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The lllot in t'uiiillLi, Ceorglu
From St. Louis Republican, "8th ult ]
A feeble attempt is being made, upon
the basis of a cooked-up Frcod men's
Bureau report of the late Camilla affair
in (icorgia, to tnako capital for the
Radical party. 'This will prove nit up
hill work. The committee sent to the
scene of the riot by the ltnreau author
ities reported that the blame attached
to the negroes and the carpet-baggers.
The Legislature of fieorgia (Radical)
refused to call upon the President for
troops to keep the peace, believing that
conrse to be unnecessary, and, alto
gether, people who know the facts con
demn the misguided freedmen as re
sponsible for the blood that was shed.
The following is the minority report,
which docs not attempt to controvert
the statements of the majority, but
nlulosophizes on tlie condition of mat
ters generally:
Mr. Speaker :—Tin? undersigned
member of the committee appointed
by the House of Representatives, ap
pointed (under a resolution from the
Senate and concurred in by the House)
to join the committee appointed by the
Senate, asks to be allowed to make the .
following minority report:
Waiving nil dispute and controversy |
as to who or what party was at fault
that caused the deplorable affray in the
town of Camilla, in Mitchell‘county, I
have been forced to the conclusion,
fry in the investigation, (bat there exists
in that community such animosity of
feeling between the parties in that sec
tion of the country as places the peace j
and safety of both races in the most I
imminent peril; and, indeed, the un
dersigned is not without apprehension ;
that the same may be said of entire
State, and especially where our popu
lation is mixed to any very consider
able extent.
It must be apparent to the most in-j
different, observer that the negro feels |
disappointed and is exasperated, in j
'.uniig id uuiiuii me punucai lignis j
ami privileges that he anticipated un- ,
dor our new Constitution, whilst otv> !
the other hand, much the larger por
tion of the white people feel that he is
claiming privileges and aspiring to po
sitions which lie is totally unfit to oe
■upy and which they regard as degrad
ing : u the white rare. Therefore it i
but natural that each party should feel
a deep and abiding interest in the re
sult of the approaching election, as
each regards the success of their party
as an important step in settling the dis
rate In their favor. These being the
feeling- and sentiments of eaeli party,
the undersigned feels that ho should
hare been unfaithful to the people of
all races, to himself and family, had lie
failed, or should he in future fail, to
'iso all i unsuitable efforts to postpone
:iil a more quiet time all questions and |
measures calculated to arouse and in- j
fluciiee the passions of tlie people.
May we not trust that the General !
V setlibly will from henceforth use all ,
means within their power to allay the
passions of the people. Kntortaiuiug
serious apprehensions that like occur
rences may transpire within the limits
of our State, it is trusted that the
llouso will at least attribute honest and
dneere motives to the undersigned
u lieu ho implores them, 11% they love
our great old Commonwealth, as they
love the people of the State, for the
sake of the quiet and comfort of those
near and dear to them, that this subject
may receive that consideration that is
due to a matter of such vital impor
tance. Let men of all parties endeavor
to meet on some common ground, en
deavor to provide some measure that
will give peace and rest to the troubled
and excited mind of the people.
The undersigned will not undertake
even to suggest the measures, but be
lieve- that with the powerabiding with
us, as legislators, there is hut one thing
necessary and that is. that we should
be made aware of tbo importance of
the subject, and that then the wisdom
and patriotism of this and tho other
branch of the General Assembly may !
be safely trusted to put forth tho pro- j
per remedy.
MAltlON RETIIUNE.
Tho Atlrnta New Era, a Republican
paper, which supports Grant and Col
fax, alter referring to the reports in
circulation abqtit the Camilla affair,
says:
Wc have understood tiiat Joiner, the |
freedman, in his harangues, has some
times so far over-stepped the bounds
-Cri1 j.!■ .. In iinlnlirn in lmii/nairo !
calculated to Inflame hiseolored friends. I
This is to be deprecated, ns it works '
injury to the Republican cause, as well !
as to himself and bis friends. This]
course should, and wo hope will he,
promptly rebuked. Republicans pro
fess to bo conservative, and wish to
promote the best interest and highest
good of the colored population; this
cannot be done by arousing tho pass
ions of the latter against their former
owners. Oil the other hand, these for
mer owners must remember that those
once belonging to them have now the
unchallenged right, equally with them
selves, to hold political opinions, and
to assemble and discuss, or bear dis
cussed, political question* without hin
drance or molestation.
