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Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-05-26

went to buy drink, they wurnt none thar.
 I'm sorry your whisky's all gone; but, my friend, why don't you play the balance of that tune?
 Sits got no balance to it.
 TT mean you don't play the whole of it.
 S.-stranger, can you play the JGdul?
 T.-Yes, littte sometimes.
 S.-1ou don't look like fiddlur, but eff you think you can play any more onto that thar chune, you kin just git down and try.
 (The traveller gifts down and plays the whole of it.)
 S.-Suanger, take half dozen cheers and sot down. Sall, stir yourself round like siX-horse team in mud hole. Go round in the holler, where I killed that buck this mornin, cut off some of the best pieces, and fotch 1t and cook it for me and this gentleman, directly Raise up the board under the head of the bed, and git the ole black jug l hid from Dick, and give us some whisky; 1 know thar's sum left yit. Til, drive ole Bose out'n the bread-tray, then cline up in the loft, and git the rag that's got the sugar tied in it. Dick, carry the gentlcman's boss round under the shed, give him some fodder and corn, much as he kin eat.
 Til.-Dad, they ain't knives enouff to sot the table.
 S.-Whar's big butch, little butch, ole case, cob-handle, granny's knife and the one l handled yesterday? That's enuff to set any gentleman's table, without you've lost um. D-n me, stranger, eff you can't stay as long as you please, and I'll give you plenty to eat and drink. Will you have coffee for supper?
 T.-Yes, sir.
 S.-Pll be hanged ef you do tho,' we don't have nothin' that way here, but Grub Tyson, and reckon it's mighty good with sweetnin.' Play away, stranger, you can sleep on the dry spot tonight.
 I.-( After about two hours fddling. ) My triend, can't you tell me about the road I'm to travel to morrow?
 S.-To mowowi Stranger, you won't git out'n these diggins for six weeks. But when 1t gifts so you kin start, you see that big sloo over thar? Well, you have to git crost of that, then you take the road up the bank, and in about a mile you'll come to two acre and a half cornpatch, the corn's mitely in the weeds, but you needn t mind that, jisr ride on. About a mile | and halt or two miles, from thar you'll come to the d-dest swamp you ever struck in all your travels, its boggy enuff to mire a saddle blanket. Thar's first rate road about six feet under thar.
 T.-How am to get at it?
 S.-Hou can't git at it nary time, till the wether stiiens down sum. Well, about a mile beyant, you come to a place whar thurs two roads. You kin take the right hand ef you want to, you'll foller it mile or so, and you'll run out; you'll then have to come back and try the left, when you git about two miles on that, you may know you are wrong, fur they ain't any road thar. You'll then think you are mighty lucky et you kin find the way back to my house, whar you kin come and play on that chune as long as you please.
 Mir. John E. Reardon, of this city, has this superb picture for sale
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For the True Democrat. Way-Side Observations.
Hum6O{t. Ienn Anril 10


 Spring has come, all glorious and beauti- tul. Our Tennessee forests are smiling once more in vernal robes, and they are made vocal With sylvan melody. Thus far the season has been very favorable to pIan ters. The weather has generally been warm, vegetation has progressed rapidly. and we have decidedly favorable spring. Just at thls date, farmers are wishing for rain. They have finished planting t heir corn' except new ground fields, and are en- gagged Tn planting the great staple.
 Should no untimely frost blight our hopes, we will have fruit beyond all pre- cedent. Many hundreds of noble orchards Tn west Tennessee, are now in full bloom, SlvliS promise of ga good time to come"
 The bottom has actually dropped out of well, in Hardin county. It had been dug and Tn use for many years, afiording tole rable supply of water. Last year It was not Tn use, the farm on which it was not bemg cultivated. This spring, it's own CT determined to reside in the house near tne well, and supposing that the well need ca cleaning out, employed man to per form that duty. The man descended as far as the rope would permit, but found no bottom. Additions were then made to the rope. and 1t was let down to the depth of 2,OO0 feet without finding bottom water, or any thing else.
 A citizen of this place was the victim of misplaced confidence few days ago. A certain young man had been in this region for months, trading in various commodi- tieS, and by his seeming integrity, won upon the feelings of nearly all that knew him. He contracted debts at Memphis, Jackson, and at Trenton. as well as with many in dlVldals m various parts of the country.
 Quite recently, he received $700 of one ot our merchants, the use of which, he said he desired onl y fora few'days. A day ortwo after that, he was missing, and, on looking into the matter, it was found that he had borrowed of others, collected in all the mo ney he possibly could, and gone to parts unknown.
 The merchant who had lent him the S700, knowing that his parents lived at Chicago, took the cars, and, in few hours, was in that city. Sure enough he learned that the fugitive was there. He got policeman, and arrested him. The absconding debtor was not in the least discomfted He told his friends that he could not live in the south because he hailed from free State, that he had been tarred and feathered and driven away, and this was a trick to get him again in their power.
 1He abolitionists came to his rescue, and 1t was with no small share of difficulty that our merchant as aforesaid, managed to get out of their clutches without coat of tar and feathers. $.
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Apri1 "A, 1860.
EDITOR TRuE DEMOCRAT

