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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-31

bO @Uc.
TAKEN UP BY B. W. Reagan and estray-
ed before J. M. Blount Esp, one WORK OK
or years old, white with some black
Spots marked crop off the left and under
half crop in the right ear, branded on the
left hip with Spanish brand, and on the
left horn the letter T.. appraised to So 90.
TAKEN UP by II. j, Gray, and estrayed
before M. Maltzherger Esq, one YOKE Of
OXEN, one brindle, with some white spots,
points of both horns sawed off, or years
old, marked crop and underbit in the right,
and under half.crop in the left car, brand
ed on the right hip &C. The other RED
steer with some white spots, has on small
bell, years old, points of both horns sawed
off, marked swallow fork in the right and
underbit in the left ear, branded on the
right hip CD: appraised 10 $40.
TAKEN UP by s. H. Crawford and es-
trayed before NJ. Maltsberger, one YOKE Of
WORK OXEN, one a red and white pieded
steer, years old, marked under half crcr
in each ear, supposed to have been split
and the under side froze off, Branded NE on
the left hip, small fish gig on the left hip
and large one on the right. The other o
white and black speckled steer, 6 or years
old, marked swallow fork in the right and
underbit in the left ear, branded with two
hearts on the left hip appraised to 500.
TAKEN UP by George S. Gibson, and es
trayed before N. E. Thompson Esq, ont
IRON GREY MARE, years old, 10 hands
high, blach name and tail, branded 90 OF
the left shoulder: appraised to 500. Alst
one SORREL STUD, 8 years old, 10 hands
high, 2 white feet, blaze face, branded OF
the left shoulder Sc: appraised to SO AL
SO one BAY STUD, one year old, RICH
hind foot white, branded Sc on the lief
shoulder: appraised to $40.
TAKEN UP by Sam. Paine, and estrayeC
before ]. NJ Blount Esq, one YOKE o
WORK OXEN, one deep red, marked crol
off the right and under half crop in the lef
ear, branded JIM. connected together, tn
other a black and white pieded, marked crol
and under half crop in each ear, branded
HB., on the left hip, supposed to be or
years old: appraised TO s45.
REPORTED TO the County Clerk, by J
W. Chowning. one WORK OK stag horns
or 8 years old, a brindle, with motley rae
and some white about the belly
TAKEN UP by J. A Smith, and estraye,
before s. K. Smith Esq one BAY MARE
years old, right hind foot white, star !
! he f3rehead- snipcn the nese and giltiirtst d
appraised 10 $40. Also one yoke q DAl,'
one laack Ei-a -sene Thite sFefs YER
I'D. marked osor ai5pe n ths lSfi and ~
is-siope in the riS1- az-, e1f.fd p
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-15

r. S. Foster, DID. Ev-
anstonAtll. a
|J. NJ. Jordan 6 Co. Chi
cage, Ill.
S. b Erwin, Esq. Wash
! ington,. d. g.
ID. ID. I. Moore ESQ,
Rochester, n. Y.
w. NJ. Wigfltman, .. D.
Spartinsburg, S. G.
REV. G. G.. Gllespies N.
/ Orleans; La.
John w. Ssoy, Esquire,
Charleston, s. G.
Hon. BE. Perry, Green
vile, S. q.
Hon. w. A. Graham,
Hiilsboro', n. G.
Hon, Chas. Manly, Ra-
leigh, N. G.
Hon. j. w. Ellis, Ra-
leigh, n. G.
Hon. ID. l.. Swain, Chap
ell Hill, N. G.
IChas. T.. Deems, D. D.
Wilson, n. G.
tC. p. Mepdenhal1, Gr'ns-
boro, n, C,
DR.. J. L. FAINT, Macon,
| Miss.
IMyatts & I'oler, Marion,
! Ala.
., Philadelphia, PA. -.
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-15
NEEV GROCERY STORE,