Ill what we have written we have
only to do with the facts as stated in
connection with what we know ol tho
feeling in many purls ot Georgia and
the South. In the absence of all the
testimony, we refrain from expressing
an opinion as to which party was real
ly ill the wrong, and from attaching
b’laino to either. YVe would suggest to
both parties, in conclusion, that intem
perate language and hasty conclusions
should be avoided by political dispu
tants—the utmost forbearance cultiva
ted ; and, above all, the exercise of the
wisest discretion in action.
(•or. Seymour and (be Sotdlers.
Among the charges brought against
Gov. Seymour by the Kadicals, aside
from his being a copperhead, &c., is
one claiming that he was the enemy of
the soldiers. Of course there is no
proof upon which to base this slander,
but that of course will make ho differ
ence with thoso whose business it is to
carry on a campaign of defamation.
In (he midst of the war—while many
thousands of New York soldiers were
away from their homes, and exposed
to the dangers of campaigning, and
while there was distress and mourning
among thousands of destitute families
left behind—Gov. Seymour issued the
following Thanks-giring proclamation,
wherein are expressed the noblest and
most patriotic of sentiments :
PROCLAMATION.
By Horatio Seymour, Governor of the
Stale of New York :
In accordance with the 'chsto'ms find
laws of the State, I, Horatio ScyTftOTir,
Governor of the State of New York,
do hereby designate Thursday, the 26th
5list., to be a day of Thankgiving and
Prayer, and I hereby declare the same
to be a legal holiday.
In the midst of calamities brought
iilioii our country hv the wickedness,
folly and crimes of men, we have rea
son to lie thankful to Almighty God
for abundant harvests, for exemption
from pestilence, and for the preserva
tion of our Sifitc from the devastation
of war which effects otlici' sections of
our land. Let us offer fervent prayers
that rebellion may be put down, our
I'nion saved, our liberties preserved
and our Const it lit ion and Government
upheld. Asa becoming proof ofthank
fuIness to God, anil as a proper evi
dence of our gratitude to the armies
4nd navy, I urge our citizens to make
contributions on that day for the com
fort' and support of the destitute fami
lies of those who have lost their lives
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of tlieir country, lit the midst of our
abundance let us remember charity to
those tvlio are in tvfnit, and in the
hour set apart for social and religions
thanksgiving and praise within the
limits of the State, let us encourage
those who are engaged on distant and
! m-crous fields of duty by showing
sympathy and kindness towards tlieir
families, who need our aid and support, j
In witness whereof, I have hereunto |
set niv hand and nWxed the
[sku.] privy seal, at the city of Albany,
this tenth day of November, in
tlin year of our Lord, one
thousand, eight hundred and
sixty-three.
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
Gov. Seymour directed the following ]
outer to be isstied, hi 'eonnWtiOii With j
the above proclamation :
i!kn'm Ho. Qk., Statu or Nr*' Voiik 1 i
Aoj’t Gkn's Office, Aujasy, Kept, 11, ''68 / j
General Orders, No. 33.
The Governor of Now York desires ,
that the patriotict sons of this State,
who have gone forth to battle for our
common country, should, in unison
with their families and friends at home,
join in thanksgiving and praise to Al
mighty God for tlie great and manifold
mercies He has been pleased to vouch
safe to us during the past year.
To this end end a copy of the Gover
nor’s thanksgiving proclamation is for
warded to the commandant of each
regiment, battalion and battery of New
York volunteers now in the service of
the General Government, that a proper j
observance of the day designated there
in may be kept in tlieir several ramps.
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
Governor and Comrnuiider-iit-Chief.
John T. SpuAont, Adjt. General.
This proclamation speaks for itself.
It needs no explanation of comment.
rtranlcal Conduct ot Itrlgliam
Young.
From the Salt Lake Reporter, Sept. 18th.]
Wo are informed that Brigham
Young has given orders to Bishops,
throughout the Territory, to cut oil'
from the Mormon Church every mem
ber who dealff at a Gentile store, or
purchases of au outsider. We have
tho north, that preaching upon that
subject had been dono at Ogden and
oilier places. This is but a part of the
plan arranged by Brigham, and carried
out by his subordinates, to place an ef
fectual embargo upon tbo location of
Gentile business men in this Territory ;
and which would be made a total pro
hibition hail they power to enforce it.
