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The First nu 2 hast Due of Edgar
Foe.
The man nr woman who is cred
ited with the possession of the cli
•ino spark of genius seems to be
separated to a great extent from
human sympathy as might be ex
preted in the ease of a superior
being. On the other hand, they
are objects of a profound person
al curiosity. Just such a person
vas E Igar A. Poe. Nobody
seemed to have loved P«e, but few
men in this day have been objects j it is said: “She was we:
‘•f* such intense personal interest ; with worldly goods and
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lie removed to New York, whore, [The tracklayers were accommoda-1 Wave Culberson, of Texas,
on January 30, 1847, lus wife died, j ted m movable car*, which fnrn i In the recent distribution of
The second passion of his life ! ished kitchen and-barracks, and j Chairmanships in the House, that
was inspired by Sarah Helen j which were pushed out into the j of the Judiciary Committee went
Whitman, a poetess of Providence. I desert as fast as the line was com r naturally to David P>. Culberson.
out into Alai am.i ami try it. I'll
never amount to anything here.
Sure enough, the eou'sin snys,
■“Dave” persuaded his father to
move, anil the family journeyed
His (list efforts towards inducing 1 pleted. The petroleum wells of
her in consent to become his wife Baku, on the Caspian, furnished
utterly failed, and early in 1848 ; a cheap and effective fuel. The
he came to Richmond. Ilyre he road is already open for traffic for
of Texas. Mr. Culberson has had j 150 miles westward and
U
n\ ster,
once more met Mi«s
the Widow Shelton.
“In the “Life of Poe in the
American Men of Letter-Scrips,'’
supplied
well dis
now j tiro thirds of Lire distance to Sa
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Absolutely Pure.
rpijis Powder i*« • « r varies. A inar-
t \ t*I .»^p:ir; , r. siivr.gth ::n«l wIdIo
sf'im iD 'S. Mfiu- ft >ii\r:n«i< al than tin
onlinnry kinds ;;:nl c.innn be Kf.lt 1 i.i
coiii]i.-; it ion with: lie multitude of low
t*-st. short wci-rlit. alnm or plios,*!i;;te
powder;-.. Soldoniv iircnns. ItoyxJ Ba
king Powder Co., !'•(» Wail stm t. Sow
York. ^ ^ mavl'2-ly
A’a-kn occupies about ane
six’, h of I be t; nRory of t-lie United
Suites? and is mure-thin twice the
siz * of‘T*t xas. Ti e bitter mms
2IU.(»iiO Mjti:ire nidus and the for
mcr 520 DUO so bar.- miles.
Everything that pertains to him posed towards himself.” He was
is devoured with eager curiosity ! about to propose lo her, when he
On last Sunday ot Richmond, j received a letter from Mrs. Whil
Va , was laid away to her final ■ ijian. and once more his fickle fun
reala woman who once figured . cy'turned in that direction.
i»rou i vrnlly in the life of the poet Leaving Richmond soon after,
being perhaps the earliest object he called upon Mrs. Whitman at
•f his love Mrs. Sarah Elmira Providence, and after several in
Shelton, nn old lady oi 70, no long effectual efforts succeeded in mak
or possessing acy of the personal ing a conditional engagement with
charms that had commanded llio | her. The day was subsequently
admiration ot that strange child i appointed, but owing to his hav
for serernl Congresses the name
of being the ablest lawyer on
the Democratic side. lie would
have been chairman of the com-
marcntid. i mittee long ago but for the fact
This railway system has for iis that John Randolph Tucker, of
-.1 j- ctive points Snmarcand and Virginia, took precedence by pri-
ILkharn. two ancient Tartar cit- orily <-f service. As soon as Mr.
! ies, celebrated in history and in | Tucker dropped out Mr. Culber-
poetry, and far in the heart of son became, as a matter of course,
| Asia, and for centuries almost the head of the committee and the
impossible of approach or access officially recognized legal million
in strangers. The line starts | ty of the Democrats. The fitness
Iroru the harbor of Uzun Ada, j of the selection is generally con
on the east shore of the Caspian, j ceded. But few who respect his
J in latitude 39 degrees 33. It at ability as a lawyer know that he
fust runs castsoutheast for over j owes his snecess in lile to a corn-
three hundred miles, passing position on 'possum hunting,
through G«*k Tope and Askabad., The Congressman's cousin, who
and finally reaching Dushakh, 1 i«$ a well-to-do business man of
situated in longitude GO degree®, j Atlanta, Ga., tells the story.—
setth d.
