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Year: 1868

1t is iamentable fact that too many men yield to the downward pressure of diversity and become lost to usefull ness in society, and the world, when in the least degree unfortunate, or as they term it, unlucky. Particularly in in these times, when adverse winds are blowing heavily upon us, do we find men who, because of national difficult ties and individual misfortunes, are ready to give up all hope of ever re- trieving fortune, or extricating them- selves from political or financial em- barrassment. Their argument is, Times are go hard, money so scarce, political prospects so gloomy, that it is useless for man to try to do anything for himself or anybody else. We are free to confess that we don't like this kind of philosophy. There is no real man. hood in course of this kind. Our country now needs men as much as it needs money; not creatures formed and fashioned like men only, but strong, active men men that will look adversity in the face, and with stout hearts determine to do their best, at all events, to do something. Resolute men, who will wrestle with misfortune with an unconquerable determination to overcome. Give usa community Of this kind of men, and regardless of po- itical darkness and financial depres- sion we will york to prosperity, There are too many men who, in idleness and seeming indifference, are disposed to wait for something to turn up that will make times better and themselves more prosperous. This is the class of men who most bemoan our political condition, and who arc most ready to suggest improvements It is by the mouths of these men that every educa- tional or agricultural policy is con- demned. Their only policy seems to be to wait; they have learned to wait but, alas they have not learned to la- labor, without which waiting will do us no good. He can only afford to wait who works, and the man must work, and hard, too, who expects by waiting to see improvement for him self and country.

 To these grumbling unfortunates we say, quit this improbable waiting and growing and go to work. What if times are hard? you need not by idle ness and inactivity make them worse.

 Beside, times were never so hard, nor will they ever be that man, if he be man, cannot live. We of the South have suffered enough to be strong; it is time we were proving our strength The South needs that strength it is needed in Arkansas; Des Arc needs it, your family demands it. You owe it to yourself to be man, strong man--in determination, in resolution, in purpose, in honesty q stroug man. Let us all quit specnla- ting about what will be, and work things up to what we would have them be. We repeat the South needs men, Arkansas needs men, we want men in Des Arc. Young man, quit loaiing and be man; man to dare, man to do. Do something; if employment can't be had in the counting-room, go to the tield At all events go to work, work every one of you twelve months, and then if with you times are not bet ter than now, don't take our advice any more- mad.
Year: 1868

gsg- About one clock this morning, says the Memphis Avalanche of the lst inst, an ordinary sized brick was thrown through ansopen pane in our window, and fell harmlessly on the floor. Our alarmed night editor ad- vanced to the center of the room eau tiously, and found beneath the brick the following mysterious, production, written in ragged, half legible hand, on damp thin paper. We give it for what it is worth:
Year: 1868

DELINQUENT CRY TAxEs.-The Collector
of City Taxes is now engaged in making
out list of delinquent lands in the city, and
we learn from him that it will be the long
est list which he has ever published. Per-
sons interested should look into the matter
at once, as the list is to be made out during
this week, and an additional percentage
is added if owners permit it to be adver-
tised.


A very large amount of tax on personal
property is also unpaid, and as no alterna-
tive is left for the collector but to levy for
the amounts due, he will be compelled to
adopt that course in regard to avery large
number of our citizens unless immediate
attention is given to the subject by those
who owe them.
Year: 1868

WASHINGTON, January s, 1858.


My Dear Sir


Before the veto message of the President
of the reconstruction bill F." was sent to the
Senate I had voted for the bill, and stated
my reasons for SO doing in speech de-
livered February goth, 1867. In that
speech repeated my opinion that the bill
was unconstitutional, but that ! gave it my
vote for the sole purpose of saving the South
from total destruction. Sure as l believed
to be the result if that measure was not &C.
cepted. My association with the members
of Congress of both parties, and particu-
larly with those of the majority, who almost
entirely fashioned the policy of the party,
satisfied me that, this measure failing, such
destruction would be inevitable, and from
legislation which Twas apprehensive-and
this apprehension has not since been reme-
died-the judiciary would be impotent to
redress. I had in vain used every effort IN
my power to induce my political friendsin
the House to acceptthe bill as it was passed
in the first instance by the Senate. did
Year: 1868

CHURCH HILL LITERARY SoCIETY.-We
regret to hear that this association, which
has been O source of so much amusement
and instruction to the citizens of the East
End, has not been fourishing as it ought
during the past few months.


