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Year: 1870

The I" Veg Paper, published at Clar-
endon, Arkansas, and which is Liberal
Republican in politics, has the following
article on the question of successor of
Congressman Roots in that District:


We have noticed in several exchanges,
articles regarding successor to our pres
ont, so called, member of Congress, the
Hon. l.. H. Roots. SiGce the breaking
ont of the war this district has becn with
out a representative. 1t is well known
that Mr.. Roots obtained his first nomi-
nation by his party, from AN unauthor
lied source, and had no opposition what
ever; and that in this second campaign
he was beaten by more than 1900 ma
jority, which fact was generally admitted
by his friends and supporters. He,h how
ever, unhlushingly claims to be a repre-
sentative of the people, and occupies n
seat in Congress which, by every princi-
pie of law, honor and justice, rightly be
longs to another. The fact is that neither
party wanted Roots or Cameron, but
were forced to yield an unwilling sup
port.


State developments prove beyond a
doubt that it is the policy of the Radical
party in this State to carry the next cleo
ton by erery artifce and .fraad hitherto
praetieed By them, and that there is scarce
ly man of sufficient prominence or
ability who can be made available in the
Democratic party as a candidate. There
is but one course to pursue, and that is
for the Democratic and Liberal Republi-
cans to uniteiin solid front against the
present Radical usurpers. We know the
Liberal Republicans will not vote with
the Radicals. We do not know what can
be done in other districts; but we are
fully satisfied that III this district, with a
suitable candidate, they can elect their
ticket by an overwhelming majority If
such candidate can be found whom the
people can trust, one who has proved
himself their friend by contending for
their rights, whose past record cannot be
used either to disfranchise or throw him
out of office, let him receive the support
of all good and true men who desire to
rid themselves of Radical rule. We are
tired of the farce of electing men to Of
fec only to have them kicked out. If we
follow the example of Tennessee, we may
at least rid ourselves of the most corrupt
and unworthy set of public officials that
ever disgraced people.
Year: 1870

Gx- Governor Hoffman, ofNew York,
wrote to the rejoicing colored men Of
Albany thus: Privilege and re responsi-
bility go together Let me earnestly
and sincerely, looking to your welfare
and that of the State and country, urge
upon you the necessity of fitting your.
selves as you best can, for full appre-
citation of the responsibility and wise
exercise of the privilege. DO not allow
yourselves to be influenced or controlled
by designing men who would use the
new power--as they call it--for their
own advancement, but make the most of
your opportunities, in every true and
proper way, and act under the guidance
of your own best judgment as indepcn-
dent men, so as to advance as far as pos
sible your own substantial interest and
the welfare Of the community Of which
you are part"
Year: 1870

The owners of Dogs of all classes, are
directed to the fact that the Tax of One
Dollar is now due. We are requested by
the City .Marshal to give notice, that on
and after the lst day of June, 1870, he
will proceed to kill all Dogs that has not
been registered and the Tax Paid, as re-
qured by the law. All interested will
call on the Recorder and Register at
once-and We believe the law requires
each Dog to ware a collar and tag with
the number attached. No one that has a
good dog will object to paying one dol
lar tax and assist the Marshal in his
work, every one should come forward at
once and Register.
Year: 1870

ENTERpRIsE-The Little Rock and Ft.
Smith Railroad Company have purchased
the steamer Colossal, to be employed as
transport of iron and other railroad
material All the heavy freight for con.
struction of this road will now be car.
ried up White River to the point at which
the Cairo and Fulton line taps that river
That point is variously stated to be Des
Arc, Peach Orchard Bluff and Grand
Glaize. The next few weeks will disclose
which. 1t is said the road will be run
ming through between Arkansas and
White Rivers in from four to six months.
Il. r. Gazette.
Year: 1870

Ez- A Mississippi paper declares that
the capitol at Jackson is in a dangerous
condition, and calls upon the Legislature
to move out of it at once If the build
ing is going to fall the Legislature should
stay right where it is When the calam-
ity comes, let every man be found stern
ly mashed to his post.-LouisciUe Cour-
irr
Year: 1870

