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BABIES IN CALIFoRNIA.-Cryin 2 children in church are usually consid- !ered nuisances, and taken out; but this is not always the case, as the following anecdote from the Ladies' Repository for April, will show:
 "A brother just returned from Cal fornia, says he was present in the con- gregation of brother Owen, when a babe in the arms of its mother began to cry. A thing so unusual in Califor- nia, attracted not a little attention, and the mother rose to retire. Don't leave said the preacher, the sound of that babe's voice is more interesting to many in this congregation than my own. 1tis perhaps the sweetest music many a man has heard since a long time ago when he took leave of his distant home.' The effect was instan- taneous and powerful, and a large DOT tion of the congregation melted into tears"
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DP The Dunkirk Journal relates the narrow escape from death of a woman and infant who fell between the cars of the State Line Railroad while the train was in motion. The woman had sufficient presence ofmind 10 remain flat on the ground between the rails, holding the child in the same position: and when the train had passed, the mortified passengers who expected to behold the mangled remains of two human beings, found both mother and child unharmed.
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Who's WHIPPED .--The folov;,' from the Cincinnati EnQuirsn 066 Sunday, leads US to suppose ,s o some one received a threshinp in ', %@ city the other day. Who was i,' "'
 The writer of this was, on va,,
 day morning. assailed through S G columns of the Nonpareu newsD,m ~ of this city, in way not recogp5, by any yrule of chivalry. honoro or ma. Illness. It is not necessary to m,.. any special reply to this attack, %. young man who wrote it having, y,' terday morning, taken his first es,o in pugilistic exercises from the wri.,
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ARKANSAS MAIL CoNTRACT.-We are glad to learn that Capt. Jas. A. Gre igh- ton of this city has been awarded the contract, by the Government of the U. States, for carrying the Mail between Napoleon and this city.-We understand that it is Capt C.'s intention to put upon the line, at and early day, 9 superior running boat.
 Our Arkansas friends may now look for punctuality in the delivery of the mails, which have for some time past been intolerably deranged.-The hand of reform is needed and Creighton is the man to bring it about.-Nemphis Ap- peal.
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READERS OF NEWSPAPERS. .-Shen- stone, the poet, divides the readers of newspapers into the following classes: The ill-natured man looks to the list of bankrupts; the tradesman to the price of bread; the stock-jobber to the lie of the day; the old maid to marriages; the prodigal son to deaths; the monop- olist to the hopes of a wet season; and the boarding-school misses to every thing that relates to Gretna Green.
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BREAKING OPEN AN INDIAN MOUND AT HoBoKEN, N. Jon Friday last the workmen employed in excava- ting at the foot of Bergen Hill for the Patterson Plank Road, broke open a small hiIlock, and disinterred seven teen skeletons. Physicians have de- cided that they are Indians. One ol them is seven feet in height, and the rest Of average size. The largest skeleton is probably that of a chief, and was enclosed in a box which is nearly destroyed. Twelve spikes were found around his body, and a number of cannon balls near by. which are supposed to be trophies ta. ken from the whites. They are a number of other hilocks in the vcin, lty, which are supposed to contain similar relics.-Jersey City Tele. graph.
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IA Rare Chance for Bargains

|TESHE undersigned takes this methol A of notifying the pubic in genera and his friends in particular, that he h,, disposed of his sadd'er shop, togetbe, with the stock on hand, fixtures, etc., n JAMES BAHAM, practical saddler, who will continue the business. reccomend Mir. B. to the pub ic, as A No. work. man, and bespeak for him continua. ton of the patronage so hberally beStov ed upon me.
 Wishing to close out, 1 am deter. mined to sell Groceries and Dry Goods at cost.-Now is the time 10 secure bargains.
 JOSEPH RUDISELL
 N. B. All those knowing themseve, indebted to me, are hereby notified tha their liabilities to me must be met, fur ther indulgence cannot be given.