It has been tho constant aim and »b-~
ject of tho Mormon leaders to keep out
Gentiles and prevent them from selling
in this Territory. To suoh an extent
was tliia formerly carried that Mor
mons were even prohibited from rent
ing houses to Gentiles; and several
who dared to brave the displeasure of
their rulers were considered as apos
tates. Lately, owing to force of cir
cumstances, the rigor of that rule has
been somewhat relaxed in this city, al
though tlie intolerant feeling towards
Gentiles upon the part of Church au
thorities, stillXJxists in the country set
! tlcments ol Utah, it now seems to be
cropping out afresh, coupled with a
I determination, if possible, to drive
Gentile traders out of Utah. Preaching
1 against the Gentiles is indulged in to a
far greater extent in tho country sstil*
nieuts than would bo considered pro
dcut in the Tabernacle at Salt l-akc
City. Thus while mntters are kept
quiet at Mormon headquarters, to pull
wool over the eyes of some, elsewhere
the anathemas against outsiders and the
Government are as loud as ever
Eloquent Extract.
Writing of the “closing scenes” in
the history of Geif^rhl Lee's army, J.
Quitman Moore, Ksq., thus thrills a
chord that will vibrate forever—thus
bequeaths a gem to the literature of
the South:
“There stood the mournful remnants
of that once glorious army that had
dipped its conquering banners in the
crimson tide of eight and twenty san
guinary battles, and strewn its heroic
slain from the feet of the Pennsylvania
mountains to the gates of own capital
city ; that had given Manassas to Beau
regard, and twined the fame of the
Seven Pines’ battle in the laurel wreath
of Johnston ; that had cause the waters
of the Shenandoah eternally to murmur
the fame of Stonewall Jackson, and
stretching its right arm out to the dis
tant West had planted victory on the
drooping banners Of Bragg; that had
witnessed foUr gigantic cainpaigns and
through all their shifting and tragic
scenes, and under all difficulties and
dangers had rcnfiaiucd steadfast and
faithfhl to the last. And after having
witnessed the rising of the Southern
constellation, as it loomed up brightly
on the horizon of war, pursuing to its
splendid zenith the fiery paths of Mars,
now beheld not unmoved its declining
splendors going down in the gloom of
eternal night. And he, its illustrious
chief, whose lofty plume was .ever its
rallying point in battle, afid around
whom its affections warmly clustered,
now commended it for its past devo
tion, and bade it adieu forever. Slow
ly and sadly he rode front that mourn
ful field, and the cause that he fought
for was beneath Ihe foot of power.
Few wore the eyes that grew not moist
at witnessing that departure. It was
the agony of a great cause finding ex
pression in the sublime soul of its great
defender. And thofigh that cause bo
(lend, yet will its memory continue to
live, and ever honOVcd 'will lie those
names that saerafieed at its altars. And
on the scroll of fame rro name among
the list of 'eminent worthies NviK Shine
in a purer, serener, or more resplendent
light than that of liobert Edmund I.ec.
Ilis fame is monumental, llis name !
will be placed by the side of those of j
the great 'captain* 'Of lusVOry—Of Marl
borough and Saxe, of Tilly and Eugene ; i
and as long as the fame of the Southern j
struggle shall linger in tradition and j
song, will his memory be cherished by ;
the esccndants Of the Southern races;
while his character will stand Up in the
twilight of history like some grand old
cathedral, lifting itself in imperishable
beauty above the objects of earth, ma
jestic in its vast proportions, awful in
its solemn stateliness, sublime in its |
severe simplicity.”
How it I’eclt ol Corn Meal Is
Taxed.
The (Jallipolis Dispatch, in answer to i
the charge that because a man is poor he ;
cannot bo taxed, thus shows how even a
peek of meal, purchased by a poor man to
aid in feeding bis family of little children,
is taxed, to aid in paying the interest on
the untaxed bonds.
Says the Dispatch :
“The corn from which that peek hf
meal was made was raised on taxed land,
plowed by a taxed plow, drawn by horses,
hitched with taxed gears. It was hoed
with a taxed hoe, cultivated with taxed
implements, gathered with a taxed wagon,
drawn with taxed horses, thrown into a
taxed crib, shelled on a taxed machine,
measured in a taxed measure, taken iu a
taxed sack and ground on a taxed mill,
sieved with a taxed sieve, mixed in a taxed
pan, stirred with a taxed spoon, salted
with taxed salt, put into a taxed bake pan,
baked in a taxed stove, laid out on taxed
plate, cut with a taxed knife, and lastly
eaten by a pretty heavily taxed man.
“If it were not for the taxes you could
buy a bushel of meal for what that peek
cost you. Besides it is uot on that alone
that you are taxed, but Upou everything
you have to buy. A pound of sugar costs
IS or 4 cento, but you have to pay troin 10 j
to 20. A pound of coffee only costs 10 '
ceuto but you have to pay 30, and if it
costs you three hundred dollars a year to
support your family, you may safely say I
one half of this is tax. Now, is it any
wonder that times are hard and that you
find it difficult to live
■—
Kudltul seruion.
