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Year: 1868

The CITIZEN is presented to the people of Arkansas as large in form as any Dem- ocratic weekly in the State. Although independent in all things, and neutral in nothing, it is emphatically a

 FAMILY NEWSPAPER. And now ranks as one of the first in the State. The greatest care will be taken to make it's selections choice and instructive. A new feature will soon be added by pub fishing story each week, or if too long, running it through two or three numbers. The political complexion of the Citizen is white-opposed to negro suffrage and a score of other Radical tenets, and while opposing them shall advocate the principle that white men should rule white men.

 In times of great political danger every man should take paper, and it is more than probable that the present year will witness more political excitement and ex- traordinary political events than any pre- yious ono of our nationality. Let the people assist the CITIZEN by joining in and making up ubs,sand they will there- by render it powerful auxiliary in their warfare against hateful negro suffrage and the many other evils the Radical party design thrusting upon the State

 Read the following club rates, which are lower than those of any other weekly west of the Mississippi river:

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 Money can be sent at our risk in regis tered envelope. Address

 POE X MATHEWS,

 Des Arc, Ark.
Year: 1868




GySome important improvements
have recently bcecn introduced into the
process of pudding iron and fllsing cast
steel, which are described in the Ber-
grmd Huttenmansche Zeitung as follows


As in bessinierine, we have air blown
into melted iron in the furnance, but in
this case it is blown through openings
in the iron rakcs which are used in Stir
ring the IRON Instead of many small
holes in the rakes, which are hard to keep
free from Stag, it is better to use a broad
slit, or rect II 3ulT opening Of about ]
inch broad by 3 or 1 inches long. In order
to prevent too great superheating, a few
blow-tubes are used, connected by India
rubber tubes with the air chamber. The
blast is turned on before the rake is up
in the mass of iron, and shut off after ii
is taken out BY employing these fakes
the time of the operation is reduced from
thirty to forty minutes to ten. Flying
sparks at the commencement of the op
Grafton show the separation Of silica. 1t
is claimed that this process separates the
phosphorus and sulphur better than any
other.
Year: 1868

The Albany Ereming Journal and the
New York Tribune are at cross swords
upon the question of whether Grant shall
be President The fsrmer wants the ten.
ure-of.ofice law repealed, and the latter
objects to its repeal. 1t would keep
Grants hands tied by the law as Presi.
dent Johnson's haye been. It makes of
the President mere machine, except in
the exercise of the veto power, ami this
amounts to nothing when the majority
party in Congress is as strong as at
present.


The pertinacity with which tho Tribune
opposes the repeal Of the law argues a
strong suspicion that Grant intends to be
so very conservative as President as to, in
fact. Tylerize the party. The Radicals
are afraid of him, ard this will be seen
when the proposition to repeal shall come
up in Congress.


To permit the law to stand, will be
little less than direct insult to Grant. 1t
will be saying to him, 1--WE made pup
pet Of your predecessor, because we
thought he was disposed to be traitor.
We do not charge you with such dispo-
sition, but we shall continue to employ
the means which made him puppet.'
Times.
Year: 1868

The beautiful extract below is from the
pen of Hon. George s. Hiuiard: II con-
less that increasing years bring with them
increasing respect for men who do not
coed in life as those words are common
ly used. Heaven is said to be place for
those who have not succeeded on earth
and it is surely true that celestial gruces
do not best thrive and bloom in the hot
blaze of worldly prosperity. Ill success
sometimes arises from superabundance
Of qualities in themselves good--from a
conscience too sensitive, a taste too fastid.
ious, self forgetfulness too romantic. q
modesty too retiring. will not 70 40 far
as to say, with a living poet, that the
world knows nothing Of tie greatest men,
but there are forms of greatness, or at
least excellence, which die and make no
sign; there are martyrs who miss the
palm but not the stake heroes without
the lasrel. and coneuerors without tho
triumph II
Year: 1868

A NOBLE HoRsE.-Grant Thorburn relates the
following incident :-"I once saw a horse, in
the neighborhood Of New York, drawing load
Of coal, twelve hundred weight, in cart. The
lane was very narrow-the driver some distance
behind, was conversing with neighbor. The
horse, on a slow walk, came up to little child
dust with his little hands and making mountains
out of molehills The horse stopped be smelt
of the child, there was no room to turn off. With
his thick lips he gathered the frock between his
teeth, lifted the child, laid him gently on the
outside of the wheel track, and went on his way
rejoicing. And well might he rejoice-he had
done noble deed
Year: 1868