A grand meeting is announced for to-
morrow night; and it is to be hoped that
all who have the interest Of the Society at
heart will attend. Measures of Importance
will be broached.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Train was nominated by acclama-
tion for the Presidency, and was congratu-
lated by the brokers on his wide-awake
speech. Some stocks went up about one
per cent. after he had finished, and he was
loudly cheered when he came out in the
street. It was sensational affair among
the mnnaVed men.
Year: 1868

Well, it seems to me-" replied Stan
berry, "that it's little worse to buck and
gag man for getting tipsy than to whip
him for larceny. If you had to choose,
would you rather be whipped or gagged 7"


The General had to acknowledge that
as between the two he'd take the whip
ping-and he postponed further remarks
on the barbarism of the whipping post to
some future meeting. MACK.
Year: 1868

The closing acts of the Mexican Congress
and the speech of President Juarez on the ad-
iourament of Congress are well calculated to
strengthen the hopes of the friends of Mexico
for better future of the country. Both the
President and the majority of Congress are
true Liberals, and more earnest efforts were
never made than now for inaugurating an era
of lasting peace and progress. We hope that
their noble efforts may yet bring ample fruit.
Year: 1868

Earnest protests from all sections have been
received by the Ways and Means Committee
of the House of Representatives against their
resolve postponing action upon the Tariff
bill until the next session Of Congress.
Year: 1868

respondence in reference 70 the sale Of the ironcads
OneotO and Catawba. Adopted. .


The House them at quarter past O'Clock went mo
the Committee of the Whole the state OF the Union
Mr.. Lawrence (OhO) IN the Chair.


TIIE EAIIONAL FINANCES.


Mr.. GARFIELD Rep., Ohlo addressed the Commlttee
the subject OF trade and finances, and SAID that he
past six months had been remarkable for distress IN the
commercial and industrial interests OF half the civilized
world His next proposition that the great depres
SION OF business the stagnatiOn Of trade the hard times
which have prevailed during the past year. and when
still prevail have not been caused by an msuncsn.. y.
amount OF currency mainly by the great falling on OF
the demand for all the products Of labor compared Win
the ncrea supply since the return from war to peace
MIR Garfield considered the amount OF money peeued
and said m should be satisfied rest on these propositions
without further argument II not that the declara
ton Is so often and confidently made by memDers Oh
This House that there is not only no excess OF currency
bur thar there not enough for the business OF the eo
try subon table, carefully made up from the 0Hicai
records showing the amount OF paper money IN '.o no
United states at the beginning OF each year 1ron lo
Year: 1868

ALBANY, May 15.-The Governor has signed
the general Charity Appropriation bill The Newlork
City and Comfy Tax leves the general Appropriation
bin for carving ON the State Government and tho New
Capitol bill are stil In his hands unsigned
Year: 1868

Great families are great facts in all
national history, and the family as an
institution is so universally found and
respected in nations having any civil
ixation whatever, that we must accept it
as the natural unit OF social organization.
Roman history is especially noted as
having grown around the namss Of few
great families; and if we would sam up
the earlier glories Of the republic, We
shall fnd that its wealth Was lees in its
record Of great achievements than in the
roll Of its illustrious gems. The true
spleudors Of that history were the furii,
iron whom Camillus camel, the Cor
nelii, the Emilii, the Fabii, the Julii, the
Horaiii-names that in the great story
Of the past rank even almost with the
name OF Rome itself 10 such esteem
did the Romans themselves hold their
great gems that they have stamped in
delibly upon the speech We Inherit from
them, that IL is q reproach TO be fellow
Of none Of the families; to be non gene
rosus is 70 be without much Of the better
grace Of life, and the possession OF fair
claim 10 geniihty compensates the mass
Of men for even the want Of more Eub-
stsstisi possessions.
Year: 1868

Most any farmer will say, $50 to
grass with your information about hogs;


aiut | raised them these forty years u
Oh well, friend, don't be offended five
offer few suggestions.