Several years afterwards “cousin
Joe" made a trip out there to see
them. He found his uncle pack
ing up for a not her move. .“Dave”
iiad been making a reputation - in
tlie debiting societies, but he
thought the country was settling
up too thick, and lie wanted to go
farther West. The old man was
willing, for the young man's am
bition had proven contagious to
the whole family.
The composition on ‘possum
hunting and the school master's
advice took the Culbersons to
Texas. Before three years had
passed the community in which
pocket, and. laying it on the floor
al his feet, said:
••Well, Sport, that was well
done; and now would juu like
your dinner?’’
The dog’s head nodded an cm
phatic affirmation, but he seemed
to be in no hurry to take the
bone.
“Do yen,” said Mr. Burton,
“hut yon must remember that it
is necessary for a good orthodox
dog to say grace before eating.”
Upon the word the dog dropped
down on his stomach, extended
his head along the floor,, and rev
erently covered his eyes with his
paws. In a moment Mr. Burton
called out * amen.” ami Sport
sprang to his feet like a flash and
seized the bone without any more
ceremony, crunching it between
his jaws.
Mr. Burton then bail the dog
to his famous “gallant*’ act. In
this. Sport sat upon his haunches,
with a hat upon his head. Whet
asked how he saluted a gentle
of genius, was perhaps the only ing several times become intosi- latitude 37 degrees 20 longitude. | “Dave” and be were boys atschool
person who could speak aulhori j caled the match was broken otT. Here it comes so near the Afghan .together near LaGrange, Ga., for-
lativrlv upon the historr of the! In July, 1S49, the j>oci return j frontier that it can no longer con- J ty years ago. “Dave” was then
linue its southward progress, and ! 15. The schoolmaster was a Mr.
last few months of his life spent j tM j l(| K K |,, n ond for the last time,
in the citv of Richmond. Al
was her con i
, his liie and
tit tliat tins'- |
an open book
to her. wlo n death once pul an
irrevocable seal npon his lips her
;»n n closed loo upon those pages
nf his existence, and but seldom 1
* ere her references to the dark-
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Only $1.75. at J. W. Stasfokp s.
You can get Thiskf. Founds
oe Good Tobacco at J. W . Stan
ford's lor one dollar. R
faM hellsT
• Very cheap, at
He slaved here until September.
«hough, so intimate
nection witn him,
Brace Up. ! inmost thoughts
You arc fee.ing depi eased, your must have been as
appotit** is poor, yon are bothered
with Headache, arc lidgclty.ncrv
mis, and generally out of sorts,
and want to brace up. Bsacv **ip.
but. not with stimulants, spring j
medicines, or billers, which haw
/ i f‘*r i heir basis very cheap, ■ bao f ve«l. passionate man who. in
’ " ' liiskry. aii'I ivlii.-l. sV.mi.k.tv \ <•’■ 'j v<>tlt |, ru l ,i avs , lia.l iWi.-alcil cffn
eavevouini
lndVirc sivc lyrics to herseli, and at n
WluU vm want is nn altoralivc j much latt-r pcriiwl om e more be- j .
l.liat will purify your bhu»d. start } came a suitor for her hand, and
healthy alffion d Liver and Kid 1 ,1,ed. it is piesunied, her betroth-
neys. res'.ore your vitalily. an ' 1 | 1 ,, 1 . S | le , as Ui s first ami last , ft ,, . , .
give renewed health and strength, j , »Ic left lvicliin<»n<l
Such a medicine yon will find ini nW * 30, presumably to bring Mrs.
