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Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
s---s21>e-N>-f Little Rock Gas Works

/ Our citizens have determined to erect gas works in this city at once. At a meet ing of the stockholders, on Friday last, the following officers of the company were elected for the present and ensuing year: W. w. ADAMS, President.
 J. B. MooRE, Treasurer.
 J. H. NEwBERS, Secretary.
 DIRECTORS:
 JoHN E. REARDoN, G. c. WATKINS, C. P BERTRAND, R. L. DoDGE, JOIN WAS SELL, WM. E. ASHLEY, and $. H. TICKER. The city council have subscribed the sum of two thousand dollars as stock in the company; the residue of stock is taken by private subscription.
 Mr. J. Albert Slaughter is the contractor, to erect the works, and put the same in complete operation by the first day of August next
 We think we may congratulate our citi- gems that the officers of the company are sure guarantee of its success.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19

EE-Jno. Reigler has removed his ladies' shoe manufactory across the street, to the house recently occupied by Mrs. Brogan.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19

cs- In 1858 the State Rights Democrat at Helena, charged the State one Hundred dollars for printing 1000 blanks-21 quires with on sheet-within fraction of fye dollars per quire. Wonder if the Old Liner would not advance more than per cent for that kind of work?
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19

ES~ Messrs. G. A. < J. A. Seaver, of New York, whose advertisement appears in another column, were in our city few days since, and intend visiting the principal towns in our State to solicit orders for their respective firms, which are so favorably known to our best merchants. We bes- peak for them a successful trip.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
JUDGE A. H. DAv1Es.-The last Gazette

has the folloWlng:
 "SERvED HIM RIeHr-A few weeks ago a scurrilous article was published in the True Democrat, by man named HARVEY, reAecting on the character of Hon. A. H. DAVIES, of Chicot county. At the time the article appeared, Mir. Davies was not at home:-soon as he returned he sought Har- vey and attempted to cane him, but that individual escaped by flight. Our inform ant does not know whether or not Mir. D. proposes prosecuting this matter further having vanquished the man, whether or not, he will turn his attention to his masters.''
 Mir. Harvey was regularly licensed law yer, practicing in Judge Davies court in Chicot Co. He prepared charges against Judge Davies as an officer of the county signed his name to them, and called upon us to give them publication. We acted in the matter as every public journalist should 1 act, when responsible man appears to pre- fer charges against public officer. We did not indorse Mr. Harvey's communica- tion, but simply gave it publication. If the charges were untrue, Judge Davies should have been glad of the publication, as it afforded him an opportunity to refute them. If they were true, it was not for us to shrink from the publication.
 If the latter part of the Gazette's article refers to us, as some have supposed, we thank it for the warning. In the attempt to do us an injury, it has done usa service We had no idea that we should be held re- sponsible for what is done every week, with impunity, by the newspaper press of the State, as duty they owe to the public.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19

the people so. That is what he was put there for. Mir. Calhoun tells us that Hind man is the true exponent of sound democ- racy. Of course: the king can do no wrong." We must try to remember the nice distinction made here. A man, ac- cording to the theory laid down, may op- pose governor, senators, democratic legis- latures and a majority of the party, yet be sound; but should he not indorse Hindman, he becomes a disorganizer. In view of this astonishing fact, those poor benighted dem ocrats in other States, who never heard oi this marvellous little fellow, must be badly situated, as not having indorsed this man, they are not democrats
Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
TOtOtOtiana.

MR. EDIToR.-When you publish the communication of Mir. Douglas be pleased to let it follow here:
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

Resolved, That in case we are imposed
upon and swindled by any advertising
agent, we will unanimously unite in de-
nouncing him, as unworthy the patronage
of the Press thereafter.
Resolped, That we viii neuer publish
the advertisements or notices of any lieea-
tious books or papers, or of any concac-
tons or medicines, whichwe believe to be
OF a humbug nature, or Of an injpriops
tendency in their effects.
On motion Of G. Z. Young the follow
ing voluntary resolution was adopted.
Resolped, That in all matters connect
ed with this Association, we regard the
city of Hastings as properly within tho st.
Croix Valley.
On motion, DR.. I. N. Vanslyke Of the
Hudson Chronicle. was invited to deliver
the next annual address before the Asso-
citation.
On motion. L. A. Taylor, Of the River
Falls Journal, was sentenced to deliver q
poem at the next regular meeting.
On motion, P. v. Wise, G.. E. Young,
and S. A. Clewell were chosen rs dele
gates to represent this Association in the
State Editorial Convention, TO be hold,n
in the city of Milwaukee, on the 18th day
of June next.
On motion, the city Of Prescott was &C.
lected as the place Of holding the acst
annual meeting of the Association.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
J. S. Elwell, c. E. Young,
Secretary. Chairman e.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

