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av the lat in their way; that to suffer the civil Sagistrate to intrude his power into the field of oflon, and to restrain the profession or propa- ii il teSt principles upon sHprosition of their once destey, is dangerous lalla'y, winch @ at at being of cSs all religious liberty, because he he make his opisR. judge Of that tendency, i wIli approve or condNSs the rule oi Judsment ana ma his own: that it is tiSar mare with or d dlfsr I from ron
 ul purposes of civil TOT far ar' te ans to interfere, when prncR. h,asl lot -'o out % pto overt acts against peace ana ,ood order. and finally, that truth is great and W. ,,rovail ifle(t 10 herself, that she is the propert>l sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing t rear from the conflict, unless by human interposso dis armed of her natural weapons, free arge,,ant and debate: errors ceasing to be dangerous w,,n it is permitted freely to contradict them. !
 "Be H enacted by the General Assembly, Ina no man shall be compelled to frequent or sup port any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be inforced, restrained molested or burthened, in his body or goods nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his re. ligious opinions Or belief but that all men shal be free to profess, and by argument to main tain. their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect them in civil capacities.
 "And though we well know that this assem- ply, elected by the people for the ordinary pur poses of legislation, have no power to re- strain the acts of succeeding assemblies consti tuted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore, to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law, yet we are free tt declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are the natural rights of mankind; ano that if any act shall be hereafter passed to re- peal the present, or to narrow It's operation, such act will be an infringement of natura right"
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Authors Alterations.

In making an agreement with a builder for the erection of a house, the employer specifies the style and various particulars to be observed; and if, after the workman has faithfully follow ed his instructions, he determines on certain alterations or improvements, he expects to pay for the additional labor and materials. Com mon justice requires the extra payment and If he should demur, the general voice would con- demn him. This thing is obvious, that 1t seems supererogatory to remark upon 1t; and yet there is a necessity for our making this topc the burden of an article. In one of the departments of industry in which we are called to labor, we have met with authors and pub
 ishers who seemed strangely indisposed to aaiiilV the business of the principle before us; and printers generally have had like exper- el'ce with us, and, therefore, for the good of an injured craft, we venture to protest against aspeces of prevailing wrong.
 Before manuscript is brought to the nrinter it ought to be as perfect as the author can make it. The compositor is bound to follow the copy,'' in word and sentiment, unless indeed he meet with instances of wrong punctuation or false grammar (and such instances are not rare,) which his intelligence enables him to amend. After the matter has been read and corrected in the office, proof is sent to the author; and if it corresponds with the copy, the compositors responsibility is at an end.-- lie has done all he is paid for; and should the author desire any changes made in his matter, why, of course, he must pay for them.
 Sentiments in print look marvellously disSi. milar to the same ideas in manuscript: and we are not surprised that writers should wish to brush and polish little; nor do we object to the natural desire of amendinp or beautifvino their mental products. But let them not for get that pay time will come-when the item for alterations will loom out with a startling distinctness in their bill. They found it easy in the proof to erase word or two here, and insert word or two there; without dreaming. perhaps, that in consequence of these little era-
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Dr. McLane's Nermifuge always resorted
 to when every other remedy fails.

-'tto 10'E, September l5, 1852.
 This k to certify that my child three wears old. was troubled with worms some six months. I had tried several kinds Of medicine but none of them doun any good; and it was not until tried Dr. McL0ne,s celebrated Nermtuge that she found any relief I gave her the contents of one bottle which brougbt from her very large quantity of worms but ,hev were so completely cut to pieces it was impossible to count them My daughter is now doing well: indeed she iS completely restored to health I therefore take rIeasnrc in rccommendingit to parents would say hy all means keep supply of this valuable me- dIrine constantly in your houses have known many children to die suddenly from the effects of worms It also not untrequently hapl,ens that chil- dren are treated for croup, when the choking and enn@hng is cansed altogether by the irritation of worms. Therefore, say again, keep it always in the house; it costs bu ittIe and may be the means ol saving life; and at any rate it will save physi clans bills MRS LANE. No. 333 9tL st
 T.. s. Dr. M!.nu's Celebrated Vermituoe also his Live, Fills, nov be had ut all respectable D,n, Stores in the United States.
 -.E i'ufchA-rra will please be careful to ask for ant take none but Dr. M'Lane,s Errmiiugr. All others. lu com P.ri;on are worthless
 For sale wholesale and retail in Little Rock by
 Ir. j. J. McALMONT tu co
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Our Youth, and What they Read

