POE & MATHEWS, Proprietory_ i^stiiiusukd sEprs.iwcit, issi j $2 50 PER ANNUM—In t iv.in, e.
VOUJME !3._PES ARC, ARKANSAS, 8KPTEMBE i 14-, 1WW7. WUMliEH <j(j
§cs |irt Citizen.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
OPPICR—BURMA VISTA STREET.
* Our Job Priming Department.
Wc have supplied ourselves with a good
Assortment of Printing Material and Are
ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing,
on reasonable terms.
We are prepared to print Paraphltia, Cata
loguoss Posters, large or small. Cards, Bal
Tickets, Bill Iliads, Blanks of every descrip
tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace. Oon^'ab^s.
PROFESSIONAL FAROS.
ROBT. S ANDERSON. WM. J. THOMPSON.
Jacksonport, Ark. Augusta, Ark.
Anderson dr Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonport and Augusta. Ark.
Will attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
raff, and a<\joining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the State. Address
cither office. maylB ly
A. C PICK1TT. 1. M. RAMSAt’It.
picicifi r r «sc it v vt-tAUii,
ATTORNEYS IT LAW,
A UG US TA, A R KASSA S.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff.
Jackson, White and Craighe.vl. Special at
tention given to collections of .11 claims en
trusted to their care apr6-ly
J. C. JONSON. Office—West Point. Arkansas.
JNO. M. M'K)RB, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JO\SO\ & MOORE,
Attoraei# at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHAN CERT,
— \ND —
General Land and Collecting Agent*,
SKAUCV, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson.
Woodruff. Monroe, Prairie, While, Conway
and Van llureu n'*r^~
J IS l\ 4l.l»KIO<-k:,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant," Arkansas.
Wit,I, practice in the Circuit Courts ol
Woo.lruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
tae sevemn .MMiciii.-iM-.il in. »•••* r-i.-s I
attention to all busiucsa ontruated to hm j
care. imnl2‘_I
GreoT W. Ma berry.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AM)
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY
— AND—
GEVER 1I< L1VD AGENT,
COTTON PLANT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
I
•\TY-ILI, attorn! the Circuit and Probate
YV Courts for the countioa of Monrop. St.
Francis and Woodruff. mat 24- j
J E GATEWOOD, t I ■> S. THOMAS. j
Do, Arc. Ark. ( \ Brownsville, Ark.
GUTEWO D & T.iOMAS,
ai? saw
lies Arc and Brownsville,
PRAIRIE COrm, ARKANSAS.
decl-tf __ .
N. W. WIIXIAWS,
ATT0K”3T AT L.V77,
Wili. practice Law in Prairie and adjoining
counties. Prompt attention given to all
business confided to his care. augfi
OrFicv_At H. P. Vsmrhan’s Law office
1. N. RKne.gFF.TH. T. BI.AKK KENT.
HEDGEPETH & K'NT.
ATTOftSSYS AT LAW.
DE3 ARC, ARKANSAS.
—
WILL practice in nil of the courts nl
Prairie county, .and the circuit courts
of the surrounding counties. mar24-fim
JAMES H. PATTERSON, LCCIAN C. GACSE.
Augtula. Ark. Jnchouporl, Ark
SIDNEY S. GACSE.
Patterson. Gaiee & Br*..
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
JacUaonport and Augaaia, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff.
Jackson. IndopHtidenee. While. Lawrence, j
Randolph, Ureen. I raigncau «na » ioa». >uu
nttcnd to special case* in any part of the
Slate. Address either office myl8-1y
WM. a. CoOUV p- MCRAK.
COODY & MjRAE,
r®T8 A? SAW
8EAKCY. WHITE COIIRTV,
ATUiANSSAS.
Will practice in all tho court* of Arkanea*
mar24
fiOL. K. CLARK. HAM '7 WILLIAMS.
JOE W MARTIN.
CLARK WILLIAM3 & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
little ROCK, iRRUm.
act as n*ar e,unrf ana general 'ffrnn i
Office—Markham Streot, near State House.
april28-tf
W. HIOK^, Formerly of the firm ofCypert & =
Hicks.
II. R. FIKLDING, Formerly of Athene, Ala.
HIM? * FIELQI16.
JlTTORSSYS AT LAW.
Sparer, Wiilte Co., trkania*.
WfT.Ij practice in this and the adjacent
counties. in the District Courti, and Su
pr«to« Court of the State.
— We have in connection with our L\w
OrrtcK an ACT! VE OCT*ltOOR COLLECTTI.O
AGENCY. Claim" eniruated to its will he
promptly attended to. and if not immediately
L collected will bo at once eecured if possible
Claim against the Government for -roperty
taken hv the a. S force* (whether receipted
for or not)—BoreTtve Putts Otis, Attests" of
r*T Ac promptly attended to.
