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The true Democrat., 1857-03-24

hE DIED AT Ills PosT.-A sad, but beau tiul and touching scene, was witnessed at the accident at the Du Page bridge On the morn- Ing after the accident, the slow toling of bell
 was heard. On looking to see whence it came
 It was discovered to proceed from the engine as 1t lay submerged in the water. The waves
 as they loaned and surged over the sunken engine, swayed the bel which alone, with the smoke pipe appeared above water, and caused it to give a low tolling sound. When the en- zine was raised from the water, the engineer was found in standing posture, with his stiff cold, icy hand firmly graspng the throttle valve, as though amid thick darkness he had discovered the perllous condition of the train: and had sprung to avert the ruin. But it was too late the engine and train, with its pre-, clous freight of life and property, went down, and during the dreary night the engine bell
 and the mad rushing waters rang out solemn requiem for the deal.--Juliet (IU) Democrat
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Railroad Meeting.

There will be a railroad meeting held at the following times and places, upon the third iu dcial circuit, at which the citizens will be ad- dressed by Ii. C. Dye and others upon the prospects and practcabi'ity of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, and an opportunity gi- Ven to take stock to participate in the munifi- cent grant given in aid of it's constructions: At Clinton, Van Buren county, Tuesday 3Ist March.
 April.
 At Yellville, Marion county Monday 14th April.
 April.
 Notice of the remaining apppointments will appear hereafter
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CONFIRMATION OFTAX TITLE.

NDTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. Ina in nursu- &nce ot the laws in that behalf provided. tho Auditor of Arkansas did scll at public auction for he taxes due thereon on the l+th day of February. la33. the Southeast quarter Of Section thirty fonr in Township three North. of Range ten West contain ing one hundred and sixty acres of land situate in IuiaSki county, to William ]. Rogers and Ben Hlakency pr the sum Of eighteen dollars and eighty one cents. bid by them and paid as purchasers on that day to the Treasurer of Sud State; and which tract of land had been struck o and forfeited to the State in the name of F. c. Lefrvre for the non payment of taxes, for the wear S50: to- wit. State tax twelve dollars and thirty cents: and county tax six dollars auj fieen cents And whereas on the said l4th day ot February 1858 by deed of that date; duly acknowledged and recorded in Pulaski county the same day. C. C. Danlev us Auditor granted and conveyed to tic said William J. Rogers and Ben Bia6eney and their heirs and assigns forever all the right uc interest and estate of the former owner and Of the State in and to the said tract of land: and where's hv deed dated the gath of October acinoul- edged the 18th of November an rctor ipd in Pulaski tn. 18th of December 1858: -he said William J. Rog- in consideration of one hundred dollars paid to him by said Ben BIakeny remisel leased anl quit claimed 70 said Ben Blakenev. and to lis heirs and signs forever his undivided half of said tract of land and inc appurtenuuces: and. whereby the said Ben Blakencv became the sole owner Of said tract of land And whereas afterwards the said Ben Blakenev died inte~tae; leaving his sole heirs at law James NJ Rlakcrey, his son. and Cuharne NJ. C. Jackson his daughter both admits and the latter of whom had intermarricd with Benjamin \. Jackson under which deed the said Ben Bakcney claimed and his heirs claim and demand the said tract of land, and are owners thereof.
 Now therefore. All persons whoc can set up any right to Saii tract of land purchased at Auditors sale as aforesaid. in consequence of any nornality lrregularlty, or legaity connected with said sale, aie hereby notified and required to appear on the first day of the Chancery Court. to be held nt the City of Little Rock. the seat of government, on the First Monday of February, 1858, to then do 50 and to show cause if any they have why the said sale should not be confirmed. pursuant to petition to be then filed by in said court for that purpose and in accordance with the Statutes in that behalf provided.
 JAMES II. BLAKENEY
 BENJAMIN A. JACKSON
 CATHARINF M c. JACKSON.
 Wife of said Jackson.
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for him to affix the executive signature 10 them. But no consideration of personal aa vancement, no threat of punishment, no power of combination, no force of circumstance could prompt him to disregard the solemn obligations of his office. With a moral heroism worthy of Brutus, he set his face against the combjna- ton and left consequences to take care of them. selves. lie did not conciliate the west. as he had not bought the favor of abolition. bv cow. ardly concession, but he vindicated his natriot- Ism and attested his fathfulness to the consti- luton which he was sworn to support.
 And now when Franklin Pierce is about to retire from office, in the name of our thousands or readers, we thank him, for his unswerving maintenance of the principles upon which he was elected. We thank him for moving on . ward, along the highway of truth. with head erect and hopeful heart, needing not the tenn tatons which would have betrayed him from hlS ddty. We thank him for his faith in the eternal law of justice, and of holding with even hand her scales amid difficulties the most trying. Such herosrn as his, compels the tri- bute that for his faith he would mount the scaffold, and hold out his head to the execu- toner, with the serenity of the virgin, crowned with roses, drops into slumber at the close of the banquet" If the illusion of fanaticism does not cloud the eye of other generations they, at least, will do him justice.
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 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That at a sa1e of ' lands for the non pigment of taxes. made by John C. Peay, aS Sheriff and ex- Otii.o collector of Pulaski county, ln the State of Arkansas at the court house door Of said county on the 18th day of March 1854. the noce required by law having been previ- ously given and the taxes unpaid the said Sheriff did then and there offer for sale at public auction tho SOuth-West quarter of section tWenty.iwo, township one north of range ten west of the 0th principal meridian. containing one hundred ana siHty acres oi land. lying in said county of Pulaski, assessed and taxed to James Brent non resident of said county for the years sZ5 1858 in elusive. or much thereof should be sufficient 10 pay the which with the penalty thereon amount ed to one hundred and three dollars and siNty-two cents, and no one offering to uay said taxes penalty and costs for less than the whole trnc the same was then and there struck of and sold 10 Gordon x. Peay and David F. Shall by Holm q Peay. Sheriff and ex-oicio collector of Pulaski county for said taxes penalty and costs for the wears aforesaid amounting 10 One hundred and three dol lars and slAty two cents, which then and there paid to the said Sheriff by the said Gordon N Peay and David F Shall, and certificate of such purchase granted to them by the said Sheriff in due form of law; and the said Gordon \. Peay and David F. Shall assigned the said certificate to William E. Ash Icy, and the twelve months allowed by law for the redemption of said tract of land having expired and no application made to redeem by any person what ever and the certificate having been presented 10 tho said Sheriff and d yeyallce demanded by the snd William E. Ashley in due form of law the said John C. Ptay, as Sheriff of Pulaski county did bv deed dated the S0th November, 1855, which was duly acknowledged and recorded in Pulaski county the same day, convey to the said William E. Ashley bi, heirs and assign. all the right, title claim and inte rest oi the sad James C. Brent, and all and every person persons, whomsoever in the said truet of land and to the tenemens and heredisaments ,heie.o belonging and which tract of land k now held hy the said William E. Ashley under that deed and by possession.
 Now therefore, All persons who can set up any right to said land purchased in consequence of any intorma,y irregularity illeaality connected Wih said sale, hereby required und notified to appear on the first day of tbe Chancery Court. 10 be held at the city of Little Rock, the seat of go- vernment, on the first Monday of February, 1858 to do so and to show if any they have, why the sale so made should not be confirmed pursuant .o petition to be then filed by me in said court for that purpose and in accordance with the Statutes in that behalf provided.
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DOVER LODGE, No. r, F. A. NJ. DOUeY, .irf.. March 7th 1S57