Sir: l must ask short space in your paper for the purpose of calling attention to an article that appeared in the Old Line Democrat some two weeks ago. It Is not an editorial or communication; but appears as the substance of speech writ ten out and communicated to that paper.- If am not mistaken in my opinion, have heard the same thing, word for word, upon two occasions before; first in the democratic convention of Arkansas, at Little Rock in 1856, and again in the April convention of 1860; with such slight changes as were nec- essary to suit the times But if I am not greatly mistaken in my recollection, l had heard the same speech made by whiG ora tors and electors III the celebrated political campaign of 1840; the days of '.log cab bins and hard cider" times, "Tppecanoe and Tyler too," with nice interpolations of "Tobias Watkins,' Swartwout" and Price" to round off the sentences and close them with flourish of .'trumphets' and flags" "tpo dollars day and roast 6eg.' The old whigs of Arkansas have not forgotten these oft repeated public speeches or harranges The "coon'' was also upon the battle fields of the north, and had his share of the sport. These speeches or olations were committed to memory, and when they appeared in print were care fully preserved and filed away for reference and future use. It is now doubtless in the houses of these partisans, unless '' Sam has had them thrown overheard as cumber- some and out of place-the two platforms of principles not harmonizing; that of 1S40 must be pretermitted as useless, and the one of more recent date under " ,Sam's" reign re adopted and affirmed as the politi- cal rule of action and faith
 The member of the convention from Crawford county in 1860, made the speech referred to, and published in the ''Old Liner," and the same gentleman made the same speech in the convention at Little Rock, ill 1856. l allude to Col N. E. Burrow; and If his political record has not been misrepresented, he took the stump in Tennessee in 1S40, as an elector on the '' Harrison and Tyler" ticket, and hence we can readily imagine the character of his speeches then, from the copy furnished, with such amendments to suit the times, and the new principles he espoused on cross ing the Mississippi. Read the communica- tion before referred to in the .'Old Liner, !" and if any candid and unprejudiced indi- vidual can say afterwards, that he can not see where the log cabbin" and hard cider" the "coon,' 1.-two dollars day and roast beef,' '' Tippecanoe and Tyler too, ; ' Tobias Watkins" < Swartwout," !" and :" Price," have been omitted, and pre- termitted by the orator in his speeches in 1856 and 1860, in the democratic conven- tions in Arkansas, 1 shall think that he closed his eyes to keep from seeing, and stopped his ears to keep from learning. It is certainly the very best " coon speech" effort that 1 have heard since lS40.
 INDEX.
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Number 34.

ih ploinlnence n before the public. It is said . .me 10rt Smith road is partly under con tract Considering the beautiful and fer tile region lying west of that place every effort should be made to arouse the whole line, so as to connect with Iittle Rock as soon as possible. Union of effort win ac. complish this It is the life of any oreat work. Division, jealouses, distrusts rnin all Memphis and Alabama worked to- gether, and they built the Charleston road Memphis and West Tennessee and South Kentucky pulled together; the result is the Memphis and Louisville connection. Mem- phis, the Gazoo valley and Jackson are moving in concert, and with but one will and the valley road will be built sooner than any road of its length was ever built Tn the southwest The same results will follow concert of action on our great west ern line; and its vast importance should be impressed upon the people at an early day, before they look to Vicksburg or St. Louis, and agree to give their means to rival lines
 J. T. TREZEVANT.
 AprI "A, 1860.
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New Goods.

