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The true Democrat., 1855-10-02
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A C h D WYE take pleasure in informing the citizens and w Ladies of Little Rock and the public in gene raj, that have received and opened fine and well selected stock of Summer Goods, consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes; also q good assortment of Trunks, and great variety of other articles, which offer at very low prices; cheaper than the cheapest.
 May 29 NJ RAFR & CO
The true Democrat., 1855-10-02

sz=-=zz-TzzsFs~, A FINE ASsoRTMENT0 s- ~~--,y--sz.sEs5 A OF FURNITURE forA. s;1}-------@sty Safe Consisting of Bureaus, m Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables, Looking Glasses, What nots, Cribs, etc., etc.
 The subscriber is prepared to make all articles of Fnrnture in superior style; and repairing will also be neatly and promptly done.
 SLs-3Also Coffin making and undertaking e4ss-4-224@~ attended to at the shortest notice
 Ware-room next door to the post-office.
 May 80, 1854. 1y FRANCIS DIFFER.
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JOHN sIDDALL. ALEX. P. GREENE. JOHN o. M'GEEHE. CIDDALL, GREENE & CO.,, Cotton Factors. o Commission and Forwarding Merchants, No. 5s Camp street, New Orleans July 5 1853
The true Democrat., 1855-10-02

In short, every article for which there is demand in this market. They intend to sell for PAY DOWN. and promise that prices shall be in accordance.
 june l2 '55-ly TATE & MOORE.
The true Democrat., 1855-10-02

N SMITH. w. M GRAHAM. C duce and Commission Merchants and dealers in foreign and domestic Liquors, Cincinnati, Oho Also, agents for manufacturers for the sale of Tobocco, Window Glass, Iron and Nails N. B. All order en- trusted to us will receive strictest attentions.
 iulv 5 1853
The true Democrat., 1855-10-02

SO ceived and for sale by Aug IA 1855 FIELD X DOLBY.
 SCNDRlES. Q00 LBS. Cotton Yarn, assorted Nos; OUO A boxes $ by 1V window glass;
 ,6o 10 by l2 do
 $50 lbs. putty, in bladders;
 s boxes best starch;
 "A dog. Shaker and fancy corn brooms;
 < zine wash boards;
 Is '' painted and fancy buckets;
 coils sash and lead lines;
 10 reels packing yarn
 coils a cotton packing;
 loo lbs. tard spun yarn;
 300 '' oahum; 50 lbs. sewing twine; 150 < tard marlinc;
 bales gum packing. assorted. Received per steam and tiatboats and for sale by july 24 RAPLEY, HANGER x co.
 CUT NAILS & SPIKES. 00 KEGS cut nails, assorted Sd to 40d; CU 10 kegs cut spikes :: sizes. Received per steam and latboats. and for rale by july 24 RAPLEY, HANGER < co. CINCINNATI AND LITTLE ROCK
 SLATE COMPANY. 4 T special meeting of the Stockholders of the A Cincinnati and Little Rock Slate Co.,. held at Little Rock August Sth, 1855 the following rcsigna- tions were received and accepted: II. Seymour, Cashier and Director; A. F. Dyer, Superintendent ' Henry Cross, The following gentlemen. being stockholders, were then elected to fill the vacancies: J. II. Patterson, Grand Glaze, Director; E. T. Burr. Batcsville, H. Martin True '' Sup'r and C W. R. Smith. Little Rock, Cashier By order of the Directors: Aug 14 1855 w. R. SMITH, Sec'y pro tenn.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
YANKEE FACTORY GIRLS.

In one of the factories of Maine, recent
ly the proprietors reduced the wages.
wherenpon there was general determi
nation to strike. and as they were obliged
to give a months notice before quitting
work, they have meanwhile issued cir
cular to the world at large, in which is
the following interesting paragraph
We are now working out our notice,
and shall soon be without employment
can turn our hands to most anything
don't like to be idle, but determined not
to work for nothing while folks can af-
ford to pay. Who wants help? We
can make bonnets, dresses, buildings, pies
and cakes patch, darn, knit, roast, stew
and fry make butter and cheese, milk
cows, feed chickens and hoe corn sweep
out the kitchen, put the parlor to rights,
make beds, split wood, kindle fires, wash
and iron, besides being remarkably fond
OF babies in fact, can do ANYTHING the
most accomplished housewife is capable
of-not forgetting the scolding on Mon
days and Saturdays. For specimens of
spirit will refer you to the oyerseer.-
Speak quick. Black eyes, fair foreheads,
clustering locks, beautiful as Hebe, can
sing like seraph, and smile most be-
witchingly ; an elderly gentleman in want
OF good housekeer, or nice young man
in want of wife-willing to sustain
either character in fact, we are in the
market. Who bids? Going-going-
gone Who's the lucky man 2"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
Our sfrap Booh.
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
A MIDNIGHT PRAYER.
BY l. c, HiGGs