C1.-“1 niCFF k FIELmrO
PROFESSIONAL CAROS._
| Dn. Burney, Trezevant * Allen,
HAVISO associated themselTe* ia the
PRACTICE OP MERICIIVE,
will continue to wait upon thecititens of
PES ARC AND VICINITY.
As heretofore, a portion of their time, will
he devoted to treatment of Otsosic Dial,sis
of every description.
jgg. >flice_ One door east if J. M. Burney's
Prug Store. jull8
Dl». J A. ROMELAUXS office, is
now at Johnson tfc Davis' Drug Store:
can be be consulted at his room at the llarvey
House. He will give his undivided attention
to Chronic Dlseasca of every d-ecrip
lion.
The best of references can be furnished, by
applying to
PR. J. A. ROC8EI.AOX.
junl-tf Dee Are, Arkansas.
ato. g noiTon. b. v. vsuohab.
HORTON & VATOHAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ASb
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
WILD practice intheCourte of the counties
of Prairie. White, Jackson. Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
collection of claims any where in the Slate.
sepTtf.________
n.*. gaktt. w j. inosACon.
GANTT fc BRONAUGH,
JsTTOaSSYS XT LAW.
Will practice in l!.e oounlies of Prairie.
White, Woodruff. Monroe, Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt afttrntion given to the rollec
tion of claims Taxes will be paid and titles
investigated for nou-residenls aprl4-8m
^IIOMAS M. GIBSON,
ATTORN3T AT LA^,
DEVALL S BLUFF. ARKANSAS.
Wili give special attention to collection of
claims of every character. jun29-1y
llloMAS J. MAItSlI,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
A. t Law,
D E S ARC, AREA ESA S.
CSfrPartrnlar attention given to the
collection of all kind* of claim* against
the Government.
OrrtCE—On Buena Vista street nest
door to .1. M. Burney's drug store.
tnsy*J5
WM T- JONES,
0&&8* 4¥ LAW,
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
WILt. practice in the counties of Pu’sski.
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff. Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the eoilec
Lion of claims. aprll-ly
I. s. nsnoesTB. s. a. sscasos.
HEDGPETH & JACKSON,
SOIHBTSAD
LAND AGENTS,
Dea Arc, Arltn,n*n».
Wm enter Lands under the proviaions of
he Act of Congrcts, May 21. 1862. entitled
An act to secure Homesteads to actual sel
lers on the public domain.” ap27
P. LEPTIEN^
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
DES ARC. ARKANSAS.
Tam now prepared to do all
kinds of work in my lina. Mend
ing, Cleaning. &c.
-Thankful for past favors, 1 solicit «
continuance of the patronage beretefor* be
stowed on me feh‘28-tf
WATTENSAW
Nursery.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
FRUIT TREES,
OXE AXD TWO YEARS OLD,
FOR 8ALB IN 1867-8,
BY JOHN D. MORROW & SON,
rKilBIt COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
HAVING been engaged 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
Partis adapted to our climate. Wo refer the
public to specimens iu our Orchards, and Or
chards sold by us. in this aud adjoining
counties. Address
John O. Morrow it Son,
jun22-t>m bee Arc, Arkansas.
TV. II. B ARNETT,
S&&U888 S4&84,
Aid General Repairer.
Will repair Old Harness, or makaacw ones.
Also, repair Saddles. Shop—-opposite ••citi
es* or- ick.”
bes Arc, Ark., May 2ft, 1867—tf
ENTERTAINMENT!!
Tub CNDERoiGNrn having
opened h House of i:nt«r- jW
lalnmrnl, on Boon, Tun Street, n.»r ’
>lt« Sieombont Lending, tor tb, Moommodn
lion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS,
1
Bp tb, <Ut. week, or month, tnlioitt tb, pit
rnn»Se or thoiw rteirteg Dm Arp. Th* fere
will be u good >• tb, atrlit Afford,, and
terms rando-ste.
OiT« me • trim!, sad I will endeoeor to rito
SStiofAOtiOB.
VENIAMIN HATLIY.
T>«s Arc, Ark . Msreb ;g, I
Constitution and Genoral Rules of
The Prairie OouAty Agricultural
Society.
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I.
Title or the Society.—This Society
slmll be known by the name of the
“Prairie County Agricultural Society. ’
ARTICLE It.
{ 1. The officers of this Society shall
consist of a President, Arice President,
Secretai y, Treasurer, and directors.
| 2. Officers and Directors shall
hereafter be elected by ballot at the
Annual Meeting of the Society in
March and shall hold their offices one
year, and until their successors are
chosen.
