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Year: 1859

The Bulletin of Wednesday says;


The Dashawdy Temperance Association
threw open for public inspection, to-day,
their Home for the care of the inebriate on
the northeast corner of Sansome and. Pine
streets. They have leased a large building
there, and furnished it in good plain style for
the purposes of the Institution.
DIR. ihurston and his wife are employed as
superintendent and Matron. There were a
large number of visitors to day. Nu
Year: 1859

Why do people decry masculine blush?
| don't know. / immediately love the
man who bushes. | am sure he is un-
hackneyed that he has not a set of mean
ingless, cut and dried compliments on hand
for every bonnet be meets; he has not
learned to sniff at the Bible or the Sab
bate, or pirate transcendentally about
"afinities," or any other corruption under
a new-fangled name. know that his love
will be worth pure woman's having;
that he will not be ashamed of liking
home, or his baby, or laughed out of stay
ing in it in preference to any other place.
l know that when he stops at hotel, his
first business will not be to hold a private
conference with, the. cook to tell him how
he likes an omelette made. / know that
in his conversation he will not pride him
self upon the small fopperies Of talk, in
theway of pronunciation and newly coined
words to show how well he is posted in
dictionary matters. | know that he will
not be closeted two-thirds of his time with
his tailor; or think it fine to be continually
quoting some dead and gone book, known
only to some resurrectionis! of scarce
authors: 1 know he. well not sit in grim
starched statuesqueness in a car. when a
woman old enough to be his mother. is
standing YEARLY in front of him, sway
ing TO and fro with the motion of the
vehicle. In short, know that he is not
petri6cation; that there's human nature
in him, and plenty of it; that he is not
like an animal under an exhausted receiver
having form only-in whom there is no
spring nor elasticity, nor breath of life.


A fool, hey2 No, sir-not necessarily
fool either. The fool is he who, not
yet a life's meridian, has exhausted in and
himself; who thinks every man "green"
who has not taken his diploma in wick
ednesS. For whom existence is as
weary as a thrice told tale. Who has
crowded forescore years into: twenty, or
less; and has nothing left for it but to
sneer at the healthy, simple pure fresh
joys which may never come again to. his
vitiated palate. FANNY FERN.
Year: 1859

Keep your view of men and things ex-
tensive,. and, depend upon it, that mixed
knowledge is not superficial one. As
far as it goes, the views that it gives are
true; but he who reads deeply in one
class of writer's only, gets views that are
almost sure to be perverted, and which
are not only narrow but false. Adjust
your proposed amount of reading to your
time and inclination-this is perfectly
free to every man; bat whether that
amount be large or small, let it be varied
in its kind, and widely varied. If have
a confident opinion on any one point con-
nected with the improvement of the human
mind, il is on this.-Dr. .4rnOLd.
Year: 1859

All are born with faith. Faith is
as natural to man as grief, or love, or
anger; one of the earliest flowers that
spring up in the soul; it smiles on mother
from her infants cradle; and living on
through the rudest storms Of life, it never
dies till the hour of death. On the face
Of child which has been left for a little
time with strangers, and may be caressed
with their kisses, and courted with their
Year: 1859

Take the tomatoes and turn boiling
water on it, let it stand till you can rub
the skin off, then cover it with salt, and
let it stand twenty-fOur hours; then strain
it and put three ounces of cloves to two
quarts, two ounces Of pepper, two nutmegs,
and then boil half an hour, then add a
pint of wine.
Year: 1859

Boil one ounce of hops, one ounce
pounded ginger, one quart of molasses,
in two gallons Of water, when at the
temperature Of new milk, add yeast to
ferment it in the manner Of malt liquor.
Manner of Extracting the Uirtue of Hops
Year: 1859

One gallon of spirit, one gallon Of
water, three pounds of sugar, one tea
spoonful of the oil of anise seed, mixed
with little -four, tea cup Of clean sand.
put it in an open jar, and let it stand three
or four days. roJ
Year: 1859

- We learn that young Busch left this city
yesterday morning, hut for what destination, ne
could not positively learn. but probably for
Germany. The verdict in his case wus the
general topic of conversation during the day,
we believe with no diversity of opinion as rc-
unrf}s thn character 1f that 1erilirt
Year: 1859