TIE Democracy are in panic over the rumor
that General Schofeld, the Secretary Of
War, begins his administration of the Depart
ment as decided sympathizer with Congress
and the Republicans, aud all because he diued
very recently with the General-in-Chief
Year: 1868

THE Cosr.-The New Haven Comm Register
has been taking great pains to prove that q Rad
ical rule " is costing the people zone thousand
dollars per minute, night and day, all the year
round'' Couldn't the Register employ small
portion of its leisure in fixing up the probable
cost of " Democratic rule" per minute, and in
ascertaining who it was that compelled the ma
ton to incur this big bill of costs ?-Dramdtic
ThronicLe
Year: 1868

RELIGIOUS CoNvERsATIoN.-BAPT1sr- don t
like your church government. 1t isn't simple
enough too much machinery about it.


METHODIST It is true we have more machin-
cry than you; but then, you see, it don't take
near so much water to run it.
Year: 1868

THE Alta dscourses of {. The New Course Of
Empire" in the following strain of sprightly
jocularity


Sour flag shall wave at the North,


Where the pole sticks up through ths snow;
Our flag shall the South,


As choose to 60"
Year: 1868

people of the loyal States, are traitors much
meaner than those in arms boldly and direct
ly seek tho destruction of the Government I;
for these pretended Democrats sneakingly
and indirectly seek the same end, by excit-
ing prejudice against the Government and
division among the people"


An officer in General Rosecrans' army
said: iae


"Woe betide the secession sympathizers
and would-be peace-makers, when the army
get through with their present work on haud.
The suferings, deprivations, and hardships
of soldier-life are not SO easily endured, and
the cause we are fighting for is too dear to
at-homes who brought on the war, and now
place every impedient in the way of having
accomplished what must be the inevitable
result--the subjugation of the rebellion
Curses loud and deep go out every day from
men and officers, and they are not to be
lightly thought Of.


The One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois,
at Fort Pickering, Memphis, said: VA


s.We here solemnly resolve that we will
hold that man as traitor, and an eternal
enemy to us, to our children, aud to our
country, who shall propose, or has proposed,
any settlement by which the rebellion shall
be screened from just punishment, and the
country and her defenders cheated of the
fruits Of past victories and present triumph.
Our labors, blood and treasures shall not be
spent in vain"


In an address from 'sThe Soldiers of In
diana to the Citizens of Indiana. they utter
ed the following pledge:


''We expect to come home some day. We
will either come trlumphantly rejoicing over
the accomplishment of the object for which
we have already endured SO much, or we
will come Inundated and disheartened at
our defeat, and the consequent desolation of
our country and our homes. In either event
we will remember and honor those who
have aided and encouraged us by their in
fuence at home, and will visit those who
have sought to defeat us with a retribution
proportionate to the extent of the evil they
have brought upon us and our country"


The time has come for the brave men Of
the Army and Navy to stand by the men who
have stood by them. Let the ballot-box
show that the soldiers can vote for those
who voted for them, and that the party who
refused to let soldiers in the army vote are
not worthy of their ballots now.
Year: 1868

IF THE TAX ON RAILROAD TRAVEL had
been applied only to the payment Of interest
and principal Of the State debt, as the law
ordered 1t to be, there would now be a Sink
ing Fund of not less than fifty thousand dol
lars towards sinking our indebtedness of
over million. But the State authorities
have used the surplus over the interest for
their own pay, and for the ordinary expen-
ditures. The money is gone and none of
the debt paid ll 4I.a Ns.sl tn
Year: 1868

The following snake story from Cas-
sells Magazine, is actually enough to
make enough to make ones chtgnon
stand on end:


