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The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

rCLouis G.. Clark, n correspondent
Of the New York Sunday Mercury, relates
the following good story of one of our
ncighbors:
Some years ago, when the total absti
ncnce excitement was at its height and
the Maine Liquor Law was the social
question: of the day, ] called with George
Kendall, of the New Orleans Picoyune, at
the Office of the Brothers Harper, then in
Cliff street. George was rmrmg his new
book on Mexico through their press Mt
the time, and having been acquainted with
the brothers previously, was, Of course,
on the most intimate terms with all of
them
James, the Mayor, was at that time n
leading apostle in the temperance cause,
and used occasionally to rally George
upon what he thought to be evidence OF
an undue bibulous propensity. "Your
face looks rather reddish this morning,
George; | am afraid you indulge. -
Which Kendall certainly did but always
in modera,ion--never to anything like
excess.
After sitting a few moments. George
said to the younger brother, Fletcher /;
" Fletcher, where's JimY where's the
Mayor? | want TO see him."
He's in the library replied
Fletcher, entertaining committee of
old women from the Martha Washington
Temperance Society They hold a meet
ing at the Tabernacle tomorrow night,
and the Mayor is going to preside
Good ~ said George; I'll go right
in and see him Come, Clark added
Kendall, F" let us sec how the city's chief
magistrate looks in council
George raped at the door.
Come in answered the Mayor.
Kendall opened the door slowly, as il
in hesitation, glanced askance at the eight
or ten old women, winked knowingly to
the Mayor, and then said, with an in,
imitable maudlin Jimmy Twitcher air:
"Ji-i-m, let us 60 and get another
drink I" .......
1t is not often that any one can nuster
James Harper; but "you better believe
he was fuatcrcd on this occasion. He
looked horror stricken at the very idea
as he returned the astonshed gaze Of the
old ladies. " Another drink as if they
had already had one together, early as il
was in the morning!
Last summer | saw George on his re
turn from Paris We reminiscized upon
this incident, and Kendall said;
Il have never heard anything from
jim from that day to this about my in
duging. .......
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The Van Buren, Press.
VAN buren,, ARKANSAS.
Mr.. S. r. Mallory on the Situation.


At large meeting, composed of both
whites and blacks, in Pensacola, Mr.. Nal
lory is reported by the Observer to have
spoken as follows;
Mr. Mallory being loudly and repeated
ly called upon, mounted the stand and
earnestly addressed the meeting. He
briefly advertcd to our State, and her
PROSTATE condition, under the recent leg
isgation of Congress, and counscllcd sub
mission in good faith. There is no
degradation in the submission of q gal
liant people when further resistance would
be madness At the South where negroes
constitute, and especially in Florida
where they will, for yet long period
constitute nearly moiety of our popula.
ton, the ballot, qualified or otherwise
was n natural consequence Of their en-
franchisement--a result which would not
follow their freedom in the Northern
States, where, in point of numbers, they
were unimportant. AS the negro was
now entitled to vote, it was the interest
of the State that he should he educated
and enlightened and made to compre-
hend the priceless value of the ballot,
and the importance to himself and the
State of its judlclous use
The prosperity of the State must de
pend upon the virtue and intelligence OF
her people. and no wise man will hesitate
to do all in his power to elevate and i'm
prove the character and condition OF the
cOlorcd race, between whom and the
Southern people an indestructible bond
Of sympathy, based upon thousand hap
py memories. exists. Let US fully and
frankly acknowledge, as well by deeds as
by words, their equality with us, before
the law, and regard it as no less just to
ourselves and them than TO our State and
her best interest to aid in their education,
elevation and enjoyment Of all the rights
which follow their new condition.
He then earnestly addressed the colorcd
people present, pointing out to them
that henceiortl they and the white man
must tread the same onward path, and
their political and industrial interests be
inSeparably blended.
He couDsellcd them against secret po
litical societies, and their organization
for party purposes upon the basis Ofrace
or color, as destructive Of the interests
alike Of black and white; while they were
met and treated in spirit of manly
frankness by their old masters, and by
the Southern people generally, such so
cietcs were only organized by designing
men to abuse their confidence for selfish
ends.
He advised them to seek the best ad,
vice they could as to the questions at issue
and the merits of candidates, and to cast
their ballots accordingly, Referring to
their Late condition he pointed out to
them that with their liberty they assumed
the responsibility of supporting them
serves and families, educating their chill
dren and Of accumulatng for old age, by
honest industry; and that now, when the
- old plantation,' its smoke-house and
crib were no longer happy refuge, in
dustry and an honest effort to show them,
selves worthy to be called freemen were
expected ofthem by every friend they
had, North and South. ~.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

