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Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
WINTER SCENE.

Ben. Taylor, of the Chicago (IlIinois writers in the American press. His fan- ciful sketches on bomey subjects are 60 many poems. The following, appropos to the season, Is as tasteful as pretty:
 That old red sleigh, with it's long box that never was fuil-for, down in the straw, wrapped in the robes, or on one or there was always room for one more what grouping of bright young faces that used 10 be u il! Faces in hoods, in caps and in blankets Hearts that have loved since; hearts that have broken; hearts that have mouldered! And away we went, over the hill and through the vale; under the moonlight, and under the cloud; when the stars were looking down; when the sun kindled the world into a great white jewel. But those days have gone forever away, and the sweet old necklace of bells, big in the middle of the string, and growing small by degrees, has lost its power over the pulses.
 In that old sleigh. brides have gone away before now--those that were mar. ried to manhood those that were "married unto death Great ships have gone over the waters with less of hope and happi- ness than that rude craft has borne over the pillows of winter. Swan-lke shapes now move along the nariowy way; but give us, for ls sweet memories of yesler- day, the old red sleigh.
 Then the days when we were coasters; and down the big hill, by the maple wood through the dilches, far into the valley, we came with merry shout, each the solitary Palinurus of his own small craft. How like flock of swallows we were, dashinq down the decliyity, in among group of sleds, side by side with rival, shooting by like an arrow, steering Tn ahead gal lantly like jockey, and on our way up with sled Tn tow, ere the party had reached the valley below.
 And then t was, when the wind had swept away the snow from pond and stream, and the ice was glare" that we put on the rockers" and darled hilher and thither, and cut sizes and eighis, and curves without number, and drew the girls we loved, and whirled them like leaves over the highway of cry stal.
 And the schools where we spelt each other down, and the schools where e sang Windham and Near, and the sc.oois where we ciphered. and wrote, ar WI. went up"-gone, all gone teachers Au .aus ns, like the melting snows und' 'iie ia'loo"S l of April. .c .,
 And when, somei''ss "''e' 'ns great
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18

snow, the winds came out of the north for a frolic, what wreathings and carvings of the cold alabaster there were. What Corin.hian adornings surmounted the fence posts; what mouldings were fashions ed besides the way; what fairy like caves in the drifts; what flowers of rare finish and pendants of pearls on the trees.
 Have you quite forgotten the footprints we used to find in the damp snow-as delicate, some of them. as a love letter! The mysterious paths down to the brook o: by the old hollow tree, that we used to wonder over and set "fgure fours" by, if iperchance we might catch the makers thereols Have you quite forgotten how sorry you were for the snow birds that auttered among the flakes, and seemed tossing and lost in the storm?
 And there, in the midst of that winter, Christians was set, that made the Thanks giving last all through the night of the year, and what wonder the stars and the fires burned the more brightly thereof! Christmas, with it's gifts and it's cheers; it's carol and charm; it's evergreen branch and it's bright morning dream. Christmas when there were prints upon the chimney tops, if we were only there 10 see them. Santa Claus set his foot as the clock struck twelve. Christmas, when stockings were suspended by the hearth and by pillow all over the land; stockings, silken and white stockings homely and blue. and even the little red sock with hole in the too. Blessed forever be Bethlehem's star!
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
HOW THE STATES GOT NAMED.

1 from Maine in France, of which Henri reua Maria, Queen of England, was q that time proprietor.
 New Hampshire was the name giver to the territory conveyed by the Plymouth Company to Captain John Mason, by pa tent. November z, l739, with reference te the patenlee who wa, Governor of Ports mouth in Hampshire, England.
 Vermont was so called by the inhabi. tan,s in their declaration of independence January Is, l776, from the Preach verd green, and mount, mountain.
 Massachusetts was named from tribe of Indians in tie neghborhood of Boston. i The tribe Is thought 10 derive its name from the blue hills of Milton II have learned" said Roger Williams, "that Massachusetts was so called from the Blue Hills"
 Rhode Island was so called in l744, in reference to the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean.
 New York was so called in reference to the Duke of York and Albany, to whom this territory was granted. Pennsylvania was 50 called in l53l after William Penn. Delaware was so called l702, from the Delaware Bay, on which Il lies and which received it's name from Lord La Warr, who dled in this bay. Maryland was so called in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles |, in his patent 10 Lord Baltimore, June 30, l632.
 Virginia was so called in l53i, aGer Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen of England.
 Carolina was called by the French in l564, in honor of King Charles K, of France.
 Georgia was so called in l632, in honor of King George II.
 Alabama was so called in 1877, from it's principal river.
 Mississippi was so called in 1900, from it's western boundary. Mississippi IS said 10 denote the whole river formed by the unlon of many
 Louisiana was so called, in honor of Louis XIV, of France.
 Tennessee was so called in l790, from it's principal rlver The word Tennessee IS said to signify curved spoon.
 Kentucky was So called in l762 from it's principal rlver.
 Illinois was so called in 1907, from it's principal river. The word signifies river of men.
 Indiana was so called in 1902 from the American Indians.
 Ohio was so called in 1892 from its southern boundary.
 Missouri was 50 called in 1924, from its river.
 Michigan was so called in 1902, from the lake on it's borders.
 Arkansas was so called ia lSl9, from it's principal river.
 Florida was so called by Juan Ponce De Leon, 1851, because 1t was discovered on Easer.Sanday-in in Spanish, "Puscue Florida"
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
AN AFRICAN EMPEROR'S TREA.
 SURY.

