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INDUCEMENTS FOR CLUBS.

The success that has attended our recent efforts, aud inc interest taken in the BANNER by many of ,. oatrons have induced us to offer, for the pur- nose of etcag the formation of clubs, the follow 2, , ifst If
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SIOO Reward
EUm1sV EmmTe1

Lands! Lends LHOR SALE, upon low terms, the I 1 Sec. 9. Township North, Range West, containing 320 acres. And the q 3S'2< E1a of the Northwest quarter Of See G$Y&SN ton l5, Township North, Range 9W., A containing 80 acres. Enquire of
 D. c. FULTON. Markham St.
 next door to hs .adthony Hoase Nov. 26, 1850. IS
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LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY MORNING
JOHN D. ADAMS,

D " h1 " Ws A MD fA 8M " COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT. BRICK CORNER, LOWER STE tMBoAT LANDTNG
 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, LI EEPS constantly on hand :arRe and general IN assortment Of Dry Goods, Cl0thIng. Hard. ware, Queensware, Hats and caps, Boots aud shoes, saddIery, Stationary, Groceries, Produce, &c.sa&c.; all of which will be sold every cheap for CASH.
 Oct. l, l650-S-l-n
 New Goods! New Goods. vTNHE undersigned have just received their Fall A aud Winter Stock, consisting In part, of Brown and Rieached Domestics,
 French. English and American Prints;
 Black Alpaca HoseEy;
 Ladies' Dress and Mourning Collars;
 Ladies White Black Slippers;
 Ladies and Childfens' Laced Boots;
 French Artificial Powers. general assortment of Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Cutlery, Saddlery and Queensware which they will sell cheap for CASH or Country Produce.
 FATHERLY & CLEMENTS. Dec IT, 1850 Corner Main and Markham Sts
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To subscribers.

IU SUUSCFHUUNNs We hope that wherever any iTreguiarity may be in the receipt of the BaaneS our sub 'cdbers will do us the favor to give information of e fact in order that the cause may be ascertained and removed.
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Bagging. ROpe and Twine, ID ECEiVED, per steamer Penny wit" the fol- IG lowing goods; . 1900 yards Bagging; %
 300 lbs. Bale Rope;
 50 lbs. Twine
 A, J. HUTr. Dec. 10. e Main St.
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IRON and sTEEL-I.O05 lbs flat, round an \ square bar Iron: 500 lbs horseshoe Iron: 50 Diamond Flow Moulds; 50 Cary do do
 400 lbs. Spring Steel
 ls0" German do Received and for sale by Feb I2 WM. B. WAIT.
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JUSTICE.

sEfANiNG been elected, commissioned aud qualified as s Justice Of The Peace Rig Rock Township, Pulaski county, Arkaass prepared attend, officially, to any business Htrustedto pulrltally.
 Otcr at the law office of L. A. WHIrEtEy, Esq, corner Of Main and Elm streets, uhdeE the Arkansas Banner oee
 JOHN ]. THOMPSON. Little Rock Afks Nov. S ls10.
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ELoUR-200 bbls. Ohio superine; II LARD 0iL-5 bbls. winter strained; PLOUGH MOuLDs--l0s Diamond, BAC0N-i hhds. hams and shoulders; P0RK-l0 bbls. clear; LARD-i00 kegs No i; COTTON YARN--20ffl Ibs. assorted, s to 10. Received pr Hamburg and for sale by
 WM. B. WAIT. March II. 1851.
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LITTLE ROCK
Agency for thc Akrapsas Banner.

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL es, 1881.
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sps. Iiamilsoa,-ED ADv.
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THE BAN NER.

