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PROFESSIONAL ( ARDS. I
Z. P. H. FAR R,
ATT0P.2T3Y AT LAW,
LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS.
BOUT. S. ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON, !
Jacksonport, Ark. Augusta, Ark.
Anderson A Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonport and Augusta, Ark.
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Wilt attend (he Court* of Jackson, Wood
ruff. nnd adjoining Counties, and to special
•cases in any section of the State. Address
cither office. tnaylS-ly
A. C. rICKKTT. I*. M. RAMSABB.
PICKKTT At. It VM8AUR.
attorneys it law,
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.
Wtt.t, practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims cn
trusted to their care aprti-ly
J. R. F. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
• Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
"Woodruff countv. and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care. jantJ- I
jp,, ALL3IT
Offers his services to the citizens of j
I>es Arc and vicinity in the practice of!
medicine. Thanklul lor past Divers, j
and by attention to business he expects j
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—One door east of Burney's j
Drug Store. seplil
H. *70 VSTT. " ■ BRONAttlH . ;
GANTT Sr. EROJ4AUGH,
% ATTOaUSYS AT LAW.I
Will practice in the counties of l’rsirie,
'While, Woodruff. Monroe. Arkansas and Pu
laski. ' Prompt atttention given to the collec
tion of claims. Taxes will be paid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprl4-3m
J. K. tiA I'KWUOU, J- S- THOMAS,
GVTEWO n & T.iowns,
OES IRC, ARKANSAS.
1. N. IIKDOEPKTJI. T* 1H-AKK KENT.
HEDGEPETH & K KT»
ATTOaSSYS AT LAW.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
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WHX practice in all of the courts of i
Prairie county, and the circuit courts
xif the surrounding counties. luin 'Ji-Om ; i
JAMBS H. PATTKKSON, L1CIAN C. tiAl SK.
Augusta. Ark. Jackson,wrt, Ark.
Patterson & (iau^c,
ATT OR N SYS AT LAW,
Jacksonporl and Aujtusca, Arkansas.
AVtt.l practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence.:
Kandolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special cases in any pari ot the ^
State. Address either office. mylH-ly
VM. It. (.*001»Y. U- MCRAE. I
COODY & McRAE,
atiraw
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY,
ARKANSAS.
WiU practice in all the courts of Arkansas.
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«OL. i'. CLARK. HAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOE AY. MAKTIN.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN.
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, aud :
act as ll^al Estate and (general Agent*.
Offick—Markham Street, near State House.
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AV. HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cjpert \
Hicks.
II, R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS & FIELDING.
ATTQaSKYS AT LAW,
Searcy, White Co., Arkansan.
WILL practice in this and the adjacent
counties, in the District Courts, and Su
preme Court of the State.
^ N. W. WILLIAMS. T. M. GIBSON.
WILLI AMS & GIBSOW
ATT0RST3YB AT LAT7,
Dos Arc and D avail's Bluff, Ark. ‘ L
WILL practice in Prairie and adjoining
Counties. All business confided to their care
will be promptly attended to. septal tf.
J. C. JONRON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE. Ulfiec—Searcy, Arkansas.
JO ALSO A & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
* . SOLICITORS IX CIIAXCKRY,
-AND
Genertl Land and Collecting Agents,
HUaltCV, XTJKA.VSAK
Wii,l give prompt attention to any buriness j
in the counties of independence, Jitckeon. S
Woodruff. Mouroe, Trairic, White. Conway
iiud Van Bureu. maiO
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ftKO. K. MORTON. H. P. VAUGHAN.
1IGP.TON & VAUGHAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AKD
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL praotioc in the Courts of the counties
if Prairie, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
jolleclion of -claims any where in the State.
sepTtf.
DR. ROUT. B. TBKZBVANT
Tenders his professional services to
die citizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson & Davis' Drug
■itore. sep21
THOMAS J. MARSH,
ITTOJtNEY AND COUNSELLOR;
Law,
I)ES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Partcular attention given to the
•ollcetion of all kinds of claims against
he Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next
loot- to J. M. Burney's drug store.
