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the federal party would not care if they wor- shipped the Pope or the devil, if they would ONLY VOTE THE FEDERAL WHO TICKET. | Because the Irish Catholic voters cannot be induced to sell out their principles, because they have not acquired the latter-day policy of shaping their principles to suit each peculiar location-because they are
 "Unpractisd to fawn or seek for power | By doctrines fashiond to the varying hour;'' ] because they dared to exercise the inestimable privileges of American citizens conferred on them by that sacred palladium of liberty, the constitution of the United States, they were wantonly butchered in the streets of New Or leans, St. Louis, and Louisville, by members of .his self-styled Know Nothing or Native Ame- rican party.
 Now we are fully aware of the fact that the more generous, the more liberal portion of the Know Nothing party, those who had been dup ed into the ranks of those proscriptionists and anarchists, have long since repented in sack cloth and ashes the misdeeds of their confe- dsrates, and have done all in their power by withdrawing from an association which could produce such disastrous consequences-whose advent has been marked with blood, and which must ultimately, unless suppressed by the wis dom and good sense of the American people, plunge this now happy country into all the hor- TOTS of intestine war and bloodshed We are also aware, that that corrupt mscreant, Prentice of the Louisville Journal, together with other venal and rotten hearted journalists, have en- deavored to remove the vile stain which now mars the otherwise fair pages of American his- tcry, by throwing the odium upon foreigners, but they have in every solitary instance been condemned by their own witnesses, and how ever anxious they may be to throw a veil over those bloody transactions, their efforts have proved futile and vain
 ''-- the damnedspot will not out At their bidding;'
 1t stands with the "primal eldest curse'' upon it, another sad, fearful and bloody monument of incensed bigotry and blind fanatcism. Then as Americans, if we do not take warning by what has transpired in our own day, and as it were under our own eyes-if with the prolific and truthful pages of history spread out before us for our warning and for our guidance, and wherein we read of religious dissensions just such as those created by the Orange lodges of Ireland, and the Know Nothing lodges having plunged the old world in crime and bloodshed, if through blind fanaticsm or party heat we fail to give heed to the salutary warnings afford ed us through those mediums-then will we merit the bitter curses of posterity, as we'll as the severest fate to which nation ever was doomed. ARKANSAS.
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OPEN AT LAST.

MEYER takes this method of informing Al. his friends and the public generally that {k-A he has again opened his Bakery, Grocery and -l-4- Boarding House, where he will be pleased to his old friends and customers.
 Lower Steamboat Landing, Little Rock.
 Jan. 29. '56-3m L. MEYER
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.Bsassssls sss szA1AysNN FEBRUARY FESTIVAL. Orton's Badger Circus. H. ORTON.... Manager & Proprietor. G. T. ORTON, Treasurer. N. R. KEMP, ............. VNTILL exhibit at Little Rock, four days-Feb- w ruary 6, [, and 9, 1856. Dress Circle-5O Gents; Children and Servants 25 Gents.
 The features which pre- -eminently distinguish this company every other travelling exhibition ex- tant, are q
 Splendid Troupe of Male and Female Artists!
 But first in grace, beauty, etherial oveness. and all that constitutes the :. beau ideal of La Haute Ecole, is the fascinating ad ncomparable
 Mademoiselle Orton,
 And her trained Horse "Aleck." .sy-The following is a lit ot the performers con- nected with the Badger Circus:
 c. TUBES, II. A. GARDNER, w. W. CHAMBERS, c. CONSTABLE, J. C. BARCLAY D. ORToN, M. ORToN, H.BENNETT, E. STONE, J. D. WARREN,
 BILLY BIRD. Eouestrians, Vaulters, and Gymnasts of known
 ability and merit.
 Attached to this Equestrian Troupe, is
 J. ID. WARREN, Now acknowledged as the Clown of the Era, who has dishes to please old and young, father and son. mother and daughter, sister and brother, fat and lean dirty and clean, short and small, big and tall wise and witty ugly and pretty, good and bad sim, pie and sad-all may enjoy, and plenty to pick and choose among various speeches, mild observations, strange questions and ugly answers, whims faceti@, jokes, quips, cranks quirks, conundrums, with va riety of nonsenscal nonsense too enumerable to nu merate-H-E-M.
 Brass and Stringed Band composed of picked musicians, and led by the celebrated TOM MANN. Performance to commence at o'clock in the alter noon-also at in the evening. For particulars see large bills of the day.
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0hn c. Heath and John Defendants.


