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THE AMERICAN CONSUL TO JAPAN.- The London Times, which attacked Com missioner Reed for his conduct in China, praises Consul General Harris for his skill and address in obtaining commercial priv ileges from the government of Japan :
 Fortune favored the boldness of the enterprise, and American astuteness helped us. Lord Elgin reached Nagaski on the 3d of August, and found no one there but some Japanese underllngs and Dutch officials. who naturally gave him small hopes. Thence he went, staggering through one of the tremendous gales that vex these seas. to the wretched harbor of Simoda, where the Americans are in power, and at this place he for the firs time discovered the workings of the echoes of his own doings on the Pei-ho. hseems that as soon as the Tiendan Treaty was arranged, the American Commissonel rushed off to Japan to take advantage o the consternation certain to be created by the first news of recent events in the Pei-ho. It was smartly imagined. He found at Smoda the American Consul General just returned from Jeddo, whilhel he had been on six months mission vainly importuning for some commercial privileges.
 The Commodore immediately took him on board his ponderous steamer, the Pow hatan, and steered right away for Kama gawa, station we'll known to the Ameri can men-of- war since Commodore Perry. time, about fifteen miles below the capita City of Jeddo. Terrible stories ant lfrightful anticipations had for some time possessed the minds of the Japanese Japan, like other countries of ancien
 institutions, has it's conservative and pro
 gressive partles. The Prince of Boringc
 had stood stoutly for the ancient Japanes' constitution and no foreign competition But when the American ship-of-war ap
 peared, and when the American versiol of the warlike operations in China circu : lated, strong feeling gained ground Il favor of the progressive party. Prime, Boringo retired, and Prince Bitsa tool his place. Under the new Admlnlstra ltion, MT. Harris, the Consul-General was admitted to an interview with In
 Emperor, ports were opened, and com
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mercial tariffs were agreed upon pretty
 much as is set forth in ihe statement we
 borrow from The North China Herald.
 When Lord Elgin arrived at Siinoda. he
 found MT. Harris in high spirits at having completed this treaty, and the precedent gave him an opportunity whereof he sadly stood in need. a s''N Asa sie2 Ai
 We must here--having recently spoken in terms of complaint to our American friends for sending their silliest men upon important es-aclnowledge that Mir. Harris acted throughout these trans actions with frankness and courtesy worthy of the representative of great friendly power. MT. Harris acted like a man who was strong in his own knowl- edge of the interests of his country. Lord Elgin departed a. once for the aii- chorage below the capital, where he found the American and also the Russian war steamers. The Neutrals had been quick to scent the game from afar; they had run a race against us to gather not only the spells won by our arms, but even the conlributions to be exacted by terror of our deeds. Beyond this anchorage of Kanagawa, were rocks and whirlpools and perils innumerable, all faithfully de- posed to be Japanese pilots. Captain Sherard Osborn, who has the reputation of being confident, and not unreasonably confident, in his own seamanship, believed in none of these things. Steaming over the anchorage, he held on up the Bay of Jeddo, and stimulated by the sight of Jeddo city. which slowly enrolled itself in the northwest angle of the gulf. he pur- sued his course, undeterred by a full gale of wind, until he could cast anchor within gunshot of series of we'll constructed batteries, which run across the shoals fla cing portion of the city. @ @
 Lord Elgin's well-judged confidence in his captain was thus rewarded by a posi- ton which, considering he had to deal with Asiatics, insured his success. It was a bold move made at Q. timely moment, for he could have done nothing at dis tance. Since MT. Harris obtained his treaty there had been reactionary move ment in Jeddo, directed by the indepen- dent princes and hereditary noblcs. They had rousted the Minister who signed the
 treaty, and Prince Boringo ruled again. But the apparition of the British steam frigates Furious and Retrbuuon, intrud- ing upon the sacred seclusion of the cap i,ol, spread consternation throughout the camp ofthe obstructives. We made no menace and used no threats, but we fear there was something like the pressure ol Ia force which was not altogether moral put upon these gentle Japanese. Ourex- cuse must be that if the Americans had obtained concessions upon the strength of the terror created by the roar of the lion, it would have been hard that the lion should get nothing on his own account.
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ORIGIN or VARrous PLANrs.--Every gentleman farmer ought to be somewhat acquaiiE.ed with the origin and history of all ordinary plants and trees. so as to know their nature, country and condition. Such knowledge, besides being source of great pleasure, and very desirable, will often enable him to explain phenomena in the habits of many plants that otherwise |appear inexplicable. sp3 10 sbnAagem
 Wheat, although considered by some as a native of Sicily, originally came from the central table-land of Thibet, where it yet exists as grass with small mealy seeds Rye exists wild in Siberia. Bar ley exists wild in the mountains of Hima- lava. Oats were brought from North Af- rica. Millet, one species, is a native ol India; another Egypt and Abyssina. Maize (Indian corn) is of native growth in America. Rice was brought from South'Africa, whence it was taken to In dia, and thence to Europe and America Peas are of unknown origin. Vetche' are natives of Germany. The garder bean from the East Indies. Buckwhea
 came originally from Siberla and Turkey
 Cabbage grows wild in Sicily and Naples The poppy was brought from the East
 The sunhower from Peru. Hops come tt perfection as wild flower in Germany
 Saffron came from Egypt. The onion l
 also native of Egypt. Horse radisi from South Europe. ba i45 l.a@
 Tobacco is a native of Virginia, Toba' go and California. Another species hal also been found wild in Asia. The gras
 ses are mostly native plants, and 50 ar' the clovers, except Lucerne, which IS
 native of Sicily. The gourd is an Easterr plant The potato is well-known native
 of Peru and Mexico. Coriander grow' T wild near the Mediterranean. Anise wal
 brought from the Grecian Archipelago.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

