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The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
NO. 47.
Is Friday an Unluckv Dav?

From time immemorial Friday has been drowned upon as a day of i'll omen Ana though this prejudice is less nrevalent now than 1t has been of yore, when su nerst;tion bad general sway, yet there are many even in th;s matter-of-fact age of ours, who womb bos;ioto on day so suspicious, to begin an ndertakino of momentous import. And how many hrave mariners, whose hearts unquailing could raet the widest fury of their ocean home wonIJ blanch to even bend their sails on Friday, Pnt to show with how much reason this feeljnc ;s indulged, let us examine the following imnor- tant facts in connection with our new settle ment and greatness as nation, and we will sea how little cause we Americans have to dread the fatal day.
 On Friday, August 21, 1892, Christopher Columbus sailed on his great voyage of disco very.
 On Friday, October 12, 14s2, he first disco vered land.
 On Friday, Jan. 4, 1493, he sailed on his re- turn to span, which if he had not reached in safety, the happy result would never have been known winch led to the settlement on this vast continent.
 On Friday March 15, l493. he arrived at Palos in safety.
 On Friday, Nov. 22 1493 he arrived at Hispanola, in his second voyage to America
 On Friday, June 13, 1494, he. thouob nn- known to himself, discovered the continent of America.
 On Friday, March g. 1496, Henry WITT of England gave to John Cabot his commission which led to the discovery of North America This Is the first American State paper in Enc land
 On Friday, Sept. z, 1865, Melendez founded St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States by more than forty years.
 On Friday, Nov. 20, 1920, the May Flower with the Pilgrims, made the harbor of Pro- vmcetown And on the same day they signed that august compact, the forerunner of our pre- sent glorious Constitution.
 on Friday, Dec. P, 1920, the Pilgrims made ther hnal landing at Plymouth Rock.
 On Friday, Feb P, George Washington, the Father of American Freedom was born.
 On Friday, June l6, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified. '''-'0
 On Friday, Oct z 1777, the surrender of Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing France to declare for our cause.
 On Friday, Sept 22, 17SO, the treason of Arnold was laid bare, which saved us from de- structon.
 On Friday, October 19, 17sl, the surrender at Yorktown, the crowning glory of the Ame- rlcan arms, occurred.
 On Friday, July 2, 1776 the motion in Con- gress was made by John Adams, seconded by Rich. Henry Lee, that the U S. Colonies were and ot right ought to be, free and indepen- dent.
 Thus, by numerous examples, we see that however 1t may be with other nations, Amer. cans need never dread to begin on Friday, any undertaking, however momentous it may be- NortoM Beacon.
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
LAND ATTORNEYS NOTICE.

THE undersigned will be at the following places a, the times specified, for the purpose of collecting money due the State of Arkansas for Ltermal ha- progement" /" and " .Semanaay Lands,n to wit: At the Circuit Court of Dallas county, on the list Monday in Sept, 1854
 At Jacksonport Jackson county, on the 18th and 18th Sept, 1854.
 At Batesville, Independence county, on the 14th and 18th Sept, 1854
 At Searcy, White county, on the 18th and 18th Sept, 1854.
 At Brownsville, Prairie county, on the 2oth Sept 1854.
 At the Circuit Court of Drew county, on the 4th Monday in Sept, 1854.
 At Warren, Bradley county, the 3oth Sept, 1854 At the Circuit Court of Ashley county, on the lst Monday in October, 1854.
 At the Circuit Court of Chicot county on the 2d Monday in October, 1854.
 At the Circuit Court of Desha county, on the Sd Monday in October, 1854.
 At the Circuit Court of Arkansas county, on the 4th Monday in Oct 1854.
 At the Circuit Court of Jefferson county, on the lst Monday in November, 1854
 At which times and places he hopes to meet all persons in the counties named who owe for State Lands, prepared to pay up Otherwise they may expect suits to be commenced against them fol collection of amounts due.
 JOHN T. TRIGG. Land Atty
 and State Collector for Ark. August 23, 1854. lot
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
Agents for the True Democrat.