} 3. In the election of officers and
directors, a plurality of the votes cast
shall be necessary to elect. Vacancies
may be filled at any meeting of the
Society.
ARTICLE til.
{ 1. The President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Directors,
shall compose a Board of managers, a
majority of whom shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business,
and it shall be the duty of said Board
to manage the property and business
of this Society as shall best promote
the interests of Agriculture. Horticul
ture, the mechanic Arts and Household
Iudustry ; and they shall hold and con
duct Annual Fairs and Exhibitions,
and distribute premiums to the per
sons exhibiting the best and mosttner
etoriotis specimens in these several
departments.
AETICLE IV.
{ 1. It shall be the duty of the Pres
ident to preside at meetings of the so
ciety, and of the Board of managers.
The Vice President shall perform the
duties of the President in Ida absence.
ARTICLE V.
I 1 T> -1 _ 1 1 1. _ . 1 . 1 ... . A /
rctary to make and keep a neat record
of Hie proceedings of the Society, and
of the Board of Managers, and to per
form such other appropriate duties as
may be assigned him by tho Society or
its Board of Managers.
{ 2. Tho Secretary slial! kerpa book
for the special purpose of recording
the names of the Annual and Lite
Members, and the names of donors,
and the amounts contributed by each,
he shall as soon as practical ^i*y over
all monies received by him to the
Treasurer.
ARTICLE VI.
» l. It sliall be tho duty of the Ti«"*
nrer to receive all monies ami property
due the Society, or donated for its ben
efit, and to dispose of the samo only as
directed by a resolution of the Board
of Managers, certified by tho I'resi
debt and countei e'gnc 1 by the Secre
tary. He shall keep an arcouut of his
receipts and disbursements and report
tho same with proper vouchers, to the
Society, at its Annual meetings, and to
the Board of Managers as often as they
may require; and shall give bond for
the faithful discharge of his duty in
such surety and sums as they may deem
proper.
ARTICLE VII.
( 1. The Annual meetings of this So
ciety shall be held on the 2d Monday
in March of each year at such place us
the Society may designate.
ARTICEL Till.
{ 1. The Board of Managers may
make euch Rules, Regulations and By
Laws as they may deem proper, con
sistent with this Constitution.
ARTICLE IX.
\ 1. Any person may become a mem
ber of this Society for one year by pay
ing in to the treasury the sum of $1
or may become a life member by pay
ing at one time the sum of $10.
ARTICLE X.
I V L . - IA_1
I — -----
or amended by a vote of two-thirds of
all the members present at any Annual
meeting, or at a called meeting provi
ded that thirty days public notice of
tame be given.
GENERAL* Rl*LES.
1. Life and annual members of the
Society and all other* who shall pay
$1 into the trra-ury, will be furnished \
with badges entitling them to compete
for premiums, admission with the
bona fide members of their family with
carriages to the Show Ground, and all
departments of the exhibition during '
its continuance.
2. Stock and articles mnst be entered
in the name of the bona fide owners,
and Grain, Fruit, Vegetable*, Dairy
Products and Domestic Manufactures,
must have been raised and made by the
exhibitor thereof unless exceptions be
made in the published list of premiums
offered by the Board of managers.
3. Animals and Articles that hare
taken premiums at pfevious Exhibi
tions will not be allowed to compete
except for a higher premium, in case
they are adjudged best after having
received the highest premium aoertifi
cate of the fact will be awarded. No
animal or article can compete but for a
single premium.
4. Premium* will not be paid on An
imals or articles of inferior merit al
though there may be uo competion.
No premium (hall be paid on aiiy ani- j
me! or article owned by a firm unless
each member of said flrtn is a member
of the Society.
6. Vo person shall act a« a judge for
awarding premiums for which be is
any way a competitor.
(V \-.y» person who shall knowing’"
, violate the regulations, of the Sociny,
j or who shall seek to obtain a premium
by false pretences, or by improper in
terference witli the Judge shall be ex
cluded from competition, and if a mem
ber of Society.
7. Premiums awarded and called for
at or before the annual meeting in
March will be considered as donations
to the Society.
8. Competition on all articles open
to the State.
(From the London puily News.
Its Future_'An English View of Af
fairs at Salt Lake City.