The newspapers, throughout the south, are ringing the changes uponthe importance of edu- cation, the mental and moral training of youth etc, and are bestoving vast deal of kind aud tender instruction upon parents and others, who have the keeping of the Young Americans of the age This is all very well, and we are hap py to find the public mind fully awake upon those topics. But, just now, there is crying evil underline sun, in connexion with our youth, which it would he we'll if we looked to more strictly than we have been in the habit of do- ing. We allude 10 the vast amount of whip syllabub and starting abolition doctrines which are dlfiusng themselves throughout our litera- ture, especially that portion of it which ema- mates from the north Sometime since, we en- tered bookstore of this city and picked up one of the numerous little moral stories for the young," put forth by anoted northern pub fisher, and, on reading few pages we discov- cred that 1t contained the rankest aboliton anti-slavery doctrines we had read for many days It was story of Charlotte Elizabeth, and published, we think, by the Carters of New York.
 A few days since, another of their publca- tions fell into our hands-a work brought out in the handsomest style and designed for the use of children in the Sabbath schools. It had two chapters devoted especially to the discus sion of slavery, and sundry allusions scattered throughout the volume, all of the Seward type. This, too, was the work of a writer of no little pretensions-no less a person than the mother of Mary Lundie Duncan. This lady, who is the author of the work just referred to, has also published her recollections of trip to America 1 in which she puts forth "her views" in regard to American slavery. This book is widely cir culated at the south.
 One would be startled at the number and magnitude of such publications, which are flooding the country, finding access to our homes and school-houses, and poisoning the minds of our youth. It is high time the antidote was prepared.
 | In the absence of an inder e1pu1yato,ius, or a catalogue of publications teaching dangerous and dsorganizing doctrines in relation to slave ", no parent or schoolmaster at the south should trust his child with a volume without first hav- ing given it an attentive reading. We have no conception of the amount of ill., the neglect of this prccaution may entail upon the country If we had large southern publishing houses to issue forth publications of similar kind in de-. ! fence of the south, we should not fear the re-
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EGW to Get lsid Oi' Moths.