Dooet, -A,k.. March 7th, 1857.
 HEREAs, 1t has pleased an all wise Provj- dence t. remove from our midst on the 5th day of March, A. D. 1857, our much esteemed and worthy brother Mason, WILLIAM B. YoUSG. aged o6 years; at one pcrio! of his life mem- Der ot our Lodge. And whereas, his character as worthy Mason, although not member of our Lodge at the time ot his death. has ever been honest, upright, and deserving the esteem and respect ot all good Masons as we'll as that of the community in which he resided And where's, his loss is irreparable and deeply af 1lIctlns to his wife and children, who mourn with broken hearts the inscrutablc dccrees of the great Judge of all things in this sad be- reavemert. Be it therefore
 ResolVed, That in the death of WILLIAM B. You've the Masonic fraternity have lost 4 wor- thy and much respected brother the communi- ty gooi and useful man, our town one of her most social and valued citizens and his family then dearest best earthly friend.
 Resoiced, That the members of this Lodoe tender to the bereaved wife and the deeply af filcted children and relatives of our deceased and much lamented brother their sincere con. doience III thls to them severe and heart-rend- Ing calamity, and commend them to the protection ot Hlm who forsaketh not the widow and orphan in their diversity
 Reso(oet, That as a testimony of our regard for our departed brother, we wear the usual bad ge of mourning for thirty days
 Resolrei, That the secretary of this Lodge furnish the family of our deceased brother with copy of these resolutions; that they be enter. ed upon the minutes of this Lodge, and that copies be furnished the editors respectively oi the True Democrat and Gazette and Democrat at Little Rock, Arkansas, with request that they publish the same
 JNO. R. HOMER SCOTT, }
 '. B. SHAPPARD.s Chm
 ANDREW J. BAYLISS,
 A true copy from the minutes.
 Y. B. SHAPPARD, Sec'y pro tenn.
 Llousr Lolqe No. II. Ark. March la51-
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Tribute Of sSesnpc,

Depnrted this life on the 18th of March A D. loo', at his residence ill Saline county the non M M. SCOTT aged 63 years He was 4ntefred on the l4th by the Masonic fraternity ol Whlch institution he was worthy and most estimable member.
 At called meeting of Benton Lodge. No. 3f the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted:
 HEEEAs, It has pleased the great Architect oi the Universe, to call our beloved brother " m. M Scott from the "iabors'' of this world 10 that House not made with hands eternal in the heavens" Therefore,
 Hesol0ei, That as members of this I.odge wa deeply deplore and lament the loss of our most esteemed brother
 Reso(0et That in the death of our late bro. ther' society has lost an examparv member. the poor and distressed warm hearted bane. factor, and the Ma>ons a true and faithful bro. ther
 fesoloed, That we deeply sympathise with the widow and relatives of the deceased in their bereavement and irreparable loss.
 Resolcea, That aS d token of respect for the memory of our deceased brother, the members ot this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourn lng for thirty days
 Resolret, That this preamble and resolutions be entered ln full upon the records of this Lodge, and that copy of the same be presented to the widow ot the deceased, and that copy be furnished to the editor of the True Democrat at Little Rock, with the request to publish the same.
 Attest: GREEN E. HUGHESl
 J. w. SHOPPACH. ' Com
 I. C. HOCKERSMITH.>
 1,, GEO. J. CLOUD, Secy
 Atlanta papers Georgia, please copy
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ErHERIDGE's DEFENSE.-The feeble de- lease of Etheridge, the southern black repub- lcan member of Congress, is thus noticed by the Washington correspondence of the Boston Post:
 "The speech of NIT. Etheridge of Tennes- see, in defense of the resolution offered by him in the sry part of the session against the slave trade, though witty in spots, was c!ownish enough in others to more than compensate for its smartness It was a tarrago of lbels on the democracy, and overrun with magligbity, dis guiSed in the form of humor His. time eX- pired before he fuished, when Percy Walker, Gov Letcher, aud others attempted to reply, but the black republicans iuterpOsed to save Mr. Etherage from scorching by voting to rise. So Etheridye retired into the post office, and there surrounded by congenial crowd of passengers, porters, etc., mounted on bench and went on for half an hour in continuation of his speech. which was received by his mis cellaneous audience with great applause, and l suppose, will be printed with the rest. It was fitting conclusion for an exhibition from the start similar scale given in circus, by Dan Rice and other distinguished Merry An Grews."
The true Democrat., 1857-03-24

