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HIDES AND BARK
NETI BE BorGHT All FAIR PRICES
wv by ~ j.. J.. N. SMITH.
Tan Yard. Jan 4. 1853 25-H
Final Notice.

" ME Estate Of John Ahtntt. dcccuscd, will
il be ciinolly settlcdinthc 0rdinary's Office,
at Pickens G. ii. on Monday the 9th day of
September next. Those indebted must mako
payment by that time. and those having de-
mnnds will render them to me legally attes,
ted on orby that day.
G. W. PHILLIPS, Exor.
juno 10, 1868 4S 3m
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the death of his wife, Sir Charles Napier
removed to Caen, in Normandy, and did his
best to perform the part of mother to his
girls. His aim was to make them religious,
as the foundation ofall excellence; to teach
them accounts, that they might learn the
value of money work, that they might not
waste their time if they were rich, nor be
helpless if they were poor; cooking, that
they might guard against the waste of ser.
wants, and be able to do for themselves in
the event of revolution.
A WnIrE CRow.-The Southern Recorder
reports the capture of white crow, by the
son Of tue editor. 1t had alightod with
flock of perfectly black crows, in company
with another almost white. The little fellow
hnd ;he good luck to bring down the pure
white one with stone, and it turned out to
wear all the peeuliaritieS in shape, look, and
feather of tho black crow.
FRANK" says one student to another,
whom he caught swingnga scythc most lus-
tily in field of stout herdsgruss, "whnt
your talent and ability should not be caught
engaged in manual labor. mean to get my
living by my wits" "Wcll, Bill, you can
work with dullcr tools than L can"
\ MAN should never be ashamed to own he
has been in the wrong. which is but saying,
in other words, that he is wiser to-day than
he was Yesterday.
"Do you know who am ~ said II po-
lice officer to a fellow whom The seized by
the throat. " Not exactly, sir, but rcck-
on you are the malignant collarcr p
.
AcTIoNs speaks moro forcibly than words;
they are tho test of character. Like fruit
upon the tree they show the nature of tho
man; while motives, like the sap, are hidden
FROM our view.
DURING an examination. medical student
being asked the question, when ducs murti-
iicat;on cnsue?" replied; when you pop
the question, and are answered, No."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-04
State Of south Carolina,

ordinary's Office, August 8, 1858
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-09-04

SHOWER OF FLEs.--1'he st. Louis Demo-
crat reports shower Of flies, at q point ON
the Illinois one night last week, which fell to
the depth of six inches. 1t was noticed at
nine o'clock, on board the steamer Editor, on
her down trip; and so last and thick did the
insects descend, says the Democrat, Shat
they covered the decks, put out the watch.
mans light, and enyeloped everything in
midnight darkness" Indeed, il was diff.
cult matter to shove them overheard. The
trees along the river shore looked MS if borne
down by their weight. They were what is
known as the Mormon or Ssad Fly.
Mrs PARriNoToS declares that she cannot
take up a paper nowadays, but she sees come
thing about British ostrichcs in tho Gulf of
Cuba, and the President scnding ships-oTwar
to captivate them. The old lady thinks that
Mr. Buchanan has taken afancyfor the feath.
crs, and wonders how he will look with ono
stuck in his hat.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11

little garden before they were half grown while one of his hungry children, in a spirit worthy of his father, is heard expressing his thanks that this much had been spared them.
 We often find him arrested and incarcerated Tn the debtors prison, but even amid its gloom hls vision of the future never grew dim: his Iaith In his ultimate triumph never ialtered = Undlsmayed by discomftures and sorrows which might well have broken the stoutest spirit his language everywhere. and under all crcumstan. ces' was that of encouragement and of a pro round convection of final success. Not only in the United States did he thus exert himself to establish and to apply to every possible use ms invention, but in England, France, and other countries of Europe. he zealouslv pursued the same career. In 1855 he appeared at the Worlds Fair, in Paris, and the golden medal ana the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor were awarded to him as the representative of hs country's inventive genius. Fortune. how. ever, while thus caressing him with one hand was' at the same moment, smiting him with the other; tor we learn from the testimony that these brilliant memorials passed from the En- pcror and reachePtheir honored recipient then the occupant of debtors prisoner among stran. gers and in foreign land--thus addino vet anotb- CT to that long catalogue of public benefactors who have stood neglected and impoverished in the midst of the waving harvest of bessinos they bestowed upon their race.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
Some Negro Statistica

