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Ciea. Blair's Letter ol Accep
tance.
The following is the letter of accep
tance of Geu. Blair, which, like every-1
thing which comes from him, is honest,
frank and explicit;
Gen. Geo. Mergan, Chairman of Committee
National Democratic Convention :
General: I take the earliest oppor
tunity of replying to your letter notify
tog me of my nomination for Vice
President of the United States by tire
National Democratic Convention, re
cently held in the city of New York.
I accopt, without hesitation, the nomi
nation tendered in a manner so gratify
ing, and give yon and the committee
my thanks for the kind and complimen
tary language in which you have con
veyed tome the decision of the Con
vention. I have carefully read the
resolutions adopted by the Convention,'
and most dbrdially concur in every
principle and sentiment they announce.
My opinion upon all the questions
which discriminate the great contend
ing parties have been freely expressed
upon all suitable occasions, and I do
not deem it necessary at this time to1
reiterate them. The issues upon which i
the contest turns are clear, and cannot
bo obscured or distorted by the sophis
tries of our adversaries. They all
resolve themselves into the old and
ever-recurring struggle of a few moil
to absorb the political power of the
nation. This effort, under every con
ceivable name and disguise, lias always
characterized the opponents of the
Democratic party, but at no time has
the attempt assumed so open and dar
ing a shape as in this contest. The
adversaries of free constitutional
government, in defiance of the express i
language of the Constitution, have'
erected a military despotism in ten j
States of the Union, have taken from
the President the power vested in him
by the supreme law, and have deprived
the Supreme Court of its jurisdiction,
and the right of trial by jury, and the
great writ of right—the habeas corpus!
—the shield of safety for every citizen,
and which have descended to us from
the earliest traditions of our ancestors,
and which our revolutionary fathers
fought to securo to their posterity for
ever in the fundamental charter of our
liberties, have been ruthlessly trampled
under foot by a fragment of a Congress.
Whole States and communities of peo
ple of our race have been attainted,
convicted, condemned and deprived of
their rigilts&s citizens, without present
ment, trial or witness, but by the Con
gressional enactment of expost faeto
laws, and in defiance of the constitu
tional prohibition, denying even ft full
and loyal Congress the authority to
X>ass any bill of attainder or expost
facto law. The same usurping authori-:
ty lias substituted as electors, in place j
of men of our own race, thus illegally
attainted and disfranchised, a host of
ignorant negroes, who are supported
in idleness with the public money, and
combined together to strip the white
race of their birth-right through the
management of the Frecdmen’s Bureau
and emissaries of conspirators in I
other States; and, to complete the
oppression, the military power of the
nation lias been placed at. their dispo
sal, in order to make this barbarism
supreme. The military leader—under
whose prestige this usurping Congress
has taken refuge since the condemna
tion of their schemes by the free peo
ple of the North in the elections last
year—aud whom they have selected as
their candidate, to shield themselves
from the result of their wickedness and
crime—has announced his acceptance
of the nomination, and his willingness
to maintain their usurpations over
eight millions of white people at the
South, fixed to the earth with his
bayonets. Ho exclaims, “Let us have !
peace! “reaco reigns, was me an
nouncement which heralded tho doom
of tho liberties of a nation.
“The empire is peace,” exclaimed
ISonaparte, when freedom and its de
fenders expired under the sharp edge
of the sword. The peace to which
Grant invjtes us is the peace of despo
tism and death. Those who seek to
restore the Constitutions by executing
the will of the people, condoning the
reconstruction acts,already pronounced
in the elections of last year, and which
will, I am convinced, be still more
emphatically expressed by the elccton
of the Democratic candidate ps Presi
dent of the United States, are denoun
ced as revolutionists by the partisans
of this vindictive Congress.
Negro suffrage, which the popular
vote of New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Con
necticut, aud other States, has con
demned as expressly against tho letter
of the Constitution, must stand because
their Senators and llepresentalives
have willed it. If the people shall
again condemn these measures by an
election of a Democratic candidate for
the President, they must not be dis
turbed, although decided to be uncon
stitutional by the Supreme Conrt, and
although the President is sworn to
maintain and support the Constitution.