 Thomas J. Tompkins, as administrator of William Hill, ,deceased-Compain
 
 John c. Heath and John Defendants. TEvIIS day comes the complainant, who has here 1 toforc filed his bill in this behalf. and it appear ing from his affidavit filed with said bill. that the de- endant John C. Heath, is a non resident of the State of Arkansas; it is, therefore, hereby ordered, that the said John c. Heath be notified of the pendency of this bill by publication of this order in the True Democrat, newspaper published in this State, for the number of times and within the time prescribed by law; and that he enter his appearance in this cause before the first day of the next term of said circuit court be held the court house in llamburgh. in said county, on the lst Monday in April next, A. D. 1856, and plead, answer or demur to said bill, the same will be taken confessed to him, and decree entered accordingly. The nature of the complaint in said bill is, that heretofore in the lifetime of said Iii partnership existed and was carried on between him and said Heath in q grocery, and that there has been final settlement thereof and prayer for account and settle ment of the same and for general relief. A true copy from the record.
 Attest: ROBT F. HOLMES, Clerk.
 Per N. D. HoLMEs D. c. Jan. % '56-2w
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MULE STOLEN. STOP THETHIEFy

STOLEN from my stable on the night of.. O the 9th inst, on Red Fork bayou. aboutsSAsra twelve miles from Napoleon andSellville, VW fine bay pacing saddle Mule She is freshly vsaExka' marked with saddle marks, about IA hands high, gray nose, and mane and tale perfect when stolen.
 Any person who will take up said mule and give me information at Napoleon, will be liberaly reward ed. BERTRAND BLEDSOE, M. D.
 Ian oo-2u Cost of adV.. & 00
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SNAKEs.-" The mortality resulting from snakes in the Scnde is said to be frightful. Deaths from this cause, taken in coniurction with the slaughter occasioned by wolves in the Punjaub, amounting to about twice as much again, and the destruction, in few months, of thirteen men by tigers at Singapore, says the Bombay Times, impreSses the mind more forci- ply with the fact of the existence of a scanty and helpless population, than folio Of statisti- cal tables. Here We have man still battling with the beastsfor the possession of the earth; the wolf feeding his cubs and provisioning his den from the cottage cradle; the husbandman laid dead, as he goes forth to cultivate his fields, by the bite of a reptile scarcely thicker, or longer than his arm. Al the battle of Meeane we lad sixty-two killed, and two hundred wounded; at Dubba, our casualties amounted to three hundred and seventy killed and wounded forty of thes' having fallen. The snakes con- init more slaughter in year than was incurred by us altogether Tn two of the hardest fought battles that had occurred in India for century, and which added province, fertile as India, to our domiuions' That these things must have gone in the Ameers' reign for unlimited periods unnoticed, may be taken for granted. Now that they have become known to us, no time should be lost, or efforts spared in en- deavoring to mitigate mischief obviously ca pablo of destruction"
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NYS, CLOTHING.

n HAVE just opened the largest stock of Boys an u Youths Clothing, ever offered in this market For sale very low for cash. J. A. HENRY. Oct 16 ls5b
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GROCERIES,

GROCERIES. JUST received per steamer " Broad Hornn Bill J Taylor master supply of Coffee:
 Sugar:
 NoIasses:
 Fine and Coarse Salt;
 Powder. etc. Oct. 23 1855 by TATE t& MOORE
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NEW GOODS

