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ROUT. 8- ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON.
J arkronport, Ark. Augusta, Ark.
Andenon dfc Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LA'V,
•«>&eksonport and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff. and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State. Address
either office. mayl8-ly
A. C. PICKTTT. t. M. ltAMSA'Ult.
I-ICItKTT A- U VMMAUR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
A U GUST A, ARKAXSA&
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care aprf»-ly
.1. C. J0N8ON, Office —West Point. Arkansas.
JSO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOXSOX & MOORE,
Attoraeys at Law,
SOLICITORS IX CHAXCERY,
— AND —
General Land and Collecting Agents,
SEARCY. ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff. Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Buren. mar' *_
J. K. P. ALBRIUCi E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts id
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts uf
11 lie seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all buainess entrusted to his
•arc. jan!2
•Geo. W. Maberry.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
—AND—
RC\EIUL I.AVO AUUAT,
COTTON DI.VNT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY. ARKANSAS
a-JTILI, attend tlie Cireult and Pridiate
\\ Court* for the rimmics of AD-rr-e. Ft.
Franci* and WoodrulT. Ill 111 24
,1 K GATEWOOD, \ I .1. S. THOMAS,
lien Are. Ark. ( \ Urowusvillc, Ark.
GKTEWO.D & THOMAS,
WXQ'MSII AT TAW
Res Arc ami Brownsville,
PlUIRIi: C OS NTV, IKK CNN IN.
dwtl-tf
■G ANTT & BRONAUtill, Kiuwnnville, Irk
II. P. VAUGHAN, lies Are. Arkansas.
Gantt, Bronaugli A Vaughan
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the counties of Prairie.
White, Woodruff. Monroe. Arkansas and Pu
t*ki. Prompt nil lent ion given to the collec
tion of claims Tax"* will he paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. nptl 1 Mm
I. N HBUUEPE1U. T. Ht-AK I HUNT.
HEDGEPETH & KENT,
ATTORN SYS AT LAW.
CES ARC. ARKANSAS.
\\TII.L practice in ail of the courts of
\ f Prairie county, and the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mar-Mini
WM T- JONES.
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice m tbc counties oi ruiaski.
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of claims. apr14-ly
T'M. R. COODY. t». MCRAE.
COODY & McRAE,
4TY®&NST8ATLAW
SEARCY, W HITE COl'MTY,
AUK A>SAH.
Will practice in all the courts of Arkansas.
mar24
■M»l.. F. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK. ARRAYS AN.
WILL practice in all ihe Courts, prosecute
Claim* of all kind*, collect debts, and
let as Rea! Estate and (imeral Agents.
Office—Markham Street, near JStatc House.
april28-tf
W. HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cypert &
flicks.
Il, R, FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS & FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Searcy, While Co., Arkansas.
WILL practice in Ibis and the adjacent
counties, in the District Courts, and Su
preme Court of the State.
-We have in connection with our Law
OrncB an ACTIVE OUT-DOOR COLLECTING
AGENCY. Claim* entrusted to us will be
promptly attended to, and if not immediately
• effected will be at once secured if possible
Claim against the Government for property
taken by tbc U. S forces (whether receipted
for or not)—B*>t stir* Prestons. Alts ask* of
f*\v Ac prompt 1r attended in
t»**r‘J4* lift ks A MELDIN'**
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Drs. Burney. Trczevant & Allen,
HAVIXO associated themselves in the
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
will continue to wait upon the citizens of
I)ES ARC AND VICINITY.
As heretofore, a portion of their lime, will
V.e devoted to treatment of tiiinosic Disk a szs
[ of every description.
fqyOfllec—One door east of J. M. Burney s
j Drug Store. Julll
DR. J A. ROCSEI.ACX8 office, is
now M Jnlmsen It Davis' Drug Store :
can be he consulted at his rodtn at the Harvey
House. He will give his Undivided attention
to chronic Disease* of every descrip
tion.
The best of references can be furnished, by
implying to
DR. J. A. ROUSKl.Al'X,
jiml-tf Des Arc, Arkansas.
THOMAS M. GIBSON,
ATTOHlTEY A'T LAW,
DEVALL S BLUFF, ARKANSAS.
Will give R'pCCial attention to collection of
claims of every character. jiin29-1y
THOMAS j. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COFNSELLOR
A. t Law,
1) E S ARC, AR R AX SA S.
Parte nlar nttp'rilfcrti given to the
collection of all kinds ofTlaiiins against
the Government.
OVVjcf.—On Buena Vista street ltexi
door to J. M. BntTiey's drag store,
may 25
GEO. K. MORTON,
m saw,
—AND—
SOLICITOR IN yiANCKRY,
DKH ARC, ARICANIAtt.