A DELICATE HUSBAND. Not many
years ago, there lived in small town in
the interior Of Vermont, a queer and eX-
trcmely timid chap-one not ovcrburden-
ed with sound sense withal-by the name
of Eli Snidpool.
Said genius, to his surprise, and the in
finite astonishmcnt of his acquaintances,
plucked up sufficient courage, at the age
Of forty, to get married. He proved n
very dutiful and obedient husband, but
his timidity and extreme cautiousness
provoked the butt of many q joke and al
ways at his own expense.
In the course Of time, as is always the
case, his good lady was taken ILL., and the
result was a fine, healthy Snidpool junior.
The lucky father was very solicitous
regarding his dear companions state, up
to the last hour, but when informed that
all "was over and he was invited to
congratulate Mrs. S., on the happy ter
mination, look Of fear and ghostly
pallor passed over his features, and the
proposal was declined. The nurse, think
ing his sense Of delicacy the cause. for
bore to urge his presence in the sick
room just then, but as the day passed off
without the consolation his attendance,
she visited the sitting room again, not n
little indignant, and even insisted that the
liege lord should at once 20 with her to
his wife's room. Evidently with the
greatest reluctance, he at last consented !;
and, abscnting himself from the house n
few minutes, he was seen returning from
a neighboring apothecary's, bearing in his
hand large bunch of dried taLsy. As
cending the front staircase, he knocked
gently at the door, which, being opened,
he Immediately seized, and nearly closed
again. standing with his bunch Of tansy
thrust tightly against his nose. and trem-
bling in every joint.
To the alnazement Of all present, when
urged to come in by the feeble voice Of
his better half,' he replied, with the
greatest trepidation:
"No, no, my dear, dare not expose
myself for .ftar Of catching the disorder.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

How TO SAVE OLIVE find the fol-
lowing in one Of our exchanges. 1t will
be very easy for any one to try it:
"A short time ago we published an ar
ticle from an exchange, to the effect that
salt in kerosene lamp was great saving
of oil. We have since fully tested it, and
it is greater saving than was stated in
the article referred to. Fill the lamp
half full of common salt, then fill up with
OIL 1t burns with clearer flame, and is
a saving of more than twenty five per
cent. in OIL Try it, 9r
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
B. II. CASTELAR,, Esq.

IMroRTANT LAwsuIr.--A dispatch to
the New York Commercial 1drertiser
says: Senator Reverdy Johnson will
represent West Virginia on Monday next
in the United States supreme court, in
the suit brought by Virginia for the re-
covcry Of Jefferson and Berkely counties.
The suit is Of the highest Importance, as
the legality Of the present politicalDetatus
Of Virginia is being involved, as, ifshe is
not a State, she cannot claim these coun
tics
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

WHAT | SAw.-As ! was going up the
street saw Mrs. Petroleum with two bar
rels and half Of oil, made into cloak,
which hung in graceful folds from her
ample figure; on her head was nearly half
q barrel of the same fluid, and yet she
held her head 50 high that one would al
most imagine it was as empty as blasted
head Of wheat.
Behind her ] saw woman with two
moving machines in the folds of her
dress, and yet how gracefully it swept
the street. "A young girl was with her.
who had around her neck ten barrels of
-four a little further up the street saw
lady with four reyolvers, at ten dollars
apiece, swinging from her ears. Y.
Lady number five was enrolled in fifty
bales of shoddy, and she marched into
the store as though she was at the head
of a regiment, and with voice such as a
colonel might use, when speaking to all
his men, asked Of the clerk, be them the
silks you advertise for evening wcar?'
With Il solemn look profound bow,
he answered, "thcm do be, madam
1t was the last named lady who asked
an acquaintance to write a list of books,
with pretty bindings, that she might ill
our new library in our new house,
AS ! turned to go out of the store
met an old acquaintance who, few years
before, was an old schoolmate, and whose
last composition was given me to correct,
and the word be was spelled bee'--but
she had on so many pairs Of boots for q
vail, that she was afraid to bend her
head, ] suppose, for fear Of some kind OF
a downfall.
| went home pondering in my heart
these words of the preachcr---" Vanity
vanity, all is vanity
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