Why, Q my God, hast thou thus dealt with me
Hat thou IL balm the heart-sick NAV amply
With reverence bow, and on my Bonded knee
Isupplicate thy angels upward hear my cry
Give me, Father, sufficient of thy grace
To buoy up my heavy, sinking heart
And ne'er will forget to give thee praise,
Nor let thy Spirits presence from me part
Grant this, my prayer, Father Supreme pray,
And may it please thee, Holy One.
To take me from this earth away
To dwell above where reigns thy Son.
In that blest realm of love
No sorrows eer can enter in;
There can the weary, heart-sick dove
Be free from earthly cares and sin
THERE, never can our cherished friends
By Dist1usts' hand be torn away:
THERE, where Gods glory, as the dew, descends,
Those whom we love can meier from US stray
THERE, shall our Love: like holy fame,
Burn forever, and forever more
THERE, with great joy we will loudly proclaim
The glories of our God, as angels have before
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
AMPUTATING A LEG.

We don't know when we have been
more shocked than in perusing the follow
ing 1t occurred in st. Lawrence county,
in this state, and is given on the authority
OF gentleman of undoubted yeracity."
A young man addicted to intemper
ate habits, during one of his periodical
sprees, took sudden notion to pay a visit
to his sweetheart" On the evening al
luded to, the young lady and a female as
sociate were the only occupants of the
house in which she resided.
About ten o'clock in the evening the
young man arrived at the house, consid-
erably worse from the use of beverages"
His strange manner in approaching the
door excited the suspicion of the young
ladies who supposed the house was attack
ed by robbers. He knocked at the door
and demanded admission; but his voice
not being recognized, from the thickness
of his tongue, the ladies refused to COM
ply with his demand.
" Determined to force an entrance, he
commenced a series of assaults upon the
barred and bolted door by kicking and
pounding. After number of desperate
kicks, the panel of the door gave way,
and the leg of the besieger went through
tne aperture anu was immediately seized
by one of the ladies and firmly held while
the other, armed with saw commenced
the work of amputation!
The grasp was firmly maintained, and
the saw vigorously piled, until the leg
was completely severed from the body
g With the loss of his leg, the intoxica
ted wretch fell upon his back, and in that
condition lay the remainder of the night.
I'm the meantime, the ladies were fri CHIT
ened almost to death. With the dawn of
morning the revelation was made that one
of the.ladies had participated in the am
putation of her loYerl
=" We hardly credited say the editor
of the journal from which we quote, the
latter part of the story, and contended
that the man must have bled to death on
the spot, insisting, indeed, that it could
not be otherwise. But we were mistaken.
The leg was wooden one
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
The Pyramids Of America.

In this country is exhibited the largest
pyramid in the world, that of Cholula
near Pueblo. 1t covers forty-fo acres
and is about two hundred feet high on
its summit was temple, and in the inte-
rior has been discovered vault rooted
with beams Of wood, containing skeletons
and idols. Several smaller pyramids sur
round this large one. 1t appears to have
been formed by cutting hill into an ar
tifcial shape. Its dimensions are i'm
mense, being nearly three miles in cir
conference, and about four hundred feet
high. 1t is divided into terraces and
slopes, covered with platforms, stages and
bastions, elevated one above the other,
and all formed with large stones skilfully
cut and joined without any cement.
In some respects the style of architec-
ture resembles the Gothic, being massive
and durable; in other respects it resem-
bles the Egyptian-yet the general con
struction, manner and style of architec-
ture is different from anything hitherto
described in the world. AS in Egypt.
hyeroglyphics on stone denote remarkable
events which no man has yet been able
to decipher. Dark shades rest on the
antiquities of America, and few rays of
light enliven the gloom. We have an
Gent history to inform US of the events of
Egypt how that empire was founded,
and how it prospered and fell. We have
the same on record of Babylon and Nine
veh, of Greece and Rome and Carthage.
but not the least information relative to
those who erected these cities, what peo-
pie and from whence they came; not a
ray to dispel the dark gloom which seems
to rest on 1.-The early history of America.
Architecture, sculpture, and painting, and
all the arts that adorn civilized life have
Aourished in this country at period far
remote. There is evidence sufficient to
prove that those cities were in ruins at
least sixteen or eighteen hundred years
ago.
In Palenque is the remains Of an altar.
over which grows an immense cedar
whose powerful roots enshrine it. The
whole city is oyergrown with mahogany
and cedar trees of enormous size. The
eccentric circles of some Of these trees
the well known cycles for year have
been counted, which showed they were
more than 800 years old, and there were
indications Of another generation Of trees
having sprung up before them. HaM few
reflect on the fact that America iSsaA old
dominion, the seat of an ancient, MIGHTY
empire. These facts are opening wem-
selves every day to the eye of an aston
ished world, and it is hoped that the spa It
of inquiry, which seems at present to ami
mate all classes Of learned men, may throw
more light on the early history of this re-
markable region.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
BRONZE STATUARY.