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WM.tT JONES,
tmsoxmm 4$ &4wtj
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
!ITILT« practice in the counties of Pulaski,
\|| Prairie, Monroe. Woodruff, Jackson and
A hite Prompt attention given to the collec
ion of claims. *prl4-t.y
. BP.. J. 77. BUHXTSU,
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN,
Being permanently located at Des
Are, will continue the practice of his j
irofession in all its brauches. Special
itfontion given to the treatment of j
icute and chronic diseases. sep21
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
r AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
I kinds of work in my line. Meud
ng, Cleaning. »tc.
-Thankful for past favors. I solicit a
outimirmce of the patronage heretofore be
towed on me. fiebi!8-tf
rAMES J. GALL AGHER.j
Attorney at Lnw,
TOTTOS I'h XT. WOODRUFF CO. RK
Will practice where called.
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DR. J A. ROI'SEEAI XS otlice, is ;
now at Johnson & Davis’ Drug Store;
an be be consulted at his room at the Harvey
louse. He will give his undivided attention
0 chronic DIncunc* uf every Jeacrip
ion.
The best of references can be fXirnislied, by
.pplyinc to
DR. J. A. ROUSELAUX,
junl-tf Des Arc, Arkansas.
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F^TERTAINMENTM
IT HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING !
opened a HoUMe of Killer- -^:::*
lain me ill. on Buena Vista Street, near !
ilie Steamboat Lauding, for the accommoda
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
By the day, week, or month, solicits the pat
ronage of those visiting I>es Arc. The fare j
will be as good as the market affords, and
terms moderate.
(live me a trial, and I will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN IIAVLEY.
De? Arc, Ark., March 23, 18<i7—12m
A H KANSAS 0 A Z K T T E,
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Terms—Invariably in Advance.
DAILY, $10 00 per annum; $1 IN) per month
for any less period.
WEEKLY, $3 <*» per annum: *2 50 to club?
of two or more.
A Governor That Cannot Volts
An Ex-Senator Elect Indicted.
Isnac Murphy Was a Delegate, in 1860
and 1861,(o the Convention held at Lit
tle Rock, by which an Ordinance of
Secession was adopted. In Voting for
Delegates, the people had also voted
on the question of seceding, and nine
tenths of the counties, including Mur
phy's lmd voted against it. llut upon
the issuance of Lincoln's Proclamation,
declaring war against the Southern
States, the Convention re-assembled,
and by every vote but one adopted the
Ordinance, and afterwards united the
States with those already confederated
and at war against the United States.
Murphy, a weak, silly and unnoticeablc
man, of neither capacity nor acquire
ments, obstinate, as Weak men often
are, Voted against the Ordinance, to
show his consistency, and then remain
ed in the Convention until it finally ad
journed, voting for every measure by
which the State was prepared for resist
ance and aggression against the United
States; one of the first of these being
to raise a regiment and arm and equip
it, and the offer of it to the Confeder
ate States, of which Arkansas after
wards became one with the help of his
vote.
IIow lie become a Union man, nftcr
the adjournment and previously to the
year 1864, we do r.ot know ; hut, be
cause he voted against the Ordinance
of Secession, President Lincoln ap
pointed him Governor of Arkansas,
when the State was about to he recon
structed by a tcntlfepart or more of its
white population, after the occupation
of Little Rock by the Federal forces,
and when the bogus uonvumon, com
posed in large measure of men self-ap
pointed and of those whose very exist
ence and names were then for the first
time made known to the people of the
State, had manufactured what has since
been enforced as the Constitution of
the State, Isaac Murphy was elected
Governor of the State by the United
States troops and the fraction of the
people who voted; and under that elec
tion lie is Governor yet.
Of course the ‘Governor' proposed
to vote under the Reconstruction Acts,
lie applied for registration, and his
name was marked I) (doubtful.) He
presented himself at the ('oils, a few
weeks since, and his vote was rejected.
I’hancy his phelinks !
Fish back, in I8CU nreceut importation
into Arkansas, was a Delegate to the
I '(invention from Sebastian county, and
roted for the Ordinance of Secession,
l'lie bogus Legislature, in elected
lim to the Senate of the United Slates.
Arkansas was not considered sufficient
ly well reconstructed for him and his
olloagiie to be admitted totiie compan
ionship of Wade and Sumner, and lie
was coustraiucd
“to blush unseen.
And waste his sweetness on the desert air."