The will of a fraction of a Congress,
reinforced with its partisan emissaries,
sent to the South and supported there
by the soldiers, rnu^t stand against the
will of the people and the decisions of
the Supreme Court, and the solemn
oath of the President to mantain and
support tho Constitution. It is revo
lutionary to execute the will of the
people! It is revolutionary to execute
the judgment of the .Supreme Conrt!
It is revolutionary in the President to
maintain inviolate his oath to sustain
the Constitution I This false construc
tion of the vital principles of our
Government is the last resort of those
who would sway and supercede our
time-honored institutions. The na
tion will say the Constitution must be
restored, and the will of the people
again prevail. The appeal to the peace
ful ballot to attain tills end is not
revolution. They make war and revo
lution who attempt to arrest this quiet
mode of putting aside tire military des
potism and usurpations ofa fragment
of a Congress asserting absolute power
over the benign system of regulated
liberty left us by our fathers. This
must not be allowed to take its course.
The only road to peace will come with
the election of Democratic candidate
and not with the election of that mailed
warrior, whose bayonets are now at
tho throat of eight millions of the peo
ple of the South, to compel them to
support him as a candidate for the
Presidency, and submit to the domina
tion of an alien race of semi-barbarous
men. No perversion of truth or audaci
ty of misrepresentation can exceed that
which hails this candidate in arms as
an angel of pence.
I am, very respectfully, your most
obedient servant,
Frank P. Di.air.
From the La Crosse Democrat.]
Democratic Newspapers.
It is the duty of Democrats in the
country to support their country Demo
cratic papers. We ask them to do this
first; to stand by, to uphold, sustain
and encourage their local Democratic
organs, rattier than to support us. If
able to take but one Democratic paper,
let that be the best one published in
your county, If able to take other pa
pers, give preference to those most
earnest in defence of Democracy—most
earnest to attack Republicanism—
most determined in behalf of the Peo
pie, and for the protection of their
earnings.
It is the duty of Democrats to sup
port Democratic papers—those papers
that speak out openly, boldly, persis
tently, at all times, for the right. And
it is not the duty of Democrats to pay
their money to support these wishy
ivashv, skim-milk, timid, half-and-half,
10-account papers, that are afraid to
tondemn Republicanism, or defend the
nost earnest supporters of Democracy.
Mich papers arc of no benefit to the
party, but rather a curse. If they were
starved out, and the support their
editors beg or sponge given to bold,
true, fearless, determined men, the
leaven of pluck would leaven the entire
loaf; each locality would strive to en
rol in earnestness, the rotten, cowardly,
drawbacks would bo wiped out; none
hut men of vigor would be allowed to
speak authoritively, and all over the
land there would be a firmer adherence
to Democratic principles and the party
would be irresistible. Support your
local papers if they are bold, vigorous,
and decided. Follow not the bugle
that gives uncertain sounds. If your
local editor will not make his paper
what it should be, earnestly Demo
cratic, refuse to take that paper, for it
will do you more harm than good. If
he pretends to be a Democrat, and is
not, starve him out, support a better
and braver man, and let him seek other
employment more in consonance with
his feelings and capacity.
The South Wants You.
It lias been stated that John C. Breck
inridge intends to return to the coun
try at an eat?/ day. Under the recent
Amnesty Proclamation of President
Johnson, and even under the statute
laws of the United'States, no indict
ment for treason can now be had
against those who participated in the
Revolution for Confederate Independ
ence. The time for filing such an in
dictment has passed, by limitation of
ims iuw, uuu i vuu a ii u.iu uui, mu
President's pardon applies efficaciously
to all who were concerned in that Rev
olution excepting only such as are now
under indictment or conviction.
Mr. Breokinridge, then, and Mr.
Benjamin, and all the other exiles who
expatriated themselves at the close of
the war, can now return in safety to
the Union. And they should do so.
The South wants them. She wants all
her sons now ; and she appeals to those
who arc here to stay with her, and to
those who are absent to come back. A
great struggle is at hand, in which her
rights and her liberties are involved—
and not only hers, but the eutire na
tion's. She calls upon all, then, who
love her, to come to the rescue, and
join hearts and hands with those true
men of the North who are battling for
the Constitution and true Republican
Government. Upon their success de
pends the preservation of the Ameri
can Union, on the principles upon
which it was founded; and every vote
for those principles is a step to the
achievement of that success. Come
home, then, ye absent sons of the
South, and give your aid and your
work to the cause of your native land.
