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Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
A MODEL JUSTICE.

The New Orleans True Delta tells a story of the ruling of a Georgian justice by way of illustrating some of tho pecu- larties of those dignataries at home, whose actual experiences it feels deli cacy in relating. The Georgia judge was a magistrate who, some years ago, presi- 1 ded Tn one of the southern counties Of Georgia. A man sued another on an open account before this Dogberry's court, and the case came up. Tire plaintiff pro- duced witness to prove the account, and after his counsel had proved all he want ed to by him, the counsel for the delend- ant attempted a cross-examinatlon, but was peremptorly shut off by his honor. Here was dilemma which vexed the country lawyer and his client terribly. | Every argument was used 10 induce the court to suffer counsel to go on with the cross examination, but the bench was inn moveable in his ruling. In this quandary the defending lawyer bethought him that there was then at the village tavern dis tingushed lawyer, MT. Payne, who had stopped for day Tn his journey across the country, and doubling not that his eminent reputation for legal wisdom would over awe the justice into recognition of his rights, he directed his client, Mir. Jones, to run over and request his presence at l the court house. The summons was promptly responded to- and in few min utes Mir. Payne was in possession of The facts in the case. He arose and said Your honor must be aware that there is no precedent nor law in Georgia to au- thorize justice to forbid the cross-exami- nation of witness" &c., &c., at consid- erable length.
 The court, not whit dismayed, and fortified with fresh chew of tobacco to meet this new adversary, drew himself up with dignity and said:
 "It are in the knowledge of this Court that the plaintiffs witness was fetcht twen- ty mile to prove this here account, and would it be fair or justice to hev this here account proved agin the plaintiff by HIS OWN WITNESS arter being to all the uou- ble and expense to fetch him here? No, gentlemen, 1t can't be did!' and the Court threw himself back dogmatitaly. At this point the defendant lost all patience, and springing to his feet, exclaimed;
 "Mr. Payne! It aint no use O argyn' with this court, for this court are a d--n fool !"
 "Mr. Jones'" said the Court, with dig nifty, "Mr. Jones, don't be making d-n fool of yourself! This here ain't nothing more but an opcn account, and I'll hev you to know that this Court has often a(ore now killed noteS dead as h--ll p
 Counsel and client had nothing more to say after that.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
FRANKLTN'S SON.
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Speaking of the son of Dr. Franklin, the Newberry (Conn.) Herald, says:
 As the name of Franklin is ever prom inently before the public, 1t may not be unlnteresting to give some account of his only son, William, about whom we think little Is known by the community at large. Unlike his father, whose chief claim Is for the invaluable services he rendered his country in her greatest need, the son was from the first 10 the last a devoted oyalist. Before the Revolutionary war he he d sev- eral civil and military offices of impor. tanCe. At the commencement of the war he held the office of Governor of New Jersey, which appointment he received in l773. When the difficulties between the mother country and the colonies were coming to crisis, he threw his whole in- huence in favor of loyalty, and endeav- ored to pervent the Legislative Assembly of New Jersey from sanctoning the pro- ceedings of the General Congress of Phil adel pha. These efforts, however, did but little to stay the tide of popular sentiment in favor of resistance to tyranny, and soon involved him in difficulty. He was de- posed from office by the Wings, to give place to William Livingston, and sent prisoner 10 Connecticut where he remain ed two years in East Windsor, in the house of Capt. Ebenezer Grant, near where the Theological Seminary now stands. In 177S he was exchanged, and soon after went to England There he spent the remainder of his life, receiving a pension from the British Government for the loss he sustained by his fdelity.- He died in 1913, at the age of S2.
 As might have been expected, his op- position to the cause of liberty, so dear to the heart of his father, produced an es- arrangement between them. For years they had no intercourse. When in l7S4, the son wrote to hls father; in his reply, Dr. Franklin says:
 Nothing has ever hurt me so muc h, and affected me with such keen sensation as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only son; and not only deserted but to find him taking up arms against me in a cause wherein my good fame, for tune and life were all at stake."
 In his will, also, he alludes to the part bis son had acted. After making some bequests, he adds:
 "The part he acted against me in the late war, which is of public notoriety, will account for my leaving him no more of an estate he endeavored to deprive me of.
 The patriotism of the father stands forth all the brighter when contrasted with the assertion of his son."
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