AM now opening and offering for sale A at the lowest kind of prices the handsomest stock of Dress Goods of every descripton, to be found in this city. In consequence of the pressure in the money market and the ateness of the sea- sor' am offering my stock at the lowest kind Of prices for cash
 Prints of the best quality for lo1s cts, cash. Bareges, Tissues, Organdies, Muslins, in robes and piain. beautiful and cheap for cash
 Lace Veils, new styles, White Goods of every description and quality, cheap for cash Also, almost every variety of article wanted at this season. J. A. HENRY.
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REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL, sr1RvEy
 OF ARKANSAS

!" FIRST REPORT OF GEoIoGIcaI. RE- coSNoIsANcE OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF AR KANSAS, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1857 AND 1858, BY DAVID DALE OWEN, PRINCIPAL, ASSISTED BY WIL- LIAM ELDERHoRsT, CHEMICAL ASSISTANT. AND ED- WARD l. COX, ASSISTANT GEoLoGIsT'
 VIE Proprietor of this valuable and A popular BOOK has the pleasure of informing the pubc that after much delay he is at last ore pareu to meet the numerous demands for copies ana can now fill all orders from the trade or others
 THE CITIZENS OF ARKANSAS this is an in raiuaoie book, but equally so to every one having the smallest interest in her ands or desiring in formation concerning the wealth of her immense mineral resources, now being gradually but reliably developed.
 ' This is the first report of laborious survey still Tn rapid progress under the patronage of the State the discoveries and disclosures from which will add wealth and importance to every portion of the country touched by the survey. \ Dr. Owen has richly sustained the high repu- tation he already enjoys from similar labor in other States''
 It contains fourteen elegant illustrations, one very lne on steel, six beautifully coored ltho- graphs and seven on wood, of the following places: ? l. Natural Dam, across Lees Creek in Crawford County;
 J Sugar Loaf Mountain of Searcy County; 3 Calico Rock on White River; s A. Sugar Loaf Mountain of Marion County; 2 D. Prominent Mass of Sandstone, Lead Reg gions, Carroll County;
 O. Cliffs of the 'Bee Rock" on Little Red River; 7. Sugar Loaf Mountain, Van Buren County; 5. Knob of Searcy County, on Forest Creek; }. Mammoth Spring of Fulton County;
 ID. Ronnd Top Peak, Judah Mountain-Boston Range;
 II. Marshal's Prairie, Boat, Pilot and Stack Mountains in the distance;
 l2. Rock House on Cane Creek in Newton County; 13. View across the Arkansas River from the heights above Van Buren, Sugar Loaf Mountains in the distance;
 IA. Part of Boston Mountain Range Newton County.
 Large Royal Octave, 256 pp. bound in cloth; price S2 %.
 Copies sent by mail carefully wrapped on receipt of price.
 A liberal discount to the trade.
 JNO. E. REARDON,
 Bookseller and Stationer. May DocL 1rE
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Pot Ware.
STOLEN.

4 DARK Chestnut solrel horse, TN- \ fifteen and q half hands high, short Et-A. and compact built and very fine form, his underip hangs little when he quiet, white recolIected except small star in the forehead. works fnelyil harness, is fast paces well under the saddle and is very fine horse, was stolen from my stable on Sa- turday night, the l4th of April, 1860, said horse is six years old this spring beheye.
 JOHN SELDEN ROANE. The theft nlso took Spanish saddle, fine leather and stamped all over.
 A suitable reward will be paid for the delivery of the horse and arrest of the theif either to S Shel don, Plum Bayou, or to J. s. R., Pine Bluff. NaN l9. SO BIZ
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"TAKE DowN YOUR SIGy. We see that the Old Line Democrat and other pa- pers of that ilk, keep up constant noise about the nomination of Richord H .Iohn- son. tor Governor, while they have his name at the head of their paper A singular warfare. Either let them take down their slgn or quit grumbling. SmsiM Times
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U OB WOR K.

Our facilities for doing all descriptions of Job York can not be surpassed by any printing estab- Ahment in the country.
 We have procured, at cost of over sixteen hun dred dollars, one of Isaac Adams mammoth print ng machines, which enables us to do work, and es- peclally pamphlet and bookswork in a superior style and at very low prices
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$50 REWARD.
RANAWAY from the subscriber, sA

RANAWAY from the subscriber, sA Ie living at Plum Bayou, Jefferson county ,& Arkansas, on the night of the 18th of April, ,.N lsoo, three negroes, viz: One boy, REMUS, about 3o years old, about feet, 10 inches high and will welgh about ioo pounds, black, with decayed teeth, will perhaps give some other name as his own, and also some one else as his owner Onebov. ANDY, about the same age, heighth and weight, black, lett arm oil near the shoulder, speaks rather low. Also one glri, SARAH, of bright copper color, about 22 years old, about feet, 3 or inches high and Will weigh about 125 or l3O pounds, rather slow spoken: Said negroes rode off two small sor- one of said horses has brand IS. on his left rump The sand negroes may have free pass, as think they were decoyed off by some white person. liberal reward will be given for the apprehension of said negroes and horses so that can get them, and SoU for the detection of the thief.
 C. M. SUMMERS.
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TO ApVERTISERS