NEW VHVUFDN.
 T'IIE subscribers have just returned from market l and are now opening large and complete assort- ment of Dry Goods, Groceries, Queensware, Hard ware, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps etc.. etc.-which they will sell on the best terms as the times are hard and money scarce. it behooves every purchaser to spend his money to the best advantage, in view Of that fact invite buyers to examine our stock, we charge nothing for showing goods.
 Nov. 20, 1855 TATE & MOORE.
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SlOO REV ARD,

I'D ANYWAY from the subscriber on 1O the 25th July, 1855, two slaves, tos wit: Green, a bright mulatto man, straight hair when combed, about feet inches high, very humble address, rather thin
 visage, intelligent. tricky, can write his name, good at figures, a number one me
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DRESS GO. DS,

LADIES, DRESS coz. DS. A N almost endless variety of Lade Dress Goods "A and Trimmings. Silks Deaines, Cashmeres and Meri; os, just open ed and for sale low at IENRY'S Oct. Is, 1855
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STATE OF ARK ANSAS G..
 Ashley COuntY. 'S''

In the Ashley Circuit Court, Chancery ide, in vacation, January l7th, 1856. Thomas J. Tompkins, as administrator of William Hill, deceased Complainant.
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NOTICE.

JUST RECEIVED BY WAGON. 4 HIIDS Prime Sugar; HA 9 sacks of Rio Coffee;
 10 boxes Virginia 5's Tobacco;
 5 '' Black Tea;
 E Gunpowdcr Tea;
 6 Smoking Tobacco; 6,o0O Oranges;
 50 bbls Onions etc. etc.: All of which will be sold at the lowest prices by Dec. 25, 1855 M. TANT1 & co.
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selves seen and examined the specimen of sheet gold referred to in the article above.
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 have procsrsi, at csst of sixteen hundred dol M one of saso Adans m smmofh printing machines, which ,es us do b~st end pamphlet work in superior style sp at very low p+ssss
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05
A DOLLAR OR TWO.

With cautious step as we tread our way through
This intricate world, other folks do,
May we still on our journey be able to view
The benevolent face Of dollar or two
For an excellent thing is dollar or two
Through country and town,
We may pass up and down.
No passports so good as dollar or two.
Would you read yourself out of bachelor crew
And the hand Of female divinity sue'
You must always be ready the handsome to do,
Although it should cost you dollar or two,
Loves arrows are tipped with dollar or two,
And affection is gained with dollar or two,
The best aid you can meet,
In advancing your suit,
Is the eloquent chnk of dollar or two.
Would you wish your existence with faith to i'm
bue,
And enroll in the ranks Of the sanctifed few?
You must freely come down for dollar or two.
The gospel is preached for dollar or two,
And salvation is reached by dollar or two.
You may sin some at times,
But the worst Of all crimes
Is to find yourself short of dollar or two.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05
GIVE COUNT OUR LIFE BY YEARS."