LooKINc-GLAssEs-How THEY ARE MANuFAcrURED.--The process is one of the most curious of the modern arts, and is an extremely simple one. A sheet of tin-foil, somewhat larger than the glass plate, IS laid upon smooth table, and quicksilver poured over It until the foil Is covered with thickness of a tenth of an inch or more. All impurities being swept off from the surface of the mercury, and the glass plate made scrupulously clean, ii is brought even with the edge of the table. and pushed gently forward sideways, so as to slide over the mercury bath, its edge just dipping beneath its surface so as to push before it all impurities, and to ex- clude all air-bubbles. Weights are then evenly applied to the glass, and the whole table inclined to such an angle as to favor the drawing off of the surperiluous mer- cury. This requires some days or weeks. according to the size of the plate. There
 is constant risk in the whole process, even when the greatest care is practiced. The larger the glass the greater the dan ger of brnakage and imperfections. Some- times the amalgam erystalzes, producing flaws. which require the operation to be repeated. IL is these causes which make large mirrors so very costly. In addi- ton to this, high wages must be paid to the workmen, as the mercury produces sali- vaiion. destroys their health, renders some of them cripples for years, and shorleu5 tue lives of all.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
 HOUSE.

On the 9th inst, Hon. OLIVER. H. OATES, Speaker of the House, announced the following Standing Committees:
 On Ways and Means--Messrs Mitchell, Stuart, Hammond, Doake, Abbott, Barker, Enforce. Dnval, Wilson, West, Carroll, John son of Desha.
 On the Judiciary--Messrs. Johnson of Pu- laski, Green Stuart, Anderson of Phillips, Craighead, Baxter, DuyaI, Edwards, Dufie and Lyle.
 On Edncation-- Messrs. Anderson of Phil lips, Garland, Ford, McCammon, Bussey, Murphy, Jeffrey, Jacoway, Thrower, Gordon and Doakc.
 On Internal Improvemcnts-M -Messrs Griffin, Hammond, Newton, Carroll, Johnson of Pu- laski, venable, Reynolds, Saxon, West, Duvai and Hays.
 On Auditor and Treasurer's Books-Messrs. McCammon, Wilson, Childers, Torbitt, Fitz- patrick, Kilgore, Robertson and Williams.
 On Banks-- Messrs. Hill, Montgomery, Neal, Bunch, Hemingway, Qaares, McKean, Johnson of Desha, and Garland.
 On State Lands-- Messrs. Hemingway, Williams, Brewster, Weir, Couch, cConnell, Moss and Edwards.
 On the Penitentiary--Messr Bussey, Bate man, Beshoar, Burns, Farmer, Heffington, Crawford, Quarles, Gray, Johnson of Desha, Roberts, McRae and Vaughan.
 On Public Bnildings-- -Messrs Abbott. An derson of Greene, Dufiie, Dunn. Gordon. John- son of Pulaski, Macon, Lyle, Pennington and Reynolds.
 On County and County Lines--Messrs Me- Rae, Hill, Johnson of St. Francis, Weir, Sav- age, Shaver, Carlisle, West, Bachelor, Bate man, Edwards, Yenabe, Williams and Ham, mond
 On Militia -Messrs Neal, Newton, Saxon, Vaughan, West, Pennington, Roberts, Mccoy, Cook and Dunn.
 On Agriculture Messrs. Montgomery, Em- bree, Ford, Shaver, HeiIington. Griffin, Key holds, Chiders, Barker and McRae.
 On Swamp and OvcrAewed Ean1ls- Messrs. Johnson of Desha, Mitchell, Hays, Craighead, Batchelor, Johnson of St. Francis, Hemning- way, Farmer, Fitzpatrick, Griffin, Weir, Kill gore, Anderson of Phillips. On Petitions and Memorials Messrs. Stu art, Kllgore, Venable, Torbett, Robertson, Roberts, McKean, Mcconnell, Macon, Moss and Murphy.
 On nroilments--Messrs. Bunch, Brewster, Beshoar, Burns, Couch, Cook. Dunn, Throw CT, Savage, Vaughan, Gray and Lyle. On Claims Messrs. Carroll, Anderson of Greene, Hays, Carlisle, Crawford, Hill, Jeff frey, Mccoy and Gordon. 1 On Geological Survey - Messrs. Greene, Pennington, Bussey, Baxter, Craighead, Me- Cannon, McRae, Hays, Garland, Anderson of Phillips, Edwards and Carlisle. | On Appointnent-Mcss Wilson, Hem mingway, Montgomery, Saxon. -ReYnoids, l Lyle, Duyal, Quares, Anderson of Greene, Garland, and Johnson of St. Francis. Joint Committee on the Landed Interest of the State, on the part of the House--Anderson of Greene, McCammon, Wilson, Abbott and Carroll.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

