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Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
FesdeH (. q f. h. 4 RIcH'D FATHERLY, Sec'y.
Difficult to Account for it.

We take the following humorous satire upon the republican excuses over their defeat from the A bany Argus
 The opposition find it exceedingly difficult to account for the uniform success of the Demo- cratic party. For instance when We point to our election in Pennsylvania, they say: "Oh, the Quakers did not vote'
 ' But we have carried New Jersey--Quakers and all.'
 "Oh, that is owing to the railroad"
 " But look at New York!''
 "Oh, that is owing to the cana'
 " But We have carried Illinois,
 :" Oh, that Is owing to the Germans " But we have carried Indiana"
 "Oh, that Is owing to the Methodists'' " But Louisiana is with us alSo!"
 "Oh, that Is owing to the Cathocs,'
 New York city Is overwhelmingly with ush' Oh, that Is owing to the Irish"
 But Minnesota, where there are few Irish, Germans, Catholics, no canals and few railroads how does 1t become democratic?''
 "Oh, that Is owing to the Federal Gevetn- ment and breech-clout Indiansl"
 And Connecticut?"
 "Oh, that is owing to the Yankeesip
 And Wisconsn?'
 "Oh, that is owing to the grasshoppersn
 
 "Oh, that is new Statel"
 And Virginia?''
 "Oh, that is an old State!''
 " Look at the south, which is composed of an Anglo Saxon population--a race unmixed. and where internal improvements and eternal salvation do not enter into politcs?n
 ''Oh, that is owing to slaveryn'
 !" But the north is organizing equally with the south in support of Mr. Buchanan ?'' "Oh, that is owing to emigration"
 But New Mexico is democratic, where the people came over shortly after Columbus, and which was settled before Cape Coi?"
 "Oh. thatis owing to-Heaven knows what?" finaliy, the opposition run out Of apologies, excuses, and explanations, as tho democratic victories pour in, each one requiring different theory.
 Tie only part of the Union that stands out against the democracy and the Administration of Buchanan is Utah. Brigham Young so far carries the Territory This will form nucleus for the republicans in 1860. In the same time. if they not successful in promulgatng their opinions, they have only to wait for their Nor mon brethren to propagate them.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
California, Oct. 2Oh, '57.

WHO ARE ARIsToCRATs? ?--Twenty years aoo thls one made candles, that one sold chees and butter, aliothere butchered, a fourth carried on dlstillery, another was a contractor on canals others were merceants and mechanics. Tbev are acquainted with both ends of society as th air children will be after them, thoug 1t will not do to say 1t out loud. For often you shall find that these toling worms hatch butterflies, and they live about year. Death brings division of property, and it brings new fnanciers; the old gent is discharged, the young 2 mt takes his revenue and begins to travel-towards poverty. which he reaches before death, or his children do if he does not. So that is not hereditary: it is accessible to all. Three good seasons of cot ton will send generation of men up-a score of years will bring them all down and send their children to labor. The father grubs and grows rich-his children strut and use the monev.- The children in turn inherit the pride and % to shiftless poverty; next, their children, reinvig- orated by fresh plebeian blood and by the smell of the ciod, come up again.
 Thus society," like tree, draws its sap from the earth, changes it into leaves and bloossoms, spreads them of to fall to the earth. again to mingls with the soil, and at length to reappear in new dress and fresh grandure.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
Oregon Constitution