In the free lates ranging from 25 to 75 Der cent. of the free colored were born out of the States of their residence, showing that the in- crease has been from emigration The old southern States show very small portion born out of their limits.
 bout one fifth of the free coored in New ork city were born in the present slave States.
 comparison with Louisiana and Connecti- cut shows that one in thirteen of the blacks were engaged in pursuits requiring education, and Tn Connecticut only one in a hundred.
 There are about twice as many free blacks as free mulattoes.
 In Connecticut the negro population in sixty years has not more than doubled, notwithstand- Ing the increase from emigrants. Yet in Vir- glnla, In the same time, which received few from other sources, and sent so many thousand away, 1t has nearly tribled.
 The mulattoes are twice as numerous among the free blacks, and are little more than one tenth of the whole colored. Halfofthe negroes at the north are mulattoes, and only about one. ninth at the south
 h lofO there were ten States returning slaves which returned none in lS50-no slave sched- uleS having been sent there at the time
 There were never more than 100000 slaves imported in the United States in all. In the British West Indies, 100000 were imported, though only 6OOOOO were left to be emanci- pated In the last three years of the slave trade at Charleston, those on whose account the importation were made, were ninety-one Brit lsh subjects, eghty-nine Rhode Islanders, ten frenchmen and thirty-one Charlestonans. Bolc's Pe,jo,,
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
From the Chicago Journal How we fall Asleep, and how we Wake

Men generally, neither fall asleep, nor wake up all at once, but by installments the aroused senses do not obey the revelle with uniform alacrity, and they fall into the line of march like company yof militia.
 man not quite awake, is composed of strag- lers, if we may say so, it is only when the order "close up!'' has been obeyed that he becomes compact integer. There are people who nev- CT wake all over; they constitute sort of vul- gar fraction, of varying valnes: some are ex- pressed dy ? 3; others are 9-1O, and few are a finished [" l."
 We never wondered that " He gives His be. loved sleep" should have been deemed worthy of sacred record, for next to life, it is the most beautiful of gifts. There is nothing more pea sant to look at, than calm and peaceful sleep: no dreams to mutterlng; no half smouldered pas- sion to flame up anew; the hard lines of the face all softened; the knotted muscles relaxed: the lips aar; the life going softly to and fro; the curfew has been rung in the soul, and the fires are covered for the night. r-a.....- e
 We have heard men pray that they might not pass from sleep to death; they would be broad awake for the journey: their faculti es alert; their thoughts rallied, like soldiers at beat of drum. But this is not universal choice; we do not know, any night of the year precisely. for whom we are dsrobing; the brothers are so much alike, that many a mother has bent over the couch, with poets doubt in her heart.
 r i've thought her dying when she slept, ',
 yy And sleeping when she died."
 Sleep is the narowest isthmus between two worlds, and just there the transit must be brief; a Sabbath-day's journey or so, from earth to Paradise.
 There are two things that sadly mar the beau- ty of sleep. sometimes: leaving the door open to the-stomach, and snoring. We like the Belgic word better, saorken; there is character in it, not retained in the smoother term we use. It is grating of rusty machinery, creaking of unlubricated hinges, family of sneezes, ken- nel of barkings. Think of repose as full of growlsa as tiger-jurge! Not every one that closes his eyes knows how to go,to sleep. How often a man .kindles a great fire in his heart, overturns whole hive of busy thoughts in his brain. invokes the "sweet restorer'' and retires! He beats bis pillow as ii it were an anvil: he turns like the nine- acre giant with mountains for couhterpanes; he is spitted like goose be- fore 2 flame of his own making; he plays Mac beth, and murders sleep. And when you meet him in the morning, he is like sword without scabbard; forever exdossd, the hungry air has
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
Geology.

