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ONCE MoRE.-A humorous old man fell
in with an ignorant end rather impertinsnt
young minister who proceeded to inform
the old gentleman in very positive tsr-1s.
that he would never reach heaven unless
he was born again and added:
~ have experienced that change. and
now feel NO anxiety.
!. And you have been born agsn y saiA
his companion musingly. IA E4
|. Yes. trust have. BE
- Well, !" said tho old man sysing ~
atGentively. =. ]. don't thiajt u would kagt
you. young usa toIbs boss sses mpsss. +
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A POEM.
TO PENELOPE ANN.

TO PENELOPE ANN.
1. Ny heart o'erfows with love,
When read your DEAR sweet lines
j stick my feet on my stove
And pines, and pines, and pines.
2. If only knew the precious treasure
Whose genius framed those words.
My heart would swell beyond all measure,
And I'd be as happy as sweet spring birds.
3. A stranger to me, fear you'll remain,
And. lonely life's path must tread
Through its dreary windings. along the arid
Till sleep the gentle sleep with the noble
4 Ny epitaph viii ne'er be written
Unless you take the pains
And as you say, with me you're smittcn.
(Oh Jemimy, how it rains)-
S, Now Penelope, dear, listen to me
Your courting the MUSES. no doubt.
And Ill present to you snug little v.
II you'll court me and turn them oct.
6. To do this your name must know.
And I'll tell you how we can FIX it,
Give your name to " Borax," (he si'nt slow)
And his giving it to me il nightly mixed.
T'orHxs q Paosrasoa."
"T'oTHER PRoFEssoR" IN TaE .FIELp.-
Since our last issue we have received the
above poem, purporting to have bcen writ.
ten by " T. other Professor The q Pro-
fessor himself will have to stir about. and
!" cut out" his rival. One thing. however.
we are tempted to say to the = Professor
and that is he must find out il no is the
identical parsonage referred to by " Pene-
lope Ann and if be Is, Immediately take
such steps as will disappoint the pleasing
hopes and anticipations Of :" T. other Profes-
sor.'' Miss " Penelope" will, of course
know to which Of the two gentlemen she di-
rected her poem. We would say however
to her that /" "t'other Professor is . mighty
good looking fellow. Our friend. the
" Professor will have to look well 70 his
laurels. 4
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!. Have We sPoet ame.s Us =.

Sr Have We . Poet am0nG Us -
Z We give the !" Professors" appeal to
g Penelope Ann" without alteration OF
comment. 1t is oertsinly rare production
and we would not mar its bsuwsy il We
could.
We must respectfully decline 70 give. ~
this early stage Of proceedings, the name
of the fair suthoress Of the lines in our last
- To tha PTofessor.s = He ought to know
~ tia tims that hardened old sinners uausk
ffsnss1 S6 tks.alx lxisss ssses ssrse t;pvs be,I
fore being brought to that glorious reality
in store for the great and brave. We can
only say. keep up good courage and perss.
we're to the end, recollecting that
'eFaint heart never won fair LADY"
And if the loving heart of e Penelope
Ann " don't melt under the following poet
ical (confusion) profusion, she must have .
hesrt Of stone. H
To Miss Penelope Ann. :.
NJ dearest Miss. what shall say 7, n.
The weather has been fine to-day, .
The mud is deep, the roads are bad II.
But hope does always make me glad f
once did see two ladies ride. III
One rode quite fine on the left side:
But 'tother did prefer the right, n
Which was quite pleasing to my sight.
Which would you say did ride aright.
One ON the eide the left or right I III
II this docs now much puzzle thcs
How it will fill my mind with gleci IN
On Christmas day. once l did see
Some blooms and fruit on the same tree
The blooms were green. the fruit was tins,
y! how wish some now were thine n
On Christmas night, some ladies' fair.
In dresses light with coal black hair.
Their heads were bare, did ride around
To hear pleasing music sound.
There they did stay till ten at night.
o. what pleasing, charming sight
To see their smiling, comely face,
Shed forth SO much becoming grace.