Birthdays can only come, according to
our mode Of reckoning time, but once a year
that is within the annual revolution Of
the earth. And as years increase, with
what different emotions we greet the return
! of these way-marks in life's journey.
In childhood and youth it seems like pas
time to grow old, and birth days are but
festivals or introductions to the new year of
existence, wherein nought but the sunny
and bright can enter Life then, is but
holiday in it's freedom from care, and though
petty trials sometimes intrude, they may be
1likened to the summer clouds which, vapor
like, fit past to be succeeded by greater
brightness; tears too may sometimes fall,
but like refreshing showers, they wash away
i what might otherwise prove injurious. o,
5how the memory of the days when life was
young, cling to the heart! The roses that
bloomed in our first garden seemed sweeter
and more beautiful, if possible, than those
of later times-the green fields, where we
played, have seemingly a fairy tint-no
fruit has been more dilicious than our first
orchard bore-and no streamlet ever danced
so merrily by as the one near the old house
lat home IT'S we'll that these recollections
jcling to the heart, for they give something
lchorage to the soul amid the changeful
scenes of life. As in the natural world, it
is not always spring, but a continual pro-
-gress and change until the year is spent, so
In human life, We are ever advancing to ma
tturcr age, when life's stern realities harrass
us in every stage of our journey Cares
gather thickly about us, though now we feel
strong to contend with them, and we have
/ the promise that las thy day so snail thy
strength be-"
We are, indeed, no longer children, be-
ing full half way home. Yet in this arena
crowded with perplexities, we, verify, may
know many joys. Life is not all dark, and
even amid this desert of care, an oasis blooms
for Us where we can take shelter and refresh
ourselves when daily duties and anxieties
are past; and how soothing and satisfying
the placid joys of Home this garden of
.he heart, this stimulant which quickens to
! diligence, reconciles to the toll of business,
md makes the laborer in life's vineyard hap
-rey - al the du, long oy thc anticipation OF
comforts that wait his return to the loved
circle at this haven of rest. Here birth
days are not forgotten, but signalized by
appropriate offerings and heart cheering at
tentions, which might almost recall youth
with its bright hopes a2d unallcyed plea
surcs.
To those of our friends and readers who
have, like ourself almost reached the top
most round in lifc's ladder, and will ere
long commence the downward trip, we offer
word of congratulation that so few thorns
and briars have hitherto beset their path,
and that the prospect of future happiness is
SO fair and promising. May naught darken
or interrupt this goodly prospect; on the
contrary, may they abundantly prove that
manhood, even in old age, can know plea
sures perhaps more endearing and comfort
ing than the evanescent ones Of youth
M1H6o1o' Gazette
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05
MisffUaueous.
CHASED BY A BEAR.

The following extract from "The Hunters
Feast forms the conclusion of narrative
by the sshunter naturalist about ''Deer
Hunt in Dug Out" He and 'Dick'
were after venison in their canoes by torch
light:
''We had scarcely passed this point when
my attention was attracted by pair of fiery
orbs that glistened out of some low bushes
upon the bank of the river. I saw that they
were the eyes of some animal but what kind
of animal [ could not guess. I knew it
were not the eyes of deer. Their pecu-
liar scintillation, their lesser size, the wide
space between them-all convinced me they
were not deer's eyes. Moreover, they
moved at times, as if the head of the animal
was carried in irregular circles This is
never the case with the eyes of the deer,
which either pass hurriedly from point to
gaze.
I knew, therefore, it was no deer but no
matter what it was some wild creature, and
all such are alike the game of the priarie-
hunter.
I took aim, and pulled the trigger
While doing so heard the voice ofmy COM
panion warning me, as [ thought, not to fire.
I wondered at this admonition, but it was
then too late to heed it, for it had been ut
tered almost simultaneously with the report
Of my rife.
I first looked to the bank to witness the
effect Of my shot To my great surprise
the eyes were still there, cleaning from the
bushes as brightly as ever.
Had missed my aim? 1t is true the
voice of my companion had somewhat dis
concerted me; but still believed that my
bullet must have sped truly, as it had been
delivered with good aim.
As I turned to Dick for an explanation
new sound fell upon my ear that explain
ed all, at the same time causing me no slight
feeling of alarm. It was sound not unlike
that sometimes uttered by terrified swine,
but louder and more threatening. [ knew
it well-I knew it was the snort Of the griz-
ely bear!
OF all American animals, the grizzly bea,
is the most to be dreaded. Armed or un-
armed, man is no match for him, and even
the courageous hunter of these parts shuns
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05

