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Z. P. H. FARR,
ATTOJU7SY AT LAT
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
ROUT. S ANDKKSOH, WM. J. THOMPSON
Jackaonport. Ark. Augusta. Ark
Anderson & 'Thompson.
ATTORNEYS AT LA'V,
Jacksonport and Augusta, Ark.
Win attend lli« Courts of Jsekson, Wood
ruff, and ntljoinlug -Counties, and to specia
cases in auy section of (Us Slate. Addresi
either office. mAyl8-ljr
A. C. PUJKSTT. a. M. EAMSAl’B
PICKErr die BAMSAUH
ATTORNEYS IT LAW,
AU0CSTA. ARKANSAS.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their core apr6-lj
J R. F. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Win, practice in the Circnit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh .Indicia District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to bis
Caro. jan12
DS. A LI* BIT
Offers his service, to the citizens of
lies Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past favors,
and by attention to business he expects
to share a liberal prtroiiage.
Offlrt—One door east of Burney's
Druif Store. sepdl
k «. #Ajir. w j. b«o»*ush.
G ATTTT &r- 2R0H AUC-H,
X T 7 0 a N £ V S AT LAW.
Will practice in t ie bounties of Prairie.
While, Woodrutf. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
Uaki. 4 Prompt atlteiuiou giveu to the tolieo
liou of claim*, lanes will be paid and titles
iuvestigated for non residents aprl4-3ni
j. k. uAi'K»vuui>, J a. irid.uAa,
GftTEWO.D £ Tdoiaas.
S At SAW
IJiSS ART, ARRAYS IS.
i. n. itsonepetk. t. biakbkeht
HEDGEPETH £ K KL
ATV3RN8YS AT LAW.
D2S ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all of the courts of
Prairie county, an 1 the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mar-4 6rn
JAMES II. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. OAUSE.
| Augusta. Ark. Jacktonporty Ark.
Patterson & Gause.
ATIORNE'YS AT LAW,
Jack sou port ami Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, Independence. White. Lawrence.
Randolph, t>reen. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special cases in any part ot the
State. Address either office. mylS-ly
WM. R. CO0DY. MCRAE.
COODY & M;RAE,
AtYOaWJTY* At »AW
SEARCY, WHITE COCYTY,
AKKANSAS.
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Will practice in »!1 the courts of Ark«n,M
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SOL. F. CLARK. HAM W WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys *t Law,
Lli'AG ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecuh
Ciaiuis of all kinds, collect debts, aud
act ;ks U'*l Eua't an4 tit rural *gtnt».
Offkr—Markham Street, near State House
april*28-tf ^
W lllCtv-i. Formerly of the firm of Cypert A
Hicks.
H. H. PUCLDiXG. Formerly of Athene, Ala.
HICKS a FIELDI8G.
ATTJttSSYS AT LAW,
Searcy, White Co., Arkaitius.
WILL p-aelice in thi, and the adjacent
>!OUiit,ies, in the District Courts, and Su
pcerne Court of the Slate.
N. W. WlbtlAM*. T. JKlotBSOW.
tvu.i.i k>is *, cmsoN,
Das Arc and Dcvall’s Blurt. Arfc.
WILD practice in Prairie and adjoining
Counties. All husinc'1 yyatided to their can
will bu promptly attended to. sepi2l tf
j c. JONSON. Office—Wi st I*.,ini. Arkansas
,‘jSO. M. M IOBK, Office-Searcy, Arkansas
JONS»N & MSOBE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITOUS IS CHASCERY
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General Land and Collecting Agents,
8EAUf-‘V. -V It K AN’HAH,
U tt.i. gi,e prompt attention to any but'ns1
in tbs counties of Indspendeooo, Jackson
Woodruff, Monroe. Prairie, While, Couaa;
»r l Van Boren y u’“r9
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OEO. K. MORTON. VACOHAN
H0F.T027 & VA.TJOSA.1T
'ATTORNEYS AT LAYS
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
WILL practie* in the Courts of the countiei
of Prairie. White, Jackenn, Woodruff ant
Monroe. Particular attention given to thi
collection of elaime any wl^ere In the 8l»te.
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DR. RORT. B. TREZETiJT
Tenders hi* professional services to
the citizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson & Davis' Drug
1 Store. »*P2l
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THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
.A. t Law,
j DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I g^rPartcular attention given to the
j collection of all kinds ofclaimsagainst
tlie Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
door to J. M. Burney’s drug store.
