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ladies Shoes.
XCasi Powders.

- GROSS Preston < Merrill,s yeast powders, re-
= ceived per steamer Arkansas, and for sane by
sep Is 81 WARD ( SOUTHMAGD.
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If a small boy IS called lad, is !. proper
to call large boy ladder.
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IIELlBOLD's EXTRACT BUCHU

Is prepared directly according to the rules Of phar
macy, with the greatest accuracy and chemical
knowledge and care devoted in its combnation-
See Prof Dewec- valuable works on the practice
Of phy.ic and most Of the late standard works of
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POWDERED. crushed and Havana sugars. re
/ ceived per steamer Arkansas, and for sale hy
sep s. 3. WARD d SOUILAAlD.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-04-30
ShaWlS.

DLAID. red blue and leug slawl=, f1E sale hy
i oct >, 81 WARD ( sou ThAA L.
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no. J3 s0uits fbPutli ST.. below
ChesyGlIi. Assembly Buildings,
sShIEaGcipEtIa.
Fer Arkansas River.
The splc1Ssid Passenger Packet
EAEsY WALTON,
WILLIAM d. NOWLiND. Master.

f.. "a NOW being built expressly for the ~
ss-s.s-Ss kansas river trade win be completed and
leave Cincinnati for the Arkansas river about the
10th Of December next. Merchants and others hav-
ing freight the Ohio river, may direct their mer-
chants to ship on the Lady Walton, and rely re-
ceivipg their shipments promptly.
oy - 81
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Inl.iSO & lYEatlCcr.

100 POUNDS "o o 600 ana n11dsr. fS .a refsiv'd Gd
sep Is. 81 WARD G SOUTHMAA D.
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Giggins is goin to study the German Ian
guago since bis mispronunciation of name
he saw near the Planters Hotel in s. Louis,
'Heltenstcin,' which he rodered IIc..-lynsed-
in
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TERMS OF THE
Irkailsos 1uteIliocnrcr,

The ARKANSAS INTEuCENCEE l. published at Van
Buren, every Saturday morning at two dollars per
aunum, which may be di sclarged hy thepaymcut of
$2dulars IN ddrancs: or ) dollar in advance will
be received in payment ofMrseyeag subscription
for one subscriber.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
For asguare oflOlines orIess, firstiusertion 81
aud so cents for each contiUu"nCe-over 10 lines
and not exceeding 20 as two squaEes-and in that
proportion for longer advertisements
CONTRACTS by the Year.
Not exceeding 10 lines, renewable at pleasure, SIS
Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-04-30
WATCHES g. JEWELRY.

lust received large and full assortment Of
e every description of Watches and Js,vclry, i'm
proved gold silver and steel framed spectacles;--
also a variety of silver and plated spoons knives
and forks, pocket knives, pocket books, de- al Of
which we viii sell at very low prices.
~ Watches of all kinds repaired in the best
style and ut short notice, warranted for twelve
months.
All kinds of iewelry neatly repaired and matle
to order.
sep II, 81 FELLMER GRAF.
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ORIENTAL LIFE.

and describing the most Perr,oNins positions in
which the h,d.a- ami Gentlemen ot that conutry
hay, ba,l so u..eg Gtgn@. These stories VIII con
iiuur thru.'rur the wao,e ear and viii prove
t4r most entertaining ever offered to the public.
"a Furnished wcclI. a. Subscribers only, at 81
wear. All letter must ho "a a....rrssed To-
JOHN :. DYE Broker,
Puhli-ae- and PRO. .rit,.r 40 Wall street, \. y.
Nh. !. L.-L.-
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Approved Goth March, 1858.

