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VOT.UMR S': DIES ABC, ’ARKAN-iAS. S PTBMBBR.Ol, 18G7. N tTMBER >7.
' " ..
PUBLISHER EVERY SATPRRIY,
0FFlCE-3Vfry \ VfSTA. STREET.
Our Job l*rli»tlna: Oopnrtnicnt.
We have mijijdicd ourselves *\vi»h a good
assortment of Printing Material and arc
ready to execute t|U kinds of Job Printing,
on reasonable terms.
Wt *re prenarod to print Pamphlets, Catar
logites, Posters, large or small. Cards, Ball
TiokeU, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, SUerlffs, Justices of the
Poaoe, Constables.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
UOllT. 8- AXBERSOX, VH. J- THOMPSON,
J acksonport, Ark. Au-jutfa. Ark.
Anderson «.V Thompson,
ATTOUNLVi AT LAW,
.Taoksanport and Augusts, Aide.
Writ, attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff, and adjoining Counties, and to special
C'ihcs iu any aeciiou of the State. Address
either office. maylS-ly
a. c pickttt. i- *'t- R^tsurit.
IMC Ik IZ V V U /V M * AU II,
A X T O 81 X E1S i X I- A W ,
A UQ USTA, A RK. 1 NS AS.
Wiu. practice in the cOun'le- of Woodruff.
Jackson. White and Oi;nu; -ad, Special i»>
tent ion given to cblfbGtlbhs of all claims cn
trusted to ihoir care apru-ly
J. c. JONS ON. Office—West Point. Arkansas.
JNO. M. M'>01111, Office—Sea.cy, Arkun ^..j
JOXSOX A MOOKE,
A11(JTnoT5 at haw,
SOLICITOR' S’ IX CHANCER)')
— AND —
General Land and Csllcoting Agents, j
:r, a i: c v. vs ; k. v n rs ah.
Will give prenipt atter.iion to any imsiucs^
in ihe counties of Ifiditpviuhmce* dat. ' '■■■ ,
Woodruff. Monroe, l’r.iirie, White, ('■mway'
and V'a.i Burcu.
j." a. t*. onsiiMii:,
ATTORNEY HT LAW.
Cotton Flant, Arkansas.
Wii.L practice in the XCircuit ( nurts 0.
Woodruff county, unci the Circuit Court* •
the seventh Judieia. District, and give pvomj'.
attention to all business entrust i »o b.
care.
Prf'n \V \ 1; 1 be i*l*\T.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
S O L, I C iT’ O 11 IX UIAXCIU’.Y
—A N D;—
GES231L £.&:*** i«EXT,
CO'AoN" !*T. VN’T.
■ woodruff county, Arkansas.
i:,,, fiiter:i ‘be Circuit firvl Pi ‘ c
\\ i .j.'.-in 1‘jr ilie ooui.■ t,f M ‘nv.io. St. ,
Fran -la a.M-1 W.in.fi-uff. wm2i
' J. fc;/GATEWU,)l>, \ l J. A, Til O MAS.
Des Arc, Ark. i \ Brownsville, Ark.
gvtewd:d & tsqsi.\s,
AIIIMSI8 £, ALT
'• nes Arc aiul BrownwUle,
PSilRIK CCl'STf, ARKANSAS. ;
Joel -11' _
K. H • V • 1.1 ! AH '. . 1.11.(11
W ILLIAMS &. LSBSO*.
A AW T, A XT?
• Das Aro and BevtvU’s Bin'll. Ark
WILL practice in Prairie ami n ’joining
Counties AH wushu4-*.* couf!d£d*td their car*
will be promptly attended n, kept21 <L i
1. N. nETX'CI’KTH. T. BI.AKF KENT
HEQGEPETK & OT,
ATTORN SYS AT LW.
DE3 ARC, ARKANSAS.
I ^ gy 'T f>» q
j
■’t’YTTLL praotieo- in a’l of the court* of j
\V Prairie county, and the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mav*24-Cm
JAMES II. PATTERSON, LPCIAN C. ©AtTSF.
Au;ju*!a, Ark. v ./«<' ksonport, Ark. i
tslDNf^ S. OirPK.
Puticrsou. Cause &• Br».,
ATTORNEYS AT T.AW,
J-rUsoeport and AngQHta, Arkansas.'
* Wn.dpra iic‘ in die Cout-iics of Woo draft.
Jacksun, Independence, ‘ White, Lawrence.
Kttidoiph, Green. Craighead and Croft*. end '
Hticnd to special oas-.r in any part of the
State. Address either office mylH-ly ‘
.WM. R. t'OuDV. * i>. MiCR 'vI .
COODY & MoRAE,
’&JSQ& 4 2X3 AS &4W
SLAKn, WHITE lOISTV,
v' . AISStANSAS.
' Will praotirt in ;il! cl»e courts of Arkansas.
mir24
I SOL. F. CLARK. SAM W WILLIAMS.
JOR V. MARI IK.
CLAEK. WILLIAiiS & MARTIN,
t ■
AttarBoys at Law,
* LIT r I. K U OCK, A11 at i A > AS.
v T^TILI. practice in all the (v urt^. prosecute
\ f Claims of all kinds, collect debt*, aud
act as Real Esin** and f> aerul i‘&.
