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From the Helena Clarion.]
“Thou simit not Steal.”
In our last we published a report ae
cusing a vcvercud carpet-bagger—tv
less a person than .Tames Brook--,
pretended minister of the gospel—am
his colored escort, of one of the mos
disgraceful offences known to the law
It was the corn felony, which yester
day's Shield endeavors to clear up witl
a surprising lack of tact. The Shield’
defense only serves to expose the guil
of the parties concerned, and its state
ment of the facts with the exception o
a single word, is continued by the sub
joined proof, the only difference being
that the Shield says “took*" where tin
proof says “stoic.” In order that tin
public may reliably know the history
of the affair, we have been furnisher
(lie following sworn statements foi
publication. We arc informed that nc
prosecution is intended; the affiants
In true democratic spirit, desiring 11c
further punishment than their pub
lished affidavits must inflict:
THE EVIDENCE. .
Be it remembered, that 011 this 29tT
day of July', 1S(’>8, before me, James F,
Humphries, justice of the peace, per
sonally appeared Oharncr T. ScaSfe, tc
me well known to be a respectable far
mer of Big Creek township, who, being
first duly sworn, made oath as follows,
fo-wit-:
Last night,between 11 and 12 o’clock,
as near as I could determine, I discov
ered on the Clarendon road, about a
quarter of a mile from my house, loui
men whose horses were feeding on corn
stolen from my adjoining field. I ap
proached and asked—“who controls
this party?” REV. GRAY, radica
nominee for presidential elector, an
swered with considerable hesitation
MR. BROOKS there—pointing to 11
tree near by. REV. BROOKS, radica
candidate for congress, (lien appeared
from behind flic tree, seeming nmol
agitated and embarrassed,and said tliai
they had taken the corn from my field.
mu mini J'liyiU” IOI 11, «HV HFTCI
to-morrow. I remarked that the pro
ceeding was a very singular one, when
Brooks replied that they had asked for
corn at every house between mine and
Trenton, and had been unable to get
any. J said “yon* did not ask at my
house," and Brooks answered that
“they did not see my house," which
stands within thirty stops of the road,
the view unobstructed and the moon
-hilling brightly.
Brooks now proposed paying for the
corn, hut 1 dclinod,saying that l could
not estimate the quantity taken.
M. (!. B. Scaifo was in company with
me, and he and I rode forward about a
mile, and then turned back, and soon
after met the radical leaders above
named, when Brooks, still much agitat
ed and showing great anxiety to hush
tlie matter up said—“I don't know you,
but I would cheerfully pay you for
that cornto which I returned the
same answer as before, and we then
left them.
1 think the other two men wero HEV.
WJHTE, member of the radical legis
lature, and llOBIXSOX, radical county
assessor.
C. T. SCAIEE.
Sworn to and subscribed before mo,
this 2!Hh July. 1868.
Jas. F. IIumi'Iikies, J. I’.
And on the same day and at the
same place, Mr. M. (i. B. Scaifo, also
well known to mo as a respectable
farmer of the same neighborhood, being
first duly sworn, made oath as follows,
to-wit:
I have read the affidavit of Cliarner
T. Scaife, and know the same to be
strictly true, in all respects.
I also state that, last night about 10
or 11 o'clock, a party of four men
stopped at my house, asking for corn
and water. Supposing they wanted
old corn, I told them l could not fur
nish them any corn, but they could
have water. Two of them, one of
whom T recognized as l!ev. Brooks,
and thought tho other to be llev. White,
then went to the well and watered their
horses, after which they all left going
towards Clarendon.
Suspecting they might commit somo
depredations 1 saddled a horse and fol
lowed them with the result stated in
said affidavit of Chanter T. Scaife.
M. G. B. Scaife.
Sworn and subscribed before mo,
this 29th July, 1KG.8.
Jas. F. lirMPiiaiKS, J. P.
And at the same time and place, ap
peared before me tho following named
persons, to-wit: M. Brickoll, E.
Schwartz, A. C. Bowen and Stun. Ben
der, to mo well known as •creditable
citizens of the same township, living on
the road between Trenton and Chanter
T. Scaife's house ; who being first duly
sworn, made oath that no person or
persons applied to them or at their
places for corn during last night.
E. Schwartz, M. Bbickei.i.,
Sam. Benof.r, A. C. Bowen.
