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1A DOZEN Table Cutlery; If II do Pocket do;
 l1a do Waldrons Com. Scythes;
 do Cradle do;
 Badwin's Gun Waddng; Together with an assortment of Hardware, suita- be for Farmers and Mechanics. An assortment of Prints and Lawns; full stock of summer Hats. For sale by GEO. S. MORRISON May 19 '57
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GERMAN BOOKS.

COETHE'S Complete Works in two volumes, roy- M al octave;
 Hene's Works in six volumes l2 mo-; Schlers Complete Worksin six vols, royal mo-: All in the German language, and handsomely
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JOHN R. HAMPTON
LAND FOR SALE.

A VALUABLE tract of land for sale on the .... "A riNer. six miles below Lewsburg. Conway r4..;i county containing 77Q ucreS-one hundred in III cultivation-witll good frame house with ston chimncys. and gool out houses and we'll etc, all il good repair and 50 acres deadrnei. Apply to
 May 25, 1851. At HARRIS CROSS,
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FOUNDATION STONES FOR ST. INSiIiS, EnI E,EE


 JOiIUS' COLLEGE. YENiE under,igned Building Committee invite X bids. hetwe-n this ant the 18th June next, for delivering upon the College site 300 perch of sta- bic stone for laying the foundation of the East Wing of the College Building, Stone to be of d hard and durable character. such i< required for laying d faced wall, with puctres>eS and nearly in regular courses may be. perch of to be estimated at l61z solid tcet-to be red after the walls are lal. The stone will bu pal for when delivered. and approved by the committee. The contractor to enter into bond for tile faithful performance of the con tract. E. II. ENGLISH
 T. D. MERkICk,
 L. E. BARBER. Little Rock, May 26 1857 tt
 Gazette and Democrat please spy. |. FINLEY. s.. '. FINLEY. l.. & $. Y. FINLEY, Attorneys at Law. Little Rock, Arks Spe ial attention will ebe given to the Collection of Claims. v References: Hon. RQbt4 L. Caruthers Hon. Nathan Green. Lebanon, Tenn; E. NJ. Yerger, esq, Mem phls, Tenn; Hon. Geo. $ Hawkins, Florida; Chief Justice English, Little Rock. May 26, '57. ly*
 CANDLES AND OILS. teN BOXES Cornwall Star eandles--Louisville 30 }4 boxes Cornwall Star Candles-Louisvile make s bbls Lard Oil;
 ReceN ed and for sale by
 May 26 1857 RAPLEY, HANGER X co.
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QUEENSW ARE,

O0A DOZ. Common Teas; @UO so do do Plates;
 do Wash Bowls and Pitchers
 do Pitchers. separate
 25 do Stone China Teas;
 30 do do do Plates; Shallow Dishes, Deep do Large Dinner do; Cut Glass Plumbers, Common do Glass Ware of all kinds received and for sale by May 19 '57. D. l.. O'CONNEII, S CO
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STATE OF ARKANSAS.

To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL. couE-
 Greeting-- tk1 IEREAS, It has been made known to me that W Joseph A. Whtlock, who was convicted of murder at the last term of the circuit court of the county of Sevier, and sentenced ten years confne- mentin the penitentiary, has made his escape from the jail of said county and is now running at large Therefore, l. JoHN E. HAMPTON, acting Governor of the State of Arkansas by virtue of the authority inme vested by law, do hereby offer reward of two hundred dollars to any person who may appre- bend the said Whtlock, and deliver him to the she nil ot said county of Sevier, ill order that justice n this behalf may be executed
 In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my
 hama and caused the seal of said State to be l.. s affixed. At Little Rock, on the 26th day of
 May, A. D. 1857.
 JOHN R. HAMPTON. By the Governor
 DAVID B. GREER, Secretary of State. DLscEIPrrN.-" W Atlock is about 25 years old about feet high-haS blue eyes-came from Missis- sppi friends reside in Maury county, Tennes- see.N
 May 25 1857 4t
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FINE FRENCH RRANDIFS

1 ANE half pipe Champ. Brandy, vintage '5o; A Seignett (" '52;
 (" '' Pale Martel
 '" '' NeiX Cognac Brandy. Received from Philadelphia and for sale by May 26 1856 RAPLEY. HANGER & co
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BACON!! BACON!l!
HARDWARE,

SOU, ,UUU and and shoulders. rs@iF' For T'ueS, Sae GI for cash, by c. S. MORRISON. GN-. May l9 '57.
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BAGCISG AND ROpI

