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PROFESSIONAL FAROS. _
BOBT. S. ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON.
Jacktonjmri. Ark. Augutta, Ark.
Xhdcnion Jt Thompson,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jacksonport and Augusta, Ark.
Will attend the Courts of Jackson, Wood
ruff, and adjoining Counties, and to special
cases in any section of the Sfate., Address
eithce office. fcsylwj
A. C. *W«TT L. M. RAJISAC*.
PICKETT & II VMMAUIl,
ATTORNEYS IT LAW,
AUGUSTA, ARKAXSAS.
Will practice in the counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, White and Craighead. Special at
tention given to collections of all claims en
trusted to their care aprO-ly
J. C. .TONSON. Office—West, Point, Arkansas.
JNO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JO\SO\ & MOORE,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—ANI» —
General Land and Collecting Agents,
KKAHCV, ARKANSAS.
Will give prompt attention to any business
in the counties of Independence. Jackson.
Woodruff, Monroe, I'rairie, White, Conway
and Van Buren. marO
J. it. 1». ALDRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, Arkansas.
Wilt, practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woodruff ctjuqty, and the Circuit Courts of
the seventh Judicial District, and give prompt
attention to all business entrusted to his
care, jan!2
Geo. W. Maberry,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
'«? o I, t C T T O ft IN CHANCERY
—AND—
CiEXEKAL LAXD AC.EXT,
COTTON 1* T, ANT,
WOODRUFF COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WILD attend tlio Circuit and Probate
Courts for the counties of Monroe. St.
Francis and Woodruff. mai24
J. K. G ATF.WOOP. | f .(.ft, THOMAS,
Dos Arc.'Ark. / \ Brownsville, Ark.
GATEW030 & THOMAS,
*$***»»'£* M SAW
i»es Are and Brownsville,
PRifRIE COI XTT, ARKANSAS.
uvol-lf
GANTT k BRON.Vnill. Brownsville. Ark.
H. P. VAUGHAN, Des Arc, Arkansas.
Gantt, Bronaugh & Vaughan.
ATTORN 1Y8 AT LAW.
Will p iction n the counties of Prairie.
White. Wo Iruff. Monroe. Arkansas and Pu
laski. Prompt altientim given to the collec
tion of claim Tales will be phid and titles
investigated for non-residents. aprl4-oni
1. S. HEDOEBETIl. T. BI.AKK KENT.
HEDGEPETH & KENT.
ATTOftNSYS AT LAW.
DBS ARC, ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in all pi the court? oi
Prairie county, and the circuit court?
of tho surrounding counties. mar24-Gm
WM T JONES
Yftairtt if iiwt
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the counties of Pulaski.
Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson and
While Prompt attention given to the eollee
lion of claims. sprl4*lj
■km. n. MM I *■ vc BAt
COODY & McRAD,
AttfcA8*a*i Air ft aw
SEARCY, WHITE COI XTV.
AHltANXAS.
"it in practice in all the courts of Arkinsas.
B|^4-_ i- ._
SOI. F. CLARK. SAM. W. WILLIAMS
JOE W. MARTIN.
CLARK. WILLIAMS & MARTIN.
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
WILL practice in all the Court a, presecuti
Claims of all kinds, collect debts, am
aol as Beal Kit at) anti (Intersil Agent).
6fficb—Markham Street, near State House
april2Fif _
M\ HICKS, Formerly of the firm of Cypert 5
Hicks.
II, R. FIELDING, Formerly of Athens, Ala.
HICKS & FIELDING.
ATTORMYS AT LAW,
fiearry, White Co,, Arkstauas
IITILL practice iu this and the adjacen
W counties, in the DUtriot Courts, and 8u
prerne Court of the State.
_We have in .connection with our La.
OrvtcR an ACTIVE OUTDOOR COLLECTING
AGENCY, claims on trusted to us will b
promptly attended to, and if not Irnmudiatel
collect* j will be at once lectured if possible
Claim against tlto Government for prepert,
taken by the U. S forces (whether receipts
For or uot)—Bonn as Passions, Arbkab* o
'■,v ke. prompt!'- eOcvtded to
| IMt'ICS \ Hit.DING.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Dm. Burney, Trezevant fc Allen,
HAVISO associated themselves in the
PRACTICE OF MEPICISE,
will continue to wait upoo the citizens of
DE8 ARC AND VICINITY.