AVc understand that lie is now under
indictment in the District Court of the
United States for the Western District
of Arkansas, for perjury, in taking the
oath prescribed by Act of Congress to
qualify him to hold some office (Com
missioner in bankruptcy, perhaps) witli
which it was lately attempted to reward
his fidelity aud consistency as a Union
man of the first water.
Some special legislation by Congress
is needed, for the relief of these two
patriots. It is easy to qualify Murphy
to vote; and as there are others, else
where, in like condition with Fishbuek,
we suggest to Congress the passage of
a special Act of grace and immunity
for the relief of all such persons, being
good Union men, as have iinprovidcut
ly taken the onth prescribed for persons
appointed to office.—Memphis Appeal.
Why Mr. Davis Should not be
Tried by Underwood.—A Washing
ton correspondent writes:
It is highly important, as lawyers
think, for the interests of Mr. Davis,
and also in reference to the settlement
of tlie constitutional luw of treason,
that Chief Justice Chase should be as
sociated with Judge Uuderwood in this
trial. It is equally important to the
Government, and to Federal legislation
for the future, that the decision, what
ever it be, have the sanction of the Su
preme Court of the Uuitcd States. In
case of a disagreement bet wecu the two
Judges upon some point of law that
may arise, the matter in question can
be sent to the United States Supreme
Court, but not otherwise. From the
sole judgment of Judge Underwood
there could be no appeal. His decision,
in so important a case, would have no
weight with the Court, nor with Con
gress, or the American public.
Jtir- A Peruvian letter gives an ac
count of affairs in that region, and
among other things describes the meth
od of horseback riding in voguciimong
the Peruvian women. He says the
“women do all the work, and the men
are a good-for-nothing set of gamblers
and thieves.” The women ride on the
hind-quarters of their horses, without
a saddle, cross-legged, with the load on
the horse iu front. They mount the
animal by taking hold of his tail, mak
ing a loop by doubling it up, and clasp
ing with one hand the upper and lower
parts of the tail, then putting one foot
on the joint of the horse’s leg, they as
cend as if going up stairs. They usually
stand erect on the horse before sitting
dowu. The horses uever kick or stir
whilst this curious process is going on.
The Best Order Yet.
Let every planter who has differen
ces to settle with his negroes in regard
to a division of ttic crop, rut the fol
lowing order out and paste it in liis
hat for immediate reference. There is
now no legal necessity for oUr citizens
being imposed on in these instances,
by bigoted bureau agents, who have no
discretion and less judgment in such
matters. The time for feeing bureau
agents, Of Whom we sing, is passed,
and a healthy adjustment lifts heel)
adopted in iiOU thereof. We have no
respect for Ally man who hereafter nl
; lows himself to be Intimidated by the
impudence of the “burro-’ agent-.
Here’s the order:
H'nqUAAtSM Focbth Military District, A
(Mississippi suit Arkansas.) >
OmoR oS Civil Aitairs, J
IIoi.lt Sprishs, Miss., N«». 30, 18B7.
CmccLAtt No, 22.
I. Sheriffs and others concerned are
informed, that General Orders No. 12.
current series, from these headquar
ters, applied So far fts the crops are
concerned, to the crops not gathered
or harvested, and that cotton or oilier
productions of the soil, gathered and
ready for market, are as liable tor debt
as other properly,
II. To secure, however, an equitable
adjustment of the claims upon this
year's crops in disputed cases-, where
the laborers become a party in the dis
pute, Hoards of Arbitration will be in
stituted, composed of three persons,
two of them will be selected liv the two
parties to the question, and the third
by the two thus chosen. The decision
of these Boards will be final, and they
will be respected and enforced by nil
parties and officers, civil or military,
imwii” juusuaiiuii in mt; ijuuatiuiio
adjudicated.
ill. Boards of Arbitration will con
sider and adjust tlie claims on this
year's crop, accrued in its production,
of the laborer, the parly furnishing
supplies consumed on the plantation,
tlic planter and the landlord only; and
these claims will have precedence of
all others on this year's crop. The
elaiins of the laborer will he the first
satisfied. This is deemed necessary to
afford encouragement to tree labor.—
Hut in cases where the portion of the
crop allotted to the employer, is in
sufficient to satisfy the claim of the
party furnishing the supplies, the de
ficiency will be filled out of the allot
ment to the laborer.