INDIA BAGGING-850O yards heavy; Il 8,225 lbs Kentucky Bale Rope;
 bales Bale Twne; Received and for sale by May v6 1857 RAPLFY HANGER S ~
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Later from Europe
Arrival of the Angio-Saxon.-Cotto Firm.
 CT in Feeling

Arrival of the eAnglO-Saxon..Cotton Firm.
 CT in Feeling. Neoo York, May 18.-The steamer Apelo. Saxon, from Liverpool on the 9th, has arrived at Quebec, with four days later than by the Asia.
 Cotton Market. Cotton at Liverpool was slightly firmer in feeling, but quotations show no change in prices. Sales for two days, fourteen thousand bales.- The advces by the last steamer had the effect to stliten the market. Spectators and expor- ters took live thousand baes Quotations as by Asia.
 Other Markets. me nour market was active. Wheat had declihed Ia. Indian corn had advanced Is. e Is od Market since Friday presented money easy at previous rates Consols un- changed
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ICE, ICE. ICE.

CHEAPER THAN EVER!
 INHE Subscriber informs his friends and the public Il generally. that he has st an expense of several thousand dollars, fitted up his Ice houses and last year fully tested them and Supplied every de.
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THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

AT OD + R ATE RATES. (Ihe first time this has been done in this place He now offers to supply ICE at the rate of
 One and Half Gents Per Pound, or for ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK, 10 pounds each day, except on sunday, but 20 pounds on Saturday. Thankful for the last years encouragement, and de- sire for continuance of the same.
 May l9, '57 g. 4w. JOHN ROBINS
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c 0 M NJ E k C 1 AL
PLSAYUNE OFFICE. Mnv is

~Al UNL VFFIC NIay Io. Io0l. Cottoh-"ith untaVorable news from Europe the market has been nearly at stand -day, the sales being confined to two three small lots umountinp to barely 350 bales at easier prices
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agreed upon, and the ink was scarcely dry upon the diploma, by which Nil. Webster and his partiSans made General Jackson d doctor of laws, before he issued the order for the removal of the deposits.
 It was supposed the removal would compel the bank of the United States to curtail her discounts, and that the consequence would be monetary crisis, rendering the removal uu- popular. To preNe eut ths the secretary of the treasury, by order of the President instructed the pet banks to discount freely on commercial paper. This enabled the bank of the United States to enlarge the line of her djscouuts and as the failure 10 obtain a renewal of her char ter made 1t necessary to sell out her branches, that bank did enlarge its discounts and sold her branches, receiving payment chiefly in the notes of the pet banks. This accumulation of local bank paper enabled the baltk Of the L. States to run upon the pet banks for specie; but the effect ol breaking the pet banks would have been 10 render the bank notes held by the bank of the United States of DO value, and therefore, instead of demanding payment ill specie, the bank of the United States invested these notes m the banks of the State then entering upon system of railways and canals. and made large advances ulOI shipments oi cotton and other American produce to l. yer pocl; the purpose being, aS avowcd bv Mr Bid- dle, to establish all agency in London for the sale of American securities, and an agency m Liverpool for the sale of American pruduce- Why this purpose failed may hereafter ex- plain. My object i'll the previous detail is to show the necessity, and to justify the transfer, ot the public deposits from the pet banks to the treasuries of the several States; and to show that so far from being an act of distribu- ton of the proceeds of public lands, as pro- posed by Mir. Clay, or by the present advocates Of such measure that transfer was intended to prevent speculation ill the public lands and was as much opposed to the principle of dis trbution as 1t Is possible for any measure to be. l know that the removal of the deposits from the bank of the United States is general. 1 ly attributed to fixed hostility on the part of General Jackson to banks and banking. Imav hereafter examine this deluson more in detail. l now quote statistical facts which speak for ! themselves
 In 1880 the bank capital in the United States was $145, l92, ,268; in 1887, during Sen Jacksons second term, 1t had increased to S290,- 772,O9l. In 1850, the loans and discounts were S2O0, ,451 PA; in 1887 they had increased to S525, ll5, 720. In 1880 the bank circulation was S6l, 223, ,998; in 1857 it was S149, ,l55, ,89O So much for General Jackson's opposition to banks and banking. We will now see what effect this transfer of the public money to the pet banks had upon the sale of the public land.
 From 1923 to 1881, inclusive, the average sales of the public lands were but l,345, 13O acres per annum, whereas in 1850 the sales
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WELLINGTON.