ETHAN ALLEN.-A good story is told Of
Col. Ethan Allen, whose services to his
country in the ''times that tried mems
SOULS was only equalled by his daring as
sertions of the right of private opinion on
theological matters. A well known d.
vine, the pastor of village church, called
one evening On the Colonel, and while en-
joying his true New England hospitality, at
the supper-table the conversation naturally
turned upon church matters.
Quoth the minister, 'sColonel how doesit
happen that a man Of your extensive infu-
|ence and information has never seen it to be
his duty to join our society? You know we
want laborers in the vineyard; especially
such laborers as you. Your example would
tend greatly to strengthen our hands and for
fifty our hearts against the dire assaults of
the Evil one.
"Well brother" replied Allen, II have
often thought as you do about this business,
and one day had almost made up my mind
to fall into the ranks, but that night had
a dream which caused me to give it up"
"And," exclaimed the minister, 'what
did you dream p
"Well, I thought was standing at the
entrance of Paradise, and saw man go up
and knock"
s'Who's that % asked voice from within.
GA friend, wishing admittance,' was the
reply.
The door was opened and the keeper step
ped out.
'sWell, sir, what denomination did you
belong to, down yonder p
Il was an Episcopalian, replied the can
didate for admittance.
s'Go in then, and take seat near the
door, on the east side"
Just then another stepped up; he was
Presby yterian, and the guardian directed him
to seat.
A large number were admitted, and re-
ceived directions were to seat themselves.
[ then stepped up to the entrance.
''Well, sir, what are you" asked the
guardian.
Il am neither High -Churchman, Pres
byterian, Lutheran, Calvanist, Catholic, or
Jew but am that same old Ethan Allen
that you have probably heard of down be-
low"
What, tho saszc ss5san .ryll.c toels Tieon
deroga?"
1.-THE same," [ replied.
"All right, Ethan said he, 'just step
in and SIT dorm achererer you please"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05
SABBATH PUBLIC WORSHIP No man can

OABBATH HUBLIC w ORSHIP.-NO man can
neglect it
l. Without doing violence to special,
divince precept, which is as obligatory to-
day as when it was first given to men -
"Thou shall keep my sabbaths and rever-
ence my sanctuary"
2. This neglect puts one in direct contra
riety of character and habit to all the wise
and good men mentioned in the Bible, from
Patriarch to Apostle.
3. And it puts him out Of the company
and fellowship of the great body of the wise
and good from the Apostolic days to ours.
4. It throws him out of the reach Of in
fuences eminently suited to stimulate his
intellect, and excite and crafty thirst for
knowledge, and thus make him a ariser man.
S. And influences for making him bet
ter man, Christian and religious man, are
lost, by this neglect, which influences are
among the most precious and effective that
can be found in our world; influences ap-
pointed by Infinite Wisdom, and most de-
voutly acknowledged as good by all Chris
tian people.
g. This neglect of Public Worship strikes
a fatal blow at the Sabbath itself, which
must inevitably sink, unsustained by this
powerful agency in promoting due reverence
for It,
7. This neglect is painful to all who are
sincerely desirous of seeking God glorifed
in his own institutions, and the best tempo
raj and spiritual good of men promoted.
8. And said neglect gives countenance
and comfort to all persons wishing to cast
off religious restraint and live reckless Of all
laws, human and divine.
9. Neglect Of Public Worship shows a
light estimation and leads to disregard Of,
one of the most efficient of all agencies of
enlightcning the public conscience, Of i'm
parting the most important of all knowledg-
ed, the knowledge Of God and divine things,
of sustaining the general interests Of educa-
ton, law, and order among men, repressing
crime, and advancing virtue.
Certainly, then, most heavy response
bility is assumed by all persons who indulge
themselves in the neglect of the Public
Worship of God,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-06-05

It strikes us that there is "world of
wisdom in the following quotation-brief
as it is:
Every school boy knows that a kite
would not fly unless it had string tying it
down. 1t is just so in life. The man who
is tied down by half dozen blooming re-.
sponsibilities and their mother, will make
higher and stronger fight than the baehe-
lor, who, having nothing to keep him stea-
dy, is always foundering in the mud. If
you want to rise in the world, tie yourself
to somebody"
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BoERnAvE.-T The celebrated Boerhave,
who had many enemies, used to say that he
never thought it necessary to repeat their
calumnies. "They are sparks" said he,
(which, if you do not blow them, will 60
out Of themselves The surest method a.
gainst scandal is to live it down by perse-
verance in well-doing, and by prayer to
God, that he would cure the distempered