In speaking of snakes, | once heard
ofthe wife of an Indian railway official,
who was trimming with large knife
some plants which formed border to a
flower-bed. She was cutting the tops
of, and while so engaged she was scared
by seeing the coils OF the most deadly
serpents Of the country among the
leaves. With loud shrek she dropped
the knife and the plants, and a man
employed in the garden ran to her as
sistance. On hearing the cause OF her
alarm, he sought to Kill the snake with
his hoe; the creature was plainly to be
seen writhing about, but, although
struck, made no effort to escape, or
turn on its assailants. At least it lay
motionless. and the gardener ventured
to pick it up, when he found it was
headless. To the horror OF the lady
the head was discovered among the
leaves which she had threwn down on
seeking the snake, she had grasped it
unconsciously among the tops of the
plants, and with her garden knife had
severed it from the body. The bite of
that species of snake was usually fatal
in six hours. ..
Year: 1868

Proceed to carry out the plans for
your farming operations. that you form
cd during the winter. See that the
fences are all in such order as to pro-
tect your crops during the season up to
harvest time. Get your wood pile in
order so it will not be necessary to stop
feld work to draw load of wood, nor
oblige the woman folks every morning
to split enough to last through the day.
Have the farm tools large and small, in
fine order especially those for the boys
Select the best calves from the best
milchers to raise for the dairy. Clean
out the cellar, if not already done,
clean up the yard so as to give your
place a neat appearance. Give mih:h
cows plenty of roots if you have them
if not prepare ground and SOW them
this season, that you may have them
next year. Put in some crops for ex-
pertinent, or at least put in some eld
crops in ne " way, that something
new may be learned.
Year: 1868

A good deal of difficulty is exper-
fenced by many in raising onions from
seeds, and often the seeds are sown one
season and removed from the earth
when grown large eaough for "setts"
and kept until the next year for matur-
ing. The poor success is generally
owing to late sowing and unsuitable
soil. A sandy loan is the best for on
ions, but they may be laised profitably
in clay soil, by generous application
OF well rotted manure, leaf mold, or
virgin soil. The ground should be pre-
pared as soon in the spring as the sea-
son will allow. Work it up deeply un-
til thoroughly pulverized, at She same
time working in the renovator.


When the bed has been put into good
condition give the top coating of fine
hen manure and sand to the depth OF
about one inch, and with. the hoe mix
this with the surface of the soil. Sow
the seeds in drills about eight inches
apart, and when they are up, thin to
about the same distance the other way.
Keep the bed clean and onions in the
fall will be worth looking at if tho sea-
son IS fayorab BILE.
Year: 1868

The potatoe delights in a cool and
tolerlbly moist soil, rich and deep and
filled with vegetable matter. We must
therefore plough deep to retain mois-
ture, and select a northern exposure in
preference to southern one. 1t is al
SO necessary to the productive yield of
the potato that the soil should contain
an abundance of potash. Where this is
wanting short crops are inevitable
The necessary potash may be supplied
by compost of wood ashes and woods
mould or marsh muck, to which one
sixth part of barn-yard manure may be
added to quicken and reduce by fer-
mentation in the mass.


After the soil has been deeply plough
ed, it should be made as friable as pos
sible by frequent harrowings, for tho
more fine it is pulverized the more free-
ly will the delicate figrous roots ramble
in search Of food. Maryland Farmer.
Year: 1868

By Il. p. WILLIS.
love to look on a scene like this
OF wild and careless play,


And pursuade myself that am not old,
And my locks are not gray;
| For it stirs the blood of an old mans heart
| And makes his pulses fly,
To catch the thrill OF happy voice,


And the light of q pleasant eye.
have walked the world foor-score years,
And they say that am old
That my heart is ripe for the reaper Death
And my years are well-nigh told.
1t is very tlue-it is very true


1 am old, and bide my time"
But my heart will leap at n scene like this,


And half renew my prime.
Play on play on am with you there!


In the midst of our merry ring;
1 can feel the thrill of the daring jump,


And the rush of the breathless swing.
hide with you in the fragrant hay,


And / whoop the smothered call,
And my feet slip ON the seedy floor,


And care not for the fall.
I am willing to die when my time shall come,


And 1 shall be glad to 60
For the world at best is weary place,


And my pulse is getting low;
But the grave is dark and the heart will fail


In treading it's gloomy way;
And it wiles my breast from its dreariness


To see the young so say.
Year: 1868

The dispatches from New Orleans for
the past few days have given the reo-
pie of the North a bird'S-eye view OF
the negro in his element, after period
of Radical tutelage. The civil power,
in the hands of carpet bag officials, has
acknowledged itself incompetent to re-
strain the blacks in their violence and
appealed to General ROUSSEAU to pre-
serve the peace by the power OF the
sword General ROUSSEAU telegraphed
the Secretary of War for instructions,
aud was directed to use his military
power to preserve order. This is the
assured success" of Radical recoustruc.
tion upon which the country is con,
graduated in the Radical platform
this is the "peace" 70 which the country
is invited by General GRANT in his let
ter of acceptance
Year: 1868