—Banner of the South.
Fatal Accident.—On Saturday of
week before last, Mr. Haggardy, living on
Rod river about ten miles from this place,
was thrown from a colt which he was break
ing and recoived such internal injury that
he died the next day.—White County
Record
rit« or Aaalii.
Coleridge was such a slave of liquor
that he had to be kept an unwilling
prisoner by Christopher North on an
oc’cnhm when some literary perform
ance had to be completed by a certain
time, and on that very day, without
taking leave of any member of the
family, he ran off at full speed down
the avenue to Ellary, and was soon
hidden, not in the groves of the valley,
but in some obscure den, where,
drinking among low companions, his
magnificent mind was soon brought to
the level of the vilest of the vile.
When his spree Was over, he would
return to the society of decent men.
DeQuincy was such a slave to the
use of opium that his daily allowance
was more important than eating.—
An ounce of laudanum a day pros
trated animal life during the forenoon.
It was no unfrequent sight to find him
asleep on a rug before a fire in his own
room, his head on a book, and his arm
crossed on his breast. When this tor
por from the opium had passed away,
he was ready for company until about
daylight. Iu order to show him off,
his friends had to arrange their supper
parties so that sitting until three or
fbur in the afternoon he might be
brought to that point at which in
charm of power and conversation he
was so truly wonderful.
Burus was not less a drunkard than
Coleridge. It was the weakness of
Lamb. And who can remember the
last days of Poe without an irrepressi
ble regret? He was on his way to
marry a confiding woman, stopped in
Baltimore, and was found by a gentle
man who knew him in a state of
beastly intoxication, unconscious as a
log, and died that night in the ravings
of delirium tremens.
Douglas Jerrold Was a devotee of
gin; so, also, was Byron. Steele, the
brilliant author of the Christian Hero,
was a beastly drunkard. Men wrote
of him that ho would dress himself,
kiss his wife and children, tell them a
lie about his pressing engagements,
heel it over to a groggery called the
“store,” and have a revel with his bot
tle companions.
Kollin says of Alexander the Great,
that the true poison which brought
him to his end was wine. *
The Empress Elizabeth of Russia
was completely brutified by strong
liquor. She was often in such a state
of bacchic ecstacy, during the day, that
she could not be dressed in the morn
ing, and her attendants would loosely
attach her robes, which a few clips of
the scissors would disengage in the
evening.
Let every man, especially those in
public life, who desires to avoid a
drunkard’s death, remember that he is
on the crumbling verge of such an in
famy, when he begins to feel that in
order to prepare himself, the doctor
for consultation, the lawyer for a
cause, the clergyman for a sermon, the
policlciau for a speech, he must take a
pint of coffee, or a plug of opium ; and
the self-same moment of that discov
ery, let him put his foot down, raise
his hand, and swear that, by the help
of God, he will never taste another
grain or drop as long as life remains.
This is the only safety.
When Wives Fade.
Women do not lose spirit upon the
first intimation of cooling fervor on
the part of those who hold their desti
nies. So long as the wife believes In
the good faith and sincerity of the hus
band she believes in her own power,
by increased watchfulness in love and
duty, to restore in him that ardor
which her ignorance or folly has
tempted; and so long os hope lives
the heart does not break. But it is
when she herself has lost confidence
in him as truthful, generous, tender
aud noble, considerate of her feelings
and loyal to her interests—when she
no longer reverences him as her friend
mill nnnto/itAt* Knt i*a/roi*i1e liSm n**<*l••
as her provider, possibly her enemy,
asserting the prerogatives of husband
and the place of frieud; whon she
holds even his caresses in contempt,
preferring rather his coolness than his
kisses, and liking his presence less
than his place—that the wife’s life be
gins to fade. She may not herself be
conscious that it is not his absence of
affection, but her own absence of faith,
which crushes her: but sounded to the
depths, the cause ot nine-tenths of the
white, despairing faces we see among
wives would be found to be in the
quiet coldness and distrust of their
own hearts. Woman wants constancy
with kindness, and it is strange how
the gravest philosophers are sometimes
the most unreasonable idiots in love.