As heretofore, a portion of theft time, will
. be devoted to treatment of Chronic Diszabss
1 of everydesCriptioh.
lfty»OfHcc—One door east of J. M. Burney's
i Drug Store. jnll8
R. I A. ROt JELAinU office, is
now at Johnson A Davis’ Drug Store; |
j can be be consulted at tils'r'ooin at lhe Harvsy j
! House. He will five hie undivided attention
to Chtoffilc Dlncaaea of every descrip- j
The best of references can be furnished, by |
applymf to ^ A rou8ELAUX,
junl-tf Des Aro, Arkansas.
| THOMAS M. GIBSON,
ATT'6P.NaT JLT LAW,
DEV ALL’S BLUFF, ARKANSAS.
Will give special attention to collection of
claims of every character. jun29-ly
j THOMAS J. MARSH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
A. t Law,
VES ARC, ARKANSAS.
Partcular attention given to the .
| collection of all kinds of claims against
i he Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next j
j door to J. M. Burney’s drug store,
may 26
” OEO. E. MORTON,
i amunit H SAW,
—AMD—
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
UES A%C, AHltAIfSAB.
I Will practice in the State and Federal
j Courts of Arkansas. mayll
i .TAMES H. PlnrtRioN, MCI AN C. OAl'SE.
Augutta, Ark. Jaektonpor:, Ark.
SIDNEY S. OAl'SE.
tattfrso'o, Gaose a Brs.,
inswABWviVa zm T lir
Jack sod port aid Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in. the Counties of Woodruff,
Jackson, Independence, White. Lawrence,
i Randolph, Green. Craighead and Cross, and
I attend to special cases in arty part of the
! State. Address either office. *aayl8-ly j
I, N. HKDGl'KTH. S. N. JACKSON. |
HEDGPETH & JACKSON, i
;7I01IBCTBAD
l.ANI> AGENTS,
Dos Arc, Arlr'aiisos.
Will enter Lands under the provisions of
the Act of Congress, May 21. 1862, entitled
! “An act to secure Homesteads to actual set*
; tiers on the public domain.” ap27
F. LEJPT1EN,
Watdilii'aker and Jeweler.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW PREPARED TO Op ALL
kinds of work In my line. Mend
ing, Cleaning, &c.
-Thankful for past favors, I solicit a
continuance of the patrouage heretofore be
I stowed on me. feb28-tf
| WATTENSAW
Nurs ery.
unt nununtu unjuannu
PHLIT tREES,
OXE AXI) TWO YEARS OtT),
FOR SALE IN 180“-8,
BY JOHN D. MORROW A, SON,
PRAIRIE COrXTT, ARKANSAS.
HAVING been engaged in this business for
the last seventeen years, in Mississippi
and Arkansas ; and having studied it closely,
we claim to hkVe kc^fairsd aYfeotrletlgc of the
i Fruits adapted 16 our climjrte. We refer the
public to epecimens iu ogr'Orchkrda, and Or
chards sold bv us, in this anil adjoiuiug
counties. Address v,
John Ik. WyfrtW It Ron,
juu22-«m Des Arc, Ark an ess
IV. II. dARNlEfT,
8*Um
And General Repairer,
Will repair Old Harness, or make new ones.
Also, repair Saddle*. Shop—opposite ♦«citi
j ZEK OVriCE."
Des Arc, Ark., May 1887—(f
i. I, f l.kd'ES S £8.)
WATCHMAKER
—AND—
JEWELER,
III TLKRSVILLE. - ARKANSAS.
M AS on hand, a nics stock of Watch- JB
os, Clooka, Jewelry and Fancy fA
, 1 Articles. Also, will repair Watches,afbwak
j Clocks, jewelry, Musical Instruments, etc.
In connection with the above, I have a
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Where any kind of a Picture can be taken.
»pr20-8m J. B. FI8CHENBER
JUNE let, 1807.
Dry Goods in Abundance at Reduced
j j ,. -wL.j..r - Prices!!
r . »> in wit u rluHly tlita.
II VZKN S McPHERSON
EVENING.
BY JAMES BARRON HOrE.
See the crimson clouds of evening
Lattice-bars across the blue—
Where the moon in pallid beauty,
Like an angel gates through !
Over all the winding river,
By the fading sunset kist,
Slowly rises up the vapor,
In a cloud of ghostly mist.
While the'Eve is slowly tnrning
Its lakt grains of golden sand,
What a holy quiet hovers
Over all the drowsy land!
There is now the spell of silence—
Of silence calm and deep—
Over all the placid water
Where the bine mist seems asleep.
And the vessels slowly gliding
Down the river to the bay.
Show on sheets of spreading canvass
Tints which changes from red to gray.
All is quiet, save the murmur
Of the tide upon the bar ;
See each little breaker playing
With the image of a star!
And ’tis thus that human creatures.
Bowed with age or fresh in youth,
Give back brokenly the image
Of each grand,' oeTeitial truth.