IV. When the landlord or merchant
enters complaint before a magistrate,
that a tenant attempts in collusion with
his laborers to defraud them, tie as
signing to the laborer an undue share
of the crop, the question will he ad
justed by a Board of Arbitration, se
lected as above directed, the plaintiff
being one of the party selecting a mem
ber of the Board, and the laborers the
other party, und the decisions of the
Board will be enforced by the officer
boforc whom the complaint is made.
By command of Brevet Mnj. Gen.
Ord.
O. D. Gref.se. A. A. G.
An Upright Judge.
Judge Aldrich, of the Barnwell dis
trict in South Carolina, refused to car
ry out the jury order No. 98. made by
Gen. Mickles before his removal. On
the 21st ult., t he term of his court at
Barnwell court house commenced.—
lie was then served with Gen, Canhy's
order, modifying order 89. He read
it in open court, and stated that it quite
as flagrantly violated the "jury law" of
tlu> Slate ns the oriiriaal. and the same
reasons that impelled hint to refuse to
enforce the one would prevent him
from carrying out the other, lie then
read a military order from Gen. Cun
by, which hud just been served upon
him, suspending him and forbidding
bis bolding any of the courts of his
circuit. Then rising from his seat be
said :
Gentlemen:—In forced obedience
to the command of Brev. Maj. Gen.
lid. R. S. Canby, I lay down my office
for the present. Personally, I feel no
mortitieatiou at this indignity, because
it lias becu put upon me for the con
scientious discharge of iny constitu
tional duty. 1 did not receive my of
fice from him, or from any power
which lie represents, and he has no
right to remove me. But it almost
breaks my heart to wituess the humil
iation of this proud old State, wc all
love so well, in my poor person. Be
of good cheer, it is only for a time. I
sec the dawu of a brighter day. The
great heart of the American people
beats true to tiie constitutional liberty.
The time is at hand when we will be
relieved from the tyranny and inso
lence of military despotism.
Gentlemen of the juries, for the pres- ■
ent farewell; but if God spares my
lite, I will yet preside in this court, a
South Carolina judge, whose ermine is
sustained.
My brethren of the bar, be patient;
be loyal to the constitution ; be true to
yourselves.
Mr. Clerk, as I am not permitted to
perform any judicial act, you and, the
sheriff will issue to the jurors their pay
certificates, as if the judge had not at- j
tended.
Mr. Sherifi', let the court stand ad
journed while the voice of justice is
stifled.—(Memphis Appeal.
-Honorable Henry T. Kllett and
Honorable William L. Harris, of the
Supreme Bench of Mississippi, have
followed the example of Judge Handy
and resigned.
Arkansas Editor in Prison.
In response, says the Chicot Press,
to the frequent and kind inquiries in
regard to the condition of the Editor
of the Press In Ids imprisonment, we
give below an extract from a private
letter received from him, which gives
us the gratifying intelligence, that
though his enemies are cruel in their
hate, he is not withont friends even in
a prison cell among strangers:
Hell, in process of Reconstruction,
November I8tli, 1807.
Dear Press:
I'm still alive, (the Lord
be praised for his infinite mercy,)
* ♦ » * * *
Ord is punishing me for the tone of the
“Press,” Tire Commission has been
organized, for the investigation of my
ease, some two months ; and action is
deferred in the vain hope that I will
die—1 don’t intend to do anything of
the kind. inverted column-rules
would ruin the appearance of the
“Pressami I am still vain enough to
believe you would use them in case of
my demise.
Gen. VV. II. MeCardle, Ihe talented
and gentlemanly editorof the “Times,”
occupies Cell No, (i, adjoining mine.
Gen. Anthony Poster of Panola coun
ty, is my room-mate. Our room is
4’j by 64*. actual measurement, which
being divided by gives the space al
lotted per man. Gen. MeCardle, and
Capt, Vernon, Of the “Times,” Colonel
Mini love, of the “Telegraph,” and all
other attache?* of the press of the citv
have been profuse in their offers of re
lief, &c., and their kindness Will be
long remembered. A lady, on yester
day, sent us a bottle of port wine, with
her compliments, and will send us a
nice dinner to-day. Gen. T. C. Me
Vickin ivilloi! nn ii«s vo«ifv i'V«.
ning, and brought ns a basket of good
tilings for our commissariat, (tod
bless the old fellow—he is as clever and
polite as usual.