The Springfield Republican contains an
account Of the works Of the Ames Manu-
featuring Company, Chicopee, where
bronze castings are executed with great
success. There is now being executed a
colossal equestrian statue of Washington,
to be placed in Union Square, New York
city. 1t was modelled by Fl. u Brown
of Leyden, Mass. These large castings
in bronze, have been tried in many estab,
lishments, but all have failed, and, except
the works of Mills in Washington, the
Ames Company is the only concern that
has conquered the difficulties of the ne
cessary operations. This company has
just finished bronze statue, designed by
r. S. Greenough. which represents a
shepherd boy who has killed an eaglet,
and is pounced upon by the old eagle
A statue of Franklin, designed by Green
ongh, is about to be cast, and when COM
pleted will be erected in the city of
Boston.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
DECIDEDLY RICH.

The ferry boat between New York and
Jersey City was lately the theatre of
an occurrence not very often witnessed
under such circumstances. The day be-
ing fine, the lady passengers, about a dozen
in number, were seated on the benches
enjoying supshine. Pretty soon a shout
was heard, Mein Cot | mein Cot mein
wife ish goin to be shick p Instanter the
ladies all rushed into the ladies' cabin
and sure enough, there sat Horid sneci.
men OF Swedish woman enduring the
lncipient pangs of parturition with great
patience. The husband was speedily turn.
ed out of the cabin by the ladies, one of
whom mounted guard at the door, while
the others made preparations for receiving
the expected stranger. Of course we can,
not enter into the details of this subject
for we were on the outside. observing the
husband, who begged Justify for admission
y meln Cot!' he shouted through the
door. Keep stiff upper lip, Katrine
ton't be sehairt. O mein Cot n and he
danced around the deck in perfect fever
OF excitement. 1t was impossible to ouiet
him, until, in few minutes, one of the 10.
dies informed him, though without grant
ing him admission, that " it was all over
lsh it boy or gal ?" he shouted. ITS
a girl, " said the lady sentinel, anxious for
little amusement. oh, dunder p was the
yeSed reply, No matter; gal ish better
ash notin:" It's boy" again said the
lady: vot, ish it 'shanged ?-vos il a
gal fust, and now q leetle boy 2" 6 No i
Iousand tuyhes vot ish it den ?,-
There are two-a boy and agih: You'd
peter procure horse and carriage when
the boat lands" "Oh dat ish goot / Dat
is better ash good la boy and q oal nit
one JOB. Katrine is pumpkins ALWAYS
know'd itF And the happy husband disap-
family homeward. "''
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
ENIGMA.-No 2.

| am composed of AZ letters.
My 6, Is, Is, 8, Is, 5, 33, II, 33, Is, 90,
is very useful medicine
My %, 81, -, 4, is very useful to car
penters.
My IA, IS, 50, 80, 21, is a stone cutters
tool.
My "a, 10, 2, AZ, 81, is what we could
not very well do without.
My II, %, 26, 22..16, "a. is a boy
name.
Ny "a, Is, 81, %, Z, 81, So, 20, 3, Is,
SO, SO, 6, 20, 40, 27, Sc, is a celebrated
soap.
Ny l, 80, 6, Is, 10, is boys name.
Ny 80, 10, 81, %, 2, is a girls name.
Ny 35, Al, 80, is kind of fish.
Ny 38, 80, 8, is dogs name.
My whole is at the head of one of the
principal Offices of the United States Gov
eminent. D. A. B., NJ. P.
u.s. Answer next week.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27

the Barberini Palace, and which, long
supposed to be made Of porcelain, is now
ascertained to be composed of deep blue
glass, sculptured in bas-relief, with white
Opaque figures of exquisite workmanship.
The poets of the Augustan age make fire.
qnent allusion to the lnstre and transpa
rency Of glass; yet beyond its employment
IN drinking cups and ornaments, and, still
more extensively in imagerial apostrophes
to Bacchus and Venus, they know nothing
OF Its wider application to domestic and
scientific uses.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27