 July 9, 1853. J. R.
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A Coop ONE.-The Spirit of the Times tells good joke upon a yer. dant limb of the law who resided on Nanticoke creek, and in times of the absence of the pastor of district meet ing, acted as clerk, He had a strange way Of manufacturing a word, when at loss for the right one. Well, upon a certain occasion, when he deemed his services in request, he undertook to "give out a hymn," in which the word dorology occurred; but. as he couldn't get hold of the word, he requested the congregation to sing "four verses and sockdola- ger"
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BLACKSMITHING.

FEYHE undersigned returns his thanks M to his old friends and patrons, for their liberal patronage heretofore be- slowed upon him, and would be thank. ful for continuation of the same. He is now opening shop on Rightor street, at his old stand, where he is prepared to |execute all manner of work in his line. Particular attention paid to Horse shoeing,-Plentv of shoes and nails on hand.
 JOHN G. WHITFIELD. RI Also, Wagon and Carriage Trimming and Painting, &c., done to order.
 SAMUEL FITZPATRICK. June 4, 1858.
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NOTICE.

TWVHE notes and accounts of Benja-
 FL min Bailey are in the possession ot Palmer & Hise. Those who feel so dis posed, can call and settle their indebted ness with them, as they are authorized to receive and receipt for the same, Persons who are indebted 10 Mir. Bailey will not be sued unless they fail to pay ther notes and accounts upon maturity"
 May 28, 1853.
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ASKING TOO MUcH.-Speaking oi the approaching Democratic State Convention, and the Congressional Convention in the Fourth District the Farmersville (Union Parish) En. quirer, ot the l7th inst, makes the following requests, which,we respect. fully submit, asA loo mucA of candi, dates, in this age:
 "Give us candidates who adhere to the an cient principles handed down by Jefferson tc Jackson, from Jackson to Polk, from Polk tC Pierce, and which Pierce set forth in his jnau- gural, and we are certain of victory"
 The Enquirer would have verita- ble Proteuses for candidates. Jeffer- son entertained opinions on the sub. ject of slavery that would horrify Southern Rights men in these latter days. He also sanctioned the estab- liShment of a Branch of the Bank ot the United States. Gen. Jackson said that he could dictate a charter for a Bank of the United States thai would be agreeable to him, and be- lieved in protection 10 American in dustry. On one occasion he wrote a letter, in which the opinonn was stated that it was time we were be- coming "more Amercanized." Polk sanctioned tariff higher than that o1 l842, "the infamous Whig tariff" as it was styled by Democratic organs and, as President, signed the bill ere. ating the Territory of Oregon ir which the Wilmot Proviso was sus. taned and enforced. Pierce was elected as Compromise man-hi; inaugural address was Compromise address-yet, since that time he ha. been assiduous in his efforts to fiji the important offices of Government with anti-Compromise men-in other words, with Freesoilers and Seces. sionists!
 Such being the facts, we may be pardoned if we entertain doubts oI the probability of the Enquirer'> finding such candidates as ii seems tc desire. It will be difficult for one man to combine within himslef such antipodal requisites, advocated by different men at various times, run, ring through period of nearly halfs century! When found, we trust oul contemporary will give the world q description of the rare curiosity. We would like to read an address from 2 Louisiana Democratic candidate who adheres to aN of the ''principles hand ed down" by the illustrious gentle men mentioned.-N. o. Bulletin.
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S1O REW A. R.Dy POCkET-BOOK LOST,

H OST, few days since, somewhere AA between the plantation of Allen J. Polk and Mrs. .Suggett's farm, on the Little Rock road, in Planters Town ship, a pocket-book, containing $57 in good money, i. e. S20 note of Ken. lucky money, and the balance in Ten nessee, and three $50 notes of Missis- sippi banks.s
 The above reward will be paid for the recovery of the pocket.book and con- tents. P. A. GILBERT. June 1, 1853.