MUNIKEAIv MHy -,


Great anxiety is felt regarding the future
disposition TO be made Of the captured
Fenians by the government Five men are
now lodged in jail at various points, and the
public feeling Is very intense against them.
At one time the excitement had reached SO high
pitch that there were many fears lest lynch
law should be resortcd to, and extra
precautions were taken for their security
Letters and kilograms ave pouring in daily, some
beseeching the government to extent the hand OF
mercy while others in srOng language urge the ne
cessity OF making such example OF these prisoners
to forever deter others from attempting an inva-
sion Of Canada. The Oficlals are very reticent In
regard to the matter; but may be able to speak
more definitely in short time
Year: 1870

very kind and hospitable; that the United states
troops have not sought TO nterferc that the Whole
management has been grossly culpable; that they
are sick OF the invasion and win make no further
movement; and that they only want transportation,
and then they VIII go to their homes. They appear
In wretched condition, and many are suffering from
want OF food and shelter. They are now quartered
In the fair grounds, where Generalization prevails.
Such thing as discipline or order Is unknown. But
700 OF these men are from New York, the remain
der coming from the Interior. General Gleason
endeavored TO rally his men for another march to
the front this morning, but his proposlton was
coolly received.
Year: 1870

A STORY Is told Of Partisan lady
who preserves her beauty by plastsring
strawberries over her face every night
and washing them oil in the morning.
The fair creature has for some time
past been annoyed by troublesome
creditor. The other day he called before
her beautyship had risen. and insisted
on forcing his way into her bedroom
to demand instant payment. But fools
rush In where angels fear to tread. He
had no sooner got into the room than
his fair creditor cried out, My dear,
Mr.. Dun, why could you be so impru-
dent as to approach person suffering
from smallpox? Look at my poor
face!" The creditor gave a shrek,
darted out Of the room, and has not
since been heard Of.
Year: 1870

The WRoNa WoRp.-Once upon
time there lived anon the hills an old
gentleman whose entire personal prop
erty and real estate consisted Of q wife,
a we'll ventilated log cabin, half an
acre Of not very productive land, and
q violent fondness for what Is called
"tangleleg" whisky. One spring
morning tile owner of all this property
was struck with the conviction that
his land must be ploughed. But he
had no horse, and found It impossible
to borrow one. Nevertheless, the
ground must be "broke up" horse or
no horse, and 1t was finally deter
mined that the "old woman" should
hitch up the old man, and hold the
handles and drive, while he drew the
plow. This was accordingly done. and
the plow went bravely on, until the
plowshare ran under root, and the
team was brought to halt. But the
"critter" had become warmed up by
this time, and rs the old lady gave
him q rap with the rcins, and cried,
"Git up there " he threw his weight
upon the harness with heavy jerk,
which snapped the trace short of, and
he shot forward against the fence, his
head striking the end of rail with the
force Of q maui. "Thunderation, old
woman!" he exclaimed, rs he wiped
the blood and dirt from his eyes, "why
didn't you say w-h-o-a?"
Year: 1870

A HUNTING PARTY ATTACKED BY THE SIOUX.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-The Governor of Da-
koa under date of Sept q, transmits TO the Indian
Bureau an account OF attack made by party OF Sioux
on a hunting party Of Mandans. The attack was not
from the band at Grand River with whom treaty Of
peace made recently but from the Cheyenne Agency
The Mandans the site OF an old deserted vii
age and abandoning their horses they concealed them
selves holes whence they fired upon the Sioux,
killing and wOunding another In the leg and killing
an American horse. just as the Mandans we're loading
with their last cartridges the Sioux retired. The alarm
was given and large number OF Ankures, Gros-
yenres and Mandans started in pursuit, but the Sioux
being well mounted and the others but poorly mounted,
they succeeded in getting away Those that started In
pursuit returned and the young men OF the three tribes
at organized party of 4J 20 renew the pursuit.
The retiring Indians had taken the direction of Grand
River Fearing that If they started in pursuit Of the de
predaOrs they might meet with OF the Sioux with
whom they had recently made peace, and punish the in
DOcen the Chief came 10 the Indian agent for advice
and they concluded to wait and what band committed
the outrage, and il the Indians with whom the treaties
were recently made had entered into the hOstities whe
theT they would make restitution.
Year: 1870