Let those husbands who consider wist
fully the blooming faces and vivacious
habits of unmarried ladies and nobler
men’s wives, ruing the roses and
smooth brows that have withered in
their own rude keeping, scrutinize
themselves vigilantly. And let them
secure cheerful companions and happy
homes by virtue of making their vows
good, rather than by looking to the
chances of a divorce, and a fresh mar
riage, which must be sin, and can end
in nothing but misery.—Bishop Lan
don.
(^•“Three and sixpence per gal,”
exclaimed Mrs. Partington, looking
over the price current. “Why, bless
I me, what is the world coming to when
' the gals are valued at only three and
-ixpence ?”
Mystery.
A mystery impenetrable hangs over
the business of the ensuing six months.
This thing of trade, lucky as it may
be considered by many, and governed
as it is supposed to be by the simple
and uncomplicated laws of supply and
demand, requires, perhaps, more tal
ent and observation than the lauded
philosophic requirements of statesmen
ship. Not over IVe or ten in a hun
dred Who choose it for a profession
becomes eminent. The intelligent
merchant has a field of great complica
tions to overlook, antecedents of deli
cate differences to compare,, and de*
dttetions to draw Which appertain to
the conditions of the world at large.
And especially is the responsibility of
trading more burdensome, at the pres
ent time, where a revolution—or, what
is equivalent to revolution, a return to
old Channels of business and prices is
pressed on every side by financial con
siderations and the general desire of
the people. Congress is continually
employed to restore the business of the
country to its natural position, while a
feverish excitement prevails in all our
systems of trade and finance. The
country largely in debt, its currency,'
in itself, is a constant source of irrita
tion, and values are distracted, while
each effort to produce ease aud confi
dence is met with a counter attempt,
producing a shock of disastrous nerv
ous action throughout the entire organ
ization. For the first time in six or
eight years the crops are supposed to
be heavy enough for the demands of
home consumption and exportation,
and a grave consideration immediately
presents itself whether this fact will
admit of the maintainance of existing
prices, or to what extent quotations
will likely be modified to meet the
changes thus produced by the benevo
lence of nature. But the benevolence
aforesaid is universal, and is not con.
fined to the limits of our own country
by any menus. It extends to lands
that have been importers of our bread
stuffs, and which are likely now to
have a sufficiency of their own. What
is to be the result ? Herein is the mys
tery into which trade speculation is
now extending its inquiry, and about
which that great doubt exists which is
at present agitating the opinions and
the operations of the business world, j
The latest news from Knglaud is that |
the crops will be beyond au average;■
from France, that a surplus, to a great-1
er or less extent, will be realized; from !
the Mediterranean and the Black Sea -
that a good harvest is expected ; from !
California thnt the yield will be heavy; j
and from this side of the Rocky Moun-!
tains that plenty Is prevalent in all di
rections.
Still, as far as sales go to expose tho
market, there is but a comparatively
slight decline in prices. From S2 to
$2 25 per bushel for prime to extra
wheats is the range of quotations here. !
Flour is easier, but flour is far in ad
vance of the expectations incited by
the liberal ipirvests, and consumption
is lessened, and will possibly shrink to
a smaller degree until the riddle is un
ravelled.—St. Louis Journal of Com
merce.
Note Tor the People.
There was a time when no man who
had a stain upou his honor could be
elevated to a place of profit or trust.
There was a time when the Legislature
of Alabama was composed of the no
blest and the purest of the land. Look
at it now, under the rule of the Repub
lican party I There is seated now in
our Legislative Halls, by force of ne
gro votes, making laws for a State that
numbers more than a million souls, one
man who has been confined in jail for
bigamy, another who is charged by his
hired negroes with having defrauded
them of wages, another who is under
indictment for stealing a mule, another
who has been openly charged with ar
son, another who has been a fugitive
from justice, another who is pro
nounced by his wife • lunatle, another
who is charged openly with defrauding
the Government, and still auother who
has been in the Penitentiary.
