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HGrdiCare, Hardsc0re.

VINHE subscriber woald respectfully inform his \ customers. and the public generally. that he has received, per steamer Exchange and Dispatch, the largest and best selected stock oi Hardware, ever ofeteti iii this understanding. n part, Of the IioliowSas:
 Black Smith Bellows. AnviIs. Vices, sIedge and 'haad Hammers, Horse Shoes and Nails.
 36 dozen common Knives and Forks; dozen Ivory handled (5a!anee) do; Pocke. Pen. and desk hnwe.; 6 6dozen superior Razors (WAde & Butch |'Tsh'Rogers' Shears. Scissors, and gents pocket Scs'ors, B'stannia, German Silver and Iron Steels, N aciag ktives. 1
 sAot guns. Aats aud per gun locks; gun worms,
 i' "Iprrs, powder lAsks, pistol do., oil finds shot 'Is and pouches, game bags, fish hooks and lines,
 .A'iae Tasks gun nipples. water proof per. caps, common to.
 aiisuppy of pad.locks, rim do mort to- cot 'sf, closet, English store 1iot,o, and plate locks. 'il4fe latehes, screws, butts and hinges, brass t.'s
 CcIni', Dasis'. "Ken,acky" and Simmons axes, 'f''l axes, hand ditto, Collins I do, shngling eas'',Am. la,h ditto, claw ditto, hammers of all Iron squares, C. S .Sncket and hrmer ehjsel.. Ao k and hinges single and double bench planes, 'a'h oos, hand saws,--brass, shoe and com tacks, | ''e measures, brass screw rings, sewing and peg 'HS aSls, silrTap irons, hooks, iaiiors and Ger.
 'A silver thimbes. single rein snaps. spring baian- t Taper, mill sAws, S cut sas. files, horse "r'' Ne, brass ahd Jap'd. candle sticks. snafeIs, 'Fy and horse mane combs, cotton cards, wool do. .4f>e cards
 Nt3 AA. assd., bang borers, shovel and tonss, zen wreoches knitting rins.
 s'hs, shoe brushes, paint marking asd ctunb
 ,' "hl'e wash brushes, cloth shair, and siia asing
 ''o'a and flesh do. counter do.
 ile'' and stop cocks. moiasses gates, sputs, cur ,', OA'as' cotton lines and rope, nencil:points,
 '', 'i@ lead pencils, s!elio strings. shaving box
 's am steel hoes, polished traces and log ehsns.
 .o p'a ehsins, plespring. brick. and pointing F"e'' e'eaVers, ship serapers, brass handled and
 s.'n Iron fire irons, sheep shears, G. s. saws, ,e' saves. shoe do.. fry pans. sheet iron,ani
 kettles. gIid irons, razor slfops, cotton ns.s'' haailA rope, states, drawing knives. nut
 CTS &e, ttc,. which, having recently nurchas- s4ias. " JOHN D. ADAMS.
 Inn. Essrsv Stsamkeat Laadins.
 AAAe Rsek. Dee. IT, 1850. IS
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The Devil ana tls h,lest