The Duke was well acquainted with his
Bible, and valued it. Many years ago,
when before Sir Arthur Wellesly, broth
er officer was speaking sneeringly of the
Bible, and ridiculing the idea of its being q
revelation from God, he abruptly said, IS
-, have you read Paley's Evidences ?
you have not advise you to read them.
| once thought as you now think, but
read laley and am convinced" The Off
Ger afterwards became one of the hclicst
men in the British army, and thanked the
Duke of Wellington for his timely reproof
You may have heard me speak OF my visit
to Walmer Castle, and observing that
number of his books in his bed room libra
ry were on divinity, and by the most evan
gelical writer's. On little round table,
closed by his plain iron bedstead, were al
ways to be found four apparently well han
died books-one was the book OF books, the
word Of God another was Lcighton's Com
mentary on Peter third, Howe's Living
Temple, and the fourth Baxter's Saints
Rest. Who could desire better books for
the soul Of such man and he kept moth
ing for mere show-the books were for use,
not ornament. The following is ilustra-
tive of his kindness and humanity: "Early
in the morning after the battle of Water
loo" says DR.. Hume, "on entering his
room, he sat up in his bed while reported
to him the casualties that had come to my
knowledge. He grasped my hand, and
seemed deeply affected and felt the tears
falling fast on my hand, and looking up I
saw them coursing down his dusky checks.
He suddenly brushed them away with his
left hand, and in a voice tremulous with
motion, exclaimed "Well, thank God,
know not what it is TO lose a battle, but it is
painful to gain one with the loss of so many
of ones friepds.n
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Prem onitions.

.rhaps the following cases are even
''1'a curious than those we published last
""uk. One Is related of Professor Bohn.
,r,' her Of Mathematics at Myrburg, by Still
n:.. lie was suddenly seized with u con-
. tion, one evening, whilst in company, that
.,s ought to 90 home. But being comflrta-
=, taking tea, he resisted the admonition,
Hn':!l it returned with such force that, at
.:'sth, he was obliged to yield. On reach
i"g his house, he found everything as he
had left it {; but he now felt himself urged
10 remove his bed from the corner in which
II stood to another; he resisted this ilnpul-
sion, also and however, absurd as it SEEM
c'l, he felt he must do it ; 50 lie summon
ed the maid, and, with her aid, drew the
bed to the other side Of the room, after
which he felt quite at case, and returned to
spend the rest OF the evening with his friends
At ten O'Clock the party broke up, he re-
tired home, went to bed and to sleep. In
the middle of the night he was awakened by
a loud crash. a large beam had fallen,
bringing part Of the ceiling with it, and
was lying exactly on the spot his bed occu-
pied. Another is related Of a gentleman
who, when absent from home once, was sciz-
ed with such an anxiety about his family,
that, without being able in any way to ac-
count for it, he felt himself impclled to fly
to them and remove them from the house
they were inhabiting, one wing of whicl,
fell down Immediately afterwards. No
notion of such misfortune had ever before
occurred to him, nor was there any reason
whatever to expect it, the accident orgi-
mating from some defect in the foundation
One of the most singular cases of PRESENT.
ment is affirmed to have occurred on board
of n British ship, while off Portsmouth.
The officers being one day at the mess ia
blca young Lieutenant p. suddenly laid
down his knife and fork, pushed away his
plate, and turned extremely pale. He
arose from the table, covered his face with his
hands, and retired from the room. The
president of tho mess, supposing him to be
i'll, sent one of the young men to inquire
what was the matter. At first Mr.. P. was
unwilling to speak =; but on being pressed,
confessed that he had been seized by u sud-
den impression that brother he had then
in India was dead. ale died." ssid he, "on
the 18th Of August, at six o'clock :; am
perfectly certain Of it." No argument
could overthrow this opinion, which, in due
course of post, was verified to the letter.
The young man had died at Cawapore at
the period mentioned.
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Take Care of your Health.