Blessed are the proud, and govern
ment contractors, for theirs is the king
dom of greenbacks.
Blessed are the haughty, for they
shall inherit shin plasters.
Blessed are the unmerciful, for they
shall inherit command.
Blessed are the vTTe in heart, fur
they shall be appoluted judges.
Give to the nigger that a»keth not,
but from the poor mau turn away.
Moreover, when you pretend to
fast, fast not at all, but eat turkeys,
ducks, and especially roosters, that you
may crow over copperheads, and stuff
| yourselves with whutevera shinpiastrr
Uuyetli.
U) up for y wursclvee treasures lu
greenbacks, fire-twenties and county
, bonds, and whatever alee yon way take
; and carry from the rnstow boose and
treasury.
Every man can serve two wasters,
the devil and the radical party.
Taka no thought to bo clothed by
. honest toil, consider the contrabands,
how they toil not, neither do they sow,
and yet no white wan is fed like one of
these (niggers.) If a poor white wan
ask bread, give him a stone, if he ask a
, fish, give him an alligator
My Nine new |i«m»<rmtie paper*
have been started in Wisconsin since
(he nomination of Grant
: The Wicked Cu«s lTc«s From the
Wrrd1h to Come.
From the N. Y. Sun, 9th ult.]
There was a brave "time at John Al
len’s prayer-meeting yesterday. The
crowd stretched away across the street,
for the ho’ufcc could not contain a tithe
of the multitude. John Was there, but
not the same John that was seen and
scrutinized on previous days. He was
a changed man. Joint had experienced
religion, and made an open profession
of the faith that was in him. Hu spoke
modestly, said he had really found the
Savior, and was “going to stick by him
as long as he lived,” hoping that when
he died the Savior would “stick by”
him in return. He poured out his soul
in prayer. Words simple and full of
feeling poured from his Tips. There
was seemingly no buncombe abotit it.
If there tvaa, nbnc know it but John
Alien and his Goa. The excitement of
the frtdicnee knew no bounds. The
worst sort 6f pcoplfc, Vhfit tmder ordin
ary circumstances would be intracta
ble to religion, were apparently soften
ed. Of course 'there tvks a loud chorus
of “Amen»,” ‘^Glory be to God,” “Bless
the Lord,” and other ejaculations from
the lips of the pious. The missionaries
were in ecstasies and shouted lustily
and long. The end they had been
praying and working for was gained.
Allen was a Christian outwardly any
how-. A et.nous coincidence in fist be
recorded in connection with the con
version of the Wickedest Man. On
Monday the usual weekly conference
of Methodist ministers was held in
Mulberry street, and one of the num
ber related the \vondcrful story of Al
len. An impromptu prayer-meeting
was organized, and Allen was the sub
ject of the supplications. Without be
ing aware of these entreaties, on the
following morning John shook hands
forever, as lie says, with his past life,
and turned oVcr a new leal in the book
of his existence.
The floodgates of religion seem to
have opened wide in Water street, ami
if they vein a in open ‘the vice and wick
edness that abound there may be wash
ed away as by a mighty torrent. The
seed, sown is bearing fruit already.
Tommy Hadden, tlie notorious Tom
my, Who was always known to keep
the lowest hell in that infernal region,
is beginning to feel uneasy. He vol
unteered the use of his parlor for a
meeting, and it has been accepted, hit
Hums is alarmed too. He wants to be
stWY'C'd tip with a long anil sharp stick,
for Kit is a Imnl one. For pure wick
edness he can hardly be beaten, any
more than for brindled pups. ‘ Soger'
Brown, who acquired bis military title
front iiis “sojcViug” qualifications, lias
deserted Hie devil's army, and is flee
ing for safety into the ranks of the
Church militant. Thtts prospers the
Water Street Revival.
Curtin oh Seymour.
Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
was asked in the Vuion-League Club
house at Philadelphia what lie thought
of Horatio Seymour, lie replied:
“Well, sir, if 1 were asked to mention
a ittan, who, in nty estimation, possess
ed the attributes of a perfect gentle
man, a cultivated scholar, a thorough
statesman, and a sincere Christian, 1
would, without hesitation,name Hora
tio Seymour, of New York.” “How
abottt Seymour's loyalty?” continued
the questioner. “After the despatches
1 setit Seymour at the time of the rebel
raid into Pennsylvania,” replied the
Governor, “it would hardly become me
to impugn his loyalty j the fact is, I
have never doubted it. I understand
that BeliUUnt is having all the des
patches sent by Stanton and myself
printed, and I liaVe no doubt they will
be in the hands Of every Democratic
stump speaker thVottgh the campaign.