Now the brooding silence deepens.
And the scene is one of rest,
While the wreck'd day drifts down grandly
To be stranded in Ihe West—
On yon rugged coast of cloud-land
High above the village 4pire,
On its mighty purple head-lands.
And its crags all tipped with fire.
SOUTHERNPOLITICS.
SPLENDID SERIES OF PATRI
OTIC PAPERS.
NOTES ON TIIE SITUATION—No. 5.
—
BY HON. B. H. HILL, OF GEORGIA. ,
It is said, in the next place, that if we I
do not accept the present plan of re-1
construction proposed In these milita
ry bills, another plan,'more odious and
oppressive, will be pfo'vidfH. Further
disfratichlscmcut, it is said, of the
white race will take place, aud it may
be a total disfranchisement of all but
the blacks and their fellows in suffer
ings and former bondage—the perse
cuted loyalists; and who alone will
then have the government of the State.
But if the present plan fails because
it is unconstitutional, how can a worse
plan—a plan still more unconstitution-1
al—succeed? If it is not In the power
of Congress £b disfranchise a few, lioW j
can it disfraudlise dll ? Congress can :
neither make nor unmake electors, and '
every member of the ‘Cdhgress knows !
it. And every act which seeks or pre- j
tends to make or unmake voters in a
State is void and will be declared so ; |
and every election held, or coustitu- j
tion formed ; or government organiz-1
cd by voters who rife‘made voters only
by Congress, is void and will be de- j
dared so. Every man who is made a |
voter by the laws of his State, and is j
denied • that vote by Congress, is ‘
wronged, and every agent or officer of!
the Congress or other person who cn-1
forces the denial is a wrong-doer, and i
responsible in all the penalties and
damages prescribed by the State laws.
Tlie only danger possible WeS hi the
strange fear of the people to assert
their rights, and the consequent dispo
sition to consent to the wrong. From
consent fclotie'cnn 'Wrong derive power,
nuu n m ii um v vuugt'utcu ku no vi
becomes irresistible. If they did not
sec, or thfifk threy satr, (i ftitftl itfclina
tion in our people to yield, Congress
and the renegades would not ask their
consent, nor dare to inflict the wrongs.
For to attempt the wrong and fail (and
without consent they must fail,) can
only bring ultimate disgrace on those
who make the attempt. When the
burglar knows the owner Of 'the houfee
is avvake afid deterrhinecl tV> resist, he
will not dare fo erUtcr; but if h'c
knows the owner is asleep or disposed
to yield, he is sure to enter; he is in
vited to enter. A Congress or a frag
mentary conclave thereof, who breaks
the Constitution to inflict wrongs on
au unresisting people, is more criminal
and far more cowardly than the bur
glar; and the pian who is within—who
is of the peoplo—and who counsels
submission to t he wrong, is far more to
be despised than a burglar or than even
such a Congress.
Of like character is the threat that,1
if wc reject their plan, Congress will,
in a new plan, add confiscation. He is
to be pitied for his simplicity who does
not know that Codgress has no more
power to confiscate the property of a
peaceable citizen than has a political
meeting or a church mob ; and that the
very attempt would necessarily end
the existence of the Congress attempt
ing it.
Hut, Unmanly and without founda
tion of either law or reason, as are
these threats Of thrther attempts at
disfranchisement and confiscation, they
are of surpassing importance in other
respects, and demand the most serious
consideration of our people. The po
l sition urged upon us is this: Wo must
submit to a proposed wrong lcsl a
greater wrong follow. We must sur
render our franchises, because if we do
not, our property Will he taken Aim.
\n« the tir-t pujut to »'hieh I hr» at
tention Is this: Those positions admit
that the party (or power if you please)
which proposes the'pre$ent wrong, has
already the will to inflict further
wrong; and the Congress which re
quires you to consent to the destruc
tion of your franchise, htoi already the
will to rob yon of your property.
Thus, you are asked to pfi6.ee ybur
property for safety in the keeping of
that power which already has the will
to take it. Yon are importuned to es
cape the power of the lion by rushing
to hia embrace; to avoid the fang of
the serpent by placing your hand in
his mouth!
This is precisely the point. Will
every man in the South ponder it—
repeat it—never forget it? Disfran
chisement, confiscation, and far worse
evils will not come—through our ex
isting State government. Never!
Bbt they can come, and they will come
through ‘the government which this
plan of reconstruction proposes to es
tablish for our existing State govern
ments. Who, in all thOse States, favor
or agitate for confiscation except the
Northeriretnissary and Southern rene
gade, And the negro, when prompted
and directed by these emissaries and
renegades? Are We not warned?