Wm practice in the State ami Federal
Courts of Arkansas. mayll
.1 AMES H. l’ATTElreoN, LUCIAN C. CAUSE,
Augusta, Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
SIDNEY N. OAUst.
Patterson. tiausc & Bra.
ATTORNEYS AY LAW,
Jncksanport and Augusta, Arkansas.
W ii.t. practice in the Cdtfmres •of >v uouruff,
Jackson, IndcfpeTrdeneo* Whfce, batvrence.
Randolph, Xireon. Vraighe&d aWd Vross, and
ft end to special oases in any phrt nf the
State.* Address either ottree. *nyl8-ly
I. N. Hi lMJfF.TII, «. N. JACKSON.
HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
’SCH30T3A3
LAND AGENTS.
I)t s Arc, Arkansas.
W m r enter bunds under ihe provisions of
the Act of Congress, May 21, 1862. entitled
••An ael to secure Homesteads to actual set
tlers ou the public domain.” np27
K. LEPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PRKPARED TO DO ALE
kinds of work in luy liue. Mend
ing, Cleaning. Ac.
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
stowed ou me. * feb28-tf
WATTENSAW
IV ursery.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
F 11 U I rr T KEEN,
ONE AM) TWO YEARS OtJ>.
FOR SALE IN 1867-8,
ui .miii.i in .uvnnvn »
I'K A IKIK COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
HAVING been er.gaged in this business for
the last seventeen years, in Mississippi
and Arkansas; and having studied it closely,
we claim to have acquired a knowledge of the 1
Fur its adapted to our climate. We refer the
public to specimens in our Orchards, and Or- J
chard* sold by us, in this and adjoining
counties. Address
John D. Morrow &.
jun22-6m Des Arc, Arkansas.
A. II. UAIINETT,
And General Repairer.
V* ill repair Old IIaraes«, or make new ones.
Also, repair Saddles. Shop—opposite “citi
zkif orricz. '
Des Arc, Ark., May 26, 1867—tf
AtifNIIMWa
WATCHMAKER
—AND—
JEWELER,
Brrn:Hsviu,E. - akhaxvis.
HAS on hand, u nice stock of Watch- m
cs. Clock,, Jewelry and Fancy (CfA
Articles. Also, will repair Watches.
Clucks, Jewelry, Musical Instrument,. ,■ K
lu ennnection with the abore, 1 have a
PHOTOGRAPH CAIA.ERY.
Where any kind af a Picture can be taken
apr’JO-lim J. B. F1SCHKS8E11
JCXK l.t, |8«7.
Dry Goods in Abundance at Reduced
Prioes!!
Be unit it cm,Hit tlilw
if s/i n ^ M.-rtu
From the New York Freeman's Journal.]
PRAYER 0F_THE SOUTH.
BY THE REV. A. J. RYAN, AUTHOR CT* M
“CONQUERED BANNER.”
My brow is bent beneath a heavy roil!
My face is Wan Mtd white with many woes.
But I will lift my poor, chained hands to God,
And for my children pray, and for my foes.
Beside the graves where thousands lowly lie.
I kneel—and, weep mg for each slaughtered
son—
1 turn my gnxe to my oWn sunny sVy.
And pray, Oh ! Fat bet, may thy will be done.
My heart ig filled with anguish, deep and vast;
Ydy hopes are buried with my ebildeen>
dust ;
My joys have fled—‘my tears arc flowing fast :
In whom, save Thee, our Father, shall I
trust?
Ah ! I forgot Thee, Father, long and oft,
Whcfi 1 Was happy, proud, and rich and
free;
But, conquered noW, and cftished Hook aloft,
And sorrow leads me, Father, back to Thee.
Amid the wrecks that the foeman’s path
I kneel—and, wailing o'er ray glories gotec,
I still each thought of hate, each throb of
wrath,
And whisper Father ! let Thy will be done.
Pity me, Father of the Desolate I
Alas! my burdens arc so hard to bear;
Look down in mercy ob my wretched fate.
And keep me, guard tuc with Thy loving
care.
Pity me, Father ! for his holy sake.
Whose broken Heart bled at the feet of
Grief,
'Ihat hearts of earth, wherever they shall
break,
Might go to His, and find a sure relief.
Ah, me ! how dark ! Is this a brief eclipse ?
Or is it Night, without To-morrow's Sun ?
Oh, Father! Father! with my pale, sad lips,
And sadder heart, 1 pruy—Thy will be done!
