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Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13


 HuMDoLDr's APPEARANcE.--Baya Taylor. the Traveller, who has enjoyed the society of the great HUMpoLDr, has fur- nished to the press the following interest ing sketch of his personal appearance:
 s.In person. Humboldt was short, strong. ly built, yet without any approach to cor- pulency. During the last years of his life, he carried his head bent, with stepping shoulders, as if his body had not yigor enough to hold up the weight of knowledge contained in his massive brain. Yetin the prime of life, when perfectly erect, his height could not have been more than five fleet six inches. His head was large and marked by beautiful symmetry, his fore head smooth and unwrinkled, and the blue eyes as soft, steady and clear as those of child. His sight was perfect, enabling him 1 to read the finest print without spectacles. | His nose and mouth were of the heavy Teutonic type, and the expression of his face fully accorded with the truth, consist. ency and benignity of his character. Nc person could have seen him without being Iinspired with an immediate personal regard | for him. In the castle at Tegel, the pat rimony of the Humboldt family, hangs 2 picture representing him in his thirty-fil,t year, on the side of Chimborazo. Hs Ithere appears rather slender, but with thu same massive head and clear blue eyes and with thick brown locks. In anothe portrait, at the age of fifty. his hair is al ready snow white. His countenancs changed very little after that period. ,h' skin sl Il remaining smooth, and with fresh, healthy tint.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13
OLD LETTERS.
BY FRANCE 8 owN. from s;npar or frop sa;o+

BY FRANCE BRO W N. Came from sinner or from saint, Cast them in, for the fire is faint,
 The fire is faint, and the frost is strong,
 And these old letters have lived too long. How welcome once it matters not, Their worth away with time has sped,
 The love is over, the hope is dead, And the old friend has forgot. Cast them in, they're heard to keep, And will not let one's memory sleep,
 For hints of age, and tales of change
 Oh, but the turns of life are strange. The world whereof they speak is gone--
 How bright they came, and how dim they part These passing ages of the heart, While life and we wear on. Cast them in, why should they last When the light we read them by is past,
 And never again will gild our day?-
 Up liks banner goes the blaze & It is waste paper and nothing more;
 Some have been treasured up for years, Some are plotted with heavy tears, And some our dreams read o'er. These are sprinkled with many vow, The love was never as warm as now
 Those by a trusty hand were penned- i. Woe is me for that friendships end There goes page of boyish rhyme
 That was sheet of good advice We took our own way on the ice, & And learned the worth of it all time. One glosey curl of wavy gold Was held in this burning letters fold; Iris long since that golden beard grew gray, And the grave where it rests is far away Up in it's might the broad flame flashes!
 And there they lie, in what all our aims, Seedlings and striveings, hopes and schemes, Must come to--dust and ashes
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

tor C's bill in my teeth, and made him pay up. What did Doctor c. offer me for getting his sixty dollars ?-he offered me one dollar. I won't take 1t, says l. I'll pay on more, says he. Pay me thirty dollars, says I. Get out of my office, or I'll kick you out, says he. Pay me thirty dollars, says |. Go to hell, says he, and he kicked me out of his door and down the steps into Broadway. goes across to the
 hotel and hires great arm chair out of the bar-room, and takes 1t across the street, and plants il on the curbstone, right opposite Doctor C.'s office door, and l lays the bill I had made out on full sheet of foolscap across my knees, hanging down so every body that went by could read Tn large, black, sanded letters:
 DOCTOR C.
 To J. BURLING. Dr,
 For collecting of RICHARD RoE,
 Commission, $50 % And all the crowd kept stopping to read, so that there was all the while two or three hundred people standing on the Doctors pavement, and reading first my bill and then his sign, and making their jokes. had hired the chair for the whole afternoon, but he didn't stand this more than fifteen minutes before he comes to the door, and says, come here, you damn ed rascal, and 1 went in and took thirty dollars of this money, and left the bill re- ceipted. h
 But, my friend, don't your impudent ways often get you into scrapes; are. you not afraid some one will some day break your head?'', w m
 Break whose head?' he thundered ; {" didn't ColaS., of New Orleans, a man that's killed seven men in duels, when l went to dun him, at the Astor House. didn't he grab me by the slack Of my brooches, and hold me out the fifth story window, and shake me there above the pavement, aud say, damn you, shall le, you fall, and break .your neck on the stones. or take you in, and kick you down stairs ?''
 "Well,'' said I, anxiouly, "what did you do then?"
 "What did I dos said. PAY ME THAT MONEY! and didn't he pull me in and pay me every cent?" The intensity of his manner, as he thus related his exploits, cannot be rendered on paper-especially when he exclaimed with closed teeth, and the fingers of his round hands clinched --" pay me Ma1 moaey"
 He took the transcript, and limped out In another day the hapless debtor, an over-match for all the regular. thumb screws of the law, came in to beg pteous. Iy I would call off the blood hound. told him it was the creditors affair, mol mine. Next day met Burling at the corner of Courtlandt street, looking mild and happy, and asked him how he succeed. ed. "I haven't got it yet was the re. ply, " He hasn't found me out, but he has just paid me five dollars, to let him dine at the - Hotel, down there. without my company. We've taken all our meals to- gether for the last two days, and he begins to find his appetite fail.'
 Whether the five dollars was credited on the judgement, or pocketed as person al perquisi.e, never knew.
 w. J. F.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