ALI that we have at present to say to the "Pa
tron Saint" who presides over the columns Of
the Journal is this: That the Court of Com
mon Pleas will sit on the first Of next month,
when we expect that our case will be brought
up for settlement. With the verdict of an inn
partial trial, we will be content, And whatev
er that verdict may be will hasten to give it to
the public. No attempt will be made by us TO
evade THE, or to "cover up" any thing con-
nected with our public life. We had
hoped, now that the election was over,
and the Journal had answered its purposes by
malicious attacks upon us, would have the or
dinary deceDcy to abstain from them; but we
were mistaken. 1t seems to be the object Of
the Journal to prejudice our case SO that it will
be impossible for us to have an impartial trial.
We will trust, however, to the good sense and
honor of those who will not, We hope, be in
fluenced to PREJUDICE our case by what is SO
plainly an exhibition Of malice so attrocious as
to be without parallel in the country.
Year: 1859

OF We desire one thing distinctly undera
stOod--we want no Misunderstanding about il.
We are not going up Salt Riverl We will re.
main right here, and bear hand in collecting
our forces and put them in condition for anoth>
er fight at the proper time.
Year: 1859

or The election passed off quietly yesterday
il we may except a little wraugling in few
poll precincts. In Harrison there was quite a
fracas. 1t commenced between two men, and
extended to their immediate friends Stones
were freely used, and two of the eombattants
were pretty badly injursd-sll Of them were
more or less bruised. We are told that the
quarrel had nothing to do with politics.
Year: 1859

UJwe haven't seen democrat to day who
has any idea of going up Salt River; and as
there is no law-(excePting that, of force, and
there is not force enough in the opposition to
en- force it)-to compel them, we rather guess
none Of them will go, The boats prepared for
us san be kept at some dirty work until next
fall, when they will be required for the OPPOsi-
tion. who will certainly need them.
Year: 1859

BWe do not propose to run tilt against
the awards Of the committee on 'vehicles" at
the recent County Fair, but we must say that
we believe the Phaeton buggy which was ex-
hibited on the Grounds by John Cohan, Esq,
was in all the requisites of fine and good work, 1,
not surpassed by any other In the first place
we learn that it was not made expressly for
competition at the Fair but this matters little.
OF course we could not see the quality of the
wood work, for it was covered over with the
best coat of paint, and varnish we have ex
amined for a long while. The painting was
in varigated colors, but in harmony with each
other I; the ornamenting on the bed was most
exquisitely done, and the running gears we
never saw equalled. The "striping we
cannot do that justice. 1t exceeded any thing
we ever before saw. The finishing and triming,
inside and outside, we don't believe can be
beaten any where.


Mr.. O. also had on exhibition one Of the
neatest, coziest light carriages we have ever
seen. 1t was not built for exhibition, but was
a marvel Of elegance and convenience
Year: 1859

WHAT DOES THE ENGRAvER OF THE MINT
po!-Oi all the ugly, dull looking, stupidity de-
signed tokens that pass for money in this world
the new American cent is the worst A PhiIa,
oeiphia cosemporary says that after an immense
e1ort. the officers of the United States Mint sue
ceeded In copying the design from the three
dollar gold piece, and put 1t on the nickle cent
III there Is finer snecure In the Union than the
once or Engraver of the Mint, we should like to
Know what 1t Is. There is nothing to do, and
sort OF ambition would try to make the design
Tor each coin different from that Of any other de-
nominationi but this would involve a necessity
iof the exercise OF fancy and a faculty Of inven.
ton, which Is not 10 be looked for In the occu
pant OF lat, easy, permanent berth.
Year: 1859

HEAT FROM THE STARs.-Dr. Lardner saws :


III Is startling TACT, that IL the earth were de-
pendent alone upon the sun for heat II would not
get eaough TO ina Ike the existence of animal and


vegetable life upon its surfIce. 1t results from
the researches OF Pouillet that the stars furnish
heat enough In the course Of wear 10 melt crust
OF Ice seventy ave feet thick, almost as much as
Is supplied by the sun. This may appear strange
when we consider how immeasurably small must
be the amount of heat received from any one of
these distant bodies But the surprise yanIshes
when we remember that the whole armament is
SO thickly sown with stars, that in some places
thousands are crowded together within a space
no greater than that occupied by the full moon ,,
Year: 1859