In what condition have We reason to believe that the earth existed originally!
 It was " without form and void" and proba- ply existed as thin vapor or nabula like that of which comets are composed
 What was probably its next condition?
 It cooled down to a fluid form, as steam con- denses to water.
 What fact in nature shows that the earth was once fluid? ...
 It's buged out at the equator, just as flu- id globe would come to be by revolving on it's axis.
 [ Mention another fact that confirms the belief that the earth was once entirely fluid.
 The interior of the earth is probably now in molten or fluid condition, as will be hereafter shown.
 What was the third step in the earth's his- tory.
 The process of cooling continued until a crust formed upon the surface of the fluid sphere, as ice forms on water -sW n'A
 Why did not the process continue until the whole mass become solid?
 Because the crust was poor conductor, aud served to keep in good part of the remaining heat? "
 As the cooling still proceeded, the water IS and covered the whole earth
 What was the next step towards the present condition of the earth? .43 .4ui s,I
 As the globe contracted by cooling. the crust bulsed out ln certain parts and sank in others. and the dry land appeared above the universal ocean.
 What is the evidence that the interior of tn e earth Is at present n molten or fluid condi tiou? ,ssF F--sssspgI ,
 It is founded in the fact that whenever :he crust is deeply perforated, as in the case of vol. canoes. molten matter issues from its interor.- It is also proved by the fact that in earthquakes successive portions of the crust of the earth &C., tually bend and roll along in wave, as they could not if the earth were solid to the very centre. What other facts strongly confirm this view? The existence of hot springs like the Geysers of Iceland, and the fact that the earth grows hotter the farther we bore into the crust. The increase is about one degree for every fifty or seventy feet. This observation makes it pro- bable that depth of fifty to one hundred miles all rocks are ill amolten condition. What is the thickness of the stratifed rock which forms the outer layer of tine crust above this molten mass? Tsss,sM Stratifed rock is entirely absent in many places, and where it occurs varies from few feet to several miles in thickness What does ths great thickness of the strait fed rocks suggest to the age of our globe, or, in other words. as to the time required for the deposition of all the formations?
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11

The process of deposition must, from the na- ture of the case, have proceeded with extreme siowness, and 1t is obvious that very long peri ods of tune, amounting to hundreds of thou sands of years, must have been required for its completion.
 What other fact may be cited as proof of the correctness of this view?
 Limestone strata exists hundreds of feet in thickness, which are entirely composed of the remains of shell-6sh, of which innumerable successive generations must have had time to live, grow and die, before such accumulations could have taken place.
 How may the relative age of mountains and mountain chains be determined by the geolo. gists? --..-. ..-.~.....
 The relative age of mountains and mountain chains may be determined by the age of the rocks which they have lifted up with them in their elevation.
 What is the relative age of the Alleghanies ot North America; and the Andes of South America, as determined by this reasoning? | The Andes are the younger, as is proved by the fact that they have lifted the tertiary strata with them. The Aleghanies are patriarchs in comparison, as Is shown by the horizontal posi- ton of the new red sandstone, tertiary, and cretaceous formation at the base of the range.
 What purpose does the study of the rock subserve besides giving us history of the globe ltself' and the changes which it has experienc- The rocky strata of the earth furnish not only history of the globe itself, but gives us, in thelr fossil remains, an account of the various races ot plants and animals which have inhabit- ed It before man existed. Each formation or system may be regarded as separate volume, containing the natural history of the period during which it was deposited.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11


 Hon. Joseph Holt, commissioner of patents, in reporting in favor of extending Goodyear's India rubber patent, gives the following inter- esting particulars of the poverty endured by himself and family while prosecuting his expe- rments: .
 From the first moment that the conception entered his mind until his complete success- embracing period of from sixteen to eighteen years-he applied himself unceasingly and en- thusiasically to its perfection and to it's intro- duction into use, in every form that his faithful genius could devise. So intensely were his fa- culties concentrated upon it that he seems to have been incapable of thought or action upon any other subject He had DO other occupa- ton. was inspired by no other ambition. He carried continually about his person piece of India rubber, and into the ears of all who listen. ed he poured necessarily the story of his expe. riments and the glowing language of his pro- phecies he was according to the witnesses. completely absorbed by it, both by day and night, pursuing it with untiring energy and with almost superhuman perseverance. Not only were the powers of his mind and body thus ar. dently devoted to the invention and its intro. duction into use, but every dollar he possessea or could command through the resources of his credit or the influences of friendship. was mn calculatingly cast into that seething c,uldron of experiment which was allowed to know no re- pose. f... .,.....,.. ...... The very bed on which his wife slept, and the linen that covered his table, were seized al sold to pay his board, and we see him with his stricken household following in the funeral of his child on foot, because he had no means with which to hire carriage. His family had to endure privations almost surpassing belief being frequently without an article of food in the house, or fuel in the coldest westher--and indeed, it is said that they could not have lived through the winter of 1889 but for the kind offices of charitable friends. They are repre- sented as gathering sticks in the woods and on the edges of highways, with which to cook their meals, and digging potatoes out of thsir
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
EKAIEKNAL ORDERS.
Masonic Lodges in Lit,Ie RocI