We mid butter give up attacking Scy
mottr's loyalty, fot- the Opposition hold
the trump card in that matter.” This
is good advice ; but it cannot profit the
Governor's party.
The “Opposition” not only “bold the
trump card in that matter”, but have
already taken the trick ( and that trick
decides the game, The game is virtu
ally up; and it is ours. All that we
now have to do is to keep from being
cheated out of it.—[Lou. Journal.
An Usuraace Incident.
A Xew York letter In a Western pa
per has this item : ,
“Two years ago l met a Californian,
who win hlowu up on the steamer
Voaeinlle, ou the Sacramento river,
some time about the year istio. ToTi
remember the accident, one of the
worst of its kind, forty or fifty persons
being killed aud half as many severely
injured. M> acquaintance 11. was
a.Icep tu bis rooiq when the explosion
occurred, and wu, thrown some two
hundred feet iuto the middle of the
river, It* cabin coming to pieces and
leaving him afloat in the water. It is
hardli iiwowrj to say that he awoke
very speedily, and was somewhat puz
litKi at th* novelty of the situation. As
he Mid the story to a little party of u>
owe ll «•» I somebody ventured to a*k :
*11., vlut was the tlret thought that
entered your heed when you waked uji
im the riverV*
•“WrU,* he replied, “I had Injured
kit life the day before in Seu Francisco
for twenty thoutaud dullin. 1 was
thinking of it w hen t went to sleep
and the nest I knew was when 1 heard
the eipiostoo and found myself in the
water, I just thought, I've got that eon*
founded insurance company this time
t*H"f *
Cotton Tax.
Wo dip the following from the New
Orleans Tin.es, in regard to the trouble
likely to arise with the planters in the
shipment of their new crop of cotton the
coming season. It does seem that the
trude of the South is never to bo free
from these vampires that have well nigh
drawn its life-blood :
As we expected there is much incon
venience and trouble to arise with planters
Some of the cormorants, or vulturcst, tax
eaters, and collectors hre Watching every
shipment of cotton hither, to pounce on it
if there is no certificate and oath to prove
that it is the product of 1868, and of
course not subject to taxes. These vul
tures who will be deprived of office in
three months will not take the word of an
honest planter or cultivator without the
farce of an oath being administered that
the cotton proposed to be shipped was
raised this year, picked, ginned and for
warded to market by responsible parties,
for sale us in former times. In the
clearance of vessels with cotton the Col
lector of Customs may probably require
authentic documents that the cotton is ol
this season’s yield. It is hoped the Col
lector of the Customs, the high mandarin
as in former times, will be as liberal as
possible nnd extend all necessary indub
gentles to tV.e shippers of cottof), and that
the Collector of Interna! Taxes will not
he too closO and extracting. It is to be
hoped the Tax Collectors as well as Asses
sors can discriminate and tell a hale of
uew cotton from an old one? Ou whom,
ou what department does tho enormous
expense of supporting the tax collectors
^ devolve. There ire not four thousand
bales of old cotton, or of the crop of 1 *67
; and previous, in the country on which
‘a -11.A-1 1. 'll _ . A _
I Ml V VUIlUytiVU- j.1 "III VVO« V!UI
I good uncle about twenty dollars per bale
I to collect the taxes on this small quantity
i of cotton. It is supposed there will bo
i about ten coriuorauta or carpet-baggers
watching the course of the same. Under
all circumstances it is hoped collectors will
not press planters and growers too closely,
■ to comple them to furnish evidence and
: proof that the cotton in course of shipment
is of the yield of 1868. In some counties
land parishes there is not a wagon load oi
| old cotton remaining.
The I'lruturrs of an i:«titor.
The following on the pleasures of an
editor, purports to be a boy’s “compo
I sitiou.” There arc, no doubt, several
“grown up boys” who have about the
same idea of the duties and the pleas
ures of an editor:
The editor is one of the happiest ani
mals in the known world. He can go
to ttic circus, afternoon and evening,
without paying a cent; also to inquests
and hangings. Me has free tickets to
picnics and strawberry festivals, gets
wedding cakes sent him, and sometimes
gets a licking, but not often, for ho dtu
take tilings back in the next issue,
which lie generally docs. I never
knew only one editor to gel licked,
tiia paper busted that day, and ho
couldn't take nothing back.