Our cell is very cold—it is almost im
possible to write. Severe weather,
sm h as occurred last winter, would
freeze us to death, and do away with
the necessity of an investigation.
May the “Press” be always publish
ed, and may the Lord, in Ids great
wrath, damn all military despots.
Yours. Phil.
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Sheridan’s Juror Order Revoked.
The following order was issued on
the nth ins*.
Special Orders No.
Section 2. The true and proper use
of Military power, besides defending
the national honor against foreign na
tions, is to uphold the laws and civil
governments, and to secure to every
person residing among us the enjoy
ment of liberty and property. It is
accordingly made by act of congress
the duty of the commander of this dis
trict to protect all persons in their
rights, to suppress disorder and vio
lence, and to punish or cause to he
punished all disturbers of the public
peace and criminals. The command
ing general has been officially informed
that the administration of justice, and
especially of criminal justice in the
courts, is clogged, if not only frustra
ted, hv the enforcement of paragraph
No. 2 of the military order, numbered
special order No. 12i>, current series
from these headquarters, issued on the
24th of August, A. 1). lSt>7, in relation
to the qualification of persons to be
placed ou the jury lists of the State of
Louisiana, so determine who shall and
who shall not be jurors, appertaining
tn the legislative Dowel', and Until the
law in existence ruling the subject,
ahull he nnieiuled or changed by that
department of the civil government,
which the constitution of all the States
under our republican system vest with
that power, it is deemed best to carry
out the will of the people, as expressed
ill the last legislative act upon the sub
ject. The qualifications of a juror un
der the law is a proper subject for the
decision of the courts. The command
ing general, in the discharge of the
trust reposed in him, will maintain the
just power of the judiciary, and is un
willing to permit the civil authorities
and tho laws to he embarrassed by
military interference; and, as it is an
established fact that the administra
tion of justice in the ordinary tribunals
is greatly embarrassed by the opera
tions of paragraph Xo. 2, special order
Xo. 125, current series from these
headquarters, it is ordered that said
part which relates to the qualifications
of persons to be placed on the jury list
of the State of Louisiana, be and the
same is hereby revoked, and that the
trial by jury be henceforth regulated
and controlled by the constitution and
civil laws, without regard to any mili
tary order heretofore issued from these
headquarttgs.
J'• v command of Maj. Gen. Hancock.
\V. G. MITCHELL,
Brevet Col. and A. A. G.
Paragraph 2, special orders 125,
which is revoked, provides for the
immediate revision of jury lists, and
to exclude all citizens, not registered
voters under the reconstruction acts.
Au intoxicated man staggered
against the side of a house which had
been newly painted, (shoving hlmselt
clear by a vigorous effort, he tnok a
glimpse at his shoulder, another at the
house, a third ut his hand, and uxclaim
ed : “Well, that is a careless trick iu
whoever painted that house, to leave it
standing out alt night for people to run
against. ’
Baker, The False Witness.
linker, the great Washington testifier,
the modern Titas Oates, is in trouble.
; Ills lies have fotlhd hint out, and his
arrest lias been ordered. Evidence
i pours in from many quartets fatal te
his statements; among others the
' Nashville Dispatch states:
Baker testified before the impeach
ment committee that he had seen a let
ter from Andrew Johnson to Jed'.
Davis, written While the forther Was
Military Governor of Tennessee, in
which ho commUnieAtied valuable In
formation to Davis, such as would
have subjected ally man to hanging ns
a spy ; that this “had been taken otl
Andrew Johnson’s table in Nashville;'
that “John W\ Adamson, No. Myr
tle street, Nashville, Tenn.,” had given
it to him ; that Adamson "did not take
the letter himself,” but “that Governoi
Brownlow had employed a colored
liian to take it.” This testimony was
published a week or ten days ago, hut
Gov. Brownlow has remained silent in
j regard to it. We have been unable tc
find any one who knows such a person
as John W. Adamson, and as there is
no stieh street in Nashville as Mvrfle,
we are constrained to think Adamson
is a myth of Baker's fertile imagina
i tion.