A year since, says the American Agricultur- ist, we had occasion to store lot of furniture with a considerable amount of woOcn gar ments, carpets, bed clothing, etc. As the house necessarily used for storing, was infested with moths and cockroaches, we had some fears on this account, but we procured pound and a half of gum camphor, and packed all woolen materials in single close room, with large humps of the camphor in several places. The room was then closed up tightly, and left till a few days since. On opening 1t, we found it still filled with a strong odor of camphor. The Jumps of gum, which were about the size of a hens egg when put in, had now lost about half their bulk, and not single thread of any cloth in the room had been injured by moths or oth- CT insects.
 One thing surprises u' not little; the cell ing of the room was literally covered with thousands of moths though none were found elsewhere. The dollar expended in getting 9 large amount of camphor probably saved us from many dollars loss, since bit of stair carpet and an old fur huff, which left in another room with some furniture, were entire ly destroyed.
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mensely the advantage. The recent experience of the effect of snows on the Illinois railroads shows clearly, that if snows on the great plains
 will not entirely obstruct the running of cars. they will undoubtedly diminish the profits oi the road. On roads, liable to encounter great snow drifts, there must be depot stations plac ed near together, and provided with ali the means of comfort; or it will endanger the lives of all passengers in the winter season. On the parallel of 32 deg, there will be no difficulties of this sort
 We have now compared carefully the d,ta furnished by the government surveys of rail- way to the Pacific. We confess, that in any aspect, such work is one of immense magn- tude, and encountering great difficulties In this age and especially in this country, men are not apt to be detered lby difficulties, where the end In view is one offering sufficient re ward. In this case there is great and magni. hcent reward in view. The enemies of the Pacific railway are entirely mistaken in the most important elements of the enterprise; its re- suits. They think the business will not be great That Is tOtat mistake No conner cial project in the world ever did, or can offer such prospect of business and profits Why. look at the business of the Panama route al- ready-a route nearly three times the distance of railway on the continent. Look at the Pacific coast-soon to be filled with tens of millions of people. There is no difficulty about business or profits The difficulty lies
 in making the road. The government has neg iected its duty and made a great blunderin not seiZing this great enterprise, and completing it as its own. The Northern and Middle States, especially those of the Ohio valley, have made great mistake in not adopting and insisting upon the middle route when they could. Con- gress seems now to have thrown the matter back upon the enterprise of the people. In this as- pect of the case, there is no doubt that the Southern route offers the most temptation to private company. Texas offers premium of S6O,OOO per mile, for 700 miles! If this offer be accepted, it will only prove that moneyed men are as not blind as the government. If, on the completion of that TOO miles, California does not offer an equal amount to continue the
 work over her mountains, there it can stop and being built almost without cost to the stock holders and opening up a lich country, must be profitable stock, only as work from the Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Nationally we consider the Middle route, extending from the valles of the Ohio and Missouri as the one which the government ought undoubtedly to construct But if the government will not do what is so palpably its interest and its duty; and if the people who live in the great central States are so indifferent and careless to their own interests, then there is no reason why private company should not seize upon the of fers of Texas, and have the glory of construct ing Grand Pacific Railway-R F. Record.
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Know Nothing Withdrawals in
 Alabama.

In the town of Centre Star, Lauderdale county, Alabama, there is, or rather there was, a know nothing lodge which numbered one hundred and twenty five members. A very large majority of the lodge soon became tho- roughly disgusted with know nottingham, it's leaders, doctrines and practices, which disgust resulted in their quietly withdrawing from the order. The North Alabamian, a leading know nothing organ, accounts for this wholesale stam- pede after this fashion:
 "The anti-American papers hercabouts are making great 'miration' over the know noth- ing eX plosion' of Centre Star council, in Lau. derdale county, Alabama. The facts of the case are simply these, as we are informed: The council numbered about l25 members, among whom were number of ha9a cases, which the more respectable portion of the council wished to get rid of, and as the easiest way to accom- plish that without wounding their feelings and creating excitement, they concluded to dis band, which they did"
 The withdrawing members, numbering eighty persons, with view of letting the public know who the |" hard cases" were whom the minority succeeded in getting rid of have published a card, in which their reasons are given in detail for their withdrawal from the lodge The " hard cases" prove to be some of the most re- spectable citizens in North Alabama, as the following list of their names satisfactorily de-
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A Black Hearted Villain.