Read the resolutions of negro conven
tions, and wherever you find one of
these conventions in which these emis
saries and rAhegades are the devilish
prompters, you will libel Abnfiscatiou
threatened, or apologised for, or justi
fied, or demanded. And these are the
very men who are to form, organize,
control and administer, and enjoy the
offices under these new' governments
proposed by these new military bills.
And when We'admit the power co ab
rogate existing governments and or
ganize new governments to be compo
sed of men with such views and for
such purposes, the abrogations and
disfranchisements, and new organiza
tions, will continue until such men do
effectually Control, and such purposes
and views dh rfl'rrfiiallv nrevnii. The
whole jfliriioSe of these military bills is
to add these ten States to Radical par
ty power: nothing less than the com
plete iic^Ott)plishn!ettt of the purpose
will be accepted. And this purpose
ran never be accomplished but by dis
franchising, impoverishing, destroying
and driving off all the true, and noble,
and manly, and country-loving of (lie
Southern people ; and delivering over
dtir bright and beautiful land to the
riotous rule siitd tnlscegenating orgies
of negroes, Yankees, and base apos
tates IVom their own kindred, color,
country and blood. I would not fear
the docile negro, left to himself. He
would soon know his true friends, in
his interest, and lie useful. Rut the
AfHcntttod 'white mar. is nr enemy to
the peace and the interest of both races,
and would be an admitted monster in
any ago or country of barbarians.
I admit, then, that we are in danger
of eoufiscatiou. Those who outlaw
patriotism aud intelligence, would not
scrttple to rob. The representatives
who violate the Constitution they are
sworn to support, in order to abrogate
State government, and reduce the peo
ple to military bondage, could not add
to their iniquities by taking the little
property we have left. As a people
we have but little—scarce cuougb to
preveut starvation. All the world
seems to bo moving to send us bread to
keep us alive. What a curious people
we are! flt objects of charity and fit
subjects for ‘confiscation' The same
train brings the bread to feed, the offi
cer to oppress, and the emissary to
Itrnnil cti'ifn ntwl In * A Inti u-n liuvn
been robbed—robbed in war and in
peace and 'by foes and friends. A few
arc rich. They prospered while their
victims were sacrificed. Showed a
talent to make money while their dupes
showed n will to loose blood. These
might naturtilly dread confiscation,
aud, in view'of the sacrifices they made
to get property, it may be reasonable
they should make greater skc'rifices to
keep wliat they Ynadw, fbr what is hou
oV W^rth to such? But even these
should not altogether loose their rea
son. May they not be nursing a pow
er that may consume? Thieves are
not always to be trusted, even by their
friends and colaborers. It is safer to
avoid a danger than trust to controll
ing it.
When we abandon the Safeguards of
the CohstitYition, and trust ourselves
to the magnanimity Of its violators, we
shall embrace the surest means of pro
curing the loss of all tilings. But 1
Scorn to pursue Such a line of argu
ment.
A people W ho are willing to sacrifice
honor to avarice, are beyond the pos
sibility Of redemption, if the very
statement of the proposition does not
awaken a feeling of abhorrence, we are
iudeed in a sad condition. If anything
can be baser than degradation it is
such a motive for sinking to it. T.ost
property may he recovered; burned
cities may be rebuilt; dc aaiatcd fields
will bloom again; even buried chil
dren, fallen for their couutry, will live
again in the ?]Winkened spirits of new
generations. But as with individuals
so with peoples and communities—the
sense of honor once lost is lost forever.
Yea, more; the history of Unman nu
tare, eihgly aud in communities,
loaches, without exception of example,
that when self-respect is once lo?t. self
abasement once accepted, cities, lands,
liberty, country cannot hr i r,aio,'d
It i natural tv-', that ui. other?
should lose respect for themselves. If j
we accept the humiliation proposed !
for us, all i^ankind will be ashamed of
us, our cKildfnn frill be ashamed of us.
