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Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
SKETCH OF LUTHER.

A course, rugged plebeian face it was, with great crags of cheek bones--a wild amount of passionate energy and appe- tite But in his dark eyes were floods of sorrow; and deepest melancholy, sweet. ness, and mystery were all there. Often did there seem to meet in Luther the very opposite poles in mans character. He, for example, of whom Richter had snid that his words were half battles, he, when he first began to preach, suffered unheard agony. "Oh, Dr. Staupitz. Dr. Staupiiz,' T said he to the vicar-general of his order 1 cannot do it: l shall die in three months. Indeed cannot do it."
 Dr. Staupiiz, wise and considerate man, said upon this Well, Sir Martin, if you must die, you must; but remember that they need good heads up wonder too So preach, man preach, and then live or die as it happens"
 So Luther preached and lived and he becamed, indeed, one whirlwind of ener. gy, to work without resting in this world and also before he died he wrote very many books--books in which speaks the true man-for in the midst of all they de. nounced and cursed, what touches of ten. derness lay Look at the Table Talk, fol example.
 We see in it. little bird, having alightet at sunset on the bough of the pear tree that grew in Luther's garden. Luther looked upon it and said: "That little bird how it covers its wings and will sleeT there, so still and fearless, though over i are the infinite starry spaces and the grea blue depths of immensi,y. Yet it fear not-it is at home. The God that mad it, too, is there." The same gentle spiri l of lyrical admiration is in the other pas sages of his book. Coming home from Liepsic in the autumn season, he breaks forth into living wonder at the fields O corn. "How it stands there." he says "erect on its beautiful taper stem, an' bending its beautiful golden head witt bread in it--the bread of man sent to hir another year." Such thoughts as thes are as little windows, through which w ] gaze into the interior of the depths of Mar tin Luther's soul, and see, visible across il tempest and clouds, whole heaven 0 light and love. He might have painted !, he might have sung-could have bee
 beautiful like Raphael, great like Michae Angelo. CARLYLE.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
J. E!. &ATEw ooD,
 Attorney at Law,

UES ARC, PRAIHIt CUUNIf, RRKHKSHS, TWILL PRACTICE in the counties of Prairie, w Arkansas, Monroe, Saint Francis, Jack son, White, Conway, and Pope.
 ae2s" He will give prompt attention to all business entrusted to him.
 T OFFICE-OvER TowN HALL, (Frith's New Building,) first door. feb13-tf
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS.

We copy the following extracts from the remarks of MT. Welsh, who received the Democratic nomination of the 9th Congressional District of Massachusetts; "And here, perhaps, may be allowed without impropriety to remark, that in whatever position am placed, believe the honor of my own State will ever be dear to me; that the interests of my own State, and of this particular part of it, in which l 1.-Two, will never be neglected by me; but I most certainly do not think il necessary to entertain the opinion which l saw day or two since expressed in a Northern popular Magazine, that one town in Massachusetts was worth more, or was not to be exchanged for 100000 miles oi 'slayeholding dead level as the writer ex- pressed il. God forbid that should ever entertain so narrow sentiment; If 1t Is necessary for man to entertain such sem timents to be elected representative to Congress from Massachusetts, God forbid iha, should ever be elected. l have llv- ed al the South, and have friends there and l am happy to say that l have found in that same 'slavehoding dead level as good men, as good citizens, as good chris tians, in the narrowest and strctest sense of the term, as in this very excellent, nc doubt, but somewhat sef-righteous com. monwealth of Massachusetts.
 "Gentlemen, choice or chance has pla. ced each of our homes in some particular town and country-our pecuniary interests are there-we have, in the course of ouI lives, met there with some joys, perhaps with some sorrows, and the home is dear. CT to us for both associations. But aftel all, what would Saugus be to you, Mir. Chairman, or Waltham to me, unless they were each part of that great country which comprises within its limits alike the rough hills of New Hampshire, the waving grain fields of Ohio, the gold mine: of California, and the fertile cotton and rice plantations of South Carolina? Who of us would give up this claim to cal
 Jefferson and Jackson and Calhoun, and a thousand other Southern patriots, hi: countrymen? What spot of ground would any of us exchange for that little area ir a slaveholding State, those few square feet, where rest all the earthly remains o
 him, whom North and South, East ane West, the stammering infant and the elo
 quent, aged statesman alike reverence and bless as the father of his country
 Shame, then, on the man who penned tn. statement l have quoted-and shame on the Northern man who does not hang hi. head with modification when he reads 1t.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13