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WEATHER AND CROPS. - During the past week we have had more fla vorabIe accounts of the prospects oi the crops, throughout West Tennes. see, and more seaSonable weather From North Mississippi the accounts are not so favorable, their having been little or no rain, and in many neighborhoods the crops are literal ly burning up, particularly the corn.
 A correspondent from Black Oak Grove, Tenn, writes as follows:
 "We have had quite long drought in this section of county, cotton crops are very backward and un- promising, corn unusually sorry, worse than it was two years ago, the oat crop will be almost a perfect fail ure, not getting high enough to cut. We had lain on the 22d, but the oats, and in many instances the corn crop was too nigh ruined to be resus- cltated." J. NJ.
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gs1The Earl of Ellesmere anc family, with some of the officers O the Leander, have arrived in Phila |delphia from New York.
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The New Bedford Mercury says:

The New Bedford Mercury says:
 "The Smiths are nightly pleased because a poet of the name (Alexan- der) has made promising debut in England. They talk of mass fam fly meeting, but are at loss for a place big enough 10 hold it in.
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sz=zzxez&ksa slave DANIEls--fOr his de. livery to me 1 will give $26 if taken in Arkansas county, $50 if taken out of the coulty,$100 if taken out of the State and delivered to me, at "Cummins Place." 10 miles above Napoleon, on the Arkansas river-or for any infoma. ton in regard to said slave, l will pay suitable reward.-Address the under. signed, at Nicottoo P. O., Arkansas county, Arkansas.
 EDWARD c. MORTON. DEsCRIPTIoN.-Said boy Is black, 10 years old, about feet , inches high stout and well made, has q swinging gait, and at any time to save an hours work can throw his left shoulder out of place, has excellent teeth, found as he says of ''argufeing' and shutters when excited, can read but cannot write, has one scar on right foot cut with hoe, has been seen about the Post Arkansas. will pay $500 reward for the conviction Of any one harboring him. Said boy was purchased from the estate of Wm. Montgomery, and may be lurking about the mouth of White River.
 July 9, 1853.
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TIE CELEsTTALs.-It is no rare thing, on the wharves of this city, to encounter one or more representa- lives of the Celestia! Empire, with their comprehensive inexpressibles' eyes turned up edgewiSe, and little, greasy looking skull-caps. A few of them are employed as sailors, but they are generally cooks and stew ards on board vessels. in the Chlna trade. They are rather dimlnutlve in stature, with dried up physiogno- mics, but are said to be very indus trious. patient, and good-natnred.- They preserve uniform indifference to objects with which they are sur rounded, working with their eyes directed to the ground-seeming to regard themselves as wanderers in strange land, among outside barba- rians.-N. Y. Jouanal Of Commerce. 
 PA London letter to the New York Tribune say: "As 1 have in formed you, Russia has been assem- bling her forces on her southern frontier for the last twelvemonths, and while she lulled the western powers to sleep, with declarations ot moderation, she has gone on with in,rgues and cunning, till the time comes when she can step in with ar mics. She now threatens both Fur key and Persia. From the Shah he claims the city of As.erabad in Asia, the best and most southern harbor of the Caspian. This is one step more toward India, and in Europe she claims the Protectorate over one third of the population of Turkey, though they do not require an pro- test against this Protectorate." 
 NoTE IT.-The influence which the condition of the body has upon the disposition of the mind, is thus humorously but phiosophically shad- owed forth: "Your beauty depends upon your disposition, while your dis position, nine times out of ten, de- bends upon the tone of your digestive organs. Many girl is voted home ly for no other reason than that her cabbage runs to bilious cholics. To be handsome, people must be cheer fuI, but who can be cheerful, with his intestines all fret-work, like West minister Abbey! 07The condition of affairs on the Texas frontier is very sad. if the fol- lowing account taken from a letter written at Fort Duncan on the II tn of May, is correct:-''I received a letter from my brother at Fort Me- Intosh.-He says that murders are occurring every day between that point and Ringgold's. The citizens are anxious to have martial law pro- claimed. A few days since, at a town near Ringgold, four Ameri- cans belonging to the place started out and in the course of an hour kill ed four greasers.