! saw come horses in train, N
And they did bear some fine. good grain,
For they were not tied head to head.
saw an OK hung in the air. r,I
And he was cloth'd with fins brown hair.
Why did they raise the or alooff''
That they might shoe his tender hoof
And often walk in the same track;
And they are large and good to eat,
When they are cook'd quite we'll and neat.
once was standing on some hills.
And saw from them nine sugar mills
Ny mind was fill'd with great delight.
To see SO great and pleasing sight.
Will you now with me take q ride,
And will you ride on the right side /!
The westhers fine, the road is rough
But that will only make US tough.
Your hors, is fine. and mine rides well.
hope we'll see much to tell
That will well our time employ.
And both receive the swectcs. Joy.
That tree is tall, that hill is high;
That brook is small-achaf makes sou siok
Let US return, the sun goes down.
How iy do you ioc from the townf
This subject may not please you now,
If not. will you then tell me how
To tease" the one whom adore
But must wait till you say more.
Psornssoa.
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New City Bakery.

II c III A Ell NCH.
HEAD OF MAIN STREET,
TAE buren,, ARKANSAS.
Keeps constantly ON hand at wholesale and retail,
TO SUIT PURCHASERS,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
and Prorisions, Boots, Shoes, Hats
and Caps, Iron, Nails, Castings,
Trace Chains, White Lead,
Lard and Liaseed Oil,
iSpts. Tarpentine,
Coed. Ert-ccts, -
Perfamery. Drugs. Medicines, Lininents.
Also, keeps constantly on hand large assortment
of LI@ 20 RS, such as
Old Borboan. Rye and Corn Whisky, French
Brandy, american Brandy, Hines,
Corctiols, Champaigns, de-, de-,
FOR WHICH I WILL TAKE
Cash, Hides, Peltries, Furs, Beeswax,
Feathers, and Country Produce gener-
all at the highest market price.
Thankful for past favors would solicit
a continuance of the same.
July go. NJ LYNCH.
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IxenArrrupEs--Patrick O'Flaherty ssid
that his wife was very nngrateful. for
:. whm married her she hsdn't rag to
her back. and now she's covered with em.
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Old Maids.

An eloquent writer thus discourses of
this estImable class Of females. There is
truth and beauty all over the paragraph
81 have no sympathy with that rude,
mnieciing, and indicate phrase, old maid,
which is banded about in the mouths Of
rude, unfeeling, and inGeiicate persons.
Il is true that "a selfish nature, cut off
from all duties and ties, and sinking back
into the solitary Ele of selfish heart, be
comes most unIovely and useless. But
shall the few cloud the true nobleness Of
the many How many elder sisters, it
may lie unblessed with outward comeIi-
ness, have entered into 5rother's or a
SISTERS family, ana accepted ali its cares
As the duty of their life, and, twining
hands with the mother, given 10 each
child, as It were, two souls Of love, like
two wings Of God, to help 1t fly up with
Al from weakness and ignorance 10 man
hood and strength How many have
cheertuliy gwen up their own whole life,
built no nest, sought no companion, but
, sang IN the tree, and near the voungings
OF anothers nest, patient in toll, watchful
and laborj"us in sickness, frugal amidst
poverty, nch in nothing but good works,
and IN these abundant in wealth When
the roll is read above, and they are nam
ed that lived in self sacrifice in geutIeness
IN patience, in love, and in the only tri.
umPh Of dIsin'erested mercy, they who
are unmarried and childIess, that they
might more heroicalIy serve the house
holds of others, and become mothers ot
children not their own, shall stand high
and bright"
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were naI'e" IN about mile Of this place
and drilled hv Col Dickeuson, in AS
dense an undergrowlh Ms almos, ever
saw. lu performing our evolutons, we
had to jump over bushes, logs and
stunps. Some had their caps and hav.r,
sacks torn off by the branches Of tree, -
Col. Dickon~on's excuse for drilling us
under such untavorahe circumstances
was, that he wished TO keep us warm.
until "e took our seats IN the cars
N"i'e giving the orders, he s.ood upon "A
high log. III front OF us, with a striped
net cap pulled tightly over his head. aud
rauP blanket wrapped about hrs body.