The lntelhguece from Oregon is to the 6h orl ut. The Constitutional Convention has closed ron its session, and the new Constitution was to be nit
 submitted to the people for ratification, the 9jh re
 of November. The San Francisco Globe says. elv
 "The schedule provides that each elector wh0,~o, offers to vote upon the Constitution shall hmn asked by the judges of the election, ths oues yb. tlon--'Do you vote for the Constitution, yes r he
 no" And also this question: Do you yoe i,i, Tor slavery ln Oregon, yes or no?' And alav this question: Do you vote for free negroes Oregon, yes or no?' And in the poll booaocc, shall be columns headed respectively Consttu wit
 tIon, yes; 'ConStltutOn, noF slavery, yesi our
 slavery, no?' free negroes yes;' free negroes ral moi" And the names of the electors shall tstutt entered in the poll books, together with thei will answers to the said questions under their appp sary priate heads. hoy
 Ii this Constitution shall be accepted by ths the
 electors, and majority of all the votes gyeu wh, Tor and against slavery, shall be given for slave tow ", then the following section shall be added tua
 the bill of rights, and shall be part of this Cons to tltutlon: serN
 SEcTIoN.--Persons lawfully held as slave Sm
 m any State, Territory District of the Unita is States, under the laws thereof may be brousa talt into thls State, and such slaves and their d@ vol scendants my be held as slaves within this Sat ter
 aud shall no be emancipated without the COP tow sent of their owners" thr
 And if majority of such votes shall be give wh against slavery, then the foregoing section shL ing not, but the following section shall be addsda to the bill of rights, aLd shall be part of tal the Constitution: me
 "There shall be neither slavery nor invoGe nar tary servitude in this State, otherwise thaD' poo d punishment for crime, whereof the party shs at have been duly convicted" wh
 And If majority of all the votes givenh mn
 and aganst free negroes shall be given agai@ wa free negroes the following section shall be ss cut ded to the bill of rights and shall be part of ,b tht Constitutions: th'
 "SEc--No free negro or mulatto, not residl ro' Tn this s ate at the time of this Constitute, th' shall come, reside or be within this State,e tn hold any real estate, or make any contracts,a dlT maintain any suit therein and the Legislaud Ing Assembly shall provide by penal laws, th WI removal, by public officers, of all such negre th' and mulattoes, and for their effectual excusG prl from this State, and for the punishment of pe'
 sons who shall bring them into the State,s ol
 employ or harbor them therein" co'
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

doing an honor to our city in coming out with the mark of becoming public spirit. How few dreamed that lot and those granite walls in front cost more than the whole real capital of the bank then erecting! That it was all a sham and show, all hollow and worse than hollow, rot ten to the corei
 top of that of the Ohio Trust Company in New York, has spread its baneful effects all over the country, causing the stoppage of specie pay ments and all over the commercial world caus- ing panics, failures and depression of prices.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
A Coop KERNEL IN ROUGH HusK-

Coop KERNEL IN ROUGH HusK-Tbe New York Evening Post, of the 18th, says that John C. Rives,o f the Washington Globe wa, in that city, and among some senteutious crit. cIsms on the municipal affairs of that city. cave utterance to the following views:
 don't believe in this feeding the poor from the public crib. always noticed when we ussd to feed the hogs from crib down in viroin;a two or three big hogs got all the corn and did we'i' ana the rest got lean,. but they all stad in 'n. .ane where the corn was thrown, and never pus sneir nose to the ground to help themselves the whole winter But those that wero t,,r,,oa "a out and not feed from the crib went on. ,o the . woods, and in the spring were all fat as butter and ther tails curled so tight that they could hardly get their hind legs on the ground. Itis the same with men as with pigs, if you want .neir taiis to curl, you must make them root for themselves and not teach them to 90 to the crib.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
DEATH OF CHARLES PEI

DEATH OF CHARLES PErTIGREw. was with deep pain we read in the Hampstead De- mocrat of last week the announcement of the death of this most estimable man. We must be permitted to fling one flower upon his grave. In lifetime intercourse with the world. one will meet with such as old uncle Charlie but seldom. Plain and unostentatious in his man. ners and bearing, he was a man of excellent understanding and sound good sense. He was a gentleman, in the broadest meaning of the term, true and devoted friend and a generous oblIglng neighbor. In his intercourse with his iellow-men he was courteous, forbearing and always actuated by high sense of houor.-- His hand was open as day to meriting charity To us he was ever friend, personally and po- ltlcaly. We knew him for years, and, amid all the chances and changes of the times, We could always turn to him for sympathy and friendship with the confidence of receiving it. But he is gone to another, and, we hope, a bet ter world, where he will receive the reward a long life of charity and probity merits
 Mir. Pettigrew feprese nted the county of Se vler several times m the Legislature, and his name is associated with some of the wisest and best acts of that body. Ills devotion to the ip- terests and honor of the State was sincere and unboundrd. Both public servant and a private citizen he was watchfu of her welfare.
 His loss will be deeply felt and sincerely moulned
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
CHICAGO TO NEW ORLEANs-Th

