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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22

The Ale1andria Sentinel tells the familiar story
about Col BentOn's returning to recognize the House
Of Representatives as legal body after the 81 of
March; =
alt vas Sunday morning, and the Alb Of Msrch
Of the short session. Col Benton held that as the
Sd Of March was the end Of the period for which the
REPRESENTATIVES had been elected, the House had
expired at midnight Of Saturday. By sort Of le-
gal fiction, however the House claimed not only TO
Be living on Sunday morning, but vas calling up
It its absent msmbers and it happened that just
as Col Benton, after good nights sleep and hear
" breakfast, reached the door Of the Hail. his name
was called By the Clerk. Immediately his indig-
nation was great You shGH't call my mama Sir
This is no House, Sir. And an member, Sir.
I'LL sue you il you call my name in there, Sir"
In addition 10 this Col Benton told them that
a was q mob-that be was 90 member Of no such
body" The present Speaker, Mr.. Orr. was in the
Chair at the time, and he promptly replied; "AS
The gentleman denies being member Of this House.
the Sergeant alarms viii please remove him from
the Hall" The remark created = roar Of laughter,
and Old Bullion in towering rage, stalksd ont Of
abe Capitol.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22
To Florists and Amateurs of
Gardening.
IaPan Lille. GIadioIus. &C., e.

Two supply the n Amateurs, have obans cu
B. x Bliss Of Springfield, supply Of his choicest Viewer
Seeds, lining among hunlrcd irent kinds; Ycrhcna
extra ehoice varieties. Assrs = distinct eoos 9aes
raised by Trudant, Of Versailles English Fanes double llg
iyhOeks Of 50 dsreat ool0rs and varieties Also Few q
The splendid bieiUrg STscfiHs JapaR lilies,
The most elegant specimens II the Glqdi0lus. &C. &c
febiG MACKENZIE & NfHCHIy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22

Nor TOO OLB.-In our advocacy of Mr. Bells
nomination for the Governorship, we have been
met by his friends(?) with the objection that he is
TOO old and could not therefore, make the canvass.
We are gratifed to be able TO state that this vile
Islander upon our fsvorite has been exposed and
that his age can no longer be urged as q reason
why he should not be allowed the opportunity Of
indicating his political course in person before the
people of Tennessee Mr.. Thomas Washington, of
Nashville, Indignantly denies that Mr.. Bell is
vg old man, and refers to the fsrnily record, which
shows that he was born the 18th day of February
1885, and is therefore only siKty>three years of age
We thank Mt Washington for bis dsigterested ''Vin
dication of the truth of history" and more especial
" for the great service he has rendered Mr. Be- in
taking from his enemies argument with which
they we're destroying his chances for the Governor
ship, and running his prospects for the Presidency.
-Nemphis ApaLanehe
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22

AUCTION SALE OF GOCERIES,
CARTER, WILLSFORD a CO.,
Successors to Carter Mckay Co., and p. Lsnler)
ON Tuesday, February 2Sd. 1859,
WTE will otter Tor cash in front Of arsh0use No. Mar
w ket street. large az Fresh and Choice Gro
leries comprising in part the following 81 ticles,
100 hhis Ia Sugar, 100 boxes Tobacco, vars bads
100 fags RisSOfce. soc Cove Oysters,
% bags Laguyra Coffee, go boxes 35 Bar Soap,
80 bills New MOllsses, 500 boxes Palm Soap,
50 y bbis Molasses, le0 boxes Foxes Starch,
50 hbs Crushed and Powdered i0s Woods Starch
Sugar, 30 dozen Drooms,
800 bills Cincinnati Whisky, 100 boxes Star Candies,
p bills NeEs0m Go 100 boxes TaoW do
80 old Robertson County do 50 y z ibis Crsnterres,
80 old Rye and Bourbon do $50 dozen Painted Buckets,
. : pipes Brandy, 1G0 boxes & Z Cheese.
p bolsWater and Butter Crack . bags Pepper,
reans raDpinK Paper,
leo kegs Nails, assorted, 20 Sardines,
5Ol.0OO asserted Cigars.
With many other articles too tedious to MENTION
We intend 20 sell The goods reserve viii
also, offer without luit lot Of very Virginia
Tobacco, manufactured ny Jas. Thomas, Jr Of Richmond
CARTER, WfLLSR0RD & CO.,
feblB-d No. Market street..
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22