These ara the men who under the
cloak of loyalty are seeking to throt
tle the life and liberty out of a brave
and honorable people. And there are
men in our midst who are inclined to
meet such creatures half way. Out
upon them I The loyal, honest people
will trample down all who compromise
with lust, dishonor and oppression.—
Mongomery Mail.
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Hints to Girls.—We sometimes sec
ladies take great pains to impress us
with the idea of their ignorance of all '
domestic matters, save crotchet work,
or weaving a net to encase their deli
cate hands. * By some curious kinds of
hocus pocus they have got it into their j
heads that the best way to catch a hus- ]
band is to show how profoundly capa
ble they are of doing nothing for his
comfort—frightening a piano into fits,
or murdering the King's French, may
be good bait for certain kinds of tish ;
must be of that kind usually found in
very shallow water. Girls, be natural,
truthful, homelike and capable of mak
ing homes and hearts happy.
•9*The printer is a fair type of the
present financial age. Ho does busi
ness on a metalic basis, yet delights in
a paper currency and an extensivo cir
culation. He profits by the credit sys
tem and favors the broadest latitude in
: exchange
Give Tour Child a newspaper.
A child beginning to read, becomes
delighted with a newspaper, because
he reads the names of things which
are very familiar and will make pro
gress accordingly. A newspaper in
one year is worth a quarter’s School
ing to a child, and every father must
consider that substantial Information
in connection with advancement. The
mother of a family being one of its
heads, and having a more immediate
charge of children, should herself be
instructed. A mind occupied becomes
fortified against the ills of life, and is
braced for an emergency. Children
amnsed by reading or studying, are of
course more considerate and more
easily governed. How many thought
less young men have spent their even
ings in n tavern or grogshop who ought
to have been reading ? How many pa
rents who have not spent twenty dol
lars for books for their families would
have given thousands to reclaim a son
or daughter who had ignorantly or
thoughtlessly fallen into temptation ?
Why not give your child a newspa
per, if the results here stated are to be
obtained ? And who cau for a moment
doubt that they may ?
In a well conducted newspaper, the
family will not only have an oppor
tunity of improvement in different
branches of literature, such as spell
ing and reading correctly, but will also
be possessed of universal knowledge.
The children will find the principles
of morality, honesty, truthfulness, obe
dience to parents, etc., inculcated in
the newspaper—they will meet with
incidents in the lives of historic char
acters, who, from poverty and igno
rance, by industry, have attained the
first rank in society, in wealth, influ
ence and intelligence; and by learning
what others have been able to do, will
themselves be led to follow their ex
ample, and like them secure to them
Rftlvfta anrri'R*. !'pcnpptnhili(\' nn<rl it. '
nowii iu the earth.
The advantages accruing from the
weekly visits of a good newspaper aro
Invaluable. It is a running Cyclope
dia of tho events and discoveries oc
curring in every department of life,
and with the knowledge it imparts,
both parents and children will be en
abled to keep up witli the various iui- ■
provements of this progressive age,
and better prepared to avoid coming
dangers, and avail themselves of prof
fered beueilts. Let no family bo with
out a good newspaper.
From the N. O. Times.]
Ancestor* of the Seymour Family
The Seymour family, one of whom now
stands so prominent before the public, are
of English descent. After the death of
Lady Jane Seymour, wife of King Henry
VIII, the family returned to their ances.
tral home at Wiltshire, on many occasions
occupying important positions under the
British crown. Here they remained uutil
the accession of one of the Georges to the
throne, when political differences caused
many of the name to leave England.
Among those who came to America were
the gradfathers. of Horatio Thomas. H.
Seymour, late Governor of Connecticut and
Minister to Russia, and hia brother Wm.
E., our enterprising fellow-citizen of Com
mon Street. Others of the family went
to Ireland at the samo period and settled
near Dublin. This branch of the family
becoming reconciled with the homegover^
nient, and on one occasion rendering im
portant services, were finally rewarded
with a handsome estate near the former
city. The latter branch of the family are
now nearly all in New Orleans, and num
bered amongst the most enterprising of
our citizens. The direct heir to the
entailed property in the old country, is
now a notary lb this city. Admiral Lord
George and Capt. Henry Seymour of the
PpitloK narv nmr ronroaAn f llincn nf ilia
— y ’ a
family who remained in the old home in
England. Maj. Gen. Seymour (Lt.
