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Year: 1868

The gold melted, bubbled up, and spread
all over the house like, running water,
and behold. the whole cottage, the walls
the thatch, the wooden rocking chair
the stool, the chest the bed, the cows
horns, every thing, even to the spiders
in their webs, was turned to gold. The
house shone in the moonlight, among
the trees, like star in the night.


When Finette lad MIXED the COW
and drank little new milk, she threw
herself on The bed without undressing
and, worn out by the fatigue of the day
fell asleep III the-midst of her tears.


Old women do not know how 10 hold
their tongues, at least in Brittany. Fin
eue's hostess had scarcely reached the vii
lage when she FASTENED to the house OF
the steward. He was an important per-
sonage, who had more than once made
her tremble when she had driven her
COW into her neighbor's pasture by mis-.
take. The steward listened to the old
woman's story, shook his head, and said
that it looked like witchcraft; then he
mysteriously brought pair of scales and
weighed the guineas, which he found to
be genuine and of full weight, kept as
many Of them as he could, and advised
the owner to tell no one of this strange
! adventure. "If it should come TO the
ears of the bailiff or the seneschal, -
said he, ''the least that would happen to
you, mother, would be to lose every one
of those beautiful bright guineas. JUS
tice is impartial; it knows neither favor
nor repugnance; it takes the whole"


The old woman thanked the steward
for his advice, and promised 10 follow it.
She kept her word so well that she only
told her story that evening to two neigh
bors, her dearest friends, both of whom
swore on the heads of their little children
to keep it secret. Itwas solemn oath,
and so well kept that at noon the next
day there was not boz of six IN the vii
lage that did not point his finger at the
old woman, while the very dogs seemed
TO bark in their language, "Here is the
old woman with her guineas.'


o. A girl that amuses herself By filling
milk pals with gold is not to be found
every day. Even though she should be
something of witch, such a girl would
none the less be a treasure in a family.
The steward. who was bachelor. made
this wise reflection that night on going
to bed. Before dawn he rose to make
hIs rounds in the direction of the s,ran.
gers cottage. By the first CLEAN of day
he spied something shining in the dis
tance like light among the woods. On
reaching the place he was greatly surp-
Year: 1868

Without reference to the judicial
questions involved in the impeachment
trial-questions which the Senate alone
is competent to try-we do not hesitate
to say,tbat we should congratulate the
country if the Presidential Office should
be at once confided to better hands than
Andrew Johnson's. We would not,
however, suffer this desirable change ID
the White House by. any means having
the slightest appearance of untairness or
dishonoI able motives. And it seems to
us that Senator Wade, the acting Vice
President, and, therefore, the successor
of Andrew johnson in the event of his
coaslction, should take this view of
this grave matter. ButEhe does not.
Contrary tn every expectation of his
most trustwOrty friends, and in viola
tion of every just principle by which
he shonld have been prompted, apart
from a high sense of delicaey under the
circumstances, Mr.. Wade voted on the
Eleventh article of impeachment Sat
urday last-and voted to place himself
in the Presidential chair. Mr.. Wade
thus committed, to say the least, great
blunder so far as his political record is
coneerned--a bluDder, indeed, for which
he cannot be exoused, and which will
prove to be an enduring stain upon his
escutcheon as a Senator. The spirit
of the constitution contemplates
that. in case of the impeachment
of the President, no party, whose Off
cial promotion may be secured by the
conviction of the accused, shall take
any share in the trial. And the very
fact that Mr.. Wade has demonstrated
an utter lack of that exalted sense of
personal honor which was at stake up
on his conduct in this impeachment
business, it may be we'll indeed that
even SO bad q man as Andrew johnson
is not to be succeeded at present by the
Senator from Ohio. We say this of Mr..
Wade nero in serroS than in anger.


"He knew the right, but feared the right to do


BE knew the wrong, and dared the wrong
Year: 1868

People of Des Arc and vicinity, people of Prairie county, you are now voting, and on Monday must vote in this town ship upon the adoption of that instrument which the Radicals call constitution. Are you ready for it? have you examined it closely? if so we will not presume to ask you will you vote for it, for we are per suaded that almost to man the white vote of White River Township, if not of Prairie county, will be boiled against an instrument so detrimental to our best in tercsts and so unjust in its provisions, and so incomplete in its construction. But lest you be too tardy too negligent of the high and important duty dcvolving upon you in this issue, we would admonish you be ready, be early at the polls. See that your friend and neighbor is there to vote against this proposed constitution. Direct your attention to the military box; vote in it and no other Let your ticket read plainly AGAINST CONSTITUTION. Remember that the polls are open in each township but one day only; tell your ncighbor this that he may not be deceived. Let every man in White river township be at the polls early Monday morning prepared to cast his vote against this con stitution Too much attention cannot be given to this matter. Remember, every man Monday morning at Des Arc.
Year: 1868

