no living thing
Which God has not created;
Love all There is no living thing
Which God as ever hated;
His love susians the meanest life,
Whale'or does live or perish
And man nay not disdain TO love
What God has loved to cherish.
Love all For hate bcgetteth hate,
And love through love increaseth;
Love al! For hate s!ial faint and fall,
While love like God ne'sr ceaseth:
Love is the law. the life supreme,
The goal where all are tending;
TIL. hate shall die, the strife shall cease,
But love is never ending.
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40 Acres.

40 Acres.
more or less. living and icing IN Cecil Co
Md, one mile from Principle Furnace,
adjoining the lands Of James Gillespie,
John shaw and Others. This land is we'll
walered and in healthy location, cove
nient to Churches, Mills, and stores.
The Principle creek runs through said
land for halia mile or more, dividing
it as follows: about 20 acres on each side
of sand creek. The improvements are
upon the west side Of the creek; and con
,IGite~s sist of log dwelling, COOP
{E,tA aassss er shop and other small out
e5 SsS1 II g iiE buildings. The land is Of
g. 2ls57'es--' good quality, about Is acres
is under fence, and in good state OF cul
tivation, about 3 acres in good grass.
with some good froit trees on the same;
and upon the East part there is a good
Soap Stone Quarry
which from appearance is lneHhaustable
This stone has been tried in Priuciplo
Furnace, and has proved ia be Of good
quality; there is good location on eaci.
side oil the creek for water-works az
It undoubtedly holds out to those wish
lug to engage in the manufacturing 5.a,-
ness, a seat unsurpassed ~ any in az
colntv,
Terms MOD rate, pos 1910" given 81
the 25'h ot March Best 10. 4r'aer
particulars eng ut 81 10. Logan >r
who now ocC9r tge Dro.
Samuel Logan llvnz !.
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$500 TO afae Public. $500

| notice in the West hester Register
and Examiner an advertisement Of an i'm
proved perpendicular Water Ram, and it
the advertiser, Mr.. John d. Hurt is not
grossly mistaken, or like some other persons,
trying to mis!cad the public, this must be
the greatest machine Of The age. / am
wholly ignorant Of his Improvements, but
will Give five hundred dollars % the said
John d. Hurt to perform what he sets forth
in his advertisement, Or the sum of $500 to
him, or any man or set ofmen who can do
one half Of what he states in his publica-
ton he can do.
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JOSHUA L. GATCHEL

Elkton, Md. Aug / ! '49-3t
n. B. Allan Gawthrop, West Grove,
Chester county, Pa, is agent for my Pat
ent Rams patented April 10th IS47, and
IS authorized to examine in the case.
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Letter from the West.

U7~We are permitted to make the fol-
lowing extract from letter from Rev.
Matthew Sorin to Rev. G. ]. Crouch
of Cecil circuit. Many of the friends OF
MIR. Sorin, in this county, will no doubt,
be gratifed to hear from him.
GALENA, Ills. August 7th, 1919
DEAR BRoTnER:-
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A Card.

A Cara.
DOCTOR, d. C. n. EMORY, having loea'
ted hmselfat Port Deposit offers his professor,
al services 10 the inhabitants OF the village ana
neiphborhood, he may be found at tho Hotel OF
Mrs. REYNOLDS where he boards, OF at his oftlce
Port Deposit, June 7th 1919.
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Lame. for Sale,

VIII be sold at private sale small
tract OF land, containing
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03

VAN R[R
BACHELORS HALL.

Bachelors Hail. what quare looking place i, is J
haPe me from sich all the days of my life;
Sure but think what burnin' disgrace it is,
Niver at all TO be gttin' wife.
See the old bachelor. gloomy and sad enough,
Placing his ta-kittIe over the fire
Soon it tips oyer-St. Patrick he's mad enough,
Qf he was presently to fight with the Squire.
Now, like hog in his mortar bed wallowing.
Awkward enough, see him knading his dough ;
Iroth! If the bread he could ate without swallowing,
How it would favor his palate you know
His dish cloth is missing the pig. are devouring it.
In the pursuit he has battered his shin;
plate wanted washing-grimalkin is securing it,
Thunder and turf! what pickle he's in.
Pots. dishes. pans, and such grassy commodities
Ashes and prata skins kiver the floor,
His cupboa I'd is store house of comical Oddities,
Things that had never been neighbors before
His meal being over the tables left setting So
Dishes take care of yourselves if you cant
But hunger returns, theus furnng and fretting SO
Och let him alone for baste of man.
Late in the night then he goes TO bed shiverin';
Niver bit is his bed made at all.
He grapes like tarrapin. under the kiverin'-
Bad luck 10 the picture Of Bachelors Hall
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03
Ian Il X E. E'S
NEW SECTIONAL MAP OF ARKANSAS.