My homes arc joyless, AT.d s million mourn
Where many met in jays forever flown ;
Whose hearts were light, Arc burdened now.
and lorn;
Where many smiled bul one is left to mourn :
And ah ! the widows’ wails, the orphans’ cries,
Arc morning hymn and vesper chaut tome;
And grottos of men and sounds of women's
sigh's
Commingle, Father, with “my prayer to Thee.
ncm-iuu iiiy icei—«m iuuumuu urnuuii ui»u •
Oh ! how I loved each known and nameless
o*nc!
Above -theirHhrtfr I how my croWhlt&sF bead,
And murmur—Father! still Thy will be done.
Ah. Father! thou didst deck thy own loved
With all bright charm* and hcau'.lfnl and
fair;
Hut foeraen came, and with a ruthless hand
Spread ruin, and desolation there.
Girdled with gloom—of all my brightues*
shorn,
And garmented with grief. 1 kiss Thy rod ;
And turn my face, with tears all wet and
worn.
To catch one smile of pity fiom my God.
Around mo blight, where all before was bloom!
And so much loot- alas ! and nothing wou :
Save this—that I can lean on wreck and toutb.
And weep—and weeping pray—Thy will be
rk-n c.
And oh! 'tis hard to say—but sud. li.- sweet—
The words are biltor, but they hold a bain :
A balm that heals the wounds of my defeat.
And lulls mv sorrow into holy calm.
It is the prayer of Travers—andhow if brings
When heard in heaven, peace and hope to
me;
When Jesus prayed it. did not angels wings ,
Gleam ’mid the darkness of Gethsamane 1
My children, Father, Thy forgiveness need '
Alas! their hearts have only plAC-e tears:
Forgive them, Father, every wrongful deed
And every sin of these four bloody years.
And give them strength to bear their bound
less Lo*s,
And from their Feirts take every thought
of hate ;
BUII« viibiu imu v a' flnu ilicil
Cross,
Oh! help them, Father, to endure its weight.
And for my Pend, my Father, may I pray?
Ah! sighs may soothe, but prayers shall
soothe mo more!
1 keep eternal watch above i heir clay -
Oh! rest their souls, my Father, I implore!
Forgive my foes—they know not what they do
Forgive them all the tears they made me
shed;
Forgive them—tbuUgb my noblest sons they
slew—
And bless them—though they curse my poor
dear Dead!
Oh! may my woes be each a carrier dove
With swift, white wings, that, bathing in
my tears,
W ill bear Thee, Father, all my prayers of love,
And bring me peace in all nty doubts and
fears.
Father! 1 kneel mid ruin, wreck and grave,
A desert waste—where all was erst to fair;
And for my children and my foes I crave
Hty and pardon—Father! hear my prayer!
-« — - -
W Children arc queer customers.—
Whatever one don’t expect them to
say they are pretty sure to holt out.
The last is of a boy of six summers,
who surprised his mother with the re
mark :
“I have three fathers i4'
‘ Who are they ? was the inatet rial
inquiry.
“My father w ho buys me clothes is
one, George Washington, the father of
country, is another, and our father
who drt In Heaven is another. ’
Mamma drew a breath of relief.
-The cholera is reported by the
Hritish medical journals to be prevailing
to a bonsiderable •extent in some parts of
France. Official reports likfc'tiirt' state
that it ha> rtsrcd in the province of I anti
hafdj ever ^inec the first of February. It
is also announced "ti the Coast of th* .Glri
iitie
SOUTHERN POLITICS.
SPLENDID SERIES OF PATRI
OTIC PAPERS.
Nonas ON THK SITUATION—No.
Il\ HON. B. II. HH.t, OK GEORGIA.
When any measure of legislation in
America is presented for our accept
ance Or approval, the first question
should affrays ho, is it constitutional ?
or, better Iphrafteology would be, Is it
authorised by the Constitution? For,
in AnreHfca,tiie distinctive, distinguish
ing feature of Government, State or
Federal, is the written Constitution.
This is tiic Alpha and Omega of all
title American statesmanship. It is
also the only impregnable fortress for
American liberty. The written Con
stitution arc words which should be
repeated by every citizen every day
and every hour, and held as indispen
sable to the preservation of American
political life, as is air, or water, or
meat and drink to the preservation of
animal life.
In entering on the discussion of the
military hills, tire first remarkable fact
winch strikes Us is the general conces
sion that they arc net in accordance
with the Federal Constitution, fn the
debates on the passage of the supple
mental bill, some of tire advocates ot
these measures insisted upon submit
ting to the people ef the several States
affected to decide “for or against" the
State Convention, through which the
purposes arc to be accomplished, be
cause IK Tlir. PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE FOR
a Convention, and thereby admit
AND APPROVE THE PROPRIETY AND NE
CESSITY FOR THE MEASURES, the whole
plan would be relieved of the uncon
stitutional objections! Thus even
I'adical fanatics found it necessary to
find Sonin excuse for their consciences!