RAILROADS. IN VIRGINIA There are twelve rail-
70 IDS in Virginia finished and in regular operation,
whose aggregate length is upwards Of 1900 miles.
We do net include in the list the Baltimore
and Ohio read, with the Parkers5urg branch which
would increase the aggregate to 100 miles. Nor
do We include the Massasses Gap and Alexandra
Loudon and Hsmpsnire roads, portions of which are
completed aud in operation, which if added 10 the
above figures would swell the total to 800 miles.
When all the roads now in progress shall be fin
shsd, there will be grand total of more than >
200 miles, connecting the oiio River at three diff
ferent points, With the Atlantic Ssaboard knitting
together in iron bands every section of the State
and giving them easy and cheap access to the best
mArkes.-PetersJsrg InteltigeacsT.
FortJ-6ve negroes, Of ages ranging from six to
atty years. belonging to the estate Of the late John
Clarke, jr. were sold at Fayetteville on the 18th
inst, en- credit Of six noRths, and brought the sg-
esseas1 snosns Of sss,SQe
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Williamson County.

Our agent for Williamson county, Mr.. W. C Huat,
viii forthwith visit patrons and friends in that
section TO close up al arrsaT0gss by cash or Roe
He win also receive money for renewals and new
subscribers. We bespeAk for him hearty response
ct the hands Of our subscribers and friends
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DON'T BE Cd!
ara

Valuable City Property for sale.
gK4HAT Valuable Property formerly Oceu-
pied By Planters b te cos7s stfest
and The lot fronts 90 Prb SONAR.
along Coiegs street 100 e alley win
e dvied 70 nit Puretasers Ear terms, Se, apps
A. Y. g. LINDSLET,
fete-d1a. - 0Coilsgs sfIest.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22
ExTnNsILE SALE OF GROCERIES,
s. A. G.. NOEL g. co.

Auction sale OF Groceries
By
MORRIS & STR ALTON.
ON "wednesday Morning next, 23d Feb,
Will auction complete assortment Of Groceries
and Liquors consisting in part follows:
400 hhds Sugar all grades 50 DO do do
300 bags choice Rio Coffee, leo Kits Nos and ?;
eco bbls ard half bbls Mossses. 100 boxes Goldfish;
choice, 100 boxes Rsisns,
100 packages Star Candies, 100 drums Figs,
100 do Tallow Do . boxes Oranges;
900 boxes Soap, IS bags s 5 Almonds,
50 do starch, 10 boxes Pecana,
900 dozen Painted Buckets, q boxes Cove oysters,
% dcz Nests Tubs; g hoVes Tobacco, various hr3s,
50 do Washb0snls. SgGC0 n Cigars de aa
IS do Bro0ms, 50 ls,ls Viregars,
go kegs Nails, assorted bbls White WhsRY
50 boxes Glassware, do 100 Pixies Magnolia;
500 Demljohns, assorted, 10 n. E Kim
4abbls No 3, large AlacsereI bills Gin.
isbI7 MORRIS 4 sTRATTON.
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tRhs Fayetteville 06srpg says the traeklsyers are
putting down the rsils on the Winchester aud Ala
bsuas Railroad at the rate Of quarter Of mile
Der day, and that there Is fair prospect that the
ears VIII b vvzslast to thas plAes b tAe Ii Of
Ma
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22

Time sale OF Groceries, at Auction By
HARRIS, GORDON q COMPANY.
an TUESDAY next s9d 1859, Oasr for sale At
Auction,
500 hhds n. o. Sugar, al 50 bxs Langhorn 4 seas
grades; Tobacco;
go b2s choice Rio Coffee; 50 bxs GoaHins Rosebud
800 bbls Deans whisky so do Keene smiths De
$50 hXs No. Soap; Iu0reeis Cotton Rope;
100 do Star Caadles; 50 bbIs Ynegsr:
800 bhls New Crop M0lases;
With many other article.
TERMS All under $500 cash-sn SEQ, sixty
days for approved endorsed notes, payable in hank
feblEtd HARRIS. GORDON 4 Co.
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JAMES CAMERON,

PORTRA1T md LANDSCAPE PAINT Eua
NKJOULD snnounce q The pahlc that having rraefef
Italy Artist h9 lis professional geal
70 he eiug.ns d Nashville and ssrroussing co1nty-
TfsbieAn.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-02-22
NEW BOOKS.

FOR MARCH.
Goiey' Ldy's Book vith he Spring Fashions jus, received
ehE CUAs " SMITH
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oNB ne shortest notice, IN Ans syls and st lev rslsA
y and sent 70 ssg point Send b yosf eEdGE So
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
RUFUS cHoATE.