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WM. T. JONES. B. C. TOTTEN.
JONES & TOTTEN.
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Prairie, Monroe. Woodruff, Jackeon and
White Prompt attention given to the collee
| tion of claim*. .»pr!4-ly
r?..77. btxrstsy,
resident ruvsicit.v,
j Being permanently located at Des
Arc, will continue tiie practice of his
1 profession in all its branches. Special
! attention given to the treatment of
acute and chronic diseases scp21
F. LEPTIEN,
Wateliinaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM N<lW PREPARED TO DO AIX
kinds of work in my line. Mend
irift. Clwininx. Ac.
-Thankful for past favor*. I solicit a
continuance of tlfe patronage heretofore be
stowed on me. feh‘J8-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHEE,
A.tto• ney nt L’iw,
corroy vi, yr. woooitrrrvo. kk
Will practice where called.
seplS-tf.
Dn. J A. ROHNELU'XM >»
now at Johnson A Davis' Drug Store:
can be be consulted at his room ai ibe Harvey
iiouso. He will give his undivided attention
to Chronic Diseases of every descrip
tion.
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applying to
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junl-tf Des Are, Arkansas.
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rpiiu UNDERSIGNED lUVINO M
1 upined a lluimr of Ealtr- Jiiiil.
I.lIIIIIM'llt, nil llueiitt Villa Street, near
the Si mm bout Laudiug, lor tbe iccowraodi
i ion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS.
Ry the day, week. Wr month, lolicits the pat
ronage of those visitiug De* Arc. The fare
will be an good as the market affords, and
* feriAS moderate.
Give tne a trial, and l will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN HATLEY.
Dcs Arc. Ark.. March 28. 1 H«7—12io
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LITTLE BOCK, ABK
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of or mors
A Fight or Foot Race.
[From the Vicksburg Timet, Dec. 29.]
God be praised! With a full heart
—with a thankfulness to God and Pres
ident Johnson, for which we have no
adequate language—we call the atten
tion of the readers of the Times to our
telegraph column this morning. Our
readers will see that Edwin Otho Cres
well Ord, the most despicable and
cowardly tyrant that ever disgraced the
name of man, has lost his head 1 The
poor old fool and coward has been re
lieved, and his successor is General
Irwin McDowell I Gen. McDowell is
at once a soldier and a gentleman, and
he differs from Ord in this : the miser
able despot is neither! To call him
soldier is a burlesque—to call rtm a
gentleman will provoke derisive laugh
ter.
The harmless old creature goes to
California. But before he goes the1
editor of the Times wishes to see hi in 1
We will go to the end of the world j
with him! He has only to relieve us i
from a penalty wbicb a coward only
would have exacted—a penalty which !
an Ord only would have compelled.
We have denounced him for months as
he deserved to be denounced, and if he
is not dog and coward both, he dare
not go to California without demand
ing satisfaction for the insults we have ,
heaped upon him. If he does not do
so, he will go to the Golden State a |
disgraced and dishonored man. Dare
he demand satisfaction?
The same dispatch which announces
the doom of Ord proclaims the dis
placement of that renowued liar and
braggart, John Pope, and his d.rtv
creature “bloody” Swayno. We con- j
elude as we commenced, God be J
praised!
mi ____ __3__ i__a l. .. I
i iiv same paj.'ri vuuviuuba «. >
and savage criticism of seme of Gener
al Ord’s act6and policy as follows;
“Gen. Ord may succeed in his efforts
to ruin the people of Mississippi,but the
object nearest his heart he ran nevet
accomplish. He cannot degrade them!
In the lowest depths of poverty and |
want to which he may reduce them,)
they will still be men. He cannot de- j
nude them of their manliness, and in
the hour of their greatest sorrow, they !
will still despise and scorn him.
