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Roadside Confab.

"And so, Sqnire you don't take your coun- ty paper?" .... aNo, major I get the city papers on much better terms, and so l take couple ot them" "But Squire, those country papers prove a creat convenience to us The more we encour- soe them the better their editors can make them"
 "Why, don't know any conveniences they are to me-
 sThe farm you sold last fall was advertised in one of them, and you thereby obtained a customer Did you not?
 "Very true, major; but I paid three dollars for it.''
 "And made much more than three dollars for it. Now, if your neighbois had not main tained the press and kept it ready for your use, you would have been without the means of advertising your farm. I saw notice of your daughters marriage in one of those papers, did that cost anything?"
 "No, but-!'
 "And your brothers death was published with a long obituary notice.
 "Yes, yes but"
 "And the destruction of your neighbo1 Briggs house by fire. You know these things were exaggerated till the authentic accounts o1 our newspapers set them right!"
 "Oh, true, but"
 "And when your cousin Splash was out fo
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dency- but, poor miserable devils, they had made false step; and, he might say, now he (Atchison) had fairer chance for that high honor than either of them. The American people love honesty, and could appreciate the acts of a man who openly and above board vot- edaccording to the will of his constituents with out regard to political favor.
 Senator Atchison next alluded to the slave ry question as it is now being agitated in our community, and closed by expressing his pro- found contempt for abolitionists and their ma chinations, and said that if he had his way he would hang every one that dared show his face here. In reference, however, to northern men settling in the Kansas territory, he said he knew there were sensible, honest right feeling men among them, who would be as fair from stealing negro as southern man would, and his remarks applied only to avowed abolitionists.
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05- The New York Tribune considers it set. tied that treaty has been entered iuto with Dominca, by which the Bay of Samana is ced- ed to the United States. The Tribune thus de- scribes the acquisition:
 The Bay of Samana lies in the northeastern corner of the Island of St. Domingo It's en- trance, which looks out upon the Atlantic, is some twenty-four miles wide, and it's waters ex- tend fifty miles inland. In its centre, at some fifteen miles from Cape Raphael, which marks the entrance on the south, and twelve miles from Cape Samana on the north, are two islands called the Grand Cleyantados Keys, each some- thing like a mile long, which efectually break the force of the external winds and waves, and render the anchorage within as secure as it is convenient. Indeed, f is admitted that there are few, if any, better, or more capacious lar. bors in the world.
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ANEcDorE OF BURNs.--Being in church one Sunday, and having some difficulty ill procur- ing seat, young lady who perceived him, kindly made way for him in her pew. The text was upon the terror of the Gospel, as de- nounced against sinners to prove which the preacher referred to several passages of scrip- ture, to all of which the young lady seemed ve- her Bible, the following lines
 "Far maid, you need not take the hint
 Nor idle texts pursue!
 'T'was only sinners that he meant,
 Not angels such as you"
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ExERc1sE.-It is owing mainly to their de. light in out door exercise, that the elevated classes in England reach patriarchal age, not wthstandng their habits of high living, late hours wine drinking, and many other health destroying agencies; the deaths of their gene rals, their lords their earls and their dukes are chronicled every week at 70, 80 and 90 years; it is because they will be on horseback, the most elegant, rational and accomplished of all forms of mere exercise, both for sons and aaugh- ters. But the whole credit of longevity to- these classes must be given to their love of field sports; it must be divided with other not less characteristic traits of English noblemen-he will take the world easy! And could we, as . people, persuade ourselves to do the same thing habitualv, it would add ten years to the ave- rage of human life, and save many a broken heart, and broken fortune, and broken constitu- tion.--.Halrs Journal of Hea1th
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aoout post augur cast into the case, and to be @ uSeo ID boring into the sand as with an augur. | ms lower end was castin chill, and was so nara and strong, that it stood in one instance the test of being bored through a McAdam street Ill Baltimore, six feetinto the earth. Mr. Uowen took out with him twentv-four of these iron powder cylinders. He used only twelve or them tor this work. His divers descended m thelr armor, pointed the cylinders properly- these were turned by shafts, worked from above, and when arrived under the vessels bottom. were fired by an electric battery. The great quantity of 43,OOO pounds of powder was con- sumed in the work. Of this, full two-thirds were used, Tn simply blowing of the iron cen- ters and arms from the shafts She was side wheel steamer and had upon each of the ont. ward shafts 96 iron arms which weighed $50 pounds apiece. To break up this complicated mass of powerful iron work, and get 1t detach- ed and reduced, so as to be lifted, was really tue labor our Yankee ocean engineer had to do. This part of the job 1t was, that the English en- gineers had fooled with and injured. But Mir. Gowen knocked shafts arms, centers, braces and bolts, right and left, down there fl feet be- low his hand and took up and carried away the great steamer to the uttermost stick, and the last visible spike. Nothing was left for the sand to form bar upon, and in five months from the day Mr. Gowen began work, he fully completed and performed his contract
 He raised about 1,6OO tons of iron, and some 800 tons of oysters that had grown to the iron. It IS interesting to know that the oysters that grew next to copper or upon copper were poi sonous. Three men in Gibraltar died from having eaten them. The iron, of course was converted into plumbago by the action of the sea water. In the heavy pieces this action ex- tended into the depth of an inch Many pieces were cut out entirely by the salt, save few threads of resisting metal, running lengthwise. and looking like the large flores of cocoa-nut husks. I he iron was mostly worthless
 The management of MT. Gowen's subma- rine armor was so perfect, that not an accident happened to one of his divers in all this great work, and without any inconvenience the men could remain under water for the space of twelve hours.
 Can anything better illustrate the Yankee resource, the Yankee energy, the Yankee con- fdence, than this hastily y-sketched history of the removal of the wreck of the Mssorl?- We think not. The gentleman who, without diplomas, can thus teach lessons in the great art ol submarine engineering to the graduates of the Royal Woolwch College, is now in this city, closing up his accounts with the steamer EJTe whose remains by his agency have lately been lifted from the bottom of our Lake, and brought into the Buffalo Larbor.
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Impertinence Punished