A crisis appears to have overtaken at
the same time the civil community es
tablished at the Great Salt Lake City aud
the d/bnuon Church, which has its cen
tral seat there. We have heard of late
thut schisms of a most serious character
have broken out in Utah ; that President
Young's authority is defied, and that his
practices are denounce I by some who
have hitherto held high places under him
while his chief occupation has been the
excommunication of the unruly. The
marriage laws of Utah, which have hith
erto been held to be fundamental parts id
die A/urmon polity, appear to be called in
question by gouio of the principal men in
the society, and this is a matter on which
Young, it is understood, will muke no
concession' . ut the cause which most
threatens the character, if not the exist
ence, of the Mormon settlement is exter
ual. Gold which builds up so many
things, is disintegrating Mnrmondom.
Mines, which in (he first excitement of
discovery are said to exceed in value all
previously known to exist on the mcri
can Continent, have been found near the
South Pass, about two hundred and fifty
miles from Salt Lake City, and six weeks
ago the people were departing for them
uy tuiuureuM, leaving 1110 nuiicst wueui
harvests uugalhered There is nothing I
leads Bo rapidly to the settlement of aj
region in America as the discovery of
gold, and the depopulation of their capital
is not the direct evil the Mormons have
to fear. In the present disorganixed con
ditioti of large portions of the population
of the United States, it is inevitable that
thousands who have been dislocated by
the events of war should make their way
to the neighborhood of Utah, whither they
w.ll carry sentiments and ideas anything
but favorable to Air. Young and Ins ir.sti
tutions. Whatever view we may be dis
posed to take of tbo 'taUimy aim sircngui
of Mormon ism. it is certain that its leadeis
for the last twenty years have acted on
the belief that iWufiun tmJ necessary to<
the success of th'ir p tin*, and they have
accordingly discouraged to the utmost the
attempts of strangers to approach or tuin :
gle with them. It is only at a distance
from all rival power that authority such as
YToung and h s associates have hitherto
claimed can be exercised Hut just as
that authority itself is called in question
.1 is about to bo subjected to the severest
strain The strong element of discontent
which has never been absent from Utah
will now be able to make a .dunces which
have until lately been impossible; w hile
Northern opinion will also hud new ugeu
cies with winch to combat polygamy —
Many elaborate plaus have been devised
at New York and Washington for des
troying an organization of society so re
pugnunt as Moriuonism to the best tea
lures of modern civilization It has even
been proposed to suppress its "peculiui
institutions ’ by the power of Ftderal law
supported by a military expedition W hat
is happening shows how much wiser it is
in a young couulry where Unsuspcete . |
forces are always suddenly developing ;
themselves, to look with a certain amount I
of patience on departure from custom an
Usuage, and to wait for a remedy in the
course of the operations of natural luws
rather than seek it in the best intentioned
violence Nobody need he scandalized ai
seeing these sell-styled "saints" leaving
the seat of their theocracy for the gulu
m.ues They have never dissembled thu.
the prosperity they sought was oarthly
and material, and if to realize it by golu
mining they have to abandon detestable
hibita, they and their neighbors m iy he
Congratulated on the result.
(^Cotton generally is looking fine.
Of which there will be a large quantity
raised in this county. There is no end i
to the corn grown in the Arkansas
river valley this season. Any quantity
of corn can be bought this fall at 50cts
per bushel.
This will not be very flattering news
to the great grain producing West,
whoso grunarys will be tilled to over
flowing with the coming crops. We
have produced enough to supply all of
our home demands and at cheaper
flgu ■« than it can possibly be !r u;ht
here from the West ; and as a nt titer
of course tho Western States will have
to find out some other market for their
produce.—Pine BlutT Dispatch.
fcjjr-‘Pii. I know why that old fash
ioned pistol of vour'n that grand-pa fit
within the Rovolution. is called ahorse
pistol.”
“Why, my son ?”
"Because it kicks so.”
Kig"’ Simpson says the ladies do not
set their caps for the gentlemen any
more, they spread their hoops.
j Letter lrom Wade Hampton of S. 0.
On Reconstruction.
The following is the concluding por
tion of \\ ade Hampton s letter to vari
ous citizens of Columbia. South Caro
lina, who asked his advice “with re
gard to their action in the very impor
tant matters soon to he submitted to
the people of the State: ’
“To return to the consideration of
the Reconstruction Acts. What in
ducements do the advocats of thees
measures hold out to us to accept them ?
Can they promise us peace? Look at
Tennessee, nnd learn what kind ot
pdhec we arc to have. Can they promise
us an acceptable State constitution, one
that will not he interfered with by
Congress ? Look at Delaware, Mary
land and Kentucky, three ‘loyal sov
ereign States, which are to be put on
trial before a Star Chamber Commit
tee on the charge of not having repub
lican constitutions. Can they promise
a restoration of the Union ? The Rad
ical rulers expressly declare that their
measures are not -finalities.’ Can they
promise even that doubtful good, rep
resentation in the Congress of the Uni
ted States? I refer you to Kentucky,
whose representatives are ignomin
ionsly rejected beciuse rebels voted
for them.