ARKANSAS L. M. STROUD, Carroll county; VIM. E. SMITH, Washington county; GARLEN SILVEY, Jackson county. A. J. HAYS, Ashley county; D. w. JEFFREY, Mount Olive, lizard county. R. L. PHILLIPS, Washington, Hampstead county; J. T. MILEHAM Franklin county; Wm. M BOWERS, Fayetteville; GIDEON TUCKER, Batesvle, Independence county; JOHN A. LINDSAY Powhattan; ELlHU RANDOLPH, Desha county; JOHN M. MITCHELL, Gansville, Green county; VIM K. CAIN, POcahontas Randolph county; LEWIS SUTFIN, Bolver, Poinsett county ROOF Ii. HOWELL, Dover, Pope county J. 5. JORDAN, Monticello, Drew county; IHO'S RIGGS, Postmaster at Richwoods lizard county VIM. M. VAN VALKENBURGH, w arren, Bradley co GREEN R. JONES' Esq, Smhvie, Lawrence county L. B. VENABLE Van Buren county; JOHN HAVIS, Bradley county; C. II. JACKSON, Mount Penson, Jackson county; VIM. A. CRAWFORD, Saline county; J. W. McCONAUGHEY, Searcy, White county; A. J. BROOKS, Bloomer, Sebastian county; JAMES M. MONTGOMERY, Lewisvile, Lafayette co Capt W. LANDERS, Sulphur Rock, Independence co " E. YOUNG, Dover, Pope county; THO'S F. AUSTIN, Yelville, Marion county; J. W. BERNARD Norostown, Pope county; JAS R. BERRY F. M., Huntsville, Madison coun,v: JAS N JOHNSON, P. M., Friendship, Saline county; C. L. SWEET, Sweetvle, Crittenden county; THO'S MILLS, Polk county; JOHN w. FULLERTON, Hot Springs; JOHN w. WILDER, Valley Grove; ROB'T ATKINSON, Leek's Store, Ouachta county: Dr. l.. l.. MARTIN, Long View, Ashley county; N. l.. BAKER, Fulton county; JACOB PATE, P. M., Pleasant Plains Independence co R. L. CARGlLE, Conway county
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
 Medical Department.

HNHE Fourth Annual Course of Lectures in this h. | stitution will commence on Monday the 3Oth of October next and continue till the first of the en- suing March,
 ROBERT M. PORTER, M. D., General and Special J. BERRIEN LINDsLEY, M. D. Chemistry and c. K. WINSTON. M. D., Materia Medica and Me-
 dical Jurisprudence. A. H. BUCHANAN, M D., Surgical and Patholo-
 gical Anatomy.
 THOMAS R. JENNINGS, M. D., Institutes of Me
 dcine and Clinical Medicine. W. K. BOWLING, NJ. D., Theory and Practice of
 Medicine.
 JOHN M. WATSON, NJ. D., Obstetrics and the Dis
 eases of Women and Children. PAUL F. EVE NJ. D., Principles and Practice of WILLIAM T. BRIGGS, M. D., Demonstrator of
 Anatomy.
 The Anatomical rooms will be opened for students. on the first Monday of October.
 full Preliminary of Lectures, free to all Students, will be given by the Professors commenc ing also on the first Monday of October. Clinique has been established in connection with prescribed for and ectured upon in presence of the Class.
 Arrangements have been made to accommodate all patients requiring surgical operations.
 Amount Of Fees for Lectures in the University is $l05. Matrculating Fee, paid once ony) S5: Prac- tical Anatomy, sl0; Graduating Fee, S25. Excellent Board caa be obtained for S3 per week Further information be obtained by addressing the Dean. J. B. LINDSLEY MD
 Dean of the Faculty, No. S3. College st. Nashville Tenn, March 1854 42-6t*
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
A Know Nothing in Disguise.

