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Year: 1868

AN ALLIGATOR SWALLOWS A Ne.
GRO Boy The Norfolk (Va.) Journ-
al of August 7th, relates:


On Wednesday last two men who
were driving carts on the road running
along the bank of the Albermarle and
Chesapeake canal, near Coinjock bridge
observed something strange in the wa
ter below them. The mud was stirred
up and there was heavy splashing in
the water, SO that the men did not know
in the first place what it was that made
all the disturbance. At last, after they
had thrown some stones in where they
perceived the creature, an immense al
ligator came to the surface and looked
fercely at the disturbers of his gambols
The men having guns with bird shot
along, commenced firing at him, but
finding that the shot had no effect
they repaired to the store at the bridge
obtained reinforcements and heavier
ammunition and returned to the attack.
Having then opened on him with old
Confederate muskets, the alligator was
compelled to beat retreat, which be
did, with large crowd after him, shout.
ing and firing. At turn in the canal
he ran among lot of neg:o boys who
were swimming. and, notwithstanding
the heat of the pursuit, be took time tc
lay hold Of one of them, which he man.
aged to swallow, as he continued bis
retreat. After short distance more
he was brought to with hall in one
of bis eyes, and his skin now graces
the walls of his captor's house, in Cur.
rituck county. 1t is seldom one Of
these fierce creatures is seen so far north
Year: 1868

The sun was gliding down the western sky,
The hours of day had almost reached their


sum:
Who kept the tryst that was appointed? L!
You did not come!
l sat and watched the evenings closing ray /;
The sunset woods were desolate and dumb;
l waited till the last faint streak of day.
You did not come!
Twas but to give me back flower or two
A ring-my letters, foolish, doubtless,


some
Mere trifes! Yet thought not SO ; and


you


You did not come!
The moonlight rose and spread its silver
food;


1 heard the DEATH moth round the night


shade hum;
A chilly loneness froze my fevered blood;
You did not come!
Twas at the call of war that forth you went,
With blaze of trumpet and with beat oi


drum;
Your parting passed without farewell sent
You did not come!
One word upon scrap of paper writ
Of plying comfort but single crumb;
II was not much. you might have spared


me it


You did not come!
And so until the end of all arrives,
wander far apart-my heart is numb.
Severed for aye the courses of our lives!
You did not come!
Life cannot be what it has been before
The hours of joy have reached, alas their


sum
The tryst you kept not can return no more
You cannot come! London Society.
Year: 1868

The Democratic press of the country has never greeted nomination with greater enthusiasm and unanimity than have been manifested over the nomination of Seymour and Blair. The joyous and jubliant feeling with which the Conven- ton completed its work has extended through. the Democratic masses, and inspired the press with the same satisfac- tion and confidence. We had intended to lay before our readers large collection of the hearty inducements and glowing tributes with which the ticket has been announced by our Democratic con temporaries in all parts of the country, but they have come upon us in such an ava lanche that it would be impossible for us to republish enough of them to give an adequate notion of the universal concord and animation with which the rallying cry has been sounded It is not ncces- sary, however, for us to do so. The cause is sufficient to arouse the people, and the ticket is not one which needs to be hoist ed into popularity by dint of repeated laudations. Its appearance in the field has been greeted everywhere with boom ing cannon and popular exclamation that attest the unauimity of the people. It is such ticket as will need no bolstering, but leaves the Democratic papers free to devote their whole space to the advocacy of our cause and to assaults upon the enemy.-E Louisville Courier.
Year: 1868



 Dn. JoHN BULL--Dear Sir: I have recent ly given your "Worm Destroyer" several trials, and find il wonderfully eflicacious It has not failed in single instance to havet the wished-for effect. l am doing pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. lam free to confess that know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain and speedy in it's effects. On the contrary they are un- certeain in the extreme. My object in writ ing you is to find upon what terms l can get the medicine directly from you. If can get it upon easy terms, 1 shall use great deal of it. I am aware that the use of such articles is contrary to the teachings and practice of great majority of the reguiar line of M. D. $, but see no just cause or good sense in dis carding Q remedy which we know to be effi- eient, simply because we may be ignorant of it's combination. For my part, shall make it a rule to use all and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which l may be able to command--not hesitating because some one more ingenious than myself may have learned it's effects first, and secured the sole right to secure that knowledge. However. am by no means an advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrums that flood the country, that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. am, sir, most respectfully,

 JULIUS ?. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
Year: 1868

E0~ While in West Point on Wednes- day evening, we were agreeably entertain ed at concert given by the Searcy band. This band is composed entirely of gentle men in and about Searcy, and possess some rare musical talent. Their concert on Wednesday evening was success, and well attended by the gentlemen and ladies of West Point
Year: 1868

The CITIZEN is presented ta 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
Year: 1868



 And now ranks as one of the first in the State, The greatest care will be taken to make its selections choice and instructive. X 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 tipes 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- 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

BROADWAY AND THlRTY-SEvENTH STREET.