Jno. Brownlow, son uf the Governor,
and editor of the Knoxville Whig, in
a communication published in tin
Nashville Dispatch referring to the
i above paragraph, says that Governoi
Brownlow never saw Baker's state
ment until that paper called attention
to it. and he desires it to be known
that if Baker made shell a statement as
is attributed to him, it is wholly false
and without foundation. The Gover
nor says lie has no knowledge of such
a letter as is referred to, and does not
believe that President Johnson evei
wrote a letter to Jell. Davis or any one
else, giving aid and comfort to the re
hellion. He does not believe that An
drew Johnson's treachery to the re
public antedates his accession to the
Presidency. The testimony of Baker,
as published in several papers, attrib
utes the statement Governor Brown
low is alleged to have made, to one ol
his sons, the reference is made to my
self or my brother, Capt. James B.
Brownlow, of the regular army. So
far as I am concerned, the statement is
an unmitigated and unfounded false
hood. For my brother, who is in
Arizona territory, I feel anthorizod to
make the same statement. Finally, i
would express the opinion that any
honest jury would convict Baker ol
perjury upon his own testimony.
Hard ov the Ladies.—Some old
fogy (an old dilapidated bachelor, ol
course) gets off the following at the
expense of the ladies :
“Taken as a class, women ran con
trive more outlandish and ugly fash
ions than any one would think possi
ble without the gift of inspiration.
Take, for instance, the waterfall.—
First it represented a bladder, of Scotch
snutf; next it hung down a Woman's
back like a canvas-covered ham ; after
ward it contracted, and counterfeited a
turnip on the back of the head : now it
sticks straight out behind, and looks
like a wire muzzle on a greyhound.
Nestling in the midst of this long
stretch of hair reposes a little batter
cake of a bonnet like a jockey saddle
on a long-backed race horse.”
Fob Liiikria.—We read iu the Mo
bile llegister, of the 19th, lilt., that “a
prominent member of the Loyal League
is now organizing a colony offreed
inen to proceed to Liberia. He lias re
ceived assurances from that Govern
ment that every facility toward settling
themselves comfortably will be ex
tended to persons of color arriving
there, and we earnestly call upon every
good citizen to afford this patriotic in
dividual all the aid possible, as the
absence of any member of the distin
guished conclave which he has the
honor to represent, and that of a large
number of the race he proposes to
"elevate,” is devoutly to be wished.”
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The Anti-Masonic War in Cuba.—
A Havana letter of the 4th hist., says:
"The anti-masonic movement on the
part of the government still continues
On the 28th ultimo the rooms occupied
by the masonic lodge in Puerto Prin
cipe, were visited by agents of the
government, hut as the brothers had
received information of the proposed
visit long previously, no papers oi
documents were fouud, and although
it was a regular stilted meeting night,
only four persons could he fouud in the
in the building. Male visitors in the
houses around the lodge were plenti
ful that evening. The four gentlemen
in the house were taken into custody
by the guardians of the fifth lie peace
and morals, and liberated again alter a
eoiilinemeiit of three hours. What the
end of all this will he nobody knows.
The government is alienating from it
self the sympathies ami good will of a
large body of its most influential citi
zens, and without the least possible
elnmee of gaining a friend except among
the ignorant.”
- Sumner has styled Andrew
Johnson the successor of Jeff. Itavis,
through whom the rebellion had lived
after Jhivis had been captured. In his
characteristic style of gesture, and in a
low down, sepulchral tone, he de
nounced the message as in-ulting to
Centres- ami the country.
United States Bankrupt Law.
Object of the 1AW 5 ts to enable per
sons who cannot pay their debts, to get
l‘id of them.
Who may take advantage Of this law ?
Any person, or firm. W ho OW'esdebts
to the amount of thr#o hundred dollars
or upw ard, whether they be individual
Or partnership debts or both, and it
makes no difference W hat Is the characs
ter of the indebtedness, whether it be
by bill, ttole, account, judgement, as
principal, or surety, or otherwise.
What does the law demand of the ap
j plieant ?
Thai he shall surrender his property,
except such as is hereafter mentioned,
to his creditors,Jfor a pro rata distribu
tion nmong them.
What does the law permit the appli
cant to keep ?
First—Household and kilclien furni
ture, and necessaries to the amount of
j $500.