THERE has been some talk of votes
being cast in Connecticut, at the late
election, for which there were no resi-
dents to correspond, and the Radicals
have been threatening an investigation.
A preliminary inquiry revealed the fact
that these little irregularities" all ex-
listed in the towns where the most re-
markable Republican gains had been
made, and it was decided not TO press
the Investigation.
Year: 1868

Is robbing white men of the SOath
of all their civil rights except the right
to be taxed, and giving them to the ne
grOes, policy likely to restore peace,
harmony and good feeling'" The Rad
ieals say it is, but the white men of the
nation will decide otherwise on the Sd
of November.
Year: 1868

iHE Federal Constitution the bull
warh OF our liberties-has become a
dead lrtter under the rule of Congress.
The Radicals openly proclaim and boast
thar they are acting "outsidc of the
Constitution" A vote for GRANT is an
endorsement of the uSurpation
Year: 1868

October 20, 1865.
Editors of the Register:


| merely write to let you know how
the election was conducted at this pre-
cinct. The voting began about 10
o'clock in the morning and continued
until about in the afternoon, at which
time all the voters, or nearly all, had
left. So far all was very well; but the
strangest part yet remains to be told
Instead Of the Super,ntendents and In
spectors proceeding to close the polls,
as is customary, they gathered up the
poll books and ballot box, and away
they went, whereto l do not know, and
there in secret conclave, with no eye to
scrutinize their villainy, they closed the
poll books and counted the votes on the
dav after the election. This may be
lawful, but is it right for set of un-
principled mongrel conductors OF an
election to adjourn over to another day
and place to close the polls, miles away
/ from the election precinct, III order that
they can manipulate the election IN
favor of their party' For one, | think
it is not right, and the people should
do their best to hurl such men from
place and power; for such men, instead
of guarding the ballot box, will only
debaucb il. DRoOP MOUNTAIN.
Year: 1868

Colonel Henry A. Mercer, Of Chicago and formerly
OF Troy N. u, who was passenger from New York
on the steamer Connecticut on Monday night took
an overdose of chloroform on the boat to quiet
neuralgia afrectIon, and was found nsenslble In his
berth yesterday morning, dying soon after lie was
an extensive pork operator
Year: 1868

The following Confederate War-song we
don't remember to have ever seen in print,
nor to have ever heard until We heard it
sung by our friend J. L. PEARoE, who has
kindly furnished as with copy Of the
same, as nsU sung by him:
Give our Flag to the breeze. let it bask il the
light,


Like arainbow of glory at eve;
Twas the pride of the Southron. his symbol of
might,


Twas a web that an angel might weave.
Lo proudly it waved with its red and white
bars,


The rallying sign Of the free,
While bright beam of hope from its clustering
stars


Shed halo round young Liberty.


CHORUS.
Then hurrah, hurrah, hurrah T
Long, long should that bright banner wave
twas the hope of the oppressed and the pride
of the world,
'Twas the shield Of the valiant and bravel
It has led our battalions through carnage and
DEATH


While the dying its beauty lid Hess;
And beneath its proud folds did their free souls
expire,


While their lips the bright galaxy pressed.
For ages the nations of earth will confirm
Tne truth of our people decree;
Though tyTaRts may vRunG as they tread on the
worm,


Yet its sting lives with young Liberty


CHoRvs-As above.
Year: 1868

week. Laborers who have children viii
be charged with any extra rations that
r1ay be furnished them.


Laborers working under. and subject to
the rules and regulations of this Union will
be required to be up at day break and be ready
to commence work at sunrise. They viii
be allowed one hour for dinner, except in
the summer months. during which they
will be allowed two hours. No night or
Sunday work will be required or allowed.
except in cases Of emergency. and the usu-
al attention to stock and the ordinary do
mestic duties.