IT K. GATEWOOD, ATTORNEY AT .) 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 at tention to all business entrusted to him.
 aR OFFICE-OvER TowN HALL, (Frith's
 New Building first door. feDlo-tr
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

IT w. MARTIN. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
 Des Are, Prairie county, Arkansas: Will nractice in the counties of Prairie, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson and White. NT- Prompt attention given to the collection of claims; also, the locating, selling and pay ing taxes on land. 0T Office on Lyon street.
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

-Dr. Franklin said; sWhen see house we'll furnished with books and newspapers, there see intelligent and well informed chil dreo; but if there be no books or papers; the children are ignorant, if not profiigate."
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

nR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi- D cine in the different branches of the Pro- fesson, and 2ectfully 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 Visit street.
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

sAM'L W. WILLIAMS. ...... W. [. D. WILLIAMS.
 WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS, Ar
 w roRNEys AT LAW, Little Rock, Ar kansas. Office on Markham street. One Of our firm will be almost always at Brownsville, ,.hare he can be consulted on professional hnsiness. and will give his personal attention to all matters in Law and Equity, entrusted to them.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

I. L. uoLLowELL. .......-...w. D. JAeowAf- HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, Ar ToRNEys AT LAW, Dardanelle, Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of Yell, Perry, Saline, Pulaski, Prairie, Conway and Pope'
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

nR. VIM. BETHEL, will continue
 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 share of the public patronage r
 M% Ofice at LANE $ WATTs's Drug Store. Residence in the building formerly occupied as the "E Erwin House." may22-tf
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13
RLANKs! BLANKsN

lust printed and for sale at the CITIZEN :,,-Deeds of Conveyance Quit Claim Deeds; Justice's Summons', Exec itions, De- livery Bonds, Ec. &e.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

WILLIAM T. JONES ATTORNEY
 w AT LAW, Brownsville, Arkansas. Will practice in the counties of Prairie, Jefferson, Arkansas, Monroe, St. Francis, Jackson ana White. Prompt attention given to the coilec- tion of all claims in the middle and eastern mart of the State. sept26-tf
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

H. CROCKETT, ATTORNEY AT h LAW, Mount Adams, Arkansas county, Arkansas Will practice in the Counties or Arkansas, Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

r A. MOON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, \ GENERAL COLLECTING AND LAND AGENT, For the Northern and Eastern Counties or Arkansas, Des Arc, Arkansas. octlo
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

l.. FEArKERsToN. ..,,.. ....Z. P. H. FARR. HEATHERSTON & FARR, ATToR-
 n NEYsArL LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Clarendon. Arkansas. Win practice in the counties of Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St. Francis, Jackson and Phillips. Particular attention given to collections. REFEREScEs ; Madison, Ark, Hon. w. G. Beaseley, s. W. ChiIdress; Clarendon, Ark, H. M. Couch ; panola. Miss, Col. Calvin Miller; Coffeeville, Miss, E. c. Walthall; Memphis, Tenn, D. M. DuBose, Esq.,, w. Webb Holly Springs, Miss, w. T. Featherston Washington, D. C., Jacob Thompson. Jy7
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13
THE DIES ARC CITIZEN.
RATEs OF ADVERTISING.