Remarkable Works Of Human LaJor-
Nineyeh was II miles long, wide, and 80
miles round, with q wall 100 feet high and
thick enough for three chario;s abreast. Ba-
bylon was SO miles within the walls, which
were Is feet thick, and 100 high, with 100
brazen gates. The temple Of Diana, at Ephe-
sus, was 420 feet to the support of the roof
1t was a hundred years in building The
largest of the pyramids Is 48l feet high, and
G53 on the sides; its base covers eleven acres
The stones are about 60 feet in length, and
the layers are 2O8. 1t employed $4,000
men IN building. The laJrynth in Egypt
contains 800 chambers and l , halls The
bes, IN EGyrt presents ruins p miles round,
and 100 gates. Carthage was 20 miles round
Athens was 25 miles round, and contained
$4,000 citizens and 400 slaves. The tenn
pie Of Delphos was 50 rich in donations that
it was plund.red Of $5O,OO0,O0O, and Nero
carried away from it 200 statues. The wallis
Of Rome were l3 miles round
HiylJatgia.-A gentleman wishing to be
considered perfect lbrascoIogjzt and gal
liant, had occasion to ask a lady, ono evening,
to hand him the snufters, and thus dressed
her:
"Wlly your ladysIip, by an unmerited and
undeseryed condcccnsion Of your infinite good
mass, please to extend to your most obseque-
Gus, devoted and very humble servant, that
pair Of ignipotent exasperators, in order that
the refulgent brightness Of that nocturnal lu
nlinary may dazzle the vision Of Our ocular
optics more potcntly:"
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Gloves.

=. r. LADIES black and colored lid gloves;
iitFAI silk nlitt SIX beaver cash mere wool and
Ivy linen gloves, kid, beaver and Isle gauntlets;
mems kid. beaver, bflc.1. Berlin, cashmere wool,
silk and linen glo.sy, back gauntlets, de- for sale
by WARD i Sot fHmAfD.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-04-30
GREAT DIsyOEEtN.

The rr--r, asras-..g 20. .r.Ha y".H .re long
a..a ... .- ....E-... ... ...- '. ... '.." .i'.-a
ed To- supply H.. a.a t.. --.l 50 rr..."lise. and
arcI- i'f- g.. r. ....a g.. ls.... ..-.'. rt~n..iz-
ei. ]. .".-m.r- t.aa 1a. .E.s ,...at.a.u,gt ay
man. -i it asse.r every bank n.te ip three
ai1rreut lrn-r--rs Lng-.-.s French aud German
Ila- each ...y .a,4 taa s-a.- 3l lis oau native
.at-rlu.
I.AE-s-Tas paper ee1. b, a-at 2e 'y -
iughn, ,-.a n-.. c.ra r'.a l..- perfect bank note
list p""..a... r-e...r with Sire ...- at discount.
Alna -., # at the private bankers .r America.
4 .o..f.-t- a.-aalv .t the finance "f Europe and
America Viii published 5n each edition. t.ga.h
,r with ali Tire i'm. .s-@l- u-az 81. Ill. day. Also
interesting stories .ro,a m old manuscript isfd in
the east and nowhere ulse TO he found Ig has
never appeared 5n print. AMI furnishes The most
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For Medicinal Purposes.
Caps.

t<<rSs MEMS and boys clotn and plush caps
ia Raglan caps, caidrens fancy caps, &c. for
sale by
sep s, ~ WARD d SobTHI&YH.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-04-30

( ' EE\TE-T '..a.r.ry uf t'.a p~aa p. c1uturg
" far o,ieeli- ,,Hars.f hauE notes. -De-
crin.ar rv"ry -ru".a- h"., li.i ia existence, and
.NIu.a;." ID. 20 -...s. ,v..- counterfeit ia circ"la
easy :,w.l detection ia.t.a-a#.us No tu3e. to ~
l..lur. Ne rrre- ,a a-at uu. But -r -lnpjGe3
..r.I arT..a-.l ,ta. t.- ust-tngt. banker aaa hn-
u.-~ r...h can ..e 81. a' . glance. u lrs t"k,u
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Immediately inquired II he had ever known family cf
tho name OF Jackson, who had resided on Mr. jsmes
Strodes estate previous to the revolution If how
many children they had and of what sex. and Whist t
came of the family He replied promptly that lac knew
such family that they had three sons, the youngest
of whom was called Andrew (Andy, he called him.
who was carried the A4o--that is not abic b.
travel when In 17GS, they went TO the waxbaw setso
ment in North Carolina No history biography 0f
General jackson had then been written, and ii had
been johnson terate, and he had no Idea Of the
object of my inquiry. sst-
The biographer Of Gen Jackson faton) places the ar
rival OF the any in 1868 direct from Ireland in tho
Waxhaw settlement in South Caroline bringing the
youngest son of the family named Andrew with thcIo
Thus have good authority mine cannot lie doubt
ed for my informant survived till reccnty) two ai,
both Irish who emigrated TO the Waxhaw scttemcnt,
and each family having their youngest son namf A'is
drew have understood that that settlement Was be
lieved to be in North Carolina previous 10 the revolu
tion that her courts had jurisdiction its niabitan
being Included ia Of her counties that after tbo
revolution the two States of South and North Carolina
had the division line rum and that that settlement fill
into South Carolina Could he possible that two fami
lies from Ireland each having three sons the youngest
in each family bearing the Of Andrew. could
arrive in the year of l76S In the same settlement
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STEEL PENS.