TO a young man who asked Of Horace
'lann counsel to guide him towards success
the legal profession, that extraordinary
nan replied tersely, promptly, and definite
y. lie opens with the following very SEN
ible and important suggestions touch
the necessity of health:
First you nced health. An earnest stu
1T is prone to ruin his health. Hope
ATS him with the belief that if he can
lily now without cessation, he can do so
ays. Because he does not see the end
his strength, he foolishly concludes there
20 end. A spen,lthrift of health is one
The most reprchenSible of spendthrifts.
IN certain | could have performed twice
labor, both better and with greater ease
lysct-had know As much of the laws
health and life at twcnty-onc, as | do
-. In college, l was taught all about
motions OF the planets, as carefully rs
hgh they would have been in danger of
ing off the track if had not known how
race their orbits; Tut abou, my own or
''ization and the conditions indispensable
he hcalthful functions of my own body,
- As left III profound ignorance. Nothing
Hd be more prcpostcrous.-l oug Int TO
g begun ut home, and taken the stars
',n 1t should have come their turn. The
n,cqlencc was, broke down at the begin
: OF my second college year, and have
':r had Il well day since Whatever Ia
- | have since been able to do, have
"c it all on credit instead Of capital--a
'r't ruinous way, either in regard to heaItl,
e money. For the last twenty-five years,
Tar as it regards my health, l have been
- from day to day on NY good behavior,
It during the whole of this period, as a
'ihernian would say, if had lived rs 9TH
= ''lks do for a month, should have died
b, :, fortnight.
Health has a great deal to do with what
~ world calls talent. Take Il lawyers life
:. ugh, and high health is at least equal to
=. per cent. more than brain. Endurance,
:. 'riuncSs, wit, clo.,uencc, attain a force
-, splcndor will, health, which they never
:" approach withou, it. 1t often happens
:'.,' the credit awarded to the health be-
'ga to the digestion. Though lido not be-
that genius and eupcp>y are convertible
~';:s, yet the former can never rise to the
Est heights unaidcd by the latter.
again: n wise man, with an enterprise
re linn, first looks round for suitable in
;ncnts wherewith to execute it.; and he
ks it all-important to command those
uments before he bcgins his labor.
:''h is an indispensable instrument for
best qualities, and the highest finished
IL works. Think of the immense ad-
age YOU would have in suit in court
';tcr weeks or Il fortnight's investi@a-
OF facts, you could come in for the
ng argument Oh the last day, fresh and
lc, which only SO much more of mo-
:um and tervor for tue velocity and
: you had acquired"
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Hon. Henry w. Hilliard in tho Alabama


Conference.
The True Union of the 25th inst, in n
notice of the proceedings Of the Confer
cncc of the Methodist Episcopal Church
| which recently assembled at Tuskcgee con-
cludes rs follows
We conclude this hasty notice by rccur-
ring to one Of the most impressive and thrill
ling scenes of the Conference, and to which
we have heretofore slightly alluded. Mr.
llillard has been alluded to in conncc-
tion with proposition which was before
the Conference to establish q Methodist
newspaper in the city of Montgomery, as
It's probable Editor, and the prospect Of ac-
quiring him as member of the Conference
WIS urged as reason for the establish
mrnt Of the paper. The argument was re-
spondcd to 10y the Rev. Il. O. Summers, in
| seeming spirit Of levity. Mr.. billiard a.
rose and announced to the Bishop of the
Conference, and the whole audience, life
! Ion" purpose to return to the work of the
! ministry, and turning to Bishop Pierce
said with deep emotion-solcnn, moving.
and pathetic emphasis
81 give You my hand, my brother in
this great work IIcnccforward, our paths
| of life shall not divergc come in the
maturity of my manhood, deliberately to
| lay my heart, intellect, and whatsoever tro-
phles may have won in other works Of
lite, professional or political, mecklv at
the tooto the cross, with motives which
betit the service Of my Master.
"l.et it hc distinctly understood, that no
vote which this Conference can take upon
the pending proposition, can affect my res
| CIptinn IL, ,riy,. ,nrs.,f T., f1,;. -
home and abroad-in my solitary Journey
ings, or standiug in the palaces Of kiugs,
have never forgotten my early VOWS.
; have seen the beginning and the end Of
earthly greatness.
'l'ltimatcly associated with some of the
first living statesmen Of this age and coun-
try, have seen them pass away from this
earth Sir, hno'r the vanity of earthly
things come humbly, but | come pre-
serving that sclt-respcct without which
| should not be meet for the Masters service.
81 ask nothing from this Conference on
my personal account. Let them have no
reference to me. No, no, sir | have
never lowered my crest, when facing poIi,-
! cal parties i'll the day or battle. | preserve
my sci-rcspcct, but desire to achieve
| somewhat that which will unable me, when
this world burns up, 10 Lc recognized by
the Great Head Of the Church, rs friend
of Christ, and TO take my place, however
humble, among Martyrs aud Saints who
have loved and served Him on earth :"
! This is the substance OF his remarks, de-
ivcrcd to the srell-bound audicncc.-May
he fiud grace eInal to his noble resolution
Long may he live TO e'lify the Church and
! finally win and wear The crown of endless
! iov and rlury.
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Death of Father Mathew.