and our very enemies, whoso hatred
prompted the shame, will mock and
deride us. Even now I believe the im
pression which a few have been indus
trious to produce, that our people are
willing to reconstruct under these nets,
has damaged us more in the estimation
of all honorable minds than anything
else that has happened. I do not know
Gen. Pope, but if, as I assume, lie pos
sesses the ordinary instincts of honor
belonging to an American gtfntlcman,
he mttst have felt an almost nnuscating
pity for the poor men who gathered
about him in Atlanta, and, forgetting
the history of their fathers and the
character of our institutions, welcomed
with feasting and rejoicing the inaugu
ration of military despotism over one
of the Old Thirteen, whose sons were
in the first revolution, and who holds
in her bosom the ashes of Pulaski I A
brave man loves courage in others, and
despises sycophancy, especially that
sycophancy which makes sacrifices to
power to'secure safety, perhaps patron
age for itself. Heroism in defeat, pa
tience in suffering, tho preservation of
honor in the midst of misfortune, nre
tho sublime virtues which everything
on eWth admires, and everything in
heaven rewards, and which never fail
to lift a jiboplc possessing them, how
ever temjlbrii'lfy unfortunate, to final
prosperity and renown. And a people
however great, who propose ’dishonor
to the helpless, who would take advan
tage of misfortune tb force oppression
ou the unresisting, will surely slttk by
the weight of their otvn infamy to
Hi ire, and everything oh earth and in
| heaven will rejoice in the fall.
I admit I have overrated the intelli
gence and virtue and endurance of our
i people. Everything they have done.
from the suicidal repeal of the Missou
ri compromise to the criminal ami fac
! tious demoralization whir'll eompelled
| our surrender, ha« been contrary to
1 my wishes and against uiy protest.
Hut I do not believe they are so lost to
i every instinct of manhood as to accept
; tlie plan of State destruction proposed
; by the fanatical representatives of oth
! cr States, as contained in these military
i bills. Many at first were taken by
surprise, and were tempted with a
desperate thoughtlessness to yield.
Hut they will reject the hateful thing
■ they had almost embraced.
To Tame Bees.—The Scottish Gar
dener says to tame bees we have only
to accustom them to the forms of hu
man beings. A scarecrow placed in
i front of ttie hives cf Stinging bees is a
1 groat help. It can be shifted now and
! then, and, to provoke a general attack,
place a loose, waving handkerchief or
rag in the hands of tlie scarecrow.—
Vicious kicking Horses HaVebcen com
1 plofeh- cured bv hanging bags of hay
| ir tlic^talls. They kicked and pluug
; ed at the bag till their strength was
1 completely exhausted, when their vice
j and folly left them, so that they quietly
tolerated the bag to dangle by their
; sides, and grooms fo do as they liked.
. In like manner the bees attack the
waving, provoking handkerchief, and
“ting it till their vice leaves them.—
That which scares crows tends to do
mesticate bees. If kept in a garden
! where men, women and children arc of
1 ten seen, and where they arc not dis
! turlied, bees are as tame and peaceable
as cocks and hetis.
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A Remarkable Oiock.—-The follow
1 ing account of a wonderful clock is
copicii irom an o.u puoHcaiion, uaieu
17h!). It show 8 howr the people of that
i age endeavored to get “ahead of tf'ine,'’
I by relating marvelous stories. “Some
. fifty years," say# the VepOrt, “ft clock
| was constructed bV a'GeVievnn median
j ie named DrOz, 'capX^lc of performing
a Variety Of surprising morp'.tients,
which wore effected by *'„c fig„rcs 0f a
negro, a shepherd, and a dog. When
the ‘'!och struck, the sliepherd played
six toseg ou his flute, aud the dog ap
proached and fawned upon him. This
clock was exhibited to the King of
Spain, who was highly delighted with
the ingenuity of the artist. The king,,
at the request of Droz, took au apple
fr<ViU the fcheph'ertTs basket, W hen the
dog started Up and barked so loud that
the king's dog. which was in the satne
room, begun to bark also. Y\"c ate
moreover informed that the negro, on
being asked what hour it was, answered
the questiou in French, so that lie could
be Understood by those present.
-»^»
French Mxs'On's Piety. At the re
cent annual communication of the
French Free Masons a discussion arose
as to the retention of ancient formula
“to the glory of the great architect of
the uni Verio. ’ SritUc held that it
, should not he made Obligatory in all
coses. MM. Parrot Div-las and Kugene
| Pells tan favored the widest liberty of
conscience and thought. Unit Ma«oury
should not Setfrti to commit Itself to
tlieistU On the other side MM. Garrl
son and Permittee advocated ft loyal
adhesion to the tradition* Of the order.
The debate w-n* animated, but a very
large majority properly derided in
favor of the retention of the formula.
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Married, up town, the other day,
at Mrs. Williams. Mr YY’illiam YVit
’ lianis, of YVilliamsport, to hi cousin.
\)r|is lizzie WIUIboj yovyaiMrUlalf
-ee small Bill*.