The following lines penned by an associate
m the battle field, and who well knew the devotion
the deceased exhibited to those who are referred to
in these stanzas.
On Buena Vista's bloody field soldier dying lay,
His thoughts were of his mountain home some thou
sand miles away
He call'd comrade to his side, and said, What 1
now say,
Convey to ASHLAND, happy spot, where no more
shall stray.
His country's Standard say to him was safe with me
this day;
I've made pillow of it, now, on which I've laid my
winding-sheet please make of it when am with
the dead
81 know twill grieve his Utmost SOUL to think that
never more
I'll sit with them beneath the oak that shades his
cottage door;
But tell that tile-worn patriot that mindful of his
fame,
On Buena Vistas battlefield sullied not his name
My mothers form is with me now-her wall is in
my ear
And drop by drop flows my blood, so flows from
her the tear;
Then oh, when you convey to her the tdngs of this
day,
Speak softly, Victor, softly speak what you shall
have to say.
Speak not to her in hurried tones, the bhghting
news you bear,
The chords of life might snap too soon SO comrade,
have a care -
am her only cherished son, but tell her that died,
Rejoicing that she taught young to take my coun-
try's side
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27

fseA- DR.. Hall, in his medical journal,
asserts that one great cause of dyspepsia
in ministers is eating too. soon after
preaching. For two OF. three hours the
tide of nervous energy has been setting in
strongly towards the brain, and it can
not be suddenly turned towards the stom-
ach but the mental effort has occasioned
a feeling of faintness or debility about
the stomach, and a morbid appetite and
if food is taken at all largely, thereis not
the nervous energy there requisite to af-
feet its digestion, for the brain will be run
ming over the discourse.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald
STANZAS.

BY MRS, NJ D. WILLIAMS.
'Tis beautiful, at summers eve,
To watch the soft receding light,
The cares of earth, awhile to leave,
And mingle with the shades of night
1t yieldeth to the weary breast
A halo of eternal rest.
'Tis beautiful, in twilight's hour,
To view the glorious scene above,
And hold communion with the Power.
Whose every work proclaimeth love-
To recognize in all we see
The wise designs of Deity
All times there's something beautiful,
Within our varied pathway here;
But none with happiness so full,
No time to my lone heart so dear,
AS when the dusl1y shades of even
Bring back to me my spirits heaven.
Webster, Mich, 1866.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27

AhctoT prettoS0 tGcat-
Those fair fresh flowers you sent me,
Haye fallen to.decay;
Their fragrance and their beauty
Have passed too soon away.
saw them slowly fading
Before Ely watchful eye;
Their lovely leaves were dropping
sa W that they must die
But one sweet rose among them,
Far fairer than the rest,
Bloomed longer on its parent stem,
And shed its fragrance best,
watched this lovely gift of mine
Surrounded by decay;
But, ali, it fingered for time,
Then faded quick away.
Tell me, will Friendship pass away
As quick as summer flowers
Dwell in our bosom for day,
Then pass like fleeing hours?
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27

My 6, 80, II, g. is what politicians de-
My II, 80, 81, -, is most every body
who has a wife,
My l, IS, 4, 8, 10, is an adverb.
My q, 30, 10, is grain.
Ny 9, 80 81, 3, Is, is boys name.
Ny 20, %, 26, 81, g. II, 7, 5, is one of
the books of the New Testament.
N.Y., 80, 90, 81, "a. IL, IA, is a girls
name.
Ny Il. 80, "a, 10, 10, is one of the
Eastern States.
Ny Is, 80, 81, is night bird
My 27, is consonant.
My IS, %, 20, 80, II, "a, %, is mans
christian name.
My 16, 26, 6, 4, is musical instrument.
My whole should be the motto of every
temperance man.
B@n- Answer next week.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald
EV EN- NJ G.
BY JEANNE.

