The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-22

deposits Of snow and ice Of phenomenal
thickness in the rivers and lakes. The
event of having floods which will prove UNI
usually disastrous to the planting interest
of the great valley, from the mouth of the
Ohio to the gulf, is only question of
weather. If day succeeds day with sunny
warmth and consequent slow disntregra-
ton of the great drifts, all will be well.
But if the rains descend, the SHOWS melt
suddenly, and the northwestern streams
break up in flood, there is certainty of
one Of the worst overilows which has de
vastated the lower country for years. Plan
tiers and stock owners below Cairo cannot too
closely watch the variations of the tempera-
ture in the northwest as recorded by the
| signal service, for upon this may depend
theirsaftey from irretrievable disaster. With
our present substantial levees there is, Of
course, no question concerning Cairo's
safety,
An old negro, whose head was white
with age, was yesterday brought into the
Office Of Squire Osborn by an officer He
had been caught picking up coal in the
Illinois Central yards and the company
having determined to punish all such Of
Tenders, accounted for his presence in
the court room. He protested, with tears
in his eyes, that it had not been
his intention to steal and that he was
| ignorant Of having done wrong and then,
falling upon his knees before the Squire,
| he prayed and called upon God in the
most pathetic manner that he might be
spared from prosecution. The Squire at
| tempted to make him rise to his feet and
compose himself while note was sent to
| Mr.. DePue in regard to the mat
| ter but no sooner would he rise
than he would again sink
upon his knees. He remained in
this position for fully an hour, praying
loudly and crying bitterly until note was
received from Mr.. DePue to the effect
that IN this particular instance he would
not prosecute the offender.
Jefferson Davis forthcoming book,
which is likely to create profound I'M
preston in the literary world, Mr.. Derby,
of the Appleton publishing firm, says: at
| will be called "The Rise and Fall Of the
Confederate GoAernment." 1t will be is
sued in two Volumes about the size Of APP
pleton's Encyclopedia, and will be sold for
five dollars volume. spent several days
with Mr. Davis at Beauvoir last January,
when his laborS was mainly over. | never
saw man that so sincerely rejoiCes in his
work. He said he had made history that
would stand all the tests of time and crit
cism, because 1t was true, and that he had
put in permanent record defense of his
people that would command the verdict of
postenty. He gave five years of almost
unceasing labor to the work. The first vol
ume is almost entirely taken up with
constitutional discussion of the causes that
led to the war The latter half Of this and
the last volume treats of the conduct Of the
war. The introduction afirms briefly the
confederate character Of the union and the
necessity of separate sovereignties under
general direction"
Mr.. GLADDEN., the colored immigration
agent, who was stationed in this city before
the election and whose heart bled so freely
for the poor and oppressed colored people
Of the south, now, that the election is past,
has at once discovered that the negroes in
that region have ceased to suffer; that they
are no longer abused nor mistreated, and
that they can do as well in the south as
in Illinois, Accordingly he has packed his
trunk and left for Springfield, where his
contemplate seryices-which consisted in
lying and Turing men Of his color from
their homes in the south to vote the repub-
lican ticket in IIlinois-have been duly
rewarded by an apprcciative republican as.
semby. He has been given the place of
janitor of the house of representatives and
will doubtless hold the same until another
election approaches, when 1t will suddenly
again dawn upon his mind that the colored
men of the south receive no pay for their
labor, that they are not permitted to build
school houses or churches, and are I'M
hcsitatingly lynched ifthey dare to vote the
republican ticket Or complain of the treat
ment they receive. All this, and much
more, will then-but not until then-enter
his head and touch his heart and cause him
to again repair to this city and resume his
labor Of love which he has dropped like
hot cake since the election. Verify, verify,
the ways of republicans are dark and be-