RELIEF FOR NrunALcIA.-As this dreadful disease is becoming more preva-
 enl than formerly, and as the Doctors have not discovered any method or medi. cine that permanently cure it, we will sim. ply state that for some time past member of our family has suffered most intensely from it, and could find no relief from any remedy applied, until we saw an article, which we republished, recommending the application of bruised horse .radish to the wrist, for the cure of toothache. As Neu. ralgia and Toothache are both nervous diseases, we thought the remedy for the lQne would be likely to give relief to the other, so made the application, and were truly gratified to find that the simple sp. plcation of horse-radsh. bruised, and ap- piled to the wrist, on the side of the body where rhe disease was seated, gave almost instant relief to severe attack of neural- gia. Since then we have applied it sev. eral times, and with the same gratifying results. The remedy is simple, cheap, and may be within the reach of every one. -- Laurensville Herald.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
M E DICAL CARD.

M E ID C A U C A N D. .DR. T. DERS, LATE OF U MEMPHIS, having settled in the town of DEs ARC, tenders his professional services to the citizens of said town and vicinity; and :, from long experience in the healing art in the West, flatters himself that he will share their patronage.
 fW OFFICE on Buena Vista street. Resi- dence on Woodruff street.
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Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
eg- An important scientific and econon

gT An important scientific and economi- cal problem is solved in the following ques- tion and answer: How can nine pigs be put in to four pens, so that there shall be an odd number in each pen2 Easy enough. Make one pig pen, in it make three small ones; in each of these little pens put three pigs, which will be odd numbers ach. As matter of course the fourth pen-the big one-will have an odd number in the whole nine. EEThe New York Evening Post tells | large story of the freaks of lightning in France A young girl was struck by lightning ana changed to boy. We don't believe it, Albany Statesman.
 6r The more true merit man has, thu more doss he applaud it in others.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
From Household Words. WATER MUSIC.

 'Twas in summer-glorious summer,
 Par beyond the smoky town, Weary with long days ramble Through the fern and blooming bramblc, Needing rest sat me down. Beetling crags hung high above me,
 Ever looking grandly rude; Still there was some trace of mildness In this scene so weird-its wilderness
 Might be sought for solitude. Birds and flowers, songs and beauty,
 Seemed this rugged realm to fill; That which was my soul entrancing Was the music and the glancing Of rock-born plashing Till. . Lingering there, was delighted, : Musing on the day gone by, Watching its.bright spray-pearls spriak'd Every silvery tone that tinkled,
 Touched some chord of memory. Twas as if sweet spirit voices
 Threw a spell around me there; Now in lightest notes of gladness, Now in deeper tones of sadness,
 Waiting whispers to my ear. Memory, hope, imagination,
 Seemed to have usurp'd my will; And my thoughts kept on dreaming Till the bright stars were gleaming, To the music of the Till. What a world of strange reflections
 Came upon me then unsought! Strange that sounds should find responses Where even mystery ensconces-
 In the corridors of thought! Then emotions were awakened.
 Making my heart wildly thrill, As fingered there and listened, While the dew around me glistened
 To the music of the fill
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
PROFESSIONAL CARDS, &c.
DIR. B. F. DINWTDDIE,

HAVING permanently located at Lake u Bluff, Prairie county, Arkansas, tenders his professional services to the public, in all the branches of his profession.
 Jan. 9, 1S5S-1y.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13

on our sounds, lakes, and great rivers, and that at time when it wns known only by hearsay in Europe. This was all that was needed. Twenty years more elapsed before English capital was first applied 10 the navigation of the ocean itself by steam which America little needed, hu. which England desired as giving to her acces, to the Western world.--[ Edward Evere,t's Speech at Danvere.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13