Tell me not that he's poor man,
That his dress IL coarse and bare;
Tel me not his daily pittsnce


lsn workmsn's scanty fare.
Tell me not his birth is humble,


That his psrentsge is low
Is he honest in his action


That is all want 10 know.
IL his word to be relied on


Has his character no blame
Then care not ii he's iow.born--
Then | ask not hence his name.
Would he from an unjust action


Turn away with scornful eyer
Would he than defraud another,


Sooner on the scaffold die ?
Would he spend his hard gained earnin g
On brother In distress?
Would he succor the afflicted,


And the weak ones wrsags redress
Then he Is man deserving


OF my love and my esteem
AndI care not wha. his birth place
Let it be low. th .tched howell;


Let ii be a clay built cot;
Let it he parish work house


In my eyes.it matters not
And, If others viii disown him.


As inferior to their caste,
Let them DO it'll befriend him


As q brother to the last.
Year: 1859

Court convened at ? o'clock Mr.. GmswoLp
continued his review Of the evidence offered
against LangatoH, showing many inconsisten.
cies in the charges made against the defend
ant


The Government had showed no proof which
could convict i'm Of any guilty purpose of the
violation Of law. All Of the testimony Of the
responsible witnesses shows that be took no part
in the rescue but counciled against violence and
ilegality, and IL this will convict him, then let
your verdict be that Of guilty Because a man
Tejoices 10 see a fellow man escape from bond
age into liberty, can you therefore find that that
man is guilty Of treason, or any crime The
impulses Of the heart Of man cannot be so
chained and fettered as to take away the right
to rejoice with those oppressed ones who have
escaped from the state Of seryitude that hangs
over their birth.


The unreliabiliIy Of witnesses in repeating
Year: 1859

what they have heard said is we'll illustrated in
the speech Of John upon the platform. Six or
eight witnesses--perhaps more-have testified
that they all saw and heard John upon that
plhtiorm, and yet no two of them agree as TO
the particular form Of expressions used by him
So too, they differ in regard to what Langston
said, aud to say that the Jury shall find a verdict
upon the grounds of particular expression
made use Of by the defendant is going TOO far


In consideration Of the condition of this man.
you, Gentlemen Of the jury, will give the case
that careful attention which it demands, and
with that wish and expectation, and feeling that
you will appreciate his and your own position,
will leave the case in your hands


1t being now o'clock, Court adjourned to
this morning at O'Clock, at which time Mr.
BAoKUs will commence his plea, to be folio we'd
by Judge Bliss in the closing argument fyr the
Government
Year: 1859

Coop TAsTE.-We are an admirer
Of the beautiful, but we shall not boast of
it, as we are convinced that the fact 10 no
recommendation of character, for a person
may have good taste without the discretion
to show it only at proper times We were
convinced of this on learning of q theft
committed at Mr.. Champions millinery
store on Saturday evening. A lot of new
ribbons had Just been received and opened
on the counter for inspection, and among
them was very handsome and expensive
piece, Of the most fashionable style. A
number of ladies examined and admired
them during the day, and among the crowd
was one (surely not LADY, to whom the
gorgeous array was an irresistible tempta-
tion, and to secrete a piece most fancied
was but the work of moment. Thinking
probably that another piece would come
of use to her sometime, the frail fair one
was in the act of securing it, when unfortu.
nately for her she was observed and spoken
to. She Immediately left the store Some
time after wards this particularly handsome
piece of ribbon was called for, when it was
not to be found. The suspicious individual
had shown her coed taste in selecting that
piece from the many and walking off with


it. We presume che may be seen at con.
cert, church, or ball. the coming season,
sporting " such love of bonnet, trim
med off with the identical stolen ribbon
Woman, thy name is frailty."
Year: 1859

To the Editors of the News and Democrat


Deur Sirs IL see repeated furious de
molishing and yet most chaste and classic
al attacks made upon myself, in q most fas
tidiously conducted sheet in your city, ed
tied by two old ladies, twin sisters of un.
timely birth, of the name of Sanders
You may readily appreciate my grief and
intense modification, that two such prudish,
fashionable. and lady-like editresses should
SO far forget the prophecies of female de-
pertinent, as to give exhibition to the slight
gust Of dyspeptic feeling which pervades
these most commend ableessays on genti ity.
That my philosophy should have been
called into requisition in such an emergen.
cy. was but entirely natural, and you will
pardon me for given to the public the re-
suit Of my deliberations, which is briefly
this: All elderly, unmarried ladies. who
have difficulty in the digestion of their
food, feel and not unfrequently exhibit a
hypochondria, which If not relieved. either
breaks out into bilious manifestations, or,
if suppressed, like consuming fire, devoul .
its victim.