BY JEANNE.
The wind signs low mid the clustering trees.
That reply with gentle murmur.
And the whip-poor-will perches upon the caves
: And trills his sweet lay of summer
The cataract roars mid the distant hills,
And the frogs peep in the valley,
And the willows bend to the laughing rills
With their limpid waves to daley.
And lover brave in a leafy bower.
Woos ladye" fair at this Silly hour;
And the morn looks down from the arch above,
And thinks that earth is the home of love.
snasbury, Conn, 1856.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald
LOVE ON.--LOVE ON.
BY FINLEY Johnson

BY FINLEY JOHNSON.
Love on, love on, nor heed what men
Shall say of love forgot,i
Of friendship, thriftless cast away,
And vows remembered not;
But love those on throughout this life,
Each fair and gentle thing
For flowers bloom on every side,
Which need but cherishing;
And even this dark world of ours,
Is full of things to love,
We see them in our daily walks,
Around us and above;
And unto each and every heart,
There shall be surely given.
All earthly things they priced below,
Within the courts of heaven.
Love on, love on, and though thou shouldst
Find all thy love in vain,
Yet thou shalt have in realms of bliss
All of thy love again;
For cen the faithless souls that wake
The minstrel's plaintive string,
Shall bless above the hearts they break,
And fondly to them cling;
For God, the pure and gentle heart
viii never leave unblest;
He sees the bitter tear-drops fall,
And gives it peace and rest;
He hath ordained that earthly love,
Shall be unto us given,
And what we prize within this world,
Shall still be ours in heaven
Love on, love on, for we must love
All things that God hath made,
And though their lives all fleeing be
Their memories will not fade;
Love on, love on, and though some hearts
Heed not the offer'd vow;
Yet weave affections garland, and
Entwine it round each brow;
Yea, love thou on with steadfast faith.
And walk in fairy bowers,
And pluck the sweets that cluster on
This LIES enchanting flowers;
For be thou sure that here on earth,
All love to us is given,
That as we prize it, so shall we
Possess that love in heaven.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.

Mr.. EDITOR Il was charmed with the follow
ing touching and appropriate lines, that could moi
refrain from getting permission of the fair young au
thoress to have them published, and send them to
your pleasing and valuable Journal for that purpose
think their simplicity of language, beautiful depth
of thought and touching pathos cannot fail to please
the reader, as they certainly did
Your humble servant,
ORLANDO
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-27
A PUZZIE

Here is something worth studying over
we ind 1t in an exchange If any of our
readers can solve it, and feel the ro;at
they are at;perfect liberty to do so:
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For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
ENIGMA. No. /.
BY ALBERT, OF FREEHOLD, N. j..

| am composed of 80 letters.
My 6, 80, II, 8, is what politicians de-
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BY THE BARD OF VICTOR.
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TO MISS CARRIES BoQuET
I" Auetor pretioso facit. "

BY vIcToR's SISTER.
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n@+ In Nature nothing is superhuous.
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DEATH OF HENRY CLAY, JR

Written expressly for the Monmouth Weekly Herald
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merce gave her the command of vast vents
for her productions, held in her hands for
many'ages the staple of the manufacturers,
obtaining materials from the shore of the
river Belus, at2whose embouchure the
weather-bound merchants cooked the IA
nous dinnefwhich is said'to have origina-
ted the discovery. The legend may.have
no foundation in truth; but it derives a
color Of likelihood from the profitable use
which was afterwards of the glitter
ing sands of that coast
Of the antiquity of glass, simply consid-
cred as a. hard and brittle mass which,
when broken, reveals luminous fracture,
we have abundant.evidence. Fragments
and utensils. Of glass have been found
amongst the ruins of Thebes and Hercu-
laneum. That the Egyptians were ac-
quainted with its production is eyinced in
the beads with which some of their mum
mics are adorned These beads have a
coating Of glaze, which is composed of
glass, colored with metallic oxide
There were glass manufactures at Alex
andria in the time of the Emperor Had
rian, who sent home, as objects of great
value and curiosity, several glass cups of
divers colors which were used by the
Egyptians in the worship of the Temple
From Alexandria probably, the art trav-
eled to Rome, where coarse manufacture
of drinking vessels existed from the time
|of Nero; This emperor is said to have
given for two cups, with handles, a sum of
$4,000 of our money. They were not
large, but, from their transparency, bore
a resemblance to crystal, and in the tomb
of Alexander Severus (who died A. D. 235)
was found the celebrated Portland Vase,
which was for two centuries the glory of