LA1TBRRT '. a RfsARDON, lr... LAsfBER f A. svfifrELET, Eo'T"h''
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Flour. 100 5BLS Si Loais extra Suporhne, received IOO per "Penny wii," and for sale by Jsnusry VIM. B, WAIT.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
LIES TREASURES

The first dear thing that ever loved
Was mothers gentle eye,
That smiled as woke on the dreamy couch
That Graded my infancy.
l never forget the joyous thrill
That smile in my spirit stirred,
Nor how it could charm me against my will
Till laughed like a joyous bird.
And the next thing that ever loved
Was bunch of summer flowers,
With odors, and hues, and loveliness,
Fresh as from Eden's bowers.
never can find such hues again,
Nor smell such a sweet perfume;
And if there be odors as sweet as these,
'Tis that have lost my bloom.
And the next fair thing was fond to love
Is tenderer far to tell
Twas voice, and hand, and a gentle eye,
That dazzled me with its spell.
And the loveliest things had loved before
Were only the landscape now
On the canvass bright, where pictured her
In the glow of my early VOW.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
HOW TO BE MISERABLE

"llow to be happy" is very common
heading 10 an article addressed to the young.
have seen it in the papers so often, tina,
should not think of writing upon it. Blu,
believe have never seen anything in prin.
TO tell young folks hoao TO be miserable.
GLOW to be miserable Well, guess
we don't want to be miserable"
Don't want to be miserable How so .
Then why do you take so much pains to
be miserable ! cannot think how child
or youth who Is free from care or trouble,
and full of buoyant spirits, can be miserable
without trying to be SO. But, as ] have
seen great many young persons who no,
only seemed determined to make themselves
miserable, bu. every body around them also,
] thought, perhaps, they would thank me
for telling them how they may do i. easier
10 the first place, if you wish to be mise
rable, be elfsh. Think all the time of your
self, and of yonr own things. Don'I care
about any body else. Have no feeling for
any one bu, yourself. Never think Of en-
Toying the satisfaction Of seeing others hap
py but the rather, if you see smiling face,
be jealous, lest another should enjoy what
you have not. Envy every one thai is better
off in any respect than yourself, think un-
kindly towards them, and speak sligh,ingly
of them. Be constantly afraid lest some
one should encroach upon your rights; be
very wstchful against it; and if any one
comes near your things, snap a. him like a
mad dog. Contend earnestly for everything
that's your own, though i, may not be worth
pin; for your rights are just as much con-
cerned as if it were pound Of gold. Never
yield point.
BE every sensitive, and tax everything tha,
| is said to you in playfulness in the most Sc
rious manner. Be jealous Of all our friends
lest they should not think enough Of you.
And il at any time they seem to neglect you
put the wors! construction upon it you can,
and conclude that they wish "to cut" your
acquaintance; and so the next time you NEE,
them, put on sour look, and show a pro-
per resentment. You will soon gel rid of
them, and cease to be troubled with friends.
You will have the pleasure Of being shut up
in yourself.
Be very touchy and irritable. Cultivate
sour, cross, snappish disposition. Never
speak in good nature, if you can help it,
Never be satisfied with anything, bu. always
be frel.ing. Pout at your father and mo-
'her, get angry with your brothers and sis
ters; or if you are alone, fret at your books,
or your work, or your play. Never look
at or admire anything that is beautiful and
good but fix your eye on the dark side of
everything complain of defects in the best
Of things, and be always on The look-ou for
whatsoever is deformed or ugly, or often
slve in any way, and turn up your nose ct
/ it. If you do half Of these things you will
be miserable enough.-.N. Y. Observer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
STATISTICS OF INTENIPERANCE.