“Rut suppose that the State accepts
the terms proposed by the Military
Bills; that she agrees to the permanent
and total exclusion from her councils
of the intellect, the experience, the
wisdom nnd the patriotism which, in
times past, gave her luster; that, instead
of these noble qualities and virtues, she
commits her political destinies to the
guidance of ignorance, inexperience,
folly nnd Radicalism; that she adopts
a Constitution disfranchising forever
the men who, in obeying her command
to defend her. believed that they were
serving Cod : that she
- 3iiy-— g loiuinioua purchase—short repose.
'Viiti 'lying curses and the groans of those
That served and loved, and put in her their
trust **
Suppose site does all these things.
and that the Radicals then graciously
permit her to send her representatives
to Washington, front what class will
she select the men who are to fill the
places once honored by Lowndes, Cal
houn, McDuffie, Preston, Cheeves.
Havnc, Huger, and their glorious com
peers? Is representation in Congress
so very desirable that we should send
men there who can take the oath, rath
er than that we should remain unrep
resented longer? Can the people of
»».« <;♦..«- * * *'• • i -i ... —x. _ |
would take It ? For the honor of our
Stale, I should prefer that she should
not be represented in the halls of Con
gress until her delegates can enter j
them as freemen, representing a sover
eign State, with all her dignity, equal
ity and rights unimpaired.' When
that day comes there may he a rcstorr
lioti of the Union in fact as well ns in i
theory; when North and South, for
giving the past, even if thy can not for- ]
get it, may meet as equals on some
common ground, where the honor, the \
rights and the feelings of botli can be ■
recognized nud respected. But until
that day does come, In the words of
Patrick Henry, ‘Gentlemen may cry
Peace, peace, but there is no peace.'
It is scarcely necessary for me to say 1
I hat, entertaining the views that 1 have j
expressed, I think it far preferable the '
State should remain in its present con
dition. under military rule, than that it
should give its sanction to measures
which we believe to ho illegal, uncon
stitutional and ruinous. It is my
honest ami firm belief that the volun
tary acceptance of these measures by
our people would surely bring, not on
ly to the South, but to the whole coun
try, evil far greater than any we have
yet suffered.
“The North, flushed with success and
ilruuk with power, may not he able to
realize this fact; but as surely as the
South falls a victim to irresponsible
mil unlicensed power, so surely will
ihe North lose its liberties. Bum to j
Ihe South will react oil the North, and j
if we arc crushed into the dust the j
Northern people will see but tlie fore- I
shadowing of their own eertain doom.
Becoguizc ns au established principle,
tho right of any political party that may
he in tlie ascendency to fix upon all xx ho
differ with them laxvs unauthorized by
the Constitution of the United States,
and xve shall begin that downward ca
reer which avill lead us steadily
through confusion, anarchy and blood,
to the certain overthrow of republican
institutions and free government. Be
lieving this, I regard it as the duty of
every man, in the exercise of the right
accorded to all by those military bills,
to oppose their adoption by ail lawful
means. As the people have the privil
ege. then, of expressing either assent
or dissent on this question, l advise
them earnestly to record the latter as
fully and solemnly as possible. Let
t:vary man register and cast his vote
against the Convention since the ques
tion will be made on that issue. * *
"As it is of the last consequence to
maintain the same amicable relations
which have heretofore existed tietwoen
tho whites and the blacks, I can not too
strongly reiterate my counsel that all
classes should cultivate harmony and
exercise forbearance. Let our people
remember that the negroes have, as a
general rule, behaved admirably, and
that they are in no manner responsi
ble for the present condition of affairs.
Shonld they, in the future, be misled
hv xvieked Or designing men, let us
■ consider how ignorant they necessari
ly are, and let us only the more try to
convince them that we are their best
friends. Deal with them with perfect
justice, and tints show that you wisl
to promote their advancement and en
lightenment. Do this, and thenegroe
will not only learn to trust you. hut
they will soot, appreciate the fact so
evident to us, that we can do without
them far better than they can do with
out us. On a late public occasion
where many of you were present, I ex
! pressed my perfect willingness to set
j impartial suffrage established in the
• South, and I believe that this opinion
Is entertained not only by a large ma
‘ jorltyoft.he intelligent and reflecting
whites, but als a of the same class among
j tlie blacks.
‘•I degrccate universal suffrage, pot
j only on general principles, hut especi
| ally in the case before us. because I
deny the right of Congress to prescribt
the rules of citizenship in tiie States.