CHICAGO TO NEW ORLEANs.-The Chicas Times of Sunday last says:
 By reference to our commercial list it VI be seen that the schooner Badger, Capt Bl1 cleared at this port yesterday for New Orlesa She had on board a cargo of small fir and Pa' trees. She will proceed through the Ilne and Michigan Canal to Peru, thence by the E linos and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans It IS understood that she will stop for q '' hours at St. Louis and other small inland v lages, to enable the inhabitants to see a sail vs sel. Chicago. therefore, has direct trade water through the Gulf of St. Lawrence s1 the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

A REMARKABLE OwL.-Col Hardy present. ed us one day last week with the talons and the piumage of the tail of the largest owl we ever saw. The bird, with the exception of a few brown streaks, was perfectly white and measured over five feet from the tip of one wlng to the other. It was shot from a house top at the river landing by our young friend Benjamin Brown.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
Cairo and Fulton Railroad.

We publish thi, week as much of the pro- ceedings of the Board of Directors of the Cairo aud Fulton railroad company, as will be inter- esting to the reader. They are pretty full, and their length excludes any extended remarks of our own. We fully approve the course of the company in making call, at this time, upon the Stockholders, for the means grade twenty five miles of the road, in compliance with the act of the General Assembly transferring the lands to the company.
 In the present state of the money market, the company cannot make the immense land grant it has obtained available for raising the necessary means, without too great a sacrifice. IL Is then, of course their policy, to raise the means from the stockholders for the purpose of compyi>g with the law al q saving their char ter. This compliance can be effected by the collection of call upon the stock holders, while, in the meantime it is believed the money mar ket will become settled and easy, and our lands, in consequences made available to raise funds to put the entire line under contract
 We think the company has acted Wisely in determining to commence the work on the nor thern bank of White river, and continue it northward towards the Missouri lne There are many reasons why this is wise policy The Missouri division of the Cairo and Fulton railroad is already partly under contract and the work upon it is progressing. The iron for portion of it has already been purchased The whole road will soon be finished to the Missouri line, and if we shall meet it at that point, there will be q complete communication opened be- tween St. Louis and the whole northwestern country and White river. White river is navi. gable at all seasons of the year. The result will he, that, in the winter season, when the up- per Mississippi is closed up with ice, and, in the summer season, when it is too low for naviga- tion, the whole trade and travel between St. Louis and New Orleans, will be carried on via the Cairo and Fulton railroad and White river. Capt. Williams, in his letter to the committee of the Board of Directors, which will be found in the proceedings sets forth these facts clearly
 We shall again allude to this subject We regard the prospects of the Cairo and Fulton railroad very bright, and look forward to its completion as fixed fact.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

LARGE PoTAToEs.--We are indebted to Mrs Harrell for a sample of as fine late Irish pota- toes as we ever saw. They were grown upon her farm below the city, and, we imagine, will be hard to beat.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
RICH --Because we do not give our good j

RICH because we do not give our good na- hred old friend, Bob Pegues, the credit of writ lng the ill-tempered editorials of the Hampstead Democrat, he makes us the following banter:
 lis this. Let three men from Washington, and sir from Little Rock, Should Johnson wish it) escort us to some point midway between that place and this, put us in a room together give us pen, ink and paper-close the door and lock 1t, give us subjects to write upon, and II we don't wrle better editorials than Dick Johnson, we will leave the State in twenty-four hours and never write again."
 As this amusing proposition is made in "dead earnest" we will endeavor to compose our face and answer it gravey.
 We are unable to accept the challenge for many reasons;-the game is not worth the can- dle-we have DO friends who have so little to do as to take the trip--we have no desire to banish "Old Pig'' the State, or make him quit wrting-and lastly, we have horror of flea. and the itch, and would not be locked up in such close quarters with Old Pig" for five or six hours. for all the world
 So far from desire to detract from Old Pigs literary merits, we willingly accord him all the excellence as writer his vanity can claim. He is ripe scholar and can even season his articles witha relish of Latin. As sample, selected at random from his last issue, We quote the follow ing sentence:
 "They will rise in their majesty and trample its dictas and its terrible anathemas under foot.''
 Its dictas! What scholar Old Pig must be. The tyranncal rules of grammar impose no re- straints upon him, As writer, he has way of his owni
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