AT recent meeting of the London S,a-
'is'ical Society-a meeting which, we OBJ
serve, was attended by Mr.. Secretary Ken
nedy, of the Census Board, who brough,
before the Society notice Of the Census Of
the United States for 1S50-a very curious
and instructive paper was read by F. &. P.
Nelson Esq, on ''The Rate of Morality a.
mong Persons Of Incorporate Habi.s," some
fragments of which have made their way
into the papers, our own among the rest
The results he arrives at are Of very START
ling, though by no means surprising charac-
ter. Every body knows that lntemperance
is not conducive to health and long life; bu,
it requires the record-the account current
the naked fgures-,o produce concise
notion Of the degree Of influence which this
baneful evil exercises over the human fami-
ly. Mr.. Nelson's paper is valuable, as re-
cordmg the results Of such actual observa-
lions on this subject, as he and others have
been able to make: and as his object in col
ec,ing facts was to apply the results to life
insurance operations, with which we sup
pose him to be connected, his results being
stated in language and form most familiar
w SuIu Ihe III oHCC toibPdui ttTc Is Iuc
greater reason to rely that his collections
were made with care. 1t is to be remarked.
as stated by himself, that his observations
include only s:well marked" cases Of intem-
perance occasional drinkers or free livers
not being taken into consideration.
The years Of life TO which Mr.. Nelson's
observations extended, were 6,1 1.5; among
which there occurred 357 deaths. Now
taking the general population Of England
and Wales, the number of deaths to SO many
years of life would have been ITO only, or
less than one-third; so ,ha. the average
mortality among in.empera,e persons is
more than three times great as among
other classes. In early life-from 81 to 80
years old-it is five times as great. The
young man just upon the threshold of his
majority, with health and constitution TO
warrant the expectation Of longevity, BY a.
doping incorporate habits, deliberately re-
Jects and throws away one-half of his allot-
ted three score and Ten years Of life. Then
it appears from Mr.. Nelson's tables, .ha,
while, in England and Wales, temperate
man, at ~ years of age. has wha, the life
insurance gentry call an equal chance-,hst
is, fair average ptotabiliIy-ol living al 2
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

years, the intemperate one has an equal
chance Of living only 1856 years. A. 80
years Of age, the probability s-for the tenn
pera'e man 36.5 years, for the intempers,e
1873 years; at 40 years old. i, is for the two,
respectively, 28S and l1.6 years.
o, ye wise and courageous young topers,
who think ye have no livers, siomachs, or
nervous systems, who scorn apoplexy, des-
pise gout, and expec. even to give the slip
TO the "man with the poker" here is mat
ter for thinking and cyphering. 1t seems
so incredible for one, a, 20 years old, to be
called on to decide whether he will live to
be IS or 35: and 9. 80, to have the option
of &c or 43! lfany one doubts, lie. him
60 inquire at life insurance office; and,
above all let him inquire the difference Of
rates charged for insuring the lives Of The
confirmed temperate, and the confirmed in
temperate. In this way, in fact, one may
obtain information quite as surprising and
as practically valuable as any communica.-
ed by Mr.. Nelson's tables.
Mr.. Nelson adds a number Of other facts,
the resul. of statistical inquiry, in relation
TO intemperance, of very interesting, and
some of quite novel character. He finds
decided difference in the resisting power
Of classes and sexes. The average duration
OF life, after the commencement Of intempe-
rate habits, is, he says, among mechanics
and working men, Is years, among mer-
chants and traders, II; professional men
and gentlemen, who have nothing to do, Is :;
females, generally, ID years. He notices,
too, the difference in The chances among
the drinkers of fermented and spiriuous IL
quors: beer drinkers averaging 2l.7 years !;
spirit drinkers, 1917; drinkers of both beer
and spirits, l6.l-which is new illus,ra-
ton of the danger of mixing ones liquors
We copied on Monday, Mr.. Nelson's es-
timae of the number Of drunkards in Eng
land and Wales, namely, 33,35S males,
and 1923 females; making a propor-
lion of one male drunkard to every "a
men; one female drunkard to every 434
women; and one drunkard generally to
every l45 of both sexes. These proper
'ions are very heavy. !. is something ter
rible to think of people so highly civIiz-
ed as the English, .ha. every seventy-fourlh
person of the total male population, men and
boys, should be sot; and even tha, every
collection of four hundred and ,hirty-f
women and girls should also furnish fe-
male inebriate. Civilization is not civiliza-
ion when such state Of things prevails.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
LET MY HOME BE A COTTAGE