While other folks have to go bed
early, the editor can set up late every
night, and see all that’s going on. The
boys think it is a big tiling to bang on
till ten o'clock. When 1 am a man 1
mean to be an editor, so I can stay out
| nights. Then that will be bully. The
editor don’t have to saw wood or do
I any chopping, except with his scissors.
Railroads get up excursions for him,
knowing if they didn’t he’d make ’em
git up and git. In polities he don’t
caro much who he goes for, if they are
on his side. If they aiu’t he goes for
cm anyway; so 11 amouiiis 10 nearly
the same thing. There is a great many
people trying to be editors who can’t,
and some of them have boon in the pro
fession for years. They can't sec it
though. If I was asked if I had rather
have uu education or he a circus-rider,
1 would say, let me go ami be an edi
tor.
Treasure Hunting.—Some years
ago, that is to say' in 1702, a .Spanish
vessel laden with untold treasure,
which is estimated at £70,000,000, sunk
near the Spanish coast. About those
; days an Anglo-Dutch fleet was in Span
i ish waters engaged in the cheerful
work of destroying cities and towns.
While they were in front of Cadiz, the
Spanish vessels from the Indies ar
' rived, and being unable to get mte-V-a
diz, they sailed for Vigo, where they
arrived in safety. One of the vessels
\ of this Indian fleet was heavily loaded
1 with gold and silver. This could not
j he lauded without certain formalities.
| and Spanish “red tape,” which was in
those days more tangled than any “red
tape” the world over, was put in re
quisition. The “circumlocution ortlco”
was set iu full blast, and the Spanish
revenue officer, one Juan de 1-arrou,
was so especially dilatory that the
Dutch fleet came around from Cadi/
pitched into the Spaniards generally,
; seized thirteen ships, and sunk seven,
'one of which was the treasure ship.
There the treasure lias laid for these
! one hundred ami sixty-six yosr», ami
now a contract has beeu made with an
American to raise tiie Spanish vessel
and recover the treasure If possible
It w ill lie an interesting search, and il
the search is rewarded, Spain will hr
I put in funds tiiat in 17o2 would hav<
been quickly waited.—Ji. Y. Commer
cial
llou«i«*tiol<l
There were never men whose wonder
ful aud peculiar virtues commanded more
the respect of enemies and friends than
two Virginians, Washington and Lee,
“rebels,” both. We may measure accu
rately the virtues of a people who aro hero
worshippers, by standards of supreme
excellence which they hold up for the
venration of themselves and children)
There is hardly an abode of wealth or
cabin of poverty in all the South whose
interior walls are not decorated by costly
or cheap memorials of Washington and
Lee. A people with such standards of
exalted public and private worth can
never be false to themselves, their country
or their God. That Southerners are
passionate, impatient of wrong and resent
ful of injuries, that they aro goaded to
desperation by this unanticipated result of
war, by which their former slaves become
their political masters, and the vilest men
that a continent has produced aro invested
with supremacy, that they endure these
Mklamitics with little patience, augments
rather than lessons the respect that is
their due among the brave and generous.
There is unquestionable baseness of
character and a development of the
meanest phase of cowardly malignity in
the conduct of those who revile or would
deprive Southern people of civic rights, or
degrade them t<5 a level with blacks.
There may have been no cause for revolt
or secession; Lee may have been misled
by strong local attachments when he
made war for Virginia and adhered to the
weak against the strong, the Southern
rebellion may have unwisely or wickedly
precipitated by ambitious men cjocted
r» i l 1 i I_
iium jiiatc, uuu uuu jraiiuuujjv uj
the election of Lincoln; but it is not the
less true that qualities developed in the
conduct of Lee, Johnson, Jackson and
their followers should command our own,
as they surely will the admiration of pos
terity. The whole country, and not a
narrow section, should appropriate the
fame of their names and virtues, even as
the whole country most know that liber
ality and generosity to the conquered can
alone render the freedom of States and
existence of the Union concurrent and
j perpetual.
• Whatever the number or violence of
: local disturbances, that owe origin solely
to barbarism and brutality in governments
I established in the South, it should never
| bo forgotten that while Washington aud
j bee look down upou every fire-side in the
South, reminding the people each hour, by
their cloquont lives, of the sublimest pre
cepts of virtue and honor ever practiced
by men—wliilo these facts exist, no vio
lent local outburst, no exhibition of hate
for a Brownlow and demoniac misrule, can
overshadow the great universal Southern
fact that two of the most faultless men
that have ever lived are deemed matchless
models of human excellence. It is equal
ly true that whenever these Southern peo
ple east down their idols, uplift Warmoutlis
and Brownluws and Joe Browns in their
stead, then the South needs expurgation ;
then, bayonets and blacks should reign.—
St. Louis Times.