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 TIE USE OF TERMs.-A witness upon a liquor trial in Maine, was as, ked the following question::
 "How do you know, sir, it was brandy?"
 "Well," replied the witness, "I smelled of it first, and then 1Oelcomed a glass and half of it,"
 The unexpected use of this word convulsed the Court with laughter which was not all diminished when the witness further stated that the man who bought the brandy drank it himself "unti he became quite Sa- lubrious." Welcoming a glass of brandy and water is expressive enough to become a slang term.
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"Ion," writing from Washington to the Baltimore Sun, under date of the 26lh ult., says;
 Advices received by mercantile houses in Boston and New York, from their European correspondents go to show that there is no probabll- itv of a war between Russia and Fur key, or any other war, notwlthsiand, ing the signs of the times, t IS said also to be the opinion ot the Cabinet at Washington, as derived from their European advices, that war will not occur. in fine, war in Europe al present is generally considered 10 be- 10 use the words of cue of her states men, "an impossiblity."
 The rumored alliance between Spain and Santa Anna is so far in- probable, that we can get no wal out of that. A great deal is 10 be made, however, out of Uncle Toms Cabinism, and it is already declared in least semi-official quarters, thai in that new demand turks casus beM. If we consider the Stafford House concern as the British Gov ernment, and reflect also upon the fact that it is, at best petticoat gov ernment, and remark upon the sym pathes between the lady monarch and the lad y agltators, we must ad- init that, at best, "war is inevltable.' The demonstrations in favor o Mrs. Uncle Tom, added to the ru mors of British designs for ;he aboli' ton of slavery in Cuba, are already considered as an adequate justified ton of the proposition for our Gov errment to take the initiative in the war impending, by the immediate seizure of Cuba.
 The fishery question is, after all the nearest chance for q war at pres ent. and if We cannot get it out O. Tom Cabin, we may get it out o Tom Cod.
 The American fishing vessels have gone out all well manned, and a grea' number are to follow during the next month. They will resist wha' they consider tie aggressions, anc and have no doubt they will con, strue the convention of ISIS tt mean that they may, as heretofore fish where they please. A single fishery vessel may not undertake tC resist ship of the line or even armed cruzier, but number of them com bined may be able to make reprsai. both ashore and at sea; and this, a: l learn from good authority, its theil purpose to do.
 Meanwhile, the negotiation for tho adjustment of the question is going on very well, and will no doubt, ir the course ot time, be brought to ; satisfactory concluSion-but not 1T time to mar the expected sport o the fishermen, either in fishing O. fighting this season.
 Several of the newly appointed foreign ministers are expected to ar rive here during the present week for the purpose of receiving their in structions, written and verbal.
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SsIOO a2fIyS ARD,

LEFT the Norebe Place, eg three miles below Post of GS Arkansas, on or about the ssST/ 18th of January last; the sssuzssAsxksa slave ANTFI--for bic A
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b5@"Pete, are you into them sweet meats again?''
 "No marm, them sweetmeats is into me.''
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MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD. From the Memphis Eagle & Enquir- CT we learn that this road is completed as far as Lagrange.
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UTSome people are wise, and some are otherwise.
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gs0" Three runaway slaves escaped from our county jail, on the night O 9th inst, they sawed bolt forming ; part of the hinge of the jail door il two; the bolt was made out of II incl iron.
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WHAT's IN THE WIND?-We find the following dispatch in the N. o. Cres- cent:
 SUSPICIOUS VESSELS. ofthe Passes, June 22.-Two suspicious vessels, armed to the teeth, left the head of the Passes at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and went to sea.
