Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-25
From the Rome Sentinel. The Number Seven"

| There are great many things which go by "sevens'-so much so, as to awaken considera- ble curiosity and inquiry in relation thereto.- Noah was commanded to take with him into the Ark, every clean beast by SeUens;;" of ''fowls of the air by se0ens'-the great food was pro- missed afer "seven" days; there are "seven" days of the week; seven" wonders of the world --the Ark rested in the 'seventh" month and on the lIth day of the month-a person not heard from in "seven" yearS is presumed to be dead-at the age of three times seven" a per. son attans majority-we are commanded 10 forgive our enemies, not seven times only. but seventy times seven''-" whosoever slaveth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him seven | fold" In the dream of Pharaoh, there were seUen kine-seven ears On one stalk, etc. The dream was interpreted to foreshadow seUen years of famine; St. J ohn addressed the Book of Re- velaton to the seUen churches, commencing with grace " from the SeueR spirits before his throne'' -the scriptures speak of seyen seals, seven gol- den candlesticks seUen stars-seUea lamps of fire l burning before the throne-and in the midst of the elders was lamb having seUel horns, seuen eyes-sevea angels with seuea trumpets-and svhen another angel appeared, seUea thunder | bolts uttered their volces-a great red dragon IS spoken oi, having seUea heads, seve, crowns upon his head-seUen plagues-SeUen vials of wrath.
 Peruse history still further, and we find there were seUen gates to ancient Thebes-seUea wise men of Greece--seCen cities claimed to be the | birthplace of Homer--Rome was built on seyen l hllis--seoen Bishops of England were tried there were seUen wears war in Europe--our Re- volutlonary war last seUel years--Jacob served Se0ea years and obtained Leah, and then seven ! years longer for Rachael; the human consttu- ton Is supposed to undergo radical changes every Se0en wears, under seUen years no person | can be guilty ot a telony--a person between seUen and tourteen may be punished for a capi- tai offence, etc.
 There are hundreds, and we may add, thou sands of other instances of the mystic number seUeft The latest, however and the one the | most curlouS and amusing, is the SeUen men of Erie county, who i>sued a call torNthe assem- blaze at Buffalo, May twenty seventh, of re- publlcans know nothings, dsaf1ected democrats, strong minded women, Vedk minded men, abo- htonlsts, iounerites brane bread politicians, sil- yer greys, old line whigs, Mattesonites, etc, etc., and in fact all who are dissatisfied with the de- mocratic party.
 When such dscordant and warning elements fuse, we may well calculate that the number 1 sereR IS indeed a mystic number! When Gus tayuS Adophus ScrOggs harmoniously blends with Elbridge Gerry Spaulding-- Benia- mn " Wech, the junior, catches hold of and 1 hangs on to the kite tail of Fillmore, Hall and Haven, we may set it down for fixed fact, that the lust tor office is greaterthan the SeUen won ders of the world, and that those seven are the ones Dryden reteIs to, when he speaks of the
 "Heyen bui.ocks, yet for Phebe Chose.
 And for Diana. soteH unSpDtted ewes"