453
 Since the death of Webster, (says the New Orleans Delta) no man, at least in the North ern and Eastern States, has occupied higher position at the American bar, and enjoyed a higher reputation, both as forensic and general orator than the Hon. Rufus Choate, who died at Halifax on the 18th ut. Hav- ing started to Europe for the benefit of his he was obliged to discontinue the journey at Halifax, where the journey of life was also for him, soon bronghtto it's close.
 The following brief sketch of the private, professional, and public history of MT. Choate, we take from the Boston Evening Coulter,
 MT. Choate was born in the town of Essex, in this State, Oct 1st 1799. He entered Dartmouth College in 1915. and was graduated with the highest honors of his class in 1919. He continued attached to the college in the capacity of tutor for year after his graduation. He then en- tered the law school at Cambridge, and after remaining there few months, he went to Washington, where he was for about year in the office of Mr. Wirt.-- Returning to the North, his professional studies were completed in the office oi MT. Andrews, of Ipswich, and in that ol Judge Cummins, of Salem. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1924, and commenced the practice of the law in the town of Danvers, but in the course of two or three years removed to Salem. From the mo- ment of his admission to the bar. his suc- cess was marked and his rise rapid. The oldest and most experienced jurists a, once found formidable rival in the youth ful advocate, who to thorough knowledge ofthe law, the most careful preparation of each particular case, and the most earnes, devotion of himself to the cause of his client, added the charm of brilliant and persuasive rhetoric. such as had never be- fore graced the conflicts and discussions of New England court of justice Though he occupied seat in the Massa- cbusetts House of Representatives for one year, and subsequently in the Senate for the same period, he did not allow himself to be diverted from the path of professions toll and professional success by the a,trac. tions of politics. When in the year 1892 at the earnest solicitation of his persona and political friends. he allowed himself tc be put in nomination as candidate for Con. gress, he felt that he had gained posi-.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
KING COTTON.
nY GEORGE P-MoRRrs

 Old Cotton is King, boys-aha! With his locks so massive and white! He shines among Kings like star And his is the seeptre of right,
 Boys, of right, And his is the sceptre of right! Old Cotton, the King, has no care, No Queen, and no heir to his throne, No courtiers, his trinmphs to shsro, He rules his dominions alone, 2 Boys, al6nei He rules his dominions alone Old Cotton, the merry old boy !-- Like smoke from the pipe in his mouth His years glide away in their joy, At home, in the warm sunny South,
 Boys, the South, At home, in the warm sunny South. Old Cotton will pleasantly reign When older Kings painfully fall, And ever and ever remain The mightiest monarch of all
 Boys, of all, The mightiest monarch of ali! Then here's to Old Cotton, the King! His true loyal subjects are we: We'll laugh and we'll quatf and we'll sing A Jolly old fellow is he,
 Boys, is he, A jolly old fellow is he!
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
N LET NE DIE QUIETLY. '

MBe still-make no noise ----let me die qui v yIcE PREsipxNT KING.
 "Br still Y The hour of the souls de. parture is at hand; earth is fading from its vision. Time is gliding from it's pres ent! Hopes that cluster around young life, that swell in the bosom of manhood have fallen from around 1t like the forest leaves, when the frosts of autumn have chilled them unto death. Ambition, with |its hollow promises, and pride with t. lofty look, have vanished away. The world, with ils decei.fulness; pleasure with its gilded temptations, are gone and alone. in utter destroction Of all thal time promised, ii must start on it's solemn journey across the valley of the shadow q ldealh !!
 '" Make no noise Y Let the tumult o life cease. Let no sound break the soul. communion with itself ere il staris on i.s returnless flight. Trouble 1t not with ac- cents of sorrow. Le, the tear stand still on the cheek of affection. and let not the wailing of grief break the solemn silence of the death scene. Let il gather the ac- cents that come from within the dark shadow of eternity. saying 10 t. come home. Afar off the music come floating 1 to 1t in the air. 'Tis the sound of heay. enly harps touched by yiewless fingers. Mar not the harmony by the discord of earth.
 "Let me die quietly!' The commo- tions of life, the strife and warning with human destiny arc over. Wealth accu- mulated must be scattered honors won must be resigned; and all the triumphs that come within the range of human achievements must be thrown away. The past, with it's trials, its transgressions. its accumulated responsibilities. its clingine memories, its vanished hopes, is render. ing up to the future disturb no the quiet of that awful reckoning. Speal not of fading memories, of affections whose objects perish in their loveliness like the flowers of spring, or wither in q slow decay. Talk not of an early home where loved ones finger, where seat will soon be vacant, cherished voice hushed forever. or of the desolation tha will seat itself by the bearths.one. The soul is at peace with God; let it pass calmly away. Heaven is opening upon its vision. The bright turrets, the tall spires, the holy domes of the eternal city
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