NEW ORLEANS, SHREVEPORT AND KAxs,s RAILRoAD.-The Baton Rouge Advocate mo- tclng bill introduced by the Hon. P. c. Wrqbt liilo the House of Representatives, incorporalng 'ne New Orleans, Shreveport and Kansas rail- road company, says:
 ne Ialnes ot the gentlemen composino tbe "P""y eh brace some of the best cjtizens in ,lI;s M! anu tne adjoining States of Arkans,.
 l< '99'',.pp' MlsSourI and the territory of Kansas :" no are constituted body corporate for tLa purpose of constructing a railroad wi,b .nnI 'nD m o'anc"eS aS are stated, from the citv of M, iVl"s' snT o' M rom some point on the Opeoln,as ""o treat Western, or Elcks burg and Shr'',,a port railroad to kansas City, on the Kan,as '''ei' or some point whereabouts. as mav ho uee'heu most practicable. The canital .tnck ot '"e pany Is fixed at S2OOOOOOO to he in. creased as circumstances may demand and it's uoilcIle shall be in the city of New Orleans qua at such other places as may be ordained bv tue directors. The charter fully empower; the the title. ro '"
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0F Rev MT, S. was preaching in one of the Methodist Episcopal churches in this city and there was in attendence good old Metho- dist brother, very much given to responses-- Sometimes those responses were not exactly appropriate, but they were all we'll meant The preacher, unusually lucid, was rather per plexed, and felt it himself He abored through his first part, and then he said:
 Brethen, have now reached the conclu- sion of my first point"
 "Thank God,'' piously eisculated the old man, who sat before him, profoundly interest ed; but the unexpected response, and the sug- gestive power of 1t, so confused the preacher that it was with difficulty that he could rally himself to a continuance of his disoourse.- Protestant.
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DARBY AND THE DEER-"M Mack" the De- troit correspondent of Porters Spirit i> re- sponsible for the following:
 "The good steamer Ion was coming down the beautiful St. Clair, when noble buck was seen swimming across ahead of her. To lower away Do It and give chase was only the work of a moment, and with stout line he was taken by the antlers, and safely brought upon the steam CTS deck. A good deal of admiration was ex- cited by his fine proportions, and among his ad- mrers was the cook, a goody specimen of 'Africa's cme,' who imagined that, from the doclle appearance of the animal, he was quiet as sheep. He therefore undertook to caress him, and to lay his hands upon his haunch, when he was astonished by vigorous kick, that laid him sprawling on the deck. Nothing daunted, however, Cuffey thought to succeed better by the head, but the deer, liking this no better, made butt that laid the darkey out again, and opened an ugly gash on his woolly head This was too much of good thing, so Cuffey, when he recovered himself, stood at a respectful distance, and eyeing the old buck, said Now, look here, Mister Dee do'no whose dee' you is, or who you b'ong to, but il you do dat ar agin, dar'll be wenzon board dis boat, sures you live!'''
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the diseases now so common, and so fatal to

the diseases now so common, and so fatal to them
 The mechanical operation of pruning de- serves more notice than we now have space to give to 1t. Prune "when your tools are sharp D and never when they are dull. In cutting of large limbs, make the incison as close to the trunk or main branch as possible, without mu- uiatlnG It. To prevent the peeling of the bark, the limb should be cut off partly from the un- der side. To expedite the healing of the wound, the whole should be pared off smoothly with sharpknife, and then covered with graft Ing wax, or other waterproof mixture. In pruning small branches and stems, the incision should be made as close to the bud as possible without removing any of the wood belonging to It. The knife should enter below the bud, and come out just at the top of it. When 1t IS desired to give the tree more spreading habit, prune to a bud on the outside of the branch; when more upright growth is wanted, prune to bud on the inside. When gap in the tree needs filling up, prune to bud on the side towards the gap. b pruning the leading shoot, cut each successive year, to buds on the opposite sides of the tree: this will keep the tree erect.
 In conclusion, we say, make pruning an in telllgent operation. Never lop off branch at random. Be able to give good reason for every wound you make on tree. Lindlev well says: :" If well-drected pruning is one of the most useful and if i-directed it is among the most mlschievou' operations that can take place upon plant. Agricuhurist
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AN EDIToR's NEW HAT.-One oftbe od;tors Of the Cairo Times and Delta being recently presented with thew head-cove made the following announcement:
 We intend to put it on, the first pleasant day, ana ns walk up and down the levee, from the post olice to the upper depot, and those who want oo see nat as Is hat should manage to be pres e'ie ,a ana witness the performance.
 throwing sticks mad, or other missiles a. or otherwise attempting to inure the new hat me police are requested to follow slowly behind us and preserve order
 The new hat will not be loaned ont nndsr any cfcnnStances-not mr even for courtng pur. poses. We will continue to rent ont onr' otbar hat at the same old price.
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STATE OF ARKANSAS,

