smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

For the Des Arc Citizen.

 MR. EprroR: great deal has been lately said about the removal of the seat of Govern ment from Little Rock to our town, and the taxpayers have actually pledged themselves to raise sl00,000 to assist the State of ArlSan- sas in building tenable, not to say decent Capitol. propose to make some suggestions on the subject to our townsmen, which occur to me, if adopted and carried ont, would con- duce vastly more to the direct interest of Des Arc, than the one already proposed, and of course the immediate and permanent improve ment of our beautiful town, is the great desid. eratum with all persons connected with this Capitol question. We have unfortunately in- cHrred the deep odium of our neighbors of Little Rock in mooting and keeping mp this excitement and with good reason too, for if THEY lose their public buildings they lose about all that makes their city one of any note, with river furnishing the most uncertain navigation, without a Railroad, and indeed WITHOUT ANYTHING BUT A VERY REMOTE POSSIBILITY of getting one from Memphis that

 

 FUND, to the contrary, notwithstanding, left high and dry tw 0 miles west of the great Rail- road route from Cairo to Fulton. The struggle with her is for life or death, so far as her com mercial position is concerned. Let's ignore this removal question for the present. Des Arc, unlike Little Rock, does not require the extrancous influence of the Capitol with it's biennial assemblage of Legislative wisdom to make her commercial importance. She has White, glorious Old White. for constant nav igation--constant too, without the help or in- reference of Federal notice, neglected as she has ever been by the powers that be, without the appropriation of one single dollar ever having been made to open or keep open our noble river, she still rolls on her placid cur rent bearing upon her bosom the freighted wealth of a most magnificent farming country. This gives us all the outlet we want towards the East and South. But to make Des Arc a place of first importance in our State we MUST have an outlet West, and upon that hangs her destiny. We are near, or on, the 35th parallel that child of the administration--we want

 

 BUILD TT. Let us hold a public meeting in Des Arc and memorialize our Legislature now in session, to put through the White river Railroad charter, from Des Arc westward, giving us a chance to develope our energies; then let us pay up and appropriate thatS100, ,o0o with all the rest we can get, to the starting of this Railroad. We can build it thirty-ive miles with scarcely cut, or fill, exceeding four feet. Let us at any rate see what can be done to stirup onr citizens to the importance of this matter and convince them, that in a money point of view,t is the interest of all of us to put our shoulders to the wheel ourselves RIGHT NOW, and my word for it, the first shrill whistle of the Locomotive upon a road leav- ing Des Arc for the west, will prove the death knell to all doubts and misgivings, and make Des Arc, what she should be, the Memphis of White river. A TOWNSMAN.
Year: 1859




Court convened at o'clock. The ezamina-
ton of witnesses in the ease of the United
States vs. thirty seven citizens of 0berlin and
Wellington for aiding and abetting in the escape
of fugitive slave called John from his master
John G. Bacon of Mason Co., Ky, on the 18th
day of September last, being concluded, the ar
guments were commenced byJudge BLISS for the
prosecution.


JuDdR Bliss We have in the largo assem-
bly, here, and by the large audiences which have
collected here from day to day, evidence that the
public mind is unusually excited. This is 70,
because the case is novel in its being brought to
punish citizens for a violation Of the act known
as the Fugitive Slave Law,


In some Of the States of the Union this idea,
that there can be no legal possession OF certain
kind Of property, seems TO have been acted upon
and held in the Legislative halls The right 10
hold property in slaves is not right given by
the Legislature of the State of Ohio, nor can 1t
be abrogatcd by any act of that legislative body,
The night 10 given by the constitution which
was assented TO by all the States which formed
the Federal Union at the time this Union was
established. This Union was formed with the
express stipulation that the right To hold pro-
uertv in slaves should not be denied to those
States which deemed it advisable to have the
institution BECOME fixed fact IN their organiza.
ton. 'fhe Union was formed and based upon
this platform, and every officer appointed under
the Government Of the United States has sworn
faithfully 10 support that Constitution which
supports and continues the institution.