"lIow comes it,n that some men have so far gone astray from their earlier training; dcgcncratcd into habits that would make their parents blush with shame, did they know that their sons had acquired such habits as character ise some of them in this our day and place. "Oh that we could see ourselves as others sec us." But let us state our points: In Des Arc, it is, and has been common for two years, to see certain would be social fellows going around from day 10 day, and from place to place, dropping in as if wishing to buy something, and even pricing articles, and then drawing long breath and bringing the hand over the face, and in q sang froid tone, ask |: "have you any thing good on hand, or "havc you any thing opened," feel d little bad and think little would help me ;""i would buy some, but have no money.' The merchants and business men arc too generous and liberal, most times, to bluff such fellows off, as would be best, by telling them to go to the saloons and buy, or if they have no money, to quit drinking till they are able to pay for what they drink. Do such men ever think that the business men note such characters and put an estimate upon them; especially upon such as they know to be able to pay for their liquors, but arc too close and stingy to treat themselves or others. It is to be re- grctted that there are such men in and around Des Are; and they are well known, and they ought to let shame re- form them. There is another class that are as annoying as the GADFLIEs, eter- nally running up to you and asking Eff you have any tobacco, or give me a chew of tobacco or pipe full" This would be excusable for few times, but every day, from week to week, from month to month, even on for years--it is out of all reason, patience and for bcaraEce. If anybody thinks this lan

 guage is too plain or exaggerated, let him, if he lives in Des Arc, stop and think for moment, and he will agree that men and boys ought to buy their whiskey and tobacco, or quit chewing and drinking. It is enough these hard times for each one to buy his own whis- key and tobacco, and he that can't do f ought to quit. ZOROASTER.
Year: 1868

In previous numbers of this paper we have urged upon the people of Prairie county, and of Arkansas, to abandon the idea of raising cotton to the exclusion of corn and other small grain. During last fall and winter we had concluded that the determination was well nigh fixed in the minds of the people to raise more corn and less cotton; but we. now greatly fear that the recent advances in cotton will in duce many to plant this year, causing them, in all probability, more serious losses than were sustained last year. We cannot help but think that the pres cnt prices of cotton are inducements held out by Northern manufacturers and capi-

 talists to draw the producer into their snares, sacrifice his labor and fill their pockets with the gains that should be his. Whatever the price of cotton may be now, the farmer may be sure that next season

 will be no better than the last, so far as their reward is concerned; and he who will continue to raise the staple, and buy corn and meat, will find himself soon, if not now, bankruptN The time for the cotton raiser to make money in this coun- try is past, and the only policy well de- monstrated by tho results of the last two years is to raise abundance of corn and small grain, make our own meat, take care of ourselves, and leave northern and east ern manufacturers to find other means o1 support than feeding upon the gains wrung from the honest industry of the Southern planter. Plant corn, plant corn. Let those who are now engaged in agricultu

 raj pursuits plant corn, and as an unusual dull seasons is before us, let all who can, not otherwise find employment, draw upon that bank which never fails to pay . handsome per cent. on all investments

 Let old men and young men turn theil attention to the tilling of the soil; it will

 yield income. If cotton fails to pay fol it's raising corn illnot, neither will other small grain, nor the many cereals which abound with cultivation in this country

 There is dignity in the labor of the farm

 CT; let the calling be not despised by those who in former years stained not theii hands with work; but who, through tht changes of time; find themselves compel led to work or starve To such the grea

 broad surface of mother earth is truly charitable Let but reasonable degree of skill and energy be brought to th' work and she will abundantly pay for you labor. Young men, go to work, clea' your farms, let cotton alone, plant corn

 feed your pigs, (your wife will attend tC the poultry and dairy,) and our word fol it you will never regret it; nor will you when the hardships of one year are past complain like the cotton raiser of har, times
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 N.lWSSAA|ZET 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 a 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 . 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 1t is more than probable that the present year will witness more political excitement and ex- traordinary political events than any pre- vious one of our nationality. Let the people assist the CITIZEN by joining in and making up clubs, and 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:
Year: 1868

The New York Tribune tries hard to
break the force Of the Radical defeat in
Connecticut by ascribing it to the nat.
uralized vote" We have heard that
whistle before. The Tribune always
blames the Irish for its defeats. But
when the Tribune and other Radical pa
pers try to console themselves for the
TACT that q majority of the Connecticut
people have voted against them by
citing the other fact that the Radi-
Gals have carried the Legislature
against the will Of the majority,
they are glorying in their own shame.
By apportioning the State so that the
minority rules and constitutes the Leg
islature, the Radicals have defeated the
will Of tbe people Of Connecticut; and BY
planning themselves on the success OF
heir trickery, they boast their contempt
FOR popular government and display
tbeir ruthless thirst for power. May Il
10 long ere they meet in this land q
competition for such lahrels i-LoHfs-
rille Courier.
Year: 1868