\SCENE IN CHEAP BOARDING HOUSE.)
 Mrs. Bridget McDoode Qate of Squallybog, county Cork, Ireland, now of cherry street, New York, setting the breakfast in her dining room.
 Mrs. McD. (to herself aud servant) "That's purity dacent boy that kem here last night"
 Servant" Twas me cousin, mem, and sure his folks in Ireland is all ov the hoighth ov quality and lives in the grandest castle in
 Mrs. McD.-Is it Tim Fogarty, the rag dea- Ter, that's sparkling ye, that ye think I am talk ing about, ye moon calf. Shure ye don't think I'd be laying me thoughts on him at all :"
 Servant-Ah, thin, indade it's no use while Pm to the fore" Looks in the glass.
 Mrs. McD.-" Listen to her. and HIM only dead three wakes. Oh, thin, 'tis the lone wo- man that never knows how soon she'll be iu- suited by them as isn't fit to be mentioned in the same breath wi him as was killed. (poor dear, he always fought till he died;) and I wasn't thinkin' of looking at any man till I saw HIM in Paradise laying in Abraham,s bosom smoking his pipe." Enter the purity dacent boy. "The top of the morning to viz.
 The boy Ca six foot Irishman, red headed and just caught)-" Good morning, ma'am. I'll be laying this today"
 Mrs. McD.-"Its laying ye are An. thin nd not have expected it. Shure, 'tis the most hiegant accommodashuns in the city, and I've got thlm here as has been in the Astor House. Looklng at him tenderly.) "Ye hay but to ask; ! could refuse nothing to an honest, da- cent boy like yerself Shure could make ve comfortable. Ye might fancy yerself in your own house, and not know the differ"
 The boy" The accommodashuns ara ;l1a. gant for them as they suits, but meself is crowd ed out"
 Mrs. McD.--" Musha! what do I hear? Is It crowded out ye are-and there's only six beds ln the attic, and three in bed, with fa- mlly of greenhorns at the landing.''
 The boy-"The bugs is too many for me 'tis them as crowd me out"
 Mrs. McD. (with Irish indignity )''-rl thank ye to lave the premises, young man. Arrah, thin, dirty Cmadhaun as hasn't the bog dirt out lv his toes, and enough ov dacency to hide his Kerry brogue, to be coming to free country and running down his institushins!- Bugs is it! and what else? Ye oughn't to have darkened me doors. Shure, if himself was alive as was walked week ago, ye'd said there was anything less dacent than yerself in this house."
 The boy" Shure the bugs are dacent enough. They gave me the best ov advice.- They said it wasn't for the likes of foreign CT, such as me, to be crowding out native Americans"
 Mrs. McD.-"Oh, thin, bad luck to viz, to be coming here himself is in his coffin, to be insulting lone woman. 'Tis Know N Nothing in disguise ye are, and ye had intelligence of me, and are come to see what ye can plum der when yer faction rises. Git out ov my house. Hurry now!'
 Grand Finale.-Irish howl; breakfast table upset; cat scalded; stove knocked over, and a free fight extended through the house, down the street and into the next-N '. Mercuru
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06

IINHE regular Lectures of the Medical Department Il of the Missouri University will commence on the lst of November lS54 and will continue until the lst of March, 1855.
 A course of preliminary lectures will be delivered by the Professors of the Institution free of any extra charge ects intimately connected with their spectve departments beginning the lst of October and ending on the lst of November.
 Clinical lectures will also be delivered either at the City Hospital the City Dispensary, every day dur ing the month of October, we'll as during the en- tire regular session. Admttance to the clinical lee lures free of extra charge.
 Medical Faculty. JOHN s. MOORE, NJ. D., Professor of Theory and Practice.
 JOSEPH N. MCDOWELL, M D., Professsr of Sur gery and Surgical Anatomy. ABNER MOTION, NJ. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
 JOHN BARNES, M D., Professor of Materia Medica, therapeutics and Medical Botany. E' DEMiNG, M. D., Professor of Pathology and J. R. ALLEN, M D.. Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children PATTON SPENCE, M. D.. Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy o General and Special. l. DRAKE M'DOWELL, M. D.. Demonstrator.
 Fees.
 Fees for full course of Lectures S1O5 Fee for the Diploma $2O; for admission to the Dissecinp room and Demonstrations $l0; Matriculation fee s5 Good boarding can De obtained within short dis tance of the College, for from S2 to S3 per week Students and others, desiring furtLer nf fora will please address the Dean of the Faculty
 JOS. N. MCDOWELL. M. D
 Dean Of the Medical Faculty.
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06

READY MADE GRAvEs.-In consequence of the many sudden deaths in Philadelphia among the poor, during the hot weather the cemeteries where they are usually buried, have resorted to the plan of keeping ready made graves for sale. The Bulletin says this is done on ac- count of the unusual demands upon the labors of the grave diggers and it proceeds to describe these graves y as follows:
 Each morning the superintendent of one of these popular cemeteries causes grave twelve feet in depth to be dug taking care to have its length and width sufficiently ample to admit coffin of the largest dimensions The coffin of the first applicant for admission into the gloomy receptacle is placed at the bottom of the pit, and slight covering of earth is placed over it, the next conner is placed on top of the frst-another cofin-and so on until there are five tenants in the grave, the topmost of which IS five feet from the surface of the ground. The earth is then thrown in and the opening mound is all that is left to tell of the spot where the poor, and we'll nigh friendless repose."
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
From the Arkansas Magazine. B E NTENT
BY P. s. ANTHONY.