The stables in this vicinity were also dull only
very few horses were disposed of, and these were
totally unimpOrtant. Higher up In Broadway the
same complaint was made and the same was the
story, and also in Mercer, Grand, Canal and other
streets where there were any important stables.
There Is no doubt however, that II the weather
improve the horse market will Immediately look
up and become as lively as it ought to be at this
season Of the year.
Year: 1868

THREE tipsy men stood on New York
dock, when the hat OF one blew Oft into the
water. he jumped after it, but was too
fall Of the anlagonistie AGid to swim, and
was sinking, when one of theolhers plunged
courageously TO his rescue. He had no
better success, and the third lesped in TO
render him assistance. All three we're
going down, when small boat picked
them out
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people TO he seIf-reliant. and shall do what We
may bo able to induce the establishment OF
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to tho COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing,
and exert ourselves to encourage the dive7sih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

By A CONSOLIDATION OF THE lash
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UEIoN AND DISPATCH by the
patrons Of both the former papers the Proprie-
tors are enabled TO present Newspaper hithe,
TO unsurpassed in this CITY OF State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorsbly itb


best in the entire country; and IN sayins


we only repeat the expressions Of many


patrons. who are most capable Of Judging in


matters. rHrH-
Year: 1868

The general impressions that death
by sunstroke is very painful, but the
contrary would seem to be the fact.
judging from the following account
OF the effect of such visitation, given
by Gen. Sir J. Napier. HeexpeTienc-
ed an attack while in Scinde, where
the thermometer, according to the
General himself, was of as much use to
him as it,wOuld have been to the
boiling lobster, and wrote as follows
to one of his daughters


The sunstrOke was a staggerer.
yet my hope is to die by one, for never
can death come in an easier shane.
Twas just deadly sleepy; itwas deadly
nad been left alone; but the only
Ieellng of transition would have been
Iireness like that experienced at being
suddenly walked up before time. This
was TO degree almost to be called
palnIul, then came a pleasant drow-
lsneSs with anger that the doctors
would not let me sleep. Wereitnot for
oIhers, would that my horn had sound
ed so easy, so delightful, [ NAV saw.
was the approach of death.u


ms resembles the accounts of them
mat nave been saved from freezing to
death after having got far down intothe
NaiIey, so that excess of heat and ex-
cess cess OF cold produce precisely the same
Year: 1868

ResoZOed, That we recognize the
great principles laid down in. the
immortal Declaration ofIndependence
as the true foundation of democratic
government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these
principles a living reality on every
inch of American soil.
Year: 1868

A correspondent at Atlanta gives a
gloomy account of the condition Of
Georgia, and states that it has never
been so bad since the surrender Of
Lee as it is now. The expulsion Of
the eOlOred members from the Legis-
lature is but the first step in the Rebel
plan for gaining Che control of the
State. The next, it is said, viii be to
take from the freedmen the power to
vOte-nOt the right to vote, for Of that
no human power can deprive them.
The ultimate aim of the revolution is,
in the opinion of our correspondent,
the restoration OfSlaveTy, not perhaps
in name, but certainly in fact. We
do not think that these fears are un-
founded. The Labor Laws Of Georgia,
passed in 1866, virtually reduced the
negroes to serfdom, and unquestiona-
bly,, if there is authority i'm Georgia to
prohibit cOlOTed citizens from holding
offices, the same authority can take
from them the ballot. Frank Blair is
the leader of this revolution. The
people can only stop it forever by elect
ing Grant.
Year: 1868

ney| fla person desire to break up
the inconvenient and dangerous prac-
tice of drinking to much water dur
ing the warm weather, he has only
to distinguish between mere parch
ing of the mouth anda genuine thirst.
A swallow or two held in the mouth
will 600! it, and a moderate amount
OF water. viii satisfy the thirst.
Year: 1868

A REvoLT.-Of the Stevens bill,
to make nero majority of those
voting on the question sufficient to
ratify a Constitution in any South
ern State, the New York Herald
says: "If it were possible for trek
so unpatriotic to succeed, after it
is exposed, it would only induce a
more tremendous reaction, which
would overwhelm party capable
of it with permanent ignominy."