~Adyertisers by the year will be res- tricted to their legitimate business.
 IsEA Advertisements displayed by large type, or in double columns, charged double the above rates.
 RsE Personal communications charged dou- ble the rates of regular advertisements.
 R~ Legal advertisements will be charged, for one square or less, first insertion s1, and 50 cents per square for each additional inser- tion-
 N% Announcing candidates for State and
 District offices, $7; County offices, $5; Town
 ship, offices $3, invariably in advance. EzT Calls on persons to become candidates
 are charged at the usual rates, except when neisons making the calls are subscribers to our paper. Payment in advance. .s f~Political circulars charged as adver- tisements.
 ET Advertisements not ordered for spe- ciAei time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly. eTAll advertising to be paid for quarterly. OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT. WE have supplied ourselves with good assortment of Printing Material, and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on reasonable terms We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- lorues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip- tion, for Clerks, Sherifs, Justices Of the Peace, Constables, &c.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

TN B. KENT, Attorney at Law, Des Arc.
 | Arkansas, will practice in the courts of Prairie, White, Monroe, Arkansas, St. Fran. cis. Jackson, and independence counties. All business intrusted to his care shall meet with prompt attention. TT OvFrcE on Lyon street. luho-u
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at
 Des Arc, offers his PROFESSIONAL SER VICES to the public. GT Calls promptly .at- tended to. & M may29, lS5S-1y*
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

nR. N. L. RAGLAND, having To- D cated on Wattensaw, at the residence heretofore occupied by W. B. Means, deceas ed, offers his professional services to the public.
 NW Calls promptly attended to. [apr lily. nR. T. J. CUMMINGS. having per D manently located at Atlanta, Prairie county, Ark, offers his professional services to the public.
 RE Having practiced in hospitals as well as in families, he fiatters himself that he can render satisfaction to his patrons.
 aY Office at Peebles' Hotel [apr 1-tf. nR J. c. GOODWIN, determined to A remain permanently in Des Arc, will continue to treat diseases, both Acute and Chronic in accordance with the most approv- ed principles of Scientific and Demonstrative Medicine.
 has heretofore enjoyed, respectfully solicits its continuance.
 GY Office at D. F. Black & Co.'S, Drug Store. april1-1y nR. J. L. NEIL, having permanent D ly located in Des Arc, Arkansas, offers his professional services to the citizens of the town and vicinity. Office over Washer, Vaughan $ Co.'S Store [mar l1-om. DR. T. SANDERS, late of Memphis IJ 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, iatters himself that he will share their pat ronage. nF QEEIcE-D Buena Vista street Residence on Woodruff street. dec5-tf DR. W. F. WALSH, having located at D Des Arc, offers his PROFESSIONAL SER
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

JTAKEMAN w. EDWARDS, LAW
 w YER, Springfield, Conway county, Ar kansas. Will practice in the various courts of Middle Arkansas. GT Prompt attention given to the collection of all claims entrusted so hin, n3O*
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

NHARLES P. BERTRAND. ArroR- t j NEy AT LAW, Little Rock, Ark. [3an2l
Des Arc citizen., 1859-07-13

ID JORDAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
 Little Rock, Arkansas. Idecl1-ly.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
The Great wonder OF the Nine
teenth Century.
PROFESSOR WOODS
HAIR RESTORATIVE.