“We advise our paltry despot to
make as much hay as possible while the I
sun of Iiadicalism continues to shine j
upon him. We advise him to “work
while it is day, for the night rometh j
when no man can work.’’ There is an !
hour of retribution for Gen. Ord and j
other tyrants, and woe nnto them when '
that hour arrives. When a whole peo- I
pie shall arise in their might, and blast
and wither with their indignation the I
tyrants and wrong-doers who mock at j
the calamities of a brave people, ar.d {
strive ey the most internal and diabol- j
ical means to add to the miseries of)
those oppressed and helpless human ;
beings, they will call in vaiu upou the
rocks and mountains to “ fall upon and ;
hide them!” God speed the hour. We'
shall pray constantly for its coming, ]
and when it does come wo shall • laugh
at their calamity, and mock when their !
fear conieth.’
“ P. S.—This article was written three
hours before the telegraph brought us
intelligence of the removal of Gen. Ord
—and when we did not dream that the ,
hour of retribution was so near at
hand. We advise the good people of
this city to go to church this morning
and return thanks to Almighty God
for the downfall of the Ilaynau of Mis
sissippi and the Gessler of Arkansas— 1
the most infamous, cowardly and des
picable despot that ever ruled, reigued
and fell.” t
A Good Thanksgiving Thought.
The following from Raymond s New
York Times, a Conservative Republi
<>aw tiantkP was ipeitton a mnnOt orrn 1
ior An occasion now past:
“President Johnson enumerates,'
among the grounds for the thanksgiv-1
ing which belongs to this day, that
Heaven “has inclined our hearts to;
turn away from domestic contentions
aud commotions consequent upon a
distracting ami desolating civil war,
and to walk more in the ancient ways
of loyalty, conciliation and brotherly
love.’ There Is no doubt, at all events, '
that the moral influence in this direc
tion of a day of uatioual thanksgiving
must bo very great. When the thoughts
of all the people in the States of the
North, South and AVest are directed
toward charity aud heaven—when there
is a universal confession that ail are, in
common, offenders and rebels against
divine government and law—when in
all the churches the multitudes pros
trate themselves before the Universal
Majesty—when all have the same wants
and all ask the tame benefactions—it is
in the nature of thing* that at such a
time the passions must be quelled, the
animosities diminished, and the gene
ral mind brought into a sympathy and
harmony that cannot fail to exert an
influence more or less enduring upon
the national iffe. Every hour that the .
i higher and uobler principle in man oh- ,
| tains an asceudancy over the selfish and
| base parts of his nature, is s gain to :
| him, not only in itself, hut in the effect
I it exercises upon other hours and days. 1
Every day upon which a nation, rising
above the level of it* vulgar and world- <
! ly thoughts advances toward the serene
heights of the Divine sud ideal, leaves
an impreas that Is felt whan again the
secular iuterests aud feelings resume
1 their i*»' Every oression upon
1 which charity is expressed or practice!
aids in transforming ns into her image
I and moulds our lives after the simili
tude of her own. Under the condi
1 tions of onr daily existence we are op
pressed by the material, the temporal
the practical. Necessity pursues us
Selfishness grows upon us. The lowei
Instincts control us. And it is onij
when, freeing onr skirt® of these, w«
give curse!ve® tip to a loftier guidance
that our nature becomes worthy of it!
origin and fit for its Divine conelitsion
It is in this view, as well as in view of
the direct blessing it commands, thal
the value of thanksgiving day is felt.
“There is no good man but will ad
mit that by tiffs rime the fraternal and
conciliatory feelings which were inter
rupted during the years of carnage and
destruction, should be generously re
newed. There is no patriotic citizen
but will admit, that whatever tends to
keep up ill-will, and antagonism, and
sectionalism, should be done away
with. Let us not fear to take the ini
tiative in making advances toward
magnanimity and charity and unity.
For not until these regain their ascend
ency over the mind of the nation shall
we ever enjoy the other beneficences
which Providence is bountifully show
ering upon America. If the thought
ful suggestion in the President’s pro
clamation he properly regarded in the
South and North we shall soon feel that
the long lowering clouds of war have
really been dispelled by the sunshine
of Heaven.”
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Democratic National Convention.