Abcat ten days ago ail tlse pepalatiomof RFwnn, n the Austrian Staten, were thFawn lnfo couHlo- tion by the appearance of the devil ia pegrn Per- soaa, surrounded by gendarthes with drawn swords. HlEsaianic majesty was as he is always represent cd, perfectly black. with two enormous hetns, goats eafs body covered with hatE, hofses legs. and eloxen feet; but Ae seemed decidedly out of spirits and sappeared that he Mas undergoing the Rdignlty of being conveyed tn dmFsRce vise. The old mea and women pf tke place Iell oa their knees and prayed to al the saints to protect them against the terrible prince of daEknssss but the yQang pea he'd aiss bnPsesy sn lansh and scna at hlm. On inquiry the following facts xesa stated: few days before, as a peasant woman named Hent was lying ia bed after having been delivered of child, the devil suddenly lsapea through window ,Alanklng ehasa. and demanded that she shoald either gre hum the child to be caaied to Inc region below, or make over 10 ham sum of ioo horns m new silver, which he knew she had collected The poor woman, greatly fFighted, at once produced the money and the devil p0eketcd U; after which he went away The nezt day the woman told the parish priest of the visit she had reeelved, and added that she had collected the lOO honns penny by penny, to pay tor religious ser wee on her acc0nehment. " Dsd you tell any one that you had the moneys'' asked The priest 'qOn- ly the md- wife," said she. "Weil, tell the mid wife that the devil was mistaken Ia Suppasing that you had only 100 horins for that you have sfly lo- rms more; and say yoa are glad he did not compel yoa to give them up. The devil will perhaps pay yoa another Vsli after that but will be there to ex- ercise him" The woman told the midwife what the priest bad said, The next night the dsvil re- appeared and demanded the afty forms, but at the same moment the priest rushed firth, seized hmn by the neck. and charged him wuh being thief. The devtl. It turned out was the husband of the midwife He was fastened m Fosin and the next morning was taken to prison---tssiigHaaia Mes seagfr.
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Thomas Ian aaincsx.

The English 0prsm eater is thus described by A correspondent of Worcester paper:
 ''I have met De Quincey in the course of nav peFegTiaations over this 'terraqneous ball. and i can assure you that the physique of that relehYa led writer $ certainly as expressive his lucum- oraslons. Men oi genus have generally been mere parodies of that fine physicalsn which ladies eauv moniy designate manhood; and De Quinceyss case certainly strengthens the rnle. He ix one of the smallest legged. smallest bodied. and most attsnu- ated eiiigies of the human fonn divine, that one could meet in e crowded city during n lav,s u,slk And if one adds to this figure clothes that are neither iashionahly cut, nor fastidlonsiy adinssl he will have tolerably rough idea of De Olin- eeYs outer man But then his brow that ruSheN hls obuuslve hat to the back oS his head and hss grey eyes that to not seem to losk out, but ,o bs ever turned inward, sounding the dep,hs of hs tmaglnauon, and searching out the mysteries of the most abstruse logic. are something that you would search week to find the mates to and then you would De disappointed
 ' De Quincey now resides al Lasswade a rn- nsnilc snsai v,liass aacs the raasdenee eg Sss Waller Scott ab0nt seven miles from Edinbt,rs scotland, where an afeetionate daughter wnich-s over him. and where he is the wonder of inc corntry people for miles around They cannot understand why on fair days. at all hours. that little man with q brown coat and the wooiy haf IS always climbing hills, and wandering among the shady woods, as if he sought something he coaI,l never hnd And then, why on coid bleak and wet days, he walks along the highway between two pales ef stones, transferring them singiy from one point to the other. The fact is that the oui- un which De Quincey consumed n his yonnser days IS now consuming hiTn; and unless he walks ten miles day far or foul he cannot secure his maxlmnin of two hours sleep during the night --- fhls exercise he easily secures in pleasant weath- CT; when the weather is not so, he transfers his heaps ot stones. and makes his ten miles in this way. This profound logician. and em,neut scolar IS impressed with the preposterous idea that iae bears a hying hppopotamus, CT some such animal m his stomach; and 1t K said that he fnaaifests considerable sensycnes if any of his friends doubt the fact.
 '' Christopher North, the antishesis of De Quin- eey ln every respect save in contempt for the sumptuary laws, once asked the latter how he teli' An said De Qaincey laying hls hand on his waist coat, with n elanehoIy look and shake oi the head this animal tronbies me. John s-- 'Fhen come and let give the aniInal some soup replied the Professor with laugh t was dinaer time, and De ouIncey did not object to thss pro- posal, but he did not to digest the doubt that was implied in Old kt'S w!tticism.'
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APRIL P, 1851.
For tbe Nashville and Louisville Christian Advocate. REV. J. NEwLAND MAFrITT.