LET EVERY Man READ rms.-We have
probably all of rs met with instances in
which word heedlessly spoken against
the reputation of Il female, has been mag
nifed by malicious minds until the cloud
has become dark enough to oversbadow
her whole existence. To those who are
accustomed, not necessarily from bad mo
tives, but from thoughtlessness to speak
light of females, we recommend these
hints as worthy of consideration =
Never use lady's name in an improper
place, at an improper time, or in mixed
company. Never make assertions about
her that you think are untrue, or allu-
sions that you feel she herself would blush
to hear" Many good and worthy wo-
mans character has been forever ruined
and heart broken by n lie, manufactured
by villain, and repeated where it should
not have been, and in the presence Of
those whose little judgement could not
deter them from circulating the foul and
ficndish report. Respect the name of a
woman, for your mother and sisters are
women; and as you would have their fair
name nntarnished, and their lives unem-
bittcred by slandcrous' biting tongues,
heed the i'll your own words may bring
upon the mother, the sister, or the wife
Of some fellow creature. ,fr..
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
NO. 80

TnE HEAVENLY IloME-We must be
prepared for the company of heaven, as
well rs for it. employments, if We would
be happy there. II is not the walls ofthc
building in which We live that make our
earthly home, but the company Of those
we love.
A little boy about five years old was
returning from school one day. He
bounded into the house, cxclaiming. as he
hung his hat up In the entry, This is
my home this is my homee'
a lady on visit to his mother was sit
ting in the parlor. She said to him,
"Willie, the house next door is just the
same as this. Suppose you 60 in there
and hang your hat up in the entry,
wouldn't that be your home as much as
this p
"No ma'arn," said Willie very earnest
ly, it would not"
"Why noti' asked the lady, "a, ..-.,
make. this house your home more than
that y
Willie had never thought of this be-
fore. But after moments pause, he ran
up to his mother, and throwing his arms
around her neck he said, "Bccausc my
dear mother lives here"
1t is thcprescnce and company ofthosc
We love which make our earthly home,
and it is just so with our heavenly home.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

The BED LINEN, ETC, OF THE GREAT
EASTERN The big ship has now 5000
passenger berths, in supplying the beds
for which twenty.seven thousand yards
Of linen have been used, together with
forty tons Of curled hair and wool, and
for sheets, pillow and bolster slips thirty
thousand yards Of linen, while twenty
five hundred white counterpanes have
been supplied in addition to those already
in use, besides eleven thousand yards Of
toweling.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
FF0m the Vest foiRt, Gu Gazette, Aprii t.
Letter from the Hon. Reverdy johnson
SENATE CHAMBER, March 9,

SENATE CHAMBER, March 20.
DEAR Sin: Yours Of the 18th is receiv-
ed. My vote for the bill you refer to
was given, not because approved of it,
but became Ikncw that if defeated, or not
carried out by the South, other means
ruinous to them, in every way, would fol-
low.
| wished by my vote (hoping that the
South would not doubt my desire to
serve them and the whole country to
place myself in condition to advise
them more eilectually to its acceptance
than would be if had voted against it,
My advice, therefore, is, and / give it
most anriously, that the proper course to
be pursued by you is to organize under
the act at once and in good faith. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
RENERDI JOHNSON.
B. II. CASTELAR,, Esq
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

ET'At Hartford, Connecticut, one day
last week the ministers held a meeting
and unanimously voted that it is the
christian duty Of the churches and the
northern public generally, to contribute
for the relief of the suffering poor of the
south, t
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

EE-It is painful to see these continual
quarrels between prominent Radicals
Thus, Barnum the Snowman, in retaliation
for the attacks of the New York Herald,
has ordered a number of figures, repre-
senting various scenes in the life of James
Gordon Bennett, particularly the one
where he was cowhided for slander.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
-. A>A>A

EyA gentleman who had been tho sub
ject Of severe attack in a newspaper, was
asked. "Who do you suppose is the au-
thor Of these articles, and what can be tho
reason Of his malice ~" Malice !" said he,
Z" not the least in the world 1t is some
young fellow learning to write
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