five had an almanac that predicted for as


the social and business neteorology of life, we


should, under the head of January first, see


About this time look for many bills" It is


settling time All sorts of bills are coming in.
Those who have bills that they consider perfect
!, -nod have kept them back from presentation
lyye, ~-riod; those who have bills that they
till this p, 'edly bad make at this time a
consider decl0- -aaliza them. Many a man
strenuous effort to H. ls that he owes more
at the ilrst OF January tin,.- "nY others find
than ne thought ne did, and NJ they ex-
shat they have less to pay with THAI has
pected. The money question of the yeal


to be faced, and the problem of making both
ends meet solved. To those who cannot pay,
who have been improvident Or spendthrift there
is nothing to be said except to advise them to
do SO no more; advise, by the way, which they
are not likely to heed, and which is therefore
scarcely worth giving. But to those who can,
We say Pay up. " Put your money in circula-
ton, look over your accounts collect your own
bills, and endexvor to commence the year with
clean balance sheet Especially pay your
small debts-those you owe to your doctor, your
tailor, your shoemaker, aud tradesmen general
ly. Great lnjustice and great harm are often
thoughtlessy done by those who are abundant
ly able to pay, by the neglect of their small ac-
couuts. The very insignifcance of the amount
in their estimation tends to make them careless
about it. They know they intend to pay and
know that they can pay by merely drawing a
check, therefore put it off. But what is small
thing to them is large one to creditors Many
mickles make a muckle. The personal and
family bills that we make ara generally small
ones. but their aggregate, owed by a line of
customers is often the sole capital of the trades
man. You have been a good purchaser he
knows you are safe to pay, wants continuance
of your custom and does not like to press YOU.
But he wants his money badly He owes bills
that must be paid if his credit is to be maintains
ed. Perhaps he has been so far successful in
the past year as to see the way to enlarging his
business at the commencement of the new year
but If you are slow in paying, the chance may
be lost; or he may have been unsuccessful, and
your prompt payment will be the only thing
that can save him from sinking into bankruptcy.
Either case may be one of your making There
fore pay up. The prompt payment within this
month of all the small bills, owing by those
who are able to pay, would put an amount of
money into circulation that in its turn, running.
into all the channels of trade, would relieve
embarrassment, revivify business, and give tone
and confidence to the commercial aspect of the
opening year. Besides, if you pay, somebody
else may find that money coming to them, and
be able to pay you, SO there is justice as well as
selfishness in paying up.-BaN american.
Year: 1870

CRAB BoTToM Va, Jan. Ist 1870.


Mr.. Spectator Ca this the first day of the
New Year I write you the first letter that
have written you for long while. This day
finds old Highland very much set back, as the
projected Rail Road is not likely to realize
many nroircts lhat so recently led us to believe
that the day was at hand when these beautiful
and silent retreats would be resonant with the
screams of locomotives, freighted with un
counted wealth. Like Mahomet and the noun
tain. we feel ourselves under the necessity O
going to the Ran Road, since the Rail Roac
will not come to us. But our disappointed Cit
izens, however, have this to console them.-
Year: 1870




OH Heaven is nearer than mortals think
When they look with trembling dread,
At the misty future that stretches on,


From the silent home of the dead
'Ts no lone isle on boundless main.


No brilliant but distant shore,
Where the loving ones who are called away


Must 60 to return no more.
No Heaven is near US the mighty veil


Of mortality blinds the eye,
That we cannot see the angel bands


On the shores of eternity.
The eye that shuts in a dying hour


VIII open the next in bliss; ~. -
The welcome will sound in the heavenly world,


Ere the farewell is hushed in this.
We pass from the clasp of mourning friends


To the arms of the loved and lost;
And those smiling faces win greet Us there


Which on earth we valued most.
Yet oft in the hours of holy thought,


To the thirsting soul is given
That power to pierce through the mist of sense,
To the beauteous scenes of heaven.
Then very near seem its pearly gates, .1J.
Andsweetly its harpings fall:
Till the soul is restless to soar away,