 Towering, like soEae lofty oak,@s He stood od,-subIime amid the tosslngs of tls age;--wlth arms expansive to the sky, And eAH'raif bT0lc that lit with radiance From on high
 Times were when sterms did beat, when tempest
 howled
 About his Loess; and though his body Slightly treInb1ed to the blast. he lived to Feel the spicy bgeathiRgs of the calm, and fondiy wave hls ample boAghs above thc~ Heads oi those who nestled near his heart.
 Just long enough he lived to see Ills fruits full ripen to the san, and drop To feed iHsatiatesous:-and yet his branches We're not stripped by seasons or by years: But like the rose perpetual biossomed on As fresh while brushed by hrumal breath, as when Solt summer zephyrs reyel with 1t leaves.
 At last, the calm of nature died Snrcharged with lurid lightning. loomed in view The sullen cloud,-barbed with death, the shalt Electric sacked it's watery brow, and struck: Alas alas the stately oak was pierced, And nven to the heart, iusensate fell Among it's boughs no more'the evening birds Carol: nor when the morn, embaZoned by The sun, begins to peer, no more the sky Lark seated on it's lostiest twig IS beard To sound it's maun notes, and serenade The glory of the swelling day. Though It's trunk death stricken, stretches on the earth, Its pristine beauty palled, its native grandeur Suiiid by the clod, within the hearts Of those who Sac beneath its cooling shade, Its greatness unforgoten veS;-foT where 1t stood, The hands of fame, have reared monument Whose marble.pile, times wear will not defle; Nor will Il fall, until upturned by Him Who'll scroll the universe, and bad the moral Growth to vegetate anew and in Moment, change, In splendor to survive; Which crowns and decorates alone in Heav'n. DurhamSvllle, Tenn, Feb, 1851.
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The PresideaeY.

A late letter rom W asbington, says:
 " At present there is q disposition tn consen, o what cannot be beiped-ihati IS to say to allo, tle old party distinctions to remain, and io make the next contest for the Executive chair q battle be- tween whigs and democrats The energy that was yalnly directed to the fouma.ion of Unioa party wall now be oxerted to prevent eI.beT Webster oE Fillmore from getting ihu whig nomnation for the Chief Msgstraey. This will be much the easlsr task of the two. and it is thought here that ere,n stances arc operating very ayofably for the desiga Dir. Fillmore may make as many sacrifices of con. science to gain the good will Of she south as he pleases, and MT. Webster may write letters to his old school master, and his wet nurse til the mails arc fatgued with conyiag tlseini Inc knowing ones bere particularly Inc friends Of Mr. Clay regard ii ss settled paiat that neither of thn can get inc nosnlnatinn Q
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r F ARKANSAS BANNER
 2, pvyLIsIIeD EVERY TUESDAY.
,,upEar A. wmrELEY, publisher.
TERMS:

For sre copy, one year, ........'''S S% oo n, fsree copies, one year, to one address, u Ed frs copes, one year, to one addross, II oo y,, f-, copies. one year, to one address, 20 OO
 r5rae name of no person will be entered upon .,, books unless payment be made in a4rance, or ,.,,.ped by some responsible person in this city.
 1rD.,tant subscribers may forward us money by I.ifer at our expense, and at our risk, provided ,,. n3simasters receipt be taken an9 preserved fr our protection
 grNo deviation from the above terms.
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Personal Sketches of literary Lions.

