The true Democrat., 1856-02-12
For the True Democrat. F..o7n Hot Sp-ing County.
R0c6no,t. .Agb Jan. 3lst 1056

ail oeeli lfoZe up morally physically, lntelec- tually and pecuniarily, we have at last after two or three days sunshine, and by heavy rise in the Ouachita, got thawed out most beautifully Our morals have improved considerably; our county court has with that liberal spirit of re- publicanism, which ever characterzes Arkan- sas, licensed q couple of groceries to retail whlskey. Physically, we have also improved, and with our strength we will make great havoc and turn over things nightly, about log rolling time. Intellectually we are also inn provlnG, as It Is said We have an individual in our vicinity whose cranium can bear at least three common ideas without bursting. But we lack one very important character among us, that IS agood school teacher We have one here, but some of wont send to him-be don't understand Latin and how can a man teach English, thatdocs not understand Latin?- how can he teach a-b- abs, when he does not understand abracada and such like. Our teacher Is also Free Mason and Methodist preacher Send Us some man that is bound down by no sections aud factions-rivc us a man of fine dress and appearance, who sports a line goatee and who is a man of some social qualities, and who would take glass with his friends occasionally
 Pecuniarlly, we are improving Since the river took a rise the ferry man has taken in some of the yallcr boys, which have been mis. taken by some of the Juniors for buttons with the eyes off. We heard the other day. that some of you Little Rock folks was talking about building railroad, such as they run cars on. he way we got our news, was a man passed through here, who said he took the pa It Is so, we want you to write to Us about it. iol II they build such thing, it will be the ruin of Arkansaw-it will ruin all the wagon ers--there will be no more goods to haul, the plaguy thing will be running over our stock, and killing our children, and they say they make the country mighty sickly.
 We have some of what they call tie Know Nothngs here. hope you are one. We heard they had killed all the Catholics in Louisville and if the old Pope did not leave here, they would soon finish hm-he has no business n the United States nc how Come out and see Us, we have fiddler out here, who can beat all creation playing the
 "ARKANSAW TRAVELLER"
 GT The following article Was prepared for last weeks True Democrat, but came in too late:
 I"l tAc Tluc Democrat ME. EnIrun.-
 Having been invited 10 an examination If the pupils of the Litt!c Rock Female &c.nina- ry, Mr. F. H. l'arcus, principal, l snatched few hours from the press of business on Thursday and Friday last, and in so doing was well paid in witnessing the proficiency of the pupils in the several classes. It is So easy now-a-days 10 get up newspaper puff. abo-t schools, and to extol, at the expense of truth, the merits of certain teachers, and the vast capabilities of certain pupils that feel rather diilidcnt, in attempting to give what 1 consider a fair account of what saw and heard. Mrs Barcus, ai entered, was engaged in examin- lns class of small girls on geography and his tory. She went over large space in both de. partments, and the pupils with few excep- tions, answ cred pretty promptly. 1 discovered they knew enough of both sciences, not to make any very great blundors, not to locate, for instance, Arkansas in the middle of Gen. tral America, or Little Rock in the north of Scotland. One littlc girl in particular gave evidence of superior mind her answers were plompt and so exact that 1 would fain present her a model. l also tried to listen to a num- bcr of compositions, only one of which could hear well enough to distinguish the sense, tue subject of which was, "Birthday party,' written in an easy style and doubtless ori- gnal.
 In the dry, but useful study of grammar there appeared no lack of application. and the mysteries of verbs passive and active coniu- gations, declensons, gender, number and per son, were properly explained by the class.-- There was an evident dislike to dvo into the ntrica ces of arithmetic, but many of the pu- pills seemed pretty well posted up, and in that useful rule, decimal fractions were evidently well taught With regard to algebra, which is generally considered only fit for young gents, though not one good reason can be assigned for it, there was a clear understanding of the rules, and the value of the unknown quantity in several questions was quickly and readily found by the young lies was absent when the class on moral philosophy was examined, but was informed that the responses were cor rect and satisfactory
 It is evident that there has been untiring in dustry on the part of Mrs. Barcus. No pupil has been neglected, and all appear to have been taught with the same care, and if theIe was any apparent difference the deficiency arises probably from the greater diligence of one pupil over another.
 The concert on Friday evening was we'll at tended, and the Senate chamber was filled with a large and attentive audience. The appearance of the pupils was neat and even elegant The first piece, "The Sleigh Ride Gallop," a pretty duett, by Miss Laura Rapley and Miss Josephine Langtree, was we'll executed, with out bunder, and without any appearance of that awkward timdity 50 common to the young.
 It would take up too much space to de- scribe the various pieces executed by the pupils or the order of the performance But can- not pass in silence the overture 10 Donizetti's celebrated opera of Lucia de Lammermoor by Miss Langtree, a difficult and complicated piece, which required great care, talent and in. dustry to perform we'll Moonlight Music, Love and Flowers,' by Miss Mary Ellen Tuck CT and Miss Muggie Reyburn, vocal and in- strumental duett, Mir. Barcus playing the piano, was very ine-and full justice done it by those two young ladies. Belle Brandon," sweet and tender song, by several young ladies, Miss Fanny Holton accompanying on the piano was much admired and without ax xaorarot t;on ,,oe