Truman Seymour at Fort Sumter) is also |
a Connecticut connection of Horatio, whom
we hope, after the ides of next March,
will direct his communications from the
White House In a Democratic country,
pedigrees should be of little consequence,
but Hiram Ulysses and his ancestors hav
ing been paraded so frequently, we eannot
in justice omit those of our own candidate.
Saturday Night.
Saturday night makes the people hu
man, sets their heart to beating softly,
as they used to do before the world
turned them into war drums and jarred
them to pieces with tattoos. The led
ger closes with a clash; the iron door
vaults come too with a bang; up goes
the shutters with a will; click goes the
key in the lock. It is Saturday night,
busiucsR breathes freo again. Home
w*ard ho! The door that has been
ajar all the week gcutly closes behind
him, the world is all shut out. Shut
out ? Shut in, the rather. Hero are j
his treasures after all and not in the I
vault, and not in the book—savo the
record in the old family bible—and not
in the bnnk.
May bo you aro a bachelor, frosty
and forty. Then, poor fellow 1 Sat-!
urday night is nothiug to you just as
you are nothing to any body. Get a 1
wife, blue-eyed or black-eyed, but '
above all true-eyed ;.get a little home,
no matter how little, and a little sofa,
just to hold two and a half in it of a
Saturday night, and then read this
paragraph by the light of your wife's
eyes and thank God and take courage.
Advertising In Engl And.
In s communication to one of our
city papers from London, the writer
Says: “Every inch of spare brick wall
or boarding, even to an old gate post
01’ iron pillar, in London is hired.
Men of business have discovered that
nothing can be done on a large scale
without advertising, but they are not
contented with the newspapers alone.
The thoory is that the eye is at last so
wearied by perpetual seeing certain
huge words before it, that at last the
mind begins to act and the object of
the Brobdignagian announcement is
answered. But this, too, is ail lu one
or two hands. Kailway arches, the
insides of omnibuses, the cabins of the I
river steamers, all boardings whore I
building works are going on, and the j
thousand and one surfaces which a
great city like this possesses, are con
tracted for and let out again in feet or
incites to advertisers. America cer
tainly has nothing to learn from Eng
land in this. The best bills I have ever
seeu on the London walls were printed,
I found on inquiry, in America. They
depicted some ‘thrilling’ scones in a
circus, and tho flight of the imagination
and tho proportions of the figures, far
exceeded the achievements of the En
glish printers. The newspapers now
expend large sums in this crusade, tho
Times being the only one which des
pises it.”
To-day and To-morrow.
To-day wc gather bright nud beauti
ful flowers—to-morrow they aro faded
and dead.
"To-day a wealth of leaves shades us;
to-morrow, sere and fallen, they crum
ble beuentk our tread.
To-day the earth is covered with a
carpet of green ; to-morrow it is brown
with the withered grass?
To-day tho vigorous stalk only bends
before tho gale; to-morrow, leafless
mid (anlnao a n)>II4 mm, Kiuinlp a
brittle stem.
To-day the ripening fruit and waving '
grain; to-morrow “the land is taking
its Sabbath after toil.”
To-day wo hear sweet s.ongsters of
meadow and forest, tho buzz and hum
of myriad insects; to-morrow—breathe
softly—all nature is hushed and silent.
To-day a stately edifice, complete in
finish and surroundings, attracts the
passer-by; to-morrow a heap of ruins
mark the site.
To-day there are cattle upon a thou
sand hills; to-morrow they fall in
slaughter.
“The fashion of the world passeth
away.” But let Christ dwell within
us, and though we may pass away like
the faded leaf and the sapless stalk, we
shall “arise to newness of life.”
Where everlasting spring abides,
And never withering flowers.