Sworn to and subscribed bofore me,
this July 29th, 18G8.
And at the same time and place came
Joseph O'Neill, farmer and miller of
tho same township, who being first
duly sworn, made oath as follows, to
wit:
East night about 10 o'clock, a negro
whom I thought to he GRAY, member
of the legislature, called at my house
in the town of Trenton, and asked “E
not this a hotel?” With tho design, 1
suppose, of obtaining from mo such an
acknowledgement as would subject me
to indictment under the act of the bo
gus legislature. But I told him ray
house was not a ‘'hotel,” and he rode
_ | off accompanied by other men to me
,! unknown. It is well understood that
t I keep corn for sale : but none of these
I men asked for or proposed to buy any.
Jos. O'Neim..
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
| this 29th July, 1868.
Jas. F. Humphries. J. P.
Waste Hampton and the Ctonfed
: f rate Flag.
| At the close of the proceedings In
the South Carolina Convention on the
( 9th inst., Wade Hampton referred to
his recently reported utterances res
pecting the Confederate flag, ns fol
lows :
Mr. President.—I concur with my
friend from Marion and think that
great good can bo accomplished by the
expression of the opinion that we in
tend only to act by peaceable means,
and witii that, view 1 have prepared
soino resolutions, which, when the
proper time conics, I will ■offer as a
substitute for the resolution under dis
cussion. Allow me, however, Mr.
President, to say dbw that I am glad
of the opportunity which lias been af
forded me by the a llti stairs of iny
friend from Marion to defend myself
from the false accusations of my ene
mies. If only myself were injured by
these perversions and studious mis
representations 1 would endeavor to
bear them with patience, and treat
them with (lie ■contempt which 1 feel
for them. But when T am told that
they arc injuring the Democratic par
ty, that party on which our only hope
of salvation depends, I am glad to have
I the opportunity to denounce them as
false. Why, Mr. President, I said
more to the people of Now York when
I was there than I ever said since any
where at the South. I told them that
1 believed that in tire bite war we were
right as they believed that they were
speak to them with a double tongue;
1 told them that 1 was honest and sin
| i t rc, and that I believed that the
| Southern people were Iroivest awd sin
| cere when they said that they were
I anxious for peace. I told them that
! all wo wanted was the government of
the Constitution restored, and I did
not believe there was any other reme
! dy for the direful ills under which not
only the -South hut the whole country
: was sull'ering. The Radicals charge
| mo with being a revolutionist. Now,
when I was in New York 1 ofl'ored a
resolution in the. Convention, looking
! to a decision of the Supreme Court,
j and expressing our willingness to
i abide by that decision. Docs that look
like revolution? I have soon copied
| in the Northern papers, and strongly
! condemned, what purports to he a
: ^notation from a speech which I made
\ in Charleston, not to any public ns
; soluble, but on the occasion of a sere
nade given to me by some of my old
friends and fellow-soldiers. They say
; that I declared that I had preserved
1 the flag of the Confederacy, and that I
i would soon call my followers to rally
i around it again. There is not one
I word of truth in it. When 1 did speak
! ot (he Confederate flag, 1 said that the
: cause which it represented was lost,
I and that it would be folded away
j among the sacred relics of the past,
I never to be again unfolded. But, Mr.
| President, I spoke on that occasion of
another flag—of a flag which had been
I presented to my regiment by the fair
I women of South Carolina, a flag around
I which the most hallowed recollections
i were entwined. Many of those around
1 me had followed that flag on every
j battle-field of the war, and in thedead
! licst battle of all that flag was borne
I by my own hero sou, and, when lie
fell, that flag covered his remains. I
said that flag rested hero with me now.
But because I mentioned that flag on
account of the personal tics connected
with it, on account ot the associations
which it called up to those who had
j followed it—that flag, the tlag of a
: single regiment—am I, therefore, to he
1 denounced ns a traitor and revolution*
: ist, exciting my country to civil war
j and insurrection? Mr. President, 1
1 repeat that I should not have denoun
ced these falsehoods if it had not been
asserted that they were injuring the
great party of peace and order on
whoso success the only hope of the
restoration of Constitutional govern
ment in this country depends, ltut,
sir, I am glad of the opportunity of
reiterating here what I said in New
. York, and what 1 have said cvery
! where in the South that I have spoken,
that “I am lighting ns earnestly now in
tlie interests of peace as 1 ever fought
in war.”