here found some of Fosters earlier mel
 odies were almost displacing, in the esti
 nation of the shepherd boys and co,iag, lgirls, the songs of Burns and Ramsay. .
 Often. in the Scottish cotta res, after ihs
 bagpipes have droned out their accornpa Iniment to Scots wha hae,' and Lort
 A,hol's Courtship, voice will take uE
 one of these American melodies. and al
 gathered around the ipgleside will join ir
 the simple refrain; and thus the plaintive
 touching strains that are first sung in the
 dark, sooty town of Piltsburg, on the Mo.
 nongahela, rise away above the smoke l and steam of city life, float across the At
 lantic, and are heard uponsthe heathery mills of Ettrick, and among the birks tha. grow on the braes of Yarrow.'" Favor. able mention has also been made of them from California. China, Australia, and
 even the deserts of Africa, through the foreign and home correspondence of our newspapers.
 Ethiopian minstrelsy, as it is called. has, however, culminatcd, and is now in its decline. Approaching this fact, Mir. Foster has lately somewhat changed his style, and abandoning the use of negro jargon. he DOW writes songs better adapt ed for general use. While the .melodies exhibi. decided improvement, the words are rhythmical, always unexceptionable in point of moral, and as good, poetically considered, as the majority of songs We do not say that MT. Fosters "melodies" can be compared with those that have iln- mortalized the names of Burns. Barry Cornwall, or Thomas Moore but we do maintain that the composer who produced such popular and pleasing songs as "Gen- lie Annie, " Willie, We have Missed You,,' Maggie by My Side,' II See Her Still in My Dreams" :" Old Dog Fray" etc, deserves an honorable men, ton, as one Of those who has enlarged the pleasure of thousands.
 The reason of the popularity of MT. Fosters songs lies in their easy,s flowing melody, the adherence to plain chords in the accompaniments, and the avoidance Of intricacy in the harmony or embarrassing accidentals in the melody. They have a family resemblance, but not greater than the simpler melodies of Bellini and. Doni- zetti, and the composer is no more truly open to the charge of self f-plagiarism than are those Italian melodists. And, as Mr.. Foster is still young. he may improve and elevate his style, till he attains musical reputation that will be more than ephe- neral.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

tion which made such stept not impru-
 dent. He was elected to the House of Rep.
 resentatives and served there for single term, with honorto himself and satisfac. Etion to his constituents, but declined re- II.elecuon, having determined to remove lo
 Boston, as the sphere best suited to his bowers and his separations.
 He came to Boston in 1884. entered al
 once into the possession of large and
 important buisness, and measured his
 powers with the leaders of the bar. For the next eight years his life was one ol the most assiduous toil and the most bril-. liant triumphs. In Febuary, ls4i, he
 was chosen by the Legislature of Massa. lchusetts member of the Senate of the
 United States, in place of MT. Webster, who had entered the Cabinet Of President Harrison. He remained in the Senate (till March 1S45. the close of his term, when he gladly returned to the more con- genial sphere of the bar. He took ire. |quent part in the discussions of the Sem ate, and made brilliant and elaborate speeches upon the Oregon question, the tariff, and the courts of the Unised States, which were published in pamphlet form. From the close of lis Senatorial term to the time of his death he has resided in Boston, engaged in the most extensive practice, and only diverted from his lobors by the occasional preparation and delivery ofa public address.
 He was for three or four years one of the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti,u- ton. April 2lst, lS4l, he delivered an eulogy on President Harrison before the citizens of Boston, in Faneuil HaIl. In December, 1S43, he gave the address on the anniversary of the landing of the Pil-1 grims, before the New England Society of New York In August, 1853, he pro- nounced m eulogy upon Daniel Webster, before the faculty and students of Dart mouth College. In September, 1854. be gave an address at Dansers, at the dedi-I cation of the Peabody Institute. On July 4sh, 1858, he delivered m oration before the Young Mems Democratic Club of Boston. All the above discourses have been printed. To this Hist of occasional| performances are to be added two ad dresses before the students of tho Dane Law School, al Cambridge, md two be- fore the Mercantile Library Association of Boston. Some ofshis political speeches. and one or two at least of his forensic arguments have appeared in print.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