Saws the St Louis (Mo) Democrat BELOW we pub
lish letter to Or. Wood, Of this city from gent-
man in Maine which speaks glowingy OF the superior
merits Of his hair tonic. Such evidence must have its
effect when coming from a reliable source. II GER
tcates are guarantees of truth, the Dr. needs 10 en-
comiums, nor useless puifery from the press ,e-,
BATH, Maine, jan 20 looO.
Professor o. J. Wood h Co.,
Geutlemen-Having my attention called few
months since to the highly beneficial effects OF your
hair restorative was Induced TO make application of
il upon my own hair, which had bee 'me quite gray,
probably one-third white; my whiskers were OF the
same character. Some three months since procure
a bottle of your hair restorative, and used it, soon
found it was proving what had wished. l used it
about twice a week. have since procured another
bottle, Of which Ihave used some. can now certify
b. the world that the gray or white hair has totally
disappeared, both On my mead and lace, and my hair
has resumed It's natural COLOR and believe more soft
aud glossy thln IL has been before Tor twenty -hve
years 1 am now sixty years old; my good wife at
the age offfy-two has used it with the same effect
The above notice deem due to you for your valna-
bic discovery. assured that whoever will rightly
use as per directions, will not have occasion TO con-
tradct my statements am citizen OF this city and
resident here for the last fifteen years, and am
known to nearly avery one here and adjoining towns.
ANY use you may make Of the above, with my name
attached is at your service wish 70 preserve the
am. truly, yours, A. G. RAYMOND. Is
BALTIMORE, Jan. 23, 1858.
WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE.
Professor Wood-Dear Sir: Having had the mistor'
tune to lose the best portion Of my hair from the ci-
fects ofthe yellow fever, in New Orleans In 1904,
was induced b. make trial Of your preparation, and
found il TO answer as the very thing needed My hair
is now thick aud glossy, aud words can express
myl Obligations to you in giving the afflicted such a
treasure. FlNLkl JOhNSON
The undersigned Rev. j. X. Bragg, is minister in
regular standing and pastor Of the orthodox Church
at Brookfed, Mass. lie is gentleman OF great in
huence and universally beloved.
WM. DYER.
BR0oEFELD, January ~, 1888.
Professor wool-Dear Sir Having made trial Of
your iair Restorative, it gives 'e pleasure to say
thattts eject has been excellent in removing inAama-
sion, dandrud and constant tendency to itching with
which have been troubled from my childhood; and
has also restored my hair which was becoming gray
to its original color. hav lsed other article with
anything like the same pleasure or profit
Yours truly, J. K.BRAGG.
O. J. WOOD CO., Propretors, 44 Broadway, New
York I'm he great n Y. Wire Railing Establishment,
and ttf Mlrxet-st., St. Louis, Mo.
Sold by all good Druggists and Fancy Goods Deal
ers.
eB- PARK 4 WHITE, San Francisco Wholesale
Agents for California and Oregon. ap4ly-eod-chq
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18

Medical Institute, Sacramento street,
below Montgomery opposite Pacific Mail Steamship
Co.'s Office San Francisco.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
1allp 9latlOual Qtmutrat.

The Chicago Daily Journal has entered up
on its sixteenth volume. The editor says that
news was received in Chicago fifteen years
since, in forty days from Europe, and two
hundred and fifty hours from New York
Now, London advices reach that city in ten
days, and news from New York is received in
five minutes
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
GLBERTA GRANT Notary Public. tL.sl


TTNo THE LADIES OF CALIFoRNIA.-L. J. ozan.
i kay, NJ. D., Physician Surgeon, and Acconcheur
invites the attention of the sick and afflicted females
laboring under any of the various forms of diseases
of the brain lungs heart, stomach, liver womb blood
Kidneys and all diseases peculiar to their sex The
Doctor Is eecting more cures than any other physi
clan in the State of Califor a Let no false decacv
prevent you, but applymmedatcly, and save your
serves from painful snferings and premature DEATH
All married ladies, whose delicate health or other cir
cumstances prevent an increase in their families
should call at Dr. L. J. Czapkays Medical Institute,
Sacramento street, below Montgomery opposite Paci-
&c Mail Steamship Company's office, San Francisco,
and they will receive every possible help and relief
All consultations (by letter otherwise) free
Address L. j. CzAPKAY, NJ. d, San Francisco. .
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
SAFES! SAFES -
LILIES IMPROVED.
Wrought and Chilled Iron Safes.

