Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-16
Written for the Evening Star.l
On Arkansas.

upon . national scale, when party leaders, as in
tie case of Andrew job nson, grow dissatisfied
with their Magistrate. The lesson set in ArkaB-
sas SO far from melting disorder, will show the
great body Of the people that the government
At Washington proceeds by legal forms in can
did paths, recognizing no differences in form
ssrVltude, or race, or party, or rebellion. Tt Q
Presidents policy was in part the work of =
torney General Williams, and of the Secreta v
OF State at Little Rock, johnson, man %
pain and convincing speech, who had once be-
fore been switched out OF fair succession to the
office of Governor and put on the sideIing OF
custodian OF the state seal.
The true value of all the real and personal
estate in Arkansas is thought TO be one n un-
dred and fifty millions of dollars, about half
that OF Louisiana, and nearly equal to the
wealth OF Texas. The census of 1870 sets Che
taxation at nearly three millions, an increase
over 1850 of three hundred per cent, while the
property In the state meantime had deprecated
above sixty millions. The census figures are
unreliable as to the total debt of the state and
its subdivisions; instead of four millions as SCI
down, Ii is certainly nine, and of debt incurred
and authorized twice nine millions. The ave-
rage wealth per head of population is about
800, and the average public debt per head not
ess than $50. Arkansas has four ConyresSmsn,
once asked a half breed in the Cherokee ma
ton, who had travelled in Kansas and Arkan-
sas, which state in his opinion contained most
intellect. He said, after thinking momsnE. =
80, Arkansas! 1t possessed at Little>Rsck =
men and women, as any little town of its sizs in
the country"
This Indian was q. Boudnot, formerly an
editor at Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1856, and
at Little Rock.
The literature of the state is considerable,
and its chief humorist, holland, went out from
1.-The Big Bear OF Arkansas and other sketch
es" Is series of frontier scenes. real and i'm
aginsry, published at Philadelphia in 1915. By
holland. 1t gives the style OF early south west
ern wit in such bits as this:
Sam Lsughman IL the mayor OF UniOntown,
thrice elected by the suffrsges of his cens:itu
ents. 1t Is the only town which can boast of IA
specie paying bank in the state. Sam says that
chap At bis town was WALKING ont and he came
across old Nose, sitting in the broilins sun sh-
ing. well, Nose says he, "what in the world
are you doing thar"
"what?"
"FifhD!"
"Fisbing! Well. what is the reason you can't
talk? What's In your mouth?'
"Oh! muffin but iCums (worms) fer balt.''
One OF the Governors OF the cotton states
ed an Arkansas wedding about the year 1910
He describes the bride as wearing one shoe and
one mOccasin and a straw hat with half the
brim torn off, "Soon after the attendants
came, two girls and two or three young men:
and the groom came and sat down by the girl
without saying word, she still crying. The
parson requested the attendants to tell hi N to
come up and be married. He looked up and
responded gruffiy:
Il don't allow to be in hurry about it,
The attendant made his report accordingly,
oidates for mstrImOny come forward"
At this the man came forward alone. and. No
ing sent back, seized the girl by the arm, lugged
her up and brought her forward. The parSon
was scared badly, mumbled over the sery ice
indistinctly, and told them they were man aud
wife,"
Catholic Graveyard.
Prior to the establishment of Mt. Olivet Gem
etery the general place Of burial for the Catho-
lies of Washin ton was the old Romanist grave
at a 1ah nf afr hal IL 8 th
early population was Irish, these people doing
most Of the days labor on the public buildings,
and many OF them were OF direct immigration
landing from vessels at Georgetown. The OH
cemetery contains an average substantially of
tomDstones and mural monuments, largely cred
liable to the piety ami reverence OF the early
Irish but the best of the tomb's amongst them
Hoban's, architect OF the White House. h.vs
teIments here are the Fenwick's, Masi's John
ST ca, Pelice Pulizzi, Capt. Alphonse Duperin
OF the L. 5. navy, born at Norfolk in 1902 Lewis
9 Man s an ana Peter .; peHoz, of Flanders
bodies appear TO have been removed Under
one broken and recumbent slab Of sandstone
bearing the following name, "Joseph Pown-
lyro', of France, died 1870" happened the we'll
accredited incident appended
during the rebellion private soldier, who
assaulted his commanding officer, was con.
demned to be shot In one of the camps near this
city. he escaped TO the above grave and MID
uncer the broken slab for fourteen DAYS fed
meanwhile by his Captain stealthily. The plate
and steel spoon are still under the slab. The in
cident was discovered by the fact OF the soldier
repeatedly making pilgrimage to the grave at
tie close OF the war, and revealing his expert
ence to the sexton.
Two NeiKhbOring Estates.
About Il miles from Washington, to the left
Of Surratsvile, is a remarkable piece of family
property called the woodward. 1t was the spot
where the American army first faced the British
m in Tha ~.
haps derives its name from fanciful use OF the
Saxon, to designate woodlawn. Owners OF old
estates often adopted such self-dlsparaging
tel ms as the Hut. About 1910 the woodward wa.
planted by Colonel Henry Darnall, Immigrant
Catholic. and kinsman OF Lord Baltimore.
he spent his middle life at Port An1
manor, in Anne Arundel. his tombstOne ia az
the Woo fysrd, and there were kept down to the |
fire of 1S6- the vane OF the housetop, the VAIN
scotted wall, and other relics and memorials Of |
the Darnalrs. Darnall's daughter married |
Of upper Marlborough, who became the mother |
OF Archbishop Carroll in 1875. His house was |
built OF brick landed at Nottingham, and pulled |
by oxen all the way to the woodward, q distance |
~ IL or 10 mites AT the revolution OF John
Coode, lGS9, Henry Darnal fed. The Wood |
yard was described by Davis, in the Ddy Star
as me most interesting family seat in Mary |
land" The Vests and Hereford's occupied it |
during large part OF a century. 1t was burned |
by the heating and ignition OF the old and we'll |
&c asoned chimney log, which one night burst in |
new house was built out of the walls and il was |
said that enough bricks were sold to the neigh
bors to pay In great part for the second CON
structlon. Land adjacent to the Woodya was |
onered for sale in 1874 at the rate OF $40 900 for
1--we hundred acres
Henry Darnall, son of the original proprietor,
Is mentioned in Brent's Life of Bishop Carroll |
rs the inheritor Of lands around the Wood ward |
TO an immense extent, which were then partly |
and afterwards entirely alienated from the FAM |
lily through the improvident management ana |
easy disposition of the proprietor.
The haywood estate, long the property of the
Digge'' family, Is one Of the Oldest in these
parts, and at present, under the control of Mr.
humphrey, Is one of the most beautiful farms
In Maryland. 1t stands on the Washington
and Marlborough turnpike, about three miles 1
west OF the former court house, and Is a yellow
edince, two stories high, with q veran da porch
along the second story, red roof, and rather
ow ceilings. There are large back buildings,
and sprtnkling Of quarters, cribs, and barns
all around the shelf .red nook where the man
son lies amongst the moundy and water-wUrn
bills. Large tobacco barns, with a comb a,ong
he ridge of the roof, and many signs of hinges.
lap cooIs and blinds, to air the to,.cco and
Try 1t, stard over these hills, generally on the
highest points Of ground, and appear to cor
respond with each other by mute submitting
signs of age and servitude. These MANY AUXILIARY
houses, and the well.ploughed fields, all up
turned to their prenies, make the contrasts of
age and youth, but amongst them all the fruit
orchard was, on the spring dsy saw IL the yerv