An old lady reading an account of | distinguished old lawyer whowa said to bs the father of the New York bar, exclaimed, a Poor man he had "a dreadful set of chill dren! iaqmsM l3 ,7ssMeaE Ee1e A d ' .e----The slightest sorrow forsin is sufs- cient if produces amendment, the greatest is sufficient if 1t does not. M M ansie gygh
 - A fellow who got drunk on election day. said it was owing to his effort to put down | party sprits.' g
 --- A washerwoman who had been fin tho habit of washing the shirt of a poor attorney, recently charged him for it by the dozen, on the ground thatit was In twelve pieces sA - There Is n married lady in Salem. in good hcalh, whose weight when in full dress, is only seventy y-three pounds. She has been married ten years, and is model housewife, performing all her household duties, from choice without assistance. Eleill adiii sl 3a Id --.. If girls would have roses for their cheeks, they must do as the roses do-Tgo to sleep with the lilies, and get UP with ths molhihS ElV los' ff 4s s nns n5ryyf,f YNf
 - Murderers do not often wear roses g their buttonholes. Villains seldom train vines over cottage doors.
 ----" Now, granny, Eve cat all the cher. ries, and if you don't give mo a five striker, Pll swallow the stones and choke my darned self." m sjeg.s8 ~ sa3aN mcTi }aglJ--s
 When the world has once got hold of lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to get It out of the world. You. beat 1t about tho head, till it seems to have given up the ghost and To the next day it is as healthy as sver.-- Bulwer. yia s8i tAil haaH9lg s1e
 - The cloak of religionis to bs known sometimes by the fine nap 1t has during sermon r'a times. ss.
 ns--A "A man that astonishes at first, soon makes people impatient if he does not con tinue in the same enlivening key. M aa.ed --"It is poor rule that wont work both ways" exclaimed a boy, throwing the rule back at his school rnaster.o ie4llo3 aNsBp9
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THE BEREAvED HUSBAND.

r
 He sat within silent room ae Deaths shadow had been there, His heart was filled with grief and gloom, His head was bowed in prayer; eoi He strove to shut out memory,
 So filled with bitter pain,
 But close before his weeping eyes p.a Her glass was held again. -tE Again he stood besi de his wife .-t
 And almost deemed her living rt Again he took the farewell kiss
 Which she had died in giving. He half forgot that death had been ' Within his pleasant home; He seemed to feel her presence there ao Beside him in her room.
 There stood upon the mantel shelf A vase of faded flowers,
 They had been placed there by herself In happy, glowing hours; r There sat her vacant, crimson chair, Her shawl across it lying, It had been folded round her breast ,,s, When he had seen her dying. na There was her basket, and her books,
 Her portrait on the wall, z V1s7T The bible where her last sweet looks
 On holy words did fall, A few short years before and he afi 6r. Had brought her there bride, bemRi But now she was laid down to rest 5a With her infant by her side. ..'..t He did not dream how much he loved o, The flower that he had cherished, Or how she twined about his heart, 'A Until the bloom had perished.
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HrAnrs.-Hearts are of several kinds,