And this excuse consists in an attempt
to secure the consent of the people—
yea, of the people to be degraded—to
uic iiu srncnic wnrcn is 10 negrane
tborn, ami thus to rest the legality ot
the plan, not Iton Tut. CoNSTrrt'TTON,
but upon the consent of the PEort r.
And this consent is to he secured by
the disfranchising intelligence, by mil
itary rttlT, by threats, and last, though
not least, by bribery, live Uegro race,
duped by emissaries and afdvd by de
serters from their own blood, is to give
consent for the white race!
Mr. SUnbcrry, in his argument be
fore the Supreme Court, though deny
ing the jurisdiction of the court in the
case made, felt it necessary to disclaim
any admission that the bills were con
stitutional, but admitted the contrary,
aiul hoped, when the proper case should
be made, which lie admitted could be
made in ninny ways, the court would
discharge its duty.
It is true that Mr. Sumner and -ueh
as he claim that Congress has the right,
under the Constitution, to pass such
bills and for h!1 the States, and locates
the power in two clauses of the Con
stitution : that which requires the I'ni
tod States to “guarantee a republican”
government to each State, and the lat
ter clause ofthe fourteenth amendment
which authorizes Congress “by appro
priate legislation to enforce" the eman
cipation ofthe slave.
Hut whatever may lie claimed for
Mr. Sumner otherwise, it is certain lie
is not respectable authority on ques
tion of constitutional law. No fanat
ical mind can be regarded as safe, or
become respectable as an expounder at
law : because fanatical minds will ac
cept nothing as true except what they
desire to be true, ltut law is an inflex
ible rule, and nobc but inflexible
minds, rigid in spite of theories and
hard laws, can either truly learn,
greatly love, or safely expouud the
law.
ftut even if Mi. Pumticr and such as
lie liad Imputation as lawyers, such rep
utation would m; destroyed by the
very positions assumed ; for 11b legal,
or logical, or well-balanced mind ean
say it is necessary or proper to dis
franchise white people: to establish
military rule: to-mbolish the trial by
jury: and to suspend the privilege of
habeas corpus iu time of peace, tor all
races and colors, in order to guarantee
republican government to the Plates,
or to enforce the emancipation of the
slave.
It may he safeit assumed, therefore,
that all respvetrble legal minds in
America, whether for or against these
military bills as a plan of reconstruc
tion, admit that the hills are not au
thorized by any provision in the Con
stitution. Indeed, the advocates of
these bills find the authority for their
adoption, not in the Constitution, but
in certain circumstances outside of tlie
Constitution—in a condition of tilings
not anticipated and not provided for
by tlie Constitution ; and some find the
power in necessity, some in humanity,
and some in international law! Ile
fore 1 conclude these notes it is m\
purpose to devote separate and special
attention to each of the apologies for
these bills (fhrthc) are not arguments,)
Imt I wish to say, now, that if these
positions, or any of them lie true, then
Congress has found for itself a much
broader grant bf power outside of the
Constitution than exists inside of that
iustrttmeht. Indeed llicv have found
outside a potter nv Which they ean dc
>lrov the Constitution hv which alone
• he CWtjsrc-* it\elf w»* created mdha
being- If this be so, our fathers did a
silly work in providing a written Con
stitution.
Then, we may safely say that, what
legal minds admit is true, to-wit: That
these military hills are not a'tffhoMzcd
by any provision of the Constitnthfb :
and. if justifiable at all, they must he
justified by circumstances, by sofnc
I condition, by sewre authority, oVtsioe
of the Constitution. And now, wise,
i prudent, patriotic readers, lovers of
law and law’s safety, propound and
j answer this ijiiestion : If Congress has
!a sphere, a dominion, an existence,
outside of the Constitution, whence
did it coiwe, where does it lie, and
what is ib» ■extent, its length and
j breadth ? Do Voti not know theVe is
no dominion outside of the Constitu
! tion and laws, but tire 'dominion of
anarchy—grim, bloody, lawless, thrift
less. hopeless anarchy? !>o you not
know that the Very definition of auar
chy is, outside of law, disregard Of Taw,
abandonment, of law? Have not all
people who have gone into anarchy,
and reaped Iret riot of ruin, done so
under the pressure of had men and
I circumstances? And will Americans.
|blavk or white, abandon the well de
I fined boundaries—the safe expositions
—the well tried, cver-suffieient and
glorious protection of a written Con
stitution, and riiRli into the wild out
side to find safety for person, or for
property, or for liberty?
lint the argument must not stop here.