TIk* Colton crop of India.
The Calcutta correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes on the 30th of July as
follows :
The same fall of rain which has been so
heavy as first to save aud then threaten
with inundation the grain crops of the
Northwest, has rescued the cotton cultiva
tion of Central India aud Berar. Mr. N.
Uivett Carnac, the Cotton Commissioner,
reports that cheerful accouuts have just
hpeii reenivetl Prnm all tile districts whtrro
three weeks ago, 1 saw the heavens as
brass and the earth as iron. The rain,
! too, has expelled that cholera whieh was
numbering its victims by hundreds in the
fatal Nerbudda Valley, notorious for mure
than one “cholera march" of our troops.
! The peasantry are now all busy sowiug or
resowing the cotton The only drawback
is that farmers, who, in the last few years,
greatly extended their cultivation, have
now contracted the area uuder cotton.
More euroful cultivation, however, may
he the result. Then the delay in the
dowiijKiur of the moousoou is likely so to
prolong it that the crop of uext spring
will be beatiful—a state of things not ex
- pwtod 44H UeHgsl ;.r..per, at born ilm no, hi.
soon bogan too early. In 1*67-0^, last
-canon, ,the Central Provinces and lierar
exported 220,000 bales to liouibuy alone,
■ ■r 50,000 less than the previous year.
Cut seventy-four per cent, of these bales
were pressed on the spot and sent down
by railway, against only fifteen per cent,
the previous year. Ceutral India expor
ted a good deal of Cotton to the North
western Provinces, and by Mirxaporc and
the Mahauuday river for Bengal.
MA I Virol* man thought he did a
shrewd thing when he pat all his property
in his wife’s name Hut he is of a dif
ferent opinion ainec hin wife died, leaving
a will which makes him pcnnileaa unless
he marries his servant girl.
M A rural eotemporary, in an obituary
notice of a friend, aays : “He was all that
those who knew him best could wish.
He left behind bun a bleased memory and
seven tUou-auJ dollars in government
boud*
Selecting Seed Corn.
It is a common practice to select the
best cars for planting This keeps <h(
corn good, and Indian corn suffers lesi
perhaps, in quality than any other grain
Yet, there is improvement even here
The very largest and ripest ears shoulc
always be selected, and if the crop to sc
Icct from is not a good one, seed shoulc
be secured from other sources. In nc
case, if possible, should imperfect or dc
terioratod seed be used. And change
even if the quality is good, ehould b<
made from abroad. A new infusion iB ar
advantage, in the vegetable, as in the
stock department. This is a principle
discovered, but we are neglecting it con
stsntly.
Jgy-Old Deacon II-was the own
cr and overseer of a large pork-pack
ing establishment, and placed hhnsel
at the head of the scalding trough
watch in baud, to time the length o
the scald, crying “hog in” when the
slaughtered hog was to be thrown Intt
the trough, and “hog out” when th<
watch told three minutes.
One week the press of business com
pelted the packers to unusual hard la
bor, and Saturday night found the dea
con completely exhausted. Indeed, hi
was almost sick the next morning whet
church time came, but he was a lead
ing member, and it was bis duty to at
tend the usual Sabbath service If lit
could.
lie went, but soon fell asleep.
The minister preached a sermon wel
calculated for effect. His peroratioi
was a clim»x of beauty. Assuming
the attitude of ono intently listening
lie recited to the breathless auditory,
I i 11 r. -1- 1 wkionn..
“Hog in!” came from the deacon':
pew, in a stentorian voice.
The astonished audience turned theii
attention from the preacher. He wen
on, however, unmoved:
••Spirit Spirit, oomo away”—
“Hog out!"’ shouted the deacon
“Tally four.”
The Rot Who Never Told a Lie.—
When Useless S. Grant was a smal
boy, liis father bought him a little
hatchet. Useless was so delighter
that he went about hnteheting every
thing he could find. One fatal daj
after things had been going on thus, sr
for a week. Useless cut down one o
I his father’s favorite pear trees.—Whet
the old gentleman saw the ruin of his
favorite pear tree lie went to Useles:
S. and said : “U. S., who cut down mj
favorite pear tree?” “I cannot tell s
lie, father: I cannot tell a lie,” said
j Useless, “A. Johnson cut it down witl
: his hatchet.” “My dear son,” said the
old geutlcman, spanking him, “l would
rather have you tell a thousand lie:
than loso so line a pear tree.”