Clean Clothing Next the Skin.—
Tlicro are few persons who sufficiently
appreciate the luxury and healthfutness
of clean clothing next the skin. There
is being constantly thrown off through
the pores of the skin in the form of in
sensible perspiration, a largo amount
of refuse and worn out matoriul. This
waste matter collects jupon the under
garments, and if allowed to remain
long, is liable to be absorbed into and
poison the system. All clothing worn
next tho skin should be frequently
changed and purified—the oftencr the
better. No clothing which has beou
worn during the day should bo worn
at night. Who has not had his or her
skin laugh all over many a time upon
being presented with fresh and clean
under clothing?
Time Flies !—How swiftly all are
carried towards the ocean of eternity I
Every day brings nearer their final
destination; the question suggests
itself, How is each spending tho time
u: — 1_it., ns_ ./• _i» .... i n
- — “J »**W V* n Vi v* uil ^UUU •
Arc all improved as they ought to bo ?
Is every opportunity embraced for
doing good ? Are oil and wine poured
into the wounds of the afflicted aud
unfortunate, in imitation of the good
Samaritau ? Or on the other hand, arc
all engaged in seeking naught but the
pleasures and vanities of this world,
so transient as to afford no real happi
ness? May all so live that when they
are called to leave time they may look
back upon well spent lives having no
feelings of remorse.
IfA distinguished Lieutenant General
of the Confederate service was sitting in
front of his hotel in a town in Canada,
and was much annoyed by the presence of
a l'ederal officer who was promenading in
front of him and seemed as though he
would scrape an acquaintance upon half
an opportunity. The officer wore silver
cross (badgo of distinction) on his breast.
At lost the General’s annoyance could con
tain itself no longer, and he said to his
oomppanion in that tenor voice peculiar
to him, and with all his wonted grimness;
“H., we read in Scripture that they used
to hang thieves on orosses. I see the
United States reverses the thing and puts
the crosses on thieves I” The blue gen
tleman left.
tgf-An exchange says: “We were
compelled to refuse an offer of job
printing the other day by a man way
back, who inuocontly called to got
some postage stamps printed. lie was
quite disappointed because we could
not do the work ; he “wanted ’em real
bad to put on a letter he writ to a gal,
and it cost too much to buy ’em of the
post-office fellers.”
SALMA«CSi)I.
f^If there is anything bad about
you say It youreelf.
10*To a bonnet—“Though lost to
sight, to memory dear.
MT*A lady’s invitation to a walk—
Cir-cunr-ambalate.
•0sWhat is fame? A six line puff
in a newspaper.
I^The reason some people put on
airs is because they have nothing else
to pnt on.
80*An editor in Illinois gives notice
that “there will be no paper this week,”
as his wife is using the scissors.
10*What does a telegraph operator
do when he receives the heads of Im
portant news? Waits for de tails, of
coarse.
A0*lt is said that the Editor’s Draw
er in Ilarper’s Magazine is made up by
a woman. So are a great many editors’
drawers.
A Dutchman’s Toast.—“Here ish to
ter heroes who fito, plced and tie mit
the patties of Punker Hill—of whom I
am one!” Drunk standing.
To Keep Worms from Dried Fruit.
—Put the fruit in common muslin bags,
with a little sassafras bark scattered
through, a handful of bark to a bushel
of fruit, and no worms will trouble it.
•^One of our exchanges praises an
egg which it says ‘was laid on our ta
ble by tho Rev. Mr. Smith.’ Mr. Smith
seems to be a layman as welt as a min
ister.
80*On the marriage of Mr. Rush and
Mrs. Canter—
When Hymen thought this maid to banter,
And dare’d her forth to tako a bruih,
•\t Aral she wont i. with a Cautsr,
But now she goe* it with a Huab.
—Mobile Tribune.
80*A Mrs. Hoot, of Philadelphia,
has left her husband, Mr. Boot, and
OUUJ CU IU {Mills U lirvuu W il. ff v piu
some this pair of boots arc rights and
lefts. Wo cannot say, however, that
Mrs. Boot is right, but there is uo mis
take that Mr. Boot is left.
«®“tt was proposed to establish a
printing offico at Sing Sing prison, to
teach a part of the convicts the prin
ter’s trade. The compositors of New
York city have met and protested
against this action as desecrating the
art. It was found that there were no
printers among the convicts.
