The Ouachita telegraph., 1872-06-08
An Attempt ut Malicious Injury.

on iucS'tly evening laSt, WnCn inc
store was crowded with customers, ut II
soda fountain of note, young man
went into one of our up town drug
| stores with Il paper Oh which was writ
ten ''Chloratc of potass, antcmonii and
| SULPHUR" with directions to mix in II
| fine powder. The druggist saw ut Il
! glance the probable result of rubbing
said materials in Il mortar. powdcring
the potass, he mixed the ingredients
| carefully on Il paper, and questioned
! the messenger as to who sent him, and
what he would use ii for, when tho
latter said s'a Mr. and he wanted
| it for his horse" On "Wednesday even
ing the same man came to the same
| store with another paper, on which was
written ''lodinc | dram, spirits ttlrpen-
tine , Oz., mix in Il bottlc.' The apoth--
ec;lry put tho iodine in 4 package, the
turpcntinc in Il bottle, and then dcnan-
ded to know what druggist sent those
papers. Tho messenger denied that II
druggist sent him, when he was told
that he should tell what drug store he
came from before he would be allowed
to leave the store; whercupOn he ran
for the door and up the strcct, pursued
| by the apothccary, was overtallen and
| brought back, when he acknowledged
| that he was sent from 4 drug store near
ut hand, where he was taken, the arti-
clcs dcliVcrcd, and in language more
impressive than polite, told to mix
| them themselves.
Suppose these papers should have
gone into Il store where the apothecary
had no chemical Knowledge, the result
might have been fearful; for when tho
iodine would have been put into tho
bottle of turpcntinc, ignition and cN-
plosion would have taken place, scat
tcring burning turpentine i'll every
direction, perhaps binding the apotic-
cary and burning his store. The parties
showed either their Ignorance or mise
rablc character by attempting such u
horrible thing but fortunately they
were mistaken in their n,an.-N. q.
| Pic0YuOl@.
Some think that Grant will walk
over the course; others that Belmont
will accomplish this by buying up the
Baltimore Convention. NOitS qcJ2'OlaS.
Our advice to this people is to 'tWait
for tho wagon" If the fight is mar
rOwcd down, after the Baltimore Con-
Vcntion, to Greeley or Grant, there are
persons not lacking in political shrcwd
ness, who think it would be best for us
of the South to pin their hopes, as re-
CARDS national politics, to Greeley, the
keep it steady. They argue that the
South, judging from the past, could
have little or nothing to hope from an
others term OF Grant; and that with
Brown and the West to back them,
the Southern States would have Il
chance to rrlSl, out carpet -haggcry
and enter upon q new epoch Of general
prosperity. BE this as it may, our pco-
pic from this time forth cannot be too
careful to avoid violent cNcitcmcntS or
desperate commitments ON the subject
of the next Presidency. The South
has nothing to gain, and much to lose,
| by furnishing either tn" battle field or
| the battle cries for the parties and fac
tiOnS contrndinG for the executive arm
of central powcr.-N. q. Hic'tVif'c.
! I.on|frlloW was not far wrong when
! he took the position that our admira-
! lion Of WOniau rested more on her
character for affection than spark ling
| intellect. The proposition cannot be