Second—The wearing apparel of
himself and famil y.
Third—The uniform, arms and equip
ments of nhy person, who is, or has been
a soldier in the militia or the service
oflhc United States.
Fourth—If the applicant is the head
of a family, his homestead to the value
J of $500. If he has no homestead, then
1 in lieU thereof, money or other person
al property to the Value of $300.
If the applicant lias only so much
property as is above enumerated, of
course lie has nothing to give up to his
creditors'.
The result of taking the benefit of
this law is a discharge from all his in
debtedness. In cases where there is
1 any contest it requires from sixty to
ninety days to procure this discharge.
'I’llIU IU It’ trimt ! n I a aiiuenf imi All ilin
first day of June, 1867, and persons who
propose to avail themselves of its ad
vantages should do so as soon ns possi
ble, as they cannot do so after one year
front its commencement, unless he can
pay fifty cents on the dollar of their
indebtedness, or get the consent of a
majority in number aud value of their
] creditors.
Giving the Devil His Due.—There
is a point in the following anecdote:
A parson was making a call upon an
old lady, who made it a habitual rule
never to speak ill of another, and had
observed it so closely that she always
justified those whom she had heard
] evil spoken of. Before the old lady
made her appearance in the parlor, her
several childreh were speaking of this
: peculiarity of their mother, and one of
them playfully added: “Mother has
such a habit of speaking well of every
body, that Ido believe If Satan himself
were the subject of conversation, moth
er would find out some virtue or good
quality even in him.” Of course, this
remark elicited some smiling and mer
riment, at the originality of the idea,
in the midst of which the old lady en
tered the room, and on being told what
bad just been said, she immediately
and involuntarily replied: “Well, my
children, I wish we all had Satan's in
dustry and perseverance.”
-The bill to repeal the tax of two
■ and a half cents per pound on raw cot
ton, which passed the House on Wed
nesday, the 4th inst., provides that all
cotton grown in the Southern States
shall be exempt from internal revenue
tax after the year 18457. A substitute
to exempt the present year’s crop from
tax was lost b.v a larsr majority.
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-Ex-Presideut Jefferson Davis at
tended the Catholic orphans’ fair at
Richmond, Thursday evening, and was
formally presented with a splendid
musical box. In reply, Mr. Davis said :
‘■I thank you and the ladies and gen
tlemen for your kindness, and will
place this with the gold headed cane
presented to tile by the Catholic ladies
of Norfolk, who held a fair for a char
itable purpose last spring. Your kind
ness will not be forgotten. The C’ath
i olics have always been my friends, and
i cannot forget the circumstance that
| the Holy Father, the Head of your
! Church, was the first sovereign who
sent his blessing in my misfortuue.
May God bless you all.”
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WHKitk to Get The Best Wife.—A
man and wife were sitting at breakfast
the other day—the husband trying to
read the paper while the wife was lec
turing him on his dissipated hours. He
suddenly looked up from his paper and 1
said :
“Here’s a perfectly correct sentiment, j
A writer in this paper says the best
capital to begin with is a capital wife.” |
’ “That's very true, dear,” replied the
wife, smiling that her remark would
i elicit a compliment, “but where can you
always get them ? ’
“In the deal and dumb asylum, of
course.”
As sympathetic novelists say, “we
will not further invade this scene ol
quiet domesticity,”
—While General Butler was in
Norfolk on Monday a white hackman
named Adams refused to let him ride
in his hack. A subscription has been
.•.tarted among the citizens to purchase
the hackman a new carriage.
--
-Charles Mulheirn, of the canton
of Cri, iu Switzerland, has been fined
800 francs for refusing to accept nn
office. This incident is so different
: from anything iu the experience of
Americans that we can hardly appre
ciate.
SALMAGUNDI.
A Southern paper calls a coiempo
rary a “huge herbivorous animal”
teff* It is the lot of humauity to err
At times, as the drbiikeh mah said whett
lie mistook the pig-sty for his bed
room.
lnaylLe Hiasoh wllk pretty iromoli
fiin't see their own defects is that they
are unwilling to plut-k tilt: beams obi
of their own bright eyes.
trnr if like cures like,isn't bestowing
fondness on our friends the best means
of losing them?