BY F.. 8. ANTHONY. "A All is vanity'-nor wealth, nor pow'r can buy A single mite of bless'd enjoyment here, There is no hoard can sate the quenchless eye,
 Or avarice cheer. Thus thought the monarch, who, o'er Isare reirn'd From Egypt cen to Tadmore column -crown'd, Whose ships the treasures of the Indies drain'd,
 Zion to found. And he, who in his mighty balance weigh'd The powr of Europe-sack'd eternal Rome Scepter and crown reinquishd- sought the shade,
 A convent home. Thanks mighty monarchs for the lesson taught- A lesson all posterity may read, As with the highest human wisdom fraupht.
 Of thought and deed. The gifts of Heaven are far less partial, than The eye of discontent is prone to view;-- Whom nature places in enjoyments ban,
 Indeed, are few. Man, his own misery makes-he needless strays Beyond the sphere he was design'd to fill; And when he finds the error of his ways,
 Arraigns Heav'ns will. His various treasures God hath portioned out Amid the children of his father-care- Wealth, wisdom, happiness, content;-nor doubt
 Thou hast share. Why look with envious eye on Dives state, His sumptuous table, and his gorgeous robe; And loathe 8 Lazarus laid at his gate,
 Or troubled Jobs Did all possess heap of gilded ore, What value were it more than dust we tread?-- If wisdom op'd to all her magic store Herself were dead! Armsastend, Aug. 5th, 1854
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.

NTRAYED or stolen from the undersigned, living tC on Amos Bayou in Desha county, Ark, about the first of June last bay horse, six years old, one hind foot white small sore in the forehead, plain saddle marks, about Is hands high works we'll Also one dark sorrel mare about l619 hands high, blind work anywhere else, has white mark across the rump about half way between the coupling and root of the tail about inches long and % inches wide has scare the right fore foot at the top of the hoot, branded with the letter s. on one shoulder think the right, but am not certain.
 will give the above reward for any information so that can get them.
 Address David Ripley, Napoleon, or J. B. Rose o, Win. Taylor, Amos Bayou.
 August 23 1854. 12m JAS. B. ROSE.
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. WEDNESDAY

has also been undertaken on the calculation that 1t will support itself independent of the income 1t may possibly receive as a link in the great continental chain. On this point our cor respondent, quoted yesterday, is very full:
 "Thus far everything is hopeful. An easy route can be had as far as 100 miles above Aus tn; there are no more difficulties than from Camden to Jersy city, The entire distance from Galveston to El Paso is 75O miles; for 3OO miles the country is we'll settled towards El Paso. The trade that will descend the Rio Grande, as we'll as that which will ascend from the Rio Grande Valley, also from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua will ren- der the road self-supporting and highly remu- nerative; also, thelead, silver and cooper mines In the vicinity of Fl Paso, together with the whole country being we'll adapted to the cul- ture of cereal grains, cotton of peculiar texture the tropical plants, fine grasses. On the line between Houston and Ell Paso exists marbles ot i, as tine quality as the world produces. The bottoms of the Colorado of Texas are cov- cred with an inexhoustible supply of the fin- est red cedar in the world Every engineer will at once appreciate this as one of the most valuable acquisitions possible for company building a railway"
 The territory of the state of Chihauhau is HUI III uiHcIclI IueIdlS. OOlQ, silver, cooper. lead, iron, zinc and manganese exist in it's mountains in very considerable quantities. Some of the silver mines have been, at certain periods, among the richest on record in the his- tory of mining. Placeres or deposits of gold sand, are said to exist on the Gila river-The whole amount of silver which the mines have yielded was estimated, in the year 1883 at 43, 100000 mares of silver or $43O,OOOOOO.
 The Rio Grande, from recent explorations made under the directions of the War Depart ment by Major W. w. Chapman, of the United States army, is found to be navigable, for small steamboats, to the mouth of Devils river, 15O miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and for large class keel boats to Brooks Falls, 1O4O miles and only 15O miles below the town of Ell Paso, which Is in the longitude of Fort Laramie The distance from Ell Paso to the mouth of the Colorado is about 600 miles. If i've have shown that railroad connecting this point with the east may be built and supported without di rect reference to the continental project, then we have reduced the length of the Pacific Rail road proper, by locating it at what appears tc us the most judicous locality, to the paltry dis tance of 600 statute miles;-making less than 70 miles to each member of the Union.
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
The Good Old Times in Virginia,