We reached the lialhoad about 10 o
clock. and took the cars for Montgomery.
"e Travelled in open freight cars, with
only "A railing at the side, aud seats made
oi rough plank. 1t was decidedly one of
HE coolest days ever experienced, aud
The wind blew "A perfect hericane. The
water upon the floor had frozc, aud we
rested cur feet upon :he ice as comfurta
bly, as We could. | honestly believe if il
h'd not been for thick cloth cloak
""''l had brough; ron. home, should
nave 'roze. Nv limbs became SO he
numoed nd cramped, that | could no,
walk Tor s'we lime after got off the
cars.
We passed s,,eral small towns. and
some ""f"''y h'g, trestIe work, and
reached Montgomery w O'Clock il the
a'lerno"', having made "distance O, fi(.v
miles. The citizens Of MC,nomerv sa
Inted MS with l5 rounds oE SIMON hn
n" "sr"ndi1 dinner" as we had .a, lodi
/" ""tcp"tr trom rumor and III, ,rL
Ii>hcd accounts IN the city papcrs. L.
ing been on the move since o'clock L.
tie morning. aud neither res,ed nor ea.
ten all day. II would he no difficult mat,
ter 10 imagine that We woad infinitely
have preferred the smell uf roast beef to
that "f gunpowier, and the rattle of
plates aud dishes to the booming Of can
mons.
TO BIZ CONTINUED
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How TO KEEP SWEET PoTAToEs.-A
correspondent OF the Oskaloosa Qowa)
Herald gives the following method o:
keepir g the sweet potato through tue
winter Il use dry sand and put them
in it does not matter how the sand is
dried-in kiln, in log heap. or in the
sun. SO that i, is dry, that is all that is re.
quied. | prefer driving in log heap,
as it costs four times less and is Just as
good. Any family that has little room
with stove in it, may keep box or two
Of eighr or ten bushels without much in
convenience. The boxes must be raised
six or eight inches from the floor, and
they must not be nearer than four
inches from the wall. Fill the box with
potatoes, and then put in sand; cover
the potatoes with sand. There is a good
deal SAID about kiln.dried sand, but it is
all fudge. have also known them to
be kept we'll in buckwheat chaff. In or
der to keep potatoes with success, there
must be thermometer kept in the room
The mercury must not sink below 40e
If 1t does, the potatoes will chill and rot
il also must not rise above co., or they
will grow. ! never lost any Of my pota
toes except by letting the room get toe
cold. A thermometer only costs dollar
and every man ought to have one
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thirty days not less than twenty have
been strung up, and every mail brings us
accounts OF fresh hangings. The people
are eXaSperaled beyond all bounds, and
lear some innocent persons have suffer.
Ell and viii yet suffer. Ii such is or should
be the case, let the blame fall on the
shoulders OF the aboIitionisis OF the North
who are producing this work. 1, is not
to be expected that people in the mids,
Of serv,Ie insurrection, with their pron
erty burning down on their heads, and
their wells being filled with poison, should
always act with judgment. They have
got prcvoca,lon enough to make them
act little crazily. Al least S3,OOO,OOO
OF Their property have already been de
Strol ed toy these douhIy internal abolition
hen'is, and still the work goes on. Snch
a state Of things never existed in any
country before. The people of one sec
ton carving on war, and war in its most
internal aspect, against the people Of an.
other section Truly, we Americans are
"h"nd OF brothers !" Texas is no place
tor Northern people just now, especially
Tor 1tnerant pedlars, and so forth. Such
class had better keep away. Their
necks would be in great danger Of break.
ing. 1t is in the character Of pediars or
preachers that these aboIitouists have
mostly been travelling through Texas
lhey skuik around the plantations At
night. and tell the negros about freedom
and the great army Of abolitionists who
are ready to DIN them so soon as they
make stand for themselves. These
creatures on the large plantations, where
they seldom speak a word to the whites.
readily believe ANYTHING that white
may tell them. Without being melted
~ by white people, such an idea rs All
direction would never enter their
L They are perfectly conien,ed and
n.lPs ,'n'. rs | told you before, white
'ne'' can Ike thcm--especi.ny those on
,h.r oino,r ,Iratious-beleve anything
'"ew c"""Se I" III them.