The Moni,eur de I Armee gives the following description of the Emperor ol Morocco's treasure house at Mequinez:
 In the middle of the garden stands a fortress, with n triple wall perfectly armed and defended In the central incosure rises stone building, lighted only from the roof. Itis catered through three iron doors, one after the other The pavement of the interior is black marble, and at one end is large opening, through which the gold and silver coin, bullion and jewels are conveyed to the treasury below. This last mentioned place is an extensive vault, divided into compartments of equal size, in each of which Is the value of million piastres. The net produce of the taxes is lodged in the treasury every three mouths The Emperor himself, when at Mequinez, is present on the occasion, bn, in his ab. sence he names three of the officers of his household 10 attend for him, knowing we'll ths, mutual dislrust will scarcely al- low them to concert robbery, and if they should do so. they would soon bctray each other, or be denounced by the black guar dian of the place. When the Imperial treasury was first established. the money was kept in large earlhen jars; bu. on one occasion the contents of ten were ab- s,raeted, and robbery concealed by filling the jars with earth and covering the top wilh few gold pieces. The theft was no. discovered immediately; but blsc k who had seen the robbers in the act. and was nearly murdered by them and lei, for dead, afterwards recovered and gave infor- nation against them. The Emperor or. dered the ten thieves to be decapitated and directed their heads should be piac-d in the ten jars which they had em'sed' as warning to others. These v.ses are still in the treasury, placed on Aafble pe- des,als. Muley Ismaers spcessor deier- mined to adopt ditfere" arrangement and butt the vuails r-w existing. Tine Emperor MuIey saeiman, we'll known for his cruelty sas aceos'omeo ai'sf 'ne quarterly de'sshs' to have all the blacks | but 10 des,l who had been engaged in the ons,a,;e. Abedfer Kahman, his success | sor sJoished that atrocous usage but he 1 sided that the blacks employed in ar- hanging the money in the vaults should never leave the building. IL would, there. fore, be useless for them to steal the trea. sure, as they are separated from the rest of the world, and could neither spend nor conceal it.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18

"A lecturer asserted that bitter things were hot. 'No,' suggested Brown, mot bit ter cold day.
 Love is better than pair of spectacles to make every thing greater which is seen through it.
 -s'Up to snutf'' is now rendered, "Eleya- ted to an equal capacity with the titillating particles of ths tobacco plsntn
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
[From the New York Day Book The Land of the South.
BY ADRIAN ALL.

'Know ye Me iand ofthe cypress and myrtle. Know ye the land where the tall mountains
 rise Where limpid lymph rivers o'er bright vallies More beautiful ya'es than the dales of the Indf Know ye the land where the jessam,ne blows The magnolia and Ianrel the axaiia and rose. Where soft-sighing zephyrs at evening tide
 come, Bringing perfume and ordors from blossom
 and bloom; And scattering their fragrance go bounding
 away, To dance with the moonbeams and sport in
 the spray, Fitting them here and tossing them there, On the leaves, on the lea, everywhere, every
 where; Iris the land of the South where in boyhood
 ] sifayed, And with the wild winds and the butterHe es
 played; Chased from their lairs in the green wavy The yeIow-winged hoppers that peopled the
 meads, Watched the bright clouds as, white, feecy,
 they flew, Like slvery snow barques, o'er the sky's Heard with delight every bird sing and tIill, From bowers and thickets, from woodland and Know w ye that land? Oh beneath the warn
 sun None other so fair, so enchanting, no, none! Iris the land of the South; 'tis the home of
 my youth; My soul how 1t worships thee! Land of the
 South!
 ALABAMA, 1859.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
A New Claimant for the Killing of Te.
 cumseh.
STAMPING GROUND, Scorr Co.,, Ky,
 December 5, 1859.
To tAe Editors Of ihe Louisville Jo,vna