These military bills are not only not
authorized by, hut arc directly cotitra
jrv to the Constitution. They subject
.citizens to trial fav capital and infa
monsoflenses without indictment by a
grand jWVy ; and this, the Constitution
says, shall not he done. They -author
ize trial without a jury, which, (he
Constitution says, shall not be done;
and the Constitution, on this subject,
is so tender ofliberty that it does not
trust the matter simply to a prohibi
tion, but it declares, with repeated cm
phasis, tin1 right : ‘‘The trial of all
i crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
shall be by jury.-’ “In all criminal
prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy
the right to a speedy and public trial,
bv an Impartial jury."
They suspend the privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus when there is
neither insurrection nor invasion,
which the Constitution says shall not
he done.
In theve and other respects, then,
military hills arr in direct conflict with
, the plainest and most solemn injfinc
, tions and guaranties of the Const!
: tution.
But these hill* not only tint- fla
grantly violate the provisions of the
, Federal Constitution, but they abro
gate and destroy in whole, the consti
tutions of ten States formed by the
people, and authorizes a new people to
. form constitutions, not according to
the wishes of either the new or the
jold electors, but according to the
I wishes and under the direct dictation
I of the authors of these military hills,
not one of whom resides in either of
the ten Slates thus trampled on, cv van
I be subject to the government of the
j constitutions which they thus dictate.
Nor is all yet told These bills not
! only violate and destroy governments,
hut they destroy—most ruthlessly de
stroy—the very principles on which all
i American constitutions and govern
ments are based, and to secure and
; perpetuate which, constitutions. Statr
and Federal, were made. Magna Char
ter. Bill of Rights, Petition of Rights,
the settlement, the glorious principles
i of the Common Law, tho lannpaot wis
dom of centuries, (lie fruits of many
' bloody revolutions, all the guards and
, guaranties which patriots, statesmen,
»IIU |'>V|/IV J VIU auu JHII,
for eight hundred years have been prt>
vidlng and perfecting to build tip and
make immortal tlmt most wonderful
blessing of human genius and power—
the structure of Anglo-Saxon liberty—
jarc abrogated and withdrawn from ten
millions of people, of all colors, sexes
and classes, who live in the ten un
I heard and excluded states, and that,
too, by men, I repeat, Who do not live
in these States amt who never think of
! them but to hate, and never enter them
! but to insult.
Surely this is enough, but the argu
ment requires me *o add that the body
of men vv ho enacted these these milita
ry abominations were not the Congress
I _ “
'aim hud no uulhoriiy to legislate. By
I lie Constitution all Federal legislative
i powers are vested in a "Congress of the
United States." This Congress “shall
cocsist of a Senate and House of Rep
resentatives." The House “shall be
composed of members chosen by the
people of tlic several Stutes." The
Senate "shall he composed of two Sen
ators from each State." Now, was the
bodv of men who pretended to enact
the bills so composed? If not, they
did not—they could not—he the Con
gress. Why were they not so compos
ed ? By their own act. Members to
compose the Congee** wore chosen by
the people and all the States for the
House and the Senate. Hut file mem
ber* from ten ."•tittes were excluded
from their seats b\ the members of the
other States, tliu- reducing what would
have been a Congress to a fhigtpetitary
conclave of member*. No sophistry,
no fanaticism, no ambition, no perjury,
and no fbtre ran escape the conclusion :
The so military Hills have rio authority.
1. Because they are nqt authorized by
the (.'oustitutuu Because they are
C"«*rnr% tv »hsvlutel\ annul -the
Constitution : and It. Because they have
bcrti passed by Congress. Naturalists
tell us of a venomous reptile which
sometimes becomes so furiously en
raged it sticks its tangs in its own
flesh nnd dies of its own poison. And
it does seem fitting that these mad
violators of the Constitution they
were sWorn to support, these wihl ex
terminators of States, theve adroit hut
furious murderers of law and liberty,
should first, by their own act.have de
stroyed them in their preparatfoft, and
desire to destroy others
I do not shrink from, hut do most
heartily rejoice at the inevitable eon
elusion to Which tlie argument, nerved
by the stale Ws *>f logic and warned by
the put ext love of country, must lend :
and if American patriotism shall not
finally and forever die, but shall wake
from the trance into which ambition
and lust liaVc thrown it. then will lines
—dark lines—yea. lines as black as
unstarred night, he drawn, and with a
power nervous with indignation,
around all the records and the bastard
official existence of those fragmentary
conclaves of republicanism, •• libelers ”
and all will be declared to constitute no
part of authorized American law, or of
legitimate American will.