LILIES IMPROVED.
wrought and Chilled Iron Safes.
FTRE-PRoOF DRILL-PRooF,
POWDER PROOF, BURGLAR-PROOF.
With Lilies Impckable, Powder-proof Lock.
The best Safe made for resisting both fire and thieves
as proven in iunumerabe instances.
As u recent test by fire, reference is made to the
late burnna Of the Crystal Palace in New York City,
ut which all other Safes exhibition burned up
Lilies Safe alone was uniniured.
Reference is also ma to the test Afforded by the
burning of the Illinois Central Railroad Depot at
Cairo.
Read the following letter:
CnRo, Ill, Dec 10th, 1883
LEWIS LILLE Esq.-Dear Sir: The Safe pur-
chased Of you in our office, which was consumed
on Monday night. We have just opened it, and find
the papers uniniured, and the books will be good for
service by being rebound, the binding being injured
by steam bnt the paper Of the books is not injured in
the least The contents Of the iron money chest were
all right, good as when put in. Truly yours,
Signed, B.R. ABBOTT,
Agent Illinois Central Railroad.
Reference is also made to the great test trial which
took place at Iowa, the 10th January, 1859. The
origin of the test the sharp competition for the
supplying the State Bank, and its branches, with Safes
vault doors, locks, &c.
The State Bank having purchased Mr. Lilies Safe,
ETC. the opposition safe vendors, being dissatisfied
proposed as test, TO drill through Of the safes
the hank hal purchased, which proposition the bank
accepted, ana MT Lime went through lIhul lIugt ~
Y to Iowa to witness this test. Four perfectly chem
caly hardened drills were prepared, and the mach-
merry adjusted, Mr.. Lille assisting them in adjust
ing the machinery TO drill his own safe. The result Of
all this was, that after drilling for one hour and fifty
six minutes they reached the chilled iron, when the
drill would 90 no farther, all the drills having been
literally broken and gdound to pieces All farther ef-
forts to drill were reluctantly abandoned.
shipment of these safes has just arrived, and can
now be seen at the Agricultural Warehouse of I. 0
Shaw, 33 Sacramento street.
81 cd Ior mi ha nd fors ole
The best Bank and Vault Locks in the world.
THOS. OGG SHAW.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
.JONN G.. FALL,

No. 1877 FIRST STREET,
Is NOW RECEIVING, DAILY, LARGE oUANrI-
4 ties Of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, WINES,
LIQUORS, CLOTHING, &C,
Which he offers to the public at LOW PRICES. The
following comprises part of his stock
zoo boxes Adamantine and Sperm CANDLES;
% hhds. HAMS AMI BACON;
cases Oregon HAMS, SHOULDERS and BACONi
1 case SMOKED BEEF;
GO packages BUrTER-10 do. fresh do
25 cases best LEAF LARD;
40 bbls. and half bbs. CRUSHED SUGAR
30 boxes PULVERlZED SUGAR.
hhds. and 20 half bbls. N. 0. SUGAR.
tons ALUM and fine SALT;
40 kegs L. b. SYRUP;
20 kits and half bhls. MACKEREL;
60 bbls. and half bbls Clear Mess and Prime PORK
- coils R0PE-sze 4 inch to ? inch;
30 pieces DUCK-No 10 to No. so;
300 boxes Common SOAP;
10 boxes CASTLE SOAP;
so boxes assorted brands Chewing TOBACCO;
Carolina Rice, China Rice Smoked Herring, &c.
For sale at small profits. feb9-y
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18

Also have a few OF these celebrated nachneS
They are just what every Farmer wants. me com
pact arrangement Of different parts oil ths machihf
and durability its workmanship, the small amount
Of power takes it, together with its effective
operation in threshiug and cleaning at least as much
chine now in use, combine TO justify us in believing
that il cannot fall a. becomes known, to be the most
useful and popular machine in the country The CYL
inderS Of the above machines from eighteen to
twenty-four inches In length. Each of the Ohio Ma
chimes have Trucks, HORSEPOWER, Levers, and the
usual amount OF extras.
We can safely recommend our presentlot Of Thresh-
ing Machines being the best that have ever been i'm
ported, as they were all made to order Give us a
call before buying.
THOS. OGG SHAW,
33 Sacramento street.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18

The ioiners employed in the Charlestown
Navy Yard have presented to Commodore
Stringham handsome gold headed cane,
valued at $50 1t was made from piece OF
the old CONSTITUTION" The head is of solid
gold, neatly chased, and inscribed with the
words Presented to Commodore Stringham,
United States Navy"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18

A DEBATE was held in Urbana, Ohio re-
Gently. extending through several days, be
tween the Rev w W King, Universalist,
and the Rev r. n Davies, on the question
of "Universal salvation The Urbana Con-
stitution speaks of the spirit manifested by
the dehaters ms in the lowest degree discour-
teous and bitter.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-18
AdministratOr's Notice,

A LII SONS HOLDING CLAIMS
IA against the estate Of W. X. North hereby
notified to present the to me for settlement at
Timbuctoo, Yuba county, Gala, within ten months
from date, the same will be forever barred and all
persons knowing themselves to be indebted TO said
estate hereby notified to settle the same within ten
months from the date hereof.
L. P. FAUST, Administrator
Of the estate Of W. r. North deceased
Tnbactoo, June ath, 1859 ie5-lm%