EDITORS PUBLIC LEDGER: Is Memphis
finished town or city? 1t would seem,
from the apathy displayed by her pro-
ducing population as though they thought
there would never be any more houses
built in it, and that the country was
about to be abandoned to the wild beast
and the wild African. There may be,
but don't. know of, single individual
that is making any preparation to make
brick this season, and nearly all the brick
made last year have been consumed; and
if building of any extent goes on here
this summer and fall there is going to be
a great dearth and want of that article.
am led to make these observations
from two considerations. First, to give
employment to the many idle laborers,
black and white, who are here in want of
employment and, next, as a matter
of self-protection. True there is little
doing in building, and many vacant
houses in the city, both dwellings and
stores, and if our country was settled up,
and Memphis made town, it might be
very poor speculation to make brick, or
provide any other materials for building
purposes. But | can but look at the
gloom that now hangs over US as more
imaginary than real. The country is
here, the soil is here, and the white labor
is here. If the negro labor has been
demoralized, it has not been entirely de-
stroyed, and a good amount of field la
Dor can yet be extracted out of it; and,
with all its ineAiciency and demoralza-
ton, our last years cotton crop has run
up to 250,000 bales, and will yet
run to twenty or $4,000 more before
the season closes. With these facts before
us-with a prospect of an immigration to
the district of country for which Memphis
must ever do the exchanging for the
farmers and planters, and with positive
certainty of our becoming in few years
the seat of very large manufacturing in
terestS; our people to-day may refuse to
embark in any enterprise Of the kind,
but we cannot always play the dog in the
manger. The very tide of population
that will flow in around US will compel
us to give place to those who have the
brains and energy to do, if we won't.
The day was when these things were
wipked it, but the pushing tide of popula-
ton and civilization will soon compel
us (from the very necessity OF
the surroundings) to manufacture and
it does seem to me that if some portion
of our able-bodied population, that you
will always find at Madison and Main
streets or Whisky Chute" would form
themselves into an association and put
the capital that they consume IN bad
whisky and cigars for one month into
broom factory, that when they went into
cash balance their deposits would be
much larger, and the whole community
would be benefited (for their means
would be employed in creating some
thing), if they themselves we're not !
have no patience with the cry of hard
times from a class Of men who can but
won't work. A SPARTAN
Year: 1868

From the Springfield Qllinois) Advertiser.


For many months past a young gentle
man, well known to the citizens OF Spring
field, paid his attentions to young lady
who occupied a position in 4 neighboring
town several degrees more elevated, social
ly, than his own. The youth, being of
good personal appearance, and withal, an
excellent COnVersationalist, succeeded in
gaining the affections Of the young lady TO
the extent that nothing could satisfy except
matrimony. The post office had for some
time done its duty, as post offices always do
in such matters, and many were the long
and, doubtless tender messages that passed
between the loving two, protected by the
efficient care of their dear uncle from the
pryiDg eyes Of those who would have given
something nice" to have known what was
going on,


The lady knew that her papa and
mamma" WoHid never consent to the union
of two loving hearts, with her parents,
mine OF wealth laying between them. aad
90 sAh readily consented TO the young mans
proposition TO have the thing done up ON
the ally" and all unknown 10 the, folks,
while she was on visit to some of her rel
stiVes at Columbus, her charmer called and
the thing was done. After a brief honey
moon in the capital city of Ohio she re-
turned to her home, but her husband did
not return with her.


From the time of the daughters arrival
home the old people fancied they could
hear strange noises in the house. Steps
often heard upon the stairs in the lone,
still hours OF night. Various articles of
furniture moved mysteriously about in the
rooms above, and the old gentleman and
lady finally came to the conclusion that the
house was haunted, or that something was
wrong. One night after all had retired,
the parents not only distinctly heard steps
upon the stairs but voices and noises upon
the landing-place above. Armed with a
horse pistol that had done good service in
pioneer times, the father left his bed and
quietly approached the foot of the stairs,
where he found resting upon the lower
step pair of boots, At once he sci up the
cry of Thieves robbers! murder" that in
a tginkling brought every member of the
household to the scene except his daugh-
ter.


All hands then proceeded cautiously to
the young lady's room, and not being able
to arouse her they broke open the door Just
in time TO see a 5ootless man dive through
the window. The old gentleman rushed TO
the opening, discharged his pistol, and the
man dropped to the ground. "Great heav.
ems! you have killed my husbandw ex-
claimed the daughter, falling back and
fainting upon the he'd. "Your husband !"
cried all in breath, and then rush of
domeslcs was made for the yard below.