Yes, and he saw that he could escape
without suspicion; but truth and honest
prevailed over fear. He came to me O
his own accord, and confessed ALL
For some time, the father remained 81
lent, steadily depressing his excited fe
ings until his mind was clear and calm
again; then he said, tell John to come
here; [ would like to see him alone
John your father wants you.
How pale the lad grew instantly.
sDon't be afraid Whispered the moth
or.
And yet, his knees smote together, as
he went almost lettering, from sudden
| weakness, to bis fathers room. Enter
| ing, he scarcely dared raise his eyes from
the floor.
MY son.
Oh, what load fell suddenly from bis
heart! The voice was neither loud nor
angry, bat low, synpathizing, and tender.
To have restrained the impulse that in-
sta1tl7 seized him woald have been i'm
possible.
'Fatherl dear father!' exclaimed the
boy, clasping his arms about his neck, 4
am so sorry! 1t was all an accident. Oh,
what shall I dor
sOnly be more careful in the future,
John said the FATHER, as soon as he cod
command bis voice. The vase is broken,
and 90 grief or regret can mend it. You
have told the truth about it; you have
shown yourself an honest, brave boy, and
I do no feel in the least angry
How oloar and all-penetrating was the
light which fell upon the spirit Of that un-
happy boy! The dark clouds that filed
,hreateningly bis sky were instantly DIS
persed And was he not strengthened
in all bis good purposes by this forgiveness
of his faults? He was strengthened. Kind,
forgivne worde f .o;,i lis lis father flied him
with good impulses; angry words would
have left him under sense Of wrong, all
exposed to temptation, and, in the dark
ness Of suffering that followed, he might
have gained bias to evil, impossible, in
all after life, to overcome.
Impulsive, quick to be angry, hasty ia
ther, shall we warn you, in serious words,
against rash judgment Of your children!
No! The picture of life we have given
needs nothing more to enforce the lesson
it is designed to teach: and so we leave
it with you to do its appropriate work.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
Fanny FERNS Idea Of a Bashful
Man.

Why do people decry a masculine
'blush2 l don't know. / immediately
love the man who bushes. am sure
that he is unhackneyed; that he has not
a set of meaningless, cut and dried com
plrnents on hand for every bonnet he
meets; that he has not learned to sniff at
the Bible, or the Sabbath, or pirate trans
cendentally about "affinities," or any
other corruption under new tangled
name. know that his love will be worth
pure woman's having; that he ill not
lie ashamed of liking home, or his baby,
or laughed out of staying in it in pref
erence to any other place. [ know that
when he stops ut hotel, his first bus
mess VIII not be to hold conference
with the cook to tell him how he likes an
onelette made. I know that in his con-
versation he will not pride himself upon
the small fopperies Of talk. in the way of
pronunciation and newly coined words,
t, show how well he is posted in diction-
ary matters. [ know that he will not be
cIoseted two-thiris of his time with his
tailor: or think it fine to be continually
quoting some dead and gone book, only
10 some resurrecti oists of scarce authors.
I know he will not sit in starched silence
and statuesqueness in a car, when a wo-
man old enough to be his mother, is
standing YEARLY in front Of him. swaying
to and frow with the motion of the We
hicle. In short, | know that he.is not a
petrifaction that there's human nature in
him, and plenty of it; that be is not like
an ANNA! under an exhausting receiver,
having form only-in which there is no
spring of love nor breath of life.
A fool, hey? No, sir not necessarily
a fool either. The fool is he who, not yet
at lifes meridian, has exhausted it and
himself; who thinks every man '1green'
who has not taken his diploma in wick
edness-for whom existence is as weary
as a thrice-to,d tale,-who has crowded
sour-score years into twenty, or less; ana
has nothing left for it but to sheer at th'
healthy, simple. pure, fresh joys which
may never come again to his vitiatec
palate.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
WHAT CAN BE FOUND IN A
DIC'TgDNA AIRY.