We find in the Courier des Etats Ulus, an &C., count of a curious incident which occurred at a charity fair in Paris
 A young lady, Miss A., celebrated for her beauty and wit, presided at one of the ta- bles. Among the throng which pressed around the fair vender of elegant articles, was a young gentleman of much assurance, who gazed upon the lady with offensive freedom, and affected to admire the various articles exposed for sale but bought nothing
 "What will you please to buy, sir?'' asked Miss A---, with smile of peculiar mean ing
 "Oh,'' replied the exquisite, with languish- ing look, "what 1 most wish to purchase is not for sale."
 Perhaps it is''
 "No, no, dare not declare my wishes"
 Nevertheless let me know what you wish to buy"
 "Well, then, since you insist upon it, should like ringlet of your black glossy hair" The lady manifested 10 embarrassment at the bold request, but with pair of scissors imme- diately clipped off one of her beautiful locks and handed 1t to the astoniShed youth, remarking that ''the pie was five hundred francs." Her bold admircr was thunderstrucll at the demand, but dared not demur, as by this time a group had collected and were listening to the conversation. He took the hair and paid over the five hundred francs, and with all air of mor- tlfcatlon and sadness left the hall!
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the legislature you appeared mnch grati6ed al his newspaper defence, which cost him no h. ing"
 Yes, yes, but those things are news for the readers. They cause people to take the pa- pers."
 No, no, Squire Grudge: not if all are like you. Now, l tell you the day will come when some one will write very long eulogy on your life and the printer will put it in type, with 6 heavy black line over it, and with all your rch- es this will be done for you as a grave is given to pauper. Your wealth, liberaIity, and such things will be spoken of but the printers boy, as he spells the words in arranging the types of these sayings, will rema1k of you, Poor mean devil, he is even spongng for an obituary' Good morning Squire.''
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USING THE INTERNATIONALLY Japanese have a most confused idea of carts, carriages, and other vehicular arrangements. A gentle man lent one wheelb barrow the other day, to carry home his baggage. He did it in the fol- lowing manner: he lashed his trunk to the ham, dies, the handles to the wheel and then shoul- dered the whole superstructure. The last we saw of him. he was going up Water street, won- dering what the duece people could find about him to laugh at. Queer folks are these Orien- tas
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VFA clergyman was once sent for in the middle of the night by one of the ladies of his congregation.
 "Well, my good woman" said he ESQ you are very i'll, and require the consolation of reli- gion-what can do for you?''
 "No," replied the old lady, "I am not very Ill, l am only nervious and can't sleep"
 How can help that" said the parson.
 "Oh! sir, you always put me to sleep so nce- ly when go to church that thought if you would only preach little for me?''
 They say that the parson "made tracks" in less than no time
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A SHARP YoUTH.-"Whe here have you been Cxorl; r,I