Father Mathew, the renowned Apostle
December. His career has been rcmarka-
bic, and in his influence among his country
men i'll Great Britain and America will
long be felt. ThcobalI Mathew was born
i'll Thonastown, ireland, October 10, 1890.
lie was left an orphan at an early age, a.
doptcd by An Aunt and educated in Kill
kenncy Academy and ut Maymouth. lie
was ordained to the priesthood ut Dublin,
having previously entered upon his phil
anthopic labors among the poor. The curse
of whiskey, brought tc;rlnlly to his no.
tlce among these wrctched people, reused
him 10 unwonted enthusiasm, and he deter
mined upon a crusade against the demon
alcohol. Adopting the principle Of total
abstinence, he commenced series of meet
ings, and soon awakened the latent en-
thusiasm OF the Irish nature to his assis-
tancc, meeting with success beyond the
widest hopes. lie travelled from town to
town through all the Islands. His spotless
fame proceeded him, and his progress was
one triumphal march, The authorities un-
bent their dignity to do him honor, and the
people followed and crowded around him
with a,loration.-IIe administered the
pledge to thousands at time ut Ncnagh
to twenty thousand in one day at Galway
hundred thousand in two days between
Galway and Lou.hrca to nearly two hun.
lred thousand. From Ireland he went to
England, where even the plilegmatic Sax
ons were infected with corresponding
enthusiasm. Thence he come to the United
States, where to shake hands with the Apos-
tie Of Temperance and received his medal
with pledge Of total abstinence, was the
highest ambition OF every worthy son and
daughter of the Emerand Isle. His warm
reception and gratifying success in this coun.
try are well remembered. Through all this
herculean labor lie never amassed cent
for himself, but was constantly in state
of personal poverty. When he began his
good work, his brother was the proprietor
Of a large distillery. He supported Theo-
bald until his wonderful success had ruined
the distillery, and reduced the owner to
bankruptcy. To meet the wants of the
good Samaritan, tho British Government
settled an annuity Of G3OO upon him,
which sum was just sufficient to pay the
premium upon an insurance policy held by
bis creditors as security for their claims
NeU YoeE Tribune.
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SIMON CAMERoN.-The election Of ST.
mon Cameron as Senator from Pennsylvania
is waking up much indignation. He has
the credit Of being very corrupt and un-
principled man, and ono who docs not acru-
pie to reach political station as Philip con-
quered ci,ies-by gold.-The Pennsylva-
'nian says: iw
That Cameron has purchased his election,
is the universal sentiment of all parties.
How far the disgrace of admitting him to
the Senate. may be averted as yet we do
not knows If the plain fact, which all men
instinctively4 know in regard to the means
and agencies By, which he secured his. 8
lection, can he legally establised, the United
States Senate viii owe il toits own dignity
70 spurn BIN from that bods. &'
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Bonaparte's Poverty In Early Life.

NJ. Theirs, in his history O: the Consulate,
rcctes some very strange and previously un-
known particulars respecting the early life
and penury of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1t ap.
pears that after he had obtained subaltern's
commission in the French service, by bis
skill and daring at Toulon, he lived some
time in Paris in abscure lodgings, and in
such extreme poverty that he was often
without the means of paying ten sous (ten
cents) for his dinner, and often went with
out any at all. He was under the necessity
of borrowing small sums, and even worm
eaten clothes, from his acquaintance. He
and his brother Louis, afterwards King of
Holland, at one time had only coat between
them, SO that the brothers could only 90 out
alternately, time about. At this crisis, the
chief benefactor Of the future Emperor and
con9uerer, "at whose mighty name the
world grew PALE" was the actor Tal,na,
who often gave him food and money. Ma
poleon's face, afterwards so famed for its clas-
sical mould, was during that period Of starva-
ton sharp and angular in its lineaments, with
projecting check bones. His meagre fare
brought on an unpleasant and unsigbtly
cutaneous disease, Of a type so virulent aud
malignant, that it took all the skill and as
siduity Of his accomplished physician Cor
visart to expel it, after duration of more
than ten years. The squalid beggar then,
the splendid Emperor afterwards-thc
threadbare habiliments and Imperial mantle
the meagre food and gorgeous banquet
the friendship of poor actor, the hon.
age and terror of the world-an exile and
prisoner. Such are the ups and downs Of
this changeful life such are the lights and
shadows Of tho great and mighty.