Time was! Ah, yes, the time was.
when to say to an American citizen a
proposed measure was not authorized
by the constitution was enough. It was
rejected. And has the final power, or
that power which, in republics, is
worse, and mightier, and more to be
avoided than war—which is the father
of Wars—which begot our War. and
which seems determined with an adul
terous mania to multiply its hell-vis
aged brood—the corruption of party
manipulators, wrought so great a
change? And lias the time nlrcndi
come wheu Americans—even South
cm Americans—can entertain, as a
question, whether they will accept,
and, BY THAT ACCKPTANCK MAKE VAI.III,
a proposition which is not authorized
by the Constitution; whieli destroys
the Constitution; which mocks the
very principles which made, which
gave soul to the Constitution; and
which tramples thus on ihe Constitu
tion in order to destroy existing State
governments founded in the consent of
the people, and to form others not
founded in the consent of the people;
and which, in forming these new gov
ernments. disfranchises existing elec
tors distinguished for intelligence, and
enfranchise' new electors notorious
for ignorance: and while new govern
ments so formed are not to shit either
urn or old. learned or ignorant, black
or white electors who are to live under
them, but must suit men who never
lived in these States, and who forget
their own oaths and the interests of
their own people to indulge the hatred
hv which they oppress the people of
these Southern States.
And we have some of these same
party manipulators who were born un
der our skies, who have been trusted
by our people, who boast of their hon
ors. who now advise and try, coax and
labor to persuade)gad by turns threat
en. deceive, and standee to compel Its
to accept this iniquity !
Oh, depths of infamy! Open, open
far deeper depths for the dwelling of
these ' Hulling monster- of treachery,
that tjiey shame not with their pres
ence tlic lowest of the damned spirits
which now inhabit vour labyrinths!
--
Artemus Ward.
* lilTUKKTO l Xrrjtl.lsIlKD l.KrTKK.
Iii the "Savannah Club Papers' is
given the following letter by "Arte
mus Want. ’ lie savs t
I was setting in tlie bar, quietly
smoking a frugal pipe, w hen tw o mid
dled aged and stern looking females
and a young and pretty female sudden
ly entered (lie room. They were ac
companied by two umberelars and a
negHt gentleman. ‘Do you feel for the
dow n-tt'oddeU ?’ se.id one of tlie fe
males. a thin-faced and sharp voiced
person in green spectacles. ‘Do I feel
for it?' ,‘nswerell the laulord. iij a puz
zled voice—-bo I feel for it?’—‘Yes;
for the oppressed, the henited?’ Inso
much as to which?’ said the laulord.
You see this mau?’ said the female,
piutiu’ her umberelar at the negro gch
Uchian. ‘Yes, march, I see him.’ ‘Yes!’
said the female raisin her voice to an
exceedingly high pitch, ‘you see him,
and he’s your brother?’ No I’m
darned if he is,' said the laulord, hasti
ly retreating to his beer casks. ‘And
yours!’ shouted the excited female, ad
dressin me ; ‘lie is also your brother.'
‘No I think not niarm,' 1 pleasantly re
plied. ‘The nearest we come to that
color in our family was in the ease of
thy brother John, Do had the jahders
several years, but they liimllv left him.
I am happy to state that, at the present
time, he hasn't a solitary jander.’—
‘Look at this man !' screamed the fe
male. 1 looked at him. lie was an
abb- bodied man, w ell dressed, com
fortable looking negro. lie looked as
though be might have two or three
good meals a day into him without a
murmur. ‘Look at that down-trodden
man !* cried the female. ‘Who trod on
liiiii?’ 1 inquired. ‘Villins! despots.’
'Well,' >aid the laulord, ‘why don't vbtl
gt> to the Willing about it? Why d<
you come here about it. tfllln ns nig
gbrs is your brothers, and hramiisiiin
>«iir umberelars round like a lot of lu
natics ? Vou're wtiss Ilian the -perit
tapjH.: 'Have you.' said a middled
aged female No. 2, who was a quieter
sort of person, ‘have you no eentiment
—no poetry in yoWr soul—wo love for
the beautiful ? Dost never go into th‘e
green fields, to cull the beautiful flotr
ers ?' ‘I not only never dost.' said the
1 lanlord, in an angry voiee, ‘but Ml bet
i you five pound you can't bring a man
| as dares say I durst.’ ‘The little birds,'
: continued the female, ‘does not love to
gaze on them !' •! would ( were a bird,
that I might fly to thou?' I humorous
ly sang, easting a sweet glance at the
pt'etty young woman. •Don't you look
in that 'way at my daw ter," said female
No. 1, in a violent voiee; ‘you're old
enough to be her father.’ ‘ T'was an
innocent look Aea'r madam.’ I softly
•aid. ‘You heholct in me an emblem
of innocence and purity In faek. 1
! start for Rome by the first train to-mor
row, to sit as a modil to the celebrated
artist, who is about to sculp a statute,
to be called Sweet Innocence. Do you
s'jrose a sculptor would send for me
for that purpose oniess lie know'd I
was overflowin with innocency ? Don't
make an error about me.’ ‘It is my
opinion,’ said the lcadin female, ‘that
you are a scorncr and a wretch ! Y*our
mind is in a Wusser beclouded state
than I lie poor negroes we are seeking
lo aid. Sir, yon are a groper in the
dark cellar of si n’t
There is a sparkling fount,
t unic, 0,'Come and drink.