The Supreme Court lias derided that
a negro is not a citizen of the United
States, and Congress can not reverse
that decision by an act. The States
however, are competent to confer eiti
zenship on the negro, and I think it b
the part of wisdom that such action
should he taken by the Southern States.
We have recognized (lie freedom o
the blacks, and have placed this l'aei
beyond all probability of doubt, denia
: or recall. Lot us recognize, in tin
same frank manner and as fully, their
political lights also. For myself, 1
confess th.it 1 am perfectly willing to
sec a constitution adopted by our State
conferring the elective, franchise on the
negro on precisely the same terms as
it is to be exercised by the white man.
guarding against the abuse of this priv
ilege by establishing a slight educa
tional and property qualification for
all classes,
WADE HAMPTON.
Columbia, August 7, 1Si>7.
Mason art in the South.—Wc find
the following going the rounds of the
press:
“The South is the Masonic Beulah ot
our land ; tar from every hamlet, Vil
lage and city comes the cry “more
light." and there is scarcely a home or
fireside that feels not the genial influ
ence of the Order, or hut numbers Ma
sonry among its household gods. Rich
and poor, learned or unlearned, meet
on the common level, and the hand 01
Masonic charity is often extended to
assist the falling brother. On the Ma
BAnlfl !*»•* ■* **'n oil l^.. 1-»••*»Ic niul I ’nn.
federates, without regard to political
distinction, meet and work ; and on the
points of fellowship the blue and gray
intermingled in fraternal embraces as
though they had never been joined in
death struggles. What a commentary
on the mission of Masonry! What
wonder that the order grows! In my
humble opinion, the future relations of
two sections depend more on our order
than almost anything else; because on
the level we meet without mutual dis
trust, free from the wiles of politicians,
and there we find oul the good quali
ties of each other. There we prove
our charity, our humanity, and our
truth. I think of this often, and al
ways with truth and hope.”
Haj-The Houston Telegraph, of July
17, informs its readers that one Col.
O'Connell, (his name should blush for
him,) a few days previously, had issued
an order commanding Capt. Christian,
of the steamer Whitelaw, to provide
“first class accommodations” on his
boat for Shade Crome, a negro regis
trar, on his wav to Lynchburg, Texas,
on duty. Capt. Christian was willing
to furnish the colored official with com
fortable accommodations, hut refused
to put him in the company of and on
an equaiitv with his white passengers
in the state room and at (lie table.
The refusal caused the captain to tie
ordered before the doughty retainer of
remonstrated against tlie injury carry
ing out the order would cause him. but
the remonstrance was followed by oar
ing a guard sent on board to post up
the order on ttip boat, and sec tha‘ its
provisions were complied with. Shade
('rotne, negro as lie was, turned out to
be more of a gentleman than the offi
cious colonel, and so prompty refused
to thrust himself where he was not
wanted, or to go to the supper table
with the passengers, although urged by
the guard to do so.
« --
gisjrMr. Mullallv, editor of (lie New
York Metropolitan Record, has placed
at the disposal of an association for the
relief of the destitute and suffering of
the South, of which Mrs. («nv. J. K.
Broome, of Florida, is President, and
Mrs. Graham L. Hughes, of St. Louis,
a director, one whole page nfhis paper,
to be tilled with advertisements at the
regular advertising rates, the parties
advertising to pay in goods—either
clothing or food—which are to he
distributed among the needy white
persons of the South. Mr. Mullally’s
donation is a splendid one, and can be
made of immense service to the South
ern poor. The Secretary of the
Association is Miss S. A. Brock ; her
postoffice address, box 7lM, New \ ork
city. Any communication addressed
to her or to Mrs. Hughes, now stopping
in New York, or to Mr. Mullallv, edi
tor of the Record, will be attended to.
tgf When will playing cards cease?
When the angel Gabriel shall play his
lsst trump.
[From tb< Cutholic Teiegntpb.]
Interesting Letter from Bt. Bev.
Bishop Lamy.
Sakta Fe, New Mexico,
August 19,1867.
Vert Rev. Dear Brother.—At last
we have reached Santa Fe, after a tedi
ous, fatiguing, hard and dangerous
journey of sixty-two days across the
Plains. During the first one hundred
md fifty miles we had rainy and stormy
weather. Then for two hundred miles
.lie cholera raged, from which a great
many died in almost every train : in the
company with which we traveled ten
were carried off by that dreadful
plague.