The immcnsity of this manufacture IL hardly conceiva-
be yet it is of industry and wealth to large
number of entcrprisipg and ingenious manufacturers The
number of steel pens annually produced in Birmingham,
England is said to be upwards of one thousand millions
One establishment has the distinctive marks of FIVE hum
dred different dealers in all parts Of England, we'll as
the continents of Europe and America for whom the
pens manufactured according to order. The method
of forming the pen nib from the metal is rapid and
rions 1t is thus described The sheets of steel rcdu
ced to the requisite enuy by successive ansts through
the rolling MILL operations tended by and boys
When reduced the thnness of steel pen length about
two feet breadth two and half to three inches, the
sheets ready for punching out the blanks The pro-
is performed with great rapdy, girl of average
industry and dextery being able to punch out about
hundred gross day The next operation is to place the
blank in a concave die, which slight touch from
punch produces the requisite shapethat of the
semi.tube Tho ss and apertures to increase tho eas
ITCHY and the maker vendors mark pro-
duced by similar tool. Previously however, the pen
undergoes variety of other processes. When completes
oil but the slit it is soft and pabc, and may bc bent
twisted in the hand like piece of thin lead Being col
leced in crosses great crosses the pens thrown in
little iron square boxes and placed in furnace where
they remain till box and pen of white heat They
are then taken out and THROWN hssng hot into pals
tanks of oil when they may bc broken like SO many
waters after draining they made TO revolve rapidly
in perforated cylinder.
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S W.EDLSH NATIONAL SINGERS.
[From the London Musical Gazette. July III

t''"' 'lo A''a'" "Da'S'i ' o'N'''' '"' -
Sweden--who has already laid her claim 10 position
In the art world by Issuing Ihorwaidsen, ole Bull ana
Jenny lndhas sent us nine OF her giee singers MS odu
looking fish as one would meet with IN good many
days march, but with nationality and distnctness OF
character about their songs and that mas IT'S
and that VIII probably render them popular IN England
Tor some time TO come Here is description Oh their ap
pearance, taken rom the Morning Post
Ihe alto, lapander, we believe looks as II he mad
been living upon train-o all his ie whilst his attire
displayed curious cross betwix that OF Chinese tea
gathercr ana an EngLsh bntcner Inc prhclpai TENOR
with ght leather lnexpressioics ana huge sum iri
standing erect 10 the Top OF MS nea resemDed at once
pod sportsman ana ilShtened vuitufc. announcer gem
tieman with very nigh hat running 10 peak, ana
pahuaScs ABOUT ms legs looked iike goaty fersl,.
Another resebied haii starved louave Ia undres Inc
rest had the ar Oh doubtful peasants All were dereht
~ atured and presented an appearance more curious
than picturesque
ihis description is as true as the needle Inc oddy
Is increased by the variety OF the costumes ana one IS
particularly why some should wear their hats while they
are singing, and Others dispense with the capital sur
mount. ferhaps the singing is thereDy lnnuenced we
haoe hcar Oh TENOR singers whose chest notes depended
hiuch on inc apsehce or presence OF st stuos Wheter
the hated or Undated Swedcs arc the best yocast we
cannot pretend TO dece Tor their unanlmy is aston
lshing their crescedos ana dnannds are managed 70
perecon gord'do' and other snddennesses with equal
aooitness ana they go as one VOICE Ihis Delng the
case ana as one voice. OF one SINGER cannot poth wear
hat and not wear it at the same moment, we have no
spective merits at which we are somewhat chagrned,
ior we 40 not IKE 10 DC posed In this way BESIDES lt
Is so unusual Tor hatude TO be preserved III the pres
ence OF indoor company that 1t is sanctioned IN such
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III DUMASS RECEIPT FOR 0HICKEN ROdSTLNof