A Dictionary is generally looked upon
as dry book. But hear what B. F..
TAYLOR, of Chicago says. in this lecture
on "The Words We use'
Ituin over its pages much 90 Sinbed,
the sailor, looked about him in the Valley
of Diamond, --bewildered to think how
rich it is! Within those lids are the hues
that Milton gave to Paradise; the living
colors that lent reality to Shakspeare's
peo,le, as by the miracle of his mind,
they swelled the senses of all time-col-
ors that the lapse of years cannot wear
away, and the touch of Death cannot
fade. There, are the words of eoquence'
that thrilled the world, and wait anothor's-
saying; there, the wardrobe of the giants
of the elder time, yet meet for later
wearing. Old loves were breathed, old
vows were said, old songs were sung in
those same words. Old war-cries are on
those pages syllables for the living and
the dying; words for the glowing lips Of
prophetic voice; uttcrance for all truth
It's to the world of mind--that Diction-
ary-what the simple elements the chem
list gathers in bis hand, sometimes, are to
the world of matter; and he shall never
be done wondering how myriad forsns Of
strength and beauty are forever evolved
from words; how the Blind Bard of Eng
land found therein the dialect of Eden,
and Avon's Swan, sinew for Richard and
song for Ophefa.
What flowers Of fancy-what truths
with hearts Of oak spring from inky
words--what monuments are built of
thcm; what battlernent OF strength. How
firmly they lie anchored, like mountain
quarreis in the lodges Of the arguments;
how lightly they spread their dewy wings
like tie morning, i'll the flying of the
song. What chimes are waiting to DO
rung; what blades are ready for the
welding hand; what Gilead balm for the
wounded heart. Trunpets to be blown
for liberty-zephyrs to be breathed for
love. And these are only words of which
we are speaking-words in that volume
whose pages are trarpped thick with
prints Of barefoot thought, Whiting to be-
ssndaled, and to go forth with resounding
tread over the iron threshold OF the press,
forth into the world as went the diiuyian
dove, never to return.
Why, tho compactness Of our Republic
depends not so much upon the Fourth Of
July, as it does upon the Dictionary.
There is oneness Of thought in en- ness
Of words; common language is the dear
repository Of common past, and those
who have the same syllables for home"
and mother, for earth and sheaven,
can never be less than kindred.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
Report of a Meeting of the st.
Croix valley Editors and
Publishers AssOciatiOn-he1d
at Hudson on the 9th day OF
NAV. 1859.

| Pursuant to adjournment the editors Of
the St. Croix Valley met at the Star Office
in Hudson. at o'clock, P. NJ.
The meeting was called to order by P.
V. Wise, President of the association
Frank Daggett acting rs Secretary.
The inmates of the last meeting of the
association we're read and approved.
The committee on permanent organize
ton and rates of advertising made the fol-
lowing report:
GENTLEMEN " our committee on per-
| manent organization, and rates of adyer-
tising, respectfully submit the following
Constitution and By Laws, and Rates for
Advertising for your consideration:
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I.
SEC. This Association shall be
known as the est. Croig Valley Editors
and Publishers Association"
SEC. 2.-Thc object of this Association
shall be, the advancement of the interests
of the Press in the St. Croix Valley-the
regulation Of the rates of advertising, and
the transaction of such other business as
may come before the Association.
ARTIDLE II.
SEC. 1.-The officers Of this Associa-
ton shall be President, who shall also
serve as Treasurer, Vice President, and
Secretary, who shall be elected for one
year, or until their successors are chosen,
and who shall also serve as the Executive
Committee.
SEC. Amy Editor or Publisher in
the ST. Croix Valley may become mem
Der of this Association by signing the
Constitution and By Laws.
BYLAWS.
ARTICLE I.
SEC 1.-The annual meeting of this
Association shall be hold during The month
of May of each year, upon the day fixed
by the Executive Committee. on which day
officers shall be elected and an Address
and Poem shall be delivered by members
of the Press.
Sec. 2.-The officers and members are
expected when assembled in the meetings
of the Association to so far forget that
they are editors as to behave with gentle
manly propriety.
Sec. 3.-The Constitution and By
Laws of this Association may be amend
ed by two-thirds vote of the members
at regularmeeting Of the Association.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
m TEE OLD oHuRoH-rowER.