Electric Bitters, :'iml only 50 cents | The Ricbmon.l Whip. Rpcakinp : pieiam lo t!lis ‘ ilyl „ witncM U,r
a bottle al J. \V. Sta>:fo#d s Drug |..f the ffealh of ibis lady, says: ml|llia i s \ ',i avs
Store. In ls2o, n iicn 1’ue was prepar-
turns a trifle north of cast, to Junes, and bad long tried lo spur
Merv. a hundred aiiies further, young Culberson into some inter
Thence it runs northeast Hiore cst in Ids studies, for the boy was*
than 200 miles lo Bokhara, cross- i net fried to shirk. The school
ing the Oxus at Teliarjui. Its master had assigned subject after
j I'm an hour, and then
-.v [ ifse condition tiian
ST.
soliciting subscriptions lor the
Milus.a near magazine he pro
pos'd starting. Dm ing that lime
lie renewed his attention* to .Mrs.
Shelton, am! it was rumored that i further C"iirse lo Sam.ircand is | subject in the hope of getting a
an engagement existed between almost due east. A journey which i composition out of his easy-going
them. Mrs. Shelton is said to seven years ago could not have pupil. ‘-Dave” had always come
have denied this, but as she went been made by any traveler under u0 time with some excuse. The
into mourning after his death it | any conditions is now regularly j sclioo’masler was discoaraged and
is to be presumed that this was | accomplished in twenty eight | lo talked pretty severely lo the
incoircct. - j ii>>ur*. Tile Oxus—but yesterday j boy alwmt his shortcomings, and
l’oe .in a letter to his mother :l [‘tactically unknown liver—is ; asked him how lie expected to get
lii-iaw, Mrs. Clemm. informed her
j that the date for his marriage i »>■ 5->Se *l>icl* i» |»*t =>1>
, „ pn»a<*hing couipletion. I lit* year
li:ni been s**l b»i Oet«» hi 1<, 14.. !£$§ will see the ancient Tartar
ilie family settled had recognized man when meeting him, lie deftly
touched the edge of the hat with
Ins right paw, hut when asked
how he saluted a laity under the
same circumstances, lie brought
up his pew aud knocked the hat
off Uis head. All concerned were
perfectly satisfied, and the jury in
a few moments brought in a ver
dict for Mr. Burton, and Sport
followed his triumphal master
out of the court room.— Minneap
vlis Special.
Dave's*’ alfiiity and had sent him
to the Legislature. The war came
on. Young Culberson enlisted as
a private in the Confederate army.
He came out Adjt. Gen. Culber
son. Fourteen years ago the Jef
ferson district elected him to Con
gress. ami has kepi him there ev
er since.
When a district cast 24 000
votes for a Congressman who has
no opposition it is a pretty strong
indication of a good feeling on the
part of constituents without re
gard lo partv lines. Mr. Culber
son i« as popular with the Republi
cans of ids district as he is with
the Republicans in Congress. The
secret "f this popularity is his fair
mindedness. JIs is not a parti
san.— Washington Cor St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
A Bog’s I esinneiijr.
‘The intelligence of animals, and
more particularly of man's best
four footed* friend, the dog, has
been the subject of almost ntira-
Wi 11 iani Merz. a San Fr:ir.cisco
•rroeer. while laughing heartily.
oil from his chair and broke two
ribs. The broken ribs caused
such injury to internal m
tliat the man has s«rec died.
ing to enter the University
Virginia, he experienced his
novation into tl
iolies were for
of
in
ti field of love,
the time being
nuptials. A few days inter came
i the intelligence of his illness in
the Baltimore l.ospTtal, and on
i October G the news of his death
twelve span on in life the way he was going.
The reproaches put “Dave’’ on
the defensive, and he said: “Mr.
F, r.rTu lUC UU Y< lh ** ,l ’ a, 1 1 Jones, I'll tell you my objection to I
September cnit'S of Bokhara anti bamarc-ana _ ilierles* stories and legend*, both
brought within three days’ jour-
ney from t!ie Black sea. or within
a week from St. Petersburg.—
Sew Orleans Picayune.
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was received —Lx.
- ere for the time being j
^ ! neglected, and the ardent nco- r
pin te poured forth his soul's j
yearnings in poetical effusion*
that, fortunately or otherwise,!
.seldom leached the one whose j
cliai ms had awakened them.
Uis devotions at this time were
concentrated upon Miss Elmira
Royster, the daughter of a neigh-
bur of Mr. Allen, then living in j huibling railroaila across Asia.
Riclimoml. who bad adopted the j Wiiliin the past few years tlie
b<*y when left an orphan in 1809. j j eserts froai the Caspian to the
A Speck cf War.