GW Advertisers by the year will be res frcted to their legitimate bushes. T Advertisements displayed F large type, lor in double columns, charged dou'le the above
 rates.
 I GY Personal communications harged dou- |ble the rates of regular advertisenents- eB Legal advertisements willbe charged,
 for one square or less, first insetion $1, and
 80 cents per square for each additional inser- ]tion.
 I T Announcing candidates fc State and
 District offices, S7; County office, s5; Town
 ship, offices $3, invariably in advnce. l GT Calls on persons to beconr candidates
 are charged at the usual rates, xcept when persons making the calls are slbscribers to { our paper. Payment in advance. I Political circulars chargd as adver- l tisements. I fg Advertisements not ordera for spe-
 eihed time, will be inserted till fobidden, and charged for accordingly. I TAll advertising to be paid fG quarterly.
Des Arc citizen., 1858-11-13
OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT

WE have supplied ourselves with good assortment of Printing Materid, and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on reasonable terms. We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of evry descrip- tion, for Clerks, sherifs, Justiles of the Peace, Constables, &c.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12
LATER FROM KANSAS.
Further Hostilities.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 4.-The st. Louis Dem
ocrat says that passengers report that on
Friday night, the 25th of December news
reached Leavenworth of an engagement
between the troops of Lane at Sugar Mount
and the u. S. Dragons. The otticer or
dered Lano to surrender, but he refused
The dragons charged, but were repulsed
with loss of three men. The dragons re-
tired and sent to Denver for achievements
Denver ordered three more companies to
the seat Of war.
Bloody work is expected. AS soon as
the news of the engagement was received
in Leavenworth the people commenced or
ganizing and hurrying to assist Lane.
It was expected that Lane would receive
twenty-five hundred men additional, before
the troops would arrive. Intense excite
ment prevails throughout the Territory
The people of Lawrence are preparing te
take the field.
P.S.-Later news contradicts the above
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12
ESCAPE OF MR.. HUNT.

Mr.. Garland Hunt, tho u. S. Indian
Agent for Utah Territory, having been
threatened with death by brigham and his
followers, Erade his escape in September
last. Having entrusted his life to the care
and protection of the savages, he reached
Cox Joknston's command on the 23rd of
October, after wandering % days through
mountains and deserts in company with
Utah Indians. Mr.. Hunt left the Indian
settlement on Spanish Fork. in the Terri
tory of Utah, quite precipitatcly, as there
were from 20 to JOG armed dragons about
one mile from his house, at the time he
fed. Though holly pursued, tho Mormons
being at one time within three or four hun
drcd yards of Mr.. Hunt and his comrades,
their horses proved too feet of foot for the
slow paced animals of Brigham. Mr.. Hunt
was accompanied by three Indian youths,
whose names are Pate, Sam and Shower
| Shockets. Mr.. Jos. p. Waters, of Salt
Lake City, also accompanied MIR. II. He
states that his efforts to escape were warm
ly seconded by the Indians. In his travels
he encountered many of them, and was en-
tirely dependent upon these poor untutored
children of nature for life and sustenance
He says: II have shared liberal portion
of their meagre Inequalities and crude
sympathies and though they were evident
ly conscious that they were unable to be
stow On me the treatment to which ha,
been accustomed, they have manifested
devotion to my person and regard for m,
safety, in advance of their present knewl
edge of christian civilization"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12
sIIGAR CANE.

J Nep Plan of Extracting the Jusce.-H.
q Buckley, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has
made a successful experiment upon new
nlan of extracting Chinese cane juice and
recommends tito others, as it saves the
cost of a chrushing mill. and enables par
t;es provided with ordinary farm imPle-
mepts to make full supply of syrup for
family use, at very little expense.
The plan is to cat the canes in straw
emitting machine, and then steam them until
unite soft and press out the juice in com
mon cider press and then proceed with the
evaporation as with maple sap. Boiling
tb. cut canes win answer where no conven-
fences for steaming exist though steam is
preferable, and an ingenious man can make
a steamer out of a cask, an old gum BARREL
a common kettle with wooden lid eemen-
ted tight with clay and COW dung mixed into
a naste. But, after all, if the steaming
process should prove more economical than
grinding the green stalks, it will be foune
preferable to erect works designed for the
purpose especially. Mr. Buckley says tina
he found the stalks dry enough to burn II
a small cider press, while they were hot
and made twenty-five gallons of syrup BY
the work of two men and a boy, in two hal
| DAVIS
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12