Under just such indigestive affliction
have these two unfortunates, Adaline and
Adda, been laboring for years. and ever and
anon some i'll favored wight who hap
pened to pass beneath their unwholesome
window has been moistened bv the saliva
Of their heart burns And ], poor,
luckless I, come in for my portion. And |
think it entirely fair that with patient
meekpess, should endure my share of their
wrath go kindly allotted by them to me-
have unbroken good health, eat heartily,
sleep soundly, and revel in the blessings Of
this world with uninterrupted happiness.-
And feeling thankful to the good Gver Of
all blessings. greatly preferring the inflictiop
of their virus. in any quantity they may
choose to apply, rather then suffer from the
weakness of the back, dizziness of the head,
pain in the stomach. and general debility,
incident to infirm females Of slender frame
and diminutive person, and failing vision
As my share of the evils of this life to be
borne, - an offset to my excellent health,
most cheerfully submit to the scoldings
and exquisite criticisms of these model nuns,
feeling how much better it is to receive
their wrath than be afflicted with their dis
ease. HENRY CLAY DEAN.
Year: 1859

"A REPORT was current in town yes
terday afternoon, that . man had been
killed at the brewery in the lower end Of
the city, but upon inquiry We understood
that the report gained rumor from an acci
dent to . man at the new Malt house on
Fourth and Scott streets. One of the hod.
carriers had fallen from low ecaffoldlng,
and struck his breast against plank. frac-
turing his ribs and otherwise injuring him
ntArnAllY
Year: 1859

PERsoNAL.-We regret to notice
the departure from our city of our respects


BILE fellow citizen Robt. Lowry, Esq He
has moved with his family to Lyons, where
he has made extensive arrangements to p
ply that community with his excellent Hen.
ry County Coal. Bob is an awful Black
Republican in politics-but he is every inch
q white man notwithstanding. We bespeak
a hearty welcome and an abundance Of
warm friends in his new place of residence
Year: 1859

FLAXsEED. - We understand that
some of our farmers are turning their at
tention to the cultivation Of this eeed on a
small scale. They find a ready market for
it in St. Louis at a good paying price. We
noticed several small shipments made lately,
aud hope to see the trade in this article in-
craasa
Year: 1859

~ The city fathers meet in coun-
Gil to-day. The eyes of the public are
turned upon them with great deal Of anx-
iety. The people are anxious to know
what that body will do with the gas mat
ter The people want gas; will they get
it? or shall the city remain in outer dark
ness during the rainy and muddy season
We pause here for reply.
Year: 1859

PERsoNAL.-Wc are glad to notice
the familiar countenance Of John Johns, Esq,
upon the street once more after n long and
tedious confinement to a sick room We
trust our cotemporary will lot meet simi'
lar misfortune for hundred years.
Year: 1859

H The bridge report furnished us
weekly by Mr. Reed, has been among the
missing for three weeks past through an in
sdvertant mistake in putting it in the Der
DemoIrd box at the Post Office instead OF
the State DEMOCRAT box. Hereafter the er
ror will be guarded against and the bridge
report will appear regularly.
Year: 1859

A Coon THING TO HAvE.-No fami-
y should be without Ponds excelsior wash =
ing machine. 1t does . large or small
washing in less than half the time that it
can be done by hand, and consequently
with Lslft the labor 1t does the work we'll,
and takes away all the dread cr washing day.
All those familiee which have washing to do
land few there be that have none) should
not be without one Of these indispensable
articles. provided they have any mer-
cy upon the washwoman. The construc.
tion OF the machine is such that either large
or small articles may be washed with equal
facility. Having had one of these machines
in our family for sufficient time to know
its virtues. we do not hesitate to recon-
mend it. They are made and sold in this
city by B. Sage-shop on Third street be-
tween Brady and Perry. See ADVERTISE
ment.
Year: 1859

There are eight feet water in the channe and the river is rising slowly. As Darwin sung of the Thames, so the people of tho Arkansas valley might say of their noble river during the present season, for it has been

 "Without o'erflowing, full.''