The proposed seizure by tlie
British government of the rich
writing compositions. I don’t
want to be smart. Smart folks
are always poking their noses in
to other folks' business. I'd rath
er be a possum hunter than any
thing else. ’Possum hunting
I know something about. If you
Venezuelan gold mines is a sub- : “ re sel ,,n ' la ' ir; o
jeel fin- the application of the i 111 * riU! ODe oa >ssum hunting
behind j yionroe doctrine by the
a composition
j % euvzuemu gmu mines is a suu- j ~
R.;;:r<;au Building Iu Abia* ^ ^ ^
Russia is by no m,ans behind j il, inroe doctrine by the United j lf ' ou liku '
in railroad enterprise. Besides . Stales, in the opinion of the Veue ! “Go ahead.
I the various lines which traverse xnR.Jan cousul. Juan J. Michelus,
the vast extent of that gigantic- vv | 10 |, a8 but recently V»een ap-1
| empire lo connect the chief cities j consul to Philadelphia,'
anti bn«dne*s centers of liie conn j j, as t )(e n greatly stirred up over
j try with its levy seacoast outlets, j t j je a jr,j r< am | he is anxious to
i much progress has been made in j a |- ous<J the people of this country
S building railroads across Asia, j lo ^* ie jm pur La nee of tlic question.
Mr. Michelus said yesterday
that the invasion was most un
1 he letters that never came failed rivi , r Oxus are crossed by COC , , ¥alraall .J a!1 J shameful. He de
lo awaken a responsive love in the j ml | os „f l„,ilt railway. i e lareff with a good deal or feeling
bosom of the gill, and the ro-, Ti, e district east of the Caspian ! that if the British government
mance culminated in her ear '.' i gca _bounded by Siberia ou the : did not recede from its position.
north, hy Persia and Afghanistan j and that if this country should
clse ! on lhc soillh. and reaching east- ■ fail to intercede, the little cuun-
>n the part or the duped suitor. i W3ril as far as t |ie somewhat; try would fight. “We are now
Poe s adventures al college, in va oruelv defined line of the Chi | upon the eve of a
groaned the scliSol-
mastcr. glad to obtain that much
of a concession.
Friday afternoon came round
i for the c*>ni! osilions. “Dave’’
j took the floor and read bis paper.
“From that day to this,
Mr. -Joseph Culberson, “there has
never been a finer description writ
ten of a ‘possum hunt.’ ’1 lic
HC bool master listened lu the paper
attentively, and when the reader
sat down he said with great eoi-
ancient and modern; hut it ia an
occurrence as rare as it is won
derful, that a ling has been brought
into court, before judge and jury, j
to give evidence iu his own case. !
Such a case, that of Burton vs. I
Goehringer, occurred iu the ilea
nepin county district court yes
terday. Some two years ago II.
Butron. of the .Plymouth clothing
house, lost a valuable Gordon set
ter dog He was as intelligent as
,he wss handsome, and Mrs. Bur
on had taught him many enter
taining litsle tricks. A couple of
months ago Mr. Burton ran across
■Sport on the street and took him
home. At this juncture Chris
says i Goehringer, a Bridge square sa
1 ioon keeper, appeared on the
scene, and claimed the dog as his
After Yours of Separation.
Curious meetings happen at ev
ery session of Congress, in which
old school fellows see each other
again after a long time. Tom
Rcc<^ as a young man went to
California, and there met a young
fellow named Jiin Loulit, who was
a blacksmith's son, and the two
struck up quite an acquaintance
together. But they separated, not
lo see each other again until the.
came together during the Forty
ninth Congress on the floor of the
House. YVm. M. F.varts and
Chief Justice YVpite were school
boys at Vale, in the same class.
What He Wns Paid for.
WAsniNGTon, Feb. 4.- The story
.if the little boy who picked up a
pin in front of the wealthy mer
chant and was rewarded lor his in
dustry by a |1,200 clerkship, is
now rather eclipsed by a recent in
cident in Postmasier General
Dickinson's career. It happened
after be had been appointed br
ibe President and before he had
been confirmed by the Senate,
during winch period his status at
the Post Office Department wns
rather doubtful. One afternoon
late, he was about to step into the
side entrance w hen the zealous
doorkeeper interposed:
“Too late.”