Masonic Lodges in Little Rock. WESTERN STAR LODGE No. 2-E. II. ENGLISH Y. A MAGNOLIA LopeE No 6o.-GRANvILLE Nc PETERSON. ". K a7-1-- : GRAND LODGE OF ARKANsAs-L. E. BARBER C. N, T. D. MERRIcK. C. Sec UNION CHAPTER No. 2.-E. H. ENGLISH. + p GRAND CHAPTER OF ARKANsAs-E. H. ENGLISH C. 4 ?. A. $. HUEY, c. Sec. OCCIDENTAL COUNCIL K. d S. M. No IL E. HUGH DE PAYENs CoMMANDERY K T. IT. E. BARBER, Cdm. ACACIA LODGE OF PERFECTION, No. IA. & A. R.-L E. BARBER. c. M
 KEDRoS COUNCIL PRINCES OF JERusALEM, No. l. E. H. ENGLISH, M J Y. EXCELSIOR CHAPTER. ROSE CRo1x No l.-G. c. WATKINS, r. IT. A
 GODFREY DE ST. OMER, CHAPTER KNIGHTS KA. DosCH No. !. L. E. BARBER, Or. Con
 Odd Fellows Lodges.
 FAR WEST LODGE, No. 1.-kegular meeting every Saturday evening. Hall on S.ott st.. between Mark. ham and Elm WILLIAM WOOLFORD, Y c. PIKE LODGE, No. l2.--Regular meeting every Tuesday evening. Hall on Scott st between Mark. ham and Elm. JOHN BRISRIN N q ARKANSAS ENcAMrMEnT, No. 2.-P. 0. HOOPER CP.
 GRAND LODGE OF ARKAusAs-wM. H. ETTER C. J., JAS. A. HENRY, c. Sec Druids.
 AuhohA 'f'oNE NO l. U. A. V. D. Hall on Mark ham regular meeting every Wednesday at ' o'clock p m, until further notice J.RFAR " 4
 Temperance Orders.
 PULASKI TEMPLE OF HONOR, No. l3.-Repula, meeting every Thursday evening Hall on Markham street. H. C. LOWE IF q T LITTLE ROCK DIVISION, S. OF r., No. l30.-Regu. lar meeting every Friday evening Hall on Mark ham street. R. $. YFRKFS IT D RESCUE DIvIsIcN. S. OF T.. No. l79.-Every We'd nesday night Hall on Markham street.
 A. J. WARD, W ?.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
Confirmation of Tax Title,

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That on Monday ~ the fifth day of November, in the year ls49 Frederick Buckinhim, purchased at Il sale of lands for non-payment of taxes. made hy William Wilson sheriff of the county of Perry and State of Arkansas by authority of and according to law the north east quarter of section B. in town hip north range r west of the 5th principal meridian. containing one hundred and sixty acres. lying in the said county of Ferry, in the State of Arkansas for the sum of tour dollars and eighty and on the 27th day of February, 1851 received a deed of cenvey ance for said land. and executed by Thomas s. Haynes. the then sheriff of said county
 Now therefore. all persons who can set up any right to sad lands so purchased. or to any part thereof in consequence of any informality. or any rregularty or illegally connected with such sale are hereby cal led upon to show atthe next term of the Perry circnt court to be held in and the county of Perry at the place appointed by law, on the first Monday after the 4th Monday in March. 1859. why the sale made shall not be confirmed pursuant to petition to be filed by me in said court for that pur- pose. FREDERICK BUCKlNHIM.
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Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
Nan Ioi.E lime 2h.
SWALLOWING NEEpLEs.-A few days since

u SWALLOWING NEEDLEs.-A few days since 2 little child, in Hardford city, commenced crying without any apparent cause, and kept it up all day, until late in the evening, when its cries wer succeeded by screams, The parents of the child looked into its mouth, and discov- cred, near its throat, needle sticking into its tongue, in such a position that it was evident it had come from the stomach. The mother then remembered that day or tow before she had given her work basket, containing needle book to the child to play with. An examina- tlon revealed that the needles were all gone. Anemetic was given the child' and that vomit- ed severel from his stoma b, which may or may not be all. At any rate, the child is bet ter. This incident shonld serve as caution to
 mothers to keep such thing sout of the reach of of their children. g19a Saa s31 :aansHa.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11