The Destruction of Jefferson Davis'
Property.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
MnitttAX, Lacdibdam CorstT, Miss , \
June 16, 1667. f
The present communication should
have Teen made long since, but for the
fact that while Ex-prcsiden* Davis was
held a prisoner, and his fate involved
In uncertainty, I could see no proprie
ty in making'it, nor hope for any good
to result from it. He being released,
however, I take tlio earliest possible
opportunity of making it. I address
it to ah Ohio editor because it concerns
a citizen of Ohio, and I select the En
quirer, because I know that you do
not shrink from publishing the truth
on any subject. It is a simple state
ment of facts that I think the world
ought to know.
In the summer of 1863, at the time of
the surrender of Vicksburg, I was liv
ing in Hind’s county, Mississippi,
about six miles west of the city of
Jackson. The news of the fall of
Vicksburg reached us on Monday
morning following the event, and, on
the succeeding morning, application
was made to mo by a Mr. Owen B.
Cox, a near neighbor, to go to his
place, and try to protect it, with such
of his property as I might find on it,
as be, for reasons that need not be
specifTed, thought it necessary to leave
as a refugee.
In addition to Mr. Cox's property,
left on the premises, there was a con
siderable amount belonging to Presi
dent Davis, consisting of his library
(or part of it), furniture, etc. The trust
reposed iu me included this property,
which, for greater security, hnd been
concealed, or the principal part of it,
including his library.
The Federal army began to arrive on
Thursday, from Which lime, until the
niimiuun ui oitiuiuny, 1 tuaueueu in
keeping my trust concealed from them,
when the negro came up Who had as
sisted in concealing it. ffe immedi
ately pointed out to tlic soldiers its
place of concealment, and for two
hours a scene of destruction followed,
such as none but those who lived iu the
South during the war ean conceive of,
and few even here ever witness the
equal of those two hours. At the end
of that time, an order came from Gen.
Kwing, of Ohio. “To desist from the
destruction of Davis’ property,” and a
strong guard, by his order, was placed
arotind tt for protect tori This guard
continued Until Monday tnoring. when
the general came in person bringing
with him a wagon of the largest size,
drawn by six very large mule's. I was
immediately put under guard, whether
hv the General's order cr not I could
not learn, and do not know to this
day. While under guard, the General
and his men loaded the wagon full and
it was driven otl'. I Was net permitted
to see what he took, but I saw he took
a heavy load for six largo mules.
Wlien I was released I had some con
versation with the General, in which
he said that what lie had taken was “a
prize, captured from the rebel Presi
dent.” 1 replied that “different men,
viewing the same action from different
stiimi-pcints, might, perhaps,'call it In
different names, for example—you, a
General iu the United States Army,
call this ‘capturing;’ I, a citizen of the
South, a Southern Rights’ man. and a
friend to President 'Davis, call it steal
ing.”
This lie resented, and appeared some
what inuignun! that I should even
think he would steal. I replied that it
_. 1.__ .a Its** _' .• 1.. !a.
ion ns lo the name of itu action.
The General soon left, giving the
soldiers a carte blanche on nil he left
after loading f is Wagon.
Now, Mr. Editor, the object of this
communication is to suggest to Gener
al Ewing, us a hi-h-toued gontlenjpn,
(and 1 anow him to be such, because
he said so,) that as our old Ex-presi
dent has been released from confine
ment, and is now in rather indigent
circumstaces, in fact, poor compared
with farmer times, and as the Gctacral
has had a good loYtg loan of the goods
ho ‘-borrowed, ‘caplhved’'—or whateVer
flame the act m i y be called, that he
I hdw return them. If General EWing
I is the high-toiled geiitfeWinn Tie told
1 me he was In l*i|[t. w m certainly
i do it.
No man living has a I'uor sense of
personal honor. dr is .'ripable of more
highly ajipret iatiug a real gentlemanly
action than Jefretson Davis utid hence
the suggestion, as he Would, Without
doubt, be unfeiguudiy thankful for
the return of his capttired library.
And beyond doubt, Mrs. Davis would
be equally thankful for her furniture,
carpets, ctirtaiiis, mirrors, Ac., that the
General “captured ’ at the saine tithe,
and iu the same way.
‘Souritfr Mm.vik.
Inkokmathin W an run.—A lady writes
from Gosport, Clark County, Alabama.
1 as follows:
"t wish to find out the fate of a much
I loved brother, of whom I have heard
nothing since May 2<i, I8t>3, viz. Henry
John Kirkwood, 13th Alabamu Kegi
I ment, Archer's Brigade, A. 1\ Hill’s
Division. When last heard from he
Was in camp near Fredericksburg, Va.
Any information of him will be grate
fUlly received bv his distressed sister,
Mabia C. Seton.
?-J* ^‘iy ir? the M»«*bsir« j|Vl
s«ect? Because jht > are Mo. lapses.
Tunnel Under the Atlantic.