No. you will not come and drink! —
■Y’es lie Will.* said the lanlord, ‘il
you’ll treat. Jess try him.’ ‘As for
yon. said the enraged female to the
lanlord. ‘you're a degraded bein. too
low and wulgnr to talk t*>,’ ‘'lYiiti is the
sparklin fount for me, dear sister!
cried the lanlord, drawing and drink
ing a mug of beer. Having uttered
"men goan. no gave u low rumblin
lari', and relaxed into silence. ‘My
colored tViebd,' i said (o the negro
kindly, -what is it ail about?’ lie said
they was tryin to raise money to send
missionaries to the Southern Slates in
A merb a to bfvavh to tlie vast number
of negroes recently Made free there,
lie said they were Vvitkoh't toe gospel.
They were without tracts. I said, ‘My
friend, this i.» a serins matter. I ad
mire you for tryin to h»lp the race to
which you belong, and fat be it from
me lo -ay anything agin carryin the
gospel among toe blacks of the South.
Let the gospel goto them by all means,
lint 1 happened to iudividooully know
that tli"re are some thousands of liber
at'd! blacks in the South who are stnr
vih. I don't blame anybody for this,
but it is a very sad fact. Some are
really to ill to w ork, some can't get
work to do, and others are too foolish
to see any necessity for working. I
was down there last winter, and 1 ob
served that this class had plenty ol
preaehin for their souls, but skurce any
vittels for their stnmmux. Now, if ii
is proposed to send flour and bacon
along with the gospel, the idea is real
ly an excellent one. If, on the t'other
band, it is proposed to send preaehin
alone, all I can say is that it's a hard
ease for the niggers. If you expert a
colored porsoh to get deeply interested
in a track when Ids stiiinmuck is empty,
you expect too much.’ I gave the ne
gro as much as I could afford, and the
kind hearted lahlerd did the same. 1
-aitl, ‘Farewell, my friend. I V ish you
well, certainly. Von are now as free
as the eagle, tie like him and soar.—
Hut don’t attempt to convert a Ethiopi
an person while his stummuck yearns
for vittles. And you. ladies—1 hope
you are ready to help the poor and un
fortunate abroad.’ When they had
gone the laulord said. ‘(\>me into the
garden, Ward.' And We W en* in tftul
cuiiru 8i>rue carrots lor cuhucr.
Seven Up " for a Wife.
La the State of Tear lessee then is a
certain village boasting of a tavern three
stores and four groceries, whore, from mor
ning till night, and from night till dawn,
a person entering tin town may find in
the tavern, stores, and groceries aforesaid
one or more groups of persons playing
cards, tumbling there is reduced to a
science. The historj of the four kings
is thoroughly studied, and from the school
boy to the gray-haired veteran, front the
tuiss iu her teens to the mother of a large
family, they am: initiated into the myster
ies of high, low, jack game, right and left
bowers, the honors and the odd trick. One
of the best players in the Tillage was Maj.
Smith, the tavern keeper, or as he express
ed it, the proprietor of the hotel, a widow
er, who, like.
"Jepthu. Judge of Iseral,
Had a daughter cassia; fair."
Funny, the daughter, was oue of the
prettiest girls iu Tennessee, and therefore
one of the prettiest girls in the world, for
we here digress in order to lay down, as
ipse dixit that Tennessee women, in point
of beauty, are matchless. The sweetheart
of Fanny was a young farmer, residing iu
the neighborhood, whom we shall desig
nate by the name of Hob.
It happened one day, befort; harvest,
the young man wap detained in tbe village,
and found himself, as usual, at the hotel,
seated between the major and his daugh
ter. After a desultory conversation between
the two gentlemen on the state of the
weather, the prospects of the approaching
lutrV-st and Important staples of conver
sation, llie major asked Robert how his
wheat crop promised to yield. In reply he
was told that llie young farmer expected
to make at lean one huudred bushels
The major appeared to study for a sledge
or • seven up,’ the state to be his dangt
ter Fancy against the crop of wheat.