EyS Some Of the girls have rcmon-
strated against a patent being issued for
for the fastening Of buttons on clothes
by screw, declaring that if the men can
put on their buttons that way, they will
never get married
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

RIA boy once complained of his brother
for taking half of the bed. "And why
not p said his mother; che is entitled to
half, is he no; - " Yes, ma" said tho
boy a." bat how should you like to have
him take out al! the soft for his half? He
will have his half out Of the middle, and |
have to sleep on both sides of him.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
Tho reason so many marring

Tho reason so many marriages oc
cur Immediately after u great war, is that
bachelors become so accustomed to strife
that they learn to like it, and after tho re-
turn Of peace they enlist in matrimcny "a
the next thing ,u war.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

lyon would be pretty indeed
said a agentlcman, patronizingly, to ayoung
lady, " if your eyes were only a tlelarger.'
"My eyes may be very small, sir, but such
people as you don't fill Mem" ....
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

Ey-" Tom, whom did you say Jenkins
married ?"--" Well. he married ten thou
sand pounds replied Tom b" / forget her
other name -
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17
The Van Buren, Press,
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By J. S. DUNHAM.
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Single copies 10 cents. I..t

Advertisement inserted at Sl.60 cents per
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each subsequent Insertion. Liberal deduction
made to yearly advertisers.
Marriage notices $500. Obituary notices,
when under three lines, free of charge; over
.hree lines, the usual Charge made as for ord
mary advertising. III -.--H.a.a
Cards or communications of personal
character il admissible at all. double the usual
stcs and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
State offices, $500. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, % cents per line.
Yearly advertisements paid quarterly, in
,dyancc Legaland transient advertisements
to be paid for when left at the office.
All job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Ad ircss all lettcrSTand commmcations to
Us. DuSlIAn, Editor and Proprietor.
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Drups and Medicines.

TODFRY'S Cordial; Batcman's Drops; Lnuda
II mum, parcgoric, Mel aue's and Falncstocks
Vurmifugc; Mel Lanes, Lccs', Ayers aud Shallcn'
burgers Pills; Pain Killer; Spaldings Glue; Muci.
lage; Browns Ess Ginger Scdlts Powders Copa
Varnish; Spts Turpcntinc; linsccd OH; Sp
Salts; lampblack Marking Brushes; Bottle Corks
Indigo; Madder; Coppcra.; Concentrated lye
Ext Logwood; Yeast Powders, Nc. &c. For sale
y &C. SCOTT = 60.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

FS"A woman who abuses her husband
won't let anybody else do it. 1t is too great
a luxury to be shared with another.
The Van Buren press., 1867-05-17

EJ- a bachelors happiness hangs upon
q thread that is never At hand to sew on the
shirt button that il always Oft
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A Superstitious Tenant.

Has ."r
The relations between landlords and
tenants would be far more amicable than
they commonly are, if both sides were
not so often exacting and ha-d to please.
One party is inclined to think he gets too
little rent, and is called upon to make re-
pairs too often, in view of his heavy tax
es, and becomes gloomy over the perish
able nature of dwellings made with
hands; and the other party thinks that
his repeated payments of rent would
eventually amount to more than the
dwelling cost when it was new and
still, though tenant his whole life, he
cannot lay claim to splinter OF 1t but
he sees no reason why his landlord
should be reluctant to make any repairs
he should ask, considering that tits but
an Improvement upon the landlords own
property that he requests. Thus their
conflicting interests seldom leave both
parties satisfied. .... IL. ....... -,.. ....,
Not long since a certain housekeeper
called and thoroughly inspected an old
but substantial and wellrepaired house
to let, and seemed thoroughly satisfied
with it; when the landlord ehanced to
remark that bis last tenant was a gentle
man of high respectability, and had lived
there for over thirty years with his fami-
ly, without ever desiring to change.
; And what made him 60 at last?
Why, Madam, it wasn't his fault nor
mine. He lived here and died here. -
An instant change darkened the lady's
countenance, and she gave small shrek.
Oh! cried she, dear me! Died here |?
Then this house will never do for ME. l
don't want to live in house where any
body has ever died. -. '" "a--
1t don't hurt house any, Ma'am, to
have person die in it. .a"} ..-n tsaa7.I
You may think so but l think it un-
lucky. Besides if / lived here, should
always be thinking of the dead man. 1t
would be dreadful unpleasant. Il feel
faint now, while think of it. 80
The man wasn't murdered Ma'am. He
died a natural death. .t ~ ..l ..a.E
presume so; but still think it is un-
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WINGS
BY T. X. HEEvEY.