The Columbus Crisis recommends to
the Ohio State Convention, which is
to assemble ou the Sth u!t„ the adop
non oi n resolution 10 too loiiowiug
efll'Ct:
That the Southern States shall he en
titled to the same r. presentation in the
next, Democralio National Convention
that they had In the Charleston Con
vention of 13C0. Rtitl that tve recom
mend to the people of all the State?
where bogus constitutions have boon
forced upon the people Against their
wishes, that they a-Bern 1)1? at the pro
pertime and plat e or places, and nom
inate an electoral ticket to be v.oteil for
nt the next Presidential election : and
that upon the regular d ty Tor the elec
tion of President and Vicc-lhcsidcnt
of the United States, they repair to
their usual places of holding such elec
tions, and proceed to hold said elec
tions in conformity 10 the laws as they
rxisted prior to the late Southern re
bellion and Radical revolution; ami
that the Democratic party of Ohio will
insist upon the legality of said elec
tions. and use all peaceable, legal and
jonstitutiomil means in their power to
uphold and maintain the same.
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Presidential.
A New York letter in the Cincinnati
Rni|uirer; thus presents the claims of An
Jrew Johnson for Conservative sttppert:
And this brings me to speak i f Andrew
Johnson, than whom, In my Judgment, no
public man in this country is more enti
tled to the gratitude uf the American ]«eo
pie. Had he yielded to the seductive
blandishment of the leaders nl the party
who elevated Him to office, all the forms
ofour Constitutional Government would
have been abolished ore this, and to-dnv
we would have been living under the
worst sort of despotism, with every sem
blance of local (State governments utterly
annihilated, and the disgusting snectacie
of a .S'umner, a Wade, or .'Stevens lording
it over the once free, enlightened people
of this country, lie has fought, as it
were, these (the people s') battles single
handed and alone; preserved their liber
ties and defeated the sedition- schemes ol
the malcontents in Congre-s who mtda
ciouslv lissome to represent the wishes of
their constituency in imposing upon the
people of the N'outli the most degrading
conditions precedent to their represent:!
tm . . . 1 . L ... .
HUII III V I UO ’ V
lotigth, as has been shown in the recent
elections, sustained .Mr. Johnson in hia
eminently wise and patriotiegcodrse. He
has preserved, as far as in him lay, the
principles of our republican form of gov
eminent, for winch the Heuioeratio parly
hare ever contended, and, therefore, that
party should, in suino suitable pi aimer,
reeogniro his eminent services to the
country.
-The New York Herald is collat
ing the current news of the day, from
tlie Southern States, to show the de
plorable condition of society there, as
resulting directly from the Rtfttinhl
policy. The editor says:
We venture to repeat this warning
that unless this Congress- shall prompt
ly provide the ways uud means for
maintaining law ami order in the out
side rebel States, a reign of robbery,
violence and bloody confusion may be
expected therein during lids winter
which will bring the penalty of swift
destruction upon the party in power
and the ovei-throw of its whole pro
gramme of negro sullVage and negro
supremacy, aud perhaps something
more.
-The New Orleans Times says
at no time within the past three years
has the hnsiuess of New Orleans war
ranted the extravagant rents demand
ed. and that thousands of people whi
have gone there to embark in trade
with but limited capital,abav<s been d«
terred from settling in tbai city, solely
for tl»»t r«'unoi».
1 Farm Work for the Season.
1 The following, suggestions are of vns
importance to the farmer, anti their teach
ings should be closely observed:
WINTER PLOWING.
’| We have so often recoin mended tin
. plowing of lands abounding in clay durinj
the fall and early winter months and o
1 exposing the newly turned soil to the ac
! tion of the frost, that any further remark:
upon tKb sttbjcct_ may appoir superfluous
e cannot, however, refrain from sug
gearing that, so long as the weather eon
| t'.nuee open and the soil is in a fit coudi
j tion for tjie plow, this kind of laud should
j be broken up. The groat difficulty in tlit
i treatment of clay lands in the spring ariset
| from their retention of moisture and theii
| adhesive quahties. If they are plowed
i wet, they dry into clods and are not easily
j plowed If they are not plowed until dry
weather sets in, the proper time for plant
: ing may be lost. By winter plowing, the
j Irost acts upon the upturned mass of soil
| and ameliorates it so that a cross-plowing
in the spring puts it at once in good con
dition The only care to be taken with
! respect to winter plowing, is that the
| lands should not he wet when plowed,
j otherwise all the benefit to be derived
j from the operation is lost.
MILCH rows.
jVilch cows, even when fresh, will soon
! fail in their m’lk if fed wholly on dry
| food. See that they are warmly housed
and feed them on chopped hay mixed with
meal or bran and made into a slop, and an
1 abundance of ini k willbu obtained through
i out the w hole winter season Kvery warm
and sunny day the cows should he turned
i out for a few Ilnurs forexvereiso, either in
the I„ knrnt" .1 Tl...„ ,),.,„l.l I „
» .
given «alt nt least twice a work and have
: regular access to pure water.