States Senator for four years. This was
an homer we'll merited, and justly due to
him from the Democratic party. Since his
appearance in the Senate he has attentiveIy
watched the interests of his State and so
,nodestly won his honors, as to command
the respect of and acquire political in
Huence in that august assembly. Unac-
customed to the practice of INDUCING in the
idle and improbable discussion of every
minor subject that comes before the Senate;
yet, whenever the rights of his section or
interests of his constituents are at stake, he
never fails to raise his voice in their defence,
His clear understanding and practical
manner of speaking, make him public
agent of admitted usefulness. Truthfully
can be said, that he possesses tho substan-
tial elements of enlightened craftsmanship.
Nv humble sketch of Gov. Ried is now
finished. To every North Carolinian, from
| the mountains of Cherokee to the sea-board
of Currituck, his services and his name are
favorably known. Both too will ever be
appreciated. When the starless night 81
disaster hung SO ominously around our little
band, he came to the rescue. and with q
yalor and indomitable determination, like
that which armed the iron arm OF Ceur dc
Lion to conquer his enemies, Gov. sReie
succeededin snatching victory from the jaws
of defeat. Gratitude is a commendablt
trait in the human character, and partie:
also should acknowledge it's influences
True to his frends-graceful and prepes
sesing in his ,nanners-steadfast in his at
tachment to his principles, and eminentl.
influential as Senator, he deserves O lons
continuance in the position he now holds
with such distinguished creditto himself an
TO our State. CARIERE L.
. January LIST, 1858.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12
For the WCStern Democrat.
EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS
OF TRYON COUNTY.

~6 AN = S3N SoON14.
At tho Oct. Term, 1873, of the Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Tryon
county, tho following appears of record:
Spruce Mccoy, Esq, produced in open
Court, license, undor tho hands and seals
of the Honorable, Sam'l Ashe and Saml
Ssncer, to practice as an attorney at law in
tho several county Courts of this State,
and was admitted accordingly.
The Hon. Spruce McKoy was educated
by that distinguished instructor of youth
in revolutionary times, and eminent divine,
the Rev. David Caldwell, of Guilford coun-
~. After filling several places of public
trust. he was appointed, in 1890, Judge
Of the Superior Court. r.
During the year 1879, Tryon county was
divided into Lincoln and Rutherford coun-
ties. John Wilson was elected Register
in place of Jonathan Hampton, Esq, who,
By the division, fell into Rutherford county.
Thus, the unpopular name of Tryon ceased
to exist as County aPpellation; and,
strangely as it may appear, is now only
found in designating the main street of the
town of Charlotte, and one of our western
mountains, on whose activities, it is said
peaches nerer fail! Trivial circumstances
sometimes transmit the names of unworthy
heroes to posterity.
At the October Term, 1879, William
Richardson Davie, Esq, produced in open
Court license. under the hands and seals
of the Honorable. the Justices of the State,
to plead and practice as an attorney at law
in the several county Courts of this State,
and was admitted to the bar accordingly"
The distinguished services of Gen. Davie
both civil and military, will make an in
teresting chapter in the history Of our State
1t may, however, be remarked, in passing
that he was a pupil for a time at Liberty
Hall Academy in Charlotte, graduated a
Princeton in I776, returned to North Caro-
lima, and commenced the study of law il
Salisbury but the struggle for liberty theI
going on, caused him to forsake his lega
pursuits and join the army of his country
in which he performed meritorious part
After the close of the war, he engaged &C
uVeay IN his professional duties, and sool
acquired wide spread fame. In 1888, b
was elected a member of the State Conven
ton which assembled at Halifax to conside
the national Constitution. In 1871, h
was appoited one of the Commissioners t
determine the boundary line between Mort
and South Carolina. In 1898, he wa
elected Governor of the State; and. afte
filing several other places of public trus
removed in 1905. to his private residenc
near Landsford. S. c., where he died i
1920.
On the 9TH of October, 1880, the brilliar
victory at Kings Mountain was achieve,
The Wing spirit everywhere once mo,
assumed the ascendant, and Teryism r,
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12

SINGULAR DEATH FROM THE BITE OF
CAT.-Mr John Abel, at GAINESVILLE, Pa.
died on the morning of the 9th from the
bite of a cat. The circumstances are very
singular. About ten weeks since,' he was
walking from the dwelling house to the
store, when he met the cat in the path. He
put his hand out to play with her, when she
instantly flew at him and bit him. He COM
planned little at the time, but it passed
away and no more was said or thought oft.
He had at times however. great rePug-
nance to water, and the mere sight of it
caused a shuddering sensation.-On Christ
mas day he 6ined at the hotel of Mr.. David
Martz, at GAINESVILLE. and appeared in usual
health. On the morning of the Goth he
complained of being sick, and at last took
to his bed.
He suffered intense agony, trying to bite
the hand which the cat had bitten ten weeks
previous, and exclaiming that the sight OF
water made him mad-a raving maniac
His friends had to hold him to prevent his
tearing his breast Medical skill proved OF
no avail. and at O'Clock ON the 9th, Sun
day morning. he bresthed his last.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12
THE PRESENT CRISIS.

Mr. EDITOR: The great political question
which more intimately concerns the South
than any other, is. slavery or 10 slavery;
it follows, therefore. as u necessary conse-
auence, that every true southern patriot
no matter t" what party he may belong
should, OIL this important subject at least,
CO operate with whatever party may be
most favorable to slavery. For myself, L
will say that ! am entirely untrammeled in
this matter; and, although during the late
Presidential campaign / was disposed to
view Mr. Buchanan with suspicion, yet his
frank avowal of his principles and senti
monts on this great question. in his recent
message, has convinced me that he is de-
termined that we of the South shall have,
at least, equal rights with the people of the
North, and that we shall be protected in
the legal control of our domestic institu-
tions, regardless of the fierce but impotent
assaults of American or European aboli-
tionists. Entertaining these views, l call
upon all true men of all political parties
to lay aside, fer the present, all minor con-
siderations, and unite with the President
and the true Democracy, in sustaining this
right guaranteed TO each of the Southern
States by the Constitution and do so
with greater earnestness at this time, be-
cause we have the Presidents pledge in
his message that so far as his Influence ex-
tends, he will sustain Southern rights. The
nbolitionists have already expressed their
determination to e1tinguish slavery, by
drawing around < a Gordon of free States
Tho abolition of Southern slavery will de-
stroy labor and. consequently, production
and even civilization for labor and pro.
duction form the basis of civilization.
hope that some patriotic Representative
from the South, will introduce into Con,
gress, resolutions defining the true issue
before the country-the equal right O
Southern expansion, pdri pdSsu, with tha
of the North-this would tost the patriot
ism of all men of all parties, whether they
may live north or south of Mason ant
Dixon's line; for no true patriot, living
North, can deny to his southern brothe
the exercise of that right which he claims
for himself. Southerners, therefore, shoulc
unite in a common brotherhood on thi
vital question. The adage: "Delys ar
dangerous" is emphaticaIly true with no
gard to it. If we fail to improve tho pres
ent favorable opportunity, then, at SOM
period in the gloomy future, the ghost O
our beloved country, shaking her gor,
LOCKS at us, may exclaim: "Ye knew you
duty, but ye did it not" Let all tru
Southerners, and all true friends of tn
Constitution. unite for the rights of tn
South, and those beautiful lines by Bisho
Berkeley will be true of the South also, on
we may exultingly exclaim:
Z" Southwark the star Of empire holds lis way
The first four acts already past;
The fifth shall close The drama with the day.
Times noblest offspring is the last"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-01-12

THE LATEST FAsHIoN.-The lady prom
enaders on the Avenue at Washington, ON
Thursday morning, were somewhat horri-
fed at the appearance Of distinguished
foreigner, who held up her dress So as to
display an undoubted scarlet flannel under
skirt. What an idea! Yet these same peasant
petticoats are all the rage across the water.
Queen VICTORIA brought them to London
from her Balmoral palace in Highlands of
Scotland. about two years ago, and this
year they have been adopted by the En-
press EUGENE. Of course they are la
mode, those of alternate narrow stripes of
red and black flannel being more distingue
than the plain scarlet. Silks and satin are
to be ne longer trailed in the mud, and the
ladies who wish to be a la mode. should not
only provide themselves at once, but prac-
tice gathering up their dresses in graceful
folds, so as to display about foot of the
bright-colored under-skirt. All of which
is respectfully notwithstanding En-
press.