Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-09-28
Sliveps of. Thought,

aint worth blowing for. Eiasaf H
 ] am drcdful fond ofmelody: and
 banjo with negro hung to ii wi knock moro sense out of me in on might than kan git back in 3 weeks
 l have no more respect for those vi
 only cater sto-my imaginashun, than
 have for the man who first inventet ginger pop.
 ! never knu man of much wisdom who could sing song we'll orpla on fiddle. A;t a aa ss l idont care how much man talks i he will only say it in few wurds.
 Rewards deferred makes us mizzcr able;eit is just so with punisliments Whensi was a boy ihad rather be lick .ei twice than to be postponed once. is enc thing certain reason i. more than masteriof the passhuns: il this iz robabley the man must be fulc who aint boss ofhimsclf. siii .s
 Ithink it reduces the stumuk ale to boiler. ;aso i think it lessons evry Kind oy anguish, just as it does sin by own ing it. M slassl a ,g
 We arc all willing 10 Pa more for be- ing amused than instrucktcd.
 How many folks, do you suppose, there iz in this world who are satisfide with things as far as as tha have got 10. Not more than i'll bet. That looks rather dusty for the rest of the trip.
 Thare aint no general rule for hap piness; q man has to be measured for hiz happiness, inst as he doze for hiz boots, and even then he don't alwavs get good fit.
 Joy will make a man change ends quicker than sorrow. 9&
 fla young man kant find any thing else he'sfit for like tu see him carry q gold hcded cane.
 The toprounds ofa ladderare always the most dangerous.
 Ibelieve in the final salvation ofmen, but want the privilige of picking the men.
 There iz inst this difference between a suckccss and q failure-quarter oy an inch.
 It iz great deal easier to beat natur than it is to equal her--so it iz easier to bile an egg tew much than jist enough.
 fnE PRESIDENTS -vrFws.-A 11mes- special says: As an indication of the Presidents latest temper on the situa- ton of reconstruction affairs, witness the following abstract of his views, re- gently expressed in conversations with certain politicians who calledupon him for the purpose of urging him to re- open registration in the South. He in them that he could not do so increasing the certain risk of Impeachment, and admit that the Re- construction act confers on District Commanders sole control over registration. His only power of was in the removal of the commanders when they failed to exc cute the law in accordance with his views of their legal construction. He that the District Commanders were acting under the direct authority of Congress in the performance of a civil duty, and if he should attempt to assume the power of Commander-in- Chief, to control the time of registra- tion and holding elections, they would have the right to refuse to obey his orders, and would be amenable to no for insubordination if they did so. He stated that the recent pro- of the Amnesty Proclama- tion throws upon Congress the onus of depriving legally qualified voters from and voting, and he hoped the Northern people would appreciate it in that light. Ifany pardoned per- sons, he continued, attempted to regis ter and are refused, the courts will be open to them and they can compel tho to allow them to register through the courts If they do not do so, he concluded, the fault of their dis franchisement must rest with Congress, as he claimed to have done all he could to restore to them their rights. s.GALvEsToN DURING THE PEsTILENcE. ---The following paragraphrcminds one of DeFoe's description, London during the Great Plague. Some one writing from Galveston says:
 ,s The strcet-scenes at night are sugges- tive of anything hut the prevalence of q most fatal epidemic in our midst. Al an early hour the negro harlots appear in great numbers. especially on inc mos1 frequented thoroughfares. They ars most impudent and disgacefui in ply ing their avocation, and often the stree resaunds till late hour of the nigh with their drunken reyalrv.s The whit courtdsanss arc equally numerous anS impudent, and as they often travc, il fechs with their darker sisterhood Q sin, the scene presented is q strange on
 indeed. Then comes tho midnigh
 brawlers from tho latc taverhs, som lreeliug along the sidewalks and other in carriages, the dismal rumbling Q which must make most discordan
 music in the ears of the sick and dyine And so the night wanes iu debmeher
 and sin, while on every hand are houss
 of sorrow and suffering, hearts of sad ness and eyes of weeping.
 The Radicals are determined 1
 make General Grant unbosoin himSe on the political situation, and ha' made another attempt in that iirectic ], Not heinz quite satisfied with the | $ suit of their Iabors, they have sent f | Nashbugne, of Illinois, to help the