Leveo street, between Cambronne and jefferson
streets, City of Carrolltor.
FRED ERICK BEERMA AN,
Would most respectfully inform his friends and
the community generally, that he has now COM
menced the Grocery business at the above location,
and that his stock on hand consists of n very
SUPERIOR QUALITY, AND ALL FRESH.
He has OF hand every variety of fine Groceries,
Liquors, Wines, Lard Butter Sugar, Coffee, Tea,
Cheese, Crockery, Woodenware, &c, &c, with al
most every other article TO be obtained in
rCY7FINE GROCERY STORE,-SI
All of which offered to the public at the most
reasonable rates
selves:
n54-iai Z F. BEERMAN
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-15
JAMES M. EDNEY.
REFERENCES

Wilson G.. Hunt 81 Co,
New York.
Ross, Falconer & Co
New York.
Mellus, Courier & Sher
3 wood, New York.
Cook, Dowd, Baker &
Co. New York.
Furman Davis q Co. n,
York.
A. T. Bruce & Co. New
York.
A. II. Gale g. Co. New
York.
McPheeters Gheseliin,
Norfolk, Va.
Odom 81 Clements, Nor
folk, Va.
Hon. John Baxter, Knox
vile, Tenn.
Rev. w, G.. Browntow
Knoxville; Tenn.
Hon. Thos. l.. Jones
Newport, Ky.
Brown & Mcmillan, Wasl
ington, Texas.
w. & d. Richardson, Gal
weston, Texas.
d. Ayres, Esq, Calves
ton, Texas. :.
d, r. Mc&nally, ID. ID
st. Louis, Mo.
w. B. Crooks, Es'
The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-15
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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
READ ALOUD.

This is an accomplishment possessed
by so few that a good reader is al
most as rare as man Of common
sense. 1t is greatly to be regretted
that SO little attention is paid to a
branch Of education so agreeable, so
important, and SO useful. Months of
time and multitudes of dollars are cx-
pended on studies which could be
profitably dispensed with altogether,
while the cultivation of the ability to
read aloud gracefully is very sadly
neglected--in fact is not considered
by any means an important acquisi.
tion. A beautiful singer delights a
whole assembly, beautiful reader
not only delights but instructs. A
fool may sing divinely, but a good
reader must possess q mind. Let the
parents, then, whose daughters have
no taste for music, no ear for song,
but who have hearts and intellect
worthy of any man, give them
chance of showing what they are
made of, chance of making their
way in the world, Of cultivating the
habit Of reading aloud with care, with
grace, with understanding, and thus
put in their power of bearing their
part in the entertainment of any COM
pany into which they may be thrown.
But it is the physical benefits to be
derived from reading aloud, to which
the attention is more particularly
called. 1t is one of those exercises
which combines mental and muscular
effort, and hence has double advan-
tage. 1t is an accomplishment which
may be cultivated alone, perhaps bet.
ter alone than under a teacher, for
| then a naturalncSs of intonation will
be acquired from instinct rather than
from art the most that is required
being that the person practicing
should make an effort to command the
mind of the author, the sense of the
subject.
To read aloud well, person should
not only understand the subject, but
should hear his own voice, and feel
within him that every syllable was
distinctly enunciated, while there is
an instinct presiding which modulatcs
the voice to the number or distance
of the hearers. Every public speaker
ought to be abe to tell whether he is
distinctly heard by the farthcst audit.
or in the room if he is not, it is from
want Of proper judgment and obser-
walton.
Reading aloud helps to develop the
lungs just as singing docs, if proper
ly performed. The effect is to induce
the drawing of long breaths, every
once in a while, oftencr and deeper
than if reading without enunciating
These deep inhalations never fail to
develop the capacity of the lungs in
direct proportion to their practice.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19