Can you roast a chicken % s.Yes,'' hear you say
Everybody can roast ehicken-espccially with our
patent ovens. Put the chicken In dish, fill the dish
with butter place the dish in the ovcn and basc the
chicken frequently, and it will soon be we'll roasted.
"Poushl really cannot talk with such boor you
1t will be time lost. roast, baked in the oven Why,
that is fit only for Esquimaux, Hottentots and Arabs
"Very well, then, roast it the spit 'Ah that's
better but you know that Is the infancy of the culinary
art" 'Thc infancy of the art r. eyes, my good
friend. just tell me how many holes do you make in
your chicken, when roasted in this way2. "Four. If
not mistakcntwo horizontally and two vertically. A.
"We that is just three too many for, the holes
the chicken has the juice 1t loses and the juice of
chickens, when it has fallen into the gravy bowl,
is fit for nothing but to pour spinach and, II yo
will believe me, spinach is better still with the fat of
quais. Use no spit, my dear child--use skewefs
try simple twine string. Take your chicken, thrust its
head in between its two collar bones to make the
head enter the cavity OF the trunk this is the Belgian
manner , then tho skin of the neck to chase
hermetcaly the wounds of the breast Turn the chicken
and thrust into 1t the liver small onon piece Of but
ter rolled in pepper and SALT and before bright wtoi
fire hang chicken by the legs to twino string and
turn the string with your fingers Then pour into the
dripping pan large tcacup of cream, and piece OF Int
ter the size Of egg baste the chicken with this hut
ter and cream mixed together and introduce much Of
IL as you
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EXTRAORDINARY LUNACY. INQUIRY
[rrom the london Morning star.l


At York Castle, Friday and Saturday, commission
Macy touching the state of mind Of Mrs Mary Turner wife
of Mr. Charles Turner official assignee in the Liverpool
bankruptcy court who had lately been confined at Acomh
House. York, private lunatic asylum in the care
of Mr. Metcac Mr. Aspnall appeared for the petition
er and Mr. Edwin James O. C for the supposed lnnatic
1t appeared from the statement Of the counsel that Mrs
Turner years ago formed suspicious Of jealousy
against her husband, and subsequently she laid violent
hands upon him and her conduct strange she
having occasion fractured her husband skull
with poker, that she placed in Mr.. Nlctcalfe
tabshment. She twice escaped from this establishment
Conflicting evidence to the state of her mind waa
given The surgeon (AIr. Metcalfe) admitted he had
called Mrs. Turner a foul name, and that he had
PEELED her to undress before him. For some time no
legal adviser allowed to Mrs Turner at the asy
lum and it only by application to the commissioner
in unacy and the intervention of Lord Shaesbury that
interviews obtained, Mr.. James contended that
Mrs. Turner had been itreated by her husband, and
that she deserving of sympathy instead of the cruel
treatment to which she had been subjected. He com
mented In terms upon the conduct OF Mr. Metcaife
Mr. Aspinall having replied the jury retired and after
absence of half hour they returned the following
their verdict We find Mary Jane Turner to be Of
sound mind and the jury cannot separate without
keeper of Acomb House. and beg to draw the attention
of the commissioners in lunacy thereto This was the
opinion of thirteen of the jury and seven to the con-
try The commissioner said he could only receive the
verdict to Mrs. Turner being of sound mind, but he
should deal with the other part of the prcsentmcnt In
different The thirteen jurymen who had agreed
to the above verdict signed inquisition in which it
stated that Mrs Turner of sound mind and that she
was sufficient for the government OF her property
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WASHINGTON CITY, THURSDAY AUGUST 10, 1883
TWO CENTS.