COLTS AND YOrNO CATTLE.
Rough provemlei alone is not sufficient
f>r colts and young cattle It' they sic
red cello this kind they will he very
apt to bee mo stunted- A growing am
; ii.nl, cvoii if not worked at all, should
have a supply of such food a-> will not
.uipnir his vigor or injure his health. It
! is no eewn.iny to feed entirely on rough
provender, for no amount of after atten
tion can compensate for want of proper
feeding and care toyonng stock.
SEVKlUi THE 1.EAVEst.
The woods urc now full of leaves In
deed they seem more abundant than ever,
hut farmers do not value them ns highly
as we think they should. For barnyard.
especially they are profitable to haul in
They are obtainable, too, when there is
little pressing woik on hand. Gathered
' up in heaps they can be readily loaded in
carts and wagons with close shelvings, by
using either a cloth some two or three
yards square, or with a wooden rake and
the arm 11..gs are very fond of them for
litter, so arc ci ws; and for compost iliev
are excellent As out straw is now usu
ally fed to cuttle and rye straw commands
a high price in the market, there is noth
ing left fur the purpose of littering except
wheat straw. Hence forest leaves should
be held in higher estimation than they
commonly are.
Faria Kecipes.
Colic in Horses.—The New England
Farmer is informed that the following is a
safe and effective cure lor c -lic:—Dissolve
as much salt in a quart of pure wutei as
may he required thoroughly to saturate
' the liquid, and drench the patient with
one half of it. If symtoms of relief are
not noticed in fifteen minutes or half an
hour, give the remainder This reiuedy
has proved entirely successful in very se
vere cases, whore other more complicated
mediciues hud failed.
itEMEDT for SCRATCHfs. —in answer
' to the inquiry fur a remedy for scratches.
1 will give one which I used fur 85 years
with complete success h iving never failed
in one instance. Take while pine pitch,
rosin, beeswax and honey, one ounuc each.
: fresh lard, one half pound, melt well to
gether o\er a slow fire, stir till quite thick,
so that the parts may not settle and cep
nrate This makes an excellent applica
tion for harness galls, cuts and sores of all
kinds on horses and cattle.—[Farmer and
Gardener.
Cere for Fu.f-Fltkino Cows.—,1
j Steuben county Correspondent of the Gen
rsec Farmer says that he cured a three
year old heifer of sucking herself by smear
j.iug the teats night and morning With soft
I grease, aud then dusting them thoroughly
with pulveiixed cayenne pepper. The af
phoatioua weie eontrmltfd about a Week,
and U perfect cure efleeteJ.
Hollow IIorn or Horn Ail—Take
a quantity of black ash bark; steep it strong
and give a pint of the warm decoctiuu tc
a dose, at the same time bathing the loitu
thoroughly with the same. I will warrant
a eure in two days It does not need tc
be given but once.—[Rural American.
1 Remedy nor Red Lice on Cattle
—One of the best remedies for red lice on
cattle is strong water where potatoes hav<
, been boiled and not washed. If the Grsl
washing does not kill them the second
, will.—[Leo.
|#»Becr fills many a bottle, and tlx
bottle many a bier.
State of Affairs iu Texas.
j The following extract, dated at Gal
: veston, Dec. 2‘2d, 1867, to the Xew Or
i leans Times, is but a reiteration of cir
| cumstanees that exist iu our own State:
Texas at present is, perhaps, more
depressed, financially aud spiritually,
; than any former period of her history.
The factors of Galveston and Houston
have experienced heavy losses ol' the
1 cotton crop upon the Brazos and the
interior counties, and the planters
themselves are the roost thoroughly
bankrupt set of fellows that ever filled
this part of America.