THE YANKEE GIRLs.-The women Of
New England, and particularly those
OF Massachusetts earn millions of dol
lars annually, in various branches of
industry which have been introduced
in modern times. In one part of Mas
sachusetts, female labor is employed
upon binding shoes in another dis
trict braidiDg straw is the leading
pursuit i'll neighboring country,
palm leaf is converted into hat and
bonnets by women and in the sea-
port villages clothing is made by the
female residents for large dealers in
Boston. The effect of this home in
dustry upon large scale has been
the withdrawal of nearly the whole
native force from the factories and
the substitution Of foreigners in man
uiacturing villages while, in the
matter of domestic service, the native
women have almost wholly left tho
field, much TO the regre: and annoy
ance of housekeepers and we appre-
hend that if the amount of the aggre-
gate wealth Of women in Massachu-
setts could be ascertained, the sum
would surprise everybody. They form
large class of the depositors in Saw
ing Banks, and there is hardly a cor
poration that has not females among
its share-owners. The independent
industry of New England women adds
largely each year to the aggregate
wealth Of the community.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
NlistelIanu.
A VILLAGE BUILT UPON A LAKE.
&C lridp,

Rev. w. G.. Smith, Presiding Elder
of one of the Indiana conferences,
gives the following account of Nor
gantown, in that State, one of the Pc
culiarities of which is that it is built
on lake !:
We read of city set upon hill.
Morg antown, in my district, stands
upon lake! This wasnot known for
number Of years after the town was
settled. The discovery was made by
digging wells to procure full sup
ply of water. The supply Of water
in the wells which had been used, fail,
ing in the dry season, a few years
since, one of the citizens concluded to
sink well deeper and see if he could
not strike stronger vein. When
some thirty-five or forty feet below the
surface of the earth the man in the
well suddenly struck his pike through
the crust the water gushed up with
such rapidity that it was with difficult
ty he was saved by the man at the
windlass. In few moments the wa
ter was some fifteen feet deep in the
well. In two or three instances after
wards, men were near being lost by
coming suddenly upon this inexhausti-
Bile fountain of water. Wells have
been SINK in different parts of the
town from each other and | believe
forty feet is the greatest depth to
reach this lake. Lead lines have been
dropped into several Of these wells,
but no bottom has been found. In
digging down to this lake they inva-
riably pass through strata of sand,
leaves and timber, resembling drift
wood. This is some twenty feet below
the surface of the earth After pas
sing through these strata, a stratum
of clay is found, and when within
some eighteen inches of the lake a
hard crust is reached, which is sure
indication that they are near the wa
ter. When they reach this crust they
commence wall thereon, carrying il
to the top Of the well, then put down
Il large anger, and bore hole to the
water, which gushes up with great
force filling the well from fifteen to
twenty feet in few minutes. When
the augcr strikes the lake the atmos
pherc bursts up for a few seconds, pro
ducing a sound very much resembling
the blowing off of steam from an en-,
gine. l have not given all the par
ticulars of what has been discovered
Of this mysterious lake. Enough is
known to settle it beyond doubt that
the whole town stands upon lake
under ground
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
THE LIGHT HOUSE.

The scene was more beautiful far 10 my eye,
Than il day in its pride had arrayed Il;
Ihe land breeze blew mild, and the azure arched sky
Lookd pure as the spir, tha, made it,
The murmur rose soft as silently gaze'd
On the shadowy waves silent motion,
From the dim distant isc till the beacon fred baz'd
Like star in the midst Of the ocean
No longer the Joy Of the sailor boys breast
Was heard in his wildly breathed numbers,
The sea-brd had flown to her wave girdled nest,
The fisherman sunk to his slumbers
Oac moment looked from the HIS gentle slope
(And hushed Was the biOw's commoton)
And thought that the beacon looked lovely as hope
That star of lies tremulous ocean.
The time Is long past and the scene ia afar;
Yet when my head rests on is Pillow,
Will the memory sometimes re kindle the star,
That blazcd on the breast of the blllow.
In HES closing hour, when the trembling soul fes,
And death stills the hearts last emotion,
Oh then may the seraph Of mercy arise,
Like a star on cterntys ocean.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19