This, of‘course, the young man indignant
lv refused, because he could not bear the
id-a that the hand of her he loved should
be made the subject of a bet, or that he.
could win a Wife by gambling for her; and
perhaps he knew the old ftian was ‘ hard
to beat,' and there was strong probability
of his losing both wheat and wife.
It was not until the major, with his un
usual obstinacy, had sworn that iVnfess Tie
won her lie should never have her, that
the young man wa- forced reluctantly to
consent to play.
The table was placed, the candles lit,
the cards produced, and the players took
their seats, with Miss Fancy between
| thcn\ to watch the progress of tho game
The cards were regularly shuffled and cut,
and it fell to the Tnajor’s time to deal
The first hand was j'laycd, and Robert
: made gift to his opponent's high low
game. Robert then dealt; the major
begged ; it was given, ami the major again
made two to his opponent’s one.
‘Six, two,' said Fanny with a sigh.
The Major, as he dealt the cards, wink
ed knowingly and said :
11 am good for the wheat, master Bob.'
The old Slab t'f.rWtd up a trump—it was
a spade. Fanny glanced at her father’s
hand—her heart sank; he held the throe
eight spot and the king. She then looked
at Robert's hand, and lo! he had the ace,
deuce, and jack or knaVc. She whispered
to Robert to beg—he did so.
Robert led his deuce, which the Major
took with his three spot, and followed by
playing the king. Robert put his rjileeri
ii. i iiu luajut ou{>|;uomg n wan mu
young man’s last, trump, leaned over the
table, and tapping his last trick with bis
finger said :
‘That’s good as wheat.’
‘Is it ?’ asked Robert, as lie displayed to
the astonished Major, the ace and jack
vet in his own hands.
‘ High, low. jack and game1 ’ shouted
Robert.
‘Out !’ ejaculated Funny.
‘ Good as wheat, ’ added Robert, as be
flung bis arm around her neck and kissed
her.
In due time they were married, and ev
er after that, when anything occured of
a pleasing nature to the happy coiipie.
they would express their emphatic appro
bation ol it by the phrase ‘ good as wheat.
Speak English.
Somebody says, that the dictionary ol
some young ladies has just tiro words
• horrid' and ‘ plendid.' Possibly a fa\
more might be added—‘awful,’and first
rate,’ and • Oh, Sugar!’ These poor
words are maids of all work, add do duty
on all possible and impossible, appropri
ate and inappropriate occasions. eked ou'
by screams and laughs, Ginrp. rude and
emphatic.
Girls. do speak EugfsV -simple, clear,
varied and natural,—not Pottnwotamie, or
Congo, or Ojibwa. Do laugh when, you
feel like it, without effort, and then it w ill
be musical as the ripple of a brook
Do scream when there’s real danger,
and we shall ail know it means something
hut tihs counterfeit roiccvh only makes
the air hi deoils and you—disagreeable ;
which you don’t want to be at all. and
i don't need to be The ‘loud’ style of man
net's is a pest, to be banished from good
society, and a nest which affects those wlv
wear silks aud diamond as those dad iti
plainer garh But into the choice e:rclo
where the ill' art ot conversation is. ik
cannot conic save as a transient intruder.
The finely modulated voice of a culti
, vatod woman, rang.ng in its varied conver
sational cadence, ‘from grave to gay. from
lively to severe.’ is the most attractive mu
! sic in the world; but bold exclamations,
i stereotyped phrases, intense even for
slightest trifles, and the meaningless noise
pitched on a high key, are just opposite
irt their effects.
Really good society, where is best aud
richest enjoyment and tines* natural sen
timent, is limited to ho rank or grade of
wealth, but is found in country and city.
Fortunate indeed is mau or woman who
seeks it by force of some innate attraction
thereto ; but an invisible barrier, which
yet they cannot pass, will stop their en
trance into this charmed circle, until they
can drop all explosions and expletives,
speak and ant simple and uaturally, aud
use ‘Euglish, pure and undefiled.*
---
W A gay fellow who half Ubcu ta
king lodgings at a public house, ami
got considerably in debt, absented
himself aiid took new quarters. This
so enraged the landlord that lie com
missioned his wife to go and dun him.
wllibh the debtor having heard of, de
glared publicly that if she came he
Would kiss licr.
“W ill he?" said the lady ; "will lit!?
Give me my bonnet, Moll ( L w ill sec
whether any fellow has such impu
dence
"My dear," said the cooling husband,
“pray do not be too rash. You do not
know what a man may do wheti he is
in a passion."
-Robert Given was robbed in a
Fourth avenue car, New York, on the
Fourth, of $27,300. One of the thieves
wa« arrested, bill none "t the inone*
was recovered.