The small German farmers are the
only class Who have not lost by the
raising of cotton this year; they having
(employed usually no labor save that of
! their own families can afford to sell
cotton to some advantage, no matter
hoiv low the price. It is otherwise,
witli those parties who have employed
hundreds of freedmen, aud worked
hundreds of acres of land; these, with
out one redeeming exception, have lost,
land lost heavily. In one case, under
my personal observation, a certain
planter upon the Brazos paved out iu
gold $11,500 during the past year, and
; raised five hales ot cotton. There are
i numerous instances iu which planters
receiving advances from merchants in
Galveston iu sums varying from $250
to $25,000, have failed to make twenty
bales of cotton.
j This is discouraging to planters aud
ruinous to factors. The past sear’s
| experience lias taught the advantage,
| or rather shows the necessity of work
ing small farms and diversifying the
( products of the country. The ramie
pium, casiur uean, an i grille arc now
i about to contest the supremacy with
i that tottering old king, yclept cotton,
and, no doubt, will do to with much
success. The past year’s failures,
ibough at present extremely disroura- |
ging, will have the effect of developing
I the vast agricultural resources of the
Stale, and instead of the universal
planting of the staple.a thousaud other
productions will be tried by the now
. sobered farmers.
Emigration.
From the Industrial and Commercial
(iazette of Louisville:
It seems to us rather strange Lbat the
i tide of emigration from the East and
I Europe does not set more toward the
i great Southwestern States, and we can
only attribute it to the influence ex
erted by the present system of military
government. The South is determined
to stand hereafter more upon its owu
resources, and as soon as it is fully on
its legs again will start manufactories
and make many of its own articles of
use. There is already a demaud for
skilled labor and a dearth of skilled
agricultural labor. In the days before
.the negroes were emancipated, the
planter had a sufficiency of labor and
enormous tracts of land. Their labor
cost them but little, and they could
therefore afford to let a large portion
of the land lie idle. Sow the east) is
entirely changed. The greater portion
1 of the land still lies idle : the negroes,
as a general thing, will not work, and
the planters have not means sufficient
to raise crops on the scale they did be
fore the war.
And here lies the advantage to emi
grants. Planters who have tlieir lands
all ready for cultivation are willing to
rent them out in small tracts to small
farmers, or will sell them. Aside from
this, there are large bodies of the finest
farming lands in the world still unim
proved in the States south and south
west of its open for any one to occupy.
A few figures from the report of the
Commissioner of Agriculture will
! prove this. In our own Stale there are
7,fitt,208 acres in farms improved ;111,.
329.053 in farms unimproved, and
‘ -I O.il n:tO ni'l'Pfi rtf \vi!«l nr lnnrla
over one-half of which is fit for culti
' vation. In Georgia there are 10.561,
1510 acres of w ild lands. In Tennessee,
18,514,835 acres. In Alabama, 13,357,535
'acres. In Missis-ql^f, 11,340,156acres;
and in Arkansas, 23,833,014. In liicsc
States the climate is remarkably tialu
hrlous, the lands rich, and nearly every
i kind of grain and fruit will grow.—
I Among the products are wheat, rye,
oats, barley, hemp, corn, cotton, to
bacco, hops, sugar, rice, potatoes, all
kinds of vegetables, and nearly every
kind, of fruit, apples, peaches, strnw
: berries, all the wild berries, currants,
tigs, grapes, pears and quinces. Nuts
of nearly every variety grow or can
: lie produced. The rivers arc nearly
I all navigable, and all the products ol
'the soil find a ready market.
The Acting Commissioner of Agrj
i culture says of these States that they
possess decided advantages over the
: northern and w estern sections in their
; ability to produce every article which
| may be grown in the higher latitudes,
[with the almost exclusive advantage ol
I producing the products of the lower
temperate rone. He says further that
this section must become the great
wiue-produciug section of the country.
With all these recommeudatious to
settlers, colonists and emigrants from
the old world, and emigrants from the
Southeastern States, will find that they
ran get belter land and locate to far
better advautage tliau on the prairies
of the Far West.
mrTobareo should not be chewed,
Jhut esehewrcd.
aurif a small boy is a lad, a big boy
nju t t<-a ladder.
From Washington.
The following general orders, issued
from the Adjutant General’s office,
at Washington. D. C., Dec. 28. 1867,
effects some important changes among
I the Military circles:
“By direction of the President of ti e
, United States, the following orders are
. made:
; 1. Brevet Major General E. 0. C.
! Old wi‘4 turn over the command of the
fourth military district to Brevet Ma
jor General Gillem, and proceed to
San Francisco, California, to take com
I maud of the department of California.