In the first place, am satisfied that
you cannot make pork to any profit by
allowing your hogs to run at large, and
trouble your neighbors. A hog is unique
in character; he will sleep himself
into fat. His stye should be kept clean
and dry. He should have yard for re-
creation, and root his snout into fresh
earth. He never feels satisfied until he
can spend q portion of his time in plow-
ing. His winter bed should be dry and
warm as that of his owner, and q half
frozen hsg will not thrive, and will re-
uuire much more food to keep up the
summer heat. In summer give him a
faithful washing once in twenty days.
The growth will richly repay the labor
expended. Who but HottentOts cOuld
eat the rind of pork with q relish, if he
knew it had been coated with filth for
twenty monthsi Neat herds require
frequent feeding to prevent waste; A
hog should not be stinted in his food.
never knew hog to squeal into fat.


The best pork ever saw was fatted
entirely on new milk. The taste of a
hog is found to have an affinity to that
of man. He likes to have his provisions
cooked; and those who make out the
hog so vile and filthy, have seen them so
from the force of circumstances-it was
not frem their own choosing, it was the
owners fault. Many are crying down
pork as not fit to eat, yet for one think
it just as healthy as forty years ago,
and if properly cooked l will run my
risk of triehine spiralis. Mutton is the
food, says one, and beef, says another;
but they knew but little about what
the human constitution requires. One
can eat swine's flesh and be hale and
hearty, while another, with differently
constituted organism, feels Oppresses
after eating; and mutton is relished by
one, and SO onward, in the style. 1t
will not do to fix any standard or follow
any mans advice. Ifyou do, it will be
at yOur own risk. Er..
Year: 1868

The remnants of the Republican
Court' which our Radical friends usSd
TO talk so much about in the LINCOLN
era, do not seem to inspire much respect
down in the "loyal" State of Rhode
Island, where the hero of the Freder-
icksburG slaughter holds executive
sway, Is appears by the following:


Providence. X. l., January The
Board uf Aldermen have refused Ii
cense for the exhib tion Of Mrs. Lin
colu's wardrobe in this city.


They have some very queer notions
down east, but it is really difficult to
see upon what tangible ground the
Board of Aldermen of Providence can
refuse to allow Mrs. LINCOLN to show
her old clothes and thereby turn an
honest penny. What is the Civil Rights
Bill good for if it cannot guarantee to
the lone widow of Republican
Presldent-the great emancipator-her
right to exhibit her wardrobe, every ar
ticle of which is yard wide with his
toric interest and has trail Of official
intrigue and official patronage grace
fully sweeping after itf
Year: 1868

Our city cotempOrary is sadly out Of
sorts about the color of our police uni
form. He is still as ayerse to the sight
OF the gray rs he was during the war
To bs consistent, be ought to protest
against the color worn by the cadets at
the West Point Military Academy. Gray
hairs ought also to be the subject OF his
complaints, and the 'gray dawn of the
morning" might be considered "disloy-
al" without au extravagant application
of our neighbor's idea.
Year: 1868

These patterns are cut to fit the form with
artistic elegance, are of permanent yalne, and
win enable every lady to cut and tit herself or
children. Ladies' living at a distance can have
patterns cut to fit the form and sent by mail
free of postage, by sending the price Of the pat
terms with the measure of their chest and waist
(around the fOrm,) length of waist under the
arm, length of sleeve, and length skirt uront
and backD The following are the
Year: 1868

STABBING AFFRAY IN THE EIGHTEENTH WARD
John O'Shea, the man charged with having In
nicted fightfu and fatal injuries on the person Of
William McNifr on Saturday night last, was yester
DAY morning brought before Judge Dodge to answer
10 the charge OF 'feonious assault, with intent to
lkill.n The brother OF the wounded man, residing
at No. 4l2 East Eighteenth street, preferred the
complaint After hearing the facts OF the case Judge
Dodge committed the accused TO await the results OF
the Injuries. McNin died at Bellevue Hospital last
evening


ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE EXCISE LAw.-wi-
liam Brutman, keeping boarding house and liquor
saloon at No. Hoboken street. was yesterday ar.
rested by oficer Buddington, Of the Fifth precinct,
on the charge OF violating the Excise law In not
having his place completely and effectualy closed
In the examination OF the case before Justice Dow
ning 1t appeared that the bar was closed no liquors