BY DAVID BATES.
Give me the fresh, free breath of heaven,
Water pure from the purling stream,
Bread that congenial toll has given,
Sleep too deep and secure to dream!
Let my home be a cottage lowly,
Standing where it is scarcely seen,
In the vale where the brook winds slowly,
Down at the foot of the sloping green.
With the sentinel willows keeping
Watch by its door, where a fountain falls
Flowers around, and vines all creeping
Over its gray and mossy walls.
Where the trees. with their boughs o 'er bendin
Sing to the ear soothing strain;
And broad fields around me extending
Wave their billowy golden grain.
Where sweet blossoms are hanging over
Rustic shrines, for repose and ease
And where the blooming fields of clover
Yields its sweets to the bee and breeze.
Where the eye. DER landscape gazing,
Rests with delight on mead and dell,
Dotted over with groups of grazing
Flocks that herd to the tinkling bell
Far away from the bustng city,
Filled with its weight of wealth and woe,
Where neither pride, neglect, nor pity,
Drives back the life streams heathful flow.
Where the weary, oppressed, and grieving,
Blending under misfortune s darts,
Bless the shelter, and feel, when leaving,
Heavier hands and lighter hearts.
There, with the friends | love around me.
Drawing closer affections tie
Ties that alone to earth have bound me-
Let me peacefully live and die,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
P o E II r Y.
From the Waverly Magazine
LIFE.

From the Waverly Magazine
LIFE.
Life has its sunshine but the ray
Which dashes on its stormy wave,
Is but the beacon of decay,
A meteor glmmering DER the grave,
And though its dawning hour is bright
With fancy's gayest coloring,
Yet DER this cloud encumbered night,
Dark ruin flaps her raven wing.
Life has its fowers-and what are they'
The buds of early love and truth
Which spring and wither in day
The gems of warm, confding youth
Alas! those buds decay and die,
Ere ripened and matured in bloom;
Fen in an hour behold them lie
Upon the still and lonely tomb.
Life hath its pangs of deepest thrill,
Thy sting relentless memory!
Which wakes, pierce not, until
The hour of Joy has ceased to be;
Then, when the heart is in its pail,
And cold Affections gather DER,
Thy mOurntul anthem doth recall
Bliss which hath died to bloom no more.
Life hath its blessings but the storm
Sweeps like the desert wind in wrath,
To scar and blight the lovelest form
Which scars on earth deceitful path.
Oh! soon the heart-broken wall,
So changed from youth s delightful tone,
Floats mournfuliy upon the gale.
Where all is desolate and lone.
Life hath its hope-a mattin dream,
A cankered flower, setting sun,
Which casts transitory CLEAN
Upon the evenings clouds of dun.
Pass up an hour, that dream hath fled,
The flowers on earth forsaken lie;
The sun hath set, whose lustre shed
A light upon the shaded sky.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY,
BY E. WELLS, JR.
E b TOR AND PROP PRIET o r .
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

For one year, if paid within six months, $l.5O
{" if fnot paid within six months, 200
ADVERTISEMENTS per square for three nser-
tions-l2 lines of small type IA of large type
constituting suuare-and % cents for every sub
sequent insertion. If the number of insertions be
not marked on the advertisement it will be pub
lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. A
liberal deduction will be made to those who ad-
vertise by the year.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

II was among the loveliesl customs Of The
ancien.s to bury the young at morning twi-
light; for as they strove TO give the sofiest
Interpretation to death, so they imagined
that Aurora, who loved the young, had s,o-
len them 10 her embrace.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

MIsERIEs OF BAcHELoRsHIr.-The Lite
rary Gazette tells truth which will meet
with affirmative groans from many breast.
"Surround bachelor" says our con,empo-
rary, with hear,less attention TO detail, }
with every possible comfort. give him the
roomes. of bed-chambers, the most refresh
ing of couches, The largest of fsponging baths;
cover his breakfast table with The wbi,est Of
table cloths, make his tea with the hottest
of boiling water envelope his body in the
most comfortable of dressing gowns and his
feet in the easiest OF slippers, feed him amid
the luxuries and comforts of the snuggest
clubs do all these things and more for him.
and he will nevertheless, be unhappy. lie
'muses and ponders, and dreams about love
and MARRIAGE"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24
is one Of my principles, never to meddle in