,,o,,a.. io., ,.;,I"t ''rowing out Of these
matters mas N'''ed o., Conservative feel
'ng IN Texas. You M, now nn,o Inm. ,,
every Texan as "a disuniC:,, Tt WV"
NOT care what YOU all do AT, Nor;h w
" e believe that this state Of -, |
continue so long as the Unionsr' WV
therefore ;he great majority Of us d. d.
care how soon The crisis comes. We "
'leve ii is bound to come, and it had as
well do SO now as any other time. We
don't care the toss of a copper whom you
elect President If you elect Douglas or
Breckinr,dge, or Bell, this hollow Union
will continue a few years longer; and if
YOU elect that miserable old rail splitting
ahoIitionist, Abe Lincoln, YOU only hasten
Ly few years, tar event which is bound
to trauspre. Therefore let every North
ern man do rs he chooses If be is a
Black Republican. and at the same time
in favor "f the Union, let him not fear TO
vote for Lincoln, for dsunion is bound to
come upon us at no distant dav, ard
there is no use of prolonging the misera
bile affair. History does not furnish An
example OF country containing two bit.
terry hostile sections which long remained
in Stdtu quo.
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ABOUT HATISG.-Hate not. 1t 10 not
worth while. Your life is not long enough
to make it pay to cherish i'll will or hard
thoughts toward any one. What If that
,oan had cheated you, or that woman
has played you false lSWhat il this friend
has forsaken you IN time OF need, or that
one having won your utmost confidence,
your warmest love- concluded that he
prefers to consider and treat you as
stranger? Let il pass. What difference
will it make to YOU in few years, when
you 90 hence 10 the undiscovered coun.
tryr All Who iltreat you will be more
sorry for il then than you, even in your
deepest disappointment and grief, can be.
A few more smiles, few more teas,
come pleasure, much pain, little longer
burrying and worrying through the
world, some basty greetings. and abrupt
farewells and our play will be played
eut and the injurer and the injured will
be led away, and ere long forgotten, Is
IL worth whils to bate each other :
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COULD NOT HAVE THE GOSPEL FOR THE
FOXES - That WAS novel but not so bad
An argument which the mountain mem
Der urged in the Kentucky Legislature /:
a few years ago bill proposing pre-
MUM on fox scalps was under discussion.
II had been somewhat roughly handled
IN debate hy members from the more pop
uIous regions, where foxes were scarce,
and Mr.. L, from one Of the noun
tain counties, rose to reply. give only
his prerotation And are we. Mr. Speak
er--we Of the mountain regiOns-not
only to witness the annual destruction Of
our crops, but actually To be deprived oy
these varmints Of the consultations OF re
Iigion Z This woke the House up, and
set it agape for an explanation. He con,
tnued "You know, Mr. Speaker, that
We live in rough county that your
fancy churches-your Presbyterians and
Episcopalians-never send preachers a
mong us. We depend for the Gospel
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Iprlultural.
The Future of the Cotton Growing
States

The we'll informed Washington cores
pondent of the Baltimore Sun. "Ion',
writes as follows in his letter of the 10Th
| instant
The census returns come in slowly, and
the earliest returns were from distant
States and Territories. The first report
received was from the United States mar.
shal OF Nebraska. Returns have also
been received from the marshal of Florida
1t is conjectured that Maryland has lost
portion of her slave population, in com.
parlson with the enumeration Of 1850
The returns Of the slave population of the
border Southern States will be a subiec,
OF interest to the politician and statesman
|, will probably appear that the amount
OF emigration has tended TO concentrate
the slaves IN the cotton and sugar grow
ing states, which, by their fertility and
enterprise. can give them more profitable
employment than can be found for them
elsewhere. There is not room in the
southwest for the extension OF cotton cul
ture. The Governor Of the State of Mis-,
s'ssiss'np', IN IA message to the Legislature
OF mat State year or two ago, stated
that he unreclaimed lands in tba, Stale
coulo be made capable Of producing a
greater quantity of cotton than ibe whole
amount OF the entire cotton product OF
all the States at this time. 1t would of
course, require 70, this increase Of product
IN that State the employment Of three or
Iour millions Of slaves, IL addition TO the
present number.