A proposition is on foot to start (ho gi
gantic undertaking of running a tunnel
under the Atlantic ocean in order to con
nect the old and new world together by
the means of a submarine rail-way. The
most eminent engineers, both in America
and Europe, have been consulted, and
they liave drawn up a report which is per
fectly feasible, only requiros tiino and
money to carry out, while the capital, al
though stupendous, will be forthcoming.
So far as Calculated approximately it will
require 5ve hundred millions English
pounds, or two billion five hundred million
dollars. Plenty of capitalists are ready
to engage in this marvelous undertaking
and as soon as the plans are arranged the
money will be advanced. The proposed
plans arc in themselves the wonder of this
skillful age oi engineering science. To ro
tate them in detail would be simply impos
sible at present, but a few of the leading
points may be glanced at in order to give
the readers an insight into the wonderful
results already arrived at This work will
occupy one hundred thousnnd men—half
at each end of the terminus —and suppos
ing the obstacles to be of such a character
as are expected, it will take fully thirty
years to accomplish the work. When
completed it will take about she days for
ordinary trains to travel between both
points, and three days for the 'express
mails. The system to be adapted for tun
neling will be of the latest improvements
in drilling rock, each advance of the drill
ers being followed by shields of various di
mensions, of strong cast iron, and each
succeeding one being firmer than the last.
Powerful steam engines will push forward
IVipco eliinlila tlin Vinrinrr nrltrqnnna unfit
at last the largest and most perfect tube
will be placed with rails properly fixed for
operation. It is proposed to light the cars
with the magnesium light, while powerful
engines will drive the air through the tun
nel, inducing a free circulation, the vari
: ous contrivances at certain distances.
; The electric light will bo used at intervals
I on the track.
! Depots will not be required, as there will
1 be no stoppage. The points of union in
: America and Europe are in course of do
! bate. It is generally conceded that the
shortest rout will be the cable one, vii:
! between Newfoundland and Ireland. The
| soundings already taken to lay the cable
j telegraph are of the greatest use, and have
enabled the operators to lay out their map
of the bed of the Atlantic. The wire will
be laid through the tunnel, and experiments
are in progress to connect communication
between the running ears and the fixed
telegraph, by whih means immediate in
formation can be setlt to either continent
by the passengers whilo traveling. Thus
while t”te billows roll above and the mon
stcra of the deep are sporting or fighting,
as the case may be. men, women and chil
drem will be roiling rapidly underneath,
and after a brief trip will find themselves
to the shores of other nations, without the
danger, fatigue and sickness of a long and
dangerous sra voyage.—[St. Louis Times
Cookery.—As Prof. Blot has done
something toward making the art of
cookery fashionable, it may not be out
of place to present the following origi
nal receipts, which cannot be found in
any cook-Book.
To steep tea—Let vour wife buy the
line! 11# ♦ 11 rt na*Aann# iihIaa aiwI mill
i find it “steep.''
i To make broad rise—Give the grain
' speculators a good Hue of discount at
the bauk.
To light cake—Use a candle,
j and see that there is no wait before
j baking.
j 1'0 make an Irish stew—Furnish three
; Irishmen with three piuts Of whiskey
1 and accompanying pipes, mix well,
and in an hour or so you will have a
perfect iheSS.
The quickest way to get too-martyr
1 saOcc—Walk through a crowded horse
ear Without regard to the feet of pas
sengers
How to get u head of lettuce—Go buy
it.
To make rich meat balls—Get sonu
of the Chicago aristocracy to give thane
1 ing parties at the close of the killing
:season.
To prepare a good stake—Get up &u
■ other yacht race.
( To make a claret smash—Strike tin
I cook square on the nose.
To dress a call’s head—Send a dandy
to the barber.—[Chicago Post.
“ Hk SltfiT AIL BUT Me!”—Wher
| Gen- Braxton Bragg commanded the army
| of Tennessee one day, while on the march
he suddenly came upon one of the “rag
ged,” butter-nut fraternity, who was jusl
then busily engaged in plundering a gar
den. The General drew up, and iu that
j clear voice, which once heard oh the field
of battle is not readily forgotten, called
! out, “ to what command do you belong?”
! Butter-hut was caught; he recogniied the
: General, and he knew the man he had tc
! deal with. Assuming a green, gawkey
manner, he answered as follows: “Mr. 1
<Ud belong to Mr Bragg’s compauy, bu
he shot all hut hie l ”
This was a little too much, and drawing
his hat over his eyes and compressing hi
lips thh G- ntral rbdir oil and let ti e
utsn of hi -ompatty ’/it
SALMAGUNDI.
