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GENERAL JACKSON.

It is not generally known that General Jackson was intended for the ministry. We fud he following interesting facts in the correspondence of the Memphis Pres byierian Sentinel v:
 While he was very young, Jackson's father died, leaving hls mother but litile means 10 educate and fit for the duties of life himself and two brothers. Andrew was intended for the ministry of the Pres byteran Church. For the accomplish menl of this purpose he was sent 10 q hourshing academy atthe Waxhaw meet house. in South Carolina, where he was put to the study of the dead languages. The providence sof God however. had a mission for Jackson to fulfill. and hence the prosecution of the mothers purpose was interrupted, and the whole course of the youth changed. In his afer-ife of trial, vicissludes and danger. Jackson often appeared irreigous, and sometimes even proiane; yeI how plainly do we see type of character traceable directly 10 the early training of Scotch-lrlsh Pres | bytprlan mother. and which precisely fitted him for his work. And certainly no m m. not even excepting John Newton himself, has ever more sulklngly exemplltied the words of Solomon: Tram up a child in the way he should co and when he IS old he will not deparl from it.
 In old age General Jackson became q devoted member of the PresbyterIan Church. Says his late biographer: " He was q sincere and devoted communlcan' of the Presbyterian Church, and he erect. ed house of worship in the immediate vicinity of the Hermitage for the conve nience of his family and servants"
 The same bographer also states that during his late illness ' he was constantly cheered by the visits of his old and attach ed personal friends; and the cancellations of reigton to which he loved to resort were never failing solace to his heart On one occasion he remarked To a clergy. man who called upon him. that he was ir the hands of nerclful God :" have full confidence, sad he, q. in his goodness and mercy. My lamp of llie IS nearly run out, and the last glimmering is come. l am ready to depart when called The Bible Is true. The principles and statutes of that holy hook have been lhe rule of my life, and l have tried to conform to it's spirit as near as possible. Upon that sa- cred volume l rest my hope of eternal salvation. through the mercy and blood of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. :" Such were the dying words of General Jackson. And where, ask, in all his even,lul and brilliant life, has he uttered or written words so instructive and vaua- ble? They are weghty words oi profound wisdom, worthy the last utterance oi the great man. They ought 10 be framed and hung up in every dwelling as household words"
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The woods of October, how brightly they
 g.eam, When sunlight is streaming their branches be-
 tween; The crimson and orange, the green and the
 gold, love there to wander at twilight alone, And list to the wild winds low music al moan As it sngeth dirge foFthe summer departed A requiem low for the desolate-hearted. The skies of October, how soft is their hue, When sunlight and roselight are blended with
 blue, And fair fleecy clouds float in quiet away, Like islands of peace in some beautiful bayl And when night draweth round her dark man.
 tie of gloom, The fair shining stars the deep darkness llume And glimmer like lights in those mansions o love, Which Christ hath prepared for His childre
 above. o, dear native month best beloved of tn
 year! The children of Summer may call thee severe And weep that thy rude winds should scattt
 the flowers, Which blossomed so brightly in summers ga
 bowers. But to me. with instruction thou ever art rife For thou bringest tornind the October of lift And youths summeF know, is not always
 stay, Not always we baskin the sunlight of May.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

The first time horse trotted in public in America was in ISIS, when match Was made for Si ,000, that no horse could be p O. dnced which could etrot mile in three 10 n- uses.p Toston Blue won tue stase,
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Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