2. On being relieved by Brevet Ma
j jor General Ord, Brevet Major General
i Irvin McDowell will proceed to Vicks-!
burg, Mississippi, and relieve General {
Gillem in command of the fourth mill
tary district.
8. Brevet Major General John Pope !
is hereby relieved of command of the
third military district, and will report '
without delay at headquarters of the
army for further orders. He will turn j
over his command to the next senior ,
officer until the arrival of his success
or.
4. Major General George G. Meade
is assigned to the command of the
third military district, and will assume
it without delay.- The department of
tiie East will be commanded by the
senior officer in it until a commander
is named by the President.
5. Tiie officers assigned in the fore
going orders to the command of the
military districts will exercise therein
any and ail powers conferred by acts
of Congress upon district commanders,
and also a:iv and all powers pertaining
to military department commanders.
6. Brevet Major General Wager
ow.ayne, uoionei ot twtn united stale*
infantry, is hereby reliered from duty I
in the bureau of refugees, freedmen
and abandoned lands, and will proceed
to Nashville, Tennessee, aud assume
command of his regiment.
By command of General Grant.
D. E. Townsend, A. A. G.
-•«,-—
St. Nicholas.
\\ ho was St. Nicholas? Many of our
leaders might be puzzled to answer—who
was. or rather who is Santa Glaus? Any ;
child can tell, especially if you put him the
question at the Christmas time. “What!!
you don't know Santa Claus, the kind old
gentleman who goes frisking about the
world on the night before Christmas with
his bundle of good things on bis back?”
Nimbly be lea|>s dowu every chimney and
lilts the baskets and stockings round the
hearth wall. How often have our little
friends dreamed all through the blessed
*ight of Christmas eve. of the good Santa
Claus aud his expected gifts
Santa Claus then, or St. Nicholas, as he
is more properly called, is the especial pa-,
iron of the children. He was Archbishop
of .Vyra. of Asia Minor, lie lived in the 1
fourth century of the Christian era. Sim- j
plieity, modesty aud a boundless charity
characterized tho Saint. From tho time :
of his dentil great honors were paid him.'
both in the Greek and Latin churches, and
numerous alters and shrines were dedicated
to God %ider his patronage. With the
Russians St. Nicholas has ever beeu a fa
vorite saint.
In tho year 10S7 certain merchants of |
Bari, an Italian seaport on the Adriatic,
.-ucoeeded in carryiug off the relics of N't. ;
N.eholas from Myra. Numerous miracles j
were said to have been wrought at Burl on
the arrival of the sacred remains. The
saint’’ shrine at Bari has ever since been
a result of pious pilgrims.
The childlike virtues of the saint, aud
the peculiar aid that ho extended to young
people during his life are the chief rea
sons why he is frequently represented iu ,
pictures by three youths.
Encoukaui.no to thb South.—To the
desponding in the South we commend
the perusal of the following from the
National intelligencer:
“The white people of this country
will never let any man go into the Pres
idential chair by the unconstitutional
votes of the Africanized South. If
Africans, or their paltry number of base '
white allies, get into Congress by |
climbing up some other way thau a
constitutional oue, the while people of!
the North will decree their expulsion. |
The mass of Northern white men have i
sternly declared against Southern Af-!
rica.iized control of the Government j
hv acting in conjunction with what
may. by a possibility, stiil continue a
class monopoly of the States North.
“The people of the North, who have
! sternly declared against negro suffrage
there, will never submit to a eoutrolof
the General Government by the Afri
canized Southern Suites. The tyrants
and demagogues in Cougrcss who are
lurwarding the imposture and usurpa
tion, may as well uudersUiud this now
as to recklessly risk what maV befall
them in popular wrath at another day.
Our frionda will wememher that the
Intelligencer, early ill 1SC7, prophe
sied the utter defeat of the corrupt, I
profligate and usurping liadieal party
in the elections of that year. tVe fear
lessly challenge events to do other thau
to indorse our present prediction as to ‘
a more general and disastrous rout of
rotton Kadicalisiu in IStiS.”
-Mr. Jefferson Davis was enter
tained the other day by Admiral liu
chanau, at the residence of the latter,
near Kaston. Mar 'mud.
The Value or a Scrap Book.—livery
one who takes a newspaper which he
in the least degree appreciates, will
often regret to see any one number
thrown aside for waste paper which
contains some interesting and import
ant articles. A good way to preserve
these is by the use of a scrap book.