III AVlNG Just returned from Cincinnati, where l
have contracted for the engraving, printing, &c,
M NEw SECTIONAL Mar OF ARKANSAS, L would re-
pee'fuy inform the public, that the above Map Will
Neaey for delivery in January next
II VIII be done in the finest style of line engraving
aa :. y the most competent engravers west OF the
aaAeehanies. Said Map will show all the Creeks,
!o IS Post-ofces, County Seats, and every section
nd fractional section on each navigable stream in
~ sate, so that persons may point to the tract on
ssMel they live In addition to these L have Iald
Sn rom the Maps file in the Office OF Col Rear
ol, ne land selected by the State OF Arkansas as
@ Sstm the 100000 acres donated by Congress, the
.aaniary lands, the Salt Springs with the Twelve
ehens attached to each; also all the Military Land
.sSi ships laid down, taken from the books IN
- auditors Office and if any changes are made IN
@e county lines, or new counties formed by the en-
NAg Legislature l viii be enabled to show them all
nPete. Price, in neat pocket form With clasp, S4,
10 roiers splendidly colored and varnlshed, s5.
Inc pocket map can be to any part oil ths State
mail; and as orders are rapidly coming ID, t1ase
ous Of procuring early, will please send IN .nei'
aes 1 as soon possible. e. LANU hGI'
Little Rock, Nov. Z. 1913.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03
Commissioner ofthe General Land Office.

NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled TO the right of presumption
TO any of the lands within the townships and parts
of townships above enumerated Is required TO es-
tabIish the TO the satisfaction of the Register
and Receiver of the proper Land Office, and ma ke
payment therefor soon practicable after seeing
this notice, and before the day appointed for the
commencement of the public sale of the lands
embracing the tract claimed, otherwise such claim
will be forfeited ]. BUTTERFIELD.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Oct Of lS49 3l-l3w.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03
ROCK HOTEL.

[SA MAJOR PELHAM has leased and will
3G9 open for the accommodation Of visitors and
ST&S boarders, by the day, month, or year, that
- large edifee on the bank of the river,-the
@ below the State House. in the city of Little Rock,
sislnsas- The house has been thoroughly cleansed
epaired, newly furnished, and entirely renovated
|'s'sy respect His table will always be abundantlJ
rPPled with the very best the market affords A
1-atng Room is opened in which may always be
mi newspapers from various parts of the United
Il Ea2s
q Inc ROok HoTEL will be opened on the 9TH day
Il February, 1919.
al- 30 ls49 T47-tfI
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03
Novels of 1S49.

TNIGHTEEN hundred and twelve, or Napoleon
IL Invasion OF Russia
Thirty years since, the Ruined Family.
The Forgery, by James.
Tristram Shandy, or Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim
Jane Eyre.
Jno A. Murrell, (life and adventures.)
Battle of life, Ia love story,) by Dickens.
Campaigns in Mexico, or a Glimpse at Lie In camp
by one who has the " Elephant
The Old Judge, or Life in a Colony.
Memors of my Youth by Lamartne- ~
Georgiana Hammond, companion to Jane Eyre
Angelina Luxmore, or the Life of a Beauty.
Ellen Wareham (or Love and Duty2
For sale by -WALLACE 3 w ARD.
June %, IS49. - r. sf --
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
II n pursuance of law, |, ZACHARY TAYLOR, Pre-
- sident of the United States of America. do
hereby declare and make known, that Public Sales
will be held at the aforementioned Land Offices,
in the State of ARKANSAS, at the periods herein
after designated. to wit:
At the Land Office at BATEsv1LLE, commencing
Monday, the seventh dav of January next for
the disposal of the Public Lands situated within
the aforementioned townships, wit
North Of the base line aud ioest Of The fh Princi
pal meridian.
Township two, of range three.
Township two, of range four.
North Of the base line and east of the ft1h princi-
pal meridian.
Township fifteen, of range two.
At the Land Office at FAYETTEVILLE commenc-
ing Monday, the fourteenth day of January
next, for the disposal OF the Public Lands within
the following named township, VIZ:
North of the base line and ,cest of tie fifth princi-
pal meridian.
Township twenty, of range twenty-six.
At The Land Office at LITTLE Rock, commencing
on Monday, the twenty first day of January next,
for the disposal of the Public Lands situated with
in the aforementioned township, to wit:
South of The base line, and Oest Of The ffh princi
pal meridian.
Township SIX, of range fourteen.
Lands appropriated by law for the use of Schools.
military and other purposes, will be excluded from
the sales.
The offering OF the above mentioned lands will
be commenced on the days appointed, and proceed
in the order in which they are advertised, with all
convenient despa tch, unii the whole shall have
been offered and the sales thus closed but sale
shall be kept open longer than two weeks, and no
private entry of any of the lands will be admitted
until after the expiration OF the two weeks.
Given under my hand al the City of Washing
ton, this fifteenth day of September Ammo Domiri
one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
By THE PRESIDENT: Il. TAYLOR.
J. BUTTERFIELD,
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03
L0UsT COMFORT PEHALE SEMINARY

WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
HRS MARSHALL formerly Miss ANN JAMES,
<f would respectfully present her grateful acknow
gments 10 her Patrons and the Friends for the very
at;ernr in which they have sustained her
shOo hitherto, and would now inform Them that with
! ]. assistance of her husband. the Rev L. 5. MAR
IALL. Mss HANNAH JONES. and Ma HINCk-
ri, French Teacher additional facilities will be al
ICED Young Ladies IN the following branches of Fe
4aie Education the and succeeding Sessions
I'VE Aontbs, commencing the goth September, lo49
lxlAr BsascHEs, - 90
aaEz BEaxcrEs, 10 90
amolDEKY, Vocal Music, DRAwIsG, PAINTING,
{ each extra, 90
,angcrros on Pl.so FoErE, 20 90
BEzcz, 10 90
: tOa-ding at from 81 90 to 81 rs per week, be
7Alned in the most respectable families near the
lStOOLHouse.
ioUNT CoNEoRT, WAsHINeToN COUNTY. June 81, Ic49.