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DIVORCE IN ENGLAND.-For two centuries and a half the marriage con- tract in England has been by law indissolu6le: but between 1701 and 1852 about 250 divorce bills have been passed by special act of parliament. This mode ofremedy was too expensive for thousands. The anomaly is ap- parent; the legislature did wrong eith- CT ;n interfering with the law in speci- al cases or in not interfering in other cases of equal necessity. A commis- sion on the subject was appointed in 1850, which resulted in 1853 in an elaborate report, recommending lnter alia the abolition of the anomalous system of legislative divorce and the constitution of a new tribunal empow- cred in certain cases to dissolve the marriage contract and to enable the parties to contract other marriages Lord Palmerston determined to carry out the principal recommendations of the commission and in the short ses- sion of 1857 succeeded, against de- termined opposition from all quarters, in passing " an act to amend the law relating to divorce and matrimonial causes" This tribunal has just com menced its session.
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 A NEGRO MAN WHIPPED TO DEATH. On Saturday lass it was currently re- ported throughout the city that a negro was whipped to death on a plantation near Cahayba in this county. Some of the reports say that the woman who ordered the whipping, after discover ing that the negro was dead, added to the horrors of the fcndlsh crime by trying to burn the body. For the sake of humanity we sincerely hope these horrible reports are untrue, or at least exaggerated. We defer further state- ment until we hear the result of the investigation, which we learn was made by the proper authorities on Saturday.
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 A CoUNTERBLAsT TO TOBACCO.- Two distinguished clergymen-Rev. Drs. Tyne, Episcopalian, and Cox, Presbyterian, both of New York-have taken recently very strong ground agalnstth use of tobacco. Dr. Tyng, we we understand, pronounces cigars to De De the Devils playthings." Dr. Cox goes still further, and in old King James style, declares tobacco to be a a "hateful, offense pytalism, with con- comitant dirt inefable." It has been well obserbed that if the Devil could be killed by hard words, pr. Cox would be a dead shot.
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Notice is Hereby Given,

TO all persons knowing themselves in debted to the late firm of MYRTLE & CAGE, either by note or account, that if they do not come forward and make settlement either by cash or note, by the 1st day of May next, suit will positively be instituted against them.
 k. F. SUTTON, March 6, 1858. Attorney.
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The circular of Elder J. A. Butler to his religious brethren was received to late for this issue. It shall have place next week.
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SOUTHERN
$ '5G]sM5Gff.ASsGsG TIN s [ TIE E
 Helena, Arkansas. Miss MARY A. LINDSAY, PRINCIPAL.

YBvHE FOURTH SESSION of this Insti- B tuition commenced on the second 1fon- day of September, 1857, and will close on the 18th of February, 1858.
 THE FIFTH SESSION Will commence on Monday, the 16th of February, 1858, and end on the l2th of July ensuing.
 A NATIVE OF THE SOUTH, born, reared and s,,
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THE SHOW CoMING.-As will be seen by advertisement, the Floating Palace is to be here on the 27th inst.
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Now have enumerated the leading arti cles of my business, want you to call on me and get my prices, and will convince swept over our country has reduced the prices of goods.
 1 will continue to buy Beef Hides, Pel- tries, Eggs, Butter, Beeswax, &c.
 March l3, 1858. N. RIGHTOR.
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NRS. HART is prepared to receive pu- MI pills in Music, at her room, at the res idence of Rev. Otis Hackett, and will be pleased to have the patronage of the citi- zens of Helena, both male and female.
 March 6. 1858.
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15OO ACRES,

of which 450 acres can be put in cultivation the next year. There are good houses, out houses, wells and cisterns on said land.-- Price, $25 per acre. Terms-one-thi iH cash, the balance in one and two years.- We will take pleasure in showing this land.
 MOORE & LAMBERT. Sept. 26. 1851.
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PROPHECY HUNTING INGENUITY