THE WAY CHoArE WORKED. How often have observed that. let a friend or client call on MT. Choa,e at his busiest moment, and he would turn to his visitor with all the ease of an idler. There was no wrinkIing of the brow, nothing in the look or gesture, which said that the inter- rup,ion was unwelcome and mus. be brief. He could always afford 10 be interrupted; and the reason was that, when the inter- rup.on was over, he could return at once 10 his study; and when he studied, he knew how to study = Parsons.
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{" He continued, when dviug, to utter words full of affection and Christian re- signation His mnd,' says his last biographer. retained its vigor to the last, and his dying moments, even more than his earlier years, exhibited its highest intellectual light
 "It was remarked by Dr. Esleman, his attending physician, 1" that his confidence aud faith in the great truths ol religion seemed to be more firm and unwaverlng than any man he had ever seen die. He expressed desire that Dr. Edgar, oi the First Presbyterian Church, Nashville should preach his funeral sermon, anc that no pompous parade should be made over his grave" .58 m Hos
 TIE MIssIppr RIVER. .----The Missis- sippi river is three thousand one hundred and sixty miles long. and originates on continental high lands at an elevation of fifteen hundred and seventy five feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico. It's mean descent is a fraction over five inches per mile. It has four principal calaracts, namely, the Neiwa, Kakabconic, Paga- gaman, and Hahha, or St. Anthony $ Falls ta.e.f. s.. ,sfs ..s.
 The river was a long time in being cx- plored. De Soto found and crossed i, from the present area of Tennessee to Arkansas, in l740 Alter his death, the following year, Mocoso descended it, with . Ill ba ,~f tl,., ; Gulf. But nothing was known of it's ori- ) gin. In 1878 Marquelta discovered it a, the mouth of the Wisconsin But the
 French never explored It higher than the river St. Francis. which is not far above St. Anthony's Falls. British colona
 times were not favorable to explorations , Carver, in l776, was the only man wht
 travelled to this quarter, and he did no exceed the limits of the French.
 Jefferson, on the acquisition of Loulsi ana, inaugurated better system. H dispatched Lewis and Clark 10 explore tn Columbia and Lieut.. Zebulon Pike tn Mississippi. Pike left his encampmer in Missouri on the 9th day of Al gust. 1905, at least three months to late in the season to accomplish his ohjec He proceeded about one hundred an twenty miles above the Falls of St. Al lhony. when winter arrested him. Tt river froze early in October, and sno covered the whole country Going fo ward on snow shoes, he obtained maj from the British factors. on which tl source of the river IS, erroneously, place in Turtle Lake---an error which was put llished, with his narrative, al Philadelphia; Isn 1910. This was early supposed to wrong. and the Government, after a fe' years had passed, directed further exple ralions to be made in that quarter I Washington States.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

a D
 PHYSICAL BENErIr or THE SABBATH The Sabbath IS Gods special present tc the working man, and his chief obiec' is 10 prolong hls life. and preserve efiicien, his working tone. In the vital system il acts like compensation pond il replen. isbes the spris the elasticity and vigor, which the last SIX have drained away, and supplies the force which is 10 fill the six days succeeding and. in the economy of existence, Il answers the same purpose as. in the economy of income, is answered by savings bank. The frugal man puts away pound to-day and another pound next month, and who, m quiet way is putting by his stated pound from time, to time. when he grows old and frai, gets no. only the same pound back agaln. but a good many pounds besides. And the conscientious man, who husbands one day Of his existence every week who, in stead of allowing the sabbath 10 be tram pied and torn in the hurry and scramble for life, treasures il devoutly up, the Lord of sabbath keeps it for him. and, n the length of days, .he hale old age gives it back with usury. The saving bank of human existence is the weekly sabbath. - North British Review.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26
A PERFECT LAWYER. An Englist

A PERFECT LAWYER. An Englisl writer of the l7th century has given { sketch of the character of a perfect law yer. The concluding sentence of the eulogy is as follows
 In word while he lives. he is the delight of the courts, the ornament Of the Bar, the glory of his profession. the pa tron of onocency, the upholder of right the scourge of oppression, the terror ol deceit, and the oracle Of his country; and when death calls him to the bar of Heaven by habeas corpus cum causis. he finds the judge his advocate, non-sulis the devil, obtains a iiberate from all his in firma,ies. and continues still one oi Ihe long robe in glory
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

I ( E
 Ex-PREsIpENT PIERcE.-ln the spirited
 letter of Col. Hiram FuIIer-late editor of
 the New York Mirror- published in the
 New York Express and written from
 London and Paris, he pays the following happy compliment to ex- President Piercef
 But of all the strangers, o dlstlnctlon Fin Rome none IS more couf,ed or respect
 ed than ou~ much abused ex President
 Franklin Pierce. MoiUs'g adabls, and courteous. everybody IS seeting his socleiy wlthsas much eagerness as he avoids pub licity. He refuses all invitations except it be to join few Americans; and then we find him the most entertaining and the most agreeable of companions. He will leave soon for England, which he has never visited, and where he will find it difficult to avoid all the honors that await him. l see some of the American pa- pers are urging Gen. Pierce's name as q candidate for the next Presidential term, bu, il is utterly useless. Nothing can in- duce him to accept second nomination, nor public office of any grade. Not withslaudlng my own " official head was one of the first to roll into the bushel un- der Gen. Pierce's administration, yet I cannot forbear saying in all sincerity and truth, that would sum up his biography in these brief words. He was a brave General patriotic President; an honest man His enemies found il easy to abuse him but impossible to Impeacll him.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

BarrIsH TRApE.-A London letter oi Sept. 9th, to the New York Commercial Advertiser, says:
 The accounts of the trade of the coun- try are wonderfully satisfactory, and the figures for the year promise to show lo- lal of exports and impo-is far beyond any former precedent--a circumstance the more extraordinary and gratifying. from the sound legitimate character oi each mercantile operation. and the general at- sence of specialization.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26
ALL's FOR THE BEST.