DOUGLAS JERoLD.-DouglasJ Jerold, well known contributor to Punch and editor of varous publi- cations, is a man about fifty years of age, and in person IS remarkably spare and diminutive. His face is sharp and angular, and his eye is of grey ish hue. He IS probably one of the most canstic writers of the age, and with keen sensihility, he often writes under the impulse of tine moment ar ticles which his cooler judgment condemns. AL though a believer m EydroPathy, his habits do not coUfomr to the-lnn faaf appteatienRf Adams ale. His Caudle Lectures have bean read by every one. In conversation he IS Quick at retort-not always refined. He is a husband and grandfather.
 HoN. T. B. MAcauLAY-Mr. Maeaulay Is short in stature, round, and with growing tendency to aldermanic dispfoportionS. His head has the same rotundity as his body, and seems stuck on it as firmly as a pin-head This IS nearly the sum of his personal defects; all else, except the voice {whIch IS mountainous and very diSagreeabe,) is certainly in his favor. His face seems literallyin- stinct with expressions the eye, above al full of deep thought and meaning As he walks or rather struggles, along the street. he seems as if in state of total abstraction, unmnldfu of all that is going on around him, and solely occupied with his own working mind. You cannot help thinking that hteIature with him IS not mere profession or pur suit, Sbut that 1t Las almost grown part sof him. self, as though historical problems or analytical criticism were part of his daily and regular food.
 Th0mas H BRiey.-A correspondent of the Tribune says, writing from Nottingham, England :: have seen Bailey, author of "Festus." His father is proprietor of the Nottingham Mercury, and the editorial department rests on him. He IS a thiek-set sort of a man of statue below the middle size; complexion dark. and in years about eight and thirty. His phisognomy would be clownish in expression. if his eyes did not redeem his other features. He spoke, of "Festus;'' and its fame in America of which he seemed very proud. In England il had only reached its third edition, while eight or nine have been published in the States.--Boston Gazette,
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BOUNTY LANDS.

ITO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE WAR
 uF isla, AND ALL THE INDIAN WARS SINCE
 l7N, THEIR WIDOWS AND MINOR CHILDREN; YTNnER the of Congress- passed the 2th day of Sep V rsmber l5O all who served in any capacity in any of be ahove waf-, either in the militia regular service, for tee month more, untitled tO Bounty Land.
 The undersigned being in possession of all the forms, and fully all the requirements o the various Oihces o he Government, will attend to procuring Warrants ioF usr BounIe and, II desired, locate the upon Coop lands, and procure the patents therefor.
 Applicants under this ball will please state names, age, place residence se rank held, of captain Of com an, number of regiment. of infantry tor other arn com l- oi regiment, when enlisted volunteered or draed, d what place, about what time foF what term ot ser how long service, when discharged and, n they have t@ disebigrs forward them. If widow, sAte of whom, Then and where marFed her previous to marriage, "hea and where her husband died, and n not she Is still widow, d her husband killed in battle state it.
 H ih information be iowaded the papers will h picpafcd and sent o the claimants for signature.
 N concentrations "Posr PAip addressed to him wIl ceEt prompt attention. l., A. WHfTELEY,
 Arkansas Banner Office, Little Rock, Arks.
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A pneI in ihe slnnlls.

Two celebrated French mronaats M de Grand Pnee and N, Is P,qnc. having qaarrel;cd aboat fashionable opera dancer, who. though lae mix- uexs Oi the t0nner, discovered ln au intrRae wiih tue latter. challenge wAs lie eo1ae4l nenec Being both nsen Of elevated minds tkes agreed t1 light n bailooasi and order ave flne for their pfepafatlon, Il was agreed upon that lhsir ainel should take place that day month. Accordingly ca ths 3d Of May, is0s ihs parties met in Geid adjoining the FuIlieries, whsEe fheif resDse4ise balloons were ready to receivs tLeln Each party assembled his ear. The weapons io bc used by maial consent were blundeEhessss as ps,als, twas sapposed. would be altogether iileffcient in ther probable situations vast multisside af- tended, bearing of the ascent. bot Iistc lt.a1aag of the hostile luseaiioas ef tke sEonaAgs. being lneEeis attracted Co the spot bs Inc then ga3lse - denkel novelty of balto9n race A. asne o'es K tie ehofdx were cut, and 1he balloons a.e,Nessl tnaesSeaIls, amidst the sh1us Vi aaln.Fine thou. sands Fac Nsnd moderate ffsyan tire MN VI . Aad they sepY ss well as could be judged betwf xa ninety and one haDdsei yards of each othey wfen they had arr,yed al the height of sbou nine haa- dIed ystis M Le Plqae 6resl. but without sfsgt; almost Enseisatsls after. hts ise as returned 5y M GrandPfeei the contents of hls bsunslerbnxs peaeisased hss adseraTys balloon the eoss.sa seree was the rapid descent of the uaarhine. aud M. le PHae was dashed to pieeeA oa a house ton. ou winch his shattered and collapsed balaon fesi Ths victorious Grandpree then mounted alefa ia n, gfaadesf style, and dcsceaaed safe about ssses leagues fSoan the spot ol aSeensson-
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Notice to the creditors of rexas,

