Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-15


 BROWNSVILLE EcHo.D = This " "low-fung" sheet, of the 8th inst, comes to hand with more than half column of falsehoods, which must have emanated from the brain of one who is accustomed to islander, and who has " followed lying and deception" for livelihood. Benj F. Coulter-the acknowledged editor of the " Echo o"-attempts to reply to us by "the LEX TALIoNIs, in roundly, fatly, and unequivo- cally denying all we have asserted as regards his private character :; and he further states that we once had (" "a partner, bosom friend and boon companion, who was caught stealing secondhand clothes, and who was incarcerated in the penitentiary in Mississippi" This will certainly surprise the good people of Holly Springs, Miss, among whom we lived several years. But, let the truth be told: A young man, by the name of Stafford was associated years 1845 and 1S46, in the publication of a newspaper During that time, we never knew him guilty of dishonorable act. Some time in the year 1S47, nearly year after our part nership had closed, he was found guilty of stealing small sum of money, and imprisoned Tn the penitentiary. A similar destiny awaits the low, groveling, ungrateful, false-hearted cats-paw, the self-conceited Coulter, if he does not pay for a certain horse which he sold about the time he left Des Arc. The widow of the deceased owner of the. property has written here for the money, and if this wretch, who is disgrace to the human species, has not made full amends for the light fingered transaction, it is high time for him to attend to the matter.
 We can prove all we have published about the "Echo man," by living oral testimony, and by the written evidence of the dead. The books of deceased physician shows the bal ance of debt which is still due. and the item for which the charge was made.
 There are "things in the shape of men" who occasionally mingle with decent society, and are kept for few months, or years, from becoming a known disgrace to their species ; but the dog will return to his vomit, and the SOW to her walIow." During the time this THING" " was an eleemosynary in our employ ment, we exerted our ability to restore him to health, to character, and to decent respecta- bility. How far we succeeded in the latter particular, let his deep-dyed, vigorous islanders and basely vulgar assaults upon us, speak for themselves. Such creatures are the slime and filth of creation-well suited to the foul pur- pose of performing the dirty work and enjoy ing the patronage of any man, or any CLIQUE Of men, who live only to abuse, villify, falsify, traduce, and scandalize, those who have lifted them from their sunken, groveling position, and strove to place their feet in the path to reputation and good conduct.
 We distinctly and emphatically reterate-- the evidence is at hand, to prove all that we have charged against this B. F. Coulter. We hereby denounce him as mendacious libeler and infamous scoundrel, and call upon the sup porters of his vehicle of yituperation and low pred slang, denominated the sf Brownsville Eeho,' as well as all those connected with the concern, to rid themselves of their contami- nating contact with its degraded editor,--oI .'ne people of Prairie county will have right as it will be their duty, to demand who are sustaining such lump of uncharneled putre- iacuon, such defamatory organ and mouth piece, under the shadow of their courthouse mere is, really, no disgrace in being de- Aaiaed by this fellow Coulter. If he has uttered solitary truth in reference to the sui'or Of the CITIZEN, we have not been able 'o see It. We defy all such animals to injure our reputation in the minds of those who know aSi and those who may not. are requested tc 'aAe glimpse at the reptile Coulter's face which will be sufficient to satisfy them that pfopisy and purity cannot emanate from SC corrupt fountain.