The employer or superintendent shall
exercise patriaehaI care over the labors
and the families, and shall make and keep
a record of their conduct, the manner and
temper 10 which they perform their work
| the time lost from sickness or from any
other cause, in order to secure to each la
borer fair share of the profits of the plan
tation in proportion to the labor he may
perform.


| Every labcrer who shall absent himself
or herself from duty without the consent Of
the employer, shall be charged two dollars.
and for the second oaense may te dismiss
sed by the employer, but may appeal to
the Executive Committee of this Union,
whose duty it shall be to see that justice is
rendered to all the la6orers employed by
! the members of this Union.


1t shall be the duty of the members Of
this Union to report to the Executive Com
mittee the name, description and conduct
of any laborer they may find it necessary
to dismiss and, upon application Of the
!, party dismissed, the Executive Commits
sioner shall investigate the case and restore.
the laborer to his position or publish him
as unworthy oftrust as a laborer. az


No member Of this Union shall employ
or permit to remain on his premises any
laborer previously employed by any other
member of the Union. without the written
consent Of the f'st employer or the ExeOu-
| tive Committee.


The Executive Committee shall divide
the county into convenient districts. for the
purpose OF organizing in each district.
churches aud Sabbath schools for the i'm
struction Of the laborers and their children,
and shall invite the several denominations
of Christians to unite in some practical
plan by which they can aid in their educa-
ton.


The Secretary shall give notice to the
freedmen that they can enroll themselves
as applicants for employment as laboFers
under the rules and regulations Of this L.
Dor Union, upon the accommodation Of
any member thereof"
Year: 1868

After a great snow-stOrm, little fellow
began to shovel path through a large
snow bank before his grandmothsr's door.
He had nothing but small shovel to work
with.


Chow do you expect to get through that
drift 90 asked man passing by.


"By keeping at it," said the boy. cheer
fully, THAT'S how"


That is the secret Of mastering almost
every difficulty under the sun. II hard
task is before you, stick to it. Do not
keep thinking how large or hard it is but
go at it, and little by little it win grow
smaller, until it is done.


If hard lesson is to be learned, do not
lose a moment in fretIing do not lose
breath in saying, "I can't" or II do not
see now :" but 60 at it, and keep at il.
Study. That is the only way TO conquer
Year: 1868

The Louisville Journal says /: The Radi-
cal party is now digging its own grave
And it must be owned that the job could
not have been given TO a more peFsevering
digger. It has got quite deep enough, but
it keeps on furiOusly digging. From the
way it digs, one would infer thai it's motto
is that Of The desperate oil-borer in the
mountains Of Pennsylvania Hell or Chi
na 70
Year: 1868

Blessed are Paying Subscribers.
Blessed is the man who doth subscribe
for his county paper and pay therefor. His
feet shall not stand on slippery Places he
shall not be forsaken by his friends or per-
secuted by his enemies, nor his children
be seen begging.


Blessed is he who walketh to the Office
of the printer, yea, even ascendeth to the
sanctum, and payeth years subscription
in advance. Selah


He shall learn wisdom day by day, and
be exalted above his fellows.


He shall talk knowingly upon all sub
jects, and his neighbors shall be astonish-
ed at the muchness of his learning


He shall not contract bad debts or lose
good bargains.


He shall not pay an additional per cent.
on his taxes. for his eyes shall behold the
notice of the collector, and shall take warn
ing thereby.


Verify, he shall bring his produce to the
market when the prices are exceedingly
good, and withhold when the prices de-
scendeth.


He shall not lay hold of -ed hot pokers
/ for his knowledge of metallury will teach
| him that red hot iron burns.


His children shall not vex him, nor his
wife wear the breeehes.


He shall live to good age, and when
his dying hour is at hand, his soul shall
not be troubled as to his future state.
And it were better for him that 9th re-
fuse to subscribe for bis county paper that
be be bound hand and foot and cast upon
a feather bed.


If perchance he has moment'e peace,
it is only that he may have a little rest ere
the memory of an evil life lacerates bis
mind as the gOsd prioks the hide of the
strong OK. so that bis punishment may be
long drawn out


His children shall grow up in wicked.
ness, they shall put their hands to theil
noses and vex him to wrath, aud his wife
shall kick him out of bed. Selah