PROPHECY HUNTING INGENUITY.- A writer in the London Morning Ad- vertiser has made the extraordinary discovery that the Leviathan steam ship, with all its peculiarities, history any mishaps, was clearly foreshadow- ed in the Book of Job:
 "Under the name of Leviathan, the inspired writer portrays, with strik- ing fidelity, the main features of steamships in general, but more es- pecially those of the greatest speci- men yet made of that contrivance of human industry which is now called the Leviathan. He begins by making allusion to the first attempt at launch ing her, not so much by pushing her with hydraulic rams as by hauling her down the inclined plane, with chains fastened to her stern and bow. He even hints at the sad accident to the poor workman who was cast up into the air and killed; though, according to another version, the Vulgate, the same words would rather describe the gradual launching of the vessel, in the sight of many persons, vadentibus mauAis, pr@etipltab5tur. The shares taken be merchants in the undertak ing, the ships comedy proportions. her unparalleled horse power, the anchors fastened to her like double bridle, and spreading their sharp points on the mud of the ocean, the meals 10 be eat en in her feasting saloons, the steam engines, like fiery sneezings, the sparks and smoke leaping out of her chim- neys, her boilers seething like pot or cauldron, the draft of air kindling the coals in her furnaces, the flames going out of her mouth, and even the very name of the chairman of the Leviathan, or of his daughter, Miss Hope, who performed the usual cere- mony previous to the first unsuccess- full attempt at setting this vessel afoat, are distinctly and clearly pointed out"
 DISCOVERY OF MANA SAHIBs TREAS UREs.-An Indian correspondent of the Independence Beige writes as fol- lows:
 "There seems to be a singular un- certainty with regard to the movements of Mana Sahib. The rumor is started again that he has been captured under a disguise, and recognized by some officers. l will not state the fact pos itively, but transmit 1t to you with the customary reservation. It is said al- so that a discovery has been made of the Nana's treasures, which before his flight from Cawnpore he had hld- den in some wells, in the hope that they would escape the observations of the English. Our soldiers have ex- plored every corner so thoroughly, however, that they have succeeded in finding concealed in three wells great quantity of pearls, diamonds, precious stones and articles of gold and silver. A Sepoy havildar, recently condemned to death, has made some interesting disclosures. According to the state- ment of this man, Mana Sahib never held command at Lucknow; as stated by some of the journals; and the mis- take has probably arisen from con founding him with his brother, Bhob Sahib, who commanded a portion of the insurgent force there" } NI
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s0U THERN STATE

of Tennessee, and imbued with sentiments of devotion to Southern Interests asd Institutions, the Principal will make 1t her constant labor to cultivate lik. feelings in the minds and hearts of her pu- pills, by every care and attention, to make them worthy to be counted among the jewels of our
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To Nervous Sufferers.

A RETIRED CLERGYMAN, restored to health in few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known the means of cure. Will send (free) the prescription used. Direct the Rev. JOHN NJ. DAGNALL, No. iS6 Fulton ss, Brooklyn, N Y. Jan. 5e.
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MARRIED-Near Jacksonville, Phillips coun- ty, Arkansas, the 7th inst, by Elder P. s. G. Watson Mr. J oHN II. LAKELAND and Miss MAuULDA T ANE ALLEN
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Helena Male School,
Rev. w. 5. VINEYARD. A. R. Principal

THE SPRING SESSION of this School will open on the lst of February and close on the 30th of June, 1858.
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gGJ@ In the Lower House of the Tennessee Legislature, a resolution of Mir. Kendrick (K. NJ rendering the use of the hall to General William Walker, and calling upon him for a public address upon Nicaraguan af- fairs, was, on motion of Mir. Bale, (Democrat) tabled by vote of 31 to 23.
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"God bless the President. He has stood up with all the elevation of a noble nature in a position made re- putable by the purity of his previous character, and, like John the Baptist in the wilderness, is warning the Southern sinners to flee the wrath to come. .''-Er.
 There is slight difference between the two. John the Baptist was cloth ed with the hair of camel and James Buchanan with the hair of an ass.- John was in the wilderness and Buch- anan Gin the woods" Johns head was cut off and Buchanan's ought to be.-Br0ndOn Republican.
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TERMS PER SESSION.
Valuable Land for Sale.