 It has seldom happened that the naviga tion of the Arkansas river has been so con- tinually good without overflow or low water as at the present season. "The June rise as it is called, generally comes in May. II is barely possible that we may have an over flow, but not very probable. The rains al this season are generally of short duration The farmers and planters in the river bot toms consider themselves safe.

 The popular steamer Irene Jordan, met with an accident in breaking her shaft neal Napoleon. The steamer Lady Walton now takes her place in the mail line, and will continue in the same until the repairs of the former boat are completed Tray elers and shippers, will find the Lady Wal ton with her clever captain Bill Now land," all they can desire.
Year: 1859

E Agents for the True Democrat are authorized and requested to make full set dement's with Dr. Brugman, our travelling agent. We contemplate change in the business of the office, SC as to approximate as nearly as possible to the cash system.- While our local agents will continue to receive and forward subscriptions or the names of subscribers, it will greatly aid us in the settlement of our accounts, if they will make full statement of their agencies to our travelling agent. so that the accounts in his hands may not conflict with those in the hands of others, or similar bills for the same items be twice presented to one per son.
Year: 1859

EE- By the advertisement of the La Grange Military Academy, to be found in another part of our paper, it will be seen that the terms of admission are much re- duced. From a letter received we are in- formed that the institutionis fourishing; that it has resources with which to pay the handsome salaries of the faculty, indepen- dent of tuition fees, and is creditable to the people of Alabama and of the South.
Year: 1859

old pioneers and those in whose possession the facts and points of history rest, are dis inclined to write, being distrustful of their abilities. But this may be overcome by others committing their words to writing. And the project once set on foot will at tract attention, increase in interest and ca pablo men will make leisure enough to fur nish contributions. The suggestion is happy and important one; one that prom ises to afford us some relief from the eter- nal wrangle of politics and politicians.

 The Batesville Balance comes to us with an article 'sorter'' in reply to one of ours on the northern aspect of the slavery ques- tion. We have not space here te reply. but shall do so elsewhere in this issue, if possible; if not, next week. This is due to that paper for one or two reasons: Be- cause 1t IS the nearest approach to toeing the mark we have yet seen; because the editor really appears to believe what he writes, and because the tone in which it is written though rather on the "pooh poohr' order' shows willingness to argue the ques- tion without calling hard names.

 From that paper we learn that the Insti- tute at Batesville will soon be rebuiIt and that Mir. Davidson, the patentee of the new blow, who IS represented as an industrious and ingenious mechanic, has also made some valuable Improvements in the iron tie for baling cotton, for which he is soicitino patent. All honor to Mir. Davidson, say we. Such a man is worth more to inc State than the whole race of little giants, and the products of his inventive genius are of more importance than all the pro- ceedlngs in legislative caucuses since Ar kansas was territory.
Year: 1859

"The Gaiety theatre, since the exit from it's stage of the doughty Britishers, Jeremy Diddler Crisp, and the famous Harlequin, Ben Woodson, Is now without manager. We understand that several parties are ne- gotiating for it with the proprietors, but as the latter burned their fingers to crisp, in the late lease, they are extremely cautious as to who they let have it. They are very right in this determination, for while we know the gentlemen owning the establish ment are as liberal patrons of the drama as any, it is rather too heavy an investment to bring no return.

 In view of the many applications that may be made to the proprietors, we would suggest to them the name of Nick Moroney, the present manager of the Little Rock and Fort Smith theatres He has great profes- sional ability as an actor, and extensive managerial experience, which has been evinced by his successful inauguration of the drama innArkansas. He is well and tavorably known to this community. and besides is very popular with the profession, which would enable him to bring the best of talent always to our boards. We think that the proprietors of the Gaiety would consult their own interest, as we'll as the de sires of the play-goers of this city. by glv- ing this suggestion favorable consdera- tion."
Year: 1859

TS To SUBSCRIBERS OUTSIDE OF THE STArE.-After the first of June no paper will be sent from this office to any post-of- flee out of this State unless the subscrip- tIon IS paid in advance. We hope all in arrears will remit what is due and and one year Tn advance, otherwise their names will be stricken from our books.