"LocAL ITEMS" OF COUNTRY NEws- pApER.-The Alleghany Valley Echo is a new paper just started at Emlenton, among the mountains in the Keystone State. The Editor says he shall not pub- fish another paper for three weeks, as he is obliged to look up some paper, ink, &c. at Pittsburg. His news record is com prehensive. We learn that !" the river is very low and fish plenty. Next Monday will be the first day of our lair, and from all appearances it's going to be first-rate show there's to be flying horse,' a rearing mule,' and tumbling jackass, on hand expressly for the benefit of the ladies, and Gum Davis is expected to get on drunk by the time class G is at- tended to. Our friends, Messrs, Har- rison, Morgan, and Harvey Sloan have been to a great deal of trouble and ex- pense in getting up a patent back action anti-terrestal Petasus, that's going to fly clean over the flying horse, and the sights and see'rs going to be on hand on this oc- casion will undoubtedly crowd the enclo- sure. We shall give full history of it in our next. Matrimony has been greatly on the increase for some time past, and after awhile something else will be on the increase several jugs of Squire Mur- rains Mountain Dew have left town lately. Some scoundrels broke into MT. Gormey' $ cellar, got some fish oil instead of whis- key, left his garden gate open, and an old SOW entered and eat up all his sour krout on the stalk. Warren money is now good, and John Forler's potatoes didn't turn out so we'll as they might have done there will be an average crop generally Ross Porters oxen run off last night smashing down some eighty rods of fence sngings are very plenty, and child was born in the wilderness with ring in its nose the low stage of the river, and the rise of candle wick induces us to whttle our splnters down to point. Cash re- ceipts of the week-ffty cents and dime from MT. John Mebrten, and trouble and torn trousers"
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
gsg- Charles Lamb, though not hold

Bsy= Charles Lamb, though not hold ng physicians credentials, has given better bit of medical advice on the liver complaint than is to be found Tn the whole range of professional books on that subject Hear him: You are too apprehensive of your complaint. Tue best way in these cases is to keep yourself as ignorant as the world was before Galen, of the entire construction of the animal man; not to be conscious of midrif to hold kidneys to be an agreeable fiction; to account the circulation of the blood an idle whim of Harvey's to acknowledge no mechanism not visible. For once, fix the seat of your disorder and your fancies Aux in'o 1t like bad humors. Above all, take eaer- else, and avoid lampering with the hard terms of art. Desks are not deadly. IL is the mind, and not the limbs, that taints by long sitting. Thipli of the patience of the tailors, think how long the lord chan cellor sits; think of the brooding hen.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

BEHAVIOUR AT CnURcH.-We have al. ways entertained the opinion that persons who could not behave themselves in the House of God could not behave them- selves any where else. When we see a man or woman, young or old, laughing and talking, let it be ever so softly, or fre- quently yawning or moving about in their seats looking in every direction but at the minister, we conclude that they arc deficient of good breeding. Only three classes of persons should visit religious meeting at any time or place, viz: those who profess religion, and respect it's teach ings, and the house or place consecrated to it's services; those who doubtng go to be convinced of its truth or It's fallacy; and those who, though not believing themselves respect the opinions and feelings of oth- CTS who do. The first class, if they sim cerely believe what they profess can nev- CT forget that reverence which such faith must necessarily inspire, no matter wheth- CT they be born or reared ''in cottage or in princely hall," those who go to be con- vinced will see nothing but him who oc- cupleS lhe puIpt, ana near nolnlng but the words which falls from his lips, the third class will be circumspecl in their de- pertinent, for the sake of others. Who ever professes concurrence in the teach- ings of the Gospel and belief that the time, occasion and place are holy, solemn and sacred, and yet is guilty of any levity or inattenion, professes falsely, for " the tree is known by it's fruit" Let every one who enters a church, where the solemn stiffness of Sabbath reigns, remember that "the Lord is in his holy temple"
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

THE MAGNITUDE OF A MILLIoN.-The human mind has but a faint idea of the mag nitude of the sum total included in the term million. As an illustration it may be stated that if man should reach the extreme age of one hundred years, he would not have lived for a million hours, the number falling short one hundred and twenty-five thousand of that amount.
 G15r Do right though you have enemies. You cannot escape them by doing wrong; and it is little gain to barter away your honor and integrity, and divest yourself of moral courage, to gain what? Nothing. Better abide by the truth-frown down all opposition, and re- joice in the feeling which must inspire free and independent man.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
" DO YOU THINK HE IS MARRIED
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