WE, as Agents, are authorized to sell ract of land lying on the Mississippi river, ,welve miles above Helena, in Tunica cOua- y, Mississippi. Said tract contains
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will be employed, and in every instance, when they can be had, SOUTHERN SCHOOL BOOKS only will be used. HER RATES OF CHARGES FOR TUITION WILL BE
 AS FOLLOWS.
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D R s s s M A K t IN G G .
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SUNNY CLINE,
SOUTHERN EDUCATED

To this end, no Assistosats except such RI are Southern born and
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 A DIRTY DYE,-The notorious scamp. John s. Dye, Wall street, N. r., quotes some of the interior Ala bama Banks as follows in his "Bank Reporter" Bank of Montgomery, which has never suspended specie payments, 25per cent. discount; Cen tral Bank, 25 per cent. do.; Commer- cial Bank. 30 do.; and Northern Bank, which has never suspended 40 do.
 If Dye will send us the smallest note ever issued by any of the above named Banks. we will freely give him clear quittance for the $25 he justly owes us and won't ay.--M0ntgonaery (.Ma. ) MalI.
 NEW ORLEANS AND JACKSON RAIL- RoAD.-A gap of only twenty-three miles remains to be completed on this road, between Jackson and New Or leans, and it is confidently believed that it will be closed up by the middle of next month. This will leave only eighty miles of unfinished road be- tween Memphis and New Orleans.- MSsSssSlppidn.
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-03-26

,;,y shsl 30 thoroughly ald permanently dra!usd on
a plan 10 be approved by the Executive Committee.
9 The Easements Of all the rooms on the ranges
shall be- examined, and arrangements made for tho.
rough and permanent ventilation, and such other pro-
visions for health ss the Executive Committee may
IN consultation with the Medical Faculty, deem pro-
per.
rooms, and the Executive Committee ia authorized 10
adopt such sanitary measures in regard TO them, or
the University generally, as they may think eIped-
ent.
g. The entire grounds and collars shall, without de-.
Law, be thoroughly clesnsed snG purified They shall
afterwards be inspected daily, and shsll always be
kept clean and pure.
The Executive Committee shall have authority
10 employ such special agents and laborers for the
residue Of the session as they may think necessary
10 execute the santary measures prescribed.
Resolved, That the chairman inform the parents
and guardians of students, that having thus provided
for removal of all students from those portions OF the
University TO which there exists any spprehenslons
OF q return ofthe disease, and having made provision
for an immediate and thorough drainage, ventilation
and publication Of the entire University ths Visitors
feel warranted in expressing strong hope and conh.
versity. but which has almost entirely disappear
ed, will not again return.
RANDOLPH MACON CoLLEGE.-Perbaps il may be
an item of news to come of our readers TO know that
the members elect from the two halls TO represent
them on the next commencement occasion are a. fol
lows: From the franklin Hall, Messrs. w. 3. Davis
and W. G. Starr, debaters; Mr.. T.. Throver, Fsledlc.
TARTAN From the Washington Hall, Mesrrs. 5. Z.
Blackwell and A. ID. CrensLaw, dsbaters; Mr.. $. u.
Newbold, Valedictarian.
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WOMAN's LOVE.

Much ha. been written about woman's love, bu
~ doub, if that "Rlory Of woman was ever 90 tor
c,niy Expressed in few words as in the following
stauss., which We take from an English paper:
Come from your long, long rowing.
Do the sea 20 wild and rough:
Come to me tender and loving,
Aud shall be blessed enough.
VII I'd your sails have been upfur'lng,
What winds have blown on your brow,
know not, and ask not, my darling
so tha, you come to mo now.
Sorrow fu, sinful and lonely.
Poor and deepsed though yoa be,
Az are nothing, II only
Yoa turn from the TEMPER to me.
OF men though you be unforgivsn,
Though priest be unable to shrve,
I'll pray till weary all heaven.
If ouy you come back alive.
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THE C0URT-MARTIAL ON COL. SUMNER
THE FINDING DISAPPROVED.
From the Washington Union
NERAL ORpERs,) war DEPARTMENT. }