(Here read from the law for the recovery of
fugidves)


This clause Of the Constitution underies the
Federal Union. That clause abrogaied the
South is relieved of all adherence to the Union,
and that clause repealed, is in truth, a dissolu-
tion of the Union. This right exists as much
| Ia Ohio as in any State of the South, and the
master, OF his regularly constituted agent has
as much right TO capture and seize his slave
here as he would have in the State from which
| he 0ad
Year: 1859

A HAY FIELD ANEcDorE.-There is
good story which may have been heard
in more than one hay field last summer.
We heard it one day while on a visit to
the country. We went out to show some
men how to ''pitch;" we had failed, and
wilted down under a haycock, and lay
flushed and tanning the glow and sweat
from our features in a comfortable posi-
ton, when one Of the Jolly hay makers
related the anecdote Of the old man who
was always Dragging how folks used to
work in his young days, and challenged
his two sons together to pitch on load Of
hay as fast as he could load it.


The challenge was accepted, and the
trial commenced. For some time the old
man held his own very creditably, calling
ont tannlngly.


''More hay more hay ~


Thicker and faster il came, whole cocks
at time, cloud after cloud overwhelming
him. The old man was nearly covered !;
still he kept crying "More hayI more
hay!n until, struggling to keep on the top
of the disordered and ill-arranged heap
lt began first to roll and thento slide,
and at last of it went from the wagon
and the old man with it.


"What are you down here for 81 cried
the boys.


Il came down after hay" answered the
old man, sioully.


Which was literal fact; he had come
down after the wagon load, which had to
be pitched on again rather more deliber-
ately.
Year: 1859

n Ihe Isock Island tX1W7Tr7az
pays high complement to the energy OF
the Iourneymen printer of this city, who
gave the supper and Ball at the Buriis
House on Monday evening They deserve it.
Year: 1859

Ig Mr.. J. NJ. Cannon arrived
home on Wednesday night from Des Moines,
whether he had been to attend the annual
convention of the State Agricultural Board.
We have not seen him, but are informed
could have been secured at this place, had
the President Of our County Society and
some others who left rather abruptly, but
remained day or two longer; there being
a manifest disposition on the part Of the
Board to reconsider-giving this city the
preferance Iext year, and relocating it at
Oskalocsa for the year 1860 But there is
no use Of talking-the thing is did, and
we must do the next best thing.
Year: 1859

4 OF the Northern States. In any event,
this, movement of the Pennsylvania de-
serters for separate democratic. organi-
zation now leaves scarcely visible loop
hole of escape for the distracted and dis
joined democracy in 1860. feii


The treaoherous and rebellious courses
of Northern and Southern democratic
leadeas in the late refractory and dis,
graceful democratic Congress have brought
upon the party this gloomy state of things.
Mr.. Buchanan's domestic and foreign
policy, had he been cordially sustained by
the democratic majority in each house of
Congress. would, have consolidated the
party throughout the country But the
bad faith and reck kless folly of one clique
upon the Lecomption question, of another
upon the Mormon army appropriations,
the filibustering question, &C., and of
another upon the revenue and tariff pol
icy of the administration. have practically
broken up and disbanded the national
democracy, and left them to the mercy of
their enemies. In this connection, the
last act of saving grace on the part of the
administration-its late decision against
an extra session of Congress-will proba-
bly, only expedite that incurable disaster
which Mr.. Buchanan has been so anxious
to prevent; the final dissolution of the
party. ....- a.e,J ,9r


The new conservative opposition move
ment in Virginia thus receives new i'm
pulse of encouragement; and thus, before
the end of May, we may have the begin
ming of new diversion which will con-
found the wrangling democracy and the
exulting black, republicans, and put in
active motion general and wholesome
popular revolution. We are in the midst
of the spring freshets, and the broken
fragments of the democratic party appear
to be drifting down to sea with every
flood
Year: 1859

p@- The spirits have curious way of
doing things. The spirit of an old topper
recently wanted Judge Eslmonds to take
a drink, in order that he might mbibe it
through him! But even this is exceed
ed by the story of an enthusiastic believer
who said the spirit of his deceased wife
had often kissed him through female
medium, and he enjoyed it very much
No doubt!
Year: 1859