“But. my man, I bare important
business inside.
“Are yon a member of
Congress?”
“No.”
“Have you an order from a mem
ber?”
“No.”
Can't get in, Hicd; too late.”
“Well, when can I get in?”
“Dunne.”
“Who can tell ”
“Dunno. Move on, now.”
It was then that Mr. Dickinson
retired and entered the building
by another door. The doorkeeper
in the meantime pursued the even
t'-nor of his ways, satisfied that he
bad done the right thing and
vindicated the authority of the
Postmaster General. Not long
afterward he was astonished,
however, to receive an order lo
call on the new Postmaster Gener
al, who had in the meantime been
confirmed by ihe Senate. His
astonishment may be better im
agined than described when he
confronted Mr. Dickinson, the
stranger whom lie had treated so
ungraciously. His new chief,
though, proved magnanimous.
“I didn’t care anything for your
discourtesy to me.” he said, “but
it might have hurt the feelings of
a third class postmaster. Answer
questions after this. That's what
you're paid for.”—A'ew York
Tribune. •
Mr. Cox’s Pronunciation.
Mr. Cox has changed hia pro
nunciation and confessed hiscon-
and they did not meet after their-1 version in the presence of the
marriage lo a merchant, anil
!outburst of some Bvionical
graduation at any length until
both, as the greatest lawyers of
the country, were appointed eoun
se! for the Geneva arbitration, Is-
idor Raynor of Maryland, Senator
DaDiel of Virginia, and Senator
Faulkner of YVcst Virginia, were
all at College at the University of
Virginia at the same time, and
John J iDgalls" and President
Garfield first came together while
aliments at Williams College.
Massachusetts. The first day of
Congress, llayner, of Maryland,
sal beside a rather rough looking
Congressman from the South, and
own, alleging that he bad bought lie noted that this member looked
J ' * i • ,.i l. . ... i.>it Ime siirnfiiiiviniviv* A f
him two years previously. A
lawsuit was the result. Mr. Bur
ton produced witnesses lo prove
that he had owned the dog since
his puppyliood. Goehringer
brought in the person of whom he
man of
dio. on
j the United States army at \\ est. n ese inspire, and still marked on election. ' sa
1 Can Sell You an
ORGAN OS PIANO
’oint and his subsequent erratic m ost of our maps by the general! very much that the war party
pbatiis:
“David Culberson, I see io you i j, af l purchased Sport, a
liie mark of greatness. But I fear • unblemished reputation,
your modesty and your i nd j ua .l jnspart. produced wilnessesequal-
. .. _ presidential i U,,n lo lake lb,D 8 s tas >' W,H kee P j to prove that he had owned the
id he, -and J fear T»u back all your hfe. My advice j ,, ()g as a puppy, and there appear
llint Wfir 1>n ,. !v lis if you want to make something ; cd to be a mistaken identity some
literary career, are so well known
name of
tfiotigli the greater part of it no
still remain popular, as .o render 1(t .i„ n ,, s t „ Russia—is. roughly
te,' etilion unnecessary.
llis later connection with Mrs.
Independent Tartar, i will be successful. There is a
very strong sentiment in my
country for war. Even the wo
speaking, about COO miles long I men and children are lull of fight,
from north to south and 1,200 j and the whole population is stir
Giieapei*
THAN
ANY HOUSE WITHIN 500
MILES OF THIS POINT.
:o;
When you want any Instrument, confer with, me in
eanKo price before buying, amt I will save you mon-
Stools separate.
J. \V. STANFORD.
reganl'to pr
ey. I alsj sell Piano ami Organ Stools separate.
Shelton may not lies® well known. \ from east to west. In
He was mai lied to his cousin 1 region the Russians are said
Virginia Clemm, on May 1C, 1836, have piessed no less than
in this city, where he was then
1 engaged as nn editorof the South
ern Literary Messenger. A little
less than a year later, having re
signed, he moved lo Philadelphia,
where he soon assumed the edi
torship of Burton’s Gentleman's
Magazine. After leaving that
journal, and sprtiding a year
the head of Graham's Magazine,
this ■ red l»y patriotic feelings to resist
to I the seizure of the richest part ol
30.000! their country.”