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 In the Pulaski Circuit Court, at the De.en bsr term thereof. lS56.
 Wilson Stidham, Christopher C. Akin and Cbare,
 h. Warren doing business under the name of Stid- ham, Akin 0 Warren, Plaintiffs
 VS. Assignment by Attachment Joseph R. Anderson, Defendant.
 X ND now on this day come the said plaint;4s bo A their attorney, and the sheriff having returned and certified on the writ of attachment issued in t case. that the said defendant cannot be found in his baiwick: and it appearing to the court that the plaintiffs action in this behalf is founded upon account for boarl lodging attendance. goods sod and money loaned to said defendant. by said plaintiffs at the in stance and request ot the said defendant amounting to the sum of three hundred and fourteen dollars and nlne and half cents t is therefore ordered by the court that the said defendant be notified of the pen deney of this suit against him by publication of thi' order in some newspaper printed n this county for two weeks slcceo>ivey the last insertion hereof to he at least thirty days before the first day of the next term of this court Co be held on the fourth Mon day of June next 1857, Una; an attachment has been sspe5 against his estate in this behalf and that l.n- less he shall appear herein by himself attorney o or before the third day of said term, u1 lment will be entered against him. and hs estate soll to satisfy the same.
 A true copy from the record.
 Attest: WM E. PAISLEY Clerk <. II. HAMPSTEAD. Atty.
 March 2t ,N5T Cost u' s1y
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ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BANKs.-We again caution our readers against the issues of the h. diana and Illinois banks It is evident that similar frauds to those which took place two years since are now being enacted again by some of the banks in the same States. Several frauds that have lately come to light tend to show that officers of State are actin. in conjunction with parties interested in many of these banks, by which the securities for the circulating notes of the banks have been surrendered to the owners, and not again replaced, leaving the bill holders no recourse in case of failure. unless the States oI Indiana and Illinois can be made liable for the illegal transactions of the State officers.
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Gr God has written on the flowers that sweeten the air-on the breeze that rocks the flowers upon the stem-upon the rain drop that reireshes the sprig of moss that lifts its head in the desert-upon its deep chambers upon every pencilled sheet that sleeps in the caverns of the deep, no less than upon the mighty sun that warns and cheers millions of creatures which live in it's light-upon all his works he hath written" None liyeth for himself"
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BRIGHAM YouSG, the Mormon prophet thus denounces one Gideon, who had the audarity to question his prophetic character and the purity of the spiritual wife system <" Who is this Gideon that has come amongst you ? He used to sell tape in St. Louis, and now he is here to baspheme the Lord and to destroy
 the House of Israel. And what should ve. children of the Covenant, do in return for this evil work ? Out with the bowie knives ve wore like breast pins at Nauvoo, and in the name of God and the Prophet. give him hell [,
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INDIAN CoLINIzATIoN.-The Washington Star of recent date says;

" A proposition is now being agitated here, which has for its end the policy of removing all the Indian tribes except those located i'm medalely on the Arkansas and Texas borders to western Minnesota and there providing them permanent homes. It strikes us as being lraught with danger. The tribes proposed to be concentrated there are, many of them, al most in A state of nature numerous fierce and ntractable. They have traditionary feuds, one tribe with another, running back far beyond their memory of aught else. Cooped up there, the chances are, that these feuds will break out in war of eXtermiuation. If not, and they harmonize, it will require force of 10000 men to keep them from all uniting against the whites on their borders. Better let them re- main where they are''