 HEARTs.-Hearts are of several kinds, and of widely different natures. First, there are walled-up hearts, and these are of two kinds; about one kind the wall is high and strong, and to surmount 1t IS a work of extreme difficulty; but if you can get inside, you have entered Eden. Fra grant, and sweet, and fair as the vision seems in dreams is that enclosed garden. and it is worth hard labor to gain admis- sion there. The other has wall as high and strong. and full as hard to get over; and when at last, with torn flesh and dis located joints, you have scaled it, you wish you hadn't, for there is nothing inside but rocks and cold water. The trouble with these two descriptions of hearts is, that 'tis impossible to distinguish the one from the other until you have almost worn yourself out in mounting the walls. Another kind of heart is that which, having nothing to fence it in. lies open to the passage of all men and cat:le-a waste, unffuitful field, of no use to anybody and less to the own. CT. But there is another kind of heart rare creation, bnt real one-whoss wall is low, and almost hid by flowers. The birds make their nest in it, and sine as they swing upon its swaying twigs anc | festooning vines. Beyond the wall, itsel thing of fragrance, beauty, and joy, lit the enchanting gardens. Delightful bow CTS invite the way-worn traveller to ente and repose. Spirits of love and beaut, beckon the sad and lonely ones to the feas of soul, and charmed light and glor. hover in the whole joyous air. TLis i the true type of heart. .faa 's
Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18
Danger of Rubbing With Brandy.

| and, we believe, a new effect of sthe. appli. cation of brandy as medicine. A gen. tleman, convaescing from an attack ot sickness was recommended by his phy- sician to rub himself all over every mor- ming and evening with the best brandy.a The invalid, accordingly sent 10 his family grocer, with whom he had dealt | for years, and ordered a sample of the best old cognac. Home 1t came, and that very evening it was tried--outwardly, of course. The convalescent felt better, much better, and he continued to feel better for day or SO, until he awoke one morning, and, to his horror, discovered that his entire cuticle-at least where 1t had been rubbed with the old cognac--had become of 2 deep crimson color. aa saa atsaT siaaa
 He sprang out of bed in alarm. The family was aroused; servant dispatched lin hot haste for the doctor. The invalid's wits were terribly shaken by this never before-heard.of catastrophe. What could be the cause of i,9 He looked picture | for a painter, as he sat before the large looking glass in an arm chair. and lruefuliy surveyd his crimson covering. Hi was almost ludicrous: 1t was quite as bad as MT. Tittlebat Titmouse's predica- ment about his purple-green hair. But this could be no laughing matter; it must be some extraordinary phenomenon, as he explained 1t to his wondering and alarmed family. sa lasi,a .1s ses,, i,iw, "And just imagine, my dear, how! shall look all my life, if this confounded thing isn't cured. Like 2 boiled lobster! ! like boiled lobster 1! l shall go by no |o.her name !! Oh dear! Oh dear! sai
 The door bell rang; the front door opened; in rushed the doctor. For an finstant he could not contain himself-he had to drop into chair and laughiit out. "Oh, it's very funny to you. no doubt, Doctor but how would you like to go about all the balance of your days looking like ar, overdone lobster3"
 The doctor burst out again nt this; but he saw tha. his sick man and family were
 really alarmed, and he soon sobered down into his usual pulse-feeling gravity.
 " May be it's the iodine, Doctor r sug- Ipested the anxious wife.
 ,s. Oh, it's ironed in, no doubt" said the
 patient. induIging the ruling passion,
 strong in death. . gof eg | The doctor shook his head. @
 "H Had the rubbing been done as he Iprescribed?' s3 s@
 os. Yes, faithfully" "eaw ia* 2al v a9s
 "Good brandya iotRiiaoa .af ! "Yes. the very best--we use no other, | "Let me have it." .s54 s..sg
 The brandy was brought. The doctor
 tasted it, and shook his head again.
 "Tll take it home to examine itchemi
 cally. There are so many tricks among
 the liquor dealers" o g sSl }, "Oh, no fear of that with our grocer He sells none but the best liquors, import | ed direct by himself" sfl .1 " 'i.s 5. l"No doubt. I'llllook into it nevcrthe [ Iless.' And. calming the family alarm ' Ithe good doctor departed, the pure ol'
 cognac in his pocket.
 That evening came note from hir | aia Dear L--. make yourself pc rfect
 easy.q The cognac is first'proof whisk, and won't hurt you. It was .b e logwoc | in it that did your business" us io sss
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A bows rendition of a proverb: "s