Posr MASTER AT LITTLE RocK.-Mr THos '. CHURCHILL, having recieved his commission as Post Master at this place, vice Mir John E. heardon resigned, entered upon the discharge of his duties on yesterday.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

Nov. 2l, 1857, 10 o'clock. The board met pursuant to adournment- Present-Mr. President, Messrs. Wait, Wat kins, Withespoon, Hughes, Johnson and Ash ley.
 MT Hughes, from the select committee, ap- pointed on yesterday, presented the following report, which was read and adopted
 REPORT
 The committee Of the board of directors of the Cairo and Fulton railroad, to whom was referred the several propositions and accom- panying resolutions, submitted by the president
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

0~T See advertisement of the Secrtarv of State for bids for binding $500 copies of the Digest of the State of Arkansas.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

G At recent railroad festive. the follow
 toast was glven--" Our mothers-the only Q ders who never misplaced stoitch"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

NEW WAY TO GET RID OF A TENANr.-Bl4 get Mcintyre, of Central Falls. R. l.. died ! Saturday week from the effect of fright a! smoke, caused by the landlord of the building which she lived having stuffed the chimpt with. straw to smoke his tenants out.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

0FAlways do as the sun does; look at U bright side ofevery thing; il is just as cheap~ three times as good for digestion.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

WILD WILLIAMS, Eso.--We had the plea sure of meeting this gentleman in our city on yesterday. We learn from him that he has purchased Mr. Read Fletcher's interest in the Jefferson Enterprise and is now the sole editor and proprietor. Under the control of MT. Will. Hams, the Enterprise will continue, what it has been since its establishment, an able and interest ing journal. Mr. Williams is sound democrat, desiring to hold the party to its ancient moor ings, and dscarding all the tsms that new and selfish school of politicians would engraft upon its platform. We wish him pleasant visit among us and success in his Enterprise"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

0T The latest way to pop the question is, to ask fair young lady if you can have the plea- sure of seeing her to the ministers.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

.,U A kiss. says an ingenious authority. is hke the creation, because it is made of nothing and is very good. '''''' 5
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

CoRREergoN.-In the extensive sale of real estate pertaining to the "LeGrand plantation" i" the first payment was set down at seuenty.f0e thousand dollars. It should have been tsoenty- npe thousand dollars as now corrected.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

UF Noiand & Co. advertise first rate place for sale
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
SATURDAY MORNING.

On motion of MT. Wait. the board adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE.-Whata a beau.
tIful figure of life is the following. How
many blooming, innocent hearts in the
morning of existence become stricken with
care and adversely, and droop down and
die in the midday of life. Happy indeed
are those whom our Heavenly Father
gathers unto himself ere the blight of sin
shall have soiled the innate purity of their
hearts. Bat here is the figure: early
IN the morning a maiden went into the
garden to gather for herself a fine rose
for wreath. They stood there in beau-
uful clusters Of closed and haif closed
buds, waiting odor from their cups, which
were yet full Of the morning dew. III
will not pluck you yet," said the maiden;
"the sun shall open you first, when YOU
will bloom brighter, aud give out a strong.
er scent. She came at midday, and
saw the rose fettered by the worm, wilted
by the heat of the sun, faded and wither.
ed. The maiden wept over her folly, and
the next morning gathered her wreath
early. God calls Iis ioveliest children
out of the world before the heat of the
sun withers them. The paradise of chill
dren is high degree of glory; the most
upright man cannot set his foot In 1t, for
his soul has already been spotted"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15
4oft tru.
I Sit Alone.