out bed pallets When the scafold grew full, the
slaves laid the cables sometimes many
eighty at once stencil and peslence reignng supreme
aud adding 10 their discomfort. The chapains who went
into this den of death frook to protect their
clothes from the vermn. In this dreadful hole there
only three feet space between the scaold aud the
ceug, and the conessor had to lie down beside the
dying listen to their confessions. The place
horrible that the sick preferred to die stainng at the
rather than in contact with Its founess There
a surgeon 10 attend to the unfortunate creatures but
his skin powerless against the effects of their dread
ful treatment The best of drugs, too were furnished
by the government but they kept as perqustes by
the surgeons The steward also peyed upon the unor
tunate wretches by keeping back the extra allowances or
dered TO be furnished to them when sickin fact quite
starving them to death
There In the galleys five sorts of persons sea
men, Turks, desertes, criminals and Protestants The
Turks generally very stout men, and were employed
to manage the stroke They had the same allowance
the soldiers and chains but had ring around
their ankles They servants to the officers, and
were emincntly honest and trustworthy When they
rived at any port they allowed to trade that
some of them worth three four hundred pounds
which they generally sent home To their families They
banded together to protect each other and by this
ayered much of the cruelty that pacsed upon the
other slaves
The slaves, when DID, were sometimes allowed TO keep
shops about Marsees, and work, SELL and even walk in
the town, upon giving penny to the Turk with whom
each OF them coupled and eight pence to the man
who guarded them They also allowed to receive
money from their frends-not, however, If they were
Protestans This class of slaves selected for espe
cal i-treatment and indgntes, and their suiferings
very great IL Protestant slave refused TO kncel
at the elevation of the mass, he bastnadoed Some
of the slaves poor peasants who had been detected
in buying salt which then of high cost and an arti
Gle Of monopoly in forbidden district The galleys
much used in the Mediterranean to guard the coasts
and convey merchant ships They used with their
long howitzer guns to sink reshps, and to tow along
disabled men of-war. sel..-.. -rr
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FRENCH GALLEY SLA YES.

In recent number of Household Words was given an
interesting but perhaps exaggerated account Of the gall
leys of France during the reign of Louis XIV who
won't to punish his Protestant subjects by compelling
them to toll In the gaeys The galleys long shall
low fat deckcd vessels, with two mass seldom nbe to
their broad ,n-sas except in fine weather There
five slaves to every oar and in all three hundred
slaves The topsawyers upper-end rowers were gen
orally shavcn Turks, who thus allotted the most
aboous place In the vessel To keep down these three
hundred desperate bondsnen, each galley had Of
one hundred and fifty men, including officers, soldiers
seamen and The officers had places of shelter
from the weather. but the only protection afforded the
rest consisted Of sort of tent awning suspended by
cable sung from stem to stern. Even this removed
the appearance of fresh breeze the token of
storm, 1t being dangerous overweight for the boat
Consequently the slaves often exposed to
weather. The slaves yearly allowance for clothes was
two shirts, and little red serge jerkn
slit up on each eide to give their full play. Every
three years they received frock and for their
shaved heads little red Phyrgan cap similar to that
which the revolution afterwards rendered so terrible
Sick or WELL their only bed board foot and half
broad
The fatigue OF lifting the great oars Of galley was ex
ccssivc The slave to draw his stroke and then fell
back with humping jerk that would have astonished
amateur boatmen In oil seasons hot or cold the
psrspiration trckcd down their harassed limbs and
when they began to grow faint and fag one of the
mites or boatswans down the gangboard which inter-
scctcd the ship to find out tho rascal who did not keep
touch and time with the rest. Weak or lazy, dying
out they did not carehe might be sapless boy,
he might be a dccrcpid old man--down came on his
shoulders the centuron's ro which long, gener
ally that tho two three nearest also felt the
blow, which left scars and rcd letters every back
which IL fell To support these hardshps the slaves
received every morning portion of good biscuit and Mt
ten porridge of hot water SOUP with rancid OIL
musty peas and beans floating top When duty,
they bud two-thirds OF pint of vino, morning and
evening. When in port, those who had money were
allowed TO buy meat
If the weather rough the galleys could not put to
sea and such slaves had trades worked at hen while
those who had none taught to knit stockings
the comtcs supplying them with yarn and paying them
half'the regular price for their labor.
Such life OF toll, imprisonment and bad diet Of
prolific of discrsc For the sufferers there
contracted hospital in cIose, noisome, dark of
the gaIIey's hold 70 which light and mir only by
miserable scuttle two feet square AT each end Of this
room was scnfod in which the sick were thrown With