«jJ*“Doctor,” said a lady, “I want
you to prescribe for me.” “Thera is
nothing the matter, madam,” said the
doctor, after feeling her pnlse; “you
only need rest.” “Now, doctor, just
look at my tongue,” site persisted.
“Just look at it—look at it! Now say,
what does that need?” “I think that
needs rest too,” said the doctor.
j®-Above all things froquent the
society of ladies as much as possible.
The refining influence of a good, true
girl will elevate your thoughts and as
pirations, and encourage you in a ro
solve tq be a great and good man.
Put that glass from your hands, throw
away that weed, rinse your mouth
with good, pure water and call upon
some of your lady friends.
KjfA queer excuse was made a few
days ago by an old lady. The good wo
man was subpoenaed to appear as a witness
in rather a delicate case. She did not
come, and a bench warrant was issued for
her appearouce, on whioh she was brought
into Court. The Judge thought it was
his duty to reprimand her.
“Madam, why were you not here be
fore ?"
“I couldn't come sir."
“Were you not Bubpoenaod, madam ?”
“Yes, sir, but I was unwell.”
“What was the matter, madam ?”
“I had an awful boil, sir.”
(After a pause.) “Upon your honor,
madam ?”
“No, sir, upon my—my leg!”
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. J. ROGERS,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to the Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes. &o. myl0
DR. J. W. BYR1TBY,
Being permanently located at Des Arc,
will continue the praetioe of bis profession in
all its branches.
Office at Col. J. M. Barney’s Drug Store.
DR. ROB'T. B. TREZEVMT,
Tenders his professional services to
thoteitizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Office—At B. F. Johnson Drug Store.
sep21
F. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning, Ac.
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
stowed on me- foblfMf
PROFESSIONAL cAttbA
i • Pt xjl« P AII XL,
ATTSRUai AT LA¥«
LITTlS ROCK, ARKANSAS.
EC. 3?. "Vaugliail.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Courts of ths counties
of Prairie, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
colleetion of claims any tthere !h the State
sep7tf.
T. E. EMERSOlV,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND general land agent,
AUSTIN, PRAIRtB COUNTY, ARK.
Special attontlon given to the collection
and secnrlng claims, buying and selling lands,
paying taxes, examing titles, &c. april 11
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
^ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ootton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in tlie Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Court* of
the seventh Judioial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care, janl2
R. S. (JASTT. w. t. BB05AU0B.
GANTT ft BRONAtTOH,
ATT0BKHY8 AT LAW.
Will praotleo in the counties of Prairie,
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu*
laski. Prompt atttention given to the collec
tion of olatms. Taxes will be paid ana tinea
inveatigated for non-reeidente. aprl4-8tn
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD & THOMAS.
AftOMSTt At A AW
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
JAMES H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. CAUSE,
Auyu*tay Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & danse,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jcrksoapnrt and Aufttsu, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Conntics of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cress, and
attend to special cases in any part of tho
State. Address either office. mylS-ly
J. C. JONSON, Office—West Point, Arkansan.
JNO. M. MOOHE, Office—Searcy, Arkansae.
JOKSON a MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agent*,
SEARCY, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention io any bnsinees
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Euien. marO
SOL. r. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE. W. MARTIN.
CLARR. WILLIAMS & MARTIN.
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKAN8A8.
WILL practice in nil the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Ketate and General Agente.
Ornca—Markham Street, near State Hutue.
april28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attorney at Law,
COTTOX PLANT, WOODRUFF CO. ARK
Will practice where called.
aep28-tf.
WM. E. OOODT. D. MO EA1
000DY & McRAE,
AmiVlIt AY SAW
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
ARKANSAHt
Will praetioe ia all tha oearto of Arkansas.
bmt24>
SR. ALLBN
Offers his services to the citizens of
Des Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful fer past favors,
and by attention to business he expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—At his residence—late the
residence ef W. G. Frith. sep21
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
TENDERS bis professional services to the
Citiiens of Dee Arc and surrounding
country, in the practice of Merfietneaud Ob
stetrics. He hopes from an experience of
over fifteen years iu Southern practice, to
merit a share of public patronage.
Office one door East of Burney’s Drug
Store. raarch2H-1868-Iy