sit alone--the shades of night
Come slowly Ger the fertile plain
Low in the distant west, the light
Still fingers on the Furnished main,
think me now of former hours,
When buoyant hope was strong and new.
And fancy built her stately towers,
Emblazoned with gorgeous hue.
Oh, vast and lofty were the schemes,
My boyish mind was wont to weave;
And bright, enchanting were the dreams,
That hovered round my soul at eve.
The world of life before me spread,
Unclouded with an earthly care;
And high above my giddy head,
The star of hope was shining there.
But short and ftful was the flame,
That led my darling footsteps on;
And ere the dawn of manhood came,
My every hope was fled and gone.
sit alone-Ah is this life p
Why think l Of my cottage homef
The mountain girl-Iny seraph wife,
Is garnered IN the silent tomb.
Lone on the bank Of proud Lamoille,
Where furrowed rocks are flooded DER.
She sleeps. nor heeds the worlds turmoil
The winds wild bla.t-the waters roar.
Why weep l thus ?-the stars bright,
The busy world is rushing on;
look me now, the moons pale light
Cleans as II did in time aCone
The wood-the lake-the murmuring stream
Wear stIll the look they always wore;
But am changed-the youthful dream
is numbered with the things of yore
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

fss- Z" Ma, does pa kiss you because
he loves you so2 q" inquired little anxious
boy of his mother.
=" 10 be sure, my son, but why do you
ask that question -
We'll, | guess he loves the kitchen
girl too, for | seen him kiss her mouth
forty times last Sunday, when you was to
church"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

Eaas" a young man, who was desir-
ious of marrying the daughter of we'll
known Boston merchant, after many at
tempts TO broach the subject to the old
gentleman, in very suffering manuer
said. "Mr. C, are you willing to
le-le-let me have your daughter Jane g
. OF course [ am" gruffly and quickly
replied the old man; "and | wish you
could get some other likely fellows to
marry the rest of them"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15
d" Well what Of that" said we.

eazg@ The Bloomerites propose to have
November 13. 1t will be rather a novel
sight to see a ball room thronged with
dashing bellies attired in short petticoats.
We hope they'll exclude waltzing from
the programme.-T Utica Observer.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

a NECESSARY INqUIRY. -" Sambo,
spose dere is six chickens in coop, and
the man sell three, how many is dare
left g "What time of day was il -
il" What has that to do with it 81 "a good
deal: if it was after dark, dare would be-
none left; dat IS, if you happen 10 come
along dat way"
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

Bsg7 \ young lady explained to a
printer the other day, the distinction be-
tween printing and publishing, and at the
conclusion of her remarks, by way of IL
lustration, she said, You may print a
kiss upon my cheek, but you must not
publish it
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

Esg7 Nothing sets 81 wide a mark be.
tween a vulgar and noble soul as the
respect and reverential love of woman
kind. A man who is always sneering a
a woman is generally coarse profigatt
or coarser bigot.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

Esz5~ \ Dutchman was relating his
marvellous escape from drowning when
thirteen of his companions were lost by
the upsetting of the boat, and he alone
was saved. And how did you escape
their fate g asked one of his hearers
/" | It'd not co in te tam Poter' was the
Dulchmans placid answer.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

ss5@ s understand" said the lack
barber on the steamer, +" dat you is an
editor -
Well! what of that" said we.
"W We neber charge editors nuffint"
"Rut, my woody friend we continu d ,
"there are good many editors travelling
nowadays, and such liberality on your
part will prove a ruinous business"
"Oh, never mind" remarked the bar
Der, "we make 1t GP off de gemmen!'
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15
I" MARY ALLEN"

a LADY, walking few DAYS since on
one of the wharves of New York, asked
a sailor whom she met, why ship was
called SIZE. The son of Neptune replied
that it was because the rigging costs
more than the hull
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

| TT0RNEI AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Mineral
Il fut, - i'll practice in the supreme and Circuit
-ss &, ,s 9t,te su the L. . District Court Of
.-s .ft- MIi,Uus s,yre. g
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15
GEORGE l.. FROST.

1 lIgGNEY AND COUNSELLOR At LAW. Mineral
! .#a- Wa attend 10 auI negotiations and trans
st-aess connected with His profession. Collections
i3at.g attended To- Office ia County Building. 81
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-09-15

1 ToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR 1T LAW, Mineral
4 tint. Collections promptly attended to. Oafce
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