To persons desiring to advertise the True Demo- crat certainly presents stronger inducements than any other 9baper in the State. It has by far the largest subscription list-is very generally read in every county. With list of over six thousand regular subscribers it is read by not less than ten or twelve thousand persons every week. The True Democrat, therefore, presents to the public the best medium for advertising-the most remu- nerative.
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Transient advertisements will be inserted for Sl per square, (ten lines less,) for the first inser ton, and 5O cents for each subsequent insertion.
 Merchantss Advertising by the year will be charged Professional cards and other advertisements, not
Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-05-26

HAVING become associated in busi- I \ ness with MT. A. J. Hut, under the style of WM. F. PoPE Co.,, we have removed our stock to Robins Building, on East Main street, where will be happy to my old friends and patrogE and ready to sell them goods as cheap as any Isfse in the city. VIM. F. POPE.
 May 10 IS6n
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Caretally selected Jy hinaseIf and warranted F A N c Y c o o DS. Hair Brushes, Hair Oil and Combs; Looking Glasses, Belts and Purses; Razors, Hooks Eyes and Needles;
 Thimbes, Beads, Pins and Rings;
 Harps, Garters, Caps and Violin Strings;
 Spring Fish hooks (Patented;)
 Snuff Boxes, Measuring Tape, Rules; i; Smoking Pipes, Thread, SILK; Steel Pens, Pencils, Ribbons, Umbrellas, Carpet Bags; Buttons, etc., etc, etc. HENRY FISHER. May 5th, 1860.
 N. B.-The above will not interfere with my usual business, but am still prepared to carry on the building business in all its branches. H. F.
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S2OO REWARD.

PANAWAY from Bellvue planta-s> s> Ia tlon, Chicot county, Arkansas, in No R vember last negro man, named JONAS, .n about 35 years old feet high, dark copper color, | and speaks slowly and looks down when spoken to. reward of Sl0O will be paid if he is found within this State and delivered to the undersigned. Or S200 if found without the State, and confined in any jail so that We can get him.
 | Address J. NJ. CRAIG, ' J. E. EVELYN,
 May l9, 1860. At Columbia, Ark
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$2oO ReWard
NOTICE.

NOTICE w A A 5 committed to the jail ofsA w Greene county, Arkansas on the SthR day of April, lS6p, a runaway slave calling -M himself JIM; about feet, l inch high, very black about 50 years old. He says he belongs to James oturgis, living near Memphis, Tennessee. The owner of said runaway slave is hereby noti- ned to come forward, prove his property and pay charges on said slave, he will be dealt with as the law directs
 F. $. WHITE, Sheriff of Greene county, Ark. April 23, 1860. Cost of adv S26 or Sl per week
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Watch Lost

DETWEEN the Steamboat LandLA ID ing and the Anthony House on the 4thsA.sE inst. It is an old fashioned silver Watch, marked B. F. F. on the back. The finder will receive five dollars by leaving the watch at this office.
 May l2, 1860. 3t
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Window Shades.

4 LARGE supply of Cloth and Paper 1A Window Shades, both rich and plain patterns, with brackets, pulleys, roller ends colds and tas- sels for putting them up; just received at the book store by JNO. E. REARDON.
 May l2 '60
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Cigars. Cigars.

VUST received lot of choice Havana C Cigars
 5000 Cerrentes Cigars;
 5000 La E>meralda do;
 5000 Fl Sol do;
 5000 Fabrica Washington do; 5000 De Cabana do. Pure Havana Cigars, and for sale by May l2 M TANTI
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RUNAWAY SLAVE.

HUNA W A1 SLAVE. W AS committed to the jail of PopesA " county, Arkansas. on the 30th day ofIx March, 1860, who calls his name J JOFiN-said .N slave is about feet, 10 inches high, of light cop per color, says he is 24 years of age and belongs Thomas Gilbert, of Tiger Bayou, Louisiana
 The owner of said slave is hereby requested to come forward and prove property, pay charges and take him away or he will be dealt with as the law directs. J. l.. LINTON. Sheriff. May 5, 1860. 6m Cost of adv S26 or sl per week
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NOTICE.