A SHARP YoUTH.-"W here have you been Gardiner?' inquired an anxious mother:
 "Oh down in the meadow'
 "What have you been doing there?"
 Humping ditches. Jumped one that was more than fifty feet long!"
 "Why Gardiner what falsehood. Don't you know better?'
 "Not as you knows on. 'Twasn't but foot wide any way, and any fool might jump over that"
 His mother dropped her knitting in amaze, ment, and began to consider whether boy of such acuteness was best fitted to shine at the bench or in the halls of legislation.
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HAPPY IGNoRANcE-A friend informs us that he yesterday met man in this city who did not know the name of the President of the United States He must have just been arous- ed from Rip Van Wrinkle slumber-- Washing- ton Union.
 That man," of course, was a Know No. thing.
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NOTICE. An Error which I wish Corrected.

I SEE that my friend and former partner Mir. A. Il J. Jones, late of the firm of Jones & Gaskell has forbidden all persons to make payment to of any moneys that due to the firm of Jones x Gaskill. My friend, Mr. Jones has made a slight mistake in the notifications; he should have reversed names, an error which l shall expect him to correct. The notification should have been as follows:
 All persons are hereby forbidden to pay Al. Jones, late of the firm of Jones 6 Gaskil any moneys that may be due the firm of Jones d Gaskill, either upon note account. otherwise will hold them respons- ble for the sane-as hold the books, notes and ac- counts in my own hands, and all authority given to to the said Jones to collect receipt for the said and accounts, is this day set aside and withdrawn
 D. L. GASKILL. late of the
 firm ol Jones &Z Gaskill. Searcv Oct. 14th, 1854. 2-lm
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DISSOLUTION.

FTHE hrm of c. c. Akin d5 Co.,. is this day dissol- l we'd by the purchase by C. c. Akin. of the en- tire interest of J. McIenry in the Fr Fral. c. c. Akin assumes the liabilities of the late firm and is alone authorized to close its business.
 c. C. AKIN.
 J. McHENRY.
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J. ". CiIEATHAM& CO.

N HOLESAAE and Retail Dealers in W choice Wines Brandies and all kinds of Li- quors; Havana Cigars and fine Chewing Tobacco; Paints and Oils and all kinds of Fancy and Staple Groceries. Provisions, etc., Napoleon, Arks.
 Sept Z7, 1854 ly
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My dearest Araballa,

You've been in my heart dweIler, And if catch you talking to tother feller, Fll pick up candlestick Or umbereller, And hit you on the smeller
 And make you boiler,
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searcy, Arkansas, Oct. 18th, 1854.

WYE, the undersigned subscribers known as part w ners and doing business under the late style and firm of Jor,s, sbe d Co.,, did the 3th day of June last, dissolve by mutual consent. Whereas, Alexr J. Jones and Daniel L. GaskilI have withdrawn from the said firm and have sold to Benjamin and William B. IsbelI their entire interest. containing the Goods and Merchandise. tc ,ether with the books, notes and accounts due to the said firm and Benja- min and William B. Isbell do agree to settle pay, or cause to be paid, all debts contracted or otherwise against, or by the said firm of Jones 1sbell dc Co. Witness our hands and seals the day and date above written. A. J. JONES SEAL.
 D. L. GASKILL. SEAL.
 E. ISBELL. SEAL
 W. B. ISBELL. SEAL. Jones & GaskiH having withdrawn from the late firm of Jones, Isbe X Co., the business will be con tinued under the firm and style of
 B. & W. E. ISRELL, who will keep constantly hand large stock of Dry Goods and Groceries.
 Searcv Arks Oct 25 lo54-1m
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The undersigned having purchased of J. McHenry his entire erest in the Fri Fral the business will in future be conducted under the name of
 Sept. 27. 1854. If c. c. AKIN.
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(r5-A small family could live under the great bell of Nienna It has aclapper of fourteen hun dred pounds in weight. and requires eight men to ring 1t.
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feT To be really and truly independent is to support ourselves by our own exertiona
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY !

receptof said certificate issue to the State of Indiana patents for said lands P,veed The proceeds of said iands, when sold, shall be- and forever remain fund TOT the use of the Indiana University.
 Approved, February 23. 1854
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THE MISSES McALMONTS,