4" one ud e he Tf
tieposed to seeing about twenty persons in the bar
room, but witness for the defence testified that
Erutmans bar dining and sitting room were all
together on the first floor and that the persons dis
covered in the place were the regular boarders OF
the defendant. The magistrate, therefore, dismissed
fhe complaint


PICKPoCKET OurRAGE.-BenjaminT T. Hammond
eecond sergeant Of the Fourth provisional company
stationed at Fort Wood, Bedoe's Island, came to
Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon and stated
TO Inspector Dilks that, as he was riding on
car No Is OF the Third avenue line about four O'Clock
IN the afternoon, he detected woman picking his
pocket OF pocketbook containing t23 and a check





On discovering the woman at her light-nngered work
he at accused her OF the theft after he had seen
9he pockebook in her hand when man, evidently a
confederate OF the woman, Jumped from his seat and
struck Hammond severe blow In the face. The
man and woman then escaped, the woman retaining
she pocketbook Hammond alleges that the conduc.
tor acted In such manner to lead him TO believe
shat he was In league with the thieves. t


A YouSG DEFAULrER FROM Down EAsr.-wilam
White, young lad, applied at one Of the station
houses yesterday for relief and stated that he came
from Boston. He was taken to headquarters and
Shere Inspector Dilks recognized in him correspon.
sence with description sent from Boston few days
since but In the teegraphed description there was
recorded the fact that there was mark on the boy
arm. ON the boy arrested there was no such
5nark, but in other respects the description
RALLIED with the lads appearance. His story Is
THAT he was In the employ OF q firm doing business
ION Washington street. Boston; that on the 9th in.
stant he was sent to deposit at the bank ts7, but
Hhat he was accosted In the street by man who
lstole sos OF the money. He became alarmed at his


loss and instead Of going back TO the store or to his
home he came onto New York and has been rowing
around since. lie was detained at Police Head
quarters and information OF his arrest was tee.
yraphed TO the Chief Of Police at Boston.
Year: 1868

Without novelty or occupation
dullness will creep in everywhere,
and, on the whole, the men and wo
men who are most free from it are
those whose minds are engrossed
completely in some particular pur.
suit or calling, aud who have no
room for mere pleasure. Those peo-
pie, however, if not dull, are the
cause of dullness in others, aud their
society is frequently remembered
with mixed sentiments. Dizziness
must be taken to lie the common lot
of morta's. 1t is some satisfaction to
feel, when it descends upon us, that
it will visit all alike.


Itis some qualification to those
who have to exert themselves usefu!ly
to know that those who can and do
choose to enjoy themselves will be
pursued by this Nemeis. Poets are
fond of alluding to that epoch which
is known among them as the morn =
ing oflife, aud at this vague period
it is understood that young persons
never dream Of the dullness in store
for them. But this we do not be-
lieve. They have tasted it in some
kind even attho dawn of conciousuess
aud will continue to taste it to the
very end, This may be called only
another way ofturning the old advice
as to the vanity Of all things, the old
sermon with its metaphors of Dead
Sea fruit, and other rhetorical orna-
menti. Still the truth oft is brought
home to us with fresh force when the
weather becomes distressingly warm
in town. The efforts of men and
women at this season to escape their
destiny is so notoriously frustrated
that one turns to venerable causes to
account for the effect, if only for the
satisfaction of verifying the wisdom
of our ancestors. We need not, like
Mr.. SWinburn, reoapitulate the bur=
dens of every mans desire. If VIC
only confne ourselves to the burdens
of pleasure itself, to the burden o.
mere social pleasure. we shall finC
that it is load heavy to bear al
this particular time.--Loadon Re
piei1.
Year: 1868

print, ohd blew of profanity, OBJ
scenity and reckless abuse after a
fashion Of which the above gives but
a faint idea, till the proprietors Of
the aristocratic hotel could stand It
no longer. A delegate was accord
ingly sent to tell him that Ohio
wanted the use Of her committee
room and Dean thercupon descen-
ded from the center table and mado
his way out Of the parlor.