The Masons of Chester, Illinois, have ex- peled from their lodge one Dr. Gordon, for in- famous conduct The St. Louis Herald gives the following particulars of the occurrence:
 "Ths Gordon graduated in one of the me- dcal schools of this city, and removed to Ches- ter with Dr. Ferris. He has an amiable wife and several children. From some cause the son of Dr. Ferris disliked Gordon, and they remained enemies urtil the death of Dr. Fer ris. Gordon then made friends with young Ferris, and became intimate with beautiful young lady to whom he was engaged to be mar ried
 Ferris removed to Cincinnati, and during his absence, Gordon used every art in his power to seduce the young girl; but failing in his hellish designs, he administered certain drugs, and thus triumphed over her virtue. By threats oi eX posture he forced her to continue the criminal connection, and received letters from her ac- knowledging her guilt
 A short time ago Ferris returned to Chester, and, thinking his betrothed still innocent mar rled her. Gordon, who had never really for given Ferris the injuries of the past, placed q pack age of his wife's letters in his way which told the whole story of her crime
 lis first thought was to take thc4I of the destroyer of his peace, but not meeting him and reilecting that his wife might be equally gultv, he left the village, and has never re- turned. The excitement growing out ot the affair was intense, and the Masons promptly eE- peleI Gurion from their lodge
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UPRIGHT MEN.-We love upright men, Pull them this way and the other and they only bend, but never break Trip them down, and in trice they are on their feet again. - Bury them in the mud, and in m hour they would be out and bright. You cannot keep them down-you cannot destroy them. They are the salt of the earth. Who but they start any noble project? They build our cities, whi- ten the ocean with their sails and blacken the heavens with the smoke of their cars Look to them, young men, and catch the spark of their energy.
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FRESH ARRIVALS.

uST received from steamer Greenwood, by Aat- J boat, 50 boxes Claret, do Brandy Cherries do of 15 and 4 SarClines. do Peppermint do Port Wine, kegs Tammarind Syrup, 15 boxes of Golden Syrup. do Schedan Schnapps, Il do Pickles, casks of quart and pint bottles of Porter, boxes Cider, do Brady,
 l do Pepper Sauce, l tierce of Rice,
 barrels of Turpentine, boxes Old Brandy, barrels No. 8 Mackerc 2t kits '' l keg I'd Nails. boxes Cherry Brandy, do assorted Syrups, 20 ,O0o Havan Cigars, together with Whisky, etc All of which will be sold by NJ. TANTl, Aug l4, 1855 If at the lower landing
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An Act Establishing Religious
 Freedom

Dyawu up by Thomas Je6erSoH', and adopted Jy
 the General Assembly cf I7rgi1ia, n the begin
 ming ot ble gear 1786.
 Well aware that Almighty God hath creat- ed the mind free, that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishment, or burthens, or by civil incapacitatons, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness and are a depart ure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate 1t by coer- cions on either as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legsla- tors and rulers, civil as we'll as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but falable and unin- spired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and in- falllble, and, as such, endeavorlng to impose them on others, have established and maintain ed false religions over the greatest pat of the world, and throug gh all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannica; and even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose powers ne leels most persuasive to righteousness, and IS with drawing from the ministry those temporal re- wards, which proceeding from an appreciation of their personal conduct, are an additional ln- ctement to labors for the instruction of man. kind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opimons in physics or geometry; that therefore the prescribing any citizen as unw worthy the pu- olic confidence by laying upon him an incapaci- ty of being called to offices of trust and emolu. ment, unless he profess or rcnounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him iniuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has nat ural right; that it tends only to corrupt the prin- ciples of that religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing, with monopoly of worldly hon. ors and emoluments, those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed, those are criminal who do not withstand such temptation yet neither are those innocent who
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Nor TO BE USED ON THE PREMISES At fashionable drug store on Chestnut street, Phi
 adelphla, gentleman recently purchased some cigars, and was beginning to smoke them, when hls eye caught notice" !" smoking not allow ed Tn the store" "Well," he exclaimed ad- dressing the druggist, that is pretty joke; you sell fellow cigars, and then won't let him smoke them" "Yes," replied the druggist ''and sell emetcs, too, but don't intend to have them taken in the store"
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HATS! HATS!!