N CADEMY for young ladies will reopen 1A on Monday the 4th of September, and close on the 4th of July, 1855.
 TERMS.
 Primary Glass, slo % Second Class-Including Natural Philosophy Mo- dern History of England and of the United States Geography, Grammar, Rhetoric. Analysis, Arithmetic, and Composition, s12 50 First Class -iacludng Mental Philosophy, Moral Science, Logic, Elements of Criticism. Ancient History and Geography, Bo- tany, Geology Chemistry, Astronomy higher Rhetoric, Composition, Age bry, Geometry and Trigonometay,
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English Dairy Cheese

English Dairy Cheese. S BOXES English Cheese
 Received per wagon and for sale by Nov- !. lS54 RAPLEY. HANGER & co. M HiTE SCGAR-10 bbis Powdered and " Crushed, received and for sale by Oct. II, 1854 W Nj. B WAIT.
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U and well selected of Boots Shoes, etc. etc.. con sisting in part of the following: Case Cents Fine Calf Boots; |" !" W.P ' |" !" Kip <" Mud " '' Boys fine Kip " Mens LigAt Calf Shoes;
 " Kip Vet Brogans; '" Boys q /" " Light Seal [" 24 pairs Gents Goat Slippers. And for sale at Nj. OSBORN'S Oct '54 Cheap Cash Store
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BY AUTHORITY. Public Acts of the Thirty-Third Congress of the United States.

at the first session, which begun and held the Sy of Washington, in the District of Columbia, Mon ay the oh day of December 1853, and ended Monday the 7th day of August, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE, President. DAVID R. ArcHIsoN Pre-. sdent of the Senate, LINN BoYp Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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AN ACT granting the Franking Privilege to the Su-
 perintendent of the Coast Survey and the Assistant
 in charge of the office of said Coast Survey.
 Be q enacted bythe Senate and House ct Represen- tatires ot the Omited StateS oJ 4ertca a Conqress assembled That the Superintendent of the Coast Sur vey, and the assistant n charge of the office of the coast survey shall be authorized receive and mit free ot postage, by the mails all letters and do- cuments in relation to their public duties.
 Approved, February 7, l0o4.
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JUST ARRIVED FROM THE .& Gr,
 EAST. T~E nTRS. JONES would call the = GSk lfI attention of the Indies of Little eS f1,sT

Rock and vicinity to her splendid assort- s~ I sisng in part of Bonnets of every descrption also handsome assortment of plaid and plain Silks, De Laines and Dress Goods of all descriptions full as sortment of the latest styles of Dress Trimmings; 8 large assortment of Coaks, Mantlcs and Talmas of the latest style.
 Also one doz pairs of Ladies' White, English KiG Boots; large stock of Kid Gloves of all colors and sizes: Enbroideries of all descrption Ladies' fash ionabe Head Dresses; French Corsets; Ladies' Dress Caps and Riding Hats; Boys Caps; Gents Hats and Caps.
 Mrs Jones, thankful for the past liberal patronage of the ladies' hopes by close attention to business to receive continuation of the
 October 1. 1854
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AN ACT giving further Time for Satisfying Claim

for Bounty Lands and for other purposes
 Be it enactea the Senate and Hduse et RepreSen- taticeS Q Me Jmied &utes gf -4naer5cu in C,uqyeSs asSeno5led That the entitled An act to provide for satisfying claims for bounty lands for military ser vices in the late with Great Britain and for other purposes approved July twenty eighteen hun dred and forty-two and also the two acts approved January twenty eighteen hundred and thirty ve therein and hereby revived shall be and the same are hereby revived and continued in force for five years to be computed from the twenty sixth day ot June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
 ApproY Yed February 5, 1854.
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AN ACT to Extend the Limits of the Port of New
 Orleans.
 De anacted ty tie Senate aaad House ot Represen tatsres 9 te Unated States c 4nse,ica in Congress dSsenabe0 That the port of New Orleans be extend ca as to embrace the right bank of the Mississippi rver for the same distance up said bank it now tends on the left bank,
 Approved, February 23, 1854.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-28