One who has never been accustomed
thus to preserve short articles, can
hardly estimate the pleasure it affords
to sit down and turn over the pleasant,
familiar pages. Hern a choice piece uf
poetry meets the eye, which you re
member you were so glad to sec in the
paper, but which you would longaiuce
have lost had it not been for yoRr scrap
book. There is a witty anecdote—it
docs you good to laugh over it yet,
though for the twentieth time. Next
is a valuable recipe you bad almost
forgotten, and which you found just in
time to save much perplexity. There
is a sweet little story, the memory of
which has cheered and encouraged you
many a time, when almost ready to
despair uuder the pressure of life's
cares and trials. Indeed, you can hard
ly take up a single paper without re
perusing. dust glance over the sheet
before you aud see how many valuable
items it contains that would be of ser
vice to you a hundred times in life. A
choice thought is far more precious
than a bit of glittering gold. Hoard
with care the precious gems, and see
at the end of the year what a rich treas
ure you have accumulated.
Weevils in Granaries.—Some years
since, accident discovered to a French
farmer a very simple and efficient
method of preventing, or rather de
stroying, this insidious pest in corn
and grain houses.
Happening to deposit, in one corner
of a building in which there was stored
a quantity of grain, a few sheep-skins
from which the wool had not been
pulled, he found, upon examining them
a few days after, that they were lite
rally covered with dead weevils. The
experiment was repeated, aud always
with the same result.
On stirring the corn, (wheat, proba
bly,) he wus surprised to find, that al
though previously infested to a degree
that forbade all hope of saving it from
immediate destruction by this pertina
cious foe, not a single insect was to
be found among it. The experiment is
certainly worth trying. Instead of the
sheep-skius, which are quite valuable,
we might substitute those of the wood
chuck, which is increasing loan incon
venient and expensive extent. What
killed the weevils, whether the fatty
matter on the akin, or somethiug else,
we have not been able to learn. At
any rate, let us try the woodchuck
skins.—[N. E. Farmer.
Whereabouts or Ex-Coneederates.
Maj.-Geu. J. G. Walker, of Walker’s
old division, is located at Versailles,
Woodruff county, Ky. He has recent
ly returned from England, and brought
with him a full set of steam agricultu
ral implements, with which he has en
gaged in plantation cultivation. '
Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, a native of
Winchester, Va., is in business in New
Orleans, but spends a considerable pbr
tion of his time in the Northern States
as the agent of a Mississippi river
company.
Gen. Simon B. Buckner, of Kentucky,
is President of the Commercial Insur
ance Company of New Orleans.
Gcti. Braxton Bragg is at the head of
the City Water Works Company of
New Orleans.
Gen. Fagan, of the C. S. A., if prac
ticing law at Little’Bock, Ark.
Gen. Hawthorn, C. S. A., is in the
Brazilian army, with the rank of
Colonel.
Gen. Dick Taylor is making money
with his canal contracts in Louisiana.
His address is New Orleans.
Gen. Wirt Adams Is at present in
Jackson, Miss., and Gen. Dan Adams
is practicing law in New York.
Gens. Maury and Wheeler are iu New
Orleans.
Gen. Shelby i* in or near St. Louis.
Qcm a Ram.—On Saturday svea
ing, after dark, the fine little steamer
Ft. Smith left the w harf with a good
freight for up the river, with over one
hundred Uuited States soldiers aboard,
under the command of Capt. Kiefe.
Soon after leaving the landing, the
soldiers commenced the work of plun
dering the boat. Many boxes of ci
gars and liquors were broken open and
destroyed. R^rtjji were stripped of
blankets, the pantry and table were
rifled of every thing of value, Capt.
Bowlin remonstrated with the officer
in command of the soldiers, but to no
effect, when Captain B. rounded to,
some four miles above the city, and re
turned to the wharf, and made com
plaint to General Smith, who ordered
the troops to proceed to Fort Smith a
fnot.—[Little RockConservative.
*
—The Montgomery Advertiser con
tains a letter from ex-senator Benja
min Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, stating
the evils to follow the ratification of
the proposed constitution. He regards
it at war with the civilization of the
age, snd believes It Will produce dis
order and conflict of the races. He
advocates a defeat of the constitution
and the adoption of one more iu ac
cordance with the genius of coustitu
tiona.