B JOAN SAAE. Madaml-you are very pressing, And l can't decline the task; With the slightest gift of guessing, You would hardly need to ask! Don't you see a hint of marriage In his sober sided face? In his rather careless carriage, And extremely rapid pace? If he's not committed treason, Or some wicked action done, Can you see the taintest reason Why bachelor should run? Why should HE be in furry? But loving wife to greet, Is circumstance to hurry
 The most dignifed of feet? When afar the man has spled her, If the grateful, happy elf Does not hasten to beside her, He must be beside himself. It is but trihe-may be,
 But observe his practiced tone, When he calms your stormy baby, Just as if it were his own. Do you think certain meekness You have mentioned in his looks, Is a chronic optic weakness That has come of reading books? Did you ever see his vision
 Peering underneath hood, Save enough for recognition,
 As civil person should Could capuchin be colder
 When he glances, as he must, At finely rounded shoulder
 Or a proudly swelling bust. Madam!-thinz of every feature, Then deny it if you can He's a fond, connubial creature, And a VERY married man
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

AN ENTHUSIASTIC EDIToR.--The edi- tor of the Norfolk Argus, recording the receipt of some cotton shipped through from Memphis to that port, finds plain prose too tame to express his feelings, and accordingly breaks forth into the following poetical rhapsody. We trust somebody will hold the Norfolk man until we get there 10 the celebration, when we will en- deavor to cool him off by pouring bottle of water from upper James River upon the top of his head:
 FIRST THROUGH FREIGHT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI. - We record with much pleasure that car load of cotton came through the entire line from Memphis yesterday, passed the depot of the N. & F. Road, and continued down the track in Wide Water Street, as far as the Market Square. There afe only twenty-one bales, but it is good beginning, and judging from information from the West, this shipment, which was made by Samuel Tate, Esq, President of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, will be followed by cotton, tobacco, and other pro- duce in large and increasing quantities. We threatened to crow louder than be- fore over the first car load through from Memphis. We certainly feel like fulfill ing our threat now:
 Cock-a-doode
 The freight has come all through
 From " Mississipp" to Chesapeakel
 Cock -a-doodle-doo
 Coek-a-doode-do
 We'll send your freight all through;
 G One cent per ton per mile" will do
 Cock-a-doodle-doo
 Cock-a-doodle-dool
 The fogies all look blue
 The croakeF's lost his reckoning stick
 And don't know what to do!
 Cock-a-doodle- -doo--ooo--ooo
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
LEGISLATURE OF ARKANSAS.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
 SENATE

On the 1th inst, the President of the Senate, Hon. THOMAS FLErcnrR, an- nounced the following Standing Commit tees
 On the Judiciary Messr4. Gaines, Craig headr Floyd,. Watkins, MeCulloch, Claik, Askew, Williams and Terry On the Auditor and Trcasurer's Books Messrs. Rosson, Hammond, Hampton, Trim ble and Davies
 On the Militia Mcssrs MarshalI Smith, son, Redmond, Jones and McCreery. On Banks = Rlessrs. Floyd, Hammond | Douglass, Rosson and McCuHoch. On Elucation-- Messrs Clark, Craighead, Stirman, Trimble and Terry. On Internal provements--Messrs. Hamp- ton, Redmond, Trinble, Williams and Carri- gan.
 On Ways and Means--Messrs Redmond, Humphreys, Watkins, Terry and Askew.
 On gricalture--Messrs. Smithson, Jones, Douglass, Pennington and McCreeYy.
 On County and County Lines -Messrs. Hum phreys, Clark, Trimbo, Rosson and McCul7 loch.
 On Public Roads-Messrs. stirman, Floyd, Smithson, Terry and Davies. On Enrolled Bills--Mcssrs. Trimble, Wat llins, Douglass, Askew and Carrigan
 On Elections = Messrs. McCulloch, Stirman, luliphiog ss 1iaiIlcdu anu heuIHOHu. On Public Printing Messrs. Terry, Floyd, Hampton, Marshall and Redmond. On the Penitentiary-Messrs. Watkins, Stirman, Me Culloch, Me Creery aud Williams.
 On Claims-Messrs. Williams, Humphreys, Hampton, Craighead and Davies.
 On Memorials Messrs. Craighead, Askew, Smithson, Davies and Terry On Public Buildings--Messrs. Carrigan, Marshall, Douglass, Jones and Terry. On Public Expenditures Messrs. Penning- ton, Floyd Askew, Douglass and Davies. On Swamp and Overfowed Lands--Messrs. Hammond, Hampton. Craighead, Gaines and Rosson.
 MT. Gaines offered resolution that so much of the Governors Message as relates to geo | logical survey of the State be referred to se- lect committee of seven Senators from different l portions of the State. Adopted. t Committee - Messrs. Gaines, Hammond, Douglass, Watkins, McCreery, McCullocll and Davies.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

SLANDER.-Against islander and :nali- cious lies there is no defence. Hell can not boast so foul iend, nor man deplore so foul foe. It's worse than peslilence walking in darkness, spreading contagion far and wide, which the most wary and worthy traveller cannot avoid. It is the heart-searching dagger of the black hearted assassin, who would murder that in fellow man which IS more precious to him than the wealth of worlds. It is q poisoned arrow whose wound is incurable. Ii is as fatal as the sting of the deadly asp; murder of character Is its employ ment, innocence its prey, and ruin is sport. For all such characters there is but one fit receptacle, and all good and honest men will agree that such place is far too good for them - Wheeling Times.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
1 m. 2 Tn. 3m. 6 m. year

Advertisers by the year will be res trcted to their legitimate business.
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 f9- Personal communications charged dou- ble the rates of regular advertisements.
 E<gU Legal advertisements will be charged, for one square or less, first insertion S1, and 50 cents per square for each additional inser- tion.
 Ey~ Announcing candidates for State and District offices, $7; County offices, $5; Town ship, offices S3, invariably in advance.
 G~ Calls on persons to become candidates are charged at the usual rates, except when persons making the calls are subscribers to our paper. Payment in advance.
 Gg Political circulars charged as adver- tisements.
 G1Y- Advertisements not ordered for spe- cled time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
 GEAll advertising to be paid for quarterly.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
pr. B Douglass,

.nENDERS his professional services to the citizens of Prairie and adjacent coun- ties as a Mechanical Physician, in eases or HERNIA AND PRoLApsUs UTERt In cases of
 abortion, by the timely aid of his SUPPORT
 FER, if not prevented, by returning the work, they shall have their money refunded.
 f-y- JOSEPH A. EDp1Ns is my authorised agent. in all matters connected with the above sbnsiness. B. DOUGLASS. post-ofice. Des Arc. Ark oct9-6m
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

eBP The questi, n has been raised whether obtaining wife under false pretences can Le punished as swindling. This, we presume, Involves the question whether women may be considered as goods.
 GY- Roast beef, serenity of mind, pretty wife, and cold water baths, will make mot any man s'healthy, wealthy and wise,a
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
TAMES F. BATE. GENERAL AGENT

AMES F. BATE, GENERAL AGENT J AND COLLECTOR, Searcy, White county, Arkansas Particular attention given to the collection of claims, buying and selling lands, locating swamp and overiiown lands, entering land at the General Land Offices, showing lands subject to graduation; and to the paying of taxes on land ill any county ill North Ar kansas. jan9-tf
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

WE have supplied ourselves with good assortment of Printing Material, and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on reasonable terms.
 We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- Iogucs, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrlp- .tion, for Clerks, Sherifs, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Sc.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

ey- Charles IT,, when dining off a loin of was the loin, he said: For it's excellence l will knight it. and henceforth it shall be call ed SIR-LoIN.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
' B. DALRYMPLE, ATTORNEY

" B. DALRYMPLE, ATTORNEY AT
 LAW, Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkan- sas. Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Monroe, Arkansas, Jackson, White, and Con- way. He will give prompt attention to all Land Claims, and will attend personally to the locating of Swamp Land Scrip and Warrants, selling lands, and paying taxes. Cy1 OFFICE on Lyon street. febl3-f
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20
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 n NEYs AT LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the counties C Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St. Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular attention q iven to collections. REFERENCES: :: Madison, Ark, Hon. w. G. Beaseley, S. W. Childress; Clarendon, Ark, H. M. Couch ], Pamela. Bliss, Col. Calvin Miller; Coffeeyille, Miss, F. c. WaIthall; Memphis, Tenn, D. M. DuBose, Esq, W. J. Webb :; Holly Springs, Miss, w. T. Featherston; Washington, D. C., Jacob Thompson. jy17
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-20

FAR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Med- -h" cine in the different branches of the Pro- fession, and respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun- try, hoping to share at least portion of their patronage. OFFICE-On Buena Vista street.
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