A Coon HOUSEWIFE is one of the
first blessings in the economy of life.
Men put great value upon the house.
wife qualifications of their partners,
after marriage, however little they
may weigh them befors ; and there is
nothing which tends more to mar tho
felicities of married life, than reck-
lcssness or want of knowledge, in tho
new housekeeper, of the duties which
belong to her station. We admire
beauty, and order, and system, in eve
rything, and we admire good fare. If
these are found in their dwelling, and
are seasoned with good nature and
good sense, men will seek for their
chief enjoyments at home,-they vii!
love their home and their partners,
and strive to reciprocate the kind Of
fees of duty and affection. Mothers
that study the welfare of their daugh-
! ters, will not fail to instruct them in
the qualifications of married life and
daughters that appreciate the value OF
these qualifications, will not fail to ac-
quire them.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19

A HINT TO CORRESPONDENCE DIR. Stew
ems, of the New York Advocate and
Journal, after nearly twenty-four years
Of editorial life, recently gave the fol-
lowing estimate of the PROBABILITIES in
regard to communications being read :
-" A communication which is fourth
Of column long, is read by most
readers, unless its subject is manifest
ly rcpulsive: over half a column long
is read by half of our readers col
umn long by third of them two
column article by one-tenth three
or four column one by nobody what
ever, except the weary editor and his
proof reader, and the few who may
have personal or very special con.
cern to the article"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19

The absence Of content, the mutter-
inss of spleen, the untidy dress and
cheerless home, the farbidding scowl
and deserted heart-these and other
nameless neglects, without crime
among them, have narrowed to tho
quick the hearts core of many man.
and planted there, beyond the reach
of cure, the germ of dark despair.
Oh f! may woman, before that sight
arrives, dwell on the recollections Of
her youth, and cherish the dear idea of
that tuneful time. awaken and keep
alive the promise she so kindly gave.
And though she may be the injured.
not the injuring one-the forgotten
and not the forgetting wife-a happy
allusion to the hour of peaceful love
"a kindly welcome to comfortable
home--a smile Of love to Danish hos
tile words--a kiss of peace to pardon
all the past--and the hardest heart
that ever locked itself within the breast
of selfish man will soften to her charms,
and bid her live, as she had hoped, her
wears of matchless bliss--loved, low
ing and content-the source Of COM
fort and the spring Of joy.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
Biographical.
The Genius and Misery of s. s. Prentiss

Prof. j. ii. lngraham, who now pre-.
fixes " Rev" to his name, has lately
been contributing some favors to the
Augusta (Ga.) Field. In the course
of them he describes visit to the
grave Of 5. S. Prentiss, at Natchez,
Miss, and thus explains the secret of
the unhappy life of that remarkable
man:
Emerging from romantic dell, we
came upon high road, which led us
to ii small brick-enclosed cemetery,
half hidden by shrubbery. We had
enquired for Prentiss' grave, and we
were told we should find it within this
quiet enclosure, wherein three or four
ancient-looHlnS, moss grown tombs
were visible, half obscured by vines
The iron gate was locked | climbed
it, and making my way through mat.
ted grass and tangled creepers, stood
before the upright slab of white mar.
bic which marked the resting place of
the great orator. | barred my head in
the presence Of the mighty dead for,
with all his infirmities. Prentiss was
the peer of the greatest inteIlects OF
the age. Justice has not yet been
done to his noble character His er.
rors are all referable to his physical
iniirmity. He was lame, very lame,
aud had been so from his birth.
When he grew up to boyhood, sen,
sitive, talented and ambitious, he
keenly felt his lamcncss, and wep,
over a deformity which, in his owr
mind, degraded him in the presence o'
his schoolmates. Early he learned tc
taste the bitterness of an ambitious
and lofty spirit, feeling physical infc
riority, while he was proudly con
lscious of intellectual superiority
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
NUMBER Is.
WISDOM.