A Porui.AK Fau.acv.—That outdoor
cxcrciso before breakfast is hcathful.
It is never so. And from the very na
ture of tilings is hurtful, especially to
persons of poor health ; although the
very vigorous may practice it with im
punity. in winter, the body is easily
chilled through and through, unless
' the stomach has been fortified witli a j
good, warm breakfast; and in warm j
weather, miasmatic and malarious gas-:
es and emanations speedily net upon
(lie empty and weak stomach, in a way
; lo vitiate the circulation, and Induce
fever and ague, diarrhoea and dysen- ’
terv; entire families, who have ar
ranged to eat their breakfast before
leaving the house, and to take supper
before sundown, have had a complete
| exemption from fever and ague, while
the whole country around them was
suffering from it, from having neglect
ed these precautions.
Whistling.
Good whistling may sometimes he
heard, but the instances of its occur
rences are rare.* Snatches of operatic
airs, curiously intermingled with comic
street songs, are the favorite subjects
of the whistler, and these are generally
executed with a careless disregard of
time and tune which to any one who
possesses the slightest pretentions to a
musical ear must he most disagreeable.
Asa rule, a plough hoy will outstrip
any Well-bred man in whistling. The
reason is, probably, that lie is never
haunted by ft sense of the ridiculous
ness of his face ns he purses his mouth
into the form of whistling. A friend
of mine, who enjoyed a far-famed rep
utation for whistling, was repeatedly
asked to exercise his talent at dinner
and evening parties. On account of
some curious whim of his 'OWn, lie
would (or could) otily‘Comply with the
request provided lie might be permit
ted to turn his hack on the company.
His demand was on all occasions
granted, Whereupon ho would turn
arqund and begin to whistle any tunci
lie was desired. One day lie was asked
to favor his friends with a piece from
“La Sonambuia,'' and as wfts bis Wont,
he wheeled round, and fixing his eyes
on the ground commenced whistling.
Happening, however, to raise his eyes,
towards the conclusion of the air, he
saw iu a large mirror before him the
countenances of his auditors, some of
whom were trying to restrain their j
mirth ; this was loo much for him, and
the tunc was abruptly put a stop to,
by a loud burst of laughter from the
gentleman himself. Whistling is not
often appreciated enough Co be sought
after, as in tbc ease of my friend ; and
even a performance oh a teapot is more
attractive, if I may judge from the
crowd of people 1 once saw iu Oxford
street, listening to a boy who was ac
tually playing on v.uc of these useful
article*. On the lid several boles were
bored, on which lire young urchin
placed his fingers, Whilst be supported
the teapot by holding the bottom with
his two thumbs. He blew through the
spout, and, as 1 snpposo, Hi's different
notes were produced by some pipes
inside the instrument, which was af
fixed to the holes before mentioned.
Who would believe it possible that
tunes can be played on a teapot? A
correspondent, on whistling as a fine
art, says: “I heard the Spanish Mano
la, as a trio, whistled very well, in a
little village tavern, between Frank
fort and Hamburg, last year. Three
rustics performed, and the effect was
not unpleasant. At the Iiorns, (Ken
nington,) about a mouth ago, Mr. Gra
ham whistled a waltz, accompanying
himself on the piano witli bis left baud,
and on castanets with his right. It is
now about six years siift-e an English
man, named I'lias. Groves, gave several
specimens, in Montreal, of bis skill in
whistling, and got up a class to teach
it at a Mechanics’Institute. Of course
there was giggling before the lesson
actually commenced, but it was pres
ently exhausted; and the class, with
solemn faces, wailed for the tutor who
was trilling a few preparatory oattden
zas. The order came: “Gentlemen,
PREPARE TO PUCKER 1” «S be pursed lip
his lips. The class got beyond that
point.”—Once a Week.
The Newspaper Law.
We have before referred to the ac
tion of the late farcical assemblage
yclept a legislature, in turning over
the publication of legal notices to the
radical press. The provisions of the
law arc sweeping. Orders of publica
tion, attachments and non-resident no
tices, sales of land by decrees, execu
tion, mortgage, deeds of trust, and for
taxes by shcrifl's, collectors, clerks, and
all other officers, together with all
other advertisements required by law
to be made and published in a newspu
lished in a paper designated by the
governor, else they arc of no force or
legality. The object is of course to
build up the radical press of the state,
and to weaken so far as practicable
that of the opposition.