GENERAL ORDERS WAR DEPARTMENT
ApJUTASr GENERALS OFFICE
No .. swAsHISaToN, March ~, ls5c.
|. At the general Court Martial which converted
at Carlisle Barracks. Pennsylvania. pursuant to
"Speciai orders" No. 50 of March 9. 1858 from the
War Department, and Of which Brevet Major Gene
raj Thomas >. Jesup, Qusrtermaster General ia Pre-.
sident, was arraigned and tried Col. Edwin w. Sum.
ner, of the First Regiment OF Cavalry, the follow
irg charges and specifications:
CHARGE I.-Condnct TO The prejudice Of good or
der aud military discipline.
SFrifcation.--In this. that be- the raid Sumner
I'D Mt Syracuse, New York, on the 18th January,
1858, attempt to .laks psrsona affair with said
Harvey out of an official matter-ihat is to say the
answer made by said Harvey to a general Court ar
,al which Inquired Of him in regard to his prejudice
or bliss against said Sumner.
CHARGE II.-Sending n challenge 10 another Of.
fcsrt fght du riolation Of the 25h Of The ar
fici's Of rdr.
Specification In ihis, that he, the said Sun ne
did at Washington. ID. e, on the 18th February,
1853 on account of said answer by said Harvey TO
said Court Martial send challenge to said Harvey
to light duel. a words as follows:
WAsaIsoTps, D. c., +, b. Is, 1858.
SIR:-As more than twenty -four hours have passed
since my note 10 you of yesterday, have right 10
presume that you do not intend to answer 1t have,
therefore, to invite you to leave this city with me to-
morrow morning, to 20 to any place you may desig-
nate. send you this note privately to avoid com
hitting any friend as long as possibls An early an.
swer is requested. am. with due respect,
f. v. SUMNER, Col. LIST Cavalry.
Brew. Brig. Gen VS. Harvey, Col. I'd Dragocns
CHARGE III.-Upbr0tding another e6icer for re-.
using challenge, IN violation Of TIN 28h Of The ar.
tict,s of ,onr.
S,e7f-o,,on.-In this, that he, the said Sumner,
did, at Washirgton, -. T. ION the 10th February,
1885, upbr aid the said Harvey for refusing 10 fight
duel, in words as follows:
WIsHIkoron, D. C., Feb. l6, 1858.
Sir: ! rec.ived with great surprise your note oil
last evening and have only say to you, that man
who could insult brother officer, from an Official
covert and afterwards refuse to apologize or to give
him that satisfaction which he had right 10 demand
ia utterly unworthy of any further notice from me.
am, &C.,
+ V. SUMNER, Colonel LIST Cavalry.
Brevet Brig. Gen. w. 8. Harley, Col ID Dragons
P.S-Tbs correspondence will be sent to every
member of the Court. E. VS..
To which charges aud specifications the accused
pleaded ''not guilty"
FINDINGS OFT THE COURT.
The Court. after matursly considering the evidence
find the accused Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, let Cav.
airy, ss follows:
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For .Se Es7uirer.
THE SEA SHE'LL

THE SEA SHELL.
EY II. CLAY rEEUss.
How IA il with thee, oh. lone ses she'll
Wa. urt-r this cesse'sss moan
Art yeacuiug again
Fl INV hone i'll the main
Wh.r. the sunlight hath never shOns?
X, 'he nufti d throb Of broken heart
Thy music is BOUNDING to me;
Art mourning thy love
In some far coral grove
Ths, blossoms down under the sea-
They cay that the voice of thy native waves
Tuis melancholy dirRe doth keep;
Whch, though far away,
Doth ever betrsy
Thy birth Ia the wild ocean deep
And is it not thus with that mystical voice
Which speaks TO the children OF Earth
And often unfolds,
To God .imaxed souls.
Some truce of their Heavenly birth
All. many a spirit like thee, lone shell,
Now mourns In its prsou Of clay;
While 1t catches faint CLEANS,
In soul.thrillipg dreams,
Ofthe ocean that's far array.
Washington D. C. 1853.
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FROM TEXAS.

New ORLEANS, March 23.-By slVice' ,e I'd
from Texas, we learn that several citizens % Nj,
county had been seized and imprisoned ~ o..rt,
cans A release was demanded by Capt "a D.,
A meeting Of the citizens Of the couny hsG ..
held, and resolutions pssssd, denouncbs u"
other outrsSes.
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WEpSEsDAy. MARCH "a, 1858.
ARN

communication ~s- received from the House
CT o. one bill and tho adoption Of amend
toe senate bill Incorporating the Seaboard Bank
To e:oesdment was agreed TO.
fHH sTaAS1uRs EXTENSION.
The House bill amend tho charter OF the Winch
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For the EnYuuu.
r. n. Is. TOHMPSON -DELEGATE FROM
PUTNAM.