“flsay-We take our stand on the hearth
stone and declare the great object of th<
government to bo to make the people hap
py and protfet them in their constitutiona
rights and privileges. Wo write upoi
our bauner, Home! Rights and Equa
Taxation. Go on in God’s name, anc
fight this great battle for the good of youi
homes, for tho honor of your country, ant
the glory of tho American flag.”—Iloratit
Seymour.
j@“Raptist Brother—“I don’t like
your church government. It isn’t sirnplt
enough. Thero is too much machinery
about it.”
Methodist Brother—“It is truo, w<
have more machinery about it than you
hut then you see, it don’t take so mucl
water to run it."
PROFESSIONAL FAROS.
cr.. j. w. suniTEy,
Being permanently located at Des Arc
will coutiuue the practice of his profession ii
all its branches.
Office at Col. J. M. Burney’s Drug Store.
DR. ROBT. B. TREZEVANT,
Tenders his professional services tc
the citizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Ofliee—At li. F. Johnson Drug Store
sep21
J. E. GATEWOOD, J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOOD & THOMAS,
AttDRW8t8 At RAW
WES AllC, ARKANSAS.
13. F. tTohnson.
DRUGGIS T,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
TT’KEP on hand a large assortment of Drugs
IN,. Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery
Patent Medicines, Wines, Brandies, Whiskey
for medical purposes, which he will sell low
Prescriptions and orders tilled promptly
| Terms cash. feb. 15, 1858.
F. LEPTIEX,
Watchmaker and Jeweler
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I A\I NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
_ kinds of work in my line. Mend
tag, Cleaning, Ac.
j —— Thankfti! for past favore, I solicit
eon* inuance of the patronage heretofore b<
s' wed on me f«>»2Mf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
ATTOF.NST AT LAT,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
H. I5. Vaughan.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
DKS ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the Courts of the counties
of Prsiric. White, Jackson, Woodruff and
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
collection of claims any where in the State.
eepTtf.
T. 13. EMERSON,
; ATTORNEY AT LAW
r AID GENERAL LAID AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARK.
Special attention given to the collection
and securing claims, buying and selling lands,
paying taxes, claming titles, &o. april 11
J. R. P. ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woodruff county, and the Circuit Courta of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to bis
care, janl2
, R- s. oastt. w. ,t. mioNAi-nn.
GANTT & BRONAUGH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
1
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention giren to collection oi
claims. nprl4
W. J. ROGERS*
AYTORHKY AT LAW,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt attention given to the Collection
of Claims, Investigation of Land Titles, Pay
ment of Taxes, &c. myl6
A
—:
| JAMES n. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. CAUSE,
Augusta, Ark, Jaeksonport, Ark
Patterson & (iause,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jarksonport and Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
I Jackson, Independence, White, Lawrence,
| Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
attend to special cases in any part of the
State. Address either offico. inyl8-ly
J. C. JONSON, Office—West Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M, MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOJVSOIV X MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—and—
ueneral Land and Collecting Agents,
BKARCY, ARKANSAS.
Will givo promptattention to any business
in the counties of Independence, Jackson,
Woodruff, Monroe, Trairic, White, Coftway
and Van Buren. mar9
SOL. T. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS
JOE. W. MARTIN.
CLARK. WILLIAMS & MARTIN,
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
IITILL practice in all the Courts, prosecute
act ns Real Kttatt and General Agent*.
Office—Markham Street, uoar State House.
april28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Attorney at Law,
COTTON PLANT. WOODRVFFCO. ARK
Will prnetloo where called.
*cp28-tf.
WM. H. COOUY. l>. MCRAE
COODY & McRAE,
| Ats&msmxa 49 &4w
SEARCY, WHITE COUNTY*
AltKANSAM.
Will practice in all the court* of Arkansas.
inur24
5R. ALL41?
Offers his services to the citizens Of
L)e* Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past favors,
and by attention to business lie expects
to share a liberal prtronage.
Office—At his residence—late the
residence of W. G. Frith. sep21
Dr. R. B. SHELBY,
rilUNDBRS his professional service* to thfi
-L Citixeus of lies Arc anil surrounding
country, in the practice of Medicine and Ob
stetrics. lie hope* froiu an experience of
t over fifteen years in Southern practice, to
» merit a share of public patronage.
Office one door East of Iturney * lira#
Store. marcb28-lstid-l,
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