Ali's for the best be sanguine and cheerful, Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful, Courage forever is happy and wise. AlFs for the best--if man would but know it Providence wishes us all 10 be blest; This is no dream of the pundit or poet. Heaven is gracious and All's for the best All for the best set this on your standard, Soldier of sadness, or pilgrim of love, Who to the shores of despair may have wan
 der'd,
 A way-wearied swallow or heart-stricken
 dove;
 All's for the best !-bc'a man, but confidng, Providence tenderly governs the rest, And the frail bark of His creatures is guiding Wisely and warily, all for the best. All for the best then fling away terrors, Meet all your foes and your fears in the van, And in the midst of your dangers or errors Trust like child, while you strive like a
 man.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-26

A SCENE AT THE ST. Louis FAia.--
 A $. Louis correspondent of the Chicago Press furnishes the following: se E.e
 "The most exciting accident of the fair was the grand ruoaway, turn over, and smash-up.. oinong lilc fast men who were showing of horses md sullies in the ring on Thursday lns, About twenty five horses and sulkies were flying around the ring in the presence Of len CT twelve thousand persons, when one driver ran linto the gig Of another one, which fright tened his horse. The horse bounded of al Hull speed striking srvelal other horses
 and sulkles, and starring them off like
 wise. Within a minute the panic and runaway feeling were communicated to
 almost every horse Tn the ring. Gigs
 were smashed to spIinters; drivers were
 hurled headong from their seats to the ground, and run oyer;. somc of them held on 10 their rcIns, md were dragged along one or two got caught with their l feet in the wheels, and were hurled about l in frighltul manner. Some of the
 horses attempted to jump over the railing among the frightened spectators. Others plunged madly for the entrance and exit
 places. and dashed their vehicles to pieces
 against the sides of the passage way.'
 " Just picture to your mind a score of of high-metlled horses attached to car
 riages, all running away promiscuously
 on the space of an acre crashing against
 each other. rolling over and springing up,
 plugging, kicking, and squealing around
 and across the area in pell-mel terror aud
 confusion, with portions Of broken glgs following their heels with their drivers
 rolling or dragging in tie dirt among the
 debris of sulkes and hoois of the frighten-
 cd horses add 10 this the rush of hun-
 dred hardy men into the ring, trying 10
 stop the horses, many of whom getting
 kicked down and run over, and the shouts
 of ten thousand then and screams of five , thousand women, and you can form some !, idea of how the scene looked 10 the spec | tator In five minutes t was all over, : and horses, men, and gigs had cleared the ) ring. Strange to tell, no one was killed, i. though several received severe contusions, ] ] and few escaped wi,hou, bloody faces or . soiled and torn garments. The whole ac- E cident strongly reminded one of the de- v scriptions given Of the old Roman glada- : torial contests with wild animal. witness 8 ed in the great Coliseum of Rome. The g last exhibition of horsemanship was not down in the bills, and the crowd adjourn : ed for their homes aud sopping-places , after witnessing the ring performance
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All's for the best ,nbias'd, unbounded,
 Providence reigns fromthe East to the West And, by both wisdom and mercy surrounded, Hope and be happy that alI's for the best
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HOUSE OF REpREsENTATIvEs.

MIR. GREENWOOD, of Arkansas, from the committee
Of conference the dsagrceng votes OF the two houses
the bill making appropriations for the current and
contingent expenses Of the Indian department., and for
fulfilling treaty stpulaons with the various Indian tribes
during the year ending June 80 1860, after full and
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1853,

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate letter
from the Secretary of War; communicating, in compli-
ance with resolution OF the Senate the report of Capt
j. H. Simpson Of the reconnaissance Of the wagon road
routes from Bdgers Pass to City Rocks in the Territory
Utah. prepared under instructions OF the officer
manding the military department. of Utah which was
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city councils protesting against the passage of the bill
before Congress crrng additional privileges
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