It was not enough that, as heretofore,
the distribution of patronage should be
left to the instincts of parties in power
to strengthen and perpetuate them
selves. The thing must be fixed ac
cording to the radical rule beyond the
possibility of failure, whether commu
nities or individuals wero made to
sutler by distant, inconvenient or im
perfect notice of judicial proceedings
or not.
As illustrative of this, wc instance
the publication of the collector's ad
vertisement of land sales for non-pay
ment of taxes, in the Pine Bluff Repub
lican, for lands lying in Ashley county,
nearly one hundred miles distant, when
there is a paper published at the coun
ty seat of the latter county. The same
thing must frequently occur under this
law. How will radicals like it when
a democratic governor, or any other
honest man shall sit In the gubernato- i
rial chair amt designate the medium of'
these publications ?—L. U. Gazette.
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ftayThe genus carpal bagger is a man <
with a lank head of dry hair, a lank
stomach and long legs, club knees and
splay feet, dried legs and lank jaws,
w ith eyes like a fish, and mouth like a
shark. Add to this a habit of sneaking
and dodging about in unknown places]
_habiting with negroes in dark dens
and back streets—a look like a hound,
and the smell o! a polecat
“Cut this Out”
'We lmvc obeyed the Injunction a I
the head of the following, which wc
cut okit, as directed from the column*
of the Meridian (Ct.) Republican, ol
thollth. It came from the Hartford
Post, both Radical papers. The color
ed men will see thereby what kind ol
welcome they would get from the
Northern Republicans if they should
go there to ask for sutl'ragc. Do they
believe (bat Grant and Colfax are any
better friends of negro suffrage than
the Republicans ofConnectictit ?—Pica
yune.
'ClvT THIS OCT
Mfltny of our Republican readers '■h i ll
have during the campaign use for the
following “short catechism” ou the
subject of negro suffrage. It is an
excellent document with which to
meet those Democrats whose only
stock in trade for political discussion is
“the nigger.” Those of our readers
who are blessed with Democratic ac
quaintances of a contentions disposi
tion will do well to cat out this “cate
chism” for use upon them':
Who said all men were created
•equal ? Thomas Jefferson, the father of
Democracy.
Who gave the negroes the fight of
suffrage in New York? The Demo
cratic party.
Wire presided oYer flic convention
which gave this privilege to negroes?
Martin Van Huron, a Democrat.
Who afterwards elected Martin Van
Huron to the presidency of the United
States? The Democratic party.
Who married a negro woman, and
by her had mulatto children? Richard
M. Johnson, a good Democrat.
Who elected Richard M. Johnson
Vice President of the United States?
The Democratic party-.
If President Martin Van Huron had
died, and Richard M. Johnson had be
come President, who would have bo
come tlie Democratic mistress ot the
White House? This negro woman.
Who made the negro ft citizen of tin*
State of Maine ? The Democratic party.
Who enacted a similar law in
Massachusetts ? The Democratic party.
Who gave the negroes the right to
vote in New Hamshire? The Demo
cratic party.
Wiio permitted every colored person
owning $260 in New York to become
ft voter? A General assembly, purely
Democratic.
Who repealed the laws of 'Hihi
which required negroes to give bonds
and securities before settling in that
State? The Democratic party.
Who made inulattoes legal voters in
Ohio? A Democratic Supreme Court,
of which Reuben Wood was Chief Jus
tice.
Wlmt became of Reuben Wood? The
I )eniocratic party elected him Governor
three times, and lie is still a leader of
the Democratic party.
Who helped to give the free negroes
the right to vote in Tennessee, under
her constitution ot'17t>9? Gen. Jackson.
Was Gen. Jackson a good Democrat?
He generally passed as such.
Who, with the above facts and many
others staring them in the face, arc
continually whining about negro suff
rage and negro equality? The Demo
cratic party.
From the Bolivar (lean.) Bulletin, 15.]
Great Discovery.
For months past we have longed to
lay before the public the fact that a
most wonderful discovery had been
made in the art of telegraphing by two
of our fellow-citizens. George M.