Tothe Editors of lie Louisville Journal:
 GEsrLrMEs:-I have lately seen some publications in the Journal as to who did kill Tecumseh, and as there seems to be some difference of opinion on the subject by the different writers, who doubtless are equally honest with myself and their let. ters will become part of the history of our country allow me to say for tic bene- fit of those who feel an interest in the mater, that was private in the com. pany of Capt. Jacob Suckers, mounted volunteers, under the command ot Hon. K. M. Johnson, regiment of mounted volunteers. and was in the battle of the Thames on the 9th of October, 1873; and when the second charge was made on us by the Indians, Edward Elroy, J. Harrod Holman, and myself, were close together and near the spot where Col. Whitley was lying dead (say 30 or 40 steps,) and an Indian advanced on Whitley, and was scalping him when Holman leveIed his gun and fired and killed the Indian who was scalpIng Whitley, and Holman ran and obtained the two pistols of the h. dian; which he kept until his death; and the British soldiers whom we had taken IS prisoners, told us that 1t was Tecumseh whom Holman had killed, and 1t was so understood and believed at the time; and if the prisoners told the truth, il is but justice to the history of our country to say that J. Harrod Holman was the man who killed Tucumseh.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18

Es3- The Roman Catholics in Hunga- " have united with the Calvinists in ask ing the Austrian Government to place tie Pfotes,ant Church in Hungary in the same position of freedom that 1t was pre- yious 10 1858. A convention cf Calvin istic clergymen was recently held al Ms hoey, which was attended oy several Ro- man Catholic priests and laymen; the government ordered Ae convention to dis perse. bn, they ,efused and completed their business. when the Catholics and Protestan,s ained together and drank 10 each o,l,.e very fralernally showing that there j nothing like union in some great huran work to break down the barriers I the most hostile seclaranism. This union will will probably be influenced with the governmen. in procuring more freedom in religion.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18


 DAwascus-D Damascus is the oldest city in he world. Tyre and Sydon have crumbIed on the shore; Baalbec is ruin; Palmyra is buried in the sands of the des- er; Ninevah and Babylon have disap- peafed from the Tigris and Euphrates; Damascus remains what 1t was before the days of Abraham--a centre of trade and trayel--an island of verdure~ in deserl-- "a predestined capital" with martial and sacred associations extending through more than thirty centuries. 1t was snear Damascus" that Saul of Tarsus saw the 'l!ght from Heaven above the brightness of the sum- the street which is called Strait, in which it was said sshc prayelh, :" still runs through the city. The caravan comes and goes as II did q thousand years ago; there afe still the sheik the ass, and the wheel; the merchants of the Euphratrs and of the Mediterranean still '.occupy" these "with the multitude of their wasers." The city which Mahomet surveyed from neighboring height, and was afraid lo enter, because it is given to man 10 have but one Paradise, and. for hls part, lie resolved not to have it in this world, Is, to this day. what Julian called "she eye of the East," as it was in the time of Isaiah, s'the head of Syria" From Damascus came the damson. our blue plum, and the delicious apricot of Portugal. called Damasco; damask, our beautiful fabric of cotton and silk with vines and flowers raised upon smooth, bright ground; the damask rose, inlro- duced into England in the time of Henry VIII; sthe Damascus blade, so famous the world over for its keen edge and wonder ful elasticity, the secret of whose manu- faclure was lost when Tamerlane carried of the arts into Persia; and that beauti- ful art of. inlaying wood and steel with silver and gold; kind of Mosaic--en- gravins and sculpture united-c called Da- mas-keening, with which boxes and bu- reaus and swords and guns are ornament ed. It is still city of flowers and brigh. waters; the streams from Lebanon, the rivers of Damascus" the "riyers of gofd," still murmur and sparkle In the wilderness of Syrian gardone."
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