J. L. HoLLowELL........r. w. D. lAcoWAf. HOLLOWELL & JACOWAY, Ar 1 roRNEys 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., 1859-08-03

are emerging from the spectral dsrkness. and lhe glory of the most high is-dawuiog around them. The white throne ;s elis- tening in the distance. and the .whils robed angels are beckoning The weary spirit to it's everlasting home. .
 Wha, is life tha, t should be clune to longer7 What are the joys of the wosId that they should be regretted What has earth to place before the spirit ci man to tempt its stay or turn it from iis -elsrnal rests-[ Albany Register. -
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

DOBERT H. CROCKETT, ATTORNEY AT EC LAW, Mount Adams, Arkansas county. Askansas. Will practice in the Counties of Arkansas. Monroe, Desha and Prairie.
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
THE OLD-LINE DEMOCRAT: TO BE PUBLISHED WEEKLY, AT LITTLE
 ROCK. ARKANSAS. Terms One Copy. One Year. E2 co each,

Acrns-One Copy. Une Year, S52 u0 each,
 Payable on Receipt of he first .No.) fVNHE Democracy of Phillips county as. sembled in mass meeting, at Helena. on l Monday, May g, 1859, and adopted the fol- lowing resolution:
 lnasmuch as the Old-Linc Democracy of
 Arkansas have no organ at our State ca D.
 ital,-the so-called ssTrue Denocratv being
 wholly subservient to the wishes of certain
 politicians and regardless of the welfare of the
 party at large-therefore the Chairman of this meeting is hereby requested to appoint a committee of three Democrats of this county,
 whose duty it shall be to correspond with Democrats throughout the State, asking their cooperation in the establishment. at Little Rock, of an organ of the Democratic masses lpicdged to maintain State- Rights principles, to uphold the convention system in it's purity, to oppose all fnsions and coalitions, to advo- cate the interests of ths whole party, and to re- main forever free from the control of any as- plrant, clique, or faction"
 The foregoing statements and conclusions are undeniably correct. The rank and file of our party--the honest, hard-fisted yeoman- ry," who do our voting and win our victories, without other hope of reward than the coun- try's good and the approval of their own con- sciences-have no mouthpeace at Little Rock. The so-caled True Democrat makes blind OuetitNCe tO d CllQut or lO!ICS-llOlueFS ana OT- fice-seekers the test of orthodoxy, and de- noumces as ( straitorsv and < disorganizers,' all who would not kiss the feet of those lordly aristocrats. Yet, while thus arrogantly ex- communicating men who never flnched in the advocacy of our principles who never hesi- tated to sustain our usages, and whose only sin is that they scorn to acknowledge a master, that per itself is edited by an ex-Whig, ex- Know Nothing. latter day convert--is tlle apologist of q coalition with oilr political en- mies-and the defender of the fraudulent ad- Know Nothing and Disorganizers into Democratic conventions!
 It is not to be expected that Democrats will acquiesce in such abuses and submit to such presumption. They cannot do so without abandoning their ancient landmarks, sacrificing all their party dignity, ard forfeit ing all their Individual sef-respect. Hence the action of the Philips Democracy in the premises. Hence, also, this appeal to every good Democrat in the State, to aid in carrying out their suggestion.
 The intention is to issue the first number of The Old Line Democrat in Aueustnext. Each friend of the enterprise is therefore eqnested to obtain, immediately, as many subscribers as possible, on the terms set forth at the be- ginning of this prospectus. and forward the list without delay, to The Old Line Democrat, care of James Blackburn. Helena, Arkansas. |
 ( A long pull, "a strong pull, and a pull alto gether" will insure success!
 BAILEY KENDALL,
 WILLIAM N. MARTIN, Committee
 JAMES BLACKBURN.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
Rt1 ANKs FOR sA E4E!

TUST PRINTED, and for sale, at the J < CITIZEN OFFICE, ,"-Deeds of Convey ance, Qlit-Cl Deeds, Justices Summons Exec itions, Delivery Bonds, &c. janl-H
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03
NR IF. SANDERS. late of Mempbis

TR. W. F. WALSH. having located at
 l Des Arc, offers his PROFESSIONAL SER VICES to the public. GY Calls promptly at tended to. may29, lS58-1ys
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

nR. J. J. LANE, will Practice Medi- x cine in the different branches of the Pro- fession, and respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of Des Arc and surrounding conn- try hoping to share at least portion of their patronage. OFFICE On Buena Vista street.
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

FIR. J. L. NEIL, having permanent 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. Thar 11-6m.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-08-03

r E. GATEWOOD, ATTORNEY AT sl 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. RsSF OFFICE-OvEs TowN HALL, (Frith's New Building. ) first door. feb13-tf