Dugan, Booker Ford, and Colonel
Coleman, of Memphis, and shall now
proceed to record wlmt wo have seen
in operation at the telegraph office in
this place lbr weeks past. The discov
ery made docs away with all the jars
and fluids heretofore used in telegraph
offices, ana a current ot electricity
sufficiently strong for all purposes is
drawn from mother eartli by means of
one sheet of copper, and one sheet of
zinc, which nro buried to the depth of
two feet, and having about four inches
of earth between them. To the copper
plato wires are attached, and tho cur
rent thus proourod seems inexhausti
ble. Tho operators at the telegraph
office here long since dispensed with
fluids of all kinds, and every message
sent from Bolivar now is recorded by
an instrument which receives its power
from the buriod battery, and which
consists of nothing but one shoot of
copper and one of zinc. The inventors
have applied for a patient, and it is
hoped that their prayer will he speed
ily auswered, as this discovery 01
theirs is destined to work a most
wonderful change in tho art of tele
graphing. Hereafter we shall endeavor
to give a full and complete acoouut of
this truly great discovery, and are
proud to say that to Hardeman county
belongs the credit. Those who doubt
tho truth of what we have related can
go to tho depot and see £or themselves ;
as the new battery is in full and con
stant operation, and has never failed to
do all and even more than the old cost
ly jars and fluids can do. This inven
tion will save thousands of dollars to
the telegraph companies and is destined
to become universally adopted on ac
count of the cheapness and durability.
jfcjclu England and tho United States
(here have been 57 patents issued for
improvements in type-setting aud dis
tributing machines ince l''21.
Point* orniffiprenre.
The Democratic party propose to let
tilt? people govern themselves.
The Radicals undertake to govern
them by martial law.
The T)emoth*ftcy arc in favor of.let
ting tiic majority govern.
The Radicals, on the contrary, arc In
favor of tlie greatest good for the
1 smallest number.
{ The Democrats believe In econoin?
j and cheap government,
j The Radicals act on the principle that
| a National Debt is a National Blessing.
The Democracy is the only real
Union party. Its great leader, An
drew Jackson, said, “The Union must
and shall be preserved.”
The Radical doctrine is, on the other
hand, that the Union is “a league Witii
death and a covenant 'with hell.”—
(Sec Harrison.”
The Democratic party is the party of
the Constitution.
Radical leaders have pronounced that
Constitution an “atrocious bargain.”
The Democratic policy aims to en
courage American industry.
The Radical policy Is to crush out
American industry, and to build up
that of foreign nations. (See how they,
have thrown the great ship buiUUpjjf
interest, for example, Into European
hands I)
Tiic Democracy bciieVo In tho sov
ereignty of the Ballot-Box.
Bullets, not Ballots, arc the mainstay
of tiic Radicals.
Under Democratic administration
the country always had peace.
Under Radical administrations tiic
country always had war.
Under Democratic administrations
the national, debt, at tiic worst times,
was less than a hundred millions of
dollars.
Under Radical administration it has
run tip to thousands of millions.
Tho Democracy always gave us a
gold and silver currency.
i Jit; ltMuii-iiuj ^ivru us immiiiK
hut rags.
An American dollar, under Demo
cratic inuuagotucnt, was good for a dol
lar ail the world over.
Under ltndicnl financiering, it is
good for a dollar nowhere—not even
at homo.
When the Democratic party ruled
Hie country, the laws were equal and
exact.
The Radicals, on the contrary, have
one set of laws for the Rich and an
other for the Poor with
High Tariffs and Big Bounties for
the Puritan Oligarchy of New Eng
land.
Taxes, and nothing but Taxes, for the
Mechanic. Laborer, Farmer, the Sal
aried Clerk, etc.—N. V, Express.
EIFect ofPaper Money on Labor
ing Men nnd Taxpayers.
The following arc plain figures,
which every day-laborer and every tax
payer ran understand. “A Laboring
Man" writes tiic following to the Ban
gor (Me.) Democrat:
For Four day’s work in 1859 I could
buy a barrel of excellent Hour. For an
equally good barrel now Ilmvo to work
eight days
For one day’s work in 1859 I could
buy live pounds of tea. For same day's
work I can now buy but two pounds.
For one day’s work then 1 could buy
thirty pounds of sugar. For a day's
work now 1 can get but fifteen pounds.
For a day's work in 1859 I could buy
eight pounds of tobacco. For a day’s
work now I can buy.but tlirco pounds.