And longs for the angels CALL
L know when the silver chord is loosed,


When the veil is rent away,
Not long and dark shall the passage be,


To the realm of endless day. . .,
Year: 1870

He that hath pity on another mans sorrov
shall be free from it himself, and he that de
lighteth in aud scorneth the misery of another
shall one time or other fall into 1t himself
Sir W Ratei0h.
Year: 1870

There is an interior prayer without intermis-
sion, and that is the longing of thine heart
Thy continual desire is thy continual voice
Thou wilt be silent if thou leave off to love-
The GOODNESS of love is the silence of the heart
the fervency of love is the cry of the heart -
81 Au0ustine
Year: 1870

A little wrong done to another is great In
jury done to ourselves. The severest punish
ment of an injury is the consciousness of hay
ing done it and no man suffers more than be
that is turned over to the pain of repentance
Year: 1870

THE DIVINE EYE-The Divine Eve looks
upon high and low differently from that of
man. They who seem to stand upon Olympus,
are high mounted to our eyes, may be in the
valleys and low grounds unto His for he looks
upon those as highest who nearest approach
his Divinity, and upon those as lowest who are
farthest from it.
Year: 1870

The only way to be happy is to take the drops
of happiness as God gives them to us every
day of our lives The boy must learn to be
happy while he is learning his trade, the mer-
chant while making his fortune Ii he fail to
learn this art, he will be sure to miss his enioy.
ment when he gains what he has sighed for.
Year: 1870

Tho Count Studying the Emperor.


Whom Count Bismarck was Ambassador OF Prus-
sia In Paris he laid himself our, SAYS an Engs h
Journal to study the character of the Emperor ana
sent to Berlin some remarkable dispatches on his
ambition personal weakness and intellectual facnl .
ties. He detected in MIN political propcnsiies and
desires which he had neither the cearness OF head
nor the strength OF Will to execute. Count
Bismarck systematically laid himself out TO Halter tho
vanity and the fances of Napoleon, VINO Thought him-
sell master in the art of statecraft He affected a
dclerence Tor his political ideas which he was far from
feeling, ana assumed tile manners OF IN humDe SER
want OF Napoleon, who, he pretended to inink Was
alone capable of directing the ailairS or Europe
Sometimes his natural buntness got the better OF
him and ne indulgsd In q freedom OF speech winch
set diplomatists agaast. "Wen 1.-THE Prussansl, he
said, .'are stronger than you are ior we can dash
into gigantic war without internal danger. Moth
ing would be easier tnan for MS TO LEI loose million
OF men upon any OF our neghhors.n


m speaking thus Bismarck did not so much intend
TO frighteu the Emperor as to inspire him With a
q eat respect for Prussia, and to drag MIN into N
alliance which Ne hoped would be oil the utmost Inn
portance in bringing Germany under the yoke of
Year: 1870

Mushrooms-Emetic of mustard and
warm water, until vomiting is produced !;
then frequent small doses of EPSON
Salts.


Poisonous Fish--Emetic of Mustard
and warm water, tickling the throat.


BITES, ETC.


Serpents, Insects, Mad Dog, Poisoned
wounds from dead animals-Tic string
tightly above the wound; some one
having no sores, broken skin, or exposed
nerves in the mouth, suck out the blood
and wash with hot water, so as to make
it bleed as much as possible then wash
with hartshorn, and burn out with u
large red hot wire or pointed Lunar Caus-
tic; after which remove the string, and
poultice with faxseed.


We have given those antidotes which
are most likely to be at hand in every
family, and can be readily administered
by any one, but in all cases of poisoning
send for the family physician at once 1t
may be necessary to use the stomach
pump. The after treatment, to prevent
or subdue inflammation, should be followed
out with great care.