The Post also declares that the CT.
feet of the bill be to throw out of
the adoption of new Government
"an immense majority of the wealth
and cultivated Intelligence of the
States and to give it to those who
are not only minority as to mem.
bcrs, but rs body, least qualified
TO rive "a wise direction to their leg
islation and administration, and who
will bring weakness and folly rath-
or than wisdom and strength. as
their contribution to the national
government" Something very like
that is accomplished already, which
it will require some steps backward
to correct.
Year: 1868

GEN. SHERIDAN AND THE WAR
DEpARTMENT-The special Wash
ington correspondent of the Chica-'
go Republican says:


Gen. Sherman has bought lot
here, and will at once erect himself
a house with view to his future
residence here. From this fact ru-
mors have again arisen that he is
to 90 into the War Department.
They gain credence in certain cir
cles. from the fact that Gen. Grant
is known to be friendly to it, as he
has frequently expressed the opin-
ion that both the Secretary of War
and of the Navy should be regular
officers, and not civilians, and that
his duties as General-in- Chief are
more readily performed now that
he is Secretary of War.
Year: 1868

A meeting of ex-oflicers and SOL
diers and original Union men was
held in New Orleans on the Sd "tO
consider the necessity Of an organ
lied opposition to the continued rule
of Radicalism" in that State. The
President, Col. w. w. Smallwood.
said it might not be proper for that
meeting to undertake the organiza-
ton of the Democratic party-tlrat'
should be rcforred to n meeting of
ciiizcns-but he was glad to know
that many mon lately in tho service
of their country, would playground,
the standard of the Democracy, or
that of any other party which
would endeavor to defeat the
schemes for bringing the South un-'
der negro domination. The Picay--
une commends the meeting and its
object, and says if its sentiments
had actuated the dominant party
the country would long since have
united in feeling as well as in for
tune.
Year: 1868

PsArsc1Lr srLsHDID are the heavy for
elga clothes which are now On exhibition
at Sam Perry's, 46 Perry street. They are
Of the very best texture and are the most
elegant goods W have yet seen in the city.
Every body Who 10 in for having good win.
ter suit Of clothing should not fail 20 call at
Psrry's and examine his goods before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Year: 1868

The idea thrown out from Washington
City of Chief Justice Chase being taken
up as a Presidential candidate by the
Democratic party, is q trick of the i'm
peschers, to fright the Chief Justice from
his propriety. 1t is part of the system Of
terrorism adopted to lash theChief Justice
into party traces, and force him to sink
the dignity and high character of the
Judge in that of the partisan tool of the
most corrupt and unscrupulous party
that ever ruined country and oppressed
a people. 1t is Of a piece with that act
ing of old Thad Stevens, when, shaking
his gaunt finger, he exclaimed, Let me
see the man who dares 60 back on the
party in this (impeaohmsnt) matter"


The suggestion is not simply absurd.
1t is wilfully false and wicked, as was
the story telegraphed back from New
Orleans, to act on the New Hampshire
elections, that Gen. Hancock had been
riding out in the same carriage with Mr.
Jefferson Davis.


The Chief Justice cannot hope for q
Democratic nomination under any cir.
cumstances, but if he disregaris these at
tempts of the Jacobins to terrorize over
him, he may leave behind him an hon.
orahe name and fame People, s
WeeEly.
Year: 1868

We learned yesterday that a bill has
been filed in the Chancery Court against
the Bank Of Tennessee, by N. and Ed.
Baxter, attorneys, in favor Of Mark h.
Cockrell, Of this place, to collect eighteen
thousand dollars, the amount of bis
deposits in the Bank at the time Of its
removal South. The position assumed,
as we understand, in the bill is, that the
assignment heretofore made by the Bank
to the State Of the school fund, amount
ing to something near two millions Of
dollars, is fraudulent and void, the school
fund being the capital stock Of the Bank,
and the stock being the owner Of the
school fund or capital stock in the Bank,
and the assignment having been made
in favor Of the State; or, in other words,
that the Bank has assigned to the State
the money or fund deposited by the State
as q security or pledge for the redemp-
ton Of its notes, or, payment of the
deposits in the Bank.