On the 10th instant, at Democratic
State Convention at Harrisburg, Pa, reso.
lutions were passed endorsing the foreign
and domestic policy of Mr.. Buchanan's
administration, including the right of
search question, the Cuba question, the
revenue and tariff question, and other
issues. At the same time resolution np-
proving in general terms the official course
OF Governor Packer was rejected by q
large majority, the sting of this resolu-
ton on both sides lying in the fact that
Governor Packer last fall, upon the Kan
s'as question, had conspicuously enrolled
himself among the anti-Lccomption bolt
ers OF the party. The rejection of this
resolution was thus bold movement to
bring the democracy of Pennsylvania to
decisive test between the bulk of the
party supporting President Buchanan
and these anti-Lecompton boilers of the
party who sympathise with Governor
Packer, and the first result is before us in
the following call of boilers conyen
Year: 1859

r AN NOW PREPARED to receive the Quartz
i or Crude Matter concentrated Tailiugs or
Tailngs, and to give all practical test at my
Works in Sacramento. In soliciting owners of
Ledges to send me samples to be tested by the
Bartola Process, | wish them to distinctly un-
derstand that cannot obtain Gold from matter
which does not contain it and, in order to avoid
being encumbered with worthless matter, have
decided to make uniform price of $l00 per ton
for making thorough test-paying over to the
owner of the matter tested the full amount OBJ
tanned. Contracts will be made for working a
large quantity at low rates. In all cases s-the
matter must be delivered at the Mill, in Sacra-
mento, opposite the Gas Works, and the charge
for testing must be paid in advance. My object
in erecting such extensive Works at this central
place is to test matter perfectly satisfactory to
all parties, so that they may be enabled to intro
duce my valuable patents into all paying Leads
in the State. DAVID CHAMBERS,


Agent of the Aurora Gold and Silver Co.


ap30:lm
Year: 1859

There used to be small foot. climbing on our


chair
There used to be blythe step running here and


there;
The memory of a sweet voice fingers on my ear
II mocks the lonely silence ever reigning herel
We had little plaything in our garden bowers
We loved little white hand piacking garden


fowers;-
Then tree, and shrub, and blossom, well-known


friends became,
And welcome were the spring birds coupled with


his name.
used to feel soft hand patting on my cheek
FUSED to kiss two soft lips-loyed to hear them


speak;
Then merry was the plaything on our parlor


floor
Now, naught is left but silence-silence ever


more.
Year: 1859

The Western Christian Advocate records the
following interesting anecdote of Jackson. The
scene OF it was in the Tennessee Annual Con-
ference, held in Nashville, and to which he had
been invited by vote of the members. that
they might have the pleasure of an introduction
to him.


The committee was appointed, and the Cen
eral hxed the time for o'clock on Monday
morning. The Conference room being too small
10 contain the hundreds who wished to witness
the introduction, one of the churches was sinh.
shsuted, and, an hour before time, filled to over
flowing. Front seats were reserved for the
members of the Conference, which was called to
order by the Bishop, seated in large chair in
the altar, just before the pulpit After PRAYERS.
the committee retired, and a minute after en-
tered, conducting the man whom all delighted
to honor. They led him to the Bishop's chair,
which was made vacant for him; the Bishop
meanwhile, occupying another place within the
altar The Secretary was directed to call the
names of the members of the Conference, which
he did in alphabetical order, each coming for
ward and receiving personal introduction to
the ex-President, and Immediately RETIRING to
give place to the next.


The ceremony had nearly been completed.
when the Secretary read the name of Rev
t, and an elderly gentleman, with a
weather-beaten face, clad in suit of Jeans, rose
and came forward. Few seemed to know him.
lie had always been on a circuit on the from
tier; and though always to Conference, he new
! er troubled it with long speeches, but kept his
seat and said but little-that little, however,
was always to the purpose. Mr. T. came
forward and was introduced to General jackson.
He turned his face to the General, who said
at seems to me that we have met before" The
preacher. apparently embarrassed, said q was
with you through the Greek campaign-one Of
your body guard at the battle of Horse-S Shoe
sad fought under your command at New Or
leans" The General rose slowly from his seat,
and throwing his long,. withered, bony arms
around the preachers neck, exclaimed "We'll
soon meet where there's no war; where the
smoke of battle never rolls up its sulphurous
incenser' Never before or since have seen so
many tears shed as flowed from the eyes of that
vast assemblage Every eye was moist with
weeping. Eleven years have passed away since
that day. The old hero has been more than
ten years in his silent and narrow home The
voice that cheered the dropping fight, and thun-
dered in the rear of routed armies, is silent for
ever The old preacher toe, has fought his last
BATTLE laid his armor by, and gone home to his
eternal rest.
Year: 1859