- A boys rendition of a proverb; "spoii the rod and spare the child p i .,.3s6. 1a
 - Paddy's description of fiddle cannot be beat: 'It was the shape of a turkey and the size of goose; he turned it over on its back and rubbed it's belly with stick, and Och, St. Patrick how it did squale p' a'd
 - The bread of life is love; the salt of life is work; the sweetness of life, poesy; the water of life, faith.-[ Mrs. Jameson.
 = A witness was asked if the defendant ss stood on the defensive ?" < No, he stood on bench, and fit like the devil"
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- We'll, said his honor, to an old ne- gro who had been hauled up for stealing a bullet, " what have you to say for yourself ?'' Muffin but dis, boss, was crazy as a bed bug when stole dat ar palIet, COS I might have stole big rooster, and nebber done it. Dat shows clusiyeIy dat was laboiin un- der the deliriuin tremeDdus.o .sA4l-N
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ra- Al good anecdote of Professor

eT A good anecdote of Professor Agassiz is told in new volume Tn press in Boston. The Professor had declined to deliver a lecture before some lyceum, or public society, ,,on account of the inroads which previous lectures given by him had made upon his studies and habits of thought The gentleman who had been deputed te invite him, continued to press the invita- ton, that the society were ready to pay hin literally for his services. "That IS no in' iducement to me-" replied Agassiz, {" cannot afford to waste my time in making money."
Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18

E Ras- Four hundred Thousand dollars of the decimal coinage stamped in England for use in Canada, have arrived, and will be put in circulation immediately. They consist of ten and twenty cent pieces in silver, and Of one cent pieces in bronze very beautifully executed.
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THE DIES ARC CITIZEN.
p.rrs OF ADVERTISING.

ewA Advertisers by the year will be res tricted to their legitimate business.
 % Advertisement displayed by large type or in double columns, charged double the above N1- Personal communications charged dou- ble the rates of regular advertisements.
 sT Legal advertisements will be charged; for one square or less, first insertion Sl, and 50 cents per square for each additional inser- tion.
 aw Announcing candidates for State and District offices, $7; County offices, So; Iown- ship, offices s3, invariably in advance.
 GY- Calls on persons to become candidates are charged at the usual rates, except when persons making the calls are subscribers to our paper Payment in advance a' a.2
 e% Political circulars charged as adver- tisements a
 w Advertisements not ordered for spe- ciheI time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
 H%All advertising to be paid for quarterly
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

~ ALEX. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND IT. SURGEON, Brownsville. Prairie county, Arkansas. Will treat Chronic Diseases, gene rally, and especially those of Females.
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Dr. B. Douglass,

YNENDERS his professional services to
 the citizens of Prairie and adjacent coun, ties as a Mechanical Physician, Tn cases or HERNIA AND PRoLAPsUs UTERI In cases (, oi abortion, by the timely aid of his SUppoki ER, if not prevented, by returning the "orh: Rw JOSEPH A. EDDINs is my aqthorts s,n.;nsss B. DOUGLASS.
 pos+ ofE,e Das Arc. Ark. oct9-6m
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|DR. VIM. BETHEL, will continue | J the Practice of Medicine in Des Arc, and Vicinity. From his long experience in his
 profession, and having resided in Arkansas during the past fourteen years, he hopes to re-
 ceive a share of the public patronage
 NB Ohice at BETHEL x WATTs's Drug
 Store. Residence in the building formerly occupied as the s' Erwin House.'' may22-tf
Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18
LANES F. BATTE. GENERAL Aersr

J AND COLLECTOR, Searcy, White county, Arkansas. Particular attention given to the collection of claims, buying and selling lands, locating swamp and overhown lands, entering land at the General Land-Ofices, showing lands subject to graduation; and to the paying of taxes on land in any county in North Ar kansas. I 1 jan9-tf
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oup 1op pRINT1Ng pEPARTMENT

ouR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
 WE have supplied ourselves with gooo assortment of Printing Material, and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing on reasonable terms.
 We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- gogues, Posters, large or small, Cards' baii Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip- tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices or the Peace, Constables, &c. ,.s
Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18