AS there appears to be some doubt and
mystery about the manner in which the
name of A. L. Robinson, Esq, became IN
troduced to the Petersburgh mass meeting,
and what was done with it after the intro.
duction, we will briefly explain. After MIR.
Blythe had concluded his remarks, and i. be.
being after the dinner hour, the crowd com.
menced dispensing. A motion was made IN
adjourn, and as usual on such mo ton and
when no objection to it was likely to arise,
there was general departure. At this time
OF confusion, aud when but few were left on
the ground motion was made By gentle.
man from spencer, we believe, proposing the
name OF A. l.. Robinson, Esq, as a candi-
date Tor Circuit Judge. After brief DELAY
the delegates still departing, the motion was
put and carried by the few left. The chair.
man and secretary of the meeting have stat
ed to US. that offered at the time the motion
was' and under the peculiar circumstances
OF being after the real adjournment, and
when three-foarths Ct the convention had
retired, and moreover the convention No,
oe'ng called to nominate any other than
candidate Tor congress, they did not consider
the motion as in order. 1t has, however.
0een inserted in the regular proce edings, SO
no objection may be made by any parties
we have no thought at all that Mai. Robin.
son would thank the convention mr. his
lriends Tor the honor. We understand tn
ne had said privately before, that he would
under no circumstances run fer Judge. At
All events had motion been made at the
meeting during the proper time for m lotions,
it would no doubt have been voted down. as
the nomination of candidate for Judge in
no manner could come properly under the
call for the meeting.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-28
EVANSVILLE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,

-oose tnst'ution s permanently located First be-
~ saia and - eamOre streets caldwell Hall
DIE May '"s ssoi SePeenosf iatA the MD
are ssd Ia style equal to any other simsr
us ~ ne West and effort shall be wanted on the
respect. ' s'H''t'~ois in ever
10. SISTER, adopted In ssaehins Ansly,ea Inductiv.
Practical and Theoretcar Instesd Of nsiny 49,.
are esereised IN making or-al entries. ,aarnsi,; rJI
on opening closing great variety ~ Sa.r
iaeius;o hi ei aad individual kasihess
same duties that siu be rrard in an
. .s ns n, iSs .s.rng upon the Pa .,1IcA
W an; III, M 10 any And OF tasin-ss. tn course
DOUBLE ENTRY BooS-KgEPrNo
In all its branches including torms . - n
tail Business. Steam-Bost Book-Kkepips Co..r,i nv
Accounts Current. Account saies Eerea.sn c,
tions and complete system Of Commercl
students therefore enter any ana In -
ratio Of their capacity. p. -'
be compleed in 70 esA. ~.h.
aud may not require more than tour weeks The time
wall not be limited. Students review ANY time
THE PascrpAL will take pleasure in doing e, .r,s,,,
accom- plished accountants.
DPioMA As awarded 70 those deemed worthy Of them
TERMS skcChED) for the Mercsnt
excepting Bookkeeping. 5000; including steam. 2,
BOOB Keeping SIS 90; Mercantile Calculations e5oo
Young wishing qualify Practical Boob
Keepers respectfully invited call the Rooms
hours ana satisfy themselves regard tie
De derived from attending course ofessons in this
Institution.
oridsry business quaif cations In few months
Of the practical part BeokKeepingn this school THAI
could be in number years.
Hours Of instruction. fr0m ~ " from ~ 20 r.
M aud the evening. Pupils attending the evening
sessions, win furnish their owa lights Fer further
ton call the rooms. address the he signed.
to Undersigned. yEREMIAH Benin. PiiseiPaI:.
EvASsvILLE August. 1854. sug2f
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-28
Off Hand Takings.

Here is a handsome volume of upwards o,
four hundred pages, containing life. like
sketches Of the most noticeable men Of the
present time. They are witten in a piqian,
and chatty style, and exhibit great penetra-
tory analysis, combined with dignity of tone
and elegance Of style, which cannot fail to
command the admiration Of all approaching
readers. While they possess much critical
merit, they are entertaining and amusing. and
will win green laurels and golden honors ior
their author, wherever they are read. The
book is beautifully printed on first-rate paper
and illustrated with twenty portraits on steel
of the following persons:--Edward Everett,
Edwin II. Chaplin. VIM. H. Seward, John P.
Hale, p. T. Barnum, Sqmuel Houston, Neal
Dow, Ogden Hoffman, Gerrit Smith, Henry
Ward Beecher, John Van Buren,, Geo. Law.
Horace Greedy, S.A. Douglas. VIM. Cullen
Bryant. Thomas Hart Benton. G. G. Hebbe,
Scion Robinson, John Mitchell. In one re-
spect this work differs from all others it gives
life-like description of the perssS: it Ge.
scribes.