What is Wisdom? Is it a mere
bubble on the sea of life-an ignis-fa-
tuus that shines but to deceive? No.
The path that leads to knowledge.
though trodden but by a few, is not
some cunningly devised scheme to de-
lude mankind. There may be trials
to endure and crosses to bear before
we can stand on the pinnacle of fame
and bid adieu to the low attainmcnts
which the world calls honorable. I
have seen the fair youth kneel at tho
shrine Of pleasure, moving amid FASH
ionable circles, beloved and courted
by the gay and mirthful, and aim at
nothing higher. Think you that an
All-wise and unerring Creator would
form man, endowed with intellectual
and moral powers that will remain
when the sun grows dim with age,
and place him on this beautiful earth
for NO purpose but to live, be merry,
and die like the brute creation
neither thinking or caring that there
were nobler ends to be attained.
Did Demosthenes gain his position
among the great of earth by sitting
with folded hands and having his
learning handed to him He was but
a poor boy, and arose by his own ex-
ertions and selfdenial. He proclaim
ed his Grafton by the ocean shore.
amid the roaring of the pillows, that
he might accustom himself to the
noise Of great audience. Thus he
arose to be called The Prince of Or
ators." And Homer, the great Gre
clan Poet, travelled from place to
place singing his songs. He was
poor and blind, yet his writings are
immortalized. l love to muse upon
the glorious achievements of the past,
end try to listen that beautiful admo-
milton, I" Go thou and do likewise :"
and though we may never stand as
high in the annals Of fame, yet by pa
tience and perseverance we may OBJ
tain a knowledge which is durable
and not to he. dspised.
If we obtain thorough knowledge
Of History and all other desirable
studies, and to these add energy, in
dustry, patience and perseverance,
we shall have conquered the world.
Nor is this all. While we acouaint
ourselves in all desirable accomplish
ments of the present age, let us seek
for that knowledge (which is pure
and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away" Then shall we be truly happy,
and understand the full meaning Of
Wisdom.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19

CouLDN'r FOOL HER.-The Lafayette
(Ind. Courier tells an amusing story
of some young ladies and gents OF
that place, who were taking social
walk near the cemetery, when a ghost
appeared. They all ran. but one stur'
dy woman of the strong-minded class,
who stood her ground till the ghost
got to her, when she seized it. and
thrashed out Of his frightfu. disguise
a mischievous fellow who had heard
the project Of walking about the grave
yard discussed, and hid himself there
to give the party fright. She led
him back to the house, and in reply tc
the questions that poured in upon her
said "Can't fool me. Pve seen toe
many men in sheets to get frightened
at them! !"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
Qostrp.
A HOME TO REST IN.
BY HENRY M0aFuRD

lne world, dear John, as the Old folks tod us
Is world of trouble and care (;
Many cloud Of grief will enfold US,
And the sunshine Of JOY Is but rare.
but there's something yet 10 be bright and blest IN
No matter how humble the lot;
The world still gives US a home 10 rost in,
Its hoiiest happiest spot
sweet home dear homei on the northern heather
On the sunniest southern plain
The lapland hut in its wintry weather,
The tent Of the Indian main - .
BE it gorgeous wealth that temple 10 drast In,
Be il poor and Of little worth,
Oh, home OUR hoIne--a home to rest in
Is the dearest thing on earth
But time, dear John, Is using us badly,
Our homes crumbe day by day,
And we're laying our dear ones, swiftly and sadly
In the dust Of the valley away.
There's deahrobe soon for US both to be drest in
place for us under the sod
Be Heaven at last the home we shall rest in
The rest Of the people Of God
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-19
GENTLENESS.

Gently took that which ungentIy came
And without scorn fOrgave DO thou the same
wrong done to thee think cats eye spark,
Thou woudst not see, nOt thihe heart dark,
Thine own keen sense of wrong that thirst for sin,
Fear that-the spark self kindled from within,
Which blown upon will blind thee with its glare,
Or smother'd st.fc thee with noisomc air
Clap on the extinguisher, pull up the blinds,
And soon the ventilated spirit finds
It. natural daylight. If a foe have kenn'd,
Or worse than foe, an alenated friead,
A RIB Of dry rot in thy ships ztou, side.
Think it Coils message, and in humbd pride
With heart Of oak replace ii thine the gains
Give him the rotten timber for his pains
~ y,,.y,