Coon REPLY.-A native deacon, named
Hagop, has now the charge of the Protestant
Armenian church at Trebizond, in Asia Minor.
TO show his shrewd quickness in reply, the fol
lowing anecdote is repeated Some years since,
the deacon was employed by an English mer-
camille house in Sansun, and was required TO
work on the Sabbath. This he steadily refused
to do His employer used all his ingenuity to
convince him that it was right to do so then
What" said he one day, if an ass fell into
PIT on the Sabbath day, does not even the Sa-
vlour say that it is right to pull him out 2"-
" Certainl y" replied Hagop; " but if an ass has
habit of going every Sabbath and falling into
the same pit then his owner ought either to fill
up the pit or sell the ass y
Year: 1859

Bay Rev. DR.. Adams, in his Three Months
in the South" says: a" Every slave has an in
alienable claim in law upon his master for sup
port for the whole of his life. He cannot be
thrust into the almshouse-he cannot become a
vagrant-he cannot beg fora living-he cannot
be wholly neglected when he is old and de-
crepit. ! saw a white headed negro at the door
of his cabin on a gentleman's estate, who had
done no work for ten years. He enjoys all the
privileges of the plantation, garden and orchard
lis clothed and fed as carefully as though he
was useful. At place called Harris Neck,
Georgia, there is a servant who has been con-
fined to his bed with rheumatism thirty years
and no invalid has more reason to be grateful
for attention and kindness
Year: 1859

Rsl5' Judge Norton, of the Twelfth District
Court, recently charged the jury, in the case
having reference to the administration of an es-
tate, that a marriage was civil contract, and
did not require ceremony to make it valid. II
the parties agreed to live as man and wife, it
was valid marriage for all the purposes of the
case could be proved by the same kind of evil
dence as in other cases and that certificate
was not necessary. The jury retired, and after
an absence of a few minutes returned a verdict
that Phebe was the widow of John Cummisky.
The case, as will be seen, is sort of affirmation
af the finding in the great Deck case, which was
tried in the same place few years ago. The
two cases teach an important lesson to men liv-
ing in disreputable relations with common wo-
men. Their estates, if they happily have any
thing of that kind, are in great jeopardy, and
might be entirely diverted from worthy and
desirable direction-Dem Standard
Year: 1859

RUNAwAr.-A buggy with two horses at
tached went up D street, yesterday, as if the
Old Nick was after them. AS they passed
Col Ransom's two men were in the buggy.
Pretty soon they came back at about the
same gait, but the two men were missing
What became of them we know not. Neither
do we know what finally became of the
horses and buggy although we made con-
siderable inquiry.
Year: 1859

QuITE number Of cattle died in Shasta
county from the effects Of the cold rains-
The Courier says that Mr. Houtoon lost some
eight or ten very fine work oxen. 1t is re
malkable, the Courier adds, that many we'll
fed and welleonditioned cattle have died
from the effects Of this sudden change in the
weather. If exposed one or two nights IN
the rain, the cold seems to penetrate to and
freeze up the spring of life within them.
Persons should therefore, if possible, place
their cattle beneath cover in the night time,
during the continuance of the cold rains OF
this season of the year. Ample food will not
alone suffice. They must be protected from
the cold and rain
Year: 1859

The Crockett (Texas) Printer states that q
man named Reed, in Leon county, recently
murdered his brother The father andmoth.
er of the two young men had separated, and
the sons took sides; the murderer said his
brother should not appear in Court against
his father that he would kill him first. He
was seen to take his gun and go in the direc-
ton Of the field where his brother was pull
ing corn, and was seen after the gun fired
hastily leaving the field. This, with his
threat, fixes the guilt upon him.
Year: 1859

1T appears from the reports Of the Life In.
surance Companies of Great Britain that the
average duration of human life is constantly
on the increase This fact is so well demon
strated that revival of rates has been
agreed upon, with a reasonable reduction.
Year: 1859

The Newburyport (Mass.) Herald says that
salute of nine guns was fired in ward one,
in honor of an heir which was born unto a
married couple who had been for some years
childless, and whose mother was formerly
belle Of the ward. One gun was fired for
each pound Of the ehilds weight
Year: 1859




SEC l3. The County Treasurer, h2Euedi
ately after his annual settlement with the
County Auditor, shall, on the warrant of
such Auditor, pay over to the proper Town
ship Trustee, all moneys in his hands be-
longing to each Township, which warrant
of such Auditor shall be receipted for by the
Trustee receiving it.