Ornct. -•Uarkbani Street, iXear State lk>uee.
aprU28-tf
W. lltCIvS, f‘oru»crly of tlio tinu of Cy pert A
Kicks.
II. R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
KICKS ^ FIELDK15,
ATTOaSSYS AT LAW,
• ffsarcy, While Arkansas.
WILL pr.i Itl«* in IL’s uud lire adjacent
eutinticif, in the iMainei Court*, mid Su
prerne Court of the .State
_ — Wo in connection with our Tvw
. (*rt;-e«n ACTIVE OOT-I*>On COLLECTING
AGENCY. Cioipia ciuru#t«»ti - t-v rl? **1! he
promptly attended to. eiMif’Hr TWt immediately
* collected will he at on on secured it possible.
Claim against Hie G >v>reim*ut for property
taken by the l*. S forces (whether receipted
for or not)—B »• mtik* 1‘ksmu^s, Arrears ot
Pat rVc p wnpMT tit le ad<*d to.
aci *r21- IIICVRS p FIELDING,
[’ll ft IT. SSI 0 Wit CARDS.
(icn. k. ucmtair. if. p. vau«»iak.
ticr.Tc:; & T-vroK-viT
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
DRs ARC. ARKANSAS.
WILL na&tisfl iu the Courts of the counties
of prairie. While, .TaeVmn, Woodruff nmi
Mouree. Particular atUutilon given to the
collection of claims any v. acre iu the State.
sepTif. _ ■_
lilt. ROBY.B TKEZEVAST
Tenders his tu-pfessiotittl services to
the citizen?! of f)es Are .and vieinity.
Office—At ieltason & Davis Drug
Store. M bcpiil
~ “U
Offers his services to tlto citizens of
lies Arc anti vicinity in tlie practice of
medicine. Thankful-for past favors.
and by sWflnWn W*%m< «Pnl «p63H
to gltaro .t liberal prlronav.v.
OlBoe-vOno <lvta-1 of Burney's
Drug Store. sep.il
E. S. 6HSII. tV J. BRONACCn
OAK r‘T-fv LKOI'1. ADWall*
k T T 0 E S IE V 8 k V h k W,
Will practi'-' in t' o counties of Prairie,
White. W'ootndt ttD’.r s-, *r trepan ami Pu
tt, .fct. pMiiff trMt.'hi'Wh ftS.-n in the'cbllee
rim of claims. Ta.y .v,;U its paid and titles
investipifffd fur non-fCildeatr. nprlf-Sm
THOB i.i ... MIRSII,
ATTuRN fi Y A S’ I) COlINSEIiLOB
A. fc Xj a w ,
1) Es' A R G, A R K A X SA i>.
t—* l'urb u'ar alb ulion given to the
collection of ail kinds oft.I aims against
liu Government.
door to .7. -<I. Buraev'.; drug store.
WI' T- £011438,
saw*
Bao-»V-.,jyjy.H,A2.SAKSAS.
UTIL'S ppit'db In the c. iSuis of
y1 j rdi'- iei Muur.,><\ VVo'c hhiif, Jackson itiict
hi!;- Prompt aiuuduu given to the colloc
u]uM ly
:: i:aiwe vt r»ei y sun v,
TJoiiia permanently iocuti-rt at I7es
Arc. \vnl continue tlic practice of Ids
profession in all its brunches. Special
.'mention given to the treatment of
acute and chronic .diseases. sen2l
i. x. jSbupttrt; ‘ s. x. /.icfisBx
IIEDGPETIi & JACKSON,
HOMSStfSAS ^
LAN!) AGENTS,
Des Are, Arltiinsns.
♦
Wn l enter Land* mulor the provisions of
the Act of Congress, May 2L I8t>2, entitled ]
■An act to secure 11 .uustcrvdc to actual set- I
tiers on the public dtfmn.fliv*1 ap27
. v A $ t • *1M A , A SI 3 0B,
F. LEPT1I3N,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PKKPAiiKU TO l>0 ALL
1 kind* <>t work in my line. Mend
fug, Cleaning, Ke.
-Thankful, tor past favors, 1 solicit u
continuance of the patronage hcrotofov* be
stowed on me. feb-8-tf
WAT'feiKSAW
1ST ursery.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ;
I1 It L.' 1 X "t ilKES,
OXU AND TWO YEARS OLD,
FOB SALE IN I8C7-S,
BY JOHN !>• MORROW & SON,
PRAIRIE C‘ * ’ NTY, ARK A'. £ AS.
HVVlN G boon cr*gnged in tuis business for i
tlie la.it bcve»i.^wn reais, iu Mississippi* j
and Arkansas; olid--K-.viug studied it elotkdy. j
wo claim to have acquired a knowledge of the i
FnvTs adapted to onr climate. We refer the |
public to spt. imerio iu our Oicbards, and Or
chards sold by us. iu tit!* »nd adjoining
counties. Address
•Boltci U. Jlurrow A Non,
juiiii-1 -ttin 1K‘* Arc. Arkansas.
N." J ri'T,
m&M®g•;3 m a $® &t.
Anfi tenoral Repairer.
"iil repair oi l Ii.in■ , .1V maken*w ones.
Also, repair Saddles. " Fliop—ope j*ite »‘C4II
/.kn or.ten.'
Dr. Arc, \rk.. Mi; J’., |m'-7— tf
rpiiB i-spRuMov’T.it i; AVISO
1 opnn.nl a Htm«r o«' Elnler
luilimcnl) ••:. I'oena Vimi. Street, near'
the Steamboat landing, lor the aceotumoji,
■fiou of
TRftVELtNS SM BORDERS,
lly ib« iLijr. v*ok. or month, nolieitn the pat
ronage of those visiting Dee Are. The fare I
will he up- I n* the market atforda, and
terms moderate.
01 v* rue a ti 4i, nod l will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
RUN JAM IN HAYLKY.
P. • \rc, Ark March 2^1, 1 ^>7 f»ij\
A Parable for Business Men--The
Effect of Printers Ink.
There was once upon a time a man
who kept a store, and sold goods at
wholesale and retail.
And becafne melaucholv,. because
customers were shy, and times hard.
And ho said: Let! I am ruined, aud
the sensations is disagreeable.
And my ruiu is more painful to bear,
because it I* slow in progress,- i-ven as
water doth gradually become hotter in
the pot wherein tint lobster boileth,
until the crustaceous creature shriek
ctli out his soul in anguish.
L.o 1 it is better to be ruined quickly
than to endure this rIow torture.
I will give lgy money away to the
poor man—even the poorest, which is
lie who printeth newspapers} ami I
will shut up my shop, and wrap my
self in sack-oloth of desolation, and
pass my days in the perilous or broken
banks, cursing the hardness of the
times and rending my garments.
And the howling of Rome shall be
as dulcet sounds of dulcimers, and they,
who blow the flutes and instruments
ol'music, compared to din, i will make
the cars of the wicked—even in the
cars of the bank directors.
And even ns lie. said, so lie did ; for
lie ivns not like other men's sons, who
are foolish and know it not, and they
will do so and so, performing that
which is contrary.
For the sous of men are fickle, mid
he, that is born of a woman doth spite
Ids face by diminishing the length ol
the nose thereof.
And, lo! the printed—even he who
publishes newspapers—was made glad
by the bounty of him who sold whole
sale and retail; and he did sound his
praises and print them moreover; and
did blow liis trumpet of futile respect
ing that man's dealings from the rising
ui ii.g sun ctuiriu mv uvyv:.ji u.
the same.
And he—even Hie printer of paper*
—did magnify and enlarge upon the
stock of goods which the trader had in
his store, and did publish the variety,
and the excellence, and the newness,
and the beauty, and the ebepnoss there
of, till the people—yes! n'l of them, far
aud near, were amazed.
Aud they said, lo! this man hath
gathered from the east and west costly
merchandise and wares of wondrous
value—even the workmanship of cun-1
ning artificers—and we knew it not.
Go to, then. We will lay out our sil
ver and gold in those things which the
printer printed of, and that which he
doth publish shall be curs. For this
man’s merchandise is better tlmu the
banke-uotesg)f those wiio promise to
pay, aud therein lie, even banks of de
posit which beguile us of our money
aud swindle us like sin.
But the trader was still sad, and he
said, The money that these people
bring me for the goods in mv store I
will give to the printer, and thus will J
ruin myself; I will do that which no
man hath vet done in my time, or be
fore. I will make the printer until, \
whom all men scorn for his poverty,
rich, and lie shall be clad in fine linen
and rejoice.
And the sons of men shall meet him
in the market-place, and the sheriff
shall shnn him, aud the scoffers shall be '
rebuked, and shall take off their hats to
him that was poor.
And he shall flash the dollars in the j
eyes of the foolish, and shall eat bank-,
notes and sandwiches.
Yea, even shall ho light his pipe with
cotton money and cast his spitlle on
the beards of other men.
For 1 shall ruin myself, and he who
advertises mo shall enjoy my sub
stance.
But, lo! the trading man—even he
who sold merchandise became rich, and
even as the unclean beast lieth in the
mire, so stirred he not by reason of
much greenbacks.
And tho people flocked to liis store 1
from the North, and from the South, ^
aud from the East, and from the West, i
And the printer rejoiced, and his
"pliat” did abound.
But the trader could not become poor,
and his melancholy ceased, and the !
smiles of happiness were upon his face. !
And his children did become mighty
in die land by reason of the dollars j
which many of the people who read
Ills advertisements had poured into
the trader’s money-bags.
C£i?~A Washington Icttor sa\s, an of- j
fleer of Gen. Grant's stafl' relates a con
versation lie had with tint general a
few days ago. wherein the general re
marked. concerning the talk of making i
him president, tliat he would not be
president of the United States if an ,
oypormnity was offered ; that lie was j
no politician : that lie hated polities :
that -o far as reputation ana honor
were concerned, that lie ought to lie
satisfied with what of these4ie lias al
ready enjoyed: that holding tho office
of president Would mar his present
comfort and drag him into the alumis ,
and evcltcmentytf polities : that, as the
general of the ariuv, lie had all the
work he could do, and tini - enough to
enjoy the comforts of liis thmlly ami
home: and. that lie, as a soldier, had
gained friends enough in the country,
without now seeking a place where he
should gain no more. but. probably?
lose those whom be had gained.
ttsf-We learn that th« cholera is raging
ns .an epidemic on plantations in the
vicinity of Plum Bn you, Joffeison county.
James .Voseby. Jlsp. .a prominent eiti
/.en of that locality is reported as h iving
d:cd of the disease, last week.— /. ittl*
/?.../,■ G,.yrtlc.
[Prom fhe Memphis Ledger ]
Shameful Outrage.
One of the most atrocious murders
since the close of the war occurred in
Mobile a few days since, and we find the
details in the Bulletin. A worthy
citizen of that city, and a gentleman of
the first standing there. Col. Frederic
B. Shepard, haring been personally
abused behind bis baric by one Morris
SchalV, a man who disgraces the uni
form of the United States, and is in
command of the Mount Vernpu Ar
senal at Mobile. Ool. Shepard ad
dressed a note to this Schaff, asking
him in polite terms to state the Sub
stance of what he had said, and also
adding that he felt “as much as any one
the military despotism under which
the country was suffering ; but certain
ly that should afford no prescriptive
right or protection to any gentleman
wearing the uniform of the army of
the United States.” To this Schaff re
plied by saying: You offer me a con
temptuous insult iu pronouncing the
infamous lie that this is a military desr
potisra. When you write me a gentle
manly note iu reference to remarks re
ferred to, then I will give it tin
answer.’’ Colonel Shepard respond
ed by demanding “saiisfaclioii which
is customary among gentleman.”—
For the rest wo quote the forcible lan
guage and just comments of our co
lemparary:
“What docs the reader suppose (tie
gallant Schaff did, after writing this
hold indorsement on Col. Shepard's
letter, in which he gave the “infamous
lie” to a bred and born gent Ionian ? IU>
refused to give the satisfaction de
manded ! An officer of the army, with
a uniform on his b^ck and a sword by
bis side, which sword it was his busi
ness to use, not only in defense of his
country, but in defense of his honor,
after having insulted u gentleman,
played the coward and refused to light.
Cl..........1 1 ... Il.n ,,..11 I-,,,,,,.,
alternative of “posting'’ Scltafl'. where
upon Schaff sent a lieutenant and a flic
of soldiers, arrested Shepard, :.ml had
him brought before him, within the
walls of tho arsenal, where lie drew a
pistol and shot him !— -hot an unarmed
man. in the presence of a lieutenant
and soldiers of the United States army !
Col. Shepard was still on horseback
when he way shot, having ridden into
tho arsenal yard witii his -captors and
not having dismounted. Tho imme
diate canto of the shooting was some
words used hy Shepard to Behalf-—jus;
such words as a brave man would use
to a coward under such circumstances.
The shot took effect in the nock, sluic
ing the malignant design of Sell .'iff, and
Col. Shepard died of the wound about
a week ago. To save appearances.
Schaff, before tho death of Col. Shep
ard, was tried before hi, comrades, not
on a charge of assault with intent to
kill, but on the charge of conduct “un
becoming an officer,’' with what result
is not yet known. Shepard having
sipcc died, tho assassination is com
plete, and we call upon Gen. Pope to
hand Schaflf over to the civil authori
ties of Alabama, to be tried for 'the
murder. Dare he. a Brigadier General
in tho regular ai my of the United
States, use his official position, to cover
up so gross au outrage upon a people
over whom lie has been scut to rule ?
Is it not hie duty, as a high officer of a
gallant army, to strip the uniform off
the back of a poltroon nnd an assassin ?
We put the quession, not only to Gen
eral Pope, but to the whole army of
the United States. We understand
that this fellow Schaff, with cant and
Snivel, has pretended to have conscien
tious scruples about fighting a duel,
i bis is the cloak under which many a
cowardly vagabond takes shelter.
Where was Conscience when the
assassiu shutdown an uuiriucd man?
Ex-Gdv. Guaiiam, or N. C.—lion.
Win. A. Graham of North Carolina, in
a lottor to a resident of Van Huron.
Ark.i writes as follows respecting the
political situation of tho South:
The situation of the Stales of the
South, to which you allude, is indeed
melancholy. We are realizing the
truth of the declaration of Mr. Fox,
that "the most dangerous of all revo
lutions is a restoration. ’ The idea is
distraining the States by military domi
nation, iuto the adoptiou ot constitu
tions for local governments, with the
right of suffrage extended to negroes,
without any qualification except being
of male sex and over twenty-one years
of age, and by the Howard amendment
lo the Constitution of the United
States, at the same time disfranchising
all men of experience and influence
among us, i6 llie most solemn farce tiiat
has been enacted iu all history. It is
to roll back the tide of civilization two
centuries at least, and place the ballot
in tho hands of a constituency less
qualified for the bfliee of government
than has ever before exercised it in any
republican country. The Hoard of
Registers of votes has just been an
nounced here, and includs one negro
to two white men through the State.
When the whole scries of slope in the
process of “reconstruction,” as it is
called, shall have been fully contem
plated, I think tho people, whenever
they constitute majorities, avid find it
to their interest to vote against con
ventions for the objects in view, and
bear with tho reign of military gov
ernment until another appeal can be
made to public opinion of the North,
and especially In the Northwest.
Too Much Reading.
i never knew but one or two last
| reader?, and readers of many books,
whose knowledge was worth anything.
MUs MsrtUieau says of hersell ihatslie
is tlio slowest of readers—sometimes a
page in an hour; but then,’ yhat she
; reads she makes her own. Do impress
, this on F-. Girls read too much,
I and think loo little. I will answer for
it that there are few girls of eighteen
. who Imre not read more books than I
i have; and ns to religions books, I can
■ count on my fingers in two minutes all
I have read, but ilien, they are mine.
I Sir Erskine Perry said the other day,
that a fortnight ago, in a conversation
with Comte, one of the profoumlcat
thinkers in Europe, Comte told him
that he had read an incredibly small
number of hooks lliese last twenty
years; 1 forget how many, and scarce
ly a review. But then what Comte
reads lies there fructifying and cornea
out a living tree with leaves and fruit.
Multifarious reading weakens thy
mind more than doing nothing; for it
i becomes a necessity nt Inst, like smok
! ing, and is an excuse for the mind to
lie dormant, whilst thought is poured
in, and runs through a clear stream,
'over unproductive gravel, on which
I not even mosses grow. It is the idlest
of all idleness, and loaves more oi'.ita
j potency than any other. 1 do net give
myself as a specimen, for my nervous
energies arc shattered by stump orato
ry, its excitement and reactions; but 1
know what reading is—for 1 could
once, nud did. 1 read hard or nut at
all, uever’ skimming, never turning
aside to mere inviting books; and Pla
to, Aristotle, Butler, Thucydides.
•Sterne, Johnathan Edwards, have pass
ed like the iron atoms of the blood,
into my mental constitution.—U'. \V.
Robertson.
Cotton.—Reports from the cotton
crop still continue to come in unfavor
able. in some portions of Eouisin.i
the ravages of the worm have been very
VI v Oil Kill * l | 1UIU III !*\.l 1111 I i -1 • H HUH
plantations have hem. destroyed, ten
dering abortive every effort If) get rid
of them, except in some tiislauces
where every baud on the p! mtation
was turned out in battle array to r.b
cotnplish their dostructii a. The new i
from Texas is more ftevorame,es;, witti
ly In (ho uplands. In the eoftnties
along the coasts the worm has done
great dam tge. They appear to coniine
themselves to those farms in tho low
lands bordering on large streams.
Alabama appears to be the only Stale
in which the people are enthusiastic
over tho prospect of a stood crop. In
jour own State there appears to be very
ilitt'e change, though tho praep> :s o
a good crop is not very flattering.—
Camden Herald.
gaT* The ^few York Herald charges
against tho secretary of tho treasury
the grossest mismanagement of the na
tional finances, and that tho fraud* on
the government reach tho enormous
amount of one hundred and fifty to
two hundred millions of dollars a year!
The calculation is that whisky alone
should yield one hundred and twenty
millions, and is actually yielding only
tldrty-sevep millions. The loss from
frauds is petroleum, tobacco and other
articles is supposed to he fifty millions
more. And to all this is to be added
twenty millions u year on tho circula
tion given to the national banks, with
many other largo leakages, amounting
in all to two hundred millions of dol
lars.
Csff'TTo are permitted to extract from
a private letter to a friend here, from
above Swan laiko, as follows :
“A few days ago, Dr. Jirunson, liv
ing a few miles from the line of this
and Jefferson county, while in tile lield.
had sonie altercation with a freedman,
who drew his pistol upon him. when
he, the Dr., shot tho top of the negro’s
neau on wun n snot gun, Killing nun
instantly. Whereupou, the negliges
arrested the Dr., and after abusing iiitn
considerably, tied him to the hack oi
tlie dead negro and kept him there in
the hot sun Ihe whole day, and would
have put him to death, had net an o!d>
former servant of the Dr’s, got hold oi
tlie gun and prevented it. Late in the
evening the Freedman’s Bureau get
ting nolteo of what was going on, took
the Doctor to Pine Bluff, and deliver
ed’liim over to the local authorities.—
Do Witt Elector.
-Gen. Pope, says (lie Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, evidently supposes
that congress ordered the pending elec
tion in the south, not to Urcvrtaiti tlie
feelings and opinion of the people, hut
to compel them to a prescribed course,
whatever they may think or choose.—
They are free to speak and act, bn! on
ly as congress and Ihe military com
manders dictate. Gen. Grant must en
lighten Pope, or what President Lin
coln ouce said of his military career
will soon be said of hi* course as mati
ager of reconstruction: ••He makes
movements enough, hut most Of them
are wilid.”
-Col. James Kerrigan, ex num
ber of Congress from New York, re
cently returned from Ireland w iih four
hundred Fenians, whom he hid taken
there in a brig to invade the country,
and says that they lauded nt several
points on the coast, hut found tt > one
favorable to the uprising. They could
not obtain supplies without great diffi
culty and danger, and su.i’ re ! .m much
from deprivation that half a d men men
are reported to Live died on the p.ms
age back. Kerrigan Wnd ids follower!
look emaciated, and are very despon
dent of revolution in Ireland.
T7iij CanTuruLsU Au Answer?
yioKsnrrti!. Miss, Sept. 4. 1S'J7.
Col. W. ft. McCardic, Editor Vicksburg
Tinnyi
; Dcrtr Sir:—I have :in inquiry to propose
to the planter* and scientific men of our
1 country, to which l have lor many years
been endeavoring to obtain a satisfactory
answer. It is simply ibis :
Cannot Sweet Potatoes, v. hich our soil
and climate arc so wonderfully adapted to1
' produce, be cut up into rTicca, say au inch
thick, and dried: and so dried, that they
may be made, in that condition, an article
of merchandise t Apples, poaches.- toma
toes. and many other fruits and vegetables,
are dried and prepared for shipment, and
are valuable crops- If sweet potatoes can
be wo dried, as to preserve the saccharine
matter they contain, and then cooked aud
, made an articles -f food of fair quality, il
not near as agreeable as the uudnedjoot
in its best condition for use, they would
i pay m handsomely as any product oi
| Southern soil.
I A steam tight house, in which 2.500
; bushels of potatoes might be drie 1 at
I oucc, could be put up in a given neighbor
hood, and tho prepared potatoei dried for
a toll, as corn is ground at a mill. And a
! simple apparatus could be constructed by
| which the potatoes could be cut up with
the greatest speed desirable.
It may also be borne in mind, that the
j places where these esculents grow in the
greatc -t abundance, arc generally femotc
I from the Lest guides oi transportation, the
soils poor for other growths, and the pen
1 pie generally poor. In such districts the
potato is raised, auu could bo raised at so
small a cost as to admit of the use of sugar
1 in the drying and curing process, and
> a *“**1 Valuable
artleTci'r 'vegof >M« Ibo-i f.r all seas-ms,'
and -capable of transportation to all part -
' of tho world.
11 this can bo successfully accomplished,
the sweet potato crop of the South might
; become as valuable as Otic ball ncr ootU.:
crop formerly was.
Some scientific man might turn his
' inventive genius in this direction, and
produce lesuite more remunerative than
; are nine hundred of any thousand of the
t piftTcnt-rlgftifs b,Sited ft am the paleut office
yearly.
I “Who can furnish an answer?"
lie.spec (.fully.
C. Id. 5lAR.-i.AU:
‘ Yi:.v, YiHiiv -KvcryjboJy has
hoard of the Quaker who had clothed his
hut a half-mile, wu.i was unable to over
take it, and gave a profane boy whom lie
' met, a half dollar, with instructions to
■■course you fleeting tile fifty cents worth,"
ami here is another from the Orleans Tin c<
■ A Quaker, of Shaker, with a load of
brooms, went from Orleans to Portviltej
and in* a day or two returned. Near ,
Weston’s ho met a rough, “e.nregenerato"
Pennsylvanian, just up from Orleans with
a load of merchandise, who was “condem
ning'' tho bad road which ho had just
j passed over, or through, in terms more
emphatic than gentel—-In fact win giving
tho said road a characteristic Uuoktail
cursing, when “Brooms" .thus spake:
“Friend, l mu under lasting obligations to
I thee. What thou hast done, I would
i have done, hut that my religiuit forbids
I Lettc-t not, however, my conscience
j bridle thiuo; give thine indignation
; wings, and suffer not the prejudice of
j others to paralyze the t. nguo of justice 1
and long suffering. Yea verily ! forcibly
impress upon this people the necessity ot
I speedily mending their ways-”
j , ' ' I
Fat and lilt: Ham —Fat went to the 1
house of the priest to confess his sins, and
passed into the kitchen to ask for the huiy ,
father, but perceiving that there was n
I -me in the room, while a fine hath was
■ lying on the (able fresh from the market.
Pul lost no tiuio in securing the prize
Hiding it as well as he could under his 1
i coat he proceeded to the apartment of the
- priest, and said:
‘ litre, your riveraneo, is a line leg of
bacon which 1 stole and brought aaa-pre
sent to your hoLueas. V- lit j- take it !
\ “Take it!" said the conies-or, "by no
\ means. Carry it back instantly."
“Faith, an’ 1 did, sir, and he said he
wouldn't t„ko it by no tpcatis "
• Very well, tlieu, P..trick. yon m y
keep it." ,
•An’ I'll be absolved, your rive-mice ?*
demanded Pat.
“Yea ; it is yours if t'ue owner does not
take ’.t back.**
‘■a^ood-iuoruiug; (iod blast) ye ; long In
to your riverenee. ”
jyjrA ready wilted Irishman lives in
Heckwood, 111 The other day one of the
boys, thinking to have a litto fun out of
him said ! Reify, have you beard ilu
newb?" “Why the devil is deal." At;
n word said Holey, but putting his hand
in li s pocket, and pulling out a ten cent
shill-plaster handed it to hie questioner,
who asked what it was for. ‘-Why-,’*
answered Itulcy. - iu li e ould country,
where 1 came from, it was the custom ♦,»
give the ch.-i/o:i suiialh'.og when theii
pareott d eu." Whereat there wna *omf
laugh but n-r m-.v inquiries.
Gen, John 0. Bveokinridge.
A letter from Xftw York to the Leg
iiTgtoti (Ay) Ubgeru.cr anti Reporter.
edited’by Col. Win C. Breckinridge, eon.
tains the following intelligence concerning
the distinguished exile :
Allowing that any tidings of A'entn .'ky’a
noble son, Genera! John (1. Breckinridge,
who is now au exile from his old home,
are gladly received by his many friends,
we -date that wo have to day Lad a long
nnd highly agreeable interview with au
esteemed friend, of Sim Or icons. IV W,
11 ('., who was a surgeon in General 11 ’a
division during the war, and gathered
these facts. l)r, C. is just from Paris,
where ho frequently aaw General Berckin
ridge. l{e mot with his lady at tho Grand
Hotel, whore l.u had an opportunity ol
soring the le.spca and defureueo shown
him by all Americans there.
General B. was handsomely dressed,
“looked splendidly,", and was iu fine
health, lie. is residing, with his interest
ing family, in the. (.'humps Klysecs, about
(mile from thq palace of the Emperor,
and near the Grand Royal arch.
To the inquiry addressed General B. by
our'friend as to his desire in reference to
an early return to the* United States, this
was the response : “I trust the day ia not
far distant when the political condition of
the United States will encourage me to
return there 1 am hopeful of the future,
and favor any plans of reconstruction that
will bring about permanent peace and
harmony among the entire people.’'
lie seemed very cheerful and happy,
and spoke gratefully of the affection ex
hibited toward him by the Americans who
visit Europe.
He slated that ho was most comfortably
situated in every respect; and with bis
family around him, all in health, ho was
eonteut.
What Wo Brizik.
The Philadelphia Ledger says : The
manufacture of some of the liquor
which is now provided for drinking'
purposes, is done in a very queer way.
It is reported that great excitement
has arisen in Troy over the discovery
of a chemical laboratory# r thftlistil
iation ofessential oils for the tnamifaC
ttire of liquors. The discovery of the
place grew out of the fact Unit it emit
icu a, iiavor ox sueij signiucani oitor
mid marvelous power u- lo induce a
sense of iuuxie.tlion among till the
the people of t]ie neighborhood. SjUid
mid sober luen. who had all their lives,
been abstention to tin- severest degree,
suddenly ttjid upuuuaciously found
themselves reeling under the stagger
ing influence of. the surcharged atmos
phere. An official examination devel
oped the cause. A certain Or. Web
ber had a laboratory wherein oils were
distilled, out of which all kinds of spir
itous liquors would he reudily made,
and which taught to the palpable evi
dence off the senses how the whiskies,
brandies, wines etc, thafure the delight
of epicures, are prepared. The Doctor
was at rested and held to bail, and the
Trojans have suddenly discover, d that
the “pure liquors” they have b. eu
drinking arc utterly innocent of grape
and juice.
Inman SumtAoE.—What is to he
done with the Indians? asks a leasing
radical organ which has had wit to dis
cover that the management of affairs upon
the western plains fs bringing discredit
upon its party. The answer i& obvious;
Give the right of suffrage. If they think
one half as much of it as the negroes do
they will readily enter into a treaty to
quit lighting and behave themselves to
get it. Suffrage is the universal cure-all
in these latter days und should be tried.
I!y taking it from white men it prevents
them from resisting the authority of the
goTornmont, and, by conferring if upon
black men the government is made strong.
Then try its effects upon the copper-color
ed, bare-legged sous of the forest'!—Louis
Bilie Luuncr
Kg“Tho Fort Smith Herald says:
We learn from Judge G. W. Gniitcr,
of the Cherokee nation, that a company
of Indians in pursut of horse tliielfres
some time last n ock, ou Grand river,
above Foft Gibson, came upou a gang
of them, and killed eighteen. Two or
tlirco made their escape. The thieves
were mostly Cherokces nud Crocks.
Tins is doing business with a big auger
in Ike way of killing od" horse thieves.
Some of our citizens say that they hope
flic company xx ill extend their labors
to this vicinity, as they feel certain
tl^ey could tied a few of the tribe of
burse thieves who deserves the same
lute.
A Few llAJ.it> TutJias.—Experience
siui obeci ration have taught men that
it is
Hard to quit chew iug tobacco.
IJjrd to keel) front estiug too much.
II ud to drink liquor and not be in
tempo rate.
lin'd to pay our debts.
Hard to resist temptation.'
Hard to believe a mau you know; to
be a liar.
II ud to turn tlm other check whou
we are struck.
Hard to borrow money from friends
when we need it.
Hard to love our cue.Uric*.
-Tlie Loudon Times in comment
ting upon the correspondence between
Mr. Seward and Lord M inley relative
to the Alabama claims, says that Se
x' mil is like a lawyer who is loss tuti
>us for a judgment than to prolong
litigation : and that Lord Standee has
acted all along in good faith, and xvith
a determination not to give capital to
a circle of American politicians xvho
are ever seeking cause of complaint
against Kurland.
M.ttii i or iiHraTHivi).
OneHquar* (10 linos of fhi. site typo) ftr
iuo unwruoii, C l; tack addition*; insertion,
i 75 ceuts. y.
{1 di. I « ui. | J iu* | l> lu. (1 year
i HqiiSTi *»o* ii: oa±£20 <x>
I i! Squares, (1 Of! «f Off’ll 00 IT 001 Oft 0t»
:! .S.m»rc», 0 Om 11 1)f»{l3 (JO! 17 00j 80 im>
.} (tlolnmi,. II wo) IS 00 t<i <w 10 *§<
<‘oleum. Ml UW-M* On ;>-> «m» 80 W*i W 0»
, Column, m 2u iX‘j-* tH'.Jh.OO 45 (X4 fHJ
I fVilmnn. 25 00(28 Oo|j}3 00 55 (X;| Oft 0<>
Advertjdcr* by the year will be rcslTicfCt!
to ihoir logit ima^e *
J'oraOual cuiHimirm’atiwM charged double.
jbegal <ulveMi>crueiita vwjl be charged, for
, no • .|Oiir/* or 7er*e, first insertion yl, and 75
cent* per ninare for cforh nudHiomtl lH-crti’'*.
A«lvu i iscniouta nut entered lor & apliifici
time, will bt; jd err ted till forbidden, and
charged. for ffccordiiiKTv. ^
I All vdvefti.uiotr due after eWorld insertion
SALMAGUNDI.
It A (jiloueester paper says there
1 is a young lady in that town so modest,
that she will not allow the Chris lion
| Observer to rcuuriti in her room over
t night.
t-jy* A young Indy nt Long Branch
1 is reported as '-clothed in tanging eves
’Itnil a bewitching smile.” Light g,ar
1 that.
S.-jT* Why is hors - (he most lui
mano of all aniptals ? Hr gives (he bit
out of his mouth n.id listens loot cry
wor.
S&r BasUi'ulness is more fregTi cully*
l onpdctcd with whai we call good
sense; and impudence, on tin- other
hand, ia often the effect of downright
stupidity,
S‘;i" An Irishman, on observing a
heaulifui cemetery remarked that he
considered it a healthy place to he bu
ried iu.
&*)"' Copy of a sign up.on an academy
out west: Freemen & llugus—I'roc
, men teaches the boys and Hug s the
i girls.
ZBir- A senaativo lady from the coun
try, looking for a coach : ‘Pray, sir,
: are you engaged ?’
Cabman—Och, blessyoufcpurty soul.
| ma'am, I have bceu married these sev
en years and have nine children.
t£3~ •'Well, farmer, you told us your
woods was it good place for hunting.
Now we have tramped through it for
three hours, and found no garni.'
• ‘Just so: as a general thing, the less
game there is; the more hunting you
have.’
"Job printing!' exclaimed tm
1 old lady the other day, as she peered
over her spectacles at the advertising
I page of a country paper. “Poor Job!
ui'. l I i ni min ri nuiiip ii i.i mo i
week ever since I first lcavnt to read;
and if lie wasn't the moot patientesk
man lhat ever was he never could have
stood it so long, no how. '
£■: ,r* V bashful younr man escorted
an equally bashful \ on nr lady. As
they approached tho dwelling of the
damsel she said entreating!}', ‘Zekial,
don't tell anybody yon b can'd me
home.’ ‘Sarv,’ said he emphatically,
‘don't you mind? I am as much
ashamed of it as you are.’
£. ..p‘If there is anybody under tin;
'canister of heaven that I hate in niter
excrescence,' - iys Mrs. Partington, "it
is the slanderer, going about like a boy
constructor, circulating hi.-; calomel
upon honest folks.’ i
At a religious infect tug in Con
ineciicut. one of the brcthren^pivo The
expel ivnee of himself and family, say
ing, among other tilings. that his 111 sk
wife was a very good woman, but she
sickened and died in a happy frame of
mind, and he should be rejoiced if bis
present partner would, go jttsl the
same way.
-One of the be»t double puns \t o
hare ever heard was perpetrated by a.
clergymau. lie hail just united in
tuaniago a couple whose Christian
names wort respectively Benjamin ami
Ann.
“How did they apyear during the
I ceremony ?’’ inquired a friend.
"They appeared both annie-matkd
and UNSlB-raXED," was tho ready
reply.
- Profane swearing never did any
man any good. Xo man is tho richer
or happier or. wiser for it. It com
mends no one to any society. It is
disgusting to tho refined: abominable
to the good; insulting to those with
whom we associate ; degrading to tho
mind; unprofitable, needless, and ins
jurious to society? , !
--Judge Breckeuridgo used to rc
Itne the following :—I oucc Inula Vir
ginia lawyer object to an expression in
one of tho Arts of the Assembly of
I’cnusylvuuia which read, 'lint tho
State House yard in the city of Phila
delphia should ho surrounded by a
brick wall, and remain an open en
closure forever.' Hut I put him down
by citing one of the Acts of the Legist
lature of Ids own State, which is enti
tled, 'a supplement to an Act entitled
an Act making it penal to alter tho
mark of an unmarked hog.'’
-W'e hav<* read many amusing
specimens of soldier wit during the
war. but as good as we liave scon was
the reply of a Virginia cavalryman to
a North Carolina iufantn man. It was
iMid—a cold, bright morning, while
the troop- were lying along the road
waiting for obstacles to be removed in
front—a fellow came Jogging down the
lino on an old fleebitu-u frame of u
horse. As ho passed,, one chap greet
ed him w ith. "I say. mistnr. veoii are
mity like a bi uther uv mine tho bogs
ete up.” The cavalryman did not re
lax a muscle, but ga/.iug "Tar lUol
straight in the fnce. replied, “H al, uiv
friend," ’tie a monstrous pity th l ho
hadn’t fin- bed the family, while tha.
war a eatin 1 ’ a ad moved on amid
shouts of laughter.
—•—The New Bedford y M a say ,1/r rtf,
tells, a [oecr story about a resident of that
place, whose wife died b-'f ire receiving an
expensive set of teeth that were be
ing made for her. The aftioted husband
w,is nnwdllug t> pay a full price for the
useless, but ohoiod to compromise by pav
ing ten dollar*, provided they couhi bn
'ui'd for the ffchird. af’er wb-rh they
v, !,, be returned.