DOWBER-Nathan Batts' American \ Powder, , ID. Cans.
 May CLEMENTS X WILLETT
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Attention! Look ~ Mis ChQnce! SELLIN c OFF At Greatly Reduced Prices DRY GOODS; D FANCY GOODS;
 CLOTHING;
 BOOTS AND SHOES;
 HARDWARE,
 QUEENSWARE;
 SADDLERY; And every thing else kept in a store. Having re- ceived my entire large stock of Goods, can please all in regard to prices and quality These Goods having been sunk and delayed a long time, 1 now offer to
 SeH n1y Summer stock at Cost! For the next 90 Days, for Cash! Call in and you will find the worth of your money Call soon to secure Bargans-this is chance very seldom offered in Little Rock. No trouble to show goods May l9 A. POLLOCK, Main street
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NEGROES FOR SALE

TWO valuable negro men for sale; eA E terms cash Inquire at this office.
 May l2, '60-3t. .A
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Desirable City Residence for Sale. THIS property consists of two lots AA ! on the corner of Louisiana and Walnut nNs. streets, two large dwellings, with all necessary out houses-good water and d splendid cellar The property will be sold at bargain. It now rents for six hundred and fifteen dollars per annum
 Apply to KINNEAR X HUGHES.
 May l9, lS60 3t
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GEO. J. LESCHER,
Cast Turninp p!o1ue

Cast Tuning Flows. ' HAVE q large lot of Cast Turning ! Flows on hand, which will warrant to run well" and will sell at low figures for Cash. = May l2, '60. JOHN H. NEWBERN.
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St. LoulS, Mo.
 McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment.

LINMENT IN THE WORLD. The safe and cure for Cancers Ples Iumors Swelngs and Bronchele Gol,re Paralysis, Neuralgia Weakness of the Muscles, Chronic lnHammatoy Rheu matism stiffness the Jonts Contracted Muscles or Liza ments, Earache Toothache, Bruises sprains, Wounds Flesh Cuts Ulcers, Fever Sores, Caked Breasts Sore Mp pies, Burns Scalds Sore Throat, Inflammation or Pam, difference how how long the disease may have existed. MCLEANs CELEBRATED LINIMENr Is cef tar remedy. r of human beings have been saved life of de- cepnde and misery by e use oi is lnvanaole medlche McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment win reeye pam almost instan'aneOusly, and will cleanse purfy the foulest incredibly short time.
 For Horses and other Animals. Mclean celebrated Llnment IS the only safe and rela- be remedy for the of spavin Ring Bone, Windgals, SpInts nuatural lumps Nodes of Sweilings. IL will yer fail Big Head, PoeyIl, fistus, Old Running Sores, sweeny, if properly applied For sPrans BrGse Scratches Cracked Heels, Chafes Saddle Collar Calls, Cuts, Wounds II IS an inallble remedy Appyt directed, and a cure is certain m every instance Then tnle longer with the many worthless Linments offered you Obian supply of Dr. McLeans celebrated Lnlment IL will cure you.
 J. H MCLEAN, Sole Proprietor,
 Corner of Thrd and Pune Sts.. St. Louis, Mo. Dr. J. J. McALMONT, Agent at Little Rock, and Dr. s. J. McALMONT, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 Feb. l, 1860. 1y
 NEW GOODS. LUST received per steamer $. Ii. Tucker, c the following goods, all entirely ne,o and of the latest designs and selected especially, viz: Genuine Turkish Hookas (Water Pipes;)
 Meerschaum Pipes, silver mounted and plain;
 Genuine Waxbowls. do do;
 Meerschaum Cigar ar-holders, carved and plain;
 Meerschaum Washed Clay Pipes, Ca new ' article;)
 Cigar Stands and Oriental Cigar Smokers; Weichsel and Horn Pearl Stems, StamCul Bowls; and many other articles of the Smoking Department.
 ALSO;
 Genuine Imported Turkish Tobdcco ''Zenije" brand, and Genuine Imported West India Smoking ToJacco, from the Isle of " Sarinam' of the crop of lS46, in coils.
 Respectfully invite my friends and the public in general, to examination of my stock, feeling assured that shall not fail to give entire satisac ton to all wbo may favor me with their patronage. ' B. BERNAYS, Importer ot, aud Dealer in Genuine Hduana Cigars,
 Markham street-in AshLey's Brick Row. Little Rock, April 2S ls60
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GAS AND STEAM FITTING

01A'1 hIeD I1L11IA IT HWY HAVING received large stock of Gas ! k Tubing, Fittings, Chandeliers, Brackets etc, etc, of the latest styleand pattern. am now prepared to fit up for Gas, Dwellings, Stores, Churches, etc.. in the best manner and at req sonable rates Having employed good and expert enced workmen, guarantee all my work Orders respectfully solicited.
 J. ALBERT SLAUGHTER. Jan IS, 1860. If
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Sacred Harp

JetOIGI E1dIp. SOUTHERN Harmony and Sacred Harp, C latest editions, supply just received at the book store. JNO. E. REARDON. May l2, 'G0.