Sec. IA The Trustee, at the time of set
Ting with the Board OF County Commis-
sioners, as provided in section eleven of this
act, shall file with said Board an itemized
statement, verified under oath, of his charges
and services as Trustee, upon which said
Commissioners shall allow him such rea-
sonable compensation as they deem just.
not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per
day for all time necessarily employed, which
shall be paid out of the funds of the proper
township. Provided, however, that when
such Trustee has served the part of q day,
Year: 1859

On the whole we had glorious celebration, the
enjoyment Of the occasion being without draw
back


The different Excursions on the Lake. were well
patrOnized and gave general satisfaction to those
who "indulged."
Year: 1859

The celebration of the Fourth of July at tho
Tippecanoe Battle Ground, by the citizens of
Lafayette, will doubtless bO a grand affair.
The Rover Guards of this city have accepted
an invitation to be present. ... we
Year: 1859

to s'come and rejoice with u.s." They came nn-
bidden. There were three other children who
had not been in peril; three who had not wan.
dered; three whom we loved as we loved the
fourth, but 0, there was in our hearts, there
was among our neighbors, more joy over the
one than over the three that went not astrayl-
More--aye morel We did not love them less
but the ioy was over tho rescued


An honest German had found the little wan
derer long distance from home, and saw that
he was lost. He took him up and carried him
to his house, placed him in the orb and rocked
him to sleep, had washed and, fed him, and re-
stored him to our arms We asked him to &C.
cept pecuniary recompense, but he refused
saving in broken English II have children, too;
if one of mine was lost, would want some one
to take him up. No, no-no money" and he
buttoned his coat over his noble Teutonio heart
and bade us goodbye.


Will our readers pardon this personal detail
1t has taught us some lessons. Never before did
we fully know the import ofthat word suspense.
Never did we SO feel the terrible meaning of
the word lostl Never did we SO read the dec
laration of joy in heaven over the repentingl
And never did we so appreciate the kind atten-
tions of friends whom we thank from the depth
of our inmost nature, and devoutly do we pray
that we may never have occasion to assist them
in similar trial.
Year: 1859

WILD BEE-HUNTNe IN AUsTBALIA.-Ia am in
debted to my brother, who has been resident
for twenty years in various parts of Australia,
for the following account Of the mode employed
by the aborigines in obtaining the wild honey OF
the stingess bees that are found in some parts
of the interior of that continent These bees,
which are about the size of our common house
flies, build their combs composed of globular
cells) in the hollow of trees. The black, who is
desirous of obtaining the honey, betakes himself
to the side of some water-course, having provi-
ded himself with slender stick. He has also
little piece of fine down, picked off the leaves OF
a common plant, which be has previously twist
ed into point at one end, and dipped into the
sticky juice obtained by breaking the stem of an
other weed. Thus armed he fills his mouth
with water, and when he sees q bee slight on
the margin of pool to drink, he discharges the
mouthtul of water over it in fine shower, and
thus by wetting the wings of the bee prevents
its fight. He then allows it to crawl upon the
stick, and when the wings are nearly dry, and
the bee is preparing to fly away, he attaches the
pointed end of the light tuft ofdown TO the back
of the insect, by means of the sticky point
This, by impeding the rapidity of its flight and
rendering it more conspicuous, enables the say
age to pursue it to hollow tree containing the
comb. The honey is described as being OF
peculiarly limpid character and OF very good
quality; it frequently is to be found on the ia
BILE the settlers in the INTERIOR and is used as an
article of luxury by them. ibis honey is found
in the forests in the interior. My brother saw
some which had been procured 800 miles inland
from Sydney.-Letter FROM australia.