TUE GREAT DtRT EATER


Chase said 10 a private letter, an
extract Of which was used iu tho
Convention; "if vote at all this fall,
Lthink it is probable that / shall
vote the Democratic ticket, no mat
ter what the result as to the nomi-
nation"
Year: 1868

The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says:


"The Democracy are delighted with the
decision of their National Executive Com
mittee in favor Of New York rs the place
for holding the National Convention. They
will now go to work aud push forward to
completion the magnificent new Tammany
Hall, in Fourteenth street, in order that
the convention may hold its deliberations
there. They intend, also, to erect NAM
moth marquee in Tompkins Square, near
by, for the special accommodation of the
army of outsiders, while there ia talk OF
having general illumination on the eve
ming of the day on which the nominations
will be made, with salvos of artillery every
hour till midnight from Union Park to the
Battery. So, you see, New York will be
nothing, if not noisy place on the 4th OF
July"
Year: 1868

We Lave thought it best to make our first
voIumn end with half year or six months.
For six months the subscription is-


s1 in specie or 81 so i'll currency.


This is a low price paper, and whtn we increase
our SIZE it will be d very cheap paper; so cheap
that every freedman will be able to take it.


We want an agent in every town in the
State. Our agents will receive the paper free
charge. We call upon all good Republicans to
rive the Press wide circulation-it will be
seed well sOwn and fine harvest will be the
certain result.
Year: 1868

The Gree Mans Press, " is the only news
paper in the South which has the type set by
colored men, 1t is your own paper and it claims
your support. Join the club, and have copy
come to your home regularly.
Year: 1868

Senator Fessenden, has gone to the front in
Maine. and is calling hundreds to his stand
ara VINO were Iukowurrs- i,> aha Heht One
blast from his bugle horn is worth ten thou
sand men. His speech is most tull and
complete resume of the issues before the peo-
pie. He put the whole matter Of mpeach-
ment where the Chicago platform leaves it,
and where the common sense of his audience
questions OF the past; and addressed himself
to the living issues of the campaign with
vigor and earnestness. That portion of his
speech which treated the financial question
was especially able and convincing. The
\ speech was an effort well worthy OF Mr.. Fes-


senden's fame, and worthy Of the cause in


which he spoke.-Nep York Commercial
| 1drprfiSer
Year: 1868

New DAILY GERMAN~PAPER.--A numerous
and respectable meeting of German citizens
was held in the upper part of the first district
OH Wednesday night last to take into consider
alton the propriety of publishing new Ger
man paper III this city Resolutions were
passed condemning the action of the Daily
German Gazette, in distorting the purpose and
design of the new publication; they deny that
it will be in the interest of any denomination,
and claim for it purely political and literary
objects,-All conservative Germans are invited
to aid the new under takingI-
Year: 1868

OF standing before some beautiful object of art
and the mind fills with admiration with its pleas
ing beauties, you feel some ccnfounded pain in
your head. or somewhere else; which sends You
away hcart-sici and disgusted with yourself and
every body else.
Year: 1868

FREsH9T IN THE SAco-Tbs recent excessive
rains have raised the Saco River to a point
higher than it has been before for number of
years. A freshet ON this river is scepe OF
wildness and grandeur, especially at Salmon
Falls, where the river runs through a rocky
ravine and has fall of about one hundred
feet. Those who have stood near the Portland
Lighthouse in time of storm, when the At
lantic has been lashed to fury by high Winds
and the mighty waves come rushing in over
the rocky deep, throwing the water high up in
the air and far up on the shore; those who
have seen this, have an idea of the appearance
of this ravine in time of high water. Ofcourse
this is on q smaller scale, but there is a vast
body of water passing through here and it is
handled in a manner that will make you dizzy
to gaze upon. With great force the water is
hurled into the deep recesses and crevicfs of
the rocks, and with equal force is resisted
and sent back to join the rest in its downward
course. About two-thirds the way down the
ravine it is allowed to rest few moments in a
large eddy covering two or three acres. Here
however it is constantly kept in motion ike a
trotting horse after passing over the course and
after moving slowly around once or twice is
hurried off over another broken decent


On account of the high water there is a gen.
ing villages located on its banks, and the lum'
bermens attention is turned to the security Of
their logs up river.