ISr>'o tnne, It is said is so populaf,
yet so hard to catch at for-tune.
•9*11 is less dangerous to hare a pni
dent enemy than an indiscreet friend.
19*Why can persons occupied in
canning fruit stow away more of it
than anybody else? Because they can
19;"Thc absef.t ever dear,” as the
boy salid when he ran from a savage
pup.
19What is the best flower for a
doctor to cultivate? Cyclamen (sicklv
men,)
19‘Prentice says that the chief ob
ject of a lady in using a fan is to give
t herself airs.
I^Sorae philosophers advise the
girls not to marry a blacksmith, be
cause they have hardened vices.
I^If you let a man pull your nose
to-day, when will he do it again ? Why,
next tweak, of course.
19*Jones thinks, tbfct icstead of giv
ing credit to whom credit is due, the
cash had better be paid.
19*A coquette is a rose, from which
every lover plucks a leaf—the thorns
are left for her futuro husband.
fl9*He that is good will become bet
ter, and he thnt is bad, worse; for vir
tue, vice, and time never stop.
f^He that cannot endure to strive
against the stream, shall hardly attain
tho port which he purposes to recover.
■9*It was, of course, an Irishman
who said, “The most eloquent feature
in a dog's face was its tail.”
AST Why is the tolling of a bell like
the prayer of a hypocrite ? Because it
is a solemn sound by thoughtless
tongues.
. - M _
countryman suiu mill jave iiium
have been lame., “Why do you think
she was lame?” I asked. Because she
carried a cain.
-Mrs. Partington m allusion to the
many advertisements headed, “IIol for
California!'’ thinks a spade would he
more useful to the diggers.
f^'Courting is an irregular active
transitive verb, indicative mood, pres
ent tense, third person, singular num
ber and agrees with all the girls—don't
it?”
®SS" What's the matter Tim? ‘You
1 look rather the worse Tor wear.’ ‘Why
you see,’ said Tim, ‘I haven’t slept a
j wink for three nights—last night, to
| night and to-morrow night.’
Us^Beware of men of octave voice,
j Statistics invariable go to show them
| to be often at the gallows, cramming
' prisons, skulking at back doors, ami
: hovering under well-filled clothes
' lines
I©-; You had betjer ask /or manners
| than money,” said a finely dressed gen
i tleman to a beggar boy who had asked
! for alms. . “1 asked for what 1 thought
yon had the most of,” was the boy's
reply.
gsf-Qiilun told a lady that she looked
blooming 33 spring hut recollecting
that the season was not then very prom
ising, he added : “Would to heaven the
spring would look like you.”
8®"-Thc reason women never stam
iner is because they talk so fast a sjLarn
iner lias got ho chance to get in. Peo
ple stutter because they hesitate. But
who evpr knew a woman to hesitate
about anything ?
I -The women ought to muko a
, pledge not to kies a man who used to
i bacco and it would soon break up the
| practice; and a friend of onrs says they
j ought also to pledge themselves to kiss
every man that don't use it—-and We go
] for that too.
-‘If there ft anybody under the
canister of heaven that I hate in utter
excrefcence,' says Mrs. Partington, ‘it is
the'slanderer, going about like a boy
constructor, circulating his calomel
upon honest folks.’
•9»Doctor—‘Well, Madam, hows
I your husband to-day ?'
| Wife—‘Why, Doctor, he seems some
better.’
! poctor—‘Did you get- the !?e'chea ?’
t Wife—‘Yes ; but he only took three
: of them raw ; I had to fry the rest.'
religious paper in Boston if
! responsible for the fallowing: ‘An old
{lady who was about to breathe her last,
i received a call from un acquaintance
j ignorant of her mortal illness. The an
swer scut down from the chamber of
the departing sufferer was memorably
uuiquc: -Madam - sends her com
i plimcuts Ip Madam —^ut begs to be
! excused, as she is engaged in dying.'
i ggfllusbands fire saju to be cow
catchers prefixed to family trains.
Wives—Hichly laden crafts smuggled
through life under the guise of fuss and
feather*.
Youug Ucntlsnmu—Creature of cir
cunistauccs and .occasionally com
pounded of the scraps and scum of so
ciety.
Young Ladies—Delicacies compound
ed of sugar, salt and sawdust, find sea
soned with the driblet of fashion.
|0"Bo£s, I want twenty-five cents,’
said a pointer to his employer.
‘Twenty-five cents! how soon do yon
•want it, Tom?
‘Next Tuesday.'
, ‘As soon as that? You can't get it
I have told you often tliat when voy
II wanted so large a sum of m,ouey. you
must nflve me :il b’a-l four weeks no
tice.'
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