Turkomans into the work of rail ! The consul said that the But
road building; and, what is still j ish government’s success ia this
mpre remarkable, these Turku
mans seem to have worked effici
ently. The location was easy;
the only difficulty in construction
was duc.to the looseness of the
sand, and this they succeeded in
consolidating by a paster made
of loam and Caspian sea water, j
movement meant a control for il
of the Orinoco river and through
that the Negro, the great Amazon
and the Piatte. and a full control
of the South American markets
to the utter exclusion of United
States products.—Philadelphia
'Record.
of yourself, to go lo some new
country and go lo wsrk. You
need to be spurred by different
surroundings.”
A ilav or two after that, Mr. Jo-
sejih Culberflun.says, his cousin
came to him ar.d asked:
“Joe. diil you hear what old
Jones said about me the olhei
day?”
“Yes,” was the reply.
“What do you think of it?’
• “I think there is a great deal in
it,” the cousia answered.
“I tell yon what I'm going lo
do,” said “Dave,” with a good
deal of earnestness. “I'ra going
here. Judge and jury alike
were in a terrible quandary. Al
this juncture Mr. Burton asked
the court if he might be allowed
to introduce the evidence of the
dog. No objections were made
lo this novel notion. jft. Hu' Lon.
mindful of the accomplishment*
which his wife half taught Sport
in his youth, turned to the dog
and said in a careless lone oi
voice:
“Come, Sport, go and shut the
door.”
“Without a moment's hesita
lion the intelligent creature trot
ted over lo the door of the couiW
room, which happened to he ajar,
shoved it shut and then trotted
back to his master, and looked
exiwctantly up into bis face. The
to gel alter the old man to more latter then took a bone out of Lis
at him rather scrutinizingly A
last he turned to him and said:
"By the way, sir, it seems to me
as though I have met you before.”
“I don't know,” said Bayner;
-■it may be so. but I don’t remem
ber you,"’ and the Southern Con
gressman went back lo the Con
gressional directory which he was
reading- A moment later iu a
different lone of voice, he turned
lo Rayner and said:
“By the way, do votr remember
a fellow who roomed next to you
at school, who never did any work
while he was at College, and who
hasn't done anything to speak o!
in the seventeen years since then?
“Yes,” replied Rayner, “1 do
remember that there wns a mighty
lazy fellow who roomed next u>
me at college. I know that lie
.lid not do any work while he wa*
there, but a* to bis doing any
work since then I don’t know, for
I haven't heard from him. He
was a good fellow, however, and
his name was—let me see, his
name was Charlie Douglterty, of
Florida.
“And.” said the Southerner,** be
slapjied his band down on the desk
and then handed it out to Rayner,
“I am the man!”
Tableau.—A'eiz York World.
whole House of Representatives.
Ever since Speaker Carlisle was
taken ill and during bis absence
from the House. Mr. Cox. from
the altitude of the Speaker's chair
jias been endeavoring to force
upon tiie House an alteration in
the unwritten rules, by which the
word Arkansas would be pio
nounced with “sass” instead of
the “saw.” But Mr. Cox, who
started in to convert the House,
ha» been himself converted. Clif
ton R. Breekenridge. from that
Slate with the double pronuncia
tion, has sought every opportunity
to catch Mr. Cox off duty, and has
argued with him and appealed to
him to desist from his persistent
endeavors lo impose the “sass'’
upon the House and the country.
At length Mr. Cox relented aud
promised lo reform. This after
noon, when the business of lht>
day had been concluded aud Mr.
Breekenridge, with a number of
other gentlemen, stepped lo the
front, as usual before adjourn
ment, to iproduce bills by unan
imous consent, Mr. Cox, who wan
in the chair, recognized “the gen
tleman from Arkansas,” with a
•sass;'’ but Mr. Breekenridge
halted in protest and shook his
head at the chair in a gen'ly up
braiding manner.- Mr. Cox recol-
lecteii and, recoiled ing. immedi
ately recognized “the gentleman
from Arkansaw,” and broke out
into blushes and smiles. The
House broke out into a laugh. Mr.
Breekenridge then recognized the
Speaker's recognition, and nodded
bis approval, and proceeded to
hand up his hill. Mr. Cox’s con
version was complete. The pro
nunciation of Arkansas was aet‘
lied.—A r ew York Sait.
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