For a day’s work in 1859 I could buy
fifteen pounds of cofl'oe. For a day s
work now I can buy but five pounds.
For one month’s work in 1858 1 could
clothe myself and family for one year.
To do the same now I am obliged to
work two months and a half.
I might thus go through the whole
list of art'cles that a laboring man and
his family consume. The fact is that
wo are permitted to enjoy but one half
of the fruits of labor; the other half
goes to the public Treasury.
Is it not time for mo ami my fellow
laborers to look around us, ascertain
the cause of this robbery of labor, and
apuly the remedy ?
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A Colored Man's Experience.
The following is an extract from a let
ter to the Charleston News, from Aaron
Hood, a famous South Carolina colored
preacher. Ho says:
u I was radical once ; I’ll toll you what
changed me: When I came to this
place in January I had not bread for my
family to eat. There I was with my dour
little tender ones suffering for something
to cat. Oh, liretheron, how my heart
was made to bleed by the cries of my
starving children. I went to my radical
friends. They would uot lend me a bushel
| of corn, but the graoious Lord, in bis in
tiuite wisdom, direeied me to tho demo
crats—those who I once called my ene
mies I found food for the hungry, drink
for the thirsty, and am now happy, because
I feel that I have friends. They will let
me have what I want, hut we can’t get
! anything from the radicals unless wc get
the democratic man to stand our security.
Which of the two act like our friends ?
■ L tell you now, if you are uot working
to support your southern friends, you had
better, ero you learn to do so to your sor
I row.”
) _, , ,
trjr A setting lion in New Hodford
has conic off'the nest with thirty-five
• bickcu ■ without weaning crinoline.
From the Louisville Journal.]
The Dark Corner.
There is one incident in tho life of Gen.
Orant that seems to be enshrouded impen
etrable mystery. Personal and military
biographies have been spread before ns,
but in all of them the General’s biogra
phers have found one period of his life
a terra incognita, or if familiar with the
facts, have carefully avoided any explana
tion of the incid^lit to which we allude..
We have soon many accounts of his early
military aspirations, and the circumstances
under which he went to West Point; and
and have read graphic descriptions of tho
manner in which the finger of fate point
ed him ont from a number of clerks in a
militia Adjutant ’Gerftrr&l’s office its a prop
er person to be commissioned Colonel of
an Illinois regiment, theroby securoing to
the army its present Commanding Gener
al, and to the Radical party its candidate)
for tho Presidcucy. But we must oonfess
ourselves unable to understand why Gen
eral Grant’s friends should be so reluctant
to give us any Information as to why he
lctl the army wheu he was a Captain in
tiro fourth infantry.
I The inclinations of men generally fol
low the bent of their genius. If General
Grant is a military genius, we may pre
sume that he had a preference for mili
tary life. lie was educated at West
Point, ho had served in the army a num
ber of years, and, as the saying is among
military mon, he had nothing to resign
on. Why, then, did he resigul Aud
why have some of his friends not grati
fied the curiosity of the public ou this
point f Wo would -like to hear from
General Budea or the elder Grant on this
subject; or, if they will not give the de
tails, we should like to be iuformod by
General Buchanan, whose orders Gereral
Grant was ruthlessly overhauling at New
Orleans a few weeks ago, whether it is
imc irmi wueii uu rtm* a liiujur mu tiu
Infantry, nml in command of Fort Van
couver, Washington Territory, that Capt.
U. 8. Grant, who was stationed at the
same point, imbibed so freely and so con
tinually (bat his whereabouts could not
be learned for several days, and that
when he was finally discovered his com
manding officer gave him his choice, to
submit to a trial by court-martial or to
write out his resignation and place it in
the commanding officer’s office to be for
warded on the nest repetition of the of
fense 1 We should like General Buchan
an to tell us whether Captain Grant’s res
ignation was not so placed in his hands,
aud whether he did not forward it about
a month thereafter, and why bo conclud
ed to forward it to the War Department.
It is well to know all of a man’s histo
ry, as well as his opinions, before we make
him President. We gave yesterday Grant’s
orations entire. Will General Buchanan
supply us this deficiency in Grant's biog
raphy ?
F.ssny on Tobacco.
nr a small nor.