We had also two attacks from the
savages; in the second attack the fight
.asted nearly three hours; the savages
iveraged, 1 suppose, about three huu
Ired warriors, ail well mounted, veil
ing and shooting at us as they passed
it mil gallop We. had in ourcoinpany
nearly one hundred men well armed ;
*ve were protected on one side by the
Arkansas River and we had lormed a
circle with our eighty wagons or
vehicles, which passed by the common
name carrel I, and makes a good ram pari
against an enemy.- '1 hough the balls
,cii like bail on our camp, sometimes
.or live 111inlues at a time, yet, owing
to a special protection ol Clod, we iiau
nobody killed, some lew wouuded, bui
not dangerously. The savages lost six
clncis, who were carried away by their
own warriors, uo doubt many oi them
| must have been wounded. '1 lie young
I juuus Mosseti, a very promising young
| man, who was coming with us to New
Mexico, died oi choieru, while we were
ugiuiug with tlic Indians, on the izd u.
ou.y, and tile youngest sister oi the
Rurcllo died on the g4lli ot the same
mo.ith no ill the night, as 1 considered
n, caused by the attack oi the savages,
alie was only eighteen years Old, wen
educated, aud a model ol virtue. Thus
<•* i ia< v»ww iw uu
many trials, but we arrived on the
evening ol the 15th iustaut, and, though
it was muddy and raining by times,
more than tivo thousand people came
to meet 114, and some came eight miles.
All our sisters are well. Those 1
brought irom the Slates are agreeably
disappointed to bud here flourishing
establishments with more commodities
than they expected to see with adobe
buildings. Adobes are large mud
bricks sun-dried; they are put in the
wall with mud. Such is the material
01 our buildiugs here.
I ho00 the Most Reverend Arch
bishop will soon return and 111 good
health.
Your devoted in Xt.,
f JOHN B. LAMY.
Bishop of Santa Fe, N. M.
HEADQ'KS 4TH MIL. DISTRICT.
(Mississippi and Arkansas )
Officb or Civil Affars
Vicksburg, .1/iss July 29, 1867.
Circular:
The I’nited States Congress having
provided by special law for tbe organiza
tion of State Governments on the basis ol
suffrage without regard to color, und hav
ing also provided lor the removal of all
officers who iu any manner thwart or oh
struct the execution of this law, and the
duty of administering these laws in this
military district having devolved upon tho
undersigned, all State and municipal offi
cers of whatsoever degree or kind are
hereby notified that any attempts to ren
der nugatory the action of Congress de
signed to promote tho better government
of the States engaged in the rebellion, by
speeches or demonstrations at public meet
ings in opposition thereto, will be deemed !
•.mod and sufficient cause for their sum 1
mary removal from office. The same pro
hibition in regard to speeches and deuiou
- . . . .01: .:_—ill k..
applied to all officers holding appointments
from these headquarters, and existing or
ders prohibiting the interference of offi
cers of the army in elections will be rig
idly enforced in this district.
E. O 0. ORD,
Brig. & Brevet A/aj. Gen. U. S. Army,
Com'dg 4th .Military District.
Official:
Jons Tyler,
1st Lt. 43d U S. Inf, A. A A. G.
The Wav it Goes.—"How do you do,
Mrs. Tome; have you heard that story
: about Mrs. Ludy ?”
“Why, no, really, Mrs. Blab, what is
it ? do tell.
“Oh, I promised not to tell for the
world! No, I must never tell it, I'm
afraid it'll get out.”
“Why, I d never tell it as long as I
live, Ju»t as true a- the world—what is
’ it ? conic tell us.”
••No, 1 wili never open my head
about it, sacredly. Hope to die this
minute. ’
“Well, if you believe me, Mrs. Fundv
told me, last night, that Mrs. Trott told
her that her sisters husband was told by
a person who saw it, that Mrs. Trou
ble s oldest daughter, told Mrs. Nicolas,
that she beard Mrs. Gabb tell Naomi
Blute, that the niilluer told her that
bustles were out of fashion.”
-The convicts in the Austrian pri
son are allowed to read newspapers,
use snuff and smoke tobacco during
good behaviour. It is said that the
throat of forbidding tobacco acts in
stantaneously upon the most hardened
One nun (10 liana of tin rise I/m) In
one laanrtlna, $11 nank aMHinaal IMrtUa,
Pi CWllS .
i Squiro, $0 IMgtt W> $9 00 *1.’ 00 $*> 00
18qu»r«. 6 00! 9 00 11 00 14 00 2f> 00
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AtJvcrtiMr* by tho ye*i*wili 8e remncied
o tbeir legitimate bimincn*.
Personal coimnuEictliort* chtrged double.
Legal adrerfinemefit* witl be charged, for
ne iquitre or le*s. first insertion $1. and 76
•»nt* per square lor each additional insertion.