3D."
o for the wings we used to wear,
'9' When the heart was like bird,
And floated still through Summer air, .'
And painted all it looked on fair, p.
And sung to all it heard! ,d5. Iri.3 q
When fancy put the seal of truth
On all the promises of youth adifo aotH
o for the wings with which the dove 'i2i
Flies to the valley of her rest, 5':5g sj-lf
To take us to some pleasant grove f..5
Where hearts are not afraid to love,
And truth is sometimes blest ;avss
To make the spirit mount again -
That time has bowed, with grief and pain
1t may not-O, it may not be ,...,o5.- =
- Icannot soar on Faney's wing, -r
And hope has been--like thee-like thee
These many weary years to me,
A lost and perished thing J! ..r.5-
p Are there no pinions left to bear
Me where the good and gentle are?
Yes, rise upon the morilings's wing,
And far beyond the farthest sea,
Where autumn is the mate of spring,
And winter comes not whitening,
There is home for thee !
Away away and lay thy head
In the low valley of the dead as 'f-
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So in Advance
WHOLE NUMBER 9l9.

-rrrHa~
lucky to have any ole die in house"
81 know il" -, 1-,---.-,., --1r--y :
"And we certainly don't wish to die
out of doors" go, -'a
Il know it, repeated the lady, firmly
but that don't alter it a bit. l always
SAID, and always shall, that never would
ana never could live where a person had
been and died, if l knew it. D horror
now could ever come in and out of a
front door, where dead BODY bad been
carried; how could enter room where
a dead man had died, and been laid out
stone cold-and suppose he was decora-
ted in the parlor, for yisitors-best room
OF course. ,s-le,5
And what of that? Once gone he'll
never come back to bite you. -a-.L 81
know it-but there the life has de-
parted out OF him, and out of the house
that's what | think of, i'll can express
myself -and when the life goes out, it
seems to me as if it left unluckiness be-
hind 80 "a +, -
Then this is very unlucky world, ;.
Ma'am, for unnumbered millions have
left it, in the same unlucky way, and
es in this unfortnnate scene of n,ortalitv
I suppose so-thonob 7 never ,tbonobt
of that before -. 81.
We are living in little better than a
graveyard. Ma'am. I have no donbt that
the world has been Scared all over with
graves, so many have got into this ugly
habit ofdying. Life comes and goes Like
the old woman's soap. !st..ss-,s0
You appear to be cheerful tempered
man / wish l could take things so easy.
lam $3.50. Ma'am. for the matter of
that. But since Won have this s1nerot;-
tious dislike Of a place where bnnsn
being has denarted what ;s yorr on;,;on
ofb;rtLs Nosa,, - O'i oPi'Ai0"
n...,a -,
births oh, dear, law, sir! They are
L.. ~. 4 I y q
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Thurman Done Up!

A sketch of the Democratic Nominee by
one who knows hinl-A Rampant Dis
lOyalist-COPperhea Shown up-The
Democratic Party by an Ex-DcmOcrat
rSdftOr.
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pRICK MACHINEs.-Tbe subgcri-

~ Der offers for sale, on favorable TERMS two of
Halls patent Brick Machines, the best patent for hand
machine in use, nearly new, and in good order and
dition. 800 . --s.-.s GEORGE RUSSELL.
AsItabula, May /, 1867. 9Oj.
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Tale Of a Possum.

The following poem % comes from Wheaton College,
Illinois. Some Of the Latin is rather original but
qures only moderate acquaintance with that tongue
to get tolerable understanding of the lingo --
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CLEVELAND AND ESIE RAILROAD.
rzzzz.Ez=zz1 THROUGH EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY
On and after Monday, April 29, 1861 and
until further Notice Passenger Trains run as follows:
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DRUGGISTS.

CHARLES E.-SWIFT-Ashtabula, Ohio, Dealer
in Drugs and Medicines, Groceries, Perfdnery and
Fancy Articles, superior Ieas Cofee Spices tlavor-
ing Extracts Patent Medicines of every description
Paints Dyes, Varnishes Brushes Fancy Soaps, Hair
at the lowest prices Prescriptions prepared with suit
able care FfsF 'fETg f'-lt-- 20 SOS