A clergyman at an afternoon
service was asked to rtiad a hotifct* Of A
Woman’s rights lecture, which he did
in this wise : “At half-past six o’clock,
at t lie school house in the first district,
a hen Will attempt to croW.”
I®* At A school at M'allscnd, the
master asked A class Of l>o)’s the mean
ing of the word “Appetite.” After a
short pause, one little boy said, “I know
sir; when I'm eatiu’ I’m 'appy, and
when I'm done I'm tight.’*
#siy Nice boy—“Ma, if you will give
me a peach, t Will be a good boy.”
“No, my child. Von must not be good
for pay ; that is not right-.**
“You don't wau’t me to be good-for*
nothing, do you ?”
An “old soaker” wants to klttiW,
if water will destroy bools, What ihiist
be its fearful effects on the delicate lin
ings of the stomach? He don't think
lie'll try the experiment.
Here is a French joke: Custom*
er—“Have you packed tliokP matches
for Madame Cloquen so that there will
be no danger?” Storekeeper—“Oh,
never fear. I have scraped off all tho
brimstone.”
tag' An editor became martial, and
was created captain. On parade, in
stead of “two paces in front—advance!"
he Unconsciously bawled oltt, “Cash—
two dollars a year—advance!”
gig- Tacitus committed a trifling er
ror when he said that “in the early ages
mail lived a life of innocence and sim
plicity.” The first woman wentastrav,
the very first man that was born in the
world killed the second. When did
the time of simplicity begin?
S6g~ An unsophisticated young lady
in Boston remarked, oil leaving a con
cert, that she was particularly enrap
tured with that piece called the 12th
Massachusetts. It was Mozart's 12th
Mass.
jf-jy- “What makes Voltr eoWs so
cross?” said an old lady to the milk
man the other day. “Cross, madam ?
they are the gentlest things in the
world.” “Well, the milk is always sour,”
the matron replied.
Sag- That is a precocious child just
beginning in geography, who insists
that tho Poles live partly at one end of
the globe and partly at the other. Ilo
knows it is so, because they are marked
on the map.
“Julius, did you attchd de last
meeting ob de debating society ?” “Yes,
sir.” “Well, tvhat Was de fust thing
dat came afore de house ?" "Why, it
was a charcoal cart.”
“How do you and your wife get
on ?” “Oh, rather badly : she gate me
her hand awhile ago, and I thanked her,
she gives it to me now every time I
speak, and I d thank her not to.”
|ije “What do you mean hv a saw
dentist ?” “I mean a man who sharpens
and repairs the teeth of saws,”
yq; in v auiv/i uit» *« •» » iv vuv
hundred and twenty-five dollars per
month in gold are not uncommon wages
for teamsters, carpenters, shipbuilders,
caulkers, blacksmiths and the like—
some, however, being paid by the day*
Miners receive from three and a hall’to
live dollars a day. Farm laborers, of
course,'are always needed, and can
reckon oil thirty to forty dollarsa month
and board; they soon come to own
farms of their own.
Hay A Montgomery, Ala., telegram
states: “Gen. Pope telegraphs Gen*
Swaine, December 2, askiug if the con
vention Calinot be induced to adjourn
without further legislation, and sa)s
the convention is doing incalculable
injury to reconstruction by its late ac
tion* This is the second disputeli of
the same tenor from Gen. Pope. The
members have declared Gen. Pope s
telegram insulting.”
The roason of the failure of the
Southern emigrants to Brazil and Mex
ico, is explained by the Charleston Mer
cury. The act of emigrating implies
enterprise, firmness, fortitude and
courage. It is just the reverse with the
Southern men. who have abandoned
their country in disgust since the war,
They have done so “because they lack
the firmness, fbrtltude, courage and en
terprise necessary to eudure and cope
with their untoward circumstances.”
jpa>~ The feature of the dress at our
re-unions is one that has never before
been remarked of young Amctfcan
women, and that is the universal adop
tion of the dccoletc, or low neck dress.
Heretofore low necks have been tho
exception, now they are the rule, and
covering, where it Is used, seems to be
employed only to conceal the want of
physical charms, not the charms them
selves.
-The Cincinnati Commercial says <
“Some individual iu Vicksburg recent
ly obtained two thousand dollars' worth
of wines and brandies front Puttier's
wine house, uuder false pretense*,”