is one of my principles, never to meddle in
the affairs Of Others"
| "Brave man 70 exclaimed the Marquis, 81
perceive that can trust you, and that you
are q man Of honor and prudence. Follow
me and you will learn the value Of your
discre,lon.''
Taking a torch, he led the soldier by a
winding passage 10 subterranean vault
But, oh, horror the pale and vaclIla'ing
light of fambeau was reflected on all sides
by ghas,ly skeletons, which its chickering's
seemed to reanlmate, and which appeared TO
menace the two visitors.
"Lislen, my friend," said the nobeman
The black lady whom you have seen this
nigh. is the lady of the chateau, condemned
to drink, at my table from the skull Of her
lover, whom | have killed. These bones
are those of travellers who have seen pre-
cisely what you have seen, bu, have not
been possessed Of your prudence. have
satisfied their curiosity; and their death
alone could protect me from the conse-
quences. Your discretion has saved your
life. And now, my friend, as proof Of my
appreciation of your prudence and good
judgment, accept this purse. You are OF
liberty TO remain at the chateau as long as
you may choose, or, if you prefer, to con-
linue your Journey"
"Conceve, if possible, the emotions Of
the old soldier. Who would wonder, if he
had that night often repeated in his sleep,
".Never meddle in the affairs of others 2'
The next morning he continued his route,
and the remainder of his journey passed with
out any further adventure of interest. lie at
| las, arrived in S ght Of bis cottage, where all
that was most dear to his heart awaited him
that hear. beat quick as he placed his foot
on the threshold. Without announcing
himself, he entered but alas, wha, recep-
ton for behold-oh, fruits Of absence -
the first object that me, his as,onished gaze,
was young priest tenderly embracing his
wife
With the decision Of an old warrior, the
soldier levelled his musket, and in snolher
instant ball would have pierced the heart
of the unhappy priest; but a thought arrest
ed his hand penetrating his soul like an
electric shock-Postpone your anger TO the
morror !-and he lowered bis muskei, and
hung his head, overcome with bitter dissp-
pointment and despair.
His jealousy, however, was no! Of dura-
'on for behold, upon an explanation, this
priest was his son! Adopted in his infancy
by good cure Of the village, who had di.
rec'ed his studies, he had recently taken
holy orders, and had preceded bu! few
moments the arrival of his father.
Thus the old soldier, after long absence,
had at last returned to his family, and had
found his son priest-lhe ne plus ultra Of
human perfection in the popular estimation.
When had he ever conceived of such hap
pness as this 1t was assuredIy The mo-
ment to cut The loaf Of bread-but hardly
had he done SO, when playful kitten, wish
ing to share in The general Joy, sprang to-
wards some brilliant object which rolled
from The loaf on The floor. 1t was the three
louis dor, which had been placed there by
the good Captain!
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

OF all actions Of a mans life says Seldom,
his marriage does least concern other peo-
pie ye, of all actions of his life, it is most
meddled with by other people.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

Be GENTLEMEN AT HoME.-There are
few families, we imagine, any where, in which
love is not abused as furnishing license
for impolieness. A husband, father, or
brother, will speak harsh words to those
whom he loves best, simply because the
security Of love and pride keeps him from
getting his head broken. |. is shame that
lie will speak more impoli.ely, at times, to
his wife or sister, than he would dare to
any other female, except low and vicious
one. ii is thus that the holiest affections
of mans nature prove to be weaker pro-
lection to woman in the family circle than
the restraints Of society, and that woman
usually is indebted for the kindesi polite
ness of life to those not belonging to her
own household. Things ought not so to
be. The man who, because it will not be
resented, inhic.s his spleen and bad temper
upon those of his hearIh-stone, is a small
coward and very mean man. Kind words
are the circulating medium, between true
gentlemen and true ladies at home, and no
polish exhibited in society can atone for The
harsh language and disrespec,fui treatment
too often indulg ged in between those bound
together by Gods own ties Of blood, and
the still more sacred bonds of conjugal love.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

Greatness stands upon a precipice-and
if prosperity carry man ever so little be-
yond his poise, it overbears and dashes him
to pieces.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

Anecdotes are often spoiled by being too
lo"s-stories, as we'll as boys, oflen outgrow
their strength.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-24

There is man in North Camden too Iaz,
to blow his nose. lie generally gets ,h,
flies TO do it for him,