The meagre reports of the proceedings OF the L.g.
isaturs, which the newspapers publish. are not sri
ci.nt 10 enable the public 10 form fair Judgment Of
the service performed and the influence exercised BY
differ eRt members. Many OF the most efficient mem.
ben tail to receive the applause 10 which they
Justly entitled, becauee The sssdIous lahore by which
il has been known only 10 those who attend
the proceedings Of the General Assembly. Al an Net OF
justice 10 the gentleman whose Haine stands ~ The
head of this article attention shoud be directed TO
the active and efficient manner in which his r..
pres entstive duties have been performed. Constania
his attention, both ia the House and the committee
always informed on the current business If H.
House, he has made for himself position Of which
his friends may be proud. The handsome vote OBJ
tanned on thu proposition To divide the Covingon an;
Ohio appropriation. between the Eastern and W-rern
portions OF the work, was in very large degrees
achieved by his efforts aud his personal popularity
among the members.
The proposition itself encountered overpowerus
opposition and prejudice, and but for the strenuous
efforts OF its friends. would have received bu, few
votes. The proposition was introduced by the gen
tlenan of whom have been speaking. and enforced
In brief hut sensible and telling speech. After h.
proposition tailed hs and hs friends held the fate Of
the Covington and Ohio bill in their hands, and mag
unanimously 10 the support of the bill IL all the
counties were represented by men like the delegate
from Putnam. the publ, business would be better
done and the Legislature would be far more popular.
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pay.
or not will connect Baltimore, with her superior
attractions, with entire system of Rail Roads West
of the Blue Ridge, thus afordng Baltimore all The
facilities che has 60 long sought and which We hereto
tore have rejected without hesitation In order, Mr.
SPEAKER TO view this matter in its true light, it will
be necessary first 10 determine what would Baltimore
gain by this Connection and 10 determining, that we
will find what we lose all the tonnage she attracts
in the Absence Of this Srausburg connection, must in
evitably come this side of the mountain, and seek
tide water, either AZ Alexandria or Richmond
In order, sir fully 10 appreciate the vast importance
"fths Western trade. which Baltimore. seeks TO obtain
through agency, lot us turn back twenty years in
our history and see what inducements 1t has held out
to your Atlantic cities To obtain il, and whst efforts
they have made TO arrest it, and when arrested in part
what results it hal accomplished.
trust, sir the House will bear with me, "a rarely
occupy it's ti,ne and il should wander apparently
from the subject, indulge me, the subject iself is
most comprehensive one; involving as verify believe
the future destiny Of Virginia for veal or wo. For 80
years after the establishment Of our independence
there was no great commercial centre Boston, New
York and Philadelphia were contendiDg for CONNER
cial supremacy, and 10 this race Baltimore, Norfolk
and Charleston entered with but slight prospects Of
success. The three former distanced the latter
and between these three, the result seemed Doubtful
Boston having the largsst export trade, seemed 10
combine more elements of success
At this iuncture Of affairs, " hst the contest was s
the Erie Canal. That great man and appreciated
the great advantages OF the trade Of the West New
York, fshe could command it. Though it was compar
atively wilderness be saw with prophetic accuracy
that il would soon be populated its wilderness sub
dued and the products Of its neIhaustbe coil must
find market in the East-that If New YORK could
command that trade, that for the future she would
fear rival.
1t was we'll for New York. that vhat the vigor Of
that great mans mind conceived. he had the boduess
TO attempt TO execute.
Almost uualded, he brought his great scheme before
the Legislature Of hie State, which appropriated over
thirty millions for single improvement at a
time when half that sum had not been expended
by all the States in works OF internal improve
ments aud also when there was not trade enough
at Buffalo, the Western terminus of the Erie Can
nal, to justify the construction of an ordinary
turnpike. He knew thst The products Of that
Western country could alone find cnn-umers on
the Atlantic or abroad. He carried bis measure :
the canal finished; and from The Gate ia com.
pletion, New York has had no comp-ri,nr Ter com.
percal supremacy.
That canal pours yearly Offering OF more tonnage