1t is expected that within the life time
OF some who are now living, the number
OF slaves, chiefly concentrated in the cot.
ton States, will be sixty millions. Under
the federal constitution three ffths of the
slaves are included in the federal repre-
rNtative population. Thus those States
wirI 'ecome entitled to number which
in ,Ls resent forty millions of free whites
Il was Thern States
renee by thstc'p"'ed as possible occur
that the son,L Lmers of the constitution,
fchs rule. obrain9ht through the three
House of Represent" !"scendency in the
cotton States secede, lE:s' ana unless the
babIe result. VIII Dc the pro
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TOMATOES AS FooD FOR c.
following from the OHIO Farn,>. n'
point: !"
Not being a farmer, in the true sens.
OF the term, though somewhat given to
the use OF the hoe, the spade, and the
pruning knife, am led to notice with
some attention the various processes and
results of vegetation. Though my do
main he small. and hence my observa
tions limited in point Of space, they may
perchance be none the less accurate, ant
their fruits, if not marked by great re
suits, may tend to induce thought on the
part Of others.
Among other things that have assumed
70 me the forms Of facts, one is that a.
feed for stock, and especially for milk
cows, there is no vegetable superior 10 The
tomato. The evidence Of this was mani
tested during the past fall. Having ii
my garden a surpIas Of these, resolved
to try their efficiency rs feed, and accord
ing y gave them to my COW, tine only
kind Of animal had to feed them TO-,
and found that they not only caused he
to give good supply. but rich quali.
OF milk. They were fed in all their vari
GUS conditions, from the green to the rip
state, aud many of them after havin,
been frozen. The results did not seem I,
be changed by the condition in whicl
they were fed. Not having the prope
facilities, therefore, did not cook then
though | believe their value would b
much improved thereby.
These are plain and simple statement
and trust the readers Of the Farme
will test their value in practical wa
during .he coming season, and let us hes
from them.
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upon the circuit riders of the Methodist
church and sir, everybody knows that
they cannot be induced to travel where
there are NO chickens, and that chickens
cannot be raised where foxes abound r.
The argument was unanswerabIe, and the
bill became a law.
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ScoLDrNG.-A little girl, not six years
OF age, screamed out 10 her brother, who
WAS pla, ing III The mud, 'Bub, you good
fornolhug little scamp, come right IN to
the house this minute, or III beat YOU Ii
the skin comes cf.'
why, Angeline, Angeline, dear. what
do You mean where did you learn such
talk 2 exclaimed the mortified mother,
who stood talking with fr,eno
Angeine's childish reply WAS good
commentary upon this manner OF speak
ing Of children -
why, mother, you see we are playing
and he's my little boy, and am scold
ing him juss rs you did me this morning;
that's all
her tone and manner corresponded, as
they usually do FTetting and scoId'ng
must necessarily have a different dialect
from iaeir opposiies. The influence nP
on daughter was unmistakabIe. Yet
the mother never supposed lba, ike wat
producing like in the child. until she was
thus keenlV rebuked.-~-HopPy Home.
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SoME gentlemen Of Bible association
calling upon an old woman to see il she
had Bible, were severely reproved with
the spirited reply, DO you think gentle.
men, that | am healhen, that y u
should ask me such question 7 Then,
addressing little girl, she said, Run and
fetch the Bible out OF my drawer, tha, !
may show !, to The gentlemen The gen
llemen declined giving her the trouble,
but she insisted On giving them ocular
demonstration. Accordingly, the Bible
was brought, nicely covered. and, on
opening il, The old woman exclaimed,
We'll, how glad am you have come
here are my spec,scles, that | have been
looking for these three years and dien''
lnow where " fod 'emp