The creditors of Texas, for whose claims duties on imports were especially pledged are required by the acting Secretary of the Treasury to file the Treasury Department previous to ist October 1S5i and to execute release to the United States of their respective claims agreebly to form, ap- proved by the President and published by the act ing Secretary of the Treasury.
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Rates for Yearly Advertising

All standing advertisements will be charged at the first mentioned rates, unless contract be made ehen left for nsertion and must be paid for in ad- vance.
 Nopsrson will te announced for any office, either city, State, or county, without the advance pay nent of five dollars.
 Political circulars will be charged as advertise ments and payment required in advance.
 No lob will hereafter be delivered to any person with whom we have no regular dealings, until paid for.
 Ali advertisements must be marked with the num- Der of insertions desired, otherwise they will be continued until forbid, and charged accordingly
 fr} Yearly, half yearly aud quarterly advertisers will be confined 10 their legitimate bustness All advertisements of different kind, or for other per sons will be charged for at the usual rates.
 All letters must be postpaid, or they wilno re- cejve any attention.
 IT Positively no variation will be made from the above regulations
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JOB PRINTING.

The proprietor of the Arkansas Banner, rec .pectfuly informs the public that he is prepared to sHeeute every description of Jos WoRK. with neat sess and dispatch, and at lOp rates any office in the Siate-such as
 Books, Pamphlets, Hand Bills, steamboat
 Bills, Posters, Bills of LadiHg, Bill
 Heads, Horse Bills, Labels,
 Cards, Receipts, &c.
 Also constantly on hand, Blank Notes, Clerks, sherif's, Justices and COustabie's Blanks of every kind, Blank Deeds of cone veyance, &c, winch will be sold cheap for Cash or city acceptance, and will be sent by mail 10 any part of the state, if required.
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TERMS FOR ADVERTISING

AdvesssnaeEw wiir bs inssssed 1t ths ushal ra.es OG sAs oshes pspsrs in sks sity--sAas U. si q square fsR the aznt insertion. and afly cents . square for each sadiiional pubIisatioa- liberal discount will be made so those who advertise by Ibe year.
 ET TPossmasteTs are smtheriSed to act as eur agents. and win retain 10 per eeas, of all maAcY received and transmitted to as isf papers and ad- veEtiwemnnts.
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IJ-Alex. E. Glenn, Grand Secretary of the Order of Odd Fellows, cautions the members of the Order throughout the country to beware of an individual calling himself ". II. Few, and designated himself Professor lew" He lectures on what he calls the science of AHthropOiogy He professes to be an Odd Fellow, and has doubtless gained admission to some lodges; but he is a grand imposter,
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Clothing. 10 DOZ. fine cloth Over-Coats; l < '" Beaver do.; dog. fine Pilot Cloth do.; Blanket OveT-Coats, assorted; 2 Cloth frock and dress Goats, assorted; 8 Sack Goats. 6 <" prs. doe skin and French Cassimerr Pants; 6 Saiinet Shirts Drawers, Over-alls, &e., &c. Just received, per wagons. and for sale very low, by JOHN D. ADAMS,
 LOrer Steamboat Landing. Lias Rock Oct. 24. s@
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G7-A Mrs. Mary Ann Mock. was up before the Cincinnati Recorder, for hogging her husband with a cowhide. Mrs Mock had petitioned for a divorce and had been sometime separated from Mock. The indiscreet fellow went to see her, when she applied the cowhde unmercifully, for which the Magistrate fined her three dollars
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JOB WORE.