In the old church-tower
Hangs the bell;
And abore it on the vane,
In the sunshine and the rain,
Gut in gold ST. Peter stands,
With the keys in his two hands,
and all is WE'LL
In the old church-towsr
Hangs the bell;
You can hear its great heart beat.
All so loud, and wild, and sweet.
As the parson says prayer
Over happy lovers there,
While al is wei
In the old church-tower
Hangs the bell
Deep and solemn. Hank .again,
All what passion. and what PAIN !
With her hands upon her breast
Some poor soul has gone to rest
There all is we'll
In the old church-tewer
Hangs the bell
4 quaint friend that seems to know
All our Joy and all our woe;
It is glad when we are wed,
1t Is sad when we are dead,
And all is well
Magazine.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
CON ISOLATION.
By SPENCER W. ooNE.

By SPENCER ". OofE.
Ask not summer, though the weakest
Shrink not from the wintry storm
Underneath the SHOWS, when bleakest,
All the swelling grain lies warm.
When the heart no sorrow knoweth,
all the grain il garnered in;
And the stubble only showeth
Where the golden ears have been.
When With sorrow it il broken,
And the Master sows the seed,
Come again the blades, in token
Ho will give the bread We need.
Buried love and buried treasure
Seek ne more with eYesight dim;
He will give with double measure,
If ye leave it all with Him.
Underneath the shows. when bleakest,
All the swelling grain lies warm;
On His bosom lies the weakest,
Safely sheltered from the storm.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

soan You've LADIES, feeling them
selves agsieved by the severity with
which their friends aninadverted on their
cav pIunles, crinolines, scarlet petticoats
and flounces, went to their pastor to learn
his opinion. 'sDo you think, said they.
.sthat there can be any improperly in our
wearing these thingsa "By no means
was the prompt reply. "When the hear
is full Of ridiculous notions, it ia perfectly
proper to hang out the sigp.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

~. %. Vile ELL,
G.. E. You've,
COMMITTEE.
On motion, the report Of the committe e
was accepted, and after some discussion
was unanimously adopted, and the CON-
mittee discharged.
On motion the Association proceeded
to the election of officers for the ensuing
year viyo voce, which resulted in the choice
of G. E. Young, Ct the Prescott Trans
cript, for President; L. A. TaYcr, of the
River Falls Journal, for Vice President
and J. S. Elwell, of the Hudson North
Star, for Secretary.
PERMANENT ORG sNIZATIoN.
C. E. Young in the Chair, and J. S.
Elwell, S cretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed /. A.
TAYLOR, j. S. Elwell, and P. V. Wise, q
committee on resolutions.
The committee on resolutions submitted
the following, which were unanimously
adopted:
Resozped, That ia the discharge Of ouI
editorial duties we VIII carefully guard
against predjudices derogatory to the uni
| ty and good ceiling ofthe craft.
Resolved, That we use our best endeav
ors to promote tie Agricultural and Com
mercial interests Of the St. Croix Valley
Res lied, That we will hereafter refust
to publish all advertisements or notices o
patent medicines, unless such notices o
| advertisements be paid for in advance. O
in case an acknowledged agent of this As
ISOLATION shall hold himself responsible 70
the same.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