UST received direct from New York, full AHO assortment of Gents Fancy and fashionable eS Hats. embracing every variety and coior We invite the attention of all to call and examine Our stock consists in part of
 cases gents supr Silk Hats;
 10 doz. menS blk wool
 doz. gents blk cashmere hats;
 d0i. boys :. Aug If 1855 FIELD .3 DOLBY
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/Died On the 9th of August 1855, at the tsilnnce of lni father in Pullski county, Ar. Kansas, JAMES MOORE, in the 29th year of his age.
 h lhe prime of life, with kind and good heart he has been taken from the society of an agel father and an ahectionate sister, with whom many friends sympathize, A good man, and just, he departed this life with christian fortitude, cheered with the hope of reaching a better world. He was inferred in the family grave yard near his fathers residence by the side of his mother and three sisters
 Batcsville paper please copy c.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That lttteA ot V administration have been granted to the nnder signed on thr estate of Edward Marcns dcceased, rS the Cont of Probate of the county of Pulaski. in the State of Arkansas on the 10th day of August D. lS"3 All persons having claims against said e tate are required exhibit the to me, properly authenticated, within one year from the date of said letters or they may be precuded from any benefit ill said estate; and if Steh claims are not presented with m two years from the date of said letters they oii said estate.
 \. D. All persons are notified not to pay any one but the administrator. MICHAEL CANNON.
 Auo, 14 1895 St
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WATCHES AND JEWELRy,

hI {o VII subscriber has just received from the a@., s.2 \ East fine assortment of the most faah ionahe Jewelry, and also variety of Gold snd Sl. yer Watches, which have been selected with great care especially for this market
 lie is also prepared to execute all job work ID his line wJh satisfaction tu those who may favor him with then custom. M D0rTER
 An nt,
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sa5 Greatest Discovery of the Age.-We in- vte special attention to the advertisement headed IS above on our third page. As the names attached to the certificates are persons who known to thou sands 1t is needless to say than is said by them in favor of Prof. o. l. WooD's CELEBRATED HAIR RESTORATIVE. Read for yourselves
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21I f.rl1e5 amounting ............. S8O 0OO Only ten thousand numbersl Tickets E5- Halves !2 5o luarters $l B.
 SAML SWAN, Agent and Manager
 Atlanta, Ga. Hon. VIM l.. Burr and 4. E. FoRsYTHR esq, sworn Commissioners to superntend the drawing. July 24, l355.
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{ ' special meeting oi the Stockholders of lie "A Cincinnati and Little Roea Slate Co.,, h. d D. Little Rock. August 2th. l3j5 the following !caeu4- ton, Wcr5 leeciE ed lnl accepted
 II, seymour, Cashier and Director
 \ F. Dyer, Superintendent
 Henry Cloee
 The following 2en'ie being stockholders uef. then glt,t>l to III the yucancict ]. II. Patterson, Grand Ga-e, Director F. I. Burr Eateavile,
 Ii. Martin True Supr lnl
 " F. Smith. Little Rock, Ca hict
 By order of the pne.tors
 Aug II lS55 W. F. SMITH, Sec'y pro tcm.
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ARRIVALS X DEPARTURES OF THE
 EASTERN MAILS.
Route via Pine Bluff.

hVUtt Vld IHV bIUHs | FAVE Napoleon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri lI days at o'cck, PM.
 Arrive at Little Rock Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays at o'clock,
 Leave Little Rock Tuesdays, Thursdays and St- turdays at j o'clock, AM.
 Arrive at Napoleon Mondays, Thursdays and Sd turdays at o'clock, AM.
 Route via White River and Aberdeen. Leave Little Rock Sundays Wednesdays nnd Fri days at o'clock, AM
 Arrive at Napoleon Mondays, Thursdays and Sa tnrda3s at o'clock. PM.
 Leave Napoleon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saiar days at T o'clock PM. | Arrive at Little Rock Mondays, Thursdays and S- | tnr'lays al 2 o'clock, r&.
 Aug l4 JNO. E. REARDON. r. NJ. Little Rock
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sures and insertions, the compositor would be, compelled to alter and reconstruct much of his work. We know, at this present writing, of volume on which the alterations alone have consumed time equal to one mans work for nearly two and half years How unreal sonable-nay, how transparently unjust-t the expectation that the printer should give gratui- tousy the time and trouble requisite for the radical changes in the type which an authors whm or taste may demand.-Johnson's Typo- graphic Advertiser.