The young man was found upon the
ground beneath the window, carried into
the house, aud the old people, frantic with
grief and fear, promised TO receive him to
their hearts il he would only live The
doctors soon arrived, and having dressed
slight flesh wound on his arm, pronounced
him in no danger. He has now re.
covered, and is one Of the happiest men
within fifty miles of Springfield.
Year: 1868

We shall coustsnfiy adnenish the Southern
people to be selfrolient, and shall do what we
may Re able 10 induce the establishment Of
manufactures IN our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end We will pay special attention
20 tho COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversid-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

The following IS SAID TO be the expla-
nation Of the texg; "The stone which the
builders refused, the same is become the
head-stOne of the corner" Il IS said
that when Solomon's Temple was bull.
ding, all the stones were brought from
the quarry ready cut and fashioned, and
there were marked on all the blocks the
places where they were to be put
Among the stones was a very curious one;
it seemed Of no desirable shape, It ap-
peared unfit for any portion Of the bill
ding. They tried it at this wall, but it
would not fit; they tried it in another,
but it could not be accommodated so,
vexed and angry, they threw it away.
The Temple was so many years building
that the stone become covered with moss,
and grass grew around it. Everybody
passing by laughed at the stone; they
said Solomon was wise, and doubtless
all the other stones were right bat as
for that block, they might as well send
it back to the quarry, for they were
qnite sure It was meant for nothing.
Year after year rolled on, and the poor
stone was still despised the builders
constantly refused il. The evenlful day
came swhen the Temple was to be finish
ed and opened, and the multitude was
assembled to see the grand sight. The
builders said Where is the top stone {?
Where is the pinnical 90 They little
thought where the crowning marble was,
until some one said: perhaps that stone
which the builders refused is meant to
be the top-stone. They then took it,
and hoisted il to the top Of the house !;
and as it reached the summit they found
il well adopted 10 the place Loud ho-
sannahs made the welkin ring, as the
stone which the builders refused thus be-
came the headstone Of tho corner.
Year: 1868

The charge against Judge Field of
the Supreme Court arose from the fact
that he had stated, in private conversa-
ton with Senator Stewart of Nevada,
that he was, at present, opposed to i'm
partial negro suffrage, and also thought
a more conservative tendency in our
Government would be generally bene-
fetal. Pretty serious, that. The radi-
cal Congress ought to pass a gag law at
oAce and be done with it.
Year: 1868

AN ugly fact,-that the Public Debt
already fearfully large, is still on the in
crease. There never can be any steady
or permanent reduction of the Debt un-
til the Debt-creating party are driven
from Office. The country may as we'll
settle down to that conviction first as
ocf
Year: 1868

ETERNAL vigilance is the price of lib
erty. Never in the history cf our coun-
try was vigilance more necessary than
to-day. Each opponent of the destruc-
tive heresies of Radicalism should at
once consider himself detailed for guard
duty, and desert not his post for an in
slant so long as the bugle-calls of the
enemy are heard at the portals of the
temple of liberty. The gap caused by
the absence of one sentinel may leave
open gate for hostile army to march
through. Duty now; rest after the bat
| tie is decided
Year: 1868

IT having been stated in Detroit pa
per that large numbers of young men
in that city were out of employment, a
gentleman just across the Canada line
writes that he will employ one hundred
of them in cutting wood, at five shil-
lings a cord, in gold. But the young
men do not want to cut wood.
Year: 1868

THE Lehigh Valley Daily Ne,cs re-
lates good story of a young darkey in
Allentown who was sent to get some
thing to smoke the meat in his employ
er's smoke house. The darkey went
out and invested the money in cigars,
and seated himself in the smoke house
under the meat, lighted a cigar and
pulled away. He had disposed Of six
teen cigars in this way before the blum
der was discovered by the family.
Year: 1868

guage, to influence the jury unfavora-
bly, to the plaintiff, that the witnesses
had all been prepared and posted as to
what they should say on the trial, long
before the trial commenced. But the
Court, in charging the jury, instructed
the jurors not to attach any weight to
that fact, because it was the duty of
attorneys to examine beforehand all
persons who might be called as wit
nesses, as to what they knew concern
ing certain fact, and that it was the
duty of every person to give all the in
formation possible, so that on trial
the Court would lose no time in the ex-
animation of unnecessary witnesses,
and the parties would not be put to
the expense incurred by witnesses who
know no fact of Importance.
Year: 1868

WHAT now lengthens the time of the
toilerF The immense debt with which
the Radicals have burthened the nation.
If we were free from any taxation,
direct or indirect, six hours of work
wonld earn as much tou dU uv"'
One hour more of work ought to meet
a laborer's share of the cost OF the gov
ernment; another hour should pay his
share cf the national debt. He now
works two hours more than he ought,
to pay for the military and negro policy
of Congress and its corrupt schemes.