Advcrliicmeni* not ordered for a specified
me. will be inserted till foibidden, and
barged for accordingly.
\1> lirsrfii'nf duo after second insertion.
Revolt in a Penitentiary.
The Halifax Nova Scotia Sun says r
Ou Sunday last the prisoners in the
Provincial Penitentiary, in that city, to
the number of fifty or sixty, mutinied
while at dinner together in the dining
room ou account ot the alleged bad
quality of their food. The Governor
was sent for, and the prisonera presen
ted their plates of food to him, asking
him if it was fit for men to eat. He tas
ted and replied that it was. On being
told by the Governor that he would
send for the doctor and hare the food
inspected, they at ouce commenced
throwing it about in every direction,
and followed up their riotous conduct
by smashing all Uie glass and sash of
the dining room, breaking the reading
desk, tearing the maps, &c. They then
went out into tlie prison and commen
ced breaking the windows and bellow
ing furiously. A message was sent to
the fort for assistance, and a company
of artillery was dispatched to the pris
on. the other troops being absent on
service. Meanwhile a portion of the
prisoners kept up the work of destruc
tion and began breaking the locks of
the cells, so that they could not be
astened up. To prevent tills the
Governor fired at them, and wounding
one, they all fled from that part of the
prison, and rushed up stairs, where
they continued their work of destruc
tion, throwing down large blocks of
granite. They broke the glass and
sashes, and fearing that they would
break 1 he liars also, several shots were
tired in that direction, which drove
them from that side to the opposite
side below, where they commenced the
same work. Here shots were again
fired, and several of the prisoners
wounded. They then kept tinder
cover, in the cells. On the arrival of
the military the wounded were convey
ed to the hospital, and tho rest locked
up
Beautiful Extracts.
We make the following extract from
the eloquent oration delivered by Col. T. B.
Manlove, editor of the Vicksburg Timm,
before tho press c.uvcntion, in 11 at city ;
“Southern nationality is a or ;ar,i if the
past. A gulf, beyond which we could not
pass, yawned between us and the realiza
tion of our hopes; and though bright
flowers bloomed upon its biink and wafted
us sweet perfume wc could not cross to
gather them.
“The Southern cross no longer gleams
nut ’mid the wild of the buttle ; the sword
of the vanquished^ is sheathed, and tho
land is gloomy with the harmless sepul
chres of our martyred dead. But when
the last of the present generation sleep
with their fathers, and new forma throng
the old familiar places—when faction
shall have hushed, and justice hold the
scale*—then, as bright as day as free from
blemish and stain, will stand forth in
bright relief upon the scroll of historic
fame, tho record of the South dearer to
the hearts of her children now in the
hour of sorrow than when, on the march
to victory, she won the admiration of the
world. Pilgrims from other lands shall
tread with reverned step above the spot
where molders the dust of our loved and
lost; while those who are to follow us will
cherish as household gods the names of
those who. carving a way through the
fiery path of war, have written their
names whoro they cau never die Tho
principle for which so muny laid down
their lives may not be recognized until
their names having grown feeble on the
tongue of friendship and been dropped,
like dead silence, front the ear of the
world. But it will struggle back from the
hollow bosom that once bled for it, and
asoend the heights of government. And
when the faithful historian shall de.-oend
into the vaults of the dead past, in quest
of tr .ditions of liberty, he will then dis
cover to whom the world is indebted for
their perpetuation-”
--Penny paper publishers in Xew
York get up a circulation by strewing
them along the streets by the wagon
load.
-The hero of Marsala, with hi?
actions and letters, proves to the world
more and mow the justness of Cavonr's
estimate of him, that Garibaldi has
place only for one Idea in his bead.
-France says she is a party to the
treaty of September between the holy
father and Victor Emanuel, and feels
bound to see it faithfully ftbserved.
I®—Where arc all the Kings?” was
the question at a recent whist party.
‘•All in Paris,' replied Quilp, mourn
fully, glancing at his cards;
Is not every tars bcantifel la
onr eves Vbieh habitually turns to
wards us with affectionate, guileless
smiles ?
top- An aged bachelor being asked
if he had witnessed a public execution
replied, “Xo, but I saw a marriage.'’
jgy* Which are the two smallest in
sects mentioned in the scripture ? The
widow s ••mite” and the wicked “flee. ’
Xot I.egal, Bit Sensible.—Lately
a gentleman sat down to write a deed,
and began with. “Know one woman by
these presents.” “Yon are wrong,"
said a bystander; “it ought to be
•known all men.”’ “Very well,” ans
wered the other, “if one woman knows
it »U men will, nf course.”