1 Onder thlS mead, J. A. 1.,' correspondent of the New York Spirit of the Times, tells two or three very good stories, one of which is the following:
 In those days lived old Ned Carey. Every one living here then recollected old Ned-s rollicking old free darkey, who never let mus ter, cock fight or race pass without being or hand, if possible. Joined to old Ned's inordi- nate love of such sports was what is nowadays termed by the business part of mankind great deal of 'cuteness, but what was in fact some thing less credtable
 On certain day great muster was to come otf at some tavern in the county of Henrco, and of course cock fight or two. At the ap- pointed time great many persons were pres ent, and among them MT. M., gentleman of the real old stripe, who had made few ten dollar bets on the cock fights, and lost every one. He was commenting on his bad luck, when old Ned was seen approaching with a lage bag thrown over his shoulder
 "Halloa Ned, what have you there?''
 "Fust race cock, Massa M."
 "Game, Ned?'
 "Oh, yes, game os banter, Massa, M."
 "Out with him Ned; out with him."
 And Ned drew forth large speckled cock which, to judge by his size, was perfect bruiser natS the pflCe, Ned!'
 "Five dollars, Massa, an cheap at dat; an ii any cock on dis ground hH dis cock, gin you back de money"
 The bargain was accordingly struck, and the match made for fight right away. M bel about the amount he had already lost and the cocks were put in the ring.
 At the first touch of the steel old Ned's cock gave most awful squall, and took strong wing for the woods. M. was furious, while the crowd laughed-fairly screamed-with the enjoyment of the fun. Old Ned was accor dingly hauled up, with the application of some pretty hard epthets.
 "Didn't I tell you, Massa M.," says Ned eff any cock here kaN dat cock I give you back de five dollars. But dey got to cotch him fus; an neber see any cock outrun ole Skewball in my life. Va! ya."
 M. wanted to be very angry, but it was no go; his anger was choked down by the uproari- ous laughter of the crowd that met him on eve- ry side, and he was forced to enjoy it as capi- tai joke. Old Ned continued to frequent the race courses till his death.
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06

AN ARKANSAS PoET.-An "original contri. butor'' of the Fayettville (Ark.) Independent furnishes for its columns the following "geu of poetry"
 WARUM WEATHER AND WARUM MLovE.-Translatec from the jormon expressly fur grayhams maggy sir by Reuben. the weather groze quite warrum And the swet roles tricklen from my neck and arrums and boddy clean down to my feet, and wet
 isevery stich of close, which spies my charrums i sez to jane, jane the weathers mighty hot
 and she sez Reuben that's a sartin fact. and jane side like bilen cofy pot
 and her sole scanned in hard pane rackt. sez jane spose mad K broot beast
 should run at you and ope his mouth and put his pizen teeth upon you savedgely, at least
 inches jest abuv yer little foot! jane sez, you wood beat him Reuben that no;
 sez i, wood whip him if had to follor him clean to the rio grand in mexico,
 idle beat him with club and make him hollor. jane lookt at me 80 swete, lookt at jane,
 and we both felt considerably nonpussed; we was both happy 'nough to go insane
 and we set there and for short time bussed!
The true Democrat., 1854-09-06
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING.

THE undersigned would respectfully remind the l community that he is still doing Commission and Forwarding business at DEV BLUFF. ON WHITE RIVER, the most convenient and available point by far for the merchants and citizens of Little Rock and vicinity. 1 am provided with safe and commodious ware house. and can generally procure the over land transportation of merchandise etc. in good order and on the shortest notice
 To travellers would say, come this way; it is the nearest and best and am always provided with su- perior accommodations for man and horse
 August 23, 1854. 3m F. H. WHEAT