In poisoning by arsenic, the hyelratel
pero.ride farou is an invaluable antidote
but as physician would be required to
administer this antidote. we have omitted
Year: 1870

A Cincinnati woman made up her
mind to commit suicide, provided her
self with quantity of opium, revolver,
a doubled -barreled guns pistol and a
razor, and commenced operations. To
her disgust, she had proceeded no furth-
er than to take a dose of opium and shoot
herself once when she was arrested.
Year: 1870

Down with the Fifteenth Amendment!
The Democracy are not alone in their
undying hatred of the negro. We learn
that the Comanche Indians are ex-
pressing their hatred Of the negro and
are going to give the United States an
everlasting battle because they don't
like the negro troops employed on the
Texan frontier. It's too much trouble
to scalp them. In fact to get what
approaches scalp on a white persons
head they have to skin them.
Year: 1870

The Grass Valley Union thinks that
the only way out of the Chinese immi-
grafton difficulty, is to restore States
rights Gas understood before the war"
We hardly think that the country is quite
ready to abandon the principle that was
settled at the cost of so much mony and
treasure, nor that the return to the
exploded theory of States rights is nee
essary to settle the Chinese question.
Ifthc Democracy will work as earnestly
to prevent Chinese immigration as its
representatives in the United Staes did
to defeat the anti Chinese bills introduc-
ed in that body, we shall have a united
people laboring to one end and purpose.
The Democrats are too much exercised
with fear that the Republican party will
destroy their pet hobby, and make capital
''for statutory stump speeches
Year: 1870

like; that between the Covenanter and the Gas
con there is in battle nothing to choose, and in
campaigning very little, the popular English
idea of French want of persistence being de-
lusion entirely unwarranted by recent history.
The Peninsular war showed Frenchmeu to be
persistent in the extreme ready, when beaten
and with nothing to eat, to fight again at any
moment. The only spiritual difference between
the men is in the matter of confidence, which
has sometimes a considerable effect in its way.
The soldier who has convinced himself that he
is well led will obey orders which, If he were
dstrustful, would daunt-will, for instance,
obey orders to retreat without thinking that ali


is over. The soldier, on the other hand, who
doubts his chief, loses heart under disaster, and
once in retreat begins to think of himself
Now, the Frenchman, though in the abstract
confident in the French army, has not yet ac-
quired full confidence in the French generals
doubts greatly about the Emperor and has not
made up his mind that any one general is be-
yond the possibility of making blunder The
Prussian on the contrary believes on the evil
dence of the Austrian war, that he is guided by
a man of surprising genius, whose orders
whatever their apparent effect, are sure sooner
or later to result in victory. 1t is q singular
proof of the extent of this feeling that the
Prussian generals have not feared to let the first
success of the war accrue to their adversaries-
have not been averse, as French generals would
have been averse, to announce to their troops
that the first engagement resulted only in a
Prussian retreat. This kind of confidence is of
serious value; and taking the spirit of the two
soldiers to ibe normally equal, we should saw
that the Prussians was in this war little higher.
Other things being equal, therefore, we should
assume slight balance of probability in favor
of German succesg.
Year: 1870




The London Economist, the standard financial
journal of Europe, in an article on the COM
parative lighting qualities of the French and
Prussian soldiers, before the recent battles,
said:-


Upon the whole, it is certain that the Prus-
sian soldier is a very much better fighter than he
was at jena. and it is probable that he is better
one than the Frenchman. There remains the
comparative spirit of the men TO be considered
and here again Englishmen are very liable to
error. They understand and sympathize with
the German spirit. They do not understand or
sympathize with the French spirit. They tend
to believe that the quiet, grave man who is i'm
pressed by proclamations which assume that
the King is under the special protection of
heaven, must have higher spirit than the noisy
fanfaronading person who ridicules such pro-
clamations, who is moved mainly by
love of GLORY" and who inserts
even into his most military songs
hints of his own irresistible attractions
for all women. Unfortunately, nothing is more
certain than that spirit OF the type dislike is
as efsenYe in eaEtls a. spirit et Ihs type ws
Year: 1870

1t sometimes happens that it becomes ne
cessary to kill a favorite pet, as dog for in
stance. where tie owner wishes to get rid OF
him in the easiest possible way so as not to be
either a witness or accessory to the pains or
barbarism of shooting, or the spasmodic effect
of strychnine Mr.. E. Wright, Of Dedham,
Mass. has communicated to the American
Agriculturalist method which he has adOp-
ted. and which he recommends to all who may
be as sensitive as he is about such things land
we are happy to say that such people are rap
idly increasing in numbersl. This gentleman
laid bis dog on blanket, in box, aud after
pouring upon him about four ounces of chlOro-
form, covered him with another blanket, closed
the box tight, and his pet went to sleep.