Southern shield., 1858-08-28

ulN1llllAS lO QCllNCI buCiu UO dll 6AOCpV those who have boxes in his office. A FEW PLAIN WoRDs.-There are a num- Der of subscribers to this paper who have paid nothing for some years,-some three, some four, and some as much as five years. We pay cash for paper, ink, labor, &c., Subscribers like those mentioned, are not dealing equitably with us they are supplied with the paper but evince no disposition to pay for it. Nov we will say to all such, that if they do not settle either by cash or note, by the 1st of October, their names will be stricken from the subscription books. If you have not money, call in at the office and give your ,-anything for a settle ment or an acknowledgement of the indebt- edness.
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 REFRESHING RAINs.-After a long while ten or eleven weeks, we lieVe,-Helena and vicinity has been blessed with copious showers of rain. Thursday evening, the heated atmosphere presented cloudy, hazy appearance and about 9 o'clock the 'low ering clouds gathered upon our" town, and The sky grew darker. Soon came booming on
 Thadeep-voicd q thunder, whilst distance rolPd The wild winds, dirge-like, and yet tempest tone And lightning's Pvanescent sheets of gold
 Burst in their anger, from the clouds hugefo old.
 The rain was refreshing to man, beast, vegetation and the parched earth.
 
 The streets yesterday, after the rains of Thursday night, looked cheerful. For some time past the dust has been so exceed ipgly disagreeable as to keep almost every one in doors whose business did not compel them to be out. But yesterday everybody was out, enjoying the delicious, balmy breezes that followed the storm of the night previous.
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 J7The report that has been in circula- ton to the effect that the Yellow Fever had made it's appearance in Helena is wholly untrue. The general health of the place is very good, as is tAat of the surrounding country.
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 FisHING.-The disciples of Isaac Walton are having a rare time of it with the fnny tribe in the Lakes below town. Parties go out every day, returning with superabun- dance of fine fish, varying from 2 to I2 inches in length.
 Memphis also seems to be sound on the fish question just now, (if it is not altogether so onthe Bank question. Hundreds of persons from that city visit the Lakes in Arkansas almost daily, bringing home sacks and bas- kets full 4 party of ten persons, went over to Black fish 5 few days since and in 10 hours caught 1900!
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 TIE BAPTIsTs OF ARKANsAs.-This highly respectable denomination of Christians, are very numerous in Arkansas, so much so, and combining so much intelligence and wealth, that they have determinedt to estab- fish paper some place in the State-the exact locality not yet determined upon.
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 e5PDeaths from yellow fever in New Or leans last week were 3l0-78 of whom died on Saturday.
 A dispatch to the Memphis papers says: NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24.-Deaths from yellow fever on yesterday "A.
 NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 25.-Deaths in this city yesterday A.
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 Nrv A C,oo,o1 o4L is called to several new adv'ts that appear in this number.
 The card of W. P. DAVIS, manufacturer of Hydraulic Cement, Falls City Mills, New Albany, Ia. This is conceded to be the best Cement made in the United States, and per- sons sending orders should direct them to MT. Davis. A specimen of the Cement can be seen at this office.
 MT. MORGAN, who succeeds Mir. Anderson as principal of the Helena High School, gives notice that the ninth session will com mence on the first Monday in September.
 Commissioners sale of valuable lands in Phillips county, by Robt. ". Casteel, Esq. MT. T. s. N. KING, School Con missioner, gives notice that he will on Monday, the 4th day of October, sell the l6th section in ? South, East.
 Adv't of 280 acres of valuable land, a portion of which is cleared, For terms, &c., enquire at this office.
 Miss M. HARRIS, very worthy young lady, gives notice that she will commence teaching School in Helena, on the first Monday in next month.
 Mir. HowBRToN, Produce dealer, says he has some choice brands of Liquors, which he will close out very low.