.nR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
 Des Arc, offers his PROFESSIONAL SER VICES to the public. lT Calls promptly at tended to- al may29, lS5S-1ys
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nR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis, ! J having settled in the town of Des Arc, tenders his professional services to the citi- zens of said town and vicinity; and, from a long experience In the healing art in the West, fatters himself that he will share their pat ronage. G5yr OFFICE on Buena Vista street. Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf
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HAS. R. HARRINGTON,
L. FEATHERsToN. .'.'.'s'.'.z. P. H. FARR. EEATHERSTON & FARR, ATToR-

n NEys AT LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Clarendon, Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St. Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular attention given to collections. REFERENcEs : Madison, Ark, Hon. W. c. Beaseley, S. w.. Childress; Clarendon, Ark, H. M. Couch ; Panoa, Miss, Col. Calvin Miller; Coffeeville, Miss, E. c. WaIthall; Memphis, Tenn, D. M. DuBose. Esq, W.J. Webb Holly Springs, Miss, w. T. Featherston; Washington. D. C., Jacob Thompson. Jylf
Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-18

DR. B. F. DINWIDDIE, having per-
 | manently located at Lake Bluff. Prairie county, Arkansas, tenders his professional services to the public, in all the branches of his profession. jan9, 1S5S-1y.
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nR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi-
 1 cine in the different branches of the Pro- fession, and respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding coun- try, hoping to share at least portion of their patronage. OFFICE-On Buena Vista street.
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r E. GATEWOOD, ATTORNEY AT J LAW, Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Ar kansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson, White, Conway, and Pope. He will give prompt att tention to all business entrusted to him. N55~ ~OFFICE-OvER TowN HALL. Frith's New Building first door. aa5 febl3-f
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T A. MOON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, .J GENERAL COLLECTING AND LAND AGENT, For the Northern and Eastern Counties or Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octio
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-30

real estate besides, a bonus procured the
necessary bail.
The Republicans of Hennepin. through
that willing tool, Rev. AxEs, and man
named u 'HESES, have been practicing their
old trick Of DISTINGUISHING Democrats. The
st. Anthony Erpress says
Tuesday last wa the day fixed by law for
the meeting Of the Town Supervisors a. a
County Board, by the act under which
this Board il organized. it is provided that
every town having population Of over eight
hundred, shall be entitled 10 one member Of
the Board for every eight hundred o7er the
frs, eight hundred, and one for each irac-
ton over four hundred In accordance with
this law, Minneapolis elected five Supervi
sors, TO which she is legally entitled But
the Board, by peculiar species of Repub-
lean juggling, managed 10 temporarily or
ganize with only one Supervisor from Min
neapols. and having thereby secured a ma.
jority Of one, rotoi 10 erthme The Superrisor,
10 ,ehnh Minneapolis 4" entitled by taw.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-30

TER sussiped upir.s such senu shal bro ghi within
yeass aftef The erect a said dam OF ~hin three
years afsr The psAsAss II hh oct Provided that sucn
iim shall against apply 10 persons living
and holding goyernmen land under The empin laws
until patent for the land damag or overdown shall
haze been issued
Sec The sAsd Get, Of which this H. an amepdu en
shall no; deprive Any person legally holding any And
under Tho pre- emEiion laws who had not received pat
en such l4nds The time Of The passage 81 said set
OF remedy rgh Of aetou Tor Aoy damages he or she
may have sustained eosseq VI the oyertowng OF
any such lAni and action may be brought therefor
xlhn III. time liked in sad se' - hereby ainrndsd ana
Ia ca .e dam ages any land held Aforesaid, shall
be sssess-d provided In aaid act equitable damages
shall allowed and the right Of appeal had e same -
IN o,trr uedef Q Nd .c,
sec ion 1h.s set shall lake effect and be Ia force
from aDt after hsPas sage.
Gro BRi ptEV, SpeAkerH OF K.
VIZ. HoLtossE. PreAident Of The senate
Approved August eleventh, eighteen hundred and my
eight.
HEsRY II. sIsLxY, Governor.
true copy. Arfrsr: