To all Interested. — We frequently
receive letters containing subscribers
names, some to our Weekly and others
to our Semi-Weekly, without the cash
accompanying them. Paper and Ink are
< ash articles and the money market is de
cidedly tight, which -compels us to abari-1
don the credit system, so far as stibscrip
tiou to the Citizen is concerned. No at
tention will be paid to those ordering our
paper who do not send the cash therewith.
We have a Lumber of subscribers who
w. 11 be stricken from our books in a few
days unless they pay up.
Gen. Thomas H. Bradley.
For the full particulars of the recent cow
ardly and contemptible conduct of this
man, we refer to the letter of ourcorres-l
pondent "•'Cop,” in to-days paper. Not'
content with disgracing himself ho would
if it were possible, draw the whole regi-;
tnent into the vortex. Bradley was the!
pet of a class of men who were determin-}
ed that he should enjoy the sweets of office i
and military honor with them. It is time
they selected a few good men to fi'l the
positions assigned them. While Gen.
Pierce, who is a gallant gentleman, and a
soldier, was selected for the Western di
vision, Bradley, who has proved himself
a drunkard, a coward, and incompetent in}
every respect, was selected for the Eas
tern division. The gallant Col. Cleburne
and his regiment have been disgraced by
litis old granny, and the Military Board
should immediately remove him and make
room for and promote Col, Cleburne to
t
hts place. Better material cannot he
found in the South than the men core pc
f-ing this regiment. 'They are high toned
ger’lciiieu, and each one ot diem had
rather hate died on the ground than to
have left their position. But read the let-.
ter of our correspondent, the truth of which'
we are ready to vouch for. We have oth
er private letters which fully justify all
mat is said in reierence to this man Brad
ley. It has been truly said, that,
“All those whose hearts are loose and low, j
Start if they hear but the tattoo ;
And mighty physical their tear is;
r"r. soon na noise of combat near is.
Their hearts descending to their breeches, j
-Mustgive their stomachs cruel twitches.” I
We loam that Bradley has gone in hot
haste !o Little Rock to lay his grievances}
betdre the Military Board. That body,;
wc tiust n'iU do him justice.
ft-_L._ * J * .. A
vuia » t/iitiuu nuiuui ucu.
The Arkansas Convention adjourned
cn Saturday last. Col. .f. H. Patterson
ot Jackson, and lion. Samuel Robinson
ot Lawrence, arrived here Monday, on i
their way home. We learn from them
that the Constitution of the State has been j
revised and amended. An ordinance for j
issuing two millions bonds, and also for j
preventing the sacrifice of property atj
Sheriff’s or constables sales. Many of the j
members have resigned their positions- in !
the Convention, believing that the objects'
for which they bad been elected have j1
been accomplished,
"T~~—^
Col. A. J. Thomas one of the j1
Commissioners appointed by the Court to t
dispose of the County bonds, will visit
Vustui on Monday next. Near $7,000
ot the $i0,000 has already been taken.
-« »
Land Sales, Pre-Emptions, etc.—
We iearn that the Convention passed anj.
Ordinance providing that the Land Sales}
go on at Jacksonport, except as to pre- I
emptors. All pre-ernptors have until the
ht of October next to prove up their pre
emptions. Relations or friends can prove (
up the pre-emp;i ns of those who are. ah
• Tit.
4
Arknr.ia* cat? of th« Confederate States.
|ri >b>- p •••"ling* of the foura session
of the Provi final Congress of tnQ Confed
erate S* v'i s, we find the followin)j:
Mo*r loxm, Ala., May 18t|b lSCl-l
Congress met to-day at II, A. M.*vAi*
ter prayer, tlie journals of yesterday wen*
re id a id approved.
Mr. S'*•; ,*mh, of U* i vffered the fol-J
lowing hi!!;
a Bir r, to at ruriTtip at act to apmit ;
she state or imus'Ai mro the
CONKEt'EBAv V.
The peo^iSe of the FUte of Arkansas la scv
c'eign Convention, having passed an < 4i
nance iti*«o:vi»£ ’heir political connection
with the United and ano her ordinance
adopting and ratifying the Constitution for
the Provisional G'>v»nitnent of the Co.iiecer- :
ate ilta-es of America ; therefore,
The <‘o» ;rcts of rhe Confederate $*•>?«*' of
America <iu enaet, Iu.»t the Mate of Ark&i ■<
be, and is hneby, admitted if.to th*> Conf-ie
racy upon an cijual footing with the ether
Slates, under the Constitution for theGofein
ment for th“ uni".
Mr. Stephens moved that the bill b* pu
upon its pa-sage, and that the vote *11 .
be taken by States.
Mr. Withers, of S. C., said he ; ; muiu
ed the official evidence of the pn-ssa^e ol
an ordirnncc of secession ly the Stite o:
Arkansas was in this Cmiventimj, a.-.d
he desired to have the fact so annain ed
Mr. Stephens, of Ga„ said that ail ih j
official papers were here.
The President stated that the gen nir s
from Ga., (Mr. Stephens) had in li-pos
session the Ordinance of Secessior adop
ted by the Convention of Arkansas, arid
aiso the ordinance adopting the Povisioo
ai Constitution.
Mr. Withers—I am satisfies It i
best always to know that the oficial pa
pers are present.
On the call ,of the States, the 010 in f.t
ui i i j ^ uunncvm;i4 ut j. jl. i m i > * -j • v • ■
unanimous.
On motion of .Mr. Stephens the dele
gates from Arkansas were dub sworn in
and took their seats.
Tim delegates are—
It. W. Johnson, of Pine Buff, Ark.
A. Rust, of Little Rock, “
A. it- Garlahd, of Little luck, “
W. W. Watkins, of Carrcton, “
li. F. Thomason, of Yan Juren, “
The fatter named.gemirneu ’.VaOrbl
present, but is expected life in a day
or two.
On motion of Mr. Stephens, the Presi
dent was instructed to appoint one addi
tional member on the Committee on Indi
an affairs, Postal a Bail's, Public lands, and
on Commerce.
Mr. Kenner then moved that Cungres j
go into secret session.
Necessity vs. Co»veniencb.— The
editor of the Brook ha veii ( Miss. ) Adver
tiser offers the following imkjue argu
mem in favor of raising more corn than •
cotton:
We have always teen persistently in
favor of planting a large crop of corn, even
if cotton has to be a little neglected, par
nicalion with the CLio may be cut mi at
any moment. Corn is a necessity, hut
cotton is only a convenience. A man can
live.very well wuncut a shirt but what can I
he do without w hiskey.
What the Canadians say of our
Troubles.—Tie Montreal Pilot, 01 April
‘JTth, says :
We much lea r that President Lincoln is
a hoot In nrnvcr hnt lie is not the lii
for the presen: crisis. His very proclama
tions seem to bo written by one who has '
lost his head; the language being so slov
enly ns to make it difficult to arrive at Ins ;
real meaning, though tins may perhaps j
be claimed ns part of tbe Machiavelmi
wisdom winch bis supporters attribute to
him and his cabinet. It is to be hoped 1
lor their o.vn sake, that the North will, >
notthinkof blockading Charleston and I
the other ports of the South, or rather de
claring them to be in a state of blockade,
for they have not sufficient force for the j
former. England and France have over :
six millions of human beings depending | -
or their subsistence on the supply of cot- j
on, and they cannot and will not suffer ,
so many of their subjects to starve, howev
er unwilling they may be to interfere.— ‘
Before long they will be compelled to obey ’
hat power—necessity—which commands i
jods and men. (
Jeffebson Davis.—The Cleveland • (
[Ohio) Plaindealer, in speaking of the ,
nilitary tastes and attainment of Jefferson (
Davis, says:
“We never shall forget the first time
vs called on him, merely to pay our res- I
)ects, while Secretary of War under
Pierce. Although a total stranger, lie i ^
ook us to a map hanging on the wall, rep- ]■
•esenting the Crimean country, and on ! c
.vhich he had traced in red lines the en-1 s
:arnpments, works, ditchings and other 8
iperations of the allied armies at Sebasto-. '
)ol. His countenance glowed when he j '
fescribed the feats of generalship there ! 1
dm ayed, and we learned from him in
that short interview all the peculiarities of
th>* English, French and Russian modes
1 rare, their military discipline and
India ry men.
LETTER FROM “CO FI”
.1. l> everts bearfield!
Brl&Iay takes Arkansas
Ijorcesi to Tcnnsssae!
PLLY PROVES HIMSELF AN IDI
* OTIC COWARD!
il: t y CThe I’et of the Pull-Back
1* r.ion of thr» Convention !
Br# ■■ should if. presfttfetf with a Plaid
Cloak !
if: MITERS ArK. VOLUNTEERS.)
2 Miles Below Randolph, >■
Mat 28lh, 1861. )
Dr a a Citizen : On Friday we bid
ati eu to Camp Rec;or and embarked on
hoard the Ohio Belle fi,r Bearfield, which
e situated about 66 iniita above Randolph,
Bearfieid is the
I e .t i ace for a location of troops that I
know of in Arkansas, on liiis river. It is
entirely surrounded I y water, with the
river in front and large lakes on the sides
and rear of our camp, and no enemy could
approach us without n tremendous loss of
their men, and with the cannon which,
bad we not left, would have arrived there
in a few uays, we could have held at bay
30,000 men. Besides, there are some
very rich farmers on the point who gave
the troops provisions of all kinJs, and were
willintr to do anvtliiii'T fur us that would
conduce to our coma rt and convenience.
They furnished us free of charge about
50 negro in<*n >r> cu* down the timber and
clear away the brush—.a patriotic act which
we will not soon lorget. The uti'y objeo*
:ion we could possibly have to the place,
was the number cl insects which c<>; • cted
not only on yourself, but every: mg in the
whole camp. . Besides, we bed
many nocturnal visitors to pass the night
with us, in the shape ot in ? pui: m , who
generally, give warning of their ]: > >mce
by that gentle - buzzing arouu ] y«ur care,
which as you know from experience, ere
ites a delightful sensation. Being “Ur
'Ounded by Ink- s they swat in : a;h in great
numbers mid never leave tiil the paio blue 1
>treak in tie* K st indicate ; U;e .ip roach
nf the god of day. They ju-., to w. u>
lie strange! : to their i spitab.e mores,
mil persist m paying yvj etteu*
.ion by tin r cimeiTui and inn- *•..>,? gam
fols dujunv vour ° t\\ lx--1 . the
incessant cr cik ngs < : the fr- g !, i;m up
i delightful music to lull us to sleep after
tit toils ol the day. We ate however,
generally so fatigued <U ta'too that we j
moil go to sleep, notwiii.standing the el* !
ioiu of our delightful friends to keep us'
make by their enlivening music. Had
or iei!:.'"ir«t-»*-. r<*, '5.e n *!>• v.* : w mi I
r.uvp sunn b- ne u-t 1 to tin: in timers u;
:b“ country, and tiieu we cOuid appreciate
heir efforts in uur behalf.
However, take the j t v ail iri ail, I
hink no better one c mid nave ten selec*
id for us, uud from what I mri understand
[ think it is pr ii able we wili s <on return
tnd take up our old quarters.
lilt* place we haul at present is the he -1
)ne to fill a large hospital I’ve s .eri yet,
ind if we remain heie any length of lime
ve will a!»o have need oi the services of
m unde, taker.
Mr. f'lannigan, the ftfer of our Regi
neul and a member of the Napoleon
drays, died of a eonjestivu chill la«t Sun
lay. This is the fiist death we have had
n our regiment.
On Sunday night about one o’clock, the
whole Camp was aroused by the ciiicers
ind told that 30.000 Abolitionists were in
t few miles march of us, and that we must
rack up everything and leave immediately
or Randolph, where with the Tennessee
roops we would make a stand against
heir encroachments on our soil. The or
ler came front Gen. T. II. Bradley, who
ante up on the Hartford City, and with-j
lut even holding a consultation of officers,
onnnanded the regiment to leave. There
vus not a single man in the camp, either
dlicers or privates, but was opposed to the
neasure, wishing to remain where they
vere, and at least make some resistance.
Jut no, Bradley’s order was out and must
>e obeyed, and no one was allowed to ex
cess an opinion, which would in the least
onfliet with that of his supreme dictator-!
hip. So we packed up everything and
rent on board the Ohio Belie, but when
to learned that the scouts sent out the
ight previous to reconnoitre had not re- ’ 1
rTf1. _'p» < m I ' V v - tm mm m.
turned, the ltector Guards and a portion
of the Harris Guards formed mu on the
bank and declared they would not leave
until the scouts returned, and we did not
budge from the position we bad taker , un
til Bradley promised to wait until daybreak
fur them, and also promised that ample
provision would be made for their security
and safe return to us. The scouts were
twelve in all, and four from our cornpay,
Mai. Glenn, Tom. Barnett, Ed. Roe and
Jim. Blunt, than whom no men stand high
er here, and we resolved not to desert
them in their hour of need. Gar boat at
daylight went four miles up the river, and
then come down the river to this point,
two miles below Randolph, and when we
reached here we found out that Bradley
had made no provision for the scouts what
ever, and Rve rarely seen such an excite
ment as it created arid especially in our com
pany. We tried every means in our pow
er to charter some boat to return for the
scouts, but were unable to do so, and curses
loud and deep were heaped upon the head
of our cowardly commander. Maj. J. J.
Gaines, of our Artillery, applied to Gen.
Sneed, at Randolph, for a steam tug to go
in search of our scouts, and having ob
tained it, requested Gen. Bradely to furnish
him with one cannon, and also, detail five
m m from each company that had a repre
sentative in the party of scouts to go with
him, and Bradley refused ! But Bradley
ordered Cnpt. Otey and ten men, unarmed,
to proceed after our scouts, with orders to
run if they saw the enemy ! Our scouts
returned about 4 o’clock Monday evening
to our camp, coming down 70 miles in the
mid-days sun, m an open skiff, and we
learned from them that the report was as
false as it was absurd; and that they had
captured about 20 miles above Bearfield
an At< ition spy, and after our scouts told
him they were United States troops, he
informed them that several thousand Abo
rtionists would be down on our camp in
len day = —a time which our redoubtable
commander tv. doubt conceived bad al
ready elapsed, and so believing, bad com
pelled us unwillingly to desert cur post—
a post winch with the artillery we would
have jhul m two days, vie could bid deli
ance r 30.000 of Oid Abe’s minions.
II ad'i y has rationed us 2 miles below
Rand d; , a the Tennessee shore, where
we will iwver see an enemy, and never
nave an op; >r ini’V to wipe away from
our e- ons the foul stigma which bis
ilisgru -iu; retreat has brought upon us.
As - n ns ue arrived here he left and
wiru iinnv, his e veiled imtnaginaiion no
. u it • i with fancies about that terrible.
,, 'P.v.U a';■ ionists. We staid at Bear
fi-'d about IS hours and then decamped.
C ir trium; imnt er.try and disgraceful re
treat from that point reminds me of an
am V. ' i !, wlncn relates how the King
if Id mi • with his army valiantly marched
up the i ill and then marched down again.
I on '• and that the officers of our re
giment h- I a meeting last night, and do
io jn.*■ 1 ( n. Bradley and bis actions,
s ii *■ in inmaiid, in very severe terms,
; -1'g tl.em-'dves no longer to be guid
ed y a man who had acted as a coward
I __ 'T-L_ t_L. _I
• m i i v y ui uujjm cv » v i « i
barges ag linsi him, the principal of which
w= . il.at he ordered a retreat without
t.olding a consultation with the officers;
th.it he vaunted the camp, making no pro
vis ris, 'whatever, fur our scouts; that he
encamped us on the Tennessee shore, out
of t ir Vale, which ue had sworn lo pro
toet; that he had retreated pell-mell, and
lost a great many useful articles of bag
gage. provisions and ammunition, to a con
- (!• !,ii !e amount; that he also permitted a
stoamhoat to proceed on its way, which
had been slopped by our Colonel, and
which had on board 300 Dutch—without
even inquiring into the cause of such seiz
ure; he also carried of! with him, when
he left this point on the Ohio Belie, all
our provisions and stores, leaving some
companies with but one day’s rations, and
the artillery with no provisions at all; and
that in every measure he had acted un
military and ungentlemnnly, and they
would no longer obey his command. He
»lso ordered, before he left, Col. Cleburne
lo detail a body of men to proceed to Ran
dolph and throw up breast-works, under the
directions ol Den. Pillow—an order which
will not be executed.
Capt. Clarkson, of the Artillery, pro
ested strenuously against being removed
rom Bearfield, but when commanded to
eave, he begged permission lo piace his
.annous on board of the slowest boat—for
>ve had two boats, Hartford City and Ohio
I’nlle — so as to be between the enemy, if
he to should he any, ami the soldivts on.
the ether boat, but Bradley would fM>l n
I ['I*
mil it, telling him llmt by doing this
» Ulf(|k
would be imminent d.inger ul |lisj,Yrf
- “» Hie
| cannon, ahowtog plainly. that ue cartd
mole for the gtini than be d.J far'ili^jj^
■of Ins men. But tins, however, t» or,!y
keeping with bis oilier actions.
Oi.r Colonel will take po^e^ron (1|
everything, and il the redoubtable
ley returns, we will detail a guard tUuh>
vey him hack home, where his exciir,;
imagination can conjure to ovei flowing the
danger of abolitionists generally, and the
chivalrous 30,000 in particular. We w j
also give him n special guard to protect
his corpulent person from the hands of I
Old Abe.
And still another act remains to bore- I
corded, which shows in what light he es
teems the lives of our men. Wben he
sent the Battallion of Artillery aud the
Jefferson Guards to Bettrfieid they were
without ammunition and had only 2S i
rounds of cartridges for the cannon, and I
no small arms to defend the battery should i
the fight come to close quarters. Bear
field is only 15 miles from the Missouri ?
line and was liable at any moment to be 1
attacked by our enemies. In fact, the S
steamer Swallow, a spy boat belonging S
to the abolition government, and armed 1
with heavy gun^ and well equipped, war 1
within a few miles of the place just before |
we arrived. Bradley has never given us I
that amount of ammunition which ire I
needed, and has always placed us in just |
such a position that we could have made H
no effective defence if attacked. His
whole action, since in command, has prov- x;
ed he was unworthy of the trust, and I j
know I am not exaggerating, when Isay
that he has neither a friend or an admirer |
in the whole regiment. His self-respect,
at least should dictate to him it were best
to resign where he was so deservedly un- |
popular.
Onr old friend, l)r. M. J. Birdsong, |
has been appointed surgeon of the battal- |
lion ol artillery, a position, which from bis 1
experience he richly deserves, and one I
which he can fill with honor. The Doc- 1
tor is a pleasant, aljubie. geuilema.u,~a J
good compamori, of large experience, aod I
l had rather see liim in his present pofi- 9
tion than any other gentlemen of my ac- I
quuintance in this regiment.
Thus. A. Barnett was lately electedoth |
Sergeant of our company.
('apt. Glenn, J. II. Balding. W. Lea, 5”
Ben. Munroe and H K. ndaII, returned t<t
camp to-day, bringing with them quite an
accession to our company. The following
are til" nanus of mir new n.rmln-rs:
J. T. Wortham, .1 is. Booth,
('ass Dunn, .1 us. Harnett,
Gen. Smart, J. S. Thomas,
G. W. Rhodes, W. F. Wood,
J no Garrett, H. .1. Byram,
B. F. Langford, K. Smith,
W. H. Whitesides, .1. R. Howell,
J. T. Ivlmonds, Win. Fisher,
W. J. Brown. COP.
An Apt Rrri.Y. — On Monday even- J
ing last, when our streets were crowded
with soldiery, and inspiriting martial mu- Jj
sic stirred all hearts, a lady chanced to H
pass along one of the principal thorough* I
fares, when a volunteer, who probably fth I
the “one touch of nature which makes the I
whole world kin.” verv nnliielv saluted 1
her by raising Ins hat, and remarking:
“ Farewell, my good lady; I'm going oil
to fight for you ;” to which she irtsianl'y
and very composedly replied, “And I in*
tend remaining here to pray for you, sir.
There was something in this reply—50
womanly—that there was a eenpral rais
mg of hats among the group, who doubt
less felt that a warm and truly generous
heart beat in the bosom of the fair crea
ture who bad pledged herself to invoke
the benediction of Heaven upon them.—
[Montgomery Advertiser.
Jim Lane. — We have been permitted
to read a private letter from Washington
City, that the above named individual ha*
gone to Kansas, with orders to raise fif
teen hundred men to retake Fort Smith
By the time this jay-hawking-set reacn
Fort Smith—if they have a man led11
tell the fate of his comrades, we advise
him to turn back before he gets this far—
we have thousands of brave men who arf
ready to meet this band of robbers am
thieves; let them come if they think tl,fl
can retake Fort Smith, they will find;1
an uphill business. — [Fort Smith Paraik>
22 ult.
©S?* A youngster by the name ol
Collougl) was caught in the act of stealuH.
moneyed letters in the Post-office at Lid'6
Hock, on the 24th ult. He was arrest1'1"
Adjutant-General Cooper, of the
fedeiuie States services, gives notice l“'
all communications for the War DpPar‘
in - ut and Hi several military bureau
hould be addiecstd tu Kid mend.