Des Arc citizen., 1866-11-10
A Romantic and Tragic Story,

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 A Romantic and Tragic Story,
 The following highly romantic and tra- gic story is from the New Orleans Times;
 'SNearly a year ago one of the first merchants of the city met and loved woman of English birth, whom he boliev- ed to be a widow.
 " His advances were favorably received and after many hours passed in pleasant converse. the gentleman at length declared his passion. To his surprise and chagrln the lady, with many tears, informed him that her husband was not dead A long story of unkindness, neglect maltreat- ment and a separate maintenance wasire- lated. The frir one, with the utmost frank ness, went into all the details ofher wretch ed existence, and ended by hoping that divorce suit, that pending, would tcrmln- ate in her favor. The gentleman, en' eouraeed by the confidence, and eager for the possession of such a treasure, insisted on her Ut once departing for England and bountifully supplied the lubricating mate rial for the rusty machinery of the courts The journey was made, and in the course of few weeks the bagatelle $l2,000 ex pended e349md 3guQ
 (" Not many moons elapsed ere the lover was favored with a most tender epistle conveying in the postscript intelligence ol another draft for $l0 ,000, which he would, of course, pay on presentation. The busi- ness of the law proved very expensive Two more drafts for Sl0,0c0 each were forwarded to this country, and promptly paid. The gentleman becoming alarmed at the enormous drain on his purse, ven7 tured to remonstrate, and begged the lady. if possible, to conduct the business with more economy.
 [ .sThe communication in reply, dated Paris, quietly informed him that the suit had been decided against her, that she was tied foreverlto the object of her de testation, and that although she could never forget the dsinterested friendship of the kindest of men, they must never again meet on earth s19f9i
 "The unhappy gentleman, maddened at hisdolly, and crippled in his business by the immense outlay of money, ended his existence by his own hand Long after 1 thls tragedy the real creator of it presumes again to address the man she so wronged . 1 SUGAR IN NEW .ORLEANs.-The Cres- l cent states a curious fact in reference to 1.-the commerce of that city. Instead ot | being exporters of sugar and molasses as was formerly the case, both are noW largely imported. 45ea
 B5s~The Rev. Andrew Hunter, was assigned by the Little Rock Conference 4 to the duties of Presiding Elder of the Little Rock District.
 Rev. w. P. Radcliffe was assigned 1 by the Little Rock Conference, as 1 agent of the Bible Society for the State ! of Arkansas,-L Little Rock Conserva tive. 'il' i" Rf
 ISg~ x-Confederate States Secretary | of the Treasury, Trenholm, was par Generals o. II. Howard, Sickles, Johl
 A. Dix, and other Union officers.
 pege Mississippi has acted like hel own noble self in sustaining her grea statesman, Jefferson Davis. When tht resolutions passed by her Legislature reach him in prison, his eye, once like the eagle's, but now dim and blind, vii 1 brighten, and joy once more light it fires in his heart.
 ggs- The Rome, Ga, Courier, of tht
 27th says On the morning of Thurs l day the 25th instant, we had, in this vi
 cinity, a real killing frost, ill fact a dea(
 freeze. Cotton, peas, po+atoe vines, anC
 in fine. all vegetation except few o
 the nor hardy kinds were killed. Thi
 consiIe erably curtails the cotton crol from what it might have been if fros
 had kept off another month. The rain
 that we're received after the drouth O
 summer inaugurated sort of secont crop, that was rapidly maturing, bu which has now been "nipped in tn
 bud"
 Gsg~ A COW exhibited at a recent Hi , nois agricultural fair gave, during thre [ weeks in the month of June last, a yiel' } of milk averaging twenty-nine quart l daily, and from the cream thirtee , pounds of butter were made weekly ? Distancing all competitors in the mil and butter trade, she took the highcS '