5 FoR CUBA OR NIoARAGUA?-U Under this head ing, the Washington States, of the Sd inst, has the following: Jat I
 While governments are using any kind of half useless, old fashioned arms, reuol,aionists are waking to the importance of raising the efficien- cy of a small number of men to the highest possible mark. A northern house has supplied some Cuban gentlemen, who are acting for Nj. caragua or Northern Mexico, they say, with a thousand revolvers of the best class; and anoth- CT house has contracted to convert ten thousand old United States arms into eechloadng car- pines, of Mont Storms patent, warranted to de- liver nine shots in ninety seconds. They are to be ready on or before the 1st of October.-- Parties that require 1000 revolvers and 10000 Mont Storms carbines cannot be few or poor, even if they do not constitute government.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
The Ring of the True Metal.

The election is over, and doubtless, our req ders expect respite from the discussion of po- itics, hut the following card, which appeard in the White River Democrat, is so honorable alike to its writer and to his party, that we cannot refrain from copying it. Scores of disconfited aspirants who hoped for success by distructing and dividing the democracy, will long wish they had had the patriotism and ability to have pur- sued the course adopted by Mir. Matlock.
 "MR. EDIToR.-In reply to call from Ma ny Friends in your, last issue, upon myself to be come candidate for tbe State Senate. I beg-after returning my sincere thanks for re- spectfully decline the honor. My fidelity to the democratic party forbids it, my private in- terest opposes 1t, and my preference for Capt. McCrery, the present democratic candidate, urges me through this medium to decline, and assure you of my high regard
 Very Respectfully, A. J. MATLOCK.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11

NEW YORK PoLITIcs.-According to the political prophets. it is pretty we'll arranged that for the next Governor of New York the Demo- crats will nominate John Van Buren. The Prince has gone to Europe to be red of inquisi- tive and catechising letter writers. If John Van Buren is elected Governor. and the Legis- lature becomes democratic, Ex-Governor Seyd mour is to succeed Mir Seward in the United States Senate Isaac V. Fowler. Postmaster, is spoken of as the next Tammany Hall candidate for Mayor of the citty, after Temann's time has expired.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
Confirmation of Tax Title,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That on Monday ~ the 9th day of November, 1850, on Monday the hrst day of November, 1852, on Monday the sth gay cf March, 1855 on Monday, the 10th day of March, 1856, and on Monday the 9th day of March. lo9' rrederick Buckingham. purchased in parcels at taes of lands for non payment of taxes made by the thels Tn office at the several dates above specified in the county of Perry, and State of Arkansas by authority of and according to law, the north west factIon of section two, @ in township fnur Al north ot range fifteen (l5) west of the fifth 18th principal meridian, containing one hundred and thirty nine l99( acres, lying in the said county of Ferry. Tn the State of Arkansas, for the sum of twenty dollars and 62 cents and received five deeds o conveyance for said land severally dated June s 1858 and executed by A. J. Jenkins the then sheriff Of said county.
 Now, therefore, all persons who set up any right 10 said land so purchased, to any part thereof in Consequence of any informality irregularity or any iegallty connected with such sales, are hereby cal led upon to show at the term of the Perry circuit court to be held in and for the county of Ferry at the place appointed by law, on the first Monday after the 4th Monday in March, 1859, why the sales made shall not be confirmed, pursuant to petition to be filed by in said court Tor that purpose
 FREDERICK BUCKINGHAM.
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Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-11
To the Stockholders of the M. o. & R. R.
 RailrOad.

A T meeting of the Board of Directors ofr- "A this Company held in the city of Camdenks s%s on the l4th day of July. 1855. further and 11aI call ot 70 was made upon the present subscrp uons of Stock to said Company due on or before the lst day ot December next; and upon all Stock paid out on or before the lst day of April A D. !S59 in terest at the rate of per ce 1t per annum will he allowed upon said last call of 25 per cent from time of payment. JAS. THOS. ELLIOTT. Sec,y
 Aug. 4. 1858. ew