Tobacco grows something like cab
bages, but I never saw none of it boil
ed, although I have eaten boiled cab
bage with vinegar on it, and I have
heard men say that cigars that was
given to them on election day Tor
nothing, was cabbage leaves. Tobacco
stores aro mostly kept by wooden
Injuns, who stand at the doors and try
to fool little boys by offering them a
bunch of cigars, which is glued into the
Injun's hands and is made of wood
also. Hogs do not like tobacco;
neither do,I. 1 tried to smoke a cigar
once, aud it made me feel like Epsom
Salts. Tobacco was invented by a man
named Walter Raleigh. When the
nennln first saw him sinnkimr. tliev
thought he was a steamboat, anil as
they never seen a steamboat they were
frightened. My Bister Nancy is a girl,
I don’t know whcthorshe likes tobacco
or not. There is a young man named
Leroy who comes to soc her. I guess
sho likes Leroy. He was standing on
the steps ono night, and ho had a cigar
in his mouth, and lie said ho didn't
know as sho would like It, and she
said, “Leroy, the perfume is agreeable.''
But tho next morning, when my big
brother Tom lighted his pipe, Nancy
said, -Get out of the house, you horrid
creature, tho smell of tobacco makes
mo sick.” Snuff is Injun meal made
out of tobacco. I took a little snuff!
once, and then I sneezed.
I@rThe Carrollton (Mississippi)
Conservative, having reference to a re
cent expression of our views us to tlio
duty of Democrats supporting only
men and journals true to the Interests
of the South, says: Memphis Lodger.
Exactly our views ou tho subject,
Mr. Ledger. Wo have seen the thing
illustrated in tills State. Somotimo ago
the Radicals woro starting newspapers
all over this State ; but our poople re
fused to tako their papers, or to patro
nize them in any manner whatever, or
to even recognize the editors thereof
as white men. Tho consequence is, out
! of six or seven Radical papers, most of
I them dailies, wo have but ono left, and
it only makes its appearance once a
| week. Withdraw your patronage from
! them, quit recognizing them as white
! men, do everything iu your power to
! keep your friends from patronizing
: them, mid you will find Radicals as
' “scarce as hens’ teeth'' in a very short
time.
Old Maid* and Whj.
Plainly, neither wit, beauty nor vir
tue is necessary to tjie woman who
would marry. Wc frequently see
married liuties who arc ugly or shal
low ; mid the light woman seldom
fails to win a husband. Neither Is It
needful to have been sought. Wo have
all known matches where the men have
succumbed to a persistent courtship on,
Hie part of the woman. Audacity does
so great deal, particularly wlu n accom
panied by address. Many an oTd maid
is the victim of her own delicacy or of
a too exclusive reading of the romances
of chivalry. But whatever the cause
may be, here is an army of women who
wero made to give and receive love, to
feel tho arms of children about their
lVCeks, to see Wings of their own flesh
and blood growing up about them,
waxing as they wane, yet who aro
doomed to perpetual loneliness and
sterility, denied the crown of woman
hood, fated to perish and be forgotten.
—Pitiable itmay be, but scarcely laugh
able, What shall they do with all the
hoarded sweetnesses which were to
have welcomed tho husband and taught
the babe ? Wliftt frith the word of cheer
and counsel which were to have
strengthened and encouraged those
loved ones? Where shall they employ
all tho little innocent feminine wiles
with which they would have emboli*
Ishod home? Where exercise that
gentle authority which Is the preroga
tive of tho matron? Whom shall they
bo proud of? Ilow shall they get free
breath when all these clinging tendrils,
whoso nature it is to grow outward,
are turnod back upon the heart? Of
courso the old maid perceives that
many of her married friends do not
lead enviable lives ; but she regrets net
what is, but what might be, What God
meant should be. Moreover, reason
and philosophize as she may, she can
tirvt (Vturrot tliui Mm mAtlinu A1’ oAvi*Anrs
was also the mother of love.—Hound
Table.
From the Tupelo Mississippinn.]
CronitveU’H Address to Pnrlln
ment.
In view of the corruption that now
prevails at Washington, the address of
Oliver Cromwell, when dispersing the
Long Parliament, will strike sensible
people as being a very appropriate way
in which to talk to (lie American Con
gress :
“It is high limo for me to pnt an end
to your sitting in this place, which yo
have dishonored by your contempt of
all virtue, and defiled by the practice
of every vice.' Ye are a factious crow,
and enemies to all good government.