or all kinds, such as Steamboat niEls. Bills of La ding. POsters, loudbills; sAaraIs, Jassicer, sad Constsbics Blanks; FuncFni and Cetilion Tickets. Cards. Book and rsmpAlss Printing executed with neatness and dispatch. al nDaesAte prices s cash.
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0J- Mir. Wa. E. BEAVERS is authorized to act ns lgentfor the BsRaST, al Lost Creek Saline ceaa,y.
 Or Mr. GEORGE BoeGs Is sathcrized to act as agent for the Banner. at Piae Rlpf, Ark.
 U- E. W. Cana, General z eent Evans' Build ings, NoFth-west corncs Third and Walnut strsets, Philadelphia. is authorised to act Agent for "tae ATksHsss BaRner."
 J. J. SHIRLEY, Esq, No. 26 Camp Street. Nov Orlean. is our exclusive Agent to procure and col feet names for advertising, &c,. in that city.
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UT Dickens, in speaking of friend, says he was so long in the legs that he looked like the after noon shadow of somebody else.
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Donation Lands.

For sale at this office Lists ef the forfeited lands 'ubsct donation by the State, to actual settlers al D cents per copy, or S6 per dozen. Postage to inypart of the country, 71166 cents.
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MD NIX &S VII M ~AJ IVASDO Aoy persou forwarding to us E dollars in current finas for Four new subscribers, will receive d e,pg of our paper for one year. gratis. To any one forwarding twenty dollars in current fun3s. we will sead len copies of the BANNER for ,.manynew subscribers, and one copy ofGoDET 6 L,prs Book orGRAHAM's MAGAZINE for one year. To any one forwarding thirty dollars in current faads, we wl send ftfeen copies of the BANNER ,ot as many new subscribers, and one copy of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review for one year.
 To any one sending us the largest number lover fftaen) of new subscribers, accompanied with the advance payment. at the last mentioned rates, we will send one copy of the Spirit of the Times, with three steel engravngs, and one copy Of BIackwood's Magazine for one year.
 IT, Remittances may be made at our risk, and re- esp,s wit be promptly returned. In making such r.mttances, ths Post Masters receipt should be ob- taiaed for our protection.
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New Goods! New (sOOeIs.
New Goods! New Goods!


 TOHN D. ADAMS has just received, and IS now O opening, a' his store, lower steamboat landing, general and well selected stock of Drg Goods, Go. fhing. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes. Stationery, &c. &c; all of which he is selling very low for CASH and for CASH only. Call and see. 0l- Produce will be purchased at the highest market rates. Litfle Rock Oci 2I
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aJ- The U. S. Navy consists al present of n vesseis. carrying 2oiI guns. They calngssso l2 sh'Ps Of the llne, fourteen frigstss. twe1ty-one sloops of war feuF bfigs, ive aeata ff,gates aad len sieamships, Of which three are bFst class
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BOOtS! RO0tS!

JUST received, by , X <. <. sb the undersigned, En the following. 10 wit: &u 24 pr Fishermen's W
 Peeged Boots; VI 3 24 pair II mt n 2 nn~ v#U
 heavy Peg boots.
 2t pr. Cork soled
 Pegged Boots;
 36 pr. Kip Silugged Boots;
 2+ pr. Extra Plumb sole Calf Boots; 36 pr. fac Calf sewed 72 pr. Superior Mud 72 pr. thick Kip Pegged '' [gans; 24O pr. wom's. Seal and Kip heeIed Spring Bro- 2i0 pr. mems sup Russet BrogAns; I20 DF bnysi 2la pr. men's heavy blk. l20 pr. boys .'
 6 cases s;ou, and common Kip Brogans; Which. together with great variety of Paeka Boots. Lace Boot-, Winter Boots, Bnskins' Excel Slip pers. fine and common black and white Kid Slip pers, Miss Foxd Caters Rabbed Burkins, chii. dren's Rosn. Goat and Calf and Sewed Peg Boots and Shoes. &c., &e. makes up the largest and best selected stock of the kind before offered in this market An which will be sold at prices to suit the most experienced buyers.
 A. J. HUTr, Man st. Little Rock. Dec. ,, 1850 l3