II will be seen that this suit involves
the interests of large number Of credi-
tors who have been debarred Of their
rights by hasty legislation, and its pro-
gress through the courts will be watched
with much interest throughout the State
--Ndshuilie Banner.
Year: 1868

No miser ever doled out his gold with
so much reluctance and regret as the
Radical United States Senators do time
to President Johnson for his trial. They
almost measure it out to him by hours.
Forty days time for preparation for SO
important a case is q very reasonable
request, and it is questionable whether
it would not have been best for the Presi-
dents COUNSEL after it had been refused,
to have withdrawn from the case alto
gether, and assigned as the reason that
theywere not allowedsufiicient time t pre-
pare for their defense. That would have
thrown upon the foolish and shameless
Senate responsibility before the world
that even it would have recoiled from ass
suming-the responsibility Of condemn
ing without hearing, : Gacianat! En-
0uirsr
Year: 1868

On and after the first day Of April next the
subscriber will be found at the above stand
where he will be pleased to see his old custom
ers and all others who may want anything
the WATCH or JEWELRT LINE


rner l9-tf b. s. FILMING:
Year: 1868

AREsTING SPELL. Now that we are tho
roughly organized in Virginia. and the Conser.
vative candidates have fulfilled all their ap-
pointments, we hope that twe2 will all take q
good rest. q The prospect is that Virginia will
not be allowed to take part in the: Presidential
election, and that there" will be no, State elec-
tion for some months. Let US: then keep quiet,


but aoatcI while we aoait. We cannot see how
we can help fhe cause of Seymour and Blair or
advance our interests by going through all the
fury" of o canvass when We are already all OF
one way of thinking and all eager to vote when
ever an opportunity may occur. Providence
has been kind in saving us from the fate pre-
pared for US by the mongrel Convention. The
lull consequent upon this has tended to abate
the bad feeling that had sprung up between
the races. Ii the carpet.baggers cease to stir
up the negroes, there is no good reason Why
We should do anything to excite them. We
want their work. That and the social quiet
that goes hand In hand with it, will do much


to re-establish good order We can, perhaps,
do more for the election of Seymour and Blair
by discreet course than by any other. course
of actiou.-Our own- interests will certainly be
more promoted by giving to them our time and
energies than by wasting that time in 40 mus
ter merely to fire blank cartridges. While say
ing this We at the same time urge those whose
business it is,- to work quietly among the
masses, visiting and noting down all the Con-
servative voters, and having them ready for any
contingency that may arise.-Rich.. Whag. +;


But this advice, good in some respects,
should recognize the propriety of free and
hearty expression Of opinion in favor of the
Conservative candidates, and the adoption OF
all proper measures to contribute to their
success. z .S.52 % - -l CT 4
Year: 1868

The continued east winds have backed
the waters of Lake Ponchartran through
the canals and the swamp, until the whole
rear of the city of New Orleans is inunda-
ted. There is an unbroken sheet of water
from Claiborne street to the lake, the wa
ter pouring over the banks of the canals,
and is still rising.
Year: 1868

The Georgia Senate have tabled the bill
declaring freedmen ineligible to office. A
common carrier and negro equality bill
was lost and another prohibiting the forma-
ton or drilling of military companies was
passed,
Year: 1868

South, and where among all the scouu-
drels in power could 10 ft tool be
found as your own Brownlo~ ! We have
suffered more than three years under
this unscrupulous and desperate tyranny,
until the neck 10 blistered and CALLED
with the yoke, and now when q trap is
set for you to rivet your chains forever,
will you be silly enough 10 put your foot
in III Let me beg OF you not to furnish
ammunition to the enemy, but bear u
three short months longer. You will
probably say il is easy for man in my
situation to preach patience and endur-
ance under suffering. / freely admit 1t,
but at the same time insist that Tennes


see shall evince higher order of courage
than that necessary to enter the hghI
and return round for round. She 10
under the enemys guns, but q single shot
from her may lose the battle. She must
show that purer, higher courage OF lying
still in the midst oft confct Suppose
you carry Tennessee for the Democracy,
aud thereby lose Illinois? You gain
ten electoral votes and throw away six
teen, besides jeopardizing many other
States. The Democrats of the North are
becomisg stronger every day, not only
in the righteousness of their cause, but
10 the numerical strength Of their forces,
and every man of them is inspired with
the confidence and enthusiasm Of sue
cess. Our enemies DO not attempt argu-
ment to justify or defend their iniquitous
measures. but rely entirely upon the old
stock of ,"Southern horror" to arouse
the passions and prejudices Of their fol.
lowers. Will Tennessee come to their
aid and supply them with new stock ?


| have not time TO elaborate the ques-
ton of the true policy of your State in
this campaign, but ! feel assured that my
own convictions, and not arguments, as
above expressed, are the convictions Of
the great mass OF thinking Democrats in
the North. j. II. W.