Yo arc a pack of mercenary wretches,
and would, like Esau, sell your country
for a mess of pottage, and, like Judas,
betray your God for a few pieces of
silver. Is there a single virtue now re
maining in yon? Is there one vice yon
do not possess ? You have no moro
religion than my horse. Gold is your
god. Which of you have not bartcrcxl
away your conscience for bribes ? Is
there a man among you that has the
least care for the good of tho common,
wealth? You sordid prostitutios I
Have you not defiled this sacred plate,
and turned the Lord’s temple into a
den of thieves? By your immortal
principles and wicked practices ye have
grown intolerably odious to a whole
nation. You, who were deputed here
by the people to get their grievances
rodressed, arc yourselves become their
greatest grievance. Your country,
therefore, calls upon mo to clean this
Augean stable by putting a final period
to your iniquitous procccxlings iu this
house, and which, by God's help and
tho strength he has given me, I now
intend to do. I command you, there
IV* Vj m'VU kliv I'V* II v» l V««* *• » vvj »v v»v
part immediately out of this place.
GoJ Get out! Make hasto! Ye vonal
slaves, begone I Take away that shining
bauble there (tho Speaker's macc,) and
lock lip tho doors.”
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
W. J. ROGERS,
ATTQRSKY AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attontlon given to the Collection
of Claims. Investigation of Land Titles, l'ay
meut of Taxes, &c.. iuy!0
DP.. J. TT. EDIUTBY,
Being permanently located at Pcs Arc,
will coutinue the practice of his profession in
all its branches.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney’s Drug Store.
DR. ROB'T. B. TREZEVANT,
Tenders his professional services to
tho citizens of Dos Arc and vicinity.
Office—At B. F. Johnson Drug Store.
sep21
F. I.EPTIEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning, Ac
——— Thankful for punt favors, 1 solicit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore be
stowed on me. feb2ti-t!
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
ATT0H2TB7 AT LA
L1TTTK TWCK, ARKAKBAS.
H. 3?. Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND'
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DES Allt), ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in tho Courts of the counties
of I'Mirle, White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention green to the
collection of claims any where in the 8taf"
sep7tf.
T. E. EMERSON,
ATTORNEY;AT LAW
AND GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARK
Speoial attention given to tho collection
and scouring claims, t-nying hf.d selling lands,
paying taxes, cxamlng titles, &c. april 11
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts oY
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all hrtsiUoss entrusted to his
care. janl2
B- S. OAXTT. W. /. BBONAUGH
GANTT to BBONAUGH,
ATT0HS2YS AT LAW,
BUOWN8VILLK, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to collection of
claims. aprll
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD & THOMAS,
m &AW
OES ARC, ARK 4 VS AS,
^AMR8 II. TATTEU80N, LUCIAN C. OAUSEn
Augusta, Ark. Jacksonport, Ark.
Patterson & Uanse,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jarhsonport and Augusta, Arkansas.
Win practioe in the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special eases in any part of the
State. Address either office. niyl8-ly
J. C. J0N80N, Office—Wost Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas
JOVSOV a MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AND—
General Land and Collecting Agent*,
SEAIICY, ARKANSAS.
Will givopromptattention to any husincss
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
and Van Huron. mar9
KOL. r. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS.
JOB. W. MARTIN.
CLARK, WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law*
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all tho Courts, prosecute
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, and
act as Real Estate and General Ayrats
Omen—Markham Street, near State House
apri!2S-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER
Attorney at Law,
COTTOX PL A XT, WOODRUFF CO. ARE
Will practioe whore called.
0ep2$-tf.
VN. R. OOOUt. t>. MCRAE
COODY & McRAE,
AV 8 AW
SEARCY, W HITE COUNTY*
AUKANHAH,
Will practioe in all the oourie of Arkansas
war24
DR. ALLEN
Offers his services to tho citizens of
Dos Arc and vicinity in the practioe of
medicine. Thankful for past favprs,
and by attoutiou to business he expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—At his residence—late the
residence of W. G. Frith. sep21
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
TENDERS bis professional services to the
Citizens of Dos Arc and surrounding
country, in the praotice of Jriediciue&nd Ob
stetrics. He hopes from an experience of
over fifteen years in Southern practice, to
merit a share of public patronage.
Office one door East of liumey’s Drug
Store* march2H-1808-!y