- Douglas Jerrold calls .woman's arms s'the serpents that wind about mans neck, killing his resolutions"
 --The sweetest and most satisfactory connexions in life, are those formed between persons of congsnial minds, linked together by the ties of mutual esteem.
 -" "Procrastinaton," 1t is said, "is the thief of time.n We wish Procrastination would steal old Times scythe,
 Hannah More said to Horace WaIpole IT wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.
 ARrrHasr,cAL PUZZLE. = If four dogs with sixteen legs can catch twenty -nine rab- bits with eghty-seven legs, in forty-four minutes, how many legs must the same rab- bits have to get away from eight dogs with thirty-two legs, in seventeen minutes and half?
 --Mrs. Burlington addresses Isaac, while eating dish of strawberries, thus: .IIow grand you are growing; by'en by you will want to board at the Bfevier House and live on umbrella ice crream. You mustn't be so glutinous, dear; don't like to see little boy with such velocity of appetite"
 -A clergyman not thirty miles from Bos- ton, who was noted for his nicety of pronun- ciaton, went to a shoemaker and engaged q pair of boots to be made. A few days after. he called and inqnircdi if they were ready, and was answered in the negative. ssWill they be ready, by next Chewsday p asked the cier- gyman. "No," said the shoemaker, ssbnt you shall have hem by next Chatterday."
 There is a firm in New York under the mild and soothing title of "Snapp and Byte"
 The quickest way to make eye waters is to run your nose agaiast lamp-post.
 Whose best work is most trampled nponl A oemaker's--because good shoes. last longer than bad ones.
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JoHs s. HrRNDos.
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tricted to their legitimate business.
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Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18

CRuELrY or THE CHEcK-RErS,-T The N. E. Farmer is hardly too severe in say- ing lha,:
 Any person whose attention has been called to the subject, and who still persists m the use of the tight check-rein, ought to have his own head placed in similar position for considerable lime. If I were the Grand Sultan. every man who tormented his horse with check-rein. should hold his arm at right angle with his body for an hour at time, once in twenty -four hours. as long as he continued the check.rein For working horses. the use of this pernicious strap Is especially cruel. The horse, in endeavoring 10 put forth his strength. needs the free natural use of his head aud neck"
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
Sylyania demy, A PRAIRIE CO.,, ARK. TsSE MISS E. ID. sAEFORD.
 PRINCIPAL.

THE exercises of this institution will be \ resumed on the 1st Monday of September.
 TERMS, PER SESSION or FIvE MONTHS. Primary Departnent.... S19 co First Academic Class.,.... .......... 12 % Second Academic Glass. embracing AL
 zebra, Geometry. Astronomy, &c. Is co French and Latin.......... 10 co Music ...... ...... ..... 20 % Use of Instrument ...... 5 % Incidental .......... ....... 30
 REFERENCES Rev. J. ". Moore, Col J. M. Bell. John Mcintosh, Oakland Grove Dr. J. N. Waddelt. La Grange, Teen.; Rev. H. p. Thompson, Bolivar, Tenn; A. L. Lew is, Oxford. Miss. aug3-ly.
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down his throat.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
sFEpegSeNE FMv1.

hR. s. CHENIvA from Louisiana res A/ pectfully notifies the inhabitants of Des Arc and the surrounding country, that he has established himself permanently at this place for the practice of his profession, and as speciality. those branches of it pertaining to women and children's maladies.
 Dr. Cheniva has right 10 hope. after a successful peactice of fourteen years in Louis sana-and nine years of which was in the city of New Orleans. that he may also deserve the confidence of generous and enlightened public, in this State
 N. B. Syphilitic diseases in all their stages are radically cured according to a modern and approved system.
 azg Ofice-at Dr. J. J. Lanes old stand.
 nov9-tf.
Des Arc citizen., 1860-01-18
THE DIES ARC CITIZEN.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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G.y Advertisers by the year will be res


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 Personal communications charged dou- ble the rates of regular advertisements.
 f1y" Legal advertisements will be charged, for one square less, first insertion $1, and 90 cents per square for each additional inser- tion.
 RY Announcing candidates for State and District offices, ST; County offices, s5; Town ship, offices S3, invariably in advance.
 g3~ Calls on persons to become candidates arc charged at the usual rates, except when pcisons making the calls are subscribers to our paper. Payment in advance
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 G1 Advertisements rot ordered for spe cilIed time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
 fy All 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- logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip- ton, for Clerks, Sherifs, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Sc.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-05-25
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, May Is, 1860.

WASHINGTON, May Is, 1860.
Several members of Congress and their
wives paid formal visit to the japanese
to-day, in accordance with previous arrange
ments.
This evening the principal Japanese
dined with the President, in company with
the naval officers and members of the Ca
binet.
The receipts into the treasury last week
were 81 ,l9l 900, an increase over the sum
on hand the previous week of $536,OOO.
The amount subject to draft is s. ,286,000.
1t is stated on good authority that Jno.
Appleton assistant Secretary OF State, has
resigned, and that Henry Prescott, of South
Carolina, has been rendered and accepted
the position.
1t is understood that Mr.. Appleton was
nominated in the Senate to day, for the mis-
sion to Russia.
Robert A. Gallaher, Of Kavaghwa, Japan,
is here, completing arrangements for line
OF clippers from New York 10 the Japan
trade
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