 DT The Telegraph reports the Chic river as slowly receeainga
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Saturday, July 9, 1853.

DEATH OF Cor. TRArNALh.-Wlth feelings of deep regret we announce the death of Col. F. ". TRApNAIL Whig candidate for Congress in th' Southern District. He died in Drew county on Monday last. This is in deed a sad event, and one that would at any time have caused the most pro. fouud sorrow among his family and in innate friends, but at this time 1t vii be felt with peculiar regret, the deceas' ed occupying the position he did befort the people of the State.
 The late hour at which we received this painful intelligence precludes cut saying more at present;--wc shall re- vert to 1t again in our next.
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r2g% Thanks to the polite Clerk 0. the steamer Columbus for late Nep Orleans paper.
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SHOOTING OF FAiTHLEss WIFE AND HER PARAMoURs-The Baltimore Sun, of the l6th instant, contains the follow ing telegraphic dispatches:
 Washington, June l5.--An affair which naturally creates!much excitement and remark occurred here this after. noon, showing melancholy criminality and untaithfulness on the part of wife and leading to fatal result, it IS suppo- sed. About five o'clock, A. H. J. Nor r!son, tormerly y express agent. upon en. terlng his chamber discovered Erasmus Hester, clerk in tie store of Barnes & Mitchell, concealed with Mrs. Morrison his wife. He forthwith drew reyol- yer and shot them both. Hester is nor tally wounded. It is thought Mrs. NJ will recover. Morrison was arrested and committed.
 SECOND DISPATCH.
 June l5, 9 P. M.-There are variou: conflicting reports of this affair, but tht most reliable account is that Morrison | who had been married about six month; suspected his wife, very young an( handsome woman, of improper famiIl | arlty. He told her that he should leave town this afternoon, whereupon she no tlfied Hester of his supposed absence who subsequently, called on her at hel lodgings in Pennsylvania avenue. Morrison. in the meanwhile, having watched their movements, sprang upoI 1 them suddenly, and finding the pair to gether in her chamber, both in diSha6We he instantly drew revolver and fifeC | three or four shots, one of which tool effect upon Hester, the ball passing through his body and endangering life Another ball passed through the arn and side of his wife, wounding her SC riously, but not dangerously. Morri son immediately gave himself up to th' authorities, and was committed. Hes ter, being informed by the Physicians that he might survive but few minutes made statement to Capt. Goddard, t( the effect that he had no criminal inten ton, but failed 10 account for the pre- dlcament in which he was caught. |
 LITTLE BENNY.-So the simple head-stone said. Why did my eye. fill? l never saw the little creature never looked in his laughing eve ol heard his merry shout, or listened tc his tripping tread; never pillowec his little head, or bore his little form or smoothed his siken locks; or IayeC his dimpIed limbs, or fed his cherry lips with dainty bits, or kissed his rosy cheek as he lay sleeping.
 l did not see his eye grow dim; O his little hand drop powerless; or tn, dew of agony gather on his paIt forehead: l stood not with cIaspeC hands and suspended breath, an, watched the looks that comes bu once, fit over his cherub face.-An, yet, "Little Benny" my tears ar falling; for somewhere, know there an empty crib, a vacant chair, unleS robes and toys, a desoIate hearth stone and weeping mother.
 "Little Benny!"
 IL was all her full heart could utter and 1t was enough. It tells the who'll story. FANNY FERN.
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STEALING OUR THUNDER. tn, editor of the Ripley Miss. ) Advertise have the kindness to inform his reader. where he got the story, published in . number of his paper, headed Pleasant thoughts for dying man." Let: hear from him.
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eeapWill each of our merchants an( cotton shippers furnish us with a state ment of the number of bales of cottol shipped by them the past season? Int question has been asked us how many bales were shipped from Helena. Hence the request.
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APoLoGY.-ln consequence of the "devil'' being on sort of D S'bust'' about the 4th, we have been unable tc get our paper out until to- day, Monday