Above, below, in sky and sod,
In leaf and spar. in star and man,
Well might the sage Athenian scan,
The geonetric signs of God,
The measured order of His PLAN
AUD I1aia's. Ilxysties sang Alright
of the One Life pervading all.
One Beings tidal rise anu fall
In soul and form, in sound and sight,
Eternal outflow and recall.
God is: and man in guilt and fear
The central fact of nature owns;
Kneels. trembling, by his altar-stones,
And darklY dreams the ghastly smear
OF blood, appeases and atones.
Guilt shapes the Terror: deep within
The human heart the secret hes
OF all the hideous deities
And, painted on ground OF SIN,
The tabled gods of Torment rise
And what is He?-The ripe grain mods.
The sweet dews fall, the sweet flowers blow
But darker signs his presence show:
The earthquake and the storm are GOD s.
And good and evil interfiow.
oh, hearts of Lowell Oh, souls that turn,
Like flowers to the pure and blestl
To YOU the truth is manifest.
For thew the mind of Christ discern
Who lean like John upen his breast.
In Him of whom the Sybil told,
For whom the prophets harp was toned
Whose need the sage and maglan owned
The loving heart of God behold,
The hope for which the ages groaned
Fade pomp of dreadful imagery
Wherewith mankind have deihed
Their hate and selfishness and pride
Let the scared dreamer wake to see
The Christ of n azareth at his side
What doth that holy guide require?
No rite of pain, nor gift of blood,
But. man q kindly brotherhood,
Looking where duty is desire,
To Him, the beautiful and good.
Gene DO the faithlessnSss of fear:
And let the pity ing heavens sweet ram
Wash out the affairs bloody stain,
The law of Hatred disappear,
The law of Love alone remain.
How fall the idols false and grim
AID low their hideous wreck above
The embleIns of the Lamb and Dove ]
Man turns from God, not Ged from him.
And guilt, in suffering, whispers Love
The world sits st the feet of Christ
Unknowing. blind and unconsoled;
Itvet shall touch His garments iold,
And feel the heavenly A1cheIHist
Transform It's very dust to gold.
The theme betting angel tongues
Beyond mortals scope has grown.
Oh heart Of mine; with reverence own
The fullness which TO II belongs,
And trust the unknown for the known.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

L. A. TAYLOR,
S. A. CLEwELL,
G. E. You've,
Committee.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
From the independent.
THE ovER-HEARr.
BY JOHN q. WHITTIER.

For or Him, and through Him, and 10 Him are
al things, to ,slson1 be glory for ever. II G@''
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
Charges for Advertising.

The rates of legal advertising pc fixed by
Legislature o. last winter, to be strictly observ-
ed-payment required in all cases on delivery
of proof of publication
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18

Why is a kiss like scandal? Because
it goes from mouth to mouth,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-01-28

half an hour under the trees but a. the
last words fell from his lips he strnck the
one he rode sharp, quick blow, and DASH
ed away from me. Breathless with terror,
hurried after him. ! was only in time 70
see him throw himself from his horse and
plunge into the Black Pool / srrang to
the ground, and rushed to the chasm's brink.
AS looked in had one momentary glimpse
of white, ghasily face on which sat the
impress Of everlasting despair; heard one
wild cry, "Lost-iost-lost p and the wa
tiers closed over him forever.
hurried to the proper authorities and
told my story. No one dreamed of ques-
tioning it. Then came home and threw
myself on this bed. from which NAV not
soon arise. There are few who could bear
such scene unmoved; and to me, withmy
nerves already weakened and disordered
by illness, ii had well-nigh proved fatal.
It will be long before I shall cease TO ses
That wild, despairing face--to hear that last
cry Of mortal agony; but calnness will
come back to me in time--if not in this
life, in the land where there is no work and
no device-where the yew and the willow
wave forever over the great city Of the si-
ent.--Hnrper's M110ziue.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-01-28
2 O EFT r Y

lady whose husband not cruel but npatieni
placed the following beautiful reproof the looking gas
that he might himself in light And Ia
dies whose husbands need the admouition, quietly TAX
your scissors and cut this for your looking glasses
BE GENTLE TO THY WIFE.
Pc gentle for you little know
How many trials rise,
Although to thee they may be small,
To her Of giant siEe.
Be gentle though perchance that lip
May speak murmurng tone,
The heart may speak with kindness yet,
And joy to be thy own.
BE geI tie weary hours Of pain
It's woman's ot to bear
Then yiedher what support thou canst,
And all her sorrows share.
Re gntle, for the nobiest hearts
At times must have grief;
And even in pettish word,
May seek 10 find relief
Be gentle none perfect here,
Thou art dearer far than life
Then husband bear, and still forbear,
BE gentle 10 thy reift. P.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-01-28

n VIII -FtsiIII eIIOt NJ Na~ ItIH Ef''t.
@No. he cried. Goods mercy i ask not
for-man's mercy viii not have. My
hour of doom has come. Fiends wait for
me. Twenty and FIVE years ago this seven
tenth Of September Robert Eastman died
by my hand. To-day. to-day his unqniet
ghost shall be avenged y
our horses hsd been stsuding still for